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By Aaron Stern

The Almanac

In 1975 Rick Hart had a friendwho needed him to fill in for twoweeks of work at the PotomacVillage Exxon gas station. Hart

needed the work so he accepted theoffer, but he did more than just fill in— he never left.

“It’s been a long two weeks,” Hartsaid with a chuckle last week as hereplaced the clutch on a Subaru sta-tion wagon. Such stories are the normwhen it comes to who is who at whatis now the Potomac Village BP, wheremany of the employees have workedfor 10-plus years and the newest em-ployee has been there four years. Turn-over isn’t exactly a buzzword at thestation that opened at the intersectionof River and Falls Roads in 1961.

Pape Gaye’s parents wereSenegalese diplomats and he grew upoff of Kentsdale Drive. He first cameto work at the Potomac station whenhe answered a help wanted sign. Heworked for two months before hisparents finished their work and thefamily returned to Senegal. In 1987Gaye applied through the U.S. em-bassy to come back, got sponsored byJon Hannam, and was back in thestates – and at Potomac BP – in shortorder and has been there ever since,

and has a second job directing air-planes and heavy equipment on thetarmac at Reagan National Airport.

“It’s a nice area, the people are nice,that’s why I stay around here,” Gayesaid.

BRIAN HANNAM was working as arepo man for a bank in 1986 whenhis uncle Jon Hannam asked him tocome to work as a night manager atthe Potomac Village Exxon station. Hedidn’t know anything about the auto-mobile service industry, but he wasmore than happy to leave his old job

See Potomac BP, Page 6

By Aaron Stern

The Almanac

Mike Mitchell remembers a timewhen Potomac used to be amore rural, quiet place. The time

was when Tuckerman Road was a dirt roadand there were no bridges at the intersec-tion of Glen Road and South Glen Road —cars had to drive through the Kilgore branchstream and doing so wasn’t an option dur-ing storms.

“This was country,” said Mitchell last weekin his small office in the back of Mitch &Bill’s Exxon at the intersection of Falls andRiver Roads. “I mean countrified.”

Then again, he also remembers whenPotomac Village was quite the party scene.Mitch & Bill’s used to shut its doors to busi-ness and open them up to host gatheringsof employees and customers from aroundthe area; the last party Mitchell recalls in-cluded boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, who tooka night off from training to come by for abeer. Those days are gone.

“Because of that word ‘liability’ you can’tdo that anymore,” said Mitchell. In the 45years that Mitchell has worked at Mitch &Bill’s — his father Clyde “Mitch” Mitchellopened the station in 1949 with his friendBill Shoemaker — he has seen a lot change.So too have some of his employees, manyof whom have been there for 10 years andsome even longer.

“I was here before they cut the hill downin the intersection [of Falls and River],” saidtechnician Harry Waters. Waters isn’t sureexactly how long he’s been there, but it’sbeen more than 20 years. The intersectionwas graded down in 1991 and four-waystop lights were put up to enhance driver

safety. Before that, cars could sometimescatch air going over the hill. “It was scarywatching dump trucks go over that inter-section,” Waters recalled.

EVEN 20 OR SO years ago Potomac hada much smaller feel, said Waters.

“It used to be more small townish, youused to know everybody,” he said. Backthen, Waters said, he used to know themajority of people that came to the stationbut today that number has dwindled dra-matically. “It’s a much, much smaller por-tion. I don’t feel like I know hardly anybodyanymore.”

That said, Waters and Mitchell said thatthey routinely see second-generationPotomac families at their station and it isn’tuncommon to see Mitchell out front of hisstation talking to people as they pump theirgas.

The pattern of repeat customers mighthave something to do with the expertise andcamaraderie of the staff. Manager Sean

Ridge has been on the job for over 20 yearsand technician Ted Heaton has been theresince 1994. Even oil change specialist DarioMejia has been on board for 13 years.

“I’m like the little Dutch guy that puts hisfinger in the dam — I do a little bit of ev-erything,” said Ridge.

Waters said that Heaton is about the bestmechanic he’s ever seen.

“A lot of mechanics might be good at onething or another … but usually you don’thave someone who can diagnose it, fix it,and get it right the first time,” said Waters.“There’s a very small percentage of guys outthere that can do that.”

Doing that has gotten harder as cars havebecome more reliant on computer systems,said Heaton.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years and for20 years you could do everything,” he said.“That’s kind of fizzled.”

See Mitch & Bill’s, Page 6

Potomac BP: Nearlyfive decades on.

Old Hands

At the crossroads of Potomac Village Mitch & Bill’s Exxon (foreground) and Potomac BP (background) havesat for and born witness to the changes that the area has seen.

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And Mitch & Bill’sExxon … since 1949

From left, Harry Waters, Sean Ridge, Mike Mitchell, Dario Mejia, CurtisRobinson, and Ted Heaton are the heart of Mitch & Bill’s.

“We have a good teamhere. It’s almost like yougo to work here with yourbuddies and get somestuff done.”

— Brian Hannam,Potomac Village BP manager


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By Aaron Stern

The Almanac

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett sits downwith The Almanac for some Potomac-focused talk.

Potomac Almanac: Virginia is startingconstruction on HOT lanes, high occu-pancy toll lanes that can be used by carswith fewer than three passengers by pay-

ing a toll. The lanes are designed to reduce trafficcongestion but they are likely to heighten thebottleneck effect that already takes place at theAmerican Legion Bridge. What do you see hap-pening on the Maryland side and would you sup-port HOT lanes in Maryland?

Ike Leggett: I would not be in favor of that.There’s a study, a project analysis going on to widenthe beltway. The portion of the beltway that is westof Connecticut Avenue creates a real dilemma forus. There are very few opportunities to do it withoutcreating a major disruption, the harm that it wouldcause to some of the neighborhoods, and then youend up with what we call the Lexus lanes as a result…. At some point you are going to create a bottle-neck the question is where is that bottleneck goingto be.

PA: The concern for Potomac residents would bethat their neighborhoods could become a cut-throughand clog up their two-lane roads.

Leggett: I think that they’re correct about that.The more traffic you have, the more people try tofind what you call neighborhood escapes, places [in]neighborhoods and roads that are not aligned to ac-commodate that traffic and there are ways to miti-gate that … The only real option in my opinion longterm is greater transit. We don’t have any transit atall that goes across the [American Legion] bridge,so to me we have to come up with ways of gettingcars off the road. There’s no way for us to engineerthat situation to provide the kind of that people wantbecause it’s just simply a huge, huge problem.

Ultimately you have to find ways to provide tran-sit between places like Bethesda and Tysons Corner.

PA: Is that something that is actively being exploredright now?

Leggett: Yeah, but it’s probably secondary to someof the other projects we have on the counter such asthe Purple Line, the Corridor Cities Transit Way.

PA: When you were on the County Council youworked to increase pedestrian safety in Potomac andthroughout the county by promoting sidewalks, isthat something that continues to be a priority foryou?

Leggett: That’s part of our pedestrian safety ini-tiative. One of the things that we have to do is sig-nificantly increase the number of sidewalks in orderto [address] the kinds of safety challenges we have.I had one sidewalk initiative in the budget that the

Council decided not to pursue [the Falls Roadhiker/biker path]. In my recommendation wehad four or five million dollars, it was quite alarge project, for a hike-bike kind of sidewalk

… they decided to delay it for the time being buthopefully they’ll come back to it because as you knowgoing down Falls Road it’s [unsafe].

PA: The construction of a sidewalk on Falls ChapelWay in the Fox Hills West neighborhood was sharplydebated by residents in the neighborhood. Whatdrove your final decision to build it?

Leggett: What at least to me was the most pre-vailing argument was that we had large numbers ofparents and kids walking and I’ve had a strong ini-tiative for ped safety and not to put the sidewalks inwould have been inconsistent with the objectives thatI have pursued, that is public safety and to reducethe number of traffic collisions and we had a goodexample here, even despite the opposition, wherewe have clear evidence that young kids are walkingin the middle of the road, families are jogging upand down the road. The prevailing thought for mewas pedestrian safety and the children of the com-munity.

PA: The Tiger Woods golf tournament has beengreat for the local economy but its future is in up inthe air. What is the county doing to keep it or an-other high-level PGA tournament in the county forthe future?

Leggett: There will be a two-year hiatus at Con

Hunting for Non-Native BeetlesThe C&O Canal National Historical Park is presently participat-

ing in an important trapping program to monitor the latest exoticinvader to the American Forests, the Emerald ash borer. The trap-ping and monitoring program is part of a much broader effortbeing coordinated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Ani-mal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Triangular purple trapshave been placed in ash trees to alert professionals to any ad-vancement of the emerald ash borer from known areas of infesta-tion, according to a press release from the park service. Moreinformation is available at www.aphis.usda.gov.

