Fourth of July festivities around Logan County include:
• Rushsylvania — Saturday, July 2, annual Rushsylvania Lions Club Chicken Barbecue village park shelter house beginning at noon until sold out; meal: half a Port-a-Pit chicken, baked beans, applesauce, roll and butter, iced tea or lemonade for $12; carry out available; Lions Club sponsored Independence Day Parade begins at noon through the downtown and ends at the park; fireworks at the park at dusk, hosted by Rushcreek Fire Department.
• Light Up the Lake — 10 p.m. Saturday, July 2; fully-choreographed 25 minute show at Indian Lake, produced by Pyrotecnico; beginning at 9 p.m., a fireworks shot will go up every 10 minutes, providing viewers with time to find their perfect spot; pyro-dome this year enhances the show.
• Belle Center — Monday, July 4; 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. pancake breakfast, Richland Township Fire Station; 11 a.m. parade line up, noon, parade; 2 to 5 p.m., music by The Old Pirates at the shelter house; 3 to 4 p.m. kid and adult games, kids tractor pull; 6 to 8 p.m., war wrestling; 6 to 9:50 p.m., live music by Hambone; 10 p.m. fireworks show.
• West Mansfield — Monday, July 4, West Mansfield Conservation Club, 701 S. Main St.; 7 a.m., 5K registration, 8:30 am – Firecracker 5000 5K walk/run starts; 8 to 10:30am, Boy Scouts serving pancake breakfast; 11 a.m. food trucks start serving; 11:30am – Parade Line up at Veterans Park, parade at noon; 1 p.m. kids fishing clinic, other activities throughout the afternoon; 2 p.m., Music in the Gazebo, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., cake walk in the club house; 6 p.m, adult ball tournament; fireworks at dusk.
• East Liberty — Saturday, July 9, East Liberty Perry Park, sponsored by the Perry Township Events Committee; noon, community parade, 11:30 a.m. line up at Church of Christ; noon to 5 p.m., vendor and craft show; noon to dusk, food trucks at the park; 2 to 5 p.m., ELM ballgames; 4 to 5 p.m., pony rides, with donations accepted to Marmon Valley Farm; 6 p.m., cornhole tournament, left field in the grass; 6 p.m., cake walk, back shelter house; 7:30 p.m., kids power wheels derby; fireworks at dusk.