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BY AGNES BLUM STAFF WRITER

Imagine retail stores where the carousel spins, cafés instead of piglet races and a 12-story apartment building where Old MacDonald’s Barn now stands.

It could happen, thanks to last spring’s rezoning of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds. But the executive director of the fair, Martin Svrcek, says there are no plans to scrap the fair in favor of a

neighborhood with more than 1 million square feet of commercial and office space and 1,350 homes, as outlined in the rezoning documents.

“The only new plans are the construction of the new Old MacDonald’s Barn,” Svrcek said. The Montgomery County Agricultural Center owns the 63 acres. “The fairground is not for sale.”

In June 2012 , Gaithersburg leaders approved an application from the Montgomery County Agricultural Center to rezone the fairground. The zoning had been light industrial

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BY KRISTA BRICK STAFF WRITER

It’s not every Friday night that you eat the record-breaking grilled cheese sandwich.

But on Friday at precisely 9:50 p.m., one day before the wrapup of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, Gina Consumano of Rockville ordered and ate the 10,000th

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grilled cheese sandwich made at The Big Cheese. That sandwich put the fair at the 10,000sandwich goal set by The Big Cheese’s operator, Ed Hogan.

In all, 11,772 gooey, toasted sandwiches were sold this year.

For Consumano, 25, the $3.50 sandwich lived up to its hype.

“Grilled cheese is just the all-American food. I wouldn’t say I am a connoisseur but when I ate it I thought it was good,” she said, adding that this

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Total cost would be close to $500,000

BY AGNES BLUM STAFF WRITER

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad needs money and the town of Chevy Chase has it.

The 73-year-old rescue service recently lost one of its major funding sources, Healthcare Initiative Foundation, and high on its list of needs are two new ambulances, each costing upward of $230,000.

The town of Chevy Chase, which is one of the areas the rescue squad serves, happens to have a $9 million surplus.

Brooke A. Davies, president of the rescue squad, whose headquarters are on Old Georgetown Road at Battery Lane, asked the Chevy Chase Town Council on July 10 to consider funding two new ambulances for a total of about $500,000. Of the six ambulances the squad has, two are old and out-of-date in terms of equipment and technology and need to be replaced, according to Davies.

A few people at the council meeting suggested a donation of $25,000 instead and in the end, the council decided to table the issue until Oct. 9, when a more complete presentation could be made and the public would have a chance to speak.

Since that July meeting, residents have been

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The entrance of the new Gaithersburg High School on Tuesday as teachers and students prepare for the start of the school year next week.

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While Gaithersburg High School students are making their final preparations as the academic year draws closer, their school continued its own steps this week to get ready for them.

The high school’s new building showed signs of a long-term project undergoing its final stage: “Wet Paint” signs cautioned passers-by Monday, minor construction work produced whirs and beeps, and tables and other furniture stood ready for arrangement.

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foot building on Monday, Christine HandyCollins, the high school’s principal, said everything will be ready before school starts Monday.

“We’ll be ready to rock ’n’ roll,” she said.

Gaithersburg High students will be among a group of county public school students passing through new doors this fall: Glenallan and Weller Road elementary schools in

Silver Spring, Herbert Hoover Middle School in Potomac and Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville.

A number of elementary schools will open Monday with new additions, including Bradley Hills, Westbrook and Wyngate in Bethesda, and Georgian Forest and Viers Mill in Silver Spring.

Though Gaithersburg High still was in prep mode on Monday, it already showed signs of the activity it will hold starting next week.

As varsity and junior varsity football players practiced on the new turf field and a group of

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“You make friends here that will last forever,” says Barbara Bryniarski, a 16-year volunteer with the BethesdaChevy Chase Rescue Squad, which is raising funds to replace its 2002 Freightliner with a new ambulance.

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The reaction to the request has been mixed, said Patricia Burda, the toiwn’s mayor.

“Residents have raised a lot of questions. In general, people think $500,000 is too much.

What’s really on the table is money for one ambulance,” Burda said. “Some residents feel that it’s not necessarily whether this is a good or bad group — everyone agrees they provide a very important service,” but contributions should be a personal decision rather than a municipal expenditure funded by taxpayers.

Burda said she has not taken a stance and instead is choosing to wait until the hearing to decide.

But others on the council don’t think there is much to discuss. For John Bickerman, who sits on the council and runs a dispute resolution firm, financially supporting the rescue squad is the obvious choice.

“There is no more essential government service,” Bickerman said. “If we are going to have a first-rate rescue squad we have to step up and fill in the gaps. We are fortunate to have a surplus and we can afford to do that.”

“We’ve been serving the town for 70 years and have never asked for money,” said Davies, who grew up in the town of Chevy Chase and still lives there.

For about 30 years, the

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Continued from Page A-1 and changed to a mixed-use development zone, which means that residential, commercial, office and public use spaces can be built, according to city documents.

The fairground is in a sought-after area — bounded by Interstate 270, and Md. 117 and Md. 355, major county thoroughfares. The city’s MARC station is only a few blocks away.

A new development could include new on-ramps to the surrounding highways, according to city documents.

The motive behind rezoning was simply to increase the value of the land, Svrcek said, and does not reflect any plans to move.

The land is estimated at $14.41 million, according to Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation records. But that number might not yet reflect the increased value due to the change in zoning, said Trudy Schwarz, Gaithersburg’s community planning director.

“They may not have updated the zoning,” Schwarz said of the state’s assess-

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Continued from Page A-1 was her first trip to the Montgomery fair. “It made for an interesting Friday night.”

She and her friend Ryan Hickox of Arlington, Va., hadn’t planned on grilled cheese Friday night but headed to the Big Cheese after hearing about the impending goal-breaking grill.

“We were finishing our evening and heard the announcement about them having the grilled cheese record, we decided we really wanted some knowing it was going to be soon,” she said.

Moments later she was getting her picture taken with the sandwich and winning

Healthcare Initiative Foundation, which until 2012 was a charitable support organization, helped pay to replace the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad ambulances. Two years ago, when the foundation became a private nonprofit it also changed its criteria for giving.

The last year it gave to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad was in 2011, according to the foundation’s website.

That money was used to help buy a heavy rescue truck, which can run about $900,000, Davies said. A heavy rescue truck has hydraulic tools used to extricate people from vehicles, along with firefighter tools, ladders and baskets.

The squad, which has about 180 volunteers, went on 9,500 calls last year. Besides Bethesda

“We certainly haven’t received any applications.

Plans are way in the future.”

Trudy Schwarz, Gaithersburg’s community planning director ment, which is updated every three years.

“They may base it more on the current use than potential use.”

Schwarz said there has been no movement since last spring to follow up on the rezoning.

“We certainly haven’t received any applications,” she said. Based on the testimony during the hearings, “plans are way in the future.”

What was passed is called a “bubble plan,” Schwarz said. It allows for a wide range of development but no specific layout. a T-shirt for her lucky spot in line.

The five customers behind her in line also got a consolation prize— either a free funnel cake or ice cream from Timmon’s Concessions.

Hogan said he had a good feeling about his chances of meeting his goal this year and the weather helped him do that.

“Without the weather we might not have made it. I thought the record would fall on Saturday but the crowd on Friday was hungry and eager,” he said. This year’s fair crowd of 220,000 bested last year’s crowed by 10 percent, according to Marty Svrcek, executive director for the fair.

In fact, The Big Cheese ran out of the Wisconsin sharp cheddar that makes their sandwich so good. Hogan said the fair used

and Chevy Chase, it also answers calls in Glen Echo, Cabin John, North Chevy Chase and parts of Northwest Washington, D.C. The rescue service has just started asking for donations from those other municipalities.

While Montgomery County does provide some support — training and radios, for example — everything else is paid for through donations.

Last year, the squad received $1.64 million in contributions and grants, but it still had a $271,071 loss. The biggest expense, $734,000, was for salaries of the weekday staffers.

Other costs include medical supplies, utilities, food, fuel and repairs and maintenance of the fleet and equipment. Insurance alone cost more than $175,000.

“We are fully integrated with

Montgomery County Agricultural Center Inc. is a tax-exempt, privately operated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, whose stated mission is to “promote the continuance of agricultural activities by providing facilities for agriculture related organizations,” according to its tax return.

According to its 2011 tax return, the most recent available, the fair had $2.9 million in revenue, up from $2.7 million the year before, and “there were no tax liabilities for unrelated business income for the year ended December 31, 2011.”

The Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds was purchased in 1949 for $12,500 and for 64 years has provided entertainment and food for hundreds of thousands of fairgoers.

This year, more than 200,000 people were expected to show up to ride the Vortex, race hermit crabs and eat funnel cake.

They won’t have to worry that this will be the last year, Svrcek said.

“Cotton candy is not leaving Gaithersburg anytime soon,” Svrcek said. ablum@gazette.net up all six of the 500-pound wheels. Customers for the final fair day could order some of the other cheese concoctions offered like the Maryland white cheddar from Chappel’s Creamery in Easton or goat cheese.

“We will probably increase the amount of the sharp cheddar by 50 percent next year,” Hogan said. Next year The Big Cheese stand will turn 61.

While Hogan isn’t sure about a goal for next year’s stand, he said it may have more to do with a pretzel and nacho cheese combo than the traditional grilled cheese sandwich.

In the meantime, Hogan said he’ll continue to eat a grilled cheese sandwich once a week, as he prepares for next year’s fair challenge.

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All the volunteers are trained to the same standards as the career or paid staff of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Davies said. During the day the squad has a small staff of full-time workers, but volunteers take over from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and on weekends. Davies estimates the volunteer-run service saves the county about $3 million annually.

One of the advantages of being independent of the county, Davies said, is that whatever equipment is bought by the squad stays with the squad. The county can’t come in and decide to shift trucks, ambulances or personnel around to different

stations.

The squad reflects the community it serves: Its volunteers include lawyers, physicians and even an astrophysicist. In a region of transplants and busy professionals who don’t have a lot of spare time, Davies said, the dedication of these homegrown heroes is worth supporting.

“You make friends here that will last forever,” Barbara Bryniarski said of the rescue squad. The executive editor of a tax law publishing company, Bryniarski has been a volunteer for 16 years. She grew up in Chevy Chase and graduated from Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School. “I knew some of the guys who volunteer here in high school.” ablum@gazette.net

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Painter Eleazar Martinez applies a coat of yellow to the stairway of the new Gaithersburg High School.

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Continued from Page A-1 band members practiced in an open commons area of the hallway, teachers trained in the new media center to learn about the high-tech Promethean whiteboards in their classrooms.

Senior Kelsey Semou said she was impressed with the size of the school, a factor she thinks makes it “stand out” in the county.

While she has seen the building when it still was under construction, she said actually entering the school brought out a “wow” from her.

“Just coming in, it’s a different feeling,” she said. “‘Cause you’re actually in the building, it’s your school.”

The school includes a new gym, a new cafeteria, a gutted and renovated auditorium and two courtyards, among a series of other new or improved features.

At the school’s entrance, a visitor immediately walks upon a large gold and blue “G” paired with the head of the school’s Trojan mascot decorating the floor.

“When you come into the building, you certainly know whose house it is,” Handy-Collins said.

The old building will be torn down but for the auditorium and a 9-year-old wing once called “J hall” that now has an added third floor, Handy-Collins said.

The school’s hallways all have college-based names — helpful in the large building — including College Park Drive, Towson Terrace, Salisbury Parkway, Frostburg Freeway and Johns Hopkins Highway.

Before students enter the school with classes on their mind, teachers and others were familiarizing themselves with the new layout and the elements that came with it.

For social studies teacher and football coach Kreg Kephart — and Gaithersburg High graduate of 1973 — the move into the new school marks a period of change and adaptation.

“It’s like going from a little one-room schoolhouse to a great big Taj Mahal that’s built next door or something,” Kephart said.

Kephart said he will trade the portable classroom he taught in for 15 years for a classroom he described as “spacious” with “beautiful” desks.

He said he thinks the stadium field will be “comparable to none.”

While teams are practicing on the field now, home games won’t start until the 2014-2015 school year, when construction on the area around the field will be complete.

“The inconveniences that we went through the last couple years I guess are worth it in the long run when you look to see what we have once we finally get in here,” Kephart said.

The $95.8 million school site still has a year left of its four-year construction process, Handy-

A worker puts finishing touches on the exterior of the new Gaithersburg High School on Tuesday.

Collins said.

Richard Bosnic — who began teaching at Gaithersburg in the late 1980s and described himself as “an old dog learning new tricks” — said the school environment when he started and the environment now is “night and day.”

For Bosnic, preparing for this upcoming school year has meant learning how to use the Promethean boards, which were only introduced into some classrooms in the old building and represent one of several technologies he sees changing how kids learn and how he teaches them.

As the school community moves into the new building and becomes more deeply involved with the new technology, Bosnic said he doesn’t know how it will pan out but that it sounds exciting.

“My guess is everything’s going to change dramatically,” he said.

Chris Taylor was found Monday where he will be teaching his media productions class with the help of a studio space strictly for filming, updated equipment and several editing suites to make “Blue & Gold TV” come to life.

“Our old studio, it was about the same size, but we also had all the computers in there so students were editing while other people were trying to film and it was very chaotic at times,” Taylor said.

Among the athletes walking the halls on Monday, Damian Harkun, 16, said he was struck by the amount of space in the school and that he liked the building’s design.

Though he had been at the school for football practice for several days, much of the campus still was new to him.

“I haven’t even seen the whole building yet,” he said.

“I’ve only been to certain parts.”

Though the building marks a significant change for the school, Semou said she thinks the school community will remain much the same.

“We’re still going to have that Trojan pride we always had,” she said. lpowers@gazette.net

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Actor/comedian Sinbad will star in a one-day-only stand-up event as “Make Me Wanna Holla” plays in movie theaters across the country. Locally, the show will play in Germantown, Bowie, Alexandria and Fairfax, Va.

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A high-school quartet gets a chance to live its dream in the musical “Forever Plaid” running from Aug. 24 to Sept. 15 at the Olney Theatre. From left are Brandon Duncan as Smudge, David Landstrom as Sparky, Austin Colby as Frankie and Chris Rudy as Jinx.

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Whether fans remember him as coach Walter Oakes from “The Cosby Show” spin-off “A Different World,” his role as Andre Krimm beside Scott Bakula in the movie “Necessary Roughness,” or dozens of stand-up specials, Sinbad has been a part of most people’s lives since the 1980s.

The comedian is hitting new territory now, bringing his show “Make Me Wanna Holla” to movie theaters across the country for one night only. Fathom Events will screen the special locally at 8 p.m. Aug. 22. The film will feature Sinbad’s classic style of comedy and showcase his love of funk music.

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Sinbad: Man, that’s a big question! It’s funny and we shot some really good film. Why don’t you break it down and tell me what you wanna know.

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A&E: Along with the music, is it a little about your life or is it stuff that you’ve noticed over the past few years? What’s the big theme for it? n Tickets: $15 Sinbad: It’s a mix of everything. n More information: Just like with all comedians, it’s a mix fathomevents.com of life, it’s a mix of stuff you’ve seen and stuff you’re tired of seeing. Some of it’s about Detroit — my home’s in Michigan. I’m from Benton Harbor. It’s about things happening in Detroit. My show is just a mixture of everything — my life, what’s going on around me, what I’ve observed and what I see. Some of it’s just me talking crazy.

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The four guys were kind of nerdy in high school, but they were friends and really liked singing together as the Plaids.

Their dream was to perform in public like their idols, four-part harmony groups like the Mills Brothers, the Ames Brothers and the Four Aces.

The Plaids were driving to their first gig when, tragically, they ran into a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles perform on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964.

The girls were fine but the guys didn’t make it.

Up to the stratosphere they went and there they’ve stayed until Saturday, when they de-

FOREVER PLAID n When: Aug. 24 to Sept. 15 (call for show times) n Where: Historic Stage, Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney n Tickets: $25-$35 n For information: 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org

scend through a hole in the ozone layer to the historic stage at Olney Theatre Center for one last chance to realize their dream.

“The universe has allowed them 90 minutes to do the show,” said director and choreographer Bobby Smith about Olney’s production of the off-Broadway hit musical “Forever Plaid.”

The show is about how the four singers overcome their insecurities, and together somehow manage to put on the concert they’ve always envisioned.

“It’s their chance to get over what held them back when they were younger,” Smith said.

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CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER

Starting Saturday, The Folklore Society of Greater Washington will celebrate the end of summer with a series of concerts deemed the Celtic “triple threat.” The series gets underway Saturday night at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Silver Spring with The Big Reel No. 1, a performance from The New Century American Irish-Arts Company.

Sept. 20 will feature the Ocean Celtic Quartet in Falls Church, Va., and Ireland’s own South Roscommon Singers will cap off the series with a performance at Glen Echo on Sept. 22.

“We’re thrilled to offer these three concerts,” said Marty Summerour, program chair for The Folklore Society.

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“Row of Macarons” by Jennifer Barlow will be on view as part of “Cuisine Art,” Aug. 26 to Sept. 28 at the Friendship Heights Visitor Center in Chevy Chase.

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Baltimore artist Martin Weishaar works with cardboard and other materials to evoke a mining operation in Appalachia in his exhibit on view through Sept. 8 at VisArts in Rockville.

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Marty Weishaar’s “Which Side Are You On?” continues to Sept. 8 at the Common Ground Gallery at VisArts in Rockville. By cobbling together mountains out of humble materials and surrounding them with paintings, drawings, photographs and stitchings, Weishaar’s works explore the complicated economic, social and ecological challenges surrounding resource extraction in the Appalachian Mountains.

Also on view to Sept. 8 are recent paintings by Josette Gestin in the Concourse Classroom; “Transverse,” a mixed-media installation by Ching Ching Cheng at the Gibbs Street Gallery and a Neena Birch retrospective in the Common Ground Gallery. Exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www. visartsatrockville.com.

“Cuisine Art,” a special juried exhibit composed of paintings, photographs and sculptures related to food and held in conjunction with the annual Taste of Friendship Heights, will be on view from Aug. 26 to Sept. 28 at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase. Juror is noted artist Millie Shott, art curator and instructor at the center. For more information, visit www.friendshipheightsmd.gov.

