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he Potomac Almanac SPRING SALE won several awards, Tannounced at the Maryland Delaware 20 - 40% OFF EVERYTHING D.C. Press Association awards EXPERT REPAIR • WE BUY GOLD AND DIAMOND JEWELRY lunch on Friday, April 22. GOLDSMITH ON SITE Ken Moore and Laurence Foong shared a first place award and a 1079 Seven Locks Road • Potomac best in show award for their two- Jon Laurence Ken Moore Nicholas Potomac Woods Plaza (next to Freshgo) page spread, Insider’s Guide to Roetman Foong Horrock 301.838.9696 Potomac Parks. “This guide to the Press Association earlier this month. parks shows what professional Healy won second place for sports Connection contributing writer graphic artists can do combining story for “Getting Ready for St. Nicholas Horrock was inducted to photographs and artwork. It’s easy Raphael Golf Classic.” Judges cited the MDDC Hall of Fame on April to follow and attractive,” wrote the the Q&A that accompanied the 21. judges. story. Horrock became a copyboy for Almanac sports editor Jon The Potomac Almanac’s Insider’s the New York Times at age 14, Roetman won first place for sports Guide won second place for spe- worked for Newsweek, Chicago story for his story, “Mason Excited cial sections, with Moore, Fong, Tribune, UPI and others, and re- for San Diego Opportunity.” Roetman and editor Steven ported on Watergate, the influx of Roetman also won second place Mauren contributing to the guide, new immigrants, covert CIA opera- for sports feature story for “Jim, which is available online. tions and more. Starting with Viet- Henry Kuhn Navigate Relationship The Potomac Almanac’s sister nam, he was a war correspondent Ups, Downs.” papers, The Connection Newspa- covering nearly every U.S. conflict Contributing writer Colleen pers, won 30 awards in the Virginia on the ground.

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2 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac Editor Steven Mauren 703-778-9415 or [email protected] News See www.potomacalmanac.com Get Ready Brickyard For ‘Bullis Leased

Gives Back’ Photo by Signed Family 5K Run/2.5K Next meeting Walk to benefit Harvey Levine with residents Rockville’s Stepping yet to be scheduled.

Stones Shelter. /The Almanac ontgomery County Public Schools and Montgomery By Susan Belford M County Government last week The Almanac signed a lease for 20-acres owned by the schools on Brickyard Road. ullis Gives Back” was the brain The county is in the midst of a controver- storm of the Bullis Parent As- A 74-year-old Potomac man died from his injuries from a fire at his sial process of seeking a contractor to build “Bsociation Community Service home at 8509 Scarboro Court in Potomac. It took 65 firefighters and operate four soccer fields on Brickyard Committee three years ago. Its more than 20 minutes to bring the fire under control. Road. The property, an organic farm for the members decided that a school-wide com- past 31 years operated by Nick Maravell, munity service project would be a great belongs to the school system. The Board of idea. Thus, the 5K “Bullis Gives Back” 5K Education voted March 8 to lease the prop- race was begun. Fire Claims Homeowner’s Life erty to the county for private development Their mission was to as soccer fields. Neither the schools system hold a race in which neighbor saw smoke and called area on the first floor. An unconscious, nor the county engaged neighbors or com- students, families A911 at 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, April elderly male was located in a second munity organizations in the decision before- and staff could par- 24 bringing firefighters to 8509 floor bedroom and removed from the hand, resulting in a boisterous meeting April ticipate to raise funds Scarboro Court in Potomac. When the structure. Advanced life support treat- 4 at Potomac Elementary with more than for a charity in the arrived, the house was “heavily involved ment was initiated immediately and he 200 attendees. local community. in fire,” said Assistant Chief Scott Gra- was transported to a local hospital where At the meeting, county officials said pos- They chose to benefit ham, and found two victims, both males he was pronounced dead a short time sibly the organic farm could continue to the Stepping Stones in their 70s. later. A second elderly male was located operate on the property along with soccer Shelter, located in The homeowner, identified as Sung Y. outside the house and he also was treated fields, and also suggested that the property Rockville only 4 Kwack, 74, was unconscious when and transported to a local Hospital for could include playground equipment and miles from Bullis. firefighters found him, and he later died evaluation of smoke inhalation. community gardens. But the lease between The race has been successful — the first of his injuries. The second victim was hos- Kwack was a retired professor of eco- the county and schools designates the prop- year, they raised over $4,500, the second pitalized with minor smoke inhalation. nomics with Howard University. erty for “ballfields.” Item 4, Use, states: year, $12,200, when they hosted more than According to Montgomery County Fire Graham said the estimate of damage “County or its agents shall use the leased 230 racers. and Rescue: Fire Units arrived on scene was $300,000 to structure and $100,000 premises solely for ballfields and improve- and found a fire that started in kitchen in contents of the house. ments associated with that use such as a See Get Ready, Page 11 parking lot and amenity facility.” The lease also makes no mention of promised restric- tions, such as prohibiting lights, sound sys- tem or artificial turf. Full of Beans, Kassa Seyoum, project manager for pub- lic-private partnerships for soccer fields, Full of Lexus said he was working on a meeting time and place for a second meeting with residents, ortunately, Friday, April 22 was rainy; and anticipated the next meeting would be Fotherwise people would have been in late May or early June. sitting outside eating lunch at Vie de Seyoum said the question of what other France and strolling along the sidewalk in activities the lease might or might not al- front of Full of Beans children’s store and low on the property was still up for review. the Rite Aid in Potomac Village. In addition, a selection committee is still Around 12:15 p.m., Bob Kanchuger was reviewing one or more proposals for a pub- sitting in his car in front of Vie de France lic-private partnership for the soccer field waiting for the light to allow him to turn at the Potomac Community Center, said onto Falls Road when he felt a jolt, then Seyoum.

/The Almanac heard a big crash. He looked up to see a Lexus part way through the wall into the A copy of the lease is available at http:// Full of Beans store. www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/ The Lexus, driven by Mohammad Michael DGS/DBDC/Resources/soccer-brickyard- Farhandi of Potomac, had first hit the rear lease.pdf.

