Food Co-op Update

Food Co-op Steering Committee Update

The notes from the Food Co-op Steering Committee's forming meeting are now available on South East Works in the Food Co-op Group

The next meeting of the Food Co-op Steering Committee will be December 2, 2008 at The Church Within @ 5:30 PM. The meeting, under the guidance of Mark Stewart, will be facilitated by Jerry Keys and notes will be recorded by Portia Haugen.

Current members of the Steering Committee include Mark Stewart, Nancy Buffenbarger, Rosemary Eads, Shirley Dardy, Angie Calvert, David Moffatt, Yvonne Brandenburg, Emily Vanest, with Josh Bowling as an advisor.

IMPD Signs of a Drug House

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police

South East Narcotics Unit
Signs of a Drug House

1. High traffic foot or pedestrian. Persons stop for brief period usually 5 minutes or less. Traffic is usually in patterns, increasing on weekends or late at night. May increase around pay days or when people receive government checks.

2. Visitors appear to be strangers or acquaintances rather than friends.

3. People may bring valuables into home, such as TV’s, Bikes, VCR’s, DVD Players, Camera’s, etc. and they leave empty handed.

4. Visitors may sit in car for a while after leaving the residence or may leaved one person in the car while the other visits.

5. “Lookouts” frequently younger people, tend to hang around usually during heavy traffic periods.

6. Various obvious things, people exchanging small packets for cash, people using drugs while sitting in cars, paraphernalia lying about.

Suspect Persons

Name________________________ White/Black/Hispanic Male/Female Age/DOB_______________

Name________________________ White/Black/Hispanic Male/Female Age/DOB_______________

Name________________________ White/Black/Hispanic Male/Female Age/DOB_______________


Suspect Clients Arrival/Entry

White/Black/Hispanic Male/Female Age_____Vehicular/Foot/Bicycle Front/Rear/Side Doors


Time

Morning (6am-12pm) Afternoon (12pm-6pm) Evening (6pm-12am) Late Night (12am-6am)


Days

Monday___ Tuesday___Wednesday___Thursday___ Friday___Weekends____

To Report Drug Activity

At South East Narcotics, complaints are based on a first come first served basis. However if a complaint has extenuating circumstances, such as: Kids, Guns or solid verifiable information, then the complaint will become a priority. If you suspect a drug house then please call 327-6341. Leave a message giving as much information about the complaint as possible.

Example: Complaint Phone Call


I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT POSSIBLE DRUG ACTIVITY AT _________________ ADDRESS. IN THE “SIGNS OF A DRUG HOUSE” NUMBERS 1, 2, 3,4,5,6 APPLY. THE SUSPECT IS A W/B/H—M/F WHO GOES BY THE NAME OF _______________ OR NICKNAME____________. I HAVE SEEN VEHICULAR/FOOT/BICYCLE TRAFFIC ON THESE___________ DAYS OF THE WEEK AT THESE ________TIMES. TRAFFIC TENDS TO BE HEAVIER ON THESE _________ DAYS AND AT THESE ________ TIMES. CUSTOMERS TEND TO BE W/B/H---M/F. THEY ENTER THE RESIDENCE THROUGH THE FRONT/REAR/SIDE DOOR AND CARS PARK ON THE STREET/ALLEY IN FRONT/BEHIND RESIDENCE. I BELIEVE THEY ARE SELLING/USING/MANUFACTURING—MARIJUANA, CRACK, COCAINE, PILLS, HEROIN, METHAMPHETAMINE/UNKNOWN.

*****ALSO INDICATE WHETHER YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO LET US SIT IN YOUR HOUSE OR DRIVEWAY TO WATCH TARGET RESIDENCE.

Teen Volunteers @ the Zoo

Zoo Teen Program

Have you ever wanted to work in a zoo? Would you like something "wild" to do next year? The Indianapolis Zoo's Zoo Teen Program is an exciting way for students, ages 14 to 18 years, to explore career opportunities, meet new friends, gain customer service skills, and much more.

Click on the attachments for more information and an application. Contact the Indianapolis Zoo's Office of Volunteer Services at (317)630-2041 or send an email to volunteer@indyzoo.com if you have any questions.

The deadline for applications is December 31, 2008.

Thanks!

The Volunteer Center
United Way of Central Indiana

News Residents Can Use

Mayor's December Newsletter is Now Online

The Mayor's December Newsletter features events and activities of interest to the residents of Indianapolis. There's even a picture of Terri Garcia, Southeast Community Services:

Mayor's Newsletter

Public Meetings on Sewer Rates

DPW to Hold Public Meetings on Sewer Rates

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) will hold three public meetings to inform the public about proposed sanitary sewer rate increases for 2009 through 2013. The increases would fund the city’s Clean Streams-Healthy Neighborhoods program and allow the city to remain in compliance with its consent decree with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Indianapolis citizens are encouraged to attend one of these public meetings to learn about and provide input on the proposed and long-term rate increases needed to fund state and federally mandated sewer projects, as well as other wastewater infrastructure needs.

All meetings will begin with a formal presentation at 6:30 p.m. followed by an open house from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Dec. 4, 2008 - Brookside Park, 3500 Brookside Pkwy S. Dr., Family/Recreation Center, Auditorium
Dec. 9, 2008 - Julia M. Carson Government Center, 300 E. Fall Creek Pkwy, Room A
Dec. 11, 2008 - Garfield Park, Garfield Arts Center, 2432 Conservatory Dr., Multipurpose Room

More information can be found at www.indycleanstreams.org.

First Friday @Alchemy--The Suspenders

The Suspenders

"The Suspenders" paintings by Robert Aurel Meko and Deanna Hensley
Opening Reception Friday 12.05.08
7p-midnight
work on display thru December 27th

Herron School of Art and Design painters, Deanna Hensley and Robert Meko, are individually working on a thesis series dealing with suspended, singular objects, ambiguous space, and mass. Though a common thread, the way these issues are approached is what sets them apart.

Meko's paintings are large and figurative wherein the objects, the figures, are suspended by their own volition. Whether they are jumping, falling, or floating is neither clear nor important. The objects in Hensley's paintings appear deliberately hung, be it in reality or just appearance, by string or otherwise to liken them to ornaments. The space in her paintings is undefined, putting an emphasis on the objects themselves. The space is more ambiguous in Meko's paintings. Moving in, out, and over the figure, he interlaces deep and shallow space. The mass in his paintings mostly pertains to size, whereas the mass in Hensley's works concerns quantity.

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ALCHEMY art + aesthetics
1043 Virginia Ave No. 3
Indianapolis, IN 46203
Ph. 317.634.9700
Fx. 317.634.9701
Em. alchemygallery@gmail.com
W3. myspace.com/alchemygallery

Gallery + Salon

Crime Prevention Tips

Crime Prevention Tips

The Fletcher Place Neighborhood Association has a page on their website dedicated to crime prevention tips. We can expand upon this and place it on the SE Blog spot if desired. It is found at:

www.fletcherplace.org/?p=crimeprevention