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Columbia Falls celebrates Heritage Days

Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 14 years, 5 months AGO

<p>Taylor Cady, 13, jumps to receive a free T-shirt thrown during the Heritage Days Parade in Columbia Falls Saturday morning.</p>

<p>Jarret Jacobi, right, stretches before his bull ride during the first round of the 2011 Columbia Falls Heritage Days NRA Rodeo at the Blue Moon Arena. This photograph by Inter Lake photographer Patrick Cote, and images by other professional photographers, will be auctioned May 3 to raise money for Youth Image Project.</p>

<p>Caleb Dewbre, 13, left, and Wyatt Green, 12, spray spectators with water guns during the Columbia Falls Heritage Days Parade Saturday afternoon.</p>

<p>Florian Dufour, 17, left, and Sean Taylor, 13, have a great view of the parade as they watch from the rooftop of Crouch Jewelry Saturday morning.</p>

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by Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake
| July 30, 2011 6:00 PM

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&lt;p&gt;Jarret Jacobi, right, stretches before his bull ride during the first round of the 2011 Columbia Falls Heritage Days NRA Rodeo at the Blue Moon Arena. This photograph by Inter Lake photographer Patrick Cote, and images by other professional photographers, will be auctioned May 3 to raise money for Youth Image Project.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Caleb Dewbre, 13, left, and Wyatt Green, 12, spray spectators with water guns during the Columbia Falls Heritage Days Parade Saturday afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Florian Dufour, 17, left, and Sean Taylor, 13, have a great view of the parade as they watch from the rooftop of Crouch Jewelry Saturday morning.&lt;/p&gt;

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Highway U.S. 2 was filled with horses during Freedom Bank's Wild Horse Drive from Columbia Heights to the Blue Moon Arena Saturday afternoon.

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