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DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER

A man accused of sexually assaulting another man after a beer-pong tournament was found guilty Monday in the first of two trials.

Joey Poindexter, 40, faced four sexual-offense charges in connection with an October 2013 incident in which prosecutors say he took a young man back to his Gaithersburg residence after a night of heavy drinking. The young man told police he was sexually assaulted in Poindexter’s shower.

After deliberating for about 90 minutes Monday, jurors

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Fifteen-year-old Mark Elhallal of Gaithersburg will play at Carnegie Hall in February.

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ark Elhallal, 15, will be joining high school students from around the country and overseas to perform violin with the Honors Orchestra at Carnegie Hall as part of the 2015 High School Honors Performance Series on Feb. 22.

Elhallal, of Gaithersburg, has always been playing music, first piano at age four and then

violin shortly after that.

“Ever since I was young I always enjoyed the sound and the feeling that goes with [the violin],” Elhallal said.

When Elhallal was younger, he didn’t realize the importance of practicing to really hone in on his skills.

“When I was playing piano, I started at age four. I never knew the real reason of practice,” Elhallal said. “I didn’t like the whole aspect of practicing.”

However, now under the direction of the Associate Principal violist of the National Philharmonic Judy Silverman, Elhallal knows practicing is an important aspect of getting better and getting noticed. Silverman nominated him for a spot in the Honors Orchestra for the High School Honors Performance Series last year. He auditioned but was turned down.

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Election ballots go out Feb. 6 BY

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

Candidates running for the three open spots on the Montgomery Village Foundation’s Board of Directors had a chance to mingle with residents before a Jan. 22 board meeting in a small “Meet the Candidates” event.

The Montgomery Village Foundation Board of Directors is a nine-member volunteer board elected each year by residents. Each board member has a three-year term and the terms are staggered making three positions open for

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Speakers appeal for later Montgomery school bell times

BY JENN DAVIS STAFF WRITER

Rockville native David London isn’t your average magician. In search of a deeper understanding of magical theory, he’s traded in the conventional bunny and top hat for toenail clippings and Wonder Bread.

London weaves together magic, storytelling, puppetry, comedy and interactive performance to create shows that explore what magic is and what it does.

“My magic is unique. It has context,” London said. “So it’s not about the trick, but how it’s incorporated into a larger philosophical idea that I’m trying to get across.”

The Gaithersburg Arts Barn is set to welcome London on Jan. 30 and 31 for a Weekend of Magic, where the magician will perform a cabaret show and a family show, as well as a workshop. Tickets can be purchased online at gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/arts/theaterat-the-arts-barn.

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David London will bring his unique brand of mirth and magic to the Gaithersburg Arts Barn this weekend.

London’s first foray into magic happened when he was 7 years old and attending a black-tie affair with his family. Wearing a tuxedo and top hat, London stood in front of the crowd and pulled a rabbit out of his hat.

Ever since then, London has devoted

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much time to honing his craft. From learning tricks to reading about other magicians and their techniques to studying surrealism and art, London developed his own perspective

Parent Myron Marlin read a poem Thursday evening to share his thoughts on school bell times with the Montgomery County Board of Education.

“If we were each farmers plowing our fields, not city folks mowing our lawn, then it might make more sense to have our kids rise, one hour sooner than dawn,” Marlin said, reciting “Please Let Our Kids Get More Sleep.”

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28 Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Brightview Fallsgrove,

9200 Darnestown Road, Rockville. Discuss problems and solutions, and meet with others walking a similar path. Come for information, fellowship and support; refreshments provided. Free, RSVP requested. 240-314-7194.

Raise Your Voice: Poverty in Montgomery County, 6-9 p.m., The Activity

Center at Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. A public forum and resource fair focusing on issues affecting low-income county residents. Hosted by the Montgomery County Community Action Board. Free; food and child care provided. 240-777-1708.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29 Nature Tots: Groundhog Day, 10-11:30 a.m., Croydon Creek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road, Rockville. A naturalist will help visitors explore a new nature topic through nature play, crafts, stories and hikes. Ages 2-5 with caregiver. $8-$10, registration required. 240-314-8770.

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 1-6:30 p.m., Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church St., Damascus.

Appointments encouraged. www.redcrossblood.org, sponsor code 05311217.

Create It Club, 3:30 p.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Kindergarteners through fifthgraders get crafty. Free. 240-777-0140.

Opening of Indian Film Festival, 6:308:30 p.m., Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. “Gandhi,” with guest moderator and light snacks for sale from a local Indian caterer. Held in conjunction with Sanathana, a twomonth long celebration of Indian Heritage in Montgomery County. $9-$10. 301-7740022.

Rozansky Real Estate Seminar, 7 p.m., Bethesda Country Club, 7601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda. Attendees will receive expert insights on several key real estate topics. Free, registration required. 301230-0045, ext. 300.

Open Mic Night for Teens, 7 p.m., Olney Library, 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Road, Olney. Sing a song, read a poem or play an acoustic instrument. Free. 240773-9545.

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FRIDAY, JAN. 30 Jazz in the Round: Marc Cary, 8-10 p.m., Sandy Spring Museum, 17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. This intimate performance from the award-winning artist will be a solo piano tribute to one of his mentors, Abbey Lincoln. $20. 301774-0022.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31 Toddler and Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Marland Ave., Rockville. Stories, finger plays, songs, and stretches. Ages 2-6 with caregivers. Free. 240-777-0140.

STEM Club: Modular Origami, 3-5 p.m., Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg. Learn how to make octahedral units and other modular origami crafts using sonobe units; materials will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Quince Orchard Chapter. Free. 240-777-0200.

Grapes, Hops and Blues, 7 p.m., Bethesda Jewish Congregation, 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda. Second annual beer and wine tasting event. Guests will sample domestic and international selections — non-alcoholic beverages will be available — and hear riveting descriptions of each from the congregation’s own beer and wine connoisseurs. $25-$30. 301-4698636.

Israeli Film: Operation Sunflower, 7:4510 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville. A dramatic interpretation of the creation of Israel’s nuclear weapon program in the 1950s, and the relationships and scruples of the team David Ben-Gurion ordered to build a bomb. $5-$15, RSVP requested. israelifilms@tikvatisrael.org.

SUNDAY, FEB. 1 Leo’s Run, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., East Silver Spring Elementary School, 631 Silver Spring Ave., Silver Spring. A 5K run/walk in downtown Silver Spring honoring the stillborn son of Caroline Joyce and Mike Mowery. The run’s path leads through the neighborhood Leo would have been raised in. Proceeds benefit Leo’s Garden, a nonprofit to help families who have experienced similar losses. $22.50. info@ leosrun.org.

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David London’s Weekend of Magic,

8-10 p.m., Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, also 11 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Jan. 31. Featuring the Magic Outside the Box Cabaret Show Friday night, the Adventure to the Imagi Nation Family Show Saturday morning and his Magic Workshop Saturday afternoon. London combines magic with storytelling, comedy, puppetry, surrealism, philosophy and more to create original shows of magic. $10-$25 depending on event. 301-258-6394.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET Climate Change Movie, 12:30-2 p.m., Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda. Featuring the fifth episode of “Years of Living Dangerously.” Find out how the Dutch deal with water and an honest look at contrasting political processes in the U.S. Light refreshments will be served, with discussion and opportunities for action.

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MONDAY, FEB. 2 21st Century Library eResources, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville. Use a phone, tablet and laptop to access library resources electronically. Free, registration requested. 240-773-9410.

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Bethesda Woman’s Club Lecture and Lunch, 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m., Woman’s

Club of Bethesda, 5500 Sonoma Road, Bethesda. Brigadier General Wilma Vaught, USAF, retired, president of the Women in Military Service for American Memorial Fund. $14. www.bethesdawomansclubmd.com.

Hands-On STEM Fun, 4-5 p.m., Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton.

Learn and play with drop-in sciencebased crafts and/or experiments. Grades 1-6. Free. 240-777-0678.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 Volunteer Open House, 9:30-11 a.m., Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Silver Spring. Learn about flexible volunteering opportunities with the Senior Connection. mary.murphy@seniorconnectionmc.org.

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Members of the Watkins Mill High School football team volunteered to package food at the warehouse of the nonprofit charity Nourish Now in Rockville.

From left: Luis Jimenez, 16, Leonardo Molina, 15, and Antony Zavala, 16.

The project was the idea of the team’s assistant coach, Andrew Mele, who wanted to instill in his players the importance of community outreach.

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SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

The Watkins Mill High School varsity football team took time out of their weekend to give back by volunteering at Nourish Now, a nonprofit food recovery organization in Rockville.

“Every year we try to do a different community service project,” said assistant coach Andrew Mele.

This year, Mele wanted to bring the team to a soup kitchen or something along those lines for their day of service. Then he learned about Nourish Now and thought it would be perfect.

“Five hundred families in need come directly to our location,” said Brett Meyers, founder and executive director of Nourish Now. Meyers explained that the organization goes out to restaurants and catered events and “rescues” already prepared food that normally would have been thrown away. A lot of the food

that is going to be thrown out has anywhere from two to five days before it actually goes bad, according to Meyers, and Nourish Now takes it off restaurants’ hands and puts it into the hands of someone who needs it.

The team came out from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday and repackaged food that had been recovered into individual meals in carryout containers. The Nourish Now location could only hold about 15 players, so Mele said the rest of the team will be going to volunteer at Nourish Now in the beginning of February.

The organization recently surpassed 300,000 pounds of food donated around the county, including their packaged meals as well as nonperishables that they give to families in five-day supplies.

Meyers said that while there are many different food recovery organizations, there aren’t many that collect prepared meals.

Nourish Now works in partnership with nonprofits around the county that help put the food in their clients’ hands.

“We’re like on-call doctors, but with food,” Meyers said. sschmieder@gazette.net

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce recently selected Donna Rimple to serve as its new director of member services.

Rimple comes to the chamber with a sales career of more than 18 years in the performing arts, the design industry and gift market, according to a chamber press release.

She has previously worked for Ganz USA as a territory manager and for Hines & Company as an outside sales representative.

Campus congrats Kathleen M. Brown made the Dean’s list at Monmouth College in Illinois for the fall 2014 semester.

Brown, a junior English major, is the daughter of Melanie and William Brown of Gaithersburg.

To make the Dean’s list, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester while carrying at least three credits.

Derwood lawyer writes novel about golf Spencer K. Stephens of Derwood recently released his debut effort, “Church of Golf,” a novel about a broken man who discovers that the way back is religious devotion to the study of golf.

Stephens, a former journalist, grew up in Annapolis and graduated from Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn. He has an English degree from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., and a law degree from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He founded and owns a law firm, Stephens & Associates, in Rockville.

The setting of “Church of Golf” takes place in Anne Arundel County and on the island of Lanai, one of the smallest of the occupied Hawaiian Islands.

Stephens called upon personal knowledge and extensive research of these locations for descriptions of scenes and people there, according to a news release.

The book is available online.

POLICE BLOTTER The following is a summary of incidents in the Gaithersburg area to which Montgomery County police and/or Gaithersburg City Police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county and/or the city of Gaithersburg.

Armed robbery • 700 block of Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, at 8 p.m. Jan. 9. The subjects threatened the victim with a weapon and took property.

Sexual assault • 600 block of Coral Reef Drive, Gaithersburg, at 9:03 p.m. Jan. 5.

The subject is known to the victim.

Strong-arm robbery • Behind a church on West Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, at 6:35 p.m. Jan. 12. The subjects are

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Commercial burglary • Hyatt House Hotel, 200 Skidmore Blvd., Gaithersburg, between 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12 and noon Jan. 13.

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Residential burglary • 18700 block of Calypso Place, Gaithersburg, on Jan. 7 or 8. Forced entry, took nothing.

• 800 block of Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, between 4:20 and 7:37 p.m. Jan. 10. Forced entry, took nothing.

Vehicle larceny • Two incidents at Kindercare, 16723 Crabbs Branch Way, Derwood, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Took purses.

• Two incidents outside of Sport and Health Club, 700 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg, on Jan. 9. Took purses.

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BY JENN DAVIS STAFF WRITER

Despite calls from some of Gaithersburg’s East Deer Park residents to have permit parking implemented in their neighborhood to keep nearby students from parking on their streets, the community ultimately voted down the idea.

Gaithersburg City Manager Tony Tomasello said he and staff have worked with the neighborhood over the past few months to discuss a possible plan for restricted parking after several residents expressed frustration that Gaithersburg High School students were lining the community’s roads with their parked vehicles.

Margaret Bielecki, a Tulip Drive homeowner, submitted a petition on behalf of some neighbors to the City Council in October to request permit parking on several streets to alleviate the congestion, noise, trash and other issues that she said were caused by students parking nearby.

City staff hosted a community meeting at the Bohrer Park Activity Center in December to collect resident feedback about the idea of instituting a two-hour parking restriction for vehicles that do not display a permit, To-

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The city then mailed out 243 surveys to East Deer Park residents affected by the issue, asking them to answer whether they were for or against the proposed program. Out of the 131 surveys returned, 90 opposed the parking restriction and 41 were in favor of it.

“Clearly, most of the neighborhood is opposed to the program,” Tomasello said.

As a result, the city will not seek to implement a permit parking program in East Deer Park. However, the city will mail a follow-up letter to the neighbors to explain what they can do in certain situations moving forward, such as if their driveway is blocked by another car or if they witness littering, Tomasello said.

Looking at the bigger picture, the city is planning to standardize its entire permit parking process, which will include community engagement and require community consensus, Tomasello said.

He added that it is important for all members of a community to be equally informed and understand “what they’re getting into.”

“It turned out to be really useful,” Tomasello said.

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Plans for 355 development underway Students join orchestra performance Joint work session discussed fiscal year, future plans n

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SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

The Gaithersburg mayor and city council hosted a joint work session to discuss the corridor development zone and comprehensive rezoning as well as the capital improvement options for 355 on Monday.

The planning commission used the meeting to summarize the findings from previous discussions, which occurred summer 2014, as well as answer any questions that came up.

A presentation from the planning commission presented by Rob Robinson, the long range planning manager with the city, and Frank Johnson, the assistant city attorney, listed that the purposes of the corridor development zone were to encourage development that is consistent with the master plan, encourage renovation and redevelopment,

encourage attractive visual themes and provide an appropriate mix of different uses.

One of the main concerns of the council was to make sure current residents were protected and didn’t lose any property value.

Mayor Jud Ashman reminded the group that rather than a “greenfield development,” as seen with Kentlands and Crown, the corridor surrounding 355 is redeveloping an already populated area.

All-in-all the planning commission was advised to look into how the same type of redevelopment has been accomplished in other areas in Montgomery County and around the county for comparison and to get ideas to make the project run smoothly.

John Schlichting, planning and code director, and Martin Matsen, planning division chief, spoke about the $120,000 budget included in the fiscal year 2015 plan to go to 355 corridor plan improvements. The capital improvement plans are supposed to take place this

year.

The main ideas presented included landscape improvements in the form of planting trees, seasonal hanging planter baskets, a branding project with banners and improvements to Forest Oak Cemetery.

Their presentation included photos of Forest Oak Cemetery, which is located along Frederick Avenue, that depicted its dilapidated fencing and noticeable lack of plants.

The council believed that a new fence would be a good addition to the property, but made sure to mention the desire to keep its historical integrity.

The banners and hanging plants received an overall negative response from the council as they thought the temporary seasonal hangings were too costly and the banners would be too hard to read while driving along the road. Instead, council members brought up the idea of city and state flags that were instantly recognizable and did not need any closer inspection. sschmieder@gazette.net

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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

The Montgomery Philharmonic community orchestra will celebratelocalstudentmusicians with its third concert of the season, “A Celebration of Youth,” featuring works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Ives and Gershwin on Monday evening.

Members will be joined on stage by members of the Watkins Mill Orchestra, as well as musicians from Montgomery Village Middle School and Neelsville Middle School in Germantown.

A benefit concert for the Watkins Mill High School music cluster, the event will start at 7:30 p.m. at Watkins Mill High School, 10301 Apple Ridge Road, in Montgomery Village.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Suggested donations are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and $1 for children younger than 12.

