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Class of 2012 Celebrates GraduationWinston Churchill seniors gatherJune 8 at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.

Walt Whitman seniors line upJune 6 at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.

Patrick Wu snaps a photo of Kimberly Chen, Nicole Leung andSharona Yen. Senior Class officers: Melissa

Kantor, Ari Kapner, Alex Luta andRobert Voetsch.

Seniors greet the faculty as theypass by the wings to the entranceof the hall.

Neil Suttora, Juan Toro and Luke Frentsos

Christine Vagonis andGrace McCotter

Raymond Li andKenneth Hwang

Brandon Fisher andPaul Oh

Casey Paulchecks his textmessages.

Dylan KuhnhennSimone LevineRyan Lee

Stephanie Stevens, Melissa Kantor and CassandraMcAlister

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David Drazen plays around with his red-headed sons Bennett (4) and Coby (2) at aTallyho neighbor’s studio in Potomac. Thisimage was taken by Michael Palmer Pho-tography in April 2012.

Me & My DadA gallery of photos submitted for Father’s Day.

Peter Kimm, center, with daughter MaryKimm and son Christopher Kimm, photo-graphed on Sunday, June 3, 2012.

Vic Seested III decorates cookies withdaughters Evani, 13, and Ava, 4, fromPotomac.

From left: Daughters Spen-cer Levy, age 17, Taylor

Levy, 21, Courtney Levy, 23,wife Randi Levy with

Mitchell Levy at Taylor’scollege graduation week-

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Here are three gen-erations of Tapparosin Italy. FrankTapparo (age 72),Marie Tapparo,Pamicka Marinello(18), Anna Tapparo(14) and TheodoreTapparo (6). DavidTapparo is the miss-ing generation andphotographer.

Christopher Kimm, Potomac native, withhis daughters Jasmine Kimm Knight andJahn Kimm Knight at a party in honor ofJasmine’s graduation from high school.


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Walt Whitman High won fivestarry statuettes for techni-cal excellence at Sundaynight’s 13th annual Cappie

Awards at The Kennedy Center in Washing-ton, D.C. It received the honors for StageCrew, Sound, Sets, Lighting, and SpecialEffects and Technology for its productionof “Frankenstein.”

Senior Brian Clarkson accepted theCappie for Special Effects and Technology.“It feels amazing,” he said. “I was nervousgoing onstage, though; I’m normally behindthe scenes. But this award means that allour hard work paid off.”

Clarkson said he and his team of JonathanKluger and Nikolas Allen “incorporated ev-erything from dry-ice fog to small, flash-potsparkers on stage to produce the mood ofthe scene, build suspense and bring every-thing to life.” Following graduation,Clarkson plans to study aviation at Jack-sonville University in Florida to somedaybecome a pilot.

Alex Allen (Nikolas’s twin), Lydia Carrolland Lindsay Worthington won the Sound

award. “I’m surprised and overjoyed at thesame time,” said Alex. “We weren’t expect-ing this.”

Carroll called their victory incredible. “I’vebeen in this field four years, and it’s so un-real,” she said. “We put so much blood,sweat and tears and hard work into it. Alexand I mixed the effects and ran the micro-phones, and Lindsay put together thesoundtrack.”

Representing the Sets award, junior Mat-thew Lewis said, “It’s amazing. Our produc-tion process was so compressed for thisshow that we were all surprised at how fastwe put it together. We rebuilt our set threetimes in five weeks to get it right.”

But as the set designer and master car-

penter, he said the final product was worthit. “It was impressive,” said Lewis. “It had alot of moving portions, including parts inFrankenstein’s lab that were entirely movedby hand by the stage crew.”

Juniors Nikolas Allen and Andrew Elmancaptured the Lighting Cappie. “It’s reallyexciting,” said Elman.

Added Allen: “We worked really hard —especially during ‘Hell Week,’ the week be-fore the show — and we had a great light-ing team.”

Accepting the Stage Crew award werejuniors James London and Daniel Levine.“I’m proud of the tech crew that worked soclosely and so well with us,” said London.

Levine said they were lucky to have Lon-don as their stage manager because he wassuch a good leader.

“The tech crew students worked so hardon this show,” added Levine. “And it’s re-ally touching that the Cappies puts such anemphasis on the hard work that goes onbackstage.”

