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More parks, an affordable mix of housing, energyefficient buildings and other environmentally friendly measures could be in downtown Bethesda’s future. The Montgomery County Planning Department on Friday released a draft of the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan, which will serve as a guide for development in the area over the next 20 years. The Montgomery County Planning
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Going greener in Bethesda BY MEREDITH HOOKER WILLIAMS
District acknowledges ‘challenges’ on site of new Kensington school
Under a Montgomery County Public Schools plan, a new Kensington middle school would be squeezed on a site with inadequate space that will make the school inferior, some opponents of the plan say. Adding underground parking to the plan, they say, could help fix some of the bigger problems they see. Some residents said they are concerned that the site plan, as it stands, would limit athletic and academic spaces and pose safety hazards for drivers and pedestrians. The result, they said, is a school that would fall below the district’s project guidelines and would be unequal to other county schools, particularly Westland Middle School in the same cluster. However, a school district official said the middle school will be similar to existing middle schools. He added that the district already considered — and decided against — a parking structure. The new school will be the second in the BethesdaChevy Chase cluster and will help address current overcrowding at Westland and expected enrollment growth. The district hopes to break ground this summer on the project estimated to cost around $48 million. The site includes about 12 acres that could be built on out of about 13.4 acres, according to James Song, the director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management. The school system recently submitted revised site plans to the Montgomery County Planning Board to address recommended and required changes. Residents Richard Hatzfeld, Laura Dennis, John Sonnier and Susie Cooper are calling for the district to work with community members to help address problems they anticipate on the site where Rock Creek Hills Local Park now sits. If the district were to add
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Dozens of dogs and hundreds of dog lovers turned out for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club’s annual Strut Your Mutt Dog Parade and Festival in downtown Bethesda on Saturday. The festival included contests, exhibitors, a doghouse auction, dog training performances and rescue groups. Among the winners were Manfred, Best Strut, large dog; Stella, Best Strut, small dog; and Kipling, a nine-breed rescue dog from Tennessee, Best Mutt.
As it does every year, Boy Scout Troop 8 of Chevy Chase helps out at the annual Strut Your Mutt Dog Parade and Festival. Troop members helped lead Saturday’s strut.
Board is scheduled to review the plan Thursday. The plan envisions an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable community that would incentivize affordable housing, plus development that uses green technologies to save energy and protect the environment. Planners have recommended more parks and open space, bikeways, trail connections and tree canopies. A portion of the downtown that roughly encompasses the Wisconsin Avenue Corridor, Woodmont Triangle, Bethesda Row, parts of Arlington South and the Pearl District would be designated as a “high performance
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Board to name interim schoool superintendent Top choice for leadership position withdrew
Andrew Houlihan, chief academic officer of the Houston Independent School District, informed school board President Patricia O’Neill on Sunday that he was no longer interested in BY LINDSAY A. POWERS becoming the district’s next suSTAFF WRITER perintendent. The school board The Montgomery County said Thursday that Houlihan, school board will vote to con- 36, was its “preferred candidate” for superintendent. ditionally appoint an The board aninterim superintennounced its plan to dent Wednesday, a vote for an interim few days after its top leader a day after choice for a permait received a letter nent leader withdrew from Alan Goodhis name. win, principal of The appointWalt Whitman High ment, if approved by School in Bethesda, state schools SuperHoulihan on behalf of 29 high intendent Lillian M. Lowery, would run from July 1 school principals. Monday’s through June of next year, ac- letter requested that the board cording to a school board news See SUPERINTENDENT, Page A-13 release.
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Four newcomers this month won council seats in the village of Friendship Heights’ first contested election in a decade.
The galvanizing issue that drew these newcomers to politics? Plans for a new playground. “Had it been handled in a better fashion, there probably wouldn’t have been an election,” said Michael Dorsey, 64, who won the most votes. Angered by the way the prior council cooked up plans to erect a playground at Page Park — what has been described by village officials and candidates as a grassy, “postage-stamp-”size “pocket park” between two high rises — Dorsey
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and several other village residents decided to take matters into their own hands. Eleven people campaigned for the seven available council seats, making for an unusual election season, residents said. In the end, four newcomers were to be sworn in as council members Tuesday night: Dorsey, who took 258 votes; Paula Durbin, with 215; David Lewis, with 193; and Kathleen Cooper, with 190. The council members did not run as a slate.
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Another newcomer, Ron Sallerson, entered the race but fell short. Melanie Rose White, who was mayor, was re-elected to the council, as were incumbents John R. Mertens and Clara Lovett. Lovett was appointed about a year ago to serve the remaining term of a member who resigned. The three other incumbents who lost were Elizabeth Demetra Harris, Robert M. Schwarzbart, and Leonard J. Grant.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 The Basics of Alzheimer’s: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease,
7 p.m., Chevy Chase Village Hall, 5906 Connecticut Ave. Free. 800-272-3900 or lvajpeyi@alz.org.
Royal Assassinations in the Ancient Near East, 8 p.m., Jewish Community
Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. A lecture on interesting and important royal assassinations in the ancient world, including those in ancient Israel and Judah. $5-$10. baf. jccgw@gmail.com. Aging and Disability Services, 4 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Learn about services within Montgomery County. anne.seiler@ montgomerycountymd.gov. 9th Annual Rockville Ride of Silence, 7 p.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Rockville Bike Advisory Committee will host ride to honor those who have been injured or killed while riding on public roadways. This year’s ride will honor Jamie Roberts, a 24-year-old Rockville native and basketball coach who was killed on June 13, 2014, while cycling across the country to raise money for cancer charities. 10 miles; not for beginners. rockvillebikerides@gmail.com.
THURSDAY, MAY 21 Potomac Community Village birthday party, 7 to 9 p.m., Bolger Center’s Osgood
Building, room 111, 9600 Newbridge Drive, Potomac. U.S. Rep. John Delaney will speak. Free. 240-221-1370 or info@ PotomacCommunityVillage.org. Medicare discussion, 7 to 9 p.m., Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda. Free session through the State Health Insurance Assistance Program. www.medicareabcd.org or 301-590-2819. Student exhibition reception, 5 to 7:30 p.m., Montgomery College’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, 930 King St., Silver Spring. 240-567-1461 or Wilfred.Brunner@montgomerycollege.edu. Parent Loss Support Group, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Suite 100, Rockville. For adults who have experienced the death of one or both parents. Six-week group led by professional counselors. Registration required: 301-921-4400 Fourth Annual Laugh Riot for MobileMed, 6:30 p.m., Hyatt Regency
Bethesda Ballroom, 1 Bethesda Metro Center. Comic show to benefit Mobile Medical Care. $60 includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres and desserts. Tickets: info@mobilemedicalcare.org or 301-841-0825.
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to 8:30 p.m., Shirat HaNefesh Community Room at North Chevy Chase Christian Church, 8814 Kensington Parkway, Chevy Chase. Hazzan Ramón Tasat, the Kolot HaLev Choir and a selected ensemble of musicians. 240-292-9450 or info@ shirathanefesh.org.
Benefit concert, 7:30 p.m., Epiphany
Lutheran Church, 14411 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Featuring the folk music of Fendrick & Peck. Donations will benefit the Colesville Council of Community Organizations. 301-384-4244.
FRIDAY, MAY 22 Blessing of the Animals, 4;30 to 5 p.m., Animal Exchange parking lot, 605 Hungerford Drive, Rockville. With Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish clerics, followed by individual blessings. 301-424-7387 or animalexchange@erols.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 23 Joint health workshop, 1:30 to 3:30
p.m., Aspen Hill Body & Brain Yoga, 13878 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Learn exercises and natural healing principles. Reservations: 301-871-0480 or aspenhill@ bodynbrain.com. Mum Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to noon, commuter parking lot, 17 Fulks Corner Road, Gaithersburg. Also in the parking lot next to Bank of America building, 11499 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring. Single mum plant in a pot is $1.50. Bring boxes for purchases. 301253-5947 or Potomac@mums.org. National Park Seminary tour, 1 to 3 p.m., 2755 Cassedy St., Silver Spring. Historic former school for women, now a residential community. Meet in front of gymnasium. Free for members of Save Our Seminary; $5 for others. 301-589-1715 or www.saveourseminary.org. Teen Health Expo, noon to 4 p.m., Ellsworth Drive, downtown Silver Spring. 301-779-4252. National Capital Trolley Museum exhibit, “Homefront Street Cars,” and
presentation of two World War II-era films produced by transit companies, screened from 12:50 to 3:30 p.m., through May 25, 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville. dctrolley. org or 301-384-6088. Colesville Lions Club Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Southern States Turf Farm, 1409 Spencerville Road, Spencerville. Vendors cost is $15. DaleMeyerdirk@aol.com.
SUNDAY, MAY 24 Annual Juilliard Reunion Concert, 4 to
6 p.m., Church of the Little Flower, 5607 Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda. Opera, classics, chamber music and Broadway. Free. 301-320-4538 or Terry_Eberhardt@ hcpss.org.
MONDAY, MAY 25 Friends of the Library Book Sale, 5 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Colum-
Shabbat Italiano at Shirat HaNefesh (Song of the Soul), 7
bia Pike, Burtonsville. anne.seiler@montgomerycountymd.gov. Museum tour, 1 p.m., National Museum of Health and Medicine, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring. Free. 301-3193312 or www.medicalmuseum.mil.
TUESDAY, MAY 26 Breastfeeding Class, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Washington Adventist Hospital, 7600 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park. For mothers and fathers. $40; free if registering for childbirth and baby care course at the same time. 301-891-4852 or nmonfort@adventisthealthcare.com. Improving the Outlook on Vision, 6 to 7 p.m., National Museum of Health and Medicine, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring. U.S. Navy Capt. Penny Walter of the Department of Defense Vision Center for Excellence will discuss what is being done about eye injuries in the field. andrea.k.schierkolk.civ@mail.mil.
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The Medicinal Marijuana Business in Maryland, 6 to 8 p.m., Silver Spring
SPORTS It’s the final weekend of spring high school sports, with state championships scheduled to be awarded in baseball, lacrosse, softball, tennis and track and field. Check online for coverage.
Civic Center, One Veterans Place, Silver Spring. Green Pro Partners and Wellness Center will hold a networking event for people interested in the business of medicinal marijuana in Maryland. Light refreshments. $40 by RSVP, $50 general registration. apriledwards@greenpropartners.org.
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A “First-Person Account” of the Lincoln Assassination, 1 to 3 p.m., Holiday
Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton. Mike Robinson, a volunteer with Ford’s Theater, will be in period dress, portraying an eyewitness to history. Sponsored by National Active and Retired Federal Employees and Holiday Park. Free. 301-871-6734 or charlottelass21@ gmail.com. Poetry Club, 7 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Read and listen to poems. anne.seiler@ montgomerycountymd.gov.
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CORRECTION A May 13 article about a new stoplight at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Stanford Street in Bethesda misspelled the last name of Barton Goldenberg.
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Police said Tuesday they don’t know when the 31-year-old neighbor charged in the fatal stabbing of a Rockville-area couple on Mother’s Day will be extradited from Alaska. Scott Tomaszewski quickly left town after the crime for a planned vacation cruise to Alaska with his parents, law enforcement officials said Sunday. Tomaszewski was arrested Saturday after the cruise ship pulled into Juneau for a scheduled stop, police said. “I fully believe he was going sightseeing,” said Capt. Darren Francke, commander of the Montgomery County police’s major crimes unit. “He’d been doing it all week.” Capt. Paul Starks, a spokesman for Montgomery County police, said he didn’t know when Tomaszewski will be brought back to Maryland to face the charges. Three county detectives took part in the arrest, as did officers from Alaska and the Coast Guard. They found blood-soaked cash in Tomaszewski’s wallet, according to arrest records. Detectives also searched his stateroom, finding possible evidence linked to the crime, and interrogated Tomaszewski at the Juneau Police Department headquarters. There, he admitted to the slayings and said he’d broken into the home to steal from it, officials said. The arrest came one day after a heartwrenching funeral for the victims, Richard “Dick” Vilardo, 65, a hotel developer, and Juli-
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Smith communities elects Bethesda man chairman Joseph B. Hoffman of Bethesda was elected chairman of the board of governors at the Charles E. Smith Life Communities of Rockville. Hoffman, a graduate of the University of Maryland and George Washington University Law School, is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Kelley Drye & Warren. He’s an active member of Congregation Beth El
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anne “Jody” Vilardo, 67, a retired accountant. They left behind two children and two grandchildren and were remembered by a motto: Friends are family, and family is everything. “It is difficult to describe how incredible my parents were,” their son, Andrew Vilardo, said, standing near two wooden caskets and speaking to more than 600 mourners Friday at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda. In a statement, the family thanked law enforcement: “For the past week, we have known the where, the when and the how; now we know who.” Investigators had spent days examining the Vilardos’ home, piecing together the attack. They said they think that early on May 10 Tomaszewski cut through a window screen, lifted the window, attacked at least one of the Vilardos in the bedroom and continued the assault in the kitchen and rear patio. When the Vilardos did not show up for a Mother’s Day gathering, their daughter checked on them. Her mother’s body was found inside the house, her father’s outside. “The extreme violence that occurred in that home helped to drive our detectives to work around the clock until they got someone into custody,” Francke said. Little is known about Tomaszewski. He lives with his parents, according to court records and police. Efforts to reach family members by phone were not successful Sunday. No one answered a knock at their home next to the Vilardos’ on Sunday or Monday. Tomaszewski was being held Sunday at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Alaska without bail, Juneau police said. Montgomery County officials said they weren’t sure of Tomaszewski’s motive. “We don’t know at this point what his intentions were,” said Montgomery Police
of Montgomery County in Bethesda, according to a news release. Also at its 105th annual meeting May 6, the organization presented its 2015 Chair’s Award to Steven H. Oram of Potomac. Oram, a graduate of the Kogod School of Business at American University and the University of Baltimore School of Law, is a founding principal of Oram & Moss, a Chevy Chase law firm. In presenting the award, outgoing Chairman Marc Solomon cited Oram’s “deep personal commitment to philanthropy, Jewish community and caring for those who are vulnerable.” The board also recognized President and CEO Warren R. Slavin for 20 years of leadership. Charles E. Smith Life Communities, founded in 1910 in Washington as the Hebrew Home for the Aged, moved to Rockville in 1969. The services it provides to more than 1,000 seniors on its 38-acre campus include long-term care, independent senior living, assisted living, memory-care assisted living, a medical practice and temporary shelter, advocacy and education for victims of elder abuse.
Chief Thomas Manger, who added that it was difficult to understand any of Tomaszewski’s behavior — from the alleged murders to the time spent on the cruise to the relatively unemotional reaction he had when he was apprehended. “I think everybody would have a difficult time making sense of that because it makes no sense,” he said during a news conference Sunday. Early in the case, detectives received a tip from a retired colleague: In 1998, he had investigated a burglary at the Vilardos’ home and remembered that it might have been connected to Tomaszewski — then a teenager living next door, Francke said. Detectives searched pawn shop registries for any transactions that Tomaszewski had made recently and learned that last month he had pawned several pieces of jewelry, including a 1940s Coaldale High School class ring. The detectives connected the class ring to a burglary about two weeks earlier, in early April, at a home about 400 feet from the Vilardos’, according to an arrest warrant. Detectives learned that Tomaszewski had left town hours after the killings, Francke said. Concerned that he might try to dispose of evidence, detectives hurried to Juneau, making it there the day before the ship made its scheduled stop. Then, after the boat docked, the detectives and other officers boarded. They arrested Tomaszewski without incident. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery and one count of first-degree burglary, accused of stealing watches and other items from the Vilardos’ house. Gazette Staff Writer Virgnia Terhune contributed to this report.
