Category Archives: Neighborhood Watch

On Thursday, August 23rd, I was driving through the park after picking up my kids from daycare and saw Action 3 News and police in the park. I called my mom and she switched to the news in time to hear that the bomb squad was called to Fairmount Park. Until this morning, I finally found out they were called after workers found a substance in a trash can and experienced watery, itchy eyes. The substance was detonated and was too small amount to be a threat. Here’s a link to the story

http://www.kmtv.com/news/local/167257005.html

Someone broke into 3 or 4 cars along Pierce Street in front of St. Peter’s Church the morning of 8/19/2012 and items were stolen from the cars. Another reminder to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.

Rick and Sarah Shivley (406 Glen Avenue) were both injured in a car accident in Missouri on 7/14. Rick sustained a concussion and broken toes. Sarah has a shattered ankle. They will have surgery Tuesday 7/24 and if all goes well can travel back to Council Bluffs Thursday evening or Friday morning. Neither will be able to drive when they get back. Sarah was only released to eat solid food last Friday.

Many of you have been asking how you can help out the Shivley Household, so I created a CaringBridge SupportPlanner. It is a calendar that helps family and friends coordinate care and organize helpful tasks, such as bringing a meal, taking care of pets and other needs. We are utilizing it to provide meals to the Shively family as they recover from their injuries.
Please CLICK HERE to access the Caring Bridge Site. If you do not already have a CaringBridge account you will be asked to provide your email and create a password to create an account. This helps with organizing and contacting the volunteers. It only takes a minute.

Once your account is created you can then enter the “shivelymealsupportplanner” and click on the calendar link on the left hand side. I’ve set up tasks from 7/27 to 8/17 to provide a single meal to the Shively household. If you hover or click on any of the entries you will be asked to accept the task. If you accept you can fill out the details and save the task. This way they aren’t overloaded with meals at the beginning. Folks can see what days have already been fulfilled pick an open day and plan accordingly.

During the overnight hours of June 4-5, Harold and Fran Beck (198 Glen Avenue) discovered their 22-year old Buick, maroon in color and in pristine condition, was stolen from its usual parking place on Glen Ave. near High School.

A police report was made but the true value of this car, with its low mileage and sentimental attachment, will never be recovered.  There aren’t many Buicks of this age and condition on the road today, so if you see anything resembling it, please report it to the police.   

Naomi Leinen, 449 Glen Avenue, has informed me that their car was broken into Saturday night/Sunday morning. Her sons back pack was stolen that had his school books and computer tablet. Additionally, John Drake, 451 Glen Avenue, had his home broken into during this same time frame. He does not believe anything was stolen. Both incidents have been reported to the Police. Please be alert and report any suspicious activity. Thank you for your time. – Kyle

Joe Atkinson reported a break in at his home Sunday. Please read his comments:

“I discovered tonight that our garage was broken into sometime in the past several days, and one of our bikes was stolen.  We weren’t aware of it until tonight because we’ve been unable to use the garage due to some pending work on the supporting retaining walls, so it could have occurred any time in the past week or so.  We suspect the break-in may have been related to some recent siding repairs we had done, as I saw one of the workers looking around the garage one day – nowhere near where any repairs were needed.  We found a cell phone charger that was apparently dropped in the process of crawling in or out of the garage window, so if the police pursue this, we may have something to go on.

An Echo gas powered leaf blower and Poulon 16in gas powered chainsaw were found in the alley being the 300 block of Glen up on the embankment. If you are missing these items, which appear to be in used but decent condition please contact myself or Mark Hansen.

The Council Bluffs Fire Department responded to a fire set in a pair of restrooms in Fairmount Park on the East Graham side. $20,000 worth of damage is the initial estimate. Fire was set sometime between 8pm Thursday April 12th amd 11am Friday April 13th. No injuries or damages to other structures were reported. If you saw or heard anything, please call the non emergency number to make a report.