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By Peggy McEwan

The Almanac

Only seven residents at-tended the public meetingto hear the county’s pro-posal on increasing the

height of the monopole at Cabin John ParkFire Station - Station 30 – on Falls Road atPotomac Elementary School on Tuesday,April 25, but the meeting still proved con-tentious.

C.O. North, who lives next to the fire sta-tion, objected to the new monopole, whichwill go from the current height of 90 feet to185 feet. His argument was based on thehistory of the fire station and the param-eters set when it was opened. [See North’sletter on page 6.]

“The monopole takes away from thepromises of the [1970s] to have Station 30blend in with the neighborhood,” Northsaid. “The community doesn’t want a 185-foot tower in its neighborhood.”

Gerry Adcock, manager of Radio Commu-nications Services for the MontgomeryCounty Department of Technology Services,explained the purpose of the higher mono-pole is to increase communications cover-age for county fire and police. It is plannedas part of a 22 antenna system throughoutthe county.

“We already have 11 and are adding 11more in order to fill our communicationneeds,” Adcock said.

He assured the attendees that the mono-pole would only be used for official com-

munications, not for commercial purposes.Still, residents were not convinced, ask-

ing if the county had considered other sitesfor the higher monopole. North suggestedthe Brickyard property, a nearby site ownedby the county to be used as a future schoolsite. Others suggested placing the monopoleon park land closer to the Potomac River,as that is one of the areas that will mostbenefit from improved communications.Another suggestion was farther down RiverRoad at the WSSC Water Treatment Plant.

Adcock assured the group that other siteswere considered but each had a reason thatmade it incompatible or unusable.

The discussion hit a standstill when Northasked about the approval process the countyused to approve the new monopole.

Adcock said he did not know.“I’m not clear on the whole process,” he

said. “I run a technical group. I have a wholeradio system to run and a project to run.”

None of the other county officials at themeeting knew either.

Zac Trupp, legislative assistant to County

Council President Roger Berliner, was at themeeting and he said he did not know whatthe process is either.

“We are currently looking into [that],” hesaid on the phone later in the week. “I askedthe project board to give me a timeline ofwhen constituents would have input.”

Another question was that of a fall line.Monopoles are supposed to be designed sothat if they fall, they do not fall off the prop-erty on which they stand, Adcock said.

He does not consider that a problem withthe Station 30 monopole.

“We have never had an antenna fall,” hesaid. “We designed this … so it could sup-port half again its weight.”

North summed up the meeting from hispoint of view with, “Nobody is objecting tobetter communications, we just don’t wantit [at Station 30].”

Adcock said he understands the objec-tions but his mandate is it make fire andpolice communications coverage better.

“This is one of those necessary evils,’ hesaid. “It’s necessary for public safety.”

By Peggy McEwan

The Almanac

Winston Churchill High School inPotomac was ranked number 75in the nation out of 22,000 pub-

lic high schools across the U.S. accordingto a recent survey published by US News &World Report.

Churchill received the highest ranking ofthe 25 high schools in Montgomery County,making it number one among MontgomeryCounty Public Schools.

“It’s always great news for us when ourschools are ranked nationally,” saidGboyinde Onijala, MCPS spokesperson. “Itshows what we already know, that MCPShas very good schools.”

MCPS does not rank its schools, Onijalasaid.

According to the US News & World Re-port website www.usnews.com, the newsmagazine worked with RTI International, anonprofit research institute, to rate the highschools. They used a four-step evaluationlooking at student performance on requiredstate tests in reading and math, how disad-vantaged students — black, Hispanic andlow-income — compared to those state-wide, graduation rates that meet or exceednational standards, and college readinessbased on Advanced Placement participation

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The historic Dentzel carousel in Glen Echo Park opened for the season on Saturday,April 29. The carousel operates from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., $1.25 per ride.


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Spring CarnivalArvind Shah enjoys the Spring Carnival atGeneva Day School on Saturday, April 29.

Maria Frarrzetti and Lauren Rouhanian of the Geneva Day School Par-ents Association. All proceeds from the carnival were given to the Par-ents Association for expenses and a scholarship fund.

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By Ashley Claire Simpson

The Almanac

When you grow up or raise yourchildren in one neighborhood, there is a good chance

you’ll become friendly with your neigh-borhood pharmacist. Up until last month,residents who filled their prescriptionsat the Potomac Village Giant Pharmacyhad pharmacist ElisabetTassis to thank for theirhealth maintenance.

Tassis said the opportu-nity to serve the commu-nity that she herself grewup in — filling thousandsof prescriptions everyweek — was enough of a‘thank you” for her con-tributions to the health ofthe Potomac population.

“It is not lost on me thatI got to serve people Igrew up with,” she said.“I saw parents and friendswho recognized me be-hind the pharmacycounter from the dayswhen I back in school. It was very mean-ingful that I got to serve these people.”

It is also not lost on Tassis that she hada symbiotic relationship with thePotomac Village Giant Pharmacy as wellas the patients that relied on her for theircontinued health. A grocery store likeGiant, including the pharmacy, is formost people a place to shop for their sus-tenance. For Tassis, Giant laid an impor-tant foundation for her pharmaceuticalcareer.

