grandview heights neighborhood association news · 4/13/2015 · association meeting or drop them...
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APRIL 21st, MEETING TO FEATURE
SENATOR MIKE PETERESON AND REPRESENTATIVE JIM WARD
This month’s meeting will feature appearances by State Senator Mike Peterson and State House of Representative Jim Ward. These gentleman will fill us in what’s been going on in Topeka during the first part of this year’s legislative session, and what issues they have yet to challenge when they reconvene on April 29, Bring your questions and concerns, and a neighbor! Come to the April meeting and you’ll be able to enjoy the important information that is shared at these meetings. Neighborhood concerns such as graffiti, improperly stored junk & cars, problem properties, crime & drug activity, etc. will be discussed. You can learn about the recent crime activity in the area from the Wichita Police Department. City DAB member Elena Ingle will tell you what’s been going on in the City’s 3
rd District. You’ll also be able to enjoy free
donuts from Lamar’s! The floor is open for any topic of neighborhood interest you want to discuss. There is also the Lucky Tuesday drawing where everyone leaves a winner, with great prizes donated by our neighborhood businesses.
JOIN GRANDVIEW NEXTDOOR Grandview Nextdoor.com was started to unite neighbors with timely information/alerts about crime, lost pets, hobbies, events etc. Join to get informed and be part of a caring Neighborhood. Here is the simplest way to sign up. All you do is go to https://grandview.nextdoor.com/choose_address/ Grandview Next Door currently has 71 members.
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COMMUNITY CORNER MVPC Food Pantry Wish List
The Mount Vernon Presbyterian Food Pantry’s “Items of the Month” are canned goods and any non perishable item. Please bring your donations to the next Neighborhood Association meeting or drop them by the Church any morning. The Church thanks you for your continued support. Distribution is the 3
rd Monday of each month. If you require
food assistance, please contact the Church at 683-7535 to see what supporting documentation you need to qualify. Food is distributed the third Monday of each month.
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It Could Be Your Lucky Tuesday Most every time you come to a Grandview Heights Neighborhood Association Meeting everyone wins a valuable door prize and every lady gets a free rose from Tillie’s.
March’s winners took home gift certificates from Little Caesar’s, Wendy’s, Quick Trip, Spangles, Nuway, CVS Pharmacy, Dog n’ Shake, and Family Video. Merchandise prizes were a Walgreen’s cup and coupon, dish draining towels from ACE Hardware, and two dozen Tillie’s roses. When visiting local businesses that donate prizes, please
remember to thank them for their support and tell them that you read about them in the GHNA newsletter.
________________________________________________ Upcoming Community Events
· April 21: Grandview Heights Neighborhood Association Meeting 7:00 pm in the Activity Center of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church, 3700 E. Mt. Vernon
· May 2: Grandview Heights/Meadowlark neighborhoods joint neighborhood cleanup. 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon
· May 6: District 3 DAB Meeting. Find out what’s happening in the 3rd District at the Water Center, 101 E. Pawnee, 6:30 p.m.
· Every Thursday: Girl Scouts meet in Rooms 9 & 10 of Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m.
· Every Tuesday: Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts meet in Rooms 9 & 10 Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church at 7:00 p.m.
