July 2009

Help Wanted

We are looking for volunteers to help out with the neighborhood association. Specifically-we want someone/s to take over production of the print and email newsletters. Please email us if you can help with this vital neighborhood communication tool or for more information.

HH Events

July 4th Parade

10am

The Huntley Hills Swim and Tennis Club is hosting our annual July 4th neighborhood parade. This is the time to show your American Pride! Decorate your bikes, trikes, wagons, big wheels, strollers and yourself with as much red, white and blue as you can. Prizes will be awarded.

The parade starts at 10am (line up is a 9:45am) at the pool. The parade will march from Plantation to Monford to Greenhill to Stark to Ensign and back to Plantation to the pool. If you live on the parade route and don’t want to march, please feel free to stand in your yard and cheer on your neighbors!

Texas Hold Em’-Adults Only Pool Party

Saturday, July 18th

8pm till midnight.

The Texas Hold Em’ buy-in price is only $5! Bring a dish to share and BYOB.
The party is open to all Huntley Hills residents.
Please email Velika Brown to rsvp for the poker.

Tennis

The HHSTC B-3 Ladies ALTA team is looking for players! We especially need strong players who are comfortable playing at the top of the line-up, but the team is open to all club members. We have a great group of ladies who have lots of fun while competing. Practices are on Tuesday nights at 7:30 and matches are on Sunday afternoons beginning at 1 PM. The season runs from September 13th through October 25th. If you are interested in joining the team or would like more information, please contact Susan Williams at susanvw@bellsouth.net or 404-683-1059. The deadline for fall rosters is July 8th, so act fast…you don’t want to get Ace’d out of this opportunity!

Art Show

See Huntley Hills resident and Chamblee Arts Alliance member Heni Sandoval as the Artist of the Month at Get Coffee for July. Prints of her paintings will be displayed in the front room from June 25th through July31st. Please stop by and take a look at her wonderful art.

Neighborhood Wide Night Out

September 19 – 4pm-9pm

Join us for the second annual neighborhood wide NNO-open to all residents. We are already planning this exciting day-please email us if you can volunteer to help with planning or on the day itself.

Community Events

Get Coffee – Open Mic Night

Tues, July 30th – 7pm-9pm

The Chamblee Arts Alliance is sponsoring an Open Mic Night at Get Coffee featuring local musicians. Get Coffee is a fun locally owned café located in what used to be an old gas station and is located on 5336 Peachtree Road in Old Chamblee. They offer sandwiches along with salads and fruit smoothies and of course coffee drinks and pastries. Get Coffee is a sponsor of the Huntley Hills Swim Team.

The Frosty Caboose

Is now open! Stop by for some delicious ice cream and a fun trip to a bright red caboose! Located in Chamblee accross from Vintage Pizza. Frosty Caboose, 5435 Peachtree Road.

Taste Of Chamblee

August 29th

Details to come

Volunteer to clean up your local creek on September 26th from 9am to noon, meet at Huntley Hills Park.   More information to come, please contact Heather at hhd@mindspring.com or 404-271-1387 with questions or if you’d like to participate with a large group.

Thanks to our volunteers for 2008!

Just a reminder – this Friday night (6/12) is our usual cookout, plus movie night in the clubhouse for kids. Bring your own pillows, blankets and snacks. The featured movie will be a surprise (b/c we still haven’t picked it yet), but it will be G rated and show time is at 7 pm.

Saturday night (6/13) is our 1st ADULTS ONLY party! The pool closes at 8 pm to anyone under 18; those 18 and over can party until midnight. If you’re feeling generous, please bring an appetizer or something to share. BYOB (remember, no glass on the pool deck). Members can bring guests for $5/person. Should be a fun night!

Save the dates for more adult only parties: Saturdays, July 18th and August 15th.

And come hang out with us for July 4th! We will have a neighborhood parade, starting at the pool at 10 am. Decorate your bikes, trikes, wagons, big wheels, strollers and show your American pride! The pool opens at 10:30 am and there will be games and activities for kids and adults throughout the day. Cookout ($3/plate) is from noon – 3pm. The pool closes at 8 pm and you can then walk up the street to Chamblee High School and view the Keswick Park fireworks.

Saturday April 18th

HH Yard Sale Day – 8am – 2pm

Set up a yard sale in your front yard- the HHNA will post signs at all the main entrances to drive traffic in. We’ve already advertised in the AJC and the Crier. No application is necessary-just set up shop!

Stream Clean Up – Huntley Hills Park – 10am

Join us in your work clothes to clean up our stream!

3rd Tuesdays at The Mad Italian – Tuesday, April, 21 – 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Come out and meet your neighbors, have some fun, and enjoy some delicious food. Children welcome.

HHSTC Work Day – 8am – 12pm at the pool
Earn $25/household and help us continue to improve the pool area. It already looks tons better from our last workday. Bring your work gloves and any gardening tools that you can.
****Traffic Calming Informational Meeting – Tues. April 28th – 7pm ****

Join us at the Chamblee United Methodist Church to get your questions answered, find out about the county process and about the plan that we are submitting for their review.

