COMMUNIT-E
May 24, 2004



REQUEST FROM 2D COMMANDER JEFFREY MOORE
From: jeffrey.moore@dc.gov

The Metropolitan Police Department is requesting assistance
from friends and supporters of the youth of the District of
Columbia in giving inner city under privileged children an
opportunity to attend summer camp at Camp Ernest W.
Brown. Last summer several of the camps' cabins were badly
damaged during extreme storms that passed through the area.
Any assistance received would be utilized to build two new
cabins to house the children who attend the camp.

Camp Brown, which is sponsored by the Metropolitan Police
and Girls Club, is a summer residential camp serving local
boys and girls ages 6 - 18. Established in 1937 and located in
Scotland, Maryland near Point Lookout in St. Mary's County,
the camp is owed and operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Greater Washington's Metropolitan Police Clubhouses as part
of the organization's programming for at-risk children in
Washington DC.

Recently, Mr. Joseph King Smith, a long time District of
Columbia community activist in support of the youth and public
safety, passed away. In tribute to his memory the Chief of Police
Citizens Advisory Council has established the Joseph K. Smith
Memorial Summer Camp Fund. In keeping with Joe's legacy the
Fund has initiated an ambitious effort to raise $25,000. This
money will be used to send 70 or more under privileged youths
to summer camp and build two new cabins at Camp Ernest Brown.

As part of this undertaking The Fund solicits your support as we
hold the first Annual JOSEPH K. SMITH MEMORIAL SUMMER
CAMP FUND DINNER on Friday, June 04, 2004, 6:30 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy
Family, 4250 Harewood Road, N.E. Washington D.C. Tickets for
the dinner are $35.00 each, $350.00 for a table of ten. It is our
intention to make this an annual event in honor of the memory of
Joseph K. Smith for his hard work, dedication and commitment to
Camp Ernest W. Brown and the youth of the District.

If you are unable to attend the dinner, other contributions of any size
are welcome. Please make checks payable to THE JOSEPH K.
SMITH MEMORIAL SUMMER CAMP FUND and forward them
to me at Second District, 3320 Idaho Ave NW, Washington, DC,
20016. For further information about Camp Brown call 202-397-2582

Thank you in advance for your support!

Jeff Moore
Commander, Second District





[From Kathy Smith – Several weeks ago I ran a similar plea for support
for this excellent cause. Several of you stepped forward and donated a
total of $325. Thank you. All donations of any size are appreciated and
will help send more needy DC children to summer Camp.]






WASA PUBLIC MEETINGS ON NEW TREATMENT FOR
DRINKING WATER – FIRST MEETING TONIGHT, May 24
From: Pagano, Penny (COUNCIL) <ppagano@dccouncil.us>

WASA will hold two community meetings on its plan to add zinc orthophosphate
to the drinking water in parts of Ward 3 and a small portion of Ward 4 beginning
around June 1 and lasting 4-6 weeks. WASA describes zinc orthophosphate as a
commonly used corrosion inhibitor that will form a protective coating inside
of lead service line pipes and fixtures in customers' homes to prevent lead
from leaching into drinking water. The test includes an area bordered
roughly by Western Avenue on the north, Utah Avenue and Reno Road on the
east, Massachusetts Avenue on the south, and Wisconsin Avenue on the west.
This area was selected because it is served by one pumping station and has
pipes representative of the entire system including lead service lines. The
Washington Aqueduct plans to add zinc orthophosphate to the entire city
water supply system later this summer. WASA community meetings will be held
on Monday, May 24, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at St. Columba's Church, 4201
Albemarle St, NW, and on Wednesday, June 2, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at
Blessed Sacrament Shrine Church, 5841 Chevy Chase Parkway. Please call
Councilmember Patterson's office at 724-8062 if you have any questions.
Penny Pagano








ELECTION OF 2D CAC OFFICERS
From: Gail Lively <gjlively@earthlink.net>
The 2nd Dist. CAC will meet at the Second Dist building at 7:00 pm
on Weds., May 26. Election of officers will be on agenda.
Jim Lively







MEET AND GREET AT COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR
HOMELESS
From: Andrea Morris <andreamorris@cchfp.org>

You are invited to a Community Council for the Homeless
at Friendship Place "Meet & Greet" with the new Executive
Director, Andrea Morris scheduled for May 25, 2004. This
is the first of many Meet and Greets set for the upcoming
months. She has been on board for approximately 90 days
and is very excited to meet neighbors and supporters. She
will be updating the group on current CCHFP activities and
her vision for the next 12 months. This won't be just an ordinary,
buttoned-up business breakfast meeting.how long has it been
since you have had coffee around a oil cloth covered kitchen
table? How long has it been since you heard first hand about
the great work being done on behalf of our homeless neighbors?

