Dear Neighbors,

What pleasure it is to serve as President of the

Fairfield Civic League. First, I would like to

say special thanks to my good friend Doug

McLiverty for his 15 years of service as Presi-

dent. Second, I have always thought it as im-

portant to give back to my community by being

a good neighbor, taking care of my home, and

finding a place to serve. It is the small things

that we do daily that add up to make a difference in our community.

We have a neighborhood with some of the original home owners and we

have families with small children moving back into Fairfield. I do not

think this is by coincidence, but people doing the small things daily mak-

ing this a great place to live.

We each have our own story on how we settled in Fairfield. My wife

Linda and I first lived in the Kempsville area f990 to 1992, because like

so many I was stationed on a ship out of Norfolk. We thoroughly enjoyed

our time living in this area because of the schools and all the amenities

that make this a good place to raise a family. We had such a great ex-

perience we came back in 1996 and rented a home on S. Claypool Court.

Two years later we had the opportunity to buy the home next door to my

wife’s sister on Oxbow Drive and have lived there for over 15 years. We

have great neighbors and are thankful to call Fairfield home.

I have always been amazed that the best way to contact my grown kids is

by sending a text message. My first thought, what happened to a tele-

phone call? There is nothing better than talking with your neighbor

about events happening in the area. My favorite is over at my neighbor’s

garage. We live in an era where the social media has become another

means of communicating.

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Historic Fairfield Oak Tree

P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Welcome

Community Service

Social Media

Traffic Issues

Next Civic League

Meeting 14 October

The Fairfield Oak

October, 2013 The Fairfield Oak

C O N T E N T S

Schedule 2

Helpful Phone Numbers 2

Message From Editor 3

Garden Club Fall Sale 3

Neighborhood Watch 6

Garden Club news 7

Traffic/Construction 8

Advertisements 9

Kemps Landing Park 10

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Webmaster

Neighborhood Watch

Traffic

Editor—Fairfield Oak

Council Civic Org Rep

Historic Kempsville CAC

Matt Maxwell

Brad Lerner

Kathy Donovan

Betty Virok

Kevin Johnson

Barb Conyers

Stevey Callahan

Jim Donovan

Doug McLiverty

Stephen Mannix

MattMaxwell@aol.com

bradleylern@hotmail.com

Kathydonovan@rocketmail.com

bvirok@gmail.com

webmaster@fairfieldcivic.org

FairfieldCL.NW@gmail.com

seb-one@cox.net

Jim_Donovan53@yahoo.com

doug@fairfieldcivic.org

steve@fairfieldcivic.org

Police Emergency 911

Police Non-Emergency 385-5000

Fourth Precinct 385-2800

Animal Control 385-4444

Waste Management 385-4650

Kempsville Library 385-2628

Kempsville Rec Center 474-8492

Miss Utility 1-800-552-7001

Dominion VA Power 1-888-667-3000

Virginia Natural Gas 1-866-229-3578

Mosquito Control, Flooding and Drainage

issues, Potholes and Burned Out Street

Lights. 385-1470

October 14, 2013

November 18, 2013

January 13, 2014

February 10th, 2014

March 10, 2014

May 12, 2014

Old Kemps Landing School

F a i r f i e l d C i v i c L e a g u e — E x e c u t i v e

B o a r d

H e l p f u l N u m b e r s

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2 0 1 3 - S c h e d u l e

The Fairfield

Civic League

meets at

Fairfield

Elementary

School at 7

P.M. in the

cafeteria.

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mailto:bvirok@gmail.commailto:FairfieldCL.NW@gmail.commailto:seb-one@cox.net

Our format is limited to black and

white due to restrictions imposed

by our printer. Cost of advertis-

ing in the Fairfield Oak is $20 for

1/4 page; $40 for 1/2 page and

$80 for full page.

The Fairfield Oak is normally

published bi-annually in April

and October.

All the best, Jim

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Fairfield Garden Club’s FALL PLANT SALE is Saturday, October 12 from 8AM - 4PM.

Shop the beauty of the fall season with mums, snapdragons, pansies and more on sale

under the old oak tree (5244 Locke Lane). For more information contact Judy Wood at

757-406-4990

GENERAL INFO:

The Fairfield Garden Club was established in 1972. Its website is:

https://sites.google.com/site/fairfieldgardenclubva/home

*All are welcome to join

*$25 annual dues

*Meetings are: Sept. through May on the second Tuesday

*at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

*9:30 AM gather, 10 AM program and 11 AM meeting

Profit from two plant sales/year supports:

*Maintenance of three medians (Fairfield Blvd, Locke Lane, Lord Dunmore) - cost $4,000 +/

year.

