Fourth of July

CLEARFIELD — The city’s July Fourth celebration will begin Tuesday with a free movie, “Dolphin Tale,” at Fisher Park beginning at dusk.

The lack of rain may be wreaking havoc on people’s summer plans in firework-restricted areas, but there certainly is not a lack of city fireworks events, with many towns in Davis County celebrating Independence Day and Pioneer Day with large displays.

While the summer skies come alive with fireworks, the month of July will be filled with activities for residents to enjoy including breakfasts, 5K runs, parades, concerts, and carnivals.

New this year is an unprecedented entry in Bountiful City’s Handcart Day parade on Friday, July 20. More than 2,000 young men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah will be dressed in costumes, telling the story of 2,000 young stripling warriors described in the Book of Mormon.

CLEARFIELD -- Applications are now being accepted for Clearfield City's annual Fourth of July parade, which will be July 4, starting at 9:30 a.m.

FARR WEST — Volunteers are needed for the annual Farr West Freedom Festival, which will be held on Wednesday, July 4.

There will also be activities leading up to the Fourth of July celebration, and volunteers may select activities and days they could offer their assistance.

HOOPER — It started when Bette Wilson couldn’t find her neighbors’ names on the city’s war memorial in Hooper Park, and it will end July 4 with the dedication of a new memorial. The dedication ends four years of hard work by Wilson and others in the small community.

OGDEN -- The location of a state-operated air-monitoring station could have a bearing on readings that detected high levels of fine-particulate pollution from Fourth of July fireworks, says an Ogden fire official.

The monitoring station is near Jefferson Park, 3302 Grant Ave., which is a popular place for people to shoot off fireworks, city Fire Marshal Matt Schwenk said Monday.

The Plain City Fourth of July celebration dog show on Saturday raised nearly $1,200 to support local animal shelters and 400 pounds of dog food was donated as well as pet blankets and bowls.

Dog show organizer Sherry Bradford said businesses in Plain City and surrounding areas donated generously in both cash and raffle prizes to support the cause. First-place winners got to show off again in the city’s parade on the Fourth.