Volume 14, Issue 1 January / February 2017

Suburban Park - Granby Park - Glen Echo

Doors open

at 6 pm

Meeting starts

At 6:30

January

Feature speaker

Kim Charboneau

“Health and Well-ness in the new

year”

Suburban Park

Elementary School

From the outgoing President

Welcome to 2017!!!!!

We had a pretty busy 2016. We had our 4th

of July Parade and Picnic, Water Main work was com-

pleted on Virginian Dr, Hurricane Matthew, The Wards

Corner 10K, the Civic League leadership dramatically

changed and the newsletter changed from monthly to bi

-monthly format. We looked at a membership drive late

in the year but didn’t execute for a variety of reasons.

With all the things happening in the neighborhood and

world, now is the best time for you to become involved

with your civic league.

Please see the notes from the November

Civic League meeting on page 5.

The December Civic league meeting was

very enjoyable and pretty well attended. We enjoyed

good food, drinks and desserts while listening to the

Norfolk Collegiate Jazz Band. Officer Old reported that

there were not many incidents reported to the Police

prior to the meeting. We don’t have any minutes for

this meeting since it was mostly a party.It was a very

enjoyable time and if you didn’t attend, I recommend

you make sure it is on your schedule this year.

The most important thing that happened in

the December meeting was the election of Officers.

We have a full slate of officers reflected on page 2.

Please thank the outgoing officers listed below for their

service:

Kevin Janney

Dave Moeller

Diane Ruhl

Mary Ann Grogan

Susan Thornes

Ingo Heidbrink

Phil Cary

Susan Winstin

Each of these community members spent

some of their evenings and weekends working on pro-

jects for the Civic League. They were the spark that

makes things happen in the community. Volunteering

in your community is very rewarding and frequently you

gain much more from neighborhood friends than the

time you spend working for the Civic League.

It is important that you meet and get to know

your neighbors. Before cable, internet and Air Condi-

tioning, people would meet and do things. Sometimes

it was too hot to be inside and people would spend

evenings on their porch. Do you remember having a

fan in your room helping you cool off? I do.

We have a wonderful neighborhood to walk

around and quite a few nice people living here. The

easiest way to meet your neighbors is to walk around

or come to the Civic League Meeting. I hope you do a

little of both in the new year.. Dave Moeller

Inside this edition:

Pg 2—Meeting Agenda

Pg 3—Recycle Tips

Pg 4—Phone Numbers

Pg 5—November Meeting

minutes

Pg 6—Calendar, Dec

Meeting Highlights, &

Thole Street Median

Pg 7—Adopt–A-Spot

Pg 9—Parkdale Flood Miti-

gation Project

Pg 10—Membership Form

Please join us on Nextdoor Suburban Acres!

Nextdoor is the free and private social network just for Suburban Acres Civic League neighborhoods. On Nextdoor, neighbors can share crime and safety concerns, local events, recommendations, items for sale/free, ideas about how to make our neighborhood better, and more.

You can join at www.NextDoor.com. You can also sign up at www.CrimeMapping.com to receive e-mail notices of crime activities in our neighborhood that have been reported to the Norfolk Police Depart-ment. With both websites, you can keep track of events in and around our neighborhood. Suburban Hurricane Matthew reminder on Thole Street.

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How you can Help your Community: There are many ways to help keep our neighborhood a great and safe

place to live. It all starts with you, your opinions, and any time you

can donate. Some other ways to get involved include Adopt-A-Spot clean

-ups, EARNN Coordinator, Hospitality Committee, Meeting Committee

(scheduling speakers), party planner for social events, Parade Organiz-

er, School Liaison, Church Liaison, Neighborhood Watch Committee, and

Blog/Webmaster. Volunteers are always appreciated.

——————————————————————————————————————————————- Neighborhood Watch:

Did you know that we have a neighborhood watch? Are you

part of it? Every member of the civic league is part of the

neighborhood watch.