Carole Dell Carole of Kanchuger’s car, before crashing into the For more information, contact project front of the store. Farhandi was transported manager Kassa Seyoum, 240-777-6114, to the hospital for minor injuries, and the [email protected] Photo by Photo Lexus was towed. Police officers who re- Or see http:// This Lexus clipped another car before crashing through the front wall sponded to the scene called the county www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ of Full of Beans children’s store in Potomac Village last Friday, April mcgtmpl.asp?url=/content/DGS/DBDC/ 22. The store is now open. See Car Accident, Page 11 soccer.asp www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 ❖ 3 “Wine Down Monday” Business Selected bottles of wine for $10.00 (All wines chosen by George Liapis, Owner) Stella Restaurant 9755 Traville Gateway Drive Rockville, Md 20850 Manager Katrina Stella, the restaurant Barnette, left, and owner Lacy everyone’s talking Jordan of Lacy about intoduces Couture. Wine Down Monday... 301-762-5148 www.thestellarestaurant.com

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acy Couture Apparel, a new Potomac boutique, Lcelebrated its five- month anniversary on Thursday, April 21 with a Girls Night Out party. There were prizes Lannan Legal PLLC of Easter eggs that contained jew- elry and gift card surprises. Cus- tomers and fashion consultants Providing Legal Services to the Hospitality Industry also celebrated a birthday for a special customer with floral cup- Nicole Forester enjoys her birthday cupcake at the Girls cakes and champagne. Night Out. Let me apply my experience Owner Lacy Jordan started out in interior design and then began a business selling Shopper Kimberly Day feels that “the store was in the Legal Departments of jewelry from her home. She went to New York on a created just for me. There is not a thing in here I Marriott International, Inc. buying trip and saw the couture clothing shows. She wouldn’t wear. The location is so convenient and Lacy and Hilton Worldwide, Inc. wanted to bring the experience of shopping in New has a great eye. I like the fact that she only has a few York to Potomac. And so Lacy Couture was born. sizes of each piece. You truly get to wear something to serve your “When people start shopping here they don’t shop unique. I would be stunned if I saw someone else hospitality business. anywhere else. The idea of Lacy Couture is to be wearing something I bought. They know who I am comfortable and feel like you are at home. We are and know my style. That is something you don’t get Robert W. Lannan really into personalized attention. Little things pull anymore. The days of having personal service doesn’t (Potomac Resident) the whole look together. We hope customers feel like exist anymore. It is nice to come here. Each display a family when they come in and they get know us. has something new and different.” When customers leave they know how to put the Hotels • Restaurants • Bars look together at home. We hope that Lacy Couture VERONICA DIFRESCO loves the jewelry, clothes , Fitness Clubs • Golf Clubs • Music Venues becomes an oasis to them all about luxury and pam- and bags. “They have very unique merchandise and pering,” Jordan said. very helpful, friendly and honest customer service.” Coffee Shops • Event Planners • Spas Shara Blumberg feels “their stuff is so unique and someone else won’t have the same clothes as you. Transportation Services • Entertainers They have brands you haven’t heard of and you will Spring Trends never find at department stores. Lacy has good style 888 16th Street, N.W., Suite 800 Katrina Barnette, manager of Lacy Couture, lists the and taste. She is good at finding things for you and Washington, D.C. 20006 must-have spring trends: says ‘Trust me. Try it on.’ She is great at putting out- * neutrals in kaki, army and cream fits together.” * cargo and utility pants Nicole Forester shops at Lacy Couture because “the (202) 595-4606 * lace * layering pieces location is convenient and is close to my gym and E-mail: [email protected] * floral patterns my children’s school, I love Katrina, and Lacy has a * bigger pants great sense of style. I feel at home and everyone is Website: www.lannanlegal.com * smaller tops very helpful.” * animal prints * big cocktail rings Lacy Couture is located at 1081 Seven Locks Road Proven Experience. Reasonable Fees. * statement jewels with fun pops of color. in Potomac Woods Plaza. Phone 240-453-9007.

