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Spirit Day October 9, 2004
Fifth Annual Bartonville Spirit Day . .
. A Wet Success!
 The
Fifth Annual Bartonville Spirit Day is now in the history books. Even though
we experienced some scattered rain throughout the day, we were able to get
in every activity. We didn’t let a little rain dampen our spirits! If you
attended, you know how much fun we had and how much was offered to all
members of your family--including the family pet. Hopefully you met some new
neighbors that you won’t wait until next year to see again.
All of the days activities were designed with you in mind
by a group of dedicated volunteers that we would like to thank.
Kicking off the day’s events was the "Tour de Ville," our
first ever 5K run and 1 mile fun run. The "Tour de Ville" was conceived and
expertly carried out by Michele Wetteland. The Wettelands are relatively new
to Bartonville, and when we asked for volunteers, Michele responded
immediately. Michele brought some new ideas to the table, resulting in a
first-class, professionally timed event that attracted about 75
participants. The Argyle Volunteer Fire Department provided a breakfast
fundraiser which was appreciated by the hungry attendees at Town Hall that
morning.
Carla Anderson, owner of Stitchenz by Design, designed
and donated the creative T-shirts for the Fun Run and for our volunteers as
she has for the past several years.
Our classic car show, arranged by Del Knowler, provided
us again with an outstanding opportunity to see incredible cars, and our
thanks also go
out to those that braved the rain and entered their vehicles.
Chris and Jim Farrell and Cindy Stout were a great team
leading the Kid’s Activities including pumpkin painting, bracelet-making,
fast pitch, games and bounce house activities. Thanks to Danny Mims for
providing the toss games; Randy and Jan Burwell, Greg and Shari Peck, KC,
Parker and Caitlin Thompson and our neighbors from Lantana Community
Fellowship including Ann Neel, for monitoring the bounce houses and kid’s
activities; Sherri Young and Helen Gilbert for wonderful face painting; and
Angie Warner for the adorable balloon animals. John Wetteland delighted
aspiring baseball players by coaching at the fast pitch booth and
autographing baseballs, ball caps and baseball cards.
Our first "Barton’s Pals" Pet Show, created by Shirley
Williams, was a great opportunity for us to meet some of the other members
of your family. Woodie Williams, McKinnon Gary, Betty Medlock, Marge
Anderson, and Bob and Margaret McKoin helped make the show so much fun.
Thanks, Shirley, for taking the "reins" and making it happen.
 Thanks
to Mike Harral and Chris Aarons of the Denton Fire Department Color Guard
for reminding us what "Spirit Day" is truly all about. We were moved by
their ceremony and thanks also to everyone who donated to the "Cell Phones
for Soldiers" recycling campaign. The money raised will be used to supply
our troops with long distance calling cards. We have decided to continue
collecting phones, so if you have an old cell phone (with one battery only,
please), feel free to drop it by Town Hall.
This year’s Food Committee was chaired by Shari Arment
and Lyn Cleghorn. Shari and Lyn did a superb job of pre-planning, which
resulted in a delicious feast for everyone in attendance. Thanks to all of
you who brought those delicious salads and desserts. Randy Nunn of the Lone
Star Country corner provided ice for our drinks. The Sommer Family served
sno-cones and Barbara and Kim Knowler along with Gloria McDonald dished up
the cotton candy. Mayor Ron Robertson donated and cooked the most excellent
briskets, as he has done for the past three years. Betty Medlock, Glenda and
Jay Straub, Marge and Dennis Anderson, Ian Cleghorn and Ralph Arment helped
get the dinner and drinks to the table. Mark Johnson was instrumental in all
aspects of event planning and was
on-site all day providing logistical direction, brisket service and also
served as Master of Ceremonies.
We wanted a way to recognize our local entrepreneurs and
their support of Spirit Day, so under the guidance of Susan Randolph of
Lantana Gardens, we created goodie bags filled with great discounts and
freebies donated by our sponsors--be sure you looked through your bag
thoroughly so as not to miss anything. Hopefully you had an opportunity to
meet some of our business owners when you received your bag and will show
them your appreciation as you do business locally. Thanks also to "Mudd’s
Good Eatin" for those wonderful hamburgers supplied to the bag stuffers.
Also, thanks to David and Nikki Becherer of Lone Star Car
Wash for providing set-up and clean-up workers, which was greatly
appreciated by all; and that very cool authentic chuck wagon was loaned to
us by Ricky Perry that helped set the mood. We had some great photographers
bring us their pictures of the activities. We have some very talented
citizens! Check out the Town website to see them all....
http://www.townofbartonville.com/Spirit_Day.htm
Lastly, thanks to our professional Town Hall staff, Town
Secretary, Debbie Millican and Deputy Town Secretary Kristi Gilbert. They
were the backbone of the event and provided support at every turn. As you
can tell, it was a great team effort to make the Fifth Annual Spirit Day a
reality. Perhaps next year we can entice you to join in the fun of creating
the Sixth Annual Bartonville Spirit Day!
- Susan Johnson,
Spirit Day Chairman
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