*Insurance for brick subdivision entrance signs at Fairfield Blvd and Locke Lane—cost

$425/ year.

F a i r f i e l d g a r d e n C l u b

F a l l P l a n t S a l e

A m e s s a g e f r o m t h e E d i t o r

Welcome to the Fall 2013

edition of the Fairfield Oak, a

newsletter for the Fairfield

Civic League and community.

If you have suggestions or

wish to have an article in-

cluded please contact me at

Jim_Donovan53@yahoo.com.

https://sites.google.com/site/fairfieldgardenclubva/home

We have four ways of getting out information or exchanging ideas.

Join the Civic League and your email is added to the Fairfield email list. All emails are sent

out as a blind copy to prevent spam. We try to limit its use to important information.

Be a friend of the Fairfield Civic League on Facebook. This is a closed group so that we can

limit who joins the group. Facebook allows for a more open dialog on the happenings in

Fairfield.

Join the private social media group www.nextdoor.com sponsored by the City of Virginia

Beach. Our neighborhood is www.fairfieldvirginiabeach.nextdoor.com. This site has

been promoted to assist with the Neighborhood Watch and has lots of great information.

Please note this is a relatively new site and we are in the process of evaluating its use.

Currently, the police reports sent to my email have been great.

Get out and talk with your neighbor or meet them for breakfast or lunch at our shopping

centers. I can think of at least 8 nice places to meet.

The traffic committee continues to work on developing a means to calm the traffic along Lord

Dunmore Drive. We have received wonderful support from our City Council Representative, Dr.

Amelia Ross-Hammond. The traffic committee will be talking about their progress at the next

Civic League Meeting on October 14th.

There continues to be much work at Kempsville and Providence Roads Intersection and the de-

velopment of this area. We will try to keep you informed at our monthly meetings and through

our social media outlets. If you have questions about the development of this area, please let us

know.

Stop by the Fall Plant Sale on October 12th and help out the Fairfield Garden Club. Their pro-

ceeds go to help maintain the entrances into our neighborhood. Each year they personally select

choice plants from a local nursery.

As long as our Civic League remains active we can have voice in how we shape our community.

We have a number of committees where you can become involved in our neighborhood. I look

forward toward meeting you at one of our Civic League meetings.

Warm regards,

Matt Maxwell

P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e ( c o n t . )

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http://www.fairfieldvirginiabeach.nextdoor.com

F a i r f i e l d S h o p p i n g C e n t e r U p d a t e

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That Game Store!

Ray Mead has always wanted to open That Game Store. Ray and his wife, Angela, are very excited to join the won-derful people at the Fairfield Shopping Center and are eager to open the new store. That Game Store is a buy/sell/trade video game store with much more to offer! The business will also offer rentals for video games, disc resurfac-ing and, best of all, a video gaming lounge. There you can have video gaming parties, such as birthday, rainy day, or even host your own tournaments. The target date for a grand opening is before Halloween festivities. Look for That Game Store between Jenny Craig and Kitchen King.

Brain Balance Achievement Center!

The number of children developing ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger’s, learning disabilities, autism, OCD and other neurobe-havioral issues has increased dramatically over the past 20 years. Brain Balance Centers test children to determine which side of the brain is weaker along with the level of disparity. Brain Balance Achievement Centers across the country are giving children the chance to reach their full potential for a happy, productive life!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Fairfield Days Annual Halloween Spooktacular 3-5pm

Free and open to the public

A d v e r t i s t e m e n t

The Fairfield Civic League

Neighborhood Watch Program Needs YOU!!!

