Watch Replay of Oak Lake Park Fireworks
Volunteers are needed Saturday, July 7 to help clean up Oak Lake Park, the site of the City’s annual Uncle Sam Jam. The organized community cleanup from 10 a.m. to noon .
For more information on the Oak Lake Park cleanup, contact Christine Hunt at (402) 477-3606 or Christine.hunt@ecostoresne.org; or Emma Trewhitt at (402) 441-7075 or etrewhitt@lincoln.ne.gov.
“Uncle Sam Jam 2012,” the City’s official Independence Day celebration, was held Tuesday, July 3 at Oak Lake Park in the area of Charleston Street and Sun Valley Blvd. Watch a replay of the fireworks by clicking on the video above.
The celebration culminated with the Zambelli Internationale fireworks display at 10 p.m.
City officials are asking for residents to help clean up fireworks debris following private and public Independence Day celebrations.
The City Watershed Management Division and Keep Lincoln and Lancaster County Beautiful are working with neighborhood associations and a local fireworks distributor to remind residents to prevent firework debris from entering into the City’s storm drains. Fireworks, shells and packaging contain harmful chemicals, and the common firework ingredient perchlorate is a source of water pollution. Once perchlorate enters a waterway through a storm drain, it remains there for 20 to 80 days.
Volunteers are needed Saturday, July 7 to help clean up Oak Lake Park, the site of the City’s annual Uncle Sam Jam. The organized community cleanup from 10 a.m. to noon is sponsored by the Cleaner Streams program of Watershed Management, EcoStores Nebraska, Prairieland Dairy and Ayars & Ayars. Volunteers are asked to meet on the west side of Oak Lake off 1st Street. Lunch and t-shirts will be provided while they last.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday May 21
- Register for 1st Annual Ceresco Rec Kickball Tourney
- Deadline for Scholarships: Hall County Medical Society Fund and Henry and Maria Ahrens Fund
- Schoolhouse FIddle Camp for Intermediate & Advanced Fiddlers
- Schoolhouse Fiddle Camp for Beginners
- Personal Achievement Workshops (PAWS) Summer Enrichment Program Registration
- Clinic With A Heart -- Free Health Clinic
- Entry for Beard Growing Contest
Wednesday May 22
- Kwame Dawes Book Signing
- Register for 1st Annual Ceresco Rec Kickball Tourney
- Deadline for Scholarships: Hall County Medical Society Fund and Henry and Maria Ahrens Fund
- Quilt Show, "MAY Your Days be Merry & Bright
- Schoolhouse FIddle Camp for Intermediate & Advanced Fiddlers
- Schoolhouse Fiddle Camp for Beginners
- Personal Achievement Workshops (PAWS) Summer Enrichment Program Registration
- Entry for Beard Growing Contest
