Entries will be accepted in the following categories: kindergarten, grade two, three, five, six and eight.
Deadline for entries is Oct. 27.
Winners will be selected from each category and will advance to regional contests. The bookmarks will be distributed at local County Library branches in spring 2008.
La Cañada Flintridge Library is at 4545 Oakwood Ave. in La Cañada.
For more information about the library and its programs, call (818) 790-3330.
Attention, anime and manga otaku.
For kids ages 13 and up, join the LCF Anime Club at the La Cañada Flintridge Library. Watch new anime episodes, enjoy refreshments and have fun with friends. Anime DVDs will be shown Tuesdays, at 4 p.m. on Oct. 16 and 30, Nov. 20 and Dec. 4.
The La Cañada Flintridge Library, part of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, is at 4545 Oakwood Ave. in La Cañada Flintridge.
For more information, call (818) 790-3330 or visit the Los Angeles County Library website at www.colapublib.org.
Oct. 29 is the deadline for applications to the 2008 Miss La Cañada Flintridge contest.
An informational meeting for interested girls and their parents will be offered at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at La Cañada Flintridge Country Club.
Cosponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the La Cañada Junior Women’s Club, the competition is open to girls in their junior year of high school who are residents of La Cañada Flintridge. Applicants will be judged on personality, poise and communication ability, as well as special achievements and community service.
The winning queen will be awarded a $500 scholarship, and four princesses will each receive a $250 scholarship. The court will represent the city at various local functions throughout the year.
Applications are available at local high school offices and on the chamber website at www.lacanadaflintridge.com.
To submit listings to Youth Notes, call Michael J. Arvizu at (818) 790-8774, ext. 17, or e-mail lcnews@valleysun.net. Deadline to submit copy is 9 a.m. Monday.
