President's Page

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We had more than 100 families come out to the Haygood Point

Neighborhood Park for the Fall Festival event the Sunday before

Halloween. Under perfect weather conditions, the crowd was huge, and

the food was excellent. Children enjoyed the inflatable slide, Chloe and

Hannah’s face paintings, the petting zoo, fire engine, police car, and

selecting a pumpkin to take home. One lucky resident won $100 in our

50:50 raffle. We are very grateful to Pastor Bubba Pugh and the members

of Calvary Baptist Church for filling our pumpkin patch again this year.

Special thanks also Sheriff Rocky for providing that nice big, tent. Grill

masters, Pete Cook and Bill Dawson, served perfectly grilled hamburgers,

hot dogs, and brats. The side dishes brought by everyone were delicious.

My compliments to whoever brought those deviled eggs. I am especially

thankful to all the volunteers who helped set up, run, and clean up after the

event. It was a perfect day – if you missed it, you missed a good one.

We have some hot dogs left over that were not yet opened and grilled.

You may well see them at the next Civic League meeting on Tuesday, 18

November. The program will include a presentation by Virginia Beach

Sheriff Rocky Holcomb. Put the date on your calendar and come spend an

hour with your friends and neighbors. We are a friendly bunch.

'Thanksgiving is approaching fast. It’s a time when we think of family

gatherings, turkey dinners with all the trimmings, and football games. I

still fondly remember those times at my grandparents’ house on Piedmont

Street on Thanksgiving Day. It is also a time when we should be giving

thanks for our being in the greatest country in the world, and all the

opportunities we are afforded. Soon after Thanksgiving, we will begin

seeing all the Christmas decorations that will adorn homes and yards in

our neighborhood. This year, we have a special treat over on Dawes Court

(off Haygood Point Road) at the Krudop residence. They have built a

Christmas village in their garage for the holidays and will open it to the

neighborhoods on Thanksgiving weekend (11/28-29-30) and the first

weekend in December (12/5-6-7) from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. This is in addition

to the large outdoor Christmas scene enjoyed by the neighbors each year

one block to the south on Clymer Court. You don’t want to miss these.

Bring your camera.

On the subject of Christmas, please add the Civic League’s Christmas

Dinner event to your calendar on Tuesday, 16 December. This is a

traditional pot-luck dinner where the Civic League provides the main

entrees and desserts, and everyone brings a side-dish to share. So, now is

a good time to begin thinking about your favorite side-dish that you can

bring to share with the neighbors. More about this in the December

newsletter. 

Occasionally we feel the need to remind folks that trailers,

campers, boats, motor homes and other commercial or recreational

equipment are prohibited from being stored in front of your home other

than for short periods of time to perform maintenance. Virginia Beach

Code Enforcement will issue warning letters or citations for violations. If

you have such equipment and cannot store it behind or beside your home,

please consider leasing an offsite storage location. A word to the wise

should be sufficient.

Our five-year battle to prevent an additional unnecessary traffic signal

from being installed at the Independence/Paul Revere intersection

continues to be waged. We believe the traffic signal would be harmful to

our neighborhood. Our District 9 councilman, a resident of Thoroughgood,

continues to champion the installation. In the end, we may well lose this

battle, but with the support of our friends in the Northwest Beach

Partnership, I am confident we will win the war next November.

And, by the way, join your civic league if you haven’t already done

so.

- John Eason, President