Vile of Life

I have received some emails regarding the Vile of Life program. The Vial of Life is an emergency preparedness program to help make West Valley City more disaster resistant and resilient through citizen volunteer involvement. The purpose of the Vial of Life program is to encourage residents, particularly those who are home bound, living alone,or with special medical needs, to compile personal information and place it where it can be easily located by 911 responders in the event of an emergency. The vial comes with a personal information sheet, a vial to keep the information sheet(s) in, and a refrigerator magnet to place on the refrigerator door to alert emergency personal of the homes participation in the program. More information is available online at: www.wvc-ut.gov/vial

Speeding

When KSL contacted me about doing a story about my use of "technology" for our neighborhood watch, I had no idea that so many people would visit this blog. I started this blog back in 2007 to help pass the word along to those in our NW's boundaries. I feel it has been an effective tool in communicating with residents! I am thankful for the kind emails people have sent me. For me, Neighborhood Watch is something I feel strongly about. For about 6-7 years, I have been working with city officials about the speed on our street. I am totally going to take advantage of the attention that the blog is receiving to pass on this information that I was given by a West Valley City policeman all those years ago, who is now LT. Merritt. I have handed this flier out to so many people. Please, print it off & hand out to others. I hope it will help to give us all a reminder that we need to slow down in our neighborhoods! :)

NNO 2009

I just wanted to take a moment & thank everyone for a very successful NNO Neighborhood Block party! We had a great time & it was fun to meet new people in our neighborhood! I will be posting pictures of the event shortly. I'd also like to thank the NW's block captains for a great job in helping out! Thanks!

FYI

{Picture from last year's NNO!}

by Kim Martinez

National Night Out

Tuesday, August 4th

6:00 - 8:00 PM

6398 S - 6449 S Pine Valley Lane

Annual children's bike parade (so decorate your bikes, scooters or bigwheels), face painting, Vile of Life information, popsicles, visits from WVC Police & Fire Departments, McGruff & the National Night Knight... Be sure to come & mingle with everyone!

We are asking that you bring a plate of goodies to share with everyone!

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**I'm happy to announce, that because of a VERY generous resident, we will be having a HOT DOG dinner!!!

I'll have a donation jar in case anyone wishes to donate a $1 or $2 to help cover costs!

Have you seen the new signs?

Have you seen the new STOP signs?
They are located on Mt. Montana in the intersection of Mt. Montana & High Bluff in the East & West directions. Also, on Mill Valley in the intersection of Mill Valley & Laurel Canyon, in the East & West directions.

2 Things...

1. Please, please slow down! There were 2 incidents involving speeding and/or inattention while driving today on High Bluff Drive. One, could have cost some people their lives. Please slow down & pay attention to street signs!

2. For Mobile Patrol tonight, we stopped at 12 homes that had their garage doors open. Please take a moment to check & make sure that you have closed your garage door before you go to bed at night. Also, take a moment to look out your windows & check if your neighbor's garage doors are closed. If they aren't, call or knock on their door. When people leave their garage doors open, we are all affected. They are a "crime of opportunity" waiting to happen... Just remember that the only way to fend off these types of crime is to "look out for each other"!

National Night Out 2008 Memories!