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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
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Group, town tangle over Purple Line
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Senior Evan Woods of Whitman High School in Bethesda wins the boys 4A 3,200-meter race at Friday’s state track championships in Baltimore. Other Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase athletes also fared well in state championships over the weekend. See Sports, Page B-1.
The town of Chevy Chase owes neither a pro-Purple Line group nor a blogger free copies of documents that might detail how it spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers, lobbyists and public relations firms to stop the proposed 16mile light-rail line from running through town, its lawyers argue in court filings. Those arguments, filed May 11 in Montgomery County Circuit Court, is the town’s reaction to a lawsuit by the Action Committee for Transit and activist Benjamin Ross of Bethesda. Both support building the $2.45 billion line linking New Carrollton
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Decision might come in June Leggett: Thursday’s meeting with Hogan, Baker was productive
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KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER
A last-ditch meeting to convince Gov. Larry Hogan of the need to keep the Purple Line on track went well, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said. “I don’t say that lightly,” he said. Leggett (D) met behind closed doors Thursday with Hogan (R) and Prince
See DECISION, Page A-10
Library plans Graduation highlights student diversity day for family n Student speakers share past journeys, future goals
Davis branch in Bethesda offers music, book sale and more n
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Friends of the Davis Library will hold its annual Community Day and Book Sale on Saturday, with activities for children and adults alike, from magic to music. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the public library, at 6400 Democracy Blvd. in Bethesda. Here’s the rundown: • 10:30 a.m.: magician Joe Romano. • 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: balloon artist clowns. • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: tattoo artists, strolling guitarist, fire engines on display. • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: KIDMuseum activities. • 2 to 3 p.m.: mountain dulcimer music performance. The friends chapter also will host its biannual book sale, with books, CDs, DVDs and other items and collectibles for adults and children, according to a news release. The book sale will run throughout the Community Day activities in the library meeting room. “Community Day is the highlight of our year here at Davis,” library Manager Anita Vassallo said in the release. “Our Friends provide a wonderful occasion with entertainment for the whole family, and we hope that many Davis customers will stop by to enjoy the celebration.” For more information, contact the library at 240-777-0922.
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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER
With roots in four parts of the world and eyes on four sets of goals, student speakers at Montgomery College’s Friday graduation ceremony celebrated a shared moment of success. The four speakers, all recipients of top college awards, were among more than 3,500 students earning degrees and certificates in the college’s class of 2015. About 950 graduates walked at Friday’s commencement. Montgomery College President DeRionne P. Pollard said the graduates who were celebrated Friday made up the institution’s largest graduating class. Fidelis Mariae A. Militante, a nursing major at the college, was one of three graduates named a 2015 Board of Trustees Scholar. She represented the Rockville campus. “It is a significant milestone in my life’s journey, a journey filled with difficult obstacles and joyous achievements, a journey not unlike your journey,” Militante, of Rockville, told her fellow graduates. After coming to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 11, Militante said, she felt a lack of motivation and direction and watched her parents struggle in their new country. They worked multiple jobs to help propel her to higher education, she said. Education is “the cornerstone of my life,” said Militante, who plans to earn a bachelor’s in nursing and become a doctor. Student speaker Antony M. Musembi, another Board of Trustees Scholar, representing the
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Steve and Cokie Roberts of Bethesda deliver the keynote address at Montgomery College’s 68th commencement exercises at the Rockville Campus on Friday. Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, greeted family members watching the ceremony in his home country Kenya, which he left about 26 years ago. From that point to Friday’s ceremony, he said, his journey has been “extremely difficult and, at the same time, absolutely wonderful.” Montgomery College helped him discover his passions, said Musembi, a Silver Spring resident. His future plans include starting an organization for disadvantaged youth and earning a business
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doctorate. “Graduates, at [Montgomery College], we have been bestowed with the abilities, knowledge and power to act, so let’s go forth and make a difference!” he said. Pavanjot Singh Guraya of Germantown, a business administration major, said in his speech that three communities have played important
See GRADUATION, Page A-10