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Graduate Damian Granados-Masis applauds the class sponsor during the Gaithersburg High School commencement on Friday afternoon at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Gaithersburg graduated 478 students. Speakers included senior class sponsor Brett Morales and senior class president Sophie Yang, with Yang presenting the farewell address. Guest speaker was Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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A jury found a North Potomac man guilty of firstdegree murder Friday in the stabbing death of a perceived

rival over the attentions of a young woman. Pavel Ivanov, 25, was convicted of killing Bryan Robert Hall, 22, after meeting in Green Park in Gaithersburg. Ivanov, who has no prior convictions, is scheduled for sentencing on Aug. 14. According to prosecutors, Ivanov and a young woman he was dating were together at

a party on July 3, 2014, when Hall began texting the woman about getting together later that evening, said prosecutor Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Kathy Knight on Friday. A landscaper who graduated from Northwest High School in Germantown in 2010, Hall had dated the woman in middle school and still saw her on an occasional basis, accord-

ing to prosecutors. Ivanov and the woman agreed to meet Hall in the park near Curry Ford Lane about 2:20 a.m., Knight said. “I think she thought they would talk like adults,” Knight said. During the encounter, Ivanov pushed Hall in the chest, egging him on to ﬁght, and also

A farewell surprise for retiring staff at Fields Road Elementary Assembly held in honor of principal, colleagues

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

As the school year comes to an end, students and staff at Fields Road Elementary School in Gaithersburg wanted to make sure that their retirees knew they would be greatly missed by surprising them with a celebratory assembly. Principal Kathy Rupp, third grade teacher Cathy Necciai and assistant principal Lisa Thomas all will retire this year after serving Montgomery County Public Schools for a combined total of more than 100 years. Rupp has been principal

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at Fields Road for 13 years and with the county for 35 years as a classroom teacher and art teacher before moving into administration. Necciai has been with Fields Road for 37 years as a ﬁrst, second and, since 1999, third grade teacher. Though Thomas has only been with Fields Road for one year, she served the county for 31 years. Before coming to Fields Road Elementary School, Thomas was the principal at Burnt Mills Elementary School in Silver Spring for 10 years. She decided to “transition slowly out” of the school system by leaving her long-term principal position at Burnt Mills for the assistant principal job at Fields Road. Throughout their years with MCPS, the retirees have seen

many changes within the system as well as in education itself. “For me, the most exciting thing is this new curriculum and it’s teaching children to be thinkers,” Rupp said. She explained that the county excelled at teaching children facts, but now it’s more than that because it’s teaching them the problem solving skills that are necessary for them to succeed in middle and high school as well as in the real world. Thomas said that the biggest change she has seen over the last 31 years is that in addition to teaching and learning, administrators have also become more focused on security and keeping

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Graduate Isatu Mansaray gets her diploma from Watkins Mill High School principal Scott Murphy during commencement at DAR Constitution Hall on Tuesday. Watkins Mill graduated 340 students. Student speakers included Tiyah Koney and senior class president Frances Moyonero. The ceremony also featured student bagpiper Jacob Abbot and soloist Robert Duncan. The guest speaker was Watkins Mill teacher (and alum) Jody Tyler.

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Interim Superintendent Larry A. Bowers put forward on Tuesday a plan to cut millions from Montgomery County Public Schools’ fiscal 2016 operating budget to align it with countyapproved funding. To help fill a $53 million budget gap, Bowers recommended the district eliminate about 340 full-time-equivalent school employee positions, not buy more Chromebook laptops next fiscal year and delay by a couple of weeks employee compensation increases. The county school board will vote on a final budget on June 16. Board members will consider at the same meeting whether to include Bowers’ changes. The board faces a $2.32 billion operating budget for fiscal 2016 that the Montgomery County Council approved. The amount leaves the district with about $53 million less than what the board asked for, according to district officials. “There are no easy answers when you have to make a budget cut of this size, especially in an organization like MCPS, where 90 percent of our budget goes toward paying for the people who do the important work every day,” Bowers said in a school

system press release Tuesday. Bowers recommended that the district eliminate more than 340 school employee positions, including teacher, media specialist and instructional data specialist positions. In March, he held back about 370 such positions because of a gloomy budget outlook. His recent proposed reduction would trigger class-size increases at all county schools, though less so at schools with higher percentages of students who receive free or reducedprice meals, an indication of poverty, according to Dana Tofig, a school system spokesman. The school-based positions, combined with an earlier cut of about 40 central office positions, marks a $25.5 million shift to fill the gap, according to the release. The proposal would restore about 30 positions Bowers had held back tied to working with special education and English for Speakers of Other Languages students. Bowers also proposed that the school system not purchase more Chromebook laptops next fiscal year, delaying a technology initiative. The system had planned to spend about $3 million on the laptops in fiscal 2016, after adding laptops and other devices to some classrooms this year. Under Bowers’ plan, the district’s employees would get compensation increases in October, but one pay period later than scheduled. The change

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 Medicare choices, 7-9 p.m., Germantown Library, 19840 Century Blvd. Free session through State Health Insurance Assistance Program. www.medicareabcd. org or 301-590-2819. 40th Anniversary Celebration, 5:308:30 p.m., Fox Chapel Elementary School, 19315 Archdale Road, Germantown. For all current and former students. Free. 301353-8055 or FoxChapel40@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Thursday Morning Kids Concerts, DinoRock puppets, 10:30 a.m., Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion, 31. S. Summit Ave. gaithersburgmd.gov or 301-258-6350. Thursday Evenings in Olde Towne Concert Series, The Grandsons: New Orleans

R&B, rockabilly and swing-country, 6 p.m., Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion, 31 S. Summit Ave. Free. Bring chair or blanket. gaithersburgmd.gov or 301-258-6350. A Cabaret Evening, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Potomac United Methodist Church, 9908 S. Glen Road, Potomac. A program by Washington Vocal Artists featuring selections from Broadway, classical and popular music hits. Free. 301-505-DIVA (3482) or frontdesk@potomac-umc.org. Meditation: A tool for balance, 7 p.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave. John David Newcomb will demonstrate practical techniques. 240-777-0140. Preventing Challenging Behaviors, 7:15-8:30 p.m., The Pediatric Development Center, 17620-A Redland Road, Derwood. Carolyn Donovan, a board certiﬁed behavior analyst, will discuss strategies for preventing challenging and unexpected behaviors in children. 301-869-7505 or audrey@pdcandme.com. B’nai Israel Hazak group, end-of-year celebration with the Classy Jazz Band and featuring Cantor Josh Perlman, bring lunch at noon, program at 12:30 p.m., 6301 Montrose Road, Rockville. For those 55 and older. Free. Reservations: 301-8816550, ext. 575, or beth@bnaiisraelcong.org.

FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Amateur Musician Play-in, 7:15-9:30

p.m., Living Faith Lutheran Church, 1605 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville. Montgomery County Chamber Music Society is organizing small ensembles in two one-hour sessions. All ages and skill levels welcome except beginners. Music is provided or bring what you would like to play. Group meets every Friday night. 301-770-2041 or MCCMSinfo@gmail.com. Butterﬂy Walk, 4-5 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithers-

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burg. Meet at the park office. Bring water and comfortable shoes. Free. 301-9242127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com. “The Wedding Singer,” 8 p.m, Arts on the Green, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. Screening of film starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. 301-2536210. Summer Campfire Kickoff, 7-8 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Meet at campfire area in front of park office. $3 per person. These Mirrors are Not Boxes, opening reception and talk with six local female artists, 7-9 p.m., VisArts, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville. Free. 301-315-8200 or smain@ visartscenter.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Take Me Fishing, 9-11 a.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. A course for beginners. Park will supply rods and reels if you don’t have any. Park entrance charges apply. 301924-2127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com.

Barnstormers Tour & Plein Air Paint Out, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., The Barns of Sugarloaf,

25214 Peach Tree Road, Clarksburg. Nine barns in foothills of Sugarloaf Mountain. Artists will paint at each barn. Followed by juried art exhibit and reception. $15. 301668-6088 or info@fredericklandmarks.org. Moonlight Hayride, 8 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Bring ﬂashlights. $2 per person. Register at 301-924-2127.

CityDance Conservatory Dancers Concert, 7:30-9 p.m., Music Center at

Strathmore Concert Hall, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 301-581-5204 or meganpiluk@citydance.net.

Hoop4Heroes 3on3 Basketball Tourney, 8 a.m., McLean School, 8224 Lochin-

ver Lane, Potomac. Open to ages 10 and older, including adults. Different divisions for children and adults, male and female. $100 donation per team to Wounded Warrior project requested. 301-922-3603 or information@Hoop4Heroes.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 14 33rd annual Celebrate! Gaithersburg street festival, noon-5 p.m., live music,

Taste of Gaithersburg, Olde Towne. gaithersburgmd.gov. Carl Henn Millennium Trail Ride, 10 a.m., Rockville Senior Center. 1150 Carnation Drive. Family friendly ride along 10.6mile path. Rain at start time cancels the ride; wet pavement does not. Free. rockvillebikerides@gmail.com.

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10:30-11:30 a.m., Lakeforest mall, ﬁrst level, near children’s play area, 701 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg. Free. 301-6700955 or sdavis@streetmac.net. www.tpjazzfest.org.

Backbone Bonanza, 6 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Meet at nature shack near tire playground to learn about vertebrates. Park entrance charges apply. 301-9242127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com. The Spotlight Series, staged reading of “The Reluctant Dragon” by Ed Monk, based on the story by Kenneth Grahame, 7:30 p.m., Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. $10. 301-258-6394 or gaithersburgmd.gov.

