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HARRISBURG - LANEY WALKER NEIGHBORHOODS

November 2014 - Augusta, Georgia

The Harrisburg Community Garden is nowcollaborating in a partnership with The West EndMarket and Bakery to recycle their veggie and fruitwaste into compost to add nutrition to our raisedbeds. We love our neighbors!

REMINDERS!

Call 311/Augusta Cares for issues related to CityservicesCall 211 for social service needsRecycling bins, (FREE of charge) call706.592.3200Public Transit routes and schedules 706.821.1719Paratransit applications and schedule information

706.821.1819Marshall's Office to report old cars and clutter thatattracts snakes 706.823.4406

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Local

Treasure

Meet Patricia Smoak a long time Harrisburger who in her earlyyears was a homemaker turned truck driver, an 18 wheeler noless for a local moving company. The company's motto was"we move anything" and she did just that! Pat recalled haulinganything and everything from furniture, mechanical parts like

nuts and bolts, to gravel. She often picked up cargo from traindepots and transferred them to a truck with only a dolly forequipment. Pat worked alone and was the first womantohold such a position which included transporting radioactivematerials to and from SRS. She remembers the hard work andexhaustion although she is still thankful that she was able toprovide for her family. Later on in life Pat was employed forover 20 years as a Corrections Officer at YDC. Obviously Patlikes a challenge!By all accounts Pat is also a "domestic goddess". She is a

blue ribbon winner for her preserves and canning and has abeautiful garden that seems to flourish when the rest of ushave given up on ours. Pat fabricated her raised beds to beaccessible for anyone who cannot bend over versus traditionalstyles of design. For years Pat picked up the highest awardsincluding Grand Champion at the local agricultural fair and shestill has some of her products tucked away in her cupboards.You name it and she could preserve it, including meat, veggiesand beans to jams, jellies and chutneys. Pat tributes hercooking talents to her grandmother and grandfather who

raised her on a farm in Blakely, Ga. and who slaughtered theirown meat and made homemade sausage along with saltedpork and dried jerky. One of her grandmother's favorite disheswas okra, corn and tomato soup which Pat later modified toinclude onion and basil. Yumm! Some other favorites were hercracklin bread and 1-2-3 Cake... of course it includes :1 stick butter2 cups sugar3 cups flourMelt cocoa, butter and sugar and drizzle on the top. Mmmmm

So great to visit with Pat and learn more about her. Let usknow if you or a neighbor would like to be featured as a futureTreasure.

Harrisburg WelcomesBlue Collar BistroRestaurant owners, Robinand Floyd Andrews andChef, Sabrina Tremble inviteyou to "Taste the Difference"when you dine with them attheir location at 2027 BroadSt.,Augusta, Ga. 30904 Formore information call,706.733.7713 or go towww.thebluecollarbistro.com

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Pumpkin Spice Cakew/ Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Author: Divas Can Cook BlogServes:12Ingredients

!3 cups all-puprose flour!1!teaspoons baking soda!"teaspoon salt!1 cup light brown sugar, packed

!1!cups white sugar!#cup of butter, softened

!3 eggs!2 teaspoons vanilla extract!1 tablespoon pumpkin spice!1!cup buttermilk!15 oz. 100% pure pumpkin (canned)!CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING!2 (8 oz) packs cream cheese, softened!!cup butter softened, softened!1 teaspoon heavy cream!4 cups powdered sugar!1 teaspoon vanilla extract!cinnamon (as much as you like. Can also use pumpkin

spice)Instructions1. Preheat oven to 275 F.2. Grease and flour 3 round ( 9-inch) cake pans. Set aside.3. In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.Set aside.4. In a large bowl cream together sugars and butter.5. Beat in each egg one at a time.6. Fold in vanilla and pumpkin spice.7. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, alternating with thebuttermilk.8. Fold in pure pumpkin.

9. Pour batter evenly into the cake pans.10. Bake for 30-35 minutes (check it at 25 minutes) or untiltoothpick inserted in center comes outwith moist crumbs attached. (do not overbake. Cake willcontinue cooking while it cools)11. Let cake sit in pans for 5-10 minutes before removingand placing on a cooling rack to coolcompletely.12. While cake is cooling make the frosting.13. Cream together cream cheese, butter and heavy cream.14. Mix in powdered sugar a little at a time until creamy.15. Fold in vanilla and cinnamon.

16. Frost cooled cakes.

COMMUNITY NEWS - HARRISBURG/LANEY WALKER NEIGHBORHOODS - November, 2014

Do You See Business Potential?

The Armstrong Galleria has been in the area for quite do times butover the years the business in the area has declined. Currentlyoperating in the area is the Laney Walker Corporation, Crab Queenand the Sud City Laundromat. The once thriving area is in need ofa grocery store, a thrift store, dry cleaners and a alteration

specialist. What other businesses would you like to see in the area?Please email me your thoughts at afields82@yahoo.com.Reference the title Armstrong Galleria.

Harrisburg a Century Ago

Workers at the Mills

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PUBLIC MEETINGHistoric Harrisburg Community Council

Monday, November 17, 2014 - 6pm

Young at Heart Beauty Salon

Crawford Avenue and Broad St.

Residents and Friends

Meet your Neighbors and join us for a community

meeting. Catch up on news in the neighborhood

and the City and share your suggestions for a

better Harrisburg.

For more information, Call 706.364.7861

COMMUNITY NEWS afields82@yahoo.com

denicetraina@gmail.com

Welcome To The Neighborhood

Join us in welcoming the new Bailey Village Homes located on the corner of Wrightsboro Road

and 12th street. The bright and beautifully colored design should attract many new residents to thecommunity of Laney Walker/Bethelem. If you are interested in leasing call 706 496 7455.

How To Keep Our Neighborhoods CleanEarly in the morning and late in the afternoon I love to take a walk to see progress in the neighborhood.

As I am getting my daily burn, although I do notice the new and updated beauty to the neighborhood, there seemsto be areas filled with trash and debris. Though I love my neighborhood, I do feel that cleanliness should be an

idea claimed by the majority. No one should want to see trash and debris in their neighbor.That should be agreed upon as a whole. Growing up in both the Laney Walker/Bethlehem and Harrisburgneighbors I have seen a great deal of trash. Though these are older areas, this should not make it acceptable toleave areas filled with trash and debris. By writing this article I hope to inspire others to want to see cleanlinessand beauty in the neighborhood.Neighborhood cleanups can be fun but you need numbers. Neighborhoods cleanups are not the only way thiscan be done. Here a few suggestions that I would like to challenge everyone to do in order to keep ourneighborhoods clean.

1. If you are walking through the neighbor pick up trash along the way. You can carry a small grocery bag to put

the trash in. Wear gloves if possible.2. Report unclean homes that are abandoned that has overgrown grass and filth.3. Report inoperable/abandoned vehicles that sit on the side of the road.4. Recycle all recyclable trash, electronics. Clean your recyclables.5. Remove all garbage cans once the trash man has dumped them6. Pick up floating trash in your yard and your neighbors yard if you see it.7. Keep your grass cut. It gives the appearance of cleanliness and order.8. Remove inoperable vehicles from your yard. This eliminates yard clutter.People will pay you for you inoperable vehicles.The Salvation Army take car donations. Take advantage of these services.

Together with these steps this can also keep crime down.Abandoned dirty homes attract criminalactivity since no one can see what is actually going on inside of there.This will help keep our communities stronger. Cleaner neighborhoods get more respect.

PUBLIC MEETINGLaney Walker Neighborhood Association

Monday, November 17, 2014 - 7pm3rd Monday|Month - Dyess Park

For more information:

afields82@yahoo.com