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August 2012 Volume 56 Number 8 Sunnyvale, California Editor: Phyllis Fowler
Monthly Meeting Wednesday, August 7th At 7:00 pm in the Lakewood Park Building
This month’s Topics: *********National Night Out Ice Cream Social**********
Family Fun Night— Come and Make a Craft Project!
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President’s Column -Judy Fernandez
Hello Neighbors! This month’s meeting was well attended. Thank you.
Our first guest was Lisa Rosen-bum from Library and Community Services. She in-formed us that there is a possibility that Lakewood could receive a satellite library where the pool is currently lo-cated. There would be a children’s section, computers and a small collection of books for check-out. If you like the ideas please contact your City council.
Next, Scott Morton from the Park division, explained that the City received money from the government and can update some of the things we already have in both parks or add new features. Suggestions from the attending neighbor’s were:
For the Fairwood side: Improve picnic areas Water play area Skate park Dog park.
For the Lakewood side: Concession building with restrooms Improves recreation building Add more shade for picnic areas Dog Park Improve playground
If you like some of these ideas or have ad-ditional items, please contact LVNA by
email: [email protected] and we will forward your suggestions (continued on page 2)
It’s America’s Night Out Against Crime!
The 29th National Night Out is August 7th and the LVNA will be hosting an Ice Cream Social at 7:00pm in front of the Lakewood park building and inside we will have Family Craft Projects. Come over for a “sweet treat” and a fun project. “America's Night Out Against Crime” was introduced in 1984 and has become a nationwide party night! That first year, 400 communities in 23 states participated in and over 2.5 million. Since then, National Night Out has grown steadily. Last year 37.0 million people in 15,110 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities, and military bases worldwide participated. (Continued on page 5)
SC County Economic Summit 2
Sunnyvale Coastal Cleanup 2
Centennial Bash! 3
Driving Safety Tips 4
Downtown Summer Music 5
Jazz & Beyond Schedule 5
Police Blotter 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Friendship Day is August 5th
Friendship day was originally promoted by
the founder of Hallmark cards in 1919. It was intended to be a day when people celebrated their friendships by sending cards. The first Sunday in August was chosen as the centre of the largest lull between holiday celebrations. Friendship Day was promoted by the greeting card National Association during the 1920s but met with consumer resistance - given that it was rather too obviously a commercial gimmick to promote greetings cards. By the 1940s the holiday largely died out in the US. (Continued on page 4)
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Economic Summit 2012 —Contributing to Jobs in Santa Clara County—
Supervisor Dave Cortese , Supervisor Mike Wasserman and the County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors invite you to this three-part economic summit which will examine job growth potential trends and obstacles in the areas of Green Economy, Health Care and Small Business as well as how the County of Santa Clara can provide the impetus for more jobs.
Green Economic Tuesday August 7, 2012 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm 3
Health Care Friday August 10, 2012 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Small Business Monday August 13, 2012 9:00 am – 11 :00 am
Come find out job growth potential and add your voice as the County looks for ways to help shape a vibrant, resilient economy.
Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in the future of job growth in Santa Clara County, business owners, consumers, residents, and human resource professionals.
To register, please go to: www.sccgov.org/economicsummit
For more information, please feel free to contact our office at 408-299-5030 or [email protected]
President’s Column (Cont. from Page 1)
Our last guest was from the Mountain View Day Workers. One of our neighbors has used this service before and was very pleased. Another used them for a garage sale and didn’t
make much money after paying them. The Director explain that we should use them as skilled labor to get a better bang for our buck!
(Editor’s note-I hired a worker through the Mt View Day Workers Center for Dumpster Day. I had Daniel to disconnect our old hot tub from the electricity. Then break it apart and put it in the dumpster. He did a wonderful job! I will definitely use them again.)
Coastal Cleanup Day
Mark your calendar for September 15, 2012 to take part in the 28th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day event.
Join together with others and take action in an effort to clean up the environment. The
best part is you don’t have to travel to the coast to participate! Our local cleanup event will focus on Sunnyvale’s West Channel waterway and part of the Guadalupe Slough.
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. Clean-up activities begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at noon. Gloves, pick-up sticks, safety vests, trash and recycling bags will be distributed. For more details or to sign up to participate in Sunnyvale’s California Coastal Cleanup Day event, call Environmental Outreach at (408) 730-7717 or
e-mail at [email protected].
