December 2005 - test-neighbhorhood@test.highlandparkpa.com

[Highland Park] Casinos and Community
by Salvador Wilcox 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Dear Highland Parkers (and other Pittsburgh communities), Education Innovations, Inc. will be sending out a press release urging our law makers to demand that casinos usher in a new era for the Pittsburgh region by concentrating on our educational stock and communities rather than by building arenas. We will be arguing that the economic effect of committing casino money to improving the education of our students-increased achievement and graduations, college, apprenticeship programs-and concentrating on workforce/entrepreneurship training for young and young-at-heart alike is larger, will last longer, and has the greatest potential to revitalize the region. Their knowledge transformed to action will last longer than the average life of any arena that can be built. Our students are the future of the region and they need as much help as they can, especially as our school district needs help both academically and financially. We are seeking other like-minded organizations-for profit, non-profit, community development corporations, etc.-to join with us. Please contact me below if you'd like to add your voice. We need more voices! Salvador Wilcox CEO Education Innovations, Inc. 6435 Frankstown Ave., 2nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15206 412.661.8751 ext. 150 www.educationinnovations.org Education Innovations, Inc. is a 501.c.3. nonprofit organization "building communities of seekers, learners, and teachers who share the world as a classroom." We do our work through your generous tax-deductible donations.

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[Highland Park] Dog Found
by Ela Lewis 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

We just wanted to let you know that a kind neighbor took Sebastian in last night and we were reunited a few minutes ago. Thank you for your help!! Ela and Jonathan ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com

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[Highland Park] MISSING DOG
by Ela Lewis 28 Dec '05

28 Dec '05

Please help if you can. My husband and I let our basset hound out last night after a bath on his lead in our yard. Unfortuantely, the lead broke free and he took an evening stroll on his own. We have been looking for him most the night but have not found him yet. He answers to Sebastian, is about 45 pounds and is white with brown spots, his lead may still be attached. He is a basset hound. We are offering a reward if he is returned. I am attaching a picture. Our names are: Ela and Jonathan Lewis Phone 412-404-7273 Cell: 312-560-7580 Thank you in advance!! Ela -- Ela Lewis MSPT, NCS Clinical Project Manager Chicago PT, LLC 2510 Gross Point Road Evanston, IL 60201 ph: 312-560-7580 fax: 847-864-0150 --

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RE: [Highland Park] Similar Robbery in September (fwd) (fwd)
by Michael P. Johnson 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi all, Over Christmas dinner I chatted with a friend who told me he'd been mugged under circumstances similar to those described in recent postings to the HP listserv. His description is below. If this sounds familiar to you, please let me know. I could put you in touch with the friend, who does not know exactly what to do next (Pitt police were not helpful, neither was 911). To be clear, they hit him, took his money, and he had to roll down a hillside to escape. It was very scary. Michael > Two African American males, I guess they were about 16 > years old but who knows, came up from behind on Schenley Farms Terrace. I > saw them bounding down the street but did not pay attention to them. They > were also wearing hats or masks to partly obscure their faces. I can't > remember what color jackets they were wearing or much else, except that > one was taller than me, maybe 5'11" or 6', and the other shorter, maybe > 5'8". The taller one had the gun and was doing all the talking ("give it > up" was all I remember him saying). > > I think as disturbing as the incident was, the fact that it happened 20 > feet from my house is equally haunting to me now. Michael P. Johnson Associate Professor of Management Science and Urban Affairs H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Carnegie Mellon University 2107C Hamburg Hall, 4800 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 t: 412-268-4270 f: 412-268-7036 e: johnson2(a)andrew.cmu.edu w: http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/researchers/faculty/johnson2.html

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[Highland Park] Laura's closing reception from5 to 7 PM
by Christine Frechard-Harbison 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Sorry, I forgot to mention the time. from 5 to 7 PM the 30th of December! Thank you _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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[Highland Park] Laura's closing reception
by Christine Frechard-Harbison 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

If you didn't get the chance to see Laura Jean Mc Laughlin's work (and Laura!) or if you want to enjoy her show one more time, you are welcome to come to her unformal and friendly closing reception on Friday the 30th at europ'Art gallery 1135 Mellon st. Pittsburgh PA 15206 europartgallery(a)hotmail.com 412 661 0177 PLease, RSVP ASAP Thank you and happy holidays _________________________________________________________________ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement

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[Highland Park] checkbooks
by Sherry Goldman 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

We haven't picked up our purses yet, because we have to get our car fixed first, but the lady that found them and the police don't seem to have found the checkbooks. They might be in there somewhere, but they just haven't been found yet. They are probably thrown away in Morganton somewhere, but in case you see them., please let me know. We just want our registers back, especially for the music checkbook, since all of our business expenses are in there. They are in plastic covers; one has music on the front, and one has Oriental flowers. Thanks.

