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2007 Vol., Issue 3 www.shepherdpark.org February / March 2007

In this Issue:

• SPCA Budget and Calendar p. 2 • Neighbor to Head

Dance School p. 3 • Orange Hats Update p. 3 • Uncovering the Past

in Shepherd Park p. 4 • Shepherd Park Photo Gallery p. 6 • Support Our Local Schools p. 8 • Shepherd Park Community

Steps Up p. 9 • Neighborhood Optical p. 10 • Gateway News p. 11

SPCA Welcomes New Neighbors By Angela Martin and Bonnie Randolph.

Shepherd Park Citizens Associa-tion embarked on a new pilot project this year – welcoming new neighbors into Shepherd Park with a Welcome Gift Basket. Former SPCA President Baruti Jahi, SPCA Board Mem-ber Angela Martin, and Shepherd Park neighbor and real estate agent Bonnie Randolph devised this program in 2006 and basket delivery began in Spring 2007. The gift bas-kets contain the SPCA newsletter and calendar of SPCA activities, Shep-herd Park History DVD, Shepherd Park sweat-shirt coupon, Shepherd Elementary School information, the Gateway Georgia Avenue Business Directory and several promotional items. Thanks to the following neighborhood businesses for their generous contributions to the bas-

kets: American Security & Communi-cations, Cork ‘N’ Bottle, Ledo Pizza and Pasta, Manoukian Brothers Ori-ental Rugs, Postal Connections, Pure

Bliss Day Spa, Speedy Tax & Ac-counting Services, and Wireless Toyz. And a special thanks to Marc Loud, Executive Di-rector of Gateway Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corp. for his valuable as-sistance. Neighbor-hood businesses that would like to contribute to the gift baskets, con-

tact Bonnie Randolph at 829-7774 or email: [email protected], or Angela Martin at 723-0323 or email: [email protected].

Last month Bonnie Randolph and SPCA President Beth Allaben deliv-

ered a gift basket to Kathleen Perry on Hemlock Street. Kathleen moved here from Portland, Oregon and said she was attracted to our area because of the strong sense of community in Shepherd Park. SPCA has delivered seven gift baskets to date and will de-liver more as our new neighbors move into their new homes.

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

SAVE THE DATE!

Tuesday, October 9, 7-9 pm

SPCA COMMUNITY MEETING

at Shepherd Elementary School

New neighbor Kathleen Perry receives a Welcome Gift Basket from Bonnie Randolph. Photo: Beth Allaben

HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN

The Shepherd Park Halloween crew led by Mark Pattison is ready! Enter your house, your pumpkins or both in the annual house and pumpkin decorating contest. No prizes, just the admiration of your neighbors. Judging will take place the weekend before Halloween. Let Mark know if you can be one of our “celebrity judges.” The trick-or-treat address list will return. If you are going to dispense treats, send Mark your address so the kids will know where to go to load up their bags.

The list will be available on the Shepherd Park

listserv, on Mark’s front porch and at the parade. This year's Halloween Parade will take place on Halloween itself – Wednesday,

October 31 – at the Shepherd Field. Assemble at the field at 5:45 pm. The parade begins at

6 pm SHARP! If your hobgoblins would like to take part in "Trick or Treat for UNICEF," pick

up UNICEF boxes at Mark’s front porch, Pier 1 Imports in Silver Spring, or IKEA in College Park.

You can reach Mark Pattison at 829-9289, [email protected] or 1221 Floral Street.

SHEPHERD PARK NEWS OCT/NOV 2007

SPCA Board of Directors

Beth Allaben, President 882-2609 [email protected]

Dwayne Toliver, Vice President 818-391-0125

[email protected] Joan Hoyte, Vice President

882-2447 [email protected] Enjoli Timmons, Secretary

722-7541 [email protected] Charisse Brossard, Treasurer

722-0525 [email protected]

Gloria Owens, At Large Delegate 829-6886 [email protected]

Cynthia Prather, At Large Delegate 882-7419 [email protected]

Delegates to the Federation of

Civic Associations: Noreen Conway

722-6263 [email protected]

Emanuel Finn 882-7231 [email protected]

[email protected]

Delegates to the Federation of Citizens Associations:

Angela Martin 723-0323 [email protected]

Christine Martin 723-0976 [email protected]

Rosalyn Wilcots 829-6860 [email protected]

Immediate Past President:

Baruti Jahi 904-7307 [email protected]

Contact the Editors!