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For more information please contact: Nancy Steinberg Shanthi Subramanian 240-994-5092 301-320-9334 [email protected] [email protected] www.Kulayogaclass.com www.hamsa-yoga.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 ❖ 5 Opinion POTOMAC cal park. unmet needs for adult fields. See page vi at: Correcting ‘Surplus’ “Local park” is a specifically defined term: http://www.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/ ALMANAC And Other Issues “Parks in this category serve the residents of ParkPlanning/Projects/LPPRP/LPPRP_2005/ www.PotomacAlmanac.com the surrounding communities.” The Brickyard LPPRP_Executive_Summary.pdf. To the Editor: Newspaper of Potomac school site is only 20 acres, far smaller than A Connection Newspaper Let the following facts be clear: required for a “County-wide Recreational Park,” Nick Maravell ❖ The Board of Education (BOE) of Mont- An independent, locally owned which is at least 50 acres in size and can “serve Kristi B. Janzen weekly newspaper gomery County (MC) has not declared the all residents of Montgomery County.” See p. 3 delivered to homes and businesses. Brickyard Middle School site “surplus” and no 1606 King Street for the park classification system at: http:// Nick Maravell, owner of Nick’s Organic Alexandria, Virginia 22314 longer needed by the school system — as in- www.montgomeryplanningboard.org/agenda/ Farm currently located on the Brickyard site, is accurately stated in an email dated April 6, 2010/documents/ a nationally recognized organic farmer. PUBLISHER 2011 to MSI membership from Doug Mary Kimm 20100603_Urban_Park_Guidelines_000.pdf. 703-778-9433 Schuessler, MSI executive director. “This site The exact and complete wording of the Mas- [email protected] is owned by the school system, ter Plan is: “Surplus and future school sites Defining Year property that the school board EDITORIAL Letters offer potential for fulfilling some of the recre- For Watershed PHONE: 703-821-5050 has deemed to be surplus to cur- ation needs of the Potomac Subregion. All E-MAIL: [email protected] rent needs, and as such have school sites not otherwise recommended in this To the Editor: leased to the County for development of soc- plan for environmental conservation should be The Chesapeake Bay watershed provides EDITOR cer fields …,” Schuessler wrote. In order to many environmental services and aesthetics to Steven Mauren, 703-778-9415 considered for other public uses, including park [email protected] declare a school site surplus and no longer land, if they are declared as surplus. The Brick- Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, needed for school purposes, the School Board yard Junior High School, Kendall Elementary Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Co- SPORTS EDITOR must go through a public process. This open lumbia. However, this watershed is being se- Jon Roetman, School, and Churchill Elementary School could 703-224-3015 public process has never taken place. be developed as local parks with ball fields or verely abused by its users. It suffers from many [email protected] The record shows that in October 2003, forms of pollution, mainly nitrogen and phos- other recreational uses. (Recreational uses ASSOCIATE EDITOR County Executive Doug Duncan formally re- should be evaluated along with other public phorous, but also toxic chemicals and excess Steve Hibbard, 703-778-9412 quested that the BOE declare this site surplus. uses identified elsewhere in this Plan to deter- sediment. Nutrients enter the water and cause [email protected] However, in March 2004, a BOE resolution was mine the priority use for each available site.) algal blooms, which then deplete the water of CONTRIBUTING WRITERS adopted unanimously to take no action on the Any site acquired for parkland should be evalu- oxygen and block out light making it difficult Cissy Finley Grant, Carole Dell, Kenny Lourie, Ken Moore disposition of the Brickyard Road site. There ated to determine whether it is appropriate for for other plants and fish to survive. Too much has been no subsequent public action to de- recreational opportunities (e.g. trails, ball sediment blocks light from entering the water Art/Design: clare this site surplus. (See minutes from MC for aquatic plants to grow. Also, toxicants (of- Geovani Flores, Laurence Foong, fields, etc.).” (See p. 135 at: http:// John Heinly, John Smith BOE, March 22, 2004, at: http:// www.montgomeryplanning.org/community/ ten carcinogens) readily bind to fine sediment Production Manager: www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/meet- plan_areas/potomac/master_plans/potomac/ such as clay and either stay trapped in the Jean Card ings/minutes/2004/032204.pdf.) potomactoc.shtm.) water column or get ingested by aquatic or- Furthermore, the BOE has stipulated that the ❖ The Maryland-National Capital Park & ganisms, and then, bioaccumulate up the food ADVERTISING lease to the County is for 10 years, and the chain onto people’s dinner plates. PHONE: 703-821-5050 Planning Commission statistics show the least FAX: 703-518-4632 BOE can reclaim the land during that time if it need for ball fields is in the Potomac Subre- As a solution to clean up the watershed, the is needed sooner for the schools. gion. County Executive Leggett’s email/letter Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES ❖ Display Advertising: The Potomac Subregion Master Plan does notes that “The Maryland-National Capital Park Act of 2011 has been submitted for review. It Kenny Lourie 703-778-9425 not identify the Brickyard School site as a ball- & Planning Commission in its 2005 PROS plan requires the Office of Management and Bud- [email protected] fields only site suitable for serving other parts get to prepare a budget to the Chesapeake Bay referenced the need for more multipurpose Employment: of the County. (Leggett stated, “The Master rectangular fields, especially in the Down Watershed and the EPA to develop and imple- Barbara Parkinson Plan specifically points to the Brickyard site as ment an adaptive management plan. With an 703-778-9413 County,” further supporting the fact that the [email protected] suitable for ball fields,” in an email/letter to greatest need for ball fields is not in the allocated budget the state can carry out needed Andrea Smith 703-778-9411 concerned citizens, which was also published Potomac Subregion. Since the words “Down actions to protect this watershed. Because the Classified Advertising [email protected] in Potomac Almanac’s April 13-19, 2011, is- County” do not appear anywhere in the report, EPA will be monitoring it, it can be assured sue.) it is more accurate to refer to the three areas that this money will be used appropriately. The ball field proposal fails to meet the Mas- Having grown up in Potomac, it is impor- Potomac Almanac is published by of greatest demand, representing over two Connection Newspapers, L.L.C. ter Plan guidance, both under the definition thirds of the needed rectangular playing fields: tant to me to have clean water, a strong of “local park” and the requirement that a lo- economy supported by a local fishery, and to Peter Labovitz Bethesda/Chevy Chase, I-270, and Takoma President/CEO cal park be placed on a “surplus” school site. Park/Silver Spring. Potomac represents only simply be able to enjoy the beauty of the bay. The Master Plan suggests one of many uses approximately 6.4 percent of the total county This budget will be federally allocated, so our Mary Kimm for the Brickyard site would be a “local park” tax money will come back to better our com- Publisher/Chief Operating need or a lack of 4.6 adult fields, while it has Officer with ball fields. The Master Plan goes on to 4.1 excess youth fields. After the completion munity. We have been trying to clean up the 703-778-9433 state school sites “could be developed as local of the additional soccer field at the Potomac area since the 1970s, and this year could be [email protected] parks with ball fields or other recreational Community Center, and the planned soccer the defining year for this effort. Jerry Vernon uses.” This means local parks with ball fields field at the unbuilt Greenbirier local park at Executive Vice President [email protected] or local parks with other recreational uses. It Glen and Travillah Roads, Potomac will repre- Lisa Gagnon does not mean recreational uses without a lo- sent only about 3.5 percent of the total county Potomac Wesley DeBrosse Controller

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Jeanne Theismann Thrift Sale Volunteers at the Special Assistant to the Publisher Chairpersons of the 703-778-9436 St. Francis Thrift [email protected] St. Francis Thrift Sale last month Sale, from left, Mary include, from Five Time First Place Ashworth and Beth left, Mardy Award-Winner Higgins with her O’Neil, Andrea Public Service children Chase and Razak, Sandy MDDC Press Association Betsy Higgins. Meloan and Four Time Cindy Boinis. Newspaper of the Year An Award-winning Newspaper in Writing, Photography, Editing, Photos by Graphics and Design Deborah Post Stevens/ The Almanac

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Artist Millie Shott and her painting “Di- Artist Liz Gerstein and her painting vas.” “Cherry Blossoms.”

Gallery Hosts Work of Four Artists “Me and My Mom” To honor Mom on Mother’s Day, send us your favorite snapshots of you with your going to end up. I don’t reproduce what I see; the Mom and The Potomac Almanac will publish them in our Mother’s Day issue. Be sure Discussing art, artists painting evolves. My process of creating is that I ar- to include some information about what’s going on in the photo, plus your name and phone number and town of residence. To e-mail digital photos, send to: rive at a subject matter that is unplanned. I hope the and their audience. [email protected] viewer gets a sense of creativity and imagination in Or to mail photo prints, send to: my paintings.” The Potomac Almanac, “Me and My Mom Photo Gallery,” By Colleen Healy She will give a talk at the gallery later this month 1606 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314 The Almanac Photo prints will be returned to you if you include a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and feels, “It is a very educational process to ana- but please don’t send us anything irreplaceable. lyze artwork in front of the artist. Anything you can his month at The Art Gallery of Potomac, do for the visual arts is very important not only for three local artists and a sculptor will show the audience but for the artist also. I can’t imagine Ttheir work. The first two artists will what the world would be like without the arts. A present their paintings in the show “2 hole would be left in the whole community without Visions.” Artist Millie Shott describes her work as the arts.” “semi realistic. I experiment and never know what is Liz Gerstein grew up in Switzerland and was an interpreter, translator and professional handwriting analyst. She spent many years writing books such as “Handwriting and Palmistry,” “In the Palm of Your Hand” and “About Face.” This left no time for paint- ing but she returned painting within the last three years. “I like painting the way I see things and enjoy them. I don’t do dreary things. Shape, color, expression and mood inspire me. I forget all problems when I paint. I lose myself,” Gerstein said. Sam Noto started out as an accountant then re- turned to school to earn his master’s degree in sculp

