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Volume 9, Number 47 • Nov. 20 to 27, 2014
Marvin Creek residents continue to meet obstacles in traffic reduction efforts
by Ryan Pitkin ryan@unioncountyweekly.com
sacrificing safety for convenience The remnants of a mailbox taken out by a reckless driver in 2009, when residents of Marvin Creek began noticing speeders on their streets. Six mailboxes have been hit already in 2014. Photo courtesy of Marvin Ridge resident
MARVIN - Residents of the Marvin Creek subdivision have continued to meet opposition to their six-year efforts to close the gate at the front of their neighborhood for good. As Marvin and surrounding municipalities have grown, some streets in the subdivision have become shortcuts for drivers between Rea and Marvin roads. At a Village Council meeting on Thursday, Nov. 13, Mayor Pro Tem Christina Frazzini hoped to pass a motion that would close the gate, located at the Tom Short Road entrance to the neighborhood, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and throughout the entire weekend for a six-month period in order to study the effects. Councilmembers were deadlocked on the vote, and Mayor Joe Pollino voted against the motion, saying the council needed more information about alternatives to the gate that could help calm speeding in the area. Some councilmembers said they asked for this information from the Marvin Creek Homeowners’ Association previously, but had not received (see Marvin Creek on page 11)
Christmas lights show supports cancer research Brandon Oaks home’s annual community during the holidays. show will return to the Kimbells’ home with pancreatic cancer a few months holiday show to feature But a life-changing diagnosis on Nov. 29 and run through Jan. 1, before Christmas in 2012. At the time prompted Kimbell and his wife, Sherri, 2015. Shows will run from 6 to 9 p.m. of her diagnosis, the life expectancy 13,000 RGB LED lights by Josh Whitener josh@unioncountyweekly.com
INDIAN TRAIL – Pete Kimbell didn’t intend for his Garden Oak Holiday Lights show to double as a fundraiser when it debuted in 2012; the show was simply meant to be an offering to the
to use their synchronized Christmas lights show to raise money for the National Foundation for Cancer Research. The show has raised nearly $2,000 for the foundation to date, and Kimbell hopes to more than double that amount this year. The Garden Oak Holiday Lights
on school nights and from 6 to 10 p.m. on non-school nights. The Kimbells’ residence is located at 4026 Garden Oak Drive, in the Brandon Oaks subdivision. The Kimbells mission to simply provide holiday entertainment changed when Pete Kimbell’s mom was diagnosed
for pancreatic cancer patients was nine months. Kimbell’s mom is now a 27-month survivor who still mows her own yard in the summer. “The whole reason we started this (show) was not to raise money – it was to decorate the house and to do (see Holiday Lights on page 10)
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