Overall, Westfield High won the mostCappies, garnering 10, including Best Mu-sical, for “Crazy for You.” The Best Play win-ner, McLean High, also took home fiveawards, including Lead Actor and Lead Ac-tress in a Play, for its production of “A Viewfrom the Bridge.”

Special Effectsand Technology,Brian Clarkson.

Lighting, An-drew Elman andNikolas Allen.

Stage Crew,James Londonand DanielLevine, WaltWhitman StageCrew.

Sound, AlexAllen and LydiaCarroll; LindsayWorthington(not pictured).

Sets, Brian Clarkson, MatthewLewis, and Hailey Laroe for WaltWhitman High School’s “Franken-stein.”

Walt Whitman High Wins Five Cappie AwardsTech skills triumph.

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Home Life Style

By John Byrd

The Almanac

A traditional house can adaptto all kinds of special require-ments,” said remodeler, andlongterm Potomac resident,

Russ Glickman. “We’re now seeing more de-mand for plans that will serve all the mem-bers of the family, and through all thephases of their life. The challenge is in think-ing through foreseeable needs, and plan-ning for contingencies.”

Glickman, president of Glickman DesignBuild and a nationally recognized expert ina whole catalogue of accessible design so-lutions, has learned these lessons froma variety of life experiences.

First, as a certified specialist who re-cently received a Chyrsalis award in theUniversal Design category, he has con-sulted in home adaptations throughoutthe metro area.

But, foremost, as a father and grand-father, he’s come to regard the 21st cen-tury home as an essentially malleableaccommodation that — with properdesign — can serve a homeowner’swhole life requirements no matter howchallenging they may seem.

Glickman says he first discovered thisnew way of thinking in the late 1980swhen he and his wife, Anne, bought aspacious two-story center hall Colonialshortly after their third child was born.The 3,200-square-foot, four-bedroomhouse featured a spacious first levelwith den, a large front porch and a1,000-square-foot unfinished lowerlevel. It was soon apparent, however,that some of the home’s existing layoutmight prove problematic since the new-born, Michael, would probably havesome mobility challenges.

“When a child is small you can carrythem from an upstairs bedroom to thekitchen or bathroom,” Glickman recalls.“But because the doctors were still learn-

ing about Michael’s condition, we didn’tknow what adjustments to the home’s physi-cal space might be needed.”

With two older daughters and a dog, theGlickmans maintained a busy, playfulhousehold. As a builder and a father,though, Glickman began looking ahead atways to reconfigure the house that wouldwork better for everyone.

This became a particular priority when,by 4, Michael was diagnosed with cerebralpalsy and it was clear that he would need awheelchair.

“We thought it would be easier forMichael if we moved his bedroom to thefirst floor — so we converted the den for

this purpose. Once he learned to operatehis motorized wheel-chair, he would be ableto move about the first floor on his own

By Mike Denker

And Todd McPhee

Special to the Almanac

At least we still have a roof overour heads.” This old sayingcauses me to muse about roofs.

When the dark English philosopher Tho-mas Hobbes said, “Life is nasty, brutish,and short,” he might have also added“damp.” One of the miracles of contem-porary life which we usually do not ap-preciate is our dry homes.

Some might say roofs are not a sexytopic. I beg to disagree. Roofs can be andoften are the beautiful crowning gloryof a home. Many roofs require careful

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“The house Russ Glickman purchased new in the 1980s featured an L-shaped porch. Anticipating emerging family requirements, Glickmandesigned a wheel-chair friendly Victorian-style porch that wraps thehouse on two sides and includes a gazebo and a pagoda.

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“craftsmanship and careful attention todetail. Roofs show pride or neglect; theyreveal the owner’s wealth or poverty. Ourmodern roofs are made of every conceiv-able material from wood, to stone, to ce-ramic, to rubber, to metal, to asphalt, andthey vary in color across the spectrum. Aroof replacement, which may need to bedone every 20 or more years in the lifeof a house, is one of the more expensiveand predictable kinds of periodic main-tenance. It is possible to delay replacingyour roof by several years if you pay care-ful attention to the few areas that beginto have trouble first. Professional roof-ing companies would prefer of course tosell you a new roof.

Finding small leaks is challenging, timeconsuming, and they are not really pos-sible to guarantee, while replacing awhole roof from their perspective enablesthem to provide a warranty. My companyemploys a roofing specialist who has be-come an expert in repairing old roofs, andhis detective work often begins with acrawl in the attic searching for waterstains.

Roofs shed water typically because theyhave a “pitch” or a degree of steepness.Roofers will designate a roof as a 6/12or a 4/12. The first number in inches isthe “fall” of the roof for every 12 hori-zontal inches. In a steep 12/12 pitch, forevery 12” of horizontal distance the roofdrops 12”, which describes a 45-degreeangle roof. If you feel proud of your roof,it may be because you have a steep one.A steep roof is naturally more eye catch-ing. If all you care about is water run

volition.”While these adjustments were under-

way, Glickman was also busily designinghis “familyplay time” masterpiece, a1,200-square-foot porch that wraps thehouse on three sides. Complete with un-obtrusive ramps that segue to a pavedwalkway custom-sized to Mike’s wheel-chair, the porch features two spaciousgazebos, an outdoor kitchen, a wisteriabower, a hot tub and several ground levelexits that access a pond in the rear ofthe home.

“It’s essentially a Victorian design,”Glickman said. “Very welcoming and spa-cious. It’s a place where the whole fam-ily can enjoy the outdoors together.”

PART OF THE CHALLENGE of main-taining a special needs household,Glickman said, is recognizing when it’stime to make a change, and providingsupportive considerations.

When Michael was 14 (and hadreached the appropriate stage of emo-tional maturity), Russ and Anne decidedto build-out the home’s lower level sothat Michael would have his own “bach-elor pad.”

“It was really a big step. A move to-wards more privacy and independence,”Anne Glickman said.

The finished lower level now includesMichael’s master suite, quarters for over-night guests, and a well-appointed fam-ily room.

Michael has his own patio situated nextto the pond in the rear of the house. It’sa great spot for the entire clan to watchthe sunset.

To facilitate Michael’s mobility, RussGlickman re-graded a slope on the northside of the house, making it easier for

Michael to move from his private en-trance in the rear of the home to thefront porch — which is accessible bya custom-designed ramp.

Glickman also changed the home’soriginal dining room into a parlor,converting the former living roominto an outsized dining room thatopens directly on to the side porch.

Although older daughters Caitlinand Rebecca have left the nest, bothsiblings live nearby, and frequentlycome over for cook-outs and otherfamily occasions.

Michael is active in a United Ce-rebral Palsy program, which he at-tends daily.

Glickman says his son may even-tually move to a group home — inwhich case, he and Anne may adaptthe house for their own next phase,a plan that could include an eleva-tor.

“A home is a kind work in progress— with a lot of chapters,” Glickmansaid.

“It is best when it can be periodi-cally revised — so that it works foreveryone, and in every phase of their

lives. I see Americans somewhat return-ing the idea of a family home. It’s a verystabilizing way to embrace the future.”

When Mike Glickman (now 24) was diag-nosed with cerebral palsy, remodeler RussGlickman gradually began specializing inaccessible design.


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ning off, then a less expensive lower pitchwill suffice. Of course most people are neverinvolved in choosing the pitch of their roof.They take what they get and deal with it.Usually the only choice you will have willbe the type and brand of roofing materialsand their corresponding predicted longev-ity. Most roofing companies offer no morethan a 5-year warranty, although your roofmay have a predicted life of 20 or moreyears.

Roofs keep out the water, and they work

with gravity. No roof should have water sit-ting on it. Sooner or later that water is go-ing to find a way into the building below.When rain falls on a pitched roof, the rainkeeps running downwards. The steeper thepitch, the quicker and the more effectivelythe water runs off. Historically, older houseshad steeper roofs (with the exception ofdesert structures). Our predecessors usedhand made shingles that needed this steep-ness to work. Today we have amazing roof-ing materials that can waterproof even aflat roof. The trend in our modern age istoward a less steep roof. This is partly aneconomic choice. The steeper the roof, themore costly it is. Consider it. Steeper roofs

have more surface area. The more roof sur-face, the longer the framing needs to be,the more sheets of plywood, and the moresquares of roof. (A square is 100 square feetof roofing material.) Similarly, the pitch ofa roof has a lot to do with the architecturalstyle of the home. The older styles have thesteeper pitches and visa versa. Think Tu-dor, and you picture a very steep roof, butthink modern architecture, and you couldimagine a flat roof.