Whether it’s a letter to the editor, info on a community event or an ad,

we’d love to hear from you! Beth Allaben

[email protected] 882-2609 Maggie Häusler (Layout)

[email protected] 722-1880

Sekou Biddle [email protected]

726-2872

Mark Your Calendar!

SPCA Budget July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008

Revenue

Membership Dues Membership Donations Business Membership Dues Newsletter Ads Garden Tour—Ticket Sales and Donations Yard Sale Registration Fees Picnic Donations T-Shirt/Sweatshirt Sales

Total Revenue Expenses

Membership Drive Newsletter Publication Expenses Halloween Parade January Holiday Potluck Garden Tour Expenses and Grants Yard Sale Picnic Meeting Refreshments and Supplies Welcome Baskets Community Grants SPCA Corporate Filings Website Hosting Misc. and Dues Signs, Copying, Postage

Total Expenses Unrestricted reserve as of July 1, 2007

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

• SPCA Community Meeting: Tues, Apr 8, 7 pm, Shepherd Elem.

• Garden Tour: Sun, May 18

• Yard Sale: Sat, May 31 and Sun, June 1

• SPCA Annual Meeting & Election: Tues, June 12, 7 pm, Shepherd Elem.

• Picnic: Sun, June 22, 2-6 pm, Lowell field

• SPCA Community Meeting:

Tues, Oct 9, 7 pm, Shepherd Elem. • Halloween Parade:

Wed, Oct 31, 5:45-6:30 pm, Shepherd field, parade at 6 pm sharp

• SPCA Social Gathering: Fri, Nov 30, place to be announced

• New Years Potluck: Sun, Jan 20, 5-7 pm, Lowell School

Calendar of SPCA Events

$ 8,500 $ 1,500

$ 750 $ 6,000

$ 1,500 $ 350

$ 1,500 $ 200

$ 20,300

$ 1,500 $ 6,300

$ 275 $ 1,000

$ 1,500 $ 350 $ 6,400

$ 100 $ 600

$ 1000 $ 75

$ 500 $ 200 $ 500

$ 20,300

$ 6,278

(The board's policy is to maintain at least a $ 5,000 unrestricted reserve at the beginning of each fiscal year in order to have sufficient cash flow throughout the year and to cover any unexpected expenses.)


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Shepherd Park Needs You!

We’re looking for residents to share their best poetry, short sto-ries or cartoons. Did you write a haiku about your morning walk in the neighborhood? Share your inner muse with your neighbors. The “Shepherd Park News” plans to regularly feature contributions of the finest neighborhood ama-teur cartoonists, poets and writ-ers. This is an excellent opportu-nity for contributors of all ages and experience levels. This could be your first step before your regular contribution to the “The New Yorker” or “Reader’s Digest”! To submit your contribution or learn more contact “Shepherd Park News” co-editor Sekou Biddle at [email protected].

Neighbor to Head Dance School By Beth Allaben.

Washington children have been studying at the Jones-Haywood School of Dance for more than 65 years. One of those students was Shepherd Park neighbor Sandra Fortune-Green, who went on to study in New York at the School of American Ballet, The American Ballet Theatre and the Joffrey Ballet. She always stayed in touch with Jones-Haywood, and after teaching there for many years Sandra stepped up to become the school’s director earlier this year.

In addition to serving as director for the Jones-Haywood School of Dance, Sandra is a member of the

faculty of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University’s College of Arts and Sciences in the Dance Majors Degree Program.

Located nearby at 1200 Delafield Place, NW (441-1099 or 882-4039), Jones-Haywood offers a wide variety of dance instruction, includ-ing classical ballet and pointe technique, modern technique, hip-hop and tap. The school also offers piano lessons for children.

Sandra and her husband have lived on 13th Street for 20 years, where they raised their daughter, Kellye, a 2004 graduate of West Point.

Take a Walk with the Orange Hats The Shepherd Park Orange Hats

were recognized with a community service award and a certificate of ap-preciation from PSA 401 and MPD 4D respectively on August 7 at the Na-tional Night Out event. Both awards were in recognition of outstanding service to the community. Thanks to all who served this past year.

