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In May, 2021, 78 Potomac homes sold between $3,250,000-$439,000.

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3 10100 Gary Road — $2,375,000

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Mac Athu 495 r Blvd. C la r a B art on Rd. Photos by Deb Stevens/The Almanac Potomac REAL ESTATE News Five Montgomery County May, 2021 Councilmembers on Top Sales American Legion Bridge to I-270 ontgomery Coun- through ongoing toll revenue. In May, 2021, 78 Potomac homes sold ty Councilmembers It should also be noted that between $3,250,000-$439,000. MHans Riemer, Gabe the express toll lanes and their Albornoz, Andrew Friedson, direct connections to several Nancy Navarro and Craig Rice crossing roads afford the op- 8 12504 Palatine Court — $1,900,000 released the following state- portunity to provide high-speed ment in advance of the Trans- bus rapid transit service up and portation Planning Board vote down the I-270 Corridor and to regarding rebuilding the Ameri- Tysons Corner, Dulles Airport, 3 10100 Gary Road can Legion Bridge and adding ca- and other destinations in Vir- — $2,375,000 pacity to I-270: ginia. “In a letter to the County Coun- “In addition to sustained cil today, Maryland Transportation funding for transit priorities as Secretary Greg Slater clarified part of a multi-modal project, the State’s commitment to fund we will continue to advocate for a major transit project serving changes to the project that: suffi- 7 9200 Pegasus Court Montgomery County with toll rev- ciently mitigate impacts on resi- — $1,925,000 enue from Maryland’s program to dents and businesses; safeguards expand capacity for the American the interests of Montgomery Legion Bridge and I-270 Corridor. County taxpayers; and achieves “This new commitment builds an appropriate and respectful on prior changes we have been resolution to protect sensitive asking for, including removing community resources such as the 4 8924 Belmart Road — $2,350,000 the eastern section of the belt- Moses Morningstar Cemetery. way from the plan, rebuilding the “We hope to move forward American Legion Bridge so that and work collaboratively and it can structurally support a fu- constructively with Secretary ture transit line, and including a Slater on these issues of con- Some Recent Deck Collapses shared use trail on the bridge. cern and to do so in a way that “For more than a decade, Mont- does not make the much-need- ete Piringer, public information officer for Mont- @mcfrsPIO on Twitter: gomery County has supported ed improvements to the Ameri- gomery County Fire and Rescue, @mcfrsPIO, Recent deck collapses - Check your Deck - DYK @ adding capacity to the American can Legion Bridge ineligible for Preports that almost all residential deck collapses MontgomeryCoMD 95% of the residential deck col- Legion Bridge and the Beltway federal approval and funding. in Montgomery County occur because of a failure at lapses @mcfrs respond to occur because of a failure west of the I-270 Spur, in the con- “Ultimately, we recognize the point where the deck meets the house. Here is a of some sort at point where deck meets the house or text of a multi-modal approach to that Montgomery County must graphic that provides a checklist for deck safety. what is commonly known as the ledger. the 270 Corridor. Based on recent remain tightly connected with conversations, we appreciate the the rest of the Washington met- State’s new commitment to spe- ropolitan region. With a real D ar ne st cifically fund design of one of our transit alternative and further ow n Barnes Named Chair of longstanding transit priorities, opportunities to work with the

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Mac Athu 495 r Blvd. C la r a B art on Rd. News Can Our Yards Save the Planet? Plant native plants for pollinators, food for birds and more. By Glenda C. Booth The Almanac

hen Tami Enta- Photo by Tami Entabi bi moved into her Photo by Tami Entabi Mount Vernon-area Whome in 2006, the backyard was a thick mass of in- tertwined English ivy. Today, to her delight, purple violets are spread-

