FREEDOM FEST From 3 p.m. to about 11 p.m. today, Sheppard Air Force Base. Performance by the Air Force Tops in Blue, Broadway-style entertainment group. Ends with fireworks display. Enter through the hospital gate. Free admission. Open to the public.

Sport and Recreation Minister Clayton Cosgrove said the National Party should come clean on which grassroots sports and recreation programmes it would deprive communities of, given the chance.

Peter Szklarz, a former T&G Super Team basketball All-Star at Auburn High and two-time Salem State College co-captain, has been named basketball coach at Danvers High.

Friday is July 4, Independence Day. Aspenites and visitors will celebrate at the annual parade, gasp at the fireworks and no doubt have a whole lot of fun eating, drinking and merrymaking.

POWAY ---- More than 200 youngsters experienced the great outdoors Saturday night at the Great American Backyard Campout held at 4S Ranch Community Park in Poway. The event is part of a national effort in which President George W. Bush designated Jun