East Atlanta Community Association
  Newsletter
October 12, 2009 
In This Issue
Who's Your Daddy Dog Show & BBQ Cook-Off
EAV-O-WEEN
Martha Brown Fall Festival
Kingfisher Academy Seeking Board Members
East Atlanta Library Events
Imagine Wesley International Festival
Beltline Corridor Fall Public Meetings
Upcoming East Atlanta Meetings
EACA Public Safety
EASP News & Information
2009 EACA Membership
East Atlanta on Facebook
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 Greetings!
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Hello!
 
EACA is actively seeking new leadership for next year.  Current President Jelena Crawford will not be eligible to return next year and current Secretary Lea Johnston will be welcoming her firstborn into her family.  This is a great chance to improve your neighborhood in areas such as Public Safety, Code Enforcement, Land Use and Zoning, Education and Transportation to name just a few.  Elections will be held at the December 14th EACA meeting for all four officer positions, including Vice President and Treasurer.

To learn more, contact one of the nominating committee members, either Henry Bryant at 404-377-6148 (or [email protected]) or Myron Polster at 404-429-8815 (or [email protected]).  You may also speak with one of our officers at tomorrow night's EACA meeting.


Who's Your Daddy Dog Show & BBQ Cook-Off!
Saturday, October 24 - Noon to 10 p.m.
East Atlanta loves dogs, all kinds of dogs and the folks around here have a extra soft spot for rescues.  This Who's Your Daddy event celebrates all those who have been asked "What kind of dog is THAT?" more times than they can count and love guessing because they know their dog is one-of-a-kind whether pure-bred or not. Register your dog using the form HERE.

East Atlantans also love to eat and BBQ, whether is be from the church parking lot, gas station corner or backyard is a favorite around here (if you eat meat with your meal that is).  So how about a cook-off to let secrets be shared (or not) and stories swapped. Find the cook-off entry form HERE.

Add some music, some games, food to eat, beer to drink, best-friends on hand and neighbors all around.  Bring a blanket, the family, sunscreen, and walk on over to Brownwood Park to celebrate East Atlanta any number of ways with blue sky overhead and green space all around.

What is going on:
  • Dog Show to display the pride.
  • BBQ Cook-Off to taste what all the boasting is about.
  • Bluegrass music to enjoy while sipping cold beer and sucking the sauce from your fingers.
  • Chicken bingo and a raffle - win something without owning a dog or a smoker:  Airtran tickets, restaurant gift certificates, theater tickets
  • Movie showing of Best in Show to cap the night.
 EAV-O-WEEN Seeking Old Costumes!
EAV-O-WEEN will have a booth set-up this year to provide costumes for kids who don't have/can't afford them. If you have any old costumes, masks, etc (for kids).. or fun clothes that you'd like to get rid of, you can drop them off at Park Pet Supply.

EAV-O-WEEN will take place on Saturday, October 31st from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and more information will be forthcoming in next week's newsletter.
 
Martha Brown Fall Festival
Saturday, October 17, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Checklist ImageJoin us for an afternoon of fun fall activities, crafts, and a bake sale.  Everyone is invited and welcome.

All donations from the Fall Festival benefit East Atlanta Fire Station 13.

Contact [email protected] for more information or see the flyer HERE.



 Kingfisher Academy seeking Board Members
Kingfisher Academy is looking for someone in the East Atlanta neighborhood to serve on our Board of Directors.  This person would be making a committment of about two hours every other month with some reading in advance of the meeting on e-mail.  They would be somewhat aware of school and education issues, able to help create a vision for the school, and generally have some knowledge of how families and schools interact.  For more information, please phone Debbie Gathmann, the director, at 404-624-0807.
 
East Atlanta Library Events
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Teeny Tiny Tales
Tuesdays, October 6-27. 10:30 a.m.
Children will enjoy stories, songs, puppetry and crafts.  Ages 18 mos.-36 mos. Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more.
Pre-School Storytime
Wednesdays, October 7-28. 10:30 a.m.
Children will enjoy stories, songs, puppetry and crafts. Ages 3-5.
Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more.
 
Movie - Casper
Thursday, October 15. 5:00 p.m.
"Ghost therapist" Dr. James Harvey and his daughter Kat arrive at drafty, old Whipstaff Manor.  Its greedy owner, Carrigan Crittendon, has hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the house's apparitions: a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper, who's just looking for a friend, and his outrageous uncles Stretch, Stinky and Fatso.  If the plan works, she and Dibs, her partner-in slime can get their hands on the manor's fabled treasure.  With hilarious antics and dazzling specials effects, Casper is a mile-a-minute adventure comedy for the whole family. Rated PG. 101 min.  Reservations are required.
 