ing and the garden is abuzz with Photo by Glenda Booth birds, bees, butterflies, moths and other insects from spring through Monarch caterpillar on milkweed. Wasp on gray dogwood. fall. Entabi removed most of the En- glish ivy, an invasive plant, and wants the violets to take over. They support the great spangled fritillary butterfly and provide nectar plants for other pollinators. She’s striving for blooms most of the year. She Tami Entabi next to coral honeysuckle, a favorite of hummingbirds. leaves the leaves and dead wood in her garden beds. Her goal is a are the largest “crop” grown in the results and the plant can produce Photo by Glenda Booth woodland garden of native plants Chesapeake Bay watershed. And seeds. Around 75 percent of all that supports native insects, birds while the perfect green lawn may flowering plants depend on pollina- Photo by Glenda Booth and other wildlife. be an American icon, ecologically, tors for fertilization, but many pol- Entabi and many others are try- it has very little habitat value. linator species are declining. “The ing to eliminate plants not native To reverse the declines in insects, main threat facing wild pollinators to the area. Non-native or invasive birds and other wildlife and to be Is loss of habitats,” wrote Kathy By Tami Entabi plants are plants introduced to an better stewards of the environ- Reshetiloff for the Bay Journal. area intentionally or accidentally. ment, many gardeners today are Some pollinators are generalists Many spread rapidly and lack nat- turning to more natural landscap- and can pollinate a variety of plant ural controls. They usually outcom- ing approaches and native plants. species, but others are highly spe- Tami Entabi explains that bees like the false indigo plant. pete native plants, alter biological University of Delaware entomol- cialized. Many pollinators evolved communities and degrade natural ogist Dr. Doug Tallamy offers this: to emerge when their plants are Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on fall phlox. Bumblebee carrying pollen and feeding on milkweed blossoms. ecosystems. Some can cause eco- “We have allowed alien plants to flowering. If the plants are not nomic harm. replace natives all over the coun- available, the pollinators cannot try. Our native animals and plants survive. Trouble Signs cannot adapt to this gross and com- In Entabi’s backyard, coreopsis The Earth is losing one to two pletely unnatural manipulation of plants attract skipper and fritillary percent of its insects every year, their environment in time to ne- butterflies. Hummingbirds probe reported University of Connecticut gate the consequences.” coral honeysuckle blossoms. Luna entomologist David Wagner in Jan- With his initiative called “Home- moths visit the pignut hickory uary, a trend some call “the insect grown National Park,” Dr. Tallamy trees. Zebra swallowtail butterflies apocalypse.” NatureServe scientists argues that our national parks are visit the pawpaw trees. Their cat- estimate that about one third of all too small and spread apart to pre- erpillars feed at night and spend Photo by Glenda Booth U.S. species of animals and vascu- serve species to the levels needed, the day in the leaf litter. Bees love lar plants are at risk of extinction. that people can restore habitat and the St. Johnswort. Many insects A 2020 World Wildlife Fund study the ecological health of our com- feed on the goldenrod. Woodpeck-

found that of nearly 4,400 mam- munities. ers excavate dead wood. Skinks By Tami Entabi mals, amphibians, birds, fish and Examples: Mount Vernon Super- hide out in brush piles. Where a Photo by Glenda Booth reptile populations have dropped visor Dan Storck and volunteers big tree that came down left a big by 68 percent since 1970. converted part of the landscape hole, Entabi’s making a frog pond. These studies are signaling that around the Mount Vernon Govern- “The soft bottom will be good for the way we are managing or failing ment Center to native plants. He hibernating and the trunk will be By Tami Entabi Milkweed garden at the Martha Washington Library on Fort to manage our natural resources is led an effort started in 2018 and part of pond and offer places to Buckeye butterfly on hyssop Hunt Road. Belleview Elementary School is in the background, having serious consequences. Ex- adopted unanimously by the Board hide,” she says. across the street. perts point to habitat loss and frag- of Supervisors in 2020 to apply mentation, monocultures, invasive natural landscaping practices to Butterfly Gardening erpillars eat. Without milkweed, Resources species, pesticides, herbicides, in- county properties. Belle View Ele- Some people are planting native monarch butterflies cannot com- Pollinator Gardening, www.pollinator.org; www.xerces.org/bringbackthepollinators secticides, climate change, light