Now, Tassis embraces the next phaseof her career, but she knows she couldn’tpursue this next part of her professionallife without her experience at Giant,where she supervised five pharmacists,five medical technicians and two clerks.

“My journey with Giant Pharmacy hasbeen a great one and one that I will al-ways hold dear to my heart,” said Tassis,who is not yet 30 years old. “In only ayear and a half, I rose to the top andmanaged two pharmacies in Maryland.There are people who spend their entirecareer with Giant and never reach themanager level.”

She is now a medical science liaisonfor Osiris Therapeutics Inc., a biotech-nology company headquartered in Co-

As pharmacist,Elisabet Tassisserved people shegrew up with.

Hometown JourneyPropels Her Career

Elisabet Tassis

lumbia. But it was Potomac Village Gi-ant where Tassis first discovered herpassion for medicinal science. Havingclimbed through the ranks of Giantpharmacies quickly, becoming one of theyoungest pharmacy managers in thecompany, Tassis has taken everythingshe’s learned there to pursue a positionin which she will be conducting life-sav-ing research.

“I ultimately turned down the oppor-tunity to manage the biggest store inthe district, the 24-Hour pharmacy,” shesaid. “I decided to leave because Iwanted more of a challenge and Iwanted to help people on a broaderlevel through healthcare management.”

This isn’t the first Giant position thatTassis has walked away from. Before she

even had her driver’s li-cense, she started herfirst paid job as an ap-prentice for thePotomac Village phar-macy manager at thetime.

“When I was 15, Igot a summer job atthe same pharmacy I’mmanaging now, work-ing for the then-phar-macy manager, SherriAlpert,” Tassis said.“No one in my familyis in medicine. I fellinto it by accident. Thewoman whose positionI took over, Sherri, is

the reason I became a pharmacist. Ineeded a job when I was 15, so I askedher if I could work for the pharmacy atthat Giant. That’s where I fell in lovewith the field. Sherri would bring mebehind the counter and quiz me, so Ilearned so much. That’s why, ever sinceI was 15, I knew I wanted to go to theUniversity of Maryland to pursue mydoctor of pharmacy.”

Tassis attended Montgomery CountySchools from first grade through highschool graduation. She was valedicto-rian of the Winston Churchill HighSchool Class of 2008.

After graduating from Johns HopkinsUniversity in 2012 with a degree inchemistry, she entered the University ofMaryland’s pharmacy program.Throughout the seven years of school-ing necessary for her to become a phar-macist, Tassis would pop into her oldstomping grounds. During breaks fromschool, it was a priority for her to visither mentor, Alpert, the pharmacist whohad taken the 15-year-old Tassis underher wing.

“I would go back and visit Sherriwhenever I had breaks from school,”


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Commuter Connections and theWashington Area Bicyclist Asso-ciation invite everyone to cel-ebrate bicycling as a clean, fun,

and healthy way to get to work on Friday, May19. Be one of the first 16,000 to register andattend a pit stop in D.C., MD, and VA to re-ceive a free T-shirt, refreshments, and be en-tered into a raffle for a new bicycle. To regis-ter, visit www.biketoworkmetrodc.org/.

More than 85 Bike to Work Day pit stopevents will be held throughout D.C., Maryland,and Virginia. There are also a few pit stopsopen for the afternoon commute back.

In Montgomery County, there are pit stopsin: Bethesda, FDA White Oak, FriendshipHeights, Gaithersburg, National Institutes ofHealth Building One, Naval Support ActivityBethesda, North Bethesda at Pike & Rose, RockSprings Business Park, Rockville – Fallsgrove,Rockville – Town Center, Rockville – Twinbrook,and Silver Spring – Discovery Place.

Submit civic/community announcements atConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos andartwork welcome. Deadline is Thursday at noon, atleast two weeks before event.

SOBER-RIDE FOR CINCO DE MAYOFree Sober Rides. Friday, May 5, 7 p.m. through

Saturday, May 6, 4 a.m. Area residents, 21 andolder, may download Lyft to their phones, thenenter the code CINCODC in the app’s “Promo”section to receive a no cost (up to $15) safe ridehome. The SoberRide code is valid for the first1,500 Lyft users who enter the code. Visitwww.soberride.com.

THURSDAY/MAY 4Public Meeting. 6-8 p.m. at Great Falls Tavern

Visitor Center, 11710 MacArthur Blvd.,Potomac. The National Park Service is invitingthe public to review and comment on a plan toreduce overabundant deer populations thatimpact the natural and historic scenery atHarpers Ferry National Historical Park andChesapeake & Ohio Canal National HistoricalPark. Comments from the public can besubmitted through parkplanning.nps.gov/NHPdeermanagement or by written comment atthe meeting.

Cyclists at a pit stop in Bethesda on their way to work onBike to Work Day.

Bike To Work Day Is May 19Benefits ofBicycling to Work

Cycling is a healthy, quiet, clean, economical,and fun way to get to work. Thousands of DC-area commuters bike to work every day.

❖ Cheaper – Purchasing and maintaining abicycle costs far less than driving to work. Anda federal tax benefit for commuters allows par-ticipating employers to provide $20 per monthto cover bicycling related expenses.

❖ Healthier – Cycling allows riders to stayin shape while commuting. Arrive invigoratedand work off some pounds at the same time,then work off the day’s stress on the way home.