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Artist Felisa Federman with her painting Sam Noto with his sculpture “Water Iris.” “Sunflowers.” www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 ❖ 7 Entertainment

shrubs and roses, herbs and vegetables, WEDNESDAY/APRIL 27 wildflowers, perennials and all the essentials for The Sweater Set. 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. your summer garden. Also specialty boutiques, Maureen Andary and Sara Curtin perform at the Funland, games, crafts, inflatables, carnival Mansion at Strathmore. Combined, the two games, and boardwalk style food; Mark’s Run, a members of The Sweater Set perform on 5K race and 1 mile “family fun run”, Sunday, ukulele, guitar, flute, accordion, glockenspiel, May 1. At Landon School, 6101 Wilson Lane, maracas, banjo, piano and kazoo. At the Bethesda. Visit www. Landon.net/azalea. Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. To purchase tickets, call 301- SATURDAY/APRIL 30 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org. Spring Festival and Native Plant Sale. 1 to 4 p.m. Take part in woodland hikes, play nature THURSDAY/APRIL 28 games, make crafts, view exhibits, watch a live Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio. Initiatives animal show and purchase native plants. At and Direction for Rockville. 10:30 a.m. Part of Croydon Creek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road, the JCC Seniors Organized for Change. At Ring Rockville. Go to ww.rockvillemd.gov/ House, 1801 E. Jefferson Street, Rockville. For croydoncreek/ or call 240-314-8770. reservations, call Debby Sokobin at 301-348- An Evening with Strauss Waltz Ball. 9 p.m. to 3760. midnight. Admission is $20. With the band, Olde Slow Blues and Swing Dance. 9 p.m. to 11:30 Vienna with Dave Wiesler, Alexander Mitchell, p.m. Admission is $8. With DJ Mike Marcotte Barbara Heitz, Ralph Gordon and Elke Baker. At and Guests. Slow blues lesson from 8:15 to 9 the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo, 7300 p.m.; dancing from 9 to 11:30 p.m. At the Back MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Call Joan Koury at Room at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., 202-238-0230 or Glen Echo Park at 301-634- Glen Echo. Call Donna Barker at 301-634-2231 2222, or go to www.WaltzTimeDances.org. or go to [email protected] or www.CapitalBlues.org. SUNDAY/MAY 1 Cello Concert. 3 p.m. Free. With Drew Owen on FRIDAY/APRIL 29 cello and Jeffery Watson on piano. At Concert and Fashion Sale Fundraiser. 6 to Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo 10 p.m. With Singer/songwriter Justin Trawick, Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Visit and a “Walking Wearables” Fashion Sale and www.washingtonconservatory.org or call 301- Auction. Tickets are $10/each. To benefit DC 320-2770. Avon Walk. At Howard Avenue Arts Incubator Audubon Nature Fair. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gallery, 4218 Howard Avenue in Kensington. Entertainment, Wildlife Ambassadors, Scales Bicycle Donations Drop-off. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and Tales, Banjo Man Frank Cassel, rock Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, Parking climbing wall, hands-on nature fun and more. At Lot 4, Campus Drive, Rockville. Donors may Woodend Nature Sanctuary, 8940 Jones Mill SATURDAY/MAY 7 drop off bicycles, bike parts and accessories, Road, Chevy Chase. Call 301-652-9188 or visit Chicago’s Second City Performs. 8:45 p.m. The performance will feature some of the best sketches, hand tools suitable for bike shops, and portable www.ANShome.org. songs and improvisations from Second City’s 45-plus year history. Tickets are $85, $125 and $150 per The Art of the Balalaika. sewing machines. A $10/bike donation is 3 p.m. The program person and can be purchased by calling Marcia Newfeld at 301-299-0225. At Congregation B’nai suggested to defray shipping and handling (all will feature Olga Orlovskaya, the orchestra’s Tzedek, 10621 South Glen Road, Potomac. donors receive receipt for tax purposes). balalaika concertmaster, Andrei Saveliev, Donations will benefit Bikes for the World, a formerly with the legendary Andreyev Balalaika project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Russia. Tickets are The fashion show, with fashions provided by Author Talk. 2 p.m. “The Geeks Shall Inherit The Association, and support programs in Africa and $25/door; $20/advance. For tickets, call 240- Bloomingdale’s, will feature mother-daughter Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Central America providing health, education, 314-8690. At the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, models. A benefit for the National Rehabilitation Outsiders Thrive After High School.” New York and employment services to communities in 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. Hospital and patients who suffer from brain Times author Alexandra Robbins (who wrote need. Contact: 240-567-4054 or visit Teaching by Shamar Rinpoche, “Day-to-Day injuries. Honorary chair is WUSA-TV anchor “The Overachievers,” about Walt Whitman High www.bikesfortheworld.org Meditation.” 10 a.m. to noon. Free. At Bodhi Anita Brikman. Julia Palmer, manager of School) will discuss her new book, which is Path Wshington DC Metro Area, 12540 Falls Bloomingdale’s at Tysons Corner, will serve as about popularity and outsiders, and sign books Road, Potomac. Email: at the Bethesda Barnes & Noble, 4801 Bethesda APRIL 29-30 master of ceremonies. To RSVP for the event, [email protected] or call 240-453-9200. call 301-365-2425 or email Avenue, Bethesda, Phone: 301-986-1761. Call It Anything: Miles Davis’ “Electric Yom Ha’shoah/Holocaust Commemoration. [email protected]. Encore Chorale Spring Concert. 2 p.m. Free. Period” 1968–1991. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. 4 to 6:30 p.m. Dor L’Dor Youth Program runs Slow Blues and Swing Dance. 