Please be careful with your fun, save some money and take the family to some of the local fireworks shows. We will be in Laughlin, Nevada, on the fourth, so will get to see some new displays if I get the urge to watch. I am not nearly as excited about fireworks as I used to be, so I usually just stay home.

I went to the first two nights of the play “Annie Jr.” at Act 1 Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be the best for me because Jaylyn has a bigger part. As usual, Mrs. Harrison and her helpers did a great job putting it all together. Forty young people auditioned, and all got parts. There we...