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NORTHWOOD NEWSFebruary 2014

UPCOMMING EVENTS

March25

7 pm

Annual Meeting

Memorial Rd Church of ChristApril129 am

Spring Work DayMeet at the front entrance

June6 – 8

Garage Sale

Spring Work Day

Our annual Spring Work Day will be April12th at 9:00 am. As always, we will bemeeting at the front entrance. Now that ourentrance sign is rebuilt and the sprinklersystem is in and working, we will beconcentrating on sprucing up the flower bed.There will of course need to be some weed

pulling done but we will also be planting twonew rose bushes among other flowers to getready for the summer months. There is alwayssomething for everyone to help out with evenif you don’t have a green thumb. We will alsobe picking up trash along our side of MemorialRoad. OKC Beautiful will be giving us trashbags and will pick up our full trash bags onMonday. So when you see those trash bagssitting along the median or by the stop sign,

just know they will be picked up in a couple ofdays.There will be water, soda and donuts provided.

Annual MeetingThis year’s annual meeting will be heldon Tuesday, March 25th, 7:00pm atMemorial Road Church of Christ,2221 E Memorial Road. We areexcited to have a guest speaker thisyear. Beth Crounse is with theOklahoma City Action Center. The

Action Center is where you turn for anycode violations you want to report -such as tall grass, parking in a yard or

junk and debris by a house. She hasworked for the city for a number ofyears and is a wealth of information. Ialways learn something new from herevery time. She will be first to speak atthe meeting so be sure and show up ontime so as to not miss out.

We will also be voting on amending ourBy-Laws. The main change we willlook to make will be changing therequired number of board members.Currently it states we are to have noless than 5 and no more than 8 boardmembers. We are proposing tochange it to read no less than 3 and no

more than 5 board members.

We hope to see you at this meeting tohear any of your ideas or concerns.

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Home Repair and Service Safety Considerations

Be especially cautious when using classified advertisements & websites to search for home repair or servicecontractors. We are receiving more reports of homeowners being victimized by some individuals that utilizeclassified ads & websites to advertise services but their actual intent is to commit a criminal act. We allwant a good deal when we hire a carpenter, plumber, electrician or any other home repair or servicecontractor. But we also need to be cautious about who we allow into our home.

Please use caution when selecting your contractor by at least following these common sense guidelines:• Get references for the contractor and check them.

• Check with the Better Business Bureau to see if they have any information on the contractor.

• Utilize the Oklahoma Supreme Court Network at www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/casesearch.asp tosee if the contractor has a history of being involved in civil or criminal cases in Oklahoma.

• Never allow the contractor the freedom to move about your property without being observed.

• Demand a written contract in advance of any service that states the service to be provided and thecost of those services.

• Make sure that the contractor has all of the required identification, licenses and insurance.

• Be leery if the contractor doesn’t have a professional appearance or have the tools that a professional

would use to perform the service.• Question them as to their experience and qualification.

• Obtain the physical address of the contractor and verify it.

• Put away small valuables like jewelry, cash, checkbooks and medication prior to the contractor’sarrival.

• Have at least one other adult present with you while the contractor is in your home.

• After the contractor departs, do a walkthrough of your home to make sure that everything is in itsplace and that all of your windows and door locks are as they should be.

Article provided by the Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma

Check out the Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma website.

You can see the Neighborhood Crime Reports at nacok.org/crime reports. Our neighborhood has been avictim of crime in the past recent months. Be a great neighbor and keep your eyes open for anything unusualor check out that annoying car alarm. Our neighborhood needs all our help to keep us safe.

Thank YouWe don’t always stop to say “Thank you.” Well, I want to take this opportunity to say just that. Our neighborsassociation works so well because of all of the wonderful people who volunteer their time and talents. We are not arich association and cannot hire out all that needs to be done. Without volunteers we could not function. From writingthe articles, publishing the newsletter, fixing the sprinklers, helping with the work days, balancing the account,organizing the block captains, passing out flyers, trimming the trees in the medians, and so many other things, it takesvolunteers to give of their time. And I say “THANK YOU” not only to today’s volunteers but also those who haveserved in the past.

We also know that there are those of you who have responded in the past by filling out the survey on the dues form.Calling those interested in being involved has been one of our shortcomings. We hope to make more of an effort tocall those who have responded to the surveys. Just know that even though no one has called you, does not mean wedon’t need you.

It always feels so good to be involved where you are needed. We could always use a couple of extra hands to help.So, if you find that your life is at a point that you could help, we would always enjoy seeing a new face or even afamiliar one at any of our meetings or work days. All we can ask is to help when and where you can.



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Northwood Neighbors' Association Membership Information 2014

Name:_______________________________________ Date:_________________

Address:_____________________________________ Phone:________________

E-Mail:_______________________________________________________________

I am willing to help with the Northwood Neighbors Association in the following ways, check choice(s):

Beautification Maintenance____ Safety (Patrol)____

Committee____

Board Member____ Membership____ Block Captain____

Newsletter____ Garage Sale____

The success and quality of our neighborhood depends on YOU the resident. The money collected for duesis used to improve and maintain the appearance of our entrances, equipment for our safety patrol,neighborhood watch signs, replace trees & pay water and electric bills to water our front entrance and lightour sign. Safety Patrols, other mowing and labor are volunteered by members dedicated to making ourneighborhood pleasant and keeping our property values high. Even If you are unable to volunteer, please

support those who do by paying your dues.

Dues are $25.00 annually and should be mailed to:

Northwood Neighbors’ Association, Inc.

13229 Shady Tree Pl.

Edmond, OK 73013

Areas of most importance to me as a Northwood Neighbor are:(1 to 4 – 1 BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT)

Beautification of Neighborhood____ Traffic Control/Safety/Security____Social Functions____ Newsletter____

If you have suggestions or comments, please note below:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



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NORTHWOOD NEIGHBORS’ ASSOCIATION13229 Shady Tree Pl

Edmond, OK 73013

Garage SaleThis year’s Garage Sale will be June 6

th – 8

th.

This event is put on as a service to the wholeneighborhood. We will have the banners at thefront entrance on Memorial Road and NorthwoodBoulevard and at the entrance on Bryant. We will

also place ads in both the Daily Oklahoman andthe Edmond Sun.

If you intend on having a garage sale, you willneed to purchase a garage sale permit for $7.00from the City of Oklahoma City. There areseveral ways to get your permit from the city.Online with a credit card, download an applicationonline, call the licensing division at 297-2606, orby mail. For more info go to okc.gov and lookfor the garage sale permits and rules link on the

left side of the web page.

If your Garage sale is a success, please consider

making a donation to the Northwood Neighbors’

Association!

Northwood Annual Meeting

MARCH 25TH

7:00 PMMEMORIAL ROAD

CHURCH OF CHRIST2221 E MEMORIAL ROAD

ROOM A113

Park in front of the church

and enter through the“Guest” entrance. The

meeting room is strait back

and on the right.

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