Since it was first discovered in southeast Michigan in 2002, theEmerald ash borer has spread from to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, NorthCarolina as well as parts of Prince Georges County Md., Pennsyl-vania, West Virginia, and recently Fairfax County Va. The Emer-ald ash borer can be transported in firewood and nursery stockfrom quarantined areas of the country into new locations in thepark. Neither Emerald ash borer nor Asian longhorn beetle hasbeen found yet in the C&O, but the park’s natural resource staff isworking with federal and State of Maryland plant protection agen-cies to educate the public about risks associated with transport-ing firewood. C&O Canal National Historical Park has bannedtransporting firewood into park campgrounds.

The green beetle lays eggs in bark crevices on all species of ash.Upon hatching, larvae burrow under the bark, creating feedingtunnels that interfere with the tree’s ability to translocate nutri-ents and fluids. The tree gradually starves and dies. Emerald ashborers kill ash trees within three to five years of infestation. Adultsare dark metallic green, 1/2 inch in length and 1/8 inch wide,and fly only from mid-May to September. Larvae spend the restof the year developing beneath the bark.

For any questions concerning this program, please contact ScottBell, natural resource program manager at 301-714-2224.

County Photo ContestThe Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

wants to know what the county’s residents think makes Mont-gomery County such a great place to live. Original photographsdepicting the best of their communities is part of the PlanningDepartment’s 2008 photo contest. Winning photographers willreceive a cash award ranging from $75 to $300 and have theirimages displayed at a number of Montgomery County publicevents, published in Planning Department publications and postedon its site. The Planning Department will publicize winnersthrough a variety of methods, including press releases. Read allcontest rules and complete a photo contest entry form to submitcontestants work. The Planning Department is part of the Mary-land-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

C&O Canal LoweredNear Carderock

Due to a leak in the canal’s clay liner above historic Culvert 15near Carderock, the water level in the C&O Canal has been low-ered between Widewater and the American Legion Bridge, ac-cording to the National Park Service, which oversees the C&OCanal National Historical Park. Preliminary evaluation of the leaksuggests that roots from nearby trees created the breach of theclay liner. Wildlife and aquatic plant and animal species of thecanal are being monitored and any impacts will be minimized tothe greatest extent possible. Preparations for the repair work areunder way.

Severe Blood Shortage,Donors Sought

Low donation rates throughout the summer have caused thecommunity blood supply for all blood types to drop to a crisislevel this week. The Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region(GC&P) of the American Red Cross is reporting just a few hourssupply for types O negative, and less than one day supply for

This Week in Potomac

County Executive Leggettaddresses Potomac issues.

Executive Thoughts

County ExecutiveIke Leggettpresents acertificate ofappreciation toEd Jurgrau ofShoe Train ShoeStore in CabinJohn Mall onFriday, July 18.Jurgau donated1,000 pairs ofnew shoes forchildren who arehelped throughMontgomeryCounty’s ChildWelfare Services.

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This house on Brent Road began construction in 2000 and has yet to becompleted, one of several such homes in the area.

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Halfway down the windingpath of Brent Road a newhouse is being built. The sitebustles with the activity of

contractors coming to and from and each dayprogress on the future residence can be seen.

If the constant activity there is a modelfor how the construction process should go,then a short ways down the same block isan example of the same process gonewrong. At 10904 Brent Road a rough graveldrive leads up a slight slope through aragged, weed-choked lot, at the top of whichsits a home that was started almost a de-cade ago and still is unfinished. The homeis under roof and has brick siding, but shred-ded plastic wafts from the unframed win-dows to reveal the unfinished interior of thehome.

A sign recently placed on a post in thedriveway indicates that the MontgomeryCounty Department of Permitting Serviceslast month issued a stop-work order, butwork on the home appears to have stoppedwell before that order was made. Inspec-tions on new home construction continuesas long as the builders and owners keep upcorrespondence with county officials, butwhen that stream of dialogue stops comingfrom the owners, the inspections stop too.

“They have to provide us with receipts,documentation of some sort that shows usthat they’re actually working on it,” to con-tinue the inspection process, said Susan

Scala-Demby, the zoning manager of thecounty’s Department of Permitting Services.“We inspect based on telling us that they’reready for an inspection.”

“A lot of times you see these houses pileup right before the market goes south,” saidGuy Semmes, a Potomac resident and theco-owner of Hopkins & Porter construction.

Once the building process and subsequentcounty inspections stop, neighbor com-plaints are about the only way to get in-spectors back out to the property. That mayhave been the case here — Scala-Dembysaid that a neighbor filed a complaint withher office on June 19 of last month, the

same day the stop-work order was posteddue to a problem with the site’s sedimentcontrol permit compliance, though shecould not confirm any correlation.

The home is registered to Yu-Dee Changof North Potomac, who could not be reachedfor comment for this story.

Building permits were first issued in forthe home in November of 2000 for a 13,556square-foot structure and follow-up inspec-tions were done in 2000 and 2001. Scala-Demby said that Chang switched buildingcontractors earlier this year after the housefailed an architectural inspection, but nowork appears to have taken place insideanytime recently.

“They’re going to have to make changes,probably in the house,” said Scala-Demby.“That may have been the issue with thecontractor.”

Semmes said that owner-built homes thatstall in mid-construction tend to do so ei-ther because the owners overextendedthemselves financially or because they couldnot line up potential buyers if their inten-tion was to sell the home upon completion.

“Typically it’s someone getting into it andthen something goes wrong with their fi-nances,” he said. “There’s a bunch aroundright now that are just sitting there and ofcourse they’re a real eyesore for the neigh-bors.”

Eight years afterbuilding permitswere issued,a Brent Road homeremains incomplete.

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behind and begin anew. Twenty-two yearslater and now the station manager, he’s stillglad about his decision. To him, running theservice station is about helping people, andworking with people who love the area theywork in as much as they love their work isa big part of that.

“We have a good team here,” said BrianHannam. “It’s almost like you go to workhere with your buddies and get some stuffdone.”

“By accident,” said Jon Hannam, with alaugh.

The way Terry Dunham explains it, thestation is one part automobile service, onepart neighborhood bar.

“People like to come to a place … thatyou like to see the same faces,” said Dun-ham. “If they ever want to talk to some-body, we’re here.”

Dunham is about as close to a PotomacVillage icon as one can be. His father openedDunham’s Garage just across the road backin 1951, and Dunham started pumping gasin the afternoons after his mother pickedhim up from school when he was eight-years-old.

“Basically I was around the automobile

GAS IN POTOMAC typically costs sig-nificantly more than in other areas of thecounty, a result of the high prices the oilcompanies charge their franchises to dis-tribute gasoline, said Mitchell. Today’scars are increasingly designed to rely onparts and service that only dealerships canprovide, and while technicians at servicestations still can do a large amount of ser-

vice on any and all types of cars, goingthe extra mile helps separate Mitch & Bill’sand helps them to continue to be success-ful.

“We still have full-service here, we stillhelp people check under the hood, checktheir oil … check their tires,” said Mitchell.

For Curtis Robinson, full-service attendantand roadside assistance specialist — and therookie of the crew with only five years onstaff — it’s simple not only why Mitch &

Bill’s has been around so long, but why helikes it there.

“I have my regular customers, and I likemy crew, the crew I’m with,” he said.

Time has flown for Mitchell, who startedworking at his father’s station when he was13, cleaning the bathroom and pumpinggas.

Heaton joked that Mitchell’s automotiveand business knowledge still hasn’t pro-gressed much from those early years.

environment forever,” Dunham said. Afterhis family’s garage closed down in the late1990s Dunham came across the street towork for the Hannams.

A lot has changed in the two decades thatBrian Hannam came to work at the station,and even more since Jon Hannam took itover from his father-in-law William Luhers.The intersection of Falls and River is physi-cally lower, graded down in 1991to makethe crossroads safer for drivers.

“Cars used to come over that hill andleave the pavement,” Jon Hannam said.

Jon Hannam has born witness to subdi-visions that have sprung up in place of theold farms and horse pastures that once de-fined Potomac. The number of people andtraffic has increased dramatically.

“After four o’clock, everything was quietaround here,” Gaye said.

THE CHANGE that the Hannams haveseen on an everyday basis, however, hasbeen less to do with the people and the com-munity than with the technology of the carsthemselves.

“That’s gone out the roof,” Dunham said.Between all manner of onboard computers,specialized parts and tools and, most re-cently, the rising popularity of gas-electric

hybrid engines, gone are the days of goingto work with little more than a wrench anda rag. The switch in job titles from mechanicto technician is evidence of that.

“The technology changes every day,” Dun-ham said. “We’re steadily learning every daywe come to work.”

Gone, too, are the days when the biggesttraffic jams occurred when cars would lineup out of the station after the first big snowof the season to have their warm weathertires replaced with snow tires. Nearly all oftoday’s drivers use all-season tires, BrianHannam said, and the traffic today seemsto require special occasions to take a dayoff.