Knight falls A quest comes to a close this weekend, when Red Knight Production’s “Medieval Story Land” ends its run at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn. Written

by Scott Courlander and directed by Jason RED KNIGHT PRODUCTIONS Schlafstein, the 2012 “Medieval Story Land,” a parody Capital Fringe Fest of the swords and sorcery genre, selection is currently closes this weekend at the being remounted in Montgomery County, Gaithersburg Arts Barn. featuring an all new cast embroiled in swords, sorcery and sketch comedy.

For more information, including tickets and showtimes, visit www.gaithersburgmd.gov/artsbarn. Visit www.redknightproductions.com.

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“Pele’s Garden at Kilauea” by Michele Rubin is one of many works on view as part of a Glass Artist Show at Glen Echo Park.

From the fire “Glass, Glorious Glass,” featuring the work of 21 art glass center and resident and studio artists, is currently on view at the Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park.

An opening reception is scheduled for 4-6 p.m. Sunday at the gallery. The exhibit closes Sept. 15. The Art Glass Center at Glen Echo is a school, resource center and gallery for kilnformed glass, devoted to teaching and promoting the medium and to encouraging artists to explore its many facets. For more information, visit www.artglasscenteratglenecho.org.

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Longtime friends and firsttime artistic partners, director Jeremy Skidmore and actor Kimberly Gilbert will collaborate on the Round House Theatre production of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” opening today.

“Even though you’re living in a community of actors you know really well, sometimes the perfect time to work together takes a long time to manifest,” Skidmore said. “In this case, it took a really long time.”

Skidmore and Gilbert have been friends for 13 years but “Beauty Queen,” a 1996 dark comedy by Irish playwright Martin McDonaugh, will be their first production together.

“I’ve wanted to work with him forever,” Gilbert said.

Though she was eager to collaborate with an old friend, Gilbert said “Beauty Queen” was entirely unfamiliar.

“I had never read it and never saw it,” Gilbert said. “But I was familiar with the playwright ... And then when I got the script, it was insane and brilliant and I loved it.”

“Beauty Queen” opened in Galway, Ireland, in 1996. After its month-long run on Broadway in 1998, the play earned six Tony Award nominations, winning four — Best Leading Actress in a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play, Best Featured Actress in a Play and Best Play Direction.

The show tells the story of Maureen, a spinster in her 40s, still living with her mother, Mag, a selfish and miserable woman, in their home in the Irish village of Leenane, Connemara. When Maureen is faced with one last

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chance at love and an escape from her pathetic life, Mag does her best to sabotage the opportunity. The Round House actors have been working with dialect coach Leigh Wilson Smiley to master the Irish accent. “[The play] can be heartbreaking one second and then laugh-out-loud funny in the next,” said Gilbert, who plays Maureen. “And those are the best kinds of plays in my opinion.”

It’s McDonaugh’s writing that Gilbert said drew her into the “Beauty Queen” script.

“I knew that Martin writes really grassroots human beings in not-so-great circumstances that find poetry in spite of their surroundings,” Gilbert said.

“And I find that so beautiful.”

Unlike Gilbert, this is not Skidmore’s first time working on a McDonaugh piece. In 2008, he directed the playwright’s “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” for Signature Theatre. Though he had read “Beauty Queen,” Skidmore said he’d never seen a production of the show.

“I remember how funny I thought it was and then ultimately at the end how much it took me by surprise,” Skidmore said. “The more films you watch and plays you see and scripts you read, it becomes more and more difficult to be caught by surprise,

Actors Todd Scofield and Kimberly Gilbert in a scene from the Round House Theatre production of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.” and I think that’s something McDonaugh’s really good at.”

Both Skidmore and Gilbert said McDonough’s portrayal of a small town is something that struck them.

“I grew up in a series of small towns and I guess what I’ve noticed ... there’s always two ways in which to step out of the microcosm,” Skidmore said. “A person goes, ‘That’s it, I’m out of this town as soon as I graduate’ .. or they get married. The other is when an opportunity arises.”

“There are so many small towns even in America where there is just nothing to do,” Gilbert added. “You know those kinds of people who are stuck but who are just not going to be braver than

they think they can be ...”

She may be able to relate to “Beauty Queen’s” depiction of a small town, but one thing Gilbert said she can’t connect with her character. And she’s OK with that.

“Everyone has, on some molecular level, problems with their parents,” Gilbert said. “But it’s mountains to molehills on the difference between issues [Maureen] has with her mother and I have with mine ... I call my mother every day and tell her I love her as much as I can ... because, man, this character is starved for a positive role model.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

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Actors Sarah Marshall (Mag) and Kimberly Gilbert (Maureen) in a scene from the Round House Theatre production of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.”

IN THE ARTS DANCES Hollywood Ballroom, Aug. 23, Drop in lessons from 7:30-9 p.m., West Coast Swing Dancing with Dance Jam Productions at 9 p.m. ($15); Aug. 24, Latin Night with Mr. Mambo, workshops from 8-10 p.m., dancing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. ($18 for workshop and dance; $15 for dance only after 10 p.m.); Aug. 25, free East Coast Swing lesson at 7 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8 p.m. ($16); Aug. 28, free International Tango Routine lesson at 7:30 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8:15 p.m. ($16); Aug. 29, Tea Dance from 12:30-3:30 p.m. ($6), 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, www. hollywoodballroomdc.com Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd.

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Institute of Musical Traditions — Takoma Park, TBA, Takoma

Park Community Center, call for prices, times, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, 301-960-3655, www. imtfolk.org.

Institute of Musical Traditions — Rockville, TBA, Saint Mark

Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, call for prices, www.imtfolk.org.

Strathmore, 2013 Pacific Miss Asian American Beauty Pageant Final Competition, 7:30 p.m. Sept.

6; Dariush, 9 p.m. Sept. 7, call for venue, Locations: Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, www.strathmore. org.

ON STAGE Adventure Theatre, “Dr. Se-

uss’s Cat in the Hat,” to Sept. 2, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, www.adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Do or Die Mysteries, “Art of Murder,” Saturdays, to Aug. 26, 6:30 p.m. buffet, 7:30 p.m. show, $47.50 buffet and show, Flanagan’s Harp and Fiddle, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, 443-4223810, www.flanagansharpandfiddle.com Imagination Stage, “Lulu and the Brontosaurus,” Sept. 25 to Oct. 27, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, www.imaginationstage. org Olney Theatre Center, “A Chorus Line,” to Sept. 1, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, www. olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Circus!” to Sept. 1; 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, www.thepuppetco.org.

Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” Aug. 21 to Sept. 15; 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda.

240-644-1100, www.roundhousetheatre.org.

Round House Theatre, Silver Spring, TBA; 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, $15 for general ad-

mission, $10 for subscribers, patrons 30 and younger and seniors, 244-644-1100, www.roundhousetheatre.org.

Silver Spring Stage, One-Act Festival, to Aug. 25, 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturday, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. www.ssstage.org.

The Writer’s Center, Still Here Thinking of You: A Second Chance With Our Mothers, 2 p.m. Aug. 25, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, www. writer.org.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, Randall Lear and Ellyn Weiss, to Oct. 6,

vernissage on Sept. 21, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-9220162, www.adahrosegallery.com

The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, TBA, hours are 10 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda.

301-897-1518.

Gallery B, TBA; gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E. www.bethesda.org.

Glenview Mansion, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Greater Washington, to Sept. 30, Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. www.rockvillemd. gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, “Ab-

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Washington Printmakers Gallery, 16th annual National Small

Works Exhibition, to Aug. 25, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, second Floor, 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, www.washingtonprintmakers.com.

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release event, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21 ($10); Denyse Pearson and Her Gentlemen of Distinction, featuring Derek Gasque, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 22 ($10); Linwood Taylor, 8 p.m.

Aug. 23 ($15); Dana Fuchs, 8 p.m.

Aug. 24 ($30); Big Band Caliente: Latin Side of the Big Band, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 25 ($10); Gotta Swing Dance Night with All Wheel Jive, 8 p.m. Aug. 28 (beginner lesson at 7:30 p.m., $10); Project Natale, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 29 ($10); King Soul, 8 p.m. Aug. 30 ($10); Big Bad

straction,” to Sept. 10, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622.

VisArts, Neena Birch: Retrospective Response and Reception, to Sept. 8, Kaplan Gallery; Marty Weishaar, to Sept. 8, Common Ground Gallery; Ching Ching Cheng to Sept. 8, Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, www. visartsatrockville.org.

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days, 8:15 beginner lesson, 9-11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8, www.capitalblues.org.

Contra, Aug. 23, Janine Smith with In Wildness; Aug. 30, Louie Cromartie with Honeysuckle Rose, 7:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 p.m. dance, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $10, www.fridaynightdance.org.

Contra & Square, Aug. 25, Delaura Padovan with a Graham DeZarn Joint, 7:30 p.m., Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $12 for general, $9 for members, $5 for students, www.fsgw.org.

English Country, Aug. 21, Caller: Stephanie Smith; Aug. 28, Caller: Carol Marsh, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), www. fsgw.org.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8-10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240505-0339.

Swing, TBA, lesson at 8 p.m., dancing at 9 p.m., Glen Echo Park, $15, www.flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Sept. 1, Waltz Du Jour, 2:45-3:30 p.m. lesson, 3:30-6 p.m., dance, $10, www.waltztimedances.org.

Voodoo Daddy, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31 ($35), 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, 301-634-2222, www. bethesdabluesjazz.com The Fillmore Silver Spring, Reesa Renee’s Wonderland Cool Tour, 8 p.m. Aug. 23; Jagermeister Music Tour presents Molotov, 8 p.m. Aug. 26; One Koast Entertainment Presents: The Best of The Beltway Series, 6 p.m. Aug. 30; Kevin Hart’s Plastic Cup Boyz, 8 p.m. Aug. 31, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-960-9999, FillmoreSilverSpring.com, www. livenation.com.

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Jim Carrey’s mea culpa a good first step for ‘Kick-Ass 2’ BY

MICHAEL PHILLIPS CHICAGO TRIBUNE

“Kick-Ass 2,” the sequel to the 2010 adaptation of Scottish comic book author Mark Millar’s “Kick-Ass,” comes in right on the bubble: It’s no better, no worse and essentially no different from the jocular, clodhopping brutality of the first one. Here in writer-director Jeff Wadlow’s crimson bauble, Chloe Grace Moretz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson reprise their roles as Hit Girl and Kick-Ass, respectively — the homegrown, limb-lopping superheroes and high school classmates (he’s older, but she’s tougher) who spill more blood than a klutzy production assistant on a Tarantino shoot.

Jim Carrey plays a supporting role in “Kick-Ass 2,” that of Colonel Stars and Stripes, a born-again Christian and former mobster who leads a pack of alleged good-guy and goodgirl masked vigilantes cleaning up the streets. After filming the sequel but before its release Carrey disassociated himself, tweeting: “In all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence.” He cited the most recent example of an American school massacre, Sandy Hook, as the tragedy that “caused a change in my heart.”

Then came the counterarguments from Carrey’s “KickAss 2” collaborators, including Moretz. She presumably has a percentage of the sequel’s profits and sound business reasons to object.

“It’s a movie and it’s fake,” she said, “and I’ve known that since I was a kid … if anything, these movies teach you what not to do.” Separately Millar, who executive-produced the sequel, chimed in with his fiscal gratitude: “For your main actor

to publicly say, ‘This movie is too violent for me’ is like saying, ‘This porno has too much nudity.’”

Moretz’s comment was the oddest, the one about how “KickAss 2” instructs us in the costs of all that quippy, bloodthirsty street justice. Honestly, now. These movies do not teach anybody anything about avoiding the kickassery. Worse, director Wadlow’s fight sequences satisfy none of my action-movie requirements for clarity and excitement. They don’t even satisfy my cheapest revenge impulses.

The sequel sets up one round of heinousness after another, and the audience waits for the money shots. When the meanest girls in high school bully Mindy, aka Hit Girl (the bullying here is constant and hammering), she pulls out her late father’s “sick stick,” which causes instantaneous and simultaneous projectile-vomiting and projectile-diarrhea, and that is meant to be really sick, as in cool.

So is the scene of attempted rape, played for laughs and focusing on Christopher MintzPlasse’s self-made supervillain, who tries but fails to assault the vigilante (Lindy Booth) who calls herself “Night Bitch.”

(Honestly, this movie is rank.) I can only imagine how this scene will play to the assault victims in the audience, especially when Booth’s character, hospitalized though apparently unviolated, says: “It’s my own fault.”

I want to be believe Carrey’s 11th-hour apology. Clearly he read the script (his character’s dog bites off the genitals of his adversaries) and he may have done a quick body count in his head while reading. But it’s not the quantity of the carnage in a movie, it’s the quality, and as staged and filmed “Kick-Ass 2”

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Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes.

KICK-ASS 2 n 1 1/2 stars n R; 107 minutes n Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey n Directed by Jeff Wadlow

is a cruddy mediocrity. Near the end Moretz’s character says she must leave New York City and hide out because “vigilantes don’t get a free pass.” It’s the best joke in the movie; in terms of its own hypocritical morality, “Kick-Ass 2” hands out free passes left and right.

From left, Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) refuses to be intimidated by The Mother F%&*^r (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) in the follow-up to 2010’s irreverent global hit: “Kick-Ass 2.”

Salvation for the 99 percent in ‘Elysium’ MICHAEL PHILLIPS CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Viewed from an aerial narrative perspective, writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s 22nd-centuryset “Elysium” is about an ex-con factory worker (played by Matt Damon), a man suffering from a radiation dosage strong enough to kill anyone whose name isn’t above his movie’s title. Max, Damon’s character, dedicates an eventful few days on a decrepit, polluted Earth and a fancy gated community in the sky to ensuring

legal citizenship and health care coverage for all.

With most films, that’d be enough to cut out half the potential American audience. But effective, evocative science fiction, which “Elysium” is, has a way of getting by with an ILA (Insidious Liberal Agenda) in the guise of worst-case dystopia.

Loaded with action, a lot of it excitingly imagined, “Elysium” boasts many of the teeming strengths of South African filmmaker Blomkamp’s previous R-rated sci-fi success, “District

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ELYSIUM n 3 stars n R; 109 minutes n Cast: Matt Damon, Jody Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga n Directed by Neil Bomkamp

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On Elysium, everything from

a broken wrist to cancer can be cured by a quick lie-down in the home-installed “med bay.” On Elysium, the fearsome defense secretary, in cahoots with EPI (Evil Private Industry, personified by William Fichtner), is played by Jodie Foster.

By design, her performance is only slightly less robotic than the Maschinenmensch robot woman, Maria, in Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis,” a major influence on Blomkamp’s movie.

After Max suffers the lifethreatening radiation blast in an industrial accident, he joins forces with an underground revolutionary (Wagner Moura) intent on kidnapping Elysium’s CEO. In exchange, Max receives his sole hope for survival: a free ride on an illegal flight to the promised land, where he can be cured in a near-instant.

Start to finish, “Elysium” puts its main man through the mill. With only days to live, Max must fend off attacks from a psychotic mercenary recently let go from Elysium’s payroll. He’s played by Sharlto Copley, the feverish overactor who starred in “District 9.”

Damon has an awfully good nose for material; even when “Elysium” grows allegorically

simplistic or familiar, the script avoids pounding cliche, and Blomkamp and his design and effects teams give us a plausibly harsh idea of things to come.

Some things are fun, such as the bubblelike opaque cocoons designed to keep 22nd-century bullets from doing any harm.

Other things decidedly are not fun, such as the artful panoramic vistas revealing just how lousy a life we’ll be inheriting in the year 2154.

As did Alfonso Cuaron’s “Children of Men” (2006), “Elysium” relies on a protagonist who isn’t puffed up with bravado, the way a prototypical Tom Cruise hero tends to be in these kinds of stories. Damon has true regular-guy appeal, and while she hasn’t enough to play, Alice Braga (as his childhood sweetheart) matches up well with Damon’s man on the run.

I like Blomkamp’s casting; we’re spending time with a multinational array of interesting faces and voices. The future according to “Elysium” may rest on the shoulders of a bankable, likable American movie star, but he’s fighting for something larger than himself.

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Alinea: A wine connoisseur’s dream is just a short flight away Inventive, exciting, imaginative, fascinating, thrilling, exceptional, delicious, amazing ... the list of superlatives used to describe dinner at Alinea is nearly as long as the drive from O’Hare to the restaurant’s location in Chicago’s Lincoln Park district. At Alinea, a refined, exquisitely prepared meal is transformed into performance art where the chef, staff and diner are each intimately involved in the entire experience.

It is no easy feat to match wines with ingredients as varied as rabbit, cherry blossom, wasabi and smoke.

The courses dance from light and airy (green apple taffy balloon) to multifaceted and profound, each designed to require the diners to interact with the preparations. This makes the wine pairings even more difficult since there are often multiple options within each course that provide different intensities

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BY LOUIS MARMON and sequences of flavors. Not surprisingly, the talented team at Alinea made outstanding wine selections that both complemented and enhanced the evening’s multiple dishes.

Alinea offers two levels of wine pairings. Considering the price of the evening and the reputation of the establishment, it was easy to opt for the less exclusive choice, confident that the wines would be both excellent and surprising. They opened with Jean Lalle-

ment et Fils “Verzanay” Brut Grand Cru Champagne. One of the smaller cham-

pagne producers, Lallement farms slightly less than 10 acres in Montagne de Reims, Champagne’s most northern

region. A blend of 80 percent Pinot and 20 percent Chardonnay, it had floral, fig and citrus aromas that extended into subtle stone fruit, melon, honey and herbaceous flavors. The long finish was complemented with clove, pepper and candied fruit.

The next pairing wasn’t really a wine, but rather Sake which is produced by fermenting rice in a fashion similar to making beer. The Takasago Ginza Shizuku “Divine Droplets” Junmai Daiginjo-shu is created in igloos

located in the northern Japanese province of Hokkaido when the temperature falls below 14 degrees. It was silky, very fragrant beauty that began with cedar, mint and slightly salty aromas which flowed beautifully into delicate honeydew, jasmine, and mineral notes with an almost sweet, persistent finish.

German Rieslings are underappreciated in the U.S. The Dr. Thanisch “Berncasteler Doctor” Kabinett 2010 — so named because a 13th century Archbishop was miraculously cured with a sip of wine from this vineyard — is one of the country’s finest Rieslings. Elegant, refined and enticingly complex, it had pear, peach and smoky spice fragrances that led into concentrated and ideally balanced apple, melon, and pear flavors combined with hints of petrol, honey and minerals.

