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Insideb Order of March . . . 3

b Parade Route . . . . . 4

b Getting Around . . . 4

b Sponsors . . . . . . . . 7

b Special Thanks . . . 7

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1 U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Alameda base, Color Guard

2 Lincoln Middle School Marching Band: The Lincoln Marching Band will again lead the 2018 Alameda 4th of July Parade. Under the long-time direction of Tyra Ingram Cable, the band has more than 100 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders volunteering to march in their hometown parade.

3 Trish Herrera Spencer, Mayor of Alameda

4 Malia Vella, Vice Mayor of Alameda

5 Frank Matarrese, Councilmember Alameda

6 Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Councilmember Alameda

7 Jim Oddie, Councilmember Alameda

8 Kevin Kearney, Alameda City Auditor

9 Kevin Kennedy, Alameda City Treasurer

10 Barbara Lee, Congresswoman11 USCG Color Guard 12 Vice Admiral Pacific Area

Linda Fagan13 USCG Drill Team 14 Rob Bonta, Assembly Member15 Wilma Chan,

Alameda County Supervisor16 Nancy O’Malley District Attorney17 Ellen Corbett, Board Member

East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD)

18 Crab Cove Visitor Center: EBRPD’s Crab Cove Visitor Center has been a favorite family-friendly place to explore since 1980. Come visit the aquariums, mudflats and rocky shore, or attend a wonder-ful natural history program.

19 Doug Linney, East Bay Municipal Utilities District

20 Bill Withrow, Peralta College District Board Member

21 Anne McKereghan and Gary Lym: Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Board of Education members riding on the Wells Fargo Stagecoach

22 AC Transit Board 23 Edmond Rodriguez, Alameda

Fire Chief

24 Fire Department25 Alameda Hospital and Health

Care District 26 Cathy Dana and Gene Kahane,

City of Alameda Poet Laureates27 South Shore Center,

Gold Sponsor28 Alameda Municipal Power,

Silver Sponsor29 Sea West Credit Union,

Silver Sponsor 30 Bank of Marin, Bronze Sponsor 31 Bay Ship & Yacht Co.,

Bronze Sponsor32 Big Blue Plumbing,

Bronze Sponsor 33 Café Jolie, Sponsor34 Alameda Community Fund,

Sponsor35 Poppy Bank, Sponsor36 Alameda Chamber of Commerce,

Sponsor37 Alameda Sun, Sponsor38 Kiwanis Club of Alameda,

Sponsor39 USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space

Museum F-8 Crusader Cockpit

40 Mike’s Auto Body: Mike’s Auto Body added Alameda Classic Auto Body to its family in March of 2018. Alameda Classic Auto Body Inc. had been serving Alameda and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area since 1967.

41 USCG Recruiting Command

42 USCG Enlisted Association

43 USCG Marching Platoon44 USCG Whale Boat 45 George Petty: 1939 Ford Pickup46 Oakland-East Bay Gay Men’s

Chorus: The Oakland-East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus brings voice through song to a community where everyone matters. Join them for “Part of Their World: The Magical Music of Alan Menken & Howard Ashman,” the weekend of July 21 and 22.

47 AUSD LGBTQ Roundtable: Representing Alameda’s proud and vibrant LGBTQ + community, especially its youth.

48 Common Networks: Local Internet service provider

49 Alameda Sister City Association: Alameda Sister City Association is a nonprofit organization. Alameda’s sister cities include Jiangyin city in China; Dumagete in Phillippines and Yoengdong in South Korea.

50 Alameda-Jiangyin Sister City Committee: This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Alameda-Jiangyin sister city agreement. The Alameda Sister City Association wishes everyone a Happy Fourth of July.

51 Los Amigos Vaqueros: A group of friends and family from different backgrounds riding together for fun on different breeds of hors-es to keep the horse traditions alive, and to pass it on to our new generations.

52 Live Oak UU Alameda: The Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meets in Alameda at 4 p.m. on the first and third Sundays of each month. Meeting for nearly 10 years in Alameda, church members are united by their belief in the worth and dignity of all.

53 Pawesome Parties: A dog party and event-planning business that plans anything from birthdays and adoption parties, to meetups, photoshoots and memorials.

54 The Initiative: An international group of costumed do-gooders who are trying to save the world, one good deed at a time. We teach free self-defense, clean up our cities, feed the needy and more. Articles about this effort have appeared in People Magazine and Vanity Fair.