MONDAY, JUNE 15 GED Preparation Classes Registration, 6:30 p.m., Ridgeview Middle School, 16600 Raven Rock Drive, Gaithersburg. Free. 240-567-8950 or Ahu.Mozer@montgomerycollege.edu. Leave No Trace Hike, 6 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Meet at park ofﬁce for 1.5mile hike. Free. 301-924-2127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 16 Caregiver seminar, 2-3 p.m., Brooke Grove Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 18131 Slade School Road, Sandy Spring. Licensed clinical social worker Terry Ullman will discuss the emotional, physical and ﬁnancial impacts. Free. Register by June 14 at 301-388-7209 or tdavis@bgf.org. Meet author and professional organizer Marcie Lovett, 7 p.m., Rockville

Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave. Lovett is the author of “The Clutter Book: When You Can’t Let Go.” 240-7770140. Mommy & Me (& Daddy Too), 10 a.m.-noon, Rockville Town Square, 200 E. Middle Lane. Active learning and creative play at stores. Lunch specials, story time, arts and crafts, sing-alongs, prizes. Free. jpowell@federalrealty.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 Proposed Economic Development Corporation: Good for Business?, 7-9

p.m., Council Ofﬁce Building, 6th-Floor Conference Room, Rockville. Montgomery County Taxpayers League sponsoring presentation by County Executive Isiah Leggett. president@mctaxpayersleague. org.

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CORRECTIONS • A June 3 story about Gaithersburg production company StonePark Productions and its upcoming film “One Penny” incorrectly referred to the film crew position of key grip. Also, the image accompanying the article was a press photo taken in Gaithersburg. • A June 3 story about Josiah Henson Park inaccurately characterized where Henson lived while a slave. The park’s Riley/Bolton house was the home of Isaac Riley, the plantation owner who also owned Henson. Exactly where Henson lived and slept on the plantation is not confirmed, according to the Parks Department.

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Largent’s Restaurant and Bar to be rebranded mid-summer Chef introduces Kentlands Kitchen n

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Largent’s Restaurant and Bar will soon be rebranded as Kentlands Kitchen by chef Michael Harr, but he doesn’t see success coming without the community’s help. Harr was at Food Wine and Co. in Bethesda for almost four years before leaving in October 2014 to pursue a different path. He was brought on by the current owners of Largent’s as a partner. “I was brought on to turn it around because there was a need,” Harr said, comparing the partnership to the television show “Restaurant Impossible,” where the host helps failing restaurants launch a new concept

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Chef Michael Harr, formerly of Bethesda’s Food Wine and Co., is creating new dishes at Largent’s Restaurant and Bar in the Kentlands. and hopefully a more-successful business. Ken Miller, COO of Beatty

Management Company which owns and leases Kentlands Market Square, said that he’s sure other businesses have hired help on their own in the past to boost their sales. Miller said he’s spoken to Harr through the rebranding process and hopes Harr can turn the place around. Harr said everything in the kitchen is made completely from scratch. He is bringing years of experience and patron-tested signature dishes to the restaurant including his lamb burger, Baja ﬁsh tacos and grilled calamari. He said, however, that he’s open to change depending on what customers want. Harr said he has made an effort to speak with people in the community and people who came to the restaurant to ﬁgure out what residents of the Kentlands wanted in a restaurant and on the menu. He said feedback showed that people wanted a res-

taurant they could come to more than once a week, one with great food and even better service. In addition to changes to the menu, the interior of the restaurant received a makeover, distancing it from its original sports bar model to a more cozy theme. Harr wants customers to feel as if they are being invited into someone’s house for a home-cooked meal with good wine and good conversation. He got rid of the TVs that overpowered the room and loomed over every table in favor of local photographs and art. Walls were repainted to contrast chimney-like rock accents. He added service stations throughout to ensure quick access to diners and convenience for servers. Harr decided on the name Kentlands Kitchen after exploring the neighborhood and seeing its charm as well as how much residents enjoy living in it. “If I’m bringing in the restau-

Armed robbery • Shadowland Laser Adventures, 624 Quince Orchard Road, at 1:48 p.m. May 19. The subject displayed a handgun to an employee and demanded cash. Victim complied and subject ﬂed with the money. •Centerway Road and Club House Road at 6:57 p.m. May 23. Victim was approached by two subjects who demanded his property. Victim complied; property taken. Strong-arm robbery • Near entrance of Sears, 701 Russell Ave., at 4 p.m. May 18. Victim was confronted by two subjects who demanded his valuables. Victim complied; property taken. Burglary • Junior’s Chicken, 210 East Dia-

very selective intentionally who we lease to so we don’t run into the same problem of tenants not performing.” Harr believes if Kentlands diners give his restaurant a chance, they will want to return. “I want people to believe and understand that we are appreciative of their patronage and that we are providing what they are asking for,” Harr said. Harr also believes that the area could become a destination entertainment area with the revitalization of the movie theater next door and good food surrounding it. While his focus right now is the ground ﬂoor, he hopes to turn the second ﬂoor into a music venue that books acts people would travel to see. “I want to see this place as successful, and that’s pretty much why I’m here.” sschmieder@gazette.net

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

rant, why not give it a name that’s going to identify the neighborhood?” Harr said. The space that Largent’s, and eventually Kentlands Kitchen, occupies has had a high turnover rate in recent years. “There’s a stigma to get past. It’s what you make out of it,” Harr said about the idea that the location is “cursed.” “I’ve had success in turning restaurants around. This is a hard area — there’s not that much foot trafﬁc.” Harr mentioned a handful of empty storefronts in the buildings surrounding him and said that without some stores or restaurants to draw residents into this area of the Kentlands, everyone is going to stick to their routine going to the various chain restaurants across Kentlands Boulevard. “There’s been a lot of interest, a lot of calls,” Miller said of the empty spaces. “We’re being

mond Ave., between 9:30 p.m. May 19 and 11 a.m. May 20. No forced entry, took property. • AMCO, 220 Gerard St., between 3:10 p.m. May 20 and 8 a.m. May 21. Forced entry, took property.

Residential burglary • 18000 block of South Meadow Fence Road between 3 and 7:30 a.m. May 21. No forced entry, took property. • 800 block of Clopper Road between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 21. No forced entry, took property. • 8000 block of Cross Country Place between 5 p.m. May 22 and 4:15 p.m. May 25. Forced entry, took property. • 700 block of Crown Park Avenue between 6:30 p.m. May 24 and 7 a.m. May 27. No forced entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Two thefts from vehicles occurred in the 88000 block of Cochrane Court in the early-morning hours of May 19. No forced entry, took property.

DEATHS Malcolm Lawrence

Gary Moulton

Malcolm Lawrence, 89, of Chevy Chase died June 1, 2015. The funeral was Friday at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel in Aspen Hill. DeVol Funeral Home of Gaithersburg was in charge of arrangements.

Gary Moulton of Mitchell, S.D., and formerly of Rockville died June 2, 2015. Chapel Hill Funeral Home of Sioux Falls, S.D., is in charge of arrangements.

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Rock Terrace School’s graduating class included, from front left to rear right: Aleksey Tretick of Takoma Park, Gabriel Salapare of Silver Spring, Minhaj Molla of Gaithersburg (hidden), James Lynch of Silver Spring, Brian Lopez of Montgomery Village and Vonell Bell of Rockville. Joette James, an assistant professor in the departments of pediatrics and psychiatry at George Washington University, was the guest speaker for this year’s graduation on Thursday. Teachers Karen Schultz, Michael Valentin, Patrick Jumah and Deborah Posner also addressed the class. Rock Terrace works with students with intellectual disabilities and health impairments.

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5K raises thousands for Critters for the Cure On Saturday, pups and their human pals participated in a 5K at the Kentlands to raise money for Critters for the Cure. Critters for the Cure is a nonprofit based out of Gaithersburg that helps women fighting breast and gynecological cancers. “We don’t provide information, we are not trying to fund research, we are helping women who are financially devastated by the disease,” said Clancy Kress, president of Critters for the Cure. Chris Gault, who owns Fleet Feet Sports with his wife Robyn, said that they have been partnering with the organization for six years now to organize the run. He explained Fleet Feet helps to host the event because of their professional knowledge and is in charge of planning the route and recruiting customers as volunteers. Gault said that the cause is “near and dear to their hearts” because his wife is a 13year cancer survivor. Almost 200 runners or walkers and about 75 dogs participated in the 5K. As of Monday, afternoon, Kress said they had raised about $7500 through donations and the $25 registration fee. Kress said that her organization focuses on the bond between women fighting cancer and their pets because she’s read research that links those who have pets to living longer lives and recovering more quickly from illnesses. Kress said that having a routine and taking care of a critter that needs attention lightens the mood and helps pull the focus from the negativity of the disease. “And for that you get unconditional love [from your pet],” Kress said. - SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

Gaithersburg cub scouts set up camp More than 25 scouts from Cub Scouts Pack 1440 of Gaithersburg camped at the end of May at the Hanson family farm in North Potomac, according to the pack’s public affairs chairman Jack Cline. Cubmaster Mike Weil led the scouts on the 170-acre farm in hikes, marshmallow roasting and rocket launching. Cline wrote in an email that the scouts slept under the stars and endured a torrential downpour during their time camping. Parents or guardians of boys interested in joining the pack can email pack1440@gmail. com.

