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Welcome YAHOO WACO list migrants! By consensus we decided to move to the IO platform, at least for now, since YAHOO will be ending its group service soon. There are features here to explore and utilize if we wish. I’m as much a newcomer to the site as most of you, so feel free explore, try out new features and report back to the group. This is, still, the Westmoreland Area Community Organization email discussion list It is a discussion list for the residents of the Westmoreland Area Community Organization (WACO) neighborhood, Takoma Park, Maryland. Please recommend the list to your neighbors. LIST GUIDELINES We follow the guidelines and statement of purpose set forth at the beginning by then-president of the Westmoreland Area Community Organization Arthur Karpas. The current president is Bruce Moyer. __________________________________________________________ Hello neighbors, I hope this listserv works to bring our neighborhood closer together. Here we can ask for and offer services, loan and borrow tools, books, and all sorts of stuff. We can discuss common concerns, plan group parties, ask neighbors to watch our houses while we are away on vacation. We can set up child care cooperatives, find apartments and sublets. Let's do it! --Arthur Karpas July 7, 2001 __________________________________________________________ Also some reminders and additional guidelines: Please keep your messages civil, even if you are in disagreement with someone else. Remember that if you reply to a list message, you are not sending a private message to that person, everyone will read it. Please do not "cross-post" material written by another person without that person's permission - this includes posting a message from this list to another list or posting a personal note to you. Thank you all! You make this a good community by participating! --Bill Brown, Moderator

Hi Neighbors, Our friends’ son is turning 3. For all past birthdays/holidays, we’ve relied on free presents that people have left on the sidewalk. We would like to continue this sustainable trend, but unfortunately the streets have not provided this year. Does anyone have something that maybe a child has outgrown that would be suitable for a 3-year old? Thanks in advance!! Best, Amy + Brenden 7001 Westmoreland

Arthur _______________ Begin forwarded message: From: diana@... Subject: REMINDER: Friday Happy Hour (5-7 PM) & Saturday Walking Tour (4-5 PM) Date: May 28, 2025 at 4:34:29 PM EDT To: karpasa@..., fred@..., mbo6@... Could you please share these weekend events with your listserv? Thanks. ================= Historic Takoma invites you to two events this weekend. Friday, May 30, 5:00-7:00 PM Historic Takoma Happy Hour 7328 Carroll Avenue Join us for wine and conversation about the history of Takoma Park. Tickets for June 8 House and Garden Tour available for purchase. Saturday, May 31, 4:00-5:00 PM Walking Tour of Old Takoma Meet at the corner of Cedar and Carroll Streets NW (rain or shine), for an hour-long stroll around early parts of Takoma Park, led by Historic Takoma board member Richard O'Connor. No fee but donations to Historic Takoma are appreciated. Diana Kohn for Historic Takoma Diana Kohn for Historic Takoma

Friends, Please see this message from Historic Takoma Arthur _______________ Begin forwarded message: From: Historic Takoma <info@...> Subject: REMINDER: Friday Happy Hour (5-7 pm), Saturday Walking Tour (4 pm) Date: May 28, 2025 at 2:24:50 PM EDT To: <karpasa@...> Reply-To: Historic Takoma <info@...> View this email in your browserHAPPY HOUR REMINDER Friday, May 30 from 5-7 PM Tickets for the June 8 House and Garden Tour will be available for purchase. For more details, visit House and Garden Tour, here. --ALSO--OLD TAKOMA WALKING TOUR REMINDER Saturday, May 31 from 4-5 PM Copyright ? 2025 Historic Takoma, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a member of Historic Takoma. *|FOWARD|* Our mailing address is: Historic Takoma 7328 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MDTakoma Park, MD 20912 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Hi all, I’m looking to remove half of a chain-link fence. If anyone has a strong wire cutter to loan that would be much appreciated. Thanks, Nick on Westmoreland

Has anyone else noticed that their FiOS drops around 9:45/9:50 at night? It's happened the past couple of nights. I reset everything, did not help.

