The Summer Newsletter is now online in living color.

Don't forget the July General Meeting on Thursday, July 9th. 7PM in the Lutz's backyard, 1118 N. Freeman. Sodas and pizza as usual.

Saturday night in the 16th Street Cul-de-Sac. Movies, popcorn and fun. Come a little early and see a spectacular dance exhibition, the movies start at dark.
Flier here or click on the marquee above.

The 2009 Com-Link Neighborhood Hero Award was presented to Washington Square's Tom Lutz in a ceremony June 25th. Tom is a lifelong Washington Square resident who has actively participated in Santa Ana affairs and WSNA since it was founded in the 1980's.

Throughout his involvement, Tom remains a driving force.. He is passionate about keeping the neighborhood clean and grafitti-free and initiated the innovative trash can pilot program. In fact, he emptied all the cans himself every Sunday while fundraising for permanent cement cans. He also spearheads the WSNA Neighborhood Clean-Up twice a year.

Tom could be the poster child for this award. Neighborhood Hero awards were established in 1997 to recognize outstanding residents of Santa Ana who demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm toward improving the quality of life in their neighborhood. In years past he has also served on the Santa Ana City Council and the Planning Commission.
The WSNA Board congratulates Tom on this much-deserved recognition.

Tom Lutz, WSNA President Nancy Lutz and former WSNA President Lynnette Verino at the award ceremony

Here's one the real-estate agents aren't going to like. The SAPD has signed up to list crimes committed in the city on crimemapping.com. Once a day statistics are uploaded and can be mapped, sorted and printed on the site. You can make pretty graphs and charts sorting by crime type. They even will send email alerts when a crime is posted with the criteria you set. Just go to the site, enter your address and zoom in. For a long time bloggers and newspapers have been bugging the SAPD to release current statistics, now we may get more than we really want.

The 2009 Wine Walk was a lot of fun for everyone who strolled Lowell on Saturday May 16th. Thanks to everyone who helped out and brought savory snacks. Our special thanks to the volunteer members of the Orange County Wine Society who share their knowledge with the neighborhood. We'd like to recognize again the donors of our gift baskets that make the raffle possible: Lynnette Verino, WSNA Vice President, Mel Steiner, Santa Ana Realty, Dan Bough, J.R. Gibson/Century 21 Realty, Sarah Covarrubias, Seven Gables Real Estate and Monica Martinez, State Farm Insurance. Click here to view the program. The photo gallery is quite large. Allow time for the thumbnail images at the bottom to load. It will play as a slide show or you can navigate yourself with the arrows or click on the thumbnail images. The icon on the lower left will give you a full screen view.

It's time once again to step up and support your neighborhood association Download the membership flyer here. Cut off the coupon, fill it out and send it in with your check. It's a great time to indicate that you'd like to get involved with your association or help with events. We need your help. Also please fill in your email address. WSNA would like to be able to communicate updates and calls to action via email. Don't worry we won't use your address for anything other than information about Washington Square. As the letter explains, WSNA is now a 501c3 corporation which means contributions and memberships can be tax deductible. New this year, you can also pay with your credit card, see the membership page. We hope to hear from you soon!! And we thank all of you that have already stepped up and sent in your contribution. Check out our 2009 membership roster here!!

Upcoming Community Events

The Zoo's great sunset Summer concert series wraps up July 19th. It's a lot of fun & great music for $10. (Free cookies too!) Flyer Zoo website. Check out the Zoo Myspace page for pictures of past events and concerts.

The Alan Anderson Award will be awarded again soon, will it be your home? Click for the current winner.

The Washington Square neighborhood is located in the northern part of the beautiful city of Santa Ana, California. This site is here to provide you with information about our upcoming events, our residents, history and the beautiful homes and gardens that make up our neighborhood. The Washington Square Neighborhood Association is our voice.

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