mentary School teachers created a plants to support butterflies. “Se- Violets now carpet her backyard. Bumblebee on an obedient plant plete their life cycle. Butterfly Gardening, http://nababutterfly.com/basics-of-butterfly-gardening/ pollution and disease as contribut- native garden, outdoor classroom. lecting plants that will feed butter- The American Horticultural So- Guide to Native Plants for Northern Virginia, https://www.plantnovanatives.org/ ing factors. flies while also encouraging them energy and caterpillar food plants from Mexico. These orange and arch expert, the late Dr. Lincoln ciety’s River Farm, Fort Belvoir Wildlife Habitat Gardens: Audubon at Home, www.audubonva.org, In suburbia, lawns and sprawling Pollinator Gardening to stick around for a while, laying that will feed caterpillars. With black butterflies, weighing one- Brower of Sweet Briar College. and Burgundy Farm Country Day https://www.nwf.org/CertifiedWildlifeHabitat; development have replaced most Pollinators include bees, beetles, eggs and creating a new generation careful selection from these two fifth the weight of a penny, are the Most butterfly caterpillars feed School have monarch butterfly gar- Habitat at Home, https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/habitat/ native biodiversity. Lawns cover 40 butterflies, moths, other insects, of butterflies is your goal,” advises groups, your garden will provide only butterfly species to regularly on specific plant species, called dens. The Martha Washington Li- “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard,” book By Douglas W. Tallamy to 50 million acres of land in the birds and bats. When a pollina- the North American Butterfly Asso- for the entire life cycle of butter- undertake a two-way migration, their host plant. Monarch butter- brary has a milkweed garden. United States, almost equivalent to tor carries pollen grains from the ciation’s website. “To do this, you flies.” for some, a 3,000-mile trip over fly caterpillars feed exclusively Tallamy urges people to “re-cre- all of the country’s national parks, male anther of a flower to the fe- will need to choose plants that fall Some people are planting to spe- three generations. “This is one of on milkweed leaves. Host plants ate” nature. For species in decline, vene to right the wrongs that we re-create nature.” “On your own property you can wrote Tik Root in the July 1 Wash- male stigma of flowers of the same into two groups: nectar plants that cifically help monarch butterflies the most extraordinary annual mi- generally are the plants on which he says, “Their only hope for a sus- have perpetrated. In order to let Tami Entabi’s backyard is a good make a difference,” Entabi says. ington Post. Lawns and turfgrass species and fertilizes it, pollination will provide adult butterflies with and support their migration to and grations on our planet,” said mon- butterflies lay eggs and their cat- tainable future is for us to inter- nature take its course, we must first example. “It’s exciting.” 4 v Potomac Almanac v July 21-27, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac v July 21-27, 2021 v 5 Entertainment

Westfield Montgomery In the Lower Meadow, watch for bats RIDE THE CAROUSEL. 10 a.m. - 4 Movies Under the Stars hunting in late afternoon or early p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Join Westfield Montgomery for movies evening. Sit under the shade of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and and snacks on the Boardwalk — the 200-year-old sycamore, and Sunday. Glen Echo Park, 7300 located outside of The Cheesecake imagine what the park looked like MacArthur Blvd. The 1921 Dentzel Factory when it was part of a large farm. Carousel was installed in 1921 Friday July 23, 8pm - 10:30pm : Silent Watch as Cabin John Creek flows and celebrates its 100th Anni- Movie Night briskly by. versary all season long. Purchase Saturday July 24, 8pm - 10:30pm : See https://www.montgomeryparks. tickets at https://glenechopark. Silent Movie Night org/parks-and-trails/cabin-john-re- simpletix.com/. $5 per person for Friday July 30, 8pm - 10:30pm : Shrek gional-park/locust-grove-na- a four-hour time slot. See https:// ture-center/ for planned activities. glenechopark.org/carousel/ for additional information regarding Westfield Montgomery POTOMAC VILLAGE FARMERS MAR- covid protocols. Live Music KET. Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 6:30 Join Westfield Montgomery for live p.m. Potomac United Methodist CABIN JOHN PARK MINIATURE music from local bands and perfor- Church, 9908 South Glen Road. TRAIN RIDE. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. mances by Maryland Live Arts. Potomac Village Farmers Mar- Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 Friday July 23rd from 3pm-5pm Driv- ket operates all Thursdays, May a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and en to Clarity Band through November. Repeats weekly Sundays. 7410 Tuckerman Lane. Sunday July 25th from 1pm-2:30pm on Thursdays. Scenic two-mile, 15-minute train Grayson Moon on Guitar ride through Cabin John Regional Saturday July 31st from 1pm-2:30pm POTOMAC COMMUNITY CENTER. Park. Tickets are limited and can Capital Duo Band 11315 Falls Road. The Potomac be pre-purchased online at Active- Sunday August 1st from 12pm-2pm Community Center reopened Montgomery.org -- $2.50.(Children Live DJ Monday, June 28. Table tennis, two and younger ride for free with For a full list of Boardwalk Bash volleyball, badminton, basketball, an adult.) See https://www.mont- Events, see https://www.westfield. pickleball, open gym and more will gomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/ com/montgomery/hellosunshine be available. cabin-john-regional-park/minia- See https://www.montgomerycoun- ture-train/ for covid precautions Ongoing Entertainment tymd.gov/rec/Resources/Files/po- and ticket information. LOCUST GROVE tomac-2021schedule.pdf for details Locust Grove Nature Center, 7777 and hours. PUBLIC ART. Bethesda is filled with Democracy Blvd. Outdoor exhibits, public art. Browse a portion of the natural features, and trails are PARK RANGERS AVAILABLE. 10 a.m. collection of public art on https:// open every day from dawn to to 3 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, www.bethesda.org/bethesda/pub- dusk. In the Upper Meadow, look Saturdays and Sundays. Chesa- lic-art for descriptions of projects for Monarch butterflies, caterpil- peake & Ohio National Histor- and locations. Includes “Tunnel lars and eggs on the milkweed in ical Park at Great Falls, 11710 Vision,” produced by the Bethes- summer. Check out the dogbane MacArthur Blvd. Park rangers are da Arts & Entertainment District, for iridescent dogbane beetles. available to provide maps and in- which showcases the work of 12 Listen for wrens and bluebirds near formation even though the visitors selected artists inside the Metro the bluebird nest boxes. Watch for center is still currently closed. See Tunnel that runs under Wisconsin box turtles crossing the path in the https://www.nps.gov/choh/index. Avenue. early morning. htm See Calendar, Page 7

6 v Potomac Almanac v July 21-27, 2021 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Entertainment Definitely POTOMAC on My List RIDE THE CAROUSEL. 10 a.m. - 4 From Page 6 Farmers Market operates all Thursdays, May p.m. Wednesday through Friday, through November. Repeats weekly on Thursdays. ALMANAC JOSIAH HENSON MUSEUM AND PARK. Park is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and www.PotomacAlmanac.com By KENNETH B. LOURIE Sunday. Glen Echo Park, 7300 from sunrise to sunset. Museum hours are Friday GLEN ECHO FOLK DANCERS. Virtual. Thursday 7:30 to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 11410 Old George- - 9 p.m. lesson, followed by dancing from 9-10:15 As the month of May was swept away MacArthur Blvd. The 1921 Dentzel @PotomacAlmanac Carousel was installed in 1921 town Road. The life and challenges of Reverend p.m. See https://glenechopark.org/events-calendar. with the last of the network-season’s original and celebrates its 100th Anni- Josiah Henson, enslavement in Maryland, and the Repeats weekly on Thursdays. Newspaper of Potomac programming, those of us still in lockdown and versary all season long. Purchase ongoing struggles of racial equality and justice A Connection Newspaper quarantining had our own reality to embrace: tickets at https://glenechopark. on the former plantation property of Isaac Riley LIVE CONCERTS, BUMPER CAR PAVILION. 7:30 there was nothing new on network television. simpletix.com/. $5 per person for where Henson was enslaved. Henson, whose 1849 p.m. Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. (Also An independent, locally owned weekly Cable became the obvious choice. In particular, a four-hour time slot. See https:// autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly streaming on YouTube.) United States Marine newspaper delivered “Netflix” and “Prime.” Whether it was “Victo- to homes and businesses. glenechopark.org/carousel/ for a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, inspired Band. Free. Registration preferred, but not ria,” “The Crown,” “Bridgerton,” “The Kominsky additional information regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. required. See https://glenechopark.org/summer- 1606 King Street Method’’ or “The Queen’s Gambit,” many of us covid protocols. $5 adults, $4 youth, $4 seniors. See https://www. concerts left the networks behind and found a new home. montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/josiah-hen- Alexandria, Virginia 22314 However, even that didn’t last forever. Soon we CABIN JOHN PARK MINIATURE son-park/ FRIDAY, JULY 23 Free digital edition delivered to were back perusing the all-too-familiar weekly TRAIN RIDE. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. LIVE MUSIC. 6-8 p.m. Downtown Bethesda at the your email box. Go to television viewing guide. Tuesdays through Fridays; 10 OUTDOOR SWIM HOURS. Bethesda Outdoor Pool, corners of Norfolk and Del Ray avenues. Bethesda 6300 Hillandale Road, Bethesda. 301-652-1598. connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe And in returning, I discovered a program that a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Urban Partnership has helped organize additional has been on for eight years, and never once had Sundays. 7410 Tuckerman Lane. For more pools including upcounty in Poolesville restaurant seating outdoors in downtown Bethesda. I seen any snippet other than a brief - and bland Scenic two-mile, 15-minute train and Gaithersburg, and for summer hours see www. The “Bethesda Streetery” will be set-up as open reference about something or other: The program ride through Cabin John Regional montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/facilities/aquat- seating. Live music each Friday to enjoy while also EDITOR & PUBLISHER is called “The Blacklist.” I knew that James Spad- Park. Tickets are limited and can iccenters/outdoorpools.html enjoying outdoor dining. For precise locations and Mary Kimm er was the star, but I knew nothing about the sto- be pre-purchased online at Active- details and musical acts, see https://www.bethesda. [email protected] Montgomery.org -- $2.50.(Children INDOOR SWIM HOURS. Shriver Aquatic Center, 5900 org/bethesda/bethesda-streetery @MaryKimm ryline or any other actors involved. James Spader two and younger ride for free with Executive Blvd, 240-777-8070 See. https://www. Repeats Friday evenings. I knew from “Boston Legal,” a legal drama from an adult.) See https://www.mont- montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/Resources/Files/ EDITORIAL the early 2000s which featured among other gomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/ aquatics/KSAC.pdf FRIDAY NIGHT DANCERS. 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Virtual, PHONE: 703-778-9415 story lines, a lawyer, Alan Shore (James Spader) cabin-john-regional-park/minia- Glen Echo Park. Join Friday Night Dancers for a E-MAIL: offering up impassioned closing arguments for ture-train/ for covid precautions ICE SKATING. Cabin John Ice Rink, 10610 Westlake virtual contra dance and live music. See https:// [email protected] whatever wrong the firm was trying to right. I and ticket information. Drive. Cabin John Ice Rain has numerous public glenechopark.org/events. can’t remember much substance but I can sure skate sessions every day of the week. See cabin- Repeats Fridays. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS remember the feeling and conviction expressed PUBLIC ART. Bethesda is filled with johnice.org for details. by Spader’s character. He was mesmerizing. public art. Browse a portion of the Carole Dell, Kenny Lourie, SATURDAY, JULY 24 Peggy McEwan, Ken Moore And so, having exhausted “Prime and “Net- collection of public art on https:// Calendar/Entertainment LOCKSIDE CHAT. 11 a.m. Also at 1 p.m. Lock 20, flix” and a few other cable channels, we reverted www.bethesda.org/bethesda/pub- adjacent to the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center in Contributing back to the networks. This time though to search lic-art for descriptions of projects for a show that we had overlooked during its COMPILED BY KEN MOORE Chesapeake & Ohio National Historical Park, 11710 Photographers and locations. Includes “Tunnel initial previous network programming life. We MacArthur Blvd. Join park staff for 30 minutes to Deborah