55 Superhero Pop-up Bakery: A pop-up bakery featuring delec-table treats made by the Superheroines Initiative. A portion of proceeds go to homeless outreach events. initiativecollective.com

56 FAAS and Girls Inc.: Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter and Girls Inc. of the Island City join forces to demonstrate the power of strong, smart and bold girls helping to social-ize shelter animals for their forever homes.

57 Alameda Lacrosse Club: Alameda youth lacrosse club, with boys and girls teams ages eight through high school.

58 Encinal High School Cheerleaders: “Go BIG Blue, Fight BIG White, We are the JETS, Enjoy the flight!” say the Jet-ettes.

59 Alameda Special Olympics: An all-volunteer sports program serving special needs youth and adults for 47 years. The group trains and competes in six differ-ent sports Including tennis, track, aquatics, softball, basketball and bowling. Come join the fun!

60 All Rise Alameda: An action-fo-cused grassroots initiative based in Alameda. All-inclusive and wom-en-led, this group fiercely champi-ons a progressive political platform in counterbalance to the current conservative agenda.

61 Otaez Mexican Restaurant: Otaez Mexican Restaurant, wishes everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July.

62 Alameda Community Sailing Center: Get your kids sailing this summer! Two-week long sail camps available. Adult and fam-ily sailing classes on weekends. Learn more at sailalameda.org.

63 Visiting Angels Senior Homecare: Visiting Angels is a locally owned and operated pro-vider of non-medical homecare services for seniors, including: light housekeeping, companion-ship, bathing assistance, meal preparation, and other services.

64 Cargo Bike Brigade: Banded together once a year for the parade just to see a lot of cargo bikes in one place. Alameda is the perfect place for this kind of bike. This year the brigade’s theme is Circus Train. Cheers!

65 Alameda Elk’s Lodge No. 1015 : 150 Years of Elkdom! 2018 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. This year’s float depicts just a few of the ways the Elks help to build stronger communi-ties across the U.S.

66 Leela Yoga: Wave to the eight-foot octopus as we say thank you to Alameda for an incredible five years and for voting us Best of Alameda. Namaste!

67 The Don Grant Alameda Youth Track Club

68 Encinal Yacht Club Paddlers

69 Tinker Bus: Tinker Bus is a new venture from the folks that invent-ed Alameda Bricks 4 Kidz. The bus showcases a STEAM class-room and maker lab on board a retired school bus.

70 Hayward Hills Charros 71 Paratransit and Mastick Senior

Center: The Alameda Loop Shuttle is free and open to all with priority setting for individuals with disabil-ities and seniors. Travel to local destinations including Mastick Senior Center. Mastick offers pro-grams for individuals 50 and older.

72 Alameda Renters Coalition: Feeling secure in one’s own home is a basic American value cele-brated today. This coalition of renters and allies advocate for protections to stabilize the com-munity and keep Alamedans in their homes.

73 Alameda Girl Scouts: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

74 Alameda Red Cross: The American Red Cross Bay Area provides relief to those affected by disasters and empowers indi-viduals to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Alameda Red Cross Youth “Make a Difference” by volunteering in the community, supporting fire victims and helping supply clean water and medicines to children

and families around the world. Come join the Red Cross and learn CPR.

75 Alameda Community Radio 96.1 FM

76 East Bay Toishan Association: Lion dance. Dragon dance. Traditional dance. 150 years ago Chinese immigrants came to the U.S. to build the railroads.

77 Greene Family March of the ‘Mingos: Often forgotten, we honor the most prestigious of lawn art: Flamingos! Grandma Elsa (in Houston today as Grand Marshal of their July 4th parade) was co-inven-tor of AstroTurf, which of course is this flamingo’s natural habitat!

78 Mark and Jenny Betz: Charlie Chaplin (Mark Betz) rides again with his sidekick Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Jenny Betz), zipping around to make everyone in the crowd smile!

79 Karl Duplessis Crew: This restored 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix was owned by the late, great Karl Duplessis. “This is for you, our dear Uncle.” Peace and love to all!

80 Alameda High School Band

81 The Poppin Poppers: Popcorn for all. The Poppin Poppers’ 15th year.

82 Aeolian Yacht Club: The Aeolian Yacht Club, established in 1906, is a relaxing oasis in Alameda. Whether having sailed for years or never set foot in a boat, all are welcome to apply. This float invokes the maritime traditions of our great nation.