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As planning for the Corridor Cities Transitway moves forward, a handful of residents voiced their concerns to County Executive Isiah Leggett in a meeting at Gaithersburg resident Lisa Cline’s home on June 3. “It started as a kind of response to the proximity to this nice little suburban neighborhood,” Cline said about sharing her concerns regarding the CCT. “I couldn’t believe that there would be a bus so close.” Cline and her family live in Washingtonian Woods, a neighborhood that runs parallel to a stretch of Great Seneca Highway proposed for the CCT. Some of her neighbors border the road directly and, on June 3, she and

about a dozen other concerned residents took Leggett into their backyards to show him how close they are to the alignment. Cline and her neighbors thought that if they were able to show him, it would resonate more as decisions were being made. The CCT is a planned Bus Rapid Transit route that would run nine miles, connecting the Shady Grove Metro station and the Metropolitan Grove MARC station, according to project manager Rick Kiegel of the Maryland Transit Administration. Phase II of the project would extend the CCT another six miles north to the COMSAT facility in Clarksburg, but Phase I is the current focus. Kiegel explained that there will be 14 stops and vehicles would travel on a dedicated twoway roadway the buses would use exclusively. The bus would leave the exclusive roadway only to serve the Universities at Shady Grove, according to Kiegel. Some

busier intersections would be bypassed by a bridge or raised roadway to avoid jams and trafﬁc disruptions. Kiegel explained that the buses would pull up to raised platforms different than normal bus stops, featuring canopies, benches and vending machines. Fare inspection would be done mostly on the honor system before riders board the bus. Though the fare is not definite, Kiegel said the plan is to have a ﬂat rate comparable to that of Ride On, meaning riders wouldn’t pay a premium price for the rapid transit. Kiegel said the estimated ridership for the CCT would be more than 38,000 a day. Ridership studies come from a combination of census data and a computer model measuring car and public transportation use in future years. The data is predicting average ridership 20 years from now because current ridership data

would be obsolete by the time the CCT would be in peak use. Kiegel said planners are moving to reach 30 percent design by October and ﬁnish design and permitting by 2017 in order to begin construction in 2018. He said the CCT would be in operation by 2021. In response to citizens’ concerns, Kiegel cited a noise study that found there would be a moderate impact. “In the moderate range, we do what we can to mitigate that noise as long as it’s feasible and prudent,” Kiegel said, explaining that the MTA is trying to plan the roadway as close to Great Seneca as possible and is seeing what can be done about a sound wall. Cline said she is a local driver and doesn’t understand the need for the CCT, explaining that she doesn’t see a trafﬁc problem in the areas it would service. From speaking with neighbors and friends, Cline said residents who live around her neighborhood

seem satisﬁed with the Ride On bus they often use. “My idea is, ‘Why do they have to bring it out here?’ There’s not much action and not a lot of planned action,” Cline said. She said that it makes sense to connect the “smart urban living” areas that are planned to commercial areas as well as the Shady Grove medical areas and the Metro, but doesn’t see its use in less densely populated areas. Other residents at the meeting seemed to think buses wouldn’t be a popular form of transportation 20 years from now. After the meeting, Cline seemed pleased with the dialogue between her neighbors and Leggett. “I think the residents did a good job about being very speciﬁc about the things that concerned them with the alignment,” said Joy Nurmi, special assistant to the county executive.

Nurmi said that the county and planners will take each concern into account just as they did with the Purple Line. For the Purple Line, though some elements were set in stone due to construction limitations, planners were able to propose changes to allay community concerns, and hope to do the same for the CCT. “The next step is the Department of Transportation puts together a meeting internally to go look at their concerns and ﬁgure out how to address them,” Nurmi said. She explained, however, that it is a delicate procedure balancing everyone’s concerns as well as the county’s plans, and appeasing everyone is difﬁcult. She compared the situation to the arcade game Whac-A-Mole, and said, “Once you push down one concern, another pops up.” sschmieder@gazette.net

Libraries’ summer reading program now underway Police ID Montgomery County Public Libraries wants children and teens to be heroes this summer by reading. The MCPL Summer Reading program has begun and runs through Aug. 9. Each branch will host free programs, such as magic shows,

live animals and music during the summer, many focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) concepts. The programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County Inc.; local chapters of the Friends of the Library; and MCPL.

There also is a new program to help readers track their progress through the summer. “We are excited to introduce a new, innovative mobile-friendly program called ‘Beanstack’ to launch this year’s Summer Reading program,” Parker Hamilton, MCPL direc-

tor, said in a press release. “This program is designed by Zoobean to encourage more reading over the summer months, and that’s the main goal of our program - more children and teens reading more books.” “Beanstack” also provides online reading logs that make

it easy to track reading. Badges and special rewards can be earned for participating in Summer Reading activities. To register for the program visit any library branch or sign up at montgomerycountymd. gov/library. — GAZETTE STAFF

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Ever wonder how to ﬁnd a lawyer? The Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library will provide some answers during two free sessions June 17 in Rockville.

“Finding and Working with a Lawyer” is scheduled for 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and again from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom 3E of the Circuit Court building at 50 Maryland Ave. The talks are part of the law library’s Everyday Law series offered to the public. A panel of ﬁve lawyers will answer a range of questions, according to a ﬂier from Circuit Court law librarian Kate

Martin, including the following: • What should you look for in a lawyer? • What can you expect from lawyers? • How do lawyers set their fees? • How can you save money working with a lawyer? • For whom is your lawyer really working? The law, themselves or you? The ﬁve panelists will be Bruce Av-

ery, Dawn Elaine Bowie, Suzy Eckstein, Andrew Jezic and Donny Knepper. The talks are sponsored by the Circuit Court law library, Maryland Legal Aid and the Montgomery County Bar Foundation. For more information, call the law library at 240-777-9120. vterhune@gazette.net

Religious diversity forum A community forum on religious diversity with interim county school Superintendent Larry Bowers will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive. The forum is presented by

the Faith Community Working Group, part of the Faith Community Advisory Council of Montgomery County within the County Executive’s Ofﬁce of Community Partnerships. For more information, email fcwg2013@gmail.com. — GAZETTE STAFF

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Department of Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez how to prepare inmates for reentry, and the degree to which a criminal record should be considered for employment. A handful of states and cities have drafted new “Ban the Box” laws that essentially delay employee background checks, so records aren’t immediately used to weed out candidates. But these moves only help so much. Jobs still require background checks. For ex-convicts, the job interview can be terrifying, and handling it the wrong way can lower the chances of employment and ultimately stunt longterm economic opportunity. The Montgomery County Correctional Facility, where Colon has been locked up for 1½ years, is one of the only jails in the country that tries to coach inmates on what to say and how to sell themselves before they are released. In room C1.360, on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of a building that looks like a windowless high school, a one-stop job center has quietly operated for the last nine years, funded by the taxpayers of Montgomery County. Posters give advice on “asking for a fair chance.” Coaches help inmates put together resumes. Computers — while restricting access to most Internet sites — offer a portal to state and federal job pages. The jail is maximum security, and inmates in olive

jumpsuits, when walking the hallways, are never out of eyeshot of at least one guard. But in the job center, there is carpeting on the floors, and plastic chairs lined up to hear motivational speakers. Here, inmates are called “customers.” The program in Montgomery County has been successful enough, officials say, to merit a broader rollout. The Department of Labor said Thursday it was supplying $10 million in grants to set up similar programs in 20 other communities throughout the country. “The most vulnerable time somebody has coming out is the first month or two, because now they have an absence of structure,” Department of Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez said in an interview. “If you start people toward work behind the fence, you are preparing them with skills to succeed when they get out.” Nationally people with criminal records are anywhere between 25 to 50 percent less likely to get call-backs after job applications, according to research from Devah Pager, a professor of sociology at Harvard University. The Center for Economic and Policy Research estimated in 2010 that reduced job prospects among ex-convicts reduced the overall unemployment rate by 0.8 or 0.9 percent.

“It’s one thing to say you’re going to change and another thing to have a plan,” she said. She turned to Colon. “By the time you get out of here you’ll know what to say. As you’ve been here, you’ve learned,” she said. She tried to demonstrate for him how a strong answer should sound: “I couldn’t speak outwardly about what I’d done; now I can. I was not one who was able to take responsibility. Now I can.” “We’ll work on some drafts of the letter,” she said to Colon. Court records indicate that Colon’s sentence stems from a second-degree assault charge. In Montgomery County, the in-jail job center is linked to the county’s broader workforce development system, and inmates are encouraged to work

with other job center branches when they’re released. Rojas said roughly 80 percent of the inmates at the jail’s job center ﬁnd employment. Inmates are eligible for the training when they’re within eight months of their release date — and if they maintain good behavior. The recidivism rate among inmates who go through the job program is about 25 to 30 percent lower than the broader average, said Robert Green, director of the Montgomery County Department Of Correction and Rehabilitation. “I tell people, about 94 percent of the people here [in jail] are going back to the streets of the community,” Green said. “So how do you want them back?” chico.harlan@washpost.

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Carlos Colon said he stole his first car at age 10. He started selling them, making a couple hundred dollars a pop, by age 11. “A professional thief” is how Colon described his then-self. He dropped out of high school in ninth grade because the money from stealing cars was so good, and over time he grew even bolder. In 2012, he stole a BMW after leaving a D.C. nightclub, just because he didn’t want to take a bus back home to Germantown, Md. Oh, and then he called up the cops to report the theft. “There’s a car parked in this lot,” he remembered telling them, “and it’s been here for a few days.” But Colon now has a challenge. A guy who was “great” at stealing cars is desperate to find another job that suits him, and this time he has far less confidence. He’s 32 years old. Upon release from jail in August, he’ll have no place to live. He has little education. And he knows most employers will hold his past — which also includes domestic violence, burglary and drug charges — against him. Take a look at the first three paragraphs of this article: This is Colon’s record, much of it publicly available, and he will carry it like an anchor into any job interview. “I’ll have, like, two minutes to explain it,” Colon said. America’s incarceration rate, after skyrocketing for decades, has only recently started to go down — a necessary change in the nation’s criminal justice system, President Obama has said. But that has opened a broader and controversial debate about

“The most vulnerable time somebody has coming out is the ﬁrst month or two, because now they have an absence of structure. If you start people toward work behind the fence, you are preparing them with skills to succeed when they get out.”

Perhaps the hardest skill to hone, those in Montgomery say, is the interview itself. So inmates do mock interviews and then watch videos of those interviews, scanning for ways to improve. They also write letters, intended for prospective employers, in which they take responsibility for their crimes, talk about what they learned from it, and describe their new goals. Colon hasn’t yet written his letter, but he’s already practiced describing the previous decades of his life, emphasizing more than his record: He is a foster kid who spent years acting crazy and now wants to settle down, he said. If he violates his parole after his release, he’ll be back behind bars for 15 years. “I’m going to struggle, beg, scrap, whatever, to not do that,” Colon said. He has held jobs; four are listed on his still-in-progress resume. He knows how to buff floors, work with marble and design kitchens; two of his kitchen designs were featured in a home improvement magazine. While locked up at the Montgomery facility, right along I-270, he’s never gotten in trouble. He’s working on his GED. To get previous jobs, Colon said he told employers that he didn’t have a criminal record — or that it only consisted of a minor traffic ticket. But they often found out anyway. At least one fired him for lying, he said. “Now I’m trying to find out if I can get a job doing it the right way,” he said. So why, Colon was asked recently, would this time be different? How would he be able to stay out of trouble after getting released? “That’s a question I can’t totally answer for myself,” he said after thinking for a moment. “I’m in here — it was my fault. It was my ex-girlfriend. I beat her up. I’d been drinking.” Donna Rojas, one of the job coaches who works at the center, interrupted.