9 to 11:30 p.m. Presents “From Berlin to Beatles.” Performing Through the use of film footage and excerpts from 4-5 p.m. while adults are invited to Admission is $8. Slow Blues lesson from 8:15 to will be the Encore Chorales from: Washington from recordings like “Live-Evil” and “On the participate in “Unto Every Person There is A 9 p.m.; dancing from 9 to 11:30 p.m. With DJ Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park; Corner,” poet and music critic Reuben Jackson Name” or view art on display in the lobby. The Mike Marcotte and Guests. At the Back Room at Schweinhaut Senior Center. At Glen Echo Park, will discuss this chapter of Miles Davis’ career. community commemoration begins at 5 p.m. Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Visit At The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Keynote address by Nathan Lewin, a Sugihara Echo. Call Donna Barker at 301-634-2231 or go encorecreativity.org or Bethesda. Visit www.writer.org. survivor and community leader, memorial to [email protected] or [email protected] or call 301- candle lighting, Kaddish, reflection, music and www.CapitalBlues.org. 261-5747. poetry. At Congregation B’nai Tzedek, 10621 Montgomery Potters Sale. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SATURDAY/APRIL 30 South Glen Road, Potomac. Contact Arielle MAY 6, 7, 8 Huge selection of functional and decorative Shamar Rinpoche Book Signing. 4 to 6 p.m. Farber at [email protected] or 301-348- Spring Festival. Free. At Saint George Greek handmade pottery by more than 30 local Shamar Rinpoche will sign the new English 7365. Orthodox Church. Agora (Greek Marketplace), potters. At Colesville Presbyterian Church, translation of his book, The Path to Awakening, From Fear to Confidence. 2 to 4 p.m. Help your Greek food, pastries and outdoor grills, Greek 12800 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Visit a commentary on Chekawa Yeshe Dorje’s Seven dog overcome his fears. With speaker Jeni wine and beer, live Greek music, Yiayia’s Attic www.MontgomeryPotters.org. Points of Mind Training. At Bodhi Path Grant, CPDT-KA; Train Your Best Friend (flea market), vendors of Greek art, jewelry and Washington DC Metro Area, 12540 Falls Road, (www.trainyourbestfriend.com). At Potomac more. At Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, SUNDAY/MAY 8 Potomac. Email: [email protected] or Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. 7701 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda. Call 301-469- Cajun and Zydeco Dance Party. 3:30 to 6 p.m. call 240-453-9200. Register by emailing 7990 or www.stgeorge.org. Admission is $20. With the Savoy Family Cajun [email protected] or by calling 301- Band. Introductory dance lesson from 3 to 3:30 APRIL 29 THROUGH MAY 1 983-5913. SATURDAY/MAY 7 p.m.; dancing from 3:30 to 6 p.m. At the Azalea Garden Festival. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. Open Door Reading: The Return of Halley’s Young Artists of America Inaugural Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park, 7300 Plant sale featuring azaleas, annuals, flowering Comet. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. A reading of Donald Concert. 2 p.m. Young Artists of America is a MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Call Michael Hart Bliss’, The Return of Halley’s new organization whose mission is to provide at 301-762-6730 or go to Comet, a play about Twain’s young artists the opportunity to learn and www.DancingbytheBayou.com. dictation of his autobiography perform major works for opera, musical theatre, written by the great-grandson of and dance in concert with full orchestra, MONDAY/MAY 9 one of his publishers. At The performing alongside professional artists. GWCAR 2011 Golf Outing. 11 a.m. checking; 12 Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Suggested free-will donation $20/adults; $5/ noon shotgun start. Cost is $225/person; $900/ Street, Bethesda. Visit children. At Strathmore, To reserve tickets, foursome. At Kenwood Country Club, 5601 www.writer.org. email [email protected] or call River Road, Bethesda. Contact Heidi Bogdansky at 301-590-8793 or [email protected]. MONDAY/MAY 2 240-242-9580. The Folger Consort. 7:30 p.m. Medieval and PEN World Voices Festival. 7 Baroque music with featured. Guest artists TUESDAY/MAY 10 p.m. Cost is $5/$10. Featuring Marcia Young, Soprano and Harpist, and Mark Dana and Susan Robinson. 8 p.m. Tickets are Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Rimple, Lutenist. Led by Robert Eisenstein. $18/door; $15/advance. At the Unitarian Montecore; Daniel Orozco, Admission is $20/door; no tickets required. At Universalist Church of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Orientation: And Other Stories; Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Drive, Rockville. Visit www.robinsongs.com or Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley. Blvd., Bethesda. Call 301-365-2850 or visit contact David Spitzer at Moderated by Lisa Page, President www.bradleyhillschurch.org. [email protected] or 301-275-7459. of PEN/Faulkner Board of Anne of Green Gables. 11 a.m. Tickets are $7/ Directors. At The Writer’s Center, adults; $6/seniors/students/children. At the THURSDAY/MAY 12 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda. Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, “America’s Veterans: A Musical Tribute.” Visit www.writer.org or call 301- 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Free tickets. Featuring SATURDAY/APRIL 30 Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., 654-8664. Rockville. Box Office: 240-567-5301. Country Music Sensation Jo Dee Messina, Irish Irish Piano Music. 8 p.m. With Thérèse Fahy on piano. Free. Tenor Ronan Tynan, Jazz Trumpeter Arturo THURSDAY/MAY 5 Flea Market and Community Yard Sale. 8:30 Presented by Washington Conservatory of Music, Imagine a.m. to 12:30 p.m. At Potomac Community Sandoval and “So You Think you Can Dance” Ireland, and the Fulbright Commission. At Westmoreland Old Angler’s Inn Spring Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Tables cost Season 3 Winner Sabra Johnson. At the Music Congregational Church, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. Fashion Show. 11:30 a.m. to $30 (proceeds to benefit community center). Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, Visit www.washingtonconservatory.org or call 301-320-2770. 2:30 p.m. Cost is $50 to attend. Call Emily McDonell at 240-777-6960. Bethesda. Call 301-581-5100. 8 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Entertainment Fine Arts Theater

