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The Lantern

Dunn Loring Woods Civic Association

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

We held our last membership meeting on September

20. Our guest speaker was Mark Keam, our new

Delegate for the Stenwood and Thoreau Precincts,

who was re-elected on November 8. Mark sharedsome history of how he got involved in politics and

provided information on the Legislative Agenda in

Richmond and some of the bills he initiated.

Frank Piazza announced that Barry Schwartz was

the winner of the 2011 Edward P. Day Award.See article on page 3.

DLWCA will participate in the Electric Sunday on

November 20. This has been a very popular event

in DLW. See details on page 2.

Well, we have had our first snow and soon it will be

time to decorate for the holidays. DLW homes

turns into a storybook land with all the festive

decorations. We hope you will help us select the

winners of gift certificates. There is a lot going on

in our area in the next few weeks. Happy Holidays!

Ken Quincy, President

13th

Vienna Interfaith Thanksgiving Prayer Service

Join friends and neighbors

for the beautiful service on

Tuesday, November 22 at

7:30 p.m. at the Vienna

Baptist Church, 541

Marshall Road, SW, Vienna, VA. Clergy will leadthe service with prayers for peace and thanksgiving.

Choirs from participating congregations in our

community will join together to provide an evening of

inspiring music. An offering will be collected to

support local food banks.

Holiday Stroll on Historic Church Street,

November 27th

from 6:009:00 p.m.

In addition to free horse drawn carriage rides, there will

be a petting zoo and marshmallow roasting at supervised

bonfires.

November-December 2011

ANNUAL HOLIDAY

DECORATING CONTEST

Now that Halloween is over, and we

have had our first snow, it is time to think about the

upcoming holidays. The stores are full of

decorations already. Here in DLW we will

again sponsor a holiday decorating contest.

Prizes will be awarded at the first 2012

membership meeting in the form of gift

certificates for each: $50 first place, $30 secondplace, and $20 third place. The winnersaddresses will be announced on a sign board on

each traffic island. The deadline for voting isTuesday,December 20. Enjoy the decorations,have fun and please vote. Submit your vote to

Frank Piazza, 8324 Syracuse Cr., 703-204-4701, or

Ken Quincy, 8225 Bucknell Dr., 703-573-7919.

ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD COOKIE

EXCHANGE

Please join the ladies of the neighbor-

hood for a fun-filled holiday cookie

exchange. Bring your favorite home-baked goodiesto exchange, and mingle over some hot cider and

appetizers on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 3:30 to 5:30

pm (still in plenty of time to make your holiday

parties) at the home of Lisa Youngers -2504 Drexel.

This is a great way to get a wide variety of treats for

the holidays while celebrating the good cheer of the

season with other neighborhood women. If you

would like to participate, please RSVP by Dec. 10 to

Lisa Youngers at [email protected] Chris

Van Winkle at703-205-9470 to receive the cookie

exchange details, including number of cookies needed

and packaging instructions. Questions? Please callLisa at 703-200-3523.

Fairfax County Public Schools

Winter Break

December 23 January 2

NEXT NEWSLETTER DEADLINE:Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Contact: Jean Moore: (703) 560-4650 [email protected]

Kathy Arpa: (703) 205-9041)[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Nov. 20

Got some electrical

junk you need to getrid of? Tired oflooking at old

electronics just sitting

there collecting dust?

Well DLWCA is

proud to announce

another communityservice helping you to

get rid of it!

WHO? We, DLWCA, will be gathering items

throughout the neighborhood for Fairfax CountysElectric Sunday.

WHEN? You can do it SundayNovember 20,

2011. We will be picking up in our Dunn Loring

Woods area between 9 a.m.11:00 a.m. on Sunday,

November 20. Please have all items at the curb by 9a.m on Sunday. If you would like a pick-up, please

call Frank Piazza at 703-204-4701 by 6 p.m. on

Saturday, November 19. Please provide an estimate

of items so we know how much to expect when we get

to you.

WHERE? Your items will be taken to the I-66

Transfer Station, 4618 West Ox Road, Fairfax, VA

22030 which will operate from 10 a.m.3 p.m. The

Electric Sunday recycling program is a free service to

County residents.

WHAT? Residents can recycle TVs, computers and

peripheral devicesincluding speakers, printers,

external drives and other such material. This also

covers computer peripherals (e.g., printers, scanners,ZIP drives, and keyboards), phones, cameras,

televisions, fax machines, portable gaming devices,

video equipment, audio equipment, etc.

Please remove ink cartridges from printers.

WHY? We want our community to be the best place

to live in Fairfax County! (And because we like you!)

Frank Piazza, 1st Vice President, DLWCA

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TO OUR BLOCKCAPTAINS!

A heartfelt thank you to our friends andneighbors of Dunn Loring Woods who

volunteered to be block captains for our 2011-

2012 membership drive. As the DLWCA

membership drive winds to a close, I wanted to

express my sincere appreciation to those who

volunteered to go out after work, on weekends,

and between rainstorms to canvas your blocks.

It is the personal touch of these block captains

that contribute to the success of the drive.

Our captains:

Edith MacArthur Michael Ratner

Vernon Anderson Mary Anne Festa

Jim McDermott Elfie Herlihy

Wesson Olson Rae Schoffstall

Marvel Cole Elaine Cherry

Richard Adams Jane MacDuff

Jennifer Koshute Liz Denman

Catherine Frazier Inge Kummer

Lauren Colon Chris Gieseler

Marie McGown Benita Wong

Brian Kennealy Glenn RichardsKatie Brown Patricia Wanschura

Justine Cromer Tricia McCarthy

Wayne Comer Lisa McShane

Hilda Thune Courtney Peksens

Diane Donnelly Barbara Delisa

Charles Kestenbaum Samantha Cath

Neal McKinney Julie SmithKathleen Farrar

For those Dunn Loring residents who have not

yet sent in your membership dues and forms, it

is not too late! You may send or deliver them toPat Stout at 2545 Villanova Court.

A new DLW directory will be published in 2012.

Kathleen Lynn

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Sympathy is extended to the family of Ann

Randol, who passed away in October after a short

illness. Ann was a long time resident of 8303

Cottage Street.


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BARRY SCHWARTZ WINS 2011 EDWARD P. DAY

CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Our Dunn Loring Woods Civic Association (DLWCA) is proud torecognize Mr. Barry Schwartz as this years recipient of the Edward P. Day Citizenship (EPD) Award for

2011. This annual award is given to a Dunn Loring Woods resident that has exemplified attributes of

leadership, model citizenship and volunteerism, contributing in a significant manner to the DLW

community. After reviewing several nominations this year, Mr. Schwartz was chosen for his outstanding

service to Dunn Loring Woods, which includes work on the Dunn Loring Woods Swim Club, charitable

time assisting the elderly and his ongoing instruction for adults in English as a Second Language.

Mr. Schwartz has been a resident of the Dunn Loring Woods neighborhood since 2003. He, his wife Jen

and daughter Geena moved into their current house in 2003. In 2005, his son Ethan was born and they

purchased a new home across the street. As the storage needs expand, so must the house.

Mr. Schwartz has made his living doing residential real estate development in the Maryland suburbs and

has owned his own company for the past nine years. He was a volunteer firefighter in Pennsylvania and

Montgomery County, Maryland, for about eight years during and after College. He enjoys home

renovation projects, fishing, riding and skiing with the kids. He has always been better at offering help

than asking for it, and enjoys helping friends and neighbors with things that they know little about or are

unable to move, cut or fix themselves. Shortly after moving in he helped find contractors for work on the

boy scout pavilion project at the pool and later that year pitched in on the Witman/Reinhart volunteer

repairs to the pool pump house roofs. His contributions led to being pulled onto the pool board for three

years. He has been keeping roads plowed during the winter storms and pushes open the occasiona

driveway plowed shut by the pros.

He is always ready to lend a helping hand for various other DLW residents, often from the google group

emails, for waterproofing or drainage problems, firewood supply, tree and branch removal, wiring

problems (from the google groups emails), plumbing projects, computer repairs, squirrel trapping

(unsuccessfully...), clearing fallen phone lines. He also enjoyed trying to share his time fishing and

playing on the Potomac with many of our neighbors and their kids.

His main support to our community has always been to help as "pitching in" where he can. His wife who

should get the award for putting up with the familiar, "I just gotta run and help a friend/neighbor a few

minutes!

CONGRATULATIONS, BARRY!*****************************************************************************************

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

Syracuse Circle once again handled neighborhood watch for the month of October. This is an annual rit

for the residents. Thanks to everyone who participated.

If you would like to volunteer for Neighborhood Watch, call Mark Hann at 703-489-9463. To report

crime, call 911 emergency or 703-691-2131 (non emergency).


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NEW AMANDA PLACE DEVELOPMENT

Development of the property on the north side of

Amanda Place near Cedar Lane, or what used to

be one of the parking areas for the Korean

Central Presbyterian Church, was approved by

the County awhile ago. You may recall that

some public meetings were previously held on

this matter. Construction of homes on that

property is now scheduled to begin in the near

future. There is planned to be a tree buffer

between adjacent DLW residences and the new

homes, and, a new storm water management

system is to be installed. The tree-save and

storm water management areas have been

marked by white plastic. DLW residents and

others have established informal walking trailsthrough the woods that are now on the property.

This has essentially been trespassing on the

property but the developer has not objected to

any degree, to date. However, with preparation

for construction and actual construction to begin

soon, DLW residents and others should avoid

being on this property both for their own safety

and so as to not disturb the markings for the

tree-save and storm water management areas

and other construction activities. DLW residents

who live in close proximity to the newdevelopment will be contacted re: the

construction time line and other pertinent

information related to development construction,

as well as be provided a contact for questions

and concerns that arise during the construction

period.

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Correction

In the list of families participating in placing flags

on July 4, the name of Brian Kennealy wasmisspelled. We apologize for any confusion.

PLEASE NOTE: The recent Lantern is dated

December 2011/January 2012. It should have

been dated November/December 2011.

HELP WANTED - Snow

Removal

If you have

a snow plow

and are interested in

helping Dunn Loring Woods

residents with snow removal,

plowing, shoveling, etc, please

contact Melvin Rose at 703-573-

2076.

FALL NEIGHBORHOOD TIPS

1. Late-blooming trees and shrubs may be

pruned now.

2. Fertilize trees and shrubs just before the

ground freezes.

3. Do not mulch too close to the stem or trunks of

plants and trees. And don't pile mulch up against

stems and trunks. 2" of mulch is adequate.

4. Before winter, mow your lawn lower than

normal, to about 1-1/2" to 2", and, if you edge

your lawn at this time, it will remain neat

throughout the winter. Before you store your

mower for the winter, run the engine until it is

completely out of fuel.

5. Just a reminder that you must bag

all those leaves in your yard. We do

not have curb side pick-up like they

do in the town of Vienna. Never park

your car on top of a pile of leaves.

6. Please clean up after your pets.

The Dunn Loring Woods Board ofDirectors would like to extend wishes toeveryone for a safe, happy holiday.Our next Lantern newsletter will be in2012.

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