January-February, 2006

Venice Neighborhood
VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
January/February 2006
2006
Circulation 600
North May to Villa, N.W. 30th to N.W. 36th
Volume 2,
2, Issue 1
This Old VNA House
President:
David Thach
946-0346/208-9206
Vice President:
Robyn Arn
942-5335
Treasurer:
Kristall Bright
947-2566
Secretary:
Gina LeBeouf
943-1809
Newsletter:
Kristall Bright
947-2566
Police Liaison/VNA:
Mstr. Sgt. Michael Loruse
297-1474
Action Center:
297-2535
Animal Control:
297-2255
Neighborhood Alliance:
Georgie Rasco, Director
528-6322
Trash/Recycle:
297-1950
Council Person:
Sam Bowman
297-2402
Representative:
Robert Worthen
521-2711
Senator:
Bernest Cain
524-0126
School Board District 3:
Terri Silver
942-6994
We have an extra special house in our neighborhood that is going to be featured on the OETA Movie Club on February 4th, 2006 at the 10:00 PM show.
The show is “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.” The movie was made
in 1948 with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy and revolves around a suave but hapless couple building a new home in Connecticut and being taken advantage of
by the locals. Venice Neighborhood has its very own Dream House. The Venice home at 2723 NW 32nd is a replica of the house in the movie and was built
in 1948. The house was one of the first homes built on the west side of Venice
Boulevard and sat by itself for a year before other homes were built nearby.
The original owners were the McCormicks and the home is now owned by
Brian and Trinity Smith. Copies of the home was used in the movie were built
across the nation in the late 1940’s to promote General Electric’s home appliances. The house is a very traditional New England colonial home that looks
in many ways to have been built in the 1740’s. The home was featured on our
2005 home tour and is unique even for our interesting old neighborhood.
If you are interested in having your home on our 2006 home tour, please give
one of the neighborhood officers a call. Now is a great time to start planning
for the tour that we will have in early October. —Thank you, David Thach
Come to our Venice Neighborhood Association meeting February
9, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Meet our new VNA officers: David Thach,
President; Robyn Arn, Vice-President; Kristall Bright, Treasurer;
Gina LeBeouf, Secretary. We are meeting at the new coffee house
in the neighborhood, Sober Grounds (942-8909), located on 31st
Street just east of May Avenue. Come early and order some of the
treats they offer. Meet your Venice neighbors and get the latest
on Venice Neighborhood activities.
Check out our website at
Congratulations to the
December Lights winners!
1st Place: 2710 NW 32nd
2nd Place: 2738 NW 31st
3rd Place: 2632 NW 32nd
www.veniceneighborhood.com
Honorable Mention:
2741 Cashion Place
2736 Cashion Place
2629 NW 32nd
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The Venice Neighborhood Association would like to thank
those who sent in their annual dues for 2005 & 2006
Darlene Connally
Elmer & Wanda Bright (05-06)
Wayne and Jo Ann Leuszler (06)
Xuyen Do & Phan Cao
Adam & Dena Aguilar
Kathey Phillips-Black
Doug & Trinity Smith
Kathleen & Eric Coker
Stan Bryant
Jerry Norton
Christy Rush
Paul & Linda Kinard
Jimmie & Carol Ann Crowell
Don & Lori Whitton
Lanny & Jennifer Raper
Urban & Charlene McCarther
Patricia & Harvey O’Mealey
Gary Hicks & Deiter Edwards
Robyn Arn
Jack & Linda Smithschick
Gayle Kabelitz
Marguerite Arn
Ken & Jacki Miller
Jim O’Neal
Dana Dotson & Shawn Adams
Rick Weber
Charlotte Wilson
Diana & Ken Wickham
Cory & Shannon Williams
Betty Webb & Terry Spreier
Anthony Villarma
Shantel Strain
Linda Joyce
Pearl Bixler
Delores Coker
Dennis Pierson
Gayleen Langthorn
Cheryl & Robert Clemons
Billy & Mary Williams
Darin & Michelle Smith
Marilyn Rudolph
Lyn Cramer & Mary Aldridge
Harley Bradshaw
Shannon & Camille Roper
Delbert & Leslie Heathman
Robert & Sherry Forrester
Richard & Gina Leboeuf
Barish & Jessica Edil
Joe Walker & Chris Coffelt
Cher Lucewicz
Eunice Khoury
Earl Davis
Dorothy Croom
Brian Henderson & Molly Priest
Phan Van Vo & Cuc Thi Hang
Jack and Gloria Daghlian
Carl and Bette Stephens
Carol Kabelitz
All meetings are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. at the
Sober Grounds Coffee House. All dates are on
Thursday.
