The Janney Players present "Damn Yankees" February 22nd & 23rd
Are you ready for baseball? Nothing could get you in the mood for the
season more than seeing the Janney Elementary School Players as they
present "Damn Yankees," a devilish musical comedy set during the 1950s
in Washington, DC. This Broadway Musical has charmed audiences for 50
years, and this year, the Janney Players become the underdog Washington
Senators (with under-worldly powers), as they chase the New York
Yankees for the Pennant. Will they be able to stop the Yankees from
their domination of the League?
The shows are Friday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday,
February 23rd, at 2:00 p.m. at Deal Middle School, 3815 Fort Drive NW
(just off Nebraska Avenue). Tickets are $5 for general seating. There
is free, but limited, parking at Deal. Refreshments will be sold
during intermission.
Bring the whole family and have yourself a ball as you watch the Janney
4th, 5th, and 6th graders put on another terrific show. You might even
want to show up in your Nationals gear to really get yourself in the
spirit!

COMMUNIT-EErik S. Gaull wrote:
>While there is little that the Police Department can do, neighbors can do a lot . they can speak to their neighbors and let them
>know what an annoyance their continually ringing alarm is, and they can suggest that their neighbors get the alarm
>examined/adjusted by a professional. A little neighborly pressure is likely to produce much better and faster results than anything
>the Police Department could do.

That's an interesting approach, in theory, but let's spin it out.

Scenario 1: Instead of calling the police I go over to offer "A little neighborly pressure" and it turns out the house is, in fact, being robbed. And the burglars are armed.

Scenario 2: Instead of calling the police I go over to offer "A little neighborly pressure" and while I am walking around in my neighbors yard with his burglar alarm going off, another neighbor has called the police. The police show up, and I'm standing there -- a person who is not the homeowner -- with the burglar alarm going off.

While this burglar alarm was going off last week, I went to get a haircut. I asked the barber what he would do and he said, "When I came to this country, they told me one thing, 'Don't take the law into your own hands.'" Pretty good advice.

Richard Paul

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