Last evening was the yearly meeting of the Neighborhood Watch Block Captains. Subjects included grass length (8 inches), Neighborhood Night Out (NNO), local crime trends, Pettigrew Heights, and home foreclosures.
Apparently, there was some question regarding the proper length of grass and the city ordinances weren't in sync with their answers to this. Proper length is now 8 inches and it no longer depends where you live. I didn't realize that it did before, but good to know!
Neighborhood Night Out is the yearly event that occurs on the first Tuesday in August. This year, a different approach was suggested. Rather than have the individual meetings with city officials, fire trucks and ambulances (ambuli?) spread all over the city, this would concentrate the resources to one location. The suggested location is Sertoma Park. A decision was not made last night, but a committee was formed to discuss the feasibility of this alternative.
Lock your doors - home or not! Home invasions have been happening all over the city. Scary? Heck, ya! What the invaders tend to do is walk the neighborhood and check each home for unlocked doors. Upon finding one, they enter. It doesn't matter if you are home or not. They may not rush for the televisions, either. (I really can't blame them - have you tried picking one of them up lately?) What they do go for are portable technologies - laptops, iPods, Blackberries (not the fruit), cell phones, purses, and the contents of your medicine cabinet. One of these invaders had the audacity to pull their car up in the victim's driveway, load up and take off. The victim was just getting home as he was leaving. Nice. Lock it up, folks! - no matter how briefly you will be gone! Don't even think about the time it would take them to leave, but the time it would take them to enter - for they may still be there when you get home.
Another culprit at your medicine cabinet may be teenage relatives. Apparently teens have taken to parties where pills are brought as an entrance fee to be placed in a bowl where they each pick 4 (or whatever the number). They then enjoy (or not) their evening accordingly. We never think of our teens as the ones that could possibly do that, but they also have friends over and its "better safe than sorry".
There were a significant number of foreclosures in Pettigrew Heights and Whittier neighborhoods in 2008. When these properties are relinquished to the banks there is often confusion as to the responsibility of the upkeep. You may notice one of these homes in your neighborhood. It was suggested that rather than see the property go down hill, it may be wise for the neighborhood to adopt the property upkeep. If you think about it, one such property can really bring the appearance of the neighborhood down. Not only that, but potential buyers may be dissuaded by an overgrown mess. Food for thought.
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How about putting laxatives in a pill container labeled, Diet Pills? You can find the culprits by the smell.
We're having a crime spree in these parts, too. People are breaking in and stealing Blackberries. And apples, bananas, anything they can get their hands on. No vegetables, though. Very discriminating robbers.
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