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This is always an event that has very good participation without a great deal of promotion because it has become a neighborhood tradition. To keep it alive we need to find neighbors willing to help. What kind of help? Well if you have an idea for an activity we would welcome people willing to run a booth, sponsor awards for parade judging and athletic events, come help with set-up (9:00 to 10:30).

In the past we have had clowns making balloon animals, I remember a pony ride one year, moon bounce, another year we had a neighbor playing a bagpipe. New ideas are always welcomed. If you have great people skills like our current President - Diane we can use help making phone calls and getting people to reserve the date and commit to working with us on July 4th.

If you have any thoughts, comments, ideas please feel free to post them here. Anyone who attended that saw areas for improvement please let us know please feel free to comment.

The new benches are a great addition. I know South Ardmore Betterment Alliance and Haverford Township split the purchase price 50/50 for the benches. Township work crews prepared concrete pads and secured the benches so hopefully they will remain in place for years to come. Congrats to the committee that picked the style, color and placement of these benches.

The discussion of whether or not to relocate the annual 4th of July event to Normandy Park was broken down into a list of pros and cons. One of the cons was the lack of a flag pole for the traditional flag raising and national anthem.

I was asked to find out what the addition of a flag pole would cost. I found a place a in Broomall that sold and installed flagpoles. A 25' Aluminum Pole with a 5" diameter base installed would cost $1,300.00. A 4" diameter pole installed would be around $1,000.00, and a 3" diameter pole installed would be $639.00 installed.

I am not sure of all the proper procedures for displaying a flag 24 hours a day, but I believe one issue is that it should have lighting. The dealer showed me a flag pole mounted solar powered light that many people use that would cost $100.00. The light uses l.e.d. lights so I am not sure how bright it would be.

Saturday around 10:30 I was startled by a loud noise while watching "The Mist" on D.V.D. The Movie primary takes place in a Grocery Store. The loud noise unfortunately sounded like metal shelves crashing. oooo boy ...If I would have opened my front door, and it would had been foggy I may have stayed inside.

SABA MEETING March 11th - AGENDA DRAFT
All SABA neighbors are invited to our meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Chestnutwold.
1. 852 Aubrey proposed student housing - Landlord Tony Marchesani will be on hand to answer neighbors' questions and address concerns about his requesting a special exception for the township for a student rental at 852 Aubrey. A list showing current student rentals and other rentals on Aubrey will be distributed for review.
2. County Line Sewage Line update.
3. Update on the benches and table purchased for Normandy Park

Sorry... I will promise not to continue this silliness, but the learning process is valuable.

I was thinking about a few links to add to our site. Oakmont Fire Company has a site which contains a significant amount of useful information. One feature is a Call Log so you can see just how many times they respond to emergencies in our neighborhood. http://www.oakmontfire.org/

Chestnutwold Elementary School - http://haverford.k12.pa.us/chestnutwold/

Haverford Township Civic Council - http://www.haverfordciviccouncil.org/

The link below is for three sets of Photo's from past SABA Events. One labeled the 4th of July, the second Music in the Park, and the third Miscellaneous.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/24126870@N07/

On our previous website we linked to Webshots. I just checked and these photographs are still available so the link below is for these photos.
http://community.webshots.com/user/sabaphoto

click on photo to review a set of photo's from past 4th of July celebrations.

I am not an expert, but this is what I learned. Some of you that had questions probably have learned this already, but for others yet to register.

FIRST : A temporary password will be forwarded to your registered e-mail. I assume this is to prevent someone from joining the site with a fake e-mail address, or someone else's e-mail address, etc. Once you receive this temporary password you can Log in , and change to a more personal password.

I believe a Photo Gallery would be an excellent feature to add to the website. Initially rather than post photo's from each year of the 4th of July Celebration we could select a number of photos from several years to give the viewer an appreciation visually for the type of events SABA sponsors.. Another gallery for Planting Events Held in the Park... Another for Music in the Park events... and Maybe one for Miscellaneous events. I would be happy to work on this if this feature is added to the Website.