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October 2015
Don’t Be a Victim
Often, break-ins are crimes of opportunity, meaning that the offense occurs simply because a door was left unlocked. To avoid being a victim of theft, don’t leave valuables - this includes loose change and cash - in plain view. And before you turn in for the night, lock your car, shed and exterior doors.
Remember, if you’ve been a victim, contact our Police Department as soon as you suspect a crime has occurred. Your doing so helps increase the chances of finding the suspect and preventing future incidents.
Before the holiday season, consider scheduling a free home safety inspection. Our Crime Prevention Team is available to conduct assessments at your home or business. Once scheduled, an officer will come to your location to identify physical weaknesses in and around your home or business and offer low-cost suggestions to improve safety and security. These surveys are best conducted during daylight and last about an hour. Schedule your home safety evaluation today! Call (919) 469-4324.
Get Involved: Budget Input
Let us hear from you! This month we want your ideas as we begin to develop our Fiscal Year 2017 Budget, which identifies services and projects to be undertaken from July 2016 to June 2017.
Throughout the month of October, give us your input and ideas:
• Email budgetinput@townofcary.org;
• Call (919) 469-4307;
• Post to www.facebook.com/TownofCaryNC;
• Tweet @TownofCary and include #TOCBudget;
You can also speak directly to Town Council at the October 8 and October 22 Town Council meetings. All feedback will be collected and presented with the Town Manager’s proposed budget in May 2016.
“Budget Development” at http://www.townofcary.org/ I (919) 462-3911
Holiday Collection
Town offices are closed on November 11 for Veterans Day. Follow your regularly scheduled solid waste, yard waste and recycling collection dates for the week of November 8-14.
Town offices are also closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 26 and the day after Thanksgiving, November 27. Garbage, recycling and yard waste collection for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday customers will be one day earlier than the regularly scheduled day.
• Tuesday’s collection will be on Monday, November 23.
• Wednesday’s collection will be on Tuesday, November 24.
• Thursday’s collection will be on Wednesday, November 25.
• Friday’s collection will remain unchanged, November 27.
“2015 Holiday Schedule” at http://www.townofcary.org/
Scary in Cary
It’ll be a scary scene this Halloween at Cary Towne Center. On October 31 from 6-8 p.m., you’re invited to join all the ghosts and ghouls for some indoor fun at this year’s Safe-N-Sane Halloween Celebration. Young ones will enjoy trick-or-treating around the mall, storytelling, sing-a-longs and a magic show. Wear your costume.
“Howlin’ Good Halloween” at www.townofcary.org
Good Dirt, Green Gardens
Join us for a free workshop at our beautiful Compost Education Center in Bond Park on November 6-7. You’ll spend some Q&A time with a compost expert, get great gardening and lawn tips and receive three sample bags of organic compost and guidebooks. Participants will learn how to grow a productive winter garden and prepare for a greener spring.
Register at classweb.townofcary.org. There are four different workshop times for you to choose from, but sign up early - space is limited.
“Compost Giveaway Workshops” at www.townofcary.org I (919) 469-4301
'tis the Season
Art and craft lovers, it’s time to shop for those unique and one-of-a-kind holiday gifts made exclusively by creative friends ages 50-plus. The Cary Senior Center’s Annual Craft Show is November 21 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the center.
The Cary Teen Council will sell refreshments. Admission is free. For more, call (919) 469-4081.
Cary It Green
It’s easy to be green this fall! Follow us on www.facebook.com/caryitgreen, and get the latest information on our Town’s green programs and initiatives. Learn about recycling, water conservation, sustainability, Spruce, and more. Then, Cary It Green and share what you’ve learned!
Dear Santa
Time to make that list and check it twice. Santa’s mailbox opens for children’s letters on November 23. Heart of the Holidays events are on Saturday, December 5.
“Heart of the Holidays” at www.townofcary.org
Saluting Our Veterans
Join us as we honor all veterans during our Annual Veterans Luncheon November 6 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Herbert C. Young Community Center. A patriotic program, catered lunch and entertainment are planned for ages 18 and up. Register by October 23.
You’ll also want to come out on November 11 from 11 a.m.-noon at Veterans Freedom Park for a Veterans Day Remembrance ceremony and celebration honoring veterans of all wars and conflicts. Bring a chair and enjoy patriotic music and guest speakers.
“Veterans Day Remembrance” at http://www.townofcary.org/I (919) 469-4061
The Big Shred
Clean out old files, get organized and help prevent identity theft all in one day! Come celebrate America Recycles Day with our free paper shred event on November 14 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Bring up to three boxes of confidential papers for on-site destruction and recycling to 400 James Jackson Ave. Proof of Cary residency is required. No commercial interests, please.
“America Recycles Day” at http://www.townofcary.org/ I (919) 469-4301
Cultural Connection
Marvelous Music Mainstage Series: Shana Tucker (November 6, 7:30 p.m., Cary Arts Center) (919) 462-2055.
Marvelous Music Mainstage Series: Kid Power’s Operation Lunch Line 3D (November 7, 3 p.m., Cary Arts Center) (919) 462-2055.
Visit www.townofcary.org and Twitter @TOC_Fun for more.