❖ Viable Transportation – Bicycles are apractical form of transportation to and fromwork one or more days a week. With the rightgear it is possible to bike all year round.

❖ Better Environment – Bicycling towork means less pollutants and traffic conges-tion caused by automobiles. According toClean Air Partners, each year cars and truckstravel more than 38 billion miles on the roads,accounting for 30-40 percent of the ozone-causing pollutants.

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FRIDAY/MAY 5Building Attachment Through Trust. 9 a.m.-4

p.m. at Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 VeteransPlace, Silver Spring. Children exposed totrauma, abuse and neglect often have troubletrusting adults, which can contribute tochallenging family relationships. Explore thenewest neuroscience-based research andinterventions on enhancing attachment andconnection in families. Early Bird (throughMarch 31): Parents, $79, professionals (includes6 CEUs), $129; parents, $99, professionals(includes 6 CEUs), $149. Lunch will beprovided. [email protected] or 410-402-1121 for more.

TUESDAY/MAY 16Grief Support Group. 1:30-3 p.m. at North

Bethesda United Methodist Church, 10100 OldGeorgetown Road, Bethesda. For anyonegrieving the death of a loved one, six-weekgroup that meets each Tuesday. Led byMontgomery Hospice professional counselors.Call 301-921-4400 for more.


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WMCCA President

Every year, we invite our District 15lawmakers to brief us on the sessionjust completed in Annapolis. Pleasejoin WMCCA to hear about the work

accomplished during the Maryland GeneralAssembly’s 90-day session, which ended onApril 10. Here are just a few examples of abusy session:

❖ Maryland banned the hydraulic fractur-ing drilling process known as fracking.

❖ The General Assembly passed a resolutionthat enabled the Attorney General to sue thefederal government without the Governor’s

permission.❖ The Attorney General’s of-

fice will receive $1 million in fu-ture fiscal years to pay for added

expenses to bring lawsuits against federal gov-ernment actions that harm the state.

❖ The assembly passed a bill that requiresbusinesses with 15 or more employees to pro-vide five paid sick days.

❖ The assembly passed a bill against com-panies whose drivers or private individuals ofvehicles (mostly trucks) are tampered with toalter vehicle emission controls. The companiesor private individuals would face fines. Pedes-trians and bikers in particular cannot avoidthese clouds of black smoke from pollutingvehicles.

❖ Ethics laws were tightened. Lawmakersmust make additional conflict-of-interest dis-closures and face more restrictions on theiradvocacy for businesses. A citizens advisoryboard was also created to recommend ways tofurther tighten ethics laws.

❖ An energy efficiency law was approved. Itrequires Maryland’s five biggest electric utili-ties to provide customers with energy-effi-ciency programs and service to reduce energyconsumption by 2 percent per year.

It will be good to hear from our own legisla-tors about these and other bills that made theirway through the assembly, and to get an in-side view of what led up to their passage. Ef-forts by District 15 legislators to enact lawsthat improve the lives of citizens in the districtand across the state are always welcome.

We hope you can join us to come ask yourown questions and express your concerns.

Park, Recreation andOpen Space

By Ginny Barnes

Maryland requires the Park and PlanningCommission to update the Parks, Recreationand Open Space (PROS) Master Plan. On April27, the commission met and reviewed the draft2017 PROS Plan, set a public hearing for lateMay, and discussed strategies for deliveringservices and ensuring “the right parks to theright places” in an era of competing competi-

tion for park uses. The 2017 PROS Plan willconcentrate on urban parks.

The Potomac Subregion includes a numberof outstanding conservation parks includingBlockhouse Point, Serpentine Barrens, as wellas a network of Stream Valley Parks that pro-tect riparian corridors leading to the PotomacRiver that contribute to the quality of our drink-ing water supply. WMCCA is committed to en-suring the parklands and facilities we need areplanned and developed wisely, providing forfuture recreation needs while protecting vitalnatural resources unique to our community.

Election of WMCCAOfficers and Board

The Nominating Committee proposes thefollowing slate of officers and directors to themembership for a vote at our May 10 meeting.Nominations may also be made from the floor.

❖ President: Ginny Barnes.❖ Immediate Past President: Carol Van Dam

Falk.❖ President Elect: Mark Israel.❖ Vice President: Susanna Lee.❖ Treasurer: Barbara Hoover.❖ Secretary: Barbara Brown.❖ Newsletter: Nancy Madden.❖ Directors serving second year of a two-

year term: Alison Mrohs, Ken Bawer.❖ Nominees for a two-year term: George

Barnes, Kathy Petitt.❖ Nominees for a one-year term: John

Yassin, Jill Phillips.Help support WMCCA efforts in defending

the Master Plan: Renew or become a new mem-ber of WMCCA. See www.wmcca.org.

Get Update on General AssemblyWMCCA Meeting

The next meeting of the West MontgomeryCounty Citizens Association is Wednesday, May 10,7:15 p.m. at the Potomac Community Center.

Speakers will be state Sen. Brian Feldman andDistrict 15 Delegates Kathleen Dumais, DavidFraser-Hildago and Aruna Miller.

The meeting is open to the public. If schools areclosed because of inclement weather, the meetingwill be cancelled.

