Lake County celebrates Independence Day
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LAKE COUNTY — Communities throughout Lake County got together on July 4 to celebrate the United States’ 247th year of independence.
In Polson, the holiday kicked off with the much-anticipated fireworks show held at dusk near Riverside Park on July 3. Community members made the event possible by donating funds to the Polson Chamber of Commerce.
Prior to the Polson parade, the local VFW put on its second annual reenactment of the historic battles at Lexington and Concord. The shouts of Paul Revere stirred participating kids and community members into a friendly cap gun battle to defeat the British, and everyone left with a commemorative T-shirt for their efforts.
Polson and Arlee both held town parades at noon on Independence Day, with families lining the streets to wave to the colorful floats passing by and scooping up thrown candy. Arlee also wound down its weekend long Powwow celebration with a snake dance and rodeo to mark the occasion.
The winners of the Arlee parade categories are as follows:
Business: Big Sky Sasquatch
Patriotic: Patriotic Lawnmower with trailer
Patriotic Youth: Cable/Mills family
Clubs: Arlee wrestling Club
Vehicles: Cole Younger 1952 GMC Pickup
Native American: Miss Salish Pend d’Oreille – Aurora O’Neill
Native American Group: MMIW – Dustin Shelby
Western Outfit group: Shultz, HeavyRunner
Western Adult: Beauties and Beast
Western Youth: American Cowboy – Hestan Heath
Novelty Group: Lytle Family
Novelty Teen: Johnathon Baumbach
Novelty Youth: David Baumbach
Novelty Child: Paisley Carney Pegasus with Superman
To see the winners of the Arlee Powwow competitions once they’re announced, go online to https://mooremultimedia.org/arlee-powwow-2023 or visit the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/559595689499208.
