Whitland Yard Sales

8:00am - 1:00pm Saturday, September 30, 2023

 

18 yard sales located at the following addresses:

305 Bowling Avenue

401 Bowling Avenue #12 (Richmeade Place Condos)

215, 218, 226 and 229 Carden Avenue

200, 211 and 219 Leonard Avenue

3801 and 3806 Rolland Avenue

204 and 310 South Wilson Blvd.

3709, 3731, 3737, 3813 and 3821 Whitland Avenue

 

Whitland neighbors are invited to donate or discard unwanted items at the following:

Saturday, September 30, 2023

1:00pm - 3:00pm Goodwill donation truck located at the corner of Whitland and Carden.

Items should be in good shape.  No mattresses, box springs or tube tvs accepted.  No broken, damaged or stained items.

8:00am - 3:00pm Dumpster trucks located at the corner of Whitland and Carden as well as the corner of Whitland and Craighead.  Metro employees will man the trucks and oversee the trash disposal. Please see the lists below of acceptable and unacceptable items:

In celebration of Earth Day, the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association (WANA) is hosting one of its two annual creek clean ups on Saturday, April 22, 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  Join your neighbors for coffee, donuts, water and our efforts to care for own beautiful natural resource, the Kingfisher Branch Creek along Rolland Road.

Our goal is to collect trash and debris in and around the creek along Rolland Road (Kingfisher Branch) as well as increase erosion control around the Carden Bridge. We will not be trimming trees or bushes. Bring boots/waders/ gloves. Children older than age 10 are welcome if accompanied by their parent(s). We need some strong adults to help place the material for erosion control. Trash bags will be provided.

In case of inclement weather, WANA will send an email to the WANA Google Group the morning of the event and reschedule for the following Saturday.

We look forward to seeing you next Saturday at the Carden Bridge!

 

Happy April, WANA neighbors!

Please find attached our first newsletter of 2023. Thank you to Betsy Lipschutz and Chuck Sherrill for their amazing efforts on this edition.

PDF Link

Greetings, Neighbors!

WANA has organized an Ice Cream Social night where we hope folks will gather to purchase a treat from Bradley’s Creamery.  This food truck loves visiting our amazing neighborhood, so let’s show them our love!

 

As kids are starting back to school, let’s celebrate and beat the heat.  In conjunction with the ice cream truck setup on Monday, Aug. 15^th (5:30 – 7:30), we hope you’ll consider donating school supplies to benefit MNPS and DG PENCIL Box.  Help Stock the PENCIL Box!  Attached to this email you will find our event flyer and the current “most wanted” list for teachers supplied by PENCIL Box.  To read more about this organization, including an Amazon link directly to the supplies requested, use the links below.

 

So, come out for a sweet treat and bring any new school supplies you wish to donate to a fantastic cause.  We’ll have collection bins near the truck at the corner of Carden & Whitland as well as an envelope if you’d like to donate money; all supplies will be delivered to PENCIL Box later in the week.  Any funds received from you will be used to purchase additional items on the most wanted list to stock the store where Metro teachers shop for FREE.  Thank you advance for your generosity!

 

Your WANA Steering Committee

 

https://pencilforschools.org/donate-supplies/

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1GKO18XYPKCX9/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex

 

The Whitland Area Neighborhood Association is hosting a creek clean up for Kingfisher Branch this coming Saturday, April 23rd starting at 9:00 am.  The greenery (privet, honeysuckle, and various trees, etc.) is in pretty good shape with limited trimming and removing needed (maybe some around the Rolland and Leonard intersection), however, the creek in general has a lot of trash and plant debris that needs to be cleaned up.  This shouldn’t take too long and we expect the Creek Clean Up to probably be over by 11:00 at the latest depending upon neighbor participation.  Come out, grab a trash bag and clean up for an hour or two, and return home for nice spring day.  We’ll meet at the Carden bridge at 9:00 and will have trash bags for all that join (gloves are recommended).  In the event of extreme weather or dangerous conditions around the creek (extremely high water) we will alert in advance and reschedule this event.

This year’s WANA Annual Meeting will be held via Zoom on Sunday, January 16th at 3:00 pm (we are again being cautious with a virtual meeting due to the pandemic).  A zoom invite will be sent out on Saturday the 15th and then again on Sunday the 16th via our Google Groups/listserv. If you cannot attend a Power Point presentation will be available upon request to any and all WANA residents

Where:​Right here at the Carden Bridge

When:​Sunday, December 12th at 3:30 pm

What: ​A family gathering to enjoy holiday cheer together over some warm winter beverages with fire pits and S’mores.​

Mark your calendars for a week from this Sunday, December 12th at 3:30 pm for this year’s WANA Holiday Party.  Due to the pandemic and possible risks we have decided to have an outdoor gathering at Mary Catherine Strobel Park at the end of Carden at the bridge at 3:30 on the 12th.  Since outside we hope to observe some reasonable social distancing and fresh air should help mitigate risks.  WANA will provide a couple of fire pits blazing, all of the makings for S’mores, and we will have a variety of warm/hot drinks including hot chocolate, hot cider, and an adult hot toddy for those over 21 that choose an adult beverage.  This is a full family event so bring the kids, get a S’more or two, and enjoy a warm drink while celebrating the season with other WANA folks. Hopefully the weather will comply, the Titans will be finished with a victory, and in the event of dangerous weather we will address on the 11th or 12th.  WANA assumes it will be a chilly day so dress accordingly.

On Saturday, September 25th WANA (the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association) will sponsor a neighborhood yard sale.  Several sales will be hosted within our neighborhood including sales on Carden Avenue, Leonard Avenue, Craighead Avenue, and Whitland Avenue.  Festive helium balloons will be indicators in front of each sale and there will be maps available at each site showing the location of all of the sales.  Please observe safety protocols for Covid and lets hope for a beautiful Saturday.

Additionally, this coming Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th will be our annual dumpster day.  Two 40 yard dumpsters will show up early to mid afternoon on Friday the 24th, they will be located on Whitland Avenue in front of 3750 Whitland (near Carden intersection) and in front of 3701 Whitland Avenue (near Craighead intersection), and they will be taken away mid afternoon on Saturday (Waste Management is a bit imprecise on their arrival and take away times).  These dumpster surprisingly typically fill up very fast so make definitive plans to arrive with waste Friday afternoon or as early as possible on Saturday morning.  Once full we will close the dumpsters and hopefully Waste Management will come and go at the appropriate times.  No chemicals, paints, or electric appliances are allowed in the dumpsters.

