With a goal to improve the overall safety and security conditions at our front entryway, your Admirals Landing Board has approved a project designed to meet these needs.

This project has two parts. First, make certain changes to our landscaping as we remove the large, overgrown pear trees in the center island. At present, these trees block site lines as you prepare to leave and enter our neighborhood. Secondly, the installation of a double-light, elevated security lamp on top of the 10′ high brick column on the north end of the center island.

This solution should greatly improve driver visibility as vehicles leave from or arrive to our neighborhood at 86th Street—particularly when it’s dark. An added bonus of removing the current trees is that they won’t block the new light path that will be cast over the entryway center island, thereby getting full usage of this new light source.

The Bradford Pear trees will be replaced with 8′ (approximate height) slower growth spruce trees. Our hope is that this entire front entryway project, with improved safety at its core, will actually create a more visually appealing entrance to your neighborhood that even during the daytime, may even appear larger and more open.

The project will commence this week and barring anything unforeseen, we expect to have it completed before the Daylight Savings Time change takes place on Sunday, November 1.

As our contractors begin the work of tree removal, disposal and replacement, as well as the lighting installation, please be mindful of them and exercise caution as you enter and leave our neighborhood. The speed limit is still 25 MPH in our neighborhood.

Visit our ‘Events’ page for newly added Admirals Landing neighborhood events!

Mark your calendars now for Tuesday, November 10th. More details soon so please check back.

Join us for the inaugural Admirals Landing Cornhole Tournament Championship on Saturday, August 15th, 2009. This is a one-day,
double-elimination tourney, so you won’t want to miss this exciting event.

Admirals Landing Cornhole Championship
Saturday, August 15th, 2009

What: Double Elimination Cornhole Tournament Championship

When: Games Begin at 4:00 PM

Where: Admirals Landing Tennis Courts

Tournament Rules

• Players must be age 12 or older
• Teams consist of 2 players ~ Each team must have at least one player who is a resident of Admirals Landing
• Blind draw to start tournament
• Each game to 21 (must win by two points)
• Best 2 games out of 3 to win each match
• Lose 2 matches and your team is eliminated

Important Stuff to Know

• This is a FREE tournament open to all Admirals Landing residents age 12 and older
• Bring your own beverages
• Coveted trophy, select prizes and Cornhole glory for the winners

Get Entered

• Email your team name and roster to tournament founder and steward, Matt Hubbard. Click here to send.

***Team entries are due by Thursday, August 13th ***

www.playcornhole.org

National Night Out in Admirals Landing

What is National Night Out? It’s America’s Night Out Against Crime!

The “26th Annual National Night Out” (NNO), a unique crime & drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), is on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. We cordially ask you and your family to be an active participant as Admirals Landing steps up and lets everyone know that our neighborhood is organized in our efforts against crime.

Last year’s National Night Out campaign involved citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from over 11,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide. In all, over 37 million people participated in NNO 2008. Let’s add to that number by having a great turnout right here in Admirals Landing.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:

• Promote community awareness and active involvement in creating safer neighborhoods;
• Generate support for and participation in local programs to prevent crime, drug abuse and violence;
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and build on our police-community partnerships;
• Sends a message to criminals letting them know that our neighborhood is organized and fighting back!

When: Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Where: Admirals Landing Pool and throughout the neighborhood
When: The event is from 5:30 PM – 11:00 PM and during that time there is an NNO meeting at the Pool from 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
Scheduled to attend: Lawrence Mayor Paul Ricketts; City of Lawrence Crime Watch Coordinator, Sgt. Tom Ashcraft; the Lawrence Police Department’s bike patrol, K-9, SWAT vehicle, motorcycle patrol and Lawrence Fire Department fire engines and firefighters.

Please join in making Admirals Landing a safer neighborhood!

What Else Can I Do?

• Make certain that your outdoor lights are in proper working order and that your home’s windows and doors are secure.
• Review the Admirals Landing Crime Watch page from our ALHOA website, for relevant, common sense tips about keeping your home and neighborhood safe from crime.
• Talk with your children, family, friends and neighbors about the importance of being aware and observant of their surroundings.

Then on Tuesday August 4th, help create a heightened sense of awareness and neighborhood spirit by joining us at the Pool from 6:00 – 8:00 PM to meet with the ALHOA Crime Watch Chair, Susan Kehlenbrink, Lawrence Mayor Paul Ricketts, Crime Watch Coordinator Tom Ashcraft and other public safety officials.

Additionally, during NNO we encourage you to do the following:

• Turn your front porch lights on at 5:30 PM and keep them on all night long.
• After dark and in small groups, take a “flashlight walk” through our neighborhood.
• Look for front yard lamps that aren’t on, open garage doors, cars on driveways with the windows down or unlocked, and anything else that could lead to a “crime of opportunity”.
• If a yard lamp is out, leave a note in the mailbox.
• Should a garage door appear to have been left open or a car has the windows down or appears unlocked, ring the door bell and let your neighbor know of this.

Be vigilant and get involved. It’s your neighborhood!

