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February

2013 Dear Briarwood Residents:

Another year has passed leaving us with mem-ories of great successes in the association. We had a great turn out at National Night Out in August and once again Sheriff Leon Lott praised our neighborhood for it’s efforts in fighting crime, making us one of the lowest crime areas in the county. He also thanked us for once again providing one of his deputies with a protective vest. Did you know that those protective vests have a life span of about five years before they start to deteriorate? So the Sheriff’s Department is greatly apprecia-tive when we buy a vest, giving them money to be used on other items needed for their dep-uties.

The next outstanding accomplishment was the development of a Briarwood Neighborhood Information Booklet. It was a long time in the making and it was accomplished by our entire neighborhood. Through a series of meetings, information was gathered and under the guid-ance of the Covenants Committee the infor-mation was put into a booklet. Hopefully, it will provide answers to most of the questions

people have asked over the years about how we can keep our neighborhood safe and attrac-tive so others will want to move here. It pro-vides a history of the Briarwood neighbor-hood, important county phone numbers, and information on county codes and neighbor-hood covenants.

Finally we have a web site now where we can provide neighbors with information they may have missed in a publication or meeting. Larry Ulmer has set up the site and you can go to: www.sciway3.net/briarwood to see it.

Please mark your calendar for our next meet-ing that will be on Thursday, February 21, at 7 pm at Windsor United Methodist Church. (This is a change from the second Thursday due to Valentines Day.)

Jim O’Brien, President Briarwood Neighborhood Association

Did You Know

Temporary payroll tax cut for Social Security was allowed to expire at the end of 2012. Workers who paid 4.2 percent income into Social Security system in 2011 and 2012 will now resume contributing 6.2 percent of their earnings in 2013, up to the payroll tax cap of $113,700.

Paper checks will end for Social Security recipients on March 1, 2013. The Treasury Department will stop mailing paper checks at that time. Social Security retirees/benefactors will be required to choose to have their Social Security payments either directly deposited into a bank or credit union account or loaded onto a debit card.

The oldest brickworks in America were found in Columbia.

Columbia is the boyhood home of President Woodrow Wilson.

Fort Jackson, located in Columbia, is the largest military training base in the country.

The Lake Murray Dam is the second largest earthen dam in the world.

The 1920's dance craze, the Big Apple, originated in Columbia.

Riverbanks Zoo is rated one of the top 10 zoos in the nation and during the month of February, residents of Richland County can get in free on Friday’s with proof of residency.

BNA’s Yard of the Month winners receive a gift certificate from Woodleys on Two Notch Road.

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Richland County Solid Waste and Recycling is now accepting new recyclable items. The new list includes: yogurt and butter dishes, envelopes with plastic windows, aluminum pie pans, orange juice and milk cartons, glass (bottle, jugs, jars), plastic trays, paper cup holders, plastic baskets, frozen dinner trays, paper bags and pizza boxes.

Make sure that all items are rinsed and free of food. DO NOT include Styrofoam at all (trays, plates, cups and egg car-tons); phone books; or aluminum foil.

There is one number you may call for your concerns, complaints and questions regarding county government. The Richland County One-Call Response Center can be reached by calling (803) 929-6000. Office hours are Monday – Fri-day between 8:30 am – 5:00 pm. For your convenience you can leave a message on the weekends and after business hours. You can also email them with your concerns, complaints and questions to: ombudsman@rcgov.us

Among some of the concerns, complaints and questions citizens sometimes seek resolutions to include, but are not lim-ited, to the following:

Animal Abuse, Animal Bite/Attack, Animal Trap Request, Sick/Dead Animal, Barking Dog/Nuisance, Pet Li-cense, Stray Cat/Dog

18 Wheelers in Residential Area

Damaged/ Stolen/Missing Herbie Curbie/Recycle Bin or No Garbage/Recycling/Yard Trash Pick Up

Drainage/Flooding Problem

Illegal Dumping

Road Paving/Resurfacing, Potholes

Overgrown Lot or Unsafe House

Street Sign/Stop Sign Down/Missing, Sign Request

Unlicensed Vehicles

Some Frequently Asked Questions of Richland County One-Call Response Center that may be referred to other agencies are listed below with potential solutions :

1. How to get an animal spayed or neutered?

Contact the Humane Society SPCA, 121 Humane Lane, www.humanesc.org (803-783-1267) for a list of fees and services.

