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July

JULY 2010
NEWSLETTER
Cool down with natural air
conditioning
By Betsy Washington Barcroft News Staff
As I write this in late June, the thermometer hovers at 97 degrees, with
no relief in sight. This is already the 12th day this year that temperatures have soared
above 90 degrees. Compare this to last summer when we had less than 12 90-plus days
during the entire summer! Meanwhile we are all aghast at the devastation following the
Gulf oil spill, and looking for ways to decrease our dependency on oil.
This seems like the perfect time to explore landscaping techniques that provide natural
air conditioning. We all know how refreshing it feels to step into the cool shade beneath
tall trees on a hot day. The air suddenly feels cool, moist, and amazingly, there is often
a slight breeze in the shade, in contrast to the oppressive heat just outside the canopy.
The canopy blocks the intensity of the sun’s rays, but this accounts for only 10 to 30
percent of the cooling effect that you feel. The real reason is transpiration. All plants
transpire and cool the surrounding air by pulling water up from their roots and releasing
it into the air through small pores in their leaves. These pores, or stomata, open during
the day to take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, while releasing oxygen and water
into the surrounding air. As the water evaporates, heat is actually taken out of the air to
turn water molecules from a liquid to a gaseous state, naturally cooling the surrounding
Photo by Joel Gregorio
See pages 16 and 17.
continued on page 5
P r e s i d ent’s Rep ort
Summer is in full swing
The 2010 summer season is off to a smooth start
with several events past us, and a few more left to enjoy. The
WID continues to keep the Lake clean after each thunderstorm,
recovering debris from the Lake and the beaches that makes water safety easier. Kevin Hardy, our Water Safety Supervisor, and
his team of lifeguards are trained, ready and prepared to provide
an enjoyable time at the beaches. Water safety, therefore, is what
I’d like to highlight this month.
Our staff consists mostly of college age lifeguards who have
about three years of experience on the Lake. Two-thirds are
residents. All of our lifeguards are certified in basic lifeguarding, First Aid and CPR for the professional rescuer. We have
four certified water safety instructors and one Virginia-certified
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Our lifeguards don’t
just sit at the beach looking buff (even though some are); they
also attend mandatory in-service training twice a week. Topics
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By J. Warren Russell
include: LBA beach rule and policy enforcement, First Aid, CPR
and physical fitness training. Each lifeguard is required to keep
daily fitness records that include swimming long distances, running several miles and strength training.
We continue to update and replace the safety equipment to include two new trauma bags recommended by the U.S. Lifesaving Association (USLA). This season also marks the second
phase in Lake Barcroft’s multi-year application to the USLA to
be recognized for our top-notch water safety program. What
we have in place is well above the average for area pools—this
certification is nationally recognized as the “gold standard” for
safety. But then again our Lake is different and requires a bit
more effort. We all know accidents can happen, so if and when
they do, please know your lifeguards have been trained, are prepared and will do the very best they can. Please cooperate with
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Lake Barcroft Newsletter
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Milestones
Published by
Lake Barcroft Association, Inc.
Daphne Butas, Editor
6409 Crosswoods Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 22044
Telephone: 703-256-4169
Email: dapher@orecg.com
Photography
Joel Gregorio, Photo Editor
George McLennan, Photographer
Production/Layout
Dominique Cavich and Don Christian
I was delighted to hear the news that two of our own Lake residents, Roger Hoskin and
David Feld, have been elected to the Mason District County Board for 2010. Additionally,
our Publications Chairman, Mark Cavich, has taken the lead and offered his outstanding
services to his community once again and will do the website work for this Board as well.
Congratulations!
Here is the 2010 Board:
Chairman, Roger Hoskin (Lake Barcroft)
Vice Chair - David Feld (Lake Barcroft)
Secretary/Communications- Mollie Loeffler (Parklawn)
Treasurer - Jay Jarvis (Lafayette Village)
Fairfax Federation Representative - Keith Taggart (Broyhill Crest)
CROCHET FOR THE SMITHSONIAN’S COMMUNITY REEF: Debra Lee is seeking
crocheters in Lake Barcroft who would like to join her in creating pieces for the
Smithsonian’s Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project—also known as the Smithsonian’s
Community Reef. This project’s mission is to raise public awareness about the plight of
the world’s coral reefs from over-fishing, pollution and global warming through a curated
exhibition of hyperbolic and other crocheted pieces which will be on display at the Sant
Ocean Hall in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in the fall.
Photo by George McLennan
Reporters
Monica Boland, Arts
Aras Butas, Automobiles
Daphne Butas, General Assignment
Al Cromley, General Assignment
Charlotte Flounders, Places to Go & Things to Do
Sara Franco, Kids Corner
Kevin Howe, Nature
Moe Jafari, In the Kitchen
Debra Lee, Restaurant Reviews
Jody McKitrick, Neighbor Profiles
George McLennan, Restaurant Reviews
Kimberly Smith, General Assignment, Security
Sandy Tugwell, Poet Laureate
Betsy Washington, Horticulture
Todd West, WID Reports/Engineering
Our Milestones column is looking for news of
our neighbors— honors and awards, graduations, honor rolls, retirements, births
and deaths. If you have information for Milestones, please call 703-256-4169 or
email dapher@orecg.com.
