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Picadome Neighborhood Yard Sale

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Picadome Neighborhood Yard Sale

May 19, 2018 @ 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Got stuff that you wish was another man’s treasure? Then set up your yard sale during our annual neighborhood yard sale! PNA will advertise for the sale.  The sale  will be posted to several yard sale websites, Craig’s List and there will be signs throughout the neighborhood.  A map, highlighting key sale items will be provided for all houses participating in the yard sale.

The cost to participate is $5.00.
Please contact Linda Froehlich or call 859-489-1678.

 

 

75 Trees for 75 Years

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Sponsored by the Picadome Neighborhood Association

 

  • Please help us at 9:00 AM on Saturday, March 21st, Lafayette High School’s Beeler Auditorium to help us set trees in already drilled holes.
  • Please bring a shovel.
  • Tree holes will be pre-drilled and the trees will be set via machinery.
  • All that will be required of volunteers is to fill the holes with dirt, and place mulch around the tree.
  • March 22 will be used to finish the planting (if necessary).  
  • Trees will be planted on the grounds near the school and also in the empty green space located on Vista Street.
  • RSVP to Picadome Neighborhood if you can help. We need to know how many volunteers we can expect so we can plan accordingly. Please join us!

 

The Picadome Neighborhood Association extends gratitude to those who have donated, allowing 75 Trees for 75 Years to be a success!

 

Joey Svec and Barrett Partners, Hugh Bloomfield and H&K Grading and Excavation LLC, David Bach and Outbach Farms, David Leonard, Arborist, Southland Perk, Donut Days, Home Depot, Bluegrass Carpet and Upholstery, Sunbelt Rentals, Worley’s Nursery,  LFUCG Council, 75 Years at Lafayette, SCAPA, Sharon Wilham and the Wilham Family, Sandy Shafer and the Shafer Family, Ken Davis and the Davis Family, The McCloud Family, The Jansen Family, M. Susan Gobber and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Lafayette High School Girls of the 60s, Lafayette High School Class of 1953, Lafayette High School Class of 1954, Lafayette High School Class of 1957, Lafayette High School Class of 1967, Lafayette High School Class of 1994, The Lafayette Y-Club, The Lafayette Beta Club, The Lafayette International Tutoring Club

 

Street Tree Workshop

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Date: Tuesday, July 15th, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Location: Lafayette High School, meet at Beeler Auditorium, 400 Reed Lane.

Learn more about how street trees benefit the urban environment. Tim Query, Lexington’s Urban Forester, will explain the value of street trees to our neighborhood and give training on how to inventory street trees. We are looking for volunteers to help with the inventory of street trees in our neighborhood. The tree inventory can be conducted at your convenience.

If you would like to volunteer for the inventory but can’t make the training, contact Laurie Fields or (859) 327-9848.

Columbia Gas Projects in the Neighborhood

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Beginning early August, Columbia Gas will be replacing old deteriorating pipes on the following streets:  McCubbing Drive (510-535), Ridge Road (510-525), Springhill Drive (501-542), and Lafayette Parkway (401-420).  If your home is within the number range for the street, you will be affected.   This project includes establishing connectivity for each home to the new pipe, and relocating gas meters to the outside of houses.  The old pipe will remain in the ground but disconnected. This is preventive infrastructure maintenance and there is no current risk or danger.

Columbia Gas is working hard to minimize impacts.  Laying new pipe through boring underneath the ground, however, some street digging may be needed.

When it comes time to connect, Columbia Gas personnel will ensure that each home is connected properly, a new meter installed, and that all pilot lights are re-lit.  Outage time for a home should be minimal; less than 1 day.

Eventually, this kind of work will be done on other streets but no schedule yet exists.

The PNA will invite Jordan Smith to our next neighborhood meeting – probably late August or Early September, to explain further or answer any questions.

Summertime, Vacation time

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Do not announce to burglars that you are not at home!

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  • In a day where social media follows us every move, it is easy to share with our 500 closest friends that we are in the islands. It is also an easy way to allow  500 of your not so close friends to know that your home is empty. Refrain from publicly posting pictures of your vacation or tweeting that you are taking a “much needed vacation.”
  • Consider using automatic light timers throughout the house. Set them in multiple rooms to turn on and off in a way that is familiar to your normal activity.
  • Turn the volume of your phone‘s ringer off so that someone outside cannot hear the ring. Check with the phone company to see if there is an option to forward phone calls to your cell phone.
  • Instead of halting the mail and newspaper service in your absence, ask a trusted neighbor to pick them up in a timely manner. Allow for regular deliveries and services. This will make you appear home.
  • Make sure that a neighbor knows that you are out of town, when to expect you and whom to expect to be at/in your home when you are not. Give them specifics and ask them to call the police if they see unusual activity in your absence.

PNA Creek Clean-Up

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Date:  Saturday, May 24th, 1-5:00 p.m.

Location:  Lafayette Parkway and South Bendstream cleanup

 

Join your neighbors in a spring clean-up of invasive weeds and plant in Wolf Run Creek along Lafayette Parkway and South Bend.  Wear protective clothing- long sleeves and long pants are recommended.  Bring pruning shears, loppers, saws, etc.  Contact Laurie Fields (859) 327-9848 to join the crew.  Your time counts as matching funds for our stream restoration/water quality grant-which translate into more trees, shrubs and flowers to beautify the creek and our neighborhood!

 

 

Learn more about our neighborhood streams!

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May 18, 2014 at 2 pm – enter the flood plain off Bob O Link Drive at Jacana.

Join our stream restoration team and Friends of Wolf Run as we will walk along the creek to look at what’s surviving from prior year’s stream buffer restoration and what may need to be replaced.  We will do some invasive weed control (Honeysuckle sprouts, Tree of Heaven regrowth, multi-flora rose control).  Bring your gloves, pruners, saws, etc. to tackle the removal.

Grant discussion will take place after the stream walk.

Don’t Become a Victim

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Sometimes called “Garage Shopping”, it is the criminal action of an individual(s) who travels through a neighborhood looking for homes with open garage doors. The criminal(s) will enter the garage stealing items easily within reach, then retreat without being detected.

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Protect yourself!

  • Keep garage doors closed at all times
  • Change the key code on your garage door after purchasing
  • Keep small items secured in a locked storage area
  • Pay attention to individuals walking in your area
  • Immediately report suspicious activity to the Lexington Police, (859) 258-3600 or call 911

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Are you interested in the condition of our creek?

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If you are interested in the condition of our creek, please join Ken Cooke and Laurie Fields for a creek walk.  Meet at the corner of South Bend and Lafayette Parkway, Thursday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m.

Lafayette Loves Its Neighbors!

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On Friday, April 18, Senior Generals cleaned trash from the streets adjacent to Lafayette High School. Please take the time to share your appreciation with these seniors, Senior Class Sponsor, Matthew Cornett and Lafayette High School Principal, Bryne Jacobs.

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