2016 World's Shortest Parade: Aptos Fourth Of July Program

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Schedule of Events 2015 Parade Sponsors Grand Marshal Rene Schlaepfer Letter from the Aptos Chamber President Parade Route & Map The World’s Shortest Parade Has Come a Long Way! RDMIA Celebrating 75 Years Lucille’s Dream is Now the World’s Shortest Parade Award Categories 2015 Aptos 4th of July Parade Winners Parade Participation

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Schedule of Events Pancake Breakfast

7:00am - 10:00am

Located at burger.Aptos, across from Safeway. Hosted by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce. Sponsored by, burger.Aptos, Little Owl Italian Kitchen, Kiss Catering, Severino’s at Best Western Seacliff Inn, Pacific Coffee Company & Safeway.

World’s Shortest Parade

10:00am - 12:00pm

Begins at Wells Fargo and ends at the Bay View Hotel. Hosted by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce. Sponsored by Allen Property Group, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Earth Works, Green Waste Recovery, Wells Fargo, Coldwell Banker, Aptos Feed & Times Publishing Group.

Party in the Park!

11:00am - 4:00pm

Family Fun Day! Something for the whole family: kids games, face painting, pony rides, archery, zorbs, food trucks, caterers, and special guest artist EXTRA LARGE! Sponsored by New Leaf Community Markets

Publisher Patrice Edwards Art & Design Kevin Markley Production Coordinator Liz Senteney Sales Representatives Don Beaumont, Jay Peters & Vanessa Reed Contributing Writers Noel Smith, John Hibble Photo Credits Times Publishing Group, Inc. Aptos History Museum Michael Oppenheimer The Aptos World’s Shortest Parade Official Program 2016 Is a publication of the Times Publishing Group, Inc. Entire contents ©2016 by Patrice Edwards. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is prohibited without publisher’s written permission.

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A ptos Chamber of Commerce Presents 55th Annual

“ World’s Shortest Parade” 2016 Sponsors Full Event Sponsors”

Pancake Breakfast Sponsors: Pancake Breakfast Table Sponsors: Mediterranean Club, David Lyng Real Estate, Grace Mundy of Bailey Properties, John Fischer, Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant, Shadowbrook/Crow’s Nest Restaurant & Seascape Beach Resort

Parade Pet Sponsors:

Parade Sponsors:

Party in the Park Sponsor:

Media Sponsors:

T- Shirt Sponsors:

T- Shirt Store Sponsors:

Deluxe Foods, Aptos Feed, SCC Bank, Seascape Wines, Pacific Coffee, & UPS Store

Huge thanks to Bob Norton for chairing the Parade Committee and to Patrice Edwards for organizing the judges.

Special thanks to our Sheriff’s, the California Highway Patrol, and our local Fire Departments for keeping us safe.

- Grand Marshall

René Schlaepfer

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2016 A ptos 4th of July Parade Grand Marshal

René Schlaepfer This years Grand Marshall for the 2016 Aptos “world’s shortest” parade in Aptos is René Schlaepfer. René has been active in improving the lives of others and our community by being involved with charitable organizations and non-profits such as Second Harvest Food Bank.

René is the senior pastor of Twin Lakes Church in Aptos, California (www.tlc.org). He served as a pastor in San Diego, South Lake Tahoe, and since 1993 at Twin Lakes Church. René and Laurie Schlaepfer have three children: Jonathan, Elisabeth, and David. He has authored five books including: Thrill Ride, Grace Immersion, God Is, and Jesus Journey.

René is in demand as a speaker at conferences throughout America, Mexico and Africa. He leads mission trips throughout the world and makes his ministry accessible via podcasts and video sermons. He has been active with Second Harvest Food Bank for several years and as co-chair for two. René made national news when he challenged his congregation of 3,600 to donate 1 million pounds of food by Thanksgiving to Second Harvest, and they were successful.

Born in San Jose, California to Swiss immigrant parents, René grew up with dual citizenship and lived briefly in Switzerland before his family returned to San Jose. He worked for several years in broadcasting as an on-air personality for contemporary music radio stations. René earned a BA in Radio/TV/Film from San Jose State and an MA Theology from Western Seminary.

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Let ter from the Aptos Chamber of Commerce President

Leonardo Santana The Aptos Chamber of Commerce is excited to welcome everyone to our traditional 4th of July Festivities: World’s Shortest Parade, Pancake Breakfast and Family Day at the Park. This is the 55th year of our local festivities and we could not do without you!