Tickets are available at the door.

Wind sections from Watkins Mill and the Montgomery Philharmonic will join forces to play Felix Mendelssohn’s “Overture in C major, Opus 24.”

Also on stage will be three eighth graders who will perform a special work composed for young trombonists and orchestra called “Tromphonium Musik” by Montgomery Philharmonic’s music director Sandra Ragusa. Ragusa wrote the piece for the Bernie Rappaport Young Musicians competition.

PerformingwillbeRaymond PHOTO FROM SANDRA RAGUSA Schleien on euphonium, a stu- Daniel Coile, of Laytonsville, will perdent at Thomas W. Pyle Middle form on euphonium during Monday’s School in Bethesda; Daniel Coile “A Celebration of Youth” concert. of Laytonsville, also on euphonium, who is home-schooled, and Khalel Robinson on trombone, a student at A. Marion Loiederman Middle School in Silver Spring.

The concert will finish with the Montgomery Philharmonic and all Watkins Mill High musicians playing Charles Ives’ “Variations on America.” vterhune@gazette.net

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Winston, a Lakeland terrier belonging to Beth and Essex Thompson, sits with their 17-year-old son, also named Essex, in their Rockville home. Winston’s photo was included in a puppy calendar. Essex holds an uncropped version of the calendar image.

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Xan Lovatt (left) of Reston, Va., shows Adam Davis of Gaithersburg his video game work Sunday at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville. They were among the competitors in the 48-hour, round-the-clock Global Game Jam, an annual, worldwide gaming industry contest.

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Residents, utility clash over need to protect property line

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KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

State Sen. Brian J. Feldman is considering introducing legislation that would curtail utility tree-cutting.

Feldman (D-Dist. 15) of Potomac said the recent uptick in tree cutting in his district has him considering a way to address the issue.

“Trying to find a legislative response is, in all candor, complicated,” Feldman said.

Residents have complained about Pepco cutting and removing trees on their properties. The utility says it has a 1959 agreement that gives it the right to cut or remove trees within 75 feet of its property line.

While residents have asked Feldman for a bill to prevent Pepco from being overly aggressive in cutting or removing trees, anything he would introduce would apply to more than just Pepco.

“This would be a statewide bill. It would impact all the utilities,” he said.

The utility has come under fire for aggressively cutting trees after years of barely managing vegetation.

In a statement to The Gazette, Pepco said its tree-cutting program is “critical to the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to tens of thousands of our customers, including schools and public safety, public health and other critical facilities.”

In August, a group of Potomac residents sued Pepco after workers marked trees on private property for removal.

The residents asked Montgomery County Circuit Court to prevent the cutting until a full hearing could be held on the issue.

The residents said they understood Pepco’s need to cut trees, but argued the utility was being too aggressive in removing certain trees. The residents lost that case.

Since then, other property owners have had similar runins with Pepco as it continues to remove trees along the swath of land.

Jim Galvin, who lives on Aldersgate Road, experienced a similar problem with Pepco in late December.

Initially, Galvin said he and his neighbors planned to protest and stand between Pepco and their trees. Ultimately, they relented, and Pepco cut the trees as planned.

Like the residents who sued Pepco, Galvin said he was concerned about how the lost or cut trees would affect his property value.

Pepco said the state regulations were why it needed to cut the trees and the 1959 agreement gave it authority to do so, Galvin said.

Fighting the utility was an ordeal, he said.

“It ruined our Christmas,” he said. “We were out having meetings, worrying about it, typing letters and emailing. We lost that whole week.”

Jake Liang, one of the property owners who sued Pepco, said at the time of the hearing

in the case that the only solution for residents might be state legislation.

Feldman said he is working with Councilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda on a bill, but has not proposed one yet.

“We’ve got to be smart about our approach,” he said.

Feldman authored the 2011 law that required the Public Service Commission to draft regulations to make the state’s electric utilities more reliable.

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Under the new rules, all electric utilities must cut trees so that, in four years, the branches will not come within 15 feet of power lines. If cutting the trees to that standard would remove more than 25 percent of the tree’s canopy, the regulations say the tree must come down. kalexander@gazette.net

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All made the cut with New York publishing company BY

ANDREW SCHOTZ STAFF WRITER

Amongst their peers, they’re celebrities, at least for a year.

And their owners are thrilled.

Several Montgomery County pets are featured nationally in five 2015 cat and dog calendars. They include Winston, a Lakeland terrier who belongs to Essex and Beth Thompson of Rockville.

Winston was not yet 2 years old when the Thompsons submitted his picture, hoping he could be in the 365 Puppies a

Year calendar.

That was seven years ago.

Beth Thompson was excited to learn several months ago that Winston, now 9, made the puppy cut for 2015.

The five calendars — 365 Puppies a Year, 365 Cats, 365 Kittens a Year, 365 Dogs and Bad Cat — are all products of Workman Publishing in New York.

Kim Peifley of Germantown has three gray cats that got into Bad Cat, even though they hadn’t done anything particularly naughty.

The photo shows the litter mates, who turned 2 in August, clinging to each other in a heap.

Berlioz appears to be getting attention and protection from Tippy and Chanel, which is what the assigned caption says:

“Cat insists on two bodyguards to protect him from toddler.”

Peifley sent the photo to 365 Cats, but doesn’t mind that it was funneled to Bad Cat. “It’s all in fun,” she said.

Other Montgomery County pets that were published: • Luna, belonging to Brian and Shauna Weber of Takoma Park, in 365 Cats.

• Sparky, belonging to Allison and Robert Schwartz of Gaithersburg, in 365 Dogs.

• Toby, belonging to Tina German of Gaithersburg, in 365 Kittens a Year.

• Pixie, belonging to Vivian Shaw of Wheaton, in 365 Puppies a Year. aschotz@gazette.net

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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

County Executive Isiah Leggett has continued to support most capital projects in Clarksburg in his proposed capital budgets, except for the development of the Little Bennett Regional Park day use area.

Leggett originally planned to allot $250,000 for planning in Fiscal Year 2017 but is delaying the project for two years because of the need to curb spending, according to budget documents.

The Little Bennett project is one of six deferred “due to our fiscal constraints,” said Leggett

in his CIP memo dated Jan. 15 to the County Council, which reviews and approves the budget.

County residents will have a chance to comment on the draft Fiscal Year 2016 capital budget, which begins July 1, at two evening hearings before the County Council on Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 in Rockville.

In Leggett’s draft capital budget is $2.6 million to cover county contributions to the extension of Snowden Farm Parkway and Little Seneca Parkway in Clarksburg, according to a project summary.

The amount also includes money for improvements at the intersection of Frederick Road (Md. 355) and Brink Road, including $600,000 for a WSSC water main that will serve development west of Interstate 270.

CAPITAL BUDGET HEARINGS n When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 n Where: third floor hearing room, Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville. n For more information: montgomerycountymd.gov/ OMB/FY16/ciprec

Proposed for Germantown in FY 2016 is $30.8 million for the first phase of the renovation of the Germantown Science & Applied Studies building on the Germantown campus.

Half of the $30.8 million will come from general obligation bonds and half from state aid, according to the project summary. The total includes $28.5 million for building construc-

tion and $2.4 million for site improvement.

The FY 16 capital budget also includes $4.2 million for college-wide renovations of physical education facilities, according to Leggett’s letter to the Council about the draft budget.

There is also $3.4 million included in the capital budget for the renovation of the public pool at 20151 Fisher Avenue in Poolesville.

Built in 1991, the pool has not been upgraded since then, according to a project summary. The project also includes a bathhouse, snack bar, leisure pool and playground.

Also in the budget is $873,000 for agricultural land preservation and conservation easements, according to a budget summary. vterhune@gazette.net

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The Senior Connection will hold a volunteer open house from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Feb. 4 at the Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Silver Spring.

The group links older adults to services and resources so they can live as independently as possible.

There are openings for volunteers to drive seniors to medical appointments, help with grocery shopping and provide money management support services.

For more information and to RSVP for the open house, contact Mary Murphy at mary.murphy@seniorconnectionmc.org or call 301-9421049.

The Senior Connection also will hold training sessions for volunteer drivers and grocery shoppers from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 11 at the Jewish Council on the Aging, 12320 Parklawn Drive, Rockville; and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Holiday Park Senior Center.

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As Esther Newman went around Montgomery County in 1989, she began to notice that she was seeing many of the same people over and over again on various boards and committees.

And not only were the faces the same, but they overwhelmingly shared two characteristics, she said: They were white and almost entirely male.

Out of that experience grew Leadership Montgomery, the organization Newman founded and has led for 26 years.

Last week, she announced her plans to leave the Rockville nonprofit in September.

A committee will be appointed to find Leadership Montgomery’s new CEO. She said she intends to stay active in the county and in community service, a plan to “not retire, but re-wire,” she said.

Newman has been a leader since early on.

At Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C., she was vice president of the student council and editor of the school newspaper.

She got married out of high school and had two children. But when they went to school, Newman did, too.

She earned her associate degree from Montgomery College, a bachelor’s degree from Antioch University and a master’s in applied behavioral science from Johns Hopkins University in 1983.

Newman said she took great pride in getting her education

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Esther Newman, CEO of Leadership Montgomery, said she plans to “rewire,” not retire, when she leaves the Rockville nonprofit in September.

while also raising a family.

“Somehow, I found ways to do it all,” she said.

She got involved in various organizations that found her working with community leaders, and started looking for ways to provide opportunities to involve a more diverse group of people in the county.

MontgomeryCountyhassuch a wealth of talent, community involvement and lots of people who caredeeplyaboutthecommunity, Newman said.

But she said Leadership Montgomery has grown beyond anything she would have thought possible, both in the number of programs it can offer and the number of people able to participate.

Newman sees the organization as a sort of community trusteeship, nurturing successive generations of community leaders from the business, political and nonprofit sectors.

“We expect people to give back,” she said, although the organization doesn’t tell participants where or how to do it.

The organization provides a range of programs, from its original core program to a senior leadership program for people 55 and older, a youth leadership program for high school students and a one-day executive program.

This year, for the first time, it’s offering an emerging leaders program for people 25 to 35 years old, Newman said.

Over the years, the organization has grown financially, too. It had revenues of $711,345 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, finishing the year with net assets of $819,637, according to its most recentavailabletaxreturn.Mostof its revenues were from contributions, grants and program service revenues.

Leadership Montgomery was a “fantastic leadership experience,”saidLaurieBoyer,executive director of Rockville Economic Development Inc. Her participation gave her a chance to meet people from different areas of the county with whom she never would have had the chance to come in contact, she said.

Along with having a great staff, board and alumni network, Newman understands the big picture and “how everything interconnects,” Boyer said.

Montgomery County Councilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda completed the course in 2002. He calls Newman an “indomitable force.”

His participation taught him a lot about the county, giving him a greater understanding of its diversity and the issues that affect its residents.

He said the program gave him a greater appreciation for the significance of county government and how it affects people’s lives.

It also helped him develop relationships with other leaders in various parts and sectors of the county, Berliner said, helping to get beyond the superficial and creating a trust.

“You learn and you meet people who are important,” Berliner said.

Newman said she has personal and professional reasons to leave, including several people in her life dealing with various medical situations.

She’s also looking forward to having more chances to volunteer, as well as spend more time with her husband, children and six grandchildren.

But as she prepares to leave, Newman is proud of the impact Leadership Montgomery has had on the county.

“It has changed people’s lives in ways that could never be imagined,” she said. rmarshall@gazette.net

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DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER

As deaths from heroinrelated overdoses continue to rise across Maryland, police in Montgomery County say they’re responding with a revised investigative strategy and a new emergency treatment.

Heroin deaths statewide increased from 392 in 2012 to 464 in 2013. Twenty-five people died after overdosing on heroin or other opioids in Montgomery County in 2014, including two 26-yearold men who died together Dec. 5, according to data provided by

county police. That number is up from approximately 16 fatal overdoses in 2013, according to police.

Overdose deaths have traditionally been treated as unattended deaths, which didn’t usually warrant extensive investigation, said Montgomery County Police Capt. Dinesh Patil, head of the Special Investigations Division, which investigates drug crime.

But for about a year, police have been trying a new approach: treating overdoses more like homicides, Patil said. This means more evidence is gathered at the scene and from whoever was present when the overdose occurred, he said.

It also means pairing drug

investigators with homicide detectives, as well as working with prosecutors to try to link overdose deaths to suspected drug dealers, Patil said. Even if a specific charge can’t be brought against a dealer, the connection could be reflected by a more severe sentence upon conviction, he said.

This new practice has not yet led to specific charges being filed in relation to an overdose death, but has led to better information-sharing between detectives, command staff and prosecutors, according to Patil.

This week, police also began training patrol officers to administer Narcan, also known as naloxone, a drug that can counteract the effects of an opioid overdose and is sprayed into the person’s

nose. Twenty-eight officers were trained Jan. 20, and the department hopes to have 80 officers trained to give the drug by March, said Officer Scott Davis of the department’s Crisis Intervention team.

Police in other jurisdictions in the area, including Annapolis and Frederick County, already use the drug.

Twelve of the 25 overdose victims in Montgomery County in 2014 were in their 20s, according to police.

Investigators believe that many people turn to heroin after experimenting with prescription drugs like oxycontin and becoming addicted, Patil said. Heroin becomes a cheaper and more readily available alternative than

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pills, he said.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said after his election last year that he planned to declare a state of emergency regarding heroin use in the state.

“It’s not just a crime problem,” Hogan said in December.

“Sixty percent of our jails are filled with people on heroin.” Hogan said he planned to gather “all the smartest people in the state and around the country” to come up with solutions to the problem, and that Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford would personally oversee the effort.

Hogan plans to “announce the first steps in tackling the problem very soon,” according to a statement from his office.

At least one lawmaker from

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Storm Drain Art Contest announced Montgomery County residents 13 and older are invited to submit entries to the county’s inaugural Storm Drain Art Contest.

Hosted by the County Department of Environmental Protection and Rock Creek Conservancy, the contest will use the winning art to educate residents about the connection between local storm drains and streams and the Chesapeake Bay. Submissions should portray an educational theme related to streams or storm drains and they should be colorful, creative, original and easy to reproduce, according to a news release. Each design should include a short tagline or message, in any language, related to the chosen theme.

Artists can choose their pre-

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the county has personally asked Hogan to fund programs that treat addiction and help rehabilitate addicts.

“We must begin treating individuals suffering from addiction as people suffering from a treatable, chronic medical condition; not as criminals,” Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown wrote in a letter to Hogan in December.

Those who enable addiction are the ones who should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, Reznik wrote.

The delegate also urged Hogan to invest in infrastructure and treatment facilities, which he said are lacking throughout the state.

ferred medium, but the entry should be a JPG, PNG or PDF of the design and can be as simple as submitting a picture of the final piece.

Entries are due at 2 p.m. Feb. 23. Two of the winning entries will be chosen by a panel, with the third winner decided by voting on Rock Creek Conservancy’s Facebook page. The three winning selections will be painted on storm drains in the county for Earth Day 2015 in April.

Storm drain art is now visible at the Aspen Hill and Kensington Park libraries. More contest information, including photos of some storm drain art, is at mygreenmontgomery.org/art.

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Choral students at Kingsview Middle School performed to a standing room only crowd of parents, teachers and fellow students at their winter concert at Northwest High School on Thursday.

“They work me like crazy, and I work them like crazy too,” said an enthusiastic Joshua Sommerville, substitute teacher and choir director, to the crowd.

A total 270 students participated, including 88 from the sixth grade, 78 from the seventh grade and 104 from the eighth grade, according to the program.

Each grade presented songs separately under the direction of Sommerville, who also played the piano.

A 2009 Gaithersburg High graduate, Sommerville attended Towson University and started substitute teaching in the Montgomery County school system in 2013.

Sommerville, who has also worked with church choirs, said he had never worked with such exceptional singers.

“These kids are extremely good,” said Sommerville, who selected the songs for the concert.

