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As per the county council’s request, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation has sent their Midcounty Highway Extension, or M-83, Preferred Alternative/ Conceptual Mitigation Report through the permit process, according to Department of Transportation spokeswoman Esther Bowring. The study will be reviewed by the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Army Corps of Engineers in order to review the environmental and community impacts of chosen

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Montgomery County’s settlement with Pepco and Exelon in a proposed utility takeover does not do enough for the public, the County Council said. Last week, the council unanimously approved a resolution asking state regulators for more from the deal, arguing that County Executive Isiah Leggett’s deal with the companies fell short. “Not that the deal the county executive struck is a bad deal, but it was the wrong deal,” Councilman Roger Berliner said Monday. “For this settlement, this deal, to be in the public interest, we will need to see oh so much more than we have seen yet from Exelon and Pepco.” Chicago-based Exelon Corp., parent of Baltimore Gas and Electric, plans to acquire Pepco Holdings Inc. for $6.83 billion in cash. The sale would bring together Exelon’s three electric and gas utilities — BGE, ComEd and PECO — with Pepco Holdings’ three utilities, Atlantic City Electric, Delmarva Power and Pepco, cementing Exelon’s hold on the mid-Atlantic market. The Maryland Public Service Commission is considering whether to approve the proposed takeover. Regulators have until May 8 to rule. Together with Prince George’s County, Montgomery and other parties reached the settlement with Pepco and Exelon in the acquisition, securing beneﬁts such as a promise to be among the nation’s most reliable utilities by 2018. The settle-

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alignment 9A. Though there is currently “no money allocated for the project beyond this point” and the county executive does not approve it, MCDOT is following the direction it was given by the council, according to Bowring. Alignment 9A was chosen as the best option of the 11 alignments that were part of the study and the Preferred Alternative/Conceptual Mitigation report is available online now. The Corps of Engineers and Department of the Environment will decide whether the roadway, which would stretch from Gaithersburg to Clarksburg, is constructible and permissible,

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Child sex offender enters guilty plea PHOTOS BY DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE

(Above) Second-grader Emmy Cooley makes an encouragement card for a local pregnancy center on Thursday at Covenant Life School in Gaithersburg. (Below) Second-grader Anna Tilles makes a card for the center.

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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

A former substitute teacher from Gaithersburg who was facing a trial on child sex offense charges entered a guilty plea on April 1. The guilty plea entered by Jose Pineda, 50, would be part of plea agreement offered by prosecutors in the county State’s Attorney’s Ofﬁce. Under the terms, Pineda would serve a total of ﬁve years for one count of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of

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ith 38 stations, more than 250 students and countless craft supplies, Gaithersburg’s Covenant Life School set out to complete 1000 acts of kindness on Thursday . The private Christian school took a different approach this year for their fundraiser with the Servathon 2015. Family, friends and neighbors were encouraged to donate to the school in order to sponsor

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3rd-degree sex offense, wrote Ramón Korionoff, spokesman for the county’s State’s Attorney’s Office, in an email on April 1. Pineda would also be added to the Sex Offender Registry for the rest of his life, Korionoff wrote. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Dugan is scheduled to sentence Pineda on May 29. Accepting the plea agreement means the case would not go to trial, which was scheduled for April 6. Korionoff wrote that part of the prosecutor’s responsibility is to “make sure we do not re-traumatize victims or out/shame little girls who are very hesitant

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Gaithersburg theater camp takes giant step Actors have ﬁve days for ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ n

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

Fi-ﬁe-fo-fun! Children attending the Arts Barn’s “Jack and the Beanstalk” spring break theater camp have less than a week to put together a full-ﬂedged performance. “It’s very condensed and very intense, [which is] part of what makes it so much fun,”

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by the giants and it’s up to Jack to rescue him. Offutt explained that the different age range of students participating means there are different levels of sophistication in the roles. Some students will play leading roles, such as Jack, while others might be cast as cows, but everyone will participate and act. “Forty minutes long, three scenes. The actual production will be performed on the last half of the last day. All family and friends and everyone who wants

to come out and see it can,” Offut said. Parents will help their children with their costumes and there will be a makeup artist present for a few of the days to determine the best way to portray the characters through makeup. Offutt has never worked with the Arts Barn before, but she has experience with productions with prep time lasting from as little as one week to multiple

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said camp director Stephanie Offut. Children ages eight to 14 could sign up to be a part of the camp and Offut said she even gave special permission to a 7-year-old to participate. Offut explained that this version of “Jack and the Beanstalk” is a little different than versions she’s seen in the past. “There’s a mother and Jack, and the father is even in it,” Offutt said. In this version, the father gets stolen away from the family

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Stephanie Phelan Offutt, of Rockville (standing center) gives directions to Gaithersburg residents (from left) Stephanie Alas, 11; Sahaj Chahal, 6; Rebecca Spillman, 15; and Madeline McHugh, 15, as they audition for roles in “Jack and the Beanstalk.”

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 LGBTQ Youth Forum: Movie and Dinner, 4 p.m., 355 Linthicum St., Rockville.

Coalition formed by Equality Maryland, Human Rights Campaign, Rainbow Youth Alliance, Honorary Nieces & Nephews and Rockville United Church. Screening of new movie “To Write Love on Her Arms,” with dinner to follow. Free. lgbtq.youth. forum@gmail.com. Monthly Sleep Support Group, 6-8 p.m., Sleep Services of Maryland, 15200 Shady Grove Road, Rockville. Educational group on sleep disorders, latest treatments and current sleep equipment available. Open to patients, their families, community. Free. sleepservicesmd2@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9 Jewish Medical Ethics, 1 p.m., B’nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Road, Rockville. A talk by Rabbi James Michaels, director of pastoral care at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. Passover cookies and drinks will be provided. Free. 301-598-6611. Chaos: How the Middle East Got There, 2 p.m., Rockville Campus Technical Center, Room 136, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. Featuring former Washington Post Middle East bureau chief Thomas W. Lippman. Free. 240-567-4098. Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association Monthly Meeting, 7 p.m., North Creek

Community Center, 20125 Arrowhead Road, Montgomery Village. Featuring presenter Donna H. Baron. Visitors welcome. Free. gaithersburgﬁneartsassoc@ gmail.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Hang the Lawyers Gallery Opening, 6-9

p.m., Washington ArtWorks, 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville. Sponsored by Washington ArtWorks. An exhibition featuring artwork created by attorneys and law students. The show spans both of Washington ArtWorks’ galleries and includes catering by Ridgewells Catering, music, live art, open studios, and a silent auction to beneﬁt Washington ArtWorks and Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts. Free. Natanya@ WashingtonArtWorks.com.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 Rock Creek Park Cleanup, 9 a.m.noon, Russett Road entrance, Rockville. Gloves and trash bags available; please bring water. Free. 301-603-0240.

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Annual Camellia Society of the Potomac Valley Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Po-

tomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Bloom entry and judging will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.. Exhibition of ﬂowers will be open to the public from 1-4 p.m. 703-980-2733. Germantown Library Book Sale, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 19840 Century Blvd., Germantown. Most adult books $1.00 and 50¢, children’s Books 50¢ and 25¢. 240777-0110. Gas and Steam Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood, also 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 12. The Friends of the Farm Park invite all collectors to bring tractors, gas and steam engines, and antique cars and trucks to the show. Country music, haywagon rides, vendors, crafters and food. Free. 301-253-2673. Lincoln Park: Challenges, Changes and Conservation, noon-2 p.m., Lincoln

Park Community Center, 357 Frederick Ave., Rockville. Learn more about the unique history of this neighborhood. Featuring former Rockville Planner Judy Christensen and community members. Free. outreach@peerlessrockville.org. All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner, 4-7 p.m., Laytonsville Fire Department, 21400 Laytonsville Road, Laytonsville. Beneﬁts the Laytonsville VFD Building Fund. $5$9. 240-304-1332.

Demystifying Syria: The Real Story Behind ISIS, 7-9 p.m., Unitarian Universal-

ist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive, Rockville. Rescheduled from Feb. 21. Panel featuring Phyllis Bennis, Dr. Younes Parsa Benab and Raed Jarrar, followed by a Q&A session, refreshments and discussion. Free. 301-570-0923.

SUNDAY, APRIL 12 The Basics of Alzheimer’s: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease,

noon, Lutheran Church of the Cross, 12801 Falls Road, Rockville. Learn symptoms of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia, how it affects the brain, and the beneﬁts of early detection. Free. lvajpeyi@ alz.org.

Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department Recruitment Day,

noon-4 p.m., 801 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg. Learn more about how you can help the department by volunteering in the community. Free. klekstrom@gmail.com. Earth Day Celebration, 1-3 p.m., Congregation Shaare Torah, 1409 Main St., Gaithersburg. Join the Shaare Torah Green Team, in partnership with the Muddy

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a.m.-7 p.m., Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut St., Gaithersburg, also 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Black memorabilia for sale, educational exhibits on AfricanAmerican history and culture, and autographs with Tuskegee Airmen and Negro League baseball players. $7. Ljohnsonshows@aol.com.

Branch Alliance, for a stream cleanup. Free. lindagore61@gmail.com. Music for All Ages: Reel Music, 3 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. A concert by the Rockville Concert Band featuring music from movies. Free. 240-314-8681. “Pictures from a Hiroshima Schoolyard” Screening, 7 p.m., Gaithersburg

Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Drawings by children living in the ruins of Hiroshima in 1947 become the heart of this documentary about an exchange of gifts between Americans and Japanese after World War II. A Q&A with the producer and director will follow. $10. kentlandsﬁlmsociety@gmail.com.

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SPORTS Two of the top-ranked boys lacrosse teams in the nation meet on Friday when No. 2-ranked Landon plays host to No. 11 Georgetown Prep. Check online for coverage of the game.

munity Center of Greater Washington, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. Married pianists Israeli-born Ran Dank and Korean-American Soyeon Kate Lee combine forces in a program to include solo piano works and four-hand arrangements. $30$40. jgetz@jccgw.org.

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Assisted Living, 9200 Darnestown Road, Rockville. Discuss problems and solutions and meet others walking a similar path. Free, RSVP requested. 240-314-7194. History of Potomac, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac. Ralph Buglass, a local historian, will speak about the history of the area, including when and why the village became Potomac. Free. gaelcheek@yahoo.com.

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Rent-a-Chick offers a cheep way to celebrate new life Program allows families to care for baby birds for a week n

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Rocklands Farm in Poolesville has a growing business that combines the best of both worlds for its patrons: having live baby chicks for the Easter season and an agreement to return them to the farm a week later. The Rent-a-Chick service at Rocklands Farm is in its third year. Renters get two baby chicks in a strong cardboard box, bedding and feed for one week and two small bowls — one for water, one for feed — for $25. Chicks are picked up the Saturday before Easter and returned the next. “We do this in conjunction with Easter,” Chris Ahn, who works on the farm said. “It’s a celebration of life and the joys of

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Clarksburg residents Drew and Kara Hurley with daughters Annie and Hailey show off one of two baby chicks they rented at Rocklands Farm in Poolesville on Saturday. Rocklands Farm has an annual Rent-a-Chick service allowing people to experience caring for a live farm animal for one week. nurturing new life.” The tradition of renting chicks started out of need, said Greg Glenn who runs the farm

with his wife Anna. “We used to get phone calls a little after Easter from people who got chicks that grew into chick-

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

Sexual assault • Shell Gas Station, 600 block of Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, at 7 p.m. March 22. The victim was led into a back room of the station by an employee who kissed her and fondled her breasts and buttocks. The victim is believed to be mentally handicapped. Burglary • South Lake Elementary School, 18201 Contour Road, Gaithersburg, at 3:52 p.m. March 22. Forced entry, took nothing. Commercial burglary • Board of Elections, 18753 N. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg, between 6 p.m. March 18 and 6 a.m. March 19. Forced entry, took nothing. • Public Storage, 500 E. Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg, between 6 p.m. March 23 and 9 a.m. March 24. Forced entry, took property. Indecent exposure • 18000 block of Streamside Drive, Gaithersburg, at 9:26 p.m. March 24. The victim saw a subject with no pants on the landing one level below her residence. The suspect then ﬂed.

Residential burglary • 500 block of Copley Place, Gaithersburg, between noon March 16 and 7 a.m. March 17. No forced entry, took property. • 9400 block of Royal Bonnet Terrace, Gaithersburg, at 4:37 p.m. March 17. No forced entry, took nothing. • 500 block of South Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. March 18. No forced entry, took property. • 400 block of Girard Street, Gaithersburg, at 6:01 p.m. March 21. The juvenile subject got in and was apprehended by the victim as she left the residence with a drawer containing a laptop and cellphone. Additional property belonging to the victim was recovered at the subject’s residence. The subject was arrested on scene. • Unit block of Whetstone Drive, Montgomery Village, between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. March 24. Forced entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Two incidents in the 17000 block of Park Mill Drive, Derwood, between March 16 and 24. Took a coat, an iPod, sunglasses and change. • McCausland Place, Gaithersburg, between March 16 and 24. Took a wallet. • Airpark Road, Gaithersburg, between March 16 and 24. Took a catalytic converter.

ens,” he said. “They were looking for a farm to donate them.” The crux of the whole program is the importance of stewardship and a reverence for life, Glenn said. “Celebrating life is what we are all about,” he said. About 125 people signed up to rent chicks this year, each picking them up on April 4 and promising to bring them back on April 11. The chicks are ﬂuffy and yellow, only four days old when they leave Rocklands. Glenn said the vast majority of the chicks are returned healthy at the end of the week. Could be the “lesson” he directs to the children before they select their chicks that helps. “You guys are going to learn about precious little animals and take care of them,” he told one group of attentive youngsters. Among his instructions, Glenn told the kids to ﬁnd a safe place for the chicks and check on them three times a day, keep-

ing them warm using a lamp, feeding them and making sure they have water. “You are welcome to play with them as much as you want, but only for ﬁve or 10 minutes, then let them rest,” he said. Molly Smith of Poolesville was renting chicks for the second year. She and her sons, Evan, 11, and 5-year-old twins Asher and Branden had chicks for a week last year. This year, they were taking four home. “They are just so cute,” Evan said. “And it’s fun to pet them.” Last year, the Smiths named their chicks Fluffy and Peter Rabbit. This year, Fluffy was on the list again, but that was the only name decided upon. “It’s so much fun,” Smith said. “It’s the best because you don’t have to have a chicken.” Smith said the chicks really grew in the week they had them last year, almost doubling in size. The idea of having a pet and returning it was appealing to a

number of the people picking up chicks this week. “We don’t have any pets, this is a fun way for [the kids] to have a pet for a week,” Rachel Fix of Bowie said. Pam Smith and son Jackson, 10, of Kensington were renting chicks for fun and education. “It’s great for the kids to learn about food and where it comes from,” Smith said. Jackson had another goal. “I’m looking forward to playing with them,” he said. Either way, Glenn said the underlying goal is for kids — and parents — to learn that farm animals belong on the farm. He said some people worry about chicks leaving their mothers so young, but that is not a problem with chickens. Hatcheries get fertilized eggs and when they hatch, send them to the farm. “There is no family withdrawal for the chicks,” he said. pmcewan@gazette.net

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Open house scheduled for Saturday in Gaithersburg

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For some individuals living with Parkinson’s disease, playing racquetball makes their symptoms disappear. When certiﬁed racquetball instructor Jamal Harris learned of this, he worked with James Gross, of Chevy Chase, to host an open house in hopes of starting a league. The racquetball open house for those with Parkinson’s will occur on Saturday at the Lakeforest Sport and Health in Gaithersburg from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Gross, 67, discovered that his symptoms disappear while playing racquetball “just by accident.” “I’ve been a long-time racquetball player. I’ve been playing for about 30 years and I was diagnosed about ten years ago with Parkinson’s,” Gross said. “The ﬁrst thing I asked my doctor was, ‘Do I have to give up racquetball?’” His doctor explained that exercise would be good for him and he continued

playing. As he played more he discovered that his tremors and lack of mobility and balance lessened while playing. When Gross did some research, he found out that he wasn’t the only one experiencing this change while playing racquetball. He explained that researchers in Canada have been looking into the correlation and have found a connection. When Gross and Harris connected, Harris reached out to the group in Canada and learned more about the work they’ve been doing in order to apply it to his coaching. “That’s really what I’ve been doing, using the studies and practices and applying it down here. James is saying they worked,” Harris said. He explained that he learned different techniques and drills to use. Though some people see their Parkinson’s symptoms reduce during other sports, Gross said this is what he’s noticed works best for him. “This is the only sport I’ve seen myself,” Gross said, adding that he is a runner and a biker and lifts weights. Harris said that he could visibly see Gross’ tremors reduce when they’ve worked together in the past and seeing

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Gross happy about that makes him happy as an instructor. “I think racquetball is unique. Some of the unique features are that you are in an enclosed space with a rapidly moving ball,” Gross said. “It’s a very fast-moving game, you have to concentrate on where the ball is and anticipate where it’s going to be. That concentration takes your mind off other things.” The open house on Saturday will include client demonstrations and a mini clinic, and will teach participants helpful techniques. This event is free of charge and transportation will be provided if needed. For more information, Harris can be reached at racquetball101.com@ gmail.com. Gross hopes to form a league with those interested that would meet on future Saturdays. Harris hopes to spread awareness about the correlation so that other individuals with Parkinson’s can experience the sport. “I thought it was such a unique ﬁt. I didn’t think racquetball and Parkinson’s would go together,” Harris said. sschmieder@gazette.net

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Donations can be made starting next week in Gaithersburg

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

In honor of Earth Day, upcounty area misfit toys can discover a brand new home. Residents of Montgomery County with an extra toy, or dozen, to spare can donate them next week to GOT TOYS?, a joint effort between junk removal company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and nonprofit Second Chance Toys. Those who wish to donate can do so on April 13, 15 and 17 by dropping off their gently used toys at the Gaithersburg 1-800-GOT-JUNK? located at 7905 Cessna Ave. in Suite A between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Those who are unable to get to the office can arrange for employees to come to their home and pick up what they wish to get rid of. Jennifer Cournoyer, the operations manager at the toy collection and donation nonprofit, explained that while New Jersey-based Second Chance Toys has hosted toy drives similar to this one in the past, they have never worked on such a large scale. “We are now working with 11 different franchises from Washington, D.C., to Boston,” Cournoyer said. She said the two groups will be collecting toys in honor of Earth Day,

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Julio Giron, a ﬁeld supervisor with 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in Gaithersburg, helps with a previous toy drive. which is on April 22. According to Cournoyer, making children smile and getting toys to disadvantaged children is one part of the mission, but it’s also really important to both Second Chance Toys and

1-800-GOT-JUNK? to keep plastic out of landﬁlls. “We are estimating between 100 and 150 toys [will be] collected per GOT-JUNK? location. That’s about 600 pounds of plastic left out of the landﬁll

for each franchise, 1500 toys. That’s three tons of non-biodegradable plastics that they are keeping out of landfills,” Cournoyer said. Gregory Frank, the vice president of development at Gaithersburg’s 1-800-GOT-JUNK? location, sees the newfound partnership lasting for more than just this drive. “Second Chance Toys just really complements what we’ve been doing,” Frank said. “Helping our clients feel good about letting go, it’s a lot easier knowing it’s going to go on to do good for somebody else.” Cournoyer explained that Second Chance Toys was founded in New Jersey in 2006 by Sasha Lipton, who was in high school at the time. The nonprofit began their relationship with area 1-800-GOT-JUNK? locations in 2008. “We estimate they have transported over 100,000 toys,” Cournoyer said. “When we have a large amount of toys, we really wouldn’t be able to do it without their trucks.” She said that 1-800-GOT-JUNK? provides their trucks, manpower and time free of charge to the organization. “When [they] collect [the toys] after [they are] done getting them from the community, we make sure they are clean, have batteries,” Cournoyer said. “We take the quality of our donations seriously.” After the toys are fixed up back into like-new condition, they are ready to be given to children.

