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City of Highland
Weekly Report
August 27, 2010
Highland Improvement Team Welcomes
Lowe’s Heroes and New Volunteers
Volunteer Services
Public Services
LOWE’S
HEROES
joins
the
HIGHLAND IMPROVEMENT TEAM! Several
Lowe’s employees and their family members
volunteered at Saturday’s Highland Improvement
Team (HIT) cleanup. All their hard work really
paid off, as we were able to complete this large
cleanup project all in one morning. Also helping
the HIT Team on Saturday was a brand new
volunteer! Everyone did a fantastic job…Thank
you all!
Labor Day Holiday Trash Pickup.
Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. and Cal Disposal
Co. Inc. will be closed on Monday, September 6,
2010 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Therefore, trash pick up will be delayed by one
day. Your regularly scheduled service will resume
the following day. Please keep in mind that your
street sweeping services will also be delayed one
day.
In addition to volunteering, Lowe’s has
generously donated equipment, supplies and
water to the Highland Improvement Team. All
the donations are much appreciated and will
definitely be put to good use. The Highland
Improvement Team looks forward to working
with Lowe’s again. Thank You LOWE”S HEROES!
New volunteers and potential new members are
always welcome. If you are interested in
participating or require more information, please
contact Volunteer Services at 909-864-6861
extension 203.
Should you have any questions regarding the
holiday delay with collection services, please
contact:
►Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. at (909) 8891969
►Cal Disposal Co. Inc. at (909) 885-1023
►City of Highland, Public Services Coordinator,
Andrea Saavedra at (909) 864-8732 ext 271.
Library News
Adult craft turns shoe boxes into
treasure boxes! Give new life to old shoe boxes
by turning them into a handy container for all
those little trinkets you collect. The Highland
Environmental Education Coalition (HEEC) and
the Highland Environmental Learning Center are
pleased to present Creative Crafts for Adults,
“Shoe Box, Treasure Box” on Saturday,
September 04, 2010 at 10:00 am in the
Children’s Program Room. Patrons are
encouraged to bring their own shoe
box
with
lid (attached or
unattached) and learn how to
transform that old shoe box into a
fancy new re-usable treasure chest.
Great for gifts or storing candles, jewelry,
scrap booking supplies and much more!
For more information, please contact Lauren
Bergh at the Highland Sam J. Racadio Library
and Environmental Learning Center at (909) 4254706 or [email protected].
Highland literacy coalition brings
children’s author to library. International
Literacy Day is September 8, 2010 and to
celebrate the Highland Literacy Coalition is
hosting Mary Skillings Prigger, a local children’s
author who is also a professor at California
State University San Bernardino. She has
written two beloved books by children titled
“Aunt Minnie McGranahan” and “Aunt Minnie
and the Twister”.
Adults and families are encouraged to attend
this wonderful opportunity to meet such a
wonderful local children’s author at the Sam J
Racadio Library and Environmental Learning
Center located at 7863 Central Ave Highland CA,
92346 at 6:30 PM in the community room. This
program is free and open to the public. Please
visit the library and check out what exciting new
technology that we have available to help
learners read funded by the Highland Literacy
Coalition!
Public Works
Graffiti Report. During the period of
8/12/10 - 8/24/10, graffiti known to Public
Works staff, by the following means, was
removed: Reported to Hotline: Messina/Cole,
Palmview e/o Parkview, Greenspot (Stator Bros.),
7257 Sterling, YMCA, 27111 Millar, 7626
Elmwood, 7448 Cunningham, Millar/Orange,
7272
Newcomb,
Atlantic/Boulder,
Streater/Kristin; Reported by Staff: 7396
Guthrie, 7350 Guthrie, across from 7814
Central; Routine Observation by Public Works:
Guthrie s/o Guthrie, Sterling n/o 9th,
Union/Elmwood, 5th/Central, Palm/9th, Sterling
s/o Base Line, Sterling to Byron, Lynwood , Base
Line w/o Osbun, Base Line e/o Del Rose Ave.,
Church s/o Sutherland, 7817 Church Ave.,
Church Ave. s/o Temple, 7551 Church, 7531
Church, 7521 Church, Norwood/Church Ave.,
6th/Lankershim, Pacific w/o Olive, Fire Station
#3, 9th e/o Del Rosa Dr., 26022 9th, Central s/o
13th, Clifton/Orange, Seeley ct./Base Line, Base
Line w/o Valaria, LMD #16, 7832 Church Ave.,
Main St., 5th St. at City Creek, w/o
Rockford/Western,
14th
e/o
Victoria,
Reedy/Messina, 26677 6th, Cole Elementary
School, Orange/Nona, Orange St. overpass n/o
Millar, 26494 9th, Cole/13th, Orange/14th, 14th to
Stratford, Fisher/Orange, Orange to Stratford,
Mira Vista/Base Line, 26032 Cypress, 27175
Cypress, Lankershim/McKinley, Lankershim/6th,
27120 9th, Palm/Pacific, Palm/9th, 25646 Base
Line, 25530 6th St., Pacific/Church Ave.,
Orange/Pacific,
Palm
n/o
CypresstoNorwood,Central/Cypress,Cypress/Vic
-toria, 266111 Cypress, 26148 Cypress, 26227
Cypress,
26651
Cypress,
Valaria/9th,
th
th
9 /McKinley,25560 6 , Cypress/Peacock.
Mark Your Calendar
Monday, August 30, 2010
5pm to 6pm - Blood Drive Committee
Recruitment Meeting, Jerry Lewis Community
Center – 7793 Central Avenue
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
4pm - Public Nuisance Hearing Board Special
Meeting, Donahue Council Chambers
Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day Holiday - City Offices are closed
Meeting, Donahue Council Chambers
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
6pm - Planning Commission Regular Meeting,
Donahue Council Chambers
Thursday, September 9, 2010
5pm - Community Trails Committee Regular
Meeting, Donahue Council Chambers
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
6pm – City Council Regular Meeting, Donahue
Council Chambers
6pm - Planning Commission Regular Meeting,
Donahue Council Chambers
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
6pm – City Council Regular Meeting, Donahue
Council Chambers
Assembled by: Elena Rodrigues
Saturday, September 18, 2010
8:00 am to 12 noon - Highland Improvement
Team Clean Up, Meet at City Hall – 27215
Baseline
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
6pm - Planning Commission Regular Meeting,
Donahue Council Chambers
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
1:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Community Blood Drive
Jerry Lewis Community Center – 7793 Central
Avenue
6pm – City Council Regular Meeting, Donahue
Council Chambers
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
6pm - Planning Commission Regular Meeting,
Donahue Council Chambers
Thursday, October 7, 2010
5pm - Historic and Cultural Preservation Board
Regular Meeting, Donahue Council Chambers
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
6pm – City Council Regular Meeting, Donahue
Council Chambers
Thursday, October 14, 2010
5pm - Community Trails Committee Regular
City of Highland
27215 Base Line
Highland, Ca 92346
(909) 864-6861
www.ci.highland.ca.us