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History LessonOn MonopoleTo the Editor:

I wish to offer some history regarding thelatest effort to install a radio tower at the firestation at 9404 Falls Road; much of this is per-sonal since we have lived next door for morethan 40 years.

In the early 1970s, the county proposed con-struction of Cabin John Fire Station 30 on theresidential parcel at 9404 Falls Road. In con-sultation with residents, it was agreed that thestation would be designed to look like otherhouses being built back then in the neighbor-hood. It was designed so that, should the firestation be deemed redundant in the future, thestructure could simply be converted to a housewhere it would fit right in. Many years of peace-ful coexistence followed, and the firemen werewelcomed as good neighbors who providednecessary and much appreciated services to thearea.

Years later, Cabin John Fire Station 30 de-cided to invite a cellular provider to lease partof their land for the construction of a 130-foottower. Citizens, acting as individuals, as ho-meowner associations, and as West Montgom-ery Citizens Association, were strongly op-posed. At considerable expense and effort, the

community appealed to the Board of ZoningAppeals to prevent the proposed tower. Citi-zens argued that such a visible structure onsuch a small lot would damage the residentialcharacter of the neighborhood, that a long-term lease to the cell company would negatethe ability to convert the fire station propertyback to residential use should it no longer beneeded, and that a 130-foot tower so close toneighboring houses would be damaging tothose neighbors.

The BZA rejected the 130-foot tower.Now comes Cabin John Fire Station 30 a

second time with a proposal to lease part oftheir land, not to a cell company this time, butto another county agency which wants to builda tower of 185 feet to hold radio equipmentthe county wants. They have determined thatputting the tower at 9404 Falls Road will beeasier for the county than to place it on othermore appropriate government lands in thearea.

For those who benefit from a visual refer-ence, the existing antenna at Cabin John 30right now is about 90-feet in height, and “slim”in design. The proposed tower is more thantwice as high as the existing tower, muchthicker in width, and will have a significantplatform at the top.

So now citizens and neighbors are confusedhow their own government, having been told

once by the BZA that a 130-foot monopole inthat location would be incompatible with theresidential neighborhood, that it would nega-tively impact close neighbors by looming overtheir houses, and that it would indeed preventthe later conversion of that property to theresidential use originally intended, could them-selves propose now to install a tower 55 feettaller than the tower rejected by the BZA be-fore? Neighbors are right to be upset that theymight have to fight their own government andtheir own fire station again on exactly the sameissues as before. How can a 185-foot tower bedeemed acceptable when the BZA ruled that amuch shorter version on that exact same lotwas not?

C.O. NorthImmediate Neighbor,

Past President, West Montgomery CountyCitizens Association

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A fiery accident near the in-tersection of River Road andSeneca Road on Tuesday, April25, sent two people to the hos-pital.

Pete Piringer, MontgomeryCounty Fire and Rescue spokes-person, did not say how the in-cident occurred but reportedthat the accident between a

Buick and a Ford Excursion SUVcaused the Buick to catch onfire.

“The driver was ejected,” hesaid.

Neither of the two people in-volved had life-threatening in-juries, Piringer reported.

— Peggy McEwan

Crash Leaves Car in Flames

A car crash near the intersection of River Road andSeneca Road left a car engulfed in flames.

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GUIDE DOG FOSTERS NEEDEDGuiding Eyes for the Blind -

Montgomery Region is looking forvolunteers to foster and train futureguide dogs. Volunteers will foster aspecially bred guide dog for 14months, attend bi-monthly trainingclasses, and teach the pup housemanners, people skills andsocialization within the community.Dog crates, training equipment andmonthly medications are provided.Contact Margie Coccodrilli at 301-869-2216 or [email protected] visit www.guidingeyes-md.org.

DATES FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEARThe Montgomery County Board of

Education approved the start and enddates for the 2017-2018 school yearat its Nov. 15, 2016 meeting. Theschool year will begin on Tuesday,Sept. 5, 2017, and the last day ofschool will be no later than Friday,June 15, 2018.

SUPPORT GROUPSThe Alzheimer’s Association’s

Memory Cafes offer a fun andrelaxed way for people living withearly-stage memory loss to getconnected with one another through

social events that promoteinteraction and companionship. Thememory cafe in Rockville (4860Boiling Brook Parkway) operates thethird Wednesday of each month from2:30-4 p.m. Pre-registration isrequired. Contact Lindsey Vajpeyi at240-428-1342 or [email protected].

Suicide Grief Support Group. AtJSSA, 6123 Montrose Road,Rockville. This ongoing bereavementsupport group is for those who havelost a loved one to suicide. Thisgroup meets every first and thirdMonday. No charge. Pre-registrationis required to attend. Call 301-816-2708.

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and proportion of students whodid well on those tests.

“A state-by-state breakdown ofthe 2017 Best High Schoolrankings shows that Maryland isthe leading performer for the thirdyear in a row,” according to theweb site. “This state-by-state per-formance rating is solely based onwhich states have the largest pro-portion of their high schools earn-ing gold and silver medals.”

Gold medal schools are the top500 ranked schools, silver medalswent to schools ranked number501 to 2,609 and bronze medalswent to 3,432 schools who passedthe first three steps in the rankingsprotocol but “does not offer AP

courses or otherwise did not meetthe requirements for a silvermedal.”

