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Vision Zero: To Reduce Fatalities on Local RoadsNews, Page 3

Local Designers Help Light Up the SeasonHomeLifeStyle, Page 9

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Samantha Dilks creates artwork during the Drop in Art Activities at the Candy Corner Studio at Glen Echo Park on Saturday, Nov. 4.

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NewsPotomac Almanac Editor Steven Mauren

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By Peggy McEwan

The Almanac

In hopes of eliminating severe and fa-tal collisions on county roadways,County Executive Isiah Leggett an-nounced the implementation of Vi-

sion Zero, a plan to reduce those collisionsby 35 percent for vehicle occupants, bicy-clists and pedestrians by November 2019and an overall goal of zero severe and fatalcollisions by 2030.

“Vision Zero is an audacious goal,”Leggett said in a press release. “It is onethat we can all embrace and champion to-gether in order to bring to zero the numberof heartbreaking deaths and serious inju-ries due to traffic collisions. We have madeprogress. With Vision Zero, we canstrengthen our efforts.”

In 2010 the county began a PedestrianSafety Initiative. Under that program, be-tween 2010 and 2016 there were 250 fewersevere and 33 fewer fatal collisions com-pared with the previous five-year average,Leggett pointed out. Now the county is tak-ing its efforts to vehicles.

The county will fo-cus on county roadsand continue workingwith the state ofMaryland to reducesevere injuries and fa-talities on state roads.

Many heavily trav-eled roads in thecounty are stateroads, according toLorraine Driscoll, acounty spokesperson.

“State roads are theones with route num-bers,” she said. “Thiseffort is focused oncounty roads becausethat is what we cando.”

River Road, whichruns through Potomacis a state road, Mary-land Route 190. FallsRoad, too is a stateroad, Maryland Route189, up to the inter-section with RiverRoad, then it is acounty road until itjoins MacArthur Bou-levard.

The Vision Zeroconcept for roadwaysafety originated inSweden in 1997,“founded on the beliefthat loss of life is notan acceptable price topay for mobility,” ac-cording to the Centerfor Active Design, a

nonprofit organization that uses design tofoster healthy and engaged communities.Vision Zero has been adopted by more thantwo dozen jurisdictions in the United States,mostly by large cities. Montgomery Countyis one of the first counties in the UnitedStates to adopt Vision Zero, according tothe Leggett press release.

The two-year plan includes 41 specificaction items to expand safety efforts. Ac-tion items are organized into five areas: En-gineering, Enforcement, Education andTraining, Traffic Incident Management; andLaw, Policy and Advocacy.

A detailed report outlining the two-yearplan was also released when Leggett madehis announcement of the program Nov. 1.The 42-page document gives details of theaction items and includes data in the formof charts and graphs showing current colli-sion trends. No Potomac roads are includedin the “high injury network” of roads out-lined in the report. Those included are rated“low-medium.”

“In developing this Two-Year Action Plan,collision data collected by the MontgomeryCounty Police Department (MCPD) cover-

ing 2012 to 2016 were analyzed. Therewere 1,849 collisions that resulted in1,996 severe injuries and174 fatalities todrivers, pas-sengers, pe-d e s t r i a n s ,and bicy-clists. Duringthis period, thenumber of se-vere collisionsdeclined 37 per-cent, but fatal col-lisions increased58 percent. Themajority of the in-crease was for ve-hicle occupants. Thedata presented in this p l a ndoes not include every severe and fatalcollision that occurred in the county dur-ing the analysis period. The main areas ex-cluded are the interstates, I-495 and I-270,and the City of Takoma Park. These areaswere omitted for two reasons. First, MCPD’srecords did not include reports from the de-

partments listed …. Second, this action planis designed to focus on areas where theCounty Government can best use its re-sources on roadways it maintains and cando enforcement,” the plan states.

A few notes from the Action Plan in-clude:

❖ Severe and fatal collisions areconcentrated on the county’s busiest,fastest, and widest roads. All severeand fatal collisions occurred on 18percent of the roadway network;69 percent of severe and 76 per-cent of fatal collisions occurredon roadways with speeds 35MPH or above.

