LaSalle Plans Big Party To Celebrate 25 Years

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June 1, 2016 marks LaSalle’s 25th anniversary.

In 1991, residents of the Township of Sandwich West opted to define themselves as a town, and incorporated as the Town of LaSalle.

To celebrate, the Town of LaSalle is hosting several community events over the weekend of June 3rd to 5th.

Friday, June 3rd – LaSalle Civic Centre:
6pm to 8pm – Activities at LaSalle Library
7pm – Mad Science Show sponsored by Essex County Library
Dusk – Outdoor Movie featuring The Lego Movie sponsored in part by Rotary Club of LaSalle-Centennial

Saturday, June 4th:
10am – LaSalle Police Service Bicycle Rodeo at Vollmer Culture & Recreation Complex
11am to 1pm – Explore LaSalle Library and make a craft
1pm – LaSalle Skateboard Competition at Vollmer Culture & Recreation Complex sponsored by Essex Power Corporation
2pm to 3pm – LaSalle Sabre Bytes Robotics Team Demonstration at LaSalle Library

Sunday, June 5th – Vollmer Culture & Recreation Complex:
11am to 3pm – LaSalle’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Participants can dance away with a DJ Dance Party sponsored by Essex Power Corporation. There will be large LaSalle colouring sheets, photos with Le Griffon and early explorer cut-outs, visits with LaSalle Fire Service, LaSalle Police Service and the LaSalle Vipers, and a free BBQ. Storyteller, Doug Robinson, will re-enact the history of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. There will also be an inflatable slide, jumping castle, plasma car course, face painting and giveaways.