From Deseret News archives:
Itty Bitty contest generates lots of fun
As usual, Itty Bitty requires lots of legwork and perseverance. This year, 151 entrants finished the contest, finding all or most of the tiny fragments of downtown signs, sculptures and architectural details pictured in the Sept. 1 edition of the Deseret Morning News.
From the 119 correct entries, we have randomly chosen these winners:
Grand prize (a $2,000 six-month CD from Zions Bank): The Noffsinger family (Ben, Emily, Enoch, Miriam and Lydia) of West Valley City
Second prize (night for two at the Peery Hotel and a $50 gift certificate to Christopher's Seafood and Steakhouse): Rebecca Curry of West Valley City
Third prize (two tickets to the Utah Symphony for the Jan. 13, 2007, performance and a $25 Gastronomy dining certificate): Daniel Roth of Lehi
Fourth prize (a $50 Fanzz gift certificate): Brad Throckmorton of South Jordan
Fifth prize ($45 Gold Mega Pass for dinner and movie at a Megaplex theater): the David Frogley family of Sandy
Sixth prize (The Gateway package including a gift certificate to Sbarro Italian Eatery, one-pound box of assorted chocolates from Cummings Studio Chocolates and an Ultimate Value Coupon Book): Teri Akiyama of Salt Lake City
There were lots of veteran Itty Bitty Salt Lake City players this year, including Ron Case and his family. "This contest is just so much fun that I am afraid we are going to go through major withdrawals for a whole year now that we're done," wrote Case.
Some longtime players have been doing the contest so long they've got it down to a science. "We must be getting better at this or you must be doing easier stuff," wrote Daniel Goodsell. "It only took us about five hours to find everything this year." Other participants reported coming downtown for days on end and still couldn't match all the clues to the real thing.
Sterling and Melanie Crockett have been doing the contest since their dating days. Now that they're married, "we look forward to having kids and taking them along with us in the future, too," they wrote.
This year's hardest clues proved to be a winged sculpture in the middle of 300 South; a pattern bordering the doors of Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Christian Church on 300 East; and a painting in the window of the Oyster Bar on Market Street. We apologize for the fact that apparently during some afternoon hours a shade is pulled down on the window, obscuring the clue.
This year's answers:
Clue No. 1: The Austrian Consulate, 240 S. Edison
Clue No. 2: House of Kabobs, 268 S. Main
Clue No. 3: Clock in front of Zions Bank, 102 S. Main
