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There were some new components to the 2011 4th of July festivities, including a Community Picnic in the Park at Sierra Vista Park on Saturday, July 2nd. There was live entertainment by the Gem City Jazz Cats, a beer garden, a dunk tank, a water play zone, a home run derby, open swimming in the pool and a brief time when the fire department was hosing the kids down from the parking lot over by the cemetery. Enjoy these pics and video. (The dunk tank pics, and a couple dunk videos not shown here, will also appear on the dunk tank page when the coverage is complete).
Unfortunately, since I was working the dunk tank, I didn’t make it up for the Home Run Derby, so there’s no coverage of that…
There’s a brief video of the Gem City Jazz Cats performing, below 40 pictures from the Community picnic.
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- Matt Krantz was the first “dunkee” in the tank
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- The Gem City Jazz Cats are from Monrovia, but they do a lot of gigs in Monrovia
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- Linda Knowles and volunteers at the entrance to the beer garden
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- Carol Canterbury dressed red white and blue for the occasion
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- Chamber President Matt Krantz
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- A very dry Elisa Weaver arrives to go in the tank
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- Chamber Board member Kate Lee of Starbucks helps youngster out
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- Nan and Jerry…
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- Elisa waits to be dunked
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- You can see, thrower just missed
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- Picnicers in the park
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- My most well-timed shot of the day
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- Colleen McKernan tries to dunk Elisa Weaver
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- Susan Clifton takes a shot
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- Local youngster takes a shot
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- The SMFD soaked a few kids
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- Ditto
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- The pool was a popular hangout in the 90+ heat
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- Carol Canterbury filled in for Chief Heydorff, who got called back on duty
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- There was a water play zone
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- More picnicers
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- 4th of July Committee Chair Matt Bosse took a shift in the tank
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- Chamber Board member Susan Henderson tries to dunk Mayor Buchanan
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- Council Member Joe Mosca goes after John
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- Teri tries to dunk John
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- Bo and Mim Ellison were there to watch Bethany Youth Minister Eppie Garcia get dunked (Sorry Eppie, those pics all disappeared)
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- Teri Buchanan tries to dunk her husband the Mayor
