The Colonial Hills Civic Association

Please sign up, using our SignUpGenius, for Luminary Kits Assembly, Saturday, December 6, starting at 10:00 AM.

We hope to be completed with our assembly tasks by around 11:00 AM, the same as last year, when 29 adult and 13 youth volunteers, completed assembly for 902 kits for our 826 homes in Colonial Hills at 10:50 AM, one of the fastest times on record. Volunteers for any task can include any youth middle-school age or older, and this event is an excellent opportunity for high school seniors to add one missing CHCA event credit for their scholarship application in 2025 before their schedule fills up.

Please sign up for one of these positions:

• Inside the shelter house component assembly (up to 2 volunteers per each of the 8 workstations)
• Outside the shelter house component assembly (up to 9 volunteers, plus the Event Chair)
• Bundling supervisor (1 volunteer)
• Pea gravel shovelers (up to 8 volunteers), who are requested to bring their own standard-size, pointed-tip garden shovel. There will be teams of two people at each of the 4 shoveling station chairs. Each shoveling team can decide how long each member will shovel, while the other team member holds open the grocery bags (team members could switch roles halfway through)
• Bundles concierge (1 volunteer)
• Take down / clean up (1 volunteer)

The same as the previous three years, signing up via our SignUpGenius for a given position and arriving about 5 to 10 minutes before 10:00 AM, will reserve this position for you. After all reserved positions have been filled, we will assign those volunteers who didn’t sign up beforehand, to fill any remaining inside and outside positions — and please note that we very much appreciate all volunteers, whether previously signed up or not, and we have always been able to find a position for everyone.

Dunkin’ donuts, coffee and hot chocolate will be served, and plenty of hand sanitizer will be provided inside the shelter house.

Regarding the Trustees picking up their bundles of kits for their Districts: We are asking the Trustees to start coming over no earlier than 11:30 AM on Saturday morning to pick up their bundles, so as not to increase the number of people present in the shelter house area during the kit assembly timeframe, which is expected to be 10:00 AM to about 11:30 AM, especially if it is not raining too hard that day.

Light Your Luminaries! Our luminary display evening will be Sunday, December 14, starting at 7:00 PM per the instructions which will be enclosed in each resident’s luminary kit.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or if you encounter any difficulty using our event’s SignUpGenius.

Thank you,
Will Pearce, Luminaries Event Chair
365 S. Selby Blvd
614-888-8236
willpearce@columbus.rr.com

On November 10, Boundless hosted a meeting in the gymnasium on their campus, 445 E. Dublin Granville Rd, for Elford to share their proposed development plans which had been updated based on feedback from many groups for the purchased Boundless property, to build Class A multi-family housing.

Joseph Davy, Boundless Chief Financial Officer, representing Patrick Maynard, Boundless President and CEO, opened the meeting, and stated that Boundless has always been consistent about not opening the gate at Indianola to anything but emergency access, and there is no intention in the development plans to have any through-traffic connection of SR161 to Indianola. Mr. Davy then turned the meeting over to Mike Fitzpatrick, CEO of Elford and President of Elford Development, to review the development plans which Elford had updated from the June 19, 2025 presentation, and to answer any questions/comments from the audience.

Approximately 70 residents attended the meeting, mostly from Colonial Hills, but some were from residential areas to the northwest, such as E. New England Ave. Also, at least four current and/or newly-elected Worthington City Council members were in attendance.

Mr. Fitzpatrick began by explaining that he and his design team had promised to listen to the concerns expressed by residents at the June 19 meeting, and the updated plans were drawn from a blank slate, based on this feedback, and are specific to this site, one of the lowest density projects Elford has worked on. He stated that commitments made in the final version of the plans will run with property.

