Lexington, Kentucky
Don’t miss this free event Saturday in our neighborhood. There will be local food and beer, more than 20 community and green-living vendor boots, a native plant exchange and a dozen workshops about everything from bicycle maintenance to keeping chickens. For more information, go to Bluegrass Greensource’s website: BgGreenSource.org.
A big thank you to everyone who assisted with the Mentelle Median clean up. We had nine neighbors brave the cold and damp on Saturday morning! All the beds are weeded and mulched except the last bed on the Cramer end, new trees have been mulched and tree limbs trimmed at the historic marker location. Special thanks to Madison Fortune who nourished us with hot chocolate.
Our median is looking great and ready for the historic marker dedication!
-Jill DeBoltA reminder that this Saturday morning, May 14, at 9am, we will all be gathering to clean up the median. Please bring your gardening gloves and any tools that might be helpful.
If it is raining at 9am, we will wait and begin once it stops and dries out a bit.
Please attend a dedication ceremony for the Mentelle Neighborhood’s new Kentucky Historical Society marker at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, in the first median of Mentelle Park near Richmond Road. Mayor Jim Gray, Vice Mayor Steve Kay and Third District Council Member Jake Gibbs plan to be there.
After brief remarks, we will move to nearby Bell House, 545 Sayre Ave., for a short history program that includes an “interview” with our neighborhood’s senior resident, Martha Jane Stone, who has lived in the same house on Cramer Avenue since 1933. She will talk about some of her memories of the neighborhood and how it has changed over the years.
The history program will be followed at about 3 p.m. by the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s semi-annual membership meeting.
The Kentucky Historical Society has issued a press release about our new historic marker, which you can read at this link.
Thanks to everyone who planned and came out for the Mentelle Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt and Book Swap this morning.
Date: March 26
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Mentelle Park Median, near Cramer Avenue
Bring a book and take a book. Or, if you have several books you would like to donate to the book swap, please drop them off on the porch of 726 Cramer, March 21 through Friday evening, March 25.
Leftover books will be donated to the Friends of The Lexington Public Library. If it is raining at 9:30 a.m. on March 26, the Egg Hunt and Book Swap will be postponed until noon.
Jason Behler is hosting a beer tasting party for Mentelle Neighborhood residents at his home on Thursday evening. See details below.
Date: March 25
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: 26 Cramer Ave.
Bring: 6-pack & small app
RSVP & Beer Sign-up: Jason Behler
(Select Beer from list below)
Details:
My wife, Sarah, and I (and our dog, Luther) would like invite any/all neighbors interested over to our house at 726 Cramer Ave. for a beer tasting and rating event on Friday, March 25 at 7pm. This is my first attempt at something like this so please humor me if the logistics seem off. No prior beer knowledge is necessary, just an open mind and desire to meet and mingle with your neighbors.
We are asking that everyone bring one six pack of one of the listed beers below. The idea is that around three (from each six pack) will be dispersed for a tasting and rating into 1.5 oz. pours. Beers will be divided into styles and numbered with a brief description, but their identities will not be revealed. Everyone will get a sheet to rate or take notes on each beer tasted, and then we will reveal what is what at the end, followed by a raffling off of the leftover beer. Ideally, everyone will take home (approximately) three beers.
Please email these me back at jasonbehler@yahoo.com telling me which six pack (or four pack) you will be contributing. This is the list, all of which I believe can be found at Beer Trappe (Euclid), Liquor Barn (several locations around town), or Shenanigans (S. Broadway). Right now we have 16 beers listed if we get more people, we will add more beers. Hope to see you a week from Friday. Cheers!
Stout
North Coast Old Rasputin (4 pk – 12 oz. bottles) – Jason Behler
Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro –
Founders Breakfast Stout (4 pk – 12 oz. bottles) – Caryn Huber
Bell’s Expedition Stout –
IPA
West 6th IPA –
Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker (4pk – 16 oz. cans) – Greg Huber
Bells Hopslam –
Rhinegist Truth –
Pilsner
Sierra Nevada Nooner –
Sixpoint The Crisp –
Victory Prima Pils –
Oscar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils –
Wheat/Blonde
Avery White Rascal –
Bells Oberon –
Country Boy Cougar Bait –
North Coast Scrimshaw –
Read below or click to download Mentelle Park Assoc Newsletter
What’s Going On In your Neighborhood?
Easter in the Park
The popular Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m. on the Mentelle Park median. Plenty of eggs will be available for the finding. Please meet near 54 Mentelle Park.
Reminders Regarding the Egg Hunt:
Book Swap During Egg Hunt
Bring a book and take a book. Or, if you have several books you would like to donate to the book swap, please drop them off on the porch of 726 Cramer, March 21 through Friday evening, March 25.
Leftover books will be donated to the Friends of The Lexington Public Library. If it is raining at 9:30 a.m. on March 26, the Egg Hunt and Book Swap will be postponed until noon.
Additional Dates to Put on Your Calendar:
March 25: Beer Tasting. Email the social chair Caryn Huber for details
May 22: Historical Marker Dedication, historical panel discussion and general membership meeting. Time, location and other details will be announced soon.
September 18: Mentelle Neighborhood Home Tour. Details to be announced soon.
IN OTHER NEWS
The Mentelle Neighborhood Association has redesigned its website. Among the new features: You can sign up for email updates each time there is a new blog post about news or activities.
Over time, we will be transitioning away from a paper newsletter. Please visit Mentelle.org and sign up with your email address to make sure you are up-to-date on the latest news and neighborhood happenings!
The Mentelle Neighborhood Association has redesigned its website to add information and make it easier for members to stay informed about neighborhood news and activities.
One important addition: You can now register to get an email whenever news is posted to the website.
Board members will be adding information and making improvements as we go along. If you have suggestions, please email Tom Eblen.