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Please keep your eyes open for suspicious activity near your mailbox.

Over the past few weeks there have been a few issues that have come to light regarding mail and packages, which you may have read about on our Facebook page.  The pattern that seems to have developed indicates that some small items have gone missing from garages or carport areas and mail/ packages have been found discarded in odd locations that should have been (and may have been)  delivered t0 homes on the following streets:  Maloney, Montlake, Blow, Timberlake, Circle Lake , Ginn, Velmetta, Tall Pine, Mont Glen.  The incidents have occurred predominately on FRIDAYs between 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM.

The postal service has been informed and has asked us to be especially quick to remove any mail from mailboxes that may contain checks or small gifts.

Please watch tomorrow to see if you see any suspicious activity and help us put a stop to this.  If you have a camera system on your home, try to point one camera at your mailbox.  Inform your Emergency Response Team representative or the LHHA leadership.

We can all work together to ensure that Lakemoor Hills remains the safest neighborhood in Knox County.

If you enjoy Christmas music, I would like to invite you to come and enjoy the choir at Lake Hills Presbyterian Church as they present the Festival of Carols, a Christmas Cantata, tomorrow morning at 10:45. There are about 28 members of the choir, many of them live in this neighborhood. The Cantata has many familiar Carols plus a few new Christmas selections. The Chrismon tree is lit, the wreaths and holly are hung, the candles will be burning and the choir has practiced. Come and feel the Christmas Spirit.

Merry Christmas,

Sharon Gerkin

 

Would you like to know how to respond when someone is having a cardiac emergency?  You could be the difference for a family member, friend or neighbor.

As part of our neighborhood preparedness the Lakemoor Hills Homeowners Association is partnering with Lake Hills Presbyterian Church to bring the opportunity to be trained and certified in CPR.

The course will be CPR training in adult, pediatric, infant choking person training and basic AED use. The new technique is much less difficult than the original technique, and most people that can bend over adequately can be trained without difficulty. The course is an amazing advantage for those individuals to protect their family members, friends at their workplaces and in public places. In most cases, the need for the institution of a response is related to a family member or friend. This includes your children and grandchildren.

The course will be held at Lake Hills Presbyterian Church on Sunday, January 13 from 2 – 4 PM.

The cost for the course is $25. This includes the 2 year AHA AED & CPR adult, child and infant certification, personal barrier device (breathing mask to take home, and the required materials to complete the course.)

The class is limited to 50 enrollees. If you would like to participate, please contact Bob Proctor at [email protected] 742-9035.

Lakemoor is Lighting Up!! It looks a lot like Christmas. Holiday Spirit Award judging will occur during the next couple nights. Be sure to plug in and show us your Holiday Spirit. Three winners will be selected along with an honorable mention. A sign will be placed in the winner’s yards

A big shout out to all who gathered at Legacy Park this morning to tame the leaves, sticks, and walnuts and plant a few daffodils. We will all benefit from their labors when spring arrives

Special thanks go out to “BlowKing” Fred Thomforde,  “Mighty Mulcher” Buzz Copeland, “Leaf Dumper” John “Deere” Haynes, “Rowdy Rakers” Bob Porter and Kristin Bianconi,  “Determined Digger” Randy Humble, and the “Daffodil Darling”, Kathy Proctor.  It’s going to be a seasonably nice week, so please go take a stroll around the park and enjoy their handiwork !!

NOTICE:
Cleanup and bulb planting for Legacy Park at Circle Lake has been re-scheduled to Monday, December 3rd due to soggy leaves and muddy soil. Please come join us between 9:30 and 11:30 to blow / rake leaves, pick up sticks and walnuts and plant some daffodils. Muffins and coffee will still be provided ! Call Fran Thomforde if you have questions.  577-6032.  We need your help !!
Thanks!

Reminder: Lake Hills Presbyterian Church has invited the community to participate in the Blue Christmas Service this Sunday.  Come and enjoy scripture, prayers, music, and lighting of candles

Holiday Bows are now hung around the neighborhood. Big thanks to Kathy Proctor and Susan Orr for making the bows. And thanks to CL Overman for helping me hang them. CL you are still the best BOW FLUFFER south of the Mason Dixon.

This morning the Alcoa Hwy Beautification Council was invited to speak at the Knox Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) in the City County building.  This group is made up of city & county mayors from Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Sevier Counties in addition to a variety of other representatives.  We presented our landscape plans for the Phase I portion of the Alcoa Hwy expansion project, with which all of you are very familiar.

The TPO told us before the meeting that they DO NOT endorse community projects.  We asked them to endorse ours anyway.

They thoughtfully listened to the presentation and asked great questions.  Then they voted to endorse the project, not just for the portion that is under construction right now outside our doors, but for the ENTIRE Alcoa Hwy Corridor – Knoxville to Blount County.  A number of mayors asked for copies of the presentation to educate their constituents also.

This is the first, but important, step in acquiring the needed $330,000 for the initial installation of the landscape.  City and county budgets are developed through the winter and voted on in the late spring.

But none of this would have happened without the support of this great neighborhood, our garden clubs, our sister neighborhood organizations on both sides of the highway and you.

Thank you so much!