Copyright © 2008 Peel, Inc. Highland Park West Balcones Area Neighborhood Association Newsletter - November 2008 Volume 4, Number 11 November 2008 www.hpwbana.org The HPWBANA News Neighborhood Night Out a Great Success! Message From the Board HPWBANA thanks neighbors and its Business sponsors for a wonderful year! This past year the board has organized and networked many areas of the neighborhood, quashed the re- construction of lower Balcones, and hosted egg hunts and the July 4th event! It’s been a busy year! Your 2008-2009 HPWBANA board members include: Carolyn Robinson, President Chereen Fisher, Vice President Krista Saeger, Treasurer Andrea Torres, Secretary Trey Blundell, member Eric Hansen, member Ben Friedman, member Tonianne Soster, member All members are eager to continue serving the needs of HPWBANA. As always, we ask for your input and ideas for the neighborhood. If you are interested in helping with an event, or organizing a new event, or if you just have a good idea, please contact a board member, or attend our monthly meetings. Looking forward to another great year in HPWBANA! Carolyn Robinson President Several neighbors in the HPWBANA held “block parties” to celebrate Neighborhood Night Out (NNO) on Tuesday, October 7. Many people spent the evening outside getting to know their neighbors and promoting safety and crime prevention. Austin communities participated on this date instead of the national date in August to allow neighbors to gather in cooler temperatures in the hopes of increasing participation. Based on the following reports from our neighbors, it did just that! THE DEAD END GANG We had a fun NNO at the “dead end” between 3608 Arrowhead Dr & 5410Western Hills Dr. We collected emails and other contact information for 21 families in our neighborhood. We had no specific theme other than get out in the street and meet your neighbors. This was our first annual event and everyone agreed we should do it more often. Everyone seemed so appreciative of the effort. HIGHLAND TERRACE WEST We had a fun night as well on Highland Terrace, with about 12-15 families and a slew of kiddos. We too agree that we’ve got to get together more often. WESTFIELD DRIVE Westfield drive celebrated its 18th year celebrating NNO! We had 27 people plus 4 children & 2 new babies. A fire truck and police car joined our celebration. Kids of ALL ages enjoyed touring the vehicles. Kelly Lahood, Patrol Officer #4939 (phone 974-5833) also joined the event. Kelly is our neighbor representative. The party host cooked hot dogs and neighbors brought chips and dips, cookies, watermelon, etc, FAIRVIEW DRIVE Our NNO had about 35 people not including kids. We had a moonwalk, popcorn maker, snakes, and drinks. We collected emails from 15 people (almost every family) and even had one neighbor join the neighborhood association! From these updates, it appears that everyone had a great time. Here is looking forward to another great NNO in 2009! Westfield neighbors enjoy the fire truck at their Neighborhood Night Out.
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Copyright © 2008 Peel, Inc. Highland Park West Balcones Area Neighborhood Association Newsletter - November 2008 �
Highland Park West Balcones Area
Volume 4, Number 11 November 2008 www.hpwbana.org
TheHPWBANA
NewsNeighborhood Night Out a Great Success!
Message From the Board HPWBANAthanksneighborsanditsBusinesssponsorsforawonderfulyear!Thispastyeartheboardhasorganizedandnetworkedmanyareasoftheneighborhood,quashedthere-constructionoflowerBalcones,andhostedegghuntsandtheJuly4thevent!It’sbeenabusyyear!
Your 2008-2009 HPWBANA board members include:
CarolynRobinson,PresidentChereenFisher,VicePresidentKristaSaeger,TreasurerAndreaTorres,SecretaryTreyBlundell,memberEricHansen,memberBenFriedman,memberTonianneSoster,member
All members areeager to continue serving the needs ofHPWBANA.Asalways,weaskforyourinputandideasfortheneighborhood.Ifyouareinterestedinhelpingwithanevent,ororganizinganewevent,orifyoujusthaveagoodidea,pleasecontactaboardmember,orattendourmonthlymeetings.
