Author: Tom Eblen

Thanks to everyone who organized, helped with and attended the neighborhood picnic last Sunday. If you want to help support future social events like this, please join the Mentelle Neighborhood Association.

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The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors will have its regular monthly meeting (third Wednesday of each month, except December) tonight at 7 p.m. outside at the north end of the Mentelle Park median. Any MNA member is welcome to attend. BYOC (Bring your own chair.)

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association is providing hamburgers and hotdogs. Please bring a side dish to share and your choice of beverage. We have a few chairs, but if you have lawn chairs you can bring for yourself and your family, that would be good.

The annual Mentelle neighborhood picnic returns Sunday after a two-year pandemic hiatus. It will be 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the north median of Mentelle Park nearest Cramer Avenue. All neighborhood residents and their families are invited to attend.

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association will provide hamburgers and hotdogs. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share and your own choice of beverage. There will be games and activities for kids, a bouncy house provided by the Warehouse block, a city fire truck to inspect (if it’s not busy fighting a fire), and live music.

Mentelle Park residents please note: The east (even numbered) side of the street beside the median nearest Cramer will be closed to vehicular traffic from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. So please adjust your plans (and car’s location) accordingly.

Bluegrass Greensource still has some funding available for Fayette County homeowners to plant rain gardens. Because of this, the organization is hosting one more online workshop to inform people of this opportunity, at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13.  More information: https://fb.me/e/2doMd0dWx

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association is bringing back an early fall tradition. All neighborhood residents are invited to a neighborhood picnic, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, September 18.

The association will furnish burgers, brats and hotdogs. Please bring a dish to share and your choice of beverage. There will be live music and plenty of activities for kids: street games, face painting, a fire truck and a bouncy house provided by the Warehouse Block. If you would like to help organize the picnic, please contact MNA President Ann Olliges.

The festivities will be on Mentelle Park, in the medians closest to Cramer Avenue. We hope to see you and your family there!

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, via Zoom. Any MNA member is welcome to attend.  If you would like to attend, please email Tom Eblen for the Zoom link.

Tonight’s regular monthly meeting of the Mentelle Neighborhood Association has been canceled. The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 17.

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors will have its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, 162 N. Ashland Ave. The meeting room entrance is at the rear of the main building. Any MNA member is welcome to attend.

Looking for a rewarding volunteer opportunity? Independent Transportation Network of the Bluegrass, which for 14 years has been arranging volunteer drivers to provide door-to-door, arm-though-arm transportation for seniors and the visually impaired, needs more drivers to meet increasing  demand.

Even being able to provide one ride a week for one individual helps – whatever works with your schedule.  Please consider using a bit of your flexible time in this way.  (Drivers earn credits for future rides for themselves or another person.)  For more information, call (859) 252-8665 or go to https://www.itnbluegrass.org