Hope all are remaining safe during our extended pandemic limitations.  Come on back normal life soon – please !!

A new edition of the WANA Newsletter is here! Click the link below to download the newsletter. Physical copies have also been distributed to houses in the neighborhood.

WANA Newsletter - Q2 2021

A new edition of the WANA Newsletter is here! Click the link below to download the newsletter.

 

WANA Newsletter - Q1 2021

WANA will hold its annual meeting virtually via Zoom on Saturday, January 23rd at 4pm. An invitation with the link and instructions for joining the Zoom meeting will be emailed to the Google Groups mailing list the morning of the event. The presentation and any notes will be posted in the annual meeting tab at the top of this site.

As part of holiday season neighbors have sent in their favorite charities for anyone who is look for ideas for charitable donations.

Martha O’Bryan Center
Nashville Rescue Mission
Thistle Farms
YWCA of Middle Tennessee
Second Harvest Food Bank
Best Friends Animal Society
Nashville Pittie
Room At The Inn
Southern Poverty Law Center
American Civil Liberties Union
Faith Family Medical Clinic
Oasis
Community Care Fellowship
Gideon’s Army
Nashville General Hospital Foundation

Meet at the Carden bridge on Rolland.  Bring loppers, trimmers, and hand saws if you can. We will pick up trash, clear debris, and cut back the Privet and other invasive plants along the creek. Cold bottled water will be available and please bring a mask, but, we will practice social distancing as cautiously as possible and work singularly to avoid issue.  This is probably not an event for children and our alternate date in the event of heavy rain or high water is the following Saturday the 24th at the same time.  If bad weather or high water a cancellation notice will go out over the Google Groups.     

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The 4th of July 2020 will be remembered for many years as the year we couldn't have a party due to the Caronaviris. However, a few residents went all the way with decorations and a family events on their front yards. If we had awards I think the top home would be the winner.. Photos from Cyril Stewart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Next Friday on June 12th, WANA has arranged for two food trucks to come to the top of Carden Ave. at Whitland Ave from 4:30 to 7:30.

Califarmia fresh California cuisine using local ingredients will provide the main food.  Califarmia uses a web based link for its orders and payments (credit cards only) that can be ordered a few days in advance or during its time at Carden on Friday evening.

Bradley’s Creamery will provide ice cream for dessert. Bradley’s also has a link that will be provided and they will accept walk up orders and cash/credit cards. 

 

 

 

WANA has arranged this event for your convenience. Hopefully it will be fun and yummy, and we continue to encourage social distancing.  This event is a pickup, maybe mingle a little, and take home your dinner/dessert situation. We look forward to this fun option next Friday. 

Steve Curnettte, WANA Steering Committee Chair

 

 

These photos were all taken in March and April 2020. Keep Calm was a postcard made in Britain to during the First World War. It would be just as importtant today for the caronusviris disaster. The next four photos start with the flooding at Easter and show the creek on Carden Ave. following down to the bridge and high water on Rolland Rd. The final photos were all taken on May 2nd starting at MBA, then the corner at Rolland Road with the ugly dead tree. A great job of cleanup followed a crew of neighbors did a grate job. A happy family is having fun fishing at the new steps.which makes a grand ending. They all got out of the water quickly when they discovered the snake in the rocks.The last photo shows the dry bed of the creek at Leonard.

This coming Saturday we are going to have an informal creek clean up starting at 10:00 AM.  In order to observe social distancing we will not be providing any food or drink and we will split up with trash bags for the majority of the clean up.  There may be a little cutting of brush around the Leonard/Rolland intersection.  I suspect if several show up to assist we can probably finish way prior to noon.

Check out the upcoming  Dog Show  on our Facebook.com/whitlandnashville/  

Stay safe and I hope to see some of you this coming Saturday morning at 10:00 am at the Carden bridge.

Steve Curnutte

            This was the flood a few days ago. Now we need to clean up the trash that was left behind

If you are out walking in Easter can you find the beautiful white azaleas under the magnificent dogwood in full bloom. It’s in the heart of WANA.

Photo by Cyril Stewart

Dear WANA Neighbors,

COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on the world and our country.  If you are an older member of our community and feel that you could use some assistance, whether simply taking trash cans out and back or you have more urgent needs like the dropping off of food, please consider this Google groups as a forum in which you can reach out for help.  Our community has shown time again that we are there to help one another, and the Google Group could function as a way to match those needing help and those able to do so.  Find the GoogleGroup.com and select Whitland.   If you have not registered yet then go to Whitland.org, click on the Google Group tab, and fill in the required information. Your request will be approved and you can then post information on the Google Group. The Google Group is for Whitland Residents only.

 Best regards

    Steve Curnutte, President, Whitland Area Neighborhood Association 

Annual Meeting                     Sunday 1/26/2020

Eggs & Kegs                          Sunday 4/12/2020

Creek Cleanup                       Saturday 4/25/2020 10AM to 2PM Lunch Provided (Alternate Date 5/20/2020

Dog Show     POSTPONED    Saturday 5/16/20 3:00PM  (National Pet Month) & Movie Night (dusk}

Movie Night                             Saturday 9/12/2020

Yard Sale Day                        Saturday 9/19/2020

Porch Tours                            Sept or October tbd

Fall Cleanup                           Saturday 10/17/2020 10 am -2 :pm (lunch provided) Altenate 10/24/2020

Halloween                               Saturday 10/31/2020

Holiday Party                            Saturday 12/5/2020

Annual Meeting                     Sunday 1/26/2020

Eggs & Kegs                          Sunday 4/12/2020

Creek Cleanup                       Saturday 4/25/2020 10AM to 2PM Lunch Provided (Alternate Date 5/20/20

Dog Show                              Saturday 5/16/20 3:00PM  (National Pet Month) & Movie Night (dusk}

Movie Night                             Saturday 9/12/2020

Yard Sale Day                        Saturday 9/19/2020

Porch Tours                            Sept or October tbd

Fall Cleanup                           Saturday 10/17/2020 10 am -2 :pm (lunch provided) Altenate 10/24/2020

Halloween                               Saturday 10/31/2020

Holiday Party                            Saturday 12/5/2020

 

Please Join Your Neighbors for:

                                   Wine, Cheese, and Conversation

                                 A Review of 2019 & What’s New for 2020

 

​                                  Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 4:00 PM

MBA Pfeffer Auditorium

(located in Ingram Science Building)

Directions:

Park in the garage located off Wilson Avenue.  The entrance is half-way between Rolland and Whitland.  Take the elevator or walk up to the football field level.  Go past the dining hall, with the football field on your left.  At the dining hall turn right and walk through the first quad and between the buildings to the quad closest to West End.  Go past the library (with the Ben Franklin statue sitting on the bench) and into the doors straight ahead.

