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Crash Kills Potomac Man Montgomery County Police are investigating the cause of a single vehicle car crash in Bethesda over the weekend that killed Pedro Ivo Sobral Canuto, 22, of the 10300 block of Gainsborough Road in Potomac. At approximately 6:20 a.m. on Saturday, July 11 Canuto was travel- ling westbound on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda in his green 1999 Audi when for unknown reasons the vehicle crossed the double yellow line, left the road and struck a tree, impacting the driver’s side of the vehicle. The citizen who called in to report the crash reported hearing the sound of squealing brakes before the crash, said Officer Melanie Brenner, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Police Depart- ment. Canuto, who was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash, was transported to Suburban Hospital where he was listed in critical condi- tion with life-threatening injuries. He died around noon on Sunday, July 12, said Brenner. Anyone who may have information about this collision is asked to contact the Montgomery County Police Department’s Collision Recon- struction Unit at 301-840-2435 to assist the ongoing investigation. Arrest Follows Fatal Accident The State Police are currently investigating a motor vehicle collision Rockville Interiors July 7 that resulted in two fatalities. The collision occurred on south- Blinds • Shades • Shutters bound I-495 at Clara Barton Parkway in the Potomac area of Mont- Shop-at-Home or gomery County. Visit Our Showrooms Investigation revealed that a red Nissan Frontier was struck in the Rockville Town Center rear by a 2004 silver Jeep Grand Cherokee operated by Kelli Russ Loos. (301) 424-1900 Subsequently, upon impact, the Nissan was forced over the right guard rail, and down a 60-foot embankment coming to rest on its roof. www.RockvilleInteriors.com The striking vehicle continued into Virginia where it was involved in another collision. Virginia State Police investigated that collision and

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2 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac Editor Steven Mauren 703-917-6431 or [email protected] News See www.potomacalmanac.com Historical Park of the Future C&O Canal Park is looking for better ways to get visitors to and around the heavily utilized lower 23 miles of the park.

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Maddie Meyer Ovisitors to the C&O Canal plod- ded up and down the narrow waterway in small, covered launch boats.

/The Almanac The boats were smaller than the packet Photo by Photo boats that ferried goods along the Canal but Hundreds of participants and disappeared as the Canal itself became out- spectators came to the C&O Canal moded first by trains and then by automo- National Historical Park in biles. Maryland and Great Falls Park in If a plan being kicked around by officials Virginia to watch the race. within the C&O Canal National Historical Park takes hold those launch boats could reappear on the Canal in coming years. They are one of several considerations in Taking an ongoing National Park Service study that is considering how to facilitate transportation of visitors to — and within — the lower 23 miles of the Canal.

Treacherous See Historical Park, Page 4 Lines Out of Death, Paddlers from up and Opportunity down the East Coast take part in the Patrick Michael Potomac Whitewater McMurphy Festival at Great Falls. Scholarship will send young actor to Stella By Aaron Stern The Almanac Adler acting school.

he day before he paddled his By Aaron Stern kayak down Great Falls during The Almanac Tthe Potomac Whitewater Festi- val Jeff Paine made sure he n the 11 months since his son died in a drank plenty of water to stay hydrated and Itragic accident the emotional pain that he got a good night’s sleep. In the morn- hasn’t dulled for Michael McMurphy. ing he rose early, ate a good breakfast, Sometimes it lays a little deeper beneath packed up his boat and his gear, and headed The Potomac River descends 76 the surface but when it comes back up it is to the competitors’ meeting in the C&O Ca- feet in less than a mile as it as sharp as ever. Of late it has been coming nal National Historical Park. drops through a series of cas- up a lot, but that hasn’t been an entirely cading rapids at Great Falls. bad thing. See Whitewater, Page 8 See Out of Death, Page 5 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 ❖ 3 News This Week in Potomac From Page 2 Historical Park of the Future arrested Kelli Russ Loos for DUI. Troopers along with witnesses positively identified the silver Jeep Grand Cherokee as the strik- From Page 3 ing vehicle that was involved in the earlier motor vehicle colli- Funded by a $500,000 grant from the Federal sion in Maryland. Highways Administration to consider alternative The occupants of the Nissan Frontier, driver, Gradys Mendoza, forms of transportation both to and within the park, 39 and passenger, Franklin Manzanares, 37 both from Spring- the study began earlier this year and last month took field, Va. were fatally injured. the form of a two-day seminar that included Na- Personnel from the Crash Team, barrack criminal investigations tional Park Service officials, private citizens, and and the Montgomery County Police Department responded to the members of a private engineering firm hired for the scene to assist in the investigation. A warrant has been obtained study to consider the various portions of the plan. charging Loos with failing to stop at the scene of an accident Among those considerations is how to more evenly involving bodily injury. Loos is being held at Fairfax County De- distribute visitors to the lower 23 miles of the Ca- tention Center on local charges pending extradition to Maryland. nal, by far the most visited portion of 184-mile long park. Currently visitors mass at the Great Falls Tav- ern and, more problematically, at the Old Angler’s Holy Child Conservation Inn entrance, where cars frequently overflow up and Easement Hearing down MacArthur Boulevard. Small, covered launch boats like the one The possibility of adding Rideon bus routes or cre- shown here were popular along the C&O A hearing at the Montgomery County Planning Board to con- ating shuttle buses from nearby dropoff points is un- Canal in the early 1900s. Modern replicas sider an application by Connelly School of the Holy Child in der consideration but the easiest way to ease the are one part of a new study being con- Potomac to amend a Forest Conservation Plan on its property is pressure at those two points would be to through ducted by officials with the C&O Canal scheduled to be heard by