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A car plunges through standing water at the intersection of River Road and Counselman Road in Potomac Village on Saturday, Sept. 6 as Tropical Storm Hanna passes through the region.

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Photo by Aaron Stern/Almanac by Aaron Photo September 10-16, 2008 ❖ Volume LII, Number 37 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖www.potomacalmanac.com September 10-16, 2008 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ September 10-16, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac Editor Steven M. Mauren 703-917-6451 or [email protected] News See www.potomacalmanac.com

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The entire river was brown on Friday. A view from the edge of the canal showed a hole about the size of a car. From Crack to Canyon

tag is likely to be beyond the capacity of C&O Canal towpath near Old Angler’s Inn the park to shoulder on its own. breaches during Hanna’s weekend deluge. “We’re probably going to end up having to find the money somewhere to do this,” said Justice. “This is not the kind of thing By Aaron Stern the C&O Canal National Historical Park. that we have money to do in our budget.” The Almanac “Small leaks are the type of thing that we Matt Logan, founder of the C&O Canal usually deal with a little bit here and there Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated hat began as a crack in the but when a small leak gets hit by the type to raising funds to support the canal, said towpath of the C&O Canal of storm like that ….” that it will take a combination of federal, near Old Angler’s Inn on As a result of the breach, the canal is now W state, and private funds to repair the dam- Friday, Sept. 5 turned into drained from Widewater to Lock 5 near age, a project that he estimates will take a chasm over 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep Chain Bridge, roughly an 8-mile stretch. The two to three million dollars. as Tropical Storm Hanna dumped heavy breach has grown steadily since it was first rain in the region the following day. noticed as a crack on Friday. At that point HANNA MAY have been the final straw It was during Saturday’s deluge that the the footpath was still intact but cracking, for the canal breach, but it was not the towpath gave way, said park officials. and water had begun to run through a chan- cause, said Logan. Over time water seep- “There was a leak that we were aware of nel beneath it from the canal to the Potomac age can cause cracks in the towpath, as it Cracks were appearing in the on Friday but it was not a full-blown River. On Saturday the footpath gave way has done before, and this was likely the case towpath on Friday. Bike patrollers breach,” said Bill Justice, a spokesman for and since then the gap has steadily widened in this instance. Jane Collins and Barbara Brown from 20 feet to 80 feet to an estimated 125 “It’s interesting because this really wasn’t called in the problem, went to the feet as of Tuesday, Sept. 9. caused by the storm,” said Logan. Anti- Anglers parking lot and got three National Park Service staff and volunteers quated construction techniques might have red cones to warn walkers. In have begun to assess the extent of the dam- had a hand in matters as well — Logan sur about 10 minutes, maintenance age, and while no cost estimates on the arrived and blocked the towpath. necessary repairs are yet available, the price See Breached, Page 10

A new waterfall appeared at the edge of the towpath heading 50 The lip of the break is visible from the other side of feet downstream into the river. the canal. The now almost dry canal as it flowed past the break. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ September 10-16, 2008 ❖ 3 This Week in Potomac News

C&O Canal Park Reopens The National Park Service has reopened the parking lots and park roads at Fletchers Cove, Carderock, Anglers, Great Falls Tav- ern, Swain’s Lock, Pennyfield Lock, Violettes Lock, Seneca, and Tshiffley Mill this week that were closed due to Tropical Storm Hanna. The visitor center at the Great Falls Tavern has reopened and the visitor center and canal boat operation at Georgetown will reopen on Wednesday. Canal boat trips at the Great Falls Tavern have been cancelled while the staff continues to assess the situa- tion. The towpath breach north of Anglers has made the towpath in that area impassable. “This area is extremely dangerous,” Park Superintendent Kevin Brandt said in a statement. “Visitors should avoid the towpath in the Widewater area between Anglers and the lower end of Billy Goat Trail Section A.” A detour has been established around the breach following the Berma Road. The best place to view the breach is on the Berma Road, 1⁄4 mile from the Anglers Access. All of the trails in the Montgomery County area of the park, including Billy Goat Trail Section A, are open. The Washington D.C. section of the Capital Crescent Trail is open. GSI has resumed concession operations at Great Falls and at The Boathouse at Fletchers Cove. National Park Service staff and vol- unteers continue to assess the damage to the park done by last weekend’s storm. For safety reasons visitors should be aware of their surroundings and follow the direction of park employees. Discussing Home Invasions For more information contact the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Cen- ter at 301-714-2214. ontgomery County District 1 the all-purpose room of the school located at 9500 Councilmember Roger Berliner Seven Locks Road. The school is a short distance from Advisory Council Seeks Input M (Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac) where the most recent break-in occurred. and the Montgomery County Police At the meeting, residents will be provided with The Montgomery County Public School Parent Advisory Coun- Department will hold an informational meeting at information on how to better protect themselves from cil (PAC) provides input on ways to strengthen the school system’s Seven Locks Elementary School at 8 p.m. on Tues- these types of incidents and will have the opportu- communication and parent engagement efforts. Council mem- day, Sept. 16, concerning a series of home invasions nity to ask questions. bers must be parents with at least one child in the school system, in the Bethesda-Potomac area over the past year. “Our Police Department is working very hard to and be able to serve a one-year term. PAC meetings are held four Montgomery County Police have not yet deter- solve these crimes and catch those responsible,” Ber- times during the school year. Nominations are welcome from mined if the latest crime, which occurred early this liner said in a statement. “But I am aware that many parents, community organizations and other members of the week and resulted in the death of 63-year-old Mary people want to know more about how they can avoid MCPS community. Self-nominations also will be accepted. The Frances Havenstein of the 8900 block of Seven Locks being victims of similar crimes. We will be there to deadline for submission of nominations for the 2008–2009 school Road is linked to the previous incidents. provide information and to answer questions.” year is Sept. 15. The applications are available at http:// The meeting, organized in conjunction with the For more information about the meeting, call 240- www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/ Bethesda Regional Services Center, will be held in 777-7828. familycommunity/news/PAC_Information_2008-09.pdf Forms are also available in schools or by calling the Depart-

ment of Communications’ Division of Family and Community Part- Photo by nerships (DFCP) at 301-279-3100. Deluged Police Win Federal Grant Aaron Stern The U.S. Department of Justice last week awarded the Mont- Tropical Storm gomery County Police Department a $750,000 Community Ori- ented Policing Services (COPS) Universal Hiring Program (UHP) Hanna soaks