Hello Ward 3 neighbors, My last update had a non-working link. Thanks to Nancy Welch, who tracked down this proper working link for the development that WMATA has approved at Takoma Metro: https://takomastationdevelopment.com/ Roger -- Roger Schlegel City Council Member, Ward Three 7500 Maple Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912 Email: RogerS@... Phone: 240-997-3041 Please note that all City emails can potentially be public.

Hi - we have a baby raccoon that fell off our roof and is in our yard at 6600 Allegheny. It is very pitiful and loud. We are trying to give it space so its mom comes to get it tonight. Please keep your dogs away from our yard in the meantime. Thanks, Laura

I'm not advocating for any political position, just want folks to know this is happening. Charlotte on Lincoln Charlotte Schoeneman Earthclot Design & Go Mom Go M: 301.270.1801 GVoice & WhatsApp: 240.350.1482 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Takoma Park Mobilization <info@...> Date: Sun, May 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM Subject: NO KINGS Takoma Park, June 14 To: <cs@...> NO KINGS Takoma Park, June 14, 2025, 12 noon-2 pm NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. Register here for NO KINGS Takoma Park: https://mobilize.us/s/C4Jy8Y When: Saturday, June 14, 2025, 12 noon to 2 pm. Where to meet: Takoma Park Library (temporary location) at 7505 New Hampshire Ave. (Hampshire Place shopping center). Bathrooms will be available at the Takoma Park Library’s temporary location in Hampshire Place shopping center. We will line up on both sides of New Hampshire Avenue between Merwood Drive and Holton Lane. This is a sunny location. Bring water, and wear sunscreen, hats, and protective clothing. Public transportation: Many bus routes stop at New Hampshire Avenue at Merwood Drive. Where to park: Park in Hampshire Place Shopping Center, or on the access road on the west side of New Hampshire Avenue, or on neighborhood side streets near Merwood Drive. Do not park at IHOP, the motels next door, or the Takoma Park Rec Center. Buses run frequently along New Hampshire Avenue. How to Prepare: Bring signs or props → Make your message visible! (Ideas: “NO KINGS IN AMERICA!”, “THE PEOPLE UNITED”, “NOT YOUR PIGGYBANK!”) Recruit friends → The more people, the more power. Record everything → Post photos/videos with #NoKings Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Takoma Park Mobilization, please click here.

Arthur _______________ Begin forwarded message: From: diana@... Subject: Tickets on Sale for June 8 House & Garden Tour Date: May 25, 2025 at 9:32:22 AM EDT To: Tunis Catherine <tunis.catherine@...>, bethbaker@..., karpasa@..., mbo6@..., fred@... Appreciate your help spreading the word about purchasing tickets for the 2025 House & Garden Tour. Thanks, Diana ======================================================= Invite from Historic Takoma: Join us for this self-guided tour and spend the afternoon exploring ten houses in the North Takoma neighborhood. Tickets are $30, and can be purchased online at historictakoma.org. Tickets will also be available at the Historic Takoma Happy Hour on Friday, May 30th, 5 to 7 PM, 7328 Carroll Avenue. Advance tickets must be picked up on Tour Day at the corner of Albany and Buffalo Avenues (Belle Ziegler Park) beginning at 1 PM. Day-of-Tour tickets can be purchased with cash, check or credit card. No entry to houses prior to 1 PM. This is a rain or shine event. Members of the Pollinators Group and the Takoma Horticulture Club will be on hand to share information about native plants and serve refreshments. Diana Kohn for Historic Takoma

