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Join Seattle Department of Transportation, North Helpline, Literacy Source and Lake City Future First on May 12 to learn about low cost ways to get around Seattle.
At the fair, you can:
- Sign up for ORCA LIFT
- Learn about the Regional Reduced Fair Program for seniors and people with disabilities
- Check out new mobility options
- Get free gifts (while supplies last)
Date: Saturday, May 12
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Place: Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98125
Food and drinks provided. Please visit the Lake City Future First website for more details.
 All Pinehurstians are invited to the next community forum being hosted by the D5 Community Network, which will be a panel discussion with the two citywide council members, Teresa Mosqueda and Lorena Gonzalez, and Deputy Mayor Michael Fong.
It is Thursday, May 31, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Haller Lake Community Club, 12579 Densmore Ave. N.
Council members Gonzalez and Mosqueda are the Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the Council committee that handles public safety issues, so a non-exclusive emphasis on those issues is anticipated that night, but the D5 Community Network is looking forward to a wide-ranging discussion.
If you would like to suggest a question to be directed to the panel, it is soliciting questions via e-mail now, at contact@d5cn.org, and will also solicit written questions during the first 15 minutes of the meeting, which will be a social period with light refreshments. If you submit a question via e-mail, please indicate what neighborhood you are from. There will also be time set aside that night for questions asked directly by audience members.
 Idris Mosque’s Friendship Potluck Dinner is Saturday, May 5th from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
There will be a brief presentation titled “Know Your Rights” by Attorney Jay Stansell.
This event is open to Mosque neighbors, friends and community members, and it is a great opportunity for community building. So join them for an evening filled with great conversations and delicious food.
Idris Mosque is on the corner of Northgate Way and 15th Ave NE.
 ESTATE YARD SALE
12045 12th Ave NE
Saturday, April 28th, 9 am to 2 pm.
Good tools, furniture, books, household items.
 The Lake City Emergency Communication Hub will be participating in a City-wide field exercise, No Power, No Bars—the total and unexplained loss of our regional power grid—on Saturday April 28 from 9 am – 11:30 am. We hope you will attend this exercise. The Lake City Hub is located at the Lake City Fred Meyer Store, in the SE corner of the lower parking lot.
Why No Power, No Bars?
We’ve seen and heard about the effects of sustained loss of electricity in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria. Something like that could happen here. In this No Power, No Bars exercise there is no structural storm or earthquake damage—simply no power. The implications of No Power are great—no heat, no cooking on electric stoves, no refrigeration, no credit card transactions, no pumping gasoline for vehicles (or generators), no traffic lights. Are our water lines and sewer lines dependent on electricity for pumping? Without back-up generators, elevators won’t work so people with mobility issues could be trapped in their apartment homes—or unable to get back into their apartment homes. At some point back-up generators will run out of fuel. The No Bars part of the exercise is about communication. Voice over internet protocol phones (like Comcast and Century Link) will not work although true landline phones may work. Police and Fire use the same cell towers we all use. The cell phone system will be jammed with users so calls from most of us will not get through as connectivity will be restricted to official and emergency use. The Internet will be down. Radio and TV stations may be unable to broadcast. Amateur (ham) radio communication will be working.
We want to find out and learn how neighbor connectivity could help with a response should we have a major regional power outage. The Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs and the Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS—the ham radio volunteer unit for the City) are conducting this field exercise.
The Hubs will practice passing information on to the community at Hub locations and also matching volunteer skills, information, and resources with people looking for the same. We know we will be dependent on each other in the case of a major disaster here in Seattle, so we are working to prepare in advance of that situation. And we want to help you and your family and your neighborhood also be prepared.
Your help is needed! Join the Lake City Hub as a volunteer to learn how you can help your neighbors in a disaster. Join us as an “actor” to use prepared messages that will challenge the Hub volunteers to help solve the problem. Stop by the Lake City Hub’s Education Tent and learn to deal with some of the situations we will all face. We would greatly appreciate your support!
 This month’s guest speaker canceled unexpectedly.
The North Precinct picnic will be Saturday, August 18. Mark your calendars!
