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Friday, April 30th
This year's Mariposa Butterfly Hat Contest set for Friday,
April 30th
This annual festive hat contest is one of the many exciting highlights of
the Mariposa Butterfly Festival.
At the 2010 Welcome Reception enjoy a sea of fanciful butterfly hats while
you partake in “A Taste of Mariposa”
offering delicious food and refreshments from many local eateries.
To create your Butterfly Hat simply pick a category and get your creative
juices flowing!
There are six hat categories from which to choose; Elegant, Creative, Funny,
Outrageous, Unique and Whimsical.
Awards will be given to both men & women in every category. There will also
be a special "People’s Choice Award".
The Mariposa Butterfly Festival Reception featuring the “Butterfly Hat
Contest", “A Taste of Mariposa” and a
Silent Auction will be held this year in Bldg. A at the Mariposa Fairgrounds
on Friday, April 30th at 7:00 p.m.
Each participant in the hat contest will be given a number and have their
photo taken as they arrive.
Judging takes place at 8:00 p.m. The public is invited to enjoy this unique
event and cast their vote for the People’s Choice Award.
Come and embrace your inner butterfly!
A "Hat Designing Get-together" will be held at the Mariposa
Library on Sat, Apr. 17, join us anytime between 9 a.m. & 4 p.m.
Stop by with your hat project and bring any extra decorating bits to share
with others.
Also, bring a cloth to cover your working space and any tools that you need
to decorate your hat, including extension cords for glue guns.
Applications are available at the Company Store in downtown Mariposa, at the
Mariposa Chamber of Commerce and
online at
www.MariposaButterflyFestival.org. For questions call Trish at
966-3232.
Friday April 30th through Sunday
May 2nd
Mariposa Butterfly
Festival
"Mariposa" is the
Spanish word for Butterfly. This year the Butterfly Festival will begin on
Friday, April 30th and continue through the weekend of May 1st
& 2nd, 2010. Mariposa celebrates its namesake at the towns
'Annual Butterfly Festival'.
The festival is a fun filled family weekend that includes: releasing
thousands of live butterflies, a parade, Chalk Art in the Park,
Art & Artisan show, vendors in the 5th St. parking area & Habitat for
Humanity Street Fair (on 7th St), Quilt Show,
Sierra Classics Car Show, Katerpillar Kids Area & Chrysalis Teen Area, live
entertainment and much, much more!
For all
applications and more information check out:
www.MariposaButterflyFestival.org.
Saturday,
May 1st
Mariposa
Lion’s Club Sponsoring Car Show
The Mariposa
Lion’s Club is sponsoring “A Sierra Classics Car Show” on Saturday,
May 1, 2010, in support of the Mariposa Butterfly Festival. The show will be
held at the historic Mariposa County Courthouse. If you would
like to show your car, please
contact: Tom Kinard at (209) 966-5680 or email Tom at:
kinard@sierratel.com, Chris
Chase at (209) 966-3314, Dorothy Nielson at (209) 742-5023.
Registration begins at 8:00
a.m. Registration fee is $10 and a raffle prize donation. Show
participants are invited to enter the Butterfly Festival Parade
as part of the show.
For an application and more information:
www.MariposaButterflyFestival.org.
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CASA of Mariposa
Sponsors
Free Community-Wide and Regional Seminars
Little in life is truly free, but these
valuable trainings are. Anyone can attend who would like
to become more knowledgeable and energized about making positive
changes on behalf of local children and their families. RSVP is
required by calling CASA at (209) 742-4206.
"Bridges Out of Poverty" training on
Thursday, May 6th
&
"The (Foster Child's) Path to
Permanency" on Friday, May 7th
Please join CASA in thanking Advokids for bringing superlative
instructors to our area.
For those attendees who will be receiving continuing ed credits,
CASA suggests a donation to Advokids.
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Saturday, May 8th
Go for the Gold at the Gold Rush Scramble
The Mariposa County Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Third
Annual Gold Rush Scramble Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 8th at
the redesigned Lake Don Pedro Golf and Country Club. The tournament
will benefit Mariposa County Fire and other volunteer clubs and
organizations in North County.
Mariposa News - Go for the Gold at the Gold Rush Scramble
Thursday,
May 13th
Yosemite Area Audubon
Society program
“Albatross and Penguins: The World through the
Eyes of a Seabird”
Ted Cheeseman of Cheeseman Ecology Safaris, which specializes in cruises to
Antarctica and southern ocean islands, will present a slide program,
“Albatross and Penguins: The World through the Eyes of a Seabird” at 7:00
p.m.
at the Mariposa Methodist Church parish hall on 6th St. between
Hwy. 140 and Bullion St.
Public invited, free, refreshments. Call (209) 742-5579 for more
information.
Saturday, May 15th
Yosemite Area Audubon Society
Birding trip to Foresta in
Yosemite. Meet at Midpines County Park on Highway 140 at 8:00 a.m.
Suitable for beginners, public welcome, free. Bring binoculars, field
guides, lunch and beverages.
Call (209) 966-2547 for more information.
Saturday, May 15th
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