Jon--Be sure to check if they took your car registration. I am not exactly
sure what they do with it. Also, they may steal garage door openers if they
know your address from the registration.
dan
On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 9:54 AM Jon. Anderson and Marty Chaney <
festuca at comcast.net> wrote:
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Just a note that a group of Birders' vehicles were vandalized and prowled
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in broad daylight at the parking lot of the North Mason Schools' Mary E.
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Theler Early Learning Center in Belfair. This is the main access for the
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Theler Wetlands nature trails, and the bi-monthly bird walks hosted by John
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Riegsecker and Faye McAdams Hands.
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Apparently, these Vandals (a terrible adjective for these low-lives: the
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epithet derives from the nice peoples of antiquity . . . just because they
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sacked Rome in 455 A.D.) were after spare change and possibly personal
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identification papers - insurance and registration, etc. - rather than
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stuff they could pawn. A few people had optics and other items in the
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vehicle that were not taken.
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My passenger side window was broken out and the glove boxes rifled
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through. I keep no money, not even change, in my car, so didn't suffer any
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theft. But the perpetrators caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage
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to 9 vehicles for likely less than $10 worth of "take".
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In my area, the parking lots at Nisqually Refuge get hit periodically as
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well.
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Just a reminder for us to not leave valuables in our cars while birding,
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and to ensure our car alarm is activated. Or, as one of our company did -
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leave a large dog in the front seat!
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Safe Birding, all -
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Jon. Anderson
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OlyWA
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festuca at comcast dot net
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https://jonsperegrination.blogspot.com/
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