The 4th of July is a time for reflection on our nation and all the men and women who have fought and died to protect our rights and freedoms. As we celebrate Independence Day, let us also take pride in our community and appreciate all the men, women and children who work to make Aptos a better place to live.

This year’s theme: Team Up for America- hopes to promote all of us to work as a team to keep our county, our state, and our country working as a team. It takes a community working as a team to make a difference. On that note we say congratulations to this year’s Grand Marshal: Pastor Rene Schlaepfer who spends his life leading a team to make our world a better place to live.

We appreciate our first responders who put their lives on the line for us every day, and their families who love and support them.

We appreciate those who clean up our beaches, fix our roads, take care of the hungry, teach our children and those who strive to make our home town one of which we can be proud.

This festive celebration would not be possible though without our many volunteers. Many thanks to those who prepare and serve the pancake breakfast, those who guide the parade participants, close the streets and clean up after the parade and those who organize the Party in the Park to give families and friends a fun and safe way to spend the 4th of July afternoon. (Please remember that all fireworks are illegal in our county.) Our 55th annual parade is a fun event for us all; family, friends, neighbors and visitors. On behalf of the Aptos Chamber Board of Directors and myself, we hope you have a wonderful day.

So come celebrate with us!

Happy 4th of July!

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- Leonardo Santana, President Aptos Chamber of Commerce

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World’s Shortest Parade Has Come a Long Way!

By John Hibble In 1961, much to the horror of local citizens, a zoning change was proposed that would have allowed a cement batching plant to be built in the center of Aptos Village.

Locals rose up against the proposal. Concerned women such as Lucille Aldrich, Anne Isaacs, Babe Toney and others formed the “Aptos Ladies Tuesday Evening Society” and organized themselves to defeat the zoning change.

Their efforts were successful, and after their victory, The event was so popular that a parade and potluck were planned to follow on the fourth of July. Everyone turned out in old-fashioned clothes and the Monterey Bay Antique Car Club brought 18 vintage cars. The “Sun Tan Special,” the train that once passed through Aptos Village while transporting visitors from the San Francisco peninsula to Santa Cruz stopped for the parade. “It was a happy coincidence that the parade coincided with the train passing through,” recalled Lucille Aldrich. Later that year, when the Southern Pacific Railroad tried to close the crossing in front of the Bayview Hotel, the Aptos Ladies’ Tuesday Evening Society again took action. Inviting the press, they dressed in Victorian clothes and laid themselves down upon the railroad tracks. Eventually, the court decided the Southern Pacific could not close off the right-of-way, and the Ladies were again victorious. This second victory provided the impetus for continuing the parade.

Originally, the parade route was from the Driftwood Gas Station at Trout Gulch Road to the Pop Inn restaurant (Kauboi) and back to the Bayview Hotel. It lasted less than ten minutes. Soon, food booths were set up to help raise money for Mar Vista School and ears of corn were sold. Children’s games and contests were added including a cow-milking contest. The pancake breakfast was added in 1987 and is a cooperative venture between the Aptos Chamber of Commerce and the volunteers.

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Celebrating 75 Years!

RDMIA The Rio Del Mar Improvement Association was incorporated in August of 1941 making this their 75th year. According to “Rio Del Mar – A sedate residential community” by Allen Collins (1995), “The (RDMIA) was conceive at a meeting of 9 property owners on August 16, 1941…” thus making RDMIA the second oldest organization of its kind in the State of California.

For 75 years, the RDMIA has been a non-partisan voice in local government, public works, law enforcement, education, water supply and sanitation, parks and recreation, coastal management, planning and zoning, graffiti abatement, arbor disease management, and landscaping. Dan Rothenbush is the current President of the Board, which meets the first Wednesday evening of the month at 7 p.m. in the Aptos Fire Station on Soquel Drive. All are invited to attend the RDMIA Board meetings.

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Jeff & Rudi Katz 50th Anniversary on Parade!

Jeff & Rudi Katz were married on July 4, 1966 in Cleveland Ohio and the Aptos couple is celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary with 85 of their friends and family (and six dogs) by taking part in the 2016 Aptos 4th of July Parade. People will be coming from places such as Sweden, New York, Alaska, Florida and even San Jose to take part in the Aptos parade in honor of the Katz’s 50th. You will recognize them as the entry having 85 people (and six dogs) wearing red T-shirts with a special 50th Anniversary logo.

