Thursday, June 14, 2012

June 2012

Hello Neighbors!
Although I don't post as often as I'd like, I always have much to tell.

We seem to be experiencing a wave of breakins. Mostly cars, back yards and sheds are visited during the day while people are at work or at night. I believe our best defense is to invest in simple alarms and/or motion lighting when at all possible. Our second strategy is to remain as informed as we can and report suspicious behavior to the police.   If you witness a crime underway = call 911.  To report suspicious behavior, call Dispatch. 225-4564.  
 We celebrated Earth Day with another Neighborhood Cleanup effort and a team of teachers, students and parents from Cypress Elementary School joined us in this effort. See the two team photos at the right?  Way to go, Everyone! It was a beautiful day.

We had shrubbery overgrowing the sidewalk near the canal on Locust St and an email to the City brought almost instant response.  Thank you, City of Redding! 

Along those same lines, we are preparing for our Annual Garden Tract Community Yard Sale, which will be on Saturday, June 23rd.  Flyers are going out to each home this week.  Next week we'll post signs in the neighborhood and advertise in the Record Searchlight, on www.anewscafe.com, and on Craigslist.  We hope you'll set a few hours aside to enjoy our neighborhood, catch up with a few neighbors and do a little shopping!

Lastly, I would like to welcome one of our newest neighbors, Lucia Ross.  With permission, I've included the photo the family posted on Facebook. 
I hope to see many of you at the Yard Sale!!!  Happy Summer!

Sincerely,
Monique Gaido
Chairperson