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For the final week of Brown Station Elementary School’s math awareness month, students hopped and side-stepped through life-size math mazes set up on the floor of the cafeteria. Tamara Hewlett, the math content coach at the Gaithersburg elementary
school, worked with different teachers and grade levels to put together a month of math activities culminating in a final spirit week with themed dress-up days and the strategic thinking mazes. Throughout April, parents were invited into the school to learn different ways to help their children with their math work and students were presented with mystery math problems for each grade level. “[We gave them] challenging math problems that would require them to stretch their thinking,” Hewlett said. Hewlett found the mazes online and
she and another teacher taped them on the cafeteria floor. One of the mazes required students to get from an entrance to the exit by only turning right. The other two mazes had students landing on different numbered squares and hopping that amount from square to square with one maze requiring them to land directly on the center and the other requiring them to get from entrance to exit. “It’s good to see the kids really stopping and taking a second to look at the strategy
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Book festival turns eye to the margins Annual Gaithersburg event brings diversity to the forefront
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At the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 16, attendees will be able to get a taste of diversity through panel discus-
sions and stories in a variety of languages. “We almost never start off with a theme. Usually what happens is we go through our author recruitment process and our programming themes and at the end of that we see where we are,” said Gaithersburg mayor and book festival founder Jud Ashman. Ashman explained that as book festival organizers were
looking over the authors they had and the books that were being featured they noticed the overlying theme. Ashman said he reached out to Ellen Oh of Bethesda, who is the founder of We Need Diverse Books and the author of the “Prophecy” series, to host a panel. Oh, who had participated in the festival in the past, explained that she’s been an advocate for diverse books for a very long time.
Oh explained that the organization started a hashtag campaign with “#WeNeedDiverseBooks,” inviting people to tell their stories through social media with pictures and Tweets. “It wasn’t just about race, it was about LGBTQIA, it’s about disabilities, it’s about religious minorities, it’s about anyone
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Motorcycle club hosts fundraiser for vets By land in Gaithersburg, by water in Laytonsville
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On Saturday afternoon, Heroes on the Water embarked on their first kayak fishing trip of the season in Laytonsville while the Free Riders Independent Motorcycle Club Mother Chapter revved their engines in Gaithersburg to raise money for the organization. Wayne Aubertin, a volunteer with Heroes on the Water (HOW) Maryland Chap-
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ter, explained that the event was the first of their monthly trips that run from May through November each year. “Basically what we do is take veterans and first responders suffering from mental and physical injuries kayak fishing as a way to recuperate and reconnect at no cost to them,” Aubertin said. This weekend’s fishing trip occurred at a private pond in Laytonsville, but HOW also hosts trips on the Potomac River, at Black Hill Regional Park and the Chesapeake Bay along with some of its tributaries. Aubertin explained that HOW welcomes retired service members as well
as those still on active duty. There is no required membership to participate in HOW trips, but Aubertin said many of the veterans come back each month to attend. Aubertin and other leaders of the chapter attend military fairs and events they know veterans will be attending to spread the word. They also use their Facebook page. “There’s a physical benefit to kayaking and there’s also stress release,” Aubertin said. “I love kayak fishing, everybody who does it loves it. The mental aspect of just being out there and drifting along, it’s great.”
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Scott Murphy, principal of Watkins Mill High School, announced last week via Twitter that he would leave his position as principal at the end of the school year to serve as the new director of secondary curriculum and districtwide programs in Montgomery County Public Schools. “I’ll be responsible for the teaching and learning in all of our middle and high schools. Rewriting and developing curriculum, intervention programs ...,” Murphy said. Murphy became principal at Watkins Mill in 2010 after five years as principal at Farquhar Middle School in Olney and five years as assistant principal at various Montgomery County schools prior to that. Murphy was a teacher before moving on to administration. “In a lot of ways being a high school principal is the best job in the world,” he said, adding that he has become close with his staff and his students. “It’s all about the people.” In Murphy’s letter to students, he explained how difficult his decision to leave was,
which he reiterated in a phone interview on Thursday, adding that the best part of his day is interacting with students and “feeling that I can make a difference.” “I was really excited about the opportunity to have a wider influence on the school,” Murphy said about applying for the new position. Murphy said he will be able to bring “school perspective” into his new role because of his 20 years within schools. “I’m really passionate about the changes that are before us in education and what we need kids to be able to do in the 21st century,” Murphy said, explaining that being able to prepare students for college and their careers on a wider scale is part of that. According to Murphy, graduation rates at Watkins Mill have gone up in the past few years since he became principal. Watkins Mill also began offering the International Baccalaureate Career-related Certificate and IB Middle Years Programme, which he says complements the IB Diploma Program that already was in place. “Strengthening the IB program and expanding opportunities for students to access the most advanced curriculum in the world, making sure students
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County elects student school board member Bethesda-Chevy Chase sophomore motivated to serve, empower peers
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In a nail-biter election, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s Eric Guerci secured enough votes to become the next student at Montgomery County’s school board table. Guerci, a sophomore at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was elected by his fellow students to become the 38th student member of the board, or SMOB. The victory, he said, left him “shocked” and “honored.” “I really couldn’t believe it at first, but it’s starting to hit me now,” he said Thursday, the day after the election. Guerci garnered 33,046 votes, or 52 percent. The other contender — Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgom-
ery High School in Rockville — had 30,679 votes, or 48 percent. Guerci will take office in July, Guerci replacing current student board member Dahlia Huh of Clarksburg High School, who is graduating. The voter pool included Montgomery County Public Schools students from middle schools, high schools, alternative programs, Rock Terrace School and the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents. Of the school district’s roughly 78,800 eligible student voters, about 64,300 cast votes, including some ballots that were blank, according to the school system’s website.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 19th Annual Caregivers Conference: Rethinking Responses to Poverty — From Symptoms to Solutions, 8 a.m. to 2:30
p.m., B’nai Israel Congregation, 6301 Montrose Road, Rockville. 301-315-1105 or admincces@iworksmc.org.
THURSDAY, MAY 7 “Peter Pan Jr.” the musical, 7 to 9
p.m., Lakelands Park Middle School, 1200 Main St., Gaithersburg. Also 7 p.m. May 8 and 2 p.m. May 9. $10 general admission at the door, $5 for children and students, free for children younger than 3. 301-6701400 or Miriam_A_Bowden@mcpsmd.org. Remembering Mom and Dad, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. A workshop for adults who have lost a parent or parents. Free. 301-921-4400 or ltebelman@montgomeryhospice.org.
FRIDAY, MAY 8 Movie: “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine,” 7 p.m., Rockville United Church,
355 Linthicum St., Rockville. An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, a gay young man murdered in a hate crime in Wyoming. 301-424-6733 or janine.rauscher@ verizon.net. $5 suggested donation. Successful Container Gardening, 7:30 to 9 p.m., St. Rose of Lima, 11701 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Free seedlings. 301869-6417 or pmcuff@aol.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 Community Spring Fling and Flea Mar-
ket, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kensington Baptist
Church, 10100 Connecticut Ave., Kensington. Plant a flower, make a card for Mother’s Day. Painting, balloon animals, moon bounce, giant slide, magic show, health screening, music by The Lovejoy Group. $15 for flea market spaces. 301-942-4400 or digeorge53@aol.com. PAWS to Read, 11 a.m. to noon, Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville. Pets on Wheels helps promote children’s reading and to relieve anxiety when learning to read. Natty, Reco, and Kirby will listen to kids read to them. Free. 240-773-9410 or jennifer.smith@montgomerycountymd.gov. Kentlands Home & Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Kentlands community is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Other events include a vendor fair, boutique sales, Plein Air Artists and live music.
Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. 240-988-1094 or KatyThoms@ comcast.net. Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle, Norfolk and Auburn avenues, Bethesda. Also, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 10. More than 120 contemporary artists, live entertainment, children’s activities, local restaurants. 301-215-6660 or lfoit@bethesda.org. American Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Chinese Culture & Community Service Center Inc., 9366 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg. Double red-cell donations accepted. leslie.su@ccacc-dc.org or 800-733-2767 for an appointment. Conflux concert, Indian, Jazz and Classical Improvisation, 7 p.m., The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. A common language of improvisation blurs the boundaries between Indian music, jazz, and contemporary classical music. 301897-5100 or plysek@levinemusic.org. $15 online, $20 at the door. Renaissance to Rock and Roll, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. The Washington Symphonic Brass will showcase the versatility of brass. $25 general admission; free for children younger than 16. 866-962-7277 or info@wsbrass.com. Rockville Science Center 2.0: Imagine Our Future, 9 to 11 a.m., Rockville Senior
Center, 1150 Carnation Drive, Rockville. Brainstorming session for new facility. Coffee, donuts. 240-386-8111 or RSC2.0@ rockvillesciencecenter.org. Mom Appreciation Day, noon to 3 p.m., Lakeforest Mall, 701 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg. Photo booth, crafts for kids, balloon twister, retailer samples and a $250 gift card giveaway. Free. sdavis@ streetmac.net. St. George’s Day Picnic, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church, 10660 River Road, Potomac. Serbian food, entertainment, live music and dancing, bounce houses, games for kids, crafts, bookstore and boutique. mark@rasevic.com. Hometowne USA Barbershop Chorus, 7 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. “A Dream Realized,” annual show with several singing groups. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Children 10 and younger admitted free. 301-422-8648. Spring Fiesta/Latin Dance Party, 6 to 10:30 p.m., River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road, Bethesda. Buffet dinner, piñata breaking for kids, live music by the Music Magic
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Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg. An afternoon of Indian music, colorful dances and crafts, and a Penny Theatre puppet show, “Sam Who Never Forgets.” Register online for 1 or 2 p.m. show at www.montgomerycountymd. gov/library. Free. Trio. Adults $35, children $15, families and patrons $100. Children 12 and younger admitted free. Proceeds support El Salvador University Scholarship Fund. Contact www.rruuc.org.
SUNDAY, MAY 10 Run Aware 5K, 8 a.m., Cabin John Regional Park, 7400 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda. A cross-country challenge along hills and streams for all senses. 5K race starts at 8 a.m., followed by Junior Participation 1K five minutes later. Free for members. $5 for non-members younger than 18. $10 for non-members older than 18. 240-328-3283 or runaware@mcrrc.org. English Country Dancing, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Spanish Ballroom Annex, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo. No partner required. $10. 703-992-0752 or michael@michaelbarraclough.com. Female Singer-Songwriter Showcase, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Tree of Life Cafe, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive. Folk, pop, Indie, blues, jazz, Americana, country. $15 suggested donation. www.uucr.org/tree-lifecafe or jrodgers@uucr.org.
MONDAY, MAY 11 Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group, 6 to 7 p.m., Brightview Fallsgrove
Assisted Living, 9200 Darnestown Road, Rockville. Refreshments provided. 240314-7194 or wpapuchis@bvsl.net. Hip & Knee Pain Seminar, 5 to 7 p.m., Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg. Dr. Gautam Siram, an orthopaedic surgeon, will talk about joint pain, nonsurgical treatments and replacement procedures. Free. 301-318-0764.
TUESDAY, MAY 12 Support for Child Witnesses, 5:30 to
7:45 p.m., The Universities at Shady Grove, Building II, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville. Free forum for caring adults to understand the effects of domestic abuse on children. Register at www.mcfjcfoundation.org. 202294-7503 or klwsmith@gmail.com.
FREE ENERGY SAVINGS AGREEMENT Harvey W. Hottel, Inc. in Gaithersburg, MD is celebrating 70 years of excellent service to the community. We are currently offer a FREE one year Maintenance Agreement (Energy Savings Agreement) to the first 40 people that call, sign up and schedule a checkup. This is a $175 value (typical: heat pump & air handler). Our Energy Savings Agreement includes a 20 point spring and fall checkup, 15% off repairs as well as other discounts & benefits. Harvey W. Hottel, Inc. offers a full line of residential A/C and Heating services. Call today to sign up for your free Energy Savings Agreement, 301-921-9599. Offer only valid to first time residential customers. One system per customer and/or household. Customer must be the homeowner. Address must be in our service area. 1931131
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CORRECTIONS • An April 29 sports story, “Diabetes doesn’t slow player,” included incorrect information. When a diabetic’s meter shows glucose levels are getting too high, the person takes a dose of insulin. • An April 29 story on a proposed county pesticide ban incorrectly quoted an opinion by Assistant Attorney General Kathryn M. Rowe. Rowe wrote that a court “could conclude” that the bill would interfere with state law.
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Boy Scout Troop 1760 in Gaithersburg honored four scouts who earned the rank of Eagle Scout on Saturday at the First Church of Gaithersburg. Garrett Scott Adams, Hunter David Bunai, Leonard Liu and Stephen Newman Palmer have received the Eagle Scout rank for their Boy Scout honors, meritorious badges, and planning, developing and providing leadership in a service project that benefited their community. Adams is a senior at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg and was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout on Jan. 23 after earning 29 merit badges and completing his service project which involved him designing and building signs for Button Farm Living History Center in Germantown. Bunai is also a senior at Quince Orchard and received his rank on Oct. 24, 2014, after earning 26 merit badges and completing his service project restoring a boardwalk at Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg. Liu is a junior at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac and was awarded rank of Eagle Scout on April 24 with 26 merit badges and also worked on his service project at Button Farm building signs and laying mulch and grass around them. Palmer is a senior at Quince Orchard and was awarded his rank on Sept. 26, 2014, with 26 merit badges and after completing a service project at Seneca Creek where he helped construct a path to the peony garden that was also handicap accessible.
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A third-grade class at Goshen Elementary School
on Warfield Road in Gaithersburg was displaced on Monday as the result of a fire on Sunday on the outside of a portable classroom. The fire burned the deck, handrail and wooden ramp, tweeted Pete Piringer, spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire Department. Students had not returned to the portable classroom as of Tuesday afternoon, said Dana Tofig,
spokesman for Montgomery County Public Schools, in an email. “The walkway has been repaired, but we need to wait for a window to be replaced on the portable,” Tofig said in the email. “Once that is done, the students will be brought back in.”
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Armed robbery • 18243 Lost Knife Circle at 12:15 a.m. April 18. Two victims were approached and assaulted with baseball bats by four subjects. Property taken. • 374 North Summit Ave. at 2:17 a.m. April 19. The victim was approached and assaulted by four male subjects. Nothing taken. Strong-arm robbery • Area of the parking garage at 200 Boardwalk Place, at 10:24 a.m. April 17. Juvenile victim was approached by four male subjects. The victim was assaulted and property taken. One of four subjects was later identified. Commercial burglary • Citgo, 409 East Diamond Ave., at 2:30 a.m. April 18. Forced entry, took nothing. Indecent exposure • Parking lot of Giant Food Store, 20044 Goshen Road, at 4:19 p.m. April 15. The victim was sitting in her vehicle when the suspect pulled up next to her, motioned for her to look and exposed himself. Residential burglary • 9000 block of Willow Creek Drive, at 8 p.m. April 20. Forced entry, took nothing.
Civil War event postponed, will be rescheduled Heritage Montgomery is not holding a Civil War event on May 16, as it had originally planned. The event, called “Coming Home to Montgomery County: Civil War 1865,” was going to be held at 13025 Riley’s Lock Road in Poolesville, along the C&O Canal National Historical Park. However, because of an oversight, two different events had permits for Riley’s Lock on May 16. Heritage Montgomery said in a press release that it plans to reschedule the Civil War event for the fall. — GAZETTE STAFF
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(Above) Artist Tim Giles, of Dumfries, talks about his paintings that were on display at the craft fair at Plum Gar Rec Center in Germantown on Saturday. (Top) Ranjana Mundra, of Clarksburg, does henna art on Christelle Zane, 17 of Clarksburg. (Right) Tamara Kotey, of Upper Marlboro, arranges the hand-made West African accessories that she sold in her booth. More than 20 vendors set up outside the center, where community members could see the offerings, talk with the artists and purchase their work. Proceeds from the sale of arts and crafts will be used to provide activities at the center, said center director Trevor Samuels. “This was a little larger than last year,” Samuels said. He added that he hopes the event will continue to grow and more residents will visit and see the art for sale.