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in Washington, and her nine years as chief global communications and public affairs officer for Marriott International Ervin of Bethesda, from which she resigned to run for ofﬁce. Matthews is married to Chris Matthews, the host of MSNBC’s “Hardball.” She is the latest in a string of Democrats to announce their candidacy for the seat held by Christopher Van Hollen Jr. of Kensington. The 8th District comprises parts of Montgomery, Frederick and Carroll counties, stretching from the Washington, D.C., line to the Pennsylvania border. State Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (Dist. 20) of Takoma Park, Del. Kumar Barve (Dist. 17) of Gaithersburg, Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez (Dist. 18) of Chevy Chase and lawyer Will Jawando of Silver Spring also are running. Ervin, who lives in Silver Spring, said she will launch her campaign soon. Ervin said she has been on the front lines of issues such as economic equality for working women and families long before it was, as she described it, an “issue du jour” for candidates. She served from 2006 to January 2014 on the Montgomery

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After a year of surveillance and undercover work, law enforcement officers arrested 17 people in the predawn hours Monday for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, according to authorities. The operation backed by search warrants began about 4:30 a.m. and netted 11 handguns, an unspecified amount of drugs and more than $70,000 in cash as of Monday afternoon, said Montgomery County police Chief Thomas Manger during a news conference hosted by the FBI in Rockville. The blitz of arrests based on indictments by a federal grand jury effectively breaks up a drug ring operating in Silver Spring, which had been working with a smaller operation in Forestville, according to federal indictments. “They’re no longer there — they’ve been taken out of the neighborhood,” said Stephen Vogt, a special FBI agent who coordinated the arrests, at the news conference. “This slows the potential for violence [in neighborhoods] ... and sends a message [to drug distributors] that you could be next,” Vogt said. On June 3, a federal grand jury charged in two indictments a total of 18 people, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland, which is prosecuting the case. Seventeen of the 18 indicted defendants were arrested Monday, wrote Vickie LeDuc, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for Maryland, in an email. Officers also detained five additional people who were arrested during the course of exercising search warrants of locations associated with the indicted defendants, said Capt. Dinesh Patil, director of Montgomery County police department’s special investigations division. The nature of the charges against the five arrestees was not imme-

diately available Tuesday. Contact information for any attorneys who are representing the defendants and who could comment about the cases was also not immediately available Tuesday. Some defendants were distributing and storing drugs in the Bel Pre Square area of Montgomery County, not far east of the Leisure World Retirement Center on Georgia Avenue. The Bel Pre operation was headed by George Earl Gee, 30, of Beltsville, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Ofﬁce. “Gee directs and/or supplies several local drug distributors operating in the Bel Pre Square and conducts hand-tohand drug transactions with local distributors,” according to search warrant documents. The Prince George’s County operation was headed by Anthony Niles, 36, of Bowie, who worked out of the Crooked House Entertainment music studio on Cryden Way in the Forest Center Industrial Park in Forestville, according to search warrant documents. The federal indictments seek forfeitures totaling $680,000 from those involved, according to the release. “Heroin and crack cocaine are extraordinarily dangerous,” said U.S. Attorney for Maryland Rod Rosenstein at the news conference. “The number of overdoses and death continue to increase in Maryland and throughout the country. ... [Dealers] bring in drugs [to a community], get people addicted and create lifelong horror,” he said. The 18 indicted defendants include seven from Montgomery County: • Amir Bey-Jones, aka “Meano,” 41, of Silver Spring. • William T. Fergerson, aka “Fats,” 42, of Silver Spring. • Keenan Jones, 54, of Silver Spring. • Brandon Richardson, 30, of Silver Spring. • Frederick J. Davis, 31, of Gaithersburg. • Sonya Darby Thomas, aka “Peaches,” 37, of Gaithersburg. • Tiki Harmon, 42, of Burtonsville. Six defendants were indicted from

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Former county executive candidate Jim Shalleck will lead the Montgomery County Board of Elections as the board majority shifts from Democratic to Republican. Shalleck, a Republican, was appointed to the elections board in February by Gov. Larry Hogan and conﬁrmed by the Senate. Shalleck was unanimously elected to serve as president of the seven-member board on June 2. “I’m very honored by this and grateful to the governor,” he said. For the next four years, local boards of election across the state will be led by Republicans. State law dictates that the majority party — the party of the sitting governor — have a majority on local elections boards. Montgomery County Republican Central Committee Chairman Michael L. Higgs said the board of elections is the only politically appointed board in the county that will have a Republican majority. “We’re all looking forward to open, fair, honest elections and doing everything we can to ensure the people get that,” Higgs said. Among the challenges Shalleck and the board face are the rollout of Maryland’s new voting system. Starting with the primary in April 2016, Maryland will trade its touchscreen voting machines for a paperbased system. Montgomery County was the last in the state to report Election Day results in 2014. During early voting for the 2014 general election, Republicans claimed that voting system switched ballots cast for GOP candidates to their Democratic rivals, and party leadership sought a state investigation. Twenty machines

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Prince George’s County: • George Earl Gee, 37, of Beltsville. • Sierra Lynch, 37, of Beltsville. • Anthony Niles, 36, of Bowie. • Abdul Hakim Sauda, 30, of Laurel. • Ryan Snowden, 30, of Laurel. • Vincent Collins, 36, of Oxon Hill. Five others were indicted from elsewhere in Maryland and New Jersey: • Joseph Miles, 62, of Westernport, Md. • Rayvon Walls, 25, of Indian Head, Md. • Jovan Brian Lancaster, aka “Juvie,” 30, of Maryland. • Alfonso Salazar, 38, of Maryland. • Greg Milden, 40, of Cliffside, N.J. Manger said the multi-agency investigation began about a year ago based on numerous and ongoing complaints from residents of the Bel Pre Square townhouse complex about open-air drug dealing. Some residents were “too intimidated to go to police ... because of fear of retaliation,” Manger said. Seven residents in the area, however, participated in the drug operation, he said. Manger said his department will take steps to ensure that another operation doesn’t move to replace those indicted by increasing the number of patrols in the neighborhood and boosting the police proﬁle in the Bel Pre Square area. The investigation involved the court-approved tapping of cellphone conversations, as well as the use of undercover agents who bought drugs from the dealer, according to search warrant documents. In one instance an agent was provided with $700 to buy 500 grams of heroin, according to the documents. Defendants appeared before a federal judge in Greenbelt for bond hearings Monday. They face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison on drug conspiracy charges, Rosenstein said. Seven of them also face charges of distributing drugs, according to the release.

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Continued from Page A-1 students safe. Rupp, Thomas and Necciai each noted the extreme changes in technology and how much it has changed education for the better and increased the ﬂow of information. “Children have access to anything, any information in the world,” Rupp said. Necciai saw the growth of technology as the overall most drastic change throughout her 37 year career at Fields. “We went from the ditto machine to Xerox to each student having a Chromebook and [classrooms with] Promethean boards,” Necciai said. She said that technology has the ability to bring all of the information in the world directly to the students and there are often instances where her students have to teach her about the latest advances. On Thursday, everyone knew that there was an assembly, but none of the women retiring were aware that the assembly was for them. Thomas “knew there was something up” when a student escort in formal attire greeted her and guided her toward the assembly. The surprise assembly was planned by school counselor Diyana Sanders-Gunaratnam, known to the school as Sanders-G, with a lot of help from colleagues and students.

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Longtime Fields Road Elementary School staff were honored by students during a retirement celebration on Thursday afternoon in Gaithersburg. Retiring are principal Kathryn S. Rupp (right), assistant principal Lisa O. Thomas (not pictured) and third-grade teacher Cathy Necciai (second from the left) leading a group in dance around the multi-purpose room. “I was so nervous,” Sanders-G said about the assembly. “I think the kids did an amazing job. They were so excited.” Sanders-G has been with the school for 14 years and has known Rupp and Necciai throughout her time there. “I feel like they both have

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very positive outlook and both of them are people who, if there’s a problem, they don’t complain, they look for solutions,” Sanders-G said. She said Rupp and Necciai are laid back and calm which helps them work with the children. Sanders-G said that chil-

about the ﬁscal 2017 budget, which will pose a bigger challenge. The district will start that budget process “in a hole.” “I hope we don’t get screwed by the state again,” she said. District ofﬁcials had hoped to receive $35 million from the state through the Geographic Cost of Education Index. The index provides additional money to school systems where the cost of education is higher. Gov. Larry Hogan, however, decided to fund the index at 50 percent, signalling a loss of more than $17 million from what Montgomery County expected. Doug Prouty, president of the Montgomery County Education Association,

dren aren’t scared when they’re called to the principal’s ofﬁce because Rupp works with the students to think through the problem, see the solution and realize where they went wrong. She explained that the assembly was really a way for the students to say goodbye and show their

said the school-based positions are the biggest part of Bowers’ plan. “It’s going to be difficult, especially if this sort of pattern keeps up for more years than it has already. Then, it’s going to be really difficult to maintain the quality of instruction we have in the school system right now,” Prouty said. The compensation increase delays are “not ideal,” he said, but are “a good solution” given the circumstances. School system officials have cited a funding gap of about $53 million based on the county’s approved budget and how the district plans to make use of available money. The county’s final budget provides

appreciation. Each retiree received memory books from students, as well as flowers and a celebratory lei. A mural was made by art teacher Loanne Nguyen and parent Melissa Tenholder in Rupp’s honor. Rupp said she loves the work she does and the people she does it with each day, but she is relieved to be done with the long hours. She said she might take classes and plans to “learn and grow in some new way.” Thomas is going to travel, but first she said she plans on taking advantage of a much overdue summer vacation to relax. Though Necciai said she plans on eventually becoming a realtor, she will begin working at Atlas Wood Floors at the front desk this summer. She said she also wants to visit Machu Picchu. Necciai said that she will miss “all the wonderful people I work with and seeing the students be excited about learning.” She said she never left Fields to teach at a different school because the school and her colleagues were all too wonderful. Coincidentally, this year Necciai taught a boy who is the son of a student she had in her very first year of teaching. “This was just so perfect. A perfect ending,” Necciai said. sschmieder@gazette.net

$27.2 million to the school system from the Consolidated Retiree Health Benefits Trust for paying retiree health insurance claims in fiscal 2016. That money must be used to pay for health benefit claims, but frees up to an equal amount for the school system to use otherwise in its operating budget. Tofig said Tuesday that the school board plans to take advantage of the full $27.2 million. The board also plans to reduce its contribution to district employee pensions by about $10 million and use that money elsewhere in the budget, he said. lpowers@gazette.net

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County’s jobless rate hits 6-year low Montgomery County’s unemployment rate in April was 3.7 percent, according to federal data, the ﬁrst time it’s been under 4.0 percent since December 2008 during the Great Recession. April’s county rate tied Howard County’s for the lowest in the state. The state rate in April, not seasonally adjusted, was 4.9 percent.

