Glover Park JUNE 2013 The Monthly Newsletter of the Glover Park Citizens' Association Glover Park Day Turns 24! Come Celebrate with Your Neighbors and Enjoy Live Music, Food, Crafts, and More! Cheri Meyer he 24th annual Glover Park Day will be throughout the day, including several grand Glover Park Day is cosponsored by the held on June 1, 2013, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. prizes, and, of course, the annual signature Glover Park Citizens’ Association and the Ton the grounds of the Guy Mason Glover Park Day t-shirt. And for the first DC Department of Parks and Recreation. For Recreation Center. This is our yearly festival to time, we will have an ice cream truck selling more information on Glover Park Day activi- welcome summer, enjoy greeting our neighbors, all of your favorite ice cream treats. ties, visit www.gloverparkday.org. and celebrate Glover Park. We will dance to Don’t forget to bring the kids! In ad- We look forward to seeing you on some great live bands, eat ourselves silly, shop dition to the great play area at Guy Mason, Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Glover Park Day #24! for the perfect gift and, perhaps, sign on to join there will be lots of activities for kids, includ- a community service group. Don’t miss it! ing face painting, the balloon blaster, moon Glover Park Day 2013 will include all of bounce, and a chance to climb all over a real the great activities we look forward to each fire truck. year, including great food from local restau- It wouldn’t be Glover Park Day without rants such as Rocklands Barbeque, Shanghai great live music. The 2013 musical line-up is: Lounge, and Old Europe; a variety of crafters The Drive-In at 11:00 a.m., The Top Tones at showing off handcrafted jewelry, soaps, 12:15 p.m., BoxCartel at 1:30 p.m., The Un- candles, and toys; local businesses includ- forgiven at 2.45 p.m., and Etouffe at 4:00 p.m. Glover Park Day ing Lil Omm Yoga, Balance Gym, and Savoy Glover Park Day is a big undertaking Suites; and community groups such as Glover and we need all the community help and Park Village, Kiwanis, and St. Luke’s Shelter. support we can get. If you would like to Saturday, June 1, 2013 But, as they say on late-night TV ads, participate as a volunteer, vendor, crafter, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. that’s not all. Glover Park Day will include the sponsor, community organization, or in any Guy Mason popular flea market, a dog obstacle course, other capacity, please contact Cheri Meyer at Recreation Center the Guy Mason Studio Arts artists showing [email protected] or Amanda Gant at off their handcrafted wares, prize drawings [email protected]. 2 Join In • Make a Difference Glover Park Participate • Get Involved • Engage Contents Elected Officers of the Glover Park Citizens' Association (GPCA) Glover Park Day ......................1 President Sheila Meehan ([email protected]) 1st Vice President Melissa Lane ([email protected]) President's Report ...................3 2nd Vice President Allen Tomlinson ([email protected]) Stoddert Wrap-Up ...................3 Treasurer Cheri Meyer ([email protected]) Secretary Jarrett Ferrier ([email protected]) ANC 3B News .........................4 Sergeant at Arms Jack Everett ([email protected]) Federation Reps Patricia Clark, Frank Martorana, and Big Chili ..................................4 Karen Sprecher-Keating Glover Park History .................5 Membership Director Allen Tomlinson ([email protected]) Glover Park Day Amanda Gant and Cheri Meyer Library Events .........................5 ([email protected] or [email protected]) Max's Ice Cream .....................6 Gazette Staff Daphne Henry .........................6 Editor Carol Ryder ([email protected]) Design and Production Nora Korc ([email protected]) Where Am I? ...........................7 Advertising Manager Maggie Simpson ([email protected]) Commercial Confidential ........8 Contacts Healthy Living .........................9 Advertising [email protected] Farmers' Market ....................11 Editorial [email protected] Delivery Dick & Elaine Sullivan ([email protected]) Trash Talk III ..........................12 The Gazette is distributed door-to-door throughout Glover Park by volunteers. Sidewalk Repairs ...................12 To receive the Gazette by mail, contact [email protected]. The yearly subscription rate is $20. GPCA Swag ...........................13 Responsible letters to the editor will be published as space allows. Parenting in the Park.............14 What’s new in Glover Park? Check us out on both Facebook and Twitter! 