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Neighborhood News WWW.EBCA.ORG Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of Jones Bridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club February 2012
CALENDAR
Wed. Feb. 15, General Meeting
7pm, BCC High School, rm C102
7:00 President’s Welcome
7:05 Bruce Crispell, MCPS
School Boundary Change
8:15 Speed Bumps
8:30 Middle School
8:45 Committee Reports
8:50 New Business
9:00 Adjourn
Sun., April 22 Earth Day
May Community Yard Sale Continued on p2
Parking Restrictions
by Tori HallThe proximity of Metro, NIH,
and the Walter Reed Military
Medical Center (WRMMC)
makes street parking in East Bethesda
enticing to non-residents. The staff-to-
parking-space ratio at WRMMC is about
4 to1. While hospital staff are prohibited
from parking in our neighborhood,
enforcement is hard without park-
ing restrictions in place. Parking
by Monica Hays, Education Chair
Mr. Bruce Crispell, Director
Division of Long-range Plan-
ning for Montgomery County
Public Schools, will attend the
February 15, 2012 EBCA General Mem-
bership meeting to describe implementa-
tion of the new elementary school bound-
aries for East Bethesda and to answer
community questions. The meeting will
be held in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School cafeteria at 7pm, room C102.
Elementary School ChangeThe Board of Education (BOE) unani-
mously voted on November 17, 2011
to reassign the East Bethesda commu-
nity from Rosemary Hills Elementary to
Bethesda Elementary for Grades K–2, with
continuance at BE school through Grade
5. Phase-in of reassignments from Rose-
mary Hills Elementary School to Bethesda
Elementary School begins in the 2013-
2014 school year with Grades K–1, and
completes in the 2014-2015 school year
with Grades K–2.
New Middle School at Lynnbrook?MCPS is selecting a site for a new middle
school in our cluster to open August 2017.
A site composed of Lynnbrook Park and
the former Lynnbrook Elementary School
is one of about 25 candidate sites. The new
middle school will address over-utilization
at Westland Middle School, and let Chevy
Chase and North Chevy Chase elementary
schools be reorganized from Grades 3-6
to Grades 3-5. At the Feb. 15 meeting, we
will vote on a position on whether Lynn-
brook is an appropriate new school site.
For more info, www.EBCA.org or contact
EBCA Education Committee Chair Monica
Hayes at [email protected] n
Car Illustration: Whim Wham Illustration Studio
School Official to Attend EBCA Meeting, Feb. 15
restrictions also discourage commercial
encroachment into our residential neigh-
borhood by discouraging street parking
by non-resident customers at home-based
businesses in East Bethesda.
East Bethesda is pre-approved for the
Residential Permit Parking program, but
not all blocks have it. Block residents must
petition the Montgomery County Depart-
ment of Transportation (MCDOT)
showing that two-thirds of the
Party on, Dudeby Nancy Nantais
The Harp & Fiddle was the
place to be on Jan. 26. The
Shed Band, featuring our
own Jon Pels and Dave Ries,
entertained patrons with some great sets.
Band member Jon Pels said he had fun
getting to know people from the ‘hood
whom he’s never met before, as well as
seeing some familiar faces in a setting
other than their front yards. Pels, Ries
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The Shed Band members Dave Ries, Jon Pels, and James Joyce on a recent winter night in the shed
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MEMBERSHIP ONLINE
Top 10 reasons for EBCA membership:
10. Better parade than that one in NY. 9. You’ll be pleased when you friend us. 8. Absolutely scandal-free newsletter. 7. We go to BRAC meetings so you don’t have to. 6. Swap stuff you don’t want for stuff your neighbors don’t want at the Spring Yard Sale. 5. We’ll make the graffiti artists head out to Potomac. 4. www.EBCA.org – who knew? 3. Cheap booze, we mean dues. 2. Pay $15 and we won’t ask you to be president next year. 1. Madame ZaZa says you have a valuable membership in your future.
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Building Permits
by Jill Chodorov
As residents of East Bethes-
da, we are being reminded
daily that progress can be
painful. Last week, I woke
to multiple dump trucks
barreling down Rosedale Avenue on their
way to remove the remains of a home
being bulldozed a block away. Yet, as a
local real estate agent, I understand the
value that change brings to our neighbor-
hood.
In 2011, I was appointed by the County
Executive to serve on the Montgomery
County Department of Permitting Ser-
vices Advisory Committee. It is my job to
represent the residents of East Bethesda
regarding any type of permitting neces-
sary for new construction, renovations,
and land development.