The Orange Hatters are recruiting people to walk with them, even one or two nights a month. Current and prospective patrollers are invited to a meeting on Wednesday, Sep-tember 26, at 7 pm at the Shep-herd Park Library. Contact Cynthia Prather at [email protected] or 882-7419 for more information.

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Editor’s note: Shepherd Park takes its name from Alexander “Boss” Shepherd, who served as Washington’s last territo-rial governor and had a country home near what is now Geranium Street and Alaska Avenue. Although the home is long gone, the estate’s carriage house remains where it serves as Richard and Kathleen Hage’s garage.

When Mary and Alexander Shep-herd traveled from their in-town mansion at 17th and K Streets to their country home, they knew they were almost there when they passed the delightful porter’s lodge, located where Walter Reed’s main gatehouse now stands at Elder Street and Geor-gia Avenue. It was built of stone with

a mansard-style second floor with arched windows. A graceful, cedar- lined half-mile drive took the Shep-herds and their seven children up to the fourth highest point in DC. A loop of the driveway swung their car-riage to the front of their country mansion, Bleak House. If one stayed on the drive, a second loop, also be-

tween cedar trees, would take them to the east side of the stone carriage house, a building that has survived since the build-ing of Bleak House in 1873. Like

Uncovering the Past in Shepherd Park By Richard Hage.

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Bleak House, so named because the family was reading at that time the novel by Charles Dickens, was the summer and weekend getaway house from downtown Washington. The house sat on 300 acres bounded on the east by Georgia Avenue and run-ning down to Rock Creek (there was no 16th Street in those days), and from today’s Hemlock Street south through the grounds of Walter Reed.

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Carriage House behind 1332 Holly Street

Bleak House location at rear of 1321 and 1325 Geranium Street

Carriage drive starting at the porter’s lodge at Georgia Avenue and Elder Street

Graphic: Beth Allaben, based on a map by DC GIS.

Bleak House as it stood until 1916. Photo: The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.


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Looking north, the Shepherds could see open ground interspersed with other mansions, including that of Lin-coln confidant Francis Montgomery, located at the giant “acorn” on New-ell Street and East-West Highway.

Until quite recently, one could trace the location of the old driveway from the porter’s lodge to the car-riage house by noting the parallel rows of cedar trees lifting their tops above today’s houses. And in Bleak House’s former backyard just north of the carriage house, the cherry trees grew to heights of 30 feet or more.

The building of Bleak House and its porter’s lodge and car-riage house in 1873 coincided with the termi-nation by Con-gress of the territorial form of government (akin to the ter-ritories of the old west, say Dakota) and Shepherd’s position of governor. Within two years, he was bankrupt, his mansion on K Street sold, and the family moved to their country home on a year round basis.

In 1880, the family moved to Mex-ico where Shepherd controlled a sil-ver mine. He died in 1902. But the family owned the land and home until 1910.

The epitaph for the country retreat was written by one of Shepherd’s grandchildren:

What fun we children used to have On Granddad’s old estate— The drive between tall evergreens Through the wrought iron gate…. The carriage house, with all its rigs, Had a smell too, of its own. So many memories linger still; Hayrides we loved to take,… The dear old walls torn down For sub-divisions squares…. But to us who remember it It remains hallowed ground.

In 1916 the porter’s lodge and mansion were demolished to make way for a subdivision. But the carriage house just happened to be of a size and location suitable for a garage in the new age of automobiles and so it stands today at the rear of 1332 Holly Street. The mansion was at the rear of what are now the lots for 1321 and 1325 Geranium Streets and extended into the alley.

The Carriage House today. Photos: Richard Hage.


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Thanks to all the picnic volunteers: Beth Allaben, Stephanie Benton, Mike Binder, Ralph Blessing, Frank Borris, Rodger & Jourdinia Brown, Matt & Ben Chambers, Ken Clarke, Tracy & Cheryl Hall, Sandra Cox, Julia Doherty, Merrit Drucker, Emanuel Finn, Agnes, Shella & Dwayne Fon, Rod Harper, David Hayes, Jackie Holt, Joan Hoyte, Christie & Chad Hoyte Hayes, Baruti Jahi, EJ Johnson, William Johnson, Ledo Pizza and Pasta employees, Marc Loud, Mark Marich, Jack Marrkand, Christine & Jane Martin, Alan Mitchell, Frances Nelson, Manny Pastreich, Cynthia Prather, Arnold & Bonnie Randolph, Dwayne Revis, Anne Riley-Jahi, Jackie Seaborne, Kelly & Tim Shuy, Cathy Sloss, Nicole Smith, Maurice Thomas, Vivian Tucker, Martha Wetherholt, Tanya Wright-Nelson – and those other volunteers whom we may have missed!

