October 23, 2004
 Message from Chairperson, Linda Westergaard

As we come to the close of yet another productive successful year in the neighborhood I want to again say thank you to everyone in the neighborhood who makes this such a great place to live. Thank you, also, to those who give their time so freely to work for the betterment of the neighborhood by serving on the steering committee or the Board of Directors. It is a pleasure to know and work with all of you. To highlight the year we hosted a couple political candidates forums, held our annual ice cream social, and today we held our annual scrub day event.   When we were made aware of the merger talks between Adams Elementary and Garton Elementary Schools we came together as a group to be included in discussions with the school and be a part of the decision making process. It has been decided that Adams Elementary School will remain open and the school will be updated and remodeled. It is because of those who attended the meetings and voiced their concerns that the school will remain open. Now we as a neighborhood need to give-Adams our support in any way that is needed.

Thanks to a grant given to us by Tom Hockensmith, our County Board of Supervisor, this newsletter is being mailed to everyone in the Douglas Acres Neighborhood Association area. If you are receiving this for the first time we hope you are enjoying it and are finding something of interest in the newsletter. We would love to have you attend our next DANA meeting in November. (Please refer to the meeting dates in this newsletter)

Election of officers will be held in January and if you are able to work on the steering committee or serve on the board we would love to include you, just let me or any steering member know you are interested. It really is a lot of fun!

Thank you,

Linda Westergaard