NOW THROUGH MAY 29 Concerts in Bethesda George & Martha: Tons of Fun! Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Some Saturday 11 a.m. performances. Single ticket prices range from $10-$22, With warm summer weather approach- with group rates available. The two endearing hippos from the James Marshall ing, patrons will be able to delight in picture books stomp onto stage in this warm and funny musical adaptation. George and Martha are best friends. They play music together and share meals, weekly outdoor concerts in downtown presents, picnics, and exciting adventures like flying a balloon. Sometimes they Bethesda. This series, produced by the have differences as all friends do. But it cannot last. Like all good friends, George Bethesda Urban Partnership, will feature and Martha just can’t stay angry for long! This simple story says much about our relationships at any age. Geared for our youngest theatre-goers but enjoyable for free Thursday evening concerts during the all, this new musical by Joan Cushing sparkles with clever lyrics and laughter. At months of May, June and July. The con- Imagination Stage 4908 Auburn Avenue, Bethesda. Visit certs offer a diverse range of music includ- www.imaginationstage.org. ing rock, funk, blues, pop, reggae and APRIL 21 THROUGH JUNE 2 swing. “Snow White and the 7 Dwarves.” Show times are Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.; The concerts begin on May 5 and take Thursdays and Fridays at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tickets are $10/adults and children. Recommended for K- place on Thursday evenings, from 6 – 8 6. Group rates available. Presented by the Puppet Co. and based on the Grimm p.m. in Veterans Park, located at the cor- MAY 10 TO JUNE 4 fairytale. Call 301-634-5380 or visit www.thepuppetco.org. ner of Woodmont and Norfolk Avenues. Eunhee Park Dickerson. Paintings and drawings. Her works are mainly abstract oil paintings on canvas, but the show will also include her NOW THROUGH MAY 11 Call 301-215-6660 or visit drawings and prints on paper. At the Waverly Street Gallery, 4600 East- “Tiny Tots @ 10.” 10 a.m. “Tiny Tots @ 10” is designed for young children ages 0- www.bethesda.org. West Highway, Bethesda. Artist’s Reception is Friday, May 13, from 6-9 4. The program features master puppeteer Bob Brown. The lights stay on, the p.m. Visit www.waverlystreetgallery.com. Call 301-951-9441. doors stay open, and everyone has a great time! Tickets are $5. All individuals must have a ticket, including babes-in-arms. Running time is 30 minutes. Email: Date Band Name (type of music) [email protected] or visit www.thepuppetco.org. For reservations, call May 5 — Janine Wilson (Rock & Blues) APRIL 28 TO MAY 29 301-634-5380. ❖ Miniature Marvels. Oils, watercolors, collages and mixed media with 12 April 27 — “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” May 12 — Swing Shift Band (Swing) ❖ artists: Jing-Jy Chen, Marilyn Devers, Bonita Glaser, Mimi Hegler, Linda April 30 — “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” May 19 — The Crimestoppers (Rock & ❖ Kozak, Pamela Patrick, Ellen Ratner, Genevieve Roberts, Nancy Still, May 4 — “Baby Bear’s Birthday” ❖ Blues) Katherine Sullivan, Bonita Tabakin and Shirley Tabler. A Meet the May 7 — “Baby Bear’s Birthday” ❖ May 26 — Cheike Hamala Diabate (West Artist’s Reception is Sunday, May 1 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. At the May 8 — “Bunny Business” ❖ May 11 — “Old McDonald’s Farm” African Funk) Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. June 2 — Tom Principato (Blues) NOW THROUGH MAY 29 NOW THROUGH APRIL 27 June 9 — Swingtopia (Jazz) “The Day John Henry Came to School.” June 16 — Five Finger Discount Band Focus on Color. An exhibit by photographers Deborah Gillham, Marsha Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Some Liebl, and Judy Reisman and glass-on-metal artist Susana Garten. At (Classic Funk) Saturday 11 a.m. performances. Tickets are $10 Gallery Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac, MD. Call 301-299- to $22. Visit www.imaginationstage.org, at the June 23 — The Players Band (Ska, Reggae, 7087. Imagination Stage box office, or via phone at 301- Rock) NOW THROUGH JUNE 280-1660. Group rates are available. Box office June 30 — LaRue Boogaloo (Soul & Jazz) hours are 10 to 5 daily. At the Imagination Stage, Fused Glass Exhibition. Free. An exhibition of fused glass by Kari 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda. Call 301-280-1660 or July 7 — Oasis Island Sounds (Reggae) Minnick and paintings by Deborah Brisker Burk. Artists’ reception www.imaginationstage.org. July 14 — 8 Ohms Band (Funk) Sunday, May 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. At Gallery Har Shalom, 11510 Falls John Henry Road, Potomac. Call 301-299-7087. July 21 — Invitation (Variety/Dance) (Dereks Thomas)