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Saturday, August 25th
9:00 am: Walking Tours of Historical Murphy Street
10:00 am: Centennial Parade starts at Fremont High School
12:00 pm: Parade ends at Community Center
12:00-5:00 pm: Heritage Park activities, exhibits, music, hayrides, food, art, tool
demonstrations, and more!
1:00 pm: Parade awards and Announcements
3:00 pm: Whiskers Contest Awards
5:00 pm: Walking Tours of Historical
Murphy Street
5:00 pm: Downtown Centennial Dinner Specials
Sunday, August 26th
8:30-11:30 am: Historical Bike Tour
11:00am-12:30pm: State of the City address and Community Awards
12:30-5:00 pm: Heritage Park activities, exhibits, music, hayrides, food, art, tool demonstrations, and more!
2:00 pm: Scavenger hunt awards, announcements
2:15 pm: Costume and Scarecrow Contest Awards
5:00 pm: Festivities end
Come one, come all and celebrate our city’s 100th Birthday! Enjoy the parade, fun and 2 day events. See you there!
Join Us For A ―Once
In A Century‖ Party!
The City of Sunnyvale, California was legally incorporated in 1912. Now, a century later, the Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association, along with the City of Sunnyvale and the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce, is preparing to celebrate our city’s centennial in style.
On Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th the community is invited to join in a celebration of Sunnyvale’s history. In addition to a Centennial parade and the annual State of the City address and community awards presentation, there will be a wide variety of family friendly activities to honor Sunnyvale’s first 100 years, including:
hay rides around the heritage orchard
a Murphy Party covered wagon interpretation
a 1912 General Store
blacksmith, agricultural and electronic tools demonstrations
interactive time capsule making
music and dance from throughout the century
major new city exhibits
history in art exhibits
and much, much more!
All activities are free of charge and will take place on or around the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum site next to the Community Center. The parade begins at Fremont High School and ends at the Community Center.
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School’s Open, Drive Carefully! By Phyllis Fowler
Summer Vacation is over and kids are back in school. I found these safety tips at www.safekids.org Check out the website
for more tips on safety basics, recalls & their newsletter. Safe Kids USA recommends that parents take the time to talk about safety with their kids. Before school starts, parents should walk with their kids the route to school and access the hazards. For your child’s safety, select a course with the least number of traffic crossings.
Simple Reminders for Drivers:
Slow down and be especially alert in residential neighborhoods and school zones!
Take extra time to look for kids at intersections, on medians and on curbs.
Enter and exit driveways slowly and carefully Watch for children on and near the road in the morning and after school hours.
Reduce any distractions inside your car so you can concentrate on the road and your surroundings.
Put down your phone and don't talk or text while driving!
Remember it’s the law! Don’t risk a child’s life, other drivers or your safety.
Reminders for Kids:
Kids should cross the street with an adult until they are at least 10 years old. Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks. Never run out into the streets or cross in between
parked cars. Make sure kids always walk in front of the bus where the driver can see them.
As adults, we should teach and model the safety behaviors that all children should follow, even if they don’t walk to school every day. We need to be proactive to keep our kids safe as they head back to school. Whether you are taking your kids to school or driving through a school zone, We all can do our part to keep kids safe.
Friendship Day is August 5th
(continued from page 1)
However, it has been kept alive and revitalized in Asia, where several countries adopted the
tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated in a number of countries across the world. Many friends acknowledge each other with exchanges of gifts and cards on this day. Friendship bands are very popular in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and parts of South America. With the advent of social networking sites, Friendship Day is also
being celebrated online.
Presents:
Summer Series Music & Market
June 20- August 29, 2012 Wednesdays From 5:30-8:30
Sunnyvale’s favorite dish among many... music is the entree' with a side of artisans. 100 Block of S. Murphy
Avenue, Sunnyvale
Aug. 08 – Tortilla Soup (salsa, latin, funk)www.tortillasoupmusic.com
Aug. 15 – The Megatones (rock, r&b, funk) www.megatones.net
Aug. 22 – Ascension (r&b, pop, dance) www.ascensionliveband.com
Aug. 29 – Busta-Groove! (top 40, dance) www.busta-groove.com
Band line up subject to change without notice.