the board on Monday, July 20. The new signage to encourage visitors to utilize other National Historical Park in how to better application calls for removing part of a conservation easement in nearby entrance points like the one at Carderock, get visitors to and around the park. order to construct a new synthetic grass playing field behind the which rarely approaches capacity, said Brian school. To view the meeting agenda or to download a copy of the Carlstrom, the deputy superintendent of the park. for updates every 10 years — but the perpetually Planning Board’s report regarding the school’s application, visit Rewatering the entire lower 23 miles of the Canal underfunded and understaffed park likely won’t get montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda. The matter is the third is also being explored as a way to enhance the his- that ball rolling for at least another two years, item in a hearing agenda slated to begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, torical nature of the park and thereby attract more Carlstrom said. With its staff largely tied up working July 20 at the Planning Board’s location in the headquarters of visitors, but the hurdles to doing so are substantial. on six projects funded through $18 million of fed- the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, “From Georgetown to Great Falls there are 20 eral stimulus funds — the park’s annual budget barely 8787 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. locks. Who’s going to operate 20 locks? Who’s go- tops $9 million — there are other things to be done ing to maintain 20 locks?” said park maintenance first. “That’s why we’re at the conceptual stage,” said Forum on Lyme Disease supervisor John Umberger. And it’s more than just Carlstrom. the locks. Eleven pedestrian bridges crossing the Matt Logan, president and founder of the C&O Del. Susan C. Lee (D-District 16) along with her District 16 and canal would have to be removed, the breach at Old Canal Trust, the park’s private financial support or- 15 General Assembly colleagues and members of the Montgom- Angler’s would have to be repaired and the Canal ganization, said that the status quo isn’t a viable long- ery County Council will hold a Public Community Forum open to would have to be dredged. At approximately $1 term option and that he is hopeful some of these ideas the public on Lyme Disease prevention and control: “Taking pro- million per mile, the dredging itself could be cost can be put into play. active steps to educate and protect yourself and families against prohibitive, said Umberger, and Carlstrom said that “As with most big far-reaching things there’s a lot Lyme disease transmitted by ticks carried by deer and rodents in of the 24 locks between Georgetown and Seneca — of time for it to unravel, but then again some of these Residential Communities.” the lower 23 miles of the park — at most four are ideas could get implemented,” Logan said. “It will be The forum will be on July 23, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Potomac Com- fully operational right now. Restoring them wouldn’t interesting to see how it plays out.” munity Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. It will feature experts be cheap and the total cost of rewatering the lower and representatives from the Montgomery County Department 23-mile stretch would be several million dollars, of Health and Human Services and the Montgomery County De- though exactly how many is unclear, Carlstrom said. Bridging the Gap partment of Parks who will provide information and updates, engage in dialogue with residents, and answer questions. espite not being one of several projects PARK OFFICIALS at last month’s seminar were within the C&O Canal National Histori- enthused by the possibilities of the launch boats, D cal Park to be granted funds through the Eco- Kiplinger Honored which could be used in interpretive contexts as well nomic Stimulus Act of 2008, repairs to the breach in as to transport visitors short distances along the ca- The Society of Professional Journalists last week named entre- the towpath near Old Angler’s Inn are coming closer nal, but others were less than enthusiastic. preneur and journalist Austin Kiplinger, a longtime Potomac resi- to reality. Nancy Long, a lifelong resident of Glen Echo, is a dent, as a Fellow of the Society. The C&O Canal Trust has raised nearly $30,000 in member of the C&O Canal Association, a private sup- Kiplinger, along with fellow inductees Nelson Poynter and the the last two months and at $92,182 is within striking port group for the park. When the C&O Canal Na- late Stanley E. Hubbard. The recipients will be recognized at the distance of its $100,000 goal. That price tag would tional Historical Park was created in 1971, Long was President’s Installation Banquet Aug. 29 at the 2009 SPJ Conven- fund the design phase of the project and get it to the first chairman of the C&O Canal Advisory Com- tion and National Journalism Conference in Indianapolis. shovel-ready status, including some pre-engineering mission, a body that comprises private representa- Austin Kiplinger is an entrepreneur and journalist who, at age work like determining the type of geology beneath tives from around the state of Maryland. 90, serves as chairman of his family’s business, Kiplinger Wash- that section of the towpath and how much weight Maintaining the historical feel of the park is vital, ington Editors. Kiplinger’s father, W. M. Kiplinger, founded the can be supported. The spurt in donations was said Long, and adding these launch boats, which park company that reports money issues to the public. prompted in part by a $10,000 challenge grant from officials said could be powered by some type of quiet an anonymous local family, said Matt Logan, the head electric or battery-powered motor, doesn’t match the of the C&O Trust. Logan said he hopes to hit the Concert at the Potomac Oak park’s historical mission. $100,000 mark by Sept. 30, which would be just over For the second year in a row, the Potomac Oak Center will host “You don’t want recreation to become something a year since the towpath gave way during Tropical a concert by Jeff Baker, founding member of the Alexandria Gui- more important [than the historical] elements of the Storm Hannah last September. tar Trio. He will perform a selection of pieces (classical, jazz, and park but there seems to be a direction taking us more Getting the design and pre-engineering work done popular) in an outdoor concert under the Travilah Oak Tree on towards recreation and disturbing the balance of will be just the start, however. Once that is completed Friday evening, July 17, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Potomac