Hopefully the cold weather is now behind us and we can look for better days to come. As we walk or drive around the neighborhood we must keep our eyes open to the many things that are going on. For example junk cars in the back yards, people selling cars from the driveways, trash being piled up on the streets, and motorcycles speeding down the streets. 
 

We cannot wait for others to do the work for us if we want to keep our area clean and safe. It only takes a phone call to do it. So far we have been very lucky, even with the decrease of the police force due to the police lay offs. We must work together with the community police so they can in turn do their best to help us feel safe. As your president I will do my best to take care of problems in our area and to keep you informed of anything that is happening. Let's work together and help each other to feel safer. 
 

The next Board meeting will be held on April 2nd at the Children's Study Home, 91 Old Acre Road at 6:30 pm. Please try to attend. 
 

Membership meeting will be held on Tuesday April 15th at the Church in the Acres at 7:00 pm our guest speaker will be Dr. Capri, President of Western New England College. I hope to see you all there to learn more about the new developments at the college. So far our meetings have been well attended, and a lot of information has been passed out to our members. I hope this trend continues. 
 

Congratulations to Helen Boyle on her appointment to the library committee board as a representative from the Sixteen Acres Civic Association. Helen is a very dedicated person, and we know we will be well represented

AARP meeting will be held on April 3/'03 at the Good Life Center 1600 West Columbus Ave in Springfield at 1:00 pm with refreshments being served. The guest speaker will be Mr. Charles Spencer a very well known radio talk show personality. Come and join us for an interesting afternoon. As always the public is invited. 
 

Helen Boyle and Clodo Concepcion are very busy working to finalize the decision to bring the new Senior Center to Sixteen Acres. 
 

We all know that the price of things keeps going up, including what it costs to keep our Association going strong and staying up to date with inflation. Our records indicate that the Association dues have only been increased once since the organization was formed and that increase took place 12 years ago. 
 

In January Clodo proposed that the dues structure be reviewed, and in February a committee was appointed to look in to the matter and to report at the March meeting. An extensive discussion ensued. After due consideration, the membership voted by a majority to increase the dues as follows: 

For a household of one single person the dues will be increased by two dollars, to a total of twelve dollars a year; 

For a household of more than one person the dues will be increased by four dollars to a total of fourteen dollars a year. This increase will be effective when the dues become due for 2003-2004. 

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2003-2004 dues are due: 

$12.00 per individual 
$14.00 per multi member household or business  
 per year starting July 1^st. 
 
We have filled in the information from out database for current members. Please correct if it is in error. 

Member #1    First Name: ________________ Last Name:  _____________________  

Member #2    First Name:  ________________      Last Name:  _____________________  

Address (Street): ________________________  
 

Address(City) ,______________, (State) ___ (Zip): ________________ -______________ 

Telephone:  _____________________________ Email: __________________________  

Date: __________________________________ Check here if this is a renewal [ ]  
 

Mail this completed form and your dues to:  

Sixteen Acres Civic Association  
91 Old Acre Road  
Springfield, MA 01129-1832