25 Years Ago â 1996
Julie Kottsick, sponsored by the Hair For You Salon, has been crowned the 1996 Winter Daze Queen during the annual pageant held at the Mandan High School Auditorium. Peggy Wright, sponsored by Brunsoman, Leifur and Mattern Dental Associates, Bismarck, was chosen as the Winter Daze Princess. Kottsick will reign over all Winter Daze events during February. This yearâs theme was âRemember When.â Nine candidates participated in the pageant.
This yearâs Winter Daze activities include: a Caribbean Beach Party, with dancing in the sand to âNight Lifeâ and the âWay Hot Horns,â held at the Mandan Community Center. Tournaments were also held for indoor sand volleyball, wheelchair and amateur basketball, Squirt hockey, co-ed snow softball and a âHeartbreaker Runâ road race, beginning from the Community Center.