what there is now,” said Long. “An engine is an en- the repair work itself — estimated to cost between Oak Center, at the crossroads of Travilah Road and Glen Road. A gine, it makes a noise… [that is] part of what it does.” $2 million and $3 million — will have to be funded, Friday night concert for August is also planned with different A report on the findings of the alternative trans- and for the traditionally under-funded C&O that will artists, the date to be announced. portation study could be ready by the end of the be no easy task. “That’s our big challenge is working Due to the unpredictability of the weather, there might be a year, said Carlstrom, though when — or if — the with our [Congressional] delegation and the leader- cancellation at any time. No rain date is planned. conclusions are put into effect is difficult to deter- ship at the National Park Service to make sure this mine. The park still needs to update its general man- remains a priority even though it wasn’t part of the agement plan that was created in 1976 — and called stimulus package,” said Logan. 4 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News LAURA GILLEY Out of Death, Opportunity Exceeding Expectations From Page 3 Fine HomesCollection In May the McMurphy family “Whose Exceptional Level of granted a scholarship through a Experience and Care Ensure foundation set up in the wake of Successful Moves Every Day.” Patrick Michael McMurphy’s death through his life savings and donations at the time of his death. The Smart Strategies, Informed Choices scholarship, administered by the Stella Adler Studio of Acting School 301.299.0500 in New York City, will benefit some- An amazing 90% of all Laura’s business comes from her one a lot like Patrick McMurphy, personal referrals. That’s because Laura’s dedication to her who had, just weeks before his clients makes their goals her goals. Her professional advice death at age 23, realized that he and service, which is backed by three decades of experience, wanted to be an actor. equips you to make the most profitable and advantageous “He had decided… that he was Brandon Fox of Philadel- decisions for you and your family. Everyone who cares enough to buy or sell their home with the very best wants Laura on going to go ahead and take a shot Patrick Michael McMurphy phia is attending the their team. Her dedication to hard work and professionalism at trying to pursue it and actually died last August after prestigous Stella Adler creates a “Winning Conclusion!” Large or Small, Laura sells we encouraged him to do that,” said falling from his Brooklyn acting school this summer them all! Her specialized and unique marketing strategy, Michael McMurphy. “If you can’t apartment building, weeks thanks to a scholarship backed with an intensive area-background and an ability to take a risk when you’re young when after deciding to pursue created as a memorial to provide professional service with a warm, personal touch, are you going to do it?” his longtime passion of Patrick McMurphy, who creates a “Right Combination.” Laura stands for the adage that There are strong parallels be- acting as a career. died last September. a proven track record is the best recommendation. tween Patrick McMurphy and the first beneficiary of his scholarship, Philadelphia na- in Seattle. For a few years he had thought that act- To View Thousands tive Brandon Fox. Like McMurphy, Fox had struggled ing might be for him but he had no idea how to go of Listings go to: to find direction before realizing that acting is his about it, who to talk to about it or even if he could PotomacHomes.com personal calling. And, like McMurphy, Fox has an do it at all. innate talent for acting, a creative spark that can be “I thought it was one of those things that was so MdDCHomes.com 202.362.1300 x 12878 coaxed but not created, said Stella Adler acting coach far away,” Fox said. Patrick Quagliano, who worked with McMurphy in Encouraged by his family, Fox attended a model- the weeks leading up to his death. ing convention in Philadelphia where he met an agent Patrick McMurphy grew up around theatre, per- who liked his look, and soon the agent had intro- forming in the Potomac Theatre Company with his duced Fox to Quagliano. After a few private meet- mother Maureen as well as in other local groups beings Quagliano suggested that Fox take a summer fore moving on to the theatre department at Win- acting program at Stella Adler so he could work with ston Churchill High School and continuing his the- other budding actors. atrical work at Dickinson College. But throughout “I was flat broke, I really had no means of going to that time, and during college in particular, McMurphy this school,” Fox said. was unsure if acting was a passion or a hobby, said Quagliano contacted the McMurphy’s, who on his father. His performances — as well as his exu- Quagliano’s recommendation selected Fox as the berant, generous, and inquisitive personality — left beneficiary of their son’s memorial scholarship. Fox an impression on others, said his father, but Patrick was floored to learn he could attend Stella Adler and Now Open McMurphy felt he should do something more practi- simultaneously devastated to know how he got there. in Rockville cal with his life but upon leaving college he decided “When you hear about tragedy and real tragedy to give acting a real shot and was accepted at Stella like that, at least me myself I couldn’t help but cry,” Adler. Quagliano chose to take McMurphy on in pri- Fox said. vate lessons, a decision that Quagliano said he does Eight weeks into the acting program, Fox is no Lunch Special 20% OFF not usually make with new students but he did so longer late to class as he was in high school, afraid because he was intrigued by McMurphy’s passion and now that he might miss something new, something $ 95 Total Bill amazing imagination. important. 