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Arthur _______________ Begin forwarded message: From: Historic Takoma <info@...> Subject: House & Garden Tour Tickets Now on Sale Date: May 24, 2025 at 9:16:27 AM EDT To: <karpasa@...> Reply-To: Historic Takoma <info@...> View this email in your browser 2025 House and Garden Tour Tickets on Sale for Sunday, June 8 Join us for this self-guided tour and spend the afternoon exploring 10 houses in the North Takoma neighborhood. Tickets are $30, and can be purchased online at historictakoma.org, or by scanning the code below.Tickets can also be purchased at our Happy Hour on Friday, May 30th from 5-7 pm. Tickets purchased in advance must be picked up on Tour Day at the corner of Albany and Buffalo Avenues (Belle Ziegler Park) beginning at 1 PM. Day-of-Tour tickets can be purchased with cash, check or credit card.No entry to houses prior to 1 PM. This is a rain or shine event. Members of the Pollinators Group and the Takoma Horticulture Club will be on hand to share information about native plants and serve refreshments.Support Historic TakomaFollow Historic Takoma on Instagram and Facebook for weekly features and images from our archives and intriguing facts about Takoma Park’s history. Help us preserve and share the unique heritage of Takoma Park MD and DCJOIN HISTORIC TAKOMAMAKE A DONATIONCopyright ? 2025 Historic Takoma, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a member of Historic Takoma. *|FOWARD|* Our mailing address is: Historic Takoma 7328 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MDTakoma Park, MD 20912 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Copyright ? 2025 Historic Takoma, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email as a member of Historic Takoma. *|FOWARD|* Our mailing address is: Historic Takoma 7328 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MDTakoma Park, MD 20912 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

WACO Neighbors: Seventeen folks attended last night’s informative WACO meeting via zoom. Thanks to everyone who participated, especially City staff and Council Member Schlegel. City staff from the police and housing/community development departments provided briefings on parking enforcement, Ward 3 crime data, and traffic and pedestrian issues in the neighborhood. A Ward 3 crime data report from the police department was especially illuminating. Also, those present approved sending a WACO letter to the DC Dept. of Transportation to request DDOT’s review of the safety of the Eastern Avenue and Walnut Avenue intersection and the benefit of a traffic signal at that intersection. We’ll share that letter with everyone once drafted. The link to the meeting video is here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bwkckewvp2ihuj2ynu1bg/video1041369346.mp4?rlkey=j2ow3mhsxxfc9ewg2g5x8dwcf&st=29aj48iq&dl=0 Here are the time cues to topics discussed during the meeting. Parking enforcement in WACO and Old Town 6:00 - 35:32 Ward 3 Crime data (powerpoint) 35:45 - 52:30 New city process for considering new speed bumps (traffic calming measures) and sidewalks (powerpoint) 52:40 - 1:06:55 Eastern/Walnut Intersection Traffic and Safety: 1:07:00 - 1:16:55 Approval of WACO Letter to DC DOT re: Eastern and Walnut Intersection 1:17:00 - 1:28:50 Please contact me if you have any questions. Enjoy a safe Memorial Day weekend! Best, Bruce Moyer WACO President 6907 Westmoreland 301-452-1111 bruce@...

If someone was expecting two half finished bottles of wine on their porch yesterday---they were left on our porch and would be happy to turn over to the correct recipients. If someone is gifting it to us, thank you and let us know who you are! -Lois and Bob 7005 Westmoreland

WACO Neighbors: A friendly reminder of our WACO meeting via Zoom tonight at 7:30 pm. The meeting will cover parking enforcement and traffic/pedestrian issues in the WACO and Old Town neighborhood with two City staff — A/Lt. Gregory Wolff (TP PD) and Devan McNally (HCD). And we’ll consider sending a WACO letter to DC DOT in support of Walnut/Eastern intersection study. Below are the zoom coordinates. See you tonight. Best, Bruce Moyer WACO President Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4720392480?pwd=SQjxWGnsEkJb0cj8PUL0gS8nXp2GzG.1&omn=81254289592 Meeting ID: 472 039 2480 Passcode: WACO --- One tap mobile +13017158592,,4720392480#,,,,*645884# US (Washington DC) +13052241968,,4720392480#,,,,*645884# US --- Dial by your location ? +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) ? +1 305 224 1968 US ? +1 309 205 3325 US ? +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) ? +1 646 931 3860 US ? +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) ? +1 719 359 4580 US ? +1 253 205 0468 US ? +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ? +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) ? +1 360 209 5623 US ? +1 386 347 5053 US ? +1 507 473 4847 US ? +1 564 217 2000 US ? +1 669 444 9171 US ? +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) ? +1 689 278 1000 US Meeting ID: 472 039 2480 Passcode: 645884 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcAyDPr3I7