B-CC senior wins developer’s scholarship Julia Cardwell of Chevy Chase is the first recipient of a new scholarship established by Chevy Chase Land Co. to commemorate its 125th anniversary. The $5,000 CCLC Smarth Growth Scholarship goes to a graduating student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School who plans to pursue a career in architecture, engineering or land use-transportation planning, according to a news release. Cardwell plans to attend Davidson (N.C.) College in the fall, studying urban planning and environmental sustainability. The company is a longtime supporter of the Bethesda school’s education foundation, contributing $40,000.
Bethesda coach co-writes business book Wendy Swire of Bethesda has cowritten a second edition of “Anytime
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Barbara Shidler, Garrett Park’s poet laureate, was feted Sunday at Town Hall to celebrate her life and the release of her first book, “Caught Moon,” a poetic memoir of her years living in town. Shidler, 88, has been both town historian and town archivist since moving to town in 1961.
DEATHS Elza Helena Carvalho
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Elza Helena Carvalho, 66, of Rio de Janeiro died April 18, 2015. Carvalho, who had been a resident of Montgomery
Coaching: Unleashing Employee Performance” (Management Concepts). The book blends practical coaching skills with cutting-edge brain science to help boost productivity both in and out of the workplace, according to a news release. The book, designed to be used as part of a daily routine, was written by Swire, an executive coach, and Teresa Kloster. Swire is a former Wall Street banker and economist for the Office of Management and Budget and the Treasury Department.
Catholic University taps Kensington man Scott P. Rembold of Kensington was named vice president for university advancement at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Since 2007, Rembold has been associate vice president for development and alumni relations at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he was director of development in the
Graduate School of Education and Human Development and for annual giving programs at George Washington University. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University and a master’s in education and human development from George Washington.
Campus congrats Julia Hardgrove of Bethesda will graduate Friday from the Naval Academy with a bachelor’s in oceans engineering and a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Hardgrover, a graduate of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was a member of the Navy women’s rugby team. • Gretchen L. Walker, a senior majoring in computer science, won the Sam Welsch Memorial Prize Scholarship in Computer Science at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Walker, daughter of Amy and Jonathan Walker of Chevy Chase, is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School of Washington, D.C.
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A washer tackles a fifth-floor window Saturday at The Flats, the new apartment and retail complex being built on Woodmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. The project is expected to open this year.
The Montgomery County Council will add about $17 million in spending to the county’s budget for fiscal 2016. The council took a preliminary vote Thursday to incorporate $18.2 million of priorities on its wish list into the budget. The council is scheduled to take a final vote on the budget on Thursday. Council Administrator Steve Farber said roughly $15 million of the additional spending will be covered by putting less into reserves. The council also cut some of what County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) proposed for a net increase over his proposed budget of about $17 million. In a written statement Thursday, Leggett criticized the council’s decision to put less into reserves. “Unfortunately the Council opted to reduce county reserves by over $10 million to fund its reconciliation list,” he said. “This is imprudent given the significant challenges facing the county in the coming years including a potential adverse decision in the Wynne income tax case, rising costs, and reduced state aid for education and makes it more likely that the County may have to increase property taxes over the next few years, implement unprecedented service reductions — or both.” The next day, the U.S. Supreme Court did rule against Maryland counties in the Wynne case, which involveddoubletaxation.TherulingcouldcostMontgomery County as much as $115 million initially. The fiscal ’16 budget increases spending by 1.7 percent from the current budget to $5.07 billion. The proposed spending plan does not cut any tax rates, as recent past budgets have done. Instead, it keeps property tax rates at the charter limit, keeps energy tax rates at their current levels, levies an additional tax on electronic cigarettes and expands the tax on room rentals. Without cuts to the tax burden, Councilwoman Nancy Floreen said, she cannot support the budget. Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Park was the only council member to cast her straw vote against the budget. She said she is not against what the budget funds, but she can’t support spending more without providing relief to taxpayers, as well. Montgomery College was a key priority for the council this budget cycle. College representatives warned council members that the college faced steep tuition raises if Leggett’s proposed budget passed. To make up some of the county funding gap using only tuition revenue, the college would have needed to increase the current tuition by $14 per credit hour for county students, $28 for state students and $42 for out-of-state students, said Susan Madden, the college’s chief government relations
officer. These increases would have let the college improve employee compensation and benefits, as it planned. On Thursday, the council provided $7.9 million more to the college than what Leggett proposed, an effort to help the college pay its faculty and staff and avoid a large tuition increase. Council President George L. Leventhal said Leggett presented a strong budget this year. “We have supported most of what he proposed,” Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said. But after listening to the public, Leventhal said, the council “strengthened the budget by targeting limited additional resources to priorities in education, public safety, health and human services, libraries, parks, transportation and new initiatives like the Public Election Fund.” For fiscal 2016, the council agreed to place $1 million into the Public Election Fund, meeting Leggett halfway. The council had requested $2 million. Leggett argued that the budget couldn’t afford any money for the initiative. The election fund was created as part of the county’s new public campaign finance system that matches privately raised dollars with public funds. For libraries, the council agreed to provide an additional $638,880 to restore hours at five branches — Potomac, Chevy Chase, Kensington Park, Little Falls and Twinbrook — that experienced cuts during the Great Recession. Housing — a priority Leggett said he could not fund as promised — also will get more money from the council. The council voted to provide $687,500 more for the Montgomery Housing Initiative. Most of that will address veteran homelessness. Notably absent from the three-page priority list was any additional funding for Montgomery County Public Schools. Councilman Craig L. Rice, chairman of the council’s Education Committee, said the council wanted to have fully funded the school system’s request, but it couldn’t. The council supported Leggett’s recommendation to fund the system at the state-required minimum. Leggett proposed $2.31 billion for the school system’s next operating budget, meeting the minimum funding required by the state’s maintenance of effort law. The law forces counties to provide at least as much funding per student as the previous year. The school board asked for $84.7 million above maintenance of effort, according to school system spokesman Dana Tofig. Following Leggett’s recommendation means another year of class-size increases, Councilman Marc B. Elrich said. The budget, Elrich (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said, is really a “hold-the-line budget.” “I want to remind my colleagues at MCPS that this is just one year,” Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown said. “We haven’t forgotten about you.” kalexander@gazette.net
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Maryland utility regulators have given the OK for Exelon Corp. to acquire Pepco Holdings, as long as conditions are met, including better reliability. In a 3-2 decision Friday, the Public Service Commission agreed to the deal, detailing 46 conditions. Exelon, of Chicago, parent of Baltimore Gas and Electric, plans to acquire Pepco for $6.83 billion in cash. The sale would bring together Exelon’s three electric and gas utilities — BGE, ComEd and PECO — with Pepco Holdings’ three utilities — Atlantic City Electric, Delmarva Power and Pepco — cementing Exelon’s hold on the mid-Atlantic market. Maryland is one of several jurisdictions whose approval is needed. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Virginia and New Jersey also have approved it. Delaware and Washington, D.C., have not taken action. Among the conditions in Maryland are strict benchmarks for reducing the frequency and duration of power outages, with penalties for failure. Exelon also was ordered to provide each Pepco customer with a $100 rate credit — a total of $48.6 million in residential rate credits — and $31.5 million for energy efficiency initiatives, 20 percent of which must be dedicated to limited-income programs. The PSC also required Exelon to provide $14.4 million in Green Sustainability Funds for Prince George’s and Montgomery counties and provide for the building of 20 megawatts of renewable energy sources, 10 megawatts of which must be in Pepco’s Maryland service territory. Commission Chairman W. Kevin Hughes and Commissioners Lawrence Brenner and Kelly Speakes-Backman formed the three-vote majority. In a joint statement, Pepco and Exelon expressed pleasure with the decision, but said the companies must study the order to understand the conditions. Opponents criticized the approval. “I am deeply disappointed with the decision of the Maryland Public Service Commission to approve the Pepco-Exelon merger,” Montgomery County Councilman Roger Berliner said in a written statement. Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, said in a written statement that the commission made a “grave error” approving the deal. “This approval, with no meaningful conditions added by the commissioners, threatens to negatively affect Marylanders for decades to come,” Tidwell wrote. “The PSC has totally failed in its responsibility to protect the ratepayers from exactly the sort of monopolistic harm that they have now ushered in.” Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Berliner were party to the case. Berliner is part of the Coalition for Utility Reform. Maryland law required Exelon and Pepco to prove the deal was in the public interest. Commissioners Anne E. Hoskins and Harold D. Williams wrote in their dissent that the companies failed to provide sufficient evidence that the deal will not harm Marylanders. “The Public Utilities Article and Commission precedent provide unequivocally that the Commission must deny a merger application that imposes harm — including even the risk of harm — on consumers,” their dissent stated. “The merger undermines competition for both ideas and utility services at a transformative time in the electricity industry.” Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda said many parties in the case, including Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, the Maryland Energy Administration, the Office of People’s Counsel, the Montgomery County Council, environmental groups and the commission’s staff, argued that the deal was not in the public interest. “How the Commission could conclude differently is hard to fathom,” Berliner said. “One can only conclude that this is a classic case of ‘regulatory capture.’” That’s when regulators become unduly influenced by those they regulate and unable to distinguish between the public’s and the utilities’ interests, he said. Berliner previously worked as a
regulatory lawyer. “It happens often,” he said. “It’s so disappointing. This was a legacy moment for the O’Malley commission and they wilted.” The five sitting commissioners were appointed by then-Gov. Martin J. O’Malley (D). As for the conditions, Berliner called those “crumbs.” “Theythrewsomecrumbsour
way in order to gain the county’s support for a settlement,” he said. “I promise you we will take every crumb we can get, but that does not make it a satisfying meal.” Berliner said he would be surprised if there was no appeal considering how many opposed the deal from the start. In the course of the case, Montgomery County settled with
the companies. County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) said he pushed for the deal and settled because some improvement is preferable to the Pepco that now serves the county. “I thought, looking at it long term, it was in the best interest of the county,” Leggett said. kalexander@gazette.net
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Intrexon posts bigger profit Intrexon of Germantown, which uses synthetic biology to develop drugs and other products, reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $25.8 million from $3.2 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues rose to $33.8 million from $7.9 million.
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Fuel-energy tax rates will not continue to fall in Montgomery County. In a 5-4 vote May 13, the County Council voted to keep the energy tax the same for fiscal 2016. Starting in fiscal 2013, the council has steadily reduced the tax rate each year — including for this fiscal year, which ends June 30. Montgomery County levies the fuel energy tax on “persons transmitting, distributing, manufacturing, producing or supplying electricity, gas, steam, coal, fuel oil, or liquefied petroleum gas,” according to county budget documents. The tax is based on how much energy is supplied and is paid by the supplier, who generally passes it on to customers. In 2010, Montgomery hiked the energy tax rate for fiscal 2011 to generate about an extra $110 million in revenue and close budget gaps during the Great Recession. County Executive Isiah Leggett had proposed doubling the energy tax rates, which would have raised an additional $133
million in revenue. The council instead chose a lower rate that would raise about 85 percent of what Leggett had proposed, or about $110 million. The increase was to “sunset,” or revert back to the previous rate, at the end of fiscal 2012. However, Leggett recommended not following through on the sunset. Instead, the council committed to gradually reduce the rate over several years. For fiscal 2016, Leggett (D) again recommended keeping the tax as it is, and for the first time since the rate was scheduled to sunset, a majority of the council has agreed with him. On May 13, the council considered cutting the tax yet again. A resolution was proposed by Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Park to cut the tax rate so it draws $11.5 million less in revenue. That equates to about 10 percent of the total increase the council passed for fiscal 2011. The issue split the council, with freshman Councilman Tom Hucker (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring providing the swing vote against cutting the tax. “I’m uncomfortable cutting the energy tax at a time when there’s both an increase in [elementary school] class sizes because of insufficient funds and we will likely have to increase prop-
erty taxes next year,” Hucker said after the meeting. Hucker also voted against cutting the tax during a joint committee meeting last week. What held his vote up, he said, was that he was talking to his fellow council members about ways to address the tax this year without being locked into an ongoing commitment. “It really isn’t possible,” he said. Council President George L. Leventhal said on May 13 he would delay the vote to Thursday because not all council members had decided where they stood. He said, as he understood it, four members favored cutting the tax and four opposed it. Hucker did not speak during the sometimes heated May 13 discussion, but at one point conveyed to Leventhal he was prepared to vote and the vote was called. Councilman Roger Berliner
POLICE BLOTTER The following is a summary of incidents in the Bethesda area to which Montgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.
Residential burglary • 100 block of Spruce Tree Court, at 1 p.m. April 28. Forced entry, nothing taken. • 10300 block of Dickens Avenue, between 1-2:30 p.m. on April 29. Forced entry, took property. • 5100 block ofWessling Lane, between 6-7:30 a.m. on April 30. No forced entry, took property. • 7100 block of Darby Road, between 9:20-11:30 a.m. on April 30. Forced entry, took property.
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Commercial burglary • StorageVillage, 4950 Nicholson Court, at 4 p.m. on April 30. Unknown entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Five thefts from vehicles occurred between April 29 and May 4. Affected streets included Oakmont Avenue, Sonoma Road and Glenbrook Road. Incidents may be related. No forced entry, took property. • Four thefts from vehicles occurred in the early morning hours of May 2. Affected streets included Crescent Court, Morgan Drive, Chevy Chase Boulevard and Overbrook Road. No forced entry, took property.
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(D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda attempted to pass a compromise 5 percent reduction in energy tax revenue, but that failed 5-4. With Hucker on board with not cutting the tax, a majority of the council voted to follow Leggett’s lead and keep the tax rate the same for fiscal 2016. Overall, Leggett proposed increasing total spending by 1.4 percent, to about $5.06 billion. Among the elements that could change are reserves. Leggett’s budget recommended putting 8.6 percent of county revenues into reserves or about $402 million. Leggett’s budget calls for putting $32 million more in reserves than a council fiscal plan called for in fiscal 2016. Berliner argued the executive was putting too much into reserves and advocated for less, so the council could use the difference to fund its priorities and to
reduce the energy tax. Councilwoman Nancy Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring said she exercised restraint in recommending funding for additional programs because of the county’s financial situation and uncertainties in its future. Navarro was among members who voted to keep the energy tax rates static. Several members expressed an interest in talking about the energy tax policy outside of council budget deliberations. Hucker said it is hard to have nuanced policy discussion on the tax in the context of the budget, but the policy should be considered. While the council split on the energy tax, it unanimously supported taxing distributors of electronic cigarettes for 30 percent of the wholesale price of e-cigarettes and other so-called vaping products, and unanimously supported expanding its room rental and
HOW THEY VOTED In favor: n Tom Hucker n Nancy Navarro n Craig L. Rice n Hans Riemer n Marc B. Elrich Against: n President George L. Leventhal n Vice President Nancy Floreen n Roger Berliner n Sidney Katz
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The Montgomery County Council has tacked on nearly $8 million to Montgomery College’s fiscal 2016 operating budget, a boost that lets the school increase employee compensation and benefits, as planned. The council’s Education Committee recommended in April that the full council place
nearly $11 million in new county money for the college on the county’s reconciliation list. That list includes items that County Executive Isiah Leggett did not put in his budget proposal and that the council wants to fund if it can. The $7.9 million extra from the council was added to Leggett’s recommended $3 million increase in county funding for the college’s current fund. The current fund pays for operations, student services, instruction and other things, according to a report from the college president. Susan Madden, the college’s chief government relations of-
ficer, said about $6.8 million of the added money will go toward moe employee compensation and benefits for all faculty and staff. “The council and the county executive clearly recognized our faculty and staff’s deep commitment to our students to help them succeed and thereby fuel our local economy with ready workers,” college President DeRionne Pollard said in a statement. The remaining dollars will go toward various college initiatives, Madden said, although college officials are still hammering out exactly how to divvy up the roughly $1.1 million remaining of the $7.9
million from the council. The college had hoped to receive about $3 million from the county for the initiatives. The college planned to expand the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success program to six more high schools in Montgomery County Public Schools. With less funding than hoped for to spend on the initiatives, the program will expand to fewer schools, Madden said. The program involves collaboration from the college, the county school system and the Universities at Shady Grove. The college also hopes to use
some of the money to pay for permanent staff at two community engagement centers, which are off-campus connection points between the college and the public. The plan had been to make four temporary workers at the centers permanent, according to Marcus Rosano, a college spokesman. Some of the money will go toward efforts aimed at the college’s achievement gap. Madden said the council’s action helped the college keep tuition affordable with slight increases for the next school year. College officials had previously said significant increases were
possible if the county didn’t provide more money to help the school pay for the compensation and benefit increases. Soon after the Education Committee recommended that thecounciltrytoaddmoremoney for the college, the institution’s board of trustees voted to follow the smaller per-credit-hour tuition increases the college initially proposed: $3 for students living in the county, $6 for students living elsewhere in Maryland, and $9 for students living outside the state. For 2014-15, county students paid $115 a credit hour, in-state students paid $235 and out-ofstate students paid $323. “Clearly, councilmembers heard our concerns and share our collective commitment to an affordable, high-quality, locally provided postsecondary education,” Pollard said in her statement. lpowers@gazette.net
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Meeting explores historic Kensington buildings Montgomery Parks will host a community meeting next week to discuss ideas to improve three historic buildings in Kensington: Warner Circle, Kensington Cabin and Noyes Library for Young Children. The meeting is scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. May 27 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 10401 Armory Ave., Kensington. Parks staff will discuss results from a public input analysis collected at an introductory workshop in January and discuss progress to date. Some of the ideas include a summer concert series and a reading garden. Warner Circle is a 4.5-acre park with green space and mature trees. It features the late 19thcentury home and carriage house of Kensington’s founder, Brainard Warner. It was converted to a nursing home in the 1950s; the home is closed. Parks staff is rehabilitating both buildings and exploring potential uses. Kensington Cabin was built in the 1930s as a New Deal project. Included in the Maryland Historical Trust inventory, it was a community hub and recreation center until it closed in 1991. Parks staff is working to reactivate the building with programming. The library, established in 1893, is part of the county library system. It’s the oldest public library building in the Washington, D.C., area and one of the few dedicated to children. The one-room library offers books and programs specifically for early childhood. The public may submit ideas at ParksCulturalResources.org. For more information, contact Julie Mueller at Julie.Mueller@ montgomeryparks.org or 301650-4390.
