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Lake County celebrates Independence Day

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By Taylor Davison Valley Journal

LAKE COUNTY — Communities throughout Lake County got together on July 4 to celebrate the United States’ 247th year of independence.

In Polson, the holiday kicked off with the much-anticipated fireworks show held at dusk near Riverside Park on July 3. Community members made the event possible by donating funds to the Polson Chamber of Commerce.

Prior to the Polson parade, the local VFW put on its second annual reenactment of the historic battles at Lexington and Concord. The shouts of Paul Revere stirred participating kids and community members into a friendly cap gun battle to defeat the British, and everyone left with a commemorative T-shirt for their efforts.

Polson and Arlee both held town parades at noon on Independence Day, with families lining the streets to wave to the colorful floats passing by and scooping up thrown candy. Arlee also wound down its weekend long Powwow celebration with a snake dance and rodeo to mark the occasion.

The winners of the Arlee parade categories are as follows:

Business: Big Sky Sasquatch

Patriotic: Patriotic Lawnmower with trailer

Patriotic Youth: Cable/Mills family Clubs: Arlee wrestling Club

Vehicles: Cole Younger 1952 GMC Pickup

Native American: Miss Salish Pend d’Oreille – Aurora O’Neill

Native American Group: MMIW – Dustin Shelby

Western Outfit group: Shultz, HeavyRunner

Western Adult: Beauties and Beast

Western Youth: American Cowboy – Hestan Heath

Novelty Group: Lytle Family

Novelty Teen: Johnathon Baumbach

Novelty Youth: David Baumbach

Novelty Child: Paisley Carney Pegasus with Superman

To see the winners of the Arlee Powwow competitions once they’re announced, go online to https://mooremultimedia. org/arlee-powwow-2023 or visit the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/559595689499208.

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