Publications Committee
Mark Cavich, Chairman
Don Christian
Carol Donlan
George McLennan
The Lake Barcroft Newsletter is published
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Barcroft News, c/o
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Debra had her first get-together on Sunday, June 27 when from left to right, Jelena Salti,
Ellen Haberlein, Debra Lee, Roxanna Douglas, Victoria Fernandez, Iris Patton and Denise
Patton-Pace gathered to begin crocheting hyperbolic shapes for the Smithsonian's
Community Reef project.
Crocheters have the summer to make as many crocheted pieces as possible to help fill
the exhibition area. If you know how to make a chain stitch and a single crochet stitch,
you can make a hyperbolic crocheted piece—it is incredibly easy, portable and fun. It’s a
great way to practice your crochet technique and use up yarn in your stash. Debra has
a set of patterns that have been developed by Karen Klemp, a local crochet teacher and
designer, for use for the Smithsonian’s Hyperbolic Coral Reef Project. To learn more about
the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project, which was started by The Institute for Figuring,
visit http://crochetcoralreef.org/.
If you are interested in participating in this wonderful project, contact Debra at debra@
debramlee.com to get started.
Neil Varshneya, son of Deepak and Lynn Varshneya, of 6319 Cavalier Corridor, graduated
“with honors” as an IB Diploma Candidate from JEB Stuart High School on June 21st. He
will attend The College of William and Mary as a pre-med student in the fall of 2010.
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Neighbors
A series of profiles on some of the extraordinary
people at the Lake and those who have made Lake Barcroft an extraordinary place
to live. If you know someone who should be profiled, please contact Daphne Butas.
2009–2010 Officers and Directors
Sara-Ann Determan
J. Warren Russell, President . . . . . 703-750-0596
By Jody McKitrick Barcroft News Staff
Cindy Waters, Vice President . . . . 703-354-1133
Photo by Jody McKitrick
Eva Kosztarab, Secretary . . . . . . . 703-354-6214
Steve Klein, Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . 703-642-8745
Age: 71
Occupation: Retired attorney
How long have I lived at Lake
Barcroft? 41 years—37 in my present home; four prior years in the house
where Senator Webb now lives, which is
just four houses up the street from me.
Favorite Lake Barcroft memory: Hearing the sounds of my three sons at
play with their friends in the Lake—and
the echoes of such sounds as my grandchildren play with their friends in the
Lake.
How did I discover Lake Barcroft? My son, Dann’s, Montessori
School teacher lived here and suggested
that we explore houses in Lake Barcroft;
we lived in the Glencarlyn area of Arlington, perhaps three miles away, and
I had never known there was a Lake
nearby. We immediately started looking
for houses with Sandy Augliere, who also
found our second house for us.
What do I like best about Lake
Barcroft? The serenity of the Lake,
the trees, the wildlife, my garden—and,
of course, the fact that we are a real community, with people who care about each
other enough to share their time and talSara-Ann with her grandchildren Raina
and Cole.
ents, to provide adventures for our children, social gatherings, fireworks, maintenance of the beaches and community treasures like the garden. What’s not to like? (These are all things that set Lake Barcroft apart from every other community of which
I am aware.)
Where did I grow up? In a small (4500 people) town in eastern Pennsylvania
called Palmerton.
Mark Cavich, Director . . . . . . . . . . 703-992-7085
Rick Clayton, Director . . . . . . . . . . 703-333-3057
Sally Determan, Director . . . . . . . . 703-845-0363
Stuart Feldstein, Director . . . . . . . 703-941-1723
Joel Gregorio, Director . . . . . . . . . 703-256-5652
Jim Kilbourne, Director . . . . . . . . . 703-256-7382
Pat Payne, Director . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-671-1061
Kimberly Smith, Director . . . . . . . . 703-624-1182
Betsy Washington, Director . . . . . . 703-941-6325
LBA Committee Chairpersons
Architectural Review
Jim Kilbourne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-256-7382
Community Watch/Security
Kimberly Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-624-1182
Environmental Quality
Betsy Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-941-6325
Finance & Audit
Steve Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-642-8745
Improvements
Joel Gregorio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-256-5652
Legal
Stuart Feldstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-941-1723
Membership
Rick Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-333-3057
Publications
Mark Cavich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-992-7085
Special Events
Pat Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-671-1061
Water Safety/Beach Maintenance
Sally Determan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-845-0363
My dinner party companions, if I were limited to three, would be: Barack
Obama, the Dalai Lama and Joan Didion. (I’d hope that the President would cheat
and bring his wife!)
LBA Management Office . . . . . . . . 703-941-1927
The last book I read: I’m rereading one of my favorite books of all time, Agee’s
Death in the Family.