This afternoon, while I was writing the update sent a little while ago, the agenda for this evening's 6:30 pm closed "administrative function" meeting of the Council was narrowed. It no longer will include any discussion of the scope of the planned audit. The new description of the meeting reads: "The Council will meet regarding evaluation of an outside legal firm to perform an independent audit relating to the events giving rise to the litigation known as Cooper v. City of Takoma Park. Administrative function sessions are closed to the public." As I said in my update, I've been seeking assurances that any discussion of the scope of the audit itself can be as transparent as possible, so I'm happy that this change has been made. I'm comfortable that evaluations of the merits of possible outside investigators (which would likely involve naming them) indeed qualifies as an administrative function. Best regards, Roger -- Roger Schlegel City Council Member, Ward Three 7500 Maple Avenue Takoma Park, MD 20912 Email: RogerS@... Phone: 240-997-3041 Please note that all City emails can potentially be public.

Good afternoon, Ward 3 neighbors. In this update: PBES meeting #2 highlights. Last week’s Council meeting outcomes. Another closed session this evening at 6:30. Tonight’s Council meeting (performance metrics and rent stabilization). News and announcements. - Click here for a searchable archive of previous updates. - PBES meeting #2 highlights. There was again a big turnout last week at the second community meeting about a feasibility study for Piney Branch Elementary School (PBES) renovations or replacement. At this meeting, the Stantec architectural team (contracted by the school system) presented a range of broad options for renovation, expansion, and/or replacement of the school facility on site. The remaining community meetings are scheduled for next Thursday, May 29 and Thursday, June 4 - in the PBES auditorium at 7 pm. At the outset, Montgomery County Park and Planning officials gave reasons for that agency’s opposition to a land swap, whereby the Ed Wilhelm Field or other areas of Piney Branch Park (behind the existing school) would be used for a new school. Chief concerns are the loss of flat playing fields, the bifurcation of the park, tough elevation/slope issues, difficult accessing the land through neighborhood streets, and the loss of more land to access routes into and out of the school (for buses and cars). However, the school system does have the option of pushing the school back behind about 40 feet to the very edge of the playground. School system officials also reiterated that there are no plans at this time to consider using part of the former Washington Adventist Hospital site for a new County school. The architectural team shared community and staff feedback received so far. Staff feedback emphasized supervision and safety problems with the split-level arrangement of the building (the library above the auditorium/cafeteria “floats” between two levels); the lack of windows in about half of the classrooms; the awkwardness of passing through those classrooms to reach windowed classrooms; problems with the aging HVAC system; and the lack of sufficient parking for teachers. The architects shared four concepts: Simple renovation of all areas of the existing building, with no change to the footprint. More intrusive work: restacking the auditorium/library core to align with other areas. Reworking the front two-thirds of the building (perhaps eliminating the pool, too). Razing and rebuilding the school, generally with more parking in front. Options (1), (3), and (4) included concepts with or without the community pool. Architects also said they are considering including up to four not-built-out “shell” classrooms to accommodate potential future expanded enrollment if there is more residential density added to Maple Avenue and/or the former hospital site. The architects and the school system representatives shared that they see a phased approach to a renovation (undertaken across summers) as difficult, given the small site, but not necessarily impossible. Many parents at the meeting expressed deep dismay about the likelihood of students being bused for two or more years to a holding center elsewhere in the County during construction (which could commence in as soon as three years). Attendees put forth proposals for using vacant space in the hospital/university area, at the former John Nevins Andrews school on Elm Avenue, or in modular classrooms somewhere nearby in order to avoid long bus rides. Other parents, teachers, and former parents called for a recognition that short-term disruptions could be worth it in order to bring about a school that is better for kids in the long term. The continued existence of spaces available for community use (the pool, an auditorium, a larger-than normal-sized gymnasium) came up as an issue in the meeting. If you would like to participate in a community survey (not City-sponsored) about the pool issue, this survey link was shared with me by Ward 3 Sue Miller, who was involved in a “save-the pool” effort several years ago. Note that under the original agreement by which Takom

