One to Three Months To Live: Now What?
Potomac resident writes of her triumph over diagnosis.
She returned to Potomac to die — a 30-year-old woman who had been given the diagnosis that she had a lethal non-cancerous cervical spinal cord tumor and would not live more than three months. What is it like to be given this diagnosis — and then survive? How did she wake up each day with the strength and courage to fight the prognosis and still be able to be a wife and a mother to her three young sons?
Military Notes
Marine Corps Pvt. Remy D. Bourdeaux, a 2012 graduate of Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, earned the title of United States Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.
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School Notes
Email announcements to almanac@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Photos are welcome. Yongkyoung Park, a senior hotel and restaurant management major at University of Maryland Eastern Shore, received an Undergraduate Student Academic Achievement award from the University at Shady Grove.
‘We Have Not Forgotten’
Residents rally in Vienna to support stricter gun control measures.
Less than six miles from the National Rifle Association (NRA) headquarters in Fairfax, more than 100 people gathered on the Vienna Town Green Saturday, April 13, to urge Congress to support stricter gun control measures.
Bulletin Board P 4/17/2013
Email announcements to almanac@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. April 18-21 Mind-Body Week. U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio will be one of the presenters at the event, which is held all over Bethesda. Other events include activities conducted by local wellness studios such as meditations and yoga. For a full schedule and tickets visit www.mindbodyweek.com.
Norwood School Student Displays Art at Yellow Barn Gallery
Student presented her first collection of artwork at a Maryland gallery.
When Neelam Shaikh was in nursery school, she had an extraordinary fascination with her ability to create.
Celebrating Purim
Purim was celebrated at B’nai Tzedek in Potomac on Saturday, Feb. 23. More than 200 attended, dressed in costume. This year’s spiel (Purim Play) which reenacts the Story of Queen Esther, was called “Oh What a Spiel! The Jersey Boys Megillah.”
It’s Official
Telegraph Road Interchange Project completed. Complete with 11 new bridges and flyover ramps, the $265 million Telegraph Road Interchange Project is officially opened. Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean T. Connaughton along with federal, state and local officials celebrated the completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, April 4.
At the Matzah Factory
The children of the Greenzaid Early Childhood Center of B’nai Tzedek in Potomac, participated in a Matzah Factory last month. They learned about mitzvah and each child baked his or her own matzah in preparation for Passover.
Entertainment
Calendar
Megan Dominy and Bradley Foster Smith in Imagination Stage’s “From Here to There.” ‘From Here to There’ Imagination Stage brings Natasha Holmes, director and cofounder of Tell Tale Hearts Children’s Touring Theatre Company, from the United Kingdom to mount a new production of “From Here to There”, a play about building bridges, involving puppetry, comedy, live music, and poetry.
“Flourishing After 55”
“Flourishing After 55” from Arlington’s Office of Senior Adult Programs for April 21-27. Arlington senior centers: Aurora Hills, 735 S. 18th St.; Walter Reed, 2909 S. 16th St.; Culpepper Garden, 4435 N. Pershing Dr.; Langston-Brown, 2121 N. Culpeper St.; Lee, 5722 Lee Hwy.; Arlington Mill at Fairlington, 3308 S. Stafford St.; also Madison Community Center, 3829 N. Stafford St.; TJ Comm. Center, 3501 S. 2nd St.
Bulletin Board
Email announcements to almanac@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Thursday at noon. Tuesday/April 23 Open House. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Har Shalom. Tour the building, visit classrooms and meet the staff. 11510 Falls Road. Call 301-299-7087.
Cleaning Up the River
Hundreds turn out to collect trash, recover recyclables.
Volunteers on Saturday, April 6 removed trash at 600 sites throughout the Potomac watershed during the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s 2013 Potomac River Watershed Cleanup. The Potomac Conservancy organized volunteer efforts at the River Center at Lock 8, Fletcher's Boathouse and Theodore Roosevelt Island.
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This Week In Potomac
2.61 Mile Bike Path Improvements The county will soon begin construction of an eight-foot wide, 2.61-mile bike path along MacArthur Boulevard between I-495 and Oberlin Avenue. The county’s Department of Transportation estimates that the project will be completed in one year.
A Place to Read
Family turns cluttered “catch-all” into elegant library.
When a family of four, which includes two young daughters, decided to create dedicated reading space in their home, the wanted to blend serenity and style. The couple enlisted the help of interior designer Debbie Wiener of Design Solutions.