❖ Eliminating severe and fa-tal collisions requires acknowledg-

ing and acting on the fact that certain com-munities are impacted more than others.Communities with higher rates of poverty,persons of color, and younger residents havehigher collision rates in the county. To ad-dress this inequity, the county will priori-tize its resources to invest in the communi-ties most affected by traffic collisions andproactively engage with community mem-

bers to address their con-cerns.

❖ Education and enforce-ment are most effective whentargeted towards the environ-mental and behavioral fac-tors that contribute to a col-lision. Further details aboutthe factors highlighted belowcan be found in the supple-mental data analysis docu-ment available on theCounty’s Vision Zero website.

❖ The county’s youngestand oldest residents weremost at risk for severe and fa-tal collisions.

❖ Seatbelt use was threetimes lower in fatal crashescompared to severe crashes.Helmet use for motorcycleand moped operators wasnearly equal for both crashtypes.

The working group that de-veloped the plan included theMontgomery County depart-ments of Transportation, Po-lice, Fire and Rescue Service,Public Information, CountyStat and other agencies. ThePedestrian, Bicycle, and Traf-fic Safety Advisory Commit-tee and the general publicconsidered and commentedon the Action Plan during de-velopment.

The Two-Year “Vision Zero”Action Plan and other re-sources can be found atmontgomerycountymd.gov/visionzero.

Vision Zero County offers plan to reduce fatalities on local roads.

The road to zero severe and fatal collisions by 2030.


Opinion

During the last week of each year,this newspaper devotes its pagesto the creativity of local studentsand children. The results are al-

ways remarkable. It is a keepsake edition formany families. Even readers without childrenof that age spend time admiring and chuck-ling over the issue. The annual Children’s Con-nection (including Children’s Gazette,

Children’s Almanac andChildren’s Centre View) is a tra-dition of well over a decade.

We welcome contributionsfrom public and private schools, individualsand homeschoolers. We publish artwork, po-etry, essays, creative writing, opinion pieces,short stories, photography, photos of sculptureor gardens or other creative efforts.

We ask that all submissions be digital so theycan be sent through email or delivered on CDor flash drive. Writing should be submitted inrich text format (.rtf). Artwork should be pho-tographed or scanned and provided in jpegformat.

Some suggestions:❖ Drawings or paintings or photographs of

your family, friends, pets or some favorite ac-tivity. These should be photographed orscanned and submitted in jpeg format. Photosof sculpture or larger art projects are also wel-come.

❖ Short answers (50 to 100 words) to someof the following questions: If you could giveyour parents, family or friends any gift thatdidn’t cost money what would that gift be?What are you most looking forward to in theupcoming year? What is one thing that youwould change about school? What do you wantto be when you grow up? What is your favor-ite animal? What is your favorite toy? Whatmakes a good parent? What makes a goodfriend? Describe one of the best or worst thingsthat ever happened to you? What is the bestgift you’ve ever been given? Ever received?

❖ Your opinion (50 to 100 words) about traf-fic, sports, restaurants, video games, toys,trends, politics, etc.

❖ Poetry or other creative writing.❖ News stories from school newspapers.❖ Photos and text about activities or events.To be published, we must have the full first

and last name of the student artist/writer.

Be Part of Children’s Issue 2017Get creative and send art, poetry and more.

Editorial

Identify each piece of writing or art, includ-ing the student’s full name, age, grade andtown of residence, plus the name of the school,name of teacher and town of school location.Home schoolers’ contributions are welcomed.

Please send all submissions by Friday, Dec.1. The Children’s Edition will publish the lastweek of 2017.

To send CDs or flash drives containing art-work and typed, electronic submissions, markthem clearly by school and hometown and mailthe CD or flash drive to: Children’s Connec-tion (including Children’s Gazette, Children’sAlmanac and Children’s Centre View), 1606King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

Email submissions for the Children’s Editionto the following editors:

❖ For Burke, Clifton, Fairfax, Fairfax Station,Great Falls, Herndon, Lorton, McLean, Reston,or Springfield, email to Kemal Kurspahic [email protected].

❖ For Alexandria, Arlington, Centreville,Chantilly, Mount Vernon, or Potomac, Md.,email to Steven Mauren [email protected].

