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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 or at (206) 684-7711) at the North Precinct. Also, there is some good information on crime prevention here.
6/03 12500blk 8th Ave NE, reported at 1:10PM, the resident arrived home to see a strange car with the engine running and a driver at the wheel in his driveway, he then saw a male crouched down at his front door knob, when the suspect was confronted by the resident he made an excuse about looking for someone who lived there and then took off and jumped into the car which sped away, the resident then noticed pry marks on the door and the wood around the deadbolt cracked, he described the suspects as Asian males 18-25years of age, the resident was able to get a license number but the plate came back to a leasing agency
6/08 11300blk 3rd NE reported at 1:39PM, the apt mgr went to check on a vacant unit and found a window open and the bathroom sink stopped up, the water was left running which flooded the apt with about 50 gallons of water, there was no sign of forced entry
6/10 11300blk 3rd NE reported at 6:01PM, the resident of this apt. said he allowed a transient male to live with him, he said that during that time property and over $900.00 in cash were stolen, the transient man had his own key, there was no sign of forced entry
6/19 11200blk 24th Ave NE reported at 8:15PM the resident was away for the afternoon, when he arrived home he saw that his front door had been kicked in and his laptop stolen
6/27 11300blk 23rd Ave NE reported at 2:42PM, officers responded to a burglar alarm at this house, they found the rear door ajar, they checked the house and it appeared that the suspect fled when the alarm sounded
6/28 1600blk NE 117th reported at 3:07PM the resident was gone for a short time during the afternoon, when he returned he found his front door open, the possible entry point was a small side window, two laptops were stolen
*unofficial stats
Mark you calendars for Great City’s Summer Street Scene on July 16th from 5-8 pm on Bell St. between 2nd Ave. and 3rd Ave.
Please join Great City as we celebrate our progress this year, honor our amazing volunteers, and embrace summer in Seattle as a community!
Festivities will include live music with Orkestrar Zirkonium, drinks, and of course, good company.
In the spirit of our work, teams are invited to transform ordinary parking spaces along Bell St. into innovative, sustainable, and inviting places for people as a harbinger of the new Bell St. Boulevard.
Come view the results, learn more about Great City, and enjoy the party – new faces are always welcome!
Thursday, July 16th from 5-8 pm. Belltown on Bell St. between 2nd Ave and 3rd Ave.
We have Pinehurstfest fliers (designed by Pinehurst media wiz Karla) that we are trying to get out to all of our neighbors. If you can share the fliers with neighbors on your street or in your building, or if you could forward details on the event to your Block Watch or street e-mail list, we would really appreciate your help.
Please call (366-9472) or e-mail at me and I will get you fliers to distribute.
 Please join members of the Seattle Planning Commission and the Neighborhood Planning Advisory Committee in the first of a series of two important community meetings.
These two citizen groups want to hear your thoughts. Come and tell us how your neighborhood has changed since your neighborhood plan was adopted. Your comments and input at this meeting will help the City of Seattle complete a status report that will look at how well your neighborhood plan is achieving its goals and strategies.
This first series of meetings will provide an opportunity to learn about your neighborhood plan, the projects that have been implemented, and growth and changes that have occurred since the plan was written in the late 90’s. We will explore issues such as growth, transportation, housing, economic development , basic utilities, neighborhood character, open space and parks, public services, public safety, and other issues.
The second meeting series, tentatively scheduled for October, will be an opportunity to review the status report.
July 8th
For Lake City, Aurora/Licton Springs, Broadview – Bitter Lake – Haller Lake, University Community
6-8 p.m.
Northgate Community Center 10510 5th Ave. NE
To learn more information and to view materials for this meeting, please visit http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Neighborhood_Planning/StatusReports/
With questions please contact Planning Commission staff at (206) 684-8694 or katie.sheehy@seattle.gov
For those who cannot attend check out our virtual on-line meeting and take our quick questionnaire to make sure your voice is heard. Click here to watch a brief video, view your neighborhood summary and take the questionnaire!!! http://www.cityofseattle.net/planningcommission/
2009 Tanabata Festival at the Seattle Japanese Garden July 5, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
You are invited to join the traditional practice of writing poetry and wishes on paper strips (tanzaku) and tying them to the trees.
Throughout the Festival:
- Shoseian Tea House
- Mitsuko Soko Gale and Shoseikai will present a Tanabata Chakai,
- or Star Festival Tea Gathering, at 1 and 2 p.m.
