April 9, 2009

CITY HOLIDAY
The City of Midland will observe Good Friday on April 10, 2009.

In observance of this holiday, City of Midland offices will be closed.

There will be no trash pickup on Friday.

Emergency personnel will work normal shifts to provide services to the community.

ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PROMOTION
The Midland Fire Department will promote an employee to higher ranks.  A ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 16, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at the Central Fire Station.

Battalion Chief Fritz Niggeler will move to the rank of Assistant Chief of Operations.  He fills the position left vacant by retired Assistant Chief Eddie Klatt.  Niggeler has worked for the city for 20-years.

Niggeler was first hired on August 5, 1988.  He was promoted to Fire Driver in April 1994, to Fire Captain in February 1997, to District Chief in October 2001, and finally to Battalion Chief in June of 2005.

The media is encouraged to attend and help make this a special day for the employee and his family. 

FREE IMMUNIZATION WEEK
The City of Midland Health and Senior Services will celebrate National Immunization Week by providing FREE immunizations to the citizens of Midland during the week of April 13-17, 2009. 

Free immunizations will be available at the City of Midland Health and Senior Services Department, 3303 West Illinois, in the Kingsway Mall.  Hours of operation are as follows:

Monday, April 13                   8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 14                  8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 15            8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 16                8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Friday, April 17                      8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

All children need to be protected from serious childhood diseases.  Immunizations can help protect children from Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Tetnus, Diptheria, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus Inflenzae b, Hepatitis B, and Chickenpox.

A parent or guardian must accompany children under the age of eighteen and they must have their shot records.

For more information contact the Midland Health Department at 681.7613

TREE DONATION
The City of Midland will be looking a bit greener thanks to the generosity of a local business.  TXU Energy is donating 25 trees to be planted in city parks.  A tree planting ceremony will be held on April 17, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. at Lancaster Park, 3501 W. Kansas.

Five trees will be planted at Lancaster Park and the others will be planted in various parks.  The donation consists of five Desert Willows, 10 Lacebark Elms, and 10 Bur Oaks.  All are 30-gallon trees. 

The donation by TXU Energy helps kick off the Urban Forestry Program with the City.  Each year, TXU Energy, Texas Trees Foundation, and community volunteers plant thousands of seedlings.  They are maintained at the TXU Energy Urban Tree Farm until they are ready to be planted throughout the community. 

Keep Midland Beautiful will be on hand to present TXU Energy with a certificate.  This is the first tree donation to the City of Midland by TXU Energy. 

NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
Residents of south, southwest, Midland are invited to attend a neighborhood meeting to help encourage neighborhood revitalization.  The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Midland Freshman High School.  The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and last until 8:00 p.m.

City Council Members Vicky Hailey, District 2 and Jerry Morales, At-Large along with County Commissioner Luis D. Sanchez, Precinct 3 will address the issue of revitalization.  The panel will discuss streets, housing, and economic development.  They will talk about the roles of the City and County in neighborhood revitalization and what residents can do to help.

Similar meetings will take place on April 21 at Casa de Amigos and on April 28 at the MLK Community Center.

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