Accompanied by musicians on drums and keyboard, the chorus performances also featured nearly a dozen soloists, who also won enthusiastic applause from the audience for their individual performances.

The concert was recorded, and CD’s are available for $30, Sommerville said.

Chorus is an elective at Kingsview Middle School, and students who sign up sing five days a week, said Principal James D’Andrea in an email. Students don’t need to try out, but the teacher chooses any soloists that perform. Sommerville also chose

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Kingsview Middle School students perform under the direction of Joshua Sommerville during their winter choral concert at Northwest High School on Thursday in Germantown. the songs for the concert.

“Our chorus program provides an opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge of vocal music in a fun and engaging format,” D’Andrea said in the email.

“At Kingsview, our concerts typically include a variety of musical styles that will challenge and engage students,” he said.

The sixth-grade chorus sang Lennon and McCartney’s “Yesterday,”aswellas“DormiDormi” and “Don’t Stop Believing.”

Seventh graders performed “Stay With Me,” “We Are One” and “The Rising,” which Bruce Springsteen wrote after the Sept.

11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Sommerville said he started out with sopranos and alto in both grades, but also had some students sing tenor when he learned more about their ranges.

“It’s very fun to sing in Mr. Sommerville’s class – you get to

express yourself and be who you are,” said seventh-grader Tracy Sekyere after the concert.

Classmate Madison Gabre agreed.

“You get to express how you feel,” she said.

Eighth-graders launched into some Michael Jackson songs, performing “Love Never Felt So Good” by Jackson, Paul Anka and Kathleen Wakefield.

Student Kadianine Sy-Savane also sang solo during the performance of a song from Zambia called “Bonse Aba.” “I learned how to stabilize my voice,” she said about singing in the chorus. “You got to show what you learned.” “[Mr. Sommerville] pushes

a lot, but he gets really great results,” she said.

The eighth-graders wrapped up the concert with a medley of “Listen” by Beyonce Knowles, “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys and “Man in the Mirror” by Jackson.

Eighth-grader Naia Saddler, who began singing in the chorus in sixth grade, said she enjoyed meeting students she might not otherwise get to meet.

Most enjoyable for her in the Winter Concert was singing solo during “Listen” and joining other soloists for “Man in the Mirror.”

“I think he’s a great teacher,” she said about Sommerville. vterhune@gazette.net

A bill to ban electronic cigarettes and vapor inhalation devices wherever Montgomery County already prohibits tobacco products has gotten a mixed public reaction. The bill also prevents the sale of the electronic products to minors.

“I’m quite confident we’re going to enact this,” Council President George L. Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said Monday at his weekly press briefing. Leventhal noted that most people testified in favor of the bill Thursday at a Montgomery County Council Health and Human Services Committee hearing.

Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Park proposed the bill, which specifically would add e-cigarettes to the county’s ban on smoking in certain public places.

The county prohibits smoking in bars, restaurants, businesses, workplaces, elevators, hospitals, county buildings, rail stations, bus stops and schools and on county property.

The fine is $50 for a first offense and $75 for a second offense.

Also known as personal vaporizers or electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-cigarettes provide both nicotine and nicotine-free options.

E-cigarettes have been available in the United States since 2007. Use of the devices has doubled every year since 2010, with the industry estimated at $1.5 billion, according to information from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, presented at a council Health and Human Services Committee briefing.

Opponents of the bill included people who have used the products to stop smoking tobacco.

Mike Shanahan, owner of MJ Vape in Montgomery Village, said he quit smoking after 30 years by using vaping devices.

Shanahan said he feared banning public vaping would

hurt public health by preventing smokers from being exposed to a healthier alternative.

“It is my strong belief that this legislation is based primarily in irrational and unwarranted fear and it will do more harm than good to the public health by discouraging smokers from adopting a healthier alternative,” Chris Webber, a lifelong county resident, testified.

Supporters said it’s healthier to keep vapor out of public spaces.

Anne Marie O’Keefe, chairwoman of the Maryland Public Health Association’s advocacy committee, said the vapor is not pure, as it contains “nicotine and other toxic and carcinogenic metals and chemicals.”

American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteer Steven Weiss said the toxic compounds in the vapor include formaldehyde, a product often used as an industrial fungicide, a germicide and a disinfectant.

Debbie Robbins, president of Century Distributors Inc., a Rockville-based distributor of tobacco and e-cigarette products, questioned why the bill was needed, saying the county should wait for the Food and Drug Administration to conclude its process before acting.

Dr. Ulder J. Tillman, county health officer, said much is unknown about the products, but what is known is of concern.

“Use among youth is growing, stimulated by aggressive marketing and the use of flavorings in e-cigarettes that appeal to younger consumers,” she said, testifying on behalf of the county executive. “While the FDA is moving to regulate e-cigarettes, the rule-making process is a lengthy one and it is likely to be years before a final rule is adopted.”

State lawmakers also have proposed to toughen laws for the products.

“Montgomery County should not wait for the federal or state government to enact needed protections,” Tillman said.

The Health and Human Services Committee is scheduled to discuss the bill on Thursday. kalexander@gazette.net

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American Spine offers experimental pain fix Hogan’s budget includes Germantown office has money for Purple Line equipment for stem cell, plasma procedures

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SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

Doctors at American Spine in Germantown and throughout the State of Maryland have rolled out a new experimental set of regenerative treatments for injuries ranging from torn muscles to serious back pain and patients are starting to take notice.

Frank Chilcoat received his first platelet rich plasma injection on Dec. 2 for what he described as, “Two tears on the outer part of my shoulder in the muscle.”

“I’ve actually seen some difference already,” Chilcoat said. “My range of motion was very bad. I was limited and I would get pain.”

Platelet rich plasma injections and stem cell therapies are under American Spine’s umbrella term of “Regenerative Medicine Therapy,” which the practice describes as “the application of biological therapies that enhance the body’s ability to heal itself.”

American Spine has several different locations, includ-

ing one in Olney and another in a brand new building in Germantown, which will be a fully functioning surgical facility. As of now, any of the surgical locations can offer the regenerative treatments on site.

Dr. Mike Yuan has been spearheading the procedures at American Spine.

“The [platelet rich plasma] procedure is a very simple process. Draw blood, like a blood test, then centrifuge the blood,” Yuan said, explaining that the centrifuge separates the components of the blood isolating the plasma that helps bodies heal.

Next, doctors inject the patient’s own plasma back into the problem area, focusing their healing functions directly on site.

“Instead of waiting for your body to take it to the site, we are injecting there,” Dr. Sandeep Sherlekar, a co-owner of American Spine, said.

This procedure uses the body’s natural method of healing in a more effective way, giving the body the green light to send more healing cells to help out.

Chilcoat said he had options and spoke with regular physicians as well as pain management physicians and de-

cided this was his best course of action. The fact that the procedure requires no hospital stay or inpatient treatment really pushed Chilcoat’s decision.

As the assistant to the operations manager at American Spine, Chilcoat was able to get the treatment during his lunch break and be back to work within an hour with limitations only to heavy lifting. He has two more injections scheduled, the next one will be in February.

“I didn’t need surgery, but I had to get it fixed before it got worse,” Chilcoat said.

Laurie Pantezzi, the marketing coordinator at American Spine, explained that the procedure is very popular in sports medicine and some athletes use it to heal faster before games.

Because these regenerative therapy treatments are relatively new and considered experimental, Sherlekar said that insurance companies won’t cover the procedure, even if it’s been proven to help the patient’s condition.

“Insurances take a very long time,” Sherlekar said, explaining that bringing public awareness to these treatments will put pressure on insurance companies to start covering the procedure. “If patients keep asking for it, it will get covered.”

For patients who have been told they need a surgery or joint replacement, Sherlekar said that these treatments could potentially help a person avoid a replacement surgery altogether or at least prolong their time without one.

“We don’t know what we will be able to do five years from now,” Sherlekar said.

Sherlekar explained that holding off on a procedure such as a replacement could mean that by the time a patient gets it in a few years, the technology could be completely different, making the replacement more efficient or longer lasting.

Some patients who may have other illnesses can’t take the antibiotics and other medication necessary to fight off infection after a surgery, but because platelet rich plasma injections are coming from within the patient’s own body, there is no risk of infection or possibility of rejection.

“Platelet rich plasma is kind of like the fountain of youth within your own body,” Dr. Atif Malik, a co-owner of American Spine, said. sschmieder@gazette.net

Montgomery County offers annual civil rights bus tour The Montgomery County Office of Human Rights will host its annual civil rights historic bus tour April 6-11. The tour will visit Greensboro, N.C.; Atlanta; Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma and Tuskegee, Ala.; Cincinnati; and Memphis, Tenn.

The tour is offered in conjunction with Montgomery County Public Libraries, the African American Employees Association, the Lincoln Park Historical Foundation and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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This year, current presi-

Tour stops will include the birth home museum of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.; the new National Center for Civil and Human rights; the Tuskegee Airfield and National Museum; the Rosa Parks Museum; the Freedom Rides Museum; the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church; the Edmund Pettus Bridge; the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; and the Lorraine Hotel National Civil Rights Museum.

The cost for a group of four is $545 per person, which includes hotels, trans-

dent John Driscoll, Pamela Bort and Bob Hydorn’s seats are up for re-election. Incumbents Driscoll and Bort have decided to run again and “former longtime president Bob Hydorn has chosen not to seek re-election,” according to Conroy.

The other three individuals running are Glenn Gargan, Nev-

ille Levi and Michael Robinson.

Residents were able to attend a candidates’ forum from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the North Creek Community Center located at 20125 Arrowhead Road.

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Gov. Larry Hogan has proposed to continue funding the Purple Line, but his administration has warned that the $2.5 billion project is under review.

When he campaigned for governor, Hogan (R) made clear his concerns with the project’s price tag and emphasized his preference for road projects.

Yet Hogan’s proposed capital budget, which was released on Friday, keeps a planned $312.7 million in the Consolidated Transportation Program — the state’s six-year capital plan for transportation — for the project in fiscal 2016, according to the final 2015 program.

The CTP also assumes about $923 million will come from the federal government over the course of the project.

However, Budget Secretary David R. Brinkley said both the Purple Line and the $2.9 billion Red Line proposed in Baltimore are under “review and re-evaluation.”

Montgomery County Council President George L. Leventhal said the governor can reject federal funds for the project.

Maryland Transit officials have said construction on the 16-mile light rail line to connect Bethesda and New Carrollton could begin as early as this fall if it stays on schedule.

As Hogan’s administration studies the project, the deadline to grant a 35-year contract for a public-private partnership on the project approaches. Originally in January, that deadline for bids has been pushed to March 12, Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said.

people,” Conroy said, explaining that it’s a chance for candidates to show their personalities, their ideas and their opinions.

The transcript from the evening will be printed in their community news and a video will be posted online.

At the forum, Conroy said, residents were able to ask ques-

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As planned, the rail line is a top priority for Montgomery County.

Del. Shane Robinson (DDist. 39) of Montgomery Village, the county’s House delegation chairman, said lawmakers know Hogan is pro-economic development. Lawmakers are working to convince Hogan that the Purple Line is a key driver of economic development in Montgomery County, the economic engine of the state.

Asked if the review of the project was of concern, Sen. Nancy J. King (D-Dist. 39) of Montgomery Village, the county’s Senate delegation chairwoman, said, “Well, yeah. Obviously, he hasn’t made up his mind if he is going to fund it or not.”

Transit advocates were quick to praise the announcement of the funding last week.

Stewart Schwartz, executive director of the Coalition for Smarter Growth, applauded Hogan’s decision to keep the Purple and Red lines in his first budget.

“The Purple Line is a good deal for Maryland, good for jobs, good for the economy and good for commuters,” he said in a news release. “Walking away would waste taxpayer money, discourage future public-private partnerships, and forego [sic] a significant economic development opportunity.”

While the Purple Line remains on uncertain ground, Leventhal said many of the county’s other capital priorities were funded in Hogan’s budget, including $1 million for Strathmore Hall and $2 million for the National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence.

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Fox Hill names executive chef Fox Hill retirement community of Bethesda named Quang Duong executive chef.

Previously, Duong was executive chef at the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown and executive steward at the Marriot Marquis, both in Washington.

Argan promotes controller to VP MID-ATLANTIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

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Marc Dubick (left), president of Duball LLC, and John Segreti, principal of Duball, give a tour of the Upton project under construction in Rockville’s Town Center.

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Workers were still hammering, sawing and digging at the Upton on Friday, but the building in downtown Rockville that will combine apartments, a hotel and retail space is still on pace to be completed and open by early April, according to its builders.

The project will feature 263 luxury apartments, about 17,000 square feet of retail space and a 140-room Cambria Suites hotel, one of the several brands of Choice Hotels International of Rockville.

The apartment section of the building should be ready to open by early April, with the hotel in early May, said Marc

Dubick, president of developer Duball LLC of Reston, Va. Choice Hotels moved to Rockville from Silver Spring about two years ago, with plans to build the Cambria Suites nearby. The global hotel franchiser’s headquarters had been in Silver Spring since 1968.

The Rockville headquarters building was developed and is owned by Foulger-Pratt Cos. of Rockville.

Choice Hotels did not return calls seeking comment.

Dubick said his company is in negotiations with several tenants to occupy the retail spaces.

A second phase of the project, with 400 apartments but no hotel component, is planned next to the property on what is now a parking lot a block from the Rockville Metro station.

The hotel will have a pool, fitness center, conference facility and other amenities, said

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Washington Grove Town Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 23, 2015, 7:30 PM, in McCathran Hall, 300 Grove Ave. Washington Grove, Maryland. The purpose of this meeting is to take public comment regarding the proposed Zoning Text Amendment No. 2015-01; Ordinance Adopting Amendments to the Washington Grove Zoning Ordinance Article VII, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, to Add a Vertical Component to the Definition of Degree of Non-Compliance, Make Other Updates to Increase Clarity and Consistency, and Delete Outdated Provisions. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for inspection upon request to the Town of Washington Grove, P.O. Box 216, Washington Grove, Maryland 20880 (301-926-2256) and on the Town website (www.washingtongrovemd.org).

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Andrew P. Russell is the new CEO and president of Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union in Germantown.

Germantown credit union names CEO Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union of Germantown named Andrew P. Russell president, CEO and chairman of Mid-Atlantic Financial Partners’ Credit Union Service Organization.

Previously, Russell was executive vice president and head of the Business Banking Group of the Greater Washington, D.C., area for PNC Bank; executive vice president, director of the Business Bank Wholesale Group in Georgia and Florida for CertusBank; and senior vice president and corporate relationship manager with BBVA Compass.

He is a Navy veteran and retired captain in the Army Reserves. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of the State of New York, now Excelsior College, and a master’s degree from Troy State University.

EagleBank names executive VP John Segreti, a Duball executive in charge of development.

A rooftop deck area for the apartment section will feature views that stretch from Reston and Tysons Corner, Va., to the south to Sugarloaf Mountain in the north. The building will encompass three types of architecture: traditional, Deco-Gothic and Modern, he said.

The mixture of residential, hotel and retail provided a challenge for planners, but also an opportunity, he said.

In an urban mixed-use, “all these different uses have to work together,” Segreti said. rmarshall@gazette.net

EagleBank of Bethesda named Lindsey S. Rheaume executive vice president, commercial and industrial chief lending officer.

Previously, he was a relationship executive for JPMorgan Chase and executive vice president and commercial lending manager at Virginia Commerce Bank, and also worked for SunTrust Bank, GE Capital and Bank of America.

Rheaume holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and a master of business administration from the University of Dallas.

The bank’s parent, Eagle Bancorp of Bethesda, also reported that its fourth-quarter profit grew to $14.7 million from $12.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Its annual profit last year was $54.3 million, up from $47.0 million in 2013. During the year, its assets rose 39 percent to $5.25 billion from $3.77 billion.

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Argan of Rockville promoted Richard H. Deily to vice president.

Since joining Argan in 2007, Deily had been corporate controller.

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Dixon Hughes Goodman in Rockville named Stephanie Fenner director in private client services.

Dixon Hughes names services director Dixon Hughes Goodman in Rockville named Stephanie Fenner director in private client services.

