There will be a fundraiser held for the Farnworth family on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at O'Gara's pub. A Texas Hold'em tournament starts at 10:00 am with a $50 buy-in. The tournament will run in 25 minute segments and will end at 1:00 pm. After the tournament, the Daytona 500 will be on. There will be 50-50's, Tip-boards and other prizes.
We need to rally around this cause to support a man who has given so much to this community and is now fighting for his life. All proceeds will benefit the Farnworth family.
If you would like to donate either money or prizes, please contact Ingle Harris III at 782-2886 or iharris@farmersagent.com. You can also send information through Crime Watch and we will get it to Ingle.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Farnworth family during this difficult time.
Be Safe!
Kim
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Police Captain Danny Farnworth Prayer Service
PRAYER SERVICE NOTICE
"As many of you know, a beloved member of our community and a dedicated public safety leader, Police Captain Danny Farnworth is battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. Danny and his family are going through a very difficult time and they need our support and prayers.
To that end, Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church (of which Danny is a member) will host a healing prayer service for him on Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30 p.m. The healing service will last approximately 45 minutes, followed by the rosary. The service is open to the entire community and I encourage you and your family to attend.
Beech Grove Wesleyan Church will be holding a prayer service for Danny at the same time to coincide with Holy Name's prayer service. Beech Grove Wesleyan Church is located at 120 S. 4th and the service will begin at 7:00 pm.
Many of you have asked if there is anything you can do to help Danny and his family. Police Chief Rich Witmer is in close contact with Danny’s family and we will let the community know if specific needs become known.
In the meantime, please keep Danny and his family in your thoughts and prayers."
Your car keys can save your life!!
One of our "tipsters" sent this in for posting! It makes a lot of sense and something I would have never thought of.
Thanks Irene!
A GREAT TIP FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
Thanks Irene!
A GREAT TIP FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUT YOUR CAR KEYS BESIDE YOUR BED AT NIGHT
Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain.
It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar or rapist won't stick around... after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.
And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there.....
This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.
P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. It would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone.
A wife suggested to her husband to carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem.
Better Business Bureau Hot Topics for February
Good info sent to me from our IMPD crime watch coordinator. This link will take you to the BBB news center and highlights scams in our area.
Read it, print it and pass it around.
http://indy.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=93&id=19a3725e-6291-4350-b27e-8f4ba4627537&fa=2471
Thanks Shirley!!
Be Safe!
Kim
Read it, print it and pass it around.
http://indy.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=93&id=19a3725e-6291-4350-b27e-8f4ba4627537&fa=2471
Thanks Shirley!!
Be Safe!
Kim
Ice Cream Trucks in Beech Grove
Some one asked a question regarding the legality of those little ice cream trucks driving around Beech Grove during the warmer months. We checked into the rumors that these trucks are banned in our area. Here is what we found out from BGPD...
"Ice Cream truck vendors have to apply for permits at city hall in
order to sell on the streets of Beech Grove. Additionally, after they're
approved by the Board of Works, they are still restricted from
projecting the music or bells that announce their presence."
"Actually, you can call BGPD ( 782-4949) if you hear them driving around with their
annoying music, and dispatch will send an officer. I can't guarantee
that we'll be able to find them, though. Ice cream vendors are wily!"
Keep in mind that these ice cream truck vendors aren't like school
buses where it's illegal to pass. Hopefully, parents will be watching
their kids when the trucks come around, but I realize that doesn't
always happen. If you do allow your children to buy from these vendors, watch them carefully around the truck. And if you happen to drive up on one of these trucks, please be careful when passing.
I hope this helps. Thanks to BGPD for their clarification of this issue.
Be Safe!
Kim
Have a nice day.
"Ice Cream truck vendors have to apply for permits at city hall in
order to sell on the streets of Beech Grove. Additionally, after they're
approved by the Board of Works, they are still restricted from
projecting the music or bells that announce their presence."