Congratulations and happy 50th Jeff & Rudi Katz!

A ptos Parade Celebrates 55 Years For the small town of Aptos to throw a parade every year attended by thousands, it truly takes a village. The Aptos 4th of July Parade is something the townspeople look forward to and celebrate every July 4. Yes, organizing the parade takes a village—Aptos Village!

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Lucille’s Dream is Now the World’s Shortest Parade It was 55 years ago when Lucille Aldrich and the Aptos Ladies Tuesday Evening Society celebrated the first Aptos Fourth of July Parade. The parade began as a community victory celebration that has expanded into a world-renowned icon. Even today the parade still reflects the small-town community values that were so important to its founder.

As Lucille explained it, the Aptos Fourth of July Parade actually began to celebrate the community’s victory over big business.

It was 1961, the year the Berlin Wall went up, and there was a proposal to build a cement plant in Aptos. Aldrich and her group of friends in the Tuesday Evening Society successfully lobbied against the project.

The membership of the Tuesday Evening Society celebrated the defeat of the cement plant by inviting every- one in Aptos to a Memorial Day barbecue in the fields near the in the center of the village close to the rail- road tracks. Lucille enlisted the help of her friend Hank Shaw, a member of the Monterey Bay Antique Car Club. Hank showed up with 18 antique cars & drivers. The ladies of the Tuesday Evening Society dressed up in old-fashioned clothes and paraded alongside the antique cars with their children in tow.

As they were parading through the village, a train headed for the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz pulled into the Aptos Station. Many of the passengers decided to hop off and join in the fun. Before they knew it, an impromptu procession of happy folks was marching down Soquel Drive from the Driftwood gas station to the Pop Inn Restaurant (now the Britannia Arms). Little did they know that was the beginning of the World’s Shortest Parade.

Lucille and her friends decided to repeat the celebration by making it an annual Fourth of July parade. The enthusiasm for the event grew by leaps and bounds. The crowd of parade watchers increased from a few families and visitors in 1961 to a few hundred in 1968 to an estimated 30,000 today including participants and spectators.

Early each Fourth of July, lawn chairs and blankets mysteriously appear out of the fog along the parade route and by parade time are filled by enthusiastic spectators. Times have changed since that first parade & Lucille Aldrich would be pleased of what that first victory parade has become.

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2015 A ptos 4th of July Parade Winners Best of Parade: Boy Scout Troop 633 Grand Prize: CYT (Christian Youth Theater) Santa Cruz Crowd Pleaser: Epicenter Cycling

Adult Groups First Prize: Begonia Festival Judges Choice: E Clampus Vitus #1797 Most Patriotic: Aegis Living of Aptos Most Unique: PG&E

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First Prize: Trout Gulch Band Judges Choice: Samson Most Colorful: Ukulele Club

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Children Groups First Prize: Santa Cruz Gymnastics Judges Choice: Girl Scouts of the Central Coast Most Patriotic: St. Andrews Preschool Most Unique: Pacific Arts Complex

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Judges Choice: Christ Lutheran Church Most Original: Knox Roofing Best of Theme: Richard Starr

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Best Costumes: Pleasant Valley Horse Club Cutest: Murtle the Turtle First Prize: Monterey Bay Dog Training Club Judges Choice: Great Pyrenees Club of California

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First Prize: Aptos Little League Most Patriotic: California Conservation Corps Most Unique: Seascape Fitness

Schools

Most Spirited: Aptos High School Cheer Best of Theme: Pajaro Valley Unified School District

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Julie Henry, known as Jules to her friends, made the decision to start designing not only for local businesses, but to create art that reflects the unique community, geography and culture of Santa Cruz.

This most recent work for the Aptos’ 4th of July “World’s Shortest Parade� has been a milestone for Jules. She has been eager to contribute to our local culture through her art. Local events are what makes this such a great community and Jules but yearned to participate and support her community with great design. We thank Jules for this years Official Parade Design, our very own patriotic Sea Otter.

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There are designated areas for floats and cars at the end of the parade route. Once your vehicles are parked, you are welcome to watch the parade or go down into the Aptos Village Park for the parade winners announcement and the afternoon activities. Please disperse from the end of the parade route promptly to help keep congestion to a minimum.

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2016 Parade Judges PATRICE EDWARDS, Publisher, Aptos Times MARY RUSSELL, Mortgage Results GREG MANN, Coldwell Banker DUFF FISCHER, VIP

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