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Show ! lo 447HB 300SS ASSN July 4th Celebrations Planned in s c u 84?,r nty A July 4 holiday of festive activities is planned for communities throughout Garfield County. li Panguitch, the annual FFA rodeo will provide two nights of activities beginning Tuesday night with a junior rodeo at 8 p.m. Rodeo activities will Include steer riding, bull riding, calf roping, team roping, barrels, buck sheep riding, pig chase, goat chase and calf ribbon tail pull. Entry forms must be completed by June 30 and submitted with entry fee to Jack Soper, Jeff Veater or Dave Ipson. Concessions will be operating during the rodeo and a dance will follow at the tennis courts at Panguitch City Park. Wednesay morning's activities will begin with a parade at 10 a.m. A special ham dinner will be served at the park at noon. Prices are set at $3 a plate or $12 a family. Participants should bring their own dishes. At 3 p.m. traditional kiddie races will be held at the park with prizes for the winners. A new feature for this year's celebration will be swim races at Panguitch Community Pool at 4 p.m. for all ages. Again at 8 p.m. an FFA rodeo will be held followed by a dance and fireworks display to top off the day's fun. In Hatch, a coloring contest is underway for those age three and up. Prizes will be awarded by age group for the best coloring of the patriotic pictures which are available all over town for anyone who would like to take part in the contest. On Wednesday morning, July 4, at 9 a.m. parade will feature Queen Monica Wilhelm. Parade grand marshall will be Garth Heap and Mayor Mervin Barnhurst and members of the Hatch Town council will ride on the town's new fire engine. Special banners noting the celebration have been prepared. Council member in charge of the celebration is Shirley Wilhelm and Cassie Mack is chairman of the day's activities. A special program at 9:30 a.m. will place emphsis on the history of Independence Day in America. The scouts will sponsor a bake sale with a snack bar. There will be a pie eating contest and a cake walk, dart game and fish pond. Sack races, three-legged races and old fashioned footraces will highlight the daytimes fun. At 7 p.m. at the park there will be a puppet show with cake and root beer and a fireworks display at dusk to top off the day's celebration. In Tropic, a 10 a.m. flag raising teremony by the scouts will start July 4 activities. Children's footraces will start immediately following and games and concessions will also be featured, At the scout house, the Tropic Ward LDS Relief Society will ponsor a bazaar with hand made quilts, a variety of craft items, white elephants and bake sale. There will be an afternoon movie as well. All proceeds from the day's activities will apply toward the purchase of a satellite dish for the Tropic LDS Ward. Escalante residents will join with Boulder citizens to celebrate the holiday beginning with a parade in Boulder at 10 a.m. A program will follow at 11 a.m. with lunch set for 12:30 p.m. A rodeo is scheduled for 4 p.m. with general participation welcome. Rodeo fees are $1.50 for adults, $1 for high school students and 50 cents for children. A dance featuring the Country Bumpkins is set for 9 p.m. In Henrieville, residents will rise early for a traditional early morning flag raising ceremony at 6 a.m. At 9 a.m., races will start, followed by games, concessions, a bake sale and a watermelon bust. There will also be two movies later in the day at the town hall. A 6 p.m. dinner will feature barbecued hamburgers with all the trimmings, salads and a beverage for a donation, At 9:30 p.m. there will be a festive fireworks display with everyone invited. Cannonville will celebrate the holiday with a traditional breakfast at the park with bacon, sausage and pancakes all you can eat for a very small price. Children's races will follow with prizes for the winners and traditional water fight. |
