Text Box: AROUND TOWN Text Box: Kelly and Jim Bohi are happy to announce the birth of their daughter Adeline Florence on April 19 at Sibley Hospital. Adeline weighed seven pounds, eleven ounces and was 20-1/2” long. She joins her sisters Emilia, 4, and Audrey, 2, at 6108 Bryn Mawr Ave… Harvard Ave.’s Doug Pyle contributed an item to the “Life is Short: Autobiography as Haiku” column of The Washington Post last month. He recounts how he made his son a Superman costume with available clothing items and clever use of masking tape.. Former Glen Echo resident Kate Horwitz, who still organizes St. Patrick’s Day parties for the town, has been elected president of the Bannockburn Civic Association. Her husband, Jim, is second vice-president… Laura Beers, daughter of Debbie and Don Beers, received her PhD in European History from Harvard University last month. She has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from Cambridge University in England for next year, where she will work on turning her thesis into a book. The title of the thesis is: Is the media the message?: Labour, democracy and the mass media, 1918-1945.” Two of Eleanor Balaban’s photos were chosen to be displayed at a "Friends of the National Zoo" exhibit at the Washington School of Photography on Rugby Ave in Bethesda. The Gallery is open sporadically when they have classes in session, so the exhibit is difficult to see but the exhibit will be there through July. The town is hiring off-duty police officers this summer to control traffic on Oxford Rd., especially those Text Box: vehicles that do not stop at the stop sign. So far they have ticketed “a tremendous number of people,” according to Mayor Debbie Beers. The town is also taking action against residents who have moved into Maryland more than 60 days ago and have not changed the registration of their vehicles. This deprives the town of its share of the vehicle tax… Carol Barton was featured in an article in the Washington City Paper of May 25. It mentioned her book “Five Luminous Towers: A Book to Be Read in the Dark,” in which the lookout, the bell tower, the lighthouse, and even the text actually light up. Her first mass-produced work was “The Pocket Paper Engineer: How to Make Pop-Ups, Step-by-Step,” which is available at www.popularkinetics.com. Her pop-up views of Glen Echo are on display in the entrance hall of the town hall. The American flag will be flying along MacArthur Blvd. in Cabin John again this year, thanks to the efforts of long-time local resident Danny Harris. Mr. Harris, 83, a World War II veteran, started a tradition of hanging the flags in 1972 and has continued ever since. He is helped in the endeavor by his wife, Margaret, and others, and the Cabin John Citizens Association raises the money to buy new flags when the old ones are worn out or vandalized. For information on how to contribute money to buy flags contact.Burr Gray, Cabin John Citizens’ Association president, at burrgray@aol.com. “Our Good Neighbor—Glen Echo,” a two-part series, has been running in the Cabin John Village News. Based primarily on the book “Glen Echo: The Remarkable Saga of a Very Small Town” by Carlotta Anderson, it emphasizes the common experiences of the two communities…