President, Dave
Pasqualicchio’s
Report and Remarks:
Welcome to all.
Traditionally,
November carries one
of the busiest
agendas of FVA. I am
impressed with the
great membership
turnout we have
tonight, for the
election of
officers, final
additions to 2008
and completion for
the FVA Calendar.
We will also take a
peek at next year’s
agenda.
Veteran’s Day
service at Quinlan
Park was brief, but
well executed. The
service was
coordinated by
Deputy Mayor Leo
Bonola, Ron Trafford
and FVA orator Rick
Leach, signifying
respect for all
Veterans who worked
so hard to protect
America.
New Faces in the
crowd are Linnea
Neurath and
Camille Essel.
Welcome! As new
faces in the crowd,
Linnea and Camille
received a FVA
T-shirt. There is
special
appreciation, as
always, for our core
veterans in
attendance and for
Henry’s ‘Pig’ People
for attending.
Area revitalization
continues. We mark
and follow a trend
of recognizing
deserving business
owners, for
enhancing their
properties. Tonight
we recognize, Rick
Kerzner, chef and
owner of Emily’s
Catering Group, for
his facility
upgrade, recently
completed. Rick
graciously received
a certificate of
appreciation along
with the collection
of Christmas
ornaments and FVA
t-shirts.
This Holiday
season, as we
reflect on our
progress, we are
thankful for FVA
membership and
continued good work
for the Forestville
community. This
year, Forestville
Village Association
Holiday celebration
will be held at
Nuchie’s-Tuesday
December 30th-6:30pm.
For reservation,
please call Marsha
at 582 6245 or email
her at
mmtldml@sbcglobal.net
All members of FVA
are welcome!!
City Village Report:
·
New
businesses are
coming soon to
Forestville:
Allstate Insurance
Co. and
Sharon’s K-9 Barkery
·
At the January
meeting FVA will
introduce and
recognize Pete
Roberge for his
fine renovation of
the former
Albertelli property.
·
Tom Dickau, FVA
Historian, asked
us to name 10
Dairies in
Forestville and
their locations.
Here they are:
Roberge Dairy-
Stafford Avenue-
Anderson Dairy- Camp
Street-
Echo Farm-
Farmington Avenue
Peplau Dairy-
Central Street
Gifford
Dairy-Central
Street- Replaced
Peplau Dairy
James Burns Farm-
Redstone Street
Maplecroft Dairy-
King Street- Where
Bristol Eastern now
stands
Mills Barnard Dairy-
Brook Street- Very
early- Near Artisan
Street
Timothy Collins
Farm- Brook Street-
very early-Near
Farmington Avenue
John Barcikowski
Dairy- 79 Central
Street
East Meadow Farm-
Garden Street
Acorn Dairy-
Stafford Avenue by
entrance to Senior
Citizen center-
Owner Harold Wooster
Nice job
Tom, reintroducing
Forestville’s past
to the younger
membership! Thank
You!
· Special
Note!
Check out the FVA
website
www.fvact.org
. Paul Kowalczyk,
as webmaster, has
done a wonderful job
with the site.
Anyone with related
news, or photos,
please send them to
Paul,
pakman2@comcast.net
It is a great way to
keep the community
updated and
informed.
Leo Bonola, Deputy
Mayor Report:
· Fundraiser,
Turkey Shoot: 16
sheets sold plus a
$10 donation= profit
$170.
·
Veteran’s Day
Service was very
nice and there was a
great show of
support. Thank you
Jim Levesque, Ron
Trafford and Rick
Leach and all
who participated.
·
Leo brought good
news with him. He
recently spoke to
Tom Colalapietro
about the promised
grant of $30,000
from the state. He
didn’t know if we
received it yet, but
said there was still
time for us.
·
Monthly Drawing:
$25 gift certificate
to Emily’s Catering
Group. Ken Hintz
name was drawn.
Since he was not at
the meeting the
prize will be rolled
over to next month.
You have to be
present to win!
Membership:
2009 Slogan, “If
you like what you
see, join us?”
All membership will
receive an invoice,
before the first of
the year. Enclosed
you will find an
extra membership
form; we hope you
will pass to a
friend, neighbor or
your favorite
business. Please,
“personally”
invite them to join
the Forestville
Village Association.
Let them know they
don’t have to be a
Forestville
resident, attend
meetings or events,
but there is
strength in numbers.
It is our source of
operations.
The dues are
$15-individual/family,
$15–Non Profit, and
$50 - Business.
FVA has become a
respected
organization
throughout our city,
therefore it should
be easy for each of
us to invite “one”
person or business
and potentially,
double membership!
Treasurer’s
Report:
Balance in Checkbook
- $9,233.32
Fundraising Balance
- $12,359.65
At the January 14th
meeting we will
disclose a more in
depth report of
spending and
receiving, as a
yearend report. It
will be decided
which events are
financially good
fundraisers and
those which didn’t
work out so well.
Costs to maintain
Central Square,
Center Island and
overall maintenance
costs will be
discussed.
Beautification:
·
Once again, John
Lobaczewski has
the assignment to
cut the evergreens
for garlands. Thank
you John. They make
our center
beautiful!
·
Thank you, Dr.
Everett Lyons,
Principal at BEHS
and students,
who will assemble
the evergreens to be
installed throughout
Forestville in early
December. This has
become a FVA
tradition, warming
up the holiday
season.
·
We are always
accepting
acknowledgments of
deserving property
owners for
recognition.
·
Bristol Chamber of
commerce will
conduct a Holiday
Lighting Contest.
