Crews Work Hard to Setup Fireworks
Medford- Before the fireworks light up
the night sky over Medford,
crews must put in hours and hours of work. Lee Finlayson, the head pyrotechnic
for the Medford Fireworks Show, describes it as "going into battle."
The company is Western Display Fireworks, they're based just south of Portland, and this fourth they have twelve shoots just
like the one in Medford
to set up.
Western
Display hires a mostly local crew. Some members travel from other cities in Oregon. Tim Borkkaric, from Brookings even brings his
dog with him and camps on the work site. Borkkaric sees it as a nostalgic
experience that he looks forward to. he explains, "a lot of us grew up together, we moved
away grew up and had families but we one a year come back and get together."
The
show starts this evening and lasts about twenty minutes.
