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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Hyde Park/Pueblo Police Ribbon Cutting
The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association, in partnership with the Pueblo Police Department, is pleased to announce the opening of a police sub-station in the Hyde Park Community Center, located at 2135 W 16th Street. The Phone number for the new sub-station is 546-6270.
A ribbon cutting/open house is scheduled for Friday, June 15th at 10:00 am. Please join us for coffee, punch and cookies.
All community members are encouraged to visit the new substation to ask questions, report a concern, or make a police report.
Additional sub-stations are planned in the near future for the Bessemer and Eastside communities. Additional information on their llocations and anticipated opening dates will be forthcoming.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Advice to Various Public Utilities….
....and other government agencies.
It would be a REALLY good idea if people working for government agencies or public utilities would be able to properly identify themselves when questioned by a home-owner.
This is the second time that I’ve had a situation of finding ‘uninvited guests’ trooping around who cannot, on request, properly identify themselves.
Last year it was someone from a county agency. They had no ID on them. They had nothing to offer that would work as some form of recognition that they were a government official on official business. So I sent them away. After a long telephone conversation with the agency that sent them, we finally worked things out. But, it would have been much easier if said agency had furnished them with SOME form of identification.
Today….while I was working in the garage, I heard a strange discussion going on behind my house. I went to the back yard to see what was going on to find some guy talking on a cell phone while wandering around on my property. He had a lime-green vest on. But there was no verbiage on it that I could see.
I asked, “Can I help you?” To which I got no response. He, for all intents and purposes, ignored me, carrying on his cell phone discussion about ‘handicaps’.
I asked, in a more forceful manner, “Can I HELP you?”
At this point he finally recognized my presence and my interest in what he was doing. He stopped talking on the cell phone and stated he was from Aquila, doing the monthly meter reads. In this instance he was targeting the neighbor’s meter. [Note: They’ve got SOME KINDA kuwel equipment for that task, judging by what he was waving around.]
As he turned around, I could read his green ball-cap logo and the name of the company on the vest. However, until he turned around he had no identification at all.
I suggested to him that he pass on to his boss that Aquila should put their logo and name on the back of the vests their people wear. Might avoid some ‘difficulty’. And, in light of the number of home invasions we’ve been reading about of late, avoiding difficulty sounds like ‘good advice’.
Whether he passes on that suggestion or not, I’m here to suggest to Aquila that they not be penny wise and pound foolish regarding their employees and the identification thereof. Indeed, if I were on Aquila’s board of directors, every one of the people working for the company would stand out as a walking-talking billboard of what the company represents, to every citizen and business owner in Pueblo…..POWER!
Art in the Park June 24, 2007
Mineral Palace Park Art Fair
On June 24, the Pueblo Art Guild will have their first Art Fair of the season. Artists will be on the lawn across from the Art Guild Building from noon to four pm, weather permitting.
With a variety of artists expected, there will be many artforms to choose from. If you are an artist, and want to participate, we would love to have you!
For information about the event, call Susan or Diana at 542-2125.
Look for the tents!
Come out for a stroll in the park, and support Pueblo Arts!
Pueblo Neighborhood Partnership Meeting MInutes — 070605
Notes of the meeting.
The discussions of the PNP meeting for June 2007….
Public Transit Planning Open Houses
Public meetings to improve how we get around in Pueblo.
There is going to be a series of public input meetings on our city transit system, i.e., bus service in Pueblo.
I know a lot of us don’t think too much of the bus system in town. Mostly because we drive cars wherever we want to go. However, there are LOTS of people who cannot drive cars; either because they don’t have one or have a disability that prevents them from driving. These people need a good bus service to help them enjoy this great city. And we need to speak up for them. Besides, if gasoline gets up to $8 per gallon, I think a lot of us are going to start seriously considering using public transportation to get to a lot of places ourselves.
See the details….
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
OHNO Newsletter Proposal
Coming up to the 21st Century
Over the last couple of years our newsletter has been improving, not only in terms of quality of production but also distribution techniques and circulation.
The block-captain approach has been a huge success. We’re gaining more every time we turn around. Not only that, but the block-captains we have are becoming more energetic and enthusiastic about delivering the newsletter; expanding their area of operation to adjacent blocks. Maybe it’s just that time of year and they enjoy a stroll looking at the flowers and lawns of the houses in this grand old neighborhood.
In the last issue, we’ve expanded our production by over 33%; going from 300 copies to 420.
Furthermore, at the last Board of Directors meeting, many of the issues on the agenda and in the rambling discussions brought up the idea of adding more information to the newsletter.
Whatever it is or will be, it is improving another aspect of the newsletter; cost of production.
Considering we don’t get a bundle of money from our rich Uncle Sam to help us with this, I think we need to consider what we might do to meet the increased demands….