‘Back to Our Roots’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When choosing the theme for the 2024 Fourth of July parade, the Sandpoint Lions Club decided to honor Sandpoint’s history with the theme “Back to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When choosing the theme for the 2024 Fourth of July parade, the Sandpoint Lions Club decided to honor Sandpoint’s history with the theme “Back to …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you like the festivities surrounding the Fourth of July, thank the Sandpoint Lions Club. For more than a half century, this local philanthropic organization …
The 2018 Grand Parade on the Fourth of July is sponsored by the Sandpoint Lions Club. All photos by Ben Olson.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
This year’s Fourth of July parade will have not one grand marshal, but four.
According to Sandpoint Lions spokesperson Judy Dabrowski, the organization has selected …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Local environmental group 350Sandpoint will not be allowed to march in this year’s Fourth of July parade, the second organization to be …
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