- Reservations are available at the Ticket Booth.
Performances
11 a.m. Presentation Japanese Poetry by Micheal Dylan Welch
11:30 a.m. Telling of the Tanabata Tale in Azumaya
12:30 p.m. Chiyo Sanada Demonstrates ‘Sho’ Calligraphy on the Moon Viewing Platform.
1 p.m. Poetry Reading by Micheal Dylan Welch: A selection of love poems from his translation of the Ogura Hyakuin Isshu: 100 Poems by 100 Poets
1:30 p.m. Telling of the Tanabata Tale in Azumaya
2 p.m. Miho and Diego Duo will perform in a fusion of Latin, Japanese, African and American music, employing the Andean Flute and Marimba in the entry courtyard.
- Tours of the Japanese Garden are conducted by Unit 86 Guides. Meet a guide at the entry gate at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. for a 45-minute tour.
- The Tanabata Display in the Garden Entryway is by Unit-86 Volunteers.
- The display of Artwork is by Unit-86 Photo Art Group in the Tateuchi Community Room.
- The Textile Display is presented by Sumie Yasuda & Ayako Yamada in the Interpretive Foyer.
- Ikebana arrangements are provided by Ikebana International in the Tateuchi Community Room.
- Enjoy hands on Tanabata Paper Craft, Calligraphy in the Orchard with our Unit-86 Volunteers.
The legend of Tanabata
Long ago, on the west bank of the Milky Way, there lived a beautiful princess, Orihime. She was a skilled weaver of beautiful kimonos. Tentei, the Emperor of the sky, was very happy with her diligence and married her to a hard working herdsman Kengyu from across the Milky Way.
Kengyu and Orihime fell in love. But they spent so much time together that Orihime neglected her weaving and Kengyu allowed the livestock to stray and become frail. The emperor ordered that they be separated by the Heavenly River, the milky way.. They were allowed to meet one day a year, the 7th day of the 7th month, provided they had worked hard.
Celebrate the tradition by writing poems and wishes on paper strips (tanzanku) and tying on branches to be carried on the wind to heaven.
The Tanabata stars, Vega (weaving princess star) and Altair (sheepherder star) are visible in the night sky during the time of the Tanabata festival.
Sustainability advocates in Seattle have been uniting in an effort to ask Council and the Mayor to retain the “head tax”, a $25 per employee per year tax on employees who drive alone to work. The Downtown Seattle Association and the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce have been lobbying Council for the past few years to eliminate this tax that funds bike and pedestrian and other transportation infrastructure.
Advocates are asking that if Council and the Mayor eliminate this tax, that replacement funds be found for bike and pedestrian projects and that a similar incentive for reducing vehicle miles traveled be found. Most of the bike and pedestrian projects are capital in nature and bring much need jobs to our city in this challenging economic time. And, they help our community to do the right thing in biking and using transit and reduce vehicle miles traveled.
Here is the text of the letter sent to Council and the Mayor and signed by members of the Seattle Pedestrian Master Plan Advisory Group, the Advocacy Director of Cascade Bicycle Club, the Executive Director of Great City, the President of Friends of Seattle and by Safe Walks:
Dear Councilmembers and Mayor Nickels,
Funding from the Head Tax (also called the Business Transportation Tax), a tax which is relatively insignificant for individual business, is an important source of funding for transportation improvements that help to promote more responsible forms of transportation, such as biking and walking. While $4.7 million is not much of SDOT’s budget, it makes up a large percentage of total funding for pedestrian and bicycling projects in Seattle. Because of the incredible infrastructure deficit, especially in the Southeast and North parts of the city, and the fact that a prioritized project list has been identified through the draft Pedestrian Master Plan, it seems clear that there is a use and a specific need for these funds.
In fact, there is a clear use and a specific need for funding much greater than this, which is why Seattle needs all it can get for transportation projects. In turn, those transportation projects create much-needed construction jobs. At the same time, because so little in taxes are paid for each business, it is unlikely that repealing this tax will result in more jobs.
We also know that reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) is a key step in the City of Seattle’s goal to mitigate Climate Change. Recent studies have shown that policies that discourage driving downtown by removing parking subsidies have a beneficial effect on VMT. Fifty- three percent of climate changing emissions come from the transportation sector. Reducing VMT means reducing emissions.
The Head Tax is one tool this city has to reduce VMT by creating an incentive for people who work downtown to use alternative modes of transportation to get to work and creating a revenue source for pedestrian improvements. The Head Tax prices parking appropriately and creates funding for responsible forms of transportation. It is good policy to support a sustainable transportation policy for Seattle.