6425 Lakeview Dr., Falls Church, VA 22041
continued on page 7
Chris Lawson (Monday–Friday)
www.lakebarcroft.org
Watershed Improvement District . . 703-820-1300
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Letter from the Editor
With the blazing sun and high temperatures distracting you
from your usual routine, you may not necessarily think of the
summer as a good time to join the newsletter staff, but you
are wrong. Any time of year is the perfect time to come and
see what goes into the monthly production of our community’s
main publication.
While I realize that writing may not be everyone’s forte or preference, there are many other opportunities to assist with the
newsletter’s monthly conception and development. We need
writers, poets, photographers and people with ideas! If there is
specific content that you want to see covered in the newsletter,
then please let me know as I have not perfected the talent of
reading minds… yet.
Even if you do not have the time or experience to write a feature for the newsletter, I still welcome your attendance at any
of the monthly newsletter meetings, even if it is just to share
your ideas. Some of the exciting content topics that we have
been discussing recently are historical pieces about this amazing community and more articles about both the volunteers in
our community who make this place function, and the amazing
non-profit organizations affiliated with our Lake community,
such as the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship fund. I know these
topics are of interest to many of you out there and I know that
some of you would love to learn more about these topics, so
now is your chance to step forward and join our staff.
I am here to offer guidance and help in any and every way that
I can, so if you fear that your writing skills may not be up to
snuff, do not underestimate your abilities. I will guide you.
I am open to any and all ideas that you have. Also, if you cannot commit to writing for the newsletter on a fulltime basis, I
do hope that if there is story that strikes your fancy, that you
will contribute to the community by sharing that tale with the
whole community as a “guest” writer for the newsletter.
Newsletter meetings are held on the first Thursday of each
month at my home: 6409 Crosswoods Drive Falls Church, VA
22044 and there are always wine and refreshments. Sometimes
we go really crazy and cook up dinner, so hesitate no more.
Contact me today and tell me what you want to see in the upcoming issues of the Lake Barcroft Newsletter.
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Tips for exercising in hot weather
By Martha McIntosh Barcroft News Staff
Exercising in the heat can inhibit your performance
in a number of ways. One, it increases the core temperature
of your body--negatively influencing the endurance capacity of
your muscles. Second, it increases the body’s need for carbohydrates as fuel. Third, the heat can have an effect on many
aspects of your cardiovascular functioning. Based on this information, consider the following recommendations:
During your initial hot weather workouts, decrease your exercise duration or intensity. Start off slowly and monitor your
pace!
To replace muscle glycogen stores, and to help speed recovery
after your workout, you should start replacing carbohydrates
within 90 minutes following exercise. You may not feel like eating so soon after a workout, but a piece of fruit and some water
will be adequate to help you refuel and rehydrate.
In general, avoid exercising during the hottest part of the day;
drink plenty of fluids; and wear lightweight, loose, white or light
colored "wicking" fabrics. Exposing as much skin as possible
increases cooling by the evaporation of sweat, so applying sunscreen is necessary. If you are unsure about your level of fitness,
train with other people as they will see if you’re in trouble, even
if you are unaware. If you start to experience any symptoms of
heat stress (nausea, dizziness, headache, breathlessness, reduced
sweat rate), stop exercising, get cool and rehydrate.
As you would expect, the more physically fit you are, the better
you can tolerate the heat. Factors such as: age, sleep loss, excess
body fat, poor cardiovascular fitness, high humidity or a sudden
increase in training will all reduce your ability to tolerate heat.
So keep these in mind, and if the weather is too hot, consider
going indoors to an air conditioned gym or facility to increase
your fitness.
Monitor your heart rate and slow down if your pulse is higher
than your target zone, or if you don’t feel good in any way.
Newsletter submissions are due on the 17th of each month
in order to appear in the following month’s issue.
Natural air conditioning, continued from page 1
area. A mature tree can transpire up to 500 gallons of water/day
cooling the surrounding air by more than 10 to 20 degrees. By
increasing plantings and trees around your property and shading
your house from direct sun, you can decrease temperatures by
20 - 45 degrees!
You can do even more to create an energy-wise landscape by planting trees and shrubs in strategic locations around your house. For
the greatest benefits, plant large deciduous trees on the Southwest
side of your house. Because the summer sun rises almost directly
overhead in the hot months, trees should be placed fairly close to
your house, but for safety, at least 10 feet away is best. These trees
will deflect the sun’s rays during mid to late afternoon, the hottest
part of the day, cooling your house and providing real energy savings. You can increase your savings even more by planting one or
more trees on the southeast side of your house, to prevent excessive heat gain during the morning. If you already have large trees
in these areas, it is well worth paying an arborist to help you care
for them and extend their life and cooling benefits.
Resist the temptation to plant large trees directly to the south of
your home. Instead use short deciduous shrubs or small trees like
serviceberries. This will allow the low angled sun to warm your
house in winter, saving your heating bills, while the low plants
will deflect the sun’s heat from your house walls during summer.
So go ahead and plant a tree or two and create real energy savings
with natural air conditioning.
