A Braking News Story

Neighborhood resident John Winker captured these images of mayhem caused by an idiot in red Ford  who wove a path of destruction in down Boston around noon on Friday.  The fool ran down a fence on the SE corner of 33rd and Boston; took out the planter at the SE corner of 26th and Boston (where students wait for the trolley!); barrelled east on 26th with a flat tire and finally stopped when he was nailed by a white Ford pickup. Both drivers were taken to the hospital by ambulence.  No word on their conditions.    You never know where these dummies will surface.  Second hand reports indicate the driver of the red truck might have been drinking.  Makes me think twice about parking on the street.

The fence taken out at 33rd and Boston

 The planter at 26th and Boston

The alleged drunk driving vehicle- note it came to rest dangerously close to a daycare center.

This driver was minding his own business on University when the red truck pulled out in front of him. 

UNIT represented in Fourth on Broadway Parade

The Tech Terrace-UNIT mowers made their annual appearance in the Fourth on Broadway Parade.  They nicely represented the neighborhood taking third place in their division.

C.A.T.S. in Wagner Park

Bring a blanket and bucket of chicken out to Wagner Park this week for productions by Lubbock's Children and Adult Theatrical Studies (CATS).


http://www.catsplayhouse.net/

Children's Show in Wagner Park
Thursday
6:30pm
"Antic Spring"


Followed by annual melodrama in the Park
7:30pm July 22, 23
"Last Chance Inn, Calamity Gulch"


Both shows are free.

Codes Anyone?

Driving through the UNIT neighborhood on the morning of July 8th  I noticed this lovely sight at the SW corner of 21st and University, specifically 2503 21st. Street.

What you can't see behind the illegally parked Ford pickup is a bunch of trash and indoor furniture on the front porch.  This is an obvious Tech student rental.    Over the Fourth of July weekend the greek letters SAE were plastered above the front porch.  I am sure the national office of that fraternity would be proud to see that.   I called the 311 to initiate a Codes Enforcement Action and urge any other concerned resident to do the same.

There are some really nice homes in our neighborhood. UNIT News will feature more unique homes in the coming weeks.  If you are tired of scenes like this,  I urge you all not to sit on your hands, but take action with the tools available to you in order to preserve our neighborhood.  Call Codes Enforcement;  report instances of more than two unrelated people living in single family home; call the property owners and document reportable conditions, don't let thoughtless and rude behavior slide.  

July Yards of the Month

 Tom and Kyla Sell
2915 19th Street

Curtis and Susan Jones
3014 25th Street

Lisa Fallon and Terry Martin
3119 30th Street