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2012 Vol., Issue 3 www.shepherdpark.org

Shepherd Park News A quarterly newsletter for the residents of Shepherd Park, Colonial Village and North Portal Estates

Another Banner Year in Store � Article by Tim Shuy, SPCA President. Photo by Ed Savwoir.

This year’s SPCA picnic was an outstanding event! We were blessed with good weather and a large turn-out. It was especially gratifying to see so many of our young people in atten-dance. When you look at our neighborhood, you see a community with great diversity and a wonderful combination of older es-tablished residents and new neighbors moving in. The SPCA is an all-

volunteer organization that was founded in the 1940s. The picnic and many of our other events – the potluck dinner, gar-den tour, and yard sale, to name a few, along with this Shepherd Park news-letter, are all planned and produced by your fellow neighbors. It takes volun-teers and funds to make

this work for the good of all. I have the privilege to serve a sec-

ond year as the Shepherd Park Citi-zens Association President. We have been fortunate to add several new board members who, along with our returning members, form a dedicated and exciting group.

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Calendar of SPCA Events • Community Meeting:

Thursday, Oct 25, 7 pm, Shepherd Elem. • Halloween Parade: Wed, Oct 31, 5:45-6:30 pm, Shepherd field, parade at 6 pm sharp

• Board Meeting: Tues, Nov 13, 7:30 pm, place TBD

• Board Meeting: Tues, Dec 4, 7:30 pm, place TBD

• Potluck: Sun, Jan 13, 5-7pm, Lowell School

• Board Meeting: Tues, Feb 12, 7:30 pm, place TBD

• Community Meeting: Tues, Mar 12, 7 pm, Shepherd Elem.

• Board Meeting: Tues, Apr 9, 7:30 pm, place TBD

• Annual Meeting & Election: Tues, May 14, 7 pm, Shepherd Elem.

• Garden Tour: May 19, 2-5 pm • Yard Sale: Sat & Sun, June 8 & 9, 9 am-3 pm • Picnic: Sun, June 23, Lowell School field, 2-6 pm

SPCA board members and other volunteers at the picnic.

This year we plan to boost sup-port for the Neighborhood Watch Program, participate in zoning and development discussions on use and planning in the surrounding neighbor-hood, and reach out to neighboring apartment and condo complexes to best manage the needs of the areas growing population along with provid-ing outstanding events. If you are interested in volunteer-

ing to help at SPCA events contact me at [email protected]. If you haven’t signed up and would

like to become member of our neighborhood association ($25 per household per year) you can go to www.shepherdpark.org and find out how to join.

Note that our first commu-nity meeting will be on THURS-DAY, October 25, 7 pm at Shep-herd Elementary.

SHEPHERD PARK NEWS OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012

SPCA Board of Directors

Tim Shuy, President (240) 461-6531 [email protected] Adrienne Antoine, Vice President (202) 904-3344 [email protected]

Clarence Cross, Treasurer (202) 722-5467 [email protected]

Cheryl Teare Reed, Recording Secretary

(202) 291-0503 [email protected] Josh Gorman,

Corres. Secretary (membership) (901) 605-1820 [email protected]

At Large Delegates Sarah Gershman

(650) 468-4869 [email protected] Cynthia Prather

(202) 882-7419 [email protected] Bonnie Randolph (202) 829-7774

[email protected]

Delegates to the Federation of Citizens Associations:

Rosalyn Coates, Immediate Past President

(202) 829-6860 [email protected] Alex McCants

(202) 641-4582 [email protected] Paula Sanderlin Dorosti

(202) 291-4123 [email protected]

Delegates to the Federation of Civic Associations:

Keith Holman [email protected]

Rosemary Reed Miller (202) 723-9007

[email protected] Donalee Wood (202) 829-7387

[email protected]

Contact the Editors!

Beth Allaben

[email protected] (202) 882-2609

Robert Raymond [email protected]

(202) 722-6263 Rosalyn Coates [email protected] (202) 829-6860

Layout: Maggie Häusler [email protected]

Simply Wonderful! � Photos by Ed Savwoir.

The 8th Annual SPCA Garden Tour was a great success. The weather was wonderful, the gardens were wonderful, and the garden visi-tors, yes, they were wonderful too. Proceeds from the Garden Tour

go towards neighborhood beautifica-tion projects and every year more a n d m o r e neighbors are willing to share their garden re-treats with the community mak-ing more beautifi-cation project possible. This year

there were four new and four repeat Garden Hosts. A world of thanks goes out to our Gar-den Hosts: Don-ald Morgan, Mau-reen Stephenson, Margery Gold-berg , J a c k ie Green, Carole and Lee Smith, Deborah Royster and Robert Mal-son, Thyra Riley a n d F r a n k Dickey, and Lisa and Jeffrey Ross. Appreciation

is shown to our sponsors, Stone-Work by Flavio & Sons ((301) 598-8528) and Annie’s Hardware Store ((202) 726-2658). StoneWork has been a sponsor for the past six years. Annie’s

Hardware, a new business off Georgia Avenue at Upshur Street. Kudos to the Garden Tour planning

committee: Chairperson Gloria Owens, Beth Allaben, Cheryl Hamlin, Cynthia

and Sam Prather, Jeffrey Ross, and Photographer Ed Savwoir. A special thank you to the volunteers who staffed the ticket booth: Evon Ervin, Rosemary Reed Miller, Sheryl Scruggs, Emily Gumpert, and Clarence Cross.

