Earth Day Tips from The EPA

Today's environmental tip: Breathe easy! On unhealthy air pollution "action alert" days, wait to mow your lawn until it's cooler in the evening or early the next morning. You help reduce air pollution for everyone near you if you run gas-powered equipment, like lawn mowers, when it's cooler. You also protect your health by avoiding ground-level ozone during the warmest part of the day.


More information: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.actiondays

Podcast: http://www.epa.gov/earthday/podcasts
 
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April Meeting Was a Successful and Informative One!

Incase you missed the April meeting:

Re-election of theCurrent Board of Officers 

A Membership Drive is currently underway

Red Dirt Preparedness Training will be happening soon

Some New Block Captains and other Committee Chairmen are needed

A letter concerning the proposed budget for 2011-2012 will be going out to each resident & homeowner

Upcoming Neighborhood Garage Sale

For more info check out the minutes at http://www.sheridanvalley.org/

Neighborhood rehabbing this Saturday

     Everyone has been mortified at the appearance of thos boarded up home on 66th East Avenue.  After a meeting at the site with District 8 City Councilman Bill Christensen, Tim Carter Working in Neighborhooods with the City of Tulsa and Officer Helberg, we were told that the City had sprayed and mowed and secured the home at the cost of close to $1300.00 and that they had done another assessment and have added it to the list to be sprayed, mowed and resecured.  We did ask if they could remove the boards off the garage door so that it didnt look so bad.  The answer we received was that if the door had been able to be locked they would have not had to put the boards up on the door.  We will continue to call the police if and when the people who kept trespassing in and out and removing the articles still left at the home.  The association will continue to work with the City of Tulsa and try to force Chase Home Finance to maintain the home.

We also asked if neighbors could come and trim the bushes and try to get the exterior looking like it had previously.  The concensus was that we could not remove anything that is still there on site but trash and debris.  So this saturday neighbors went and started a rehab campaign to get the house back into some semblance of order.  A couple of days prior one of the neighbors had gone and started by cleaning up the flower beds.  Wow that spurred the neighbors who came out on Saturday.  When you drive by you will notice a huge difference.  It still doesnt look quite like it did but it is starting to take shape.  Our neighbors the Felkins generously donated the electric so that the electrical trimmers and edgers, etc. would work.  Bags and Bundles of debris were hauled off.  What a great bunch of neighbors!  Thanks to all those who volunteered time, backache, and sweat to make it happen.

     Next week, a delegation of the Board is going to go downtown to speak with the City Treasurer and the Sheriffs Department to find out what the hold up is on transferring the home to Chase' possession.  The association will update all residents as the earliest. 

Keep your eyes open and call Police if you see anyone near this home.  We will continue to work to a resolution where this home can be sold and a new family can move in and join us in Sheridan Valley.
Thanks again to all the neighbors who put forth a tremendous effort on the behalf of all of us!! 

**If you see something at that house that needs to be done... feel free to trim, edge or weed to your hearts content.

You don't want to miss the next meeting of the association April 12. Elections of officers and upcoming events and projects. See you there! Don't forget your dues were due no the first of April so you can bring them to the meeting.