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.

Here is to hoping that everyone else's 1st tomato is near - I had my first cherries (on a bagel with cream cheese) this morning. All is correct with my world again!

Bill H

Thanks to everyone who braved the fickle weather (a little rain didn't hurt us!) and came to our SABA 4th of July Celebration. We'll soon post Costume parade winners as well as post photos on flickr but until then here is the list of Athletic event winners.
Independence Day Celebration
Athletic Events
July 4, 2008

20 Yard Dash – Ages 3 & 4
1. Evan Corcoran
2. Abbey Wiedeman
3. Zoe Gusikoff

20 Yard Dash – Ages 5 & 6
1. Haley Short
2. Tanner Grimes
3. Avery Frankel

40 Yard Dash – Ages 7 - 9
1. Rebecca Grayum
2. Morgan Pasquarello
3. Lily Frankel

40 Yard Dash – Ages 10 – 12
1. Tate Gallagher
2. Aidan Guynes
3. Jackson Bistrong

40 Yard Dash – Ages 13 - 17
1. Nik Norberg
2. Cameron King
3. Michael Kulp

40 Yard Dash – Ages 18+
1. Ryan Haggerty
2. Matt Lozano
3. Larry Frankel

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On May 17th our local boy scouts, Troop 132, came out and helped clean up the creek that runs along the septa bus path. We cleaned the creek from Belmont and Pont Reading down into Merwood Park.

Congratulations Troop 132 on a job well done!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27706267@N02/?saved=1

hi Everyone - I used the template that Shannon Hess and volunteers created to create a Welcome to the Neighborhood page. If you have other useful information to share, let me know and I will add it.

Please note that we will create a "Neighbor's Recommendation" page where your favorite shops, restaurants, auto mechanics, dry cleaners, etc. can be listed to help new neighbors. Until that page is constructed (and it could take a bit of time), please send your recommendations to Doug Muth webmaster@sabanews.org and he will add them to the service map found at the Welcome to the Neighborhood page.
Thanks! Diane

Civic Council has invited representatives from Septa, Delaware County and Haverford Township to a meeting so we can address HTCC's initiative to spruce up this important anchor in our neighborhood. Part of the initiative involves conditions along the Route 103 bus road on both sides of Haverford Road. If you use the tran station or care about the bus road, come out and let your voice be heard!

A heads up to all of you that appreciated our own Sharon Little and Scott Sax providing some of the musical entertainment at our spring planting last year and/or those who followed them to their performance at Milkboy's in December. In case you hadn't heard, Sharon and Scott got a contract with CBS records in December. Recently they have been on tour with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss to rave reviews and standing ovations, I might add. Anyway, the newest news is their new CD was released on Tuesday!!!!

I can say first hand that the new CD entitled-- Sharon Little/ Perfect Time for a Breakdown-- is fantastic!! I pre-ordered it thru Amazon.com and it came yesterday. I've always been one to support local businesses and I certainly hope we have a growing number of neighbors who get behind Sharon and Scott as the word of their unique sound spreads- like wild fire, I hope.

Have a local business in the SABA neighborhood? Want to meet other small business owners and entrepreneurs? Then RSVP to Betsy Brody at brodyphoto@verizon.net. We'll meet at Felicia's Pizza Kitchen and the cost is just the price of the meal.

Our Spring 2008 Newsletter is now out! If you did not receive a printed copy, you may view it online at the link below:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3026196/SABA-Spring-2008-Newsletter

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