MCPS had the top five of theMaryland schools ranked. Theyare, after Churchill, Thomas S.Wootton High School in Rockville;Poolesville High School; WalterJohnson High School, Bethesda;and Richard Montgomery HighSchool, Rockville.

Also named in the top 20 Mary-land high schools were Col. ZadokMagruder High School, Rockville,listed number 13 and DamascusHigh School, number 19.

Churchill principal, Dr. JoanBenz, did not respond for com-ment on her school’s ranking. Shehas been principal of Churchillsince September 1997.

National Recognition

US News &World Report

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School 75th outof 22,000 public

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2 12807 THREE SISTERS RD ..... 4 .. 3 . 2 .... POTOMAC ... $1,055,000 ... Detached ....... 2.07 ......... 20854 ...... BEALLMOUNT GROVE ..... 03/15/17

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By Marilyn Campbell

A 2016 study by the National In-stitutes of Health (NIH) showsthat while most people who losea significant amount of weight

(10-percent or more of their originalweight) tend to regain it, those who weresuccessful in maintaining a weight loss werevigilant in maintaining lifestyle changes thatled to the weight loss.

“One reason maintenance is so difficultis that your body isn’t seeing that weightloss as a good thing,” said Domenica M.Rubino, M.D., director, Washington Centerfor Weight Management. “It’s not just willpower, it’s biology. It’s your hormones tell-ing your brain that your body is really notfull. There are medications that target theparts of the brain that are involved incravings and feelings of hunger.”

The reasons that maintaining a significant

weight loss can be challenging range frominactive lifestyles, unhealthy diets and theside effects of medication to mental healthissues and metabolic disorders, says ColleenSanders, assistant professor of Nursing atMarymount University in Arlington, Va.

“The best recommendation for maintain-ing weight loss is making lifestyle changesand sticking with them,” said Sanders. “Sur-gery and weight loss medications willachieve weight loss, but if lifestyle choicesare not made then weight is typically re-gained. Diet and exercise will foster weightloss, but once a healthy weight is achievedthere has to be healthy eating and routineexercise to maintain that weight.”

Avoid fad diets and instead make lifestylechanges that can be maintained long-term,advises Nick Sborz, instructor of physicaleducation at Northern Virginia CommunityCollege.

“Consistency is [necessary] and a betterapproach is going to include multiple strat-egies,” he said. “One of those is to increaseyour physical activity. [Type], amount andintensity will vary from person to person,but for some it will include walking, ridinga biking, walking hills or swimming. Forothers … some form of strength training.Recommendations vary, but should be closeto 150-minutes of moderate intensity ac-

tivity or 75-minutes of high intensity activ-ity each week.”

The dietary changes needed for weightloss and maintenance can be daunting, con-tinued Sborz. “This is probably the mostdifficult thing to change, he said. “… [F]or

Strategies for Maintaining Weight Loss

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A lifestyle overhaul is necessary tomaintaining a desired weight.

Study shows lifestylechanges are critical tokeep off unwantedpounds.

long-term success, try not to be perfect. Ilike the 90/10 rule. If 90 percent of the timeI do my best to make a better, healthierchoices then 10 percent of the time I caneat what I enjoy.”

Keeping track of food intake, countingcalories and fat grams and avoiding skip-ping meals are strategies those in the NIHstudy credited with weight loss mainte-nance. “… [W]e need to eat and drink lesssugar,” said Sborz. “Sugar is a big reasonwhy people don’t see the results they arelooking for. Eat more real food and less [pro-cessed] food. Generally speaking, to be con-sidered real, food is must contain five in-gredients or less. Focus on good quality car-bohydrates [like] whole grains, fruit, beansand vegetables, which can provide addi-tional nutrients to help you maintain ahealthy weight.

Exercise is one of the most important as-pects of maintaining your weight, addsRubino. “People have to understand thatobesity is a chronic disease,” she said. “Youcan’t just take medicine and not exerciseand eat whatever you want. The medicineshelp, but you’re not going to be able to goback to living your life the way you did be-fore you lost weight. The medicine worksin conjunction with diet and exercise. Thereare no quick fixes, there’s no magic.”


Entertainment

Submit entertainment announcementsat ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar.Photos and artwork welcome. Deadline isThursday at noon, at least two weeks be-fore event.

ONGOINGThe Three Billy Goats Gruff. Various

times through April 30 at the PuppetCo. Playhouse 7300 Macarthur Blvd,Glen Echo Park. Three varietynumbers precede the performance,demonstrating the making of asimple hand puppet, andmanipulation of rod puppets andmarionettes, as an introduction to theart of puppetry. Visitwww.thepuppetco.org.

Tally Ho Toastmaster’s Club. Firstand third Mondays each month,7:30-8:30 p.m. in the PotomacCommunity Center, 11315 FallsRoad.

2016 Inaugural Video ArtExhibition. 5-7 p.m. at Glen EchoPhotoworks Gallery, 7300 MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo. Photoworksshowcases a group of female visualartists who use video to reveal thepersonal, the intimate and theartistic. Desires, dreams and fears areall visually explored in Photoworks’Inaugural Video Competition andExhibition, curated by Na’ama BatyaLewin. Free. Visitwww.glenechophotoworks.org.

