C.O.N.A. of South Pinellas County

"As good as it gets" re our October weather

Oct 12, 2001

"Arts Alive" FAMILY ARTS DAY November 3

This day is a celebration of the family and arts. Admission is free for Kids to museums (half price at Great Explorations). Events include:
7th Annual Artists Market and Neighborhood Festival, Bay Vista Recreation Center - 10am to 3pm 7000 4th St. S.
Indoor/outdoor community show and sale, demonstrations, crafts for kids. 893-7124. Meet Frank Remkiewics, illustrator of Froggy & Horrible Harry at the Main Library 11am & Mirror
Lake at 2pm.
Gulliver's Travels - Family Musical presented by American Stage. Call for time and location. 823-7529.
Salvador Dali Museum - Dali Animal Scavenger Hunt, 9:30am to 5:30pm free for kids.
St. Petersburg Museum of History - Japanese kite making and flying, origami and story-telling 1:30 to 3:30 pm. The Arts Center - Hands-on fun for families and kids
of all ages. Artists demos, 1 to 4 pm.
Florida Holocaust Museum - Family-
Centered Docent Tours. Create your family tree. 1 to 5 pm free with admission.
Great Explorations - Smart Art Chromacolor Butterfly children's activity 11am to 3pm Free with admission.
Pier Aquarium with Dali Museum
Sail The Surreal Seas. Create exquisite sea creatures. 10 a.m. to noon. Free.

CONA Neighborhood Leadership Program
See Application Insert Inside!
This program, which begins in January, is designed to:
1. Broaden potential neighborhood leaders' under-
standing of the community,
2. Expand the pool of skilled neighborhood leaders,
3. Encourage the establishment of networks among neighborhood leaders,
4. Enhance the ability of neighborhoods to resolve problems on their own or in cooperation with other neighborhoods and/or institutions and 5. Introduce participants to decision-makers in our City's government and throughout our community.
Eligibility Requirements are the CONA Neighborhood Leadership application must be filled out in its entirety, applicants must live or work in the City, applicants must not be a filed or announced candidate for public office and the registration fee must be included with
application. For more information please call Theresa McEachern at 823-6390

20th Anniversary NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Nature theme photo entry dead line is October 19
Boyd Hill Nature Park's 20th Annual
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
The Contest is open to all ages with a variety of categories and prizes. For more Information please contact 893-7326.

BUNGALOWFEST November 3
Historic Kenwood Neighborhood Association is
hosting area tours of vintage, restored homes.
Tours begin at Kenwood's Seminole Park, 29th
St. and 3rd Ave. N.

TIMES FESTIVAL OF READING November 10 & 11 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave. S., Free. A two day event for book lovers to promote literacy and celebrate the joy of reading. Activities will involve book talks by national and regional authors, book appraisals, an enclosed children's story land area and performances by musicians and poets. For more information please call 892-2358.

ART ARBOR Nature Festival Nov. 3 & 4 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
21st Annual Nature Festival at Boyd Hill Nature Park, 1101 Country Club Way S.
This event will have Arts & crafts, music and environmental crafts. Free to piblic but donations will be accepted.
For more information please call 727-893-7326.


CONA Board Meeting
October 17 - 7:00P.M.
St. Petersburg Times Building
490 1st Avenue South


PRESIDENT'S REPORT

Dear Neighbors,

On Saturday, October 6, CONA held its Neighborhood Summit. At this summit Neighborhood Association Leaders exchanged ideas, many of them new ones. Also the leaders felt that CONA was a benefit to their neighborhoods and doing a great job. The new Chief of Police attended the Summit. He heard from everyone that CPO?’s are important to neighborhoods. He also heard that they believe the CPO program should be enhanced with more officers and smaller areas to cover. After the meeting several Association Leaders got together to set up this year?’s CONA Leadership program, an application should be in this newsletter. We encourage all neighborhood associations to publish the application in their newsletter so we can fill a class of 30 this year. The $50.00 registration fee for this class pays for class supplies, the city tour and the graduation celebration. For this price I believe this is one of the best classes of its kind offered in this area. If you haven't gone though this program yet, it might be time to consider it.

