Author: Tom Eblen

From Mentelle Median Committee Chair Jill DeBolt:

The Mentelle median had a very successful work day this morning!  Thanks to a great team, almost all the beds are weeded and mulched, and progress has been made on cleaning out the natural garden.  A big thank you to the following neighbors for donating more than 30 hours of sweat equity:  Ray and Jill DeBolt, Tom Eblen, Krista Giancarlo, Janet Howard, Tom Lillich, Vikki Mitchell, Barb Wagner, Shirley Warren.  Also, thanks to Gil Dunn for the use of his trailer to haul mulch.

Join your neighbors at 10 a.m. today for a couple of hours of Mentelle Median cleanup and garden work to get our official city park ready for spring. We want to get the flower beds in shape before the weeds start growing too much. We hope to see you there!

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

Join your neighbors at 10 a.m. Saturday (April 23) for a couple of hours of Mentelle Median cleanup and garden work to get our official city park ready for spring. We want to get the flower beds in shape before the weeds start growing too much. We hope to see you there! (Who knows; you may even find some leftover Easter candy.)

The annual Mentelle Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, the day before Easter.  Kim Naujokas will send out details about the event and how you can donate filled plastic eggs for our neighborhood children to find that morning.

To get ready for the egg hunt, the Mentelle Median Committee leaders have planned two cleanup days for our  neighborhood’s public park. These will be mainly to clean up sticks and other tree debris and get the flower beds ready for summer. The cleanup sessions will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, and at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15. Everyone’s help is appreciated.

One more suggestion: Add some bending and stretching exercises to your daily walk around the neighborhood. Take along a plastic bag and pick up trash that has accumulated over the winter.

Thanks to everyone who came out today for the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s Mardi Gras Celebration! Special thanks to organizer Kim Naujokas (with help from Justin); Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe for donating the king cake; Kenwick Table for donating hot chocolate and coffee; and hay wagon driver extraordinaire Gil Dunn. Also, thanks to everyone who donated to help make this event possible.

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The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is today! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you this afternoon!

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

John Moore, the principal of Ashland Elementary School, today announced that the after-school car line will move from Aurora Avenue to Cramer Avenue, between Richmond Avenue and Ashland Avenue, because of gas line replacement work scheduled to begin soon on  Aurora. Click here for details.

From MNA member Kim Naujokas: