CHV Newsletter

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Sturdy, September 3 9:00 mYour home

DC Hazardous Waste Materials PickupHazardous materials and personal papers will be picked up from CHVmembers homes and delivered to the Districts safe disposal site. Personalpapers (e.g., medical records or nancial les) will be shredded at the drop-off site and viewed by the CHV delivery team to ensure they are destroyed.

Hazardous wastes for pickup include paint, house cleaners, batteries, oldmedicines, television, video equipment, and other items not accepted in theweekly home trash pickup.

Call 202.543.1778 or e-mail [email protected] y noon, Fiday,S 2, to request a pickup or volunteer to assist with the drive.

Members only

IN THIS ISSUE:

2 SeptemberEventsCalendar

3 MessagefromtheDirector

5 FromtheAdvisortotheBoard

6-7AmyWeinstein;FleaMarketSize

BecomesHotIssueonHinePlan

9 LearnofNewCHVPartnership10-11AnnCannonRemembered,

RonMcGregorRemembered

12-13SummerintheVillageGarden;

CHGCsAnnualBulbGiveaway

14RandomMusings

15GiveAwayClutter,foraCause

16SummerPleasures

18Roasts&ToastsofVillageLeaders

NEWSSeptember 2011

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events continued on page 21

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Ca H VaE

How Re-Stole My Stolen Bike!

continued on page 4

Summer Interns Workwith Many VillageMembersCapitol Hill Village welcomescollege and high school studentsto work as office interns each year.While internships usually occurduring summer months, the CHVoffice also welcomes school-agedvolunteers during the school year.High school students who need to

complete volunteer hours shouldconsider contacting the Village tooffer to work with us.

Following are profiles by two of thisyears participants, as well as photosof intern work.

Debbie Gleason

Senior this fall at Loyola University inChicago, who worked this summer as anintern for CHV

A few years ago, I had to completeservice hours for high school. I

P: C P

By Roberta Gutman

In a feat of derring-do, I got mystolen bike back. Here is my tale.

On Tuesday, June 14, while I wasattending my sketching class atthe Smithsonian American ArtMuseum, my wonderful SpecializedSequoia was ripped off. I lovethis lightweight, perfect-fitting

bike, and Ive put at least $2,500into it. Fortunately, Ive saved allpurchase, repair, and other bike-related receipts, including the bikeserial number.

I filed a report with the police thenext day. They were sympathetic butnot particularly hopeful, yet theydid take down the serial numberand bike details. So much for that!

A friend helped me search Craigs

List. Lo and behold, we found a June17 posting for a Specialized Sequoia


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2 September 2011 Capitol Hill Village News

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seep.23Deadline to buytickets for Sept.18 play The Habitof Artsee p. 21

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office by noon toarrange Sept. 3Hazardous Wastepickup

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Waste Pickup,Startingat9amfromyourhouse,seep.1

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book pickup

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Book DonationMonthly Pickup,startingat9am,seep.21

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Passion,Betrayal,Death,4pm,seep.21

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For more information about any event, or to reserve a space at an event, call the CHV ofce at202.543.1778 during regular ofce hours (9 am to 5 pm) or e-mail [email protected]

September 2011 Events


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September 2011 Capitol Hill Village News 3

Fall is a time of change onCapitol Hill and at Capitol HillVillage. Early in my tenure

as CHVs Director of Communityand Social Services, a dedicated

ofce volunteer and longtime Hillresident explained, Youre about toexperience a real treat, Capitol Hillin the fall. She was right! As thetrees change to gold, red and yellowand the hot, humid air turns to coolbreezes, CHV will gear up for a funand exciting fall season.

We are moving to the ill Center!

As Capitol Hill Village has grown,so has our need for space, and we

are excited to be one of severalnon-profit organizations openingup shop at the Hill Center. CHVwill occupy a top-floor office in thenewly renovated community center,which will offer us space to runmany of the organizations dailyoperations and welcome visitors.We will maintain our office on7th Street, graciously donated bymember Robert Sands, which willremain available as quiet space forstaff and volunteer administrativeduties. Specific move-in dates are tobe announced, but check the CHVwebsite periodically for more details.

ew Member & Volunteerrientation

Capitol Hill Village is launchinga program to help orient newmembers and volunteers to CHVservices and programs. The New

Member & Volunteer Orientationwill allow members of ourcommunity to learn about how toutilize the organization successfullywhile meeting and socializing withone another. All members andvolunteers are invited to join us onThursday, September 15, at the HillCenter. See details in the calendar.

Capitol ill Village urns Four

Mark October 2 on your calendarsfor Apples & Art, celebrating our225 amazing volunteers and ourfourth birthday! This year, CHVhas partnered with the Capitol HillArts Workshop and Capitol HillArts League to bring you a silentart auction. Also, we will announceour Geoff Lewis Direct ServiceVolunteer of the Year and the GailKohn Administrative Volunteer ofthe Year. We will have apple tastings

provided by the Department ofAgriculture and fun fall activitiesfor children. Please come, bringfriends and help us celebrate.

utumn is a time toBe Prepared

Finally, before the chill of wintersets in, be sure to be prepared.Capitol Hill Village has all typesof programs planned to help youget ready to hunker down with oldman winter.

Get rid of stuff around the house.

Take advantage of monthlyhazardous waste and usedbook/CD/DVD pickups. Donatefurniture and household goodsin our Oct. 8 pickup that benefitsA Wider Circle.

Capitol Hill Village News

to ach us:

Phone: 202.543.1778

E-mail:[email protected]

Internet:www.capitolhillvillage.org

Mail: PO Box 15126,Washington, DC 20003

to unsusci, please senda message to [email protected]

to co a , go towww.capitolhillvillage.org

and click on "Join." Paymentof dues through PayPal isavailable online.

to suo h Villag, go towww.capitolhillvillage.organd click on "Support/Donate." Or support CHVthrough the CombinedFederal Campaign # 55474.All donations are welcome!

Caiol Hill Villag Lads

Mary Procter, President ofthe Board

Katie McDonough, ExecutiveDirector

Julie Maggioncalda, Community& Social Services Director

Gail Kohn, Advisor to the Board

Caiol Hill Villag

Nws taEditor: Diane Brockett

Activities Coordinator:Judy Canning

Designer: Roxanne Walker

Copy Editors: Susanne Allen,Eileen Leahy

Web Site: Neal Mann

From the Executive Director

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Villge Summer nterns continued from page 1

Debbie Gleason continued

Kalie Benjamin, senior at .C. Williamsigh School, and lex Collingswork, asenior at Sidwell Friends igh School,assisting Village members with yardwork.

usually workedat St. AloysiusChurch inChicago, wheremy godfatherruns TheMcKenna Center,a homeless

shelter for men. These past fewsummers, I have worked in retailsales. Since I will be a senior atLoyola University in Chicago thisfall, I wanted to intern in an arearelated to my Psychology/HumanServices major. Capitol Hill Village

was an ideal choice.As an intern for the Village, I havehelped out in the office, updatedthe database, mapped out wheremembers live, and answeredmembers calls. Although thesetasks may seem like typical officework, they are much more. While inthe office with Katie and Julie, I havelearned a lot about how to meetthe needs of members, what to dowhen problems arise, and why its

okay to say no sometimes. Mostimportant, I got a glimpse of whatday-to-day social work is like. Katieand Julie have busy days. They notonly work with office volunteers,but also meet with members andare almost full-time caseworkers formembers experiencing challenges.

Ive seen the staff and officevolunteers take on everything withgrace and good humoreven when

the phones are ringing off the hookand there are still three requests forrides to fill for tomorrow. They arevery good at what they do, and theirkindness and generosity are shownin their work.

