1

Summer Health Tips

By Janet Myers

Swimming Pool Safety Tips
With the summer heat, kids
flock to the pools. This equates
to increase risk and
unfortunately increased
incidence of drowning among
children. Drowning is the third
leading cause of injury and
death among children ages 1 to
14 years. To reduce the risk of
drowning, we share precautions
and guidelines:
Learn and follow basic water
safety rules
Designate responsible and
sober adult supervision
Always swim with a buddy
Avoid drinking alcohol before
or during swimming, boating
or water skiing
Learn to swim
Restrict access to private
pools by using fences
Learn cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR)

Sunbathing/Tanning
DC summer means high
temperatures and a strong sun.
The Department for Public
Health warns residents to limit
their exposure to the sun. Over-
exposure to ultraviolet rays (part
of sunlight) can be extremely
damaging to a person's health.
Too much time in the sun can
2
result in painful sunburn,
permanent skin damage, and in
some cases, skin cancer
(melanoma). Although small to
moderate amounts of sun
exposure can have beneficial
effects (e.g. production of Vitamin
D), far too many people ignore
even simple precautions to avoid
over-exposure:
Avoid sunbathing and tanning
parlors
Shield your face with a hat
Limit sun exposure from 10 AM
to 3 PM (strongest)
Sunscreen should have a sun
protection factor (SPF) greater
than 15
UV-rated sunglasses
Choose cosmetics that contain
sunscreen
Use lip products with an SPF
greater than 15
Mosquitoes Protection
Summer brings mosquitos to the
DC area. Here are some tips &
precautions to deal with them:
Remove standing rain water to
eliminate mosquito breeding
areas
Stay indoors at dawn and dusk,
when mosquitoes are most
active
Wear long-sleeved shirts and
long pants outdoors
Spray thin clothing with
repellents; apply sparingly

3
Raymond Recreation
Center
By Vann-Di M. Galloway

Raymond Recreation Center has
long been in the process of being
rebuilt. We can now see the finish
line. Mayor Vincent C. Gray,
Councilmember Muriel Bowser,
DC Department of Parks and
Recreation Director Jesus Aguirre
and ANC 4C Commissioner Vann-
Di M. Galloway cut the ribbon for
the new center in March and the
fields are almost complete.
The center is located at 3725 10th
Street, NW, which is just north of
Spring Road. The building is done
but the grounds will not be
completed until late June. The
Center Manager, Cecily Mendie,
has implemented programming for
tots all the way to seniors so that
the entire community can benefit
from the facility. The 4
th
District
MPD Officers report fewer
complaints in the areas around the
Georgia Avenue Petworth Metro
Station due to the Recreation
Advisory Neighborhood commission
4C NEWSLETTER
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
2 SMD Announcements - contributions from your Commissioners.
3 DC Agency News useful announcements and information.
4 Meet your ANCers Commissioner contact information.
The new Raymond Rec. Center
(National Capital Planning Commission)
Issue 2

June
2013


ANC 4C Newsletter March 2013 Page 4

SMD 4C01
Michael Yates Treasurer
1216 Madison Street, NW
(202) 726-1870
[email protected]

SMD 4C02
Janet Myers Chair
5005 13
th
Street, NW
(202) 726-0658
[email protected]

SMD 4C03
Jeff Standish
1127 Buchanan Street, NW
(508) 317-6217
[email protected]

SMD 4C04
Rickey Williams Jr.
3900 14
th
Street, NW
(202) 290-7600
[email protected]

SMD 4C05
Joseph M. Vaughan
1305 Shepard Street, NW
(202) 550-1081
[email protected]

SMD 4C06
Vann-Di Galloway
3809 13
th
Street, NW
(202) 545-8155
[email protected]

SMD 4C07
Shanel O. Anthony Vice Chair
4409 Kansas Avenue, NW
(202) 291-6455
[email protected]

SMD 4C08
Timothy A. Jones
737 Rock Creek Church Rd., NW
(202) 722-0701
[email protected]

Summer Camp for
Homeless Kids
By Jeff Standish

I am happy to report that due to
the heroic efforts of a few Ward 4
residents and the generous
support provided by members of
the Petworth/16
th
Street Heights
community, 6 kids from the DC
General Homeless Shelter will be
going to summer camp. They will
be traveling to Camp Letts and
getting a summer experience that
every kid should have.