“Any toys that are collected, and this goes with every collection, they stay within those very communities that they were collected in,” Cournoyer said. Second Chance Toys introduces each of the local franchises to an organization in their community that helps disadvantaged children or families in order to donate. Gaithersburg’s 1-800-GOT-JUNK? location takes pride in the fact that nothing they haul away goes into a landﬁll, according to Frank. Instead, the company donates as much as they can to local organizations in need and the rest gets recycled. Whatever is left goes to the transfer station at Shady Grove, where it is processed and sent to a plant in Dickerson, to be burned for energy. “We are fortunate that the county has these resources,” Frank said, noting that though it is expensive, it’s what they choose to do as a company. “We believe certainly that we have to play our role and make the right decisions in disposing of waste.” The toys from the Montgomery County drive will be going to a “local recipient organization serving disadvantaged kids,” according to Cournoyer. “I really think this type of program lets people know, yes, it has sentimental value, but it can bring great memories to a child and family in need,” Frank said. sschmieder@gazette.net

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Immigration reform sought Ten Mile Creek takes the ‘Highly skilled’ workers from some countries can wait years for a green card n

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Often discussed immigration reform will most likely be a long time coming, but several county residents are taking matters into their own hands, lobbying Congress to act now to speed up the waiting time for green cards. Germantown resident Shyam Sriram is one of them. He is vice president of the Maryland Chapter of Immigration Voice, a grass roots organization concerned about the backlog of green card applications. “Its not ridiculous, its outrageous,” Sriram said. “The way the laws are written it can take 70 years to [get a green card].” A green card allows an immigrant to become eligible for permanent resident status and work in the U.S. It is also a first step towards becoming a U.S. citizen. It allows holders to open new businesses, change jobs, ask for a raise, travel to their home countries and return to the United States and be assured that they will not have to leave the country if they lose their jobs. With an H-1B visa for highly skilled workers, that most Immigration Voice members have according to Sriram, those simple acts are difficult if not impossible. Sriram, 35, came to the United States from India to attend graduate school at the University of Texas, Arlington. He has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and works in the transportation business. He has a H-1B visa which allows him to work. He has to stay with the same employer, in the same job he said. His employer is his green card sponsor and any change in his employment means he must reapply for a green card with the new employer as his sponsor and that would bump him to the end of the line. He has had his application for a green card in for six years, he said, and thinks it will take another 10 years. “Its a complex issue,” he said. “We want [Congress] to understand the immigration system should be fair to immigrants as well as Americans.” The system as it is now set up works to the advantage of big corporations, he said. “The problem right now is bigger companies are taking advantage of the system by hiring people and keeping them in the same position,” he said. “The unintended consequence is it hurts Americans as well. The way the law is written employers hire immigrants and keep them.” Shruthi Mukund of Bethesda is also from India. She has been in the United States since 2001 and applied for a green card in 2005. “I’m still waiting,” she said. Both she and Sriram said one of the hardest parts of waiting for a green card is staying in the same job. “When we apply for a green card we apply [through] a specified job, with a specified company, at a specified location, a specified title and a specified salary,” Mukund said. “When

you ask for a raise or a promotion your place in the green card ‘line’ changes, the process restarts.” A lot of people across the county are stuck in this position Mukund said, the same job for life or, if you lose your job you must leave the country. She estimates that more than a million highly skilled immigrants are stuck in the green card backlog. The United States issues 140,000 green cards per year for employment based categories such as those with H-1B visas. But no one country’s workers can get more than seven percent of available green cards according to a U.S. Ofﬁce of Homeland Security website. “These quotas ... are Congressionally mandated,” said Christopher Bentley, chief of media relations in the Ofﬁce of Communications, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. “The wait time can be up to 15 years.” Bentley said he has never heard of a 70 year wait as described by Sriram. He did say wait times can be estimated by looking at the State Department Visa Bulletin online. According to the State Department Bulletin for April 2015, workers from India who are in the Employment based preferences, where most members of Immigration Voice fall, can see they have a long wait. Permanent visas are available for those “...Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Excep-

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tional Ability...” who applied before Sept. 1, 2007. “...Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers...” have a longer wait: they need to have applied before Jan. 8, 2004 to get their permanent visas in April 2015. That is the category Mukund is in as she does not hold an advanced degree. “What gets lost is the story of more than a million law abiding, tax paying, highly skilled immigrants that are stuck in green card backlogs with less rights,” Vikram Desai, communications director for Immigration Voice said. Hoping to make a difference Immigration Voice members are petitioning Congress to ﬁx the immigration system. “We spend our own money to advocate for the change we are seeking. People take time out of their personal lives and spend their own money to travel to Washington, D.C. to ask for change as constituents of the various districts,” Desai wrote in an email. He believes Immigration Voice is being heard. In 2011, HR 3012 Immigration Bill to remove the country cap of seven percent of each year’s 140,000 green cards passed the House but not the Senate. This year another bill, HR 213, was introduced and Immigration Voice members are encouraging their legislators to pass it. pmcewan@gazette.net

spotlight again, in ﬁlm Students create movie highlighting environmental importance of creek

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Using just a cell phone, an online editing program and a school assignment, two Poolesville High School students created a movie about Ten Mile Creek, the Clarksburg stream that is at the center of controversy between environmentalists and developers. “A Flowing Legacy” is just over three minutes long, the result of the work of Allie Goldman and Danielle Roche, 16-year-old juniors at Poolesville. The girls had an assignment from their journalism class to create an essay, a photo essay or a documentary on an environmental issue. “We chose the documentary,” Allie said. “My mom’s a big part of Ten Mile Creek initiative for protecting it.” Allie’s mother, Caroline Taylor, is executive director of Montgomery Countryside Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting and protecting rural Montgomery County. “So we know about [the issue],” Allie said. The issue, according to Taylor, is one of water quality. “Ten Mile Creek is the last, highest quality creek in Montgomery County. It flows into Little Seneca Lake which is a backup water supply for 4.3 million residents of the Washington D.C. area,” she said. For their project, Allie and Danielle filmed along the creek and interviewed environmental activists and students about the beauty and importance of the waterway. “Our goal was to do advocacy for the creek,” Allie said. “Our point is you should care about your watershed no matter where you live.” Danielle said that while working on the project they learned a lot about both the creek issue and filmmaking. She said the school al-

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Allie Goldman and Danielle Roche stand next to Ten Mile Creek in Clarksburg. The Poolesville High School students made a documentary about the creek.

lowed them to go on a field trip to the creek with a 10th grade global ecology class. They attended a meeting between citizens, developers and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and they learned about filming and editing. It was their first video. “It was a lot of fun,” Allie said. “I was also surprised with how much work goes into making a movie.” Danielle said they edited for about eight hours to get their three minute movie. “I have a new respect for documentaries,” she said. Both girls are happy with the film, which their journalism teacher entered in the Young Reporters for the Environment film competition. Next up is another documentary, this for their senior project next year. “I have a couple of ideas,” Allie said. “It’s definitely going to be a local issue, maybe farming related.” To watch “A Flowing Legacy,” visit http:// youtu.be/B4ItunoiUnU. pmcewan@gazette.net

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Edward Bian, an eighth-grader at Clemente Middle School in Germantown, said he reads a lot of “random stuff” on the Internet. It’s all good, though, because that random stuff, along with his studies, has helped Edward and his science teammates at Clemente win the Regional Science Bowl and the right to compete in the National Science Bowl finals in Washington, D.C. later this month. The team, five boys, all eighthgraders, won the regional competition March 21 at Prince George’s Community College. Coincidently, their final match was against another Montgomery County school, Herbert Hoover Middle School in Potomac. “We made a major comeback in the final rounds,” Vincent Bian, no relation to Edward, said. The team was down by 50 points

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Members of the Clemente Middle School Science Bowl team show off the trophy they received for winning the Maryland Regional Science Bowl on March 21. The team will compete in the national ﬁnals April 30 to May 4 in Washington, D.C. at halftime of the ﬁnal round, losing by a score of 90-40, said team coach

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they dominated the second half, winning 142 to 94. For Science Bowl competition, teams are made up of ﬁve students. Four compete in each round with the ﬁfth as an alternate. Clarksburg’s team is made up of Edward, who is from Germantown; Vincent, from Clarksburg; Daniel Li of Clarksburg; Devin Hoover, of Montgomery Village and Jason Lee of Germantown. Clemente has a magnet science, math and computer science program, which pulls students from surrounding areas. The school has two Science Bowl teams and a science club with about 300 students, which meets every Tuesday after school, Brady said. That is when the teams practice, competing against each other using sample questions they get online and participating in mock quiz bowls, Brady said. Each of the boys on the team has a “specialty,” expertise in one of the science disciplines tested in the bowl competitions. They include biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy and math.

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But there is one aspect of the competition not considered a science discipline according to Jason. “I’m good at the buzzer,” he said. Being fast with the buzzer, getting the opportunity to answer the question before the other team does, is essential to winning the boys agreed. “I’d say the buzzer work is most important, because everyone can get the answers so it [often] comes down to the buzzer,” Devin said. The National Science Bowl is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. It began in 1991 to encourage students to excel in mathematics and science and to pursue careers in these ﬁelds, according to the National Science Bowl website. The Clemente students will spend April 30 to May 4 in Washington, D.C. for the national competition. They are both excited and nervous, they say. “Nervous, that’s an understatement,” Jason said. pmcewan@gazette.net

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Saint James School students honored Two students from Gaithersburg received honors from

the Saint James School in Hagerstown, according to a release. Grace Hotung, a junior, and Hannah Lee, a sophomore, both received honors. According to the release, honors are awarded each trimester to students who earn an average of a B, or 3.00, with no grade lower than a B-. The Saint James School is a co-educational private institution in Hagerstown. The school has both boarding as well as commuting students.

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Montgomery College Germantown welcomes senator for free tuition talk Cardin, students weigh in on president’s community college proposal

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin visited Montgomery College Germantown Campus Thursday to discuss President Obama’s Jan. 9 proposal to make two year community college education free. “All Americans deserve a fair shot at success - particularly our students who are trying to create a better future for themselves,” Cardin said in a press release. With that thought in mind and the President’s America’s College Promise proposal, Cardinsatdownwithstudentsandadministrators for a Town Hall-style meeting to see what someofthepeopleinvolvedincommunitycollege education thought of the proposal. Many students shared their own circumstances with the group, offering the senator insight into the many ways students could beneﬁt by tuition help. On the other hand, free tuition, though it sounded good, had many of the students speaking at the Thursday meeting unsure about how it would work. Students expressed concerns about who would be eligible. Obama said in his speech introducing the idea of America’s College Promise that it “...will make two years of community college free to responsible students who are willing to work for it.” Who, the students asked, would be considered a responsible student. Cardin said he wondered that too. “I’m not sure I want to write off a ‘bad student.’ A lot of youngsters need help along the way,” he said. Matthew Phillips who graduated from Montgomery College in 2011 was concerned about how students would qualify for free tuition. When he started college, he said, he could afford full tuition but the death of his mother changed his circumstances and he could no longer afford tuition and the expense of living on his own. “We need to make sure loans are available to people in changing circumstances,” he said. Cardin heard from students from all three

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U.S. Senator Ben Cardin discusses college affordability with students at Montgomery College Germantown on Thursday. The discussion centered around President Barack Obama’s proposal to provide community college tuition for some students. Montgomery College campuses and encouraged them to continue their education. “My advice to you is to work hard then work hard again,” he said. “It will all return to you a reward.” After the formal discussion, many students stayed to share their opinions with each other. Theresa Pasag of Silver Spring is a first year student at Montgomery College Rockville Campus. She is a second-generation immigrant from the Philippines and said she participated in the discussion because she wanted to learn more about free community college tuition. “I know it won’t help me,” she said. “But I have a lot of cousins and it would be a good opportunity to help other first- or secondgeneration immigrants.” She also said that she doesn’t think financial aid covers enough of most students needs. Absolutely onboard with free tuition was Edward Song of North Potomac. He is in his first semester at MC Rockville. “Free tuition should happen,” he said. But he does have a concern. “Where would the government get funding,” he asked.

Funding speciﬁc to Montgomery College came up earlier during the discussion with Cardin and the Senator responded that the college is funded by the state and county. The President’s plan is different, he pointed out. President Obama’s recommendation is a sea change, saying federal government will pay the cost, Cardin said. More than one student expressed concern about the effects of free tuition on class size, the quality of education, even teacher pay. “Look at American public schools,” said Rachelle Downs, a third year student at Takoma Park. “It’s available to everyone and students don’t do well.” Brad Stewart, vice president and provost of the Takoma Park campus said after the discussion that he thinks Obama’s Proposal is a game changer. “I heard and understand my students’ concerns about standards and [students who might] take advantage because it is free, but therearesomanystudentsonourcampuswho are working two or three jobs and taking care of parents or children. Free tuition that helps students work two jobs instead of three and put that time into studying...that would be good.” pmcewan@gazette.net

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Appeals court sides with Montgomery on Question B Ruling is latest in battle over 2012 referendum

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that found Montgomery County acted illegally by spending money to campaign for votes on a 2012 ballot question. At issue in the case was $122,315 of public money, plus paid staff time, that the county spent. The money paid for everything from bus ads and bumper

stickers to poll workers and consultants, urging a “yes” vote on Question B in the 2012 general election. Question B asked whether to uphold a 2011 county law that repealed a longstanding bargaining right for the police union. The law removed the right of the union, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35, to bargain the effects of management decisions. Voters upheld the law. The union sued in November 2012, asking the circuit court to declare the county’s actions illegal. It called for County Executive Isiah Leggett and spokesman Patrick Laceﬁeld to repay taxpayers for the campaign and reim-

burse the union for court costs. In March 2014, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Ronald B. Rubin ruled that Montgomery County acted illegally when it spent taxpayer money to campaign for votes on the 2012 ballot question, but he did not order repayment of the funds. Both parties appealed the decision. On Friday, the Court of Special Appeals reversed the circuit court ruling. “We hold that the County acted within its powers and not illegally by spending County funds to campaign in favor of the particular ballot issue; and that Leggett and Laceﬁeld did not violate any laws,” Special Appeals Court

Judge Deborah S. Eyler wrote in the opinion. “Accordingly, we shall reverse the judgment of the circuit court.” The FOP could petition Maryland’s Court of Appeals to consider the case. The Court of Special Appeals has up to 30 days to issue a mandate. Then, the FOP would have 15 days to ask the state’s top court to take the case, said County Attorney Marc P. Hansen. The Court of Appeals does not have to take the case. Hansen said the county is happy with the current decision and has no plans to ask the Court of Appeals to consider it. “We are currently reviewing the de-

cision and considering options,” Jane Milne, the secretary of FOP Lodge 35, wrote in an email on Monday. Leggett (D) said continuing to ﬁght over Question B, at this point, is “basically ﬁghting over an issue that is fairly moot at this point in time.” He also said the county’s action on the ballot question is not likely to be repeated because Question B and the county’s position in defending its law were unique. “These are the only kinds of cases for which the county, in my opinion, would be involved in,” he said. kalexander@gazette.net

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TERRI HOGAN STAFF WRITER

An expansion at Brooke Grove Retirement Village is one of three Olney-area projects that local lawmakers expect to get a major boost from state bonds. Del. Craig J. Zucker (D) of Brookeville said he — along with District 14 colleagues Sen. Karen S. Montgomery (D) of Brookeville, Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D) of Calverton and Del. Eric G. Luedtke (D) of Burtonsville — have worked to bring home a total of $300,000 for building projects at Brooke Grove, the Olney Manor

“We are very fortunate to get money into the capital budget to help fund these community priorities.” Del. Craig J. Zucker (D) of Brookeville dog park and the Damascus Volunteer Fire Department. While the capital budget has not been approved, Zucker said he is conﬁdent that the funds are secured. “These funds have been currently allocated by the Senate and the House of Delegates, although the ﬁnal capital budget has not yet been approved by the Senate,” Zucker said. “We

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Helen Zatman, 101, a resident of Brooke Grove Retirement Village in Sandy Spring, reads to students from Chesterbrook Academy during Thursday’s Easter egg hunt. Brooke Grove, with 168 beds, plans to build a $20 million, 70-bed addition, with help from $150,000 in state bonds. ceed $20 million. Although $300,000 in state funding was requested, $150,000 was allocated for the project. Still, “$150,000 is extremely helpful and very timely,” Hunter said. “Construction is expected to begin June 1, possible earlier.

