The University Farm Neighborhood Association (UFNA) will sponsor its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 14. The event will start at University Farm Park at 10 a.m. with a parade through the neighborhood led by either the Boilermaker Special (if its repairs are completed) or the Easter Bunny. 

Parents and children are encouraged to join the parade on foot, bike, in-line skates, wagon, scooter, stroller, or big wheel. 

The Easter Egg Hunt begins at the park at 11 a.m. Please listen for your child's age group to be called. The youngest group of children will hunt for their Easter eggs first, followed by the next age groups. The event organizers will announce the number of eggs that each child may take home. 

Rain date is Saturday at 3:00 p.m. or Sunday, April 15 at 3:00 p.m.

UFNA General Membership Meeting: Sunday, May 6, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. All residents are urged to attend. (See article inside and May 1 Newsletter for further details.)
 

I am happy to report that our Neighborhood Association is moving ahead with our events and issues. We now have a vice president, Steven Knecht. We also welcome Paulette Moody as our Circulation Editor. It has been two years since we have had a full Executive Board.

Karen Itin and Maria Genaris are working hard to organize the Easter egg hunt. I'm sure the Easter bunny will be as pleased as ever to see our neighborhood children run to collect their eggs.

The effort to push for a city park on Dubois Street is moving along. At the general membership meeting, I'd like to establish a Special Committee to work on this issue. This will allow us to move faster on the issue without having to wait for executive board meetings.

On March 31, I plan to attend the 3rd annual Neighborhood Summit for neighborhood association leaders in the greater Lafayette area. The topic this year is "building communities." 

Our neighborhood association is only as good as our volunteer leaders. I believe we have an excellent group of leaders. Join us!

Marilyn Augst
463-9370
augstmf@gte.net
 
 

The UFNA Board of Directors met March 1 in the Cumberland Elementary School library. Among the issues discussed and matters decided were:

• Steve Knecht was appointed vice president.
• We decided to continue using the services of Door 2 Door Advertising to distribute our newsletters.
• Discussion of the Easter egg hunt and the neighborhood garage sale.
• We  agreed to obtain directors' liability insurance. Steve Knecht will get quotes.
• We will file for tax-exempt status.
• Discussion of future city park on Dubois Street. The Board directed the president and vice president to send a letter to PRF to ask them to donate the lots to the City of West Lafayette so that a park can be built.
• General membership meeting discussed. We will invite elected officials.
• We approved the City's request to bring recycling bins for cardboard and mixed paper one weekend a month. This will be in addition to the current curbside pickup.
• Dates for events and board meetings proposed by Marilyn Augst were approved with exception of the date for the general membership meeting.

Plans are underway to hold a general membership meeting for all residents of University Farm. The meeting will be Sunday, May 6, at 7 p.m. in West Lafayette City Hall. 

The purpose of the meeting is to provide information to residents and to recruit volunteers for UFNA activities. We will invite elected city officials to attend. We will have a presentation on the new monthly recycling of cardboard and mixed paper. We will hear an update on the effort for the future city park on Dubois Street, and we will establish a Special Committee for the purpose of working on the Dubois Street park.

All residents of University Farm neighborhood are welcome to attend all general membership meetings and all executive board meetings. Residents are not required to be members of the Association to attend meetings. If anything requires a vote at the general membership meeting, only members of the Neighborhood Association are allowed to vote. To be a member, you must have paid your dues during the current dues drive (Sept 2000 to August 2001). If you have not yet paid your dues of $15, please send a check to Treasurer Betty Johnson.
 
 

The UFNA Board approved a request by the West Lafayette Recycling Committee to try a weekend recycling drop-off for cardboard and mixed paper similar to the one now operating on the first weekend of the month in Barberry. This will be in addition to the existing curbside program.

The city will bring recycling bins to an UFNA site on Friday morning of the designated weekend and remove them Monday morning. They will pick up trash around the bins and leave the area clean. 

This program will start in May. Watch for another announcement in the May 1 newsletter.

UFNA is compiling a new service directory with names of neighborhood teens who babysit, mow lawns, shovel snow, or pet sit. If you want to be included, please contact Linda Terhune, e-mail joterh@earthlink.net, or look for sign-ups at the Easter Egg Hunt, general membership meetings, and Ice Cream Social.
 
 

Residents in the newer sections of University Farm have been expecting a city park to be established on Dubois Street. The effort to nudge city officials and Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) officials into action is gathering steam.

Dubois Street resident Joe Anderson and President Marilyn Augst have attended Community Issues Study Committee meetings for the purpose of promoting the park. These are the meetings established by Mayor Margerum and Purdue President Martin Jischke for community citizens to discuss town and gown problems. The Journal and Courier has reported on the meetings. One of the issues being considered by  the Neighborhood Life Subcommittee is city parks. Joe and Marilyn were joined by several other University Farm residents at the most recent meeting. This group talked with Leon Trachtman, chair of the Parks & Recreation Board, about the park.

In addition to these meetings, Marilyn Augst has met with Mayor Margerum to discuss the park. As directed by the UFNA Board, Marilyn and Vice President Steve Knecht sent a letter to PRF to ask them to donate the lots to the City of West Lafayette. We might receive an answer by May.

At the general membership meeting, we will establish a Special Committee, according to UFNA Bylaws section X, for the purpose of working on the city park on Dubois Street. Any UFNA members interested in the park can be on the Special Committee. This committee can meet as often as required and will report to the Board. If you are interested in helping with this effort, please inform Marilyn Augst.
 
 

The annual University Farm neighborhood garage sale is set for May 19. This is the day when any resident of University Farm can hold a  garage sale and benefit from the common advertising and large numbers of shoppers. It costs only $5 to participate. Look for the participation form in the May 1 newsletter.

Co-chairs are needed for this year's sale. This is a once-a-year commitment that lasts only several weeks in April and May. Duties include placing ads in local newspapers; collecting participant registrations; typing a list of participating houses; distributing the list, balloons, and signs to participants; and placing signs at University Farm entrances the day of the sale. All expenses are reimbursed. Previous co-chairs Nancy Peck and Marilyn Augst are available for advice. Please consider volunteering for this. Call Marilyn Augst by April 17 (if possible).
 
 

We  are looking for people with trucks willing to help transport furniture and large items left over from residents' garage sales to charitable organizations. If you have a truck or know of an organization that could take this on as a service project, please inform Marilyn Augst.
 
 

• April 14: Easter Egg Hunt. Parade, 10 a.m.; egg hunt, 11 a.m. University Farm Park.
• April 24: Board meeting, 1 p.m.
• May 6: General Membership Meeting, 7 p.m., West Lafayette City Hall.
• May 19: Neighborhood Garage Sale.
• July: Board meeting (TBA).
• August 26: Ice Cream Social and General Membership Meeting. University Farm Park.
• October: Board meeting (TBA).
• December 16: Holiday Luminaria Display 

Contact UFNA President—Marilyn Augst 463-9370