From Monday, June 23 – Saturday, June 28, to correspond with Junk Pick Up dates, River Metals Recycling (RMR) is inviting 9th District Residents to receive higher rates for recycling scrap metal: an extra $10 per net ton for sheet metal/appliances and 5 cents per pound extra for aluminum cans and copper.  To participate, print the coupon attached to this email and bring your scrap metal to RMR at 2045 River Road between June 23-28.  Thanks to RMR for offering this incentive and for its support of the Green Triangle.  Go green with RMR and get your green!  Keep metal out of the landfill by taking it to River Metals to be recycled instead of setting it out for Junk Pick Up.  

Grinstead Drive will be one of the next Louisville Metro roadways to get bicycle lanes. Work is scheduled to begin on Grinstead on June 23. The new bike lanes are part of a continuing effort to expand our community’s urban bike network and will complete a doubling of bike facility mileage from 40 to 80 mile in the last twelve months. Mayor Greg Fischer has included $300,000 for additional bike lanes in the budget he proposed for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Grinstead Drive project, described in public meetings April 9 and April 10 at the Peterson-Dumesnil House, runs between Stilz Avenue and Lexington Road. The road will be reduced from four motor vehicle travel lanes to two, plus a center turning lane, through most of the corridor. That will permit bike lanes on both sides between Peterson Avenue and Crescent Court. At Interstate 64 a single bike lane will go in alongside four existing motorist travel lanes. The Grinstead bike lanes will not have buffer strips. Shared lane markings will be used to connect bicyclists from where the bike lanes end to the Beargrass Creek Trail which leads to downtown as well as Cherokee Park. Questions please contact Harold Adams at 574-6153.

United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM) invites you to their 14th Annual Home Tour on Saturday, June 14th, 2014 from 11:00 am - 5:00 pm. Enjoy this rare opportunity to tour some of the wonderfully restored homes typical of the neighborhoods that UCHM serves. This year, UCHM added Butchertown to the service area. Proceeds from the 14th Annual Home Tour benefit the Youth, Seniors, and Emergency Assistance programs provided by UCHM. Celebrating 40 years of outreach, UCHM continues to provide services for residents of the Crescent Hill, Clifton, Clifton Heights, and Butchertown neighborhoods. Volunteers are needed and welcome for this event. Please contact Sue Gentry at 893-0346 if you are interested. Advance Tickets are $25 each (single ticket) or $20 each (when purchasing two or more). Tickets will be sold for $25 the day of the event. Advance tickets will be available online at www.uchmlouky.org, at UCHM (150 S. State Street), and at both Carmichael’s Bookstores and Margaret’s Consignments.

Sign up today for the Powered with Pride (PWP) run/walk on Saturday, June 21 at 8:00 a.m. at Cherokee Park – Hogan’s Fountain/Pavilion. Registration rates are $35 for the 5k and $5 for the Comfy Cow Chase (kid’s run for 12 and under). Online registration is open until June 20 – click here to register. Prefer to sleep in but still want a t-shirt? You can do a sleep in donation of $25 and still get a shirt. If you prefer to register in person complete a registration form and take cash or check to either Blue Mile store locations: The Summit, 4114 Summit Plaza Drive or The Highlands, 1512 Bardstown Road. Plan to attend the post-race event from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at The Monkey Wrench.

The Clifton Center, located at 2117 Payne Street, will once again host its largest fundraiser that showcases all the fantastic eateries in the neighborhood. The 22nd Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue will be held on Sunday, June 22nd from 5:00pm-8:00pm, and will feature food tastings from more than 20 of Frankfort Avenue's finest restaurants, a cash bar, a raffle and live music. To learn more about the volunteer opportunities, visit www.cliftoncenter.org and click on "Get Involved" or email ktidwell@cliftoncenter.org.

Tickets are on sale now for $45. Discounted price for Friends of the Clifton Center is $40.  For the first time, a limited number of Patron tickets are available for $75 which includes premium parking, two complimentary drink tickets, and a chance to win a season pass to the 2014-2015 Live at the Clifton Center series. Tickets can be purchased at www.cliftoncenter.org or at Carmichael's Bookstore, 2720 Frankfort Avenue.

Participating restaurants include Porcini, Varanese, Bistro 1860, Volare, Bourbon's Bistro, North End Café, Irish Rover, Gary's on Spring, Silver Dollar, Coal's Artisan Pizza, Caffe Classico, Four Sisters, DiFabio's Casapela, Nancy's Bagels, Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen, Crave Café, Boombozz Pizza, the Comfy Cow, Vint, and Heine Brothers' Coffee.  

A majestic Slippery Elm on Masonic Home of Kentucky’s Louisville campus is the largest of its species in the state and the nation. The tree measures 282 inches in circumference and a soaring 90 feet in height, with an average crown spread of 82.6 feet wide. It is estimated to be more than 200 years old. It was recently certified as the largest of its kind in Kentucky and the nation.

Campus residents, staff and visitors always notice the stately beauty of the trees. The large Slippery Red Elm behind Davies Hall caught the eye of Masonic Homes Grounds Director Donna Hibbs, who thought it might be one for the record books. Hibbs invited Kentucky State Forester Diana Olszowy to visit the campus and take official measurements. Sure enough, it was declared the largest Red Elm tree in Kentucky, edging out the previous record-holding tree in Taylor County. It is recognized among Kentucky’s Champion Trees at http://forestry.ky.gov/ChampionTrees.

The Slippery Red Elm will be recognized by American Forests’ National Register of Big Trees as the largest in the nation, scoring a total of 392.63 points. The previous title holder, located in Indiana, scored a total of 382 points.

The program is once again split into two parts, with each part described below: COMMUNITY NIGHTS:  

·         The Bats will host two community nights, providing tickets, hot dogs, and soft drinks to non-profit groups who would not be able to afford a Bats game under regular circumstances. These two nights will include 4,000 guests for each game – Tuesday, July 8 and Tuesday, July 22. Groups will contact the Bats office directly to sign up for the program and each group member will get a voucher for a ticket, hot dog, and soft drink. Examples include mentoring organizations, social service agencies, and many more. This program is not intended for individual constituent distribution.

METRO COUNCIL MONDAYS:  

·         For this program, the Bats will host groups and organizations doing the good of the community that might not fit into the category above. This includes 12,000 total ticket vouchers – without hot dogs and drinks – distributed for use on ANY of these designated Monday nights: June 16, July 7, July 21 and August 4. Groups are able to choose their own date within these Monday nights. Examples include school fundraisers, charity auctions, and several others. This program is also not intended for individual constituent distribution.

To request tickets for either part of the program, organizations should contact Kate McGuire, Louisville Bats – kmcguire@batsbaseball.com. Please include your Metro Council District, organization name, contact name, mailing address, daytime phone number, and number of tickets requested. Email is preferred, but if email is not available call Kate McGuire at 502-614-4535.