Over the past few weeks, I have metmany members and volunteers andtalked with interesting people. I

learned about working with peopleand gained experience that will helpme with my education and careerchoices. Overall, my experience atCHV has been a great one and I amvery thankful for the opportunity.

Johnathan Romero

Senior this fall at T.C. Williams HighSchool, one of three high school interns

at the Village office

I startedvolunteeringat Capitol HillVillage duringsummer 2010 andhave continuedthis summer. As

a volunteer, I have been involved intasks such as delivering groceries,preparing for a move, gardening,

technology-related requests, andother home service needs.

At T.C. Williams High School, it issuggested that I volunteer a certainnumber of hours each year. I havevolunteered at other locations,such as the local library, and thattime has been rewarding. Butvolunteering at the CHV has beena much different experience. While

volunteering at CHV, I feel a part ofthe community, and I enjoy visitingmembers and helping them. WhenI visit members in their homes, Iinteract with them and hear abouttheir lives. Capitol Hill Village

has allowed me to complete mycommunity service hours in a veryinteractive way, and I feel I reallyhave helped members to maintaintheir independence.

As a volunteer, I have met withseveral Village members. Recently,I had the opportunity to helpa very kind woman with somepacking in preparation for a move.While I helped her clean out her

house of books and boxes, she wasvery appreciative of my help. Thismade me feel as though I made adifference and impacted someoneslife positively. Experiences like thishelp me to realize how importantit is to be involved with yourcommunity, and how influential youcan be in the lives of your neighbors


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Call Us First!202.543.1778

Ruth appreciated the importance ofCapitol Hill Village to the Capitol

Hill neighborhood. She attendedCapitol Hill Village events andreceived many services fromvolunteers and vetted vendors.

Washington Post columnist PetulaDvorak, Ruths neighbor, reminiscedamusingly in the February 2011Capitol Hill Village News: As afounding member of Capitol HillVillage, Ruth taught us how vital itis that our generations mingle, and

how limited and less interesting aneighborhood becomes without theelderly. She was a living example ofthe aging-in-place movement whenshe died in her home November 17,at 87 years old.

Gail Kohn

Making a difference

You have heard about the CHV BePrepared Agenda.

Prepare for medical and personal

care needs Prepare legally for a serious

medical situation

Prepare your home for the future

If you want to examine yourprogress on these matters, CapitolHill Village offers a convenientchecklist. Many find thinking aheaddaunting. As with many actions,exploring the necessary stepstogether makes it easier.

Capitol Hill Villages ExecutiveDirector Katie McDonough hascreated Be Prepared Universityfor members and supporters toattend seminars for information andsharing insights about the future.The coming programs will giveyou the ideas, tools, opportunitiesto compare notes and motivation toproceed. Take advantage of this one.

On Tuesday, September 27, at

11 am, financial planner BillPhillips, along with attorneyBrad Johnson will tackle EstatePlanning and Necessary Powersof Attorney."

In the lovely Community Centerfor the Townhomes on Capitol Hill,

located at the corner of 6th and IStreets SE, youll be introducedto estate planning, health caredirectives, and both powers ofattorney and durable powers of

attorney.Johnson and Phillips alsowill talk about the related issue ofplanned giving, both giving whileyou are here to witness the resultsand the impact that gifts will haveafter you are gone.

he latest on the Capitol illVillage ndowment rust

In March 2010, the Capitol HillVillage Board of Directorsestablished an Endowment Trust,

providing a vehicle for members andsupporters to ensure the survivaland vitality of Capitol Hill Villagefor many years to come.

The fund was established throughdonations of several foundingmembers of Capitol Hill Village.Shortly thereafter, a generousbequest from the estate of CapitolHill Village member Elizabeth Steinsubstantially increased the fund.

According to the Trust managerBill Phillips in a recent report to theEndowment Trustees, the CapitolHill Village Endowment Trust hasreached six figures, $126,659, thanksto a bequest from the late, well-remembered Ruth Rappaport.

Join other CHV members on

September 27 to learn about estateplanning, health care directives,and both powers of attorney anddurable powers of attorney.

Get your flu shot. CHV is hosting aflu shot clinic on September 28.

Medicare open season startsOctober 15. Join us in October(date to be announced) for a

From the Executive Directorcontinued from page 3session to learn more about

Medicare and how to choose theplan that is right for you.

There are all kinds of ways youcan get involved during the busyseason ahead. We invite you tocontact CHV with any of yourneeds, questions or challenges! Andremember, as always: Call Us First!

Katie McDonough

From the advisor to the Bord


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By Karen Stuck

Capitol Hill residents who follow

the Hine Junior High School

project are seeing quite a bit of

Amy Weinstein, the award-winning

principal architect.

Amy has appeared at most of the

community meetings to explain

the project and hear the views of

residentssome favorable and

others concerned about the

neighborhood impact.

Amy is no stranger to Capitol

Hill; this push and pull from the

community is familiar. Her past

Capitol Hill design projects include

the Association for Home Carebuilding at Eastern Market; the old

Kresge building at 666 Pennsylvania

Ave. SE; 317 Massachusetts Ave. NE;

the conversion of Lees Funeral Home

to the Senate Page Dormitory; an

office building at 518 C St. NE; three

townhouses, including the present

location of Caf Berlin; and Marvelous

Market, which many residents

remember as the Tub Laundromat.

Amys best-known Capitol Hill projectprior to Hine was the Ellen Wilson

Townhomes, where she experienced

similar community input.

Some members of the community

were strongly opposed, and a few

neighbors said it would be the end of

the neighborhood, she recalled. The

mantra we heard was that it would

become another failed public housing

project, but I had confidence that the

change would be positive.

The result was a design that earned

Weinstein the American Institute of

Architects (AIA) National Honor for

Urban Design, the AIAs Washington

Chapters Merit Award, and awards

from the Congress for the New

Urbanism (CNU).

She has confidence as the Hine project

progresses, but says she is not turning

a deaf ear to what she hears from

the community.

I listen to everything and weigh

it in my mind, Amy explained. I

consider if it is based in the reality

of the community and if I canunderstand it in the context of the

community. I really think about it,

and the result is often a modification.

She is aware that whenever

something is going to change around

someones home, it raises emotions.

At Hine, she is faced with putting

a large project into an existing

community without making it

feel like it is one big project. The

challenge, she says, is to break itdown into smaller parts that differ

from one another.

Weinstein wants to design modern

buildings that complement their sur-

roundings rather than overwhelm

them. I really do believe that archi-

tecture should reflect its own time,

she said, explaining her philosophy.

Good design should also reflect its

context. How we marry those two

views is the heart of architecture.

Amy finds the Capitol Hill

community to be very cohesive

truly a village.

It seems like everyone knows one

another and talks to one another, she

said. Its a big plus, and all the input

to projects on the Hill really improves

the projects.

The active engagement of thecommunity is part of the feedback

she must deal with in designing

in a historic area. Navigating the

historic preservation reviews and

neighborhood commissions means

lots of listening is required.

Weinstein was born and raised in

Somerset, Md., just over the District

amy Weinstein: he Hill nd Beyond

continued on page 7

In a meeting earlier this summer,ine Project rchitect my Weinsteinbriefs istoric Preservation Committeemembers, while Stanton Development'sKitty Kaupp looks on.Photo: arry Janezich, emmca.blog


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line. Her architectural degrees are

from the University of Pennsylvania,

and her father, Jesse Weinstein, was

an architect in the District for many

years. She worked for his firm early

in her career.

Three years ago, she ended an 8-year

break from her architectural firm.