Mr. Fitzpatrick noted that the main changes from the June 19 version of the plans were:

• The two apartment buildings closest to Park Overlook were reduced from three to two stories, and that the distance between Park Overlook and these two buildings had been increased to be 92 feet from the property line.
• There are separate drives and traffic circles to help traffic to Boundless vs. traffic to the apartments.
• The design for the apartments, with the high pitch of the 2-story roofs, attempts to match the Colonial Hills residential neighborhood. Also, the design of cedar shake and white windows is trying to be consistent with other Boundless buildings.
• The carriage houses on the west side of the development are intended to create a separation from Boundless.
• The walking path through the site is designed to keep pedestrians out of the Boundless area and people’s homes.
• The design reflects a commitment to landscaping, including keeping as many signature trees as possible, and to protecting the stream corridor.

Also, Mr. Fitzpatrick discussed some additional design details:

• This is a Class A Planned Development, with 246 apartment units, comprised of 12 studio apartments, 136 1-br apartments, 64 2-br apartments, 24 2-br apartments with 2 baths, home office and covered parking, and 10 1-br carriage units above the garages (there are no units being built as 3-br apartments) — and with a pool, fitness center and co-working space.
• The development will be on 23 acres; thus, 246 apartments divided by 23 acres equals approximately 11 apartments per acre.
• Parking will be provided, without variances.
• The production schedule will be approximately 18 months.
• The number of estimated residents is 330, and estimated cars parked is 369. 1.5 parking spaces per unit is a standard metric. A traffic study will be done with the city.

Mr. Fitzpatrick then opened the meeting for audience questions/comments and answers, which part of the meeting lasted about an hour. Unless otherwise noted, the answers were given by Mr. Fitzpatrick. These Q. (and/or comments) and A. are summarized as follows in the chronological order of their discussion:

• Q. Price points/affordability? A. Example: approximately $2/sq. ft. times an 800 sq. ft. apartment equals approximately $1,600 rent/month. However, price points are not yet worked out.
• Q. Upgrading / keeping apartments current? A. Planned for every 16 years or so, to protect Elford’s investment.
• Q. Harding Hospital used Indianola for their contractors, with the nightmare of large trucks speeding down Indianola. A. There will be no construction traffic on Indianola.
• Q. Pet friendly? A. Yes, very, with a pet walking area.
• Q. Where will the boundaries be? A. The submission to the City will be very clear as to where the boundaries are. Any commercial uses along the sides are not in the development plan.
• Q. Will Park Overlook inevitably become a parking area due to apartment residents looking for a convenient parking area? A. The City could address this issue of enforcing non-Colonial-Hills residents parking there.
• Q. Possibility of 4-story apartments that back up to the ravine? A. Not likely, since a 4-story building forces an elevator and other development changes (air-conditioned hallways, etc.) that push price points beyond optimal for Elford.
• Q. This development means approximately 1,000 people will be added to the neighborhood. A. No reply given.
• Q. A Planned Use Development (PUD) is a unique zoning that a developer applies for, and is the way The Hartford at Stafford Village and other such developments are done. A. No reply given.
• Q. Rain storm water runoff? A. The planned Storm Water Management System (SWMS) will be better than the currently-existing runoff, but because of the Boundless clientele, the SWMS must be underground.
• Q. Plans to open a west entrance? A. None.
• Q. Plans to widen SR161? A. The plan must make the traffic work for Boundless and the apartment residents.
• Q. Concerns about number of young families for the schools. A. During the public process, the schools look at the mix of anticipated residents to estimate the number of young children. There will not be many 3-br apartments, and no playground area, which should greatly reduce the number of young children.
• Q. The school district said 21% of the apartments would have families with such children. (246 apartments times 21% means approximately 52 families with kids.) A. This will be part of the public discussion.
• Q. To permanently solve the problem of access, such that future City Councils will never give in to pressures to open Indianola to SR161 and Proprietors Rd, we need to figure out alternate access points along SR161. (This is related to another resident’s comment that historically, MORPC had shown Indianola open on a past version of their map.) A. The traffic study, part of the public process, will show the impact to what exists today. What is in the zoning will be legally binding.
• Q. An estimate shows 1700 trips per day, which SR161 cannot handle. A. Elford will bring a traffic engineer to the public meetings.
• Q. Minimum lease requirements? A. Minimum will be 12 months, but residents for Elford’s apartments average 5 to 6 years.
• Q. Can Elford police unauthorized over population in their apartments? A. Yes, Elford manages this very well.
• Q. Some Elford developments, such as NCR at Stafford are unique and colorful, but the apartments in the plan look like typical apartments without curb appeal bordering many Columbus streets – can these apartments be more distinct and separate, or better screened off from Park Overlook? A. No reply from Mr. Fitzpatrick, but another resident noted that they were unable to rent at Stafford because this upscale development had an upscale cost of about $6,000/month rent.
• Q. Does Elford manage all the apartments they develop? A. Elford has 2,000 apartments in Central Ohio, about 95% of which are managed by Elford.
• Q. Will there be elevators in the buildings? A. None are planned, even for the 3-story buildings.
• Q. Will you use tax abatements? A. Yes, Elford is working for tax abatements.
• Q. Will you let the CHCA approve your plans? A. One of our CHCA members present answered this question by noting that the CHCA is not a political organization, that the CHCA is a 501(c)(3).

