Edgemoor Neighborhood Association Newsletter

November 2006

Pam Went attended the October Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Committee in Brad's absence. Neighborhood Services Coordinator Katherine Hanowell provided the applications for the City financial support to assist neighborhood associations in their planning process. Neighborhoods will need to provide documentation in order to receive recognition. Malcolm Flemming, Chief Administrative Officer, described the creation of a new position in the Mayor's office to focus exclusively on waterfront planning, A formal recruitment process has begun. Bill Boyd, our Fire Chief, discussed a new Emergency Management Division in the Fire Department and an overview of their plans. He emphasized the importance of Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) for neighborhoods.

Tim Wahl, Greenways Coordinator, explained that their focus will be on land acquisition this time around, and that the City Council makes all the decisions in the end. He pointed out that for those interested, one can email Greenways@cob.org and request Greenway Committee minutes. He also noted that additional critical lands will be protected by updated regulations as new developments continue.

Your Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods (CSN) representatives from the five neighborhoods (Edgemoor, Fairhaven, South, Happy Valley and South Hill) had a good meeting with the Port of Bellingham on Monday, Oct. 9, 2006. CSN invited Executive Director Jim Darling and Commissioner Scott Walker to join us at the Fairhaven Library to discuss our desire to be partners in the update of the Fairhaven Harbor Improvement Scheme. The atmosphere was very congenial. Susan Kaun from Fairhaven shared CSN's history and research of related topics, and Darling and Walker enthusiastically provided interesting background and insights on the workings of the Port. We asked numerous questions and they provided thoughtful answers. We parted with plans for us to solidify our collective priorities for the waterfront and with Darling offering to consider the best ways for our needs to be presented as part of the process. In a very real sense, we have been assured a place at the table as planning goes forward.

Pam Went, CSN Representative for ENA

It has recently been reported that mail theft has occurred in Edgemoor Neighborhood, specifically on Middlefield Road and Briar Road. Checks were stolen, washed and forged, then cashed at a local bank. If you have any information leading to the apprehension of mail thieves, contact the Post Office or fill out this form to report mail theft.

Read How to Protect your Mail from Thieves, a publication of the US Postal service.

Each year, millions of Americans have their identity stolen. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, wants you to have the information you need to protect yourself against identity theft. While there are no guarantees about avoiding identity theft, it’s important for you to:

DETER identity thieves by safeguarding your information.

DETECT suspicious activity by routinely monitoring your financial accounts and billing statements.

DEFEND against ID theft as soon as you suspect a problem.

Find out more at http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/ddd/index.html

On Thursday, Nov. 5, a burglary was reported on Fern Road. The home was entered through a rear window on the property. If you have any information to report about this incident, please contact the Bellingham Police Department Crime Prevention Officer for Edgemoor Neighborhood, Tara Fleetwood, TFleetwood@cob.org  Tara Fleetwood .

Check the City of Bellingham website regularly for news and information about our local community. Read the latest issue of Just So You are Aware, press releases from the city at http://www.cob.org/press/index.htm and current Public Notices at http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf.

Hello All,

Just wanted to let you know that there have been updates and additions to the New Whatcom web-site. Some of the new things include a consolidated schedule; a draft framework plan (on the design concepts page); additions to the finances and economics page; and additions to the environment page.

cgleichmann@cob.org
 

Hi Sehome Parent Alumnus,

Have you noticed all those cute little Happy Valley Students knocking on your doors to collect their Fun Run pledges? Do you remember the days that you had to escort your child around the neighborhood to do this? Well, read on to find out about Sehome's NON Fun Run.

After several years of doing our fundraisers collaboratively with Bellingham and Squalicum High Schools, each school has decided to do its own "in house" fundraising. Because fundraisers generally take tons of time, endless meetings, big crews for setting up and even bigger squads for tearing down, our PTSA leadership has decided to directly and unashamedly ask for your monetary support.

We want to do our solicitations in a fun way so we will be staging a NON event every month or so. Given that it’s fall and the weather is still nice enough to actually make being outside enjoyable, our first NON Event is a Fun Run. To participate in this NON Event, just print and fill out the information below, attach a check and mail or deliver it to the PTA mailbox in the front office at Sehome High School.

Non Fun Run Pledge
___ $50 I’ve already raced around the house
___ $40 Just staying out of the rain
___ $30 My running shoes are out of tread
___ $20 Already hit my calorie expenditure today
___ $10 I only do triathlons
___ $5 The dog ate my running shoes

Name______________________________

Email ______________________________

Make checks payable to

Sehome PTSA
2700 Bill McDonald Parkway
Bellingham, WA 98225

Thank you for your support.
Bobbie Jaffe
PTSA President