The break allowed her to volunteeron various government and associa-

tion boards, including the District

of Columbia Historic Preservation

Review Board (HPRB); teach architec-

ture and design at the Universities of

Maryland and Oklahoma; and serve

as a peer reviewer for the General

Services Administrations Design

Excellence Program.

Does she look back on projects after

they are completed?

I always look back and think

about it and learn from it, she

said. Frequently, I take architects

Im working with on lessons

learned tours.

Whats ahead for her?

Her next projectstarting soon

is with Stanton Development,

combining the buildings that house

Dawn Price, Montmartre, Yes!

Natural Food, and 660 Pennsylvania

Avenue into a single building. This

will add one office space floor above

Yes, three floors of office space above

Montmarte, and fill in the alley

between 660 and 7th Hill Pizza. New

office areas will be accessed from

the elevator core in 660.

Existing retailers and office

tenants are to remain open during

construction. Its not easy, says Amy,

but we did it 20 years ago when

adding three office space floors above

the existing retail tenants in 660.

For the Hine project, as soon asthe HPRB approves the height and

massing, the zoning process will

begin. Amy views zoning as a

challenge that may bring another

discussion of the issues raised

during the HPRB process. Zoning

(changing from residential to mixed

use) is expected to take as long as a

year to complete.

amy Weinsteincontinued from page 6

Space to accommodate

continuation of the existing

weekend ea market across from

Eastern Marketor much of itwas

the central issue in the most recent

public hearing on the Hine Schooldevelopment project.

Donna Scheeder, Eastern Market

Community Advisory Committee

chairwoman, charged that the

developers are failing to live up to an

agreement that the plan would provide

over 100 spaces to accommodate the

existing flea market. Many other

speakers who followed Scheeder

echoed her comments

ANC 6B Chairman Neil Glick urgedboth the Historic Preservation Review

Board (HPRB and the developer

to meet with market managers to

consider plan changes.

The HPRB hearing on August 7 was

the final hearing before the Hine

plan moves for consideration into the

Planned Unit Development (PUD)

zoning phase later this fall.

Preserving the flea market was the

only point to command universal

neighborhood support from the

very start of discussions on closing

Hine for development, testif ied

Kathleen Frydl.

The flea market, operating for 19 years

in the Hine School playground and

parking area, now includes over 150

vendors, while during several rede-

sign steps, the developers proposal

has dropped to 60 vendor spaces.

The original RFP (Request for

Proposal) agreement between the

city and developer Stanton/Eastbanc,

which included the over 100 vendor

figure, was made in 2009 when the

city selected the firms bid for the

Hine project. (Amy Weinstein, who is

featured in an adjoining story, is the

architect for the Stanton/Eastbanc

plan and has been the primaryspokesperson for the project.)

We respectfully request that the

design of the courtyard and public

space be adjusted to accommodate

at least 100 vendor spaces, Scheeder

said. We supported the original

Memorandum of Understanding

because it made appropriate plans to

house the flea market vendors.

continued on page 8

Fle Mrket Size Becomes Hot ssue on Hine ln

Catherine Buell, left, chairs the 8-memberistoric Preservation eview Board thathas just completed its sessions on theine School development project. therpictured members are Joeseph aylor andlinor Bacon.


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How Re-Stole My Stolen Bike!continued from page 1silver color in excellent condition for

$400. The given phone was 202-476-

0764, and I called.

Someone identifying himself as

Jeffrey said to call back later, which

I did that evening; he said the bikewas with a friend but theyd bring it

to Jeffreys house. After some back

and forth calling, the next morning

I told Jeffrey Id like to look at the

bike. He told me to come to 1345

Randolph Street NW, so I drove there

at HIGH NOON.

I parked a half a block away. When I

found 1345 Randolph, two young men

called from across the street. There

was MY BIKE the large size, thetelltale tear in the seat, the mountings

for the odometer and lights. I asked

if theyd take $200, and they said

yes. I said Id need to get to an ATM,

but first Id like to take it for a run,

commenting with some concern that

I thought the bike was awfully big

(clever me).

I got on it, cycled to my car, mounted

my bike on my bike carrier, and drove

past Jeffrey and his friend, calling

out through the open window, Illsee you in a few minutes! I drove

whence I came Randolph to

Georgia Avenue to Florida Avenue

and then home.

One of them followed me on a dirty

little reddish motorcycle, so I pulled

over, and he did, too. I drove on a

few blocks, then pulled over again,

visibly got out my cell phone and

began dialing. He made a U-turn and

sped off (no tags on the no-doubt alsostolen motorcycle).

My bike and I got home. Jeffrey called

about an hour later, demanding

to know where the money was. I

shouted back, You stole my bike!

and he responded, I filed a police

report. I answered, Me, too; theyll

be waiting for you. No surprise, I

havent heard from him since.

I called the police again. The officer,

upon hearing my story, broke out in

laughter, asked if he could tell mystory to other officers. Of course, get

the word out.

Im still working with a detective as

I write this. Im a cool-headed, fast-

thinking, but simmering-with-rage

72-year-old. Ive been ripped off so

many times, this was once too often.

Isnt it time to pack some heat?

**************

Roberta Gutman has been an urban

cyclist since the 1960s, cycling in her

Hyde Park Chicago neighborhood, to

and from work, delivering her toddler

daughter to day care. Roberta and

her late husband, Dave, frequently

registered 60 to 100-mile rides along

Lake Michigan, and then they were

on to pedaling around Europe.

Memorable, she sayswith Roberta

as translator and Dave as navigator

and mechanicwas their ride in

1986 from Paris to the Pyrenees (oneday crossing paths with the Tour de

France) and to Biarritz. Also on her

special list was an end-to-end ride

through England with their Cyclist

Touring Club in 1988.

Roberta continues to cycle with

friends around the Washington

area, but increasingly her bike is for

transportation. Biking is so much

easier than walking, including to/

from Metro stops.Roberta advises that a serious cyclist

should search for a bike with the

perfect geometrya shape to suit

your personal buildwith the right

gearing, wheels and tires. Lots of

money and emotional energy are

needed to buy and maintain your

personal bike.

Scheeder also suggested that the

developer drop plans to close the

existing alley between 7th and 8thStreets. The Hine plan reopens C

Street (now closed between 7th and

8th Streets) and places the North

residential building between C Street

and the alley.

If the alley were not closed, then, C

Street could accommodate some flea

vendors and the existing alley could

continue to be used for deliveries,

Scheeder explained. The Saturday/

Sunday flea market activity is aregional attraction, bringing business

to all the restaurants and other

businesses along 7th Street, Barracks

Row, and Pennsylvania Avenue, she

emphasized.

The HPRB hearing on August 7

proceeded for over three hours with

no restrictions on speaker times, a

direct response to angry citizens

who charged the HPRB in previous

sessions had given unlimited time

to the Hine developer but cut othersoff after 3 minutes. They also noted

repeatedly that citizens have been

given extremely limited time to

review Hine plan changes prior to

hearings on the the changes.

The Review Board accepted the main

features of the developers Hine plan,

although the board staff soon will

release a report on continuing board

concerns.

The PUD zoning review is expectedto be extensive, and include many

concerns raised by citizens before

HPRB that the Historic Review Board

indicated are more appropriate for

consideration in the PUD stage of

the process. Following PUD action,

probably in mid-to-late 2012, the HPRB

will do a further design review.

Fle Mrket Size Hot ssuecontinued from page 7


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Astate-of-the-art medical centeradjacent to Union Station wasbeing built a short distancefrom my home near Lincoln Park.The locations convenience was

appealing at a time when my visitsto doctors ofces were increasing.I brought this news to Capitol HillVillage during my weekly ofcesupport volunteer work.

