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Teammates help Gaithersburg starting pitcher Anthony Felitti shave his beard after the Trojans won their first Class 4A state championship in baseball Friday in Aberdeen, defeating Severna Park 5-3. Felitti promised before the season that he wouldn’t shave until they won the championship. See Sports, Page B1.
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Starting in late June, about 100 of Montgomery County’s 1,200 police officers will begin wearing body cameras on their chests or on eyeglasses as a way to record their contacts with the public. The goal of the six-month pilot program is to test and evaluate different types of cameras and technology, which are
intended to improve police accountability, particularly in incidents involving the use of force, while balancing that with privacy concerns. “There will be times when [someone] asks not to be recorded, and the officer has the discretion to turn [the camera] off, but he or she must say aloud why they’re turning it off,” said county police Chief J. Thomas Manger during a May 11 budget discussion with the County Council. The cities of Rockville, Gaithersburg and Takoma Park also are testing and evaluating
police body cameras. Body cameras have become part of a national discussion about officers’ use of force following the fatal shooting death of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo., in August 2014 and, most recently, the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore in April after suffering neck and spinal injuries while in police custody. County officers will wear the cameras during traffic stops, arrests, transports and incidents involving people with mental problems, Manger said. The cameras will not be
used to record conversations between officers or in places such as locker rooms and dressing rooms unless the rooms are part of a criminal investigation, he said. “When there’s a complaint, [the cameras] will eliminate that speculation about what actually happened,” said Councilman Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown. During the pilot, the police department will handle public requests for video in about the same way that it currently han-
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Before there was Brown v. Board, there was Mendez v. Westminster — a court case that began in 1946 to challenge racial segregation of Mexican-Americans in California. Behind that case was Sylvia Mendez, a little girl who just wanted a nicer school playground.
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Madeline Hanington, a sixth-grade English teacher and content specialist at Gaithersburg Middle School, worked with four of her students to research, write and stage a play focusing on Sylvia Mendez and her family’s important contribution. The project will be featured on the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes’ website. Hanington was asked to be a Lowell Milken fellow last summer because she had received a Milken Educator Award in 2011. The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung He-
roes promotes project-based learning for students by giving them the task of researching in order to write a play, make a documentary or build a website about an unsung hero. The center defines an unsung hero as “one who created positive change in history by improving the lives of others, and has yet to be recognized for his or her actions.” On the evening of May 18, in the school cafeteria, parents, colleagues and friends came out to see “The Story of a Brown Skin Girl,” the culmination of the project. The play
told the story of how Mendez wanted to attend a better school and asked her father and aunt to enroll her in Orange County, Calif. The school denied Mendez and her siblings enrollment because of their darker skin, but allowed her cousins entry because they were lighter skinned. The play went on to explain that Mendez’s father and other fathers in the neighborhood decided to band together to challenge the School District of Orange County in federal court and then the United States Court of
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A dredging project is set to start this summer at Lake Whetstone in Montgomery Village closing the boathouse, volleyball court and parking lot near the recreation area in June. Amy Stevens is the manager of the stormwater facilities maintenance program within the division of watershed protection in Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection. On May 16, she and several other representatives from Montgomery County as well as from the outside contractors and consultants, including Anchor QEA, participated in a community meeting at the lake. The group explained during the community walk that the dredging process includes
a large barge that will sit on the water to collect the sediment and send it back to equipment that will continue the separating process in the parking lot and a grassy area that will be paved over. The hydraulic dredging process involves disturbing the sediment in the water and pumping it into a machine which filters it and sends it back to land to be fully treated. Eventually the sediment is separated at hauled to a landfill and the excess liquid is put back into the lake. “The project started out as a request from the community, from Montgomery Village Foundation and the surrounding home associations,” Stevens said in a phone interview on Tuesday. “We started investigating it several years ago.” Stevens explained that residents noticed there was a lot of sediment buildup around the area where a stream flows into
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A small four-door sedan plunged into the Woodlake Community Pool in Germantown on May 20, two days before the pool was scheduled to open for the season. The driver was not injured. Mike Williams, vice president of RSV Pools Inc. of Gaithersburg, said he was finishing up some work at the pool that night when he saw a car come into the driveway, jump the curb and drive across a patch of grass. It went through the fence, over the concrete deck and landed in the pool. “It came out of the blue,” Williams said. “At first, I thought it was some kind of stunt, someone trying to get into the pool. I was taken aback, shocked.” Nevertheless, Williams said, his first reaction was to get the driver, who was alone in the car,
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This small four-door sedan plunged into the Woodlake Community Pool in Germantown on May 20, when the driver lost control in the pool’s parking lot. Mike Williams from Gaithersburg’s RSV Pools Inc. was preparing the pool for opening day and helped the driver to safety. Because of the damage, the pool will open a week late. out safely. The car landed in the shallow end of the pool with one
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Health Decisions Done Right: A Lecture on Joint Surgery, 10 a.m., Ingleside at King
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THURSDAY, MAY 28 Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Brightview Fallsgrove
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Durufle and Copland: A Concert of Contrasts, 7:30 p.m., St. Mark Presbyterian
Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda. National Institutes of Health Community Chorus, with East Avenue Ensemble of Chevy Chase. Free; donations support NIH charities. nihco.org. Zumba on the Square, 10:30 a.m. Rockville Town Square, 200 E. Middle Lane, Rockville. Hosted by Gold’s Gym. Select Saturdays through October. jpowell@federalrealty.com Meditation guidelines, 11 a.m.-noon, Potomac Community Recreation Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Free. 240-8997099 or sampathindira@gmail.com. Strathmore/Bel Pre community yard sale, 9 a.m.-noon, Strathmore/Bel Pre
Pool, 13914 Bethpage Lane, Aspen Hill. Rain date is June 6. 301-460-0497 or linda.k.bea@verizon.net. 35th Washington Folk Festival, noon-7 p.m., Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Same time May 31. Musicians, storytellers, dancers, and crafters. Free shuttle bus from the Geico parking lot, 5260 Western Ave. Free. 301-526-8558 or dwainfest@ aol.com. Doonya (Bollywood) for Nepal, 2-3 p.m., ProFIT Club, 304 E. Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg. $10 donations welcome to support Nepal earthquake relief efforts. 301.602.8142 or contact@profitclubmd.com. Master Gardeners Plant Clinic, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Gaithersburg Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg. Bring samples and pictures. Free. mgmont@umd.edu. Rockville Science Center 2.0: Imagine Our Future, 9-11 a.m., Rockville Senior
FRIDAY, MAY 29 Peled plays Schumann Cello Concerto,
8 p.m., Shrine of St. Jude Catholic Church, 12701 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville. The finale of the Washington Chamber Orchestra’s inaugural season. $10 and up at the door; free for people 18 years and younger. www.thewco.org. Wetlands Hike, 6 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. A 1.5-mile hike to the wetlands area. Meet at the parking area of the Bluejay and Nuthatch pavilions. $3 per person for Maryland residents, $5 for others. 301-924-2127 or bethany.lillard@ maryland.gov. American Red Cross Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Maryland National Capitol Park and Planning Commission, 16641 Crabbs Branch Way, Derwood. Call 800733-2767 for an appointment.
Center, 1150 Carnation Drive, Rockville. Brainstorming sessions. Coffee and donuts. 240-386-8111 or RSC2.0@RockvilleScienceCenter.org. Community Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Milestone community, exit 16 east off Interstate 270, Germantown. Free. Michaelsarisohn@yahoo.com. Community Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 17740 Muncaster Road, Derwood. Rain or shine. 301926-1220 or stlukesmdc@aol.com. Annual Church Yard Sale, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 11900 Darnestown Road, Gaithersburg. poplutheran.org. Murder at the TonyLou Awards, 7 p.m. Gaithersburg Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Rockville Little Theatre audience participation murder mystery and silent auction to benefit theater.
Totally Tango!, 7-10 p.m., Arts Barn & Kentlands Mansion, 311/320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. A performance by tango ensemble Quintango at the Arts Barn, followed by a “milonga,” or tango dance party. $35 individual/$60 couple.
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SUNDAY, MAY 31 “Sweet-T” 5K Benefit Walk, 2-5 p.m., Covenant Life School, back lawn, 7501 Muncaster Mill Road, Gaithersburg. To benefit the Teressa French Memorial Scholarship Fund. www.TeressaFrench. myevent.com or 301-602-9224. “Rent: The Concert Version,” 7-9:30 p.m., Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac. Musical follows a year in the life of artists and musicians struggling to survive and create. $20 per person, including dessert reception. www. harshalom.org or 301-299-7087. Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Festival, noon-8 p.m., Silver Spring Civic Building, One Veterans Place. Juried competition, a four-hour video competition, social justice and media workshops, and performances. Free. tinyurl.com/kbpknml or ashley@ gandhibrigade.org. Disc Golf for Beginners, 11 a.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. $3 per person for Maryland residents, $5 per person for others. 301924-2127 or bethany.lillard@maryland.gov.
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Asbury Communities Inc. names new CEO Asbury Communities Inc., headquartered in Germantown, has announced that Doug Leidig has been named president and CEO of the organization effective June 1, according to a release. Asbury Communities Inc. is the not-for-profit parent management company of the Asbury system, which provides housing and continuing care to older adults. According to the release, Leidig has served as COO of Asbury Communities since 2004 and as the president of The Asbury Group, the for-profit division of Asbury, since 2012. Before moving into the parent company, Leidig began his career with Asbury as an administrator at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. Leidig succeeds Edwin C. Thomas III who has served as president and CEO since 1987 before announcing his retirement this year, according to the release.
Real Estate office opens in Kentlands Real Estate agent Meredith Fogle, a lifelong area resident, opened a new office at 361 Main St. in the Kentlands, according to a release.
The grand opening of her team’s branch office for Old Line Properties, LLC, was held on May 15. According to the release, Fogle is involved in many area organizations including as president of the Kentlands Kingfish Board, vice president of social for Lakelands Park Middle School, a member of the Kentlands Business Owners Groups, nominated board member of Rachel Carson Elementary School and board member of Montgomery Playhouse. Fogle and her team have been the Kentlands Team for 2012, 2013 and 2014 and are known as the Kentlands and Lakelands experts, according to the release. More information can be found at www.meredithfogle. com.
Leadership Montgomery class to graduate Friday The 2015 Emerging Leaders class at Leadership Montgomery is graduating this week. A commencement is planned for Friday at the Montgomery County Conference Center in North Bethesda. Leadership Montgomery is a program in which community leaders study and discuss local issues. The 2015 graduates, from Gaithersburg: Michael A. Brown of the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission; Ana I. Dudamel of Identity Inc.; Cory M. Pettinella of M&T Bank.
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Throughout Memorial Day weekend, 750 American flags soared on the hill at Bohrer Park, each representing a hero. “Flags for our Heroes” was first organized by the Montgomery Village Rotary Club for Memorial Day in 2014. According to past-president and current member, Rick Carder, this year the Montgomery Village club reached out to the Gaithersburg Rotary Club to expand the project and include their neighbors in the display. “Flags for our Heroes” is a community event in which individuals were given the opportunity to sponsor a flag for $50 in honor of someone they believe is a hero. The honoree could be anyone from a member of the armed forces to a teacher, coach or mentor. Different levels of corporate sponsorship were also available. On Saturday at 11 a.m., a public opening ceremony took place at the park with City of Gaithersburg representatives, as well as ROTC students and Boy Scouts participating. Each flag was adorned with medallions recognizing the heroes and
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Linda Hanson, president elect of the Gaithersburg Rotary Club, plants a flag as she and other members of the Montgomery Village and Gaithersburg Rotary Clubs set up their Memorial Day “Flags for our Heroes” display on Thursday at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg. those who sponsored each of them could go through the rows in order to find their flag. Flags were available for sponsorship throughout the weekend. Linda Hanson, the president-elect of the Gaithersburg Rotary, explained that although having to dig 250 holes and install the tubing required to fly their group’s flag was a lot of work, she is excited. “We really saw the significance of it last year,” Hanson said. She explained that “Flags for our Heroes” helps renew the
real reason for Memorial Day beyond just the notion that it’s the beginning of summer when pools traditionally open. Hanson said she would love to continue a partnership with Montgomery Village. She said she has “seen the strength when clubs band together.” Last year, with about 500 flags sponsored, the Montgomery Village club grossed between $20,000 and $30,000 because they had the extra expense of the flags to take care of first. This year they are using the
Armed robbery • 18500 block of Boysenberry Drive at 12:31 a.m. on May 6. The victim was approached by the subject who displayed a handgun and demanded money. Property taken. • 100 block of Teachers Way at 2:18 a.m. on May 9. The two subjects approached and assaulted the victim. Property taken. Strong-arm robbery • Teachers Way and Girard
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Monocacy Cemetery honored buried veterans from the War of 1812 and the American Revolution on Sunday in Beallsville. Color guard for the Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution and The War of 1812 Society, David Embrey of Savage and William Smithson of Darlington, sound off their muskets at the conclusion of the service.
Residential burglary • 100 block of Forest Preserve Drive in the early morning hours of May 6. No forced entry, took property. • 900 block of Clopper Road, at 2:33 a.m. on May 7. No entry gained, nothing taken. Vehicle larceny • Five thefts from vehicles in the early morning hours of May 6. Affected streets included Summit Hall Road, Duvall Lane, Muddy Branch Road and Case Street. Incidents may be related. No forced entry, took property.
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same flags and raised a little over $34,000, according to Carder. Gaithersburg had to purchase their flags for the first time this year and ended up collecting 250 sponsorships. Carder emphasized how wonderful of a partner the City of Gaithersburg has been by explaining that not only are they allowing the clubs to use the land, but they also allow them keep the tubing in the ground, which allows the flags to stand, installed year-round. Throughout the weekend, Boy Scout Troop 457, of Rockville, camped out on the site to act as security for the flags. Some of the money raised by the sponsorships went towards the troop’s camping needs. The remaining funds will be used to help fund the many scholarships, grants and community events that each rotary’s nonprofit foundations support. “One of the projects that we do as rotary clubs in the area is give out dictionaries to every third-grader,” Carder said. Hanson called a partnership with the city as well as the Montgomery Village club for the dictionary project “a natural fit” and hopes to expand it to reach every school in the Gaithersburg area.
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When the children who live at Seneca Heights Apartments in Gaithersburg left for school on the morning of May 20, the area to the right of the building was covered in dirt and filled with volunteers. When they came home that afternoon, the formerly energetic volunteers were weary, but visibly proud, and the formerly dirty plot was a brand new playground. Seneca Heights, owned and operated by Rockville-based Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless (MCCH), provides housing for previously homeless individuals and families. Their new playground became a reality with help from KaBOOM!, a nonprofit which works to bring play into children’s lives, and The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation and their volunteers. KaBOOM! project manager for the build Britany Riley explained that organizations and communities must apply for help from KaBOOM!. Once
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Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless partnered with outside companies and KaBOOM! to build a playground at Seneca Heights in Gaithersburg, which houses formerly homeless families and individuals. a group is chosen, KaBOOM! works with them to secure the volunteers, supplies and funds to make it all happen. “KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit that is dedicated to bringing balance and active play to kids all across the United States, mostly doing playground builds with communities under-
served in play,” Riley said. She explained that the organization also is starting the conversation about the importance of play which will help stop children from being “sedentary, bored and solitary.” MCCH and Seneca Heights applied for this playground at the beginning of this year and
were working with KaBOOM! by March to figure out the specifics. Susanne Sinclair-Smith, the executive director of MCCH, explained that KaBOOM! enlisted the help of the children who live in the apartments to design the playground by asking them to draw and explain their ideal play space. KaBOOM! then took
Marriott volunteers Mukesh Kumar, of Ellicott City, and Deb Toro, of Chevy Chase assemble playground equipment. the children’s drawings to their experts and found the best materials to make their dreams a reality. “The build takes place in one day. We think it’s a really cool opportunity to have this done in one day. It’s a really tangible project, you can leave the day knowing there will be 30 kids playing here,” Riley said. Though most of the work was done on May 20, there was site preparation in the days before. “[The community is] responsible for the tools, food, recruiting,” Riley said, explaining that once KaBOOM! pairs those who are receiving the playground with a funding partner, it is their job to get everything together for the build. KaBOOM! helps by providing some volunteers, build experts and organization. “When KaBOOM! first approached us they told us we would need 200 volunteers,” Sinclair-Smith said. She explained that all of the team leaders were
instructed by KaBOOM!’s leadership on how to best complete their assigned task. “I’m impressed with KaBOOM!’s ability to organize volunteers,” Sinclair-Smith said. She explained that there were about 100 volunteers from Marriott and the rest was a variety of staff, volunteers and board members with MCCH as well as people from KaBOOM!. Some volunteered supplies and food rather than labor. Project and organization leaders, as well as community representatives, came out to the site in the morning and afternoon to show their support for the project. Seneca Heights residents were able to raise about $300 to donate to KaBOOM! to go towards the project. United States Congresswoman Donna Edwards (DMd.) noted after the opening ceremony how she has been focusing on early childhood education in Congress and helping provide children with a safe nurturing place to play and learn. “I think particularly for children who have been homeless and they haven’t had the kind of stability and attention to all the things [other] kids have, like play,” Edwards said, noting how the playground will help kids be kids again. “I wish I could stay all day.” At the end of the day, the cluttered area had been transformed into swings and slides as well as covered picnic and sitting areas, colorful hopscotch and alphabet caterpillars. And most prominently, some very pleased volunteers and excited residents. sschmieder@gazette.net
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College graduation highlights student diversity BY
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With roots in four parts of the world and eyes on four sets of goals, student speakers at Montgomery College’s Friday graduation ceremony celebrated a shared moment of success. The four speakers, all recipients of top college awards, were among more than 3,500 students earning degrees and certificates in the college’s class of 2015. About 950 graduates walked at Friday’s commencement. Montgomery College President DeRionne P. Pollard said the graduates who were celebrated Friday made up the institution’s largest graduating class. Fidelis Mariae A. Militante, a nursing major at the college, was one of three graduates named a 2015 Board of Trustees Scholar. She represented the Rockville campus. “It is a significant milestone in my life’s journey, a journey filled with difficult obstacles and joyous achievements, a journey not unlike your journey,” Militante, of Rockville, told her fellow graduates. After coming to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 11, Militante said, she felt a lack of motivation and direction and watched her parents struggle in their new country. They worked multiple jobs to help propel her to higher education, she said. Education is “the cornerstone of my life,” said Militante, who plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing and become a doctor. Student speaker Antony M. Musembi, another Board of Trustees Scholar, representing the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, greeted family members watching the ceremony in his home country Kenya, which he left about 26 years ago. From that point to Friday’s ceremony, he said, his journey has been “extremely difficult and, at the same time, absolutely wonderful.” Montgomery College helped him discover his passions, said Musembi, a Silver Spring resident. His future plans include starting an organization for disadvantaged youth and earning a business doctorate. “Graduates, at [Montgomery College], we have been bestowed with the abilities, knowledge and power to act, so let’s go forth and make a difference!” he said. Pavanjot Singh Guraya of
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Steven pointed to Montgomery College’s diversity, particularly the immigrants among its student population. “Anyone who doubts the enormous contribution that immigrants make in this country every single day, you only have to be here this morning, and they would understand that,” he said. Cokie encouraged the graduates to seriously consider taking on a public service role, where they can “make waves” and affect lives. The college, with its diversity, demonstrates that people in the country don’t share a common ethnicity, religion, heritage or language, Cokie said. They are brought together by something else, she said. “What we have is our government and its institutions,” she said. Steven told the graduates to become mentors and teachers. He said Pollard, who he has interviewed, found support when she was young from a group of women at her church. She called them “sister mothers.” Steven said he had a “brother father” while working for James Reston at The New York Times. Reston took time for him every day. “Be a sister mother, be a brother father, be a pebble in a pond,” he said. “And if you do that, those ripples in your life will reach shores you will never, ever see and touch lives you will never know.” lpowers@gazette.net
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After falling to second place in 2013, Discovery Communications CEO David M. Zaslav was again the highest-paid executive of a public company in Montgomery County in 2014. That’s according to a review of publicly traded companies’ proxy statements recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. T h e chief executive of the Silver Spring Zaslav media giant added a new wrinkle in easily surpassing 2013’s most highly compensated CEO in the county, Martine Rothblatt of Silver Spring drugmaker United Therapeutics. This week, Zaslav topped the list of the 200 highest-paid CEOs nationally, compiled by compensation data firm Equilar for The New York Times. That’s the first time he has led those annual rankings. His previous highest ranking was fourth two years ago, according to Aaron Boyd, director of governance research for Equilar. Zaslav had total compensation of $156.1 million last year, most of which — $145 million — was in stock and option awards to be vested over several years. That arrangement ties most of his compensation to the performance of the company’s stock, which has dipped about 11 percent in the past year and could be different when the shares are cashed. His base salary was $3 million and he received a $6.1 million cash bonus. Zaslav’s perks included $296,930 for personal use of corporate aircraft, a $16,800 annual car allowance and $16,619 for personal security services, according to Discovery’s proxy fil-
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Ronald Paul
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Early last year, Zaslav signed a new six-year contract. Stock and option awards were specifically designed to be higher the first year of the contract, according to the filing. “A significant amount of [Zaslav’s] equity awards are made in the first year, vesting over time, with smaller awards from 2015 to 2018,” executives wrote. The contract requires Zaslav to hold at least 60 percent of the stock equity until the agreement’s end, and to use “significant portions” of any cash proceeds to buy Discovery stock through 2019. “At the end of his contract, Mr. Zaslav will own a substantial amount of equity of Discovery, which reinforces his alignment with our shareholders and encourages long-term ownership of our stock,” according to the proxy. Under Zaslav, who took over as CEO in 2007, Discovery’s market capitalization — the total dollar value of all listed shares — has risen from $5 billion to $20 billion. The number of worldwide subscribers tuning in to Shark Week programs and other shows has grown from about 280 million to
roughly 2.6 billion, according to the filing. The company’s revenue also increased from $3.4 billion in 2008 to $6.3 billion last year. A Discovery spokeswoman said the company did not have any comment on Zaslav’s compensation beyond what is in the proxy statement. Zaslav’s previous high in compensation was $52.4 million in 2011, which dropped to $49.9 million in 2012 and $33.3 million in 2013. He was the county’s highest-paid CEO from 2010 to 2012. Equilar’s list does not include privately held companies, such as the top hedge fund firms whose CEOs made more than Zaslav, according to Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine. Last year’s top hedge fund earner, Kenneth C. Griffin, CEO of Citadel in Chicago, received $1.3 billion. Privately held companies aren’t required to disclose executive compensation to the SEC.
United Therapeutics, Lockheed CEOs next Marillyn A. Hewson, CEO of
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County: Loan program generated 380 jobs A Montgomery County business development program that launched in 2012 with a $50 million county investment yielded $103 million in new small-business loans and 380 new jobs in 2014, the county reported last week. Small Business Plus! is a collaboration between the county and community banks with headquarters in the county. County funds are deposited in the banks, which agree to at least match each dollar with an equal amount in new small-business loans. In addition to helping create the new jobs, the program returned to the county more than $117,000 in interest on its deposits. Eligible county banks must have assets of $200 million to $5 billion and meet the program’s safety and soundness criteria. Among the participating banks are Capital Bank of Rockville, and Congressional Bank and EagleBank, both of Bethesda.
Ruppert Landscape names IT director Ruppert Landscape of Laytonsville named Dan Spruill of Finksburg director of information technology. Spruill holds a bachelor’s in engineering science from Loyola University Maryland.
PTA group honors Schoen Mike Schoen, founder and president of AtoZ Directories in Rockville, recently received the Partners for Education Award from the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. The award recognizes individuals or organizations that have formed an organization or alliance to support education. Schoen was honored
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Arxan names chief tech officer Arxan Technologies of Bethesda named Sam Rehman chief technology officer. Previously, Rehman was chief technology officer for Epam Systems and also worked for Oracle.
Pebblebrook pays $186M for Florida resort Pebblebrook Hotel Trust of Bethesda purchased LaPlaya Beach Resort and LaPlaya Beach Club for $185.5 million. The 189-room, waterfront, luxury resort and private members club are on 6 acres on the Gulf of Mexico in Naples, Fla. Last year, guests paid an average of $337 per night to stay at the resort.
EYA starts selling new townhouses in Bethesda Bethesda developer EYA plans to start selling townhouses in its new Montgomery Row development next month. The 168-residence complex is on 10 acres on Fernwood Road between Rock Spring and Rockledge drives in Bethesda. Starting June 6, EYA will begin sales of the threeand four-level, 1,700- to 2,600-square-foot units. Prices will range from about $750,000 to $1.12 million, according to a company news release. The development will also include 21 moderately priced dwelling units, per county regulations. The first move-ins are expected next spring.
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Bethesda military and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, was second on the Montgomery list with 2014 compensation of $33.7 million. That was 33 percent more than she earned in 2013. Almost half of Hewson’s total was attributed to a change in pension value, a total that could change by the time she uses those funds. About $9 million was in stock awards. Her perks included $73,362 for personal security and $218,568 for use of a corporate jet. Rothblatt’s total of $33.2 million last year was 13 percent less than she received in 2013. Some $29 million was in stock options and share tracking awards. The latter allow her to receive cash equal to the appreciation in the company’s stock. The only other CEO in the top 15 to see a decline was Ronald Paul of Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, whose $4.0 million was some 51 percent less than in 2013. Meanwhile, the median annual salary paid to a worker in Montgomery County last year was $50,324, according to state labor figures.
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[Mendez] because they could connect and relate.” Alexandra Covarrubias and Jackie Villalobos began working at the beginning of the school year researching Mendez. By January, Hanington and her students recruited their peers Emmanuel Kyler and Summer Wells to help them out and act in the show. During their research, the students found Mendez’s contact information and reached out. She got back to them the next day and they scheduled a phone interview. “They were so nervous, it was adorable,” Hanington said.
The group recorded the interview for research and bibliography purposes. The students kept in touch with Mendez, who is in her 70s and lives in California, throughout the project. “She’s so wonderful. She talked about the importance of staying in school and she did get her nursing degree,” Hanington said. Hanington explained that they tried to raise money in order to fly Mendez to Gaithersburg so she could attend the play, but they were unable to. Instead, Hanington said they will send her a video.
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Continued from Page A-1 wheel resting on the deck, the other three in the water. Williams said he opened a back door and helped the driver out, then called paramedics for help. “He was probably in a state of shock. He landed hard,” Williams said. The driver, who police identified as Samuel Moni Paul, 29, of Germantown, was checked out by paramedics, but not transported to the hospital, Williams said. Police cited Paul for driv-
ing without a license and failure to control speed to avoid a collision, according to Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti, a Montgomery County police spokeswoman. Unfortunately, members of Woodlake Community Pool could not celebrate the season opening of their pool during Memorial Day weekend. “We have to drain the pool and clean it. There could be antifreeze, gas or oil in the water,” Raymond Vincent, president of RSV Pools, said. “There was some concrete damage, and some tiles need to be replaced.” The pool will reopen Saturday, one week late, but arrangements were made for members
to use the Northlake 2 pool until then, Vincent said. He said he considered Williams a Good Samaritan for what he did May 20, even staying late to repair the fence, so the pool would be secure for the night. “I thought I had seen it all regarding pools,” Vincent said. “We gave CPR to a squirrel one time and the squirrel lived. But when I looked at the photo [of the car in the pool], I was blown away.” Staff Writer Virginia Terhune contributed to this report. pmcewan@gazette.net
the pond. However, she said this is normal because the purpose of a stormwater pond is to collect the sediment from the runoff. Most stormwater management ponds are dredged every 15 to 20 years. Stevens estimates that the actual dredging will not occur until July, but the area where the equipment and trucks will be will be blocked off and prepped in June. She said that the schedule is not finalized. At the community meeting on May 16, residents seemed concerned about the noise, the thought that the staging
area would block the path that many use daily and the traffic that the large trucks hauling sediment from the parking lot would cause. Other residents were concerned that those who still wished to visit the lake, but could no longer park in the designated visitor parking lot, would then take their spots near their homes. Stevens explained during the May 16 meeting that the contractors must adhere to county noise ordinances allowing them to only work between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Stevens said that home owners associations would need to deal with parking outside their homes, not the county. As of Tuesday, Stevens said
that the pathway that goes around the volleyball court and picnic areas would still be open during the project, though those amenities would not be usable. She explained that if there are any changes to the path, the county will notify residents. Due to a heron rookery protected by the Maryland Department of Environmental Protection on an island in Lake Whetstone, the project must avoid that area until the birds leave in August and must be done with the project before February when they typically start breeding. sschmieder@gazette.net
Obituary Jens Erik Steensen, 82, died Thursday, May 14, 2015. Born on July 6, 1932 in Aalborg, Denmark. He is survived by his brother Steen Steensen, wife Anny Ilona Steensen, daughter Aniki Devi Steensen, and sons Erik Steen Steensen and David Michael Steensen, 4 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He was educated in Denmark and served in the Danish military. He was a color matching/paint apprentice in Denmark in an era when trades were treated as art forms to be mastered. He and his wife were married on June 16, 1958 in Hammel, Denmark and they came to the United States that same year. He earned his US citizenship in 1977. Jens owned and operated The Paint Shop in Gaithersburg, MD, applying the skills of his trade with pride and dedication rarely seen in modern society. Mixing and matching colors before the age of computers, Jens was commissioned by the White House, Blair House and State Department to expertly match their historic palettes. An ordained minister, member of the Masons and chaplain of his lodge, Jens was a gentle, loving philosopher. He had kind words for everyone, whether it was his wife, children or the mailman. He loved to talk and tell stories, no matter how many times he told them before. His family used to lovingly tease him for telling the same stories again and again. Services will be held in conjunction with the regular church service on Sunday, May, 31, 2015 at 11 AM at Self-Revelation Church of Absolute Monism, 4748 Western Ave, Bethesda, MD 20816. Reception to follow on church grounds. To honor his love of color, please wear your favorite color on the day of his service. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the charity of your choice. 1931172
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AFTER SWING AND MISS IN COUNTY’S SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, TRANSPARENCY WOULD HELP southeast of Orlando. As of March, the school system planned interviews and meetings with each of four finalists. One meeting with each candidate was for the community, one for the board. Board members also would take each candidate out for a meal in a more relaxed setting. The process would conclude with a special meeting to make a decision. The interviews were open to whoever wanted to attend, rather than by invitation only. The school board announced which of the four candidates it liked best and why. Is Florida an unattainable dreamland for transparency? Not exactly. Nothing stops Maryland school systems from being equally transparent, other than a philosophy that values the privacy of personnel discussion above detailed communication with the public. Discretion is understandable. State and national school board associations told us that full openness, from application to decision, would chase away toptier superintendent candidates. They’d balk at tipping their hand to their present employers that they’re trying for a job elsewhere. Also, it could be embarrassing not
to be chosen for that other job. Kristen Amundson, executive director of the National Association of Boards of Education, recalled her time as chairwoman of the Fairfax County Board of Education in Virginia, when it was looking for a superintendent in the 1990s. Fairfax kept its search private until agreeing on three finalists, whose names were announced. One runner-up in Fairfax was forced out of the job she held when word got out about her job search, Amundson said. Perhaps highly qualified superintendents skip Florida because of aversion to a sunshine-infused process. But not all are afraid — the Vero News reported that 69 candidates applied to be Indian River County’s superintendent. The four finalists — and a fifth who dropped out — all came from Florida school systems. Maybe openness comes naturally there, and they’re used to it. Amundson gave Montgomery County high marks for the inclusiveness of its process, when she heard that about 17 county groups and entities were represented in an interview session — which was closed to the public, with participants keeping the discussion to themselves.
What Montgomery is doing isn’t abnormal in Maryland, but we’d like to see the board take a chance and swing open the doors on its search. This would allow for helpful scrutiny and make the process more thorough and collaborative — just as voters choose an elected leader. Openness might be uncomfortable for some, but we suspect that bright, skilled education professionals still would pursue one of the nation’s best public-school posts.
