ABOUT THAT DERELICT BUILDING IN THE 'HOOD. . .
From:  <ckurtz@odonoghuelaw.com>
I don't know whom to call about this but I recall something printed a
past
issue about the vacant building located at the corner of Chesapeake
Street &
Belt Road on Fort Reno Park.
Early this morning while walking my dog, I noticed that the bottom
window
(which  sometime ago was boarded up and painted white) was removed and
appears that someone/s have been entering the building.  Considering
recent
robbery and current events, this needs to be investigated immediately
and
the building made more secure in the back.  Can you please pass this on
to
appropriate party/ies?  Thanks.
 
 
 

ANC3E  COMMISSIONER TAD DIBIASE RESIGNS
This past meeting was Tad's last. he cited job/home pressures as the
reason for stepping down. Chapman Todd, who is endorsed by Tad, will be
running for the seat. He lives near 45th and Harrison, has two children,
is on the board at Iona, among other things.
Anyone else wishing to run for the seat should contact the Board of
Elections or visit their web site.
 
 

TENLEY FIREHOUSE STALLED
At the ANC meeting Fire Chief Adrian Thompson said that the firehouse
work has temporarily stopped and the contractor is requesting an
additional $1.9 million to finish the job. He was planning to meet with
the contractor this week.
 
 

DC PARKS AND RECREATION SYMPOSIUM
DC Parks and Recreation will hold a Friends of Groups / Adopt a Park
Symposium on Saturday, March 22 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at The Josephine
Butler Parks Center, 2437 15th St NW.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be served.  If interested, RSVP no
later than March 20 to (202) 673-3563. For additional information - Dean
Gough at 673-3565 or Sean.Gough@dc.gov.
Topics will include
-- How to establish a Friends Of group
-- Establishing 501 (c) 3 non-profit status
-- Landscaping standards
-- Basic fundraising strategies
-- Recruiting, managing,  retaining volunteers
-- Mobilizing youth in your community
 
 
 

LIBRARY ALERT
From:  "Elinor Green and Joel Hunter" <greenhunter@starpower.net>
E-MAIL ALERT TO FRIENDS OF THE TENLEY-FRIENDSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD
LIBRARY
THE DC Library System is in urgent need of your immediate support. Kevin
Chavous,
Chair of the DC City Council's Parks, Recreation, and Libraries
Committee, will hold a
hearing on the library system's 2004 budget this Thursday, March 20, at
9:30 AM.  The
previous library budget was drastically cut, as you know from the
newly-curtailed library hours.  We are asking our members to e-mail or
telephone the mayor and council
members to urge them not to cut library funding still further. Please
remind them of the
many vital services libraries provide our community. Below is some
proposed language
which you may copy and use, or, better yet, put into your own words if
you have the time. Either way, please make your voice heard before
Thursday morning.

A rally to support library funding is scheduled to take place on the
steps of the DC City Hall half an hour before the hearing is to begin.
Please join Friends from all over the city to add your voice in support
of adequate library funding. The Council needs to hear from you. Rally
begins at 9 a.m., Thursday, March 20, in front of City Hall, 1350
Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Be there!

Dear Council Member ____:

I am writing as a supporter of the DC Public Library System to urge the
City Council not
to cut library funding for FY 2004. Libraries provide many vital
services for DC
residents. In times of economic downturn, the library's numerous free
services become
even more crucial. From programs for young children, computer literacy
classes,
computer and internet access, tax assistance, resources for job seekers,
and a safe
place for children after school, libraries reach a broad range of
citizens. Our libraries are too often overlooked when it comes to
funding, leaving many branches in desperate need of maintenance, repairs
and improvements. I urge you to support full funding for the library
system -- it is an investment in our city that will pay off in the
present and future.

MAYOR: Anthony.Williams@dc.gov
COUNCILMEMBERS AT LARGE
lcropp@dccouncil.us
hbrazil@dccouncil.us
dcatania@dccouncil.us
pmendelson@dccouncil.us
schwartzc@dccouncil.us

Ward 1: jgraham@dccouncil.us
Ward 2: jackevans@dccouncil.us
Ward 3: kpatterson@dccouncil.us
Ward 4: afenty@dccouncil.us
Ward 5: vorange@dccouncil.us
Ward 6: sambrose@dccouncil.us
Ward 7: kpchavous@dcouncil.washington.dc.us
Ward 8: cmallen@dccouncil.us

Thank you.   Martha Saccocio, President, Friends of the
Tenley-Friendship
Neighborhood Library
 
 

JANNEY SCHOOL AUCTION
From:  Ronald_J_Lefrancois
Please consider supporting our neighborhood's outstanding grammar school
at
its annual fundraiser on Saturday, April 5.  The Janney School auction
will
be held at St. Columba's Church at 4201 Albemarle St, NW from 7-11pm
and,
for a very reasonable $20 admission, includes food and drink and the
opportunity to bid on items large and small, from art work to vacations.
In addition, raffle tickets are on sale for a series of cash prizes,
topping out at $10,000!!    If you'd like to donate an item - from gift
certificates to game tickets - for the auction, please hurry as the
Auction
catalogue goes to press on March 15.  Contact any Janney parent for
tickets
or call Elizabeth Vandivier on 537-9001 about auction donations.
 
