Holiday runs scheduled for Fourth of July weekend

Two fun runs are scheduled during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The annual Mayor’s Firecracker Run, a South Coast Running Club event, is scheduled for Wednesday, July 4, at Coos Bay’s Mingus Park.

Meanwhile, the annual White Cedar Days Run is Saturday, July 6, in Powers.

The Firecracker Run is hosted by the South Coast Running Club.

Events include a half-mile kids run around the pond in the park and a 3-kilomter run/walk that uses the path around the pond and area trails and roads.

The kids run starts at 10 a.m., followed about 20 minute later by the 3-kilometer run, which has a shortened course this year but still includes a steep hill up a trail in the park.

The kids race is free and the 3-kilometer run is free for members of the South Coast Running Club and $10 for non-members.

For more information about the race or to sign up to be a member of the running club, visit www.southcoastrunningclub.org.

The White Cedar Days Run is a longstanding tradition in Powers and part of that community’s holiday festival.

The gathering point for the run is the corner of Second and Fir in town. The race starts at 9 a.m., but the bus for the starting line leaves at 8:30, so runners have to show up and register early.

Events will include both 5-kilometer and 10-kilometer distances.

Suggested donations are $10 for the 5K and $15 for the 10K, with money going to the Powers Close-up trip to Washington D.C.