Hello Barton Hills Neighbors!

The BHNA Independence Day Parade 2007 is less than 12 short days away, so I hope everyone is pulling together your costumes, decorations and plans for this fun patriotic morning in Barton Hills!

UPDATES

HOWIE RICHEY, recent former long-time resident of Barton Hills, has agreed to join us again this year as MASTER OF CEREMONIES. Welcome back, Howie, it’ll be great to see you again!

BARBARA WALDON, who grew up in Barton Hills and is the daughter of BHNA treasurer, Dave Kemptner, has agreed to lend her beautiful voice again to sing the National Anthem! Thank you, Barbara!

TROOP 17 Boy Scouts (Faith United Methodist Church) and PACK 14 Cub Scouts (Community of Christ Church) will again lead the Parade with the American and Texas flags and Color Guard. [ALL other Boy and Girl Scouts are encouraged to attend. [Please let Kay Killen know if you’re coming!]

Travis County Sheriff’s Department — Richard McCain, Constable of our Precinct 3 will participate, along with several officers in the Parade, and later offer FINGERPRINTING of your children at the playground. Parents will have a card to take home with their child’s fingerprints for safety and identification purposes. This is a free service and open to all. Look for their table at the playground.

Friends of Barton Springs Pool — President Robin Cravey, along with several board members will be present to provide information on the upcoming renovations of Barton Springs Pool. Now’s the time to sign up as a member in support of Austin’s Crown Jewel!

Barton Hills Neighborhood Association — If you have questions about membership and issues, please stop by the table at the playground, where members will be ready to sign up non-members! BRING YOUR CHECKBOOK for the mere $10 per year fee, and see how much you get for your investment!

Rockin’ Tomato Restaurant – has again offered support to our parade and organizational committee as a sponsor. Look for Jeff Mabry’s 1949 panel truck bought especially for our parade! Thanks, Jeff, you ROCK!

Barton Hills Market — Ali and Team have again offered donations of ice to the parade’s success. Thank you, Barton Hills Market, for your generosity and agreeing to be our PARADE START!

RESTROOM FACILITIES — This year the playground is compromised with the construction occuring on at the Barton Hills Elementary playground. There will be ONE port-o-potty available for use on the playground.

INVITED GUESTS — The Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager and new Police Chief have all been invited to attend and participate in our Parade. Stay tuned for updates!

SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL VETERANS
I’ve not had such a big turnout of veterans to respond, so if you are a vet or KNOW veterans in the neighborhood, please let Kay Killen know so we may specially honor these vanguards of our freedoms!

PLEASE HELP WITH THESE OUTSTANDING ITEMS and NEEDS:

PARADE SPONSORSHIP STILL NEEDED — A small investment pays off BIG TIME when you donate to the Barton Hills Parade! Your business name will be revered by all with your support of the neighborhood! If you’ve been waiting to commit, now’s the time. Please call today!

Lisa Fehrenkamp will again coordinate the cookie/brownie and watermelon donations. Thanks, Lisa! Lisa says, “Folks can either bring their cookie donation the day of the parade, or they can leave them on the bench on my front porch at 1705 Cresthaven. For a watermelon donation, please bring the day of the parade.” Lisa can be reached at: 444-3211 or lisafehrenkamp@yahoo.com.

COOKIES/BROWNIES –We have about 15 dozen cookies donated at this time. If you’ve been waiting to volunteer, please let me know if you will be bringing cookies/brownies to the playground. It will be great to have snacks for everyone!

WATERMELONS — We have 4 watermelons donated. Can other people bring one/some?

JUDGES — Ok friends, this is a fun fun job to identify those special red, white and blue decorating feats! We need some volunteers. Please call me this weekend! (447-4287)

GAMES — Does anyone want to play games? We need several adults to supervise sack races, watermelon seed spitting, water balloon toss, bocce ball & washer toss.

Many thanks to all the people who have come forth every year to make our neighborhood parade THE BEST!!!! Please let me know if you can participate again this year!

See you soon at the Parade!

Kay Killen
BHNA Parade Coordinator 2007
512-447-4287

Hello Barton Hills Neighbors!

