IN THIS ISSUE: Annual Picnic Reminder Esplanades Rocks! Thank You - Volunteers Annual Meeting Reminder Annual Picnic Reminder Our annual picnic is coming up next Sunday, Aug 28th, from 4-8pm on the Park Road esplanades. This year, we are introducing a Thai food caterer, and for kids with more traditional tastes, we will also have pizza. The City of Bellevue has provided us a cake, and we are planning for Bellevue Police and Bellevue Fire Department folks to be here as well. Entertainment will feature the popular bouncy houses, the return of the pony rides, and of course, Dean-O the clown. We're looking forward to seeing you there! We must ask that attendance is limited to owners and residents of homes in Vuecrest. Thank you to our Social chair Sarah Wright for setting this all up. Esplanades Rocks! On the advice of a consulting arborist, we have removed the river rock from all areas around trees on the Park Road esplanades. The rocks were cutting off access to air for the tree's roots to breathe, and our prized oak tree has developed a related disease. We are pursuing additional treatment for the oak tree, including root medicinals and selective pruning, as well as more appropriate landscape treatment under all the trees. Thanks to Landscape chair Rick Adell for driving this forward. Thank You - Volunteers Just a reminder that the folks taking care of our neighborhood, running projects, ensuring we have great service providers, planning the great events we enjoy, are all volunteers and your neighbors. We always need more help and participation - please contact any of the board members at directors@vuecrest.net or fill out the Contact Us form on the web site, or talk to any of us at the picnic, and get more involved in your great neighborhood! Annual Meeting Reminder Our annual meeting is tentatively scheduled this year for Wednesday, November 9th, in Pearson Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, across NE 8th St from us. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Ballots and budget information will be mailed the latter part of October, per our By-Laws. Anyone who is interested in running for election to the board should contact us at this time.