Crime is part of life in the big city. I wish it wasn’t

but crime has been around almost as long as achievement. As

citizens, we have the Police Emergency / Non-Emergency num-

ber, a Community Resource Officer (CRO) and a group of commu-

nity members keeping an eye on things. This system doesn’t

catch everything but it does work for many problems. With

enough interest, other options are possible.

Come out and talk with your neighbors at the civic

league meetings.

Meeting Agenda

Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance / Welcome New Neighbors/ Welcome Guests

Community Resource Officer Report: Officer William (Bill) Old

Neighborhood Watch: Karen Mayne

Program: January—Kim Charboneau—Health and Wellness

February—Nicole Carry— 100th Anniversary of Norfolk Naval Station

- Norfolk Forward

Committee Reports

Meetings / Events -

Membership -

Neighborhood Liaison -

Treasurer—

Old Business—December /January Meeting Wrap-up.

New Business—

Announcements— Next Meeting February 13/ March 13

Remarks for the Good of the Order / 50/50 Raffle.

Adjournment

Future Meetings

January 09, 2017

February 13, 2017

March 13, 2017

April 10, 2017

May 08, 2017

June 12, 2017

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Suburban Acres Green

January 2017 – Recycling Updates from Keep Norfolk Beautiful

When you put out your blue recycling cart every two weeks (whether full or not), our neighborhood accumu-lates points towards an annual monetary award for the civic league from the City’s Keep Norfolk Beautiful (KNB) program. You can find our pick-up schedule for 2017 at: www.Norfolk.gov/KNB

CARTONS ARE NOW ACCEPTED IN THE BLUE CARTS! You can now recycle empty plasticized cardboard food and beverage cartons in your blue cart. These are described as “gable top” and “shelf sta-ble” such as milk, juice, broth and wine cartons. You may leave caps on but throw straws out. No need to flatten them – it’s best if they retain their shape to be properly sorted by the machinery that separates recy-cling materials.

WHAT NOT TO RECYCLE

Plastic Bags and Wraps – While these cannot go in the blue cart, they can and should be collected and returned to your grocery store where they can be properly recycled.

Liquids/Food Waste – Please empty and rinse out food and beverage containers before recycling them. Pizza boxes should not be recycled due to the grease and food that stick to the cardboard.

Styrofoam – Materials made out of polystyrene (Styrofoam) such as cups, packing materials and plastic “peanuts” must go into the green cart.

Yard Waste – These can be picked up by the City trash trucks by either placing yard debris in your green cart, or in clear (not black) trash bags on the curb. Bundled and tied sticks and small limbs will also be picked up on the curb on trash day. Larger amounts of yard waste and limbs must be called in for a special pickup at the Norfolk Cares Center, 757-664-6510.

Diapers – Disposable diapers are definitely not recyclable and should be disposed of in plastic bags in the green cart.

Cords/Hoses/Ropes – They are not recyclable and can really get tangled up in the machinery that sorts the materials – and can even jam or break the machinery.

You can reach Karen at 757-587-1287 or by e-mail at KarenLMayne@aol.com

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Suburban Acres Civic League Officers

Robert (Rob) Lain, President 469-3685 saclpresident@gmail.com Louis (Louie) Gabriel, VP 587-5666 saclvicepresident@gmail.com

Diane Ruhl, Secretary 531-9121 saclsecretary@gmail.com

Mary Ann Grogan, Treasurer

531-9121 sacltreasurer@gmail.com

Board of Directors

Peter (Pete) Bastinelli, 588-0388 PBastinelli@yahoo.com

Dolores (Lori) Cloud, 675-9996 DoloresRCloud@gmail.com

Richard Drumwright, 870-2185 RichardDrumwright@yahoo.com

Karen Mayne, 587-1287 KarenLMayne@aol.com

Newsletter Communications suburbanacres@gmail.com Newsletter Advertising suburbanacres@gmail.com

