Date: January 15th 2010

Westbury NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - 1/15/2010

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We hope everyone is having a great Winter! Here's what's happening in Westbury...

Topics in this edition include:
** Reminder to Remit 2010 Dues
** 2010 Directory Update Form
** Westbury Needs Social Committee Leadership
** Johns Creek Relay For Life
** Waste Management Holiday Schedule for 2010
** 2010 Bus Stop Guidelines
** Criminal Activity in Windgate Last Night


** Reminder to Remit 2010 Dues
2010 Invoices were postal mailed in late November. Please contact us at accounting@westburyhoa.org if you did not receive an invoice. Please pay dues by January 31 to avoid late fees. Thank you in advance for your prompt payment.


** 2010 Directory Update Form
Please make sure we have your updated information for Westbury's 2010 Directory. If you need to send in any updates please print this form at http://westburyhoa.org/updateform.pdf then drop it in our mailbox at 505 Sheringham Lane. Directory goes off to print in early February so please send in directory updates by January 31, 2010.


** Westbury Needs Social Committee Leadership
Tammy Adler has stepped down from leading the social committee after heading it up for nine years. Thank you to Tammy for your help with Westbury's social activities for so many years. We appreciate it.

If you are interested in Westbury having social activities in 2010, we need a handful of you to coordinate social events for this year. We would like to see a number of co-chairs share the responsibility instead of just one person managing the entire committee. Westbury's Board is only three members this year and so if there is going to be a social calendar this year, we will need your help. No major time commitment is required. If we can get a handful of you to help, it will make the time commitment much smaller for everyone.
Please contact us by January 31, 2010 at board@westburyhoa.org if you would like to help plan this year's social calendar. The committee will meet in February.


** Johns Creek Relay For Life
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life is being held in Johns Creek this year on April 16 and 17th. For more information please click:
http://www.johnscreekrelayforlife.org


** Waste Management Holiday Schedule for 2010

New Year's Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
Day After New Year's Day Open
Martin Luther King Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
Memorial Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
Independence Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
Labor Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
Thanksgiving Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
Day after Thanksgiving Day Open
Day before Christmas Open
Christmas Day Closed, pick up delayed 1 day
New Year's Eve Open


** 2010 Bus stop Guidelines
We have received a handful of complaints from homeowners that many of you have either forgotten or are ignoring Westbury's Bus stop Guidelines.

Please be reminded it is prohibited to:
- Park anywhere on the pool side of Sheringham for elementary school drop-off or pickup.
- Park in or turn around in anyone's driveway's (that are not your own) at the front of the subdivision for middle or high school drop-off or pickup.
- Park at or around the guardhouse for middle or high school drop-off or pickup.

For detailed information please review the following with your entire family and visiting guests:
http://westburyhoa.org/updateform.pdf

Violators are subject to a $100 fine without prior warning. Thank you for your understanding.


** Criminal Activity in Windgate Last Night
There was criminal activity in our neighboring subdivision, Windgate last night..

Date: 1/15/2010
From Mark Zana, board member who lives on Ashwind Trace east of Windbrooke Way:
"My next door neighbors had their house broken into this evening at 8:00 pm, while their teenage daughter was home alone upstairs. Luckily, they have two dogs who scared the guy off minutes after he entered their back door, but minutes later someone attempted to get into our house while my daughter was home with a babysitter. He kicked at my front door and then went around to the back door (unless there were two people). Our babysitter took our daughter and hid in an upstairs closet before calling me (I was at the tennis courts) and then the police. This all happened within minutes after I left my house and my neighbor's mother left her house, as if someone had seen us leave.

Thankfully nobody was hurt and nothing was damaged or stolen, but this was a pretty brazen attempt. Our neighbor only saw one man from behind as he was running out her back door, but he was dressed in jeans, a black sweatshirt, gloves and a black knitted beanie cap. She described him as well over six feet tall and heavily built, but didn't see his face and couldn't tell his skin color. My daughter and our babysitter only saw a silhouette of a man on our deck, it was too dark to get a description but they thought he had a navy blue or black sweatshirt on. The John's Creek police were here in minutes, they got to my house just minutes after I did, and did a thoroughly professional job. They mentioned that given the economy these types of incidents are on the rise in this area and that the perpetrators are mostly looking for cash and jewelry, small things they can carry in their pockets."

Johns Creek Police Department offers these suggestions to help prevent break-ins around your home:

• Always keep your garage doors closed.
• Keep your doors and windows locked, especially when someone is home alone.
• Use your exterior lighting throughout the night. If a nearby street light is not functioning normally, contact Sawnee EMC to report it. Thieves do not want to be seen!
• ALWAYS call the police at the first sign of suspicious behavior. With your help we can make Johns Creek an un-inviting place for criminal activity and criminals.
• Remove all valuables from your vehicles, or at least from view, when parked in driveways or public places.
• When hiding items such as GPS and MP3 devices, also remove the holders from the windshield and cords used to plug them in. Otherwise, thieves know the devices are probably in the glove compartment.
• Keep cars in the driveway and off the street.
Criminal activity increases during tough economic times. These are tough economic times. We must all be more vigilant to keep our neighborhoods safe.


That's all for this update.. Keep your garage doors closed!

If you need anything, contact us via board@westburyhoa.org.