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A group of world-class musicians will present a free concert at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Church of the Little Flower Parish, 5607 Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda. The annual Juilliard Reunion Concert will feature opera soprano Faith Esham, tenor John Aler, gospel singer Edwina Humphreys-Flynn, Broadway singer Jonathan Reinhold, Hawaiian pianist Virginia Lum, Jon Reinhold Jr. and Trio Illumino, with trumpeter Neil Brown, cellist Stephen Czarkowski and Lum. Czarkowski and Lum live and teach in Montgomery County; Lum is also a trial attorney with the Department of Justice.
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Veteran enters plea in slaying Former Army Ranger avoids third trial and more prison time
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A former Army Ranger accused of killing his roommate in Gaithersburg in 2006 has reached a plea agreement that lets him go free after serving more than five years in prison. On Thursday, Gary James Smith, 32, now living in Olney, entered an Alford plea in Montgomery Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter in the death of fellow soldier Michael McQueen. An Alford plea means Smith does not admit guilt but acknowledges that there is evidence that could convict him. Smith was convicted twice of killingMcQueen,butbothconvictions were thrown out on appeal. A third trial had been scheduled for this month. As part of the agreement, Smith pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless endangerment. “He wanted a compromise that would end this,” his attorney, Andrew Jezic, said Thursday about the agreement reached with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office and McQueen’s family. The end result is that Smith is free to continue studying engineering at Montgomery College and working as a carpenter. “It means I now have a chance to move on with my life, go to school and be with my family members,” Smith said Thursday. Representatives of McQueen’s family could not be reached for comment. “Today’s sentencing of Gary Smith, Jr., is the culmination of years of effort in holding him accountable in the death of Michael McQueen,” Ramon Korionoff, a spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office, wrote in an email Thursday. “It won’t bring the victim back but hopefully it can start the family on the road to healing.” Smith was initially charged with murder after police found McQueen, 22, dead of a gunshot wound inside the Gaithersburg apartment he shared with Smith. Smith was found outside crying and covered in blood. The question for a jury to decide was whether Smith shot McQueen or whether McQueen committed suicide, Jezic said. In Smith’s first trial in 2008, the jury found McQueen not guilty of first- and second-degree murder, but guilty of depraved heart murder, a crime which is not intentional, Jezic said. The verdict was overturned by the state’s Court of Appeals in 2011. In Smith’s second trial in 2012, the jury found him not guilty of depraved heart murder, but guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned that conviction last August. Smith was released from prison in October and has been living under house arrest until the plea agreement was reached in April, Jezic said. Under the agreement, Circuit Court Judge Joseph Dugan Jr. gave Smith credit for time served in prison and ordered a period of unsupervised probation. Smith will not be allowed to have firearms for 18 months, Jezic said. If Smith had gone through another jury trial, he would have run the risk of being found guilty, Jezic said. Smith said that would mean losing more time than he already has missed with family and friends, including his grandparents. “It was hard not to be there for them during my two stints in prison,” said Smith, who spent time in Hagerstown and Salisbury prisons while waiting for state appeals courts to rule in his case. Last weekend, Smith said he went to the beach with his girlfriend after not seeing the Atlantic Ocean for nine years. “It was great, we had a phenomenal time,” he said. According to the agreement, Smith may ask for a reconsideration of his Alford plea for involuntary manslaughter in 4½ years and ask for probation before judgment. vterhune@gazette.net
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States cannot double-tax income earned out of state, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday — a decision that will cost Montgomery County millions. The court was considering whether states should provide taxpayers a full credit for taxes paid to other states on income earned in those states. The case was filed by Howard County residents Brian and Karen Wynne. The Wynnes filed the case after they tried to claim an income tax credit for income paid to other states on their 2006 tax filing. The credit was denied, in part. The state allowed a credit against their Maryland state income tax, but not against their county income tax. On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down the tax system in a splintered 5-4 decision. In the majority opinion, the court referred to the tax as a double-taxing “scheme” and held that it violates the negative or dormant Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The negative clause
“It’s a devastating decision. I can’t overstate the significance to us in terms of our finances and plans going forward. It is not welcome news at all.” Isiah Leggett, county executive “precludes states from discriminating between transactions on the basis of some interstate element,” says a majority opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. “Maryland’s income tax scheme discriminates against interstate commerce,” the opinion says. Alito was joined in the opinion by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan dissented. The decision will affect Montgomery County over many fiscal years, starting as soon as fiscal 2016, Council President George L. Leventhal said Monday morning. Montgomery’s budget will take a hit of $8 million to $10 million in the coming fiscal year, which starts July 1. In fiscal 2017 and 2018, the blow will be much bigger — as much as $55 million each of those two years, said Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park. The fallout will come when the state withholds additional tax payments to Montgomery County, said County Executive Isiah Leggett. Currently, the state does not grant credits against county income taxes for income earned out of state. “They will deduct based on our people that filed and the time frame they filed in terms of the income tax,” he said. Starting in fiscal year 2019, the county expects to see income-tax revenue decrease about $25 million each year as a direct result of the decision, Leventhal said. “This requires us to be cautious,” he said. “We need to live within available resources.” While $10 million is a small percentage of next year’s $5.07 billion budget, Leggett (D) said, it’s significant. “It’s a devastating decision,” Leggett said. “I can’t overstate the significance to us in terms of our finances and plans going forward. It is not welcome news at all.” Even without the Wynne decision, Leggett has warned that the county likely would need to raise property taxes next year for the fiscal 2017 budget. “This just adds to it,” he said. “It’s not an insignificant problem.” In the majority opinion, the justices said Maryland taxes the income that residents earn both in and out of state, as well as income that nonresidents earn from sources within Maryland. “But unlike most other States, Maryland does not offer its residents a full credit against the income taxes that they pay to other States,” the justices said. “The effect of this scheme is that some of the income earned by Maryland residents outside the State is taxed twice.” The Supreme Court previ-
ously has ruled that states cannot subject corporate income to tax systems like Maryland’s double-tax “and we see no reason why income earned by individuals should be treated less favorably,” Alito wrote. Justices in the minority disputed the use of a doctrine known as the negative or dormant Commerce Clause. In his dissenting opinion — which Thomas partly joined — Scalia wrote that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a negative or dormant Commerce Clause. It has only the Commerce Clause, which empowers Congress to regulate the commerce with foreign nations, among states and with American Indian tribes. “The Clause says nothing about prohibiting state laws that burden commerce,” Scalia said. The so-called negative Commerce Clause is doctrine, and not part of the Constitution, he argued. Scalia also wrote that Maryland’s tax has disadvantages, but it also lets the state collect equal revenue from taxpayers with equal incomes, to avoid the burden of verifying tax payments to other states, and it ensures that every resident pays at least some income tax. “Nothing in the Constitution precludes Maryland from deciding that the benefits of its tax scheme are worth the costs,” he said. Thomas wrote a separate dissenting opinion, which Scalia partly joined. Thomas also disagreed on the use of the so-called negative Commerce Clause, arguing that it has no base in the Constitution, makes little sense, has proved it doesn’t work when applied and cannot serve as a basis for striking down a state statute. Thomas wrote that the majority opinion would have surprised “those who penned and ratified the Constitution.” In a third dissenting opinion, Ginsburg wrote that the decision veers from a principle the Supreme Court has repeatedly acknowledged: that “a Nation or State may ‘tax all the income of its residents, even income earned outside the taxing jurisdiction.’” Ginsburg was joined by Scalia and Kagan in her minority opinion. “As I see it, nothing in the Constitution or in prior decisions of this Court dictates that one of two States, the domiciliary State or the source State, must recede simply because both have lawful tax regimes reaching the same income,” Ginsburg argued. She continued: “A taxpayer living in one State and working in another gains protection and benefits from both — and so can be called upon to share in the costs of both States’ governments.” kalexander@gazette.net
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Parks facilities will be open. Operating schedules are at MontgomeryParks.org. • Ride On buses, Metrobus, Metrorail: Sunday schedule. • TRiPS Commuter Stores in Silver Spring and Friendship Heights: closed. • Trash and recycling pickup: no collection Monday; pickups one day later through week until Saturday. • Transfer station: closed. • Parking at public garages, lots, curbside meters: free. • State offices and courts: closed.
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“His decision leaves a $17 million hole in our budget that will require us to take very difficult actions that will impact every school in our district.”
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Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he will not give school systems all of their supplemental funding for the next fiscal year, leaving Montgomery County nearly $18 million short of what it hoped to get. Hogan (R) said he will provide only half of the funding for a formula, known as the Geographic Cost of Education Index, for counties where educations costs are higher. Instead, Hogan said he will put half of the money, about $68 million, into state pensions. “What we will not do is rob the pensions of Maryland citizens at the demand of special interest groups and politicians ...,” Hogan said at a news conference Thursday in Annapolis. Hogan was referring to a budget battle in which the legislature trimmed the amount of money that would have been directed to the pension fund. Montgomery County Councilman Craig L. Rice strongly criticized Hogan for not fully funding the geographic index. “He’s decided to wage war on education institutions throughout the state and we’re going to have act accordingly,” Rice said. Hogan also said he will neither sign nor veto a bill that will mandate he fully fund the index starting with fiscal 2017. Unless Hogan vetoes the bill, it will go into law. Lawmakers “fenced off,” or earmarked, full funding for
Patricia O’Neill, school board president the index in the state budget it passed April 13. After battling with Hogan on the index, the General Assembly passed legislation this session that forced Hogan to choose between fully funding the index now or having to fund it in full each year in perpetuity. Hogan’s decision on the index funding has been anticipated for weeks. About half of the state’s school systems stood to lose money if the governor did not go with full funding. Created under the Thornton Education Plan, the index provides additional money to school systems where the cost of education is higher. It has been fully funded by the state since 2010. For Montgomery County Public Schools, the formula has meant about an additional $35 million each year since 2010 from the state. For fiscal 2016, full funding meant $35.4 million for Montgomery, but Hogan is cutting that to $17.7 million. School board President Patricia O’Neill said in a statement Thursday that Hogan’s decision will require the school district to “make even deeper cuts.” “His decision leaves a $17
million hole in our budget that will require us to take very difficult actions that will impact every school in our district,” O’Neill said in a statement emailed by district spokesman Dana Tofig. “I want to know what the governor is thinking,” said state Sen. Nancy J. King, Montgomery County’s Senate delegation chairwoman. “I think the thing I have to do is get a chance to sit down with him and find out his reasoning.” Hogan told reporters that the state is making record investment in education and has put more into school construction than the prior administration. Education, he said, is a top priority. But to local leaders and education advocates, Hogan’s words were empty rhetoric. “If education was a top priority for this governor, he would have fully funded GCEI,” said Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown. “We would not have had to play the game we had to play to achieve the right funding for school systems across the state.” County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) said Hogan’s move sends the message that he may not value education. The money, Leggett said,
was desperately needed. “I’m very disappointed in the governor’s decision,” he said. Rice and King fear that battle will escalate in the future. Rice chairs the council’s Education Committee, as well as the Education Committee for the Maryland Association of Counties. Sean Johnson, government relations director of the Maryland State Education Association, said Hogan’s administration will spend more dollars on education, but increasing enrollment and budget pressures means Maryland will provide less money per student than the year before. Johnson said he did not have exact figures on how much less per student the final budget and Hogan’s decision on the index provides. Johnson said Hogan’s proposed budget in January — which called for paying half of the index, among other cuts — provided about $85 to $90 less per student than former Gov. Martin J. O’Malley (D) put in the cur-
rent budget. “We don’t go backwards on our kids. We haven’t gone backwards on our kids. Unfortunately, in the first term of Gov. Hogan, we are,” Johnson said. Shortchanging students is shortsighted, said King (DDist. 39) of Montgomery Village. “Kids don’t need to be involved in politics,” she said. “They need to be involved in getting a good education.” Rice said Hogan cannot hide behind the state’s growing education spending or take credit for it, because it is a function of higher enrollment, not the governor’s actions. King sponsored the bill mandating full index funding. The bill was a cross-filed version of a bill introduced in the House by Del. Eric Luedtke (DDist. 14) of Burtonsville. The Senate version was amended by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee to include the provision that makes full funding of the index mandatory
should Hogan not fully fund it in fiscal 2016. Luedtke introduced the original bill in two prior sessions, but it did not pass. King said discussions early in the session with Hogan left her thinking that if her bill passed, Hogan would fully fund the index for the coming fiscal year to avoid the future mandate. Hogan has been harshly critical of how 81 percent of the state’s budget is mandated spending, leaving him little room to make changes. But by allowing King’s bill to go into law, even more of the budget will be mandated spending. Even though the index funding will be mandated, King said she fears there will be attempts to cut it later. “I can’t imagine that it’s going to be easy,” she said. Staff Writer Lindsay A. Powers contributed to this story. kalexander@gazette.net
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On Saturday, book readers and book writers braved the humidity and forecast storm for the sixth annual Gaithersburg Book Festival. According to Gaithersburg Mayor and book festival founder Jud Ashman, the day’s events overall “went very well,” although some unforeseeable events caused some small issues. “It was our hottest book festival yet,” Ashman said. “It could have been worse and frankly I’m glad it held out as long as it did. It started storming around 5 [p.m.] or so and it caused us to have to shut everything down early.” In addition to the storm and heat, the May 12 Amtrak crash in Philadelphia, which shut down service between Philadelphia and New York City, hampered travel for a number of authors scheduled to attend. Ashman said that some of those authors were able to make other plans while three were unable to make it down from the northeast. A few others had to cancel last minute due to illness and per-
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sonal reasons. “Our author programs were so well-received, even though we did have those couple snags. It really went well and everyone got good face-time with their favorite authors,” Ashman said. This year, the festival teamed with the city and an app designer to introduce the first Gaithersburg Book Festival iPhone and Android cellphone application. Ashman said that the purpose of the app was to work in place of the printed program. He explained because the WiFi signal and cell phone service in Olde Towne isn’t very good, it was convenient for attendees who wanted to check the website for the schedule to just be able to pull it up on the already downloaded app. Ashman said that despite the odd challenges that came this year, about 20,000 people were estimated to have attended, which is the same estimate as last year, and he thinks if it had been a little cooler and there was no storm, the attendance could have been higher. “I’m very happy. I’ve gotten really nothing but excellent, positive feedback from attendees, authors and committee members,” Ashman said. sschmieder@gazette.net Board staff who developed recommendations as part of a mandatory referral process for the site. Staff said in a March report that structured parking would be “a feasible solution.” Hatzfeld, Dennis, Sonnier and Cooper have studied past and current plans and said they found numerous flaws in the district’s design, ranging from athletic space to parking to a student walkway. Sonnier is a landscape designer.
