Friday's Internet Edition, 07:59 PM, July 03, 2009.

Spencer’s municipal pool will offer free swimming Friday from noon until 5 p.m. Pool manager Veronica Hamrick said the special Fourth of July observance would have a special theme.

“It’s going to be like a beach party,” she said.

Hamrick said a deejay would be on hand, and that several activities were planned. Games including limbo, diving for coins and a relay race are on the agenda, as well as a diving contest.

“We’re even going to have judges with scorecards,” she said.

At high noon, Little Mr. Firecracker will be crowned. This year’s only contestant was Trey Harper, the son of Bart and Erika Harper of Spencer. There were no entries for Little Miss Firecracker in the annual contest sponsored by the Roane County High School varsity cheerleaders.

The Roane County Community Band will perform in front of the courthouse at 7:30 p.m., weather permitting. Bad weather moved the free event inside the Heritage Park Community Building last summer, but organizers said there would be no concert if it is raining this year.

The 25-member band under the direction of Andrew Harper is scheduled to perform a program of patriotic numbers, along with other popular tunes.

The Fourth of July festivities will end with a bang when the city launches its annual fireworks display. The first rockets will be fired from the hill above Walmart at approximately 10 p.m.