TURNER — Selectmen reviewed plans for the town’s annual Fourth of July celebration at their meeting Monday night.

Festivities begin with a big parade at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 4. The parade will go from Schrep’s Corner Store, through the town center to the Leavitt Area High School. The parade will include floats, flags, marching bands, horses, antique cars and equipment, as well as veterans, children on bicycles and family pets.

As parade organizer and Selectman Ralph Caldwell states, “If you are proud of it, it belongs in the parade.”

Activities will continue all day on the green by the Leavitt Institute.

Caldwell assured residents there will be ample parking for the fireworks display; however, viewers may need to walk 30 or 40 yards, due to the wet weather.

“Be sure to bring lawn chairs,” he said.

Signs and traffic directors will guide residents to available parking.

No metal sparklers are allowed since the parking and viewing areas are in pastures and hay fields. Caldwell urged residents to use the trash receptacles to protect his livestock and property.

The 9 p.m. fireworks display will be on North Parish Road, just north of Schrep’s Corner Store. The fireworks will be lit over the Nezinscot River so the general public will be able to enjoy them from either side of the river.

In other business, selectmen discussed the maintenance work to be done at the town Transfer Station, which will commence July 8. A compactor truck will be available for receiving household waste while pads in the compactor area are being replaced.

Selectmen approved filling 34 appointed positions, with some individuals taking on more than one position. Code Enforcement Officer Roger Williams is also the electrical, building and plumbing inspector. Town Clerk Rebecca Allaire is also deputy treasurer and deputy registrar of voters.

Vandals are continuing to attempt unauthorized access to the Leavitt Institute building. Selectmen will increase surveillance and will apprehend and prosecute those responsible.

Selectmen agreed that it was prudent to use Department of Public Works employees rather than outside contractors for miscellaneous maintenance of town property and instructed Town Manager Scott LaFlamme to charge the appropriate department rather than the road account for such work.