53 townhouses coming to King Farm Streetscape Partners of Rockville is teaming up with a Los Angeles company to build 53 townhouses in King Farm in Rockville. The four-story townhouses on King Farm Boulevard will range from 1,800 to 2,250 square feet, with three to five bedrooms, according to a news release. Each will have a two-car garage; some will have decks and rooftop terraces. The project is Streetscape’s second collaboration with Remark Land and Housing, a division of the Resmark Cos., a private equity firm. The first is a condominium development in Washington, D.C.

Not Your Average Joe’s opening in Bethesda Not Your Average Joe’s of Middleboro, Mass., plans to open its second Maryland restaurant July 5 in the Georgetown Square Shopping Center on Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda. The casual restaurant plans to hire more than 100 employees, according to a news release. It has 22 East Coast locations, including one in the Kentlands in Gaithersburg.

Medical society inducts president, board members The Montgomery County Medical Society recently inducted its 2015-16 president and executive board members. Dr. Shannon Pryor, who is afﬁliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, is the new president. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Williams College and a medical degree from Tulane University’s medical

school. The physicians on the executive board are Stephen Rockower, immediate past president; Lynne Diggs, president-elect; Natasha Herz, vice president; Jesse Sadikman, secretary; and Larry Green, treasurer.

Walker & Dunlop names senior vice president Walker & Dunlop of Bethesda named Dan Martin senior vice president in its capital markets group. Previously, Martin was a regional manager at GE Capital Real Estate, an investment officer at Amresco Capital and a treasury analyst at the Peterson Cos. Martin holds a bachelor’s in finance from the University of Maryland a master’s in finance from George Mason University.

Regulatory lawyer joins Shulman Rogers Shulman Rogers of Potomac named Jeffrey S. Holik a shareholder in the law ﬁrm’s ﬁnancial industry regulatory group. Previously, Holik was chief counsel at PNC Financial Services Group and senior vice president for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He also was a financial regulator Holik with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Union College and a law degree from the George Washington University Law School.

Rockville ofﬁce building sells for $17.2M Blackwell Two, a 101,296-square-foot Class A ofﬁce building on Blackwell Road in Rockville, has sold for $17.2 million. The seller was LNR Partners of Miami Beach; the buyer was True North Management Group of White Plains, N.Y., according to CBRE, which brokered the sale. Built in 2001, the building is 75 percent leased to tenants including IntegraMed America, Dataprise, EagleBank and Foulger-Pratt.

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KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

Chip Hiden and Alexis Irvin are big beer fans. Making a documentary on the craft beer industry was a topic right up their alley. The Silver Spring residents, who grew up in Howard County, have found welcoming fans in ﬁlm festivals for “Blood, Sweat, and Beer.” The 70-minute documentary centers on two main venues — Backshore Brewing Co. in Ocean City, Md., and the Brew Gentlemen Beer Co. in Braddock, Pa. Along the way, the couple interviewed representatives of more than 100 other breweries across the country to supplement the two main subjects. Those included others in Maryland, such as Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick. One of the more surprising aspects they learned during the two-year project was how difﬁcult it can be to start and operate a brewery, said Hiden, 27. Recent changes in laws have allowed craft breweries in Montgomery County to distribute their beer directly to other venues rather than through the county, he noted. “They don’t just make beer and sell it,” Hiden said. “There are a lot of challenges involved, including dealing with legal roadblocks and lawsuits.” Danny Robinson, founder of Backshore, changed the name of his brewery from Shorebilly Brewing Co. in the midst of a federal trademark infringement lawsuit. The owners of Teal Bay Alliances filed the lawsuit in 2013, claiming they had trademarked Shorebilly to sell T-shirts. In January, U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled that Teal Bay had “no right to interfere” with Robinson’s use of the Shorebilly name, according to federal court records. The case is under appeal. The Brew Gentlemen provides a compelling story since the founders are trying to help the town of Braddock near Pittsburgh make a comeback from lean economic times, said Irvin, also 27. “It’s a town that lost thousands of residents after the

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland, will conduct a public hearing on amendment to Schematic Development Plan ASDP-6950-2015, filed by Ken Miller of Beatty Management Company, on WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 2015 AT 7:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as this matter can be heard in the Council Chambers at 31 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Application ASDP-6950-2015 has been filed requesting an amendment to schematic development plan approval for a change in use for Kentlands Market Square to allow for up to ten (10) percent of the approved commercial space to be used for office and/or education uses, and the conversion of two (2) standard parking spaces along Market Street into a single handicap space. The Subject Property is located within the Kentlands subdivision and is bordered by Kentlands Boulevard to the north. Contact the Planning and Code Administration City Planner (listed below) at (301) 258-6330, if you should have any questions and/or to learn more about this process and your ability to offer testimony and input. Further information may be obtained from the Planning and Code Administration Department at City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or visit the City’s website at www.gaithersburgmd.gov. Gregory Mann, Planner Planning and Code Administration gmann@gaithersburgmd.gov 1931219

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Silver Spring filmmakers Chip Hiden and Alexis Irvin (right) spent two years making a documentary about the craft beer industry called “Blood, Sweat and Beer.” They pose with the cameras they used to make their film in the brewery at Denizens Brewing Company while assistant brewers Chris Surrusco and Kevin Corcoran clean tanks. steel industry collapsed,” she said. “The founders hope to provide jobs and do their part to revitalize the town.” The filmmakers said they have learned much of their craft on the fly and through experience. Hiden majored in history at Washington College, while Irvin majored in journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. They purchased a “decent” camera and have found a big aid through technology while handling duties such as on-air interviews, filming and editing. They raised money on Kickstarter.

“We have a crew of two,” Hiden said. The beer film debuted in March at the DC Independent Film Festival. They were greatly pleased with the reception. “It was sold out. There was a line of people who couldn’t get in,” Hiden said. Screenings followed in other cities, such as Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Chicago and Anchorage. Others are scheduled this summer, including at the SouthSide Film Festival in Bethlehem, Pa., June 11 and 13, and at the Flix Brewhouse in Des Moines, Iowa, June 18. They plan

to release the ﬁlm through various platforms in the fall. In 2010, Hiden and Irvin quit their desk jobs and did a documentary, “The Dream Share Project,” on how certain people pursue careers they love. They wrote a book, “Build Your Dreams: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love,” published by Running Press. “We have ideas for another documentary, and another book,” Hiden said. “But right now, we are focusing on marketing this current ﬁlm.” kshay@gazette.net

Assign Code: ADOPT BUDGET 2015-16 NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF A CITY OF GAITHERSBURG ORDINANCE Pursuant to provisions Section 41 and Section 11 of the City of Gaithersburg City Charter, notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Council of Gaithersburg adopted Ordinance No. O3-15, on June 1, 2015, effective July 1, 2015, entitled: ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CITY BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2015, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2016, AND LEVYING AN AD VALOREM TAX ON ALL ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND With a levy on all of the assessable real property within the City an ad valorem tax at the rate of Twenty-six and Two/Tenths Cents ($.262) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessed value of said property, and there is hereby levied an ad valorem tax on the tangible personal property subject to taxation by the City, except for exempt manufacturing equipment, manufacturing inventory and commercial inventory of corporate and unincorporated businesses, at the rate of Fifty-Three Cents ($.53) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100) of assessed value of such tangible personal property. The ordinance adopts the imposition of a full year, one-half year, three-quarter year and onequarter year tax levies authorized pursuant to Title 10, Sections 10-102, 10-103, 10-104 and 10-105, Tax Property Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, and authorizes and empowers Montgomery County, Maryland, to collect and remit the same to the City of Gaithersburg, consistent with the imposition and collection of such levies on real property by Montgomery County. This Ordinance was adopted on June 1, 2015, and will become effective July 1, 2015, the date on which the 2016 fiscal year budget begins. The adopted budget is as follows: Local Taxes Licenses & Permits Intergovernmental Revenue Service Charges Fines & Forfeitures Miscellaneous Revenues

ANTICIPATED REVENUE

$27,720,200 3,969,580 14,548,108 8,476,120 2,045,000 739,870

ANTICIPATED REVENUE Transfer In Reappropriation TOTAL ANTICIPATED REVENUE

$57,498,878 150,000 10,586,936 $68,235,814

ADOPTED EXPENDITURES General Government $14,199,166 Public Safety 11,725,199 Public Works 10,259,759 Parks, Recreation & Culture 8,032,906 Community Services and Development 2,749,326 Miscellaneous 3,278,458 OPERATING TOTAL TOTAL OPEB Trust Fund Stormwater Fund – Fee Revenue Stormwater Fund – City Portion CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TOTAL PROPOSED EXPENDITURES

$50,244,814 1,200,000 3,400,000 91,000 13,300,000 $68,235,814

The adopted budget will be available online on July 1, 2015, and may be viewed at www.gaithersburgmd.gov. Tony Tomasello City Manager 1952108