The most common roof is made ofshingles, small pieces of wood (cedarshingles or shakes), stone (slate), metal(stamped metal shingles were popular inthe Victorian era), ceramic (roof tiles) or

asphalt mixed with glass fibers (the mostcommon roof in America today).

MY NEXT COLUMN will continue the ex-ploration of roofs, including different roofconfigurations, more on different roofingmaterials, their longevity and their relativecosts, the new painted metal roofs, skylightsand light tubes, and stories of some famousleaky roofs.

As our company celebrates its 35th yearin business, we welcome your commentsand questions about these and other topicsrelated to house design, building, remodel-ing, repairs and maintenance [email protected].

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Address ................................ BR FB HB ...... Postal City .. Sold Price .... Type ...... Lot AC PostalCode ..... Subdivision ....... Date Sold

1 11114 CRIPPLEGATE RD ........... 5 .. 4 .. 2 .......... POTOMAC ... $2,300,000 .... Detached .... 4.31 ...... 20854 ........ POTOMAC FALLS ........ 04/03/12

2 10315 RIVERWOOD DR ............ 6 .. 6 .. 1 .......... POTOMAC ... $2,260,000 .... Detached .... 2.59 ...... 20854 ...... POTOMAC OUTSIDE ..... 04/26/12

3 10600 BURBANK DR ................ 4 .. 4 .. 1 .......... POTOMAC ... $1,788,000 .... Detached .... 2.25 ...... 20854 ....... POTOMAC MANOR ...... 04/02/12

4 12070 WETHERFIELD LN ......... 5 .. 4 .. 1 .......... POTOMAC ... $1,590,000 .... Detached .... 2.00 ...... 20854 ... STONEY CREEK KNOLLS .. 04/16/12

5 11716 SLATESTONE CT ............ 5 .. 4 .. 1 .......... POTOMAC ... $1,230,000 .... Detached .... 0.30 ...... 20854 ......... CLAGETT FARM ......... 04/30/12

6 9706 CLAGETT FARM DR ......... 5 .. 4 .. 1 .......... POTOMAC ... $1,195,000 .... Detached .... 0.20 ...... 20854 ......... CLAGETT FARM ......... 04/12/12

Source: MRIS, Inc. For more information on MRIS, visit www.mris.com

Potomac REAL ESTATE In April 2012, 248 Arlington homes

sold between $3,100,000-$70,000.

April 2012 Top Sales

2 10315 Riverwood Drive,Potomac — $2,260,000

3 10600Burbank Drive,Potomac —$1,788,000

1 11114 Cripplegate Road, Potomac — $2,300,000

4 12070 Wetherfield Lane,Potomac — $1,590,000

6 9706 ClagettFarm Drive,Potomac —$1,195,000

5 11716 Slatestone Court, Potomac — $1,230,000


SportsPotomac Almanac Sports Editor Jon Roetman

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Former Churchill basketball player Will Lewis was namedto the 2011-12 Founders League All-League team.

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Churchill Grad LewisNamed All-League

Former Churchill guard Will Lewis (2011)was recently named to the 2011-12Founders League All-League team whileplaying for The Loomis Chaffee School(Windsor, Conn.) as a post-graduate. TheFounders League participates in the NewEngland Prep School Athletic Conferenceand consists of the following nine members:

Avon Old Farms, Choate Rose-mary Hall, The HotchkissSchool, Kingswood-OxfordSchool, Kent School, TaftSchool, Trinity-Pawling School,Westminster School and Loomis

Chaffee. Lewis, a 6-foot-2 guard, was thePelicans’ leading scorer during the 2011-12season at 11.9 points per game and led theteam in 3-pointers made with 47. He plansto play at Denison University in Granville,Ohio, this fall under head coach BobGhiloni.

Big Train Falls To 1-4The Bethesda Big Train dropped to 1-4

with a 2-1 loss to the Herndon Braves onJune 11. Michael Bass (UNC-Wilmington)and Adam Berry each had two hits in a los-ing effort.

On Sunday, Bethesda picked up its firstwin of the season with an 11-0 victoryagainst the D.C. Grays. David Wayne Russo(San Jose State) earned the win, allowingone hit in six innings while walking threeand striking out seven. Tucker Tobin(George Mason) led the way offensively, fin-ishing 3 for 5 with a home run, a doubleand two RBIs.