Children’s Storytime. Wednesdaysand Saturdays, 10 a.m. at Barnes &Noble Booksellers, 4801 BethesdaAve., Bethesda Listen to employeesread children’s stories. Free. Visitwww.store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/4824850-21.

VisArts Cocktails and CanvasClass. at VisArts in the Painting &Drawing Studio, 155 Gibbs St.,Rockville. Price $40. Visitwww.visartsatrockville.org/cocktails-and-canvas.

Thang Ta. Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. atSutradhar Institute of Dance andRelated Arts, 1525 Forest Glen Road,Silver Spring. Learn the ancient art ofthe sword and spear. $25.www.dancesidra.org.

Weekly Blues Dance. Thursdays8:15-11:30 p.m. in the Back RoomAnnex at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd. Capital Bluespresents rotating DJs and instructorswith beginner workshop 8:15-9 p.m.,no partner necessary. $8 for all.capitalblues.org

Weekly Swing Dance. Saturdays, 8p.m.-midnight. The DC LindyExchange presents a swing dancewith live music in the SpanishBallroom, Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.Beginner swing dance lesson at 8p.m., followed by dancing. Admission$16-$18, age 17 and under $12.www.glenechopark.org.

Argentine Tango with Lessons.Most Sundays, 6:30-11 p.m. in theBack Room Annex at Glen Echo Park,7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.Argentine Tango lessons followed bya Milonga most Sunday evenings.Beginner lesson 6:30-7:30 p.m. andintermediate lesson 7:30-8:30 p.m.Cost is $15/lesson and includes theMilonga. For just the Milonga, cost is$10 and the open dance with DJ runs8:30-11 p.m. No partner required.www.glenechopark.org, 301-634-2222.

Contra and Square Dance. Fridaysand Sundays 7-10:30 p.m. in theSpanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park,7300 MacArthur Blvd. The eveningcan include square dances, mixers,waltzes and other couple dances. AllContra and Square dances are taught,no partner necessary. Lessons at 7p.m., followed by the called dancewith live music at 7:30. $13 fornonmembers, $10 for FSGWmembers, $5 ages 17 and under.www.glenechopark.org, 301-634-

2222.Late Night Comedy. Fridays (open

mic night) and Saturdays(established comedians) at Benny’sBar & Grill, 7747 Tuckerman Lane,Potomac. Benny’s is open 8 a.m.-1a.m. Fridays and Saturdays.www.BennysBarGrill.com.

Drop in Art Activities. EverySaturday 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in theCandy Corner Studio at Glen EchoPark, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., parentsand children can explore a new artform or theme. $10/child, parentcombo. Drop-in only. www.pgip.org.

Glen Echo Park Films. Saturdays andSundays. Arcade Building, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Filmsabout the Park’s history are shown onrotation in the lobby. Free. Visitwww.glenechopark.org.

SilverWorks Studio & Gallery.Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdaysand Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. GlenEcho Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd.,Glen Echo. SilverWorks Studio &Gallery is a working silversmithstudio and includes an ongoingexhibition, as well as sales of thework of artist-in-residence BlairAnderson. Free. Visitwww.silverworksglenechopark.com.

Art Glass Center at Glen Echo. Allday Wednesdays; Fridays, 10 a.m.-2p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;Sundays, noon-4 p.m. Art GlassCenter, Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Ongoingexhibitions feature work of residentartists. Sculpture, vessels, functionalart and jewelry for sale. Classes aretaught year-round for beginner,intermediate and advanced students.Visit artglasscenteratglenecho.org.

Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery.Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5 p.m.The Yellow Barn Studio & Gallerypresents free exhibitions of emergingartists’ work. Each weekend featuresthe work of a different artist. Mostartwork is also for sale.www.yellowbarnstudio.com.

Potomac Games Group.Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. at PotomacCommunity Recreation Center,11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Theworld is in the midst of a Golden Ageof new board and card games forplayers of all ages. Free. Contactevent host Randy Hoffman at 412-983-5411 [email protected].

Strathmore Launches Food,Beverage Program. Partnershipkicks off 2017 focusing on creative,upscale bar cuisine, sharable drinks,expanded service with Ridgewells.

For additional information or topurchase tickets, visitwww.ampbystrathmore.com or call301-581-5100.

CAMPS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPSArt Explorers Open Studio. Every

Saturday, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at TheCandy Corner Studio, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Artactivities for parents and children.Activities change weekly and there isno pre-registration; $10 per child.Visit www.glenechopark.org/saturday-art-explorers.

Ceramic Classes. Various dates andtimes. VisArts, 155 Gibbs St,Rockville. An opportunity to try thenew ceramic workshops. Visitwww.visartsatrockville.org/ceramicsfor a list of class dates, times.

STARTING IN APRIL2017 Canal Boat Excursions

Season Opens. At Great FallsTavern Visitor Center, 11710MacArthur Blvd., Potomac. April-October, Saturday and Sunday at 11a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3 p.m. June-August, Friday, Saturday and Sundayat 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Toconfirm the boat ride for your visit,call 301-767-3714 for details asspecial circumstances may affect thisschedule. Prices: $8 for adults (ages16-61), $6 for seniors (ages 62 +),and $5 for children (ages 4-15).Children aged three and under ridefree. In addition to the boat fee, thereis an entrance fee to the park of$10.00 per single vehicle.

