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COMMUNITy NEWS | FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | SEPTEMBER 2014 9 Neighborly Notes By Bobbie Eckel Residents, please make a note: laboR day is a monday holiday. This will effect Waste Management pickup. Please put your bins out on Tuesday evening, Sept. 2, after 5 pm, for pickup on Wednesday, Sept. 3. You might want to remind your neighbors, too. We frequently have a lot of bins in the alleys or streets on a Monday holiday! FRee smoke detectoRs: Did you know that the city of Beaumont is giving away free smoke detectors to seniors in Beaumont? If you are interested or would like more information, please contact the Assistant Fire Marshall at (951) 572-3225. boaRd oF diRectoRs meetinG: Remember that the BOD General Meeting is Thursday, Sept. 11 at 1 pm in the Ballroom. This is your chance to hear what is happening in our community, to address the BOD if you have a special comment or question, and to listen to plans for additional activities. Take an hour or so of your time to become acquainted with how your HOA operates. attn. committee chaiRpeRsons: Several residents have recently expressed an interest in having the HOA committee chairpersons report in person to the BOD rather than have the pages of their minutes simply noted. Those committees who are in need of additional members might well recruit more if the residents could hear and see you in person. Something to seriously consider: updates in the Breeze each month are definitely not quite as personal as telling your neighbors about committee focus and accomplishments from the podium. We would really like to see more committees represented by a real person! GaRaGe sale: The hot summer days which force most of us to stay inside may actually be a bonus. This is a good time to go through your closets and cabinets to pull out those unused items which have been taking up space. The HOA Garage Sale is Saturday, Oct. 11. Start your cleaning out now. You might want to wait until it cools a bit before tackling those items which have been relegated to the garage, however. RUn FoR city coUncil: If you are wishing you had more to do — and have a background in city management — you might be interested in becoming a Beaumont City Council member. Three seats on the council are up for election this November, including the City Clerk and City Treasurer. Applicants must be Beaumont residents, at least 18 years of age, and must be registered voters. For more information, visit Election Central on the Beaumont website. senioR soFtball: It is time again for softball buffs in our midst to join the Valley Wide Senior Softball League. The League plays out of Valley Wide Recreation Center in San Jacinto. All levels of play are involved; players must be 55 or older. The winter season will be scheduled soon. The cost is only $30 a season and you play at least 40 games. Game days are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Practice is on Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30 to 9:30 am. Please call (951) 927-4509 for additional information or to sign up to play. city news: Please take the time to sign up for the Beaumont E Newsletter. You can sign up by texting BMTnewsletter to 22828 or by going directly to the Beaumont Cares website. In the Aug. 8 issue, you will learn about a free house call program where city inspectors come out to give advice on current or future home improvements before you get a permit, a program called VIBE (Volunteering in Beaumont is Excellent) which deals with citizen volunteers forming partnerships with city staff and also earning deductions on their sewer or trash bills, and the Guns and Hoses Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 13, which benefits the continued construction of the Public Safety Memorial. You will also learn about upcoming community events. QUestions FRom GeoRGe caRlin: Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dish washing liquid made with real lemons? If swimming keeps you in good shape why do the whales look the way they do?

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