Halloween Movie Under the Stars

Join us at Glenville Park Friday October 28 at 6:30pm for a spooky good time with a movie under the stars! The North College Park Neighborhood Association is providing an outdoor movie experience to kick off Halloween early. We will have a giant outdoor inflatable movie screen, a vintage popcorn machine, and some snacks for a family fun movie night! Feel free to bring anything extra you’d like to munch on. Bring your own chair or blanket and join us to watch…. Casper!

PS… We will have small prizes for kiddos (or adults) that come dressed up so feel free to break out the costumes a little early this year!

Yard of the Month

Yard of the Month we have winners for Halloween / October.

Runner Up: Freddie Ray, 1008 Rainbow. He received a $25 Bruce Miller’s Nursery gift certificate.	First Place: 1101 Kenshire, Leticia Ramos. Pictured is Leticia’s daughter Karissma and dog Sophie. They received a $25 Bruce Miller’s Nursery gift certificate.

Welcome Baskets

Erin & CJ Pye 1107 Sundial

Tofayel & Shamima Ahmad 1100 Windsong.

Wyatt Proctor ,Thomas walker, Misty Creech in the picture and Landon Hart 1008 Morningstar.

The Welcome Basket Committee is made up of Linda Brown 214-693-1612, Ioana Bates 469-396-5480 and Vicki Bean 214-949-7805 V.Bean@att.net. We put baskets with home items and food together for our new neighbors and invite them to join the North College Neighborhood Association. Please contact us if you know of a new neighbor on your block! The baskets are sponsored by the NCPNA.

National Night Out A Great Success

Almost 200 people enjoyed the National Night Out held at Glenville Park on October 4th. With improved lighting, neighbors dined on food from the King Kong Tacos and Wings food truck and were entertained by the Berkner Drum Line. There were visits by the police and fire fighters along with Chase from Paw Patrol. The evening concluded with a raffle for many great prizes and thanks to Vicki Bean for securing them from area businesses! It was fun to visit with neighbors on a comfortable fall evening and to celebrate our safe neighborhood. Thanks to all who helped and attended!

NCPNA Annual Meeting Recap

Over 50 people enjoyed a taco buffet hosted by the NCPNA at Amigo’s Restaurant on Tuesday, September 27th. President Janice Gromadiin shared an update on our activities and announced the Board members. Doug Freeman introduced our special guest speaker Don Magner, Richardson City Manager. Mr. Magner discussed the fire at city hall and how services are being provided from other locations, the status of the old Sears building, plans for the CORE district, among other topics along with the general outlook for the city which is positive. He is very accessible and can be reached at Don.Magner@cor.gov.

Crime Watch Report

The weather is cooling off, but crime does not. We continue to enjoy a low crime rate in North College Park. However we do have people checking doors on cars for valuables. Lock your doors and take your keys. Wallets, purses, and computers are prime targets for thieves and they will break a window if they see something tempting.

If you are interested in joining the crime patrol group or want to learn more, contact our crime patrol coordinator: Doug Freeman at d1004free@aol.com.

Flag Patrol

To keep our costs down we have a volunteer flag patrol who help deploy and pick up the flags. We now have over 100 flags flying in North College Park! If you are willing to help with this activity, please contact Janice Gromadin at elway100@gmail.com.

Membership + Flags

Due to increasing costs, the Rotary has increased the price of flags by $10. We are still offering a reduced membership with the flag option. Membership only is still $25, and the addition of the flag option is now a total of $65 dollars. With this option you are guaranteed five flag holidays from the time you sign up.

Support Jess Harben

The NCPNA encourages members to support Jess Harben Elementary School! Here’s How:
*Join the PTA by going to joinpta.org and then select the RISD and Jess Harben Elementary school.

*Attend the next general meeting at the school on October 20th and hear from the Liberty Junior High principal and learn about volunteer opportunities.

*If you own, run or work at a local business and want to partner with Jess Harben and learn about sponsorship opportunities contact Justin Schofield at schofield.justind@gmail.com

NCPNA Membership

If you are not a member and would like to support our association, please become a member by signing up here: NCPNA.com/join

Yard Of The Month Selection

– We need several neighbors to help us with our selection each month of our two YOM winners. We need several people to be available on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon for about an hour once a month from April through December. Please contact Robert Grinsfelder at rmgrins@aol.com

Help Plan Or Staff Our Special Events

We need more neighbors involved in helping to plan and work at our special events. These include the Spring Celebration, our Backyard Tour event, the 4th of July parade/caravan and party, our National Night Out and other new events in the works! Please contact Robert Grinsfelder at rmgrins@aol.com for more information!

North College Park Neighborhood Facebook Group

NCPNA has an active private Facebook group. One of the administrators will quickly approve your admission to the group. Click here to go to the group page: facebook.com/groups/ncpna

Small Business Spotlight

If you have a small business you want to highlight, please email the newsletter editor John Slaughter at john.e.slaughter@gmail.com for consideration. We want to support you!

Booster Signs

If you want a “booster” sign, please let Vicki Bean V.Bean46@yahoo.com know and we will get you a sign.

Newsletter

This newsletter is the collaboration of several of your neighbors. It would not be possible without their support, thank you!

If you did not receive this newsletter in your email, you can easily sign up to receive your very own copy. We send out a newsletter every month with an occasional special email. We promise to not share your email address and we won’t drown you in emails. Go to http://ncpna.org/enews and fill out the form. Be sure and look for the confirmation email and confirm the subscription.

About North College Park Neighborhood Association

NCPNA is a neighborhood association, and unlike a homeowner’s association, we do not have any authority over anyone’s property. We sponsor activities and projects to help make our neighborhood a more pleasant and safe place to live. Volunteers are always needed, and we look forward to hearing about new ways to achieve our collective goals.

Contact Robert Grinsfelder at rmgrins@aol.com if you can help with any of these activities.