Bethesda will travel to face the SilverSpring Takoma T Bolts at 7 p.m. on Wednes-day, June 13 at Blair High School. The BigTrain’s next home game is at 7 p.m. onThursday, June 14 against the SouthernMaryland Nationals.

Whitman Grad GoralReceives Rowing Honor

Kim Goral, a 2009 Whitman graduate andmember of the William Smith College row-ing team, earned the S. Ford Weiskittel MostValuable Oarsman Award at the annual

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A 2011-12 CRCA All-American, Goral wasthe coxswain for the Heron varsity eight,steering her crew to goldmedals at the Head of theGenesee and LibertyLeague and New YorkState championships. TheWilliam Smith varsityeight also captured a sil-ver medal at the Head ofthe Fish and finishedthird in the grand finals at the ECAC Na-tional Invitational Rowing Championshipsand the NCAA Division III Rowing Champi-onship. The varsity eight was also namedLiberty League Crew of the Year.

Goral was a member of 10 Liberty LeagueBoats of the Week this season. She is also atwo-time Liberty League All-Academic teamselection.

The William Smith rowing team re-cently completed one of the most suc-cessful seasons in school history. TheHerons captured their second straightLiberty League Championship, put allfour of its entries on the medal stand atthe New York State Championships, win-ning the NYS All-Point Trophy for thefirst time, earned a bronze medal at theECAC NIRC and finished fourth as a teamat the NCAA Championships, thanks to athird place finish by the varsity eight anda fifth place showing by the second var-sity eight.

GWU Softball CampGeorge Washington University will host

an individual skills camp July 9-11, provid-ing instruction for ages 10-18 and all skilllevels. For more information, visitwww.gwsports.com.

Catholic UniversitySummer Baseball Camp

Catholic University is hosting an advanceddevelopment baseball camp on June 25-29 forplayers ages 8-18. For more information, con-tact Catholic University head baseball coachRoss Natoli at 202-319 6092 or [email protected] visit: www.collegebaseballcamps.com/CU.

To have an item listed mail [email protected] is Thursday at noon for thefollowing week’s paper. Call 703-778-9412.

Julie Fainberg of Potomac wasnamed to the deans list at the FloridaInstitute of Technology for the springsemester of 2012.

Sean Tate of Potomac graduatedfrom Ohio Wesleyan University witha bachelor of arts degree on May 13,

Alysha Howar, a sophomore,was named to the dean’s list at Uni-versity of Mary Washington for thespring semester of the 2011-2012academic year.

The following Potomac students haveearned the distinction of dean’s list atthe Georgia Institute of Technology forspring semester 2012: ErikMulchandani and MarielRezende.

Stefani Chow of Potomac made thedean’s list at DePaul University for thewinter quarter of 2012.

The following local students gradu-ated from University of Vermont on May20:

❖ Jillian C. Catoe of Potomac re-ceived a bachelor of arts incommunication science.

❖ Stephen M. Kent of Potomac re-ceived a bachelor of arts in history.

❖ Harris S. Middel of Potomac re-ceived a bachelor of arts in businessadministration.

Bucknell University has conferredbachelor’s and master’s degrees to thefollowing local students on May 20:

❖ Katherine A. Brown, Potomac,daughter of Russell and Barbara Brownof Potomac, and a 2008 graduate ofWinston Churchill High school, gradu-ated cum laude with a bachelor of artsin history and departmental honors inhistory

❖ Hannah L. Davis, Potomac,daughter of Joseph and Sarah Davis ofPotomac, and a 2008 graduate of SaintAndrews Episcopal School, graduatedmagna cum laude with a bachelor of artsin economics and Spanish.

❖ Emily C. Fiuzat, Potomac,daughter of Homer and Cynthia Fiuzatof Potomac, and a 2008 graduate ofSaint Andrew’s Episcopal School, gradu-ated with a bachelor of science inneuroscience.

❖ Cynthia A. Iselin, Potomac,daughter of Amy Iselin of Potomac, andRichard Iselin of Reston, and a 2008graduate of Winston Churchill HighSchool, graduated cum laude with a bach-elor of arts in psychology and education.