Previously, Fenner, a certified public accountant, was a senior manager at Aronson. She holds a bachelor’s in accounting from Florida State University.

Legal costs eat into Sandy Spring Bank profits Sandy Spring Bancorp of Olney, parent of Sandy Spring Bank, reported that its fourthquarter profit fell to $9.1 million from $9.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Its annual income last year fell to $38.2 million from $44.4 million in 2013.

Its 2014 profit was reduced by $6.5 million in litigation expenses, while its 2013 profit was boosted by $4.5 million in interest income and professional fees related to the resolution of a nonperforming loan relationship, according to a news release.

Total assets last year grew to $4.40 billion from $4.11 billion.

Hair Cuttery donates haircuts to homeless For every customer who gets a haircut on Monday and Tuesday Hair Cuttery salons will give a certificate for a free haircut to a homeless person.

The certificates will be distributed through homeless shelters and community organizations.

Through the Share a Haircut program, the salon chain has provided free haircuts to more than 1 million people, according to a news release. Nationally, the chain, owned by Ratner Cos. of Vienna, Va., hopes to provide haircuts to 35,000 homeless people in February.

The chain has about two dozen locations in Montgomery County. A list is at haircuttery. com/locations.

County firms create WWII museum exhibits Two Montgomery County companies worked together to create a new exhibit at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

“Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries,” a 32,000-square-foot pavilion focused on America’s role in the campaign to defeat Nazi Germany, opened at the museum Dec. 13. History Associates of Rockville developed content for the exhibit and Gallagher & Associates of Silver Spring designed it.

The exhibit shows the drama, sacrifices, personal stories and strategies of America’s campaign to defeat the Axis powers, using artifacts, oral histories, technology and “immersive environments,” according to a news release from History Associates.

A second exhibit, “Road to Tokyo: Pacific Theater Galleries,” is to open this year.

Bridgewater Wealth names principal Bridgewater Wealth & Financial Management of Bethesda named Nina R. Mitchell a principal.

Previously, Mitchell cofounded MTX Wealth Management in Bethesda, where she was a principal adviser. Earlier, she worked at SFX Financial Advisory Management Enterprises and Falk Associates Management Enterprises.

E-Management taps former White House CIO E-Management of Silver Spring named Karen Britton senior vice president and COO. Previously, Britton was chief information officer of the Executive Office of the President and special assistant to President Barack Obama.

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Continued from Page A-1 Marlin was one of many parents, doctors, students and school staff on Thursday urging the school district to start high school later. The district held two public hearings that day on possible changes.

Some speakers asked for a later middle school start time.

Superintendent Joshua P. Starr recently released a series of options to consider new bell times, so high school students would get more sleep.

Starr said at the time that the board should consider only options without cost. He recommended the district push back

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Continued from Page A-1 found Poindexter guilty on all four counts. He is scheduled to be sentenced March 2, and faces up to 70 years in prison for the four counts. A second trial, for charges relating to other alleged victims, is scheduled to begin Feb. 2.

The charges against Poindexter were two counts of seconddegree sexual offense, one count of attempted second-degree sexual offense, and one count of third-degree sexual offense.

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Years ago, London also served as editor of Behind the Smoke and Mirror, a magazine he created that was filled with essays on magic and creativity written by other magicians. Putting the magazine together, London said, allowed him hear the perspectives of many others who practice the craft.

While in Gaithersburg, London will perform his “Magic Outside The Box” cabaret show, which features

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Continued from Page A-1 “My technique still had holes in it. I didn’t get accepted,” Elhallal said. “This year I tried, I put a lot of practice into it, and was accepted.”

Elhallal, who is home schooled, also performs with the Metropolitan Orchestra and Camerata at Montgomery College because of Silverman’s urging and because she knew the person in charge of the orchestra. She reached out and asked if the orchestra would be interested in having a 14-year-old join. The orchestra let Elhallal try out and he was asked to join.

He’s been with the orchestra for a year and a half and has moved up to alternative principal violinist after proving to the conductor he had the skill and took the time to master it.

“At the beginning it was [intimidating],” Elhallal said, explaining that he was the youngest in the orchestra playing mostly with college-age musicians.

Elhallal said that he feels prepared to perform with a new group of students because of his time with the Metropolitan Orchestra and Camerata and his experience in various quartets.

Elhallal said as long as everyone gets into their part right, he will have no problem.

The students participating have to learn two pieces before they get to New York for the performance and Elhallal said that they are not easy songs. He has been bringing them in and working on them with his violin teacher.

To audition, Elhallal had to record himself playing violin and send it in as an audio file.

He said that he recorded himself playing the songs a lot in order to get them perfect.

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start and end times at all schools by 20 minutes.

The board will decide on possible changes on Feb. 10.

Many speakers at the second hearing pointed to effects of sleep deprivation, such as depression, suicidal thoughts, obesity and car crashes. Some said it’s hard for teenagers, based on their circadian rhythms, to fall asleep until around 11 p.m.

The circadian system serves as an “internal clock” that controls alertness and sleepiness, according to the National Sleep Foundation.

Multiple parents described rousing their reluctant children out of bed to meet a bus in the dark.

Testimony from doctors and

other experts shared research and personal findings that later start times are beneficial.

Karin Chambless of Silver Spring said her 10th-grade daughter gets 6 to 6½ hours of sleep a night during the week as she balances school work and other activities. She drinks coffee and eats “a lot of sugar” to help her stay awake, but still falls asleep sometimes in class, Chambless said.

Growing research shows a lack of sleep has “enormous health and safety impacts,” confirming a long-known fact, said Darrel Drobnich, the former chief program officer at the National Sleep Foundation.

He served on a consulting team that helped Fairfax County, Va.,

change its bell times.

“Now, school districts that continue to balance their budgets on the backs of our kids, without any concern for their health and safety, is nothing short of gross negligence,” said Drobnich, who has two children in the Montgomery school district.

Dr. Michelle Seelman, a child and adolescent psychiatrist in the county, said she supports starting middle and high schools at 8:30 a.m. or later. Chronic sleep deprivation causes depression, suicidal thoughts and poor judgment, she said.

“Over and over, I hear accounts of MCPS students who are chronically sleep deprived,”

Seelman said.

Meghan Gaffney, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School sophomore, said her routine involves getting up shortly before her bus arrives around 6:30 a.m., on which she sometimes continues sleeping. A field hockey and lacrosse player, Gaffney said that on days she returns home from a two-hour practice, she tries to fit in homework, dinner and family time, among other things, before bed time.

“Living on six hours of sleep is awful,” she said.

Pamela Coukos said her middle-schooler Ben, who has attention deficit disorder, experiences fatigue, headaches and frustration from lack of sleep,

and she doesn’t know how to manage high school next year.

Ben sometimes has bad days, she said.

“The days he is literally crawling out of bed because he’s too tired to stand up, and I have to coach him through it,” she said. “Those are the days I wonder about home schooling.”

Karen Sultan, a Westland Middle School teacher with three sons in district schools, said she sees the link between sleep deprivation and depression in her class and her family.

“As a teacher, I’ve never seen kids so stressed out,” she said. “I have several kids who just can’t even come to school any more.”

The jury foreman, who declined to give his name, told The Gazette after the verdict was read that video and photographic evidence presented clearly showed that there had been a sexual encounter. Jurors only had to determine whether the victim was willing or not, he said.

Testimony from witnesses, including the victim and a nurse who examined him, as well as a conversation between Poindexter and the victim that was recorded by police, ultimately convinced jurors of the defendant’s guilt, the foreman said.

In closing arguments Monday morning, prosecutors played a five-minute video recovered from Poindexter’s computer and cellphone. They said the video showed Poindexter stroking and squeezing the victim’s bare buttocks while the young man was passed out naked in Poindexter’s shower.

The Gazette does not usually name the victims of sex crimes.

Poindexter delivered his own closing argument Monday, after firing his defense team on Friday. He was initially represented by three private

attorneys working through the public defender’s office, but accused them before the trial began of trying to sabotage his case, so he would be found guilty. The attorneys denied the allegation.

Poindexter argued that a text message the victim sent to a friend on the morning after the incident, indicating that the victim had no memory of the previous night, contradicted evidence presented by prosecutors. Poindexter indicated that the sex between himself and the victim was consensual.

Poindexter also asserted that there were discrepancies in the testimony of a witness from the College Park bar where the beer-pong tournament took place and from one of the police officers who investigated the incident. In a game of beer-pong, participants must throw a pingpong ball into plastic cups; if they succeed, their opponents must take a drink.

In his rebuttal, Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Mays described Poindexter’s behavior as “predatory” acts. Mays showed jurors security camera

footage from the bar that he said demonstrated how the victim was so drunk, he was barely aware of his surroundings when Poindexter led him away.

“Every person in this room knows this was not consensual behavior,” Mays said.

Mays said the victim hadn’t been aware that Poindexter had photographed and videotaped him, and that those “trophy” files had been well concealed on the defendant’s external hard drive.

highlights from his previous theatrical productions.

In one of the show’s tricks, London explores power structures in magic by “proving the psychic potential of my dead uncle’s collection of psychic celebrity toenail clippings.”

“That trick emerged at a time where I had developed the understanding that magic generates power, and I was exploring the notion to be able to direct that power to other things,” London said.

Another trick has London using Wonder Bread to study the abstract concept of wonder in a tangible way.

The “Adventure to the

Imagi Nation” family show will bring the audience members to the country of Imagi where five different characters will share some wisdom and magic, London said.

“The show personifies the imagination as an actual place we could visit,” London said.

London will also host a Magic Workshop to discuss the difference between magic and magic tricks. Participants will have the opportunity to learn three or four of London’s tricks.

“It is my belief that magic and magic tricks are com-

pletely different things,” London said. “I teach tricks and I also use the teaching of tricks to dissect and explain biggerpicture magical ideas.”

Ultimately, London desires to leave a lasting impression on all of his spectators.

“My personal mission is

to spread wonder, magic and play across the universe,” London said. “I hope when people leave the theater, they have a slightly more magical perspective of their own reality.”

While also taking lessons himself to improve his own skill, Elhallal teaches younger children violin and piano, which he recently began reteaching himself after taking lessons for about 6 years growing up. In addition to playing and teaching music, Elhallal also performs in theater productions, sings in an a capella choir and does jazz and tap dancing with a home school theater group in the area.

“Music goes hand-in-hand with theater. Just the thought of being on stage and taking someone else’s role as your own,” Elhallal said.

Elhallal’s family is also very musical. His sister Sophie, 13, and brother Paul, 18, both play piano as well as anything they can get their hands on.

“The first teacher did not want to take them so young,” his mother Simona Elhallal said, explaining that her children’s talent was very noticeable once they began the lessons. She said she makes sure there is sufficient time to practice in their home school schedules.

The 2015 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall is presented by WorldStrides, an educational travel organization which selected approximately 500 students out of thousands who applied through their audition and application. While Elhallal will be performing in the Honors Orchestra, there is also a Honors Choir and Honors Band with all performances open to the public. Members stay in New York City for a couple days beforehand to explore, see a Broadway play and practice.

“I wouldn’t miss it for anything, I’m proud and grateful,” Simona Elhallal said about watching her son at Carnegie Hall.

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Norma Jean (Kitch) Haugan, 83 of Frederick and formerly Montgomery County, Maryland, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Country Meadows.

Born on February 28, 1931 in Jefferson City, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Sophia (Hildmann) Kitch. Norma graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. She was a longtime member of the Covenant United Methodist Church and had a deep faith in GOD. She was loved by many and best known for her sweet and compassionate heart. After obtaining her degree and working as a nurse, she took time off to raise her children and care for her family before returning to nursing.

Norma is survived by her four children, Susan K. Erichsen, Gregory T. Haugan and wife Christine, Charles Melvin Haugan and wife Tina, and Joanne L. DeSalvio and husband Lars; and eight grandchildren, Jessica Kent and husband Logan, Katie Erichsen, Jason Erichsen and wife Sarah, Buckey Erichsen, Michael Haugan, Alexandra Haugan, Nicholas DeSalvio and Erika DeSalvio.

A memorial service will be held at 1 pm, on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the Covenant United Methodist Church, 20301 Pleasant Ridge Dr., Gaithersburg, Maryland 20886. A reception will follow the memorial service.

Memorial contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Ave., Westminster, MD 21157 or to Christ House, 1717 Columbia Rd NW, Washington DC 20009 (christhouse.org).

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On Tuesday, January 14th 2015 , Our Father Orrin Dalton Butts, 91 years of age, of Lamoni Iowa, passed away near his home in Gaithersburg Md. Orrin was a beloved father of 5, his sons, Luis, Douglas and Bruce and daughters, Rosa and Janette, Grandfather (Pampa) to 8 grand daughters, 2 grandsons and three great grand children.

He was the son of James Orrin Butts and Zella Williams Butts of Decatur, Nebraska Brother to Betty Levere Tabor (deceased) and is survived by his brother, James Dallas Butts.

In 1943, Orrin served our country as a proud member of the United States Army, he served in the CBI in India and as a Radio Operator flying into China. Enlisted in the Air Force in 1952, and became an instructor in the USAF Radio Schools at Scott s AFB Illinois and Keesler, AFB. A proud Veteran who served in WWll as well as the Korean War. Once he entered civilian life, he made his living as an electronic engineer and Technical writer. Orrin was loved and highly respected by all that met him. His special prayer at our family dinners will be sorely missed. First and foremost Orrin loved and appreciated his family and felt that family was the most important thing in life.

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Without then-U.S. Supreme Court William O. Douglas, we might not have the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

In 1954, The Washington Post recommended creating a scenic highway out of the C&O canal’s remnants. But Douglas protectively praised the land as “a wilderness area where we can commune with God and nature, a place not yet marred by the road of wheels and the sound of horns.”

More than 60 years later, we have a magnificent 184.5-mile park, stretchPROPOSED ing from CumENTRANCE FEES berland, Md., ARE JUSTIFIED, to Georgetown in WashingWOULD HELP D.C. NATIONAL PARK ton,The park’s survival is no longer in serious danger, but the National Park Service isn’t flush with cash, either.

Coping with budget cuts, the Park Service is considering charging entrance fees for the C&O park and others.

Like anyone else, we balk at being charged for something we’re accustomed to having for free. But this idea makes sense, and we support the concept to help pay for staffing, maintenance, amenities and restoration projects.

The National Parks Conservation Association says the Park Service, “which has long struggled with underfunding, has been crippled by compounded budget cuts over recent years,” especially as it approaches next year’s centennial.

Currently, the Park Service charges a C&O admission fee ($3 for three days) only at the park’s Great Falls Tavern entrance in Potomac. The new plan is to add fees everywhere outside Washington, D.C., and implement a parking fee at the Fletcher’s Cove area of the park in Washington.

Park visitors would pay $7 for a sevenday pass. Parts of the park west of Seneca Creek, that fee would be phased in, starting at $3 this year.

A per-vehicle pass would be $15 for seven days, also phased in west of Seneca Creek, starting at $5.

A frequent C&O park user probably would go for an annual pass for $30, making this a nominal fee for most people.

In the National Park System, 131 units already charge entrance fees, so this isn’t a rash change. The Park Service has 401 park units, 23 scenic and historic trails, and 58 wild and scenic rivers.

Park Service Director Jon Jarvis is letting superintendents consider new or increased entrance fees for more uniformity.

C&O rates are likely to be for seven days instead of three, which some parks use now.

For comparison, Antietam National Battlefield currently charges $4 for anyone at least 16 years old and $6 per family for three days. An annual pass costs $20. Harpers Ferry’s federal park charges $5 per person and $10 per vehicle, also for three days.

An annual pass costs $30.

Realizing there could be backlash, C&O park Superintendent Kevin Brandt said: “If there isn’t public support for this, it won’t happen.”

Input is welcome at public meetings, including one at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Glen Echo Town Hall.

There’s probably room for compromise and negotiation in the recommended rates as the details are worked out.