Community Events
AACA meeting  -  April 16th at 7PM – Merrill Gardens

We will have guest speakers who are pivotal to our neighborhoods. This month we are lucky enough to have Larry Johnson, the Presiding Office of DeKalb County’s Board of Commissioners.
Community Workshops for the DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance. More Info

DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance Re-write Meeting – April 21st – 6:30 – 8:00 p.m – Montgomery Elementary School
There will be a meeting with county officials and their planning firm to take community input in the re-write of the county’s zoning ordinance and the recommended design controls established by the community in the Comprehensive Plan.

Good Neighbor Day at PDK is on May 30th from 12p-5p. See flyer for more info.

This Saturday, March 28th…

Poker Night

6:00pm – ??

Pool Clubhouse

$20 per person to play; drinks (including beer) and light snacks will be served.

Lessons (and socializing) start at 6pm, game starts at 7pm till ???

CASH prizes!

We’ll also have a large screen projector showing March Madness.

Open to all HH residents and friends.

RSVP to villyb@comcast.net by March 25th.

…

Chamblee Celtic Fling

7:30pm – 10:00pm

Get Coffee

Celtic music and dance, an Irish photography exhibit, performances by talented youth, and of course, the delicious treats available at GET COFFEE! This event is a fundraiser for the Chamblee Arts Alliance.

MUSIC: Keltic Kudzu

IRISH DANCERS: from the Cregan-O’Brien School of Irish Dance

PHOTO EXHIBIT: Sandra Thorington

Special performance by members of the Atlanta Junior Ceili Band

Artwork provided by students of Huntley Hills Elementary School

Advance Tickets: Adults $5, Students 6-18 $3, 5 and under FREE 

Tickets at the door will be $6 adult, $4 students

Purchase Tickes Online

For more information call Maggie Anderson at 404-392-0398 email chambleearts@bellsouth.net, or visit www.chambleearts.org

This Week!!!

Tuesday Night-St. Patrick’s Day & HH Night Out! (3/17)

Pig N Chik

5:30pm – 7:30pm

-This month’s 3rd Tuesday coincides with St. Patrick’s Day. Please join us at Pig N Chik. All Are Welcome!

Sunday Evening – HHNA Annual Meeting & Party! (3/22)

Pool Clubhouse

4:00pm – 7:00pm

-This year’s Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting will also be a party! After conducting some business including elections and news updates we will hang out and have fun!

Please bring a covered dish to share.

There will be door prizes including local restaurant gift certificates, event tickes and other prizes.

HHNA member households ONLY. You may join at the party.

RSVP for either event (optional) to cordelia@cordeliablake.com

Dear Gardeners and Habitat Owners,

Let us hope that March will come in like a lamb and leave like a lamb!  The winds I can do
without – but let them come gently if they must.  So much is starting to open up and burst into
bloom – the redbuds, daffodils, pushkinia, and all the rest of our early bloomers.
Saturday night those who were interested met at Allison Metheny’s home for a potluck to
discuss the Garden Tour.  We have selected the date of May 30.  This is the week AFTER
Memorial Day.  We have a number of helpers, but are still looking for gardens to be on the tour.
Please let us know if you are interested, or if you have a neighbor who would be good. If they
aren’t certified, we might persuade them to become so.  Bunny Fulton is especially good at
this!  This is a beautiful time of year and our gardens should show off well. We had some new
folks attending, and I especially want to recognize our youngest habitat owner, 3rd grader
Sarah Anne Goodwin. She’s quite the young lady – not only for her flower garden for
butterflies, but also for being on her swim team and being a Chinese dancer!  Sarah Anne will
be helping us as a volunteer at the Tour.

Our next meeting is Monday, March 2, 7:30 PM at D’Youville Condominiums. This is across
from the First Methodist Church on Chamblee Dunwoody Road. The clubhouse is to the right at
the top of the hill.  Claire Hayes, director of Dunwoody Nature Center will be our speaker –
many of you know her, and know what a delightful and vibrant person she is!  Please come and
welcome her!  She is a great advocate for the Chamblee Community Wildlife Habitat, and has
wonderful native plant sales twice a year.

April 6 will bring us Jim Yellow Horse Man, a Peace Elder from our Native American tribes.
Jim lives in Clayton, and will bring us wonderful stories and crafts – visit his website at
www.yellowhorseman.com . Plan to bring your children and grandchildren to this extraordinary
meeting.  May is still unclear – have two programs in mind – will let you know later.
With our plants starting to show themselves, it’s time to be sure they have an annual
dressing of compost. If fertilizing, it’s best to use a time release such as Osmocote. This only
has to be put on once.  If you didn’t divide your perennials in the fall, now is the time.  As
hostas show their heads, they can be dug and divided, although this is not necessary. You
might want to mark your other bulbs for dividing in the fall.  As for the weeds, well – they just
are. If anyone has discovered the magic touch for getting rid of them – let us know!  Remember
that chickweed and dandelion leaves are great salad greens.  As you put in new plants, I hope
you will remember to go native as much as possible.

I’m going to ask Tom for an update on the progress at Chamblee Middle School. It sounds
as if he’s going full speed ahead!   Anyone interested in the Flyway Cities Coalition meeting on
March 12, I’ve attached the info to our e-mail recipients. Any others who may be interested, call
me at 770-451-6079.  It would be great to see a good group of our folks down there. I plan to
go if I can get a ride – I would really like to show off the new building, etc. – I was on the Board
of Directors during construction and it has a warm place in my heart.

I hope to see you next Monday – Love,  Kay