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Bog Whisperer: It's a great day for a swim

Sunday, November 6, 2022

 
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

You might think it's cold outside and that the water is cold. Martin DeGrazia's otter buddies relish this weather and went out for a swim in their home at Ronald Bog.



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Bog Whisperer: But the wood ducks aren't listening

Thursday, September 23, 2021

The male wood duck was not listening to Martin DeGrazia (who took this photo)

A pair of Wood Ducks hanging out on Ronald Bog Wednesday. I am not a whisperer here. As soon as I am sighted, they head for the bushes. 

And the female turned tail and refused to pose
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

Unfortunately, I could not get them close together.

--Martin DeGrazia



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Bog Whisperer: Crows on Ice

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

 
Photo by Martin De Grazia

Two days ago there were 4-5 crows walking on the ice at Ronald Bog. (See previous article

They obviously enjoyed it and shared the experience with a large number of their murder. (Really - a murder of crows).

Crows are known to play. They will drop fir cones at the peak of a roof and chase them as they roll down. I'm waiting for a photo of them will little sticks, hitting cones across the ice. 

--Diane Hettrick



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City Council takes Hamlin Park off the maintenance facility list as supporters pack the Council meeting Monday

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Ridgecrest resident Janet Way organized the opposition
joined by dozens of residents from all over the city.
The Beck family, mother Veronica, son Otto, and daughter Etta
made their own signs.
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

By Diane Hettrick

Every seat was taken at the Shoreline City Council meeting Monday, October 9, as Hamlin Park supporters rallied to express their opposition to the proposal to clear cut several acres of Hamlin Park for a public works maintenance facility.

Hamlin Park is an 80 acre forest on 15th NE in Shoreline, north of the Fircrest facility and Public Health Lab.

Residents showed up to the council meeting October 9
Photo by Wayne Pridemore


The public works and parks department are struggling with inadequate facilities, small spaces which are spread throughout the city. They are increasing hours for maintenance staff, from part-time to full-time. They are planning for the assumption of Ronald Wastewater staff and equipment.

They are also planning for space to assume the Shoreline portion of the Seattle Public Utilities water department - a plan which has been on hold since Ed Murray was elected Seattle's mayor.

Brugger's Bog property in 2013
Photo by Steven H. Robinson


Public Works, under previous leadership, led the city to purchase and shut down a King county maintenance facility on 25th NE just off Ballinger Way. Plans were made to use it as the primary maintenance yard. It has now been decided that the site is inadequate, on wetlands, and far too close to Brugger's Bog and Ballinger Creek, which is proposed for daylighting.

Staff were tasked with evaluating potential sites, all on city-owned land. The goal was to have space for staff, for all the public works and parks maintenance trucks, a fuel station, washing station, and all the supplies, such as sand and gravel.

Current one acre maintenance yard at Hamlin Park
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline


Sites under consideration were Keough Park (briefly), Brugger's Bog, Ballinger Portal, Hamlin Park, and sometimes the Ronald Wastewater property (after the assumption into the City). It was clear that Hamlin Park was the favorite because it was potentially the largest.

People lined up to speak against the proposal
Photo by Wayne Pridemore

However, it would have meant expanding the current one acre site to four acres, clear cutting the trees and pouring concrete. It would also have meant cutting a new road through the trees.

It was a suggestion in conflict with the city's role as a Tree City, the Parks department goal to acquire more park space, the King County Million Tree initiative, and the City's own initiatives to combat climate change.

Ridgecrest resident Gini Paulson said that preservation
of trees and greenbelts are important to
Shoreline's future generations
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
Ironically, at the same time that Shoreline was considering cutting several acres of forest, Lake Forest Park was raising money to purchase five acres of forest in their city.

Shoreline council members heard from citizens opposed to the Hamlin Plan. Save Hamlin Park signs sprinkled the city. And Monday's council meeting was packed.

At Monday's meeting, Councilmember Jesse Salomon introduced a resolution to take Hamlin Park off the list. The council members voted unanimously in agreement.