The "Meet & Greet" will be held at 8:00 am at the Haven, a
transitional shelter for homeless women operated by CCHFP.
The residents of the program will be gone for the day, attending
work or other activities. Come and see for yourself this wonderful
program, enjoy come coffee and conversation. We promise to send
you on your way in one hour.

I hope you will join us and have a chance to meet Andrea Morris
in person on May 25th at 8:00 am. Please RSVP by calling
Development Associate, Connie Johnson at 202-364-1419 x 19.
Andrea can be reached directly anytime at 202-364-1419 x11.






ADVICE TO THOSE ON AOL WHO WANT TO RECEIVE
COMMUNIT-E
From: Bkravetz@aol.com

For someone with AOL, they need to go into their address book and make
sure that Ksmith1804@starpower.net is in their address book. In address
book, there are several places where this email address can appear. One is
called "screen name" and the other is called "other email" --- in order for the
spam filter to leave this email name alone, it needs to appear on the line called
"other email" and not on the line called "screen name."






CRIME IN THE ‘HOOD

**** more on parking garage incident
from: reports@crimereports.com
PSA 202, 5/13/2004, 1700 Hours
ROBBERY - Other Armed
5300 Block WISCONSIN AVE NW
c1 reports that s1 struck her on the back of her head with a brick
while she was waiting for the elevator. S1 then grabbed c1's
handbag which contained various property and fled.

**** There has been an increase in stolen autos, especially
around the Cleveland Park area.

**** SCAM REMINDER
Thanks to: edw3qc@att.net
Credit Card companies will never ask for anything on the card as
they already know the information since they issued the card!
There’s a scam where someone calls, pretending to be from a
company and asks for the three-digit pin on the back, supposedly
for verification. DON’T GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR CARD.

**** From: Judith Kopperud <jkopperud@elink-mail.net>
Please warn folks in the neighborhood that there have been several break-ins
on 46th between Warren and Windom via the alley - cash, no credit cards or
other property - via unlocked doors. My husband and I were in the front
speaking to our neighbor on Friday about 7 pm when we got hit via the rear
door. We were maybe out of the house for 15 minutes.







MPD AUCTION
From: Michelle.McIver@usdoj.gov <Michelle.McIver@usdoj.gov>

MPD will hold an auction on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 10am
at 5001 Shepherd Parkway, SE (off of 295). Autos, motorcycles,
boats and planes will be auctioned to the public.
For more information and to confirm the date, call the MPD property
division at 202-645-0123.






COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

**** From: Melvin Blecher <MelBlecher@comcast.net>
Can anyone recommend a local professional web site designer?

**** From: Liz Siegel <elizsiegel@yahoo.com>
SKILLED HANDYMAN AVAILABLE--Josh Palmer, Facilities Manager
at Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place, does drywall,
carpentry,painting, tile and linoleum floors, plumbing, locksmith work, and
minor electrical work. As the former Executive Director and the current
Co-Pres of the CCH/FP Board I am familiar with his work repairing,
maintaining and renovating our 7 facilities, 3 of which are full sized houses.
Call Josh Palmer at 202-215-3208.

**** From: misterrowan2003 <misterrowan2003@yahoo.com>
Thru: tenleytown@yahoogroups.com
I have four copies of the final edition of The Washington Star. If
you collect such things and are interested in having them, they're
yours for free. We're moving and getting rid of stuff, and I hate to
just throw them out...Call (202) 244-7243.

**** From: Michael <mwflaw49@comcast.net>
Electrician, Plumber and A/C & Heating Company needed to do some
work for us at our Alton Place home. If anyone knows of a reliable and
reasonable expert in any one of these fields, we would appreciate hearing
from you.Thanks to all. Mike & Ellen Fontenot

**** From: Hillary Legrain <hillarylegrain@hotmail.com>
For Sale - 1999 VW Beetle GLS 2-door, 4-Cyl. 2.0 Liter. Automatic. 63,000
miles. Extremely clean. New timing belt. $9,700. Call 703-795-1824.

