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Jewish Community Center, D. Dan and Betty Kahn Building, West Bloomfield
6600 West Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI
Telephone: 248-661-1000

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Colossal Collections Drive-Thru and Drop-Off:

• 11 am – 1 pm
• @ the Loading Dock near the Nursery School Entrance
  (North side of building)
• Sunday, March 17, 2013

Collection Wednesdays:

• 10 am – 2 pm
• Main Entrance
• Wednesdays, through April 3, 2013

Board Meeting – Kimberley North Improvement Association

• Thursday 3/21/13
• 7:00  pm
• at the Toth residence, 5586 Abington

Kimberley North residents are welcome to attend. If you have agenda items, please submit them to Ron Toth before the meeting if possible.

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will hold a public information meeting regarding the Orchard Lake/14 Mile Road intersection project.

About 40 Kimberley North residents at the 2013 KNIA annual meeting heard a presentation from Road Commission representatives. Other information about the project has been sparse so we encourage our residents to attend the March 27th meeting. There is no formal presentation so you can drop in any time between 4 pm and 7 pm.

The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) will conduct a public information meeting Wednesday, March 27, 2013 about the planned 2014 reconstruction of the intersection of 14 Mile and Orchard Lake roads as amodern roundabout and the realignment of the Northwestern Highway/Orchard Lake Road and Northwestern Highway 14 Mile Road intersections. The purpose of the meeting is to share information about the project and to provide an opportunity for the Road Commission to receive input from the public.

Meeting Details:

• Location: Warner Upper Elementary School, 30303 W. 14 Mile, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
• Date/Time: Wed., March 27, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Format: Open house. There will not be a formal presentation. Anyone interested can stop in at any time during the meeting to review information and/or talk with an RCOC representative

Project Details:

• This project will involve reconstructing the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake Road intersection as a multi-lane modern roundabout. It will also involve reconstructing Orchard Lake Road from 14 Mile Road to just north of the Gateway shopping center, including the Northwestern Highway/Orchard Lake Road intersection. Additionally, the project will involve reconstructing and realigning the 14 Mile Road/Northwestern Highway intersection and realigning 14 Mile between Orchard Lake and Northwestern Highway.
• The project is intended to improve traffic flow and safety in and around the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake intersection, and is part of the Northwestern Connector project (for more information, see www.nwconnector.com).
• Preliminary project design plans and scheduling information will be available for review at the meeting.

Project Schedule:

• This project is expected to start in the spring of 2014 and be completed in the fall of 2014.

For more information:

• Call RCOC’s Department of Customer Services at 877-858-4804 or send an e-mail via the RCOC Web site, www.rcocweb.org.

Annual Dues must be paid by 4/1

Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Costick Center

The Farmington Hills/Farmington Emergency Preparedness Commission (EPC) will present a free SKYWARN training program on Thursday, April 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Costick Center, located at 28600 Eleven Mile Road between Middlebelt and Inkster.

SKYWARN is a volunteer program developed in the early 1970s as a cooperative effort between the National Weather Service and local emergency management representatives.  There are now nearly 290,000 trained weather spotters across the country who provide reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service (NWS) and help keep their communities safe.

The main responsibility of a SKYWARN spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms.  Information provided by SKYWARN spotters has enabled the NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and flash floods.  Participants at the training session will learn:

• Basics of thunderstorm development
• Fundamentals of storm structure
• How to identify potential severe weather features
• What information to report
• How to report information
• Basic severe weather safety

The SKYWARN training program will be hosted by the EPC, Oakland County, and Warning Coordination Meteorologist Richard Pollman of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Detroit Weather Forecast Office in White Lake, Michigan.  Advance registration is required.  For more information or to register, call the Costick Center at 248-473-1800.

Governor Rick Snyder and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson have declared the week of April 7 through April 13, 2013 as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan.

Oakland County’s Homeland Security Division will be engaged in various public education efforts during Severe Weather Awareness Week in an effort to help minimize the loss of life and destruction of property that can result from severe weather.

As part of this initiative, a special test of the Early Weather Warning System will be conducted.  The Outdoor Warning System sirens will be activated on Wednesday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

The purpose of the test is to raise the level of severe weather safety awareness and to offer schools and businesses an opportunity to review and test their internal disaster plans.  Residents are asked to publicize the date and time of the test in order to help stop calls to 9-1-1 or to local Police and Fire Departments.

• 6:30–8:30 pm
• Bloomfield Twp. Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Rd. (@Telegraph)

As part of the 2013 Severe Weather Awareness Week, a special test of the Early Weather Warning System will be conducted.  The Outdoor Warning System sirens will be activated on Wednesday, April 10 at 1 p.m.

Please do not contact police or fire departments to report or inquire about this.