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Parade, fireworks highlight Fourth By Kevin Hanson Senior Writer
Enumclaw launches the three-day, Fourth of July holiday weekend with a busy slate of activities Friday. Things get started on a satisfying note, with a pancake breakfast offered by members of the Enumclaw Rotary. They will be serving the free meal from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Enumclaw Senior Center. At approximately 10 a.m., entries will begin staging for the Stars and Stripes parade, which rolls at noon. Entries will cover the traditional
route along Cole Street. Kids are invited to decorate their bicycles, tricycles and scooters and join the parade; kids should gather at the staging area at 11 a.m. From 1 to 4 p.m., Rendezvous Wine and Brew will provide live entertainment on Myrtle Avenue between Cole and Railroad streets. The Kevin Jones Band will perform. It’s al all-ages event, as there will be seating outside an outdoor beer garden. The one-block stretch of Myrtle Avenue will be off-limits to automobiles for the afternoon. There’s a break until the sun goes down and pyrotechnics fill the night sky. The annual fire-
works show is back and will begin at approximately 9:45 at the field adjacent to Southwood Elementary School. The cost of putting on the Stars and Stripes celebration is picked up by a handful of sponsors. Aside from the city of Enumclaw, the Rotary Club and Rendezvous, sponsors include The Courier-Herald, the Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce, Helac Corporation, Les Schwab Tires, Treat’s Heating and Cooling and Rainier View Construction and Roofing. Enumclaw’s “special event” season kicks off
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Planners recommend keeping pot out of town
City of Enumclaw offices will be closed Friday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. Collection of garbage and yard waste will proceed as usual, however. All receptacles should be ready for pick-up by 6 a.m. Friday.
Weather The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for partly sunny with a high near 79 and light wind in the afternoon. The rest of the week and weekend is forecasted to be mostly sunny. Look for some clouds at night on the Fourth. The high should reach 77 on Sunday. The lows will be near 53.
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Don’t miss the 4th of July Parade!
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Carsen Scott competes in the pole climbing event Saturday during the Buckley Log Show. The show has been around since 1973 and this year featured 19 events. Things started Saturday with a parade and wrapped up Sunday. Complete results are found on page 26. Photo by Ashley Britschgi, ashleybritschgi@gmail.com
A move to keep recreational marijuana out of Enumclaw picked up steam Thursday evening when the Planning Commission voted – by a 3-2 margin – to effectively bar all weedrelated activity. The vote came after a dozen people testified, with two-third urging the commission to keep all phases of the marijuana delivery chain off-limits within the city. On the agenda was a proposed change to land use inside Enumclaw’s boundaries. The concept – supported by city administration and police – does two things. One, it recognizes that legal cannabis exists and includes the growing, processing and selling of recreational marijuana among potential land uses. But the key is part two of the proposal: the city has 14 zones and
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