October holds several neighborhood events

Yard Sale, Creek Cleanup, Potluck among items

		With yard sale signs printed and generously furnished by Yee Haw printing, Old North Knoxville will be advertising its neighborhood-wide yard sale set for October 9th. This yard sale is one of several neighborhood events planned for October.

This October promises to have something for almost everybody in Old North Knoxville. Starting off the month will be the ONK neighborhood-wide yard sale. ONK held a similar yard sale this past spring. The rules for participating are simple: have your stuff priced and ready to go out the morning of Saturday, October 9th. Old North Knoxville neighborhood association will get the word out. Selling begins at 8 a.m. and goes until you have sold everything or have sold enough for the day. 

First Creek Cleanup October 16th

For several years now, Old North Knoxville has helped to clean up the First Creek Greenway and First Creek from Glenwood to Broadway. Both the creek and the greenway are features most neighborhoods, historic, new, or in-between do not have. There is a clean up in the spring and one in the fall. On Saturday, October 16th will be the fall cleanup of the creek and greenway. Cleanup starts at 9 a.m. and goes until about noon, at which time pizza or sandwiches will be served to the volunteers. At the last cleanup some of the items found included a bucket seat from a car, a baby's walking stroller, and six shopping carts. A turtle was also found, which was a pleasant, hopeful surprise. 

First Creek is significant to Knoxville's history. It was along the banks of this creek where some of Knoxville's first settlers made their homes. To volunteer, contact Beth Booker at 524-8515 or by . Wear comfortable old clothes and bring some work gloves if you have a pair. You don't have to come for the entire time. This year we will have help from Americorp, so lets turn out and show them how we clean up the creek and greenway. 

ONK Potluck October 28th

Just in time for Halloween, Old North Knoxville neighborhood association is sponsoring a potluck on Thursday, October 28th at the Fourth Presbyterian Church on the corner of Broadway and W. Glenwood. The potluck begins at 6:30 p.m. ONK will provide the meat, the plates, and utensels. Anybody who wants to join needs to bring a food item for themselves and some extra to share. There are usually about 40 people at these potlucks, which are held several times a year. It is a chance to get to know some new neighbors, greet some neighbors you might not have seen in a while, and swap stories and maybe even a recipe or two. 

There will be a monthly meeting after the potluck. Everybody who attends the potluck is invited to attend the meeting. So bring your favorite fall dish and those little goblins (children) for some food a few days before the trick or treating is to begin. For more information, contact Tomica Miller at 521-7884 or by . 

Dig and Divide

ONK's Beautification Committee will hold its first "Dig and Divide" plant swap at the October 28th potluck social. A Dig and Divide works like this: if you have crowded plants in your yard or garden that need dividing, dig them up and bring them to the meeting. Bringing them in small pots or sandwich bags of soil is helpful. If you have holes in your yard or garden and need a plant, come to the meeting and take one or two. We hope this event will take root and grow. Gives a new meaning to the term pot luck.

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