June 2006 - test-neighbhorhood@test.highlandparkpa.com

[Highland Park] Greek pastries
by Dmarie1023＠aol.com 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

from Jan Stayianos thank you everyone for your patronage, I am completely sold out.

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[Highland Park] petty theft on Jackson St last Thursday
by Justin Cummings 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

I had my car parked on Jackson between N. Euclid and Beatty with my rear passenger window half open. I did this to keep my car from being too hot (during the hot weather we had) while I showed the house that is for sale there. Somebody was kind enough to go into my car and take my cell phone. They called the following numbers: 05/31 07:19 AM PITTSBURGH 412-758-5660 DT 1 05/31 07:09 AM PITTSBURGH 412-452-2467 DT 1 05/31 07:02 AM PITTSBURGH 412-452-2467 DT 1 05/30 19:31 PM INCOMING 412-758-5660 NW 1 05/30 19:28 PM PITTSBURGH 412-452-2467 NW 2 05/30 19:24 PM PITTSBURGH 412-537-6844 NW 3 05/30 19:24 PM PITTSBURGH 412-537-6844 NW 1 05/30 19:23 PM PITTSBURGH 412-537-6844 NW 1 05/30 19:22 PM PITTSBURGH 412-452-2467 NW 1 05/30 19:06 PM PITTSBURGH 412-758-5660 NW 15 05/30 18:58 PM PITTSBURGH 412-403-0918 DT 1 I purchased a new phone, but I guess this is a warning that you shouldn't leave your car windows cracked for 15 minutes. Justin Cummings Howard Hanna Portland St

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[Highland Park] [Update.unionproject] curbside coffee and lunch
by Justin Rothshank 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

- www.unionproject.org - New Additions to Union Station Cafe The café serves CURBSIDE COFFEE on Negley Avenue! Drive “thru” the Union Project between 7:30 am to 9 am Monday thru Friday to grab a fresh cup of the morning brew. The café also serves a full lunch and dinner menu including fresh sandwiches and fresh salads and hot soups. Call the café, 412-363-1717 if you have questions, or visit the café website, www.unionproject.org/Union_Station_Cafe. Union Station is open from 7 am to 10 pm every day. Union Project needs a truck, a washer, and a dryer Do you have a pickup truck, minivan, cargo van, or other vehicle capable of hauling building materials? Do you have an electric washer/dryer? Union Project would welcome this as a donation. We can provide you with a tax receipt and a donation acknowledgement in return. Please contact Justin(a)unionproject.org or call 412-363-4550x2 if you have one of these items to donate. New Clay Classes Announced A new summer and fall slate of clay classes has been announced. Exciting classes include majolica classes, slip casting, wheel throwing, mug making, tile making, kiln building and more. Email Justin(a)unionproject.org for more information. Union Project has also started a “Ceramics Only” email list, for those interested in receiving regular updates regarding the clay studio. If you’re interested in joining this email list you can sign up by visiting http://unionproject.mennonite.net/mailman/listinfo/ ceramics.unionproject, or email Justin(a)unionproject.org with the words “ceramics email subscription” in the subject line. Free Grant Workshop at the Union Project A free grant workshop will be held at the Union Project on June 27 from 7-9:15 PM. Sponsored by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area (www.riversofsteel.com) the workshop will focus on grants of interest to folk and traditional artists; cultural, arts, and heritage organizations; festival committees; traditional performing and visual arts groups; and historical societies. Grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Pennsylvania Heritage Parks Program, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Carnegie Library’s Foundation Center will be discussed. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Julie Throckmorton-Meunier at Rivers of Steel, (412) 464-4020 ext. 45, jthrockmorton(a)riversofsteel.com. PULSE goes national Sure, PULSE/Mennocorps (www.mennocorps.org) does great things in Pittsburgh, but what about the rest of the country? Louisville Urban Corps and Los Angeles Urban Corps are the new kids on the block - sister programs to PULSE that replicate the important mission of learning and serving down south and out west. LUC is finishing its second year, while LA Urban Corps will begin its first year this fall. Both programs are in need of bright, talented applicants who are willing to engage the challenges of living, serving and learning in a city.Any suggestions you have would be welcome! Please contact the individual city directors: Susan Rhema (Louisville): lou.urbancorps(a)win.net or 502/550-0576 Joel Shenk (LA):joelshenk@gmail.com or 626/720-8100 You can donate to Union Project online by visiting https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=6211. _______________________________________________ update mailing list update(a)unionproject.org http://unionproject.mennonite.net/mailman/listinfo/update.unionproject

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[Highland Park] Weekend Extravaganza - Mind, Body, Spirit at Eastminster Church
by Ted Melnyk 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Dear Friends, Eastminster Church will be hosting a Health Fitness Fair and Car Wash this Saturday (9am-2pm) and Sunday (noon - 3pm). Doctors and nurses from East Liberty Health Care Center will be on hand for Health Screenings including BMI Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, HIV and Cholestrol screening will be available. Eastminster's Youth Group will be washing cars on Saturday. Assorted Healthy Salads will be for sale as well. You can also tour Eastminster's new Fitness Center and meet center director Percy Fonville. Get a salad, get your car washed, all for a good cause. Ted Melnyk Director of Youth & Family Ministries PS-Much has changed at Eastminster over the past several years, if you're looking for some great Sunday morning services, check out Morning Praise at 9:30am (full band, Powerpoint, good coffee) or our 11am service (traditional music, choir and preaching). Ted Melnyk Eastminster Presbyterian Church 250 N. Highland Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206 work (412) 361-7788 cell (412) 215-0010 home (412) 361-0533 tedmelnyk(a)hotmail.com

