Ladies Night Out!!!
Thursday, May 13
6:00 pm in Valley Junction (meet by the caboose)
Call Kristin at 987.9696
If we are rained out, we will relocate!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Garage Sale
Calling all neighbors! Anyone interested in participating in the Horizons Ridge garage sale, please contact Kristin Gose at 987.9696. I am trying to determine of those people interested in participating if you prefer before school is out or after school is out. Feel free to post your comments here as I will be sure to read them.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Burglary information
I received the following information from a reliable source. While I have not been able to separately confirm the information, it is still a reminder to be vigilant to be aware of your surroundings. Kristin
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I just wanted to let those of you who aren't on facebook know that we were robbed yesterday. My neighbor couldn't keep Max so I opted out of the Wheeler Boarding playdate and the kids and I hopped into the car to HyVee. We left at 9:45. At 11:30 we came home and I took the diaper bag and two grocery bags in with me. When I got to the front door it was ajar and I thought, "Darn wind!" and went in. About 10 feet into the house I realized the back sliding door and screen doors were wide open and my dog wasn't greeting me. She was barking, really going ballistic, upstairs. I called for her three times and then yelled, "I'm leaving the house now" and slammed the front door, got in the car and drove up the street and dialed 911. It took about 10 minutes to get the cops there and the checked the house. Carson, the dog, was locked in our master bath and was trying to claw her way out. Our room was trashed (and Max's nursery) and all of my jewelry is gone. All of it. I have my wedding rings (thank god) but I didn't have anything else on - not my Tiffany's stuff from my wedding, both of my grandma's heirlooms - they took it all. The sick jerks also took my lingerie.We live in Urbandale just across from Walnut Hills Elementary School - 152/Meredith. It's a really nice neighborhood and a lot of stay at home moms. The police think they were casing the street, watching, for awhile and realized I have a pretty regular schedule (we leave daily by 10 and back around noon). They could have been friendly and given Carson treats when they would case the joint so she wasn't in "stranger" mode when they came in our fenced yard. There have been a string of these robberies in the area -- mostly in Clive -- and they said they are targeting younger families, go directly upstairs, raid the master bedroom, leave the big ticket items besides jewelry, and don't take anything that can't fit in their pockets.So, be safe. Obviously a locked slider isn't going to keep them out -- install a bar so it cannot open. Also, keep your windows and doors locked - even when you are home or playing outside.We are fine, safe, and glad we weren't home. It's a nasty ordeal but we are lucky only material things were taken from our family. I just wanted to let you all know what happened and if something seems suspicious or odd, call the cops with a license plate!!!!
Here is another one.
This house is right off of hickman by the caseys in clive. Our next door neighbors have been robbed AND the people across the street from us were robbed Thursday while they were out of town. My next door neighbor was robbed while she was at a Dr. appt for less than an hour. I would say that over 10 people in my close neighborhood area have been robbed and the police have no idea who is doing it. It was very similar to yours, in and out quickly, just jewelry taken and gone. They have zero leads. We have bumped up our security system and added cameras. We feel like sitting ducks, it's awful.