Some 20 Montgomery County PublicSchools students have received college-and university-sponsored National MeritScholarships in the latest round ofawards. These awards provide between$500 and $2,000 annually for up to fouryears of undergraduate study at the in-

stitution financing the scholarship.The winners, their intended careerfields and the sponsoring universityor college are:

❖ Winston Churchill High School:Ariel Lai, University of Maryland,computer programming; CindyYiin, University of Southern Califor-nia, architecture;

❖ Walt Whitman High School:Nathaniel T. Rabner, Universityof Maryland, journalism;

❖ Thomas S. Wootton HighSchool: Meghna Ramaswamy,University of Maryland, medicine;Christopher Y. Wong, Universityof Maryland, materials science/engi-neering; Narain S.Krishnamurthy, University ofMaryland, quantitative finance.

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THROUGH JUNE 17Double-Billing. “Trial by Jury” and

“The Sorcerer.” Presented by theVictorian Lyric Opera Company.Showtimes are Friday, June 15, andSaturday, June 16, at 8 p.m., andSunday, June 17 at 2 p.m. Ticketsare $20 adults, $18 seniors (65 yearsand older), $16 students (16 yearsand younger). Tickets are availablethrough the theater box office atwww.rockvillemd.gov/theatre or byphone 240-314-8690 between 2 and7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. At

the F. Scott FitzgeraldTheater at RockvilleCivic Center Park, 603Edmonston Drive,Rockville.

THROUGH JUNE 23Strathmore Unleashed. Canine-

themed art exhibit at Strathmore.Opening reception on Thursday, May3 from 7-9 p.m. A Yappy Hour isfrom 6-7 p.m. Well-socialized dogsare welcome in the Mansion forYappy Hour. Call 301-581-5100 orvisit www.strathmore.org.

THROUGH OCT. 27Bethesda Freshfarm Market.

Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Will offerfresh fruits, vegetables, organicmeats and artisan cheeses. At NorfolkAvenue, between Fairmont and St.Elmo Avenues in Bethesda. Call 301-215-6660 or visit www.bethesa.org.

THURSDAY/JUNE 14Slow Blues and Swing Dance.

Dancing from 9 to 11:30 p.m.Admission is $8. With DJ MikeMarcotte and Guests. Slow Blueslesson from 8:15 to 9 p.m. At theBack Room at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. CallDonna Barker at 301-634-2231 or goto [email protected] orwww.CapitalBlues.org.

JUNE 14 THROUGH AUG. 23Wine Down. Every Thursday, 6:30-

8:30 p.m. Live music, food and $5wine tasting. At Rockville TownSquare, 200 East Middle Lane,Rockville. Visitwww.rockvilletownsquare.com fordetails.

JUNE 15 TO JULY 1“Fiddler on the Roof.” Part of the

Summer Dinner Theaterperformances. ” Performances willtake place June 15-16, 22-24 andJune 29-July 1. On Friday andSaturday night performances, thedoors will open at 6:30 p.m., with ashow time of 8:15 p.m. On Sunday,the doors will open at 12:30 p.m.,with a 2:15 p.m. show time. Ticketsfor Summer Dinner Theatre are$46.50 for adults and $34.50 forchildren ages 12 and under. Pricesinclude the performance and a fulldinner buffet. At Theatre Arts Arenaon the College’s Rockville Campus,located at 51 Mannakee Street,Rockville, Md. For more informationor to purchase tickets, visitwww.montgomerycollege.edu/sdt orcall 240-567-7676.

SATURDAY/JUNE 16Dogs Who Don’t Listen. 1:30-3:30

p.m. Most dogs aren’t actuallystubborn; we just speak differentlanguages. Trainer Michelle Mangegive you tips on motivating and

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Calendar

15th Annual Heritage Days WeekendHeritage Days Weekend features 32 sites located throughout Mont-

gomery County representing the history and natural beauty of the area.All events are free, family-friendly and open to the public, and many willoffer activities specifically for children.

On Saturday, June 23, the Glen Echo Park Partnership presents the229th Army Band’s OldLine Brass Quintet playing marches and patri-otic songs in the Spanish Ballroom, 1-2 p.m. (Floor seating and standingroom.)

On Sunday, June 24, the Partnership presents the Washington Rev-els Heritage Voices and the Roustabout Band performing in the SpanishBallroom at 1 p.m. and in the Washington Conservatory of Music Re-cital Room at 2:30 p.m. (Floor seating and standing room in the SpanishBallroom.) In historically appropriate costumes, they will perform CivilWar-era music in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

Crafts activities for kids will also be available on Saturday, 12-3 p.m,and Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Spanish Ballroom lobby.

