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Show County Communities Bet July 4 Celebrations Celebrations are planned in every Garfield County community for the July 4 holiday. Two days of activities sponsored by the Panguitch High School Future Fu-ture Fanners of America and the senior se-nior class will keep Panguitch folk busy .and entertained. On Friday, July 3, the first of two FFA Junior Rodeos will be held at the Panguitch Pangui-tch rodeo grounds starting at 7 p.m.. Events will include buck sheep riding, steer riding, bull rid ing, goat tying, barrel races (boys and girls) and animal chases. On Saturday morning in Panguitch, Pangui-tch, a parade will start at 10 at the courthouse, ending at the Sands Motel with S20 in prize money Lunch at 1 1:30 will feature deep pit barbecued beef with all the trimmings. It will be served at tables ta-bles in the park, weather permitting, permit-ting, or in the county fair building. Lunch will be followed by a cake auction. At 1:30 p.m., a carnival will be held at the fairgrounds with a fish pond, darts, sponge throw, ring toss, face painting, fortune teller, cake walk, basketball throw, sucker tree, mini-golf and a bake sale. There will be swimming at the community pool from 3 until 5 p.m. at 50 cents per person. Saturday night's FFA Junior Rodeo will be followed by a dance at 10. In the Bryce Valley area on Sat urday morning, July 4, the Boy Scouts of Cannonville will be serving serv-ing breakfast from 7:30 until 9:30, they will be serving bacon and eggs and hotcakes. A bake sale and children's chil-dren's races will follow the breakfast. break-fast. Activities in Tropic will start at 10 a.m., where a patriotic program will include a flag raising, patriotic songs and a patriotic speech to be held at the old high school gym. Af 10:30 children's races will be held at the high school track. A carnival will start at 1 1 with children's activities to include a fish pond, balloon darts, ring toss, bean bag toss, kiddie car drive, with small individual prizes for the children. chil-dren. Teenage and adult activities will feature arm wrestling, balloon shave, volleyball, dunk tank and relays, re-lays, all behind the high school. Prizes will be cakes and soda pop. A "hamburger feast" at $1.50 per person will be held at noon at the school kitchen and gym. The Bryce Canyon Rodeo at Ruby's Inn will be a part of the festivities, fes-tivities, starting at 7:30 p.m.with fireworks to follow and an old fash- , ioned barn dance from 10 until midnight at Bryce Valley High School's old gym featuring the See Garfield County Page 4A Garfield County Communities Set Celebrations .b rom Page 1 Dansie Family. The Dansies spend the summer months at Bryce where they operate the B-Bar-D Covered Wagon Company that provides the covered wagon rides at Ruby's Inn. They are all accomplished professional profes-sional musicians and entertainers who host barn dances during the winter months at their ranch in northern Utah. Everyone is invited. Henrieville will hold a flag raising rais-ing Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the town park with children's races and a watermelon bust to follow. In Escalante the July 4 holiday will begin with riders dressed as mountain men will go about town selling tickets for $4 for the muz-zleloader muz-zleloader shoot planned for July 25. A flag raising is set for Saturday morning at 7:30 at the old high school. From 8 until 11, a 1776 Congressional breakfast will be sponsored by the Escalante Lions Club according to new Lions club member Linda Carr, former Miss Garfield County. At $2.50 for adults and $1.75 for children or $15 for the immediate family, breakfast will feature bacon and eggs, and ham and hotcakes. A special talk by Lillian Coleman is also scheduled. sched-uled. Judy Ludgate is accepting donations dona-tions for the bake sale set for the same day. The Lions Club is sponsoring activities to raise funds to bring a radio transmitter and two new Salt Lake City radio stations into the valley (including country western station KSOP). The club is seeking seek-ing new members to help move these and other planned projects forward. Proceeds from Saturday's activities activi-ties will go to the Lions Club and to the Escalante Historical Museum. Mu-seum. Antimony residents will enjoy a scout-sponsored day of fun on Saturday Sat-urday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. there will be games and races at the park, a bake sale, lunch with hoagie sandwiches, sloppy joes and soda pop. At 9 p.m., there will be a watermelon wa-termelon bust and fireworks. At Bryce Canyon, activities on Saturday will be for National Park Service and TW Recreational Services Ser-vices employees and their families. There will be a parade at 10:30 a.m. with the theme "Christopher Columbus". The public is invited to the parade. An all-you-can-eat afternoon picnic is set for the NPS picnic area from 2 until 6 p.m. July 4 fun in Hatch will start early with a flag raising at 7 at the town park. Children's races and games are set for 10 a.m. At noon there will be a bake sale and free ice cream at the park. A softball game, starting at 2, will fill the afternoon hours. A potluck dinner at 6 with a free watermelon bust follows. An early evening program is planned T-shirts featuring a town logo designed de-signed by talented 16-year-old Brandon Bran-don Nelson will be on sale all day at $6 and $9. At Boulder, a dance will be held Friday night, July 3, at the school grounds starting at 9 p.m. At 1 p.m. on Saturday, residents will celebrate the July 4 holiday with a roast beef dinner and children's activities. |