On October 9th we start rewriting the Bed and Breakfast Ordinance. I have appointed several neighborhoods association members, who have Bed and Breakfast facilities in their neighborhoods to this task force. Ingrid Comberg and Steve Plice will chair the task force for CONA. They both are experienced and very qualified in rewriting ordinance. I have confidence that a New Ordinance can be worked out to satisfy everyone.

DO YOU WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF CONA?’S EXECUTIVE BOARD? If you are or you know someone who is please let Teresa McEachen by November, because CONA holds it election in December.

At the November CONA Board meeting, Angelo Raeo will give a presentation covering Pedestrian Safety, which his department is working on. We have several people every year hit by cars and this continues to be a problem though-out the city. Bun Hap Parks from the Asian Community will be asking for your help with some problems some of our Asian member are having. Also a new problem has surfaced this week, the St. Pete Times is putting paper boxes in the right a way. This is no different than Mailboxes and is a violation of the City Ordinance. The City is already working on this problem and it may be taken care of before you receive this newspaper.
As always, I am proud of the job everyone is doing for their neighborhood.

Your Neighbor, Jim Biggerstaff


PAWS ON PARADE PET WALK October 27 8:30am to Noon
North Shore Drive NE between 7th and 9th Avenues NE.
Join your friends and pets for a one-mile walk around scenic North Shore Park, to benefit SPCA of Pinellas County. There will be prizes, refreshments, entertainment, contests, and vendors.
For more information please call 727-586-3591 ext. 110.


2001 CONA OFFICERS

President - Jim Biggerstaff
Disston Heights
327-7355 jjbigger99@aol.com
First Vice President - Skip Brooks
Woodlawn Oaks
823-3670
Second Vice President - Theresa McEachern
Harbordale
823-6390
Secretary - Conrad Weiser
Edgemoor
522-5008 MAOA1999@aol.com
Treasurer - Libby Steele
Lakewood Estates
867-6916 MPH56@aol.com.

COMMITTEES
Budget
Theresa McEachern - 823-6390
&
Ingrid Comberg - 821-2192
Computers for Our Community
Brent Fisher - 867-2026 abf@gte.net
Newsletter
Jan Brami - 827-0011 jan@sunworks.com
Bob Funari - 894-3881 bayside2@gtefcu.net
Citizens Police Council
David McEachern - 823-6390
Parliamentarian
Dale MacKenzie Gross - 323-2730
Stormwater Issues - Rosemary Grasso - 321-7299
Internet Webmaster - Conrad Weiser - 522-5008
Council Liaison - Jim Biggerstaff - 327-7355
Membership
Charles Miller - 576-6867
& Skip Brooks - 823-3670

SPICE OF LIFE October 27
10am to 4pm
Sunken Gardens, a botanical experience at 1825 Fourth St. N, is hosting a one-day Spice of Life event from This event will include vendors with specialties for sale: Cripple Creek Growers, the largest grower of hot peppers in the Southeastern
US offers over 80 varieties of sweet, hot and pungent peppers; plus, Jene's Tropicals will sell spice trees; and Netta Pope from The Misting Shed sells varieties of culinary and medicinal herbs
from the common to the unusual. Also enjoy cooking demonstrations, roasting stations in the garden with free samples of freshly roasted peppers and a Plant Auction sponsored by the
Florida Nurseryman & Growers Association. Park admission is$7 adults; $5 seniors 55 & up; $3 ages 3 to 11.
For more information please call 727-551-3100.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AWARENESS DAY October 29
St. Petersburg participates and supports the emphasis on safe practices for pedestrians and motorists alike. This awareness day traditionally is recognized on the first Monday after Daylight Savings Time goes into effect.
For more information or to get brochures please call 727-893-7423. For seven pedestrian safety tips, go to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations' web site,
www.co,pinellas.fl.us/mpo