"Actually, you can call BGPD ( 782-4949) if you hear them driving around with their
annoying music, and dispatch will send an officer. I can't guarantee
that we'll be able to find them, though. Ice cream vendors are wily!"
Keep in mind that these ice cream truck vendors aren't like school
buses where it's illegal to pass. Hopefully, parents will be watching
their kids when the trucks come around, but I realize that doesn't
always happen. If you do allow your children to buy from these vendors, watch them carefully around the truck. And if you happen to drive up on one of these trucks, please be careful when passing.
I hope this helps. Thanks to BGPD for their clarification of this issue.
Be Safe!
Kim
Have a nice day.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Dust Off Compressed Air Computer Cleaners
Debbie, one of our committee members, asked that this be posted. This is one of those little things that we as parents are not aware of, but can be deadly to our kids. According to Truthorfiction.com, snopes.com and urbanlegends.com, this is a true story. It is impossible to monitor everything our kids are doing, but being aware of the dangers of certain products is a step in the right direction.
D U S T I N G
First, I'm going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide for its crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point we were #2 in the nation in homicides per capita. I also have a police K-9 named Thor. He was certified in drugs and general duty. He retired at 3 years old because he was shot in the line of duty. He lives with us now and I still train with him because he likes it. I always liked the fact that there was no way to bring drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell on you. The reason I say this is so you understand that I know about drugs.
I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our kids at least once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building a new one in February 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They were full of dust so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought a 3 pack of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air to blow dust off a computer. A few weeks later when I went to use one of them they were all used. I talked to my kids and my two sons both said they had used them on their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them.
On February 28 I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the 3 pack which! h I had bought on sale so I bought a single jumbo can of Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my computer. On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM. Just before midnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 am the next morning Kathy went downstairs to wake Kyle up for school, before she left for work. He was propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over. She called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would sometimes tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He was pale white and had the straw from the Dust Off can coming out of his mouth. He had the new can of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a nurse and she had never heard of this. We later found out from the coroner, after the autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of Dust off was in his system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between midnight and 1 AM. I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9 through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called dusting. A take off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a slight high for about 10 seconds. It makes them dizzy. A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do this about a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool and it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you. His best friend said no.
Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas, heavier than air. When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with oxygen, out that's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the oxygen to your brain, to your heart. Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU!
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice and if your number comes up you die. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good and say I've had too much. You usually die as you're breathing it in, if not you die within 2 seconds of finishing 'the hit.' That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died . Why his eyes were still open.
The experts want to call this huffing. The kids don't believe its huffing. As adults we tend to lump many things together. But it doesn't fit here. And that's why it's more accepted. There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the huffing signals. Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue hurting. It probably did. The propellant causes frostbite. If I had only known. It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it isn't. Others are always affected. This has forever changed our family's life. I have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be fixed. The pain is so immense I can't describe it. There's nowhere to run from it. I cry all the time and I don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't really care. My kids are messed up. One won't talk about it. The other will only sleep in our room at night. And my wife, I can't even describe how bad she is taking th is. I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died another story came out. A probation Officer went to the school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there he found a student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him about another student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather affluent school system. They will tell you they don't have a drug problem there. They don't even have a dare or plus program there. So rather than tell everyone about this 'new' way of getting high they found, they hid it.
The probation officer told the media after Kyle's death and they, the school, then admitted to it. I know that if they would have told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs. Using Dust Off isn't new and some 'professionals' do know about. I t just isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They all seem to know about it.
D U S T I N G
First, I'm going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide for its crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point we were #2 in the nation in homicides per capita. I also have a police K-9 named Thor. He was certified in drugs and general duty. He retired at 3 years old because he was shot in the line of duty. He lives with us now and I still train with him because he likes it. I always liked the fact that there was no way to bring drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell on you. The reason I say this is so you understand that I know about drugs.
I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our kids at least once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building a new one in February 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They were full of dust so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought a 3 pack of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air to blow dust off a computer. A few weeks later when I went to use one of them they were all used. I talked to my kids and my two sons both said they had used them on their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for wasting the 10 dollars I paid for them.
