FEBRUARY 2011

Volume 16, Number 1

The Neighbor’s Connection

Inside this Issue

Community Fish It Takes Everyone

Welcome!
2 Sgt. Jonathan Stewart
Fry & Picnic
By: Carol Hedrick
LUNA Executive Administrator
By: Stacy Keith

T
o have a successful
Heart of Lubbock Event Committee Member
3 neighborhood, everyone must
work together. Who knows a
neighborhood better than those who

L
UNA is excited to be planning live, work and play in that
Grandparents Scam the First Annual Community neighborhood?

4 Fish Fry and Picnic.

Nixle’s Community
5 Information Service
Register for National
6 Night Out
Recipe
7 under 10 are free.
The Neighbor’s Connection
is a quarterly publication of
Lubbock United
Neighborhood Association,
which is a nonprofit
organization, dedicated to the
growth and promotion of
neighborhood associations in
Lubbock.
Lubbock United Neighborhood Assoc.
1706 23rd Street, #104
Lubbock, Texas 79411
806-749-5862
luna@suddenlinkmail.com
support from United Supermarkets,
Suddenlink, Wentz Orthodontics,
With
Wells Fargo Advisors and River
Smith’s this first time fundraiser will
occur on Saturday, April 16, 2011
from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
It will be a family friendly and family
focused afternoon to gather and eat
great fish and chicken while
enjoying music from area musicians.
Please bring your lawn chairs and/or
your blankets. The cost to attend
will be $10 per person and children
We’ll also have activities for the kids
and lots of great food and
conversation. The event will be held
at Miller Park off South Loop 289
between Indiana and Quaker
Avenue.
We hope you will support this great
day and if you are interested in
being a sponsor you will receive
great recognition before and during
the event.
Sponsor levels and benefit
packages are still available until
th
March 15 . Please call the LUNA
office at 749-5862 or by e-mail at
luna@suddenlinkmail.com for more
details. Thank you for your support
of this great event and LUNA!
In order to make that neighborhood
a safe and well-kept, neighbors
must have the desire to want to
make their neighborhood a place
where they feel safe; a place where
homes and yards are kept in good
condition and taken pride in; a place
where neighbors know each other
and look out for each other; and a
place where neighbors feel free to
alert City Officials to problems in
their neighborhood in order to see
change.
I think most would agree that those
neighborhoods where the residents
keep their homes and yards in good
condition, who take pride in how
their neighborhoods look and who
are watchful of each other, usually
have a lower crime rate than those
who allow their homes to fall in to
disrepair and allow yards to look like
alleys or jungles.
Save your neighborhood, step up
and get to know your neighbors, be
watchful in order to make your
neighbors and to make your
neighborhood one of the jewels of
Lubbock, Texas. You CAN make a
difference. Get involved in your
neighborhood association or form a
new neighborhood association.
Start 2011 off by being a good
neighbor and making your
neighborhoods something to be
proud of. I challenge each and

