B-BAR-H Neighborhood News

 Missing  Rottweiler Found!

Thanks to Our Neighbors

Mike and Tania Smith, Sagebrush Trail, had a sad day this week when their one year old Rottweiler got loose.  We sent out an email immediately to everyone here and within one day the puppy was found at the home of another neighbor.

We look out for one another in our community.  Please use the blog to post help or any other need you may have.  

"Thank for your quick help with that email to the neighborhood. After combing the neighborhood today we found our dog at a neighbors house. He is now home safe and sound. We really appreciate your time. We are so grateful to be a part of such a caring community."  Mike and Tania Smith

Jury Duty Scam - Read this warning!

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below). Please pass this on to everyone in your e-mail address book. It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call. Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough people skip out on their civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.

The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security Number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo---your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma , Illinois , and Colorado . This (swindle) is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here:

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

March 14th Neighborhood Clean Up Day

Volunteers at the Octbr 11, 2008 Riverside County Code Enforcement Clean Up Day held at Bubbling Wells Elementary School

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Mark your calendar for March 14, 2009. We're having a clean up day in our area coordinated in partnership with Riverside County Code Enforcement Community Improvement Specialist, Chaka Ferrel.

Plans are for us to have one dumpster located near our area, probably under the B-BAR-H Ranch Arch shown above on the corner of Bubbling Wells and El Serape Roads. Specific details will be posted here after a meeting with Code Enforcement next Friday. The event will be held from 8:00 a.m. until Noon on Saturday, March 14, 2009.

Our neighborhood actively participated in last year's event and brought truck loads of trash to the dumpsters. It truly made a difference in the neighborhood to see garbage and trash removed from yards and from alongside houses. This year's event will give everyone an opportunity to do the same by cleaning out old items too bulky for pick up by our weekly trash removal service.

This year, our neighborhood will get one dumpster placed nearby so we can dispose of unwanted items without driving to the school. However, the March 14th main event will be held at Bubbling Wells Elementary School just like last year's event.

If you have items not accepted in a dumpster, like tires, chemicals, paints, etc. contact County Waste Management for a list of their clean up events. They are held almost every weekend. The website is www.rivcowm.org and the schdedule can be found there for the disposal of tires, paints, and chemicals, etc.

Chaka Ferrel, Riverside County Community Improvement Specialist is sponsoring this event and will be available at Bubbling Wells Elementary School to answer your questions.

We anticipate this year's event to be as successful as last year's, and we'll keep you updated with news about the event. If you have a question, want to volunteer at the event, or suggestions for Code Enforcement, please send an email to Webmaster(at)IGMproducts.com.

Riverside County Neighborhood Conference October 25, 2008

Don't forget to attend the free Conference this weekend sponsored by Riverside County Code Enforcement. The jam-packed event features a number of free seminars and activitied for all family member. The date is Saturday, October 25, 2008.

Here's more details. To register online, CLICK HERE.

HOSTED BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT
Saturday, October 25, 2008

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

UCR - Palm Desert Campus
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211

VIEW FLYER HERE FOR MORE INFO MÁS INFORMACIÓN AQUÍ
Conference Agenda / Agenda de la Conferencia

Educational Breakout Sessions
Exhibitors from a variety of Organizations
Free Snacks and Lunch
Activities for Children (ages 6-12)!!
Learn from Inspirational Speakers
Excellent Networking Opportunity
Free Parking
Traductores en Español Disponibles
To register online, please CLICK HERE.

Neighborhood Watch Meeting Minutes - Stray dogs discussed

The main focus of today's Neighborhood Watch meeting was "stray dogs" what to do, who to call and how to help.

Officers Rosa and DuShane from the Riverside Animal Control Department delivered an informative presentation to a large group of community residents today. They stated the facts, brought hand out materials for our education, and gave us clear instructions what to do when we are faced with stray animals in the neighborhood.

There were many newcomers to the meeting. It's good to see and meet our neighbors. Today's meeting minutes are available by clicking the link below:

B-BAR-H Community Association Meeting Minutes October 18, 2008

There will be no meeting in November and December due to the holidays and people not being available. The next meeting will be scheduled for January. We'll post the date on the blog later this year.

Grafitti Busters of Riverside County Rock!

The B-BAR-H Ranch had a few graffiti problems this past month. Some of the neighborhood watch members decided to have a chat with the parents of the neighborhood teens. Now, we think the problems will go away. We're hoping anyway. The graffiti was found on the sides of a few homes and on some of the area's signage.

Graffiti is annoying for many reasons. It devalues property and it creates a mess for someone to clean.

We would like to extend a special thank you to the Graffiti Busters of Riverside County. Their response time is awesome. We reported graffiti on a home and within a few days the Graffiti Busters had the entire wall painted like new. Most of the Graffiti Busters are volunteers who are committed to keeping the community clean!

Thank You Graffiti Busters of Riverside County from the B-Bar-H Ranch Community Association! For more information about Graffiti Busters visit their website.

Community Clean Up - Desert Hot Springs Unicorporated Areas ONLY!

Area Clean Up, Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Bubbling Wells Elementary School from 7 a.m. until Noon!