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Great DecisionsA crowd came out to hearDr. John Merrill, visitingscholar at the U.S.-KoreaInstitute of the JohnsHopkins University Schoolof Advanced InternationalStudies, during the GreatDecisions Series at ThePotomac Library on Thurs-day. Nov. 2. Formerly thehead of the Northeast AsiaDivision of the Bureau ofIntelligence and Researchat the State Department,Merrill is also adjunctprofessor at Georgetown’sSchool of Foreign Service.Neil Currie is the modera-tor and co-chair of theseries with Edie Wingate.

Neil Currie, co-chair andmoderator, with Dr. John

Merrill, guest speaker,who discussed nuclear

security especially as itrelates to North Korea.

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Deborah Stevens

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News

Chat withLeggett

County Executive Ike Leggettwill hold a “virtual” town hallmeeting on Thursday, Nov. 16,from 1 to 2 p.m. County residentsmay submit questions to theCounty Executive before and dur-ing the chat atwww2.montgomerycountymd.gov/m c g p o r t a l a p p s /LiveDisc_List.aspx?discID=1

Questions and answers will beposted both during and after thechat.

Drop In Art ActivitiesFlynn and Charlie O’Neil and Toni and Reid Wilkinson participate in theDrop in Art Activities at the Candy Corner Studio at Glen Echo Park onSaturday, Nov. 4. See www.pgip.org. Jessie and Jackie Wi work on their artwork.

Submit civic/community announce-ments at ConnectionNewspapers.com/Calendar. Photos and artwork welcome.Deadline is Thursday at noon, at least twoweeks before event.

WINTER GUIDE AVAILABLEThe 2017-2018 winter issue of the

Montgomery County Guide forRecreation and Parks programsis now available to the public. TheWinter Guide features a wide varietyof classes and programs designed tohelp participants stay active and havefun. Residents may register forclasses and programs beginningMonday, Nov. 13. To view the WinterGuide online, visitwww.montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/Resources/Files/publications/WinterGuide2017-2018.pdf.

SATURDAY/NOV. 18Rotary Club Tech Clinic. 10 a.m.-

noon at Potomac Library, 10101Glenolden Drive, Potomac. One-on-One help with computer, tablet, orsmart phone for seniors. Sponsoredby Rotary Club of Potomac(www.potomacrotary.org). Registerfor a 30-minute appointment at theinformation desk or at 240-777-0690.

SATURDAY/DEC. 16Rotary Club Tech Clinic. 10 a.m.-

noon at Potomac Library, 10101Glenolden Drive, Potomac. One-on-One help with computer, tablet, orsmart phone for seniors. Sponsoredby Rotary Club of Potomac(www.potomacrotary.org). Registerfor a 30-minute appointment at the

information desk or at 240-777-0690.

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 throughsocial events that promote interactionand companionship. The memorycafe in Rockville (4860 Boiling BrookParkway) operates the third

Wednesday of each month from 2:30-4 p.m. Pre-registration is required.Contact Lindsey Vajpeyi at 240-428-1342 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.

Because I Love You is a nonprofitorganization dedicated to supportingparents of troubled children of anyage. The group helps parents dealwith drugs, runaways, truancy,verbal abuse, physical abuse, curfewviolations and other misbehavior, aswell as help parents deal withthemselves, to manage and live theirown lives without obsessing overtheir child’s behavior. The groupmeets 7:30-9:30 every Thursday atBethesda United Methodist Church

Room 209, 8300 Old GeorgetownRoad, Bethesda. Visitwww.becauseiloveyou.org, [email protected] or call 301-530-3597.

Adult Bereavement Groups. Datesand times vary depending on groupmembers. Hospice Care, 518 S.Fredrick Ave., Gaithersburg. Peerdriven support groups in those inneed of support. Free. Contact PennyGladhill at 301-990-8904, [email protected].

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Submit entertainment announcementsat www.connectionnewspapers.com/Cal-endar/. The deadline is noon on Friday.Photos/artwork encouraged.

WEDNESDAY/NOV. 8Students Performance. 8 p.m. at

Montgomery College, 51 MannakeeSt., Rockville. Student artists willcome together to present what theAmerican Dream means to themthrough music, dance, and theatreperformance in “My aMeriCa:Perspectives on the AmericanDream.” Visitwww.montgomerycollege.edu/pac.