2. Who do I call to find buried cable line or utility on my property?

Call PUPS before you dig, 1-800-922-0983.

3. There is a squirrel, raccoon, snake, skunk, opossum, pigeon, woodpecker, bat, rabbit, fox, etc. in my attic, yard, or in my house, who can I call?

In South Carolina, control of nuisance wildlife and animal damage is the responsibility of the individual proper-ty owners. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) provides the public with a List of Removal Services at www.dnr.sc.gov (803-734-3886). To access this list go to the website and Google: wildlife control operators. These individuals and companies are in the business of wildlife control and they do charge a fee for their services.

4. Where to call to register a complaint on a business?

Call the Better Business Bureau at 803 -254-2525, or Consumer Affairs at 803-734-4200 to report the business.

For Your Information

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July - William Akey

9832 Bonny Ridge Road

August - Charles and Betty Beam

2824 St. Ives Road

June - George and Bev Mayer

3014 Knightbridge Road

May - David and Judy Williams

9654 Windsor Lake Blvd.

September - Melvin and Nancy Wolff

9430 Martindale Road

Yard of the Month

October— Molly Grace Comer

9837 Dunbarton

PO B OX 25 275, COLUM B I A, S OU T H CAR OLI NA 29 224

BNA Board of Directors President - Jim O’Brien - 736-3765

Vice President - Wayman Stover - 788-1281

Recording Secretary - Nancy Wolff - 788-7130

Treasurer & Yard Sale- Lowry Stephens - 736-8545

Clean Sweep - Marilyn Summers - 788-1528

Membership - Vanessa Polson-Medlin - 788-1170

Block Captain - Frank Norville - 736-1993

Welcome Committee - Ann Awtrey - 788-5195

Yard of the Month - Sandy Van Hout - 736-5073

Debbie Prescott - 386-473-3537

Kimberly Norris Jones - 419-5857

Newsletter - Lonie Vieira-Walczak - 699-6221

Website - Larry Ulmer - 788-0538

Our membership drive recruited 30 new

members to the Briarwood Neighborhood

Association. If you haven’t joined or re-

newed for 2013, please complete the form on

page 5 and mail it to the address provided.

November - Dwight and Marie Thomas

9737 Windsor Lake Blvd

December - Fred, Dorothy and Pam Brandt

9622 Windsor Lake Blvd

January (on left) - Frances Plyler

2908 Hickory Nut Lane

Happy New Year! My name is Aaron Salter and I'm the new Richland County C.A.T. team Deputy in your area. Looking over the crime statistics for your area and from my time patrolling it I know that you have a safe and strong knit community. The statistics do show that there were some issues in the area in regards to stolen mail and credit card fraud. If you have witnessed any suspicious activity near mailbox-es in the area or you believe you have been the vic-tim of one of these crimes please report the activity to the Richland County Sheriff's Department and your credit card company immediately. Another is-sue that has been brought to my attention has been speeding down Windsor Lake Blvd. near E. L. Wright Middle School. I would encourage residents to please slow down due to heavy pedestrian traffic in the area, much of which is children. Other than those issues I don't have much else in the way of ma-jor trends to report on. I very much look forward to meeting you all at your next community event, and I wish you a happy and blessed 2013!

Deputy Aaron Salter

Sheriff’s Report

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Briarwood Neighborhood Association

Post Office Box 25275 - Columbia, SC 29224

Application for Membership ($20.00 per year)

Last Name: First Name: Spouse:

Address:

Phone: Email Address:

Annual Dues are $20.00 per year. Please mail application and check to the above address. You may also call any Board or Committee member listed above.

None of this information will be sold.

Briarwood Neighborhood Yard Sale

(In conjunction with Winsor United Methodist Church Yard Sale)

Saturday, March 2, 2013

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Rain or Shine

Briarwood Neighborhood Association will place an ad in The State newspaper. We will not be sending out reminders with balloons this year so please provide your own balloon to mark your

mailbox. For more information please call Lowry Stephens at 736-8545.

Yard Sale

Yard Sale

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