Stars and Stripes for Dayville!

Blue Mountain Eagle
Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018 Updated Dec 20, 2018
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Young Hallie Larson enjoys a bottle while riding in Dayville's parade.

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Grand Marshal Mary MacArthur, front, and her daughter Suzan Mascall ride horseback in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade.

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‘Sheriff' Patti LeBlanc walks alongside ‘prisoner' Ron LeBlanc as she walks their dog Chloe in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade. The couple, who live in Dayville and Sisters, won the top prize.

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The Dayville Community 4-H Club ride together in the Stars and Stripes for Dayville Parade.

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The Southfork Mini Mart float included three cute babies and their moms.

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Rowdy Israel of Dayville carries the flag in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade. Israel, who is running for the title of Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon, earned the first-place ribbon in the Horse division.

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Trey Mascall drives in front of his grandmother, grand marshal Mary MacArthur who was on horseback, in the Dayville parade with his dogs in back.

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Rowdy Israel of Dayville carries the flag in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade. Israel, who is running for the title of Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon, earned the first-place ribbon in the Horse Division.

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Families, 4-H kids and horseback riders, fire trucks and others join in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade.

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Jack Fisher, 4, and his brother Gene Fisher, 3, drove motorized tractors in the Dayville Fourth of July Parade.

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Standing together at the Fish House Inn in Dayville after the parade are, left to right, Charly Smith and Dane Smith of Bend, Paul Vermillion and Jeanne Bryant of Tucson, Arizona, with Skylar Billar and Avery Smith on Bryant's lap, and David and Lyndee Billar, who own the Fish House Inn.

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Jeanne Bryant, sitting with young Skylar Billar, and Avery Smith are dressed in their patriotic best during the Fourth of July celebration in Dayville in 2018.

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Young and old alike wore their red, white and blue best to celebrate “Stars and Stripes for Dayville!” which was the theme for this year’s celebration.

“It was a great day to be in our little town,” said organizer and city recorder Ruthie Moore.

She said, besides the parade, people also enjoyed a dinner and dance, a swap meet, duck race and horseshoe tournament.

The parade began with Sydney Thompson singing the national anthem while Rowdy Israel carried the flag on horseback.

Israel is running for the title of Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon.

Parade grand marshal Mary MacArthur also rode on horseback alongside her daughter Suzan Mascall, and they were followed by the Grant County Fair Court Queen Trinity Hutchison of John Day and Princess Courtney Nichols of Dayville.

Best of Parade honors went to a humorous duo, Patti LeBlanc dressed as a town sheriff and her husband, Ron, who walked in a cardboard jail, claiming to be falsely framed.

Moore thanked those who lent a helping hand during the event.

“It was a day where memories were made,” Moore said.

Parade Results

Grand Marshals: Mary MacArthur

Best of Parade: Falsely Framed with Ron, Patti and Chloe (dog) LeBlanc

Horse Division

First: Rowdy Israel, presenting the American Flag

Second: Trinity Hutchison and Courtney Nichols of the Grant County Fair Court

Kids and Non-Motorized Division

First: Jake Streeter Memorial Classic Car Show/The Streeter Family

Second: The Fisher Family/Gina, Jack and Gene

Third: Stars and Stripes Tumbleweeds/Michael, Miles and Adelynne Ashley