It is an axiom that it is nearly impossible to pair any wine with artichokes. That is why the surprising Lopez de Heredia “Vina Gravonia” Blanco 2003 was such an inspired,

ideal choice. A Rioja white created from 50 year old vines, this 100 percent Viura had almond, honey and stone fruit aromas that joined layers of

oak, apple, earth, wax and pear flavors to provide a complex, medium-bodied and unique foil to the earthiness and flavors of the artichokes.

Complementing the veal cheeks and a melange of “spring bounty” was the Ar. Pe. Pe. Grumello “Rocca de Piro” Valtellina 2006, a sophisticated Nebbiolo with a nose of candied cherry, roses and raspberries expanding into notes of dark berries, earth and leather. Chosen to pair with a diverse panoply of condiments to savor with five different duck preparations was the marvelous Chateau Musar 2004 that showed spicy dark cherry, raspberry, toffee and subtle gamey favors. The best of the dessert wine offerings was the delicious caramel, honey and lemon peel flavored Disznoko 5 Puttonyos Tokaji-Aszu 2005,

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is dedicated to bringing folk musicians and performances to venues in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. According to Summerour, the group supports more than 200 events a year.

“I saw the New Century show almost a year ago at the Irish festival in Fairfax,” Summerour said. “ ... I just said, ‘I have to produce this show.’”

Based in D.C., New Century offers programs in both performance and professional development in an effort to make Irish music accessible to the public.

The performance branch of the company is broken into two ensembles: The New Century Ceili Band and The New Century American Irish-American Company. The latter is the group of 20 dancers and musicians who will perform at Saturday’s concert.

Peter Brice of Annapolis founded New Century in 2011 along with choreographer and step-dancer Kate Bole. According to Brice, his ancestors immigrated to Annapolis from Ireland around 1698. Though he said he didn’t grow up with a strong Irish tradition, Brice, a button accordion player, said he “took up Irish music because [he] loved the sound.”

Brice went on to graduate from the Peabody Conservatory Preparatory program and earn a bachelor’s degree in Irish Traditional Music and Dance from the University of Limerick.

The New Century style of Irish music is largely informed by the legacy of accordionist and composer Billy McComiskey, fiddler and composer Brendan Mulvihill and Irish dance expert Peggy O’Neill. Though she is now deceased, O’Neill’s daughter Laureen and other instructors carry on her legacy through instruction at the O’Neill James School of Irish Dance.

McComiskey, who taught Brice to play the accordion, and Mulvihill came to D.C. from their native New York in 1975. They played as The Irish Tradition, frequenting The Dubliner, an Irish pub on Capitol Hill. Their sound drew heavily on the accordion tradition that comes out of Galway. The sound developed by McComiskey and Mulvihill in the 1970s and the style of dance made popular by O’Neill in the 1960s has helped to define the Maryland tradition of Irish music and New Century’s style of music.

“We have a native style of Irish traditional music that we’ve grown here,” Brice said. “With this rooted Maryland identity, [we’re] able to bring it home.”

Beyond their accordion-fueled sound, which differentiates them from Irish traditional music in New York which is largely defined by the fiddle, another unique trait about the members of New Century is their heritage.

“Not everyone is of Irish decent,” Brice said.

And even those such as Brice who are of Irish decent are more likely to be several generations removed from the country.

“In Washington and Maryland, this Irish tradition would be the province of native-born Americans as opposed to places like New York or Boston where it’s still often played by the first

Smith, who covered all four roles in the original play Off Broadway, said the show has beautiful music — arrangements by James Raitt of classics such as “Three Coins in a Fountain,” “Heart and Soul,” “Catch a Falling Star” and “Love is a Many-Splendored Thing.”

It is also very funny and also very touching, he said.

“It’s not a jukebox musical — it’s very well crafted,” said Smith. “It has a script and things happen, the guys change.”

The leader of the group is Frankie, played by Austin Colby, who studied theater at American University and lives in Silver Spring.

“Of all the four, he’s probably the most confident but even he gets a little nervous,” said Colby about his character, who must deal with his asthma attacks and the insecurities of his fellow singers.

“He cares about the guys, and he constantly wants to keep the show going,” Colby said.

“It’s great music, and the characters are charming,” he said. “You’re rooting for them to come out of their shell.”

Brandon Duncan, who plays Smudge, agrees with Colby about the music. In fact, all four actors said they have enjoyed singing together on and off stage.

“I love all the super-tight harmonies,” said Duncan, who studied musical theater at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. Some of the humor in the show is based on the singers trying to update the between-songs patter they wrote in 1964 for the audience they’re now in front of, he said. Humor also arises out of the quirks and maladies of the singers.

“They’re all nerdy characters who don’t know what’s going on,” said Duncan. “But they never laugh at each other. They’re there to lift each other up.”

Duncan said Smudge, for example, is definitely a worrier.

“He’s like the Eeyore of the group, he doesn’t want to be there,” he said. “He’s a more introverted panicker [than the others], but by the end, his glasses fly off and he has a big solo.”

Jinx, played by Chris Rudy, also gets a solo, “Cry,” made famous by Johnny Ray in the 1950s.

“Jinx is the shy one of the group, but the others are very protective of him,” said Rudy, who studied theater at Towson University.

A high tenor, Jinx is a lot more comfortable when he’s singing than when he’s talking to people, but the problem is that when he hits a high A, he gets a nosebleed.

He’s also dealing with a bad case of stage fright.

“He never remembers what moves he’s supposed to do or what the lyrics are,” Rudy said.

Jinx is also experiencing a spell of sibling rivalry with his more outgoing step-brother Sparky, played by David Landstrom, who studied at American University in Washington, D.C. “Sparky is energetic, he’s the life of the party,” said Landstrom. “He loves the spotlight, and he’s always talking to the audience and mugging.”

“It’s a fun role,” he said. “There’s a lot of energy you have to give off, it’s all very specific [to each character].”

He said one of the challenges of the role is balancing the humor and the emotion in the musical, both of which he appreciates.

“This isn’t a typical jukebox musical,” Landstrom said. “It’s really original, and it has more substance. It’s very touching. It gets me. It’s not just a collection of songs.”

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Continued from Page A-11 rated music into several of your shows. How important is funk and blues and jazz to you?

Sinbad: For me, see, it was always music before comedy when I was coming up. I was in bands growing up and I was playing drums by the time I was in fifth grade. I had been playing music for 30 years as I became a comic right after I went to college to play basketball. It was always in me. I was a DJ and I was collecting music and listening to music. I would rather go see a live band than go to the clubs to hang out. For me, as I saw the music I love, the thing I love, start to leave … it’s not just about being old.

You listen at these young folks’ music, they have live music growing up, but it was just that it was going away. It was dying.

It just bothered me. So I do everything that I can to keep it alive. I always talk about it because I think when you take away a culture’s music, you lose that culture.

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New Century dancer Kate Kliner.

THE BIG REEL NO. 1 n When: 8 p.m. Saturday n Where: 805 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring n Tickets: $16 for nonmembers, $13 for FSGW members, $40 for family (two adults, two children), $10 for students n For information: FSGW.org n Upcoming concerts: The Ocean Quartet will perform Sept. 20 at Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, Va., and the South Roscommon Singers will perform Sept. 22 at Glen Echo Town Hall in Glen Echo.

generations,” Brice said.

But it’s their distance from the Irish culture

A&E: You’ve spent your career working clean and avoiding R and NC-17 material. Was that a conscious decision by you or was that just came naturally because you grew up the son of a preacher?

Sinbad: Well, just because you’re a son of a preacher doesn’t make you that way.

Sometimes you’re more crazy.

I always liked controversial stuff. I think sometimes you need to push the limit. When I first started out, I was dirty, but we were trying to be Richard Pryor, man. All of us was trying to be Richard. He had set that standard. I said, “Man, we all sound the same.” We were a cheap imitation. It’s like being a Gucci bag knockoff. We were like Gocci — we would never be Gucci. ... I just wanted to do something different. I flipped it — I didn’t change my routine, I just changed the words. I didn’t change one thing that I talked about. I realized, “Man, not only can I be funny, I actually can become more controversial and talk about more stuff because I’m not cussing because I can get your attention.”

that Brice said makes The New Century sound and look distinct.

“What’s really important about the work that we’re doing is that we’ve broken the IrishAmerican mold,” he said. “Sometimes IrishAmericans have an inferiority complex about Irish traditional music ... that they couldn’t possibly have it right ... In this area, we weren’t raised in it so we’re approaching it as we want to understand it fully ...”

With their combination of 1960s and 1970s influences along with their own creative spin, Summerour said New Century has managed to do something not all ensembles can.

“They celebrate the tradition that came before them,” Summerour said. “Peter is able to reach into the past but bring forth the future.”

A&E: Here recently, you’ve done some voiceover work with “American Dad” and the justreleased Walt Disney movie “Planes” — is that something you can see yourself doing more of in the future?

Sinbad: I did a lot of it back when I first came in. I did “Homeward Bound” where I played a horse. I’ve done quite a few voiceovers. For me, it’s fun. And it’s quick. I have fun in there. I know a lot of people don’t, but I have a ball. I found a way that works for me. When I came in to do “Planes,” my character was a one-afternoon taping and they liked what I did and I came back in about two more times and they expanded the character.

A&E: Sports seem to be a big part of your life — you played basketball and you starred as a defensive lineman in “Necessary Roughness.” Are you still big into sports?

Sinbad: There was a time in my life when I was coming up — I love basketball like a person needs water to live. I loved it. I think basketball got

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Comedian Sinbad voices the character Roper in Disney’s “Planes.” me to where I need to be as a comedian. When I first started, I was a terrible athlete. I mean, I cried I was so bad. That’s why I love my father so much. He’s the one that said, “Look, we can change this if you work hard.” And I got mad because I didn’t have this natural ability. He said, “There’s this thing called persistence and not giving up.” I said, “That’s not a talent!” And I realized it is. He

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I said let me do the stuff I’ve been writing. I want to direct. I want to produce other things. That’s what I’m excited about. As far as TV, I don’t know if I’ll do sitcom work again because once reality shows came in, you can’t make anything funnier than real cable now. Pawn boys and duck people, you can’t write that.

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The Warm and Fuzzy, 10-11 a.m., Brookside Nature Center, 1400 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton.

Learn about mammals during a presentation and outdoor hike. Register at www.parkpass.org.

Pre-K Nature Art and Adventure, 10:3011:30 a.m., Brookside Nature Center, 1400 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. Explore the woods and meadow, and create a picture. $6. Register at www.parkpass.org.

Family Night Out: Investigate the Stream, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Meadowside Nature Center, 5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville. Use nets to see what’s active in the stream. $5. Register at www.parkpass.org.

When Parents Disagree on How to Parent, 7-10 p.m., Parent Encouragement Program, 10100 Connecticut Ave., Kensington. This workshop will show how parents can collaborate, despite different parenting styles, in raising their children. $45. 301-929-8824.

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Adult Literacy Tutor Information Session, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Help adults learn to read, write or speak English. Free, registration required. 301-610-0030.

Wicked Jezabel concert, 6:30 p.m., Rockville Rooftop Live, 155 Gibbs St., sixth floor, Rockville. A party band delivering songs from the ’60s to today. $10. nicole@rockvillerooftoplive.com.

Montgomery Hospice Drop-in Discussion About Grief and Healing, 6:30-8 p.m., Mont-

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Family Support Group meeting, 7:30-9 p.m., Parish Hall of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, 1513 Dunster Road, Rockville. For the families and friends of people who have depression or bipolar illness. Free. 301-299-4255.

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Tour of National Park Seminary, 1-3 p.m., National Park Seminary, 2755 Cassedy St., Silver Spring. A guided walking tour and peek at archived items. $5 for nonmembers of Save Our Seminary. info@saveourseminary.org.

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Bethesda teen, recovering from surgery, takes to Jai-walking PEOPLE & PL ACES AGNES BLUM

Teen works with nonprofit on pregnancy prevention Malachi Stoll, 16, of Bethesda has been named a

member of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy’s 2013-14 Youth Leadership Team. The team is a diverse group of 17 teens from across the country, each of whom will serve an 18-month term.

The group held its first meeting in Washington, D.C., this month.

Teens don’t know the many ways to protect themselves and avoid pregnancy, Stoll said. He said he hopes through his work with the nonprofit that he can help educate his peers about the consequences of teen pregnancy.

Team members participate in activities that promote teen pregnancy prevention, such as serving as youth advisers, planning projects in their communities to raise awareness and visiting Capitol Hill to meet with their senators and representatives to discuss the issue.

Back-to-School Fair is Saturday in Rockville Montgomery County Public Schools will kick off the 201314 school year with its annual Back-to-School Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville.

The fair will feature information and resources for parents, children’s activities and entertainment. Gift certificates and prizes will be given out throughout the day and free refreshments will be provided.

Highlights will include performances by student and community groups, appearances by local celebrities and health screenings. School staff members will be available to answer questions on programs and Curriculum 2.0, the curriculum that is being implemented in all elementary classrooms this year.

Representatives will be present from community and county organizations, including the Department of Health

ing. The next day, the artists will meet with the exhibit jurors for a series of professional development activities, including discussions on how to prepare a portfolio and a critical assessment of their current work.

The artists also will meet with directors and curators from contemporary galleries in Washington, D.C., learning how to make connections with museum professionals in their own cities and how gallery exhibitions are selected and produced.

The free exhibit will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

After the exhibit closes in January, it will be on a national tour of museums and galleries.

and Human Services, Montgomery College, Montgomery County Public Libraries and the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. One change this year is that backpacks filled with school supplies will not be distributed at the fair. Instead, backpacks are being distributed to students in need at more than 40 schools.

Limited parking will be available at Montgomery College across the street. Free shuttle buses will run throughout the day, starting at 10:30 a.m., between the fair and the following sites: • Gaithersburg: Shady Grove Middle School, Watkins Mill High School.

• Germantown: Northwest High School, Seneca Valley High School.

• Kensington: Albert Einstein High School.

• Rockville: Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville High School.

• Silver Spring: Montgomery Blair High School, John F. Kennedy High School, Paint Branch High School, Springbrook High School.

• Wheaton High School.

For more information, contact the Office of Community Engagement and Partnerships at 301-279-3100 or visit montgomeryschoolsmd.org.

Golf tournament is fundraiser for foundation What started as a family golf tournament in 2006 has become a family, friends and beyond event to raise money for the Casey Cares Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing programs to critically ill children and their families.

Vince and Linda Crivella of Potomac, Bart and Margy Crivella of Rockville, and Vince and Linda’s sons and their wives, Nick and Susan of Millersville and Vince Jr. and Michele of Morris Plains, N.J., decided to turn their fun time together into a charity fundraiser. In the last two years, they have raised $55,000 for Casey Cares, Vince Crivella said.

“Our original plan was to pick a different charity each year,” Crivella said. “But when Casey Cares popped up, we said we are going to stick with that.”

Casey Cares was appealing because it benefits critically ill children and their families, he said.

“It’s a regional charity that is growing,” Crivella said. “We figured we could have a greater impact.”

Casey Cares showed its appreciation to the Crivella family by presenting them with its Champions of Children Award for 2013.

“That is a lifetime achievement,” Crivella said.

This year’s golf fundraiser will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 14 at Musket Ridge Golf Club in Meyersville. It is open to the public. Golfers can register

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“I’m used to it — it’s become a part of life,” says Jaiwen Hsu, age 14, of his leg prosthesis. Here with his mother, Jeng Hsu, at their Bethesda home, Jaiwen has an aggressive form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma and plans to participate in Children National’s first Race For Every Child 5K in October. at www.crivellagolf.com. The tournament will be followed by a barbecue dinner and silent auction. Those interested in volunteering or becoming sponsors can call Crivella at 301-922-3847.

Campus congrats Alex Olivier of Bethesda received a bachelor’s in film and video from Columbia College Chicago in May.

County humane society seeks board members The Montgomery County Humane Society is looking for experienced individuals to serve on its board of directors.

The nonprofit wants people who will bring expertise and enthusiasm to help steer the organization toward new growth.

Experience in fundraising, capital campaigns, finance and governance is a plus, according to a news release.

Two-year terms will begin January.

The organization provides animal welfare services to the community, including privately funded programs such as foster care, placement in private rescues, adoption assistance, animal enrichment programs, medical coordination and veterinary care, volunteer coor-

dination, humane learning and education for adults and children, public workshops, and community outreach.

Those interested should submit a letter of interest and current resume by Sept. 20.

Applicants must be members of the Montgomery County Humane Society in good standing at the time of application.

To apply or for more information, contact Lisa Corbett at 14645 Rothgeb Drive, Rockville, MD 20850; email lcorbett@ mchumane.org; or call 240-7735973.

Teen artist’s work heads to Smithsonian David Ross of Bethesda is one of 15 artists with disabilities between 16 and 25 years old whose work will be shown from Oct. 1 to Jan. 5 at the Smithsonian Institution’s S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington, D.C. VSA, an international organization on arts and disability and an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with support from Volkswagen Group of America, is presenting the show, “In/ finite Earth.”

The artists, from around the country, will be honored at a private reception displaying their artwork on Sept. 10 in the Rayburn House Office Build-

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He’s learning to walk again with a prosthesis in his left femur, sometimes with a slight limp. And on Oct. 5, he plans to walk a 5K in Washington, D.C., in Children’s National Medical Center’s first Race for Every Child.

Jaiwen Hsu, 14, has osteosarcoma, one of the most common and aggressive forms of bone cancer. It most often affects children undergoing growth spurts, according to the American Cancer Society.

Jaiwen had surgery July 10 to fix the expansion module in his prosthesis. It was not allowing his leg to lengthen while he grows, according to his mother Jeng Hsu. “The whole struggle now is getting him to walk,” Hsu said.

“He regressed a lot and is building back strength.”

After surgery, Jaiwen, of Bethesda, first used crutches, then one crutch. Now he doesn’t need any when walking.

Once he stops growing, Jaiwen is expected to need another surgery to replace his current prosthesis with a permanent one.

Sometimes he hears the prosthesis, which sounds like gears clanking.

“I’m used to it — it’s become a part of life,” Jaiwen said.

“I accept that it’s got to be like this.”

He receives physical therapy and is working on running as soon as he can.

Jaiwen said he tries to ignore the pain, which can be unexpected and intermittent.

“I’ve had to learn to be tough myself and not rush to him every time,” Hsu said.