Due to the forecast of heavy rain all day Saturday, the creek cleanup moved to Sunday at 2:00.  We met at the pedestrian bridge at Mary Catherine Strobel Park (end of Carden Ave.). We had enough tools for those who come with willing hands. Enjoy the photos.Due to the forecast of heavy rain all day Saturday, the creek cleanup moved to Sunday at 2:00.  We met at the pedestrian bridge at Mary Catherine Strobel Park (end of Carden Ave.). We had enough tools for those who come with willing hands. Enjoy the photos.

It was the coldest night since last winter but it brought out one of the biggest crowds along with the best chicken ever..Click on any photo to enlarge it 

That's all for this year. 

 

Yard Sale

 Our yard sales participated this year and reported good crowds of shoppers and sales. We were also fortunate to have a dumpster from Metro for those large bulk items as well as Goodwill involved. Thank you to Denise Hawkins for organizing both on our behalf. This event involves lots of moving pieces to both ensure there is adequate promotion to ensure we get enough traffic as well as facilitation to align and organize all of the third parties involved.  Thank you to the Board for support.

Fence at Whitland and Bowling

Many neighbors have complained about the fence erected at the corner of Whitland and Bowling. It violates Codes by being too close to the sidewalk as well as being too tall. This creates safety issues for cars, bikes, and pedestrians. The Whitland Area Neighborhood Association has, as have several neighbors, contacted the city and requested that the fence be brought into compliance with Metro Codes.

Movies by the Creek

Saturday, September 7th

Our annual fall Movies by the Creek featured two showings for young and old. Our early movie was Coco and the late show featured To Kill A Mockingbird. Movie candy, beverages, and popcorn were provided to round out the experience and enhance an already enjoyable evening.

Mutt Mitt Box

A new Mutt Mitt box with dog waste bags was installed just to the left of the main entrance into Brighton Close. Please use at your convenience and dispose of the used bags appropriately.

Fall Creek Cleanup

The fall Creek Cleanup is scheduled for the morning of October 26th from 9:00-12:00. In addition to our normal invasive plant removal and trash cleanup, we plan to install some new plants and ground cover near the new erosion control area by the Craighead Spring (where the swing used to be). This is always a spirited event and we encourage as many possible to join for the cleanup. Keeping the creek under control benefits our whole community.

Halloween Celebration and Costume Judging

WANA will again have its annual Halloween celebration and costume contest at the end of Carden near Mary Catherine Strobel Park on Halloween. There will be awards for best costumes based on age-ranges.  This has historically been a fun and well-attended event and a great way to kick off the night. Costume judging will begin at 5:00.

WANA Youth Committee

WANA is setting up a Youth Committee for high-school aged kids living in WANA. This is an effort to get our neighborhood young persons involved in our community’s activities like the Creek Clean Up. It is being spearheaded by Oscar Fox. If you wish to learn more or are interested in learning more, please email Oscar directly at williamfox21@email.usn.org.

WANA DUES

Your contribution helps support all the work WANA does on the neighborhoods behalf including beautification, events, newsletters, area representation, etc.  Do so by paying annual dues of $30 with a check to the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association and mailing it to our Treasurer, Neely Coble, 3817 Whitland Avenue, 37205 or pay your dues online at  HYPERLINK "https://www.whitland.org/"https://www.whitland.org. Just click the "Donate" button and pay with PayPal or a credit card.  

Just click on the "Donate" button where you can pay with PayPal or a credit card.

Stay in Touch!

If you’re not part of our Google Groups, you’re missing important messages from and about neighbors. Go to  HYPERLINK "https://whitland.org"whitland.org and click on the Google Group tab to get instructions. This is a closed group, only open to residents of Whitland. You shouldn’t be swamped with ads or unnecessary messages. Once you’ve been approved, posting is easy. Just type  HYPERLINK "mailto:whitland@googlegroups.com"whitland@googlegroups.com into the address bar in your email and write your message to the neighborhood.

Holiday Celebration

Mark your calendars for the annual WANA Holiday Party on December 7, 2019. More specific details to come via our emails and the Bulletin Board at Carden/Rolland.

Thanks to the photographer that took each of these photos. They were edited and titled by Bob Duthie.

On Saturday, September 21st, from 8am until noon, WANA will be supporting a number of our neighbors having yard sales.  We encourage you to join the fun.  Some will be selling on Friday as well.

 

There are always things that don't sale.  So, WANA has arranged for a Goodwill Truck to be in the parking lot of Blakemore United Methodist Church between 1:00 and 2:30.

 

Then there are things not good enough for Goodwill.  WANA has arranged with Metro Nashville to have a dumpster on Whitland, in front of 3800 Whitland, between 8:00am-1:00pm.

 

We always seem to overflow the one dumpster so a second dumpster has been ordered (paid for by your dues) to be located at the corner of Whitland and Wilson.  It will probably be there from Friday until sometime Monday.

 

We hope you enjoy the yard sales and encourage you to get with your neighbors and have a hot dog and chips picnic.  Maybe call it, "Eat junk and talk trash"!

 

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WHITLAND NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP &
BULK ITEM DROP-OFF
DATE: Saturday, September 21, 2019
TIME: 8:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
LOCATION: 3800 Whitland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37205
 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Denise Hawkins @
necer@bellsouth.net

SPONSORS:
Mayor’s Office, Councilmember Kathleen Murphy-District 24,
Metro Public Works, Metro Beautification & the TDOT Litter Grant
 

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
• Bicycles • Mattresses/Box Springs
• Exercise Equipment • Sofas/Couches
• Furniture • Stoves
• Lawn Mowers • Toilets & Sinks
 Hot Water Heaters • Washers & Dryers

UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS:
 Air Conditioners • Paint
• Batteries/Hazardous Waste • Refrigerators
• Carpet & Carpet Pad • Rock, Brick, Concrete & Dirt
• Fencing • Roofing & Construction Debris
• Landscape Materials • Storage Sheds
• Lumber & Tree Limbs • Televisions or Electronics
• Tires

 

StopLitter.Nashville.Gov
615-862-8418

Dear Whitland Neighbors 
This notice contains as much information as possible about the 4th July on Whitland Avenue event 
which will take place beginning at 11 AM on Thursday, the 4th of July, 2019. This is the 42nd year of this annual fun-filled family celebration which involves a patriotic program with speaker, a wonderful 
musical presentation, fellowship, & family-styled picnic. If you have never attended before, I can 
promise that you will not be disappointed! 