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Meet the Board Another installment in our continuing effort to give you a

chance to get to know the SPCA board members.

Alex McCants is enthused to join the SPCA board as a Delegate to the DC Federation of Citizens Asso-ciations. He lives on Roxanna Road with his wife Khalilah and two chil-dren: Alex Jr. (4) and Chloë (2). Alex works as a Senior Business Analyst on the State Department’s Refugee Admis-sions Program, and his son is a Pre-K student at Shepherd Elementary. Alex is

also a mem-b e r o f Northmin-ster Presby-t e r i a n Church and is currently the volunteer coordinator of the Shep-herd Park Ne ighbor-

hood Watch Program. He hopes to re-duce crime in the neighborhood through increased awareness and com-munication.

Photo courtesy of Alex McCants.

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Paula Sanderlin Dorosti and her husband are 22-year residents of Shepherd Park, a neighborhood they

dearly love. A second generation Washingto-nian, she is excited to join the board and volunteer-ed at the picnic this year. Paula is also the

Neighborhood Watch Block Captain for the 1300 block of Locust Road. Recently retired from DCPS, Paula began her career as a high school vis-ual arts teacher and served as the Director of Art Education for 19 years. As an Art Consultant, she worked with Zion Baptist Church, Blagden Avenue, to design, create, and install 28 themed stained glass panels. She also serves on Shiloh Bap-tist Church’s Communication Ministry as a technology trainer and graphic designer.

Photo courtesy of Paula Sanderlin Dorosti.

Article corrected October 26, 2012.

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SPCA Community Service Awards At the picnic, we presented the

2012 SPCA Community Service Awards to those who have made ex-tra efforts to serve our community. The Business Supporter of the Year, which honors a business that has improved the quality of life in Shepherd Park, was given to Doggie Washerette and owner Ethel Taylor. Kathleen Sheekey was recognized as a Community Supporter for four years of service as co-coordinator of the Shepherd Elementary Early Read-ers Program. A Friend of Shepherd Park is

an individual, business or group out-side of Shepherd Park that has made special efforts to support our commu-nity, and this year we honored Andre Carley for his community advocacy and partnership with the SPCA on Georgia Ave projects, and Paul Sim-mons for 39 years of dedicated ser-vice to our community as a mail car-rier. The Public Safety award went to Alex McCants, who works to im-prove community safety as the volun-teer coordinator of the Shepherd Park Neighborhood Watch Program.

Three of the SPCA Community Award recipients: Andre Carley, Ethel Taylor, owner of Doggie Washerette, and Kathleen Sheekey. Photo by Ed Savwoir.


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We couldn’t have done it without you! First, a thanks to our sponsors: Muriel Bowser Constitu-ent Services Fund, ANC4A, Ledo Pizza and Pasta, and TuTu Cute Salon & Spa 4Girlz.

Thanks also to the SPCA board members who planned, served, and cleaned up: Cynthia Prather, Clarence Cross, Adrienne Antoine, Josh Gorman, Cheryl Teare, Rosemary Reed Miller, Sarah Gershman, Donnalee Wood (incoming board member), and Paula Sanderlin Dorosti (incoming board member).

In addition, a special thanks to: Sam Prather, Cynthia’s husband, who has been

an invaluable help at this year’s picnic and many in the past. He’s done it all – from shopping runs to pitching tents to the always popular picnic clean up;

Kelly Shuy, for planning, working at the picnic, and providing Ledo’s employees to assist in picnic events;

Ed Savwoir for his exquisite pictures of our picnic;

Andre Carley from Concerned Neighbors Inc. across Georgia Avenue, who staffed the moon bounce along with Bryan Shuy, who travelled from his new house in Alexandria to help;

Two of our ANC commissioners who were there to lend a helping hand: Dwyane Toliver with ice cream scooping and Steve Whatley with clean up;

And Beth Allaben and Alex Kincannon, who organized the volunteers.

And of course there are the many neighbors who volunteered on the day of the picnic, includ-ing: Linda Archer, Ed Archer, Christine Bennett, Chris Brazier, Ken Clarke, Brian Demsey, Cheryl Freeman, Elizabeth Gholston, Stephanie Guzman, Lucas Houk, Herbert Hughley, Jonca Humphries, Geraldine Jennings, Cynthia Lee, Norma Martin, Alex McCants, Dan McDade, Liz McNichol, Frank Nelson, Tanya Wright-Nelson, Gloria Owens, Mark Pattison, Patsy-Ann Rassmussen, Desiree Dansan Savwoir, Marianne Scott, JT Taransky, and Rick Toye.

