Addressing the issue of addresses

Pine Haven’s council has been working on the issue of ensuring the installation of a uniform residential address system throughout the municipality for several years, including contacting homeowners who employ illegible or no house numbers.

The governing body has sought the property owners’ attention to this needed addition, to no avail.

“So if we don’t put numbers up there,” Mayor Karla Brandenburg summed the situation up, “it isn’t going to happen.”

The purpose of the address plaques is to provide police, fire and ambulance a quick and comprehensive view of house and property numbers in the...