COMMUNIT-E
April 22, 2005

HAPPY EARTH DAY AND HAPPY PASSOVER EVERYONE!





RE: COMMUNIT-E
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE ‘HOOD

**** From: anc3b@yahoo.com
STODDERT PLANT AND BAKE SALE
The plant and bake sale scheduled at Stoddert Elementary School
at 4001 Calvert St., NW, will be held on Saturday morning,
April 23rd, come rain or shine.


**** From: Patricia.Brink@usdoj.gov
JANNEY USED BOOK SALE
Stock up on your summer reading at Janney School's annual Used
Book Sale on Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A
great selection of books, children's books, videotapes, CDs and
DVDs will be available for purchase at low prices! Janney is located
at 4130 Albemarle St., NW, just around the corner from Best Buy on
Wisconsin. All proceeds go to the Janney PTA. In addition, the
organizers put together boxes of books for other DC public schools
and other venues. Tell your friends, join your neighbors, and prepare
to enjoy the high quality and diverse books donated by the families and
friends of Janney School.


**** From: Gina Trippi <sgtrippi@gmail.com>
People Animals Love (PAL), an AU area not-for-profit organization
dedicated to bringing companion animals to those in need, is hosting
“The Wine Tasting Event” to support its programs.
The event will be held Thursday, May 19th, from 6:30 to 8:30p.m.,
at 2201 Wisconsin Avenue, in Suite C-150. Wide World of Wines
will provide selected wines from countries around the world. The
Wide World of Wines Tasting Expert will be available to discuss
the characteristics of the wine selections, PAL staff and volunteers
will offer information on PAL’s mission and work, and guests can
meet one of PAL’s Therapy Dogs.
PAL’s mission is to bring people and animals together, brightening
the lives of the lonely, easing the pain of the sick, and enriching the
world of at-risk children. PAL accomplishes this mission through
PAL Pet Therapy Visits to senior homes and hospitals, PAL Camp
and PAL Club for at-risk children, as well as the PAL Pet Loss Hot line.
Tickets for The Wine Tasting Event are $30.00 and can be purchased
by calling PAL at 202-895-1385. Parking is available on Wisconsin,
nearby streets, or a lot just north of the location for $3/hour.
To learn more about PAL, please visit www.peopleanimalslove.com.



**** tsalston@msn.com
THE CHIEF OF POLICE CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL
INVITES YOU TO A DINNER TO BENEFIT
CAMP ERNEST W. BROWN (Police Boys & Girls Camp)
Friday Evening
June 24, 2005
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
At The Washington Navy Yard
Washington / Commodore / Anacostia Banquet Room
8th & “M” Streets, SE
(Use 8th Street Gate – A Picture I.D. is required)
Tickets - $40.00 each
Door Prizes
Proceeds will be used to:
Send Inner-City Youth to Camp
Construct Additional Cabins at Camp Brown
Repair Hurricane Damage
Sponsored By The Joseph K. Smith Memorial Summer Camp
For More Information Please Contact
George W. Fenderson - Chairperson (202) 291-6727
Stanley J. Mayes - Treasurer (202) 773-3217
Rev. Thomas S. Alston - Secretary – (202) 584-4431







THIEVES ARE BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
From: Amy McVey <amybmcvey@msn.com>
For the second time in two years, we have had most of our lawn furniture
(10 chairs) stolen and they tried to once again steal our propane grill.
The nicer chair was stolen right off the front porch and the rest were
taken from the side/back yard. Last year, we lost a grill and some chairs.
When we purchased the new grill, we put a lock around it and bolted it
to two large eye pins embedded in the side of our house and stored on the
front porch. They tried to cut the eye bolts but apparently did not have big
enough bolt cutters. When I came home yesterday (Friday) afternoon about
3:00 pm, I found that one of the front porch chairs was moved to the middle
of the porch; it was not that way when I left at 12:15 pm. It is now apparent
that it may have been in progress and they became spooked or that they were
just casing the place and setting things up for later.


SOME OTHER CRIMES IN THE ‘HOOD
From: reports@crimereports.com
**** PSA 201 4/13/2005 1500 Hours
ROBBERY - F&V
3700 Block Jenifer St
C1 reports that s1 approached him and punched him in his face while
s2 stole various property from c1's right front pants pocket. Nothing was
said by the suspects. The suspects then fled the scene.

PSA 201 4/8/2005 1200 Hours
THEFT - 2
5500 Block Nebraska Ave
C1 reports unknown person(s) used his personal information without his
permission or knowledge and obtained dc tags and registration on a vehicle
that c1 does not own.

PSA 202 4/18/2005 800 Hours
THEFT - 1
4500 Block Fort Dr C1 reports various property was stolen by unknown
person(s) when it was left secured to a bike rack.







$100 FINES
From: RiceO@webtv.net (Rice Odell)
I wonder how many people besides myself got $100 tickets for
expired car registration--when D.C. did not follow their usual practice
of mailing notices of expiration in advance. I was assured that the
tickets would be forgiven, but I have since been caught up in a bureaucratic
nightmare of perfunctory response and mistakes, including an effort to
collect another $100, plus $10 penalty. I will spare you the full details.
Suffice it to say the District makes me sick.






COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

**** From: <Ruttenberg.Charles@ARENTFOX.COM>
I am looking for a reliable, moderately-priced lawn service that is able
to perform necessary work to eliminate pooling of water on our lawn
and on our neighbor's lawn.
Thanks .
Chuck Ruttenberg

**** From: PAX1@starpower.net
Small studio basement apartment. Renovated, furnished (on the modern
side). Minutes from Tenleytown Metro and AU bus. Private entrance,
good light, cable ready, spacious closet. Ideal for graduate
student/professional. Shared washer/dryer available. $900/month, utilities
included. No smoking or pets. Available June 1, 2005. Please contact
PAX1@starpower.net

**** From: PAULL SARGENT <ptsargent1@verizon.net>
I recently had major heart surgery and would like to recommend the following
for anyone needing this kind of surgery: Washington Hospital Center,
Dr. Louis Kand and Dr. Nicky Costantinople. The day I went into surgery,
on March 15th, the lead story on the front page of The Washington Post's
Health section was all about 2 studies( the Mayo Clinic conducted one of them)
about the terrible risk that many people who have mitral valve prolapse, and
have no symptoms, nor did I until it was almost too late. I am too new a
computer user to attach a copy of this vitally and literally life saving article (no
hyperbole, but fact!) for you, but I'm fairly certain that your readers can
contact The Post's website, if they have or know of a loved one or friend
who has Mitral Valve Prolapse. Hope my experience may help someone
else with this condition.

**** From: carao99 <carao99@yahoo.com>
We have bamboo that we cut down available to anyone who would like to
come by and pick it up. Gardeners love to use it for staking
tomatoes, beans, etc. and for making trellises. Please contact me at
carao99@yahoo.com

**** From: Susanjaquet@aol.com
Conscientious current applicant to Georgetown Law School is searching
for a one-bedroom w/ bath sublet or a basement apartment in a home.
Also willing to housesit while paying some rent. Needs ASAP through
09.01.05 with possibility of extending the lease. During summer, will
rejoin former employer’s team to work full-time at a documentary
production company in Silver Spring that broadcasts films nationwide
on PBS. Non-smoker, athlete, multi-lingual. Requires Internet access.
Please contact Mike Byrne @ (803) 474-1266 or e-mail at
enrybfotos@yahoo.com.

**** From: anjinsan@geotrees.com
Are you thinking of selling a CAR? Sometime in the next month or so
I'd like to by a good used car - a Toyota, Honda or Nissan or similar
marque would be preferred. Manual transmission is a must, and there
should be room in the back seat for two adults. A minivan would be fine,
if there is such a thing with the manual transmission.
Thanks,
Charles Stevenson

**** From: Pagano, Penny (COUNCIL) <ppagano@dccouncil.us>
Councilmember Kathy Patterson would like residents to know that the April
hours for use of the pool at the University of the District of Columbia are
Monday from 7:00 am to 9:00 am; Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00 am to 8:00 am
and from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm; Wednesday from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and from
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm; and Friday from 7:00 am to 8:00 am. Use of the pool is
free at present. UDC is currently working on a plan to expand these
community hours to approximately 24-26 hours subject to the availability of
staff and implementation of a Community Pass program that will include a
monthly fee.






RE: DC EXAMINER

**** From: Amanda.Maisels@usdoj.gov
If anyone has been wondering whether you can stop the unsolicited
delivery of the D.C. Examiner to your home, I've just discovered the
answer is yes. I just called their circulation number, 703-846-8500,
and a gentleman very politely agreed to discontinue service.

**** From: Joanne Levine <joannelevine@earthlink.net>
On an inside page is a listing of phone numbers for various departments.
Call the circulation department and ask to be taken off their distribution
list. I did, and the paper stopped arriving.

**** From: C Ginsberg <ginsbergc@yahoo.com>
I had to call that nice gentleman and his colleagues
a total of 7 times before they discontinued delivery,
though. Good luck!!
Caren







DEALING WITH PROBLEM AU STUDENT RENTAL HOUSES:

**** From: Jeanine Hull <JHull@NECClear.com>
Re: Meridith Melmed's posting about the nuisance of the AU college
fraternity house at the corner of 38th and Albemarle. We need to
organize as a community and demand that the president of AU close this
house. We have been courteous in asking them to respect the residential
nature of the neighborhood, but they are incapable of not being loud and
obnoxious, drunk and disorderly and amazingly profligate litterers. I
live across the street and am at the end of my rope. Now that spring is
here, I would like to be able to open my windows, but cannot because of
the noise.

I also understand that there is a zoning restriction prohibiting
fraternity houses in our neighborhoods, but I have not been able to
confirm that yet.

I think it will be very difficult to prevail with single complaints,
however, I do think that if we act as a group, we will have a much
better chance.
Jeanine Hull


***** From March 20, 2003 issue of COMMUNIT-E:
From: kenanddavida@starpower.net (Kenneth Giles & Davida Perry)
The following is their suggestions with my edited changes -- KS

If you are disturbed by noise/music/car horns at all hours of the night
from these rental houses, here are several ways you can respond. It is
especially important to contact Mr. Taylor, Lt. Carter and an ANC rep.
Immediately report any problem (noise, drunk behavior, trespassing,
etc.) to:
--- The owner (landlord) of the house.
--- The police at 911; the dispatcher will send a patrol car.
--- The AU "public safety officer" at 885-2527. That office is open
24/7.

