Fourth of July Festival may not happen this year

The Fourth of July Festival and Community Picnic Planning Committee has lost two key members in Allen “Woody” Woodwick of Havre and committee chairperson Sherri Simonson, who now lives in Helena, and hasn’t yet found people to fill these seats, meaning the event may be canceled for the third year in a row.

The event, a long-running tradition in the area, was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19, but this year it may be canceled due to a lack of committee members.

Woodwick said if the committee doesn’t find someone to step up and start the planning for the event by the first week of May th...