The cost of business has risen dramati-cally as well. When Jon Hannam came towork sparkplugs ran about 85 cents each;last week he sold a top-of-the-line plug for$23.

“Twenty years ago people would bringtheir car in every fall for tuneups,” he said.“Now cars go a 100,000 miles without need-ing tuneups.”

“The guys have had to become really ac-climated with the computer equipment thatwe use now,” said Brian Hannam.

The constant at the station has been theemployees and, in a way, their customers.

“It’s grown — certainly there are morepeople, but Potomac’s always been able tokeep that small-town [feeling] of it there,”Dunham said.

MANY OF THEIR original customers aregone now, but in their stead are often timestheir children or grandchildren, as well ascustomers who may have been new 10 yearsago but now are regular faces.

“We’ve seen them get their driver’s li-censes, get married, and have kids,” saidDunham.

As he got out of his car to pump gas lastweek, Bob Murphy traded friendly barbswith Hart. Murphy has been coming to thestation for 20 years.

“They can fix anything on a car,” Murphysaid. “[They’re] the best — it’s a greatplace.”

As he reflected on his time at Potomac’smain crossroads, Hart — whose coworkersdescribe him as the office jokester — of-fered an anecdote that he said he’s givenout before, and it is one that could be ap-plied to all of the Potomac BP employees.

“I’ve been here a long time, don’t plan onleaving,” Hart said. “People ask me howlong I’ve been here, I say, ‘since seven thismorning.’”

Potomac BP: Nearly Five Decades on

… And Mitch & Bill’s Exxon Since 1949

From left, Rick Hart, Brian Hannam, Jon Hannam, Terry Dunham andPape Gaye share a laugh …

… before posing for a formal picture. The five men have a roughly150 years of combined service experience at the Potomac Village BPservice station.

“Somewhere in this article I want you tomention that every day is his first day,”Heaton said.

“We love playing with our owner,” saidWaters.

The station is his now, 45 years later, hav-ing taken over from Mitch & Bill in the1980s, but Mitchell’s operation still has afamily atmosphere.

“We feel like family up here we’ve beenhere for so long,” said Mitchell.

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Pets of the Week

Bounce and Pounce are two two-month-old kittens looking for “purrfect”homes. Bounce is a male, black DSH andhis sister Pounce is a gray table DSH.Both are happy, active kittens lookingfor a nice place to live for their next 15-20 years. They are currently in theMontgomery County Humane Society’sFoster Care Program. If you have thelove and care to give, call 240-483-2846or email [email protected] to meetthem.

Both of these pets are currently resid-ing at the Montgomery County HumaneSociety county shelter at 14645 RothgebDrive, Rockville. Call 301-279-9677 ore-mail [email protected].

Bounce Pounce

Dina is a female, 6-year-old, to bespayed Lab mix. Dina is a sweet girl thatwas rescued from starvation and a toughlife by PAW. She thrived in foster careand is now an obedient, happy andhealthy girl. Dina is good with kids andother dogs but not cats and will be asweet girl for her adopters.

Pooka is a male, 3 1/2-month-old,neutered, DSH kitten. A Pooka is a typeof mischievous spirit and PAW’s kittenfits his name. He enjoys romps and ex-ploring with two siblings but also lovescuddles and human attention. Pookawould be a great kitten for a lucky catlover.

Partnership for Animal Welfare(PAW) is an all-volunteer, not-for-profitgroup. To adopt an animal, volunteer ormake a tax-deductible donation, visitwww.paw-rescue.org, call 301-572-4PAW or write to PAW, P.O. Box 1074,Greenbelt, MD 20768.

Pooka Dina

To submit an item for the Civic Calen-dar, e-mail [email protected] or fax the submission to703-917-0991. Deadline is Thursday atnoon two weeks prior to the event. Forquestions, call Matthew Razak at 703-917-6476.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 23Montgomery Hospice Workshop:

“When Bad Things Happen to GoodPeople,” discussion of ways tosupport those who are facingstruggles and challenges, 7 – 8:30p.m., Montgomery Hospice, 1355Piccard Drive, Suite 100, Rockville.Free. Registration required: 301-921-4400.

Civic Calendar

SUNDAY/JULY 27Li-Ming Toastmaster will have

meeting from 10:20 to 11:45 a.m. atCounty Council building (2rd floorconference room 2F, behindcafeteria) at 100 Maryland Avenue,Rockville. Contact 301-765-1090.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 30Montgomery Hospice drop-in

discussion about grief and healing,for anyone grieving the death of aloved one. 1 – 2:30 p.m. atMontgomery Hospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Suite 100, Rockville. Free.Registration required: 301-921-4400.

Capital Hospice needs volun-teers for its weekend Point ofHope Camp, Aug. 1-3, to workalongside professionals assistingchildren, teens and adults grievinga recent loss. No experience is nec-essary — mandatory training isfree. Point of Hope Camp combinesrecreational and therapeutic activi-ties in the beautiful, rustic settingof Camp Ramblewood, north ofBaltimore. It is offered at no chargeto anyone in Northern Virginia,Washington D.C. or SuburbanMaryland. Call 703-538-2030, orvisit online www.capitalhospice.org.

Volunteer

Wootton High School Football isholding Basic Training, a football mini-camp for youth entering grades 3-8. Thecamp will be held July 28-31, 6-8 p.m.Registration fee is $65. Discount is avail-able for families with multipleparticipants. Visit www.woottonfootball.com.

Joy of Dance Class. Fall semesterbegins new dance classes at Joy of Mo-tion Dance Center, 7315 WisconsinAve., Suite 180 E, Bethesda. Call formore information 301-986-0016.

Children’s Movement Classes.Creative Movement fall session starts atKids Moving Company, 7475 WisconsinAve., Bethesda. Classes held on Tues-days, Fridays and Saturdays. Times varyby ages. 9 months-9 years. $25/class or$375/session. 301-656-1543.

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Osuna Art, 7200Wisconsin Ave., Ar-tery Plaza Lobby,Bethesda, willpresent “JamesHilleary, Paintingfrom the ‘60s”and pieces fromthe WashingtonColor Schoolt h r o u g hAug. 20 .G a l l e r yhours areWednesdayto Satur-day, 12-5p.m. Call301-654-4500or visitwww.osunaart.com.

An exhibition by members of the Ad-vanced Master Printing class taughtby Frank “Tico” Herrera will be at GlenEcho Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho, through Aug. 29. Look for imagescovering a variety of approaches to photog-raphy. In the Photoworks Studio.Wednesdays and Sundays, 1-8 p.m., andat all times during day and evening classes.Admission is free. Call 301-229-7930 orvisit www.glenechophotoworks.org.

The exhibit “Good Advice” will sur-vey almost 200 years of American advicebooks, aimed at helping people to im-prove their lives from top to bottom. Theexhibit will be on display throughSept. 21, at the Beall-Dawson House,

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The Potomac Almanac, send mail to 7913Westpark Drive, McLean, Va. 22102, e-mail to [email protected], or fax to 703-917-0991.Deadline is Thursday at noon for the fol-lowing week’s paper. Photos and artworkencouraged. Unless otherwise noted, allevents are in Potomac. If you have anyquestions, call Matthew Razak at 703-917-6457.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 23Focus Music. Amy Speace and the

Tearjerks will perform at O’Brien’sBBQ, 387 East Gude Drive, Rockville,8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general and$12 for Focus Music members. Visitwww.focusmusic.org.

Wild Birds. Raptor expert Lois Auerintroduces her special bird friends atthe Potomac Library, 10101Glenolden Drive, Potomac, 7 p.m.Pre-register at 240-777-0690.

THURSDAY/JULY 24Evening Concert. Thursday Night

concerts will take place from 6-8 p.m.in Veterans Parklocated at the cornerof Woodmont andNorfolk Avenues inBethesda. Thisweek’s performerwill be JunkyardSaints (Latin, Swing,Rock and Cajun).Contact 301-215-6660 or visitwww.bethesda.org.

Brown Bag BookDiscussion. Newto Bethesda Library,7400 ArlingtonRoad, Bethesda. Alunchtime non-fiction book club at12 p.m. Bring thebook and lunchevery fourthThursday of themonth. July’s book is“Devil in the WhiteCity.” Call 240-777-0970.

FRIDAY/JULY 25Baseball. Watch the

Bethesda Big Trainstake on the Express at Povich Field,10600 Westlake Drive in Cabin JohnRegional Park, Bethesda, 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $7 adults and $3 forchildren. Call 301-983-1006 or visitwww.bigtrain.org.

Contra Dance. Contra dances are heldevery Friday night at Glen Echo Park,7400 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, inthe Spanish Ballroom, with a lesson at7:30 p.m. and the dance from 8:30 -11:30 p.m. Beginners are alwayswelcome. Admission: $9. ContactEmail: [email protected].

