The Ambrose Recreation and Park District, in partnership with the Bay Point Chamber of Commerce, will host the Community Yard Sale on Saturday May 14, 2011 from 8 am-1 pm at the Ambrose Community Center, located at 3105 Willow Pass Road in Bay Point.

The yard sale will give the community a day to sell those old items that have been sitting in the garage, back yard, or just taking up space around the house. This is your opportunity to make some spare change while having fun. There will be a pancake breakfast to start the day and food will be available to purchase throughout the day.

This year we will have an E-Waste truck here to accept old electronic waste that can be recycled and kept out of our local land fill. We will also have information booths to show you how to recycle your old household items and a charitable organization truck available for donations.

Booth space is available to rent for $20.00 and a refundable cleaning deposit of $25. Sign-ups are currently taking place at the Ambrose Community Center during regular business hours, 8 am – 5 pm, Monday-Friday. Sign-up and booth locations are on a first come first serve basis; sign up early to secure the best space. For further information about the event contact the Ambrose Community Center at 458-1601.

Design credit goes to Todd Sweeney, graphics to Abigail Cecilio, photography to Favian Orozon and programming to John Chandler. Community activist and webmaster Brittney Gougeon volunteered to host the site.

Join the Filipino-American Association of Pittsburg this Saturday, April 9th in celebrating the 69th annual commemoration of the Fall of Bataan-Corregidor at a luncheon buffet at Humphrey’s on the Delta.  The surviving veterans and war widows will be honored thruout the ceremony.

Just in Time for Baseball & Softball Season

Thursday, April 7 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Deer Valley High School, Gymnasium 4700 Lone Tree Way, Antioch

Parents, players, and coaches are invited to join us at this FREE event to help keep players’ arms at optimal performance and injury free.

With wrist, elbow, and shoulder injuries on the rise, find out what you can do to keep your child in the game.

Come and hear orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Benjamin Busfield, M.D., discuss:

– Counting practice throws

– Treating a sore arm for optimal recovery

– Keeping little league players safe

– Softball – hidden dangers

This event is provided by Sutter Delta Medical Center in partnership with Deer Valley Baseball. Light refreshments will be served. Please call (925) 779-3608 if you have questions, or e-mail Lombaa2@sutterhealth.org.

Antioch Little League Vice President Dennis Felix, with scissors, is joined in cutting the ribbon on the refurbished ball field by representatives of those who helped with the effort, including Former 49er Brent Jones of TLC for Kids Sports, KNBR Morning Show Host Brian Murphy, O.C. Jones, Antioch Sports Legends, Delta Antioch Rotary, as well as 2008 Olympic Softball Silver Medalist Vicky Galindo and Congressman Garamendi's office.

More information will be posted later.

The Antioch Riverview Garden Club will be having a plant sale at the Antioch Library at 501 W. 18th St. on Saturday, April 2nd between the hours of 8:30 AM and 1:30 PM. There will be a large variety of plants to choose from so come early for the best selection. Everyone is welcome.

The Antioch Riverview Garden Club meets monthly and we maintain many properties throughout Antioch.  For more information on helping us keep Antioch a beautiful place, please stop by and say “Hi.”

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.

The Keep Antioch Beautiful Committee is seeking volunteers for the 2011 Keep Antioch Beautiful volunteer cleanup event. Last year, over 900 volunteers turned out for the first all-volunteer event and 11,740 pounds of trash was collected and deposited in Allied Waste dumpsters located at local schools.

The 2^nd annual event is once again chaired by former Antioch Councilmember Parsons and will be held on Saturday, April 23^rd from 8:30-11 AM. A free volunteer thank you lunch will be served following the event at Contra Loma Regional Park. This is your opportunity to give back to your community,  

Many individuals and organizations are supporting this event and the event is funded fully by the following sponsors: City of Antioch, Antioch Unified School District, Allied Waste, Honeywell, Walmart, Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch, Genon, East Bay Regional Parks, Pinky’s Klassy Kar Wash, Paintball Park, Paradise Skate, Dick Straub, Safeway, Operation Homefront & ECMFF, Target, Staples, Fast Signs, Jim Lanter Antioch State Farm Insurance Agent, Antioch Coin & Jewelry Give Always to Others & Company (GATO), Delta Bowl, Central Self Storage of Antioch.

Groups, service clubs and others are volunteering at the event. Volunteer groups include: AHS & DVHS Key Club, Antioch Police Crime Prevention Commission, Antioch Rotary, Boys Scouts Troops of Antioch, Kiwanis of the Delta, Operation Homefront & ECMFF, Rivertown Preservation Society, Rotary Club of the Delta, Target Employees, UCBN.

To sign up for the event, you may register on line at www.art4antioch.org. For more information call (925) 779-6137, option 1. You can also follow us on Facebook “Keep Antioch Beautiful” Group.  Committee members are also available to speak to clubs, groups, organizations, etc.