This notice also serves as a courtesy to inform you that on-street parking will be TEMPORARILY
restricted in the area of Whitland Avenue on Thursday, 4 July 2019 from approximately 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM that day. Please plan to park your vehicle in an alternate location on the event date. Any 
vehicles left in NO PARKING areas during the times listed above will be ticketed and towed at owners' expense. (please refer to attached map). 
We begin setting up for this event on Wednesday, the 3rd July. Although the time is not certain, Crown Tent & Awning will be here sometime during the day (most likely afternoon) of July 3rd to install the 
large tent at the very small block between West End Avenue & Whitland Avenue at Carden. The tent will be there for the duration of the event and will not be removed by the tent company until the 
morning of Friday, July 5th (see attached map please) 

Blinker Lite provides us with barricades for street closures. They will be placed at West End Avenue so that no cars can enter Carden Avenue from West End where the tent is installed. There will also be 
barricades at the intersection of Whitland & Cantrell on the day of the event {4th July) and also at the 
intersection of Whitland & Craighead Avenue the day of the event. This is to insure the safety of all the guests, as the event primarily takes place between these blocks on Whitland Avenue {please refer to 
attached map). The Whitland barricades are removed once the site is cleaned up and everyone has 
safely left the event. The barricades where the large tent is located (see map) will not be removed until the tent is removed (Friday AM, July 5, 2019). 
We will have one port-a-potty available on-site (see map for its location). Since this is a neighborhood event, if you see anyone in need, please offer them assistance at your home. 
We employ Comprehensive Security for the safety of our guests and security at our event. There will be two officers present at all times during the day of the event. Contact telephone number for their office is (615) 485-0800. One of the officers on duty that day can assist you whenever needed.

Other important contact information you need here: 
Tracy.Luton@nashville.gov (615) 862-8782 Tracy is with Metro Public Works who can provide more detailed information about the street closure permits issued for this event 
Gordon.Richard@nashville.gov (615) 862-8597 Gordon can provide more detailed information about the Special Event Permit issued for this1 event. 

David Fox, 4th July Host Committee and neighbor: (615) 218-3000 dfox@mpf.com 
Paul Rigsby, Special Events Supervisor, Comprehensive Security, Inc. (615} 485-0800 
Denise Hawkins, 4th July Host Committee and neighbor: (615} 298-1880 or (615) 804-7645 
necer@bellsouth.net  

Additional Comments about Parking 
While this is a neighborhood event and most guests walk to the event, if you have relatives or close friends planning on attending, just make sure they are aware of the temporary street closure 
(barricades) on Whitland Ave. the day of the event on 4th July 2019 and our on-street parking policy during the hours of the event on the 4th• There are side streets of Leonard Avenue or Craighead Avenue 
where visitors may park. But we ask that you make sure that no homeowners' 
driveway is blocked. Please be courteous at all times of others who live in our neighborhood. Carden & Cantrell Avenue side streets are dead-ends and are very narrow - - please do not use these streets for parking unless you reside on these streets. We need to make sure that residents on these narrow dead-end 
streets have access to emergency needs should that arise and parking along these two streets makes that very, very, difficult. 
In the event of an emergency, please notify one of the hosts listed above who will be on-site and available during the days leading up to the event and the day of the event. We will assess the situation and take all measures necessary to insure the absolute safety and comfort of our guests. 
Thank you! 
Please have a safe & happy 4th July 
                                           

                                              Whitland 4th July Notification 2019

Map

 

Five volunteers and a great dog donated a serious amount of time on May Day painting the Bridge over Kingfisher Creek and the two picnic tables in the park. Click to enlarge photos.

 

 

Come participate in our neighborhood Kingfisher Creek Cleanup this coming Saturday, May 18th, from 9:00am through noon.  We will be working to stabilize some erosion, pressure washing the rest of the bridge and picnic tables, and cleaning trash and brush from the prior high water.  Bring gloves and any tools you have that might be useful in clearing overgrown brush and weedeating.  Hope to see you there

2018 Photo

Put These Days in April, May, June, Sept, Oct, Dec & Jan on Your Calendar

1. Eggs & Kegs                 Sunday 4/21/19

2. Spring Creek Cleanup  Saturday 5/18/19 (or 3rd weekend in May)

3. Movies in the Dark       Saturday 6/1/19 (with water slide, food truck, & brisket) AND Saturday 9/7/19

4. Dumpster Day/Yard Sale Day  Saturday 9/21/19  "Talk Trash and Eat Junk" maybe with a party after vs. Movies

5. Porch Tours                 Saturday 10/5/19 

6. Fall Creek Cleanup     Saturday 10/26/19

7. Halloween                  Thursday 10/31/19  

8. Holiday Party             Saturday 12/7/19 (1st Saturday in December)

9. Anual Meeting           Sunday  1/26/2020

Sunday, January 27, 2019

4:00 PM

Please join your neighbors for:

Wine, cheese, and conversation

A review of 2018

What’s new in 2019

 

MBA Pfeffer Auditorium

(located in Ingram Science Building)

 

Directions:

Park in the garage located off Wilson Avenue.  The entrance is half-way between Rolland and Whitland.  Take the elevator or walk up to the football field level.  Go past the dining hall, with the football field on your left.  At the dining hall turn right and walk through the first quad and between the buildings to the quad closest to West End.  Go past the library (with the Ben Franklin statue sitting on the bench) and into the doors straight ahead.

                         

                        A Craighead Snowman & Friend

 

 

 

How it works: Fill out the form below. Return it to Kevin Stack via email (kevin.stack@vanderbilt.edu) by December 15, 2018. Kevin will arrange for Mike Ridings of Lawnscapes to contact you to install your tree(s) a next few weeks. For all trees planted within 20 feet of the sidewalk, WANA will write you a check for $50.00 per tree. It is that simple! Step-by-step instructions below.  Double click on the line below.

/files/2728/File/Re-Leaf Whitland Tree Ordering Form 11-28-18.pdf

Print out the form and complete it. If you have the capability to scan the completed form on your computer you can then give the file a name and email it to Kevin as shown on the form. Otherwise you will need to drop it off at Kevin's House at 219 Carden Ave.