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The latest setback in a search for the next Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent feels like a pratfall. School board members stepped in for a handshake with their favored candidate, but wiped out on a banana peel when he pulled his hand away. Board members have conducted their search for Joshua P. Starr’s successor in private, narrowing 25 applications down to seven finalists they interviewed in person. On May 14, they announced Andrew Houlihan, a rising administrator from Houston, as their “preferred” choice. Houlihan visited Montgomery County, met with representatives from several local groups — and immediately withdrew from consideration. It’s easy to speculate on why — the questioning was aggressive, the district was not what he expected, snow days would be a bear. All we have is a vague “no thanks” letter from Houlihan, declaring that his leadership style is strong, but “not the right fit” for Montgomery. We empathize with parents and observers frustrated by another mysterious breakup. Starr, a much ballyhooed hire, wanted to serve a second four-year term in Montgomery, but was pushed out before his first four-year contract was over. The board and Starr won’t explain what went wrong. At times like these, our thoughts wander longingly to Florida, which is at the opposite end of the spectrum of openness. For example, consider a Vero News story about a school superintendent search in Indian River County,
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Chicken advocates aren’t heeding the majority’s wishes I just finished reading the May 20 Gazette article by Ryan Marshall titled “Soon, hens may not run a-fowl of the law in city.” I want to let you know that many Rockville residents, including myself, are not in favor of having chickens in the city of Rockville. We have enough problems with stray cats and dogs in our neighborhoods and need to focus our limited resources on taking care of those animals first. The chickens would be an added burden that we cannot afford. I actually attended the first meeting of the animal ordinance revisions held by Councilwoman Julie Palakovich Carr in a tiny conference room in City Hall. The meeting was
also attended by numerous pro-chicken individuals from outside the city of Rockville. I have attended every meeting held on the animal ordinance revisions since that first meeting. From the outside looking in, it seems that this is a done deal before it even started. It seems that no matter how much we are against the chickens in the city of Rockville, Councilman Tom Moore and Councilwoman Julie Palakovich Carr are bent on pushing forward with the plan to allow chickens. Please note that the majority of Rockville residents are not in favor of chickens. Leslie Loomis, Rockville
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Alex Gambal has been able to fulfill the dream of living abroad better than most. An exWashingtonian who “got the bug” by hanging out in wine stores, (primarily Mayflower Wines and Spirits) in the 1980s, he left his family’s parking BY LOUIS MARMON lot and real estate business in 1993 to move with his wife and children to Burgundy. Gambal initially worked for Becky Wasserman-Hone at her export firm, Les Serbet, for a few years but eventually decided to make his own wines. First he had to complete the rigorous curriculum at Lycee Viticole, the venerable wine school in Beaune. By then, it was time for the family to move back to the U.S. so the children could prepare for college. Undaunted by the long commute between continents, Gambal established his eponymous Maison Alex Gambal in 1997 by purchasing young wines and aging them in an old, unheated building he rented to use as a winery. The next year he made his wines from pressed grape juice and eventually was able to actually buy unpressed grapes. Burgundy has an insular reputation as region not friendly to strangers. Gambal claims that, “Actually it was fairly easy for me but remember I did not come here to ‘make wine.’ I came here to live with my family and because we were here as a family, in the local schools, the kids on the local sports teams, etc., we were not seen as interlopers or carpetbaggers.” He currently lives full-time in Burgundy, has moved into a new winery in Beaune (with a tasting room) and has been slowly increasing his holdings. In 2003, he became one of the few “outsiders” able to purchase Burgundian property and in 2011 he became the first foreigner to own a portion of the Grand Cru Bâtard-Montrachet vineyard.
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Laura C. Harris (Charlotte), Danny Gavigan (Rupert), and Brandon McCoy (Sam) rehearse for Round House Theatre’s production of “NSFW.”
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Savvy Internet users can avoid links with NSFW in the title, but the audience of “NSFW” at the Round House Theatre will descend into a world of lies, gray areas, and scandal — whether they’re willing or not. “It pulls you in and implicates you for being pulled in, which is the true implication for media
and advertising today,” said the play’s director Meredith McDonough. “It’s a dark comedy that really makes you think and challenges what you assume every day about image, what you see in print — what is true and what is false.” Lucy Kirkwood, a British playwright and telewriter for “Skins” among others, took the title of her 2012 play from the acronym meaning “Not Safe For Work.” In the play, journalists at a men’s magazine objectify one of their underage sources when they publish a raunchy photo spread of her. Layers of scandal unfold before the audience, who must distinguish truthful characters from crooked ones, in-
cluding equally unethical journalists at a women’s magazine. “We keep laughing at how badly these people are behaving,” said McDonough, “You think, ‘Oh my God. This is what I’m inundated with every day.’” When Round House Artistic Director Ryan Rilette showed McDonough “NSFW,” it struck her as a timely commentary on the exchange between media and audience. “I found it true to what’s happening right now with the way we look at women in this current mo-
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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, Amigos Band, May 28; Mark Nadler, May 29; Cravin’ Dogs, May 30; Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, June 3; Jarrod Lawson, June 4; Raul Midon, June 5; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100.
Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Ginetta’s Vendetta Jazz
Quartet, May 27; Linwood Taylor, May 28; Grainger and the New Pockets, May 29; The Hit Men, May 31; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Suzanne Vega, May 30; Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-5282260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Little Bit of Blues, May 29; Crime Stoppers, May 30; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove. com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Kingpen Slim hosted by Uncle Yank, May 29; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Arts & The Mind: Bird Whale Bug, May 28; BSO: A Tribute to John Williams, May 28; National Philharmonic: Faure’s Requiem, May 30; Feria de Seville, May 31; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Garfield the Musical,” June 19 through Aug. 23, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-
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ment — photoshopping people who are nearly perfect, and the way we hold our own identities [as a result],” McDonough said. McDonough shows the audience this relationship by putting them in the middle of it. “You are pretty bombarded with image in the play,” she said. “There’s a lot of pictures of women. It asks you to go, ‘Did I first appreciate the female form of this figure? Or did I question the age of the person pictured first?’” The play also explores issues that resurface again and again in history, such as the pressure to build a meaningful career in a job drought. “Part of what the play is doing is that half of the characters are recent college graduates who are trying to find work in this environment,” McDonough said. Sam, McDonough’s favorite character in “NSFW,” personifies this crisis most in the play. “He’s the everyman who’s just out of college and is trying to do his best,” she said. “You have a warmness in your heart for this kid who can’t get a leg up. There’s this pressure of, ‘I have to hold on to this job,’ when the stakes are so high. That’s what makes the play true.” Truth is another muddled mess that the audience wades through in “NSFW.” Deciphering the characters’ true intentions and balancing truth and lies made “NSFW” a fun outlier from plays McDonough directed in the
2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “The Price,” through June 21, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” 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, 301-2586394, 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. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301588-8277, 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.
a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-7180622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Greg Braun: Sharpened, June 3 through July 5; “These Mirrors are Not Boxes,” June 6 through July 12; Rob Hackett, June 12 through July 12; Bobby Coleman: re-build, July 15 through Aug. 16; 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, Bethesda Painting Awards, June 3 through June 27; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, through June 1; Opening Reception of “Drawing Upon Experience”, an exhibition of work by military veterans, June 5; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-654-1998.
ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-6548664, writer.org. The NIH Philharmonia, season finale “National Pride,” June 6. The concert is free to the public and will take place at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville. Call 240-888-6781 with questions.
La Galeria at Ranazul is hosting an exhibit, “Signs of Summer”,
Adah Rose Gallery, Summer Group Show, 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, “An Exhibit of New Acquisitions;” 10:30
featuring creations of 18 artists from Olney Art Association beginning May 31 and running through June 27. There will be a reception open to the public on June 7 to meet the artists. ranazul.us; olneyartassociation.org. Washington ArtWorks, two gallery exhibition openings, June 5. “Drawing Upon Experience” an exhibition of artwork created by military veterans from their uniforms will open in the Washington School of Photography Gallery while the Urban by Nature Gallery will host, “A Selection of Artists”, a group exhibition of Washington ArtWorks Resident Artists.
cused solely on creating the best wines possible from some of the world’s finest sites. As Gambal says, “If I wanted to be making money, I would be parking cars.” Here is a look at a few examples within Gambal’s splendid portfolio: As a longtime fan of this vineyard, it is especially pleasing to taste the Alex Gambal Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes 2012 that shows a lovely, feminine character beginning with red cherry and dark fruit aromas which progress into complex layers of soft, spice accented blackberry, raspberry and earthy flavors with a prolonged, balanced finish. The 2011 version has a notable smokiness and the flavors are a bit sharper, but it still remains an exquisite wine.
More affordable is the very tasty Alex Gambal Chorey-lèsBeaune 2012 with raspberry and cherry flavors in a medium frame and good balance while the 2011 from the same vineyard demonstrates a bit more depth and more noticeable oakiness during the finish. When considering Gambal’s wines, do not ignore the whites, including the Alex Gambal Puligny-Montrachet 2012 with a notable minerality intermingled within the toasty peach, lime, apple and hazelnut notes. Also delightful is the honey and floral scented Alex Gambal ChassagneMontrachet 2012 whose aromas extend into the brioche, peach, grapefruit and spiced apple flavors during the persistent, spice infused finish.
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“In a play that’s about lies and scandal and versions of the truth, not letting one part take over too much was a careful calibrating act for me.” — Meredith McDonough, director
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past. “There’s a version where everyone’s equally evil, and we were not interested in doing that version, and there’s a version where everyone’s equally naive, and we were not interested in doing that version,” said McDonough. “In a play that’s about lies and scandal and versions of the truth, not letting one part take over too much was a careful calibrating act for me.” Interpretation was everevolving for McDonough during rehearsal, too. “Even last night watching the run-through, I had a huge realization,” she said. “I thought with
one character, ‘Oh, I think he’s lying much earlier in the scene.’ It’s like solving a puzzle, and we’ve laughed a ton.” McDonough changed virtually nothing in her version of Kirkwood’s play for an American audience — save for a hand gesture or two. “The greatest barrier between the U.S. and the U.K. is in fact the English language,” said McDonough, who worked with a dramaturg to fully understand Kirkwood’s English jokes. “We don’t have the right to change the play and there aren’t really U.S. versions of the jokes, so sometimes actors do gestures with certain words, and then you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s what it means.’” McDonough may represent the misrepresented in her “NSFW,” but that didn’t exempt her from scandal. “I emailed back and forth with the set designer for the main image, and we looked at a lot of pictures of naked and scantily clad women,” she said. “He’d send me an email to work with the subject ‘Naked Women Attached,’ so it was like our own version of NSFW.”
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Honoring a legend Olney Theatre Center decided to honor playwright Arthur Miller the best way they could, by doing one of his shows to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday. “The Price,” is currently running at Olney Theatre now through June 21. Miller’s 1968 work focuses on the price of family, the price of furniture and the price of our choices. The play is centered around two brothers, Victor and Walter, who meet in a New York apartment to sell the remainder of their deceased father’s belongings. Victor and Walter took very different paths in life after their father lost his fortune due to the Great Depression. Victor chooses to become a police officer, while Walter struggles through school and becomes a surgeon. When the brothers meet to sell their father’s belongings, they have conflicting views about what should be done, which results in contention between the two. Tickets for the show are $35-$55. For more information, visit olneytheatre.org or call 301-924-3400.
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Bobbi Shulman’s “Written on the Wind,” is on display as part of the “Precarious Balance” exhibit at BlackRock.
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Conrad Feininger stars as Gregory Solomon in Olney Theatre Center’s production of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.”
Pawns playing kings In the musical “Chess,” the ancient game becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competitive gamesmanship, super power politics and international intrigues. The Kensington Arts Theatre will bring its run of “Chess” to a close this Saturday at 8:15 p.m. A talkback with the cast and artistic staff is slated for Friday. The pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American chess star, the earnest Russian champion and a Hungarian-American
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female assistant who arrives at the international chess match in Bangkok with the American but falls for the Russian. From Bangkok to Budapest the players, lovers, politicians, and spies manipulate and are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score, written by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that includes “One Night in Bangkok” and “Heaven Help My Heart.” Tickets for the show are $17 to $25. For more information, visit katonline.org or call 240-621-0528.
BlackRock Center for the Arts presents the exhibition “Precarious Balance” featuring Maryland artists Sabine Carlson, Nancy Frankel, and Bobbi Shulman in The Kay Gallery through Saturday. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public. Carlson explores conflicted mobility in paintings layered with fragmented and unexpected details that move in and out of view. Frankel manipulates space and form in sculptures made from steel, cast stone and wood that suggest movement, shifting balance, and playfulness. Shulman captures the play of light and shadow in expressive and spontaneous abstract paintings inspired by observations in a changing landscape. Surprise and a sense of wonder are part of Carlson’s process, as she creates paintings which describe places at the intersection between doing too little and going too far. Carlson, a resident of College Park, uses imagery inspired by the observation of motion within the landscape, particularly details that appear and disappear while walking at a slow pace.
