Guilty Verdicts For Drug Offenders
The final guilty verdict was issued August 16 by a federal jury in the
six month trial of six defendants charged with distribution of large
quantities of marijuana in the Greenleaf Gardens area in Southwest, D.C., over
the past seven years. “More than two dozen members or associates of the K
Street Crew gang have now been convicted as a result of this investigation,”
the U.S. Department of Justice stated in a release to media. (More details on
page 5)
(caption)
Exercises
are an important part of the football practices at Metropolitan Police Boys
& Girls Club No. 4 every afternoon at King-Greenleaf Field.
Greenpeace’s Tall Ship
Visits S.W.
One of the five ships of the environmental action group Greenpeace
visited the Southwest waterfront, giving boat tours and promotional material
to the public.
The group uses the ships to protest nuclear testing, driftnets and
toxic pollution. Other environmental issues it champions include saving
ancient forests across the globe, ending the threat of genetically engineered
food, achieving a nuclear-free future and stopping global warming. Its website
is www.greenpeaceusa.org.
Is Your Tax Refund Check Taxable?
At the end of September all of the federal tax refunds will be in the mail. If you received a $300 check, do you report it as taxable income for 2001 when you file state and federal income tax returns by April 15, 2002?
If you will be filing a Maryland state income tax return, phoning Maryland’s income tax Dept. (1-800-638-2937) will get you the answer NO.
If you phone the D.C. government at 727-4829, you will get the answer, YES, that it is reportable income for 2001.
D.C. Council members (who write the D.C. tax laws) have office numbers listed in the blue pages, but they may not know the answer.
Tax preparation service Jackson Hewitt, Inc., with an ad in this issue,
makes this statement:
“We’ve been letting taxpayers know that the monies they receive
will not be included as income on their federal income tax return, but that
state requirements may be different” said Iris I Burnell, who has a Jackson
Hewitt franchise for Washington, D.C. . “Then we assist them by proving our
local state rules so that they are aware of their tax liabilities, if any.”
As for those who have not received their check by the end of September,
Ms. Burnell advises: “If they have not received their check, the IRS asks
that they call 1-800-829-1040 after October 5th, to have
them track their check. They
cannot follow-up before Oct. 5th.”
“Our office is happy to help taxpayers who just want to make sure
that they receive their check,” said Ms. Burnell.
Community
Calendar
p. 2
Harbor
Patrol p. 8
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Community Calendar
Aug.-Sep.,
2001
Tues.
Aug. 28
Open House, Apple Reading Academy, 4 pm – 7 pm 680 I (Eye) St. S.W.
(within Riverside Baptist Church)
Sat.
Sep. 1 PSA 110
Walkathon with police. 11 am 240 M St. S.W.
Mon.
Sep. 3 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Tues.
Sep. 4 First Dist. Citizen’s Advisory Council, 7 pm Firs Dist. Hq. 415 4th
St SW
Wed.
Sep. 5 Washington Waterfront Citizens Association (WWCA) meets at 7 pm at the
Harbor Patrol Classroom near 6th and Water St. S.W. (Note change of
date to first Wed.)
Mon.
Sep. 10 Advisory Neighborhood Comm. 2D Meeting 7 pm, 400 I (Eye) St. S.W.
Mon.
Sep. 10 (and each Monday) Kiwanis, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Southeastern University
Tues.
Sep. 11 SWNA Board 7 pm Board Office , 401 M St. S.W.
Wed.
Sep. 12 Chamber Music 7:30 pm. St. Augustine’s Church, 6th and
Maine Ave. SW
Wed.
Sep. 12 Fil-Am Toastmasters Club 6:45 pm S.W. Branch Library, 920 Wesley Pl
Fri.
Sep. 14 Kiwanis Charter Night Program, 7 pm – Ft. McNair Officers Club
Sat.
Sep. 15 Clean up the Waterfront. 8:30 am – 4 pm. Start at Gangplank Marina
at
Komen
Toastmasters Club 10 am
S.W. Branch Library 920 Wesley Pl SW
Wed.
