March 2005 Newsletter

OFFICERSWanda Tabor – President

Nia Phillips – Vice PresidentDavid Dwiggins – Secretary

Paul Bryan – Treasurer

MEETINGS HELDEvery Third Thursday of the month(except November and December)

Colonial Baptist ChurchFellowship Hall

1503 Colonial (at Quince)7:00 PM

To maintain and improve the dignity and integrity of the

homes in the Colonial Acres neighborhood, to preserve

the residential quality of the area, to ensure orderly and

compatible land use in the area, to encourage homeowners

living in the area to improve their homes, to encourage

real estate investors with property in the area to improve

their holdings, and to work together on problems and

issues of common concern.

CANA MISSION STATEMENT

CANA Thanks Local ChurchesOn January 29, 2005, at least 50 brave and hardy souls met at White Station Church of Christ to hand-deliver almost 4,000 copies of CANA’s newsletter throughout our neighborhood. Our liaison with the church is Bill Condrey, CANA board member.

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to White Station Church of Christ and their pastor, Dr. David Bland, for their warm hospitality and their help in distributing our newsletters. We appreciate their dedication and their commitment to remain an integral part of Colonial Acres.

The church’s street address is 1106 Colonial, and their web address is www.cocws.org.

CANA would also like to thank Colonial Baptist Church, our host for our monthly meetings. Their new pastor is Reverend Mark Hollingsworth, and our CANA liaison with the church is Ezell Harris, another board member. The church’s web address is www.colonialbaptistmemphis.org.

YARD OF THE

MONTHAt the January 2005 neighborhood meeting the Holiday Season Yard of the Month was announced as that of Milton and Lea Anne Harris, whose spirited holiday light displays you have probably enjoyed viewing at 4777 Parkside, near Colonial. Milton and Lea Anne have been Colonial Acres residents for 39 years. People come from all over to view their Halloween and Christmas displays, and they will also be decorating (on a slightly smaller scale, of course) for Easter.

Past and present YOTM descriptionsand photographs will be maintained

on CANA’s website, www.colonialacres.org

CANA CONCERNS AND COMMENTSStorm Water Matters!

The following messages may be viewed at the City of Memphis website (cityofmemphis.org):

Don't Let Your Leaves Go Gown the Drain

The next time a street floods during a heavy rain, don't blame the problem on the downpour. The actual cause may be those lovely, colorful fall leaves.Leaves not only cause flooding, but also cause other problems when they are washed down a storm drain. Once in the storm drain, they travel through them into the Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek and on to the Mississippi River and McKellar Lake. The leaves travel so quickly, there is no time for them to decay before reaching the natural streams.A large amount of leaves deposited at one time at the bottom of a river or lake can disrupt the ecosystem by smothering the vegetation fish use for nutrients. Also, the oxygen required to decay the leaves depletes the oxygen needed for fish to live.Most bagged leaves left at the curb are collected separately from other wastes by City solid waste crews for recycling. The leaves are transported to the City's Earth Complex Composting Facility, where the leaves are debagged and processed into compost over a one-year period.The resulting matured compost is ultimately sold to local landscape companies or used as a soil amendment on City parks and other public properties, thus saving the City thousands of dollars in unnecessary landfill disposal fees. Last year over 8,000 tons of compost were generated from over 2,000 truck loads of bagged leaves collected from the curbs of Memphis homes.

BLUE A

The most important step while walking your dog is to please bring a plastic bag to pick up your dog’s waste and throw it in the trash. It is illegal to leave it behind.

The health of your neighborhood and its environment relies on the behavior of its residents. That’s why it’s important for pet owners to pick up their pets’ waste. It is illegal to leave it because it will eventually be washed into the street, down the gutter, and into a storm drain. End of Problem? No, just the beginning. Storm drains lead straight out to waterways, with no filtration. The bacteria from your pets’ waste contaminates a basic, natural, environmental resource . . . water. All living things, people and pets, need clean water to survive.