A sense of balance, precarious yet centered, is integral to Frankel’s sculptural work. Exploring space, either encapsulated or activated, and using what she calls “organic geometry,” her abstract sculptures reflect her love of nature and architecture. Frankel, a Kensington resident, works in a range of materials, casting with Design-Cast (a man-made stone), welding steel and carving wood. Rhythm and color dominate Shulman’s abstract paintings where bold planes and lines intertwine. Gestural brushstrokes define energetic spaces and playful layers of color flow into one another as she creates both pleasing harmonies and striking contrasts. Shulman, a resident of Potomac, MD, employs a bright and fresh palette and relies on the versatility of acrylic to allow additions and subtractions while building layers of paint. In this new series of works on paper which have been mounted on panel, she uses mixed media sparingly, relying predominately on fresh and bright acrylic paint to build depth with shapes and patterns.
John Williams has composed so many award-winning movie scores, it’s hard to think of what he hasn’t done. Here’s a brief rundown: “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Superman,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T.,” “Schindler’s List,” “Amistad,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Harry Potter,” “War Horse,” “Lincoln,” and I seriously could continue. As for awards, he’s been nominated 49 times for Academy Awards (winning five of them), 25 Golden Globe awards (winning four) and a whopping 65 Grammy Awards (taking home 22 trophies). Beat that, Kanye. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be honoring the work of the multiple award-winner under the baton of Jack Everly at the Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday. Tickets are $55 to $110. For more information, visit strathmore.org; bsomusic.org or call 877-BSO-1444.
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Jack Everly will conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as they pay tribute to composer John Williams at Strathmore.
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Posted online by 8 a.m. the following day. PASSING LEAGUE: Quince Orchard’s Carson Knight (pictured) and many of county’s other top quarterbacks compete in the Blair Summer Passing League Saturday morning at Blair. BASEBALL: Bethesda Big Train at Rockville Express, 7 p.m. Tuesday in Cal Ripken season opener.
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Catch the Women’s World Cup spirit My family celebrated Mother’s Day a bit past the brunch rush this year. My brother arrived from work in Switzerland at noon and I picked him up from Dulles Airport to surprise mom. Halfway there I realized I forgot to set the DVR for the U.S. Women’s National Team’s friendly against Ireland, one in a send-off series for the upcoming 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. Fret not, dad to the rescue — watching on my JENNIFER BEEKMAN parents’ giant flat SPORTS WRITER screen was a nice bonus. Then dad asked me, “Since when do you care so much about women’s soccer?” Since June 1999, when Mia Hamm and Company embarked on their historical World Cup championship journey. Although I never played soccer growing up, I became enamored with the creativity of the sport, with that team and the stories behind those amazing athletes, everything they stood for. But I can’t help but find it odd that I actually seem to be more interested in women’s soccer than my friends who were actual high-level players or even the national-caliber high school athletes I write about. I’m just jealous. Growing up, competing on the U.S. Tennis Association junior circuit, playing professionally was never a consideration. But that didn’t — and still hasn’t — stopped me from watching countless hours of women’s tennis. Thank you, The Tennis Channel, for being born. I love watching men’s tennis, but I’ve always been more drawn to women’s matches because that’s what I play. If I could be on court level watching world class tennis players in person on a weekly basis and have the chance to interact with them after matches, I would be doing that every chance I got. But my soccer playing peers, current high school and college soccer players, have been on a women’s professional soccer roller coaster ride. The Boyds-based Washington Spirit plays in the National Women’s Soccer League, which is the third installment of a professional league. Neither of the previous two lasted more than three years — NWSL is in its third. There’s little visibility for the sport, so if soccer fans want to watch good soccer — or football — their attention is on the English Premier League or Major League soccer. That’s what they’re used to and that’s where their loyalties lie. But change might be on the horizon. As Team USA is scheduled to begin its pursuit for its first World Cup since 1999 on June 8 against Australia, interest in the women’s game is again peaking. In its first two home games, the Spirit exceeded last year’s average attendance, according to Director of Sales Rob Bartlett. And league-wide attendance is up 16 percent. After the USWNT reached the 2011 World Cup final, teams in the NWSL’s predecessor league doubled, Bartlett said. This year all 52 World Cup games are scheduled to be broadcast live on FoxSports channels. More than 200 hours of coverage are expected. U.S. Soccer has done a great job marketing its players’ relatability and they have availed themselves to their fans. In the past two-plus years almost every player on the 23-person national team — as well as international talent — has come to virtually play in our backyard. But it’s more than just those players that make this women’s professional soccer thing work. Spirit players have immersed themselves in this soccer-rich community. The stands at games are packed with young girls in youth team jerseys who want to be the next Christine Nairn or the next Tori Huster. And that generation, perhaps, is who will really change the culture of women’s soccer. jbeekman@gazette.net
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Former DeMatha Catholic High School catcher Justin Morris is one of the top players scheduled to play for the Bethesda Big Train this summer.
Since the inaugural season of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League in 2005, the Bethesda Big Train has won the regular season title six times out of 10 seasons, four league championships and the 2011 national title. Last summer, Bethesda matched its
second best win total, going 31-9, and although the team failed to win the league championship for the third year in a row, there’s no reason to think it won’t be in contention again this summer. “Every one looks at us as the New York Yankees of summer baseball,” Bethesda coach Sal Colangelo said. The Big Train also had a lot of success prior to 2005 in the Clark Griffith League. Despite that success, the Baltimore Redbirds have beaten Bethesda in the league championship three straight years. “They haven’t won the regular season, and that’s our goal first and fore-
most, and then the playoffs. In playoffs, anything can happen in the tournament, especially summer ball. We’ve been snake bitten with some arms that got hurt throughout the summer.” The league’s most valuable player in 2014, middle infielder Brandon Lowe of the University of Maryland, College Park, does not return to Bethesda this summer, but Colangelo said the team has plenty of firepower to replace him, including former DeMatha Catholic High School catcher Justin Morris, another Maryland player.
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Gaithersburg High School players storm the field to celebrate winning the Class 4A state championship in baseball Friday at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. The Trojans defeated Severna Park 5-3 for the title.
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For the first time, the Gaithersburg High School baseball team is the Maryland Class 4A state champion, defeating Severna Park 5-3 on Friday night at
Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. Trojans starting pitcher Anthony Felitti allowed a combined six hits through the first three innings, but he didn’t allow another from the fourth inning up until he was pulled after the sixth with a 5-1 lead. He earned the win for Gaithersburg to finish the season at 10-0 with two saves. After postgame celebrations, with his teammates huddled around him, Felitti shaved the beard he grew over the course of the entire season.
“I said I wasn’t going to shave until we won a state championship, so I shaved tonight,” Felitti said. He gave up just one earned run through six innings, allowed six hits, and struck out two. “It sounds weird, but my glove was my trigger tonight. Whenever my glove was nice and tight, my ball was just staying nice and low and out. Once I just changed my mechanics a little bit, I just started
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Kevin Jones’ three-year plan worked to perfection. The St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s boys basketball coach saw his tireless hours of practice, player development, recruiting and game planning come to
fruition on Feb. 23, when the Lions defeated Flint Hill (Va.) and captured their first ever conference title. So naturally, heading into his fourth season at the helm of the program, Jones would like to stick to the gameplan — the same blueprint that got St. Andrew’s to heights never before reached. But there’s one rather large hiccup in the Lions’ summer plans — a 43,000 square foot one. Just one year removed from starting up a largely popular and successful summer league, St. Andrew’s will
be forced to take a one-year hosting hiatus due to a $16 million student center being built on campus. “I looked into some gym spaces, but that started to be too much,” Jones said, who noted that though one court is available for play, hosting a league in the middle of a construction site certainly wouldn’t be ideal. Instead, the Lions will hit the road this summer, attending college team camps such as the University of Maryland, College Park’s, in the hopes that they can rebuild the chemistry and
rekindle the grit that sparked their championship run last winter. But the task will be tall. While St. Andrew’s will return a good portion of its frontcourt, including athletic forward Anthony Duruji (10.5 points per game), center George Muresan (6.7) and forward Tyler Stewart (9.3), Jones will certainly miss the backcourt combination of Marcus Adkison (13.4) and Myles Law (9.6) — two first team allconference selections last season.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal School boys basketball coach Kevin Jones will spend the summer attempting to build team chemistry with an entirely new backcourt.
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Continued from Page B-1 Replacing two guards of Adkison — the school’s alltime leading scorer — and Law’s talents simply isn’t a reasonable expectation at the moment, Jones said. Instead, the Lions will look to fill the backcourt void with a congregation of burgeoning talent. Rising senior Austin Allen has been having a solid offseason in the Amateur Athletic Union circuit, according to Jones, and will be looked to for veteran leadership at the guard spot. A pair of versatile rising juniors, Dominic Doyel and Chris Smalls, will look to fill in some of the shooting holes around the perimeter, while rising freshman Heru Bligen will battle for some playing time in his first varsity season. “[They] have their own strengths and it’s going to be our job to collectively mold them and utilize the strengths of our team,” Jones said. “They’re up for the challenge and they’re working hard right now. They’re not going to be Marcus and Myles,
but they’re going to be themselves and that’s going to help us compete.” The majority of county teams will be playing in the MPA Hoops summer league hosted by Spencerville Adventist Academy — a 16-team league beginning June 1 that features 15 Montgomery County Public School teams. Of all the teams competing in the league, perhaps no group has a bigger void to begin filling this summer than Magruder, which lost standout Joe Hugley to graduation. Hugley, a 6-foot-7 center who recently committed to play next season at Robert Morris, not only dominated play in the paint, but had the rare ability to also step out and score from the perimeter. But it’s not Hugley’s offensive contributions that longtime coach Dan Harwood is concerned with replacing. “We’re going to miss him defensively,” Harwood said. “He blocked 88 shots. It’s more the rebounding on the defensive end because we have no natural rebounders in our program and Joe averaged nine rebounds. ... We’re going to go from our lead-
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Continued from Page B-1 cruising.” Felittiwasbackedbyadefense that didn’t make an error. Severna Park left seven runners on base through the first three innings, including in the second when it threatened to score on a single by second baseman Brendan Clark into right field. Dylan Lenart was signaled to round third only to be thrown out on a relay throw Aaron Vargas made to Bradley Sawyer, who then hit catcher Trey Martinez just in time to tag Lenart. “Remarkable,” Gaithersburg coach Jeff Rabberman said of the job Felitti did. There was a moment in the third inning when Rabberman sent a pitcher to the bullpentowarm-up.“Idon’tthink he necessarily had his best stuff tonight, but that kid just competes and battles his rear end off.” In the bottom of the second, Grant Mixell got things started for the Gaithersburg offense driving in the first run of the game on a single. He went 3-3 at the plate with two singles, a double, and three runs batted in.
summer.” Silver Spring-Takoma will look to get out of the basement this season after finishing with a 13-27 record last season. Coach Doug Remer said the team didn’t have ideal depth, an issue he feels has been addressed this summer. “I think this year I just have a lot of depth, where everybody I put in is a really good ball player,” Remer said. His local prospects include 2013 Richard Montgomery graduate outfielder Tyler Coleman. Riverdale Baptist graduating senior and Virginia Commonwealth recruit Brody Cook will also be joining the team this summer. Each team also fields several of the top baseball players from other states and countries. All of these players have enjoyed success at one point or another, but teams turn over a lot from yearto-year, so chemistry can decide games early on. Coaches said they won’t really know how the teams will gel and which players will emerge as stars until the season draws closer. The T-Bolts are scheduled to open the season against the Giants, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kelley Park.
