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Raccoon Invasion
Hello everyone,
We wanted to let you know what we have been dealing with over here on Tall Pine. Over the course of several nights, we had years worth of landscaping efforts destroyed that amounts to thousands of dollars wasted. We installed motion activated lights over the weekend, and were shocked and dismayed when they revealed no less than 10 marauding raccoons (probably more) digging through mulch, trenching along hardscape, and pulling out plants from midnight until 5 am. Basically, in a few nights, the raccoons have decimated 100s of square feet of land. After realizing the severity of the problem, we are forced to spend more money to hire wildlife professionals in an attempt to trap and relocate the raccoons before we even think about repairing the damage. We spoke to some of our neighbors about the problem, and it has come to our attention that some individuals in our neighborhood are intentionally feeding raccoons!!! Yes, they can be cute, but they can be very destructive, both to soft and hard landscaping. More importantly, these are wild animals and should be treated as such. They are a primary vector of rabies and other diseases that can be transmitted to both humans and pets. The pack that invaded our yard showed little fear of our lights or attempts by us to scare them away. Please, if you are luring and feeding raccoons, or know a neighbor who is, we strongly recommend that this practice be stopped before our problem extends beyond our yard to yours.
Thanks,
Scott and Annette Engel
Tall Pine Ln.
Security Product
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Need a garage
I need to rent one stall of a garage in which to store my pristine 1996 Lexus coupe. This is a totally modern car that does not produce any odor or leak any oil or other fluids. I have a fitted cover that is on the car at all times when not in use. Last fall acorns pitted the car’s exterior, though the cover was on. The damage is repaired, and the acorns will soon be coming back! I would like to store it close to home. Please call Mark Hill. 3600 Montlake Drive. 573.1626.
News
Dear Neighbors-
Just a few newsworthy items:
1) We still don’t have a nominee for President for the next two-year term of officers/directors. Please let me, or any of our other officers, know if you are interested or if you know another person who has agreed to run for that office. As you might imagine, it will be hard to continue our association without a President.
2) Our next general meeting is Tuesday, September 22, at 7 PM.
3) The other County neighborhood fighting a cell tower – Fountain City – lost the MPC decision yesterday on a 8-5 vote. They put up a good fight, but the cell tower company, Branch, prevailed. Their community didn’t have quite the number of guideline violations that our neighborhood had, although they were a strictly residential community also. I understand they will appeal to the City Council.
4) Remember that to make sure your “all neighborhood” e-mails get to everyone, you need to log in to our site and post a message under the FORUM tab. To respond to a message, you must also respond to the message within the site (click on the message link in the original message.) We’ve had a lot of messages (lost pets, etc.) going to the “administrator” only. Our webmaster is Clay AAlders, if you have any questions.
Have a good rest of the Summer!
John Haynes
Need a house cleaning person
We are looking for a person to clean our house on a weekly basis. Really don’t want to deal with a total stranger. We would cherish a referral from our neighbors. Call or text 679-1970 or email orr.forrest@gmail.com.
Thanks, Forrest Orr
2025 W. Velmetta Circle
Fountain City Cell Tower
Fountain City is fighting a Branch cell tower, much as we did. They have created an on-line petition against their tower, which they have asked us to sign, if we wish. Here is their note:
“Would you and the Lakemoor Hills group be willing to sign and share our petition for T-Mobile to stop building cell towers in residential neighborhoods? http://tiny.cc/stoptmobile ”
It’s easy to participate, if you wish.
Brush and Wood Removal Project Completed with many Thanks
As you drive through the neighborhood, please appreciate the hard work of the Knox County Inmate Services, their fine deputy, Mike Dowell and the many volunteers who helped make it happen. Between July 29-31, multiple sites of chainsawed logs and removal of huge brush piles were completed by 9-10 inmates and their deputy. The County Inmate Services provided truck, trailer, fuel, equipment, water and this team of hard-working individuals. They worked from 8:30 each morning, stopping only for lunch, finishing around 4:15 on Friday.
Many Thanks go to:
Mr. Ivan Harmon, who made it possible to schedule this service for our neighborhood.
Deputy Mike Dowell, who worked side by side with the inmates or “his boys”, not asking them to work any more than he did himself.
Randy Kerns, Chair of the Project and Jim Gray, Associate Chair, who secured the services, mapped out the many sites and roads for work, secured an off-site location for proper disposal of debris and followed the project through to completion.
Cindy Klassen, Ann Graf, Geri Mulligan, Linda Haynes and Sharon Gerkin, who contributed food, time and talents to each day’s lunch.
Dick Graf, Homeowner’s President, for meeting at lunch each day with the team of workers.
Lake Hills Presbyterian Church for allowing us to use their facilities during the time for lunch.
Now we are asking you to show your appreciation in two distinct ways:
First, we ask you to give a DONATION to the Homeowner’s Association to help defray the cost of this project. It would cost thousands of dollars by a commercial company to have completed the same tasks. It benefits all the neighbors who live here since the natural beauty will be displayed rather than piles of debris.
Second, we are asking EVERYONE, please, do NOT cut brush or wood to pile on a vacant lot along our roads. The Beautification Committee is committed to keeping our roadways litter and brush-free, with everyone’s help.
Thank you,
Sharon W. Gerkin, Beautification Committee Chair
Fountain City Cell Tower
Fountain City’s neighborhood is fighting the same battle against a Branch cell tower that we did. They have asked any of us who would be at the August MPC meeting to wear one of their “Protect Knox Neighborhood” hats at the meeting (they will be available there – see Carrera Romanini or Kelly Ellenburg) if we could.
They also sent along this link to show they are getting press, too. http://wate.com/2015/07/22/
Knoxville Neighborhood News
Knoxville Neighborhood Advisory – Vol. 8, No. 26 – Tuesday July 28, 2015
PDF Version: http://bit.ly/NeighborhoodNewsletterVol8No26
- Lindbergh Forest Forms a New Neighborhood Association
- Edgewood Park Elects Pallesen as President
- Neighborhood Directory Updated: Please Check Your Listing
- Testify on Blighted Properties at Meeting This Week
- Neighborhood and Government Calendar
LHHA meeting, Tuesday, July 28 is cancelled!
All residents of Lakemoor Hills,
The meeting that had been scheduled at the church at 7 PM on Tuesday, July 28 is cancelled. Since the projected cell tower in our neighborhood has been cancelled, we decided to cancel the meeting. We are so grateful for the efforts made by so many to reject this planned cell tower. Thank you! No meeting Tuesday night!
Charlie Mulligan on behalf of Dick Graf