Text Box: “We have been hearing screaming at night and thought it was a coyote…are there any out there?” a Bannockburn resident wrote in the community’s list serve last month. Another resident responded that a friend who lives very close to the C&O Canal in Cabin John said there is a coyote den near his house… The Powers family on University Ave. can be proud to have both a son and a daughter who were named to the Dean’s List last semester. Matthew Powers is a senior in the School of International Service at American University. Cindy Powers is a student at Elon University in Burlington, NC… A group of residents enjoyed a charming chamber music concert at the home of Phyllis Daen on Apr. 6. Compositions by Mozart, Schubert, Meyerbeer and others were performed by Ms. Daen on piano, Al Vecchione, clarinet, Beth Lawrence, soprano, and Marion Richer, viola… A new canal boat pulled by mules will be put into passenger service at Great Falls, Md. in August, The Gazette reported. However, the campaign to raise the necessary funds has fallen short of its $535,000 goal. The previous boat was retired in 2003 after its hull rotted after 30 years of service. Tax deductible donations can be sent to: Friends of Historic Great Falls Tavern, P.O. Box 60481, Potomac, MD 20859… An annual hike from Chain Bridge to Great Falls on the C&O Canal towpath took place on Apr. 29 in conjunction with the annual William O. Douglas canal hike. There was also a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the new towpath section between the Old Angler’s Inn and Widewater. An exhibit of models of a group of statues created by Raya Bodnarchuk is on display at the Montgomery College Pavillion of Fine Arts, Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, through May 6 on weekdays only. The full-size statues will be displayed at the Forest Glen Pedestrian Bridge and were a public art commission A community garden is underway at the Bannockburn Clubhouse on land formerly used for tennis courts, according to the Bannockburn Newsletter. A 100-sq.ft. plot would cost $50 for the 2006 growing season… Text Box: AROUND TOWN AROUND TOWN Text Box: TOWN STILL SEEKING FURNACE REPLACEMENT By Sophie Keefer The town is seeking consulting engineers for the work on the HVAC system in the town hall and Gloria Levin, who has been trying to find a company to replace the furnace, reported that she had obtained recommendations from Joanne Murray, the architect for the ADA renovations to the town hall. She told the town council last month that she had called CTA in Rockville and that the person she spoke to seemed interested. She also contacted KES Engineers, a smaller company. Mayor Debbie Beers clarifies that the post office is not on a separate system, but that the town pays all the utilities and takes this into account in charging the rent, although there are two electric bills. Councilman Steve Matney suggested that the clerk/treasurer contact the post office and tell them we are working on our system and need to see the plans from their renovation to make sure there is no impact. Ms. Levin also reported that Joanne Murray urged the town to think about its energy needs and possible changes in sources of energy, such as considering asking the gas company to run a gas line across MacArthur Blvd.