 
 

WISCONSIN AVENUE  BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT
From:  <KColombant@aol.com>
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
March and April are fund raising months for the Wisconsin Avenue
Beautification Project.

Last year we organized two clean-up days, we mulched the entire project
twice, we did new planting and some replanting, we planted several
thousand
daffodil bulbs,  we had most of the alloted trees planted or replanted,
we
watered,  we weeded and did weed control and we picked up trash about
twice
a  month.  All this work was done by volunteers who live in the
neighborhood.
We  hope you all have enjoyed the improvement along the avenue.

We were able to continue the maintenance and planting in 2002  because
of
the donations given by neighbors, businesses, institutions and the ANC3
and
also because of cooperation from the Washington Gas Company, American
University
and the DC Department of  Parks  and Recreation. We hope that this year
you
will continue to support this project through a generous contribution.

Checks can be made out to WABP (Wisconsin Avenue Beautification Project)
and are tax deductible. The address for the project is 4439 Davenport
st. NW,
Washington DC 20016.

If you need more information call  Kersti at 202 966 88 37.
Many thanks for your support
Jo Cooper
Project Chair

The Wisconsin Avenue Beautification Project is a partnership effort
among local residents, businesses, and insitutions to relandscape
Wisconsin Avenue  between Tenley Circle and Fessenden Street.
 
 

TENLEYTOWN NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION MEETING
From:  <Pavukmatt@aol.com> (Cheryl Browning)
Tenleytown Neighbors Association will hold its regular monthly meeting
on Thursday, April 3, 7 pm, at the Tenley Library, 4450 Wisconsin
Avenue, N.W.
Councilmember Harold Brazil will give a presentation on economic
development in the District of Columbia.
 
 
 

DISTRICT SUCCESS STORY
From:  <Burchard.Robert@epamail.epa.gov>
Here's a District success story:  I called the mayor's call
center about the streetlight in front of my house being out, and it was
fixed that night.
 
 
 

RE: TAX ASSESSMENTS
From:  <Blecherm@aol.com>
Re: the comments from Mark Eckenwiler (themale@ingot.org) about
assessments, I read
the law differently. What can increase by no more than 25% is the
property tax
from one year to the next, not the property assessment; the latter can
be
anything with which the assessor can get away . Mr. Eckinwiler's
calculations
do not apply to the assessment, only to the property tax.
Mel Blecher
 
 
 

AVON WALK FOR BREAST CANCER
From:   kim matthews <kim424@earthlink.net>
every three minutes, another woman in theU.S.is diagnosed with breast
cancer, and this year it will claim more  than 40,000 lives. You can do
something important to help battle this terrible disease by registering
to participate in theAvonWalk for Breast Cancer. This event is scheduled
forWashington,DCon April 26 and April 27, and it will bring thousands of
people together to make an important difference in the lives of
millions. Call the local event office at 202-962-0394 for information or
to register, or visit the Web site at www.avonwalk.org.  It's the first
step and women everywhere are hoping you'll take it.  two of your
neighbors, Hetty Barthel and Kim Matthews are participating in this
event. If you would like to sponsor them, just click on www.avonwalk.org
under support a walker in Washington, D.C. and find their name so they
get credit towards their fundraising goals
Thank you very much.
 
 

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

****  From: <Bonlevin@aol.com> (Bonnie  Levin)
Our 14 year old daughter is interested in volunteer opportunities in the
neighborhood; interested in   working with kids, the developmentally
disabled or mentally ill.  Please send facility or coordinator's  name
(and number if available).  Thanks

**** From: "Phalen, Jan" <jan.phalen@aoa.gov>
We want to redo our kitchen in our 1907 house for a reasonable price. We
are not just redoing the footprint.  We have to move a radiator, create
another
heat source, remove and change the size of one window and replace 3
other
windows.  Does anybody have a suggestion?  Thanks, Jan Phalen,

**** <Darnot@aol.com>
Looking for someone to look after our marvelous 8 year old, mondays,
tuesdays,
thursdays from 3:30 til 6:30. pick her up from school, help w/homework,
feed healthy
snack, be fun! must drive. references needed. pls call 202 537 1331.

**** From:  "Hosmer, Stephen (NIH/NIAID)" <SHOSMER@niaid.nih.gov>
Does anyone out thier know of a good barber shop in the area.  If so, I
would enjoy hearing from you about the best that there is.
Also while you're  at it do you also know of any good places where I can
play pinball machines.  I am looking for the places with the widest
selection available.
Thank you.

**** From: Sarah Underwood <sunderwood@eandggroup.com>
I am looking for a furnished room or basement apartment or a house
sharing
arrangement for a wonderful young woman from Northern Ireland who is
here
for up to 3 years working for a public relations firm.  Proximity to
Metro
is important, as is price.  If anyone has any suggestions, I would very
much appreciate hearing from you.
 