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every one of you to make a
difference in the neighborhood in
which you live.
If your neighborhood has an
association that isn’t currently active
or if you do not have An association
in your area, contact the LUNA
office at 749-5862 or by e-mail at
luna@suddenlinkmail.com to find
out how to organize an association
or to re-activate an established
association. □
Welcome!
Sgt. Jonathan
Stewart
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UNA staff and board members
would like to welcome Sgt.
Jonathan Stewart as the new
supervisor of the Lubbock Police
Department’s ―Neighborhood
Services Unit‖.
Sgt. Stewart has taken over the
LPD’s Neighborhood Services Unit
since Sgt. Bill Casey has moved to
the Patrol Unit. LUNA looks forward
to forging a new relationship with
Sgt. Stewart.
Sgt. Bill Casey has over the years
provided invaluable help and
assistance to LUNA. He will be
missed but we wish him well.
Sgt. Stewart’s phone number is the
same – 775-2971.
Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
Henry Ford
General
Membership
Meetings – 2010
M
ark your calendars for
LUNA’s General Membership
meeting to be held on the
following dates for 2011:
Monday, April 11, 2011 – 7 p.m.
Monday, July 11, 2011– 7 p.m.
Monday, October 10, 2011 – 7 p.m.
Monday, November 14, 2011 – 6:30
p.m.
All LUNA General Membership
meetings are “Open” meetings.
Everyone is invited to attend the
quarterly General Membership
meetings. Please come and
network with other neighborhood
associations. □
―Lights in
Lubbock‖ Winners
F ive Lubbock homes were
selected as this year’s ―Lights
in Lubbock‖
Congratulation to those home
winners.
owners who spent a lot of time and
talent decorating their homes.
The winners are: Pam Stinnett at
6407 Peoria Avenue, Mr. & Mrs.
st
Eddie Childers at 5411 71 Street,
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Rhoades at 5416
th
89 Street, Nora Marquez at 3204
th
46 Street and Kyle Watts Family at
5308 43 Street. □
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THANK YOU TO
OUR NEWSLETTER
SPONSOR
LUNA’s Executive Council, staff,
and LUNA’s member
neighborhood associations wish
to express their heart-felt thanks
to our Newsletter Sponsor for
2011, The CH Foundation. Due
to their generous contribution,
LUNA is able to provide our
neighborhood associations the
opportunity to print newsletters,
which has proven to be the most
effective way to communicate
with neighborhoods.
This & That
Good Neighbors Sharing
Christmas
Chatman Hill Neighborhood
Association was fortunate to receive
five turkeys from T-Mart and one
from an association member, Mrs.
Deborah Deary. They felt that this
good fortune should be shared with
families in the neighborhood that
may not have a blessed
Thanksgiving, so the Student
Council, students and teachers of
Iles Academy and the members of
Chatman Hill Neighborhood
Association collected items to add
with the turkeys. The Chatman
Neighborhood Association provided
three food baskets to families in the

Chatman Hill Neighborhood
Association.
They also shared three turkeys with
the Dunbar-Manhattan Heights
Neighborhood Association to be
provided to families in their
neighborhood. □
New LUNA Email Address:
LUNA’s new email address is as
follows: luna@suddenlinkmail.com
Newsletter Printing Policy
To schedule your newsletter and/or
flyer printing, please contact the
LUNA office at 749-5862 or by email
at luna@suddenlinkmail.com
You need to schedule your printing
ahead of time. □
LUNA’s Big Winner
On Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Stacie Burt was the winner of a 46‖
Sony TV. According to Stacie this
was a welcomed Christmas present
for her family.
Congratulations to Stacie Burt. □
Heart of Lubbock
By: Barbara Brannon,
Heart of Lubbock, President
New year, new opportunities
I
n Sunday, January 16, 2011, the
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
captured the character of the
Heart of Lubbock Neighborhood:
our rich and close-knit arts culture,
exemplified by Melissa Grimes’s
Rockin’ Box 33 house concert
series, and our less desirable
ranking as #3 in Lubbock’s 2010
roster of home and auto burglaries.
If you’ve lived here for any time at
all, you completely understand this
apparent contradiction. Our
population includes both university
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
students and working professionals
who tend not to be home during the
day, and transitory tenants who
don’t know and aren’t known by,
their neighbors. Our blocks are
densely residential and easily
accessible by vehicle, bicycle or
foot. Our mix of homes and
properties, with their varied styles of
security features, fences and points
of entry, can be ready targets.
And yet I hear it over and over
again: ―I love my neighborhood.‖
―I’ve lived here all my life.‖ ―I enjoy
the convenience.‖ ―It’s great to be
right in the middle of Lubbock’s
culture.‖ ―I wouldn’t want to live
anywhere else.‖
Why do you suppose that is?
Creativity, access, affordability,
diversity, history - these are the
assets found in abundant measure
in the Heart of Lubbock.
While we celebrate and preserve
these benefits, we — the all-
volunteer Heart of Lubbock
Neighborhood Association — hold
the single most important key to
reducing our incidence of crime; the
chance to get to know our
neighbors.
Pledge to get involved in 2011. It
doesn’t require much. We meet
once a month for an hour, and we
undertake about half a dozen
valuable community programs each
year. There are no mandatory dues.
For the coming year, your officers
and board have already been hard
at work on a slate of interesting
opportunities and topics. We’ll start
off our January meeting with a
preview of Art Out in the Heart — a
tour of outdoor art that will be our
April fundraiser. Melissa Grimes
rd
has volunteered her 33 St. house
as the kickoff stop on the tour.
We have also been working on a
Heart of Lubbock Neighborhood
Association membership directory
— an excellent way to meet new
friends and stay in touch. There will
The Neighbor's Connection
be more about that at our January
meeting.
Our April meeting, organized by
Ralph Shelton, will be a
conversation about relations
between student residents and
Heart of Lubbock homeowners,
involving leaders of the Texas Tech
student body.
Most exciting of all, though, is the
historic structures survey that will be
undertaken this spring by a Texas
Tech College of Architecture
graduate seminar in Conservation
Policies, taught by Prof. Gary Smith,
AIA. The survey will yield valuable
information about residential,
commercial and institutional
structures within the neighborhood.
Prof. Smith is an expert on West
Texas architecture and architects,
including the architect of Dupre
Elementary School. We expect the
class will present a program for us
this spring, as well as interact with
the association in other ways.
Let’s usher in 2011 with a pledge to
improve our safety ranking this year.
Start this week by knocking on one
door of a neighbor you don’t know,
swapping phone numbers and
agreeing to help watch out for
unusual activity on your block.
Together, we can make a difference.

