The Mentelle Neighborhood Association will be holding our fall meeting at 7pm Tuesday 
October 21st in the cafeteria of Ashland Elementary. Signs should be going up soon.


Items on the agenda include:

1. In a very interesting turn of events BOTH of the candidates for Urban County Council
district 3 (that is us) are MNA members. Diane Lawless and Eric Thomason have agreed to 
make short presentations and answer questions. If you would like to submit questions in 
advance that is fine or simply come and ask yourself. This is a great opportunity to get 
to know our neighbors, one of which will soon be our councilperson.

2. Treasurers report. We have money in the bank! How to spend some of it will be a topic 
for discussion. Social event(s), Project(s), Idea(s)?

3. Reports from other board members.

4. Nomination of board members. We need volunteers! The most critical need is for someone 
to take over the newsletter. Gary Logsdon has moved out of the neighborhood and resigned 
from the board. He teamed up with Jim Shambu at the inception of the MNA and they have 
produced top quality flyers and newsletters. Jim has agreed to continue layout of the 
Mentelle Median but we NEED someone to get the content and ads together (primary) and 
handle printing and distribution (secondary).

Additionally we are still looking for someone(s) to handle social events.

5. Election of board members.

6. Membership renewals will begin for 2009. Bring cash or your checkbook and Richard Coles 
can get you signed up.

7. Neighborhood concerns. Traffic Engineering has finished their report on the intersection 
of Cramer and Richmond Avenues. It looks like there will be a 4-way stop installed there as 
soon as the council approves. Hopefully I will know more by the meeting.

8. Q&A


If there are any other issues you would like to see discussed please let me know. We are 
going to keep this meeting to under 90 minutes.

I hope to see everyone there!

Lewis

First Annual MNA
SUNDAY STROLL
Sunday, June 22
2 to 5 p.m.
 
ENJOY Community
CHAT with Neighbors
SEE Beautiful Gardens
COOL with Lemonade
FIND the New Trees
WIN a Rain Barrel
 
 
We suggest you start the Mentelle Neighborhood Association Sunday Stroll at 
118 North Hanover Ave., home of Richard and Vivian Coles.  
There you will see how they use rain barrels for water run-off. 
PURCHASE your raffle ticket to win a beautiful oak rain barrel donated by Woodford Reserve. 
Pick up a map of the gardens and porches and start strolling!
 
See neighborhood map at:  MNA map
 
RAIN BARRELS:
118 N. Hanover Ave.  Richard and Vivian Coles
See thier use of rain barrels for water run-off  --  buy your raffle ticket for your own beautiful oak rain barrel
 
 
GARDENS:
147 N. Hanover Ave.   Charley and Mary Ann Murray
Waterlilly pond, use of small space
 
178 N. Hanover Ave.   Linda Angelo and Larry Porter
Meet Maryam Kaykavoosi, a designer who, together with Linda, imagined this garden into being
 
127 N. Ashland Ave.   Rich Milich
Front yard landscaped by Henkel-Denmark
 
808 Aurora Ave.   Helen Martin
Smell the magnolias!
 
4 Mentelle Park  Sylvia Griffin
Enjoy her perennial garden along the brick wall. Rest on a stone bench in the back yard.
 
39 MentellePark   Janet Howard
33 years of designing, developing, digging, and still going….
 
Notice the Mentelle median garden tended by Ursula Boehnert (donations and assistance appreciated)
 
54 Mentelle Park  Chad and Christy Buckner
Kid-friendly back yard
 
720 Aurora Ave.  Chet Perry
Native plants, wildlife habitat, organic practices, edible ornamentals
 
309 Given Ave.  Esther Hurlburt and Mike Mullinix
Water feature, raised beds, a “garden room”
 
 
PORCHES:
10 Mentelle Park  Roland and Joy Hyatt
Victorian front porch and back yard garden
 
915 Cramer Ave.  Ron and Vickie Mitchell
Big old-fashioned porch with swing
 
317 Given Ave   The Shambhus
Children’ activities, treehouse
 
STREET TREES:
Find the newly planted shade trees during your walk. 
Locate them on Walton, Hambrick, Aurora, Given, N. Hanover, Cramer, and Mentelle Park 
by the green signs stapled to the tree stakes.

The second 2008 issue of our newsletter, The Mentelle Median, has been delivered to all addresses in the neighborhood. Featured in this issue are Beautification Committee news and MORE! As always the current issue can be found at the link at the bottom of this page.

Spring General Meeting Tuesday March 11 @ 7:00pm. @ Ashland Elementary (cafeteria). Agenda to include open topics, spring beautification projects (flowers, trees, rain garden and sidewalks) and 2008 membership drive.

The current issue of the Mentelle Median has a full page of beautification news. For those on a slow connection here is a link to just that page: Current Newsletter Page 3

The Fayette Neighborhood Council announcing a general meeting on Monday March 10th, 7pm at the First Christian Church, 1305 Audubon Avenue. This meeting will concern the impact the EPA consent decree will have on Lexington neighborhoods and individuals. More information can be found here FCNC Anouncement

Renew your membership for 2008!! Fill in this Membership Application and mail in $10 yearly fee to Richard Coles, 118 North Hanover Ave, Lexington KY 40502. Please be sure and fill out the interest column for this year's directory!

The first 2008 issue of our newsletter, The Mentelle Median, is currently being delivered to all addresses in the neighborhood. Featured in this issue are Beautification Committee news, 3rd district candidate profiles and MORE! As always the current issue can be found at the link at the bottom of this page.

Interested in participating in a neighborhood-wide sidewalk repair project? Interested parties share the expense and labor of replacing cracked concrete sidewalks. Email us or attend March meeting to learn more!

MNA is currently applying for grants for trees in the neighborhood. If interested email Marilyn at mrswan@gmail.com or greenstuff@mentelle.org.

Want to join a flower exchange? Or participate in a neighborhood flower planting project? Email Linda at angelfish@qx.net or greenstuff@mentelle.org.

Have a lot of excess water in your area and want to learn more about rain gardens and how they might absorb some of your runoff? Email Larry at larryporter@kctcs.edu or greenstuff@mentelle.org.

The Aylesford Neighborhood Association has invited us to a candidate forum of all the candidates running for Dick Decamp's 3rd district city council seat this up coming May primary. All of the candidates have agreed to attend and answer questions. The candidates are as follows: Diane Lawless, Don Pratt, Jonathon Rogers, Eric Thomason, and Gary Weston. This one time event is being held on Tuesday, March 25, 7:00 PM at Woodland Christian Church on the corner of Kentucky Ave and High St.