Free Tax Preparation Seminar at the January 19th PNA Meeting
Happy New Year! We’re very pleased to announce that Jerry Coatney will be available at the Jan. 19th PNA meeting to present a free seminar to give a quick update of what to expect as you prepare to file your 2012 taxes and he will answer your general tax preparation questions. Jerry operates Liberty Tax Service at 1530 W 6th, St Suite B.
The PNA meeting will be held on January 19th in Meeting Room D at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital (lower level). We’ll have a quick general PNA business meeting at 10:00 am, followed immediately by the tax seminar. Light refreshments will be provided.
Hope to see you on Saturday.
January 14, 2013
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Holiday Meet & Greet – December 15th at 10:00 am – Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Happy Holidays! This coming Saturday, December 15th, will be our regular monthly PNA meeting, with a holiday twist. After a short business meeting, we’ll enjoy some holiday refreshments while we visits with neighbors and discuss interesting people, places and events in Pinckney Neighborhood. We encourage everyone with information, photos, or ideas about preserving Pinckney Neighborhood’s rich history to join us. In addition, you can learning more about what PNA already has on the schedule for 2013, give us ideas for additional activities or present concerns you would like PNA to look into.
Hope to see you on Saturday!
December 11, 2012
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Bluegrass Concert for Pinckney Tunnel on Sunday November 18th
Truckstop Honeymoon, The Skirts and LA Fahy will be jamming it up on Sunday November 18th from 3 to 5 pm at the Little White Schoolhouse to raise money for the Pinckney Tunnel Beautification Project! Tickets are $15 (Free for kids under 5)
For a flier about the concert, click this link:Â Pinckney Tunnel Concert
Pinckney Elementary School is collaborating with Van Go, Inc., a local arts-based social service agency that employs underserved and high-needs youth, to beautify a vital safe passageway – the Pinckney Tunnel. The goal is to turn something the community needs into something we love.
More about the project and fundraising efforts can be found on the Pinckney School PTO website at:
www.pinckneypto.org
Fundraising at RocketHub – a crowd funding source:
www.rockethub.com/projects/10487-pinckney-tunnel-mural-project
November 14, 2012
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Fall Photo Entry Deadline Extended to Noon Friday November 16th
Life is busy! So to take just one burden off your plate, we’re extending the deadline to submit photos for the Pinckney Neighborhood Fall Photo Invitational until noon on Friday November 16th. The photos will be viewed at the PNA monthly meeting on November 17th and included in the Pinckney Fall Colors photo gallery. Check out a few of the photos that have been submitted. You don’t need to be professional. We’re just hoping to collect pictures of what you think make Pinckney Neighborhood a great place to live.
Submit your photos to Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com
All we need is the name of the photographer (you can even make something up if you don’t want your real name used on the credits). You can also add information about the subject matter and where and when the photo was taken. We suggest a limit of 5 for each person submitting photos, but if you really have 6 or 7 that are just so great you have to send them in, we can be flexible.
November 8, 2012
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Just One More Week to Enter the Pinckney Fall Photo Invitational
Pinckney Neighborhood is a beautiful place to live – especially in the fall. This is the final week to send in your photos for the Pinckney Fall Photo Invitational – your opportunity to show off what you think is great about Pinckney Neighborhood in the fall – and preserve it in the PNA photo gallery. Here are the details:
Your photos taken in the Pinckney Neighborhood and submitted to PNA’s email between now and midnight Sunday November 11th will be included in the PNA website photo gallery and shown in a video collage at the November 17th PNA monthly meeting. You’ll have an opportunity to tag your favorites. All ages and expertise levels are welcome to submit photos.
Please follow these simple rules to submit your photo entries:
1) All entries must be submitted by midnight Sunday November 11, 2012 to PNA’s email (below).
2) Each person may submit up to 5 photos.
3) Photos must be taken in the Pinckney Neighborhood and have a “fall” theme.
4) Please put “fall photos” in the subject line of your email and include in your message (a) the name you want to be identified by, (b) the general area of the Pinckney Neighborhood where each photo was taken, (c) any information you want to provide about each photo (e.g., subject matter), and (d) which category of photographer best describes you (under 18, adult amateur or adult professional).
Submit entries to: Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com
Please spread information about this photo project to your friends and neighbors via email, Facebook and word of mouth! Check the Photo Gallery periodically for new entries under the “Pinckney Fall Photos 2012” tab to see new submittals.
Happy photographing!
November 3, 2012
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AND THE WINNERS ARE . . .
This year’s Trunk-or-Treat and Food Drive was another great success! Together, we collected about 100 pounds of food and raised $10 for Just Food Douglas County. Even though $10 doesn’t sound like a lot, it is enough to provide 50 meals to food insecure residents of Douglas County.
AND, we had a great variety of trunks and booths with games and treats to delight kids and adult. There were many cute, scary, creative and crazy costumes on display.  Everyone did a fantastic job of getting in the mood for Halloween and the voting for best costumes and trunk/booth entries was very close! If you took pictures, please send them in to Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com.
