Is It Possible???
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 I wouldn’t have believed it if I had not been there! What a fantastic turn out we had for our 4th of July Celebration! It is just so wonderful to see our town full of enthusiasm and enjoying our local surroundings. We served around 300+ people and celebrated with some great music and fireworks. Our Mayor, Ritchie Jacobson, started the evening out with a warm welcome and thank you to all those volunteers who have been involved in Horizons. Each of those volunteers were recognized with ten ‘Gackle dollars’ to be used only at Gackle merchants within the next thirty days. Our own Gackle ’stimulus’ money. Mary Conrad will be in contact with anyone on her list she wasn’t able to get them to.
‘Raw Sugar’ from Lisbon turned out some great tunes and kept the crowd entertained. They definitely put on a great show with their musical talent. Marci Neis, Sheila Metz, and JoLynn Dewald were able to keep the kids busy with games, hunts, and water balloons. It looked to me like they had a great time and a few got a little wet. We unfortunately were unable to have the face painting, as our painter was very ill this past week. It wasn’t much later, that darkness came and the real banging started! Gale and his crew put on a wonderful show with some beautiful displays.
I cannot go on without thanking all of the donors and volunteers that help events like this happen. It is so nice to see the real ‘fireworks’ in the people of our community coming out, supporting, and having fun. Make sure to thank our Mayor and all those who have been helping to keep our parks looking great too! I also heard that there was a great turnout for the special $1 showing of Iron Man and the Kreiger Theater. Few empty seats and lots of popcorn!
Could we be starting a trend? Gackle’s Annual Big Bang? More details to come next year! Thanks again everyone and hope you had a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!
Pictures courtesy of James Owen–thank you for the batteries and great pics!