 

2018 HALLOWEEN PARTY

David Fox, 4th July Host Committee and neighbor: (615) 218-3000 dfox@mpf.com

Denise Hawkins, 4^th July Host Committee and neighbor: (615) 298-1880 or (615) 804-7645 necer@bellsouth .net

Carol Armes 4th July Host Committee & neighbor 615-305-7497 c for texts carolarmes@gmali.com

Bob Pitz 4^th July Host Committee & neighbor 615-218-1955  robert.w.pitz@vanderbilt.edu

Additional Comments about Parking

While this is a neighborhood event and most guests walk to the event, if you have relatives or close friends planning on attending, just make sure they are aware of the temporary street closure (barricades) on Whitland Ave. the day of the event on 4^th July 2018 and our on-street parking policy during the hours of the event on the 4^{t h} There are side streets of Leonard Avenue or Craighead Avenue where visitors may park.  But we ask that you make sure that no homeowners' driveway is blocked. Please be courteous at all times of others who live in our neighborhood. Carden & Cantrell Avenue side streets are dead-ends and are very narrow - - please do not use these streets for parking unless you reside on these st reets. We need to make sure that residents on these narrow dead-end streets have access to emergency needs should that arise and parking along these two streets makes that very, very, difficult.

In the event of an emergency, please notify oneof the hosts listed above who will be on-site and available during the days leading up to the event and the day of the event.  We will assess the  situation· and take all measures necessary to insure the absolute safety and comfort of our guests.

Thank you!  Please have a safe & happy 4^th July

What: Superhero movie night with your neighbors. Bring
your family and friends for movies, picnicking, and Retro Sno.

When: Saturday, May 19, 2018

6:30 pm The Incredibles

8:15 ish Spiderman Homecoming

Where: Mary Catherine Strobel Park at the end of Carden
by the pedestrian bridge

Food: BYOB and BYOFFF(Bring your own food, friends and
family!!!) Retro Sno will provide snowballs!

Note: We have changed the name of our event to Movies By The Creek to avoid confusion with Metro's Movies in the Park (Elmington Park).

For more information, please contact Bob Lyons
(bob3@olpnashville.com).

A small group of about 10 showed up for the cleanup. We concluded that rainy days seem to bring out more people as we learned at the Easter Egg & Keg event.  Never-the-less piles of branches and trash were put beside Rolland Road from Leonard to South Wilson. While loitering on the Carden bridge over Kingfisher Creek we learned there was a complaint about the rough weathered railings on the bridge. After much discussion on how to fix this John Fleming came up wiith a brilliant idea.  Just turn the hand rails over and expose the smooth wood on the other side. It took about an hour for John and Tom Sherrill to pullout all the nails, filip the boads and hammer the nails back. Click on photos to enlarge.

 

Around 11:00AM Bob Lyons brought a truck down loaded with very good beer. At noon he unveiled a beef briskit cooked to perfection using his secret reciple and equipment. Others contributed beans and snacks. Download the video to see Bob in action.

 

Food: A potluck lunch will immediately follow at Mary Catherine Strobel park (at the pedestrian bridge at the end of Carden). WANA will provide a brisket and beverages.

 

Hippity! Hoppity! Easter's on it's way!

Please join us for the 8th Annual Whitland Neighborhood Spring Social and Easter Egg Hunt to be held on Easter Day, April 1st  from 3-5:00! There will be something for everyone, including egg hunts for children of all ages, light refreshments, and the ever-popular Easter Keg!  The event will take place at Strobel Park at the bottom of Carden Ave.

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Creek Cleanup, Saturday April 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year we will work the creek from the Kingfisher Bridge .(bottom of Carden Ave.) to MBA. A potluck luncheon will follow at about 11:30AM at Strobel Park. 

 

Tree - a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk  and bearing lateral branches.  Let's preserve the beauty of our neighborhood and plant trees.

WANA is investigating adding arboretum status to our neighborhood.  If you have a tree in the public right of way or within 10 feet of the sidewalk that you would like to include the arboretum please contact Melissa Donahue, lis.donahue@gmail.com. 

 

For information on Nurseries and a List of Trees click here and download a PDF file..

 

Please join your neighbors and Council Member Kathleen Murphy for wine, cheese, and conversation.

Sunday January 28, 2018

4:00 PM

***NEW LOCATION FOR 2018***

MBA Pfeiffer Auditorium

(located in Ingram Science Building)

 

Directions:

Park in the garage located off Wilson Avenue.  The entrance is half-way between Rolland and Whitland.  Take the elevator or walk up to the football field level.  Go past the dining hall, with the football field on your left.  At the dining hall turn right and walk through the first quad and between the buildings to the quad closest to West End.  Go past the library (with the Ben Franklin statue sitting on the bench) and into the doors straight ahead.

 

Join us for the

WANA Holiday Party!

Saturday December 16, 2017

6:30 – 10:00 pm

 

 

At the home of

Jay & Melissa Wellons

3801 Whitland Avenue

 

We’re supplying wine & beer, ham & turkey

Please bring an appetizer, a side or dessert

        You are invited to the

Neighborhood Halloween Party!!

Tuesday, Oct. 31st

Kickoff to show those costumes:  4:45 pm 

Costume Judging to Start:  5:15 pm sharp [Note 15 minutes earlier than last year]

End of Carden Avenue

Light Refreshments Served

Come on Down!!!

Sponsored by the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association

Prizes for individual kid costumes ages 1-4, 5-9, 10+ and family prize too!

 

New Slide Hill in Our Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This large tree was uprooted by the storm and fell on the powerline to 230 Carden. Power was restored by NES. We now have a new slide hill in the park that the kids have discovered. A plan will be needed to remove the tree and root ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carden Bridge Damage

In addition to the felled tree, a tree that was cut down a few weeks ago at 235 Leonard and and improperly dumped in the creek was floated by the flood downstream and hit the pedestrian bridge at the bottom of Carden.  Neighbors cleaned the brush off the bridge but one board is missing so watch where you are going when you walk your dogs across.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously we are going to need help to straighten this mess out.  More to come . . .

 

Printed copies of the newsletter with an invitation to the July 4th Celebration are being delivered to each home in the Whitland Area. You can also get a PDFcopy here.

Saturday, June 17 is the Whitland Summer Social at the Mary Catherine Stroble Park at the end of Carden down beside Kingfisher Creek.  The weather forecast is 92 degrees with a 16% chance of rain.  The fun starts at 11:30 AM with food. Bring a dish if you would like to. Drinks, chicken nuggests, fruit, and bbq will be provided. Rumor has it an inflatable water slide for the kids will be setup on the roadway so bring towels. 

