Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Summer Sanctuary
Extended evening daylight and the end of the school term provide more outside play time opportunities for neighborhood youth. Please be ever on the alert for children on or near The Sanctuary’s streets. Keep your speed down, especially on corners and other places where you may not see kids chasing balls or on bicycles until it’s too late.
Bicycle Helmets
And while I’m on the subject, many of your children under age 16 are riding their bikes without wearing a helmet. State law requires every child under 16 to wear a properly sized and fitted helmet while bicycling. It doesn’t matter whether they are in the street or on the sidewalk. Oviedo police patrols will “pull over” violators. The result could be a great deal of inconvenience for you and your children.
Wooded Areas
The wooded areas in and around The Sanctuary are set aside as conservation land to be preserved as natural habitat. That means they are off limits to humans. No hunting, no off-road riding, no trail blazing, no dumping, no fort building, no paint ball battles, no anything. Tresspassers are subject to arrest. There are plenty of miles of trail along the Little Big Econ State Forest right next door that should more than satisfy your hunger for the outback. Enjoy this available natural resource instead.
Valerie Williams (5/28/2009)