Independence Day celebrations

Blanding celebrated Independence Day in style with a gala celebration cluminating on the Fourth of July. Staff photos

Parade Awards 2011
First Place: San Juan Pharmacy, “Red, White, and Blue Through and Through”
Second Place: Scott and Erma Lee Hurst Family, “The Animal Train: I Thought I Could”
Third Place: Cedar Mesa Pottery, “The Gadianton Band”
Honorable Mention: Blanding Rotary Club, “Humanity In Motion”
Honorable Mention: Kate Palmer, “San Juan Royals”
Grand Marshal: City of Blanding, Stan Bronson
Miss San Juan 1951: City of Blanding, Evelynn Palmer Perkins