SHUMWAY NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS WITH-IN THE BOUNDRIES OF E34TH ST TO THE NORTH; I-5 TO THE EAST; W 4 TH PLAIN BLVD TO THE SOUTH; AND MAIN ST TO THE WEST April 2013 NO MEETING IN APRIL NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY, MAY 2 ND, 2013 Yard Debris and Tire Coupons will be in the mail The annual spring yard debris and tire coupons are scheduled to go out to city residents in the April 1 Waste Connections Inc. bills. The coupons will be good April 5 through June 30. Residents who receive invoices electronically will receive an email telling them about the coupons, and letting them know how to request a set of coupons.
EVENTS: The below are upcoming events that are happening in Uptown Vancouver. Please mark your calendar now. For continued information please see the Uptown Village Association website. Drink This (April 2013): (Burnt Bridge Cellars) Spring Clean-up May 4 th, 2013 Cruisin the Gut: July 20 th, 2013 Show-n-Shine: Aug. 17 th, 2013 Sunday Streets Alive: August 18 th, 2013 Support a Healthy Community! Join the "Ads & Subtract" Community Survey Project What: A prevention and awareness effort to conduct neighborhood store education around alcohol., tobacco and drug paraphernalia sales and advertising. Where: On and near the Fourth Plain Corridor. Why: To promote a healthy community by reducing the number of alcohol, tobacco and drug paraphernalia advertising in stores where minors can enter. When: May 4, 2013 9am - 2 pm (lunch provided) Who: Local middle and High School students to conduct the survey and adult team leaders. How do I Join? Contact joy Lyons or Sean Chavez with the PREVENT! Coalition to register. Email at: info@preventclarkcounty.org Call: (360) 750-7500 Registration due by April 12 www.preventclarkcounty.org 2500 NE 65th Ave Vancouver, WA 98661 Anne McEnerny-Ogle macogle@pacifier.com (360) 695-5124 Graffiti Resources POST THIS ON THE REFRIGERATOR Location Agency Phone # Website/Email Private Property Public Property Property Owner/Van. Police Dept. 360-487-7355 (VPD) City of Vancouver Operations 360-487-8177 www.cityofvancouver.us/police reports www.cityofvancouver.us/servic erequest State Highway WSDOT 360-759-1300 swtmc@wsdot.gov Bus Stops or Buses C-TRAN 360-695-0123 Garbage/Dump sters Waste Connections 360-892-5370 www.ctran.com/comments_suggestio ns customerhelp@wasteconnectio ns.com Electrical Boxes Clark Public Utilities 360-992-3000 mailbox@clarkpud.com
Phone Utility Boxes Gas Utility Boxes Century Link Customer Service 1-800-573-1311 NW Natural Gas 1-800-422-4012 ext 4210 qwest.centurylink.com/resident ial Graffiti is done without permission and is considered vandalism. Gang graffiti is also threatening. In both cases, graffiti will attract more of the same if left in place. It creates a perception that the area where it is found is not cared for. For these reasons it is important to address it as soon as it is observed. If you see someone in the act of placing graffiti or have information about a suspect, call 9-1-1 and state you are a Vancouver resident with a graffiti report. If you find graffiti: Record Take a picture, document the date, time, location and color of the graffiti Report Provide details to the appropriate agency If it s your property, you are responsible to remove it. Remove Once Vancouver Police Department is notified, wash or paint away quickly & thoroughly If it s not yours and if it s small enough that you can take care of the removal, please clean it off as soon as possible. We need to lend a hand towards crime prevention. We re invested in our homes and we should be invested in our neighborhood. Let s invest some of our time to keep it clean and safe. SPECIAL NOTES: Shumway Neighborhood Association can help! 1. We are allowed to paint state highway walls and we have the materials. Call Anne McEnerny-Ogle, 360-695-5124 when you spot graffiti on our sound walls. 2. We can assist property owners. We can borrow pressure washers, help with paint purchases and assist in getting rid of unsightly graffiti. Contact Anne McEnerny-Ogle. MOLLY S MUSINGS Ya know my moms been gone a lot the last few months, but it was for a good reason she has been learning A LOT! She has been learning to grow flowers, and veggies. (Not my favorite, I get yelled at for chasing those pesky bulb stealing squirrels through there; but then again they do make the neighborhood pretty when they bloom) She has been learning to grow groceries so she can teach others how to grow their own fresh veggies, and flowers via community gardens. She has been learning how to make compost, and how to recycle so that there will be less garbage going into landfills that creates methane gas, that adds to global warming. (I don t like it when it gets too hot, cuz I am covered in fur.) But ya know the neatest thing she has learned? It s about how to keep water from getting polluted. She has taught me some of the things: Did you know that the storm water drains connect directly into the streams, that raise salmon? So please don t dump ANYTHING into these drains, because if you put food, and chemicals like gasoline, grease, anti-freeze, your used oil ; you are helping to kill off salmon, and other wildlife that depend on clean water. Come to think of it, humans and my fellow dogs also depend on water being clean. Other things that will pollute water? - Fertilizers, and other lawn and household chemicals. (Did you know you can get in trouble for putting stuff into storm drains? Try learning to garden organically, and if you have to use chemicals to control weeds etc. Use them sparingly. When it rains, or you overwater those chemicals will leach into the ground water, again causing pollution She s even got me involved. She had me join a group called Canines for Clean Water She took a pledge, that said she would always pick up my poop, and throw it in the garbage. Never leave it on a lawn where it gets into ground water, and NEVER EVER put it on your veggie garden. And, by taking that pledge, she got a pretty blue bandana for me! I look so pretty in it!
So as you see us around the neighborhood this spring, and summer, stop us and ask how you can get involved in helping to make our corner of the world a pleasant and safer place to live. If you have questions about different ways to do things or other questions please stop us and ask. Mom loves to talk. She tells me that if she doesn t know the answer right away, she will find it, and get back with you. Happy Spring! Shumway Neighborhood Association Officers: Anne McEnerny-Ogle - Chair 360.695.5124 macogle@pacifier.com Lisa Ghormley Vice Chair 360.993.2139 Unraveledyarns@hotmail.com Michele Wollert Secretary 360.993.0106 michelewol@aol.com Jim Martin Treasurer 360.696.9844 berrwd@teleport.com Brenda Palmer 360.314.4025 poohmissesbooboo@gmail.com Cpl. Drue Russell Neighborhood Police Officer 360.487.7365 Drue.Russell@cityofvancouver.us The City of Vancouver supports the Neighborhood Associations in their effort to share vital information with residents in order to create a more informed public. However, the information provided and the opinions and views expressed in Neighborhood Association newsletters or other documents do not necessarily represent the position of the City of Vancouver, nor does the City determine whether the information published is accurate or appropriate. Printed by the City of Vancouver Office of Neighborhoods.
Mother's Day Weekend -. PLANT SALE SAT May 11 '" 9 am to 4 pm SUN May 12 '" 10 am to.3 pm DELIGHT THAT SPECIAL SO:MEONE WITH A LIVING GIFT ("!") C N --Fuchsia& other Colorful Hanging Baskets -~ Ornamentals -.;Trees, Shrubs Edibles -.;Vegetables, Fruit. Flowers -.;Perennials, Annuals Flower Bowls -.;Herbs House Plants Unique Garden Vendors -.;inchrding. 78 th Street Heritage Farm 1919 NE 78th Street, V~ncouv:e,r WA 98665, www.m;!.ca.com ; " i',', ' 2013 - As a non-profit, proceeds from this sale support food and garden growing education programs in Clark County