April showers bring�Pine Oaks!
But not just that, April�s also bringing big news to our little community! First, as you may or may not have noticed, the Pine Oaks billboard has gone up on the side of the route 14R bus that travels from Parkston all the way over to West Parkston. The reason I say �may or may not� is because if you�ve ridden the bus or have it travel past you, then you�ve seen it, but if you haven�t done any of those things, then the �may not� section of that phrase applies most directly to you.
In other �how-great-Pine Oaks-is� news, I�d like to take this opportunity to announce that I have received an exciting piece of mail. It seems that someone or someones has nominated Pine Oaks for the book �Where�s There: American Burgs and Municipalities.� How exciting! Of course I didn�t hesitate to check the box marked Yes! I Would Like To Meet With A Where�s There Representative, sent the requisite $400 check, and mailed the whole package off. According to the Where�s There mailing, a representative will be here in two to seven weeks to walk about Pine Oaks and meet with the Neighborhood Board. So not we�re just waiting for that. Rest assured, that soon, thanks to the good people at Where�s There, that Pine Oaks will be known across the country to people who buy a copy of the book.
Barbara Del Roca
Pine Oaks Neighborhood Board President
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10 � Pine Oaks Community Board Meeting. Residents are welcome to attend and bring any concerns to the board�s attention. Topics on this month�s agenda:
- Where's There
- Community business
19 � Pine Oaks Movie Night. Come join your neighbors for a night of movies at the Pine Oaks Community Pool. This month�s movie is "Ghost Dad." Residents are not allowed in the pool. 8 p.m.
4 - Pine Oaks Book Club meeting. This month�s discussion is the book, �Financial Cents from Harris P. Mackenthorpe,� held at the residence of Julia Schaun.
Hello Pine Oaks residents �
You know there�s a famous saying, �April Showers brings May Flowers,� which I believe is in reference to the order of performance at a Pittsburgh-area gentlemen�s club. I�m not sure how it really applies here.
But what I think Rutherford B. Hayes meant when he said those words still holds true to this day. And that is this: I�m glad to be in your neighborhood. I considered quoting another great patriot, Rogers Fredericks, who once said, �won�t you be our neighbor,� until I realized that applied even less because you all already lived here and my family and I are the ones who recently joined you.
If I haven�t had a chance to meet you by now, my name is Tim Jeffs. Your board president Barbara Del Roca invited me to pen a little column introducing myself to you, the community in which I�ve moved. I was elected to the House of Representatives, where I represent the good people of Jackson, Adrian and Battle Creek, which you may know as where breakfast cereal is born. You know, my district and Pine Oaks are a lot alike, and I look forward to sharing a living experience with everyone here. I must ask, though, that you not consider my your congressman, as you already have a congressman. I�m Michigan 7�s congressman. Anyway, I look forward to hearing about all of you, but not your local problems.
Yours truly, but not �yours,�
Hon. Timothy Alan Jeffs., U.S. Congress
April showers may bring flowers, but unfortunately they haven�t brought any new residents to our little community. That�s okay, though, since they wouldn�t have anywhere to live anyway! They�d just be homeless. And if there�s one thing we don�t want here in Pine Oaks, it�s to end up like North Gardenton.
Until next month,
Andrea Stillman
Welcome Wagon President