After the above last question from the audience had been asked, Mr. Fitzpatrick concluded the formal part of the meeting by stating that Boundless/Elford will be sharing updated plans with the community in conjunction with sharing these plans with the City. The meeting then continued informally for about another half hour, with residents asking additional questions of Mr. Fitzpatrick and members of Elford’s design team.

Note: The above statements-made-at-the-meeting report is the consensus understanding of the CHCA Board members and other CHCA members who regularly attend CHCA meetings, who attended this meeting. For analysis of what the Boundless/Elford plans discussed at the meeting mean for Colonial Hills, a Colonial Hills resident may wish to join and access the Colonial Hills Advocate Together (CHAT) Facebook Group.

Let’s all give a Hip Hip Hooray to Event Chair Brittany Smith, who made the 2025 Halloween Party the Best Ever! Brittany gathered all of the candy for the 125-150 trick-or-treaters, and selected some amazing crafts for kids of all ages — even big kids enjoyed making the Bat and Witch Cauldron Shaker Ornaments and the Halloween Pendant Necklaces, not to mention the Fuzzy Doorknob Hangers, Ghost Kid Magnets and Halloween Spider Glasses. In addition to crafts, kids tried their hands at rolling the Giant Dice, Halloween Plinko and the Spooky Ball Toss, where everyone was a winner!!

Thanks to our CHCA VP/Events Alan Miroslaw who posted and publicized this event, we were able to staff not only the craft table and games but also had 9 candy stations with treats!! I want to thank each and every volunteer who participated in making this Halloween Party a success — this would not have been possible without you!!! And speaking of volunteers, we are looking for a Co-Chair for the Halloween Party for 2026 — please consider throwing your “broom” into the ring for this wonderful volunteer opportunity.

Finally, please join me in giving a HUGE thank you to Cynthia MacKenzie and CYMACK Real Estate for providing 150 pumpkins to create Colonial Hills’ very own Great Pumpkin Patch!! Not only did Cynthia transform Selby Park into Pumpkin-Ville, but she provided all those fantastic Trick or Treat Bags, along with a spot for photo ops, complete with hay bales and gorgeous mums.

Halloween 2025 is In the Books!! Thank you, Colonial Hills, for bringing your trick or treaters and joining in the fun of this annual event!!

(And please enjoy the photos with these captions – please click the “Continue reading” link below to see these pics which have the descriptions given below – photographer credit: CHCA Webmaster, unless credited otherwise to Barbara Schwartz-Lilly)

_01 The Pumpkin Patch
_02 The Crafts Table
_03 Preparing the Games Table
_04 At the Games Table – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_05 At the Games Table #2 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_06 Showing their Pumpkins – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_07 At the Games Table #3 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_08 The Crafts Table #2 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_09 Little Pumpkin – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_10 Showing their Pumpkins #2 – Credit: Barbara Schwartz-Lilly
_11 Bouncy Dice Game
_12 Spooky Ball Toss
_13 Collecting Treats
_14 Collecting Treats #2
_15 Giant Spider and Event Chair Brittany in Background
_16 Enjoying the Party
_17 At the Fire Truck
_18 At the Fire Truck #2
_19 Trucks, Pumpkins, and Prez Leslie (Back to Camera)

Boundless and Elford are inviting the Colonial Hills neighborhood to their campus, 445 E. Dublin Granville Rd, to share their proposed development plan which has been updated based on feedback from many groups. Please see the blogpost Boundless/Elford Development Presentation – June 19, 2025 for details, including the drawing, for the Boundless/Elford development plan previously presented on June 19.

