The Hyde Park September Neighborhood E P A R Y D K Meeting Association H . When: 7:00 p.m. Pecan Monday, September 8, 2008 Where: Hyde Park United Methodist Church 4001 Speedway Who: YOU and your neighbors Note: HPNA general meetings usually take place on the first Monday of each month. Press September, 2008 • National Register District Neighborhood • Vol. 34, No. 9 HPNA General Meeting Agenda for September 8th Austin State Hospital Announcement of new HPNA Officer candidates Project: HOPE See you there! ith the change in treatment of mental illness and HPNA Officers & Wthe mission of the Austin State Hospital (ASH), Steering Committee “Partnering to find solutions towards wellness,” this project fits well with our Nominees for 2008-09 mission and our nce again it is election time vision. Project: Ofor the Hyde Park Neighbor- HOPE has not hood Association. Elections will only brought take place as always at our Octo- ber (6th) meeting. You must be an a new caliber HPNA member to vote. I hope ev- of volunteers eryone will put the October 6th to ASH ,but meeting on their calendar. I have will continue always told everyone who asks that H.P.N.A. is the most demo- to improve the cratic neighborhood I have ever environment at One of the Murals Inspired by Project: HOPE dealt with. Our open meetings and ASH. bylaws have set a standard that How did Project: HOPE come murals for our children’s unit. Us- other neighborhoods use to mea- into being? A few months ago, ing the children’s visions of hope sure their associations by. Brenda Logan, a local artist who as their inspiration and guide, the The bylaws require published works on our children’s unit artist/volunteers created beautiful notification of nominees a month (CAPS - Child and Adolescent Psy- pieces of art, which will consti- in advance of the meeting, and chiatric Services), asked the kids, tute a permanent improvement to also provide for nominations from “If you could visualize hope, what the atmosphere and appearance of the floor on election night. If you would it look like?” The visions the CAPS unit. It was an amazing really consider yourself a member, they shared were just amazing. weekend! this is a meeting that you can- Not long after that, Bren- Moreover, once ASH’s Service Continued on page 4 da was at Brackenridge Hospital Director learned that this event Highlights in This Issue: and came upon a group of volun- was going to happen she decid- teer artists painting a mural on ed to paint all the units with pastel Tuesday, October 7: Hyde ✑ their children’s wing. This encoun- colors. Where the units were once Park celebrates National Night ter sparked in her the idea that an institutional gray and beige, Out crime prevention initiative something similar could happen they are now bright and colorful. with “A Walk Through the Ave- at ASH; so on July 26th and 27th, New colorful flooring will be add- nues” (see Crime Report, page 14) 2008, 30 volunteers gathered in the ed in 2009. ✑ Local Historic District Up- Rec Center at ASH and painted 33 Continued on page 3 date (see page 6) Minutes for the August 4, 2008 General Meeting of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Members and guests gathered for the August 4, 2008 Gener- al Meeting of HPNA to enjoy an ice cream social. No business was conducted. Everyone enjoyed the ice cream and the opportunity to visit with each other. — Pam Whittington HPNA Co-Secretary <[email protected]> Pecan Press The Pecan Press is published monthly by the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association in Austin, Texas. Note: Each month’s ad and editorial deadline is th the 15 of month preceding publication. Pam Whittington’s Cat Ponders August HPNA Meeting Editor (photo courtesy Pam Whittington) Grant Thomas 450-0464 <[email protected]> Associate Editor Sarah Sitton 459-4530 207 E. 39th St. Poetry Editor Nancy Taylor Day 892-0127 <[email protected]> 4001 Duval (Salon) 78751 Crime & Safety Chairman Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Carol Welder <[email protected]> P. O Box 49427 • Austin, TX 78765 Production Manager/Advertising Director Robert M. Farr 731-0617 <[email protected]> http://www.austinhydepark.org Mail Ad Payments to: — HPNA Steering Committee— Lorre Weidlich. P.O. Box 49427, Austin, TX 78765 President • Elaine Meenehan • [email protected] .............. 323-9772 Mail Ad Artwork to: an HPNA Bring to or send to: meeting, HPNA Membership 49427 Box P.O. 78765 Texas Austin, HPNA. to Make checks payable Robert M. Farr <[email protected]> Vice President ___________________ 7500 Chelmsford Dr. Austin,TX 78736 • Jennifer Berbas • [email protected].................................. Co-Secretaries • Pam Whittington • [email protected] .... 