Elvehjem Neighborhood Garage Sale is August 13th and 14th. The deadline for reservation forms to be included in the sale directory is July 31st. The form can be downloaded for print at bottom half of page 5 in the Online Echo located at http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/echo/2010-07-08echo.pdf
To be listed on the mailing sales map, please complete the below form and return it with $5.00 (payable to “Elvehjem Neighborhood Association”) to: Diana Winter 4617 Steinhauer Trail 223-1994

Saturday, October 23, 20010 from 8:00 – 12:00 Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa Street, Madison, WI
Check www.cityofmadison.com/neighborhoods/ for information at the end of September!

The second half of the City of Madison’s new smoke alarm will take effect Sunday, August 15. The new ordinance passed by the City Council in March, 2009 requires smoke alarms with 10-year lithium batteries designed to last the life of the smoke alarm. Under the newly adopted ordinance, all smoke alarms must have a 10-year battery in a tamper-resistant alarm unit, OR a hard-wired system with battery back-up. 9-volt batteries will no longer be used UNLESS they are being used as a battery back-up to a hard-wired alarm.

9-volt batteries will no longer be used UNLESS they are being used as a battery back-up to a hard-wired alarm. The ordinance requires additional alarms in the residence:
1. In each bedroom or sleeping area
2. Within six feet of each door leading to a bedroom or sleeping area of each unit
2. On each floor of the building
The City of Madison Fire Department has been awarded a Fire Prevention and Safety grant to purchase and install more than 3,000 smoke alarms for homeowners who are at the greatest risk of injury or death in a fire. The United States Fire Administration considers young children, older adults, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty at highest risk. The grant program, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, enhances fire departments’ ability to protect the public and fire service personnel from fire and related hazards. The City of Madison Fire Department received $35,268 to help at-risk residents receive early warning in the event of a fire in their home. .... Members of Madison Fire Fighters Local 311 are helping to install the alarms in residents’ homes. Besides the alarms, residents will also receive fire safety information and materials. Smoke alarm manufacturers First Alert and Kidde donated 348 smoke alarms to assist in this effort.
For more information, please contact the Madison Fire Department Community Education Office at 266-4709.

Join architects Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle and Potter Lawson for public meetings about the design of the Madison Central Library, Thursday, August 5th , 7 – 9 p.m. Madison Senior Center, 330 West Mifflin Street (608) 266-6581, www.cityofmadison.com/seniorcenter

Grassroots Leadership College now boasts an online newsletter. View their first issue GLC Newsletter July-August2010.pdf ...Sign up to receive future issues at their website http://www.grassrootsleadershipcollege.org/

Take part in the wonderful Food Share Buying Opportunity. SHARE is celebrating 25 years in the State and anyone ordering in August will have their names entered in a drawing for some great prizes. Prizes are listed in the SHARE Times Newspaper or on the SHARE Website. www.sharewi.org August Orders are due by August 10th and On Line orders are due by August 15th. The orders will be delivered to a host site near you on August 28th. Go to the SHARE Website, www.sharewi.org to find the host site nearest you. Helps you save 30% to 50% on Groceries. Any questions or need help ordering, Call Mary Kay Clark at 608-575-2344 or Margie Blumer-Darling at 608-843-8405.

On October 10, 2010 (10/10/10) communities and nations around the world will be gathering for work parties. These work parties will be documented on 350.org and presented to world leaders to act on Global Climate issues. Citizens will be telling their government leaders: “We have gotten to work; how about you?” If interested see 350's Online Flyer

Elvehjem Neighborhood Association's Echo newsletter is now available for download. Please use the following link to access the newsletter: http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/echo/2010-07-08echo.pdf

Just off Cottage Grove Road at the corner of Sharpsburg Drive and North Star Drive. June 2, 2010 -- October 13, 2010 Wednesday Afternoons 3:00 PM – 7:00PM Vegetables, fruits, farm fresh meats, dairy products, plants, flowers and baked goods. Website: www.capitolviewfarmersmarket.com

The Emerald Ash Borer has us surrounded. The little green bug that kills ash trees has now been found south of us in Illinois, to the east in Ozaukee County, to the north in Green Bay and to the west in Vernon County. It's only a matter of time before we find it in Madison and when we do, because it's so hard to find, it will probably have been here for awhile.

  Thanks to a first-ever tree inventory conducted by our Parks Division, we know the location, age and species of all of our street trees. So, we know that 30% of all of the city-owned trees in our street terraces and our parks are ash. There are things we can do to help slow the spread of the ash borer. The most basic thing is to not move firewood, as the wood can serve as a home for the bug.
 
The City of Madison is planning to deal with this problem comprehensively, and you can find out more at http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/aboutForestEAB.html.

City Forestry has also compiled EAB response packets loaded with information targeted at neighborhood groups but also available to anyone just by calling 266-4816, or you can also find most of those materials at http://emeraldashborer.wi.gov/publications.jsp.
Beyond that, the more we all know the better prepared we'll be to slow its spread and deal with it once it's here. To learn more visit http://www.emeraldashborer.wi.gov/.

All households in the Elvehjem neighborhood receive a monthly newsletter, the Echo. Our newsletter has been printed for more than 39 years and is distributed by mail and online. ENA makes no profit from it. ENA welcomes businesses that wish to advertise in the Echo. Advertisements help pay the printing and distribution costs of the Echo.
To learn more about advertising in the Echo
http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/echo/PricePolicy-10.pdf

Officer Officer Tim Smith is our neighborhood’s Community Policing Team Liaison Officer and can be contacted at 209-8553 or tsmith@cityofmadison.com Taya Dolsen is a patrol officer assigned to the East Police District and is available to discuss general questions or concerns about on-going problems and advise about ways the Department can help find a positive resolution. Contact Officer Dolsen at 266-4887 or tdolsen@cityofmadison.com

 

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Officer Frank Chandler, fchandler@cityofmadison.com