Everyone is asked to consider attending this meeting – given the potential impact of higher density housing on our community, you may be interested in listening carefully and sharing your opinion.

Directions to the meeting: head to the Boundless administration building (to the right of the Health Center when you drive in), and Boundless will then assist you to the meeting area.

The CHCA along with local Scouts will be collecting food Saturday morning, November 8.

Please leave your donations on your porch by 8:30 AM, along with the flyer dropped off at your home. Please make sure the donation items are placed in an area that is visible from the street.

Alternatively, if you wish, you can drop off your items at the Selby Park shelter house from 9:00 AM to 10:0 AM

The most needed items are:

• Canned goods
• Ready to eat meals
• Beans, rice, chicken, broths
• Cereal and peanut butter
• Personal hygiene items

Please drive with care on Saturday morning with the many volunteers crossing our streets to pick up the food-drive donations.

Drum roll please!

The winners of the Neighborhood Halloween Decorating contest are:

Spookiest: 363 Loveman – A classic graveyard with a ghost moving to the neighbor’s yard and back.

Friendliest: 322 Loveman – Caribbean pirates.

Most Creative: 215 E Selby – The Dead Zeppelin band is back together again, after death! The hanging ghosts are awesome and the crescent moon behind them is beautiful (no credit to the homeowner for the moon 🙂 ).

Best Effects: 5778 Hartford – Which witch moves? Go by and see. Spooky music too, so roll down the windows if you are viewing from your car. Yes, the judges drive down every single street..

Best Activity: 519 N Selby – Soccer Skeletons at play. The judges couldn’t find a real activity, but these skeletons are very active!

And Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:

1. 332 Colonial, Mowed over Skeletons
2. 291 E Selby, March of the Skeleton Army
3. 417 Kenbrook, Wizard of Oz, no pic, got home and it was underexposed
4. 308 Loveman, Ghastly Glowing Ghosts
5. 287 Loveman, Creepy Twins and Murder Icons
6. 176 Loveman, Glowing abdomen Arachnids
7. 524 Colonial, Monster House
8. 525 Colonial, Arachnid Infestation
9. 368 Park, Skeletal Block Party
10. 492 Kenbrook, Disco Daft Punkins

There are many other great decorations, the judges thanked everyone for making the choices so hard.

(Photos for the winners are below (Photo Credits: Secret Judges) – please click the “Continue reading” link below to see these pics which have the following descriptions)

_01 Spookiest
_02 Friendliest
_03 Most Creative
_04 Best Effects
_05 Best Activity

On June 19, Boundless hosted a meeting in the gymnasium on their campus, 445 E. Dublin Granville Rd, for Elford to preview plans for development of the purchased Boundless property, to build Class A multi-family housing.

Partick Maynard, Boundless President and CEO, welcomed the approximately 15 Colonial Hills residents who attended, and turned the presentation over to Mike Fitzpatrick, CEO of Elford and President of Elford Development. Please refer to the image below for the rendered site plan as of May 7, 2025, posters for which were displayed at various locations around the gymnasium for reference by the audience.

As understood by the Colonial Hills Civic Association (CHCA) residents who attended, and as observed in the posters, Mr. Fitzpatrick explained that the development would consist of 246 units, configured in 3-story apartment buildings, with a mix of studio, 1 and 2-bedroom apartments. These 3-story buildings could be located at different grades, so their exact heights have not yet been determined. Three building lots for single-family homes are planned at the southeast corner of the Boundless property.

