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Save the Date: Plunge into summer with rodeo, Independence Day festivities

By , Columbian Features News Coordinator
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Trash as treasure comes to downtown Vancouver&#039;s Esther Short Park in the annual Recycled Arts Festival.
Trash as treasure comes to downtown Vancouver's Esther Short Park in the annual Recycled Arts Festival. (Columbian files) Photo Gallery

• Don’t miss this year’s Recycled Arts Festival and find new ways of looking at trash. Displays from 150 artists will feature sculptures, artworks and more created from at least 70 percent recycled materials. It’s part of the festival’s mission to educate the community about waste reduction, reusing and recycling. The festival will also feature art activities for children, live music from local bands, cat adoptions, the sculpture garden, food carts and more. The free festival runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in Esther Short Park, West Eighth and Columbia streets, Vancouver. 360-397-2121 ext. 4352 or www.recycledartsfestival.com

• The annual Vancouver Rodeo is July 1 through July 4 featuring more than 400 cowboys and cowgirls competing in speed and rough-stock events, including barrel racing, bull riding, steer wrestling and saddle bronc riding. The popular mutton bustin’ event features young riders trying to stay on the backs of sheep. Events begin at 7 p.m. July 1-3 and 1 p.m. July 4 at Clark County Saddle Club, 10505 N.E. 117th Ave., Vancouver; $10 to $25; $8 to $23 for seniors, military members and ages 7 to 12; free for ages 6 and younger. $5 for parking. 360-896-6654 or www.vancouverrodeo.com

• Don’t miss out on this year’s Kids Dig program, which introduces kids ages 8 through 12 to the world of archaeology. Children will excavate a mock site with the help of student archaeologists, and discover what we can learn from artifacts about the past. The program takes place at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. July 2, 9 and 23 inside Fort Vancouver, 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver. The activity is free, but space is limited to 20 children, so advanced reservations recommended. 360-816-6250 or www.nps.gov/fova/learn/historyculture/archaeologyforkids.htm

• The town of Yacolt celebrates its rural community and even its more mythical residents during Rendezvous Parade at 10 a.m. July 2 starting from Town Hall, 202 W. Cushman St., Yacolt. The community parade will feature the theme “Bigfoot The Myth-The Legend.” The events will be followed with fireworks at dusk July 4 at Little League Park, 202 W. Christy St. 360-686-3922 or www.townofyacolt.com

• Ridgefield 4th of July Celebration will kick off at 7 a.m. July 4 with Ridgefield’s Independence Run. The end of the races (a 5K, 10K and a kid’s dash) coincides with the hometown parade at 11 a.m. followed by a barbecue and kids day with activities, a pie-eating contest, live music from noon to 3 p.m. and dancing in the park with High Fidelity Entertainment at 6 p.m. in Refuge Overlook Park, Pioneer Street and Main Avenue, Ridgefield. There will be no fireworks this year. Events are free, $5 for kids zone, $20 to $40 for fun runs. www.ridgefield4th.com

• The annual Independence Day at Fort Vancouver will be filled with activities from noon to 10:30 p.m. July 4 on lawns of the Fort Vancouver National Site, Evergreen Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Visitors can enjoy everything from traditional picnic games to musical performances, along with drink, food and craft vendors. One of the biggest fireworks shows in the area will light the skies at 10:05 p.m. Tickets are $5 to $7, free for ages 12 and younger; prime viewing admission is $60, $30 for ages 6 to 20. http://4th.fortvan.org

• Amboy Territorial Days Celebration will take place July 8, 9 and 10. The annual celebration highlights the area’s connection to logging, with timber sports competitions. There will be a carnival, musical performances, beer garden. The T-Days Parade will kick off at 10 a.m. from Amboy Middle School before making its way to the Amboy Territorial Park, 21400 N.E. 399th St., Amboy. Admission is free, with $5 for logging show and lawnmower races. 360-247-5101 or http://tdays.org

• Grab a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy Vancouver Movies in the Park, which kicks off the free summer series at 7 p.m. July 8 with the animated film “Inside Out,” rated PG. There will be pre-movie activities starting at 7 p.m., with the movie kicking off at dusk in John Ball Park, West 23rd and Kauffman streets, Vancouver. It will also be the first in the Friday Night Movies at Columbia Tech Center, which will show movies on an inflatable big screen through July, starting with “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” rated PG, at 7 p.m. July 8 in Columbia Tech Center Park, 17701 S.E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. www.cityofvancouver.us/parksrec

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Columbian Features News Coordinator