Volume 34 Issue 9 Serving the people of Cabin ;JOhn and beyond June 2001

Important Issue - County Proposal Re- garding Replacement of Clara Barton Community Center/Renovation of old Clara Barton School

At Tuesday's (5/22/01) CJCA meeting we will vote on whether to support an effort by the County regarding the long term future of the Clara Barton Community Center and the School.

See the full story on page 6.

Traffic Safety - Safe Neighborhood Day - Sunday June 10th 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

The CJCA is joining with civic and business groups in Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Silver Spring to promote care, caution and courtesy on our streets.

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ing attendance/participation in particular at one or two of the following intersections - (1) MacArthur Blvd across from the Community Center, and (2) MacArthur Bird and Seven Locks. Please let Larry Heflin (301-229-4674 (h), lhheflin@juno.com know if you are interested in helping with or participating in this event.

Potomac River "Fish-In"

On Saturday, June 9, 2001, the Potomac Conservancy, Middle Potomac Tributary Team, and C&O Canal Nation- al Historical Park are 6rganizing the First Annual Middle Potomac River "Fish-in" to promote safe fishing and to raise awareness of living resource and water quality issues on the Potomac. This fun and educational event is perfect for the entire family. Grab your fishing pole and pack up a picnic basket and join us at Fletcher's Boathouse for a morning of games, contests, fly-fishing demonstrations and free fishing!

When: W here:

Saturday, June 9, 9:00 a.m. to noon Fletcher's Boathouse, Washington, DC

fishing licenses required. more information call Claudia Donegan at .260.8768.

Next CJCA Meeting - 7:30 p.m. May 22, 2001 at the Clara Barton Community Center:

Agenda - (1) Vote on County Proposal concerning reno- vation of Clara Barton Community Center/construction of gym, (2) Vote on slate of officers for 2001-2002: Burr Gray (Pres.), Larry Heflin (VP), Bruce Wilmarth (Treas.), Gary Barnhard (Sec.).

CJCA April 24, 2001 Meeting Minutes

-Cabin John Directory - Preparation of the next Cabin John Directory (2002 edition) will occur this summer and fall. We are looking for volunteers to help with updating addresses, obtaining advertisements, and other items. Call Burr Gray (301-320-2918, burr.gray@alum.dartmouth .org) if you are interested in helping.

-Dave Murphy discussed comments that he had submit- __ted_on_behalLof_CJCA_regarding_the_e_v_olu tion_of_the_P_o-

tomac Master Plan. Our community needs to follow this process carefully to ensure that Persimmon Tree Rd, Seven Locks Rd, and MacArthur Blvd are not designated as "arterial" roads. When a road is designated as such, there are much more limitations that can be placed on the road in order to slow traffic.

-Cabin John Bridge - Outdoor Viewing Panels. A motion was passed to spend up to $1000 to support one or two outdoor viewing panels that would be placed near the one-lane bridge and would illustrate the historic nature of the bridge. CJCA obtained approximately $100Oin fund- ing from the County to support this effort, and will be working with the Corps of Engineers since the panels would be placed on their property. Currently, the pro- posal is to place the panels next to the memorial bench on the west side of the bridge. According to the County, their grant money needs to be spent by the end of June so this project will move along quickly.

Fundraiser - The group "Solutions Not Sprawl" (www~solutionsnotsprawl.org), which opposes the build- ing of another bridge over the Potomac River between Potomac, MD and Dulles area, VA, is holding a Barbe- cue Fundraiser. The Fundraiser will feature a Bluegrass Band and a Silent Auction on June 9th from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Sugarloaf Equestrian Center - 17401 West Old

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Baltimore Road, Barnesville, MD. Tickets for adults (15 and over) are $25, children (9-14) are $10, and kids un- der 8 yrs are free. Tickets are available from Cindy Eeg 301-916-0144. Tax deductible donations also accepted, and should be made payable to SMART, Inc., P.O. Box 83045 Gaithersburg, MD 20883.

Report on Successful April 28th Stream Cleanup To Fol- low in Next Issue.

Burr Gray

Celebrate Independence Day on the Potomac with Potomac Conservancy

Avoid the crowds on the Mall and join the Potomac Con- servancy and Potomac Paddlesports to marvel at the Fourth of July fireworks from the Potomac River.

Bring your boat, food and drink, and headlamps and meet us at Fletcher's Boathouse for an evening paddle to Roosevelt Island. Canoes, kayaks and any non-motor- ized boats welcome. This is the best place in DC to see the fireworks - don't miss this unique opportunity!

