Piscataway Tribal Ongoing Connections To the Potomac River News, Page 3 Classifieds, Page 7 Classifieds, v Entertainment, Page 6 Piscataway Conoy Native American speaker Mario Harley talks about Piscataway Conoy past and present at Discovering Wildflowers Great Falls Tavern. Requested in home 5-16-19 home in Requested Time sensitive material. material. sensitive Time Along the C&O Canal Postmaster: Attention News, Page 4 WSS ECR Postal Customer Postal permit #322 permit Easton, MD Easton, Obituary: Peter M. Kimm PAID U.S. Postage U.S. Page 6 STD PRSRT Photo by Debbie Stevens/The Almanac by Debbie Stevens/The Photo May 15-21, 2019 online at potomacalmanac.com 2 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ May 15-21, 2019 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac Editor Steven Mauren News 703-778-9415 or [email protected] See www.potomacalmanac.com Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland Shares History, Present Piscataway continue connection to the Potomac River. he Piscataway people and their ancestors have lived in Mary Tland for more than 13,000 years. All Piscataway are con- scious of a history that reaches back long before Europeans had invaded their home- land. Despite having endured the effects of colonialism for nearly 400 years, the Piscataway continued to thrive, leaving their mark on the history of the region, ac- cording to a report by Many place names throughout the region, for example, are derived from Algonquian words used by the Piscataway. The Piscataway Conoy were recognized in 2012 by then-Gov. Martin O’Malley after decades of lobbying. “American Indians have, through their cultural heritage, his- torical influence, and participation in pub- lic life, and helped to make the State of Maryland the great State that it is today,” the orders read, according to press reports from the time. They first encountered Jesuit missionar- ies in 1634. Most of the Piscataway con- verted to Catholicism, and their tribal gov- by Debbie Stev Photo ernment agreed to a series of treaties with the Maryland colonial government. Francis Gray of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland gives a presentation at the Great Falls Tavern in the C&O Na- ens tional Historical Park. Pick Your Pit Stops in Celebration of ‘Bike to Work Day’ on Friday, May 17 ontgomery County will have 16 ton, D.C., and Northern Virginia. National Institutes of Health (Building When participants register, they will be Mpit stops located throughout the Montgomery County Department of One); Naval Support Activity Bethesda; the asked to choose one pit stop. At that stop, County as it joins the annual Transportation (MCDOT) will host pit stops Food and Drug Administration in White they will be able to pick up their free t-shirt. regionwide celebration of “Bike to Work from 6:30 to 9 a.m. in: Oak; in Gaithersburg (Kentlands in the Participants are encouraged to visit more Day” on Friday, May 17. Commuter Con- ❖ Downtown Bethesda morning and Olde Town in the afternoon); than one pit stop since each will have dif- nections and the Washington Area Bicyclist ❖ Friendship Heights Germantown; Rock Springs Business Park; ferent activities. All stops will have food, Association host the free event that offers ❖ North Bethesda at Pike and Rose Twinbrook; and Takoma Park (Downtown drinks and raffles. Some will have speakers the first 20,000 to reg- ❖ Rockville Fallsgrove and at Sligo Creek Trail). and entertainment. Montgomery ister and participate a ❖ Rockville Town Center at Dawson’s Most pit stops will be open during morn- Bike to Work Day is open to riders of all County free T-shirt, refresh- Market ing commuting hours, but the stop in Old ability levels. ments and entry into a ❖ Silver Spring at Veterans Plaza Towne Gaithersburg will welcome bike com- “It is a great opportunity for new riders raffle for a new bicycle. There will be raffles for prizes through- muters on their way home in the afternoon. to try bicycle commuting for the first time,” The national celebration of Bike to Work out the morning and a grand prize raffle of Details on the specific location and operat- said Al Roshdieh, director of Montgomery Day is held on the third Friday of May each a new bike. DJs will provide entertainment ing hours of each pit stop in Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation. year. This year’s event will have a total of and refreshments will be served at each of County, and instructions on how to register “There will be thousands of bicyclists who 115 pit stops throughout the Washington the stops hosted by MCDOT. Additional pit for the event, can be found at http:// will be participating this year who have Metropolitan Region of Maryland, Washing- stops in the County will be located at the www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/. never commuted by bike before.” Bulletin Board Submit civic/community an- for locations at which to hold HHS/OpioidResources.html for a planning priorities for the various 777-6820. nouncements at trainings. Training sessions can be current schedule. regions in the County as officials ❖ East County – Thursday, May 23 ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calen- offered privately for an organization develop the Fiscal Years 2021 to at East Montgomery Regional or can be made available to the 2026 Capital Improvements Program Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney dar. Photos and artwork welcome. THROUGH MAY 23 Deadline is Thursday at noon, at general public. Training sessions (CIP) budget. Learn more at Road, Silver Spring, 240-777- least two weeks before event. teach participants how to recognize Budget Forums. 