4th of July

I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. Once again, the SABA 4th of July Celebration was a terrific success. So many people came out to enjoy our biggest and longest running tradition. Of course, an event like that could never happen without the help of volunteers who generously gave some of their time. Of the many people who helped, I want to specifically thank Ed Magargee, Rick Pelena, Jason Guynes, Erica Keagy, John Francone, Diane Wilder, and Alaine Plante.

Ed coordinated the entire event, making sure we had all the equipment, food, permits, and help that we needed. He has coordinated this event for many years now and we thank him for all his effort and commitment. Ed will be looking to pass the torch to a new coordinator for next year but has offered to provide the guidance and all of his records and organization to the next coordinator. Perhaps you would like to take the helm next year.

The South Ardmore Betterment Alliance's - 2010 4th on the 3rd of July Celebration started off with a traditional decorated wagon, bike, scooter, stroller competition. All the participants did an excellent job. Special thanks to our Judges who had a difficult job in selecting the winners. Our Judges were Rebecca Devine, Commissioner Larry Holmes and. Erica Keagy who also served as our recorder to document the accomplishments below.

Division Under 2 : First Place – James Dean Tripiciano and his Father Nick...
Second Place – Jeremy Raughley... Third Place – Helena, Sarah, and Ben Bedard

Division 2 – 4 : First Place – Jack Stadnicki... Second Place – Madison Hasson...
Third Place – Richard Gettz

Division 5 – 7 : First Place - Joshua Mintzer... Second Place – Gavin Dillion Harrington... Third Place – Helen Monek

Division 8 – 10 : First Place – Maddy & Senah Guynes... Second Place – Jack Mintzer...
Third Place – Alexa Elder

The 2010 Independence Day Celebration sponsored by the South Ardmore Betterment Alliance was held July 3rd this year due to the 4th falling on a Sunday. We were assisted in conducting the event by the Haverford Athletic Association, and by the Community of Faith Six:Eight. It was an excellent day, and all our volunteers did an excellent job to make it an enjoyable event for our neighborhood once again.

What better way to document the success of the event than through photographs. This year our photographs were taken by Christine Magargee, Stephanie Janson, and of myself. If anyone else has photographs, and would like to add them to our collection please feel free to e-mail them to Ed Magargee at emmagargee@aol.com.

Tony Wood did an excellent job of capturing our 2009 Fourth of July Event with photographs. Please take an this opportunity to view more than 400 photographs of the event.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24126870@N07/

The South Ardmore Betterment Alliance's - 4th of July Celebration started off with a traditional decorated wagon, bike, scooter, stroller competition. All the participants did an excellent job. Special thanks to our Judges who had a difficult job in selecting the winners. Our Judges were Larry Frankel, Rebecca Devine, and Commissioner Larry Holmes. Erica Keagy served as our recorder to document the accomplishments below.

Under 2
First - Jack Devine Second - Sophie Gressier Third - Ava Malosh

2-4
First - Richard Getz Second - Dylan Harrington Third - Jake White

5-7
First - Tanner Guynes Second - Joshua Minzer Third -Haley Shore

8-10
First - Rebecca Grayum Second - Luke Grayum Third - Ben Savitz

11-13
First - Firecracker Girls Second - Maddie Guynes Third - Cole Wright