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LOCAL SPORTS! COMPLETE COVERAGE INSIDE!
YOUR HOMETOWN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
Vol. 7, No. 21 Antioch, California www. antiochpress.com May 25, 2007
This week
An old-fashioned playground raising ��A whale of a good time is
by Minotte R. Cuenca
being had
Correspondent
at Humphrey’s
Hundreds of people rolled up their
restau-
sleeves, donned construction hats, carried
rant in
and cut boards, measured, drilled, primed
Antioch,
and painted poles and artwork last week.
thanks to
Just another new home subdivision un-
Delta and
der construction? Not quite. It was more
Dawn. Swim over to Page 12.
like an old-fashioned Amish barn raising.
About 700 people, mostly Antioch residents,
turned out at City Park for five long
��Antioch High turned into
days last week, volunteering their time and
the Antioch
hard work to erect the kid-designed play-
Academy for
ground. A scenic park that had been aban-
the Performdoned
by residents and used mostly by the
ing and
homeless was reclaimed for one week – and
Fine Arts on
perhaps for some time to come – by kids
Tuesday as
and families.
the quad
The playground features more than 25
was filled
interconnected structures, including a cas-
with the muses. See Page 6.
tle, a boat, the “SS Fulton,” and Humphrey,
a whale-shaped balance beam. In addition
to the playground, the renovated park will
��A 9/11 monument honor-
include a parking lot within the stone walls,
ing police and firefighters will
a lighted adult soccer field, a concession
be one of the highlights of a
stand and new bathrooms.
Memorial Day ceremony on
Volunteer Coordinator Mitzi Reagan
Monday at noon. See Page 9.
was delighted with the strong show of unity
Photo by Minotte R. Cuenca and support for a civic project. “It’s almost
PG&E volunteers, from right, David Moller, Gloria Ciccarello, Michael Sparks, Linda like a miracle to get the people together,”
� Deer Valley’s track
Pearson and Keith Witz work as a team to coordinate the lifting of poles for City
athletes
Park’s new playground.
see Playground page 10
are fast
on their
f t Thi
Safety up as boat season launches