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Olympian Boyd Martin
competing Ascot Girl in
the Training Division at
Pony Club
the Seneca Valley Pony
Club horse trials.
Event Attracts
Top Riders
v Wellbeing, Page 7 v Kenny Lourie, Page 7
News, Page 3
Entertainment, Page 6
Crisis in Afghanistan
Photo by Mary Kimm
Comes Home
News, Page 4
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News
Seneca Valley Pony Club Horse Trials
Attracts Top Riders
Three-time Olympian Boyd Martin was in Photos by Mary Kimm
Potomac on Saturday, Aug. 28,, competing
four horses at the Seneca Valley Pony Club
horse trials. He competed in Eventing at the
Tokyo Olympics earlier this summer on Tset-
serleg, and came to Bittersweet Field from his
training facility, Windurra, in Pennsylvania.
Seneca Valley Pony Club puts on two
horse trials a year at Bittersweet Field. It’s
a favorite event and attracts some of the top
eventing horses and riders in the country.
The Pony Club is an educational organiza-
tion, dedicated to its members: the Pony Club-
bers and the Pony Club Ponies and Horses.
Seneca Valley Pony Club has been allowed
to use Bittersweet Field in on Partnership Road
and River Road, the property of the Austin
Kiplinger family. The Seneca Valley pony club-
bers cross country school at Bittersweet.
Montrose Road
The club also sponsors two main events
Olympian Boyd Martin competing Ascot Girl in the Training Division at the Seneca each spring and fall at Bittersweet Field.
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270 Pony Club horse trials. These events are open to the public and are
an Lane called the Seneca Valley Horse Trials.They Farriers’ tools sit at the ready for any
help fund the pony club. horse that pulls a shoe during the two-
http://www.senecavalleyponyclub.org/ day horse trials.
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Kelly Bahr and Bojangles jump a clear round in the Show Jumping phase of the Train-
ing Division at Seneca Valley Pony Club. Kelly is a working student with Olympian
(1987) Phyllis Dawson at Dawson’s eventing facility, Windchase, in Purcellville, Va.
@windchase_eventing Olympic rider Boyd Martin guiding Fedarman B around the Training Division Show
Jumping at Seneca Valley Pony Club horse trials at Bittersweet Field on Saturday,
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Libraries to Expand Hours
1 Montgomery County Public Libraries remain as they currently stand.
(MCPL) will expand hours to the commu- “MCPL has taken a phased approach to
1
nity back to pre-pandemic level effective resuming our services that were impact-
1 Sunday, Sept. 12. ed by the pandemic. We reopened all of
The operational hours for all branches, our physical buildings to the community
1 excluding Maggie Nightingale (Pooles- on July 6,” said MCPL Director Anita Vas-
ville) and Noyes Library for Young Chil- sallo. “We then began to work to restore
1
dren, will be: our operating hours, including those on
1 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- Sundays. We know how much the resi-
day - 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. dents of the County value being able to
1 Friday, Saturday, Sunday – 10 a.m. to visit their public libraries, so we are very
1
6 p.m. pleased to be able to expand our service
The hours and schedule for Mag- hours.”
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gie Nightingale (currently closed for a https://montgomerycountymd.gov/li-
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A horse and rider pair gallop between fences on the cross-country course at the Sene- branch refresh) and Noyes libraries will brary/index.html.
ca Valley Pony Club horse trials.
