Saturday, April 2 · 10:00am – 1:00pm

Location: Contra Costa County Fairgrounds, 1201 West 10th Street

Opening Day/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Antioch Little League Field at the Fairgrounds in Antioch. The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 am. The dedicatory Challenger game will take place at 11am. The Challenger Invitational will be held that day, with games immediately following the opening ceremonies. Teams from all over the area will be participating. We have sent invitation letters to Federal, State, County, and Local public officials. At our last grand opening for a Little League field in San Jose, public officials were in attendance as well as prominent athletes.

LYNN HOUSE GALLERY EXHIBIT
 Art4Schools Exhibits 2011 
AUSD Special Day School Classes
April 6th – 16th, 2011
FREE Artist Reception
Wednesday, April 6th, 4-6 PM

Share   Enjoy the artworks from students in the Special Day Classes at the Lynn House Gallery.  The Lynn House Gallery is located in the Rivertown District at 809 W. 1st Street in downtown Antioch (across from the AMTRAK Train Station) and is open during exhibits  from 1 – 4 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

For more information email Diane@Art4Antioch.org or call (925) 325.9897. The Art4Schools Program is sponsored by the City of Antioch and a Keller Canyon Mitigation Grant from Contra Costa County Supervisor Federal Glover.

Additional Art4Schools Exhibit Dates for 2011
Antioch, Deer Valley and Dozier Libbey Medical High Schools, April 27th – May 7th
E.N.C.O.R.E. Home Schooling, May 18th – 28th

Aaron Miles signs autographs at the Sports Legends event at the Antioch Historical Museum in February.

He IS the 25th Man

By Allen Payton, Publisher

After signing with the Dodgers in February, to their minor league organization, Aaron Miles, an Antioch High School graduate and 2006 World Series Champion with the St. Louis Cardinals, proved his ability, hustle and skills during the pre-season to make it back to the Bigs, this year, playing at Third Base.  The Dodgers just activated him,  on Wednesday, March 30.

Aaron Miles' 2006 World Series Championship ring, he earned while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.

With a .321 average during his 26 pre-season games, Miles got 17 hits during 53 at bats, including two homers – one against the Oakland A’s in a loss, and the other in a 7-1 win against the Brewers on March 8. During the entire pre-season he had three doubles, two triples, three RBI’s, only five strike-outs, a .345 On Base Percentage and a nice .528 Slugging Percentage.

Demonstrating his hustle, in another game against the Brewers on March 19, Miles made a great back-handed, sliding catch to prevent the runner at third from scoring, and threw out the batter at first base. See a highlight video of it here.

Aaron Miles speaks to the Antioch Rotary Club in February

To the consternation of some Antioch Giant’s fans, Miles is wearing Dodger Blue (see a great photo of him in his new uniform, here). What’s worse is they beat our 2010 World Series champion Giants, last night – on Opening Night for the 2011 Regular Season, even – by a score of just 2-1. Ouch! (He got a few friendly guffaws, when he announced his new team while speaking at the Antioch Rotary Club lunch, in February).

Although he didn’t start last night, Miles set a new goal to get back to the Majors this year, and he did it. His dream of playing Major League Baseball is still alive. Even if it is with the dreaded Dodgers from down south in La-La-Land, I say congratulations! Have a great year, Aaron. We wish you well in beating the Padres, Diamondbacks and Rockies!