Egg hunt is April 16; please donate eggs

Please join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16, at 10 a.m. on the Mentelle Park medians near Cramer Avenue. The egg hunts — one for little kids up to age 4 and one for bigger kids between ages 5 and 10  — begin at 10 a.m. Bigger kids will hunt on the median closest to Cramer and the little ones will hunt on the second median.

No small children in your household? No problem! We hope that all Mentelle Neighborhood residents will come out to socialize with your neighbors and celebrate the beginning of spring. Complimentary coffee will be available courtesy of Nate’s Coffee as well as some delicious donuts. We also will have temporary tattoos for both the kids and those just young at heart.

Donations of eggs are gladly accepted! If you would like to contribute to the event, please bring plastic eggs (preferably filled with a piece of wrapped candy) in a bag to the porch of 29 Mentelle Park no later than Friday, April 15. We would love to have at least 400 eggs to make this a truly fun and special event for the children of the neighborhood.

We hope to see all Mentelle Neighborhood residents there!

Egg hunt, median cleanup dates set

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.

Happy Mardi Gras!

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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Mentelle Mardi Gras is today!

The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is today! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Stay warm with complimentary coffee and hot chocolate courtesy of Kenwick Table as well as delicious king cake from Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe.

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you this afternoon!

Mentelle Mardi Gras is tomorrow!

The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is Saturday! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Stay warm with complimentary coffee and hot chocolate courtesy of Kenwick Table as well as delicious king cake from Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe.

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you Saturday!

Mardi Gras parade is Saturday!

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday afternoon for the Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration! Please join us from 3 – 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of a parade, sweet treats, music, and fun for the whole family awaits you! Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

JOIN THE PARADE

Decorate your car, get some beads and join the parade! If you would like to be part of the action by bringing your own vehicle for the parade, please contact Kim Naujokas at kimnaujokas@yahoo.com. Those who wish to leave their car at home can hop on one of our parade vehicles to take a lap around the neighborhood and throw some beads to neighbors. We will have vehicles for adults (such as the Big Blue Pedaler!) as well as for kids so all can join the fun.

HAVE A TREAT TO CELEBRATE MARDI GRAS

We will have complimentary coffee and hot chocolate courtesy of Kenwick Table as well as delicious king cake from Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe.

MORE FUN!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Mentelle Mardi Gras is back!

From MNA member Kim Naujokas:

On Saturday, February 26, Mentelle Neighborhood residents are invited to get outside, don their best Mardi Gras attire (including a face mask) and catch some beads! A Mardi Gras celebration made up of a parade, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue.

JOIN THE PARADE

Decorate your car, get some beads and join the parade! If you would like to be part of the action by bringing your own vehicle for the parade, please contact Kim Naujokas at kimnaujokas@yahoo.com. Those who wish to leave their car at home can hop on one of our parade vehicles to take a lap around the neighborhood and throw some beads to their neighbors. We will have vehicles for adults (such as the Big Blue Pedaler!) as well as for kids so all can join the fun.

HAVE A MARDI GRAS TREAT

We will have complimentary coffee and hot chocolate courtesy of Kenwick Table as well as delicious king cake from Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe.

MORE FUN!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted! We look forward to seeing you!

Some water mains to be replaced; Zoom meeting planned Monday

Council Member Hannah LeGris’ office has informed us that Kentucky American Water will be replacing 7,500 feet of water mains on the  neighborhood streets north of Cramer Avenue, beginning this month. This will results in some traffic disruptions.

The company supplied two maps of the planned work area, along with two PDF information sheets you can download: One here and one here.

There will be a Zoom meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday (Jan. 31) with water company officials at which neighborhood residents and businesses can get more information and ask questions about the project.

Here is the Zoom link info for the meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86123559384?pwd=d2sxZXNLTEJhNFp4Q1pQZnh5cDBNUT09

Meeting ID: 861 2355 9384

Passcode: 174642

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