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Gaithersburg’s Kyle Craig, 14, portrays the “Where’s Waldo” character at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday morning. Under the current plan, Hatzfeld said, “they’re making this rush to get an expedient option out that isn’t going to be the best option.” The residents are concerned about pedestrian safety, including on a student pathway leading to the school, and the heights of retaining walls. They are also concerned the school will start off crowded and enrollment will quickly grow. As of Tuesday, about 230 people had signed a Change. org petition calling for “a better solution” for the middle school from school board and Montgomery County Council officials. Rick Bond, an architect who lives on Kensington Parkway near the site, said there hasn’t been enough transparency in the process. He wondered why the district decided to stray from standards it developed at an early stage. The Rock Creek Hills site
does not have enough space, Bond said, which has translated to “compromise piled on compromise piled on compromise” for athletic spaces, classroom sizes and traffic circulation. The four-story design for part of the building is inefficient for circulation and layout, Bond said. He also sees classroom spaces reduced. Song said the middle school plan is not unique. The district builds schools on various sites and faces different challenges on each, he said. The site’s difficulty was acknowledged by Craig Shuman Jr., director of the district’s division of construction, during a March 26 planning board hearing. The school system was trying to fit “10 pounds of sugar in a 5-pound sack” on the site, he said. Song said underground parking would be expensive and hard to monitor for safety. Even with a garage, he said, the
district still would need space for two traffic loops on the site, and it’s more efficient and less expensive to include parking on the loops. The district doesn’t have requirements for athletic spaces at middle school sites, he said. The Rock Creek Hills site will include a soccer field overlaid with two softball fields and four tennis courts. The classrooms are “very much typical” for county schools, Song said. The school’s classrooms, other instructional spaces, and core spaces such as cafeterias and gymnasiums are within acceptable ranges, he said. The district allows these areas to be 10 percent larger or smaller than district standards. “Overall, building-wise, I can say that [the middle school] has met the educational objectives,” he said. The building could hold about 1,000 students when it opens, with space set aside to expand by 200 students in the future. The 1,200 enrollment will match the district’s preferred maximum student population for middle schools, he said. Addressing other concerns, Song said the district will place crosswalks where they are safest and design retaining walls so
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they are difficult to climb. The district also has taken neighborhood roads into account, he said. The county planning board has recommended changes to the school’s design, including relocating the dropoff loop and reducing retaining walls. These are only recommendations, said Amy Lindsey, a county planning coordinator. The school system is only required to meet legal requirements tied to forest conservation to proceed with the project. The district’s revised plan includes “very, very minor design tweaks” to demonstrate that the school system has done its best to preserve forest and minimize impervious areas, Song said. One change aims to improve traffic circulation in the student dropoff loop and staff parking lot. An April 27 letter from Shuman to Lindsey offered a different description of the revised plan, which Shuman wrote “reflects several significant changes.” Lindsey said the goal was to provide the district with comments on its revised forest conservation plan this week. lpowers@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 There were 404 ballots cast, according to town officials. “The big wedge issue was the playground,” said Schwarzbart, 83, a retired judge who had served on the council for 12 years. Page Park was meant to offer a respite of green space in an urban sea of concrete, according to Cleonice Tavani, a village councilwoman in the mid-1970s who was involved in the park’s development. But over time, the park fell out of major use. Page Park had a single set of swings, but those “died a natural death,” according to Town Manager Julian Mansfield. In 2013, the village council approved concepts for installing playgrounds at Willoughby and Page parks, drawing the ire of residents. Tavani likened the initial design to “the many-headed Hydra, the monster of Greek antiquity slain by Hercules.” Residents were also quick to note that there were several other better playgrounds within walking distance of Page Park. “We have what the French would call an embarrassment of riches in playgrounds around us,” said Durbin, a vocal opponent of the playground proposal. In response to the initial backlash, the council sacked the original designer and hired a new firm to make revisions, toning down the color scheme and scaling down the scope to a single park — Page Park. Candidates said there was the bigger problem of governance, a discontent that grew and became the catalyst for their candidacy. “There was no process,” said Lovett, who had joined the council as the controversy reached its peak. “By the time the residents realized that there were plans for the playground, there had not been preliminary work done in committees or in work sessions, where the residents could become familiar with the project. “The proponents went way down the road with it before anything was unveiled to the residents,” she said. Mansfield said the village has already committed about $33,000 to design costs, although not all the money had been paid out. “We are taxpayers, not just residents in the village,” said Dorsey, who supported the idea of having a playground. “My view has always been if a person pays taxes, they have a real investment and should be given an opportunity to provide input, whether I agree or not.” One of the reasons cited by former council members and playground supporters is the community’s changing demographics, as more families with young children move in. “You see baby strollers all over the place, which you didn’t when I first bought a condo
in this community,” said Lovett, 75, who moved to Friendship Heights 12 years ago. “I was and I am in favor of looking at this demographic, talking with those younger residents and seeing what they need from the village. A simple playground for the youngest kids seems to me pretty obvious thing we can do.” Formed in 1914, the village of Friendship Heights is a special tax district near the Washington, D.C., border. The village has about 4,700 residents, roughly 3,000 of whom are registered voters. For decades the community’s population has skewed older. Lovett, who was council historian, said workers who were drawn to the region as the federal government expanded during the World War II era sought nearby places to retire in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Friendship Heights offered easy access to big-city amenities and culture without the big-city problems. These days, those same amenities are what attract younger people. Lewis, 36, came to Friendship Heights from Pittsburgh with his wife in 2008. They have a 3-month-old child. “We wanted a safe neighborhood with good commuting options to downtown, something we could afford,” Lewis said. The number of children in Friendship Heights increased by 35 percent from 2000 to 2010, although children account for only 8 percent of the population, according to data compiled by Montgomery County planning staff. The median age fell from 51 to 47 during that same time frame, county data show. Playground supporters had hoped to attract people such as Lewis. “I think, if anything, the old council was caught flat-footed with the level of the community discontent,” said Lewis, who supported a play space at the park but thought the initial plans were “over the top.” “I think they really only viewed it from their perspective that it [the playground proposal] would bring really positive change,” he said. Whether the community’s younger residents will see a new playground at Page Park or elsewhere in Friendship Heights will be left to the new council, whose first action item Tuesday was to elect new officers, including mayor. The council comprises seven members who serve two-year terms. All seven will be up for re-election in 2017, Mansfield said. The playground issue isn’t expected to come up in an official capacity for at least a month. “We can disagree — and we do disagree — within the council on what would be the best placement, or how big it should be or what the equipment should look like,” Lovett said. “But there’s plenty of room for a variety of opinions.”
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ask Interim Superintendent Larry A. Bowers to continue in the post for the next school year. O’Neill said Tuesday she could not comment on whether or not the board would appoint Bowers a second time. Bowers was appointed after Joshua P. Starr resigned from the superintendent position in February before his four-year contract would have expired this summer. Bowers previously said he planned to retire at the end of June. On Tuesday, Bowers had no comment, according to Dana Tofig, a school system spokesman. Goodwin said Tuesday that he thought, and the other principals agreed, it might be best for the board to slow down the hiring process. If Bowers continued, the board would have more time to continue its search, said Goodwin, who is head of high school principals in the Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals. The letter pointed to challenges posed by recent funding shortfalls and Houlihan’s decision to withdraw. “We believe that Larry Bowers is,
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at this point in time, the best person to bring stability and expertise to deal with the challenges MCPS faces, as he has done this spring,” the letter said. During Bowers’ time as interim superintendent, Goodwin said, he has led the school system well through a tough budget season. He said he hoped that Bowers would agree to stay. “But at the same time, he’s put in his many, many years and he deserves to retire if he wants to retire,” he said. Bowers has worked for the county’s public schools for about 37 years. O’Neill said Houlihan sent her a letter about his withdrawal electronically on Sunday, soon after he visited the county. “It said that after reflecting on the superintendency here in Montgomery County, he decided that it was not a good fit for him, his family and for the system,” she said. O’Neill said Houlihan’s intelligence, energy, ideas and varied experience in Houston stood out to her. “I wouldn’t have supported his moving as far in the process as he did if I didn’t believe he had the ability to be our superintendent,” she said Monday. She said his withdrawal came as a surprise.
Houlihan, along with O’Neill and school board Vice President Michael Durso, met Friday with Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D), County Council President George L. Leventhal and Councilman Craig L. Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown, who is chairman of the council’s Education Committee. That meeting went “extraordinarily well,” O’Neill said. After the meeting, Leventhal (D-At large) of Takoma Park said his impression of Houlihan was “very positive.” After announcing Houlihan as its top pick, the board planned to continue vetting Houlihan. Four board members had planned to visit Houston. Houlihan recently met with a community panel of representatives. Houlihan was one of 25 candidates the board considered. Seven were interviewed in person. Houlihan had also expressed interest in leading the school district in Palm Beach County, Fla., according to a March 27 letter from Houlihan to the search firm Ray and Associates. The Palm Beach Post reported that Robert Avossa, who was selected for the Palm Beach position, was also a finalist for Montgomery County superintendent.
mance area would require new buildings to slightly exceed them, she said. “We want developers to try and go beyond the minimum county requirements,” Schneider said. Developers who exceed the energy standards would be allowed to build at a higher density, according to Leslye Howerton, a county planner coordinator. High performance areas could contribute to the sustainability of the downtown and are something her organization would like to see, said Véronique Marier, executive director of Bethesda Green, a public-private partnership that promotes sustainable growth and living in downtown Bethesda and participated in the plan’s feedback process. Bethesda could do more to exceed energy regulations, she said. Energy-efficient structures often can save money in the long run, she said, and better spaces often can be a draw for good residential and commercial tenants. Open space and public amenities also are a draw. You want people to feel welcome, she said.
“You have to be economically competitive and you have to do that in a smart way,” Marier said. “A lot of sustainability is trying to do things in a smart way for the economy, the environment and people.” The recommendations include the following: • Changing the zoning of Fire Station 6 at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Bradley Boulevard and the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad at Battery Lane and Old Georgetown Road to allow for some additional uses consistent with the surrounding neighborhood should the sites be redeveloped or renovated. • Expanding the free Bethesda Circulator bus route. • Improving stormwater management. • Providing a black box theater, for small theatrical performances. A public hearing on the draft is scheduled for June 25, pending the Planning Board’s approval of it. The plan is anticipated to go to the County Council for approval next spring. The plan is available at tinyurl. com/lnjqhme.
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The Westside at Shady Grove Metro broke ground on May 12 in Derwood with the first townhomes expected to be finished this year with move-ins beginning in early 2016. The development is being made possible by a public-private partnership between the county and Bethesda developer EYA. Westside plans to have 407 townhomes, more than 1,000 rental homes, 131,000 square feet of office space and a total of 21,828 square feet of retail space, according to a release. Current plans call for the addition of a library on the site, as well. A percentage of the residences will be moderately priced dwelling units and workforce housing. The townhomes start at the up-
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New taxes rarely inspire celebration from the public, but a new one in Montgomery County makes sense. The County Council has indicated its intention to impose a tax of 30 percent on the wholesale price of electronic cigarettes. Final approval is expected this week. We support the idea because of health and equity. Perhaps electronic cigarettes are meant to be a safer, filtered-down version of their tobacco brethren. Still, they currently contain nicotine — satisfying a smoker’s craving — but don’t have the tar and carbon monoxide that come from smoking conventional cigarettes. Even if they’re considered less dangerous, though, they aren’t safe. The federal Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. surgeon general say there is great uncertainty about the safety and risks of e-cigarettes. The FDA is pushing for measures to regulate sales and marCOUNTY keting. We do know, COUNCIL though, that eMAKING THE cigarettes often RIGHT CHOICE contain nicotine, IN REGULATING which is highly E-CIGARETTES addictive and can damage heart cells, affect the immune system, alter brain growth and carry other health risks. In addition, studies have found potentially unsafe chemicals in e-cigarette liquid and high levels of formaldehyde, a carcinogen, in e-cigarette vapor. Because of these health concerns, we believe it’s appropriate to tax and regulate e-cigarettes in the same way as tobacco products . At a recent public hearing on the tax proposal, lobbyist Bruce Bereano, representing the Maryland Association of Tobacco & Candy Distributors, asserted that Montgomery County has overstepped its authority. He said the county treats e-cigarettes like tobacco cigarettes by grouping them together in an indoor-smoking ban. Only the state can tax tobacco, so Montgomery’s proposed tax on e-cigarettes is illegal, he alleged. That’s a parsing of words, semantic jiu-jitsu, to protect his clients’ interests. A county attorney responded that e-cigarettes are not subject to the state’s tobacco tax; the distinction already has been made clear. Besides, secondhand vapor could be hazardous, too. Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that e-cigarette aerosol, commonly called vapor, can contain chemicals, that the nicotine solution can be poisonous through the skin or eyes, and that potentially harmful chemicals have been found in some e-cigarettes — which, as we mentioned, are not regulated. Some might see the council as seizing an opportunity to benefit financially by imposing another sin tax. We hope the tax effort would be tied to public health — in the same way the state’s increases on tobacco products have been directed to health care initiatives. The only danger is that diminishing revenue would mean a smaller pot of money for programs, but that’s an enviable problem. We have heard opponents’ economic arguments that an extra tax on e-cigarettes will drive buyers to other states to avoid that tax. With them, they take their purchases of gas, groceries and other items. Perhaps e-cigarette users will reprogram their lives and shopping habits in much the same way cigarette smokers drive to bordering states for their next carton. But we can’t justify the reasoning that revenue outweighs public health. The pleas from those who say e-cigarettes have helped them kick the cigarette habit carry more weight, but we come back to the idea that e-cigarettes carry harmful health risks. The surgeon general does not recommend e-cigarettes as a cessation technique in the same way it supports nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. Electronic cigarettes are not just a fallback for smoking addicts. They’re also an entry point for the next generation of curious young adults, who are targeted with candylike e-cigarette flavors. The County Council’s efforts to restrict and tax electronic cigarettes are justified.
