Milwood Neighborhood Assoc.

From the PTA:

It’s 4 days until Fall Fest and our donation boxes are LOW!!
We need everyone’s support to make this a successful event and therefore a successful year for Summitt PTA.

We desperately need:

Gently used stuffed animals (can’t have too many!)
At least 50 2-liter bottles of soda
75 cans of unopened Pringles chips
40 12-packs of soft drinks (Coke, diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Sprite)
Gently used books
Happy meal toys (can’t have too many!)
All kinds of trading cards (can’t have too many!)

For your convenience, starting Wednesday, we will have volunteers taking your donations at the driveways before school and after school.

All, this weekend the McNeil Choirs will be performing:

“All You Need is Love”
17th Annual Follies Performance
Otober 10th & 11th
7:00 PM

at:
Round Rock Performing Arts Center
5800 McNeil Drive
Austin, TX 78729

Ticket Prices are $8.00, and this is the largest fundraiser for the McNeil High School Choir. Consider it!

APD writes:

In recent weeks the Parmer/McNeil area of Northwest Austin has seen an increase in burglary of vehicles. Burglaries are occurring in the overnight hours. Citizens in these areas are reminded to:
Not leave valuables in your vehicle.
If you must leave valuables inside the vehicle place them out of view.
Take pull-out stereos, remote controls and faceplates with you when leaving the vehicle.
Park in well-lit areas
Lock your vehicle and set the car alarm if you have one.
If you see any suspicious activity, especially between the hours of 10pm and 5am, please call 911 immediately

Summitt Elementary has approx. 26 young trees that need some extra TLC. In the spring of 2007, Hammad Rahman, a member of Boy Scout Troop 421, planted 30 trees on the Summitt campus for his Eagle Scout Project. There are five types of trees; all are shade trees that can grow up to 50 feet high! Most are planted along Mosely by the parking lot, and also along the driveway to the front entrance of the school. TreeFolks (a non-profit urban forestry organization) donated all the trees, on the condition that the trees get watered regularly for two years. Thanks to a rainy summer last year, and then watering by Hammad, his mother, and many volunteers, most of the trees have survived. But it’s now drier than it’s ever been and we need some extra help.

The next three watering sessions will be on Saturday, Oct. 4th, Sat. Oct.18, and Sat. Nov. 1st, from 9:00 a.m. to approx. 10:30 a.m. There will be someone there in charge who knows the procedure and has the necessary keys, hoses, etc. If you’re interested in helping one Saturday, please contact Ann Sullivan at 873-7254 or asullivan88@att.net. Please contact Ann first, since is possible to have too many volunteers which leads to people just standing around! Thanks so much for your interest

Folks, on Saturday we got a couple of reports of yard signs getting stripped out of people’s yards in our neighborhood, apparently pretty systematically and on multiple streets, and I was asked to say something about it.

This is a politically active neighborhood, and as a regular election judge, I can tell you it is active across all political persuasions. But we also come together often as a community, which is based on respect, a common base of experience, and a love of our town. As we head into the home stretch on an important election, let’s remember those connections, and respect the free speech of all of our neighbors, and leave their yard signs alone. If you disagree, put up your own. Yay America.

P.S. In case it’s not completely clear, stealing yard signs, is, well, stealing. It is not a prank, it is theft. Look out for your neighbors just like you would any of the rest of their property.

From Allison Alvarado, Summitt PTA President, (allia@austin.rr.com)

Good afternoon everyone,

We are looking for a few volunteers to help maintain traffic flow for the next two weeks of school. We need at least 2 volunteers in the morning and in the afternoons. We are having issues with people driving thru the park lots in the wrong direction and others parking on or too near the crosswalks. I know that we are planning on making a point at Back To School night to make sure that parents are informed. But until then we need parents to help. This is a huge safety issue and for those parking to close to the cross walks it could be a $250 fine.

If you can help please let me know as soon as possible.

Thank you,

Allison Alvarado
Summitt PTA President