Hi Dean Highlanders,
We have our first submission from the DHNA State Historical Marker challenge. Meet the one and only Tinker Kramer:
Tinker has lived in Dean Highland (on Pine) for decades, and she worked at Hillcrest hospital when it was still active. She has played an important role in the neighborhood association for years before rolling off in 2025 (we have two empty seats on the board right now, actually; email us if you’d like to help carry the load). She was also the very first interviewee for our “Voices from Dean Highland” oral history project.
She has a huge heart and is always giving valuable time to Dean Highland. I’ll have more to say about her when I put up her “Voices from Dean Highland” spotlight, but for now she’ll simply be known as the first contestant of our State Historical Marker Challenge.
If you’re out and about Dean Highland, take a photo of yourself or a loved one next to our State Historical Marker and send it to us. We’ll post on here for you!
Oh, and if you have an alleyway or a yard you’d like to nominate for our conservancy initiative cleanup this Saturday, click here and fill out the short form.