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HWNA NEWS
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February 2002
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Resource Mapping
Do you have neighborhood news to contribute? Contact editor, Shelley Labrado by phone: 913 342-4071 or email: letsdanceamerica@yahoo.com
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General Meeting NoticeTuesday, February 5,
2002
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Resource MappingBy Donald Caswell Pretend you’re on the television show “So you want to be a millionaire.” You’ve been asked the question, “What does the chemical symbol NOx stand for?” You don’t know the answer. You’re allowed to call a “lifeline,” but there’s a catch: Your lifeline has to lie in the Historic Westheight Neighborhood. Would you know whom to call? What if the question were “Who wrote ‘the Divine Comedy’?” Or “Who built the house at 2001 Washington Boulevard?” Our neighbors have knowledge, skills and interests that we are often completely unaware of. You may be living right next door to someone who enjoys listening to opera just as much as you do, but the subject has never come up, so you don’t realize it. Or your neighbor down the street may know the answer to your problem with that damp basement or how to fix the hard drive on your computer. At the February meeting, Mary Smith and I would like to begin a process I call Resource Mapping. We will begin collecting and organizing information about our neighbors and the history of our neighborhood. Mary and I have a vested interest, of course. We think the more we know about our neighbors, the easier our jobs will be. But we also know that getting to know our neighbors can be a lot of fun. And we’d like to develop a history of Westheight, with chapters on the various homes - who built them, who has lived in them, etc.
Please join us at the February meeting so you can get to know your neighbors better, while helping us
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What’s Ahead in 2002, & How Will You Be Involved?by Donald Caswell, HWNA President 2002 At our annual planning meeting in January, the HWNA executive board discussed our plans for 2002 and how we can involve more members of our neighborhood in our efforts to make life in Westheight more enjoyable. We hope to continue this discussion with the general membership at our February meeting. Please come and tell us what you want HWNA to do in 2002 and the future - and volunteer to help where you can. Here are activities we identified, along with the name of the board member who will be overseeing each one. Other suggestions are welcome. · Traffic calming - Wayne Walden. The trial installations have been in place for nearly five months now, and have been modified more than once. Sometime early this year, we can expect to decide on a design for the permanent installations, define the benefit-tax district, and determine whether a majority of those residents will support the project. * · Children’s activities - Rich Lilley. Some of our more successful events in 2001 were the children’s parties. We have three planned for 2002. · Candidate’s forum(s) - Melva Stine. We’d like to get a big turnout in this important election year. · Garage Sale - Melva Stine. · Fall Picnic and Cook-off - Gayle Copeland. · Thoughtfulness Committee - Gayle Copeland. This committee greets people who move into our neighborhood and offers expressions of sympathy for families who experience misfortune. As a newcomer, Gayle is especially sensitive to how neighbors feel about Westheight and our association, and she hopes to make everyone feel welcome and generate enthusiasm about our activities. · Newsletter - Mary Cutting. It’s one of our most valuable tools. How can we make it even better? · Website - Rick Yarnell. · Holiday Homes Tour - Melva Willett. Our only fund-raiser and a great way to show off our neighborhood to the rest of Kansas City. Attendance was down in 2001. How can we revive interest? · Spring Clean-up - Donald Caswell. Operation Brightside will not be funded this year, but we intend to do our own clean-up of the neighborhood and Westheight Park. Help us identify sore spots to work on and people to do the work. · Grants - Donald Caswell. · Phone Tree/Crime Watch - Donald Caswell · Code Enforcement - Mary Smith. Run-down homes not only hurt property values, they encourage crime. Help us identify problems and find ways to make sure they get taken care of.
Our neighborhood is far more active than most, as this list of activities shows. But we don’t mind taking on more projects if
you have concerns. Come to the meeting and discuss them.
If you can’t come to the meeting, you can still help out. Just call the contact person for any activity you’d like to help
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Be a Responsible Pet Owner!Many of your neighbors have had problems with dogs chasing their young children to school. This has happened numerous times and can be very traumatic to young children. Even though your dog is a wonderful pet and would do nor intend harm to anyone, if your dog meets up with even one of the many strays roaming through Westheight, there can be problems. Animal control has a tough job. To do your part, please: 1. Spay or neuter your animal to keep your pet from increasing the population of unwanted strays. 2. Obey leash laws so that you can keep your dog away from strays, garbage, children, etc. 3. License your pet with the city. 4. Call Animal Control when you see stray animals.
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