Neighborhood Watch Goes Virtual on New Social Media Site

Please read the following press release from MPO Tonya Borman, Virginia Beach Police Department

Public Affairs Officer:

“In January 2013, the Virginia Beach Police Crime Prevention Unit began promoting the use of the social

networking site Nextdoor.com to neighborhoods and Citizen Advisory Committees throughout the city. We

partnered with the Office of Volunteer Resources to give presentations on how this would increase commu-

nications among neighbors, thereby increasing safety in their neighborhoods. We also saw that this was a

way to modernize our current Neighborhood Watch program since often times people were more comfort-

able communicating over a social network rather than face-to-face. With each neighborhood and citizen

that signs on to use Nextdoor.com, that community has an extra set of eyes and ears on the lookout for sus-

picious persons and behavior. Since its beginning, the use of Nextdoor.com has grown 400 percent and is

still on the rise. “

Nextdoor is strictly about connecting with the people who live around you. Currently almost 15% of

Fairfield residents are part of Nextdoor Fairfield, our private community website. You must live in Fair-

field to join. Members can post information that notifies residents of a crime or suspicious activity in the

area and can receive police alerts. But it can also be used to recruit help finding a lost pet or seek a rec-

ommendation for a good plumber. Nextdoor Fairfield can be linked to Facebook and used on iPhones

and Androids. Please go to the link http://help.nextdoor.com to learn more about Nextdoor and http://

fairfieldvirginiabeach.nextdoor.com/join to join. If you already are a member please invite your Fair-

field friends and neighbors to join. The more residents connected, the stronger the network.

With busy lifestyles, a social media network may be the most efficient way Fairfield residents can con-

nect with each other. However, that being said, I would urge each of you to stop for a just a minute and

say hello to a neighbor. Have a face to face connection. Be neighborly. It’s in everyone’s best interest to

live in the best neighborhood possible, a neighborhood with identity, empathy, and a strong sense of

community. Our neighborhood is a place you help create.

Fairfield is one of the safest neighborhoods in Virginia Beach and let’s keep it that way. Get connected.

Barbara Conyers

Fairfield Neighborhood Watch Coordinator

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http://help.nextdoor.comhttp://fairfieldvirginiabeach.nextdoor.com/joinhttp://fairfieldvirginiabeach.nextdoor.com/join

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PROGRAM INFO

October 8, 2013

Chrysler Museum of Art…”Flowers in Art”. Museum Docent at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

November 12, 2013:

Field trip to Norfolk Botanical Gardens, “Hothouse Gardening” with Vickie Pepper

Carpool from Fairfield Shopping Center. Lecture at 10am.

January 14, 2014:

Flower arranging with Frances Thrash at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

(Paid event, if interested, prior contact is needed)

February 11, 2014:

Field trip to McDonald Garden Center (Independence Blvd.) – “Sun and Shade Plants”

March 11,2014:

“Landscaping Tips” by Bill Kinne at Emmanuel Episcopal Church

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Intersection Update: The final sale of the property stretching from the Kemps Landing School building to

Lord Dunmore should be completed in the next 60 days. Why does it take so long for the sale when the pro-

ject was approved in April 2012? The sale of the land required a set of approved detailed plans. There is a

proposal for the land in between Witchduck Road and Emmanuel Episcopal Church which has not been ap-

proved by Zoning or the City Council. This is a small development of 4-5 shops anchored by a Wal-

greens. There are also discussions in regard to the city purchasing, rezoning and then reselling land for re-

development. This would greatly accelerate high quality redevelopment.

Stephen Mannix

Historic Kempsville CAC Representative

This past summer, the traffic committee met with our new Kempsville councilwoman, Dr. Amelia Ross-

Hammond. We wanted to acquaint her with our major traffic concerns here in Fairfield. Expressing concern

for our situation, she said that she would meet with Mike Shahsiah, a Virginia Beach traffic engineer to dis-

cuss the problems we continue to have. She has done so and there is a meeting being planned for October

with Mr. Shahsiah, Dr. Ross-Hammonds, and the traffic committee.

For those new to Fairfield, or those who were not at the recent Civic League meeting, we have a long history

of many years of trying to work with the city to slow down the speeding and reduce the tremendous amount

of cut-thru traffic we endure on our main streets here in the neighborhood-Lord Dunmore, Balfor, Fairfield

Blvd., Locke Lane and also Rolleston. Fairfield participated in the Beach’s Traffic Calming Program with

limited to no effective results and we are now stepping up our requests for further measures to do so as the

streets are becoming worse and worse with many incidents of dangerous situations being reported.

Traffic consultants tell us that our streets are very wide and allow for drivers to move at speeds closer to sec-

ondary road speeds which makes for dangerous neighborhood streets. Further, we realize that most people

do not even realize that they are exceeding the speed limit as they are not paying attention. A majority of

vehicles drive thru at 35-40 MPH without even realizing it, Fairfield residents included. The 4th precinct

informed us that many of the vehicles they stopped were residents of the neighborhood.