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Soil committee seeking volunteer to fill vacancy The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for a vacancy on a Montgomery County board. The term of Wade Butler on the Montgomery Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors expired this year. A new five-year term would run through March 1, 2020. A supervisor must live in the county, be interested in proper land use and conservation, and be able to attend monthly meetings. Nominations can be sent using a form at mda.maryland.gov, by clicking on “Conservation,” then “Committees,” then “Nomination Form for Soil Conservation District Supervisors.” Forms also are available at the Montgomery Soil Conservation District office, Ag Activity Center, 18410 Muncaster Road, Derwood, or by calling 301-590-2855. The deadline to apply is May 15.
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Pete Cahall, the former principal at Washington’s Wilson High School who left abruptly in December, will lead Montgomery County’s Thomas Edison High School of Technology. The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously on April 27 to appoint Cahall as principal of the county’s only stand-alone career and technical school.
“They welcomed me with open arms,” Cahall said on April 28. “Montgomery County feels like home to me.” The former D.C. principal made national headlines last year when he came out as gay to his students during a public Pride Day event. In December, he announced that his contract would not be renewed for next school year because of test-score performance at the Northwest Washington school. Cahall intended to work through the end of his contract, but families received a letter from Chancellor Kaya Henderson during winter break that he had resigned effective immediately. His departure sparked mixed emotions. He was popular with many parents
and students, who credit him with creating an orderly environment throughout a major renovation and despite serious crowding at the school, but the Washington Teachers’ Union reported frustration and dissatisfaction among many Wilson teachers. Cahall, who lives in Gaithersburg, worked in Montgomery County before he came to the District. He was principal of Rocky Hill Middle School and Watkins Mill High School before working in the central office for a year as director of school performance. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee hired Cahall in 2008 to lead the city’s largest high school. “I am pleased he’s coming back,”
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Local musicians hope to use the power of music to fight hunger in Montgomery County during a concert Sunday in Bethesda. Music for Food will host a 2 p.m. benefit concert at Christ Lutheran Church, 8011 Old Georgetown Road, to raise money for Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg. Music for Food is a Boston organization that hosts concerts to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief nationwide. Sunday’s performance will feature viola soloists Wenting Kang and Ayane Kozasa. Manna board member Carla Krivak is also expected to give remarks. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $25 for adults, and $10 for students and children. Rob Cinnante, general manager of Music for Food, said all proceeds will go to Manna Food Center. “We’ve already raised a few hundred dollars,” Cinnante said. Ann Franke, formerly of Bethesda and a cellist who helped organize the
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event, said the musicians would match the amount raised at the show. Franke is not affiliated with Music for Food, but she worked with a musician and Music for Food board member, Willem Von Eeghen, who lives in Washington, D.C., to bring the concert to Bethesda. “There is a good bit of food insecurity in Montgomery County,” Franke said. “Manna does a great job in collecting food and putting it in the hands of people who need it.” Manna distributes 16,000 pounds of food daily to local families and schoolchildren. Mark Foraker, the nonprofit’s director of development, said about 80 percent of Manna’s funding comes in the form of community donations, which is why it was critical for Manna to connect with organizations such as Music for Food. “We really like to be at that center of ending hunger in the county,” Foraker said. “So when we see other groups also working to end hunger, we try to partner with them as much as possible, working toward that common goal.” Though Music for Food is in Boston, the organization always partners with a local food pantry or hunger relief organization wherever it hosts shows, according to Cinnante. Similar concerts have been held in
Chicago and Los Angeles. Cinnante said the Bethesda performance will be the first time the Music for Food has coordinated a concert in the Washington, D.C., region. On Sunday, Kang and Kozasa will perform with a string chamber ensemble of about 15 musicians, according to Franke. Music for Food founder Kim Kashkashian, a Grammy Award-winning violist, will host the concert but will not be a featured soloist, Franke said. The program includes Hindemith’s “Trauermusik,” Bach’s 6th Brandenburg Concerto and Handel’s “Concerto Grosso.” Cinnante said musicians who perform at Music for Food concerts volunteer their talents. No one is paid to perform. Most of the musicians at the Bethesda concert are like Franke — skilled hobbyists with a passion for music. “I play music for my own pleasure,” said Franke, a lawyer who was introduced to the cello as a schoolgirl in Bethesda. “Charitable giving is a very big part of my life. This is an opportunity to make a direct connection with important group in the community that’s serving a vital purpose.”
said Mike Durso, a member of the Montgomery County Board of Education who was a principal at Wilson in the 1980s. “I think he will be able to do a lot of good things at Edison.” Cahall will arrive at Edison during a pivotal time. The school is embarking on a renovation and the county is working to rethink and expand the role that career training plays in Maryland’s largest school system. Edison serves about 500 students, but it has the capacity for many more. Students divide their time between their home schools, where they take core academic classes, and the career academy. His start date is scheduled for July
InBrief Quality Biological receives grant from county Gaithersburg-based Quality Biological received a $50,000 grant from Montgomery County Department of Economic Development through their Economic Development Fund, according to a release. The company, which manufactures biological research tools for the biotech industry, plans to use the grant to upgrade and modernize equipment needed to meet requirements from its local and regional customers as well as add ten new jobs as part of the expansion. According to the release, the company was founded in 1983 and its current CEO is Angela Graham. Its products range from bacteriological plates and cell culture media to many other solutions for use in labs or in the commercial process. Graham is one of 20 local business executives selected to participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2015 Emerging Leaders executive training program held at the Department of Economic Development offices.
1, but he plans to “dig in” immediately and begin thinking about ways to increase the school’s enrollment and plan for the future, he said. “We are taking a hard look at programming and making sure we are thinking ahead by 10 or 20 years,” he said. Kim Bayliss, the president of the Parent Teacher Student Organization at Wilson, said she was glad to hear about his new job. “It sounds like it’s perfect for him,” she said. “There’s a lot of continuing care and respect and admiration for him at Wilson.” michael.chandler@washpost.com
Book festival to benefit local students The Gaithersburg Book Festival is partnering with Gaithersburg Elementary School, Politics and Prose and Hand and Stone Massage to collect books to benefit local children at the festival on May 16, according to a release. A list of requested books will be on display in the Politics and Prose tent at the book festival and attendees are encouraged to purchase books onsite and then donate them to the Gaithersburg community. According to the release, some titles recommended are “Sheep Go to Sleep” by Nancy Shaw, “Swing Sisters” by Karen Deans and “Astronaut Academy” by Dave Roman, and many more. Those who donate will receive a coupon for free aromatherapy on a massage or $10 off a facial at Kentlands Hand and Stone Massage. According to the release, Hand and Stone will also hold a drawing giving donors the chance to win a free facial or massage. The books donated will be given to Stephanie Brant, principal of Gaithersburg Elementary, who will deliver them to local students.
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Court finds county stormwater permit inadequate n
Special Appeals orders state to revise requirements BY
KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER
Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that Montgomery County’s stormwater permit needs revision, sending it back to the state. In an April 2 opinion by Judge Douglas R.M. Nazarian, the court agreed with the Montgomery County Circuit Court that the permit must be revised by the Maryland Department of the Environment, the defendant. However, the court also said the county and the state “had the law right.” The court ruled that the permit falls short not for failing to hold the county and state to water quality standards, but because it did not allow appropriate public notice and comment and it lacks details of the county’s obligations. The case was filed by Anacostia Riverkeeper, Potomac Riverkeeper Network, Friends of the Earth and Waterkeeper Alliance. Jennifer Chavez, an attorney with Earthjustice, represented the petitioners.
Earthjustice is an organization that takes on cases involving health, wildlife, clean energy and climate change, according to its website. Chavez said the case was one of about nine in Maryland challenging stormwater permits of various counties, and the first decided by an appellate court. A similar case involving the counties of Howard, Baltimore and Anne Arundel is pending before the same court, she said. Chavez said the goal was ensuring that the Department of the Environment issues clear and forceful permits. In 2013, the county circuit court found the permit did not clearly state what the county would do, how it would do it, what standards it would use and how the state would measure compliance. Among the permit requirements, the county was to use best management practices to restore 20 percent of impervious surfaces. The lower court took issue with that requirement, finding it too general in many ways. “It does not explain what the permittee is to do or how its performance will be measured,” the lower court said.
The appellate court agreed. “Without measurable commitments, anything could be deemed ‘in compliance’ with the Permit,” Nazarian wrote. Walter Wilson, an associate county attorney for Montgomery County, said the court was most concerned with whether the permit allowed for meaningful public participation, a point on which the county disagreed with the court. The appellate court concluded “that this Permit effectively cuts off public commentary on important components by glossing important requirements and deadlines and incorporating outside sources in a manner that leaves the Permit’s operative terms too difficult to find and know.” Even though the state gives the public opportunity to comment on the permit, “it’s sort of an empty gesture,” Chavez said. Without knowing what the state specifically required of the county, there was not enough information for the public to comment, Chavez said. “The other problem is that without knowing what the county is supposed to do, there is no way to know if the permit is requiring the kind of pollution reduction needed,” she said. Montgomery County did signifi-
cant public outreach to implement the permit, said Steven Shofar, chief of the Watershed Management Division of Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection. Shofar said the county spent about $50 million in the permit’s five-year cycle on stormwater projects to meet permit requirements. The county held public meetings as it determined how to implement the permit, and even more interaction with the public and watershed groups as it worked on each project, Shofar said. The court’s other main concern was the lack of detail in the permit. Nazarian said in his opinion that when pressed, the county’s attorney could not tell the court the status of the permit’s progress, a fact that “highlights the toothlessness of the Permit’s terms and the difficulty for anyone to know (or ask) whether the County is complying with them.” Wilson said the permit used language like “best management practices” and “maximum extent practicable” — terms in the Clean Water Act, the federal law authorizing the permit. Yet, the ruling made clear the permit should not just require best management practices, but detail what those
are, what is practicable, what will be done and what benchmarks the county must meet. “If the permit is just repeating the language in the law without specifying what that means for these systems, then the permit really doesn’t mean anything,” Chavez said. Maryland has about a month to appeal the decision, she said. Jay Apperson, a Department of the Environment spokesman, wrote in an email response to an interview request that “MDE is reviewing the ruling and considering its options.” He did not comment further. Chavez said everyone’s best interest would be served by the state taking the court’s direction and focusing on improving the permit to make it more specific, enforceable and transparent, rather than continuing the case in court. For plaintiffs in other cases challenging stormwater permits across the state, the decision appears to be a precedent in their favor. Chavez said that, unless overturned, the decision on Montgomery County’s permit governs the other cases because the legal principles would apply. kalexander@gazette.net
Clarksburg says there’s no time to waste on sewage solution n
Ten Mile Creek plan sends options down the drain
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PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER
Much of the planned development in the Clarksburg area of Upper Montgomery County is stopped up because of sewers, where to put them, which way they should flow and what kind to use. Representatives from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and the Citizens Advisory Council met Thursday at the Upcounty Regional Services Center in Germantown to discuss new proposals for a working infrastructure plan. At the center of the discussion about what would work best for the area is the Ten Mile Creek Limited Master Plan, adopted to limit the effects of development on the water quality of the creek. Ten Mile Creek is the most pristine waterway in Montgomery County, according to Cathy Wiss, water quality program coordinator for the Audubon Naturalist Society, who has been monitoring the creek since 1997. It flows into Little Seneca Lake, which is the principal emergency water supply for the Washington, D.C., region. On the other end, the Ten Mile Creek watershed includes the area around the Clarksburg Historic District. Delays in sewer construction mean delays in construction of the planned Clarksburg Town Center, said Bette Buffington, a business owner in the Historic District. Both women are members of the Citizens Advisory Committee, which has been meeting monthly since February to help work out a solution acceptable to environmentally concerned county residents and those who feel business concerns should be equally important in the future of Clarksburg. “Somehow we were supposed to get sewer in the Historic District in 2014,” Buffington said. “But the friends of Ten Mile Creek, the Audubon Society and the Montgomery Countryside Alliance get it restricted. They don’t want any central sewer system.” Not true, said Anne James, a board member of Friends of Little Seneca Reservoir and Ten Mile Creek. “The idea is to keep the sewers out of the creek, to try to provide sanitary systems that would pump sewage out of the Ten Mile Creek basin.” Both women are members of the CAC along with nine other volunteer members, representing different interests concerning Clarksburg development. Thursday’s meeting, presided over by Kenneth Dixon, planning unit coordinator for the WSSC sewer planning unit, continued the discussion of WSSC sewer plan proposals. After offering five plans to the CAC since the first of the year, two were eliminated and two others introduced. The pro-
posal to use grinder — or pressure — sewers was discussed at the meeting. Mark Wehland of Freemire Associates, which installs and services pressure systems, and Thomas Leedy, a member of the Montgomery Countryside
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“[They are] a sewer collection system consisting of individual grinder pumps,” Wehland said. Their use, he said, is primarily in environmentally sensitive areas. There are approximately
1,300 grinder systems in use in Montgomery County, according to the WSSC website. The charge of the CAC is to “provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and perspectives on sewer infrastructure alternatives ... and to assist
WSSC in preparing a Ten Mile Creek Sewer Plan,” according to the WSSC website. The April meeting proved there are a number of differing ideas to discuss. pmcewan@gazette.net
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Community members oppose Tilden, Rock Terrace pairing plan n
School system has proposed having students from two schools share a campus BY
LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER
Frustrated community members say they feel shut out of a project process for the possible pairing of Tilden Middle School and Rock Terrace School. Not only have their voices been missing, but the project plan is flawed, they told the Montgomery County school board April 27. Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers recently proposed housing about 1,200 Tilden students with about 100 from Rock Terrace on the same North Bethesda site on Tilden Lane. The county school board is expected to vote on the plan May 12. Rock Terrace serves students with significant cognitive disabilities and is currently housed in an aging building from 1950. Aiming to provide Rock Terrace with a better facility, the district identified Tilden’s upcoming construction project as a good opportunity to pair the
special education school with a general education school. The combination of schools could mean a state contribution toward the project. Many speakers said the district had not given the community a fair chance to comment on the idea. The process has been “undeniably unfair and undemocratic,” said Christopher Koegel, whose two children would attend the facility. “Please slow this down,” Koegel said. “It will result in a better ending, so that everybody is buying into this.” Rebecca Rudich, who said she lives in the Luxmanor neighborhood and has two children, urged the school board to “take more time and get the right answers for the schools and the community.” The process to pair the schools, she said, “has been fast-tracked and buried from community notice.” School board member Jill OrtmanFouse asked district staff if the communication process for the project was different than in the past. The district used the same process it has used before at the current project phase, said Deborah Szyfer, a senior planner in the district’s Division of Long-range Planning. A “frequently asked questions”
packet at the hearing noted that roundtable discussion meetings held on the possible pairing were open to the public. The district also held two public information meetings. At the second meeting, attendees could provide input on a form. Rudich questioned why the roundtable discussion group did not include representatives from the community and from the elementary school level. Szyfer previously said the group included people who could talk about how the plan might affect the two school’s programs. The FAQ packet said that, consistent with district policy, members included staff and parent representatives from the two schools. Some speakers said the site was not a good one and suggested looking at other sites. Some of the criticisms about the site under consideration was that it is too small to accommodate both schools, bus and car traffic would clog neighborhood roads, and the community would lose green space. Rachel Manchester told board members that the residential area already has a few schools. Adding the shared facility, with Tilden’s enrollment expected to grow, would build on existing traffic, she said.
Tilden, currently on Old Georgetown Road, is slated for a revitalization and expansion project at the new site. District officials see Tilden’s central location in the county, access to major roads and experience with special education programs as a good fit for the pairing. James Song, the director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management, said the roughly 20-acre site is “quite larger” than the typical middle school. Green space still would be available for community use, he said. Szyfer said the district expects the facility would need about 32 buses, a few more than were used at the site when it twice served as a holding school. The community would have another chance to provide input during the feasibility study phase, the next step should the board approve the plan, Song said. Some speakers shared concerns tied to older students at Rock Terrace, which serves students from ages 12 to 21. It is divided, by age, into middle school, high school and upper school. The district should pair Tilden Middle School students with peers of the same age at Rock Terrace, said Douglas Verner, who has two students in the Walter Johnson cluster.
