East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
June 13,  2011
In This Issue
Friday Food for Firefighters
Give Your Landscape the Attention it Deserves!
Latin American Folktales at the Library
Bound to be Read Books Event
Martha Brown Vacation Bible School Block Party!
East Atlanta Library Birthday Party
Fans for Senior Citizens
East Atlanta Library Events
Join Our Mailing List!
Quick Links
 Greetings!

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Please don't forget EACA's Monthly Meeting will be tomorrow, Tuesday, June 14.  

  

Good reading!

Friday Food for Firefighters 

 

Since early November 2010, your neighbors have provided a home-cooked meal for firefighters at Station 13  every Friday night. We're calling it Friday Food for Firefighters, or FFF, since we love acronyms.  If you would like to provide a meal for four to six firefighters some Friday, please check out the web-based scheduler:
  1. Password: friday
  2. Click "Edit"
  3. Sign up for a date with your name and meal
  4. Click  "save this version"
If you have questions, please contact Beth-Ann Buitekant, who is overseeing the schedule.  Beth has lived in East Atlanta since 1984.  Having suffered from losing her home to a fire many years ago she would often think about the firefighters working there.  After supplying treats at various times, she realized she wanted to do more with this program being the result. 

Please consider getting involved because the more people signed up the less effort it will take on any one person.  So, if you have the ability to provide food one Friday evening on occasion please sign up. 
Meals should be delivered between 5:00 and 5:30 pm, and the firefighters have requested no pork products.  This new program is an easy way to literally serve your community.

Give Your Landscape the Attention it Deserves!

If you or someone you know has an eye-catching landscape, enter it in the EAST ATLANTA YARD OF THE MONTH competition.

 

The EACA Beautification Committee would like to recognize the efforts of residents within the East Atlanta community, who demonstrate a clear and consistent desire to maintain or improve their respective properties above normal expectations.  

 

Yards may be nominated by anyone who appreciates a well-maintained landscape, including the homeowner, his or her friends or landscapers. To nominate a deserving yard, simply submit a photo, along with the property address, and your contact information to [email protected].

 

Judges are looking for visually appealing, functional landscapes that include a variety of plants, trees and shrubs. Yards must be within the East Atlanta community. Potential YOM winners are judged solely on the appearance of the properties front yard as viewed from the street.

 

For questions, please contact Kevin Spigener (678) 438-6462 or email [email protected].


Latin American Folktales at the Library 

Tersi embellishes stories from Latin America, Spain and Portugal with authentic instruments such as the guiro, kalimba, thumb piano, castaï¿œuelas, castanets and maracas. Elementary students will learn about the culture and traditions of our neighbors south of the border through songs, folktales and a visit from Spinach, Tersi's pet llama. As they acquire new Spanish words and phrases, older students will also learn how historical events and the experiences of individual ethnic groups (such as the Moors and Jews in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages) influenced and shaped the stories passed down from generation to generation.

 

Ages 3 and up

Reservations are required 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

10:30 am

 

All Programs are free and open to the public

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System

East Atlanta Branch Library

400 Flat Shoals Avenue SE

Atlanta, GA  30316

404-730-5438

 Bound to be Read Books Event 

Bound To Be Read Books, the friendly neighborhood indie bookstore in East Atlanta Village, is pleased to announce the latest of our in-store author events on Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. featuring Karen Winters Schwartz, author of  Where Are the Cocoa Puffs?: A Family's Journey Through Bipolar Disorder . After speaking about the novel and Q&A, Schwartz will be available for a meet and greet and to sign copies of her book.  

 

Hailed as a coming of age story that speaks to the deeper truths behind mental illness and its widespread effects, Where Are the Cocoa Puffs? is a fictional account of the non-fiction life that families facing Bipolar Disorder experience everyday. Schwartz delves into not only the psyche of the 18-year-old female protagonist diagnosed manic depressive, but also sensitively portrays the effects on her surroundings, family and friends.  

 

Born and raised in Ohio, Schwartz is an active board member of NAMI Syracuse (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and an advocate for mental illness awareness. Schwartz penned her first story as a 7-year-old, and after being falsely accused of plagiarism by her teacher, has not written again until Where Are the Cocoa Puffs?, her debut novel.