83 Alameda Meals on Wheels: Since October 1973, Alameda Meals on Wheels has been providing a hot, nutritious meal to homebound neighbors in the City of Alameda. Alameda Meals on Wheels serves people of all ages and delivers every day of the year.

84 Alameda Futsal Club (AFC): Community built through futsal! The AFC program was designed to provide kids an opportunity for loosely structured “street soccer.” Have fun, get more ball-time and learn movement and decision making in a safe environment!

85 ATMs Unlimited: ATMs Unlimited. Your ATM placement company.

86 Oaktown Muscle Car Club: A muscle car club based out of Oakland in its third year of oper-ation. Members hail from across the Bay Area including the club’s vice president, is an Alameda resi-dent of 34 years.

87 Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District: An indepen-dent special district protecting public health by controlling mos-quitoes in Alameda County since 1930. See mosquitoes.org for free service.

88 Boathouse Tavern: Olds Delta 88 Land Yacht.

89 Alameda Girls Softball Association (AGSA): Happy 15-year anniversary, AGSA!

90 Optimized Wellness Center: Naturopathic and chiropractic care for those in Alameda.

91 Heat Danceline: Heat Danceline is a youth competitive Majorette Dance program based in Oakland that focuses on well-rounded dance training and community building. Dancers train in multiple styles of dance and compete year-round nationally.

92 Alameda Gators Swim Team: If the Alameda Gators could swim down the parade route to show their Gator Pride, they would! The Gators are a year-round, comprehensive youth swim team that offers competitive and rec-reational programs for swimmers age 5 to 18. Come check out the team and meet the coaches at the Open House on Sept. 5. See alameda-alga.com for more.

93 Academy of Alameda Wind Ensemble: This year the Wind Ensemble celebrates perfor-mances at Disneyland, the Alameda Theatre, excellent ratings at festival and taking first place in Encinal High’s own band review! Congratulations on a wonderful year!

94 Tri Valley Classic Chevy Club: This club restores, preserves and enjoys classic 1955, ’56 and ’57 Chevrolet vehicles. The club pro-vides information about events, car shows and tours and offers technical support to its members.

95 Idaho Potato Truck: The Big Idaho Potato Truck is on its seventh cross-country journey! It began in 2012 as a one-year campaign to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Idaho Potato Commission. It quickly became apparent with its success that it would be more than a one-year occurrence; it literally has become a huge piece of pop-culture. It travels the country promoting the certified heart-healthy Idaho Potato and its mission to help small charities in towns and cities with its A Big Helping program.

Not to mention who doesn’t want their picture taken with a 28-foot Idaho potato?

96 Westside Joe’s Bikes: Westside Joe’s Bikes is Alameda’s friendly neighborhood bike shop, located at 1000 Central Ave. Westside Joe’s service bikes and sells accessories and affordable, high-quality bikes. “We cater to Island living!”

97 East Bay Bible Fellowship (EBBF) Sunday School Department: EBBF’s Sunday School Department is happy to present Noah’s Ark, a continual symbol of divine hope and a promise of a new tomorrow.

98 Encinal Junior Jets: The Junior Jets of Alameda’s Encinal Junior-Senior High School are in the sixth to eighth grade and are excited to show their Jet pride as a middle school for the first time.

99 Patricia Rose Animal Warriors for All Gods Critters: I help homeless animals with medical care and food . These animals belong mostly to Veterans (I am an Army Vet) I am also is the pro-cess of becoming a non-profit.

100 Bay Island Gymnastics: Gymnasts celebrating active and healthy children in Alameda County. These kids are happy to accept a challenge upside down or right side up. “You’ll flip too when they pass by!”

101 Grace Church of Alameda: Grace Church has been a part of the Island community for five years. Grace brings people together to worship Jesus Christ in all aspects of life. “We love Alameda!” Services held Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 2521 Santa Clara Ave. GraceAlameda.org.

102 Alameda Theatre and Cineplex: Alameda Theatre & Cineplex celebrates its 10th anniversary this year! The restored theater re-opened in 2008 and has wel-comed guests to great movies and special community events for 10 years. Happy anniversary to Alameda’s hometown theater!

103 Tony Daysog for City Council: West End Alameda’s Tony Daysog is running for City Council!

104 West End Arts and Entertainment District Animate Dance Festival: Representing West End Arts and Entertainment District’s new free outdoor dance festival “Animate Dance Festival.”