Hope to see you there!

It was a good call to cancel our creek clean-up on April 20th.  The weather was terrible!

But this Saturday, May 6th is looking much more promising and we will gather to cleanup Kingfisher Creek from 8:00 - 11:30 am at the Mary Catherine Stroble Park at the end of Carden.  Please wear tough pants and shoes.  We will have T-shirts, gloves and trash bags.  Bring any tools that you may want to use.  We will be focusing on the area between Bowling and the pedestrian bridge at Carden.

Hope to see you there!

Whitland Neighbors,

Do your part for the neighborhood and for Earth Day by helping us clean up our lovely creek!  

We will gather this Saturday, April 22 from 8:00 - 11:30   am at the Mary Catherine Stroble Park at the end of Carden.  Please wear tough pants and shoes.  We will have T-shirts, gloves and trash bags.  Bring any tools that you may want to use.  We will be focusing on the area between Bowling and the pedestrian bridge at Carden.

 

At 11:30 the celebration will continue with a creekside Easter egg hunt and lunch lovingly prepared by our own "WANA Bob" (Lyons), Lesley Omary and team including Pru Sherrill, Charlotte Covington, Bob Duthie, and Bob Glenn.  The neighborhood association will provide smoked main entry, Chick-Fil-A nuggets, water and beer.  Neighbors are asked to bring a salad, side dish or desert (emphasis on salads and side dishes). A bounce house will be provide for children.  To keep it safe, please have a parent or responsible adult present and providing supervision for your kids.

 

We will have this Rain or Shine but will cancel if there is thunder and lightning.

 

Hope to see you there!

 

For questions contact Cyril Stewart, cyril@cyrilstewart.com or at 615-207-5959.

  Spotted recently in Whitland: wild turkeys!  Have you seen these large strutting birds around the hood?  While we're thrilled that wildlife is drawn to our land of creekside and lush trees, please note that wild turkeys can be hard on lawns and gardens.  So if they're going after your property, you may want to shoo them away.  Also, since they're not the sharpest of birds, if they wander into your back yard, they may have no idea how to get out. Turkey GPS may be required!

So many of us love to wander along Rolland Road to look down at our beloved stream or gaze into the water from the Carden Avenue walking bridge to see the fish who live and thrive there.  But next time you’re fish-gazing there’s something new to look for: a Streamside Salamander, also known as an Ambystoma barbouri.

Can You Find One?

Back in the sixties, six populations of this salamander were spotted in the Green Hills area probably in fishless small streams with no other streams feeding into them.  Sadly, the salamanders are so rare these days, they’ve become a protected species, and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation would like to know if they still survive here.  Rediscovery of this species would be an important find. 

Look in Winter

A. barbouri lives hidden for much of the year, but are winter breeding.  It’s only as they move towards their breeding site from mid-December to mid-March that they can be spotted. Though they’ll breed in streams that flow year-round, they are most often drawn to ephemeral streams. Think of the streambeds along the alleyway from Craighead to Leonard and along Rolland across from the Richmeade townhouses, streams that are dry in summer, but flow gently in wetter seasons.

Take Photos NOT Salamanders

You can identify these creatures by their grey and black speckles and by this photograph.  If you see one, take a photo, please!  And contact david.withers@tn.gov who is a zoologist with the Tennessee Natural Heritage Program to let him know. But please do not turn stones looking for the salamanders, or disturb their delicate habitats.  We want to encourage this rare friend to think of our neighborhood as his own!

The Whitland Area Neighborhood Association will host "Dumpster Day" on Saturday, October 1st.  The main feature of this day are neighborhood-wide yard sales from 8:00am to 1:00pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We make this easy for you by providing the following:

• Advertising the sales
• Posting signs that direct shoppers into the neighborhood
• Marking your sale with balloons at the curb
• Providing maps to help shoppers locate all of the sales

All you need to do is empty out those closets/attics/basements, price your items, set them out by 8:00am on Saturday, October 1st and sell, sell, sell!

To register your sale, please send an email to Bob Glenn at re.glenn@yahoo.com so your sale will be included on our neighborhood map of the sales so shoppers can find you!

Click here to see the June 2016 Newsletter. Click here to pay your annual dues online.

 

 

Among our Whitland neighbors, we have lots of proud graduates and their parents to salute this spring.  They include:

Sam Fisher, son of Luci Crow graduated from USN and will be attending Washington University in the fall.

Jackson Regen, son of Robinson & Doug Regen graduated from Albion College

Anna Pitz, daughter of Bob Pitz & Carol Armes received her DDS from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, ,VA  She will continue with a 3-year residency in prosthodontics at the University of Texas Health Sciences in San Antonio in July, 2016

Joel Bell Covington V, grandson of Charlotte and the late Joel Covington, graduated from Hillsboro High School with an International Baccalaureate diploma.  He will be attending Furman University in Greenville, SC in the fall

Crawford Lyons, son of Bob & Melissa Lyons graduated from USN

Elizabeth Conrad, daughter of Marty & Jim Conrad completed her PhD in Molecular Physiology at Vanderbilt University

Will Allen, son of Kelly Motley and John Allen graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy and will be attending Kenyon College and playing baseball for the Lords this fall.

Congratulate these neighbors when you see them!

The May 21 cleanup of Kingfisher Creek took place as scheduled. In spite of the event being advertised as annual it had not been done last year.  Vegetation had grown up so high the creek could not be seen almost the entire way from Wilson to Bowling. What a difference a day makes to improve the appearance of the street when there is a crew of about 20 neighbors and friends to help. 80% of the work was completed in 2 hours. Click on photos to enlarge.

Lessons Learned

1. Unwanted papers are washed down Carden and Leonard during rain storms and wind up littering in near the creek. Please clean up these papers when delivered and advise the advertisers to take you off their list.

2.  A significant number of filled doggy bags were tossed into the brush and not carried home.  This is worse than not using bags where the waste disintegrates in a few days. Bags can take years. Photo too disgusting to show.

3. The use of woody plant pullers, borrowed from Warner Parks thanks to Melissa, made it much easier to pull up invasive species by the roots easily. This stops the plants from just growing right back. Left side photo shows one standing up. Right side shows Kevin in action.

4. Where the creek runs under Leonard, there is a dam of gravel which creates a pond that could provide a mosquito breeding ground.  Committee Chair Bob is removing some of invasive plants at the bridge.