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Ducks on Ice

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

 
Photo by Martin DeGrazia

Someone forgot to tell Ronald Bog about the temperature warming. The bog was still frozen Monday morning, January 22, 2023.

The ducks appear to be a little puzzled.

--Diane Hettrick


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Letter to the Editor: Thanks for the Ronald Bog article

Sunday, September 8, 2019

To the Editor:

Wow! Great article and dive into the very long background of the bog and its current state of transition and revival. I had heard about the plans for making a park that incorporates the wetlands that have been trying to return via flooding, but your article helped me better understand the scope of the work. And what a treasure trove of junk... an archeological dig into the stuff of decades past.

Thanks for fleshing out the simple story of the construction and the ponies in their hardhats. Now I and my fellow passers-by know so much more about what's going on behind the chain link fences. Another example of why community newsletters are important and how we benefit from your efforts to keep doing it!

Anne Guthrie
Shoreline



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Sustainable Shoreline Meeting, Friday September 24

Sunday, September 19, 2010


The Sustainable Shoreline Education Association meeting on Friday September 24 at 7:00 pm, will focus on "Indicators of Shoreline Sustainability" and an update on other SSEA projects. 

The meeting will be held at 14555 25th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155, First Christian Reformed Church, Room 210.

Agenda:
1. Results of survey on prioritization of Shoreline Sustainability
  • What indicator data do we have?
  • What indicator data do we need?
  • How to get indicator data?
2. Updates on the Community Wildlife Habitat Project, Ronald Bog and Brugers's Bog Restorations, Shoreline Community Gardens, and Tool Library

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Bog Whisperer: Kingfisher has trouble deciding on pose

Thursday, December 8, 2022

 
This kingfisher, who was posing for her formal portrait from Martin DeGrazia at Ronald Bog, had a lot of trouble deciding on her pose. Right profile?

How about the left profile? It shows off my lovely brown ekg markings the best, and the white tip on my beak.

How about a 3/4 view - but wait - I don't have my feathers in place yet - Don't use that one! All right, I'm done. Catch me another day.

--Kingfisher

Update: Christine Southwick says that the lovely zigzag band across the chest identifies this kingfisher as a female. Pronouns have been changes accordingly.  - DKH



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Rob Oxford: Pleeeease, Say It Isn't Snow?

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Photo by Rob Oxford


By Rob Oxford

If Shoreline Area News' resident forecaster Carl Dinse is correct (see latest forecast), it appears as though we may be in for a "significant snow event" this coming weekend and quite possibly well beyond.

Unfortunately this is Washington State. The Puget Sound. We have Convergence Zones and Indian Summers, Lenticular Clouds and the Beaufort Scale. We also have hundreds of descriptive ways to describe the rain including: abundant, big, constant, continual, severe, deluge, downpour, driving and drizzle. Not to mention freezing and mizzle (a very fine rain). There's Scotch Mist (a mixture of mist and light rain), shower, spit, sleet, sprinkle, incessant and plenty more I assure you.

However there aren't that many ways to describe snow of which I am aware. There's powder for great skiing and wet, for snow forts and snowball fights.

Living in Shoreline for the past 20 years I've learned to not get overly excited when I hear the "S" word. As more than often the "S" word stands for "Sorry! False Alarm". But I must confess, it still makes me giddy with excitement.

Dog in Bog
Photo by Martin DeGrazia


As a kid living on the hill in Fife, I remember having enough snow that ours was the house where everyone came to be served hot chocolate and tube down our driveway. Then upon moving to Rochester New York in the 6th grade, we experienced one of the worst winters I can remember. Snow that measured in feet not inches for weeks at a time and still we managed to go to school.

I realize there are certainly adverse effects to unwanted snow accumulations, icy roads, power outages and school closures, to name a few. However, I also realize we live in the Pacific Northwest not the Northeast or Midwest.

But I get it, you either like snow or you don't. Personally, I LIKE SNOW!

I like to watch it fall and pile up. I like to watch kids sledding and tobogganing.

