LOCAL BUSINESS HOSTS BICYCLE RODEO
AUGUST 14 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Dr. Robert Contreras and the Lake Point Medical Partners-Sachse

Sachse Police Department will participate in a local Bicycle Rodeo hosted by Dr. Robert Contreras and his staff at Lake Point Medical Partners-Sachse, on Saturday, August 14th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at 5250 Highway 78, Suite 850 (in the Kroger shopping center) for children ages 3 to 10.

Children are asked to bring their bicycles and a parent with them to listen in on the safety tips and bicycle laws we enforce in Sachse.  Lake Point Medical Partners-Sachse will offer safety helmets as long as supplies last, along with information on bike safety and injuries due to unsafe bicycling.

For more information or questions you may contact Summer at Lake Point Medical Partners-Sachse at 972.530.0978.  See you at the bicycle rodeo!

 

GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP A HUGE SUCCESS

      
Mayor Mike Felix read the Arbor Day Proclamation as Parks and Recreation Director Lance Whitworth listens.  Micah Pace, Regional Urban Forester with the Texas Forest Service, Director Whitworth and Mayor Felix present Sachse's Tree City USA banner.

 
Mayor Mike Felix addresses the crowd who gathered at Heritage Park in preparation for the Great American Cleanup day.  Also in attendance as team memberswere Councilman Jared Patterson, Mayor Pro Tem Bill Adams, Councilman Cullen King, Councilman Charles Smith, and Councilwoman Pat McMillan.  Pictured at right is the Sachse Chamber of Commerce team.

   
The Park Lake Partners team and Girl Scout Unit 143 worked to beautify their assigned areas.

City staff prepared and served lunch to approximately 190 workers who participated in the clean up and beautification effort.  This was a very good turnout for our first year.

Thanks to Cynthia Wiseman and Darlene Putman for the photos.

Sachse citizens joined forces at the Great American Cleanup, a fun, educational, outdoor, springtime activity brought to you by the City of Sachse, Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the State of Texas, national, state and local sponsors. Groups gathered at Heritage Park as Mayor Felix presented an Arbor Day Proclamation, a Great American Cleanup Proclamation and accepted a Tree City USA banner from Regional Urban Forester Micah Pace.  

Over 188 individuals participated in the cleanup and beautification of 12 sites across the city.  The results are in: over 185 bags (3,700 pounds) of garbage were collected and over 270 flowers were planted at various parks and city facilities.  Cleanup and beautification teams included the Wilson Family, the Schubert Family, the Luna Family, Sachse High School National Honor Society, Church of Latter Day Saints – Sachse Ward, Sachse High School Beta Club, First Baptist Church, Sachse Chamber of Commerce, Park Lake Partners, Girl Scouts Unit 143, Sachse High School Softball and Volleyball Teams, Sachse City Council, Rhiannon Prisock, and the Sachse Baseball Association.