June 2010 Echo
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The Newsletter of the Randolph Civic Association Volume 53, Issue 8 June/July/August 2010 RCA Community Bazaar people came by to snag some bargains. Many people a Big Success ordered lunch from Boy Scout Troop 1083 who served grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. The kids enjoyed both a by Kendra Fletcher clown that made balloon animals, and a face painter in the The RCA Community Bazaar on Saturday, May 8th at afternoon. Montrose Baptist Church and Christian School Loehmann’s Plaza was a huge success. There were over also held a booth with information about their ministries. A 30 different sellers and booths and an estimated 200+ special thanks goes out to Loehmann’s Plaza for providing the space for the event and for hiring the clown and face painter. The new banners that you saw hanging were provided by Sign-A-Rama on Nicholson Lane. Also, thanks to Kevin Kline for managing the event from start to finish. The Fall RCA Com- munity Bazaar will be held in October 2010. Please check the September/ October Echo for an exact date and let us know if you would like to The May 2010 Community Bazaar was blessed with nice weather and a great turnout. volunteer. Upcoming Events RCA General Membership Meeting June 3rd, 2010 8:00pm-10:00pm, Veirs Mill Recreation Center Join your neighbors and State Representative Al Carr for a legislative wrap-up from Annapolis. Also on the agenda: the RCA Voter Guide, the District One Council debates, and the potential for a new Federal railway ‘quiet zone’ in Randolph Hills. Special RCA Event: District One Council Candidate Debate September 2nd, 2010 8:00pm-10:00pm, Veirs Mill Recreation Center Incumbent Roger Berliner and challenger Ilaya Hopkins will hold their final debate less than two weeks before the primary election in Randolph Hills. Mark your calendar now. This will be a can’t miss neighborhood event! RCA Executive Committee and President’s Message Committee Chairs for 2009-2010 by Dan Hoffman, RCA President We wrap up this 2009-2010 RCA year with OFFICERS some exciting news going into next year. We will be the host of one of three District One County President Echo Advertising Council debates for the election this fall. The three Dan Hoffman Kendra Fletcher 4602 Wilwyn Way 12109 Galena Road debate locations are Chevy Chase, Bethesda, and 301-938-7494 703-863-0906 Randolph Hills. You read that correctly. The debate will be on September 2nd as part of our first meet- Vice President Communications Committee Chad Salganik (Primary Contact for Media ing back from the summer break. The format of the 4818 Mori Drive Requests) debate is still being developed by the RCA Board 202-359-6158 Dan Hoffman and with the primaries on September 14th, it will 4602 Wilwyn Way 2nd Vice President 301-938-7494 be very important for both candidates: incumbent David Matera Roger Berliner and challenger Ilaya Hopkins. [email protected] Membership and Welcome 202-412-6820 Committee As we go into this summer, make sure you are John Kehoe signed up on our neighborhood email list. You can Secretary 4814 Red Fox Road Christiana Drapkin 301-231-4933 sign-up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/randol- 11813 Ashley Drive phca/ and get important and sometimes urgent [email protected] Environment and Services neighborhood news. It’s also the only way to get Committee Treasurer Matthew Tifford the first (at least the first one I know of)Echo sum- Nick Kriesle 11235 Ashley Drive mer edition. This will be a digital-only edition 4302 Star Lane 301-770-4377 and not delivered to your door step like regular 301-770-0119 Education Committee Echo editions. It will be shorter (about 8 pages) Directors George Gadbois but still loaded with great neighborhood informa- Kevin Kline 4718 Topping Road tion. It will be distributed via the RCA Yahoo group 4808 Randolph Road 301-770-5386 301-230-1486 in mid-July. Yard Sale Signs On a similar note, the RCA will also return Brian Hooker Lorena Moyer Macon Drive 4802 Macon Road from the summer with another new feature. Our brian.r.hooker@gmail. 301-984-8727 September/October edition of the Echo will include com a voter guide. This was discussed at a recent RCA Webmaster Karen Helfert Chad Salganik meeting and approved by the Board. The RCA will 11429 Ashley Drive 4818 Mori Drive not formally endorse any candidate, but will ‘grade’ 301-468-0236 202-359-6158 candidates based on the responses to a question- COMMITTEE CHAIRS Public Safety Committee naire based on our neighborhood priorities. The AND David Matera full questionnaire and all responses will be posted POINTS OF CONTACT [email protected] on the RCA website as they become available. 