Dayton silver celebration successful

Editor,

We couldn’t have had any finer weather for Dayton Daze this year. The sun shone bright, the parade entries were creative and entertaining, the raffle tickets sold like hot cakes, and the pie-eating contest was a sight to behold. The entire community (and many visitors and guests) seemed to thoroughly enjoy the event, which had the flavor of an old time ice-cream social (without the ice cream—unless you count Klondike Bars and Creamsicles).

The Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire Department/Quick Response Unit would like to thank everyone who participated in the 25th annual Dayton Daze celebration. The support our volunteer fire department and relatively new QRU received from local merchants and community members helped us raise enough money to purchase the Rescue Vehicle that we had been lusting after, and that the Ronan Fire Department made available to us (at a substantially discounted price).

We would like to extend huge “thank you”s to the many merchants and individuals who donated goods and services to make our raffle a success; our local communities for so generously supporting our department both by digging deep into their pockets and also by attending our event; all the adults and children who participated in the parade, played games throughout the afternoon, got their faces painted with patriotic images, and otherwise helped to make our silver anniversary an incredibly successful, and patriotic event; and a big thank you to our hard-working Chief Cliff VFD and QRU members for not only attending trainings, putting out fires, assisting with traffic accidents, and providing emergency medical services within (and without) our rather extensive fire service area, but also for dedicating the many, many, hours it takes to make Dayton Daze happen.

Zoe Lilja
Dayton