grant. The competitive grant — one of 62 awarded to law en- /The Almanac forcement agencies across the country — will enable the Mont- Potomac. gomery County Police Department to hire 10 additional sworn officers for community policing to help fight crime. he remnants of Hurricane “It is important that we provide communities with the resources Hanna — downgraded to they need to keep our streets safe. COPS grants help make neigh- T a Tropical Storm — borhoods safer by increasing the number of officers available to Cars detoured around a fallen tree on Clara Barton surged through the region Satur- patrol local communities and reduce crime,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Parkway as Tropical Storm Hanna passed through the day morning and afternoon down- Van Hollen (D-8). area last Saturday. ing trees, flooding roads and leav- ing thousands of county residents without power. The storm wasn’t as bad in Potomac as many pre- Have Say in County Zoning Laws Pepco spokesman Clay Anderson said that roughly dictions had warned. Potomac received approxi- County planners have launched a public input process that in- 5,600 customers throughout Montgomery County mately six inches of rain and winds reached no higher cludes interviews with a variety of zoning code users and an online experienced power outages during and after the than 15 miles per hour, but the C&O Canal National survey available to all to gather feedback on the several-decades- storm. As of Tuesday, Sept. 9, Pepco work crews were Historical Park sustained damage that will take some old code that many criticize as being complicated, unwieldy and working to restore the few remaining power outages time to recover from, said Ally Baltrus, the supervis- confusing. in North Potomac, which numbered fewer than 100, ing ranger at Great Falls Tavern Park. Anyone interested in zoning in Montgomery County can have a according tCars detoured around a fallen tree on A stretch of the Canal towpath near the Old voice in what’s right — and what’s wrong — with the county’s Clara Barton Parkway as Tropical Storm Hanna Angler’s Inn began to crack on Friday, Sept. 5, the Zoning Ordinance, which guides development by establishing passed through the area last Saturday.o Pepco’s day before the storm hit, and then was breached rules regarding land uses, density, height, open space and public online outage map (http://www.pepco.com/home/ during Saturday’sºheavy rains. The towpath disinte- amenities. Go to http://www.mcparkandplanning.org/info/ emergency/maps/zip/). grated into a gap somewhere between 80 and 100 zoning_ordinance.shtm to learn more and participate in a user Downed trees and power lines blocked roads and feet wide and perhaps 20 feet deep that will likely survey. Planners expect to unveil the zoning code revision in 2010. forced temporary closures along River Road, Falls require more money to repair than the park has in Road, Kendale Road and Bradley Boulevard, among its budget, according to park officials. others in the area. — Aaron Stern

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at his college, Dickinson College, and he recently began studying at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City and had Former Churchill Student Dies begun private study with one of the instruc- tors there. talented person who “When we were in New York [last week] When his parents came to visit in July, Friends and family befriended people we were really touched by … the people Patrick McMurphy told them he was the recall Patrick from all walks of life. there [who] just poured out to talk to us happiest he’d been since he was five years “He was simply about how he was always engaged with old. McMurphy as quirky, one of the most out- them and interested in them and just really “He actually was finally following his going and boisterous genuine with them,” said Michael dream,” said Michael McMurphy. “He was funny and full of life. people I have ever McMurphy, Patrick’s father. in a great place.” met,” said One of those people was a man who in- Churchill theater director Jessica Speck By Aaron Stern Christophe Richard, troduced himself to Patrick’s father as Jose, remembered Patrick McMurphy as a popu- The Almanac a close high school who kept carrier pigeons on a rooftop con- lar, goofy student with a lot of friends and friend of nected to Patrick’s. The two spent hours someone comfortable among any group of rom the rooftop of his building in McMurphy’s who Patrick together on top of their roofs. people. She still shows her students a mu- Brooklyn, Patrick McMurphy lives in Japan. Rich- McMurphy “The way he put it to me was his favorite sic video of Daft Punk’s “Around the World” could see beauty and possibility. ard wrote of his times were when he was on the roof and that Patrick made in her TV production class F friend in an email to The Almanac the day Patrick was pacing around the roof spout- simply because of how funny it was. In one direction lay the New York City skyline, in another were trains travel- before he planned to fly back to Maryland ing Shakespeare,” said Michael McMurphy. “I think the phrase that I’ve used to de- ing the elevated tracks between Manhattan to attend McMurphy’s funeral. The outpouring of support has come from scribe him… is just so full of life, such an and Brooklyn. Above him was the sky. In “With little fear of being embarrassed or Patrick’s high school and college friends unforgettable guy,” said Speck. “The oppo- recent months that rooftop had quite pos- mocked, it always seemed like he was more through phone calls to the family and posts site of someone you expect tragedy to come sibly become his favorite place, and he free than a lot of people — especially people to his Facebook page, said his father. upon because he never had a sense of gloom would spend hours on it pondering the fu- dealing with high school insecurities,” said “We’ve been just deeply moved by all the about him, ever.” ture. Richard. “There were no repercussions and people that he has obviously touched over A talented actor as well as a comic book The possibilities of that future were cut no regrets. That was the best part about the years,” said Michael McMurphy. enthusiast, McMurphy ran track at Churchill short early Saturday morning, Aug. 30 when Patrick. He was always the same, but you and in college as well, and everywhere he McMurphy fell as he climbed the ladder to could never really anticipate would that LIKE MANY RECENT college graduates went he seemed to touch people with his the roof from his third-floor apartment once would entail.” Patrick McMurphy struggled with indecision unflaggingly friendly, genuine nature. more. McMurphy, a 2002 Winston Churchill after college as he tried to figure out what “Everybody knows what a fun-loving soul High School graduate, was 23. HIS PARENTS had always known that to do with his life, but in recent months that he was, how much he cared for other In the following days his friends and fam- their son had friends, but they were moved confusion had turned into clarity. Patrick people,” said Michael McMurphy. “What ily remembered him as a free-spirited, bru- by the wide range of people who reached McMurphy had been active in theater at See Patrick McMurphy, Page 19 tally honest, unpredictable and supremely out to them since his death. Churchill, Potomac Theatre Company and

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The job awaiting her in New York was the perfect opportunity with the Double Wedding for Twins perfect salary; but what she didn’t know was that Adoptions Together board member Judy dentical twins and River Falls natives Kathleen Sidonia Sum- the son that she wanted was also already waiting for Polk-Sebring and founder Janice mers and Suzanne Sherma Summers were married to their her — he was in Baltimore. I Goldwater at a fund-raiser Saturday, Aug. partners in a double wedding ceremony on Sept. 1, 2008. Having been adopted herself and unable to have 29 at Polk-Sebring’s Potomac Falls home. Kathleen married Karl Lee Hanewinckel, and Suzanne married children of her own, Goldstein had known for some David Frank LaPierre in a ceremony aboard a dinner boat in Old time that she wanted to adopt. When she was 35 she nic backgrounds as well as children with physical Town Alexandria. The brides were escorted down the aisle by started exploring her options. and developmental disabilities. their father, Dr. Robert Allan Summers of Potomac. The ceremony “First I had to see if I could have kids — I couldn’t. Janice Goldwater started Adoptions Together in was attended by the parents of all of the brides and grooms: Dr. Then I started dating to see if there was anyone I 1990 to find homes for all children in need of them, and Mrs. Robert Summers of Potomac; Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth wanted to have kids with — there wasn’t,” she re- not just healthy Caucasian children. Today she has McDonald of Columbia, Mo.; Mr. Richard Hanewinckel of Nalcrest, called. placed nearly 2,500 children. Fla.; and Mr. and Mrs. Donald LaPierre of Turners Falls, Mass., as At age 38 and single, with a golden career oppor- “Lots of people are looking for healthy white ba- well as other family and friends from around the country. The tunity in one hand and completed adoption papers bies,” said Adoptions Together board member Judy couples and their guests cruised down the Potomac River during waiting to be mailed in the other, Goldstein was at a Polk-Sebring. Not as many people are on the hunt the afternoon reception. crossroads. She went to the post office, told the job for children with physical defects, diseases or drug The twins graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 1985. in New York to find someone else. Five days later addictions resulting from neglectful parental situa- Kathleen went on to graduate from Carnegie Mellon University she got the call — the boy that she had wanted for tions. and American University with degrees in art and creative writ- so long was waiting for her in a Baltimore hospital. “That’s where our programs come in,” Polk-Sebring ing. Suzanne completed her degrees in fine arts and museum “The only thing that I can imagine is that he waited said. studies at The Rhode Island School of Design and The George — he waited — for me to make up my mind if I Saturday, Aug. 29 was a time to both celebrate the Washington University. Lee attended Western Washington Uni- wanted a kid or a job,” she said. agency’s success as well as to help secure its future. versity and is a graduate of Bellevue Community College. He is The group relies on government contracts and grants working with Jack Morton Worldwide. David is a graduate of EIGHT YEARS LATER mother and son are living from private foundations and individual donations Shepherd University and is a computer consultant with IBM. the life that she had dreamed and a life that thou- to fund its operations. Guests mingled, cocktails and Kathleen and Lee live in Gaithersburg, with their son Carter sands of children in this country just like him never cocktail plates in hand, on the patio behind Polk- Lee Hanewinckel. Suzanne and David reside in Annandale, Va. get the chance to have. Sebring’s new Potomac Falls home. It was a Party with their son Nathan Riley LaPierre, who is a student at Thomas In the game of adoption, white American infants with a Purpose, said Polk-Sebring, made possible by Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. are the most sought after commodities, but biracial the local business community — virtually every lo- children like Goldstein’s are significantly less so. cal business donated services to the event in some Goldstein, of Chevy Chase, is also biracial and knew way, from food to flowers, coffee and even valet park- that she wanted to raise a biracial son to help guide ing – and nearly 200 guests who attended and made him through the unique challenges that come with contributions to the agency. having both black and white parents. “There’s a lot of causes you could donate money Her son is just now getting to an age where he will to but as far as we’re concerned everything starts start to confront those challenges as well as the with having a permanent home, a forever home,” awareness of having been adopted. Goldstein will Polk-Sebring told her guests. “Forever home” is a rely on her personal experiences to guide him but phrase that Polk-Sebring, an Adoptions Together she will also fall back on the support network and a board member who herself was an adopted child, variety of programs offered by Adoptions Together, likes to use a lot. the same organization that helped her find her son “I see people raise money for sports fields, for this eight years ago. and that … [but] if kids don’t have permanent homes The Montgomery County-based adoption firm fo- what else matters?” she said later in the evening in a cuses on finding homes for children of all back- brief break from being the busy hostess. “Imagine grounds throughout the country, as well as interna- waking up every day and not knowing you have a tional placements. That includes children of all eth- forever home.”