FRIDAY/NOV. 10Spencer Bates in Concert. 7–11 p.m.

at Margery’s Lounge at NormandieFarm Restaurant, 10710 Falls Road,Potomac. Call 301-983-8838.

Meet the Artists. 7-9 p.m. at GalleryB, located at 7700 Wisconsin Ave.,Suite E, Bethesda. Photography anddigital art exhibits by Bob Bradford,Bob Elliott, Allen Hirsh and SamuelShin, on display through Dec. 2. Visitwww.bethesda.org.

SATURDAY/NOV. 11National Philharmonic Orchestra.

8 p.m. at the Strathmore, 5301Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda.Performance includes three of Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras,followed by J. S. Bach’s Magnificat,featuring soprano DanielleTalamantes; mezzo-sopranoMagdalena Wór; tenor MatthewLoyal Smith; and baritone KerryWilkerson. $25-$82 and are free forage 7-17. Visitnationalphilharmonic.org or call 301-581-5100.

NOV. 11-12Student Art Exhibition. Various

times at The Yellow Barn Studio &Gallery, Glen Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo.Students of Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro, astill-life artist from Spain. Call 240-626-4981 or [email protected].

SUNDAY/NOV. 12New to You Sale. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the

Congregation Har Shalom, 11510Falls Road. [email protected] or call 301-983-1590.

Annual Artisan Marketplace. 11a.m.-4 p.m. at the Silver Spring CivicBuilding, 1 Veterans Place, SilverSpring. Crafts, jewelry, food gifts andfine art from women who bring theircult, Potomacural traditions to life.With every purchase, this helps givethe gift of empowerment to a womanpursuing her dreams. Visitwww.ewint.org.

Owl Moon Raptor Festival. noon-4p.m. at Black Hill Regional ParkNature Center, 20926 Lake RidgeDrive, Boyds. Hoot hoot hoot. Call301-528-3480.

Students Performance. 2 p.m. atMontgomery College, 51 MannakeeSt., Rockville. Student artists willcome together to present what theAmerican Dream means to themthrough music, dance, and theatreperformance in “My aMeriCa:Perspectives on the AmericanDream.” Visitwww.montgomerycollege.edu/pac.

Dixieland Jazz Band in Concert. 3-6 p.m. at Margery’s Lounge atNormandie Farm Restaurant, 10710Falls Road, Potomac. Bringinstruments and sit in with the

Conservatory Classic Jazz Bandduring the first set. $10. Call 301-983-8838.

DEADLINE NOV. 16Rockville’s Annual Food Drive. 5

p.m. at Rockville Community Center,111 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Find alist of food requested by the drive, alist of holiday food items needed andmore information atwww.rockvillemd.gov/holidaydrive.

Technology Lecture. 7-9 p.m. at thePotomac Library, 10101 GlenoldenDrive. Victor Resmovic, an ITconsultant and cybersecurity andtechnology teacher, will speak on“Ten Things You Can Do Using theCloud.” Call 240-221-1370 or [email protected].

Jamie Sandman in Concert. 7-10:30p.m. at Margery’s Lounge at

Normandie Farm Restaurant, 10710Falls Road, Potomac. Call 301-983-8838.

NOV. 16-18Musical Performance. Various times

at Whitman High School, 7100Whittier Blvd., Bethesda, WhitmanHigh School’s award-winning dramaprogram presents the Golden Agemusical comedy “On the Town.” Goto whitmandrama.com to learn more.

FRIDAY/NOV. 17Meet the Artist. 10 a.m.-noon at the

Dolley Madison Library, rooms 1 and2, 1244 Oak Ridge Ave., McLean.Rachel Collins, a local watercolorartist, member of the NationalWatercolor Society, and teacher atthe Yellow Barn Studio in Glen Echo,

will be the presenter. Call 703 653-9519.

Wayne Wilentz in Concert. 7-11p.m. at Margery’s Lounge atNormandie Farm Restaurant, 10710Falls Road, Potomac. Call 301-983-8838.

