A girl stretches her arms as she makes her way down A Street in a horse-drawn cart during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
Nothing brings the community together like the annual Vale 4th of July Rodeo and Suicide Race Parade. Families and rodeo fans lined the sidewalks of A Street in downtown Vale as patriotic cars, horses, and floats rolled down the street on Monday afternoon.
There was candy and water balloons thrown in equal measure. Familiar faces such as rodeo grand marshals Dave and Bonnie Westerberg and 2022 Rodeo Queen Brogan Bair waved to the crowd as sun and spirits shined high – all before the start of the rodeo.
Flag girls march down the street in a blaze of red, white, and blue at the Vale 4th of July Parade down A Street on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIUGrand marshals Dave and Bonnie Westerberg wave during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Elijah Spivey runs into the street to collect candy during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Onlookers watch as the the Vale 4th of July parade passed by Malheur Drug in Vale on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/MAC LARSEN)Grady Morrison waves an American flag from a float during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Spectators wave towards a bus of kids throwing candy and waving flags during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. \(The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Enrique Vera-Antonio engages in a water fight with people on a float during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Spectators lined the streets of Vale for the annual 4th of July Parade on A Street on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/CYNTHIA LIU)A girl loads her water squirter on a float during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Jerry Boon drives through downtown Vale in a class car during the Vale 4th of July parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/MAC LARSEN)The Vale Rodeo flag girls ride down A Street on Independence Day for the Vale 4th of July Rodeo and Suicide Race Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/MAC LARSEN)Customers at Mal’s Diner had a good view of the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Jerry Boone waves to spectators from his vintage car during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)Rodeo Queen Brogan Bair rears her horse during the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)People line A Street at the wait for the Vale 4th of July Rodeo Parade on July 4, 2022. (The Enterprise/ISAAC WASSERMAN)
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