This Week in Potomac
Israeli Ambulance To Be Dedicated Here
On Sunday, March 18, a Potomac family will dedicate an ambulance for Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's emergency medical service.
Local Designers Selected to Make Over D.C. Design House
Annual event raises money for Children's National Medical Center.
Some of the Washington area's top interior designers are unleashing their creative talent all in the name of charity. Organizers of the 2012 Washington, D.C. Design House announced the designers who will make over the 2012 D.C. Design Home.
Potomac Real Estate: Top Sales for January 2012
In January 2012, 17 Potomac homes sold between $1,725,000-$425,000.
Potomac Real Estate: Top Sales for January 2012
The Chateau in Oak Hollow
One of just four properties in Fairfax County listed at HomesDatabase.com for sale for more than $10 million, this home sits on five acres in Clifton, and is for sale for $12.5 million. The other three properties are in McLean.
Editorial: So Hard to Imagine?
Poor families face challenges that officials and many of the rest of us have trouble envisioning.
The Commonwealth of Virginia and even Northern Virginia includes many poor families and individuals. But officials seem to have trouble wrapping their brains around some of the difficulties this can cause.
Potomac Fine Arts -- March 7-13
March 2 - April 9 Forces of Nature. Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo Park presents Forces of Nature, an exhibition of black and white photography. The show's images record the visual beauty of the forces of nature on the natural and man-made worlds. Saturdays, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.; Sundays & Mondays, 1 p.m. - 8 p.m. Opening reception, March 11, 4p.m. - 6 p.m. Artist Talk, March 24, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Visit www.glenechophotoworks.org or email gaylesue@me.com.
Potomac Calendar -- March 7-13
To have community events listed free in The Potomac Almanac, send e-mail to almanac@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon for the following week’s paper. Photos and artwork encouraged. Call 703-778-9412.
Author, Author
Writers for young adults to visit Connelly School of the Holy Child.
Once again, librarian Sarah Stonesifer at Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac has arranged an event to spark students’ excitement about reading.
Column: A $350,00 Golden Fleecing
Remember the Golden Fleece Awards awarded annually by the late U.S. Senator Proxmire? They signaled out for ridicule wasteful, unnecessary government projects that often benefited only a special few. They diverted money away from projects that truly were needed. Even if you don't remember the awards, no one wants to be “fleeced.” But that is just what happened to local citizens when Montgomery County's Department of Environmental Protection awarded a contract allegedly to carry out the Glen Hills study mandated in the 2002 Potomac Subregion Master plan.
Raising Funds
Bells Mill Girl Scout Troop 1635 members Shreeya Kharana, Rebecca Stolz, Sarah Lininger and Hannah Roberts take advantage of the opportunity of Black History Night at Bells Mill Elementary School on Feb. 24 to raise money for research into diabetes.
Letter: Park Deer Adding To Damage, Danger
The following letter was addressed to Superintendent Kevin Brandt of the C&O Canal National Historic Park.
Landon School Teacher On Jeopardy!
John Botti, a teacher at the Landon School from Rockville, competed for the $100,000 grand prize in the “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament was introduced for the first time last year and puts a national spotlight on the nation’s brightest K-12 educators. Above: Botti with host Alex Trebek.
Victory through ‘Sabermetrics’
For the fourth year in a row, The Fourth Presbyterian School hosted the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee for Montgomery County on Saturday, March 3. The bee is sponsored by The Meakem Group of Wells Fargo and was held at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
‘No Child Left Inside’
2nd generation farmer seeks to continue educational agriculture on Nick’s Organic Farm.
The movement for “No Child Left Inside” encompasses both environmental education and efforts to combat childhood obesity.
Making Spring and Summer Camps Fun and Educational
Coach Doug Wilson gives back to the community.
“Kids have a tendency to be afraid to try things because of their fear of failure. The only failure is not attempting. No one fails — they just fail to try.” That’s Coach Doug Wilson of Potomac and he knows all about trying.
Wootton Thespians Present ‘The Wizard Of Oz’
Wootton High School is “off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz.” This beloved tale of Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow has warmed the hearts of audiences since 1939 when Judy Garland introduced Dorothy with her ruby slippers to America.
Potomac Theatre Company Presents "Murder on the Nile"
This month The Potomac Theatre Company presents Agatha Christie's “Murder on the Nile.” The story is a classic who-dun-it murder mystery about a couple on their honeymoon aboard a paddle steamer sailing on the Nile. Last spring, The Potomac Theatre Company performed another Agatha Christie mystery, “The Mousetrap.”
Column: Look What She Saw—Sort Of
Well there’s five seconds that fellow super-market-shopper won’t have back anytime soon. The question, the curiosity is: will she have nightmares and/or live to regret staring at me so intently that I think I may have seen the whites of her eyes – and it wasn’t even remotely dark?
Churchill Boys Fall to Magruder in Region Final
Bulldogs reach first region championship game in 33 years.
Magruder, the region’s top seed and defending champion, defeated No. 2-seed Churchill 54-39 on March 3 to take home the region title and advance to the state tournament. While disappointed their season had ended, the Bulldogs could take pride in what they had accomplished not just this year, but since the arrival of head coach Matt Miller four years ago.
Potomac Real Estate: Sales in January 2012 less than $700,000
In January 2012, 17 Potomac homes sold between $1,725,000-$425,000.
Potomac Real Estate: Sales in January 2012 less than $700,000