SATURDAY/NOV. 18Dinner of Champions. 7 p.m. at JCC

of Greater Washington, 6125Montrose Road, Rockville. Theannual event honors those who haveachieved success in the world ofsports, and those who have madeextraordinary contributions to thecommunity. The dinner benefits theJewish Community inclusionprograms for individuals with specialneeds. Individual tickets are $275.Visit www.jccgw.org.

Rob Patrick in Concert. 7-10:30 p.m.

Entertainment

WinterWonderlandOn Saturday, Dec. 2,the Winter Wonder-land comes todowntownBethesda, 1-4 p.m.The celebrationfeatures holidayperformances, a liveice sculpting presen-tation and a visitfrom Santa Claus.Call 301-215-6660or visitwww.bethesda.org.


at Margery’s Lounge at Normandie FarmRestaurant, 10710 Falls Road,Potomac. Call 301-983-8838.

SUNDAY/NOV. 19Meet the Photographer. 6:30-8:30

a.m. at Photoworks, 7300 MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo. PhotographerDavid Myershas will discuss art.$100. Visitwww.glenechophotoworks.org.

Tom Saputo in Concert. 6:30–10p.m. at Margery’s Lounge atNormandie Farm Restaurant, 10710Falls Road, Potomac. He brings thepiano to life. Call 301-983-8838.

THURSDAY/NOV. 23Turkey Chase. 8:30 a.m. at 9401 Old

Georgetown Road at Spruce Street.The Turkey Chase 10K Run benefitsthe YMCA Bethesda-Chevy Chase,YMCA’s Youth and Family Servicesand the Bethesda-Chevy ChaseRotary Club Foundation. Includes atwo-mile walk/run; wheelchairswelcome. Registration is $10 for theKid’s Run, $20 for the 2 mile race,and $35 for the 10K. Seewww.turkeychase.com.

FRIDAY/NOV. 24Terry Lee Ryan in Concert. 7-11

p.m. at Margery’s Lounge atNormandie Farm Restaurant, 10710Falls Road, Potomac. Call 301-983-8838.

NOV. 25-DEC. 31Winter Lights Festival. Sunday-

Thursday, 6-9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday,6-10 p.m. at Seneca Creek Park,11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg.

Winter Lights is a 3.5-mile drivethrough a holiday light show atSeneca Creek Park with more than360 illuminated displays. Additionalevents include Wine Under theLights, Run Under the Lights, Leashes’n’ Lights, and, S’More Lights &Trolley Rides. Visitwww.gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/special-events/winter-lights-festival.

SATURDAY/DEC 2Pressenda Chamber Players

Concert. 8 p.m. at theWestmoreland Congregational UCCChurch, 1 Westmoreland Circle,Bethesda. Washington Conservatoryof Music Piano Trio Concert. Visitwww.westmorelanducc.org/.

DECEMBER 2017Christmas Tree Sale. Cabin John

Park Volunteer Fire Department,Station 10, 8001 River Road. Call301-365-2255 or visitwww.cjpvfd.org.

Santa on Fire Engines ToyCollection. A procession of fireengines run by the Cabin John ParkVolunteer Fire Department, carrySanta on a tour of Potomacneighborhoods over the course ofseveral evenings in December,collecting unwrapped new toys forneedy children. Call 301-365-2255 orvisit www.cjpvfd.org.

DEC. 1-23Friends of the Yellow Barn. The

Yellow Barn Studio gives annualmembers show. Visitwww.glenechopark.org orwww.yellowbarnstudio.com. Call301-634-2222.

SATURDAY/DEC. 2German Christmas Market. 10 a.m.-

5 p.m. at 8617 Chateau Drive,Rockville. Traditional German foodand gifts. Visit nextdoor.com/events/476521/.

Winter Wonderland. 1-4 p.m. atdowntown Bethesda. Santa will be inVeterans Park, 7800 Woodmont Ave.The celebration features holidayperformances, a live ice sculptingpresentation and a visit from SantaClaus. Call 301-215-6660 or visitwww.bethesda.org.

The National PhilharmonicSingers. 8 p.m. at Christ EpiscopalChurch, 109 S. Washington St.,Rockville. Under the direction ofconductors Stan Engebretson andVictoria Gau, will present a holidayconcert. Call 301-762-2191 or [email protected].

