La Plata briefs

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009

La Plata officials have scheduled Halloween trick- or-treating in town from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31 and motorists are asked to be especially vigilant during the hours when little ghosts and goblins are on the streets.

Trick-or-treating should be limited to kids 12 and younger and parents should accompany them when they are going from house to house. The council asks that trick-or-treating be limited to the kids' neighborhoods and that they carry a flashlight to help illuminate their way.

ANS planning fundraiser

Archbishop Neale School will hold an OutBack Steakhouse dinner Nov. 5 in the school gym. The menu will consist of steak, chicken, Caesar salad, rolls, rice, dessert, iced tea, coffee or lemonade.

Music will be provided by Hardrock DJ Services.

Tickets will be $25 for adults and $8 for children 5 to 10.

Children younger than 4 eat for free.

Carryout dinners will be available.

All proceeds are for the newly opened Little Eagles Day Care Center

Call Judy Melvin at 301-848-1835 or 301-934-9595 before Oct. 30 to order tickets.

La Plata to salute veterans at parade

The town of La Plata is holding a Veterans Day parade and ceremony Nov. 8.

The parade will begin at 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Charles County government building on Washington Avenue, will turn onto Charles Street, wind down La Grange Avenue and end at town hall at 305 Queen Anne St., said Amy PeŇa, the town's special events coordinator.

The "Salute to Veterans" ceremony, featuring a guest speaker who has not yet been confirmed, will begin on the lawn of town hall immediately following the parade, PeŇa said.

Those who want to participate in the parade can call PeŇa at 301-934-8421 or 301-870-3377 for a registration form or visit www.townoflaplata.org and click on the "events" link on the left side of the Web page.

Emergency siren testing scheduled in December

La Plata officials are scheduled to test the town's early warning devices and sirens at about 10 a.m. Dec. 5.

The tests will last about an hour and will include siren alerts and an audible notification over loudspeakers.

The test will be conducted with the Charles County 911 Communications Center that controls and operates the system.

The sirens and devices are installed in front of the Charles County Courthouse on Charles Street, at the town's wastewater treatment plant on Curley Hall Road, in the Clarks Run and Kings Grant subdivisions and near the La Plata Volunteer Fire Department firehouse on Shining Willow Way.

The text of the pre-recorded message that will be used during the test can be found at www.townoflaplata.org by clicking on the "siren testing" link on the left side of the Web page.

Call town hall at 301-934-8421 or 301-870-3377.

nmcconaty@somdnews.com