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A fund-raising drive by the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce in the past week raised an estimated $2,475 that had been donated toward a fireworks display on Sportsman’s Holiday Weekend.

Sportsman’s Holiday Weekend is July 8-11. The fireworks display is set for Saturday evening, July 10.

The goal was to raise $2,000, said the chamber’s executive director Melody Jordan-Reese. Anything above that goal will go toward next year’s fireworks.

The Sweet Home Volunteer Firefighter Association will be responsible for putting on the display.

Usually, fireworks are shot off from Foster Dam, but J...