Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current, July 13, 2000, Page 3, Image 3

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SPILYAYTYjMOO
Warm springs, Oregon
July 13,2000 3
Fourth of July 2000 brought families together for fun and laughter
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The winners of the Pole race during the Fourth of July, fun day games behind the Community Center.
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Children decorated their bicycles to participate.
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The Tug-0-War, the highlight of the day.
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The Water Melon eating contest saw a lot of youngsters in the contest.
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The sack race drew many entrants young and old who enjoyed the event.
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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
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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.
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with all the kids having a ball for
the night. Well, all good things I f
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works for the year. A bigger and
bener parade and fireworks next J f
year.
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Parade floats threw candy out to children, as they raced for it.
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candy.
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