April ~ May ~ June Newsletter 2018

Lonoke County

Housing Authority

LCHA STAFF

David Gates Executive Director

Carolyn Williams Compliance Director

Becky Almond Public Housing Manag-

Julia Campbell Section 8 Manager

Stacy Ashmore FSS/Section 8

April Wicklund Receptionist

Mike Walker Maintenance Director

Mike Lemay Maintenance Lead

Brandon Moody Maintenance

Important Dates:

April 2-6 - Pest Control

April 16-20 Filter

Change

May 16 - Commodity

Distribution

May 21 - CADC Carlisle

Community Meeting

May 28 - LCHA Closed

for Memorial Day

SEASON OF FESTIVALS

Arkansas has always had an abundance of activities in the spring and this year, once

again, proves to deliver. Here are a few events going on in Central Arkansas this

season:

Cabot’s Annual Strawberry

Festival Cabot’s Strawberry Festival will be held

April 28th-29th in downtown Cabot.

Carnival rides, vendors, pageant, live

entertainment and games for

the whole family.

Springfest The 3rd Annual Springfest will be held in

and around the First Security Amphitheatre

and the River Market Pavilions from 10 a.m.

- 6 p.m. Saturday, April 7th. You will enjoy

Arkansas' finest food truck treats, local craft

beer, entertainment and vendors galore!

Activities will be provided by the Witt

Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center

and Museum of Discovery with numerous

interactive family activities throughout the

day. This is a free event.

Toad Suck Daze The annual Toad Suck Daze is

May 4th-6th in Conway, AR.

This FREE ADMISSION

festival held on the streets of downtown

Conway, AR has something for the entire

family: arts & crafts, a carnival, live enter-

tainment, food, magicians, and so much

more! Toad Suck Daze is also home to ‘The

World Championship Toad Races”.

Riverfest 2018 Riverfest 2018 will be held Memorial

Day weekend May 25 - May 27th.

Riverfest 2018 will have all your

festival favorites from great food, arts

& crafts, special attractions and the best

live music on the banks of the Arkansas

River. It wouldn't be Riverfest without

the largest fireworks display in the state

to conclude a full weekend of fun. This

year’s artists will be announced April

4th at 1:30 p.m.

Steamboat Days 2018 Family fun on the banks of the White River June 1st &

2nd in Downtown Des Arc, AR. There will be arts &

crafts, bass tournament, cook-offs, carnival rides, lots of

food, live entertainment, fireworks and MUCH MORE!

Check out their Facebook page : Steamboat Days for the

2018 Steamboat Days line up.

Page 2 Lonoke County Housing Authority

Mowing season is upon us and this is your NOTICE that maintenance

and/or landscape crew is NOT responsible for picking up any items/toys

that are left in the yard when they mow. Please keep all toys (when not in

use) on your back porch and not on the grass along the walls. Porches

should be free of clutter and any indoor items/furniture at all times. Every-

one should stage your trash can at the rear of the unit until the day of pick

up.

There is a zero tolerance for trash in yards and parking areas. Please pick

up and sweep up all litter. This includes candy/gum wrappers, popsicle

sticks, bottles/can/cups, cigarette butts and general litter.

This is your NOTICE that failure to keep your area picked up could result

in you being fined a minimum of $50.00.

The Lonoke County Housing Authority would like for all residents to

maintain a clean and appealing neighborhood; therefore, your cooperation

is appreciated.

Mowing Season

Flower beds must

be maintained by

tenants. LCHA

landscape crew is

not responsible for

flower beds. If you

choose to install a

flower bed and it is

not maintained, it

will be removed by

the landscape crew.

Cabot Aquatic Park Re-Opens May 26

Hours of Operation: Admission:

Mon.-Sat. 11am - 7pm 48” and above: $8

Sun. 12pm - 6pm Below 48”: $7

Discount passes:

10 punch splash pass: $60

20 punch splash pass: $100

Eagle Pest Control will now be handling our pest control services. They will be in your

area the first week of April to do their quarterly inspections. If you are having any

problems with roaches, mice, or suspect you may have bed bugs please call our office at

(870) 552-3554.

Pest Control

The City of Carlisle will be having their annual Spring Clean-Up May 7th-11th. Lonoke County Housing Authority Residents in Carlisle are in Section 3, therefore the pick up day will be May 10th.

