The Lake Claire June-July 2019 ClarioThe Lake Claire Neighborhood Newspaper • www.LakeClaire.orgn V.27, #6-7 Girl Scouts’ Activities by Keri Bulloch he Girl Scout Troops at The Girl Scouts program TMary Lin hosted a used focuses on building cour- children’s book drive to cel- age, confidence, and caring. ebrate National Girl Scout Scouts have many adven- week. They placed dona- tures, service, learning, and tion bins at Mary Lin and lots of fun. Over the years, collected over 1000 books, girls discover that there is surpassing their goal of 300 so much more to Girl Scouts books! These gently used than selling cookies! The rich books were then distributed and meaningful scouting ex- to Head Start programs and perience, the skills learned, other local classrooms dedi- and the memories made are cated to educating children sure to last a lifetime. For in low income families. Mary more information about Girl Lin has nearly 80 Girl Scouts Scouts or joining a troop, who reside in the Lake please contact me at keri. Claire, Candler Park, and [email protected]. Inman Park neighborhoods. The Home Team fter the implosion of the and shameful.) AGeorgia Dome in 2017, Camille Pendley, director that don’t really bolster com- that could have possibly been Mercedes-Benz Stadium be- of The Home Team, is a for- to research the stadium deal munity-based organizations. resourced to assist in the de- came the new home for the mer resident of Lake Claire, and what happened dur- They don’t empower those velopment of this community Atlanta Falcons. Since then, and she now lives in Candler ing that period of time, and community organizations to where they’ve been for so the stadium has brought a lot Park. She interviewed Tracy watch the footage that was do the work or to walk along- long. But that opportunity, of hype and money to the city, Bates, a longtime resident of shown in the media, it would side them, the funders, as in my opinion, was not given but what about the neighbors English Avenue, president of seem as if there was noth- they do the work. There are —it was given to a few, and next door? The Home Team Historic Westside Cultural ing being done in the neigh- a lot of people, residents, and those few were highlighted is a documentary film about Arts Council, and a producer borhood prior to the Arthur organizations that have been and publicized, giving the the residents in English Ave- of the film, about why she Blank Family Foundation nue and Vine City, two long- wanted to be a part of The in the community for years [and the Westside Future Cont. on p. 10 neglected neighborhoods Home Team. The interview Fund] getting there. across the street from the has been edited for clarity Arthur Blank promised a new Mercedes-Benz Stadi- and space. Find out more highly publicized $15 million Know Your LCN Officers: um. It is the residents’ story. about how to see and support investment into these neigh- It is also about the unprec- The Home Team below, or at borhoods in 2017. And from Pen Sherwood edented public investment thehometeamfilm.com. what I could see, this was contributed by the city and ghghgh his continues a series in husband, Andrew. Pen spent an investment to further tell the Clarion for you to get a year as VP of Safety and state to the $1.6 billion sta- CP: So Tracy, why did you their own story and make it T dium. (Editor’s note: I want- to know our neighborhood the past eighteen months as want to work on making The seem like they were helping officers. See the February VP of Fundraising. She has ed Lake Claire to be made Home Team? the entire neighborhood. aware of this when I saw the through May issues of the helped with the Lake Claire TB: It was important to me CP: What’s significantpaper on our website at lake- Annual Arts and Crafts Sale, documentary in May at Man- to give the residents in the uel’s Tavern, considering our about that? claire.org. These folks are a the holiday potluck dinners, community an opportunity to TB: It’s not the whole story. diverse group, ranging from and scavenger hunts and own history of neighborhood have their voices heard and activism, including our suc- I don’t see them empowering one who grew up in her house art auctions at the centen- to speak about how the sta- any existing organizations in Lake Claire recently retired nial barbecues. She sold her cessful efforts fighting I-675, dium impacted them. resulting in the Presidential in the neighborhood. That’s from the board, to two who art for several years at the Parkway. The way Atlanta’s CP: What was it about important to me because re- have lived here 40+ years, to late-lamented Donna Van Westside communities have these perspectives that made sources are being funneled others who have moved here Gogh’s in Candler Park. She been harmed with the devel- you want to make sure they to them or through them, or in the ‘70s through the 2000s; now sells her ceramics online were included? alliances and partnerships the group is also diverse in opment of the new stadium Cont. on p. 3 is nothing short of shocking TB: Well, if someone were are being made with them, terms of country of origin, as in Pen Sherwood’s case, whom we feature this month. Pen Sherwood is an art- THE CLARION ist, originally from Thailand, IS PRINTED ON who moved to Atlanta in 2009 to live in Lake Claire with her RECYCLED PAPER. Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org June-July 2019 2
Lake Claire Officers for 2019 Clarion Staff The Clarion is published President: Joe Agee, [email protected] monthly. The deadline for adver- Editor: Beth Damon, [email protected] VP Finance & Treasurer: tising and editorial consideration Eileen O’Neill, [email protected] Advertising: Pat Del Rey, is the 15th of the month preced- VP Planning & NPU Rep: [email protected] ing publication. Letters to the Carol Holliday, [email protected] Distribution: Monique Mikrut, editor should be limited to 300 VP Zoning: Robin Singer, [email protected] words or fewer. The opinions [email protected] VP Environment: Melissa Pressman, expressed herein are those of Layout: Véronique Perrot, [email protected] [email protected] the authors and not those of Lake VP Safety: Cecily Stevens, [email protected] Claire Neighbors, Officers, or Contact Lake Claire Neighbors at PO Box 5942, VP Communications: Nancy Dorsner, [email protected] the Clarion Staff. VP Fun(d)raising: Pen Sherwood, [email protected] Atlanta, GA 31107, 404-236-9526 or Cover banner photo by Sarah Education Chair: Annsley Klehr, [email protected]. www.lakeclaire.org. Coburn
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June & July Calendar 16 Lake Claire Softball!! Come out and cheer our team on! 1:15 p.m. at East Lake Park against Edgewood JUNE 20 Lake Claire Neighbors monthly meeting—3rd Thursdays, Rose Room in The Frazer Center, 7 p.m. socialize, 7:15 meeting. Actor’s Express, Jump, about a bridge that spans a deep gorge; 1-23 Free Pizza (THANKS, SAVAGE). reeling from the death of her mother, 20-something Fay comes to the bridge looking for solace, but what she finds is a journey of self-discovery. Tix and 23 Theatrical Outfit Balzer Jazz Series, 7:30pm—Lady Day Sings the info at www.actors-express.com/plays/jump Blues with Special Guest Terry Burrell (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill) and featuring Joe Gransden paying homage to one of the greatest jazz 1-23 Horizon Theatre, The Cake, timely piece about a devout Christian singers of all time, Billie “Lady Day” Holiday. asked to bake a wedding cake for her best friend’s lesbian daughter and her struggle to reconcile her belief in “traditional” marriage with her love for the young woman she helped raise. www.horizontheatre.com/plays/the-cake JULY 1-30 The Theatrical Outfit, Five Guys Named Moe. The tunes of R&B 2, 16 & 30 Historic DeKalb Courthouse tours, see June 4 above pioneer Louis Jordan, whose slant on jazz paved the way for rock and roll in for info. the 50s, drive this musical tribute. Info and tix www.theatricaloutfit.org 3 to Aug. 18 HAIR! Attention my fellow baby boomers from your 1 & 15 Drum Circle at the Land Trust, 8 to 11 p.m. Walk/bike/carpool editor: it’s the 50th anniversary of Woodstock (gulp!!)