During working hours report problems to:
--- Dan Kelley, AU Coordinator of Greek Life, at 885-3390. The house is
in effect a fraternity house and AU wants us to notify Mr. Kelley of all
problems.
--- Faith Leonard, AU Dean of Students, at 885-3300. AU wants us to
notify her also.
--- David Taylor, executive assistant to AU's President (whose name is
Mr. Ladner), at 885- 2121 (taylor@american.edu). Mr. Taylor is AU's
liaison with the neighborhood; it is his job to placate us so we don't
cause bad publicity for his boss.
--- Our police station at 282-0070 or 727-1010. A better idea is to
call 311 and request that an officer come to your home to discuss a
neighborhood problem. Or call the Administrative office at 282-0065 or
Supervisor's office at 282-0038.


[From KS – If anyone has updated information, please let us know.]






RULES REGARDING MOPEDS
From: Neil Jones <nwjones2813@hotmail.com>
Mopeds operated within the District of Columbia are considered motor
vehicles, and as such, fall within the scope of the District of the DC Law.
The following rules apply to mopeds operating in the District of Columbia.
1) no helmet is required
b) no insurance is required
c) a moped may be parked like a bicycle
d) operators must obey all motor vehicle rules
e) operator must be at least 16 years of age
f) mopeds may not be operated on any sidewalk, off-street bike path or bike
route unless motor vehicle are allowed
g) moped may be operated on any part of a roadway designated for the use of
bicycles
h) all mopeds registered in the District must be inspected once every three
years, rental mopeds must be inspected annually
For additional info contact the Second District @ 202-282-0070
Det. Neil Jones 202-282-0043






COUNCILMEMBER PATTERSON’S LATEST NEWSLETTER
From: Pagano, Penny (COUNCIL) <ppagano@dccouncil.us>
School funding issues, plans for a new recreation center in Ward 3,
upcoming meetings on a study to tear down the Whitehurst Freeway,
community events and other issues are included in Councilmember
Kathy Patterson's April E-newsletter. To read the newsletter, click on
http://www.dccouncil.us/patterson/pages/newsf.html If you would like to be
added to the newsletter list, please email Penny Pagano at
ppagano@dccouncil.us
Penny Pagano







TSUNAMI DISASTER FUNDRAISER
From: DBEDC@aol.com (David Epstein
Mothers for the Motherless Children and Pets
Left Behind from the Tsunami Disaster
Sunday-May 1 3-6P
Brookmont Church
4000 Virginia Place, Bethesda, Maryland
(On the corner of Maryland Ave and Broad St in Brookmont)
Silent auction/fundraiser and entertainment begins at 3P
Experience the local talent, artists, bakers, potters, musicians and
writers. Get your Mothers Day gifts here and help out the victims
of the Tsunami at the same time. For general information or to
volunteer to help, call- Ginny Phillips (Brookmont) 301-320-0906
Ginnykron@yahoo.com, Donna Zeigfinger (Cabin John Gardens)
301-320-2892 Dzeigfinge@aol.com, Peter Ainslie (Brookmont
Church) 301-320-3498

The money raised will go to:
GOKULUM CHILDREN'S HOME cares
for 100s of orphans of the tsunami, offering them a safe haven in the
aftermath of their loss and a place they can call home.
HUMANE SOCIETY ASIA works in three areas devastated by the
tsunami: Sri Lanka, Phuket and Banda Aceh. The donations will support
the teams going into these areas (which will include vets) and a
Humane Society representative who lives in the region. All the money
goes to direct work with animals in the region including vet care and feeding. http://www.hsiasia.org






RIVER ROAD BARRIER
From: <OlowinF@usa.redcross.org>
I have a question and an observation for the community regarding the
barrier at 45th and River that was erected a couple of months ago. I
think the barrier is an excellent safety improvement and has worked well
so far.
1) It was set up as a "temporary" barrier. Does that mean a future
barrier will be of a more durable material? Also, what is the date at
which it will be replaced or removed? (apologies if this was discussed
earlier)
2) Some drivers come east from Fessenden at the intersection, and then
loop around through the pedestrian crossing part of the barrier to head
north onto 45th street. Already 3-4 of the plastic posts adjacent the
crosswalk have been torn down, most likely because of that sort of turn.
These should be replaced, and perhaps some sort of signage added?
Fred Olowin






DDOT COMPLETES CONVERSION TO
ENERGY EFFICIENT TRAFFIC LIGHTS
From: Rice, Bill (DDOT) <Bill.Rice@dc.gov>
The Department of Transportation has replaced all of the city's
traffic lights from the old incandescent traffic bulbs to the high
energy-efficient LEDs (light emitting diodes) technology. More than
66,000 incandescent bulbs have been replaced at 1,546 signalized
intersections with LEDs that use 90 percent less energy.


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