Attention All Neighborhood
Associations
If you have something that
would be of interest to other
neighborhoods and our
Basic Crime
readership, LUNA
Prevention Tips
encourages you to submit an
article for LUNA’s quarterly
By: Lubbock Police Dept.
newsletter. Articles may be
Neighborhood Services Unit
emailed to LUNA at
775-2971/775-2738
luna@suddenlinkmail.com or
can be mailed to Lubbock
United Neighborhood
Association, 1706 23rd Street,
Ste. 104, Lubbock, Texas
79411.
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a purported grandchild in need of  Callers requesting that

Crime money. money to be sent by wire
transfer (because those
Prevention Usually, the ruse includes a caller
who says something like ―Hi,
funds are hard to track and
almost impossible to
Education Grandma,‖ or ―Hey, it’s your favorite
grandson.‖ The caller’s goal is to
recover)
learn the name of a recipient’s 

B
y educating your neighbors Vague or elusive callers
in safety techniques, you actual grandchild. Sometimes the who get personal details
can improve the security of caller may even have learned the wrong.
your neighborhood. A well- name of the grandchildren in
informed group with an active advance – and claim to be a You should always exercise some
interest in crime prevention can grandchild on the call. skepticism when they receive
significantly reduce the local telephone calls urgently requesting
The caller typically tells the victim money. If a relative calls and asks
crime rate. You may also even
that he or she has been in an for money, they should verify the
consider starting a Neighborhood
accident, was arrested, is stranded identity of the caller with personal
Watch group.
or in similar trouble and needs questions a stranger would not be
How to get started: money immediately. Most often, the able to answer. Seniors should not
1. You can receive crime
caller claims to be traveling in ―fill in the blanks‖ for callers but
Canada. The ―grandchild‖ also should ask them to give their
reports from the LUNA office
insists that the victim not tell anyone names. You may also consider
on your particular
else – which increases the odds that calling back using a telephone
neighborhood association.
the fraud will be successful. If all number they know to be genuine.
2. LUNA can provide copies of goes according to the con artist’s Another option is to ignore the
Neighborhood Watch plan, the victim will wire money to caller’s wishes and verify the story
information. LUNA cannot the ―grandchild.‖ By the time the with another family member.
organize Neighborhood elderly call recipient realizes what
Watch groups, but we can happened, the money is long gone If you believe you have been the
provide information. and most likely not recoverable. target of a scam, contact the Office
of the Attorney General at (800)
3. Contact Sgt. Jonathan This type of fraud is particularly 252-8011 or online at
Stewart with Lubbock Police troubling, as it plays upon a www.texasattorneygeneral.gov
Dept.’s ―Neighborhood grandparent’s natural desire to
Services‖ at 775-2971 and he protect a grandchild. Although Source: The Attorney General of
can assist you with getting a variations of this scam have been Texas; Greg Abbott; Senior Alerts
Neighborhood Watch group around for a long time, it has
organized. become more sophisticated with the
Any information about
proliferation of information on the
Internet. Con artists are more often
Neighborhood
neighborhood safety programs
should be distributed to your
using personal information gleaned
from the family blogs, genealogy
Project Idea
residents. Once you have a Web sites, social networking Web
crime prevention program
sites and online newspapers to add
established, you should publicize
credibility to their calls.
it to discourage criminal activity in
your neighborhood. □ Watch out for these red flags:
 Callers requesting money