On February 28 I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the 3 pack which! h I had bought on sale so I bought a single jumbo can of Dust Off. I went home and set it down beside my computer. On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM. Just before midnight my wife went down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 am the next morning Kathy went downstairs to wake Kyle up for school, before she left for work. He was propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over. She called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would sometimes tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was never easy to get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He was pale white and had the straw from the Dust Off can coming out of his mouth. He had the new can of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a nurse and she had never heard of this. We later found out from the coroner, after the autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of Dust off was in his system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between midnight and 1 AM. I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9 through 15. They even have a name for it. It's called dusting. A take off from the Dust Off name. It gives them a slight high for about 10 seconds. It makes them dizzy. A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do this about a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool and it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you. His best friend said no.
Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant called R2. It's a refrigerant like what is used in your refrigerator. It is a heavy gas, heavier than air. When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and keeps the good air, with oxygen, out that's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It decreases the oxygen to your brain, to your heart. Kyle was right. It can't hurt you. IT KILLS YOU!
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level that kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go randomly, terribly wrong. Roll the dice and if your number comes up you die. IT'S NOT AN OVERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good and say I've had too much. You usually die as you're breathing it in, if not you die within 2 seconds of finishing 'the hit.' That's why the straw was still in Kyle's mouth when he died . Why his eyes were still open.
The experts want to call this huffing. The kids don't believe its huffing. As adults we tend to lump many things together. But it doesn't fit here. And that's why it's more accepted. There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor. It doesn't follow the huffing signals. Kyle complained a few days before he died of his tongue hurting. It probably did. The propellant causes frostbite. If I had only known. It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it isn't. Others are always affected. This has forever changed our family's life. I have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be fixed. The pain is so immense I can't describe it. There's nowhere to run from it. I cry all the time and I don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't really care. My kids are messed up. One won't talk about it. The other will only sleep in our room at night. And my wife, I can't even describe how bad she is taking th is. I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were safe because we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died another story came out. A probation Officer went to the school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there he found a student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him about another student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather affluent school system. They will tell you they don't have a drug problem there. They don't even have a dare or plus program there. So rather than tell everyone about this 'new' way of getting high they found, they hid it.
The probation officer told the media after Kyle's death and they, the school, then admitted to it. I know that if they would have told the media and I had heard, it wouldn't have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs. Using Dust Off isn't new and some 'professionals' do know about. I t just isn't talked about much, except by the kids. They all seem to know about it.
IMPD Citizens Police Academy Update
This information was sent to me from one of our own BGCPA Alumni. If you are interested in the IMPD's Citizen Police Academy, please call and get registered right away. Thanks for the info Jody!
"I followed the printed instructions in the BlogSpot regarding the IMPD CPA. I called the phone number listed and was told that Gena Jones works in Human Resources there; but is not coordinating their CPA next time round. It will be coordinated by a Sgt. Ben Hunter and he is available at the main phone number of their Training Center--327-6650. There is an application on line at the IndyGov.org site, under IMPD, then Citizens Police Academy. It can be printed then mailed to the address on the application. The information on the website indicates that there are 12 weeks of classes--April 1 - June 17--Tuesdays from 6:30p until 10p. There is also a limited description of the class content there as well. The downside is that these classes will only be held if there are at least 30 participants--so far, they have had 3 applications!"
"I followed the printed instructions in the BlogSpot regarding the IMPD CPA. I called the phone number listed and was told that Gena Jones works in Human Resources there; but is not coordinating their CPA next time round. It will be coordinated by a Sgt. Ben Hunter and he is available at the main phone number of their Training Center--327-6650. There is an application on line at the IndyGov.org site, under IMPD, then Citizens Police Academy. It can be printed then mailed to the address on the application. The information on the website indicates that there are 12 weeks of classes--April 1 - June 17--Tuesdays from 6:30p until 10p. There is also a limited description of the class content there as well. The downside is that these classes will only be held if there are at least 30 participants--so far, they have had 3 applications!"
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