HARRISBURG - LANEY WALKER NEIGHBORHOODS

November 2014 - Augusta, Georgia

BEFORE

AFTER

The Harrisburg Community Garden is now

collaborating in a partnership with The West End
Market and Bakery to recycle their veggie and fruit
waste into compost to add nutrition to our raised
beds. We love our neighbors!
REMINDERS!
Call 311/Augusta Cares for issues related to City
services
Call 211 for social service needs
Recycling bins, (FREE of charge) call
706.592.3200
Public Transit routes and schedules 706.821.1719
Paratransit applications and schedule information
706.821.1819
Marshall's Office to report old cars and clutter that
attracts snakes 706.823.4406

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Treasure

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and we would like to be your
voice in the community.
Black Tomato (Green inside)

Meet Patricia Smoak a long time Harrisburger who in her early

years was a homemaker turned truck driver, an 18 wheeler no
less for a local moving company. The company's motto was
"we move anything" and she did just that! Pat recalled hauling
anything and everything from furniture, mechanical parts like
nuts and bolts, to gravel. She often picked up cargo from train
depots and transferred them to a truck with only a dolly for
equipment. Pat worked alone and was the first woman to
hold such a position which included transporting radioactive
materials to and from SRS. She remembers the hard work and
exhaustion although she is still thankful that she was able to
provide for her family. Later on in life Pat was employed for
over 20 years as a Corrections Officer at YDC. Obviously Pat
likes a challenge!
By all accounts Pat is also a "domestic goddess". She is a
blue ribbon winner for her preserves and canning and has a
beautiful garden that seems to flourish when the rest of us
have given up on ours. Pat fabricated her raised beds to be
accessible for anyone who cannot bend over versus traditional
styles of design. For years Pat picked up the highest awards
including Grand Champion at the local agricultural fair and she
still has some of her products tucked away in her cupboards.
You name it and she could preserve it, including meat, veggies
and beans to jams, jellies and chutneys. Pat tributes her
cooking talents to her grandmother and grandfather who
raised her on a farm in Blakely, Ga. and who slaughtered their
own meat and made homemade sausage along with salted
pork and dried jerky. One of her grandmother's favorite dishes
was okra, corn and tomato soup which Pat later modified to
include onion and basil. Yumm! Some other favorites were her
cracklin bread and 1-2-3 Cake... of course it includes :
1 stick butter
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
Melt cocoa, butter and sugar and drizzle on the top. Mmmmm
So great to visit with Pat and learn more about her. Let us
know if you or a neighbor would like to be featured as a future
Treasure.

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Editorial Board
Denice Traina
denicetraina@gmail.com
Alison D. Fields
afields82@yahoo.com
Anibal Ibarra
Design and Web
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Harrisburg Welcomes
Blue Collar Bistro
Restaurant owners, Robin
and Floyd Andrews and
Chef, Sabrina Tremble invite
you to "Taste the Difference"
when you dine with them at
their location at 2027 Broad
St.,Augusta, Ga. 30904 For
more information call,
706.733.7713 or go to
www.thebluecollarbistro.com

Pumpkin Spice Cake

w/ Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Author: Divas Can Cook Blog
Serves:12
Ingredients

Do You See Business Potential?

! 3 cups all-puprose flour
! 1 teaspoons baking soda
! teaspoon salt
! 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
! 1 cups white sugar
! cup of butter, softened
! 3 eggs
! 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
! 1 tablespoon pumpkin spice
! 1 cup buttermilk
! 15 oz. 100% pure pumpkin (canned)
! CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
! 2 (8 oz) packs cream cheese, softened
! cup butter softened, softened
! 1 teaspoon heavy cream
! 4 cups powdered sugar
! 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
! cinnamon (as much as you like. Can also use pumpkin
spice)
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 275 F.
2. Grease and flour 3 round ( 9-inch) cake pans. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
Set aside.
4. In a large bowl cream together sugars and butter.
5. Beat in each egg one at a time.
6. Fold in vanilla and pumpkin spice.
7. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, alternating with the
buttermilk.
8. Fold in pure pumpkin.
9. Pour batter evenly into the cake pans.
10. Bake for 30-35 minutes (check it at 25 minutes) or until
toothpick inserted in center comes out
with moist crumbs attached. (do not overbake. Cake will
continue cooking while it cools)
11. Let cake sit in pans for 5-10 minutes before removing
and placing on a cooling rack to cool
completely.
12. While cake is cooling make the frosting.
13. Cream together cream cheese, butter and heavy cream.
14. Mix in powdered sugar a little at a time until creamy.
15. Fold in vanilla and cinnamon.
16. Frost cooled cakes.

