SILVER LAKE – Winners for the 40th annual Silver Lake Days Festival parade are listed. Color guard winner was Indiana Patriot Guard Riders; band, Warsaw Community High School Marching Tigers; cutie queen, Payton Slaymaker; cutie king, Carson Weitzel; youth service, Complete Fleet; commercial, Spangles’ Country Crossing; motorcycles, Road Riders For Jesus; antique car and truck, Frank Earl; antique tractor, Aaron Sands; novelty vehicle, Kurt Shepherd; service club, Silver Lake Lions Club; church, First Freewill Baptist Church; miscellaneous, Dwayne May; bike (no motor), Uncle Spoke’s; parade theme, Mark Eldridge; judge’s choice, Elizabeth, Dane and Hayden Parker, Phil, Stacie and Camden Robinson and Marlin and Kathy Carr. 2016 grand marshal was Jim Frieden, Silver Lake. Following are 2016 Silver Lake Days Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show winners. Best of show was Wayne and Jo Ann Hansen, Wabash, 1956 Chevy 1500 truck. The following three trophies were chosen by the organization listed: Lions Club Trophy, Rick Kaluf, Silver Lake, 1955 Pontiac Star Chief; Firemen’s Trophy, Cooper Walters, Warsaw, 1970 Dodge Charger; and EMS Trophy, Larry Case, Warsaw, 1970 Plymouth Cuda. Club participation trophy, Cruisin’ Hoosier with seven vehicles. The following Top 25 vehicles received wall plaques: Bob O’Hara, Silver Lake, 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake; Bob Eley, Argos, 1953 Kaiser Henry J; Steve and Lenore Lewis, Mentone, 1965 Chevrolet Corvette; Frank and Karna Earl, Warsaw, 1930 Ford Model A; Kevin Lochner, North Manchester, 2007 Ford Mustang GT/CS; Mike Myers, Syracuse, 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air; Linda Baker, Silver Lake, 2010 Chevy Camaro; Dick Coppes, Atwood, 1972 Chevy Blazer; Allen Robinson, Warsaw, 1938 Chevrolet Sedan; David and Lorie Metheny, Bourbon, 1970 Chevy Chevelle; Nick and Nancy Brown, Macy, 1967 Ford Mustang; Jim Wrigley, Goshen, 1966 Chevy Nova; Rod Conner, Akron, 1968 Chevrolet Impala; Larry and Linda Riley, Warsaw, 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray; Larry Sexton, Bourbon, 1953 Cadillac Series 62; Delaney Walters, Warsaw, 1973 Plymouth Barracuda; Brian Byrd, North Webster, 1970 Pontiac GTO; Douglas King, Roann, 1971 Chevy Truck Stepside; John Owens, Warsaw, 1977 AMC Gremlin; Jerry Martin, Leesburg, 1965 Falcon Ranchero; Shaun Miller, Claypool, 2006 Ford Mustang; Rex Thomas, North Manchester, 1931 Ford Truck; Cathy and Crist Blassaras, Syracuse, 1923 Fort T Bucket; John Adams, North Manchester, 1999 Plymouth Prowler; and Tim Lowman, Warsaw, 2006 Ford Crown Victoria P.I. The following top three motorcycles received wall plaques: Travis Adamson. Goshen, 2015 Indian Scout; Daniel Slone, Warsaw, 2009 Harley Davidson-Heritage and Jay Lewis, Akron, 2005 Harley Davidson Road King.
