Oohs and ahhs

A crowd watches fireworks off the top of Grand Coulee Dam Saturday at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Festival of America. The chamber this year put the event on the Friday and Saturday before Independence Day, which fell on Tuesday, hoping to attract as many tourists as possible with tourism-dedicated tax dollars and donations, but crowds were thinner than last year anyway. That didn't curtail enthusiastic applause at the end of the fireworks show. - Scott Hunter photo