DEC. 9-10The Mini-Nut. 8 p.m. at Montgomery

College Cultural Arts Center, 7995Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Anabbreviated version of TheNutcracker, designed to introducechildren to the performance by theMaryland Youth Ballet. $18 children,$23 adults. At-the-Door: $20children, $25 adults. Visitwww.marylandyouthballet.org.

SUNDAY/DEC. 10Jingle Bell Jog. 9-10:30 a.m. at the

Rockville Senior Center, 1150Carnation Drive. Registration is freefor Montgomery County RoadRunners Club, $10 for non-membersand $5 for non-members under 18.See www.mcrrc.org.

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September, 2017 Top SalesIn September 2017, 44 Potomac homes sold between $3,350,000-$495,000.

Potomac REAL ESTATE

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

1 9490 RIVER RD ..................... 5 ... 4 ... 2 ....POTOMAC ... $3,350,000 ....Detached ...5.40 .........20854 ........BRADLEY FARMS ......09/15/17

2 9720 SORREL AVE ................. 6 ... 6 ... 3 ....POTOMAC ... $2,075,000 ....Detached ...2.29 .........20854 ......... FALCONHURST .......09/28/17

3 11112 POTOMAC VIEW DR ... 6 ... 6 ... 2 ....POTOMAC ... $1,780,000 ....Detached ...2.02 .........20854 ....POTOMAC VIEW ESTS .09/29/17

4 8905 ABBEY TER ................... 5 ... 3 ... 2 ....POTOMAC ... $1,637,500 ....Detached ...0.40 .........20854 ............... AVENEL .............09/11/17

5 10220 DEMOCRACY BLVD .... 5 ... 4 ... 2 ....POTOMAC ... $1,475,000 ....Detached ...2.03 .........20854 ............. CAMOTOP ...........09/29/17

6 10904 PLEASANT HILL DR .... 6 ... 3 ... 1 ....POTOMAC ... $1,250,000 ....Detached ...3.52 .........20854 ........POTOMAC FALLS ......09/20/17

7 9817 GLENOLDEN DR ........... 5 ... 6 ... 1 ....POTOMAC ... $1,174,000 ....Detached ...0.40 .........20854 ......POTOMAC VILLAGE ...09/29/17

8 8730 HICKORY BEND TRL ..... 5 ... 4 ... 1 ....POTOMAC ... $1,153,000 ....Detached ...0.41 .........20854 ............. FOX HILLS ...........09/20/17

9 11907 HARMONY LN ............ 5 ... 4 ... 1 ....POTOMAC ... $1,100,000 ....Detached ...0.55 .........20854 ........ BEVERLY FARMS ......09/18/17

10 11127 POTOMAC CREST DR . 4 ... 3 ... 1 ....POTOMAC ... $1,050,000 ....Townhouse 0.11 .........20854 ....... POTOMAC CREST .....09/22/17

11 12013 TRAILRIDGE DR ......... 5 ... 3 ... 2 ....POTOMAC ... $1,005,000 ....Detached ...0.29 .........20854 ........... FALLSREACH .........09/07/17 Copyright 2017 MarketStats for ShowingTime. Source: Bright MLS as of October 13, 2017.

6 10904 Pleasant Hill Drive — $1,250,000

1 9490 River Road — $3,350,000

3 11112 Potomac View Drive — $1,780,000

7 9817 Glenolden Drive — $1,174,000

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By Marilyn Campbell

Some local designers are collaboratingwith patients at Children’s NationalHealth Center to deck the hall for

charity. The tastemakers are creating holi-day trees, mantle pieces, wreaths and amenorah for a community fundraiser called“Light Up the Season.” The Creative &Therapeutic Arts Services at Children’s Na-tional worked with the Children’s HealthBoard to pair designers with patients forinspiration.

“We were very excited to learn about LightUp the Season and be able to take part,”said Nadia Subaran of Aidan Design. “Overthe years we’ve been regular participantsin the DC Design House, another charityevent benefitting Children’s National. How-ever, with this event we got the chance tointeract and collaborate with the childrenthat these events benefit. It’s been a muchmore hands on experience for us. And whodoesn’t love decorating holiday trees?”

