ALCOVA HEIGHTS · 09.10.2012 · October 2007 | ALCOVA HEIGHTS NEWSLETTER NEIGHBORHOOD CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2007 OCTOBER 20:Barcroft Elementary School and George Mason Drive Cleanup

LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

By Elly Merica

The past two years as President, and several prior years as VPof the Alcova Heights Civic Association, have been a deeplyrewarding experience for me. I got to meet and work withmany of you when we responded to the development pro-posals for Penrose Square and the Litman building. We hadsome lively discussions about several issues in our communi-ty. I had the duty and honor to assist a group of DundreeKnolls residents when they had a recurring problem, andthen when the County responded. I have also talked withmany of you at the park, and as I took walks around theneighborhood, much to my kids' dismay -- "Come on Mom!"

It is time for me to focus on my family. I have also found anew calling, and will be transitioning to a degree program andhopefully, a position in public policy. With all these changes,I will not be able to seek reelection as president of AHCA fornext year.

The other members of the executive committee have saidthey will continue, if asked, and will rotate some of theresponsibilities for running meetings, etc. But, we need somefresh energy and insight. I was happy to see some other res-idents pick up on the drainage issues and offer to meet withthe County engineers. Those of you who have similar issuesneed to step up too. It is not a chore when you have help, as

I have found. It is a wonderful way to meet your neighborsand make new friends, and to strengthen the bonds that makethis such a caring and welcoming community.

Please consider this opportunity to become a part of yourneighborhood. You can make the position into your own,and bring your own talents and concerns.

I am happy to support a new President or Co-Presidents inany way I can, including the updating of the ConservationPlan. That is the best way to continue to receive the attentionfrom the County that we need to calm traffic and get otherimprovements. Come to the meeting on November 15th andbe a part of Alcova Heights and our future.

1For more news and information, see our website at: www.alcovaheightsva.com. Email submissions to: [email protected].

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING

6:30 pm Potluck, 7 pm Meeting at Arlington Baptist Churchon S. Monroe St. between 7th and 8th Sts.

Join us for the Election of the Association Officers for 2008,and to discuss the December Caroling in the Park.

And as always, please remember to bring a nonperishableitem for the Church's Food Pantry as a way to thank them forthe use of the meeting space.

ALCOVA HEIGHTSThe Newsletter of the Alcova Heights Neighborhood | Arlington,Virginia

IN THIS ISSUE:

Halloween Parade

Election Information

Taste of the Pike

Harvest Apple Cake Recipe

Fall Gardening

Minutes from September MeetingOCTOBER 2007

ALCOVA HEIGHTS' ANNUAL

HALLOWEEN PARADE AND PARTY

WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2:30 PM sharp!

WHERE: Corner of 7th and Monroe Streets, end-ing at Alcova Heights Park

The Annual Alcova Heights Halloween Parade is coming upsoon, and all are welcome to dress in costume and Parade toAlcova Heights Park. There will be food, drinks, and raffleprizes, along with all sorts of scary and sweet neighbors. Theparade has become a tradition for the neighborhood, andeven for others in Arlington, so you won't want to miss it.

Volunteers are greatly appreciated and always needed! If youcan help on the day of the parade, we need volunteers to dec-orate the park gazebo, help cut off street traffic and placetraffic cones, and help with the food table and clean-up.Everyone is encouraged to bring some food to share, ordonate candy or other Halloween items to Dellynn Periandri,the Parade organizer. Dellynn would very much like to knowwho can help out, and Mike Rhode, our listserve manager,has created a poll where you can sign up to volunteer! If youare already a listserve member, just log in togroups.yahoo.com and select the "Polls" link on the left handside. Volunteers should look for the

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2 For more news and information, see our website at: www.alcovaheightsva.com. Email submissions to: [email protected].

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Halloween Parade andParty Help poll. (Poll closes on Oct. 20., so please commitbefore then, or email directly to the listserve. If you are not

already a listserve member, feel free to [email protected] to volunteer and Iwill pass your information along to Dellynn.)

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NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY -SEPTEMBER MEETING IN REVIEW

By Marie Van Ness

We were pleased to welcome Jennifer Torrez, an AlcovaHeights resident, as our new babysitter for the younger chil-dren. We also started our new format in which the associa-tion officers will take turns leading the meetings. Mark Cole,Treasurer, led the September meeting. The agenda includedthe Treasurer's report, Halloween Parade, follow-up on thestormwater management issue, traffic concerns, bicycle safe-ty concerns, and the Neighborhood Wish List (related to theConservation Plan) to submit to the County. Elly Merica,President, also announced that she will be stepping down asof November. Civic Association Officer Elections will beheld at the November 15 meeting, and all are encouraged toattend!

