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August 3, 2004

National Night Out

Tonight was our neighborhood celebration of National Night Out, organized by the New Vision Civic League and Faith Holy Christian Church of Deliverance.

Maybe 200 people came out, as well as a few firemen, our city council representative Vice Mayor Delores McQuinn and representatives from Better Housing Coalition. There was pizza and hot dogs and a moon bounce and gift certificate give-aways (to a beauty supply shop on 25th and also a few large retailers that shall not be named). The firemen were offering a blood pressure screening, as well as free smoke detectors. There was also voter registration, which I would've loved to have seen get more attention.

R. is pretty sure that she saw the woman that offered to sweep our porch for $2 back when we first moved in. (This interaction was not so much desperate as just weird [insistent, irrational], and early enough on in our living here to rather color our perception of the next few months.)

Posted by john m at August 3, 2004 9:52 AM

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