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Earth Day,

Complete With
Friends And
Family

Spend this Earth Day with your
community and collaborate
for a better tomorrow

By Matt Larson

While the global warming debate is still under the radar, let’s at least cele-
brate Earth Day with open arms. Here are the best Earth Day celebrations
we could find in each of our three counties. Take a read, decide for your-
self, but make sure to celebrate Mother Nature this Earth Day—at least
send her a metaphorical thank you card by planting a tree or something.

SOLANO COUNTY - FAIRFIELD

The City of Fairfield has been celebrating Earth Day with a commu-
nity event for over 10 years now. This year has two events running
simultaneously in the same general area: City of Fairfield, Earth
Day 2015, and Kids Day of Fishing (an organization dedicated
to empowering special needs and underprivileged kids and fam-
ilies) held at the pond between Civic Center and City Hall. “It’s
just a great day,” said Esther Blanco of the Fairfield Public Works
Department. “It’s fun! It’s wonderful to see the kids and the fam-
ilies all just enjoying the pond, fishing, just lots of activities and
it’s all free!”

Many community organizations will be there to help out with the
event in their own way. Joe Scholtes of 95.3 KUIC will be MC
for the event and they’ll be having giveaways throughout the day.
“Pretty much starting at 9 o’ clock every hour on the hour we’ll
be giving away raffle prizes,” said Blanco. “I don’t know for this
year but in the past we’ve given away baseball tickets, basketball
tickets, Six Flags passes—we have some pretty cool prizes that we
can give away.”