Jaiwen came up with the name for his race team, JaiWalkers, when his family was trying to incorporate his name into the team name.

In the October race, he plans to walk the 3.1 miles with his family: parents Jeng and Jim; two sisters, Kailin, 22, and Kaiwei, 18; a brother, Jamie, 21; and his grandmother Shiu-hua.

“The goal is this year we’ll walk beside him and next year he’ll run beside us,” his mother said.

The October race is expected to be held at Freedom Plaza and also have a 100-yard children’s dash and face painting. Registration is $30.

Almost 2,000 people have registered to participate, according to Erica Corcoran, the associate director of philanthropic marketing and communications at the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

The Hsu family was limited to where they could go this summer, as Jaiwen can’t be submerged in water. Now his focus is starting school at Walt

Whitman High next week.

He’s a little nervous because the school is bigger than Thomas W. Pyle Middle School, which he attended. But his older siblings have filled him in on the routines he’ll need.

“I’ll have to look at a floor plan and see the fastest routes,” Jaiwen said. “And I’ll let my teachers know. They’ll understand.”

Jai-Walkers are currently the top fundraisers for the Race for Every Child. Their goal is $10,000 and they raised $8,600 as of Monday.

Donations to the Jai-Walkers can be made at childrensnational.donordrive.com.

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The Montgomery County Council has added a second day of public hearings on a proposed 10-route, 79-mile bus rapid transit system.

The hearings will start at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 and 26 in the third-floor council hearing room at the council’s office building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville.

Those interested in testifying should call 240-777-7803.

The deadline to register to testify at a hearing is 10 a.m. that day.

For more information about the plan, visit montgomeryplanning.org/transportation/ highways/brt.shtm

Artist studios for rent The Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District are now accepting artist applications for Studio B, which is at 7475 Wisconsin Ave. Studio B has space for artist studios and exhibitions for three selected artists. Artists who live in Maryland, Washington or Virginia are eligible to apply. Studios will be available beginning in the late fall. The deadline to apply is Sept. 27.

The studios will feature 24hour access, wireless Internet access, exhibition space and artist promotion provided by the Bethesda Urban Partnership. All studios are work-only and rent includes all utilities.

Studios cost $475, $405 and $295 per month.

For more information and an application, visit www. bethesda.org/bethesda/studiob

DEATHS Rosalie A. Cabrera Rosalie “Rosie” A. Cabrera, 48, of Poolesville died Aug. 11, 2013. A memorial service took place at 11 a.m. Aug. 17 at the Hilton Funeral Home in Barnesville.

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A former Germantown bank teller was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for embezzling money from elderly clients and a restaurant, and for tax evasion.

From November 2010 to July 2012, Irene Quansah, 37, used her position as a teller coordinator at a Kensington branch of SunTrust Bank to fraudulently withdraw funds from customers’ accounts and failed to deposit customer funds, according to her plea agreement.

On Dec. 28, 2010, she withdrew $10,000 from the account of an elderly woman, returning the money from funds drawn off of her teller vault only after the customer complained to bank officials about the unauthorized withdrawal, according to the plea.

On five occasions from December 2010 to April 2011, Quansah withdrew a total of $11,550 from another elderly woman’s ac-

count, falsely noting that the fraudulent withdrawals were done at the customer’s request.

In February 2011, the daughter of a third elderly woman presented savings bonds to Quansah to redeem and deposit the proceeds into her mother’s account.

Quansah deposited only a portion of the proceeds into the customer’s account, stealing at least $9,975. In September 2011 Quansah was asked to redeem savings bonds valued at $25,179 and deposit the proceeds into another elderly woman’s account, but Quansah deposited only $13,343, keeping the rest for herself, according to her plea agreement.

On nine occasions from September 2011 to March 2012, Quansah stole a total of $65,850 from an elderly couple’s account, again falsely noting that the withdrawals were made at the couple’s request.

After the elderly man complained to bank officials about these unauthorized withdrawals, Quansah refunded the account using funds drawn off of a friend’s line of credit, according to the plea. About an hour later, Quansah debited her teller vault to repay her friend’s line of credit.

On at least 100 occasions Quansah took cash from cash deposits made by Kensington Restaurant at an ATM, stealing a total of $35,696, according to the plea.

On Aug. 1, 2012, bank officials conducted a surprise audit of Quansah’s cash drawer and teller vault, which revealed a shortage of $87,900. Quansah admitted in the plea to taking the money.

The total amount Quansah embezzled was $144,908. She did not report any of that on her tax returns and thus owed from $30,000 to $80,000 in taxes for underreporting her income.

U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Quansah to two years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for embezzlement and income tax evasion.

She also was ordered to pay restitution of $144,908 to the bank and $30,000 to the Internal Revenue Service.

“Ms. Quansah is extremely remorseful for her conduct in this case and would like to apologize to all of the customers of SunTrust Bank who were victimized; she will work hard to repay the money owed,” her attorney, Megan Coleman, told The Gazette Friday.

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MARLENA CHERTOCK STAFF WRITER

Suburban Hospital received a $2.5 million donation from the Bender Foundation in August, which will help fund the hospital’s campus enhancement project, expected to begin in 2014.

The donation is the largest gift that Suburban Hospital received this year, allowing the hospital to exceed its $6 million annual fundraising goal.

The Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously approved plans in April that include more private patient rooms, larger operating rooms, additional parking, improved traffic and pedestrian circulation and more physician office space in the Bethesda hospital.

The project also plans to redesign the emergency room and private operating rooms to be better connected, according to Jacky Schultz, the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Suburban Hospital.

“Suburban has been interested in a gift from the Bender Foundation for a couple of years now.

We really thought it was the time.”

David Silver, Bender Foundation The 238-bed hospital is Montgomery County’s only designated trauma center and is also a primary stroke center. “[The campus enhancement] will help maintain what we think is state-of-the-art health care,” said David Silver, who serves on the Bender Foundation and as the chairman of the Suburban Hospital board. “Suburban has been interested in a gift from the Bender Foundation for a couple of years now. We really thought it was the time.”

The enhancement project has progressed through approvals far enough that the Bender council was confident to make a commitment, Silver said.

Promoting and supporting heath and health care is one of the main missions of the Bender Foundation, according to Julie Bender Silver, president of the Bender Foundation and daughter of Sondra and Howard Bender. The Bender family has relied on Suburban Hospital’s facilities when

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KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

With less than two months until enrollment opens under sweeping federal health insurance changes, Montgomery County is preparing its education, outreach, eligibility and enrollment services for nearly 222,000 uninsured residents of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Montgomery was one of two public health departments among a total of six partners selected by the state to serve as a “connector entity” in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” Each connector entity will provide enrollment assistance to the uninsured and to small employers in its region. Six regions were identified across the state.

Maryland’s regional approach ensures that the state’s uninsured and underserved communities are provided with in-person assistance as the new health insurance coverage options become available in October, according to a news release from the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange.

Maryland will offer insurance through the Maryland Health Connection, the statebased health insurance marketplace, and Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services will provide enrollment services and assistance to residents, county spokeswoman Mary Anderson said.

“We will be working here in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties to identify and then to enroll all the eligible people in our region into these health plans,” Anderson said.

Anderson said the county will

be hiring about 40 full- and parttime employees to serve as “navigators” and assistants who will aid and enroll residents in a plan.

Residentswillhaveoptionsfor enrolling in a health plan, including online, over the phone and in person through the services provided by the county, she said.

To provide the navigators and education, the county was granted $7.8 million from the state and federal government for a one-year period, Anderson said.

To reach residents in all corners of its region, Montgomery has subcontracted with community-based organization partners including: Prince George’s County Health Department, Prince George’s County Department of Social Services, Benefits Data Trust, Casa of Maryland, Community Clinic, Family Services, Interfaith Works, Korean Community Services Center of Greater Washington, Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care and Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County.

To help answer questions, Anderson said the county’s new exchange website will launch this week and that the county will host a series of forums starting Monday on the Affordable Care Act. The forums will provide residents the opportunity to learn about the insurance coverage and potential assistance available through Maryland Health Connection, according to a county news release. The schedule: • Wednesday, 7 to 8:30 p.m., East County Regional Center at 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring.

• Thursday, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Upcounty Regional Center at 12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown.

• Sept. 3, 7 to 8:30 p.m., MidCounty Regional Center at 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton.

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Howard Bender, here with his late wife, Sondra, donated $2.5 million to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda through the Bender Foundation, which will help the hospital’s campus enhancement project. It will establish the Sondra D. Bender Fund for nursing excellence and dedicate the Sondra & Howard Bender Emergency/Trauma Center. they were sick, including when Howard Bender needed open heart surgery, Bender Silver said.

The Bender Foundation Inc., based in Washington, D.C., and started by Julie’s grandfather, Jack Bender, contributes to over 70 nonprofit organizations annually.

The renovated emergency/trauma center will also be dedicated as the Sondra & Howard Bender Emergency/Trauma Center, according to an Aug. 12 press release from the hospital. Sondra Bender died last year on Feb. 22. She was 78.

A portion of the $2.5 million gift will be used to establish the Sondra D. Bender Fund for Nursing Excellence. The current nursing fund was running low, according to Schultz.

The fund helps promote nursing excellence by sending nurses to seminars and sometimes helping to fund their bachelor’s

degrees.

“We count on donor money to be able to do that,” Schultz said.

The Bender Foundation gift is considered a leadership gift, which is designated for larger donation amounts, according to Silver. It is a loose term used in philanthropy to encourage others to give.

The hospital has also received gifts from more than 2,000 individual donors and organizations this year .

“Philanthropy is so important to us nonprofits,” Schultz said. “In anticipating a new building it becomes even more important. We were really grateful.”

Renderings of the enhancement project are available at suburbanhospital2020. com. mchertock@gazette.net

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ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER

White Flint Mall amped up its legal tussle with Lord & Taylor in a countersuit that claims the department store owes the mall at least $1 billion.

Lord & Taylor sued the North Bethesda mall in July, claiming the mall has been intentionally vacating tenants to prepare for demolition and redevelopment, which has caused customers to stop patronizing the shopping center. The suit seeks to block the redevelopment plan.

In its counterclaim, the mall’s owner, Lerner Enterprises of Rockville, says Lord & Taylor has known about the redevelopment plan for years, but has not tried to block the plan’s approval until now, when the mall has already spent millions on redevelopment efforts. White Flint seeks more than $1 billion in damages.

“Lord & Taylor timed its actions to maximize its perceived leverage in order to extract a payment from White Flint to get Lord & Taylor to drop its baseless objections so that the redevelopment can proceed,” says White Flint’s counterclaim, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland.

It also says that Lord & Taylor’s lawsuits will delay the redevelopment and could derail it completely.

The store’s lawsuit claimed that under a 1975 agreement signed before the mall was built, the mall owners cannot change its appearance without consent from Lord & Taylor. The mall opened in 1977.

In the counterclaim, the mall’s owners argue that White Flint Mall must redevelop into an open-air, mixed-use shopping center to remain viable.

Representatives for Lord & Taylor declined to comment on the counterclaim. Representatives for White Flint Mall did not return calls for comment Tuesday.

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KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

Federal sequestration budget cuts likely had “some impact” on jobs declining by about 9,200 statewide in July from June, Maryland Labor Secretary Leonard Howie said Monday.

The figures released by the federal Labor Department on Monday included a 2,400 loss in Montgomery and Frederick counties, those counties’ first month-to-month job loss since January. The public sector showed a 3,100 job loss in July, as private employers increased their overall workforce by 700.

Statewide, private jobs fell by almost 5,000 and government positions declined by 4,300. The county figures were unadjusted, while the statewide numbers were seasonally adjusted.

The July loss was the largest decline for that month in Maryland since an al-

most 11,000-job loss in 1991, according to federal labor figures. Montgomery and Frederick saw a 2,500 loss in July 2012.

“Federal contractors do have to monitor sequestration and adjust their budgets,” Howie said.

Normal summer employment cuts at educational institutions such as the University of Maryland system also played a part in the job reductions last month, he said. But in July 2012, the statewide decline was held to about 4,200, and in July 2011, the state gained some 8,600 jobs, according to federal figures.

Local employers cutting their work force last month included Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. About 2,400 civilian employees at Walter Reed, which combined into the former National Naval Medical Center in 2011, have been taking 11 unpaid furlough days since early July.

Sequestration has forced billions of dollars in across-the-board cuts at federal agencies that started in March.

Those furloughs caused some reductions in the number of operating rooms and other services at the mili-

tary hospital, which treats wounded soldiers. But the furloughs are ending, and services are “back to normal operations,” according to Walter Reed’s website.

Employers diversifying client base Judy Stephenson, small business navigator for the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, said she has not heard of any local contractors that have trimmed their work force lately.

“I’ve heard from small businesses that have been diversifying their client bases to attract more private clients so they are not as vulnerable to federal government slowdowns,” Stephenson said.

Planet Technologies, a Germantown information technology business, is among those diversifying more to the private sector. The company added some 44 employees between May 2012 and last May, Stephenson said.

Government contractor MVM of

Ashburn, Va., recently warned Maryland’s labor department it may lay off 106 workers in Silver Spring and College Park by Sept. 30 because of a possible contract loss. MVM provides security services for National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s facilities there.

Bethesda hotel giant Marriott International is seeing some substantial reductions in its government conference and event meetings at hotels. Government-related group business is expected to decline to 2 percent of Marriott’s overall group business this year from 5 percent three years ago, Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson said in a recent conference call.

“I don’t think any of us should think it’s going to get that much better any time soon,” Sorenson said of the government business. “Maybe the only good news about how weak it is, there is not much left to give up.”

Bethesda defense giant Lockheed Martin plans to increase international business substantially to make up for any potential budget reductions on domestic programs such as the F-35 fighter jet, CEO Marillyn A. Hewson said

in a conference call. “That’s where we are going to ramp up,” she said. “Over the next five years, close to 50 percent of our orders will come from international customers.”

Jobless rate rises Maryland’s unemployment rate last month rose slightly to 7.1 percent from 7.0 percent in June. July’s rate is preliminary and could be adjusted.

County jobless rates for July are due to be released Friday.

July’s statewide job loss was only the second monthly decline of 2013.

Since July 2012, Maryland jobs have risen by 39,000, including almost 10,000 in health care and 8,200 in professional, scientific and technical services.

In Montgomery and Frederick, most private sectors saw increases last month, led by a rise of 1,800 in health and education services. Since July 2012, about 17,000 jobs have been added in those counties, including almost 7,000 in professional services. kshay@gazette.net

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Montgomery County historically has ranked low in the number of deaths from alcohol and other drug overdoses, but a recent spike in heroin-related deaths has officials alarmed.

Seven overdose deaths have been tied to heroin use in Montgomery County since March, including six since the beginning of June, according to a news release on Aug. 14 from the county’s police department.

The seven deaths equal the total in 2010-12 combined.

The victims range in age from 19 to 45 and are spread

throughout the county, according to the release.

“To have seven in six weeks and seven in three years, that’s a big spike for us,” said Capt.

Nancy Demme, director of the police department’s Special Investigations Division.

Because of the increase, police have pooled their resources to try to create a “holistic” approach to solving the problem, she said.

Narcotics and homicide detectives work closely to investigate the deaths, trying to determine where the heroin came from, as well as investigating the death itself.

Demme pointed to increased efforts by the prescription drug industry to cut down on the abuse of their products, which they fear could drive more people toward heroin.

When addicts run into prob-

lems getting prescriptions for legal drugs filled, they often turn to heroin because it’s more readily available, Demme said.

But heroin varies widely in quality, rather than the controlled dosages of prescription pills, which can lead to a deadly mistake for some users.

Overdoses don’t cover all the deaths that come from heroin, said Raymond Crowel, chief of behavioral health and crisis services for Montgomery’s Department of Health and Human Services.

Suicides or deaths in vehicle crashes while using heroin are related to heroin use, but are not part of the overdose statistics, he said.

Last week’s announcement came less than a week after Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) met with officials from federal, state and local governments in Elkton to highlight the problem of deaths from

drug overdoses in Cecil County and throughout Maryland.

From 2007 to 2012, Cecil had the second-highest overdose death rate in the state, behind only Baltimore city, according to a release from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The death rate was calculated based on the number of overdose deaths per 100,000 residents, so jurisdictions could be compared fairly.

Montgomery County has the lowest overdose death rate in the state during the same time period, according to the state report.

As part of the state’s efforts to address the problem, both the state and individual counties have come up with overdose prevention plans, said Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin, acting director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration, part of the state health department.

Local jurisdictions will examine what data they haven’t mined, including that provided by treatment centers, emergency rooms, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and emergency medical services.

“How do we want to use all these data sources?” RebbertFranklin asked.

The local response also will establish commissions to review

each overdose death to try to find common denominators to prevent future deaths, she said.

Montgomery always has had a wide array of treatment options, ranging from preventive education to outpatient care, residential detox and aftercare that offers recovering addicts a chance to participate and engage with other people in recovery, Crowel said.

Obituary Thomas (Tom) Leo VanMiddlesworth

passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 13, 2013 after bravely fighting neck cancer for two and a half years. He was formerly of Martinsburg, West Virginia where he graduated from high school in 1970. Tom worked at Plummer’s Appliance & Boat Motors in Martinsburg, where Mr. Plummer was Tom’s mentor. Next he worked at Schmidt Bakery, where he was a mechanic. Tom went to Shepherd College and earned his BBA in Business Management at Marshall University. He used that knowledge to assist the long-term mentally ill to manage their budgets in small group homes; he ran the Corporate Cookie in Los Angeles, California, and ran a deli in the Prestera Mental Health Center in Huntington, W.V. Later in life, Tom established his own successful home improvement company in Rockville, MD. He was active in his community by serving as an altar boy, coaching youth soccer, regularly donating blood to Red Cross until he became ill, feeding the homeless and volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. He was also a member of The Potomac Fish & Game Club in Williamsport, MD. Tom was born in Washington, D.C. He went to school in Blue Ridge Summit, Waynesboro, Green Castle and Stateline, in Pennsylvania. He also attended school in Indian Head, MD. and then Martinsburg. Work took him from West Virginia to Richmond, Kentucky, Los Angeles, California and Rockville, MD. KIndness to others was high on Tom’s character list. He felt a passion to help others through his jobs and daily life.

