Two Fourth of July classic events were scratched this year, but may return next year, organizers say.
The Mad River Raft Race, a homemade boat race down the Chilkoot River that dates to the 1960s, was canceled due to high water. It was scratched about a day before its scheduled start 3 p.m. July 1.
On the Fourth, event organizers Erwin Hertz and Kevin Shove and two others manned two rafts and staged an abbreviated…
