Advancing the social, educational, civic and economic interest of the village and it’s inhabitants
BECOME A MEMBER

LEEDS CIVIC ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 114, Leeds, MA 01053
LeedsCivicAssoc@gmail.com

OFFICERS
President, Penny Geis
Vice President, Jason Johnson Treasurer, Karyn Nelson
Secretary, Marc Freedman

BOARD MEMBERS
Sue Carbin
David Rondina
Earl Meunier
Tom Quinn
Steve McDonough

Saratoga Bus Trip

Bus Trip to Saratoga, N.Y.
Jim Mias of Grove Ave will be coordinating a bus trip trip to beautiful Saratoga, N.Y. on FridayAugust 3
(postponed from the original date of July 24). The group will leave Leeds Grammar
school at 8:00 am, arriving at Saratoga about 10:30 am. The first stop will be at the Casino
for about an hour and then on to the spacious park in plenty of time for the first race at 1:00 pm.
Picnicking is encouraged as coolers, lawn chairs and food are allowed into park (no glass). The
bus will depart immediately after the last race and should arrive back to Leeds by 9:00 pm. The
full price of $35.00 includes the bus trip (a/c and bathroom – King Ward), tip to driver, raffles on
the bus and admission to the park. For more information on Saratoga and the famous Race Course
visit http://www.saratoga.com/
Call Jim Mias at 584-1623 for more details.  Saratoga trips have a tendency to sell out fast.

Leeds Tag Sale

The Leeds Civic Assoc. has rescheduled the  annual village-
wide Tag Sale for Saturday, June 16, from 8:00 – 12.
We are expecting large crowds so please put out your treasures
and welcome mast for our visitors.
We will post a large sign at the intersection near Clementine
and we encourage you to post signs at the entrances to your
streets where possible.

Have fun and good luck w/ your sales!

3rd Annual Hotel Bridge Bike Ride

43 riders enjoyed the 3rd Annual Bike Ride for the Leeds Hotel Bridge that was held May 20th. Starting at Chart-Pak the 25 miles route went to Outlook farm and back and the 50 mile route went the 25 mile route came back to Chart-Pak and then went to Conway.
Even thou it got hot later on in the day-it was perfect weather early in the morning when the riders started out and no one going to complain after the rainout last year. Many of the riders commented on how easy it was to follow the paint that marked the route-and the smiley faces that meant a hill was coming up

James Montgomery representing the Mass Bike organization  asked riders to fill out forms and gave t-shirts and numerous bike accessories away if you registered with MassBike.
Joe’s Garage in Haydenville which I’m told is a very good place to go if your into bikes, had a group of riders. Also a few riders were there and told us about a another bike ride for cancer victims called Steph’s Wild Ride, coming up June 2nd-I’m told it’s long ride but doesn’t have the hills like our does

The two people that are responsible for putting on this great fund raiser are Alice Badecker and Stephy Cho. Beside organizing, advertising, promoting, getting donations for all the food and drink, they also went over all the routes(10, 25, 50 miles) and picked up and swept where they thought it need it- they did this the night before from 5 til 10:30 pm- 5 and ½ hours.

We are hoping that all the people that helped out this year will return next year and if you missed the fun this year…look for the ride next May. It is usually run during Bike Week.  Remember we are raising funds for the historic preservation of the Leeds Hotel Bridge that connect Water Street and Main street.