LIKE GOLDSTEIN, Susan Dankoff of Cabin John Finding Adoptive Parents adopted from Adoptions Together. And like Goldstein, Adoptions Together has found homes for nearly Dankoff found more than just her daughter, now 16, 2,500 children since it was started in 1990. The Mont- through the agency; she also found a wealth of sup- gomery County-based agency finds homes for children across the country and abroad and strives to place chil- port programs that are available “whenever we hit dren typically not sought after by potential adoptive snags and things like that,” Dankoff said. parents — children of non-Caucasian ethnic back- Those programs can range from giving parents grounds and those with disabilities or illnesses. The agency helps potential adoptive parents through the guidance on how to talk to their children about adop- process and offers a wide range of support programs tion, to programs that give the children opportuni- Kathleen Sidonia Summers with Karl Lee once the adoption is complete and through childhood. ties meet and interact with other adopted children. Hanewinckel and Suzanne Sherma Summers with For more information on Adoptions Together or to con- They also include resources for parents who have David Frank LaPierre. tribute to the agency, visit www.adoptionstogether.org. See Families, Page 10

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Benjamin D. Barlow has gradu- Proposed Wellness Center Scrapped ated from the Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in Bethesda, Md. The graduate was promoted to the rank of captain Center would have combined commissioned to serve in the Medical Corps of the Air Force. He is the son of bed and breakfast with minor Douglas N. and Diana K. Barlow of Winding Oaks Drive, Colorado Springs, plastic surgery procedures. Colo. His wife, Stephanie, is the daughter of Steve and Maria Luginbill of Wall St., Rockville. The captain graduated in the By Aaron Stern to open his proposed facility, Yousif year 2000 from Air Academy High The Almanac would have needed a change in School, Colorado Springs, and received the county’s zoning ordinances to a bachelor’s degree in 2004 from the University of Colorado at Colorado lans for a proposed be approved by the Montgomery Springs. wellness center just County Council as well as the P north of Potomac Vil- Montgomery County Planning lage have been Board that would have permitted scrapped and the property has the type of facility that he was pro- A boarded-up building on the site at 10276 River Road been put on the market. posing. Ultimately he was too busy that had previously been proposed as the future home of LET’S TALK The Rock Run Wellness Center with his practice in Wisconsin to a holistic wellness center. The property is now for sale. was the brainchild of Dr. John see the process through, said his Yousif, a Potomac native and Wis- attorney, Jody Kline. tect upcounty open space. That daycare, or a landscape service, Real Estate consin-based cosmetic surgeon, “I think it’s a shame because I categorization would permit an said Kline. and was billed as a facility that don’t think anybody would have additional house to be built on the Residents of the Potomac Man- would combine relaxing, holistic done something that sits lighter on land, said Kline, meaning the lot ors neighborhood were opposed to weekend getaways with minor that property than Dr. Yousif could legally hold three detached, the wellness center and would cosmetic procedures like Botox would,” said Kline. single family homes. Located be- continue to be opposed to any injections. His plan had drawn The property was listed last tween the Giant supermarket in non-residential use of the property, skepticism from the neighboring week at $2.9 million. The 4.48- the Potomac Promenade shopping said attorney Michele Rosenfeld, Potomac Manors neighborhood, acre property at 10276 River center, Kline said that he thinks who represents the Potomac Man- whose residents had expressed Road is zoned RE-2 which calls for the property would also make a ors Homeowner’s Association. concerns about increased traffic single family homes on lots no great transitional use from the “They are very pleased that the by along River Road and potential smaller than two acres, but it is commercial activities of Potomac project went away,” Rosenfeld said Michael Matese noise and light pollution coming also in a TDR-receiving zone, a Village and the Potomac Manors of her clients. “From their point of CHECK IT OUT! from the property. zoning district that allows for neighborhood. 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Your Dog’s Friend, a non-profit orga- nization that educates and supports dog owners, has set its schedule for this fall. Free workshops will be held at Potomac and Wheaton community centers through Nov. 16. Dog training classes, using positive, rewards-based methods, will be run, for a fee, at the National Lutheran Home in Rockville. These include Puppy Kinder- garten, Basic Manners, and Dog Training for Kids. The fee for these classes helps support Your Dog’s Friend’s other free services. Dog owners can find more information and register for the workshops and dog training classes by going to www.yourdogsfriend.info or calling Precious 301-983-5913. This fall’s workshops will include: ❖ Could My Dog Be a Therapy Dog? Precious is a female, 8-year-old, 11 Rocky Sunday, Sept. 21, 3-5 p.m. at the lbs., spayed Shih Tzu. Precious is well- Potomac Community Center, 11315 named since she is a wonderful girl who Rocky is a male, 9-year-old, neu- Falls Road. is house-broken, well-behaved and gets tered DSH cat. Rocky’s owner died and ❖ The Emotional Life of Dogs, Satur- along with her foster dog siblings. She now this great boy is looking for a new day, Oct. 4; 2-4 p.m. at the Potomac barks only to go out or at dinner. Pre- home. He loves attention and freely Community Center, 11315 Falls Road. cious probably has at least half of her gives affection in return. Rocky likes ❖ What if My Dog Bites Santa?, Sat- life to live and this girl would be great families and just adults and would be an urday, Nov. 15; 2-4 p.m. at the Potomac for an adult or elderly adopter. easy, loving keeper as a pet. Community Center, 11315 Falls Road. ❖ Bring on the Doggy Police (when Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW) is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit group. neighbors just can’t seem to get along), To adopt an animal, volunteer or make a tax-deductible donation, visit www.paw- Saturday, Oct. 18, 2-4 p.m. at the rescue.org, call 301-572-4729 or write to PAW, P.O. Box 1074, Greenbelt, MD Wheaton Community Center, 11711 20768. Georgia Ave. Wellness Center Scrapped From Page 7 tary, said Ginny Barnes of the West Montgomery County Citizens Association. Her group initially view it is a residential property and it should opposed Yousif’s wellness center but had grown stay that way.” more open to the idea and, in particular, the envi- The wedge-shaped lot currently features an old, ronmental improvements he had proposed for the boarded-up building that has previously served property that would have included substantial as a Realtor’s office and a bed-and-breakfast. With plantings of trees and shrubs near the stream. a large parking lot and expansive grass field abut- Whatever happens with the property next, Barnes ting the Rock Run stream that frames its southern said that she hopes the Planning Board will re- boundary, the property has long languished from quire similar plantings. an environmental standpoint as those flat surfaces “We felt very good about his willingness to re- wash stormwater runoff directly into the tribu- ally attend to the environment there,” she said.