MAY 1-MAY 31Art Exhibit. Throughout May at the

Potomac Library, 10101 GlenoldenDrive. Featuring the art of Potomacresident Dr. Meenakshi Mohan, aneducator, painter, and art critic. Visitwww.montgomerycountymd.gov/library/, or call 240-777-0690.

MAY 5-7Azalea Festival. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at

Landon School, 6101 Wilson Lane,Bethesda. Gifts and gently useditems, buy plants and flowers, food,live music, and carnival rides andgames. Visit Landon.net.

SATURDAY/MAY 6Pitch, Hit and Run Competition. 11

a.m.-2 p.m. at Plum Gar Local Park,

19561 Scenery Drive, Germantown.Major League Baseball Pitch Hit &Run a one day competition event forboys and girls. Parent/Guardianpermission is required. Ages 7-13.Call 240-777-4919.

Move More Montgomery Festival.noon-4 p.m. at Bauer DriveCommunity Recreation Center,14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville. Thisfield day type festival features acommunity walk, sport and fitnessdemos, active performances andmini-classes, interactive health andwellness booths and the Fido FitnessArena for pets. Visit 240-777-6922.

Celebrate Animals Fair. 1-4 p.m. atChrist Episcopal Church, 109 S.Washington St., Rockville. Meetrepresentatives from the AnimalWelfare League of MontgomeryCounty and others who will highlightanimal care and trainingdemonstrations. Free. Call 301-762-2191.

Violin and Piano Concert. 8 p.m. atWestmoreland Congregational UCCChurch, 1 Westmoreland Circle,Bethesda. Nurit Bar-Josef on theviolin, and Audrey Andrist on thepiano. Free, donations suggested.Call 301-229-7766.

SUNDAY/MAY 7Waltz Workshop. 2:45-3:30 p.m.

workshop, 3:30-6 p.m. dance atSpanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park,7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.The 45-minute dance lesson begins at2:45 p.m. with a half-hourintroductory Waltz workshop and amore advanced move presented thelast 15 minutes. Social dancingfollows until 6 pm. Admission is $10.No partner required. Visitwww.WaltzTimeDances.org.

MAY 8-JUNE 26Landscape Shooting with Gayle

Rothschild. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Mondays at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd. Class includescritiques, discussion and photo shootsat five different locations along theC&O Canal and Potomac River.National Gallery of Art Curator,Sarah Gordon will be guest lecturer.$300 for 7 sessions. Visitwww.ssreg.com or call 301-634-2222.

WEDNESDAY/MAY 10Blues and Jazz Trio. 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

at Bethesda Blues and Jazz, 7719

Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. Featuringbassist Marco Panascia and drummerUlysses Owens. Call 240-330-4500.

THURSDAY/MAY 11Weekly Outdoor Concerts. 6-8 p.m.

in Veterans Park, located at thecorner of Woodmont and Norfolkavenues. Hayley Fahey band iskicking off a concert series by theBethesda Urban Partnership,featuring free Thursday eveningconcerts during May, June, and July.Range of music includes rock, funk,jazz, swing, and reggae. 301/215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.

Brain Injury Lecture. 7 p.m. atPotomac Community Center, 11315Falls Road, Potomac. What everyathlete and parent should knowabout concussions, by Dr. MichaelLewis. Call 240-777-6960.

SATURDAY/MAY 13The Grateful Shred. 9 a.m. to noon

Clara Barton Community Center,7425 MacArthur Blvd. Sponsored bythe Friends of Clara BartonCommunity Center, suggesteddonation of $5 per one-cubic- footparcel of waste paper, $3 per halfparcel, $2 per quarter parcel. Call240-777-4910, or visitwww.friendscbcc.org.

Photography Lecture. 4 p.m. lecture,6 p.m. dinner in the SpanishBallroom at Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd. Photographer JohnGossage in conversation WithCurator John Jacob, part of thePhotoworks Lecture Series 2017. Visitwww.glenechopark.org.

MAY 13-14Bethesda Fine Arts Festival.

Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m.-6p.m. and Sunday, May 14 from 10a.m.-5 p.m. in Bethesda’s WoodmontTriangle along Norfolk and Auburnavenues, rain or shine. Artists fromacross the country to showcase andsell their original painting,photography, furniture, jewelry,woodwork and ceramics. Visitwww.bethesda.org or call 301-215-6660.

Artists Exhibition. noon-5 p.m. at theYellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo Park,7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.Artists Jeff Erickson and NancyRamsey are displaying their worksand will be meeting and greeting atthe artists reception on Saturday, 6-8p.m. Free. Visit nancyramseyart.com.

Teresa Haag’s painting of the BrooklynBridge will also be featured.

Art FestivalThis Cherry Burl Bowl is the work of Mike Cruz to befeatured at the Bethesda Fine Arts festival May 12-13 indowntown Bethesda.


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By KENNETH B. LOURIEI can hear ye and I can see ye. And I don’t

need life insurance to pay for the cost of myfuneral, and neither do I need supplementalinsurance to co-pay my Medicare coverage.These are both solicitations/direct mail piecesI’ve received in my mailbox in the last week. Ican’t help but wonder why? Have I gottenolder before my very eyes without regard tomy actual age? Have I somehow become aqualified applicant without realizing the conse-quences of my living so many years beyond myoriginal “13 month to two-year” prognosis? (Ialways place quotation marks around my prog-nosis as an indication of its having been said bymy oncologist, and as a bit of a dig since here Isit and write eight years and two months postdiagnosis.) Or do the people sending the directmail pieces know something about me, myhousehold and my neighborhood that I don’t?

