Poplar Estates

Homeowners Association

“A Community within a Community”

Neighborhood News October 2016 Edition

HARVEST FESTIVAL IN THE PARK POPLAR ESTATES PARK

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 @ 5:00 PM

Mark your calendars and plan to attend the Harvest Festival on Saturday October 22th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Poplar Estates Park. This neighborhood picnic will be a fun event for the entire family. Food will be provided by the

association and will consist of grilled hotdogs, potato chips, and cookies. Beef hotdogs will be available for those who prefer them. Cold beverages and hot chocolate will be served and we will also have a fire and supplies for you to roast

marshmallows for S’mores! Music will be provided by The Minor Street Strings and there will be an outdoor movie screen featuring the Halloween classic “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”. We welcome anyone who is not a member of our association to join us at this meeting. All that is required to join PEHA is that you live in the Poplar Estates area and pay the membership dues of $25 per household per year. The Fall Festival is a great way to meet and get to know your neighbors, so bring your lawn chair and help us celebrate Fall.

SMOKED TURKEY BREAST FOR

THANKSGIVING

Champion cooker, Chris Vanelli, has again agreed to offer his talents and smoker to prepare bone-in smoked turkey breasts for our neighborhood. Each turkey breast will weigh 7 to 10 lbs. and will cost $35.00. These smoked breasts are truly delicious and can be picked up at 6965 Wynterhall Drive on Sunday afternoon November 20, between 1 and 4 PM, which is the Sunday before Thanksgiving. You can keep the turkey breast in the refrigerator and be ready for Thanksgiving. All proceeds after expenses will go to our Neighborhood Improvement Fund. To order, clip the coupon from the back page of this newsletter and mail to PEHA or call or email the following:

Deadline for ordering your smoked turkey breast is Tuesday, November 15 @9:00 PM

Showing Appreciation For The Men And Women In Our GPD And GFD!

“Cop Stop” was started in October 2014 by Bob and Joanna Young in Poplar Estates. What started out as a home-cooked meal for on-duty police officers in their home, has grown all over Germantown, the entire Mid-South area, across Tennessee, and even to six states and counting. If you would like to invite GPD and GFD to your home for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, please contact Joanna at info@cop-stop.org. If you would like to participate in this bi-weekly activity with contributions of steaks, side dishes or desserts, please contact Bob and Joanna at 901-517-3162 or jyoung0525@gmail.com.

Billy Brown 755-4961 bbrown6319@aol.com

Chris Vanelli 756-3875 chris@vanelli.net

PEHA poplarestates@comcast.net

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Poplar Estates Homeowners Association, Germantown,

Tennessee

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

As president of the Poplar Estates Homeowners Association (PEHA), I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all residents to the Poplar Estates neighborhood. We live in a neighborhood with over 50 years of history and I look forward to learning more about the past, working in the present, and planning for the future. By the way, did you get a chance to participate in the 4th of July celebration this year? Did you notice all the young families? BBQ, fire truck, first responders, streaming water, lots of smiles and laughter...I was blessed and I’ve got to say we’ve got something special in Poplar Estates! It is our own little slice of Americana and only going to get better with the additions to Riverdale Elementary and Middle Schools in the Germantown Municipal School District. Make sure you put July 4th, 2017 and all PEHA events on your calendar for the New Year. We are excited and looking forward to the Harvest Festival, which is just around the corner (October 22, 2016). You don’t want to miss it! Chris Vanelli and his team have planned a family-fun event and I even hear the “Great Pumpkin” may make an appearance. PEHA is your Neighborhood Association, and as a Board (volunteers), we strive to bring quality programs, information and community events to our neighborhood families. We encourage everyone to join, get to know your neighbors, be involved and participate in the many family oriented events. All that is required to join PEHA is that you live in the Poplar Estates area and pay the membership dues of $25 per household. The annual dues support five family oriented events, five newsletters and fund maintenance for the front entrance as well as other neighborhood improvements. We hope that you will consider joining our association and participating in your community. Again, we look forward to meeting all 900 plus homeowners in our beautiful Poplar Estates neighborhood. Feel free to reach out to any of the PEHA board members. We want to hear your ideas to make this an even better neighborhood for you and your family.

Ed Nichols

ARE YOU NEW TO POPLAR ESTATES?

Are you new to the neighborhood or looking for a way to get involved and connect with more neighbors in Poplar Estates? If so, please email Alana Heaton (davidalanaheaton@yahoo.com) for more information about all the events offered in our neighborhood and joining the Poplar Estates Homeowners Association. The Poplar Estates Homeowners Association wants to make sure everyone feels welcome!