Tom was predeceased by his mother, Teresa Fitz VanMiddlesworth; father, Charles (Van) VanMiddlesworth; niece, Summer Castleman and nephew, Davelon Gates. He married his soul mate, Cora Linder in 1975; on July 12, they celebrated their 37th anniversary by going to Great Falls, MD. Other anniversary trips took them to Hawaii, Ireland, England, France, Italy, Greece and Niagara Falls. He is survived by his sisters: Teri Maykrantz of Sterling, VA; Laura Kretzer of Inwood, WV; Honore (Honey) Rothstein of Martinsburg, WV; Mary (Maize) Hazel Urias of Winnsboro, SC and Patricia (Pat) Marsteller of Atlanta, GA. Also, he is survived by his brothers: Michael (Mike) VanMiddlesworth of Jacksonville, FL; James (Jim) VanMiddlesworth; Charles (Charlie) VanMiddlesworth, and David (Dave) VanMiddlesworth, all of Martinsburg, WV and John VanMiddlesworth of Gulf Breeze, FL, sister in Law of Sarah Linder of Knoxville, Maryland, Brother in Law of Vane Linder of Stafford, Virginia. Tom has 18 nieces and nephews spread throughout the U.S., Ireland and Canada. Additionally, 18 great nieces and great nephews along with 6 great-great nieces and great-great nephews are in the family. His dogs Frisbee and Jersey reside in Rockville, MD. with Cora, his wife.

There will also be a Memorial Visitation held at Pumphrey Colonial Funeral Home located at 300 W. Montgomery Ave. in Rockville, MD. on Saturday, August 24th, 2013 from 3-5 pm.

Family and Friends are encouraged to sign the family guest book online at www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com A Memorial Service was held at Rosedale Cemetery Chapel, 917 Cemetery Road, Martinsburg, WV on Saturday, August 17th, 2013 at 2 pm.

Ashes are to be scattered into the ocean as was his request.

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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.

Aggravated assault • On Aug. 3 at 3:20 a.m. at the Washington Post Warehouse, 4948 Boiling Brook Parkway, Rockville. The subject is known to the victim.

Auto theft • On July 29 or 30 in the 2400 block of Colston Drive, Chevy Chase. No further information provided.

Burglary • On July 31 or Aug. 1 at Westbrook Elementary School, 5110 Allen Road, Bethesda. Unknown entry, took property.

Carjacking • On Aug. 5 at 3:15 p.m. in the 8600 block of 16th Street, Silver Spring. No further information provided.

Commercial burglary • On Aug. 1 at the Bethesda Country Club, 7601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda. Forced entry, took property.

• Two incidents between Aug. 2 and 5 in the 5500 block of Security Lane, North Bethesda.

Forced entry, took property.

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• 4600 block of West Virginia Avenue, Bethesda, between 2 and 4 p.m. July 30. No forced entry, took property.

• 1900 block of East West Highway, Silver Spring, between July 30 and Aug. 2. Attempted forced entry, took nothing.

• 4300 block of Westbrooke Lane, Kensington, between July 30 and Aug. 6. No forced entry, unknown if anything was taken.

• 9300 block of Burning Tree Road, Bethesda, between 8:15 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. Aug. 2.

Forced entry, took property.

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MARLENA CHERTOCK STAFF WRITER

One fairgoer wore a white T-shirt that read, “Marine Mom” and listed her three sons in the Marine Corps on an ID tag Thursday at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair.

Maureen Nelson’s sons were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan at various times with the Marine Corps. She attended the fair’s 65th year on Military Day. This was the third year active duty military personnel in uniform or with a valid military ID were allowed to enter the fair for free — 618 members of the military took advantage of the opportunity, according to fair officials.

While Nelson, from Sterling, Va., did not enter the fair for free, her sons would have. They live in Leesburg, Va., South Riding, Va. and her youngest son, Benjamin Nelson, 26, lives at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Cherry Point, N.C. “I was visiting my mother and father

in Bethesda and we knew we wanted to come to the fair,” Nelson said. “I thought it was a good day to go because they were honoring our troops and I like to support that as well.

Several food and game stations offered special discounts for members of the military.

During the day, Patty Alexander’s Popcorn in Paradise booth offered a $1 off each purchase deal for members of the military. They sell original and caramel kettle corn.

“We did the same thing last year,” said Patty Alexander, from Cumberland, the owner and operator of the popcorn store.

“We try to match the days of the fair, such as seniors’ day.”

Eric Benoit of Tennessee, who operates a balloon popping game at the fair, tries to offer members of the military special deals on the game.

“If I recognize their cut and mannerisms I’m happy to give them a special discount,” Benoit said. “If they get one prize, I give the second prize half price.”

There were several announcements on the loudspeaker throughout the day, thanking military personnel and welcoming them to the fair.

A fire truck had a raised American

flag at the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service information booth, where fairgoers could pick up free plastic fire hats and informational pamphlets.

“We’re always looking to hire veterans,” said Leslie Maxam, the recruiting section manager for the fire and rescue service. “We’ve realized returning military are a good fit for us. We have an environment they fit in well with.”

“Our hierarchy and terminology is similar to the military,” said Capt. Brent Hopkins with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

Last year more military members attended the fair after 5 p.m., when the deal for them to enter free ended.

“People were upset and trying to rush to get here,” said Julie McDonald, who works at the ticket sales booths. “A lot of them had to work until then.”

This year the hours for military personnel to enter the fair for free were extended to midnight.

“From the feedback we’ve received, it made a huge difference,” said Martin Svrcek, the executive director of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. mchertock@gazette.net

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A former receptionist has been charged with conducting a four-year theft scheme while working in the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

Joyce Saunders, 58, of Frederick was the receptionist who received requests from people who wanted the office to serve civil complaints and subpoenas, said Lt. Col. Bruce Sherman, assistant sheriff.

Investigators say that instead of charging $40 for service of process by the sheriff’s office, however, Saunders would persuade people to instead hire her company to do the same thing for $80 to $100, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

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“They would ask her to arrange for service of process by the sheriff,” Sherman said. “She would then use some fictitious information to change their mind into hiring her to do the service of process at a higher fee.”

The scheme went on from January 2009 to May, according to charges filed in Montgomery County District Court. Following a complaint, the sheriff’s office opened an internal investigation, Sherman said.

James Shalleck, Saunders’ attorney, said she did nothing wrong. Shalleck said supervisors instructed Saunders to tell people asking for service of process that the sheriff’s office had a backlog, and it would take three weeks to a month to serve the papers.

If they couldn’t wait that long, Saunders would suggest a private process server, Shalleck said. If they asked for the name of a private company, Saunders would give them the card for her business, Eagle Eye J Process Servers, he said.

“If there was further discussion, it was not at the sheriff’s office,” Shalleck said.

Saunders served the papers on her own time and charged clients a fee, like any other private process server, Shalleck said. If Saunders’ company had not provided the service, the client would have gone to another one, he said.

“She’s terribly upset by this because she’s being accused of stealing money from the sheriff’s office, but these were services ... that could not be provided by the sheriff,” Shalleck said.

Sheriff Darren Popkin said his office does not have a backlog, and serves 80 percent of all the civil processes that come to the office. Processes are issued with 30- or 60-day expirations, depending on what court issues them. While some papers can be served within a couple of days, others may take longer, especially if the person being served lives out of town, Popkin said.

“Does it take sometimes three to four weeks to get a paper served? Sure,” he said. “... We are current on all those documents.”

A trial has been set for Oct. 7. ewaibel@gazette.net

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Pedestrian collisions in parking lots on the rise County numbers could echo national trend

ing to county police. Officials are still investigating the July 23 incident. Montgomery County police spokeswoman Angela Cruz said The number of collisions in no charges had been filed as of which pedestrians are struck by Tuesday. vehicles in parking lots is on the Bowring said the county’s rise in Montgomery County, so statistics on pedestrian collisions much so that the county is spend- may be following a wider trend. ing $50,000 on a parking lot safety “Nationally, there has been program this year. this recent trend upwards in peAccording to an analysis re- destrian collisions,” she said. leased Aug. 5 by AAA According to a Aug. Mid-Atlantic, almost 30 5 press release from percent of pedestrian the U.S. Department of accidents in the county Transportation, pedesin 2012 occurred in trian fatalities increased parking lots. That numabout 8 percent from ber is “a jump” from 16 2009 to 2011, with a topercent in 2010, county tal of 4,432 pedestrians spokeswoman Esther killed after being struck Bowring said. by vehicles in 2011.

The 121 pedestrian Montgomery accidents that took SYLVIA CARIGNAN County police conplace in parking lots or TACKLING YOUR TRAFFIC ducted pedestrian CONCERNS. garages in the county safety “stings” around SEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO in 2012, out of a total BUMPER@GAZETTE.NET. the county this year, of more than 400 accistopping hundreds of dents involving pedestrians, have vehicles and issuing warnings and worried county officials. citations for drivers who didn’t Bowring said a county task yield to pedestrians or stop at force is working to find out why the number of incidents have in- marked stop sign lines.

The enforcement of parking creased. The county council has lot safety has presented chaldedicated $50,000 to a pedestrian lenges for local officials. Accordparking lot safety program this year, she said. An internal group ing to a CountyStat presentation with representatives from county dated May 8, county police and departments and agencies are the Department of Transportasharing information and consid- tion “do not have jurisdiction ering ways to educate the public to implement enforcement and engineering methods which they about the issue, she said.

Jeff Dunckel, pedestrian safety would normally use in countycoordinator for the county’s owned roadways.”

“They are restricted to educatransportation department, said tion efforts and rely significantly distracted driving and “distracted walking,” pedestrians who are on business owners and developtalking or texting on their phones, ers to address engineering and enforcement,” according to the could be factors.

One of the more recent serious presentation.

Dunckel said the county’s tarmishaps in a parking lot occurred when a North Potomac resident geted education and enforcement drove through the parking lot efforts at 10 high-incident interof a Sam’s Club store on North sections in the county have helped Frederick Avenue in Gaithers- bring down the number of pedesburg, crashing through the store’s trian accidents at those locations, emergency exit doors. The car hit but they are still working on a sotwo pedestrians in the parking lot lution that could bring down the and one inside the store, accord- number of parking lot accidents.

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Alarming drug deaths In the new movie, “Elysium,” the world’s rich have escaped to an orbiting space station, and in leaving their terrestrial lives, the well-to-do have taken with them reliable health care. Actor Matt Damon, part of the teeming earthbound poor, suffers a fatal dose of radiation poisoning.

His only chance of survival is to sneak aboard the manmade Utopia and climb inside what looks HEROIN like a high-tech tanning OVERDOSES bed. Inside the device, AND HEALTH, he’ll be rid of all disease.

With all its space SOCIAL opera tropes, the movie POLICIES ends allegorically — a disquisition favoring universal health care. Painting a potential future, past our current ills, is one thing science fiction does well.

But here in the present, there was nothing allegorical in the news last week that heroin overdoses have spiked, across Maryland and in Montgomery County. The county typically has ranked low in drug and alcohol deaths. For heroin overdoses, the county had recorded seven over the last three years. But last week, authorities revealed the county had tallied seven only since March.

It’s a disturbing trend, and elements of last week’s announcement reveal it’s a more complicated issue than some realize.

For some, rising heroin deaths might be indicative of Montgomery’s urbanization, that the gold-flecked avenues are beginning to resemble the hardscrabble streets of “The Wire.” For others, the heroin deaths could be a sign of the suburbanization of hard-core drugs.

Either of those may play a role, and if so, it’s a problem that will fall, largely, on the shoulders of the Montgomery County Police Department.

As Capt. Nancy Demme, director of the police department’s Special Investigations Division, said the issue has connections to the health care debate. At least part of the increase comes from efforts to make it harder to acquire high-powered prescription painkillers, she said. Pharmaceutical companies are stepping up efforts to prevent abuse of their products, which means addicts are turning to heroin.

Efforts to limit access to opioid pain relievers, as they are called, should be applauded. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation is experiencing a “growing, deadly epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse.”

Seventy-five percent of prescription drug overdoses come from prescription painkillers, and the increase in deaths follows a 300 percent increase since 1999 in their sale.

And the CDC says most of the time, if a prescription drug was involved in an overdose, it came from a prescription originally. The convenient fiction might hold they are often stolen from a pharmacy, but that isn’t true, the CDC says.

Curiously, as the CDC reports of the painkiller epidemic, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that usage of cocaine and methamphetamine is declining. So one might assume it’s not that our appetite for drugs is increasing. Possibly, the issue is rooted in over-prescription.

Our authorities aren’t waiting for a Hollywood hero to solve the problem. Narcotics and homicide detectives are taking a holistic approach, investigating each death, as well as the source of the heroin. And the efforts aren’t limited to Montgomery. The state and counties are coming up with overdose prevention plans, said Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin, acting director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration, which is part of the state’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

More data will be collected — from treatment centers, emergency rooms and coroners — and reviewed by local commissions to find common threads. What else can be done? With luck and perseverance, the local commissions will find out.

What data Montgomery knows now shows the ages of the county victims range from 19 to 45, and the deaths have occurred throughout the county, according to the police. The police statement leaves plenty of room for speculation, though it should dispel the notion that it’s a problem centering on a specific age group or area of the county.

And it’s a problem that can’t be solved with a summer blockbuster, or two hours of escapism masking as a policy fable. Drug abuse is not a simple police issue. It’s a health care issue. Science fiction might provide a compass, but the journey, painful as it will be, is ours.

The Gazette Karen Acton, President/Publisher

LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR From a glance, everything is relatively clean. From a glance you would assume a campus, which students like me and students like your children go to, is safe. But it’s not. It’s haunted by a monstrous force known as pollution.

Our school grounds, waterways, neighborhoods and parks are littered with bottles and cans. It’s

Support for a bottle bill hard to go on a nature walk without seeing rusted-over cans with vines trying to grow over them.

While Maryland’s overall recycling rate remains about average, we as a state should be a champion in the recycling effort with our percentages.

In their next session, if the Maryland General Assembly

passes a bottle bill, all this avoidable trash could be cleared. The bottle bill’s incentive recycling program would boost Maryland’s recycling rate and in turn make our communities cleaner.

Who wouldn’t want to be able to have their children play in a park that’s used-beer can free?

Right now, that idea in the

New Food and Drug Administration regulations could threaten local farms Each week at farm stands in the Maryland area, we try to explain a peculiar situation to our customers. On the one hand, they want to buy our fresh fruit and vegetables. However, I tell them, that in a few years, these will all be illegal to sell!

Why? Because they have some degree of dirt and bacteria on them. The strawberries for instance, have some trace amount of straw and soil on them. As do the tomatoes, beans and cucumbers. We do rinse them before leaving the farm — but we won’t put them through a disinfectant bath nor pack them in antiseptic plastic containers and put “PLU” labels on them. That’s not what consumers want at a farm market — nor is it something we’ll ever be able to do.

Regulations for a new food law — FSMA, the Food Safety Modernization Act — administered by the FDA are currently in the process of being finalized. Although the act originally had protections for family farmers like myself, we see those being ignored or phased out over time.

Common sense and following the data of recent food safety scares lead us to a very strong conclusion: the further the food travels from the farm to the consumer, the more opportunities it has to become a food safety problem. The current cyclospora food poisoning problem in bagged salads is a good example.

This is one reason why 20 million consumers come to farmers markets like ours and want fresh produce from our fields — preferably grown without pesticides, herbicides or GMO seeds. And sadly, protecting consumers from these

synthetic perils is not addressed by FSMA. Nor does the FDA address what is common sense to many scientists, doctors and parents: our bodies are dependent on the good germs and bacteria. If anything, rather than developing the antiseptic globalized industrial-style food system FSMA seeks, we should be searching for ways to increase the amount of good bacteria in our bodies. In fact, fecal implants to repopulate the gut with bacteria are not science fiction — the medical profession is now performing them every day.

So, why is this bad science becoming the law of the land?

First, it is partially due to corporate profit. Corporations depend on a global supply chain, and in doing so they are finding it increasingly difficult to deliver safe food. At the same time they are losing market share to the local food systems that customers are demanding — witness the sharp increase in farmers markets, community supported agriculture and restaurants offering “farm-to-fork” menus.

To avoid legal liability, the corporations want to legitimize an industrial approach to sterilizing everything, without regard to the unnecessary and costly burden placed on local farmers. If your local farmer goes out of business trying to comply with the costs of hundreds of pages of new federal food safety regulations, that just leaves more customers without a local alternative.

Second, there is the misguided advocacy of the consumer organizations, like Center for Science in the Public Interest. They mean well, but they think that throwing regulatory words and paperwork

burden at a problem will solve it.

This approach is overly legalistic, and it ignores the realities of nature and the practical fact that over-regulating a sector that is not causing a problem — small farmers — cannot possibly lead to safer food.

And, finally, there is this administration’s commitment to the biotech industry. It’s no accident that FDA’s deputy commissioner responsible for food safety, Michael R. Taylor, is a former Monsanto vice president.

That partially explains why the “safe food” mandate does nothing to protect us from genetically engineered food, and the harsh chemicals that are necessarily paired with it.

It will, however, put many of us farmers, who are committed to fresh, healthy and sustainably grown food, out of business.

We can all see the future. It is those antiseptic, theoretically bacteria-free plastic containers that will soon become the only way we will be able to shop for all of our produce.

And that should be an issue of public outrage.

Michael Tabor, Takoma Park Nick Maravell, Potomac Michael Tabor has been farming for 41 years and supplies Baltimore-area universities and colleges with GMO-free, sustainably grown produce. He is being honored this September for running his farm stand in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C., for 40 years.

Nick Maravell serves as a farmer representative on the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board and has farmed organically since 1979, raising grain, livestock and vegetables.

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future but that future lays in our state legislators’ hands. Urge representatives to clean up your community by voting for the bottle bill.

My school years have been filled with playgrounds of recyclable trash; do you want your kids’ lives to be the same way?

Jordan Newmark, Olney

Master plan balances environment, development I served on the committee that helped write the 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan and am upset by the groups coming in now trying to rewrite the plan and misrepresent its intent.

The master plan was carefully crafted to balance the environment with community building. It placed 1,800 acres on the west side of Ten Mile Creek in the Agricultural Reserve and placed homes on the east side.

The additional housing called for in Stage 4 of the master plan — in [an area meant for extra development to preserve other tracts] — is important to helping us attain the full master plan vision for Clarksburg.

