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Lake City School – Early Proposed Design Materials

Here is the early proposed design for the Lake City School project on 125th: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/AppDocs/GroupMeetings/DRProposal3008858AgendaID2386.pdf

More information on the project is here and at this previous blog post.

Young Families Mailing List

A number of young families in Pinehurst are organizing play dates and are interested in organizing stroller walks and other activities for families with infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children.

To help young families connect, we have set up a mailing list just for young families. You can join this list by going to: http://lists.onenw.org/lists/subscribe/pinehurst-young-families.

Play Dates at Pinehurst Playfield
Join other young families in at Pinehurst Playfield every Tuesday at 5:30 PM, Wednesday at 4 PM, and Friday at 10:30 AM, weather permitting. Pinehurst Playfield is located on 14th Avenue NE between NE 120th and 123rd Streets

Pretty Bioswales

The swale is in Tukwila at a business park called Riverview. It is at the intersection of Baker Blvd. and Christiansen. Near Southcenter Mall.

Planning Team for the 2009 Pinehurst Summer Social

Do you like planning events? Do you want to get to know your neighbors better? We need a planning team for next year’s Pinehurst Summer Social.

Roles include:

  • Coordination with Seattle Parks Department (park reservation, children’s activities, tents, etc.)
  • Inviting other organizations to participate in the event
  • Publicity (mailers, press releases, signs, canvassing neighborhood, etc)
  • Outreach (contacting other neighborhood organizations, especially under served populations)
  • Music programming (finding musicians, locating PA and other equipment, running sound day of, etc.)
  • Food and food donations
  • Volunteer coordinator
  • Donations and financial administration
  • Weather control (It is not supposed to rain in August!)

If you want to improve on the event from this year, you should join the team. The more people involved and the more perspectives, the better.

We will discuss next year’s social at our September 18th meeting and volunteers can coordinate meeting times that work best for them. If you are interested, though, please let me know.

Residential Burglary Report – July 2008

Here is the July 2008 Residential Burglary Report. We have included Olympic Hills stats as well because there is a bit of a blurry border between our two neighborhoods. It was surprising for me to see the Olympic Hills stats compared with those in Pinehurst. It made me realize how low our incidence rate is compared with other neighborhoods.

As always, if you have any questions on crime prevention or if you would like to form a block watch, please contact Diane Horswill (diane.horswill@seattle.gov) at the North Precinct. Also, there is some good information on crime prevention here.

*PINEHURST RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY REPORT: JULY 2008

7/09 12300 blk 20th NE, reported at 2:06 PM, officers were sent to this location due to an alarm trip, when they arrived they found a basement window smashed, there was no indication that entry was made

7/10 800 blk NE 125th, reported at 11:00 AM, resident reports that a bike light was taken from her unlocked garage

7/25 12000 blk 25th NE, reported at 1:00 PM, resident said he left the house and did not lock the front door as his roommates were still in the house asleep, the suspect(s) entered the unlocked door and stole several items

*unofficial stats

*OLYMPIC HILLS RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY REPORT: JULY 2008

7/02 14000 blk 32nd NE reported at 8:00 PM, the victims states that items were removed from his apt. bldg. storage unit, no sign that the lock was forced

7/02 1900 blk NE 145th reported at 11:17 PM, the victim was gone all day and when she returned she discovered some food missing and items moved, nothing of value was taken, and there was no damage to her locks, she believes it was the apt maintenance or an ex-boyfriend

7/03 3100 blk NE 145th, reported at 4:18 PM, victims were gone most of the day and when they returned to the apt. they discovered the place ransacked and items missing, they had a video camera that showed two males at the door but they were not recognizable

7/05 12900 blk 20th NE, reported at 12:15 PM, the victim arrived home to see 2 Hispanic males teens coming out of her back yard, she went inside to discover a broken window and jewelry missing

7/10 2700 blk NE 144th, reported at 5:00 PM, a neighbor of the victim found one of her dogs in her yard and when to check on the house, she discovered that the door had been forced and a flat screen TV had been stolen

7/14 14300 blk 17 NE, reported at 8:00 PM, the victim has ongoing problems with a neighbor who he believes removed a window screen and entered his house, no property was missing

7/17 3000 NE 145th, reported at 4:48 PM, the victims left their apt. at noon and returned around 4:00 PM to discover they had been burglarized, there were no signs of forced entry although the sliding door lock does not work well, a computer monitor and Playstation were taken

7/26 3000 blk NE 145th, reported at 6:30 PM, the victim says he has a conflict with a friend who said she was going to come over to his apt. to steal some property, when he got home he discovered his laptop computer was gone, no sign of forced entry

7/27 14300 blk 30th NE, reported at 4:28 PM, victim arrived home after work to discover his apt had been broken into through the glass back door, a laptop, software and a DVD player were missing

7/30 13700blk 19th NE, reported at 2:20PM, the resident went out for a few hours during the day, when she returned she found a back window broken and her TV missing

*Unofficial stats

Festivore

Interested in natural dining? Local food? Are you vegetarian or vegan? Looking for a gluten-free options? Or, are you just looking for some ideas on new restaurants to try? If so, check out Festivore.com.

Festivore showcases restaurants that offer delicious and healthy foods, that are natural habitats and people-connectors, that serve local and “real food;” and those that are affordable, eco-friendly and fair.

Pinehurst in Wikipedia

For anyone with the time and interest for updating the Pinehurst Wikipedia page, there is a lot that could be added to the page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinehurst,_Seattle,_Washington

Blog readability ratings

Greg at Smarter Neighbors ran a number of Seattle Blogs through a reading level tool. See what he learned. I think I need to start using smaller words.

See Greg’s post at: This is why I didn’t name the blog ‘Smartest Neighbors’

PARK(ing) Day project at Northgate Park and Ride on 9/19

We are thinking of organizing a PARK(ing) Day project at Northgate Park and Ride on 9/19. We would get a spot on the central east side of the bus area that would be visible from the 41 busses. It would be a great time and location to advocate for neighborhood involvement and for neighborhood parks projects. Anyone interested in this – or in working on your own PARK(ing) Day project?

Read more about PARK(ing) Day here.

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Park Play Date at Pinehurst Playfield

This is for families with young children – Krichelle is proposing a standing time for neighborhood families to meet at Pinehurst Playfield.

Per Krichelle, “We wanted to set up a couple weekly recurring times that young families in Pinehurst can get together to meet other parents and children in the community. If there is interest, we also wanted to set up stroller walks around Pinehurst.”

When: Every Tuesday at 5:30 PM, Wednesday at 4 PM, and Friday at 10:30 AM, weather permitting

Where: Pinehurst Playfield located on 14th Avenue NE between NE 120th and 123rd Streets

What: Meet other parents in Pinehurst while our kids play in the park