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MHCA sponsored Baseball 2025 Season

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2025-02-12 01:28 - Expires 2025-04-16 01:28 - (23 Reads)
Tee-Ball/Coach Pitch, 2025 season

Welcome to Midvale Heights Community Association Baseball! MHCA Baseball is a three-league system designed to teach the fundamentals of baseball in a positive atmosphere.

Applications are due by April 15th


Tee-Ball (Tuesdays at 5:20 pm & 6:10 pm at Piper Park* and Segoe Park)
Tee-ball players should be beginners between the ages 3 and 5 (kids must be 3 or turning 3 during the summer to be eligible). There is a focus on fun while introducing the basics of baseball. Teams hit their entire line-up for each of the two inning games.

Minor Coach Pitch (Thursdays at 5:45 pm & 7:00 pm at Piper Park* and Segoe Park)
Minor leaguers are kids ages 5 to 7, who are fresh from Tee-ball, have hit pitching at home, or have 1 year of coach pitch experience. Focus for minor leaguers is placed on hitting and base running as well as basic fielding skills. While teams hit their entire line-up each of their three inning games, outs are enforced and only “legal” runners are allowed on base.

Major Coach Pitch (Wednesdays at 5:45 pm and 7:00 pm at Segoe Park)
Major leaguers are kids ages 7 to 9+ who can hit coach pitching. For these kids, the entire game is brought together. Fielding skills are emphasized as well as base running and hitting. All baseball rules including three outs per inning are enforced.

Fees: $50.00 Please make out checks to MHCA.
We will try our best to honor all your requests.

    *** Season will begin the week of June 2nd and end the week of July 21st ***

Release: MHCA requires that you fill out registration and release form in its entirety and that you read, sign the release portion where indicated, and return before your child will be allowed to play.

Mail to:
MHCA c/o
Michael Pressman
5010 Woodburn Dr.
Madison, WI 53711

For any other information, please contact:
Mike Pressman 608-288-0993
Email:

You can also drop the application & check off at my house. Applications are due by April 15th

MHCA Baseball League Registration 2025 .doc file link

MHCA Baseball League Registration 2025 pdf file links:
Download .pdf file
Open .pdf file in your browser

* While it is known locally as "Piper Park", and is bounded on the east side by "Piper Drive", the park is actually named "Oak Park Heights Park" and is at 641 Hilltop Drive.

Google Maps 360° street view of the park.






Midvale Heights Neighborhood, Labor Day weekend Garage Sales

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2024-08-27 11:04 - Expires 2024-08-31 17:00 - (285 Reads)

Visit us on Labor Day weekend, for the MHCA Midvale Heights Neighborhood, Garage Sales.

2024 MIDVALE HEIGHTS
Neighborhood GARAGE SALES


Friday, August 30, and Saturday, August 31, 2024.
(LABOR DAY WEEKEND)

8 a.m. – 2 p.m. both days

(Each homeowner may choose to set their own hours)

Summer Nights at Segoe

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2024-05-09 03:05 - Expires 2024-07-27 03:05 - (1172 Reads)

 Summer Nights at Segoe  


The concert will take place from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Please note, there will not be any food trucks, so bring your own refreshments. We hope to see you there!




The  Summer Nights at Segoe concerts:

• July 26  Honey Pies



The concerts are from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm.


Update: No food carts this year, none of them accepted our invitations, but HyVee on Whitney Way is a convenient option for good meals to go.

If the weather does not cooperate, then the concerts are moved indoors, a little farther north on Segoe Road, to the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S Segoe Road.


The Midvale Heights Community Association sponsors four concerts, in Segoe Park, on Friday evenings, each July*

* On years where there are more that 4 Friday nights in July, the concerts will be on the last 4 Friday nights.

The Midvale Heights Community Association started the Summer Nights at Segoe concert series in 2015.

We did not have the concert series in 2020, but started up again in 2021.

Possible prescribed burn in Midvale Heights

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2024-02-27 10:03 - Expires 2024-05-31 10:03 - (954 Reads)

This year, City of Madison Engineering Division staff have asked Madison Fire Department to help conduct a prescribed burn on stormwater pond that is vegetated with native prairie plants. Prescribed burns are an important management tool for Wisconsin’s native plant communities. The timeline for this burn to occur will be between March 11 and May 31. The correct conditions for prescribed burns can be difficult to predict, so it is not usually possible to provide exact dates, however we should get an alert the morning of the burn. The burn may not occur at all if correct weather conditions do not occur or if MFD staff are not available to do this work.

Prescribed burn(s) that will occur in your area include:
Beltline @ SW Bike Path Pond, W dead end of Hammersley Rd
Burn
The prescribed burn Project Manager will be mailing postcards to residents to notify them about the prescribed burn in their neighborhood.

This burn is being conducted by Madison Fire Department. The burns will only take place under specific weather conditions in order to manage smoke and minimize impacts to neighbors. In addition, the burn professionals will install appropriate road signage on the day of the burn.

A list of project contacts and more information is on the city's website at:
[https://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/projects/2024-prescribed-burns[

Midvale Heights Annual Labor Day Weekend Garage Sales

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2023-08-29 00:28 - Expires 2023-09-02 00:28 - (574 Reads)
2023 MIDVALE HEIGHTS
Neighborhood GARAGE SALES


Friday, September 1st, and Saturday, September 2nd
(LABOR DAY WEEKEND)
__

8 a.m. – 2 p.m. both days

(Each homeowner may choose to set their own hours)

We have 21 sales, but one of the sales was registered too late, so they will only be on the online map


Garage Sales online Map QR code (you can click on it to open the map in your browser)

MHCA Garage Sales

For our final "Summer Nights at Segoe" concert, don't miss The Madtown Mannish Boys!