452-9776 Distribution Coordinator • Celeste Cromack • [email protected] Rimas Remeza • 4105 Ave. F • 371-3158 Phone <[email protected]> Co-Treasurers • Lorre Weidlich, • [email protected] I Jay Aarons • [email protected] • PO Box 49427, Austin, TX 78765 Area Coordinators Additional Steering Committee Members: • Wanda Penn • Rob North of 45th/West of Duval • Pam Dozler ........................ 458-8927 Clinchard • Dorothy Richter • Alan Marburger • William Cook • Stan North of 45th/East of Duval • Jay Gerard & Carrie Laughlin 371-1546 Kozinzky South of 45th/West of Speedway • Robert Morris & Kathryn Kotrla .. HPNA Committee/Task Forces (w/chairs) ................................................................................. 371-7246 AISD • Ann S. Graham, 3815 Ave H .............................................458-8096 South of 45th/East of Speedway • Martha Campbell ......... 452-2815 Alley Coordinator • Carol Burton, [email protected] ....................... Contributors Austin Neighborhoods Council Rep. • Lisa Harris, [email protected] Glen Alyn, Candy Gray Becker, Cynthia Beeman, Laurence Becker, Deaton Beautification • Larry Freilich, [email protected] ...................................... Bednar, Mary Collins Blackmon, George Bristol, Chris Brown, Sharon Children’s Programs • ...................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDED Brown, Lewis Brownlow, Kathryn Bryn, Mark Burkhardt, Amon Burton, Church/Neighborhood Liaison • Niyata Spelman, 3802 Ave. F. 459-8349 ____________ Date Martha Campbell, Inga Marie Carmel, Josephine Casey, Nicole Caspers, Communications/Web • Robin Silberling, [email protected] .....452-1783 $1/year Senior Citizen- Kitty Clark, Carol Cohen Burton, William Cook, Susan Crites Krumm, Crime and Safety Chairman • Carol J. Weider, 4101 Ave F .......459-6205 Celeste Cromack, Rob D’Amico, Herb Dickson, Avis Davis, Don Davis, Pam Dozler, Russell Duke, Cathy Echols, Carla Feldpausch Siegle, Merle Development Review • Stan Kozinsky, 4604 Ave. G ...................451-4455 Renewing Member Franke, Gregory Free, Larry Freilich, Eugene George, Mary Carolyn George, Finance • Nick Van Bavel, [email protected] ......................................... Larry Gilg, Susan Gilg, Ann S. Graham, Carolyn E. Grimes, Rachel Hector, Graffiti Patrol • E. Meenehan, [email protected] .....323-9772 Cash Ben Heimsath, Albert Huffstickler, Liz Jones, Barbara Kelly, John Kerr, Homes Tour • Lorre Weidlich, [email protected] ..300-2228 Susan Kerr, Bo Kersey, Susan Kirk, Mike Kintner, Dennis Lensing, Karen Membership • Jim & Eileen Genevro, [email protected] ...401-3803 McGraw, Sharon Majors, Jason Mann, Libby Malone, Alan Marburger, Peter Neighborhood Planning • Karen McGraw, 4315 Ave. C ............459-2261 Maxson, Brook Meggs, Elaine Meenehan, Fred Meredith, Susan Moffat, Local Historic District • Sharon Majors, [email protected] .. John Paul Moore, Jack Nokes, Jill Nokes, Wanda Penn, Cecil Pennington, Check Peter Pfeiffer, Dorothy Richter, Walter Richter, Kristen De La Rosa, Steve Shipe Park • Mark Fishman, [email protected] ...............656-5505 Standard - $5/year - $5/year Standard Member New Sadowsky, Mary Lou Serafine, Sheree Scarborough, Jaime Shimkus, Cathy Sidewalks • Andrew Shea, [email protected] .................................. _____________________________________________________________________ Short, Sarah Sitton, Thad Sitton, Clay Smith, Niyianta Spelman, Jenna Social • Deaton Bednar, [email protected] .............................. ______________________________________________ Stephens, Julie Strong, Kathleen Strong, Debbie Trammell, Rollo Treadway, Tree Preservation • JP Moore, [email protected] ...789-7025 Lao Tzu, Jennifer Vickers, Katie Vignery, Sandra Villalaz-Dickson, Lorre Triangle Development • Cathy Echols, 4002 Ave. C ...................206-0729 be notified via email of HPNA meetings and events. I wish to Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Enrollment 2007-08 Membership Enrollment Neighborhood Association Park Hyde Weidlich, Joe Wiseman. Zoning • Dorothy Richter, 3901 Ave. G ........................................452-5117 Name Address Email ____________________________________________________ Dues (per person) Payment: on SeptemberAll memberships expire 30th of each year. Page — September, 008 — Pecan Press Austin State Hospital Project: HOPE... …cont’d from page 1 Looking ahead, we also plan to recruit sculptors to Our superintendent gave his permission to have a assist with creating sculptures that spell out HOPE in mural painted on the end of our building, facing Gua- 5-6 different languages. Two will be placed at the chil- dalupe, honoring volunteers. A number of local artists dren’s unit. Brenda wants the word HOPE to be the have expressed an interest in participating