You Can Really Clean Up With Auctions Made Simple!

If you've got a surplus of stuff from your spring cleaning, Auctions Made Simple can teach you how to cash in using eBay! On Saturday, March 7, the consignment business at 808 Clarks Lane will hold a training session to that can teach you how to be an eBay expert. The cost is $99 and it takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an hour lunch break. The price includes your own copy of the official selling guidebook used by eBay University. Auctions Made Simple is an Ebay Education Specialist.

Of course, you can also just drop off your items and have Auctions Made Simple handle the details! Fees vary according to sale price of your auction items.

Visit http://www.auctionsmadesimple.com/ or call 502-637-5355 for more information!

Zeppelin Cafe gets props in the MetroMix!

Fellow Schnitzelburger, Peter Berkowitz writes about affordable yet delicious restaurants around the 'ville and our very own Zeppelin Cafe makes the cut.
http://louisville.metromix.com/restaurants/article/real-meal-deals/979744/content

St. Elizabeth's Fish Fry

The Friday Night Fish Frys at St. Elizabeth's start this Friday, February 27, 4:30 p.m.! St. Elizabeth's Cafeteria is located at 1016 Burnett Street, and the entrance is at the side of the building, off the parking lot. Schnitzelburg Board Vice President Ben Snyder was kind enough to offer a preview of the menu:

Come on out this Friday to enjoy some good food and meet new friends!

SACC General Meeting Features Meth Lab Presentation by Officer Dean Sturgeon

The February SACC general meeting featured an informative presentation by Officer Dean Sturgeon of the Louisville Metro Police 4th Division on the dangers of meth labs.

Some telltale signs of a meth lab are:

-Strong chemical odors
-Large numbers of empty pill bottles or blister packs
-Propane tanks with blue corrosion on fittings
-Stripped lithium batteries
-Soft drink bottles with hoses attached
-Excessive amounts of trash
-Large quantities of drain cleaner, paint thinner, toulene, denatured alcohol, ammonia, starter fluid, antifreeze, hydrogen peroxide, rock salt or iodine.

The Metro Police Department recommends that if you suspect a property may be an illegal lab, you contact them and stay away from the area. Meth labs present dangers from explosion and exposure to hazardous chemicals. Visit www.drugfree.org/Meth for more information.

Fire at the Old Hickory Inn

Link to breaking news at WHAS News

How sad! Not many details at this point, but the area is blocked off for blocks all around. WHAS is reporting that there were no injuries.

Edited to add:

Courier Journal reporter Jessie Halladay reports on the fire:

"Old Hickory Inn, a bar that has been a landmark of the Germantown area for decades, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Firefighters received multiple calls about the fire around 4:10 p.m. and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the building at 1038 Lydia St.

The cause of the fire is unclear but it was complicated by a broken gas meter that fed the flames and by alcohol in the bar area. Sgt. Sal Melendez, spokesman for Louisville Fire & Rescue, said the fire “proved to be very challenging. Alcohol and flames don’t mix.”

It took 40 firefighters about an hour to get the fire under control in the two-story building, which was unoccupied when the blaze started. The second floor of the building was vacant. No one was injured in the fire, Melendez said. An older neighbor was evacuated from her home next door as a precaution, but the fire did not spread to the residence.

David Hoffmann, who has run the bar for about 10 ½ years got word of the fire while he was at his home. “I’m destroyed. I don’t have no insurance,” said Hoffmann, who did not own the building.

A neighbor, Dave Sidebottom, 40, said he had lived in the neighborhood his entire life as he took photos of the damaged building. He said he recalled his grandfather going to the bar at the corner of Hickory and Lydia streets. “It’s always been a tavern, like a landmark. I hate to see it go,” Sidebottom said. At least eight firefighting trucks were on the scene. Arson investigators were also present, seeking a cause of the fire, which is normal procedure."

SACC General Meeting Tonight, Monday, Feb. 23

Don't forget that tonight is the February SACC general meeting! Join us at the St. Elizabeth's cafeteria on Burnett Street at 7:00 p.m.

The Hara Center Plans Clothing Exchange for Sunday, March 15

Now here is something worth planning ahead for! The Hara Center at the corner of Ash and Hickory streets is planning their next Naked Lady Party for Sunday, March 15, 7-10 p.m. There is a $5 suggested donation to help support the operations of the community center.



They are inviting their neighbors to clean out their closets and drawers for this women's clothing, book and jewelry exchange. What a great motivation to get started on that spring cleaning!



The Hara Center

Ahh, Spring in Germantown

Well, it's nearly spring and Germantown is gearing up to plant the community garden for the second year in a row. Last year we received a Brightside grant to create two raised bed gardens. We are looking for folks to help us plan and plant again this year. We're adding compost bins and much more! We hope to do some canning too! If your interested let me know.
-Tandee

Flabby's and Check's in Saveur!

For those of you that didn't see the article in Saveur that included Check's and Flabby's, here is the link: http://www.saveur.com/article/Drink/Dinner-and-Drinks

The recipe for Flabby's chicken livers was reprinted in the Schnitzelburg newsletter as well: http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/pdf/nhextra/585993316/411071776/772197729.pdf

Enjoy!

-Jesse

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