At Gail Kohns suggestion, Icontacted the Kaiser PermanenteCapitol Hill education department.One thing led to another. Gail, KatieMcDonough and I brainstormed withKaiser staff on ideas for projects thatwould benefit both CHV and Kaiser.Now, rheumatology will be the firsttopic in a series of free educationprograms designed for Capitol HillVillage members.

What follows are a list of Kaiserscurrent class programs offeredat its Capitol Hill site. To registerfor any of these, call the CHVoffice at 202.543.1778. And watchthis space for information aboutfuture programs.

Judy Bardacke

**************

Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States opened its doors tothe new Kaiser Capitol Hill MedicalCenter on January 24, 2011. Thefacility occupies nearly 170,000square feet, spanning four levelsof the Station Place complex at

700 Second Street NE. Nearly 100physicians and over 400 clinicaland administrative personnelstaff the medical center, deliveringprimary, specialty and tertiarycare to Kaiser members.

The Capitol Hill Health EducationDepartments mission is to inspirepeople, inform choices, and

improve health. The department

offers a variety of health programsand classes in addition to healtheducation materials and communityresources. Along with promotingclasses, health education has begun apromising partnership with CapitolHill Village. The department willoffer free classes to CHV members.Because the center is within theCapitol Hill Village boundaries,Kaiser Permanente and CHV both

believe the partnership will be

the perfect opportunity to achieveshared goals.

Both Capitol Hill Village and KaiserPermanente Health EducationDepartment believe in wellness,education, and promoting servicesto increase community awareness ofavailable health resources. In the nearfuture, a Kaiser health care providerwill talk to CHV members aboutrheumatology (arthritis) issues.

Current Class verview

Kaiser Permanente is offeringthree workshops on HealthierLivingManaging On-going HealthConditions. These are open to thosesuffering the conditions, familymembers and caregivers. Classescontents dont conflict with currenttreatment plans.

Commit to quit: Interested in

quitting tobacco use? Come to ourfour-session program to identifyand practice coping and problem-solving skills that can helpincrease your chance of success.Bring someone along with you toprovide support.

Stress management skill building:

Feeling anxious, stressed, orfrustrated? Learn about stressand techniques to help youdeal with it, including deep

breathing exercises, meditationand visual imagery. Dont letstress stop you from living ahappy and healthy life.

Healthier living/Managing ongoing

health conditions: Living with anongoing health condition such asdiabetes, COPD, or heart failurecan be difficult, but we are hereto help. Join this group workshopand bring along a friend or family

member for support! In thisclass, you will learn how to fightfatigue and frustration, managestress and depression, set actionplans to develop an exercise andnutrition program, set goals andproblem-solve, and more! Trainedlay facilitators who have chronicconditions lead the workshop.

ern of New CHV rtnership

CLASS DATE TIME

Chronic Disease Self

Management Workshops

hursdays, Sept. 8, 15,

22, 29 and ct. 6 and 13

1:30 3:30 pm

Commit to Quit 1 sessionoverview uesday, Sept. 27 5:30 7:30 pm

Commit to Quit Series uesdays, ct. 11,

ct 18

ct. 25

ov. 1

5:30 7:20 pm

5:30 7:30 pm

5:00 7:30 pm

5:00 7:30 pm

Stress Management

Skill Building

Wednesday, ct. 19 5:30 7:30 pm


10/23


By Judi Cannon and David Cannon

A

nn Marshall Price Cannon

moved to Capitol Hill in 1974

with her husband, Daniel,an environmental policy director

at the National Association of

Manufacturers. She put her heart

into the restoration of the house they

purchased on East Capitol Street SE.

On Thursday, May 26, Ann passed

away in her beloved Capitol Hill

home at age 90.

Born August 4, 1920, in Pittsburgh, PA,

to Obed Price, a corporate attorney

for Pittsburgh Coal Company andMazie Price, a teacher, Ann attended

Winchester-Thurston Preparatory

School. Mr. Price expanded his two

daughters educations by teaching

them about architecture and

mechanics, taking them to museums,

theatre, libraries and on trips to

experience different places and

people. Ann attended Carnegie

Institute of Technology (now Carnegie

Mellon University), majoring in

Drama. Pages from her thesis wereshown during her memorial service,

illustrating her talents in lighting, set

and costume design.

After college graduation, she returned

to Winchester-Thurston as an English

and Speech teacher. In September

1943, she married Daniel W. Cannon,

an Army Air Corps lieutenant. With

lady-like tenacious resolve, Ann

followed as Daniel was relocatedaround the U.S. from Walla Walla,

WA, throughout the Southwest and

back again, even traveling with their

first child, Susan. After the war, Mr.

Cannon returned to the University

of Pittsburgh Law School where he

graduated #1 in his class and earned

a reputation for debating skills and

an encyclopedic memory. Anns mind

was well matched, and she sometimes

would go to classes and take notes.

Ann and Dan relished conversationsabout law the rest of their life together.

In the 1950s, the Cannons moved

to Manassas and Fairfax, VA.,

while Dan served the Bituminous

Coal Association. By 1960, Dans

job with the National Association

of Manufacturers had them move

to Upper Montclair, N.J. Having

completed her home and with

her children older, she earned an

education degree from Montclair

State College and resumed teaching

English, Speech and Drama at Cedar

Grove (NJ) High School. Learning

what goes into a theater production

changed the lives of many of those

students. She also performed in plays

at the Studio Playhouse.

Anns mother and Dans father were

living with them when corporate

word came to move to Washington,

DC. They waited until their

youngest child graduated highschool and then found a Victorian

row house ready for passionate

restoration. From the time she started

working on a beautiful staircase in

one of the homes her father had

bought his daughters in Pittsburgh,

up until her last home project on East

Capitol, Ann always restored homes

to something wonderful.

While Dan negotiated coal mine

safety conditions with John L.

Lewis, and later lobbied Congresson environmental matters, Ann

raised five children, teaching them

the importance of family, furniture,

cooking, architecture, history,

drama, literature, Victorian society,

piano and dance lessons, horseback

riding, ice skating, scouting, sewing,

knitting, manners and the English

language. Her creativity, sense of

humor and love were sprinkled

throughout those lessons.

Ann enjoyed history, theatre and

people. She became a professional

genealogist, serving as Archivist

for the National Genealogical

Society. In 1981, she created the

Benjamin Price Genealogy Society

and managed to gather long lost

cousins from all over the United

States who shared family history

and great times at annual reunions.

She also was active in the Daughters

of the American Revolution, CapitolHill Restoration Society, and Christ

Church, Washington Parish, where

she was a lay reader. As a member of

the Victorian Society of America, she

once played Queen Victoria flawlessly

having researched her character well.

Her last Victorian party included

a tour of her beautiful home. In

ann Cnnon oved all the Chrcterson ifes Stge

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2007, during the 200th anniversary

celebration of Congressional

Cemetery, she portrayed DollyMadison, arriving in a horse-drawn

carriage before being greeted and

escorted by Mayor Fenty.

She also loved restoring buildings

and interiors, building dollhouses,

needlework, antiques, gardening;

had an absolute glee over food ; was

a voracious reader on Civil War and

English history. She was a gypsy,

driving thousands of miles over the

U.S., researching and visiting. This

included a trip in her late 70s to take

a family 1800s cannonball rope bed to

a museum in the Midwest near where

the bed had been made.

As Ann aged, she discussed with

her family selling her home and

moving to assisted living. She even

had a payment on a unit that she later

withdrew when she learned of Capitol

Hill Village. Ann wanted to live out

her life in the house she restored.