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Gardens Around returns to Cavalier
Corridor by Betsy Washington Barcroft News Staff
Photos by Betsy Washington
Gardens Around returns with a tour of Mary and
Pete Silvia's beautiful garden at 6327 Cavalier Corridor. Their
garden was showcased on the 2010 annual garden tour of the
Potomac Hosta Society on June 5th. Mary invited me to tour
her garden, hear its story, and share gardening tips.
A portion of Mary’s hosta collection from left front with large leaved
gold foliaged Shademaster, Striptease, June, and Blue Diamond.
square of plastic covered rat wire in the bottom of each pot
and plant the hosta using a rich mixture of topsoil, soil amendments, sand and gravel. Then we plant the pot in the ground
on top of a square of copper-impregnated cloth.
Mary Silvia surrounded by her hostas.
Q: How did you begin growing and collecting Hostas?
A: I planted my first hosta in self-defense! In the late 1980’s
our densely-shaded backyard featured ratty looking English ivy,
overgrown azaleas, and half-hearted moss. Finally, one day I
said to myself, “I have to DO something about the backyard!”
That day I started ripping out the ivy by our ancient patio and
improving the soil. Timidly, I planted a Blue Cadet Hosta, an
unusually tough little plant. It survived!
Building on that success, I looked for other hostas, taking Pete
with me. Great! said Pete, an avid collector of just about anything. Look at all these wonderfully different variations. Let’s
start a collection! And so we did. We now have over 120 different varieties.
Q: I was astonished when Mary pointed out that all of her lovely
hostas are planted in pots that are then sunk into the ground. Why
in the world do you do this?
A: That first winter, voles wiped out every plant! I was livid.
Subsequently, we tried several methods to deter voles, but each
had its drawbacks.
Eventually, our landscape gardener, Fermin Alvarenga, and I
devised our current method of growing hostas. We plant each
hosta in a good- sized clay or plastic pot. We put a 4-inch
Q: This seems labor intensive. Is this worth all the trouble?
A: I can move plants around quickly and easily without damage—I like to “paint with flowers” and play with my garden’s
layout. I have great fun switching plants around as I add new
colors, types or varieties, and pots make it easy.
The pots and wire keep out voles, and the copper repels tree
roots. Soil composition is easy to control in pots, and expensive
soil amendments go farther. Any diseased plants can be quickly
and easily removed.
Q: Any other tips you would like to share?
A: If you fertilize hostas heavily in the early spring, they will
have nice big leaves. Watering them with 1.5 inches of water
per week with soaker hoses will make them grow tall, and discourages foliar pests. Mulching them with Virginia Fine Pines
for me works better than shredded hardwood. Put mulch only
up to within 2-3 inches of the crown.
Q: What's next for Mary and Pete?
A: After 30 years of work, their garden finally looks the way
they have always wanted it to. Ironically, Mary and Pete will
be leaving Lake Barcroft in August and retiring to a new home
in Pennsylvania. There they will begin a whole new gardening
adventure, challenged by full sun and a herd of 120 deer, so
good-bye hostas!
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Profile, continued from page 3
Things I can’t live without other
than family and friends: reading,
swimming, traveling, laughing, and my
garden.
Favorite vacation: with friends and
family in St. John, Virgin Islands.
Talent I would most like to have: I would love to be a jazz guitarist.
Most interesting thing about
me: I became a lawyer at a time that
few women did, so I had many experiences being the “first” or “second”: first
woman partner in my law firm (the largest in Washington); first woman on the
Washington ACLU Board; second woman President of the D. C. Bar; second
woman Chair of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (D.C.).
I have tales to tell about the early days of
contemporary feminism.
I was the first woman chair of the National Capital Area ACLU, not only
the first woman board member. I also
chaired several standing and special committees, as well as a section, of the American Bar Association.
What accomplishments am I
most proud of? Being Stevie Determan’s mother during the last three years
of his life, helping in his struggle with
leukemia, from which he died here at my
Pinetree Terrace home at the age of 12
1/2.
Lake Barcroft Activities: I was the
first chair of the WID when we got it
off the ground; I now serve on the LBA
Board. As President of the Baileys PTA
many years ago, I worked successfully to
get the County to create the after-school
childcare center.
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In the kitchen with Moe
It’s barely summer and I am already sick of hot dogs.
So what do we do for a large party??? Burgers…ok, but they need
some help and help is on the way. Save the dogs for the ball park.
BBQ Salad Starter (gets the grill goin’)
■ 3 heads of Romaine lettuce
■
4-5 spicy Italian sausage
■
1 Vidalia onion, sliced in ¼ inch segments
■
1 Jalapeño
■
Blue cheese dressing
Toss whole heads of romaine (place on grill last), jalapeno and
Vidalia in EVOO. Place the onion and pepper on the grill. Grill
sausage.
When the sausage is done, the jalapeño is browned, and the onion is caramelized, add the romaine heads to the grill. You just
need them to char and not cook, so do not leave them unattended. Take a large bowl and slice sausage, onion and jalapeño
into it. Next, slice lettuce and toss all the ingredients together.
Top off with blue cheese dressing. Enjoy.