SPCA President Baruti Jahi recog-nizes Ledo Pizza and Pasta (Shepherd Park neighbors Tim and Kelly Shuy) and Postal Connections (Anthony Bolling with his children) with community service awards for their businesses' support of our community.


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Thanks to the sponsors and donors: American Security & Communication (Lamar & Sandra Cox), CREATE Arts Center (Tamar Hendel), Fitness Together (Ken Clarke), Gateway Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corp. (Marc Loud), Alan Kuwabara, DDS, Ledo Pizza & Pasta (Kelly & Tim Shuy), The Mayor’s Constituent Service Fund, The Medicine Shoppe, Councilmember Mendelson's Constituent Service Fund, NAI Personnel (Oscar & Patricia Hannaway), Park Laundromat, Postal Connection (Anthony Bolling), Pure Bliss Day Spa, Bonnie Randolph/Weichert Realtors, Remtun Pharmaceuticals, Rock Creek Sports Club, Councilmember Schwartz’s Constituent Service Fund, El Tamarindo (Jose Reyes), Teddy’s Roti, Tiramisu Bakery & Cafe, and Wireless Toyz (Michael Hewitt). Thanks to those who shared community information: Shepherd Elementary PTA, Takoma Theatre Conservancy, and Gateway Georgia Avenue Revitalization Corp. And to neighbor Fred Schirrmacher, for sharing his historical maps and knowledge of our neighborhood.

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Former and new SPCA presidents Baruti Jahi and Beth Allaben.


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Support Our Local Schools! Contact the school’s parent organization or principal to find out additional ways you can support our schools. To reach school employees by email, use this new format: [email protected]

Shepherd Elementary Principal Dan Robinson Business Manager June Confer 7800 14th Street, NW, 576-6140 www.shepherd-elementary.org PTA President Yvonne McIntyre (744-5638, [email protected]) Painless fundraising: Drop off Snider's grocery receipts, Box Tops for Education, Campbell's soup labels and HP, Dell and Lexmark used printer cartridges at the school's office; list the school's number for various rebate programs: Giant Foods – online at www.giantfood.com or at the store (00154); French Toast school uniforms – www.frenchtoast.com (QS4SJF). PTA meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday each month.

Alice Deal Middle School Principal Melissa Kim 3815 Fort Dr., NW, 282-0100 PTA Co-Presidents Ruth Ernst (332-7921, [email protected]) and Sally Greenberg (364-2531, [email protected]) www.dealpta.org Purchase your wrapping paper through Sally Foster www.sallyfoster.com. Deal's school number is 507655 (50% of purchase goes to Deal). Buy your books at Politics and Prose on November 10 & 11 and a portion of the sales will be donated to Deal. Open House for prospective students and parents, Wednesday, November 14, 6:30-8:30 pm. PTA meeting/Parent Education Workshop, Thursday, November 15, 7-9 pm.

Calvin Coolidge Senior High School Principal L. Nelson Burton 6315 5th St., NW, 576-6143 PTSO President Terry Goings (486-3646, [email protected]) Annual alumni scholarship breakfast, Saturday, October 6, 9:30 am-12 pm at the Washington Navy Yard. Contact Debra Whitford at 744-9082 or visit the alumni association website www.cchs-aa.com.

Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Interim Principal Jacqueline Williams 3950 Chesapeake St., NW, 282-0120 www.wilsonhs.org PTSA Co-President Columbus Spruell ([email protected])


Shepherd Park Community Steps Up for Shepherd Elementary

By Yvonne McIntyre. Photos by Beth Allaben and Warren Peck.