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It’s been two decades of jazz in Takoma Park n

This year’s festival will include Redd, Brulee

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The first time Chuck Redd performed at the Takoma Park JazzFest, he and the late Charlie Byrd played through a thunderstorm. “It was just about rained out and very muddy,” Redd said. “We went on anyway, as there was a break in the storm. Right as Charlie was beginning his set, a downpour came. But people stuck around. There are a lot of diehard jazz fans in this area.” This year, Redd will be the headliner of the 20th annual event, slated for Sunday. The free festival runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Old Town area of Takoma

Park. “It’s grown into an important jazz event,” said Redd, who lives in Takoma Park. “I’ve brought many good friends from New York and around the country to this festival to be special guests. I’m proud of the festival.” Shortly after moving to Takoma Park from Kentucky, where he produced music festivals and a regional NPR music show, festival president Bruce Krohmer answered an ad placed by Dave Lorentz, who wanted to start a jazz festival. Krohmer became one of the early organizers and eventually took over as producer when Lorentz left the area. “Jazz music is America’s gift to the world,” said Krohmer, a teacher and musician. “With this festival, we’ve been trying to keep an educational component and add something new when we

can, while keeping jazz free for the people.” The event includes free workshops. Some jazz-themed ﬁlms were scheduled in partnership with the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring last week and this week. Raising the thousands of dollars needed to run such an event can be challenging, but Krohmer said organizers “have the fundraising thing down.” Several local restaurants raise money with special Jazzfest events, while state and local entities provide grants. Supporters include the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, the Maryland State Arts Council, the city of Takoma Park and the Takoma Foundation. The number of vendors has grown to about 65, while sales of T-shirts and other items help out,

Krohmer said. The festival is bringing back some of the more popular performers of the event’s ﬁrst two decades. Redd — who has toured with Dizzy Gillespie and Mel Torme and will be playing drums — is bringing in guitarists and other musicians from cities such as Denver and New York. He is also an accomplished performer on the vibraphone. The event welcomes a broad range of styles, including instrumental, vocal, swing, contemporary and vintage sounds from the 1920s, Krohmer said. Other scheduled acts include Veronneau, the Hokum Jazz Trio, the Dave Kline Band and the Takoma Park Middle School Jazz Ensemble. Making its debut this year will be Brulee, a quintet that won the 2015 Jazz Brawl, an event spon-

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Among the scheduled performers at the Takoma Park JazzFest on Sunday are the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, above. From left are Ginny Carr, Robert McBride, Holly Shockey and Andre Enceneat. sored by Takoma Park JazzFest to showcase fresh performers. Members of the Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet look forward to connecting with the Takoma Park audience again, leader Ginny Carr said.

“They engage with us so warmly. We are proud to celebrate such an important, joyous milestone,” Carr said of the 20th anniversary event. kshay@gazette.net

New scoreboards coming to Blair High School baseball, softball ﬁelds State grant will help replace scoreboards this fall

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

The scoreboards that have tallied baseball and softball games at Blair High School in Silver Spring for years soon will

be upgraded. The Montgomery Blair Athletic Association Inc. — a nonproﬁt that promotes youth athletics and athletic education at Blair High School and in eastern Montgomery County — secured a $25,000 state earmark, known as a bond bill, to cover roughly half the cost of a project to replace the scoreboards at the softball ﬁeld and the baseball stadium.

Obituary Miss Rebecca Day 30, of Gaithersburg passed away unexpectedly on June, 2, 2015. She was the loving daughter of Randy and Patricia Hart. Born August 30, 1984 in Olney, Maryland, Becky was a loving and caring person to all those she encountered. She worked as a medical assistant in Gaithersburg. She was a great friend, listener, and extremely giving. She had a strong personality as was evident by working diligently to overcome many obstacles and adverse conditions in her life. She loved her nieces and nephew and was a lover of all animals especially her beloved dog Nala. In addition to her parents she is survived by her sisters; Monica Kolbjornsen, Jessica Day and her brother Ryan Hart. Nieces, Danielle and Alexis and Nephew Dylan along with additional friends and family.

Both existing scoreboards are often in need of repair and generally inadequate to handle the current level of use, said Richard O’Connor, president of the athletic association. “The current scoreboards are, at best, marginal,” he said. “They sometimes work, sometimes don’t work. We’ve had all sorts of electrical problems with them. They’re old technology. They’re an analog system in the digital age. They’re well beyond their useful life.” The two ballparks are owned and operated by the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission and used by the school system under an agreement. Not only do Blair High School teams use the fields and the scoreboards, but other teams also can obtain permits to use the fields. Among the other teams that play at the ballfields are the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts — a Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League team that plays in the summer. Despite the condition of the scoreboards, O’Connor said, there is no money in Park and Planning’s budget nor in the school system’s budget to replace the scoreboards, so the athletic association stepped up to raise the funds. With the help of the Thunderbolts and the high school baseball and softball programs,

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There’s much to like in a recent agreement between Montgomery and Howard counties to investigate police-related deaths in each other’s jurisdictions. If someone dies in the custody of, or during an interaction with, a Montgomery County police officer, the Howard County state’s attorney’s office will review the evidence and decide whether criminal charges are apMONTGOMERY, propriate. Montgomery County’s HOWARD prosecutor’s office PROSECUTORS will do the same SMART TO for Howard County REVIEW EACH cases. a promisOTHER’S CASES ing It’s sign that both counties are striving to be fair and accountable when scrutiny is needed. This especially matters because police-related deaths across the country — in Ferguson, Mo.; New York City; North Charleston, S.C.; Baltimore city; and other areas — have sparked public outrage. In some cases, there have been strong feelings in the community that officers should have been held criminally responsible for a death, but weren’t. It’s common practice for a police department, when faced with allegations against one of its own employees, to have a neighboring agency investigate. However, Montgomery and Howard prosecutors say their evidence-review agreement is the first of its kind in Maryland. Jaded critics could write off this extra step as meaningless symbolism, convinced that police and prosecutors work closely enough that they will watch out for each other, no matter the jurisdiction. Then we see otherwise, such as when the state’s attorney in Baltimore filed criminal charges against six officers for the death of Freddie Gray. The skepticism that the fix is in isn’t universally justified. Police work can be remarkably difficult and fraught with grave life-and-death decisions. Sometimes, killing one person to protect the lives of others is understandable. According to a Washington Post report about a May 19 encounter in Arlington, Va., a man with a metal pole threatened officers responding to a call about a disturbance. An officer tried to use a Taser, but it didn’t work at first, and the man hit the officer in the face with the pole. The officer tried again to use the Taser and ended up hitting a second officer instead. When the man swung the metal pole again, the officer shot him three times in his upper body, killing him, the Post wrote, based on the latest information from police. If this account holds true, it’s an example of a split-second decision about the use of deadly force. If deadly violence isn’t justified, a police officer should be held accountable, too, just as anyone else would. Montgomery County already has a pending investigation that Howard County will review — the May 12 death of Dajuan Graham, 40, of Burtonsville. On May 10, Graham was seen acting erratically in the Briggs Chaney area, according to police. When a woman tried to get Graham to stop walking in the roadway of Castle Boulevard, he punched the woman in the face, police said. Observers suspected that Graham was under the influence of PCP. Graham reportedly ignored multiple orders by police to take his hands out of his pockets. An officer then shocked Graham with a Taser. Graham fell down and was taken to a hospital, where he later assaulted an officer and security staff, according to police. Two days later, he died. Montgomery County police have been open with information about what happened and the officers who were involved. That’s a sharp contrast to inexcusable secrecy from the police department in Fairfax County, Va., after an officer there shot and killed a man who had his hands up during a call in 2013, according to police records reported by The Washington Post. It took a court order to force the police department to release details of the call, including the officer’s name, 17 months later. The county has settled a wrongful death suit with the victim’s family, the Post reported. Montgomery County police and prosecutors have demonstrated that they can be transparent and straightforward in handling cases of policerelated deaths, giving the community reason to have faith in their impartiality and professionalism. The reciprocal agreement with Howard County enhances that reputation.

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Public health should not be compromised by poultry The United States Department of Agriculture announced that more than 45 million chickens and turkeys have been euthanized since March because the present vaccines are not effective against the highly pathogenic H5N2 virus. Avian flu strains (H5N2, H5N8, H5N1) have been detected in U.S. birds in the past few months. The question is why, during the worst outbreak of bird ﬂu in commercial poultry and wild flocks since 1980, does the Rockville City Council want to change zoning laws and allow backyard poultry now. In Asia and Africa, a form of H5N1 resulted in human infections of farm workers. These health concerns, in addition to the endemic problem of salmonella contamination, are public health issues that are best monitored by the Department of Agriculture in a commercial setting rather than the Rockville City Council, whose expertise is urban rather than rural. If backyard poultry are allowed in Rockville, there must be protections for the unsuspecting residents: licenses, education, and, above all, inspections to protect the chickens from abusive treatment and unclean practices. Refuse from chickens should be red-bagged as biohazardous waste and picked up by appropriate haulers. The infection potential of chickens should not be underestimated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that backyard chickens should not come in contact with children, seniors, pregnant women and those with

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Betsy Newman feeds wood sorrel to her four chickens in the backyard of her home in Gaithersburg. Newman rented hens and a coop from a local company to decide if she wanted to commit to raising chickens. compromised immune systems. They should be kept away from areas where food is eaten — patios. Cities cannot exist without strong public health laws. If the City Council wants to bring farming practices into this environment, the costs of public health must be born by those

residents with licenses to maintain backyard poultry and not those who buy their eggs at the supermarket. They should also bear the costs of rodent and pest control in contiguous properties because of the chicken coops. Even the proverbial fox in the henhouse will become a reality of

concern. Rockville does have foxes, although they usually keep their distance. But, regardless of where we get our eggs, it is important to wash our hands after touching raw eggs because of salmonella. Joan Selinger, Rockville

