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Community Yard Sale

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Landscaping the Front Entrance

We need your help to raise funds to landscape the front entrance! We have estimated around $300 per side. Dues for the whole year is only $20 per household. Please contact me at criskolo822@hotmail.com of your block captain to collect the money (cash preferred). We will post all money received and how it was spent on this site. We also need volunteers! I am planning on a small gathering at the front sign this week-end to fine tune any concerns and answer questions. It would be a great time to collect dues. Please, help us spread the word by telling other neighbors that haven't come to the meetings. This would really raise the value of ALL our homes, and would really benefit all those currently trying to sell their homes!

Push Lawn Mower Tune-ups offered

Annual UD push lawnmower tune-up planned April 17-18
4:29 p.m., April 1, 2009----Looking to save a little money on your lawn care in these tight financial times? The University of Delaware's Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity for agriculture, the Society of Automotive Engineers Club and the Engineering Technology Club are once again offering a push lawn mower tune-up service on April 17-18, rain or shine.

Since 2000, this annual event has serviced more than 4,000 push mowers.

The tune-up -- provided by trained students and alumni members of the clubs -- includes an oil change, spark plug replacement, air filter check and cleaning, blade sharpening, and power washing. The cost is $35, the same as it has been for the past four years.

Drop off times are from 2 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 17, and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.

Customers can pick up their mowers on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. for the first 300 mowers taken on Friday, or on Sunday, April 19, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., for the remaining mowers. All mowers must be picked up by 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Lawnmowers -- push lawnmowers only; no riding mowers -- may be dropped off and picked up in the parking lot behind Worrilow and Townsend halls on UD's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources campus at 531 South College Avenue, across from the Chrysler Plant, just north of the Fred Rust Ice Arena. Look for signs for the tune-up.

For more information, call the AGR Fraternity at (302) 837-3379 or send e-mail to [yost@udel.edu].

New Link Added for Nuisance Animal Control

Hello All,

If you encounter problems with some wildlife, I have found a resource. Snakes, raccoons, nuisance birds, squirrels, bats and the like are not managed by SPCA Animal Control. I had a starling get into my first floor ceiling via exhaust fan vent on the back of the house. I found Mid-Atlantic Wildlife Control and was able to humanely remove the bird. The business owner is also a Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator for injured/orphaned animals. The link to the web site is under "Helpful Links". Mid-Atlantic is a private, fee-for-service enterprise.

I will also add Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research in case of injured/orphaned baby birds. Tri-State is a local non-profit famous for treating birds after oil spills, among other things. Spring is coming and so are the babies.

Landscaping the Front Entrance

To celebrate Earth Day Week-end, we would like to landscape our community’s front entrance. We are planning on doing it on Saturday April 25th. We are currently discussing the way to raise the funds. We also need volunteers! Here is a draft of a possible design. Please leave your opinion, ideas and if you are willing to help by commenting in this post.

How your neighbors affect your home's value and vice versa.

We talked about this in our last meeting, and I found this article with a video from ABC news. I thought it would be interesting to share it.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/Story?id=5023589&page=1

Minutes from 02/03/2009 Meeting

Meeting started at 6:35pm Elkton Library 2/3/09

Intro of Block Captains and the role of block captain
Susan Eller
Sharna Gaymon
Cristian Kolodynski
Carol Budrejki
Heather Miller
Colleen McCurdy

Mission statement: the purpose of our neighborhood alliance and getting ideas on a statement. Will finalize at the next meeting

Preferred communication would be email (more cost effective).

Nomination of officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Elections will be at the next meeting. Nominations so far are as follows:

o President: Fletcher Partridge
o Vice-President: Don Ruth
o Secretary: Reta Tucker
Cristian Kolodynski
o Treasurer: Open


Dues were discussed and those present agreed to $20 per household per year. Account would be opened at Wilmington Trust. Two signatures will be required (President & Treasurer). All statements will be posted on the blog and always available to neighbors. Also, suggested that we have quarterly donations for those who can to help offset any events or cost associated with alliance.

Blog: Created by Cristian Kolodynski as a way to communicate meetings, changes, meeting minutes, vandalisms or any important information. By invitation only. Email Cristian to be invited onto the blog at criskolo822@hotmail.com

Community Events:
· Easter egg hunt (April 4th; rain date 5th); each participating family donate eggs.
· Community Yard Sale (1st Saturday in May).
· Community clean up: neighbors volunteer to clean front entrance and help neighbors clean their yards (beautify community).
· Fundraisers and raffles.

Comments: Any neighbor with skills or hobbies can volunteer their talents. Know your neighbors.

Meeting ended at 7:45pm

Questions about how to Blog?

If you are not familiar how a blog works, post your questions here, and if you aren't sure how to do that, email them to me to criskolo822@hotmail.com

Incident Reports

Report any incidents here in the form of "Comments", no matter how small, including:

• Your address
• Type of incident
• Approximate time

Google Earth

This is the North section, each color corresponds to a block captain, whose house is marked with the icon with the diamond. Please report any errors in the numbers. I also have this in a filefor Google Earth, wich is more interactive and was able to add more info like phone numbers. If interested, I will email it to you.

(Click on in to enlarge)

And this is then Entrance by the pond.

Reflective Vests

I feel reflective vests are a must for all walkers. I will go to Walmart tomorrow morning to pick up a few. We can have the vests and the walkie talkies handed off from one pair of walkers to the next as a way to have contact with each person starting out and finishing up a shift.

Just another safety measure.

Rachel

Information Privacy

This blog will soon be private to ensure the privacy of its members. Access to this blog will be through invitation only.

Block Captains

If you haven't attended our meetings and need more information or would like to help, please contact you block captain (He or she lives on your same street)

Sharna and Kin Gaymon
66 Winchester Drive
410 392-3878
kgaymons@aol.com
Block Capt.for Cimarron and Winchester Drive from front entrance to stop sign.

Robin DiPierto
37 Appaloosa Trail
443-553-5910
REDIPIETRO@comcast.net
Block Captain for Appaloosa Trail

Susan Eller
112 Winchest Drive
410-392-6173
Seller@dol.net
Block Captain Winchester Drive from stop sign to Chestnut Drive and N. Navaho Trail

Heather Miller
71 Stirrup Drive
410-620-5286
Millers1999@verizon.net


Cristian Kolodynski
23 Apache Place
410-688-3727
criskolo822@hotmail.com
Block Captain for Apache Place

Carol Budrecki
64 S.Navaho Trail
410-392-3389
carolbudrecki@msn.com

Colleen McCurdy
19 Palomino Place
(443) 553-3430
k9mac@comcast.net
Block Captain for Palomino Place