Clean it up! Haul it away! It's FREE to all unicorporated areas of Desert Hot Springs. This Saturday take advantage of an area clean up sponsored by Chaka Osborne, Riverside County Improvement.

CLICK HERE to read the English/Spanish flyer with details about Saturday's event. Help spread the word and get remind your neighbors of this event.

B-BAR-H Neighborhood Meeting Minutes

The B-BAR-H Neighborhood met on September 13th and September 27th to discuss a neighborhood watch program. The minutes to both meetings are available by clicking the links below:

September 13, 2008 - Meeting Minutes

September 27, 2008 - Meeting Minutes

For more information, details or if you'd like to attend our next meeting, please contact the Webmaster @ PaintbrushTrail.com.

The next meeting is scheduled for October 18, 2008, 10:00 a.m. at the VFW Hall. Please plan to attend.

Keep Kids Safe at the B-BAR-H Ranch!

The efforts we make to improve our neighborhood can be focussed on one very important fact. Our streets need to be safe for our children. We may not all have children, but for those who do have children living on the B-BAR-H Ranch property, there are concerns about their children's safety, and that's important. It's important enough for all of us to take a stand for the children.

We all should be concerned about our neighbors' children. Please take time to make sure the items in your yard are child-proof. Clean the street area in front of your home where the children walk to the bus stop. Take time to create a safe environment for the children. We do not want anything to happen to any of the children in our neighborhood.

There have been a variety of comments made by many of the people who live at the B-BAR-H Ranch. The PaintbrushTrail.com Blog is designed so anyone can make an anonymous comment about anything they desire. Open communication will help us bridge the gaps and understand all the viewpoints. There's no right way or wrong way -- there's only differences, and the way we can approach the tasks at hand is as a community. It's a way we can address the concerns of the neighborhood.

Here's some comments made pertaining to the safety of our children. These comments are taken directly from the anonymous comments our neighbors made. If people are thinking about these things, then we need to do something to minimize the stress and create a safe neighborhood for the children.

One person wrote, "Our children have to walk to the bus stop in fear of being attacked by DOGS! There's glass in the streets!!! There's garbage piled in yards which attract RATS! Things are getting out of control."

Another comment was made, "We have our children waiting for the school bus with sometimes glass in the street or dumped construction materials that are in the bus stop areas. This is a health hazard for our children as well as having loose dogs running around the neighborhood, my family and I have had issues with loose Pit bulls in our yard once even attacking my vehicle with myself and children inside as we sat in our drive way thinking how we were going to get inside our home safely."

On Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the VFW Hall (scroll page to see the map) the B-BAR-H Ranch Neighborhood is meeting to discuss items like those listed above. We hope you attend the meeting and join the conversation.

Neighborhood Meeting - Date, Time, Place

B-BAR-H Ranch
Neighborhood Meeting

Please mark your calendar:

Saturday, September 13, 2008

10:00 a.m.

VFW Hall
(see map below)

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Meeting Agenda:

Meet & Greet!

Neighborhood Watch

Community Clean Up Day

Task Force Committee Volunteers

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We look forward to seeing you!

Questions?

Click the Comments link below, type your question, and someone will respond.

We're Against Graffiti!

Special thanks to the two households who took it upon themselves to clean the unwanted graffiti from our community's landmarks. The comments and emails are piling in! The neighborhood is fed up with the lack of community involvement, and we're going to do something about it.

When people volunteer to do things, they really should follow through with their promise. We are currently anxious about setting a meeting date for a neighborhood gathering to discuss next steps. We want to get actively involved in a neighborhood watch and implementing ways to keep our community clean and safe.

If you are inerested in hearing more, check this blog often. We'll post comments and information as it is received. If you have something you want to post, please send it to us. We'll make sure it gets posted.

This is a neighborhood blog for the B-BAR-H Ranch Community. Get Involved!

Neighborhood Watch - Community Meeting - Area Clean-Up: A Team Effort

For all B-BAR-H Residents:

What started as a five-minute conversation today with Officer Pike, resulted in a two-hour discussion. We walked the neighborhood and knocked on doors. We talked to people working in their yards, and we found people interested in establishing a Neighborhood Watch, having a Community Meeting, and organizing an area clean-up.

As a result of the high interest, we’re going to make it happen. This is a team effort!

We know how wonderful it feels to be a part of something greater than ourselves. It’s how we will get things done, and we will all benefit. It’s for the common good of the entire neighborhood to keep our community in good standing.

Please attend Meeting #1: The time, date and place will be posted here as soon as it is determined!

County Officer Pike Visits Neighborhood—$250 Fine Issued

We were greeted by an Officer of Riverside County today informing us of many violations in our neighborhood. He wanted to issue tickets by fining several homes for violations. We persuaded him to wait until we could write and distribute a newsletter. Like ourselves, we are assuming many of the people who live here are NOT aware of the ordinances or fines.

