Sauk Rapids Herald - July 8, 2023

Celebrating freedom with a bang

BY HANS LAMMEMAN

& NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITERS

Some people set aside July 4 to celebrate the nation’s independence and their freedoms on the federal holiday.

St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids area parks lled in the afternoon and evening hours as people prepared to watch the annual St. Cloud Area July 4th Fireworks display, held from the Mississippi River. Hours earlier and north near Rice, people took to the waters and shores of Little Rock Lake to participate in the lake’s annual Fourth of July boat parade.

Guy Powers, of St. Cloud, sits in the grass and watches as the St. Cloud Municipal Band performs “God Bless the USA” July 4 at Wilson Park in St. Cloud. The band performed patriotic songs throughout the evening and firework display.

(Left) Brian Erdmann and his grandson, Max, wave as a parade of water craft pass by on Little Rock Lake July 4 in Rice. Erdmann owns property on the east side of

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(Left) Vincent Lelandais grills sausage while waiting for the July 4 fireworks show at Wilson Park in St. Cloud. He traveled about an hour with his family from Medina to watch the Independence Day fireworks.

PHOTO BY HANS LAMMEMAN Bright fireworks light up the sky and dazzle onlookers July 4 at Wilson Park in St. Cloud. Guests enjoyed food trucks and live music prior to the fireworks at dusk.

PHOTO BY HANS LAMMEMAN Bradley Peneche (front, from left), Donna Peneche and Hannah Torrecampo; (back, from left) Raymond Peneche and Neil Peneche, all of St. Cloud, prepare to watch the fireworks from their spot on a hill July 4 at Wilson Park in St. Cloud. The display lit up the sky at dusk, entertaining spectators at Hester and Wilson parks.

PHOTO BY HANS LAMMEMAN Wyatt Reece (left) and Sam Sanders, of Hutchinson, play hacky sack at Wilson Park while waiting for the fireworks to begin at dusk July 4 in St. Cloud. They traveled nearly an hour to enjoy the Independence Day festivities.

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PHOTO BY HANS LAMMEMAN Spectators lay back on blankets and look up from lawn chairs to view the St. Cloud Area July 4th Fireworks from Wilson Park on Independence Day in St. Cloud. People filled parks on both sides of the Mississippi River and filtered into Sauk Rapids to view the annual fireworks display.

PHOTO BY NATASHA BARBER Rob and Corrine Jacobs drive through the Little Rock Lake Boat Parade July 4 in Rice. A wooden cutout (left) with the words “Proud to be an American” was proudly

Cliff (from left) and Sheryl Weitgenant and Phyllis Post take in the Little Rock Lake Boat Parade from a dock July 4 in Rice. Terry Higgins leads the parade each year, beginning at 1 p.m. at the rock pile.

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Patriotic boaters in a duck boat troll around Little Rock Lake July 4 in Rice. Pontoons, boats and jet skis participated in the Independence Day celebration.

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A boy sets down his fishing rod, picks up the boat flag and waves it in the air as the Little Rock Lake Boat Parade passes by July 4 in Rice. Just over 20 watercraft participated in the event that began shortly after a morning rain subsided.

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Sina Mersinger (left), Rosalie Brenny and Alayna Traut, all of Rice, pause for a photo of their hovercraft created at the Blast into Aerospace day camp in June at Foley Elementary School in Foley. The camp created aircraft from planes to rockets.

Hunter Kociemba, of Sauk Rapids, displays a skull found inside an owl pellet at the Reptiles & Raptors June camp in Sauk Rapids. Campers found bones, feathers and a number of skulls in the pellets as owls cannot digest those items.

First graders Elliot Opdahl and Morgan Kociemba, of Sauk Rapids, are assisted by Skylar Morris, 4-H camp counselor from Foley, during the Blast into Aerospace day camp at the Benton County Fairgrounds in June in Sauk Rapids. One craft made during the camp was a balloon-powered model car.

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At the Edible Science & Experiments day camp in June, Olivia Van Nevel and Erin Bjore, both sixth grade students from Sauk Rapids, create outlines for edible stained-glass windows at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Sauk Rapids. The pretzels created a border to contain the liquid formed by melted Jolly Ranchers.

PHOTOS SUBMITTED Catherine Hastings, a representative from The Raptor Center, of the University of Minnesota, shares raptors, including a bald eagle, during a Reptiles & Raptors day camp in Foley. Hastings included details about each bird and how they came to be at The Raptor Center.

Elise Carner (left) and Emma Hanson show off their accordion snakes they created while attending the Reptiles & Raptors day camp in June at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Sauk Rapids. Benton County 4-H hosted six day camps in June in Sauk Rapids and Foley.

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PHOTOS BY MORGAN EGGERT

(Above) Kids end practice with one final lap around the bases June 26 at Rice Lions Park in Rice. The ball programs end July 19.

(Left) Nora Brown throws a ball to her partner during practice at Rice Lions Park June 26 in Rice. The Rice Recreation Department offers four ball programs for children 3 to 12 years old.

(Left) Maren Linz (left) and sister Laynie Linz race around the bases at practice June 26 at the Rice Lions Park in Rice. The program allows kids to work on the basics and fundamentals of baseball.

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(Left) Drayson Summerville runs to first base after hitting the ball at the Rice Lions Park ballfields June 26 in Rice. The summer ball programs are managed by the Rice Recreation Department.

(Left) Children get ready for the ball