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Firewise Town Hall CA NEWS
Monday, Oct. 6, 9:30 a.m., SCB Have you picked up your NEW Resource Guide
Broadcast Live on & Directory?
Channel 79
Submitted by Krystal Wilson, Director of Communications
Submitted by the Firewise Group
If you’re returning from summer vacation
A town hall meeting is scheduled and missed the June rollout of the NEW Sun
for Monday, Oct. 6, to review the City Texas Resource Guide & Directory, don’t
influence the fire, water, and wild- worry, you can still pick one up! Additionally,
life habitat management program if you have already picked up your directory
has had on the community’s wild- and would like to purchase an additional copy
life habitat and Firewise goals. for your home, you can purchase the additional
Sun City’s wildlife biologist will copy for $20 at the Member Services Office.
review habitat changes and what
the changes may mean for wild- Please bring your Member ID or a driver’s
life. Also, the Georgetown Fire De- license with a Sun City Texas address to the
partment and Texas A&M Forest Member Services Office, located in the Social
Service will bring updates on their Center. The office is open Monday through
efforts to protect people and prop- Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The new
erty. The meeting will also take directory includes updated community maps,
note of National Fire Prevention CA and Georgetown contact information,
Week and provide information on resident contact information and local
smoke detectors. More details will businesses who would like to work with you!
be available soon.
As always, we encourage you to bring your old
Sun City Texas Directory so that we can properly dispose of it to protect your privacy.
Driving while using cell phone illegal in school zones
Submitted by Susanne White, COPS volunteer
Texas children are back in school. • Speeding: $10 for each mile over the Safety first! Do your part to drive safely
Georgetown police and law enforcement posted limit. The maximum fine is and defensively, and stay alert.
officers across Texas are back in force in $200 plus court costs.
school zones to protect school children. COPs needs volunteers! Give us just
Please do your part to help by driving • Disregarding a school bus that is four hours a month in easy-to-do
carefully and safely. loading or unloading has a fine of $1,129 two-hour shifts. You can drive, or
and includes court cours. The maximum you can help staff the COPS office
Speeding in a school zone puts children fine is $1,250 plus court costs. from your home. Call 512-966-1362
at risk plus it’s illegal. Using a cell phone Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m.
in a school zone is also illegal. • Using a wireless communications to 5 p.m. for information to sign up.
device while driving in a school zone:
• Speeding Children are more in $318
danger of being hit by a car because
they can be less cautious than adults,
and they’re smaller and harder to see.
• Cell phone Using a cell phone takes
your attention off the road, where
it should be, especially when child
pedestrians are present.
If the Georgetown police catch you
violating the law in a school zone, you’ll
get a ticket, and it can be expensive. For
instance:
Fines for school zone violations from
the Georgetown Municipal Court (as of
August 2015):
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