But it gets
even better.
Just prior to
the deadline
for Camp
Letts
registration,
the neighborhood organizers of
this wonderful effort challenged the
community and other
neighborhoods to raise additional
funds to send more kids from DC
Gen shelter to summer camp.
Twenty-five kids aged 6 to 12
will be going to Camp Letts on
the Chesapeake Bay.
Great work Petworth and 16
th

Street Heights!!! You have
made a difference for 25 under-
privileged kids.

Petworth/Parkview
Climate Group
By Jeff Standish

Can you reduce your individual,
household, and community
carbon footprint? Come join
Catherine Sen and other
community members to discuss
climate change and what we
can do on our own and as a
group.
The inaugural meeting is
happening June 10
th
, but for
more information contact
Catherine by email at
[email protected] or by
phone at 202-215-2000.
SMD 4C09
Zachary Hartman Secretary
117 Webster Street, NW
(202) 505-1171
[email protected]

SMD 4C10
Evan Waldt
327 Upshur Street, NW
(202) 758-8268
[email protected]

ANC 4C Office
P.O. Box 60847
Washington, DC 20039-0847
202-723-6670
[email protected]

The ANC 4C Community
meeting for July will be at 6:30
PM on Wednesday July 10th,
2013 in Petworth Library.
ANC 4C CONTACT INFORMATION
ANC 4C NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 JUNE 2013

ANC 4C Newsletter March 2013 Page 2
SMD ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4C01
- 2013 residential street sweeping
season runs Friday March 1 thru
October 31
st
. Parking
enforcement will begin Monday,
March 11
th
. Please check posted
signage about parking restrictions.
4C02
4C03
- Upshur Park voted best
playground in 2013 by
Washington
4C04
4C05
- New cherry trees planted next to
Upshur Dog Park. Thanks Carol
Herwig and company looks
great!
4C06
- Construction of the new Safeway
is moving along quite rapidly
almost back up to ground level
4C08
- The Friends of the Soldiers Home
will be showing the film The Us
Army Bike Corp - America's
Black Arrmy on Wheels,
including discussion by noted
author and historian C.R. Gibbs.
The showing will occur in the
USAFRH Scot Building
Theater on June 26 @ 6:30 PM
4C09
4C10
- New establishments to know
about:
La Joya Steakhouse to open at
Upshur and Rock Creek
Church Road

1
around the Georgia Avenue
Petworth Metro Station due to
the Recreation Center.
We are blessed to have the
renovated Raymond Recreation
Center open. I hope to see you
there soon.

Community Clean-Up
By Rickey Williams, Jr.

I will hold the second
community clean-up of 2013 on
June 29th. It will begin at 9am
at the intersection of 14th and
Shepherd Street, NW and is
scheduled to last until 1pm.

We will concentrate on
sweeping the sidewalks and
picking up trash from tree
boxes inside of SMD 4C04,
which is from 14th and Spring
Road, NW north to 14th and
Upshur west to 16th Street,
NW, south to Spring Road. It
will then move east to 14th and
Spring Road, NW. Members
representing various streets
and areas may concentrate
their efforts on their particular
streets/areas.

If you are a resident of the
ANC4C04 (or Ward 4) and
would like to participate, please
feel free to contact me using
the information below. I would
like to get a count of how many
residents plan to attend in order
to properly order the materials
needed. Of course, this clean-
up is contingent on weather.
Thank you and hope to see you
all there.
2
EDITORIAL: Traffic
Safety or Revenue
Stream?
By Zachary Hartman
A recent article in the
Washington Post noted that
traffic cameras on New York
Avenue have netted a
whopping $28 million since
2011 and another article in
March of 2012 reported that the
city grossed more than $92
million from parking tickets.
According to the Washington
Post, 76% of DC Residents
favor the use of Speed
Cameras, while 87% favor red
light cameras, myself
included. I doubt that anyone
who resides in DC would prefer
a city in which there was
parking anarchy and drivers
were speeding up and down
the streets on which our
families live, but there is room
for improvement.
So whats the problem? The
problem is that it seems like
this system is designed to
generate revenue for the city
and not for the sole purpose of
ensuring public safety and the
system for resolving disputes
has proven to be
unfair. Parking Attendants
exercise little discretion in the
issuance of tickets, leaving
residents to fight it out in the
adjudication process. Even
worse, traffic cameras exercise
no discretion at all, unlike the
actual police officers who
issued moving violations pre-
Big Brother.
If you dont believe me, just go
check out the line at
adjudication services every
one of those people argues that

ANC 4C Newsletter March 2013 Page 3
3
they were wrongly
ticketed. The process offers
little in terms of the
presumption of innocence and
discretion by adjudicators, and
the process is less than what I
would call due.
At 4am on the morning of
March 23
rd
, I received a ticket
from a red-light camera for
going 11 mph over the limit
while driving my wife to the
hospital, while she was in
labor. Adjudication services
held me liable for the
ticket. Was I speeding? I
guess so, but I dont believe a
real police officer would have
written me a ticket for that. In
fact, most of them probably
would have offered an
escort. My appeal was denied
and I cant afford to take any
more time off work to fight it, so
I paid the ticket and the
system wins.
There were several DC
residents at adjudication
services that received tickets
for stopping on or over the
white line at red-light cameras,
but not even obstructing the
cross walk. I have never heard
of anyone getting a ticket from
a police officer for that. I just
cant help but feel like this
system is a bit out of
control. How much of this
money is being squeezed out
of the almost-empty wallets of
single moms and low-income
families struggling to get by?
We need to make sure smart
protections are in place to
prevent abuse and misuse and
to keep the focus on traffic
safety. As a city, we shouldnt
celebrate all the revenue that
the system squeezes out of
4
drivers, including single moms
and low-income families.
Instead, we should demand
that the City make the system
fairer and ensure that it serves
the best interest of public
safety.

Photos from 4C April
Community Meeting
Courtesy of Joseph Martin


DC AGENCY NEWS
DPR

The DC Department of Parks and
Recreation was recognized in the
Washington City Papers Best of DC -
2013 in two separate categories.
DPRs Upshur Park was voted Staff
Pick as the Districts best playground.
Similarly the Harry Thomas Sr. Pool
was also a Staff Pick for Best Public
Pool. Check out the entire list of 2013
picks on dpr.dc.gov
DPW
Did you know that DPW conducts
monthly live chats about different
topics? On the last Thursday of each
month at noon you can live chat with
DPW, but visiting their website
dpw.dc.gov/livechat
The most recent live chat topic on
May 30
th
was Trash Collection.
Archives of previous chat sessions are
accessible through their website.
DDOE
Do you own a house or townhouse in
DC? Is your square footage less than
4,000? If your answer to both
questions was yes, you can apply for a
free home energy audit by DDOE.

This program promotes energy
efficiency assessments for single
family homes in the District. Based on
a home energy rating system, auditors
will suggest specific cost-effective,
energy efficient improvements that
should be done to reduce the home's
operational costs and improve
comfort.