7 p.m. Residents and www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ 8414. and respond to an overdose and free groups are invited to provide input omb/openbudget.html and Naloxone kits are provided. into the County’s next six-year capital www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ TRAINING SITES WANTED Organizations interested in hosting a construction budget by attending omb/publications.html THURSDAY/MAY 16 ❖ Montgomery County’s Opioid training should contact email public forums that will be held in Mid-County – Monday, May 20 at Cutting the Cord. 7-9 p.m. at the Response Program, which [email protected] April and May by local citizen Mid-County Community Recreation Potomac Community Center, offers free Naloxone training for or call 240-777-1836. Visit advisory boards. The forums will Center, 2004 Queensguard Road, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. community members, is looking www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ help define construction and Silver Spring, 240-777-8101 or 240- See Bulletin, Page 5 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Potomac Almanac ❖ May 15-21, 2019 ❖ 3 Community POTOMAC ALMANAC Potomac Community Village www.PotomacAlmanac.com Newspaper of Potomac A Connection Newspaper Take a Walk on the Wild (flower) Side An independent, locally owned weekly newspaper delivered to homes and businesses. somewhat like a Johnny-Jump-Up, Many flowers but it was much smaller. 1606 King Street about still along Barnes picked a fern-like leaf of Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Sweet Cicely and passed it around Free digital edition delivered to to the group to sniff and get the your email box. Go to the C&O Canal slight scent of anise. connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe towpath. She pointed out Bladdernut, Fleabane, Woodland Phlox, Wild EDITOR & PUBLISHER By Peggy McEwan Rose, Sensitive Fern and Mugwort Mary Kimm among other flowering plants [email protected] The Almanac @MaryKimm growing along the sides of the path. tarting off in a field of but- EDITORIAL Along the way Barnes told sto- PHONE: 703-778-9415 tercups at Violette’s Lock ries about the plants. E-MAIL: on the C&O Canal, [email protected] S Mugwort, she noted, was often Potomac Community Vil- sewn into pillows. EDITOR lage members and guests began a “It has a wonderful smell. In Steven Mauren, 703-778-9415 two hour walk to see what was [email protected] folklore it is said to cause wonder- blooming along the way. ful dreams,” she said. PRODUCTION EDITOR With the rain and early warmth Cleves, a tall thin stem with Jean Card this spring there were plenty of slight green leaves with a sticki- [email protected] flowers for the group to see even ness to them, were used by the though many could not identify CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Colonists as a sieve, Barnes said. Susan Belford, Carole Dell, what all they were seeing. “They made a mat of it and fil- Cissy Finley Grant, Carole Funger, Potomac Community Village is Colleen Healy, Kenny Lourie, tered milk through it,” she said. a group of senior citizens from the Peggy McEwan, Ken Moore Such interesting stories that Potomac area that “works to en- come along with a studied guide. Contributing hance the quality of life for all A Christmas Fern got its name Photographers members of our community. Harvey Levine, Deborah Stevens because the leaves are shaped like Our network of neighbors and a Christmas stocking. Among the Art/Design: friends offers assistance with prac- by Peggy McEw Photos medicinal plants Barnes pointed Laurence Foong, John Heinly, tical needs so that people can stay Ali Khaligh in their Potomac-area homes as Production Manager Geovani Flores they age while enjoying stimulat- Members of Potomac ing activities and new connec- Community Village and tions,” according to the group’s ADVERTISING guests gather at Violettes For advertising information website: Lock on the C&O Canal for [email protected] potomaccommunityvillage.org. a wildflower walk led by 703-778-9431 Wednesday’s wildflower walk an member Ginny Barnes. was a great opportunity for seniors Display Advertising: Kenny Lourie 301-325-1398 to get together, get out for a good [email protected] walk and learn some new things. Ginny Barnes, a founding mem- Debbie Funk National Sales & Real Estate ber of Potomac Community Village 703-778-9444 and a member of the board, led [email protected] the walk.