Neighborhood News 2012 Fall Ruxton-Riderwood-Lake Roland Area Improvement Association when Men were Men and sport was sport INSIDE The Story of Robert Garrett, Olympic Hero Fall Fun in Robert by Barbara Guarnieri jumping events. It was not until he heard that E. Lee Park the Greek nation had decided to host the first The crowd was still tittering with laughter as the Page 3 international games since 385 A.D. that he began athlete made his third and final attempt. Twice he his odyssey with the had frenetically twirled himself h discus. Professor Meeting and flung the discus hard – William Sloane, his Neighbors by only to watch it spiral end history professor Association over end and land perilously and then a member Page 4 close to the audience. When of the organizing the crowd roared with laughter committee for the Homeh Sales at these ridiculous miscues, first Olympics, Page 8 the handsome athlete simply suggested that acknowledged the guffaws Robert enter the h by joining in the fun and That’s Amore! games and include vamping like a clown. the discus among his Page 10 This one last time he scowled game entries. intently, raised the ancient h The pair consulted The Fall saucer, spun with grace and with classical Gardener’s released it with a loud grunt. scholars for ‘To Do’ List The audience fell silent as information about Page 12 heads traced the perfect the discus and the arc of the disc, watching it ancient exercise h coast cleanly to well beyond Village at Home: of making it fly. the other competing marks. Up and Running They also closely The silence grew deafening; Smoothly examined art the crowd was stunned. No Page 13 from that period one could believe the young such as the famed foreign athlete had defeated This Roman copy of Myron’s famous Discobolus served as a h Discobolus, sculpted The Origins of the Greeks at their own time- pre-Olympic model for garrett Photo courtesy The British Museum and cast in bronze Hurstleigh honored exercise. The young by Myron in 450 Page 14 American had just won a gold B.C. This particular medal in the discus! h statue had long been admired for its portrayal of The League of Legends were born that day in April of 1896. a beautifully proportioned athlete crouched and Women Voters Robert Garrett (1875-1961), then in his third year poised at the very moment when his arm would Page 18 at Princeton, became something of a supernatural spring forward to release the discus. Surely, thought hero to the Greeks. He had arrived in Athens only Garrett, I can stand like this too and get the job h days prior with several American collegiate athletes done. “Lost! Lovable to join in the first modern Olympics since ancient Lab…Please Neither Professor Sloan nor Robert had any idea times. Mostly, he’d made the week-long trans- Call!!” what the discus should look like except from art Atlantic crossing with three friends to savor a good, Page 21 prints. No one manufactured them in the United old-fashioned adventure. States so they developed a scale drawing, took it h Garrett, a strong athlete and the captain of the Princeton track team, was noted for shot put and Continued on page 16 Ruxton-Riderwood- Lake Roland President’s Letter Neighborhood NeWS Dear Neighbors, I would highly encourage you to participate in the pre-DRP discussions. Fall 2012 Welcome to the Fall 2012 issue of Neighborhood NEWS. Two recent Board-sponsored Table of Contents Once again, our activities were the always- 1 When Men Were Men and newsletter committee popular Dumpster Day in Sport Was Sport has put together an April and the quarterly Stop 2 President’s Letter engaging publication Waste and Trash (SWAT) 3 The Foundation at that combines neighborhood clean-up in Mid-Year 2012 informative articles with early June. 3 Fall Fun in Robert E. Lee Park features about local As my term as President 4 Meeting Neighbors history that you will by Association winds down, I would like not see anywhere else. 6 The Design Review Panel to say how honored I am a Homeowners’ Primer Without our dues-paying to have served in this 8 Home Sales members, we would not role. Admittedly, at times 9 Bookmark This: A Food Blog be able to continue to it has been a challenge Born and Bred in Ruxton publish our newsletter. to balance competing 10 That’s Amore! We thank you for your interests of individuals 11 A New Look for Historic support. Towson High School with the community as a 12 The Fall Gardener’s One of RRLRAIA’s whole and I‘ve learned that ‘To Do’ List ongoing activities we can’t please everyone. 