Such improvements and ratings may
help you qualify for lower rate
mortgages or energy efficiency home
mortgages. Your energy rating should
also help sellers be more attractive to
home buyers.
ANC 4C NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 JUNE 2013 ANC 4C NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 JUNE 2013

ANC 4C Newsletter March 2013 Page 2
SMD ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4C01
- 2013 residential street sweeping
season runs Friday March 1 thru
October 31
st
. Parking
enforcement will begin Monday,
March 11
th
. Please check posted
signage about parking restrictions.
4C02
4C03
- Upshur Park voted best
playground in 2013 by
Washington
4C04
4C05
- New cherry trees planted next to
Upshur Dog Park. Thanks Carol
Herwig and company looks
great!
4C06
- Construction of the new Safeway
is moving along quite rapidly
almost back up to ground level
4C08
- The Friends of the Soldiers Home
will be showing the film The Us
Army Bike Corp - America's
Black Arrmy on Wheels,
including discussion by noted
author and historian C.R. Gibbs.
The showing will occur in the
USAFRH Scot Building
Theater on June 26 @ 6:30 PM
4C09
4C10
- New establishments to know
about:
La Joya Steakhouse to open at
Upshur and Rock Creek
Church Road

1
around the Georgia Avenue
Petworth Metro Station due to
the Recreation Center.
We are blessed to have the
renovated Raymond Recreation
Center open. I hope to see you
there soon.

Community Clean-Up
By Rickey Williams, Jr.

I will hold the second
community clean-up of 2013 on
June 29th. It will begin at 9am
at the intersection of 14th and
Shepherd Street, NW and is
scheduled to last until 1pm.

We will concentrate on
sweeping the sidewalks and
picking up trash from tree
boxes inside of SMD 4C04,
which is from 14th and Spring
Road, NW north to 14th and
Upshur west to 16th Street,
NW, south to Spring Road. It
will then move east to 14th and
Spring Road, NW. Members
representing various streets
and areas may concentrate
their efforts on their particular
streets/areas.

If you are a resident of the
ANC4C04 (or Ward 4) and
would like to participate, please
feel free to contact me using
the information below. I would
like to get a count of how many
residents plan to attend in order
to properly order the materials
needed. Of course, this clean-
up is contingent on weather.
Thank you and hope to see you
all there.
2
EDITORIAL: Traffic
Safety or Revenue
Stream?
By Zachary Hartman
A recent article in the
Washington Post noted that
traffic cameras on New York
Avenue have netted a
whopping $28 million since
2011 and another article in
March of 2012 reported that the
city grossed more than $92
million from parking tickets.
According to the Washington
Post, 76% of DC Residents
favor the use of Speed
Cameras, while 87% favor red
light cameras, myself
included. I doubt that anyone
who resides in DC would prefer
a city in which there was
parking anarchy and drivers
were speeding up and down
the streets on which our
families live, but there is room
for improvement.
So whats the problem? The
problem is that it seems like
this system is designed to
generate revenue for the city
and not for the sole purpose of
ensuring public safety and the
system for resolving disputes
has proven to be
unfair. Parking Attendants
exercise little discretion in the
issuance of tickets, leaving
residents to fight it out in the
adjudication process. Even
worse, traffic cameras exercise
no discretion at all, unlike the
actual police officers who
issued moving violations pre-
Big Brother.
If you dont believe me, just go
check out the line at
adjudication services every
one of those people argues that

ANC 4C Newsletter March 2013 Page 3
3
they were wrongly
ticketed. The process offers
little in terms of the
presumption of innocence and
discretion by adjudicators, and
the process is less than what I
would call due.
At 4am on the morning of
March 23
rd
, I received a ticket
from a red-light camera for
going 11 mph over the limit
while driving my wife to the
hospital, while she was in
labor. Adjudication services
held me liable for the
ticket. Was I speeding? I
guess so, but I dont believe a
real police officer would have
written me a ticket for that. In
fact, most of them probably
would have offered an
escort. My appeal was denied
and I cant afford to take any
more time off work to fight it, so
I paid the ticket and the
system wins.
There were several DC
residents at adjudication
services that received tickets
for stopping on or over the
white line at red-light cameras,
but not even obstructing the
cross walk. I have never heard
of anyone getting a ticket from
a police officer for that. I just
cant help but feel like this
system is a bit out of
control. How much of this
money is being squeezed out
of the almost-empty wallets of
single moms and low-income
families struggling to get by?
We need to make sure smart
protections are in place to
prevent abuse and misuse and
to keep the focus on traffic
safety. As a city, we shouldnt
celebrate all the revenue that
the system squeezes out of
4
drivers, including single moms
and low-income families.
Instead, we should demand
that the City make the system
fairer and ensure that it serves
the best interest of public
safety.

