Oak Hill Neighborhood Association - Crime & Support News

Crime lower- 5/13mtg successful w/ 2 suspects 7/6TaxMtg

We still have some crime incidents but taxes also a concern by many, so check out the July 6th meeting at Oak Hill Rehab at 7pm and check out our new crime data map posted on the website with neighbor Tom Padula's tech assistance. Thanks
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Plainclothes police are still cruising and more arrests made along with the scamming magazine sellers chased out of the area. Remember the rules are they have to have a city clerk issued permit to wear with picture.

Also watch your recycles as some of the same recycle thieves may also be watching your car and house for possible invasions.

We hope to share a potluck party idea for this summer to celebrate and also share ideas for the fall as well as participation again in the coat drive for the Warm a Heart Buy Nothing Coat Day after thanksgiving on the 27th.

We welcome volunteers for all areas or your new ideas.

Our emergency meeting on 5/13 was attended by 40-50 folks with good representation from the police dept with Major Moreau and others along with our Councilman John Barry and councilmen Vitali and Barros.
Crime and traffic situations were addressed and answers to the spike and solutions shared.
Better communications on the facts and the dispositions of crimes are planned so we will be reporting some of that here on the website and the emails.
If you are not on the email list- email Arthur kingarthur02940@yahoo.com and we will add you to the weekly updates, but the website and calendar are updated daily or more frequently.
Questions or solutions, volunteering, I am available to assist- Thanks Arthur Plitt

Note that under the police section of the website are some tips for helping your security from various sources.

Success again for the 2009 Taft St-Town Landing for our annual KleenUp from 9-1pm Pat and Lisa, David and Chip did a great job of coordination.
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Pawtucket Police nab Oak Hill break-in suspects
2:34 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink
Tatiana Pina Email

PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Two men foiled Tuesday by residents of the James Street house they tried to break into have been charged with a series of breaks in the Oak Hill section of the city, according to the Pawtucket Police.

The police said that tenants at 8 James St. confronted the two men on the property as they tried to gain entry to the house. The men fled in a vehicle.

The two matched the description of two men who had broken into homes in the Oak Hill section of Pawtucket, according to Det. Lt. Daniel Mullen. The police arrested the men after a short chase.

"It was a good grab," Mullen said. "The whole neighborhood was pretty frightened. We're pretty confident these two are responsible for a number of breaks up there."

João R. Dossantos, 21, of 167 Japonica St., Pawtucket, was charged with one count of breaking and entering, two counts of breaking an entering when a person is home, burglary and three counts of conspiracy in connection with break-ins at 9 James St., 65 Alfred Stone Rd., 39 Marbury Ave. and 69 Marbury Ave.

Raymond Gyamfi, 19, of 181 Magil St., Pawtucket, was charged with breaking and entering into a dwelling, burglary, two counts of conspiracy, reckless driving-eluding police and fraudulent use of credit cards in connection with break-in at 8 James St. and 65 Alfred Stone Rd.

Both men were expected to appear in District Court Wednesday.

The arrest stem from work by the Patrol Division and the Major Crimes Unit and Det. Donti Rosciti and Det. David Connors.


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Arthur M. Plitt, President
OHNA, & NAP-Neighborhood Alliance of Pawtucket
44 Cooke Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Arthur M. Plitt, President OHNA and NAP
Kingarthur02940@yahoo.com
www.neighborhoodlink.com/pawtucket/nap

Sharing success and spreading, but more Meeting Planners needed

Celebrate with your new ideas...Want to join us and plan another great program? Call 369-1918
I wanted to share a press release about volunteering and me and another super volunteer as well.


For Immediate Release

Contact: Nat Connors, Rhode Island Service Alliance
Phone: 401.331.2298, ext. 11
Email: nat@riservicealliance.org

“DEFYING THE STATISTICS: TWO FACES OF VOLUNTEERISM”

JULY 29—Yesterday, the Corporation for National and Community Service released the “Volunteering in the United States 2008” Report, which ranks Rhode Island as 41st in the nation for overall volunteering and 46th in volunteer hours. The state falls below average in every listed volunteer category.

If it were up to Nora Crowley and Arthur Plitt, however, Rhode Island would not be lagging behind in the volunteer fields. These two local volunteers have been recognized for their outstanding service to Rhode Island non-profit organizations.

Raised in Rhode Island, Nora Crowley is proud to be able to give back to her state by volunteering. “I grew up in Cranston and had a strong connection with my community,” says Nora, “I was able to come back home and serve in Rhode Island, allowing me to reconnect with the same community that had always been important to me.”

Nora, a “superstar volunteer” at City Year Rhode Island, was involved in mentoring and educational programs with the organization. Now an AmeriCorp alumna, she has not forgotten the lessons she learned from volunteering.

“I became wrapped up in the relationships I built with the students I mentored. Watching them succeed was incredibly rewarding,” she states. “On the same note, I also watched my team members at City Year flourish. They took the skills that they learned with them and applied them to their lives.”

City Year Executive Director Jenny Johnson has nothing but glowing words regarding Nora’s work. “She is humble and brilliant, sweet and savvy. She cares so much and she is so passionate about this community, state and this country,” Johnson remarked, “The absolute beauty of Nora as a leader is that she truly cares about the success of others more than her own success, and because of that she essentially is successful.”



Fortunately for Rhode Island, Nora is not alone in her excellence. When asked why he volunteers, Arthur Plitt laughed “Why not?” Plitt is an award-winning volunteer for Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island. “I find volunteering very satisfying. I get more out of it than I give.”