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[Highland Park] Hello! and some questions...
by Jenee Libby 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hey guys, My husband Bruce and I have lived here for four years, and I just found this list last month. Better late than never, right? I'm glad to see it here, I'm from the south and grew up knowing all my neighbors so it was heartening to find something like this. And now, a couple of questions: 1. I was overjoyed to discover 8-9 new baby ducks in the reservoir. Not sure if you know, but some other newborns died of malnutrition. Let's pray that these little darlings live long and prosper :) I did see them crawling up the reservoir's sides, so that is a good sign. Before the other newborns died, however, I saw a bunch of "tween" boys throwing rocks at them! >:o( I spoke to them about it, but they ignored me. Is there some person or place I could report this to? I sure don't want it to happen again. The reservoir is such a beautiful place, and we'd all like to keep it that way. 2. Second question, much less serious-------------any ladies know of a good/cheap place around here to get a decent pedicure? The place I go to charges $45, which I can't always swing. At my sister's in Richmond, we go to a place that's clean, efficient, and you can get a mani/pedi for $45. Yeah, I know, not a life or death question :) but with summer here the feets need to look good, ya know? Thanks guys, have a great rest of the week, Jenee Libby - Wellesley Avenue p.s. I've never seen a rat in my backyard, but we do have a groundhog, Bruce and I have named him "Farley" because he's HUGE :) :) :) "Constant. Conscious. Compassion." ----Jack Kerouac "Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." ----W.H. Auden Epizoodiks: my blog http://epizoodiks.blogspot.com/

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[Highland Park] Outdoor Rat Problem
by LORIFRED9＠aol.com 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi there neighbors, We found a rat in our backyard over the weekend and last night, thanks to another's neighbor's help with a trap, we successfully trapped him alive. One of our neighbors who has lived in HP for over 40 years had never seen one here. We "live" in our backyard in the summer, so we could do without the rats. (Even though the one we caught is kind of cute and almost looks like a pet, we still don't want them around) We have children and a pet, so rat poison is out of the question. 1. Question: what do we do with the rat now that he is trapped? 2. Could there be more than just this one? ( I'm guessing yes...) 3. Is there a city office that handles these kinds of problems? 4. There is a property next to ours that has a large pile of brush in the backyard that has been there for about a year. Could this be the nesting place for the critters? Thanks for your help and suggestions. Lori and Fred Rongier Farragut St

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[Highland Park] DID ANYONE LOSE A DOG IN HIGHLAND PARK?
by Difranza, Francine 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

THIS MORNING WE FOUND AN ABANDONED HUSKY/LAB MIS AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE. IF YOU LOST THIS DOG YOU WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY HIM WITH PERTINENT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO HAVE HIM RELEASED. FRANCINE DIFRANZA

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[Highland Park] Weber Charcoal Grill Up For Grabs
by LMChesek＠aol.com 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

I have a classic Weber charcoal grill with some accessories up for grabs. If anyone is interested, please email me for details. I will give you my address and you can pick it up. Lori

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[Highland Park] Car Egging
by Michelle Wahila 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hello Neighhbors, Early this morning (probably sometime between 1 and 4 AM) my car was hit with eggs. I appear to be the only one on the street (lucky me), but was wondering if anyone else got hit. I reported the incident to the police, and asked them to come out for the report/pictures, etc. If anyone else was hit, please let me know. Thank you, Michelle

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Re: [Highland Park] [HP History] G. W. Klages
by Rudolph T. Maceyko 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Kerstin Navik wrote: > I happened across this thread on the Highland Park History site during a > random search. I am one of GW Klages' great-children, and I can give you > more information about him. G. W. was a machinist who specialized in > designing and manufacturing glass-cutting and optical tools. He worked > for several Pittsburgh businesses before he opened his own shop. Three > of his children followed him into the glass business, one of whom was my > grandfather. > > The Alan Klages house is definitely connected to GW; several of my > relatives, including my grandmother, visited it as family members while > Alan Klages was alive. I'm fairly sure that Alan was a nephew of GW's, > but I can double-check my family history information. > > I'm putting together a book on the Klages family and I'm interested in > any information that you might have (that's not from the Historic > Pittsburgh site --- I've already scoured that). > > Thanks, > Kerstin Navik One of the messages Kerstin found on our site was probably: <http://www.highlandpark.pgh.pa.us/pipermail/history/2004-August/000002.html> Can anyone help Kerstin? (If you can, PLEASE join the Highland Park History group--<http://www.highlandpark.pgh.pa.us/mailman/listinfo/history>) Rudy

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