Your local fireworks committee, better known as the Rocket Dawgz, has blown up your money for 12 years and want to say thanks in a big way - by blowing up even more of your money! Our final shoot will on July 4 at Mackerel Cove.

Our fund-raising is way behind schedule and projections, but you know us, we shoot for the sky. Because of those folks who have already sent in a donation we will provide quite a bang but it may not be quite as spectacular as in years past.

If you haven't sent in your donation this year, take a moment and send your donation to: Fireworks Fund, PO Box 1776, Jamestown, RI 02835 and we'll make sure that it lights up the July sky. Happy Independence!

B.J. Whitehous

Jamestown