Out of all the holidays that we celebrate, Halloween is different from the rest. Most of them are family affairs but we celebrate this one by visiting our neighbors. In the others we usually decorate only objects, but during Halloween, we do that but we also decorate ourselves. Everybody be safe and watch out for the little children who will be running across streets and driveways. the sun is schedule to set 5:56pm...children get ready!
Haunted House: Don't forget that there will be a charity haunted house tonight at 2806 St. Patrick Place Helena AL starting at 7pm. There is no set cost but just donations to the American Cancer Society.
Light Show: The Howerton Family of 545 Fieldstone Drive Helena has their Halloween light show tonight night. You can pull up in the car and listen to the music on your radio while you watch the light show.Rio Bar and Grill Halloween Party: They will have Mama B Karaoke and a Best Costume with a cash Prize and giveaways all night. From 9pm-2am
Flash Mobs: Coming to a neighborhood near you…tonight Leigh will be part of a Zumba group, that will be doing a flashmob in neighborhoods around Helena. They are dancing to Thriller. They will be on a trailer truck. Starts at 5:30ish in Riverwoods Clubhouse to board, then onto find some suitable places to start dancing the thriller dance.
Cahaba Bend: Halloween Bash is tonight: 6:45 - 8pm, candy, movies and costumes for students.
Helena Elementary
HES has a big couple of Days on Oct. 31st the 2nd grade vocabulary parade will be at 8:20am and the
1st grade Pumpkin parade following. The Kindergarten will Fall on the Farm. On November the 1st they will have their Boosterthon fun run beginning at 8:00!
Jan Arledge posted this message on my facebook page:
"Thank you to all our loyal patrons. Helena Hometown pharmacy closed last night at 8pm. CVS will be handling your healthcare needs. We did not receive the support we needed to continue our business in Helena. We recommend CVS located on highway 17 Helena. So bittersweet, keep us in your prayers".
Jan, we hate to see you go. You will be missed.
Gene and Cindi Jones backyard was covered in a news story. They havereceived somewhere around 60-100 hummingbirds in their Helena yard during the recent humming bird migration. The article discusses type of hummingbird and plants. The photo is also from the story. Full story
Crime Rates
John Archibald discusses the recently released FBI 2011 collection of crime data in an article yesterday. He mentions Helena: “ The city with the lowest crime rate in Alabama last year was Trussville, followed by Helena, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Pelham and Pleasant Grove”. I decided to head over to the FBI side and pull some of that data about Helena.
Here are our Helena, AL Crime Stats as compared to Alabama Cities of similar size from the FBI:
City
|
Population
|
Violent
crime |
Murder and
nonnegligent manslaughter |
Forcible
rape |
Robbery
|
Fairhope
|
15,400
|
46
|
1
|
4
|
9
|
15,751
|
115
|
4
|
13
|
14
|
|
Hueytown
|
16,183
|
41
|
2
|
3
|
16
|
16,874
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
City
|
Population
|
Aggravated
assault |
Property
crime |
Burglary
|
Larceny-
theft |
Motor
vehicle theft |
Arson
|
Fairhope
|
15,400
|
32
|
625
|
124
|
492
|
9
|
0
|
15,751
|
84
|
1,276
|
371
|
829
|
76
|
1
|
|
Hueytown
|
16,183
|
20
|
658
|
163
|
474
|
21
|
1
|
16,874
|
9
|
177
|
28
|
138
|
11
|
0
|
I also saw a category for size of police force and saw that we have a smaller police force than other cities of our size. We are fortunate for the officers we have that have kept a low crime rate so far but we need the right number of officers. Out of all the things that City government is expected to do. Keep families safe is one of the biggest.
City
|
Population
|
Total law
enforcement employees |
Total
officers |
Total
civilians |
Fairhope
|
15,400
|
58
|
34
|
24
|
15,751
|
41
|
38
|
3
|
|
Hueytown
|
16,183
|
43
|
35
|
8
|
16,874
|
24
|
21
|
3
|
5 comments:
Interesting how we have a post about how safe our town is with such a small police force and also how another small business in Helena has been shut down due to lack of local support. Hey Helena, just how long do you think the town can afford to keep the police force protecting the town and keeping crime rates down without sales tax revenue? Guess everyone is going to be cool with jacking up the property tax mil rate to compensate? Jus sayin'....
Interesting how we have a post about how safe our town is with such a small police force and also how another small business in Helena has been shut down due to lack of local support. Hey Helena, just how long do you think the town can afford to keep the police force protecting the town and keeping crime rates down without sales tax revenue? Guess everyone is going to be cool with jacking up the property tax mil rate to compensate? Jus sayin'....
Interesting how we have a post about how safe our town is with such a small police force and also how another small business in Helena has been shut down due to lack of local support. Hey Helena, just how long do you think the town can afford to keep the police force protecting the town and keeping crime rates down without sales tax revenue? Guess everyone is going to be cool with jacking up the property tax mil rate to compensate? Jus sayin'....
It's hard to change your shopping habits with things you depend on, like prescriptions. Also, that side of Hwy 17 is tough to enter and leave. Knowing that three restaurants have failed in the same location and a chain restaurant was unable to stay open should tell a business owner that you should locate elsewhere.
@UABrainDoc - where exactly in Helena would be a good place to open a business like a pharmacy? Where in Helena is not "tough to enter and leave"? Helena has woefully under-developed road infrastructure everywhere. Obsolete and overly-restrictive ordinances make it virtually impossible to locate a business in MANY areas of the city. Simply getting out of and into the city during "rush hour" is an eternal nightmare. If the best argument against supporting local businesses is that it is too hard to "change your shopping habits", then Helena is certainly doomed.
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