Violations sited by the County range in fines from $109 per hour for clean up, to $100-$250 and up to $500 each month until rectified. We were not aware of the county ordinances until today. Now, we think everyone should know about the violations Officer Pike brought to our attention. Here’s what he found in our neighborhood today:

1. Outside storage is NOT allowed at all. Please remove anything you have stored on the outsides of your home or you risk being fined. Not only will the County fine you, they will charge you $109 per hour if they have to remove it themselves. He found empty lots and several homes in violation.
   
   
2. Trailers parked and hooked up to the home as rental space is NOT allowed. We persuaded Officer Pike to give us a chance to communicate to our neighbors before he issues a violation ticket. This can be a fine up to $500 per month.
   
   
3. Trailers parked in yards “For Sale” are not allowed. He already issued a $250 ticket for a trailer parked on Paintbrush Trail. The house is vacant. If you know the owner, please communicate a second ticket is being issued.
   
   
4. Garbage of any sort is not allowed to accumulate outside the homes or in empty lots. He found violations today, and we asked him not to issue fines. Please clean up and remove any garbage you may have on the sides of your house. This fine begins at $109 per hour and can result in an additional fine of $250—$500.
   
   
5. Manufactured homes or coaches are prohibited and require a building permit to be used as a residence on any property in our neighborhood. Officer Pike said there’s suspicious activity here (he wouldn’t say where) and it’s currently under investigation.
   
   

If you are in violation of any of the above items, please address them properly and promptly or you risk being fined by the County of Riverside.

We were surprised to receive today’s news, and we really don’t want anyone to get fined for not following the County Ordinances.

If you have any questions or want to confirm the information contained in this post, please call the County of Riverside, Code Enforcement Department.

You may want to contact Officer Pike directly and tell him about this newsletter. Inform him you were not aware of these violations and yours will be addressed immediately. If you don’t, you risk a fine by the County of Riverside.

Here are direct contact details:

Officer Pike, Code Enforcement
951-922-7534 phone
951-922-7262 fax

If you'd like more information about code enforcement in Riverside County California, please click here to enter their website.

Neighborhood Blog: Welcome anonymous comments

Whether you live in our neighborhood, or you stumbled across this blog, we value your comments. Your voice is welcome. This blog is for you!

Our goal is to create a place for our neighbors to gather and share thoughts in a safe anonymous environment. Please join our group and our conversations.

We'll plan a meeting soon to discuss a Neighborhood Clean-Up. In the meantime, think about ways we can make a difference in the appearance of our neighborhood.

Here's what we can do:

1. Take a look at our own property first.
2. Keep a clean and organized front and back yard.
3. If you need help, ask.
4. We'll organize a group to help you with your property.
5. We all want our property values to increase over time.
6. If we create a neighborhood group, we can achieve our objective.

Through commitment, miracles happen, and the right people will show up in your life at the right time! Post your comments and your thoughts.

Neighborhood Clean-Up: Keep your property value

It's times like NOW when it's important to keep your property in good shape. The economy may be poor, but your home is a big investment. So, keep your property in good shape to avoid losing its value.

We are a dedicated group of people with new homes and good attitudes. We are professionals in a variety of industries. We work hard, we invested in new modern homes, and we plan to increase the value of our homes.

The major effort we are currently making is a "neighborhood clean-up." We live in the county where the rules are not as strict as city ordnance's. Yet, we take pride in our new homes and in our neighborhood.

This blog is created to make anonymous comments in an effort to help us join together and make a difference. If you see an area of land, a vacant lot or a messy yard, please send us the address of the property and we'll do our best to get the area cleaned up.

This blog is for the residents of an area called the B-BAR-H Ranch. You know who you are. The entrance to our community is greeted by the B-BAR-H Ranch wooden arch constructed in 1929. We want to hear from you. We want to see what you have to say. Anyone can post a comment. Nobody will know who you are. If you have something to say, please say it here. We'll do our best to follow up on all comments and suggestions.

Post a comment, join the conversation. Make a difference.

Paintbrush Trail Neighborhood Blog!

When neighbors are too busy to get together, and they want to keep in touch, a good place to create a community is online. That's why the Paintbrush Trail Neighborhood Blog was created. There's a wonderful group of great people in our small community. The people pitch in and help whenever there's a problem.

We live in an area called the B - Bar - H Ranch. The Ranch has been around since the early 20's. Hollywood celebrities came to the Ranch back then to ride horses and pretend they were cowboys! The entrance to our small community built on B - Bar - H Ranch land still has the original wooden arch constructed in about 1929. The arch was struck by a DWI about a year ago and was almost destroyed.

The residents of the small community gathered on a Saturday morning with tools, cement and a positive attitude to repair the arch. By 4 p.m., the arch was mended. Now, that's a great example of the community spirit in our neighborhood!

If we can produce enough commitment and energy to repair an arch, then we certainly can gather online to keep in touch and share our thoughts.

There are several brand new modern homes for sale here. The new modern homes are gorgeous and priced unbelievably low. If you are looking for a new home, love the country atmosphere, and want to become part of a good community of people, visit our neighborhood.

This blog is for our neighborhood! Post a comment, request to become an author and participate in our neighborhood online presence. It's called http://www.PaintbrushTrail.com because it's the folks on Paintbrush Trail who decided to get things started. We're committed to creating a contagious feeling of togetherness! Join us!