Dellynn Periandri addressed the upcoming Halloween Paradeand Party to be held on Saturday, October 27, beginning at2:30 pm. Lynn Gant is taking care of getting the necessarypermits, traffic cones and working with the police. Dellynnneeds volunteers! The association members passed a motionto give Dellynn $250.00 to buy items for the party. Dellynnwill have a box on her porch for those who want to donateitems. (If you can help, please sign up on the listserve oremail Margaret Rogers at [email protected].)

Amy Mills has offered to follow up with the ArlingtonDepartment of Environmental Services (DES) staff whohave agreed to provide engineering advice on stormwatermanagement to groups of AHCA residents. Amy suggestedshe could invite the DES staff member to do a walk-throughof the community with interested residents to discuss possi-ble engineering solutions. Mike Rhode mentioned that KosetSurakomol is also interested in this issue. As this is a signifi-cant issue for many in the neighborhood, Mike Rhode hascreated a poll on the listserve for people to state their mostpressing concerns. If you are impacted by stormwater runoff,please be sure to answer the poll, or contact Amy or KosetSurakomol ([email protected]) if you are interested inbeing a part of the walk-through group.

Mark Cole provided us with a Treasurer's Report. The asso-ciation currently has $2,478.00 in deposits, most fromnewsletter advertising ($2,343.00). Only 13 households havepaid their dues ($135). Expenses have been newsletter print-ing ($728.69), Neighborhood Day ($258.79) and miscella-neous expenses ($211.00) which include website fees anddues to CPRO and ACCA. There will be a drive for 2008dues in January 2008. If you have not paid your dues for2007, please bring a check (payable to Alcova Heights CivicAssociation) to the next meeting, or get your dues to MarkCole at 815 S. Oakland St.

A final draft of the directory was presented. Thanks to RainaRose Tagle for her work in putting the directory together.

Elly reported on the response to the County's request for aWish List of projects that neighborhoods would like to con-sider in the long-term. Cliff Anckaitis has been working onthis, and there has been a great response to his request forsuggestions. As a related issue, the NeighborhoodConservation Plan still needs updating. After the meeting, anelectronic copy of the last submitted Conservation Plan wasfound! Elly Merica will work with Cliff to get the projectmoving along. Questions were asked as to whether theCounty is REALLY beginning to move on 7th St. sidewalks,as surveying teams were spotted on 7th St. This appears to beengineering and surveying work that the County is doing toget a good cost estimate before the job is officially approved.However, the sidewalk on 7th St. is one of the seven projectsset to be funded in the next round.

Traffic on Randolph St. and bicycle rider safety and etiquettewere also discussed at the meeting. If there is enough inter-est in a presentation on bicycle safety, we can have a speakerat a future meeting.

Some of the signs announcing civic association meetingshave disappeared, and so the association members moved tobuy 5 additional meeting announcement signs. If a sign islurking in your garage or basement and you would like tohave it find a new home so that it can get out more, please letMarie Van Ness know. We will be compiling a list of signsand their caretakers shortly.

October 2007 | ALCOVA HEIGHTS NEWSLETTER

NEIGHBORHOOD CALENDAR OF

EVENTS FOR 2007OCTOBER 20: Barcroft Elementary Schooland George Mason Drive Cleanup 9 am -1 pm

OCTOBER 21: First Annual Taste of thePike (Arlington Mill Center, 12 pm - 7 pm)

OCTOBER 24: Candidates' Debate,Wakefield High School, 7 pm

OCTOBER 27: Halloween Parade, startingat 2:30 pm at 7th and Monroe Streets

NOVEMBER 6: General Election (localArlington and Virginia election)

NOVEMBER 15: Civic Association Meeting(All meetings are held at the ArlingtonBaptist Church, 6:30 pm potluck, 7 pmmeeting)

NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 1: BarcroftFundraiser at Barnes & Noble

DECEMBER (TBD): Caroling in the Park


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Boyce's Favorite Apple Cake

Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan thoroughly. In a smallbowl, mix together eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugars. In a large bowl, mix alldry ingredients together, then add egg mixture. Stir everything togetherby hand with a very large spoon. Add the chopped apples and stir again.If you like, add up to 1 cup of chopped nuts. Pour into prepared pan. Themixture is very thick, almost too thick to pour. You can spoon it into theprepared pan.

