On Tuesday we'll celebrate the 4th of July once more, and that means the Parade. For more information Click Here.
ROUTE
As you probably know, the parade starts at Ridge Route and Toledo, in front of El Toro High School (ETHS). It goes down Toledo to Lake Forest Drive, turns right, goes to Serrano, turns right again, and then returns to ETHS.
The parade starts at 10 am but you better get there sooner if you want a good seat. It's usually over by Noon.
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PARTICIPANTS
Among the people/groups joining us this year are
- Congress woman Mimi Walters
- Representative Dr. Stephen Choi
- Supervisor Lisa Bartlett
This year we have over 90 participants including such fan favorites as Comic Quest, Amigos de la Colina, Uncle Sam and Snoopy’s Bi-Plane (my personal favorite), and lots of church and scout groups.
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PANCAKE BREAKFAST
What would the 4th of July Parade be without the pancake breakfast? But why wait on a long line to get your great breakfast? Pre-sale tickets allow Pancake Breakfast partakers to use a special line so that their wait isn’t very long – in fact it’s pretty fast.
All the pancake breakfast fund raising proceeds will be 100% going back to the Youth programs, scholarship, and various community service projects of the Lake Forest Kiwanis chapter. The administrative costs of operating the club comes entirely from the members of Kiwanis Club.
PARADE COMMITTEE
More than 40 parade committee members have been meeting for months getting ready for a great event. Laura Lisack is the key staff person. Here'a a partial list of the hard working volunteers -
- John and Rosalie Irish
- Rich and Patti Farina
- Noma and Ralph Bates
- Michael Varma
- Doris Neel
- Rich Stein
- Stan Yombo
- Elaine Pong
- Ray Silva
- Larissa Clark
- Lisa Tooley
- Sheila Smith
- Tibby Montgomery
- Jean Mastropietro
- Loretta Herrin
- Marion Duffy
- Bob Holtzclaw
- Myron Drinkwater
RULES
Here are some rules
- Please don't jump out and run into the parade
- Please don't throw anything at the parade members
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Jim Gardner is on the City Council for Lake Forest. You can check him out on LinkedIn and/or Facebook and you can share your thoughts about the City at Lake Forest Town Square on Facebook. His comments are not meant to reflect official City Policy.
Dr. Gardner has office hours every Tuesday from 4 pm to 6 pm at the City Hall. In addition, he holds a mini town meeting every month. The next meeting will be on Sept 9 at 2 pm at the Foothill Ranch Public Library.