Severna Park tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning with two, two-out doubles from Stephen Boushell and Kody Milton. Gaithersburg responded in the bottom of the third with three more runs. Thefirstrunscoredonawildpitch by Severna Park pitcher Spencer Dietrich. The other two came on a two-RBI single by Mixell with runners on second and third and two strikes. “I just needed to come through for my team. I love everyone on the team. We’re just one big family,” Mixell said. Four of the five runs allowed by Severna Park pitcher Spencer Dietrich were earned. The Falcons committed two errors. “His breaking ball moved a lot. All three pitches I hit were fast balls. I was late in the count. He was throwing some good pitches. “It’s just unreal. I just felt so comfortable up there. I was a little nervous at first but once that first time at the plate, then everything started to come through for me.” Sawyer, who went 3-4 at the plate, drove in a run in the sixth inning to put the Trojans ahead by what seemed like a comfortable 5-1 lead. Felitti was replaced
after six innings because of pitch count. Severna Park scored two runs with no outs in the seventh off of Brendan Deyo before Rabberman brought Sawyer in to secure the final three outs. This year was Gaithersburg’s ninth trip to the state semifinals since 1988, and its fourth appearance in the state title game. But all those previous seasons ended without a championship trophy. “I can’t tell you how close I’ve become with the baseball community and how I’ve gotten to know a lot of the players from the past,” Rabberman said. “I told my guys the last couple of years, when we came so close, we’re going to get this done and you’re going to celebrate it with us. That’s what we were able to do tonight. We probablyhave10-plusalumnithat played for me here in the stands. This is for them. They were a part of this. If it wasn’t for all the success that they had, it wouldn’t have put us in this position today. We have a lot of tradition, but now we have the most important thing, a state championship to enhance it.”
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ing shot blocker having 88 to having someone next year get about 10 or 12. It will be more of a concern defensively.” Without Hugley’s 6-foot11 wingspan looming in the paint, Harwood said, the team will require a stricter defensive discipline, whereas in the past they could often get away with a gamble here and there. In Hugley’s absence, Harwood will look to 6-foot-7 junior Nico Wolff, a raw talent who rarely played last season, to develop more of a defensive prowess over the summer. On offense, the Colonels’ opponents will likely see a lot more of rising junior Brian Boehlert, who good moments last season playing behind the likes of Hugley and Ronald Hammond. “I think this year he’ll be really comfortable,” Harwood said. “Without Joe there, I expect Brian to have a big summer for us and then next year I’m hoping he’ll be one of the better offensive players in the county.”
The Ripken League will have a new format this summer, dividing its 10 teams into two fiveteam divisions — the North and the South. Three of the four Montgomery County teams — the Gaithersburg Giants, Rockville Express and Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts — are in the North Division with the league champion Redbirds. Bethesda is in the South Division. With the new alignment, the top two teams from each division qualify for the playoffs and the next two teams with the best overall records, regardless of division. Division teams will play one another five times. Out-of-division foes will play four times. “I don’t think it changes much,” Rockville coach Rick Price said, agreeing with the sentiments of other coaches. As in other seasons, six teams will still qualify for the playoffs. “They pretty much play everybody anyway.” Rockville is scheduled to open the season against Bethesda, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Montgomery College. The Express finished third last sea-
son and will field a team Price expects to be adept at pitching. Former Georgetown Prep pitcher and current Liberty University player Corey Howard returns to Rockville for another season. “The boys will find out real early what we’re up against,” Price said about starting the season against Bethesda. The Express finished third last season with a 24-16 record. The Gaithersburg Giants, coached by Jeff Rabberman, finished fourth in their second Ripken League season last year. In its first season, Gaithersburg finished third to become the first expansion team to make the playoffs in its first year. The Giants will look to continue progress this season with a pitching rotation full of local players. Sherwood graduates Matt Chanin and Brady Adam will likely be starting pitchers for the Giants, as well as Riverdale Baptist graduate and current Maryland righty Ryan Selmer. “We’ve had two really, really good seasons thus far,” Rabberman said. “And I think roster-wise, you look at what we have, I put us right up there with anybody in the league. I’m really excited about the roster that we were able to put together for this
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LACROSSE
GIRLS’ FIRST TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Good Counsel, Senior Midfield Guided Falcons to WCAC title and one of best seasons in school history by scoring 72 goals and adding 39 assists. Monmouth recruit was key part of an offense that scored at least nine goals each game facing a schedule filled with nationallyranked opponents.
Maddie Carr
Halle Graham
Caitlyn Gunn
Richie Bartozzi
Jake Christensen
Finn Dunne
Registered 147 saves (50.8 percentage) and named team MVP.
Notre Dame recruit carried the Gators offense, tallying 48 goals.
Virginia recruit had 44 ground balls and caused 38 turnovers.
Loyola recruit had 42 goals, 48 assists, leading area’s top offense.
He had 141 ground balls while marking area’s top playmakers.
Cougars’ playmaker notched 69 goals and 42 assists.
Locked down opposition’s top midfielders; had 67 ground balls.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Kristen Coleman Holy Cross
Led Tartans to 16-4 campaign and a WCAC finals appearance in second season as coach. Holy Cross finished strong, winning 13 of last 15 and defeating Bishop Ireton in the semifinals before falling to Good Counsel.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jackie Branthover
Holy Cross Senior Goalie
Jenny Staines
BOYS’ FIRST TEAM
Stone Ridge Junior Midfield
G. Counsel Sophomore Defense
G. Counsel Junior Attack
The Heights Junior Defense
Q. Orchard Senior Attack
Geo. Prep Senior Defense
Olivia Lee
Taylor McDaniels
Delaney McMenamin
Andrew Fowler
Jack Olson
Drew Petkevich
Myles Romm
Anchored the backline while also registering 46 goals and 13 assists.
UNC recruit registering 68 goals and 23 assists for the Falcons.
Part of dominant midfield on county’s best public school team.
Anchored defense that held teams to 5.59 goals per game.
Won 67 percent of faceoff attempts, 87 ground balls.
Prolific scorer and playmaker notched 65 goals.
He was key to Wootton offense, with 37 goals and 18 assists.
Holton-Arms Senior Defense
G. Counsel Sophomore Attack
Sherwood Junior Midfield
Landon Sophomore Defense
Geo. Prep Senior Midfield
Bullis Senior Midfield
Wootton Senior Midfield
Delaney Muldoon
Alexis Rieu
Kate Taylor
Abby Wilson
Colton Rupp
Hunter Sells
Steven Shollenberger
Notched 43 goals while leading Tartans in draw controls.
Duke recruit was one of area’s top draw specialists, winning 98.
Boston College recruit led Tartans in scoring with 61 goals.
She forced 29 turnovers, stopped 18 shots to lead the defense.
Cornell recruit had 49 goals, tying single-season record.
Third-year starter stopped 63.67 percent of all shots.
Drexel recruit had 37 goals and 25 assists as key playmaker.
Holy Cross Senior Midfield
G. Counsel Junior Midfield
Holy Cross junior Midfield
G. Counsel, Junior Defense
Landon Senior Attack
Landon Senior Goalie
Bullis Junior Attack
Louis Dubick
Churchill, Senior Attack Heart and soul of a Bulldogs team that reached its first state championship game. Carried the offense since his freshman year. Registered 55 goals and 77 assists this spring and leaves the Potomac school as the state’s alltime leading point scorer.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jeff Fritz
Churchill Led Bulldogs to one of greatest seasons in Montgomery County history. Churchill finished 17-2, going undefeated against county public school competition under the longtime coach.
Second Team and Honorable Mentions are online at Gazette.net
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American Legion team is looking for help BY
PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER
There will be no Gaithersburg Post 295 American Legion baseball team this summer, third-year coach Pete White said explaining he didn’t have the manpower required to run a team and was forced to cancel the season. White’s pitching coach stepped down after last season and so did another, younger member of his staff. The 75-yearold White was unable to put together a staff in time for what he said was an April 1 deadline, which was extended to April 15. In addition, the team’s home field at Seneca Valley High School was no longer available to them, leaving White with another issue to worry about while trying to put together a staff. “I put the word out,” White said of his efforts to find help. “I can’t be pitching batting prac-
tice, cutting the grass, painting the lines and it’s 100 degrees, by myself. But nobody stepped up to say they’d like to help.” Post 295 which pulls from Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard and Seneca Valley has enjoyed tremendous success over the years, including 11 county championships. The team won state championships in 2003, 2004 and 2008. In 2013, White’s first season with Gaithersburg, the team continued that trend as one of the top legion teams in the area. Last season, the team took a slight step backwards, finishing below .500. White, a hall of fame coach at Georgetown Prep, also coaches junior varsity baseball at Einstein. The lack of a team this season bothers him to the point where he questions his own efforts, he said, even though he said he did all he could. “I had players call me, ‘When are the tryouts going to start Mr. White?’ I didn’t want to say we weren’t going to have a team,” White said. “Maybe you can say we took the easy way out. I don’t
know. I’d hate to think that, but I guess we did, in a sense that we couldn’t make things fall into place. I’m real unhappy about it, but maybe I didn’t do enough.” Post 295 General Manager Rick Price, who coaches the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League’s Rockville Express, said the issue of a field had been solved as the team was going to play its games at Watkins Mill. But he said despite efforts to find help for White, that was the biggest issue. “We couldn’t get any help,” said Price, who coached at Post 295 for 28 years. “It’s too much for one person. You really need at least three. “It is painful. Those kids that played for us, three decades, they just gave everything to the Legion program. They were there everyday. Nobody played harder than 295, I can tell you that right now. I just feel like we left a hole there. It’s sad that no-one will step up and take that. We’ll just keep looking.” Price said he is still heavily invested in the program he helped build. He and White are hopeful
SportsBriefs Sherwood grad earns Rookie of the Year Former Sherwood High School baseball standout Matt Chanin, who recently finished his freshman season at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was named 2015 America East Conference Rookie of the Year at the annual awards banquet held May 20 in Lowell, Mass. He became the first Retriever to ever earn this honor, according to a news release sent to The Gazette. Chanin led the America East with a 1.60 earnedrun average in league play and was second to teammate and the league’s Pitcher of the Year, Conrad Wozniak, with a 1.85 overall ERA. He tallied 38 strikeouts in 58.1 innings of work and held opposing offenses to a .249 batting average en route to a 5-2 record.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Good Counsel grad makes national roster Good Counsel High School’s all-time leading scorer for girls soccer, 2013 graduate Margaret “Midge” Purce (101 goals), was named May 20 to the U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team’s 22-person roster for a four-team tournament scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday in Norway. Harvard University’s leading scorer in the fall for the second straight season, Purce was a member of the U.S. U-20 WNT that lost in penalty kicks to Korea DPR in last summer’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World
Cup. As a freshman in 2013. Purce became the first rookie to be named Ivy League Player of the Year — she was also Rookie of the Year that season. This past fall, during which Purce earned AllIvy first team honors and was selected to the 2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Mid-Atlantic First Team, she scored a team-high 10 goals, two of which came in the Ivy League-clinching win over Columbia on Nov. 9.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
County stars All-American Bowl invite Three players from county schools were nominated to participate in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Those players, Trevon Diggs of The Avalon School, Dwayne Haskins of Bullis, and Keandre Jones of Good Counsel were among 14 players selected from Maryland. Considered to be one of the premier showcase games for high school seniors, the U.S. Army All-American Bowl is scheduled to be televised on NBC. “The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is a unique event designed to showcase and recognize the talents of America’s youth while celebrating the team that makes a difference every day for the Nation — the U.S. Army,” said Mark S. Davis, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for marketing.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
for the team’s return to competition next season. After a stellar 2014 season, Damascus Post 171 is expected to be the team everyone is looking to knock off. Laurel Post 60 won the Montgomery County
title last season. Gaithersburg will have to wait at least another year before it can get back into the mix. “I contacted a lot of ex-players,” Price said. “We’re hopeful that we’re only going to be out
a year. That’s the plan at this point. We’re hoping that a former player steps forward and wants to take this team. The kids are there and they want to play.” pgrimes@gazette.net
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Coaches say they see benefits of program, athletic trainers BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
A year ago, President Barack Obama spoke on the subject of head injuries at the Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit held at the White House. Thanks to an invitation from a former student-athlete who now works at the White House — longtime Whitman High School football coach Jim Kuhn was there. “Basically, I was sitting with a bunch of neurosurgeons so I was pretty out of place but the biggest message was that concussions are a part of life,” Kuhn said. “You can be an athlete or you could trip while walking down the street and hit your head. It’s not that we should not let our kids play sports, because there are larger problems, things like diabetes. It’s realizing if you get a concussion, when is it safe to get back.”
That question is one that has not yet been fully answered but with two major organizations, the military and the National Football League, pouring money into research, according to Kuhn per the President’s speech, new developments seem to be surfacing at a more rapid pace in recent years. And in this age of Internet and social media, news reaches the masses quicker than ever. Therefore, Montgomery County Public Schools Director of System-wide Athletics, William “Duke” Beattie said, it was important for the county to react and take the proper steps to promote student-athlete safety. Saturday’s conclusion of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association events not only signified the end of the 2014-15 athletics calendar but the second full year since MCPS implemented mandatory baseline concussion testing for all student-athletes and the pilot year for its program that provides all 25 MCPS athletic departments with an athletic trainer, staffed for about 25 to 30 hours per week. The latter took the effectiveness of the former to a whole new level, coaches
said, Whitman was one of nine MCPS schools that offered self-funded baseline concussion testing for its athletes prior to 2013 but Kuhn said having an athletic trainer to work with through the entire process — from diagnosis to recovery — has had two major benefits: a direct line to doctors and proper care and an important educational component. The upcoming 2015-16 will be another big testing year, Beattie said, as results are only good for two years. A concussion is a force to the brain that can cause a change in its function. Baseline concussion testing can be used to describe computerized neurological examinations that measure memory, reaction times and cognitive processing. The discrepancy between the pre-injury results — the baseline — and scores following a head injury, help determine when it is safe for an athlete to return to play. In 2013, all student-athletes in grades nine through 12 underwent testing — it was required before athletes took part in competition. Last September only freshmen were tested. This fall, incoming freshmen along with current sopho-
mores and juniors whose tests will have expired, will undergo baseline testing. Beattie said schools likely learned from the first year how to better compensate for larger testing numbers and attention to scheduling required. Beattie said he didn’t have particular statistics but added while it’s unlikely there has been a rise in occurrence of head injuries, there has more than likely been an increase in reported concussions since testing began. In turn, more athletes will be subject to the proper treatments and recovery process. Beattie was quick to add, however, that baseline concussion testing can in no way prevent concussions. Head injuries cannot be prevented but unlike most other injuries, concussions can also not be detected on image screening. The neurological examinations can therefore be used to aid in deciding where athletes are in their recovery timeline — returning to competition too quickly can result in severe and longterm damage. But it’s important, Kuhn said, not to be solely reliant on the cognitive testing. Whether or not student-athletes have
“figured out” how to heed the results in baseline testing that will get them back on the field, all of Whitman’s athletes must then undergo a physical examination by their athletic trainer as well — it is not possible to fake balance, Kuhn said. There is still much to be learned about detection of head injuries, treatment and recovery but with information spreading more quickly these days, Beattie said it’s important to stay at the forefront of new discoveries. He and Kuhn said as more and more information surfaces regarding concussions — and with the education athletic trainers have brought to programs — student-athletes’ attitudes seem to be changing as well. “Education is extremely important,” Beattie said. “Concussion awareness is one of [the areas we stress]. I think kids are starting to realize, you’re not a sissy if you don’t report [a concussion]. We tell them it doesn’t just affect their wellbeing, it affects their playing ability. That usually gets through to them.” jbeekman@gazette.net
Gaithersburg grad plays a different tune Clarksburg girls
win their first state track title
One-time marching band member now blocks on the offensive line for Divas n
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
The closest 2003 Gaithersburg High School graduate Lauren Chesley got to the football field in high school was during the marching band’s halftime show. “When I was in high school, the only girls sports that were big were soccer, basketball, field hockey and softball, and I wanted more of a contact sport,” Chesley said. “I wasn’t good at basketball because I’m not tall (5-foot-6).” Football was what Chesley really wanted to do, she said. But even if she wanted to try out, she said she took one look at the Trojans squad and knew it wouldn’t be safe. So she got her football fix watching the National Football League intently every Sunday and playing backyard ball with her family and friends. But on April 11, Chesley made her women’s professional tackle football debut with the Prince George’s County-based D.C. Divas. Currently in their 15th season, the Divas, a perennial postseason contender in the 43-team Women’s Football Alliance, are undefeated (5-0), which includes a 32-27 victory over longtime rival Boston earlier this month. “I’m not going to lie, I was scared,” Chesley said. “I was like, ‘You want me out there?’” When Chesley showed up for Divas tryouts over the winter — she overheard two players talking about the team during a flag football game last fall — she said she had no idea what position she should play. She figured the coaches would put her wherever they saw fit, she said. It never occurred to her that might be the offensive line. But Divas coach Alison Fischer said she saw something in this new player. While Ches-
Northwest star misses meet because of illness
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DOUG CHARLAND
Gaithersburg High School graduate Lauren Chesley (right) blocks during a Donna Wilkinson run for the D.C. Divas women’s professional football team. ley might not have the stereotypical build of a linewoman — though she said she has done specific training to build more muscle mass — she had good footwork and agility and perhaps more importantly the mental capacity necessary to play such an intricate position. “It’s a difficult position to play, especially if you’re a rookie because the mental part is very challenging,” Fischer said. “You have a lot to learn, as far as plays. She seemed to have the whole package. Lauren is a really hard worker, which is great to have, especially in a rookie. If you want to play on the offensive line, you have to study because mentally there is so much to it. It’s tough on a rookie to learn so much, not just physically, but mentally. And she is progressing very well.” While most attention is typically paid to the skill position players, the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers who pepper the stat sheet, the offensive line is vital to every yard of offense those players gain. And while her work might sometimes go unnoticed by the average spectator, there
is something rewarding about that, Chesley said. The well-being of her teammates working behind the line is essentially in her hands. In the past couple of games, Fischer said, the Divas have accrued more than 500 yards. Chesley said the offensive line, which she likens to a family unit, has a bet with the running backs coach that if his players have 2,000 rushing yards this season, he takes the linewomen to dinner. “And feeding the O-line is some serious business,” Chesley said. “The O-line — we’re kind of like the unsung hero. I didn’t realize how much work, both mentally and physically, would go into it. But I enjoy it. The rushing yards, all depend on us. If there’s a sack, it’s never just one person. It’s not like, ‘Oh, the tackle didn’t make their block.’ It’s that the O-line broke down. Even if we’re all going in the wrong direction, if we’re pushing people out of the way together, [we can get the job done]. ... I’m a protective person anyway, but especially once you see your mistakes and sometimes you can see the impact. If I block the wrong
person or go in the wrong direction, someone could get crushed.” Fischer said while it’s disappointing to know there are people like Chesley who had never heard of the Divas or women’s tackle football, it’s exciting to know there is still a lot of unknown talent out there to recruit. And Chesley said she hopes through her participation she not only brings awareness to women’s tackle football — which is played at the international level — but to the opportunities out there for women athletes after high school and college. “It’s not even that I want girls to know they can play football, it’s any sport,” Chesley said. “I think we only see part of the professional sports world which is the male side. But there are so many different avenues that you can go into to keep playing sports after high school and college that women don’t know about or think they can’t do. I want to get out there so everyone can see us and what we are doing.” jbeekman@gazette.net
As Clarksburg High School senior Alexus Pyles broke the plane of the finish line to win the 300-meter hurdles Saturday, she effectively tripled her gold medal output from a season ago, adding to her 100-meter hurdle (14.49) win from earlier in the day and her triple jump (39-03.75) title from Friday. But for as much as she had accomplished, there was still one title on Pyles’ mind. “It would be nice to win states because we’ve all been working so hard,” Pyles said. “… I know it’ll be disappointing if it doesn’t turn out right.” Four hours later, Pyles and her teammates were spared that disappointment, as the Coyotes (78 points) captured their first outdoor title with relative ease, completing an unbeaten season. “Everybody thinks it’s easy because everyone is so talented, but it’s tough because they feel a lot of pressure,” coach Scott Mathias said. “So, sometimes it’s tense and things, but the thing about this group is that every opportunity to step up in a meet that mattered, they did; the whole team, across the board.” The Bowie boys’ season seemed to be in question three weeks ago, when star senior Antonio Coleman was deemed ineligible for what turned out to be the remainder of the season. That’s when Bulldogs junior Maxwell Willis took over. The Bowie speedster matched his county and regional trifectas, capturing gold in the 100 meters (10.69), 200 meters (21.27) and the 400 me-
ters (48.18) to help propel Bowie to back-to-back state championships. Flowers (59) finished second in the Class 4A boys competition, followed by Oxon Hill and Northwest (54 points). The Germantown school, one many considered favorites coming in, were without standout senior Diego Zarate, who was sick. Blake (56) and Flowers (48) finished second and third, respectively in the girls 4A competition. Saturday’s meet was also the last chance for Whitman senior Clare Severe to accomplish something she hadn’t been able to do since her sophomore year: run a sub five-minute 1,600. Last year, Severe said, she didn’t have the confidence to break the mark. But Saturday, Severe finally rediscovered her edge, posting the only sub-five time (4:58.48) in the 4A to earn a first place finish. “I was really happy,” Severe said. “My goal today was to break five and I was like, ‘As long as I break five, it’s going to be a good day.’ It’s my last high school race ever, possibly one of my last races ever and last times I run the mile. So, I was really just trying to go out there and leave it all on the track.” The only local 3A winner of the day was perhaps the least surprising of any champions, as Watkins Mill senior Billy Emerson continued his dominance in the discus, throwing 161-00 to cap off a magical season with a state title — a reward that had the Wolverines star overcome with glee. “I could go out there right now and run an 800 right now and still place first,” Emerson said. agutekunst@gazette.net
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There was no shortage of state tennis championship experience between them. Sriya Movva won the 2013 and 2014 girls doubles tournament playing alongside Hayley Keats. Katie Gauch was a two-time mixed doubles title winner — first with her brother, Michael Gauch and then last year with Elliott Thacker. But this time around, the Churchill High School girls tennis seniors — and close friends — wanted to win together. So back in the fall, they teamed up and won a region title, qualifying for the tennis state championships. After an extended break — they only started practicing together again two weeks ago — they picked up right where they
left off, cruising through the girls doubles draw and capping off their state title run with a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Sherwood (Molly Halprin/Kaitlyn Heo). “I think we played really well. It’s kind of like one of those partnerships where we have the chemistry,” Gauch said. “Especially with our last high school match, to get to end it with my best friend. It’s really nice,” Movva said. Churchill (Potomac) was one of four Montgomery County gold medalists at Saturday’s state tennis championships at the University of Maryland, College Park. Wootton sophomore Miranda Deng won the girls singles tournament, defeating Atholton’s Victoria Kogan (6-2, 6-3) in straight sets, winning the title for the second straight season. “It’s definitely different because I feel like everyone’s like ‘oh, you’re the defending champion. So it’s nice to win,” Deng said.
