Didn't know it was banned, but I do recall SEVERAL years of "water wars" as I worked in the hospital ER and we had to deal with injuries from passer-bys getting hit. MAybe I am confusing it with the rodeo :-) Trisha On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:04:27 -0700, "John Kleist" wrote: > > Gale > Trisha is incorrect about the water wars and a dry zone they only > tried > that one year.But yes they are banned now by city ordinance.Dont really > think that will last to long though, once the business owners realize > how > much money they lose from the people who that was one of the big > reasons > they came up. > John > TEAM BUBBA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Trisha" > To: > Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 10:02 PM > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Re: [Az-Geocaching]Fireworks in Prescott > > > > Gale, > > > > The City of Prescott had a fireworks display, shot off from Pioneer > > Park north of town instead of the High School (private property > issues > > I think). Chino Valley had a display, and Prescott Valley, where we > > live, had a very nice 25 minute display from Mountain Valley Park, > > which happens to be 1/2 mile from our house. We sat on our back porch > > with the simulcast music (radio) on and really enjoyed the fireworks > > filling the sky. Sounds like we need to have an event cache > > (read:party/BBQ) next year for those who want to escape the heat and > > crowds and still see a decent display. It's nowhere as big as the > > Phoenix ones, but it was the largest in Northern AZ due to a $10,000 > > donation (to add to the $$ the city had) from the Fain family. > > > > ALL personal fireworks are banned. The large displays are able to be > > cancelled if weather is bad, it is up to the fire dept. > > > > Hmmm....re-reading, I'm not sure if you were asking if the fireworks > > or the water wars were banned! The water wars, as far as I know, > still > > go on, but there is a "dry zone" around the Courthouse area, to allow > > people to enjoy the courthouse square without gettting hit (and hurt) > > by flying water balloons. > > > > It's a gorgeous night tonight! Nice and cool... > > Trisha "Lightning" > > Prescott (Valley) > > > > > > > > On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 19:03:14 -0700 (PDT), Gale Draper wrote: > > > > I think we're going to go to MCC like usual, except for last year > when > > the fireworks were a little too near our house. Waterlily, you could > > have had an event cache at your place so we could see the > > fireworks.........(just kidding) > > > > We used to go to Prescott, where my folks live, to see the fireworks, > > then play in that huge waterfight. I miss doing that. Trisha, is it > > really banned, or is that just something the city says to keep us > > out-of-towners away?xWaterLilyx wrote: > > > > That's the one thing I love about my apartment, I geta view of the > > whole northeast valley. No crowds, notraffic, and we get to see > around > > 15 fireworks showsfrom all over the valley, including one from a > > nearbypark where we can hear as well as see the fireworks! =-) --- > > Scott Wood wrote:> At 01:09 PM 7/4/2003 -0700, you wrote:> > >P.S. > > Don't stop along Loop 202 to watch the Tempe> Town Lake fireworks > > > >tonight. My officers REALLY don't like that, and> they'll let you > > > >know. Plus, it's simply dumb and unsafe. :)> > We went over to a > > local park last night that is very> near the area that > they launch > > the fireworks for the Tucson Electric> Park shows. There were a > few > > hundred people there already and one cop car in>! > > the > > park. A little > later a second cop car comes though the park with> > > his lights on telling > people that they are not allowed to be in a > > city> park. Of course a lot of > people packed up and left but Ann > and > > I stuck around> awhile. I saw the > second car pull up to the first > > and they talked for> a little while. The > second car soon came back > > and started telling people> that he was wrong and > his supervisor > > told him that he had to tell everyone> that they were welcome > in a > > city park to watch the fireworks. Of course at> this point a lot of > > > people had left and we had a great view of the show.> > Only in > > Tucson. :-)> > > > Scott> > scott@myblueheaven.com> > > www.myblueheaven.com> =====xWaterLilyx & RTFTeam H20Phoenix, AZ > > (Ahwatukee)Geocaching Site: > > > http://www.geocities.com/xwaterlilyxrtf__________________________________Do > you Yahoo!?SBC Yahoo! 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