To All Strathmere
and Whale Beach Homeowners and Visitors,
This
Saturday, October 12, is the Strathmere Fishing and Environmental Club's
"Environmental Day".
The Club invites Whale Beach & Strathmere residents to join them
in planting Beach Plums & Bayberry bushes at
10 am at
Randolph Road and the
beach (rain date
October 13 at noon). Please
bring a shovel and gloves if you
can.
In
addition, the SFEC requests all to join them for a special presentation by the
American Littoral Society
that afternoon at 4
PM
Refreshments will be served following the
discussion.
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Since this Monday is the Columbus Day Holiday,
there will be no trash or recycling picked
up.
Trash will be picked up on
Tuesday, October 15, but the
next
recycling pickup will be Monday, October 21.
The next bulk trash pickup will be November 4.
A reminder that all of Cape May County went to "single
stream" recycling earlier this year.
The Strathmere
Community Christmas Party will take place on Saturday, December
14, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm and will once again be hosted jointly by the
Strathmere Volunteer Fire Company and the Strathmere Improvement
Association.
This year, however, we've had
to make some changes. In a way, our Christmas Party's popularity has
forced us into this. Last year, attendance climbed to well over 125 attendees.
Not only was it difficult to find a seat for dinner, but the limit for
the second floor of the Firehouse is just 75 people. It was, by
definition, an unsafe condition and embarrassing to the sponsors.
Since we don't want to limit the
number of attendees, we have decided to move the party to a larger
location.
This year's party will take
place at the Deauville Inn. The Deauville will provide appetizers, a
full dinner (menu to follow), (drink tickets for) red and white wine, beer,
soda, and water. We'll again ask attendees to bring their favorite desserts to
share.
The SVFC and the SIA will subsidize
the party with the same amount as in previous years. There will, however, be an
admission charge to offset the additional costs.
Tickets purchased in advance
will be $15 for adults and children 13 and over, and $5.00 for children from 9
to 12; children eight and under will be free. Tickets
at the door will be $20 for adults and still $5 for children 9 to 12 (although
Santa may not have gifts ready for latecomers). We think these are very
reasonable prices for dinner, drinks, gifts and community camaraderie.
Tickets will be available at
the Riordan Real Estate Office or by mail from the SIA at PO Box 57, Strathmere
08248.
Santa would like to start
planning and ordering the gifts for children 12 and under as soon as
possible. His elves will need the name, age and shirt size of all such children
who are planning to attend. Please provide this information as soon as you can
by e-mail to sia6@comcast.net, Donna Diefenderfer at donnad921@comcast.net or call Donna's cell phone at
215-801-5876.
We look forward to seeing you on
December 14!
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We've had quite a northeast wind today
(Wednesday), resulting in flooding once again on Bayview
Drive.
It began to flood at 10:30 this morning and
as we write this around 4:30 pm, you still can't get to many homes.
Remember to follow and "like" the SIA (click the
"Thumbs Up" box ) on Facebook:
You'll get an early look at lots of things going
on in Strathmere!
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Upcoming Events - please add to your
calendars:
SFEC-Sponsored Beachplum and Bayberry Planting,
10 am Saturday, October 1
SFEC Meeting & Environmental Program (open
to all), 4:00 pm Saturday, October 12
Community Christmas Party at the Deauville Inn,
6:00 pm Saturday, December 14
Let us know of additions or
corrections!
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And once again, check out Carol Baker's
wonderful Strathmere History website at http://www.strathmere.net/
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The Strathmere Improvement Association includes
all owners in Strathmere and Whale Beach and many visitors. It was founded in
1951 as a community organization with the simple objective of making Strathmere
a better place. We are proud of the organization's many accomplishments over the
years.
The SIA kept the 2013 annual dues
at $10 per adult family member. The dues and the fund
raisers provide for the Fourth of July Parade and our share of the Christmas
Party. We conducted a number of Centennial events in 2012, donated money to help
pay for extra State Police protection, and donated to residents affected by
Sandy.
NOTE: Since most of you
never formally "signed up" as members, obviously we cannot "force" you to pay
dues,which are really more like (non-deductible)
donations anyway. If you don't pay, we will still keep
you on our newsletter distribution. The only penalty will be that you can't vote
in our (mostly uncontested) elections!
Nevertheless, we really hope you
see value in our projects and enjoy the newsletters enough so that you'll
contribute $10 per adult family member.
Thanks!
Dues payments may be sent to SIA
at PO Box 57, Strathmere, NJ 08248. Remember to tell us your
correct e-mail address!
Also, please let us know if you have comments
or suggestions for the newsletter or for SIA in general, or if you'd like us to
change your e-mail address in our records.
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Thanks very much for your continuing support of
the Strathmere Improvement Association!
Linda Bateman
Elaine Holsomback
Donna Diefenderfer
Rosemarie
Whelan
Ken Weaver
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