Subaran, along with Megan Padilla andKelly Emerson also of Aidan Design createda holiday tree design called “A ‘Wimpy’ Tree– A Tree in Cartoons,” which was inspiredby a patient named Wesley and his favoritebook series, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.”

“Our tree will explore a black and whitetheme in keeping with the graphic novelgenre,” said Subaran.

The design team says that they used 2-and 3-D interpretations of classic Christmasdécor combined with “striking graphic vi-suals, pops of color, and a good dose of wit,the tree will be both a throwback to a sim-pler time and on trend for young readers.”

“A Guiding Light” is the name of the man-tel design created by Kelley Proxmire ofKelley Proxmire, Inc. and inspired by a pa-tient named Cheyenne. In creating her man-tel, the designer said that she, “tied in bib-lical references to light, which are shownthroughout the display, and incorporatedCheyenne’s favorite color: red for a red,white and silver-themed mantel.”

Two sisters named Leilah and Ava werethe inspiration for a tree design called, “AColorful Family Christmas” by Annie Elliottand Christy Maguire of Annie Elliott Interi-ors. “When asked what they liked best aboutChristmas, the girls agreed that being to-gether with their entire family was tops,”said Elliott. “In that spirit, they inspired ourtheme, ‘A Colorful Family Christmas.’ Play-ing board games, reading stories, sittingaround a fire and decorating the tree alsoare favorite family activities. You’ll see all

Light Up the Season Tastemakers create holiday trees, mantel-pieces, wreaths and a menorah for charity.

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of these holiday traditions reflected in ourtree’s decorations.”

“Leilah and Ava have many favorite col-ors, but a winner for both is teal,” addedMaguire. “Therefore, teal drives the tree’scolor palette, and other of the girls’ favor-

ites, purple, blue, and green, also are in-cluded.”

Other area designers include LenaKroupnik of Lena Kroupnik Interiors, AllieMann and Alexandria Hubbard of Case De-sign/Remodeling, Inc., Camille Saum ofCamille Saum Interiors of Bethesda, Md.;Victoria Sanchez of Victoria at Home, Su-san Nelson and Todd Martz of Home onCameron, Ashley Greer of Atelier AshleyFlowers of Alexandria; Pamela Harvey ofPamela Harvey Interiors of Herndon; JoshHildreth and Tara Price of Josh HildrethInteriors of Reston and Lisa Tureson of Stu-dio Artistica in Oak Hill.

The holiday designs will be on displayduring a family-friendly communityfundraising event to benefit Children’s Na-tional at Four Seasons in Georgetown, 2800Pennsylvania Avenue, NW – on Sunday, Dec.3 from 1-4 p.m. There will be activities forall ages, such as holiday cookie decorating,ornament making, a visit from Santa andChildren’s National Dr. Bear mascot, musi-cal performances and youth entertainers,silent auction, and light fare and libations.In addition, guests will be encouraged towrite holiday cards for Children’s Nationalpatients. Visit childrensnational.org/lightuptheseason for more.

Southern Caribbean Cruise – February 10th – 22nd. Includes 12- night Caribbean cruise on RCCLs Grandeur of the seas. All meals and entertainment on the ship. Get away from the cold Virginia winter!! From $1056 per person /double occupancy + taxes

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Cloud computing is the focus ofa free, and open to all, programon Thursday, Nov. 16, hosted by

Potomac Community Village at thePotomac Library.

Victor Resmovic, an IT consultant andcybersecurity and technology teacher,will speak on “Ten Things You Can DoUsing the Cloud,” including how “theCloud” has impacted computer users,how they can benefit from it, and explainjust what is meant by the Cloud — stor-ing and accessing data and programsover the Internet instead of on acomputer’s hard drive.

Topics to be addressed also includeGoogle and Alexa, Echo, Microsoft Of-fice 365 as a preview of future software,cloud alternatives to cable TV and cloudsafety. The program takes place from 7-9 p.m. at the Potomac Library, 10101

Glenolden Drive, Potomac, and is opento all, but RSVPs are requested, by Nov.14, to 240-221-1370 [email protected].

