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HolidaysShops Prepare for the HolidaysFrom Page 2lecting books for the book department formany years; she is an expert in helpingyoung readers or their parents select booksthat will interest and excite them.Next door to the Toy Castle is a staple ofthe mall – the Hall of Fame Card and CollectiblesShop. This store is filled with asports lovers’ memorabilia and all the necessaryitems to celebrate a favorite sportsteam. Banners, flags, NFL play sets, pajamas,watches, wallets, autographed balls,pictures – basically everything that a fanneeds. “Our most expensive baseball cardis a 1954 Ted Williams – it sells for $900,”Manager Brian Aguiar said. The store carriessports cards — baseball, football, soccer,etc. of all varieties and prices — collectiblesfrom years past. They also featurecurrent sports teams and can outfit the familyfrom shoes to hats, jerseys and shorts,jackets, vests, belts, socks, jewelry andmore.“Our store has been here since 1998,” saidowner Peter Averinos. “I have helped fathersand sons, and now those sons come in withtheir children.It’s a cycle and I love seeing it. Pokemonis a very big seller as are the other gameswe sell. But kids love having a favorite teamand collecting the memorabilia from theteam. Sometimes they stay with these teamsfor life and become more and more committedto them. We sell everything that asports fan can think of.”B Scene is a fashion-forward boutique.Sales expert Nicole Tapiero and her sisterDani, both University of Maryland students,will advise shoppers on the latest trends andgive them style tips. Hot items for the holidaysinclude candy duffle bags and backpacksand boys lacrosse Flow Society shorts.Peter Averinos, owner, and Brian Aguiar, manager, ofHall of Fame Card and Collectibles point out a few oftheir most popular sports items.“They have been flying off the shelves,” saidTapiero.Another possibility for a child or preteengift is to pick up a gift card for Tropicuts – asalon and spa for kids and teens. Their missionis to “deliver superior quality groomingand beauty services for the whole familywhile exercising the smallest details toplease your needs.”The salon specializes in manicures, pedicures,haircuts, up-dos, and braid for childrenages 7 – 13. Tropicuts also offers birthdayparties where beauty, fun and music arethe highlights.“I enjoy the kids and helping each onefeel beautiful. It is nice to see the happinesswhen they see themselves looking sopretty – and the birthday parties are somuch fun.They all love them. We also have a fullservicesalon for the mommies, daddies,brothers and sisters,” owner Lilian Ipinasaid.Tropicuts does creative children’smanicures.B Scene’s Nicole Tapiero and her sister Dani will helpselect gifts for that special someone.A variety offrames atOccasions.Girls will lovethe SparkleDoll House fortheir collectionof 12" dolls.Games galore at the Toy Castle.Craft Show To Fill Clara Barton Recreation CenterFrom Page 3Angels or snowmen. I also paint houses andvillages. I really enjoy painting these piecesand watching them come to life. I use a largevariety of finishes, which makes each producttruly unique,” Worthington said.This is the first time that Walt Whitmansenior Mikaela Fishman has participated asa vendor in a show.She is thrilled to finally have an opportunityto present her jewelry to the public.“I’m excited because I’ve been making jewelryfor as long as I can remember, just formyself and friends, and I’ve always hopedto have a chance to sell what I make andsee how I do.I’m selling earrings. I make a lot normalbeaded earrings but I also like to useshrinky-dinks, melt-a-beads, parts of electronics,and things I find lying around. Iinherited a lot of my beads from my grandmotherbecause she was an artist,” she said.Crafts by Meredith WorthingtonItems fromCrafters for aCure.“Crafters for a Cure” will be at the Clara Barton Craft Show on Sunday,Dec. 7.4 ❖ Potomac Almanac ❖ December 3-9, 2014 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com
