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Our SPD Crime Prevention Coordinator handed out the AARP Current Scams list and asked us to share it. Read it here.
One that was new to me is the silent call. You say hello but there’s no one on the other end. An automated computer system makes these calls to build a list of humans to target for theft. It’s the first step in opening you up to many of the scams discussed in the list. You can avoid this if you screen your calls with caller ID and don’t pick up if the number is unfamiliar.
The number one reported fraud right now is the phone call by IRS impostors. IRS only communicates via US Postal Service!
Co mpared to year-to-date 2016, crime is down in 2017:
 This month’s speaker was Sgt. Daniel Nelson from Seattle Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). It’s a team of 4 officers who follow up on incidents involving people in crisis, such as suicide attempts, mental health issues, some domestic violence, etc. There are thousands of these 911 calls a year, so the team can’t handle them all, but they do help a great deal with the cases that get to their desks. For example, they may work with the person’s mental health case worker to figure out the best way to approach these individuals on the street. Or they may refer people to social services. Or they may work with other services to decide on the best intervention likely to succeed in getting the individual to stop the behaviors.
In addition to this team, 60% of SPD officers have taken voluntary 40 hour training for crisis intervention certification. And all officers are required to take 8 hours of training each year in crisis intervention.
If you see someone in crisis, you may call 911. If you want to tell SPD about a person you see around who seems to be in constant crisis, call our Community Police Team officer David Gordon, 206-684-0799, or David.Gordon@seattle.gov and he will follow up.
All the minutes from the NPAC meeting are here.
It’s the dreaded 5 p.m. commute, and you need to make a left turn onto a busy street. After waiting through a couple of lights, you’re at last poised to make your turn.
Do you …
- Creep out into the intersection and wait until oncoming traffic clears so you can turn left;
- Enter the intersection only when you see you can make the turn without having to stop;
- Skip it altogether, because you realize the traffic light doesn’t have a green turn arrow?
Got your answer? Give yourself 100% if you answered “B.”
Wait … what?
There’s a reason 70% of would-be drivers miss that question on the Washington drivers test. Many of us do it wrong!
To meet the letter of the law, you should not enter the intersection unless you know you can complete your turn. Why? You risk blocking the intersection if the light changes and the lane into which you are turning remains clogged (or becomes clogged by people taking right turns) and there’s no room for your car.
However, NOT going into the intersection can trigger road rage by people behind you. But stand firm and do the right thing!
Adapted from Pemco Insurance’s newsletter.
Get involved in solving some of Pinehurst’s safety and maintenance issues!
Mayor Ed Murray announced the six neighborhoods where he will host his annual Find It, Fix It Community Walks. These walks bring City officials, business owners, and community members together to address each neighborhood’s needs. During the walks, neighbors, police, and City officials walk together to identify physical elements in the neighborhood that make it feel unsafe or poorly maintained. Examples include overgrown trees, graffiti, street light outages, and litter. Once the elements are identified, the City and community work together to fix the problems.
One of the neighborhoods where Mayor Murray will lead the Find It, Fix It Community Walks this year is Northgate. Since city departments sometimes use different borders for neighborhoods, I called Dept of Neighborhoods to ask for the Northgate boundaries. Sure enough, part of Pinehurst (south of NE 115th St and west of Roosevelt Way), are in its version of Northgate. BUT, the fellow said that they are perfectly willing to expand the boundaries to include all of Pinehurst and/or Victory Heights if there is interest among the community members who join the action team.
Each walk will follow a route determined by community members on Community Walk Action Teams convened by Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. If you are interested in participating in a Community Walk Action Team to help plan the Northgate walk, contact Lemmis Stephens, Find It, Fix It Program Coordinator, at Lemmis.Stephens@seattle.gov or call (206) 386-1907.
