May 2007 - test-neighbhorhood@test.highlandparkpa.com

[Highland Park] [Update.unionproject] Craft Vendors, Community Day, Dollars and Sense, Paper Recycling
by Katrina Struloeff 11 May '07

11 May '07

To view the full email update visit www.unionproject.org/About_Us/News UP item of the week: CALLING ALL CRAFT/ANTIQUE/ARTS VENDORS The Union Project is having a Community Festival June 3rd. There will be live music, games for kids, food and vendors. June 3rd is the same day as the Highland Park Yard Sale which brings in up to 1,000 people to the neighborhood! We are looking for craft/art/antique vendors to sell their wares. Email Hilary at hilary(a)unionproject.org with the following information and send a check for $20 to save your spot. Your spot includes a 6-8 ft long table. -Contact Info (Address, Phone, Email) -Type of Medium -Number of Tables Other UP items this week: COMMUNITY DAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 3RD MONDAY EVENING CONVERSATION SERIES – “DOLLARS AND SENSE” UNION PROJECT ASKS YOU TO RECYCLE YOUR PAPER visit www.unionproject.org/About_Us/News to view more details on any of these items _______________________________________________ update mailing list update(a)unionproject.org http://unionproject.mennonite.net/mailman/listinfo/update.unionproject

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[Highland Park] FOR SALE
by Kathy Bubash 11 May '07

11 May '07

FOR SALE FUTONE ;$ 70.00 ORIGINALLY $106.00 Used one semester college student. Black, 8 feet long, couch set up or bed set up. Black office chair. $5.00 (office max variety) originally $49. Tractor Sears. Needs tire and starter. $50.00 Capo de Monte: Elephant $50.00 approx 10 inches high. vaccaro.e(a)mellon.com 412-487-7225

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[Highland Park] Saturday is Mulch Day at the SuperPlayground
by Bob Staresinic 11 May '07

11 May '07

It is time to spread the protective mulch around the SuperPlayground. There is one huge pile of Fibar mulch that is waiting to be spread (to a depth of 12 inches I am told). Saturday May 12th from 9 am until it is done, everyone is welcome to come up and help. Kids are welcome in addition to adults. Looking to tire your kids out? This is the time and place. We will have a bobcat to help move the mulch, along with wheelbarrows, rakes, and brooms. The weather looks to be beautiful--partly cloudy and only in the 70's. Take an hour or two and come up to the SuperPlayground and help out. You dont need to be there at 9, as it will probably take several hours to get all the mulch spread. The SuperPlayground is the community-built wooden structure near the reservoir. If you need directions, let me know. This is being done in anticipation of the Sweet 16 Party and Rededication of the SuperPlayground on Saturday June 9th from 11 am to 2 pm. Of course everyone is invited to join in that day also. See you tomorrow. Bob

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[Highland Park] Annual Yard Sale June 3rd
by Bob Staresinic 10 May '07

10 May '07

----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Staresinic To: Highland Park com. Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:57 AM Subject: Fw: Annual Yard Sale June 3rd Hello Neighbors The HPCC Yard Sale will be held again this year, on the first Sunday in June. If you are interested in having an individual sale, or joining with your neighbors to have a larger sale, now is the time to start planning. If you are looking for new (used) stuff for your house, that is the day to find it. It might be within walking distance of where you live. It is a great day to get out and walk the neighborhood and visit friends. If you are not selling, you should be buying. I will be handing out maps to keep myself from adding more clutter to my house. Once a packrat, always a packrat. I also attached a list of upcoming events around the neighborhood. See you on the 3rd. Bob Sunday, June 3rd Clean out your basements and attics and join your neighbors in one big yard sale. For a fee of $12, the HPCC provides sellers with balloons and signs, does the advertising, and provides shoppers with a map of the sales. If you would like to have a sale at your house, send a $12 check (payable to HPCC) to Judy Wolfe at 5910 Wellesley Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15206, by Wednesday May 30th at 5 pm. Include the following info: Name, Address of the sale, Phone Number, Email address, Items for sale (please include general categories unless there is a special item you need to feature, like Brand New Refrigerator, 1980 Apple computer, '57 Mercedes, etc).

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[Highland Park] Voice and Piano Studio Accepting a Few Dedicated Students!
by Erica Olden 10 May '07

10 May '07

Hello! I am looking for a few interested, dedicated, hardworking students for my studio right now. Voice lessons are for those age 13 and up and piano for 8 and older. Lessons can be at my house or your house. Some info about myself: Opera/Experimental/Jazz/Cabaret Singer. 10 Years Teaching Experience. BFA/MM School of Music, Carnegie Mellon U. Research Fellow - Dalcroze Eurhythmics, Carnegie Mellon. PhD Candidate - U. Pittsburgh, School of Education. Please refer to my website: http://home.comcast.net/~ericaolden/ Please contact me for more information. Musically, Erica Olden

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[Highland Park] An Exceptional Evening of Music in Highland Park
by Bruce Robison 10 May '07

10 May '07

The Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Melissa McBride will present a concert on Monday, May 14th at 8 pm at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Highland Park. The orchestra will perform Tchaikovskys Serenade for Strings, Simple Symphony of Benjamin Britten, Serenade by Josef Suk, and will feature guest artist Charles Lirette of the Pittsburgh Symphony in Telemanns Concerto in D for Trumpet and String Orchestra. A wine and hors doeuvre reception will follow the concert. St Andrews Church is located at the corner of Hampton and North Euclid, one block west of Highland Avenue, four blocks south of the park, in the East End Pittsburgh neighborhood of Highland Park. Suggested donation is $10. For more information, call 412-731-5247.