He questioned, however, why Rock Terrace’s older students would attend the shared facility with Tilden, when the district plans to offer opportunities for them to work with students in their age range at Walter Johnson High School. Parent Ray Krouse pointed to Rock Terrace’s percentage of high school and upper school students who would be too old to work with Tilden’s younger kids. Based on Rock Terrace’s current enrollment, about 62 students — or roughly 76 percent of the student body — would be too old to interact with Tilden students. Andrea Karp said her son, a Rock Terrace middle school student, would benefit from the shared facility. He isn’t “scary” or “dangerous,” she said, “just different.” While Rock Terrace has older students, she said, they are not like “typically developing” students. Szyfer previously said the district could design a building that will separate Tilden and Rock Terrace students. School officials have said Rock Terrace’s upper school students spend a portion of their day at a job in the community. lpowers@gazette.net
Clarksburg man has the right touch with niche rose care business Former pastor goes from growing churches to nurturing roses n
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PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER
David Kinderdine believes there are many factors leading to success in business and he is enjoying the fruits of one of them.
“My idea about business is, find a niche, become an expert in it and learn how to market it effectively,” he said. Kinderdine is owner and chief plant tender for Velvet Touch Rose Care, based on his 5-acre home site in Clarksburg. “Our focus is I’ll help a client pick out an area [for roses],” Kinderdine said. “I’m not an architectural designer [but] I’ll work with
other landscape companies.” He also helps clients select the variety or varieties of roses they want planted, orders them and gets to work planting them. But that is not the end of the business, its really the beginning. “The unique thing is I service them,” Kinderdine said. “I visit their garden every 10 days.” At Velvet Touch Rose Care, Kinderdine said they fertilize,
spray, prune and winterize their clients’ rose bushes. “Everything roses need,” he said. Kinderdine started the company in 2003, following a 35-year career as an associate pastor with the Baptist Church. He and his wife, Vicki, always loved roses, he said. Raising them was a hobby. So when it came time to change careers, at age 51, Kinderdine began Velvet Touch, basing it on a North Carolina company Vicki worked with when he was a pastor there. He said that in starting the company he used many of the techniques he used as a pastor building up church congregations.
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nine months of the year. “There isn’t much to do in December, January and February,” he said. But, he added, if they do their job right, clients will have roses blooming from May to November. While building up his business, Kinderdine said he has learned a lot about roses and the insects that attack them and occasionally get calls for help from public gardens and even universities. “One of the fun things is I’ve become somewhat of an expert in entomology,” he said. “[I know] insects that will attack roses, the same with fungus.” His biggest wrestling match is with spider mites, he said. They are active in late summer when it is hot and dry and will suck the juice out of roses, leaving them to die. Kinderdine said the cost of his service is per bush, though he did not give the price. He said he makes good money. “I’m blessed,” he said. “Wealthy is a relative term.” pmcewan@gazette.net
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Council committee recommends lower MCPS operating, capital budgets Neither possible spending plan matches school board’s request
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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER
The Montgomery County Council Education Committee has recommended operating and capital budgets for Montgomery County Public Schools below what the county school board had requested. For the school system’s fiscal 2016 operating budget, the committee recommended a budget plan that sits about $39.7 million under the board’s proposal of $2.39 billion dollars. Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers said after the committee’s April 29 meeting that his decision to withhold allocating about 400 positions for the next school year could become permanent if the district needs to reconcile the roughly $40 million gap. Bowers withheld the positions in March to address uncertain funding with the idea that all or some of the positions
might be allocated later. About 250 teaching positions could be reduced, about 150 of which would affect class sizes. The district could receive about $17.5 million in Geographic Cost of Education Index funding from the state, a decision that sits with Gov. Larry Hogan (R). The index provides additional money to school systems where the cost of education is higher. “We’re still hopeful that that $17 million’s going to come through and that will help us to be able to restore some of those positions,” Bowers said. Even if the district gets the GCEI money, it would still need to address a “problematic” funding gap in the scenario the Education Committee approved, school board President Patricia O’Neill said after the meeting. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett had proposed $2.31 billion for the school system’s next operating budget, an amount that meets the minimum funding level required by the state’s maintenance of effort law. The law forces counties to provide at
least as much funding per student as the previous year. The school board asked for $84.7 million above maintenance of effort, according to school system spokesman Dana Tofig. Incorporating proposals from Leggett and the school board to pull money from various sources, the budget plan the Education Committee recommended still leaves a gap. The budget would pull about $33.2 million from the district’s fund balance. Another $27.2 million would come from the Consolidated Other Post Employment Benefits Trust to pay some of the school system’s retiree health costs. The district also would reduce a contribution to its pension plan by $10 million and use the money elsewhere. On the capital budget side, the Education Committee endorsed a plan the school system created that sits about $210 million below what the school board requested in November for its fiscal 201520 Capital Improvements Program. The board asked for an amended capital program totaling $1.75 billion. Its
request was $223.3 million higher than the previously approved program of $1.53 billion. Leggett recommended approving the amended program. His recommendation, however, hinged on the success of a state bill that would have directed more school construction money to the county. The bill died in the recent Maryland General Assembly session. Leggett’s recommendation assumed $213.3 million in new state dollars, according to an April 27 Education Committee memo. The $210 million reduction the Education Committee approved, therefore, does not quite fill the $213.3 million funding gap. The school system could make “minor technical adjustments” to reduce the program by the additional $3 million, O’Neill wrote in an April 15 letter to Council President George Leventhal. The state has directed about $27.6 million of school construction funding to Montgomery County for fiscal 2016. The Maryland Board of Public Works could send more money the county’s way from a remaining unallocated pool of about
$28 million. The county also would benefit from legislation that awaits the governor’s signature and would create a $20 million capital grant fund for school systems with high enrollment growth or portable classrooms. The district is expecting about $5.9 million from that fund for construction in fiscal 2016, generating a total of $33.5 million from the state. Bowers said on April 29 that he thinks the state will provide more than the $40 million assumed in the school district’s fiscal 2016 capital budget. That added money could help fill funding gaps, he said. The $210 million reduction was made by nixing some project accelerations the school board proposed. The school system would get about $2.5 million more in fiscal 2016 for its Planned Lifecycle Asset Replacement program under the committee’s recommended budget. These projects include HVAC systems, roofs and emergency generators. lpowers@gazette.net
Gutierrez, Jawando newest candidates in District 8 n
Four Democrats now competing to succeed Van Hollen BY
KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER
Maryland Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez and attorney Will Jawando are the latest candidates to join the race for Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. Competition for the seat heated up in March when incumbent U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (D) of Kensington kicked off a campaign for U.S. Senate. Van Hollen decided to run when Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D) of Baltimore announced she would not seek another term. Gutierrez and Jawando join Del. Kumar Barve (D-Dist. 17) of Gaithersburg and Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Dist. 20) of Takoma Park in the race. Gutierrez noted that this is the first time in years there has been an open race for Congress in the 8th District. After more than 25 years in public service, Gutierrez (D-Dist. 18) of Chevy Chase said, she feels her service to date has prepared her for this moment. “It’s been something I feel I’ve been training and preparing for all my life,” she said. A retired engineer, Gutierrez, 73, has
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served in Maryland’s House of Delegates since 2003. She served on the Montgomery County Board of Education from 1990 to 1998. She also worked in the federal government under President Bill Clinton, she said. Gutierrez Born in El Salvador, Gutierrez was the first Latina ever elected in Maryland and the first Salvadoran-American elected in the U.S. when she was elected to the board of education, according to a campaign news release. Jawando Jawando (D) worked on Capitol Hill, in the White House and for the Department of Education. He said he brings the most federal policy experience to the race. He also is the first candidate in the race who has not held public office. But Jawando, an attorney with The Raben Group in Washington, D.C., who lives in Silver Spring, is no stranger to campaigns. He ran in 2014 for Maryland House of Delegate in District 20 but lost in a primary. After the election, he started a nonprofit
called Our Voices Matter aimed at increasing civic engagement in underserved communities. As a candidate, Jawando said, he visited many communities and spoke to voters who felt like their voices didn’t matter. At 32 years old, he is the youngest in the race. As a millennial, he said understands the “squeeze” generation taking care of young children and parents at the same time and working off student-loan debt. Gutierrez said she looks at the race as a chance to make progress on issues such as education, wages, jobs, inequality and immigration. “Baltimore has put a mirror in front of our faces that we can no longer look the other way,” she said, referencing the recent death of Freddie Gray and the protests in Baltimore. “There are very serious societal discrepancies and inequalities that need our attention.” Jawando said his key issue is best described as inclusive prosperity — ensuring that everyone has a chance to rise and do well. “It’s one of the reasons I became a lawyer, to advocate for people who don’t have a fair shot,” he said. Now, he said, is the time to address issues like criminal and social justice and the achievement gap that can prevent everyone from having that chance. kalexander@gazette.net
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Rockville eyes body cameras for cops Expert: Devices come with benefits and challenges n
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RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER
Rockville police officers could get body cameras in the next few years, a move the city’s police chief says will help them in their day-to-day duties and in dealing with the public. In today’s world, anything can be caught on camera, said Rockville Police Chief Terry Treschuk. “And frankly, that’s OK,” Treschuk said. “That’s OK with us.” The issue of police body cameras has gained prominence after several high-profile incidents of black men and teens killed by police, some of which were captured on video. In Baltimore, protests and riots followed the death of 25-yearold Freddie Gray, who was arrested on April 12 and died a week later after suffering injuries to his spine. Part of Gray’s arrest was caught on video by bystanders. Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called for police to use body cameras, during a speech on criminal justice reform at New York’s Columbia University. “We should make sure every police department in the country has body cameras to record interactions between officers on patrol and suspects,” Clinton said. The Justice Department announced plans last week to provide about $20 million for a pilot program to provide cameras to dozens of police departments,
including small, local ones. An additional $1 million will be used for the Bureau of Justice Statistics to study the effects the cameras have. During its session that ended in April, Maryland’s General Assembly passed a bill requiring the state’s Police Training Commission to create a policy for officers using body cameras. The legislation also called for creating a commission to study the issue of police using body cameras and to make recommendations to the General Assembly by Oct. 1. The law, which expires June 1, 2016, does not require police departments to use the cameras. Several police departments in Montgomery County have already either considered or are trying out body cameras. According to information from the state’s Department of Legislative Services, 19 Maryland police departments use body cameras, including those in Laurel, Hyattsville and Upper Marlboro. Takoma Park is testing five devices in the field and is moving cautiously pending the new state commission’s report, said Police Chief Alan Goldberg. Rockville’s budget tentatively provides $40,000 in both fiscal 2017 and 2018 for body cameras. The department is conducting a testing and evaluation process now to look at several types of cameras, Treschuk said. Treschuk said he wants the cameras for the same reason the department added dashboard cameras for police cruisers: He believes they help officers and are effective in capturing interactions between police and the public. But just giving body cameras to officers is only part of implementing the practice.
Policies are needed on issues such as when they’re turned on and off. Or, if an officer is in someone’s house and a resident asks that the camera be turned off, should the officer comply?, he said. There’s a responsibility to make sure that officers and the public know the rules for using cameras, Treschuk said. Body cameras can be very helpful in documenting police conduct and capturing interactions with people, said James Grimmelmann, who teaches technology law at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. But police officers are also involved in many sensitive situations such as domestic violence calls, and cameras could make people more reluctant to open up and share valuable information with police, Grimmelmann said. He warned that making footage available to the public could also reveal the identity of confidential informants or otherwise jeopardize investigations. Videos released through public information requests or other means could also create a stigma for people who are approached by police despite having done nothing wrong, he said. The Seattle Police Department has set up a YouTube channel featuring dashboard and body camera footage with people’s faces blurred and audio removed, according to the technology website Ars Technica. Because Maryland law prohibitstheaudiorecordingofcommunications unless everyone in the conversation is notified, the new legislation establishes when an officer may record a conversation and when officers must no-
tify people they’re being recorded by a body camera. The Baltimore City Council voted in December to require cameras for all officers, but the bill was vetoed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Instead, the mayor set up a task force to look at issues such as cost and privacy concerns. The city’s police commissioner has called for a limited pilot program. In October, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department started a pilot program with 165 officers wearing different types of cameras and providing feedback. Police in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Cleveland are also looking into cameras to varying degrees. Departments that decide to use body cameras need to think ahead when writing their policies to address the issues most likely to come up, Grimmelmann said. But they’ll also need to appreciate that the cameras raise difficult questions. A policy should specify when officers will use their cameras and when they won’t, he said. Giving officers unfettered discretion over when to turn their cameras on and off would largely defeat the purpose, he said. Grimmelmann said using the cameras will require financial investments to store video and ensure it’s secure; to hire technicians for ongoing maintenance; to buy software upgrades; and to meet other technical challenges. “It’s an ongoing [information technology] commitment,” Grimmelmann said. rmarshall@gazette.net
Vance, former MCPS superintendent, dies at 83 Remembered for kindness, passion for education n
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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER
Paul L. Vance, a former superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, died Saturday, leaving behind admirers who remembered his kindness, thoughtfulness and passion for education. “He was a true champion for education who mentored, taught, cultivated and led hundreds of individuals — of all backgrounds — towards a path of education,” a family statement said. Vance, who was 83, led the county school district from 1991 to 1999 after serving in other school system roles. He was the district’s only black superintendent. He also was superintendent in District of Columbia Public Schools and deputy superintendent for Baltimore City Public Schools. In Philadelphia, his native city, he was a principal and a social studies/science specialist. His education experience also included service on the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. A statement from his family
says he won numerous awards from business and education groups. Vance was married to his wife Vance Sandra for 42 years and had three children, the statement says. “After two years of many different battles he went quietly from labor to reward on Saturday, May 2, 2015,” the family statement said. Vance died from complications from a stroke, according to Erica Jefferson, a family spokeswoman. Longtime friend Larry Gibson said he met Vance in the early 1970s when Vance became deputy superintendent in Baltimore City and Gibson sat on the district’s school board. They often played tennis, said Gibson, a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Vance’s impressive knowledge of education history helped him put things in perspective, Gibson said. “I was just fascinated with how he could move between, from one school system to the other, seamlessly, where these
systems were so different,” Gibson said. Montgomery County school board member Judith Docca recalled when she was a human relations specialist in the school district and Vance, then her supervisor, encouraged her when she felt overwhelmed by her workload. “He wasn’t letting me off the hook, but he did it in a nice way,” she said. As superintendent, Docca said, Vance worked hard to make sure the district provided the right education and opportunities to all students. Docca also knew Vance when he was president of the Montgomery County chapter of the NAACP. Docca, an executive committee member, said Vance “wanted to unify” the organization and brought his education knowledge to the position. Board President Patricia O’Neill met Vance when she was a leader in the county PTA. In a meeting about a controversial topic, Vance was “very thoughtful, very kind” and listened to her and others. “Now, as a school board member, I totally appreciate the fact of how he dealt with community members in difficult situations,” she said. As superintendent, Vance faced changing demographics,
growing enrollment and tough fiscal times, O’Neill said. He was “a very kind, intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate educator,” she said. State Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez was on the Montgomery County school board when Vance was selected as superintendent. She described him as “a true gentleman, a lovely man, and an excellent leader for the times.” Vance provided stability, ensured the district made progress and had a strong presence in the community, said Gutierrez (DDist. 18) of Chevy Chase. “Education has lost a real champion, a trailblazer,” Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said in a statement Monday. Leggett was on the County Council’s Education Committee when Vance was superintendent. Michael Durso, now school board vice president, said he was the principal at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring for about two years of Vance’s time as superintendent. Vance was decisive, approachable, energetic, funny and “very student oriented.” “I think he left his mark on a lot of people, both students and staff,” Durso said. lpowers@gazette.net
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Gazette staff win awards from two journalism organizations BY GAZETTE STAFF
The Montgomery County editions of The Gazette have received awards from two journalism organizations. On Friday, the newspaper received six awards through the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association’s annual contest. Gazette winners were the following: • Will C. Franklin, first place, feature or humor column, for “Embracing the NYCC,” about a visit to New York Comic Con. • Daniel Leaderman, first place, local government, for “Montgomery police say military surplus equipment used sparingly.” • Tom Fedor, second place, general news photo, for “We know she’s in heaven,” from a memorial service for a teenager killed when a car drove onto a sidewalk. • Fedor, second place, feature photo, for “The mobile generation,” showing a party in