Specific dates and locations will be announced at least two weeks prior to each walk. I am on a contact list to get this info, so I’ll post again later. In the meantime, if anyone would like to join the team, by all means call the number above (and let me know). Or if you wish to submit ideas for problem areas in Pinehurst where the Mayor can be directed to on the walk, please let me know at Nancy@PinehurstSeattle.org so I can pass them on to anyone who volunteers. I’m also keeping a log of issues that come up that can be used.
This is handsome Blue. Here’s what his person says about him: “Blue is my ten and half year old male Keeshond – we’ve been walking in Victory Heights, Pinehurst and Maple Leaf since he was a puppy. We like visiting our neighborhood parks and with friends in Pinehurst and Victory Heights.” This photo was taken in Pinehurst in warmer weather than we’re currently experiencing, but it looks like Blue has a nice thick coat for today’s cold and snow.
If you’d like your pet featured, please send a photo and its name and a short description or story to nancy@pinehurstseattle.org.
Six year old Kai drew this cool boat at Pinehurstfest last summer. Thanks, Kai, it looks great in the Pinehurst Pocket Park kiosk!. It will be there through March. The park is on the corner of NE 117th & 19th Ave NE.
If you would like to submit your child’s artwork for the Pocket Park, please email nancy@pinehurstseattle.org.
In September 2017, Seattle will more than double its service investment between 2 and 5 a.m., establishing new late-night connections throughout Seattle, and providing late night cross-town transit options for the first time ever.
For us in Pinehurst, that means Seattle-funded late-night service on routes 65 and 67 serving Northeast Seattle areas including Lake City, Children’s Hospital, and Northgate for the first time.
These investments are possible through the Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) and the passage of Prop. 1 in November 2014 by Seattle voters.
For all the routes being added click here. And here is a map of the new night-owl routes (you can see it better on the link.)
Today (2/21) is sheltie Axil Rose’s birthday! He’s 15 years old. Happy Birthday, handsome!
His person says, “Axil is our family dog and my best friend. When We rescued him at age 2.5 he had no training or manners whatsoever. It took us approximately 18 months to retrain everything. He is a very good boy now. Very trusting and very loving towards everybody.”
If you’d like your pet featured, please send a photo and its name and a short description or story to nancy@pinehurstseattle.org.
Back in the 1930s & ‘40s, the Pinehurst area was a go-to place for horseback riding.
Before the residential neighborhoods around Pinehurst were built up, there were numerous riding academies and stables along 15th Ave NE north of the city limits at that time. Just in the area bounded by NE 125th St & NE 145th St, and 15th Ave NE & Lake City Way (then called Victory Way) there were six of them, where hundreds of horses were stabled. One, the Olympic Riding and Driving Academy had a half-mile racetrack and the largest show ring in Washington.
Here’s where they were:
- 14001 17th Ave NE – Clearbrook Riding Academy, ca. 1932
- 13751 17th Ave NE – Olympic Riding and Driving Club, ca. 1935 and sometimes calledOverland Stables.
- NE 145th St and 30th Ave NE – Rightway Riding Academy, (originally known asMountain Trails Stables, opened ca. 1940)
- 13045 15th Ave. NE – Olson’s Training Stables – opened in the early 1930’s
- NE 130th St and 20th Ave NE – Willowbrook Stables , ca. 1930
- NE 130th St and 21st Ave NE – Woods Stables , ca. 1937
Maybe you have seen the memorial to Will Rogers in the little park behind Lake City Library. It commemorates the last polo game he ever played, at nearby Olympic Riding and Driving Club. This was memorable because it was right before he left on an ill-fated flying adventure. Rogers was one of the most popular celebrities in the 1920s and ’30s. He first gained fame as a cowboy and vaudeville performer. Later, his social commentary was syndicated in many newspapers, and he starred in over 70 films. In 1935 he and a friend had planned to explore the air route to Asia and Europe from the U.S. through Alaska and Siberia in a small plane, but something went awry and they both died.
You can read more about the Pinehurst stables on the old Lake City blog in the Seattle PI here and here.
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