HWNA NEWS

 

August 2004

 

Election

Traffic Calming

Crime Fighting

Ice Cream Social


Do you have neighborhood news to contribute? Contact  editor, Amy Whitehead by phone: 913 342-5256

or email:  abwhitehead@natsem.com


general e-mail: HWNAKCK@aol.com

 

NEXT MEETING

Tuesday, August 3, 2004
St. Paul's Church at 18th & Washington Blvd., (enter through the back door).
Please refer to the schedule below for the next general meeting and board meeting




It's Election Time Again!

Please remember to vote on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 (consider voting on your way to our general membership meeting). Your vote will help choose who will be the new judge for Division 1, and will show support or not for the unopposed candidate for District Attorney. If you did not make it to the polls for the last special election, remember that the polling place has changed for most of our neighborhood: for Ward 10, Precincts 1, 2 and 3 now vote at Forrest Grove Missionary Baptist Church at 1117 N. 28th Street. If you have any questions about this election, please call the Election Office a 913-334-1414.

2004 Neighborhood Activity Dates

August 3, Tuesday, General Membership meeting
Sept. 6, Monday, Labor Day
Sept. 7, Tuesday, General Membership meeting
Sept. 18, Saturday, Annual Picnic and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
October 5, Tuesday, General Membership meeting
October 11, Monday, Columbus Day.


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Traffic Calming Update

The new finials have been installed in the urns on the two entrance roundabouts and the sweet potato vine has been planted. Our project is almost complete! We hope that all our neighbors take great pride in what has been accomplished and how beautiful the results are. We extend lots of praise and thanks to Jim & Mary Smith for searching for the right finials and achieving consesnus of the committee in making the final decision. Jim also installed and secured the finials as well as set-up the watering systems on all the circles. Curt & Mary Cutting took on the job of purchasing and planting the sweet potato vine after the finials were installed. We can't wait for the vines to come spilling over the rim of the urn - thanks Curt & Mary! Remember to mark September 18th on your calendar for our neighborhood picnic and the dedication of the traffic calming project.

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Turn on Your Lights to Prevent Crime!

Tuesday, August 3, is designated as National Night Out or Night Out Against Crime. Residents are encouraged to turn on their porch lights and join neighbors to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness, and to remember crime victims and their families. So on Tuesday, August 3, please remember to vote, turn on your porch light, and then come to the HWNA general membership meeting at 7:15 p.m.

New Crime-fighting Area Includes Westheight

The U.S. Department of Justice has designated a two-square-mile area of KCK as a "Weed and Seed" site, and it includes a portion of Westheight. The crime prevention program aims to weed out crime and drug trafficking. The "seed" portion is targeted at preventing crime through education, intervention and revitalization. Both aspects can work with neighborhood groups, and your HWNA board is already contacting the KCK Police Department to invite a speaker to make a presentation at one of our general meetings. The Weed and Seed area is bordered by Parallel Parkway, Minnesota Avenue, the Missouri River and Twenty-second Street.



Ice Cream Social Wrap-up

For the second year in a row, we have had an enjoyable gathering of neighbors in Triangle Park to celebrate Independence Day. We sat in our chairs and on blankets, eating ice cream sundaes and cones, and waited anxiously for what turned out to be a 45-minute firework spectacular provided by neighbors. By nightfall, we were a group of at least fifty people gathered in the park as others set up chairs in their driveways and enjoyed the sights from there.

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Crime Fighting

Traffic Calming

Ice Cream Social

Don't Forget to Advertise

If you live in Westheight, you are entitled to advertise your services in this newsletter. For $5 an ad, you can purchase a 2" by 3.5" block. What a great and inexpensive way to become better known. Your neighbors would love to support you and your work! Contact the editorial staff at 342-5256 or e-mail the text of your ad to abwhitehead@natsem.com. The deadline to place an ad in the August newsletter is July 20, 2004.






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Wedding Cakes, Full Service Cakes
Cookies, Cupcakes & Muffins
Tue-Fri 10-5:30, Sat. 10-Noon.
11 S. 17th St. KCK
913-233-2253 or 913-621-6304
Weekly Specials & Individual orders are available




 

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