8 Good Anytime Including soda & salad “In the short time I knew him I must say I was “I wanted it so bad … it doesn’t feel like work,” Includes really affected by him and I’m a guy it usually takes Fox said. Mon. – Fri. Alcohol more time,” Quagliano said. McMurphy died in the And Fox still can’t believe his good fortune, nor Offer Expires 8/05/09 Offer Expires 8/05/09 early morning hours of Aug. 30, 2008 when he fell the generosity that granted it to him. while climbing a ladder to the rooftop of his Brook- “For [the McMurphy family] to have never met me lyn apartment building where he liked to rehearse and still, to extend a hand, is remarkable,” he said. monologues. Quagliano said that he thinks “It just shows that human kindness and consider- McMurphy was going up to rehearse some new ation — it’s very real. It’s alive… and to me the monologues he had gotten that afternoon after work- McMurphys are the epitome of that.” ing with Quagliano that morning. For the McMurphys, helping Patrick’s memory live on through providing such an opportunity helps them WERE IT NOT for the McMurphy scholarship, Bran- deal with their pain, if only a little bit. don Fox doesn’t know what he would be doing right “It at least helps us believe that in some way Patrick now. Fox, 20, was perpetually disinterested, tardy, is continuing to do what he always did, which is to and absent in high school, splitting time between help what I would call underdogs,” said Michael living with his mother in Philadelphia and his father McMurphy. “Tucked away in the back corner of Cabin John Shopping School Notes Center like a secret you want to keep to yourself” 7745 Tuckerman Lane To have an item listed mail to was one of 509 seniors who graduated graduated cum laude and on the dean’s Cabin John Shopping Center 4007 Norbeck Rd [email protected]. from Colby College on May 24, receiv- list. He is also the son of Andrew Halls Deadline is Thursday at noon for the fol- ing a bachelor of arts degree in and Elizabeth Anthony of Frisco, Colo., Potomac, MD Rockville, MD.20853 lowing week’s paper. government at the outdoor commence- and graduated from Winston Churchill 301.983.5566 301-929-3291 Alexander A. Halls of Potomac ment in Waterville, Maine. He High School. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 ❖ 5 News

On the Line Dell Serves Indelible Force 1938 Born, Savannah, Georgia 1953 Won U.S. boys championship as 15-year-old in Kalamazoo 1954 Selected by Jack Kramer to play on Junior Potomac’s Donald U.S. Davis Cup team 1957 Lost to Rod Laver as 18-year-old in finals of Dell inducted into boys championship in Kalamazoo (“brought me back to reality,” said Dell) 1961 First American to play in Soviet Union International Tennis 1961 Ranked No. 4 in singles 1961-64 U.S. Davis Cup player Hall of Fame. 1962-63 Ranked No. 1 in doubles 1968 Aide to Sargent Shriver and U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy By Ken Moore 1968-69 Undefeated U.S. Davis Cup captain The Almanac 1969 Founded Legg Mason Tennis Classic 1970 Founded ProServ, first management company to represent tennis players (first clients were ine-time Grand Slam cham- Arthur Ashe and Stan Smith) pion Monica Seles grunted, 1972 Co-founded Association of Tennis the grandson of Dr. Robert Professionals with Jack Kramer N 1972 Gave Legg Mason Tennis Classic to “Whirlwind” Johnson — who Washington Tennis & Education Foundation helped integrate tennis — beamed, and (event has raised more than $15 million for local children’s tennis programs) 1972 French Open champion Andres 1972-80 Served as general counsel to ATP Tour Gimeno looked to the heavens. Potomac’s 1979-84 NBC commentator at Wimbledon Donald L. Dell called himself “a lucky guy.” 1987-91 President, International Tennis Hall of Fame With his wife Carole Dell and two daugh- 1989 Published “Minding Other People’s Business” ters watching — behind cameras at times Photo by 1995-present Member, U.S. Davis Cup Selection — Dell was one of the four new members Committee 1996-present Vice-chairman, International Tennis inducted into the International Tennis Hall Hall of Fame of Fame on Saturday, July 11 in Newport,

Carole Dell R.I. properties, including the French Open, U.S. “[Dell] is a man who spent his life at the Open, Legg Mason Tennis Classic and 20 very forefront of tennis, both as a player ATP tennis telecasts, according to the In- and as an indelible force behind the growth ternational Hall of Fame. of the game,” said Chris Clouser, chairman “I want each of you here that love tennis of the Board of Directors of the International Inside the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., is this to remember the TV picture six days ago at Tennis Hall of Fame. display on Donald Dell. Wimbledon, with four world champions sit- Dell was the first American tennis player ting in the first row of the Royal Box,” Dell to compete in the Soviet Union in 1961, 1969 against Romania. really want to stress that. I was spoiled very said, referring to Pete Sampras, Manuel served as the youngest non-playing team “That Davis Cup experience, traveling and early on by Stan and Arthur,” said Dell, who Santana, Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg. captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1968 competing with my Davis Cup friends and has managed other players including Jimmy “They were watching a tremendous battle and 1969, co-founded the Association of teammates were the happiest days of my Connors, Ivan Lendl, Jan Kodes, Yannick between [Andy] Roddick and [Roger] Tennis Professionals in 1972, and founded life in tennis,” he said Saturday at the in- Noah, Gabriela Sabatini, Tracy Austin, Andy Federer in the finals, all sitting side by side, the Legg Mason Classic in 1969, which he duction ceremony. Roddick and Pam Shriver. all extraordinary champions who are even donated to the Washington Tennis & Edu- One of Dell’s dreams solidified around Dell also represented 15 No. 1 picks in better human beings,” said Dell. “That cation Foundation in 1972. The local tour- that time when he founded ProServ, the first the NBA, including Michael Jordan, John Wimbledon picture of those tennis giants nament has raised more than $15 million management company to represent tennis Lucas, Moses Malone, Phil Ford, Adrian already in the Hall of Fame is what the Hall for local children’s tennis programs. players. He wanted tennis players to carve Dantley and Patrick Ewing. of Fame stands for and means to me today.” “My whole life has been involved in ten- out careers and call themselves profession- Six days before the ceremony in Rhode Since being established in 1954, The In- nis since I was nine years old,” said Dell, a als, the same way lawyers and doctors Island, Dell and his wife were in England ternational Tennis Hall of Fame has in- former No. 4 singles player, No. 1 doubles could, he said. at Wimbledon, where he served as a NBC ducted 211 people from 18 countries, in- player, and TV commentator during commentator from 1979-1984. cluding 58 women, 149 men, 18-left Wimbledon, French and Australian opens DELL’S FIRST two clients were Arthur Dell helped serve tennis to television, or- handers, three sets of brothers, and a as well as countless ATP Tour events. Ashe and Stan Smith, players he coached chestrating the telecast of numerous na- mother-daughter-niece trio, according to Dell was undefeated as captain of the U.S. on the Davis Cup team. tional and international events. He cur- the International Hall of Fame Davis Cup team, which he led to champi- “They’re good people, wonderful people, rently oversees and advises many of Blue “Like I said before, I’m a lucky guy,” said onships against Australia in 1968 and in who happened to be great players, and I Entertainment Sports Television’s television Dell. Giant Reveals New Technology with Store Re-Opening