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[Highland Park] Our purses were found
by Sherry Goldman 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Great news-- a woman in Morgantown West Virginia found our purses in the mud! She was kind enough to call us and we hope to be reunited with them sometime this week. Restores my faith in humanity....

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[Highland Park] HPCC News January 06
by Bruce Robison 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Lisa reminds me that there is no HPCC Newsletter in January, but since I had already composed this . . . . BruceR Around St. Andrew's By Bruce Robison January arrives with a "Happy New Year 2006" greeting to all our friends and neighbors. The month begins and ends with musical events of interest to the wider neighborhood. The New Year begins actually in the Old Year, Saturday, December 31st, as our New Year's Eve tradition at St. Andrew's includes an 11 p.m. Musical Recital followed by Midnight Bellringing in the Churchtower, followed by a champagne (or non-alcoholic alternative) toast to 2006. Stop by to Ring In the New Year with us! On Thursday evening, January 5, at 8 p.m., the Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany, a service of Choral Evensong, sung by St. Andrew's Choir, will be followed with a very special recital featuring Charlotta Klein Ross, of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Cello, with Elizabeth Ross, Voice, and Barbara I. Lewis, Associate Organist of St. Andrew's, Piano. A wonderful program, followed by a festive "Twelfth Night" reception in the Parish Hall. On Sunday afternoon, January 29th, St. Andrew's will be the venue for the Winter Concert of the Eastern Pittsburgh Youth Orchestra. As Gary Mosier wrote in a recent notice on the Neighborhood E-List, "EPYO was formed in 1996 to provide an additional outlet for young performers in Western Pennsylvania. The rehearsals and the concerts provide young adults with a broad-based exposure to traditional, orchestral performance practices, including a professional focus for students of more serious intent." Two notes as well for movie lovers. On Saturday evening, January 14, the St. Andrew's Youth Group is hosting a "Dinner and a Movie" Fundraiser, with dinner served at 5:30 p.m. and a screening of the classic family film, "The Black Stallion," at 6:45 p.m. Suggested donation [to cover both the meal and the movie] $8.50 per person ($5 for children 11 and under). On Saturday evening, January 28, the St. Andrew's Adult Education/Program Committee is hosting a showing of Pasolini's 1964 film classic, "The Gospel according to St. Matthew"--a little-seen 1964 masterpiece by the controversial Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini . . . a film that veteran British critic Alexander Walker was not alone in proclaiming "grips the historical and psychological imagination like no other religious film I have ever seen." The film begins at 7 p.m., and is shown without charge. We are invited to bring a food or beverage item to share for a "pot luck" dessert "movie fare" table. St. Andrew's has been a part of our Highland Park neighborhood for a century. Sunday services are 9 a.m. (Holy Communion) and 11 a.m. (Choral Morning Prayer, with Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month), and our Sunday morning educational programs for Children, Youth, and Adults begin at 9:45 a.m. If there are pastoral needs we can assist with--a baby to be baptized, a marriage to celebrate, a sick or shut-in family member or neighbor to be visited, a family to support at the time of a death . . . or if you simply would need to borrow a few folding chairs, or locate a "rainy day" location for a family event--please do call. Our office is open Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., and our phone number is (412) 661-1245.

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[Highland Park] Car Broken into and purses
by Sherry Goldman 25 Dec '05

25 Dec '05

My husband and I were just up at the reservoir walking and while we were there (between 4:30 and 5:00 pm), our car window was smashed and both of our purses stolen. We lost all of our credit cards, wallets, checkbooks, etc. The credit card and bank cards are being cancelled. I am hoping that the rest of the purses with our appointment books, phone numbers and more important material will be recovered. Hopefully, the thief dumped it somewhere close. Please be on the lookout for a beige parachute material woman's purse (sportsac?) and a man's "murse" (male purse) called a "yaksak?"-- black with silver trim. We looked all over to find one like that, so hopefully. it will turn up. I am most disgusted that my trust in the safety of Highland Park has been shattered. Thanks all...

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