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Corridor Cities Transitway could be boon for region As we move forward from a legislative session marked by progress on statewide economic development initiatives and recommendations from the Augustine Commission, it is time for us to take stock of economic growth closer to home. How do we spur economic development and bring jobs to Montgomery County and the state of Maryland? How do we relieve crushing traffic congestion? How do we increase access to affordable transit and create jobs? We strongly believe that the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) is the answer to these questions. In terms of affordability, congestion relief and fostering economic development along the Interstate 270 corridor, the CCT should be the top transit option for Maryland. The line would run from the Shady Grove Metro station in Gaithersburg northwest to Clarksburg, across Montgomery County. We can expect many positive impacts from the CCT, but the expansion of the Great Seneca Science Corridor (GSSC) would ensure Maryland is a leader in biotechnology advancements for decades to come. Over the next 20 years, the GSSC will benefit the state of Maryland by generating 100,000 new annual full- and part-time science-related jobs, $13 billion in annual goods and services for businesses, and $322 million in annual state tax revenues. However, as stated in the GSSC Master Plan, a prerequisite for complete development is the full funding of the CCT. Upon completion of the CCT, this transit-oriented applied bioscience research community would stretch across 900 acres, contain 17.5 million square feet of mixed use commercial space, and 9,000 dwelling units. The I-270 corridor in the area around the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center is already the third largest biotech cluster in the country.
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Denny Finnerin (center), a consultant with RK&K, and Richard Arkin (left) of Gaithersburg discuss plans for a segment of the planned Corridor Cities Transitway running near the Crown Farm area of Gaithersburg. The direct economic impacts of the GSSC and the CCT are significant, and completion of these projects would be a crowning achievement for Maryland. Beyond future positive economic impacts, the CCT would provide faster, more direct transportation between residential and major employment areas along I-270. This project would also increase capacity of heavily congested roadways while reducing negative environmental effects. CCT planning is on schedule, and design work is 15 percent complete
for the CCT’s first section between the Shady Grove Metrorail station and Metropolitan Grove. Pending funding for construction, work on the CCT could begin as early as spring 2018, with a projected opening in 2021. Support for the CCT is strong. Johns Hopkins, Adventist Hospital and multiple chambers of commerce join us in urging for the development of this critical transit project. The CCT would help ensure Maryland’s regional competitiveness for decades to come. Together,
we can create jobs, strengthen economic development, and ensure Maryland is a leader in biotechnology by building this very efficient and cost-effective transit system. Shane Robinson, Montgomery Village Nancy J. King, Montgomery Village Marilyn Balcombe, Germantown
Robinson is a state delegate and King is a state senator; they represent Montgomery County’s District 39. Balcombe is the president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce.
Wealthier residents shouldn’t get favorable treatment I am one of the neighbors who is a party to the dispute over the maintenance and control of a shared driveway (“Driveway makes bad neighbors in Chevy Chase,” April 22). It is important for readers to understand that the property that my neighbors bought in 2008 is adjacent to a very narrow shared driveway. At the time they purchased the property, the driveway had a grassy median strip running down the center of it — the same grassy strip that has been the subject of this ongoing controversy. The plans for my neighbors’ new house meant that my neighbors would have a new driving pattern — one that would require them to drive across the grassy strip. It is also important for readers to understand that back in 2008, when the proposal for my neighbors’ new house — much larger than the original house — was still in the planning stage, I objected to those plans, and
made it clear that I would not consent to any changes to the existing shared driveway. My neighbors could have made changes to their plans prior to any construction occurring to address my concerns, but they did not. But just why did this happen? I think The Gazette has missed the more important story behind the dispute between two neighbors, a dispute which I do believe is most unfortunate. The underlying story is that there are builders and developers intent on making a profit by tearing down older homes that have been occupied primarily by residents who are less affluent than some of the newcomers and building much larger homes for those more affluent new homeowners. While no one really wants to talk about it, it really is a kind of class warfare in a relatively affluent suburban community. The builders make their
profit and then leave, with no care about the effect on neighbors to their construction projects, or on neighborhoods, or the environment. Larger houses mean a loss of tree canopy and of green space, less privacy between neighbors and festering issues with respect to storm water management. Underlying these facts is also the reality that while the town of Chevy Chase has a very well-intentioned building code, stormwater ordinance and tree protection ordinance designed to mitigate against these forces, there are loopholes in the town code, which lessen the protections that should be available to neighbors to large construction projects. It would seem that the builders and developers have had these loopholes written into the town code, to protect their interests. We know that the wealthiest individuals in our town pay a larger share
Basis for ridership projection a mystery The letter from Mr. Bennett, president of Purple Line Now (“Purple Line opponents haven’t proposed real alternatives,” May 6), does no credit to him for writing it or to The Gazette for printing it. Instead of arguing the merits of the evidence, he personally attacks a critic with legitimate questions. The mysterious ridership estimates Mr. Bennett fails to defend present a particularly troubling concern about the benefits of the project. The Purple Line record raises many more questions than it answers. For example, the ridership estimates reveal nothing about how the numbers were derived or what assumptions were made in deriving them. This failure was explained as “proprietary information” without further elaboration. While the Federal Transit Administration and
Mr. Bennett may be satisfied with numbers that are neither supported nor capable of replication, there is in truth no evidence that the federal government knew any more than the general public about how the consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff derived those numbers on behalf of the Maryland Transit Administration. To attack Mr. Riker because he now lives in the Chevy Chase area is not only rude, but is an implicit admission that the evidence would not help Mr. Bennett succeed in selling the Purple Line. Based on the evidence available, the costs of the Purple Line far outweigh the speculative and uncertain benefits claimed by the proponents of the project.
Dennis Wilston, Corporate Advertising Director Mona Bass, Inside Classifieds Director Anna Joyce, Creative Director, Special Pubs/Internet Ellen Pankake, Director of Creative Services
Put the ‘Smart’ back in ‘Smart Growth’
nounced, I had no idea who Fred Cecere was. I find it ironic he is concerned about “the town government’s lack of transparency.” Barbara Rose, Chevy Chase
Dale Barnhard, Silver Spring
Lewis Leibowitz, Chevy Chase
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In regard to the prediction of the 27,000 new jobs the Purple Line would add to the region (“Purple Line’s anticipated impact grows,” April 22), I can’t help but wonder what crystal ball the “experts” gazed at in this conclusion. A far more logical solution would be to build affordable housing where the jobs are located. A more cost effective and better return of the current estimated cost of building the Purple Line at $2.45 billion would be to apply those funds to building more affordable housing in areas that support jobs. The original concept of “Smart Growth” was to “Live, Work and Play.” We need to put the “Smart” back into “Smart Growth.” Building and maintaining an exceedingly expensive light rail at the cost of destroying neighborhoods and natural habitat would not be needed if the housing options were more readily available.
Ironic ‘transparency’ As a resident of the town of Chevy Chase, I appreciated Tiffany Arnold’s article on the recent town-council elections (“Big issues flare in small election,” May 13). When the election results were initially an-
of the revenues received by the town than individuals who are less wealthy, because the bulk of the revenue comes from the payment of Maryland state income taxes. I think there is a real question, with respect to inequality of treatment, when it comes to enforcement of the town code and with respect to issuing permits for construction in our town. Are the less wealthy residents getting as much consideration from the town as their wealthier counterparts, when it comes to decisions relating to variances and building permits? I don’t believe so. Income inequality leads to unequal treatment in our town — just as is the case in the society at large. This underlying picture is the real story that the media should be focusing on.
Leah Arnold, Information Technology Manager David Varndell, Digital Media Manager Cathy Kim, Director of Marketing and Community Outreach
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Posted online by 8 a.m. the following day. LACROSSE: State championship, Churchill vs. Howard, 8 tonight at Stevenson University. Louis Dubick (left), state’s all-time leading scorer, plays in his final game. SOFTBALL: State championship game, TBA. BASEBALL: State championship game, TBA. TENNIS: State championships, Saturday at UMD.
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Passing summer away
Elite no longer need prep sports Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who has been executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association since 1981, is retiring effective Aug. 1. This is the last of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today. It was 1975 when Ned Sparks began his head coaching tenure in high school sports. Still in his 20s, Sparks was promoted from an assistant role and tasked with leading Howard High School’s football team. The Lions were the defending Class B state champions and had an active winning streak of 36 games when he took KEN SAIN the helm. No pressure SPORTS EDITOR there. “Maybe I was too young to even think too much about it,” Sparks said. Howard, with Sparks in charge, won 11 straight, sending the Lions back to the state title game and extending its state record for consecutive football victories to 47 games. They lost that title game to Paint Branch, ending their streak. Urbana would break that record in 2001, winning 50 consecutive games. “Some things in life ... losing that game really hurt,” Sparks said. “It’s a good experience for a young person to go through, I wouldn’t recommend it, but it stayed with me awhile. That was a bitter, bitter loss.” Back then, high school sports were basically the only option for elite athletes. All the best athletes played prep sports if they wanted to get noticed by colleges and earn a scholarship. One change since Sparks became executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association in 1981 is that elite athletes no longer need high school sports. In fact, in some cases, they are penalized for playing for their schools. “Those few kids that are at the top of the food chain, well, maybe we’re not for them,” Sparks said. If you’re a tennis player and want to earn a scholarship, you better be competing on the junior circuit because that’s where the college coaches are. They want to know your rank, not how many state titles you’ve won. College basketball coaches rarely come to high school games anymore, unless it’s to seal the deal in recruiting. Most evaluation takes place during Amateur Athletic Union games. The top boys soccer players actually have to choose: Do they play for their Academy team against the best competition, or for their high school team with their friends? Academy rules won’t allow them to play for both. Even in football, where college coaches still pay attention, most of the recruiting today starts off-campus. If you’re not going to college camps, then it will be very hard to get noticed. In sport after sport, for the elite athletes, how you perform outside of high school now matters more than what you do for your high school team. Sparks, who announced he is retiring effective Aug. 1, says that despite that, high school sports still have a value in educating young people. “Unfortunately, [recruiting of elite athletes] gets all the attention,” Sparks said. “Those are just for a few kids. We have 113,000 student athletes who participate in our state this year. How many of those kids are going on to college? How many will make it to the pros? A tiny fraction. “We still got the vast majority of all those kids who are ... going pro in something else. They’re going to be the people who sell insurance, the people who teach school, are [information technology] people, and professionals who become doctors, and lawyers. “Hopefully, we’re nurturing and developing that group of people who become the citizens of tomorrow.” ksain@gazette.net Listen to my interview with Ned Sparks at Gazette.net.
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pants, filed along the finish line to cheer the sophomore through the final 400 meters. When Kirsch ultimately cruised to victory, her teammates — Garrett, junior Emily Murphy and freshman Abbey Green — positioned themselves behind the tent, smiles abound as they anxiously awaited Kirsch with an interlocked embrace. The group of underclassmen had defended Walter John-
The spring high school sports season ends this weekend, which means football season is not far behind. Monday is Memorial Day to many, but to some, it’s also the final day before teams can begin competing in passing leagues. Not many starting jobs are decided during 7-on-7 games, but players can definitely start to make a case for themselves. Coaches use this time to teach but also to evaluate receivers, defensive backs, linebackers and quarterbacks. The final depth chart for the opening week of the fall begins to take shape during this time. “[Players] can certainly win or lose jobs,” Blair coach Andrew Fields said of the summer tournaments. “That doesn’t mean they won’t win it or lose it again at some point. Everybody’s got a depth chart going into August, and that thing ebbs and flows over the course of the summer time.” All but four Montgomery teams, and a couple from Prince George’s, will kick off the summer on May 30 in Blair’s passing league. “Our league kind of represents the beginning of football season,” Fields said. Sophomore Desmond Colby is penciled in to return as the starting quarterback for Blair in his junior season. “We’re excited. He’s a young guy, very mature, has got good size on him. Hopefully this passing league will speed things along for him and everyone else as well.” Gaithersburg coach Kreg Kephart said there’s some value in 7-on-7 although limited because the big guys up front aren’t involved. During this time, offensive and defensive linemen usually go to camps and do individual workouts. “It has some value. It’s not a cure all. The five most important people in the game aren’t in the game,” he said.
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Walter Johnson High School’s Kiernan Keller runs the 1,600 meters during the Class 4A Qest Region track and field meet at Quince Orchard on Thursday.
GOING THE DISTANCE A quartet of runners have Walter Johnson poised for many successful seasons
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When Walter Johnson High School sophomore Kati Kirsch grabbed the baton from junior Jasmine Garrett to kick off the Wildcats’ last leg of the 3,200-meter
relay at the May 13 4A West Region meet, a black Northwest jersey cruised past the goalpost nearly 50 yards ahead. There was certainly room for Kirsch to make up in the final two laps, but the underclassman set off on a calm stride, never registering a real sense of urgency as she slowly inched closer and closer toward the race leader. The race past the opposite goalpost saw Kirsch glide past the Northwest competitor as her teammates, now clad in sweat-
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As Walt Whitman High School senior Clare Severe approached the final few yards leading up to the finish line in Thursday afternoon’s 4A West Region 1,600-meter final, the red-faced Vikings standout shot a quick look at the time on the Quince Orchard scoreboard off to the left. Her time of 5 minutes, 2.29 seconds was certainly good enough to claim gold, as she easily held off Churchill’s Lucy Srour, who finished second with a time of 5:07.82. But the time still wasn’t close to the gold standard Severe had set for
herself two years ago, when she ran an astounding 4:57 and change. But for having not run the 1,600 meters this season until last Thursday’s county championship meet, the Vikings senior’s first-place finish in another loaded field was enough to bring a smile to her face. “Just to know that I can compete in it is definitely a good feeling and I was surprised,” Severe said. “… It’s taken me some time to figure out exactly how to run it again. If anything I think it helps because I had sort of a mental block against it before and now I can go in with a fresh mind.” While county fans have certainly heard Severe’s name a number of times over her four years at Whitman, a fresh face continued his dominant short-distance run in the boys 100 meters, as Churchill’s Jabari
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Clarksburg High School’s Naja McAdam competes in the high jump at Thursday’s 4A West Region track and field meet at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg.