By Moe Jafari Barcroft News Staff
Moe Burger
■ 5 lbs of 80/20 beef ( serves 6-8 people)
■
8 oz package of feta cheese, crumbled
■
2 tsp of black pepper
■
1 diced Vidalia onion
FYI: don’t go too lean on the hamburger meat, because the fat
adds flavor and the leaner the meat the more likely it is that it
will taste like a hockey puck, especially if you eat your burgers
medium to well done.
Place hamburger meat in a large bowl, add the diced Vidalia onion and 8oz of Feta cheese; using your hands, gently mix/fold all
ingredients together. Take a cookie sheet, line it with wax paper,
take a palm size portion of meat, roll into a ball, and press down
to desired thickness. Repeat. Start BBQ, get it flaming hot, and
just before you put your burgers on, turn the grill down to medium. Oil the grill, then place the burgers on. Enjoy a beer while
doing this. If the burger flames, add a touch of beer. Do not press
down on the burger—this pushes out the juices, killing flavor and
makes it flame more.
BBQ Taters
■ 4 large baking potatoes
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1 large Vidalia onion, halved and sliced thin
■
Salt and pepper
■
EVOO
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Wash and slice the potatoes into thin rounds, 1/8 inch thick and
toss with sliced Vidalia onion; mix both with EVOO, and lightly
salt and pepper the mixture. Tear tin foil into large sheets, fill ½
of foil with potato mix, and fold to make a pouch. The above
should make 3-4 pouches. Place pouches on the grill before burgers go on, cook for 15 minutes on one side, then turn over and
cook on the other side for 10 minutes more. Remove from grill,
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Ice Cream Social kicks off the summer
season By Jennifer Talati Lake Barcroft Woman’s Club President
Special thanks should be given to: Janet Kerley, Charlotte Flounders and Pat
Payne who organized the event. Also, it
should be noted that Bob Finley and his
family are the ones that year after year
come out and do all the set up of tents
and the like. And finally, thank you to
all our scoopers and greeters. This would
not be possible without all of you!
Photos by George McLennan
Saturday June 12th marked the
beginning of another great summer season at Lake Barcroft. Neighbors gathered
at the beautiful Lakeside garden of Beach
5 to enjoy our annual Ice Cream Social.
The rain held off as dozens of neighbors
enjoyed ice cream sundaes and the lively
music of “Groove Jet.”
Garrett Green on the keyboards with Groove Jet, one of Lake Barcroft's favorite bands.
Special Interest Groups
Eating Adventures: On Tuesday, July
14th, the group will lunch at 12:30 p.m.
at the Full Kee Chinese restaurant in the
Trader Joe’s Bailey’s Crossroads shopping center (5830 Columbia Pike, Falls
Church, 22041, 703-575-8232). Please
contact Renee Gholz at 703-354-4555 if
you wish to attend.
Morning Book Club: We hope you can
join us to discuss The Mother Tongue,
English and How It Got That Way by Bill
Bryson. The group will have its kickoff
meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 24th (place to be announced). Please
contact Priscilla Weck at 703-820-0579
or psweck@cox.net. All are welcome! Edward and Matthew Meagh loading up on sprinkles and digging into their ice cream.
The Crafts Group, The Movie Night
Group and Bridge Group will all resume
their activities in September.
Debra Lee, Charlene Aukofer, Ann Tunstall
and Joan Doupe serving ice cream to
anxiously waiting customers.
Kyra and Zoe West - "Hmmm, how do we
get through that crowd of grown-ups for
another scoop?"
Janet Kerley and Charlotte Founders
enjoying the moment at a very successful
ice cream social.
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Car Corner
By Aras Butas Barcroft News Staff
This month’s car story is about our very own Lake
manger, Chris Lawson! Chris and Vince are the proud owners
of a 1979 Corvette, that they picked up on ebay in June 2001.
Vince had a 1968 or 69 mustang, depends on who you ask,
and Chris would go with him to The Juke Box Diner on Friday
nights where everybody would show up in their classic cars.
They had such a good time that Chris decided she wanted her
own. She came across this beautiful white 79 vette, and was
thrilled to see it had the stingray body style that she loved. Bidding, but not really believing she would get it, she was very
happy to be the big winner at a great price. Chris and Vince had to travel to Philly to pick the car up from
its owner. They met the family, had a cheese steak, and hit the
road. Chris was very pleased with her buy. Chris took me for a
spin in this beauty, and it was a lot of fun to see her get on the
throttle and crank up the tunes from the new stereo, complements of her son Ryan, and smile as her blond hair whipped out
the open window.
The vette has a 350 V8, automatic transmission, dual exhaust, TTops and some nice pin striping. In 2002 Chris and Vince took
the vette to Ocean City, MD for the annual Free State Corvette
Club meeting where they got to drive down the boardwalk. There
$1500 TAX CREDIT
Chris at the wheel of her sweet ‘79.
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from a new carburetor to a crate engine, which is basically a readymade high-end engine. Either way this car is going places.