For more photos from the picnic and other SPCA events, go to www.shepherdpark.org and click on “Photo Gallery.”

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At the Shepherd Park Library

� Job Seekers Drop-In Clinic

Individualized help with cover letters, resumes and job applications. Every Tuesday, 10 am-12 pm

� Preschool Story Time Stories, songs, rhymes, movement, and more Every Tuesday, 11 am, ages 0-5 and parents/caregivers

� Downloadable Media Walk-In Clinic Bring your digital device and learn step-by-step how to check out and download media from the library: Every Wednesday, 6-7 pm

� Shepherd Park Book Club First Wednesday of the month, 1:30 pm, check library for selections

� Black Voices Book Club Third Monday of the month, 7 pm, check library for selections

� DC Reads Book Discussion Discuss Reading Lolita in Tehran, light refreshments Wed, Oct 24, 7pm

� Growing Healthy Schools Story Time Read books about plants and gardening and then an art activity. Tues, Oct 16, 11 am, ages 0-5 and parents/caregivers

� Growing Healthy Schools Week: Start an Orange Plant! Take your orange seeds home, wait for them to sprout, replant, and by spring, you might have an orange tree to plant in the yard! Wed, Oct 17, 6:30pm, ages 8 and up

� Shepherd Park Kids' Book Club Discussion, activities and pizza Mon, Oct 22, 6 pm (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) Mon, Nov 12, 6 pm (Persepolis)

� Halloween Costume Story Time Wear your costumes, get a treat and make a craft Tues, Oct 30, 11 am, ages 0-5 and parents/caregivers

� Trick-or-treat @ the Library Treats for children in costume Wed, Oct 31, evening

� NaNoWriMo Write-In Teens and children compete in writing activities during National Novel Writing Month. Every Wednesday in Nov, 4-5 pm

� Kids Euro Festival Listen to Madeline, snack on French madeleine cookies and make crafts, ages 5 to 10 Sat, Nov 3, 2:30 pm

� Movie Time Stanley Kubrick’s film Lolita Saturday, November 10, 1pm

On-going

� Saturdays

Thrift & Consignment Shop, 10 am-4 pm, Northminster Presby. Church

October

� Tues, Oct 2, 7 pm

ANC 4A mtg, Ft. Stevens Rec Ctr

� Wed, Oct 10, 7 pm PSA 401 mtg, Sh Pk Library

� Tues, Oct. 16, 5-9 pm Shepherd Elem Family Dinner Night, Outback Steakhouse, PG Plaza, PTA gets 20%

� Tues, Oct 16, 7-9 pm "Religious Humanism,” Amanda Poppei, Instructor, Wash Ethical Socy, free

� Wed, Oct 17, 6:30-9:30 pm DC Council Candidates Forum, Takoma Pk Baptist Church, sponsored by Neighbors Inc., SPCA, and Takoma DC Neighborhood Assn

� Wed, Oct 17, 6:35 pm Shepherd Elem PTA mtg

� Wed, Oct 17, 7 pm Concerned Neighbors, Inc. Comm. Ass’n mtg, Sh Pk Library

� Thurs, Oct 18, 7 pm 4D Police Citizens Advisory Council mtg, 6001 Georgia Ave

� Tues, Oct 23, 7 pm SPCA Community Mtg, Shepherd Elem

� Tues, Oct 23, 7-9 pm "Ethical Culture History and Basic Tenets,” Mary Herman & Marty Kaufman, instructors, Wash Ethical Socy, free

November

� Wed, Nov 7, 7 pm

ANC 4A mtg, Ft. Stevens Rec Ctr

� Thurs, Nov 9, 7-9 pm "Conflict Transformation," Danna Pope, Instructor, Wash Ethical Socy, free

� Wed, Nov 14, 6:35 pm: Shepherd Elem PTA mtg

� Wed, Nov 14, 7 pm: PSA 401 mtg, Sh Pk Library

� Thurs, Nov 15, 7 pm 4D Police Citizens Advisory Council mtg, 6001 Georgia Ave

� Thurs, Nov 15, 7-9 pm "Appreciating Differences," Jo London and Allyn Hill, instructors, Wash Ethical Socy, free

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You could go to the movies and see "ParaNorman" or "Frankenweenie" or "Hotel Transylvania" in 3-D. Or, you could go to Shepherd field at twilight on Halloween and see real live ghosts and goblins and Spidermans and princesses!

The annual Shep-herd Park Halloween Parade starts at 6 pm sharp on Halloween (Wednesday, October 31, line up at 5:45 pm). Kids will get a head start on their treats as they walk a lap around the field. Then they fan out in the neighborhood for tricks and more treats.

An address list of neighbors giving treats

is distributed at the parade and on the neighborhood listserve. To make sure the Halloween candy you've bought gets dispersed, get your house on the list by emailing Mark Pattison at [email protected].

The ne ighbor-hood's annual house and pumpkin deco-rating contest (for bragging rights only) will take place the weekend before Hal-loween. If you want to be a contestant – or a judge – email Mark.

Photos by Ed Savwoir.

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