 Callers claiming to be in
Grandparent Scam Canada or other foreign
location
 Callers insisting on secrecy
I
f your neighborhood association
has a project that they would like
to embark on and do not have the
funds to get it started; why not ask
your association members to collect
their loose change and give it to the

T
he Office of the Attorney
association for your project.
General is warning retirees  Urgent callers pressuring
and senior citizens to be wary quick action You may not collect all the
of a grandparent scam. Recent necessary funds at one time but this
reports indicate that seniors have  Callers with unfamiliar
voices can be an on-going project. □
been receiving telephone calls from

Nixle’s
Community
Information
Service
By: Sgt. Jonathan Stewart
LPD’s Neighborhood Services
R
esidents of Lubbock can now
receive important, official
notifications from the
Lubbock Police Department on their
cell phone. The LPD has joined with
Nixle’s Community Information
Service to provide up to the minute
information sent directly to your cell
phone. Messages can be received
via SMS/text message, e-mail and
over the World Wide Web.
The Nixle service is built to provide
secure and reliable communication
from the LPD to the citizens of
Lubbock. The authenticated
serviced connects the LPD to
citizens in real-time, delivering
information to residents of
geographically targeted areas and
neighborhoods. Nixle builds on the
foundations of other public-to-public
communication services, such as
Twitter, Facebook and My Space,
but adds a key component: security.
When citizens receive information
from the LPD via Nixle, they know it
can be trusted.
Notifications you can expect to
receive may include: Amber or
Silver alerts, ad advisory to be on
the lookout for a dangerous fugitive
or a suspect in a recently committed
crime, road closures or delays due
to traffic accidents or dangerous
conditions, recent crime trends and
other need to know information.
The system is easy to use and there
is no spam. Best of all, the service
is provided for free. (Text
messaging rates may apply).
Sign up now at the Lubbock Police
Department’s website
www.lubbockpolice.com by clicking
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
on the ―Nixle‖ link and begin
receiving notifications from the LPD
on your cell phone!
Idea for Getting
People Involved
ne way to get people
O involved is to ask them about
their talents and skills.
Create a neighborhood directory
that lists people who offer
babysitting, lawn mowing, dog-
walking, house-sitting services or
etc.
List people who have special talents
to offer such as calligraphy, bike
repair, or music lessons. Also list
people who have special knowledge
or training in areas such as
plumbing, electrical repairs, house
painting, computer repair, etc.
And don’t forget to list all your
residents in your association. This
will make your phone tree group’s
job a lot easier when they have
needed information at hand.
Funding for this directory can come
from several areas such as selling
ad to be placed in your directory and
asking members to pay a nominal
fee. □
The Magic of Believing
I’m not old enough to play
baseball or football. I’m not
eight yet. My mom told me
when you start baseball, you
aren’t going to be able to run
that fast because you had an
operation. I told Mom I
wouldn’t need to run fast.
When I play baseball, I’ll just hit
them out of the park. Then I’ll
be able to walk.
Edward J. McGrath, Jr.
―An Exceptional View of Life‖
The Neighbor's Connection
LUNA Supporters:
Judi Blakey
Darlyne Chatman
Julie Coffern
Connie Gray
Cheryl Isaacs
Gwen & Maurice Jones
Mrs. Dorothy Kinner
David R. Langston
Ann McDonald
Tom & Toni McGovern
Steve & Jeanette Meinecke
Lon/Gertrude Miller
Joni L. Rose
Florinza C. Stokley
Darrell & Mary Vines
THANK YOU ALL
For your generous contributions!
Keep Your Goals
in Sight
Author Unknown
W
hen she looked ahead,
Florence Chadwick saw
nothing but a solid wall of
fog. Her body was numb. She had
been swimming for nearly sixteen
hours.
Already she was the first woman to
swim the English Channel in both
directions. Now, at age 34, her goal
was to become the first woman to
swim from Catalina Island to the
California coast
On that Fourth of July morning in
1952, the sea was like an ice bath
and the fog was so dense she could
hardly see her support boats.
Sharks cruised toward her lone
figure, only to be driven away by rifle
shots. Against the frigid grip of the
sea, she struggled on ---hour after
hour---while millions watched on
national television.
Alongside Florence in one of the
boats, her mother and her trainer
