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The Soledad Christmas Parade Committee is working on the final details for the upcoming Christmas Parade and festivities on Dec. 2.

The Soledad Lioness Club is currently working on collecting information on the humanitarian and service needs of the City of Soledad by distributing a survey.

More than 200 residents from Monterey County participated in the annual Gang Prevention Summit last Saturday. Among those in attendance were parents, teenagers and middle school students from the South County area.

At the last Soledad City Council meeting, the council and mayor came together to honor local staff for National Public Works Week, which runs from May 21 to 27.

Soledad High School is in the midst of its Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) evaluation, and the mid-cycle results were recently presented to the Soledad School Board.

Main Street Middle School construction continues on Main Street with funds from Measure C approved by voters in November 2012.

The Summer Reading Program is underway at Monterey County Free Libraries with the theme “Reading Takes You Everywhere.”

The Fourth of July is coming and is shaping up to be a fun-filled day, starting just before noon and ending with a fireworks show.

Over 200 free fruit and vegetable samples were distributed on May 21 to celebrate the Fifth Annual National Salad Month. The samples were donated by local agricultural businesses in the area.

The Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua Foundation Board President Al Parolini has launched a Go Fund Me page to raise the funds needed to complete the State of California’s mandated seismic retrofit and restoration of the mission located in Jolon.