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Fireworks launch into the sky Monday night July 4, 2022, and fall into Wallowa Lake for the Shake the Lake celebration on Independence Day.
What a show
Fourth of July
Parade a slice
of Americana
By JACK PARRY
Wallowa County Chieftain
WALLOWA — Gray
skies clouded East First
Street in Wallowa just
moments before the town’s
annual Fourth of July
Parade was set to begin
with onlookers sporting
long sleeves and umbrellas
in case of the downpour.
But right before the
scheduled start, the sun
crept out into the sky and
shone to create the perfect
setting for this celebration
of freedom.
American fl ags of all
sizes fl apping in the light
wind, lawn chairs and cars
lined up each side of the
street with eager specta-
tors. Trucker caps, cowboy
hats, bikes and motorcy-
cles all around the down-
town. The attention shifted
to the start of the parade
with two men walking
down the road holding the
nation’s colors and those
of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 4307 in Enter-
prise as the cheering began
from onlookers.
Roger Curtis, owner
Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain
The national colors and those from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 4307 in Enterprise lead the annual Fourth of July
Parade in Wallowa on Monday, July 4, 2022.
of Three Bears Towing
in Wallowa, said that rec-
ognizing veterans is what
the Independence Day
means to him.
“It’s [for] the people
that have given everything
for our country,” he said.
See Parade, Page A16
ENTERPRISE — Ed Powers
has been operating his excava-
tion contracting business from his
home outside of Joseph for more
than 40 years.
“I’ve done work for everyone
around,” he said.
His favorite thing about living
in Wallowa County has changed a
bit over those four decades.
“I liked it at fi rst because there
were fewer people and fewer reg-
ulations,” he said.
He still likes the low
population.
With Independence Day just
past, he had some thoughts on
what the holiday means to him.
“I like to think about our coun-
try and its founding,” he said. “I’d
like it to keep going like it has
in the past, but it’s not. To me, it
means a day off and a day of cel-
ebration and giving thanks for the
country we live in.”
As for summer activities, he’ll
be keeping busy.
“I don’t have much on my
plate except more work,” he said.
“I thought I might get to go to
Alaska for my 70th birthday, but
it doesn’t look like that’s going to
happen.”
He does plan to go to to Chief
Joseph Days.
“We always go there,” he said,
adding that he doesn’t have a par-
ticular strategy for getting in and
getting a seat. “We just go early
enough.”
Like many, Powers has his own
thoughts on what people who
are thinking about moving here
should be thinking.
“The reason they move here
is because they like what they
see and want to be part of it,” he
said. “I would stress that wher-
ever they came from, leave that
there and come and live our way.
… You’re going to have to put up
with some potholes. You’re going
to have to put up with fewer ser-
vices than you do in the big city,
so don’t complain so much and
take responsibility.”
— Bill Bradshaw,
Wallowa County Chieftain