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News
Crisis in Afghanistan Reverberates Locally
Afghan Americans istan to have found their
voices through education
collections of money for
apartment rentals, furnish-
speak out. and employment. Now she
worries about potentially
ings, hygiene kits, clothes,
and school supplies for the
By Mercia Hobson half of the country’s popula- children. Aurozo Niaz said
The Almanac tion to be shut down. that A-1 Carpet Service in
Schaefer said Afghans Chantilly coordinated a
T
he United States and other coun- who settle in this area are drop-off site, and trucks
tries have welcomed more than prepared to help new arriv- were assisting. “We have
150,000 Afghans and their fami- als. She told of the outpour- 20 to 30 people at a time
lies since the emergency evacua- ing of the local community, unloading full on. We orga-
tions began in mid-August. Kabul, the capi- including an attorney who nized these donations,” said
tal of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Aug. is helping process the refu- Aurozo Niaz. “We want to
15 after withdrawal of most of the United gee paperwork. contribute as much as we
States forces. The U.S. and other nations Of Americans, she says: can because these people
offered refuge to many Afghans who aided “We’re in a state of shock coming here are our family
them during the last twenty years. because our government … It’s a collective culture.”
Afghan interpreters and translators who does things that we don’t Aurozo Niaz added that
worked directly with the U.S. Armed Forces agree with; it gets us into pain, loss, and grief are a
or under the Chief of Mission authority at these situations, and we are permanent part of the Af-
U.S. Embassy Kabul applied to the U.S. for left to pick up the pieces. … ghan identity. “We’re in con-
humanitarian visas known as a Special Im- The level of pain that rever- stant mourning. I ache for
migrant Visa (SIV) for themselves and their berates through all of Amer- my country that I will never
family members. ica is immense. have the chance to visit …
With events rapidly unfolding and the “We cannot be ungrate- step on the soil of my roots.
U.S. racing to complete withdrawal, Three ful to this host country that I ache for the children of Af-
local Afghan Americans, twenty years apart took us in. … I have lived a ghanistan who have known
in ages, share their perspectives on the troop great life because of that.” nothing but war; for the
withdrawal, rescue operation, and humani- refugees, my brothers and
tarian crisis. DOR NIAZ, Great Falls sisters, who only wanted
restaurant owner, left Af- peace in a world of greed
SENZEL SCHAEFER of Reston escaped Teh- ghan alone in 1984 at age and violence.”
ran, Iran, at age 5 when her family rushed to 17; later he was able to Aurozo Niaz said she and
the airport in 1979. The family was in Teh- bring family members, in- other Afghan Americans are
ran for her father’s job, a city editor of the cluding his parents, to join angry and experiencing sur-
Tehran Journal, where he was printing an- him in the United States. vivor’s guilt. They can freely
ti-Khomeini articles. The Soviet-Afghan war “As for myself, my family, Photo by Mercia Hobson/The Almanac walk down a street in the
began in 1979 also. and my kids, we feel respon- Dor Niaz stands outside the family-operated restaurant in Great Falls. U.S. without a man beside
The family arrived in New York with two sible,” said Niaz. “Because them and have access to all
suitcases. America, if it takes the risk to bring them the resources offered here.
Because Schaefer speaks Farsi and Pashto, over, … then it’s our time to back it up.”
she spent these last two weeks volunteering “My heart, I’m crying to those people,
How to Help
The local resettlement agencies for the
“The reason I’m a refugee right now is
complete luck. I was born in America and
for a company with 150 employees in Af- those moms, and dads [left behind]. You Northern Virginia area are: not one of the most overexploited, destabi-
ghanistan trying to get out. grab your kids, your wife, and if you are lized countries in the world… I think that’s
“Little did I know what I was getting lucky, you get out; your parents you are leav- CATHOLIC CHARITIES why we put so much effort into having these
into. These people are trapped in Afghani- ing behind. … There is no welfare system. https://www.ccda.net/need-help/immi- donations.”
grants-and-refugees/migration-and-refu-
stan today,” said Schaefer. “They call me day How will the elderly get on? They are being She said the U.S. goes into countries “un-
gee-services/
and night. They’re pleading; they’re crying; kicked out on the street. This is the fabric der the guise of freedom and defense, and
they’re fearful. And so, between my work, of a country that has been destroyed,” Niaz LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES it conquers, leaving the country in absolute
my children, and my life, I’ve spent the bet- said, with tears. https://lssnca.org/take_action/afghan-allies.html chaos, abandoning the promises to take care
ter part of six, seven hours a day emailing Niaz will donate, he will volunteer to of it. … Now our government destroys and
and messaging them through WhatsApp or serve as a translator. He will tell the refu- ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOP- destabilizes these countries, then pats itself
talking to them on the phone, trying to calm gees who have arrived in the United States MENT COUNCIL on the back accepting the refugees that they
them down. I have nothing to offer them. that they are “in the land of opportunity. … https://www.ecdcus.org/ displaced.”