Call 301-634-2222 or visit www.glenechopark.org. For locations andcontact information for each site, visit www.HeritageMontgomery.orgor call 301-515-0753 for a brochure.

SATURDAY/JUNE 23Gaithersburg Community Museum: Train Day at the museum

includes model train exhibits and demonstrations and other train-related activities.

Pleasant View Historical Society: The award-winning Kinderman’sinteractive program will entertain and educate children at noon.Gaithersburg.

Oakley Cabin: 19th-century crafts. Olney.Olney Theatre Center: Cotton candy, refreshments, and a variety of

games.DC Radio Control Club: Demonstrations of radio-controlled model

aircraft and souvenirs for children. Boyds.Boyds Negro School: Learn to play marbles, make button jewelry, and

write by dipping a pen into an inkwell.Clarksburg Day: Moonbounce, clowns, pet show.Damascus Heritage Museum: Old-fashioned games and crafts.

SUNDAY/JUNE 24Brookeville One-Room Schoolhouse: A schoolmarm in period

costume will conduct lessons throughout the day.

SATURDAY & SUNDAYGlen Echo Park: craft activities for children.King Barn Dairy MOOseum: In addition to milking model cows, a

puppet show, live animals, and crafts (Saturday & Sunday), “BalloonMan” will make balloon hats for children from noon to 2 p.m. andthere will be an ice cream tasting

from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday only. Boyds.American Latvian Museum: Silversmithing, decorating Easter eggs

with onionskin dye, other craft activities. Rockville.Hyattstown Mill Arts Project: Learn to make beautiful leaf prints.Seneca Schoolhouse: Costumed teacher in the 1880 classroom with

activities and games. Poolesville.

communicating with your dog.Workshop sponsored by Your Dog’sFriend. Visit www.yourdogsfriend.infoor call 301-983-5913. St. Luke’sEpiscopal Church, 6030 GrosvenorLane, Bethesda.

Battle of the Bands. 6-9 p.m. atArtisphere in Arlington, Va. Featuringeight local high school bands fromacross the D.C. Metro Area. Ticketsare $5. Bands performing include:Songs About Girls (Walt WhitmanHigh School/Bethesda), Mr.Mannequin (Walt Whitman HighSchool/Bethesda), and NOX(Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School/Bethesda).Visit www.Artisphere.com.

SUNDAY/JUNE 17Waltz Dance. In the Spanish Ballroom

at Glen Echo Park. The 45-minutedance lesson begins at 2:45 p.m.Social dancing follows until 6 p.m.Admission is $10. No partnerrequired. Call Joan Koury at 202-238-0230 or Glen Echo Park at 301-634-2222, go towww.WaltzTimeDances.org or [email protected]. TheGlen Echo National Park is located at7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.

TUESDAY/JUNE 19Mommy & Me (& Daddy, Too!). 10

a.m. to noon. At Rockville TownSquare. Mommy & Me (& DaddyToo!) on the Square meets for amorning out on the third Tuesday ofeach month. There are lunch specials,story time, arts & crafts, sing-a-longs,prizes, and more. Visit http://rockvilletownsquare.com/events/mommy-and-me/

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 20JSSA’s Life Coaching. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Cost is $15. Featuring PhyllisLevinson, MCRP, JSSA Life andCareer Coach. At JSSA, Ina KayBuilding, 200 Wood Hill Road,Rockville. Pre-registration required.Call 301-610-8380 or email:[email protected]. Visitwww.jssa.org/life-coaching.

Cake for Dinner (Featuring membersof Scythian). 7 p.m. Part ofStrathmore’s Free Summer OutdoorConcert Series. At the GudelskyConcert Pavilion at the Music Centerat Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane,North Bethesda. Call 301-581-5100 orvisit www.strathmore.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21Slow Blues and Swing Dance.

Dancing from 9 to 11:30 p.m.Admission is $8. With DJ MikeMarcotte and Guests. Slow Blueslesson from 8:15 to 9 p.m. At theBack Room at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. CallDonna Barker at 301-634-2231 or goto [email protected] orwww.CapitalBlues.org.