While this tax may not be perfect, we feel that it could be strengthened by improving paperwork and linking it to a more effective VMT-reduction process. As tax experts and business owners would tell you, this tax is not a significant financial burden and requires only a small amount of time to complete the paper work. Washington State has the 12th most favorable business tax climate in the US according to The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan and highly respected tax policy organization.
We recognize your interest in making a statement that supports businesses as they struggle in these difficult economic times. But this is not a symbolic gesture. It has serious consequences for the broader agenda of making our city more sustainable.
It is for these reasons – the tax’s use as a VMT-reduction tool, the fact that the tax is not a financial burden on businesses, and the funding for responsible forms of transportation that will be lacking – that we do not support the proposal to repeal the Business Transportation Tax.
I recently wrote a post about my thoughts on Northgate for the blog Hugeasscity. You can see the post here.
This is Smokey. He is a 12 year old Pomerian/Cocker spaniel who owns Julie. Julie writes, “we’ve had Smokey since he was really small. He has always looked like a puppy. We used to take him through the Ballard Locks on our boat and everyone would say, “OH LOOK AT THE PUPPY!” and take many pictures of him on the bow of our boat with his yellow life jacket on…..
He is a great family dog and getting old. Just recently he started loosing his hearing. It is very sad. My daughter is going off to college and will miss him every day. He has always been a big part of our family.”
To calculate the age of your dog in human years click HERE.
To learn more about caring for your aging dog, take a look HERE.
If you would like to see your pet featured in the Pinehurst Pet of the Week column, please send a photo and a few stories about your pet to Erica at ehas2dogs@gmail.com — I’m always looking for new pets to include.
FYI: The Great Dog Shoppe is deeply committed to building community in Pinehurst. Please mention that you read the Pinehurst Pet of the Week in the blog and get a free treat for your pet!
Celebrate your neighborhood at Pinehurstfest – the Pinehurst neighborhood summer social event!
Pinehurstfest is a FREE outdoor celebration for everyone in our neighborhood.
Join us on Saturday, July 18th from 2 to 5 PM at Pinehurst Playfield (12029 – 14th Ave NE)
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This Saturday, July 4 at 2 p.m. SPOKESPEOPLE will be declaring independence from our cars as we ride in a circle around Lake Union! It will be a fun ride as we see all of the places and people setting up for fireworks. We’ll stop at the south end of Lake Union at the Center for Wooden Boats (they have a weekend festival) and then visit our friends at the Fremont PCC to get something natural, fresh, low-waste to eat.
We’ll start, as usual, at the south end of Wallingford Playfield, 4219 Wallingford Ave N (Densmore & 42nd) at 2 p.m. If this is your first Spokespeople ride or if you are new or returning road rider, please come at 1:45 so we can make sure your helmet and bike are adjusted to fit and you can review road-riding skills with our commuting experts. You can buy a good helmet from us for $10. Expert cyclists, we welcome you to come along to help inspire new on-street riders. We’ll finish the ride around Lake Union at 4 p.m. – in plenty of time for you to get to the place you want to watch fireworks from.
If you want more information about this ride or about SPOKESPEOPLE, please contact info@spokespeople.us or 206-547-9569 (206-713-6269 on the day of the ride).
These are the rides we are planning for the next three months:
Saturday July 4. Circle around Lake Union and see all of the places and people setting up for fireworks. Stop at the Center for Wooden Boats during their festival and the PCC for a healthy treat!
Saturday August 1. We’ll take a round trip to Salmon Bay between Fremont and Ballard and find a place to dangle our feet in the water. We’ll stop for a free treat provided by the Fremont PCC before heading back to Wallingford.
Saturday September 5. Climb to Woodland Park Zoo Park on Phinney Ridge. We’ll find a little used trail through the park that ends in the Woodland Park Rose Garden. Then we’ll head out to enjoy the view from Fremont Peak Park before heading back to Wallingford.
Other notes:
A community-based summer-long bicycle program and great calendar of community rides is offered by Cascade Bicycle Club. The program is called Summer Bike League and the idea is to bring more bicycling to our communities and more communities bicycling: www.cbcef.org/sbl/summer-bike-league.html
Kidical Mass does monthly family-friendly rides with really little kids. They have a great links page as well as great rides for beginners: http://totcycle.com/links/
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