Fire crews fight early morning restaurant blaze
More than 40 firefighters battle fire at Silver Lake eatery
EVERETT – The Everett Fire Department is investigating the cause of an early morning blaze today that destroyed Emory’s Lake House waterfront restaurant on Silver Lake.
More than 40 firefighters from Everett, Lake Stevens and Marysville responded to the 4:23 a.m. fire call at the restaurant, 11830 19th Ave. SE.
The intense fire had already burned through the roof and involved much of the structure even before the first fire unit arrived. With the serious danger of collapse at any moment, the decision was made to use a defensive strategy and the fire was fought from the outside using water streams from two ladder trucks as well as other equipment.
Neighboring fire districts assisted by coming directly to the fire scene and by staffing Everett Fire Department stations to provide protection in the event of other 911 calls. These included fire engines from Fire District 1, Snohomish Fire & Rescue, Marysville Fire District, Lake Stevens Fire and Naval Station Everett.
There were no injuries. And, the cause of the fire has not yet been determined. While the building is considered destroyed, no damage amount has been determined.
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I'm a homeowner at the Bordeaux community in Silver Lake (Everett). I wanted to bring it to our homeowners association's attention the vandalism that was done to my fence on Halloween night. They put a couple of graffiti marks. I was very disappointed that someone would be so willing to commit such an act just because they cannot get any treats from me. It is uncalled for.
You can report Vandalism on the Everett Polices website
Please do so with everything you see: Some examples are below of what the Everett Police want us to start reporting more often.
Abandoned Vehicle Vehicles that have been parked over 72 hours without moving. A vehicle parked in front of your house for three or more days and you do not know the owner.
Crime or Drug Tips Report Crime or Drug tips information to assist your police department. Provide the police with information about Crime or Drug problems in your neighborhood.
Graffiti Tagging Using spray paint to deface property with gang related or personal art. Someone sprays paint on the side of building, fence, or sidewalk, etc.
Lost Property When property is missing or lost. Property that is missing, leaving items in restaurant, or missing from home, such as a cell phone etc.
Supplemental Report Follow-up to a report that has been filed on line or by an officer and have a case number. You find more property missing after the officer has left the scene or found more property missing after you have filed an on-line report.
Theft Your property is taken without your permission. Property known to be stolen may be reported. Lost property is not a theft.
Theft from Vehicle Property is stolen from a motor vehicle. Stolen equipment or belongings from a vehicle.
Vandalism The act of changing, modifying, defacing, or damaging public or private property. Knocking over mail box, throwing rock through windows, etc.
Vehicle Prowling A person enters or remains unlawfully in a vehicle with the intent to commit a crime against a person or property. A person enters your vehicle and goes through the glove box and center console, but nothing is taken.
We wanted to notify all homeowners that the crime rate in our area has gone up and we need to keep an eye out for any suspicious activity. Please remember to either call the police or file an online police report for anything that looks out of the normal.
We had our second reported Home Burglary from our homes on 10/21/2009 sometime between 10am-2pm; the thief (s) opened the gate on the side of their home by reaching over an un-latching it and then proceeded to break the window to enter the home. This home-owner did not have their home monitored and having an armed and monitored security system could have given the police a chance to capture these criminals or at least would have scared them away and hopefully they will not try and burglarize another one of our homes.
If you do have a gate; please try and purchase a lock so you can only open the gate from the inside. We had another home burglary in the summer where the thief entered the second story window by using the recycle bin that was placed next to their home; unfortunately it made it very easy to jump and pull themselves to the second story. Please try and keep your recycle bins and garbage cans in a place where they cannot be used to gain access to the second floor of your home.
We highly recommend you also have your security system monitored. You can call ADT, Brink’s or any other security company to install a security system and all of them are great choices. Some people have gone with a local company Evergreen Security; because of their local service and they are very highly recommended. They can utilize all of your existing keypad’s, motion sensor and contact’s and if you do not have a land line they can install a GSM device that allows you to be monitored without having to purchase a land line for security monitoring.
Something we need to consider is adding lighting to areas of our community that are dark and attract thieves. We also need to try and put a fence or bushes to block access from the main road 19th avese. We have a few community members that have access and work for security companies who can advise us on putting a Pan Tilt Zoom Camera on a light pole to hopefully scare criminals from our area. We will talk about all options at our next meeting which we are planning for early next year.
Please contact our HOA management company contact Geri Pentz from Samaras Associates with any concerns regarding the neighborhood watch program; and please again contact the Everett Police by calling 911 with even the small things that don’t seem right. We are going to
We will be creating a sign for our common area park that notifies everyone the park closes at dusk. This is actually the 2nd time we will be trying to accomplish this; the neighborhood kids kicked the signs in the first time and we had to scrap them. If you see anyone at the park after dark please either kindly notify them the park is closed and there is a sign posted that explains the hours or if you feel uncomfortable contact the police and notify them about our park rules. We already have a sign posted that notifies everyone this common area park is for “Bordeaux Home Owners Only” (Bordeaux HOA-Renters are included obviously) If you see people misusing our park please notify Samaras and we will try and enforce this rule to the best of our ability.
Unfortunately there is a rise in crime in our area; more and more criminals are taking chances and we need to come together as a community to send a message to these criminals that we will not stand by and allow them to think this community is an easy target. Continue to work with your neighbors and contact each other anytime something is out of the ordinary. A few other things that help secure your home is to purchase the window lock from lowes that will allow you to open your window and let air in but it will not open all the way to allow a human body to enter; many homeowners have purchased locks for the door from your garage so in case the somehow get into your garage they will not be able to enter your home. Other good habits are to lock your garage door each night from the keypad. Make sure that the red release rope from your garage is wrapped up and tucked away; the Everett police told us that many criminals break the small window reach through the garage door and pull the string down to release the lock on the garage door. Many times the garage door isn’t added onto the alarm system so that is why the lock is needed from the garage door to the home.
The HOA board attended a meeting with the Everett Police Block watch last month and we received a lot of great information on what we need to do to protect our community from thieves.His most important point he drove home again and again was to communicate to you the importance of calling the police for even the small things. If we can start to make this a habit then our community will become that much safer. Know your neighbors, keep an eye on anyone not from our community and email Geri with any issues you notice along with contact the Everett Police.
You may have seen the addition of the Block Watch/Neighborhood watch signs; complements of the Everett Police Block Watch program. We will continue to work with them to make our community safe.
If you want to take your security system to another level like some community members have you can add video cameras. There are some great DVR solutions from Costco. We need to try and get some photos/videoof these thieves and one of the best ways is with video surveillance.
We have had a few people request mailbox changes; if you have any question's about your mailbox or need a new key please call our Post Office at 425 514 8063
You can ask for our Carrier Jim; he love's recieving little gift's on Christmas or whenever you feel like leaving something for him in the outbox of your PVU (your joint mailbox)
The supervisor at our post office name is Felix Pau in case you have a complaint or a more serious matter you need to have resolved.
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