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to receive $100,000 for a kitchen renovation and a new roof on its activity center. The Olney Manor dog park is expected to receive all of the $50,000 requested for a renovation to the park, at 16601 Georgia Ave. The construction project, expected to cost $140,000 is underway. Improvements include installing shade structures, a drainage system and running water. Zucker said he was pleased with the outcome, especially because Gov. Larry Hogan (R) did not allocate money for local projects in his budget proposal. “We are very fortunate to get money into the capital budget to help fund these community priorities,” Zucker said. “This speaks to the fact that we have a strong community and a dynamic team in Annapolis that can deliver.” He added that money for these projects — all of which require the organizations to provide matching funds — was above and beyond an additional $20 million secured for school construction for the county. thogan@gazette.net

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Dual-language program is ‘an underground success story’ Kemp Mill Elementary students learn in both Spanish and English

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

At Kemp Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, a group of kindergartners recently watched a fellow student lift a small weight with one hand and a heavier weight with the other. Speaking animatedly, their two teachers delivered a lesson with a bilingual twist. In fluid Spanish, teacher Lindsay Walberg explained that using the larger weight better builds muscles — “mas musculo” — just as taking on challenging tasks helps a person’s brain develop. Principal Floyd Starnes provided a summary of the lesson in English for a reporter afterward. During the breaks of Walberg’s instruction, teacher Nakeya Stephens-Chukwudebe added comments in English for the young class. The students are among more than 300 from kindergarten through ﬁfth grade taught in Spanish and English — usually in separate sessions — in Kemp Mill’s dual language program. It’s the only program of its kind in the county. “I think it is an underground success story,” Starnes said. “I don’t think many people know about it.” The dual-language program, started by a small group of staff

in 2001, involves classes of students whose first language is Spanish and others whose ﬁrst language is English. Children who live in the school’s boundary area can enter a lottery to join. “The central goal is really that your second-language learners, your Spanish-speaking students end up with stronger English skills than they would have had had they been instructed in English the whole time,” Starnes said. Most of the program’s students spend half of their day learning in English with one teacher, then switch over to Spanish instruction with a second teacher. Kindergarten involves more movement between languages during a class day. The school’s current enrollment is 71 percent Latino. More than 50 percent of students are English language learners. For Spanish-speaking students who start the program and don’t understand English, Starnes said, Spanish instruction lets them learn vocabulary and concepts they wouldn’t be able to grasp yet in English and wouldn’t be exposed to at home. They can “continue their academic progress,” he said. For the English-speaking students, he said, the goal is to help them become “bilingual, biliterate, bicultural.” For 10-year-old Reina Cabrera, the program lets her continue speaking Spanish, the language she uses to talk to her

parents. “You’ll keep learning it, but you’ll also keep learning your English at the same time, and then when you grow up, you can use both of them,” she said. Xavier Allen, 9, said he can understand more Spanish than he did as a second-grader, when he joined the program. In his fourth-grade class, he said, one teacher sometimes speaks entirely in Spanish. Spanish is useful for him, he said, “because I could go to different places, and I could learn another language using Spanish.” Starnes said there’s an effort to develop a way for Kemp Mill students to continue a language study in some form at Lee Middle School in Silver Spring, such as in a dual-language program or an immersion-type program. Kemp Mill’s program differs from the district’s other language programs, said Françoise Vandenplas, supervisor

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Above left: Joshua Bethancourt ﬁnds Spanish-language cards that describe the day’s weather. He is part of the duallanguage program at Kemp Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring. Above: (From left) Daniela Argueta Bonilla and Kimberly Cruz read a Spanish-language book at Kemp Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring. The girls are part of the school’s dual-language program. of the county school system’s World Languages Program. In the county’s English for Speakers of Other Languages program, she said, educators aim to help students become proﬁcient in academic English. Students in immersion programs learn a new “target language” and are taught either partially or fully in Spanish, French or Chinese. Starnes said the county’s only dual-language program includes “complications” and

beneﬁts. For one thing, he said, the program staff has “a demanding job.” Walberg, who teaches 32 kindergartners split in two groups, said the job requires her to sometimes translate or replace classroom materials in English. She also teaches with a focus on both content- and language-learning goals for her students. “There’s kind of some additional layers to think about as you’re planning and delivering

instruction,” said Walberg, who has a son in the program and another who graduated from it. In her class, students show stronger independent reading levels in their dominant language, she said, “but the lag isn’t too, too great for the second language.” “I’ve really seen the positive effects for my family, my children and also my students,” she said. lpowers@gazette.net

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KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

An annual free Family Fun Festival will highlight Washington Adventist University’s alumni weekend from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday on the Takoma Park campus. The event, an annual tradition for more than a decade, features live music and other acts, such as the university’s Acro-Airs sports-acrobatics exhibition team. There will be health screenings, food from local restaurants, crafts, games such as threelegged sack races and a food drive. Christian rock band Ashes Remain is slated to be the headline musical act. The alumni weekend, which runs Thursday to Sunday, also includes an awards banquet honoring actor and director Rik Swartzwelder, among others.

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Students from JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres in Silver Spring challenged Maryland state senators — including Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Dist. 20) of Takoma Park, middle ground at right — and aides to chess in Annapolis on March 27. The students are part of a school counseling chess program coordinated by counselor Fernando Moreno and the Rising Stars mentoring program, which is coordinated by Marhonda Williams of the Montgomery County Department of Recreation.

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Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park will host its annual Family Fun Festival Sunday. Last year’s event featured musician Josh Wilson, above.

Lawyers from Maryland Legal Aid will be giving a free hour long talk on April 15 in Rockville about individual rights under the Constitution and landlord tenant laws. The talk will be from 12:301:30 p.m. and again from 6:30-

designDATA recognized as top service provider Gaithersburg-based designDATA, an information technology service provider, has been recognized on Penton Technology’s eighth-annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, which is a report identifying the 501 top managed service providers, according to a release. designDATA ranks at number 64 worldwide and at 54 in North America, the release said. The MSPmentor 501 report is based on data collected from a global online survey conducted

7:30 p.m. in courtroom 3E of the Montgomery County Circuit Court building at 50 Maryland Ave. Attorney Abena Y. Williams will talk about landlord-tenant law, including what to look for in a lease, security deposits, summary ejectment proceedings and evictions. Attorney Inna Loring will discuss rights under the Fourth Amendment such as protection against unreasonable search and seizure, the difference be-

InBrief December 2014 through January 2015 and looks at a range of details including annual managed services revenue growth, managed services offered and customer devices managed, the release said.

Gaithersburg Green Up Day scheduled The City of Gaithersburg is hosting a Community Green Up

tween being arrested and detained, and tips on what to do if you’re pulled over by police. The bimonthly series of talks is sponsored by Maryland Legal Aid, the Montgomery County Bar Foundation and Montgomery County Circuit Court Library. The next talk, “Finding and Working with a Lawyer,” is scheduled for June 17. vterhune@gazette.net Day from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, according to a release. Volunteers are asked to wear appropriate clothing that may get dirty or wet. While the city will be providing supplies, volunteers are invited to bring personal garden materials and gloves if they please. Students who participate can earn student service learning credits. Some sites include Watkins Mill Town Center and the Lakelands. Additional information can be found at www.gaithersburgmd.gov.

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Continued from Page A-1 the students in their community service efforts. “We just thought how can we help the community and also raise money [for the school],” Deanna Korzeniewski, media relations for Covenant Life School, said. She explained that Jeanne Dimmick, who works on development for the school, was the driving force behind the project. Dimmick reached out to the Montgomery County Volunteer Center, which pointed her towards the many organizations in the county that the students could serve. “She tailored it to our area,” Korzeniewski said. Students gathered on Thursday to make 50 bag lunches for local homeless individuals, 50 encouragement cards and 50 bracelets for children at the National Institutes of Health, 100 inspirational cards and 100 “welcome baby” kits for local new mothers, 100 Easter crafts for senior citizens, 50 toiletry kits for local men’s shelters, 50 family toiletry kits and 100 thank you messages to local first responders. In addition to reaching out locally, the Servathon made 250 school supply kits for Ugandan students and 100 thank you cards for soldiers overseas. The Covenant Life School’s preschool students showed their support through hand-print covered posters saying “thank you” to firefighters, police officers and soldiers. “I think you just need a kind of different, creative way to raise money,” Dimmick said. She explained that she had heard of the “day of service” model working at other schools and while some other places had children go out into the community for their work, Dimmick wanted something that could be done all in one place together. Dimmick explained that the school holds various fundraisers throughout the year, such as 5K races, but this allowed the school to raise money while also giving back, something that those who donate could feel good about putting their money behind. Sara Rohr, a fifth-grade teacher, said her students have been extremely excited for the event and have been talking a

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The brush fire that burned nearly50acresintheLaytonsville area on March 31 was started by a resident burning leaves, according to fire officials. No one was injured, and the fire did not burn any structures, according to Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. More than 125 firefighters

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Third-grader Matthew Gilbreath makes a bracelet Thursday at Covenant Life School in Gaithersburg. lot about which stations they wanted to participate at. “I’m so excited. I’ve been involved in 25 years of fundraisers, everything from selling candy to 5Ks,” Rohr said, explaining that being able to serve other people who may be less fortunate is one of the best fundraisers she’s seen. Dimmick said that all of the supplies and gifts for the different kits were bought in bulk by the school and the fundraising aspect was doing very well so far and still rising. “Generally we heard nothing but great feedback,” Dimmick said. “It’s what we should be doing as a Christian school.” As the students worked to ﬁnish up at their ﬁrst station, the room was buzzing with smiles and chatter. “It’s directly impacting the community,” Jon Smisson, 17, said. “Usually fundraisers just help the school.” As the senior in his group, it was Smisson’s job to keep the

younger students at his table moving and help them with the tasks at hand, which included braiding colorful bracelets for children at NIH. He said that everyone has been excited to participate in the event. Dimmick said she hopes that the donations will provide the recipients with “encouragement and a smile.” “I mean the things that are just practical provisions, I hope it just lessons their burden,” Dimmick said. Seventh grade student Alethea Brewer, 13, said that the Servathon is important because she and her peers were doing this to help other people and not just to have fun, though she admitted she was having a good time. “I think that it’s good to remind the people around us that we care about them,” Brewer said.

portation Engineering, “We established purpose and need, which identifies why this road is necessary and what is it trying to address,” Johnston said. According to Bowring, the fatal flaw is that the option for public transportation, specifically in the form of the Bus Rapid Transit system, was not in the master plan and could not be chosen as a preferred alter-

native. M-83 has been in the master plan since the 1960s and would be a four lane, 5.7-mile highway from Gaithersburg to Clarksburg east of Interstate 270. Currently, only three miles of the highway have been built from Shady Grove Road in Gaithersburg to Montgomery Village Avenue.

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to come forward in such cases.” “Protecting them while holding Mr. Pineda accountable is part of why a plea agreement is made,” he wrote. Police arrested Pineda in October and charged him with

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responded from Montgomery, Howard, Carroll and Frederick counties, according to Piringer. The fire began when wind picked up embers from the fire and carried them into neighboring woods. “It got away from them,” said Piringer, who said the fire was started by a person on a farm who did not have a permit from the county Department of Environmental Protection for open burning, which is permitted in some cases. However, open burning of leaves is not permitted in the county, according to the de-

partment’s website. “There were a lot of woods [that burned] and some fields,” Piringer said. “At this time of season there tends to be a lot of trees, brush and underbrush debris on the woods and forest floor, all of which can be fuel for a fire,” Piringer said in an email. “Low humidity, dew points and windy weather also contribute to potential for outdoor fires this time of year,” he wrote.

acter work,” Offutt said. Students involved don’t necessarily need to have any sort of background in theater. “It’s a combination, sometimes some of them have done [plays] before, sometimes they haven’t,” Offutt said, adding with

a laugh that even if the participants haven’t done theater yet, she’s been told by several parents that they are drama kings and queens off the stage anyway, so they are “made for it.”

four counts of sex abuse of a minor and six counts of sexual offense third degree, according to online court records. The case involves accusations by four females that Pineda touched them inappropriately in the classroom, according to a Dec. 5 report in the Gazette. One incident occurred

in 2004 at Forest Oak Middle School in Gaithersburg, and the other three in 2013 and 2014 — two at Ridgeview Middle School in Gaithersburg and one at Clemente Middle School in Germantown in September, after which Pineda was arrested, according to the story.

expects the PSC to reject the merger. But if the deal were rejected, Leggett (D) said, the region will be left with Pepco “where we are now.” “I don’t ﬁnd that acceptable,” Leggett said. “If that is the outcome, how does that serve the public interest?” Leggett said he supports a stronger renewable energy commitment from the companies, but argued that what parties have secured is far better than the takeover being rejected and Pepco remaining as it is. For years, Pepco was among the least reliable utilities in the nation. In Maryland, reliability has improved, but Pepco remains in the bottom half of utilities for providing reliable power. As part of the takeover, it has committed to by 2018 be among the most reliable utilities in the nation. Pepco and Exelon also have committed in the settlement to: • Help low-income residents reduce energy bills. • Dedicate $36.8 million of its customer investment fund to bill credits, which is about $50 per customer. • Put $50 million in a “Green Stability Fund” that could be

used for — among other things — energy-efficiency investments, microgrids, water conservation and solar energy. • File with the PSC a proposal for public-purpose microgrids in Pepco’s service territory. • Request a PSC study of the “grid-of-the-future” and ways to transform the electric grid, as well as a promise to pay $500,000 for a consultant to facilitate the study. • Accelerate Pepco’s energy efﬁciency and to face penalties for failing to meet any goals approved by the PSC. • Spend $4 million for job training for careers in sustainable energy or energy efficiency. • Develop recreational trails along some Pepco transmission corridors. Leggett said he and the council look at the settlement from different perspectives. “If we end up with [the current] Pepco, that is not OK for me,” he said. “I don’t think Pepco has the resources, the capacity or all that is necessary to get to the level we want. I think they need some help and support to do that.”

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Through her work and pleasure, Paulette Lee has traveled through 46 countries and collected a number of items she treasures. But after her husband died a few years ago, the Silver Spring resident went through a period of downsizing and had to find a way to let some of the items go. She got the idea to start an online marketplace unlike any she has seen, in which owners of collectibles tell the story of how they came to own the pieces and their significance. “People who travel always have great stories,” Lee said. “I want this site to be more than just an online marketplace.” Lee — who has worked in Africa for the U.S. Agency for International Development as a communications consultant/ manager and development outreach and communications officer — started Artifacts Without Borders in January. The

website, built through e-commerce company Volusion, allows Lee to sell her own goods. Other people can sell through the site by consignment, as well. The items don’t have to be antique or one-of-a-kind, she said. “They just have to have a special connection to travel,” Lee said. A pair of Kosta Boda glass candle holders for sale for $10 was purchased around Sept. 11, 2001, when Lee and her late husband were in Scandinavia. A clerk in a store in Norway informed them of the terrorist attacks. They checked on family and friends at an Internet café. The next day, they went to a candlelight church service in Stockholm, Sweden. Although the service was not in English, Lee understood everything, especially the candlelight ritual performed by congregants and visitors. They seemed to be the only Americans there, and the horror of what had happened in the U.S. hit them. “We knew we wanted to have some candle holders like those,” Lee said. She bought the holders the next day in a local store.

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Paulette Lee, who started “Artifacts Without Borders,” talks about some of the international artifacts that she offers online. Other items include a hand-

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Obituary

Corinne Delafield Albright, 76, passed away January 9, 2015, in Bloomington, Indiana, after a two year battle with cancer. Born on the island of Kauai to missionary parents, she took inspiration from the island’s landscape, flowers and music during those early years. She became an accomplished vocalist, pianist, conductor, composer and poet. A graduate of Columbia Union College with degrees in Piano Performance and Education, she was a music educator for over 40 years, mostly in Montgomery County elementary schools. - Sligo, Fields Road, Rosemont, Fox Chapel, Watkins Mill, Wheaton Woods, and Wayside, to name a few. Ms. Delafield’s career began as an Orff/Kodaly piano instructor with the Yamaha Music School. She was a first, second, third and fourth grade teacher, and later became Director of Music for Takoma Park’s Sligo SDA Church, Music Director at Hermon Presbyterian Church in Potomac and the Summer Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo. A frequent accompanist to performers and church choirs, her gigs list too many to mention here. She taught private piano and voice lessons to supplement her income while raising two children single-handedly. Her teaching methods inspired students to practice hard and use a sense of playfulness and creativity to succeed. She recently married fellow Takoma Academy graduate, Robert A. Albright. Survivors also include daughter, Debora Wells, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and son, John Hammill (Emily), of Washington, D.C., as well as her three granddaughters: Caroline Wells, Abby Wells and Magdalena Hammill, all of whom she adored A service of celebration and remembrance will be held at Sligo Seventh Day Adventist Church, 7700 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland, on April 19, 2015, at 2 pm, with a reception to follow. All are welcome. In lieu of gifts the family asks that you sing every day, sit up straight, work hard, be brave, stay kind and never set a beverage on any piano. To sign her guestbook, go to legacy.com/obituaries/thegazette.net

Anna V. Davidson Jones, 85, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away at Heritage Hall, Leesburg, VA on March 27, 2015. She was a long time resident of Gaithersburg, Maryland before moving to Leisure World in Lansdowne, VA. The daughter of W. F and Callie Davidson, she was born in Rush Springs, Oklahoma before moving to Texas. She was a dedicated homemaker and worked in retail at several places before retiring from Woodward & Lothrop. Anna’s greatest joy was her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed making friends and was an enthusiastic thoroughbred horse racing fan. Survivors include her children, Melisa Taschler and husband Tom of Leesburg, VA, Gary Jones and his wife Joan of Sykesville, MD, and Larry Jones of Cumberland, MD, seven grandchildren, Catie, James, Eric, Shannon, Jake, Melissa and Kelly and four greatgrandchildren, Brooke, Bobby, Paige and Elena and her eldest sister Gen Garner of Kress, Texas. She was predeceased by her longtime companion William Rickman Sr. Anna and her family are sincerely grateful to Mr. Rickman’s children, Bill Jr, Sheila, Beth, Cynthia and Lynn for their continued love and support. She will be greatly missed by her family, friends and community. Her family would like to thank the staff of Heritage Hall for their attentive loving care of Anna during her illness. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Colonial Funeral Home, 201 Edwards Ferry Road, Leesburg, VA Please send your condolences to www.colonialfuneralhome.com

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About 250 Scrabble enthusiasts ﬂocked to the Montgomery County Conference Center in North Bethesda on March 29 for the Literacy Council of Montgomery County’s seventh annual Scrabble Scramble fundraiser. The tournament raised $45,000 for the council, according to Shelley Block, its communications director. That was up 68 percent from last year, she said. It also was a record number of players. The ﬁrst-place team comprised Don Higgins and Kitty Higgins, both of Rockville, and Jennifer Backus and Ellen Shurman, both of Washington, D.C.