Still, we’re persuaded by Brandt’s words in a Park Service press release: “The park is a popular place where people come to recreate, to learn, to be challenged physically and to be inspired and renewed; however, the park cannot run itself for free, and our fee revenue is essential to providing for public safety, recreation and resource protection.”

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There’s plenty of bad built into ‘greater good’ I would like to comment on what is meant “greater good” in The Gazette’s “Our Opinions” (“Save amphipods — at what cost?,” Jan. 7).

The editorial ended with a statement imploring everyone to consider the “greater good” when deciding about land use. This umbrella phrase has been manufactured and advertised to apply to a greater good when actually it is more appropriately associated with a “greater greed.”

This “greater good” starts with a misrepresentation of undeveloped land as not already serving a greater good. This can justify development starting, perhaps with a housing community which destroys an area already housing a natural community, stating this development is for the “greater good.”

From this comes the “need” for close proximity of abundant shopping — i.e., more development. To support merchants supplying this abundant shopping, more consumers are needed and more housing.

Consumers have kids, schools are needed, traffic gets bad and for the “greater good,” more roads are needed. Where there are new roads, there can be more development.

The “greater good” is now so important, it is apparently appropriate to force property owners living in the area before the development started to have a road built right through where they live, like it or not. This is achieved by the county condemning the owners’ land and taking it. Or there’s “alternate transportation” — i.e., the Purple Line.

And for the “greater good,” no matter how valuable the land is to the lives of the current inhabitants (in this case, maybe species listed

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American University graduate student Jenna Keany holds a vial of shrimp-like amphipods in Rock Creek Park in Chevy Chase on Dec. 5. on the federal endangered species list), we are asked to condemn the environment and build right through the area for the “greater good.”

Seemingly as proof that all of this is for the “greater good,” County Council members brag about how property values have gone up. What this actually means is that even people who have not improved their property or moved from where they have been living can now pay the county higher taxes to support, you guessed it, the “greater good.”

As obviously self-perpetuating this circle of nonsense is, if it were actually working to some degree for a greater good, perhaps an argument could be considered on its behalf. But, Montgomery County is still facing a revenue shortfall for the rest of the current fiscal year and the next one.

So, let’s unwind this. Higher taxes, from all of this doing for the “greater good,” are not paying for solutions to the problems created by the “greater good.”

I can imagine some have come

away with greater goods from this blind devotion to over development. But I see every day how the majority of people, plants and animals — which, when in balance, do create a greater good — are suffering from the deception. So I ask: What is so good about the “greater good” from the runaway train that is over development and greed?

Whose definition of what is good are we being asked to buy into and to what end?

Karon deSilva, Clarksburg

Purple Line advocates don’t make a good case I take issue with The Gazette editorial on Jan. 7 (“Save amphipods — at what cost?). It is illogical on many levels. Let’s start with two big ones: taking cars off the road and saving the amphipods.

The MTA “estimated” (without revealing its methodology or inputs) that in 2040 (25 years from now), nearly 17,000 “trips” by automobile would be saved compared to the “no build alternative.” That is a drop in trips of less than 1/10 of one percent for the Metro area, an “estimate” of

trips saved that essentially equals zero.

To quote The Gazette, these trips (if the estimate has any validity) will be saved “at what cost?” In this instance, the cost would be about $21 per seven-mile trip saved. That’s too expensive. We need to see whether we can save as many or more trips with more cost-effective alternatives. The state has not done so yet.

Regarding the amphipods, both the federal government and the state have adopted poli-

cies that treat “endangered species” with much greater care than other environmental issues because extinction is forever. This policy has held up (or even blocked) a number of important projects around the country. The Purple Line case is too weak to justify rethinking this policy; the train’s cost would far exceed the benefits. We need cost-effective alternatives.

Lewis Leibowitz, Chevy Chase

Evidence shows that Purple Line could be ruinous Your Jan. 7 editorial “Save amphipods — at what cost?” concluded that sacrificing one of about five known populations on Earth of two rare amphipods would be a fair exchange for a relatively tiny reduction in greenhouse gases and a smaller reduction in car trips in the distant future, if a recent amphipod discovery along the path of the Purple Line were to be one of the endangered ones.

Amphipods are an indicator of freshwater quality and depend for their survival on leafy forest cover and stream buffers.

Even though amphipods recently found by Dr. Culver’s team are not one of the three highly endangered species of amphipods of our nation’s capital area, all need the newly found habitat in order to recover.

Even if one does not accept “the Covenant of Noah,” the duty not to risk destroying entire species and the

recognition that we all depend on the diversity of life, we humans also need this area — undisturbed. Thousands of users of the trail — cyclists and walkers of all ages — come from miles around to enjoy this gentle, shaded, forest-lined trail for commuting and recreation.

The Purple Line, instead, would displace the current trail, clear-cut 48 acres of trees, and create stormwater runoff beyond levels normally allowed by Montgomery County.

In fact, within months, Montgomery County plans to force everyone off the trail, down narrow streets through the town of Chevy Chase, driving cyclists and baby carriages across dangerous intersections, for years of construction.

As for climate change, neither The Gazette nor the Sierra Club have presented evidence to show that the coal burned to generate the electricity

required by the Purple Line wouldn’t create more greenhouse gases (and other pollution) than the few cars the line would displace. Well-researched comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement countered the state’s claim of greenhouse gas savings. The states’ estimates and those of The Gazette and Sierra Club also failed to count carbon dioxide and other pollutants (and stormwater for that matter) removed by the trail trees that would be sacrificed for a Purple Line.

It would be irresponsible to spend $2.5 billion to construct and $50 million a year or more for each of the next 40 years to run the Purple Line, as explained in the following expert analyses: • Economist Frank Lysy: http:// tinyurl.com/k87b7a7 • Professor David Lublin: http:// www.theseventhstate.com/?p=4487 • Transportation Policy Expert

Think of child care as an investment for success Failure to invest in early childhood care and education is a huge misstep, especially for a community as educated as ours.

We now know the vast majority of our children’s brain development happens at 0-5 years and ensuring high quality experiences during this period is crucial to school success and beyond.

We know the value of education, which is why we invest over 50 percent of our county budget in K-12. Yet, we invest less than 1 percent in child care and early education.

As economists like James Heckman have noted, this is fertile ground that can yield great economic returns. It’s not a handout, but an investment. It

allows parents to work while their kids are being prepared for success in school and for life.

But child care is expensive. Even where both parents are fully employed, many families cannot afford it and their children are likely to show up for kindergarten already behind and less equipped for success.

Other jurisdictions have realized this problem and their citizens are supporting dedicated funding sources to make substantial investments in their youngest children who need it most. Wouldn’t it be wise for us to think ahead on this issue and join them?

Shaun M. Rose, Kensington

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Without proof of a benefit, district shouldn’t change bell times As a parent of a Montgomery County Public Schools ninth-grader, I would like to add my perspective on changing to later high school bell times — and as a Montgomery County resident, I am very concerned about any additional cost (or the diversion of current funding) of some of the options.

Changing bell times is very “complex,” as acknowledged by MCPS in its 2015 summary analysis. However, this issue may be simplified by determining: “What’s driving this need?”

As reported in internal MCPS reports and analysis, increasing sleep is the driving force. Although not explicitly stated, more sleep leads to greater academic achievement and increases the general health of high school students since their circadian rhythm results in a later time when they fall asleep.

However, the independent Hanover Report conducted for MCPS states “... there is no conclusive evidence that demonstrates that later high school start times result in improved academic achievement for students.”

While a later bell time facilitates getting up later, it also means that school ends later. Given the rigors of high school — academics, clubs, sports, jobs — does ending the school day later “push” these activities back with no increase in sleep?

To address this, MCPS cites a 2002 study by Kyla Wahlstrom (“Findings from the First Longitudinal Study of Later High School Start Times”) that indicates some increased sleep. It is based on districts with a total population of less than 700 students, with 467 students in a later start time (Minneapolis) versus 169 students in an earlier start time (anonymous District B).

However, much has changed since the 2002 Wahlstrom study, led by an explosion of electronic devices, streaming video, and especially social media that high school students use frequently (much to my chagrin, that’s my daughter!). For MCPS to leverage a decade-old study from a vastly different information/entertainment age — a study with less than 700 students and an “anonymous District B,” so that no sociodemographic comparisons can be made — is not a strong business case for change.

My concern is MCPS may be “experimenting” with later bell times without supporting evidence that links greater student achievement or indicates this provides more sleep. Additionally, given the economic headwinds for MCPS’ funding, any option that carries a cost should not be considered.

Since the board and MCPS are charged with optimizing student achievement and being sound stewards of taxpayer (funding) dollars, especially as these dollars become ever-more scarce, initiating a costly change without much assurance of student achievement gains and increased sleep is pure folly. All this points to a strong “no-action” by MCPS and the board of education.

Changing bell times is complex given the various stakeholder concerns, interests, and the massive disruption to 154,000 students and their families. However, the decision is simple: Do not change bell times unless there is compelling evidence of increased student achievement and increased sleep for MCPS high school students.

Rob Lao, Laytonsville

Giving thanks to the teachers who made me one As another year came to a close, I thought about people who have shaped my path. As a Latina, first-generation American, I didn’t have a ton of role models outside of my family who shared my backgrounds and experiences. But where society and media came up short, incredible teachers at Blake High School made the difference. Because of them, I made my way to college. I attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Now, because of them, I teach, too.

Allison Finn, Claire Kodan, Rudy Tyrell, Cindy Loveland, Leigh Tinsley, Joseph DuBois, Carole Goodman, Kim Tolbert, Kathy Moore, Denise Ramos and many more recognized what college could do for me, long before I did. They knew it would stretch me academically and challenge me personally. It

wasn’t until my senior year that any of us knew exactly where it would lead me.

As an undergrad, I volunteered with disadvantaged Baltimore students — many of whom had special needs. I grew increasingly frustrated with a system that didn’t grant the same opportunities to all my students. They struggled not because they weren’t capable, but because of systems not set up to address their unique needs and situations.

As my time with UMBC came to a close, I knew I wanted to continue public service work — to create meaningful change I deeply believe in. I thought about my Blake teachers and knew I needed to get into the classroom and pay forward all that those teachers gave me.

I joined Teach For America, which enlists college graduates

and professionals to teach in low-income communities and advocate for equity.

I am teaching in Baltimore with a vow: never let a student get pushed through an education system without keys for opportunities. I set high goals for all my kids and expect them to meet them. Many students may be low-income, or firstgeneration Americans, or have special needs, but I refuse to let those be reasons they don’t succeed.

My kids and I talk about leadership coming from within and how to see yourself as a leader. For many, this isn’t easy — they don’t see many people in positions of authority or influence to whom they relate.

As a teacher, I strive to create lessons that not only allow my students to explore various leaders, but also develop their

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I want every kid in Baltimore to have the choice to go to college. I believe every single student in Baltimore has incredible potential, and I want them to believe that, too. My own teachers showed me excellent teaching, and I want to replicate that for the next generation. Every morning in the classroom, I strive to teach as they taught me: with passion, excitement, humility and understanding.

Together, we can give our kids the futures they deserve.

Micaela Perez Ferrero, Baltimore

The writer used to live in Olney. She graduated from Blake High School in 2009.

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Airpark criticism ignores actual and potential benefits Brian Benhaim’s calls for “real reforms” in the wake of the tragic plane crash near the Airpark in December [Jan. 7 Forum] lack benefits to the community while greatly benefitting Mr. Benhaim and any of his neighbors who chose to move to a house near the Airpark.

As a pilot for a major airline who started his career at the Airpark, I find Benhaim’s “reforms” overreaching. His plans are not real solutions. They are a veiled attempt by a NIMBY citizen to promote a selfish cause springboarded by a tragic accident.

Banning touch-and-go operations because they are a nuisance to “legitimate commercial traffic” is like asking Mr. Benhaim to drive off to the shoulder of Route 124 whenever he sees a commercial truck, bus, or limo in his rear-view mirror.

Airplanes already in the pattern have the right of way, and all jet pilots know this and adjust accordingly. After all, they likely became jet pilots by practicing touch-and-goes at the local airport.

Attempting to ban jets that don’t have a qualified copilot is not something that local government can police. That’s the jurisdiction of the FAA, who certifies airplanes to be flown by a single pilot versus two. Singlepilot jet operations have been in use for more than 30 years.

Trust me, because of this accident, the NTSB and FAA will be looking far more closely at this exemption.

His final proposal to simply close the airport would be a boon for the value of nearby homes, perhaps including his.

But, municipal airports are a part of the National Airspace System. In the event of disaster, that single runway at the Airpark may serve as a lifeline for Montgomery County residents

as supplies fly in and injured are flown out to safer areas.

And let’s not forget the air-ambulance flights, Angel Flights, pet-rescue missions and many other good-cause flights that take place at the Airpark, but are sadly under reported.

Benhaim also has his facts wrong about other issues. First, the traffic at the airport fell precipitously after 2000 because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the establishment of highly restricted airspace overlying the Airpark. Many operators moved their airplanes to get out from under the bureaucratic burden of the airspace and risk of fighter intercepts, not because of higher risk factors from overflying the rampant development around the Airpark.

Second, Benhaim says eminent domain was used to “expand operations at the airport, so bigger jets could land here.”

This is flat-out false. The runway at the Airpark has been the same length since 1971. If he’s referring to the development of the Webb tract, that is a county building under construction there and has nothing to do with the Airpark.

The reality is that any proposal to expand or improve the Airpark has been reliably shot down for the last 40 years thanks to residents like Benhaim and their tactics. Compared to other small airports in the area, our Airpark has seen very little improvement. Few businesses keep airplanes here because the runway is too short and there’s no instrument landing system to guide airplanes in during low weather.

Instead of protecting and embracing the airport, politicians, developers, and NIMBY residents have for years attempted to strangle the life out of it. So far, it’s working.

Peter A. Bedell, Gaithersburg

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Blake football off and running Name any sport, and at some point Larry Hurd has probably coached it during his tenures with Clarksburg and Poolesville high schools.

I suspect that if Hurd walked past two students playing KEN SAIN chess, he’d stop to exSPORTS EDITOR plain why the MullerSchulze Gambit is too aggressive. He’s currently the Coyotes’ football coach, but he has a very long resume.

“I’ve coached boys and girls basketball,” Hurd said. “I’ve coached baseball and softball, and I’ve coached football. I’ve done all these things.”

You’re right, he’s about to make a point: “There is no preparation for the position of head football coach, until you get the job.”

Hurd’s defensive coordinator from the past two seasons, DeShawn Anderson, is finding that out after he was named Blake’s football coach last week.

A coordinator can focus on one thing, while maybe helping out in other areas. But when you’re the head coach, you have to worry about both sides of the ball and special teams; you have to deal with the media; parents asking about playing time; an administration that tells you it’s out of money; college coaches who want information on possible recruits; visiting middle schools to local kids from going to Springbrook; keeping tabs on athletes’ grades; checking to make sure your players live where they are supposed to live so you don’t have to forfeit a game; making sure a kid isn’t throwing away a possible scholarship by tweeting something wildly inappropriate. And on, and on, and on.

“I don’t have a Twitter account,” Anderson said. “I guess I’m going to have to get one.”

That list is just the start.

“Every year, there’s something new,” Hurd said. “You’re always having to adapt.

But, while no one becomes a head coach for the first time ready, I do think [Anderson] is as ready as you can be.”

Anderson has been a head coach in track, at Einstein and Watkins Mill. He said he was a four-year starter at linebacker at Norfolk State, and did a coaching internship with two NFL teams (Indianapolis and Jacksonville) for two summers.

He stopped coaching for four years to focus on his family, but he was back soon as the linebackers coach at Clarksburg for two seasons before taking over as coordinator.

What can we expect from Blake?

“I’m aggressive,” Anderson said. “We’re going to use track as the basis for our program, and make sure our kids are in great shape because we’re going to run at a tempo that’s tremendous.”

The former track coach broke the news Thursday to his football players that he expects all of them on the track team.

Expect a quick-to-the-line, no-huddle offense and a lot of pressure on the quarterback to make the right reads and execute the right options. On defense, Anderson said he’s a four-linemen, three-linebacker coach.