Shepherd Elementary went through a remarkable transformation this summer. Warren Peck, Shepherd Elementary parent and co-chair of the PTA Buildings and Grounds Commit-tee, organized weekend clean-ups, drawing many of the school’s teach-ers, parents and neighbors who came to help clean, paint, move furniture and help teachers set up their class-rooms. In addition to contributing time, people also contributed funds to help pay for classroom painting. And

when DC’s promised repair “blitz” was slow to get started, the PTA and many parents and

neighbors con-tacted our gov-ernment offi-cials, including Councilmember Muriel Bowser (who came to the s choo l every week-end), Mayor Adrian Fenty a n d D C P S

Chancellor Michelle Rhee, to jump-start the work. As a result of all this effort, Shepherd Elementary students started the new year at a school that is now much safer, cleaner and brighter. Thanks to all of those in-volved over the summer and we hope we can continue to rely on the com-munity throughout this school year.

Evening and Weekend Childcare. Parents, are you feeling overstretched and in need of some "me" time or wishing for a date night? If so, call Shepherd Park resi-dent Enjoli 722-7541 or 286-7731 (c) or email [email protected] for experienced, personable and trustworthy childcare service. Serving Shepherd Park families since 2004.

Shepherd Elementary Fall Fest When: Saturday, Sept. 29 (Sunday, Sept. 30 rain date), 11 am-4 pm Where: On the grounds of Shepherd Elementary What: Fun, Food and Games at the 2nd Annual SES Fall Fest. Moonbounce and other "carnival" rides. Games for all ages. Crafts. Face painting. A chance to meet your neighbors, support your neighborhood school, and have a great time. Kids of all ages are welcome and will find something fun to do.

Tutoring for Shepherd Students For the tenth year, the Shepherd/Tifereth Israel Tutoring Program will provide free weekly tutoring to Shep-herd Elementary school students.

We meet every week at the local synagogue on Sundays from 5-6 pm. We will start this year in late Sep-tember.

Each student is paired with an adult or a high school or junior high school student for the year.

Together, the student and tutor go over math or reading, or do home-

work together. In the course of the year, the stu-dent and tutor form a close rela-tionship and we have seen im-provements in many students’ per-formance and enjoyment of school.

If you are interested in having your child receive tutoring, if you would like to volunteer (high schoolers can receive commu-nity service credit), or to learn more, e-mail Dan Nathan at [email protected]


Neighborhood Optical Offers Vision for the Future Article and Photos by Cynthia Prather.

Do your eyes thirst for comfort? Want to try a new look? The answers to these and other questions wel-come you at Focal Point Optical, the optical shop on Eastern Avenue just west of Georgia Avenue and the Sil-ver Spring line. August 2007 marked the 16th year for owner/optometrist, Dr. Kevin Jackson, who opened in Shepherd Park in 1991.

As an African American, Dr. Jack-

son is one of a few minority-owned, independent opticals in the city. “Not too many black optometrists own their own practice and the optical,” he said, counting them on one hand.

He attributes the concept of provid-ing a service and a product to a brain-storm from his father. He continues his commitment to this, even as lar-ger chains offer stiff competition. Fo-cal Point’s optometry services include

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routine eye exams, tests for glaucoma and problem diagnosis. Once the problem is pinpointed, Dr. Jackson and his staff help customers select the eyeware they need. Single vision lenses, no-line bi-focals and progres-sive lenses are available.

Perhaps what distinguishes Dr. Jackson most from other local op-tometrists are his fashion-forward frames. Displays include frames for men and women by Prada, Armani, Alain Mikli, Francois Pinton, Skaga, Pro Design and others (he assures me that optical afficionados will appreci-ate the names and the prices). Some special orders are possible.

Dr. Jackson’s main hope is that more people in the community will come and support Focal Point and other neighborhood shops. “A cus-tomer who had been promising to come in for months showed up one morning and had three friends with him. He picked up his order, and two of them bought glasses.” Dr. Jackson’s eyes danced behind his designer frames. “That made my day.” Focal Point Optical 7828 Eastern Avenue, NW 829-2700

Dr. Jackson performing an eye exam.

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“Good Things Are Happening” on the Gateway Georgia Avenue

By Marc Loud. Photos by Beth Allaben.

Gateway South Silver Spring busi-nesses are planning a MoJo at SoPo Halloween Party, Satur-day, October 27, 2-7 pm. A haunted house, costume prizes, face paint-ing and many artists selling their

wares in the Blair Mill Arts Al-ley. Rain or shine, food, music, fun for all! Visit www.mojoatsopo.com or 301-565-2262 for more details.