The National Night Out block parties for public safety will be Tuesday, August 7. Mark your calendars for this one, too! You can apply for a Small Sparks grant to pay for part of your event, usually starting in June. For info click here.
NP was given funds for 300 additional hours of overtime in April. 100 of the hours are being used to focus on the Northgate Mall area, for issues such as car prowl, car theft, trespass, activities at the Metro Transit station, etc.
During the Captain’s report, acting captain Lt. Abe Barker said,
“Don’t give up on calling SPD. Do call 911 if you see suspicious activity. It’s true that if there aren’t enough officers available, there can be a delay to get someone there. And even after calls are triaged, new calls coming in may be higher priority and bump your call down in priority. The importance of calling, besides getting police to respond, is to log the problem in the database so the precinct can see what’s going on around the neighborhoods. It uses data to allocate patrols and assign temporary special emphasis efforts. So even if you’ve had a crime that is unlikely to be solved, such as a car prowl, call it in so statistics on car prowls are more accurate. Or in that case, reporting it on-line would work, so you don’t have to wait for an officer to come out to take the report.”
Read all the minutes here.
How to Control Invasive Weeds in the Watershed
- Karen Peterson and Ben Peterson from King County will speak about invasive weed management.
- Knotweed Knockout – John Lombard of the TCA Board will update everyone on our undertaking to bring invasive knotweed under control in the Thornton Creek watershed.
Thursday April 19, 2018
Maple Leaf Lutheran Church – 10005 32nd Ave. NE, Seattle
6:30 pm social time
7:00 pm – 8:15 educational meeting
8:15 – 9:00 TCA elections and business
 Egg hunts for kids to search for candy and plastic eggs are available around Seattle, most on Saturday, March 31. For all egg-hunt events, organizers ask families to bring a bag or basket for each child and arrive 15 minutes before starting time. This allows time to find the starting place, which may vary by children’s ages, and be ready to go at the listed time.
Woodland Park Zoo Bunny Bounce
SAT Egg hunts for kids, bunny encounters, treat baskets for zoo animals, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Woodland Park Zoo, 5500 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle; included with zoo admission, $9.95-$14.95, ages 2 and younger free (206-548-2500 or zoo.org).
Spring Egg Hunt, Ravenna-Eckstein
SAT Live bunnies, hunt for treats for ages 12 and younger, 10 a.m. Saturday, Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center, 6535 Ravenna Ave. N.E., Seattle (206-684-7534).
Spring Egg Hunt, Bitter Lake
SAT Egg hunt for ages 2-10 by age group, 10 a.m. Saturday, Bitter Lake Annex, 13040 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle; free, nonperishable food bank donations collected (206-684-7524).
Spring Egg Hunt, Laurelhurst
SAT Egg hunt for ages 12 and younger, bake sale; 10 a.m. Saturday, Laurelhurst Park, 4544 N.E. 41st St., Seattle; free with canned food bank donation (206-684-7529).
Spring Egg Hunt, Meadowbrook
SAT Treats and prizes for ages 12 and younger, 10 a.m. Saturday, Nathan Hale Playfield, 10750 30th Ave. N.E., Seattle (206-684-7522).
Spring Egg Scramble, Green Lake
SAT Meet in the gym by age group, ages 1-3, 10 a.m.; ages 4-6, 10:30 a.m.; ages 7-10, 11 a.m. Saturday, Green Lake Community Center, 7201 E. Green Lake Drive N., Seattle; nonperishable food bank donations collected (206-684-0780).
 Parks Department has taken over management of the Lake City Community Center as of January 1, 2018. This is an opportunity to meet the Lake City staff, learn about new and planned programs, and hopefully hear about the plans for a new Lake City Community Center building. Plus the staff will listen to your ideas for programs and facilities.
 SDOT has updates on some of the planned traffic/pedestrian safety projects in Pinehurst. Namely:
* NE 117th / Pinehurst / 15th Ave NE new traffic signal
* NE 117th new sidewalk
* NE 115th St new sidewalk
* 12th Ave NE new sidewalk
Come hear the news from SDOT on Wednesday, March 14, 6 – 7:30 pm at Amante Pizza & Pasta, 12319 Roosevelt Way NE.
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