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I just wanted to let those of you who aren't on facebook know that we were robbed yesterday. My neighbor couldn't keep Max so I opted out of the Wheeler Boarding playdate and the kids and I hopped into the car to HyVee. We left at 9:45. At 11:30 we came home and I took the diaper bag and two grocery bags in with me. When I got to the front door it was ajar and I thought, "Darn wind!" and went in. About 10 feet into the house I realized the back sliding door and screen doors were wide open and my dog wasn't greeting me. She was barking, really going ballistic, upstairs. I called for her three times and then yelled, "I'm leaving the house now" and slammed the front door, got in the car and drove up the street and dialed 911. It took about 10 minutes to get the cops there and the checked the house. Carson, the dog, was locked in our master bath and was trying to claw her way out. Our room was trashed (and Max's nursery) and all of my jewelry is gone. All of it. I have my wedding rings (thank god) but I didn't have anything else on - not my Tiffany's stuff from my wedding, both of my grandma's heirlooms - they took it all. The sick jerks also took my lingerie.We live in Urbandale just across from Walnut Hills Elementary School - 152/Meredith. It's a really nice neighborhood and a lot of stay at home moms. The police think they were casing the street, watching, for awhile and realized I have a pretty regular schedule (we leave daily by 10 and back around noon). They could have been friendly and given Carson treats when they would case the joint so she wasn't in "stranger" mode when they came in our fenced yard. There have been a string of these robberies in the area -- mostly in Clive -- and they said they are targeting younger families, go directly upstairs, raid the master bedroom, leave the big ticket items besides jewelry, and don't take anything that can't fit in their pockets.So, be safe. Obviously a locked slider isn't going to keep them out -- install a bar so it cannot open. Also, keep your windows and doors locked - even when you are home or playing outside.We are fine, safe, and glad we weren't home. It's a nasty ordeal but we are lucky only material things were taken from our family. I just wanted to let you all know what happened and if something seems suspicious or odd, call the cops with a license plate!!!!
Here is another one.
This house is right off of hickman by the caseys in clive. Our next door neighbors have been robbed AND the people across the street from us were robbed Thursday while they were out of town. My next door neighbor was robbed while she was at a Dr. appt for less than an hour. I would say that over 10 people in my close neighborhood area have been robbed and the police have no idea who is doing it. It was very similar to yours, in and out quickly, just jewelry taken and gone. They have zero leads. We have bumped up our security system and added cameras. We feel like sitting ducks, it's awful.
Ice Cream Social
Tonight, Tuesday (Sept. 8), is the Horizon's Ridge Ice Cream Social. Please join us at the park. The event will run from 6:30 until 7:30.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Press Release
On 8-23-09 shortly after 11:00 a.m. Waukee Police Department received a call on the Crimestoppers line regarding a white male in his early twenties, with long, light brown hair, driving a gold colored Bronco/SUV type vehicle in the 2100 block of SE Olson Drive.
The male attempted to lure a young female (7-years of age) into his vehicle. The male told the young girl that he needed her help finding his lost dog and told her to get into the vehicle. The girl ran inside and told her parents. Before approaching her, the male had driven by a couple of times while the girl was playing in front of her home.
If you have any additional information or see a vehicle/driver matching the description noted, please call the Waukee Police Department at 515-987-1073 during business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or Dallas County Dispatch after hours at 515-993-4567.
The male attempted to lure a young female (7-years of age) into his vehicle. The male told the young girl that he needed her help finding his lost dog and told her to get into the vehicle. The girl ran inside and told her parents. Before approaching her, the male had driven by a couple of times while the girl was playing in front of her home.
If you have any additional information or see a vehicle/driver matching the description noted, please call the Waukee Police Department at 515-987-1073 during business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or Dallas County Dispatch after hours at 515-993-4567.
Press Release
On 8-23-09 shortly after 11:00 a.m. Waukee Police Department received a call on the Crimestoppers line regarding a white male in his early twenties, with long, light brown hair, driving a gold colored Bronco/SUV type vehicle in the 2100 block of SE Olson Drive.
The male attempted to lure a young female (7-years of age) into his vehicle. The male told the young girl that he needed her help finding his lost dog and told her to get into the vehicle. The girl ran inside and told her parents. Before approaching her, the male had driven by a couple of times while the girl was playing in front of her home.
If you have any additional information or see a vehicle/driver matching the description noted, please call the Waukee Police Department at 515-987-1073 during business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or Dallas County Dispatch after hours at 515-993-4567.
The male attempted to lure a young female (7-years of age) into his vehicle. The male told the young girl that he needed her help finding his lost dog and told her to get into the vehicle. The girl ran inside and told her parents. Before approaching her, the male had driven by a couple of times while the girl was playing in front of her home.