"Tobogganing"?...look it up. I like to watch cars spin out because those set on driving profess to be the only ones on the road who "know how to drive in this stuff".

Ronald Bog shelter
Photo by Martin DeGrazia


I of course like to do all of these things from the comfort of my living room with a fire roaring in the fireplace. What I don't particularly like is being the butt of jokes from my friends who are "Townies" from New England or "Upstaters" (residents of New York) for not being able to drive in the snow, but it does come with the territory.

Our lack of consistent yearly snowfall has prevented us from being able to adapt to such conditions. In addition, depending on where you live or work, traversing Seattle's 7 Hills can prove treacherous.

Despite its challenging topography, the fact still remains that some of us here in the Puget Sound really shouldn't be on the road when it snows. Then again, some of us shouldn't be on the road in August either.

In all seriousness, remember that a major snow event like what is forecasted doesn't happen all that often and prepare yourself. Have your Emergency Kit handy. Make sure you have flashlights, batteries and candles. Stock up on food and fill your car's tank with gas. ...Just in case you find yourself having to share the road with the "only guy in Seattle who knows how to drive in this stuff".

Finally, if you have neighbors or family members who may need extra care, now is the perfect time to pay them a visit.



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Mr. Whiskers at Ronald Bog

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

 
Photo by Martin De Grazia

Mr. Whiskers came out of the water to say hello and pose nicely for Martin De Grazia. If crows can recognize individual people I don't see any reason why river otters can't do the same. And they all know the Bog Whisperer.

--Diane Hettrick



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Not just the coyotes are getting bold

Monday, February 7, 2022

 
Photo by Breck Haining

Photographer Breck Haining says, 

"I occasionally see River Otters by Log Boom Park in Kenmore, but usually when I do see them I do not have my camera. Yesterday I was birding by the marina which connects to Log Boom Park.  I happened to see a River Otter swimming near the shore. It later climbed up on a dock where I was able to take a good photo of it."

I find this astonishing. The first time I was told about river otters, in Echo Lake, no one had a clue what they were. It took several months and a children's book to identify the mystery critters as otters. 

It was several years before I got my first photo of an otter, taken by Martin DeGrazia at Ronald Bog. And it was several years after that before they started regularly posing for Martin.

I now know that they are in every lake, bog, and stream around us. But they have always been shy and elusive, even while they were stealing your prize koi.

With the pandemic and people staying in their homes, the coyotes started coming out in the daylight. I lived here for 20 years before I even knew that we had coyotes. Now I get reports weekly of coyotes boldly walking through yards and streets in the daylight.

Now the otters are coming out. They are far more benign that coyotes, but it's strange to see this one fully out of the water, staring down the photographer.

Warning: we also have raccoons, weasels, opossums, and bobcats.  I wonder if they will be next to come into the daylight?

--Diane Hettrick


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National Weather Service Seattle issues coastal flood warning for Thursday morning

Thursday, December 28, 2023


A coastal flood advisory has been issued for all of Puget Sound for Thursday morning, December 28, 2023.

I am uncertain what effect this will have on our area. During the heavy rain in December my In Box was full of photos of flooded roads in Snohomish and Skagit counties - but we hardly noticed anything.

Both Shoreline and Lake Forest Park have done many flood mitigation projects over the past decade. We no longer have flooded intersections by LFP Town Center or Ronald Bog. 

Three years ago we got two inches of rain and Shoreline crews were very busy - check out this article from December 2020

Do rake the leaves away from your storm drain. 

If at any time you do come across a flooded road take a photo and send it to me with the address or cross streets and I'll see it gets to the right place for action. 

Or call the Shoreline Customer response team at 206-801-2700. It's a 24/7 number so feel comfortable leaving a detailed message, including information on how to contact you if they have follow up questions.

In Lake Forest Park, if localized flooding is severe and you are unable to clear the drain, please call City Hall at 206-368-5440 during business hours or after hours call 206-296-8100.



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Photos: Birds in snow

Sunday, February 10, 2019

Photo by Martin DeGrazia


Ronald Bog froze in the first snowfall. I wonder if it confused the geese to be walking on a frozen surface.

