February 2012 Pecan Press
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The Hyde Park February Neighborhood E P A R Y D K Meeting Association H . When: 7:00 p.m. Pecan Monday, February 6, 2012 Where: Trinity United Methodist Church 4001 Speedway Note: HPNA general meetings usually take place on the first Monday of each month. HPNA General Meeting Press Agenda for Feb 6th February, 2012 • National Register District Neighborhood • Vol. 38, No. 2 Pecan Street Inc. - presentation seeking Hyde Park residents to Hyde Park Groups Create participate in Smart Grid. “Greening” Historic Homes - presentation by Michelle Paris Dialogue, Get to Work to Pecan Street Combat Food Insecurity Smart Grid n MLK Day weekend this year, a few Hyde Park Ocommunity institutions joined forces to create a dialogue Demonstration: about the issue of food insecurity and to establish a new Sign Up Today! community garden that will grow fresh produce for those ecan Street Inc. is currently who cannot adequately feed themselves. Pseeking volunteers in the On Sunday night, Trinity Unit- teers gathered at Griffin School to Hyde Park neighborhood ed Methodist Church (TUMC) break ground on the Griffin Com- to take part in its smart grid hosted a “Peace through Pie So- munity Gardens, establishing 12 research project, a deployment cial” and encouraged community raised garden beds which will be dialogue about hunger, the value available to community members of home-based consumer of gardens, and the importance of and will be a source of fresh pro- technologies designed to make community engagement with these duce for the Hope Food Pantry energy management more issues. Then on Monday, volun- housed at TUMC. efficient, more intelligent The events were an amazing and more cost-effective for collaboration of a number of com- Austinites like you. munity organizations: TUMC, You may have heard of Pecan Griffin School, Center for Inquiry Street’s efforts to bring smarter, Austin, AHB Community School, cleaner energy management to the Theatre Action Project, Peace Mueller community and Austin through Pie, and HPNA. at large. A nonprofit organization, Each event started with a pie Pecan Street Inc. and research part- social – an event promoted by ners from The University of Texas, Peace through Pie as a vehicle for National Renewable Energy Labo- positive social change. Neighbors ratory and Environmental Defense brought savory or sweet pies along Fund are working together to un- with their pie stories to share with derstand the impact of smart grid others. From quiche to apple to technologies in residential homes. lemon meringue, participants ate Our work is funded largely by a their way through dozens of de- $10.4 million smart grid demon- licious pies, viewed video clips stration grant from the Department arranged by AHB’s Ali Ronder, of Energy, and fully supported by and had small group discussions Pecan Street’s local partners: the with support from discussion lead- City of Austin, Austin Energy, The Connor Binns and his Buttermilk Pie at ers from local family farms and University of Texas, the Austin Trinity Methodist Church “Peace through Pie nonprofit organizations that focus Continued on page 5 Social.” Photo by Mylene Baumuller Continued on page 4 From the President’s Desk: y column in the paper edition of the Pecan Press last month was rather cryptic due to a misprint and miss- Ming text. It is printed in its entirety elsewhere in this issue. It was shocking to have sever- one will take place this month on rollout of a new Local Area Traffic al violent incidents occur in a short Wednesday, February 8th. Game Management Program. The guide- period of time and so close to our night will occur every other month lines and procedures are effective neighborhood early this year. We and there will be an opportunity to January 1, 2012, and his department need to be careful and watch out for play games, meet your neighbors, began accepting applications for each other. We haven’t put as much and find out which of your neighbors speeding mitigation on January 18, energy into neighborhood watch are seriously competitive. 2011. They have two request cycles since the tire slasher has been off the I am pleased to report that the per year. The first cycle for the year streets but given those events it’s a city’s Airport Boulevard Adviso- will consist of the first 60 requests good time to make sure we have all ry Committee has elected Doris that arrive. If they find with their ex- blocks covered. Please let us know if Coward to membership so our neigh- isting resources they can process you are interested in participating. borhood is now represented on that more than 60 applications in a cycle, On a happier note, thanks to De- committee. She plans to update us they will do so. Details of the pro- aton Bednar, Barbara Gibson, and periodically on that committee and gram and an application form are on Elise Krentzel for the game nights Airport Boulevard redevelopment. the resources page of the HPNA web- that they are organizing. The first site. You can also go to the following page on the city website: Pecan Press Continued on following page The Pecan Press is published monthly by the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association in Austin, Texas. Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Note: Each month’s ad and editorial deadline is P. O Box 49427 • Austin, TX 78765 the 15th of month preceding publication. http://www.austinhydepark.org Editor — HPNA Officers/Steering Committee — Paul Kamprath <[email protected]> President Editor Emeritus • Lisa Harris <[email protected]> ................................ 420-0652 Grant Thomas 450-0464 <[email protected]> Co-Vice Presidents Poetry Editor • John Williams <[email protected]> Charlotte Herzele <[email protected]> • Lorre Weidlich <[email protected]> Crime & Safety Chairman • Dorothy Richter Heather Freeman <[email protected]> Co-Secretaries • Ashley Schweikart • Claire de Young Production Manager/Advertising Director Co-Treasurers • PO Box 49427, Austin, TX 78765 Robert M. Farr 731-0617 <[email protected]> • I.J. Aarons <[email protected]> • Lynne Hohlfeld <[email protected]> Mail Ad Payments to: Kitty Clark celebrates her 90th birthday with Lynne Hohlfeld P.O. Box 49427, Austin, TX 78765 Additional Steering Committee Members: • Mark Fishman Mail Ad Artwork to: her great grandson. Photo by Jan Ohlsson. • Stan Kozinsky • Eric Stumberg • John Moore • David Conner Robert M. Farr <[email protected]> • Kevin Heyburn • Michael Nill 7500 Chelmsford Dr. Austin,TX 78736 Congratulations to Kitty Clark on HPNA Committee/Task Forces (w/chairs) Distribution Coordinator her 90th birthday this January! Many AISD • ................................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDED Rimas Remeza • 4105 Ave. F • 371-3158 Alley Coordinator • Carol Burton, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> neighbors and friends, including sev- Austin Neighborhoods Council Rep. Ellen Williams, <[email protected]> Area Coordinators eral elected officials, came to help Beautification • Robin Burch <[email protected]> . (903) 780-5275 North of 45th/West of Duval • Pam Dozler ........................ 458-8927 her celebrate. Her son-in-law, Jan Children’s Programs • ...................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDED North of 45th/East of Duval • Jay Gerard & Carrie Laughlin 371-1546 Ohlsson, sent us a couple of the pho- Church/Neighborhood Liaison • Niyata Spelman, 3802 Ave. F. 459-8349 South of 45th/West of Speedway • Robert Morris & Kathryn Kotrla .. Communications/Web • Robin Silberling, <[email protected]> 452-1783 ................................................................................. 371-7246 tos he took at her birthday party. In Crime & Safety • Heather Freeman, <[email protected]> South of 45th/East of Speedway • Martha Campbell ......... 452-2815 one photo she is holding the City of Development Review • David Conner <[email protected]> Contributors Austin proclamation celebrating her Finance • David Conner <[email protected]> Glen Alyn, Candy Gray Becker, Cynthia Beeman, Laurence Becker, Deaton Graffiti Patrol • Pete Gilcrease <[email protected]> ...817-313-3896 Bednar, Mary Collins Blackmon, Steve Bratteng , George Bristol, Sharon birthday and in the other she is with Homes Tour • David Conner <[email protected]> Brown, Lewis Brownlow, Amon Burton, Martha Campbell, Inga Marie her great grandson. •Lorre Weidlich <[email protected]> Carmel, Josephine Casey, Nicole Caspers, Kitty Clark, Betsy Clubine, Membership • Jim & Eileen Genevro, <[email protected]> 401-3803 Elsy Cogswell, Carol Cohen Burton, William Cook, Susan Crites Krumm, Sara Krause at the city’s neigh- Neighborhood Planning • Karen McGraw, 4315 Ave. C ............459-2261 Celeste Cromack, Herb Dickson, Avis Davis, Don Davis, Luci Davis, borhood partnership program Pam Dozler, Cathy Echols, Mark Fishman, Fred Florence, Merle Franke, Local Historic District • .................................................................inactive Gregory Free, Nadia Freeman, Larry Freilich, Eugene George, Mary Carolyn contacted me in early January to let Shipe Park • Mark Fishman, <[email protected]> ..............656-5505 George, Barbara Gibson, Larry Gilg, Susan Gilg, Ann S. Graham, Carolyn me know that she is working on hav- Social • Deaton Bednar, <[email protected]> .......................... E. Grimes, Wouter Habraken, Lisa Harris, Anne Hebert, Ben Heimsath, ing the project for the green at 3801 Transportation ................................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDED Albert Huffstickler,