HomeMy WebLinkAbout07JULY 2002
City of Chubbuck NEWS
P.O. Box 5604 • 5160 Yellowstone Ave., Chubbuck, ID 83202-0006 • Phone (208) 237-2400
FIRE DEPARTMENT Department has a new type of child finger-
print card that goes with the program that the
NO BURNING ALLOWED: Due to weather parent can take home and do themselves, to
and drought no open burning is allowed. assure that the child's fingerprints, DNA, etc.
BE FIRE SAFE! are recorded in case a child is abducted. The
parent keeps the card and only submits it if
the child has been abducted or missin
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The new housing subdivision Victorian
Village completed training recently through
the Chubbuck Police Department on Neigh-
borhood Watch. Prior to this meeting,
residents of Victorian Village suggested that
the training include an entirely new approach
to neighborhood safety; basically keeping our
children safe from being abducted right out
of our very own neighborhoods. With a lot
of the abductions that are occurring lately:
Amber Hoops, Idaho Falls; Elizabeth Smart,
Salt Lake City; and Samantha Reunion,
California; they are happening right out of
the neighborhoods that they lived in; that we
have always considered a safe place to live.
Unfortunately, a lot of abductors live right in
the same neighborhood. Some of the
abductors that do not, have previous ties to
that neighborhood, or the abductor is
someone that the child has run across before.
Last of all, there is a category of abductors
that are totally strangers that drive around
finding the right opportunity to abduct a
child.
At the Neighborhood Watch meetings, we
focus on this main concern within our
neighborhoods. As your Chief, I have
committed to the training myself. I have a
major concern for the safety of our children,
and secondly, it gives me the opportunity to
meet you, and you to meet me. This is an
ideal time of year to hold Neighborhood
Watch meetings, because they can be done in
our back yards. I am also available to give
talks on this area at local functions, church
gatherings, or elsewhere.
For further information, or to set up a
meeting, call me at the Chubbuck Police
Dept. 237-7172. The Chubbuck Police
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Below are some tips that I wish to leave with
you.
The following rules are from the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
PARENTS, please take the time to go over
these rules with your children. Let's keep
our children SAFE with all that is happening
around us.
Rules For Our Neighborhood
1. I know my new address, telephone
number; and the name and location of
my school.
2. 1 know emergency telephone numbers
and who to call if I need help when I
am home alone.
3. 1 have met our new neighbors with my
parents, and I know I should always
CHECK FIRST before I go anywhere
with anyone or before I go into
anyone's home.
4. 1 know I can TELL a trusted adult if
anything bothers me or makes me feel
uncomfortable. There's always
someone who can help me if I am in
trouble.
5. 1 know if I am home alone, I should
keep the doors locked and never open
the door without CHECKING FIRST.
6. I know I should have a BUDDY when I
walk to school or ridge the school bus
and when I am playing outside.
7. I know how to walk to school, and my
parents and I have walked around the
neighborhood, so I will know the names
of the streets. We have made a map,
and I know I should never take short-
cuts or leave the main streets.
8. I know I should never give out informa-
tion about myself to someone who calls
on the telephone. If I am home alone, the top of the can it can not be picked up and
I will tell the caller that my parents are the garbage ends up all over the street. We
not available and offer to take a appreciate your cooperation in this matter.
message.
9. I know the number for my school bus,
and I always check to make sure that I
get on the right bus.
Thanks
Chief Richard Webb
UTILITY DEPARTMENT
People are filling their garbage carts with
construction debris. The garbage carts are
not to weigh more than 90 lbs. There should
not be any sod, concrete, dirt, rocks etc. put
into these carts. If your cart is too heavy
your garbage will not be picked up. Also
when the garbage is stacked too high above
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CHUBBUCK DAYS
Once again, we are planning a parade to
celebrate Chubbuck. The date is setfor
Saturday, August 24th. The parade will
travel down Chubbuck Road fromthe Hiline
intersection and will be similar to last year.
The turnout wasgreat. We invite all who
participated last year to return, and we
would loveto see new participants as well.
Anyone interested should call DeLaina
at237-2430.
2002-2003 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING
AUGUST 27T' AT 7:30 P.M.
CITY HALL
In our democratic form of government, city employees are public servants. We are anxious to serve you
in the best way we can. There are many maintenance and operational problems that are faced daily. City
employees find many of these problems and take care of them before citizens become aware of them.
Other times, you may spot something we have missed. We encourage you to tell use about these
problems so we can fix them for you.
There are also times you might wish to pass on a good word to city workers. We invite you to use this
form to Tell It To City Hall
NAME
TELEPHONE
ADDRESS
DATE
Problem Location (please be as specific as possible)
STREETS:
❑ Holes
❑ Rough
❑ Settled
[]Water stays in
low spots
[]BUMP
❑ Loose gravel
❑ Needs cleaning
❑ Mud in street
❑ Glass or other
trash in street
❑ Manhole cover
rattles
CURBS:
❑ Need cleaning
❑ Need repair
❑ Need painting
ROAD SHOULDERS:
❑ Low
❑ Washed out
❑ Inadequate width
SHRUBBERY:
❑ Blocks traffic sign
❑ Blocks view of
intersection
❑ Obstructs
sidewalk
❑ Overgrown or
noxious
TREES:
❑ Limbs too low
❑ Dangerous limb
❑ Blocks traffic
signal
❑ Diseased or dead
❑ New tree wanted
[]Tree stump in
lawn
STORM SEWERS &
DITCHES:
❑ Pipe needed
❑ Pipe blocked
❑ Pipe broken
❑ Odor
❑ Inadequate pipe
size
❑ Needs cleaning
❑ Catch basin
needs repair
❑ Catch basin
needs cleaning
SANITARY SEWERS:
❑ Odor in house
❑ Odor outside
❑ Slow drainage
TRAFFIC SIGNS:
❑ Bent sign
❑ Bent signpost
❑ Missing
❑ Dangerous
❑ Dirty
❑ Hard to read
❑ Unnecessary
❑ Needs repair
❑ New sign needed
STREET SIGNS:
❑ Sign missing
❑ Sign and post
missing
❑ Sign and/or post
needs repair or
replacement
❑ Hard to read
❑ Incorrect spelling
❑ Dirty
❑ Improper location
❑ New sign needed