Forms will be
available in the
Bristol Press if
anyone would like to
participate.
·
Central Square looks
great and is an
inspiring location
for 7th
annual Carol Sing,
hosted by
entrepreneur,
Pete Roberge and
led by
Forestville’s,
Mary Lynn Gagnon.
A large turnout is
expected due in part
to the addition of
BEHS Choral
Group, led by
Michael Cordere.
·
Shawn Casey will
install our new
additional bricks
hopefully before
year’s end. 22 were
sold.
·
A beautification
notice will be sent
to the beautiful
home on Zipp Ave.
Come to find out,
the well kept
picturesque property
belongs to FVA
veterans, Joyce and
Jim Levesque.
Correspondence with
our Welcome Lady,
Maryellen Holden:
·
Congratulations and
good luck to John
Leone on a well
deserved
retirement. FVA has
unanimously decided
to present the
outgoing, President
of the Bristol
Chamber Commerce,
with a gift for the
John Leone
Foundation.
·
Congratulations to
Frank Nicastro,
State
Representative, 79th
district; doing a
fine job in
Forestville.
·
Congratulations to
Bill Hamzy
for reelection
victory. Your honest
approach to city and
state government is
appreciated.
·
Congratulations to
newly elected, State
Representative 99th
district, Chris
Wright. FVA is
confident you will
represent your
district fine.
·
Last, but not least,
our own FVA member
Betty Boukus
for her reelection
to State
Representative.
Betty has always
looked out for us.
Thank you.
·
Sympathy notice to
the family of
Derek Jerome of
30 Redstone Hill Rd,
Bristol.
·
Good Luck to Lisa
Butts on the
opening of her new
store, The Noble
Scholar Bookstore,
located in Shop-rite
plaza; moving
Bristol forward.
What better way?
·
Thank you to Leo
Bonola and Rick
Leach for
Veteran’s Day
program.
·
Our wishes for a
speedy recovery to
Lynn Savage.
She fell, fracturing
her ankle.
Fundraising:
·
November 1, 2008,
Can and Bottle Drive
netted a profit of
$138.00. Thank you
goes to Tom and
Sue Massarelli
for organizing the
event, Marsha and
Don Lockhart, Ed
Dubois and Tom
Dickau as helpers.
In discussing
whether or not to
continue the bottle
drive in 2009, the
suggestion was made
to possibly
coordinate it with
another event.
·
The 2008 Christmas
Ornament is now
available depicting
Greene - Hills
School
for $10.00 each. We
have a wonderful
series of
Ornaments. The
collection of 5
ornaments is
available for $45.
·
Debbie from
Tradewinds
has designed a
couple of holiday
pieces for the
Manross Library.
They will be raffled
off to January
membership
attendee’s.
·
Duck Race:
Rick Leach
eloquently guided
membership through
the renegotiations
of the Chamber of
Commerce officials
and FVA. Officials
of FVA have a
greater
understanding of
their roles for the
Duck Race 2009,
scheduled for May
3. Tom Dickau
will chair this
major fundraiser for
FVA.
Dave failed to
mention that long
time, FVA
enthusiasts were
present for the
first official Duck
meeting; great input
from Penny
Critchley and Sandy
Gozzo.
·
FVA gives back. FVA
has unanimously
decided to donate
$200.00 to “Meals
for the Needy”
this holiday season.
Quinlan Park Plan:
Marguerite
Petersen reports
it would be best to
break down this
project into phases.
For Phase One we
would like to:
1. Move the
Honor Roll
and install new
pavers in a
rectangle in front
of it. Install
proper foundation
support for Honor
Roll and pavers.
a. existing over
grown yews would
need to be removed.
2. Move (4)
monuments into the
"pinwheel"
configuration and
install associated
pavers to complete
that design.
Install proper pads
and foundations for
the monuments. A
new (donated)
flagpole will be
included.
a. Existing
diagonal sidewalk to
the present Honor
Roll location would
need to be removed.
The question I
presented to Ed
Swicklas (Parks
Department
Superintendent)
is, can we avoid
going out to bid
(and save money) by
using volunteers /
donated services /
donated monies /
fundraising monies
(from FVA) to do
this phase of the
work?
His answer was:
If the City does not
make any
expenditure, either
for material or
service and it's a
series of direct
transactions by the
FVA, then City
guidelines do not
apply.
However, The Park
Board would have to
approve this type of
action and the City
will require whoever
is to be working
there whether in
kind service or paid
have the proper
insurance
certificate.
Aside from that, the
City would probably
seek an official
opinion from
Corporation Counsel
if the Park Board
approved your
request. The process
takes a little more
time to get all the
approvals.
Please readers, send
any questions you
may want addressed
at my meeting with
the Park Board
December 17
to
MpetersenHome@aol.com
and I will do my
best to get answers
or direction that
evening.
2009 Election of
Officers are as
follows:
President – Dave
Pasqualicchio
Vice President – Bob
Fletcher
Secretary- Marsha
Lockhart
Treasurer – Nancy
Blanchette
First Director – Leo
Bonola
Congratulations!!
Closing the meeting,
Dave also remarked
how proud he is of
FVA and its
membership to move
this community
forward, work with
civic organizations
to be a positive
force, making a
difference.
“I am impressed with
all of you” Enjoy
your Holidays!”
Once again:
There will be no
meeting in
December, but if
you haven’t signed
up for our Holiday
gathering at
Nuchie’s on December
30th
@6:30, call or email
@Marsha 5826245 mmtldml@sbcglobal.net)
soon!
Next Meeting -
January 14, 2009 -Nuchie’s
6pm