THE POTOMAC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE in partnership with THE HUNTER’S INN

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Cost: Potomac Chamber Members: $10.00 Non-Members: $15.00 Cash Bar available HUNTER’S IS GENEROUSLY PROVIDING HORS D’OUERVES FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!

To reserve your place and/or for additional information, Call the Potomac Chamber of Commerce: 301-299-2170 R.S.V.P. by May 23, 2011

Bring your business cards and plenty of conversation!

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10 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com News OPEN HOUSES Get Ready for ‘Bullis Gives Back’ IN POTOMAC SAT./SUN. APRIL 30/MAY 1 From Page 3

However, this year’s ”Bullis Gives Back” Family 5K Run/2.5K Walk will be different. For the first time, the race will be open to the public. The event co-chairs Nikki DePandi, Roslyn Tavel and Debbie Friedlander are hoping the Potomac community will come out to support the race/fun walk which takes place on the Bullis campus. “This year we are hoping many local residents will come out to support us. We feel certain we will have a good turnout from the Bullis community, but we want Race Webmaster William Sophie Roberts with the Tavel created the website winning t-shirt design for racers from the area too. Our goal 1011 Grand Oak Way, Rockville 20852, $729,500 is at least 500 participants and to www.BullisGivesBack.org. Bullis Gives Back Run. Open Sunday 1-4 P.M. • Alan Sherman, raise over $20,000 this year,” said Long and Foster, 301-602-9953 DePandi. “We will have the 5K race as well as the runners surrounding it and the message “Bullis Gives 2.5K walk. We will also have a 400-meter Bulldog Back - Healing Homelessness Step By Step.” When you visit one of these Open Houses, tell the Realtor you saw it in this Fun Run for ages 5 and under. In addition, Bullis William Tavel, also a Bullis student, spent more Connection Newspaper. For more real estate listings and open houses, visit National Honor Society students will conduct games than 25 hours designing and producing the website. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com & click the Real Estate links on the right side. for the children 5 and under during the race. It’s a A self-taught webmaster, his website contains regis- Call Specific Agents to Confirm Dates & Times. wonderful way for families to spend a day.” tration forms, information about sponsorships, do- One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to nations and the run schedule. Potomac (20854) benefit the Stepping Stones Shelter. This shelter pro- Julie Wright from Fox 5 and Carson from MIX 107.3 vides homeless men, women and children with food will be the race emcees. There will also be a DJ, 11005 Homeplace Lane...... $1,199,000...... Sunday 2-4...... Meg Percesepe...... Washington Fine Prop....240-441-8434 and shelter. It offers two programs: an emergency music, food, raffle, prizes for the fastest female and 10633 Willowbrook Dr...... $1,699,900....Sat/Sun 12-5...Autumn Ambrose...... Potomac Heritage ....240-453-9444 assessment shelter program, providing six families male and more. 13438 Bissel Ln...... $1,399,000...... Sun 1-4...... Alexa Kempel...... Washington Fine Prop....240-678-4561 with crisis support services, and a Hope Housing pro- 9410 Lost Trail Way...... $439,000...... Sun 1-4...... Leslie Friedson...... Long & Foster....301-455-4506 gram which provides permanent housing and sup- PACKET PICKUP will take place at 8:30 a.m. with 12009 Bogan Ct...... $949,000...... Sun 1-4...... John Shakarji...... Weichert...301- 523-9632 port for two families with heads of household who the 400-meter Fun Run at 9:30 a.m. At 9:45 a.m., a 11133 Hurdle Hill Dr...... $939,000...... Sun 1-4 ...... Anne Baker...... Washington Fine Prop....202-997-0504 are disabled. Fitness First trainer will lead the racers in warm-up 11409 Falls...... $1,795,000...... Sun 1-4..Norman Domingo...... XRealtyNET....888-838-9044 Bullis students have an on-going relationship with stretches and the 5K will begin at 10 a.m. The 2.5K 10828 Admirals Way...... $1,200,000...... Sun 1-4.....Yasmin Abadian...... Long & Foster....301-982-0060 the Stepping Stones Shelter. Students regularly vol- walk will begin at 10:05. On-line registration is en- 9630 Beman Woods Way...... $1,099,000...... Sun 1-4...... Randall Stark...... Long & Foster....202-363-9700 unteer there, cleaning, gardening, painting, sorting couraged at www.bullisgivesback.org, but walk-in 12009 Bogan St...... $949,000...... Sun 1-4...... Jung Moon...... Weichert....301-656-2500 donations or serving in multiple ways. day of race registration will also be available. The race t-shirt features the artwork of a Bullis A few of the many sponsors supporting the event 8904 Iron Gate Ln...... $1,895,000...... Sun 2-4...... Wendy Banner...... Long & Foster....301-365-9090 student. The school held a contest for middle school are Potomac Pizza, Darcars, Mama Lucia, First Bethesda (20817) art students to submit original artwork for the t-shirt Potomac Realty, Halle Construction, Bullis School, design. The winner was eighth grader Sophie Rob- Whole Foods and more. 9019 Burdette Rd...... $1,595,000...... Sun 1:30-4...... Eduardo Manus...... Washington Fine Prop....703-851-9697 erts. Her design depicts the message of the 5K Run The minimum donation is $25. Donations of any 6509 Bradley Blvd...... $1,095,000...... Sun 1:30-4 ...... Frances Baker...... Washington Fine Prop....301-367-8854 with a design depicting the world with figures of amount and donations-in-kind are welcome. 7302 Durkin Ter...... $999,000...... Sun 1-4...... Diane Patronas...... Long & Foster....301-983-0060 7400 Lakeview Dr #N404...... $172,000..Sun 2:30-4:30...... Jim Thomas...... ReMax 2000....301-881-1700 Four Artists Exhibit Their Work North Potomac (20878) 378 Hart Road...... $642,500...... Sun 1-4 Elaine Koch & Assoc..ReMax Metropolitan ....301-840-7320 14821 Native Dancer Ln...... $679,900...... Sun 1-4...... Lisa Hodgson...... Long & Foster....866-677-6937 From Page 7 rest. Nature is chaos and the eyes need to rest and 13324 Darnestown Rd...... $649,999...... Sun 1-4...... Jamie Coley...... Long & Foster....301-907=5543 the sculpture stabilizes the eyes. But sometimes the ture. His focus is color theory and is interested in garden is stable and the sculpture is chaos.” Rockville (20850, 20852) how the audience will react to the color scheme. He Artist Felisa Federman describes her current work 502 King Farm Blvd, #205...... $349,000...... Sun 1-4...... Leslie Friedson...... Long & Foster....301-455-4506 will present “Into the Garden” which will show sculp- as “abstract art with elements of everyday life of the ture for private contemporary outdoor spaces. consumer. Abstract art is hard to understand but if 1011 Grand Oak Way...... $729,500...... Sun 1-4...... Alan Sherman...... Long & Foster....301-602-9953 The three types of sculptures to be shown are color you put in something from everyday life you can re- 11800 Old Georgetown Rd #1325...$423,995...Sat/Sun 11-6 ...... Bob Lucido...... Toll MD....410-979-6024 field, chaos and anxiety sculptures. He feels the “role late to it. For example the barcode is on everything 11800 Old Georgetown Rd #1114....$449,690...Sat/Sun 11-6 ...... Bob Lucido...... Toll MD....410-979-6024 of sculpture in the garden is to let the viewer’s eyes in modern life. 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Gallery hours building inspector to check the structural in- are Thursday-Sunday, 12-4 p.m. The gallery is lo- tegrity of the building, and the store was tem- cated at 10107 River Road in Potomac. Phone 240- For an Open House Listing Form, porarily closed. “There was glass everywhere,” 447-9417. call Deb Funk at 703-778-9444 or e-mail Kanchuger said. An opening reception will be held Saturday, May 7 Full of Beans is now open, although the store from 6-8 p.m. Shott and Gerstein will give an art [email protected] plans to close in late May or early June accord- talk and watercolor demonstration on Thursday, May ing to a sign hanging before the accident. 19 from 2-4 p.m. For more information, visit All listings due by Monday at 3 P.M. www.potomacartists.org. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ April 27 - May 3, 2011 ❖ 11 Potomac Almanac Sports Editor Jon Roetman 703-224-3015 or [email protected] Sports See www.potomacalmanac.com Sports Briefs

