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Celebrate with us!
LEGENDS is this year's theme. We will be celebrating Morning Sun's long and historic wrestling legacy!
The badges, $5.00 each, will be available at local businesses soon.
Quality prizes, similar to previous years, will be given away on the evening of July 4. Expect to see the finalized list of prizes posted soon in the Wapello Morning Sun Newspaper, on the Morning Sun 4th of July Schedule Facebook page, and here!

Visit the Morning Sun 4th Happenings Facebook Page for Up-to-date Information. 
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The nominees for Citizen of the Year are Jim Harbison, Bill (Scrappy) Rice, and Kelse Truitt.  To read the full letters use the Citizen of the Year tab. VOTE for Citizen of the Year ! Use this link to vote: https://form.jotform.com/251667763016057
 
The Morning Sun Citizen of the Year election will be on Thursday, June 19.
Those eligible to vote must be 18 years old.
You also must meet ONE of these:
- Be a resident of the Morning Sun School District,
- Bea patron of Morning Sun Mutual Telephone Co. (with an 868 prefix),
- Have an address with Morning Sun’s zip code (52640).
Your votes can be cast in one of these ways;
- Go to Mellinger Library on June 19 from 4 – 7 pm and fill out a ballot
- Absentee ballots will be available at the Mutual Telephone Co. office
from Thursday, June 12th, until 3 p.m. Thursday, June 19.
- Vote online June 19 from 6 AM – 7 PM.. The link will be located
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Click badge image to see all of the previous badges!

Before the 
4th

June 29 Sunday

10:30 AM Community Church

11:00 AM HTP Lunch

1:00 PM HTP Bingo

 

July 3 Thursday

1:00 PM Story Hour

4:30 PM Alumni Gathering/                   Dinner

8:30 PM Rec Vehicle Lighted                 Parade

 

After the 
4th

July 5 Saturday

9:00 AM A Puzzle Solving                       Adventure

1:00 PM Mell. Library Historic               Recognition

6:00 PM Kerr Spot Dance

6:30 PM Garden Walk

July
4th

July 4 Friday

6:30 AM Legion Pancake Breakfast

9:00 AM Firecracker Frog Jump

               Food Vendors - ALL Day !

10:00 AM Quilt Show

               Small Engine Display

               Face Painting by Brandi

10:30 AM Big Wheel Races

11:00 AM Lambert Flower Show

11:30 AM Water Balloon                                 Toss/Games

              Scavenger Hunt - begins

12:00 PM Baby Crawl/Toddler Trot                RFD Museum Opens

12:30 PM Money Hunt

1:00 PM Train Rides

             Toilet Bowl Races

             Bags Tourney w/ Balloons

             Bench Press Competition

3:00 PM Mile Long Parade

4:30 PM Horseshoe Tourney

5:00 PM Methodist Ice Cream                            Social

               Food Vendors - 'til Dusk !

7:00 PM  Evening Entertainment                  It's Electric - DJ / Music

              Help Felix The Firework

              Foam Party

              Badge Prizes

              Skydiver w/ the American                       Flag

 DUSK SE Iowa’s Best Fireworks!

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Badges $5.00 each
Available soon at local businesses

 

Citizen of Year Info
For Sale
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