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<< Previous   of   Next >> NIKI DESAUTELS / The Herald  (click to enlarge) Fireworks light up the sky at Civic Stadium in Edmonds during the community's 99th annual Fourth of July celebration in 2006.   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, July 3, 2008 Plan your fun for the Fourth of July holiday Herald staff Here is a list of events happening on the Fourth of July. Arlington: Frontier Days in Haller Park, 1100 West Ave.: 7 to 11 a.m. pancake breakfast; 8 to 9 a.m. registration, 10:30 a.m. start for Pedal, Paddle, Puff Triathalon; 11 a.m. start for Kiwanis auction; Also, 5 p.m. grand parade along French Avenue; 7:30 p.m. Stilly Duck Dash; fireworks display, Quake Park, 18501 59th Ave., seating available on Boys & Girls Club lawn, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington; 360-403-3421, www.ci.arlington.wa.us. Bothell: Freedom Festival: Patriot dance, 7 to 10 p.m. today, the Park at Bothell Landing. Festival continues Friday: main parade at noon, down Main Street and north on Bothell-Everett Highway; re-enactment of the Battle of Concord, 2 p.m. at the Park at Bothell Landing, 9919 NE 180th Street; Children's parade, 11:15 a.m., 104th Avenue and Main Street, participants (up to age 12) bring own decorated wagons, strollers or bicycles and parents accompany children or arrange to meet at end. Darrington: Hometown parade begins at noon, with lineup at 11 a.m. at the Community Center. Route is down Darrington Street and over to Mountain Loop Highway. Finishes at Old School Park, where hot dogs, pop, old-fashioned ice cream will be served. There will also be a square dance performance. Fireworks display at dusk at high school football field. Edmonds: An Edmonds Kind of Fourth, Children's parade 11:30 a.m., Fifth Avenue and Howell Way; grand parade at noon, starting at Seventh Avenue between Glen and Daley. 2 p.m. activities at City Park, 7:30 p.m. live entertainment, approximately 10 p.m. fireworks at Edmonds Civic Stadium; 425-776-6711, www.edmondswa.com. Everett: Fire and Ice: Comcast Community Ice Rink, 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. $5 ages 6 and older, $3.50 ages 5 and under, includes skate rental, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett, 425-322-2600, www.comcastarena.com. Yankee Doodle Dash: Registration 7:30 a.m., race begins at 8:30 a.m., $10 to $25 members, $13 to $35 nonmembers, Everett Family YMCA, 2720 Rockefeller Ave., www. ymca-snoco.org. Colors of Freedom parade: 11 a.m. along Colby and Wetmore avenues, between Wall and 26th streets, Everett; sponsored by the Everett Jaycees; 2008 features first-ever Children's Kazoo Band, sign-up until 10 a.m. in front of Everett High School, 2416 Colby Ave.; 425-257-7117, www.ci.everett.wa.us. Colors of Freedom Festival: 1 to 11 p.m., Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett; live music, free kids activities, Bite of the Fourth food fair; viewing areas for 10:20 p.m. fireworks are Legion Park; Harborview Park, 1621 Mukilteo Blvd.; 10th Street boat launch; www.ci.everett.wa.us. Free shuttle to activities runs from Everett Station, 3201 Smith Ave.; 425-257-7777 for shuttle details. AquaSox baseball vs. Yakima Bears, 7:05 p.m., post-game fireworks, $7 and up, Everett Memorial Stadium, 3802 Broadway, 800-463-7647. Star-Spangled Celebration: Noon to 4 p.m., Imagine Children's Museum, 1502 Wall St., Everett; free admission; visitors can decorate jar seals with patriotic-themed writings to put on near life-size Liberty Bell; 425-258-1006, www.imaginecm.org. Fun in the Sun Street Fair: Post-parade picnic area and kids entertainment, noon to 3 p.m., First Baptist Church of Everett, 1616 Pacific Ave.; 425-259-9166, www.fbc-everett.org. Pancake breakfast fundraiser: 7:30 to 11 a.m., The Flying Pig, 2929 Colby Ave., Everett; sponsored by Everett Jaycees; $8.95 per person; 425-339-1393. Lynnwood: Star Spangled Celebration: Family events and fireworks, 7 to 10:35 p.m., Lynnwood Athletic Complex, 3001 184th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-771-4030, www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us. Monroe: Demolition derby and fireworks show: Derby starts 7 p.m., fireworks afterward, Evergreen Speedway, 14405 179th Ave. SE, Monroe; $25 reserved, $16.50 adult general admission; $10.50 juniors, seniors and military; $5.50 ages 6 to 11; $43 for two adults and two to four children; free ages 5 and under; 360-805-6100, www.evergreenspeedway.com. Stanwood: Community parade, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., D.O. Pearson House Museum, 27112 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood; cost for ice cream; 4 p.m. Heritage Park picnic area opens; evening includes live entertainment, face painting, fireworks display at dark; 360-629-6110, www.sahs-fncc.org, www.ci.stanwood.wa.us.

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