—what a great time to to the Arizona dead-end. (See further info on the Land Trust on page 11.) revive the Tony-winning rock musical HAIR in a brand new, larger-than-life production. TIX/Info: serenbeplayhouse.theatrisoft.com/#/Hair 2 Marx Brothers—1 performance only, Theatrical Outfit at the Bremen Museum. Tix and info: www.thebreman.org or call 678-222-3700 4 Enjoy, and please be kind regarding fireworks (see article Page 4). Things to do include the P’tree Road Race, a 4th celebration at Stone Moun- 2 Lake Claire Softball!! Come out and cheer our team on! 1:15 p.m. at tain, one at 6 Flags, Concerts in the Garden at the Botanical Gardens. See East Lake Park against Cabbagetown. www.atlanta.net/Blog/Top-14-Cool-Things-to-Do-in-Atlanta-in-July/ 8 FCS Fest at the Lake Claire Land Trust, noon to 10 p.m.; see article 6 & 20 Drum Circle at the Land Trust, 8 to 11 p.m. Walk/bike/car- page 11. pool to the Arizona dead-end. (See further info on the Land Trust on page 11.) 4 & 18 Get to know the Historic DeKalb Courthouse—in-depth 17 to Aug. 25 Actor’s Express, Head Over Heels, fresh from New walking tour on architectural styles along with its history, including His- York, where your illustrious editor saw it on Broadway. Love the Go-Go’s? toric Decatur Square. Opportunity to go behind the scenes and climb up into Fun and funny gender fluidity! Get your tix: A show not to be missed! www. the attic to see the beautiful clock face from the inside! Every other Tuesday actors-express.com starting June 4, through August. Member tix just $5, non-member $10. Info: Marissa Howard, 404-373-1088 ext 20, [email protected]. 18 Lake Claire Neighbors monthly meeting—3rd Thursdays, Rose Room in The Frazer Center, 7 p.m. socialize, 7:15 meeting. 5 Deep Roots in Dekalb, led by Johnny Waits, President and Co-Founder Free Pizza (THANKS, SAVAGE). of Flat Rock Archives, a series of tours in June. Every Wednesday during June. Space limited, so don’t hesitate if you are interested in taking a tour, 20 Land Trust Community Work Day, 3 to 6 p.m. Pizza and drum contact Rebecca at 404-387-1088, ext 24, [email protected]. circle follow. 9 Lake Claire Softball!! Come out and cheer our team on! 1:15 p.m. at 27 Another Frazer Forest Stewardship Walk with Eco-A’s Kathryn Kolb, Ormewood Park. 8:30–10:30 a.m. (See last month’s Clarion, Page 2, and www.frazercenter.org.) 11 Dekalb History Center’s June Lunch & Learn: Laurel Wilson, MHP, 27 Lake Claire Land Trust’s 11th annual Jerry Jam, tribute to Jerry discussing the African-American Heritage of Decatur with emphasis on her Garcia/Grateful Dead. Live music, food and drink, artists market, family- research within “Section 6” of the Decatur Cemetery. 12-1 pm and is free friendly fun. Volunteers needed! See article Page 11. and open to the public! 404-373-1088 ext 24, [email protected] Editor’s Note regarding summer theatre and festivals. As of press time at the end of May, it looks like Horizon Theatre’s next show is not until August, 13 Trees Atlanta present Living with Coyotes in the City, 7-8 p.m. Free The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Nighttime, www.horizontheatre. but rsvp at treesatlanta.org/event/the-secret-life-of-coyotes-in-the-city-part-ii com/plays/the-curious-incident/, but do check their website. Ditto, as of now, I don’t see anything for Theatrical Outfit for July, but check their website. Up for a drive? Check out Serenbe: Pocahontas will 13 to Sept. 1 Check out all the festivals in Atlanta this summer and into the fall at www. breathe new life into the story of America’s first heroine. www.serenbeplay- atlanta.net/events/festivals/summer/. house.com/shows-events/current-season. Send calendar entries for the AUGUST Clarion by July 15 to editor@ 15 Land Trust Community Work Day, 3 to 6 p.m. Pizza and drum circle follow. lakeclaire.org. June-July 2019 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org 3 Wild in Lake Claire by Flora Fauna (aka Carol Vanderschaaf) Wild headline news! Unredacted Meredith W. reports several “joyful Mueller report published here! Abor- interactions“ among fauna. A pair of tion Issues Solved! Northern Cardinals built a nest, now Well now, I hope, that I have your with two babies in it, near her back- attention, let’s talk about wild things yard. “The parents are flying around in the neighborhood...as we certainly trying to find enough food to satiate don’t want to mention, The Uninhab- the noisy youngsters. Meredith, we itable Earth, the recent book by Da- can use more joyful actions! vid Wallace Wells, which reviewer Meredith had another visitor in her Jennifer Szalai states is a “portrait yard, this one, for the first time. I’ll let of a planetary nightmare that…will her tell that story: “We’ve had a visi- soon take over our waking life." Well, tor we haven’t seen before. Normally Safety in Lake Claire: CPLC Patrol enough of that. Back to the simple the squirrels get to our strawberries pleasures of the ‘hood. long before we manage to. This year, Update Exciting and, I hope, not fake news, however, they’ve left them alone. We by Cecily Stevens I recently heard a rumor that several had a surprisingly good initial har- deer had been seen in the backyards vest before suddenly one night, all the The Candler Park-Lake Claire Patrol were down less than 1%, and City- between McLendon and Adolphus. I rest disappeared. The next morning, is a neighborhood-run, non-profit or- wide were down 7% compared to the guess if we can take away their habi- my husband sent me a photo with a ganization that supplements custom- same period in 2018. tat they can enjoy ours as well. big arrow pointing to our ‘intruder’—a ary policing by the Atlanta Police De- CPLC Patrol reminds you to clean Ilene S. reports a “flock of Cedar young, very sweet-looking bunny rab- partment with neighborhood-specific out your car. Removing all valuables Waxwings stripping fruit off of my bit. Yesterday I saw him again sitting patrolling staffed by off-duty APD and boxes or bags - from residents’ serviceberry tree….they were beauti- on our front walk watching the street officers. The CPLC Patrol was estab- and houseguests’ vehicles alike - can ful as always.” Cedar Waxwings mi- as if keeping an eye out for us, or for lished in 2015. Since January, CPLC make the neighborhoods less inviting grate through Atlanta in the winter other, less friendly intruders.” The Patrol officers have patrolled 100 for vehicle break-ins. Such crimes of and spring. They love fruit and ber- question is: is this the same rabbit as hours monthly on average. opportunity increase criminal foot ries and many, unfortunately, meet Will has in his yard, or are they a cou- From APD official crime re- traffic, so a clean car is an easy way their ends as victims of the bright ple maintaining separate quarters? cords, some key stats compari- to improve neighborhood safety! red berries of the non-native Nandina Other reported sightings from sons from CPLC Patrol: Join the CPLC Patrol: More bush. (See article in April Clarion by Meredith: a Pileated Woodpecker in January-April: CPLC incidents are members = more patrol hours month- Eli Garland, on the website.) Service- Frazer Forest, and salamanders and down 10% compared to Jan-April ly. In addition to supporting a safer berries (genus Amelanchie), however, crawfish in Deepdene Park. 2018. The largest category of CPLC are native and are a no-kill plant. Meta L., our fearless Candler Park incidents remained Larceny-From- neighborhood, membership benefits Will C. reports he has a resident photographer/reporter saw a snake Vehicle, which at 40 is down 1 inci- include vacation patrols, access to the rabbit in his yard. Will saw it 3 times moving (slithering?) along by the dent compared to this period in 2018. CPLC Patrol officers’ phone numbers in the past week (around May 12) and pond in the Candler Park Golf Course Burglary-Residence incidents were (always call 911 first), e-newsletter, says that it doesn’t seem to be afraid (see picture on p. 5). One of Meta’s 3, which is down from 4 this time and yard sign. Did you know you can of him. When he sits out on his porch followers identified it as a “harmless last year. Auto theft, at 5 incidents, refer a neighbor to join the CPLC “he’s not scared of me at all, he just Midland Watersnake.” It seems that is slightly up from the 3 incidents in Patrol for you and your neighbor to hops around and munches.” I believe many of these snakes are clubbed this period 2018. receive a $10 Candler Park Market Will is a rabbit whisperer! to death by golfers with their (you Zone 6 and Citywide Year-to-Date Gift Card? Visit www.cplcpatrol.com Miriam H. reports that Trees At- guessed it), in the mistaken belief through April: Offenses in Zone 6 for more information and to join. lanta will be presenting a program that they are Water Moccasins. Their on Living With Coyotes in the City on actual mistake, according to another June 13 from 7 to 8 p.m. (treesatlanta. of Meta’s followers, is that they are org) Cont. on p. 5 Thanks for Paying Neighborhood Dues Lake Claire suggested annual dues are $20/year per household. Lake Claire Banners are $45, but a package deal of dues and banner is only $60! Join these neighbors who have paid dues in the last couple of months: James Adrian Marshall Claudia Bilotto Christoper Campbell Amanda Shipley Adam Harrell Kathleen Dougherty Clinton Ayres Andrew Schwartz Pen and Andrew at 2016 Holiday Potluck Dinner, where she not only designs Deborah Green, the table decorations but is famous for her Thai massaman curry. Bob Arko Stacey Howard Barbara Ross Catherine Bonk Pen Sherwood James Farmer Sherry McHenry Continued from Page 1 Eric Schumacher Mary Sloop. through various artists’ websites and able to leave us. Something in Lake (Please specify when you pay dues if you do not wish to be listed in the will be in local shops in the near fu- Claire keeps holding them back. “It is newspaper.) To contribute to worthwhile and fun initiatives of our ‘hood, pay ture. certainly not the pollen, not the mos- dues at lakeclaire.org via the link OR with the old-fashioned check in the Pen and Andrew have more than quitoes, not the traffic, and not stray mail, to Eileen O’Neill, Treasurer, PO Box 5942, Atlanta GA 31107. Thank once thought of retiring to the moun- dogs,” Pen says. “It must be the people you to all who have paid dues and/or contributed your time to our tains or the coast, but just seem un- and the trails!” great neighborhood, Lake Claire! Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org June-July 2019 4 Fireworks! with Request by Dawn Aura With July 4 around the corner, many fireworks fell into Big Lou the Emu’s she was trembling all over, and she room; she was that traumatized. I of us pet owners are hoping our neigh- sanctuary! We also have a sweet res- wedged herself between the toilet have a compromise in mind. My re- bors are conscious of the sad effects cued pit bull named Ella (pictured). and the wall. quest is that neighbors reconsider on animals. We have an emu living We don’t know what her first year Firework displays at public places shooting their fireworks for so long a in the back yard, and many of us in was like, but something happened to usually last fifteen minutes or so, time. How about a more concise, fi- Lake Claire have dogs and cats. The her that makes her completely terri- and you can expect that they will nite 15 to 30 minute period like the noise of fireworks frightens animals fied of loud noises such as thunder end shortly. But when residents displays in downtown Decatur or tremendously. One time a piece of the and fireworks. One New Year’s Eve shoot them for longer periods, usu- Piedmont Park? That would be so ally spread over an hour or more, it helpful, since so many of us have pets becomes very difficult for the terri- that live close by to the fireworks’ fied animals to endure, not knowing shot-like sounds. Animals (including when the next one will come or when emus) would still be frightened, but I they will stop. think it frightens them so much more Ella spent the next three days ei- when it goes on and on. Thank you ther under the bed or in the bath- for your consideration. June-July 2019 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org 5 Growing up with Mulberry Fields as my Backyard by Zoey Phillips It’s unsuspecting from the came in with the box. When beginning, and so I take a the coffee table in the living for a city girl. When I tell my street. All you can see is a I opened it and saw the yel- sweet sun-ripened tomato room. In the summertime, friends that my only pet is a pebbled, winding alleyway low rubber and chain, I knew and fresh organic chicken I don’t think my family has goat or that I will not eat the with an automatic wooden exactly what it was, and I eggs for granted. Ever since ever had to buy green beans eggs at their houses because gate wedged open with fallen couldn’t wait to have a tree I was little, I have had access from the store because so I am used to fresh ones and leaves. A painted, metal sign swing of my very own. I can to this oasis in the middle of many grow in our plot. It’s a that the store-bought ones is nailed to a tree reading still swing for hours. It’s my the city. I have eaten fresh luxury to have access to farm just don’t taste as good, they “Mulberry Fields Garden,” happy place. pecans from the tree after to table fresh foods in a city. think I am insane. But I am but there are no directions I have also owned some proud to have been exposed of how to get there, just that of the goats who live there. to this alternative way of liv- alley, shaded by a canopy of Helping to raise them, mix- ing and to be able to consider trees. This alleyway is more ing formula and nursing the the garden as my backyard. familiar to me than the back babies, and even bathing You can bring your family of my hand. I know and love them, were commonplace ex- to Mulberry Fields Garden, every protruding root and periences for me. One year located in the Candler Park dip in the path. I sat for hours combing lice neighborhood. The garden is After a bend, you are out of my baby goats’ fur. open every day during day- dumped out into a wide open First we had to bathe them light hours and is located space glowing with golden in a mixture of water and down the alley at 1301 Iver- sunlight. To the left is an Dawn soap. This in itself was son Street. Children love the arch draped with crimson nearly impossible because tree swing and visiting with red tea roses, and to the goats do not like to get wet. the goats. Children also love right are wooden gardening Then, I had to painstakingly creating imaginative forts plots decorated with bloom- comb through every inch of under the branches of the ev- This enchanting swing collecting them from the ing plants. A banana shaped wiggling baby goats’ lice-in- ergreens, chasing butterflies lives at Mulberry Fields Gar- grounds with my friends. It’s tree swing hangs from a tow- fested fur with a human lice through the plots, and run- den, and I was lucky enough a whole other world when ering pecan tree. I was there comb. And there were two ning their fingers through the to grow up in this slice of par- you can walk down the street for the hanging of that exact baby goats who needed the ocean blue pebbles in the vin- adise. My family has been a to pick fresh veggies or col- swing. I was sitting on my spa treatment. tage tub. It is all there wait- part of the garden since the lect an array of flowers for kitchen floor when my mom These experiences are rare ing for you. Wild in Lake Claire Continued from Page 3 breaking the law in killing there since they all look alike. plied to lawns. In NY the these harmless snakes. I wonder if they can tell each lawn service has to give you Meta has also seen two other apart! Hmmm, makes a listing of the chemicals and broods of ducklings, most for complicated affairs (liter- the hazards. There are more likely mallards. Add to her ally)! than twenty, and they all are list a turtle, laying eggs! My hummingbird feeders carcinogenic or teratogenic. I Ken S. sent Wild informa- are going strong. Usually I had an acquaintance whose tion regarding the plastic put them up in early April dog had cancer of the paw. waster agreement signed by but this year I procrasti- Never heard of that before. 