Thoreau Community Center provides a safe place for children
Shalayne Saunders, right, Kane Bennett and Alyssa Kee compete in a donut eating contest during the Fourth of July family carnival at the Thoreau Community Center Monday. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

THOREAU — Tammy Morgan remembers when she and her family used to spend their Fourth of July weekends in Farmington. She and her brothers would pack some blankets and pillows and comfortably watch the fireworks display from the back of a truck. 

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