This cake is even better if you can wait a day to eat it! Also, it's deliciouswith whipped cream, if you are feeling decadent.

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Look for this cakeat the HalloweenParty on Oct. 27!



NOVEMBER 6, 2007GENERAL ELECTION

Tuesday, November 6 is thegeneral election for ArlingtonCounty offices and Virginia StateSenators and Delegates. Remember tobring your IDs to the polls. If you for-get your ID but have voted previouslyat your polling site, you should be ableto vote after signing an "Affirmation ofIdentity" statement. If not, you mayhave to vote a provisional ballot.

Not sure who's running? I wasn't either,

so here's the list of candidates forthis year's races for our area. An *indicates the incumbent in therace.

VIRGINIA SENATE, 31ST DISTRICT

Mary Margaret Whipple (D) *Samuel D. Burley (IG-independentgreen)

HOUSE OF DELEGATES, 47TH DISTRICT

Albert C. Eisenberg (D) *

CLERK OF COURT

Paul F. Ferguson (D)Mark D. Kelly (R)

COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY

Richard E. Trodden (D) *

SHERIFF

Elizabeth F. "Beth" Arthur (D) *Steven S. Strasburg (I)

COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE

Ingrid H. Morroy (D) *

TREASURER

Francis X. O'Leary (D) *

COUNTY BOARD (TWO SEATS)Mary H. Hynes (D)J. Walter Tejada (D) *Michael T. McMenamin (R)Joseph J. Warren (R)Joshua F. Ruebner (G)

School BoardAbby J. Raphael (I)

Need a ride to the polls?Representatives of the two major polit-ical parties can help. Call the ArlingtonCounty Democratic Committee at703.528.8588, or the Arlington CountyRepublican Committee at703.685.2488.

Come to the Candidates'Night at Wakefield HighSchool, 4901 S. ChesterfieldRd., at 7 pm on Wed.,October 24. The debate issponsored by the Friends ofSouth Arlington.

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Barcroft Elementary School has implemented a new Spanishlanguage program. Part of the Foreign LanguageElementary School Program, all Barcroft students attendSpanish class three times a week. In addition to learningSpanish orally and in writing, students learn about the cultureand arts of Spanish-speaking countries.

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AT BARCROFT FUNDRAISER AT BARNES &NOBLE NOV 30 - DEC 2

Barcroft Elementary is hosting a fundraising weekend atBarnes & Noble from Friday, November 30th - SundayDecember 2nd. The weekend will feature storytellers, musi-cal presentations, and an art exhibit featuring Barcroft stu-dents. The weekend will start with a presentation by notedchildren's author, Ginjer Clarke, who will appear in the storefrom 6 pm-8 pm and offer a lively discussion and sign copiesof her newest book.

Please join us for a good cause and a portion of any of yourbook purchases will go to help Barcroft students!

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OCT. 20-21 Claude Moore Colonial Farm MarketFair

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Welcome to Sarah CatherineMcMahon, born Aug 1st to Mike,Maura, and big brother Ian.

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THE ALLIANCE FOR HOUSING SOLUTIONS'5TH ANNUAL THOMAS P LECKEY FORUM

WHEN: Saturday, October 27, 2007, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

WHERE: George Mason University Law School (Arlington Campus).

This year's forum focuses on what affordable housing can mean forneighborhoods - the residents and the homes they live in, the individ-ual character of each area, and the strategies for producing affordablehousing in and with neighborhoods. Community leaders and residents,citizens interested in the affordable housing challenge, civic activists,and practitioners are encouraged to attend - to listen, learn and partici-pate in a dialogue on this important issue for all of our communities.

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WHEN: October 21, 2007, noon - 7 pm

WHERE: Arlington Mill Community Center, at4975 Columbia Pike.

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FALL GARDENING - TEND THE SOIL

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By Alice Nicolson

What a disaster the summer has been, at least for me. Firstsome bird discovered the raspberries, and for the first time in25 years I got not one berry. Then the family of raccoons thatset up housekeeping in our block ruined the veggie garden -no tomatoes, squash, cucumbers or melons (but they don'tcare for green beans and peppers)! Bottom line - stupendouswater bills to keep the trees and shrubs and some perennialsalive. Now hints of rain may mean things are looking up.

