ii iiiinjiiri(T'-- SPILYAYTYjMOO Warm springs, Oregon July 13,2000 3 Fourth of July 2000 brought families together for fun and laughter f A ff m - ' ' -... L 1 'ft je . ""-'.. , t i . 4L x " f . r The winners of the Pole race during the Fourth of July, fun day games behind the Community Center. if i A" Si Children decorated their bicycles to participate. - t V 1 , ... : The Tug-0-War, the highlight of the day. Is! "yMvrY - uw'"1" - II W ; if ' f ' ' Y"m J ''' f The Water Melon eating contest saw a lot of youngsters in the contest. I-:.'"' i : . -('', I .'i j ..,.-.r, 17 I ' . . I The sack race drew many entrants young and old who enjoyed the event. 1 I 3 - '1 v Hi' t t 1 II I -S f i'i 1 ''; ; v lit I i ''! r Nola Queahpama, dressed in full regalia, enjoyed herself in the parade. pate against each other while on the other side the winners kept going until the final race. The egg toss was a exciting event as some individuals were as far as 20 yards apart before break ing the egg. The balloon toss was Jjust as interesting as there were some people who got splashed as the balloons would burst while be ing caught but everyone didn't seem I to mind a little water on a fairly warm day for the fun games. The Water Melon Eating contest drew many as it appeared they wanted to get something in their throats to cool off, it was pretty warm out on the field. The water melon contest was open to everyone or all ages and was held in one event. The Tug-O-War, saw many teams participate and a double elimination event as the winners for the final pull had a mud puddle be tween them, but the losers avoided the mud puddle and fell to the side and not getting wet. There were some pretty good pulls by teams who stayed in there for a spell but it was the big guys who prevailed and won the Tug-O-War event After the fun games were com pleted the line formed for the Bar-B-Q, where the line looked like it was a mile long but every one got in k Another basket full of on the burgers, hot dogs, and all the food that there was for the day. Af- L-v ter the feed everyone settled down 1.- to watch the big fire works, which started as dust started to settle in. As the rockets would burst you could hear the crowd respond by honking horns and veils. The fireworks went f- M into the late hours as the kids had - ineir own sparklers anu iiic vul. There was sparks all over the place t t with all the kids having a ball for the night. Well, all good things I f .uific iu ail ciiu duu uiu uiv iuv $ i works for the year. A bigger and bener parade and fireworks next J f year. 3- ' f mm mjfjmm , 1 IA 'X ' ' li T ....... - s m 1 1 '-pi r. Parade floats threw candy out to children, as they raced for it. , S?v .- V- V 1 J - - i I 1- I candy. M f" 1 4 mm'-:-