13 Village at Home: Up is monitoring infill However, I can say with and Running Smoothly development. We have been very busy the conviction that the RRLRAIA Board and staff 14 The Origins of Hurstleigh past few months setting up meetings for are a group of smart, talented people who 15 A Sign of the Times property owners going through the Design are extremely dedicated to this community. 18 The League of Review Panel process. (For an excellent If you are interested in serving on our Board Women Voters primer on this process, please read Jessica of Governors or participating on one of our 21 “Lost! Lovable Lab… committees, I hope that you will join us at Please Call!!” Paffenbarger’s article on p. 6.) Our aim is to facilitate communication between the the RRLRAIA annual meeting to learn more property owner/builder/architect and the about what you can do. I look forward to Board of Governors adjoining neighbors so that the proposed seeing you there. President – Kathy Mountcastle design can be reviewed, potential concerns Sincerely, 1st Vice President – Barbara Guarnieri can be raised and questions can be answered 2nd Vice President – Tom Weadock early in the process. Often concerns can be Kathy Mountcastle Treasurer – Keith Murray Secretary – Bliss McCord addressed with small changes to the plans. If Jeffrey Budnitz there is a DRP project in your neighborhood, Deborah Burker Elise Butler Kelly Chew Greg Glessner Frederick Hudson Patrick Jarosinski Join the SWAT Team Peter Maloney Jake Martin Tracy Miller Save the dates below when volunteers will be needed to clean our neighborhood streets. Scott Murphy Please visit www.rrlraia.org for more information. Jessica Paffenbarger Kathy Palencar Saturday, September 8, 2012: 8 to 10 a.m. Tom Peace Nettie Washburn Saturday, November 10, 2012: 8 to 10 a.m. Peggy Webster Sunday, March 2, 2013: 1 to 3 p.m. Justin Wiggs Ande Williams Sunday, May 18, 2013: 1 to 3 p.m. Sky Woodward Executive Director, Peggy Squitieri Newsletter Committee: Neighborhood NEWS is published three times a year by The Ruxton-Riderwood-Lake Roland Area Improvement Association, Inc., P.O. Box 204, Riderwood, MD 21139, Tel: 410-494-7757. Barbara Guarnieri, Chair Bliss McCord Graphic Production: Kathy Mountcastle DesignConcept.com Deadlines for copy, including announcements and calendar items, are February 1st for Spring issue, Jessica Paffenbarger, Editor July 1st for Fall issue and October 1st for Winter issue. Advertisers contact: [email protected]. Kelly Chew, Advertising Nettie Washburn Printing: mtroyalptg.com 2 The Foundation at Mid-Year 2012 by Joseph M. Coale Every year is different in the fundraising arena. So far this year, The Greater Ruxton Area Foundation was started a decade ago to 115 residents have responded to our May mailing. The donations help in the preservation and beautification of our have ranged from $10 to $1,000 with the average unique and historic community. Those of us who being about $200. We will issue a 2012 year-end formed the Foundation felt the need to support a letter that will report on our finances, contributors, campaign to restore some of what has been lost accomplishments and plans for the coming year. during years of neglect. I am often amused by being referred to as a Everyone looks at his or her home as a sanctuary, ‘community activist’ but, frankly, that’s what it but it’s also true that the neighborhood in which takes to get things done. Due to active lifestyles the home resides is a sanctuary. The community and professional commitments, not everyone frames and sets the tone for the residences that can play an active role in the community, but it contains. This is why the Foundation’s work is most can afford to at least nominally support the effort. County government cannot carry the important to all our residents. The Foundation puts responsibility for beautification and preservation of our collective resources to work here where we our community. We must be our own keepers and live. continue to accept the challenge. I believe our best While we have been pleased to see many days are ahead and we each must participate. new participants this year, our landscaping improvements have been made possible mostly by a core of Tax deductible donations payable to GRAF can be sent to P.O. Box 204, Riderwood, MD 21139. consistent and generous contributors. Fall Fun in Robert e. Lee Park by Nancy Worden Horst which is geared to children, their families and friends. The Robert E Lee Park Nature Council (RELPNC) is grateful to Senator Bobby Have you been to Robert E. Lee Park recently? If not, you’re Zirkin and Delegates Steve Lafferty, Jon Cardin, Dan Morhaim and missing a chance to explore this 450-acre park where nature Dana Stein for sponsoring the bond bill.