Hyde Park Neighborhood Association

Game Night sponsored by HPNA
2nd Wednesday of every other month
4110 Avenue G  7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Sponsored by HPNA and hosted by Barbara Gibson, Game Night begins February 8^th at Barbara’s home, 4110 Avenue G.  Hyde Park Neighborhood Association will provide snacks (got to keep up the fuel for that competitive edge). Bring your beverage of choice and any games you want us to play.

Adult games being considered are charades, Mexican Train, dominos, hearts, bridge, spades, backgammon, chess, and Pictionary.  (Not poker. Not bingo.)

Elise Krentzel will lead children in games appropriate for their ages.  As the weather warms, Elise has plans for backyard games on a large concrete patio in Barbara’s back yard.

Game Night occurs regularly the 2^nd Wednesday of every other month. The dates for 2012 are February 8th, April 11th, June 13th, August 8th, October 10th, December 12^th.

Contact us if you have questions or comments.  Barbara Gibson    bg@gda-law.com Elise Krentzel    elise@krentzel.com

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association (HPNA) invites you to celebrate the holidays together on Sunday, December 18th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Charlotte Herzele opens her beautiful home at 3916 Avenue H this year for our Hyde Park Holiday Party.

Greg and Sarah Bontempo of NeWorlDeli will cater the event serving hors d’oeuvres and beverages. For that sweet desire we have this time of year, please bring your favorite finger-food dessert.

Also, we are supporting Helping Hand Home for Children at 3804 Avenue B again this year. Please bring a new gift or a cash donation to help the Home continue to
help children.   Please do not gift wrap items  as the staff must inventory as gifts are received. If you  want to give a gift to the children and cannot attend the
holiday party, contact Linda at 451.2027, 4011 Avenue G.

Suggestions for new (not used) items needed for the children:
• Target Gift Cards • Wal-Mart Gift Cards • TJ Maxx Gift Cards • Photo books • Diapers (sizes 0-3) • New Baby Clothes (0-12months) • Car Seats (Infant-Toddler)
• Shower Radios • Games for Wii and Playstation systems (ages 8-13) • Skates/Rollerblades and pads (ages 8-13) • Password Journals –very popular with the girls • Manicure/pedicure supplies for Pamper Time • Digital Cameras for children (Toys R Us has these in the $20-30 range)• Movie Theatre Tickets

The Fire Station Festival is this coming Sunday! Join us at Shipe Park a little before 4 or at the fire station a little after 4.

The  2011 Fire Station Festival will be held on Sunday  October 23, from 4 to  6 pm. Stay tuned for details…

Our neighbors at Trinity United Methodist Church invite us to participate in The Great Kindness Challenge on Saturday August 13th. This is a project of an organization called Kids for Peace. The event is one day dedicated to performing as many acts of kindness as possible, utilizing a checklist provided by Kids for Peace which has around 50 simple things folks can do to spread the message “Kindness Matters.”

The schedule of events for the day includes making treats and taking them to the fire station on Speedway; making sack lunches to distribute to homeless people on Sunday morning (under the I35 bridge at 7th St.); learning to say “thank you” in multiple languages, then thanking a bus driver, a police officer, hopefully an elected official, and a lifeguard; walking the neighborhood to pick up trash and leave sidewalk chalk hearts and messages of peace and kindness; and holding a “flash mob” happy dance at Shipe Park.

Our neighbors in Hancock invite us to celebrate the 4th with them at 9 AM at Lee Elementary.

June 25th   4 to 6pm.

Come share a grilled burger, Casey’s Snowballs, and watermelon with your neighbors, take a refreshing dip in the pool, and learn about the city’s proposal to CLOSE SHIPE POOLS.

Our hope to is to gather a huge and supportive crowd to the pool area at 4pm next Saturday to express the public support for our neighborhood pool. This is an opportunity to make a clear statement that our neighborhood parks are essential to our experience of community in Austin. Please help spread the word about this event to your friends and neighbors. Forward the attached flier liberally.

Neighbors wishing to get information & participate in an effort to keep the pools open are encouraged to join the yahoo group “Friends of Shipe Pool ” which is spearheading numerous efforts to improve Shipe Park, including the mosaic project currently being installed on the pump house wall.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends_of_Shipe_Pool/

4400 Avenue G.

PS – We need volunteers in a few areas for this event – work the grill for an hour, help with set-up or clean-up, manage the food table, etc. Let me know if you’re willing to help next Saturday before, during or after the event. Thanks!

Flyer: ShipePoolPartyRally2011

UPDATE: Since this is a city-permitted event, we can’t host a potluck this year, so please do not bring home prepared foods. Suggested donation for food costs is $5.

The annual Hyde Park Historic Homes Tour is this weekend, June 18th-19th. Details are here

This year we’re celebrating the opening of the pool a little later in June than usual, on June 25th from 4-6 PM.

The possible budget cut that would close the Shipe pool would not affect this year’s operations but summer 2012. Thanks to Mark Fishman to getting to the bottom of that.

I asked a few follow-up questions of the transportation dept regarding Bruning. I learned that travel delay time is measured by driving with other cars along the corridor a few times. Travel time runs are only scheduled to be done on 51st St. itself- there are currently no plans to examine whether there are increased delays on alternate routes so the assessment of success or failure will be based on the effects of the closure on 51st St. traffic.

The 2011  Hyde Park Homes Tour will be June 18-19th, 2011.

The theme this year is “Back to Hometown Austin: Hyde Park.” The theme reflects Hyde Park’s daily life in the earlier years: work, schools, churches. Home selection consists of houses from late 1800’s to mid 1930’s. Trinity Methodist Church will be assisting in the tour this year. Parking and child care services at the church are planned.

Buy your advance $15 tickets online now.

Saturday, June 18th  ~ 10 AM to 5 PM   $15.00

Sunday, June 19th   ~ 1 PM to 5 PM    $18.00

Children under 10 are free.

Tickets will be available on  June 18 & 19 at the Trinity Methodist Church, 4001 Speedway, Austin, TX 78751.   For more informati0n visit www.hydeparkhomestour.org

Less than a week until It’s My Park Day at Shipe Park! Come to the park between 1 and 5 PM and help improve and maintain it. Rhonda asks that anyone who has them bring wheelbarrows, tarps, gloves, shovels/sharp shooters, rakes, handsaws & 5 gallon buckets (for hauling leaves).

The 2010 Hyde Park Holidays Party is coming up on Saturday, December 11th. For more information, including the list of items requested by the Helping Hands Home, see this page.

Mark your calendars for the Hyde Park Holidays Party, Saturday, December 11th at 213 W. 41st Street, 6:00 p.m.

HPNA leaders and the gracious owners of this lovely home, Linda and Nick van Bavel, will be on hand to greet you. Children are welcome until 7:30. Details to come including information about what you may bring for the boys and girls at the Helping Hand Home.

Join your Neighbors in  Fighting Crime and Celebrating Community!
Shipe Park, Tuesday,  October 5th, 6-8 p.m.