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The Carousel Is Open For 2001 Sum- mer Season

The Dentzel Carousel at Glen Echo Park is now open Wednesdays and Thursdays 10am - 2pm and Saturdays and Sundays 11:30am - 6pro.

Spring 18th Century Market Fair At Claude Moore Colonial Farm, 5/19-20

Experience an authentic Market Fair of the mid-1700"s. Purchase herb and flower plants and shop for the latest fashions in clothing, jewelry, potions and lotions from the Seamstress, Millinery and Stillatory stands. Bob for apples, play quoits and other games, and watch a child- ren's puppet show. Order nails from the Blacksmith. Lunch might be flesh corn or asparagus, roast chicken, sausages and bread. Lemonade and sugar cakes from the Sweets stand and wine or ale from the Tavern.

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LOOKING BACKWARD IN CABIN JOHN

Andrew E. Rice

The Great Bicentennial Celebration

It's hard to believe, isn't it, that it's been 25 years since our country celebrated the 200th anniversary of its indepen- dence. This was not just a national celebration; it was also a local celebration in thousands of communities across the United States.

And nowhere more than in Cabin John. Without question, our celebration was the biggest single event ever to occur in our community.

We called it "Chautauqua '76", naming it after the diversi- fied program of education and entertainment that was so popular in late 19th century America. And truly there was something for all ages and every taste.

In order to facilitate maximum participation, the big event was held before schools closed for the summer -- namely, on Saturday, June 5, 1976, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Some of the program was held in the Community Center, some in the old Recreation Center (which later burned down) near the tennis courts, arid some outdoors. Here are some of the

_highlights: . . . . .

O 11:00 a.m. Bike Parade 11:30 a.m. Batting practice 12:30 p.m. Softball game between the Cabin John Vol-

unteer Firemen and the Village News Volunteers 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Slide Shows, alternating bet-

ween "A Walk on the Canal" (Margaret Farrell) and "The Glen Echo Chautauqua" (Mayvis Fitzsimons)

1:00 p.m. (repeated at 3 and 4:30) Mini-lecture by Edith Armstrong and Morris Fradin on "The History of

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Cabin John" 1:30 p.m. (repeated at 3:15) Mini-lecture by Joseph

Bodine on "The Indian Relics in Cabin John" 1:45 p.m. Gospel Sing, Riverside Assembly of God

Ensemble 2:30 p.m. Drama: "Hey-ey-ey, Lock!" a dramatiza-

tion by Betsy and Alex Bilanow of the book by Morris Fradin. Directed by Diane Kellogg with a cast of young people, music by Cece Whitaker, sets by Brandt and Stefan Rice

3:00 p.m. Games our forefathers played 3:30 p.m. Mini-concert by the Cabin John String

Quartet, "Music of the Revolutionary Era" (Vera Dole- zal, Louise Olson, Ellen Loeb, Andy Rice)

4:40 p.m. Puppet Show (Bobble Selfer, Carol Col- lins, Richard Hopkins)

5:30 p.m. Box supper, with music by the Walt Whitman High School Band

The grand finale was "Old-Timers' Night," followed a square dance (Elizabeth Witt, leader) which featured remarks and reminiscences by senior citizens (some of them former residents who returned for the celebra- tion). A.C. Wilkins, who had been president of the Cit- izens Association in the 1920's and then was 92 years old, charmed the crowd with his rendition of a vocal solo, "Friend of Mine." "Cap'n John's Treasure" was raf- fled off (actually a whole series of items donated by lo- cal-merchants), Barbara.Clark and Vera Dolezal led_the group in "Songs our Forefathers Sang", and our then Congressman, Gilbert Gude, spoke on "Cabin John's Real Treasure."

In addition to the program, there were exhibits going on throughout the day -- crafts, photos, silver and china from the old Cabin John Bridge Hotel -- and food serv- ice provided by the United Methodist Church and the

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Gibson Grove AME Zion Church. The Village News ran a beer garden.

Planning the whole day was the Citizens Association Bi- centennial Committee chaired by the indefatigable Cal- vin Kytle, assisted by the program coordinator Janet Dence. Each member of the Committee took responsibil- ity for one aspect: Crafts: Dagny Newman; Decorations, Frank McKinney and Martin Hochman; Photo exhibits, Peter Vogt and Ron Morgan; Food and drink, Allyn Rieke and LaVeta Fyock; Memory book ("Time Was"), Elizabeth Kytle; Fun and games, Bill White and James Wilner; Records and resources, Morris Fradin; Publicity, Walter Snowden, Kay Kemp, and Bobbe Pilke; Cap'n John's Treasure, Susan Vogt; Bike parade, Stephanie Becker.