Photo by Lien Titus

Echo Lake didn't freeze over - but might yet. The white duck is a Muscovy. The others are mallards.


Photo by Frank Kleyn

Photo by Frank Kleyn

Not sure what these little birds are. Frank Kleyn thinks the first one is a fox sparrow and I think the second one is a sapsucker because of the long, pointed beak.

The little bird with the berries is a perfect Christmas card with the snow and red berries and the little fat bird. The second bird has green wings. Covered with lichen like everything else around here?

Photo copyright Gloria Z. Nagler

Gloria Nagler thinks that this glowing golden bird on her fence is a thrush.

I'd be amazed at the variety of birds but I already know that Chris Southwick has identified over 50 different birds in her Shoreline - Lake Forest Park back yard.



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Mural artist and Seattle Sketcher in Shoreline again

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Photo by Bob Junell

Two familiar artists have once again left their mark on Shoreline.

Edmonds artist Andy Eccleshal, known for his Echo Lake mural on 1st NE (see previous article), was commissioned by Jeri Drager, owner of a dealership for collector cars, to paint a unique and classic mural on the south side of his building.

Drager’s Classic Car is a dealership for collector cars hidden behind a paint store and appliance store on Aurora across from Sky Nursery at 18805 Aurora Ave N. 

Mural by Andy Eccleshal

The mural shows a street with buildings which could be from the 1940s. If you stand in front of it and have your photo taken, it looks like you have stepped back in time.

Car guys and gals, bikers and families pull up to have their favorite cars and bikes photographed in front of his mural.

Gabriel Campanario, left, the Seattle Sketcher
Jeri Drager, dealer in collector cars
Photo by Bob Junell

The Seattle Times’ “Sketcher”, Gabriel  Campanario, recently did a story/ sketch in The Seattle Times about the mural. (Drive-up mural isn't just any old roadside attraction.) Campanario was last sketching in Shoreline in 2011 when he did the ponies at Ronald Bog and Aurora and the Interurban Trail and the Blue Bridge.

This time he made a sketch of Jeri Drager in front of his new mural then posed for a photo himself, with Jeri in front of the mural.


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Sustainable Shoreline Education Association Membership Meeting

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Sustainable Shoreline Education Association Membership meeting is a potluck, this Friday, April 23 from  7 - 9 pm at the First Christian Reform Church, 14555 25th Ave NE, Shoreline 98155.


Parking and main entrance are at the rear of the building.

Agenda –
  • Potluck: Bring enough of a main dish, side dish or desert for yourself and 2 others.
  • If you can please RSVP so we know what dishes are coming.
  • Debbie Tarry, Director, Department of Finance and Bob Olander, Shoreline City Manager, will speak on the City's finances and the proposed levy lid lift on property taxes. Please come with your questions.
  • Results of the Earth Day Shoreline's Sustainability Indicator Survey

Please join us for an informative evening. We will provide the refreshments.

We need volunteers to help weed Ronald Bog. See new pages on our website

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6th Annual State of the City highlights year's accomplishments

Monday, June 25, 2018

Attendees gather in the lobby for conversation
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

On June 7, 2018 the City of Shoreline held its annual State of the City Breakfast at City Hall.

Hosted by Mayor Will Hall, the program reviewed accomplishments and looked to the future. Police Chief Shawn Ledford discussed public safety and the new police station. Dan Eernissee, on his last day with the City before going to Everett, reviewed the major economic developments.

