Camp teaches Chinese culture to Hood Cone youths
Janney Liu and 29 other Chinese American children attend a Hood Cone camp offering martial arts dance and folk arts. Instructors from Taiwan lead six and a half hour daily sessions with bamboo knives, focusing on culture and physical activity. Students from Potomac Bethesda Gaithersburg Silver Spring and Dallas join in a lively week of classes and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janney Liu
Yang Bian Lin
Mr. Lin
Hoodcone
Potomac
Jennifer Young
Meng-Yueh Hsu
Sesson
Hood
Taiwan
Clement Wen
Dallas
Texas
Eric Wong
Silver Spring
Jamey
Andrea Wong
Bethesda
Angela Chu
Gaithersburg
Andrea
Rockville Chinese School Teaches Culture in Potomac
Shirley J. Chow founded Rockville Chinese School in 1981, now in Potomac, teaching Mandarin or Cantonese two hours weekly plus cultural arts to about 600 students, mostly Montgomery County and Virginia children. Most are from gifted programs and stay in American culture while learning Chinese language and arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Rockville
Shirley J. Chow
Potomac
Montgomery County
Virginia
Chow
U.S
Beetles swarm Maryland gardens in peak beetle season
Horticulturalist Tom Ford says spraying is best control as Japanese beetles feed on roses grapes and 600 plant types. Entomologist Charles Staines notes peak activity now with Labor Day nearby and warns against beetle traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ford
Carroll County Cooperative Extension Service
Manchester
Maryland
Charles Staines
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Mr. Staines
Watershed oaks make comeback after decline
Frederick watershed oaks are regenerating after the oak decline of the mid 1980s though not to previous levels. About 30 percent of lost oaks are regrowing with new saplings, and five acres of white and Virginia pine have been planted. Dead timber is sold for firewood to fund private land purchases, and future cuts over three to five years aim to boost deer and forest renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Mike Kay
Frederick Project
Maryland Forest, Park and Wildlife Service
Virginia
Kay
Steve Bittner
Maryland Forest Park and Wildlife Service
Bittner
Frederick City
Mr. Kay
Catoctin Mountain
Fishing Creek
Yellow Springs
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Christina Barnes
News-Post
Sue DeVall
Theresa Chow
Germantown
Hood College
Staines
Irv Black
Finksburg
Routzahn's
Routzahn
Rt. 26
7Th ST
Long Meadow
Hagerstown
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