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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 6, 2015
McKINLEY SMITH — The Daily Astorian
Tennyson Wilkinson, age 6, honks the nose of a clown during Warrenton’s Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Parade in
downtown Saturday. Photos from the South County celebrations in Tuesday’s Daily Astorian.
Independence: People
of all ages enjoy the 4th
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Sydney Thomas, 1, of Vancouver, Wash., watches the pa-
rade.
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JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
An Astoria Clown does a wheelie on a motorcycle during
the parade.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Spud, a 4-year-old rescue pit bull looks out from Clatsop
Animal Assistance float during Warrenton’s Old-Fash-
ioned Fourth of July Parade in downtown Saturday.
radio stations, public depart-
ments and more took part
marked her as a volunteer at in the parade. The Astoria
the parade. “This is a small- Regatta Court waved from
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town family.”
She marshaled the children by Pack 509 and the Nordic
along the side of the road, Viking Dancers, who danced
preventing them from cross- rather than walked down the
ing the white line — and later, street.
Farther down the road
a chalk line farther from the
parade — as they rushed to from the Wilkinsons, Astoria
resident Katherine Mather
snatch up candy.
“Sometimes I have to do watched the parade from out-
the grandma voice,” she said. side the Maddox Dance Stu-
Siblings Reese, 6, and dio, wearing one of the red,
Tennyson Wilkinson, 6, and white and blue leis handed out
cousin Ethan Wilkinson, 8, around that block. She’s sat in
came to the parade with their the same place during the pa-
grandmother, Jackie Wilkin- rade for at least 15 years and
son. They shared their favor- appreciates getting to come to
a smaller parade.
ite entrants.
“I come and try to stake
“I liked the princess ones,”
out my place early,” she said.
Reese said.
Mather and her four chil-
“I like the police ones,”
dren set up well before the
said Ethan.
“I like the boat ones,” Ten- parade began, joining count-
less others setting up their
nyson said.
Tennyson even got to honk chairs that lined the road up
the big red nose of one of the and down the parade route,
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clowns.
The crowd cheered as the on Main Avenue to the Grade
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“I’m really blessed that I
children were silent as the
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which carried a taxidermy Mather said she wanted her chil-
elk surrounded by vegetation, dren to learn about the country
and why they’re celebrating the
went by.
Local groups, businesses, Fourth with a parade.
EDWARD STRATTON — The Daily Astorian
The Transcendental Brass Band from Portland led the
community Fourth of July Parade parade organized Sat-
urday by the Astoria Downtown Historic District Associ-
ation.
McKINLEY SMITH — The Daily Astorian
Members of the Oregon Air National Guard throw candy
during Warrenton’s Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Parade
Saturday.
GARY HENLEY — The Daily Astorian
Former Warrenton Warrior baseball players pose for their now-annual team picture after Saturday’s alumni game at Huddleston Field.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
McKINLEY SMITH — The Daily Astorian
A handwritten sign at a business in
Seaside that was closed because of the
power outage July 4.
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Kids ride down South Main Avenue on decorated bikes during Warrenton’s Old-Fashioned
Fourth of July Parade in downtown Warrenton Saturday.
Jeanie Anderson of Hammond, shows
her red, white, and blue during Warren-
ton’s Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Pa-
rade Saturday.