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Help Needed

This year’s Pathway of Lights around Green Lake is Saturday December 10th, 5-8pm. If you haven’t walked around the lake with the luminaries twinkling, do go – you’re in for a fun and beautiful treat.

In addition, Meadowbrook Community Center is looking for some volunteers to help with the event:

The North East Community Center will be organizing the North East section of the Pathway of Lights and is in need of volunteers to set up and take down this very Festive event on Saturday, December 10^th. Here is a breakdown of the event and tasks that are needed, and if you can assist at the event that would be great.

Set up for Pathway

Task: Help set out the luminaries on the Northeast section of Green Lake near the Community Center, set up tents and refreshments

Day: Saturday December 10th

Time: 12 Noon – 4 pm

Contact: Terri Burns @ 206.615.1334 or terri.burns@seattle.gov

Event Time 5 pm – 8 pm

Luminaries Lit: 5 pm (very Pretty)

Musical Performances: 5 – 8 pm

Break Down

Task: Pick up luminaries, break down tents.

Time: 8 pm to 10 pm

Contact: Terri Burns @ 206.615.1334 or terri.burns@seattle.gov

Any and all assistance is appreciated. If you have any questions about this feel free to let Terri know.

Shopping Cart Round-up

If you see an abandoned shopping cart you can call the store it came from and they will come get it. The numbers for our local stores are listed here:

Bartell Drugs 206-362-7571
Fred Meyer 206-440-2400 press 2, then 7
Grocery Outlet 206-971-0192
Safeway 206-306-0504 press 8
Value Village 206-365-8232

Thanks to Lake City Live blog, where I got this info.

David Frockt Sworn In As 46th LD Senator

The 46th District Democrat’s Blog has the news that David Frockt has officially been sworn in as Senator for the 46th Legislative District which includes Pinehurst. He was nominated a few days ago and is being appointed to the Senate seat left vacant by the recent death of Senator Scott White.

He has resigned from the House of Representatives and next they’ll be working on filling that vacancy.

Licorice Fern Natural Area Plan

Friends of Thornton Creek Park #1 has morphed to Friends of Licorice Fern Natural Area, and the Plan for improvements to the Natural Area have now been published online, the link is in the announcement post at http://tcpfriends.org/2011/11/04/final-plan-document-goes-live/ and the special page explaining its origin and format at http://tcpfriends.org/plan-document/

There will be printed copies of the Plan at the Lake City and Northgate libraries in a few weeks.

The text of the announcement post is:

Read the Plan for Licorice Fern Natural Area online here or read details about how the plan came about here . We are proud to have completed the planning process with this final plan approved by the Department of Parks and Recreation. Check out pages 19-24 which outline the steps we need to take to restore LFNA’s forest and wildlife habitat.

Join us in implementing this far-reaching plan, likely to be a 20-year effort. Email: LFNAFriends @ gmail.com

Missing Grey Cat

Our neighbour at 120th & 17th has a cat that’s been missing for a few months now. She’s put fliers in everyone’s mailbox around here, but I wanted to pass this on to as many as possible. And, before you ask, yes I’ve been checking the ‘found cat’ posts lol.

He’s a grey tom, not sure of his name, but she refers to him as ‘grey one’. He is not the grey tom w/a red collar that is also around here (that one is ‘squeaker’, lives in the culdesac on 17th, and is still popping up, so I don’t think he’s missing). If anyone spots him, or has seen him, please call Suzy at (206) 902-8197, or you can email me at fmcqueen31@comcast.net and I’ll pass it on to her.

Thanks 🙂

Fred

Toy Drive at Display & Costume, Open House 11/18-11/20

Display & Costume is participating in a toy drive for Children’s Hospital.

On behalf of Children’s Hospital we will be setting up a Giving Tree in our Seattle Store. The tree will be decked out with gift suggestions to be donated directly to this wonderful organization. To make it easier to donate, you can purchase the item directly from us and we will deliver them to Children’s in time for the Christmas holiday. Not only will you be supporting a well loved institution but you’ll also be sustaining a local, family owned business. All gift suggestions follow the recommened list by Children’s Hospital to ensure their young patients receive the kind of items most needed.

Also, next weekend, 11/18 – 11/20, they are holding a Christmas Open House.

Join us for our Annual Christmas Open House, Friday through Sunday, November 18th-20th, 2011. Free giveaways, Coupons and more to share as we reveal our Christmas sets for 2011. All new holiday themes, decadent and sweet. Elegant and whimsical. Enter to win Free Prizes. Enjoy complimentary refreshments: coffee, cookies and candycanes! To help celebrate this festive occasion, our popular Kids’ Fun Day will be returning to all three stores, Saturday, Nov. 19th, 1pm-3pm. The kids will be able to decoration cupcakes, ornaments and other holiday crafts. Remember, this event is FREE!

Remember the Holiday Sock Drive

Kids Art in Pinehurst Pocket Park

This week’s artist is a mystery. A boy drew this fine picture at Pinehurstfest but he didn’t sign it. Thank you, whoever you are! Come see this piece in the kiosk at NE 117th St and 19th Ave NE.

f you would like to submit artwork for the Pocket Park, please email nancy@pinehurstseattle.org. We’ll put it on matt board donated for this purpose by FRAMEIT Ltd, 539 NE Northgate Way.

BECU opening on Northgate Way

PhinneyWood is reporting that BECU is closing their Greenwood Safeway location and relocating to 551 NE Northgate Way. The new location is set to open on December 5th.

As a BECU member, I’m very happy to be getting a branch in the neighborhood, especially a snapshot ATM for depositing checks.

(If you’re at a for-profit bank, you really should consider a local credit union like BECU or Salal…)

9-1-1 Behind the Scenes

The SPD 9-1-1 Call Center has 15-19 workers at each of 3 shifts. Half the room is call takers and the other half is radio dispatchers. When a call comes in, if it is appropriate, it is transferred to Seattle Fire Dept/Medic One, WA State Patrol, or another police agency. The call taker may get a translator on the line if one is needed. Events appropriate for the Police are triaged by the call taker (they ask you questions) and pass it on to the radio dispatchers.

Radio dispatchers see the typed events on their computer screens. They prioritize the events and assign them to officers. Events are prioritized in this order:

Immediate response – violent crimes, in-progress crimes, domestic violence
Expedited response – just-occured property crimes, still a chance to apprehend suspect
Investigative nature – just need police report

Even though personal information is taken by the call taker, and it is stored in the database, you may request anonymity. This may help if you are complaining about a neighbor and don’t want to make things worse between you. 🙂

After a radio dispatcher prioritizes the event, it is assigned to an officer in the precinct, sector and district where it occurred. If it is a serious emergency and all officers there are busy, it can be assigned to one in a different district, sector, or even precinct. Less serious events may have to wait for an officer if the officers in the district happens to be busy. The Call Center will update you about every hour if there is a long wait. The Radio dispatchers also manage radio traffic and record all updates from the assigned officers.

The Call Center handles both 9-1-1 and non-emergency calls. If you call 9-1-1 and say it is not an emergency, they will still take the call. If you call the non-emergency line (206-625-5011) they will take your call, but 9-1-1 calls take precedence.

Remember, the Police encourage us to call 9-1-1 if we see suspicious activity. Also, please report all crimes. The more the police know about what’s going on in the neighborhood, the better they can tune their activities to help. Property crimes under $500 can be called in, or you can self-report on-line here.

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