think the weather is question-able, please check our web-site at www.sabanews.org toverify whether or not thingsare a go. If you would like tohelp us in putting on thisevent and volunteer, pleasesee Page 3 for more details.

SCHEDULE

10:00am

Parade starts —Gather at ChestnutwoldElementary School for ourmarch to Elwell Park

10:20am

Best PatrioticDecorated Wagon,Stroller, Bike, ScooterContest begins at ElwellPark

11:00am

National Anthemand Flag Rasing

11:15am

Field Gamesbegin

Until 1pm

Games, food,music, face painting andother fun activities

This is our version of the tra-ditional neighborhood 4th ofJuly Event. Please plan toattend and bring your nieces,nephews, grandkids, and ofcourse neighbors. The eventis on for the 4th of July only.There is no rain date. If you

We were very fortunate tohave Ken Keagy, a resident of our neighborhood and graphicartist, develop several updatedlogo options for SABA. Dur-ing our monthly meetings, wecould not reach a consensuson which one would best rep-resent our Association. Weelected to narrow the field tothe top three, and posted a poll on our website. Votinghas since ended and the logoto the left came in with acommanding lead.If you would like to knowmore about Ken Keagy’scompany, you can visit hiswebsite atwww.simmercreative.com.

4th of July … Saturday, 7/4/09

INSIDETHIS ISSUE:

List of Officersand KeyVolunteers2Volunteer Opportunities2Events 2-4Gift and Dona-tion Form4SABA

Notes

New SABA Logo … Website Poll Results

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If you are not onthe list, it’s easy tosubscribe to stayinformed aboutneighborhoodevents and activi-ties.Send an email with“Subscribe” in thesubject line toVolunteer Coordi-nator

Bill Gardner

wingardner@earthlink.net

Spring/Summer2009

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South Ardmore Betterment Alliance ...… your neighborhood civic association

Officers and Key Volunteers

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Acting President

, Ed Magargee,610.649.5946, 802 Cricket,emmagargee@aol.com

Treasurer

, Nancy Telford,610.649.1805, 805 Aubrey,nancy@wt3.com

Assistant Treasurer

, Katrine Sutton,ksutton14@verizon.net

Volunteer Coordinator

, Bill Gardner,610.896.0774, 2938 Berkley,wingardner@earthlink.net

Public Relations Liaisons

,Peter Jensen and Terry O’Connor,610.642.2072, 840 Cricket,peter@peterjensen.com,terry@terryoconnor.com

Haverford Township Civic CouncilLiaison

, Bill Davis610.649.1603, 2909 Rising Sun, wcdav-isjr@yahoo.com

Web Master

, Douglas Muth,webmaster@sabanews.org

Recording Secretary

, Kristine Aylmer,610.212.2706, 942 Rising Sun,aylmerfudge@yahoo.com

Current Vacancies:- President- Corresponding SecretaryOTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Block Captains — Hand-deliver flyersand newsletters (4 - 6 per year)Newsletter Coordinator/Contributors —Develop our semi-annual newsletterThe Green Thumb Team — Assist withplanting and garden maintenance atNormandy Park and spring/fall plantingeventsStream Clean-Up Coordinator — Twoannual clean-ups at Pont ReadingCreekSpecial Events Coordinators —Annual events include 4th of July,Luminaria Night, Easter Egg Hunt,Music in the Park, Yard SaleSee www.sabanews.org fordetails ...

wold Elementary School .During times when theschool is not available, weeither meet at the house inNormandy Park or Stoley’sTavern (Normandy Bar)across the street.Everyone is welcome andencouraged to attend thesemeetings. We need activeWe attempt to maintain aschedule of meeting the 2ndWednesday of each month,starting at 7:30 p.m. andnormally ending by 9:00p.m.During the school year, wehold our meetings in thefirst room to the left of themain entrance at Chestnut-members to keep the organi-zation going strong. If youare not sure as to whether ornot a meeting is scheduled,check the Events Calendaron our website or look formeeting announcements viathe e-mail list.www.sabanews.org.son she went missing justprior to the arrival of EasterBunny. Her husband Danieldid an excellent jobat hosting the actual eventwith megaphone in hand.The event was well attendedand served as an excellentmodel for future events.Kristine Aylmer was SABA’scoordinator for our First An-nual Easter Egg Hunt at Nor-mandy Park. Kristine waseven able to make the rightconnections to have theEaster Bunny himself make aspecial appearance. While Idid see Kristine prior to theevent, for some strange rea-

First Annual Easter Egg HuntSABA Monthly Meetings - 2nd Wednesdays

New this year:Easter EggHunt atNormandyPark

Review - April 4th Normandy Park Cherry Tree Dedication

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On Saturday, April 4th, thecommunity of South Ard-more and Ardmore Rotari-ans met in Normandy Parkfor the dedication of threeKwanza cherry trees as agift from the People of Ja-pan, as a gesture of good-will from the Rotary Club of Tokyo.The other 22 trees receivedwere planted in the Gardenfor the Blind in WynnewoodValley Park, Haverford Col-lege Arboretum, and LoomisElementary School in Mar-ple-Newtown.Rotarian Steve Shreiner andhis staff from Shreiner TreeService donated their pro-fessional services in obtain-ing and planting the trees.Rotarian Dr. Douglas Klepfergave a presentation on thehistory of the Rotary horti-cultural exchange program,which began in the early1970s with Ardmore Rotaryestablishing an AmericanDogwood Park of 300 treesplanted in the Imperial Gar-dens of Tokyo. In 2005,Ardmore Rotary donated anadditional 200 trees to thepark in the spirit of interna-tional cooperation and re-spect between the coun-tries. The Japanese Rotari-ans said that “The Spirit of the Flower binds the worldtogether.”

would probably be held in thefall. There will be plenty of opportunities to help as webegin to plan for the event.Even if you don't volunteer tohelp, get your walking/running shoes ready as thispromises to be fun for every-one. The funds raised willsupport SABA activities andplans for further neighbor-It was suggested that SABAconsider organizing a 5k runand 1 mile walk/run as afundraiser after the Chestnut-wold PTO recently held theChestnutwold Chase. It wasboth fun and very success-ful. Several people in theneighborhood have ex-pressed interest in helpingorganize this event, whichhood improvement, such aspossibly working on thehouse at Normandy Park.With questions, suggestionsor to volunteer, e-mail

Kristine Aylmer

aylmerfudge@yahoo.com

Volunteers are still muchneeded for the following:

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Judges for the alwayshotly contested “BestDecorated” competitions

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Photographer

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Ticket Table

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Treasure Table

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Set-up/Clean-upVolunteers can sign up forspecific time slots and willhave plenty of support tomake their efforts a success.Please consider helping thisyear.To sign up, please contact :

Ed Magargee

emmagargee@aol.com

610.649.5946

Elwell Field, 7/4/0910:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.This is the BIG neighborhoodgathering! It takes about 30volunteers to make the dayrun smoothly. We start ourparade promptly at 10:00amat Chestnutwold ElementarySchool and march to ElwellField. See Page 1 for a de-tailed schedule of events.

of July Celebration - Call for Volunteers

5K Run and 1 Mile Walk / Run Fundraiser

We need more than 30volunteersevery year to produce the4th of July Event.Pleaseconsider signing upthis year.