Changes create more doubt about accuracy of Purple Line projections Has anybody noticed? The Purple Line ridership numbers have been revised downwards. The Federal Transit Administration’s recently released “New Starts Engineering” highlights a Purple Line ridership forecast for 2035 of 56,100 daily trips. This is a remarkable, if insufﬁcient, move in the direction of reality. The MTA’s August 2013 Final Environmental Impact Statement calculated a ridership forecast for 2030 of 69,300 daily trips, which was increased to 74,160 for 2040, assuming the typical transit growth rate for the Washington area of 7 percent per de-

cade. These numbers formed the basis for beneﬁt calculations, like those of the Sierra Club, which cited information that said the Purple Line would take 17,000 cars off the road. Using the new FTA-reported 56,100 represents a reduction of more than 20 percent in predicted ridership and revenue. But even a daily load of 56,000 passengers cannot be distributed on the Purple Line’s 21 stations during the time periods predicated. And opening-day capacity, determined by peak period operations, can never be increased because of right-of-way design

limitations. The MTA also reported the following changes: weekday service is reduced from 139 to 130 trains a day through eliminating service between midnight and 1 a.m. and reducing other late-night trips. One estimate going up, however, is the number of 90-foot trolleys required to operate from opening day onward, now increased to 58. Never mind that the lay-up yard planned and priced for the down-sized Lyttonsville facility could not possibly accommodate 5,220 feet of trains. Robert J. Riker, Chevy Chase

Chickens will mean headaches for Rockville The proposal to allow keeping chickens in Rockville backyards, if passed, will be one big headache “coming up ‘The Pike.’” For every neighbor who may “keep chickens” and be ever so pleased about their flock of Rhode Island Reds or Plymouth Rocks and their ﬁve (maybe) eggs a day, there will be several more neighbors nearby who are not too pleased with the manure odor, the frequent appearance of predators — the friendly neighborhood fox or coyote — or the appearance of

rats (rats like chicken eggs). And then, most surely, Rockville will have to hire a chicken control ofﬁcer to settle disputes between disgruntled neighbors. And, if you go to sell your house, be prepared for buyers to not be very happy about the chicken coop and odor in your neighbor’s backyard. And maybe your property abuts to three or four yards and you could have a possible three or four chicken coops gracing your view. Most of us do not have large

yards, and chickens in close quarters are not good neighbors. There was a “straw vote” by the mayor and council, 3-2 in favor of chickens, though most residents are not happy with the idea. There will be a ﬁnal vote on the issue on June 15 at the mayor and council meeting. Please e-mail the mayorandcouncil@rockillemd. gov to vote against chickens in Rockville. Elizabeth M. Spano, Rockville

When there are problems, propose solutions This is in response to Michael Hoxie’s letter to the editor (“Not the finest moments for school board,” June 3), in which he correctly identiﬁes problems created by the Montgomery County Board of education — or at least exacerbated by the board’s actions. The problems are additional examples of what have been characterized as “attitudinal” problems. While Mr. Hoxie’s concluding statement (“Something is rotten in the county of Montgomery”) may or may not be accurate, as

it stands, it reﬂects an additional attitudinal issue quite common in our society — namely, identifying problems, but making no attempt to propose solutions. As a member of the First Steps Coalition, I have committed to helping the board of education begin to solve some of its attitudinal problems, by providing it with detailed directives on how to address three such problems. One involves the obvious need for curricular attention to “civics.” The First Steps Coalition has

no delusions that its actions will solve all of the ills of our public education system. We have simply chosen to be part of the solution. And we recognize that “even a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” For more information on the First Steps Coalition, readers can send an email to infofsc@thedavidcoalition.org, and, if they request it, we will send them our position paper. Mark R. Adelman, Kensington

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Regulations, taxes on e-cigarettes are excessive The Gazette recently posted an opinion on the “banning” of e-cigs indoors by the council, as needed or as “should be,” if I recall. The so called emperors Thereof Montgomery County do not know the facts. There are two, yes, two chemicals in e-cigs. Propylene glycol is a colorless liquid. It is used in coffee, ice cream and soda. Vegetable glycerin is clear, and used in soaps and toothpaste, derived naturally from plants. And then there is nicotine. Yes, it is bad and yes, it is addictive. But it is not absorbed through the skin, which is a preposterous claim by the round table (Montgomery County Council). And to get even better, now they will tax it. Wonderful idea. Let’s run all the vape stores out of business in the county. The thoughts of a few should not inﬂuence or control the many. David Gust, Rockville

Beneﬁt concert was a success The Gazette, in its May 6 edition, announced the premiere concert in the Washington area of Music for Food. Held in Bethesda on May 16, the concert was a rousing success, both artistically and ﬁnancially. The music was gorgeous, and we raised over $22,000 for the Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg. We thank the community for coming out to support this effort to reduce hunger in our midst. Ann H. Franke, Washington, D.C.

The writer helped organize the Music for Food beneﬁt concert.

POST COMMUNITY MEDIA Michael T. McIntyre, Controller Donna Johnson, Vice President of Human Resources Maxine Minar, President, Comprint Military

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Posted online by 8 a.m. the following day. SUMMER FOOTBALL: Receiver Chris Green (pictured) and his Blair High School teammates are scheduled to compete this weekend in the Prince George’s County Passing League. BOYS BASKETBALL: Flowers vs. B-CC, 6 p.m., Tuesday.

GAITHERSBURG | MONTGOMERY VILLAGE

BASEBALL: S. Spring at C.-Saxon, 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.

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Three potential season-opening games for the Bethesda Big Train Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League team were cancelled on Tuesday, Wednesday,

and Thursday, due to rain. Needless to say, Bethesda players grew a little restless in the days leading up to Friday’s game against the Gaithersburg Giants. The layoff didn’t appear to effect the Big Train pitching staff, however, as they allowed just three hits in a 4-0 win against the Giants. “Those guys have been driving me crazy,” Big Train coach Sal Colangelo said. “They’re here, wanting to play. Can’t control Mother Nature, but when you get out you make the best of it.”

Bethesda starting pitcher Drew Strotman, a Sunnyvale, Calif. native, earned the win in ﬁve innings pitched. He allowed each of the three hits and struck out six. Strotman didn’t face more than four batters in any inning. “Threw a lot of curveballs early. That was working for me,” said Strotman who plays at St. Mary’s College in California. “Getting ahead in the count was big.

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Bethesda Big Train’s Brandon Hunley tags out Gaithersburg Giants’ Patrick Mathis during Friday’s Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League game in Gaithersburg.

Line drive incident sparks debate on safety Softball community considers mandatory face masks

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

KATHY MCKEE

Rising Quince Orchard sophomore Eli Fouts was the only freshman in top 30 individual scorers at prestigious Metros meet in February.

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Quince Orchard High School sophomore swimmer Eli Fouts didn’t immediately connect with the sport. In fact, his ﬁrst foray into the sport didn’t last very long at all. “I took a few lessons [before I was 8 years old], but I wasn’t paying attention to my instructors, so my parents pulled me out,” Fouts said. A couple of years later when he asked to join the Manchester Farm Swim Team (MFST) in the Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL), his parents obliged, with one caveat. “They told me I had to listen to what my coaches were saying or else they would not let me swim anymore,” Fouts said.

The four-star swimmer turned out to be a quick learner, Manchester Farm coach Shannon English said. Once she got Fouts’ attention, he could pick up things as fast as anyone, she said. “The good thing about Eli was I could give him [an instruction], like, ‘I need you to rotate this,’ or, ‘I need you to tweak this hand a little this way,’ and he did it dead-on. I only had to say it once and, bam, he got it. As opposed to other kids when you have to say things nine, 10, 15, 200 times.” Fouts set three MCSL individual records last summer, in the boys 13-14 50-meter backstroke, the 50 breaststroke and the 100 individual medley. When this summer’s season — which includes ﬁve dual meets, a long course invitational and season-ending relay and individual all-star meets — kicks off Saturday, he will be competing in the oldest age group, boys 15-18, against mostly high school upperclassmen and even some athletes who are returning from their ﬁrst year

of college swimming. But, in a breakout freshman high school season over the winter, Fouts matched up quite well with older swimmers two and three years older. In February, the junior nationals qualifier finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke at the prestigious Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships en route to becoming the only freshman in the top 30 individual scorers — his 37 points were just 11 off the leaders and tied for 12th. Fouts also finished seventh in the 200-yard individual medley and was the only freshman in the top 20. “Eli is what I call, ‘My perfection,’” English said. “I look at his strokes, and there’s not much I can do. He is — and has been since he was 10 — darn close to a perfect stroke. But he’s not cocky. He knows there are still things he doesn’t know, and he asks.”

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Germantown native Tori Finucane, who just wrapped up her sophomore season as the University of Missouri softball team’s ace, said she was adamantly against wearing protective gear in the pitcher’s circle. “I just always thought it would mess me up or something to have [a face mask] on my face,” Finucane said. “I never really even wore a mouth guard. I never liked anything extra on me when I had to throw.” Finucane no longer has much of a choice. On May

24 — on national television — she was struck in the face around her left eye by a hard line drive during Missouri’s NCAA Softball Super Regional at the University of California, Los Angeles. Fortunately for Finucane, the damage was minimal, but with worse luck the line drive could’ve resulted in a life-threatening injury. She has since been advised by her doctors to wear a face mask moving forward. The occurrence, which silenced the packed stadium at UCLA, brought to light an ongoing discussion regarding possible mandatory facial protection for inﬁelders — primarily for pitchers and first and third basemen — at the national but also local level. Blair High School coach Louie Hoelman said he and

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Blake High School pitcher Ellie Smethurst throws to ﬁrst base April 28 during the softball game against Wootton.

Washington Spirit pick up a point in tying Boston Breakers Washington remains unbeaten on its Boyds home ﬁeld this season

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Saturday’s 1-1 tie against the Boston Breakers at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds was a game of missed opportunities for the Washington Spirit women’s professional soccer team. But while coach Mark Parsons admitted there were feelings of frustration among his players at the end of

the night — the team dictated play for much of the game but failed to convert on numerous prime scoring chances — Washington still walked away from the result with a point toward its National Women’s Soccer League standing and a good feeling about its game heading into the next stretch of the season. “Basically what I said to the team was, I know there’s going to be a lot of emotion and they’ll be upset [with the result] but we played extremely well and we had opportunities,” Parsons said. “If we play games like that every single week we’re going to win more games than we’re going to tie and we’re not going to lose.

