Blair Hills Association
Meeting, February 19, 2019
(These minutes were
prepared Cheri Sakai.)
Minutes
of the Blair Hills Association, Culver City, California, held at the Stoneview
Nature Center at 7:00 p.m. on the 19th day of February, 2019.
Last Tuesday, February 19, 2019, our co-presidents Annie
Wilson and Kerri Payne-Lue led an informative and helpful Blair Hill’s
meeting. They had as guest speakers, a representative from the Police
Department, and two from the LA County Sheriff's Department.
There has been some concern over a few burglaries in the
neighborhood this past year. The most recent was someone entered
a home on Vicstone and stole all their photography equipment.
There have been no robberies. Robberies are when
someone has had a face to face encounter with a person who is trying to rob or
harm them in any way. Burglaries are
when someone has entered your home or car with the intention of taking
something belonging to you
We were advised to never open the door at night to anyone
you do not know and call the police immediately if they persist. A RING
doorbell can be purchased at Costco, Best Buy, Amazon, and other places for
less than $200. The RING enables you to talk and see the person at the door
before opening it.
A camera is also helpful and some good ones are less than
$200. If one person on each block in
Blair Hills would purchase one this would help the police catch any
burglar or robber through a quick ID of the person and any vehicle he might be
driving. One camera might cover the whole block.
Our greatest protection can be our neighbors so we
were strongly advised to get to know our neighbors next door, across the
street and around us.
In that same vein, please phone or email 
to pick up a Welcome Kit from Cheri and share
this with any new neighbors.
Coyotes are in reproduction mode right now so be aware and
protect yourself and your pets from the coyotes. Kerri spotted one on La
Cienega.
Be sure Stoneview Nature Center has your email address so
you will be notified of any activity going on there. There appears to be
a larger participation of adults and children outside of Blair Hills for some
of the events than inside our neighborhood.
Latest follow-up about some of our former neighbors:
Shirley Hellman is very happily living at an Independent living facility near
the Culver City Senior Center. Rosalie Kirsch lives Mar Vista and with
frequent visits from her family is doing well. Hank Shapiro lives in
Ladera Heights, and is recovering from brain surgery.
Julie and Neal Fahrer are now in an assisted living
facility in Victorville.