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 The BTNA Board will have its final meeting of 2009 on December 14, 2009 at 7:00 at the Martin Luther King Community Center. The meeting will focus on electing board members for 2010 and we will have a presentation from the IMPD on safety during the holidays. Please direct any questions to John Barth at jbarth53@hotmail.com. The November meeting of BTNA is canceled. We will meet again on 12/14/09 at 7:00 at the MLKCC. Please check the BTNA web site for updates and the agenda. Please be advised that BTNA has learned that voting that usually takes place at Hinkle Field House (specifically, precincts 001 and 003) on the Butler University campus has been moved to Meridian Street Methodist Church (fellowship hall – north side of the building) for Tuesday’s special election. For more information, please contact the clerk’s office. Please join BTNA in supporting our long-time partner – the Martin Luther King Community Center (MLKCC). On Saturday October 17th, the MLKCC will hold its second annual black tie fundraiser. All proceeds will help the MLKCC continue its important work serving children and families through programs that promote hope, self-sufficiency, responsibility, and a sense of community. To learn more, please visit their web site here. Please join BTNA for our Annual Meeting set for October 12, 2009 at 7:00 at the MLK Center (40th and IL). During our Annual Meeting we will discuss BTNA’s activities across 2009, elect new board members (and a new president), and hear from the leaders of Health and Hospital Corp and Wishard about the proposed new hospital. BTNA will supply desert (from the neighborhood’s favorite cupcake bakery – “The Flying Cupcake.”) Please direct any questions to John Barth, BTNA president, at jbarth53@hotmail.com. We encourage all our neighbors and friends to attend! “I Do I Do” October 16 and 17, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Northwood Christian Church Exciting productions of the musical, “I Do I Do” starring Rob Leffler and Bobbi Bates are scheduled for October 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. This musical will be performed at Northwood Christian Church, 46th and Central Avenue. The story follows a newly married couple through fifty years of marriage. It features songs of Harvey Schmidt with lyrics by Tom Jones. Admission is free. (A suggested donation of $10 will help cover the costs.) Ellen Kingston is the costumer and Eric Karwisch is the director. Musical accompaniment is provided by Sharon Watson and Jack Fox. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.IDOIDOINDY.BLOGSPOT.COM. Seating is limited. To reserve your free tickets, call 317-283-1352 or email musicatnorthwood@aol.com. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, located at 46th & Illinois, will be joining schools from around the world to celebrate International Walk to School Day on October 7, 2009. Up to 200 students will be walking to school, along with parents, teachers and community leaders. According to the National Safe Routes to School website, St. Thomas is the only Indianapolis-area school registered to participate. St. Thomas is using this day as the official kickoff to its Safe Routes to School program, which seeks to increase the number of students who walk and bike to school, educate children and parents on safe walking/biking practices, and improve the area’s infrastructure to make walking and biking to school safer. Indiana’s First Lady Cheri Daniels is scheduled to walk one of the routes with students and talk with them during their morning assembly time (between approximately 7:50 and 8:10AM). Also planning to walk with students are Michael O’Laughlin, Program Manager for Indiana Safe Routes to School; Nathan Sheets, Senior Project Manager, Indianapolis DPW; and Officer Henry Castor, Community Relations Liaison for IMPD. As part of its overall Safe Routes to School program, the school has submitted a grant application to the Indiana Safe Routes to School Committee for $250,000 in infrastructure improvements throughout the Butler-Tarkington and Meridian-Kessler neighborhoods. In addition, the school has partnered with Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital to provide training to students on safe walking and biking practices and is working with the Indianapolis Department of Public Works to implement low-cost recommendations such as crosswalk painting, signal timing modifications, and school zone signage. The school is also training its school safety patrol to encourage safe walking and biking practices, including crossing at marked crosswalks, and is partnering with the Indianapolis Marion County Police Department to enforce traffic laws. Please join BTNA for our Annual Meeting set for October 12, 2009 at 7:00 at the MLK Center (40th and IL). During our Annual Meeting we will discuss BTNA’s activities across 2009, elect new board members (and a new president), and hear from the leaders of Health and Hospital Corp and Wishard about the proposed new hospital. BTNA will supply desert (from the neighborhood’s favorite cupcake bakery – “The Flying Cupcake.”) Please direct any questions to John Barth, BTNA president, at jbarth53@hotmail.com. Tallamy Makes the Case for Landscaping with Native Plants Who: Douglas W. Tallamy, Professor & chair, Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware; author of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (Timber Press, 2nd ed. 2009) What: “Gardening for Life: An Evening with Doug Tallamy When: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 7:30 pm, doors open 6:30 pm Where: Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, Indianapolis Doug Tallamy wants us to garden as though life depends on it. His simple but powerful message is this: gardeners can foster biodiversity simply by choosing to plant more natives. In his eye-opening book, Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, Tallamy shows how life does depend on what we plant in our backyards. It’s a book that makes us look at our gardens – and think of our role as gardeners – in a new, more meaningful way. Indeed, when Bringing Nature home was published, it immediately struck a chord with readers. A full-page story about the book and its message appeared in the New York Times, and the book shot up to number 30 on Amazon.com. Tallamy earned rave reviews last fall when he addressed the annual conference of the Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society, prompting an invitation for a return visit to a larger venue. Butler University will host this lecture, lending Clowes Memorial Hall for the evening to accommodate a sizeable audience. Doors will open at 6:30 for refreshments from local sources and displays by local conservation and gardening organizations. The lecture begins at 7:30. Tallamy has agreed to sign copies of the new book softcover edition of Bringing Nature Home. Sponsors: Butler University Friesner Herbarium and Center for Urban Ecology, Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society, Indiana Wildlife Federation, Indianapolis Museum of Art Horticultural Society, Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District. Contact Rebecca Dolan (rdolan@butler.edu or 940-9413) or Wendy Ford (wwford@comncast.net) for more information. BTNA will hold its September business meeting on 9/14/09 at 7:00 at the Martin Luther King Community Center (40th and IL). Among the issues to be discussed are improvements needed at 46th and IL, the BTNA crime-reduction strategy, and Butler-University game day traffic control. BTNA encourages all our neighbors and friends to attend; please direct an questions to jbarth53@hotmail.com. |
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