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sends delegations to Israel and Palestine to view the conﬂict firsthand and spend time in both Palestinian and Israeli homes. The Israeli and Palestinian artifacts are similar in their craft and appearance, yet the people are far apart, Lee said. “These are the only artifacts I have ever owned that ﬁlled me with despair,” she wrote on the website. Others are consigning on the site, including a print by artist Jude Maceren that recently sold. During a trip to Costa Rica, the consignor was drawn to the piece’s vibrant colors, bold style and her love of hummingbirds, according to the website. Lee — who also has worked for the World Bank and as legislative director for state Del. Aruna Miller (D-Dist. 15) of Darnestown — said she is working on the marketing aspect, including the use of social media. “I’d like to see friendships built and people learn about other cultures in this way,” she said.

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Second place went to Paul Kalomiris and Amy Kalomiris, both of Germantown, Hilary Jackler of North Bethesda and Seth Kleiner of Rockville. Kleiner also had the highest single-play score. He created two words, totaling 158 points, by adding an “s” to “viewing” and then spelled the word “qabalas,” which is a plural alternate spelling of the Jewish mystical book, “kabbalah.” Third place went to Michael Demske, Megan Demske, Amy Demske and Rob Demske, all of Potomac. The event also featured a silent auction, rafﬂe items, dinner and drinks.

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County ﬁrms in Design House fundraiser Some Montgomery County businesses will be part of this year’s DC Design House, a fundraiser for the Children’s National Health System. Twenty-four firms in the region have helped design 28 parts of a three-level home at the Artisan Builders country estate at 956 Mackall Farms Lane, McLean, Va. The Montgomery County participants • David Benton of Rill Architects/RA Spaces in Bethesda. • Nicolette Powell and John LeMieux of Country Casual in Gaithersburg. • Lynni Megginson of Lynni Megginson Designs in Gaithersburg. • Iantha Carley of Iantha Carley Designs in Silver Spring. • Samantha Friedman of Samantha Friedman Interior Designs in Bethesda. Preview events will be held at noon and 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $50 for the afternoon and $250 for the evening event, a dinner at Aggio, 5335 Wisconsin Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. The home will be open to the public Sunday through May 12, daily except Monday. More information is at dcdesignhouse.com.

Ruppert Landscape names estimator Ruppert Landscape of Laytonsville named Luke Alexander of Frederick an estimator in its national landscape construction division. Alexander holds a bachelor’s degree in plant sciences with a focus on landscape management from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Audiology ﬁrm giving away hearing aids To mark Better Hearing and Speech Month in May, A&A Hearing Group of Montgomery Village will give away a pair of new digital hearing aids to a local resident in need.

People can enter themselves, a relative or friend on the company’s Facebook page at facebook.com/hearingexperts, sharing a story about how new hearing aids would make their life better, according to a company news release. Entries will be accepted through April 30, with online voting May 1 to 14 and the winner announced May 15. The winner will choose one of the available hearing aid styles. A&A Hearing Group also has offices in Chevy Chase, Rockville, Frederick, Lutherville-Timonium, Elkridge and Ashburn, Va.

InfoZen wins $212 million TSA contract InfoZen of Bethesda won a ﬁve-year, $212 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration to support operations and maintenance of vetting programs designed to protect the U.S. transportation system against terrorism and national security threats.

Bytegrid names vice president Bytegrid Holdings of Silver Spring named Mike Clemson its vice president of critical infrastructure. Previously, Clemson worked for Carpathia and was vice president of facilities with ServerVault. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Lifematters names outreach director Lifematters of Bethesda named Stephanie Chong its director of community outreach and education. Chong holds a bachelor’s in social work from Stockton University and a master’s in social work from Fordham University.

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British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline announced plans Thursday to open a new vaccine research center in Rockville by this fall, a project that could bring up to 700 new jobs to Montgomery County. The center — at the site of the former Human Genome Sciences, which Glaxo acquired in 2012 for $3.6 billion — would combine two Glaxo research facilities on the East Coast and is expected to employ 1,000 people by 2016, a company spokeswoman said. The new Rockville facility will span three buildings totaling 478,000 square feet. It is expected to open in September. About 400 manufacturing employees now work there. Glaxo’s research locations in Philadelphia and Cambridge, Mass., which employ 300 people, are to merge into the new center, the spokeswoman said. Glaxo’s decision to open the center in Maryland is a feather in the cap for state ofﬁcials and industry leaders who are trying to turn the region into a national biotechnology hub. “This is a wonderful, wonderful gift to Maryland,” said Philip Schiff, chief executive of the Tech Council of Maryland of Rockville, a trade group pushing to make the region a top-three national life-sciences center by 2023. Vaccine development in particular has attracted several biotechs to the Washington area, home to the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration. Glaxo’s British rival AstraZeneca last year announced a $200 million project to expand its MedImmune manufacturing facilities in Frederick. The project is expected to add 40,000 square feet of space and employ 300 people, the company said at the time. AstraZeneca has also centered its drug research programs in the U.S. at its MedIm-

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GlaxoSmithKline of the U.K. plans to combine vaccine research centers at the site of the former Human Genome Sciences on Shady Grove Road in Rockville in September, adding 1,000 jobs. mune facility in Gaithersburg. Glaxo’s move “puts Montgomery County on the map as the place to be in the vaccine development arena,” said Sally Sternbach, acting director of the county’s economic development department. The new center will focus on “key late stage development programmes, as well as vaccine discovery and new platform technology development,” Glaxo said in a statement. It is to be one of three

global vaccine research centers for the company, and the only one not in Europe. The new organization follows Glaxo’s recently completed $5.3 billion acquisition of Novartis’ vaccine business, a deal that turned the drug giant into a company focused on vaccines and consumer products. The expansion could have a ripple effect on the region’s life-sciences economy, in-

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Don’t be surprised by art at art center “Back Pain.” It’s an art center. Any debate The exhibit features a series of over a proper venue for the recent images created by Pennsylvania Montgomery County GreenFest artist Cindi Hron. Many show an should have started and ended unclothed female torso, there. in a distorted form. A Montgomery Colfew torso images include lege’s Takoma Park/SilCOUNTY although not in ver Spring campus was SHOULD NOT abreasts, sexualized way. one of two host sites HAVE ASKED Hron wrote in a for an environmentally themed county festival COLLEGE TO statement about her held March 28. MOVE EXHIBIT work: “Whether trauma is physical or emotional, The day before the it leaves a mark on the festival, we heard about body that is healed or left to fester dissent between the college and the and makes us who we are. Scars and county over the use of the Morris wounds, rashes, eruptions, bruises and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundaand wrinkles real or imagined, seen tion Arts Center for the festival. The and unseen evolve over time to credebate focused on an exhibit called

ate and recreate the landscape of ourselves.” Patrick Lacefield, a spokesman for County Executive Isiah Leggett, downplayed the debate, which resulted in part of GreenFest being relocated. He told Gazette reporter Kate S. Alexander that the county asked Montgomery College to move the exhibit to a different part of the art gallery, away from families with children visiting the festival. “Not cover up, not take down, not censor,” Lacefield said. “It was not censorship in any way.” But why the objection and the conflict? Lacefield said county officials felt

the exhibit “might not be appropriate for a family-oriented event.” “It’s not that they were nude. It’s not about nudes at all. There are nudes everywhere,” he said. Laceﬁeld described the images as “disembodied human torsos with gashes across and red stuff there or coming out.” We would have liked to have heard the college’s position on the county’s push to move an art exhibit. But college spokesman Marcus Rosano disregarded Alexander’s request for a phone interview and instead emailed vague comments that “all parties’ interests were met,” dodging most of her questions. Maybe this doesn’t compare with

then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s absurd decision to cover two statues of partially nude people with drapes. The statues were a traditional backdrop for speeches at the Department of Justice. Still, the county’s request was out of line. If there was any concern, the county could have given a disclaimer to visitors, letting families know the type of images they might see. Event organizers are free to pick a space where they’d like to invite the public. But they don’t have the right to then tell the caretakers of that space how it must be changed to suit arbitrary tastes. Again, it’s an art center. If you step inside, be prepared to see art.

LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR

Region will beneﬁt from utility acquisition

The Shell gas station on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda.

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Pension-fund divestment is socially, financially sound We were delighted to see your recent coverage of our fossil fuel divestment campaign (“Pullout urged for fossil-fuel invesment,” March 11). It is important that your readers understand the basic scientific facts underlying our campaign: Scientists agree that if we are to avoid the most dangerous aspects of climate change, the increase in global average temperature must not exceed 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (agreed to by the U.S., China and most other countries). This means that 80 percent of existing oil, gas and coal reserves must be “left in the ground.” While generally admitting that burning carbon is the biggest factor contributing to climate change, the fossil-fuel industry nonetheless continues its exploration for more. Thus, in pursuit of shareholder profit, it poses severe risks to our children’s future. This is simply shameful. Our campaign is not merely symbolic. By focusing attention on the industry’s climate-destroying “business plan,” we seek to delegitimize it and thus create the political space for policymakers to put a price on carbon pollution and make the necessary investments in clean renewable energy, instead of giving mas-

sive subsidies to the fossil-fuel industry. How, from a financial perspective, can the primary union under the county’s pension plan (the United Food Workers and Commercial Workers/Municipal and County Government Employees Organization, or MCGEO, Local 1994) support divestment? Contrary to the suggestion in your article, perhaps it knows that without the fossilfuel companies in the S&P 500, the remaining “fossil-free S&P” would have supplied a higher rate of return over the past 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year periods. Not only is there no harm to the pension fund’s rate of return, it is financially prudent to avoid fossil-fuel stocks that experts — from the president of the Bank of England to Goldman Sachs — have stated risk major losses, as the world realizes the necessity of carbon limits in keeping with the 3.6-degree red line. These reasons help explain why respected institutions like Stanford University, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the World Council of Churches have all committed to divest. Peter Murtha, Silver Spring

The writer is co-founder of 350 Montgomery County, a climate action organization.

‘Gender’ comment was hateful Hate speech has no place in the “Letters to the Editor” column. If anyone is unsure whether Jacqueline Postal’s disparaging comment (“Montgomery educators have gone down the wrong path,” March 25) that MCPS “students’ minds are being focused on ... the question of what gender

the student feels on a particular day” is hate speech, they might try substituting the word “race” for “gender.” Hate speech includes any writing which disparages a protected individual or group. Excellent education fosters critical thinking in an environment of respect to all. Carol Hampe, Germantown

The Gazette Karen Acton, President/Publisher

As president and CEO of the United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA), I want to voice our organization’s support for Exelon’s acquisition of Pepco Holdings Inc., the parent company of Pepco. The mission of United Way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good. We collaborate with our more than 660 member nonproﬁts, as well as corporate and community partners, to create a positive impact in the National Capital area. We invest in the most effective programs and services in our region to solve

complex social issues. Pepco Holdings shares our values and has been an integral part of the Washington metropolitan region’s vibrancy for more than 100 years. We have enjoyed a great partnership with Pepco and its employees for many years, and our community continues to enjoy the beneﬁts of their excellent commitment to our region. Exelon’s acquisition of Pepco Holdings will beneﬁt our organization and the people we serve. Not only have the companies promised that Pepco’s local leadership will be main-

tained, they will drive local jobs and the economy and continue to invest in our region. They’ve also committed to sustain the philanthropic programs that are so critical to maintaining the economy of this region and help United Way NCA and other nonprofits achieve their missions. As a leading advocate for education, income and health, United Way NCA is engaged in a long-term strategy to positively impact key community challenges throughout the District of Columbia, as well as Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Rosie Allen-Herring, Prince George’s County

Watch for Individuals, not politicians, pedestrians should decide on the end of life

Death with dignity is a personal choice. It ought to be available to anyone who wants that choice. It is beyond absurd for someone who doesn’t believe in it to be able to decide if it becomes law. I cannot fathom the discussions and testimonies on this. If you don’t want to end your life early, then don’t. No elected ofﬁcial should have the right to stand in the way of people who have decided, based on medical information, to end their life the way they would like to. And it is absolutely unconscionable that any special interest groups, including hospice, religious groups or a former NFL player with ALS,

should decide what I should do when faced with my end-of-life road map. This option is up and running in several states. The blueprint is out there. We need to put decisions back into the hands of the individual by passing right-to-die legislation. Elizabeth Cummings, Kensington

Editor’s note: A bill that would have allowed end-of-life decisions in Maryland was considered this year in the General Assembly. The legislature decided instead to create a work group to study the issue. The bill is expected to be introduced again next year.

WRITE TO US The Gazette welcomes letters on Montgomery County topics. They should be no more than 300 words, although up to 500 words may be allowed, as space permits. Letters on timely issues may get preference. Include a full name and hometown for publication, plus a daytime phone number for veriﬁcation. No anonymous letters are printed. Election-related letters will not run in the two editions before the election. Mail to The Gazette, Forum editor, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877; fax to 301-670-7183; or email to opinions@gazette.net.

As I walked to high school recently, safely within the confines of a designated crosswalk, a car came speeding past, coming within inches of running me over. A reckless teen with a newly minted driver’s license? Think again. It was an adult. I have walked to school since kindergarten, and every near-death experience I have had — and there have been several — all involved adult drivers. These are the very community members who should have the experience to drive safely around school zones. I am writing this letter to ask drivers to treat me and my fellow walkers with the same concern they would have for their own children. Walkers should not feel that they’re taking their life in their hands every time they set out for school in the morning. Jack Mendenhall, Bethesda

In divestment debate, consider health of state pension fund In covering 350 Montgomery County’s petition to have Montgomery County divest any holdings of oil and energy companies (“Pullout urged for fossil-fuel investment,” March 11), you should have also mentioned that as of Morningstar’s most recent report on the soundness of state pension funds, Maryland’s pension system rates a “poor.” State and county pension funds face similar issues. In Morningstar terminology, this means that the state’s pension obligations are less than 70 percent funded, and that in dollar terms, this means that each citizen of Maryland would have to contribute about $3,500 to fully fund the state’s pen-

sion obligations. Stated a bit differently, Maryland’s pension obligations are about 64 percent funded, and this funding level has declined significantly since around 2008, when it was in the 78 percent range. (Since the financial markets have fully recovered from the Great Recession, the general market decline that accompanies that recession can no longer be blamed.) To put this in some further context with neighboring states, Virginia rates a “fair” (70 percent funded) and Delaware rates a “good” (more than 80 percent funded). Perpetual financial basket-case Illinois is in the low- to mid-40 percent range, for further context on these figures.

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Once the acquisition is completed, our local utility will be an even better community partner with the strength of a responsible, forward-thinking company like Exelon behind it. At a time when the economy has been under pressure, Pepco has helped ﬁll the everincreasing gap in resources and comprehensive support to a diverse group of constituents. We believe that the combination of Pepco and Exelon will beneﬁt our community, and the acquisition should be approved.

Ken Sain, Sports Editor Dan Gross, Photo Editor Jessica Loder, Web Editor

Dennis Wilston, Corporate Advertising Director Mona Bass, Inside Classiﬁeds Director Anna Joyce, Creative Director, Special Pubs/Internet Ellen Pankake, Director of Creative Services

Leah Arnold, Information Technology Manager David Varndell, Digital Media Manager Cathy Kim, Director of Marketing and Community Outreach

Given the poor condition of the state pension fund, I would think the focus of any discussion of the state’s pension investments should concentrate on ways to better align its funding and long-term costs, not political statements making absurd comparison between the energy industry and apartheid or state actors engaged in mass killings. Such comparisons do little to advance any intelligent discussion of the state’s pension problems or the serious issue of climate change. Moreover, from an editorial perspective, it would seem questionable to give such frivolous requests front-page coverage. Raymond Lombardo, Silver Spring

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Efﬁciency, availability still factors for replacing plastic While I appreciate the comments of the two writers — one demanding that all plastic packaging be eliminated and the other suggesting that biodegradable plastics only be used (“Three factors to shape thoughts about plastic,” March 18; “A plastic answer already exists,” March 25) — there are questions of cost efﬁciency and availability. As a research chemist specializing in polymers — albeit

retired for 25 years, but the holder of several patents in the ﬁeld of absorbable sutures and biodegradable polymers and a weekly reader of Chemical and Engineering News — I note that there are many problems connected with the wholesale replacement of current plastic packaging materials with polymers from biosources. First, although industrial plants have been operating based on biomass, the problem

of transport of the biomaterials to the processing plants can be cost unattractive, not to mention the required enzymatic treatment to render the desired polymer. Second, the number of plants are few and the operating capacity limited. Hopefully, in the future, this will not be the case, but for the present, it presents a problem. Nelson Marans, Silver Spring

School system problems stem from leadership The letter from Jacqueline Postal (“Montgomery educators have gone down the wrong path,” March 25) identiﬁes a number of problems with the Montgomery County Public Schools system, but it does not propose any solutions. Many who criticize MCPS see the various problems but despair of ﬁnding a solution. My perception is that there is — obviously — no single solution, but one can make a start. The start I propose is to begin to address a root cause of many of the problems: the failure of the board of education to provide appropriate leadership. That failure stems from a series of attitudinal issues. Most educators know that schools are supposed to convey Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes, but MCPS fails seriously in conveying effective attitudes.

