Killeen, TX

Are you looking for a way to get involved in the community that is both fun and informative. Check with your local police department to see if they offer a police academy for citizens.

Last year I went through a 12 week course at the Killeen Police Department called the CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. The course included weekly presentations by officers, detectives, and supervisors on topics ranging from Criminal Investigation, Gangs, Organized Crime, Police DoTraffic, Gangs, Illegal Drugs, and the list goes on. It's amazing how much there is about the police department that we, as citizens, are not aware of. Included in the class is a Saturday visit to the firing range with the SWAT team and at least one ride along with an officer for a shift. While at the range, we got to see the police dogs do their work, see the SWAT team breach a door, fire an automatic assault weapon, learn about hostage negotiations and had a cook out.

After the 12 week course, we were given a very nice graduation ceremony by the city and became a part of the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association. As Alumni, we can volunteer at the police station, helping out where needed.

I would recommend this type of program for anyone. It was fun, informative, exciting, and all in all an eye opening experience. I will say that the city of Killeen, Texas is very supportive of the program and of educating their citizens. They were very open and it seemed no topic was off limits.

Part of being a citizen in a community is to be involved in that community and this is one way of doing just that.

Richard W. Overall, Jr, REALTOR

www.OverallRealtor.com

Today was a rainy day, hence the slicked back hair, and I had a lunch date with my friend who is also my massage therapist. I wanted to take her out for her birthday to let her know how much I appreciate her friendship and how much she has helped me with her massages.

I get frequent migraines(usually once a week) and have made a commitment to go get a massage atleast once a month. This has actually helped with my migraines by having longer periods of time in between them. I cant even explain how much I appreciate this. Plus while I am there we catch up on what we have been doing and strengthen our friendship.

Danielle does a wonderful job giving massages & her deep tissue massages last for weeks. I usually get the hot stone massage from her because I enjoy the heat from the rocks but she does all kinds of different types. She also has parties (never thought of this before) which sounds like fun! Every month she has a different special and since she does them from her home she is able to offer ridiculously good deals.

If you are in the area and are needing a good massage...be sure to contact Danielle or have her put you on her email list so you can get all her monthly specials. This is the March special:

MARCH MASSAGE SPECIALS!!

This month I am offering great deals on massage parties. I just wanted to remind you that if you aren't interested in the discount of the month, other appointments are still available! Hope to hear from you soon,
Danielle Hernandez, LMT (254)220-7668
Package 1: If you host a massage party with 3 guest and yourself; you receive a coupon for $20 off your next appointment; and all your guest receive a coupon for a ninety minute massage for $55!
Package 2: If you host a massage party with 4 or more guest and yourself; you receive $20 dollars off that night, and all your guest will receive a coupon for a ninety minute massage for $55 !
Coupons and discounts have an expiration date of, May 31, 2009.

You wont regret it believe me!

I went into Speedy Signs at 108 W. Veterans Memorial Blvdin Killeen the other day to change some words on the back of my vehicle. Thinking I would need to schedule an appointment I asked when they would be able to do it and to my surprise they said now. It took them about 10 minutes and I was out the door! The last time I was in there I needed an estimate for our exterior sign at our office and within a day I had a quote! I am impressed due to being given the run around by other companies in our area saying they will give me quotes and never delivering! When Speedy Signs says speedy they really mean it! They also have this really cool perforated window graphic that you can see through from the inside (it looks like tint) but has a design on the exterior. When I asked them about a partial wrap they said it would take a few days but could get me in as soon as I'm ready! In this day and age a company that stands by what they say means a whole lot! That's why I wanted to give them the props they deserve. If you need a sign and are in the area give them a call at 254-628-8077. Thank you Speedy Signs!

Well, we made it through our Killeen chamber of commerce ribbon cutting and it was a real success. We probably had 65 to 70 people, more than a dozen of which were realtors from other companies. I didn't think that was too unusual until one of the chamber ambassadors was talking to me afterward and said something I found very interesting. He said that he goes to a lot of ribbon cuttings for real estate companies and there are never "competing" realtors in attendance. He said most companies don't invite other realtors to their function.

Maybe I'm an idealist, but this makes no sense to me. These are people in our industry, people we deal with on a daily basis. Why would we not invite them to be a part of our business celebration, and that's exactly what we did. They came to support our company and help celebrate our growth. This is the relationship we foster in our real estate community. We support other agents and in turn receive genuine support from them. These are what we call our "Friends of Casa." These are the agents that give Realtors a GOOD name.

I want to thank those that came to support us and encourage everyone in our community to reach out to each other. We're all in this together. The business may be adversarial in nature, but that doesn't mean you have to be adversaries with each other.

Good evening, everyone. It's late and I've been running sice early today preparing for our office ribbon cutting/open house on Thursday. It's not that we're a new company, but like the married couple who missed their honeymoon, we never had a ribbon cutting and after 10 years, and our latest move, we thought it about time. So here I sit, after days of planning, much of today shopping, and getting ready to prepare the food Wednesday evening (still have to sell houses during the day) I think I'm just about ready. On the one hand, I'm excited, (though maybe not so much as the honeymoon couple), but on the other, I am looking forward to when this is over and things can get back to normal. Of course we'll have the honeymoon ribbon cutting snapshots to remember it by. Oh the memories.

By the way, all of you local folks ot there that might read this, you are all invited. The event will be Thursday, February 26 from 11am to 2pm. There will be great food and hopefully lots of fun for all.