By Noah Goetzel The optional, cashier-free, self-checkout their Giant Bonus Cards, scan the bar codes [Giant renovated],” said Wilma Clark, a lo- The Almanac lanes, called “Check It!,” allow customers on the food they want, pay and go. cal Giant customer. “It is bright, well stocked to purchase items quicker. Customers can avoid long lines at the deli and well laid out.” Giant has replaced the xuberant workers serving free “We want to offer shoppers great conve- with “Order It!,” a system that lets them harsh fluorescent light bulbs of old, indus- E samples at every corner of the store, nience because we know many of our cus- order their deli items digitally from a kiosk trial grocery stores with new lighting, ceil- free reusable bags, demonstrations tomers are on the go,” said Kim Brown, vice at the doorway when they first enter the ing, flooring and décor to create a more of the latest customer service technology president of public affairs and community store. They can then continue shopping inviting, softer feel that complements the and a dancing seafood salesman in a fish- relations for Giant. “They want to get in and while the meats and cheeses are prepared, new purple and gold color schemes. erman costume were just a few attractions get out as quickly as possible, so we are lis- and pick up their order after being notified Giant’s new floor plan effectively creates that excited shoppers at the Cabin John tening to what they want and designing through their “Scan It!” device or over the a healthier, organic appeal by bringing the Giant Food for the grand re-opening event features such as “Scan It!” to help them have loud speaker. natural produce to the front of the store. July 10. the best possible shopping experience.” Aside from the advances in technology To encourage healthy eating, Giant The re-modeling of Giant grocery stores “Scan It!,” a small computerized device al- that enhance customer service, the Cabin launched “Healthy Idea” labels to identify throughout Maryland, Washington D.C., lowing customers to scan and bag their pur- John Giant also instituted new, energy-effi- nutritious products throughout the store. Virginia and Delaware started in February chases as they shop, helps shoppers save time cient light bulbs, refrigeration techniques “We are committed to listening to our cus- introduced many new technological fea- and money. The system also provides special and seafood display cabinets to help im- tomers and we know they want fresh, fla- tures to enhance customer service, with the coupon offers, targeted to the customers’ pref- prove the environment. vorful and time-saving options for their fami- goal of making shoppers more independent. erences, every time they shop. Shoppers scan “The store is great and it’s about time lies,” Brown said. 6 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Opinion Blinds For Le$$ Window Coverings LET’S TALK For Personal Shop At Home Service Real Estate Photo by Call Ellen Goodman

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Photos by for kayakers, one Whitewater Festival on the Virginia side of the river, From Page 3 Maddie Meyer one in the middle, and one on the Mike Mathwin of Great Falls, Va. Maryland side. took a less stringent approach, fu- eling his body the night before

with taquitos, tequila, and ciga- /The Almanac rettes. “I came down here for the par- This year’s Great Falls Race ran through the Virginia ties,” said Mathwin’s friend, Gra- side because of the relatively low water level at just ham Seiler of Philadelphia as the over three feet. two stood by Mathwin’s pickup truck after the race. Paddlers of all mindsets came the Virginia side for the first time but is strongly discouraged by lo- from up and down the East Coast in several years because at a shade cal authorities and should only be to Great Falls on Saturday, July 11 over three feet at race time the done by those with a very high to participate in the 19th annual river was lower than in past years. level of experience “because you Potomac Whitewater Festival, As they traveled the Virginia line could die,” said race organizer Risa which kicked off Saturday morn- the racers paddled through several Shimoda. ing with the festival’s signature short drops, made two sharp turns A leisurely community paddle — event, the Great Falls Race. around boulders, then dropped called “the moo cruise” by one Described by several paddlers at through The Spout, a 20-foot fi- kayaker — through the Mather the event as one of the most diffi- nal drop to the river below. The Gorge below the falls took place cult places to kayak on the East top 10 times in an initial series of after the Great Falls Race. That and “Most whitewater festivals don’t years ago when a friend of a Coast, the Potomac River drops 76 races competed in a final round. an expo of equipment and tech- have as many different events,” friend, both kayakers, got hurt. feet in less than a mile at Great “It makes it all challenging, its nique, as well as the novelty of said Paine, who works as the out- Kayakers tend to paddle in tandem Falls as it descends through a se- all just one after another,” said watching expert kayakers compete reach director for American or in groups for safety’s sake, so ries of cascading rapids. There are paddler Cliff Mailloux, who drove in several events, was intended to Whitewater, a non-profit conser- Paine filled in for his friend’s in- three standard approaches — pad- down from northeast Pennsylvania draw the public and to pique the vation and preservation organiza- jured partner. dlers call them lines — by which to take part in the race, about the interest of those with no kayaking tion that benefited from the festi- “He started dragging me along the falls are traversed, one on the successive drops. experience, said Shimoda, and val, which also featured a party with him and I fell in love,” Paine Maryland side of the river, on in The annual race is the only sanc- hundreds of onlookers gathered at and silent auction at Old Angler’s said. It happened “the same way the middle, and one on the Vir- tioned event where paddlers run overlooks on both sides of the river Inn Saturday night. you always find something you ginia side. This year’s race traveled Great Falls. Doing so is not illegal Saturday morning. Paine, 26, started kayaking six love — without intent.”

