Text Box: Hannah Niles, 10, of Vassar Circle, was pictured on p.1 of The Gazette on Apr. 9 as she was having American Idol contestant Ace Young sign a copy of the “Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul” at Borders Books store. An article mentioned that her mother Amy had also brought brother Justin, 6, to meet “one of their favorite Idol contestants.” After posing for the photo with Ace Young, Hannah said “We think he’s really cute, we love him and he’s a good singer.” Her mother agreed that “he loves kids and that came through.” Although owners of the Sycamore Store on MacArthur Blvd. received approval last summer for the special exception to restore it as an architectural/construction business, they are still working with the county to get a building permit. As for when that will happen, co-owner Dean Brenneman said he had stopped making projections. “It happens when it happens.” He foresaw a period of at least three months before exterior work could be started, although the interior demolition is already complete. The town shred day on Sunday, April 20 attracted about 20 Glen Echo households, according to the town clerk/treasurer Cathie Polak. The materials were taken to the Waste Management recycling center. The Clara Barton Community Center in Cabin John will be holding a shredding party on Saturday, Jun 7, from 9:00-noon. All-Shred, a firm in Frederick, Md., will provide a mobile shredding truck—inside it is a cross-cut shredder that cuts your pages into tiny paper chips. (The shreds are then baled and sent to paper plants to be recycled.) The Center asks for a donation of $5 per box of paper (one cubic foot storage Text Box: box, 12x13”), $3 for a half box, or $2 for a quarter box. All-Shred can shred paper clips, staples, rubber bands, folders (even those with metal strips), but not newspapers, heavy plastic or metals, boxes, floppy disks or CDs. For more information call the center, 301-229-0010. Isadora Duncan interpreter Cynthia Word, a resident of University Ave., performed “Isadora Duncan: An evening of Music and Dance,” at the Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum in Bethesda on May 1. On the program were “Mother Etude” and “Revolutionary Etude” created in the early 1920s to music by Scriabin. She was joined by two other dancers. Thirteen families participated in the town yard sale last month. He weather was gorgeous, there were lots of buyers, and everyone seemed to have a good time at the event. Children found that the contents of their piggy banks could go a long way at many of the tables. It was organized by Diana Hudson-Taylor with assistance from Anna Bayer and Debbie Lange. . Text Box: AROUND TOWN AROUND TOWN