Photo by Alan Mayer-SommerBulletin BoardEmail announcements to almanac@connectionnewspapers.com. Include date, time, location, descriptionand contact for event: phone, email and/or website. Photos and artwork welcome. Deadlineis Thursday at noon, at least two weeks before event.WEDNESDAY/DEC. 3Special Education Committee. 6:30 p.m. atMCPS Board of Education offices, CarverCafeteria, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville. Twooccupational therapists will present informationon Sensory Integration Disorder. All meetingsare free and open to the public. EmailParents_Coalition@yahoogroups.com.Rapid Transit Meeting. 7-8:30 p.m. RockvilleCity Hall, 111 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Electedofficials from Rockville, Gaithersburg andMontgomery County will meet and discuss thecounty’s bus rapid transit system plans with afocus on the Maryland Route 355/Rockville Pikebus rapid transit routes through Rockville andGaithersburg. It will be televised on Rockville 11(cable channel 11) and streamed onwww.rockvillemd.gov/rockville11. Visitwww.montgomerycountymd.gov/rts or contactRom Pogue at 240-777-7155 orrapid.transit@montgomerycountymd.gov.THURSDAY/DEC. 4Hospice Workshop. 6:30-8 p.m. at MontgomeryHospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. Learnhow to balance sorrow and celebration whilegrieving. Call 301-921-4400 for more.FRIDAY/DEC.5Songwriting Contest. The Bethesda Arts &Entertainment District is holding its first-eversongwriting contest, with a grand prize of$10,000 going to the winner. Musicians canapply online or download a mail-in application.Entries must be received by Dec. 5, 2014. Visitwww.bethesda.org/bethesda/bernard-ebbsongwriting-awards-applicationfor more.Nominations Sought. Nominations due Dec. 5,for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards;Humanitarian and Children of the DreamAwards. Winners and honorable mentions willbe presented at the Martin Luther King, Jr.Celebration of Monday, Jan. 19, during theceremony to be held at the The Music Center atStrathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, NorthBethesda. This year’s theme is “Dr. MartinLuther King Jr.: His Words and Ideas in OurTime.” Visit www.montgomerycountymd.gov/humanrights/ or contact OHR Director JamesStowe at 240-777-8450.WEDNESDAY/DEC. 10Winter Speaker Series. 6-7:30 p.m. PlanningDepartment Headquarters, 8787 Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring. “Retrofitting the Suburbs: FromFriendship Heights to While Flint” will focus onthe influence of residential and commercialinterests, the County Planning Board and itsstaff, County Council and County Executive, andchanging approaches to planning. Visitwww.montgomeryplanning.org/department/onceandfuture for more.Hospice Workshop. 6:30-8 p.m. at MontgomeryHospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. Hospicediscussion about grief and healing. Call 301-921-4400 for more.THURSDAY/DEC. 11Hospice Workshop. 1:30-3:00 p.m. at SaintMark Presbyterian Church, 10701 OldGeorgetown Road, North Bethesda. Learn howto balance sorrow and celebration whilegrieving. Call 301-921-4400 for more.SATURDAY/DEC. 13Raffle Drawing. During Har Shalom’s “MagicalNight of Community.” Win a three-year lease fora BMW. $100 each, no more than 1000 ticketswill be sold, need not be present to win. Fullraffle rules at www.harshalom.org/raffle.Purchase tickets online at www.harshalom.org/raffle or in person at Har Shalom Office, 11510Falls Road, Potomac, or by phone 301-299-7087x 0.MONDAY/DEC. 15Hospice Workshop. 6:30-8 p.m. atMontgomery Hospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Rockville. Learn how tobalance sorrow and celebrationwhile grieving. Call 301-921-4400for more.THURSDAY/DEC. 18Vision Support. 12:30-4:30 p.m. atFriendship Heights Village Center,4433 S Park Ave, Chevy Chase.Participate in free glaucomascreenings and a free lunch. Call301-656-2797 for more.TUESDAY/JAN. 6Hospice Workshop. 6:30-8 p.m. atMontgomery Hospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Rockville. Learn how tobalance sorrow and celebrationwhile grieving. Call 301-921-4400for more.MONDAY/JAN. 12St. Raphael School and NurserySchool Double Open House.Programs for 3-year-olds, 4-year-oldsand 4-Plus (Pre-K), as well asextended-day offerings. Before-careand after-care offered. St. Raphael isK-8 and specializes in tailoredacademics through small-groupinstruction, integrated technologyand differentiated learning. Visitwww.srnsmd.org orwww.straphaelschoolmd.org formore.TUESDAY/JAN. 13Support Group. 1:30-3:0 p.m. NorthBethesda United Methodist ChurchSee Bulletin Board, Page 7Raffle DrawingOn Potomac DayTracy Spencer, owner with husbandTom Spencer of the new PotomacGrocer market, draws the winningraffle ticket for a $50 Potomac Grocergift card on Potomac Day, Oct. 25. Thegift card was donated to PotomacCommunity Village by Potomac Grocer.From left are Shirley Dominitz,PCV secretary; Sophia Wang, a PCVmember; Don Moldover, PCV IT chair;and Nelly Urbach, PCV president.www.ConnectionNewspapers.comPotomac Almanac ❖ December 3-9, 2014 ❖ 5
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