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The break above Swains Lock Fall Into Your Dream Home! The clogged outflow at Swains Lock. with the overflowing canal. Towpath Breached During Storm OPEN From Page 3 the canal. Replacing and strengthening the towpath HOUSES veyed the damage with park officials on Tuesday were needed, but it could also be an opportunity to Sept. 13 th morning and found gabion baskets — chicken wire- remove an old rubber liner from the canal in that & 14 th wrapped piles of rocks — that were the foundation section, which Logan said was another outdated prac- for the towpath in at least that section. That tech- tice. Downed trees in the canal that have long plagued nique might have been used in 1972 to repair paddlers will also be removed. breaches caused by floods that year, Logan said. “It was state of the art at the time but we found FOR NOW, visitors to the canal can still access the that they weren’t very sustainable and consequently Billy Goat Trail and Great Falls Tavern from Old Call Specific Agents to Confirm water begins to seep in there and undermine it,” Angler’s but will need to use the Burma Road path Logan said. “It’s a problem.” on the opposite side of the towpath, which can be Dates & Times. While it might be as many as two or three years accessed from the Old Angler’s entrance parking lot. Bethesda before the canal is re-watered, said Logan, one ad- Visitors who are curious about the breach should 4977 Battery Ln. #1-109 $279,900 Sun 1-4 Bruce Robinson Nancy Mellon 301-951-0668 vantage to the situation is the opportunity to make exercise extreme caution and not get anywhere near improvements along the now-unwatered stretch of the breach as it is not yet known how much of the 4704 Edgefield Rd. $899,000 Sun 2-4 Sharona Futerman RE/MAX 301-947-6500 towpath has been destabilized, 5808 Greentree Rd. $799,900 Sun 1-4 Gisela Goldberg Long & Foster 240-497-1700 said Ally Baltrus, the supervising 8113 Lilly Stone Dr. $889,512 Sun 1-4 Courtney Donato Weichert 301-718-4080 ranger at Great Falls Tavern. 4505 Rosedale Ave. $599,000 Sun 1-4 Elizabeth Jenkins Weichert 301-656-2500 “Really right now it’s paramount 5906 Ryland Dr. $1,399,900 Sun 1-4 Greta Nicoletti Long & Foster 240-497-1700 to keep people away,” said Baltrus. 10205 Tyburn Ter. $630,000 Sun 2-5 Joseph Huff Llewellyn 301-424-0900 The last time the towpath suffered 6203 Valley Rd. $660,000 Sun 1-4 Thomas Whiteman Long & Foster 301-907-7600 a breach was during flooding from 6201 Verne St. $935,126 Sun 1:30-4 Ellen Wilner Coldwell Banker 301-718-0010 a major storm in 1996, when the Now Open 7401 Westlake Ter. #1511 $399,900 Sat./Sun 11-3 Lawrence Lessin Save 6 301-428-7665 towpath washed away in multiple Umberto’s II 8308 Whitman Dr. $749,000 Sun 1-4 Leslie Friedson Long & Foster 301-455-8795 in Wheaton, MD places, said Justice. As was the Potomac case then, repairing this most re- cent breach will be time-consum- 7803 Cadbury Ave. $1,485,000 Sat 1-4 Mathew Segal Weichert 301-417-7770 ing and costly. 12105 Drews Ct. $1,198,500 Sun 1-4 Jackie Lawrence Century 21 301-977-4663 All-You-Can-Eat Lunch Buffet! $8.95 “Its going to take a while for us 11717 Enid Dr. $1,199,000 Sun 1-4 Nimrod Shmul Llewellyn 301-530-9512 to get this fixed,” Justice said. 1405 Fallswood Dr. $699,999 Sat/Sun 1-4 Judith Casey Long & Foster 240-497-1700 Early Bird Special 10% OFF 9115 Fox Meadow Ln. $4,795,000 Sun 1-4 Jean Wright WC & AN Miller 202-966-1400 20% OFF Total Bill 9820 Newhall Rd. $1,350,000 Sun 1-4 Jennifer Slater Long & Foster 301-983-0060 Families 9735 Pleasant Gate Ln. $540,400 Sun 1-4 Gospodin Gospodinov Weichert 301-417-7700 Total Bill Good Anytime Excludes From Page 6 12 Scotch Mist Ct. $749,000 Sun 2-5 Sharon Earman Long & Foster 301-468-0606 3 - 5 pm 7 Days A Week Lunch Buffet 11816 Seven Locks Rd. N. $624,999 Sun 1-4 Theresa Lebhar Long & Foster 301-975-9500 children with different disabilities. Offer Expires 9/24/08 Offer Expires 9/24/08 7828 Stable Way $1,799,000 Sun 1-4 Debbie Cohen Long & Foster 202-288-9939 “There’s a nice, tight community 9800 Tibron Ct. $1,649,000 Sun 1-4 Leslie Friedson Long & Foster 301-455-8795 around the agency,” said Dankoff. North Potomac “They’re very supportive and 304 Argosy Dr. $699,000 Sun 1-4 Susan Quinn RE/MAX 301-921-4558 they’re always there,” said Goldstein. Even if Adoptions To- 15616 Fellowship Way $625,000 Sun 2-5 Ying Zhi Zhang Tian & Tian 301-540-8960 gether can’t provide the specific 410 Longdraft Rd. $524,999 Sun 1-4 Annabel Burch Coldwell Banker 301-718-0010 resource needed, they can point 212 Painted Post Ln. $474,900 Sun 1-3:30 Steve Baumgartner RE/MAX 301-258-7757 parents in the right direction, 11509 Pleasant Meadow Dr.$799,900 Sun 1-4 Susan Quinn RE/MAX 301-921-4558 Goldstein said. 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To have community events listed free in 10101Glenolden Drive, is holding its Fine Arts The Potomac Almanac, send mail to 7913 used book sale from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102, e- Most hardcover and large paperback The Dennis and Phillip mail to books are $1.00 and all regular sized Ratner Museum, 10001 Old [email protected], or paperback books are only $.50. Call Georgetown Road, Bethesda will fax to 703-917-0991. Deadline is Thurs- 240-777-0690. present “Creative Expressions” from day at noon for the following week’s Conversation Club. Join in practicing Sept. 3-28. Museum hours are 10 paper. Photos and artwork encouraged. and improving your spoken English a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Sundays and 12-4 Unless otherwise noted, all events are in with the help of volunteers leading p.m. Mondays – Thursdays. Call 301- discussions from 3-5 p.m. at the Potomac. For more information, call 703- 897-1518. Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden 917-6451. Dr. Registration not required. The exhibit “Good Advice” will survey almost 200 years of American THURSDAY/SEPT. 11 SUNDAY/SEPT. 14 advice books, aimed at helping people to improve their lives from top to bot- Anxious Children: Getting to Critiques and Coffee. Bring photos to Confidence. Learn how to help your a morning critique led by a tom. The exhibit will be on display child conquer his or her fears, from Photoworks faculty member. Enjoy through Sept. 21, at the Beall- 7-9 p.m. at the Bethesda Library, coffee and bagels and a lively Dawson House, 103 W. Montgomery 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda. discussion of your images. Held in Ave., Rockville. Museum hours are the Photoworks Studio, 7300 12-4 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday. In- MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, from 10 cluded with museum admission ($3 FRIDAY/SEPT. 12 a.m.-12 p.m. Call 301-229-7930 or adults/$2 seniors & students). Contra Dance. The Friday Night visit www.glenechophotoworks.org. Dancers presents traditional Ballroom Tea Dance. Join New The exhibit “Breakfast” is a vi- American dancing including contra HOTS Jazz Orchestra at the Spanish gnette-style exhibit, on display dances, square dances, and waltzes Ballroom in Glen Echo Park for an throughout the Beall-Dawson House, at the Bumper Car Pavilion in Glen afternoon of dancing including the 103 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Echo Park. Contra dance lesson from waltz, tango, polka, foxtrot and many in conjunction with the exhibit 7:30-8:15 p.m., dance from 8:30- others. Beginner class from 3-3:30 “Good Advice.” The vignettes include 11:30 p.m. to live music. $9/person. p.m., dance 3:30-6 p.m.$10/person. Maryland native Andrew A. Miller will present his most a family breakfast, formal breakfast, recent paintings in his first solo exhibition Sept. 13–14, E-mail [email protected]. E-mail [email protected]. breakfast in bed, breakfast prepara- Swing Dance. Jim Cellar presents a Family Dance. Spend the afternoon tion, and even George Washington’s at the Yellow Barn Gallery in Glen Echo Park. The show swing dance live music and dancing with your children. Each of breakfast and will be on display introductory dance lesson at the the family dances features live music will be available for viewing from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. A Bumper Car Pavilion in Glen Echo and dance calling from 3-5 p.m. in through Sept. 21. Included with reception for the artist, open to the public, is scheduled Park. Beginning Swing lesson from 8- the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen museum admission ($3 adults/$2 for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 in the gallery. 9 p.m., dancing from 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Echo Park. All ages welcome. $5/ seniors & students). Call 301-762- E-mail [email protected]. person. Visit www.fsgw.org. 1492 or www.montgomery Contra and Square Dancing. The history.org. Echo. An exhibition of photographs by 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Folklore Society of Greater Jim Sherwood and Don Fear is in show When classes are not in session, the SATURDAY/SEPT. 13 Washington presents traditional The Photoworks gallery is open from Sept. 7- Oct.19. Call 301-229-7930 studio is open for visitors to observe Annual Potomac Barn Tour. American dancing with a focus on every Sunday and Wednesday, 1-8 or visit www.glenechophotoworks.org. glassblowing and view the work of Sponsored by the Potomac Bridle & New England style contra dances at p.m., and during all scheduled resident artist Rick Sherbert. Call Hiking Trails Association. Visit barns the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen classes and workshops at, Glen Echo Glassworks is the D.C. area’s first 301-229-4184 or visit in the Potomac and Poolesville area Echo Park. All dances are taught, no Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen glass school located in Glen Echo Park, www.ricksherbertglass.com. 12-5 p.m. Tickets on sale at The partner is necessary. The newcomers’ Surrey and Pooles Store. Contact Rex welcome lesson is at 7 p.m., followed Reed [email protected] by called dances to live music from The Bethesda Artist Market returns 7:30-10:30 p.m. Visit www.fsgw.org. [email protected] 0690. Open Mic Poetry. Carolyn Joyner, to sell fine art and crafts by local $12/nonmembers, $9/FSGW D.C. poet, headlines the first open artists with live music playing members. mic of the season at the Writer’s throughout the day. Located at the Writing Forum. Susan Shreve, award- WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 17 FRIDAY/SEPT. 19 Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, 8- Bethesda Place Plaza at the corner of winning novelist, and Tim Seldes, Concert. Sol Y Rumba (Latin/Salsa) Shake the sillies out. Sing, dance 10 p.m., with sign-up at 7:30 p.m. Old Georgetown Road and renowned literary agent, will discuss will perform at Bethesda Lane from and get moving with My Gym Joyner will read from her work Woodmont Ave., the Market is free to the changing worlds of publishing 6-8 p.m. Located where Bethesda Potomac at Cabin John Mall Atrium, followed by an open mic for both the public and is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. houses and literary agencies and will Avenue, Woodmont Avenue and Elm 11325 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, poets and prose writers. Tree Identification Walk. Join share their experiences after decades Street meet in Bethesda. Visit 9:30 a.m. Potomac Conservancy’s Bryan Seipp in the business from 2-4 p.m. at the www.bethesdarow.com. Contra Dance. The Friday Night on a walk around the C&O Canal to Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Back Talk, Eye Rolls and Attitude: Dancers presents traditional SATURDAY/SEPT. 20 help identify some common tree Bethesda. Free admission. Call 301- How to Respond when Children are American dancing including contra Swing Dance. Flying Feet Enterprises species found in the Potomac River 654-8664 or e-mail Disrespectful. Learn how to address dances, square dances, and waltzes presents a swing dance with the watershed from 10-11 a.m. at the [email protected]. back talk, insolent conduct, foul at the Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo Radio King Orchestra and River Center at Lockhouse 8, C&O language and other non-cooperative Park. Contra dance lesson from 7:30- introductory dance lesson at the Canal National Historical Park, 7906 behavior from one’s children, from 7- 8:15 p.m., dance from 8:30-11:30 Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo Park. Riverside Ave. Cabin John. Visit MONDAY/SEPT. 15 9 p.m. at Davis Library, 6400 p.m. to live music. $9/person. E-mail Beginning Swing lesson from 8-9 www.potomac.org. The Beth Sholom Book Club will Democracy Blvd., Bethesda. [email protected]. p.m., dancing from 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Swing Dance. Join the George Gee begin the fall season reviewing Zydeco Dance. Join T-Broussard & the $13/person. E-mail Swing Orchestra with Lindy Hop Geraldine Brook’s “People of the Zydeco Steppers for a night of [email protected]. legend Frankie Manning for a night Book,” a fictional account of the THURSDAY/SEPT. 18 Zydeco dancing at the Bumper Car Conversation Club. Join in practicing on the dance floor at the Spanish survival of the Sarajevo Hagaddah. Jazz Workshop. Join singer Christiana Pavilion at Glen Echo Park. and improving your spoken English Ballroom in Glen Echo Park. The Book Club plans to meet at 8 Drapkin for an interactive jazz and Introductory Zydeco dance lesson at with the help of volunteers leading Beginner swing lesson from 8-9 p.m., p.m. at Beth Sholom 11825 Seven singing workshop entitled ‘Bop Goes 8 p.m. followed by dancing until 12 discussions from 3-5 p.m. at the dance from 9p.m.-12 a.m. $18/ Locks Road, Potomac, in the the Weasel!” at 3:30 p.m. at the a.m. All ages welcome. $18/person. Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden person. Visit www.gottaswing.com. conference room. All are welcome to Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden E-mail Drive. Registration not required. Used Book Sale. The Potomac Library, join. Email Tanya Lampert at Drive. Please register at 240-777- [email protected]. See Calendar, Page 14

