5Th Annual Lakewood Summer Meltdown
“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” - Russell Baker Free – Take One! Please Patronize Our Advertisers! Proud Member Of The Observer Media Family Of Community Written And Owned Newspapers & Websites Volume 10, Issue 14, July 9, 2014 This Saturday, July 12 5th Annual Lakewood Summer Meltdown by Ken Brand sponsored by the Lakewood new fun and games this year, Come out and celebrate Recreation Department, it’s sure to be a blast. 47 sta- the 5th Annual Lakewood with dozens of FREE interac- tions will be jammed into the Summer Meltdown on Sat- tive activities that encourage 3 blocks to keep you enter- urday, July 12 from 4-10 p.m. families to exercise, eat well, tained till 6 p.m. in Downtown Lakewood and take advantage of sum- Run in the 1-mile Kids between Elmwood and Mar- mer weather. Activities Fun Run, sponsored by the lowe. This year is going to be range from yoga to foot- Lakewood Family YMCA something really special. ball, wrestling, fencing, at 6pm or try the 5K race at The Meltdown kicks off ballet, meditation, interac- 7pm that snakes throughout at 4pm with the expanded tive games, CrossFit, plus the Lakewood on a relatively flat and “Healthy Lifestyle Festival” famous Water Moose. With continued on page 16 Vintage Base Ball Is Back This Year In Lakewood Park July 27th by Greg Palumbo (originally two words). These the game to their hometown In the second half of the men would play the game in friends. The game spread nineteenth century, a favorite any open field they could find, like wildfire and eventually pastime of Civil War soldiers and upon returning home, became synonymous with was a game called base ball after the war, they introduced our national cultural heritage.
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