Potomac Community Village is an all-volunteer non-profit network of neigh-bors and friends geared to enablingolder Potomac residents to age in place— to thrive in place and age in commu-nity — by creating social connectionsand providing volunteer services such ascomputer assistance, occasional trans-portation, simple home repairs and otherservices by neighbor helping neighbor.For more information, to volunteer orget volunteer help, email [email protected], call240-221-1370, visit www.PotomacCommunityVillage.org or find the groupon Facebook at www.Facebook.com/PotomacCommunityVillage.

‘Using the Cloud’

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

By KENNETH B. LOURIE

Previously, chemotherapy only hadanecdotally-described memory loss: “chemobrain” as proof of a missing fragment. Recentlyhowever, clinical studies have confirmed the link.Yet, I still feel as if I haven’t forgotten that I don’trecall any prior infusions occurring on the dayafter Thanksgiving, as my next infusion is presentlyscheduled. If I remember correctly, and there areoccasional disputes, this would be the first Fridayafter a holiday when I’ve needed to be local, andinfused. And yes, the Infusion Centers are open forbusiness on the weekdays following majorholidays.

Having recently had my quarterly, post-scan,face-to-face appointment with my oncologist andsurvived the ordeal, we moved on from discussingthe scan results to being examined to schedulingfuture appointments – including a brain MRI andCT Scan, and of course, my next infusion. Andlooking at the calendar, Nov. 24 is that next date.Generally speaking, per previous conversationswith my oncologist, rescheduling my infusions by aweek or two, here or there, had not been much ofa problem (my oncologist is a strong proponent ofquality of life), and pretty much up to me.However, as I’ve gotten older and presumablywiser – and well aware of my creatininelevel/kidney issues, my current infusion schedule iswhat it is for a reason – protecting my kidneys.Moving the infusion up a week or back a week isnot an arbitrary, Kenny-made decision any more,despite my holiday wish least. Sure enough when Iasked my oncologist if he had any thoughts on mypossibly rescheduling my next infusion to fiveweeks or seven weeks (vs. the current six weeks),he had a specific preference: five weeks. Thiswould mean infusing the Friday before the follow-ing Thanksgiving Thursday (the effect of whichwould likely cause some eating challenges foryours truly – on my favorite meal of the year noless) rather than extending the infusion interval toseven weeks.

His thinking, as he explained it to us was: hedidn’t want me to wait any longer for my infu-sion/medicine than was absolutely necessary. Notthat I don’t realize how precarious my situation isbut I am sort of going merrily along of late. Hisrebuke, so to characterize, to me about notextending my next interval to seven weeksreminded me yet again of the seriousness of myunderlying diagnosis. The last thing one can do istake cancer’s inactivity for granted. Even thoughI’ve been stable for four years since I was last hos-pitalized in August 2013, I do have an incurabledisease: non-small cell lung cancer, stage IV, and Iwas initially characterized as “terminal,” so hardlyam I “N.E.D.”, no evidence of disease.

So my next infusion date is up to me, just notas ‘up’ as I thought it was/has been. Either I cankeep my original six-week interval infusionappointment as currently scheduled or I canadvance one week to five weeks (my previousregular interval). Extending it to seven weeks is notrecommended. According to my oncologist, this isgood news. Since my creatinine level/kidney func-tion has not appreciably improved while extend-ing the interval from five to six weeks, shorteningthe interval back to five weeks is not a concern tohim which means my kidneys are up to the chal-lenge, which is very reassuring since kidney dam-age is permanent.

And even though waiting a seventh week formy next infusion might allow my kidneys moretime to filter the chemotherapy a bit longer, itmight also give the cancer some time to activate –and we certainly don’t want that.

However, nothing lasts forever, and cancercells in particular are pretty resourceful and oftenfigure out what’s being done to them and startdoing something else which leads to differenttreatment. At the moment, the drug I’m infusing,alimta, is working miracles. Perhaps the next drugwill be as successful, perhaps not; and that ofcourse is the problem, the unknown.

What I do know is this: a definite is better thana maybe. If I infuse the previous Friday, I definitelywon’t feel like eating on Thursday. If I infuse onthe Friday after Thanksgiving, maybe I won’t feellike driving. So what! A bird in hand ... .

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