202-412-6820 Echo Editor The questions, developed by the Board and based Mark Nensel External Affairs Committee on the neighborhood priorities you helped us iden- [email protected] Dan Hoffman tify last fall, will be brought before the membership 4602 Wilwyn Way Echo Production 301-938-7494 at the June meeting. Please try to attend. One Dan Hoffman of our state legislators, Al Carr, will be our guest 4602 Wilwyn Way Ways and Means speaker that night and will present a recap of the 301-938-7494 Nick Kriesle 4302 Star Lane last legislative session in Annapolis. We hope to 301-770-0119 see you there! RCA Telephone Number: (240)668-4722. Recorded announcements of community events, 24 hours a day. Callers may leave messages. Membership in the RCA is $10.00 per year. The Echo is the official publication of the Randolph Civic Association, Inc., P.O. Box 2202, The Randolph Civic Association was formed in 1955 and incorporated in 1958. As stated North Bethesda, Maryland 20852. The Echo is published 8 times a year and distributed free in the original Articles of Incorporation, the purposes of the RCA are “to stimulate inter- to all residents of Franklin Park, Hilltop Square, Montrose Park, Randolph Hills, Randolph est in all community problems and improvements that will better the general welfare of Farms, and Westminster. Deadline for submission of articles varies; the next deadline is the community [and] to pay strict attention to any attempt to lessen the value of property noted in each issue. If you would like to send an article in for consideration, please email within its borders...” the article to [email protected]. Web site: www.randolphcivic.org Page 2 June/July/August 2010 THE ECHO Neighborhood News in Brief • New Digital-Only Echo Coming this Summer: For the first time, an abbreviatedsummer Echo will be dis- tributed. It just won’t be delivered to your doorstep as usual. This Echo will only be sent to those residents who have signed up for our neighborhood Yahoo group. The Yahoo group is free and provided as a service only to residents (this helps keep the list spam free). When you sign up, please provide your name and street address so we can confirm your residency. It’s a great way to get breaking neighborhood news, referrals for services, and reminders about neighborhood events. The digital Echo will be delivered to the Yahoo group in mid-July and posted on the RCA website after that. To sign up for the Yahoo group go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ randolphca/ • Law Passed on Bisphenol-A (BPA): On the morning of April 13, in a ceremonial bill signing held hours after the midnight conclusion of this year’s General Assembly legislative session, Governor O’Malley signed into law the BPA-Free Baby Bottle Act. The law now bans, in the state of Maryland, toys and children’s items containing Bisphenol-A (BPA). BPA is a synthetic form of estrogen that directly impacts the reproductive health of boys, girls, men and women. Research has suggested that BPA exposure may contribute to recurrent miscarriages, fertility problems in men and women, and early onset puberty. With the enactment of this legislation, Maryland becomes a leader in preventing harmful chemical exposure in children. Do you have a quick bite of news you’d like to share with the neighborhood? Please feel free to submit a few sentences to [email protected] by the deadlines posted on page 15 of this issue. Thank you! THE ECHO June/July/August 2010 Page 3 Minutes of RCF 2010 Community Fixtures: Club Joola Annual Meeting by Taun Le Representatives from Club JOOLA recently joined us by Christiana Drapkin, in lieu of at an RCA meeting and there was no shortage of questions Robert Walker, Secretary about their operation. As one of the more unique tenets in On Monday May 17th, the RCF hosted its an- the Randolph Hill Shopping Center, we thought it would be nual Spaghetti Dinner at the Veirs Mill Rec Center. appropriate to convey some of those questions and an- RCF President Matt Tifford thanked everyone who swers in this month’s Community Fixtures. did a great job again and made it a fun family affair. RCA: What is Club JOOLA? Matt then gave an update on the latest RCF activities, JOOLA: Club JOOLA is a table tennis training facility for all including: the sign fund and beautification efforts are ranges of players -- from the recreational all the way up to underway; and RCF conducted a charitable fundraiser professional players. and collected donations exceeding $1,400 (so far) RCA: There’s a table tennis club in Randolph Hills? from Randolph Hills residents for the Hart family, who JOOLA: Yes! We are located at 4931 Wyaconda Rd in had lost their house and belongings in the devastat- Rockville.