day and will play another road The boys tennis team will travel to face At Churchill game at 1:30 p.m. on April 30 Poolesville at 3:30 p.m. on April 27. Wednesday, April 27 will be against Seneca Valley. The girls lacrosse team will travel to face a busy day for Churchill High The softball team will travel Blake at 11:30 a.m. on April 30. School athletics as the Bull- to face Churchill at 3:30 p.m. The boys volleyball team will travel to dogs return to action after on April 28 and Seneca Valley face Seneca Valley at 3:30 p.m. on April 27 spring break offered more at 1:30 p.m. on April 30. with the co-ed match to follow. than a week off for some The boys lacrosse team will teams. host Richard Montgomery at The girls lacrosse team will 7 p.m. on April 27, will travel At Bullis look to maintain its unde- to face Wootton at 7 p.m. on The boys lacrosse team will host Landon feated record with a 7 p.m. April 28 and Damascus at 7 at 7 p.m. on April 29. game at Poolesville. The Bull- p.m. on April 29. The Bullis girls lacrosse team will travel dogs are 7-0 and outscoring The girls lacrosse team will to face St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes at 5:30 their opponents by an average travel to face Gaithersburg at p.m. on April 28. margin of 17-8. Churchill will 5:15 p.m. on April 27 and Ri- The softball team will host Holy Child at close the regular season with chard Montgomery at 7 p.m. 4:15 p.m. on April 27 and travel to face games against Seneca Valley, on April 28. The Vikings will Georgetown Day at 4:15 p.m. on April 29. Damascus, Walter Johnson host Damascus at 11:30 a.m. The baseball team will travel to face and Paint Branch. on April 30. Landon at 4:30 p.m. on April 28 and host “The next [few] games that The boys tennis team will Georgetown Day at 10 a.m. on April 30. come,” head coach Christen travel to face Bethesda-Chevy The boys golf team will host Mercersburg Gjeldum said in last week’s Chase at 3 p.m. on April 28 at 3:20 p.m. on April 27 and Good Counsel Almanac, “will determine and will host Blair at 3:30 at 3:20 p.m. on April 28. whether we’re just a great p.m. on April 29. The boys tennis team will host The team or a championship The boys volleyball team Heights at 4:15 p.m. on April 28. team.” will host Richard Montgomery The boys lacrosse team will at 5:15 p.m. on April 27 with Lacrosse Tryouts host Poolesville at 5:15 p.m. the co-ed match to follow. on April 27 and Seneca Valley NoVa West Lacrosse is accepting registra- on April 29. tions to try out for their 2011 Summer Se- The baseball team will host At Wootton lect teams. Tryouts will be held May 1, 8, Springbrook at 3:30 p.m. The The boys lacrosse team will 15 and 22 with teams being announced on Bulldogs (3-8) have lost three host Blake at 7 p.m. on April May 22. NoVa West Lacrosse plays in com- straight after a three-game 27 and travel to face Gonzaga petitive recruiting tournaments during the win streak. Churchill will host at 4 p.m. on April 29. summer. Register today for a tryout at http:/ Whitman at 3:30 p.m. on April The baseball team will host /www.novawestlax.com. 28. Bethesda-Chevy Chase at 3:30 The softball team will host Photo by Harvey Levine/The Almanac p.m. on April 27 and travel to Sports Updates Springbrook at 3:30 p.m. on Maddie Flax and the Churchill girls lacrosse team look to face defending state cham- April 27 and Whitman at 3:30 maintain their undefeated record after returning form pion Sherwood at 3:30 p.m. On Twitter p.m. on April 28. on April 29. spring break. Follow sports editor Jon Roetman on The boys tennis team will The softball team will also Twitter at @jonroetman for sports updates host Damascus at 3:30 p.m. host B-CC at 3:30 p.m. on April 27 and around Montgomery County and Northern The boys volleyball team will play at At Whitman travel to face Sherwood at 3:30 p.m. on Virginia. Walter Johnson at 5:15 p.m. with the co-ed The baseball team returns to action at April 29. match to follow. 3:30 p.m. on April 27 at home against Ri- chard Montgomery. The Vikings will travel to face Churchill at 3:30 p.m. the following

Photo by Harvey Levine/The Almanac Photo by Harvey Levine/The Almanac Kaitlin Payne and the Whitman Nicole Aust and the Bullis girls Photo by Ann Hindman girls lacrosse team returns from lacrosse team will face area power Senior Robert Logan and the Wootton baseball team will face defending spring break with three games in St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes on April state champion Sherwood on April 29. four days. 28.

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To have an item listed mail to Katelyn Marie Kumm of Potomac and universities nationwide. [email protected]. and a 2007 Churchill High School Deadline is Thursday at noon for the fol- graduate, was inducted into Alpha Phi Fily Thiam, the daughter of Oumou Age 2 - Grade 12 lowing week’s paper. Call 703-778-9412. Sigma, The National Criminal Justice and Idrissa Thiam of North Potomac, Honor Society on April 13 at West Lib- was named to the Dean’s List at Kathryn Brant Klein of Potomac erty University. Randolph-Macon Academy for the third was named to the dean’s list for the fall quarter of the 2010-11 school year. Fily 2010 semester. Klein is a graduate of Win- Heather Mueller, daughter of is a freshman at the Academy. ston Churchill High School in Potomac. Potomac residents Michael and Janice Mueller, presented “How Corporate Tessa Port, the daughter of Joseph During Limestone College’s December America Can Incorporate and Foster A and Cynthia Port, recently traveled to commencement ceremony, Thomas Deeper-Level Of Diversity in Organiza- Columbus, Ga., with Washington Langan of Potomac was presented with tions,” at the 25th annual National College’s Habitat for Humanity Club a BS degree in business administration/ Conference on Undergraduate Research over the 2011 Spring Break week. Port marketing. held at Ithaca College March 31 to April is a freshman and a member of Campus 2. Selection to the conference was com- Christian Fellowship and also serves as EPISCOPAL SCHOOL Roisin Magee of Potomac was petitive. Mueller was among 3,000 Secretary for the Service Council. Port named to the dean’s list at Tufts Univer- students representing some 440 colleges graduated from Winston Churchill High sity for the fall 2010 semester. School in 2010.

The following Randolph-Macon Acad- emy students have been named to the President’s List for the third quarter of the 2010-11 school year for achieving a grade point average of 4.0 or better: ❖ David Lee, the son of Hong Gang Li and Chun Qing Lei of Potomac, and a freshman at the Academy. • Full & Half Day ❖ Birahim Thiam, the son of Oumou and Idrissa Thiam of North •Enrichment Programs Potomac, and a junior at the Academy. • Lunch Bunch Potomac Woods Plaza Alan Xie, a junior at Richard Mont- 1071 Seven Locks Rd. gomery High School, was elected the • Summer Camp 301-294-4840 2011-2012 student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education • Before & After Care Programs Register Today For Summer Camps & Classes on April 13. Xie, who is currently repre- • Programs for 2-Kindergarten senting students on the board, is the Call or register online to hold your spot second student in MCPS history to run www.thelittlegym.com/potomacmd for, and win, a second term. Xie was Camp Dates: June 6 - August 5 chosen by more than 72 percent of the secondary students who cast ballots in Programs for kids 4 months to 12 years old. the election, conducted by the Mont- Parent/Child * Gymnastics * Dance * Sports Skills gomery County Region of the Maryland Association of Student Councils (MCR). Parties * Camps * Parents’ Survival Nights Xie defeated Hal Zeitlin, a junior at Win- Schedule An Introductory Class! ston Churchill High School.

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