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Fireworks over the lake

After a drought-caused hiatus, popular July 4 fundraiser returns to Keyhole

With campgrounds filled to capacity and boats decorating the water like bright marbles beneath the setting sun, Saturday evening saw hundreds more guests enter Keyhole State Park's Coulter Bay with families setting up chairs and coolers before the sun slowly departed the day's sky.

Firefighters and EMS volunteers stood at the park entrance to offer comments, smiles and a boot for donations; this is the department's largest fundraiser of the year and the moneys collected will provide much needed supplies and equipment maintenance over the year.

Fire and ambulances were on hand from Pine Haven,...