Check our web page www.hillvalley.org for pictures of our winners and a list of Honorable Mention.

The Board appreciated the extraordinary efforts of everyone to beautify our neighborhood for the holiday season. If you saw flashlights pointed at your house or mailbox, we were trying to make sure of your address. Not all homes have numbers on their mailbox or painted on the curb. It was a challenge.

Happy New Year from your Board! We hope you all had a delightful holiday – Christmas, Chanukah or Kwanza – and are off to a joyful 2007.

Happy New Year! Thanks for the beautiful Christmas lighting of our neighborhood. We had many honorable mention as well as the prize winners. It may be snow time soon. Please don’t park on the streets when there is a snowy forecast so the plows can get through. We would appreciate your support as a member for 2007. Ask you neighbor to join, too. Best regards, Steve

On Thursday, January 11^th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Major William Benjamin, who is the new commander of the IMPD Metro Southeast District, will be hosting an "Open House." The Open House will be held at IMPD Southeast Headquarters, 1150 S. Shelby St . Please feel free to stop by, meet Major Benjamin and other officers, and learn more about IMPD.

One of our own residents, Daniel Kistner of Jonquil Drive, was recognized as the outstanding Sheriff’s Road Patrol Officer for 2006. Congratulations Dan!

Thank you for your encouragement and support and your cooperation with the local Crime Watch organization. Your vigilance has been very successful to date.

We will continue to refine the thoroughness and convenience of snow removal. Please let us know as soon as possible if there is any problem with the service we are receiving from our contractors. Contact the Smiths, 865-7761 or the Scheidlers, 881-1558

We again invite you to join the Hill Valley Homeowners Association for the new year. Among voluntary homeowners’ associations we are highly respected as the largest in Central Indiana and one of the most effective. Enclosed is a flyer with the 2007 membership information and a coupon to be returned with your payment in the enclosed envelope.

Identity Theft – It happens right here among your neighbors! Checks stolen from mailboxes before the mail is picked up. Phone calls and e-mails asking for confirmation of Social Security numbers, birth dates, drivers license numbers or bank account numbers. All of these requests are bogus! Ask for it in letterform and then check with the institution because some letterheads are also forged. Do not use the phone number on the letterhead but look it up independently. Protect yourself!!

Public Health – Indianapolis is in the forefront of protecting its citizens with dozens of public health programs – food safety, disease prevention, unsafe buildings and grounds, environmental hazards, air and water quality, violence prevention, etc. They invite partnerships with neighborhood groups such as ours to alert them to emerging problems. If you see or hear anything that could be a danger to our community please contact a Board member immediately. We have the contacts to get some attention right away.

Driver Safety – There are a number of intersections in our neighborhood where shrubs or flowers grow so large that they obscure the view of traffic. If you have or plan to have decorative plantings near the curb, please keep them trimmed back. Drive through your own corner to know whether drivers have a clear line-of-sight for oncoming traffic.

Newsletters will be sent out during first or second week of January, April, July, and October. Any news must be submitted before the end of previous month.

Garage Sales: Thursday through Saturday, June 7-9 and again August 16-18. Saturday Only on July 28.
Annual Summer Social: Friday, August 10, 5:00 p.m.

The Board meets the 3rd Monday of every month (except December) generally at St. Barnabas church at 7:30 p.m. The first 20 minutes are devoted to input from visitors before the business meeting continues. Please be prepared, as there is limited time. Dates for 2007 are as follows:

Jan 22, Feb 19, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21, Jun 18, Jul 16, Aug 20, Sep 17, Oct 15, Nov 19

Please welcome a new member of the Board, Patty Goelz. We thank Billie Moore and Tim Gee for their service to the Board and are sorry that their new schedules prevent them from continuing.

This year the HVHA Board will continue the spring and summer lawnscaping contest for our members, complementing our Christmas Decorations Contest, as a way to continue promoting the beautification of our neighborhoods. In the spring the focus will be on bulb flowers and early-blooming shrubs and trees, along with your evergreens. Judging will be in late April or early May. In the summer the focus will be on summer flowers and shrubs. Judging will be late June or early July. Last year the weather conspired to scuttle an attempt to judge fall flowering trees and shrubs. Dick Crumb advised that the fall season is very tricky to forecast both in time and quality.

