4th of July

Results of the water balloon toss:
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1) ages 5-6
a) 1st-Sarah Shell & Jackson Devine
b) 2nd-Jason Hahn & Eric Paskell
c) 3rd-Liam Bodor & Henry Carly

2) ages 7-9
a) 1st- Sophia Reniary & Maya Bletcher
b) 2nd- Caydon Travsery & Alexa Erdo
c) 3rd-Joshua Mintzer & Ethan Fingerhut

3) ages 10-11
a) 1st-Scott Kaplan & Will Gardner
b) 2nd- Griffin Gallagher & Ben Savitz
c) 3rd- Luke Grayum & Jack mintzer

4) ages 12-14
a) 1st-Charlie McKinnley & Cole Right
b) 2nd-Callie Burkhart & Tait Gallagher
c) 3rd-Liam Scott & Julian Alderson

5) ages 15+
a) tied for 1st- Tait & Dan Gallagher
b) tied for 1st- Niel Oxford & Kevin Adler
c) 3rd- Liam Scott & Martin Scott

Results of the 3-Legged Race:
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1) ages 3-4
a) 1st-Collin Smith
b) 2nd-Dorian Dabney
c) 3rd-Madison Hahn
2) ages 5-6
a) 1st-Kayla Smith
b) 2nd-Kenny Keagy
c) 3rd-Ryan Holmes
3) ages 7-9
a) 1st-Abby Right
b) 2nd-Joshua Fingerhut
c) 3rd-Evan Corkwin
4) ages 10-11
a) 1st-Griffin Gallagher
b) 2nd-Owen DeLuca
c) 3rd- Samuel Alderson
5) ages 12-14
a) 1st-Tait Gallagher
b) 2nd-Louie Frankel
c) Grace Toland
6) ages 15+ (Women)
a) 1st-Kallie Burkhart
b) 2nd-Nicole Claffy
c) 3rd-Lisa Mintzer
7) ages 15+ (Men)
a) 1st-Dan Gallagher
b) 2nd-Larry Frankel
c) 3rd- "Mr. Baseball"

Results for 3-Legged Race:
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1)ages 4 and under
a)1st-Jude & Micah Lozano
b)2nd-Morgan Elliot & Luke Tardy
c)3rd-Susan Matson & Sesley Bodor
2) ages 5-6
a)1st-Ryan Holmes & Aiden DeLuca
b)2nd-Kenny Keagy & Bennet Gardner
c)3rd-Jamie Lozano & Ryan Green
3)ages 7-9
a)1st-Caidon Travesary & Alexa Eider
b)2nd-Daniel Monic & Rose Devany
c)3rd-Abby Wiedeman & Euna Ryan
4)ages 10-11
a)1st-Will Gardner & Jack Mintzer
b)2nd-Luke Grayum & Scott Kaplan
c)3rd- Ben savitz & Griffin Gallagher
5)ages 12-14
a)1st-Tait Gallagher & Callie Burkhart
b)2nd-Grace Toland & Rebecca Grayum
c)3rd-Julian Alderson & Samuel Alderson
6)ages 15 +
a)1st-Kevin Elder & Neil Aucksburg
b)2nd-Maddie Guynes & Alison Mays
c)3rd-Ben Savitz & his Dad

Everyone watching and participating in these events looked like they were enjoying them.

Here are the results for the 20 and 40 Yard Dash
(please excuse any misspellings)--

1)20 Yard Dash
a)4 and under
1st-Jackson Devine
2nd-Emma Finnerty
3rd-Jude Lozano
b)5-6 yr. old
1st-Aiden DeLuca
2nd-Kenny Keagy
3rd-Jamie Lozano
2)40 Yard Dash
a)7-9 yr. old
1st-Joshua Fingerhut
2nd-Stephen Lozano
3rd-Jack Lablonski
b)10-11 yr.old
1st-Luke Grayum
2nd-Owen DeLuca
3rd-Will Gardner
c)12-14 yr. old
1st-Tait Gallagher
2nd-Griffen Gallagher
3rd-Becca Grayum
d)Ages 15+ (Women)
1st-Rachel Lozano
2nd-Megan Zito
3rd-Alison Mays
e)Ages 15+ (Men)
1st-Mike McMann
2nd-Ryan Whiley
3rd-Aiden Guynes

It was a very colorful Parade, and every person who participated in the this event deserves an award!

These were the participants who won a ribbon:

1)3 & Under--1st-Declan Devine
2nd-Genevieve Claffey
3rd-Helena Bedard
2)4-6 yr. old--1st-Robert Monek
2nd-Kenny Keagy
3rd-Mave and Anna Sergovic
3)7-9 yr. old--1st-Joshua Mintzer
2nd-Helen Monek
3rd-Anabel Keagy
4) 10-12 yr. old--1st-Jack Mintzer
2nd-Luke Grayum
3rd-Rose Devaney
5) 13 and over--1st-Patsy (last name?)
2nd-Suzanne Bransome
3rd-Paul Mariani

Many thanks to all you, wonderful neighbors and friends, for making this 4th of July event a fun time for our children.

And many thanks to the members of the HAC (Haverford Athletic Club) for organizing the field games and for their generosity of left-over food/drinks.

I hope that many of you can help us next year, either helping behind the scenes, loaning us needed items, or assisting in the various activities that day.

Neighbors getting together to help out and enjoy the various events/activities are what make this neighborhood a great place to live.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24126870@N07/sets/72157627116782436/

Photographs from the 2011 4th of July event. Thanks to Emilia Lievano for coordinating this year's event. Excellent job.

On Monday, July 4th, we’ll be holding our annual South Ardmore Independence Day celebration! Bring your children, nieces, nephews, grandkids, and of course, your neighbors. Our event begins with a parade of bikes, strollers and wagons decked out in red, white and blue, leaving from Chestnutwold Elementary at 10am. We will wind our way through the neighborhood and end up in Elwell Field, where kids can participate in field events, compete in the “best-decorated” contest, and get their faces painted. There is no rain date for this event. If the weather is questionable, please check our website to verify whether we will proceed.

Note that WE DESPERATELY NEED VOLUNTEERS in order for this event to succeed.

If you plan to attend, please consider helping out, even if it’s just for an hour. Or let us know if you can be in a leadership role.

Not going to be around? Perhaps you can do something to help us prep.

You can also contribute something to our SABA Bake Sale Table.

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