{"id":4744,"date":"2011-06-21T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T13:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/?post_type=news&p=4744"},"modified":"2011-06-21T09:08:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T13:08:26","slug":"fireworks-family-fun-at-raccoon-sra","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/news\/2011\/06\/21\/fireworks-family-fun-at-raccoon-sra\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks, family fun at Raccoon SRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raccoon State Recreation Area will hold its annual Beach Bash and fireworks display Saturday, July 2. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with a sand-sculpture contest for all ages. Games, including tug-of-war and a water-balloon toss, begin at 1 p.m.<\/p> <p>Visitors can cap off the day with an evening of fireworks, beginning at dusk. The fireworks are co-sponsored by Raccoon SRA, Bellmore Volunteer Fire Department and the Raccoon Lake\/Union Township Property Owners Association. In the event of rain, the fireworks will be rescheduled for Sunday, July 3.<\/p> <p>The 15th and Hulman band will perform on Sunday, July 3, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the beach. The cost of the fireworks is supported solely by donations from the community and park visitors.<\/p> <p>Anyone interested in helping defray the cost should contact Mike Clingerman, Raccoon SRA property manager, or Randy Gordon, interpretive naturalist, both at (765) 344-1412.<\/p> <p>Raccoon SRA is on U.S. Hwy. 36 in Parke County, west central Indiana, 50 miles west of Indianapolis and 35 miles northeast of Terre Haute.<\/p> <p>Media contacts: Mike Clingerman, property manager, Randy Gordon, interpretive naturalist, Raccoon State Recreation Area\/Historic Mansfield Roller Mill, (765) 344-1412.<\/p> <p>&nbsp;<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raccoon State Recreation Area will hold its annual Beach Bash and fireworks display Saturday, July 2. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with a sand-sculpture contest for all ages. Games, including tug-of-war and a water-balloon toss, begin at 1 p.m. Visitors can cap off the day with an evening of fireworks, beginning at dusk. The fireworks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorhub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}