Mr. Fitzpatrick explained that there also will be a separate 1-story clubhouse, and that this Class A development is planned to include a pool, a courtyard, a fitness center and a community center, usable to all the residents, with all construction built with high-quality materials.

Mr. Fitzpatrick also stated that the overall development configuration would include a traffic circle, with adequate parking per market use, and no neighborhood overflow or parking variances. There will be a walking path through the development, and possibly sidewalks. There will be no access into the development via Indianola Avenue, except for emergency vehicles.

Construction is planned to be performed during daytime working hours, with access only via E Dublin Granville Rd (SR 161). Traffic studies with the City of Worthington will be done.

A follow-up presentation is planned for later this year, and will include elevations and sight lines.

After the presentation, residents individually viewed the posters and asked their own questions from the Elford staff.

During the September 9, 2025 CHCA meeting, Melissa Rouse, R.N., led a discussion about the Central Ohio Chapter Alzheimer’s Association (“COCAA”). The organization is focused on community outreach, offering three core services:

• Care Consultation
• Education
• Support Groups

Ms. Rouse manages the Central Ohio chapter, which serves the residents of Franklin County. Melissa explained that dementia is an umbrella term for memory loss; that there are different types of dementia, with 70% of dementia cases attributed to Alzheimer’s.

One of COCAA’s primary goals is to help families connect with resources to assist in preparing for the future. Additionally, COCAA provides information on risk factors, early warning signs, how to communicate with someone who has dementia, and how to connect with a support group (there are currently 16 support groups existing in Central Ohio).

Melissa also noted that there is a toll free 24/7 helpline that is available all day, every day — the number is 800.272.3900. In addition, the website ALZ.org provides access to information and resources, such as needs assessment and creating a custom action plan; connecting with other caregivers or people with dementia; and getting information for all stages of the disease. Melissa welcomes calls to her directly as well; her number is 614.643.2135.

Please sign up to help pack Buddy Boxes and join your Colonial Hills neighbors at the Worthington warehouse of the Family Mentor Foundation, 6520 Singletree Dr, Columbus, OH 43229 — on Sunday, August 10, from 1:00-3:00 PM.

Many children who qualify for free lunch or reduced fee lunch at their schools have little to eat at home and return to school after weekends distracted by their hunger and unable to focus on learning.

Family Mentor Foundation’s goal is to bridge the gap; to send these kids home with a Buddy Box every Friday during the school year to alleviate their hunger. A Buddy Box is a box filled with kid-friendly, nutritious, nonperishable, individual sized-food items that are easy for children to eat or prepare on their own. These meals and snacks help sustain children on the weekends when they are not in school.

Please visit Family Mentor Foundation for more information about additional opportunities to volunteer or donate.

Below is a photo of Colonial Hills neighbors after packing Buddy Boxes last year.

A hearty thank you to Overall Event Chair Amanda Rule, her two other Park Overlook committee members Ashley Chaney and Mandie DeWine, and the over 60 other volunteers for a wonderful 4th of July event – an event many would say was even better than last year, which event last year “may well have been the best Colonial Hills 4th of July subsequent to fifty years ago …”

Even better than last year? The overall event chair and her team, and the Event Chairs for the 5K Race Jeff Spain and Courtney Jolley, the Event Chairs for the Kiddie Parade Mary Ann Ogle and Robin Ogle, Emcee Chris Rule, plus Ron Sears, the Midway Master, and the CHCA Officers, all spent months planning for, and then flawlessly executing, our 2025 Fourth of July Extravaganza.

All the delightful activities from last year were back – a double lane slip ‘n’ slide, little kids bounce house, big kids bounce house, dunk tank, face painting, Kona Ice, Cotton Candy, both a youth and an adult watermelon eating contest, and new for this year, the Colonial Hills Cub Scout Pack 331 providing the food – burgers, hot dogs, chips and pop, and of course, the midway games and activities.

