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Long Creek Mayor Don Porter, in the yellow vest,
leads Long Creek community members and
firefighters at the Long Creek fire camp in a short
early morning Independence Day observance.
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Monument’s Fourth of July Grand Marshal Bob Cox
is chauffeured by Rose Howe.
Martalena Williams, almost 2, of Salinas, Calif.,
takes a popsicle break after her hard work riding
in the Monument parade. She is the great-great-
granddaughter of the late Thelma Williams, of
Monument.
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Prairie City Parade results:
Classic vehicles:
1st, Trevor Hamsher
2nd, Buck and Beam Family
3rd, Grant County Search and Rescue
Floats:
1st, American Legion Post 106, Sweepstakes
Winner
2nd, Prairie City Senior Citizens
3rd, Quilts and Beyond
Walking Individual:
1st, Anna Jacobs
Non-motorized:
1st, Emma Field
2nd, Daylon Keith and cousins
Walking group:
1st, Chester’s Thriftway
Horse-drawn vehicle:
1st, Katrina’s Barber Shop
Mounted individual:
1st, Terry Hanson – Grant County Search &
Rescue
Royalty:
Queen Reitta Wyllie – Grant County Fair &
Rodeo
Mounted group:
1st, Brianna Zweygardt and Marnie Woodbury
2nd, Buck and Beam Family - Frankie and
Zoey Beam
Decorated vehicle:
1st, Prairie City Hall
2nd, Eastern Oregon Hydographic
3rd,
Blue Mountain Care Center
ATV/motor bikes:
1st,
Old West Federal Credit Union
2nd, Canyon Creek Mining Company
3rd, Prairie City Boys Basketball
Derby cars:
1st, Tyler Nodine
2nd, Steve Patterson
Trucks:
1st, Forest Service – Smokey Bear
Emergency vehicles:
1st, Prairie City Fire Department
2nd, John Day Fire Department
3rd, Grant County Search & Rescue
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Veterans on the American Legion float wave their flags during the Prairie City Fourth of July Parade. The entry won first place in the
floats division and was the sweepstakes winner.
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Grand Marshals Lynette
and Jim Sullens ride in
style down Front Street
in an old-time Prairie City
Fire Department truck.
Jim, driving, is a retired
Prairie City fire chief.
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Brett Burril and Beau Van Queen Reitta Wyllie represents the Grant County
Cleave enjoy the Prairie City Fair and Rodeo in the Prairie City Fourth of July
Fourth of July parade.
Parade.
Contributed photo/Wendy Burril
The Quilts and Beyond float, winning third
place in the float division, was a patriotic
sight in the Prairie City Fourth of July Parade.
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Friends and families gath-
ered in the park afterward for
Jake Burgers, a pie-eating con-
test, a pie-in-the-face contest
and scavenger hunt.
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Dayville Parade results:
Kids Division
1st, Streeter Grand Girls
2nd, Kendell Skillings
3rd, Grayson Schmadeka
Horse Division
1st, Reitta Wyllie on Breeze
2nd, McKenzie Canon on Tamera
3rd, Kelly Collins on Beasty
Motorized Division
1st, Lee Schrier driving self restored 1946
Super A International tractor
2nd, Citizens for Public Access
3rd, Dayville 4-H Club
Family Division
1st, Brandon and Sydney Thompson family
2nd, Moore Family
Business Division
1st, Mobile Glass
2nd, John Day Fossil Beds
Best of Parade
Lee Schrier
Family Trophy
Sydney and Brandon Thompson family
(Brandon, Sydney, Ethan, Tyler, Carson,
McKenzie and friends)
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Grand Marshal Marina Martin is driven by her daughter Kori Martin.
The Dayville
4-H Club
members
have fun
with their
colorful float
in the Dayville
parade.
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Fireworks light up the
night sky in Dayville.
The Eagle
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