What do you do with your unused prescription pills and over-the-counter medications? Do you throw them away? Flush them down the toilet? Simply leave them in your cabinet for a rainy day?

Doing any of the above can provoke tragic consequences including enabling the drugs to get into the wrong hands or find their way into drinking water and irrigation supplies. That’s why it’s crucial to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, veterinary medications and nutritional supplements.

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Last Thursday's Crozet Community Advisory Council (CCAC) covered many important topic, one of which is coming up for discussion and decision by the Board of Supervisors (BOS)  this Wednesday, October 2nd at their 9:00 AM meeting. Their agenda is available online at:
http://albemarle.org/upload/images/Forms_Center/Departments/Board_of_Supervisors/Forms/Agenda/2013Files/1002/Agenda.htm

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The Crozet Culinary Competition for Charity is Thursday, September 19, from  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Lodge at Old Trail.

This year the charities that benefit are Crozet Arts and the Crozet Lions.

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Crozet Community Association (CCA) Agenda
September 12, 2013 at 7:30 PM
The Field School Auditorium

Welcome
Agenda Review / Changes and additions from the floor.
Approval of the CCA’a last meeting's minutes (May 9, 2013)
Treasurer's Report by Emery Taylor (Annual family dues are $10)
A Moment in Crozet History (Phil James)
Possible Drop-in visit from Albemarle County Police officer (Evening Patrol Division) As part of the new Albemarle County Police department community policing.

Presentation:  The Streetscape II project – road and sidewalk improvements to Crozet Avenue from the railroad bridge to Jarman’s Gap Road.  (Albemarle County Staff – Trevor Henry and/or Jack Kelsey)

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Jim Duncan posted this question on his RealCrozet.com website

What should become of the Old Crozet Library

Here's the background Jim provides:

The Albemarle County Police want to spend $350k to renovate the library/depot.

The Crozet Gazette have an extensive story this month and Ryan at the Newsplex did a story on 9/10 and J. Reynolds Hutchins at the Daily Progress had a nice story as well.

There’s a good discussion the RealCrozetVA Facebook page (comments embedded after the jump here).

What do you think? Police station? Train depot?  Answer the survey by clicking here or going to RealCrozet.com 

Join us at a benefit event for the new Crozet Library.

Swinging Under the Stars!
on Thursday, August 29th at 7:00 PM
at the Park at Stonefield
Stonefield is the new shopping center at Hydraulic Road and Rte 29.
(Where the Trader Joe's is.)

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If you were able to be there, you know the book brigade felt like a combination of a street fair and a love fest, with an estimated crowd of over 300.   The Crozet Librarians and the Build Crozet Library fundraising team give a huge

THANK YOU!

You can see a series of photos on the BCL website:  http://www.buildcrozetlibrary.org/2013/08/27/509/
These are posted using Storify, so scroll down to see the beginning. Don't miss the photo of the librarians cheering on the brigade!

There was also coverage by Crozet Gazette, see pictures at: https://www.facebook.com/crozetgazette

NBC29 http://www.nbc29.com/story/23267421/book-brigade-passes-books-through-albemarle-to-library

And Charlottesville Tomorrow –http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/15770-crozet-book-brigade/

And wonderful video at Earless Rabbit – http://vimeo.com/73353395