Games, games and more games: the traditional games Plinko, Go Fish, Duck Pond, Ring Toss, Lollipop Tree; Ron’s new games and activities from last year Bubble Whack, Riot Ball, Gravity Well and Buttons & Pictures; and Ron’s new games for this year Axe Throw and Air Race ( download an Air Race video here ) – with all games and activities comfortably housed under ten new pop-up tents donated by Ron – and highlighted with Ron’s streamers over the midway as the CHCA’s 79th 4th of July!

Also, a great big thanks to our sponsor Cynthia MacKenzie, CYMACK Real Estate for their generous support of our event.

And a final thank you to Kate LaLonde, Executive Director, Worthington Historical Society (WHS), who researched and edited newspaper articles about the CHCA’s founding and its early 4th of July celebrations into a poster-sized montage PDF, a poster which we proudly displayed this year at our CHCA Suggestions for Next Year tent.
Note: The large 49 megabyte size of this PDF will delay its display by a few seconds.

The winners in our competitions were:

Race Results

The 5k Race Co-Chairs Courtney Jolley and Jeff Spain and their volunteers yet again made this event run like clockwork, from publicity and signup to the runners and walkers competing and enjoying the course thru Colonial Hills, the 46th running of this traditional Colonial Hills event.

We congratulate everyone who participated, and this year we are thrilled to announce the following spectacular times for the overall winning male and female runners:

• Zane Keppler (15:17.44) – a new Run Through the Hills course record!
• Riley Tate (18:18.17) – the 4th best ever female time!

Please click on the links below to view:

• Overall Finish List Results
• Results by Age Group
• Our Race Results Archive, 1998-2025
• Or, select the Race website Results tab for searchable and age-group results

2025 Kiddie Parade Winners, by Category

Long-time Kiddie Parade Chair Mary Ann Ogle, along with her Co-Chair Robin Ogle, again expertly planned and conducted this traditional 4th of July event, which started after the 5k Race awards had been handed out, and as soon as Robin and Mary Ann could organize the participants at the starting line. And as usual, Mary Ann firmly maintained safety for all the participants, by putting the hammer down on the speeding bicyclists who were well ahead of the pack, as these speedsters completed their first lap around Selby Park. And the kids (with maybe some parental assistance) did a great job this year decorating their mode of transportation!

Mary Ann and Robin thank their judges: Jim Kidd, Kay Hoffman, Patrick and Jenna Bracken, Chris Wethington, and Kathy Moore, who took on the hard task of selecting the most festive decorations in the parade for these winners in the following categories:

Bicycles
1st place tie- Eli Thines (6yrs) and Hannah Hughes (6yrs)
2nd place group- Joey (4yrs) Emily (2yrs) Mittelman, Noah (15yrs) Mertz
3rd place tie- Bowen Reed (8yrs) and Elijah Fry (8yrs)

Strollers
1st place- Amy Guerrer (1yr)
2nd place- Brittany Smith (Leo) (23mo)
3rd place- Torre Rehr (14mo)

Scooters
1st place tie- Evelyn White (9yrs) and Iris Johnson (9yrs)
2nd place- Adam (7yrs) and Anthony (4yrs) Long
3rd place- Grant Bednar (3yrs)

Wagons and Floats
1st place- Emma (3yrs) and Sophia (3yrs)
2nd place- Rowan (5yrs) Masie (1yr) Best
3rd place- Miriah (14mo) Ellis

Dogs and Walkers
1st place- Betty (1yr)
2nd place tie- Tommy and Moode

Notes: If you did not collect your prize ribbon at the awards presentation on the 4th, Mrs. Ogle will give your ribbon to you at any Civic Association meeting at the shelter house.
If there are any corrections to this information please e-mail the CHCA webmaster Will Pearce at willpearce@columbus.rr.com

Watermelon Eating Contest Winners, by Category

The firm, but immensely entertaining, judge for the two contests made sure that the following winners were the first in their age group to finish their slice so that absolutely, and indisputably, no red was showing:

Youth- A. Buckley
Adult- Donovan LaDuke

(And now for the photos – please click the “Continue reading” link below to see these pics which have the descriptions given below – photographer credit: CHCA Webmaster, unless credited otherwise to Chris Rule, CHCA VP/Communications)