“You’re going to see speed and aggression on both sides of the ball,” Anderson said.

He teaches technology education at Clarksburg, but Anderson said he’s been told they are going to do everything possible to get him in the building at Blake.

For now, he’s just trying to learn what it means to be a head football coach.

“When I first got hired for the job, my email box, there were like 20 emails that you’ve got to respond to,” Anderson said.

“For me, it’s about balance, between my faith, my family and the love that I have for this game.”

“When he told me he got the job, I told him that his headaches just increased 100fold,” Hurd said. ksain@gazette.net

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he places on his young star.

“She’s one of those special kids who don’t come around all that often,” Garner said. “She always has this calm and cool demeanor by nature, if she gets nervous, it’s unbeknownst to me. But you don’t want to put a ton of pressure on a kid like that.”

Chances are that Zarchin puts enough pressure on herself. The county’s top swimmers are notoriously internally driven and Zarchin spends about 20 hours per week training outside of her Quince Orchard team commitments, with the RockvilleMontgomery Swim Club. High school swimming, while competitive, should also be a fun outlet, Garner said. Zarchin said she has relished the Cougars’ team atmosphere, which can be a departure from the more individualized environment of club swimming.

Garner said despite her status as a standout, she in no way expects special treatment and is willing to do whatever it takes to help the team, even if it means stepping outside of her comfort zone.

“With swimmers like [Zarchin], they tend to put pressure on themselves, you don’t want to add to it,” Garner said. “She puts in a lot of hard work with her club team. You have to remember the fun side

With less than two weeks remaining until the end of the wrestling regular season, and regional duals set for just a few days later, three county wrestling teams remain undefeated: Damascus High School, Walter Johnson, and Whitman.

If the season ended today, those three teams would be locks to compete in the 4A/3A West Regional Duals.

On Saturday, things will become a little more interesting when Damascus plays host to Whitman and one-loss Northwest in a tri-match that has the potential to shake up the top of the standings.

Damascus, the two-time defending state dual-meet champion, is favored to beat both Northwest and Whitman to remain undefeated.

However, it would be unfair to pencil in a win without giving those teams a fighting chance, but most people would say it’s unlikely for Damascus to lose.

Assuming Damascus does defeat both Northwest and Whitman, and none of the three lose prior to Saturday, the match between the Jaguars and Vikings is one to look out for.

Northwest is the team that can least afford to lose twice on Saturday because the Jaguars already have a loss. With a win, Northwest has a lot to gain.

In addition to matching Whitman with two losses, again assuming Damascus also wins, Northwest would be able to gain a head-to-head win over the Vikings in the event they’re both vying for the fourth and final spot.

Senior leaders Dell Ngonga (113), Mauro Beteta (152), and undefeated TJ Patterson (220) make the Jaguars formidable throughout their lineup.

“We’re motivated,” Northwest coach Joe Vukovich said. “We need to run the table to get to the duals. ... We finished

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Quince Orchard High School’s Maddy Zarchin swims the 100-yard butterfly Saturday against Seneca Valley at the Olney Indoor Swim Center.

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t didn’t take Quince Orchard High School sophomore Maddy Zarchin very long to make her mark on the Cougars’ swimming and diving program.

During her debut season a year ago, she broke one of the school’s longest-standing all-time records — 26 years — in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 56.77 seconds.

“If a record sticks around that long and you break it, you know you’re doing something right,” Quince Orchard coach Todd Garner said.

In a breakout freshman campaign, Zarchin matched up against some of the Washington Metropolitan area’s best with multiple top 4 finishes at both the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships and season-ending state meet — she was among the top individual scorers in both.

And while Zarchin, who said she takes pride in keeping Quince Orchard on a Montgomery County swimming map more dominated by teams in Bethesda and Potomac, is poised to back up last year’s success with another big postseason, Garner said he is quite mindful about the amount of pressure

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Watkins Mill High School seniors Dominique Walker and Danielle Durjan are keeping tabs on their scoring totals as they each approach 1,000 points.

Walker has 905 and Durjan has 950, and with nine regular season games remaining, plus playoffs, they’re aware they have a good chance of reaching the milestone. And when they do, they’ll be awarded a game ball and be recognized with an in-game announcement, possibly during a stoppage of play, Watkins Mill coach Ivan Hicks said.

“It’s very special. It’s very special, it’s very comforting knowing that night after night we have two individuals that will score,” Hicks said.

In Montgomery County, and at high schools across the area, basketball players like Walker and Durjan are nearing or have already passed the arbitrary scoring mark. On Thursday, Churchill senior Japria Karim-Duvall became the first Bulldog in 11 seasons to reach 1,000. Paint Branch senior Daisa Harris scored her 1,000th point a year ago, while Eleanor Roosevelt junior Kaila Charles has more than 900.

It’s an impressive accomplishment, coaches said, particularly for public school athletes who play 22 regular season games and at least one more in the playoff. On the girls side, it typically takes four seasons of consistent, steady contributions — 10-plus points per game — without missing any significant time. It’s even more challenging on the boys side, where freshmen are less likely to make varsity teams, let alone contribute.

“You need to have a combination of your team playing well so you get

enough games in, and [you need] to score pretty consistently on a good clip,” said Paint Branch alumnus and girls coach Rochelle Coleman (Class of 2001), who reached 1,000 at the Burtonsville school. “You have to be consistent all through high school.”

Different county teams and coaches have different ways of acknowledging the 1,000 points. Some, like coach Kate McMahon, publicize when the athletes are close to 1,000, notifying the athlete’s family and even the press. Others place less emphasis on the feat and are against mid-game stoppages, but will recognize the athlete at the next game or after the season.

It’s not a big deal everywhere. At Roosevelt — the reigning state champions from Prince George’s County — coach Delton Fuller hadn’t been tracking Charles’ scoring progress

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Poolesville High School is seeking a new head football coach after Will Gant submitted his resignation, citing family purposes as the reason why.

“My oldest [child] will be a senior at Walkersville High School playing soccer. My other one is a tenth-grader playing football.

And I’ll have an eighth-grader playing middle school soccer,” Gant said. “So just kind of running out of hours in the day.”

Gant has coached at the county’s only Class 2A football program since 2011, going 2518 in four seasons with a playoff appearance in each of the past three. In his first season, Poolesville was 4-6. Since then, they’ve gone 7-4 each year — losing in the first round of the playoffs.

Gant said he started to get an idea to step down toward the end

Landon-Bullis to determine second in IAC On Wednesday, the Landon School wrestling team is set to face conference rival Bullis in a match that will likely decide second place in the Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s regular season.

Georgetown Prep, currently 3-0 in league play, will likely win the IAC regular season title. The Little

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of last season after a conversation with one of his son’s footballcoaches at Walkersville and learned that Gant’s son would likely be Will Gant moving up to varsity.

Walkersville defeated Poolesville in the 2012 postseason.

“I loved coaching [at Poolesville],” Gant said. “We’ve got an awesome community. Awesome group of kids. And really awesome coaching staff... It’s a special place. It’s a different school community than most of the other Montgomery County schools.”

A friend of the coach at Walkersville, Gant said he may help out with the team there, but he also said he could see himself returning to head coaching in the future — maybe even at Poolesville. pgrimes@gazette.net

Magruder locks up the East Division crown The Magruder High School wrestling team locked up the 4A/3A East Division title on Saturday in a tri-match with division foes Sherwood and Paint Branch.

Magruder defeated Paint Branch 36-27 and beat Sherwood 48-24, finishing a perfect 5-0 in the East.

Magruder’s only loss this season came to Churchill in the season opener. Since then, the Colonels have been on a tear, including an eye-opening performance and win over Quince Orchard on Jan. 17.

Magruder coach AJ Tao said Brent Martin (160 pounds) and Joe Sanchez (126) have been staples in the Colonels lineup.

Paint Branch defeated Sherwood 44-36, but needed to beat Magruder for a chance at tying for the division. Prior to the match, Panthers coach Rick Smith acknowledged that it would take a lot.

The season has been a challenge for Paint Branch, with wrestlers expected to play big roles missing in action. One example is a state qualifier from last season, Gibbs Tinne (195), who was unable to return from a broken hand suffered during football season until Paint Branch’s tournament on Jan. 17. With a tender hand and all, he finished second, reminding the county what Paint Branch has been missing. Cornell Wilson (220) and Ryan Van Meers (132) have been top performers for the Panthers.

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BY PRINCE J. GRIMES Hoyas have already defeated Bullis (2-1) and Landon (3-1).

“I am pleased with our progress this season,” Bears coach Andy Katz said. “We are a young team who is getting better each week.”

The Bears have eight starters in the lineup with winning records, four of which are freshmen. The lineup also includes veteran Jarett Witzal (160 pounds), who finished sixth in last season’s Maryland Independent School State Tournament.

Clarksburg endures tough stretch The Clarksburg High School wrestling team started the season 3-0, but that was before getting into the meat of its schedule on Dec. 23, beginning with Quince Orchard. A loss to QO turned out to be the first of a five-match losing streak for the Coyotes that didn’t end until Saturday when the Coyotes earned decisive victories over Rockville and Blake.

During the losing streak, Clarksburg lost matches to county powers Damascus, Northwest and Walter Johnson. Over that stretch, the Coyotes failed to establish themselves as one of the top teams this season, but there have been some bright spots along the way.

Northwest only edged the Coyotes by six points, and when Clarksburg has won, it’s been by large margins. The Coyotes defeated an improved Rockville team 44-18.

Coach Rob Pinsky said the season is going well for his team — a mix of seniors and young wrestlers that includes freshman Ryan Crosby (106 pounds).

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Friday. Game should decide second place in the 2A Conference.

Wootton won the first game, 2-1.

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Magruder’s Stephanie Davis competes in the class 4A girls’ 200 meters during last spring’s state championship meet in Baltimore. The sophomore started slowly this winter, but has been improving in recent weeks.

Magruder sophomore regains form Given Colonels sophomore Stephanie Davis’ success during a breakout spring outdoor season in which she won four events at the state meet — two individual, two relays — one would expect her to enter this winter rather confident.

But some turmoil within the program early — three head coaches from October through the end of November — and perhaps external pressure to back up those results, led to a subpar beginning of the season per her standards, coach Richard Bosnic said. After a number of runner-up finishes, wins in her both her events at last week’s Montgomery County championship — 55and 300-meter dash — built her confidence back up, Davis said.

Davis’ county title performances are among the best in the state and nation. Her time of 40.20 seconds in the 300-meter dash is top in the state and No. 22 in the nation, according to MileSplit. Her 7.20-second, 55-meter dash time is Maryland’s third-best. “[Davis] is a very gifted athlete,” Bosnic said. “She works hard. And she is competitive.

She does not like to lose. When push comes to shove, she has that grit and desire to win and not all kids do.”

Damascus tuning up for run at region title The Swarmin’ Hornets posted several top-notch performances in Saturday’s Last Track to Philly Invitational hosted by Georgetown Prep, a meet Damascus coach Jason Bozicevich said was a good opportunity for his athletes to fine tune some things as they get ready for the upcoming Class 3A West Region and state

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BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN championship meets. Denise Woode, Sahee Abdelmomin, Mia Del Borrello and Mina Del Borrello joined forces for a second-place finish behind state title contender Bowie in the 1,600-meter relay.

Damascus has several athletes who should contend for region titles, Bozicevich said, including Woode, who is ranked seventh among 3A athletes in the 300-meter dash, and Mia Del Borello and Andrea Caputo, who are tied for the third-best high jump (4 feet, 10 inches). Damascus is also in the top 10 of both the 800- and 1,600-meter relays. “[Some good performances Saturday], times are starting to come down at the right time,” Bozicevich said. “Seneca Valley has turned out to be pretty good this season but I think we should have some good results [at regionals].”

Good Counsel senior using winter as springboard There are certain training exercises runners can do to improve speed and endurance, even mental strength. But there are certain aspects of athleticism that just cannot be taught, firstyear Falcons coach Eugene Neal said. In addition to the tangibles, 5-foot-7 (per Neal’s estimation) Virginia Tech recruit Rachel Pocratsky has the intangibles and they’ve set her apart as one of the state’s best middle distance runners.

“She’s is a tall athlete, she’s physically built to run at the next level,” Neal said. “She has those traits you can’t teach. [On top of that] she’s determined.”

Pocratsky currently holds the state’s top time in the 800-meter run (2 minutes, 18.65 seconds) and is the county’s fourth-fastest in the 500-meter run (1:18.05). On Saturday at the Last Track to Philly Invitational hosted by Georgetown Prep, she anchored the winning 1,600-meter sprint relay that posted Montgomery County’s best time (4 minutes, 19.99 seconds) since 2011, according to mocorunning.com. The relay squad included her younger sister Erin, Lena Fowler and Chloe Johnson.

B-CC distance runner back Earlier this month, Barons senior Nora McUmber was named Gatorade Maryland Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year for a remarkable fall season during which she won county and state titles.

Perhaps the state’s best distance runner, who is participating in the indoor season for the first time this winter, was missing at last week’s county championship due to an official college visit, coach Chad Young said.

She rejoined the Barons Saturday at the Last Track to Philly hosted by Georgetown Prep, where she anchored the third-place 3,200-meter relay and ran the second leg of the fourth-place distance medley.

B-CC dropped out of the top 5 at the county meet but McUmber’s return should bolster the lineup at regionals.

The Walter Johnson girls won the distance medley Saturday with the fastest time (12 minutes, 31.42 seconds) by a Montgomery County team since 2008, according to mocorunning.com. jbeekman@gazette.net

1. Clarksburg 2. Northwest 3. Bullis 4. Paint Branch 5. Walter Johnson Best bet n Virginia Tech Invitational: 5 p.m.

Friday and 9 a.m.

Saturday. Some of the nation’s top talent will there so it’s a good event to get ready for championship season.

Swimming Boys 1. Georgetown Prep 2. Richard Montgomery 3. Walter Johnson 4. Churchill 5. B-CC Girls 1. Churchill 2. Blair 3. Sherwood 4. Holton-Arms 5. Whitman Best bet n Washington Metropolitan Prep Schools Swimming and Diving League Championships: Saturday in Laurel.

Holton-Arms goes for its third straight WMPSSDL title.

Wrestling 1. Damascus 2. Good Counsel 3. Georgetown Prep 4. Walter Johnson 5. Northwest Best bet n Northwest and Whitman at Damascus, 1 p.m. Saturday: This tri-meet can shake up the 4A/3A West Region dual standings with the three top teams in the county squaring off.

two losses, Northwest would be tied with Quince Orchard, which owns the head-to-head over Northwest because of its win in the season opener. Magruder would also be ahead of Northwest with just one loss.

If Whitman is able to pull out the win, Northwest would essentially be eliminated from the regional dual conversation.

The Vikings would remain in

the picture for the No. 2 seed with a match against Walter Johnson remaining on its schedule — the No. 1 seed would be in play if it can pull off the upset over Damascus. The bulk of Whitman’s experience is within the middle weights, led by last year’s third place state medalist Mitch Fenton (145).

The match will be their second tri-match in a three day pe-

riod as the Vikings are scheduled to host North Hagerstown and Clarksburg on Thursday.

Saturday will provide Whitman and Northwest an opportunity to see how they stack up against Damascus in the event they see them again in the regional duals.

Despite success in recent years, Damascus coach John Fergusonhasstatedonnumerousoc-

casions that the team tweaked its approach to this season in order to get the team to be performing at an optimal level by season’s end.

“We’re trying to do some things that are different, but hopefully the outcome will be a little bit different as well,” Ferguson said.

The Swarmin’ Hornets have been phenomenal this season with wrestlers at almost every

weight that could potentially win a county championship. If they are still improving, it can be a daunting task for anyone trying to take them down. Whitman and Northwest will likely get their shot 1 p.m. Saturday in what will be the toughest county match to date for each of the three teams participating.

fast, it’s really fun.”

Butterfly is often the last stroke picked when swimmers are given a choice for their second stroke outside of freestyle, Garner said, and it’s because of the effort it requires — it takes a tremendous amount of strength

and work to hold oneself above the water and move efficiently over it.