Officers

President: Ed Nichols edwnic62@gmail.com

901.262.4713

Vice President: Ben Crenshaw Secretary: JoAnne Van Zandt

Treasurer: Brian Menius

Board of Directors

Billy Brown (Advisor) Andrew Inglis

John Paul Koch Chris Schmidt Joanna Young

Gary Smith

Committee Chairs

Communications: Greg Marcom

Front Entrance: Frank Monahan

Garage Sale: Toni Summers

Government: Stephen and Benita Kyle

Lighting Contest: Garden Club

Membership: Alana Heaton

Social: Billy Brown,

John Paul Koch, Chris Vanelli,

Website: Gary Smith

Yard Of The Month: Doug King

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

BE A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

ANNUAL GARAGE SALE

A big Thank You goes out to everyone who participated and all the volunteers who worked so hard to make the Annual Garage Sale (October 1) successful again this year! If you have any suggestions and would like to be involved in the planning for this annual event, contract Toni Summers (tssummers1277@gmail.com).

POPLAR ESTATES BUNCO GROUP

Ladies...if you looking to make more friends in the neighborhood, then the Poplar Estates Bunco Group might be just the ticket. A dozen women gather monthly (last Tuesday of the month) for a evening of chatting, laughing, eating and rolling dice. There are always circumstances that prevent regulars from attending every month, so we are looking to add more members and/or substitutes to our list. Everyone brings something to share—appetizers, desserts, and/or libations plus your ante of $20. There are prizes for the luckiest draw of the score sheet, the most buncos and the most losses. This group is chaired by Toni Summers and we communicate through our private Facebook page—Poplar Estates Bunco Group. If you are interested in becoming a member or sub for this group, please contact Toni Summers (tssummers1277@gmail.com). POPLAR ESTATES GARDEN CLUB

The October meeting of the Garden Club will be held at the home of Paula Sander, 1887 Camberley Circle, on October 10 at 7 p.m. The speaker is Wes Hopper from Urban Forestry and his topic is “What Lies Beneath”. The November meeting will be at the home of Martha Garner, 1791 Brookside Drive, and Master Gardener, Joanne Watson, will teach us how to attract the Eastern Bluebird. Annual dues to join the garden club are $20 and meetings are held in members’ homes on the second Tuesday of each month. For more information, please contact Chris Kelyman at 901-755-4708.

FRONT ENTRANCE

Do you like to decorate? We would love your help! We will be setting up the holiday decorations for our main neighborhood entrance on November 26th. Please come to the front entrance (Poplar and Poplar Estates Parkway) at 9 AM and help put up a display that will make our neighborhood proud. It is time that we won first place for the best entrance display in Germantown again! It is a lot of fun and usually only takes about two hours. We would appreciate your support! Also mark your calendars for January 7th at 9 AM to help take down and store the Front Entrance decorations. Hope to see there!

HOLIDAY LIGHTING CONTEST

The Poplar Estates Garden Club will once again be the judges for the neighborhood holiday lighting and decorations for two categories – overall and front door decorations. Each winner will receive $50 and have their photos posted on our website and in the January newsletter. Look for details on the dates for judging in our December newsletter.

DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND HOLIDAY PARTY

Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 10 at 6:00 PM to attend the December Membership Meeting and Holiday Party. The planning activities are in progress by the Social Committee for a delicious holiday menu and some great entertainment...more details will be provided as the date gets closer. This will be a fun family event and a great evening for all ages.

Please mail your dues to: PLEASE SUPPORT POPLAR ESTATES!

Poplar Estates Homeowners Association P. O. Box 382572 Germantown, TN 38183

Please make your check payable to PEHA in the amount of $25 for 2016-2017.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY:

$25 Dues Neighborhood Improvement Fund $____________ Last Name____________________________________________________________

First Name(s)__________________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________________

Phone ________________________________________________________________

E-mail _______________________________________________________________

List my name in the membership directory: Yes No

PRSRT STD

U.S. Postage

PAID

Memphis, TN

Permit No. 1436

Symbol of Gracious Living Poplar Estates Homeowners Association P O. Box 382572 Germantown, TN 38183-2572

SAVE THESE DATES:

Harvest Festival in the Park October 22 PEHA Board Meeting November 1 December Meeting & Party December 10

Please mail your check to: NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT FUND Poplar Estates Homeowners Association P. O. Box 382572 Germantown, TN 38183

For more information, please call or email:

Billy Brown @ 755-4961 or bbrown6319@aol.com

Chris Vanelli @ 756-3875 or chris@vanelli.net

or poplarestates@comcast.net

Smoked Turkey Breast Order Form

__________ Smoked turkey breast @ $35 each

Enclosed is my check for $____________

Name ________________________________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________________

Phone ________________________________________________________________

Order Deadline Tuesday, November 15 @ 9:00 p.m.