The program includes an orchestra arrangement by Norman Goldberg of the organ piece, Prelude in C minor by J. S. Bach.  Silvian Iticovici, violinist from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, will play Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A minor.  Two of our cellists, Fariga Drayton and Jake Brookman, will be featured in Vivaldi’s Double Concerto for Two Cellos.  The program ends with Gabriel Faure’s lovely Pavanne.

Great picnic in September

We had beautiful weather and a great group of neighbors for our picnic on Sept. 11. Hundreds of residents came out, visited, met new friends, shared food, heard great music by the Cosmic Cowboys and enjoyed the terrific microbrews and food. We’d like to thank the team of volunteers who organized all the effort to ensure it came off smoothly, including the master grillers, grill and table set-up and take down, button design and manufacturing chief, music procurement, and all the other efforts that took place under the direction of Nan Rochberg. A note about the beer: It was provided by neighbor David Wolfe, co-founder of microbrewery Urban Chestnut (www.urbanchestnut.com) located at 3229 Washington. We can say firsthand that his microbrews are great. Stop by his place and try for yourself.

If you lost a pretty plastic white platter with red and blue flowers, it can be found at Linda Locke’s house – 863-7550.

The Heights is now on Facebook

We’ve created a Facebook page for those of you who like to communicate online. Please “Like” our new page: University Heights Subdivision No. 1 and start posting updates, questions, photos of the picnic and other neighborhood events, and more. We have a beautiful neighborhood so post photos of the seasons, our events, your kids at Halloween – as well as comments, questions and ideas. If you have any photos from the annual events such as the picnic, Luminaria or progressive dinner events. We’re all figuring this out together, so let us know if you have any suggestions to better connect.

From the trustees:

A note about the leaves: The City picks up leaves from the curb sometime during the weeks of Oct. 31 – Nov 4 and Nov. 28 - Dec. 2.  Please rake your leaves into the curbs before Monday on those weeks, but no sooner.  Here’s why: We have old, cranky street drains. When it rains come, all those leaves go into the sewers, which then clog and flood the streets. Please do rake them into the street until the weekend before the pickup.  Pile them on your tree lawn, in a corner, anywhere but in the street.

Another thing to be aware of is that when you park a car with a hot muffler system on a pile of dry leaves, you could ignite the pile — a very good reason not to have leaves in the streets! The good news is that the City also will pick up for free (no sticker) any plant materials, including leaves in paper bags from Oct. 15 until Dec. 31.

Winter – and snow – are around the corner: When it snows, please park off the street so we can plow the streets.  If you can’t, try to move your car after the first plowing has been done, so Chris can replow the place where you were parked, rather than just plow you in again.

Street Resurfacing: The Trustees have signed a contract to resurface parts of Cornell and Radcliffe and patch water damage on Trinity and Princeton over the next few months. Say goodbye to the Olympic pool-sized pothole at the intersection of the two streets. We’ll check for missing pets and cars before filling the hole. Residents of the immediate area may be asked to move their cars off the street so the heavy equipment can get through. The Trustees are considering the best way to manage maintenance so we don’t end up with a huge bill but spread the expense out over a number of years. Watch for details at the annual meeting in February 2012.

Amendments

Association Bylaws

Quitclaim Deed 2004