Avoid FOG
While cooking this holiday season, never pour fats, oils and grease (FOG) down the drain. Instead, place cooled, used cooking oil, and grease in a plastic screw-top container for recycling with our free, curbside cooking oil collection program.
Once you’ve filled at least a half-gallon (about one, 2-liter soda bottle), label the container “used cooking oil,” and call us to schedule a free, curbside pickup.
“Residential FOG” at http://www.townofcary.org/ I (919) 469-4090
Recycling Rules
Giving away lots of sweet treats this Halloween? Unfortunately, those candy bags and wrappers are all creepy contaminants in our recycling stream.
Treat your cart right and only recycle accepted items. Refer to the list on the back of your new recycling calendar being mailed this October.
“Recycling” at http://www.townofcary.org/
Loose Leaves
Don’t let your leaves blow in the breeze. Your loose leaves will be collected from your street twice before Christmas at no charge. Check the map and schedule mailed in early October.
Remember to place leaves along the curb by 7 a.m. on the first day of your area’s collection, and keep them out of the street, away from mailboxes and fire hydrants. It’s also important to keep them out of the storm drains. As always, leaves can be placed curbside in reusable containers or brown paper bags throughout the year for your weekly yard waste collection.
“Loose Leaf Collection” at www.townofcary.org I (919) 469-4090
Conversations at the SALON
Surrounded by an atmosphere of elegance, sophistication and authentic conversation, an “Evening of Arts & Culture” awaits you at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center on November 6 at 7 p.m.
Modeled on historic European salons where guests gathered in the homes of the elite for art, food and conversation, attendees will enjoy performances by poets, musicians and thespians while surrounded by fine art in the Page-Walker’s main gallery. Guest performers include harpist Domenique Tanzini. Tickets are $20.
“SALON” at www.townofcary.org I (919) 460-4963
Live at Lunch
Fall weather is perfect for good food and good music. Don’t miss the last of our Live at Lunch fall series concerts on Thursday, October 29 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in downtown Cary.
Eat your picnic lunch, or pick up a meal at one of the downtown restaurants while relaxing to the sounds of the Hank Smith Duo in the Fidelity Bank Plaza. For more, call (919) 469-4061.
Disc Golf Open
Colored discs will fly through the air, off parking decks and around buildings in downtown Cary at the Urban Open on November 29 at Town Hall Campus. This is not your average disc golf course! Come out and enjoy the fun as we host the Fourth Downtown Urban Open (DUO 4) Golf Disc Tournament.
On November 28, there will be a Youth Clinic & Exhibition. Learn the game and have fun. Pre-registration is recommended. Come check it out.
“Downtown Urban Open” at www.townofcary.org
Greenway Etiquette
Everyone loves our Town’s greenways - parents with strollers, children learning to ride bikes, long-distance runners and seniors out for a stroll.
Show courtesy to other trail users, and stay on the right side of the trail lane at all times except to pass. That also goes for Fido who must be on a maximum 6-foot leash.
Pass on the left, and let your fellow users know you’re coming. Leave your headphones at home, so you can hear what’s going on around you and enjoy nature. Help us ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all greenway users.
“Greenways” at http://www.townofcary.org/
Telling Cary’s Story
Travel through our Town’s history with the Friends of Page-Walker who are actively capturing the stories of our community and sharing them online in collaboration with the Southern Oral History Program of UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South.
At its core, an oral history is storytelling. Come listen to Cary’s story as told by the people who’ve lived it. Historians, students and curators alike can learn what makes our town the community it is today. The event is on October 27 at 7:30 p.m., at Page-Walker Arts & History Center.
“Oral Histories” at www.townofcary.org I (919) 460-4963
Hot Tips: Warm Your Home Safely
As we endure the last weeks of hot weather, it’s hard to imagine a cooler forecast on the horizon. Yes, soon it’ll be time to turn up the thermostat. Did you know that heating fires are one of the top three causes of fire in our town? Before you turn on your heat pump or furnace, make sure your system is in good working order, and have it serviced if needed. In addition, give all space heaters and baseboard heaters at least 3 feet of distance from all flammable items. If you have a wood burning fireplace, think about having it inspected or cleaned by a professional to reduce your chances of having a chimney fire. Finally, consider letting our Fire Department visit your home for a free inspection to help identify and reduce the risks of fire in your residence.
BUD Bits
Catch the action as the Carolina RailHawks take on the Indianapolis Eleven on October 30 at 7:30 p.m. at WakeMed Soccer Park. “WakeMed Soccer Park” at www.townofcary.org/.
Ring in the Celtic New Year with the Cary Town Band at the All Hallow’s Eve Eve concert on Friday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cary Arts Center. “Cary Town Band” at http://www.townofcary.org/
Run down to WakeMed Soccer Park to see the men’s and women’s NCHSAA 1A and 4A East Regional Cross Country teams compete for top honors on October 31 at 8 a.m. (919) 858-0464
Big rivalries battle in the ACC women’s soccer semifinals and championship games on November 6 and 8 at WakeMed Soccer Park. “WakeMed Soccer Park” at http://www.townofcary.org/
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