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AD Newsletter Editor: Caryl Cox
I, for one, am glad that we are resisting unreasonable encroachment in several ways. The Arbor District Board is initiating a plan to systematically chronicle code violations and other nuisance situations. We will have a checklist to track such things and use for meetings with City officials on a regular basis. Our Neighborhood Watches are revitalized after a recent series of break-ins and thefts. Some landlords have been put on notice after egregious violations were reported by vigilant neighbors. Our Welcome Picnic enabled us to connect positively with a number of student households that will now recognize older neighbors and our different needs as well as concerns for neighborhood security that we have in common.
Slowly but surely awareness of the Arbor District is growing. But because of the transitional nature of many residents attending SIU we will continually have to promote the neighborhood semester, after semester. We hope to develop signage before too long, but in the meantime we can refer folks to the "beautreeful" Web Site www.arbordistrict.org.
Many many thanks for all who are volunteering to build up the neighborhood with its wonderful mixture of vitality,
Hugh Muldoon
September Welcome Picnic a Hit - Yes, the September 11 informal and friendly get-together with old and new neighbors living in the Arbor District was a great success. Thanks to Chuck and Sandy Litecky for their backyard, to Austin Rigney for the sailboat bar and for doing the grilling, to all who pitched the tent and pitched in with food and drinks and music. More could be said about this great little neighborhood event–but words can't compare to the PICTURES.
Neighborhood Looking for Boss Janitor -
If the Arbor district is to have a Neighborhood Clean-up this fall, we need someone to volunteer as coordinator. Step up for the clean-up anyone? It is a matter of picking a day and time, getting out announcements, arranging for recycling and trash delivery, and most importantly–coordinating refreshment goodies for neighborhood clean-uppers after the work is done. Contact Hugh, if you are interested, 549-1051, huju@midwest.net.
Holiday Happenings in AD 2005? - Word on the street has it that some folks are interested in having special neighborly gatherings in the Arbor District during December. Serial open houses, setting out lumenaria, and caroling, are among some of the ideas heard. Please contact one of our Board Members before November 28, if you are interested in helping to organize a holiday happening this year. Or, alternatively, do something seasonal for the Arbor District on your own.
The Greater Arbor District (west central area) now has a NAT, a Neighborhood Assistance Team.
Background: The Arbor District Board decided to try a plan proposed by Tom Redmond to organize our relationship with the City of Carbondale by using a neighborhood checklist process. The checklist would contain items of neighborhood concern such as zoning violations, broken pavement, trash accumulation, illegal parking, and the like. A preliminary list was prepared by Tom Redmond and Bob Child. There was an immediate response when the list was given to City officials. A couple of weeks later Bob Child and Hugh Muldoon met with City Manager Jeff Doherty.
The result of the meeting was the creation of a Neighborhood Assistance Team to provide specific contact people in City departments to facilitate regular and consistent communication with city staff. The members of the NAT appointed by the City Manager are: Kanthi Karipinemi (Planning Services), Tom Grant (Building and Neighborhood Services), Ed Reeder (Public Works), Don Priddy (Police), and John Michaelesko (Fire).
At its November 28th Board meeting, the Arbor District Board will discuss a proposal for working with this team in a consistent and effective manner. Ideas are welcome, as are items of concern you want to be sure are on the next version of the checklist. Contact any member of the Board.
The NAT offers a new opportunity to address persistent problems and to prevent new ones from developing. Let’s take advantage of this opportunity for the long-term and the short-term good of the neighborhood. It is likely that we will try to schedule a meeting with concerned neighbors and the members of the NAT in the near future.
Sun is still intense during the day, yet fading sounds of cicadas in the evening and yellow blooms of goldenrods reassure me that fall is here. Many times I thought about cutting down the half-dried sunflowers and purple coneflowers, whose blooms were done for the year. Yet, seeing little visitors like golden finches, chickadees and cardinals picking the seed heads reminds me the beauty and importance of natural processes, including death. Who decided that dying flowers are ugly, anyway?
We, humans, tend to think about the world with discriminating ideas: good and bad, right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, and so on…. But when we start looking deeply into the natural world around us, we will discover the limitation of our understanding through these dualistic views. Nature exists beyond the realm of duality: not good and not bad, no right and no wrong. Gardening is one of many practices in my daily life to see the world as it is without any judgment. Though, it seems an endless process for me because I fail everyday. I am easily attached to the beauty of flowers, a bountiful harvest and green grass. So in the morning dew, harvesting late tomatoes, I think of my own limitations, check my motivations and accept my emotional nature.
Yuki Kobiyama
The meeting was scheduled because there have been several actual or attempted break-ins in the neighborhood recently. Officer Mathis emphasized that the best way to prevent such activity is to take specific security measures, such as installing motion sensitive lighting on the outside of your home, keeping your doors and windows locked, and using timers to provide indoor lighting if you are gone. Even so, he acknowledged, the most determined burglars may find a way in, but residents should do all they can to make it as difficult as possible for someone to easily find a way into their homes.
The recent incidents in the neighborhood are disconcerting to neighbors. Officer Mathis did not suggest any theories to explain who might be responsible, or what they may have been looking for, except to say that in some cases they took cash and other small, easily carried items, such as jewelry.
Several of our neighborhood’s watch captains were in attendance at the meeting, including Fran Fanning from Cherry Street, Bryan Crow from Forest Street north of Walnut, Dave Torrence from Forest Street south of Walnut, and Lily Boruszkowski from James Street. If you do not know your block captain, please call Robin at 549-8036. Let’s keep our neighborhood strong and safe!
Robin Russell,
Elm Street Neighborhood Watch Captain
702 W. Cherry
457-8228
jadams@siu.edu
Kathy Benedict
206 S. Poplar
549-0076
a067346@allstate.com
Lilly Boruszkowski
505 S. James
457-5803
lborus@siu.edu
Caryl Cox
705 W. Elm St.
549-3986
tomcaryl@midwestmail.com
Bryan Crow
112 S. Forest
529-1861
bcrow@siu.edu
Yuki Kobiyama
710 W. Elm St.
549-8753
peacenik02@planet-save.com
603 W. Walnut
549-9571
s.litecky@mchsi.com
Hugh Muldoon
700 W. Elm St.
549-1051
huju@midwest.net
Mary O’Hara
906 W. Schwartz
457-0424
mohara@midwest.net
Robin Russell
702 W. Elm St.
549-8036
robinr702@aol.com
Scott Schuett
710 W. Elm St.
549-8753
peacenik02@planet-save.com
Ann Wallis
713 W. Elm
529-8023
eawkw@yahoo.com
Short Takes:
• Get on the Arbor District email list to keep current with the neighborhood. Contact Mary O’Hara at maryohara@mchsi.com
• The next Arbor District Neighborhood Association Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 28, 7:15 p.m., at the Cox’s, 705 W. Elm St. Everyone is welcome.
• Last but not Least - WE NEED A NEW LOGO! Put your creative juices to work, and submit ideas to anyone on the board. Just GO ALL OUT!