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To have community events listed free in The Potomac Almanac, send e-mail to [email protected]. Deadline is Thursday at noon for the following week’s paper. Photos and artwork encouraged. Unless otherwise noted, all events are in Potomac. For more informa- JULY 17-AUG. 9 tion, call 703-917-6407. “Captain Drew on Leave.” Play performed by WEDNESDAY/JULY 15 the Quotidian Theatre Com- pany has not been produced Project Mingus. 7 p.m. Free Outdoor in the D.C. area for a century. Summer Concert at The Music Center Fridays and Saturdays at 8 at Strathmore. Enjoy the rarely p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tick- performed, complex, infectious sounds ets are $20, $5 discount for of avant-garde jazz legend Charles seniors/students. Call 301- Mingus. This seven piece band brings together two saxophonists, trumpet, 816-1023 for reservations. trombone, piano, bass and drums, led Performances at the Writer’s by Chris Kjorness. Visit Center, 4508 Walsh Street., www.strathmore.org or call 301-581- Bethesda. Go to 5100 for weather-related delay or www.quotidiantheatre.org. cancellation notices of Summer Outdoor Events.

FRIDAY/JULY 17 Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band. 7 p.m. Friday Nights Out Back at Strathmore’s Newcomers’ welcome lesson at 7 p.m., 634-2231, e-mail to Backyard Theater Stage. $10 followed by called dances from 7:30- [email protected], or visit admission (cash only). The 10:30 p.m. At Glen Echo Park, 7300 www.CapitalBlues.org. The Du-Shor Washington Post calls Chopteeth “a MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo. Dance Studio is located at 7800 sensation - the dozen-plus member Growing Native Tree ID Walk. 10-11 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. outfit cooks up a scintillating stew of a.m. At River Center at Lockhouse 8, Swing Dance. 8 p.m. to midnight. $14 Afrofunk, rumba, salsa, ska and funk.” C&O Canal National Historical Park, admission. With the Nighthawks band. Slow Blues and Swing Dance. Lesson Cabin John, MD. Join forester Bryan Swing lesson from 8-9 p.m.; dancing from 8-9 p.m. Dancing from 9 p.m. to Seipp on a walk around the C&O Canal from 9 p.m. to midnight. At the midnight. With instructors Donna as he helps us identify some common Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo. Email: Barker and Mike Marcotte, and the tree species found in the Potomac [email protected]. The band Eli Cook. At the Bumper Car River watershed. For directions to the Glen Echo National Park is located at Pavilion at Glen Echo Park. Call Donna River Center, visit www.potomac.org/ 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Barker at 301-634-2231, e-mail to site/discover-rclh8/#directions. [email protected], or visit Contact Potomac Conservancy’s River www.CapitalBlues.org. The Glen Echo SUNDAY/JULY 19 Center Coordinator, Bridget Chapin, at National Park is located at 7300 Sing-Along Celebration. 8 p.m. Join [email protected] or 301-608- MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. 1188, x206, or go to Contra Dance. 7:30-11:30 p.m. $9 song leader Elise Kress and guitarist Lawrence Brand for a fun evening www.potomac.org. admission. At the Spanish ballroom at Voices of the River: River Stories singing along to your favorite pop, Glen Echo. Contra dancing with some with Hayden Mathews. folk, country, and rock & roll songs 11 a.m.- square dances and waltzes. Lesson noon. River Center at Lockhouse 8, from 7:30-8:15 p.m., followed by the from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. At The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 C&O Canal National Historical Park, called dance to live music from 8:30- Cabin John, MD. Eco-historian Hayden 11:30 p.m. Email: Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. Call 301-639-7608 or go to Mathews will give an interactive talk [email protected]. The Glen Echo which will weave regional history, National Park is located at 7300 www.SingAlongCelebration.com Tickets: $20. natural history, and geology to Potomac Village Deli Catering MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. interpret the forces and events that Guitar Concert. 6:30-8:30 p.m. With Slow Blues and Swing Dance. Lesson from 7-8:30 p.m. Dancing from 8:30- shaped both the Potomac River and the Jeff Baker, founding member of the people that have lived on its banks for Alexandria Guitar Trio. He will be 11:30 p.m. Cost is $15. With Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner Catering instructors Donna Barker and Mike the past 12,000 years. Visit performing classical, jazz and popular www.potomac.org/site/discover-rclh8/ guitar music in an outdoor concert. At Marcotte, and the Gina Sicilia Band. At the Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Park, #directions. Call 301-608-1188, x206, the Travilah Oak Tree, at the Potomac or go to www.potomac.org. Oak Center, at the crossroads of 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo. Call • • Donna Barker at 301-634-2231 or go 301 299 5770 Travilah Road and Glen Road in Potomac. to www.DanceDC.com. WEDNESDAY/JULY 22 Waltz Dance. Lesson from 3-3:30 p.m. Uke Fest 2009. 7 p.m. Free Outdoor www.potomacvillagedeli.com Dance from 3:30-6 p.m. With the band, Summer Concert at The Music Center SATURDAY/JULY 18 Rose by the Door. $8 admission. At the at Strathmore. Featuring James Hill, Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park. Canoe Cleanup. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. At River Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Bruce At the Spanish Ballroom, Glen Echo Center at Lockhouse 8, C&O Canal Hutton and Victoria Vox. Bring your Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo. National Historical Park, Cabin John, own uke for the pre-show jam session Call Joan Koury at 202-238-0230 or MD. Help protect our waterway by at 6 p.m., then enjoy ukulele Glen Echo Park at 301-634-2222. Go to taking a short canoe trip to Minnie’s sensations – ukulele virtuoso James www.WaltzTimeDances.org or e-mail Island. After an island/river clean-up Hill; Grammy Award winners Cathy [email protected]. we’ll enjoy a picnic lunch on the island Fink & Marcy Marxer; Bruce Hutton Contra and Square Dance. 7-10:30 (dessert will be provided). Must RSVP whose ukulele rambles from Home of Your p.m. $12/nonmembers, $9/members to Potomac Conservancy’s River Center Renaissance to folk; and the queen of admission. At the Bumper Car Pavilion Coordinator Bridget Chapin ukulele pop, Victoria Vox. Visit at Glen Echo. Focus on New England- [email protected] or 301-608- www.strathmore.org or call 301-581- style contra dances, including square 1188, x206, by July 16. Bring your 5100 for weather-related delay or own canoe or, if one is needed, reserve dances, country mixers, waltzes and Corporate & Residential cancellation notices of Summer other couple dances. All dances are one when you send in your RSVP. Outdoor Events. Navigating Over Land. 2-5 p.m. At Old taught, and no partner is necessary. Angler’s Inn (parking lot), 10801 MacArthur Blvd. Potomac, MD Never Catering Headquarters get lost in the woods again! Clint Bethesda Outdoor Movies Cosner, an expert surveyor with 25 years of experience, will lead an Five evenings of great films in a variety of genres will be show- orienteering workshop for hikers and cased from July 28 to Aug. 1 at 9 p.m. Admission is free. Attend- outdoor enthusiasts ages 8 and up. ees are encouraged to arrive early and bring their own lawn chairs. Participants will learn basic map Serving the reading and orienteering skills as well At Woodmont Triangle, at the corner of Norfolk and Auburn Av- as the fundamentals of using a enues. Community personal GPS. Space is limited! Schedule Participants must RSVP to ❖ [email protected] by July 16. Tuesday, July 28 - “Grease” for over Slow Blues and Swing Dance. 9 p.m. ❖ Wednesday, July 29 - “Dial M for Murder” to midnight. With the Gordon Webster ❖ Thursday, July 30 - “American Graffiti” Band. At Du-Shor Dance Studio, ❖ 35 Years Bethesda. This event is part of the Red Friday, July 31 - “Twilight” Hot Blues n’ BBQ Blues Exchange ❖ Saturday, Aug. 1 - “Mamma Mia” Weekend. Call Donna Barker at 301- www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 ❖ 9 Potomac Almanac Sports Editor Mark Giannotto 703-917-6409 or [email protected] Sports See www.potomacalmanac.com New Course, No Tournament at Avenel Farm tional in recent weeks, the refigured track Potomac’s former of TPC at Avenel Farm underwent its own tryout of sorts when the pros descended on PGA stop recently the area. Sullivan said 20 to 30 PGA Tour professionals played practice rounds at the re-opened, but will club in advance of the AT&T National over it ever host a tour 4th of July weekend. Troy Matteson, a fourth-year pro whose event again? parents still live in McLean, Va., played in the last Booz Allen Classic in 2006 and made his way over to Avenel Farm to see how the By Mark Giannotto course was playing after the renovations. The Almanac He called the practice facility “phenom- enal,” and marveled at how well the course iger Woods had already spent would set up for a tournament. The empha- close to 40 minutes on the po- sis on risk-reward golf means plenty of op- Tdium following his win at last portunities for both birdies and bogeys on week’s AT&T National at Con- the back nine. gressional Country Club, the tournament he “Personally, I hope [the AT&T National] hosts, when the fortunes of another area ends up there,” said Matteson. Fifty Tour golf course were brought to his attention pros were consulted on the design of the for the first time all week. Courtesy of TPC at Avenel Farm new course. “They did a really nice job with “Avenel just finished their renovations,” The par-3 No. 9 hole saw the most drastic changes on the renovated TPC it.” said a reporter. “Did you happen to get over at Avenel Farm golf course. It was relocated to the top of a hillside PGA pro Jason Bohn had a similar senti- there?” adjacent to the clubhouse. All 18 holes saw some form of modification ment, calling the course “six to eight shots “No,” was the golfer’s response. “I was a during the 20-month project. harder” than when it hosted the Booz Allen little busy this week.” Classic after playing his practice round there And though the world’s No. 1 golfer was A new tournament (the AT&T Invitational), something that’s way down the road. … two weeks ago. trying to joke at the end of a long week as on a new course (Congressional), with a Plus, there’s that one across the street. We’re “The changes that they made were the host in the D.C. area, it shined some light new host (Woods) took its place in 2007. taking a wait and see attitude and just try- right changes to make, really good on the dilemma facing the TPC at Avenel Now with Woods temporarily moving his ing to manage what we can control.” changes,” said Bohn. “I think the feedback Farm, which recently re-opened in April af- tournament to the Aronomink Golf Club Close to two