Jazz & Beyond
July 7--August 25, 2012 Saturdays from 5:30-8:30 Murphy Avenue transforms into one big street cafe where you can enjoy a sit down dinner with over 20 restaurants to choose from! What makes this event "The Ultimate Dining Experience" is that everyone at your table gets to choose which individual restaurant to serve them! The dreaded common dining dilemma of everyone trying to agree on what type of food is not an issue! Oh and let's not forget some of the best regional jazz acts to grace "The Ave".
Aug 4th-Tony Lindsay (r&b/contemporary jazz)
www.tonylindsay.com
Aug 11th-Joint Chiefs (blues/r&b) www.thejointchiefsband.com
Aug 18th– Wally Schnalle (jazz/fusion)
www.itrymes.com
Aug 25th-Kaye Bohler Band (r&b/soul) www.kayebohler.com
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It’s America’s Night Out Against Crime! (Continued from page 1)
This year over 15,500 communities are expected to take part. (Texas will celebrate on October 2nd.)
While the traditional 'lights on' and front porch vigils remain a part of NNO, activities have expanded considerably over the years. They include: block parties, cookouts, parades, visits from police, festivals, neighborhood walks, safety fairs, contests, rallies and meetings.
The National Association of Town Watch (NATW), Executive Director Matt Peskin said, "It's a wonderful opportunity for communities nationwide to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention, and neighborhood camaraderie. While the one night is certainly not an answer to crime, drugs and violence, National Night Out does represent the kind of spirit, energy and determination that is helping to make many neighborhoods safer places throughout the year. It [NNO] is a night to celebrate safety and crime prevention successes - and to expand and strengthen programs for the next 364 days."
Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread
--without it, it's flat. — Carmen McRae
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Important Phone Numbers Public Safety - Emergency 911
Public Safety - Non-emergency 730-7100
Parks and Maintenance 730-7506
Speeding Cars, parking complaints, traffic signal Dispatch 730-7180
Noise complaints—Desk Officer 730-7110
Neighborhood Preservation Complaints on decrepit fences, , weeds, illegal home businesses or rentals
730-7610
Animal Control 730-7178
Public Works- sidewalks, trees, streetlights, etc. 730-7505
Nuisance Vehicle Hotline 730-7706
Drug Hotline 245-3784
Graffiti Hotline & Shopping Cart Pickup 730-7680
Neighborhood Crime Corner
Excerpted from “Beyond The Badge” Sunnyvale Public Safety newsletter.
Every year, dogs suffer and die when their guardians make the mistake of leaving them in a parked car for "just a minute."
Parked cars are deathtraps for dogs. Even with the windows cracked on a 70° F to 80° F day the inside of your car can heat up to over 100° F in minutes! As you can imagine, with that fur coat on, a dog's body temperature rises very quickly.
While humans have sweat glands that help regulate our body heat, dogs cool down mostly by panting. In only a short amount of time, a dog with a high body temperature can suffer critical damage to his nervous system, heart, liver and brain.
The major cause of heatstroke in dogs is leaving a dog in a parked car. Watch for symptoms such as restlessness, excessive thirst, heavy panting, lethargy, dark tongue, bright red mucous membranes on the gums
and conjunctiva of the eyes, hyperventilation (gasping for air), rapid heartbeat, fever, lack of coordination, vomiting, and/or seizures. If a dog shows any of these symptoms, get him/her into the shade immediately and lower the animal's body temperature gradually by providing water to drink, applying a cool wet towel to the head, neck, and chest, or immersing the dog in cool (not ice cold) water.
Law enforcement officers who see an animal in a car that appears to be suffering are legally permitted to do whatever is necessary to remove the animal from the car. Because leaving an animal in an unattended car may also be considered an act of animal neglect, prosecutors could choose to file additional charges.
Prevention is the key to keeping pets safe during warmer weather. It's best to leave them at home with access to cool fresh water and adequate shelter.
Complied from Sunnyvale Public Safety
Theft--June 7, 2:58 p.m. Poplar Avenue. An unknown person entered an unlocked car and stole a navigation unit, an iPod shuffle and paperwork.
Graffiti--June 7, 8:39 a.m. N. Fair Oaks Avenue. Gang-related graffiti was found in the men's restroom at Fair Oaks Park.
Resisting arrest-- June 4, 6:25 p.m. Sunnyvale Saratoga Road. Police responded to threats possibly involving a gun. The dispute was between two neighbors. The incident was cleared by arrest.
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LVNA Contacts: President - Judy Fernandez email: lakewoodvillagelvna@gmail,com Editor - Phyllis Fowler [email protected]
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