It was a wonderful day!

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G R E G G L E N N : A M A N A N D H I S D R E A M

Barbara Martin

Greg Glenn was born in Spokane, Washington, at Fairchild Air Force Base, while his father was serving a tour of duty in Japan and Korea. Major Glenn saw his young son for the first time when Greg was 9 months old, and the first thing he did was cut his son's long cur- ly black hair.

Greg's father worked for Jet Propulsion Laboratory, monitoring and building tracking stations for space probes. The family followed his father all around the world, living in New Jersey; Cape Canaveral; Texas; Los Angeles; Canberra, Australia; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Spain.

"I went to the British School in Australia. I remember well the short pants, knee sox, and cap I had to wear. I was not an enthusiastic student; most of the time I was painfully bored and unable to sit still. I was so much happier outside. My mother grew up on a farm and her love of nature was strong in me--I was a Tom Sawyer kid. Australia in the 60's was like the United States in the 30's. My friends' parents were sheep ranchers with spreads of 30,000 acres. I loved to be with them, build- ing tree forts, finding turtles and lizards."

his high school years, Greg's family was in Spain. He went to the Air Force school there and played bass guitar in a band. "We played at dances, discos, and par- ties; we did some recordings. We sang in English and that was very popular then. We were good enough that we considered staying together after high school and making a career of it. But that idea did not go over well with our parents."

Greg's mother and father were from Idaho. "Since my family lived all over the world, I always considered my grandparents' ranch as home. It was on a river in a val- ley, with pine trees all around. In the summers and on school breaks, I worked on the ranch. And I mean worked--starting at. 4:30 in the morning, and 7 days a

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When it was time for college, Greg went to Whitman College in eastern Washington state. "The strongest rec- ommendation for Whitman was that I could hitchhike to Grandma's farm in an hour and a half." College agreed with him. "I took biology, chemistry, philosophy, Bible, Shakespeare, art history - - for the first time I became intellectually active. I was passionate about soccer, and was team captain. As early as my freshman year, I de- cided that eventually I would be a medical doctor. I had a real touch for animals; once I set a pigeon's bones in a cast. It seems I had an inherent sense of physiology, bi- ology, and human repair. Some of that came from my mother. My brother and sister and I were routinely her patients; she would treat our wounds and sew us up."

"My sophomore year was a milestone in my life be- cause I met Janis. We were together all through college and married a year after I graduated. Right after I fin- ished at Whitman in 1977, I played for one season with a professional soccer team, the California Sunshine."

"In my junior year, I had become a Christian. I realized that the Bible was about real events and my faith be- came personally meaningful to me. After my 'career' as a soccer player, I wanted to continue with Bible studies and so I took a master's program at Regent College in Vancouver, B.C. I had no money and no job, but it was something I wanted very much. I studied the cultural history of the Bible and that definitely sharpened my intellect. Our first daughter, Erin, was born right about the time I started the program."

"After I finished my master's degree, I taught high school and coached soccer and women's basketball. I was teaching biology and math in a small private school. I had always had a hard time learning math, so I had strong empathy for the students who were strug- gling with it. My greatest joy was being able to make things clear for them."

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Important Issue - County Proposal Re- garding Replacement of Clara Barton Community Center/Renovation of old Clara Barton School

At Tuesday's (5/22/01) CJCA meeting (7:30 p.m. at the Clara Barton Center), we will vote on whether to support an effort by the County regarding the long term future of the Clara Barton Community Center and the School. The County hopes in approximately 8-10 years to re- place the existing Community Center with a larger new facility (see drawing in last month's Village News).

The County's plan is only a proposal, and it is possible that the plan may be modified, possibly based in part on the results of Tuesday's meeting. The following is a summary that we hope will enhance the discussion and will help to provide for a thoughtful and considered debate on the issue. A diagram of the proposal overlain on the existing structures/property will be available at the meeting. Rick Robinson and Mike Lowe of the County Recreation Dept. will be present at the meeting to answer any questions.

This is an important issue to our community and we hope that that Cabin John residents will attend, regard- less whether they. haye. s t#ong feelings.one, way. or the other. The County has said that what would be most useful to them from our meeting is to have an expres- sion of the community's view on what is desirable, and a listing (as specific as possible) of any concerns with the current County proposal.

Proposal - In a nutshell, the County's long term plan for developing recreational resources recommends the crea- tion of a Community Center at the Cabin John location, which is owned by the County. (Other Community Centers exist or are being built at Leland Center (Bethesda), North Bethesda, Wheaton, Scott]and, and Plumgar to name a few.) Such a Community Center would likely have 2 floors and would be larger than the current center with more resources than the current cen- ter. The current proposal is to have a full-sized basket- ball cour t /gym (with changing rooms for men & women), in addition to a social hall (about the size of the current large room), an exercise room, game room, lob- by, kitchen, and senior lounge.

The new facility would be connected to the existing old Clara Barton School, which would be renovated and whose upstairs would have rooms for arts, dance, confer- ences, classes, etc. The existing daycare center would remain downstairs. Parking would be provided for ap- proximately 150 spaces.

The persons using the Center would come primarily from the Whitman School cluster area (an area covering approx. 30,000 people), though there is no geographic restriction. While the County has said that they will not give Cabin John residents priority on attendance at ev- ents at a new center, the experience with the current center is that the directors try hard to accommodate the requests of Cabin John residents.

Schedule - The County hopes to include the proposal in the Capital Improvement Budget this fall to start the re- view and funding process. According to Rick Robinson, even if everything went well, construction of such a facility would not start for 8 or 10 years, in part because there are other Community Centers being built and in part because this would be deemed a new construction and would have a lower priority than merely adding onto or renovating an existing building.

Impact To C o m m u n i t y - The existing community cen- ter would remain standing while the new facility was being built. The daycare center in the old school would have to relocate for one to two years during renovation of the upstairs of the old school and probably during construction of the new facility. Among the concerns and relevant information regarding the impact of the proposed new facility on the community are:

(1) Traffic flow in and out of facility onto MacArthur (the County agreed that a traffic study would be n at stop sign location). To give us some idea of the flow into/out of a Community Center, the County conducted a study during a weekday of the cars parked in the parking lot of the Potomac Community Center (which is a larger than the proposed facility) at certain hours with the following results: 9:00 a.m. - 41 cars, 9:30 - 47, 10:00 - 45, 10:30 - 28, 12:00 - 28, 12:00 - 3:30 - 31-33, 4:00 - 5:30 - 40, 7:00 - 59, 8:00 - 89 cars.

While this does not directly measure the traffic in and out, it gives some feel for the demand and hours of de- mand. The Rec Dept personnel noted that rush hour is not a peak time for use of the Community Centers.

(2) Impact on neighbors on 75th St and on Arden St. The traffic and parking on 75th St. would likely be mostly eliminated since all user traffic would likely ent- er from MacArthur Blvd and park in the new parking area. The new facil i ty/gym would likely be built ap- proximately 20 feet from the property line of the Arden St. properties, with the back of the facility facing the property line. Some parking would exist in the back of where the old school is now, probably to be used for utility access and employee parking.

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Impact on Environment - the area where the new facility would built is partly wooded. The area where the parking lot would

go is currently primarily blacktop or covered by the existing cen- ter, but some parking would probably be required where the cur- rent line of pine trees are.

(4) Activity/noise. The County stated that likely hours for such a center would be 6 a.m.-10 p.m. during the week, 10-6 on Sat. and 1-5 on Sun. (FYI, current hours of operation at the County Com- munity in Bethesda (Leland Center) are Mon-Thurso 9-10, Fri. 9-6, Sat. 10-5, and Sunday 1-5.) The County's original design had the new building located closer to MacArthur Blvd, with the parking in the back. It was thought that the revised approach would be less noisy to those neighbors on Arden Rd. Any parking area would have more lighting than currently exists on the blacktop area.

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Alternatives/Options - (1) If the new Community Center is built somewhere other than Cabin John, the Recreation Dept. has said that they would move its current programs to that new location, thus leaving the future of the existing Clara Barton Community Center uncertain. At this point it would be pretty speculative to try to guess what would happen to the existing community center and school in that scenario.

The County has said that they would probably not invest a lot of money in the current facility unless a new gym accompanied that renovation, but this aspect is worth pursuing.

(3) Another option to consider is to knock down both the existing center and the old school and build a more compact, completely new complex that would have greater setbacks from the adjacent residences, more green space around the new community center and be better designed for vehicular and pedestrian circulation. The County has noted that this would be a more cost effective project.

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"I was offered a job in Saudi Arabia, as a training officer doing orientation of new employees. And then, still in Saudi Arabia, I worked for a Fortune 500 insurance bro- kerage; that was great for us, because the company pro- vided housing and a car, and we paid no taxes. Our daughter Megan was born during that time, although Ja- nis came back to the States for Megan's birth since at that time, health care in Saudi Arabia was not good."

"Finally, it was time for medical school. I chose Oral Ro- berts Medical School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I felt I was ready now, with quite a bit of maturity and experience under my belt. My first rotation was pediatrics and I felt an immediate affinity with kids. Pediatrics is a fascinating field because there are so many stages of care-newborns, preschoolers, adolescents. During their growing up, children go through drastic changes."

"Our first son, Greg, was born in 1985, and in 1987 I graduated from Oral Roberts. I did my residency at Mia- mi Childrens Hospital in Florida for 2 years, then a third year at Madigan Army Hospital in Washington state."

"The Army had paid for my medical education and in re- turn I served 8 years on active duty. Two years were at an Army hospital in Augsburg, Germany, and a third year was at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. on a medical research fellowship."

"Early on, I had become interested in medical research. In the summer after my first year of medical school I served an internship researching the mechanism of blood flow. As a result of that work, I had a paper published, and it was a great satisfaction to me feeling that I had made a contribution to scientific knowledge."

"At Walter Reed, I worked on a meningitis vaccine, the HIB vaccine. Development of a meningitis vaccine was going on in the late 80's and early 90's; now it's part of routine childhood immunization. At that time. I was also working at Kaiser Permanente nights and weekends."

"Walter Reed's research department is a fantastic place. I was involved in vaccine research, treating patients in clinical trials. We were in the early stages of development for malaria, cholera and HW vaccines."

Greg and his supervisor invented "batch immunization" using a vaccine-permeated skin patch to administer vac- cine. In September 1997. Greg finished his active services and became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. He formed his own company to develop, producer and distribute patch vaccines, licensing the technology from the Army; the Army owns the patent since Greg coin-

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it while in active service. npany has grown in the last 4 years to a staff of 25

people with one lab at Walter Reed, one in Gaithers- burg. The product is still in basic early stage develop- ment of making a new biological product. Using a patch as a delivery mechanism has many advantages. It doesn't hurt (no needles), there is no local irritation, and is free of side effects. There is never a risk of anaphylac- tic shock. It is entirely safe, and especially attractive in Third World countries where transmission of disease is a risk due to the temptation--where resources are so limit- ed to re-use needles. A major attraction of the product is its stability at room temperature; unlike fluid vaccines, there is no need for refrigeration in storage and ship- ping.

Skin patches stimulate the immune cells which are right below the outer skin layers. Thus they are more effective than serums injected by needles into the bloodstream. The patch can be applied anywhere on the body; for ex- ample, it can be put on the neck for immunization against upper respiratory disease. The patch is small and delivers its work in 8 hours of wearing time. The aver- age period needed for standard vaccine development is

:o 15 years. However, with the immunization patch, vaccines themselves are already being used effec- ~ly, so FDA approval should come much sooner.

Much of Greg's time and energy are spent in traveling all over the world, giving presentations to large pharma- ceutical companies and foreign government health or- ganizations, seeking their financial support as investors, and their cooperation as work partners. The project has become a top priority for the Center for Disease Control, and both the Gates Foundation and the World Immuni- zation organization are very interested.

Meanwhile, a long series of clinical trials are underway. "With just one disease, malaria., 500,000 to a million peo- ple each year are disabled for life. That could all be changed. We are now doing clinical trials for immuniza- tion against tetanus, influenza, and travelers' diarrhea."

In 1999, the Glenn's moved to Riverside Drive in Cabin John. Their son Luke had joined the family two years be- fore, the same year Greg's company was started, and the Glenn's needed more room. "When we saw this house, we knew it was the right place. Janis doesn't ask for much, but she wanted this house with a passion. We were living in Bethesda, so we were familiar with the

leral area, and we had been attracted to Cabin John many years. We love living by the river and being

able to walk to stores. And our neighbors are wonder-

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In the past year, Janis and Greg's daughters, Erin and Megan, have been working as volunteers in an orphan- age in Romania. Megan, 18, is back home now and works at American Plant Food; in September she will start college at Washington University in St. Louis. Erin, 22, has just returned from Romania where she was work- ing in a kindergarten and teaching English to 12-year- olds; in the fall she will be teaching in this area. Son Greg, 15, is at Whitman, and plays goalkeeper for an NCSL soccer team. And Luke, 4, delights in exploring the canal the river, and everything in his world. Janis has successfully launched her own business on E-bay. Greg, the soccer enthusiast, the one-time college and pro- fessional soccer player, coached his kids' soccer teams for 8 years. That has had to go on the shelf for a while, as has his clinical practice in pediatrics. "I work 6 days a week and put in long hours, but that's what it will take to make this happen. And I am devoted to its success; it could have a phe- nomenal effect on world health, and change the lives of the desperate and poor of our world."

How can you not believe in Greg Glenn and his dream?

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