Residents will need to place discarded items at the edge of the property. Appliances may be taken to the Carlisle City Dump at Hwy 13 South.

ABSOLUTELY NO LIQUIDS, PAINTS, BATTER-IES, LUMBER, BUILDING MATERIALS OR ANY OTHERR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

A tire container will be available at Doug’s Tire Service, 104 W. Park St.

For more information contact the Carlisle Water Department at (870) 552-3120.

City of Carlisle Spring Clean-Up

Page 3 April ~ May ~ June 2018

With all of the rain and warmer weather, you may find that ants are becoming a problem. Here are a few DIY ways to get rid of ants naturally: Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 1/2 cup of sugar or powdered sugar 2 TBSP of Borax Cotton balls Mix all of your ingredients together and then soak the cotton balls in the concoction. Place the cotton balls anywhere you see the ants may be coming in or trailing. The next morning you should wake up to dead ants! Vinegar - Ants hate vinegar, so this one’s real easy. Make a mixture of half vinegar and half water in a

spray bottle. Simply spray all areas where the ants may be coming in from. You can also spray it directly on

the ants to kill them if they are already inside.

Chalk - A regular piece of sidewalk chalk can save your home from an ant invasion. You just need to draw

a thick line with the chalk outside the door or wherever they are coming in from and the ants won’t cross

that line.

Cinnamon - Use cinnamon just as you would the chalk. Create a line of it around the outside of your house

as well as any spots inside to keep them from coming in. Your house will smell nice too.

Lemon Juice - A simple solution of half lemon juice and half water can be sprayed around the inside of

your home to keep the ants out. This will deter Asian lady beetles as well when sprayed around entry ways

of your home.

Essential Oils - These aromatic oils may smell nice to us, but ants don’t feel the same way. Make a mixture

of 10 drops in one cup of water and spray in the affected areas. You can use lemon oil, lavender oil, pepper-

mint oil, cedar oil, and eucalyptus oil. *Eucalyptus oil is highly toxic to cats, so do not use it if you have a

cat in your home.

How to Get Rid of Ants

LIHEAP applications are still being taken Monday,

Tuesday, and Wednesday from 8 a.m.-Noon at

CADC’s Lonoke office, 616 North Center Street,

Lonoke for regular and crisis bills.

The next quarterly commodity distribution will be

Wednesday, May 16th at all nine locations.

The next Carlisle Community Group Meeting is

Monday, May 21, 2018 at 10:30 at LCHA Community

Room.

CADC News

P.O. Box 74

617 N Greenlaw

Carlisle, AR 72024

Phone: 870-552-3554

Fax: 870-552-3555

Website: lonokepha.com

Lonoke County Housing Authority

Cabot Office

500 Galloway

Cabot, AR 72023

Phone: 501-843-5641

Lonoke County Housing Authority PO Box 74 / 617 N. Greenlaw

Carlisle, AR 72024

PH: (870) 552-3554 FAX: (870) 552-3555

04/01/2018

The Smoke Free Policy and No Smoking Lease Addendum, have a comment

period of 30 days, ending April 30, 2018. It is available for you to review at the

Carlisle Office, 617 N. Greenlaw or the Cabot Office, 500 Galloway.

If you have a comment, please put your comments in writing and forward them to the LCHA @ PO Box 74, Carlisle, AR 72024 or e-mail to cwilliams@lonokepha.com. This No Smoking Lease Addendum will go into effect for all units effective July 1, 2018. Thank you, Carolyn Williams Compliance Director Lonoke County Housing Authority We do business in accordance with the Federal Fair Housing Law which states: It is illegal to discriminate against any person because

of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

Maintenance will be changing A/C filters

between April 16th - 20th. If you have any

maintenance problems please call in work

orders to 870-552-3554. If you have an

emergency call

501-297-1621.

Maintenance

April 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Pest Control

3 Pest Control

4 Pest Control

5 Pest Control

6 Closed 7

8 9 10 11 12 12 Closed 14

15 16 Filter Change

17 Filter Change

18 Filter Change

19 Filter Change

20 Closed Filter Change

21

22 23 24 25 26 27 Closed 28

29 30

May 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Closed 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 Closed 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 Closed 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 Closed 26

27 28 Closed 29 30 31

June 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Closed 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 Closed 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 Closed 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 Closed 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 Closed 30