We need to start the long journey back toward an effective school system by educating the members of the Board of Education about attitudes. They seem to lose their way once they enter the Carver building. I propose three specific first steps. But explaining them is impossible in a brief letter such as this. Anyone who is interested can look at my take on fixing the attitudes of the board of education. The first part of this path to solving the web of problems so many of us want to fix may be found at: tinyurl.com/na6ng4s. Too much to ask? If adults outside the school system have the attitude that reading a detailed analysis is too much work, how can we expect teachers and students to get the job done? Mark R. Adelman, Kensington

Look at Rockville Pike as a whole, not just the cogs The brouhaha over widening of parts of Rockville Pike — or whatever developers want to call it — testiﬁes to my longstanding objection to the planning philosophy of planning in the White Flint area of North Bethesda. To repeat, trafﬁc in and out of this area is not restricted to

only part of the long road. I have argued many times that the planning for the area is too shortsighted. It should be part of a comprehensive plan for the entire length of Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike/Md. 355, and Frederick Road. Planners and decisionmakers need to re-examine

the entire concept of what is going on and recognize that each segment of the road is but a cog. To paraphrase an old saying, a development plan is only as strong as its weakest concept. David H. Brown North Bethesda

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Fifth-grade Spanish Immersion teacher Mauricio Salinas teaches a science class at Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park on Monday.

Some schools’ upgrades continually left behind It’s budget season, so special interests are lining up to make their case to the Board of Education and County Council. On behalf of students and families, parents are delivering testimonials about the construction needs of local schools. The call for action comes from stories — from disturbing safety risks created by narrow hallways to broken showers in dilapidated high school gyms to locked classroom doors concealing unfinished rooms filled with dirt. This neglect is a depressing reminder of the power centers in Montgomery County. The decision-making process of the MCPS central office, which prioritizes which schools get resources, is opaque and would benefit from more transparency. When we see the list of schools that are escalated and prioritized, we can’t help but notice their location. Schools serving communities with moderate means and limited political influence remain at a remarkable disadvantage. For example, several schools in the cluster that includes Blair High struggle to serve more students than they were built to hold. While “smart growth” high-density housing is becoming the norm in our area, “smart growth” for schools has not. Overcrowding in small hallways is not a minor safety concern. Multiplying portable classrooms are decimating playground space, while aging pipes burst and flood classrooms with every ice storm. These are stories of an infrastructure neglected by a flawed review process. This is most evident by Silver Spring Inter-

national Middle School, an outsized population that’s disproportionately non-white and living under the poverty line. Fifty-four percent of the students receive or have received free or reduced-price meals. Rolling Terrace, in the heart of the Blair cluster, has had a long tab of infrastructure challenges. It made headlines last year because of health and safety issues posed by mold. Built to hold 695 students, the school now has 899. The school has accumulated eight portables, but you will not find a playground. Instead, recess time is spent on a grassless, muddy field. How is Rolling Terrace not on any revitalization/expansion list? For those of us who’ve been doing this a while, it feels like Groundhog Day. Every year, we highlight the same problems and regrettably have even more stories to illustrate the needs. At a recent hearing, representing the Downcounty Consortium, parent Chris Rutledge provided council members with plenty of data and facts, but ended with a sharper point that should not be taken for granted: “The buildings in which we educate our children are a direct reflection of how much we value them. Let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that they don’t see that.” For a progressive, liberal county, this disparity makes political leadership uncomfortable. Sometimes, discomfort and more sunshine is exactly what we need to create a climate of change. Cori Vanchieri, Silver Spring Amber Kha, Silver Spring Lana Pauls, Kensington

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From unknown to a title contender I’ve never experienced it myself, obviously, but I’ve been told that I have a pretty nasty death stare that I unleash at reporters during our weekly planning meetings. Legend has it that it’s so terrifying former reporter Colin Stevens resigned after one too many, but I’m pretty KEN SAIN sure I just made that SPORTS EDITOR up. He did, however, require someone pulling him aside after his first death stare to tell him not to worry, that I’m mostly harmless. The quickest way for a reporter to earn a death stare is to propose doing a story on Diego Zarate. Nothing against Northwest High School’s terrific senior distance runner, I’ve met him briefly, seems like a fine young man, but he’s personifying all the other top athletes that we write so much about for purposes of this column. Zarate is prime example No. 1 because he competes in fall, winter and spring and could be Runner of the Year all three seasons. I know who the top athletes are in Montgomery County. I read their names all the time. Please, dear staff, find a name I don’t know and do stories on them. For example, Northwood senior Marcus Pryor. Who? “We had a meet with Blair, and their hurdler came up and asked about me by name,” Pryor said. “I never thought I’d get to the point where people knew who I was.” Run the second-fastest time in the state in the 300 hurdles and people will hear about you. Pryor ran a 40.32 seconds in the event at the Screaming Eagle Invitation. The only faster time so far this spring is by Edward Anderson, who runs for Class 4A’s Flowers. So where did Pryor come from? “His body has gone through a couple of growth spurts, so it took some time for us to figure out where he would compete best,” Northwood track coach Darryl Spruill said. “And he was injured most of last season (with a hip flexor muscle tear).” Pryor said another reason he may be an unknown is that he is much better outdoors than indoors. “All my times are two seconds slower indoors,” he said. “We run on a shorter track, 200 instead of 400, and the turns are much sharper.” This spring he is mostly healthy, though dealing with a slight hamstring issue, and happy to be outdoors. A state championship is a goal. “I’d like to get my time down to 38, and that should be good enough,” Pryor said. “If it’s not, then I’ll work harder.” Pryor’s coach says he can definitely drop his time, because they’ve done very little hurdle work so far because of limited practices due to poor weather. In addition to the 300 hurdles, Pryor also competes in the 110 high hurdles. The longer distance is his best event. “You make one mistake in the 110, you don’t have time to make up for it,” he said. “If I make a mistake in the 300, then I can make up ground between hurdles.” Pryor submitted his time at Seneca Valley to the Penn Relays and hopes to earn an invitation to compete there at the end of this month. The automatic qualifying time is 38 seconds, but Spruill said not a lot of people have hit that so far, so there is a chance. Deadline to apply is April 12. “Running at Penns would be huge,” Pryor said. “The college I want to go to (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University of Daytona Beach, Fla.) will be there.” Not a bad way to end your high school tenure. Going from “Who?” to possibly the Penn Relays and a state championship in only a couple of months. More stories like that, please. ksain@gazette.net

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Area no longer dominates the sport like it once did BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

These days, it’s hard to imagine a time when the Sherwood High School softball team wasn’t all but guaranteed to roll through Montgomery County opponents. But 10 to 15 years ago, Olney didn’t necessarily

of the county’s hierarchy of teams. Likewise, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Watkins Mill was a perennial postseason contender. The Wolverines reached the state tournament ﬁve times between 1995 and 2004. In recent years, they’ve struggled to win games. Gaithersburg has been outscored 53-25 in a 1-4 start to 2015; Watkins Mill’s (0-6) opponents have racked up 127 runs. So, what happened to Gaithersburg-area softball? The answer is quite simple.

stand out as a hotbed for softball talent. One area that did, however, was Gaithersburg. When the Warriors won the ﬁrst of their three consecutive state titles in 2012, they broke a 13-year Montgomery County drought. The last team to win a state title before then: Gaithersburg in 1999 — ﬁrst-year Trojans coach Laura Hamilton was a junior on that team. Gaithersburg won its last Class 4A West Region title in 2006 and has since slipped toward the bottom

“One of the things that’s happened, one of the struggles is that we don’t have a natural feeder program,” longtime Watkins Mill coach Jody Tyler said. In the 2000s it was hard to ﬁnd a top Montgomery County softball player who didn’t play for the Montgomery Village Sports Association Storm. Athletes drove from all over the county and the state — let alone

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players. Whitman’s Jonathan Chen, for instance, was a singles player before his sophomore season, though now calls himself a doubles specialist. He and partner Oscar Levine have climbed

The perennially dominant Wootton High School boys tennis team has struggled through the early part of its schedule, and that’s in large part due to the absence of its top singles player: Kyrylo Tsygura. The sophomore has been playing high-level tennis, but in California and not at the Rockville school. Tsygura participated in the International Spring Championships in Carson, Calif., and as of Sunday was in Indian Wells for the Easter Bowl Championship. Those tournaments have forced him to miss about half of Wootton’s practices and matches, including the losses to Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase. “It’s just a little bit stressful balancing,” said Tsygura, who was undefeated playing second singles as a freshman in 2014. “Sometimes missing some important matches. It’s kind of stressful.” Tsygura is one of many elite Montgomery County athletes who struggle to find a happy medium between varsity and non-varsity commitments. In sports such as tennis, where recruiters focus heavily on non-school performances, college-bound players such as Tsygura are in a difficult position, Wootton coach Nia Cresham said. When they play the outside tournaments, their teams are worse off. But if they miss them, they might be worse off. “It’s the nature of the sport, and it’s driven by the USTA, and there’s really not much we can do,” Cresham said. According to the Handbook of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, athletes may miss practices and contests because of outside participation, so long as absences are approved by the principal and coach. It’s a nebulous rule, Cresham said. And like many other coaches, her interpretation is student-friendly, and applies not only to the elite singles player competing in an international tournament, but also to the alternate doubles player with a piano recital. “When they’re here, they’re present,” Cresham said. “... that’s what’s important to me.” Good Counsel coach Lee Ingham has a similar philosophy, and said that it was acceptable for athletes to miss some time due to tournaments and other obligations. In prior seasons, top singles player Sean Hogan — a Rhodes College recruit — had missed a little less than half of the practices due to outside commitments, he said. “You walk a fine line and you try to figure out what works best for the players,” Ingham said. It’s not just tennis players and coaches who deal with this. Mike Sullivan, a senior swimmer at Whitman in Bethesda, would train about nine times a week with the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club, and while his club and varsity commitments rarely interfered with each other — it helped that both teams practiced at Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center — there was the occa-

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Senior Landon School tennis players Gabriel Goldberg and Seth McNair practice Monday at the Bethesda school.

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Landon School’s Zach Cooper had gone about five years without playing in singles tournaments — and about one year without even picking up a tennis racket — but he wasn’t quite ready to call it quits. So last spring, the then-junior made his return to the courts, this time as a doubles player. The game was nothing like the one he’d grown accustomed to in the youth tennis circuit. Instead of having the whole court, he’d have half. Instead of long baseline rallies, points would be decided quickly at the net. And instead of playing at his own pace, he’d have to hit the less ﬂashy, high-percentage shots to set up his partner. He’d have to change the way he played entirely. But Cooper quickly broke those singles habits and established himself as a top doubles player for the eventual 2014 Interstate Athletic Conference Champions. “It was different. It was much different,” said Cooper, whose primary sport is soccer. “... Singles you can craft it however you want. Doubles you may not ... There’s sort of a ﬂow that you

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Landon School senior Zach Cooper found new life as a doubles player in tennis. need to have. A dynamic flow where you can work together,” Cooper, now a first team doubles player at the Bethesda school, has had an exceptional return to tennis, but Montgomery County’s top teams are ﬁlled with singles-turned-doubles

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occasional overlap. Whitman coach Geoff Schaefer had a lenient policy in those instances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swimming is supposed to be a fun sport and if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not enjoying it,â&#x20AC;? Schaefer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re missing my meets or their meets.â&#x20AC;? It does get to a point where the non-school commitments can become too much for both the athletes and coaches. A few years ago at Whitman, there were two top tennis players who wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been able to meet the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice and match requirements and decided not to play, coach Jasen Gohn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to set up a thing where you miss every Wednesday,â&#x20AC;? Gohn said. But in individual sports such as tennis, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generally enough that the players participate when they can, even if that means missing key early-season matches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just good experience, and good for the other players,â&#x20AC;? said Tsygura, who plans on returning to the team and playing in the county and state tournaments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just try to go to as much as I can.â&#x20AC;?

up the Vikingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ladder and now play ďŹ rst team doubles in their third year together. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually what happens,â&#x20AC;? Chen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... we get used to playing doubles because the singles players are so good.â&#x20AC;? In most high school tennis leagues, including the IAC, three of the seven lineup spots are doubles teams. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in those positions, not singles, that coaching and teamwork comes in. How the doubles pairs are determined varies by school. Landon coach Adam Atwell said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try to team up players with complementary skill sets, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far from an exact science. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of times my best guess isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t what ends up being the eventual lineup. You just have to watch them play,â&#x20AC;? Atwell said. â&#x20AC;?Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no formula for it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just kind of an art.â&#x20AC;? Teams will often pair lefthanded players with righthanded players, or power players with ďŹ nesse, or baseliners with net specialists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The key is putting the combination between sweet and sour,â&#x20AC;? Bethesda-Chevy Chase coach Christopher Hoey said.

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Wootton High School sophomore Kyrylo Tsygura has missed high school matches this year because college recruiters put a premium on junior circuit competition.

But coaches, such as Whitmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jasen Gohn, said that chemistry is just as important as ďŹ t. That was the case with Joey Gumataotao and Simon Amat (class of 2014), a pair that Gohn was skeptical of at ďŹ rst but ended up winning the county tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I let them pick their partners because you gotta get along,â&#x20AC;? Gohn said. ... â&#x20AC;&#x153;They kind of self select, fall into line with similarly talented players,â&#x20AC;? Gohn said. Cooper, now in his second season playing for Landon, has teamed with fellow senior Sam Boley this spring to make up the Bears top doubles team. Cooper and Boleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complementary playing styles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the left-handed Cooper goes to net more, while the right-handed Boley has longer rallies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has helped them become a steady doubles team for Landon. Like other team sports, communication and teamwork may be what guides them to the top of the IAC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way of thinking, that you do whatever it takes to get your team to win,â&#x20AC;? Cooper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working for your partner next to you. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working for your team to get this match.â&#x20AC;? egoldwein@gazette.net

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the surrounding community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to compete with one of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ rst premier travel programs. Now, they no longer have to. Travel softball opportunities have popped up countywide â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Germantown-based Titans and Red Raiders, Olney Boys and Girls Club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; making it less necessary for players to venture outside of their own communities. In turn, the once booming MVSA has dwindled to one team. The Red Raiders even have their own indoor facility. Now, instead of being bolstered by year-round ball players, Tyler said a good portion of her players are borrowing gloves. Part of the problem, Tyler added, is the lack of opportunity to even learn the basics. The growth of these private travel organizations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in all sports â&#x20AC;&#x201D; has forced the Montgomery County Department of Recreation, once the go-to for low-cost recreational leagues in just about every sport, to cut everything but its youth basketball leagues. One would think middle school ball would help prepare athletes for varsity, but middle school programs are slowpitch and are almost more of a detriment than a help, coaches have said. Cost also likely plays a major role, Tyler and Hamilton said. It can be hundreds of dollars just to try out for a travel team and if one makes the team, yearly membership is likely to exceed $1,000. Most travel organizations do offer recreational opportunities but the reality is, to compete in the county these days, it takes a lot more work, and ďŹ nancial commitment. Pitching is central to a teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success and fastpitch pitching â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially to a level that is competitive within the county â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a fairly specialized craft, something that takes time and work and, typically, investment in the proper instruction. Teams without effective pitchers tend to be hit the hardest. Hamilton also said the decrease in softball-ďŹ rst athletes in the area is likely linked to shifting demographics. Different cultures might grow up playing different sports, she said. Nevertheless high school sports in general are cyclical and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely Gaithersburg will come back around. Quince Orchard coach Colleen Kelly-Adams said more girls came out to softball tryouts this year than last â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and some of them were sophomores who just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try out a year ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with an increase in percentage of travel ball athletes. The Cougars have gone through their own ups and downs the past decade. Sometimes, Hamilton and Tyler said, it could just take one star athlete to change the tide. But in the meantime, Tyler said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to celebrate the smaller victories along the way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in moral victories,â&#x20AC;? Tyler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we have a lot of small victories. If we go three up, three down on defense, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phenomenal. ...I think it is important to have [star talents] come in, it gets the other kids excited.â&#x20AC;? jbeekman@gazette.net

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Woodward mixes fun with racing

Capital Classic returns for 42nd year One of the nation’s longest running all-star games will be back in the DMV area, as it was announced Thursday that the 42nd running of the Capital Classic will be played April 24 at Catholic University. The game annually pits the best seniors in the region against top seniors from around the nation. No players from Montgomery County schools were selected for the Capital team. The players selected are: Randall Broddie (Potomac); Abdulai Bundu (Largo); Bryant Crawford (Gonzaga); Marcus Derrickson (Brewster); Kevin Dorsey (Clinton); Sam Miller (Gonzaga); Sylvester Ogbonda (National Christian); Edward Polite (DuVal); Justin Robinson (St. James); and Charlie Thomas IV (River Hill).

