St. Louis Hills Neighborhood Association (SLHNA)

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Security Officer Success

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SUCCESS!!

Early Tuesday, Nov 29th, the security officer on duty for our neighborhood, reviewed AwareNet alerts that showed a person going block-to-block south of Francis Park, checking for unlocked vehicles. The officer located the suspect and made an arrest. Regular duty District 2 patrol officers, who responded to assist, transported the suspect to the police station for booking. 

We’ve just started the third week of the four week test with a security officer. There were no criminal incidents identified during the first two weeks while officers have been reviewing alerts and patrolling the neighborhood. 

Please contact the Chairperson of the SLHNA Safety Committee, Tom Scheifler, if you have any questions or concerns (safety_committee@stlhills.com).

Security – by the neighborhood – for the neighborhood. 

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The Board of the St Louis Hills Neighborhood Association (SLHNA) has voted to support the next phase of the AwareNet crime deterrence project. 

Details about the project for St. Louis Hills are available at www.stlhills.com/safety/AwareNetProjectStatusAndHistory.pdf

Details about AwareNet are available at www.awarenet.us. 

The next step of the project is to install an AwareNet compatible camera on at least 50 blocks in St. Louis Hills (SLH has approximately 200 blocks). 

When 50 blocks have a camera, the SLHNA will fund the cost of a 4 week test of AwareNet with a private security guard patroling our neighborhood every night from 10pm-6am.

The goal of the 4 week test (pilot) is to prove:

  1. The security guard can immediately and consistently respond to AwareNet alerts. 
  2. The security guard can successfully and consistently disrupt thieves from continuing their activity. 
  3. The frequency and severity of criminal activity justifies the cost. 

The results will be made available to the SLHNA Board and SLH residents to determine next steps (hopefully continuing the project with voluntary donations of $10 per month to pay for the private security guard long-term).

This plan depends on SLH residents supporting the project by buying and installing a camera for their block. It can be a single household or a group of households sharing the cost. But each camera requires a WiFi connection to a household. 

Details are available at www.awarenet.us/getting-started.

If we can’t reach the goal of having a camera on 50 blocks, that will be a strong indication the neighborhood does not support the project and the 4 week test will not proceed. Of course, if that happens, people who have bought a camera own it and can continue using it as they like. 

Take action now to support this project!  Please, don’t wait and expect others to participate. One camera on a block is good. Two or three is great. 

For most households, the best camera will be the new Reolink Duo WiFi available direct from Reolink and on Amazon. It requires an electric outlet for power. For orders direct from Reolink, use discount code b2creo101offn to save 10% on any camera not on sale. 

https://reolink.com/product/reolink-duo-wifi/

https://www.amazon.com/Reolink-Security-Ultra-Wide-Detection-Waterproof/dp/B09DPWHNR3/ref=mp_s_a_1_3

Questions?

Contact Tom Scheifler

Chairperson, SLHNA Safety Committee 

safety_committee@stlhills.com

Holiday Lighting Awards-2021

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The holiday decorations and light displays of St. Louis Hills never fail to impress. Each year seems to attract more and more visitors from the neighborhood and beyond. Judging these spectacular displays is never an easy task. This year the judges nominated a total of 53 individual houses for awards! A change in this year’s rules required that all winners be active members of the neighborhood association. Judges are also tasked with nominating homes from each section of the neighborhood. The ten individual home award winners for the 2021 season are the following,

-6493 Rhodes, Bethany Heck

-6494 Rhodes, Tina Baraba

-62 Wilmore, Cheryl and Gary Steffens

-6555 Murdoch, Mary and Ben Moramarco

-5220 Tamm, Kory and Patrick Hinrichs

-4716 Prague, Stacy and Russ Smith

-6544 Neosho, Janice Starbuck and Tom Scheifler

-6612 Neosho, Megan and Greg Santacruz

-6246 Delor, Ellen and Robert Willner

-5815 Walsh, Mary Kay and Scott Kirchner

In addition to these ten homes, one multifamily property, 5815 Nottingham won the award for Best Decorated Multi-Family Property. Hope United Church was the recipient of this year’s Best Decorated Business Award. 

Judges admired the vast number of bushes strung with lights around the property. Three beloved blocks, Candy Cane Lane (6500 Murdoch), Angel Avenue (4700 Prague), and Snowflake Street (6500 Neosho) rounded out the winners of the Best Decorated Block Award. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees! 

WELCOME TO SLHNA!