<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>RE the dog park; maybe when plans for dog parks are "in the works" some of the people involved see it as a chance to "dump" some otherwise unuseable land? After all, it's "just dogs," right? (goes without saying that last part is sarcastic, I'm a big-time animal lover) I don't have a dog at this time but I wouldn't want to try and play with it in a swampy or gravelly area myself and I can't imagine the dog would like it. </DIV>
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<DIV>As for the sounds of Metro; I live on the corner of Ravenswood and Lafayette and many times I can hear the Metro as it goes over the bridge in College Park (if you're standing at our train station, you can actually see the trains). As I've said before, I realize a certain amount of development in any area is inevitable but our lovely neighborhood atmosphere is slowly but surely being nibbled away. Really a shame. </DIV>
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<DIV>AND; as for your experience at Staples - good to hear that excellent customer service still exists; have you sent a letter or anything to Matthews' boss or even the president of the company? I'm sure all of us how good a complement makes you feel!</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "ABragg7393@aol.com" <ABragg7393@aol.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sat, November 6, 2010 1:38:14 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [RP TownTalk] Dog Park<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Just a note about my experience at the dog park.<BR>Yesterday I went over to the Hyattsville Dog Park near Ager Road. As you all know we did have some rain on Thrusday and Friday was a nice day. We went late in the afternoon around 3. This was supposed to be a treat for my furry kids because they have been cooped up in the car and hotel (we had a fire at our house). So I stopped at Rite Aid and bought 2 balls and a bag of treats and off we went. We got in the dog park and we see a red plastic fence
running through the middle. Getting closer, we see there is a small pond right in the middle of the park but not deep enough to swim in just enough to get muddy and messy. The grass is mushy under your feet as well.<BR>My dogs took a few steps, looked at me and I believe they said "What, you want us to run around in this mess?" So, I said, ok we will play here on this little area of gravel, I will throw the ball and you guys can go fetch. Ok, great. I throw the balls.,<BR>The collie won't even pick it up and the Sheltie does pick it up, but not happy and won't do it a second time. The ball gets all gravelly and feels yucky in her mouth. So that was the end of Hyattsville dog park. We got in the car and came down to the walking trail in Riverdale Park and had a nice long walk. Delightful.<BR>So, I am thinking who's idea was it to build a dog park in a swamp/wet lands? Sometimes people get so excited about
getting what they want they don't take the time to think it through. The money spent on that dog park was a waste as far as I can see.<BR>I also became aware of another possible threat to our quiet enjoyment of our property. The purple line is planned to go down Kenilworth Ave. Just a couple of blocks from my house. While I was at the Hyattsville Dog Park which is a couple of blocks from the existing metro I could hear this annoying whoosh/whistle/wlwwlwj<BR>every few minutes. This is a sample of what I will be hearing in my back yard as soon as they complete the purple line. I don't know if I can take it. Please don't put the purple line so close to our town unless it goes under ground, and why isn't it going underground where it won't be so annoying.<BR><BR>I must end this on a nice note and say that today I went to Staples because my computer was not behaving. The guy, his name is Matthew, and the store is in
Greenbelt, was so helpful and wonderful and pleasant and knowledgeable and I just loved him. <BR>Audrey</FONT> </FONT></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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