CHV helped her by providing a

support system she could believe in

and rely upon. Support came from

volunteers helping with hard-to-reachlight bulbs, resetting an answering

machine, making sense of a computer

or camera and the simple knowledge

that others also were staying in their

homes. She discovered her friends

from other groups were part of Capitol

Hill Village, too! Shortly thereafter,

in 2009 her daughter, Judi, came to

assist Ann. They explored the Villages

offerings of balance classes, helpful

rides with interesting volunteers, an

array of social activities, and thenrecommendations for final care. But

the great, unexpected, reward was

developing a marvelous friendship in

her late 80s.

As part of the Villages Rise and

Shine program, Ann was matched

with Grover Batts, a former archivist

in the Manuscript Department

of The Library of Congress. They

discovered that no matter what topic

was broached (from Victorian society

to the Civil War, art, literature, the

theater and movies) they had fulfilling

discussions, with each of themlearning something neweven after

more than eight decades of absorbing

knowledge.

In the end, Anns family learned that

others perceived and valued her

quiet smile and warm sense of

humorher intellect and charm.

She also had a deep appreciation for

how precious people are, having lost

her daughter Barbara in a fire in New

York City in 1984. The mail carrier,neighbors, passers-by on the street,

church friends, employees of Fragers,

grocery stores and CVSall

commented on how she took an

interest in other people.

Ann believed that all the worlds

a stage and she truly loved all the

characters in the play.

By Frank Allen

Capitol Hill Village member

Ronald Kenneth Ron

McGregor died on July 4, 2011,

at Manor Care Bethesda after a

lengthy illness at age 93.

He is survived by daughter Jane

McGregor, who lived with him on

Capitol Hill and is also a member

of Capitol Hill Village. Ron, his

wife Lois, who died in 1994, and

Jane moved to Capitol Hill in 1969.

He joined Capitol Hill Presbyterian

Church in 1994 and Capitol Hill

Village a few months after its

founding. At CHPC, he served as anElder on Session at various times. As

a proud descendant of the McGregor

Scottish clan, Ron could be seen

on formal dress occasions in full

McGregor regaliakilt, formal jacket

and dagger.

Ron was the youngest of five children

in a family that lived in Rainey

River, Ontario, Canada, where his

father was a chief customs inspector.

However, Ron was born across the

river in Spooner, Minnesota, because

the attending physician thought he

should be born in a hospital. His U. S.

birth gave him the option of claiming

U.S. or Canadian citizenship. After

graduating in 1941 from Concordia

College in Minnesota with a degree in

philosophy, he chose U. S. citizenship

and joined the United States Navy.

During World War II, he flew search

and rescue missions in the Pacific.He did post-graduate studies at

the Navys post graduate school in

Monterrey, California.

Numerous location changes

resulted in a last assignment in the

Washington area. Ron retired from

the Navy in 1968, and, after a few

months with Wheeler Industries, he

went to work as a civil servant in the

Office of Naval Research. He retired

in 1982 and became a consultant to

the Navy as a D. C. representative of

Polar Associates, a California-based

firm that had contracts with the Navy.

On his 80th birthday in 1993, Ron

fully retired.

Ronld Kenneth Ron Mcregor Dies

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By Margaret Missiaen

Summer is often a stressful timefor gardens and gardeners. It

also can be a time for taking

stock of the gardennoticing which

plants are doing well and which are

struggling. As a garden matures,

one has to make choices about what

stays and what has to go. There is no

keeping everything in a small garden.

This summer, with only half of

normal rainfall in May and June and

temperatures in the triple digits in

July, survival of the fittest was the rule

in most of my gardens. Pleasantly,

I have been surprised at how the

plants at the Village office have held

up with only weekly watering. I use a

watering wand to provide a thorough,

but gentle soaking of the plants. I

am careful not to run hoses across

the sidewalk where they would be a

tripping hazard.

There are few showy flowers in

the garden during June and July.

The giant blossoms of the Oakleaf

Hydrangea have faded (see photo

Summer in the Villge rden

above). The tiny, white flowers ofthe Beauty Berry (CallicarpaAmericana) almost are invisible. Iknow that an abundance of flowersmeans hundreds of purple berriesin the fall.

The Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckiahirta) are flowering and will

continue to do so for weeks. I plan tobring more of these from my othergardens, but I will have to wait fora week of cool, damp weathermaybe in September. PerennialCoral Bells (Heuchera) can be thesalvation of the summer garden(see photo to left). The foliage of

these plants comes in a wide rangeof colors and new varieties appearevery year. The plants in front ofone of the houses illustrate two ofthe options. I do know not the nameof the one with dark leaves, but thelight one is called Caramel.

Im still working on a plan forculling some of the plants. TheJapanese painted ferns may haveto go. They have not held up well

this summer. I want to keep theevergreen Sweetbox (Sarcococcahookerana), because it producesvery tiny flowers in February. Iseldom see this plant in Capitol Hillgardens, but Fragers usually hasSweetbox in stock. The cultivar Ihave can grow into a large shrub,



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but easily is kept in bounds withannual pruning.

I make sure to water the Nandinasand Beauty Berries thoroughly.These shrubs will produce showyberries in the fall, but will drop theberries in the summer if severelydroughtstressed an important

consideration for all plants that havecolorful fruit in fall and winter.

The dead foliage and flowers ofthe perennials in the garden shouldbe pruned back by the end ofAugust. New foliage will emergeto freshen the garden in Septemberand October.

I am looking forward to therelatively cool days of Septemberwhen I can get my hands in the soil.September is the best time to divideand transplant perennials, becausethey need a few weeks to develop agood root system before frost.

By Vira Sisolak

For the seventh year, the CapitolHill Garden Club (CHGC) isgiving away spring-owering

bulbs for use in public spaces on

Capitol Hill. The area included inthe giveaway is the jurisdictionsof ANC6A, ANC6B, and ANC6C.Daffodils and crocus bulbs havebeen chosen for the giveaway, asthey come back and proliferateevery year.

Applicants should include a plan forplanting that must be visible fromthe street, especially tree boxes andother land between the sidewalk

and street. The plan also mustdesignate the person responsiblefor the planting. Individualsand groups are invited to apply.Applications are due September 15;bulbs will be distributed in October.

This program is made possibleby grants from the CapitolHill Community Foundation,ANC6A, and ANC6C. To requestan application form (which canbe submitted electronically),

please contact CHGC at http://capitolhillgardenclub.blogspot.comor phone 202-486-7655.

While front yards inside fences alsoare called public space, bulbs forthese spots will be given only if thepreferred requests for curb areasleave extra bulbs on hand. Bulbswill be in bags of 25 for daffodils

and 50 for crocuses, which should

be plenty to start work on a tree box.A pocket park could use severaltimes that amount, but remember,planting starts to become a chore.Dont forget, bulbs will naturalizeover time, providing more flowersevery year after planting. This ismuch truer of daffodils, as squirrelswont eat them and they are deepin the ground. Crocus bulbs aremore likely to disappear, partlybecause they are planted close tothe surface. We plant small gardensintensively, so crocus bulbs tend tobe disturbed, moved, and dry out orare squirrel meals.

The bulbs should be planted byThanksgiving, but can be planted aslate as early January as long as thesoil isnt frozen. Crocuses in mostyears will bloom in late February to

early March and daffodils in March.

Sun or shade doesnt matter. But youmust leave the greens undisturbed(no tying or cutting) for at least 6weeks after the bulbs bloom.

If the street box includes a tree, leavea circle of 18 to 24 inches aroundit without any plants, as trees alsoneed water. (Unhappily, too oftenwe see dense plants, like liriope, ingreat numbers next to street trees.)

