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The Oaks Historic District Neighborhood Association , beginning in 2012, will fund (1) $1000 scholarship for college-bound students who live within the District.

Preference will be given to those students planning to attend Lamar University. Strong academic standing will be required, as well as evidence of a commitment to the community through volunteerism.

Qualified, interested parties may access applications via the Oaks website.

If you missed last night’s Oaks neighborhood meeting, featuring Waste Management’s Mike Wilson, you missed some great information. We were all very interested in getting the re-cycling service going in our neighborhood. Mike told us that we would need around 25 – 30 subscribers to warrant a new route being added to their existing two. We thought we could do that – easily!

Here are the facts:

• Cost is only $10.00/month – billed by Waste Management quarterly (prefer a credit card)
• WM will provide a nice, large green (yellow lid) dumpster for your recyclables
• WM picks up 2 times a month – every other Tuesday.
• No need to pre-sort
• Will take paper, plastic, cardboard, cans – NO GLASS yet (not cost effective at this time)
• You need to call WM to get your pick-up set up (credit card info, etc.)
• Phone number to call is 842-0065

Please let me know if you are interested in getting in on this recycling program. We’d like to keep track of the number so we will know when we have the necessary numbers to get it started in our neighborhood.

To contact me click on Contact Us on the menu at the top of the page.  In the Message block, say something like "I signed up with WM for the Oaks Recycling Program".

Thanks ---- and Happy re-cycling!!!!!

WM tip of the week:
Take your old paint-filled cans, remove lids and let paint dry out (becomes a solid mass). At that point it can be picked up by trash collection. If it isn’t drying out fast enough, add some cat litter to the can……

I'm sure everyone has noticed by now but there has been great progress on Calder Street.  It is now open from downtown all the way to 14th Street.  It should be open to IH-10 anytime now.

Naturally the business and shop owners on Calder are very pleased to see the progress.  It is fun to see cars going up and down the street instead of dump trucks and utility vehicles.  While a few businesses failed during the construction, the ones who survived are looking forward to the growth that will surely come with all the improvements.

While it is not official yet, there is a move underway to have the Calder Street area declared an Antique District.  It is just a part of the effort by SETADA (Southeast Texas Antique Dealers Association) to help promote Beaumont and southeast Texas as an antiquing center.

Antique shops around the Calder area are rather excited about the plan.  Most of them are members of SETADA and are spearheading the move to raise awareness of the surprising quantity and quality of antiques and collectibles in this area.

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