Happy Birthday to the USA! This past fourth of Jew-lie many residents of The Lake, where on the invite list as guests of the “friends of the park”. To all you “outsiders” the friends of the park are those lovely and talented folks who raise money through donations, fund raisers and an auction aimed at the well heeled and upper crust crowd. These donations are then used to invite the community to come enjoy the festivities in the park each Friday and Saturday evening. Usually these events involve hanging a sheet up and showing a movie rented from the bargan bin at Blockbuster. Other highlights of events hosted by the park are second rate recording acts. You won’t find most on itunes. These events give all the neat folks of Liberty Lake a chance to gather and hand over their hard earned money to purchase the over priced goods being hawked by the theives disguised as the members of the local Kiwanis chapter. It gives all a chance to feel connected.
I digress, this year the fourth was spectacular. Too Slim and the Tail draggers where the opening and closing act for the wee ones who provided a very clever commercial advertisement for the LIBERTY LAKE ATHLETIC CLUB specifically for the Tae Kwon Do classes offered through the club.
The other highlight of the evening was the breathtaking fireworks display over the lake.
Many Familys where attending with children. I was thankful that the “friends” allowed me the opportunity to explain to my young kids the reasons for the lights, law enforcement and fire
fighting personal and their ambulance making a last minute trip to the park was not for a community relations visit, rather they where arriving as the fireworks show began to attend to a women and man who had overdosed on drugs and or alcohol and had been rendered incapacitated directly in front of the stage!
So We extend out thanks to “THE FRIENDS OF PAVILLION PARK”. Thank you for hosting an event which featured public displays of intoxication and the dangers of overdosing on drugs.