When planting daffodils, I

encourage people to dig a circleabout 18 inches across and 8 to 9inches deep. They can then spacethe bulbs 3 or 4 inches apart andreplace the soil. Do the same forcrocuses, but make the hole smallerand much shallower and plant thebulbs much closer together.

Summer in the Villge grdencontinued from page 12

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By Leo Orleans

Ihave no doubt that when myparents decided to name me LevAntonovich Orliansky, they werefull of love and good will towardtheir only son. Since my father wasAnton and one of my grandfatherswas Lev, it all made senseespecially in Sverdlovsk, where Iwas born. How could they knowthat, 15 years later, I would end upin the United States and become aLeo? And how could they possiblyknow what it would mean for me togo through life as a Leo?

I turned from a diminutive Levaor Levochka into a Leo at age8 or 9, when I started my firstEnglish lessons from a Russianteacher in China. She naturallygave me an English name and,unceremoniously, I was baptizedforever a Leo. I cant blame her,although I suppose she could haveselected Leon, or Leroy, or someother L name, or, for that matter,Sam. At that age, I probably couldnt

have cared less how my nametranslated into English. Just havingan English name was special. Imsure one day I told my mother thatin English my name was Leo and Iam just as sure that she was thrilledby the progress her son was makingin his foreign language studies.At the age of 11, I transferred froma Russian to a British school andthe change became official: I wasregistered as Leo Orliansky. And I

still felt no pain.Neither did I feel discomfort when,at the age of 15, I stepped off theboat in San Pedro Harbor as LeoOrleans. It was easy. Orleans was aname my uncles had adopted whenthey came to the United States earlyin the century and all I had to dowas enter it on the immigration

forms. It was a prerequisite, Ithought, to becoming a realAmerican and I felt very proud ofmy new name.

Thinking back, I really cannotpinpoint when or why the Leoimage began to bother me. Maybe Iwas disturbed by a Leo crossing mypath, but I certainly dont recall suchan encounter. I did realize ratherquickly, however, that there wereno Leos in my new school in LosAngeles, that Leos never seemed tostar in athletics, that there were noleading Leos in the movies, and thatI never saw a pretty girl on the arm

of a Leo. Besides, the name seemedtoo different for a teenager and Ibecame convinced that it would beawfully difficult for a Leo to meltinto the American pot. At least thepot I envisaged.

[At this point, a brief digression. Iwould like to say to all the wonderful,bright, beautiful Leos in this world whoare comfortable and content with theirname that this is not a class action

on my part. It is a personal quirk of justthis one Leo.]

Once again, I cannot recall thedetails of the transition, but when Iwent into the army to fight the BigWar a few months after graduatingfrom high school, I somehow turnedinto a Lee. Oh, the official papersand dog tags still said Leo, but forover three years I was just LeeandI loved it. In no time, the remnantsof whatever accent I might have haddisappeared and Boy! did I blend in.I might have been a better soldier asa Leoperhaps even an officer. ButI only could have done the things Idid and had the fun I had as a Leeand a PFC.

Having experienced the life of Lee, Icould not possibly go back to beinga Leo. I was Lee in college, I was

Lee at work, and I was Lee to all myfriends. I married a beautiful girlwho, if my preconceptions had anyvalidity, would not have dated mehad I been a Leo. Even now, I cannot

imagine that the following phrasehas ever been uttered since thebeginning of time: I love you, Leo.It breaks me up even as I write it. Isuspect my children did not knowI was a Leo until they were out ofelementary school. Whatever nameproblem I might have had surfacedrarely, and for many years I was atpeace as a Lee.

Gradually, however, I once again

developed a name crisisacrisis that paralleled my careerdevelopment. I have been luckyprofessionally and over the courseof time managed to publish, toparticipate in professional activities,and to become intimately involvedin many ways in my field ofspecialization. Wouldnt you knowthat my books and articles wouldbe written by Leo? And wouldntyou know that, with time, more and

more of my friends would comefrom my professional associations?Of course they called me Leo, butafter an acquaintance becamea friend, I would say call meLeeas if to suggest that we hadcrossed some invisible barrier inour relationship.

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ive awy Clutter, for Cuse

Often the accumulation offurniture, bedding, clothingor kitchen supplies is such

a quiet and steady process, wedont realize the vast amount of

belongings we have acquired overthe years. Giving away thingsthat hold personal memories ischallenging, but it also can be veryrewarding, especially when theseitems go to those lesss fortunate.

In the spirit of our Be PreparedAgenda, Capitol Hill Village ispartnering with a local nonprofitorganization to coordinate a pickupof extraneous furniture, kitchensupplies, linens, and clothing. The

items will be donated to A WiderCircles Neighbor-to-NeighborProgram. This gives families afresh start by providing them withgently-used furniture to furnishtheir living spaces. Families arereferred by 250 social serviceagencies from around the regionand include the formerly homeless,

new mothers, and victims of fireand domestic violence.

On Saturday, October 8, CHVand A Wider Circle are joining tocoordinate a pickup of items on theCircles wish list. If you would liketo participate, please call the CHV

office (202.543.1778) and sign upfor a pickup by Tuesday, October5 at 12:00 noon. If you would liketo donate items that are not listed,please let CHV know, and later wewill arrange an additional pickupwith an agency that will take them.

Beds (mattresses, box springs,frames)

Kitchen tables and chairs Baby items (strollers,

highchairs, changing tables,cribs, car seats)

End tables and coffee tables

Sofas

Televisions

Lamps with shades

New cleaning products

Vacuum cleaners

Kitchenware (utensils,silverware, pots and pans,toasters, microwaves)

Fans and air conditioningunits

Towels

Bedding (with comforterbags to keep clean)

Rope (to use during transport)

Baskets (size of basketballor larger)

Personal care items

Wish List (Please donate items that are in good condition.)

All this must seem ludicrous toyou, and I finally reached the sameconclusion. I like to think that Ihave matured enoughslow as theprocess might have beennot to beso concerned about my moniker. Ino longer tell people to call me Lee,but many old friends know me byboth names and it is painful to hearthem stumble when introducing meto others, never quite sure which is

the appropriate designation. In anycase, to most people I am once againa Leo, just as I was when I firststepped off the boatall six feet ofme and in my short pants. I am apure Lee only to my wife and kids,my old friends, and on the tenniscourt. I will never mature enough toaccept: Good volley, Leo.

Now that I have come full circle,this should be the end of the story.But it isnt. Even when distinctlyenunciated, Leo Orleans, or evenLee Orleans, means nothing tothe stranger on the other end ofthe telephone line. It is not likesaying, This is Sam Spade, orThis is Ronald Reagan, or even,This is Isaac Bashevis Singer.Try it yourself; it just doesnt

work. And so, despite my recentlyacquired name maturity, I still feeljust a bit queasy about Leo andon the phone I tend to say, Thisis Leorleanshoping, perhaps,the listener will not catch the firstname. But, of course, he doesntcatch the second one either and I getexactly what I deserve. I am forcedslowly to expose myself by spelling

out the whole darned thing. As aresult, although many years agomy friend Mike informed me it ispoor telephone manners, I usuallysquirm and say, This isMr. Orleans.

And related to this dilemmais another confession. I dreadmeetings with fewer than 30people, because sure as shootin thechairman will say, Why dont we

go around the room and introduceourselves? Oh my god. Who amI? Will I be able to say Leo Orleanswithout flubbing it? Where are youLev Antonovich Orliansky?

[Written when this was importanttome; at this stage in my life, you can callme anything.]

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Summer lesures for CHV MembersWhile vacation days fill summers for many, including Capitol Hill Village members, days on Capitol Hill arebusy and full (when it is not too hot). Pictured below were some of summer 2011s fun and/or memorableexperiences for Village members.