SATURDAY/JULY 26Baseball. Watch the Bethesda Big

Trains take on the A’s at Povich Field,10600 Westlake Drive in Cabin JohnRegional Park, Bethesda, 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $7 adults and $3 forchildren. Call 301-983-1006 or visitwww.bigtrain.org.

Butterflies, Bees and Buds. 10-11a.m., Ages 3-5, with an adult. Enjoythe beauty of summer as the AudubonSociety reads a nature book underone of our large Tulip trees. Thentake a nature walk through themeadow and forest.ºFees: Members:$12 per child; nonmembers $14 perchild. $8 for each additional membersibling; $10 for each nonmembersibling. Adults are free. Registrationrequired. Call 301-652-9188 x26.

Summer Sounds Evening Hike.6:30-8 p.m., Ages 6 and up, with anadult. Bring the family out for arelaxing summer night walk at

Woodend. As the Audubon Societymeanders through WoodendSanctuary, look and listen for theseason’s best - bats, owls, frogs, andinsects. Fees: Members: $12 per child;nonmembers $14 per child. $8 foreach additional member sibling; $10for each nonmember sibling. Adultsare free. Registration required. Call301-652-9188 x26.

English Conversation Club. Join inpracticing and improving your spokenEnglish with the help of volunteersleading discussions at the PotomacLibrary, 10101 Glenolden Drive,Potomac, 3 p.m. Call 240-777-0690.

Swing Dance. The Tom CunninghamOrchestra will perform in the SpanishBallroom, 7300 MacArthur Blvd.,Glen Echo. Beginning swing lesson at8 p.m. is followed by dancing from 9p.m. to midnight. Admission: $15.Contact Phone: 703-533-8864.

Cajun/Zydeco Dance. Dancing by theBayou presents a Zydeco dancefeaturing Geno Delafose in theBumper Car Pavilion at Glen EchoPark, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho. Admission includes anintroductory Zydeco dance lesson at 8p.m. with Michael and Sharon,

followed by dancing until midnight.Admission: $20. Contact Email:[email protected].

Laugh Riot. Enjoy five local comics andhave a chance to tell one’s own jokesat the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, 7400Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, 8-10 p.m.Cost $10. Call 301-657-1234.

Carousel Tours. Carousel tours start at12 p.m. at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, and givevisitors a closer look at the 1921Dentzel carousel. Find out how it wasmade, how it works, and about therest of the amusement parkattractions that were built around it.Visit www.nps.gov/glec.

Park Tour. Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, toursbegin at 2 p.m. and lead visitorsthrough a walking tour of the Park tolearn about its history and the currentprograms in arts, dance and children’sactivities. Admission is free. Toursbegin at the visitor’s desk in theArcade Building. Visit www.nps.gov/glec.

Nature Program. Come visit DiscoveryCreek Children’s Museum Forest Talesexhibition at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Spendtime with the entire family whileparticipating in engaging science andnature activities. In the former GlenEcho Park stable building, near thepark entrance. Open 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Admission is free for members andchildren under 2, $5 for nonmembers.Call 202-337-5111 to makearrangements or visit

www.discoverycreek.org.

SUNDAY/JULY 27Baseball. Watch the Bethesda Big

Trains take on the Redbirds at PovichField, 10600 Westlake Drive in CabinJohn Regional Park, Bethesda, 7:30p.m. Tickets are $7 adults and $3 forchildren. Call 301-983-1006 or visitwww.bigtrain.org.

Ballroom Tea Dance. Join New HOTSJazz Orchestra for an afternoonfeaturing the music of the 1920s HotDance and 1930s-40s Swing eras inthe Spanish Ballroom at Glen EchoPark, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho. The dance class from 3 to 3:30p.m. will feature Fox trot, taught byRenee Camus. The lesson is for alllevels and is included in the cost ofadmission. Admission: $10. ContactPhone: 703-860-4142.

Contra and Square Dance. TheFolklore Society of GreaterWashington presents traditionalAmerican dancing with a focus onNew England style contra dances,including square dances, countrymixers, waltzes and other coupledances at Glen Echo Park, 7300

MacArthurBlvd., GlenEcho in theBumper CarPavillion.All dancesare taught,and nopartner isnecessary.Thenewcomers’welcomelesson is at7 p.m.,followed bycalleddances withcaller PerryShafrincalling toMiss Marty& SGB from7:30 to10:30 p.m.Admission:$12nonmembers/$9 FSGWmembers.Web site:www.fsgw.org.

Painting the C&O Canal’sLockhouse 8, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.,River Center at Lockhouse 8, C&OCanal National Historical Park, CabinJohn. Here’s an opportunity to enjoynature while exercising the creativeside. Enjoy a session of “Plein Air” oroutdoor painting with Erik Ramsey.Contact Potomac Conservancy’s RiverCenter Coordinator, Bridget Chapin,atº[email protected] or 301-608-1188, x213, or go towww.potomac.org.

Carousel Tours. Carousel tours start at12 p.m. at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, and givevisitors a closer look at the 1921Dentzel carousel. Find out how it wasmade, how it works, and about therest of the amusement parkattractions that were built around it.Visit www.nps.gov/glec.

Park Tour. Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, toursbegin at 2 p.m. and lead visitorsthrough a walking tour of the Park tolearn about its history and the currentprograms in arts, dance and children’sactivities. Admission is free. Toursbegin at the visitor’s desk in theArcade Building. Visit www.nps.gov/glec.

Nature Program. Come visit DiscoveryCreek Children’s Museum Forest Talesexhibition at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Spendtime with the entire family whileparticipating in engaging science andnature activities. In the former GlenEcho Park stable building, near the

park entrance. Open 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Admission is free for members andchildren under 2, $5 for nonmembers.Call 202-337-5111 to makearrangements or visitwww.discoverycreek.org.

MONDAY/JULY 28Storytime. Monday morning storytime

at Barnes and Noble Booksellers,4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda, 11a.m. Call 301-986-1761.

TUESDAY/JULY 29Dance. Experience African culture

through dance, drumming and theaterat the Potomac Library 10101Glenolden Drive, Potomac, 7 p.m.Pre-register at 240-777-0690.

Little Bugs Story Hours. Summerstory times on the Summer ReadingClub theme: Catch the Reading Bug.Stories, music, and DVDs at theBethesda Library, 7400 ArlingtonRoad, Bethesda, 10:30 a.m. Call 240-777-0970.

Bethesda Outdoor Movies. Catch“The Wizard of Oz” for free atWoodmont Triangle, corner ofNorfolk and Auburn Avenue indowntown Bethesda, 9 p.m. Call 301-215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 30Lunchtime Concert. Wednesday

lunchtime concerts will take placefrom 12 – 2 p.m. at the BethesdaPlace Plaza located at 7700 WisconsinAve., Bethesda. This week’s performeris David Bach Consort (Smooth Jazz).Free. Contact 301-215-6660 or visitwww.bethesda.org.

Agricultural Fair. The MontgomeryCounty Agricultural Fair visits theBethesda Library, 7400 ArlingtonRoad, Bethesda, with live animals, 2p.m. Call 240-777-0970.

Bethesda Outdoor Movies. Catch“An Inconvenient Truth” for free atWoodmont Triangle, corner ofNorfolk and Auburn Avenue indowntown Bethesda, 9 p.m. Call 301-215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.

THURSDAY/JULY 31Hot Squares. Join Hot Squares in the

Olde Towne Tonight for an evening oftraditional American square dancingand general all around merrymakingto live music in the Bumper CarPavilion at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 8-10:30p.m. No dance experience, lessons, orpartner required. Admission: $8.Contact Phone: 301-651-8971 or 410-268-0231.

Bethesda Outdoor Movies. Catch“Annie Hall” for free at WoodmontTriangle, corner of Norfolk andAuburn Avenue in downtownBethesda, 9 p.m. Call 301-215-6660or visit www.bethesda.org.

FRIDAY/AUG. 1Baseball. Watch the CRSL Playoffs if

necessary at Povich Field, 10600Westlake Drive in Cabin JohnRegional Park, Bethesda, 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $7 adults and $3 forchildren. Call 301-983-1006 or visitwww.bigtrain.org.

Fun in the Sun. Color a beach ball,create magic noodlesand enjoy story time with fingerpuppets with Perfect Parties by Terryeat Cabin John Mall Atrium, 11325Seven Locks Road, Potomac, 9:30a.m.

Breaking Dawn Event. A partycelebrating the release of “BreakingDawn” will be held at Barnes andNoble, 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda,10 p.m. Call 301-986-1761.

Bethesda Outdoor Movies. Catch“Hairspray” for free at WoodmontTriangle, in downtown Bethesda, 9p.m. Call 301-215-6660.

Montgom-e r yCounty’s

2008 Annual FarmTour and HarvestSale, is scheduled forSaturday, July 26,with some farms par-ticipating on SundayJuly 27 as well. Thetour and sale will beheld both days from10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rainor shine. The FarmTour provides an op-portunity to purchasefresh fruits, flowers,plants, and muchmore. Several farmshave hayrides, ponyrides, music, demon-strations and otherfun activities plannedfor people of all ages. Spend a day or two in the country pettingfarm animals or having lunch by a scenic pond. It’s an educationalexperience and a family day outing. The Farm Tour and HarvestSale brochure can be found at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/farmtour. Call 301-590-2823.

