{"id":259,"date":"2012-05-14T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/?p=259"},"modified":"2012-05-14T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:15:28","slug":"mason-district-may-2012-e-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/2012\/05\/14\/mason-district-may-2012-e-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason District May 2012 E-Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farmers Market\u00a0 Returns to\u00a0 Mason District Park<\/strong>
\nThe Farmer’s Market\u00a0 returns every\u00a0 Thursday morning, beginning May 3,\u00a0 from 8 a.m. until 12\u00a0 noon at Mason District Park , 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All products sold are produced by vendors within 125 miles of Fairfax County.\u00a0\u00a0 Growers\u00a0 offer\u00a0 vine-ripe produce, fresh baked goods, herb plants, and much more for your spring and summer time enjoyment.\u00a0 For a complete schedule of Farmer’s Markets hosted by the Fairfax County Park Authority, and other activities, call 703-324-5390, or visit the Web Site at\u00a0 www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/wp-farm-mkt.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Reminder:\u00a0 Household Hazardous Waste Disposal and Document Shredding Returns to Mason District In May\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOn\u00a0 Saturday, May 19, from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. , residents can bring up to\u00a0 five\u00a0 medium-sized\u00a0 boxes of paper per household\u00a0 for\u00a0 Document\u00a0 Shredding\u00a0\u00a0 (please remove\u00a0 paper from\u00a0 binders ,\u00a0 remove binder clips , and remove paper clips and rubber bands ).\u00a0\u00a0 This event is for paper documents only (no film or computer discs), and is intended for shredding personal or sensitive documents.\u00a0 Both services are\u00a0 FREE\u00a0 for Fairfax County residents .\u00a0\u00a0 For a list of recycling and trash-related events in Fairfax County, call 703-324-5230, or log-on to\u00a0\u00a0 www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/dpwes\/recycling\/intro-programs.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Go Green: Bike To Work on May 18 !<\/strong>
\nMay is National Bike Month and Friday, May 18, is “Bike to Work Day.”\u00a0 Save some fuel, and join thousands of area commuters, who will use their pedal power and bike to work!\u00a0 Register on-line at\u00a0 www.biketoworkmetrodc.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>, or call 800-745-7433.\u00a0 Pre-register by May 11 for free T-Shirt and bike raffle.\u00a0 T-Shirts will be available at pit stops for the first 11,000 riders who register.\u00a0 There are more than 50 Bike to Work Day pit stops located in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.\u00a0\u00a0 In Fairfax County there are nine pit stops: Tyson’s, Vienna, Reston, Fairfax Corner\/Government Center, Fairfax City\/GMU, Springfield, Merrifield, Herndon, and Burke.\u00a0 For more information about Bike to Work Day, or for help with routing your trip, contact Charlie Strunk, Fairfax County Department of Transportation, 703-877-5600 (TTY 711), or send an\u00a0 e-mail to\u00a0 bicycleprograms@fairfaxcounty.gov<\/span><\/a><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

May 25-31: Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday<\/strong>
\nHurricane season begins June 1 through November 30, so mark your calendar and plan to replenish essential emergency supplies during May 25-31, when some supplies will be sales tax exempt.\u00a0 A list of items, and other preparedness information, is available at\u00a0 www.readyvirginia.gov<\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Although spring and summer rains may be heavy at times, it is in the fall when the threat of hurricanes and other severe storms is more prevalent in Northern Virginia.\u00a0 For information about storm preparedness, visit the Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management’s Web site at\u00a0 www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/oem<\/span><\/a><\/span>, or call 571-350-1000, TTY 711. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mason Matters! The Television Show<\/strong>
\nThe\u00a0 May edition of\u00a0 Mason Matters!<\/em> the television show that brings you news and information about our Mason District community, hosted by Supervisor Penny Gross, features Michael Congleton, strategic initiatives manager with the Department of Code Compliance, and Master Animal Control Officer Jennifer Milburn with the Fairfax County Police Department, Animal Services Division.\u00a0 Spring cleaning requires time and decision-making about items to keep, toss, or donate, but when\u00a0 saving too many items is taken to the extreme, it is called hoarding.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hoarding commonly manifests itself in the excessive collection of printed material, clothing, and household trash.\u00a0 However, hoarding of animals now can be added to the list, posing a health and safety risk to individuals and animals.\u00a0\u00a0 Mason Matters!\u00a0<\/em> airs on Cable Channel 16 every Thursday at 7 p.m., and every Friday and Sunday at 6:30 p.m., and daily on-line at\u00a0 www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/mason<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Farmers Market\u00a0 Returns to\u00a0 Mason District Park The Farmer’s Market\u00a0 returns every\u00a0 Thursday morning, beginning May 3,\u00a0 from 8 a.m. until 12\u00a0 noon at Mason District Park , 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All products sold are produced by … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96VxY-4b","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}