which an ultrasound machine let a pregnant woman find out the gender of her baby. • Terri Hogan, second place, spot news, for “Crash shatters Olney,” about a teen killed in a crash that injured two others. • Heather Lipinski Reeves, second place, sports page design, for the 2014 high school football preview. • Andy Schotz, second place, editorials, for “From the thumbs of babes,” about abusive comments directed at the Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent on Twitter. The Gazette competed among nondaily newspapers with a circulation of more than 20,000. The exception was the sports page design category, which included all nondaily newspapers, regardless of circulation. Awards were presented at a luncheon in Linthicum. The Gazette also recently received awards from the Local Media Association, an organiza-
tion of media companies across the U.S. and Canada. In the category of nondailies with more than 20,001 circulation, The Gazette’s awards were the following: • Schotz, second place, best editorial writing, for “From the thumbs of babes”; “‘House’ shouldn’t always win,” about a debate over Maryland’s filmtax credit; and “Politicking on the public dime,” about a court ruling that Montgomery County improperly campaigned in favor of a ballot measure. • Elizabeth Waibel, third place, best election coverage, 2013 Rockville election. • Glen Cullen, honorable mention, best headline, “We’re going to need a bigger sleigh,” over a story about a Toys for Tots collection. • Kevin James Shay, honorable mention, best feature, for “Controversy remains,” about lingering questions involving the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Silver Spring man cleared in killing of former Gaithersburg football star Six-day trial for murder yields ‘not guilty’ verdict
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A 21-year-old Montgomery County man accused of killing a onetime high school football star was acquitted on all charges Monday after a six-day trial. Jefferson Delgado “is home, happily having dinner with his parents,” his attorney, James Shalleck, said Monday evening. “He’s so relieved. He’s been in jail for 18 months and a jury took two hours to set him free.” The November 2013 shooting of Michael Kirby Alvarado, 25, was notable in part because
he had been so popular and successful at Gaithersburg High School. He earned a scholarship to the College of William and Mary before his life took a turn toward theft and drug-related run-ins with the law. But he withdrew from the school in 2010 and later was convicted in Virginia of crimes including grand larceny and possession of cocaine. Shalleck told the jurors that Delgado, of Silver Spring, was near the scene of the slaying but that someone else killed Alvarado, and that the slaying was horrible and tragic. “Michael Alvarado didn’t deserve to die,” Shalleck said he told the jury in his closing argument. “But an innocent man doesn’t deserve to be convicted.” Prosecutors expressed dis-
appointment. “We disagree with the jury’s verdict but accept their conclusion,” said Ramon Korionoff, a spokesman for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. “We proceed in murder cases based on the merits of the case. This was a difficult case, and our prosecutors did their best.” Alvarado was shot and killed on Nov. 21, 2013. His body was found outside a three-story building in the Streamside Apartments complex in Gaithersburg. In interviews, two nearby residents said they heard two gunshots, and a thirdresidentsaidsheheardthree. “Bam, bam, like big shots,” one of them said. dan.morse@washpost.com
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There was a release party Thursday on the Potomac River, attended by Westbrook Elementary School students, teachers, parents, friends — and hundreds of shad fry. Students from the Bethesda school have raised American shad fry from fertilized eggs annually for the last 20 years, releasing them into the Potomac every spring. “We started the stocking program in 1995,” said Jim Cummins of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. “I wanted students to bear witness to [the need], so I connected with Westbrook. That winter the kids were involved and in 1996 three schools, Westbrook, Sidwell Friends and Poolesville Elementary School, participated in the release.” At that time, Cummins said, adult shad, once abundant in the Potomac and its tributaries, did not make it to Washington on their journey from the ocean to spawn. Problems for the fish included over-harvesting, water pollution and dams along the
river. “People used to travel from around the country to eat the shad,” Cummins said. “Its scientific name, ‘sapidissima,’ means savory.” The students, all fifth-graders and members of the Westbrook Aqua Eagle club, poured river water into the buckets of shad to help acclimate them to the river temperature and chemistry. They also explored the river bank in Potomac while waiting for the release time. Soon it was time and each of the Aqua Eagles lined up at the river with a cup of fry, ready for a mass release. Stephanie Herrington, a fourth-grade teacher and sponsor of the Aqua Eagles, gave the signal. “Give your shad some life advice,” she said. “Then let them go.” The shad fry were so small they disappeared at once. In 1995, one Westbrook student called the fry “two eyes and a wiggle,” said Sandy Burk, from the Anacostia Watershed Society. Burk has been involved with the project for years and even wrote a book, “Let the River Run Silver Again,” about the first seven years of the release program at Westbrook, Dasha Jackson, 10, said she thought the best part of being in the Aqua Eagles was learning
about underwater creatures. “We’re doing trout, too, and we’re going to release them May 30,” she said. The Aqua Eagles is an afterschool club that meets weekly to learn many aspects of conservation, not just fish stories. Dasha said she was involved with the school’s green garden, one of the specialties within the group. “We focus on the Chesapeake Bay,” Herrington said. “They study the State of the Bay, put out by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and decide what they can do to help.” Henry Baratz, 11, was one of three shad captains for the club, along with Miski Nopo, 10, and Maggie Pearce, 11. “The most interesting thing I’ve learned has been the whole experience,” Henry said. “We got to watch them from day one and it was fun.” What kind of advice did the students give the shad before they swam away? “My life advice was, stay away from open mouths,” said Evan Song, 11. “It’s very likely that when you see an open mouth you will be eaten.” To mark the program’s 20th anniversary, the release celebration included cake — topped with gummy fish. pmcewan@gazette.net
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Rashid Bhatti, his son Adam, 7 (left), and Brian Hughes, 8, dance to a Punjabi song during the Lois P. Rockwell Elementary School international heritage festival on Friday in Damascus Swick, 7, a first-grader, joined Gabrielle in creating the Missouri display. They lived there before moving to Damascus. Krissy said the best part of the state is her grandmother’s farm. “Its a centennial farm,” she said. “Its been in the family over one hundred years.” Rockwell has a very diverse community, according to Principal Cheryl Clark. According to the International and Heritage Festival program, students come from over 70 countries and every state in the United States. “I love this event,” Clark said. “Its a time to bring people out and to celebrate each other. That’s why it’s so popular.” Having outdoor space provided an area for international games, food booths from Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Main Street Pollo, and a stage where dancers from Mana Polynesia performed Polynesian dances and led students in a lesson on island moves. There also was a demonstration by Rockwell karate students. Inside, students performed songs and shared native dress with a fashion show of nations. Among those doing native dances was Rashid Bhatti, his
son Adam Bhatti, 7, and Brian Hughes, 8. Both boys are second-graders. “We love to participate,” said Rashid Bhatti, from the Punjab region of Pakistan. “Adam was born in the United States, so this is a good opportunity to teach him about my culture.” pmcewan@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 Guerci, currently vice president of the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association, said he was motivated to run for the board position to serve and empower students. The role continues his work in student advocacy, efforts he is passionate about, he said. He also is a member of his high school’s class of 2017 student government. Guerci is familiar with the board position. He sat on an advisory group for former student board member Justin Kim, who held the position in 2013-14. Having watched several student board members, he said, he views the position as both “demanding” and “a force for change.” He described himself as “an everyday high school student” who worked hard to win the seat. “I hold myself to the highest standard of anyone else,” he said. Guerci talked about several issues he’s looking forward to discussing on the board, ranging from technology in classrooms to possible changes to standardized testing. For Agarwal, the end of the campaign trail doesn’t mark the end of one of his main platform ideas. Starting with his high school, he said, he hopes to follow through on a plan to help teachers use free apps and games in their lessons.
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her and pointed out the colored pattern on his shirt. Powell explained that watching a student that young make that connection just reinforced that math month was working. “Learning and making that connection to math in real world situations is really good,” Powell said. Powell said that watching the students collaborate with each other and figure out what their peers are doing to get through the maze is another huge part of the activity. “Teaching is not a stand and deliver model anymore, it’s learning from all of the things around you,” Powell said. sschmieder@gazette.net Agarwal said he and Guerci — who have worked together in student government — have “very different kind of ideas and approaches” that can allow them to work well together. “I know that he’ll do a great job as SMOB and I know that I would love to help him out in the future,” he said. Agarwal, however, did not end his campaign without a victory — he secured a prom date. The prom-posal was cleverly planned for Election Day: If he didn’t become the next student member, he said, he still would have “something to be happy about.” Huh said that as she helped monitor the election process at various schools, the outcome was unclear. “Right into the last minute, I literally did not know who was going to win,” she said. Huh, who knows both candidates, said Guerci will fit into the student board member role because he shares what’s on his mind and isn’t afraid to advocate. “He’s definitely going to be able to hit the ground running,” she said. School board Vice President Michael Durso said the student board members he has known have been “in a class all by themselves.” “The last several SMOBs have all hit the ground running and I don’t see Eric being any different,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 The chapter has 12 kayaks, two of which are tandem, and usually has about seven volunteers out on the water and a handful of others on land. Aubertin said that volunteers have their own equipment and HOW operates completely through fundraisers and private donations. Aubertin said they raise money through a golf tournament, selling t-shirts and now with the Free Riders’ help. Jody “Tink” Warner is the president of the Free Riders Mother Chapter based in Montgomery County. “Since we are based out of Montgomery County we decided we wanted to do things based around Montgomery County,” Warner said, listing Baby’s Bounty and Patty Pollatos Fund in Frederick County as recent recipients. They also donated money to Northwest High School in Germantown to support their after-prom activity.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 z Warner said with a laugh that his club is not like “Sons of Anarchy” and they are all law-abiding citizens who enjoy hosting fundrasiers for charities as well as riding on their motorcycles. Registration for Saturday’s poker run started at 11 a.m. at the Battley Harley in Gaithersburg and cost $20 per rider and $10 for passengers. The riders left at 11:45 a.m. “The poker run is a win, win, win,” Warner said. “We get to go out and ride on a really nice day, we generate business for local restaurants, we also generate money for the particular charity of the day. Everybody ends up happy about the whole day.” He explained that there are usually five stops on a poker run, but they only stopped at Twist and Turn Tavern in Highland, Woodstock Inn Bar and Grill and The Grille at Flower Hill in Gaithersburg. At each stop, participants received a card from a normal deck of cards and at the end of the run the person with the best poker hand won. Half of the registration money will go to the winner and the other half will go to HOW.
spond and teachers respond,” Oh said. “It’s clear people are listening and it’s clear that people want things to change.” Each year Ashman said that people ask him what is new at the festival and each year he has trouble pinpointing just a few things. “Everything is new every year. We never have an author come and speak about the same book twice. Even if we have the same author, the conversation is different,” Ashman said. Though Oh has been to the festival, the panel is opening up a new conversation and the addition of the Multilingual Story Time Tent is continuing the conversation in other languages. “Here at Shady Grove we have a very important, very big student body who are from different countries and we know that the community in Montgomery County is very diverse,” said Irene Munster, director of the Priddy Library at The Universities at Shady Grove. She
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Aubertin and the Free Riders previously discussed HOW and its mission and why they would benefit from a fundraiser. “He’s not looking for so much money, $600 for a kayak is a reasonable goal to get in an afternoon,” Warner said. He explained that having huge goals sometimes makes it disappointing for participants when they come short of it, but he was confident that this was doable. Aubertin said in an email on Monday that the Free Riders were able to raise enough money for the organization to buy a “top-of-the-line” kayak and their first trip of the season went very well with the veterans all showing up as planned and the fish cooperating. He added that the owner of The Grille at Flower Hill made an additional $250 donation to Heroes on the Water. “The unfortunate thing is that there is always somebody who needs something out there and we can’t help everybody,” Warner said. sschmieder@gazette.net
explained that in the multilingual tent, university students will read books to families and children in their first languages. “Something that is so simple we suddenly realized was so important,” Munster said. Munster said she hopes hosting the story time with so many different languages being represented will help make immigrant families feel welcome and accepted in their community. Oh said being exposed to those who are different is important. “Empathy comes from learning about different people, different cultures, different backgrounds,” Oh said. “The more we learn, the more empathetic and passionate we can be.” According to Munster, this is the first time a book festival has hosted a multilingual tent like this and she’s excited to hopefully see others, such as the National Book Festival, follow Gaithersburg’s lead. Munster said the story time
portunities and making sure that students who may need more help are receiving it. “We are in a real time of change in education, from the common core to PARCC [Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers] tests and a new SAT next year, we are in a real time of change,” Murphy said. “What students need to know and be able to do now may be different
will continue throughout the day and stories will be read by students in Korean, Spanish, French, Vietnamese and many other languages. The languages chosen come from recommendations from Montgomery County Public Schools. According to Ashman, his goal for the book festival is always to foster the next generation of readers, and doing so involves bringing in authors who represent the next generation with all different tastes and interests. Oh said she hopes the We Need Diverse Books panel will draw in people to truly start the conversation and introduce them to authors that are diverse. “We are not trying to preach and we are not trying to lecture, we just want to have open dialogue and discussion about why diversity is good,” Oh said. sschmieder@gazette.net
than a few years ago.” According to Murphy’s letter, he will start his work toward change with the county on July 1. “I thrive on that. I look forward to being a leader in times of change,” Murphy said. sschmieder@gazette.net
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BUSINESS Chamber honors Wheaton animal hospital Veterinary practice saved Ruby, a dog shot in the face
More than eight months and five surgeries later, Ruby was prancing around happily at the Wheaton veterinary practice on Friday. “It’s amazing she is alive,” said Zolkiewicz, who adopted her. Kindness Animal Hospital was among the honorees during the Wheaton & Kensington Chamber of Commerce’s 31st annual awards banquet on April 29, receiving the organization’s Tribute Award. The center was recognized not just for its efforts to save Ruby, but for its participation in the Wheaton community through various programs and events. For Ruby now, a misaligned jaw is about the only noticeable trace of her ordeal. Kindness Animal Hospital treated Ruby at no charge after her owners agreed to release her to the center and Zolkiewicz. “Her previous owners likely would not have been able to pay for her surgeries and probably
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When Montgomery County police officers rushed Ruby into Kindness Animal Hospital last August, veterinarian Jeff Zolkiewicz didn’t think the boxer mix would survive. Ruby had been shot in the side of her face with a shotgun. She was bleeding profusely and having trouble breathing. A shot had exited from the base of her ear, and her jawbone was shattered. She had a large wound on her neck and shoulder. Zolkiewicz, who graduated from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994, and technicians had treated animals hit by vehicles and in fights before. But this was their most extreme case.
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BroadSoft of Gaithersburg, which provides Internet protocol-based communications services to the telecommunications industry, reported that its firstquarter net loss narrowed to $2.0 million from $7.5 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $55.7 million from $43.9 million.
Workplace organization honors county businesses The Alliance for Workplace Excellence has given awards to dozens of Montgomery County businesses and entities in four categories. The four types of honors are Workplace Excellence, Health & Wellness, Diversity Champion and EcoLeadership. Some companies were recognized in multiple categories. The nonprofit, founded in Montgomery County, is “dedicated to helping companies become great places to work,” according to its website. The 2014 winners, grouped by location: • Bethesda: BDO USA, Calvert Investments, Honest Tea, Live Healthier, Marriott International,
FDA approves Emergent’s hemophilia drug Emergent BioSolutions of Gaithersburg has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its hemophilia drug Ixinity. The treatment, administered intravenously, helps control and prevent bleeding episodes and also is approved for use during surgery in adults and children 12 and older with hemophilia B, according to a company news release. Hemophilia B is a bleeding disorder caused by a mutation
would have had her euthanized if they kept her,” Zolkiewicz said. “The police have been very helpful through all this. They raised money and contributed money themselves. They also helped convince Ruby’s owners to give her up.” Ruby’s medical bills, including the surgeries and care with specialists, would have exceeded $10,000 if Kindness Animal Hospital had not donated the care and specialists hadn’t donated time and reduced care costs, Zolkiewicz said. Through an online donation site and other means, more than $7,000 was raised. Some of that money went to pay specialists’ bills. Zolkiewicz said the animal hospital, which has been in the area since 1956, is not charging anything for its bills related to Ruby. The center on University Boulevard is setting up a “Ruby Fund” for those who need help paying for services at the practice, he said. A family member in Ruby’s
former Wheaton home shot her Aug. 21, according to police reports. Ruby was then 9 months old. Zolkiewicz said he decided soon after seeing Ruby’s condition to adopt her. “I felt that we might be able to help her,” he said. “But really, I didn’t know what all we would be able to do.” At Zolkiewicz’s Carroll County home, he said, Ruby gets along fine with his other family pets — another dog and two cats. She doesn’t seem abnormally frightened of people. As Ruby sat by a reporter she just met, she raised a paw to shake hands. Police officers such as Michelle Ballor, who responded to the call and rescued Ruby from the Wheaton home, regularly visit her. “She has a few anxieties,” Zolkiewicz said. “Around certain people, especially if they’re wearing a wide-brimmed hat, she can be apprehensive. But she seems fine around most people.” kshay@gazette.net
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the National Center for Children and Families, and United Educators. • Gaithersburg: AstraZeneca/ MedImmune, Family Services, Novavax, and the Humane Society of the U.S. • Germantown: Hughes Network Systems and Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union. • North Bethesda: JBS International. • Olney: Sandy Spring Bank. • Poolesville: MainSpring. • Rockville: American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association, Chevo Consulting, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Hitachi Consulting, Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Montgomery County government, Nutricia North America, Optimal Networks, SAPNS2, Emmes Corp. and Montgomery County Public Schools.