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Sumer Campout highlights
Photos by Joel Gregorio
David Feld singing “Does Your Chewing
Gum Lose Its Flavor” and “Abba Dabba
Honeymoon.”
Ron and Wanda Martinson leading our campers in song and laughter under the stars.
President’s Report, continued from page 1
them. Finally, all of this does not come without cost. LBA pays
about $130,000 for water safety each year, a substantial part of
the budget. So in keeping with last month’s article on membership fees, that is why beach tags are only provided to those
residents who have paid their required annual fees.
Lake Barcroft summers are always special and as usual, the
Ice Cream Social on June 12th was a great hit again this year.
Thanks to Janet Kerley, Charlotte Flounders and Pat Payne and
their hard working crew of super scoopers who made it such a
fun and enjoyable event. Also thanks to the Woman’s Club for
their generous contribution. I hope you all enjoyed the Baskin
Robbins ice cream, complete with all those special toppings.
Hats off to Betsy Washington for her efforts to promote the
great outdoors and environmental awareness with the Great
American Campout on June 26th.
Our Independence Day parade would not have been possible
without Jeanie Meyer and Joan Doupe. Their leadership and encouragement for the Woman’s Club to help bake all those cookies, blow up balloons, distribute U.S. flags and pass out the cookies and serve lemonade at the end are genuinely appreciated.
Eco-adventurers setting out to discover
wildlife in the wilds of Lake Barcroft.
And, of course the fireworks. Wow! What a spectacular event,
right here in our own neighborhood. It’s taken the better part
of a year for Kevin Howe and Walter Cate to plan the event and
it shows. Along with assistance and critical day-of-the-shoot
leadership from veterans Bryant Snee and Jim Derzon, who arranged for the fireworks, drew up plans for the County, met
the Fire Marshal, got all the supplies, and a multitude of other
things. Fireworks simply could not take place without these
key people. But this year, I am happy to report several other
residents stepped forward and went above and beyond to devote
two days in May to get “Pyrotechnically” certified. These selfless volunteers include Diane Weeks, Mary Ann Francis, Danny
Falkenstern and Michael Mastropaolo. Thanks for letting us
know we can count on you for the future. …and there were
also numerous other volunteers who graciously gave their time
and sweat on the day of the shoot. Thanks.
Still left for the summer is the LBA and Newcomer’s BBQ on
Beach 5 on August 14th, and the Labor Day Games on September 6th.
Hope to see you at one of those or somewhere else in, on or
around the Lake.
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Newcomers Club
By Trish Gomersall Newcomers Club President
The Newcomers Club said goodbye to spring, and
welcomed in another blistering hot Northern Virginia summer
with wonderful food and cold drinks. Our hosts, Seth and Diane Davidson, opened their beautiful home and gardens to over
60 folks seeking refuge from the heat and humidity. Fortunately, later in the evening the temperature and humidity dropped,
and the Davidsons’ back patio was the perfect place to sit and
watch the lightning bug show. Many thanks to Seth and Diane
for hosting this event!!
because of space issues and popularity, we have not been able
to open the Barge Party to the general population. Join the
Newcomers Club today!!!
Coming up next—the Sixth Annual Lake Barcroft BBQ on the
Beach, co-hosted by the LBA and the Newcomers Club. This is
the largest neighborhood party of the year, usually bringing in
250 to 280 people on Beach 5. This year the BBQ is on August
14th, from 4 -8 pm, featuring live music, and those famous
grilled brats!! All ages are welcome at this event, as well as any
houseguests lurking about. For those of you who have wanted
to help out a Newcomers party, this is your chance. It takes a
number of people to run the BBQ, and we welcome all help.
Please e-mail Trish Gomersall at pgomersall@cftc.gov if you can
give us some time.
The Lake Barcroft Association
and
The Lake Barcroft Newcomers Club
request the pleasure of your company
at the Sixth Annual
BBQ on the Beach
Saturday, August 14
4-8 pm at Beach Five
$5 per person (5 and under: free)
If your last name starts with:
A - I: please bring an appetizer
J - R: please bring a salad
S - Z: please bring a dessert
No RSVP necessary
Live Music!! Moon bounces!!
Hot dogs, Burgers and Brats!!
Beer and wine available for $1
Future plans for the Newcomers include a happy hour in October at the home of Colleen Coyle and Chris Lyons, and our
famous Holiday Party in December—date and location to be
determined. Stay tuned!!
The most anticipated party of the year is the Newcomers Barge
Party on September 11, at the home of Peter and Sarah Cressy.
Remember that we have a limited number of spaces at this
event, and first preference will be given to Newcomers members. Please e-mail Trish Gomersall if you wish to join the club,
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Kris Gilbert’s Rusticway Chamber Music Series concluded the season with a special Thurgood Marshall Scholarship fundraiser. The concert
featured (l to r) Chris McKay (junior at Stuart High School), Alex Glaubitz (recent graduate of Stuart now attending the Peabody Conservatory
of Music) and Eva Rosker (sophomore at Stuart). Joining them for two of the pieces was guest cellist Marion Baker. They played a variety of
very enjoyable pieces by composers Bizet, Schubert, J.S. Bach and Scott Joplin.
