Adams Morgan--Ward One--Year In Review

 January 2010

Ayo Handy, Sister MaryAnn Lubie, Timothea Howard attend the first meeting of the SWOT -- Support Ward One Together organization.  SWOT was created to help Ward One profits weather the recession and find help from each other.    By the end of the year, Sister MaryAnn had passed.  Her work was with homeless people.  She will be missed by many.

February 2010

Casa Lebrato owner Sue  helps clean out after the blizzard.  Lebrato stayed open throughout both blizzards.

                                                                                              

                                                                           March 2010

Chris Otten and Anne Hargrove at the demonstration for the Mt. Pleasant Library.  The struggle for the library and to get the administration of DCPL to change the plans to be more in accordance with the community's needs.

 April 2010

There was a very special  tree planting at the HD Cooke Elementary School in early April.    The Cherry Blossom Foundation donated   three cherry trees.  Left to right, Councilmember Jim Graham, Janet Arrevalo, Anna Ngyuen, Ms. McDaniel, Jeff Wilkes, Ms. Black (school principal), and representative of Cherry Blossom Foundation.  

                                                                                                                May 2010

The first of  many candidates debates took place at the Kalorama Citizen's Association in midMay.  Incumbent Jim Graham got a little hot under the collar at some of the accusations from his two opponents.

ANC Commissioner Bryan Weaver stood on the left side of the incumbent, at least ideologically.  His primo issue was accountability, which he hit home to the council member who introduced more emergency legislation than any other city council member.

                
 The second contender against the incumbent was Jeff Smith, former school board member who resigned before his term was finished because Cith Council voted to turn over control of the school system to the mayor.  Jeff started  an organization called DC Voice, to fight for DC Schools and their accountability.  
                                                              

June 2010

The first HD Cooke Elementary School graduating class in the newly renovated school was Mr. Bacak's 5th grade class.  Two students, Destiny Jackson and Daniela Shia-Sevilla shared the principal's award and gave a speech.  Here Daniela gives hers.

July 2010

Advisory Neighborhood Commission candidate Raymond Moseley threw his hat into the ring in July and was the first to get his petitions in by early August.  He ran for the seat of ANC1c06, which was being vacated by Commissioner Nancy Shia.

September 2010

By early September it became clear who the star of the Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commission elections would be.  Olivier Kamanda's signs first appeared on the kiosk at 18th and Columbia.  By Adams Morgan Day, he had a booth and an army of friends who were out campaigning for him.  

October 2010

Steve Lanning, candidate for ANC1c06, spoke well at the forum for ANC candidates at the Kalorama Citizens Association.  

November 2010

Donnie at the Potters House, where Thanksgiving was held for everyone in the neighborhood who wanted to be there.

December 2010

Chief Ike's Mambo Room had the best bouncers in the neighborhood.