They have no way out of the country. You There is nothing like it. It will take time for Because Fairfax County has a sizable Aurozo Niaz said the withdrawal is not a
have to understand [it is] 150 people (em- you to understand it. It’s not easy, but you Afghan population, it is anticipated that many partisan issue; blame is not for one President
ployees). And an average family of five or have to be able to adjust and be flexible.” refu-gees will eventually resettle here. or another but on the U.S empire as a whole.
six people.” Schaefer added that President Niaz said the terrorists who killed 13 The United States had been intervening in
Biden said the evacuations wouldn’t stop af- United States Servicemembers, at least 160 Afghanistan since the Carter administration,
ter the withdrawal, but she questioned how Afghans, and injured many more, “are the United States and daughter of Dor Niaz. Aurozo Niaz said.
that would look. scum of the earth. They need to be dealt “The past two weeks, I have been in touch “We just failed the people of Afghanistan.”
“You cannot wrap your head around the with.” with the whole Afghan diaspora. We’re try- Kerrie Wilson, Chief Executive Officer,
impact of a decision that hits 38 million Af- “America leaves on Tuesday…then you ing to support each other at this time, men- Cornerstones said: “We’re worried about
ghans but also millions of people around the will see the killing fields…When you kill tally, emotionally; whatever we can do for the families that we serve here who have
world that were involved in this so-called one, the second one is just like a moth you one another because we are suffering abroad relatives that are coming over or still stuck
War on Terror for 20 years. I think 750,000 kill. No problem … God says when you kill as we are, domestically. We have been trying there [in Afghanistan] … We work with our
Americans [military] filed in and out of Af- one human being, you are killing the entire our best to come together and get donations partners to direct people to the right plac-
ghanistan on tour. It’s the biggest of any- family,” Niaz said. and organize the donations … cash, and ma- es, Catholic Charities, Ethiopian Commu-
thing of that nature in our country’s history,” terials so that they go directly into the hands nity Development Council, Lutheran Social
Schaefer said. AUROZO NIAZ is 21 years old and lives in of the refugees,” Aurozo Niaz said. Services, and some of the other groups that
Schaefer hoped for the women of Afghan- Vienna, an Afghan American born in the She described Go Fund Me solicitations, have been the frontline.”
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SEPT. 4-5 Parks and Community Use of Pub- as a new permanent pedestrian
VisArts presents the 9th Annual Rock- lic Facilities. bridge is being constructed on an
ville Arts Festival, Saturday-Sun- MCR is accepting applications for 2021 altered trail alignment. Work on
ly
day, September 4-5, 2021, 11 am-5 RecAssist, which provides eligible the new pedestrian bridge is now
pm in Rockville Town Square. County residents an opportunity to underway. The pedestrian bridge
Admission is free. receive a scholarship to use toward will be open after paving and
Throughout the weekend, VisArts will most summer programs. County railings are installed at the end of
transform the streets surround- residents who currently receive the month.
ing Rockville Town Square into a public assistance from any of these Construction on the vehicle bridge
vibrant outdoor gallery full of fine programs are eligible for RecAssist: will take place Monday through
ey for arts and crafts, live music, ceramics
Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA); Friday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
urnish- and plein air painting demonstra- Supplemental Security Income; Occasional Saturday work may be
clothes, tions, and artisanal foods. Vis- Housing Assistance from a Shelter; necessary. Residents living near the
for the Ability Art Lab, VisArts’ supported Supplemental Nutrition Assis- site may hear construction-related
studio for neurodivergent adult tance Program (SNAP); Maryland noise during those hours.
az said artists, will have a booth.
Medicaid; Care for Kids; Maryland
vice inFestival goers will discover a diverse Energy Assistance; Montgomery CABIN JOHN LIQUOR STORE
ted a group of 140 master artists from 22 County HHS Rental Assistance TO CLOSE
trucks states who work in ceramics, draw- Program; and WIC.
Montgomery County’s Alcohol Bev-
e have ings, fiber, glass, graphics, jewelry, Customers can search for activities by
erage Services (ABS) is closing its
metalwork, paintings, photography, interest, date, age, location, cost
a time printmaking, sculpture, wood, and Cabin John Liquor and Wine store
and more via ActiveMONTGOM-
e orga- mixed media.They’ll also be able in advance of a planned store relo-
ERY.org. There are hundreds of
cation. The store is located in the
s,” said to shop and dine at Rockville Town programs available that promote
Cabin John Village Shopping Cen-
want to Square retailers and eateries. an active, healthier lifestyle. To
ter (inside the enclosed mall) at
as we view the guide and register online,
11301 Seven Locks Rd. in Potomac.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY go to ActiveMONTGOMERY.org.
Cabin John Liquor and Wine will be
people Registration is also available by
RECREATION FALL PROGRAMS closed beginning Sunday, Aug. 15.
family mail, online or limited in-person
REGISTRATION IS OPEN The closure paves the way for ABS to
ture.” It is time to start thinking about cooler appointments. For more informa-
open a larger flagship location in
ed that days, pumpkins and fall fun. Regis- tion about registration, visit the
a newly renovated portion of the
website or call 240-777-6840.
are a tration is now open for Montgom- same shopping center, between the
the Af- ery County Recreation (MCR) and Giant and Starbucks retail stores.
BEACH DRIVE TO CLOSE FOR
in con- Montgomery Parks fall classes and The ABS flagship store is slated to
programs. Programs and activities BRIDGE REPLACEMENT open in the fall. Cabin John Village
che for are tailored to a variety of inter- Beach Drive in Kensington, between is managed by retail real estate
l never ests, skill levels and ages. MCR fall Kensington Parkway and Old leader EDENS.
visit … offerings include aquatics, fitness, Spring Road, will be closed from Highlights of the new store will include
y roots. sports, visual and performing arts, Aug. 30 through early June 2022 a wine library, dedicated tasting
therapeutic recreation, adult 55+ as the two-lane bridge carrying area and event space. The event
n of Af- programming and more. Beach Drive over Silver Creek space will feature beverage taps so
knownOnline registration is available at will be replaced. Traffic will be local brewers and distillers can host
or the ActiveMONTGOMERY.org, the detoured through MD 185 to MD events further strengthening ABS’
rs and registration and facility reservation 192 to Stoneybrook Drive and Maryland Made program. This space
wanted system shared by Montgomery Beach Drive. also will be available for product
County Recreation, Montgomery Pedestrian traffic is temporarily halted education and special events.
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Entertainment
up food and beverages from local Bethesda
Ongoing restaurants. Tables will be cleaned after each
use.
Entertainment v Norfolk Avenue, between St. Elmo Ave-
nue and Cordell Avenue
LOCK DEMONSTRATIONS. v Norfolk Avenue, between Cordell Ave-
11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. (30 minutes nue and Del Ray Avenue
long). Saturdays and Sundays. Chesapeake v Woodmont Avenue, between Elm Street
& Ohio National Historical Park at Great and Bethesda Avenue
Falls, 11710 MacArthur Blvd. Join park staff v Veterans Park, corner of Norfolk and
as they operate Lock 20 and demonstrate See how canal boats were lifted and lowered through locks along the canal on Thurs- Woodmont Avenues
how it works. Lock 20 is next to the Visitors days, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. , 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. at the Chesa- See https://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/
Center at the park. peake & Ohio National Historical Park at Great Falls, 11710 MacArthur Blvd. See bethesda-streetery
https://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm
RIDE THE CAROUSEL. LOCUST GROVE NATURE CENTER,
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. ers year-round. The market features table Road. Potomac Village Farmers Market oper- 7777 Democracy Blvd. Outdoor exhibits,
Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. The seating, music, local Maryland winery and ates all Thursdays, May through November. natural features, and trails are open every
1921 Dentzel Carousel was installed in farm brewery tastings, kids club activities, day from dawn to dusk. In the Upper Mead-
1921 and celebrates its 100th Anniversary chef demos, and more. https://bethesda. PARK RANGERS AVAILABLE. ow, look for Monarch butterflies, caterpil-
all season long. Purchase tickets at https:// centralfarmmarkets.com/ 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, lars and eggs on the milkweed in summer.
glenechopark.simpletix.com/. $5 per per- Saturdays and Sundays. Chesapeake & Check out the dogbane for iridescent dog-
son for a four-hour time slot. See https:// INDOOR SWIM HOURS. Ohio National Historical Park at Great Falls, bane beetles. Listen for wrens and bluebirds
glenechopark.org/carousel/ for additional Shriver Aquatic Center, 5900 Executive 11710 MacArthur Blvd. Park rangers are near the bluebird nest boxes. Watch for box
information regarding covid protocols. Blvd, 240-777-8070 See. https://www. available to provide maps and information. turtles crossing the path in the early morn-
montgomerycountymd.gov/rec/Resources/ See https://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm ing. https://www.montgomeryparks.org/
CABIN JOHN PARK MINIATURE TRAIN Files/aquatics/KSAC.pdf parks-and-trails/cabin-john-regional-park/
RIDE. PUBLIC ART. locust-grove-nature-center/ for planned ac-
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. ICE SKATING. Bethesda is filled with public art. Browse tivities.
7410 Tuckerman Lane. Scenic two-mile,
15-minute train ride through Cabin John Re-
Cabin John Ice Rink, 10610 Westlake
Drive. Cabin John Ice Rain has numerous
a portion of the collection of public art on
https://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/pub- JOSIAH HENSON MUSEUM AND PARK.
Loc
gional Park. Tickets are limited and can be
pre-purchased online at ActiveMontgomery.
public skate sessions every day of the week.
See cabinjohnice.org for details.
lic-art for descriptions of projects and loca-
tions. Includes “Tunnel Vision,” produced by
Park is open from sunrise to sunset. Mu-
seum hours are Friday to Sunday, 10 a.m.
it’s
org -- $2.50.(Children two and younger ride
for free with an adult.) See https://www. POTOMAC COMMUNITY CENTER.
the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District,
which showcases the work of 12 selected
to 4 p.m. 11410 Old Georgetown Road. The
life and challenges of Reverend Josiah Hen-
flu
montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/cab-
in-john-regional-park/miniature-train/
11315 Falls Road. The Potomac Commu-
nity Center has reopened. Table tennis, vol-
artists inside the Metro Tunnel that runs un-
der Wisconsin Avenue.
son, enslavement in Maryland, and the on-
going struggles of racial equality and justice
and
BETHESDA CENTRAL FARM MARKET,
leyball, badminton, basketball, pickleball,
open gym and more https://www.mont- BETHESDA STREETERY:
on the former plantation property of Isaac
Riley where Henson was enslaved. Henson,
give
Sundays, Open year round, gomerycountymd.gov/rec/Resources/Files/ 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. To whose 1849 autobiography, The Life of Josi-
9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., March-December. potomac-2021schedule.pdf for details and create additional seating outdoors, the ah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhab-
(9:30am-1:30pm, January-February, closed hours. Bethesda Streetery is set-up as open seat- itant of Canada, inspired Harriet Beecher
Thanksgiving weekend) in the lot of Bethes- ing with all tables placed at least six feet Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. $5 adults,
da Elementary School. One of the largest POTOMAC VILLAGE FARMERS MARKET. apart and a limit of four people permitted $4 youth, $4 seniors. See https://www.
farmers markets in the region, with more Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Potomac per table. Restaurant patrons are invited to montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/josi-
than 100 vendors and artisan food produc- United Methodist Church, 9908 South Glen dine within this open-air area after picking ah-henson-park/
Calendar T o include events in the Almanac’s calendar, please contact Ken Moore at kmoore@connectionnewspapers.com; put Compiled by Ken Moore
Almanac Calendar Event in the subject line. The Almanac
THURSDAY, SEPT. 2 Friday, Sept. 3 from 7:30 - 9 p.m. tice reading to therapy dogs from Saturday, 12 - 5pm, Sunday, 11am
LIVE CONCERTS, BUMPER CAR Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur
on Fridays. See https://www.mont- Pets on Wheels. Sessions are for 15 - 4pm. Gallery B, 7700 Wisconsin
PAVILION. 7:30 p.m. Glen Echo Blvd.
gomeryparks.org/ minutes with Zoom. See https:// Avenue, Suite E. The Trawick Prize
Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. (Also
mcpl.libnet.info for registration is an annual regional Contempo-
streaming on YouTube.) Free.
Registration preferred, but not FRIDAY, SEPT.3 SUNDAY,SEPT.5 information. rary Art Awards founded by Carol
FRIDAY NIGHT DANCERS. 8:30 to CARS AND COFFEE. 9-11 a.m. West- Trawick. This juried art competi-
required. Concerts repeat every
10:30 p.m. Virtual, Glen Echo field Montgomery, 7101 Democ- WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8 tion and exhibition was established
Thursday through Sept. 9, 2021.
Park. Join Friday Night Dancers racy Boulevard. Join the Capital CARNIVAL AT THE MALL. Through in 2003, with the top winners re-
James Bazen Big Band (Big Band
for a virtual contra dance and live Auto Club on the first and third Sunday, Sept. 12. Wednesday-Fri- ceiving a total of $14,000 in prize
Jazz) on Sept. 2 and The Lovejoy
music. See https://glenechopark. Sunday of every month. Meet at day, 5-11 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. money: Exhibition runs through
Group (Swing/Standard) on Sept.
org/events. the parking lot near The Cheese- to 11 p.m. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 11 Oct. 3, 2021. See https://www.
9. See https://glenechopark.org/
Repeats Fridays. cake Factory. Food and beverage p.m. Westfield Montgomery, 7101 bethesda.org/bethesda/trawick-
summerconcerts
will be available at Starbucks, 7-11 Democracy Boulevard. Rides op- prize
POTOMAC VILLAGE FARMERS MAR-
and McDonalds. See https://www. erated and owned by Jolly Shows. STRATHMORE OPENING RECEP-
KET. Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 6:30 SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
westfield.com/montgomery/events See https://www.westfield.com/ TION. 7 p.m. Strathmore, 5301
p.m. Potomac United Methodist LOCK DEMONSTRATIONS. 11 a.m., 1
(Note: This month, the Sept. 19 montgomery/events for ticket Tuckerman Lane. (Also Sept. 11 at
Church, 9908 South Glen Road. p.m. and 2 p.m. (30 minutes long).
show has been moved to Saturday, information. 2 p.m.) Join artists and art-lovers
Potomac Village Farmers Mar- Saturdays and Sundays. Chesa-
Sept. 18.) to celebrate Strathmore’s current
ket operates all Thursdays, May peake & Ohio National Historical
through November. https://www. Park at Great Falls, 11710 MacAr- BABY STORYTIME. Zoom. 10:30 a.m. exhibitions. RSVPs are optional but
potomacumc.org/potomac-vil- thur Blvd. Join park staff as they MONDAY, SEPT. 6 Montgomery County Public Librar- encouraged. Free. For more infor-
lage-farmers-market/ operate Lock 20 and demonstrate RIDE THE CAROUSEL. 10 a.m. - 6 ies. Enjoy Baby Storytime live with mation, call 301-581-5100.
how it works. Lock 20 is next to p.m. Labor Day Hours. Glen one of MCPL’s children’s librarians
GLEN ECHO FOLK DANCERS. Virtual. the Visitors Center at the park. Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. via Zoom. Songs, rhymes, lap FRIDAY, SEPT. 10
Thursday 7:30 - 9 p.m. lesson, Repeats on Saturdays and Sundays The 1921 Dentzel Carousel was bounces, and simple stories for in- LIVE MUSIC. 6-8 p.m. Downtown
followed by dancing from 9-10:15 throughout August. installed in 1921 and celebrates fants up through about 18 months. Bethesda at the corners of Norfolk
p.m. See https://glenechopark. its 100th Anniversary all season Baby Storytime is designed for and Del Ray avenues. Bethesda
org/events-calendar. Repeats week- LAUGH RIOT. 8-10 p.m., Rock Bottom long. Purchase tickets at https:// adult caregivers to enjoy together Urban Partnership has helped
ly on Thursdays. Restaurant, 7900 Norfolk Avenue. glenechopark.simpletix.com/. $5 with babies, and can help develop organize additional restaurant
Live Standup Comedy Show with per person for a four-hour time your child’s growing language skills seating outdoors in downtown
PARENT AND TOT SKATE. 11:15 local DC-area standup comedians. slot. See https://glenechopark.org/ and encourage a lifelong love of Bethesda. The Bethesda Streetery
a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Cabin John Ice Ongoing on Saturdays. $15. Call carousel/ for additional informa- reading and learning. See https:// will be set-up as open seating. Live
Rink, 10610 Westlake Drive. Try 301/946-1102 for more informa- tion regarding covid protocols. mcpl.libnet.info for registration music each Friday to enjoy while
out ice skating with your preschool tion. information. also enjoying outdoor dining. See
age skater. Fee of $5 includes 50TH ANNUAL ART SHOW. 12-6 p.m, TUESDAY, SEPT. 7 https://www.bethesda.org/bethes-
admission for a child age 3-5 plus Saturday Sept. 4, Sunday, Sept. READ TO A DOG. Zoom. 4 p.m. Ele- THURSDAY, SEPT. 9 da/bethesda-streetery Repeats
a parent and skate rental. Repeats 5, Monday, Sept. 6. Reception on mentary school children may prac- THE TRAWICK PRIZE. Thursday - Friday evenings.
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last week’s column, “Enough Already”) being a
ell Ave- Newspaper of Potomac regular part of chemotherapy, targeted therapy
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n every accommodation, my clothes always had to be
Mead- let in or let out and nothing ever fit. I’ve stood
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over so many piles of clothes in store dressing
ummer.Local mobile health clinics can help to make receiving flu and COVID vaccines as well as mkimm@connectionnewspapers.com
rooms which didn’t fit, and made so many
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nt dog-COVID booster vaccines convenient. @MaryKimm
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS with even more clothes to suffer yet another
ned ac-
indignity. To this day, some 60-odd years later,
Carole Dell, Kenny Lourie,
Local health officials say Peggy McEwan, Ken Moore I am still traumatized by the years of suffering
time as the flu shot. This can make it and humiliation I endured as an overweight
ARK. more convenient for people to get pro- Contributing child/adolescent forced to buy clothes for the
et. Mu-
0 a.m.
it’s important to get both tected against both infections. As many Photographers
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fall/winter and the spring/summer. Oh, how
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flu and COVID vaccines, in the fall, if they haven’t received their
annual flu shot yet, that would be a
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visit Jordan Marsh, Filene’s and Kennedy’s. If
it wasn’t for the two Joe & Nemo’s hot dogs I
was promised, the day would have been a total
the on-
and CDC says they can be
justice
great time to do so.”
