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Fourth of July
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Stars and Stripes for Dayville!
Blue Mountain Eagle
Young and old alike wore their
red, white and blue best to celebrate
“Stars and Stripes for Dayville!”
which was the theme for this year’s
celebration.
“It was a great day to be in our
little town,” said organizer and city
recorder Ruthie Moore.
She said, besides the parade, peo-
ple also enjoyed a dinner and dance,
a swap meet, duck race and horse-
shoe tournament.
The parade began with Sydney
Thompson singing the national an-
them while Rowdy Israel carried the
flag on horseback.
Israel is running for the title of
Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon.
Parade grand marshal Mary
MacArthur also rode on horseback
alongside her daughter Suzan Mas-
call, and they were followed by the
Grant County Fair Court Queen
Trinity Hutchison of John Day and
Princess Courtney Nichols of Day-
ville.
Best of Parade honors went to
a humorous duo, Patti LeBlanc
dressed as a town sheriff and her
husband, Ron, who walked in a
cardboard jail, claiming to be falsely
framed.
Moore thanked those who lent a
helping hand during the event.
“It was a day where memories
were made,” Moore said.
Parade Results
Grand Marshals: Mary MacArthur
Best of Parade: Falsely Framed with Ron, Patti
and Chloe (dog) LeBlanc
Horse Division
First: Rowdy Israel, presenting the American Flag
Second: Trinity Hutchison and Courtney Nichols
of the Grant County Fair Court
Kids and Non-Motorized Division
First: Jake Streeter Memorial Classic Car Show/
The Streeter Family
Second: The Fisher Family/Gina, Jack and
Gene
Third: Stars and Stripes Tumbleweeds/Michael,
Miles and Adelynne Ashley
Motorized Division
First: Dayville Community 4-H Club
Second: Dayville Rocks! with the Dayville High
School Class of 1968
Third: Celebrate the 4th! with the Dan and Dea
Driscoll Family/Prairie Springs Fish Farm
Horseshoe Tournament
First: Larry Powell and Casey Fretwell
Patriotic Pallet Contest
First: Tiffnie Schmadeka
Facebook Contest
Jody Winkelman
Duck Race
First: Janna Streeter
Second: Natalie Paleianathan
Jake Streeter Memorial Car Show Event
First: Jim and Cheri Bellmore, Mt. Vernon, 1955
Chevy 210
Second: Dan Driscoll, Dayville, 1972 C-10
Pickup
Third: Jim and Colleen Clark, Mt. Vernon, 1956
Thunderbird
Tanner Award: Valli Hettinga, Dayville, 1947
Willys Jeep
Zach Award: Dayville Merc, Dayville, 1917
Model T
Nate Award: Reuben Negus, Mt. Vernon, 1967
Chevy Pickup
Kiah Award: Jim and Colleen Clark, Mt. Vernon,
1956 Thunderbird
Piper Award: Jim and Cheri Bellmore, Mt.
Vernon, 1955 Chevy 210
Jack Fisher, 4, and his brother Gene Fisher, 3, drove
motorized tractors in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade.
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Jeanne Bryant, sitting with young Skylar Billar and Avery Smith, are dressed in
their patriotic best during the Fourth of July celebration in Dayville.
Grand Marshal Mary MacArthur, front, and her daughter
Suzan Mascall ride horseback in the Dayville Fourth of
July Parade.
The Dayville Community 4-H Club ride together in the Stars and Stripes for Dayville Parade.
‘Sheriff’ Patti LeBlanc walks alongside
‘prisoner’ Ron LeBlanc as she walks their
dog Chloe in the Dayville Fourth of July
Parade. The couple, who live in Dayville and
Sisters, won the top prize.
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