Author: Tom Eblen

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, 162 N. Ashland Ave. The meeting room entrance is at the rear of the main building. Any MNA member is welcome to attend.

This from Lisa F. Smith, a public affairs manager with Columbia Gas:

The Columbia Gas pipeline replacement project is progressing. Testing on the mainline on North Ashland and Cramer will be done next week. Crews will also be posting No Parking signs along Mentelle Park next week in preparation for the new mainline installation there.

Janet Howard sent some nice photos from the Easter Egg hunt April 16. Enjoy!

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The annual flower sale has begun at Heritage Baptist Church, 163 N. Ashland Ave. The sale features a wide selection of hanging baskets and bedding plants. The sale is until 6 p.m. today, 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday. Come get some great plants and support one of our neighborhood’s three houses of worship.

From Mentelle Median Committee Chair Jill DeBolt:

The Mentelle median had a very successful work day this morning!  Thanks to a great team, almost all the beds are weeded and mulched, and progress has been made on cleaning out the natural garden.  A big thank you to the following neighbors for donating more than 30 hours of sweat equity:  Ray and Jill DeBolt, Tom Eblen, Krista Giancarlo, Janet Howard, Tom Lillich, Vikki Mitchell, Barb Wagner, Shirley Warren.  Also, thanks to Gil Dunn for the use of his trailer to haul mulch.

Join your neighbors at 10 a.m. today for a couple of hours of Mentelle Median cleanup and garden work to get our official city park ready for spring. We want to get the flower beds in shape before the weeds start growing too much. We hope to see you there!

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday (April 20) at the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, 162 N. Ashland Ave. (Meeting room entrance is around back of the main building.) Any MNA member is welcome to attend.

Join your neighbors at 10 a.m. Saturday (April 23) for a couple of hours of Mentelle Median cleanup and garden work to get our official city park ready for spring. We want to get the flower beds in shape before the weeds start growing too much. We hope to see you there! (Who knows; you may even find some leftover Easter candy.)

The annual Mentelle Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, the day before Easter.  Kim Naujokas will send out details about the event and how you can donate filled plastic eggs for our neighborhood children to find that morning.

To get ready for the egg hunt, the Mentelle Median Committee leaders have planned two cleanup days for our  neighborhood’s public park. These will be mainly to clean up sticks and other tree debris and get the flower beds ready for summer. The cleanup sessions will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, and at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15. Everyone’s help is appreciated.

One more suggestion: Add some bending and stretching exercises to your daily walk around the neighborhood. Take along a plastic bag and pick up trash that has accumulated over the winter.

Thanks to everyone who came out today for the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s Mardi Gras Celebration! Special thanks to organizer Kim Naujokas (with help from Justin); Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe for donating the king cake; Kenwick Table for donating hot chocolate and coffee; and hay wagon driver extraordinaire Gil Dunn. Also, thanks to everyone who donated to help make this event possible.

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