Stay tuned to the Gateway website and the local listservs for informa-tion on a grand opening later this fall for Gateway's newest retailer, Sisterspace and Books. For more information, contact owner Faye Williams at [email protected].

Confidential sources report that the DC Office of Plan-ning is trying to determine whether GSA will set aside the southwest cor-ner of the 109-

acre Walter Reed campus for mixed-use retail development. Meanwhile, additional sources re-port that GSA is working closely with the DC Historic Preservation Office to identify buildings that do

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not have historic designations (which could limit GSA’s options for renovation and/or removing those buildings).

Ledo Pizza, Alchemy, and May-orga were voted best in their category (pizza, boutique, and coffeehouse) in a recent poll taken by the “Silver Spring Voice”. Con-gratulations to our Gateway en-trepreneurs!

Gateway recently launched a pilot text messaging system for businesses in partnership with the DC Metropolitan Police Department, and the DC Emergency Management Agency. The new customized system allows DC Gateway businesses to receive in-stant alerts whenever a crime or public emergency occurs within a 2 mile radius of the upper Georgia commercial corridor.

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Shepherd Park Calendar of Events

Fri, Oct 5, 6-8 pm Celtic art and music at Heliport Gallery, 8001 Kennett St, Silver Spring, [email protected] or 301-565-2262 Sat, Oct 6, 9:30 am-12 pm Coolidge High School annual alumni scholar-ship breakfast at the Washington Navy Yard, 744-9082 or www.cchs-aa.com. Sat, Oct 6, 11 am-2 pm Free health screening and information in connection with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Museum of Health and Medicine @ Walter Reed, 782-2200 Tues, Oct 9, 7 pm SPCA Community Meeting, Shepherd Elem. Sat, Oct 13, 11 am PSA 401 mtg, ShPk Library Wed, Oct 17, 6-8 pm Coffeehouse night in honor of Teen Read Week, ShPk Library Wed, Oct 17, 6:45 pm Shepherd Elem. PTA mtg Sat, Oct 27, 2-7 pm MoJo at SoPo Halloween Party, haunted house, costume prizes, face painting and artists @ Blair Mill Arts Alley, rain or shine, www.mojoatsopo.com or 301-565-2262

Continuing Tuesdays, 10 am Storytime for Preschoolers and 11 am, Tales for 2s, ShPk Library Thursdays, 10:30 am Preschool Movies and Songs, ShPk Library First Wednesday of the month, 4 pm Arts and crafts for all ages, ShPk Library Saturdays, 1 pm Scrabble for all ages, ShPk Library Wednesdays in Sept 10 am-2 pm Docent training for the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed, 782-2456 or [email protected].

September Wed, Sept 26, 7 pm Orange Hat mtg for current and prospective patrollers, ShPk Library, [email protected] or 882-7419 Sat, Sept 29, 11 am-4 pm 2nd Annual Shepherd Elementary Fall Fest, fun, food, games, crafts, face painting and moon bounce (rain date Sept 30)

October Tues, Oct 2, 7:15 pm ANC 4A mtg, Ft. Stevens Rec Center

Mon, Oct 28, 4 pm Ghost stories & Halloween party for school-age children, ShPk Library Wed, Oct 31, 5:45-6:30 pm SPCA’s 3rd Annual Halloween Parade (parade at 6 pm sharp), Shepherd Field

November Sat, Nov 3, 11 am-2 pm Free health screening and information in con-nection with National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, National Museum of Health and Medicine @ Walter Reed, 782-2200 Sat, Nov 3, 2-3 pm Art As Evangelism: Liturgical Dance at ShPk Christian Church with performances by the dance choirs of Paul Public Charter School, Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Metro-politan A.M.E. Zion Church and the Mime Ministry of Ms. Gena Wells Tues, Nov 6, 7:15 pm ANC 4A mtg, Ft. Stevens Rec Center Sat, Nov 10, 11 am PSA 401 mtg, ShPk Library Wed, Nov 14, 6:30-8:30 pm Open House for prospective students and parents at Alice Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive, NW, www.dealpta.org Thurs, Nov 15, 7-9 pm PTA mtg/Parent Education Workshop at Alice Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Dr, NW, www.dealpta.org

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