Newman Recreation Adult Co-ed Volleyball League

Registration for the 37th year of the Newman Recreation Adult Co-ed Volleyball League starts Aug. 28. League games will start Sept. 10 and 12 and be held on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays.

Each league lasts eight weeks.

Players must be 18 years or older and out of high school.

Costs are $5 per player per league and an additional $5 charge for players outside of the Newman Crows Landing Unified School District.

Call Kiyo Yamamoto at (209) 324-7281 to register or for more information.

2024 Newman Fall Festival Volleyball Tournament

The 34th year of the Fall Festival Volleyball tournament will be held on Aug. 31 at Densmore Park.

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and competition starts at 9:30 a.m.

Teams of two to four players will compete in upper and lower divisions.

The entry fee is $10 per player. The first 200 to register will receive a commemorative shirt.

Call Kiyo Yamamoto at (209) 324-7281 for more information.

Gustine Museum

The Gustine Historical Society has a new exhibit opening at the Gustine Museum. The exhibit is Gustine’s POW from World War II.

Guests are invited to join the Society as they honor the Gustine veterans that were captured during WWII and the hardships they had to endure. The veterans are: Rudolph Bambauer, Donald Bloom Clarence Nightengale, Jimmy Borrelli, Wilbur Gomes and Frank Farr. The exhibit is ongoing.

The museum is located at 397 Fourth Street on Highway 33. It is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays. Admission is free.

Red Hats of Orestimba

The Red Hats of Orestimba meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 10.

Host for the evening will be Loretta Rose. Anyone wishing to join can come as her guest that night. Cost for meal is $15 to members.
Call Loretta for more information and to RSVP at 209-854-2788. Please leave a message with phone number.

Gustine Historical Society

The Gustine Historical Society will hold their annual salad bar luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 23.

The cost is $15.

The luncheon will be at the Al Goman Center.

Take out will be available.

For tickets call (209) 854-6455.

Newman Woman’s Club

Newman Woman’s Club will be holding their first meeting of the year 2024 -2025, on Sept. 9. There is a social at 1 p.m. and the meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. It will be at the Louis J. Newman Memorial Building.

Newman Library

The Newman Library will host a special story time with the Newman Fire Department from 10 to 10:30 p.m. Sept. 4.

The Friends of the Newman Library will be meeting from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 4.

Lego day is set for 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 and 19.

The Friends of the Newman Library is sponsoring a friendship bracelet making day for ages 8 years and up from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 10, and an edible ocean craft day at the same time on Sept. 24.

Tiny Tots will be from 10 a.m. each Wednesday and will be followed by Wee Move and Play at 10:30 a.m.

Gustine Library

The Gustine Library will host several reoccurring events over the month of September.

The Adult Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. on Sept. 5.

Tiny Tales Storytime is at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 12, 19 and 26.

Family Storytime is at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday. It’s followed by Family Lego Fun Time at 1 p.m.

A new teen Manga book club is set for 4:30 p.m. Sept. 3 for teens 13 to 19 years old.

Adult puzzle time is at 4 p.m. on Sept. 10.

Kid’s Craft Time is for children 6 to 12 years old and is at 3 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month.

Teen coloring will be at 3:45 p.m. on Sept. 17 and is for teens 13 to 18 years old.

Kid’s sticker book decorating is at 3 p.m. Sept. 19.

Adult coloring time is offered at 4 p.m. on Sept. 24.

The teen book club will be meeting the first Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. This is for teens 13 to 19 and is a new offering from the library.

Newman Recreation Department

The Newman Recreation Department hosts dance therapy classes at the L.J. Newman Memorial Building every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The martial arts class of Kajukenbo is taught every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the L.J. Newman Memorial Building.

City of Gustine meetings

The Gustine Planning Commission is set to meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 in council chambers at 352 Fifth St.