April 21, 2005 MLPA eBlast, Annual Meeting, Dutch Valley Dig, Little Screen on the Green, Exchange Students

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ANNUAL MEETING - MORNINGSIDE LENOX PARK ASSOCIATION
Please join us this coming Monday night, April 25th, at 7:30pm in the basement meeting hall at Morningside Presbyterian Church at 1411 N. Morningside Drive. Have some after dinner treats.  Help usher in a new slate of MLPA Board officers and committee chairs for 2005/06. Get updates from elected officials.  Meet the new APD Zone commander and ask what's up with the move to Zone 6. Hear about plans for a new nature park in Morningside.  We're planning plenty of mingle time, so please plan to attend and get updated on what's new in our wonderfully imperfect neighborhood. Hope to see you and your neighbors on Monday night.

DUTCH VALLEY AREA DIG EXPLAINED
Yep, a huge hole to be dug soon on the site of the former Community Garden on the Halpern property near the CSO off Monroe Drive. Part of the deep tunnel storm water runoff project - officially named the Clear Creek Tunnel and Shaft Construction. Will involve controlled, underground blasting. Temporary light on Monroe to allow truck traffic to exit northbound.

Representatives from the City's Watershed Management Dept will be presenting at the Monday, May 9th MLPA Board meeting at 7:30 pm. Everyone's welcome at these meetings, held in the Morningside Room (main level) at the Morningside Presbyterian Church.

See www.cleanwateratlanta.org or call the project info line at 404-529-9211. Any nearby residents experiencing problems should contact Tony Gomez at 404-330-6563.  Those living close to the site who'd like a "pre-blasting" thorough inspection of their residence (such that any damage from the project would be properly documented for correction by Watershed Management) should contact Saul's Seismic at 770-952-2466. 
 
SATURDAY APRIL 30th AT 7PM - “Little Screen on the Green”
The Inman Middle School PTA invites families and friends to an outdoor showing of the hit movie The Incredibles. This night at the movies under the stars is a fundraising event for the purchase of classroom TVs and VCR/DVD players, vital instructional equipment that had not been budgeted in Inman’s recent renovation.

Come to the upper Inman field on the corner of Virginia Avenue and Greencove. 7:00 -11:00 p.m. Bring blankets and folding chairs, a picnic dinner and snacks, or some spending money for concessions. The screen is 20 feet high and it NEVER RAINS in late April, but in case of bad weather, the movie will be shown in the Inman gym. Cost is $5 for middle school-age children through adults, $3 for elementary students, and free for pre-schoolers and pre-pre-schoolers.

OPPORTUNITIES TO HOST FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Families in our community have an opportunity to take advantage of two U.S. State Department-sponsored student-exchange programs. The Congress-Bundestag (CB) Program is an exchange program with Germany in which 300 German high school students study in the U.S. The Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program provides scholarships to high school students from the former Soviet Union.  Students from both programs speak excellent English and are very good students. They have interests that range from the poetry to soccer. The goal of the each program is for youth to learn about American life from the inside and to see the truths instead of the myths and stereotypes.

William Teasley, a coordinator for these programs in Atlanta, is looking for host families for the 2005 – 2006 school year. Not only do the foreign students get a true picture of American life, but the host families also get a chance to see the world through fresh eyes. Although Teasley seeks hosts for the entire school year, every family has an initial 6 - 8 week pilot period in which they can get to know the student and decide if the student works well within their family. If there are ever problems that can't be overcome, he is available to work out a solution even if it includes moving a student.

Host families need to provide or arrange:

• • A bed (can share a room with same sex)
• Three meals a day (can apply for reduced fee lunch at school)
• Transportation to/from school
• Enrollment in the local high school (Grady or North Atlanta)
• Hospitality to treat the student as one would a niece or nephew
• FLEX students receive a stipend and will have their own spending money.

Contact Mr. Teasley for more information and/or to set up a time to meet with him. During the visit he will share profiles of students that are coming to Atlanta for you to see which one might work best in your family. His contact information is: William H. Teasley, LC – Atlanta, 404-622-8783, w.teasley@att.net.

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