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From Page 12 send e-mail to optional introductory lesson from 3- workshop followed by 21⁄2 hours of New England style contra dances at [email protected] or visit 3:30 p.m. The Atlanta Swamp Opera social dancing. Admission is $8 per the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen www.DanceDC.com. will provide live music. $10/person, person. For more information, e-mail Echo Park. All dances are taught, no SUNDAY/SEPT. 21 Could My Dog Be a Therapy Dog? call Michael Hart at 301-762-6730 or [email protected]. partner is necessary. The newcomers’ Slow Blues and Swing Dance at the Find out if your dog would make a go to www.DancingbytheBayou.com. Blues Dance in the Spanish Ballroom welcome lesson is at 7 p.m., followed Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, good therapy dog. This workshop Curious George Workshop. The JCC at Glen Echo Park, from 7-11 p.m. by called dances to live music from from 8:30 to 11 p.m. featuring covers the routines of therapy dogs; of Greater Washington, 6125 featuring live music. A 1-1/2 hour 7:30-10:30 p.m. Visit www.fsgw.org. Melanie Mason Band. 90-minute local organizations that work with Montrose Road, Rockville, will host dance workshop, taught by Donna $12/nonmembers, $9/FSGW workshop at 7 p.m. taught by Donna such dogs; suitable temperaments for “Animating Curious George in PBS Barker and Mike Marcotte, begins at members. Barker and Mike Marcotte - slow therapy dogs; the type of training Kids Play!” from 2-4 p.m. Children 7 p.m. No partner required. Family Arts Day. Show off your best blues basics during the first half- and tests these dogs need; and the ages 3-7 are invited to learn how Admission for the workshop and moves at American Dance Institute’s hour, then more challenging concepts situations faced by these dogs and Curious George online games were dance is $17 (7 – 11 p.m.); or $12 free Family Arts Day at 1570 E. for experienced and new dancers. No their owners, from 3-5 p.m. at created. $10 for JCC members, $15 for the dance only (8:30 – 11 p.m.). Jefferson St., Rockville: from 11 partner required. Admission for the Potomac Community Center, 11315 for the general public. Contact Julie For more information, e-mail a.m.-2 p.m. The day includes workshop and dance is $17 (7 - 11 Falls Road. Call 301-983-5913 or Grimley at 301-348-3772 or [email protected]. performances, dance classes, crafts, p.m); or $12 for the dance only (8:30 visit www.yourdogsfriend.info. [email protected]. Contra and Square Dancing. The food and beverages, live music and - 11 p.m.). For more information, call Cajun and Zydeco Dance Party. Waltz Dance in the Spanish Ballroom Folklore Society of Greater more. Call 301-984-3003 or visit Donna Barker at 301-634-2231 or Held in the Spanish Ballroom at Glen at Glen Echo Park begins at 3 p.m. Washington presents traditional www.americandance.org. Glen Echo Park at 301-634-2222, Echo Park from 3:30-6 p.m. with an with a half-hour introductory Waltz American dancing with a focus on Political Satire. The Capitol Steps, D.C.’s number one musical political satire group, will perform at Churchill High School, 11300 Gainsborough Road, Potomac, on Sunday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. in the The Potomac Chamber of Commerce Gertrude Bish Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased by sending a self- P.O. Box 59160 stamped envelope with payment to WCHS Educational Foundation, Potomac, MD 20859 11401 Palatine Road, Potomac, Maryland 20854. Ticket prices are $35 for center orchestra and $25 for side orchestra and balcony. Voices of the River. Learn about Cabin John’s history at the River October 18th 2008 Center at Lockhouse 8, C&O Canal National Historical Park, 7906 Riverside Ave. Cabin John, 3-4 p.m. Contact Potomac Conservancy’s River Center Coordinator, Bridget Chapin, Potomac Day is Coming! at [email protected] or 301-608- 1188, x213, or go to Be Sure to Join Us! www.potomac.org. MONDAY/SEPT. 22 Raising Responsible Children: Teaching Accountability Through STEEPED IN TRADITION Chores and Allowance. Learn how to gain children’s cooperation with chores, institute plans for allowances, and set limits that hold children accountable, from 7-9 p.m. at Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Drive., Potomac.