Stevens, Carole Dell Vision,” produced by the Bethes- THE ALMANAC learn about locks along the canal. See https://www. discovered or rather took a chance and selected da Arts & Entertainment District, nps.gov/choh/index.htm Art/Design: “The Blacklist” to see what we could see. Not which showcases the work of 12 To include events in the Almanac’s calendar, please Repeats every Saturday and Sunday until July 25, 2021. Laurence Foong, John Heinly, so much my wife, Dina, but ever since I began contact Ken Moore at kmoore@connectionnews- selected artists inside the Metro Ali Khaligh watching episode one, I have been entranced. papers.com; put Almanac Calendar Event in the Tunnel that runs under Wisconsin LAKE TOUR BY KAYAK. 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Black Hill Production Manager To say I’ve been binge-watching makes light of Avenue. subject line. Regional Park. 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds. Geovani Flores See Calendar, Page 7 all those who have previously binge-watched. I Join us for a leisurely tour of Little Seneca Lake. have watched approximately 80 episodes, not THURSDAY, JULY 22 We could see beaver, herons, maybe even a bald at one sitting (to be fair, I have watched multiple POTOMAC VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET. Thursdays, eagle. Basic paddling experience is necessary. $19. episodes multiple times) and am presently 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Potomac United Methodist ADVERTISING See https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and- halfway through season five. They have been Church, 9908 South Glen Road. Potomac Village trails/black-hill-nature-programs/ For advertising information [email protected] renewed for a ninth season starting in the fall 703-778-9431 of ‘21 so if I were planning on being current by then, I would need to have watched 22 episodes Display Advertising: per year times seven years plus half of season Kenny Lourie 301-325-1398 eight: that’s about 175 shows, each one running [email protected] 42 minutes give or take without commercials. That adds up to over 122+ hours of television. Debbie Funk That would test any committed viewer’s patience Display Advertising/National Sales and schedule. Presuming I have a life other than 703-778-9444 [email protected] my couch and television, the prospect seems a bit daunting and to be honest, perhaps a bit fool- David Griffin ish. I mean, life goes on doesn’t it? James Spader Marketing Assistant gets paid whether I watch him or not, doesn’t 703-778-9431 he? As for the networks, I’m pretty sure they’re [email protected] getting paid as well whether I’m in front of the television or not. Now if I were getting paid for Jerry Vernon my viewership, I would definitely hop on the Executive Vice President couch. However, that’s not happening - not in 703-549-0004 my wildest dreams so I’m afraid I’ll have to fend [email protected] for myself. Still, in spite of calculating the hours CIRCULATION necessary to get current with the show and con- [email protected] sidering the life I would need to live to reach this nirvana, I am not put off by the arithmetic or the challenge. I don’t intend to commit every waking hour to fulfilling this goal, especially if one were Potomac Almanac is published to consider how the return of the fall shows in by Local Media Connection LLC September would adversely impact my viewing flexibility. More shows to watch would create less opportunity to focus on any one show. Five Time First Place Nevertheless, there are approximately three Award-Winner months-ish until original programming returns Public Service to the networks in the fall. I don’t have to have MDDC Press Association completed my pursuit by then. It’s not as if I’m fulfilling some kind of contract. Hardly. All I’m Four Time fulfilling is a cockeyed plan to binge-watch more Newspaper of the Year than eight seasons of a show that up until now, I An Award-winning Newspaper in Writing, Photography, Editing, barely knew existed. Now, not only does it exist, Graphics and Design it’s sort of the focus of my life (cancer notwith- standing). Granted, it’s not very exciting, but it sure is predictable. And for a cancer patient recently re-diagnosed, predictable is good. I just hope the show ends before I do. Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative for The Potomac Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

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