The Patriots also took gold in mixed doubles, with Jake Gordon and Kelly Chen defeating teammates I-Shiun Kuo and Ruchi Nanda (6-2, 6-4) in an allRockville school finals match. In boys singles, Poolesville’s Dennis Wang lost to Severna Park’s Alex Cauneac (2-6, 6-1, 6-4) in a lengthy, back-and-forth finals match. It was the second three-setter of the day for the Falcons senior, who defeated Bel Air’s Michael Quang (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the semifinals. Seniors Luke Blackman and Eric Dubrow gave BethesdaChevy Chase its first boys doubles title since 2001, defeating Whitman’s Andrew Leung and Jack Welch (7-6, 5-7, 6-2). It was a grudge match for the Barons duo, which lost to the Vikings in straight sets (6-4, 6-0) in the region championship. “As both being seniors this year, we just really wanted to end it well. We needed it,” Dubrow said. egoldwein@gazette.net
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Notice: High Bill Adjustment Funding May 21, 2015 Pursuant to Section 3.0 of the WSSC Standard Procedure CUS 10-01 titled “Adjustment and Correction of Water/Sewer Bills,” High Bill Adjustments are subject to the availability of funds in the WSSC approved annual budget. On May 7, 2015, the Prince George’s and Montgomery County Councils voted to approve the WSSC budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. The approved FY 2016 budget includes funding for High Bill Adjustments.
WSSC ADOPTS DEBT POLICY REGULATION On May 20, 2015, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission ("Commission" or "WSSC") adopted Regulation No. REGFIN-FI-2015-002 entitled "Debt Policy" (the "Regulation") to establish parameters for issuing and managing debt. The Regulation, which was adopted in accordance with Maryland Code Ann., Local Government Article, Section 17-207, may be obtained from the Commission’s Corporate Secretary (301-206-8200) and may be viewed on the WSSC web site, www.wsscwater.com [Home Page> About WSSC> Events> May 20, 2015 "Commission Meeting">Agenda>Item 3.b.1.].
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2013 Beetle..............................#V591026A, Black, 35,857 Miles...............$18,791
2014 Nissan Versa.................V309714A, Gray, 7,485 Miles.....................$13,772
2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles...................$19,955
2013 Passat..............................#VPR0138, Maroon, 44,978 Miles..............$14,991
2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles...................$19,792
2014 Chrysler 200 LX............#VPR0139, Grey, 33,534 Miles...................$14,991
2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI..V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles.................$20,992
2013 Nissan Altima...............V303606A, Silver, 49,926 Miles..................$15,871
2012 Chevrolet Equinox AWD...#V099935A, Blue, 38,419 Miles.................$21,991
2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles...................$16,293
2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles.......................$25,993
2011 Jetta TDI..........................#V005099A, Black, 71,951 Miles...............$16,991
2013 CC VR6 4Motion............VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles.....................$25,993
All prices & payments exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 06/1/15.
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DARCARS NISSAN
DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2002 Honda Civic EX
2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1
2001 Nissan Quest GXE
6,995
#P9279A, Automatic, Clean Inside and Out
$
13,995
#P9232A, 6 spd Manual 3.8 V6 Convertible, Only 35K Miles, Fun Car!!!
$
2010 Camry Hybrid
2012 Acura TSX Wagon
14,995
$
#P9276A, Auto, Locally Owned and Well Maintained,
5,977
$
#442076A, Automatic, Gently Driven and Priced to Move!
21,950
#G0063,ONLY 54K mi, 2.4L 4cyl,Auto
$
2013 KIA Optima SX Turbo
15,995
$
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Moonroof
#P9371, 1-OWNER, Heated Front Seats, Bluetooth, Alloys
#442078A, Only 5K Miles!!!, Automatic, Why Buy New?
$16,995
12,977
$
16,995
$
#P9356, Certified,1-Owner, Turbo, Lthr, Homelink, Fac Warr., Only 26K miles!
19,980
$
2010 Volvo XC70 Premium AWD 2012 Hyundai Equus Signature
#P9369, 1-Owner, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32K Miles!
#548043B, Automatic, Less than 1000K Miles, Extra Clean
23,950
$
12,977
$
2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ
24,980
$
33,750
#P9367, Only 21K Miles!!Gorgeous 1-owner, Leather, Nav, Rear Cam, $ Sunroof,
12,977
$
2008 Nissan Xterra S 4WD
#541214A, 1-OWNER, Only 74K Miles, Well kept!!
14,977
$
2011 Volvo XC90 AWD Platinum
#532188C, Nav, Leather, Sunroof, Loaded #527021A, CERTIFIED!!, Only 23k Miles!, Leather, Sunroof.
2014 Jetta SE
#E0686, Automatic, Leather, FoldDown Rear Seat, Factory Warranty
2012 Honda CRV EX-L AWD
2005 Nissan Frontier 4WD SE
#526571C, 1-Owner, Leather, HEATED SEATS, Panoramic roof, Alloys, Beautifully Kept!
8,977
$
2013 Hyundai Sonata SE
2014 Chevrolet Sonic LS
#527003A, 1-Owner! Only 27K Miles. Leather, Sunroof, Blue tooth, Alloys
2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8S #541206B, Automatic, Gently driven and clean!
#P9384,CERTIFIED!! Only 23K Miles,Nav, Rear Camera, Leather, Sunroof, Premium Sound,
14,977
$
29,980
$
2011 Mazda CX-7
#547519A, 1-Owner, Beautiful Inside & Out, Well Maintained
15,977
$
2008 Mercedes C-300 4Matic.............................. $13,995 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L...........................$18,950 #526593A, AWD, Nav, Leather, Alloys, Clean-Well Maintained
#P9277, 1-Owner, Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth
2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited............................ $14,750 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980 #P9372, Automatic, Low Miles!!, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys
2012 Nissan Leaf SL NAV Hatchback
#P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink
2014 Kia Optima LX........................................................... $15,995 2012 Volvo XC60 AWD 3.2 Premier.......$24,980 #E0730, Automatic, Fac Warranty, Leather, Alloys
#P9327, ONLY 12K MILES!! Certified, Auto, Looks New!
# P9295, Only 34K Miles! CERTIFIED! Leather, Blind spot, Park Assist,
15,977
$
2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid
#541161A, Hard-to-Find, 1-Owner, Loaded, Leather, Sunroof
16,777
$
2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L..................................................... $17,950 2012 Volvo XC90 Premier Plus...........$25,980 #P9263, 1-Owner, Only 52K Miles! Panormic Moonroof, Well priced and clean!
DARCARS
#429033A, 1-OWNER, CERTIFIED Leather, 3RD Row seat, Moonroof, Well Maintained
VOLVO
G560900
2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited
15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD
#548040A, 1-Owner, Loaded, Sunroof, Leather, Clean!!
www.darcarsvolvo.com
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2008 Nissan 350 Z Touring #548505A, Low Miles!!, V6, Auto, Leather, Alloys
16,977
$
www.DARCARSnissan.com
G560899
DARCARS
16,977
$
DARCARS NISSAN of ROCKVILLE 15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)
888.805.8235 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.com
BAD CREDIT - NO CREDIT - CALL TODAY!
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DARCARS NISSAN TWO LOCATIONS
Rockville
College Park
15911 Indianola Drive Rockville, MD 20855 888-797-1831 2015 NISSAN
2015 NISSAN
Versa S Sedan
MSRP: $14,685 Sale Price: $11,395 Nissan Rebate $400
$ 4
automatic transmission MODEL #11115
AT THIS PRICE
$
0
ALTIMA 2.5 S
$
39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
16,995
OR
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #13115 4 at this price
$
$
159/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
2015 NISSAN
LEAF S
MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $27, 995 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$ with charger package MODEL #17015
AT THIS PRICE
$ AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #11615
$
$
159/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
SENTRA SV
13,495 OR
4
$
0
$
$
14,495
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #12115
0
$
NV200
149
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
MSRP: $22,045 Sale Price: $18,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $750
$
0% APR X 72 MONTHS 2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $32,455 Sale Price: $27,995 Nissan Rebate: $1,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
PATHFINDER 4X4 S
$
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #25015
$
0
MODEL #67115
$
269/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
$
279
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
2015 NISSAN
MURANO S AWD
25,995
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
17,495 OR
4
AVAILABLE ON BRAND NEW: 2015 ALTIMAS, 2015 SENTRAS, 2015 ARMADAS, 2015 TITANS, 2015 LEAFS!
229/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
MSRP: $19,605 Sale Price: $16,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $1000 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250
2015 NISSAN
24,495 OR
4
169/MO
2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $23,935 Sale Price: $19,495 Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,000 Altima Bonus Cash: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1000
2015 NISSAN
4
$
MSRP: $17,600 Sale Price: $14,895 Nissan Customer Cash: $500 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
VERSA NOTE SV
10,995 OR
9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037
MSRP: $33,045 Sale Price: $28,495 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
27,995
MODEL #23015
0
$
339
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
SEE WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOVE CAR BUYING
DARCARS NISSAN OF ROCKVILLE
DARCARS NISSAN OF COLLEGE PARK
www.DARCARSnissan.com
www.DARCARSnissanofcollegepark.com
Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 06/01/2015. G560895
NEW2 2015 AVALON XLS AVAILABLE: #578023, 578024
26,900
$
V6, AUTO, 4 DR
AFTER $1500 REBATE
NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564390, 564421
20,890
$
4 CYL., AUTOMATIC
2015 PRIUS C II
355 TOYOTA
2 AVAILABLE: #577491, 577460
MEMORIAL DAY $149/MO**
SPECIALS EXTENDED
DARCARS
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NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
3 AVAILABLE: #572159, 572171, 572172
$
159/
MO**
18,990
NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB 2 AVAILABLE: #567181, 567184
$0 DOWN
$
AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR
18,890
3 DR. H/BK, MANUAL TRANS
AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE
NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #570653, 570694
14,590
$
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL. INCL.
AFTER $750 REBATE
MONTHS+ % 0 FOR 60 On 10 Toyota Models
1-888-831-9671
$0 DOWN
$
149/MO**
2015 COROLLA LE
15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD OPEN SUNDAY VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 6/02/2015.
4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO
2 AVAILABLE: #570369, 570341
$0 DOWN G560908
13,590
MANUAL, 4 CYL
2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044
NEW 2015 YARIS #577009
$
4 CYL., AUTO
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
$
4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
AFTER $750 REBATE
2 AVAILABLE: #572183, 572233
$0 DOWN
$
139/MO**
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL