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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 The Clarion Newspaper (and its predecessor Neighbors Monthly Newsletter and its predecessor Lake Claire Neighbors Flyer) has been written, edited, and distributed by volunteers since 1989. 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.