**** From: Cheryl Hanks <chanks@erols.com>
I have a 5 Bedroom home in Falmouth Mass (Cape Cod) that rents for 1550 per
week and still has some available weeks. Please email me for brochure and
more information. chanks@erols.com

**** From: Laura Akgulian <laura@marginata.com>
FOR SALE: two white ceiling fans. A 4-blade Casablanca with light fixture, and a
5-blade Hunter. Excellent condition. $55 each or 2 for $100. Also: antique filing
cabinet with original hardware, c. 1901-03. Solid oak with added top. $25.
Call Laura at 202-537-5996.







MUSIC IN THE COMMONS AT CHEVY CHASE

From: Stracks, Lesley (DPR) <Lesley.Stracks@dc.gov>
Thru: tenleytown@yahoogroups.com

I would like to introduce Music in the Commons, a series of 4 concerts to be
held on Thursdays in Chevy Chase, outside-- between the Chevy Chase
Community Center and the Library. Please bring lawn chairs or a blanket,
some food, if you'd like, and your friends and family and catch up with your
neighbors while enjoying great music and great weather!

The concert dates are:
June 3rd (Michael George, Caribbean Music)
June 17th (Eileen Joyner, Children's Performer)
July 8th, (Swing Time, Swing Trio)
August 5th (M&R Project, Oldies/Motown Band)

Please join us June 3rd for our kick off concert! The times are 6-8pm. I
hope to see you there!
Lesley Stracks
Chevy Chase Community Center
202 282-0562
Summer Classes Begin June 14th!
Camp Begins June 28th!
Sign up Today!







MUSICAL EVENTS AT LEVINE SCHOOL

**** From: Brian Jones <bjones@levineschool.org>
Call: 202-686-8000
— Event: Tunes from the 'Toons )
Date: Sunday, June 6, Time: 4-6:00 pm Cost: $5 per family
Location: Levine School of Music 2801 Upton Street NW DC
Description: A fun family concert featuring tunes and sound effects
from popular cartoons, followed by an instrument petting zoo and a
pizza party. Lots of audience participation encouraged.

---- Vocal recital - "Songs of Lori Laitman"
Soprano Lisa Shaw, Pianist Patrick O'Donnell
Saxophonist Jason McFeaters
7:30pm Saturday evening, June 19, 2004







REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS
From: chowhoundfred <fvinson@flash.net>
Thru: tenleytown@yahoogroups.com
From: Aaron Epstein aajacks at starpower dot net

A tip to homeowners: If you think your real estate ssessment
is unfair, gather the facts and appeal. And if you're not satisfied
with that result, appeal again.

That's what we did -- and we were able to reduce the city's original
assessment by close to $100,000.

Keeping in mind that the city's assessment figures are based solely
on a computer program and not on actual property inspections, we
decided to do our own research.

We drove around our Tenleytown neighborhood looking for houses that
appeared comparable to ours -- and used the Washington Post real
estate listings to pinpoint those comparable places which had been
sold recently.

Out of this research, we complied information about our property,
presented a list of a half-dozen recent sales prices of comparable
properties in the neighborhood -- all of which had sold for about
$100,000 less than our assessment.

The assessor who reviewed our claim split the difference, giving us
a $50,000 reduction. We appealed.

We presented our facts to a three-person appeals board, which
reduced our assessment to the fairer figure we had requested.

This process took almost a year -- but, as you can see, it was worth it.





INFORMATION ON D.C. RECYCLING LAW
From: anc3b@aol.com

The DC recycling law requires all commercial establishments
to recycle glass, cans, and paper, including cardboard and all
other mixed colored papers. Commercial establishments generate
75% of the city's trash.

Commercial buildings include office buildings, all apartments/
residential buildings with 4 or more units, restaurants, retail stores
etc. If your building doesn't recycle, you can call the District's
Recycling Hotline at 645-8245 and follow the prompts to speak
with a receptionist.

The city has several F/T Commercial Investigators who determine
whether a commercial establishment is recycling. If a building is
not recycling, they provide information and assist management in
setting up a recycling program, and can issue fines if the building
continues not to recycle.



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