Logan County villages gear up for three weekends of fireworks and festivities in celebration of Independence Day
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LOCAL 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES Saturday, June 25 • West Liberty — Lions Park, fireworks display at dusk after Force softball tournament and West Liberty Lions fish fry. Saturday, July 2 • Rushsylvania — parade at noon, Lions Club barbecue chicken dinner, noon to 3 p.m.; cake walk 1 to 2 p.m.; Hardin County K-9 demo 2 to 3 p.m.; Cynergy Dance group 3 to 5 p.m.; Yardzee tournament 2 p.m.; cornhole tournament 3 p.m.; Dance Fuzion 5 to 6 p.m.; junior royalty pageant 6 p.m.; music by American Entertainment, 6 to 10 p.m., with a patriotic tribute during the fireworks at dusk; pageant and other information, contact Heather Wright at (937) 441-5168.
• Indian Lake Beach Spectacular — Oldfield Beach; car show registration begins 10 a.m.; pageants 11a.m.; open microphone 3 p.m.; entertainment until 10 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. Monday, July 4 • Belle Center — pancake breakfast 7 to 11 a.m., Richland Township Fire Department; parade at noon; firefighter demo and kids firefighting combat challenge, 1 to 5:30 p.m. Keller Avenue; kids’ tractor pull, 2 p.m.; square and line dancing, 2 to 7 p.m., shelter house; WAR Wrestling Belle Center Brawl 7, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; fireworks at dusk. • West Mansfield — all events at Conservation Club; pancake and sausage breakfast 7 to 10 a.m.; parade 11 a.m.; pony rides, noon to 1 p.m.; caricatures by Steve Campbell, noon to 3 p.m.; nail painting by Madecyn Kerns, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; bounce houses, 1 to 5 p.m.; cake walks, 1:30 to 3 p.m.; Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Chase Watts, 2 to 3 p.m.; balloons by Connie Keens, 2 to 4 p.m.; ice sculptures by D.J. Weatherby, 4 p.m.; talent show 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; music by Keith Mathys, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.; and fireworks at dusk. Saturday, July 9 • East Libety/Perry Township — Perry Township Park, noon parade; car show until 3 p.m.; kids games 2 p.m.; pizza eating contest 3 p.m.; pony rides 4 p.m.; cornhole 4 p.m.; kids demolition derby 6 p.m.; cake walks; fireworks at dusk. |
The skies above Logan County will be ablaze with color for three consecutive weekends as various villages host annual Fourth of July festivities.
The first of the fireworks displays is Saturday, June 25, in West Liberty’s Lions Park as the culmination of the day’s Force softball tournament and the West Liberty Lions Club’s popular fish fry from 5 to 7 p.m.
But probably the biggest change of the year this year comes as Rushsylvania plans its celebration for Saturday, July 2, to avoid competing with Belle Center, which remains one of the most popular July 4 fireworks displays locally.
“We wanted to try it out this year and get away from everybody doing it on the same day,” Rushsylvania event organizer Heather Wright said. “If we can get different communities to have it on different days, maybe people will be able to travel to other shows and support their events, too.”
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