Mayor Will Hall addresses the gathering
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Past year's accomplishments touted by the City:

Economic Base:
  • Implemented the 10 Year Financial Sustainability Strategy by engaging businesses, resulting in adoption of a Business and Occupation tax.
  • Issued over 2,000 permits with $120 million in construction valuation and investments.
  • Completed an interlocal agreement to accelerate review, issuance, and inspection of the Shoreline School District's new and updated school facilities.
Word Cloud exercise: What do you love about Shoreline?
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Infrastructure:
  • Received $412,859 in grant funding for utility, transportation, and environmental infrastructure improvements,
  • Adopted the 1072-2022 Parks Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan including an Aquatics and Community Center Feasibility Study.
  • Appointed a Sidewalk Citizen Advisory Committee who completed a year-long process to review and submit a prioritized sidewalk plan and funding recommendations to Council.
  • Repaired and replaced over 750 feet of failing surface water pipes and 34 failing catch basins.
  • Adopted Deep Green Building incentive regulations.
  • Completed capital projects including turf replacement at Twin Ponds, regional trail and wayfinding signage, Echo Lake Safe Routes to School, and installation of 4.2 miles of bike lanes.
Word Cloud exercise: what do you think will be the most important
issue in the near future for Shoreline?
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Mass Transit:
  • Partnered with Sound Transit to conduct the 60% Design Open House for Lynnwood Link light rail.
  • Negotiated with Sound Transit for a high quality wetland mitigation project at Ronald Bog Park.
  • Completed the 148th Street Non-Motorized Bridge and Trail Along the Rail feasibility studies.
Inclusion:
  • All City staff attended a racial equity foundational training.
  • Sponsored several Culture Share events and supported the Bosniak community with a mosque open house and iftar.
  • Held an immigration information forum in Spanish.
  • Sponsored a refugee resettlement panel event.
Safe Community:
  • Held 76 crime prevention and community safety neighborhood meetings.
  • Completed a Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) review of Darnell Park in response to resident concerns.
  • Supported over 75 National Night Out block parties; the most ever registered in Shoreline.
  • Conducted four civilian response to active shooter events trainings.
Police calls have increased steadily
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Chief Shawn Ledford showed how the service calls for police have increased every year. He showed slides of the new police station and the K9 officer and dog who will soon be on duty.

A member of the sidewalk advisory committee discussed their work and findings.



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Dogs, Beer, Music, Bingo, Bike riders, Festivals - a very busy weekend

Wednesday, August 7, 2013


To date, here are the major entertainment events in August and September. Click the link for more information on each event.

August:

Thursday, Aug 1 and on
2nd annual Arts al Fresco (Interurban Trail at City Hall)

Friday, Aug 9
Friday nights at the Market - Central Market

Friday, Aug 9
Karaoke Bingo Night - Shoreline LFP Senior Center

Saturday, Aug 10
Orchard Festival of Music - Shoreline UU Church

Saturday, Aug 10
4-Corners Brew Fest - Innis Arden Clubhouse

Saturday, Aug 10
Dog Fest - Ball fields by Hamlin Park

Sat-Sun, Aug 10-11
Obliteride - Magnussen Park and LFP streets
Cheer on the Obliteriders - Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, Kenmore

Tuesday, Aug 13
Concerts in the Park - Recess Monkey - lunch time Hamlin Park

Tuesday, Aug 13  
North City Jazz Walk - 15th NE in North City

Friday, Aug 16    
Youth/Teen Skate Event - Paramount School Park

Saturday, Aug 17
Celebrate Shoreline - Cromwell Park

Sunday, Aug 18    
Sandcastle Building Contest - Saltwater Park Beach

Saturday, Aug 24
Richmond Beach Congregational Church music festival and 5K Walk/Run

Saturday and Sunday, Aug 24-25
Puget Sound Dahlia Show - Sky Nursery

and in September...

Saturday, Sept 7
Summerset Arts Festival (Ronald Bog Park)


(Have we missed anything? Let us know)


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Do you have concerns about surface water in Shoreline?

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Ronald Bog 2010
Photo by Janet Way

When it rains hard - do you have standing water on your street? Does your basement flood from street run-off? Is there land erosion due to surface water running down to Puget Sound? Do you have a stream running through your yard?

Or are things just fine?

Shoreline's Surface Water Utility would like to know what you think.

Start with the very short survey right here (take it before Friday, September 16) or call 206-801-2455 to complete the survey over the phone.

The Surface Water staff would like you to come to their open house this Thursday September 8 from 6-8pm in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, 98133.