Sep. 19 AARP D.C. Day 10 am to 5 pm Convention Center,
Thurs.
Sep. 20 PSA 110 Partnership with police 7
pm Westminster Church, 4001 I (Eye) St. S.W.
Mon.
Sep. 24 Southwest Neighborhood Assembly public meeting, 7:30 pm St. Matthews
Lutheran Church, 222 M St. S.W.
Wed.
Sep. 26 Fil-Am Toastmasters, 6:45pm S.W. Branch Library
Mon.
Oct. 1 SWNA Board, 7 pm Waterside Mall, 401 M St SW
Tues.
Oct. 2 Citizens Advisory Council with police, 7 pm 415 4th St. S.W.
Mon.
Oct. 8 HOLIDAY
Mon.
Oct. 8 Yard Sale 10 am to 3 pm St. Augustine’s Episcopal
Church, 6th St. & Maine Ave. S.W.
Please
submit calendar items for the next issue by Wed. Sep. 5 to C.W. Hargrave
554-8284.
55 ALIVE Mature Driving Course is for anyone age 50 and over.
$10.00
payable to A.A.R.P.
Mon.,
Tues. Sep. 24-25, 2001
Capitol
Park 301 G
St. SW
Time:
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
To
register: Call 202-646-1359.
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AARP Driving Safety Classes, Sep. 24, 25
The “55 Alive” classes that can reduce your auto insurance rates will be offered in Southwest on Monday and Tuesday, Sep. 24 and 25, at 301 G St. S.W. (Capital Park Apartments) from 10 am to 2 pm..
The fee for the two days is $10, payable to AARP. Bring your own bag
lunch. Make reservations by calling 202-646-1359. If a tape answers, leave a
message.
The Beat Goes On At Zanzibar On Waterfront
Entertainment
Schedule for Sep.
(Zanzibar is located at 700
Water Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. Our telephone number is
202-554-9100. We are closed on
Mondays and Tuesdays.)
Sat., Sept 1:
Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. No cover.
Sun., Sept. 2: Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. No cover.
Wed., Sept. 5: Mary Ann Redmond (jazz, pop, blues) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
No cover.
Thurs., Sept 6: Marcus Johnson Project (jazz) 7:30 p.m. $15/cover
Sat., Sept. 8: Vaughn McClarrin (jazz, pop, R&B) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
No cover.
Sun., Sept 9: Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. No cover.
Wed., Sept. 12: Mary Ann Redmond (jazz, pop, blues) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
No cover.
Sat., Sept 15: Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. No
cover.
Sun., Sept. 16: Sweet Micky (Michel Martelly. Haitian compas
music) 8 p.m. $25/advance, $30/door.
Wed., Sept. 19: Mary Ann Redmond (jazz, pop, blues) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
No cover.
Thurs., Sept. 20: Spur of the Moment with Special Guests (jazz). 7:30
p.m. $20/cover.
Sat., Sept. 22: Vaughn McClarrin (jazz, pop, R&B) 7:30 p.m. - 10
p.m. No cover.
Sun., Sept 23: Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. No cover.
Wed., Sept. 26: Mary Ann Redmond (jazz, pop, blues) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
No cover.
Sat., Sept 29: Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. No
cover.
Sun., Sept 30: Leon Edwards (calypso, soca) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. No cover.
S.W.
Kiwanis Celebrates
Sep
14
The new S.W. Kiwanis chapter will celebrate its Charter Night at the
Ft. McNair Officers Club Friday, Sep. 14 at 7 pm. Speaker will be Dr. Charlene
Drew Jarvis, President of Southeastern University.
For tickets and more information contact the club president Will
Robinson at 202-488-3597 or charter night chair Elena Dobson at 202-488-1996.
