Things to Know: Pop Warner Signups, Summer Reading Program to Start

Here are some important things happening around town that everyone should know about this coming week.

Events

Today, 7-9 p.m. Pop Warner football signups will be taking place every Friday for the 2011 football and cheer season at Extreme Pizza. Payments and paperwork can be dropped off at these locations and times. Practice season starts Aug. 1 and the first game will be several weeks after that. The Peninsula Pop Warner league—the largest conference in the Pacific Northwest Region, which includes Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Alaska—will have a fireworks booth at Bayhill Shopping Center, and they will be grateful for any support. For more information, visit the Pop Warner organization's website. www.ppwls.com

Saturday, June 11. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Just as a reminder, the Seventh Annual San Mateo County Disaster Preparedness Day is Saturday at the San Mateo County Fair. Disaster Preparedness Day will take place at the San Mateo County Event Center, 1346 Saratoga Ave., in San Mateo. Arrive before 11 a.m. for free parking and admission to the county fair.

Saturday, June 11. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Summer reading registration begins at the library. The theme for the summer reading program is "One World Many Stories." Fill out your reading log and return it on or after June 20 to get your first week's prize. Then repeat the next five weeks to get all six prizes being offered

Sunday, June 12. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The face painter will be back at the downtown farmers' market. PG&E will also have an exhibit and there will be demonstrations for the kids.

Monday, June 13. Lap swim, water aerobics and recreational swimming begin at the City Park pool. The summer schedule is listed on the city's website. 

Monday, June 13. 10 a.m. Summer day camp begins at the city's rec center. For more information, call 650-616-7180.

Who's Who and What's What

1. On June 3, John Muir Elementary School held its end-of-the-year picnic. Numerous skills activities were set up through which the classes, broken into three teams, rotated around. A photo of the picnic that followed is attached. Thanks to all of the parents who volunteered to make this another success.

2. Here are some civic organizations you should know about: Rotary Club of San Bruno, P.O. Box 651, San Bruno. Call 650-589-5014 or fax 650-871-0567. San Bruno Lions Club, P.O. Box 388, San Bruno. Call 650-208-6416 or fax 650-259-2398. Soroptimist International, P.O. Box 15, San Bruno. Call 650-697-8590.

3. San Bruno is pleased to welcome the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store at 1600 El Camino Real. The store is open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The donations doorway is on the San Diego Avenue side.

4. Don't forget to reserve your barbecue area at one of the city's parks. City Park, for example, has 13 sites available for reservation. To reserve a picnic site, sign up in person at the Veterans Memorial Building between 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Fridays and between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Saturdays. Bring your driver's license or identification card as proof of residency to receive the resident rate. For more information, visit the city's website.

5. Communications between both the city and Caltrain resulted in a committment from both agencies to work on cutting the weeds and high grass along the east side of San Antonio Avenue south of the Caltrain station all the way to the San Bruno-Millbrae border. Thanks to the city and Caltrain for both agreeing to mitigate this situation. Hopefully this will all be taken care of before the Fourth of July when high grass is of concern because of possible fire problems.

6. The city has installed a non-cement sidewalk replacement material in a few spots on the 300 block of Linden Avenue next to Walgreens. If you want to see what materials are available to be used when the cement sidewalk alongside of a tree needs to be installed, here is your chance. Send your comments to the city.