August 2011 MASA Gram

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The Aggies Think, Care, Act
award goes to

Officer Kent Harris!

Thank you for helping with MASA’s area campout and for your dedicated service to our 

families that exceeds your job responsibilities.

In short, THANK YOU for making a difference in your community!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 

Parking Updates

• Parking will be enforcing lots continuously this year. There will be no grace period during the first few weeks of school. Most permits expire August 15, so make sure you get a new permit as soon as possible! 
• All visitors must purchase a permit when parking on campus, Monday-Friday. The permits are $1 per day and can be purchased in the MASA office. The permits are valid for 24 hours (10am-10am). Visitors parking on campus over the weekends may get a free permit from the Parking office. 
• Visitors can park for free on Saturdays and Sundays, but they must have a permit.  Complimentary permits are available in the MASA office and the Parking office.
• West Townhouses: This is the first year that residents can buy two THW permits. Residents can buy a yellow permit for their second vehicle if they wish.
• AV permits in the Townhouses: Residents with AV permits CANNOT park in the Townhouse lots. If you are transferring from Aggie Village to the Townhouses, you must exchange your AV permit at the Parking Office within one week of moving. During that week, you will be provided a temporary permit to use in the Townhouse by the family leasing office.
• AV permit holders can continue to park at the west end of the Mobile Home Park through the month of August. Any cars without permits will be ticketed.
• Moving Trucks, Trailers, and Pods
• Moving trucks, such as U-Hauls, must have valid day permits for each day they occupy a parking space (including weekends). 
• Trailers cannot be parked in any lots. Any resident wishing to use a trailer for moving must bring the trailer on campus the day of the move and secure a sidewalk parking permit from the MASA Office. 
• Pods can be placed in one car space in the resident’s designated lot.
• Residents must purchase a loading permit from the Parking Office ($5 per 
• Residents must exchange their current parking permit for a yellow permit so they do not take up multiple spaces in non-yellow lots.  Resident will get their original permit back after the pods are removed.

FACILITIES UPDATES

Facilities will be spraying for sand wasps, weeds, and spiders August 15-18. They will start in Aggie Village, proceed to West Stadium Villa, and end in the Townhouses.

FIRE MARSHAL CORNER It is critical to have a Home Fire Escape Plan for you and your family.  During a house fire adults tend to panic and children get scared.  With a Home Fire Escape Plan your family will be prepared and know how to get to safety. Include the following when planning your own

 Home Fire Escape Plan:

• Draw a map of your home. Show all doors and windows.
• Visit each room. Find two ways out.
• All windows and doors should open easily. You should be able to use them to get outside.
• Make sure your home has smoke alarms. Push the test button to make sure each alarm is working.
• Pick a meeting place outside. It should be in front of your home.
• Make sure your house or building number can be seen from the street.
• Talk about your plan with everyone in your home.
• Learn the emergency phone number for your fire department.
• Practice your home fire escape drill! (Plan twice a year, making the drill as realistic as possible).
• Put your home fire escape plan up on the wall so everyone can see it.
• Grown-Ups: Children don’t always awake when the smoke alarm sounds. Know what your child will do before a fire occurs.  

  For more information go to nfpa.org.

  
  

Did you know...

According to an NFPA survey, less than one-fourth of Americans have both developed and practiced a home fire escape plan.

Almost three-quarters of Americans do have an escape plan; however, less than half actually practiced it.

One-third of Americans households who made and estimate they thought they would have at least 6 minutes before a fire in their home would become life threatening. The time available is often less. And only 8% said their first thought on hearing a smoke alarm would be to get out!

Country singer Trace Adkins lost his home June 6, 2011 to fire, but his three young daughters were saved by following fire safety tips they learned at school.  His three young daughters and their dog were inside the home with their nanny when the fire started.  “They ran to their safe place like we practiced, in the front yard at a big tree," Rhonda Adkins said. "And it worked. You know, fire safety is so important, and today we used it.  I tied the yellow ribbon around the tree to go to," she said. "It stayed there for about a month. Trace kept going, 'When you gonna take that ribbon down?' and I'm like, 'You know, I might need it one day.'" Adkins said she never really expected it to be needed. "But we did what those firefighters told us and we practiced it today," she said. "It saved my kids' lives.”  With her daughters, their nanny and the family dog safe, Adkins said it was easy for her to be calm and thankful despite the loss of her home. "Please, everybody, practice fire safety.”