Auburndale Neighborhood Group

In The Neighborhood - April 24 Meeting Summary

The meeting opened at 7:03 p.m.

 Treasurer’s Report – Ray Crider reported
$485.41 as the current bank balance.

Operation Brightside Report – Kenny McFarland reported that the Day of Cleanup held April 14 was attended by Representative John Yarmuth, who choose to visit with our group that day.  There were photos available for all to view.  Kenny thanked all who participated.

 

Iroquois Disk Golf – Eric Roadhouse, the creator of the course at the park, was invited to speak, but business commitments prevented his attendance.

 

Mallory Wright, Kenwood Teacher – She thanked the individuals who donated money for their Girls on the Run program.  The actual cost for the program was $90, so with financial assistance, the only cost to the girls was $15 and they each got a free pair of shoes.  She said the
garden is coming along with cucumbers, cabbage and onions growing now.  Also expressed appreciation from the school personnel about the beauty of the school grounds.  Thanks to those who worked on the school property.

 

Terry Gibson, Master Gardener – Instead of being retired as he planned, he now has total control over 3,300 peppers and 6,600 tomatoes, all planted seed by seed at Thienemans, on Blowing Tree Blvd, off Taylorsville Road.  Terry described tomatoes in detail.  He was especially informative about the Heirloom tomatoes, which differ from regular or hybrid in that the seeds are good from generation to generation.  The seeds come back year after year.  He brought some very unusual plants with him to be used as door prizes.  He also brought peppers.

 

An important point was the optimum soil temperature for tomatoes.  They are to be
planted 4 inches below sod lines.  Soil temp needs to be mid-70’s.  Now 66
degrees.  If tomatoes are put in the ground now, they will be in and out of shock. 
Mid-May is prime planting time for peppers and tomatoes.

 

Care in using fertilizer was urged.  The first number listed is nitrogen.  A good balance is to use a fertilizer with a higher middle number, such a 5-10-5, or 10-20-10.

 

Marigolds are effective for keeping varmits away (especially rabbits).  Squirrels are
a real nuisance to gardeners.

 

President Kenny Williams called on Tony Spratt for an update of his work.  Tony reported
on the personnel changes that have occurred at MSD and the difficulty in reaching contacts there who in the past have been helpful.  We still have projects on their books that have been reported since ANA’s inception and they haven’t been addressed.   

 

Councilman David Yates said they are still working on sidewalks with MSD.  Due to the age of
our neighborhood and large trees, many sidewalks are cracked and uneven.  He said that minor problems probably won’t be addressed soon, but anyone with a large sidewalk problem should contact him and MSD.  One neighbor said she is unable to make contact with MSD over her problem with the ditch.  She should call Mr. Yates office.

 

Due to the lengthy agenda tonight, Ken Williams announced that Officer Hale from LMPD was here and would remain after the meeting to answer questions or concerns about our neighborhood.

 

ANA Member Bob Dawson then addressed the group with a very interesting history of our area. 
Where we are located was once a farm owned by Issac Fenley, who owned the property from K-Mart to Iroquois Park. 
Bob had a map and he indicated an old street down the middle of the Finley land called Central Plank Road which is now Third Street Road.

 

New Cut Road at the Outer Loop was originally Beuta Road which ran from 7th Street to the Stoney Ford Crossing.  In 1860, the name New Cut Road offically became the name of the road because people kept referring to it as the new road going through the cut. 

 

The Finley Family Cemetery is in the area of the River City Worship Center, at the back of the property.

 

The Auburndale Improvement Group was first mentioned in 1914 in a news clipping. 
Our area was the Schardein Precinct. It was named for Auburndale, Florida (because many people in our area had vacation homes in Auburndale, FL. and our Palatka Road name came directly
from a named area in Auburndale, FL.) 
Iroquois Park brought many developments and needed utilities to our area due to increased population around the park. 
The Auburndale Civic Club started meeting at Kenwood School, which was located at Southside Drive and Strawberry Lane, and then held meetings at Gordons Pool Hall, later known as Gordon’s Corner.  The group started bringing people out to give lectures and seminars, with the purpose of 
promoting the welfare of the people of the area.

 

Bob said Mr.Fenley bought 16,500 acres (from a man in Philadelphia) that extended from from here to Bullitt area.  There were many more interesting facts uncovered by Mr. Dawson’s research. 

 

ANA Community Yard Sale – Karen Boston asked those present if they were interested in having an ANA Yard Sale on Saturday,  June 2.  It was the consensus that this event will be held.  Ken Williams said ANA would pay for an ad to be placed in the newspaper.  All were asked to inform their neighbors so we can have a large number of participants.

 

Grass Roots Gala – Joyce Whalin reported that she has received material from the Olmsted Conservancy for display in our booth at the Gala scheduled for Friday, June 1.

She has maps and brochures as well as posters available to distribute.  While talking
to the group, the girl scouts donated a case of cookies to be used as favors while the booth is open.  (Later, Marty Meyer reported that he could donate magnets with David Yates’ name on them,
listing all the important local government agency phone numbers.  These can be used as handouts.)  Kenny McFarland is going to try to contact Eric Roadcap and see if we can do a mini-disk toss in front of our booth (see if they have a basket like in the park). Booths will be open from 6-8 p.m. on 4th Street between Chestnut & Broadway.  This event is planned as a means of getting neighborhoods together to learn more about each other.

 

Postal Opportunity – Ray Crider reported that he has been in contact with the Postal Service about the commercials they are running on TV.  Our area is served by two postal routes.  He said the far end nearest Palatka and Manslick has 506 houses in it.  He is developing a flyer that will include
information about our Yard Sale on June 2 and the Summer Picnic on June 26.  This flyer could be distributed for a charge by the postal service of 14.5 cents each to each house in the first
route.  The second route continues beyond our boundary lines, so we wouldn’t do that one. 
Neighbors seemed agreeable to personally distributing the flyer to the second route (can’t be put in the mail box). 
Marty Meyer said their office will handle the printing of the flyer.  The total cost to do this will be
between $75 to $100.  It is hoped that this effort will result in interest in ANA meetings and activities by the neighborhoods within our boundary lines that haven’t joined thus far.

 Councilwoman Vicki Welch – Vicki had Breaking News that the   new Library in Fairdale is now open and it is fantastic!  Cost $2.2 million.  She distributed her calendar of activities
for her district and the park area.  The mayor will have his Talk to Greg session at Fairdale High School on May 14.  The amphitheater opens April 29 with the Louisville Youth Orchestra.  The
Trolley Hop will start on July 28.

 

Door prize drawings were held for the tomato and pepper plants.

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joyce Whalin, ANA Board Member

AMENDMENTS to Auburndale Neighborhood
Association Meeting Minutes 4/24/2012

 

Disc Golf – The creator of the course at
Iroquois Park is Eric Roadhouse, not Eric Roadcap as previously reported.

 

Refreshments for the meeting were provided by
Stephen Cotton.

 

As already mentioned in these minutes of Joyce Whalin’s discussion of the Grass Roots Gala but apparently not seen by some people, the Girl Scouts decided to donate a case of Girl Scout Cookies to the Grass Roots Gala.  The Girl Scouts were at the meeting to sell Girl Scout cookies. 
These will be used as favors at our booth on June 1 at the Gala.  However, Health Department regulations state that food cannot be offered without being packaged, so we will put the cookies
in baggies to give out.

 

Joyce Whalin - 4/27/2012

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