Presented by Golden Hills Community Church, Antioch campus

Car wash to benefit animals in need at Pinky’s in Antioch this Wednesday

Antioch Animal Services is proud to partner with K-9 Paw Print Rescue and Pinky’s Klassy Kar Wash for a car wash fundraiser which will benefit Antioch animals in need on Wednesday, October 24th.

Located at 300 East 18th Street in Antioch, the fundraiser will run from 8:00am until 6:00pm. Monies raised will directly support the Antioch Animal Shelter who has seen a rise in the number of owner-surrender, abandoned and abused pets who need assistance. Many of these animals require medical treatment or rehabilitation before they are able to be adopted into new homes.

Antioch Animal Services is dedicated to promoting animal welfare and public awareness which results in humans and animals living together in harmony. K-9 Paw Print Rescue is a non-profit animal rescue group who supports Contra Costa animal shelters with fostering at risk dogs and cats, as well as increases public awareness of the importance of spay and neutering to help reduce pet populations in our East County communities.

Please mention Antioch Animal Services or K9 Paw Print when ordering your car wash.

Somersville Towne Center is helping National Geographic Kids Magazine set the Guinness World Record of the most people to run 100 meters in 24 hours.

Children of all ages and families are invited and encouraged to join in the fun.  Participants will receive free gifts from Somersville Towne Center and National Geographic Kids Magazine after the event.

Registrations – Now thru October 26, 2012, During Mall Hours

 100 Meter Run or Walk Event – October 27, 2012, 10am-120m

Somersville Towne Center, 2556 Somersville Road, Parking Lot near Starbucks. For more information visit www.SomersvilleTowneCenter.com

In our continued support of Senior Citizens in our community, The Commons at Dallas Ranch and Travis Credit Union are inviting seniors to join them at The Antioch Senior Citizens Center on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 10:00 am to raise awareness of fraud targeting seniors in the community.

Senior citizens are among the most vulnerable to fraud and financial abuse. Consumers over the age of 65 control 70 percent of the nation’s wealth, and crooks know it. In fact, each year con artists scam older Americans out of $2.5 billion.

It is imperative to raise awareness of fraud targeting older consumers and provide seniors in Contra Costa County the information they need to protect their finances from the threat of financial abuse.

Jennifer Victor from Travis Credit Union will speak on common scams that are used to target seniors and steps that can be taken to protect seniors and their finances.

The Antioch Senior Citizens Center is located at 415 West 2^nd Street in Antioch. Seating is limited. To RSVP, please contact Dina Osakue at (925) 754-7772 or dosakue@commonsatdallasranch.com.

Free Document Shredding For East County Residents

East County residents concerned about identity theft can have their unwanted confidential documents shredded quickly while they watch on Saturday, October 20, 2012, from

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Dow Credit Union parking lot at the corner of Lone Tree Way and

Bluerock Drive in Antioch. This event is courtesy of Dow Credit Union, a community credit union located at 4041 Lone Tree Way, and it will be the fourth annual free document shedding event Dow Credit Union has hosted for the local community.

Residents are encouraged to enter the parking lot from Bluerock Drive and follow the signs to the shred area. Iron Mountain, a certified document shredding company, will have a mobile shred truck equipped with a side-mounted viewing camera on site for the event. Residents may bring up to 6 grocery bags, or 3 small boxes, of paper material to shred. Once shredded, the material is taken to a recycling center. Residents must remain with their material until it has been shredded.

The event will take place rain or shine.

Free information on preventing identity theft will be available. Identity theft affects nearly ten million Americans annually and is on the rise. For more information about the free shredding, call 925-331-1010 or visit Featured Offers on our website at www.dowcu.org

Dow Credit Union provides free checking, interest checking, savings and money market accounts, as well as financing cars, homes, RVs and personal loans. It has provided not-for-profit financial services since 1938 and serves everyone who lives or regularly works in any east Contra Costa County community. The institution continues to serve the employees and families of the Dow Chemical Company at locations throughout California as well.

For more information, visit www.dowcu.org or call 925-331-1010.

John McMullen of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Elizabeth Rimbault, Antioch Historical Society receive the first shipment of the W.W. Smith Diary from Carly, the print specialist at Staples in Antioch.

The new book, the Diary of William Wiggin Smith, one of the two brothers who founded Antioch, in 1849, is on sale at the Antioch Historical Society.

Historial Society member Elizabeth Rimbault donated her time, labor and materials to completely retype and print the Diary of William Wiggin Smith, as a gift to the museum. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the United States, Post # 6435, Antioch, provided a grant of $1,400 to pay for the printing of the book and Staples of Antioch provided excellent discounts allowing for twice as many books to be ordered than projected.

Several of the books will be donated to the Antioch schools libraries through the partnership of the VFW and the Historical Society. The grant enabled the Society to “Shop Antioch” and support the local economy. The balance of the books will be sold at the museum only and will support museum operations.

The new W.W. Smith Diary, with photos is available for $35.00 to Society members and $40.00 to non-members. There is a limited supply available of only 100 books. The original diary was first transcribed by Smith’s son, Charles W. Smith in 1941. The only copy available had become difficult to read and fragile. The new publishing is an exact copy of the original adding photos and interesting documents at the rear.

“Staples has done a beautiful job for us and the Veterans have made the entire project possible,” Rimbault stated. “The community, the schools and the museum all benefit from this republishing of the Diary. I’m very excited, it’s like a new grandchild.”

Antioch Historical Society Museum is located at 1500 W. Fourth Street, Antioch and is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

For more information call (925) 757-1326 or email antiochhistoricalsociety@comcast.net