Mapleton-Fall Creek gazette, 1982-08-06

              THE
APLETON-FALL
GAZETTE
CREEK
6 AUGUST 1982
The   Newspaper   of   the   Mapleton-Fall   Creek   Neighborhood:   A
Volume  No.   1 Our Slogan and Challenge: Unity in Diversity
Great  Place   to   Live
Issue  No.   10
Crime  Watch
For Your Block
by Walton Ewin
The entire neighborhood can benefit from a CRIMEWATCH program
which involves residents and
local law and government agencies working together. It's primary purpose is to protect you
against burglaries and other
neighborhood crimes.
The CrimeWatch staff will help
you establish a block club and
train you on how to report suspicious activity in your neighborhood. Part of their training
is a do-it-yourself home security
survey which will give you tips
on door locks, lighting, and
property identification.
Once a block club is established,
it will be assisted by CrimeWatch
with monthly bulletins sent to
the block club captain and help
with ideas for meetings.
KIDWATCH is another program from
the CrimeWatch people. Children
in the neighborhood will be shown
how to spot suspicious activity
as it occurs.
Get to know your neighbors. Call
CrimeWatch at 236-3242 to arrange
a meeting date for your block.
Gazette Expands
New 8-Page Format
The Gazette Guild is very  happy to
need to expand to eight pages —
doubling in size. We do need more
ads or gifts to stay solvent —
About $300/month. Any help that
you can give will be appreciated.
New Subarea Plan
Shown in Meetings
Meetings were held in July at
several locations to enable the
residents to review the first
draft of the sub area plan and to
make additions and corrections.
Meetings were as follows:
7/8 7 pm at 3166 N. Delaware St.
7/12 7:30 pm Tabernacle PC
7/15 6:30 pm Broadway UMC
7/15 7:30 pm Our Redeemer LC
7/22 7:30 pm Our Redeemer LC
Mr. Anthony Strum of the Division of
Planning and Zoning was present at
of the Long Range Planning Committee attended each meeting. A
total of 74 people attended.
The following additions to the
plan were contributed.
1. Encourage young families to
live in MFC.
2. Install more litter barrels.
3. More off-street parking.
4. Shortridge must continue as a
school.
5. Include all of MFC in NHS.
6. Too many boarded-up houses.
7. Building codes enforced.
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THE   BIG   PARADE   AND FESTIVAL
Enter the Contest
for Cleanest Block
A Clean Block Contest will be
held just before the Mapleton-
Fall Creek Festival in early
September.
A modest prize will be awarded
to the area with the cleanest
block, including alley, in the
opinion of the judges. Cleanliness and tidiness will be judged,
not beauty.
Judging will begin on Thursday,
September 9th, 1982 and the
awards will be presented at the
Festival at Fall Creek Parkway
between College and Central on
Saturday, September 11th.
You don't have to have an organized block club to enter the contest. An entry form may be found
in this issue of the Gazette.
Mail entry form to Walton Ewin,
3166 N. Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205 or call him at
work at 872-6853 or at home at
926-5507.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY
IS FRIDAY
AUGUST 20, 1982
Mayor William Hudnut will be the
Grand Marshal and Ambrose Smith
will be the assistant Marshal
of the Mapleton-Fall Creek Parade on September 11, Saturday.
At 10 AM those taking part in the
parade will assemble at Trinity-
Episcopal Church. Four bands have
signed up to march in the parade.
They represent the Cross Roads
of America Boy Scouts,Broad Ripple
High School, Cripus Attucks High
School, Decator Township School.
Others contributing to the festive
atmosphere will be clowns, antique
or otherwise distinguished anto-
mobiles including Allen Clowes's
Princess, MCF Girls Scouts, MFC
Boy Scouts and many others. Meridian Park Block Club is building
a float for the occasion.
Chairman of the Parade and
Festival, Ambrose Smith,
says,."All are welcome; we
need volunteers to help with
various events at the Festival. Volunteers should call:
Mary Duenweg at 923-4896
Ambrose Smith at 261-1543
The Parade will end on Fall Creek
at College with a pitch-in picnic
and entertainment. There will be
games, a Talent Show, display
booths and a disco.
Bernice Fraction is organising the Show and is seek
ing talent. Please contact
her at 3725 N. College
phone: 926-8735
At the Festival the Boy Scouts
will sell hot dogs and the Silver Liberators will have a bake
sale. Cold drinks will be available. Selling is limited to MFC
non-profit organizations.
The Broad Ripple Jazz band will
play for the celebration and
the Girls Club Drill team will
perform.
Anyone who has ideas for the
afternoon program, please contact Ambrose Smith - 261-1543
Bernice Fraction - 926-8735
IPD supports MFCNA
Assistant Chief Cicero Mukes of
the Indianapolis Police Department has notified us that he will
ride in the Mapleton-Fall Creek
parade on Saturday, September 11.
He is the Commander of Division 1
which includes our neighborhood .
We already have confirmation that
Detective Keith Smith and Sharon
Bowl in from the Neighborhood
Crime Watch will be participating
in the Festival and of course
Indianapolis Police Department will
be providing a Motor Cycle Escourt
for the Parade.
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My kids are very tolerant. When I
tell them to do something, they do-
mind at all!
Special Attention
MFC   Residents
Hearing, City-County, August 10,
1 PM will be held on anapplica-
tion for a zoning varience to allow business in an area zoned for
residential use only. The property in question is at 32 E. 32nd
street.
The business is already in operation and is therefore not in
compliance with zoning regulations. Residents in the immediate
neighborhood regard it as offensive and as setting a dangerous
precedent.
Mapleton-Fall Creek Neighborhood
Association voted to protest
against this varience at the request of the Meridian Park Block
Club. At the Hearinq its members
will oppose the variance request
and press for enforcement of the
zoning code. MFCNA would appreciate a large attendance of area
residents at the Hearing to support Meridian Park on an issue
of great importance to the whole
of Mapleton-Fall Creek.
Another meeting of interest to
residents of Mapleton-Fall Creek
will be held Thursday, July 29,
A PM. It vn"\"\ be in regard to the
North Meridian Corrider. For more
information call Mike Hilderbrand
at 927-2419.
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The City Department of Public
Works has announced heavy trash
free dumping, Saturdays 10-2 PM,
2700 South Belmont St. However,
people have been charged for trying to dump trash at this time
and some have met with abusive
language. Ken Lloyd was charged
$15.00 and told trash must be
covered. Anyone who has bad experiences in this regard should
report to Share Baker 236-3020.
Judges   set  for
clean block contest
Miss Doris Campbell, the director
of Mapleton Fall Creek Girls Club
and Rev Byron Crozier, pastor of
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church will
be the judges for this year's Clean
Block Contest. Judging will be on
September 9th. Prizes will be a-
warded during the Festival on September 11th.
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