Aerial fireworks as well as the traditional morning parade will mark the Fourth of July this Sunday.
That is in addition to the Manteca Kiwanis long-running Independence Day pancake breakfast that is being conducted in a drive-thru format from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane. Tickets are available at the event. Adults are $7 and $4 for children 10 and under.
The Sunrise Kiwanis are staging the Fourth of July parade on Sunday, July 4, at 10 a.m.
The theme this year is “Hats off to America”. The parade route starts on Jason Street across from Golden West School. It travels down Main Street to Center Street where it turns west to end at Library Park.
The City of Manteca Recreation & Community Services Department aerial fireworks will start at 9:45 p.m.
They will be launched from the wastewater treatment plant.
The optimum viewing location is from the Big League Dreams sports complex. Gates will open at 7 p.m. Admission is $2. The two BLD restaurants will be open.
Those viewing the fireworks are being advised no parking will be allowed in the Great Wolf parking lot.
That said you can park in the Costco or Stadium Retail parking lots.
The congestion will not be as severe after the fireworks this year if people leave the area using alternate routes made possible by the opening of Daniels Street to McKinley Avenue last month where there is now a three-way stop.
You can take McKinley south to Woodward Avenue and then head east once the fireworks show is over.
You can also take McKinley north and head east on Yosemite, Louise, or Lathrop to avoid the usual congestion at Airport Way and Daniels Street at the end of the show.
The city has identified six parks that provide the best viewing and are places you can take your lawn chairs and/or blankets.
*Bella Vista Park, 1580 Bella Vista Drive
*Dutra Estates Mini Park, 1523 Hearthsong Drive
*Dutra Southeast Park, 1850 Sparrowhawk Street
*Kevin O’Neill Park, 1282 Laurel Park Circle
*Roberts Estates Park, 1740 Rail Street
*Dutra Estates Park, 2701 Ancestry Street
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