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Putting it all together:
artist Phyllis Cohen
By Monica Boland Barcroft News Staff
For Phyllis Cohen, woodblock printmaking is just
like creating a jigsaw puzzle. The spirited artist cuts woodblocks
into individual pieces with a scroll saw then inks, reassembles
and prints them. “I love conceiving them, cutting them and
printing them,” she said. “I have to think everything through
and figure out how to put it all together.”
The accomplished printmaker launched her career nearly four
decades ago when friend and neighbor, Alice Mostoff, encouraged her to take classes at the Art League. Soon after, Cohen
became a founding member of Printmakers, Inc. at the Torpedo
Factory. The workshop and gallery is now celebrating its 35th
year of award-winning printmaking.
Every five years, the nine printmakers create a new book. “We
haven’t decided on a theme yet, but we’ve got a specific dimension that we’re doing,” she said. “It’s a very good group of artists
and we come up with clever things.”
Cohen recently had a show at the Torpedo Factory with a fellow
printmaker. She had been writing funny limericks for a long
time and showed them to one of her partners at the studio who
she described as very whimsical.
Cohen wrote a dozen limericks and they each created six prints.
“My last series is always my favorite,” she said. “So right now,
it’s the limericks.”
Phyllis Cohen displaying her art.
But the Waterway Drive resident isn’t limited to group projects.
She also creates prints with an old letter press from the early
1900s that she inherited from another Torpedo Factory artist.
“It’s a very old technique,” she said. “It’s also very labor intensive, but I don’t care. I’m very patient.”
She also uses the letter press for her other love: bookmaking.
When she first inherited the press, she began setting type and
combining the type with images. “That’s how I started making
books,” she said. “I love putting them together. I love doing the
binding.”
Cohen reminisced fondly about creating a book for an archeology studio across the hall from Printmakers, Inc. in the late
1980s. “They asked me if I would work from their collection
and do a series of their artifacts,” she said.
As she flipped through the published work of art, she pointed
to a beautiful print of a blue and white piece of colonial China.
“I like that one,” she said with a subtle smile.
With over 10 books under her creative belt, she said she still
plans on making at least one more book. “I love finding a theme
to concentrate on,” she said.
Most recently, Cohen set haikus, written by Franklin Robinson, the director of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, to type. “Each of us at the studio did four of
our own small prints and I asked Frank if I could use some of
his haikus,” she explained. “I looked for the most visual and
thoughtful haikus.”
Cohen has two upcoming shows this November: one at the Ratner Museum in Bethesda, and the other at the Morrison House
in Old Town, Virginia. Her work has appeared in both corporate and private collections, including the Library of Congress
Print Collection, and in regional and national exhibitions including a solo show at The Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell.
“Once I started the woodblock printmaking, that’s all I wanted
to do,” she said. “I truly love the combination of the aesthetic
and the craft.”
Examples of Cohen’s woodcut prints can be found at: www.
torpedofactory.org/artists/cohen_p.htm.
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Photos by George McLennan
At the end of May, the Fairfax County Police Dive Team, led by Officer Lance Schaible, spent a day at the Lake conducting
a series of training exercises in a large coordinated effort that included the Fire Department. Pictured are the divers getting
ready for their first drill, a diver going through the portable decontamination station, and operation center on the Beach 4
parking lot.
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Boaters jockey for position.
Settling in before dusk...
And waiting for the show to begin.
The regatta begins.
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Lake Barcroft
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Sadness For Us All
I’ve often thought perhaps my poems are
only sad
That surely people don’t want to read things
so bad
But then this morning I was reminded why
When the picture on the front page caught
my eye
A once lovely creature created to fly
Lay on a beach, there to die
August 11
7:30 p.m.
LB Board Meeting
Covered in oil the source of much greed
August 14
4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Beach 5
Bluegrass & BBQ
Why can’t we see what our appetites cause?
August 19
Woman’s Club Charity Nominations
August
Downtown Attraction
Pope-Leighey House
The black gold of humans and all of their
needs
Can’t we give just a little to obey nature’s
laws?
Or will we continue to ruin the earth
And all of the creatures to whom she’s given
birth
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Services/Classifieds
Lake residents may place free classifieds. We will publish the ad for one month,
additional months are on a space-available basis and items must be submitted by
the 15th of each month. Classifieds can be emailed to Chris Lawson at lachance3@
aol.com for approval. Please include your name and day and evening phone
numbers so we can verify information. Non-Lake residents may purchase a
classified ad by calling 703-941-2547 or emailing lachance3@aol.com. Placement
is on a space-available basis.
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rates. Weekly, biweekly, monthly. Window and move in/out. We provide
our own cleaning supplies and equipment. Call Dalila for free in-home
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Rotisserie chicken, anyone?
By George McLennan and Debra M. Lee Barcroft News Staff
Our review takes a turn to
something different this month, at least as
far as the process is concerned. Peruvian
and Central American rotisserie chicken
has long been one of our favorites, and
there are many nearby places from which
to choose. We thought it would be fun to
bring a group of people together to try as
many as we could eat, and pick the best.
