Official 4Th of July / Parade Program
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# OFFICIAL 4TH OF JULY / PARADE PROGRAM # # JULY 4, 2019 # “May“May thethe 4th4th BeBe WithWith You”You” PAPA # P.O. Box 1776 # Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Page 2 OFFICIAL 4TH OF JULY / PARADE PROGRAM July 4, 2019 July 4, 2019 OFFICIAL 4TH OF JULY / PARADE PROGRAM Page 3 EnjoyEnjoyEnjoy aaa PalisadesPalisadesPalisades Fourth!Fourth!Fourth! Photo: Joanne Reich PACIFIC PALISADES FOURTH OF JULY TIMELINE Will Rogers 5/10K Run 71st Annual Palisades Parade Palisades Rocks the Fourth Kids’ Fun Run 12:30 p.m. VIP Pre-Parade Luncheon 4 p.m. Gates open at PaliHi Baseball Field. 6:30 a.m. Registration 1:30 p.m. Sunset closed Food trucks available. Kids activities. 8:15 a.m. 5/10 K Start 2 p.m. Skydivers land on Sunset Music starts on Festival Stage. 9:30 a.m. Kids’ Fun Run 2:05 p.m. Parade starts on Via de la Paz 6 p.m.M ain Stage Concert 10:30 a.m. Awards Ceremony 9 p.m. Fireworks Fourth of July Street Parking, Closures On the Cover Artist Katie O’Neill, who grew up in Pacific NO STOPPING, NO PARKING signs will be posted will also be closed. The roads will reopen after the race Palisades, not only celebrates the beauty along the race and parade route prior to July 4. Please course is closed about 11 a.m. of this area, but also chronicles important observe the signs, so events can start on time. PARADE CLOSURES: The parade route and staging town events through her artwork. A former RACE CLOSURES: In the Will Rogers 5K/10K race areas, which include Via de la Paz, Sunset, Swarthmore, Palisades High classmate wrote about area, hard closures start at 6:30 a.m. People will not be Drummond Street, Toyopa, La Cruz Drive and Alma O’Neill’s painting of the Palisades Bluffs, allowed to turn from Pacific Coast Highway to Chau- Real, will close to vehicles at 1:30 p.m. or possibly earlier “It captured the memory of my youth.” tauqua starting at 7:15 a.m. and will not reopen until after the parade route is cleared. After teaching in Malibu for 15 years, The Huntington Pali sades neighborhood including Estimated reopening is 4:45 p.m. O’Neill returned to the Palisades in 2011. She has a studio at 835 Via de la Pa z, Alma Real Drive, Corona del Mar, Toyopa Drive and CONCERT/FIREWOR KS CLOSURES: Westbound where she offers lessons to people who Pampas Ricas will be closed. Drummond Street from Bowdoin Street, in front of Palisades High School, will have never had an art class and those Toyopa to Chautauqua; Ocampo from Drummond to be closed at noon (or before, depending on the arrival of Alma Real will also be shut down. the fireworks) until 10 p.m. and the ocean-field side will who want to refine their technique. She Sunset Boulevard from Amalfi Drive to Monument be closed from 4 until 10 p.m. (after the fireworks). welcomes children and teens. Visit: Street will be closed in both directions from 6:30 to North and southbound Temescal Canyon Road will close oneillsfineart.com or call (310) 459-1039 or 11 a.m. Chautauqua Boulevard north of Sunset until shortly before 9 p.m. to Palisades-bound traffic (no turns email katie@oneillsfineart.com. Drummond and Drummond from Chautauqua to Toyopa off Pacific Coast Highway). Page 4 OFFICIAL 4TH OF JULY / PARADE PROGRAM July 4, 2019 July 4, 2019 OFFICIAL 4TH OF JULY / PARADE PROGRAM Page 5 WILL ROGERS 5/10K RUN AND FUN About 3,000 runners tackle the 5/10K Will Rogers Run. Although some race for time, others such as the Elvis team run for fun. Will Rogers Races Continue to Draw Runners he Will Rogers 10K Run was started they had to fight both City and State bureau- ond fastest time (36:34). local nonprofits that benefit youth, through in 1978 by Brian Shea, Bill Klein cracies. The Run started with about 1,000 en- The 5K record on the remeasured course the Palisades Will Rogers 5/10K Race Foun- Tand the late Chris Carlson. A year trants and, since adding a 5K in 1986, now is 15:48, set by Andre Bland in 2014. The dation. Please do not walk or run the race earlier, Shea and Carlson came up with the attracts nearly 3,000 runners every year. second fastest time (15:56) was established course without registering. idea for a Palisades event after running in a Shea said that the 5K was added because by Drake Johnson in 2015. The women’s Register through June 27 and the 5/10K Brentwood