They are in the process of preparing the 2017 Surface Water Master Plan to address drainage and water quality challenges associated with growth, increasing regulations, and aging infrastructure.

They would like public to provide input on the levels of service expected from the Utility. The meeting will provide customers with a general understanding of the Utility and an opportunity for the City to listen to the community, solicit innovative ideas, and receive public input regarding their concerns and experiences.



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Bobcat in North Seattle

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Healthy bobcat sauntering through a Pinehurst yard
Photo by Keri B

By Diane Hettrick

A bobcat was casually strolling around north Seattle in the Pinehurst neighborhood around 8th NE.

It was in a backyard on NE 123rd, then seen near the pea patch at the Jackson golf course. The day before these sightings it was walking across a fence at 5th NE and NE 120th.

A Community Science Specialist at the Woodland Park Zoo thought it looked like a very healthy bobcat. The zoo has a 2021 video of a bobcat in the Pinehurst area, so this one is not the first in this neighborhood.  

Bobcats have been seen in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park but they usually stay out of sight and avoid humans. This one is unusual in being out during the daytime.

Bobcats are not aggressive toward humans but it is not a good idea to tempt them with your cats and small dogs. 

The Woodland Park Zoo maintains a web-based carnivore reporting site – Carnivore Spotter – which allows residents of greater Seattle to report sightings of carnivore species:
  • Black Bear
  • Bobcat
  • Cougar / Mountain Lion
  • Coyote
  • Opossum
  • Raccoon
  • River Otter
  • Red Fox
Carnivore Spotter launched in August 2019 and Washington state residents logged more than 6,500 observations of local carnivores in the first two years!

I lived here for 20 years before I found out there were coyotes in the neighborhood. Now they are out in the open everywhere - including a trail across my back yard. 

I've been collecting photos of these carnivores and the only one on the list that completely surprises me is the red fox.

The bears don't stay here - they just run through. There are a couple of cougars in the densely wooded areas - Lake Forest Park, The Highlands. Opossums and raccoons are everywhere but they stay out of sight unless you feed your pets outside (or leave an uncovered  compost bucket on your porch).

River otters used to be elusive but not so much these days - and they have been reported in Ronald Bog, Echo Lake, and McAleer Creek. I'm still waiting for a photo from one of the Twin Ponds.

Not carnivores, but deer seem to live in every green space and occasionally wander through neighborhoods in Ridgecrest and Innis Arden. We have both mountain beavers and beavers. Also hares, Grey squirrels, Douglas squirrels, rats, mice, shrews, moles.

I've heard it said that a successful wildlife population is one that you never see. Ours may be out in the open because of habitat loss due to human encroachment on their territory - or possibly because they no longer fear humans - not a good thing.

Whatever you do, do not feed wildlife, either on purpose or by accident. Consider keeping your pets inside so they don't become a meal for a coyote.


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Shoreline Police Blotter June 14 to 20, 2011 - a depressing amount of real crime

Saturday, July 16, 2011

By Diane Hettrick - categories are mine - reports are police

Guns
6-7 Parkwood elementary. Two brothers, students at Parkwood, brought a BB gun to school grounds. 6-17 Woody's Tavern. Intoxicated customer told another customer he had a gun.

Car prowls in public places
6-8 Richmond Beach Park. Purse left in car at park. Purse stolen. 6-13 SCC parking. Bag taken. 6-13 Shoreline Library parking. Laptop and cell phone. 6-13 Bethel Lutheran parking. 6-14 1514 NE 179, Custom Pure parking. Attempted entry, car lock damaged. 6-17 Ronald Bog parking. Backpack. 6-17 Hamlin Park parking. Purse left in car. Purse stolen. 6-17 201xx Ballinger Wy. Fishing Tackle parking.

Car prowls at private residences
6-13 200xx 15 NE. Car in driveway. 6-16 170xx 4 NE. iPod and blanket. 6-17 12xx NE 162. Car in carport behind gated driveway. Took property from car and tools from carport. 6-18 6xx NE 201. DVD burner. 6-18 12xx NE 165. Unlocked vehicle on street. Visa cards.