Take Me Back to the Ballgame

Rooting for theNationals Baseball Team attheir home park in SouthwestWashington has beome a traditionfor Capitol Hill Village members.

CV BSB PS: MIC C


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July 4th Capitol Hill ParadeFavorites Include Capitol Hill Village Marchers

mong those enjoying their Donkey Party meals are (aroundthe table): eorge Porter, Margaret Missiaen, Sharon ouse, dMissiaen, Sheridan arvey, isa ickerson, arry Molumby, andois Porter.

elson imensnyder and Judy May enjoying the gathering.

Democratic Club Restaurant

Summer lesures for CHV Members continued from page 16

Above, smiling CHV marchers are lead by the Villages traditional banner.Below and right, Capitol Hill Village marchers, adorned with patrioticnecklaces, tossed red Frisbees to parade watchers.

The CHV parade troop includedmembers notable cars, a little-to-veryold and quite attractive.

Seeking a little inside sense of todayspolitical party firestorm, 27 members of CapitolHill Village attended dinner at Capitol HillsDemocratic Club Restaurant.


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ail, 'il here was You

There were folk needing help, with their crankyApple laptops.

But we never helped them at all 'Til there was you.

There were folk needing rides, But we neverthought to drive them,

Then we had book clubs, hazard-waste pickupsand shredding

There were folks in their homes who believed theycouldnt make it

'Til there was you.

Be Prepared

Be prepared! Thats the Village marching song.

Be prepared! For your life wont last that long.

Be prepared! Thats the Village solemn creed.

Is that car a daily need?...Give your keys up, andwe all will be relieved.

Get your papers all put right. Make a will, andyou will spare your heirs a fight...and ensure yourwishes all are brought to light.

Be prepared! For Ive got a canny hunch, long-termcare can cost a bunch?

Be prepared!...Grant the power to a friend to tellthe doctors whenFor that positive decision, picka friend but not an heir.

Be prepared!


Its a great day when you have fun and raise money fora good cause, as it was on Saturday 16 July when CHVheld its Roast and Toast.

The laugh-filled (sometimes hilarious) session gentlyroasted Gail Kohn in her transition from ExecutiveDirector to Board Adviser for fundraising. Toastingfeatured Gail and Katie McDonough, who stepped intoGails shoes as CHV Executive Director.

With Donna Barbish serving as master of ceremonies,CHV players and singers plus Gail and Katie performed skits and songs on the Capitol Hill ArtsWorkshop stage. Julie Maggioncalda, served as apert ingnue, carrying boards to indicate time andscene changes.

The Village member gathering raised $2,300 to supportCHVs office move to the Hill Center.

A few days earlier, some of the same songs and poems(and performances) had filled a thank-you cocktailhour hosted by Village Directors to spotlight and thankGail Kohns years as CHVs first Executive Director.Following are photos from the two events, plus linesfrom songs and poems.

Rosts & osts Highlight CHVsrofessionl eders


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Rosts & ostscontinued from page 18

Visit from Saint ail

Twas but days before Christmas, when all through the houseSuchwas the mess, sane adults could but stare. When out on our frontporch we heard such a jangleWhen what to my spectacled eyes

should appear, but a welcome figure, cell phone to her earI knew ina moment it must be Saint Gail.

Her hair was cut short and as white as the snow glasses wereperched on the tip of her nose. To be sure, I had called the Village forhelp, and prayed that the volunteers would not yelp.

Now Micheal, now Margaret, now Patrick and Bill, On Hazel andJudy and Bina and Phil! To the top of the stairs, to the cellar below,

Well straighten this mess up, and shovel the snow. at the Village,you know, you need only request! Well get the house ready for yourkith and kinto show children and friends that youre fine stayinghere, and hope to remain here as year follows year.

volunteers soon could return to their cars, and Gail with her cellphone again at her ear was calling Davidshe soon would be home.But she turned to exclaim, like it was much rehearsed, Stay safe, stayat home, be prepared, call us first!

Photos by Ruth Mitchell andDiane Brockett


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Rosts & ostscontinued from page 19

Circadian hythms

(For performance, Katie played Gail and Gail played Katie)

CHV OFFICE ON MONDAY MORNING, 9:00 AM. Gail chatting on phone excitedly asKatie enters. Katie: Morning!

Gail: Good morning! Its a busy one! Did you get the five emails I sent youthis morning? I wrote them at 6 am after I prepared a pumpkin risottos for

my dinner tonightjust before my 10-mile rowa glorious morning onthe river.

Katie: Geez Gail. 6 am?...No, I havent checked my email since last night

Phone rings, Katie answers, listens, then says to Gail: Six mangos and 12gallons of extra virgin oil by 11? Im exhausted. (Her head falls down on desk)

Gail: No problem! I have to go to Safeway to buy 67 individually-wrappedcheesesIll even ride my bike.

Katie(on phone): We got it. It will be there by 11ok, bye.

12:00 NOON.Gail and Katie slam down phones at same time.

Gail: Youll never believe what I did.

Katie: Huh?!!! Cafritz gave us $20,000 to spend on what ever we see fitAnd we dont even have to send a proposal?

Gail: How did you know. Sometimes its like we share the same brain!!!Isnt this the best!! We can buy computers and fix Ms. Smith's HVACsystem, send the board to Cancun for the next board meeting and buysome new white boards.

Katie: White boards!!! Its like weve known each other our whole lives. Youknow how I love white boards. Well, youll never guess what I did.

Gail: You secured federal funding for long-term care, of which 20 percentwill be going to Villages nation-wide?

Katie: Its like your reading a chip in my brain. I mean we really shouldgo to Vegas together.Long-term care!! Gail, we are going to change theworld, quite possibly by 5 pm today.

Each picks up her phone again and begins chatting excitedly.

4:00 PM.Gail sits with head in one hand and the other pecking at computer keys.Katie reports on email from VTV network, asking the Village to give a 50-minute

presentation on how we got our Village completely funded for 10 years. Gailgripes at computer about lack of comma.

Gail: Im exhausted and starving. All Ive eaten is half an ounce of yogurtand three blueberries.

Katie: Geez, dont you think you should eat something for some energy?Gail: Absolutely not. Im 20 pounds down and 20 to go. (Her head falls downon desk)

Katie: Well, I have quite an evening planned. Im going to run 10 miles, goto my first cross-fit training, shower, call my mother, fix dinner for fiveguests and catch up on my reading: the role of women in the pre-colonialtextile industry. Gail? Gail?

(Gail, with head on desk, snoring loudly.)


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Upcoming Eventscontinued from page 1

Fridy, September 9 Strting t 9:00 mYour home

Book Donation Monthly Pickup

Friends of the SE Library will pick up donations ofused books, records, music and movie CDs and DVDsfrom Capitol Hill Village members front porches. TheSE Library will not hold a book sale in September, butwill resume its usual monthly sales in the librarysbasement in October. (The Martin Luther King Jr.Memorial Library downtown is holding a September 10book sale).

Sign u y noon on thusday, S 8.

Members only

Sundy, September 11 4:00 pmPrivate home

Passion, Betrayal, Death!Now that we have your attention: the many opera fanswho belong to Capitol Hill Village will recognize thesewords as a standard opera story line. The Village wouldlike to explore forming a new interest group of thosewho already love opera, those who are curious to learnwhat the fuss is about, and anyone in between. We willhold an introductory gathering at the home of Andrea

and Joe Kerr. Join us to meet others who share thisinterest and to determine what other kinds of opera-focused events we would enjoy. Bring your ideas. SincePuccinis opera Tosca opens the Washington NationalOpera season, there will be a brief discussion of theoperas history and plot with a few excerpts.

