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Winter in Burleith— New Book and Annual Gløgg Party Winter in Burleith— March 2017 New Book and Annual Gløgg Party Mark Your Calendar for March 25 Burleith Book Author Talk at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library 1 p.m. A BCA-sponsored Book Launch Party is being planned. Page 3 6th Annual Burleith Winter GlØgg Party! Page 3 Photos by Alex Frederick THE BURLEITH BELL EDITORIAL President’s Message With spring beckoning, maximum allowable height is now 35 feet have heard that the number of workers has the BCA is gearing up and how this is measured has changed. increased considerably. There have been for a busy year. Our There are also detailed rules about serious problems with workers parking on first event, the annual accessory dwellings. our streets. Although the problem persists, Gløgg Party, was held Zoning will be one of the issues discussed DC government agencies and MPD are on Sunday, February at the next community town hall meeting. finally making some efforts. Our ANC 5 at the home of Linda An informal neighborhood development representative Ed Solomon has been active Brooks and Ross Schipper. Attendance steering committee and others have been in trying to find relief. was excellent and included Mayor Muriel researching ways to manage change in At the January meeting of the BCA Board, Bowser and Councilmember Jack Evans. Burleith. This next meeting will be some members voted to publish Board meeting Thanks to Linda and Ross for hosting time in March. I am hopeful that we can agendas on the Burleith website calendar another great party. schedule a community vote on whether and (www.burleith.org/calendar/). The Board An Arcadia publication about Burleith how to move forward with any options in also decided to continue our current will be available after March 6. We are the Spring. practice of making hard copy minutes of excited about this photographic depiction On the topic of airplane noise, the FAA’s these meetings available to BCA members of our neighborhood, which will be sold proposed tweaks to the new route (LAZIR upon request. for $21.99 through the Arcadia website or B) is off the table. So, the litigation track On February 15 we had the first“ walk the Amazon. The BCA will also sell copies. This is more important than ever. Various beat” activity with MPD Officers Atkins, impressive pictorial history is a must-have briefs will be filed soon. The DC Fair Everett, and Shaheen. The police are for any current or previous resident of Skies Coalition needs to fundraise about committed to keeping Burleith safe and Burleith. Co-authors Ross Schipper and $60,000 over the next few months. The reiterated several safety measures that Dwane Starlin undertook this massive BCA Board recently approved a $1000 all residents should follow: keep all doors effort and our deepest thanks go out to donation (our second such sum in two locked at all times, turn exterior lights on them. The BCA will organize a book launch years). Please also consider a donation after dark, and get to know your neighbors. event in mid-March and Ross will conduct via www.dcfairskies.org/donate or by Do not hesitate to call 911 if you see any a book talk at the Peabody Room of the check to the Aircraft Noise Fund, c/o suspicious activity. Georgetown Neighborhood Library on the Citizens Association of Georgetown, Saturday, March 25 from 1 to 2 p.m. Finally, the S&R Foundation has received 1365 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 200, approval to start renovations at the Fillmore Please note that as of September 2016, Washington, DC 20007. All donations are School site. All work will be done to the a new zoning code is in effect. Burleith tax deductible and will be acknowledged. existing building. Plans for an addition are is now an R20 zone. Details on what this The team involved in renovating Ellington currently on hold. I have asked that they entails can be found in Chapter 12: http:// School admitted to having fallen behind, minimize any disruptions to the tot lot, but dcoz.dc.gov/zrr/Subtitles/SubtitleD.pdf. but reiterated that they will finish on time some closures will be necessary. Much remains the same from the previous by summer 2017. There has certainly been R3 zone, but there are some changes: the All the best, more activity at the construction site and I Eric BURLEITH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Board of Directors Website President Eric Langenbacher 337-8211 Webmaster Ann Carper 333-5559 Vice President Nan Bell 338-2831 Administrator Ross Schipper 333-2826 Co-Recording Secretaries Carol Baume 298-5968 Robert Russell 249-0162 BCA Contacts Corresponding Secretary Linda Brooks 333-2826 Burleith Yahoo Listserv Ed Ohl 733-4169 Treasurer Francine Steininger Friends of Ellington Field Rich Field 669-1986 Member at large Ann Carper 333-5559 Fall/Spring Clean-up Janice Sims 333-6435 Member at large Edith Cecil 359-7700 Public Works Janice Sims 333-6435 Member at large Stacy Bernard Davis 965-1510 Transportation Ed Ohl 733-4169 Member at large Alex Frederick 374-0778 Member at large Liane Jones 550-2341 Newsletter Member at large Francine Steininger Editor Stacy Bernard Davis 965-1510 Member at large Kay Twomey Advertising Liane Jones 550-2341 Membership Linda Brooks 333-2826 Circulation Kay Langenbacher 337-8211 Designer Marjorie Kask 744-6066 Write to board members and the BCA at: PO Box 32262, Calvert Street Station, 2336 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington DC 20007 | Email [email protected] The Burleith Citizens Association makes no endorsement, recommendation, warranties, or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, completeness, suitability, adequacy, accuracy, or timeliness of its advertisers or their products and services. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the BCA. 2 THE BURLEITH BELL www.burleith.org COMMUNITY Burleith Pictorial History Here at Last! By Ross Schipper On March 6, Arcadia Publishing, the leading local history Washington, and publisher in the United States, will release a new 128-page book images were even as part of its Images of America series. This book, titled Burleith, collected from the is the result of a three-year effort on the part of its two authors, National Library of me and Dwane Starlin, your Burleith neighbors. Of the twenty-six Scotland. D.C. neighborhoods west of Rock Creek, only five have produced After image books in the Images of America series — Georgetown, Palisades, collection, the other Woodley Park, Cleveland Park and Forest Hills. Now Burleith joins primary focus of as the sixth member of this elite club. the three-year effort was the development of captions to accompany The effort to develop this book began in January 2014 when the images. Arcadia has very specific requirements for the style Arcadia, having researched D.C.'s neighborhoods, expressed an and word count of captions. The captions, tracing the history of interest in publishing a pictorial history of Burleith. As head of Burleith between 17th century Scotland and the early 1970s, describe the Burleith History Group, I was approached by the publisher, a wonderful blend of well-known individuals along with ordinary and quickly enlisted Dwane Starlin as co-author. Books in this citizens of the community, and pay attention to the individuality of its series include 180 to 240 black-and-white images (90% must be residents as well as their varied talents. pre-1970). The Burleith book can be ordered on the Arcadia website, It was a challenge to accumulate pre-1970 images; collection of the arcadiapublishing.com, or on amazon.com. Just search on the key last image used in the book took place in September 2016. Two- word “Burleith.” The authors have agreed to donate all royalties thirds of the images were donated by current or former residents from book sales to the BCA. of Burleith. Another major contributor was the Historical Society of Mayor Attends Burleith Gløgg Party By Linda Brooks and Kishan Putta On February 5, longtime Burleith residents Linda Brooks and Ross Schipper once again opened their home to the neighborhood as they hosted the 6th Annual Burleith Gløgg Party. This party is their yearly gift to the community. More than 75 residents and other guests came out on a balmy afternoon to celebrate winter with gløgg, Scandinavia's variant of mulled wine. There are a wide variety of gløgg recipes. The one Linda and Ross use was handed down from Ross' Norwegian grandmother. His gløgg consists of hot red wine with spices, raisins, caramelized sugar and a healthy addition of whiskey. The word “gløgg” comes We were thrilled to have Mayor Bowser join the party, pictured with hosts from the Old Norse glöth, which means, “glow.” This glowing Linda Brooks and Ross Schipper and BCA President Eric Langenbacher. description is attributed to the sugar that is mixed in the gløgg and Photo by Alex Frederick. describes what your face does after just one potent drink! Gløgg parties are common winter activities among Scandinavians, where Linda and Ross hope that even more Burleith residents will attend they often gather at home to drink gløgg with good friends when it next year's party, but for now they are ready for spring to come. is icy cold and dark outside. The arrival of Mayor Muriel Bowser was a party highlight. She 2017 BCA Board Meeting Schedule became the first DC Mayor to attend one of these not-to-be missed events. Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans introduced Mayor January 26 May 18 September 21 Bowser, who encouraged the attendees to join her in speaking out February 23 June 15 October 26 about what she called Congressional meddling in District affairs, March 23 August 24 November 16 saying to cheers, “Tell Congress the best thing they can do for DC is April 20 to leave us alone!” www.burleith.org THE BURLEITH BELL 3 COMMUNITY Writers in Burleith: STEPHEN BROWN By Forrest Bachner With this issue of the Burleith Bell, we are beginning a series of occasional interviews with writers who live in Burleith.
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