105 Sikh Riders of America: Sikh Riders of America is a nonprof-it organization established to increase awareness throughout the community about the Sikh religion. The group seeks to achieve this by holding various fundraising events to provide help where needed.

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Parade Route

Getting Around During the Parade

M any streets in Alameda will be closed for the annual Alameda Fourth of July Parade this Wednesday, July 4 from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. Please be aware of the closed streets and plan your day accordingly.

Closed Streets: Lincoln, from Grand to Park. Park, from Buena Vista to Otis. Otis, from Park to Grand. Grand, from Otis to Encinal. Encinal, from Grand to Central. Central, from Encinal to Webster & Webster from Central to Buena Vista.

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you all a happy, healthy and safe Fourth of July holiday.

106 Alameda Aero Club: The Alameda Aero Club, based at Oakland Airport’s North Field, has been training folks to fly for more than 60 years. Just one click or phone call is all it takes to realize the dream of flying. “Come fly with us!”

107 The Child Unique: Children, parents, teachers and staff of The Child Unique Montessori and MESA Schools come together to represent the fun and diverse learning commu-nity they provide.

108 510 Fitness: Eduardo Vargas was voted best personal trainer by Alameda Magazine this year. He provides fitness classes and personal training in Alameda. From Zumba to Bootcamp there is a class for everyone at 510Fitness.com.

109 Alameda Parade Enthusiasts: A rag-tag group of Alamedans who love the 4th of July Parade

110 International Chi Institute A martial arts academy offering summer camps, after-school pro-grams, Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Qi Gong lessons.

111 Island City Masonic Lodge: Celebrating almost 150 years in Alameda!

112 The Haight Boat 300 Block of Haight Avenue: The 300 Block of Haight will bring their Love Boat- themed float wearing nau-tical related costumes, painted and decorated accordingly accompanied by music.

113 Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School: The Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School Pep Band and students are excited and proud to celebrate the nation’s Independence Day with the city of Alameda. Go Pilots!

114 My Escuela Bilingual Preschool

115 Marine Corps League Detachment No. 919: Marine Corps League with Fourth Forced Recon Marine vehi-cles-Marines carrying MCL ban-ner-balance riding in vehicles

116 Foster Family: 1954 GMC pick-up that was a work in progress in 2016 parade, when it stalled out in front of judges! Now with upgrades!

117 Greater Shanghai Alliance of America: New immigration association from the greater Shanghai area of China. Hope everyone has a happy Fourth of July!

118 Pacific Crest Canvas: Pacific Crest Canvas specializes in dodgers, enclosures and other canvas covers for boats of all sizes. The shop also makes cov-ers for equipment and outdoor furnishings, proudly featuring Sunbrella.

119 Temple Israel 120 Art Deco Society of California:

Three 1930s automobiles, repre-senting the Art Deco Society of California.

121 Community Emergency Response Team: Alameda Fire Department’s Community Emergency Response Team mobile response unit, built and maintained by community vol-unteers.

122 USA Kung Fu Studio123 Soccer Shots San Francisco

Bay124 Welcome Transportation:

Alameda’s number-one transpor-tation provider for more than 25 years.

125 Woodstock Child Development Center: Woodstock Child Development Center is cele-

brating 75 years of serving the Alameda community.

126 Mommy’s Trading Post LLC: Boutique consignment for infant to toddlerhood, maternity and nursing. New and gently used items. Located on Lincoln Avenue between Sherman and Bay streets.

127 Encinal High School (EHS)Band and Color Guard: Encinal High School Jets Symphonic Band under the direction of drum major Sofia Espinoza. Color guard under the direction of Victoria Garcia.

128 (EHS) Flag Team: The team accompanies the EHS marching band in competitions across the Bay Area.

129 Veteran Groups of Alameda: Veteran Groups of Alameda sup-porting and serving veterans. Groups are American Legion, Posts 9 & 647, Vietnam Veterans Association, Chapter 400 and Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 8.

130 James and Sue Morgan: 1928 Ford Model A Phaeton, an open- cockpit touring car

131 Core Healthcare: Core Healthcare offers a variety of services in a warm, compas-sionate and friendly environ-ment. The team is focused on the residents and serving their highest possible well-being, ensuring a positive path to recovery.

