Glen Farms Civic Association

Other Area Events ~~

Oct 02, 2005

Square Dance Lessons begin Monday Sept 19th. Local club welcomes new and experienced dancers and first two lessons are FREE. Call neighbors Dave and Sue Tatnall at 410-398-6327 for the details on this great fun and fitness activity for adults and the whole family!
Elkton Fall Fest - September 17th until 8pm. Music, food and fun for the whole family.
Fair Hill NRMA Horse Park Informational Meeting ?– Expect this meeting to be held at Cecil Community College?’s beautiful big Auditorium at 7pm on Mon, Sept 19th , Public comment will be welcome and questions will be handled by responsible officials. A must meeting!
Friends of Rising Sun Rock ?‘n?’ Roll Dance Party on Friday, September 23rd 8pm to midnight will feature door prizes, raffles, and lively good times! Tickets are $15 and include beer and snacks at Rising Sun Banquet Hall, Biggs Highway. More info from at 410-658-4606.
Cecil County Commissioners ?– Public Meeting September through December on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7pm. Check ccgov.org or phone 410-996-5201 for location and agenda. These important meetings offer citizens the opportunity to address our elected and appointed officials and to help influence our County?’s future course.
Planning Commission ?– Public meeting 3rd Monday of each month ?– next is Sept. 19th. Morning session at 107 North St. & evening at County Courthouse, Courtroom #1, 129 East Main Elkton. Agendas are at ccgov.org Planning & Zoning or 410-996-5220. Crucial decisions are made at these monthly meetings & we can?’t blame officials if we don?’t come out and let them know what it is we expect of them!
Area Development News - Latest info available NOW at www.SaveCecil.org and at www.arca-md.org or contact this editor owen@arca-md.org at 410-620-2078 with questions, comments, and concerns.

You may have heard our elected Cecil County Commissioners voted 3-2 to again deny Delaware developer Bill Stritzinger his Aston Pointe water and sewer amendment demand. While a victory, this will not be the end of the fight to preserve our community. You can support ARCA or get on ARCA?’s email list by contacting Andrea Haley: 410-392-2395 andrea3483@comcast.net

For latest at Fair Hill NRMA check out http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/fairhill.html
Also, please see www.savefairhill.com for the latest news on the Fair Hill NRMA horse park proposal.

Glen Farms and Tara Civic Association maintain a website at www.glenfarms.org with a good variety of news and links available. We REALLY need a new volunteer who can coordinate this for us as friend Cheryl Finnan has moved. Web site remains rudderless until YOU step forward. Don verrico?’s Glen Farms email list is growing and you can add or update your contact: dverrico@comcast.net

GFCA Community Watch team is still going strong, serving our community, but would welcome some new volunteers. Call Director Trish Maslar if you can help with patrolling or coordinating our Neighborhood Watch program. Our Glen Farms area remains a safe and friendly place to live in large part due to the ongoing efforts of volunteers like Trish and YOU.

Sheriff Janney's office has assigned DFC Michael Davis to our area and as our contact for the "tip line." He can be reached at 410-996-5500. Ask for him and they will connect you to him if he is available or to his voice mail. If a quick response is needed, ask to speak to someone else on duty.

Newsletter ideas, corrections, and submissions are always welcome. Contact any board member or this editor if you have ideas, skills, or just the desire to volunteer. We will be glad to have your help!

If you know of new neighbors or materials for inclusion in Welcome Wagon packets, contact GFCA volunteer Maggie Welshmer at maggiew@udel.edu or 410-392-3132 with the news.

Play Groups - Glen Farms director Jen Van Landingham wants everyone to know about the growing popularity of the play groups organized by area parents. All are welcome. Call Jen!

Hurricane Katrina survivors need our help! Many of us remember being dealt a glancing blow from a hurricane as recently as 1999 and 2003 here in Cecil County. We were lucky to lose just a few trees and power lines, with maybe a wet basement or two; but nothing like our friends in the Gulf states are currently experiencing. Millions of Americans have been affected and thousands homeless and jobless.

Your Civic Association Board has voted to donate $500 to this worthy cause.

If you are able to help further, you may donate or volunteer through:
~American Red Cross www.redcross.org or call 1-800-HELP-NOW
~Salvation Army at www.800salarmy.org or phone 1-800-SAL-ARMY.
~If you can offer space in your home for displaced folks: www.hurricanehousing.org where
150,000 beds have already been listed.

Feel like patronizing Cecil County Businesses? See http://www.cecilbusiness.org/agrifarm.html for convenient sources for lots of local agricultural products.
Have services to offer your neighbors? Do you provide leaf raking, snow blowing, babysitting, dog walking, gutters and such? Contact any GFCA Board member for consideration to be listed among our service providers or volunteers. Also, let us know of events we should list in this newsletter or on website.

We are pleased to thank these sponsors for their support of GFCA?’s terrific new Community Directory:

Dave Green at Fair Hill Auto Center, 5893 Telegraph Rd. 410-398-4900 davejudygreen@comcast.net.

John W. Hentkowski?’s Heating and Air Conditioning 302-998-2257 hentkowski@yahoo.com