First, second and third prizes will be awarded for East and West Hill Valley for each of the seasons. Winners will be publicly recognized and receive trophies similar to the Decorations Contest.

INFORMATION FOR NEW RESIDENTS OF HILL VALLEY

There are 1100 homes in Hill Valley. We have grown together over the many years to support a Homeowners Association with a Board of Directors. Joining is only $25. per year and that covers the cost of snow plowing and a quarterly Newsletter to inform everyone what is coming up next, including zoning bulletins. We have an annual picnic which is free to all members of the Hill Valley Homeowners Assn. and includes a full meal, recreation for the children, and dancing for everybody. We have a website, www.hillvalley.org, where you can find our mission statement, a map of the whole neighborhood, a list of all board members, a monthly calendar, special events and announcements, past Newsletters, and important area phone numbers.

If you have a specialty or talent that you would want your neighborhood to know about, we will be glad to list your name, address, contact information and a description in 12 words or less of your business or craft. There will be no charge but no special wording or art treatment. This is information, not advertising, and a service to all members.

John H. Renault - French tutoring and teaching. French/English and English/French translations. 8342 Parish Lane; phone: 317-888-9607; renaultjohn@sbcglobal.net

Martha J. Smart - For Buying or Selling a Home Make the SMART Choice... Call Martha at

F.C. Tucker Company, Inc Direct: 317-319-8083 Home: 317-889-8496

Lori Probasco - Babysitting. Took YMCA Safe Sitter course. References available. Age 14, Contact Lori at 317-887-6626

Donald A. Smith, Enrolled Agent - Tax preparation and small business services. Enrolled to represent taxpayers before the IRS. Contact Don or Joan Smith, 317-889-0771 or donsmith9@comcast.net

Greg Huntley Enterprises - Full service General Contractor. Free estimates, prompt and courteous. ghe1@comcast.net. 317-445-7817 or 317-859-9026
Randy Ezell - For all your insurance needs, auto, home, business, life. Randy at Farmers Insurance, 8415 S Delaware St. 317-884-1777. rezell@farmersagent.com

Carl J. Strohm - For all your automotive repairs using certified technicians. 5824 S Harding St, 317-787-0822

Luke Edwards - Lawn mowing, leaf raking, general yard cleanup. Reasonable rates, flexible hours.

317-883-2795

Holly Wyss - Aerobic and fitness water classes with instructor. Warm indoor pool. Contact 317-887-0553 or hwyss@aol.com

Michelle Butts - First time buyers, empty nesters, investors "No BUTTS about it" Contact Century 21 317-243-3666 or www.michellebutts.com

David H Olmstead - For all your life and health insurance needs, annuities and health savings accounts. Contact 317-888-5270, 317-627-3018(cell) or visit kiosk at Wal-Mart on US 31

Cecilia Tolan - custom-made appliance covers, basket liners, etc. 865-9518

Terry Snyder - Fencing, all types, installed 339-8145

Jerry Brown – Carpentry – kitchens, baths, windows, doors, repairs. 30 years experience. 317-881-0585

DeAnne Milliken – Creative memories. I organize pictures into photo safe albums for long term preservation. Call 881-2444 or e-mail demilliken@yahoo.com

We would like to see our quarterly publication become more of a neighborhood newsletter, but we need your help. We would welcome suggestions, comments and other newsworthy items that you feel would be of interest to your neighbors. The HVHA does reserve the right to edit such submittals for clarity and conciseness. Please submit your articles to any HVHA board member and we will try to publish it as submitted. If we have questions or concerns we will contact the author as necessary.

Steve Scheidler President S. Pennsylvania 881-1558

Don Smith Vice-President E Hill Valley Dr. 865-7761

Ernestine Nicholson Secretary Lockwood Lane 865-0787

Joan Smith Treasurer E. Hill Valley Dr. 865-7761

John Renault Member Parish Lane 888-9607

Frank Hogan Member W. Valley View 888-6540

Patti Goelz Member W. Hill Valley Dr 882-6037

Paulette Clay Member Meadowridge Lane 889-3506

8342 Parish Lane

Indianapolis, IN 46217