Farm Tour

Help paint Lockhouse 8 on Sunday, July

Fine Arts

Theater

“Little Red Riding Hood &The Three Little Pigs” will be pre-sented by The Puppet Co., Glen EchoPark, Playhouse, 7300 MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo from July 23 –Aug. 31. Show times are Wednes-day-Friday, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.;Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m. and 1p.m. Ages 3-15. Cost is $8. Call 301-320-6668.

This summer, Montgomery Collegewill bring “Disney’s Beauty andthe Beast” to the stage for its Sum-mer Dinner Theatre performances,July 25-27 and Aug. 1-3. Ticketsfor Summer Dinner Theatre are $37for adults and $27 for children ages12 and under. Prices include the per-formance and a full dinner buffet. AtFriday and Saturday night perfor-mances, the doors will open at 6:30p.m., with a show time of 8:15 p.m.On Sunday, the buffet will open at12:30 p.m., with a 2:15 p.m. showtime. All performances are held in theTheatre Arts Arena on the College’sRockville Campus, located at 51Mannakee Street, Rockville.

To purchase tickets, visitwww.montgomery college.edu/sdt orcall 240-567-7676.

“Big River” will be presented by

Olney’s National Players on the His-toric Stage at Olney Theater Center,2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road,Olney, through July 27. Tickets are$25 with discounts available togroups. Call the Box Office at 301-924-3400 or visit olneytheatre.org fortickets.

Defending the Caveman re-turns to the Washington area for alimited engagement at the BethesdaTheatre, 7719 Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda, through July 27. Ticketsare $37.50 and $50 and are on salenow at the Bethesda Theatre box of-fice, all Ticketmaster outlets, online atwww.bethesdatheatre.com, and byphone at 301-657-STAR, 202-397-SEAT, 703-573-SEAT, 410-547-SEAT,and 800-551-SEAT.

Imagination Stage, 4908 AuburnAvenue, Bethesda, will present “TheNeverending Story” fromthrough Aug. 10. Enjoyed by ages6 and up. Performance times are Sat-urdays 12:30, 3:30 and 7 p.m. andSundays 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Singleticket prices range from $10-$20,with group rates available.

The Box Office phone is 301-280-1660 or visit www.ImaginationStage.org.

“The Neverending Story”

Last Chance“Tropics to Tundra,” solo show by

Barbara French Pace at the Yellow BarnGallery, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho, July 25, 26, 27. Gallery hoursare Friday-Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Reception:Saturday, July 26 , 5-8 p.m. Visitwww.yellowbarnstudio.com.

Puppetry Exhibtion. The PopcornGallery and the Puppet Co. at Glen EchoPark, 7400 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo,present an exhibition of puppets,through July 27. Saturdays and Sun-days from noon to 6 p.m. Call301-634-2222 or visit www.glenechopark.org.

The Foundry Gallery, 1314 18th

St., N.W. Washington, DC, will presentrecent paintings and prints by its onlyhusband/wife members, Ann and PhilipBennet of Bethesda, through July 27.Call 202-463-0203.

OngoingTeen artists are invited to participate

in the Rockville Library Teen Sum-mer Art Show 2008 by submittingoriginal pieces of art depicting what theprocess of metamorphosis means tothem.ºMetamorphosis is the theme forthis year’s Teen Summer Reading Pro-gram. The art may be in the form of apainting, sculpture, song, poem, etc. andmust demonstrate the concept of meta-morphosis. Entries must be submitted tothe Rockville Library no later than Aug.11. Selected entries will be displayed atthe library beginning Aug. 21. Call 240-

777-0170.

“Flight Fantasy” will be at TheDennis and Philip Ratner Museum,10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda,through July 30. Gallery hours areSunday, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 12-4:30 p.m. Call301-897-1518.

“Revolution of Love” A Collectionof new works by Sarah Bieda. Artist Sa-rah Bieda, will introduce her most recentpaintings of expressive psychological fig-ures and intimate landscapes, at theYellow Barn Gallery, at Glen EchoPark, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo,Aug. 1-3. The Gallery is open Fridaythrough Sunday, 12 – 5 p.m. An openingreception will be held on August 1, from5-7 p.m. in the Yellow Barn Gallery. Call301- 371- 5593 or visitwww.yellowbarnstudio.com.

Waverly Street Gallery, 4600 East-West Highway, Bethesda, welcomesexperimental fiber artist Deb Jansenfrom through Aug. 2. Gallery hoursare Tuesday – Saturday, 12-6 p.m. Call301-951-9441.

The Metropolitan Center for the VisualArts (VisArts at Rockville), 155 Gibbs St.,Rockville, presents “From Farm toMarket”, through Aug. 17. This ex-hibit explores the impact food has onpeople’s lives, revealing ways in which itinfluences relationships in how it is pro-duced and how it is portrayed through avariety of art mediums. This summer-time exhibition features work by localarea artists who look to food as theirsources and inspirations for their work.

103 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville.Museum hours are 12-4 p.m.,

Tuesday to Sunday. In-cluded with

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( $ 3adults/$2 se-niors &students).

The ex-h i b i t“ B r e a k -fast” is avignette-styleexhibit, on dis-p l a ythroughout theBeal l -DawsonHouse, 103 W.M o n t g o m e r y

A v e . , Rockville, in con-junction with the exhibit “GoodAdvice.” The vignettes include a familybreakfast, formal breakfast, breakfast inbed, breakfast preparation, and evenGeorge Washington’s breakfast and willbe on display through Sept. 21. In-cluded with museum admission ($3adults/$2 seniors & students). Call 301-762-1492 or www.montgomeryhistory.org.

The Photoworks gallery is open ev-ery Sunday and Wednesday, 1-8 p.m., andduring all scheduled classes and work-shops at, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo. Call 301-229-7930 orvisit www.glenechophotoworks.org.

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Getting To Know …Ron ShalomRon Shalom, a Potomac residentand graduate of Winston ChurchillHigh School, recently finished hisfirst year of study at the Universityof Southern California. A doublebass performance major, Shalomhas had the opportunity to workon several film projects. The mostprominent of these has been re-cording for “The Soloist” a moviestaring Jamie Foxx and RobertDowney Jr. due out in the UnitedStates in November 2008.

(The full text of this Q&A can be foundat www.connectionnewspapers.com.)

Who are you currently studyingunder?

David Moore, professor of double bassat the University of Southern California(where I study) and the Colburn School,and a member of the Los Angeles Phil-harmonic.

Who did you study under whilestudying in Potomac?

Jeffrey Weisner (who I’m studyingwith over the summer too), who is a pro-fessor at Peabody Conservatory and abassist in the National Symphony Or-chestra.

Who would you say are yourgreatest influences?

People who are giving an honest go atsomething strange inspire me. On onehand, music is limited by what humanscan all relate to: we all immediately ap-preciate a 4/4 beat, and that will neverchange. But on the other hand, music isabout exploring our personalities: whatappeals to us, what makes us feel a cer-tain way, how we dance to a piece ofmusic, and what the musicians them-

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selves are expressing; and it’s aboutpushing those things to the limit, findingout what it really means to be human,looking for the edge itself. Most often inart, it’s a combination of those thingsthat takes us to anotherlevel. Some of the most in-fluential musicians for mehave been J.S. Bach, TheBeatles, Aphex Twin, Animal Collective,Beethoven, Charles Mingus, Schoenberg,and Mercedes Sosa. But my greatest in-fluences are the people I play music with,other young musicians trying somethingdifferent and exciting. My parents, ofcourse, also took a huge role in support-ing music in my life.

What are you favorite genres ofmusic?

My passion right now is electronic mu-sic. The sound, feel, energy, originality,and craftsmanship of the whole genrejust blows my mind. And did I mention

the sound? Every piece of noise in elec-tronic music is special, created by themusician himself. What could be morepersonal? And the limitlessness of thegenre prompts every artist to be a kindof groundbreaker. There are some realgeniuses out there. Bluegrass and folkare also some of my favorite music. Blue-grass is just so heartfelt, and thatcrooning just gets me. The sound of abanjo, bass, and fiddle is so sweet andsoulful. I also connect very much withSouth American folk music. I really diganything with a great beat, so I’m alsointo a lot of hip-hop and even a littledance. And I have my guilty pleasures .. . some pop music is awesome. And weall love a little punk and alternative —it totally surrounds us in the musicworld.

How has studying in Los Ange-les helped you as a musician?

