Thanks from the Glen Ellyn Park District

Scott and crew, thanks so much for volunteering to re-stain the wood around the platform tennis courts. Staff really appreciates your group perusing this daunting task. Not only will this help improve the life of the wood, but improve the appearance as well. Thanks for the heads up regarding the rails, Paul will repair these in the near future.

Regards,

Dave Scarmardo
Superintendent of Parks
Glen Ellyn Park District

Scott
Thanks for the pics and the e-mail. I guess I did not figure the job was as large as it was either. Your guys just saved us a day or two of work with the Parks Crew. I have not seen it yet, but I heard it looks great. Paul is going to fix the supports.
Please pass on my THANKS to the entire group.
Cory Atwell

Solid Turnout at the "work bee" event

We had a solid showing of 15 Glen Ellyn residents/platform tennis enthusiasts at our work bee on Saturday 8/15/09

A handful showed up at 9:00AM to get everything organized while most of the workers arrived at 10:00AM to start staining. Embarrassingly, I did not realize how big of a project this was; thus, many stayed and worked until 1:30PM to complete the job. However, we are pleased to report that the wood is stained and looks great. In addition, we fixed a couple of the boards; however, 2 or 3 of the snow boards have bent supports. Maybe Dave or his crew could get them fixed.

Work Crew:
Scott Park
Ryan Park (son)
Chris Gould
James Gould (son)
Paul Peterson
Terry Lewandowski
Marty Engle
Chuck Smith
Bill Giffin
Scott Connelly
Matt Dell
Mike Gingotta (professional painter)
John Glavin
Rula Moradi
Dan Swinford (provided some tarps)

Season Opening Clinics!!!!

Join us for our platform tennis kick-off clinics that will be held by ANTHONY MCPHERSON. Whether you are new to the game or a more experienced player looking to tune-up for league play, come out and join us. This event is open to adults who are 2009 registered Glen Ellyn Platform Tennis members. To sign up or renew your membership please contact the GEPD at 630-858-2462. $95 Resident / $170 Non-Resident May 2009-April 2010.

DATES
Sunday, August 23
Sunday, August 30
TIME
New players: 4 pm-6 pm
Series 7, 9 & 12: 6:30 pm-8:30 pm
LOCATION
Maryknoll Park, 845 Pershing Avenue @ Route 53
REGISTRATION
Advance registration required at www.gepark.org
Registration Code 8999-0
Fee: $30.00 per person

GE Park District
185 Spring Avenue
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
630-858-2462
support@gepark.org
www.gepark.org

"Work Bee" scheduled for August 15 at 10:00 AM

Please come out and help stain the platform tennis court boards and hit around afterward!