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Representing the 1200 households North of East-West Highway, South of JonesBridge Road, East of Wisconsin Avenue and West of Columbia Country Club.
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 By Greg Volz, Incoming PresidentI want to share a quick story. My wife, Kelly, and Idecided we needed a bigger house so we started to lookat homes from Potomac to Annapolis. I loved the space,the big yards and of course the garage!! What guydoesn’t love a big garage. However, we always cameback to our 1,700 square foot, garage-less home andour terrific neighbors, the restaurants, grocery stores,coffee shops, dry cleaners, metro stop, and on and on.We came to the realization that we have everything weneed right here in East Bethesda. We are so fortunateto live in this great community.Which brings me to why I chose to take on the roleas President of East Bethesda Citizens Association. Iwant to help make this an even better place to comehome. My goals for the next year are pretty simple andinline with our objectives as stated in the EBCA By-laws:1. Unite residents and promote the bettermentof our neighborhood2. Get people involved in our organization3. Operate within the framework of our By-laws.My focus will be within the physical boundaries of EBCA: Jones Bridge Rd to Columbia CC to East WestHighway and Wisconsin Ave.: approximately 1300homes. This is a list of ideas to help get the ballrolling:
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Develop a closer relationship with BCC HighSchool and promote school events such as sportingand theater. We can include the school eventscalendar on our website and have an EBCA nightat a football game.
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Tie the various neighborhood block partiestogether in a way that we can broaden ourhorizons a bit and get to know others in our
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By Ilaya Hopkins, Outgoing PresidentThe May general membership meeting coveredimportant topics but the theme was clear: we allbenefit when we look out for one another. Fromcleaning up standing water in our yards to help abatethe mosquito problem in the near by area, to pickingup extra newspapers at houses that are unoccupied, towatching for suspicious activity and reporting it to thepolice—all of these actions help to keep ourneighborhood clean, safe and a great place to live. As for the issue of delivery of the Examinernewspaper, when contacted the paper says that theydo honor an individual’s request to stop delivery.Therefore, we will not pursue stoppage of delivery forthe neighborhood. To stop delivery at your address,call 703 560-4000 or go online towww.dcexaminer.com. If you have problems with that,you can contact the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection atConsumerProtection@montgomeryCountymd.gov orwww.montgomerycountymd.gov/consumer. As forpapers left at homes that are unoccupied, it is helpfulif we can all pitch in and add them to our recycling tokeep our streets clean and our storm water pathsclear.On a personal note, the meeting was also importantbecause we were able to pass the torch to the nextgroup of residents who are keen on strengthening ourcommunity. I am very excited about the energy andideas they bring to the organization. Obviously, thisdoes not happen without the support of a number of people. I’d like to use this opportunity to thank somany volunteers who have been involved over the lasttwo years; to Dave Saltzman and Tori Hall who havebeen fantastic VPs, each pursuing issues of importanceto them and the community; to Dorian Patchin andCarmen Abrams who brought our website up to the
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East Bethesda CitizensAssociation, Inc.PO Box 41020Bethesda, MD 20824www.ebca.org
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Jay Briar, Editornewsletter@ebca.orgSponsorship, Vacantsponsorship@ebca.orgGreg Volz, Incoming PresidentIlaya Hopkins, Outgoing PresidentKevin Kraus, Incoming 1st Vice PresidentRebecca Fayed, Incoming 2nd Vice PresidentDavid Saltzman, Outgoing 1st Vice PresidentTori Hall, Outgoing 2nd Vice President A.B. Carneal, Recording SecretaryJack Hayes, TreasurerDan Fox, Outgoing Past President Andy O’Hare, Crescent TrailMonica Hayes, EducationEleanor Rice, NIH LiaisonCarmen Abrams, WebsiteDorian Patchin, WebsiteLeslie Weber, Welcome PacketsMembership, VacantParks & Playgrounds, VacantSocial Events, Vacant
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Have you ever thought that you might like to get justa little more involved in the neighborhood. Manyformer committee chairs have stepped into otherleadership roles in EBCA. That makes this the perfectopportunity for you to help plan an event.
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Social Chair: organizes annual events such as theHalloween Parade, Yard Sale and picnics.
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Membership Chair: maintains the database of dues-paying members.
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Parks & Playgrounds Chair: organizes clean-upsseveral times a year.new level we are all enjoying; to Rebecca Fayed forher thoroughness and thoughtfulness growing themembership; to David Kauffman for launching andcontinuing to help with our newsletter sponsorshipprogram; to Jay Briar who does an extraordinary jobof taking lots of bits of information and pulling themtogether in a cohesive and informative newsletter; to AB Carneal for providing details on meetings to thosewho cannot attend in person; to Kevin Kraus forkeeping our parks beautiful; to Monica Hayes whoworked so hard this last year to make sure the voicesof East Bethesda residents were heard in the schoolassignment discussion; and, most importantly, toJack Hayes, our treasurer but so much more. I don’tknow where we would be without his knowledge andinstitutional memory of East Bethesda, downtownBethesda and the county. I’d also like to thankeveryone for the beautiful plaque with the aerialphoto of our neighborhood and the kind words.Serving as president has been a great honor and awonderful opportunity to meet and get to know somany neighbors in East Bethesda.
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 An East Bethesda resident is oneof six Americans participating inEnduro Africa, a fundraiser andmotorcycle trek through Southern Africa in October that benefits fourcharities providing HIVprevention, education, and supportin the region. Andrew Forsyth, 43, registeredin December for the fundraiser and2000-km off-road ride organized byUK-based Global Enduro, a socialenterprise that seeks to profit fromhelping others. The 8-day tripbegins on October 2
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in theEastern Cape of South Africa,ancestral home of Nelson Mandela.In signing up, he has committed toraising a minimum of $7,500 indonations.“This is the first time I’ll havedone anything like this,” saidForsyth, “and I’m floored by thetremendous response, words of encouragement, and generousdonations from my family, friends,neighbors, and colleagues to theseincredible charities -- even in themidst of this dismal economicclimate.” An avid motorcyclist for 4 years,Forsyth’s riding experience hasbeen limited to area highways,expressways, and backroads.Except for his years as a mountainbiker, he has never ridden off-road.“I know the principles andtechniques of riding on two wheelsin the dirt, gravel, and muck,” hesays, “but there’s a big differencebetween keeping 25 and 300pounds of bike under control.” Heexpects to complete offroadtraining school in the comingmonths.Forsyth, who is a program officerin the AIDS Center at the NationalInstitute for Mental Health, workswith scientists in the U.S. andbeyond to develop, test, anddisseminate innovative strategiesto stem new HIV infectionsworldwide.He recently completed a two-dayfund drive that raised anadditional $1000 for the charities,bringing him just over the halfwaypoint for the minimum required forparticipation. “But I’m expectingrecord donations and I hope tocrush my $10,000 fundraisinggoal.” Donations will benefitUNICEF, Sentebale, TouchAfrica,and Nelson Mandela Children’sFund. He publishes two or threeupdates per week on his blog onHIV prevention and his progressraising funds, planning, andtraining for the adventure atwww.andrewsenduroafrica2009.blogspot.com.
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neighborhood. We can establisha block party cook off, tennistournament, and an EastBethesda little league baseballteam.
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Explore the possibilities of building a neighborhood pool.
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Re-energize our neighborhoodwatch program.
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Continue to strengthen andpromote the communicationtools we have available like thewebsite, newsletter, and othermeans. I would like to createan opt-in neighborhood phonedirectory or listing on thewebsite too.We need to get more peopleinvolved and increase thepercentage of dues payingmembers which right now ishovering at around 30%. We have alot of talented, creative andenergetic people in thisneighborhood. We need to tap intothese resources to help us achievethese goals.I’m excited about thisopportunity. I look forward toworking with the executivecommittee and meeting morepeople in this great neighborhood. Iencourage you to contact me withyour ideas and, more importantly,how you plan to execute your idea!Finally, I want to thank IlayaHopkins for her two years of dedicated service to EBCA. Sheand her team have taken on a lot of issues facing our community. Oneof the most important efforts, inmy opinion, is developing ourwebsite. You need to check it out if you haven’t already, www.ebca.org.In addition, we have been wellrepresented on the Purple Line,BRAC and school choice issues, notto mention the social events suchas the Halloween parade and laborday picnic. We are fortunate tohave a great voice for EBCA asIlaya focuses her efforts on a largercounty scale.
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