Community Resource Of-ficer—William T. Old, III william.oldiii@norf olk.gov 823-4433 390-0392 cell

Police (Non Emergency) 441-5610

Code Enforcement 664-6532

Norfolk Cares 664-6510

Watch-Coordinator - Karen Mayne, 587-1287 KarenLMayne@aol.com

EARNN (Environmental Awards for Recycling in Norfolk Neigh-borhoods) Coordinator Susan Winston 288-9509 SusanWinstin@gmail.com

Military Family Coordinator Susan Thornes 617-1635 susanq326@hotmail.com

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Real Estate Information Lety Pena Parr 754-3652

letychica70@gmail.com

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Suburban Acres Civic League Mission: The SACL will facilitate opportunities for neighbors

1) build relationships,

2) keep aware and engaged in matters impacting the 3) enhance community preparedness and security, and

4) develop a culture in which community youth learn (by example and participation) to be active and effective

Suburban Acres Civic League, Inc. 6555 Tidewater Drive #14, Norfolk, VA 23509

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Greater Wards Corner Task Force Meeting

Schedule

March 9 / June 8 / Sept 14 / Dec 14

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14 November 2016 Meeting called to order by Acting President Dave Moeller at 6:38 pm at Suburban Park Elementary. Pledge

of Allegiance said, Welcome to new visitors. It was a Great turnout (40+) for this meeting. Several new memberships and re-

newal memberships taken.

Community Resource Officer Report: (Officer Bill Old III)

There were 8 reported incidents in the past 2 months. 4 at Harris Teeter Shopping Center; One at Dentist office across the street

from Harris Teeter, where someone entered the back door and stole a wallet from an employee locker. There was also a rob-

bery from a delivery driver behind Harris teeter and two larcenies from Auto (200 Block Suburban Pkwy and 7000 E. Kenmore).

Last incident was on the 200 block of Forseth on Holloween. (entered through back patio window)

Please make sure you lock you homes (windows/doors) and lock your cars. Do not leave anything of value in plain sight in your

vehicles.

From SACL Members: There had been a suspicious report about a Male walking the neighborhood with a red backpack. Re-

ports say he was looking in homes as he walked by. He was approached by a neighbor and he said he lived in neighborhood and

walks everywhere.

With the Holidays upon us, please make sure you have arrangements for any packages being delivered to your home when you

are not home. Require a signature or have a neighbor pick it up or taken to you neighbors home.

As always if you see something suspicious please report it by calling the non-emergency number so the police can check them

out. The non-emergency number is 441-5610.

Neighborhood Watch: We can all help as a neighborhood watch. While your out for a walk or a walk with you dogs, be aware

of your surrounding and what’s happening in the neighborhood. Report anything out of the ordinary. Better safe then sorry.

Program Speakers:

Mandatory EARRN Presentation: Given by Susan Winston. She talked about the program, Adopt a spot, recycling perks and

how you can earn points (coupons and savings from are businesses) individually by placing your recycle cans out on the desig-

nated days.) Susan also mentioned the money we receive from the city for continuing to participate in Adopt a spot days, Great

American clean up as well as other events through out our neighborhood. We need more folks to volunteer and participate in

the events in order to collect our bonus money from the city. We can collect up to 900 dollars in one year from this program.

It’s this money the allows us to have our July 4th picnic, Holiday parties and extra snacks at the meetings. Please help us out!!!

New Business: Members talked about the Gunn Street closer for work on the road and personal residents expansion of proper-

ty. There was talk about new flood zone maps coming out and how can effect some residents in the neighborhood. (*can peti-

tion Fema for more accurate surveys)

In January, we will have a new President and Vice President. (More to come) Secretary (Diane Ruhl) and Treasurer (Mary Ann

Grogan) will be staying on for one more year. If anyone is interested in either of these positions or board member positions

please let us know.