Looking forward to another great year in HPWBANA!Carolyn RobinsonPresident
Several neighbors in the HPWBANA held “block parties” tocelebrate Neighborhood Night Out (NNO) onTuesday, October7. Many people spent the evening outside getting to know theirneighbors and promoting safety and crime prevention. Austincommunitiesparticipatedon thisdate insteadof thenationaldateinAugusttoallowneighborstogatherincoolertemperaturesinthehopesof increasingparticipation. Basedonthefollowingreportsfromourneighbors,itdidjustthat!
THEDEADENDGANGWehadafunNNOatthe“deadend”between3608ArrowheadDr&5410WesternHillsDr.Wecollectedemailsandothercontactinformation for 21 families in our neighborhood. We had no specific themeotherthangetoutinthestreetandmeetyourneighbors.Thiswas our first annual event and everyone agreed we should do it moreoften.Everyoneseemedsoappreciativeoftheeffort.
HIGHLANDTERRACEWESTWehadafunnightaswellonHighlandTerrace,withabout12-15familiesandaslewofkiddos.Wetooagreethatwe’vegottogettogethermoreoften.
WESTFIELDDRIVEWestfield drive celebrated its 18th year celebrating NNO! We had 27 people plus 4 children & 2 new babies. A fire truck and police carjoinedourcelebration.KidsofALLagesenjoyedtouringthevehicles. Kelly Lahood, Patrol Officer #4939 (phone 974-5833) alsojoinedtheevent.Kellyisourneighborrepresentative.The
partyhostcookedhotdogsandneighborsbroughtchipsanddips,cookies,watermelon,etc,
FAIRVIEWDRIVEOur NNO had about 35 people not including kids.We had amoonwalk,popcornmaker,snakes,anddrinks.Wecollectedemailsfrom15people(almosteveryfamily)andevenhadoneneighborjointheneighborhoodassociation!
Fromtheseupdates,itappearsthateveryonehadagreattime.Hereis looking forward to another great NNO in 2009!
Westfield neighbors enjoy the fire truck at their Neighborhood Night Out.
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2008 HPWBANA Board of DirectorsPresident,[email protected] President,ChereenFisher....459 3203, [email protected] Treasurer,KristaSaeger.......... 380-9062, [email protected],AndreaTorres,[email protected]................................ 825-3773, [email protected]....................................................... [email protected]........................................... trey_blundell@yahoo.comBenFriedman.............................................bfriedman@landmtg.comEricHansen.................................................................. ech@flash.netNewsletterEditor.........................................................AndreaTorres
TheHPWBANABoardmeetsonthe4thWednesdayofeachmonthexceptDecember. Meetings are held from 7:00 –8:45 p.m. at theYarboroughLibrary,2200HancockDrive.Allneighborsareinvitedtoattend.www.hpwbana.org HWPBANAisborderedonthenorthby2222,onthesouthby35thSt.,onthewestbyMt.BonnellRd.,andontheeastbyMoPacandbyBullCreekRd.betweenHancockDr.and45thSt. MailyourmembershipduestoHPWBANA,P.O.Box26101,Austin,Texas78755
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AugustOnAugust27th,theboardhelditsmonthlymeeting.Theboard
reviewedthebudgetanddiscussedtheneedforadditionaldonationsfor the toddler swings. The NA still needs about $1500 for theproject. Neighborhood Night Out is scheduled for October 7thandtheboarddiscussedencouragingallneighborstogetinvolvedthisyear. HPWBANAwillbegivingoutprizesforparticipation.CarolynRobinsonhasmadea311requestforastripedcrosswalktobemarkedonPerryLanewhereValleyOakintersects.Additionally,aneighborhasplacedahandmade signwithballoons to reminddrivers thatchildrenwalk toand fromschool in this intersection.Pleaseslowdown!
Neighbors are encouraged to attend and present any ideas orconcernstheymayhave.Welookforwardtoseeingyouatournextmeeting!
SPECIAL NOTE: TheNovember board meetingwill beheldthe third Wednesday, November 19, 7pm at the Jorge’s on Hancock. Meetings will resume at the Yarborough Library in 2009.
