Strange incident -- Keep your eyes open

After a strange incident near the park, a concerned neighbor sent this mesage as warning to other neighbors.

"At dusk Tuesday evening, 4/21, in a mild drizzle my dog and I had just crossed Henderson at Dixie and were 20 paces from the intersection when a car drove past me and paused. Next I perceived I was targeted by something which made a rat a tat tat sound on the vinyl siding of my the nearby house and the driver of that car hastily turned south onto Henderson and was gone. It happened so quickly that all I noticed that might identify the person involved was the car, a late-model, four-door, pea-green car."

If something of this same sort, or any other disturbing incidents occur, please contact Dick Mitchell, our Neighborhood Watch liaison to city services, including the police. His phone number is 339-5096. Neighborhood Watch respects the confidentiality of the source. It allows the police to gather and coordinate reports for neighborhoods across the city.

Announcing improvements to our blog

Here are some nifty changes to our blog. I've added a new header, a search box in the right-hand column, email notification when new posts are published, and some photos from our neighborhood cleanup last Saturday.

Also, I set up a Flickr group to share neighborhood photos. Here's the link:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bpna/

Let me know if you'd like to join the Flickr group, or if you'd like to be notified when new posts are published. I've sent out a few invitations already, to people I thought might be interested.

Neighborhood Clean-up day, April 18

Start planning for spring house cleaning! BPNA has been awarded a Neighborhood Clean-up grant for April 18, 2009, according to Vicki Provine, Program Manager, Housing and Neighborhood Development for the city. HAND will provide dumpsters and logistical support at the parking lot at the Free Methodist church at the corner of Grimes and Lincoln, from 9am to 1pm on Saturday, April 18.

BPNA volunteers pitch in on site to help neighbors toss their cast-off items into the dumpsters. Usable but orphaned items are set aside for recycling and free to all comers. We can use another few volunteers with a truck or van who could help neighbors with large items and haul brush to the site. For more information,call the volunteer coordinator, Anne Hedin, at 323-7485.

The City is unable to accept electronic waste such as computers and monitors at the Neighborhood Clean-up site on April 18, but do not despair. You can recycle office equipment, old TVs, VCRs, cameras, etc. at a free e-waste recycling drive hosted by Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI. The program will be open to the general public on Saturday, May 2, from 9 am to 2 pm in the parking lot to the north of Memorial Stadium. Complete information, including maps, hours, and a list of accepted items, is available at indiana.poweron.com.

Electronics Recycling Drive, May 2

The City is unable to accept electronic waste such as computers and monitors at the Neighborhood Clean-up site on April 18, but do not despair. You can recycle office equipment, old TVs, VCRs, cameras, etc. at a free e-waste recycling drive hosted by Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI. The program will be open to the general public on Saturday, May 2, from 9 am to 2 pm in the parking lot to the north of Memorial Stadium. Complete information, including maps, hours, and a list of accepted items, is available at indiana.poweron.com.