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offered encouragement. They told
her it wasn’t’ much further. But all
she could see was fog. They urged
her not to quit. She never had. . . .
until then. With only a half mile to
go, she asked to be pulled out.
Still thawing her chilled body several
hours later, she told a reporter,
―Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if
I could have seen land I might have
made it.‖ It was not fatigue or even
the cold water that defeated her. It
was the fog. She was unable to see
her goal.
Two months later, she tried again.
This time, despite the same dense
fog, she swam with her faith intact
and her goal clearly pictured in her
mind. She knew that somewhere
behind that fog was land and this
time she made it! Florence
Chadwick became the first woman
to swim the Catalina Channel,
eclipsing the men’s record by two
hours!
nd
Source: A 2 Helping of Chicken
Soup for the Soul; Jack Canfield &
Mark Victor Hansen; Health
Communications, Inc.
Register for
National Night
Out
I f you are not familiar with
National Night Out or why
Lubbock United Neighborhood
Association hosts a Registration
Meeting for National Night Out, then
you should know the following
information and mark your calendars
to attend both events.
th
Celebrating its 28 year, this unique
crime prevention initiative,
sponsored locally by LUNA and
nationally by the National
Association of Town Watch and
Target Stores, is designed to 1)
heighten crime and drug prevention
awareness; 2) generate support for
and participation in, local anticrime
programs; 3) strengthen
neighborhood spirit and police-
community partnerships and 4) send
a message to criminals letting them
know that neighborhoods are
organized and fighting back.
Scheduled for Tuesday, August 2,
2011, National Night Out, ―America’s
Night Out Against Crime,‖
encourages residents in
neighborhoods throughout Lubbock
and across the nation to lock their
doors, turn on outside lights and
spend the evening with neighbors
and police. From block parties and
cookouts to ice cream socials and
visits from police and fire
departments, more than 30 million
people will participate in National
Night Out 2010.
LUNA’s Registration for National
Night Out will be held Tuesday,
June 7, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at St.
John’s United Methodist Church
located at 1500 University
Avenue. Last year’s registration
proved to be very successful and
LUNA is hoping this third annual
meeting will continue to help
facilitate planning NNO events.
Individuals that attend this
registration meeting will have the
opportunity to request special
guests or speakers such as the
Lubbock Mayor, City Council
representatives, Police Chief, Police
Officers and Fire Departments
representatives. This will be the
only chance to request City officials,
so participants are asked to provide
specific details regarding their
National Night Out event during
registration to help expedite the
recruitment process.
Registration forms, contact names,
phone numbers and additional
information will be given to each
individual or group hosting a
National Night Out event. It will be
the responsibility of each individual
or group to make contact with City of
Lubbock officials to finalize plans.
Child ID kits will be available this
year as the result of a grant from
The Helen Jones Foundation. You
may also request Child ID Kits either
on the Registration Form or by
contacting the LUNA office at 749-
5862 or by e-mail at
luna@suddenlinkmail.com
Members from LUNA’s Board of
Directors will be present at the June
7th Registration meeting along with
a representative from the Lubbock
Police Department. Refreshments
will be provided.
With neighborhoods across Lubbock
falling prey to arson, theft and
vandalism, the Lubbock United
Neighborhood Association (LUNA)
is hosting both of these events in an
effort to raise awareness and
strengthen participation in local
anticrime efforts. Our community
receives benefits from NNO well
beyond this night.
Take this first step in fighting crime
in your neighborhood. Whether or
not you live in an area where there
is an established neighborhood
association, get involved and
become aware of things going on in
your neighborhood. Getting to know
your neighbors is a step in the right
direction in helping to fight crime.
CRIME KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.
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There isn’t a person anywhere
who isn’t capable of doing more
than he thinks he can.
Henry Ford
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Garden Pasta Salad