•Silver Spring: DelCor Technology Solutions, Discovery Communications, Dynaxys, Holy Cross Health, and Social & Scientific Systems. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which covers Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, was honored, too.
Synthetic Biologics names new CFO Synthetic Biologics of Rockville named Steven A. Shallcross CFO, treasurer and secretary effective June 1, succeeding C. Evan Ballantyne, who is leaving the company. Shallcross is executive vice president and CFO of Nuo Therapeutics. Previously, he was CFO and treasurer of Vanda Phar-
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For veterinarian Jeff Zolkiewicz’s dog Ruby, a misaligned jaw is the only sign she was shot in the face with a shotgun a year ago. Zolkiewicz, of Kindness Animal Hospital, helped treat Ruby, then adopted her. maceuticals; senior vice president and CFO of Middlebrook Pharmaceuticals; executive vice president and CFO of Innocoll AG; CFO of Empire Petroleum Partners and Bering Truck; and acting CFO of Senseonics. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Abt wins $5.5M contract to help farmers Abt Associates of Bethesda won a nine-year, $5.5 million contract from the U.K. Department of International Development to assess the effectiveness of pilot projects aimed to help farmers in Africa and Asia. The projects are designed to incentivize private-sector involvement in markets and address market failures impeding the development of markets to serve small farmers, according to a news release. The contract is part of the
$118 million AgResults initiative funded by Australia, Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and the Gates Foundation. The projects try to help increase the production and sale of improved legume seeds in Uganda; cut greenhouse gas emissions from rice production in Vietnam; increase vaccination against Newcastle disease in backyard poultry in India; and develop a better vaccine to reduce brucellosis in small ruminants.
First Potomac turns quarterly profit First Potomac Realty Trust of Bethesda, whose holdings include office buildings in Rockville, Germantown and Clarksburg, reported a first-quarter profit of $492,000, versus a net loss of $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $43.8 million from $39.4 million, and funds from operations grew to $18.2 million from $15.4 million.
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NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING The Mayor and Council and Planning Commission of the City of Gaithersburg will conduct a joint public hearing on CTAM-6979-2015, filed by Caroline Seiden, on MONDAY MAY 18, 2015 AT 7:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as this matter can be heard in the Council Chambers at 31 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland. The application requests an amendment to Chapter 24 (City Zoning Ordinance), Article I, entitled, “In General,” § 24-1, entitled, “Definitions,” Article III, entitled, “Regulations Applicable to Particular Zones, “Article IV, entitled, “Supplementary Zone Regulations,” § 24-167A, entitled, “Satellite Television Antennas and Towers, Poles, Antennas and/or Other Structures Intended for Use in Connection with Transmission or Receipt of Radio or Television Signals and/or Telecommunications Facilities,” and Article V, entitled, “Site Development Plans,” § 24-172A.(b), entitled, “Minor Amendment Requests,” so as to provide changes to the telecommunications requirements and approval process.” Further information may be obtained from the Planning and Code Administration Department at City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or visit the City’s website at www.gaithersburgmd.gov. Caroline Seiden, Planner Planning and Code Administration
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Students set the bar high in court competition Mock-trial contest exposes students to legal system
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A total of 25 Montgomery County high school teams competed in the state’s annual mock trial competition this season, which came to end on April 24 with a statewide championship win by Severna Park High School, based near Annapolis. The Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville won the championship for Montgomery County on March 3, prevailing over Poolesville High School in the county-level competition. The annual Maryland State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Competition is run by the nonprofit Citizenship Law Related Education Program, based in Baltimore.
“Many teams take what their coach gives them and treat it like a script, but we think, listen and react.” Berman Hebrew Academy team member Zach Goldberg The case that all students use to participate and the makeup of each team are different every year, said Cynthia Linfield, a member of the Berman Hebrew Academy team. “You learn so much about the law and the real world,” she said after the March win. Although the Berman students didn’t advance to the finals this year, they said they enjoyed participating. Typically, the hypothetical case surrounds an incident of specific interest to high school students, but this year was different, said Berman Hebrew Acad-
Obituary Molly S. “Ramsepaul” Ramcharan of Rockville, MD passed away of a stroke at age 65 on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at her home. She was best known as the Commercial Bank Teller for Bank of America from 1983 to 2000. Molly is survived by her daughters Lissa Ramsepaul and Karen; her son-in-law, Charles; and granddaughter, Amy. The Memorial Service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church in Kensington, 4001 Franklin Street, Kensington, MD 20895, on Friday, May 8, at 10 am.
emy team member Julia Book. A criminal case involving technical evidence related to guns, it was about a fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old, evoking the real-world shooting of a teenager by police in Ferguson, Mo., in August 2014. “This year, the case [was] much more severe,” Book said. Schools participate in the mock-trial contest by forming a team whose members argue both as prosecutors and defense lawyers during arguments and cross-examinations before a real judge. “You get the statutes, analyze the case and pick out what you want to try to argue,” said Berman Hebrew Academy team member Mit Bernstein. Students also are provided with two Supreme Court cases to read in preparation for the competition, Bernstein said. The experience not only introduces students to the legal system and a real-life courtroom experience, but also helps with other classes because it develops the ability to see things from different points of view, Book said.
The contest is challenging because students not only have to know the case inside out, they also must think on their feet, in real time, to respond to curveballs thrown by the opposition during the trials. “Many teams take what their coach gives them and treat it like a script, but we think, listen and react,” said Berman Hebrew Academy team member Zach Goldberg. Coach Jay Goldman, staff counsel for the Allstate insurance company, agreed with the students about the benefits of the program. “The mock trial experience is extremely beneficial in many ways,” Goldman said in an email. “It teaches students how to think quickly on their feet and to learn that everyone can see things from different perspectives based on their education, heritage and life experiences. I have seen these kids grow tremendously after going through the mock trial experience.” About 325 students in the county participated in the contest this year, said Scott Zanni, who coordinates the program with county schools. Teams will start signing up for the 2016 competition in October, and the hypothetical case they will analyze will be released in mid-November, Zanni said. For more information, visit clrep.org. vterhune@gazette.net
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Five years after a Montgomery County work group recommended more than 50 changes to county laws and policies for renters, the County Council is considering revisions. Councilman Marc B. Elrich introduced a bill in April that would make several changes that stem from the Tenants Work Group’s recommendations, made in 2010. His bill would: • Require the Department of Housing and Community Affairs to provide annual inspections of all rental units, with some exceptions. • Require the department to provide a standard lease upon request. • Require the department to publish, on the county’s website, the information collected in the county’s annual rental housing data survey, including a table listing all rental housing with two or more units and the average rent increase for each unit. • Require all rent increases greater than 100 percent of the applicable rent-increase guideline to be reviewed by the county. • Require landlords to give tenants at least three months’ written notice before increasing rent more than 100 percent of the applicable rent increase guideline. • Allow tenants facing a rent increase that exceeds the ap-
plicable guideline to continue renting for up to two months on a month-to-month basis at the pre-increase rate, provided the tenant give at least 15 days of notice before moving out. • Require landlords to offer the option of renewing a lease for two years, instead of one. • Prohibit surcharges for month-to-month leases. Elrich (D-At Large) did not return messages requesting comment. Tenant advocate Matt Losak said the changes are “common sense” and a step in the right direction, but renters still face growing challenges to housing security. Losak, the executive director of the Montgomery County Renters Alliance who chaired the Tenants Work Group, said the bill would provide renters with new stability, particularly around leases. Problems like rent increases are common for renters in the county. “Right now, as you know, there is no predictability in one’s annual rent increase,” he said. The proposed bill would provide two years’ worth of predictability by requiring landlords to offer the option of signing a two-year lease at renewal. A two-year lease prevents a tenant from facing potential “nonrenewal” of a lease for at least two years, he added. Landlords, he said, can choose to not renew a tenant’s lease, giving the tenant 60 days’ notice. Eliminating surcharges makes monthto-month leases more viable for some renters, he said. kalexander@gazette.net
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Valerie McKenney Mealy, 69, of Silver Spring, MD passed away peacefully on April 23, 2015 after battling Multiple Sclerosis for over 30 years. She studied for her BA at the University of Maryland and the University of Pittsburgh and received her MSW from the University of Maryland. She lived in Gaithersburg, MD for nearly 30 years, during which she was an active volunteer for several organizations. She worked for the Department of Homeland Security and, after retirement, remained busy working at Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Valerie is survived by her two children, Marisa and Shaun, their spouses, her beloved grandaughter, Alexis NozikMealy, and her sister, Lynn Berho. A private service was held for her on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 in Colonial Beach, VA, where she cherished her time as a child and adult. Memorials donations can be made to the MS Society at www.nationalmssociety.org/goto/ValerieMealy. 1931479
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“Smile, you’re on ‘Candid Camera.’” Those of us who are middle-aged or beyond remember that catchphrase from Allen Funt’s TV show. It was a time when hidden cameras were best known for pranks and inane interactions, for an audience’s entertainment. Now, surveillance cameras are trained on us as we shop, drive and walk along city streets. Every person with a smartphone is potentially shooting video. Footage is having a profound effect on our culture, social interBODY CAMERAS action and even crimiON POLICE OFFICERS ARE nal justice. Ray Rice A GOOD might have MEASURE OF been just ACCOUNTABILITY another football star with a court date until we — and the NFL — saw a vicious assault as it actually happened. Several deaths of people while in police custody or pursuit have become vivid and explosive because society has become a witness. We saw it again recently in Baltimore, where outrage over the death of Freddie Gray built and bubbled from video clips of officers dragging him into a transport van. If a video camera were recording the inside of the van, we’d know so much more about the involvement of six officers now charged in connection with his death. We’re on the cusp of a sweeping movement to have police officers equipped with body cameras, too. Rockville is the most recent Montgomery County municipality to consider putting cameras on police officers. Gaithersburg, Takoma Park and Montgomery County are looking into the idea, too. We support these agencies and their steps toward a system that ideally protects the public from abuses and officers from false allegations, in much the same way car-mounted cameras have provided more accountability and transparency. Supporters point to studies showing that complaints against officers, particularly for use of force, plummet in communities where officers wear cameras on their bodies. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $20 million pilot program in which local and tribal law enforcement organizations will get competitive grants to buy body-worn cameras. The Justice Department says President Barack Obama hopes to spend $75 million in a three-year period on 50,000 cameras for law enforcement agencies. The modern debate is no longer about surveillance, but about mechanics. When should cameras be filming and when should officers turn them off? The General Assembly passed a bill this session making sound recording by a police body camera legal. The exception is similar to one in place for cameras mounted on patrol cars. Otherwise, Maryland law requires consent for audio recording. Gov. Larry Hogan said he plans to sign the bill into law. To us, access to footage is a high concern. One benefit that the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services lists for body-worn cameras is, “Improving agency transparency by allowing the public to see video evidence of police activities and encounters.” Yet, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has proposed making footage from police body cameras exempt from public information laws. But this shouldn’t be any government’s blanket response. Footage should be treated as any other public information. This will pose technical challenges in ferreting out information the public needs to see while balancing legitimate privacy rights, but trust is won through transparency.
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In search for super, school board needs clear goals As The Gazette reported April 27, the Montgomery County Board of Education has begun interviewing candidates to be the next superintendent. The board should be commended for including representatives of several community groups in the interview process, and for soliciting the input of parents through open forums held in March. As the board no doubt recognizes, greater transparency is sorely needed following the abrupt departure of the previous superintendent, Joshua Starr. This theme was emphasized repeatedly in the community forums and stakeholder interviews conducted by the board’s search firm earlier this year. A report summarizing the feedback, which is posted on the board’s website, strongly emphasizes “a need for transparency in the way the district operates.” It also quotes an unnamed member of the Montgomery County Council who said he or she “wouldn’t take the job unless the Board clarifies its goals and sets a vision for leadership” for the next superintendent. The report lists general leadership qualities that the community wants in the next superintendent, including being “collaborative” and having “effective communication skills.” It also notes the well-known challenges facing the public school system, the most prominent of which are the glaring achievement gaps among students of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in our county. Board members owe the public a detailed response to the report’s findings. The board should elaborate on the qualifications it is looking for in the ideal candidate, specify the goals it expects the new superintendent to ac-
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The Montgomery County Board of Education is searching for a superintendent to replace Joshua P. Starr (center), shown in his first board of education meeting. Starr resigned in February. complish, and define the metrics of success for the superintendent’s leadership and performance. That process must bring parents — many of whom remain skeptical of the board and uninformed of the reasons for Starr’s dismissal — back into the discussion. The board needs to actively
involve the community in setting the path forward and empowering the next superintendent to create the best educational experience possible for all of the county’s students Steven Weiss, Kensington
Budget should support Smart people can follow instructions for the proper use of pesticides staffing to help limit greenhouse gas emissions The Montgomery County Council currently is reviewing the fiscal year 2016 annual budget proposed by County Executive Isiah Leggett. One small but critical step the council should take, in order to advance the county’s plan to fight climate change, is to increase the staff assigned to the Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Sustainability. In 2009, the county established the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent every five years beginning in 2010, and set forth a variety of steps to be taken to accomplish this. However, in March of this year, the Office of Sustainability reported that energy use by buildings — which accounts for about two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions in the county —
is actually increasing, not decreasing. In other words, the county’s greenhouse emissions are going in the wrong direction. Other jurisdictions (such as Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Va.) that report success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions have numerous staff devoted to energy-related issues. Montgomery County, on the other hand, has one, with a second soon to be hired. The fiscal year 2016 budget is the perfect opportunity for the County Council to rectify this deficit by giving the Office of Sustainability the staffing it needs. Mark Posner, Silver Spring Michal Freedman, Rockville
He has been a very effective progressive Democrat in the Senate, working across the aisle on issues as diverse as marriage equality, environmental protection, rights for convicts and controlling drunken driving. I was surprised how much of the article was spent discussing a Republican who has not yet declared his candidacy. I hope that if and when that Republican announces, your article about him will give equal attention to Sen. Raskin. David Blockstein, Takoma Park
When applied correctly, the chemical tools used and already governed by the EPA and the state of Maryland do not pose the risks that he and others purport. I have applied pesticides for 44 years, and have never had an incident or have been cited. My course was monitored by state water quality agents, as drainage from the course flowed into a tributary of the Arkansas River. I am here to plead for others to speak up, and not allow this board to continue to take our rights away. Yes, I’m from the South Central, Midwest, or breadbasket, if you will. I suppose we do things a bit different out there, but one thing is certain: Responsible use of the tools approved by the federal government and state agencies should not be taken away by a board of people who believe that we need to be nannied and protected from ourselves. Jeff Hawkins, North Potomac
Gas stations still can be approved under proposed text amendment
The writers are members of the Montgomery County Sierra Club.
Raskin would make a good representative in Congress Thank you for your article about state Sen. Jamie Raskin launching his campaign for the U.S. Congress (April 22). As a constituent of Sen. Raskin and one of some 500 supporters who joined Attorney General Brian Frosh, Congressman John Sarbanes, former U.S. Sen. Joseph Tydings, state Sen. Catherine Pugh (Maryland Senate majority leader and president of National Black Caucus of State Legislators) at the launch event, I am very excited about the possibility of Sen. Raskin representing me in Congress.
