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City to Spray Northeast of White Rock Lake

Updated Mosquito Spray Boundaries Dallas - The City of Dallas has updated the mosquito spray boundaries for Monday, August 8 and Tuesday, August 9 northeast of White Rock Lake.

The City confirmed mosquitoes collected from the area tested positive for West Nile Virus. Dead birds were also reported.

Updated Mosquito Spray Area, August 8 and August 9 City staff will spray the area between 10:30 p.m. Monday, August 8 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, August 9. The area to be sprayed is bordered on the north by Northwest Highway East, on the east by Lake Highlands Drive East and Northcliff Drive, and on the west by Peavy Road, Van Dyke Road and Classen Drive.

NOTE: Attached is a map outlining the spray area for Monday August 8 and August 9. Spraying can only be effective if winds are below 10 miles per hour. Residents in treatment areas are advised to remain indoors, keep pets inside and avoid contact with the spray. For additional information on Mosquito Control, visit the City's website at www.dallascityhall.com .

We Need Your Help to Monitor Crime in our Neighborhood

There are two more chances this year to become certified as a Volunteer in Patrol. These are the people you see driving around your neighborhood with the yellow lights. This is a completely non confrontational role where you just call in anything suspicious and help keep an eye out for the neighborhood. Crime in our neighborhood is in down because of the fantastic volunteers. You pick when you want to go, but you must first complete the safety class. You even get to tour the 911 call center and see how are city emergency system works. This fun class is presented by our local police officers. Please send an email to crimecrusher@hotmail.com to receive an application for the class.

You can either complete the class in one Saturday, or divided among three nights.


October 8 (SAT) 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. City Hall (1500 Marilla St)

Dec. 12, 13, 15 (M, T, TH) 7 – 9 p.m. NE Division (9915 E NW Hwy)

DEAD BIRDS, DEADLY DISEASE?

This is a reminder to report dead blue jays to the City of Dallas.They are tracking unexplained deaths of these birds (i.e. no visiblesigns of trauma) to help determine which neighborhoods need to havetesting of mosquitoes for the West Nile Virus.In order to test a dead bird for West Nile, the health department mustpick up the bird within hours of its death....which is kind of hard todo since the staff only works until 4:00 each day and there aren'tthat many employees available to do this. However, even if the staffcannot pick-up the bird in a timely manner to test it, they still arerecording and tracking the blue jay deaths.Call 3-1-1 or the Health Department.

AUDELIA COMMUNITY FAIR

Thursday, August 4, 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Audelia Road Branch Library

All are welcome to come to exhibit tables and meet representatives from: DART; Dallas Police Dept; Mosiac Family Services; Dallas Fire-Rescue Dept; Dallas Office of Senior Affairs; RISD; and Friends of the Library. Learn more about these organizations, their services and have any of your questions answered.

1:45 p.m. Roger Mitchell of the Senior Source/RSVP will give a presentation on budgeting/living on a fixed income

Lake Highlands Rumors

What are they building across the street? When will that building be torn down? See the link below for the latest insider information on new devlopments in Lake Highlands from the Lake Highlands Area Improvement Association.

http://www.lhaia.org/Rumors.php