Sanctuary Club Ice Cream Social ~ June 28th

The Sanctuary Club had its summer ice cream social on June 28, 2009 at the pavilion in Veterans Park.

Before the 3 to 5 p.m.fellowship was over, about 50 residents and some visitors had registered their attendance.

Ice cream, ice water and fans were on hand to cool down everyone.

Tom & Jean Halbrooks were door prize winners and received a quiet home electric fan from Bed, Bath & Beyond.

The second door prize went to Bob & Carleen Morin who won the $50 gift certificate to Carrabba's restaurant on Highway 280.

President Dan Murchison encouraged all residents to consider how we might make the Sanctuary the best residential community in Hoover. Suggestions may be made to Dan or any of the board members.

It was pointed out by some attendees that lightening had struck about 3 homes in the last 18 months in the Sanctuary and the adjoining community of Caldwell Crossings.

Suggestions were made by some folks to consider what might be done concerning lightning strikes and resulting fires. It seems some defensive measures might be worthy of investigation. The board agreed to seek help in the matter and hopefully discover reasonable solutions that may be suggested with respect to safety and prevention.

Teenager Charged After Pursuit

An 18-year-old Birmingham man arrested Monday after being pursued by Shelby County deputies and Hoover and Montevallo police has been charged with burglary, theft, possession of marijuana, and unlawful breaking and entering of a vehicle, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Deputies were called to the 2600 block of Buttewoods Drive in North Shelby County Monday at about 1:10 p.m. after receiving a 911 call of a burglary in progress.
A man ran from the house and deputies, with help from Hoover police and a tracking dog from the Montevallo Police Department, searched the area.
Timothy McMillan III was later taken into custody without incident. Later Monday, after obtaining a search warrant, investigators searched a home in the 4800 block of Caldwell Mill Road. Deputies found “property related to recent burglaries in the area” as well as some marijuana plants.
McMillan was being held at the Shelby County Jail in Columbiana Tuesday night on bonds totaling $46,000.
Jeremy Gray

Folks,

These pictures are from June 20, 2009. M. O. Buzz Williams, with daughter Amy, took a 10 mile canoe trip on the muddy pearl river just below the 33,000 acre Ross Barnett resevoir north of Jackson, Mississippi. If you look closely at the third picture, then you might see a seven - foot aligator swiming from left to right.

Neighborhood Watch: Jury Duty Scam!

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below).It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call.

Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.

The caller claims to be a “jury coordinator.”

If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the informationand cancel the arrest warrant.

Give out any of this information and bingo; your identity was just stolen!

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma ,Illinois , and Colorado . This (swindle) is particularly insidious becausethey use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into givinginformation by pretending they are with the court system.

The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites,warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm<http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm>

And here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp<http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp>

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Veteran’s Park

1-5 PM

The Sanctuary Club has reserved the pavillion at Veteran’s Park in the Spain Park High School complex on Valleydale Road for an Ice Cream Social. This will be our “get to know your neighbor” ice cream social party. Please tell your neighbors, bring your families and pets, and let’s have a good turn out. We will serve ice cream at 3 pm. We will be asking for your input and suggestions as to how we can improve our neighborhood.

Neighbor-to-Neighbor

Get the latest data on the Sanctuary neighborhood activities and common community interests! “Stay informed” about happenings within the Sanctuary, log on at least once a week to the web site of The Sanctuary Club at www.thesanctuaryclub.blogspot.com

Feel free to have your neighborhood activities, e.g., garden club, Bible studies, social activities, vacation travel pictures, sanctuary wildlife photos, club functions or meetings, garden tips, outstanding recipes, etc., posted on the BlogSpot.

Share issues or other items of interest that may be helpful to your neighbors’ security, e.g., neighborhood watch. You may e-mail the details on any of the above items to mobuzz12@bellsouth.net or just call 980-0032 for M. O. Buzz or Carol Williams.

Regular features on the BlogSpot are:

Current local weather reports and three –day weather forecasts
Retiree items of interests
Ideas for community service
Suggestions for home and lawn expense reductions
Easy – listening music

As information, the BlogSpot also provides a current list of The Sanctuary Club Articles of Incorporation, By – Laws, a current list of board members, and neighborhood watch block captains.

It's Summertime!

Looking for ways to enjoy the summer while being outdoors? Here are some ideas!

Aldridge Botanical Gardens - Thursday, June 4:
See details for 'Three on a String' at http://www.aldridgegardens.com/

City Stages - June 19-21 in Downtown Birmingham:
See the lineup of musical artists at http://www.citystages.org/festival-info/

Saturday Market at Pepper Place - Saturdays through October 10:
7am to Noon each Saturday http://www.pepperplacemarket.com/