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Continued from Page B-1 son’s 3,200-meter relay title with relative ease, holding off older, more experienced teams in the process. But for the collection of young Wildcats runners, it’s never been about age or speed; it’s been about running together, as Murphy sometimes reminds the team. “There’s a famous quote: ‘If you want to run fast, go alone. If you want to go far, run together,’” Murphy said. “We have to sometimes tell each other that.” The quartet came from all different experience levels to become what is perhaps the county’s most formidable young group of distance runners. Garrett, daughter of Walter Johnson coach Tom Martin, started running in middle school after watching her sister run for the Wildcats. Murphy started running for a CYO group during her middle school years, while Kirsch didn’t start “running seriously” until last year. Green, who had been a soccer player most her life, chose cross country instead after going unbeaten during a threeweek experimental program in middle school. But for the varying levels of experience and knowledge of the sport the group had coming in, the importance of representing Walter Johnson’s storied distance group was not lost on them. “I joined because I like to run, but I didn’t realize coming in that [Walter Johnson] was going to have this huge legacy of always being around the top in the county,” Murphy said. “When we did find out, we said we should maintain that legacy and keep it coming through.” And that’s exactly what they did. The group of three-season runners was integral in helping the Wildcats defend their 4A cross country state champi-
onship — an accomplishment that not only boosted their confidence but also helped the relatively young group morph into a cohesive unit. “That was a huge accomplishment for us,” Green said. “We were really proud of it.” “We didn’t realize really how good we were until we started winning all this stuff,” Garrett said. “It really brought us all together and gave us a lot of confidence that we [could] go far.” That confidence and winning attitude, it seems, started in the Wildcats practices, where a collection of the area’s top distance runners were dueling it out on a daily basis. Whether it was standout senior Kiernan Keller leading the young pack, or just whoever had the freshest-feeling legs that day, the grueling workouts began to propel the Wildcats to new heights. “She’s been really great,” Kirsch said of Keller. “She always pushes us to [go] harder in workouts. If she’ll set the pace that means all of us are running faster ... it’s kind of like on another team maybe they could say, ‘Oh, we can take this workout easy.’ But since there’s always someone feeling good, that pushes us each and every practice.” That push, it seems, has lifted the Wildcats toward the top of the county this season, as a number of the girls are poised for both individual and team success at this week’s state championship meet at Morgan State University. But if you don’t get the chance to see them there, don’t worry. All four will be back next season, poised for another dominant run. “I love that we’re such a young group,” Garrett said. “... I’m so excited for next year that we’ll be able to do the same thing because it’ll just be a memory that you’ll always have for the rest of your life.” agutekunst@gazette.net
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Continued from Page B-1 Kephart mentioned timing between the quarterback and receivers as one of the key impacts of passing league. Junior Petey Gaskins took over at quarterback for the Trojans towards the end of the season and will look to progress, but Gaithersburg is not a pass-heavy team. The Trojans will be playing in the Seneca Valley league which also begins the week of Memorial Day. “For a team that’s going to throw the ball 50, 60 times a game, it probably has a lot of value to them.” In Prince George’s County, Wise coach DaLawn Parrish also returns his quarterback from last season, Jabari Laws. The Pumas, similar to Gaithersburg, were known for running the football, but passing league offers a different dynamic. Parrish, who played quarterback in high school, said he always wants to pass more, but his personnel has to convince him they’re capable of handling it. “I want to throw the ball all the time,” he said. “But if you’re not built toward that, I don’t think you force people to do something that they’re not used to doing.” Most coaches agreed that the main objective of passing tournaments is to make sure players are doing things the right way and progressing toward being ready for the season, not necessarily winning. Essentially, these games are like a shell of
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Continued from Page B-1 Butler, who moved to Maryland in January from the Las Vegas area, picked up another win, edging out Northwest’s Jalen Walker (10.95) with a time of 10.89. “I’ve pretty much just been working really hard in the offseason,” Butler said. “I knew my times would eventually drop. I actually ran a 10.85 my sophomore year so I’m trying to break that personal record this year.” That sophomore season when Butler set his personal best, he ran for Bishop Gorman — a Nevada high school synonymous with athletic excellence. But according to the Bulldogs senior, the competition on the east coast is as challenging. “It’s real competitive out here too — a lot of fast guys out here on the east coast,” Butler said. “But I’ve just kind of been working hard and progressively getting better.” One of the meet’s most dominant performers was Quince Orchard senior Dorian Jones, who despite a strained ligament in his knee, was able to edge out teammate Bright Ofosu (15.42) with a time of 15.36 in the 100-meter hur-
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On the boys side, Quince Orchard’s Justin Sorra again edged out Northwest’s Jalen Walker (50.51) in the 400 meters for the second straight week with a time of 50.28. Walker got his gold later in the day though, scratching out a win in the 200 meters (22.21) over Butler (22.32). The team competition was largely par for the course, as the Northwest boys (158) held off Quince Orchard (118) and the Clarksburg girls (164) powered their way past Northwest (94) for the regional crowns. The day’s individual events fittingly ended with perhaps the county’s most recognizable athlete, Northwest’s Diego Zarate, cruising to a first place finish in the 800 meters (1:52.70) — a finish that completed a quadruplet of gold medal finishes that also included wins in the 1,600 meters (4:11.48), the 3,200-meter relay (8:04.11) and 1,600-meter relay (3:25.08). “It’s pretty crazy,” Zarate said. “We wanted to just leave our mark on history here. I believe our whole team did that today. Everyone put it out there … We did great today. I’m so proud of them.”
dles. Jones’ greatest competition all season, Northwest’s Shyheim Wright, finished in third place (15.43) as he too dealt with a lingering lower-body injury. “I just had to stay healthy and stretch a lot and warm up a lot more than usual,” Jones said. “… I’ve been hurdling, but I’ve been doing pretty [badly].” The knee issue didn’t seem to bother the Cougars senior in the field events, where he captured gold in the long jump (21-00.00) and triple jump (44-10.25). Other impressive performers from Thursday’s regional meet included Clarksburg’s Alexus Pyles, who was her usual dominant self in the hurdles, easily taking the 100-meter hurdles (14.24) and the 300-meter hurdles (44.34). Later in the afternoon, Severe captured another gold medal, taking the 800-meter with a time of 2:16.17. Magruder sophomore Stephanie Davis continued her reign in the short-distance events, winning the 100 meters (12.05) and 200 meters (24.72), while also propelling the Colonels to wins in the 400-meter relay (49.50) and the 800-meter relay (1:44.81) on Wednesday — an event the Magruder boys also qualified for states in with a time of 1:32.30.
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a practice. This time of year, teams are only allowed to practice once for each 7-on-7 game they’re scheduled to play. Passing leagues afford players more opportunity to work on coverage techniques, route schemes and anything else involving a pass catcher and a defender. It’s also a good time for players to get familiar with plays and schemes, especially for teams with a new coach. Jason Lomax is the new coach at Springbrook, and he’s known to air the ball out. With a graduating senior at quarterback, this is where the competition to start begins. “From the kind of offense I run, passing league’s kind of important in terms of getting all your base passing concepts in, then getting the timing of the routes down,” Lomax said. “I’ve tried to simplify it as much as I can so they can have as much success year-one as possible. A lot of people assume first-year coaches coming in, it’s a rebuilding process. I looked all my seniors in the face and said we’re not rebuilding, we’re reloading, because you guys deserve to have the same kind of effort that I would put in any other year.” Teams will be participating in passing leagues until July, in and out of the state, gaining experience and showcasing their abilities for scouts. Players want to get noticed on the trail, but they want to also make sure the guy sitting behind them on the depth chart doesn’t take their place.
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For the first time all season, the undefeated Sherwood boys volleyball team dropped an opening set, losing 25-23 to Bethesda-Chevy Chase in the Montgomery County boys volleyball championship at Magruder High School on Thursday. Instead of folding however, Sherwood used the adversity as a chance to show its resolve. The Warriors jumped out to big leads in each of the following two sets and finished the Barons in four sets, 3-1, to finish the season undefeated and win the boys volleyball title for the first time since 2010. “I’m speechless right now,” said Sherwood (15-0) coach Benjamin Sanger, who took over the team the year after its last championship. Sanger said he didn’t have to motivate his experienced bunch following the first set. “They do a great job of motivating themselves. We’re just reinforcers. “I’m just so proud of what these guys accomplished all year. Not just to win the championship, but to go undefeated and to face adversity. This is the first time we ever lost the first set, and to come back out of a position we’re not very familiar with, it’s just incredible to see them overcome that. We just have a very relentless team. Serving, six guys can serve the ball tough. We have six guys that can attack the ball. And I think that’s what kind of separates us from a lot of these teams. They have a couple of weak spots. This team doesn’t have any weak spots.” At the start of Thursday’s game, B-CC looked like the team that eliminated undefeated Wheaton from the playoffs in the county semifinals on Tuesday. The height of middle hitter Tom Gilson and good assists to outside hitter CJ Lee helped the Barons pull away and win a back-and-forth first set, 25-23. Each team benefitted from an excessive amount of unearned points though, possibly due to nerves. Sherwood did a better job of tightening its attack the final three sets, winning 25-17, 25-21, 25-21. “I think nerves was part
Ryan Gallagher
Sherwood Senior Outside hitter
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Sherwood High School’s Ali Waseem spikes the ball back to Bethesda-Chevy Chase during Thursday’s boys volleyball county championship game at Magruder High School. of it,” B-CC (13-2) coach Sue McPherson said. The Blue Division champions didn’t pass as well down the stretch the way they had been doing all season. “I think they got a little too intense games 2, 3, and 4, instead of going out and playing and having fun. “We had some things that weren’t quite clicking the way they have the rest of the season. We weren’t able to use Tom in the middle as much because they were shutting him down. I’m just so proud of the guys. They’ve come a long way. Eight years ago, we didn’t even have a boys team.” Setter Keegen Black recorded double-digit assists for the Warriors, consistently finding outside hitters Ryan Gallagher and Ali Waseem who figured out how to get the ball past the size of B-CC’s front line. The trio, along with strong serving, allowed Sherwood to string together big points streaks in the second and third sets. With Andy Miller serving in the second, Sherwood went on an 8-2 run that included five straight points and an ace by Miller. Sherwood began the third set by scoring the first seven points, including three straight by Black. Gallagher and Waseem each recorded double-digit kills. “It’s really exciting. It’s been four years, so we worked really hard for it,” Gallagher said of winning the title. “They had a very big block, so we just had to work around them. Actually, hit off their block. Try and use them.”
Clarksburg wins coed title It looked like a mismatch from the start. The Clarksburg High School co-ed volleyball team had three players on the floor that seemingly could look over the net without jumping. Its opponent in the Montgomery County championship on Thursday at Magruder High School, Churchill, didn’t have one player the size of Clarksburg’s third tallest. That made all the difference when the two undefeated teams clashed. Clarksburg walked away an unscathed 15-0, defeating Churchill 3-0 to win its first county title. “We worked really hard,” Clarksburg coach K.C. Landefield said. “It took us years to get to this point, but this is a special group and this is a group that, if we were ever going to do it, this was the group.” Clarksburg was led by senior Austin Duffy, a 6-foot, 6-inch basketball player who started playing volleyball last season. Landefield recruited Duffy, and although it took time, the team’s leading point scorer put it all together. “I was pretty raw,” Duffy said. “So I didn’t know what to do really. I practiced a lot, and I focused on finding out how to block people more, so I could read their shoulders and tell when they were going to block. Coach fixed my approach on my hits.” Duffy recorded 15 kills in the final two sets alone. Senior football player, 6-2 Craig Jessup, also added another powerful scoring option. pgrimes@gazette.net
SportsBriefs Bullis junior quarterback commits One of the most anticipated commitments in recent memory, Bullis School quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. committed to University of Maryland, College Park. Haskins, a four-star recruit on Rivals.com, was one of the top quarterback prospects in the country with offers from Ohio State, Rutgers, Louisiana State, and Penn State among dozens more. “Blessed to have this opportunity,” Haskins tweeted on May 15. He also Haskins held a news conference at Bullis to make his announcement. “I’m verbally committed to University of Maryland. #GoTerps The movement is real,” Haskins tweeted.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Paint Branch runners sign LOI Six Paint Branch High School track and field athletes announced their college commitments on Monday. They include: Oliver Lloyd (Clemson), Adassa Phillips (Delaware), Taiwo Adekoya (UMES), Lorenzo Neil (UMBC), Ryun Anderson (Maryland) and Mary Sam (Stevenson). The school held a signing day ceremony for the students at the Burtonsville school’s gymnasium.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
No national Golden Gloves champions The last of Washington D.C. area boxers remaining in the Golden Gloves national tournament was eliminated on May 14, including Burtonsville’s Tavon Body. He outlasted any other area fighter but was eventually ousted in the quarterfinals by a Detroit boxer. Waldorf’s Jordan White also lost in the quarterfinals. This marks the first time in six years that a boxer from this region failed to win a national championship according to boxingalongthebeltway.blogspot. com.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Sandy Spring wins PVAC The Sandy Spring Friends School baseball team capped an undefeated (12-0) conference season by winning the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference on May 14. Sandy Spring, which posted a 14-3 overall
record, defeated Jewish Day 4-0 in the championship game. It was the first title win for Sandy Spring after reaching the PVAC championship in each of the previous two seasons.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Former Sherwood swimmer earns honors Rikki Sargent, a 2012 Sherwood High School graduate who recently completed her junior season on the Shippensburg University women’s swim team, was named Thursday to the 2015 Capital One Academic All-District 2 Women’s At-Large Team for Division II athletics, according to a news release sent to The Gazette. The teams are selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America and recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances academically and in the classroom, per the news release. Sargent, a psychology major and disability studies minor, is a member of the university’s honors program and entered the spring semester with a 3.97 grade-point average. In the pool this season, she qualified for the championship ‘A’ finals in all four of her individual events at the 2015 Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference championship meet and earned her first career AllPSAC finish with a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke, sixth in both the 100 breaststroke and 400 individual medley and seven in the 200 individual medley. In three years she has set seven school records and earned 11 PSAC individual place-winning performances and 10 PSAC relay place-winning performances.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Spirit move into second place Francisca Ordega’s goal in the second minute of stoppage time lifted the Washington Spirit women’s professional soccer team over visiting Sky Blue FC, 1-0, Saturday night at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds. The three points earned in the victory bumped Washington (3-2-1) up to second place — of nine teams — in the National Women’s Soccer League standings. The goal, which came off an assist from Crystal Dunn in a play that began with a winning defensive tackle by Tori Huster, was Ordega’s second of the season. Dunn’s four goals lead Washington and are tied for first in the league. Washington is next scheduled to face the Western New York Flash Saturday at Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester, N.Y.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Four-year player was dominant from the left side. Could put the ball away even if the set wasn’t perfect. Go-to player for the county champions. Led the Warriors to an undefeated 15-0 record and led a deep team in kills. Well-rounded game was consistent from match-to-match.
Keegen Black
Noel Camello
Jeffrey Chang
Captain of the county champs. Led team in assists as the offense runs through him.
One of the team’s leaders, and one of the best defenders in the county.
Offensive and defensive force. Impacts all aspects of the game.
Tom Gilson
Bobin Jijo
CJ Lee
Strong blocker and middle hitter. Regularly recorded over five kills per set.
Dominant. Top hitter, defender, blocker, and server for Coyotes.
Mixes good power with effective offspeed hits. Effective jump serve.
Sherwood Senior Setter
Wheaton Junior Libero
R. Montgomery Junior Opposite hitter
COACH OF THE YEAR
Alex Theoharis
B.-Chevy Chase Senior Middle hitter
Wheaton
Continued building Wheaton into a county force with an 11-0 undefeated regular season. Knights lost to Bethesda-Chevy Chase in the county semifinals and might have reached the title game if not for libero Noel Camello getting injured in the third set of a 1-1 match.
Clarksburg Senior Outside hitter
B.-Chevy Chase Senior Outside hitter
Second Team and Honorable Mentions are online at Gazette.net
Poolesville senior wins tennis title Whitman, Wootton win doubles championships
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The majority of final round and third-place matches at Thursday’s Region II tennis championships never reached a third set. Two out of the three title winners, Poolesville High School senior and Yale University bound standout Dennis Wang and Walt Whitman’s boys doubles tandem of Jack Welch and Andrew Leung won in decisive fashion. However, the last
match to conclude was a battle of two Thomas S. Wootton mixed doubles teams. The duo of Kelly Chen and Jake Gordon outlasted Patriots teammates Ruchi Nanda and I-Shiun Kuo; 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. All champions as well as the runner-ups in all three categories earned a berth into next Friday’s state tournament at the University of Maryland. College Park. Play begins at 9:30 a.m. The tournament concludes Saturday in College Park. For Chen and Gordon, Thursday’s victory over their schoolmates served as a bit of retribution. Earlier in the week during a practice session, Nanda
and Kuo handily defeated the eventual champs. “They beat us badly in practice,” Gordon said. “I think a lot of it was based off of communication. There were a lot of times on Monday that it would be my shot and I wouldn’t go for it. Or it would go out. But today, we talked a lot and that allowed us to hit our shots. Wang defeated Bethesda Chevy-Chase sophomore Conor Smyth 6-1, and 3-0 in the singles final, with Smyth retiring in the second set due to an injury he suffered in his semifinal win against eventual third-place finisher William Karpinski of Churchill.