While some of Zarchin’s prowess comes from a natural talent — she’s built like a swimmer, Garner said, with extremely strong shoulders

— she’s also propelled by her willingness to challenge and push herself to and beyond her limits. And that also comes through on race days.

Though it sounds contradictory, not all fast swimmers make great racers. But Zarchin

is a top-notch racer, Garner said. She is sure to have the opportunity to put that on display as the postseason nears — divisionals are scheduled for Saturday with Metros the following week.

“Maddy never avoids racing

anyone, which is kind of amazing,” Garner said. “What makes her so special is that she’s really willing to push herself hard. She doesn’t see any situation that is too overwhelming.”

acknowledged, but couldn’t recall a boys game ever being stopped for it. In fact, when alltime county great Tracy Jackson scored his 2,000th for the Panthers in the 1977 state final, Galotta said he didn’t even realize it until he tallied up the points at the end of the season. He acknowledged it later at the endof-season banquet, he said.

“At the end of the game we never recognized points,” Galotta said. “The first thing we talked about was rebounds, leading assist man, leading steals. If there was something that was unique about scoring, we’d mention that. But we never ever, and Morgan never ever talked about how many points.”

The accomplishment,

though, has long been acknowledged in amateur and professional basketball. A 1937 New York Times article noted that Long Island University men’s basketball player Jules Bender scored his 1,000th point. In 1950, when Carl Braun of the New York Knickerbockers reached the milestone, the game was stopped and he was presented

a ball, The New York Times reported.

Players and coaches, to varying extents, are still going after the arbitrary scoring feat.

Walker, who had an abbreviated sophomore season, said she didn’t think she’d get anywhere near the mark but was encouraged when Durjan told her before the season that she

was close. With Walker averaging a county leading 21.3 points per game, and Durjan (20.7) not far behind, both may only need a few more games to get there.

“I think that it’s pretty cool,” Walker said. “... Not the biggest deal in the world, but it is awesome.”

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Watkins Mill finds its way Two players account for nearly all of Watkins Mill High School’s scoring, an offensive formula that has been problematic at times. Playing against rival Damascus on Friday, the lack of offensive depth nearly cost the Wolverines girls basketball team a double-digit fourth-quarter lead.

Watkins Mill was ahead by 10 with about three minutes left when senior and county leading scorer Dominique Walker (21.3 points) fouled out of the game, leaving her senior teammate Danielle Durjan (20.7) in charge of the offense. The lead got all the way down to three, coach Ivan Hicks said, but the Montgomery Village school was able to hold on for the 55-49 victory.

It was a big win for the Wolverines, who lost to the Swarmin’ Hornets in December.

“I said, as long as we continue to move the ball, don’t force the ball, minimize turnovers, get out in transition and lastly, we must rebound. If we do that, we win the game. We did those several things,” Hicks said.

Lacrosse star gives Sherwood a boost First-year Sherwood High School coach said he didn’t know much about Delaney McMenamin prior to the season. A George Washington University lacrosse recruit, the Warriors junior hadn’t spent much time with the girls basketball team, playing in only one fall league game, Hobbs said.

But that would be hard to tell based off of what the 5-foot-7 forward has done so far this season. McMenamin has

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BY ERIC GOLDWEIN been a steady scorer, averaging 8.5 points, while providing Sherwood (8-4) with a two-way player in the frontcourt.

“The kid just goes out and plays hard every night,” Hobbs said. “To have someone with her athleticism and willingness to compete, it’s just given us an added dimension.”

Paint Branch still growing The Paint Branch High School girls basketball team is allowing 41 points per game on the season en route to a 12-1 start, but coach Rochelle Coleman said the No. 2 Panthers have some work to do.

“We’re not playing our best ball yet,” Coleman said. “We still have to defend a lot better.”

The Burtonsville school suffered it first loss against No. 1 Whitman on Jan. 20, falling 61-51, but the defense has been consistent outside of that. Paint Branch rebounded from the loss with a 52-30 win over Blair (Silver Spring) on Friday.

Northwest thinking long term With five new starters and an entire sophomore class that has never played varsity before, the Northwest High School girls basketball team (0-12) is winless, and has a good chance of finishing the season that way.

Northwest has at times held its own on the defensive end.

Forward Jaden Bynum has played tough inside, while junior Celine Jordan (7.9 points) and sophomore point guard Samantha Sekscienski (6.5) have led the team in scoring.

“It’s a young team with a lot of courage,” second-year coach Nathan Lewis said. “They’re willing to do whatever it takes to be successful.”

But the Jaguars simply don’t have the basketball experience.

That’s why Lewis said he is putting together a plan to get the athletes playing year-round.

“There’s potential in each one of these children as long as they do what they need to do in the offseason to be successful,” Lewis said.

Stone Ridge sophomore provides spark When its 3-pointers are falling, the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart girls basketball team has had a much easier time winning games.

The Gators (4-10) snapped a six-game losing streak on Jan. 15 by hitting eight 3-pointers in a win over Holton-Arms. In their three prior wins, they had nine against Hill School (Pa.) and had eight both times they defeated Georgetown Day. The Bethesda school’s top shooter has been sophomore guard Kathyrn Maloney, whose 25 3-pointers rank third in Montgomery County. She’s been a “spark off the bench” after playing limited minutes last season, coach Michael Thiede said.

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BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Montgomery County.

Boys

Girls

Rank School

Record Points

Rank School

Record Points

1.

Montrose Christian

14-3

60

1.

Whitman

11-0

60

2.

Richard Montgomery

14-0

52

2.

Paint Branch

12-1

54

3.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal

16-2

49

3.

Holy Child

12-2

46

4.

Springbrook

10-2

40

4.

Good Counsel

13-6

44

5.

Magruder

9-2

37

5.

Wootton

9-3

36

6.

Bullis

13-4

30

6.

Churchill

10-3

30

7.

Quince Orchard

11-2

21

7.

Walter Johnson

11-2

24

8.

Gaithersburg

9-3

16

8.

Magruder

9-5

15

9.

Takoma Academy

14-5

14

9.

Watkins Mill

8-4

12

10. Georgetown Prep

11-6

10

10. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day 10-1

5

Also receiving votes: Covenant Life, 2; Damascus, 2.

Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 1.

BEST BET

BEST BET

n Richard Montgomery at Springbrook, 7 pm Friday: Two of the county’s 4A favorites square off in what may be the Rockets toughest test this season.

n Churchill at Poolesville, 7 p.m. Friday: The Bulldogs will look to keep their momentum going with tough matchup against the Falcons.

LEADING SCORERS

LEADING SCORERS

Player, school Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood Jonathan Mustamu, Kennedy Aaron Byrd, Landon Joe Hugley, Magruder Grayson Slover, Sandy Spring Teo Fletcher, Wash. Christian Andrew Kostecka, Clarksburg Bryan Knapp, Jewish Day* Alani Moore, Montrose Christian

Games Points 12 292 10 221 12 261 15 323 13 240 14 256 5 90 5 90 11 196 15 256

Avg. 24.3 22.1 21.8 21.5 18.5 18.3 18.0 18.0 17.8 17.1

Player, school Games Points Avg. Dominique Walker, Watkins Mill* 12 256 21.3 Daisa Harris, Paint Branch* 13 272 20.9 Danielle Durjan, Watkins Mill 12 248 20.7 Abby Meyers, Whitman 11 202 18.4 Daphne Lerner, Jewish Day 12 211 17.6 Sheri Addison, Wootton 13 224 17.2 Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 10 168 16.8 Hope Randolph, Magruder 12 198 16.5 Japria Karim-DuVall, Churchill 11 205 15.8 Nicole Enabosi, Good Counsel 19 296 15.6

Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to sports@gazette.net before noon on Mondays to be included.

After a mid-season lull Gaithersburg’s boys are back on track When the Gaithersburg High School boys basketball team dropped three of four games in a 10-day stretch in mid-December, basketball fans around the county scratched their heads. The Trojans have one of the most talented lineups in the county, but as coach Tom Sheahin pointed out, you didn’t have to look far to see what was troubling Gaithersburg.

In its three losses to Clarksburg, Magruder and Kennedy, Gaithersburg shot a combined 37 percent from the free throw line. The Trojans, as Sheahin noted, were also struggling on the defensive end as they struggled to find their identity as a team — something they’ve certainly rectified as evidenced by the five-game winning streak their currently riding. During the streak the Trojans are shooting 72 percent from the line and are exerting themselves on defense, according to Sheahin.

“I feel like our guys were just tired of losing,” senior Anthony Tarke said. “Now we’re just riding this successful wave without

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coach decided enough was enough and pulled Mustamu from the lineup. “He won’t play again until we get him looked at by a specialist,” Nelson said. “It’s not getting any better, it’s getting worse.”

run where we play hard and share the ball, yes, we can be a contender,” Watson said. “When we get six or seven guys to contribute offensively, we’re usually pretty good.”

Kennedy star out with hip injury

Rockville rebounding in Class 3A

Whitman junior adjusting

After Kennedy High School sophomore Jonathan Mustamu took a hard fall in a Dec. 15 game against Churchill High School, Cavaliers coach Diallo Nelson noticed his standout guard was stretching a little more than usual in practice. Once the trainer got a look at Mustamu, who has averaged 21.8 points per game through 12 contests, the sophomore was diagnosed with a hip flexor injury.

Nelson decided to sit Mustamu for a 10-day stretch at the start of the new year where there were no games, giving Mustamu time to rest. But after watching the 6-foot-1 Mustamu limp through last week’s games against Bethesda Chevy Chase and Richard Montgomery, the longtime Kennedy

In a 3A/2A Division that Rockville High School coach Steve Watson said is “anyone’s game any night we all play each other,” the Rams may have found something they can hang their hat on in the form of a 58-57 win over Seneca Valley on Friday. Rockville, who had yet to string together consecutive wins this season, is part of a multi-team log jam chasing down Wheaton atop the league standings. But after rebounding from a rough stretch where the Rams dropped four of six, including two losses at the Liberty (Eldersburg, Md.) tournament, Watson’s confident that Friday’s victory could spark a Rockville run. “If we can put together a

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST being complacent .”

KEEPING IT BRIEF Quince Orchard standout on the mend Adam McLean, a former senior defensive lineman for the Quince Orchard High School football team, underwent surgery on Thursday to repair his anterior cruciate ligament that he injured in October, an injury that kept him off the field for the remainder of the season. The highly-touted McLean made headlines on Dec. 4 when he verbally committed to play at the University of Maryland, College Park next season, just two weeks after decommitting from Pennsylvania State University.

McLean said he expects to be ready to play at full strength in August, but will miss the Terps’ summer workouts due to the required rehab work, a regimen the 6-foot-2, 290-pound senior said he’s attacking head-on.

“I’m approaching this rehab like I’m attacking the football game, charging full [steam] ahead and I am going to work my butt off every day to get back,” McLean said. “I will be 100 percent in no time.”

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Blake hires football coach Blake High School Athletic Director Jared Fribush has announced DeShawn Anderson has been hired as the Silver Spring school’s new football coach.

Anderson, previously the defensive coordinator at Clarksburg, replaces Tony Nazzaro, who stepped down in November after 13 years. In addition to

Clarksburg, Anderson has experience coaching at Watkins Mill, Northwest and Einstein. He has also been involved with track and field.

“For me, it was an opportunity to work with a group of kids who definitely need a presence that I’m going to bring to that particular school,” Anderson said. “A group of kids who need a little more support, a little more structure to get to another level.

Anderson, a Norfolk, Va. native, said Blake will run a 4-3 defense and an up-tempo offense.

— PRINCE GRIMES

Record weekend for Bullis track The Bulldog girls continued to pepper Montgomery County’s leaderboard with record-setting performances at the Kevin Dare Invitational hosted by Penn State Saturday. Kyla Lewis, Masai Russell, Alexis Postell and Arianna Richards posted the county’s top time in a runner-up finish in the 800-meter relay (1 minute, 40.67 seconds). The time tops mocorunning.com’s “since 2006” leaderboard as well. Postell, Russell, Kyla Lewis and Lindsay Lewis followed that up with the county’s best 1,600-meter relay mark of the season (3:58.16), ranked third in the past nine years.

While much attention has been paid to the girls’ historical season, the Bullis boys had a breakout weekend in Pennsylvania. Freshmen Eric Allen, Orlandis Gary, Jr. and Bryce Watson and junior Patrick Johnson II re-

corded this winter’s fastest boys 800-meter relay (1:31.72), the county’s top time since 2008.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Wheaton Ice Skating Academy earns honors Ten ice dance teams from the Washington, D.C. area returned this week from the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, N.C. The teams combined for six medals at the juvenile, novice and junior levels.

Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter won the national championship in junior ice dance and will be representing the U.S. at the world championships in Estonia in March.

The teams train in Rockville and Wheaton under coaches Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin.

Northwood gets sportsmanship recognized The girls soccer, girls volleyball, cross country and girls tennis teams from Northwood High School in Silver Spring received Fall Sportsmanship Awards from Montgomery County Public Schools. The school with the most Sporstmanship Awards over the year is awarded $2,000, while second place gets $1,000 and third place gets $500, according to the MCPS website.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

When Whitman High School junior Shaq Diboti-Lobe joined the Vikings program in the offseason, he had a lot of changing to do. The athletic, talented forward had never played a minute of high school basketball and was joining a program where intense man-to-man defense and patience on offense — two

things you’d be hard pressed to find in Amateur Athletic Union basketball — were the cornerstones. But, as coach Chris Lun noted, Diboti-Lobe has made significant progress in transforming his style of play. “He’s definitely come a long way,” Lun said. “He’s certainly a better player now than when he came to us.” The Churchill transfer is averaging 14.8 points per game.

Northwest puts together a perfect week Just a day after first-year Northwest High School coach Rob Smith said he could see

the pieces of his team starting to come together, the Jaguars snapped out of a three-game losing streak, upsetting Clarksburg, 69-67 on Jan. 16.

The win lifted Northwest from a slump that had seen only two wins (Wootton on Dec. 22 and Severn on Dec. 30) in nearly a month. Four days after its win over the Coyotes, Northwest followed up with a 65-56 win over Walter Johnson and added to its winning streak with a 73-60 win on the road Friday evening against Sherwood, bringing its record to 7-7.

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Olney Theatre Center is beginning its 77th season with Steven Schwartz’s “Godspell,” an updated take on Jesus’ parables with a message almost anyone could get behind.

Much like “Children of Eden,” Schwartz’s other Bible-inspired musical, “Godspell” is less about religion and more about the goodness of humanity and the importance of taking care of one another. This message is conveyed through songs representing each of Jesus’ lessons in the Bible.

While the musical is a well-known classic great for bringing people into the new theater season, OTC’s primary reason for choosing this production was former Chairman Emeritus of the Board William H. Graham Sr., who died in 2013. For more than 50 years he served as a mentor to many in theater, from his work as managing director and vice president of OTC to chair of the Department of Speech and Drama at Catholic University.

“His faith guided all of the choices in his life, and we thought this would be a fitting tribute to his family and to his memory,” said director Jason King Jones, who is also the associate artistic director and Director of Education for OTC. “Godspell” opened off-Broadway in 1971 and has been performed widely ever since, including a 2011 Broadway revival. Thanks to the recent update, Jones and the rest of the crew were able to combine aspects of the original production they enjoyed with more modern pieces of the revival material.

“We went back and listened to the new score and got really excited about how fresh the music sounds,” he said. “It doesn’t feel locked into the early 1970s tones it had initially — that gave us some excitement so we could do it with fresh eyes.”

Both of the lead actors are relatively new to Olney Theatre Center — Rachel Zampelli’s first production was last season’s “Avenue Q,” and this will be Jordan Coughtry’s first,

PHOTO BY NICHOLAS GRINER

Olney Theatre Center is presenting “Godspell,” starring Jordan Coughtry as Jesus and Rachel Zampelli as John the Baptist/Judas.

GODSPELL n When: Various dates and times Feb. 4-March 1 n Where: Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney n Tickets: $38-$75 n More information: olneytheatre.org; 301-924-3400

though he’s worked with Jones previously elsewhere. However, both have performed in “Godspell” before and are familiar with the musical’s message.

