Author: Dana Sheffield

Haw River Happenings

Town of Haw River
PO Box 103
Haw River , NC 27258

Haw River Fire Department asks its citizens to help
“KEEP THE WREATH GREEN”
As the holiday season approaches, the Haw River Fire Department wants to remind citizens to help do their part in preventing deadly home fires and help us “Keep the Wreath Green”. Beginning Monday, November 25th, the Haw River Fire Department will display an illuminated wreath on the front of the Haw River Town Hall. This wreath will begin the holiday season filled with green lights. For each residential fire that occurs in the Haw River Fire District through New Year’s Day, a green bulb will be replaced with a red one. Our hope is that the citizens will help us “Keep the Wreath Green” all season long. With the hectic holiday season, it is easy for families to become complacent about fire safety. With the additional use of fireplaces, decorative lighting, live Christmas trees, and the burning of candles, the risk of fire in homes increases.
To prevent these holiday fires, and to help “Keep the Wreath Green”, the Haw River Fire Department offers these holiday safety tips:
Choose holiday decorations carefully, using only those made of flame-resistant, flame-retardant, or non-combustible materials.
Keep candles away from decorations or other combustible materials and NEVER leave candles unattended.
Use only lights listed by an independent testing laboratory, such as Underwriter’s Laboratories, and pay close attention to the manufacturer’s instructions for use.
Closely inspect all holiday lighting before use to ensure all wires, bulbs and connections are in a safe condition. Discard any lights with exposed wires, broken insulation, cracked or missing bulbs, or other defects.
Avoid the use of drop cords to operate holiday lights, or any other appliance.
Turn off all holiday lights, and extinguish all candles when leaving home.
When choosing a live Christmas tree, look for signs of freshness by lightly pulling branches through your closed fist. Fresh trees should retain their needles during this test. Immediately place the tree in water and keep the tree watered while in the house. Keep a close check on the dryness of the tree and remove the tree when needles easily fall off. Don’t locate Christmas trees near heat ducts, open flames, or in front of doors or windows that might be needed as a means of escape from your home.
When preparing holiday meals, be diligent and don’t become preoccupied by guests, or other holiday distractions. While cooking, keep combustibles, children and pets away from cooking appliances.
If entertaining at your home, always check on, between and under cushions, and inside trash cans for cigarette butts that might be left smoldering.
10. Ensure there is a working smoke alarm on each level of your home and practice fire escape plans with all family members and holiday guests.
Our hope is that during the 2019 Holiday season we will be successful in preventing fire and avoiding tragedy in our community. Please help us “Keep the Wreath Green!”

www.townofhawriver.com

2019
Happenings Fall 2013

October, 2019

Important Phone Numbers:
Town Hall 578-0784
Public Works 578-5238
Parks & Recreation 578-5600
Fire Dept. 578-1355
Police Dept. 578-4141
Emergency 911

Inside this issue:

Haw River Fire Dept. / Keep the Wreath Green” Greegreen”	1
Haw River Police	2
Mason Lovette Concert	2
Fats’s Oils and Grease	3
Holiday trash / recycle dates	3
Reminders	4

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Haw River Happenings

On 10/19/2019, the Haw River Police Department hosted the 4th Annual Haw River Trail Run for Special Olympics Alamance. Runners headed to Red Slide Park and ran along the banks of the river on the Haw River Trail / Mountains-to-Sea Trail. The run was spearheaded by Asst. Chief Scott Thomas and Officer Art Bonaker
The event raises funds for Special Olympics Alamance which will be used to provide uniforms and transportation for the athletes of Special Olympics Alamance. Special Olympics Alamance serves nearly 400 adult and child athletes with developmental disabilities in Alamance County. This years event raised over $4,400 with over 100 runners.
The Haw River Police Department is assisted by multiple other agencies in conducting the Annual Haw River Trail Run.

THE MASON LOVETTE
BAND PERFORMED A FREE
CONCERT FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS BESIDE
HAW RIVER TOWN HALL
ON OCTOBER 17TH.

In August, the Haw River Police Department hosted their second National Night Out. Neighbors from Henry’s Farm & Keck Road turned out to enjoy free hot dogs and drinks, music, and entertainment for their children. National Night Out is about meeting neighbors and getting to know the officers that serve their neighborhoods.
Between April 1st and Sept. 30th, the department made a combined 71 arrests, issued 327 traffic citations and worked in conjunction with E.M.S. & Fire on 121 calls for assistance.
The department, through the N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program received 2 breath test units. uuunits.units .dash

DON’T FEED THE GREASE GOBLIN!!

DO:
Pour oil & grease in collection containers.
Remove oil & grease from utensils, equipment & food preparation areas with towels & scrapers.
Put food scraps in collection containers.
Keep grease out of wash water .
DO NOT:
Pour grease & oils down the drain.
Use hot water to rinse grease off the surfaces.
Wash fryers, griddles, pots, pans and plates with water until grease and oil have been removed.

The Secret Life of Grease:

After grease travels down the drain, it is washed into the plumbing system.
Grease sticks to the insides of the sewer causing build-up.
Eventually, it can block the entire piping
causing:
Raw sewage overflow into your home, neighborhood, yard, or street
Expensive clean-up
Potential contact with disease-causing organ- isms

How Can YOU
Prevent Stormwater
Pollution?
Don’t over water. Use drip irrigation, soaker hoses or micro-spray systems.
Use curbside yard waste recycling or take clippings to landfill for composting.
Don’t fertilize or apply chemicals near ditches, streams or water bodies.

RECYCLE
Oct. 29
Nov. 12 26
Dec. 10 24 (Please note this is Christmas Eve)
TRASH
Dec. 24 (Please note this is Christmas Eve)
2020 Recycle schedules are available soon at Town Hall.
*PLEASE HAVE ITEMS CURBSIDE THE NIGHT BEFORE*
IF INCLEMENT WEATHER EXISTS, PLEASE LEAVE
TRASH / RECYCLES CURBSIDE UNTIL TRUCK COMES.
PLEASE MAKE SURE CONTAINERS ARE AT LEAST 4 FT.
AWAY FROM CARS, MAILBOXES & PHONE POLES.

Town of Haw River
PO Box 103
Haw River , NC 27258

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336-578-0784
EMAIL: mswing@townofhawriver.com
VISIT: townofhawriver.com

Wishing you the best of Holidays from the Town of Haw River.

REMINDERS

REFLECTIVE ADDRESS SIGNS:
Reflective address signs are available from the Haw River Fire Dept. Call 578-1355 to order yours.
Prices: Large $15.00 / Small $7.50 Post $3.00
OFFICIAL PAYMENTS:
Utility and rental payments can be made by telephone at
1-800-272-9829 On-line at www.OfficialPayments.com.
Use Jurisdiction Code 3962 and your account number.
Other on-line payment services are not authorized by Town of Haw River.
2019 HAW RIVER LICENSE TAGS:
Limited edition tags are available at the Town Hall for only $2.00. A small quantity of plates are still available.:
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:
Town Hall will be closed:
Thanksgiving, November 28th &29th
Christmas, December 24th, 25th & 26th
New Years Day, Jan. 1st
Santa will be making his appearance in Haw River on Saturday, December 14th. Santa’s sled, Tanker #43 has been retired and sold. But don’t worry, Santa will still be visiting the naughty & the nice! Stay tuned to the Town website & Haw River Fire Facebook for updated times and details.