Looking Ahead with AHIA
Friday--May 31, 2019 Board of Directors Nominations Due
AHIA Board of Directors nominations for 2020 are due. Submit your nominations by email to president@ahia.info or by mail to AHIA 6216 E. PCH #372 Long Beach CA 90803
Sunday--June 9, 2019 Annual Neighborhood Picnic
- See you from 12- 4 PM
- New this year is Steel Drum Music
- Also new Skate Dogs skate park
- Food this year by Alamitos Heights' very own Chef Paul St. Bernard
Coming Summer of 2019 Port of Long Beach Harbor Tour
This 90-minute narrated excursion, you will get close to operations at the second-busiest Port in the nation. Motor past towering cranes at the most advanced and green terminal in the world. You will see the progress of infrastructure projects like the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge.
Tuesday--August 6, 2019 National Night Out
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes strong police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live and work. It is as simple as asking your neighbors to stop by and visit your porch or driveway and talk. If you want a LBPD Officer to attend send AHIA a note using the contact us page on this website and we'll let PD know your hosting a gathering.
Friday--November 29, 2019 Colorado Lagoon Tree Lighting Ceremony
Holiday fun with music from the Wilson High School Choir, Santa delivered on a fire truck with blaring sirens, Polly's Coffee providing hot chocolate and Leslie Stonick's makes and provides chocolate chip cookies. Then of course the lighting of the trees. It is a great night.
3rd Week of December 2019 Holiday Lights Contest
Be a winner when you light up your house for the holidays. A crack team of AHIA Holiday Lights Judges will cruise the neighborhood for the best of the best. It's not to early to start planning your holiday lights.
Spotlight on a Neighbor
Luke Wannemacher is a Flying Squirrel
Luke Wannemacher lives in Alamitos Heights. In October 2018, he joined a STEAM program (STEM + Arts) called Destination Imagination (“DI”). DI builds extraordinary life skills such as critical thinking, creative problem solving, teamwork and communication skills. DI blends creativity with hands-on scientific exploration. Kids get to dream up ideas, and then use scientific principles to make it real.
Luke Wannemacher, Jade Steege, Allegra Steege, Harrison Armus, Emerson La Porta and Maya Geer are The Flying Squirrels. The Flying Squirrels spent the last 6 months logging 150+ hours building, testing and learning from dozens of prototypes, as well as writing scripts, building set elements and creating props. They applied pneumatics, mathematics, aerodynamics, and rocket science, to create a device that could fly, land and drop payloads with remarkable precision. They wrote a narrative that was incredibly top-of-mind, diving into the bright and dark sides of humankind’s relationship with important evolutionary advancements with fire, trade, language and today’s use of technology, particularly the effects of social media and device addiction.
The 2019 Flying Squirrels competed in the LA Regional Tournament and the California State Tournament and won both the Technical and the Creative components of their challenge. They are headed to the 2019 Global Finals in Kansas City to compete with national and international teams.
If you would like to help the Flying Squirrels they are fundraising the trip to the Global Finals. Options for tax-deductible donations are as follows:
1) Venmo @DI-Squirrels,
2) Make a check to California Creativity Association, and mail it to Flying Squirrels 28 Prospect Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803
3) Credit card donations may be made at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/caldi
- Via credit card elect the option to donate for a “special purpose” and look for the Flying Squirrels team name on the pull-down menu.
Harrison Armus, Luke Wannemacher, Allegra Steege, Maya Greer, Jade Steege, Emerson LaPorta