“It takes Christianity and makes the message universal in a fun and creative way,” said Coughtry, who plays Jesus. “It doesn’t even really tackle religion. It’s just this message of love and goodness and moral discipline.”

“I liked the story about people in a com-

munity following somebody who is peaceful,” added Zampelli, taking on the role of John the Baptist and Judas, “and the idea that that’s more powerful than evil and treating each other like crap.”

The genders of the “Godspell” roles traditionally aren’t played with much, and Schwartz has mentioned before that he feels theaters would have to be careful if casting a woman as Judas. However, when Zampelli auditioned, everyone was welcoming of the concept.

“People don’t name their children Judas because of him,” she said. “I was drawn to the idea of playing someone who betrays somebody he loves, which is a hard thing to do, and people do it all the time. Most of the time, the people we hurt the most are the people we love the most.”

Also trying something new is Coughtry, who is appearing in his first musical since

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Deschutes Brewery, one of the great breweries of the country and a personal favorite of ours, has finally come to the D.C. area with distribution in the District and Virginia and soon in Maryland. Located in Bend, Ore., a winter skiing and summer hiking destination, Deschutes is named after the nearby Deschutes River and many of its beers are named after regional landmarks. Deschutes is coming to the area as a result of a collaboration on Zarabanda, their new spiced Saison beer, with Chef José Andrés, owner of several area restaurants including the Jaleo restaurants in Bethesda, northern Virginia, and D.C. Deschutes is one of the older craft breweries in the country having opened as a brewpub in 1988 by CEO and founder Gary Fish, expanding into a 50-barrel production microbrewery in 1993. In 1988 the brewery produced a total of 714 barrels of beer. In 2015 they expect to produce 320,000 barrels, making them the sixth largest craft brewer in the country with a potential current capacity of 600,000 barrels. Deschutes is in 28 states and D.C., mostly in the West and Midwest, plus Pennsylvania.

The brewery is the second largest user in the county of whole cone hops rather than pelletized hops and bottle conditions all of its beers. Deschutes makes nine year-round beers including Black Butte Porter, the best selling craft Porter in the

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Three seasonal beers include Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale, declared the World’s Best Beer in 2012 at the World Beer Awards, Twilight Summer Ale and Jubelale, a strong holiday brew. Deschutes also brews six interesting IPAs in their Bond Street Series, including two fresh hop ales, and has a Reserve Series which presents bigger, bolder beers such as The Abyss Imperial Stout, Mirror Mirror Barleywine, Not The Stoic Quadruple, and annual anniversary versions of Black Butte Imperial Porter.

The brewery donates $1 for each barrel sold, to national and local charities ranging from assisting children in need to environmental causes. Some of these donations are used by the Deschutes River Conservancy to buy one billion gallons per year of water rights to keep the river flowing. The company is partly employee owned.

The initial beers released in the area in November were Black Butte Porter and Mirror Pond Pale Ale, the two flagship beers, plus Fresh Squeezed IPA, all on draft, and bottles of Mirror Mirror and Black Butte XXVI, their

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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available.

DANCES Social Ballroom Dance, 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodballroomdc.com.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd.

Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15 p.m.

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

Contra, Jan. 30, Dave Colestock calls to Treble Makers with Robin Wilson on flute and concertina, Emily Aubrey on fiddle, Brenna Hogan on hammered dulcimer and Liz Donaldson on piano, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.

English Country, Jan. 28, Tom Spilsbury caller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Feb. 14, Red Dress Ball with the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra, $18, $12, 17 and younger. Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Feb. 1, Trio Con Brio with Paul Oorts (mandolin), Elke Baker (violin), Jonathan Jensen (piano); waltztimedances.org.

Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class, group meets on Tuesday’s until late May at Ridgeview Middle School. Beginning class starts at 7 p.m., followed by the experienced class at 8:05 p.m. The cost is $50. Ceili and set dances are performed, and no partner is required for the lessons. For information, email Jean at jtmwoods@gmail.com or visit ringofkerrydancers.org. Dancers must be at least 8 years old to senior. Anyone younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

MUSIC Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Dr. Ralph Stanley and Friends, Jan. 30; A Dream Discs Triple Header, Jan. 31; 14th annual Buddy Holly Tribute, Feb. 6; The Marcels, Feb. 8; Duke Ellington Orchestra, Feb. 14; Duke Ellington Orchestra, Feb. 15; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com.

BlackRock Center for the Arts, The Seldom Scene, Jan. 31; Rebels with a Cause, Feb. 7; Black Violin, Feb. 8; Black Violin, Feb. 9; Swing Dance Party, Feb. 13; District Comedy, Feb. 14; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-5282260, blackrockcenter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring, Less Than Jake and

Reel Big Fish, Jan. 28; Black Alley, Jan. 30; Shy Glizzy, Jan. 31; Gloriana, Maddie & Tae, Feb. 6; 50 Cent w/G Unit, Feb. 12; Periphery, Feb. 13; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Strathmore, AIR: invoke, Jan. 28; Vadim Neseloyskyi; Jan. 29; Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jan. 30; BSO: Mahler’s 3rd Symphony, Jan. 31; call for venue, times. Locations: Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

Arts Barn, Rick Whitehead Trio, Jan. 31, 8 p.m., power jazz trio featuring Rick Whitehead,

guitar, Jon Previti, bass, and Barry Hart, drums.

$25/$12 youth 18 & under, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394

ON STAGE Arts Barn, David London: Magic Outside the Box, Jan. 30, $18, 311 Kent Square Road, 301258-6394 Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Petite Rouge — A Cajun Red Riding Hood,” Jan. 30 through March 8, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-6342270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” Feb. 11 through March 15, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.

Highwood Theatre, “Other Desert Cities,” Feb. 6 through 15, 914 Silver Spring Ave., thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.

Olney Theatre Center, “Godspell,” Feb. 4 through March 1, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Circus!,” through Feb. 15; 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, 301634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

Rockville Musical Theatre, “Next to Normal,” April 10 through April 26, Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, 240314-8690, r-m-t.org.

Round House Theatre, “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” Jan. 28 through Feb. 22, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.

Lumina Studio Theatre, “Our Mutual Friend,” through Jan. 31. Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com.

Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’s Shadow,” through Jan. 31, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage.org.

Randolph Road Theater, “Snow Maiden,” Feb. 13 & Feb. 15, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Poetry Readings, 7 to 9 p.m. Feb.

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VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Your Memories, Your Sentiments, Your Wishes, Your Secrets,” Jim Condron and Kristen Liu, through Feb. 28, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 Photography Group exhibit, “Richly Black and White,” featuring Jaree Donnelly, Craig Higgins, Timothy Lynch, and Marge Wasson. Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd. gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, March Avery, through Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association, Terry Pellmar, through Feb. 1, Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org.

VisArts, Suspension, through March 1; Nancy Daly, through Feb. 22; Laini Nemett, through March 1; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gallery, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, second floor, 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, washingtonprintmakers. com.

Kentlands Mansion, Bridal Gown Retrospective, Feb. 5 through Feb. 26; Artwork of the Art League of Germantown, Feb. 6 through March 27, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301258-6425.

Arts Barn, Howard Cohen – Seventy Years an Artist, Jan. 30 through March 8, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394 “White,” a juried gallery exhibition in both of Washington ArtWorks’ formal galleries. Photography, painting, mixed media and more, through Jan. 31. Washington ArtWorks, 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville. 301-654-1998; washingtonartworks.com “From Beyond the Arch,” through Jan. 28.

Artwork created by the Upper and Middle school students of the Helene Berman Seidenfeld Visual Art Center at the Berman Hebrew Academy. Goldman Art Gallery, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. paltman@jccgw.org, 301-3483770, jccgw.org. Open when JCCGW is open; free admission.

Rough Around the Edges: Inspirations in Paper by Ronni Jolles, Feb. 8 through March

15; reception March 8 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.

Goldman Art Gallery, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. 301-348-3770; jccgw.org. Open when JCCGW is open; free admission.

ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.

Continued from Page B-4 high school. While classical and contemporary plays typically fall in his wheelhouse, he was interested in taking on a role outside of his comfort zone and learning about how musical theater works.

“I was afraid of being an outsider coming in and not knowing what I was doing, or letting a production down,” he said. “But the whole cast and crew, and our director, choreographer, music director, everybody has been so amazingly positive and supportive.”

Jones has worked on making sure the cast has been in the right mindset when approaching their roles. At the beginning of the rehearsal process, he had everyone write down their response to the phrase “I believe” on a notecard.

By getting in touch with their beliefs, the cast members can relate to the musical’s message inside themselves rather than finding external motivation.

“For me, faith is incredibly personal, it has shaped me in my life and is hardwired into who I am, but I don’t expect that what

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Continued from Page B-4 Imperial Porter which changes ingredients each year. The Abyss arrived in December and the spring seasonal Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale is expected shortly.

Black Butte Porter (5.2 percent alcohol by volume, ABV) has a delicious aroma of chocolate and roast presaging a medium roast and moderate chocolate front which continues into the middle. The roast ebbs a wisp in the finish with the chocolate dominating and a noticeable touch of bitter hops. The bitter hops grow slightly in the aftertaste and, together with the chocolate, linger. Ratings: 9/9.

Mirror Pond Pale Ale (5.6 percent ABV) has a floral, melon and grapefruit nose. The subdued grapefruit front elevates somewhat in the middle, all nicely balanced by a malt back-

I believe is like what anybody else does,” he said. “Asking the cast to tap into where they are right now and what they believe — if they believe — puts them in a place where if they’re confronted with issues with faith in this story, they’re coming to it in an honest place individually.”

In doing so, Jones’ “Godspell” cast has become a close-knit group with individually-driven takes on their characters, creating a supportive environment for all involved no matter their own beliefs. Zampelli recalled a day in rehearsal when a discussion turned into an incredibly personal moment for her, and she felt the love and support from her cast members she had only met weeks prior.

“When you form a community, it doesn’t take long to take care of each other,” she said.

“If I can take that experience, remembering the goodness in people and our capacity to love each other even when we had just started a few weeks ago, goodness knows when we start making connections with the audience what will happen.” kgroff@gazette.net

bone, which remains into the finish. In the aftertaste the moderate grapefruit character comes to the front as the malt fades.

Ratings: 7.5/7.5.

Mirror Mirror (11.2 percent ABV) begins with a fruit compote bouquet of raisins, dark fruit and bitter hops. The medium raisin front with hints of plum and prune are joined by a light sweet malt in the middle. The finish adds a note of alcohol which increases in the aftertaste while the fruitiness persists. This beer will improve in complexity with aging. Ratings: 8.5/8.

Zarabanda (6.7 percent ABV) has a lime, yeast, pepper and lemon nose. The modest lemon and lime front melds with a muted peppercorn and restrained yeast in the middle.

These flavors continue in the finish and last through the aftertaste. The beer would seem to pair well with a variety of foods and would bring out the flavors.

Ratings: 8.5/7.5.

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Graceland, by way of South Africa

PHOTO BY LUMINA STUDIO THEATRE

Kelly Newman O’Connor stars as Jenny Wren in Lumina Studio’s production of “Our Mutual Friend.”

Who are you?

The last novel Charles Dickens ever finished writing, “Our Mutual Friend,” combines humor with psychological insight and social commentary.

The folks at Lumina Studio decided to take the words off the page and bring them to life on stage.

The stage adaptation of “Our Mutual Friend,” will wrap up this weekend at the Lumina Studio Theatre in Silver Spring.

In this look into Victorian life, several rungs of society collide after a tycoon dies and his fortune passes to his illiterate and kind-hearted employees the Boffins. As do the Boffins, a crippled dolls’ dressmaker named Jenny Wren personifies human kindness in the story.

Tickets for the show are $15, $8 for youth and retiree tickets.

For more information, visit luminastudio.org or call 301565-ACT1.

Created by Joseph Shabalala based on a series of dreams he had, the all-male a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo from South Africa has been around for more than 50 years.

The award-winning singers will perform at the Music Center at Strathmore at 8 p.m. Friday.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo has won numerous awards, including two Drama Desk awards and four Grammys. They recorded their first album in 1973 and have since gone on to record more than 50 — many of those picking up gold and/or platinum certification.

The group is probably better known for their work with Paul Simon on his “Graceland” album, or recording with The Winans, George Clinton, and even Michael Jackson.

Tickets for the show are $28$69. More more information, visit strathmore.org, or call 301-5815100.

PHOTO BY LUIS LEAL

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, an a cappella group from South Africa known for their mix of African and Christian gospel music, will perform at the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday.

‘Suspension’ of disbelief From now until to March 1, Visarts in Rockville hosts “Suspension”, an international juried exhibition featuring three experimental film/video artists in a series of solo exhibitions.

“Suspension” provides a series of compelling visual, sonic, and environmental experiences that illuminate the eye and mind in the dark of winter.

The exhibit showcases the work of artists Andrew Neumann, Holden Brown and Betty Boehm.

Each artist’s work will be featured for 11 days.

Neumann is an artist who works in a variety of media, including sculpture, film and video installation, and electronic/

interactive music. Brown was born in New Orleans and is currently based in New York. He is a recipient of the Gold Award for the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts (NFAA) and, in 2009, was named a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Boehm was born in 1979 in Reutlingen, Germany. During the course of her studies, she gained experience in various artistic disciplines, reaching from drawing, painting and sculpting to video art, acting and experimental sound art.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Opening reception is from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. For more information, visit visartsatrockville.org.

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Andrew Neumann’s “Double Psycho,” is currently part of the “Suspension” exhibit at VisArts in Rockville.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre

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Casting spells outside of the box David London discovered that he was a magician at the age of 7. In his nearly 25-year quest to understand just what that means, he created five original theatrical magic productions.

He’s bringing several of those to the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg. In fact, this Friday, London will present “Magic Outside the Box.” The London fulllength performance is packed with magic, laughs, mystery and the unexpected. The show is appropriate for ages 16 and older.

London has authored eight manuscripts related to magic and illusion, including Daydreams, Borderland State, and Imagining the Imagination, and regularly presents his shows, workshops and lectures at theaters, museums, galleries and festivals across the United States.

Admission to “Magic Outside the Box” is $18. For more information, call 301-258-6394.

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The County is interested in parties who are qualified proposers for agricultural tenant farming in Dickerson, Maryland. The available properties are comprised of three (3) parcels, totaling 623 acres, more or less, of farm land in Dickerson, Maryland. The long term lease is 10 years and it will include farming and property maintenance responsibilities of the three parcels. The Real Estate Expression of Interest detailing requirements and instructions may be obtained from www.montgomerycountymd.gov, Department of General Services, Office of Real Estate website or picked up from GOT KNEE PAIN? the address below.

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$

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7,995

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$

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2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950 2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $32,950 #P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl

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AT THIS PRICE

$

MODEL #12114

0

2015 NISSAN

MSRP: $27,180 Sale Price: $23,995 Nissan Rebate: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

ROGUE SV

$ 4

AT THIS PRICE

0

$

299/MO

39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

0

$

2015 NISSAN

$

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

26,495

OR

MODEL #25015

269

$

MSRP: $32,430 Sale Price: $27,995 Nissan Rebate: $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

PATHFINDER 4X4 S

AT THIS PRICE

22,995 OR

AWD MODEL #22415

4

159

$

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

$

25,995 OR

13,995

OR

4

2015 MURANOS

24,995 OR

$

AT THIS PRICE

$

OR

169/MO

MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $28,495 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500

$ w/Charger Pkg MODEL #17015

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11515

4

MSRP: $18,545 Sale Price: $15,495 Nissan Rebate: $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

13,995

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

2015 NISSAN

4

$

MSRP: $16,435 Sale Price: $14,495 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

16,995

OR

AT THIS PRICE

199/MO

39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

$ 4

$

OR

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11125

2014 NISSAN

2015 NISSAN

2015 NISSAN

4

9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037

0

$

279

$

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

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www.DARCARSnissanofcollegepark.com

Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 02/02/2015.

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