years of work, though, has you get from the tour will be it was really ter an estimated $24 million course over- outside Philadelphia for the next two years made the course and facilities of TPC at difficult, but you get a good challenge. … haul. while Congressional undergoes its own Avenel Farm comparable to any of the area’s So for sure, I think they could come back The course, formally known as the TPC renovation in advance of the 2011 U.S. premier sites to hit the links. The purpose and host an event there.” at Avenel, played host to the now-defunct Open, what will become of the TPC at of the renovation was to bring the golf The question, though, is whether that Kemper Open from 1987-2003 after Avenel? It’s a tricky question for a course course up to today’s professional standards, event will feature the PGA. Woods has al- Congressional’s membership grew tired of owned and operated by the PGA Tour, but while also bringing the property back to its ready announced that the AT&T National hosting the event on a yearly basis. In 2003, sits just a mile down the road from the area’s original state through the restoration of will return to Congressional for 2012-2014. the tournament changed its name to the pre-eminent country club. Rock Run Stream Valley, the small body of Reports indicate Woods is only willing to FBR Capital Open before switching spon- “The look and the appearance, just to water that runs through Avenel and is one hold an event on a course that has hosted a sors and name again the next year to the maintain [the TPC at Avenel] for the mem- of the main tributaries into the Potomac major championship, a distinction Avenel Booz Allen Classic. bership, it wasn’t adequate.” said a co-COO River. Farm is currently without. But after the PGA Tour announced in of the PGA Tour, Charlie Zink, a Bethesda The lengthened 7,124 yard par 70 course There still remains the possibility of 2006 that the D.C. area’s lone professional native and member at Congressional. “So features completely new irrigation and Avenel Farm hosting a Champions or Na- golf stop would switch to the fall, rather we decided, if we’re gonna shut down this drainage systems; rebuilt Bentgrass tees, tionwide Tour event, although Sullivan dis- than its traditional date in July after the U.S. golf course for a year and a half, let’s make narrow fairways, and missed the idea of the Open, Booz Allen withdrew its sponsorship. sure we come back with a product that’s smaller greens; addi- women’s tour coming stronger. … It’s hard to get out of tional aesthetics like “Personally, I hope back to town since it is a Congressional’s shadow, but you improve stone walls, trees, and separate entity from the your position within it. At some point, we’d timber bridges; reshaped [the AT&T National] PGA. Nearby Bethesda like to host a golf tournament whether it’s bunkers; and a state of Country Club hosted the the Champions, Nationwide, or PGA the art practice facility. ends up there.” LPGA Championship [Tour].” The clubhouse has also — PGA pro Troy Matteson from 1990-1993. seen some changes such Zink says it’s unlikely ASK TPC at Avenel Farm general manager as a new member’s only dining room, a fine- Avenel Farm will see a PGA event in the Mike Sullivan about the course’s future and dining room with a wine cellar and “next five or six years,” but that with the he will give the same reasoned response he member’s only wine lockers, a member’s D.C. area “dark” in terms of tour events in has been emphasizing since Avenel closed and adults only lounge, renovated locker 2010, the PGA is currently “evaluating the for renovations on Aug. 13, 2007. rooms, and a new wraparound patio/grill possibility” of holding a Champions Tour With a new “championship caliber golf area overlooking the 18th green. event at Avenel in the near future. As for course,” Sullivan doesn’t believe Avenel Membership at the club waned a bit dur- Woods, whether he makes an appearance Farm needs a PGA Tour stop to stay relevant ing the 20-month course rehabilitation, but on the new and improved TPC at Avenel in an area that has more than its fair share some new members have joined in recent Farm, remains to be seen. of places to play golf. While a professional months to keep numbers at about 750, “We think we have a really strong golf tournament would be nice in the future, around the same amount at the club before course that will hold up in the long term,” Photo by Aaron Stern/The Almanac Sullivan is more worried about learning it closed temporarily in 2007. said Zink. “So you never know, in the long TPC at Avenel Farm general man- how to maintain what is essentially a brand “It was a big undertaking and we’re glad term, TPC at Avenel could become an op- ager Mike Sullivan stands on the new course. to have it open,” said Sullivan. tion again for the PGA Tour.” new patio overlooking the 18th “We’re not focused on any tournaments green on the recently completed right now,” he said last week. “If the tour- AND WHILE all the area’s golf enthusiasts The Almanac’s Aaron Stern contributed to this golf course at the club. nament happens, it happens, but that’s turned to Congressional and the AT&T Na- article. 10 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ July 15-21, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Classified Employment Now That’s Zone 5: Potomac Zone 5: Potomac Ad Deadline: Monday Noon • 301-983-1900 Ad Deadline: Tuesday 11 a.m. • 301-983-1900 Heavy By KENNETH B. 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