race. the temperature at that year’s race was 90- record is held by Regina Lopez (17:54), set is $60. Late and same-day registration is $70. At that time, they were part of a loosely 100 degrees and 20 peopl e were sent to the in 2017, and Grace Zamudio (18:36 in Visit: palisades10k.com. organized group of about 20 Palisades res- hospital after the run. 2015) has the second fastest time. idents, the Ridge Runners, who ran most The 1K Kids’ Fun Run was added in Okello, who has won the 10K event the mornings from Sunset to Pacific Coast High- 1995, to allow even the youngest residents last five years, ran 32:15 last year. Peale won Take the Shuttle way and back up through Rustic Canyon. to begin their Fourth of July with a joyful the women’s 10K. In order to hold the first Will Rogers 10K, burst of energy. In last year’s 5K, Ethan Stauber (16:05) To the Race Start In 2012, the 5K and 10K racecourses were and Natalie Marsh (18.57) took first in their If runners are planning to enter the remeasured so that they met USATF stan- respective c ategories. (For race results from 5/10K Will Rogers Run and are driving dards, after both courses were found to be 2006-2018, visit: palisade10k.com.) from points west, south or east, go to Compete in High about 400 yards short. This event runs so smoothly, many be- Temescal Canyon Road, park and School Team Division The 10K run is still considered one of the lieve that a professional outside entity is take the free shuttle to the race start toughest in the country (but also one of the hired to run it. NO. It is a testament to local on Alma Real. New this year at the 42nd annual Will most beautiful), with its switchbacks through volunteers and to Shea, who still heads the All roads in the Huntington Palisades Rogers 5/10K Run is a high school chal- historic Will Rogers State Historic Park. race committee, that this remains a local ef- and along Sunset will be closed, with lenge. The times by the three fastest run- Tony Okello ran the fastest time in 2014 fort. But new volunteers are always needed ners from a high school in the 5K will be (31:21) and has four of the fastest course times. to maintain the hometown tradition. “No Parking” signs posted, starting at tabulated, just like at a cross-country meet. In the woman’s event, Katilyn Peale set the Money from registration not only pays for 5 a.m. This year Ralphs grocery store The high school competition and a win- course record (36:19) in 2018 and Catilin City permits and fees, but also for T-shirts parking lot will also be closed on July ner’s trophy will be dedicated in honor of Chrisman, who finished second, has the sec- and timing. All net proceeds are donated to 4, starting at 6 a.m. No race parking. Dick Lemen, a coach at Palisades High School for many years. He was also a mem- ber of the Ridge Runners, a band of about KIDS’ FUN RUN INFORMATION 20 local runners who originated the Fourth This will be the 24th Annual 4th of July of July Will Rogers Race in 1978. Kids’ Fun Run, which is a fun-filled non- In a 1990s feature article by Matt Purdue competitive run, starting at 9:30 a.m. (Visit: (“They’re Running the Show”), Dick ex- Palisades4th.com) plained why the group organized the 5/10K All children 10 years and younger are invited races. “It’s a good opportunity for us to put to run the ½-mile loop, starting and finishing something back into running. Also, it’s good at the entrance to Palisades Park on the corner for the community and we enjoy doing it.” of Alma Real and Toyopa. Lemen died in 2017 and is survived by The morning of July 4, all kids need to check his wife, Karen, and two adult children, in at the Kids’ Fun Run tent, which opens at 7 Carly and Jeff. a.m ., on the grass near the Park entrance. The winning school will receive the Dick All runners will receive a T-shirt, bib number, Lemen Memorial Trophy. Runners, boys American flag and participation ribbon before the and girls alike, from PaliHi, Loyola, Santa start of the run. Keeping with the fun theme, a Monica, Brentwood, Crossroads, University, clown will entertain children at the start line and Venice, St. Monica, Wildwood, etc., are all be available to make balloon animals after the run. invited to register and run. Registration through June 27 at 8 p.m. is When registering, runners need to list the $25 and day of race registration is $30.