Imagine Wesley International Academy's 1st Annual International Festival
In celebration of United Nations Day, Imagine Wesley International Academy holds its First Annual International Festival, rain or shine, open to the public. The Festival will take place on Saturday, October 24th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the school (1049 Custer Ave, 30316).
 
Festivities kick-off in global style with a Parade of International Costumes accompanied by East Atlanta's own Earthshaking Music Samba Group.  Also on the entertainment stage: Chinese Drumming Troupe, Tang So Doo Martial Arts presentation, Asian Fan Dancers and Capoeira demonstration.  Arts, crafts, games, bake sale from all over the world as well as face painting, dancing and a World Music Instruments Raffle will round out the festival.
 
"The History of Pasta" headlines as the food focus: follow pasta's journey from China along the Silk Roads to Africa, traveling up to Italy and ending up in America.  Festival goers may sample a variety of Pasta dishes highlighting these notable destinations. There's even a chocolate pasta dessert!
 
Parking will be available at the CVS on corner of Moreland and Custer Avenue or the Haitian Ministry Church on Custer Avenue.  Visit IWIA's website at www.imaginewesley.org for information or email Quynh Trinh at [email protected].

 Beltline Corridor Environmental Study Fall Public Meetings
MARTA and ABI are holding a series of meetings in No vember 2009 to present progress-to-date and solicit feedback from the public on the analysis of potential transit and trails routes. The purpose of the meetings are to:
  • Inform the public of the study status;
  • Present results of the evaluation process; and
  • Solicit feedback regarding the evaluation results to inform upcoming decision-making.

Revisions of the technical evaluation process will take place using the information and responses gathered from the public meetings. This insight along with ad ditional technical work will help to bring the BeltLine Corridor Environmental Study to completion with a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The final Tier 1 EIS in turn aids the decision-makers in the selection of a preferred transit and trails route.
 
Feedback Desired from the Community
Public meetings get the community involved in the study process and help to collect vital information that to use in the study's planning, design, and engineering outcomes. One of the BeltLine's long-standing objectives is to get the people of Atlanta involved in the entire BeltLine process, from inception to operation.
 
Please attend your Southeast Study Group public meeting on: November 9, 2009, 6:30-8:30 PM at:
Trees Atlanta
225 Chester Ave. SE
Atlanta, GA 30316


 Upcoming East Atlanta Area Meetings
EACA Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, October 13th, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Branan Towers
For more information, contact EACA President Jelena Crawford at [email protected]

NPU-W Transportation Committee Meeting
Thursday, October 15th, 7:00 p.m.
 
Branan Bingo
Tuesday, October 20th, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Branan Towers
For more information, contact Dennis Madsen at [email protected]
 EACA Public Safety - Weekly Crime Report
We did not receive Week 40 Crime Statistics from APD in time for newsletter publication. We will publish them next week.
 
 East Atlanta Security Patrol News & Information
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To learn more about the East Atlanta Security Patrol or to enroll, visit the EASP website (http://patrol.eaca.net). There is a 50% discount for longtime residents and those 65+. To qualify, you must have lived at the same address for 20 years or be over age 65.  We also have a 20% discount for members of an APD-sanctioned Neighborhood Watch.  Please contact us if you're interested in setting up a Neighborhood Watch on your street.
 
If you have additional questions, please direct them to [email protected], or call EACA Public Safety Chair Myron Polster at 404-429-8815.
  2009 EACA Membership

Join EACA today! Annual dues are $10 per household. As an EACA member, you can vote at EACA meetings on topics of interest within our community. Additionally, there are numerous local businesses who offer discounts to EACA members. See the official list of EACA member discounts and take advantage of them by showing your 2009 membership card throughout the Village.

You can sign up for your 2009 EACA membership and order EACA Yard Signs on-line! Pay electronically through your online banking site or via Paypal HERE.
 
 East Atlanta on Facebook/Twitter
If you're a Facebook member, be sure to join both the EACA group and become a fan of the East Atlanta Village page, too! Click on links below to take you directly to each.
East Atlanta Village Page <--- East Atlanta Village Page
 
 
 
EACA Group <--- EACA Group


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Contact Information:
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://eaca.net

Submissions:
If you're interested in submitting an article to the EACA weekly newsletter, send it to [email protected] by the end of the day on Friday. Include relevant dates, times, locations and contact information, as well as details of the event or announcement.