July 3
Fireworks at McMillan Park
Parade at 3:30 pm
Kids Tractor events 4pm
Dusk: Fireworks
Food, games, at Fairgrounds
Henry County Fair
July 30
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Intro to Canoeing
FREE to all Henry County Mentors and Mentees
Meet at Oakland Mills Nature Center
RSVP Cassie 385-8126
August 16
GPS FUN
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
FREE to all mentoring matches
Meet at Oakland Mills Nature Center
RSVP Cassie 385-8126
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| Birthday and Anniversary | | |
 Happy Birthday July 8 Cassie Alaniz
turns 40
Happy Mentoring Anniversary
July 1: Carmen Heaton and Halona |
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| Henry County Fair | | 
July 11 - 18 Henry County Fairgrounds
FREE Admission, FREE Parking
Sunday, July 11
2:00 pm Horse Show
Monday, July 12
3:00 pm Dog Show
7:30 pm Henry County Fair Queen Contest
Tuesday, July 13
7:00 pm Bill Riley Talent Show
Wednesday, July 14
Dusk - Movie to be shown
Thursday, July 15 - - - - KIDS Events All Day and Night
10:00 am KIDS show....the Snake Man
11:00 am KIDS Safety Demonstration
5:00 - 6:30 pm KIDS Carnival
5:15 pm KIDS Safety Demonstration
6:30 pm KIDS Snake Man show
7:30 pm KIDS Activities (ages 3-7 years old) in the Show Ring
Friday, July 16
6:00 pm Judging of Pie Making Contest
6:00 pm Little Kids Tractor Pull
7:00 pm Bi-State Little Pullers and Great River Tractor Pullers
8:00 pm 4-H Youth Dance featuring Humphrey's Sound
Saturday, July 17
7:00 pm Demolition Derby
Sunday, July 18
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Antique Tractor and Farmstock Pull |
| July 3rd Activities | |
Community 4th of July Celebration
Jul 3, 2010 3:30 PM
 Independence Day Parade 3:30pm, train, trolley and carousel rides, Drive a Tractor 4pm, fireworks at dark.
They are encouraging people to bring a picnic and have dinner at the Fireworks Display. If you are interested in reserved parking, for a $20 donation to the Firework Fund you can have upfront parking.
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| Fourth of July FUN FACTS | | Did you know.....
1838- In Providence, Rhode Island, 29 veterans of the revolution take part in the procession there; the White House is closed to the public, "the President has lately lost, by death, a near relative"; in Charlottesville, Va., the Declaration of Independence is read from an "original draft, in the handwriting of Mr. Jefferson"; at Fort Madison, Iowa, the well-known Native American Black Hawk gives a Fourth of July speech
1946- Americans observe the first peacetime Fourth in five years, as occupation troops celebrate with parades and artillery salutes in Germany and Japan; in Des Moines, Iowa, the 100th anniversary of Iowa statehood is celebrated .
2005-In what is described as the biggrest Fourth of July blast ever, NASA slams its two-stage 820-pound spacecraft called Deep Impact into the comet Tempel 1; the "Capitol Fourth" event in Washington, D.C. is the first broadcast on PBS to be aired in HDTV and Dolby 5.1 sound; 41 men and women are naturalized at Freedom Park in Rosslyn, Virginia; Miami hosts its 15th annual naturalization ceremony; new U.S. citizens recite the Pledge of Allegiance aboard the frigate U.S.S. Constitution in Boston Harbor |
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