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[Highland Park] Donations for women's shelter?
by Amy P. Maceyko 09 May '07

09 May '07

We have some baby items (diapers, blankets, pacifiers, formula) and some mom items (lotion, hair products, woman's clothing) that we don't need for various reasons. I was wondering if anyone knows of any local women's shelter or other East End location that could use some or all of these items. Most were gifts that we can't use, and I'd like them to go to people who really need them. Thanks, Amy

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[Highland Park] Pittsburgh Garden Swap - June 2nd
by Jessica J. Pedersen 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hello Neighbors - If you love to garden or if you have plants that you need to thin or remove, then you'll enjoy the Pittsburgh Garden Swap. This is the seventh year for this local event and I hope that you stop by to partake in the swap and our gardening related activities. The Swap is a non-profit event for gardening enthusiasts of all ages, is taking place on Saturday, June 2nd at the Frick Environmental Center in Squirrel Hill. The beauty of this annual event is the ability for local gardeners to share and trade treasures from their own gardens. Here are the details: Pittsburgh Garden Swap Saturday, June 2nd 12:00pm - 3:00pm Frick Environmental Center 2005 Beechwood Boulevard, Frick Park in Squirrel Hill Admission: $3 per person Join local garden enthusiasts and trade perennials, annuals, seeds, bulbs, garden tools and decorations. Plants should be clearly labeled and well potted (please do not bring un-potted, poorly-potted or bare-root plants). Other activities include Pittsburgh Garden Stories a new activity that provides local gardeners with an opportunity to show off their gardens. Participants are asked to bring a photo of their blooming garden to the event and the Garden Swap team will provide a template for writing a short narrative about their gardening experiences, challenges, and triumphs. All Pittsburgh Garden Stories will be posted for participants to read. Select stories will be published on the Pittsburgh Garden Swap Website. Participants and their families will also be able to take part in hands-on, nature-inspired creative activities. Participants will be able to plant and take home their very own Grass-Hair Friend, a cup-size friend whose hair is really growing grass. Other activities include Seed Art, nature-inspired puppeteering, and face painting. In addition, vendors will also be on hand to display and sell their garden-inspired creations. The Pittsburgh Garden Swap is sponsored by the East-End Coop, the Frick Environmental Center, and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy. Proceeds will support Frick Environmental Center programming and the Pittsburgh Garden Swap operating fund. Complete details about the Garden Swap can be found at <http://pittsburghgardenswap.blogspot.com/>http://pittsburghgardenswap.blogspot.com. For more information please contact <mailto:pghgardenswap@yahoo.com>pghgardenswap(a)yahoo.com. I hope to see you there! Jessica Pedersen Bryant Street

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[Highland Park] Another scam to watch out for
by Helen Blier 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hi all - Yep - another one for the neighborhood. Any Guardian home security customers out there? A guy with an APX/Honeywell shirt is walking around the neighborhood, claiming to be a representative of the company sent to "update" home security equipment. You guessed it - he's not. According to Guardian, the scam involves having customers sign double contracts and be billed for two security systems. As the customer service rep at Guardian just told me, Guardian would never ever send folks door to door. The guy in question is early 20s, white, short & wide, bad skin. He was at my house on Farragut at 4:45 on Wed. afternoon. For the record, I thought he was going to swallow his teeth when I told him I knew it was a scam and would be informing authorities. -Helen 912 Farragut

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[Highland Park] RE: Trees on E. liberty Blvd
by Jahn, David 09 May '07

09 May '07

I think Kendall already adequately explained our position on favoring 'any' tree over pear at this time. Had we kept the remaining trees we still would have inserted another genus between them. Pear is not included on the Recommended Species List at this time due to disease potential and vulnerability in wind events. David Jahn, City Forester 6520 Stanton Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15206 412-665-3625 412-665-4316 FAX david.jahn(a)city.pittsburgh.pa.us -----Original Message----- From: courtney ehrlichman [mailto:courtney.ehrlichman@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:07 AM To: diana.ames(a)verizon.net; Jahn, David Cc: neighborhood(a)highlandpark.pgh.pa.us; kendall.pelling(a)eastliberty.org; jester, eric Subject: Trees on E. liberty Blvd Hi David and Diana, The community is quite shocked and saddened by the now barren strips of center median on E. Liberty Blvd. The blossoming of the flowering pear trees were a much awaited spectacle every season and softened the effects of the high speed traffic. We are thankful that the Duquesne Light has rightly agreed to replant trees there. However, the concern is that the trees should be replaced with the Callery Pears, as this continues on the whole Boulevard and is what was there before. If you could please explain the thinking behind planting sycamores there, the community would be much obliged. They would be even more obliged if you replanted the callery pears ; ) Many thanks, Courtney Ehrlichman Tree Hugger Extraordinare

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