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Best Bets: Holiday has lots of opportunities for fun

Jul 03, 2008 - 04:06:18 CDT

Independence is much more than a Missouri city of 110,000 in a suburb of Kansas City - and the home of Harry S. Truman. It's also a city in California, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

But in every state of these United States of America it also is associated with the Fourth of July, the day we celebrate our freedom from control of the British, achieved in 1776.

Independence Day is indeed a very special day for Americans. It's also a very busy day and weekend with celebrations, picnics, parades, barbeques and waving of the flag.

The week's Bismarck Tribune's "Best Bets" focuses on the holiday.

The place to start locally is Mandan Rodeo Days, which began Tuesday and continues through Friday. Area residents voted it last year as the "Best Community Festival" and "Best Major Event." Activities include a pancake breakfast, Art in the Park and rodeo today and Friday. The popular Mandan Jaycees Parade is at 10 a.m. Friday and fireworks are scheduled for 11 p.m.

For complete information, go to www.mandanrodeo.com or call 220-2959.

Friday also will feature the Driscoll and Glen Ullin 125-year celebrations with various events, concerts and fireworks, and the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Fourth of July Extravaganza beginning at the Capitol at 6:30 p.m. and running through the 10:15 p.m. fireworks show.

If you're out of town, there also are numerous events of note, including:

n Jamestown's 125th Celebration. www.jamestown125.com or 701-252-4830.

n Roughrider Days Fair and Expo, Dickinson. www.roughriderdaysfair.com or 701-483-7721.

n 85th Annual Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo. www.killdeer.com or 701-746-5777.

n Hettinger Fourth of July Celebration. www.hettingernd.com or 701-567-2531.

n Festival of Parks, Minot. www.visitminot.org or 701-857-8206.

n Independence Day Celebration, Medora www.medora.com; 701-623-4444.

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Comments

me either wrote on Jul 3, 2008 5:26 PM:

" The rodeo isn't worth going to watch this year - Where are all the contestants? And what happened to the sheep riding. I think the river or anywhere else is the place to be "

JustMe wrote on Jul 3, 2008 12:12 PM:

" Mandan has 2 events all year, buggies and blues and this. Parade is way to long to sit on pavement for the whole thing, no shade anywhere. Rodeo is overcrowded and access stinks. Won't find me there! "

Edword wrote on Jul 3, 2008 10:06 AM:

" lots of things to do in Mandan but what about Bismarck, oh thats right we get 10 min. of cheap fireworks, Even Obama won't come to the State Capital, he goes for the other one out East. Watch what your doing this weekend it could be banded in Bismarck,,, "

JustMe wrote on Jul 3, 2008 8:46 AM:

" Only good thing from the Mandan side during the rodeo days is the fireworks, Imma swim in the river this weekend, thats the best bet. "

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