WEDNESDAY/SEPT. 24 Concert. Peat & Barley (Celtic) will perform at Bethesda Lane from 6-8 p.m. Located where Bethesda Avenue, Woodmont Avenue and Elm Street meet in Bethesda. Visit www.bethesdarow.com. “COMMUNITY” IS Food & Drink A “Healthy Entertaining Cook- ing Class” will be held at The Oz., a OUR MIDDLE NAME! 5K, Parade, Car Show, healthy fine-dining restaurant located at the Doubletree Hotel, 8120 Wisconsin Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2-5 p.m. Kids Festival, etc… The class will focus on preparing simple, health-conscious cuisine. $50person, limit of 12 people per session. Too Much

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By Mark Giannotto The Almanac

Mark Giannotto occer coaches around the area S are always adjust- ing to the changeover in personnel that is an inevitable with players /The Almanac graduating and moving on to college. But what does a team do when the situation is re- versed and a veteran-laden squad with state champion- Wootton senior Skylar Olson ship aspirations must learn should help solidify an otherwise to co-exist with a new young Patriot defense this coach? season. Olson played in the This season, the Churchill midfield a year ago. boy’s soccer team face just such a question after long- have those one or two players that puts time coach Dave Kelley New Churchill boy’s soccer coach Arnold Tarzy looks on at a recent practice. you over the edge. It’s a question of which stepped down after a decade of those team’s players play the best at as head coach to become the school’s ath- co-captain Jamie LaFleur, while senior co- is we’re going to be a little undersized and the right time.” letic director this past spring. captain Max Rutherford will be called upon we’re going to be a little young,” said If the defense holds up, the Vikings should And although the Bulldogs’ new coach, to be the “engine of the team” in the Schussler, who is now in his 13th season as make some noise this season led by seniors Arnold Tarzy, was the school’s golf coach a midfield. Leading the charge up front will coach for Wootton. “The question is can we Paul Torres, Dominick Yin, and Scott Gerfen. year ago, the transition from golf course to be returning all-state selection, senior Kevin bring enough intensity for 80 straight min- All three started a year ago and should pro- soccer pitch shouldn’t Dansky, who scored 15 goals for the Bull- utes?” vide plenty of offense. Boy’s Soccer be as difficult as it may dogs a season ago. The Patriots graduated a number of play- Preview seem at first glance. Early indications are that even with a new ers from their defense this off-season, forc- LAST SEASON was a tough pill to swal- Tarzy runs the coach manning the sidelines, these Bulldogs ing Schussler to move senior Skylar Olson low for the Bullis boy’s soccer team. After Potomac Soccer Club, have as good a shot as any to be the best to the back after he played in the midfield capturing an IAC title in 2006, the Bulldogs and has been coaching soccer for 12 years. team in the area — and maybe the state. a year ago. stumbled to a 2-14-2 record. In addition to stints as coach of the varsity Just don’t tell that to their new coach yet. Expect senior midfielder Sam Holsey and But new coach Andres Parra, who gradu- girls’ teams at Wootton and Jewish Day “If they stay on task and do certain things junior forward Stephen Ho to provide the ated from Bullis in 1999, has plans to rid School, Tarzy recently took an area under- that they’re asked to do, they have the ca- offensive firepower for a Patriot team look- the Bulldogs of that losing culture and au- 20 all-star team to the national champion- pability from a talent and athleticism stand- ing for youth to be served this season. thor a quick turnaround back to the win- ship tournament this summer. point to win a state championship,” Tarzy ning ways of just two years ago. The new coach also inherits a Churchill said. “But it’s not always who has the best SOME MAY THINK returning three start- “Improvement for the season would be team that went 12-4 last season before los- talent that wins.” ers from a team that went 10-4-2 a year to compete for an IAC Championship,” Parra ing a double overtime thriller to undefeated ago would be a negative heading into a new said. “That’s the type of success we’d like state champion Magruder. And he’s already AS WOOTTON BOY’S soccer coach Doug season. But for the Whitman boy’s soccer to get back to.” got the seal of approval from his predeces- Schussler puts it, the Patriots won’t be de- team, it’s not about how many are back, it’s Parra was the coach of the Bullis girl’s sor. void of senior leadership this season, but who’s back. soccer team for the past two seasons, so he “He knows these kids pretty well, he’s they certainly won’t be able match up age- Vikings coach Dave Greene hasn’t is familiar with a roster that will consist of followed the program over the past several or experience-wise with many of the area’s changed his expectations one bit after los- mostly sophomores and juniors. Despite years while I’ve been coaching, so there top soccer programs. ing to eventual state champion Magruder returning just two starters, the team is op- aren’t new surprises,” Kelley said. “He’s got After an 8-6-2 season that ended in the in the regional semifinals last year. While timistic that junior midfielder Luis a good bunch of kids to work with and I second round of the state playoffs last year, some may view his team as depleted, Calderon, a transfer from Paint Branch, and think he’ll do a fine job.” Wootton returns just five starters on a ros- Greene believes Whitman has simply re- senior midfielder Julian Nienaber will pro- Churchill should be well-balanced this ter that will have 13 underclassmen. loaded. vide the experience to guide Bullis back to season, with senior leaders all over the field. “I think we’re going to be able to com- “We are going to get the same talent base its familiar perch at the top of the stand- Tarzy said the defense will rely on senior pete with anybody, the question on our guys every year,” Greene said. “It’s whether you ings.

