Holiday Food Drive Collections at LSNA December Board Meeting & Holiday Party

Please bring food donations to the December LSNA Board Meeting and LSNA Holiday Party. The Subcommittee on the Homeless is conducting this holiday food drive for Philabundance. Priority items include canned/shelf stable tuna, canned beef stew, canned chili, canned pasta and beef ravioli, 100% fruit & vegetable juice (shelf stable, cans, or plastic bottles only), creamy peanut butter (plastic containers only), jelly (plastic containers only). For information about other useful items, click here. (Please also watch for information from LSNA board member Eilene Frierson about the upcoming drive to collect personal items for clients of The Welcome Center.)

This Month's Reports

Please review the Health & Safety Committee's report for this month and the Ninth District's Logan Square neighborhood crime report at crime reports page. You may also view the Ninth District's reports and other advisories at the Ninth District web site, the web site built by Police Officer James Quick on his own time as a service to the community. Please also visit the Health & Safety Committee's web pages more generally at the Health & Safety Committee's web pages for links to more comprehensive crime information and other resources relating to the health and safety of the Logan Square community.

Cell Phone Ban Enforced as of December 1, 2009

As of December 1, 2009, the City has begun enforcing the ban on talking on a cell phone or texting while operating a vehicle in the city. The City of Philadelphia issued the following alert: "City Council passed a law banning the use of cell phones, and text messaging while driving. Therefore, it is now a violation of the City code to talk on a cell phone or text message while operating a vehicle in the City of Philadelphia. . . . After December 1st, if you're caught using your cell phone - either texting or on a call - you'll be fined. . . . Do your part to help keep your City and community safe."

Next Health & Safety Committee Meeting

Please join the Health & Safety Committee at its next meeting on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at the Atria/Sterling Glen (20th & Race Streets). Please RSVP to lsnahs@gmail.com and to be informed of changes in time or date and the location. To help make efficient use of board and committee meeting time, please email lsnahs@gmail.com with any health and safety-related concerns before the next board or committee meeting.

Ninth District's Monthly Town Meeting

Please attend the Ninth District's regular town meetings on the last Tuesday of every month at CityView, 2001 Hamilton Street, North Tower at 6 pm. The next meeting is on Tuesday, December 22, 2009.

Light Up Logan Square!

Please help prevent crime by adequately lighting your property. Please email David Searles and David Schock at lsnahs@gmail.com and visit the Light Up Logan Square web page to learn more about the campaign to ensure that our neighborhood is well lit.

Please Join Town Watch!

To join Logan Square Town Watch, please email logansquaretownwatch@gmail.com and visit the Town Watch web page to learn more. Please email park.towne.watch@gmail.com to join the Park Towne chapter of Town Watch.

Subcommittee on the Homeless

Please participate in the holiday food drive announced last month and above.

In the same spirit, the Subcommittee would like to congratulate Logan Square resident and LSNA board member Michael Resnic on his independent efforts to collect clothes following marathons on the Parkway.

Please email John Barrett and the Subcommittee on the Homeless at lsnahs@gmail.com with your experiences and thoughts relating to the homeless situation in the Logan Square-Parkway neighborhood.

Please also make donations to help the homeless, not to panhandlers. Please visit [www.MakeRealChange.Org] to learn how you can contribute to organizations that provide real help by providing shelter, food, medical services, drug and alcohol treatment, and job training.

October 2009 Officer of the Month - Police Officer Michael Livewell

On 10/28/09, Officer Livewell received information about two men arrested for theft from auto in the District. Believing that they drove to the area to commit the thefts, he searched the area and found a vehicle belonging to the sister of one of the men. Surveillance was established, and when the men were released from custody, they returned to the vehicle and were stopped. Pursuant to a warrant, the vehicle was searched, and the following was seized: 7 GPS devices, 1 Ipod, 1 laptop, and illegal narcotics. As a result of this investigation, 4 crimes were cleared. Thanks, Officer Livewell!

Register Your Bicycle

There is a far greater chance of having a stolen bicycle returned if it is identity-stamped. This can be done at the Ninth District on Monday - Friday between 9 and 5. For more information about bike registry, please call the District at 215-686-3090 or visit the Health & Safety Committee's web pages.