For more information or to report storm water pollution concerns, call 576-6721.

Neighborhood Zone ChairsBlue A – Doris Bellott

Blue B – Mindy and Jody Miller

Orange – Carla Thomas

Pink A – Betty Gayso

Pink B – Byron Tredway

Green B – Pam Gentry

Green A – Amanda Walls and Leonard Humphreys

BLUE B

ORANGE

PINK A

PINK B

GREEN A

GREEN B

Have you Paid your 2005 Dues? (Calendar Year January 2005 – January 2006)Our Annual Dues are only $10 per household – the lowest in Memphis! Please print clearly.

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Address

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MAIL DUES TO:CANA TreasurerPO Box 240033Memphis TN 38124 – 0033

Monthly Neighborhood Meeting MinutesOur guest speaker for the meeting on January 20, 2005 was Dr. David Bland from White Station Church of Christ. He described some of the work done in our neighborhood by members of their congregation, concluding with the offer of volunteers to help deliver our January newsletter. Other topics of discussion at the January meeting included churches in our neighborhood, an update on code enforcement issues, and proposals for some amendments to the CANA constitution and by-laws, which were voted upon during the February 17 meeting. We also had some lively discussion at the February meeting concerning code enforcement and safety issues (Clean-Up Helps Fight Against Crime!). Other announcements included a walking trail being built at Godwin Park and a CANA booth to be manned at the Arts Fair (April 2, 10:00-4:00). For complete versions of neighborhood meeting minutes, please visit CANA’s website.

Committee ChairsBeautification – Byron and Jan TredwayCode Enforcement – Leigh JacksonFinance – Paul BryanFriendship & Hospitality – Ezell HarrisLand Use – Lee Thomas

If you would like to serve on any of these committees (note we have two vacant chairs that need to be filled), please contact any CANA board member.

Committee Job Descriptions — Code EnforcementBeginning this month, the CANA newsletter will feature a short article written by one of our committee chairs. This month features Leigh Jackson, Code Enforcement Committee Chair.

I don’t think anyone had served as CANA’s Code Committee Chair for some time, until I began a year and a half ago when our former president, Bobby Brock, challenged me to get involved after I called him several times about deteriorating property in my neighborhood. Over the past year the Code Enforcement Chair’s duties have evolved into keeping a database of code violation complaints reported via our website, reporting to City Code Enforcement and following up on their reports, and sending courtesy letters requesting that violators comply with city ordinances. I would like to thank my unofficial group of helpers, Pam Gentry, Byron Tredway, Jim Phillips, David Maxey, Cindy Eschbach, and our current president, Wanda Tabor.

For most of us, our homes are our biggest investment. Our goal is to protect our investment by keeping an attractive, stable neighborhood. However, it is not our desire to harass neighbors. If anyone needs help complying with or understanding the city codes, please let us know.

Neighborhood Services – No Current ChairOrganization & Membership – No Current ChairPublications & Publicity – Glenda McNealSafety – Bill Condrey, Erie Hadaway

CANAP. O. Box 24003Memphis TN 38124-0033

PRSRT STDUS Postage

PAIDMemphis, TN

Permit No. 2711

If any local business would like to place an ad in an upcoming CANA newsletter, please send e-mail to ddwiggns@memphis.edu.

BAKER’S MATTRESSES

Mon-Thurs 11 AM – 10 PM

Fri-Sat 11 AM – 11 PMSunday 12 Noon – 10 PM

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Lunch Special

11 AM – 3 PM

Shopping for a CauseMacy’s — March 19, 2005Purchase a discount card from

Alzheimer’s Day Services to be used at Goldsmith’s/Macy’s on Saturday, March 19 for $10 off a $20 purchase, all-day discounts throughout the store, and a drawing for a $500 shopping spree. These discount cards are $5 each with all proceeds going to ADS. Support “Dorothy’s Place” at 3185 Hickory Hill – tickets are also available by calling 372-4585.