Churchill at a Glance Wootton at a Glance Whitman at a Glance Bullis at a Glance Coach: Arnold Tarzy, 1st season Coach: Doug Schussler, 13th season Coach: Dave Greene, 13th season Coach: Andres Parra, 1st season 2007 record: 12-4 2007 record: 8-6-2 2007 record: 10-4-2 2007 record: 2-14-2 Key Returning Players: Senior Jamie Key Returning Players: Senior Skylar Key Returning Players: Senior Paul Torres, Key Returning Players: Senior Julian LaFleur, defense; senior Max Rutherford, Olson, defense; senior Sam Holsey, midfield; midfield; senior Dominick Yin, midfield; senior Nienaber, midfield; sophomore Kamar St-Louis, midfield; senior Kevin Dansky, forward. junior Stephen Ho, forward. Scott Gerfen, forward. forward. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ September 10-16, 2008 ❖ 15 Sports Experience, Talent Shape Girl’s Soccer Teams Area teams ready to surprise after reloading with new talent.

By Mark Giannotto The Almanac

hen the leading returning goal scorer for the Churchill

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season before it even started, the only Mark Giannotto/ thought that popped into Bulldogs head coach Haroot Hakopian’s head was, “Here we go again.” Last season after an encouraging start, the Bulldogs fell victim to several injuries — particularly in their defense — and at one point lost six-straight matches while stum- The Almanac bling to an 8-7 record. With a legion of vet- Girl’s Soccer erans watching games Preview from the sidelines, Hakopian was forced The Wootton girl’s soccer team to let several freshmen before a practice last week. The learn as they played in game situations. A Patriots hope to replicate their run year later, Hakopian was hoping his squad to the regional finals a year ago. now had the perfect balance of experienced veterans and talented underclassmen ready far.” to show just how much they have grown after taking their lumps last season. HIS TEAM MAY have made the regional Even with Vranis’ injury, Hakopian still finals a year ago, but new Wootton girl’s believes his team is capable of competing soccer coach Doug Yanity thinks he has the for a region title. The goals will just be a best-kept secret in the area. little harder to come by. Despite graduating nine seniors from last “The key problem is making sure every- year’s squad, Yanity believes his Patriots one meshes, comes together, and is able to have re-tooled to the point that talk of a play extremely competitive,” Hakopian said. rebuilding year is moot. “We’re very talented, and I’m excited about “We do have plenty of talent on the team, having [a lot of youth], but you have very and if we get some cohesion, we could sneak little room for error in the division and the up on some people and surprise some region that we play in.” people,” Yanity said. “I don’t think there are The Bulldogs will count on a duo of trans- a lot of people that are expecting too much fers to replace the eight goals and 18 as- from us.” New Bullis girl’s soccer coach Celeste Melanson talks with her team sists Vranis had last season. Junior Kelly Senior Sam Schlosburg and junior Allison before the Bulldogs’ season opening win over Georgetown Day School. Foster from Annapolis and junior Jackie Yaeger, an all-state honorable mention last Nolan from Holy Child will likely start at season, will be counted on to lead the of- But coach Greg Hammer, starting his 1999 Bullis graduate, comes over from St. forward and have been “pleasant surprises,” fense this year. Yanity also said he expects fourth year as coach, cautions against put- John’s to lead a Bulldog squad that finished according to Hakopian. contributions from two senior transfers, ting too much emphasis on experience since with a .500 record in IAC league play last Anchoring the defense for Churchill will Erin Morris and Rebecca Koutsandreas. many of his key returning upperclassmen year. Along with a new coach, the team wel- be senior Nikki Frank, while senior — particularly on the defense — will be comes a batch of talented juniors and un- midfielder Yasmina Hussein returns from an IF EXPERIENCE wins games then the getting their first taste of on-field action this derclassmen that Melanson believes will pay injury-plagued 2007 season to help lead the 2008 Whitman girl’s soccer team should top season. The Vikings opened the season with instant dividends. Junior Kennan Bradley Bulldog attack. Freshman Jenna Kantor the list of teams to beat this season. The a 2-0 win over Rockville Monday night. and senior Gabrielle Gear are expected to should also be a major contributor after Vikings return 13 players from a squad that “The big question mark is our defense,” lead the team, while sophomore goalie playing at a high level on the club circuit in went 8-7 a year ago. Hammer said. “We don’t have an experi- Samira Jackson should make goals a rarity. middle school. Among those returning are midfielders enced goalkeeper and defense. We’re going The team has already won its first game “They are such talented underclassmen Retha Koefoed and Emma Bethel, who will to have to lean on our midfield and forwards of the season, a 2-1 victory over Georgetown and they have completely blown me away,” serve as the team’s captains this season. to lead us.” Day School. Hussein said of the team’s youth movement. Junior Catherine Barth, the Vikings lead- “We have a really strong team this year “I didn’t really know what to expect this ing scorer with 11 goals last season, is also A LOT IS NEW about the Bullis girl’s soc- and we’re definitely looking at more than a season, but they’ve really stepped it up so back. cer team this season. Celeste Melanson, a rebuilding year,” Melanson said. Churchill at a Glance Wootton at a Glance Whitman at a Glance Coach: Haroot Hakopian, 8th season Coach: Doug Yanity, 1st season Coach: Greg Hammer, 4th season Bullis at a Glance 2007 finish: lost in regional semifinals 2007 finish: lost in regional finals 2007 finish: lost in first round of regional Coach: Celeste Melanson, 1st year Key Returning Players: Senior Nikki Key Returning Players: Senior Sam playoffs 2007 finish: 5-10-2 record Frank, defense; senior Yasmina Hussein, Schlosburg, midfield; junior Allison Yaeger, Key Returning Players: Junior Catherine Key Returning Players: Senior Gabrielle midfield; sophomore Rachel Marincola, defense. forward. Barth, forward; senior Retha Koefoed, midfield. Gear, forward; junior Kennan Bradley, defense. 16 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ September 10-16, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Employment 301-983-1900 Zone 5: Classified Zone 5 Ad Deadline: Zone 5: Potomac • Potomac Monday Noon Ad Deadline: Tuesday 11 a.m. • 301-983-1900

