During the night on Saturday evening, December 26th, a purse was taken from a vehicle in our subdivision. If you see a bronze Cole Hahn purse discarded in our subdivision, please contact Michelle at 985-727-7024. Please lock your vehicles at night and try not to leave anything of value in your vehicles if possible.
You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry, You Better Not Pout; I’m Telling You Why, Santa Claus is coming to In addition we will take care of some Lakewood Heights Official Board Business by taking a final vote on the LHIA proposed dues increase. Please see the attachment (click to view) for additional information. You must be present for your vote to be counted. Date: Friday, December 18th Time: Location: The Park at City Hall Even houses bring appetizers, Odd houses bring dessert. B.Y.O.B. For more information contact Lori at 626-5510. In addition to the festivities the LHIA Board Agenda is as follows.
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News & Notes:
- NEW "LINKS" PAGE
- '09 Dues Drive Kicks Off
- Join the Email Distribution List
- New Officers for 2009-10
- Kids In The Hood Article
- Next Officers Meeting: Calendar
Mary Payton Vigil has been in school with 2 of our children over the past 3 years. She is a beautiful 5 year old child who was diagnosed in January 2008 with a very rare, at
this time fatal, neurological disorder called Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (LINCL), sometimes referred to as Batten Disease. Clinical trials have begun and have had tremendous progress but they are unable to continue due to funding. A group of Mandeville residents started Mary Payton’s Miracle Foundation in honor of Mary Payton Vigil and are determined to help fund treatment and research for the children affected by LINCL. Friends and family are determined to help save this baby’s life. Please visit the website that has been created to read more about Mary Payton, LINCL and to make an online donation. A benefit is being hosted on October 3, 2008 at Benedicts restaurant and sponsors, live and silent auction donations and volunteers are being sought out to help work the event. If you are interested please email Michelle Boudreaux at michelle@marypaytonsmiracle.com or call me 504-382-2621. If you are not able to help at this time, please read her story anyway and remember how fortunate we all are to wake up with our healthy children everyday! There is nothing more important!
Tuesday, August 5th was National Night Out Against Crime (NNO) and over 30 Lakewood Heights Adults and Chiildren participated in the event by walking the 'loop' of our subdivision along with Mandeville Police Officer Ottillio. Organized by the LHIA Board, this event included the distribution of glow sticks for the children, freezer pops and cold bottled water. "This event alows neighbors to meet each other and the more of our neighbors we know the better we can work together as a neighborhood to fight crime", stated LHIA President Ken Winn.
Jamie Hamel, an LHIA Director whom helped secure Officer Ottillio for the event, stated that "We are hoping to build upon this for next year. It was fun walking the neighborhood and stopping along the way to meet neighbors". The LHIA Board thanks everyone whom participated in the event and hopes to increase the turnout in 2009.
The Lakewood Heights Annual Spring Fling was held on Sunday, April 5th from 3pm – 5pm. With the local park as our backdrop and great weather, there was lots of FUN for everyone. Next on the agenda was an egg hunt. The park grounds were layered in colorful eggs just waiting to be discovered. Over forty kids of all ages searched for as many eggs as they could find. Each age group received cool prizes which were awarded to the girl and boy who found the most eggs, the person finding the least eggs and the lucky kids who found the extra special gold/silver eggs. After collecting all th When it was all said and done each child was a winner that afternoon 
The afternoon started with coloring, cookie decorating, face painting and tattoo’s for the kids. We definitely have some up and coming artists in the neighborhood. And the cookies were as fun to decorate as they were to eat.
e goodies inside the eggs, we took part in a little healthy competition. The “Bunny Hop”, also known as the sack race, brought everyone to their feet hopping about the green grass. We rounded out the day with an old fashioned Egg Toss. Young and old alike enjoyed this suspense filled activity with no major casualties. 
and received a gift. From jump ropes, chalk, batons, kites, silly string, planes and bats with balls there was something for everyone. It was a super day watching the kids laugh, run and play while the adults enjoyed catching up with friends and neighbors. After all, isn’t that what it’s about? Enjoying time with our children and celebrating a community we love and call home. Thanks to everyone for making the Lakewood Heights 2009 Spring Fling a huge success. We look forward to seeing you all there next year in 2010. For a full set of images, visit the Photo Gallery.
New 'Links' Page Offers
Members Link Options
The LHIA Web Site now offers the active LHIA members the option to submit up to two links to other web sites per household to be posted on the 'Links' Page of our web site. For more details, visit the Links Page.