 
 

SMOKE DETECTOR GIVEAWAY PROGRAM
From: <anc3b@aol.com>
Message from the D.C. Fire Department:
attery-operated smoke detectors are given away in the District of
Columbia
free of charge. Residents can receive one smoke detector per household.
Smoke detectors may be requested from the Fire Prevention Division,
lobby
level, 441 4th Street, NW, (202) 727-1600.
For your convenience, these smoke detectors are equipped with batteries,
brackets, and screws.
The requirements for receiving a smoke detector are:
You must live in the District of Columbia and must show proof of
residency.
You must be a homeowner, living in that home (not rental property).
 
 
 
 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MEETING
Monday, March 31 -   7-9 pm
From:  "Floto, Mary Ann (EOM)" <maryann.floto@dc.gov>
Thru:  tenleytown@yahoogroups.com
The Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will host an Emergency
Preparedness meeting for Ward Three in the library at Woodrow Wilson
Senior
High School, 3950 Chesapeake Street, NW on Monday, March 31 from
7:00-9:00
p.m.  (Tenleytown Metro Stop).
                In addition to EMA, representatives from the
Metropolitan
Police Department,  DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services,  District
Department of Transportation,  DC Public Schools, Department of Health,
Department of Mental Health and DC Commission on National and Community
Services will be at this meeting.
                Discussion will include:
*       How does the city's evacuation plan work?
*       What does Code Orange mean?
*       What will happen in my neighborhood to help residents get
through an
emergency?
                If you have any questions about this meeting, please
contact Mary Ann Floto in the Office of Community Outreach at (202)
442-8150.
 
 
 

RE: INCREASE IN PARKING FINES
 From: "Richard J. Oparil and Donna M. DeSilva" <rjodmd@starpower.net>
I would like to reply to the gentle reader complaining about the
increase
in parking fines.  The city's actions in this respect are consistent
with
those taken by other large cities such as NYC and Los Angeles.  In
addition to a
revenue stream issues, the real goal is to keep traffic flowing
properly.
For every person who parks in commercial zones, delivery trucks are
required to double park, causing traffic tie-ups and accidents.  For
every person
who keeps their car in a parking space that is supposed to be a travel
lane
during rush hour, at least a hundred other drivers are inconvenienced by
blocked traffic, and likely to cause accidents trying to get out of a
lane
that they have every right to be using.  These fines are high as a
deterent
to people just like this gentle reader, who forgets to move his car on
time.
Without high fines, parking illegally is sometimes cheaper than paying
for
parking in a lot.  Move your car, don't park illegal, and you don't need
to
pay fines.  Otherwise, stop complaining. Most people I know have been
waiting for fines for these offenses that will actually deter illegal
parking, thus keep traffic flowing.  One of the major reasons for the
high
air polution levels in DC is because of high traffic tie-ups.  If high
fines for violations that tie up traffic are necessary to deter
violators, clean
air is worth the price.
Donna DeSilva
 
 
 

THEATER PRODUCTION
From:  <nancila@att.net>
I'd like to invite the neighborhood to check out the Horizon's
Theatre production of "That Takes Ovaries!" (exclamation point is the
author's) at the GWU Mt. Vernon campus.  The play runs nightly Thursdays
through
Sundays  through March 30.  I am part of a six-person ensemble of
professional
actors in the production.

You can learn more about the show and the cast at the Horizons website
www.horizonstheatre.org   Tickets ($22) can also be ordered through the
website.  I can't guarantee  you'll like everything about the show, but
it's a highly entertaining collection of true stories adapted for the
stage and my
fellow/sister actors are hugely talented.  And, there's some excellent
original music too, sung by a couple of the best voices in the DC area.
I hope many
of  you will check it out.  Thanks, Nancy
 
 

LEVINE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS
From: Meredith Rhudy <mrhudy@levineschool.org>
Harold Yaffe, clarinet
Denise Zechman, soprano
Accompanied by Darya Gabay, piano
Amy Johnson, cello
EVENT:  Clarinet, Soprano Recital
WHEN:           Friday March 28, 2003 at 7:30 pm
WHERE:          Levine School of Music         2801 Upton Street NW
COST:           Free and open to the public
INFO:           202-686-9772 or www.levineschool.org
PROGRAM:        Selected works from Mozart, Bernstein, Schubert and
others
Levine School of Music is pleased to announce a recital by clarinetist
Harold Yaffe and  soprano Denise Zechman, accompanied by pianist Darya
Gabay and cellist Amy Johnson. The program will include Clarinet Sonata
in
E-flat, Opus 167  by Camille Saint-Saëns, Come Ready and See Me by
Richard Hundley,
Dream with Me by Leonard Bernstein, Parto! Ma tu ben mio by W. A.
Mozart,
Sechs Deutsche Lieder by Ludwig Spohr and Der Hirt auf dem Felsen by
Franz
Schubert.
 
 
 

THE BRAZIL BULLETIN
 From:  "Heilbron, Shana (COUNCIL)"
<SHeilbron@dccouncil.washington.dc.us>
In This Week's Issue...
Brazil on Baseball
Wax Museum and Agency Performance Hearing
Brazil Meets with Takoma Old Town Business Association
Reed-Cooke Neighborhood Association
Gold Star of the Week
Bonehead of the Week
 
 

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