187 countries. The aim of the nated until early May. But, He had a weed-less and well- bill is to limit plastic waste of course, when I finally got manicured lawn. It made me pollution. The US, that’s “us,” them up, the hummingbirds wonder if the dog had been did not ratify the treaty, one did come. If you want to try a victim of his lawn service. of only 2 countries who didn’t. to attract those little jewels It is ironic that we can now Fortunately US trade with boil 2 cups water and then dispense hazardous chemi- countries that did sign will be put ½ cup sugar in the wa- cals on our lawns to a greater affected. ter and stir until the sugar is extent than a chemical com- I, Flora Fauna, recently dissolved. No red dye please. pany is (now) allowed (know- saw two Gray Catbirds pop That is not good for the ingly) to pollute the environ- up in a bush in my yard. One birds. Think about putting ment without reporting it to was carrying what looked your feeders in a shady spot, the EPA.” ~Tom Campbell, like part of a banana peel. as it stays fresh a little lon- Candler Park. That should make for a pleas- ger when not in the hot sun. Well earthlings, it’s time ant if slippery nest. Birds are To keep ants out get a little to say so long until August. so creative! And Catbirds do moat cup you can put above Enjoy the summer while you nest here. Listen to their little the feeder. Also consider hav- can! purrs, I mean meows, from ing lots of nectar-producing Your local seer of dystopia, which they got their name. plants in your yard, such as Flora Fauna Also, I’ve had pairs of cardi- cardinal flowers or bee balm PS: Please refer any con- nals, Eastern Towhees, and near the feeder (or anywhere Carolina Wrens. I’ve seen a for that matter). tributions, questions, or Killed by a human who thought it was venomous? It is a watersnake. Harmless. Brown Thrasher but have A reader commented on criticisms to my assistant, never seen more than one at May’s “Wild,” “I liked you ar- cvanderschaaf@bellsouth. info on identifying snakes, see at: lakeclaire.org/wp-content/ a time so for all I know there ticle in the Clarion, especially net. Flora Fauna’s Wild article uploads/2016/09/clarion- can be one or two or ten out the part about chemicals ap- Editor’s note—for detailed in the January 2016 Clarion jan2016-1.pdf, page 5. Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org June-July 2019 6 June-July 2019 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org 7 Plea for the Honeybees and Avoiding Mosquito Spraying Please folks, don’t treat for mosqui- widely used, but the Trump admin- toes! See previous Clarions or just istration is now even allowing the Google for effective natural things to use of these bee-killing pesticides in do. In addition to what everyone has wildlife refuges. already said, importantly, the effects We know what is killing the bees last only as long as the insecticide is —so let’s put a stop to it. Support the present: as soon as it drifts away or Saving America’s Pollinators Act, dries out, the mosquitoes are back... but more so, you are in a position to and the damage to bees and other protect bees from further exposure to wildlife (and your pets’ and kids’ bare dangerous pesticides...by not using feet) is done. them. More than 100 studies link pesti- When I think of spring, I can hear cides to an increased risk of up to 80 the quiet buzzing of bees hard at work More Scout Stuff percent in Parkinson’s Disease. In pollinating the new flowers around These are the girls from Troop 19020, ren, Zara Cola, Myna Welsh, Annie the United States, where approxi- my home. I hope to hear that sound all current 2nd graders at Mary Lin Ludlam, Lylah Kearns, Samantha mately a billion pounds of pesticides this summer and for many springs to the academic year ending now. They Blum, Lila Lackey, and Darcy Trox- are applied annually, just living or come, not live in a world where that presented dozens of donated Girl ell-Cappello; also in the troop, but working in high-spray areas may in- experience is only a memory. But Scout cookies to our Firefighters at not pictured, is Vega Sullivan. crease one’s Parkinson’s risk. Pesti- even beyond that, without bees, we Station 12 (on DeKalb Avenue, at Allison Troxell and Katie Ludlam cides may cause DNA mutations that don’t have food. Bees are vital parts Candler St.). Pictured here, from left were the troop co-leaders. It was a increase susceptibility for Alzheim- of our ecosystem, working to keep to right, are: Katie Maeve Walsh, first-year troop. Lake Claire is very er’s, and other illnesses. our flowers beautiful and the plants Annabelle Lindenmuth, Jordyn War- proud of these girls! The above paragraphs discuss the we rely on for food pollinated. We repercussions of insecticides on peo- can’t let bees continue to die off when ple: what about the sad story for the we know how to stop it. Take action bees? In just one year, beekeepers for bees: Tell your U.S. House rep- have reported losing up to 90 percent resentative to keep our pollinators of their hives. Bees are dying off at safe. Neonics have no place in areas unbelievable rates, threatening our that have been designated to protect food supply and our way of life. The wildlife. With strong legislation like culprit? We know one of the biggest the Saving America’s Pollinators Act, causes of bee die-offs is neonicotinoid we can protect bees. Because if we pesticides, otherwise known as neon- can’t protect bees in wildlife refuges, ics. Not only are these pesticides still where can they be protected? Hello – Safe Journey – Skiing in and around Lake Claire If you must spray—spray it on yourself! JUNE Birthdays: 6/3 Yoni Williams—turns 7 (I think), Harold Ave., and proud Grandma on Delaware Ave 6/7 Pen Sherwood, Harold Ave. (see p. 1) 6/12 Steve Lamb’s birthday, Delaware Ave. (the Clarion loves you, you’d bet- ter be reading this) 6/12 Happy birthday, Craig Allen, Harold 6/19 Zoe Kaiser’s birthday, turns 6; Hardendorf 6/20 Sharon Doochin’s birthday, Harold 6/28 Shawn Gillespy’s 16th birthday, Marlbrook 6/28 Wendy Baker, happy birthday! Leonardo JUNE Anniversaries: 6/23 Sue McAvoy & Bill McKinnon—1st anniversary—Leonardo (a year went by in a flash!) 6/27 Wendy and Boyd Baker’s anniversary—20+ Leonardo (maybe that went by in a flash, as well!) JULY Birthdays: 7/3 Brandon Bransford, Palifox 7/6 Missy Urda, Harold 7/9 Carrie Ericson, Gordon Ave, turning 17 years old 7/10 Happy b’day to the Clarion’s buddy, Mike McGill, 12 years old!!!!— Delaware Ave 7/17 Happy b’day to Colin Caldarera, Hardendorf. 7/24 Jason Weidert, Harold 7/29 Georgie Rogovin, Hardendorf, turns 4 Congrats again to all Lake Claire Graduates!! Way to go! Send us life cycle changes for August’s issue—help make this series inclu- sive ([email protected]) by July 15 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org June-July 2019 8 June into August in the Lake Claire Garden by Elizabeth Knowlton Last year I devoted this issue to grow- have sprouted. shrubs and trees (just not up against a snake in my yard in years, there ing perennials, and those instruc- The major work of the summer is the trunks), leaves feed the soil in the are no more large spider webs, and tions are still in the June/July 2018 most of the flying insects have disap- harvesting, watering, weeding, and most natural way. Never rake a yard issue of the Clarion that is available peared. Once my clover would be cov- mulching. If you continue these ac- bare. Only lawns need thick layers of on the website. I want to remind you ered with bees. Last year there were tivities, whatever you have already leaves removed. to start those seeds during the long, fewer. This year I rarely see any, planted should do well. Picking pro- Besides keeping leaves and mulch- hot summer days, a task that can be two at the