I never thought in 2013 I’d still be going to Milestone in Germantown to shop. The stores, restaurants, library, fire station and transit promised are not even under construction. So many promises to the people of Clarksburg haven’t been carried out.

The same state and local laws that allowed the Intercounty Connector to be built in an environmentally sensitive way will protect the environment. Protecting the Ten Mile Creek watershed can be accomplished without destroying the promises made.

Clarksburg is still waiting for things that most Montgomery County residents take for granted. To change course in Clarksburg now is not fair to the people who came here or want to come here.

Joann Snowden Woodson, Clarksburg

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Ganslerflap: A big deal? particularly with party officials saying Af“No, look, (Anthony Brown’s) a nice rican-Americans could account for close guy. ... (But) ask them ‘Name one thing to 40 percent of the vote in a contested that he’s done for anybody in the state of statewide Democratic primary.”

Maryland.’ ... So, you’re saying compare No, Anthony Brown’s bumper stickhis record, which is a little thin, versus ers don’t say, “Vote for the Black Guy.” our record. ... I mean, right now his camHe doesn’t need to any more than Hillpaign slogan is, ‘Vote for me, I want to ary Clinton needs to say “vote for the first be the first African-American governor woman president.” of Maryland.’ Which is fine and, look, Instead, Brown’s pitch is that “our there’s no one bigger on diversity than I greatest challenge is to address the peram. sistent gaps and disparities “When it was time to that exist in our communipick the candidate for the ties and our economy.” The president of the United States Post’s Wagner helpfully adds when Barack Obama wanted that Brown means “racial and to run, I said, look, I’m not goother disparities.” ing to judge somebody by the And if you don’t get the color of his skin, I’m going to message, Brown adds, “We judge on the content of their continue to see pockets of character. ... And I thought poverty and hardship in the Barack Obama was the betsame communities that exter candidate so I chaired his isted back when Dr. King campaign.”

That was gubernatoMY MARYLAND climbed the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.” rial candidate Doug Gansler BLAIR LEE And if you still don’t get speaking to a group of supthe message, Brown’s top porters on July 15 as he was secretly tape-recorded by someone who adviser, Jim Messina, says, “Just like fed the comments to Washington Post President Obama’s race, this is going to reporter John Wagner, the O’Malley ad- be an historic election for the people of Maryland.” Forget that while Gansler was ministration’s chief media cheerleader.

Predictably, the Post and Wagner co-chairing Obama’s 2008 campaign in sensationalized the story on Tuesday’s Maryland, Brown (Obama’s law school page one with a headline “Gansler ac- classmate) supported Hillary.

Nothing Gansler said was either uncused rival of relying on his race.”

Accused? What Gansler indelicately true or racist. Not every comment about said privately (he thought) to support- race is automatically a racist comment. ers isn’t much different than what every So, the only things we learned from Ganslerflap is one, Gansler’s biggest liability is politician and pundit is saying.

Just listen to some of Maryland’s his mouth and two, John Wagner and the Post are backing Brown. Gosh, judging by most astute political commentators: • Josh Kurtz. “It’s tough to be a the Post’s smear job, you’d think Gansler white male in Democratic politics these was a Republican!

Ten months before the election and days. ... In the gubernatorial race, Anthony Brown’s handlers will package in the midst of vacation season, Brown his résumé (his military experience, his probably didn’t gain much from the Harvard education, his fluency in the is- episode. But if the Brown vs. Gansler sues). But Gansler, his chief rival for the tilt descends into an ugly mud wrestle, Democratic nomination, has to worry the big winner will be Heather Mizeur, most about one thing: The potential for a the bystander candidate quite willing to huge African American turnout as Brown hold both men’s jackets while they brawl. bids to become the state’s first black gov- That’s how Peter Franchot became comptroller in 2006 when William Donernor.”

• Todd Eberly. “He [Brown] will un- ald Schaefer and Janet Owens dragged doubtedly lay an early claim to the sig- each other down.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder nificant African-American vote in the primary. African-Americans comprise says we’re cowards for avoiding race roughly a third of the Maryland popula- discussions. So let’s use this teachable tion and a quarter of the registered vot- moment for a heart-to-heart about ers. ... I believe that African-American Maryland’s racial politics.

Race, already a major factor in Maryvoters would be quick to rally around his land politics, will dominate future Demcandidacy.”

• Louis Peck. “He [Brown] could ben- ocratic primaries. Kathleen Kennedy efit from a field with multiple candidates, Townsend’s disastrous 2002 all-white

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Demographics is destiny, especially in a state destined to become majority minorities. If you want a glimpse of the future, look at the battle to succeed ... state Sen. Rob Garagiola, who’s retiring next month. ticket loss determined, for all time henceforth, that such tickets must be racially balanced.

That’s why O’Malley picked Brown in 2006. Harvard, Iraq and the legislature were nice window dressings, but O’Malley picked him because he was black. If he was white, with the same résumé, he’d still be in the legislature.

Gansler will select a black running mate for the same reason.

Demographics is destiny, especially in a state destined to become majority minorities. If you want a glimpse of the future, look at the battle to succeed Montgomery County state Sen. Rob Garagiola, who’s retiring next month.

The Democratic Central Committee was all set to choose Delegate Brian Feldman until a major problem arose: Feldman is white. People of Color, a county group dedicated to replacing white Democrats with minorities, is contesting Feldman’s appointment strictly on skin color.

They’re demanding that a non-white be appointed.

Doctrinaire white liberals like Feldman and Gansler must be dismayed.

They benevolently helped create today’s world of racial division, victimhood and recriminations, which is now boomeranging on them.

And not only can’t they do anything about it, they can’t even talk about it.

Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is blairleeiv@gmail.com.

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LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR

Lee and greed Why does Blair Lee favor more inefficient use of energy, greater dependence on fossil fuels and cars, more pollution and greater climate change? [“Maryland’s environmental austerity.”]

Only on the last point does he explain why he favors making us all worse off; he believes as an article of faith that humans cannot be the cause or cure of climate change.

Never mind that science shows there are no plausible natural causes of climate change that correlate with the extent and speed of the run up in global temperatures and acidification of oceans.

Logically, if no correlation,

then no causation, which leaves only an unnatural cause for climate change: us. But that is mere evidence and logic. Brothers, one must have faith in the free market.

As for the other points, Lee can only heap adjectives and accusations. The green lobby wants to cripple our industries, punish our cities and plunge us into debt because ... well, they are just mean.

Ruthless exploitation therefore is good, since it is not green, which is bad because it opposes exploitation, which is good. With such logic, Lee argues for ruinous shortsighted greed.

A. Hewitt Rose, Bethesda

Climate change sources

It would be good for Blair Lee and readers of The Gazette to become informed about the challenges of climate change to civilization in the 21st century.

An authoritative and free source may be found in America’s Climate Choices issued in 2010 by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

Also available is the Draft National Climate Assessment prepared in 2013 by an expert, volunteer advisory committee involving 240 authors diverse in background, expertise, geography and sector of employment.

Much additional information is available from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading international body for

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Please limit them to 200 words.

All articles are subject to editing. No anonymous letters are printed. Letters are printed as space permits and are limited to one per person per month. Include

the assessment of climate change.

It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts.

For an authoritative and amusing response to those promoting doubts about the significance and human influences of climate change, see www.skepticalscience. com.

Richard N. Wright, Montgomery Village Editor’s note: More links to the writer’s citations are provided online.

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FEARLESS FORECASTS RETURN: GAZETTE STAFF PICKS THE WINNERS OF ALL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES, B-3

SPORTS BETHESDA | POTOMAC | ROCKVILLE

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Stronger Diggs tacklesleadership role for Terps Good Counsel graduate chosen to lead Maryland football team as a sophomore

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DAN FELDMAN STAFF WRITER

TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Northwest High School athletes take the Montgomery County Public Schools’ baseline concussion test on Aug. 14.

New baseline

University of Maryland, College Park football coach Randy Edsall can tell everyone how highly he thinks of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School graduate Stefon Diggs — and, don’t worry, he will — but Edsall would rather let outsiders draw their own conclusions.

Edsall even challenged reporters to evaluate Diggs for themselves before Maryland opened fall practice.

IF YOU GO “He’s gotten stronger,” Edsall said. “You can see it. n Good Counsel Just look at his arms when he vs. Gilman comes in today.” n When: 8:30 p.m.

Diggs complied, wearing Friday a short-sleeve shirt and casually massaging his biceps n Where: Towson while answering questions.

University’s Johnny But whether Diggs is Unitas Stadium physically stronger isn’t the n Tickets: $10 only proving ground for the star receiver this season. He’s n TV: ESPNews also attempting to prove he’s become a stronger leader.

Last spring, Edsall named Diggs, a sophomore, to a 10-player leadership council comprised mostly of upperclassmen.

“He’s a great kid,” Edsall said. “I love being around him. I love how he works. I love his competitiveness.

And I love that he likes to accept the challenge. I think, for him, being a leader is another thing that he could look at, say, ‘Hey, this is a challenge, and I’m going to

See DIGGS, Page B-2

in concussion testing

Montgomery County student-athletes undergo mandatory baseline concussion testing n

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BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

ired, moody, irritable, short attention span.

Sounds like the typical teenager, right?

Maybe, but these are also common concussion symptoms that can easily be mistaken for adolescent angst.

Last week, thousands of Montgomery County Public Schools high school studentathletes underwent mandatory baseline concussion testing for the first time, a major step forward in providing awareness and education and ensuring the safety of the county’s athletes, said Dr. Michael R. Yochelson, the vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer for the MedStar National Rehabilitation Network.

In June, the Montgomery County Board of Education approved MCPS Superintendent Joshua P. Starr’s proposal to provide baseline concussion testing at high schools

TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Northwest High School athletes take the Montgomery County Public Schools’ baseline concussion test on Aug. 14.

countywide. MCPS entered into contracts with MedStar, Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital of Maryland, ATI Physical Therapy and Metro Orthopedics and Sports Therapy to administer the testing.

Yochelson said MedStar will also provide each of its six assigned schools — Walt Whitman, Walter Johnson, Northwood, Sherwood, James H. Blake and Col. Zadok Magruder — with an athletic trainer and a physician.

While many of her peers seemed indifferent to the testing — athletes were supposed to go before Aug. 14 tryouts — Thomas S. Wootton High School sophomore Emma Weinberg is a major proponent for it. A concussion knocked the junior varsity soccer player out of the sport for eight months last year. Weinberg and her mother Julie aren’t convinced the hiatus, which the teen said began to affect her emotional well-being, needed to be that long. But doctors had no baseline to work from.

A concussion is a force to the brain that causes a change in neurologic function, Yochelson said. Most concussed individuals recover within three weeks, but some can experience prolonged symptoms that include headaches, dizziness, inability to concen

See CONCUSSION, Page B-2

GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

Our Lady of Good Counsel High School graduate and University of Maryland, College Park sophomore Stefon Diggs (right) eludes a tackler after catching a pass during practice.

Montrose Christian hires basketball coach Mustangs select former pro player to lead its nationally-known program

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Wootton a favorite to repeat as state champs Patriots return all four members of state championship team n

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TRAVIS MEWHIRTER STAFF WRITER

Allison Wong laughed when recalling last year’s fall pep rally at Thomas S. Wootton High School.

She recounted the story, how everyone in the gym rah-rahhed for the football team and the state champion soccer team, how even the cheerleaders got a whoop or two. And then, when the golf team was introduced, Wong remembered her friends looking over at her, incredulous, asking: “We have a golf team?”

Yes, and not just any golf team. It’s a 3A/4A champion squad, the first to topple Urbana in four years, finishing just seven strokes shy of Walt Whitman’s

STAFF WRITER

in the state hiding in plain sight.

It got so bad that, at one point, Shah, who shot a team-best 73-

See WOOTTON, Page B-2

See MONTROSE, Page B-2

n Schedule n Today: Golf, field hockey, cross country. n Next week: Football. n Sept. 4: Boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls tennis.

BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Wootton High School golfers Allison Wong, Delaney Shah and Graysen Bright, practice Saturday at Needwood Golf Course.

The rest of the starters — junior Justin Feldman, sophomore Delaney Shah, junior Graysen Bright — took note of their anonymity as well, the best golf team

TRAVIS MEWHIRTER

Stu Vetter may have taken his 321 wins, his 2011 National High School Invitational title, his resume boasting more than 40 Division I college athletes and three that played in the National Basketball Association when he resigned in June, but don’t expect the Mustangs to take a step back.

About two months after Vetter resigned, saying he wanted to visit his former pupils, the Mustangs hired Bryan Bartley from Hebron Christian Academy (Dacula, Ga.).

“The hiring of coach Bartley shows our continued commitment to both academic and athletic excellence as a Christian school,” Montrose Christian Athletic Director Bill Vernon said in a news release. In addition to his duties as the basketball coach, Bartley will also serve as an assistant principal and director of advancement.

Bartley played three years of college ball for Upsala and a professional season in Portugal from 1989-1990.

He’s been on the marketing side of the sport with the Atlanta Hawks and the coaching side at the high school level for Landmark Christian (Ga.). He was also an assistant at Auburn for three years and a recruiting director for one.

Most recently, Bartley was the athletic director for the past two years at Hebron. Now, he’s secured one of the country’s most prestigious names in high school hoops.

FALL SPORTS PREVIEWS

record of 596. Oh, and it featured three girls, an amount that none of the dozen or so coaches and officials asked last October could remember starting in a state championship, let alone to win while doing so.

“Even with winning states, no one really knew who the golf team was,” said Wong, whose 146 twoday total was second on the team in the state championship. “Our school was all excited about the soccer team winning.”

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Thomas S. Wootton High School junior golfer Graysen Bright practices Saturday at Needwood Golf Course.

at the state tournament, was asked by four different people if she founded the team that year.

“It’s kind of ridiculous, I think,” said Bright, who finished the tournament with a 163. “You hear about football, basketball, soccer, but golf? You hear ‘We have a golf team?’”

So if winning a state championship with a team complete with what’s thought to be the most girls in the history of the tournament doesn’t get the Patriots any love at pep rallies, then what does?

“The record,” Bright immediately suggested. “That’s our goal. And I talk to Allison all the time and we’re saying ‘We’re going to break that record.’”

Coach Paul Williams and Feldman were more hesitant to speak of records and the like just yet. The ball, as any golfer knows, “can bounce the wrong way sometimes,” Williams said. But no

amount of modesty could keep the duo from speculating, if not just for a second.

“I think with this group of kids, we’ll be able to contend again,” Williams said. “They’re all shooting under par rounds right now.”

Feldman has been going particularly low, firing a 29 at the University of Maryland golf course, site of the state championship, in a qualifier for the Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers Association Capital Cup qualifier, which he would go on to help Team Maryland top Virginia. Shah, Wong, and Bright have also been consistently at or around par. An even-par state championship score would be 568, well under Whitman’s mark of 596.

“It’s always good to have a little pressure,” Feldman said. “It makes you concentrate that much more. I think it’ll be good, it’ll help us. We definitely have the potential to break that record.

There’s no reason we couldn’t.” tmewhirter@gazette.net

DIGGS

Continued from Page B-1 meet the challenge. I’m going to exceed the expectations that people have for me.’ I think that’s the kind of kid he is.”

Diggs said he deferred to leaders such as Blake Countess (Michigan), Zach Dancel (Maryland). Vincent Croce (Virginia) and Louis Young (Georgia Tech) at Good Counsel. Diggs doesn’t even remember how captains worked his senior year.

But this summer, the Germantown resident said he benefited from having a leadership role thrust upon him.

“You’re going to be more cautious on what you do and what you say and how you carry yourself,” Diggs said. “You want to make better decisions. You don’t want to make bad decisions, because people watching you want to do the right thing.”

Once leading begins to come naturally to Diggs, he can focus on the field where he excels, setting an ACC freshman total-yardage record last season.

“He’s a lot smarter than people think,” wide receivers coach Lee Hull said. “He’s very knowledgeable of the game. He does things to set people up, sort of little subtle things. I think most fans just see the big runs and stuff, but they don’t see how he sets them up to get the big runs, the big plays.”

“He’s special. He’s got some special skills that you can’t teach.”

On the other hand, Diggs is working on the skills he can learn. He admits, in hindsight, he didn’t weight train as much as he should have in high school.

“When I saw a lot of people lifting weights, I saw a lot of people getting hurt,” Diggs said. “So I was a little scared of that, so I really just stuck to the track.”

Of course, as evidenced by the arms he showed off recently, Diggs put his all into fixing that, just as he’s put his all into becoming a better leader.

“You never worry about him in terms of his effort and everything that he’s going to do on the field,” Edsall said. “Now, I think with him becoming more of a leader, putting more responsibility on his plate, for him to do things for his teammates — I think those are things that are going to take him even further.”

MONTROSE

Continued from Page B-1 “The only thing that I know is that Stu does a very good job,” Bartley said. “As far as I’m concerned, I want to continue the success that Montrose had. My top priority is to make sure the kids are prepared for the next level. I want to put things in place that allows them to adjust to the next level.”

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CONCUSSION

Continued from Page B-1 trate, memory loss and sensitivity to light and sound, he added.

Repetitive brain injuries can lead to severe depression, dementia and Parkinson’s disease.

Baseline tests are used to assess an athlete’s balance and brain function, which includes learning and memory skills, ability to pay attention or concen-

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Bryan Bartley is the new boys’ basketball coach at Montrose Christian in Rockville.

trate, and quickness of thought process and problem solving. If a suspected concussion occurs, preseason results can then be compared to a similar exam. If there is a significant decline from the baseline, the athlete is likely concussed, Yochelson said.

ImPACT (the software MCPS is using) testing is not a sideline examination, but should be administered once a student-athlete appears to be recovered or if there is question of ongoing con-

In his nearly decade and a half stint with the Mustangs, Vetter built a nearly incomparable system for preparing his athletes to make the transition from high school to college.

Bartley, given his three years coaching and recruiting in the SEC, understands full well the challenges of not just prepping high schoolers for the college level, but the most effective means of getting his athletes recruited as well.

cussion symptoms, he added. If test results are abnormal, the test can be given once a week, but it is not recommended that it be done more often than that.

Initial concussion diagnoses would likely be determined through the Standardized Concussion Assessment Tool at the time of the incident.

Walt Whitman football coach Jim Kuhn said a major benefit of baseline concussion testing is that it takes coaches’

“There are still kids who want to come here, to Montrose,” he said.

