EBCA Newsletter May 2009
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Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of Jones Bridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club. Neighborhood News MAY 2009 MAY 2009 MAY 2009 MAY 2009 WWW.EBCA.ORG WWW.EBCA.ORG WWW.EBCA.ORG WWW.EBCA.ORG President’s Notebook By Ilaya Hopkins, President My how time flies! I have been in this position for two years and have enjoyed getting to know more residents and keeping East Bethesda at the forefront of the many issues impacting our neighborhood. We have seen great successes in these last two years, including a revamped website with more interactive features and a monthly newsletter underwritten in great part by our wonderful sponsors. Our opinions are sought on development projects near our boarders and we continue to provide an on-the-ground perspective to decision makers on issues such as the BRAC expansion at the new Walter Reed in Bethesda to the Purple Line proposals. Our membership continues to grow and participation at quarterly meetings has been strong. We continue to work to make our neighborhood a strong community by working with the Montgomery County Public Schools to clarify school assignments at the elementary school level and by working together to clean up our parks and public spaces so that we can all enjoy them. At the May 20th general membership meeting, we will hold elections for the next set of officers. Current nominees are listed in the newsletter. We will also take nominations from the floor. If you have questions or want to nominate someone, please contact Nominating Committee Chair Allen Rothenberg at [email protected] or 301-907-0232. In addition, we will hear a presentation on reducing the mosquito problem in our neighborhood and finish the discussion on The Examiner newspaper. It has been a tremendous honor to represent this community over the last two years. I look forward to continuing to support EBCA and working toward preserving the strong sense of community and the wonderful quality of life we are so lucky to have here. Thanks to you all. As the weather warms, many of us look forward to spending time outdoors with our families. However, the early spring fantasy of grilling in the backyard, working in the garden, or watching our children run through the sprinkler, is marred by the reality of our annual mosquito infestation. This year, I decided to investigate whether East Bethesda could do something to control the mosquitoes. I spoke to Janine Dorothy, an entomologist at the Maryland Department of Agriculture. She explained that we, as a neighborhood, could request that the state spray for mosquitoes. She will speak more about this possibility at the next general membership meeting. She also stated that, while we have the usual home-grown variety of the insect, our real problem is the Asian Tiger Mosquito, which is prevalent in Montgomery County. The Asian Tiger is extremely aggressive and, unlike its native cousin, bites during the daytime. It flies low to the ground and likes water as well as sheltered places. Dorothy told me that the Asian Tiger likes to nest in bamboo, and I asked her whether the bamboo that grows along the Crescent Trail might be the cause of our problem. She said, however, that the real problem was standing water in our yards. Dorothy pointed out that many of us don’t realize we have standing Continued on page 3... Mosquitoes! Mosquitoes! Mosquitoes! Mosquitoes! By Ella Krainsky General Membership Meeting Wednesday, May 20th, 8 p.m. Lynnbrook Recreation Center Agenda: 8:00 p.m. Mosquito Presentation 8:30 p.m. Examiner Delivery 8:45 p.m. Elections 9:00 p.m. Old Business 9:15 p.m. New Business 9:30 p.m. Adjourn Slate of Officers: President: Greg Volz 1 st VP: Kevin Kraus 2 nd VP: Rebecca Fayed Treasurer: Jack Hayes Secretary: AB Carneal Assistant Secretary: Open
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Neighborhood Roundupwater. Mosquitoes only need about
half an inch to lay their eggs. So, in
addition to obvious sources of
standing water, like children’s
pools and birdbaths, we need to be
vigilant about hidden sources. For
example, tire swings, saucers
under flower pots, and tarps
covering a background grill where
water might pool are all breeding
grounds for mosquitoes. Dorothy
said in family-friendly
neighborhoods such as ours, thereis often a problem with plastic
children’s toys left in the yard.
Those flexible plastic drain pipes
many of us have are also great
places for mosquitoes.
I inspected my own backyard and
discovered an overturned paint
bucket with a half-inch rim along
the bottom sitting behind the
garage. In addition, my daughter’s
plastic slide has an indentation
suitable for mosquito-breeding. I
want to encourage all of you to
take a close look at your own
property. All of us can help control
the mosquito population by
emptying these sources of standing
water at least once a week and
rinsing them.
The good news is that Asian
Tigers only travel about one
hundred feet. So, if we can be
vigilant about our own property, as
well as encourage our neighbors to
the left and right of us, we shouldbe able to control this problem and
have a more pleasant summer.
If you are interested in learning
more about solutions to the
mosquito problem, including
discussing whether the
neighborhood would be interested
in having the state spray for
mosquitoes, Dorothy will speak at
the general membership meeting
on May 20th at 8 p.m. at the
Lynnbrook Recreation Center.
“Mosquitoes” from page 1...Summer Concerts
The Bethesda Summer Concert
Series will be held Thursday
evenings at Veterans Park, at the
corner of Norfolk & Woodmont
Avenues, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. All
concerts are free. More information
is available at www.bethesda.org/
specialevents/summerconcerts.htm.
Plant Sale
Gardeners and anyone who lovesplants won't want to miss the
Bethesda Community Garden
Club's 66th annual plant sale on
Thursday, May 7th. The sale, at
the Bethesda Farm Women's
Market, 7155 Wisconsin Avenue,
Bethesda, will run from 7:00 a.m.
until 1:00 p.m. rain or shine. Find
wonderful buys on a large selection
of perennials grown in members'
well-tended gardens, plus herbs,
annuals, native plants and shrubs.
Novices and experts alike can pose
their gardening questions to
Montgomery County Master
Gardeners on site throughout the
sale. Proceeds benefit various
community projects including
landscaping at Bethesda and Davis
libraries and a Montgomery
College scholarship in landscape
technology. Plentiful metered
public parking is available in the
lot behind the Market. For more
information call Simone at 301-571-9782.
Neighborhood Event Space
Need a place to host a party?
Consider renting the Lynnbrook
Recreation Center. The cost is only
$19 per hour weekdays and $38 per
hour Friday evenings, Saturdays,
Sundays, and holidays. The space
is rented in 4 hour blocks of time.
The description of the building and
more details about renting the
space can be found at www.mc-
mncppc.org/permits/permits/find/
activity.shtm.
Scholarships
Maryland Delegate Alfred Carr
(D-18) has state scholarship money
available for local students.
Applicants must be enrolled in a
Maryland college or university or
attending an out-of-state school in
a field of study not offered in
Maryland. Interested students
must write an application, a letter
detailing their accomplishments
and have a Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on
file. The application deadline is
May 30th. For more information,
please contact Legislative Aide
Kristin Fulkerson at 301-858-3638
Legislative Wrap-Up
The District 16 Town Hall
meeting is scheduled for May 11that the Davis Public Library.
Urban Trees
To learn more about trees in urban environments, visit these links:
www.ufei.org/files/pubs/22BenefitsofUrbanStreetTrees.pdf
www.tlcfortrees.info/tree_root_myths.htm
www.treesaregood.org/treecare/tree_planting.aspx
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Inside This IssueSlate of Officers ........................ 1
Mosquitoes................................ 1
Neighborhood Roundup............ 3
Coming Up Next
General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, May 20th
Lynnbrook Recreation Center
Parks Clean-Up
Saturday, May 9th, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Group Photograph at 11 a.m.
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