Through the Volunteer Center of Rhode Island, Arthur was recognized for his excellent volunteering with a 2008 award. He excels in all of his responsibilities at Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island, which include providing emotional support and practical assistance to patients, caregivers, and staff. He is known to go above and beyond these responsibilities and to truly connect with the patients in his care.

“Through my volunteering, I’ve learned a great deal. I’ve made new friends. I am reminded that some things in life are very important, and that some things are very trivial,” he remarked.

“Try something that interests you,” he advised to non-volunteers, “If you don’t enjoy it, there are thousands of other organizations that need help. Whether you give an hour a day or an hour a month, make sure that you share the opportunity of learning through volunteering.”

Regardless of the statistics, Nora Crowley and Arthur Plitt are reminders of the good in Rhode Islanders. They, like all true leaders, call others around them to become active and to excel through volunteering, just as they have.

For more information about these or other volunteers, please contact Nat Connors via phone at (401) 331-2298, ext. 11, or via email at nat@riservicealliance.org.

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BACKGROUND: The Rhode Island Service Alliance (RISA) and the Volunteer Center of Rhode Island (VCRI), in collaboration with the United Way of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Foundation, have joined forces to perform the Rhode Island “Call to Service” Assessment 2008, a study that will focus on the state of volunteering in RI, and the needs and wants of both non-profit organizations and volunteers alike.

For more information on the National Report released on July 28, 2008, go to: http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/state.cfm?state=RI.


RED MARBLES

I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

I paid for my potatoes but was also drawn to the display of fresh green peas. I am a pushover for creamed peas and new potatoes.
Pondering the peas, I couldn't help overhearing the conversation between Mr. Miller (the store owner) and the ragged boy next to me.

'Hello Barry, how are you today?'

'H'lo, Mr. Miller. Fine, thank ya. Jus' admirin' them peas. They sure look good.'

'They are good, Barry. How's your Ma?'

'Fine. Gittin' stronger alla' time.'

'Good. Anything I can help you with?'

'No, Sir. Jus' admirin' them peas.'

'Would you like to take some home?' asked Mr. Miller.

'No, Sir. Got nuthin' to pay for 'em with.'

'Well, what have you to trade me for some of those peas?'

'All I got's my prize marble here.'

'Is that right? Let me see it' said Miller.

'Here 'tis. She's a dandy.'

'I can see that. Hmmmmm, only thing is this one is blue and I sort of go for red. Do you have a red one like this at home?' the store owner asked.

'Not zackley but almost..'

'Tell you what. Take this sack of peas home with you and next trip this way let me look at that red marble'. Mr. Miller told the boy.

'Sure will. Thanks Mr. Miller.'

Mrs. Miller, who had been standing nearby, came over to help me. With a smile she said, 'There are two other boys like him in our community, all three are in very poor circumstances. Jim just loves to bargain with them for peas, apples, tomatoes, or whatever. When they come back with their red marbles, and they always do, he decides he doesn't like red after all and he sends them home with a bag of produce for a green marble or an orange one, when they come on their next trip to the store.'

I left the store smiling to myself, impressed with this man. A short time later I moved to Colorado , but I never forgot the story of this man, the boys, and their bartering for marbles.

Several years went by, each more rapid than the previous one. Just recently I had occasion to visit some old friends in that Idaho community and while I was there learned that Mr. Miller had died.


They were having his visitation that evening and knowing my friends wanted to go, I agreed to accompany them. Upon arrival at the mortuary we fell into line to meet the relatives of the deceased and to offer whatever words of comfort we could.

Ahead of us in line were three young men. One was in an army uniform and the other two wore nice haircuts, dark suits and white shirts...all very professional looking. They approached Mrs. Miller, standing composed and smiling by her husband's casket. Each of the young men hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke briefly with her and moved on to the casket.

Her misty light blue eyes followed them as, one by one, each young man stopped briefly and placed his own warm hand over the cold pale hand in the casket. Each left the mortuary awkwardly, wiping his eyes.

Our turn came to meet Mrs. Miller. I told her who I was and reminded her of the story from those many years ago and what she had told me about her husband's bartering for marbles. With her eyes glistening, she took my hand and led me to the casket.

'Those three young men who just left were the boys I told you about. They just told me how they appreciated the things Jim 'traded' them. Now, at last, when Jim could not change his mind about color or size....they came to pay their debt.'

'We've never had a great deal of the wealth of this world,' she confided, 'but right now, Jim would consider himself the richest man
in Idaho '

With loving gentleness she lifted the lifeless fingers of her
deceased husband. Resting underneath were three exquisitely shined red marbles.

The Moral : We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds. Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath..

Today I wish you a day of ordinary miracles ~ A fresh pot of coffee you didn't make yourself...An unexpected phone call from an old
friend...Green stoplights on your way to work...The fastest line at the grocery store...A good sing-along song on the radio...Your keys found right where you left them.

Send this to the people you'll never forget. I just Did...

If you don't send it to anyone, it means you are in way too much of a hurry to even notice the ordinary miracles when they occur.

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GATHER, BUT WHAT YOU SCATTER THAT TELLS WHAT KIND OF LIFE YOU HAVE LIVED

Will another tour of history to be repeated?

We hope to add a historical session of our many theaters of Pawtucket as part of the August-Septemeber Pawtucket Arts Festival. If you have pictures or ideas, please share with myself, Paul Mowrey, or Patti Zacks.

Paul Mowrey led a great tour last year and many expressed an interest in another area and/or attending with friends and neighbors who missed it.

Thanks for sharing and checking out our website information for many tips as well as a calendar of area events. Your other organization’s activities can also be posted there and feel free to share other interest and questions. 724-8915

Email us
kingarthur02940@yahoo.com

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