As a retired certified golf course superintendent, and certified pesticide applicator from the state of Oklahoma, I must protest the actions of George Leventhal, et al., in attempting to ban pesticide use in Montgomery County. Is this another one of his socialist moves to keep his little society in order? But, I digress. As homeowners, we also have a responsibility to our associations and neighbors. The D.C. area is more or less a transient suburbia. That being said, for many of us, responsible upkeep of our lawns is a necessity, as it is an important factor in buying and selling a home. Besides, a beautiful lawns is, well, just beautiful. I’ve been told that the smartest people in the world live here. Does Mr. Leventhal think that these people cannot read a pesticide label and use these chemical tools responsibly?
In March, a proposal for a gas station that would pump 12 million gallons of gas a year a mere 118 feet from residential homes was denied by the Montgomery County Board of Appeals. Concern for the possible adverse health effects that can result from proximity to fueling evaporative emissions and toxic emissions from idling cars was one of the reasons for the denial. Recognizing the need to strengthen existing zoning regulations concerning these large gas stations, there is a zoning text amendment before the County Council. Authored by Councilman Marc Elrich and supported by six additional members of the council, this amendment will add dwelling units to the existing list of sensitive sites and increase the current 300 foot setback from those sites to 500 feet. This amendment supports Montgomery County’s commitment to the
protection of the health and welfare of its citizens. Costco says that this text amendment would “essentially suspend the zoning process and keep safe, affordable gas out of Montgomery County.” This is not true. Nothing in this proposal will suspend the Montgomery County zoning ordinance and there are many areas of Montgomery County where the new setback could be met. Dense, urban, heavily populated neighborhoods are most likely not one of them. Abigail Adelman, Kensington
The writer is chairwoman of the Stop Costco Gas Coalition. Editor’s note: Costco Wholesale Corp. has filed an appeal to the Montgomery County Board of Appeals’ decision to deny a request to build a 16-pump gas station.
Purple Line opponents haven’t proposed real alternatives Robert Riker’s address is much more important than the content of his letter in the April 29 Gazette (“Calculations don’t support ridership projection”). Chevy Chase has spent large sums ($300,000 during the last year) to oppose the Purple Line. It maintains a drumbeat of criticisms of the economics and predicted ridership
for the line. Ridership is calculated using metrics required by the Federal Transit Administration and used to evaluate all their New Starts projects, among which the Purple Line is highly rated. Mr. Riker’s and others’ subjective recalculations are the results of animated self-interest in opposing the project.
The benefits of the Purple Line project are enormous; opposition to it usually is part of a coordinated, national right-wing campaign to attack transit infrastructure while advocating for heavily subsidized highway projects. For those who want to improve mobility in the region, the real test is alternatives the opponents propose
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to the light-rail Purple Line — buses running in existing traffic and selfdriving cars. Both are self-satirizing ideas. Ralph Bennett, Silver Spring
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Blair High School junior Nicole Spiezio plays two varsity sports, field hockey and lacrosse, for the Silver Spring school. She said if she had been given an opportunity to play perhaps her favorite sport — football — as a young girl, things would likely be different. Spiezio, who with the help of
USA Football is in the process of starting a girls flag football program at Takoma Park Middle School, said she hopes to prevent a younger generation from having to wonder, “what if?” “When I was younger I liked to play football with my brother, my dad and my grandpa [who played football in college at Brown University],” Spiezio said. “But I never had a chance to play [in a league], there weren’t any leagues around. I thought I could help create those chances [for younger girls] and at least put it on their radar.” Nationwide, participation in girls flag football is on the rise; it is offered as a high school var-
sity sport with a state championship in six states — Alaska, Florida, New York, Nevada, Texas and Louisiana — plus nearby District of Columbia. Per National Federation of State High School Associations, the number of high school programs has grown from 171 in 2009-10 to 552 in 2013-14. While there is still a stigma attached to women playing football, USA Football’s Director of Football Development, Samantha Rapoport, said she believes the attitude that football is a male only sport, is changing.
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Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who has been executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association since 1981, is retiring effective Aug. 1. This is the first of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today. It’s bad, but it’s probably going to have to get worse before the state steps in, Ned Sparks said. I interviewed Sparks last week to look back at his tenure as he enters the final three months on the job before retiring as executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, a position he’s held for 34 years. I asked about the recent increase in high school students who find changing schools to KEN SAIN be as easy as switching SPORTS EDITOR jerseys. “Yeah, that might be an issue,” Sparks said. “In the Eastern Shore, I know they have ... a sit-out period, if you transfer you have to sit out. It might come to that, in the near future, if it seems to be the case that the motivation for transferring is for athletics and not academics.” Sparks said those conversations among decision-makers have already started, but, to make that kind of change, many more people would need to recognize that there is a problem. One reason for the recent increase in transfers is education reform. The consortiums in Montgomery County and clusters in Prince George’s County have made it a lot easier for students to switch schools. All you need to do is claim that you want to be part of a program that is only offered at that school, and you’re in. “It’s complicated matters, but it’s something that is here to stay,” Sparks said. “In some states, they have school choice throughout the whole state.” I brought up the subject because of a recent thread on the MoCoFootball.com message board where it names 11 football players who have, or will be, transferring schools and playing for new teams in the fall. I confirmed most of those transfers through the players’ Hudl.com pages. There are probably more transferring that I haven’t heard about. I usually don’t hear about Prince George’s County transfers until August. The Bayside Athletic Conference on the Eastern Shore has a 45-day waiting period starting from the day of enrollment for students who transfer between schools in that league. They may not participate in practice or games during that time. There are exceptions (foreign exchange students, freshmen, change of residence). Not sure that would have much an effect statewide. Most of these transfers have already made the decision, and some have already changed schools. But the state could adopt a longer waiting period. The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference has long had a rule that stipulates any athlete who transfers to a WCAC school after the start of his sophomore year is ineligible to
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Quince Orchard High School pitcher Jack Ropelewski plays against Paint Branch on April 11.
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Things have accelerated quickly for Jack Ropelewski as a baseball player at Quince Orchard High School. Just a few games into his sophomore season as a junior varsity player last spring, he was called up to the varsity roster and thrust into a pivotal role for the Cougars. He became a key piece of Quince
Orchard’s pitching rotation and a regular starter in the field, wherever the team needed him to be. By season’s end, he was second on the team in innings pitched (25.2), trailing then-junior Nathan Kessler by less than three, and only Kessler had a better batting average than Ropelewski (.365). Quince Orchard finished the season 12-8 and had a meeting with Northwest in the first round of the postseason, coincidentally against the same team Ropelewski made his varsity debut against earlier that season, although not on the mound. This time around though, in his first playoff game, the sophomore was saddled with the responsibility of starting at pitcher against the school’s biggest
rival. “I wasn’t expecting it as only a sophomore,” Ropelewski said. Unlike the first game when QO defeated Northwest, the Jaguars won the second game and eliminated Quince Orchard. Ropelewski didn’t play badly, but Northwest caught up to him in the fourth inning, building a 5-1 lead QO couldn’t overcome. “It wasn’t overwhelming. It was fun, but it was definitely different. I wasn’t used to it. There’s no playoffs to that extent in travel ball when you’re little. It’s a whole new feeling that you got to get
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Walt Whitman’s Jack Welch plays tennis at Paint Branch on Monday.
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Jack Welch has been one of the area’s best tennis players this season, winning all but one of his matches as the No. 1 for the co-Division I champion Whitman High School boys team. His name, however, won’t appear anywhere on the singles draw for the upcoming Montgomery County Region II tournament set to begin Friday. Instead, it’ll be in the doubles draw, alongside the Bethesda school’s
No. 2 singles player, Andrew Leung. Though the two haven’t been competing together, coach Jasen Gohn said they give the Vikings their best chance of reaching the region championship, and thus qualifying for one of the two doubles spots in the Maryland tournament. For Welch, that feat might be more difficult to accomplish in the singles draw where the region’s top players — such as Poolesville’s Dennis Wang — may be standing in his way. Coaches are allowed to register a maximum of one singles player, two doubles teams and two mixed doubles teams for the regional tournament. (The girls tournaments were completed in the fall.) That made for
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Continued from Page B-1 “Football is America’s sport, there are no two ways about that, and America is comprised of men and women,â€? Rapoport said. “I think the attitude is changing among moms and dads, too. Girls have proven they can play extremely competitively.â€? Despite close proximity to the Prince George’s County-based D.C. Divas, arguably one of the best women’s professional tackle football teams in the world, girls ag football does not yet seem to have caught on in Montgomery County — though several youth programs such as the Bethesda-based KOA Sports and the Olney Boys and Girls Club do offer opportunities. But 2003 Gaithersburg High graduate and Divas offensive linewoman Lauren Chesley said efforts such as Spiezio’s are what it will take to change the tide. “If I knew there was an opportunity to play when I was in high school, I deďŹ nitely would’ve pursued it,â€? Chesley said. “Girls have an interest in football and I think more would have an interest if they knew it was available. ...Football is all about teamwork, family and trust. I play on the offensive line and you literally have to go put your body in the way of someone else to protect your teammates. You learn what each other is made of. It’s a bond I’d never experienced.â€? Spiezio said she ďŹ rst contacted USA Football in February and was provided with the materials needed — a curriculum, various drills, ags and footballs — to start her program. She said she is working with Takoma Park physical education teacher Brian Baker and hopes to have the
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Continued from Page B-1 used to.â€? With that experience under his belt, Ropelewski returned this season as what coach Jason Gasaway called one of his best allaround players. Quince Orchard ďŹ elds practically a new team, but with familiar faces sprinkled in, the Cougars are probably more equipped for postseason play than they were a season ago. The lineup is revamped with younger talent, but much of the young pitching rotation that was developed last season remains intact, including Ropelewski, or “Ropeâ€? as his teammates call him. Now a junior, Ropelewski leads the team in innings pitched (27.1), wins (4), batting average (.491) and runs batted in (21). He stands out as one of the team’s statistical leaders, but on a team with so many options — some of which are seniors — he doesn’t have to be the sole leader. “He’s definitely one of our most valuable players,â€? said senior pitcher Kevin Childs, calling “Ropeâ€? a role model to some of the underclassmen. “He’s one of our best pitchers, and hitting in the three spot, we can always count on him to get a hit when we need him to.â€? QO is led by a deep pitching staff with ďŹ ve players over 14 innings pitched and three over 24. Kessler, Childs and fellow senior Sam Sprecher all boast ERA’s lower than 1.00. Junior Nick Wong leads the team in strikeouts (24), three ahead of Ropelewski. The pitchers, along with a solid defense to support them, are the biggest reasons why the Cougars are 16-3. Offensively, Sprecher and juniors Brian Edell, Ryan Krissoff, Carson Knight and Nick Moon are all hitting over .300 at the plate. Ropelewski said players on the team hang out off the ďŹ eld, after practice, and on Friday nights, among other times. This season’s success, so far, may be a result of the off-ďŹ eld chemistry manifesting itself on the ďŹ eld. “We play as a team,â€? Ropelewski said. “We know if we mess up, then the guy behind us has our back, in the lineup. And in the ďŹ eld, if you make an error, the next man will get the out for you.â€? Lastseason,whenRopelewski was called up to the varsity team, he fell into place wherever Gasaway needed him. He did what he was told to do. Now, his role is more deďŹ ned. He’s entrenched in his shortstop position when he’s not pitching, and with the postseason approaching this week, he won’t be surprised by any pitching situation. Still, he said it doesn’t matter who gets the ball in what game. Everyone on this team trusts the next man to get the job done. Ropelewski was confident enough to declare that this team, even with new players, is better than last year’s team, but when asked how far this team could go, he answered as calculated as one of his pitches. “We’ll see,â€? Ropelewski said. “I think we can have great success if we continue to play well.â€? pgrimes@gazette.net
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compete in athletic competition for one year. DeMatha Catholic Athletic Director Ed King said that the league is currently revamping its bylaws, and the transfer rule could change. “We’ve had talks about that, you know, if you transfer how long do you have to sit out, how long do you have to wait,� Sparks said. “I know my colleagues in other states have some of those rules.� Sparks said that they have to be careful in setting any rules. Now, a student can claim he wants to learn Latin and switch schools. How can the state know what’s truly in his heart? “What’s the motivation? It’s never to play sports, but it is,� Sparks said. “How do you separate the kid who is really sincere from the person who is just doing that to get their way into the school because they want to play for this coach?� A mandatory waiting period might be the answer. If a kid is willing to miss half a season or more, that should discourage some of these transfers. ksain@gazette.net Listen to my interview with Ned Sparks at Gazette.net.
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ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER
In his 15th year on the coaching staff at Richard Montgomery High School, track and field coach Davy Rogers has seen more than his share of talented athletes come through the Rockville program he was a member of in the late 1990s. But for all the sprinters and hurdlers and throwers that have passed through, no collection has rivaled that of his boys teams from 2006-07, he said. “They were a different breed,” Rogers said of those teams, noting the handful of state champions littered throughout those lineups. Few teams before those and few teams after have come close to equaling the success of those teams. But as Rogers sat on the bleachers Friday afternoon, a smile broke over his face while his division champion boys group tuned up for their final invitational of the regular season the next day. “[The 06-07 teams] won multiple state championships, and they had a little bit more talent than these guys,” Rogers said, pointing to the team stretching their way down the track’s front stretch Friday. “But these guys have brought their talent out just from how hard they’re working at practice. Comparatively, talent-wise, they’re a little bit off. But work ethicwise, they’ve got what that 2006-07 team had for sure.” That work ethic, paired with a balance most coaches would envy, has the Rockets poised to make some noise this championship season, after a 5-0 dual meet record gave Rogers and company their second division title in the last four years. As of Friday, the RM boys had posted top 10 scores in the county in the following events: 100-meter (automatic timing), 200-meter (automatic timing), 800-meter, 1,600-meter, 3,200-meter, 400-meter relay, 800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay, 4,000-meter distance medley relay, 110-meter shuttle hurdle relay and long jump, according to MoCoRunning.com. This success didn’t just happen, as the Rockets athletes pointed out. It’s taken a driven group of seniors, an extraordinary amount of planning and a rare level of flexibility from the athletes to get to where Richard Montgomery sits now — poised for a postseason to remember. “When we came out for our time trials, we just noticed how much depth we had and how we could fill up so many events,” senior Emman-
TRACK NOTEBOOK BY ADAM GUTEKUNST season. “It just came naturally to me,” Davis said. “... It just came along naturally when outdoor season started. I just automatically started teaching them how to do stuff again.” Now, with championship season approaching, Davis and the Colonels seem to have overcome the newness that may have slowed them down earlier this year. “We got a sprint coach and he’s really helping us get stronger,” Davis said. “It’s back to normal like it was last year.”
Springbrook excited by divisional finishes
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Richard Montgomery High School’s Alex Fehlinger practices coming off the blocks Friday at the Rockville school. uel Porquin said. “It was somewhat of a surprise.” After bringing out a handful of football and basketball players, as well as athletes who had never before participated in track and field, Rogers and his coaching staff sat down and came to a similar realization. If some of the athletes were willing to shift around their responsibilities on the team, the Rockets had the makings of a special team. And that, Rogers said, is exactly what’s made this group so successful. “That’s what this team is so good about,” Rogers said. “I can tell a kid who’s never done the hurdles, ‘Hey, you’ve got a lot of talent, you’re athletic, let’s try the hurdles.’ And they’ll say, ‘All right, coach. What do you need me to do?’ And that’s why this team has become so good. We don’t have complainers on the team. We don’t have kids whining. We tell them what to do. They say let’s do it, and they do it. That’s always a coach’s dream.” Take senior Alex Fehlinger, for example. Last season, Fehlinger admittedly was focused more on his in-
dividual short distance events, where he qualified for the 100 meters at the state level. But when his senior season rolled around, the Rockets senior sensed a focus shift could better serve the team, which he felt had a chance to make some real noise. “This year, since we have so much depth, we realized we could be good at the relays and score a lot of points there,” Fehlinger said. “So I’ve just focused more on that.” Now, Fehlinger has become an integral part of the Rockets’ relays, which have served as one of their strong suits all season long. And the success those teams have experienced is thanks in large part, Rogers said, to the work ethic and mentality that this year’s group has so successfully adopted. “They run more for each other than they do for themselves, and I really think that’s what makes them a great team,” Rogers said. “They care more about what they do as a team, as opposed to what they do as an individual.” agutekunst@gazette.net
Sherwood goes for a three-peat The Sherwood High School girls lacrosse team’s quest for a third straight region title begins Friday, and coach Kelly Hughes said the road to the state semifinals is much like it was a year ago.