132 Tomorrow Youth Repertory: Tomorrow Youth Repertory strives for a truly communi-ty-centered experience theater made for the community, by the community. The group believes in the power of theater to trans-form its community and itself, to promote a freedom of creativ-ity, confidence, teamwork and patience.

133 Lim’s Tae Kwon Do Academy: Lim’s Tae Kwon Do offers gen-eral Tae Kwon Do training as well as Olympic-style training. Classes provide healthy fitness,

enhanced positive attitudes and self-discipline while improving performance.

134 Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC): ACLC is proud to show Alameda its fearsome spirit! The school is excited to participate in such a wonderful and exiting tradition in its home-town.

135 Bay Language Academy: The academy aims to pro-vide proficiency and fluency in French, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, Korean, Arabic, English as a Second Language (ESL) as well as creative writing and comprehension, SAT and AP preparation.

136 Alameda International Film Festival

137 Alameda Flag Football (EBFF) A celebration of youth football in all it’s forms!

138 Alpicella Italian Family Men’s Club: This club represents the Alameda Italian family men’s clubs here in Alameda.

139 NEA CLC: Nea CLC is a charter K-12 school, located at 1900 Third St. in Alameda.

140 Alameda Ballet Academy: Bringing quality classical ballet and performing arts education to the Bay Area.

141 Encinal Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program

142 Calyx Health: Calyx Health, a doctor’s office exclusively for Medicare seniors, is now open in the South Shore Center. Calyx has designed a healthcare expe-rience that caters to the needs of an aging population.

143 Slauson for Assembly 144 Floats on a Float by Group

Delphi: Group Delphi, makers of wonder, awe and connection, create a playful interpretation of floats on a float.

145 Alameda High School Men’s Basketball: 2017-2018 Men’s Basketball Northern California Champions. First team in Alameda history to make it to the state championship.

146 John Knox White for Alameda City Council: Celebrating a great country and city. Bringing trust and collaboration back to city leadership.

147 Alameda Aircooled: A group of folks who love vintage Volkswagens and happen to live here on the Island! Why not showcase these beautiful cars that everyone loves to see?

148 Alameda Yacht Club (AYC): AYC is located in the historic Fortman Marina, former home to the Alaska Packers. AYC offers a variety of boating, sailing, racing and social activities. Check them out at aycinc.org

149 Anheuser-Busch, MINI of San Francisco: Official vehicles pro-vided courtesy of MINI of San Francisco, proud sponsors of today’s parade and the Coast Guard Festival. Learn how to “drive like a VIP” in a new MINI from MINI of San Francisco atminisf.com. Already a VIP? Book an appointment online for any MINI service need.

Editor’s note: Last, but not least, the street sweepers follow up all the parade entries and leave the route as clean as it started! These were all of the entrants as listed Tuesday, June 26. The parade’s official grand marshals, a late addition, were con-firmed after the compilation of this list. All retired longtime Alameda business owners, they will appear as entry 3A.

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Parade Sponsors

Gold Sponsor: South Shore Center

Silver Sponsors: Drysdale Property Management and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties Alameda Municipal Power • Sea West Credit Union

Bronze Sponsors: Big Blue Plumbing • Bank of Marin • MINI of San Francisco • Bay Ship & Yacht Co. • Lucky 13

Sponsors: Alameda County Industries • Alameda Community Fund • Poppy Bank • Cafe Jolie • Alameda Point Partners • Event Magic

Sponsors In-Kind: Alameda Chamber of Commerce • PK Consultants, Inc. • MJS Web Solutions • Alameda Sun • City of Alameda Alameda Landing • Kiwanis Club of Alameda

Special Thanks: United States Coast Guard • Alameda Police Department • Alameda Fire Department • CERTS • Public Works – City of Alameda Community and Economic Development – City of Alameda • Jim’s on the Course • Jim’s Coffee Shop • Alameda Advertising and Recognition

Alameda Businesses and Residents • AC Transit • Alameda Sparkles • CalTrans • Excel Graphics

The Alameda Fourth of July Foundation Committee would like to thank the sponsors, the City of Alameda, the United States Coast Guard, the participants, and the community for another amazing Fourth of July Parade

and Coast Guard Festival!

Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) is a department of the city of

Alameda that has served residents and businesses for 131 years. AMP provides power to

more than 34,000 customers at rates that average 17 percent below neighboring communities.

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