most. Many of the birds duce leads to more fruits forming in ing, you can help the climate by us- done in air-conditioned comfort. Var- we purport to love depend on insects order to produce more seeds, so do ing a push reel or electric mower on ious vegetables, like broccoli, cau- for their protein and cannot live off eat your vegetables. the tiny grass lawns of our neighbor- liflower, and Brussels sprouts, also our artificial feeders. Meanwhile, the The more you mulch, the less weed- hood; by planting densely to keep need to be started indoors in July. streets are filled with exterminator ing and watering is needed. A variety carbon in the ground; by focusing on The truth of it is that in the South vans of various kinds. of mulches is available for different perennial trees, bushes, and flowers, there is almost no month except per- types of plants. I was given rice straw OR on plants you sow yourself; and But it is summer, lovely summer haps November and December that (who knew there was such a thing?) in by avoiding tilling as much as pos- with windows open, crickets at night you are not planting vegetables. sible. New research has shown that (we hope), the smell of vegetation And it is not too late to put out place of wheat straw last spring and will not make that mistake again. you do not need to prepare a new bed drifting in, the sound of thunder sweet potato slips and tomato plants, so light and fluffy that you can sink storms. Any gardening done now either. Tomatoes are the easiest Wheat straw stays light and flexible your arm into it up to the shoulder; should be finished before ten in the plant to raise from the dead. No mat- around your vegetables. Mini-nugget in fact, such disturbance destroys the morning or, if you are a night owl, ter how root-bound, yellowed, or wilt- bark is often useful under both to- soil structure with all its uneven bits by artificial light after the sun goes ed they are, bury them in good soil up matoes and roses if you remove dis- that allow water and nutrients to down. There is no point in making to their top four or so leaves, water eased matter from around plants, move freely and leads to compacted yourself hot and miserable at a time them lavishly, and see them come feed and water them, and then apply beds. Research has also shown that of year meant for slowing down, sit- back to life. Sow the following seeds this mulch that can cut down on the more important than specifically na- ting on your porch (are you sitting directly into the ground in June and amount of splash between soil and tive plants is a densely planted, mixed there?), drinking lemonade or a cock- July: beans and field peas, pump- leaves. And do not forget the mulch cover of different kinds of plants that tail, chatting with neighbors, and en- kins, squash, cucumbers, and corn. of eons, the very leaves some put on provide the widest amount of shelter joying our century-old neighborhood You will note that all these seeds are the curb. Resolve to keep your leaves and food for insects and other ani- of bungalows beneath tall oaks and the large ones, easy for small chil- on your property next fall. Either mals all the way up the food chain. spreading pecan trees. dren to plant. So, put them to work shredded and bagged by a vacuum in the cool of the day, and keep the (blower) for later use, raked into There is no doubt that the environ- Elizabeth Knowlton may be reached at ground well-watered until seedlings piles for composting, or left under ment has changed. I have not seen [email protected]. ~Editor For all your real estate needs...
Clifton Sanctuary Ministries by Beth Damon CSM has a new sign!!! Congrats, are in their 50s and 60s and have neighbors! health issues consistent with age and Sherry Warner Clifton always appreciates volun- lack of access to medical care. Volun- Associate Broker & teerism, which could range from a teer nurses help to fill in the gaps by Lake Claire resident personal visit to help with dinner handling intake of medical informa- service, landscaping, success train- tion when guests arrive; medication ing, or other projects—to coming education; BP checks; and providing 404 784 8848 mobile by with a donation drop-off of food, over-the-counter medications and cleaning products, TP, paper towels, eye glasses. 404 874 2262 office etc. See www.cliftonsanctuary.com/ Of course, monetary donations are volunteer-opportunities. They also welcome at www.cliftonsanctuary. need volunteer nurses on Mondays, com/donate. CSM has been a won- [email protected] Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 4 to derful part of our Lake Claire neigh- Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage are independent contractor sales associates 6:30 p.m. borhood for over 40 years. and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. A large number of CSM’s guests June-July 2019 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org 9 E•D•U•C•A•T•I•O•N M•A•T•T•E•R•S The Future of the Grady Cluster by Annsley Klehr, Lake Claire Neighbors Education Chair and Mary Lin Representative to CINS On April 17 at Inman Middle School, sion charter that retains a dedicated In a Clarion article titled Recap of tegic, system-wide goals as the basis Atlanta Public School (APS) ad- attendance zone, by state and local Inman Expansion Meeting, pub- for future construction expenditures, dressed the Grady Cluster on the school board policy, but it seems that lished in November 2015, Carstar- planned facilities improvements, and State of the Grady Cluster. Yolanda APS has not yet really decided what phen detailed the Grady Cluster Ex- community-wide consensus regard- Brown (APS K-8 Associate Superin- this means. They are often left off of pansion and then concluded with an ing issues of optimum facility size, tendent for the Grady, Carver, and cluster presentations created by APS acknowledgement: [...] that the next use, and operational costs. Under Washington Clusters) gave a run- (the Centennial attendance zone is five-year piece of the plan is still the supervision of APS’ Chief of Op- down of the events held earlier in the completely within the Grady school missing, promising to go back and erations, data and analysis will be year, Principal’s Forum, and the data zone). Is the APS board of education work on it if we were all in support shared including demographic anal- dig. (Usually, Superintendent, Meria addressing these policy discrepan- of this plan. She valued audible con- ysis of current student populations, Carstarphen addresses cluster con- cies? cerns, still pushing upon the crowd inventory data on all APS properties cerns, but she was not there.) • When Howard opens, it will affect the constraints of time and money. including vacant land, and assess- In advance of the meeting, Council Inman and Centennial. Will Centen- In her concluding statement she ments of approximately 74 instruc- of Intown Neighborhoods and Schools nial have a seat at the table when the expressed her loyalty to the board tional facilities. APS staff members (CINS) sent to APS a list of cluster redistricting conversations happen? and her commitment to APS by say- will provide expertise and analysis of questions to be addressed. Although (Centennial is a school with an atten- ing she is extending her contract for facilities issues as needed. the majority of those did NOT get an- dance zone that is contained within “us to stay together and be judged The assessments of 74 instruction- swered, the crowd did ask questions, the Cluster.) together. We’re okay being held ac- al facilities mentioned above is a fa- most of which were school-specific countable. It’s a two-way street.” Equity Task Force: cilities condition assessment update and did not address pressing needs • There is concern about existing The Present: In an email (5/1/19) of a similar study performed in 2013 and/or concerns of the Grady Cluster. Associate Superintendant Yolanda and updated in 2015. A link to the A list of the Cluster questions from and increasing racial and socioeco- Brown explained that in December study is: www.atlantapublicschools. CINS: nomic segregation throughout the 2017, the BoE approved a process to us/Page/43927. The reports are Needs and concerns of the school district. I am glad APS has engage the community around long- searchable within the high school Grady Cluster created an Equity Task Force, but range planning for the cluster. We clusters. Capacity/Facility Issues: was hoping to see some mention of are now in Phase III of this process to The scope of work in the RFP fol- • Long-term plan for high school ca- segregation as an opportunity barri- address rezoning and overcrowding. lows a 5-phase planning process pacity in the Grady cluster? Grady’s er. What are the Equity Task Force’s The Board’s wording: “Beginning in that will not exceed 18 months in expected addition will only address recommendations/How can stake- early 2018, the Administration will duration. The first 3 phases of the current capacity. Has a committee holders stay up to date and give feed- initiate Phase III of this rezoning, a planning process will focus on the been formed? Status? back on APS’ Equity initiatives and preparation of assessments, recom- • APS keeps alluding to the need to programs moving forward? larger conversation with the Grady Cluster about the need for rezoning mendations and implementation address capacity issues within the Leadership issues: in that area and the long-range plan strategies related to school buildings cluster but there is no conversation (1) We will someday face a change for relieving school overcrowding. and take approximately 8 months to on the table. How will we accom- in leadership. Fulton County just The district will work to finalize this complete. The latter 2 phases of the modate the growing number of stu- named a new Superintendent and plan by March 2020.” process will focus on assessments dents in the cluster without either followed a very transparent process. Brown spoke at the State of the and recommendations for all other redistricting or adding high school What is APS’s process for the identi- Cluster about a long-range plan- APS facilities and vacant properties. facilities? When will APS propose a fying a new Superintendent? ning committee. In more detail in Implementation priorities, phasing, process for holistically addressing ca- (2) Has a date been set for the spe- an email, she explained that in the real estate disposition strategies, fi- pacity issues? cial election for Board of Education spring of 2018, APS began conversa- nancial analysis, and final plan rec- • Capacities of surrounding build- Seat 2 (Byron’s old seat)? ings not currently being used as aca- tions with the Grady Cluster Adviso- ommendations will be developed in Academic: demic buildings (Coan, Crim, etc.) ry Team. The Advisory Team wanted detail. The results of this effort will We are one of the few clusters that • Centennial Academy is a conver- to make sure there were more voic- be used to plan and inform the next does not have a Spanish-immersion es at the table, and as a result, the SPLOST cycle Capital Improvement program. Is that under consider- long-range planning committee was projects and to give guidance for ation? created with one teacher, one parent, district planning activities in to the The Past: For years Grady High and the principal from each school in near future. School parents have worried about the cluster. Any community member The Future: We must look toward the future of Grady High School and or member of the public is welcome the future, knowing that The Grady the cluster. The burden has been left to sit in on these meetings. To date Cluster’s population is only continu- to the next generation of parents. The there have been two of these plan- ing to grow. We must ask: What fa- issues have not changed, but the host ning meetings, one in January (about cilities can support the growth? How of superintendents who have made causes of overcrowding) and one in do we maintain the cluster that we promises continues to change with March (focusing on a Design Think- worked hard to keep together and no foreseeable plan. Carstarphen in- ing Process) of this year. Meeting yet still address the growth? DeKalb deed has addressed Grady Cluster’s notes can be accessed here: www.at- County has a hired position that temporary space issues and needs for lantapublicschools.us/Page/52695. looks into long-range planning. Is building updates and improvements, Alva Hardy, Facilities Services Ex- this something that could benefit us? but the Grady Cluster is already at ecutive Director, reported there is an What makes the most sense, not for maximum capacity. The renovations RFP for a comprehensive facilities our own child(ren) or our own schools, and additions do not actually address assessment (happens roughly every the capacity issues at Grady or the 5 years). This is to assess the condi- but for the Grady Cluster at-large? majority of the elementary schools in tions and spaces of all APS buildings. Special thanks to Associate Super- the cluster. Howard Middle School From the RFP: To optimize the usage intendent Yolanda Brown and Leslie will be the only school with extra and efficiency of all APS facilities, Grant for helping to provide informa- growing room. the BoE would like to establish stra- tion for this article. Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org June-July 2019 10 Outdoor News from Frazer The Home Team Continued from Page 1 by Dina Shadwell perception that the whole community have bargaining power in how it took Summer is a great time to take ad- ter clients—and for others, since the vantage of the shade of the Frazer Frazer Center has been so generous is being helped and changed. And the place. The stadium and surrounding Forest canopy, and soon, people who in opening their grounds.” reality is that there are a lot of people changes could have been interwoven that I’ve seen displaced throughout into the existing neighborhood, and use wheelchairs will be able to access Beyond the forest, Frazer has this process. instead I feel like the community is the forest and all of its benefits as formed a Garden Advisory Commit- well. The Frazer Center is working tee in an effort to find ways of collab- CP: How do you think The Home going to soon be blanketed over with towards the creation of an accessible changes. Some people may be able to orating with other “green” organiza- Team adds to that story? outdoor pavilion that is compliant stay, but many may not. As I said, tions. With experts from Woodlands TB: The film gives a perspective to with the Americans with Disabili- I’ve already seen many be displaced. Garden, Fernbank, Olmsted Linear people who are residents in the com- ties Act (ADA.) Visitors to the forest Park, Trees Atlanta, Atlanta History munity—who have a broad under- CP: What else? What’s next for the will have free access to the pavilion, Center, Atlanta Hospital Hospitality standing of the community, who have neighborhoods? The city? which will also serve as an outdoor House, Lullwater Conservation Gar- a love and desire to stay in the com- TB: This film gives residents an op- classroom for both Frazer’s Child den, North Georgia Camellia Society, portunity to have a voice, but we also Development Program and Adult as well as several master gardeners, munity—to say how they see things. I Program. the committee is in conversation mean, it is forever a reminder in his- captured the traction behind Wayne The pavilion will be named after about ways to leverage community tory that, “hey, this community has Kendall’s lawsuit against the county two gentlemen who were recently resources and greenspaces, especial- people who have good hearts, even for not collecting property taxes on honored at Gather in the Gardens, ly along the Ponce corridor. though they’re challenged.” And that the stadium from the Falcons—and Frazer’s annual fundraiser. George This conversation has already cre- the community is not all villains and I believe that legal perspective yields Atkins and the late Walt Moeling ated some collaborative opportuni- thugs and crime-ridden. It