LibertyFest guide inserted in today's issue

Get out your best Star Spangled clothes, because it’s that time of year again.

In Edmond, the entire patriotic grandeur is wrapped up in a neat package called LibertyFest. This year we’ll be marking the 51st edition of the festival, which draws raves from all over Oklahoma, as well as the nation.

LibertyFest is comprised of many events, which lead up to the grand ole day itself — July 4.

On that Tuesday there will be a major parade in downtown Edmond starting at 9 a.m. And then that night there will be a massive fireworks show at around 9:30 p.m. at Hafer Park.

If you need help remembering those times, you’re in luck. This week we put out our annual and official LibertyFest program and event guide.

It’s a 40-page guide that lists all the events and times and features the people who help put on this wonderful effort.

They include Eriech Tapia, who is this year’s president of LibertyFest. The guide is inserted in this week’s edition. Please keep it, read it and consider supporting the guide’s advertisers.

So stay informed and consider one other thing. Please have a great time saluting our nation.

Heard on Hurd

Downtown Edmond is the place for fun. Just ask Alaina Smith (10) and Giana Monetti (10) enjoying the snow cones and face painting at the monthly Heard on Hurd event. Heard on Hurd is sponsored by Citizens Bank of Edmond and is held the third Saturday of the warm weather months.

Lily and Luke Terrell checking out the hot air balloon basket, which was at the Truck-A-Truck event Saturday at the University of Central Oklahoma parking lot. The event, sponsored by Edmond Electric, is a benefit Edmond’s HOPE Center, which helps the needy. Touch-A-Truck was originally scheduled for June 2 but bad weather forced a postponement.

Touch-A-Truck