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ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER

When veteran track and field coach Greg Dunston moved to Montgomery County from western Pennsylvania more than 40 years ago, he said he noticed the local meets and invitationals were lacking something: relay events. The same events Dunston had enjoyed and participated in at the Western Pennsylvania Relays as a high school runner were not available to the athletes of central Maryland. In an effort to rectify the absence of relay events, Dunston — then a teacher at the now-defunct Charles W. Woodward High School in Rockville — created the Woodward Relays. On Saturday, the Woodward Relays will be run for the 43rd straight year. “There were kids who ran in it, and now their children are running in it,” Dunston said. “It’s the idea that I wanted it to be around as long as it could possibly be.” The event has switched venues multiple times, following the well-traveled coach throughout his many stops. It began at Woodward in 1973, where it remained for 16 years. Then, Dunston moved the event to Walter Johnson, where he coached for two years before accepting the coaching position at Richard Montgomery. The Richard Montgomery principal at the time was not fond of having a Woodward-named event run at the school, so the relays were moved to Montgomery College. After a short time back at Walter Johnson, Dunston and the Woodward Relays found a home at Georgetown Prep, where the veteran coach was the cross country, indoor track and outdoor track coach until turning both track programs over to Daniel Rose two years ago. Rose, as it turns out, participated in the Woodward Relays as a member of the Sherwood track and field team in the late 1990s, before heading off to Adams State University in Alamosa, Colo., where he specialized in the hammer throw. The reason the Woodward Relays have been around this long, Rose said, starts with the man who created them 43 years ago — a man Rose described as a mentor in his short time as coach at Georgetown Prep. “Honestly, it comes down to Greg Dunston,” Rose said. “The guy works pretty much harder than anyone I know.” The relays’ 43-year run is just one of the things that make the event unique. A few years ago, Dunston was approached about adding a racewalk event — a hybrid of running and walking where the participants must keep at least one foot on the ground at all times. So, for the past two years, the relays have often begun with an exhibition racewalk in the morning. “It’s to get them to see some other track events they didn’t realize [existed],” Dunston said. “You have some kids that may not be the swiftest runners, but when they get into something like that and have a little success, they get pretty serious about it.” The staple of the Woodward Relays, however, is one of the final events — the steeple chase, a race between 2,000 and 3,000 meters, filled with barriers and a water jump that can often serve as entertainment if not traversed properly. In college, Dunston developed an affinity for the event thanks to his coach, a two-time Olympic steeplechaser. As the coach at Woodward, Dunston and his team got together the materials to dig out an official water jump, which inspired the then-Georgetown Prep coach to include the obstacle as part of the school’s track revamping. Now, with the Woodward Relays at the Bethesda school, the unique event has become a staple of the afternoon. The event is often a last-chance effort for some local standouts to improve a qualifying time for the storied Penn Relays, which close their time submissions just a few days afterward. But for many, including Rose’s athletes at the host school, participating in the Woodward Relays can be a highlight of the season. A young team, Prep is particularly strong in the field events, where they are led by junior thrower Chinedu Udeogu and pole vault specialist, Jonathan Paravano. Twin sprinters Tyson and Nicholson Porter take care of the short distances for the Little Hoyas, while Junda Yu and senior Travis Valmon handle the mid to long distances. Prep will be one of likely 40-plus teams at Saturday’s relays, marking yet another impressive turnout for an event Dunston has no plans to end anytime soon. “I’m 65-years-old now,” Dunston said. “I want to see this at least to 50 years. I want to make it through 50. If I get through 50 and can’t do it any longer, I want to find someone who’s willing to take it over.” agutekunst@gazette.net

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

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Members of the Georgetown Prep boys lacrosse team celebrate defeating Landon School last season, which the Little Hoyas did twice. The two schools meet for the ﬁrst time this season on Friday.

Watkins Mill moves toward step two Last season was a rebuilding year for the Watkins Mill High School boys lacrosse team, as coach David Hafer put it. The Wolverines went 5-9, struggling early but picking up their play and ﬁnishing with wins in three of their last six games. That momentum has carried over to this spring, with Watkins Mill starting the season 2-2. That has Hafer feeling good about the direction of boys lacrosse at the Montgomery Village school, he said. On offense, Watkins Mill is led by Ross Campbell, a tall rangy attack with a knack for scoring. The senior was named 3A/2A Player of the Week by the MCLCA after scoring nine goals in two games. The defense is anchored by Matt Thompson with Michael Mudsi right behind him, Hafer said. “It’s working and they see it working and they’re really super excited,” Hafer said. “... They know they’re not talented enough to beat teams like Quince Orchard and Sherwood but they think that if they keep getting better like this, they can beat someone in that order by that end of season.”

Rockville aims for winning record The Rockville High School girls lacrosse team is trying do something that its current players never have, and that’s ﬁnish above .500. The last time the Rams accomplished that feat was in 2011, when the nine seniors on the current roster were

LACROSSE NOTEBOOK BY ERIC GOLDWEIN in eighth grade and the team had a less competitive 2A/1A schedule. Rockville (3-1) isn’t as fast as it was a year ago, when center midﬁelder Samantha Bauer (class of 2014) helped lead the Rams to a 6-7 campaign. But what it lacks in speed, it’s trying to make up for in skill and ball control. Senior Kathleen McTighe has helped replace Bauer, sliding over to utility midﬁeld after playing more of a defensive role last season. She leads the team in goals, assists and forced turnovers, coach Caitlin Ulmer said. “We have high expectations,” Ulmer said. “I genuinely believe we can have a winning season.”

Springbrook not content His team is off to a 4-0 start, but Springbrook High School girls lacrosse coach Adam Bahr is far from content. The transitions are off, the offense is struggling, and when players get in front of the net, they’ve become predictable, he said. With a steady goalkeeper in Ria Peralta and a solid draw control led by center Kera Talsania, that’s been enough to help the Blue Devils outscore their opponents 32-9. “One thing I will say about our team is we work very hard,” Bahr said. But for the 4A/3A East Division champions to defend their title, Bahr said they’ll have to address some of the

Gaithersburg High baseball excels after a little homework

The Gaithersburg High School baseball team is living up to preseason expectations with a 5-0 start to the season. The Trojans haven’t gotten close to their ceiling yet, with plenty of room to improve, speciﬁcally on offense their coach Jeff Rabberman said. For that reason, he gave his team a homework assignment prior to the Wootton game on April 1. “Offensively, our approaches at the plate PREP NOTEBOOK haven’t been really good,” Rabberman said. He GAZETTE STAFF instructed the team to “come up with their approach for every count possible, and they did and sent it to me. There was a marked difference [on April 1 — a 10-0 win]. “We’re not nearly where we need to be, but I think today was a big step.” While the offense comes around, senior Nick Pantos continues to be a driving force on both sides of the ball. He is 2-0 on the mound, in two starts, and hasn’t allowed a run yet. Offensively, Pantos leads the team with seven hits. He’s hitting .467.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Quince Orchard settling into season One can field as many fake ground balls off a gym floor as she wants, there is no substitute for the unpredictable terrain of an actual softball field, Quince Orchard High School coach Colleen Kelly-Adams said. With more than half of last year’s lineup gone, there was a lot to learn early this spring but the inclement weather to start the season stunted the Cougars’ progress a bit. Nevertheless they head into spring break with a 3-3 record and look to settle into more of a rhythm upon their return, Kelly-Adams said. “It’s been an interesting first six games,” she said. “We’re very young this year. [The weather] was tough because we knew where some players would fit into the system but the newer kids we weren’t sure. They could look great here or great there but it’s actually meshing on the field. Even when we’ve been outside the weather hasn’t been great, so we haven’t been able to get into a pattern.” Quince Orchard will focus on cleaning up some defensive miscues when it returns from break, Kelly-Adams said. But there have been a lot of bright spots early. Pitchers Sydney Maxwell (1-2) and Nicole Beisner (2-1) have thrown three complete games apiece. Maxwell has struck out 28, Beisner, nine. The two are also among the Cougars’ offensive leaders. Beisner, who plays second base when she is not in the pitcher’s circle, is batting .773 with 13 runs batted in and Maxwell, who is also a first baseman, is batting .579 with 13 RBI. Sophomore catcher Morgan Kuiper is batting .600.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

issues. “We’re way behind where we wanted to be,” Bahr said.

Prep prepares for Landon showdown Georgetown Prep won both rounds of the boys lacrosse rivalry with Landon last season, beating the Bears in the regular season and then finishing them off with a 10-7 win in the Interstate Athletic Conference championship. But Friday against an undefeated Landon (11-0) team ranked second in the April 1 Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national rankings, first-year coach Charlie Horning said he knows No. 11 Prep (6-1) will have its hands full. The Little Hoyas lost nine of their 10 starters from last year’s 19-1 team, with senior midfielder Jack Olson, a Johns Hopkins recruit, as the lone returner. That inexperience has led to an up-and-down start, though Prep has lost just once, in a 9-8 overtime game against St. Paul’s in Brooklandville. The Little Hoyas won their most recent game, 8-7, over Paul VI, and will look for their second straight on Friday with faceoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at Landon in Bethesda. “The kids are ready,” Horning said. “They know it’s a Prep-Landon duel but I certainly also think that we got to play a good game.”

egoldwein@gazette.net

Rockville native Jack Conger helped the University of Texas men’s swimming and diving team to its 11th national team title but first since 2010 at the NCAA Division I championship held March 26-28 in Iowa. Conger, who set an American record in the 200-yard butterfly earlier this winter, finished runner-up in that event and the 100 butterfly at NCAAs. The sophomore swam the final leg of the national champion 400 medley relay that set NCAA and U.S. Open records with a time of 3 minutes, 1.23 seconds and was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay and fourth-place 400 freestyle relay.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

County boxers .500 at state Golden Gloves ﬁnals The Washington Golden Gloves title ﬁghts took place on April 4 at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington. In the Open Division, boxers with ties to Montgomery County went 2-2, led by Burtonsville resident, Tavon Body, who repeated as 165-pound champion. Rockville’s Saynggskhan Tashibay won the 152 title, however Germantown brothers Tommy and Bryan Avelar lost at 132 and 141. In the Novice Division, Evgueny Metchenov of Gaithersburg lost the 141-pound bout. Silver Spring’s Sipprino Zelldon won the 152 title. Winners advance to the Golden Gloves regionals scheduled for April 25 at Rosecroft Raceway.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Northwood boys lacrosse senior recognized Northwood High School’s Lewis Andrews was named the 4A/3A East Division Player of the Week in boys lacrosse by the Montgomery County Lacrosse Coaches Association. Andrews, a senior attack, recorded nine goals, three assists and 13 ground balls in two games for the Silver Spring school. Churchill’s Louis Dubick won the award in 4A/3A South, while Magruder’s Josh Ferentinos won it in 4A/3A West and Watkins Mill’s Ross Campbell won it in 3A/2A.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

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Wootton pitcher sets himself high standards Patriots senior hurler ﬁnds motivation after losing to Gaithersburg

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Tori Huster (left) practices with Washington Spirit soccer team Thursday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds.

SPIRIT OPENS SEASON Season opener: at Houston Dash, 8:30 p.m. Friday Home opener: FC Kansas City, 7 p.m. April 18 Canadian National Team midﬁelder Diana Matheson — who is recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament — for nine or more games during the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup scheduled for June 6 through July 5 in Canada. While those players are undoubtedly irreplaceable, Parsons said he is conﬁdent in the depth Washington acquired during the offseason.

Offense Creating opportunities hasn’t been an issue for the Spirit but converting them has — only three teams scored less than its 36 goals in 2014. Washington’s leading scorer from a year ago is no longer with the team; Matheson was second with eight goals. But the Spirit is not short on potential scoring options, which include returning midﬁelder Christine Nairn (six goals in 2014), Walter Johnson graduate Caroline Miller, del Rio, Estefania Banini and Tiffany Weimer, who is

Midﬁeld Lohman’s work rate, ability on the ball and in the air gave Washington headaches during its matchups with Boston a year ago, which is why Parsons said he wanted her on his squad. Fellow midﬁelder Tori Huster, who has also been important to Washington’s backline, said her arrival is also good for local fan support. Nairn proved to be a tremendous playmaker in 2014 and scored some clutch goals; feisty former Western New

Defense Given the personnel — Krieger, Dunn, Harris — Washington’s backline should’ve been among the league’s best. Instead the Spirit’s 43 goals against were third most in the league. But that’s been an area of focus during preseason, Parsons said. Alex Singer returns to the defense and Washington picked up an exciting trio — Oyster, Dydasco and Church — during the College Draft. While new to the Spirit, Johnson and Katherine Reynolds bring professional experience to the backﬁeld as well. Krieger, Dunn and Harris should bring the backline to a whole new level when available. “I think [last year’s success] definitely helps our confidence [going into the season],” Huster said. “I think it sets the bar high that we had that much of an improvement from the ﬁrst year.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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Wootton High School pitcher Matt Ainsworth warms up during Thursday’s practice.

region semifinals against the defending state champions, Northwest, to reach the 4A West region final. Last season, Ainsworth got the win against Clarksburg in the section semifinals. Following each playoff game Ainsworth pitched however, one of Wootton’s senior pitchers lost the following game — in 2013 to Churchill in the region final and in 2014 to Gaithersburg in the section finals. So in many ways, this season’s early game against Gaithersburg served as preparation for Wootton’s top senior pitcher this year, only this time, Ainsworth hopes to avoid the pitfall that so many of his predecessors faced once the playoffs came around. “A little different being the underdog,” Ainsworth said of his past playoff games. “A little bit more expectation [this season]. It’s a little bit harder, but I’m better than I was the last two years. I’ve been working hard, so no pressure. It’s just a little different.” He said the recent loss will serve as motivation for the rest of the season. “It’s about the team this year,” Ainsworth said. “It’s my senior year. I want to get these guys as far as I can, in the playoffs. Not to say I’m carrying the team. We got a lot of seniors this year. They’re all good. Been playing with some of them over four years, so it would mean a lot to me to make this final run with them.” pgrimes@gazette.net

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making her return from a torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained early in 2014. Miller, who is healthy for the ﬁrst time in two years after undergoing a series of ankle operations, is the type of player who can change a game in a split-second with her ability to score from virtually anywhere. “Already in three weeks I’ve seen [del Rio] score every type of goal you can score,” Parsons said.

York Flash midﬁelder Angela Salem and DaCosta also add a spark. Matheson’s speed, technical ability and creativity would add another dimension.

Wootton High School pitcher Matt Ainsworth jogged back and forth along the warning track, from one foul pole to the next at Gaithersburg High School. It’s a practice shared by many pitchers on every level of the sport to ﬂush the lactic acid from their arms after a game, but something was different about ‘running the poles’ for Ainsworth this time. It was the ﬁrst time since the 2013 season that he had to run following a loss. Gaithersburg defeated Ainsworth and the Patriots 10-0 on April 1. “It’s not a good feeling,” the Gettysburg College recruit said. “It’s disappointing. I don’t plan to lose again.” Last season, Ainsworth was nearly perfect, earning a 7-0 record with two saves, a 1.19 earned run average, and 40 strikeouts. In 11 total appearances, he allowed just eight earned runs all season. Ainsworth established himself as one of the best pitchers in the state and was recognized as such, being selected to the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches 2015 Preseason All-State team. “It’s a huge honor,” Ainsworth said. “It meant a lot, being mentioned with some of the best guys in the state. It was a lot of fun.” The success Ainsworth enjoyed last season wasn’t new though. He came into the year off of a solid sophomore campaign where his earned run average was just 2.47. “He hits his spots,” Wootton coach JD Marchand said of what makes Ainsworth such an effective pitcher. “He mixes really well. He’s just — very good accuracy. He hits the corners of the plate. He works the batters high and low. And just to be able to change speed. That’s his strength. He’s not going to blow the ball by anybody. He’s throwing hard… but he’s able to hit the spots that he needs to. That was the key to his success last year.” Ainsworth said he loves pitching on the big stage, and he has proved that to be true in the past. As a sophomore, Ainsworth pitched six shutout innings in the

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Washington Spirit coach Mark Parsons made quite a few changes to his roster following last summer’s run to the National Women’s Soccer League semifinals. The postseason appearance was a drastic improvement over the team’s last-place ﬁnish in the league’s 2013 inaugural season but there was a method behind the high turnover rate, Parsons said. The Spirit opens its 2015 NWSL championship campaign Friday night in Houston against a Dash team it defeated twice and tied once in three meetings a year ago. “We wanted to improve the roster and we’ve done that,” Parsons said. “We felt we had to have a better balance with regard to experienced players and young players. We needed more winners, players who have been in championship games and know what it takes to win.” It was also important these additions, which include 2000 Springbrook graduate Joanna Lohman and New York native Amanda DaCosta in the midﬁeld, defenders Estelle Johnson, Megan Oyster, Whitney Church and Caprice Dydasco and forward Laura del Rio, also bought into the high work rate and “never say die” attitude Washington prided itself on last season, Parsons said. “[That] mentality is what took us to playoffs,” Parsons said. “We were not the perfect team last year. There were times we should have lost but we tied and times we should have tied and won. We give everything, every second. We want to keep that mentality, [our] players would have died for this team.” Parsons said he also had to take into consideration the likely absence of marquee players, such as U.S. Women’s National Team defenders Ali Krieger and Crystal Dunn, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris and

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Cast members gather in preparation for the opening of Rockville Musical Theatre’s production of “Next to Normal” at the Arts Barn on Friday.

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Rockville Musical Theatre proves that musicals can be grounded in reality and address societal taboos with its production of “Next to Normal,” which opens Friday. The musical explores a family in their day-to-day lives trying to cope with the mother bipolar disorder and remaining grief from a trauma 16

years prior. “Next to Normal’s” first form developed in 1998 and, following several rounds of workshopping, debuted off-Broadway in 2008. Since then, it has gained traction in regional theaters while winning the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was a performance at the Kennedy Center that mesmerized director Shelly Horn and inspired her to submit the musical as a possibility for RMT. “I’ve been dying to do it,”

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Potomac attorney ﬁnds ‘Moments of Truth’ from his life

Neal Gillen has many stories well worth telling. In addition to eight novels, the 77-year-old Potomac attorney has written two memoirs. The most recent, “Moments of Truth,” is a collection of 114 tales about his interaction with a formidable cast of real-life characters, including wellknown politicians, underworld figures and actors. The road on which Gillen encountered a multitude of prominent individuals has been long and winding. He was the eldest of five children of parents who survived the Great Depression. His father operated heavy equipment by day and worked for the New York City subway system by night, and his mother was a hospital administrator and a Girl Scout leader. Gillen’s parents expected him to succeed. “My father wanted me to be a civil engineer. My mother pushed me into grade school a year ahead of my peers, sent me on to a tough Jesuit prep school, and I rebelled. I had a few tough years, but I turned things around on my own terms when I finally realized that if I was going to succeed, I had to knuckle down, change my ways and do the work.” As a young man, Gillen took any job he could get. “I delivered newspapers, folded newspapers in a candy store, delivered telegrams and flowers

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BOOKS BY ELLYN WEXLER in the Garment District, sold peanuts, hot dogs and soda in Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds, worked in a women’s hat factory and [in a dead-end job] for a large insurance company,” he said. At age 17, he joined the Navy, where he felt right at home in the crowded barracks that he said was not far removed from his family’s three-bedroom apartment in Queens. He served as a radio intercept operator of Russian and Chinese naval vessels in Guam and Okinawa, Japan, and a monitor of U.S. and NATO naval communications in Italy and England. After his stint in the Navy, Gillen earned degrees from

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The music of Sao Paulo

The Brasil Guitar Duo is set to perform Saturday at Westmoreland Church in Bethesda as part of the Marlow Guitar Series. Joao Luiz and Douglas Lora met as teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and have performed together ever since, mixing the music of western Europe and music of Brazil in the inimitable fashion of that part of the world, where popular guitar music and classical guitar music make a romantic connection known as “a crossover,“ and offer us a chance to simply enjoy the excitement and thrill of ﬁne music-making, drawn from the enchanting land of the Bossa Nova. Professor Larry Snitzler, head of the guitar department at George Mason University, will offer a complimentary pre-concert lecture in the lower level. There will also be a “Meet the Artists” reception following the concert. Tickets are $25 each and are available through PayPal at marlowguitar.org or by phone at 301-654-6403. Students under 18 are admitted for free when accompanied by a paid ticket. Students between the ages of 1822 are half price.