“To me, it’s a smaller scale of a college. It’s going to be pretty much the same thing I was doing at Auburn.”

Bartley has his work cut out for him in replacing graduates Ishmail Wainright, now with Baylor, and Mark Williams, now with Temple, as well as transfers Therence Mayimba and Justin Robinson.

But Montrose is still Montrose, and that name will perpetually carry

instinct out of the equation and leaves athletes’ safety in the hands of medical professionals.

Yochelson said MedStar’s focus is to make sure athletes are provided appropriate management even beyond sports.

It is also important, he said, for coaches and parents to be in tune to subtle changes in their charges and children.

“When someone is concussed, they might need accommodations in the classroom.

a lot of weight in wooing talented high school players.

“I think No. 1 is to get quality kids that focus on the mission of this being a Christian school,” he said.

“Get the kids, bring in a quality coaching staff, finalize the schedule and I think that’s one, two, three. ... The windshield for the future is huge.”

They might not have a headache or dizziness, but they may have a little bit of cognitive slowing,” said Yochelson, who admitted no test is foolproof.

After four months of isolation — Weinberg slept 14 to 16 hours a day, had no short-term memory and had extreme sensitivity to light and sound — she returned to school last January. Eager to get back to soccer, doctors decided to give her a baseline concussion test and approximated

tmewhirter@gazette.net what her scores might be given her status as a straight-A student. “[Emma] started feeling better but she would still test poorly,” Julie Weinberg said.

“She was scoring in the bottom half and they just kept waiting for her scores to bounce back.

But some people just don’t score well. You need to have a concrete tool in front of you that you can compare.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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Montgomery County field hockey appears to be on the cusp of stepping into uncharted territories, or at least some not seen since the early 1990s.

Any semblance of certainty has been thrown out the window.

The days of “B-CC and everybody else” seem to be a bygone, a relic of the near two-decade-long Amy Wood reign.

Now, as proven by last season’s playoff race in which Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School was upset by Thomas S. Wootton, which was then upset by Walter Johnson, while Poolesville made a run at the 2A state title and Sherwood was unexpectedly eliminated after an undefeated regular season, the theme leans more toward complete and total ambiguity at the top.

“I don’t know what it is,” Poolesville coach Regina Grubb said. “It’s just a different time and era. There’s more competition. It’s changed a lot.”

During Wood’s tenure at B-CC, from 1993-2011, the Barons accumulated 10 state championships in 16 tournament appearances, 277 wins to just 44 losses, and, at one point, nine consecutive Maryland titles. In short, B-CC was invariably the hunted, the team every coach starred on the schedule at the outset. These days, however, “you can’t just focus on one team or a few games,” Walter Johnson coach Erika Murray said. “Just about anybody can beat anybody. ... I think the playing field is starting to level out a little bit.”

Contenders sprouted up all over the county last season, from Winston Churchill to Wootton, Walter Johnson to Sherwood, while the amount of competitive teams multiplied in droves (27 percent of last year’s reg-

ular-season games were decided by one goal or less while 10 went into overtime). The top was crowded, the fringe loaded with teams capable of upsetting anybody (e.g. 8-6 Walt Whitman beat undefeated Sherwood in the second round of playoffs).

As for why the sudden parity in the system, Murray couldn’t pinpoint it exactly. She floated a theory that maybe more players are competing on the club level and the talent baseline has been slowly ascending.

“I think the level of play around the county has increased tremendously and the schools that didn’t used to compete that well are becoming competitive,” Sherwood coach Amy Morse said. “It’s not just the typical schools that are great anymore. I think it’s a great thing, too. I think it really is motivating for the players to compete every game. It’s not just a few teams and everybody else, I think we’re starting to see some really great competition.

It’s a wonderful cycle.”

More than a dozen coaches responded to an informal Gazette poll asking which teams, private and public, they would consider the top five teams in the county. Given last year’s topsy-turvy nature, the results were expectedly scattered, with Walter Johnson, Wootton and Poolesville garnering the majority of the nods.

Five years ago it would seem almost unthinkable to consider the notion that B-CC would be voted out of the top three.

“Across the board,” Murray said, “this is the most talent I’ve ever seen in the county.”

There was just one thing around the county that every coach spoken to agreed upon: Walter Johnson’s Anna Rowthorn-Apel. The top team may be uncertain. The top player is not.

“She’s just a fun player to watch,” Grubb said. tmewhirter@gazette.net

KEEPING IT BRIEF Bethesda resident places fourth in canoe

Holton-Arms athlete wins national title

Bethesda resident Fabien Lefevre came just shy of winning his second medal on International Canoe Federation Slalom World Cup circuit with Saturday’s fourthplace finish in the C-1 (individual canoe) final of World Cup No. 4 in Slovenia.

He finished a penalty-free round one-fifth of a second away from bronze.

Holton-Arms High School jumper Lisa Anne-Barrow leapt 18 feet, 9 inches at the Junior Olympic Track and Field National Championships, hosted by North Carolina A&T the week of July 22, good enough for national title recognition. Thomas S. Wootton’s Gwen Shaw helped lead the 400 relay team (45.24 seconds) to a championship as well.

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n Montgomery Blair Blazers: Alexandra Fascione-Hutchins, Temi Ibirogba n James H. Blake Bengals: Nicole Lertora, Victoria Wolsh n Bullis Bulldogs: Sarah Holliday n Winston Churchill Bulldogs: Annie Moshyedi, Clare Nolan n Clarksburg Coyotes: Alexis Wong, Ashley Wong n Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets: Michelle Thomas, Anna Warfield n Good Counsel Falcons: Caroline Campbell n Holton-Arms Panthers: Tess Iannarone, Marisa Postal n Walter Johnson Wildcats: Anna Rowthorn-Apel, Hannah Teicher n Col. Zadok Magruder Colonels: Conni Dykes, Megan McGrew n Paint Branch Panthers: Molly Fers, Erin King n Poolesville Falcons: Madison Lamanna, Anna Murgia n Quince Orchard Cougars: Rachel Feidelman, Dani Tapiero n Richard Montgomery Rockets: Alex Bejean, Nicole Burchett n Rockville Rams: Elizabeth Barrett, Tara Whitney n Sherwood Warriors: Emily Kenul, Gabrielle Yore n Springbrook Blue Devils: Cassidy O’Hearn

Anna Rowthorn-Apel of Walter Johnson at field hockey practice on Monday.

The Gazette sports staff picks the winners for this week’s games involving Montgomery and Prince George’s football teams. Here are this week’s selections:

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Members of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School cross country team practice Monday at the fields on Meadowbrook Lane in Chevy Chase. nior Nora McUmber, Young only lost one senior from his top seven runners last season and spoke highly of several incoming freshman. One new addition outside of the new class is Helen Webster, who decided to forgo her senior year playing field hockey to run cross country. Young said Webster, along with Angelina Peterson and Amanda and Mara Cohen, will be counted on as seniors to help lead the group.

A strong crop of runners return across the county, including six of The Gazette’s seven first team selections: Beakes, McUmber, Claire Beautz (Poolesville, junior), Sophie El-Masry (Richard Montgomery, sophomore), Taylor Kozam (Our Lady of Good Counsel, junior) and Lucy Srour (Winston Churchill, junior).

On the boys’ side, the Wildcats will look to make it five titles in six years as Martin begins his 16th year of coaching.

Despite graduating Nathaniel Rees, seniors Daniel Kosogof, Mathew Morris and Michael Spak return after all finishing in the top 25 at the county championships last season.

“We’ve got a good little set of traditions on the boys’ side that works really well,” Martin said.

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In high school sports, there are usually three types of championship teams.

There’s the underdog school that rises out of relative mediocrity to win it all, then regresses a bit in the ensuing years. There’s the team that’s a culmination of the work put in by a particularly talented junior or senior class and wins a title or two. And then there’s the perennial powerhouse, the team that seems to reload year after year regardless of the circumstances.

In Montgomery County’s cross country scene, Walter Johnson and Bethesda-Chevy Chase are the latter.

Entering the 2013 season, B-CC coach Chad Young and Walter Johnson coach Thomas Martin once again appear to have their runners poised for success in what should be another competitive year of cross country in the county.

Young’s girls’ squad enters the yearaimingtowinitsthirdstraight Class 4A state title after sweeping the county, regional and state meets last year while Martin’s boys’ team finished one win shy of capturing a fifth-straight 4A state championship after winning counties and regionals.

“I think our girls’ team does a great job of taking it one practice at a time. Everybody’s happy to see each other again,” Young said. “They’re pretty in the moment and we have some really good leadership.”

Led by junior Caroline Beakes, who won a state title on the Hereford course in 19 minutes, 17.4 seconds last season, and Gazette Player of the Year ju-

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“Seniors are tasked with the responsibility of transmitting how much fun and how important it is to be a dedicated runner. It gets in their heads, they get excited and they want to be part of it. It’s the seniors from the year before that make that happen. They instill that importance.”

At Poolesville, senior Chase Weaverling likely will be the athlete everyone’s trying to catch this year as he won a 2A West Region title last year and beat Will Bertrand, in the Montgomery County championship.

At B-CC on the boys’ side, senior Peter Horton is recovering from offseason sports hernia surgery while Young said senior Alex Riishojgaard looks very solid in the early going. Meanwhile, the following schools and their top returners all could pose a significant threat to WJ: Walt Whitman (Evan Woods), Northwest (Diego Zarate), Quince Orchard (Ryan McCann) and Richard Montgomery (Stephen Alexander).

“Like many teams, we have a bunch of kids who hope to be that special kid that makes a huge leap from the year before,” Martin said. “We’ve been fortunate in the past that we’ve had a lot of kids who step up.”

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Winston Churchill High School football coach Joe Allen confirmed that last year’s starting running back, Malik Harris, has left the Potomac school. mation of Harris’ transfer.

Sophomore running back Andrew Zuckerman moves up from junior varsity, as does junior running back/slot receiver Marquette Lewis. Allen believes Churchill’s can also compensate with another player in the offensive backfield.

Sophomore quarterback Sean Strittmatter transferred after starting for Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s junior varsity team last season. He’ll be competing with sophomore Colin Smyth, who was Churchill’s backup junior varsity quarterback last season before growing a few inches, gaining 20 pounds and earning rave reviews for his offseason work ethic.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a kid improve as much from their freshman year to

their sophomore year, especially given the fact that he didn’t play much as a freshman,” Allen said.

Put it all together, and Allen is more than satisfied.

“We have multiple threats,” Allen said.

“We’re not a team that was going to go in with relying solely on Malik Harris. We feel like we’ve good players that can contribute.

Of course, we’ll miss Malik. But his parents did what they felt was in his best interest, and I have to respect that. At this point, we’ve moved on as a team, and our team is very confident with the kids we have.” dfeldman@gazette.net

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Washington was 2-0-1 in its final three games

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

The look on Washington Spirit midfielder Lori Lindsey’s face following Sunday’s inaugural National Women’s Soccer

League season finale said it all.

The team took many steps forward in a 1-1 tie against visiting Sky Blue FC, but Lindsey still appeared frustrated. Her disappointment, however, signified a major positive, coach Mark Parsons said. After winning consecutive games for the first time heading into the match, Washington’s expectations were high.

frustration, she couldn’t believe we let them sneak back into the game. But that sums up the progress we’ve made,” Parsons said.

In a postgame speech, Spirit goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris told the crowd of 4,241 that it was the team’s “12th man” on “an incredible journey.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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It’s one thing when a school is particularly pleased with its hiring of a new field hockey coach.

It’s another thing entirely when the biggest rival of said school — in this case, the hiring was done

by Academy of the Holy Cross — is genuinely thrilled for the program as well.

“That’s awesome!” exclaimed Our Lady of Good Counsel High School field hockey coach Theda Bagdon upon hearing that former Walt Whitman coach Lindsey Weller had been called in to replace longtime Tartans’ coach Jenna Ries. “That’s a huge score for them.”

Ries built the program into something of a dynasty, claiming the last five Washington Catholic Athletic Conference titles, four of which by toppling Good Counsel in the championship game. The Falcons were just five minutes from ending the streak last October, but a late rally from the Kate Taylor-led Tartans added one more Holy Cross engraving to the monstrous WCAC trophy.

“Yeah, I think there is some pressure for sure,” Weller said of filling in for Ries. “I think it would be naïve to think there isn’t. At Whitman, I was kind of building something, so this is a different challenge for me. It was still a really tough decision for me because

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As with any coaching change, especially at a powerhouse such as Holy Cross, there are bound to be some bumps along the way.

But if there’s one person who can make a smooth transition from a Ries-headed program to a slightly different style, it’s a person who formerly played under Ries as both a lacrosse and field hockey player, which Weller did as a high schooler at Quince Orchard.

“We have a lot of similarities in how we coach and I think I’m going to bring my own strengths to the table,” she said. “I take pride in how I coach. I would describe myself as an intense coach, motivated, caring and definitely field hockey-oriented.”

As a coach with the Jackals club team over the summer Weller has already begun the process of developing chemistry with nearlyhalfherteamandisfamiliar with their styles of play, and how they respond to certain critiques and criticisms. One of those athletes happens to be Taylor, who scored the overtime game-winner against Good Counsel in the WCAC championship.

“She’s a pleasure to coach and I’m really excited,” Weller said.

Weller’s mission is not just to top the Falcons, either. There is a budding St. Mary’s Ryken team, a competitive Seton squad and an increasingly difficult WCAC schedule to navigate.

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Stephanie Ochs’ goal in the 40th minute marked Washington’s first score against the playoff-bound Sky Blue based out of New York/New Jersey in three meetings. Though the Spirit surrendered a goal to Sky Blue’s Taylor Lytle in the 83rd minute, the tie was just Washington’s eighth non-defeat in 22 contests.

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Winston Churchill High School football coach Joe Allen hasn’t had much time to process the loss of Malik Harris as the season quickly approaches. Allen said he got an anonymous phone call a couple weeks ago that said the senior running back had enrolled at Friendship Collegiate Academy.

But Allen wasted no time answering questions about the shakeup, repeatedly responding before the query ended.

How will Churchill adjust after planning on Harris being a significant part of the tea—?

“Of course, you’re planning on it,” Allen said. “But at the same time, Blake Dove has worked his butt off. He’s taken every rep in the offseason. The kid’s work ethic is second to none.”

So, more carries now for Do—?

“No question about it.”

Harris ran for 900 yards and eight touchdowns on 144 carries last season (6.3 yards per carry), and Dove ran for 265 yards and three touchdowns on 65 carries (4.1 yards per carry). Dove proved his ability to handle the rigors of every-down play, starting at linebacker as a freshman for Seneca Valley High School in 2011.

“He’s the type of guy that wants it,” Allen said. “When you get a young man that actually wants to accept that role, that’s half the battle.”

Dovesaidheinitiallydidn’tbelieveHarris’ textsrelayinghisplantotransfertoFriendship Collegiate. But once Dove got past that surprise, he said he realized he needed to work even harder on his conditioning. At a recent practice, a couple of teammates even told Dove he looked fatigued.

“We haven’t really worked out that much,” Dove said. “So, when it comes down to the season, it’s full speed for me. I’m not going to be tired.”

Dove won’t be the only way Churchill replaces Harris, who didn’t return a message seeking comment. Friendship Collegiate also didn’t respond to an email requesting confir-

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A few years ago, a collection of eighth and ninth graders playing travel baseball could have only dreamed of having one of their games broadcasted

by ESPN. More likely would have been a scenario where a few parents shot some grainy, between-the-fence footage to commemorate the momentous occasion.

But when Dig In Baseball’s 13-andunder team won the United States Specialty Sports Association’s Elite World

Series at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, Fla., in early August, it created a memory — ESPN3 broadcasted the game live online — that will last a lifetime.

Dig In’s 13U team, wrapping up its first full year in existence, went 8-0 among a 32-team field at the USSSA national tournament and in the process, beat Gulf Coast Elite, 13-6, after trailing 4-0 in the championship and finished the year ranked 10th nationally by TravelBallSelect.com and 12th

by Youth1.com.

“I think they got that Big League experience, kind of like their Sunday Night Baseball moment with a former Major Leaguer [Mike LaValliere] calling the game [along with Kevin Corke] with

play-by-play, on field-interviews and everything like that,” said Dig In coach and co-founder Will Frazier.

Frazier played baseball at the University of Maryland, College Park and scouts for the Kansas City Royals, and it’s that kind of expertise throughout the organization the he feels sets Dig In apart.

Throughout the year, his club played in national tournaments beginning in March and running through the World Series.

“We try to expose our kids to the toughest competition,” Frazier said.

“We went to Myrtle Beach, Rocky Mount, Virginia and Florida. We wound up playing 60-70 games and practiced twice a week at Watkins Mill High School, trying to expose our kids to the

best competition we could find.”

Some of the players who led the team to a title included left-handed pitcher Ethan Forbes, who led the team in home runs and steals, third baseman Gabe Levine, who led the team in RBI and is entering ninth grade at St. John’s College High School this fall, and A.J. Javitt, who played outfield and pitched.

In the semifinals, Dig In rolled over another national powerhouse in Sports55 Elite, 7-0.

Dig In features a blend of players from mostly Montgomery County, but also Frederick and Howard Counties. While Maryland isn’t frequently thought of as one of the better baseball states in the country, especially when compared to Florida, California and

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It’s easy to focus on what the Our Lady of Good Counsel High School girls’ soccer team will be missing this fall: Harvard University recruit and the program’s alltime leading scorer, Midge Purce (101 goals).

But in no way will the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champion three of the past four years be short on talent in 2013. In fact, the Falcons look to be even more dynamic.

“You just end up playing a different game,” longtime Good Counsel coach Jim Bruno said.

“Midge was such a demander of the ball and people gave it to her.

It just means we will play a little different style, I think we’ll spread the ball a little bit more.”

At the heart of what looks to remain a quite productive offense are two sisters, senior four-year starter and U.S. U-18 National Team forward Imani Dorsey and sophomore Nia. The two were only able to share the field for six games in 2012 before a severe concussion sidelined the elder sister, a Duke University recruit.

But it became abundantly clear that their playing styles complement each other, Bruno said.

“It’s awesome, they’re definitely connected on the field,” senior goalkeeper Megan “Stu” Hinz said. “It’s so apparent, we were at tryouts playing smallsided games and those two are just making passes around and everyone is just like, ‘Ah, the sisters are assisting each other!’”