If you are a neighbor, developer, or
homeowner conducting a renovation/new
construction, please contact me with any
concerns or questions. I look forward to
being your voice to the County so that
you are heard. I can be reached at
[email protected] or at
202-390-9800. n
Parking cont. from p1
Earth Day, April 22
by Opher ShweikiEarth Day falls on Sunday,
April 22nd and that’s a perfect
day to join your neighbors,
family and friends to spruce
up your own part of the world – our great
Lynnbrook Park! So come on out have
some fun, get some exercise, meet some
new folks, and help us make the park per-
fect for all of us to enjoy. All ages are wel-
come, and there will be light refreshments
for the volunteers. Look forward to seeing
you there from 2:00pm – 4:00pm! n
block wants to participate. A block may re-
quest 24-hour restrictions, or a more mod-
est 9:00am to 5:00pm weekday restriction.
Parking restrictions mean that residents
must purchase parking passes. Residents
must also accept that parking restriction
signs will have to be erected in the right-of-
way, which may or may not be in front of a
resident’s own property.
To learn more about the Residential Permit
Parking program, visit the MCDOT Parking
Management website (www.montgomery-
countymd.gov), or call 311. To request a
petition for your block, call Joe Pospisil
at MCDOT at 240-777-2160. To obtain a
permit for your vehicle, visit the Bethesda
Parking Sales Store (within Parking Garage
#42) at 4720 Cheltenham Drive, across
from Midas and CVS. n
Join your neighbors on Earth Day, April 22.
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GreenCornerSpeed Bumps
by Nancy JudaSome concerned East Bethes-
da residents have proposed
that EBCA request the
County add speed bumps to
slow the traffic adjacent to Lynnbrook
Park on Newdale Rd. and Kentbury Dr.
that continues onto Chestnut St. While
there are speed bumps on many of our
roads, there are none in this high-traffic
stretch that gets especially busy early in
the morning and late afternoon.
This item will be discussed at the next
EBCA general meeting on Feb. 15,
2012. Interested residents should plan
to attend as a vote will be conducted to
determine whether EBCA is in favor of
filing a petition with Montgomery Co. to
request speed bumps be installed in these
locations. As per the bylaws you must an
EBCA member to vote. n
BCC Total Body
Beauty Salon8001 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 986-9151 [email protected]
10% discount for EBCA residents
Children’s haircuts freeon Wednesdays
Organic
by Andrea CheploLocal Organic Crops
Delivered weekly to
East Bethesda!
CSAs: Community
Supported
Agriculture.
Produce: Organic
veggies, fruit and/
or other food items,
delivered direct
from PA farmers.
Pick up: My house
on Chestnut St.
More Info: contact
me at agmmdc@
yahoo.com n
Community Yard Sale
Coming this Mayon the Lynnbrook Center blacktop
info: www.ebca.org.
PO Box 41020Bethesda, MD 20824www.ebca.org
From the President
A Happy New Year to all.
Unfortunately, over the New
Years Day weekend, there
were several successful and at-
tempted break-ins in our neighborhood.
In the past, we have had neighborhood
watches, which were effective in reducing
crime. If you are interested in participating
in a neighborhood watch, please come to
this month’s general meeting on Febru-
ary 15. In the meantime, if you want to
keep abreast of these incidents, consider
looking at Bethesda.patch.com for regular
updates on all kinds of community news.
Thanks go to Greg Volz for organizing
the social event last month at the Harp &
Fiddle. What a great way to take the chill
out of mid-winter!
Welcome to our new members and thank
you to those renewing members. Your
dues provide essential funding for events
such as the Halloween Parade and the
Labor Day picnic, as well as keeping this
newsletter coming to your home. Dues are
only $15 per adult resident. The agenda
for the upcoming meeting concerns
anyone interested in our public schools.
Please consider
attending. n
Winter Tree Care
by Linda MillerMild winters like this one can
be tough on trees whose na-
ture is to be self-sustaining in
the cold. For information on
local tree and yard care, Casy Trees and
the Washington DC tree project have a
great website, www.caseytrees.org. Or go
to the National Arboretum website, www.
usna.usda.gov and search “tough urban
trees” in the research menu.
Another resource is the Oregon State
University site, www.entension.or-
egonstate.edu. A recent posting ad-
vises periodic watering of conifers when
temperatures are above normal and there
are ground thaws. Conifers retain their
needles and need ready access to water
during winter. n
EBGC
Paula Pels, Tony Kirchgessner (center), and Mike Fox enjoyed a brew and some music at the EBCA’s Harp & Fiddle fundraiser on January 26.
Greg
Vol
tz
Whim Wham Illustration Studio
East Bethesda Garden Club hosts neighborhood garden tours the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Guests welcome. Call Marny at 301.652.0492
and Harp & Fiddle part-owner Paddy Mc-
Donagh share many neighborhood connec-
tions, including the fact that they all have
children at Our Lady Of Lourdes (OLOL)
elementary school.
About 50 neighborhood residents dropped
in over the course of the evening. Ten per-
cent of that night’s sales to East Bethesda
patrons, benefitted EBCA. n
Party cont. from p1