Grace Loutherback, 3, displays some star-spangled accessories for Bayfield’s big Fourth of July celebration Wednesday in downtown Bayfield.
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Cheers and waving flags greet firefighters at the end of the Bayfield parade as locals expressed appreciation for their work batling area fires.
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Phyllis Ludwig is this year’s Grand Marshal of the Fourth of July parade. She is chauffeured by Lin Coates, owner of Coates Collision Center, in one of his classic cars.
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The Bayfield Riders 4-H Club are creating a Root Beer Float in the Fourth of July parade.
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And what goes with a root beer float? Root beer goats, of course.
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Root beer goats are handled by Bailey Smith and Madison Poulton as part of the Pine River Riders 4H Club’s entry, a root beer float.
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Lisa Eckert of the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District points from one of the district’s antique engines that was stationed in Vallecito.
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There will be no fireworks show, but Independence Day revelers still jammed into downtown Bayfield on Wednesday for the town’s annual events.
A large crowd filled Mill Street for the parade, and afterwards, moved into Joe Stephenson Park, where the Bayfield High School wrestling team sold out of locally produced hamburgers, and Brenda’s Old West Cafe ran out of turkey legs.
More than 40 teams registered for the horseshoe tournament in Eagle Park, and Lydia’s Sweet Treats reported that ice cream sales were brisk.
The Bayfield Lions Club served an estimated 700 pancake breakfasts. Calvary Presbyterian Church members sold lots of pies, they also rode a float in the parade celebrating the founding of the church 124 years ago in 1894.
The beer tent operated by the Pine River Centennial Rotary Club, a corn hole tournament and live music by Tomyris rounded out the afternoon’s festivities.
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