WWCA
Planning For SW Waterfront
The Washington Waterfront Citizens Association will be listing on www.Dcwaterfront.org
details on a number of local activities. These include:
a)
grant
proposal for pilot rain gardens along the promenade
b)
redeployment
of Harbor Patrol officers
c)
needed
equipment for fire boat
d)
Christmas
Parade of Lights
e)
Development
process in SW
f)
Status of the
Anacostia (DC Working) Marina
g)
Lighting
along the waterfront
h)
Trash
receptacles along the seawall
i)
Cigarette
receptacles along the seawall
j)
Signage to
protect our waterfront and river
k)
2002 Clean
Water Grant projects
l)
valet/shuttle
parking at Waterside Mall
New
Group Started By Marina Tenants
Tenants of Gangplank Marina are organizing to have a voice in
development of the Southwest Waterfront. The city has to request bids for a
new management company for the marina. The marina tenants have made
suggestions.
The new group is called the Gangplank Slip Holders Association (GPSA)
and wants to work with SW area organizations and interested citizens.
President is Susan Carpenter who can be reached at 202-488-4203 or scarpenter@erols.com.
The GPSA website is www.communities.msn.com/600WaterStreetSW.
When the city bought out the previous marina owner, MIF Realty, MIF was
given a 90-day contract to continue managing the marina.
The
NCRC reports it is working on a Request For Proposals (RFP) to go out to
select new management. It will be posted on www.ncrcdc.com.
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4
(caption)
Several
dozen girls and boys spent a week at Project Wonder based at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church. Bible study, field trips and food were among the favorite
activities.
Chamber
Players Fall Schedule
By David Ehrlich
Fresh from a relaxing summer hiatus, the Southwest Chamber Players
begin their fifth series of fall programs.
All are at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 6th St. and
Maine Ave. S.W. , and start at 7:30 pm.
Wed. Sep. 12: A spectacular quartet of vocal soloists – Laura
Bachmann, soprano; Carolyn Zolbe, alto; Charles Bachmann, tenor; and Paul
Dannaher, bass – will present Brahms’s charming Libeslieder (Love –Song)
Waltzes, assisted by duo pianist Elizabeth Dyson and David Ehrlich.
The second half of the program will feature cellist John Kaboff and
pianist Alfred Clark in a rousing version of Saint-Saens’ D-Minor Cello
Sonata.
Wed. Oct. 10: For the first time in nearly sixty concerts, there will
be only one performer, lutenist Dawn Culbertson, who comes to us from
Baltimore. Her program will emphasize music of the England of Henry VIII.
Wed., Nov. 14: Popular clarinetist Jerry Schwarz will combine with
bassoonist Alan Karnowitz and David Ehrlich on a little-know trio by the early
19th-century Russian composer Mikhail Glinka.
The rest of the program will include contralto Allison Hughes
performing the Brahms Alto Rhapsody and a violin/piano sonata by Elise Baker
and David Ehrlich, yet to be announced.
Our annual Christmas concert will be either December 19 or 20. On the
program will be baritone Jose Luis Sanchez accompanying himself on the guitar,
some Bach by the SWCP “orchestra,” and a group of Christmas carols for all
to sing.
Waterfront
Web Sites Need Help
Two web sites on the Southwest waterfront have asked for volunteers
“to help compose/edit articles for www.Dcwaterfront.org
and www.Dcboatnews.org.”
Check the web sites for information on contacting them.
High
Holy Days 5762 Services
High holiday services are scheduled at the Radisson Barcelo Hotel, 2121
P St. NW, near Dupont Circle with Rabbi Tamara Miller and Cantor Mark Rozanski.
Dates are:
Erev
Rosh Hashanah, Sep. 17
Rosh
Hashanah, Sep. 18
Erev
om Kippur, Sep. 26
Yom
Kippur, Sep. 27.
Times, reservation forms with ticket prices and prayerspace and
scholarships are given on web site:
Information by phone is at 202-320-6034 and e-mail at info@capitalkehillah.org.
These have been called the newest and most contemporary high holiday
services, open and welcoming to all denominations.
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400
Federal Police Now Patrol D.C.
With the addition of 150 uniformed
officers of the Federal Protection Service, patrolling within 300 ft.
of 60 federal buildings, the Metropolitan Police now will be getting help from
400 federal officers in patrolling D.C. neighborhoods.