Living in a place as different fromPotomac as L.A. was obviously a shock.Being exposed to very strange (to me)people and kinds of music that I had noprevious experience with helped pushmy musical limits, but really the mostbeneficial musical experiences were theones that were downright awful. I lis-tened to a lot of bad music in L.A. — anda lot of great stuff, too! — but it was themusic that seemed inappropriate, poor,or lacking that best helped me definewhat I wanted to pursue in music, be-cause it put into perspective everythingthat I did not want to do. Idealism is abig factor in music, in all art.

Los Angeles helped me cull thosequalities of music that were beautifuland important to me from a huge rangeof genres and musicality, and that wayhelped me redefine my musical goals.For me, L.A. presented a wider range ofmusical possibility along with a cleareridea of what music means to me.

What other Potomac area musi-cians would you recommend

listening to?There’s a street drummer who plays

outside the Barnes & Noble in Bethesdasometimes. I’ve seen him in DupontCircle too. He rocks.

Are you excited to hear yourmusic in a professional moviesoundtrack?

Is it possible to be blasé about some-thing like that? Unless you’re used tomillions of people hearing your music.Does this count as my first major expo-sure to the music industry?

I guess I’m in the big leagues now. Ifyou can pick out the sound of my bass inthe orchestra I’ll personally sign the DVDfor you.

What are your musical goals forthe next year?

My biggest goal is to find a few like-minded musicians to work with. I thinkthe best way to push myself is to startcollaborating with other people in amore personal way. I also have goals thatI’ve set for myself on bass and piano,because it’s important to me that I’m al-ways improving that way. And anotherpriority is definitely to continue explor-ing and making electronic music. I thinkthat’s the best way to get exposed togreat new stuff!

What are your other hobbiesand interests outside of music?

I like going places I’ve never been be-fore in D.C. and Baltimore. I think placesin Potomac like the C & O Canal arebeautiful, and I really like walking orriding there. I spend a lot of time goingto shows, art exhibits, theater, and mu-seums. It’s also really important to me tosee and hear local artists — music shows,galleries, anything. I wish there weremore venues for artists in Potomac! I alsorecently learned I like running, biking,swimming, and playing basketball andsoccer if the other players are as bad asI am.


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Detached .......... 0.810078 ..... 06/27/086715 LORING CT ........................... 5 ..5 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,818,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.233655 ..... 06/30/088203 MOORLAND LN .................... 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,600,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.225689 ..... 06/16/0812531 LINDA VIEW LN .................. 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,546,000 .......... Townhouse ............ 0.6 .......... 06/23/086024 WILSON LN........................... 6 ..5 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,525,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.225689 ..... 06/18/089219 SHELTON ST ......................... 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,500,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.236823 ..... 06/26/087804 LONESOME PINE LN ............ 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,355,250 .......... Detached .......... 0.685193 ..... 06/12/0811314 RIDGE MIST TER ................ 6 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,350,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.233494 ..... 06/09/0812200 DREWS CT .......................... 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,350,000 .......... Detached .......... 2.869949 ..... 06/20/088917 BRADMOOR DR .................... 5 ..5 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,345,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.181382 ..... 06/04/087305 BARRA DR ............................ 4 ..4 ... 2 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,332,500 .......... Detached .......... 0.527732 ..... 06/28/0810412 MASTERS TER .................... 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,325,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.404385 ..... 06/02/0813141 BRUSHWOOD WAY ............ 5 ..4 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,320,000 .......... Detached .......... 2.019995 ..... 06/26/0813300 BEALL CREEK CT ................ 6 ..4 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,310,000 .......... Detached .......... 2.630005 ..... 06/26/0812223 DREWS CT .......................... 4 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,300,000 .......... Detached .......... 4.769995 ..... 06/20/086736 NEWBOLD DR ...................... 7 ..4 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,285,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.421832 ..... 06/02/088004 COBBLE CREEK CIR ............. 3 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,275,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.182415 ..... 06/16/0810017 SORREL AVE ....................... 5 ..5 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,257,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.545569 ..... 06/12/0812501 BRACKEN HILL LN ............. 5 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,256,500 .......... Detached ............... 2.0 .......... 06/30/081 MASTERS CT .............................. 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,250,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.410009 ..... 06/27/089316 RENSHAW DR ....................... 6 ..4 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,250,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.391804 ..... 06/30/0811711 ROBERTS GLEN CT ............ 6 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,250,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.534527 ..... 06/30/087705 LAUREL LEAF DR .................. 6 ..5 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,225,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.367952 ..... 06/05/089608 BEMAN WOODS WAY ........... 4 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,215,000 .......... Townhouse ....... 0.088705 ..... 06/26/089804 CLYDESDALE ST ................... 4 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,150,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.397727 ..... 06/25/087501 RADNOR RD ......................... 6 ..4 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,149,000 .......... Detached ........... 0.30303 ...... 06/30/088104 COACH ST ............................ 4 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,125,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.344353 ..... 06/12/082 REACH CT ................................... 4 ..3 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,125,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.358953 ..... 06/16/088800 SLEEPY HOLLOW LN ............ 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,100,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.261708 ..... 06/16/0810717 TULIP LN ............................ 4 ..3 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,091,000 .......... Detached .......... 2.030005 ..... 06/24/0812304 COPENHAVER TER ............. 6 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,060,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.289486 ..... 06/09/089443 ROSEHILL DR ....................... 6 ..4 ... 2 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,060,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.692126 ..... 06/23/088309 TOMLINSON AVE ................. 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,050,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.470707 ..... 06/15/0812516 STONEY CREEK RD ............ 5 ..4 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,050,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.639991 ..... 06/23/088556 HORSESHOE LN ................... 7 ..6 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ......... $1,050,000 .......... Detached .......... 2.139991 ..... 06/27/086 SPRINGER CT ............................. 5 ..5 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,000,000 .......... Detached .......... 0.491139 ..... 06/16/085853 MARBURY RD ....................... 4 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA ........ $1,000,000 .......... Detached ............ 0.2118 ....... 06/30/0812204 HICKORY WOOD CT ........... 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $985,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.202938 ..... 06/30/087720 OLDCHESTER RD ................. 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $977,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.285996 ..... 06/18/087012 MARBURY RD ....................... 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $975,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.294697 ..... 06/25/089200 SPRINKLEWOOD LN ............. 4 ..3 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $975,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.314807 ..... 06/30/088119 THOREAU DR ....................... 5 ..4 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $955,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.216253 ..... 06/03/088608 CARLYNN DR ........................ 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $952,500 ............ Detached .......... 0.278076 ..... 06/30/089800 RIVER RD .............................. 6 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $950,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.684596 ..... 06/10/0810414 CROSSING CREEK RD ........ 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ........... $932,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.438636 ..... 06/20/085518 MCKINLEY ST ....................... 4 ..4 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $900,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.312994 ..... 06/17/088720 FALLS CHAPEL WAY ............. 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $869,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.289096 ..... 06/10/088313 LORING DR ........................... 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $853,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.246304 ..... 06/16/087609 HONESTY WAY ..................... 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $850,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.221488 ..... 06/16/089221 COPENHAVER DR ................. 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $850,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.274793 ..... 06/20/088905 SEVEN LOCKS RD ................. 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $843,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.946465 ..... 06/03/086402 ORCHID DR .......................... 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $837,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.212121 ..... 06/13/0811709 ADMIRALS CT .................... 4 ..3 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ........... $820,000 ............ Detached .......... 1.666437 ..... 06/18/0811400 CEDAR RIDGE DR ............... 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $820,000 ............ Townhouse ........ 0.08742 ...... 06/30/088104 WHITTIER BLVD ................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $805,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.239096 ..... 06/06/0810817 OLD COACH RD ................. 4 ..3 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ........... $800,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.335445 ..... 06/25/085604 ROOSEVELT ST ..................... 3 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $799,900 ............ Detached .......... 0.174197 ..... 06/19/087616 EDENWOOD CT .................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $799,500 ............ Detached .......... 0.298278 ..... 06/23/0811911 COLDSTREAM DR .............. 5 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $785,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.223255 ..... 06/30/0811313 ROUEN DR .......................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $780,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.353237 ..... 06/27/081123 BETTSTRAIL WAY ................. 5 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $776,200 ............ Detached .......... 0.227273 ..... 06/20/088900 MAXWELL DR ....................... 5 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $775,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.346028 ..... 06/27/0811212 ANGUS PL ........................... 3 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $770,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.188981 ..... 06/17/086007 BEECH AVE ........................... 3 ..3 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $766,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.195937 ..... 06/30/087810 FULBRIGHT CT ..................... 3 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $760,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.228076 ..... 06/23/086605 LONE OAK DR ...................... 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $751,900 ............ Detached .......... 0.480969 ..... 06/26/088811 LOWELL ST ........................... 3 ..2 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $750,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.161593 ..... 06/16/0812213 DEVILWOOD DR ................. 4 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $746,250 ............ Detached .......... 0.213017 ..... 06/26/086707 RANNOCH RD ...................... 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $740,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.219146 ..... 06/25/085901 MADISON ST ........................ 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $735,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.195478 ..... 06/26/089724 ELDWICK WAY ...................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $728,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.288636 ..... 06/17/089025 FALLS CHAPEL WAY ............. 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $722,500 ............ Detached .......... 0.244628 ..... 06/30/085714 WILSON LN........................... 4 ..3 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $719,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.193526 ..... 06/17/081508 WEST KERSEY LN ................. 4 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $709,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.283884 ..... 06/20/089009 SENECA LN ........................... 3 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $700,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.216368 ..... 06/23/0812721 HUNTING HORN CT ........... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $695,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.241322 ..... 06/10/088629 RED COAT LN ....................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $695,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.253122 ..... 06/30/0810420 OVERGATE PL ..................... 4 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $690,000 ............ Townhouse ....... 0.051653 ..... 06/17/0811702 KAREN DR .......................... 4 ..3 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ........... $689,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.351079 ..... 06/18/085902 GREENTREE RD ................... 3 ..2 ... 1 ........... BETHESDA .......... $675,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.146373 ..... 06/03/086301 HALBERT RD ........................ 3 ..2 ... 0 ........... BETHESDA .......... $669,000 ............ Detached ........... 0.27888 ...... 06/06/082420 CHILHAM .............................. 5 ..3 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ........... $668,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.206612 ..... 06/27/081709 SUNRISE DR ......................... 5 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $657,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.195133 ..... 06/30/081748 CRESTVIEW DR .................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $650,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.364486 ..... 06/27/081392 STRATTON DR ...................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $649,997 ............ Detached .......... 0.220386 ..... 06/27/087820 ORACLE PL ........................... 3 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $630,000 ............ Townhouse ....... 0.056589 ..... 06/30/087836 ORACLE PL ........................... 3 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $619,000 ............ Townhouse ....... 0.046832 ..... 06/26/088611 BUNNELL DR ........................ 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $575,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.221534 ..... 06/02/087541 HEATHERTON LN ................. 3 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $563,000 ............ Townhouse ........ 0.04596 ...... 06/30/0811818 COLDSTREAM DR .............. 3 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $558,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.218388 ..... 06/24/081495 SELWORTHY RD ................... 4 ..2 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $550,000 ............ Detached .......... 0.210629 ..... 06/30/087525 CODDLE HARBOR LN ........... 3 ..3 ... 1 ........... POTOMAC ........... $547,500 ............ Attach/Row Hse 0.04596 ...... 06/10/08926 INVERNESS RIDGE RD ........... 3 ..2 ... 2 ........... POTOMAC ........... $453,000 ............ Townhouse ....... 0.057576 ..... 06/26/0810828 WHITERIM DR .................... 3 ..1 ... 0 ........... POTOMAC ........... $399,900 ............ Townhouse ....... 0.029155 ..... 06/18/08