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By Mike Weiner The Almanac

resh off their first non-losing season since 1991, the Wootton Patriots football team Fnearly started its 2008 campaign with a Photo by resounding bang. A late touchdown by Quince Orchard, the reigning 4A state champion and

prohibitive favorite to repeat this season, gave the WeinerMichael Cougars a 26-21 win, and prevented the Patriots from registering one of the biggest upsets in the program’s history. No one gave Wootton much of a chance to even compete against the reigning Maryland 4A state

champion Cougars, who came into the game with /The Almanac not only the number one ranking in the area, but also the number 36 ranking in the country accord- ing to ESPNRise.com The Patriots, however, had other ideas. “The mindset before the game was that we were going to win,” said head coach Greg Malling, “We Wootton wide receiver Stephane weren’t looking for a moral victory or anything like Ngoumou catches a pass during the that.” Patriots’ near upset of 2007 state cham- Wootton proved they belonged on the field with pion Quince Orchard. QO, something it didn’t do en route to a 41-6 loss in last season’s opener. The Cougars went on to win the efforts of Quince Orchard’s vaunted defense, led the state championship, a caveat that gave Wootton by senior defensive lineman Terrence Stephens, a ver- extra motivation coming into the game. bal commit to Stanford. On a crucial fourth and goal “The fact that they were state champions made it play from inside the Cougar 10 yard line, Mooney a little easier to focus on them, I think,” said junior found wide receiver Pete Spiropolous in the corner safety Alex Kelly. of the end zone to bring the Patri- ots back to within 20-14. “The WOOTTON STARTED the game “The mindset good thing about our offense is strong, and with the help of two that it pretty much gives everyone third-down penalties by Quince Or- before the game equal opportunity to catch the chard, converted its first drive into ball,” Mooney said, “the defense a touchdown. Senior quarterback was that we were can’t take away one guy; they have Mike Mooney, who led Montgom- to worry about four or five receiv- ery County in pass attempts and going to win.” ers that have an equal chance to completions last year, found wide —Wootton Coach catch the ball every time.” receiver Stephane Ngoumou for a Greg Malling Early in the fourth quarter, the 40-yard touchdown catch just min- Cougars drove down to the Patriot utes into the game. red zone, where they faced a sec- Quince Orchard, though, came right back, scor- ond and goal. They tried a fade pattern to the back ing on its first play from scrimmage, a 65-yard touch- corner of the end zone, and Kelly made his mark on down run. From there, the Cougars dominant run the game with a key interception. “I could see that it game and defense took charge, and the Cougars was going to be a pass play because of where the scored 13 consecutive points, and Quince Orchard running back was lined up so I lined up a little bit off forced a Mooney fumble in the red zone to take a the line,” he said. “I just went up for the ball, tipped 20-7 lead into halftime. it, it actually went off his helmet and I came down 8/30/08 Starting the third quarter down 20-7, disaster with it.” nearly struck the Patriots again. On the first posses- With 9:12 remaining in the game, the Wootton of- sion of the half, Wootton was forced to punt. The fense took advantage of the situation and drove the snap went over the head of punter Scott Ayers, and ball down the field. Mooney gained three first downs Quince Orchard got the ball at Wootton’s 15-yard in less than two minutes. Finally, Wootton regained line. The Patriot defense, after being victimized by the lead on Mooney’s touchdown pass to Junior Matt Quince Orchard’s running game in the first half, Grimm, sending the Wootton crowd into a state of stepped up and shut down the Cougars’ effort to blow euphoria. the game open. “It always helps me to get hit really Following a 4th down stop on the next Cougar pos- hard to start the game because it kind of gets the session, it seemed as if the sun would set early on Your Home…Your Neighborhood… jitters out and you can settle in,” said Kelly, “We did QO’s bid for another perfect season. Wootton, how- Your Newspaper a much better job of showing up starting in the sec- ever, could not convert on their next possession and ond half.” was forced to punt. Quince Orchard finally regained their championship confidence, driving the ball from THE THIRD QUARTER is also when the Wootton their own 30-yard line to score the final touchdown offense kicked into high gear, with Mooney finding of the game, a quarterback sneak with just 27 sec- all of his receivers in space. Mooney finished 27-47 onds left. The Patriots helped their opponent though, www.potomacalmanac.com for 240 yards and three touchdowns, with one in- committing two offsides penalties on the drive, one terception. He managed to complete passes despite on third down which gave the Cougars a first down.

18 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ September 10-16, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com This year’s Dystonia Golf Classic takes place on News Get Monday, Sept. 15. For more information on the charity event, visit www.dystoniagolfclassic.org or Involved contact Tom Driscoll at 202-285-9103 or [email protected]. Battling Dystonia 0327-5 Former teacher living with dystonia. By Daniel Lin The Almanac

ystonia, an unexpected guest, made quite an impression with Dits first knock on Donna Driscoll’s door. She once could run up and down the court with ease, transitioning smoothly from This year’s entertainment at the threading groundstrokes near the baseline awards reception and banquet are to placing volleys at the net. “I was a very the Irish music duo The avid tennis player,” she said. Four years ago McTeggarts. They are standing on she was chasing forehands and lofting lobs either side of Christy Hughes, the as usual when those legs that covered owner of the Irish Inn at Glen ground so quickly suddenly gave way. Her Echo. left foot wouldn’t land the way it normally Driscoll called the event “absolutely did, and she was forced to retire from the amazing.” They drew 150 people and raised doubles match. over $26,000. “It was a pretty good amount Two years later she was diagnosed with for this first time out,” said family friend dystonia, a neurological movement disor- and member of the event organizing com- der that spasms muscles, causing them to mittee Bruce Gamble with a laugh. twist or jerk involuntarily in repeated or Many of Driscoll’s husband’s business as- patterned movements. sociates came, as did teachers and officials Soon after the disease stole tennis, it from Garrett Park Elementary. It was “re- forced her to retire from her teaching post ally incredible” to see her old co-workers at Garrett Park Elementary School in come out to show their support, she said. Kensington. Two things that move Driscoll in life are sports and teaching, and though IN ADDITION to private contributions, dystonia tried to muffle both these things local establishments have pitched in as well. for her, her passions would not quiet. Herb Gordon Auto Group even donated a “I come from a family of golfers,” said BMW as a prize for the hole-in-one chal- Driscoll. Driscoll credits this background lenge. “Everybody’s been very generous,” with her smooth transition from the sport said Tom Driscoll. “that was taken from me” to the one whose Driscoll credits people like Gamble with nature better suited her current condition. making the event possible. “Everyone was “She’s a natural athlete,” said her husband, so committed. With their help, it just came who would sometimes accompany her to together.” the golf course. There, he noticed “a lot of Dystonia ransacked the home that was people playing golf these days.” her life, making everyday activities difficult, Driscoll saw the potential, to bring back and still, it refused to leave. Instead of hand- that music of sport and teaching, of a day ing over the deed to the disease, however, of playing golf and bringing awareness to a Driscoll has learned how to better live with little-known medical condition. She put in it. The Dystonia Golf Classic is Donna calls to dystonia research foundations. Her Driscoll opening the door to this house, in- husband reached out to his friends at work. troducing her predicament to people, in the Then in October of last year, Bretton Woods hopes that she might help others who, too, Golf Course in Potomac hosted the first an- share a home with such an unwelcome nual Dystonia Golf Classic. guest. Patrick McMurphy Dies From Page 5 feeling,” said Richard. everybody says [about him was] his infi- A memorial service will be held for Patrick nite sense of wonder about everything, al- McMurphy in the Blair Family Center for most a childlike sense of wonder.” the Arts at the Bullis School at 2 p.m. on SEE YOUR NAME IN PRINT! Saturday, Sept. 13. The McMurphy family Be the first person to fax in the correct crossword puzzle IN RECENT DAYS the McMurphys have has established the non-profit Patrick heard many fond tales of their son, but in answers each week, and we’ll put your name here! 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