Until a 1997 law was passed, some federal officers were kept from
enforcing D.C. law near their facilities.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton explained in a recent release:
“Some officers operated more
like highly paid security guards than peace officers and performed few
mainstream police duties. Federal police officers sometimes called 911, taking
hard-pressed D.C. police officers out of our neighborhoods. Even when traffic
accidents occurred near agencies, District police often were called to
redirect traffic.”
Besides the Federal Protection Service, four other federal police
forces already work in D.C. neighborhoods: Amtrack Police, National Zoological
Police, the FBI Police, and the U. S. Defense Protection Service. The Capitol
Police also patrol, under a separate law.
Federal police must take courses in the D.C. Code before assuming these
new duties.
Police
Photo Radar On
M
St. S.W.
M St. S.W. from 6thth St. to So. Capitol St. is one of the
photo radar enforcement zones where unmarked police cruisers will photograph
the back of speeding cars and mail out tickets with fines from $30 to $200,
depending on the speed.
Other nearby locations are the 3rd St. tunnel, the 9th
St. tunnel, the SE/SW Freeway, and M St. SE.
The listing of enforcement zones is on the police department’s web
site: www.mpdc.dc.gov.
Drug
Offenders Convicted
(Excerpts
from an August 16, 2001, release from the U.S. Department of Justice)
Six
Defendants in “K Street Crew” Case Convicted
“…A
federal jury returned its final guilty verdicts against Sean Coates, 29, of
the District of Columbia, one of the members of a violent drug trafficking
crew known generally as the “K Street Crew,” which operated in the area of
the Greenleaf Gardens Public housing complex in Southwest Washington, D.C.
The verdicts today mark the end of six weeks of jury deliberations
following a six month trial during which time the jury also convicted K Street
Crew members Vincent Hill, 37, Jerome Martin, 30, Samuel Carson, 29, William
Sweeney, 25 and Gary Price, 35, all of the District of Columbia.
“All six defendants were found guilty of participating in a
narcotics conspiracy which distributed over 1000 kilograms of marijuana over
a ten year period in Washington, D.C.
“The
prosecution ws the result of a long-term investigation which was conducted by
the Safe Streets Task Force, a joint FBI/MPD task force targeting gang
activity in the District of Columbia. This
investigation focused on the narcotics trade and attendant violence in the
Greenleaf Gardens housing complex in Southwest Washington, D.C., which is a
three-block area bounded by Delaware Avenue and Third Street on the east and
west and by I Street and M Street on the north and south.
“According to the evidence at trial, the K Street Crew was
responsible for the distribution of large quantities of marijuana in the
Greenleaf Gardens area over the past seven years.
In an effort to protect and promote the organization’s drug
trafficking activity, the gang engaged in a pattern of violence agains rival
drug crews. The Crew can be
singled out, however, for its repeated efforts to locate, threaten , and even
kill witnesses to their crimes. The
Crew was responsible for the murders of numerous government witnesses and
potential witnesses during its existence.
Moreover, the K Street Crew undertook efforts, even as trial commenced,
to try to obstruct justice by harming witnesses andplanning their escapes from
custody. In total, more than two
dozen members or associates of the K Street Crew gang have now been convicted
as a result of this investigation.
“The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced in the late fall before
the honorable Thomas Penfield Jackson in the United States District Court.
They each face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
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(caption)
New
gold belts and green belts were awarded to the Tae Kwon Do class at King
Greenleaf Recreation Center.
Downtown
BID Helping Signage For Southwest
Southwest is one of 14 neighborhoods in D.C. that will get help
planning “way-finding” signs
similar
to some blue and white signs already installed downtown.
With a grant from the city, the Downtown DC Business Improvement
District (BID) “will be working with civic groups, Advisory Neighborhood
Commissions (ANC’s), business associations and other interested citizens to
determine what signs should say and where they should go,” according to the
group’s press release.