_01 Runners are being checked in – longstanding volunteer Christine with clipboard
_02 8:28 AM -The runners gather before the start of the race
_03 The runners are on their way for the 46th Annual Run Through the Hills 5k!
_04 Jeff joins the race at the back
_05 Jason crosses the finish line in 2nd place, over 30 seconds ahead of 3rd place runner
_06 9:17 AM – the dunk tank is being filled, and the midway has been provisioned with the traditional games
_07 Overall male and female winners Zane and Riley – Credit: Chris Rule, VP/Communications
_08 Cynthia medals!
_09 Jeff and Courtney have presented medal to Erin R. in female 40 to 49 age group
_10 Natalie has received her first place award, female age 30-39
_11 Lukas, first place male 13-19, has received his medal
_12 Medalists, L to R: Joan, 2nd F 50-59; Taylor, 1st M 60-Over; Suzanne, 2nd F 60-Over; Cynthia, 3rd F 50-59
_13 9:36 AM – Ron, Leslie and Alan work on completing the midway
_14 Robin is getting everyone ready for the start of the Kiddie Parade
_15 A jet bicycle getting ready for takeoff – Credit: Chris Rule, VP/Communications
_16 The Kiddie Parade has started – Credit: Chris Rule, VP/Communications
_17 Chris and Mary Ann loudly preventing speeders
_18 Co-Chairs Robin and Mary Ann begin to present ribbons to the winners (or their parents) for the various categories of the Kiddie Parade
_19 Mary Ann presents a ribbon for first place dogs
_20 First place dog Betty poses for her photo
_21 Kiddie Parade ribbon winners
_22 Kiddie Parade ribbon winners
_23 The CHCA 4th of July midway has opened! – Credit: Chris Rule/VP Communications
_24 The Plinko and Duck Pond games in their midway tents – Credit: Chris Rule/VP Communications
_25 The Riot Ball, Lollipop Tree and Bubble Whack games in their midway tents – Credit: Chris Rule/VP Communications
_26 Jay and inventor Ron with the Air Raid game; Buttons and Pictures at right – Credit: Chris Rule/VP Communications
_27 Face painting – Credit: Chris Rule, CHCA VP/Communications
_28 The double-lane slip ‘n’ slide
_29 Good throwing form, but the ball from the young pitcher is too low …
_30 However, Karen allows a manual assist to complete the dunk!
_31 The mayhem of Bubble Whack, one of Ron’s new games from last year
_32 At the Lollipop Tree
_33 The Riot Balls are rarely all stationary, but contestants are allowed prizes anyway
_34 The volunteers are intent for the success of the Duck Pond contestant’s efforts
_35 The inscrutable results of the traditional game Plinko make it a favorite, year after year
_36 A new favorite from last year is Buttons & Pictures
_37 A contestant collects her prize for the Gravity Well game
_38 Axe Throw is one of Ron’s new games for 2025 – the second axe thrown is wide right!
_39 Gone Fishing is a traditional favorite
_40 The Toddler Bounce House
_41 Brittany monitors the correct number of kids at a time in the Big Kids Bounce House
_42 Chris takes a turn in the dunk tank; the photographer rests in the tent
_43 Relaxing under the Big Tent
_44 Kona Ice
_45 Event Chair Amanda
_46 Colonial Hills Cub Scout Pack 331 provided yummy burgers, hot dogs, chips and pop for the extravaganza – thank you!
_47 Cotton Candy for two celebrants!
_48 A girl wins a sticker in this Girl Scouts activity (see the leader board in background)
_49 Gray Performance Physio
_50 The no-nonsense judge explains that the winner will be the first to have absolutely no red showing on their slice! – Credit: Chris Rule/VP Communications
_51 The youth contestants furiously chomp away at their watermelon slices
_52 And the winner is A. Buckley
_53 The adult contests via for watermelon eating glory
_54 And the winner is Donovan LaDuke – congratulations!
_55 Jay, Leslie and Alan at the Suggestions Tent – come to a CHCA meeting!