Purce’s scoring capabilities garnered much attention the past four years, as they should have. But when she scored a county-high 30 goals in 2011, Imani Dorsey still managed 22 of her own.

While it will be nice for the Falcons to know they have a strong scoring option in Imani, Bruno said, putting numbers on the board won’t be her only role.

The elder Dorsey is a playmaker in the midfield with impeccable field vision and a knack for finding teammates in open space.

Nia’s strength is finding and making runs to those seams in opponents’ defenses.

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With Imani sidelined for the majority of 2012 and Purce out for several games due to U-17 National Team duties, Nia Dorsey stepped into a more prominent role even as a freshman. She tallied eight goals and assists last fall and Bruno said it is already obvious early that she is no longer worried about overstepping her bounds playing alongside older players.

Imani will have several players to dish the ball out to in addition to her sister. Last year’s second-leading scorer, senior midfielder Courtney Parr (nine goals, three assists) and sophomore forward Nicole Bautista are among them.

If anything, Good Counsel’s backline has more questions to answer after losing two major cogs in Jordyn Brock and Caro-

line Kimble. Returners Maddie Pack and Karli Cirovski will have to step into more vocal roles as communication is integral to a team’s defense, Hinz said. The traditional stingy Falcons defense has nothing to worry about with Hinz in net, though, Bruno said.

Last year marked the first time Imani and Nia Dorsey shared the field as teammates, though the time was short-lived.

The two said they are looking forward to more time on the pitch together in what could be their last opportunity to play competitive soccer together.

“I was so proud of [Nia last year], but I wasn’t surprised [by her success] at all,” Imani Dorsey said. “She’s a fantastic, strong player and wonderful, poised person. She had it in her all along. It’s great to be able to play together because we haven’t been able to before. We can read off each other just because we’re sisters, we know how the other one plays.”

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many Southern states, Frazier feels his club proved something in Orlando.

“I tried to get the kids to buy into playing for yourself, your family, your organization and your state,” Frazier said. “Speaking in general terms, I think we definitely flew under the radar with the southern teams taking northern team for granted a little bit.

“But at the end of the day, after winning those eight games, we definitely earned a lot of respect.”

Dig In receives help and support from a number of parents, including from utility infielder Reagan Mills’ father, Shawn, who said that Dig In was a team in the truest sense. ncammarota@gazette.net

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Weedon Guy, Pearce John and Kimberly Guy and Frederick and Deborah Pearce announce the marriage of their children, Jennifer Guy and Jacob Pearce, on July 20, 2013, at Martins Crosswinds in Greenbelt.

The bride attended Seneca Valley High School and graduated with a degree in elementary education from Towson University. She is now teaching elementary school in Montgomery County.

The groom attended Washington Christian Academy and graduated from Liberty University with a major in psychology and a minor in criminal justice. He is now a manager at a local establishment.

The couple honeymooned in Cancun, Mexico, and they are now residing in Montgomery County.

Gentle Yoga for Seniors, from 10-10:45 a.m. Fridays, Aug. 23 to Sept. 27, at Bethesda Regional Service Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Second Floor, Bethesda. Tone muscles, improve balance and increase circulation with gentle yoga for seniors. Taught by an instructor from the Mindfulness Center, gentle yoga offers several health benefits while relaxing the mind and body. Dress comfortably.

Please bring yoga mat and blanket. $70. www.suburbanhospital.org.

Lamaze Techniques, from 7-9:30 p.m. at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Program will explore ways women

Perry and Linda Weedon recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a family gathering crab feast and shrimp boil in New Market.

They were married at Ascension Lutheran Church in Landover Hills on July 6, 1963. They have three sons, Todd and wife Gina; Brett and wife Lynn; and Brooke and wife Sabrina; eight grandchildren and one more on the way.

The children and Linda’s mother, Helon, who is 93, also surprised the couple with a cruise gift certificate.

The Weedons have lived in Rockville for 45 years.

can find comfort during labor and birth. Learn about breathing patterns, position changes, relaxation techniques, and massage. Both mother-to-be and partner will learn strategies that will enhance the progress of labor. Required: 75-centimeter exercise ball, two pillows and a floor mat.

All classes taught by a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. (Note: Complements any childbirth class. You must have completed your childbirth class prior to this class.) $60; Registration required. 301-7748881. www.montgomerygeneral.org.

SATURDAY, AUG. 24 Home Alone, from 9 a.m. to noon at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Class helps prepare 8- to 11-year-olds to spend brief periods of time alone. The Home Alone class will provide skills to help them be safe when there is no adult supervision including answering the door, telephone, calling 911, making a pizza bagel in microwave, and other helpful tools. $35; Registration required. 301-774-8881. www. montgomerygeneral.org.

RELIGION CALENDAR ONGOING Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church St.,

Damascus, offers traditional Sunday morning worship services at 8:15 a.m., a youth contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. and a service of liturgy and the word at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. for all ages during the school year.

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The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Guzauskas of Gaithersburg. The prospective groom is the son of Mrs. Mary Ricketts and the late Mr. Orville Carothers, formerly of Gaithersburg.

The couple are graduates of Montgomery County Public Schools.

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George Dorsey and Doris Ward Unglesbee of Gaithersburg celebrated their 60th anniversary May 19, 2013, surrounded by friends and family at Neelsville Presbyterian Church in Germantown.

The Unglesbees were married May 16, 1953, by the Rev. Albert W. Lentz at Neelsville’s historic white chapel, which they revisited for the occasion. The celebration included a favorite hymn, “In the Garden,” by Neelsville’s sanctuary choir; prayers of thanks by the church’s senior pastor, the Rev. Dr. Pete Della Santina, and associate pastor for discipleship, the Rev. Andy Nagel; and family recollections. A reception followed in the newly remodeled Sabbath Building.

George Unglesbee was born and raised in Germantown, and Doris Ward Unglesbee was born and raised in Comus. They met on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad while commuting to their jobs in Washington, D.C., and Rockville, respectively, thanks to a conductor who introduced them. Doris joined Neelsville in 1953. George joined NPC in April 1939, making him Neelsville’s longest-standing member. Their children — Steve of Annapolis; Sally Long of Hyattstown; and Sandy Hutto of Clarksburg — were raised in and married at the church.

The Unglesbees have six grandsons, Jonathan, Jeffrey and Matthew Unglesbee; Timothy Long; and Kyle and Wesley Hutto; and two granddaughters, Leah Hutto and Allison Long, ages 18 to 28.

Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, conducts Sunday morning worship services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery through adult, is at 9:30 a.m. 301-421-9166. For a schedule of events, visit www. libertygrovechurch.org.

“MOPS,” a faith-based support group for mothers of children, birth through kindergarten, meets from 9-11:30 a.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month at the Frederick Church of the Brethren, 201 Fairview Drive, Frederick. Childcare is provided. For more information call 301-662-1819. Email mops@fcob.net.

Providence United Methodist Church, 3716 Kemptown

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Trinity Lutheran Church, 11200 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, conducts services every Sunday, with child care from 8 a.m. to noon and fellowship and a coffee hour following each service. 301-8817275. For a schedule of events, visit www.TrinityELCA.org.

Chancel choir auditions and rehearsals, 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Liberty Grove Methodist Church, 15225 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville.

Call 301-421-9166 or visit www.libertygrovechurch.org.

“Healing for the Nations,” 7 p.m. every first and third Saturday of the month at South Lake Elementary School, 18201 Contour Road, Gaithersburg.

Sponsored by King of the Nations Christian Fellowship, the outreach church service is open to all who are looking for hope in this uncertain world.

Prayer for healing available.

Translation into Spanish and French. Call 301-251-3719.

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301-948-8898

340 N. Summit Ave. • Gaithersburg, MD

301-528-4400

www.churchillseniorliving.com

SILVER SPRING

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kNewly Updated Units

and reach over 206,000 homes!

kSpacious Floor Plans kSmall Pets Welcome

BURTONSVILLE:

DISCOVER DELAWARE’S RESORT LIVING WITHOUT RESORT PRICING!

Low Taxes! Gated Community,amazing amenities, equestrian facility, Olympic Pool.

New Homes mid $40’s. Brochures available 1-866-629-0770 or www.coolbranch.com

TIMESHARE:

Massanutten VA FOR SALE, 2 wks per yr, sleeps 8, 1.5 hrs frm DC, a 5 Star RCI Resort. Call for Info, Call: 240-899-2394

3br, 2.5ba TH, fpl, fin bsmt, $1725 + utils, avail 8/15 No pets.

202-236-4197

DAMACUS:

3br $1500, 2br $1250 +util NS/NP, W/D New Carpet, Paint, Deck & Patio. 301-250-8385

GAITH: 3br, 2.5 newly rmd ba 3lvl th fin bsmt xtra bd, hrwd flrs, $1875 Hoc OK 240-372-0532

GAITH: 3br, 3.5ba, fin-

ished bsmt, spacious back, close to 200/270 Avail Now $1600 + utils 301-570-8924

GAITH: 5-6BR 4BA, 2 fin lvls. SG Metro.

Shops. NS/NP. $2095 Cr chk 240-751-7154 8103 Shady Spring Dr.

MONT VILL: SFH, 2

Br, fireplace, beautiful setting, needs work, $1495/mo, good credit Call: 410-997-9045

M V : All new remod 3br, 2.5ba, 3 lvl TH, deck, pool NS, NP, $1,550 + utils. Avail Sept 1. 301-990-9294

N.POTOMAC: 2br

1.5ba 2lvl end unit TH huge back yrd, Lg liv rm, dinrm, eat-in-kit, wood fpl, new carpet paint/Appl.Wootton HS $1,550 301-221-0697

POTOMAC: lrg 3 br,

2.5 ba, SFH, finished basement, living rm, dining rm, den w/fp, deck, carport, completely remodeled, close to 270, $3100/ month 240-372-8050

BOYDS/NR Rt # 118 GAITHERSBURG/ bsmt Apt in SFH LILAC GARDEN 1 2BR’s, foyer, bath, all Bedroom, $999 + elec appl, kitchen, pvt ent Available immed.

Male/Female. $1500 301-717-7425 - Joe inc util 240-899-1694 GAITH/MV: 2Br/2Ba CHEVY CHASE: Condo w/patio, W/D 1BD, 1BA at Riviera. Comm Pool $1350/mo Indoor parking and util + utils, conv location included. $1650. Near Call: 240-477-0131 metro. 301-529-1226 GAITHERSBURG:

1 and 2 Bedroom apt avail at $950 and $1100 per month + elec. 240-793-9467

LAKESIDE APTS GAITHERSBURG

Half Month Free Large 1 or 2 BR Apts Furn or Unfurn Utilities Included

Great Prices

301-830-0046 N.POTOMAC ROCKVILLE: 1 BR

Apt. $1185 incl util, CATV, Free Parking Avail now.

NS/NP CALL: 301-424-9205

E X C L U S I V E WATERFRNT ESTATE: Beautiful

Coastal getaway has over 350 ft of navigable water, ready to build and dock your boat! Must Go! $47K 828-233-4052

OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. Best

selection of affordable rentals. Full/partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily.

Holiday Real Estate.

1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com

GAITH/SENECA 3 BR, HWY/370:

B O W I E : TH

3BR, 2.5BA car garage 2 level deck $ 1850 /mo call 916-718-7761 or 770-337-0466

ADELPHI,

MD

1Bed, 1Bath condo.

Pking space. NP/NS $1050 plus Electric.

301-445-1131Avail 9/1

2.5BA TH with W/D, Avail Now. $1600/mo + utils 301-774-2496

GAITH: spac 3lvl EU

TH w/ grg, 3br, 4ba, fin bsmt, deck, no pets, cl to 270 & mall $1700/mo + utils Call: 301-241-3263

GERM:Large TH 4br,

2.5Ba fpl, deck, wlk out bsmt wlk to Twn cnter nr 270/Bus HOC $1795. 240-383-1000

2br, 1ba, pvt balc, 2 wlk in closet, upgraded kit, prkng. $1415 utils incld 301-6423203 Michael Rhim

HYATTSVILLE: High

Rise Condo Aprt 2BR 1BA Lrg Balcony All Utils Incld, Avail Now. $1400/mnth 301-5281011 240-447-5072

KENTLANDS: Condo

2BR, 2BA, walking distance to pool, tennis courts, community center. hardwood floors, granite, w/d, walkin closet, parking, $1,700/mo HOA fees incl. 301.806.7311

ROCK: 1Br, newly

GAITHERSBURG:

TH 3BR, 2.5BA, finish bsmt, comm pool, cl to Kentlands, $1950 + utils 301-222-7236

HYATTSVILLE:

DMSCUS/GERM:

I Buy Houses CASH! Quick Sale Fair Price 703-940-5530

upgraded $1200/mo utils incl excpt electric, nr metro & I-270. N/S & N/P Avail Now Call: 301-461-0629

SIL SPG: Longmead

Crossing, Newly renov 2br 2ba. $1350+ utils. w/d in the unit. OR 3bd 2ba. $1550. Nr Metro & Bus. 301526-3198

3Br, 1.5Ba, deck, renov nr bus/shops, $1450/mo + util Call: 240-508-3497

BOWIE: Furnished

Rm in beautiful SFH, NS/NP Avl Sept 1st, $550/mo w/util inc Call: 301-509-3050

EE R204, 3004 Bel Pre Rd.,FR Apt. ent Silver Spring, MD 20906

GERMANTOWN

pvt entr, 1br, 1ba, kit, livrm, $850+ sec dep uti cable, parking, incl.

Np/Ns 301-253-1370

Mature Male , 1 Furn BR. All utils included.

Near 61 Bus Line.

Maria 240-671-3783

GAITH: basment apt.

Pvt entr, pvt kit & BA, $900/mo inclds util & FIOS. Storage. 301370-7508 Avail 8/1

GE RMA NT OWN :

GAITHERS: 1BR in

GE RMA NT OWN :

SFH unfurn. $650 utils incl. Male NS/NP, 1 mile frm I-270. Avail Immed 240-372-1168

GAITHERSBURG

1Br in an Apartment $600/ mo util included Ns Np, Nr Metro, Bus Shops. 240-603-3960

GAITHERSBURG

1 furn room $400 & 1 rm $500 util incl. nr Metro. Male. 240-3052776 or 240-602-3943

GAITHERSBURG:

rm for rent in condo, nr bus/shops, utils, cable, incld $500 301-9724535 Available 9/1 Rm for rent in TH nr bus & shopping center $550/mo util include NP/NS 240-715-5147

MONT

S S /C L O V E R L Y :

Lrg MBr w/priv Ba, NP, quiet nbhd $700/mo + 1/3 util 240-644-9548

SS:Female only 1Br

in 2Br/2Ba Condo share common area $450/mo utils included NS/NP 240- 418-2209

SS: NEW 1BR Apt 1st

floor private ENT, KIT, BA, PARKING. $1300 utils incld, quiet 301879-2868

TAKOMA

PARK:

NS room for rent $550/month AC, carpeted, PVT ent, nr shop,bus/metro. Utils Incld. 301-448-2363

TWINBROOK RMs

for rent. $650 Incl Wifi/parking N/s, N/p.

Nr Bus & Metro 301221-7348

WHEATON: Male

pref non-smoker, 1BR, shr BA, near metro, $525/mnth util incl +dep 301-933-6804

VILLAGE:

Bsmt w/2 Br, priv kit, Ba & entr, LR, $1k/mo + 1/3 util, CATV/int.240-6432343 or 301-222-7327

ROCK: clean Large

Lrg Rm in SFH, Pool, full privlgs, Vegetarian, NS. $600 + 1/4 elec Call: 301-482-1425

Bedroom, Qn bed, Kit, FR, TV, Shr Ba, Util incl $625/month Call: 301-424-8377

Male, 1Br $299, Near Metro & Shops. NS. Available Now. 301-219-1066

GAITHERSBURG:

ROCKVILLE: NS/NP, part furn nice 2 Br Bsmt Apt, with private entrance $850/mo + utils 301-424-4366

GAITH:M BRs $430+

SILVER SPRING:

LG Furn BR in uppr lvl $500 util & laundry included. Sec. Dep Req. Call: 301-605-5199

suite w/ tv, pvt ent, kit, ba, w/d, NS/NP $1050/mo incl util. K. Ghana 301-438-2414

kFull Size W/D in every unit

nr metro/bus, MBR w/pvt BA $650, BR $525 shrd ba. Utils Incld.

NP. 301-949-9381

GAITHERSBURG:

GE RMA NT OWN :

SS: 1 BR furn bsmt

kFamily Room

GLENMONT:

2 furn. BD, w/shared OLNEY:15x12 bdrm in BA. Close to 270/355.

SFR $650/mo incl $500 & $550 utils incl. utils, cable,inet. Smok& inter access. Parking outside/NP 301ing. Available now!

924-9108 240-418-8785

440+475+555+ Maid Ns/Np, nr 270/370/Bus shops, quiet, conv.Sec Dep 301-983-3210

2Br, 1Ba, patio, fpl, fully renov nr bus/shops, $1300/mo + util 240-508-3497

DMSCUS/GERM:

DAMASCUS: Bsmt

(301) 460-1647 1 Month

kBalcony Patio

G560398

Contact Ashby Rice at (301) 670-2667 for pricing and ad deadlines.

A u g SILVER POTOMAC: SPRING: 24th, 10-2, gorgeous Estate Sale Sat Aug 4Br SFH, Douglas 24th 9a-3p 1525 Realty 301-996-2531 Gridley Lane, 20902 11512 Karen Drive

kSwimming Pool

1 BR furn $600.

Access to Metro.

Includes utilities.

Call: 301-346-9518.

SILVER

SPRING:

Room for $480/mo, shared kit Ba, W/D, CABTV & Util, Please CALL: 301-404-2681

FLEA MARKET

Sat & Sun, August 24 & 25, 8am-4pm Montgomery County Fairgrounds 16 Chestnut St. Gaithersburg, MD Great Bargains & Low Prices Vendors Wanted FREE Admission & FREE Parking 301-649-1915 * johnsonshows.co

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AUCTION

Household Goods Ronald Jackson Anthony Smith Aisha Cody Reginald Butler Carla Thomas Sept 5, 2013 @ 2p 4944 Wyaconda Rd Rockville, MD 20852

HUNT AUCTION

Sunday, August 25th,10:00 AM At Hunts Place 19521 Woodfield Rd (Rte 124) Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Estates- Furniture & Sports Cards

301-948-3937

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