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September Letter from the President / Community Newsletter

I was in awe to finally find myself inside St. Andrews of Roanoke. It ranked higher than the Mill Mountain Star…and even above the larger than life-sized display of “me” in the Museum of Transportation…which I have not yet seen! 

I must have really looked like “the visitor”, because as I stood agape after Mass admiring the historic sanctuary, I received two separate invitations to dinner with the local division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. In all of my experiences in Roanoke I’ve found nothing but warm reception from the people. Realizing that dinner (alone…on this business trip) was next on my agenda, I opened myself to adventure and accepted the second invitation presented by a gentleman who introduced himself as “David Bowers”.

I followed my host into town to the restaurant where we enjoyed a fine meal garnished with better conversation, and I felt nothing like a stranger as this group had so openly welcomed me at their table. That morning, I didn’t expect to end the day having experienced an earthquake, or to find myself at the dinner table with Mr. Bowers and his female companion, Mr. Bowers’ mother, two priests (including the Monsignor of St. Andrews), the principal of Roanoke Catholic School and his wife, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

Imagine my surprise to read Mr. Bowers’ business card (exchanged after the invitation)…“City of Roanoke….Mayor”.

I tell you this story because the friendly experience reminds me of what I’ve found consistently in Suburban Acres throughout my five year tenure. Folks here are open and ready to share life with one another. This is a strong neighborhood made of people who care about people…folks who look for opportunities to lend a hand and share a laugh. Even in this modern-day culture, we still borrow sugar from next-door and readily welcome each other to the table.  I love it!

The kindness of strangers is a reminder that we are all neighbors.   The kindness of neighbors is something to be celebrated joyously!

Continue to be kind to each other. See you soon!

~ Timothy

Please, enjoy the September newsletter!

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ICE CREEEEEEEEAM!

2nd Annual Ice Cream Social

Saturday, August 27th  @ 1:30 – 3:00pm

at NFD Station 9 on Thole St

Who doesn’t love (free) ICE CREAM and Fire Engines!!

Bring the family and a neighbor down for a cool celebration of the end of summer –  and another opportunity to grow and strengthen our Suburban Acres community. 

* Sponsored by our friends at Tinee Giant *

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Norfolk’s Historical Images Now Available Online

Norfolk, VA (July 22, 2011). Norfolk Public Library is pleased to announce the launching of a new database, Norfolk Historical Images. The database offers a digital sampling of the more than 60,000 photographs, drawings, maps and documents housed in the Library’s Sargeant Memorial Collection, chronicling the history of Norfolk and Greater Hampton Roads from colonial times to the present.

 

The library’s digital project was initially funded in 2000 by a gift from the family of the late Norfolk optometrist Dr. Dudley Cooper. As long-time owner of Norfolk’s Ocean View Amusement Park and Seaside Amusement Park in Virginia Beach, Dr. Cooper realized the importance of preserving local history and local tradition. Sargeant Memorial Collection staff have worked for more than 10 years to scan and research images in the collection in order to make them more widely available to the public.

 

The online images represent only a small portion of the collection. There are many more images to be scanned and staff is working hard to add them to the new database. Meanwhile, the public is invited to visit the Sargeant Memorial Collection to view the physical photo files of images from Norfolk newspaper photographers Carroll Walker, Harry C. Mann, and others between the years 1920 and 1955.

 

The Sargeant Memorial Collection (SMC) is the local history and genealogical collection within the Norfolk Public Library system. The SMC opened in 1927 to house a collection of material relating to the history of Norfolk initiated by City Librarian William Henry Sargeant in 1894. The collection currently resides in Norfolk Main Library at 235 E. Plume Street in downtown Norfolk. Please call (757) 664-7485 for more information.  To access the Norfolk Historical Images database, go to http://www.npl.lib.va.us/smrt/dip_website/dip.html.

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July 4th, 2011 * Parade Photos Posted!!

The 6th Annual Suburban Acres 4th of July parade and celebration was OUTSTANDING!  Check out our Photos page to see pictures!

You can email this link to your friends & family!   https://suburban23505.com/pictures/

If you have some great photos to share, please email them to suburbanacres@gmail.com, or contact Tim Fox to pass them off via flash drive or cd.   We’ll be glad to post your pictures too!

Also, if you use slide.com or another picture hosting website, you can email us the code and we’ll post your slideshow on suburban23505.com for all of our neighbors to enjoy!

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SACL Meeting – Tonight

The Suburban Acres Civic League meets tonight, July 11 @ 6:30.

Our guest speaker is Senator Ralph Northam.

Doors open @ 6:00 for refreshments and socializing with neighbors.

reminder:   The July and August meetings are being held at Norfolk Collegiate School.

Use the Suburban Pkwy entrance…and bring a neighbor!