Great job on Fourth

The 25th annual Jay County Fourth of July Celebration went off with a bang. There were two main events that were added to this year’s festivities: The BMX bicycle stunt team, “Perfection on Wheels,” and some amazing kite-flying members of the Hoosier Kite Flyers Society.

Please accept our apologies for a few last-minute cancellations from the roster including tee-ball, garden tractor pulls, Glass Capital Proptwisters, “Onset,” and a portion of the kid’s games.

This year turned out to be a small challenge for parking and the grounds were more congested due to the Vintage Motorbike Show starting just a couple days after the Fourth, but for those of you that did attend, we hope you enjoyed yourselves.

Your attendance makes our year-long efforts well worth it.

Thank you to our 2004 contributors that made the Fourth of July possible: Coldren & Frantz, Jay County Beverage, Tri-Kappa — Beta Theta Chapter, Debbie’s Hair Hutch, Altrusa Club of Portland, Fisher Packing, Fullenkamp Machine Inc., Gamma Nu Sorority, Mutual Security, Pak-A-Sak, George Loyd Construction, Portland Lions Club, Gamma Alpha Chapter, Psi Iota Sorority, Createc Corp. and Kiwanis Club of Portland.

Also, Portland Evening Optimist Club, Portland Eye Center, Jay County Monument, Taylor Building & Concrete, Arm’s Auto Body, Adams Physical Therapy, E.M. Cheeseman, United Way of Jay County, Portland Moose, Tri-Kappa Alpha Association Chapter, Jay-Portland Abstract, Ja-mar TV and Appliance, Moser Engineering, First Bank of Berne, American Legion Post 211 and Portland Breakfast Optimist Club.

Also, Box USA, Cook’s Nursery, Baird-Freeman Funeral Home, The Portland Foundation, Aker-Taylor Plumbing, FCC, Qualtech Tool & Engineering, First National Bank, Beck’s Hair-Em, Sprint Community Relations Team, Jay County 4-H Boots & Spurs Horse and Pony Club, Portland Elks Lodge 768, T.J.’s Bicycle, Moped Sales and Service, Jay Home Builders and Lady Patriots Basketball.

We would not have been able to provide this great day for the community without your support. We would also like to thank Steve Norman, The Museum of the Soldier, JCHS cheerleaders, Judan Judo Club, Del Rio, lay preacher Roger Domingo, The Performance Company, all the local fire departments that participated in the waterball competition, JCHS student council, Bill Davis, Jay County Sheriff’s Department and the Portland Police Department.

If you would like to volunteer for the 2005 July Fourth Celebration, please contact George Patterson or Brooke Aker.

Brooke Aker,

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