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Cody Cathey, left, and Dusty Bond are football players for Okay High School and will be selling fireworks at the Okay Quarterback Club stand at the Okay Flea Market on Oklahoma 16.
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Published June 21, 2008 08:36 pm -

Safe fireworks fun requires responsibility


By Kim Hunter
Phoenix Staff Writer

Sparklers, Roman candles, snakes, and ground spinners will soon find their way into the streets, lawns and driveways as the Fourth of July nears.

Families will be allowed to shoot fireworks beginning at 9 a.m., with an 11 p.m. curfew on July Fourth.

According to the City of Muskogee, Class “C” common fireworks such as sparklers, Roman candles, helicopters and fountains are the only legal fireworks that can be used in the city limits. Non-labeled fireworks and fireworks such as M-80s, quarter sticks and half sticks, are all banned and are illegal.

“Class “C” common fireworks can be stored or fired until July 15th in city limits, “said Kenna Terrell, a secretary in the City Clerk’s Office.

Fireworks stands outside the city limits opened Friday, including one operated by the newly-formed Okay Quarterback Club.

They have set up a stand at the Okay Flea Market.

Business has been slow so far, said Lisa Drain, one of the adults working at the stand Saturday.

The stand had three customers by noon Saturday, with each of them making purchases of $10 or less.

But Jamie Ellis, another of the sponsors, is optimistic things will pick up.

“We have 10 or 12 adults in our club and their families generally spend $100 to $200 for fireworks,” Ellis said. “And Okay is the kind of town that pulls together for this kind of thing.”

The monies raised will go toward purchasing new equipment and jerseys for the Mustangs football team and building the team a permanent field at the school, she said.

There are also safety tips available to prevent any fires or injuries. Some of those pertain to eye safety.

According to Dr. Jim Nelson, therapeutic optometrist, approximately 6,400 Americans are treated annually for fireworks-related injuries during the Fourth of July holiday period. In addition, almost 1,600 are treated for injuries to the eye. The fireworks that cause the most injuries are bottle rockets, firecrackers and sparklers.

“Every year, as many as 400 Americans lose sight in one or both eyes due to fireworks,” Nelson said.

Nelson also said children under 16 account for 60 percent of fireworks-related eye injuries and almost half of fireworks injuries happen to bystanders.



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