Photos from 4C April
Community Meeting
Courtesy of Joseph Martin


DC AGENCY NEWS
DPR

The DC Department of Parks and
Recreation was recognized in the
Washington City Papers Best of DC -
2013 in two separate categories.
DPRs Upshur Park was voted Staff
Pick as the Districts best playground.
Similarly the Harry Thomas Sr. Pool
was also a Staff Pick for Best Public
Pool. Check out the entire list of 2013
picks on dpr.dc.gov
DPW
Did you know that DPW conducts
monthly live chats about different
topics? On the last Thursday of each
month at noon you can live chat with
DPW, but visiting their website
dpw.dc.gov/livechat
The most recent live chat topic on
May 30
th
was Trash Collection.
Archives of previous chat sessions are
accessible through their website.
DDOE
Do you own a house or townhouse in
DC? Is your square footage less than
4,000? If your answer to both
questions was yes, you can apply for a
free home energy audit by DDOE.

This program promotes energy
efficiency assessments for single
family homes in the District. Based on
a home energy rating system, auditors
will suggest specific cost-effective,
energy efficient improvements that
should be done to reduce the home's
operational costs and improve
comfort.

Such improvements and ratings may
help you qualify for lower rate
mortgages or energy efficiency home
mortgages. Your energy rating should
also help sellers be more attractive to
home buyers.
ANC 4C NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 JUNE 2013 ANC 4C NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 JUNE 2013


1
Summer Health Tips
By Janet Myers

Swimming Pool Safety Tips
With the summer heat, kids
flock to the pools. This equates
to increase risk and
unfortunately increased
incidence of drowning among
children. Drowning is the third
leading cause of injury and
death among children ages 1 to
14 years. To reduce the risk of
drowning, we share precautions
and guidelines:
Learn and follow basic water
safety rules
Designate responsible and
sober adult supervision
Always swim with a buddy
Avoid drinking alcohol before
or during swimming, boating
or water skiing
Learn to swim
Restrict access to private
pools by using fences
Learn cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR)

Sunbathing/Tanning
DC summer means high
temperatures and a strong sun.
The Department for Public
Health warns residents to limit
their exposure to the sun. Over-
exposure to ultraviolet rays (part
of sunlight) can be extremely
damaging to a person's health.
Too much time in the sun can
2
result in painful sunburn,
permanent skin damage, and in
some cases, skin cancer
(melanoma). Although small to
moderate amounts of sun
exposure can have beneficial
effects (e.g. production of Vitamin
D), far too many people ignore
even simple precautions to avoid
over-exposure:
Avoid sunbathing and tanning
parlors
Shield your face with a hat
Limit sun exposure from 10 AM
to 3 PM (strongest)
Sunscreen should have a sun
protection factor (SPF) greater
than 15
UV-rated sunglasses
Choose cosmetics that contain
sunscreen
Use lip products with an SPF
greater than 15
Mosquitoes Protection
Summer brings mosquitos to the
DC area. Here are some tips &
precautions to deal with them:
Remove standing rain water to
eliminate mosquito breeding
areas
Stay indoors at dawn and dusk,
when mosquitoes are most
active
Wear long-sleeved shirts and
long pants outdoors
Spray thin clothing with
repellents; apply sparingly