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gressional [Country Club], but after that, Congres-sional has signed a preliminary agreement [subjectto membership approval] to bring it back for threeyears with a potential extension for three more years,potentially six years going all the way to 2017… Nowin that time frame, one year, Congressional will alsohave the U.S. Open. So for us, in terms of a majordraw golf tournament, it’s only a one-year hiatus.Now what we’ve done is to work aggressively withAvenel … to help them make the case for the tour-nament.

We’ve also indicated very clearly to the Tiger WoodsFoundation that we have another venue in Montgom-ery County, but ultimately that decision is left up tothem. If it was left up to us it would never leaveMontgomery County. If it was left up to me I wouldhave the U.S. Open and the Tiger Woods [tourna-ment] all in the same year back to back, but I can’twave a magic wand and make that happen. So we’refighting to try to make sure that the tournament stayshere but that’s a decision that they have to make.

PA: Have you endorsed a presidential candidate?Leggett: Oh yeah, the Democratic nominee

Barack Obama … I’ll probably — with the MarylandDemocratic delegation and others go up toPennsylavania and help out [with campaign efforts]up there. But first we need to make sure that wesecure Maryland.

PA: You came into office facing a huge budget

deficit. Having been on the County Council previ-ously, what was it like tackling the budget from theother side of the plate during such a critical time forthe county?

Leggett: It’s a challenge, not so much a challengeof being on this side, but the timing. When I cameinto office two years ago we were faced with a $211million shortfall. Then we have the downturn of theeconomy that has impacted Montgomery County aswell, especially on the real estate side. Between thosetwo years we’re looking at a $400 million shortfall,so it’s a difficult and challenging time in which toassume leadership … [T]here are lots of things you’dlike to do that you simply have to put on hold andwait, delay or maybe not even do at all because ofthe challenges of the economy. That’s tough, but Ithink that in terms of the long-term stability of thecounty, how we position ourselves, its more of a lead-ership challenge, and more of a real call to providethe kind of leadership that is needed than you do ingood times. Certainly you would love to govern ingood times but it’s an easier task to do it in goodtimes when you’re passed down money and you don’thave a recession, you don’t have these kinds of chal-lenges. If you look at the greater successes of lead-ers it has been when people governed under thetough times than the good times.

PA: During the process to finalize the county’sbudget for the current fiscal year the County Coun-cil slated funds for the renovation of the Scotland

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Community Center earlier thanyour proposed budget did; nowthat that is on track what can bedone to address larger socio-eco-nomic challenges — graduation,higher education, job opportuni-ties — that Scotland faces?

Leggett: Well [there are] anumber of things that we are do-

ing … we are going to come upwith a number of programs —sports academies and other kindsof things, mentoring services,counseling, some help with assis-tance with jobs, how to stabilizeand help the youth in the area …those are the things that are go-ing to help the community. Mak-ing certain that we keep the kidsin school, there are a number of

programs that [County Schoolssuperintendent] Jerry Weast hasdeveloped to help students main-tain their academic performance.Beyond that, stabilizing the com-munity in terms of health and hu-man services programs — if youlook at the budget there’s a greatdeal that is there for the more vul-nerable citizens of our community,we have to make certain that we

deliver and have accountability forthose, that’s the approach that wehave to take.

… There’s been too much of whatI call the transition, people mov-ing back and forth — not just re-lating to Scotland as such. You findsomeone who had lived in SilverSpring and then they’re in Wheatonand other places … they move agreat deal and we have to find waysto stabilize the families in housingthat is acceptable with health andhuman services and with other pro-grams that would help to havesome level of stability.

PA: The Maryland General As-sembly voted earlier this year toraise taxes for those in the highesttax brackets, something that hasa disproportionate effect on Mont-gomery County and Potomac resi-dents and something that you lob-bied against. You have voiced frus-tration in the past at theAssembly’s view that the county isa bit of a cash cow for the state,how do you combat that?

Leggett: We have to fight thisnotion that the rest of the statetreats Montgomery County likewe’re the ATM machine for the restof the state. Certainly we’re in abetter position than most jurisdic-tions in terms of the tax base, butthere are limitations to that andyou can’t continue to dig so deepinto the well that you start to haveadverse effects. We are fortunate

that we have people of meansmoving into the county, stayinghere and adding to our tax base,but we are a competitive marketand we have to keep in mind thatjust as businesses have the oppor-tunity to move around, so dopeople. When they find that thereare significant economic advan-tages to living other places, theywill. And what they take withthem are not just necessarily theirdollars but the dollars that theywould contribute to help all theprograms that we just talked about… because that segment of thepopulation — the top three or fourpercent of the county — providesa huge, disproportionate amountof the local income taxes that wesee and our property taxes. It isnot as much that you are protect-ing them but that you are protect-ing the things that they do not onlyfor themselves but for othersthroughout the county, and that’swhat I’m trying to protect … if youstart to erode the tax base, thepeople who are going to be hurtmost by it are not the ones at thetop of the economic ladder butthose that are below them.

PA: What kind of music do youlisten to?

Leggett: I’m a big fan of peoplelike Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton …and blues, B.B. King and I love theoldies stations that play the oldieclassics.

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type A, B, and O positive. The current blood supply isinadequate to meet the needs of hospitals in the area, andin some cases procedures may be delayed until the bloodsupply is replenished. All eligible donors are encouraged tocall 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543) to schedule a blooddonation appointment immediately. Platelet donors may call1-800-272-2123. In response to the appeal, the AmericanRed Cross is expanding hours at local donor centers. Visitwww.my-redcross.org for the current hours and blood driveschedule.

Low appointment schedules and no shows, most likelydue to sunny weather and family vacations has resulted indeclined blood collection throughout the Region. Eligibledonors are asked to call 1-800-GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543)to schedule a donation appointment.

Donors must be in generally good health; be at least 17years of age, or, in the state of Maryland only, 16 years ofage with parental consent; weigh no less than 110 pounds;have not received a tattoo within the past year; have notdonated whole blood within the past 56 days.

In addition to asking individual members of the commu-nity to donate blood, the American Red Cross encouragesbusinesses and community groups to schedule and orga-nize blood drives. Any groups interested in scheduling adrive or obtaining more information are asked to call 1-800-787-9282, ext. 4925.

