Month: December 2020

Thanks to everyone who entered the first Celebrate Winter contest for Mentelle Neighborhood Association members to decorate and light your home. Here are the winners, who receive a gift certificate to a nearby locally owned business.

1 Mentelle Park  Unit F  — Barbara Wagner   Shiny ornaments on bare branches cut through the gloom of a winter’s day.

24 Mentelle Park — Clark Lester and Logan Wilson   An angelic trio looks down on a wonderland of color and light.

25 Mentelle Park — Selma and Eddie Owens   Classic and Classy.

41 Mentelle Park — Kate Smith   Jupiter and Saturn have nothing on these shining heavenly bodies. Or the brilliant reindeer (Florence Lightengale) ready to spring into flight.

42 Mentelle Park — Jill and Ray DeBolt    If we had a pretty arched attic window, we’d decorate it too.

709 Aurora Ave. — Jeremy and Melissa Miller   Wow! Just wow!  

718 Aurora Ave. — Bethany Baxter and Willie Davis   Evergreens and white lights on a cozy cottage brighten the night.

808 Aurora Ave. — Helen Martin    Gotta love a holiday parrot in winter. Or is it a toucan? 

809 Aurora Ave. — Erin (Crum) Johnson    Keep your mitts off the boxes and bows. That nutcracker soldier could land some hard blows.

728 Bullock Place — Tracy and Pat Davis   Lush evergreens and a candle’s gleam in every window make this a home for the holidays.

145 N. Hanover Ave. — Steven and Justine Pickarski   Deck the porch, door, windows, shrubs and tree, ’tis the season to be jolly. 

312 Hanover Court — Chris and Mercedes Harn   Red-bowed wreaths and icicle lights, these are a few of our favorite sights.

811 East Main St. — Kendall Peaks  Wherefore art thou, Santa Claus? The balcony is decorated and awaits your reindeer paws.

Santa Claus toured the Mentelle Neighborhood in his antique hot rod Sunday afternoon, greeting children and hearing their Christmas wishes. Thanks to Chad Walker of The Warehouse Block for arranging Santa’s visit!

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Santa will be driving through Mentelle neighborhood, waving to children and posing for socially distanced photographs on Sunday, Dec. 20, from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m., courtesy of Chad Walker and The Warehouse Block.

But you don’t have to stand out in the cold to watch and wait for the jolly old elf, who will be riding in a red hotrod rather than a sleigh. Parents can use their smart phone or computer to track Santa’s trip through the neighborhood at this website, which will go live Sunday.

Also that afternoon, prizes will be awarded in the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s first “Celebrate Winter” contest for members to decorate and light up their houses and yards for the holidays.

The association spent $500 on gift cards from 13 local restaurants and merchants to reward the best-decorated houses and, more importantly, to support our local businesses to help ensure they’re still around next year when the pandemic ends.

Gift cards were purchased from: Blue Door Smokehouse; Coles on Main; Selma’s Catering; Etchison Florist and Lady Bug; Lucia’s World Emporium; Wilson’s Grocery & Meats; Centered Holistic Health; Mirror Twin Brewing; Rolling Oven Pizza; Popcorn Paradise; Le Petit Delicat; Ruth Hunt Candies; and Sav’s Restaurant & Homemade Ice Cream.

There’s another batch of new, free books for all ages — advance-reader copies and slightly store-damaged copies — on the porch at 52 Mentelle Park.  Please stop by and help yourself.

You have two more days to enter the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s  “Celebrate Winter” contest for members to decorate and light up their houses and yards for the holidays. Valuable prizes — gift certificates to nearby merchants — will be awarded in several categories. This is a great opportunity for pandemic creativity.  Show off your elegance! Indulge your inner Griswold!

Entry deadline is end of the day December 12, and decorations will be judged after December 16.  Click here to download the entry form.

Winners will be announced and prizes awarded December 20. That afternoon, from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m., the Warehouse Block management has arranged for Santa to tour the neighborhood in an antique hotrod with socially distanced greetings for kids.

Santa will be driving through Mentelle neighborhood, waving to children and posing for socially distanced photographs on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, courtesy of Chad Walker and The Warehouse Block.

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association is sponsoring a “Celebrate Winter” contest for members to decorate and light up their houses and yards for the holidays. Valuable prizes will be awarded to local merchants, including  Blue Door Smokehouse, Ruth Hunt Candy, Epping’s on Eastside restaurant, Popcorn Paradise, Petite Delicat, Twin Mirror Brewing, Rolling Oven Pizza, Centered, Lucia’s World Emporium, Wilson’s Grocery and Meats and Selma’s Catering.

The contest entry deadline is December 12, and decorations will be judged on December 16. Prizes will be awarded during Santa’s drive-by tour.  Click here to download the entry form, and good luck!