The Armstrong Galleria has been in the area for quite do times but
over the years the business in the area has declined. Currently
operating in the area is the Laney Walker Corporation, Crab Queen
and the Sud City Laundromat. The once thriving area is in need of
a grocery store, a thrift store, dry cleaners and a alteration
specialist. What other businesses would you like to see in the area?
Please email me your thoughts at afields82@yahoo.com.
Reference the title Armstrong Galleria.

Workers at the Mills

Harrisburg a Century Ago

COMMUNITY NEWS - HARRISBURG/LANEY WALKER NEIGHBORHOODS - November, 2014

PUBLIC MEETING
Historic Harrisburg Community Council
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 6pm
Young at Heart Beauty Salon
Crawford Avenue and Broad St.

PUBLIC MEETING

Residents and Friends

Meet your Neighbors and join us for a community
meeting. Catch up on news in the neighborhood
and the City and share your suggestions for a
better Harrisburg.
For more information, Call 706.364.7861

Laney Walker Neighborhood Association

Monday, November 17, 2014 - 7pm
3rd Monday|Month - Dyess Park
For more information:
afields82@yahoo.com

How To Keep Our Neighborhoods Clean

Early in the morning and late in the afternoon I love to take a walk to see progress in the neighborhood.
As I am getting my daily burn, although I do notice the new and updated beauty to the neighborhood, there seems
to be areas filled with trash and debris. Though I love my neighborhood, I do feel that cleanliness should be an
idea claimed by the majority. No one should want to see trash and debris in their neighbor.
That should be agreed upon as a whole. Growing up in both the Laney Walker/Bethlehem and Harrisburg
neighbors I have seen a great deal of trash. Though these are older areas, this should not make it acceptable to
leave areas filled with trash and debris. By writing this article I hope to inspire others to want to see cleanliness
and beauty in the neighborhood.
Neighborhood cleanups can be fun but you need numbers. Neighborhoods cleanups are not the only way this
can be done. Here a few suggestions that I would like to challenge everyone to do in order to keep our
neighborhoods clean.
1. If you are walking through the neighbor pick up trash along the way. You can carry a small grocery bag to put
the trash in. Wear gloves if possible.
2. Report unclean homes that are abandoned that has overgrown grass and filth.
3. Report inoperable/abandoned vehicles that sit on the side of the road.
4. Recycle all recyclable trash, electronics. Clean your recyclables.
5. Remove all garbage cans once the trash man has dumped them
6. Pick up floating trash in your yard and your neighbors yard if you see it.
7. Keep your grass cut. It gives the appearance of cleanliness and order.
8. Remove inoperable vehicles from your yard. This eliminates yard clutter.
People will pay you for you inoperable vehicles.
The Salvation Army take car donations. Take advantage of these services.
Together with these steps this can also keep crime down.
Abandoned dirty homes attract criminal
activity since no one can see what is actually going on inside of there.
This will help keep our communities stronger. Cleaner neighborhoods get more respect.

Welcome To The Neighborhood

Join us in welcoming the new Bailey Village Homes located on the corner of Wrightsboro Road
and 12th street. The bright and beautifully colored design should attract many new residents to the
community of Laney Walker/Bethelem. If you are interested in leasing call 706 496 7455.

COMMUNITY NEWS

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