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he second Green Cup of Polo was held Saturday, July 19 at the Capitol Polo Club inPoolesville. The annual event benefits four

local and international environmental organizations:the American Council On Renewable Energy; Eques-

trian Partners in Conservation; Live Green; andEarthEcho International. The Green Cup brings to-gether polo enthusiasts, D.C.-environmentalists, busi-ness leaders, elected representatives, diplomats,horse lovers, fashionistas, and socialites.

Polo players race for the ball during the First Chukker Exhibition matchat the Capitol Polo Club. The exhibition was just one event held duringthe day in the build-up to the highlight event, the Green Cup Pro Chal-lenge match between the Solena Group and Los Tigres.

Greg Helm of the Great Falls Horse Vaulters demonstrates the sportduring the Green Cup Pro Challenge Polo event at the Capitol Polo Clubon July 19.

David Pollin of the Solena Group Polo team hits the ballduring their match against Los Tigres.

Bob and Lori McCarthy ofChevy Chase participate inthe traditional divotstomping at halftime of theGreen Cup Pro Challengepolo match.

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As a long-standing member of the“Mechanically declined,” as originallydrawn by cartoonist Gary Larson, in one ofhis “Far Side” panels, (a tee-shirt of which Ihave as an extremely prized possession), sotoo must I now confess a similar cluelessnessconcerning automobile repair/maintenance.As an example, when broken down by theside of the road, I have never understoodwhat popping open the front hood of yourautomobile was supposed to do (let theengine breathe?).

Often you’ll see, when motorists and/ortheir vehicles are in some sort of distress,emotional or otherwise, their vehicle’s fronthood open and angled at its familiar 60degrees (approximately — how would Iknow, really?) with the driver, maybe eventhe passenger, too, staring at the engineunderneath. (I don’t know much, but, Iknow, generally speaking, that the engine islocated under the front hood, in almost allcars, right?) What happens next, other thanthe inevitable swearing, is way beyond theknowledge of this mortal man.

Presumably, these strandees are lookingfor some indication, some sign, some clue,some piece of evidence that will unlock themystery of why their car is sitting, not evenidly by, and not running; by the side of theroad, in a parking lot, in the middle oftraffic, etc. In all honesty, I really do knowwhat to do under such circumstances: makea phone call. And, thanks to cell phones, solong as your bars are battery-charged, help,or a tow to help, is just a phone call away,and not, as it used to be, a walk to a phonebooth or to some unsuspectinghome/business, whichever appears first, torequest use of their telephone to make thatcall. Thanks to wireless technology, nowwhen your car stops and you have no placeto go, after you pop the hood, you simplymake your distress-type call and then,weather permitting or safety circumstancesallowing, either remain with/in your vehicleor seek shelter and comfort nearby.Regardless of which you choose (or rather,which I choose), I need not know one thingaboutfixing/assessing/evaluating/understanding mycar’s engine’s failure/future. I only need toknow who to call when such a mechanicalfailure occurs and on what number. Notknowing anything (or knowing next tonothing) is no longer a problem. Not havinga cell phone, or a person to call who canidentify the problem, is the problem.

Indirectly, I suppose popping the hood isstill a means to an end then. It’s just that theend is not as near as if the driver and/orpassenger had some engine repair-relatedknowledge. Apparently, popping the hood ismerely an interim step, a warning to otherdrivers if you will, like putting on youremergency/flashing lights or if you’reproperly prepared, placing emergency flaresat 10-yard intervals behind your vehicle towarn other drivers of your immobility.

If that is indeed the case, then I reallydon’t need to know anything other thanhow to pop my car’s front hood. I don’tneed to know what to look for, what toolsand/or fluids to have in-trunk (or on hand),nor do I need any diagnostic instincts ortraining. All I need to know, and be honestenough to admit it is, that I know nothing,absolutely nothing, but there are otherpeople who do and calling them will resolvethe problem, eventually. And so long as Ihave a credit card in my wallet to solve thewhat-if-I-don’t-have-enough-cash problem,then I’m good to go, or rather not go. Ergo, Ihave now eliminated both the mechanicaland emotional distress often associated withhaving to repair one’s vehicle, unexpectedly.

Actually paying the bill is anotherproblem, but that’s a problem I can handleor at least one I’m used to, whetherstranded or not.

Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative forThe Almanac & The Connection Newspapers.

Hood-winked

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

I believe thefuture is only

the past again,entered through

another gate.-Arthur Wing

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By James Gische

The Almanac

Potomac resident Liz Kemp,

a rising junior at the Univer-sity of Florida, recentlyadded two more accomplish-

ments to her swim career. On July 1, sheplaced 71st out of 103 swimmers in the 200meter freestyle competition at the U.S.Olympic Team Trials in Omaha, Neb. Twodays later, she came in 62nd of 99 in the100 -meter freestyle event.

Although her performance was not suffi-cient to advance past the first round ofheats, Kemp was still pleased. “I went intotrials wanting to do my best,” she said, anddid just that by posting a personal-best timein the 100 meter competition and match-ing her previous best time in the 200 meterevent. She also set a new personal-best timein a 100-meter butterfly time-trial, thoughit did not count toward the actual Olympicqualifying.

Kemp had known she would be swimmingat the Olympic trials since she made the cutfor the 100-meter competition in summer2006, after graduating from Our Lady ofGood Counsel High School in Olney. How-ever, it would take her another two yearsto earn a spot in the 200-meter event. At aUniversity of Florida meet just three weeksbefore the Olympic trials, she shaved abouttwo seconds off her normal time, enoughto make the cut for the second competition.

Kemp’s parents, Cheryl and Robert, en-joyed going to Omaha to watch her at theOlympic trials. Cheryl Kemp described theevent as a “special experience in life that[Liz] will always remember.” Liz’s olderbrother, Joey, agreed that it was “definitelya cool experience for her and the family”and added that even though he was unableto make it to Omaha, he had fun followinghis sister’s performance over the internet.

Kemp hopes that swimming at the Olym-pic trials will help her collegiate career. Shesaid that performing so well despite theimmense pressure of the event gives herconfidence in her plans. “My personal goalis to make NCAAs as an individual event”instead of as part of a relay team, she said,referring to the annual national collegeswimming competition. Kemp also wants tosee her squad at the University of Floridawin its first national championship since1982 by the time she graduates in 2010.

KEMP’S ATHLETIC SUCCESS, whichincludes being a four-time All-American anda three-time Washington Post All-Metropoli-tan Area honoree, is just about status quofor her family. Her father, Robert, began thetradition by playing football at William &Mary under legendary head coach LouHoltz.

Liz’s two older sisters were also accom-

plished swimmers. Julie, the eldest, wasvoted team MVP for the 1998-99 season atthe University of Miami. Erin, the middledaughter, was named the Most ValuableSwimmer during her time at the ConnellySchool of the Holy Child in Potomac andlater swam at Towson University near Bal-timore.

The Kemp sons have had no troublematching the girls’ achievements. Three ofthe four boys are talented lacrosse goalies,while the oldest, Rob, played baseball forGeorgetown Prep in North Bethesda.

C.J. Kemp, the second-oldest son, was oneof the “all-time best players” at FairfieldUniversity in Fairfield, Conn., according tothe school’s Web site. His awards back upthis claim: in 2002, he was named the GreatWestern Lacrosse League Player of the Yearas well as an All-American Honorable Men-tion. C.J. went on to a short career with theRochester Rattlers of Major League La-crosse.

C.J.’s younger brother, Joey, excelled as anetminder for the fifth-ranked University ofNotre Dame lacrosse team. As a senior thisyear, Joey was a first-team All-American andearned the Division I Kelly Award for Out-standing Goalie. Furthermore, in May theLos Angeles Riptide drafted Joey 29th over-all in the Major League Lacrosse CollegiateDraft. He has already appeared in twogames for the team, traveling on the week-ends for matches but maintaining a day jobwith Xerox.

The youngest in the family, John, is a ris-ing senior at Georgetown Prep and hasplayed goalie on the school’s varsity lacrosseteam all three years. Being the youngest hasproved to be a boon to John: “he learned alot from both of his brothers,” said CherylKemp, while Joey noted that John’s play-ing style and skills combine those of Joeyand C.J. John has already verbally commit-ted to play at Notre Dame after he gradu-ates.

IS THERE sibling rivalry in the Kemp fam-ily? According to Liz, the “competition isbetween the boys more than the girls.” Shenoted that she and her sisters all swam dif-ferent strokes and distances, reducing thelikelihood of sororal vying.

As for the boys, Joey agreed that therewas more competition than with the girls.However, he said it is beneficial because “ifanything, it motivates you more” to performwell.

Potomac swimmeradds to family’sathletic achievements.

Trial by WaterSports

Liz Kemp on the big screen justbefore her 200 meter freestylerace.

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