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See larger California Highway Patrol officers Mike Cregger, left, and Gary Harris, right, flank Congressman Wally Herger, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the politician prepares to greet the grandstand crowd during the auto races held July 3, just prior to the Anderson Explodes! fireworks display.

Photo by George L. Winship, Editor

California Highway Patrol officers Mike Cregger, left, and Gary Harris, right, flank Congressman Wally Herger, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the politician prepares to greet the grandstand crowd during the auto races held July 3, just prior to the Anderson Explodes! fireworks display.

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  • Pam Herger, left, wife of Congressman Wally Herger, R-Chico, helps Anderson Rotary Club member Kim Chamberlain cut up watermelons for the club's annual July 3 Anderson Explodes! barbecue, held at the Shasta District Fair grounds in conjunction with the community's homegrown fireworks display.
  • From left, Jean Littleton, Brenda Haynes, Kim Chamberlain, Pam Herger and Jamie Herger.
  • John Sharrah of the Anderson Rotary Club enjoys a good cookout on July 3 during Anderson Explodes!
  • Anderson Rotary Club Membership Chair Bill Gibson of Cottonwood in discussion with former California State Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa, who is campaigning for the region's 4th District California State Senate seat currently held by Sam Aanestad of Chico. The election will be held in November 2010.
  • Northern California's Congressman, Wally Herger of the U.S. House of Representatives, third from right, joins members of the Anderson Rotary Club and guests at the club's annual July 3 Anderson Explodes! barbecue held at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson. From left, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko, land use planner John Sharrah, club president Mike Lynch and his mother, Herger, retired insurance broker Tom Giles and ???? ????.
  • California Highway Patrol officers Mike Cregger, left, and Gary Harris, right, flank Congressman Wally Herger, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as the politician prepares to greet the grandstand crowd during the auto races held July 3, just prior to the Anderson Explodes! fireworks display.
  • Anderson Rotary Club past president and barbecue cook extraordiare Tom Giles checks on the racks of chicken being cooked for club members and their guests during the club's annual Anderson Explodes! barbecue, held July at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson.
  • Troop 28, Boy Scouts of America, supported in part by Anderson Rotary Club, sells hot dogs, nachos, licorice and candy at the Anderson Explodes! community picnic and fireworks show, held each July 3 at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson.
  • Colorful fireworks explosions fill the sky above the Shasta District Fair grounds during the July 3, 2009, edition of Anderson Explodes!, a self-supported Independence Day celebration.

Each July 3, Anderson Rotary Club invites local, state and national dignitaries to an Independence Day barbecue, held at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson in conjunction with the community's homegrown fireworks display.
This year, the Rotarians were joined by U.S. Representative Wally Herger, his wife Pam, and daughter Jamie; California State Assemblyman Jim Nielsen and former State Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa, among others.

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