is not only an even more powerful impact for were often referred to as the right ties, such as the recent international people who don’t live in the commu- and left hands of co-founder Rebecca about the negative. The community City Nature Challenge led by Fern- nity. Frazer. They both served as Chair of has a lot of positives, too. bank in partnership with Frazer and Hearing from community residents Frazer’s board, and their support of many other local organizations. And seems like a “feel good” story, but the Center continued over the course while Ponce neighbor Woodlands when you talk about the legality of of five decades through many phases Garden is under renovation, their not paying taxes and the amount of of Frazer’s growth. Of the $90,000 volunteer team is hitting the road to that was raised at Gather in the help out other community organiza- money that is involved—an estimat- Gardens, $22,000 is earmarked for tions, including Frazer, until Wood- ed $26 million annually, and that’s the pavilion. lands reopens in the fall. just the taxes that aren’t being col- Lake Claire neighbor Carol Holli- lected, not the public money that was Frazer is fortunate to be part of day says, “Being in a wheelchair of- granted to construct the stadium—it ten means that your view into nature a community that is committed to gives another perspective on how the is limited to parks and gardens that nurturing local greenspaces. Lake community is treated that is tangible. have not been created with accessi- Claire neighbors are invited to be a Homes in English Avenue If all of this public money that could bility in mind and thus, while beau- part of that mission by signing up for CP: Describe it for us. What’s that tiful, are not nature in its natural the next Frazer Forest Stewardship be collected through the stadium has community like? form. It is not often that we have the Walk with Master Naturalist Kath- been foregone, then the public’s ben- TB: The film highlights the es- opportunity to view an old-growth ryn Kolb of Eco-Addendum on Sat- efit obviously suffers. forest. Frazer Center has made an urday, July 27, where you’ll learn sence of the word “community”— My hope for Atlanta is that we find amazing commitment—to create ac- about tree species, “indicator” spe- people who look out for one another, a stronger balance in how the govern- cess points into Frazer Forest while cies, and how to “read” the forest in who know each other, who help each ment works on behalf of residents of any season. Visit www.frazercenter. ensuring we maintain the delicate other, and people who co-exist com- the city—not giving a greater share org and join Frazer’s email list to balance required to protect this very fortably with one another. In the of power to the corporations but more stay updated on events and news. fine old growth forest. This is an film, you’ll see some really beautiful power to the people of our city. We amazing opportunity for Frazer Cen- See you in the forest! things—houses that are well-kept, can’t expect businesses to solve the manicured lawns; people are tilling issues of the people. We need people the soil, working together; walking to solve the issues of the people. the streets, cutting the grass, looking ghghgh out for their neighbors. That’s the es- Welcome to Lake Claire! You can support The Home Team by sence of this community. donating at thehometeamfilm.com/ If you are new to Lake On Thursday, JUNE 20 CP: What could have gone different- donate. Check out thehometeamfilm. Claire, you’ve come at and Thursday, JULY 18, ly that would have changed things for com/screenings to find out where you the better for community residents? can catch the film—or email the film- a time with many op- come early (7 p.m.) to TB: A binding community benefits makers at thehometeamfilm@gmail. portunities to get to the neighborhood meet- agreement could have done some- com if you have a venue in mind. thing major for the community—it The filmmakers are actively seek- know your neighbors. ing, for pizza/socializing could have given them a seat at the ing opportunities to share the film in People are out walk- and meeting neighbors; table. As the most impacted neigh- Lake Claire, if possible, and widely borhood by this development, given throughout the city (and beyond!). ing the neighborhood Savage Pizza provides its proximity, I believe they’re owed The Home Team crew is small but and gardening. Many free pizza, and the that. If there was a community bene- mighty: In addition to crew members fits agreement in place that had teeth Camille Pendley and Tracy Bates, streets have basketball meetings start at 7:15 [or was legally binding], then it could Laura Asherman co-directed the film nets, and children are p.m. (information in the have required that community mem- and is the director of photography; out playing. calendar, page 2). bers have a level of influence in how Wayne Kendall is the executive pro- the neighborhoods would change. ducer; and Carmelle Kendall is the Not to stop the change entirely but to art director and a producer. June-July 2019 Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org 11 5th Annual Food, Clothing, and Shelter Fest, June 8 by Linda S. Vicks The Food, Clothing, and Shelter Fes- Ninja, Lake Claire Community Land The festival is excited to announce tival (FCS Fest) returns to the Lake Trust, United Artists Movement, that critically acclaimed musician Claire Community Land Trust for Black Noize, WilSay Event & Media Raury, a Stone Mountain native, will its fifth year on Saturday, June 8, Group, and the Food, Clothing, and be headlining THEARLYSHOW ATL starting at noon and continuing un- Shelter Foundation. stage at this year’s festivities. Tour- til 10 p.m. The family-friendly com- The festival will host farming/gar- ing with such acts as Outkast, A$AP munity event celebrating agriculture dening workshops, community yoga, Rocky, and Macklemore, he delivers and sustainability is inspired by the children’s activities, and live musical blends of acoustic folk and Hip Hop award-winning documentary Food, performances on THEARLYSHOW with messages disconnecting his Clothing & Shelter, Part1, which ad- ATL stage. We will also host a drive listeners from systematic cycles of dresses the three crucial necessities to collect toiletries and clothes for the division and a synthetic indulgence of any human being: food, clothing, less fortunate in the city of Atlanta of life, reconnecting them to a more and shelter. This year’s festival is themed “The Seven Chakras.” FCS for #IGotYourBack, a charitable ini- free, authentic existence in harmony Fest brings together hundreds of eco- tiative curated by FEEL Media LLC. with the world. Raury’s global sonic friendly and self-sustainability con- to make a difference for the home- vision inspires love and unity, align- scious attendees. FCS Fest is hosted less population in Atlanta. Staying ing with the overall festival theme by a collaboration of local business- aligned with the festival mission, and mission. We hope to see the Land es, charities, and community influ- FCS Fest will continue its zero-waste Trust’s neighbors in Lake Claire well encers. This year’s collaborative in- initiative, in partnership with Fort represented among the festival-go- cludes THEARLYSHOW ATL, Club Negritas. ers! 11th Annual Jerry Jam, Upcoming & Ongoing at Saturday, July 27 the Land Trust . . . 