LACROSSE NOTEBOOK BY ERIC GOLDWEIN The Warriors (11-1) earned a first-round bye in the Class 4A North Region and are coming off one of their strongest performances of the season. But it wasn’t one of their 11 wins, but rather a 21-12 loss against Good Counsel, that gives Hughes hope heading into the playoffs. The Sandy Spring school outscored the Olney powerhouse 8-7 in the second half. The Warriors won’t play any team near Good Counsel’s talent level until the region title game — potentially another playoff showdown with Howard — but the Warriors will have to first get out of their section, which includes Blair, Blake and Springbrook. “After watching my girls play Good Counsel the other day, I think I’m more confident than I was,” Hughes said.
Girls contenders The 4A West Region is up for grabs, as about half of its teams having a shot at reaching the state semifinals. Defending champion Whitman remains a favorite thanks to the return of star midfielder Maddie Parker, who missed part of the season recovering from minor neck surgery. But the Vikings have a tough draw in Section I, that includes Walter Johnson, BethesdaChevy Chase and Churchill. Gaithersburg (10-1 as of Sunday), which won its first division title in school history, earned a firstround bye in Section II and plays the winner of Northwest/Clarksburg. Quince Orchard and Wootton — led by sister coaches Jennifer Mohr and Shannon Holiday, respectively — could have a playoff rematch in the second round if the
With a new coach, a new cast of runners and a new season ahead of her, Magruder High School sophomore Stephanie Davis knew her role on the Colonels would definitely increase, but maybe not in the way that it ultimately did. With first-year coach Rich Bosnic still learning his team, Davis stepped in to help accelerate the acclimation process, serving as a teacher figure to her teammates early in the
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Quince Orchard’s Colton Christensen has his shot blocked by Churchill goalie Markus Hurd during Thursday’s boys soccer game. Churchill won, 14-10. Patriots can get by Magruder. Poolesville and Damascus received first-round byes in the 3A West. If they can get by their second-round opponents, they’d meet in the Section II finals for a playoff rematch. The Swarmin’ Hornets won last year’s matchup, 11-10, in a triple-overtime thriller.
Damascus defense dominating Last year, the Damascus High School boys lacrosse team was an overtime game away from reaching the state semifinals for the first time since 2001, as it fell to Urbana, 1312, in the 3A/2A West Region finals. The Swarmin’ Hornets lost half their starters from that team but remain in position to make another deep playoff run thanks to a strong defensive unit anchored by junior Joey Salisbury and the emergence of faceoff specialist Isaac Avon. Damascus and Poolesville both received first-round byes and are favorites in their section and would meet in the region semifinals if they won their second-round matchups.
“As long as we can play together, I think we got a real good shot at going far,” Damascus coach Chris Thompson said.
Boys contenders Churchill (13-1) is the 4A West favorite after going undefeated against county public school opponents in the regular season. The Bulldogs and their powerhouse offense — led by senior Louis Dubick, the state’s all-time leader in points — are likely to run into Whitman in the region semifinals. Quince Orchard and defending region champion Wootton are the Section II favorites and are likely to meet in the third round for the right to play the Section I winner. Blake and Springbrook each received first-round byes. In the 4A North, the Section II favorite is Sherwood. The Warriors are coming off a 6-5 loss to Good Counsel and have won five of their last seven, including a 12-11 victory over Wootton.
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When Springbrook High School coach Rebekah Harrison returned to her alma mater a few years ago, she and assistant coach Bryan Steele had a clear vision: They wanted to return the Blue Devils track and field program to its former glory. Last week, Harrison and company took a step in the right direction, as the boys (5-0 in dual meets) captured their first division title since 2007, and the girls finished second. “The boys have been really excited,” Harrison said. “We’ve seen a change — a turning around of the program. ... They’ve been working really hard together. They have great chemistry, and they’re really excited. There’s been a lot of hard work and dedication that’s gone into it.” Springbrook has not captured a girls division title since 2002, Harrison’s senior year at the Silver Spring school. But, as the coach pointed out, the excitement is not exclusive to the boys — it has swept the entire program. “They’re really excited,” Harrison said of her girls. “We’re obviously disappointed we didn’t win the division. We were close. But the ladies worked just as hard. Hopefully in the future, we can get that division.”
Walter Johnson coach experiments in final invitational Walter Johnson High School coach Tom Martin has a bevy of distance talent in his girls program — there’s not much disputing that. He has Kiernan Keller, Emily Murphy and Abby Green — to name a few — all of whom have posted top 10 times in the county in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter this season. But at Saturday’s 29th annual Katie Jenkins Invitational at Sherwood, Martin, like many other coaches, used the last big meet of the regular season to test out his athletes. “I think [Kiernan Keller] needed another rep at 800 meters,” Martin said. “I’m running Emily Murphy in the 1,600-meter. She’s been concentrating on the 3,200-meter mostly, and I want to see what she’s going to be able to do
in that. I wanted to give Abby Green one more shot at the 3,200-meter because she’s a freshman and she’s just learning tactics and things like that.” There have been occasions, Martin said, where a performance in such an invitational has changed his lineup entering championship season. “We get until tomorrow [Sunday] to make those decisions,” Martin said. “Sure, things can change.”
Trio of discus throwers fuel Clarksburg’s field events Most coaches would be happy with one solid competitor in a field event — or any event for that matter. But Clarksburg High School assistant Deb Waxman, the Coyotes’ longtime throws coach, has three competitors lighting up the county leaderboard this season. As of Saturday, Clarksburg’s Abraham Kinguelewa (141-04), Zack Fiscus (129-02) and Joe Opiekun (124-11) had all posted top 10 throws in the county. “They’re very competitive,” Waxman said. “They’re very supportive of one another. They’re constantly pushing each other to throw it a little further. They critique each other’s throws in a positive manner.” Fiscus, a junior, and Kinguelewa, a senior, were throwers from the time they came to Clarksburg, Waxman said. Opiekun, after going back and forth between football and track, decided to follow in his sister’s footsteps and become a thrower. Each one, Waxman said, has increased their throws by around 10 feet each season under her tutelage, thanks also in part to their competitive fire. “Their eyes are a little quicker than mine at this point, and they tell each other what they need to improve on,” Waxman said. “They’re extremely supportive of one another.”
Richard Montgomery coach plays strategy game If anyone understands how to properly navigate the slew of commitments that come with championship season rapidly approaching, one of those people is likely Richard Montgomery High School coach Davy Rogers. The longtime Rockets coach has been on the staff at the Rockville school since 2001 and was quick to point out how Saturday’s Katie Jenkins Invitational at Sherwood — just four days removed from Wednesday’s county championship — might play out differently than other regular season meets. “You’re getting to that point in the season where you’re kind of tuning up and fine tuning everything, so you’ll probably see a lot of guys that are milers running the 400-meter or the 200-meter who will work on speed work today,” Rogers said before the event. Rogers did not run any of his distance runners in individual events at the meet but instead opted to place them in the 2x800-meter relay to work on speed. “You’re not going to see a lot of the kids who are going to be top contenders for the county championship run more than one event, if that,” Rogers said. “It’s a lot of more [junior varsity] kids getting a chance today.”
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Former Good Counsel star selected in NFL Draft Stefon Diggs, former star at Good Counsel High School and the University of Maryland, College Park, was selected in the fifth round (No. 146) of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. The Gaithersburg native played three seasons in College Park before declaring for the draft at the end of his junior year.
— ADAM GUTEKUNST
County soccer team wins fifth straight State Cup The Maryland Rush Montgomery Coyotes Under-17 girls travel soccer team won its fifth consecutive Maryland State Cup title Sunday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds with a 1-0 win against Maryland United. The 2012 U-14 national champion moves on to regional play looking for its fourth straight national tournament berth. The 2015 US Youth Soccer Region I Championships are scheduled for June 25-30 in West Virginia. Whitman High School senior Emma Anderson scored the winning goal in Sunday’s final in the first half off a pass from Vikings teammate Lindsay Wytkind. Bethesda-Chevy Chase junior Paula Germino-Watnick rocketed a shot off the crossbar that appeared to cross the goal line but it was ultimately ruled a no goal, according to MRM coach Alex Gould. The Coyotes outshot the United, 20-0. “The players were very excited to get a fifth state title,” Gould said. “They now will have an opportunity to get back to nationals for the fourth straight time, if they can make a great run in West Virginia. They’re looking forward to the challenge.”
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Blake boys win division title The Blake High School boys lacrosse team won the 4A/3A East Division title, the first in the school’s history. The Bengals recovered from an 0-3 start to finish the regular season 9-3, closing their season on a nine-game winning streak where they outscored opponents by nine goals per game. Senior Frankie Hedgepeth — named 4A/3A East Player of the Week on April 27 — leads Blake in both goals (32), assists (23) and groundballs (96) as the Silver Spring school heads into the playoffs with a first-round bye.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
Watkins Mill in it for the long haul If Watkins Mill High School baseball coach Mike Celenza had to choose one word to describe this season, it would be “inconsistent,” he said.
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK BY PRINCE J. GRIMES Without the same wealth of baseball talent as other teams in the area, the Wolverines aren’t going to score runs in large amounts, therefore they have to pitch well and play good defense to have a shot at winning, and they haven’t always been able to accomplish that. Watkins Mill finished the regular season with a 15-3 loss to Kennedy, dropping its record to 3-13. “There will be games where we play really good defense and we’ll pitch really well, and we’ll be in the game and it’ll be close,” Celenza said. “The games we don’t pitch well, we don’t play defense, it’ll be loses. It’s just consistency with throwing strikes and playing defense.” Celenza has placed a premium on minimizing errors and when the team responds, wins such as the one they secured over Walter Johnson on April 29 are possible. Senior pitcher Jacob Richards has done a nice job of bouncing back from a sub-par junior year and became a leader for the team this season. Fellow senior, infielder Matthew Finn, has also been important in making sure the team
stays focused during practice. “You got to set the tone at practice. And once you set the tone there, it leads to games,” Celenza said. “It’s going to be a long haul and the kids, I think, are very committed to it.”
Sherwood works on small things It shouldn’t really surprise anyone that the Sherwood High School baseball team is one of the top teams in the county once again, a season removed from reaching the 4A state title game. This team isn’t quite the same as last season, but it’s still a team coach Sean Davis said he’s proud to be going into the postseason with. “The dynamic’s a little bit different,” Davis said. “But these kids are hungry and they’re good ball players. They’re a team that, if they get hot, they can be dangerous. I don’t think anyone wants to play Sherwood in May.” Senior Jake Paholski, in particular, is having a standout season for the Warriors. His .523 batting average on 23 hits leads the team. “Jake’s just had an unbelievable year,” Davis said. “Even his outs are hard. He goes two-forfour and his average goes down. He’s having an unbelievable year, and he’s a leader for us.” Different players have been able to contribute in each game, including Neven Sussman, who leads the team with 12 runs batted in. Sherwood broke a recent three-game losing skid to finish the season with a win over Damascus on May 2 and a tie against Blair
on Monday. Davis said he talked to his team about building momentum, and while a tie isn’t a loss, there were some things the Warriors can work on before the playoffs. “You tell the guys to get in the mindset that the small things matter. You got to do the small things right to be a good team,” Davis said.
Blair rolling into playoffs Staying true to form, the Blair High School baseball team fell behind twice by small margins in its final game of the season against Sherwood on Monday, but fought back each time to tie the game. After seven innings, and tied at 4-4, the teams played two extra innings in a game that started an hour later than usual because of county-wide testing. As the sun set, the game was called and a tie was the result after nine innings. Fortunately, the result of this game wasn’t going to impact playoff seeding for either team. Blair had a first-round bye secured. The 4A South Division champions were only working on staying sharp, coach Eric Zolkiewicz said. “Just trying to stay sharp,” Zolkiewicz said. “We’ve been on a good little run and we just want to keep playing well. Do the things that make us successful. I was trying to give a bunch of pitchers some work today, and go from there.”
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Sherwood ready for another state title run As always, the spring high school softball season has seemingly flown by and playoffs have arrived — region tournaments are scheduled to begin Thursday.
SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN Unlike past years, regular-season games carried a bit more weight this year as all teams were set to be seeded when the draws were released — Tuesday’s draw was too late to be included in this edition of The Gazette — rather than just the top 4, or more recently, top 2 in each section. But one thing remains the same: It’s one and done and to get to states.
Favorites If there was ever a chance for the topranked Sherwood High School softball team to get nervous and show some vulnerability, it was Monday when the Warriors went for their state-record 78th straight victory against Blair, the last team to which they had lost in May 2011. No such luck for Maryland Class 4A teams. The Warriors will remain the absolute favorite until any team has remotely tested them. Junior pitcher Jaime Schmier has not looked at all like a first-year starter and Sherwood’s historically potent batting order remains strong
Contenders Unfortunately for No. 2 Blake, which heads into the postseason off major wins against No. 3 Blair and Clarksburg, the Bengals will have to get through Sherwood just to get out of the 4A North Region’s Section II and the Warriors won their regular season meeting, 10-3. But, anything can happen on any given day and Blake, led by sophomore left-handed pitcher Elie Smethurst and one of the Washington, D.C. area’s most powerful batters in Bailey Boyd, has certainly proven to be one of Montgomery County’s top teams. The all-county 4A West Region is like a freefor-all of contenders with Blair, Northwest, Magruder and Clarksburg topping the list. Blair’s only real obstacle in getting to the region final would be Richard Montgomery, which has proven it can compete with the top teams but hasn’t yet nabbed a signature win — no time like playoffs, though. First-year starting pitcher Karylena Cruz has kept the Blazers’ tradition of strong pitching in tact and she’s backed by a dynamic offense. Getting through the bottom section will not be as straight forward. Northwest, which lost to Sherwood and Clarksburg early in the season, looks to be in the best position heading into playoffs off a recent win over Blake. Junior
Bridgette Barbour has been strong in the circle all year and the defense around her — Northwest has six first-year starters in its lineup — has come together nicely. With senior Fiona Johnson in the circle, Magruder has a chance against anyone it plays. The Colonels handed Clarksburg — which hasn’t ended the regular season as strong as it started — their first loss of the year and lost a very close game to Blair that could have gone either way. Clarksburg has struggled, record-wise, in recent weeks, but it also has played one of the toughest late-season schedules. And all three of its losses have been by three runs or less. The Coyotes have all the tools necessary to make their first state tournament appearance.
Darkhorses It will be tough for any county Class 3A team to get out of a region that features perennial Frederick County powers that have dominated the region in recent years. But several teams have a legitimate shot at getting out of the all-county bottom section and into the final and anything can happen in a championship game. Einstein and Damascus likely lead the way but Northwood has posted some big wins in recent weeks and Rockville and Seneca Valley would also be dangerous to overlook.
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HOW THEY RANK Boys track 1. Northwest 2. Quince Orchard 3. Springbrook 4. Richard Montgomery 5. Paint Branch Girls track 1. Clarksburg 2. Bullis 3. Northwest 4. Walter Johnson 5. Paint Branch n Best bet: County Championship Meet, Wednesday at Walter Johnson; First meet of championship season is sure to be a good one.
Girls lacrosse 1. Good Counsel 2. Holy Cross 3. Stone Ridge 4. Holton-Arms 5. Sherwood n Best bet: Richard Montgomery/Walter Johnson at Whitman, Monday; Vikings road to a repeat begins with tough matchup in second round.
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Comedian Sheng Wang looks to bring big laughs to AMP by Strathmore on Friday.