3
Raymond Recreation
Center
By Vann-Di M. Galloway

Raymond Recreation Center has
long been in the process of being
rebuilt. We can now see the finish
line. Mayor Vincent C. Gray,
Councilmember Muriel Bowser,
DC Department of Parks and
Recreation Director Jesus Aguirre
and ANC 4C Commissioner Vann-
Di M. Galloway cut the ribbon for
the new center in March and the
fields are almost complete.
The center is located at 3725 10th
Street, NW, which is just north of
Spring Road. The building is done
but the grounds will not be
completed until late June. The
Center Manager, Cecily Mendie,
has implemented programming for
tots all the way to seniors so that
the entire community can benefit
from the facility. The 4
th
District
MPD Officers report fewer
complaints in the areas around the
Georgia Avenue Petworth Metro
Station due to the Recreation
Advisory Neighborhood commission
4C NEWSLETTER
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
2 SMD Announcements - contributions from your Commissioners.
3 DC Agency News useful announcements and information.
4 Meet your ANCers Commissioner contact information.
The new Raymond Rec. Center
(National Capital Planning Commission)
Issue 2

June
2013


ANC 4C Newsletter March 2013 Page 4

SMD 4C01
Michael Yates Treasurer
1216 Madison Street, NW
(202) 726-1870
[email protected]

SMD 4C02
Janet Myers Chair
5005 13
th
Street, NW
(202) 726-0658
[email protected]

SMD 4C03
Jeff Standish
1127 Buchanan Street, NW
(508) 317-6217
[email protected]

SMD 4C04
Rickey Williams Jr.
3900 14
th
Street, NW
(202) 290-7600
[email protected]

SMD 4C05
Joseph M. Vaughan
1305 Shepard Street, NW
(202) 550-1081
[email protected]

SMD 4C06
Vann-Di Galloway
3809 13
th
Street, NW
(202) 545-8155
[email protected]

SMD 4C07
Shanel O. Anthony Vice Chair
4409 Kansas Avenue, NW
(202) 291-6455
[email protected]

SMD 4C08
Timothy A. Jones
737 Rock Creek Church Rd., NW
(202) 722-0701
[email protected]

Summer Camp for
Homeless Kids
By Jeff Standish

I am happy to report that due to
the heroic efforts of a few Ward 4
residents and the generous
support provided by members of
the Petworth/16
th
Street Heights
community, 6 kids from the DC
General Homeless Shelter will be
going to summer camp. They will
be traveling to Camp Letts and
getting a summer experience that
every kid should have.

But it gets
even better.
Just prior to
the deadline
for Camp
Letts
registration,
the neighborhood organizers of
this wonderful effort challenged the
community and other
neighborhoods to raise additional
funds to send more kids from DC
Gen shelter to summer camp.
Twenty-five kids aged 6 to 12
will be going to Camp Letts on
the Chesapeake Bay.
Great work Petworth and 16
th

Street Heights!!! You have
made a difference for 25 under-
privileged kids.

Petworth/Parkview
Climate Group
By Jeff Standish

Can you reduce your individual,
household, and community
carbon footprint? Come join
Catherine Sen and other
community members to discuss
climate change and what we
can do on our own and as a
group.
The inaugural meeting is
happening June 10
th
, but for
more information contact
Catherine by email at
[email protected] or by
phone at 202-215-2000.
SMD 4C09
Zachary Hartman Secretary
117 Webster Street, NW
(202) 505-1171
[email protected]

SMD 4C10
Evan Waldt
327 Upshur Street, NW
(202) 758-8268
[email protected]

ANC 4C Office
P.O. Box 60847
Washington, DC 20039-0847
202-723-6670
[email protected]

The ANC 4C Community
meeting for July will be at 6:30
PM on Wednesday July 10th,
2013 in Petworth Library.
ANC 4C CONTACT INFORMATION
ANC 4C NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 JUNE 2013