Not that I really want to think too deeplyabout why I’ve been bombarded with thesepresumptive age-sensitive solicitations but, thepiling-on effect of the past two weeks hasstoked my embers. It’s not as if being target-marketed burns me up or increases the tem-perature under my collar, but it does cause meto think and consider; always dangerous. AsMoe Howard of The Three Stooges said tobrother Curly in a typical two-reeler story line:“Every time you think you weaken the nation.”

I wouldn’t say the onslaught has been at allequivalent to the volume mailboxes see in theweeks leading up to an election, however. Thematerials I’ve received lately have felt morepersonal than the usual and customary onesthat arrive before an election promoting a can-didate, a cause or an amendment. Thosepolitical pieces merely wanted my vote. Thepieces I’ve received of late wanted my life. Notliterally of course. But they want me, notexactly a pound of flesh, but more than apiece of paper (computer entry, actually).

I haven’t had the opportunity as yet tospeak with any of my neighbors to find out ifthe entire neighborhood was similarly solicitedor was it just yours truly, the cancer patientwhose survival has raised a marketing flag? Imean, with all the hacking/unauthorizedaccess to phone numbers, addresses, bankaccounts, Social Security numbers and privatemedical information, I don’t suppose it’sbeyond a hacker’s reach to secure lists of “te-rminal” (I also put quotation marks around ‘te-rminal’ because again, it’s how my oncologistdescribed me in late February 2009, and as yetanother dig because I’ve lived so long beyond‘terminal’) patients who quite frankly might bemore open to/in need of and sensitive aboutcertain conditions/situations/circumstances notnecessarily characteristic of the generalpopulation.

Or maybe these direct mail pieces hadnothing to do with me (I’m not a narcissist,really; just sort of writing for semi bemuse-ment), but are simply modern-day equivalentsof the old town cryer – without the bell? Butwith a similar goal: to reach as many people aspossible, hopefully under favorable circum-stances, not in the square, but rather in the pri-vacy of their own homes.

Naturally, I tossed all of it. I didn’t takeoffense though, nor am I the least bit defensiveabout it having landed IN MY MAILBOX. It’ssimply sound marketing. Find a neighbor-hood/zip code with the demographics thatmatch your product and voila, a connection ismade, supposedly. No connection here how-ever, merely fodder once again for a column.(Besides, I have life insurance and I’m tooyoung for a “med supp.”).

Editor’s Note: Learn more about Kenny and hisadventures in life (and life with cancer) onlineat www.ConnectionNewspapers.com.

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Tassis said. “I’m glad I did, because she gotto see me evolve.”

When Alpert retired last year from herlead role at the Potomac Village Giant Phar-macy, where she had served for more than30 years, she knew that there was only oneperson who could properly take over as thepharmacy manager: her protégé, Tassis.

Alpert said she saw something special inthe teenaged Tassis, who was already ea-ger to learn more about the field of phar-macy, and to serve her community.

“Even when she was 15, I was impressedby her keen intellectual aptitude, emotionalmaturity, commitment, and organizationalskills,” Alpert said. “She expressed a sinceredesire to put her scientific academic excel-lence to bear in serving her communitymeaningfully. Elisabet interfaced brilliantlywith customers and co-workers alike. Con-sequently, when I was contemplating retir-ing from my 34-year career as a Giant Phar-macy manager, most of that time inPotomac, it occurred to me that Elisabetwould be ideally suited, despite her youngage, to assume the helm. It was most im-portant to me that my beloved customersand fabulous pharmacy team continue tobe well-served.”

By the time she left last month, Tassis hadalready come “full circle” within Giant phar-macies.

“I started at the Shady Grove Giant as astaff pharmacist in 2015,” Tassis said. “Thecompany promoted me to pharmacy man-ager within months. I was transferred toPotomac to manage the pharmacy afterSherri left. I was the youngest manager inthe district. Without even a year’s experi-ence, I got promoted, which is pretty fast.It was a great honor to come full circle withsuch a great pharmacy.”

Tassis said she did accomplish all hergoals at Potomac Village, so she knew it wastime to move on.

“I’m very excited to be joining the Osiristeam,” she said. “This company offersunique regenerative medicine products thatare used in areas such as wound care, sur-gery, and sports medicine. I hope to con-tribute to research and publications and toget more people access to the wonderfulproducts this company offers. I hope thatmy contributions will help this companygrow and ultimately help people who willbenefit from use of these cutting-edge prod-ucts. In this current position, I will be ableto interact with more clinicians, attend con-ferences, and help with research collectionand publications.”

Even though Tassis is no longer workingwith Giant, she encourages Potomac resi-dents to take advantage of all thepharmacy’s offerings. “Lots of people don’tknow that flu shots are available mid-Au-gust,” she said. “I always recommend forpeople to get them early since it takes abouttwo weeks for it to work. Giant is also al-ways providing pneumonia and shinglesshots as well. People do not need a prescrip-tion for the pneumonia shot and people over65 years old do not need a prescription forthe shingles shot.”

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