And now for the Winners – chosen by secret ballot and tallied using highly accurate accounting principles (drum roll, please):
Best Baby/Toddler Costume: “Gorilla” by Ryder (last name needed)
Best Girl’s Costume: “Cleopatra” by Tabetha Peters
Best Boy’s Costume: “Captain Hook” by (unknown/name needed)
Best Middle School Costume: “Werewolf” by (unknown/name needed)
Best High School Costume:Â no entries
Best Adult Costume: “Anonymous”by Antony
Best Game/Activity: “Haunted Chuck-a-Duck” by Steve & Kendall Braswell
Best Trunk/Booth Decorations: “Dead Girl” by Addie Unekis & Family
Winners can claim their Certificate by coming to the November 17th PNA meeting (10:00 am at the Bert Nash Center) or by contacting PNA at Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com. If you know who one of the “unknown” winners is, please let them know so they can claim their certificate!
And last but not least – remember that midnight Sunday November 11th is the deadline to submit your photos to the Pinckney Fall Photo Invitational. We’ll have a slide show with all entries at the November 17th PNA meeting and post the photo gallery on our website.
November 2, 2012
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Tenants to Homeowners Workshop – Nov. 10th at 9:30 am
Tenants to Homeowners final free homebuyer workshop of the year will be 9:30am on Saturday, November 10, at the United Way Building, 2518 Ridge Court. The class will cover all traditional aspects of buying a home for the first time, as well as answering questions about alternatives such as rent to own options or first time programs that provide down payment assistance. For more information feel free to contact Tenants to Homeowners @ 842-5494 or rbakertth@gmail.com.Â
Robert Baker,
Resource Development
Tenants to Homeowners
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October 31, 2012
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Teen Volunteers Needed for Trunk-or-Treat & Food Drive
PNA would love to have a few Middle or High School students help out at the Trunk-or-Treat & Food drive this Saturday – any time between 3 and 6 pm. We need help running the PNA “Fishing” both, collecting food donations. helping people set up trunks/booths, and taking pictures. Please send an email to Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com if you’re interested. PNA will provide certificates to track your community service hours. It’s fun and simple – and you can wear a costume if you want to!
October 23, 2012
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Trunk-or-Treat & Food Drive
Saturday October 27th from 4 to 6 pm – 4th St. & Arkansas St. – (Lot opens at 3 pm for set-up)
It’s back! Last year’s Trunk-or-Treat was a great success, but we were only getting started. This year will be even bigger and better! To refresh your memory, Trunk-or-Treat is an opportunity to decorate the trunk of a car, bed of a truck, back of a van, a table, a tent, a booth (you name it, really) in the Halloween spirit for kids (of all ages) to visit and enjoy. You might choose to pass out candy or other refreshments, or have a game of skill, silly entertainment or any other Halloween or carnival-like activity. Go it alone or join forces with other Pinckney neighbors. As long as it’s kid-friendly and in relative good taste, your imagination is your only limit. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if you don’t have an actual kid in your household. Awards will be given to the entries and costumes voted best by the crowd. If you’re not convinced, check out last year’s photos in the Photo Gallery!
Food Drive: In addition to having fun and getting to know your neighbors better, we will again have an opportunity to give back to the community by donating nonperishable food and money to Just Food Douglas County. Last year we collected 130 lbs of food! Let’s try to top that and challenge other neighborhoods to do the same!
 LOCATION – Lawrence Memorial Hospital Parking Lot – 4th Street between Michigan & Arkansas Streets
- Each vehicle/booth will be assigned a parking space (enter on Arkansas St.)
- Set-up starts at 3:00 pm – please allow plenty of time to set-up before trunk-or-treaters arrive
- Trunk-or-Treat opens for guests at 4:00 pm and ends at 6:00 pm
- Vote for best entry/costume and win fun prizes!
- Make a contribution to Just Food Douglas County of food or cash! Â
- Even if you don’t attend the Trunk-or-Treat, you can drop off donations from 3 to 6 pm
MOST NEEDED FOOD ITEMS:
Peanut Butter (#1 item needed!), Canned Fruit, Jelly, Canned Vegetables, Canned Pasta (SpaghettiOs, etc.)
Also note that just a $1 donation purchases 5 meals!
 Questions? Want to volunteer? Contact PNA at: Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com
October 15, 2012
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Lawrence Electronic Recycling Event – Sat. Oct. 13
The City of Lawrence invites residents and small businesses to recycle unused or obsolete electronic equipment. Electronic equipment may contain hazardous components such as lead, mercury and cadmium. Recycling your unwanted electronic equipment keeps these hazardous components out of the landfill.
Rain or Shine Event
DATE: Saturday, October 13th
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Free State High School Parking Lot, 4700 Overland Drive
Items accepted for recycling:
- Computers
- Monitors*
- Printers
- Copiers
- Scanners
- Fax Machines
- Televisions*
- Video and Audio Equipment
- Household Batteries
- Cell Phones and other Hand Held Devices
- Microwaves and other Small Appliances
* Recycling fee (Cash or Checks ONLY):
- $10.00 per computer monitor
- $15.00 per television
- no charge for other electronics
Items NOT accepted:
- Large Appliances (Refrigerators, AC Units, Dehumidifiers)
- Contact the Solid Waste Division at (785) 832-3032 to arrange a pick up.
- Hazardous Waste (Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Compressed Gas Cylinders)
- Contact the Waste Reduction and Recycling Division to schedule an appointment at (785) 832-3030 to schedule a drop-off appointment at the City of Lawrence/Douglas County Household Hazardous Waste Facility.
http://www.lawrenceks.org/wrr/electronicrecyclingevent
October 12, 2012
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