SeptemberOnSeptember24th,theboardhelditsmonthlymeeting.Themeeting
focusedontwomaintopics:NationalNeighborhoodNightOutandtraffic problems and concerns on Perry Lane. A task force was created to address the traffic issues on Perry Lane, specifically speeding andtheneedforasafecrosswalktochildrenandneighbors.BoardmemberTonianneSoster andneighborsTomMcClureandAliciaSecresthavevolunteeredtoserveonthetaskforce,whichwillfocusonshorttermandlongtermsolutions.Thetaskforcewillmeetinthenextmonthtodevelopstrategiestoaddresstheproblemsandresearchallpossiblesolutionswiththecity.Neighborsinterestedinhelpingareadvisedtocontactcarrob99@hotmail.comforfurtherinformation.Neighbors are encouraged to attend and present any ideas orconcernstheymayhave.Welookforwardtoseeingyouatournextmeeting!
SPECIAL NOTE: TheNovemberboardmeetingwill beheldthe third Wednesday, November 19, 7pm at the Jorge’s on Hancock. Meetings will resume at the Yarborough Library in 2009.
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Congratulationstotheseneighborswhoseyardshaverecentlybeencertified as a Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation.DavidOberman 4702RidgeOakDriveKenandHarriettChoffel 5305LucasLaneJuli&WalterCummings 2802PerryLaneJulieeBeyt&DavidLynch 5100CrestwayDriveJohn Geiser 5119 Valley OakMichelle&SamHaddad 4707HighlandTerraceHPWBANA Medianatintersectionof HighlandTerraceandPerryLaneAndthankstoALLtheneighborswhoareparticipatingintheCityof
Austin’sWildlifeHabitatChallengebycertifyingtheiryardsbetweenMay 1 and October 31. We will submit the final tally of certified WildlifeHabitatstotheCityonOctober31,andhopethatweareintherunningforoneofthethreetopneighborhoods.Remember,HPWBANAisofferingafreehalf-gallonofBlueBellicecreamtoeach family that receives certification before October 31!
ResidentscancertifytheiryardsbyvisitingtheNationalWildlifeFederationswebsite,www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlifeorcanrequesta pre-paid habitat certification application (limited quantity) from the Wildlife Austin program at 327-8181 x29.
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Davidwasagoodneighbor,aleaderinourcommunityandbeyond,andagoodfriendtoallwhoknewhim.HPWBANAextendsheartfeltcondolencestoMaryPharisandtoallofDavid’sfamily.
He will be missed.
HPWBANAresidentswererecentlysaddenedtolearnofthepassingofMr.DavidPharis.DavidwasamemberoftheHPWBANABoardformanyyearsandservedasPresidentforseveralofthoseyears.Hewas instrumental inorganizing theBoard, andwas adevotedsupporteroftheneighborhood.
While many of us knew David only through his neighborhoodassociation activities, his professional life was noteworthy. Hewas selected by U.S. Federal Judge Barefoot Sanders to be theFederalCourtMonitorinafamousclassactionlawsuit(R.A.J.vs.TDMHMR).Thelawsuitsought to improvelivingconditionsandtreatment for patients inTexas’ eight state psychiatric hospitals.David’sworkover16yearsledtothesuccessfulresolutionofthiscomplexcase,earninghimtherespectofbothsides.Thecasecreatednewproceduresandstandardsforevaluatingthequalityofcareandsafetyofpsychiatricpatients,andalsoledtoacontinuousqualityimprovementprogram.
This pivotal lawsuit ended in October 1997 but its effect is still felt today. The procedures and standards developed in the casehavenowbeenadoptedbyanumberofotherstatesthatendorsethevalueofhighqualitypsychiatricandmedicalcareandprotectionofmentallyillpatients.HiseffortsintheR.A.J.caseimprovedthelivesofmentallydisabledpeoplethroughoutthenation,fewofwhomhe
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PleasesendcashoracheckmadepayabletoHPWBANAatPOBox26101,AustinTX78755.Inthememolineofthecheck,pleaseindicate“ToddlerSwings”.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasefeel free to contact Krista Saeger at 380-9062 or [email protected].
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