Carolyn Crouch can be contacted at 484-4080 for more information on
Southwest plans. Louise Ware at 661-7584 is with the Downtown BID.
Discussion
Group Forming In Southwest
By Coralie Farlee
Are you interested in studying and discussing international issues?
The Great Decisions program of the Foreign Policy Association in New
York provides discussion guides, briefing books, opinion ballots and a TV
series for PBS. Over 30,000
nationwide have taken part in 2001.
Southwest can have one or more discussion groups – daytime, evening,
or week-ends – starting in 2002. The
eight topics for 2002 include: International Food Policy, the Middle East
Peace Process, Drug Trafficking in Columbia, AIDS in Africa, Energy and the
Environment, Russia, Korea, South Asia.
The FPA website has more details at www.fpa.org.
People in Southwest who would like to participate in such a group
beginning mid-January or early February of 2002, please contact Coralie Farlee,
389 O Street, S.W., WDC 20024, or phone at 554-4407.
GSA
Private Leases On Website
Log on to www.gsa.gov and see all
7,000 federal GSA leases for privately-owned buildings and when they expire.
The 1,900 GSA owned buildings are also listed.
Visitors to the site can view the information by GSA region, or by
state, or Congressional district.
The link is to www.can.net. It can
also be reached from www.firstgov.gov.
An example of listings is the Nassif building at 7th and D
St. S.W., where the U. S. Department of Transportation lease is expiring and a
new headquarters for DOT is planned for the Southeast Federal Center between M
St. S.E. and the Anacostia River.
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Southwest
Nursery School Recommended
Parents, if you are searching for a pre-school, look no further.
Since 1968 River Park Nursery School at 1301 Delaware Ave. S.W. has
provided a longing learning environment with qualified teachers and active
parents.
Once again, this September, about 15 children (three and four years of
age) will enter the sunny, open space configured to stimulate a child’s
imagination and social skills. School runs from 9 am to 12:30 each day and
fees are relatively low compared with other nursery schools.
Parents share duties several times a year for each parent to aid the
teacher, teaching assistant and often a graduate student studying child
development.
A highlight of every month is the special lunchtime program, where
pupils perform around themes like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day.
Following the performance, parents, kids and teachers enjoy a pot luck lunch
that is always a treat as it often reflects the different cultures represented
by the RPNS families.
When my daughter was in RPNS, I sometimes heard the question, “Where
do River Park “graduates” go?” My daughter and her classmates went on to
Amidon, Maret, Georgetown Visitation, National Cathedral School, Sidwell
Friends, Capitol Hill Day School, and, of course, college.
My point is that these kids started out with a foundation that
encourages a thirst for knowledge, a rare feat for a nursery school and great
opportunity for kids in Southwest and other communities.
For information, call Ms. Bernadette Blum, RPNS teacher for 13 years,
at 202-484-3397.
(caption)
Parents
and children at an open house at River Park Nursery School.
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Harbor Patrol Open House
Last month the D.C. police officers and fire fighters stationed on the
Southwest waterfront near 6th and Water St. S.W. showed the public
the equipment they use to make local rivers safer.
Diving gear and rescue equipment were spread out on the dock next to
the fire boat John Glenn. A
helicopter was parked on the grassy circle for public inspection.
A police patrol boat demonstrated a water rescue, bringing an
overturned canoe and its occupants to safety.
(captions)
The
fire boat John Glenn is well equipped and has powerful pumps and hoses that
shoot water to put out any marine fire.
Harbor
Patrol police brought a canoe and
its passengers aboard their patrol boat after the canoe had been swamped.
The
Falcon 1 helicopter on display at the Harbor Patrol
L’Enfant
To Dulles Airport Bus (Route 5A)
For only $1.10 you can ride a Metro bus from L’Enfant Plaza (D St.
S.W. between 6th & 7th ) and Dulles Airport in
Virginia. (50 cents for seniors!)
It is Route 5A and runs hourly from about 5:30 am to 10:30 pm seven
days a week, with two stops in Virginia before the airport. (Timetables can be
picked up at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro-rail underground kiosks)