City of Lawrence Trash Pickup

2009 Schedule

Holiday	Date	Service	Pickup Date
New Years Day	Thu, Jan 01	No Pickup	Fri, Jan 02
Martin Luther King Jr. Day**	Mon, Jan 19	No Pickup	Tue, Jan 20
Presidents Day**	Mon, Feb 16	No Pickup	Tue, Feb 17
Good Friday	Fri, Apr 10	No Pickup	Mon, Apr 13
Memorial Day**	Mon, May 25	No Pickup	Tue, May 26
Independence Day	Fri, Jul 03	No Pickup	Mon, Jul 06
Labor Day	Mon, Sep 07	No Pickup	Tue, Sep 08
Columbus Day**	Mon, Oct 12	No Pickup	Tue, Oct 13
Veterans Day**	Wed, Nov 11	No Pickup	Thu, Nov 12
Thanksgiving Day**	Thu, Nov 26	No Pickup	Mon, Nov 30
Friday after Thanksgiving**	Fri, Nov 27	No Pickup	Tue, Dec 01
Christmas Day**	Fri, Dec 25	No Pickup	Mon, Dec 28
New Years Day	Fri, Jan 01	No Pickup	Mon, Jan 04

** Denotes Holiday

Heavy Trash Pickup

Heavy trash will be taken with your residential trash on the 1^st trash pickup day each month. On your scheduled heavy trash pick-up day, you will be allowed up to 5 bags of trash and up to 2 heavy trash Items. Throughout the rest of the month you will be allowed to set out up to 6 bags of trash.

Eligible for Collection

• Furniture, Bicycles, Disassembled Swing Sets and other Large Toys
• Household Appliances: Refrigerators, Stoves, etc…
• Tree Limbs and Shrubbery tied In 3 Foot bundles no more than 3 feet around
• Up To 2 Automobile Tires BUT ONLY IF CUT INTO FOUR PIECES ALL THE SAME SIZE

Ineligible for Collection

• Construction or Demolition Debris: Concrete, Bricks, Cinder Blocks, Plaster, Roofing, etc.
• Dirt, Sod, Sand
• Paint Containers
• Auto Batteries
• Steel Fence Posts
• Gas Tank
• Oil Tank
• Car Parts

Questions or Problems?

If you have any problems with your trash pickup, please contact the Mayor’s Action Center for assistance.

City of Lawrence Recycling Program

The City of Lawrence provides bi-weekly curbside recycling pickup. This section contains detailed information about curbside recycling, ToxDrops, recycling for businesses, and recycling drop-off sites for residents.

2009 Recycle Schedule (90k PDF)

Curbside Collection for Residential Customers

Each private residence served by the City of Lawrence Sanitation Department may participate in the recycling program. To participate, simply take a large plastic trash container or any other type of sturdy container, mark it “Recycle” in large letters with permanent marker or paint, and use it as your recycling bin. Recycling containers should be set apart from your trash so that our city collectors don’t confuse the two.

The following list contains the items that may be placed in your bin.

• # 1 plastics – such as soda bottles, cooking oil bottles, peanut butter containers
• #2 plastics – such as milk jugs & detergent bottles  Glass jars & bottles – clear, brown & green
• Aluminum beverage containers
• Steel beverage & food containers
• Newspapers & magazines
• Corrugated cardboard & press board such as cereal boxes (Please flatten all boxes)
• Newspapers, magazines, junk mail & white paper. All of these items are to be bundled & tied or placed in brown paper bogs that are then to be set on top of all other items in your bin – to keep items from flying out of your bins on windy days.

Please remove lids from plastics and glass containers and rinse all containers so as not to attract insects or animals.

Recycling is picked up on normal trash days, every other week. The recycling calendar can be picked up at the Lawrence Government Building.

Bins are the property of the City of Lawrence and should be left with a residential property when occupancy changes.

Yard Waste Composting

Between Oct. 1 & Nov. 31 clean yard waste can be left at the curb for composting. Please use recyclable paper yard waste bags -available at most grocery & hardware stores

Apartment, Condo and Mobile Home Dwellers

If you would like to recycle and your neighborhood is not served by the City you can drop your recyclables off at the Marsh parking lot at Oaklandon and Fox Road, or the Kroger parking lot at Pendleton Pike and Sunnyside.

Recyclables accepted at these sites include:

• # 1 plastics – such as soda bottles, cooking oil bottles, peanut butter containers
• #2 plastics – such as milk jugs & detergent bottles
• Glass jars & bottles – clear, brown & green
• Aluminum beverage containers
• Steel beverage & food containers
• Newspapers & magazines 

ToxDrops

Materials may be dropped off between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month at the IMPD Training Facility located at:

9049 East 10th St.

For more information on ToxDrop, call: 317.327.4TOX (4869)

Acceptable Household Hazardous Waste

Adhesives
Aerosol Cans
Air Fresheners
Ammonia
Asbestos Tile
Bathroom Cleaners
Brake Fluid
Button Batteries
Carpet Cleaners
Chlorine Bleach
Detergents
Fire Extinguishers
Floor Wax
Fluorescent Light Tubes
Furniture Polish
Gasoline
Glues
Herbicides
Household Batteries
Insecticides
Lead Acid Batteries
Lighter Fluid
Mercury
Metal Cleaners
Moth Crystals
Motor Oil, Used
Oven Cleaners
Paints
Paint Strippers
Paint Thinners
Permanent Markers
Pesticides
Plant Food
Pool Chemicals
Propane Tanks (< 20 lbs.)
Rat Poisons
Rock Salt
Soaps
Shoe Polish
Stain Removers
Solvents
Thermometers
Thermostats
Transmission Fluid
Upholstery Cleaners
Wood Preservatives
Wood Stains
Wood Varnishes

Acceptable Electronic Items

CPUs
Keyboards
Mice and Joy Stick Controllers
Modems
Printers
Monitors
Scanners
Gaming Accessories
UPS’s (external power supply)
Laptop PCs
External Tape and Disk Drives
Hard Drives
PC Cards and Circuit Boards
PC Speakers and Microphones
USB Devices
Cellular Telephones