MARLOW GUITAR SERIES

The Brasil Guitar Duo will perform Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational Church as part of the Marlow Guitar Series.

Off to see the Wizard

Adventure Theatre MTC is set to take the audience on a reimagined journey through Oz in a world premiere play by Jacqueline Lawton. “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” runs through May 25 and is based on the classic American children’s book by L. Frank Baum starring Helen Hayes-nominated Paige Hernandez as Dorothy. Dorothy and Toto know so many adventures are happening everywhere other than Kansas. One day, a cyclone swoops in and takes them to the wonderful and magical Land of Oz. With her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy sets off on the adventure of a lifetime down the yellow brick road to the glittering Emerald City to meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz. Tickets to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” are $1919.50, with group and ﬁeld trip rates available and can be purchased through the box ofﬁce by calling 301-6342270 or online at adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

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Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion all take the stage at Adventure Theatre MTC for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”

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Marin Alsop will conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore for Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

Pleading the Fifth

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conductor Marin Alsop and playwrightin-residence Didi Balle join forces once again to guide audiences through Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony at the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday. If Beethoven’s Fifth is “Fate knocking at the door,” Tchaikovsky’s Fifth is “Fate trying to get out.” With a heady mix of drama, vigor and passion, the BSO will perform Tchaikovsky’s Fifth while the audience enjoys a dramatic interpretation on the stage that breaks down the musical elements that give this masterpiece its hyper-Romantic character, followed by the work in its entirety. Tickets for the show are $45-$105. For more information, visit strathmore. org, bsomusic.org, or call 301-581-5100.

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As part of the On Screen/ In Person Independent Film Series, BlackRock Center for the Arts will host a screening of two complimentary shorts by internationally-acclaimed director Paul Festa, “Tie It Into My Hand,” and “The Glitter Emergency” at 8 p.m. on Saturday Both ﬁlms are experimental in nature and follow the story of an artist who can no longer create art the way they used to due to a crippling injury. At once entertaining and deeply insightful, “Tie It Into My Hand” is an unprecedented look at the life of an artist, told entirely through interviews with pre-eminent directors, ﬁlmmakers, visual artists, writers and performers, including Alan Cumming, Barbara Hammer and Harold Bloom, among many others.

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The BlackRock Center for the Arts is hosting its final On Screen/In Person documentary of the season on Saturday. A 1920s-style screwball silent short film, “The Glitter Emergency” follows a peg-leg ballerina’s (played by Matthew Simmons) struggle to overcome her disability in pursuit of artistic fulfillment. “The Glitter Emergency” is a story of fearing the thing you want more than anything else, of running from

your desires, of fantasty and humiliation and of love, evil and seduction. Tickets to “Tie It Into My Hand,” and “The Glitter Emergency” are $5 and can be purchased in person, over the phone by calling 240-912-1058, or online at blackrockcenter. org.

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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, April 10, Laura Brown calls to the Glen Echo Open Band, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org. English Country, April 8, Rich Galloway caller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), fsgw.org. Swing and Lindy, April 11, Seth Kibel Quartet, featuring Lena Seikaly, $18, $12, 17 and younger. Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, ﬂyingfeet.org. Waltz, April 19, Addison Bleufonte with Marc Glickman (piano), Andrea Hoag (ﬁddle), David Julian Gray (clarinet), David Lopez (drums), $10, 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. Social Dancing, “Getting To Know You Singles,” April 17. Over 40 singles dance. Free salsa lesson from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Dance until midnight. $15 cash at door. Knights of Columbus, 9701 Rosensteel Ave., Silver Spring, Gettingtoknowyousingles@ gmail.com, 240-620-5564.

MUSIC Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-

258-6394.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, The Chris Grasso Trio Featuring Sharon Clark, April 8; The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Kim Wilson plus The Cathy Ponton King Band, April 9; The Chuck Brown Band, April 10; Mickey Bass and the Manhattan Burn

Unit, April 12, call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Swing Dance Party, April 10; Tie it into my Hand and The Glitter Emergency, April 11; Beijing Guitar Duo, April 12, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Greg Harrison Jazz Band, April 8; Scorpion Rose, April 10; SR3, April 11; Greg Harrison Jazz Band, April 15; V-6, April 17; Apryl Raye and the Bootleggers, April 18, call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Blackberry Smoke, April 10; Rare Essence, April 17; Wild Eyes, April 18; 420 Fest, April 20; Kind Ink, April 22; Earl Sweatshirt, April 23; Stone Temple Pilots, April 24; Testament, April 28; Sixx A.M., April 29; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Air: Marian McLaughlin, April 8; Miranda Cuckson, Violin, April 9; BSO Off the Cuff: Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony, April 10, 12; National Philharmonic: Bach’s St. John Passion, April 11; Songwriting Workshop: In the Style of Roseanne Cash, April 12; Air Workshop: Marian McLaughlin - Those Who Wish To Sing, April 15, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, “Music for All Ages: Reel Music,” featuring Rockville Concert band with John Saint Amour directing. 3 p.m., April 12. 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville. 240-314-8681

ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “The Wonder-

ful Wizard of Oz,” through May 25, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,” April 15 through May 10, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301924-3400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Jack and the Beanstalk,” through May 3; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-6345380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Next to Normal,” April 10 through April 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394, r-m-t. org. Round House Theatre, “Uncle Vanya,” April 8 through May 3, 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.

Continued from Page B-5 Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “The Language Archive,” April 10 to May 2, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage. org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, Randeall Lear, through April 12, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Jorge Bernal, Alexey Zoob and Strings and Things, through April 24, “Straight from the Heart,” by Vatsala Menon through April 26; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Rosaline (Rosie) Moore, through April 23; 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, James Vissari, through May 3; opening reception from 1-5 p.m. April 12, Westﬁeld Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Joel D’Orazio: 1992 Forward, through April 12; Shannon Collis, through April 12; Jeffery Cooper, through April 26; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, “A Quiet Suspension of Time,” through April 25; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington ArtWorks, “Hang the Lawyers,” opening reception April 10 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville. 301-654-1998, washingtonartworks. com. Washington ArtWorks presents “Hang the Lawyers”, an exhibition of artwork cre-

ated by attorneys and law students in the Washington, D.C. area. The exhibition will host its opening reception on Friday, April 10th from 6-9pm. The opening will include live music, refreshments, a silent auction, and open artists’ studios.

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

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New York University and Georgetown University Law School. He embarked upon his legal career with the American Automobile Association and went on to work as general counsel and later, executive vice president, of the American Cotton Shippers Association until retiring in 2010. Although Gillen served as the “inquiring reporter” in high school and wrote a host of “motions, briefs, memoranda, as well as weekly legislative reports, congressional testimony, speeches and magazine articles” as part of his legal work, novels and memoirs came later, in his 60s. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough suggested that he write, and a childhood friend and politician Pat Buchanan encouraged him to write about neighborhood characters from his past. “As an avid reader of at least a book a week, both ﬁction and nonﬁction, I came to the conclusion that I have stories to tell and I can do this,” he recalled. “Moments of Truth” was a result of the decade of research Gillen did for his previous memoir, “1954 Adventures in New York,” which focused on a single critical year in his

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Continued from Page B-5 she said. “A lot of musicals, they ﬁt a formula — which is great and entertaining — and this musical thinks outside the box. It’s got a lot more drama in it, it’s sad and funny, makes you think and every person who sees it can relate to it in some way, shape or form.” Due to its rising popularity, many of the actors who came in to audition were already familiar with the piece. From there, the chosen cast of six could immediately jump in and discuss the characters and the relationships between one another, as everyone already had a fairly good idea of what the show was about and what they had to offer. “I’m actually following the actors’ leads in a lot of cases,” Horn said. “These are top actors — there’s no attitude, it’s about all of us together. I’ve been giving them the tools and letting them take the lead, they are totally on target and

life. In the process of communicating with old friends and classmates, he said, “my memory was energized and brought forth numerous other stories.” Retirement has allowed Gillen more time to devote to writing; he is working on short stories as well as two novels. He also practices law part-time, including administrative law work for a commodity fund, consulting on governance issues for a trade association and pro-bono work on arbitration issues for an international organization. Gillen has a solid plan for the future. “I hope to continue living an active life as I currently do — writing, traveling, giving back to my community, staying in good health, competing in swimming and enjoying the company of my wonderful partner in life,” — his wife of 51 years, anti-trust litigator MaryMargaret Gillen. Gillen will take part in the 10th annual Kensington Day of the Book Festival, 3786 Howard Ave., Kensington, on Sunday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Moments of Truth” ($16) is available in book or eBook format at amazon.com. Visit Gillen’s blog at nealpgillenbooks.com.

doing great.” Marni Ratner Whalen, who plays the mother, Diana, has had an eye on the musical for several years, despite never having seen the production in its entirety before. The character of Diana appealed to Whalen almost immediately when she listened through a cast recording of “Next to Normal” for the ﬁrst time. “Her trajectory, her path trying to ﬁnd happiness, is what spoke to me,” she said, “her dealing with a whole bunch of people who needed her to be well.” Diana is not alone in her issues; each of the six characters are affected in their own way, from Dan and Diana’s daughter Natalie feeling ignored to Dan’s anxiety and pain, worrying about the potential for change. “There are no caricatures here, it’s not cartoony in any way,” Horn said. “These six people have dug themselves in and done so much research, taken so much time to think about the character and put themselves in that place.”

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beaut bright, cheery TH 3lvl, 3br, 2.5ba, w/2 car gar, hrdwd flrs, w/d, finsh rec rm. $2300 + utils. Avail Now. 240-426-0730

Apartments

HYATTSVL:

w/o Bsmt Apt w/Ba, priv entr, kit, LR, nr Bus & Ft Totten Metro $950 Call: 240-304-8753

GAITH: 3Br, Den, 2.5

Ba 3Lvl TH, balcony, patio, off st. parking, nice nghbrhd, near SG Metro $1650 NS/NP 301-537-5175

BETH/KEN: Bright. 1 Br, nr public trans W/D. Parking. NS/NP. avail May 1st $1275 301-520-5179 KENSINGTON:

Bsmt apt w/2 Br, priv entr & Ba, w/d, kit, nr bus, 1400sf, $1750 inc utils 301-518-2650

N.POTOMAC ROCKVILLE: 1 BR

Apt. $1150 incl utils & CATV, Free Parking Avail 06/01. NS/NP 301-424-9205

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• Domestic Cars • Motorcycles • Trucks for Sale

Condominiums For Sale

URBANA: Lrg & lux-

urious, 3Br, 2.5Ba, many options, 2 lvl, 3000sf, assumable VA loan, 3.3% 30 yr fix Call: 301-758-8001

Commercial Property

GAITHERSBURG:

1500sq ft warehouse space. Ideal for storage or small business Includes office, shelving, loading dock, parking. $1600 per month. 431 East Diamond Ave. 301-9427160/240-447-0630

• Homes for Sale • Condos for Rent • Shared Housing

Shared Housing

G A I T H : 1Br w/pvt

GERM: BR w/shared ba in TH. Male only $375 + 1/4 utils NS/NP nr bus & shops Avail Now 202-629-7385

ROCKVILLE: Large Newly Remodeled rm in SFH Nr Metro & Shpng $575/mo utils incl 240-444-7986

GLENNDALE:

SILVER SPRING :

Unfurnished Apartments Prince George’s County

bath shr kitchen $650 util catv incl N/S, nr Mall, Metro, Bus Avail now! 301-963-4050 GAITHERSBURG: 1BD, 1BA in 2BD, 2BA apt. $675 cable & utils incl. Near MVA. 240938-3123

Furnished room, shared BA & kitchen. $450 includes utils. 301-464-0154

GAITHERSBURG:

LEISURE WORLD:

1BD in TH, prof, nr bus $650 + 1/4 util & SD Avail immed 30144 0- 4 27 7 /3 0 1- 4 40 4189

1BR, 1BA in 2BR Condo. shrd LR, kit, DR, W/D. $725 incl utils. Must be at least 50 yrs old. 443-687-3881

GAITHERSBURG: M O N T . V I L L A G E :

1Br in bsmnt, full Ba, $495 util inc, nr bus & shops 240-848-4483 or 301-977-6069

GAITHERSBURG:

3BR 2 BA, Fully Furnished walking distance library near bus & metro $1995 Avail Now! Call 240-6438842

Shared Housing

Antique/Collectibles/ Flea Markets

2 Rooms Nr Metro, Bus, Shops, Incl utils, laundry, phone, cable. Call 703-994-3501

SILVER

SPRING

Funished BD in basement. Separate entrance $450, Male. util incl. 240-676-0621

SILVER

SPRING-

Lrg room in bsmnt, $495, shrd kit, Ba & utils, nr Forest Glenn Metro 301-404-2681

SS/ASPEN

HILL:

bsmt pvt entr, ba kit, w/d & fpl in TH. $1100 all utils incl. Call 301580-7814

1 Br nr Metro/Shops MONT VILLAGE: No Pets, No Smoking Fem to share TH $385 Avail Now. Call: w/other Fem, priv Ba, SS/COLESVILLE: 301-219-1066 NS/NP $625 + utils BR w/priv Ba, Lrg GAITH/MONT VILL. Call: 240-338-5080 SFH, NS/NP, $750 inc Condominiums Master Bedroom For Rent MONT. VILL: MBR in utils/int, nr ICC, 495 & $600/mo Avail now TH, prvt BA Nr Metro! Deposit ReASPEN HILL: Long Ns/Np Nr Bus Shops shpng, on bus line. quired! 301-861-9981 Call 240-426-5651 $650 utils incl + Sec SS/LAYHILL MBr in Meade Condo 2br, 2ba, fp, w/d. $1,395+ GE RMA NT OWN : Dep. 301-820-0765 TH w/priv Ba Female utils. Call 301-996- 1Br for 1 person w/priv M.VILLAGE: Male, only nr Bus/Shops. 9375 Ba, shrd LR & kit, Bsmt w/BA $920. 1BR $675 utils incl + SD B E T H E S D A : 2Br, NS/NP nr buses, $750 share BA, $620. incls Call: 703-914-5555 1Ba, walk to Mont Mall + utils 443-974-0463 utils & cable N/P, N/S Vacation Property & trans hub, $1550 mo 301-208-9364 for Sale GE RMA NT OWN : incl gas/water, NP/NS Lrg Br $550, Sm Br RIVERDALE: Furn Call: 240-357-0122 $450 utils incl shrd Ba 1Br, share Ba in 2br OCEAN CITY, B E T H : Nr Montg. for both, nr bus & Apt $500/mo internet MARYLAND. Best Mall. 2brs 1ba, $1675; shops, Call: 301-920- nr Metro, Bus, Shop- selection of affordable front patio/back balc, 4988 ping Ctr 301-254-2965 rentals. wet bar, parking, W/D. Full/ partial weeks. - ROCKVILLE: 1Br Call for FREE broGERMANTOWN Call 240-506-9469 Lrg Furn Rm in bsmt, share bath in SFH. chure. Open daily. CABIN JOHN- 1 bd N/S N/P, nr bus, quiet Male $500 utils cable Holiday Resort Servcondo close to DC & area $550/month utils incl. Near Metro/ Bus ices. 1-800-638-2102. VA near C&O canal incld 301-601-9639 NS/NP 240-483-9184 Online reservations: and bike path $1500 ASPEN HILL: 1Br G E R M A N T O W N www.holidayoc.com Call 301-299-8024 w/BA, shared kit & liv- Mature Male, Furn Vacation Property ing rm , NS/NP, BRs. Util incl. Near 61 for Rent GAITHERSBURG: $600/mo + sec dep & 98 Bus Line. Sarah 2Br, 2Ba, Top floor, req call 301-962-5778 240-671-3783 MYRTLE BEACH: New Carpet & appl Condo 3br 2ba, Nr NIST. $1450 incl Sleeps 8. Free Golf, utils 240-888-4033 Wifi, HDTV, Tennis & GE RMA NT OWN : Amenities. $895/per 2BR, 2BA remodeled. week. 301-977-4227 Near bus, shops & 355. $1390 incl water. 240-888-0592

Yard/Garage Sale Montgomery County

GE RMA NT OWN :

3BR, 2BA, pkg, 3rd lvl. Near 270/shops Fully reno,Pool $1,700+utils 240-899-1694

BLACK MEMORABILIA SHOW

April 11 & 12, 2015

Sat, 10am-7pm Sun, 10am-5pm MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS 16 Chestnut St., Gaithersburg, MD 20877

* PURCHASE BLACK MEMORABILIA, FINE ART AND CRAFTS FROM MANY VENDORS * VIEW EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS INCLUDING SLAVERY ARTIFACTS, BUFFALO SOLDIERS, MARCUS GARVEY, MALCOLM X, BLACK PANTHER PARTY, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER AND MORE. * OBTAIN AUTOGRAPHS FROM NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS AND TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.

