Congratulations to the Weiser High School Band! This last Saturday, the band lead by director Jake Fortin competed in the annual District 3 Marching Competition at Boise State. Weiser’s band marched away with the first-place trophy in their division! There are five categories that the bands are judged on, Auxiliary (the flags, etc.), Visual Effect, Percussion, Music, and General Effect. Weiser’s swept the first four and barely missed taking first in the General. Great Job! And Thank You for representing Weiser High School so well!
There is quite a bit to cover in City news this week, so we will get right to it.
We all need to say a HUGE Thank You to the Weiser Police Department! Every year, Safewise, a home security company, does a study of cities across the country to rank them from safest to least safe, state by state. Weiser was named the safest city in Idaho last year and has earned that honor for several of the last ten years. However, Safewise has now notified the City that Weiser has tied with four other communities as the Safest Small Town in America! It appears that the designation is based on the number of violent crimes and property crimes per 1,000 population. If you would like more information, you can find it online at safewise.com/safest-towns-america/. So, next time, and maybe every time, you see one of Weiser’s Finest please thank them for the fine job they do in town in keeping us and our property safe!
In other news, the Street Department, along with help from other departments, will begin alley clean-up either this week or next, depending on available personnel. If you still have yard waste to be disposed of, now is the time to get it into the alley to be picked-up and carted off. Please keep the waste out of the center of the alley. It should be up against a fence, garage, or the property line. Please include only normal yard waste, such as grass clippings, weeds, tree and shrub trimmings, etc. The City is more than happy pick-up and cart off the waste in order to help you keep Weiser nice and beautiful.
In addition to the alley clean-up, the Street Department, along with the help of others, will also begin picking up leaves either this week or next. Please be sure to get the leaves to the curb and out in the street. Please do not leave the leaves between the sidewalk and curb as the vacuum will not pick them up off the grass. Also, please do not rake the leaves onto graveled areas as the rocks will damage the vacuum. Again, the City is more than happy to provide this service in order to help you with your fall yard work and to keep Weiser beautiful.
Also, our Fire Chief Kerry Nyce, who is retiring this week, wants to remind you of several things for fall. If you have a wood or pellet stove, please have the chimney cleaned before firing it up for the year. Creosote build-up is one of the leading causes in home fires.
If you heat with natural gas, please provide protection for your gas meter from snow and ice falling off from your roof and burying your meter. It turns out that your gas meter will “burp” or release a small amount of gas if there is too much pressure built up in your home. A meter buried in ice and snow will “burp” more often than an uncovered one. You obviously pay for the gas loss from “burping” so please do yourself a favor by protecting your meter.
The Fire Chief also would like to remind residents to check your home’s address identification. Many address labels are not readily visible from the street. Address numbers need to be in numerical form, not spelled out, with each character not less than 4 inches high and the stroke width at least 1/2 inch wide. In an emergency situation, being able to identify a house in a moment can be critical. So please take the time to check your address for visibility.
Well, that’s it for this week. Sleep well at night knowing you live in the safest small town in America!
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