I ask Hollywood legend Shirley MacLaine if our interview can be recorded for accuracy’s sake. She laughs after giving the go-ahead. “With the NSA in the world, why should I be concerned?” Much — much — has been written about MacLaine’s outspoken views and beliefs on everything from women’s rights to reincarnation, making the prospect of an impromptu interview more than a bit daunting. Not to mention her storied professional career, which clocks in at more than 50 motion pictures — many of them, like “The Apartment” and “Terms of Endearment” some of the bona fide bests the industry ever committed to celluloid — an Academy Award win (and six nominations) and a laundry list of international best-selling tomes. Oh, and she was an honorary member of the Rat Pack, slinging barbs with the likes of Frank, Dean and Sammy, setting the stage for effortless cool before it was a thing. She doesn’t have to be kind or generous. The octogenarian, who celebrated her 81st birthday on April 24, is like a feisty grandmother who could buy you. But on the phone, MacLaine is those things, and also down to earth, graceful and witty. When the subject of popular favorite “Steel Magnolias” is breached, she considers its endurance. “A lot of people are telling me that these days,” she said. “I think maybe [it’s] because of the bereft notion of roles for women in Hollywood. They remember how good that was and wish some of that would come back.” On Saturday, she brings some of that back,
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AN EVENING WITH SHIRLEY MACLAINE n When: 8 p.m., Saturday n Where: Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda n Tickets: $35-$85 n More information: strathmore.org; 301-581-5100
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Author, actor and outspoken Hollywood star Shirley MacLaine will bring her deeply personal stage show to the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday.
Comedian Sheng Wang will step up to the mic to deliver fresh stand-up comedy from a unique point of view on Friday at AMP by Strathmore. Wang, who hails from the San Francisco Bay area, has been in comedy for more than a decade, starting when he was in college. “There might have been a lot of signs of this happening to me,” Wang said of becoming a comedian. “I got involved in a little performing arts group — very supportive — that wanted to let anyone, but especially Asian-American kids, get on stage.” Wang, who was in college at the time, first graced the stage at a talent show. “Another student had volunteered to do stand-up comedy, and I said, ‘That sounds cool, I’ll try that, too,’” Wang said. “I had very little idea of what stand-up comedy really was about.” Wang said the only impression he had of stand-up comedy at the time was actually based on very little. “It was largely based on the commercials I had seen for Def Comedy Jam and VHS videos of that show in the late ’90s,” Wang said. His college foray would be the start of a promising career in comedy that would lead Wang to a half-hour Comedy Central special in 2011 and a 2014 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, among others.
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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available. MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate - Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, Omer Avital Quintet, May 7; Sheng Wang, May 8; Sunliner, May 9; WCP Summer Music Showcase, May 13; The Duhks, May 14; Tribute to “Sassy” Sarah Vaughan, May 15; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Radio King Orchestra, May 7; Luther Re-Lives, May 8; Shadows of the 60’s: A Tribute to the Four Tops, May 9; Mother’s Day Brunch with Wil Hart; May 10; Wil Hart, May 10; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Boxcar Lilies, May 16; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 6; The McDuffees, May 8; Bluebird Sky, May 9; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Of Mice & Men, May 6; Black Alley, May 8; Ciara, May 9; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Arts & The Mind: Taste & Know, May 7; BSO: Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto, May 7; An Evening of Armenian Music, May 8; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-5815100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “The Wonderful Wiz-
ard of Oz,” through May 25, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc. org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240-314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,” through May 17, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre. org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” May 7 through June 21; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301634-5380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394, r-m-t. org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27
through June 21, call for show times, 4545 EastWest Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-6441100, roundhousetheatre.org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” May 29 through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage.org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.
VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Motionless, I Stay and Go: I am a Pause,” through May 24, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art League, Juried Members’ Show varied media, through May 29; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Joseph Sheppard, through May 22; 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Stephanie Garmey, through May 24; Jowita Wyszomirska and David Brown, through May 24; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, “The Merry Month,” through May 23; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, May 15 through June 1; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-654-1998.
ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.
Musicians of The Washington Piano Society, Spring Concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, featuring works by Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff. Free, with no advance tickets required. Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. dcpianosociety.org, 301-793-1863.
Hometowne Barbershop Chorus and the Village Jazz Band, present an evening of close
harmony singing and rousing Dixieland jazz in a musical play about a young soldier getting out of the Vietnam War era Army and trying to get to Broadway via New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville. $20, children 10 and under free, $15 in advance from Amalsun, 301-431-0484 or dramalsun@yahoo.com.
The Bach Sinfonia presents “Bach in the Middle: The Cöthen Concertos,” 8 p.m. Saturday
at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Tickets are $15$35. bachsinfonia.org, 301-362-6525.
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Take a multi-racial stroll down the Yellow Brick Road
Show features diversity while staying true to the source material
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BY JOSHUA
AXELROD
SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
No one needs to be sold on the merits of “The Wizard of Oz.” Between Frank L. Baum’s original novel, the 1939 movie and the musical, the story of Dorothy’s journey back to Kansas can officially be labeled as timeless. Of course, there is never an excuse to pass up the opportunity to relive that magic or introduce a new generation to the classic tale. Anyone looking for such an experience is in luck, because the Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center (ATMTC) in Glen Echo is in the middle of its run of “The Wizard of Oz.” “Every time I come back to ATMTC, I feel like we try to create magic, and Oz is at its core, magical,” said director Roberta Gasbarre in a press release. ““I cannot wait to take this journey with the audience, and they should be prepared for an amazing ride.” This trip to Oz is overflowing with the best talent the Washington, D.C., theater scene has to offer. Gasbarre was nominated for two Helen Hayes awards — D.C.’s top honors for theater — for ATMTC productions of “The Red Balloon” and “Goodnight Moon,” while Paige Hernandez (who plays Dorothy) also has a couple Helen Hayes nominations under her belt. Jacqueline Lawton, the musical’s playwright, has some serious awards clout as well. She received a Theatre Communication Group’s Young Leaders of Color honor in 2012 and was named one of the top 30 national leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute. In addition to her theater credentials, Lawton has always had a special place in her heart for “The Wizard of Oz.” Like Dorothy, she grew up on a farm and connects with the girl’s sense of imagination. Lawton understood that adapting such an iconic story would be a daunting task. Even with the help of Gasbarre, who Lawton said “knows
BRUCE DOUGLAS
Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion all take the stage at Adventure Theatre MTC for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”
‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ n When: Through May 25 n Where: Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo n Tickets: $19 n More Information: adventuretheatre-mtc.org; 301-251-5766
magic and theatricality like her right hand,” it was still a tall older to make this version stand on its own. “It’s a beast of a story,” Lawton said. “It’s one we knew people would come to with huge expectations. We had to honor the novel.” Lawton admitted that the source material didn’t lend itself well to theatricality. She originally turned all 24 chapters of Baum’s novel into scenes before cutting it down and making it her own. “It was all about enhancing the theatricality and storytelling,” she said. “We wanted people to learn something about the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion they didn’t know before.” In the case of the Wicked Witch, Lawton went to the 1939 movie for inspiration. She mentioned watching an interview with Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch from Victor Fleming’s film, where she
discussed how much the character enjoyed being evil. “You can’t help but fall in love with her because of how much fun she’s having terrorizing everyone,” Lawton said. She was particularly excited about the play’s use of hand puppets for the munchkins, flying monkeys and Toto. Lawton described the munchkins as “racially diverse,” which she said was definitely not an accident. “The Wizard of Oz” is traditionally a very white story, and it’s African-American counterpart, “The Wiz,” is also pretty one-dimensional in its depiction of race. ATMTC’s production not only has a mixed actress front and center as Dorothy, but also features actors of many different colors. “We’re very intentional with our diversity,” Lawton said. “We know the audience comes from all kinds of backgrounds. We want to make sure that the people on stage reflect their lives.” Turning the story into a mirror is a noble goal, but it’s part of the reason Lawton hopes audiences will enjoy this particular stroll down the Yellow Brick Road. “It’s a familiar story that’s made made relevant in a beautiful way,” Lawton said. “You’ll walk away with a renewed sense of why you loved it so much to begin with.”
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Continued from Page B-5 and more, to the Music Center at Strathmore during “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine.” A&E: Well, to start out with, I wanted to wish you a belated happy birthday. MacLaine: (Laughter) Thank you. A&E: Did you celebrate? MacLaine: Oh, I had a great time. A&E: I read you were named after Shirley Temple. I guess she was 6 years old the year you were born. MacLaine: Yeah, that’s right. How could I have been in the business any other way? (laughter) A&E: Did you ever meet Temple or work with her? MacLaine: Never met her. She was a Republican. Mmm-mm. A&E: Speaking of classic Hollywood, I read that one of your passion projects would be a biopic of silent film star Louise Brooks. MacLaine: Oh! God, I would love do to that. You know, when Kenneth Tynan found her, she was in her 70s. He found her in upstate New York. And he had been a fan of her all his life. And the movie would have been about the relationship between Louise Brooks and Kenneth Tynan — the great English journalist. A&E: What is it about her story, in particular, that engaged you, and is it something you still hope to work on? MacLaine: Yes, I think I would like to, but we need to get somebody to play young Louise. She was just so much of a renegade, actually. And you know the old saying, “You never quit Hollywood until you find God?” (laughter) Nobody could understand what it was that Louise had found that she quit. A&E: You’re bringing your show, “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine” to our Music Center at Strathmore. Can you tell me how that production took shape? What was its genesis? MacLaine: Well, I tell you, I have a compendium of wonderful stuff from my movies, my travels, my books, my lovers, my family, the Rat Pack, my stage work — it’s a really pretty good film thing, about 45 minutes. And then I come on and answer any questions that anybody’s got. And that usually lasts a while. A&E: What do you look forward to the most? What’s the dynamic like with the audience?
MacLaine: Oh, I love it. Because I love to know what people are thinking. I love to know where they are in their own lives. And I have to tell you something, my experience with doing these shows — they don’t ask me at the end of the [film] … about the Rat Pack, or Dean and Frank. They ask me about my books. A&E: To tell you the truth, both questions are on my list. I’m a huge fan of the old crooners, specifically Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I could listen to the live recordings of Dean Martin on a loop in my car. He had such brilliant comic timing. MacLaine: Absolutely. A&E: You were another member of the Pack, itself. What was it like being around them? Were they as much fun to be around as one imagines them to be? MacLaine: You know, absolutely. The … How should I say? It was the spontaneity. Nobody cared in our group what anyone else thought of them. If they were mad they expressed it. If they were funny, they expressed it. It was a real education for me in spontaneity. And that, by the way, was the way they were on the set. The way they were on the stage. And the audience loved seeing the imperfection of those guys. Because a lot of times they put their foot right in it — and they would deal with it. And that’s what everybody loved. The fact that nothing was planned. And that’s what I adored. I don’t like stuff that’s planned. I don’t wanna know what’s going to happen on stage when I go out there. I don’t wanna know. A&E: We mentioned your books — you’re a prolific author. Does writing come easy to you? MacLaine: Um, yeah — if I’m in the mood. And I usually stay in the mood for about six weeks. And I write for six hours a day, six weeks, and that’s when I deal with my back pain — a little bit later. (laughter) I write by hand. And I just write what I’m thinking. I’m not really a ... what do you call it if you’re not a writer but you’re a — a translator of your thoughts. I think that’s what I do. A&E: Are you working on anything right now? MacLaine: Yeah, but I don’t want to talk about it yet. A&E: You have a film coming out, “Wild Oats” with Jessica Lange. MacLaine: Probably next fall ... It’s Jessica, me and Demi [Moore]. A&E: What drew you to that film?
MacLaine: Oh, I’ve been working on it for years and years, and frankly I finally I just said, “Ok, nevermind, let’s just do it.” A&E: You’ve become a fan-favorite on “Downton Abbey.” MacLaine: Mmm. A&E: Do you expect a return to that show? MacLaine: One never knows what Julian Fellowes is gonna do, to tell you the truth. I don’t know. But I loved doing it. And I just loved the perfection of everything. The scripts, the wardrobe, the sets, the timing, the attitude... A&E: That show helped to usher in the era of binge-watching. Are you a television watcher yourself? MacLaine: You know, I watch the news. … I got really interested in the “Empire.” I really got interested in that. And, I don’t know — I have to try this binge watching. I don’t have that much time. How come so many people are doing it? Are they just out of work? A&E: I did want to touch on a fascination of mine that it sounds like you share: UFOs. How did that start for you? Have you ever had an encounter? MacLaine: Ok, you know —when I was 10 years old … I’ve been a mystic all my life, I think. The first presents for Christmas I asked for were a telescope and a cross. I sort of knew there were people out there, and I also knew there was a God out there. And I wanted to know about both. And that’s been since I was 10 years old. Yes, I saw many UFOs in Peru, whenever I would visit Peru and go up to 8,000 feet. And I’ve seen them all over New Mexico, too. A&E: I think it’s very interesting that you mentioned a belief in a God and alien life, because it seems to me that a lot of people think that if you believe in one you can’t believe in the other. MacLaine: No, that’s not true. Do you remember Monsignor Balducci? [He] served about five popes in the Catholic church. He came out with an announcement on behalf of the popes — “Welcome to our brothers and sisters in space, under God.” And nobody picked it up! ... Look it up some time. I think you’d be astounded. A&E: Your first film was “The Trouble With Harry.” Do you have memories of that shoot and of Hitchcock? MacLaine: Of course I do. I was his eating partner, since I was not the
Page B-7 tall, thin, ethereal blonde who had mystery… whatever I was to him, he wanted me to eat every meal with him. I gained 25 pounds on that movie. And I adored him. I didn’t find him cruel. I didn’t find him any of that. I found him cryptically sarcastic, but a lot of people with his kind of background were like that. A&E: I read a quote of yours that made me smile. Regarding Audrey Hepburn, you said, “She taught me how to dress and I taught her how to curse.” And I guess my question is: Who was the better student? MacLaine: (laughter) I was the best teacher, cuz she didn’t teach me a thing about dressing! Oh, I adored her. A&E: Looking back over your career, it’s hard to find an area that you have not dabbled in or perfected. But the big news this week in entertainment is the opening of the “Avengers” film. The superhero craze is attracting a lot of high-caliber talent, when in years before it never did. Is that something you would ever consider, or is that just not your thing? MacLaine: I don’t know. If she was metaphysically inclined or had some version of God, or had something that was kind of reminiscent of my books, yeah. But otherwise, it’s just serving the corporate mind that knows that these branded pictures make so much money. You would have to say something that I either agree with or am interested in. A&E: To that end, what are the big issues that you find yourself paying attention to? MacLaine: Women’s roles in our society. Not only in leadership, but also in equal thinking, equal points of view. I think poverty is a disgrace. I think we should be more socialized. If you’re going to socialize medicine… if you’re going to have that kind of medical stuff, make it totally socialistic like they did in Canada and England and Sweden and elsewhere. It’s kind of an equalization of being alive. That’s what I’m interested in. A&E: Is there anything else you would like to tell fans who are coming out to the show? MacLaine: Just come with lots of questions on your mind and I’ll do my best to answer them. Because that’s what they call me — the questioner. A&E: That’s a great superhero name, by the way. MacLaine: (laughter) Ok. noravec@gazette.net
COMEDIAN
Continued from Page B-5 “I found it to be a complete thrill to just get on stage, talk to an audience and connect to a bunch of strangers,” Wang said. Wang explains that his comedy is universal and not mean-spirited. “Typically, I try to do comedy that is just personal observations, usually based on personal experiences and things that are very common to everybody,” he said. “I try to take a weird or unique view on things and situate it in a way that’s familiar to everybody.” His unique take also won him the top honor at NBC Universal’s seventhannual “Stand-Up for Diversity” comedy search in 2011, aimed at promoting minority comedians. “I think it is important to have some Asian representation in standup comedy and mainstream American culture,” Wang said. “However, my approach to it is to just be a great comedian who represents Asian-Americans well.” Wang is also trying to diversify his skills and learn more about the art of writing for television. “That’s something that I’ve always thought about but never really pursued,” Wang said. “Ultimately, I would like to create something that would be based on the personal experiences that I draw from for my stand-up comedy.” Wang said he’s excited to perform in Maryland, which will be just one show of a promising year filled with a great deal of travel and personal growth. “I know that it’s a long journey, and it’s only fulfilling when I feel like I’m growing constantly, every year, and I feel like this has been one of those years so far,” Wang said. “I think it will be a really great show. It will be a fun time. I’ll be Asian and doing comedy coming from a unique place that’s still relatable,” Wang said with a laugh.
SHENG WANG n When: 7:30 p.m. Friday n Where: AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda n Tickets: $25-$30 n More information: ampbystrathmore. com; 301-581-5100
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2010 Ford Focus SEL.............V051211B, Blue, 72,358 Miles..................$10,991
2012 Mini Cooper Cpe..........V243227A,Red,35,499 Miles....................$17,991
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