The 22nd Annual Hacienda Heights Fourth of July Parade begins 9 a.m. on Saturday.
The parade marches down Stimson Avenue, beginning at Colima Road and ending at Steinmetz Park.
Post parade activities will follow in the park. Local organizations set up different booths for kids and families to enjoy.
The annual parade is sponsored by local Kiwanis Club as well as many other local civic and church groups.
The Youth Science Center teaches hands-on science at Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda Heights. The 2009 summer schedule is already under way.
Many interesting science classes are being offered in four sessions weekdays through July 30. The schedules will have been be posted at www. youthsciencecenter.org, but no online registration is available.
The center is at 16949 Wedgeworth Drive. For more information, call (626) 854-9825.
The Rowland Heights Library will hold a puppet show for children at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
Someone has been replacing creative works of art with cheap imitations. With help from the kids in the audience, Art the Puppy has to locate the lost treasures and find the culprit.
Seating is limited, with priority given to children in in kindergarten to sixth grade.
Teens can enjoy an anime day on Wednesday, July 7, at 3 p.m. Those who enjoy manga will view anime in the community room.
The library is at 1850 Nogales St. For information, call Jeff Jarrett at (626) 912-5348.
The Hacienda Heights Library presents "The Wildlife Company Animal Show" at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
Its annual Summer Reading Program has started with programs are divided by age groups. Children read on their own time and report their progress. They can read books, magazines, manga, poetry and much more to earn incentives.
The library is at 16010 La Monde Street in Hacienda Heights. For information, call (626) 968-9356.
The annual Hacienda Heights Fourth of July parade begins at 9 a.m. and runs along Stimson Avenue, beginning near Colima Road and ending at Steinmetz Park.
The parade is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Hacienda Heights and organized by an all-volunteer committee of Kiwanis members and community volunteers.
The parade, which began in 1988, includes bands, floats, equestrian units, drill teams, church and school groups and several dignitaries. Entries come from many neighboring communities.
The parade also features a Fourth of July Queen and her court. This year's Miss Fourth of July is Leslie Alvarado. She will ride down the parade route with her court Jennifer Ly and Elizabeth Choong.
The parade grand marshal is Dickie Simmons, field deputy for Los Angeles County Fourth District Supervisor Don Knabe. Simmons serves Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, Diamond Bar and La Habra Heights.
Post-parade activities, which take place at Steinmetz Park, include special ceremonies and the awarding of trophies for the best parade entries. Local organizations host booths at this event.
Read our story about the recent cleanup day at the Rowland Heights Highlander or Hacienda Heights Highlander.
For further information, visit www.hhjuly4parade.org.
Hundreds of Hacienda Heights residents turned out on over the weekend to get the Fourth of July parade route along Stimson Avenue and its nearby streets into tip-top condition for the coming holiday.
Volunteers from civic groups and several local Boy Scouts troops turned out, as well as members of three major religious groups: St. John Vianney Catholic parish, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Hsi Lai Temple.
"I challenge you to find another place where you have Catholics, Mormons and Buddhists cooperating together, all in the same place," said Jim Snyder of the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association, which sponsors the event.
Held the Saturday before before the community's "I Love America" parade, the Jim Davis Beautification Day has become a popular annual event over the past 15 years. It is named after a former president of the association.
Time to vote! Registered voters in Rowland Unified School District (Rowland Heights and parts of Walnut, La Puente and West Covina) must postmark their Measure E Special Parcel Tax Election ballot by Thursday, June 25.
The election is being conducted as an all vote by mail election. Ballots must be postmarked by tomorrow to be received by June 30.
If voters are unable to mail their ballots in time, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk established a special satellite ballot drop-off location for voters' convenience in the lobby of the Rowland Heights Library at 1850 Nogales St. on Tuesday, June 30 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The ballot drop-off location is exclusively for voters who did not mail their voted ballots in time. It will be staffed by registrar personnel.
Voters who did not receive a Vote by Mail ballot, should call the RR/CC, Vote by Mail Unit at (562) 466-1323.
Voters can verify if they live within the Rowland Unified School District on the RR/CC website: www.lavote.net by clicking the Voter & Election Information tab, then clicking on Locate My District link. Persons requiring multilingual assistance in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish , Tagalog/Filipino, or Vietnamese can call (800)481-8683.
Rowland Unified School District is facing more than $13 million in cuts because of the state budget deficit. The district says this will have a devastating impact on every school as well as the educational programs.
Measure E is a local parcel tax that would help raise an estimated $2.5 million annually for five years only. These funds could not be taken away by the state and would provide stable funds to be used to maintain college preparation classes and high school counselors.
Rowland Unified would also use the money to preserve student health/safety/security services, provide adequate instructional materials and classroom technology, keep school libraries open, protect small class sizes, maintain music and art programs and retain qualified, experienced teachers
If approved, Measure E will cost property owners $10 per month, for a total of $120 per year, for five years only. Property owners age 65 and over can apply for an exemption.
If passed, the deadline to fill out the senior exemption form is July 30. An independent Community Oversight Committee will be appointed by the school board to make sure that school parcel tax funds are properly spent.
To pass, Measure E must receive at least 66.7% support from those who vote on the measure. For further information, please visit www.RowlandSchools.org or call (626) 854-8352.