“Since the flu shot and the COVID-19
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loss - for me.
However, after years of being fat, tubby,
given at the same time.
Geovani Flores
f Isaac vaccine do not contain any live virus, obese (per the health and fitness charts),
Henson, there is no chance of getting infected slow-footed and unable to do even one chin-up
of Josi- By Marilyn Campbell from either one,” Schwartz said.
during those annual phys-ed exams in second-
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A 10 mg pill I take once a day, rain or shine
seems to induce weight loss. Now that’s a side
health officials are urging residents to “Giant’s three pharmacies throughout the klourie@connectionnewspapers.com
effect with which I can live. In fact, for an eater
get a flu shot to prevent an uptick in the number Bethesda and Potomac area are ready to help like me (challenging), living a scan-to-scan
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onsin flu-related deaths, thanks in large part to people Manager of Clinical Programs at Giant Phar- David Griffin
than that.
k Prize wearing masks and main- macy. “Giant pharmacists Marketing Assistant
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ment, in speaking to my endocrinologist last
Carol
peti- said Kurt Larrick, Assis-
blished tant Director, Arlington
“As many people will tering COVID-19 vac-
cines, including a third
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week, she happened to mention in response
to a question I asked concerning my short-
ness-of-breath side effect, about another
be getting COVID
Jerry Vernon
rs re- County Department of dose of either Moderna Executive Vice President side effect: weight loss. Ding, ding, ding. We
n prize Human Services or Pfizer vaccine for im- 703-549-0004 have a winner (without the chicken dinner).
ough
ww. “This year, people are boosters in the fall, if munocompromised indi-
viduals. Booster doses of
jvernon@connectionnewspapers.com The patient (yours truly) who was apparently
originally misdiagnosed with a terminal form
wick- out and about more, so
they haven’t received
CIRCULATION of lung cancer (stage IV) instead of what would
getting a flu shot is im- COVID-19 vaccines will circulation@connectionnewspapers.com have been a very treatable and curable form of
EP- portant.” be available at Giant phar- papillary thyroid cancer, known as “the friendly
301
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According to the Cen- their annual flu shot macies once approved
by the CDC.”Health offi-
cancer,” finally got some good news. Unfortu-
overs ters for Disease Control
nately, the re-diagnosis came too late and I’m
rrent and Prevention (CDC),
nal but September and October
yet it, that would be a cials say that some have
questioned the necessity
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still on a limited schedule, if you know what I
mean? (F.Y.I: the nickname given to papillary
e infor- are generally good times
great time to do so.” of receiving both vac-
Five Time First Place
thyroid cancer as being friendly is because it’s
very curable.)
to be vaccinated against
flu. Ideally, everyone
— Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, cines. “Even if you have
received the COVID vac-
Award-Winner Not that I don’t already eat my share
Public Service of “comfort” food, but by consuming it so
wn should be vaccinated by Fairfax County Health Depart- cine, you should still get a MDDC Press Association regularly, I usually pack on a few pounds and
Norfolk the end of October. ment’s Director of Epidemiology flu vaccine,” said Larrick. Four Time
rarely if ever lose weight. My entire life, until
sda “While we all are fo- and Population Health “Neither protects from
this recent lenvima revelation, food had never
ed Newspaper of the Year been just for thought. As a result, lenvima has
cused on COVID-19, flu the other. The flu vac- An Award-winning Newspaper
ant become my second favorite word after “stable,”
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results continue to be stabilizing, I’ll be able
ng. Live older and have underlying medical conditions,” protect you against the flu. Both flu and COVID to eat what I want and let the chips fall where
while said Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, Fairfax County are potentially deadly diseases that are prevent- they may, literally and figuratively.
g. See
bethes-
Health Department’s Director of Epidemiology able with vaccinations.”
Kenny Lourie is an Advertising Representative for
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