Perry celebrates Independence Day safely, sanely

July 5, 2023

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Perry celebrated a safe and sane Independence Day Tuesday, with a festive parade in the morning and a park full of activities all day, wrapping up with city-sponsored fireworks in the evening.

There were very few fireworks complaints lodged with the Perry Police Department, and countywide the Dallas County Deputy Sheriffs responded to only six fireworks complaints between 6 a.m. and midnight, according to county records.

The Perry City Council amended chapter 125 of the Perry city code in 2022, stating that the city “deems the use of consumer fireworks as a threat to public safety or a nuisance to landowners and therefore prohibits the use of consumer fireworks within the Perry City limits, except for commercial displays that have received a permit from the City of Perry.”

Perry Fareway Manager Travis Landgrebe, left, presents a check June 9 for $952.36 to the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce Director Lynsi Pasutti for the annual Fireworks Round-Up event. Photo courtesy Perry Chamber

Perry Hy-Vee Manager Nate Brokaw, right, presents a check June 9 for $200.54 to the Perry Area Chamber of Commerce Director Lynsi Pasutti for the annual Fireworks Round-Up event. Photo courtesy Perry Chamber

1 COMMENT

Jim Caufield July 5, 2023 At 10:20 pm

This little story was published in the “About Town” section of ThePerryNews.com and not in the “News” section, so your hypervigilance over “unbiased journalism” appears absurd in this context and amounts to straining at a gnat. We urge you to relax. We regret that our opinions appear so deeply to offend you, but nevertheless we do have opinions, and we will express them from time to time when we so choose. Happy Independence Day!