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2023-07-27 05:10 - Expires 2023-07-28 21:10 - (595 Reads)

From their website (https://madtownmannishboys.com/):

    The Madtown Mannish Boys are a Madison-based Blues band who are steeped in Chicago-style Blues, including artists like Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Otis Spann, Paul Butterfield, and Little Walter. They perform with raw exuberance and driving rhythms that make you want to boogie. Some of their tunes are harmonica-driven, played with gritty fervor and intense energy. Others are soulful ballads, heavily influenced by the likes of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. This mix of styles and genres makes for an entertaining and dynamic show that you won’t want to miss.

Madtown Mannish Boys

YouTube video of The Madtown Mannish Boys - Get out of My Life, Woman @ the South Milwaukee Downtown "Music at the Market" (2021). You can find more videos of their music ;https://madtownmannishboys.com/?page_id=19|on their website].

The concerts are from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm.


The current weather forecast for Friday night's concert doesn't look good, but we have our fingers crossed that the rainstorms will blow through and be over, before our event.

A decision will be made, about relocating or not, before the start of the concert. If the weather does not cooperate, then the concert will be moved indoors, a little ways down Segoe Road, to the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S Segoe Road. Check the website home page for any updates (https://www.MidvaleHeights.org).

The three food trucks we had at last Friday's concert, Thailand in a Truck, Monsoon Siam, and Smoked B'bque, are expected for this concert also. And the last time the weather made the concert move to the church, the food trucks moved with us, and set up under an awning at the church, so you could make your purchases without getting wet.

We suggest that the food trucks be ready to starting serving around 5:45 pm.

Come and have a great time at our  Summer Nights at Segoe  concert!

"The Cajun Strangers", will be playing at tonight's Summer Nights at Segoe concert.

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2023-07-21 08:46 - Expires 2023-07-21 21:46 - (602 Reads)

It sounds like there may be a problem getting the Summer Nights at Segoe sign set up at the park, before tonight's concert, but the concert will go on.



The Cajun Strangers

Our next concert, on Friday, July 21, 2023 will be The Cajun Strangers (Traditional Cajun dance music).

The concerts are from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm. We try to have the food trucks available, starting around 5:45 pm. 


We expect 3 food carts. Two of them, Thailand in a Truck and Tennessee Smoke BBQ, were at our first two concerts, and the third one is Monsoon Siam, which was also at our first concert.


Come, bring your lawn chairs and or picnic blankets, and have a great time at our Summer Nights at Segoe concert!


Thank you to Denise Lamb and Lorie Raihala for all your work in organizing this year's concert series.


National Night Out Picnic at Westmorland Park on August 3rd

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2023-07-21 04:35 - Expires 2023-08-03 10:35 - (600 Reads)
Thursday, August 3rd,
from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm,
at Westmorland Park



The Westside Madison Good Neighbor Project (launched in 2021) is hosting a National Night Out Picnic at Westmorland Park on August 3rd and inviting area neighbors and city alders to join officers from the Madison Police Department for some food, fun and casual conversation!

Millions of neighbors take part in National Night Out (NNO) events across the country each year during the first week of August. Started in the 1980s, the purpose of National Night Out events is to promote and strengthen police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie which make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.

In addition to food, refreshments and games, neighbors will have an opportunity to chat with command staff and neighborhood and patrol officers from MPD’s Midtown District who will be in attendance.

We are very grateful to the Westmorland Neighborhood Association and the Midvale Heights Community Association for sponsoring this community-building event!

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Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2023-07-20 00:31 - Expires 2023-08-28 08:00 - (724 Reads)
Labor Day Weekend
Friday, September 1 and Saturday, September 2

By Michelle Kempf-Weibel and John Weibel

Start cleaning out those closets—the Midvale Heights Community Association (MHCA) annual garage sale is weeks away. Official dates and times for this year’s sale are Friday, September 1, and Saturday, September 2, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Participants can choose to hold their sale on one or both days and set their own hours.

Registration this year is just $5.


More than 20 Midvale Heights neighbors usually participate in the sale. There is strength in numbers: the more homes participating, the bigger the crowds shopping the sales!

The MHCA advertises the sale on Craigslist, NextDoor, and other websites. Participants are encouraged to also advertise for added visibility.

A feature of the sale is an online map on the MHCA website (www.midvaleheights.org) that buyers can download to guide them through the sale. The $5.00 registration fee covers advertising, neighborhood signs, and maps for participants to distribute to sale shoppers. A packet containing sale guidelines, a sign designating participants, and maps for shoppers.


Michelle Kempf-Weibel and John Weibel are chairs of the garage sale and can be reached at mhcagaragesales at midvaleheights.org with questions.

Forms are due back to Michelle and John by August 18 in order to be included in the online map.


Don’t miss the "Prairie Restoration Site Garden Tour" on July 22 at 6 p.m.

Author: Tom Jarvis - Published 2023-07-15 01:42 - Expires 2023-07-22 08:00 - (642 Reads)

Marcel Wuethrich is giving a tour of the prairie restoration site next to the parking lot of the Odana Hills Golf Course on Saturday July 22 at 6pm.

The restoration was started in 2017 with the seeding of 50+ native plant species to foster habitat and nectar for pollinators. July is the
peak of the blooming time for native flowers so you can expect to see lots of pollinators including many species of butterflies, native bees,
bumblebees, dragonflies and a few species of nesting birds. The Midvale Heights Community Association continues to support the
maintenance of this 1.5 acres gem in the neighborhood.

Prairie Restoration Site

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