A parade is a Fourth of July tradition in Haines.

Friends of Haines is preparing for a rousing Fourth of July celebration with returning event favorites as well as some changes and upgrades.

“It’s quite the production to get it all together, which is why I start in November,” said Garla Rowe, event secretary/treasurer for the Friends of Haines group, which coordinates the annual holiday celebration at Haines, the town of about 380 people 10 miles north of Baker City.

Rowe said a local family donates the use of their land to set up the fireworks display that caps the day’s festivities.

Fundraising was slower than in previous years, Rowe said, until Friends of Haines received a substantial grant just in time.

“We did get a huge contribution this year for the Fourth from the Ford Family Foundation,” Rowe said.

Friends of Haines used the $11,596 grant to install a permanent sound system, which will be used to announce morning events, such as the parade.

“A sound system, which we’re very excited about, (is) something we can use year round for all of our events,” Rowe said. “It should boom throughout Haines.”

Schedule

The Haines Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration starts at 7 a.m. at Dick Camp Memorial Park with registration for a fun run and walk, with 5K and 10K courses.

The Baker High School track and cross-country teams put on the event, and proceeds benefit those sports programs.

The races start at 8 a.m. Cost is $25 per person, $10 for youth ages 4-10, and free for ages 3 and younger. Participants can register starting at 7 a.m., or prior to the Fourth of July at the Baker County YMCA Fitness Center, 3715 Pocahontas Road in Baker City.

Rowe said several events have been moved from the main park to the Dick Camp Memorial Park, named for the city’s longtime mayor, which is across from Haines City Hall.

Rowe said workers removed dying trees from the other park.

A cowboy breakfast will be served at the Elkhorn Grange, 925 Third St. in Haines, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for children 5-12, and free for ages four and younger. The all-you-can-eat menu includes pancakes, ham, eggs, coffee and milk. Process benefit the Baker High School Class of 2024.

“In the park we’re going to have the sheriff’s office doing snow cones,” Rowe said.

There will be several other events at the park specifically for kids, including activities and a bouncy castle.

Among the first users of the new sound system will be singer Steffi Carter, who will deliver the national anthem at the start of the parade at 10 a.m.

Adjacent to the parade on Main Street, the Haines Art Festival will be selling wares from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a range of handcraft art vendors. Rowe said they’ve nearly filled the vendors lot this year.

A fundraising barbecue for the Spc. Mabry James Anders Memorial Foundation will follow the parade at 11 a.m. across the street from Haines Sell Rite Store. There will also be live music by Barefoot & Bonafide.

Cost is $18 per plate and includes pulled pork, chicken, chips and drinks.

All proceeds will go to the Spc. Mabry James Anders Memorial Foundation, which provides scholarships to local students. The foundation is named for Anders, the Baker City man who was killed in Afghanistan in 2012.

The Haines Stampede Rodeo’s second performance will start at 1:30 p.m. The rodeo kicks off on Monday, July 3 at 5 p.m.

The Eastern Oregon Museum, 610 Third St., will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fireworks

The show will start at 10 p.m. near the rodeo grounds.

The pyrotechnics will be handled by Western Fireworks Display out of Canby, which also puts on shows at venues including Vancouver, Washington and La Grande.

Rowe said a fire watch is maintained by the volunteers at the local fire department, standing by with extinguishers and a fire truck.

Though the final say stands with the fire officials and the pyrotechnicians, with public safety the top priority, Rowe said the show will happen “come rain, snow, or whatever Mother Nature throws at us.”

• 7 a.m. — Registration for fun run/walk, Dick Camp Memorial Park, race starts at 8 a.m.

• 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. — Cowboy Breakfast, Elkhorn Grange, 925 Third St.

• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Haines Art Festival, Dick Camp Memorial Park

• 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Eastern Oregon Museum, 610 Third St., open

• 10 a.m. — Main Street parade

• 11 a.m. — Barbecue fundraiser for Spc. Mabry James Anders Memorial Foundation

• 1:30 p.m. — Haines Stampede Rodeo

• 10 p.m. — Fireworks