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Well, the Shrine Circus was in Salt Lake City last weekend, but the real circus was in Ogden—a circus of mass proportions, with a real-live elephant, courtesy of Richard Eyre; balloons by the hundreds, courtesy of everyone; a nationally-known recording star, courtesy of Cannon; food by the ton; Franklin Planners all around; and a ringmaster named Bruce Hough, the Utah State Republican Party Chairman.