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Grandview Heights Neighborhood Association News Serving the Area of Beat 33 between Hillside and Oliver and Harry and Mt. Vernon since 1999
Volume 15, No 7
April 13, 2015
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______________________________________________________ Grandview Heights Neighborhood Association
2015 Officers, Board Members
OFFICERS: President: Gerald Graves 682-4426
e-mail: [email protected] Vice President: George Theoharis 681-0184
e-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Don Hansen Secretary: Janet Wiele BOARD MEMBERS
Lenny Zarchan Todd Moore Chris Dotson
City Of Wichita Contacts
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3
James Clendenin 268-4331 e-mail: [email protected]
COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 5
Jim Howell 660-9300 e-mail: [email protected]
CITY DISTRICT 3 DAB
Elena Ingle 687-2136 e-mail: [email protected]
COMMUNITY POLICE, PATROL EAST, Beat 34
Officer Tricia Tiede 350-3420 e-mail: [email protected]
COMMUNITY LIASON
Case Bell 303-8038 e-mail: [email protected]
ANIMAL CONTROL Dispatch; 350-3360
Dennis Graves, Supervisor: 350-3364 Lt. Bohannon, WPD Head of Animal Control: 350-3371
POTHOLE REPAIRS WITHIN 48 HOURS
268-4060 REPORT STREET LIGHT OUTAGES
Dr. Brian Coon 268-4448
MABCD (formerly Office of Central Inspection)
268-4477 Keith Hall 312-5485 e-mail: [email protected]
STREET SIGNS AND STREET SWEEPERS
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ANIMAL ISSUES
There have recently been reports of dogs running loose in the neighborhood and complaints of animal waste being found in front yards. You can probably blame some of it on the raccoons from Dry Creek, or dogs that get loose and run unsupervised. But you can also blame some of it on dogs that are being walked by owners who allow them to take care of their business and leave it behind. If you are walking dogs in the neighborhood please do what some of the dog walkers in the area do. Take a couple of plastic bags from the grocery with you and use one as a glove and one as a bag, collect your dog’s waste, and toss in the trash when you get home. Some owners just take their dogs for a walk without a leash, which is in violation of the City’s leash law that prohibits pet owners from letting dogs run loose. You may know that the duplexes on Roosevelt between Osie and Countryside have had their mailboxes moved out to curb because of a loose dog incident that happened several times to the mail carrier in that area. When that happens several times a year the USPS requires the residents to put their mailboxes near the curb or get a post office box. This same problem has occurred in several of our surrounding neighborhoods. A recent occurrence was on south Terrace in the Meadowlark neighborhood. The USPS placed flags in theyards of the nieghbors whose boxes they claim need to be moved to the curb, However the flags contained outdated or wrong information, The bottom of the relocted mailbox should be 41” to 45” above the ground level behind the curb and the front end of the mailbox should be 6” to 8” from the back of the curb. It will be interesting to see how this vicious dog incident unfolds in that neighborhood. The best thing that can be done is for neighbors to be diligent and report loose dogs to animal contrl at 911. Keep the hounds under control and you can keep your mailbox away from the curb. A pet cat was recently hit and killed on Roosevlet, and that brought up the question “What do you do, if you’re the one that hit the animal?” It was surpring to find that City oridance Sec. 6.04.035 addresses that issue:
( 4) Every operator of a motor vehicle or other self- propelled vehicle upon the streets and ways of the city, except emergency vehicles, shall immediately, upon injuring, striking, maiming or running down any animal, notify the Police Department (911) of the location, and the Police Department will notify such agency as may be providing injury services; If you see a dead animal, domestic or wild, lying in or beside the road, call Animal Control at 350-3360 and they will remove the carcass. __________________________________________________
NEW NEIGHBORHOOD MAPS County commissioner Jim Howell has graciously supplied some large maps of our neighborhood areas that will help with newsletter distribution and neighborhood cleanups. Thanks, Jim! __________________________________________________
NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP
SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2 This year’s Neighborhood Cleanup will be a co-operative effort between the Grandview and Meadowlark Associations. Both cleanups are scheduled for May 2 There will be a centrally located skid where neighbors can discard large amounts of debris and there will be a number of packer trucks running in both neighborhoods If you are affiliated with a Scout Troop, a part of a Church organization, a student needing community service to fulfill your educational program, or just a neighbor who wants to help out please come to Tuesday’s meeting and sign up. ______________________________________________
DOWNED LIMBS After the recent wind storm and a long talk with the Forestry department it was explained that if you had a City
Tree (one between the sidewalk to the street) with fallen branches they will be picking them up soon, but please don’t grab branches from other trees in your yard aand add them to the city’s tree pile as they can tell the difference and it isn’t right. Those are the property owners’ responsibility. ________________________________________________
HOW FAR DO WANT TO WALK? For those of you have been in the neighborhood for a while, you’re bound to remember the Indoor Mile at the old Wichita Mall. Although that offered the luxury of being able to go walk year round, it went away with the conversion of the Mall to office and meeting spaces. At the request of some clever neighbors, and spring upon us, the City’s Park department has placed signs in both the Grandview Heights and Meadowlark parks stating hour many laps around the sidewalk equal a mile. If you take 8.8 laps at the Grandview Park you’ll go a mile. If you take 8.6 laps at the Meadowlark Park you’ll go a mile. Thanks to the neighbors for this idea and the City for its quick placement of the signs.
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