Old Business:

Refreshments-help still needed for several months this year. Stop by membership table to sign up. You will be reimbursed

to up to $30.00. We need someone to provide for November.

Next Door social media program is online. If interested in signing up, talk to Karen Mayne at the next meeting.

Don’t forget to bring your box tops and old printer cartridges for Suburban Park Elementary.

Treasurer Report: Given by Mary Ann Grogan. As of 31 October, we have $ 1,107.97 in our SACL account. We collected mem-

bers dues and paid out for our meeting snacks and newsletters.

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Announcements and Dates for Events:

03 December 2016 – Wards Corner 10K run/walk

12 December – Suburban Acres Civic League Meeting/Holiday Party at Suburban

Park Elementary. Doors open at 6pm. We will have lots of food, desserts, drinks and

Music. Come dressed for the holidays and enjoy a night with your neighbors.

Crock Pot cook-off held tonight! Winners were: (Must admit, all were delicious!!)

Thank you to everyone who participated!!!

First Place: Susan Winstin (Won a Wine gift basket)

Second Place: Joan Wilson (gift cards)

Third Place: (The Leesbergs) (Gift cards)

Raffle: (tickets given to all who attended meeting) A few donated gifts were given

out.

Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm

January 1 to Feb 5—American West

@ Chrysler Museum.

January 1 to Jan 16—MacArthur on Ice

January 9—Civic League Meeting January 13 to Feb 5—The Farnsworth Invention @ Little Theater of Norfolk

January 13—Norfolk Arts Transit Gallery

Opening - HRT Building—4pm—6pm

January 14- Jamin Jamz Fruit and Nut

tree Adoption Event—Ernie Morgan Envi-

ronmental Action Center—10AM—2PM

January 14—2nd Annual NOMARAMA

Slider Burger Competition - O’Connor

Brewing Company 2pm—7pm

January 16—Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 20- Pucks and Paws

Norfolk Scope Arena—7:30PM

Feb 5—SUPERBOWL!

Feb 13—Civic League Meeting

Look for the next Adopt-A-Spot in March.

HIGHLIGHTS: 1. Good food and conversation. 2. Officer Old provided

a short Crime Report. 3. We elected new Officers by affirmation. 4.

We enjoyed the Norfolk Collegiate Jazz Band playing Holiday Tunes.

Look for the next

Adopt-A-Spot

in March!

Thole Street Medians

The civic league is in contact with the landscaping division of the City of Norfolk

regarding maintenance of the medians in front of Tinee Giant. The City is consider-

ing conversion of the landscaping to grass for ease of maintenance, which has been

very inconsistent over the past few years. The civic league does not support grassed

medians and would like the City to maintain a nicely landscaped entrance into our

community.

Discussions are continuing.

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November 12

Adopt-A-Spot - A few of us came out

to the Tinee Giant. We worked

for about an hour and came up

with 3 bags of garbage. We did-

n’t get to our other clean-up spot

but we still had a good time and

made the Neighborhood nicer.

Look for the next opportunity in

March.

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Parkdale Flood Mitigation Project

The City of Norfolk is scheduled to begin construction in January on the flood mitigation project on the section of “Parkdale ditch”

between Virginian Drive and Suburban Parkway. This project will restore more of a natural channel and wetland vegetation to this

channelized creek, which is a headwater of the Lafayette River. The goal is to improve water flow and reduce flooding of the back-

yards of the properties on Parkdale Drive during heavy rains.

Update—Things are happening pretty quickly on this project so

drive by soon to see the changes.

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SUBURBAN ACRES CIVIC LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP FORM 2017

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Name (Please print . For Family Membership, list head of household and all eligible voting members)

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Please make check payable to Suburban Acres Civic League. Bring to the next meeting or mail this form to Mary Ann Grogan, Treasurer, Suburban Acres Civic League, INC.

6555 Tidewater Drive #14, Norfolk, VA 23509. And thank you for your support!

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