PHOTOS: Scores attend Waverly Sunset Pride Float
Onlookers watch from the footbridge by Nestle and Kohlmann Park as kayakers take the home stretch in the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5.
Waverly Human Equity and Diversity Commission members are joined by the city clerk after the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5, in Kohlmann Park. From left, clerk Carla Guyer and commissioners Shar Roorda, Ashley Smiley, Chair Andy Hansen, Vice-Chair Lynda Abkemeier and Jenn Wolff. Commissioner Libby Fry attended but was still on the water at this time. An attorney advised them related parts of the new state law partly banning diversity groups sponsored by local governments with certain exceptions takes effect July 1.
Adali Borglum, left, and her mom Renee Borglum row in to Kohlmann Park during the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5 in Kohlmann Park.
Waverly Human Equity and Diversity Commission Vice-Chair Lynda Abkemeier poses in a kayak toward the end of the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5. Jennifer Jones with Encore Flowers, Waverly, arranged the rainbow-colored flowers in the kayak at both the start and end of the float. The flowers were donated by Engelbrecht Farms, Waverly, and TwoMorrows Acres, Denver.
Onlookers watch from the footbridge by Nestle and Kohlmann Park, foreground, as kayakers take the home stretch in the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5.
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Onlookers watch from the footbridge by Nestle and Kohlmann Park as kayakers take the home stretch in the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5.
Waverly Human Equity and Diversity Commission members are joined by the city clerk after the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5, in Kohlmann Park. From left, clerk Carla Guyer and commissioners Shar Roorda, Ashley Smiley, Chair Andy Hansen, Vice-Chair Lynda Abkemeier and Jenn Wolff. Commissioner Libby Fry attended but was still on the water at this time. An attorney advised them related parts of the new state law partly banning diversity groups sponsored by local governments with certain exceptions takes effect July 1.
Adali Borglum, left, and her mom Renee Borglum row in to Kohlmann Park during the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5 in Kohlmann Park.
Waverly Human Equity and Diversity Commission Vice-Chair Lynda Abkemeier poses in a kayak toward the end of the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5. Jennifer Jones with Encore Flowers, Waverly, arranged the rainbow-colored flowers in the kayak at both the start and end of the float. The flowers were donated by Engelbrecht Farms, Waverly, and TwoMorrows Acres, Denver.
Onlookers watch from the footbridge by Nestle and Kohlmann Park, foreground, as kayakers take the home stretch in the Sunset Pride Float Thursday, June 5.
The Sunset Pride Float launched from the Waverly Area Veterans Post Thursday, June 5.
- Elizabeth Bingham
Waverly's first Pride Float passes under the bridge by Nestle to continue to Kohlmann Park, where the float would end.
- Elizabeth Bingham
A group of Sunset Pride Float participants created special T-shirts for the event. Pictured from left are Leo Nosbisch, Rachel Nosbisch, Siendra Kelley, Patty Vowels, Jim Vowels and Elyse Storlie.
- Elizabeth Bingham
A golf cart with supporters of the Sunset Pride Float crosses the bridge by Nestle.
- Elizabeth Bingham
A group of Pride Float participants leave the WAVP area at the start of the float June 5.
- Elizabeth Bingham
Members of Waverly's Human Equity and Diversity Commission and volunteers from the community help register participants for the Sunset Pride Float.
- Elizabeth Bingham
More than 80 participants took part in the first Sunset Pride Float on the Cedar River in Waverly June 5.
- Elizabeth Bingham
Kayaks and other watercraft line the harbor area of the Waverly Area Veterans Post June 5 as people wait for the start of the Sunset Pride Float.
- Elizabeth Bingham
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