5. Committee Secretary Cyril provided and operated a chain saw which made quick work of some of the invasive trees and dead branches. Left photo right to left Lucius, Revell & Cyril

6. How to identify plant signs all along the route were a great help to workers to avoid the poison ivy.

 

 

7. It took three people to clean up around the Carden bridge.

 

 

 

8. Most of the crew worked the creekfrom Carden to Leonard. Amazingly there was very little trash to collect along Rolland Road (see 1 & 2 for the exceptions). Chairman Bob G. arranged to have one lane of the road blocked on the creek side. This was a brilliant move since we avoiding having to submit a comprehensive plan and employ an off duty policeman. A number of cones and lane blocked signs were rented. Traffic on the open lane proceeded with caution with very few exceptions.  Being able to put so much brush on the road made it much easier.  Thanks very much to the Rolland Residents for putting up with this. Metro is scheduled for Monday to take all the brush away.

9. At noon a potluck lunch was enjoyed by all. Two residents unable to attend the clean up kindly provided homemade BBQ pork tenderloin.

 

 

 

 

Report & photos by Bob Duthie

Google fiber is being installed in the Whitland Neighborhood.  Crews were up installing the cable between Carden and Leonard a week ago. Google will leave door hangers before coming to do construction in this neighborhood. Those door hangers also include Google contact information should you have any questions or concerns during the construction process.  This new fiber network will offer up to 100 or 1000 MB/S Internet, TV service with DVR, and Local and International Phone service.  I learned at a presentation yesterday that once the fiber is brought to your home your existing coax and Ethernet wiring can be used within your home to connect your TV's and computers. Our good neighbor and Halloween costume prize winner, Martha Ivester, who is also Google fiber's Operations Leader was interviewed by the Tennessean and stressed that customer service "Is something we want to always deliver on. When we tell you someone is going to be there at 8:35 they are there at 8:35 ".  What a refreshing statement to hear from a utility provider.  More here or call 877-454-6959

Bob Duthie, 220 Carden

The crown jewel of our extraordinary neighborhood was here long before the first house was erected.  It's Kingfisher Creek, a rare taste of wild beauty in an urban world. 

On May 21^st from 8:30 12:00, come pitch in to help maintain our natural gem with the Annual Creek Clean-Up.  Neighbors will join side by side to clear away brush, overgrown vegetation and garbage that can inhibit the creek's ability to renew itself.  And as a reward there will music, a potluck lunch and barbecue.

It may be more than a month away but mark your calendars!

Also if you'd like to be part of a committee now forming to chart the course for creek maintenance and renewal, please contact Bob Glenn: re.glenn@yahoo.com

 

 

Neighbors - ENDADA is a community event April 16th run by the students at MBA. It's a FREE celebration of all things art. There will be live bands on two stages, art demonstrations by local and student artists, art-centered activities for kids, local food trucks to celebrate the culinary arts,and much more . The weather is forecasted to be glorious. Come on down to the campus and enjoy a beautiful spring day!

Beth Preston

If you live in the city block defined by Carden, Whitland, and Leonard your power was out for 23 hours. This was no simple outage usually fixed in a few minutes. A high voltage line snapped and was lying on the road on Carden. Nashville Electric must have had a lot of failures due to the high winds and was unable to get to Whitland until Thursday afternoon, April 7th. It took 3 hours to fix the problem and restring new lines. Power was restored around 4 pm. At least one neighbor was seen buying dry ice to save the food in her freezer. It was tough to watch all the other homes across the street with lights blazing while we had to resort to flashlights, candles and oil lamps. 

Bob Duthie

We are conducting a brief survey about activities and events sponsored by the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association. Please take a moment to share your feedback through this survey. We appreciate your time and hope to better serve your interests in the future based on these results. We will be sharing the results once we have tabulated responses and look forward to sharing that with you. Please click here to take the survey.

Thank you!

Bob Glenn, President, Whitland Area Neighborhood Association

re.glenn@yahoo.com

 

Neighborhood photographers were out along side the Rolland Rd creek after the rain on Sunday March 13. Adele Tyler took the pair of ducks on the left. Bob Duthie took the other two photos. It was amazing to find the pair of ducks enjoying the rain garden (right photo) at the bottom of Carden Ave. Will we have baby ducks soon? Click on each photo to enlarge.

 

Click here to see a slideshow of photos taken on January 22, 2016 after the biggest snowfall since 2003. Pictures were taken along Carden, Rolland, Wilson, and Whitland by Bob Duthie.  Photo 32 was taken by Matt Davis on Rolland Road.  Let Bob know if you have any photos that should be added. Contact Bob@duthielearning.com

Sunday, Jan 31st at Blakemore United Methodist Church in the Fellowship Hall

Please mark your calendar.  3:30 PM - 4:00 PM coffee and dessert, 4:00 PM - 5:00  PM - Annual Meeting

Agenda to Include:

Invited guests, Metro Council Member Kathleen Murphy and Sgt. Linn of the West Nashville Precinct

Review of Past Year's Events

Election of the 2016 WANA Steering Committee

The 2015 WANA Steering Committee acted as the nominating committee for the 2016 WANA Steering Committee, in order to canvas as much of the neighborhood as possible. If there are other neighbors who are interested in joining the committee, please plan on attending the Annual Meeting and being nominated during the meeting.

2016 Steering Committee Slate

Officers (1 year term)

President - Bob Glenn, Vice President - Brooke Shuster, Secretary - Cyril Stewart*, Treasurer - Gwyneth Neuss

New/Renewing Members (2 year term)

Kirk Davis, Melissa Donahue, Lynne Falk*, Bob Lyons*, Robinson Regen, Kevin Stack*, Cyril Stewart *

*=new members

Continuing Members (not up for election)

Luci Crow, Bob Duthie, Lesley Omary, Brooke Shuster, Bob Glenn, Gwyneth Neuss

Thank you to our retiring members!!

Mike Jameson, Denise Hawkins, Revell Michael, Dianne Neal, Michael Rook

The new website is hosted on a private server and will be more secure than the old site. It is also much easier for volunteers to add content.   Whitland Area residents can download a draft copy of the new directory more easily than our old site. Check it out under the Directory Tab. 

Make a note, the Annual Meeting will be on Sunday  January 31st, 3:00-5:00pm at Blakemore United Methodist Church. Our council representative, Kathleen Murphy and Metro Nashville Police, Sgt. Steve Linn will talk about the latest developments in the neigborhood. Come and meet your neighbors and enjoy desert. 