Randy Johnston
Don & Lori Whitton
Jim Bateman
Beverly Michalik
Lucille Kistler
Lonnie and Rene Farmer
Rachel Morse
Jeff Gaughan and Rocky Moody
Jeannine Hoke
Royal and Bernadine McPherson
Betsy Taylor and Teresa Rutledge
Helen Hudson
Steve Fowler
Vincent and Mary Belkham
Evelyn Davis
Joni & Dale Claflin
Roberta Strong
Suzette Borgardts
Ben & Dottis Fatheree
Kristall Bright and Kay Mathews
Cindy & Bill Price
George & Jeanette Attwood
David Thach & Bernie DeWitt
Tom & Cathy Connelly
Jonathan Camenisch
Janet and William Fauks
Roberta Gabbard
Free Income Tax Assistance Electronic Filing —
Call 232-0199 x2301 for more information
Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday April 15 on the Winter
Drive median
February 9, 2006
April 6, 2006
June 8, 2006
August 3, 2006
October 5, 2006
December 7, 2006
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Neighborhood Garage Sale, the weekend of May
13-14
Night Out Against Crime, Tuesday August 8 on
the Winter Drive median
Yard of the Month and Award Home of the
Month starts in April
December Lights in . . . December!
Venice Neighborhood
Terry Spreier Photography
Wedding Photographer
Terry teaches One-One camera classes
35mm; Medium Format; & Digital Cameras
One-on-One computer classes
Photo Restorations
Home # 405-943-7313 Cell # 405-401-6107
Get that great portrait of yourself
Call Terry
Terry can also clean your digital camera’s CCD
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P: 405405-947947-2566
Email: KBrightKBright-Xango@swbell.net
Independent Distributor
VNA Good Neighbor
Please tell us about your good neighbor!
Send an email to Kristall at:
kjbrightkjbright-vna@swbell.net
or call and leave me a message at
947947-2566
Thanks Newsletter Deliverers!
Call Kristall at 947-2566 or send me an email at
kjbright-vna@swbell.net
if interested in advertising in the newsletter.
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another.
~St. John 13:34
I have found the paradox that if I love until it
hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
~Mother Teresa
Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, Love,
thou art every day my Valentine!
VNA would like to thank those who brave
the elements to deliver our newsletter!!
Betty Webb, Shannon Williams, David
Thach, Sharon Marrs, Deiter Edwards,
Rick Weber, Jean Clark, Jim Thompson,
Helen Hudson, Charlene McCarthur,
Jackie Miller, Donna Rice, Jeff Hartgers,
Bernadine McPherson, and Jim Wilson
and Christy Rush.
~Thomas Hood
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SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!
Annual dues for the Venice
Neighborhood Association are only
$20. For that $20 you get community
updates via the Venice Neighborhood
Newsletter and VNA Website, utilities
paid on all the median planters,
activities like the Venice Easter Egg
Hunt and Neighborhood Night Out
Against Crime, and a host of other
tangible benefits. Please renew your
membership or join the Venice
Neighborhood Association so that you
are a paid member for the year 2006.
We have several exciting plans in the
works and your support is very
important to our community. Please
write your check for $20 made payable
to Venice Neighborhood Association.
For your convenience, we have included a self-addressed envelope.
Venice Neighborhood Association
Attn: Membership Dues
c/o Kristall Bright
2748 N.W. 32nd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING!!
The next Venice Neighborhood Association Meeting will be
Thursday night, 7:00 p.m., February 9, 2006, at the new coffeehouse in the neighborhood, Sober Grounds (942-8909), on N.W.
31st just east of May Avenue. Refreshments are available and
there is plenty of free parking.
Come and meet your new VNA officers!
If you have news, articles, information, history of the Venice neighborhood, or other interesting items
you would like to see in the newsletter, please email them to Kristall Bright at kjbright-vna@swbell.net
or call and leave me a message at 947-2566. Thanks!!
VENICE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (VNA) MEMBERSHIP — Dues are $20.00 yearly
NAME:__________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:______________________________________________________________
PHONE:_________________________________________________________________
Make checks payable to Venice Neighborhood Association. Bring this form and payment to the next
general membership meeting or mail or hand-deliver to Venice Neighborhood Association, ATTN:
Membership Dues, c/o Kristall Bright, 2748 N.W. 32nd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
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