A special kind of theft
6-9 Holyrood Cemetery. Woman stealing flowers and pots from graves.  6-17 Fircrest School. Interactive display of hanging chimes which people could tap to produce musical tones. Someone cut the copper tubes from their support and took them.

Fight/Love/Vagrancy
6-12 L and M fight S to defend W's honor. 6-13 Shorecrest. Subject sleeping at south end of baseball fields. Had outstanding warrant.

Business losses
6-9 North City Safeway. Customer used forged sales receipt.. 6-13 Fred Meyer. Arrested trying to steal teeth whitener. 6-13 Aurora Rents. Suspect fails to return $1500 gas winch. 6-15 Sears. Customer put a flashlight in pocket and left. 6-15 Sears. Customer cut tags off clothes, put them in backpack, and ran.6-16 Top Foods. Stole beer. 6-17 Top Foods. Shoplifter foiled. 6-19 Jersey Mike's. Stole tip jar. 6-19 QFC. Put bottle of alcohol in to pants and walked out 6-19 928 N 160, 7-11. Stole beer.

Burglary - actual and attempted
6-13 xx22xx NE 197 Pl. Front door forced open.
6-13 18xx NE 171. Entered unoccupied house through side door to garage.
6-15 149xx Aurora, public storage. Someone pried the lock at a unit.
6-15 198xx Ashworth. House appears deserted. Burglar entered house while homeowner was sleeping.  
6-15 180xx Ashworth. Broke pane in front door. Alarm sounded and police responded.
6-17 26xx NE 145. Booted door in. Jewelry, iPod, lap top, Wii, credit cards.
6-18 4xx NE 189 Ct. Broke ground level window to make entry.
6-19 170xx 14 NE. Pried open rear window, reached in and unlocked slider. Entire house was ransacked with property strewn on the floor in every room. They stacked property near the back slider. Victim may have scared them off.

Funny money - Real money
6-13 Club Hollywood. Counterfeit bill. 6-13 150xx 26 NE. Found two checks in front yard. 6-17 Wells Fargo Bank. Counterfeit 20's. 6-17 Mr Van Gard Storage. Pedestrians found money lying on shoulder of road.

Thievery
6-14 Sky Nursery. Theft of wallet from purse sitting in shopping cart. 6-15 Twin Ponds parking. Vehicle stolen from parking lot after owner lost keys in the area. 6-16 203xx 8 NW. Use stolen key to steal car from private residence. 6-16 Ballinger Homes. Phone taken from porch.

Golf
9xx NW Innis Arden. Skylight broken by golf ball.

Someone's on a rampage
6-16 3xx NW 193 Ct. Rock thrown through front window. 6-16 1xx NW 183. Vehicle keyed. 6-16 5xx NW 195. Rock thrown through front windows. 6-16 177xx 13 NW. Beer bottle full of rocks thrown through bedroom window. 6-16 183xx 3 NW. Vehicle keyed. 6-16 185xx 3 NW. Two cars keyed. 6-16 1xx NW 183 Multiple vehicles keyed. 6-17 1xx NW 183. Car keyed on both sides, length of car.

Identify theft
Besides the usual, someone filed a tax return and received a refund using victim's name. And in another case, someone used the victim's old bank card and opened a Paypal account in his name.

Hit and run
6-17 Hit and run, suspect vehicle located, registered owner later confesses.

Methadone clinic
6-18 Methadone clinic. Man asked woman for a cigarette outside clinic, then asked for money, which she refused. He tried to grab her meth box. She dropped it and cash she was holding. He grabbed the cash and ran.

DUI - WUI
6-12 N 155/`15 NE. Traffic stop for speeding, moving violation, negligent driving, and failing to yield. DUI. 6-16 N 155, Westminster Wy. Traffic stop. Driver drank beer and Nyquil, arrested for DUI. 6-20 Goldie's Casino. Patron drunk, refusing to leave. 6-20 Kellogg Middle School. Suspects on roof of school. Jumped off when told to but ran and were caught by officer on the other side of school. Both had been drinking.




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