By F. KIRK POWELL Editor & Publisher

  Pleasant Hill is planning an evening of fun, games and fireworks on the Fourth of July.
  “Join the Pleasant Hill Parks & Recreation Department in a traditional family fun day this Fourth of July,” said City Parks & Recreation Director Scott George. “There will be games, inflatable toys, swimming, food, and fireworks.”
  All activities are free and the fun begins at 4 p.m. at the Pleasant Hill Municipal Swimming Pool and nearby Skyline Field and will continue until the giant fireworks show at dark.
  A “build your own boat” race will be held at the pool at 4 p.m.
  Homemade boats must be designed for one occupant and may be no larger than 3-feet wide and 5-feet long and people- powered only. No motors are allowed. Participants must register the day of the race at the pool.
  Participants must wear a life jacket and any racers under age 18 must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.
  The race will be followed by open swimming at the pool from 4:45 to 8 p.m., a water balloon toss at 4:45 p.m. and a biggest splash contest at 5:30 p.m.
  There will be more fun for the whole family that afternoon at Skyline Field.
  Inflatable games are planned at 4 p.m. and a kickball tournament will be held at 5 p.m.
  Kickball teams will sign up from 4 to 4:30 p.m. at Skyline Field. Individuals may sign up, too, and be assigned to a team.
  Family fun games will begin at 6 p.m. Among games being planned are a 3-legged race, a sack race, root beer chugging and seed spitting.
  Rules for all of the games and activities are online at www.pleasanthill.com/fourthofjuly.
  The evening will be highlighted by a giant Fourth of July fireworks display at Skyline Field shortly after sunset.
  City Hall contracts with a professional fireworks firm for the purchase and setting off the public fireworks on July 4 and at the Cass County Fair later in the month.
  The public is reminded that fireworks are only allowed to be discharged in town from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 1, 2 and 3 and from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight on July 4.
  The sale of fireworks inside the city limits is limited to July 1-4. As in past years, the sale and discharge of bottle rockets in town is prohibited.
  The Fourth of July festivities are sponsored by the Pleasant Hill Parks & Recreation Department, Midwest True Value, Save-a-Lot and the Pleasant Hill Times.
  For more information, contact Parks & Recreation director Scott George at 540-3135.

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By F. KIRK POWELL Editor & Publisher

  ChristServe volunteers put a new roof on a house in the 600 block of Independence Street in Pleasant Hill last week. Lay-Clergy Council spokesman Rev. Rob Vaughn said almost 100 ChristServe volunteers worked on ten projects in Pleasant Hill last week. Youth and adult volunteers also did exterior and interior painting, replaced siding and did minor home repairs around town for elderly, disabled and low income households. Volunteers provided the labor and money from the Pleasant Hill Lay-Clergy Council’s “Love Funds” helped pay for construction materials. Rev. Vaughn said there were almost 20 requests for assistance and volunteers hope to address some of the ones they could not get to last week later in the summer.

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