For those of you who are not TPSS co-op members, I thought this might be interesting. ____________________________________________________ Jordan Barab Confined Space: https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace Bluesky: jbarab.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jbarab/ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: TPSS Co-op <connect+tpss.coop@...> Date: Wed, May 21, 2025, 11:32 Subject: A Riff on Tariffs To: <jbarab@...> Watch Out For Bad Apples TPSS Member-Owners and Shoppers, One of the many advantages of owning your own grocery store is access to information that other consumers don’t have. I wanted to talk a little about one of the biggest topics in the industry at the moment: tariffs and the cost of groceries. The tariffs and trade instability initiated by the Trump administration are having devastating effects across all industries, but none as high profile as groceries. Consumers have already dealt with a 10-years’ worth of “food at home” inflation since 2022. However, hidden in those real cost increases have also been price gouging and opportunistic profiteering among many large companies. A first and important thing to understand is that food and agricultural goods imported from Mexico and Canada are exempt from the tariffs under the USMCA trade agreement. That crucially means that products like avocados, berries, and tomatoes that are frequently grown in Mexico are not being charged any additional tariff. I compared invoices from today to those from early January and confirmed our avocado, banana and tomato costs have remained consistent. So it’s important to understand that if you are seeing cost increases at other grocery retailers on those types of products, you should question their validity. There are real areas where cost increases from the tariffs will make their way onto grocery shelves. Packaging, much of which comes from China, will increase costs for packaged goods companies. At a recent trade show, a large dairy company explained that while their cows were domestic, their cow feed came from Canada and was subject to tariff. What these hidden costs mean is rather than seeing an immediate 25% increase on bananas that would shock consumers, these policies will lead to smaller increases in the coming months. Some yogurt goes up 8% two months from now from those cow feed increases, or a small brewery raising prices in six months when they’ve run through their current supply of aluminum cans. While we use our voice and our national partners to advocate for the end of tariffs that are a needless tax on our own consumers, we need to stay vigilant against bad actors using the cover of those policies to raise prices. Luckily the co-op has a variety of pre-existing practices that help. The co-op has a fair margin pricing strategy in each department. When other retailers dramatically increased the prices of eggs in recent months due to scarcity, TPSS kept our margins consistent on eggs, and purchased from natural and organic vendors that used practices which kept their flocks healthier. The Co-op purchases from over 200 local vendors in every department in the store. These vendors are small businesses with no corporate earnings calls. During the pandemic, pricing on our certified organic chicken from Locust Point and Farmer Focus held their prices steady while Purdue and Tyson dramatically increased theirs. We work with these vendors who have a history of doing the right thing and treating their people and products better. We also purchase from other cooperatives like Lancaster Farm Fresh and Frontier. Recent consumer reports articles have highlighted bad practices among retail grocery giants like Kroger. They were cited for routinely overcharging customers at the register despite listing sale prices on items. These issues are caused in part by chain store cutting back their human workforce, leading to sales tags being weeks out of date. Even more insidious, these large chains are leveraging their customer loyalty data to create income streams and even charge different prices to different consumers. Th