This short overview might help your enjoyment whenyou attend Tosca at the Kennedy Center or at a freeperformance on Thursday, September 22. Opera inthe Outeld returns to Nationals Park, where youcan see a large-screen simulcast of a live WashingtonNational Opera performance of Tosca, pay nothing, anddrink beer and eat from Bens Chili Bowl while youwatch. Children can play in the outeld. More detailswill be provided at the September 11 get-together.

If you cannot attend the gathering on September 11,let us know that you are interested by contactingSheridan Harvey at [email protected]. To learnthe address of the event, RSVP to the CHV ofce at202.543.1778.

hursdy, September 15 6:30 pmThe Hill Center, 9th St. & Pennsylvania Avenue SE.Fully accessible.

New Member and Volunteer OrientationWe are happy to offer a new member and volunteerorientation event! We welcome all new volunteers andmembers to join us and learn about what CHV has tooffer. Volunteers and members will learn together. Forthis inaugural event, we also invite all members and

volunteers to attend and brush up on Village policiesand procedures. Refreshments will be served. Dontforget to register with the office.

Members and Volunteers

Sundy, September 18 2:00 pmStudio Theatre, 1501 14th Street NW

The Habit of ArtThe CHV Theater Group begins its fall season with the

Studio Theater for its Sunday matinee performanceof The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett. In this play, theprize-winning author of The History Boys describesactors rehearsing a play about the friendship betweenBenjamin Britten and W.H. Auden. According to TheGuardian, Artists in their late work often feel freeto digress and experiment. Alan Bennett takes fulladvantage of this license in a multi-leveled work thatdeals with sex, death, creativity, biography and muchelse. Witty and wistful, the play is complex in structureand worthy of discussion.

A wine-and-cheese reception for theater-goers todiscuss the play will be held at the home of a CHVmember after the show. The discounted price per playticket is $41. Ten tickets are being ordered; others willbe accommodated as long as tickets remain available atthe theater. You will be contacted later about paymentand ticket delivery. Call the ofce at 202.543.1778 toreserve a ticket. th asolu dadlin is thusday,S 1, a 5:00 .

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uesdy, September 20 6:00-7:30 pmPrivate home

Literary ClubWashington: The Making of the American Capital

(2008) 276 pp. Fergus M. Bordewich describes theback-room deal-making and shifting alliances thateventually brought the nations capital to a strategicallyindefensible site on the Potomac, once described asa mere swamp producing nothing except myriadsof toads and frogs. With a novelists eye, Bordewichportrays a full cast of historical characters, includingthe slaves who built the city, and illuminates a storyof unexpected triumph over political and nancialobstacles, fraudulent real estate deals, and ineptmanagement. Reading this account, says Jonathan

Yardley, its hard not to be amazed that the city existsat all. Call the Village ofce (202.543.1778) to sign upand nd out the location of the meeting.

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Fridy, September 23 12:30-1:30 pmSoutheast Library, 7th & D Streets SE. Accessiblefrom D St.

Special Balance Class Fall PreventionAwareness DayThis months balance class occurs on National FallPrevention Awareness Day. In honor of the event, wewill have literature available on fall prevention as wellas some light refreshments to enjoy after class. So graba friend, convince a neighbor and come prepared totalk prevention in addition to the typical balance classactivities. As in other months, this session will helpyou recognize that strength and agility are the bestdefenses against falls. Practice skills that will keep youon your feet. The class is taught by a physical therapistvolunteer from Physiotherapy Associates.

No: signu dadlin wih CHV is 3 onWdnsday, S. 21.

uesdy, September 27 11:00 mTownhomes Community Center, 6th & I Streets SE

Series on Estate Planning and NecessaryPowers of AttorneyAttorney Brad Johnson and nancial planner BillPhillips will give CHV members important informationon estate planning, health care directives, and bothpowers of attorney and durable powers of attorney.This session will introduce these topics; followingsessions in coming months will cover each topic ingreater detail. Many members have questions on theselegal instruments and want to be sure that their wisheswill be followed. The topics in this series are importantparts of the CHV Be Prepared agenda. Johnson andPhillips also will talk about the related issue of planned

giving, both giving while you are here to witness theresults and the impact that gifts will have after you aregone. plas gis o and y calling (202.543.1778)o -ailing h CHV ofc.

Members Only

REMNDER FR CKE HDERS uesdy, September 27

Oklahoma!th sign-u fo his vn closd in Jun, and wehave a large group of Village members going to see theproduction. We encourage you to read the newslettersUpcoming Events carefully for future announcements.In order to get good seats at discounted prices, we oftenhave to book far in advance. So call the ofce to sign upwhen you rst read about an event in the newsletter!

Wednesdy, September 28 10:00 m

Flu Shot Clinic

Be Prepared for u season and get your u shots!Join Capitol Hill Village members and volunteersfor a u shot clinic provided by the Medstar HealthVisiting Nurse Association. Medicare (non-HMO) willbe accepted. All others will pay $30, which may bereimbursable through your insurance company. Youwill learn the location when you RSVP to the Villageofce (202.543.1778). NOte: Sign-u is quid

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is sponsored jointly by Capitol Hill Village, CapitolHill Arts Workshop (CHAW), and the Capitol HillArt League. Artists will receive 50 percent of theproceeds from their work; the Village and CHAW willsplit the other 50 percent. The Village will use money

raised for operating expenses. Call the Village ofceat 202.543.1778 with questions or to let us know youwould like to participate in the auction.

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Apples & Art DonationsCapitol Hill Village is seeking artistic members andfriends willing to donate a work to be auctioned

during the October 2 Apples & Art festival. All media(including painting, drawing, sculpture, glasswork,and pottery) are welcomed for this auction, which

Wednesdys t 6:30 pm thru aug. 31.; timewill be 6:00 pm strting Sept. 7Townhomes Community Center, 6th & I Streets SE

YogaThe Townhomes Yoga class is a beginners class thatincorporates the fundamentals of yoga, includingstep-back sun salutations, standing poses, hip-openers, seated poses, twists, backbends, andbasic inversions. Breathing exercises are exploredas students begin to link movement through thepostures with inhale and exhale. This class providesa nurturing environment to help you gain exibility,strength, balance, and relaxation. Whether youpractice on a yoga mat or in a chair, this class servesthose new to yoga and anyone seeking a refresher onthe basics.

Members and volunteers

uesdys nd hursdys 10:00 mCapitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 4th Street andIndependence Avenue SE

QigongThe gentle, but powerful, Chinese movement exercise

known as Qigong (pronounced chee gong) is offeredby CHV member Joni Bell. Joni has practiced thisdiscipline for ten years. Her strength and balancehave improved and she credits the activity withhelping her as a 30-year patient with multiplesclerosis. The twice-weekly classes are free for CHVmembers, last 30-40 minutes.

Members only

Every Mondy 4:00 pmGareld Park, South Carolina Ave. at 2nd Street SE

PetanqueJoin a group of Capitol Hill game enthusiasts eachMonday for a friendly game of Petanque. Petanque isthe French game of boules, similar to the Italian gameof bocce. Petanque players gather at Gareld Parkat 4:00 pm on Mondays. Paul Cromwell providesinstruction for beginners. For further information,call Paul at 543-7530.

Open to all

Wednesdys

Weekly Easy Hikers HikeThe Potomac Appalachian Trail Clubs Easy Hikershike in the Washington metropolitan area everyWednesday except in July and August. Hikes areabout 5 miles long over relatively easy terrain at amoderate pace. To receive a monthly e-mail listingof the hikes, contact CHV member Gary Abrecht [email protected].

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