How to avoid a repetition of this scenario if global warmingmeans local drying out? I think that for me this meansimproving the soil. Had my soil been full of organic matterand well-mulched, plants would have fared better in thedrought. Although it means a great deal of digging, I have toget serious about remaking some of my beds. The half-loadof county leaf mulch I ordered came during the early phaseof the drought and I kept waiting for a good soaking beforeI mulched the beds. Finally I impatiently mulched severalareas after a small rain and then looked on in dismay as themulch proceeded to sop up all subsequent rain and most ofmy sprinkler efforts. The ground stayed pretty dry beneath,alas. When the ground is moister, I'm vowing to lift the plantsas best I can, dig in all of the mulch I'd spread and anotherwhopping load as well, add some low-grade organic fertilizerlike kelp meal or Milorganite, or some greensand, rock phos-phate, or perhaps some bloodmeal or cottonseed meal orbonemeal, and maybe some grit for good tilth, then till it allgently with my brand-new Honda mini-tiller (the old Troy-Built got pretty heavy and I wasn't too sad when the enginecroaked for good this spring), and replant the healthy peren-nials and bulbs, perhaps in a more attractive arrangement.

Of course this means cutting through a lot of tree-roots thathave made their way into the beds since they were built adecade ago (who ever thinks about roots when they plantthose nice whips of choice trees - the Halesia, Davidia, andworst of all, the Prunus 'Okame'), so I'm going to have to tryand recruit my supposedly retired husband to do some of theheavy digging.

Anyhow, the bottom line is always the soil, and the job ofamending and improving it is never done. Vegetable garden-ing seems so much easier from this aspect, since you get toadd stuff in fall and spring, whereas with perennials you canamend only now and then, in bits and pieces, when installing,moving or dividing them. Topdressing with county leaf

mulch is always welcome in the fall, in perennial beds oraround shrubs - except if you want self-seeding poppies, lark-spur or nigella, since most annuals have a tough time comingthrough even an inch of mulch.

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Mulch is available to pick up from the County for free at theTrades Center at 4300 29th St. S., Mon. - Fri. 5 am - 9 pm,Sat. 7:30 am - 4:30 pm, or can be delivered for a small fee.More information is available at www.arlingtonva.us, underthe "Environment" section, or just search for "mulch."

BULBS

Plant your bulbs any time from now to December for yourspring flowers!

FRESH GARLIC NEXT YEAR?

Buy a nice looking head of garlic with large cloves. Plant thelarge cloves this month, in mulched soil about 4 inches downwith the pointy side up, about 4 inches apart. The garlicscapes should be up and ready to harvest around MemorialDay, and the garlic can be harvested sometime around the 4thof July. I (your fearless editor) haven't tried this yet, but I havea pot waiting on the deck to experiment.

"WORKING TOGETHER WEEK" BARCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GARDEN AND S.GEORGE MASON DR. CLEANUP

Join friends and neighbors to clean up the garden at Barcrofton October 20th any time from 9am - 1pm. We'll be weed-ing, mulching and planting around the school, and we'll havehealthy snacks and pizza for lunch. Some will also head overto S. George Mason Dr. to clean up the area along the edgeof the Unitarian Church down along the road across fromArlington Hall and the National Guard training center.

ALCOVA HEIGHTS LISTSERVE

The Alcova Heights Listserve is a great place to find out up-to-date information about what's happening in the neighbor-hood. Mike Rhode has also expanded the features use in theYahoo Group by posting two polls for us to use to coordinateour activities. If you are not already a member of the YahooGroup to access the listserve, please consider signing up. Youcan access the group through www.alcovaheightsva.com, byclicking on "Message Board". You will be redirected to theYahoo site, and you should see a button on the right that says"Join This Group!" Click there and you are on your way! Ifyou have any questions, please contact Mike Rhode, the list-serve manager, at: [email protected].

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Elly Merica [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT

Cliff Anckaitis [email protected]

TREASURER

Mark Cole [email protected]

SECRETARY

Marie Van [email protected]

ACCF REP

Dave Hurren [email protected]

NCAC REP

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Lorelei Brown,Brah Lehman,and Margaret [email protected]

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CIRCULATION

Rhea Dola [email protected]

WEBMASTER

Michelle Larsen [email protected]

LISTSERVE MANAGER

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TRAFFIC

Marie Abarca and Mike McMahon

DIRECTORY

Raina Rose Tagle [email protected]

SPECIAL EVENTS

Dellynn Periandri and Lynn Gant

ENVIRONMENT

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