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Potomacpotomac PotomacPotomac Paddling through Nature Newcomers & Community Guide, Inside Two people paddling in a kayak and canoe are framed by the locks of the C &O Canal Historical Park. Inside Classifieds, Page 6 Classifieds, Potomac ❖ Calendar, Page 4 Newcomers & Community Guide Enjoying the towpath by horseback in the C &O Canal Historical Park. 2016-2017 Photo by Mary Kimm/The Almanac Biking 192 Miles for Local MediaNewcomers Connection LLC online at www.connectionnewspapers.com Cancer Research & Community Guide News, Page 3 Memories of Cabin John Park Opinion, Page 7 Photo by Mary Kimm/The Almanac www.ConnectionNewspapers.comAugust 24-30, 2016 onlinePotomac at Almanac potomacalmanac.com ❖ August 24-30, 2016 ❖ 1 News Email announcements to [email protected]. Include date, time, location, Bulletin Board description and contact for event: phone, email and/or website. Photos and artwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, at least two weeks before event. Detectives Investigate THROUGH AUG. 30 SUNDAY/SEPT. 18 Riolo. Free. Contact Joan Kahn at Pop-up Rabbi. Dates, times and locations vary. Rabies Vaccine Clinic. 8-10:30 a.m. at 7315 [email protected] or 240- Interested in chatting with a rabbi, or have a Muncaster Mill Road, Derwood. The 221-1370. Visit Drowning question? Rabbi Adam Raskin of Congregation Montgomery County Animal Services and www.PotomacCommunityVillage.org for more. Har Shalom invites community members to join Adoption Center will hold rabies vaccination Detectives from the Montgomery County him for a cup of coffee. Free. Contact Carly clinics through September. The vaccinations are Police Major Crimes Division continue to Litwok at [email protected] or 301-299- free with the purchase of a Montgomery County FRIDAY-SUNDAY/OCT. 28-30 investigate a drowning in the Potomac River 7087. Visit www.harshalom.org for more. Pet License. Maryland law requires that all dogs, Camp Erin is one of the largest national ❖ Thursday, Aug. 25, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Aroma cats, and ferrets over the age of 4 months be bereavement programs for youth grieving the that occurred on Aug. 16. Espresso Bar, Westfield Mall, 7101 Democracy continuously vaccinated against rabies. Also by death of a significant person in their lives. At approximately 6:10 p.m., 2nd District Blvd. law and beginning at that age, all dogs and cats Hospice Caring is joining a network of 46 Camp officers along with Montgomery County Fire ❖ Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Starbucks at must have a Montgomery County Pet License. Erin locations enabling the organization to serve Barnes & Noble, Montrose Crossing, 12089 Bring proof of previous rabies vaccinations. All a larger number of campers in a wider age- and Rescue personnel responded for the Rockville Pike. dogs must be leashed and cats and ferrets must range. This session is exclusive to teens (ages possible drowning of an adult male in the be in carriers or otherwise contained. Visit 13-17). The program is free and the application Potomac River near Great Falls. www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices is available at www.hospicecaring.org/camp- THURSDAY/SEPT. 1 for more. erin.html. Witnesses told investigators that the vic- Drop in Discussion about Grief and tim waded into the water when he slipped Healing. 1:30-3 p.m. at Montgomery Hospice, and was taken under the water by the strong 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. For anyone THURSDAY/SEPT. 22 GUIDE DOG FOSTERS NEEDED mourning the death of a loved one. Free and Aging in Place. 7-9 p.m. Potomac Community Guiding Eyes for the Blind - Montgomery current and undertow. Officers were told open to any Montgomery County resident. Village hosts an open-to-all program on Region is looking for volunteers to foster and that the victim did not know how to swim. Registration required, call 301-921-4400.Visit “National Policies to Promote Aging in Place,” a train future guide dogs. Volunteers will foster a Montgomery County Police search and www.montgomeryhospice.org for more. look at new federal legislation, with aging-in- specially bred guide dog for 14 months, attend place expert and Potomac resident Louis bi-monthly training classes, and teach the pup rescue officers along with Montgomery Tenenbaum. Free. Contact Joan Kahn at house manners, people skills and socialization County Fire and Rescue personnel began a THURSDAY/SEPT. 8 [email protected] or 240- within the community. Dog crates, training search and rescue operation but could not Morning Coffee. 10-11:30 a.m. at Corner Bakery, 221-1370. Visit equipment and monthly medications are Westlake Drive, near Montgomery Mall, www.PotomacCommunityVillage.org for more. provided. Contact Margie Coccodrilli at 301- locate the victim that evening. Search op- Bethesda. Potomac Community Village hosts, 869-2216 or [email protected] or visit erations continued on Aug. 17 but the vic- open to all, to meet, chat with other Potomac www.guidingeyes-md.org. tim was not located. neighbors about ideas, plans to age in place in JULY-SEPTEMBER our own Potomac homes. Free to attend, pay for Plant Clinic. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Davis Library, On Aug. 18 at approximately 11:30 a.m., own beverages and food. Contact Nelly Urbach 6400 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda. During the SUPPORT GROUPS a kayaker called 9-1-1 reporting a body in at [email protected] or 240- 2016 growing season Montgomery County Suicide Grief Support Group. At JSSA, 6123 the water. MCP along with Montgomery 221-1370, or visit Master Gardeners will answer gardening Montrose Road, Rockville. This ongoing www.PotomacCommunityVillage.org. questions at walk-In Plant Clinics located bereavement support group is for those who County Fire Rescue responded to the around the County. Bring full and intact plant have lost a loved one to suicide. This group Potomac River between Offutt island and and insect samples, garden problems and meets every first and third Monday. No charge. the Maryland shoreline and located the vic- SUNDAY/SEPT. 11 questions and get free answers. Pre-registration is required to attend. Call 301- 50+Expo. Noon-4 p.m. at Silver Spring Civic 816-2708. tim. The victim was pronounced deceased Center, 1 Veterans Place, Silver Spring. Expo Adult Bereavement Groups. Dates and times at the scene. features expert speakers, health screenings, THURSDAY/OCT. 20 vary depending on group members. Hospice The victim is identified as Abdul Qadir, informative resources, technology education, The Mediterranean Diet. 7-9 p.m. Potomac Care, 518 S. Fredrick Ave., Gaithersburg. Peer and entertainment for older adults and their Community village hosts open-to-all programon driven support groups in those in need of age 28, of the 6200 block of Fernwood Ter- families. Free. Call 301-949-9766 or visit “The Mediterranean Diet and its Benefits,” with support. Free. Contact Penny Gladhill at 301- race in Riverdale. www.theBeaconNewspapers.com/50-expos. cookbook author Amy 990-8904, or [email protected]. 2 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ August 24-30, 2016 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac Editor Steven Mauren 703-778-9415 or [email protected] News See www.potomacalmanac.com Biking 192 Miles for Cancer Research more. Every penny goes direct to the Dana-Farber. Potomac resident Jimmy Fund, and as such to cancer re- “Every year, we are blown away search and treatment via the Dana Farber by the commitment the riders and completes Pan Mass Cancer Institute in Boston.” volunteers make to the PMC in the The PMC designates 12 different bi- hopes of one day eradicating can- Challenge. cycle routes that cyclists can choose from, cer,” Starr said. “New faces be- ranging from 25 miles to 192 miles. De- come familiar ones, strangers be- By Ashley Claire Simpson pending on the chosen route, cyclists ei- come family, and it’s this special The Almanac ther ride for one day or two days. and unique camaraderie that Deraleau pursued the PMC’s hallmark makes the PMC such an emotional uring the first weekend of the and longest route, which went through and unforgettable experience year month, in some of the hottest 46 towns — starting in the eastern Mas- after year. Here’s to another year Dweather that the East Coast has sachusetts town of Sturbridge and end- in the books, to reaching another experienced in recent memory, ing in Provincetown, at the tip Cape Cod. fundraising milestone, and to an- Potomac’s Christopher Deraleau cycled 192 Saturday and Sunday both started at other step taken toward helping miles to raise money for the Dana-Farber 5:30 a.m. and it all finished by Sunday, Dana-Farber find a cure.” Cancer Institute in Boston. While Olympic Aug. 7 at 5 p.m. While Deraleau may have been athletes racked up medals this August, one of the new faces at this year’s Deraleau raised nearly $5,000 and cycled PMC, this was not his first charity across the Massachusetts as part of the “Every year, we are blown ride of considerable distance. He Pan Mass Challenge (PMC), a 26-year- said there was nothing fancy about old bike-a-thon. away by the commitment his training, though it was clearly “I biked 192 miles over 12 hours riding effective when it came time to time and about 14 hours total including the riders and volunteers jump in the saddle on Aug. 6 and stops and lunches,” Deraleau said. “I ini- make to the PMC in the 7. tially decided to do the Pan-Mass because “After two years of training for I grew up in Massachusetts and Connecti- hopes of one day other long distance charity rides, cut and I have family still there. My I’ve found my training entirely grandmother is a three-time cancer sur- eradicating cancer.” consists of just riding,” he said.
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