Martha Brown Vacation Bible School Block Party 

Vacation Bible School: June 21, 22, 23 from 5:30-8pm. Children entering pre-k in the 2011-12 school year through entering 5th grade can register.  Teens are encouraged to register as volunteers to help our adult Sous Chef Leaders. To register your child OR to volunteer as well as to learn more, click HERE 



Free to all participants, and a snack supper will be provided.

Martha Brown United Methodist
468 Moreland Ave SE

For questions please email [email protected].

East Atlanta Library Birthday Party 

Friends of the Library will sponsor a birthday party for the East Atlanta Branch Library's 6th birthday on June 25th at 1:00pm.  There will be birthday cake and punch for everyone and a surprise puppet show offered by Gina Root and some of her students.  It should be a very exciting afternoon for kids of all ages!

Fans for Senior Citizens  

The City of Atlanta has fans for Senior Citizens.  Please call 404-330-6000 to register for the fans.  They can be picked up or delivered.  The deadline is July 1st

Please advise any seniors you know since many might not be on e-mail.

East Atlanta Library Events 

East Atlanta Library 

400 Flat Shoals Ave, SE  

Atlanta, Ga 30316 

 

 

 

 

Summer Story Time
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required for large groups. 

Summer Time Magic Show with Keith Karnok
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 10:30am
Registration is required

Summer Story Time
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required for large groups. 
 
Spanish Story Time!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required for large groups. 
 
Summer Story Time
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required for large groups. 
 
Music with Miss Tara
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @10:30am
Registration is required.

Easy Crafts and Games
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required.

Summer Story Time
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required for large groups. 

Easy Crafts and Games
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 10:30am
All ages!
Registration is required.

Registration for required events can be done at the library.

East Atlanta Security Patrol Update

News Updated June 2    

 

The week of May 29 - June 4 has been burglary-free thus far.  However, there was a pedestrian robbery in the Village just before 1 am on the 29th.  Two young women were talking in their car when two men simultaneously tried to enter their vehicle.  No weapon was used.  Both had their cell phones taken and one had their wallet taken.  The woman on the passenger side resisted and was punched in the face, cutting her lip.  Perpetrators were both described as thin with dreads and ballcaps, about 5'8" and 6'1".  The one perpetrator lost his red Cincinnati cap while fleeing the scene.  Other crimes this week include not paying for gas after a declined credit card, and some money and a check stolen from an apartment, which appears to have been an inside job by someone with a key.  There was also a car break-in in the 600 block of Brownwood on the 31st at 2:15 pm, with the perpetrator being apprehended in possession of the laptop from the car along with credit cards stolen in other vehicle break-ins.

 

To learn more about the East Atlanta Security Patrol, view updated news and notes or to enroll, visit the EASP website. 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 EASP Organizer Myron Polster at 404-954-1568.  

 EACA Public Safety - Weekly Crime Report

The weekly Crime Report for weeks 19 - 21are below:   

The weekly Significant Arrests Report for weeks 19 - 21 are below:

May Crime Report 

May Trends                

Upcoming Area Meetings
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners

Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (06.14), 9:00 am

Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur

 

East Atlanta Community Association, (EACA)

Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month (06.14), 7pm

Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE

 

Atlanta City Council

Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (06.20), 1:00 pm

City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW, Atlanta, GA

 

Branan Towers Bingo

3rd Tuesday of the month (06.21), 6pm

Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE

 

Grant Park Neighborhood Association
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month (06.21), 7:30pm
Zoo Atlanta - ARC Building - Ford Conservation Room
800 Cherokee Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30315

 

Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W
Meeting: 4th Wednesday of the month (06.22), 7:30pm
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE

EACA Membership

 EACA Needs Your Support!
 

Without your support EACA would not exist.  Please show your commitment to EACA by joining today.  Annual dues are $10 per household or business per year.  As an EACA member you can vote at EACA meetings on topics of interest within our community as well as show your support to East Atlanta.  Email questions to [email protected].
 

You can sign up for your 2011 EACA membership, and order EACA Yard Signs on-line!  Pay electronically via Paypal
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Contact Information:
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://eaca.net