By Perry Schaible
Enquirer contributor

MOUNT HEALTHY - The boom is back in this community's annual Fourth of July celebration thanks to a local organization.

The Community Improvement Corp. will spend up to $7,500 for the annual fireworks display. The celebration was cut from the city's budget earlier this year with the intent to bring it back in 2005.

"Once the city determined it wasn't in their budget, it was just a matter of trying to find a way to keep it going because like a lot of traditions ... if you stop it one year, it can end real quick," said Steve Wolf, one of the group's nine board members and the city's law director.

The organization wants to collect corporate donations to support the event. There will be no expense to the city's general fund, Wolf said.

The fireworks will be held July 3 at dusk at Mount Healthy City Park. The event will kick off at 7 p.m. with musical entertainment, beer and soft drinks.

Longtime resident Linda Schmidt was glad to hear the fireworks were back. Her family meets yearly at her sister-in-law's house on Joseph Street to watch the light display.

"I think it's a good thing for the community," Schmidt said. "It brings (everyone) together as a community."

The event was started in 1992 for the city's 175th anniversary.