City officials advise caution for legal sales, shooting of fireworks

June 23, 2011 at 8:19 a.m. | Updated June 23, 2011 at 8:19 a.m.

Susan Peterson and her son, Caleb, sort through fireworks at the Cosmo Fireworks stand located on South Business 54 in Fulton. The stand is now open and selling fireworks with part of its proceeds going to benefit Kingdom Christian Academy.
Susan Peterson and her son, Caleb, sort through fireworks at the Cosmo Fireworks stand located on South Business 54 in Fulton. The stand is now open and selling fireworks with part of its proceeds going to benefit Kingdom Christian Academy.

Few things invoke thoughts of the Fourth of July like the boom and flash of fireworks.

For the first time this year, Fulton residents can buy those patriotic explosives - and set them off - within city limits, thanks to an ordinance passed in August 2010.

The city council allowed residents to shoot off fireworks last year when they first started discussing the question of fireworks within the confines of the city, but this is the first year the new ordinance is in effect.

Sales of fireworks are now allowed in Fulton from June 20 through July 10 and Dec. 20-Jan. 2. Residents are allowed to set off consumer fireworks from 1-11 p.m. July 3-5 and from 11 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.