Twelve members of the newsletter team
were more than willing to be that group.
We thank Daphne and Aras Butas for graciously hosting our chicken tasting night.
We selected five places located near each
“side” of the community; ordered the
same items from each; and served them
buffet-style in their original unmarked
containers for a blind taste test. Each of
the orders consisted of one whole chicken,
which came quartered or in smaller cuts,
a house salad and yuca, the French fry of
Central and South America. The five takeout places were Edy’s Chicken & Steak at
Bailey’s Crossroads/Skyline; The Chicken
Take-Out Place
Place at Bailey’s Crossroads; Super Pollo
in Barcroft Plaza; Desi’s Chicken & Steak
in Willston II; and La Grandja De Oro on
Annandale Road near Route 50.
Leaving nothing to chance and to make
the evaluation process as systematic as
possible, one of us (the systems analyst)
prepared a rating sheet. The chicken
and the sides were rated separately on
appearance, e.g., lustrous, light, dark
glossy, pale, etc.; taste, e.g., salty, sweet,
bitter, stale, tasteless, flat, etc.; texture,
e.g., moistness, firmness, crisp, soft, rubbery, fine, etc.; and overall acceptability,
i.e., would you recommend this food for
your neighbors. The rating was done on a
scale of 1 to 5: 1 being awful; 2 being not
great; 3 as okay; 4 being very good; 5 as
great. Each participant was asked to rate
each take-out place one at a time as s/he
ate and cleansed his/her palette and plate
between each tasting to prevent cross over
of flavors. The ratings were tallied and the
overall average/mean scores are as follows:
Edy’s Chicken and Steak
5240 Leesburg Pike
(near Kinkos on Jefferson St.)
703-820-5508, 703-820-5509
Super Pollo
Barcroft Plaza
(next to the carpet store)
703-813-5666
The Chicken Place
5519 Leesburg Pike
(near Toys “R” Us)
703-931-3090
Desi’s Chicken & Steak
Willston Center II
703-237-7704
La Grandja De Oro
2920 Annandale Road
(near Rt. 50)
703-534-5511
Super Pollo
Edy’s Chicken
& Steak
Desi’s Chicken
& Steak
The Chicken Place
La Grandja De Oro
Chicken
4.1
3.8
3.4
3.7
3.6
Salad
3.7
3.1
3.1
2.8
3.0
Yuca
3.5
2.9
3.0
2.3
2.2
Overall mean score
3.8
3.3
3.2
3.1
2.9
Overall, the five places were rated OKAY
with scores between 2.9 and 3.8; the consistently lower rated sides brought each
overall score down. As the scores show,
the sides were nothing to write home
about. All of the places offer several other
choices for sides that you might want to
try instead—Edy’s Chicken & Steak of
Take-Out Place
Taste Ratings
for Chicken Only
fers a Peruvian potato salad and several
places offer rice. Unless you are a fan of
the yuca (it’s an acquired taste), you might
prefer the regular French fries that are on
all of the menus.
While the overall mean scores were not
significant, the devil was in the details.
On closer examination of the “taste” ratings for the rotisserie chicken, Super Pollo
received the highest ratings—a total of 11
(out of a possible 12) VERY GOODs to
GREATs. Edy’s Chicken & Steak and The
Chicken Place tied for 2nd place with a
total of 8 VERY GOODs to GREATs.
The tally is as follows:
Super Pollo
Edy’s Chicken
& Steak
Desi’s Chicken
& Steak
The Chicken Place
La Grandja De Oro
3 Greats
3 Greats
5 Very Goods
2 Greats
1 Great
8 Very Goods
5 Very Goods
4 Okays
6 Very Goods
6 Very Goods
1 Not Great
3 Okays
3 Not Greats
4 Okays
4 Okays
1 Not Great
1 Not Great
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July 2010
23
Restaurants, continued from page 22
The bottom line: Go for the rotisserie
chicken at Super Pollo in Barcroft Plaza.
And if Barcroft Plaza is not convenient,
try The Chicken Place in Bailey’s Crossroads. (Ordering at Edy’s Chicken &
Steak is too hard. See below.) Price is not
a discriminator. The price for a whole
chicken with a house salad and yuca or
fries ranges from $13 at La Grandja de
Oro to $15 at Edy’s Chicken & Steak. It
seems the meal is a bargain everywhere.
Ordering by calling ahead does not save
much time as we had expected. All of the
places have chicken on the rotisserie so the
wait is not for cooking but for cutting up
the chicken, boxing the sides and paying.
We experienced the longest wait at Edy’s
Chicken & Steak—there is frequently a
line and while they were happy to take a
phone order, they didn’t put it together
until after we had waited in line and paid.
At Super Pollo, service was fast but we
had difficulty communicating our order
so check your order before you leave.
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discount, all referrals must provide the past
customers name.
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Bast Enterprises, Inc.
(703) 932-5012
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