1:30-3:30 p.m., suggested donation $10, $1 for teens, JUNE kids under 12 Free Sat. June 4 and 15—Drum Circle, 8 to 11 p.m. Please walk, bike, or car- pool. Bring a friend! Please help spread the word. The Drum Circles are Greetings Land Trust Lovers! We are NO COOLERS! We will have healthy the Land Trust’s gift to our community, but your donations help keep it so excited to celebrate summer once choices of food, beer and wine, and again and our 11th annual Jerry soft drinks for sale. BRING CASH going. Jam! Bring the family and all of your for food and drinks. We will have an Sat. June 8—FCS Fest (see above article.) friends and come to this amazing day app available for festival admission Sat. June 15—Community Work Day, 3 to 6 p.m. Pizza and drum circle of music and community to benefit and supporter table payments. Col- follow. our Oasis in the City. All proceeds go orful Land Trust T-shirts will be on to the caretaking and maintenance sale. Bring your washable, re-usable JULY of our beautiful Greenspace, which is plates and utensils for $1 off your Sat. July 6 and 20—Drum Circle, 8 to 11 p.m. Please walk, bike, or car- now under a legal Conservation Ease- meal. Bring your own cup too, why pool. Bring a friend! ment to protect this precious land. As not? Tread Lightly! Recycle recycla- always, we will have food, drinks, bles and throw trash in the trash. Sat. July 20—Community Work Day, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Pizza and drum arts and crafts for sale, face painting, Please respect our neighbors. We circle follow. Note shift to summer hours! a bake sale, and FUN for all ages! We have a designated parking area on Sat. July 27—11th annual Jerry Jam, a tribute to Jerry Garcia and the will have a great line-up of bands, so Connecticut. Many streets around Grateful Dead. Live music, food and drink, artists market, family-friendly put on your dancing shoes and come the land trust do not have driveways, fun. Volunteers needed! See article this page. on down. Check out our Facebook and resident parking is in front of page, or visit LCCLT.org in June to their homes. Keep voices down when see who is playing this time around. leaving. Cigarette smoking only in See you on the dance floor! designated Smoking Area please, the Please respect our Land Trust, and Arizona Ave. cul-de-sac. Adopt Your Favorite Corner our neighbors: Take MARTA, Uber And of course: Have as much fun and Lyft, carpool, walk, ride your as possible! of the Land Trust! bike. NO PETS!! We love our furry We love our volunteers and couldn’t Here is a new way for neighbors to get involved with the friends, but for the safety of every- do these events without them. Please one, please understand. Mind your contact Brynan for volunteer oppor- Land Trust—by adopting a particular area of the Land Trust children. We cannot have unsuper- tunities, [email protected]. to maintain. This would mainly include weeding, but also vised kids wandering the Land Trust. We can’t wait to see you all there! taking on any projects you envision to improve your cho- sen area, or any needed repairs, in coordination with the Attention Land Trust Supporters: Land Trust Grounds Committee. Your area could be large or small, as long as it has definite boundaries. This could Renew for 2019 any time! be a great way to spend family time or time with close Anyone can be a Land Trust Sup- your email address, and we’ll add you neighbors, with a picnic afterwards. porter by donating only $10 a year. to our email list. Include your mailing Donate online via www.LCCLT.org/ address, and we’ll mail you a bumper Remember, y’all—it takes a village! stewardship; mail a check made out sticker. A donation is not required to to “LCCLT,” c/o Treasurer, 270 Ari- Help keep your Lake Claire Land Trust beautiful. Contact zona Ave., Atlanta GA 30307; or use get on this list! Sign up on our home [email protected] to volunteer or to learn more. the mailbox in the cul-de-sac. Include page at LCCLT.org. Lake Claire Clarion @ www.LakeClaire.org June-July 2019 12
We hope this series is fun and a way and Sol, have been caring for the animals rock climbing, biking, and all things about for young Clarion readers/writers/ for the past year, and they have chosen outer space. artists to participate. to move the stump and the animal family This month’s featured writer is Ian to Miss Ladybug’s magical garden at the Hey there, Lake Claire kids of all Cambas Stocking. He wrote a timely arti- Land Trust. You can read his earlier con- ages: we want to see your creativity. You cle about the Great Bunny Stump of Lake tribution at lakeclaire.org/wp-content/ could draw a picture, write a poem, or join Claire moving to the Children’s Garden at uploads/2018/04/May-2018-Clarion. Ian in writing about something special the Land Trust. Last year at this time, Ian pdf, page 12. was our featured kids’ page writer, writing Ian turned 11 on May 19. He is a rising to you. Submit your work to editor@lake- “The Bunny Story,” about the children’s sixth grader. Brother Teo is 8 years old, claire.org, by July 15 for the AUGUST is- rescue of the animals from the stump to a rising third grader. and Sol is 5 years sue. We hope this is a good starting place their front yard. Ian and his siblings, Teo old and a rising kindergartener. Ian loves for kids’ future writing careers. Contest Winners The Great Bunny This month, Sienna Zizzi of Indiana Avenue came in first. She is 10 years old and a student at Mary Stump Parade Lin in the 4th grade this past academic year. Lily by Ian Cambas Stocking and Evan Cornell came in 2nd place. Lily (4) and Evan (2) go to Frazer and Holy Trinity, respec- Eighteen years ago there was a tree on the corner tively, and they live on Arizona. They noted that of Nelms and Adolphus. Someone in the neighbor- they love their next-door neighbor Zella most about hood set a ceramic bunny next to the base of the the neighborhood. (What about the Clarion!?—are tree. Over time the tree roots grew around the bun- we chopped liver? I *think* they like popsicles, ny and covered it up. A few years ago the tree was too.) Coming in third place, by a hair (!), is Harper cut down and my brother, my dad and I found the Green, ten years old, and in the 5th grade at Mary bunny in the stump. We unburied the bunny, and Lin. She lives on Lakeshore, and her favorite part afterward someone set it on top of the stump. Peo- of Lake Claire is the community. She has a sister 2nd-place Winners, Evan and Lily ple in the neighborhood added more and more ani- named Hawkins, 4 years old. Sienna, Lily, Evan, and Harper win the contest for finding the graphic mal figurines to the stump, and an animal garden of the two moms and their daughter, in honor of grew. Then on Martin Luther King day 2018, the Mother’s Day, last month. city came and ground-out the stump. The animals Congrats to the 4 of you!! To all of those kids had nowhere to live so we took them to our front who didn’t win, please do keep playing. We know yard where they lived as refugees for over a year. that competition is stiff. See the new contest below. The Great Bunny Stump Parade happened on May 19. The event happened to move the neigh- borhood animal garden that was living in our front yard up to the Lake Claire Land Trust. Miss La- dybug and Mr. Green Thumbs led the neighbor- hood kids in a parade from the Land Trust to my house to pick up the animals. Each child choose an animal and carried it up to the children’s gar- den in the Land Trust. We each put our animal in the garden and gave them a new home. Mr. Green 3rd place Winner, Harper Green, with sister Hawkins Thumbs and his band played live music, and Miss Ladybug helped us plant in the garden. We hope that you will continue to add animals to the garden so it grows bigger and bigger. Stop by and welcome NEW CONTEST! the animals to their new home!! For the summer, the hidden graphic is of July 4. The child who wins will have his or her pho- to in the next Clarion, the August issue of the 1st place Winner, Sienna newspaper! To win, send an e-mail to editor@ lakeclaire.org, identifying the page number, and you must include your name, age, school, street, and grade along with a picture. Ask a parent to take a picture of you, perhaps of you finding the hidden graphic, or doing whatever you like. For extra credit, tell us your favorite thing about summer in Lake Claire. The extra- credit prize is that you’ll be a featured writer/ artist in the Clarion with your original work. Any child from Lake Claire is eligible, except that you cannot win two months in a row. The deadline is July 15. Hurry and look; competi- Folks gathering at the Cambas-Stocking Home for tion is always stiff for this coveted prize. Ian, Featured Writer the Move