If you have any additional information or see a vehicle/driver matching the description noted, please call the Waukee Police Department at 515-987-1073 during business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or Dallas County Dispatch after hours at 515-993-4567.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Keeping safe this summer
I received the following information from a very reliable source and believe the information to be accurate. Please read below but also know that I have not personally verified this information.
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Hi there, all. You know that I'm a pretty laid-back parent, but I feel I have to pass along something that happened today, prefacing it with a conversation from this weekend:
My cousin from KC told me Saturday that the daughter of one of her friends was recently targeted by a group who were taking pictures of kids in their native environments, then posting them on a website, then if they got a BID (yes, I said BID) on a particular kid, they were poised to go back and take him/her. I know. Sick.
Just this afternoon, an SUV approached our house slowly and stopped in front. The driver was talking on the phone, then put it down, and snapped a picture of Lexx and his friend, Stephen, who were sitting on our front porch steps. Then he sped away down the circle toward Boulevard Sports. The boys came in the house and told us directly. I dialed 911 and the dispatch took all of the information (saying that they've had other similar reports), talked to the boys, and sent out a patrol car to look for the SUV and one to our house. In the meantime, I loaded the two boys up and went looking up and down our streets for the SUV -- I was going to ram him with the Hummer and ask questions later. When Stephen's dad and the police arrived, we came back home and the boys answered the officer's questions. Brandon said it might have been an assessor. So I called the Polk County offices. I learned that assessors and appraisers don't generally take photos with people in them... especially kids. Plus, the assessor's office said they had no one in our neighborhood and no one with a car fitting that description.
The boys said it was a dark silver-ish metallic SUV -- larger, like a Durango
White male with fuzzy black hair, mustache and beard, wearing a black sweatshirt
Pass this along to others in the neighborhood -- I don't have everyone's address handy and I wanted to get this out ASAP. I'm going to look into what it would take to get a Neighborhood Watch Program in place. We're in the primetime for crime: Full moon + empty wallets = crazies going crazier. We must be on the lookout.
P.S. As you know, there is some safety in numbers. I always tell Lexx and Pierce that "two is too few," but it's a heckuva lot better than one. If our kids are playing together, let's make sure they are TOGETHER.
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Hi there, all. You know that I'm a pretty laid-back parent, but I feel I have to pass along something that happened today, prefacing it with a conversation from this weekend:
My cousin from KC told me Saturday that the daughter of one of her friends was recently targeted by a group who were taking pictures of kids in their native environments, then posting them on a website, then if they got a BID (yes, I said BID) on a particular kid, they were poised to go back and take him/her. I know. Sick.
Just this afternoon, an SUV approached our house slowly and stopped in front. The driver was talking on the phone, then put it down, and snapped a picture of Lexx and his friend, Stephen, who were sitting on our front porch steps. Then he sped away down the circle toward Boulevard Sports. The boys came in the house and told us directly. I dialed 911 and the dispatch took all of the information (saying that they've had other similar reports), talked to the boys, and sent out a patrol car to look for the SUV and one to our house. In the meantime, I loaded the two boys up and went looking up and down our streets for the SUV -- I was going to ram him with the Hummer and ask questions later. When Stephen's dad and the police arrived, we came back home and the boys answered the officer's questions. Brandon said it might have been an assessor. So I called the Polk County offices. I learned that assessors and appraisers don't generally take photos with people in them... especially kids. Plus, the assessor's office said they had no one in our neighborhood and no one with a car fitting that description.
The boys said it was a dark silver-ish metallic SUV -- larger, like a Durango
White male with fuzzy black hair, mustache and beard, wearing a black sweatshirt
Pass this along to others in the neighborhood -- I don't have everyone's address handy and I wanted to get this out ASAP. I'm going to look into what it would take to get a Neighborhood Watch Program in place. We're in the primetime for crime: Full moon + empty wallets = crazies going crazier. We must be on the lookout.
P.S. As you know, there is some safety in numbers. I always tell Lexx and Pierce that "two is too few," but it's a heckuva lot better than one. If our kids are playing together, let's make sure they are TOGETHER.
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