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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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PARADES, FOOD & FIREWORKS
Go! Magazine staff
that supports the Spc. Mabry
James Anders Memorial Founda-
tion returns. Serving begins right
after the parade, and the cost is
$12. Lunch lasts until the food runs
out — about 200 to 250 meals.
Rodeo action starts up again at
1:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is the
same as Saturday night’s prices.
The day ends with a fi reworks
display courtesy of the Friends of
Haines. The show starts at dusk.
Skies across Eastern Oregon will
light up on the Fourth of July, and
many communities have daytime
events as well.
Wallowa County
JOSEPH — Wallowa County is
gearing up to celebrate Indepen-
dence Day with a fi reworks show
at Wallowa Lake.
The annual “Shake the Lake”
starts at dark and can be seen from
much of the upper Wallowa Valley
and Joseph. Plan your viewing
site early, as this is one of the most
popular events of the year.
Bringing the light show to
holiday revelers are the Wallowa
County Chamber of Commerce,
the Joseph Chamber of Commerce
and the Stubborn Mule Saloon and
Steakhouse. To contribute, mail
checks to Wallowa County Cham-
ber of Commerce, 309 S. River St.,
Enterprise 97828.
WALLOWA — Independence
Day celebrations in Wallowa begin
at 9 a.m. with a street fair down-
town in front of city hall, 104 N.
Pine St.
For more information call 541-
886-2422. Vendor sites for food,
drinks and crafts are available for
free.
The parade that runs from the
Wallowa High School football fi eld
and up Main Street through down-
town begins at 2 p.m.
This year the city is not requiring
pre-parade registration. For those
interested in joining the parade,
show up with your entry at 1:15
p.m. to receive an entry number.
Parade entries should be well
marked as to what the business,
organization or group represents to
help the announcers relay who is
coming down the street.
Prize winners will be posted on
Facebook Tuesday, July 6. Cash
prizes, varying from $30 up to
$200, will be awarded.
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Baker County
HAINES — The town of Haines
celebrates the Fourth of July with
two days of rodeo action, commu-
nity events and fi reworks.
Slack starts at 9 a.m. Saturday,
July 3, at the Haines Stampede
Rodeo grounds. Admission is free.
The rodeo is that night from
5-9 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults, $5
for ages 5-12, and free for 4 and
younger.
On Sunday, July 4, the town
wakes up with a cowboy breakfast
from 7-10 a.m.
Vendors will be set up for the
Haines Art Festival from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. in the vacant lot south of
the Sell-Rite store. Offerings will
be handmade or homemade and
feature more than 20 artisans from
Baker County, Jordan Valley and
Burns.
The Fourth of July parade starts
at 10 a.m.
This year the barbecue lunch
HALFWAY — The celebration
starts later in the day in Halfway,
beginning with parade lineup at 5
p.m. at the elementary school.
The parade starts at 6 p.m. on
Main Street.
The rest of the day’s events will
be centered at the fairgrounds.
The concession stand opens at
6:30 p.m. to serve hamburgers and
hot dogs with summer salads. The
VFW beer garden also opens at this
time.
The Wasteland Kings will pro-
vide live music from 6:30-9 p.m.
And be sure to catch the annual
pie auction with auctioneer Mib
Dailey. Funds raised will support
the 2022 fi reworks display.
(Since the pie auction didn’t
happen in 2020, this year’s show
is funded by money raised during
Seth Brown’s concert in May.)
The day ends with fi reworks at
dusk.
The Fourth of July festivities are
sponsored by the Pine Valley Fair
Association, Hells Canyon Cham-
ber of Commerce and the Pine Val-
ley Rural Fire Protection District.
Union County
IMBLER — The Fourth of July
parade in Imbler begins at noon,
running south along Ruckman
Avenue (Highway 82).
After the parade the Imbler
Christian Church, also on Ruck-
man Avenue, will provide free hot
dogs, pop, chips and cotton candy.
All are welcome.
UNION — A fi reworks show will
launch at dusk from Union’s Buf-
falo Peak Golf Course for the fi rst
time. Because the golf course is
situated on high ground, “Thunder
at the Peak” will be easy to see
throughout much of Union.
There won’t be any additional
public activities, but the full festivi-
ties will return in 2022.
For more information or to
donate to the fi reworks, go to
thunderatthepeak.org. Donations
can be mailed to the City of Union
Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box
76, Union 97883, or dropped off at
Community Bank in La Grande.
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