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Bethesda school captures first championship in 15 years BY
ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER
Michael Blasey, a senior golfer at the Landon School, said he knew it was his day after bogeying the 12th hole at PB Dye Golf Course Monday afternoon as part of the 2015 Metro Championship. It wasn’t the bogey Blasey was so proud of — though it was hardly the worst outcome on a day that saw a number of the area’s top golfer succumb to the challenging course — rather, the six-stroke score on the challenging par-5 was a pleasant reminder of what could’ve been. Blasey’s tee shot rolled about 30 yards, coming up short of the ladies tee box. The next two shots, the Bears co-captain was forced to lay up due to the layout of the hole. His fourth shot, from approximately 90 yards out, didn’t make it all the way up the steep slope to the pin, but instead trickled down to the edge of the green. And still, Blasey managed to escape with a bogey, confident he could bring his now even score back down on the final six holes of the day. And that’s exactly what he did. As the quietly confident senior walked up the hill to the clubhouse after sinking
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Landon School golfer John Kalavritinos hits his ball out of the sand trap on the 13th hole during the Metro Championships at PB Dye Golf Course on Monday. his par putt on No. 18, he quietly announced his score to a group of teammates and coaches, whose reddened, exhausted faces suddenly erupted in smiles. It was a two-under 70 — the only under-par score on what was a sweltering, challenging afternoon. But the score, though Blasey listed
it as the most meaningful achievement of his high school career, was just one piece of the bigger picture that finally came together early Monday evening, as Landon topped off its undefeated season with a Metros title — the program’s first in 15 years. “It feels good to bring it back to the
school,” Blasey said. “... Beginning of the season, Coach [Jack Duquette’s] message to us was, ‘I want to win Metros. I want to bring the Metros back to Landon.’” That’s exactly what the Bears did, and with relative ease on a day that saw a number of talented golfers fall victim to the course’s challenging pin placements and firm greens. Of the 18 golfers that competed for Episcopal, Gonzaga and Good Counsel on Monday, only two shot in the 70s. West Shaw, a freshman for Landon, shot a 77. His score was removed from the final team tally (370), as it was the lowest of the six Bears competing on the day. “To come out here and shoot the scores we do, I’ve got to believe we’re the best team in the area,” Duquette said. “This is by far my best team. There’s some really talented golfers. Not everybody had their best day today, but some guys really stepped up and that’s what it’s about. It’s about the team, and the team came through big.” A trio of sophomores, John Kalavritinos (75), Evan Katz (75) and Jeff Samit (74), provided strong scoring efforts in the middle groups for the Bears, who outscored second-place finisher, Gonzaga, by 31 strokes. Senior Morgan Egloff, who won the Interstate Athletic Conference individual title two weeks ago, finished with a 76 in his last high
school match. “It’s a lot different than a lot of courses I’ve played,” Egloff said. “You got to be in the right spots. Today, I missed in a lot of wrong spots. I hit a lot of and shots and that [will] kill you out here.” As the sun set behind the course, the nine-man Landon group of golfers and coaches gathered in a circle overlooking the 18th hole to bring a close to what had been perhaps the greatest single season in school history. “I have a group of kids that really work hard,” Duquette said. “And I give all the credit to them. I’m very blessed to be able to coach them.” Three months ago when the season began, making it to the Metros seemed like quite the long shot for Good Counsel, who had lost junior Gavin Rickert due to personal issues and their number three golfer to a broken ankle. So just to be in action Monday afternoon, senior Spencer McGladrey (83) said, was quite the accomplishment. “I’m super proud of the guys,” McGladrey said. “After last year, we went through some adversity going into the championship, so I think that really brought this year’s team closer together and we were able to push through and make a run to Metros, which was great.” agutekunst@gazette.net
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KYLE RUSSELL
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Nick Pantos and Andy Kwiatkowski each homered, and Anthony Felitti recorded 11 strikeouts over six innings to power the Gaithersburg High School baseball team to a 6-3 victory against visiting Blair in Friday’s 4A West Region championship game. The Trojans (20-1) claimed their second-consecutive region title, and ninth overall. Gaithersburg struck first in the contest as Pantos smashed a 1-0 pitch over the fence in left-center field to take an early 2-0 lead. “I was ahead in the count, I saw a pitch I liked, I swung at it and I made good contact,” Pantos said. “I was relaxed at the plate, because I knew that if I don’t get a hit the whole game, there’s other guys who are going to score runs.” The Trojans added another run in the first inning when Grant Mixell took advantage of a wild pitch to score from third. “We haven’t started hot in the first inning for a while right now, and to come out and do that — especially in a game like this — a two-run home run, and then to add another run on top of that, it makes it bigger for the other team,” Gaithersburg coach Jeff Rabberman said. “That was really big for us to start out that way.” The Trojans added additional runs in the second, fourth and sixth, the last of which came on Kwiatkowski’s homer down the left field line. Meanwhile, Felitti scattered four hits and two walks while only giving up a single run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth frame. “He’s 9-0, he’s going to [University of] Virginia for a reason,” Rabberman said of his southpaw. “He’s been like that all year. Three-days
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Churchill High School’s Reed Moshyedi advances toward the goal against Dulaney’s Bennett Heitt during Saturday’s Class 4A/3A state semifinal boys lacrosse game. The Bulldogs won to reach the title game for the first time in school history.
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Gaithersburg High School’s baseball team celebrates winning the Class 4A West Region championship with a 6-3 victory against Blair Friday in Gaithersburg. rest, and he was just dominant today, he really was. All of his stuff was working, he was down in the zone, and he just threw really really well.” Despite the lights-out performance by Felitti, the Blazers (15-41) refused to go down easily. Two walks and two singles pushed a pair of runs across the plate for Blair in the seventh inning. Ian Donaldson drove in both runs with a liner to left, chasing relief pitcher Bradley Sawyer from the contest in the process. “We just kept fighting, and that’s what we’ve been doing all year,” Blazers coach Eric Zolkiewicz said. “I knew that we weren’t just going
to quit, so I was proud of the way we finished it up.” Gaithersburg then turned to Brendan Deyo for the final two outs. It ended an emotional final week of the season for Blair, which sported black armbands in remembrance of former-captain Lowell Ensel [Class of 2013], who died unexpectedly on Monday. “Lowell was such a great young man, and he means so much to us,” Zolkiewicz said. “We were just talking about how emotionally and physically draining it was for them. Just the fact that they all pulled together as a team and as a family, I
am so proud of them.” For the Trojans were scheduled to play Tuesday at the University of Maryland’s Shipley Field in College Park against 4A South Region champion Wise. That game was scheduled after the deadline for this edition. Check Gazette.net for the result. “We are just looking to do more than we did last year,” Pantos said. “Our goal is states. Obviously this was a goal too, and we are going to celebrate this now, but tomorrow it’s back out to practice and working for our ultimate goal.”
Sherwood wins fourth straight region title
Northwest rallies to beat Blair for region crown
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Warriors defeat Perry Hall for 81st consecutive win BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
No one would believe it from recent scorelines but the Sherwood High School softball team has actually been in a little bit of a slump, second-year coach Ashley Barber-Strunk said. Not in terms of results and game play — the Warriors always come through when they need to, she said — but perhaps a small dip in motivation and intensity after winning their state-record 78th consecutive game against Blair in the regularseason finale. Sherwood was focused and energized from the start of Thursday’s 10-0, five-inning win over Baltimore County’s Perry Hall in
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Sandy Spring for its fourth consecutive region title. The Warriors’ (19-0) 81st straight win set up a state semifinal meeting against Leonardtown. The game was scheduled for Tuesday and ended after the deadline for this edition. Check Gazette.net for the result. “I’m not sure where our heads were, whether it was that we were getting complacent or we were over-thinking everything,” Barber-Strunk said. Though this isn’t Sherwood’s first trip to the proverbial rodeo, senior shortstop Nicole Stockinger said it’s important that the Warriors do not take anything for granted. “We’ve been here every year the past four years but we have to go into it like we’ve never been here before,” Stockinger said. jbeekman@gazette.net
Jaguars scored three runs in seventh inning BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
In perhaps the craziest 16 minutes of the Northwest High School softball team’s season — or history — the Jaguars went from being within one routine play of their second Class 4A West Region title in three years, to within three outs of being eliminated from the postseason, to scoring three seventhinning runs in a 4-3 victory against Blair in Germantown for the region crown that almost eluded them. Northwest, which also beat Blair in its season opener, was scheduled to face Eleanor Roosevelt in Tuesday’s state semifinals. The game was scheduled for Tuesday and ended after the deadline
for this edition. Check Gazette.net for the result. “It takes a special group to be able to deal with, we had the game won to being down, 3-1, that’s not one run, we needed multiple runs,” Northwest coach Kevin Corpuz said. “It didn’t faze them. They have a lot of grit and they just refused to lose. That was the difference. At this point in the season, you’ll win any way possible.” In a state championship-caliber contest that featured two of Montgomery County’s best pitchers — Northwest’s Bridgette Barbour and Blair’s Karylena Cruz — the game remained scoreless through three innings. Then the Jaguars struck in the fourth. Barbour began the charge with a triple and then scored on catcher Sydney Salgado’s single. jbeekman@gazette.net
Reed Moshyedi had been part of the state semifinal experience before. Not as a Churchill High School boys lacrosse player, but as a spectator, sitting in the bleachers and watching his older brothers Matt (Class of 2014) and Cameron Moshyedi (2012) fall short against Westminster in 2012 and 2013. On Saturday against Dulaney, though, it was Reed’s turn to take center stage. With Matt on the sidelines — assisting with the team — and Cameron in the stands, the freshman stepped up in a big way, scoring five goals to lead the Bulldogs (17-1) to an 11-8 victory against the Lions (14-4) at Northeast High School in Pasadena. “[Watching them] really did. It motivated me to want to get the win,” Reed said. Churchill is slated to make the school’s first-ever Class 4A/3A state championship appearance against Howard on Tuesday or Wednesday at Stevenson University. Reed has been a key piece of a balanced attack that’s taken pressure off of star midfielder Louis Dubick. On Saturday — in a game that took nearly four hours due to a weather delay — the freshman midfielder’s goals came at pivotal moments. He struck twice in the first half, including a late second-quarter goal that gave the Potomac school a 6-5 lead heading into intermission. His third and fourth goals extended the Bulldogs’ lead to 8-5 in the third quarter. His final goal didn’t come until more than two hours later. A thunderstorm forced both teams off the field for an extended delay after the third quarter, but Churchill — which snacked on bananas, granola bars, and Gatorade — returned stronger than ever. With less than 10 minutes remaining, Reed took a pass from Marshall Rhodes and launched it past the Dulaney goalkeeper to give the Bulldogs a 10-6 lead. “After we scored that first goal coming off of the long break, I think we really had it then,” Reed said. Dubick, the state’s all-time leading point scorer, was part of the Churchill teams that appeared in the state semifinals. The difference this time around, he said, is that there are more options on offense. The Bulldogs have eight double-figure goal scorers, six of whom scored against Dulaney. “I think about losing those games every day,” said Dubick, who had a goal and several assists. “It’s going through the back of my mind throughout this whole game, but guys like [Reed Moshyedi] and Marshall [Rhodes] and Nick [Muscarella] made it so much easier on me and the rest of the team, and the coaching staff, so I can’t say enough about them.” Churchill becomes the third Montgomery County team to get this deep in the tournament, joining Wootton, which went to the finals in 2007 and 2010. The Bulldogs needed double-overtime victories against Whitman and then Quince Orchard just to get out of the West Region, but their challenge ahead — undefeated Howard (18-0) — may be their toughest yet. “[We] got to go with the right mindset that we’ll get that win,” Reed said. “… I’m just excited for it.” egoldwein@gazette.net
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Preparing to dive into deep writing
Arthur Miller classic comes to Montgomery County
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A timeless and relevant piece about family, money and choices, Arthur Miller’s “The Price” debuted May 13 at Olney Theatre Center. “There’s no question that the economic issues do resonate very strongly,” director Michael Bloom said. “It’s just a brilliant character study of these two brothers and how they came to make the choices they did in their lives.” The play was scheduled to premiere in honor of the 100th anniversary of Miller’s birth. Miller is well known for his prolific playwriting, which includes popular works such as “Death of a Salesman,” “A View from the Bridge” and “The Crucible.” “I loved the density of [the play] and the family, the relationships are so interwoven,” said actress Valerie Leonard, who plays Victor’s wife Esther in the show. “It’s just so wonderfully dense and thick and full.” Miller’s 1968 work focuses on the price of family, the price of furniture and the price of our choices. The play is centered around two brothers, Victor and Walter, who meet in a New York apartment to sell the remainder of their deceased father’s belongings. “It really requires actors to dig down deep emotionally to get at just what it means to deal with issues of personal responsibilities and how social context and socioeconomic complex affects your choices,” Bloom said. “And I think nowadays ev-
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Sean Harberle (left) as Walter Franz and Charlie Kevin as Victor Franz star in Olney Theatre Center’s production of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.”
‘THE PRICE’ n When: Through June 21 n Where: Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832 n Tickets: $35-55 n More information: 301-9243400, olneytheatre.org
erybody can relate to that.” Victor and Walter took very different paths in life after their father lost his fortune due to the Great Depression. Victor chooses to become a police
officer, while Walter struggles through school and becomes a surgeon. “Because it’s about class and about the difficulties of the father’s experience during the Great Depression, I think it resonates tremendously at this time,” Bloom said. “My parents were children of the depression, [and] just on a personal level it resonates with me as well. It’s a play that speaks to everybody [who’s] made certain choices in their lives and you wonder why you’ve made those choices.” When the brothers meet to sell their father’s belongings, they have conflicting views
about what should be done, which results in contention between the two. Leonard described her character, Esther, as a listener who has to reflect on what’s occurring between her spouse and his brother. “As far as I’m concerned, she’s a very difficult role, because ... the two brothers have to hash it out,” Leonard said. “I have to listen and come to my conclusions.” However, Leonard realized she saw some aspects of her own personality in her charac-
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Rick Campbell is proud of beating the odds. When the retired U.S. Navy officer considered writing a book, with zero writing classes, training or experience, he “figured a snowball had a better chance in hell than me picking up a pen and beating out hundreds of thousands of writers with years of experience.” Until his 20th class reunion, Campbell felt unable to commit Campbell to investing “the thousands of hours it would take to learn how to write and then write the book, when it would most likely be a wasted effort.” The “futuristic sci-fi story rolling around in my head” for some 20 years was destined to remain there. His perspective changed when a speaker asked the assembled alumni “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” “I felt like he was talking directly to me, and I decided right then that I’d write my book,” he recalled. “It took a few years to get around to it, but I finally buckled down and wrote it.” That book, which turned out to be a “paranormal military science fiction novel,” has not yet made it to publication. The author refers to it as “Book 0.” After sending the manu-
BOOKS BY ELLYN WEXLER script to more than 40 agents, Campbell realized the futility of writing what you love when no one else loves it. Thus thwarted, he opted to switch gears and write what he knows. The result, “The Trident Deception” (2014), is a “submarine warfare novel at its core. It’s also an intriguing espionage tale,” he said. Booklist called it “the best submarine novel since Tom Clancy’s classic — ‘The Hunt for Red October.’” A sequel, “Empire Rising,” was released in February. To augment his writing skills, Campbell read espionage and military thrillers, even though science fiction and fantasy are his favorite genres. He credits the “major espionage writers” — Daniel Silva, Vince Flynn and Brad Thor as well as writer Andrew Britton — as
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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available. MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, Alice Gerrard, May 20; Alice Gerrard, May 21; Amigos Band, May 28; Mark Nadler, May 29; Cravin’ Dogs, May 30; Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, June 3; Jarrod Lawson, June 4; Raul Midon, June 5; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Michal Urbaniak, May 21;
Muscle Shoals and Stax/Volt, May 22; Joe Clair and Friends, May 23; Clones of Funk, May 24; Ginetta’s Vendetta Jazz Quartet, May 27; Linwood Taylor, May 28; Grainger and the New Pockets, May 29; The Hit Men, May 31; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz. com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Suzanne Vega, May 30; Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Chuggalug, May 22; Poverty Ridge, May 23; Little Bit of Blues, May 29; Crime Stoppers, May 30; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Ultimate 80s Prom with The New Romance, May 23; Kingpen Slim hosted by Uncle Yank, May 29; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra, May 20; PVYO
Spring Gala 2015, May 22; BSO: Strauss’ Four Last Songs, May 23; Arts & The Mind: Bird Whale Bug, May 28; BSO: A Tribute to John Williams, May 28; National Philharmonic: Faure’s Requiem, May 30; Feria de Seville, May 31; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” through May 25, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatremtc.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240-314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,” through May 24, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-9243400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” through June 21; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394, r-m-t.org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27 through June 21, call for show times, 4545 EastWest Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-6441100, roundhousetheatre.org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” May 29 through June
20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage.org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.
VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Motionless, I Stay and Go: I am a Pause,” through May 24, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art League, Juried Members’ Show varied media, through May 29; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Joseph Sheppard, through May 22; 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-7180622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Stephanie Garmey, through May 24; Jowita Wyszomirska and David Brown, through May 24; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, “The Merry Month,” through May 23; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda. org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, through June 1; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-654-1998.
ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-6548664, writer.org.
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Continued from Page B-5 ter, including Esther’s listening skills and hopeful nature. “One of the things I love about acting is that each character you play you find something new in yourself,” Leonard said. “I think the greatness of this play is that people will come out rooting for different people in the play,” Bloom said. “That is an indication of how wellrounded these characters are. I think you relate to all of them … that’s what makes it a superior piece of writing.” “It’s a really good group that’s been assembled to do this,” cast member Conrad Feininger said. “It’s not all the time you get a balanced group like this with a beautiful play.” It’s Feininger’s third time performing in a production of “The Price,” which he said makes it easier to prepare for. “When it’s the third time, a lot of the work’s already done,” Feininger said. “In terms of preparation, it’s a matter of reading the script and then
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heavy influences on his style. An agent he worked with gave him a reading list of espionage books, although he had written a military thriller. “As a result,” he said, “my books are a blend of military thriller plot written in an espionage style.” For the most part, Campbell bases his books on his first career. “I was a submarine officer for 28 years, and I write military thrillers that have strong submarine plot elements. There are a few actual experiences in the book, but 99 percent is fiction, using my background to get the authentic details correct.” Campbell said it takes him about 1,000 hours to write a book, including about an hour per page for the first draft, several hundred hours of research before starting and interspersed during writing, plus multiple revisions on his end and two by his editor. He writes in an upstairs office in his Germantown home, “where I can close the door and work in silence. Sounds really distract me when I’m writing, and I need complete silence or it breaks my concentration.” As a child, Campbell had no intention of being a writer.
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Conrad Feininger stars as Gregory Solomon in Olney Theatre Center’s production of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.” getting into the room with the director. The trick to doing it multiple times has been keeping an open mind to new ideas.” Both Bloom and Leonard hope the audience walks away discussing what they just witnessed in the play. “I want them to talk about
whether or not they felt that the paths that the two brothers took were justified,” Bloom said. “I hope they walk away talking forever and ever and ever about what happened,” Leonard said. “I just want them to talk, whether it’s about their own families or not.”
“Early on,” he said, I wanted to be a doctor, policeman and football player — simultaneously. I figured I could be a doctor during the day, a policeman at night and a football player on the weekends.” Although he was a good student, graduating second in his high school class in Cocoa, Fla., math and science were his strengths. He read fantasy and science fiction “voraciously” but remembers hating English and the liberal arts. The military was always a career option, Campbell said, because his father was retired from the Air Force. “When it came time to go to college, my parents had no money set aside and weren’t making a lot of money — mom was a waitress and dad worked at a regional K-Mart-style department store — so I knew I had to get a scholarship.” He applied and was awarded three ROTC scholarships and was accepted into the Air Force and Naval academies. He “chose the Navy, much to my dad’s chagrin. They had better academics and a great wrestling team, and I was a wrestler in high school.” When Campbell discovered he was prone to seasickness, he “went submarines. I figured I would be miserable as a pilot and also on the surface. But submarines are very stable
when they’re submerged — like sitting in an office except when they’re changing depth, so I applied for submarines and got accepted.” His tours of duty included four nuclearpowered submarines, the Pentagon and the Undersea Weapons Program office. On his final submarine, he said, he was one of two men whose permission was required to launch its 24 nuclear warheadtipped missiles. St. Martin’s Press, Campbell’s publisher, added a deal for two more books, which are due out in 2016 and 2017. Book three, “Cold Betrayal,” the author said, is almost done, due to his editor at the end of May. “It’s primarily a submarine thriller, which kicks off when the newest American and Russian submarines collide and sink under the Arctic ice cap, setting off a fateful chain of events,” he said. Campbell is optimistic about his second career. “We’ll see what the future holds when I come up for another contract next year. So far, my books have ‘met or exceeded expectations,’ so it’s likely additional contracts will follow, and I figure I’ll be writing military thrillers for the foreseeable future,” he said. “Book 0 will have to wait a few more years.” Hopefully, the odds will be in his favor once more.
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Points of light BlackRock Center for the Arts is pleased to present the exhibition “Light: Essence of Color” featuring oil paintings and pastel drawings by the seven member artists of the Maryland Colorists: Melissa Gryder, Sharon Littig, Abigail McBride, Nancy McCarra, Michele del Pilar, Andree Tullier and Sarah Wardell. The exhibit includes landscape, still-life, portraits and figurative subjects and will be on view in the Terrace Gallery through May 30. Light, that which reveals the world around us, is the source that links this group of artists together. Their primary focus is to capture a fleeting light effect observed in the everyday scenes. “Light: Essence of Color” is the first exhibition by the Maryland Colorists, a collective formed in 2013 by seven women with classic academic, studio and plein air training
in color, draftsmanship, portraiture and figurative work. Each of the artists maintains a professional studio practice which includes portrait commissions, exhibiting their work in both fine art galleries and museums, and entering juried exhibitions and plein air painting competitions. Many of the artists live in the Annapolis area. All of the artists have been selected for membership and board positions in professional artist organizations, which include the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Society, Portrait Society of America, Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Pastel Society of America, Maryland Pastel Society and Maryland Federation of Art. For more information, visit blackrockcenter.org.
Mix and match
Janet Fox is this month’s featured artist for the Montgomery Art Association. Her work will be on display through May 31. Fox paints with encaustic (heated pigmented bees wax), mixed media and acrylic, often layering in fibrous and colorful papers, fabric, ink and found materials. She carves, scrapes, fills and buffs, building contrasts and textures. Her work is often inspired by vivid sleep-time images or ideas; she also creates from nature and garden themes. Her art blog, including stories about her work, are on her website. Originally from the Midwest, Janet earned a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety and Health from Purdue University, worked more than 20 years in the recycling, sustainability and energy-ef-
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“Holding It All Together,” a piece by artist Janet Fox, is on display through May 31 at the MAA Gallery. ficiency realms, and managed environmental-themed art exhibits. She is an MAA board member, a member of International Encaustic Artists, as well as a freelance writer, editor, content and project support professional. Admission to the gallery is free. For more information, visit montgomeryart.org or call 301-842-7046.
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An artist demonstrates plein air painting at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.
The wonderful things he does
Time is running out to go see the Wizard in the hopes you can go home again. Adventure Theatre MTC’s reimagined journey through Oz, a world premiere play by Jacqueline Lawton, is set to run through May 25. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is based on the classic American children’s book by L. Frank Baum starring Helen Hayes-nominated Paige Hernandez as Dorothy. Dorothy and Toto know so many adventures are happening everywhere other than Kansas. One day, a cyclone swoops in and takes them to the wonderful and magical Land of Oz. With her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy
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Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion all take the stage at Adventure Theatre MTC for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” sets off on the adventure of a lifetime down the yellow brick road. Tickets to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” are $19-19.50 and can be purchased by calling 301-634-2270 or online at adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
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A Southern Soul Tribute: The Music of Muscle Shoals and Stax/Volt is set to take place at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Friday.
Soul of the South
A spectacular collection of 35 soulful performers from the DMV, pay tribute to music legends Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, The Staples Singers, Carla Thomas and more, will take the stage at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Friday. A Southern Soul Tribute: The Music of Muscle Shoals & Stax/Volt will include such performers as The Hardway Connection, Little Margie, Tommy Lepson & Soul Crackers, Jon Carroll, Julia Nixon, Patty Reese, Eddie Jones, Daryl Davis, Bob Berberich, Patti Hatchett, the legendary Nighthawks rhythm section Pete Ragusa and Jan Zukowski and more. The 1960s produced a
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Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding Of No Significant Impact U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Lease Consolidation at 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, as amended (NEPA) (42 US.C.4321, et seq.) and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has prepared a Supplemental Environmental Assessment (Supplemental EA) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) lease consolidation at 5600 Fishers Lane to address a proposed increase in employees at that location from approximately 2,900 to 4,500. GSA has determined that the proposed action as described in the Supplemental EA is not a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Therefore a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is appropriate.
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Domestic Sports Utility Vehicles
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2013 Passat SE.......................#V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles...............$17,391
2008 Dodge Caliber...............#V293674A, Silver, 130,404 Miles................$5,999
2012 CC.....................................#V820490A, Black, 47,400 Miles...............$17,491
2006 Touareg...........................#V001597A, Black, 78,489 Miles.................$8,991
2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles.................$17,492
2011 Toyota Prius...................V283821B, Red, 112,390 Miles.................$11,593
2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles.................$17,993
2011 Nissan Sentra...............#V298174B, Silver, 83,127 Miles................$11,791
2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles........................$18,692
2011 Toyota Camry SE..........V0125A, Black, 61,476 Miles.....................$11,995
2013 Beetle..............................#V591026A, Black, 35,857 Miles...............$18,791
2014 Nissan Versa.................V309714A, Gray, 7,485 Miles.....................$13,772
2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles...................$19,955
2013 Passat..............................#VPR0138, Maroon, 44,978 Miles..............$14,991
2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles...................$19,792
2014 Chrysler 200 LX............#VPR0139, Grey, 33,534 Miles...................$14,991
2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI..V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles.................$20,992
2013 Nissan Altima...............V303606A, Silver, 49,926 Miles..................$15,871
2012 Chevrolet Equinox AWD...#V099935A, Blue, 38,419 Miles.................$21,991
2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles...................$16,293
2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles.......................$25,993
2011 Jetta TDI..........................#V005099A, Black, 71,951 Miles...............$16,991
2013 CC VR6 4Motion............VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles.....................$25,993
All prices & payments exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 05/31/15.
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DARCARS NISSAN
DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2002 Honda Civic EX
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$
2010 Camry Hybrid
2007 XC90
5,977
#442076A, Automatic, Gently Driven $ and Priced to Move!
14,995
$
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2010 Nissan Rogue SL
14,995
#G0063,ONLY 54K mi, 2.4L 4cyl,Auto
$
15,995
$
2010 Volvo XC60 3.0 Turbo AWD 2013 KIA Optima SX Turbo
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$
$16,995
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19,950
$
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2012 Volvo S60 T6 R Design
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2012 Nissan Leaf SL NAV Hatchback
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$
23,980
2011 Volvo XC90 AWD Platinum
2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ $
14,777
$
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#532188C, Nav, Leather, Sunroof, Loaded #P9369, 1-Owner, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32K Miles!
2012 Hyundai Veloster #E0647A,Nav, Panoramic Roof, Leather, Loaded, Fun to drive
2011 Volvo S80 3.2L
#541214A, 1-OWNER, Only 74K Miles, Well kept!! #G0061, Only 62K mi!!,Leather, Panoramic moonroof, Alloys
12,977
$
2013 Hyundai Sonata SE
#541149A, Auto, Sunroof, Alloys 525586B, ONLY 77k Miles!! 6 cyl, clean inside & out!
2014 Chevrolet Sonic LS
#442078A, Only 5K Miles!!!, Automatic, Why Buy New?
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15,977
$
2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited
16,977
$
#548040A, 1-Owner, Loaded, Sunroof, Leather, Clean!!
29,980
$
2011 Volvo C30 Turbo Coupe.............................. $11,995 2012 Acura TSX Wagon............................................... $21,950 #526588B, Black, Fun to drive, Well maintained inside & out!
# 527003A, 1-Owner, Only 27K Miles! Leather, Sunroof, Bluetooth, Alloys
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee.................................... $11,995 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L...........................$18,950 #P9310A, 1-Owner, Super Low Miles 61K, V8, SNRF, Alloys, Gray
2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid
#541161A, Hard-to-Find, 1-Owner, Loaded, Leather, Sunroof
#P9277, 1-Owner, Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth
2011 Mini Cooper S........................................................... $14,995 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980 #P9243B, 1-Owner, Turbo, Auto, Leather, Well Maintained
16,777
$
2011 Mazda CX-7 #547519A, 1-Owner, Beautiful Inside & Out, Well Maintained
15,977
$
#P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink
2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L..................................................... $17,950 2012 Volvo XC90 Premier Plus...........$25,980 #P9263, 1-Owner, Only 52K Miles! Panormic Moonroof, Well prices and clean!
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15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD
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2008 Nissan 350 Z Touring #548505A, Low Miles!!, V6, Auto, Leather, Alloys
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DARCARS NISSAN TWO LOCATIONS
Rockville
College Park
15911 Indianola Drive Rockville, MD 20855 888-797-1831 2015 NISSAN
2015 NISSAN
Versa S Sedan
MSRP: $14,685 Nissan Rebate $400 Sale Price: $11,395
$ 4
automatic transmission MODEL #11115
AT THIS PRICE
$
0
ALTIMA 2.5 S
$
39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
16,995
OR
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #13115 4 at this price
$
$
159/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
2015 NISSAN
LEAF S
MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $27, 995 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$ with charger package MODEL #17015
AT THIS PRICE
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #11615
$
$
13,995 OR
4
$
169/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
$
0
$
149
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OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #12115
0
$
NV200
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
AVAILABLE ON BRAND NEW: 2015 ALTIMAS, 2015 SENTRAS, 2015 ARMADAS, 2015 TITANS, 2015 LEAFS! 2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $32,455 Sale Price: $27,995 Nissan Rebate: $1,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
PATHFINDER 4X4 S
$ 4
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #25015
$
0
AT THIS PRICE
$
269/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
17,495 279
$
OR
4
MODEL #67115
0
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
2015 NISSAN
MURANO S AWD MSRP: $33,045 Sale Price: $28,495
25,995
OR
MSRP: $22,045 Sale Price: $18,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $750
$
0% APR X 72 MONTHS
229/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
14,495
2015 NISSAN
24,495 OR
4
169/MO
$
MSRP: $19,305 Sale Price: $15,745 Nissan Rebate $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250
SENTRA SV
MSRP: $23,935 Sale Price: $19,495 Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,000 Altima Bonus Cash: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1000
2015 NISSAN
4
$
OR
2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $17,600 Sale Price: $14,895 Nissan Customer Cash: $400 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
VERSA NOTE SV
10,995
9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037
$
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
28,495
MODEL #23015
0
$
339
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 05/25/2015. G560932
NEW 2015 HIGHLANDER LE 1 AVAILABLE: #563287
28,390
$
4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR
NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564399, 564398
20,890
$
4 CYL., AUTOMATIC
2015 PRIUS C II
355 TOYOTA
2 AVAILABLE: #577511, 577476
MEMORIAL DAY 149/MO** $
SPECIALS
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NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
3 AVAILABLE: #572183, 572187, 572081
$
159/
MO**
18,990
NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB 2 AVAILABLE: #567184, 567181
$0 DOWN
$
AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR
18,890
3 DR. H/BK, MANUAL TRANS
AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE
NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #570717, 570731
14,590
$
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL. INCL.
AFTER $750 REBATE
MONTHS+ % 0 FOR 60 On 10 Toyota Models
1-888-831-9671
$0 DOWN
$
149/MO**
2015 COROLLA LE
15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD OPEN SUNDAY VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 5/26/2015.
4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO
2 AVAILABLE: #570375, 570343
$0 DOWN G560907
13,590
MANUAL, 4 CYL
2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044
NEW 2015 YARIS #577009
$
4 CYL., AUTO
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
$
4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
AFTER $750 REBATE
2 AVAILABLE: #572152, 572074
$0 DOWN
$
139/MO**
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL