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- Fun planned
for spring, summer
- SUNNYSIDE (Monday 3-9 99)---Sunnysiders are
in for a lot of fun this spring and summer. The
city council last night approved two festivals and
parade permits for events to take place in April,
May and September.
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- The El Cinco de
Mayo festival is set for April 29-May
2, beginning on a Thursday and wrapping up on a
Sunday.
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- Wendy Larson, Uptown Sunnyside Assn., last
night requested security and street closures for
the burgeoning number of vendors that participate
in Sunnyside celebrations.
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- Sixth Avenue will be closed between Franklin
north to Home Security Bank. The closure will be
expanded this year to include new business
frontages for the first time. Vendors will set up
their booths beginning Friday, April 29, at 6 a.m.
They will take them down before the 8 p.m. Sunday,
May 2, deadline, at which time 6th will again be
opened to traffic.
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- The Cinco de Mayo parade will begin at 1
p.m. Sunday May 2 at Sunnyside High School. It will
work westward on Edison Ave, turn south on 5th
Street, turn east on Grant, then proceed south on
6th Street ending at Lincoln School.
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- Davis Amusements will operate a carnival
beginning Thursday, April 29 through May 2 at the
City Parking area near Central Park. Davis will
obtain its own city license for carnival
activities.
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- The Sunshine
Days Festival will combine with
Fiestas
Patrias Sept. 16-19.
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- The event will feature a street fair and
downtown entertainment, according to a permit
requested by USA. South 6th Street will again be
blocked off from Franklin to north to Home Security
Bank, including intersections of Franklin and 6th,
Edison and 6th, and Decatur and 6th.
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- The Sunshine Days parade will take place
Saturday, Sept. 18, and follow the same route as
the earlier parade. It will begin at 10 a.m. and
last for about a half hour. Davis Amusements will
come back and set up a carnival near Central Park
during this event as well.
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- Wendy Larson said USA is considering
expanding this year's entertainment in connection
with Sunshine Days by including a potential "large
scale" music festival which may include the Fiestas
Patrias.
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- She said USA will further update the city as
more details are finalized for the three day
combined event.
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- Councilmen Mike Aguirre didn't like the
extension of the vendor area north of Decatur to
Home Security Bank. "People use 6th and Decatur; it
should stay the same as it was last year," Aguirre
said.
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- Larson countered that the number of vendors
continues to grow, and noted that vendors last year
overflowed into Centennial Square.
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- Carol Ashby, of Northwest
Publishing-Invitations Plus, told the council that,
last year, the Red Cross had to buy a booth not 50
feet from its store front location. "And the Red
Cross does a lot for everyone in the commmunity,"
she said. She added that, "We hadn't figured
extending the vendor area all the way to Custer,
just as far as the bank, and not involving Custer,"
she said.
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- Councilman Chad Werkhoven said the extension
will force traffic into two intersections, Blaine
and Custer at 6th, each with no stop lights. "But I
believe we can erect signs and work around any
problems," he said.
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- Councilman Roy Anciso said he saw no
problems in extending the vendor area north toward
Custer. 'There's no problem with that," he said. "I
like to see (the celebration) grow."
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- Councilman Don Vlieger said traffic can
still get through the area. He was concerned,
however, about trash where vendors make their
sales. "Last year, trash cans were overfilled," he
said.
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- Chief Wallace Anderson said the biggest
problem was getting folks to empty their garbage
cans into dumpsters as they fill up. He indicated
there wouldn't be a trash problem if folks
cooperate.
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- Councilman Mike Farmer said he was concerned
about high noise levels--from musical amplifiers,
past 8 p.m. "We need to keep the sound down after
that time," he said.
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- The Council voted 4-2 to approve the parade
permits and street closures as requested, with Don
Vlieger and Mike Aguirre dissenting.
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