Colter Plunket from Meeker had a stylish ride in the first annual patriotic parade at the Meeker’s Independence Day celebration at Meeker Lake Friday. Not only was it tricked out in red, white and blue, it had a bubble machine in the back. Photo/Brian Blansett
Hughes, who recently moved here from Texas, tries his hand at riding the mechanical bull at the annual Independence Day celebration sponsored by the Meeker Chamber of Commerce. Photo/Brian Blansett
contestants push their way through the hot dog eating contest in Davenport. They were given five hot dogs to eat in three minutes and the one who ate the most won. Photo/Emily Kalka
kids line up for the three-legged sack race at Davenport’s Fourth of July celebration at North Park on Friday. The group did not go quietly into the night as they raced for the finish line. Photo/Emily Kalka
Kids kicked the tires and lit the fires as they raced for the finish line during the foot race at Davenport on Friday. Photo/Emily Kalka
Alittle girl glides her way down the slip and slide at Foster Park in Stroud on Saturday, during the town’s Fourth of July event, before the storms moved in. Photo/Emily Kalka