By: Ann Haggard
West End Neighborhood Association

1 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing 2 cups Broccoli Flowerets, cooked

½ cup Parsley, chopped 1 (4 oz.) cup Tri-Colored Corkscrew Noodles,
1 tsp. dried Basil leaves, crushed cooked, drained
1 clove Garlic, minced 2 medium Tomatoes, cut into thin wedges
1 (8 oz.) pkg. Mild Cheddar Cheese, cubed ½ cup Walnuts, chopped (optional)

Combine salad dressing, parsley, basil and garlic; mix well. Add cheese, broccoli and noodles; mix lightly.
Chill. Arrange tomatoes on platter; top with salad. Makes 6 servings.

**The above recipe is just one of many that are in LUNA’s cookbook Our Town, Open Hearts, Welcoming
Kitchens – The Colors of Lubbock. This cookbook would make a wonderful gift for family or friends. To
purchase a cookbook, contact the LUNA office at 749-5862.

Lubbock United Neighborhood Assoc.

LUNA Resource Center depends on donors and sponsorships to
continue its current projects and to expand new projects.

LUNA provides its services to its member neighborhood associations and assists other individuals, groups
or organizations in Lubbock, Texas. $10 buys 5 Child ID Kits, $10 supplies 40 Seniors with crime prevention
materials and $5 provides Neighborhood Watch materials to residents.

LUNA encourages every citizen of Lubbock to make a difference in their neighborhood.

―You don’t have to move to live in a better neighborhood‖
―Don’t ask what your neighborhood can do for you; but ask what YOU can do for your neighborhood.‖

Thank you for allowing LUNA to continue to spread the word ―You can make a difference in your neighborhood
and in the City of Lubbock‖.

Donation: ____$25 ____$100 ____$250 ____$500 ____$1,000 ____Other

Name: ______________________________________________________ Phone:__________________

Address:_______________________________________________________________________________

Email: ________________________________________________________________________________

May we publish your name in our quarterly newsletter, The Neighbor’s Connection?
Thank you for your Donation

Please make your check to:

Lubbock United Neighborhood Association
rd
1706 23 Street, Ste. 104
Lubbock, Texas 79411

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There’s An Association Near You.

Get Involved!

Arnett-Benson Coronado Area Parkway-Cherry Point Stubbs-Stewart

Ballenger Dunbar-Manhattan Heights Preston Smith Tech Terrace/UNIT
Bayless-Atkins Heart of Lubbock Raintree University Pines
Blue Sky Guadalupe Regal Park & Day Estates Waters
Bowie Jackson-Mahon Remington Park Westchester
Caprock Kings Park Shadow Hills West End
Carlisle Maedgen Area Skyview Wester
Chapel Hill Maxey Park Slaton-Bean Wheelock & Monterey
Chatman Hill North by Northwest Southgate Windmill
K. N. Clapp North Overton South Lubbock
Clayton Carter Northridge SORCA & OSNA

There is a neighborhood association near you. Getting involved in your neighborhood association is simple and easy.
If you know a board member of the neighborhood association where you live, contact them and tell them you are
interested in getting involved. If you do not know how to reach a board member, contact Lubbock United
Neighborhood Association (LUNA) and our staff will be glad to put you in contact with someone from your
neighborhood association.