Bench Dedication Planned in Tech Terrace Park on Tuesday at 6:00 PM

A bench honoring the efforts of Lee and Marjorie Manning will be unveiled on Tuesday at 6:00 in Tech Terrace Park near 23rd and Flint. 

From the Lubbock AJ article by Ray Westbrook:

A bench in Tech Terrace Park designed to commemorate the work of Lee and Marjorie Manning in their neighborhood, will be unveiled at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 24th Street and Flint Avenue.



The Tech Terace-UNIT Neighborhood Association, initiated in 1974 by Mary and Darrell Vines, has represented efforts to keep the area focused on its traditional single-family homes.


The UNIT represents the neighborhood bounded by University Avenue, 19th Street, Indiana Avenue and 34th Street.


Marjorie Manning and her husband, the late Lee Manning, became involved in the neighborhood's leadership in the 1980s, according to Mary Vines.


"Marjorie carried the weight of it for years, and was the go-to-person for the neighborhood association. So, it's very fitting that she should be honored this way."


Lauren Prather, who led efforts to build the commemorative bench in honor of the Mannings, said that Marjorie had served as president of the association for many years. "There wasn't a meeting anywhere or a zone case, but that she was there."


Cyd Seideman, who was treasurer or an officer in the association for 25 years, referred to the perseverance of the Mannings as the rationale for the bench addition to the park.


Citing the work of Marjorie Manning in particular, she said, "Through her firm gentility" she was able to represent the neighborhood as a "consistent voice of single-family residential integrity."


Seideman added, "Marjorie took on the garden at 23rd Street and Flint Avenue. For 20 years she was the one who weeded it, watered it, cared for it. It's kind of an entry point for the neighborhood."


Prather, who grew up in the neighborhood, has seen it change over the years.


"I got to watch the transition of this neighborhood. In the 1950s and most of the 1960s, it was all single-family homes with kids everywhere. Well it started changing in the 1970s, mainly because people left or died. By the early 1980s, it really started to transition, but one thing was unique - some of the younger families were coming back in and buying some of the older houses."


The neighborhood association was able to keep apartment complexes from being built near Texas Tech, and to retain most of the area in its traditional form.


Prather said the bench that neighbors and friends paid for, and that will belong to the Parks and Recreation Department, was placed in a location near the Manning home.


"The idea was to put it right across the street from her home, so she could walk over and sit and look at her park and her garden - that was our goal."


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Happy Father's Day!

South Plains Astronomy Club

A reminder from the South Plains Astronomy Club Folks, Friday night, June 17th, about 9:30 PM, the South Plains Astronomy Club is having a public star party on the south side of Tech Terrace Park. Porrima and Saturn are very close in the sky and should make a fine pairing. The moon will rise at 10:45 and there will be a plethora of double stars, clusters, and other heavenly hosts to keep us busy. With the lack of rain, mosquitoes should be no problem. Hope you can make it out. Collin Smith South Plains Astronomy Club Treasurer - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad at a TxDot Rest Area using Free Wifi.

Location:Tech Terrace Park

Wagner Park Hosts the Return of Two Popular Summer Events: Westwinds and Movie in the Park

The Westwinds Brass Band celebrated its 50th Anniversary and performed the first concert of 2011 at Wagner Park on Sunday evening, June 5th.  More than two hundred guests attended the free concert.  A vibrant, active Wagner Park is a complement to our passive green space at Tech Terrace Park.  More concerts will be held at 8pm on upcoming Sunday evenings---bring your lawn chair and join the fun!  And remember, Movie In the Park is this Saturday night at dark in Wagner.  The feature film is Night At the Museum.  Bug spray, refreshments, and a blanket are handy items for an enjoyable time at this favorite summer event.

June Yards Of The Month: Featuring Two Homes Bordering Our Treasured and High-Traffic Neighborhood Parks

 3017 28th
James Watkins
Across from Wagner Park

3104 23rd
Stacy and Joe Rapier
Across from Tech Terrace Park

Meet the 2011 Yard of the Month Committee!

2011 UNIT Yard of the Month Committee

Back Row Left to Right:  Brandy Davis, Aaron Yoshinobu, Heather Norville, Jaime Nanez

Front Row Seated:  Sheryl Gonzales and Dannie Botros

Not pictured:  Anna Marie Pratas, Young Adult Member and Helen Ligget, Aesthetics Chair

Westwinds Brass Band Returns To Wagner Park On Sunday

The Westwinds Brass Band performs at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 5 at Wagner Park, 28th Street and Flint Avenue under the direction of conductor Phil Anthony will conduct.

The Westwinds band is an offshoot of the Lubbock Municipal Band, formed by Dean Killion in 1961. Thus, this concert marks the band’s 50th anniversary and the begining of its Golden Anniversary Season.

Mayor Tom Martin will be the guest conductor on June 5, and Chris Kabes will be trumpet soloist.