We have appealed many times to the 4th precinct for radar patrol and they provide that when they have the

available staff, but we also know that they respond to phoned in complaints, and so we need our residents to

pick up their phones and call and let the police know of speeding, passing, etc. which should not be tolerated

here in our lovely neighborhood.

We will begin a weekly report to the precinct and others concerned and would appreciate it if you, our resi-

dents, would inform us of any issues that you might have witnessed so that we can share them with the po-

lice and others in order to get this situation rectified. We need YOUR help in doing so. We are on Facebook

and NextDoor-Fairfield for you to share your issues and concerns. Please help out and together we can

make Fairfield a safer, more peaceful place to live. Thank you in advance for your help-we appreciate it!

Respectfully,

Stevey Callahan, Traffic Committee Chair

New Construction—Witchduck/Princess Anne Road Intersection

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Fairfield Civic League-Traffic Committee Report

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A d v e r t i s e m e n t s

HOME IMPROVEMENTS SPECIALIZING IN CUSTOM WOOD WORKING & REPAIRS

IAN HOEKER & RICK HOTCHKIN

757-615-3654 or 757-615-4063 hoeckerstyle@gmail.com

Thank you for your attention to details, hard work, courteous service, and a won-

derfully crafted screened in porch that we will be able to enjoy for years to come.

You made a challenging project most pleasurable.

Matt and Linda Maxwell (Oxbow Drive)

ACCURATEXTERIORS, Inc.

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Kempsville PONY “Good Game” Statue Has Arrived in Virginia Beach

Fairfield residents responded to last issue’s article by placing several orders for etched pavers near the

“Good Game” statue at the new Kemps Landing Park. The statue was delivered during the summer

and is on display at the Richard Stravitz Gallery on Laskin Road until it can be installed at the park.

The life-size statue of a 13-year-old baseball player is posed in the league’s sportsmanship tradition of

lining up after each game and thanking the other players and coaches for a “Good Game.” At ground

level at the park, fans of all ages will be able to walk up to the player to return that sentiment.

A recent paver order from Williamsburg recognizes C.J. “Bud” Shaughnessy’s Kempsville Pony All

Star team that won the 1975 State Tournament. The Shaughnessy family provided a photo of that team

that drew more than a thousand views in two days on the statue project’s Facebook page. The word is

out! Kempsville PONY Baseball is encouraging local residents to place their 4” x 8” or 8” x 8” etched

paver orders early before the limited space is filled.

A description of the project and pavers with links to mail-in order forms or online payment options can

be found at http://www.kpb.org/GoodGameStatueWebPage.htm.

Please visit the site, read about the project, and pass the word to other Kempsville families who either

played or watched their children play at the Pony-Colt fields. To enjoy photos of Kempsville teams

from as far back as the 1950s, visit Facebook and search for Kempsville PONY Good Game Statue. . If

you have Kempsville Pony photos that you’d like to share, please send them to good-

gamestatue@gmail.com or contact Frank Albero of Kempsville Pony Baseball at (757) 677-6585.

“Good Game” Statue to Mark 50 Years of

Baseball at Kemps Landing Park

http://www.kpb.org/GoodGameStatueWebPage.htmmailto:goodgamestatue@gmail.commailto:goodgamestatue@gmail.com

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KEMPSVILLE PONY BASEBALL 4” x 8” Brick: $75 each

Please provide your email address here: __________________________

Mail completed form with check or money order to:

KPB “Good Game” Statue P.O. Box 65243 Virginia Beach, VA 23467

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Fairfield Civic League Membership

***Annual Membership Fee of $12 is submitted each October*** Time to renew your FCL Membership Or Join Today!!

Great way to get involved, make friends and have lots of fun right here in your own neighborhood!

With active members we can accomplish great things for the benefit of so many worthy causes!

Dues are $12 per household per year and runs from January through December.

If you are not yet a member and would like to join or an old member who needs to renew dues please contact Betty Virok at

bvirok@gmail.com and/or mail form below:

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Names: (Please list all family members): _________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________ Phone: (Home and Cell): _____________________________________

Email Address: __________________________ Interest in Joining Neighborhood Watch? Yes ___ No ___

Return this form with your $12 membership dues to:

Fairfield Civic League

c/o Betty Virok

604 Lord Dunmore Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Fairfield Civic League

664 Rosaer Lane

Virginia Beach, VA 23464