Admission: $7 , Students Free .00

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Yard/Garage Sale Montgomery County

KINGSVIEW VILLAGE

HUGE COMMUNITY YARD SALE! GERMANTOWN

Saturday, 4/11, 9am-1pm

Download a community map and list of participating homes at www.kevingrolig.com/kingsview-village or pick up a flyer this Saturday at the Community Center, 13901 Coachmans Circle. Visible from corner of Rt 118 & Richter Farm Rd. BETHESDA: Huge

Auctions Sale Sat. April 11th & Sun. April 12, 10-5pm. Tools, clamps, drillbits, skillsaw, tablesaw, lawnmower, hoses, AUCTION - Granite shelf units and more! Manufacturer Secured 6600 Tulip Hill Terrace Creditor - (2) 2010 Park Industries Fusion 4200 Jetsaws, CNC Routers, Machine Centers, 60+ Vehicles & More! Bid 4/9 - 4/17, to advertise Silver Spring, MD. call Motleys, 804-2323 3 0 0 x . 4 , 301.670.7100 www.motleys.com/ind or email ustrial, MD # SH-15class@gazette.net 0048

Yard/Garage Sale Montgomery County

Saturday, April 18th 8am-12pm (setup 7am) Richard Montgomery High School 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockville, MD Vendors reserve space and table $20. 240-314-8780

1BA in 2BD, 2BA apt. NS. $750 util incl. Off Belpre Rd. Avail now! Call: 301-642-5803

Apartments

ROCKVILLE

SSTREAMSIDE TREAMSIDE A APARTMENTS PA R T M E N T S

Antique/Collectibles/ Flea Markets

SPRING OUTDOOR COMMUNITY YARD SALE

ASPEN HILL: 1BD,

GAITHERSBURG

• Career Training • Full Time Employment • Part Time Employment

City of Rockville Dept of R&P

Shared Housing

Apartments

Call 301-670-7100 or email class@gazette.net

DON’T WAIT APPLY TODAY!

Apartments

Auctions

ESTATE AUCTION:

818+/- Acre Bath Alum Estate located in Bath County, VA. 8 Residences, 3 Hangars, 3525’ x 50’ Paved Air Strip, 5 Acre Pond, Adjoins George Washington National Forest, Cave, Enclosed 16’x 40’ heated pool, 32 Parcels Available. Auction held at The Homestead Resort on April 17 at 3 PM. 5% Buyer’s Premium. For more information, visit woltz.com or call David Boush. Woltz & Associates, Inc. (VA# 321) Real Estate Brokers & Auctioneers 800-551-3588.

AUCTION

RV’s, Campers, Motorcycles, ATV’s, Boats, Accepting Quality Consignments Daily April 17 @ 1 PM, Richmond, VA. Motleys Asset Disposition Group, 804-2323 3 0 0 x . 4 , www.motleys.com/ind ustrial, VAAL #16.

Moving/ Estate Sales

COMPLETE CONTENTS OF HOUSE & GARAGE: Sat 9-

4pm 500 Stone House Ln., Sil Spring 20905

Auctions

HUNT AUCTION

Sunday, April 12th, 10AM At Hunts Place

19521 Woodfield Road (Rt 124) Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Furniture-Art-Jewelry-Iron Trivits

301-948-3937 - Open 9:00 AM

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY REVENUE AUTHORITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EXPERIENCE with NANNY

April 28, 2015 - 11 a.m. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on April 28, 2015 by the Montgomery County Revenue Authority (the "Authority") at 11 a.m. Eastern Time in the Montgomery County Executive Office Building, Suite 410, located at 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850, to permit any person to appear and testify concerning the proposed issuance and sale by the Authority of its Montgomery County Revenue Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A (the "Bonds"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $32,000,000. The proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned by the Authority to Montgomery College Foundation, Inc. (the "Borrower"), a Maryland non-stock corporation and a taxexempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, to be used by the Borrower to (i) refund all or a portion of the outstanding Montgomery County Revenue Authority Transportation Fund Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, which bonds financed or refinanced the acquisition, design, construction and equipping of an approximate 160,000 gross square foot parking garage and related improvements on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus of The Board of Community College Trustees for Montgomery County, Maryland (the "College") located at 930 King Street, Silver Spring, Maryland (the "2008 Project"), (ii) finance a portion of the acquisition, design, construction and equipping of an approximate 310,000 gross square foot parking garage and related improvements on the Rockville Campus of the College located at 900 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland (the "2015 Project" and together with the 2008 Project, the "Projects"); (iii) pay a portion of the cost of interest on the Bonds during the construction of the 2015 Project, and (iv) pay the costs of issuing the Bonds. The Borrower owns the 2008 Project and will own the 2015 Project or will have an ownership interests in the 2015 Project. The Borrower leases the 2008 Project and will lease the 2015 Project to the College for use in its operation as an institution of higher education. The Borrower will be responsible for all costs associated with the Bonds, including principal, interest and the costs of issuing the Bonds. The Authority is not responsible for any of these costs. Neither the Bonds nor the interest thereon shall ever constitute an indebtedness or charge against the general credit or taxing power of the Authority or Montgomery County, Maryland within the meaning of any constitutional or charter provision or statutory limitation, and neither shall give rise to any pecuniary liability of the Authority or Montgomery County. This notice is given pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any person interested in the proposed issuance of the Bonds or the location or nature of the Projects may appear at the hearing and testify or present written comments concerning the Projects and the proposed issuance of the Bonds. Any written statement submitted prior to the hearing should be sent to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority at the address of the hearing specified above. If persons with disabilities need any services or aids to participate in this activity, please call the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority at 301-762-9080. MONTGOMERY COUNTY REVENUE AUTHORITY Dated: April 8, 2015

(4-8-15) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Needwood Road Bike Path (CIP #501304)

Pursuant to Section 49-53 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) as amended, a public hearing will be held before the Director of Transportation (or his designee) at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in the first floor auditorium of the Executive Office Building at 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850 to consider a proposal for construction of a shared use path on the south side of Needwood Road from Deer Lake Road to Muncaster Mill Road (MD 115), a distance of approximately 1.7 miles in Derwood located within the 9th Election District. Project files are available for examination in the offices of the Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Engineering (DTE), 4th Floor, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The phone number is 240-777-7220. Written comments for consideration by the Public Hearing Officer may be submitted to Bruce E. Johnston, Chief, Division of Transportation Engineering, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878. Interpreter services will be provided for the deaf or hearing impaired and Spanish-speaking citizens upon request. DEPT: DOT/Division of Transportation Engineering FULL MAIL ADDRESS: 100 Edison Park Drive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878; PHONE NUMBER: 240-777-7223. (4-1, 4-8-15) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Snouffer School Road North Improvements (CIP #501119) Pursuant to Section 49-53 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) as amended, a public hearing will be held before the Director of the Department of Transportation (or his designee) at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, 2015, in the lobby level auditorium of the Executive Office Building at 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850 to consider a proposal to improve Snouffer School Road located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Specific Improvements include widening and resurfacing of the roadway between Centerway Road and Turkey Thickett Drive and new signals at Alliston Hollow Way and Turkey Thickett Drive. Provide grading for two northbound lanes, resurfacing two southbound lanes from Turkey Thickett Drive to Alliston Hollow Way. Project files are available for examination in the offices of the Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Engineering (DTE), 4th Floor, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The phone number is 240-777-7220. Written comments for consideration by the Public Hearing Officer may be submitted to Bruce E. Johnston, Chief, Division of Transportation Engineering, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878. Interpreter services will be provided for the deaf or hearing impaired and Spanish-speaking citizens upon request. DEPT: DOT/Division of Transportation Engineering FULL MAIL ADDRESS: 100 Edison Park Drive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878; PHONE NUMBER: 240-777-7210. (4-1, 4-8-15) Miscellaneous Services

Miscellaneous Services

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Breast Foundation education, prevention, & support programs. FAST FREE PICKUP 24 HR RESPONSE TAX DEDUCTION 888-444-7514

Career Education

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINING PROG R A M ! Train to process insurance and Medical Billing Raymond Maule & Son offers STRAIGHT from home! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDor Curved ACORN ED! Online training Stairlifts; Call Angel & at CTI gets you job Kathy TODAY 888HS 353-8878; Also availa- ready! Diploma/Ged & ble Exterior Porchlifts; Computer/Internet Avoid Unsightly Long needed. 1-877-649Ramps; Save 2671 $200.00.

NEED INTERIOR/EXTERI OR STAIRLIFTS!

Licensed Daycare

Musical Instruments

Music Instruction

FOR SALE: W h o

PIANO LESSONS

else wants a Vintage collectable Harp?, Have you ever thought about playing the harp? Or maybe you have thought about a nice decoration to add to your home for show? My harp is sure to win your attention! I am selling my harp, because it used to belong to my mother who passed away years ago, and now its just sitting in my house with no one playing it. I need to sell the harp, so i can get money to pay for school. And I dont have alot of other options for raising money.Its comes with a cover and pick I am willing to negotiate on the price., 3500

Play & Have Fun! All Ages Welome Mary Jo Assuncao

301-916-1553 Domestic Help Wanted

ESTATE CARETAKER NEEDED: Driving, cleaning errands & light gardening, must have own car & Drivers Lic 240-499-6013

HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED: Potomac,

MD., FT or PT, flexible hours. English speaking, car pref. Cleaning, laundry, light cooking. Pls send resume: ndawson10@gmail.co m; call/leave message: 301-928-1484

Licensed Daycare

Daycare Directory Lic#: 31453 Lic#: 152997 Lic#: 159882 Lic#: 250177 Lic#: 59113 Lic#: 250362 Lic#: 150265

301-253-6864 301-926-6062 301-674-4173 240-408-6532 301-540-8819 240-418-4464 301-330-8440

DEADLINE: MAY 4th, 2015

20872 20879 20855 20876 20874 20878 20879

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Children’s Center Of Damascus GG’s Little Angel Daycare Starburst Child Care Learn And Play Daycare Luz Day Care Magnet Montessori Daycare Zulma Day Care

excellent references looking for PT or FT position. Fluent in Eng. Ask for Judy 301980-0516

Full Time Help Wanted

Net Supp Engr II

Analyze, test, troubleshoot, network systems, incl LAN, WAN, Internet. Configure, install equip, security/access settings. Min Reqs Master’s degree/foreign equiv Comp Engg or other Engg field (Telecomms, Electronics, EE) + 6 mos work exper. Full Time, M-F. MAIL to TB, SrMgr/Network Svs, Host Int’l, Inc., 6905 Rockledge Dr, Bethesda MD 20817. AA/EOE M/F/D/V. No Calls. Full Time Help Wanted

Full Time Help Wanted

AR Lab Technician

Wholesale Optical Company in Silver Spring is looking for a quick learner. Duties include running & maintaining coating machine in a fast paced environment. We are seeling reliable, dependable people. No experience necessary, we will train. Mon-Fri Noon-8:30pm. Contact Bill White at 301-585-9060 for an interview.

Full Time Help Wanted

Recruiting is now Simple! Get Connected

Full Time Help Wanted

Dental

F/T FRONT DESK

in modern Gaithersburg office. Dental Experience and/or knowledge or Dentrix software a plus. Please email resumes to Lakeforestdental@gmail.com or fax to (301)330-9734

CARPENTER APPRENTICESHIP

Applications for Carpenter, Millwright, and Pile Driver apprenticeships will be accepted by Mid-Atlantic Carpenters’ Training Centers on the following dates: April 20 - May 15, 2015. Applications will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. only. The test date is Thursday, May 21, 2015. A non-refundable $20 administrative processing fee is required. Money orders only. Anyone interested should call 301-736-1696 for further details. EOE

Farm Equipment Operator

Full Time Sod Production Position. Operate and maintain forklifts, tractors, etc. Benefits include Bonus and Retirement Programs. Health Insurance available. Summit Hall Turf Farm 21300 River Rd Poolesville, MD 301-948-2900

CONSTRUCTION

Prominent Gaithersburg commercial drywall installer in need of full time HELPERS, MECHANICS, FINISHERS and LABORERS. Must have tools, stilts and transportation. Requires an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Please email us if interested at admin@seldemo.com OR call 240-631-2415.

ELECTRICIAN

Stationary Engineer: Mon-Fri, day work. State facility in Rockville seeks stationary engineer with 4 years experience tending oil fired boilers. Knowledge of general facility maintenance helpful. We offer generous paid leave and Md. State benefits. Salary pursuant to experience. Mail Resume to the John L. Gildner RICA, Human Resources, 15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850 / or / can be faxed to 301-251-6815; or e-mail to demetra.swarr@maryland.gov EOE

Housekeeping

The Hampton Inn & Suites Gaithersburg is now hiring for the housekeeping department. Please apply within - 960 N Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 2087

Dental/ Medical Assistant Trainees Needed Now Dental/Medical Offices now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-888-818-7802 CTO SCHEV

Carpenter (Entry Level)

We are a small design/build firm specializing in detailed upscale residential remodeling projects throughout MD, DC, VA. We are looking to add an entry level apprentice carpenter to assist our master carpenters. If you have a desire to pursue a career in the skilled trades, this might be a great opportunity for you. Candidates must possess the following; • Ability to take and follow direction • Willingness to learn • Strong work ethic Competitive wages & benefits offered. Interested applicants should email resume and references to: Loretta@pagenstechergroup.com

Pagenstecher GROUP

DESIGN BUILD www.pagenstechergroup.com

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General Warehouse

DRIVER Driver needed for J&J. Must have experience. Trash Company, CDL Class B License Required. Vaca, Health and dental ins & pay DOE.

800-465-2350

In Gaithersburg, filling orders, loading truck and delivery, M-F 8-5pm must be able to handle medium to heavy products, speak and understand English and have a current and clean driver’s license. To apply, pls

call Bill 8:30-11am, M-F at 301 417-1300

Maintenance & Engineering Department Suburban Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine has several vacancies in the Maintenance and Engineering Dept.This is a busy area that is responsible for the smooth operations of the facility, where patient’s needs are our number 1 priority. Electrician II - Position is responsible for the installation, inspection, maintenance and repairs of all electrical system, apparatus and electrical and electronic components of industrial machinery and equipment. Requirements: Must have a Journeyman’s licensure. 5 years experience in the construction, installation, and maintenance of electrical facilities is required.

HVAC Mechanic: Positon is responsible for all functions required in keeping with

safe hospital and industrial standards and practices. 3-5 years HVAC/R experience is required. Hospital experience is a plus. Knowledge of D.D.C controls and HVAC applications is necessary. Universal CFC certification is required

Stationary Engineer: Position operates and maintains stationary engines and mechanical equipment such as central plant refrigeration, steam boilers, air conditions systems, equipment and allied facilities Requirements: one year experience in preventive maintenance is required, hospital experience is a plus. First Class Engineer’s license is required. High School diploma or trade school education is required. Painter: Position will be responsible for maintaining and preserving all interior and exterior painted or similarly finished surfaces of buildings. Requirements: Must have at least 5 years" experience in construction, industrial or commercial painting, including building maintenance services. Education: High School Diploma or GED

Visit us online, find your desired position and apply at www.suburbanhospital.org

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Full Time Help Wanted

Landscaping/Lawn Mowing Forepersons and Crewmembers. No experience required. $400-$800/week. Drivers license required. Fill out applications between 8am-12noon at 401 Southlawn Lane Rockville, MD 20850 Real Estate

Full Time Help Wanted

Medical Assistant

Needed for our Montgomery county practice. FT/Benefits offered. Please fax resume to 301-947-2811 or email to cardiacresumes@aol.com MEDICAL

Silver Spring

Work with the BEST!

Be trained individually by one of the area’s top offices & one of the area’s best salesman with over 34 years. New & experienced salespeople welcomed.

Must R.S.V.P.

LPN/RN

For busy pediatric practice in Montgomery County. Pediatric experience preferred. Fax resume to 301.933.5087 or Email alynei23@yahoo.com Attn: Geri

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Call Bill Hennessy

3 301-388-2626 01-388-2626

bill.hennessy@longfoster.com • Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. EOE

Medical Records Specialist

Responsible for maintenance of medical records. Duties include scanning patient info into an electronic medical record, filing patient info, and preparing charts for visits. Position also requires cross-training for part time front office duties. Exp in medical office work and electronic medical records preferred. Fax resume to: 301-540-0865.

TIRE CHANGER

FT, For Crawford Tire in Bethesda, Maryland. Job duties include mounting and balancing of new tires, tire repair and oil changes. Must have valid drivers license and be able to work Saturdays and until 7pm during the week. Benefit package available. Call Ed @ 301-654-8555

Full Time Help Wanted

PARTS DRIVER

Must be at least 21 yrs old & possess a clean driving record. We perform background checks. Please call Brady at Harvey W Hottel, Inc.

301-921-9599 Part Time Help Wanted

Part Time Help Wanted

Activitiy Assistant Part time.

Live in Caregivers

Part time. Tues, Wed & Thurs Apply at: porterhouseofcare.com

Religious School Admin

Some of the respons. include: present at least 1hr before Religious School & after school hrs. Religious school is Sun 9:30am-Noon & Tues 6:30pm8pm, Sept-May, managing schedules & regular communication, ensuring classes have sufficient materials, supporting teachers & organizing school events, etc Send resume to: orchadashadmin@gmail.com.

WAREHOUSE HELP Seeking highly motivated and hardworking team player for lumber yard. Mon-Sat. Will train. Apply in person at Fisher Lumber, 525 E Gude Dr, Rockville, MD.

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2007 Dodge Magnum Wagon. V568165B, Red,136,258 Miles................$8,891

2014 Golf 4Dr...............................VP0129, White,18,424 Miles.................$18,741

2010 Golf TDI.............................V002217A, Silver,97,688 Miles........$12,322

2012 GLI Autobaun.....................V558039A, White,40,126 Miles.............$19,991

2014 Ford Focus.......................PR0124, Red, 34,432 Miles.............$13,393

2013 Jetta Sportwagen TDI.....V606905A,Gray,34,916 Miles..........$20,551

2012 Jetta Sedan.......................V304285A, Gray,18,289 Miles...............$13,491

2013 GTI Wolfsburg..................V058760A, Black, 12,059 Miles.......$20,793

2012 Jetta SEL PREM PZEV.......VLP0123, Grey, 55,979 Miles...............$13,755

2014 GTI Wolfsburg..................V039591A, Black, 7,854 Miles.............$20,994

2012 Jetta Sedan SE.................V283821A, White,35,610 Miles.............$14,991

2013 Passat TDI SE....................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles...............$21,991

2012 Hyundai Sonata Ltd........VP0127, White, 58,071 Miles...........$15,992

2015 Passat 1.8T Se.................V504978A, Fortana Red, 1651Miles.$24,563

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2014 Toyota RAV4 AWD...........V822918A,White,4,106 Miles..........$25,491

2014 Nissan Altima..................PR0125, Grey, 25,866 Miles.............$15,893

2012 Mercedes E350 AWD........V061959A, Silver, 46,366 Miles.......$28,872

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