Coming up this weekend is a fine reason to go for a walk (as opposed to golf):
“The Main Street Preservation Association's Annual Mansion Row Home and Garden Stroll will run from 1 to 5 p.m. June 12. The self-guided tour will begin at Admiral Bicknell Inn, 600 E. Main St. in New Albany, Ind.”
Meanwhile, in today’s Courier-Journal, Dale Moss discusses the garden stroll and other good things happening along East Main Street in New Albany.
Garden tour to show off hidden New Albany gems, by Dale Moss, Courier-Journal columnist (short shelf life for C-J links).
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Thanks, Roger. Main Street appreciates the mention.
If you have not yet toured the fantastic Culbertson Mansion, now's the chance to see it plus the other homes/gardens. Tours of the Mansion, normally $3.50 for adults, are free Sunday--but of course, the Mansion will gratefully accept donations.
Several vendors will also be on hand, including New Albany's great bookstore, Destinations Booksellers. Floyd County historian David Barksdale and co-author Robyn Sekula will be there to answer questions and sign copies of their new book, New Albany in Vintage Postcards.
Tim,
I'm glad you brought this up. Ticket prices have been set at a rate we felt would be prohibitive to most mosquitoes, especially culex pipiens, carrier of the West Nile virus.
Research has consistently shown that the majority of mosquitoes are notoriously bad at budgeting, and usually fall within Federal poverty guidelines to boot.
That's funny. I have an image of a mosquito, pants pockets turned inside out, shuffling away from the garden stroll in the direction of Hugh Bir's.
Tim, perhaps you could comment on which areas in town are hot and which are not, in the context of West Nile.
Drink deep! It's hard to be sanguine in the face of what "Dances" contributed, but what a delightful riposte from annie...
My sojourn in the Sunshine State left me with the antibodies to be essentially immune to West Nile, so I'll be glad to offer direct transfusions on a first-come, first-served basis.
This is an opportunity for all who treasure urban living to show their support for the type of event this city was built to host. May we look back at 2005 as Year One in a thousand ways. The Garden Stroll shows that the MSPA, too, is part of the constituency for progress in New Albany.
Once again, Tim, you misunderstand. In no way was I poking fun at you. Your post was perfectly legitimate, if a bit of a downer to the main topic.
I don't disrespect your contribution here. Annie's gracious response, though, added a much-needed change of tone to the proceedings. She would have been justified to "slap you down" for your negativity (if she saw it that way) toward an event that is dear to her heart. Instead, she addressed the issue, albeit with levity.
I have, indeed, suffered from West Nile Virus, and it's no picnic. Nor is it a fatal disease for most people.
My understanding is that once you've had it, you are henceforth immune. I also understand that evening is the time when one is most likely to be infected, as that is when the critters are most active.
As the resident expert on the topic, can you confirm my understanding?
Might you want to organize a "deet" patrol? If you promise not to annoy my wife any more than necessary, I would invite you to bring some "Off" and provide it at our tent exhibit on the grounds of the Mansion Row Garden Stroll on Sunday afternoon.
Ridicule was not what "I" intended. However, if you are still bristling over the sobriquet of "Dances"...sorry, but you're going to be stuck with that one for a long time.
If you are serious about a writing career, don't be defensive about it. Consider it a learning experience that will make you a better journalist. Introduce yourself as "Tim, but they call me 'Dances'" and move on.
Admit that you learned something from this fiasco and it will be a great story to tell your future employers about how you learned ethics and journalistic values in a way that ensures you'll never make that mistake again.
Indeed, in back of our building, there was a tire, undoubtedly placed there by a customer of the car wash.
It has been removed and will be disposed of according to procedure.
Thanks, Tim.
What letter to the MSPA?
I, too, have a copy of the MSPA memo which Tim refers to in such a sinister manner. It is a neighborhood memo alerting people that mosquito traps have been placed in our district to check for the presence of virus carrying mosquitoes. The traps are a public service provided by the health department; our neighborhood group wishes to take advantage of the program since we are in an area that is in close proximity to a water source and has many areas of standing water.
At what time did Valla Ann attempt to "minimize this issue"? I would think that broadcasting a memo to you, Tim, as well as the entire membership of the MSPA would suggest otherwise, especially since it was sent out only a few days ago, on June 8.
This would be the yellow brochure that has a big mosquito on the front, produced by Purdue University?
She did hand them out, but I think she was wearing a wig, sunglasses and a mustache while distributing them.
You might want to tell the folks over at the Health Department about the dead bird thing. I found a dead crow and bluejay in my yard last summer, and when I called to report it, Rose Bensenhaver at the health department told me to throw them in the trash, that the Health Department didn't want them.
So--let me see if I have this right. You placed a mosquito trap behind the 600-700 block of East Main on the weekend of May 14 at Valla Ann's request. You moved it to various places within that vicinity several times. Then, on June 8, she broadcast an email telling the entire freaking neighborhood we're under review for West Nile Virus.
And this suggests some type of cover-up? Yep, that sure makes a lot of sense to me, and I am sure it does to everyone else, too.
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