It’s that time again…

BARTON HILLS INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE–WEDNESDAY, JULY 4TH, 2007
8:30 AM — Parade line-up & muster
9:00 AM — Parade Start
DEPART — Barton Hills Market, 1220 Barton Hills Drive
ARRIVE — Barton Hills Elementary Playground for Refreshments & Games

We’re only a month away before THE day, so please help us out with some of the items, services and help needed listed below.

Everyone does a FANTASTIC job of pulling this parade together in short order, so PLEASE let me know TODAY what you’ll be able to do, and THANKS AGAIN, for all your VOLUNTEERISM on behalf of the forever-fabulous Barton Hills Neighborhood!

PARADE UPDATE:

First, WE HAVE THE FIRE TRUCK this year! It’s confirmed! Our FAVORITE FIREMEN will again bring up the rear of the parade in 2007! It’s always a treat to have our friends from Fire Station #11– Kinney Avenue–join us!

Jim-Jims Water Ice has agreed to sell refreshments again after the parade, so bring some spending money!

Also, as you already know, we have a wonderful new SUN SCREEN CANOPY over the basketball court at Barton Hills Elementary! Won’t that be a blessing against the hot morning sunshine! Still, please remember to wear sunscreen, a hat & protective clothing, especially for young children.

HERE ARE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES:

NEEDED – !!! VOLUNTEERS * VOLUNTEERS * VOLUNTEERS * VOLUNTEERS * VOLUNTEERS !!!

SPONSORSHIPS–If you HAVE a business or KNOW a business who would like to support the Barton Hills Independence Day Parade 2007, please contact Kay Killen today.

BOY SCOUT & GIRL SCOUT TROUPS — for Color Guard, American and Texas Flags, Pledge of Allegiance; ALL troops welcome!

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS — If you’re a member of a special interest group, i.e. environmental, dance, running/biking/boarding/unicycle, gardening, etc., please sign up today to enroll your group in the parade! Are we ready for a ‘riding lawnmower brigade’? What about an all-hybrid car group? Come on…show your colors!

JUDGES – Please let me know TODAY if you are interested in participating this year as a judge of all things red, white & blue!

VOLUNTEERS JULY 4th–

a) Playground Set-up 7:30am-9:00am. (8-10 people) needed to set-up tables, set out cookies/brownies, cut watermelons, prepare playground.

b) Playground Clean-up (8-10 people) ALL parade participants are asked to help pick-up and clean-up the playground; yet a focus group is perfect for fast action – please help! Get your children involved!

CONVERTIBLE CARS — for VIP guests (If yours’ is a vintage vehicle, please insure it won’t overheat with the slow driving)

LARGE IGLOOS — 6-7 needed for water/lemonade cantine

COOKIES & BROWNIES — (20 dz) cut, and ready to go

WATERMELONS — (8-10) prefer cold and ready to go. Will be cut on site.

ICE — Barton Hills Market donates, and volunteer needs to pick up early morning on 4th.

DECORATION TEAM — Need children & adults interested in decorating floats & vehicles for parade

BALLOONS / HELIUM — a) Need one volunteer to pick up helium container on July 3. b) Need team of volunteers (3-4) to inflate and distribute balloons around playground @ 8:00am.

GAMES — Leaders needed to coordinate: a) 2-person sack races, b) balloon toss , c) watermelon seed-spitting contests, d) bocce ball, 3) washer toss. This is really the FUN part, so please let me know if you can help!

TABLES — Volunteer needed to pick up 6′ tables from World of Rentals on 3rd, deliver to playground, and return on 5th.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU — to EVERYONE who volunteers from year-to-year! We have EXCEPTIONAL neighbor volunteers… and this parade wouldn’t happen without YOU!!! We do, however, need NEW people to STEP UP and HELP! This could be YOU! Are you NEW to the ‘hood? Have you been WAITING to volunteer? Do you have a special TALENT to share? Please let me know your interest in participating! And if you have something BRAND NEW to offer, please tell me!

LET’S MAKE THIS JULY 4TH PARADE 2007 THE BEST EVER!!!

With bright visions of Stars, Stripes, and Red, White and Blue,

Kay Killen
Parade Coordinator 2007
512-447-4287 (leave message/phone #)