39th Street's New Steps .......15 Visit www.gpcadc.org to keep up with community news! If you love living in Glover Park, get involved! Join the Glover Park Citizens' Association today! Generously support the group that takes care of your neighborhood. Preserve the family-friendly quality of our community. Communicate your ideas to improve your neighborhood. Act locally to get things done. Membership fees Single $20 Double $35 Senior $15 Former/absent resident (no vote) $20 Name(s) Business/corporation (no vote) $75 Donation $____ Address Return form and fee to GPCA, P.O. Box 32268, Washington, DC 20007 Make check payable to GPCA. Email Glover Park Gazette 3 President’s Report Thank You, Thank You, Thank You… Sheila Meehan he budget year for the Glover Park Citi- ship renewals and benefits—we are only just least heralded, an amazing distribution team zens’ Association (GPCA) runs from beginning to reap the benefits of his work. headed by Dick and Elaine Sullivan. We could TJanuary to December, but its work year And last, and absolutely not least, Cheri Meyer not continue the Gazette if we had to mail it, is much closer to a school year—September now does double duty: expertly crunching so a big, big thank you to all the volunteers through Glover Park Day in June. numbers as Treasurer and cochairing (with (from middle schoolers to 90-year-olds) who May 7 marked the last meeting of the Amanda Gant) Glover Park Day. How Cheri dutifully pick up their stack of Gazettes each 2012–13 year and on behalf of our officers, does all of this plus a demanding day job, I month and drop them on your doorstep. I’d like to thank our members for their sup- have no idea. More shout-outs. Closing up shop for port, ideas, and guidance throughout the year. TheGazette Crew. A newsletter like ours the summer gives you a moment to look It’s been an honor and a pleasure to serve. requires lots of effort from lots of folks. Carol around and marvel at the neighbors who On a personal note, I’d like to thank my Ryder assumed the editorship in September contribute more than their share to the com- colleagues for being so generous in shar- and hit the ground running, injecting new en- munity: Joe Fiorillo, the go-to guy who is ing their knowledge and experience. Jarrett ergy and ideas. She also cajoled her journalist currently at work on Glover Park Day; the Ferrier (Secretary) and Jack Everett (Sergeant husband, Randy Rieland, to contribute most ANC, which has been out front on transporta- of Arms) are past presidents of the GPCA of the polished cover stories you’ve enjoyed tion needs, noise issues, and needed repairs— with decades of experience in neighborhood this year. Nora Korc continues to do wonders most recently the steps up to the park at 39th matters and lots of good humor to boot! with the layout and design, as well as oversee- Street (see page 15); the many, many Glover I am convinced that Melissa Lane (1st Vice ing the technical requirements of our ads. Park Village volunteers, who have made a real President and a past ANC member) knows Maggie Simpson, for a second year running, difference in the neighborhood; and Mitch everything about Glover Park and everyone has chased up advertisers and contributed one Wander, who somehow finds time to serve in it; I could not have asked for wiser counsel. herself. Both Carol and Maggie will be leaving as listserv and Twitter moderator and as an Allen Tomlinson (2nd Vice President) brought in June and will be greatly missed. incredible resource on city matters. extensive knowledge of the Gazette’s financing TheGazette is blessed with terrific con- Thank you all and see you in September! and advertisers and fresh ideas on member- tributors, supportive advertisers, and, perhaps Have a wonderful summer. Stoddert, Glover Park’s Gem of a School, Wraps Up a Great Year Patricia Pride, Principal s I look back on the year I feel blessed, the Botanical Gardens, along with district ini- school. From funding benches to professional happy, and am in wondrous awe of tiatives around reading and math. So not only development, your efforts are felt by everyone Athe work completed by our children have our students been learning and working in the building. A true gift that touched every and teachers with overwhelming support of hard, so have our teachers. We are never done student and staff member was the funding of the parents and community members since learning. our part-time library position this year. Know- I walked through the doors this past August. Community and Students Working ing our PTA will step in when District funds Teachers and Students Working To- Together. Community connections make the fall short makes Stoddert a special place to gether. With continued focus on the National difference and enrich us all, young and old, learn and work. Common Core State Standards in English and at Stoddert. Many community members and Having always been a working mother, Math, teachers diligently focused on closing businesses have offered that extra bit of energy I felt as if I was never doing enough to sup- the achievement gap while motivating and to give our students and staff not only support port my children’s schools if I didn’t chair a teaching all our students to achieve personal but perspective in the grand experiment we committee or be a member of a board.