There is lots going on this weekend in the Whitland Neighborhood! Beginning at 8 AM Dumpster Day will kick off with over 30 yard sales around the neighborhood. We will also have dumpsters and Goodwill donation sites located on Craighead and Carden Ave respectively.

That evening we will have Movies in the Dark. Located in the open area near the Carden Ave footbridge.

                First Feature:  Epic  7:15 PM

Second Feature:  Divergent 9:00 PM

Come join in the neighborhood activities!

Please save the date and join us after the neighborhood yard sales on September 27 for Movies in the Dark at the Carden Avenue footbridge. 

Have a movie recommendation?  Please email suggestions to Bob Lyons at bob3@bandbmfg.com

Want to celebrate your successful yard sale by going "out" to eat that evening without the hassle of getting all dressed up?  Then a food truck would be the perfect addition to Movies in the Dark!  If you are in favor of the idea, or if you have a specific food truck recommendation, please let Bob know.  (note: There would be a minimum amount of food sales required to get a food truck, so commitments to purchase food are requested).

Mark your calendars now for Movies in the Dark on September 27! 

Affectionately known as Dumpster Day, the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association will host a collection of yard sales on Saturday, September 27, starting at 8am. If you would like to conduct a yard sale at your house that day, please register your sale by emailing Revell Michael at rmichael@healthcarerealty.com.

The neighborhood association makes it so easy, you can hardly resist. Services provided by your friendly neighbors include

• Advertising the sales
• Posting signs that direct shoppers into the neighborhood
• Marking your sale with balloons at the curb
• Providing a map of all the sales

Denise Hawkins has kindly arranged for the Goodwill truck and dumpsters to be here as usual, so clean out your closets. If you plan to have a sale on September 27, please register by emailing Revell Michael your name and street address.

It's time for Movies in the Dark!

When:  May 17th

What:  First Feature:  Frozen  7:15 PM
           Second Feature:  Skyfall  9:00 PM

We are thinking about getting a food truck for the event. Please RSVP at the link below if you are able to attend and would be interested in purchasing food from a food truck.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MGVPRGM

 

Hippity! Hoppity! Easter's on it's way!

Please join us for the 4th Annual Whitland Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt to be held on Easter Day, April 20th from 3-5:00! There will be something for everyone, including egg hunts for children of all ages, an inflatable bounce house and obstacle course, light refreshments, and the ever-popular Easter Kegg!

We need volunteers to donate filled eggs for the hunts. These may be filled with candy or toys/trinkets, but please make sure that the candy is packaged and try to avoid choking hazards. We have leftover plastic eggs from last year -- if you are interested in recycling some of these eggs, please contact Melanie Block at mmblock@comcast.net or 615-491-9087 to receive your bag of eggs. Delivery and pick-up service is available!

We will also need volunteers to hide the eggs and to assist with setting-up prior to the festivities, and to assist with cleaning up afterwards.

If you would like to participate in this fun-filled afternoon, please RSVP and sign up to help make this a wonderful event using this link below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C48AEA6229-2014

We hope you can join us!

The Richland Creek Watershed Alliance will manage a neighborhood tree and shrub planting event on the bank of Kingfisher Creek on Saturday, March 29, at 9:00am.  Native species of trees and shrubs will be provided by the Tennessee Department of Forestry, with funding from RCWA and the Dan and Margaret Maddox Charitable Fund.  Please volunteer to help if you can.  Wear sturdy shoes or boots, bring a shovel and gloves.  Coffee and refreshments will be provided. Volunteers will meet at the footbridge at the end of Carden.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, March 30th at 10:00 AM

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!!

Affectionately known as Dumpster Day, the Whitland Area Neighborhood Association will host a collection of yard sales on Saturday, September 21, starting at 8am.  If you would like to conduct a yard sale at your house that day, please register your sale by emailing me at rmichael@healthcarerealty.com.

The neighborhood association makes it so easy, you can hardly resist.  Services provided by your friendly neighbors include

• Advertising the sales
• Posting signs that direct shoppers into the neighborhood
• Marking your sale with balloons at the curb
• Providing a map of all the sales

Denise Hawkins and Frank Smith have kindly arranged for the Goodwill truck and dumpsters to be here as usual, so clean out your closets.  If you plan to have a sale on September 21, please register by Revell Michael at the email address provided above.

Join us on Thursday, September 12th at 6:30 PM at Blakemore United Methodist Church (corner of Blakemore and West End) for an informational meeting on the AMP.

The Transit Alliance's Ed Cole and StopAMP's Malcolm Getz will make presentations followed by questions and answers.

Questions will be taken in writing and can be submitted in advance to me via email or brought to the meeting or written up on site.

We look forward to seeing you there!

What: Come join us on Saturday, September 7th for Movies in the Dark.

Where: Located at the end of Carden.

When: 6:30 - MegaMind  8:30 The Avengers

Bring lawn chairs and blankets, glow in the dark bracelets, and whatever food that will make you and your kids happy!!

Please invite your friends and family!

Thanks to Denise Hawkins and Bob Lyons!

Click photo for SLIDESHOW 

A TRIBUTE by David J. Wasserstein

O say can you see by the dawn's early light

What descended on Whitland all through the night?

It was coming along to the fourth of July,

And the spirits of all the citizens were high!

Another year and another day of celebration

To feast the independence of our nation.

The summer was in highest gear

For here was yet another year.

The weather too was playing its part

And entering fast into each one's heart.

The heat was lower than we could remember

It was not of July but rather November.

Humidity was there almost none

Despite the fierceness of the sun.

The preparations had all been made

A feast was made and also a parade.

They called the mayor - he said he would come

The band, the children too in sum

All Whitland every girl and boy

Made plans to feel enormous joy.

We went to bed on Wednesday the Third

The weather forecast none had heard.

But when we awoke on our sacred day

We thought we were going to have to pray

For during the night with all its might

Rain poured down and created a plight.

All was wet, few dared go out

To face the rain and sing and shout

To hail the day and dance along

To join our hands in feast and song.

We walked along our long straight street

With dampened heads and soaking feet,

And saw the folks of our festive Committee

And all we could feel inside was pity,

For they had worked for months on end

In order a message to all to send.

Yet for now the rain put a damper on all

All was washed out, we felt a pall.

But say, what comes but a mail from Denise!

We read it in fear, but we feel a release

The feast will go on! Rain cannot diminish us.

The feast will go on! The day is too serious.

A hurray along Whitland for all who so gave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Photos by Bob Duthie