FRIDAY/JUNE 22Ahmad Jamal. 8 p.m. Presented by

Strathmore and Blues Alley. Ticketsare $28 to $68. At the Music Center atStrathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane,North Bethesda. Call 301-581-5100 orvisit www.strathmore.org.

Dancing by the Bayou presentsZydeco and Cajun Dance at Glen EchoPark’s Bumper Car Pavilion with theall-girl C’est Bon Cajun Dance Band.Take the 8:30 p.m. 30-minutebeginner Cajun dance lesson; thendance until midnight. Admission is$15. No partner required. For moreinformation, call Michael Hart at 301-762-6730 or Glen Echo Park at 301-634-2222, or go towww.DancingbytheBayou.com. TheGlen Echo National Park is located at7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo,MD 20812.

I last celebrated my father’s day six years ago,in 2006. Six months later, in early December, hefinally succumbed to that which had been ailinghim: old age for sure, the effects of two strokesfor certain and the realization that it was, as welike to say in our family: “Enough already.” Painand suffering is all it’s anticipated to be, so whenmy father died in his sleep that early Saturdaymorning in late fall, 2006, it was a blessing; oneoccasionally in disguise, but one nonetheless. Hewasn’t ever getting better, he was already in hos-pice care, it was time. He was 87.

“Barnet, Barnet, Barnet,” I would call out tomy father in my best from-Boston accent when Iwould first enter the residence my parents main-tained in Leisure World in Silver Spring.

“Yo! Yo! Yo!,” my father would respond, spe-cifically, as he had for as long as I could remem-ber. (I don’t think my generation uses theword/expression “Yo” to account for one’s pres-ence.) “Barnet,” his adolescent given name;“Benet,” on his birth certificate; “Barry” (later inlife) to his friends, family and business associates;and “Beez,” a nickname given to him by a fellowmember of a knothole gang in the 1920s/30s(who said everybody had to have a nickname), tome; the name that I respectfully called him myentire life. My brother, Richard and I miss himvery much, as we do our mother, Celia, who diednearly two years later, also in early December.

Our parents, and for the focus of this column,our father, was devoted to his children and family.We were very fortunate. Let me try to explain.

My father was the father who, for years, everymorning, drove about a dozen Elementary Schoolkids to school, crammed into his Oldsmobile. If Iheard the word “laps,” once, I heard it a thou-sand times, maybe literally. My father was thefather always present at Little League games, sit-ting in the grandstand rooting for his son and hisson’s team (the Little League Red Sox as it hap-pened to be) and behaving. Never once did heengage or enrage an umpire or another team’scoach. He did, however, often come downbehind the bench where I would be sittingbetween innings to offer fatherly advice – andencouragement about my pitching: “Don’t dragyour right leg.” “Take a deep breath betweenpitches.” And of course, the constant throughoutmy entire life: “Stop biting your nails!” My fatherwas the father who played catch with his son – atevery opportunity, and on weekends would driveme to the local Junior High School where hewould stand me up against the baseball backstopand hit me grounders, fly balls and pop-ups – forpractice. My father was the father who took hiskids to baseball games at Fenway Park and bas-ketball games at the old Boston Garden. The RedSox games would usually be on Saturday after-noons (or Sundays, depending on the time ofyear) so as not to interfere with my mother’sstanding hair appointment at her Beauty Salon.The Celtics game was typically the first Sundayafternoon game of the season (my father owned ajewelry store in downtown Boston and other thanJuly and August, only had Sundays off), usuallyagainst the Philadelphia 76ers, which meant BillRussell against Wilt Chamberlain; it didn’t get anybetter than that. My father was the father who,after driving his son (yours truly) to my driver’slicense driving test (which I passed the first time),had me drive him to the subway just so I coulddrive myself to school that very first day and havea car – without waiting one extra day, despite theobvious inconvenience to him and my mother(there was only one car in the family).

My father was the most positive, supportive,encouraging and enthusiastic person I knew. Hisinfluence on his children while he was alive isonly surpassed by his continuing influence on usafter his death. He lives on in our hearts andminds despite his absence, and so we honor him,especially on Father’s day. He is gone, but cer-tainly not forgotten. He was one-of-a-kind, andhis two children were lucky he lived as long as hedid.

Happy Father’s Day, Beez. I’ll see you at thecemetery on Sunday.

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

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