Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. to meet with third and fourth graders at the San Francisco Water Festival.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1996--Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. is scheduled to meet with the City's future leaders at the San Francisco Water Festival on Tuesday, Jan. 16. To get the City's future leaders involved in creating solutions to environmental challenges, the San Francisco Water Department San Francisco Water Department is an agency in San Francisco that provides water service to residents of the San Francisco Bay Area. The San Francisco Water Department privately holds substantial amounts of undeveloped land in many parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. is sponsoring the Festival for 2,000 third and fourth graders from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Southeast Community College Southeast Community College (SCC) is a community college system located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Locations The college includes three campuses and more than 20 off-campus sites in 15 counties. at 1800 Oakdale. John P. Mullane, SFWD's general manager said: "We are thrilled that the Mayor will be meeting with the students. The purpose of the entire festival is to create partnerships among all of San Francisco's citizens in helping us to protect the environment. This begins a great partnership between our City's current and future leaders in helping San Francisco's environment." The students from 42 public and private schools will get to show off their knowledge about the environment in a celebrity-hosted trivia contest that will feature Vida Blue of the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era , Renel from KMEL, Joel Bartlett from Channel 7, Dave Pasin from the San Francisco Spiders, and other celebrities as masters of ceremonies. Ronald McDonald and Smokey the Bear Smokey the Bear warns “only you can prevent forest fires.” [Am. Pop. Cult.: Misc.] See : Fire will also be at the Festival. All of the prizes for the trivia contest as well as some of the materials and food provided to the participants have been donated by Alexander Book Company, Double Rainbow Ice Cream, McDonald's, Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club Press, Boudin's Sourdough Bakery and Cafe, Walgreen's, Embarcadero Center, Tower Records, Academy of Sciences, Berkeley Farms, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, Klutz Press and Bicycle Press. Presenters from 55 local organizations will share with the students information on such topics as marine mammals marine mammals mammals inhabiting the sea; generally taken to include the cetaceans (whales, porpoise, dolphin), the sirenians (sea-cows, including manatees and dugong) and the pinnipeds (the carnivores of the group, seals, sealions, walruses). , salmon runs, water mains and weather with hands-on experiments. An environmental children's band, the Banana Slug String Band and the Boogie Down Jugglers, whose routine teaches students about toxic materials, will also be part of the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . For more information about the Water Festival, contact the San Francisco Water Department at 415/923-2473. CONTACT: San Francisco Water Department Kimberley M. Knox, 415/923-2473 |
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