“It’s been a good start to the season, and this will be a good chance to refocus.” Katherine Reynolds, defender “We lacked a little bit in front of the goal, but that is not a problem, we were creating [chances] all game and that is something we can work on.” With Saturday’s tie, Washington (4-3-2) remains unbeaten at home. The Spirit currently sits in second place in the NWSL with 14 points, just one be-

hind Chicago Red Stars in ﬁrst with 15. Boston (3-3-2) is third with 11 points. Washington is scheduled to travel to Chicago on June 27 after the league’s two-week World Cup hiatus, a time Parsons said the Spirit will use to recover, physically and mentally. Washington has played the past two games without

stalwart midﬁelder Tori Huster, who has been acting as the team’s captain in the absence of defender Ali Krieger, but Parsons said he expects Huster to be back at full strength after the break. Washington won all three of its onegoal decisions against the Red Stars a year ago, two of them away in Chicago. “I think the break will be good, we can focus on a few things we need to improve,” said defender Katherine Reynolds. “It’s been a good start to the season and this will be a good chance to refocus.” Washington, which relied heavily on

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Continued from Page B-1 Throwing a lot of strikes.â&#x20AC;? Strotman made use of his time off by sight-seeing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First day I got here we went to D.C., saw some stuff,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was my ďŹ rst time, so that was cool. Last few days, just been kind of laying low. Getting a feel for this weather. I know this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t normal.â&#x20AC;? Led by right-fielder Cody Brown, who went 3-for-5 as the leadoff hitter, the Big Train offense had nine hits and did most of its damage early. Brown reached base and scored in each of his ďŹ rst two at-bats, with a double in the ďŹ rst inning and a single in the third. He scored the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening run in the ďŹ rst on an error. Bethesda added three more runs in the third, all with two outs. Brown, who scored on a single by another St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s player (shortstop Zach Kirtley), started the rally. Kirtley went 2-4 with a run batted in. Designated hitter Brandon Gum of George Mason University drove in two more runs on a single. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We come straight from ball with our clubs back at school, so I guess the rest days are pretty good. But we were ready to play,â&#x20AC;? said Brown who plays college baseball

in his home state at Mississippi State University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the top of the lineup, just trying to get on base. Let everybody else hit me in. Work the count, see some pitches.â&#x20AC;? Gaithersburg starting pitcher Kevin Ross, a Towson player and graduate of Good Counsel High School, took the loss. In four innings of work, he allowed ďŹ ve hits and three earned runs. Four different relievers got work for the Giants, who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow another run after the third inning. Gaithersburg (0-2) began its season on Wednesday in a 10-2 loss to the defending league champion Baltimore Redbirds. Coach Jeff Rabberman said beginning the season against the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top two teams is a good measuring stick for the Giants and that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple solution to get their bats going. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just keep swinging,â&#x20AC;? Rabberman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was some pretty good pitchers we saw tonight. Sometimes you got to tip your hat. And early on, second game of the wood bat season, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slow getting around. Keep grinding and keep on swinging. These guys are very, very capable of being good offensive players. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really a worry.â&#x20AC;?

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good forward movement from its outside backs to create space, controlled play the majority of a scoreless ďŹ rst half â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Spirit outshot Boston, 7-3. Per its strategy, according to coach Tom Durkin, Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best chance in the ďŹ rst 45 minutes came on a counterattack when midďŹ elder Kristie Mewis snuck a shot past Spirit goalkeeper Kelsey Wys but hit the far post. Boston reorganized itself in the second half, Durkin said, and focused on limiting Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production through the midďŹ eld. And for a period of time, Parsons said the Spirit did begin to play to Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pace. Crystal Dunn, whom Durkin said he would have preferred to have been with the U.S. National Team in Canada, wreaked much havoc for Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense with her speed and athleticism, though she was unable to get the ďŹ nal touch she needed. But Amanda Da Costa gave Washington a 1-0 lead in the 64th minute when she followed up a deďŹ&#x201A;ection from her own pass toward the middle and buried the ball inside the left post. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Washington] has some really good players, they have a few players I wish wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in Canada [for the World Cup],â&#x20AC;? Durkin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dunn and [midďŹ elder Christine] Nairn, I wish they were in Canada.â&#x20AC;? The Spiritâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead was short-lived as Boston answered with a goal two minutes later from Maddy Evans. Washington continued to create â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Spirit had about six quality looks at the net in the second half â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but settled instead for the tie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a good team performance,â&#x20AC;? Parsons said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got a point out of it and now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to build. The future for us is really exciting.â&#x20AC;?

other Montgomery County athletes and coaches were affected by the incident. While the vast majority of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletes donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wear the protective face masks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Blazers rising senior third baseman Mildred Devereux and Blake rising junior pitcher Ellie Smethurst are two of the exceptions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; coaches have brought up the issue in past meetings, and Hoelman said he would not be surprised if a rule was implemented at the high school level within ďŹ ve years. Softball has become a faster, more powerful game in the past decade, Hoelman said, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important for safety protocol to evolve along with a sport. Pitchers stand only 43 feet from home plate, and there are situations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as bunt defenses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when ďŹ elders get within feet of the batterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s box. Smethurst, a pitcher, said she feels more conďŹ dent wearing a face mask and would encourage inďŹ elders to do the same. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think people would get used to it,â&#x20AC;? Smethurst said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People think you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see out of it, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally not true, there are just two thin bars across the

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Basketball teams seek new scoring options Gaithersburg, Sherwood look to replace graduates

ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER

Recent Richard Montgomery graduate Kate Payson is headed to play women’s rugby at Penn State in the fall.

VALERIE CONNELLY

RM graduate gives rugby a try Olney teen eager to grow the sport in Montgomery County n

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

Four years ago, recent Richard Montgomery High School graduate Kate Payson was out for a stroll with her younger brother in their Olney neighborhood, when she noticed a group of girls playing rugby in the park. “I saw these girls on a ﬁeld passing the ball backward, and I was like, ‘I need to get into whatever they’re doing,’” Payson said. “I had heard of rugby before. I always found it interesting because girls and boys have the same rules. There’s no, ‘Girls can’t do that’ or, ‘This is too harsh for girls.’ It’s always frustrating to be underestimated because of your gender, so that was a major factor.” While girls rugby is on the rise in this area, it is far from mainstream, and teams are always looking for new players to recruit, Payson said. The girls on the ﬁeld — Maryland Exiles club members — noticed Payson and invited her over. “They were like, ‘we don’t

know you, but you should play,’” Payson said. “They were automatically very welcoming, similar to everyone in the rugby community.” Last summer, just three years after picking up a rugby ball for the ﬁrst time, Payson, who played three years of varsity soccer at Richard Montgomery, was one of 50 girls selected from Regional Cup tournaments nationwide to compete in the USA Rugby Stars and Stripes Game. She is headed to Penn State University in the fall to play for the eight-time national champion women’s rugby team and said she hopes to continue to ﬂourish there in the pursuit of competing at an international level. Third-year Maryland Exiles Girls Under-19 coach Valerie Connelly said she has no doubt Payson, whose work ethic she said is largely unrivaled, can accomplish that feat. She’s progressed at a rapid rate, Connelly said, because of her dedication to becoming a true student of the game. She has recently moved from fullback — the last line of defense and a more structured position — to the eight woman, where she has more freedom to move about and can be more involved in scoring.

While Payson is focused on her own individual goals within the sport, Connelly commended her effort to promote the game in the community. “I think rugby teaches this kind of empowerment, this sense of, ‘You can do it,’” Payson said. “It gives girls confidence, which is really important to earn at a young age. As far as the physical aspect, if they have confidence in themselves it will show in the classroom and in social interaction. But it also helps to stay fit and really creates a family within.” The biggest challenge in recruitment is rugby’s stereotype as a violent sport, Connelly and Payson said. Many parents prohibit their children from playing because of fear of injury, but Payson said the sport is safer than people think. “A lot of people tell me, ‘Oh, rugby is like football and soccer, mixed,’” Payson said. “But it’s its own sport. People only say that because it’s a similar shaped ball and you throw it in the air but it’s a much safer sport. For girls in high school, I actually think the highest concussion sport is cheerleading. In four years I have only suffered one minor injury, that’s been less than people I see who play soccer.”

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Poolesville High School graduate Patti Maloney was asked to play in an all-star game against Team USA.

County softball players selected to all-star team For the second straight summer, former Poolesville High School softball pitcher Patti Maloney was selected to the Maryland All-Stars team that will take on the U.S. Women’s National Team. The exhibition game is scheduled for June 18 at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf. Maloney just ﬁnished her junior season with the Fordham University softball team. Also named to the Maryland roster was Germantown native Tori Finucane, who recently completed her sophomore season at the University of Missouri. Finucane missed last year’s game while recovering from an injury.

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Blair, Northwest qualify for Ravens’ 7-on-7 tournament The Blair High School football team made its ﬁrst-ever postseason in the fall, and the Blazers have carried that momentum into this passing league season. On Saturday, the Silver Spring school won a tournament at Williamsport High School, capping off the competition with a 42-35 win over Allegany (Cumberland) and qualifying for the June 19 Ravens 7-on-7 Football Tournament. Blair, along with two-time defending 4A champion Northwest (Germantown), are the two Montgomery County teams that are slated to play in the eight-team championship tournament held at M&T

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Sherwood graduate gets shot a pro lacrosse Sherwood graduate and Marist College lacrosse player Mike Begley was picked up by Major League Lacrosse team the Ohio Machine via the 2015 Undrafted College Player Pool, according to a news release by the New York school. The senior middle ﬁelder 2011 FILE PHOTO from Brookeville was named to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Mike Begley Conference All-Star Second Team on June 1 and also earned United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division I All-America Honorable Mention.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Bullis quarterback competes at Elite 11 Bullis School quarterback Dwayne Haskins competed in the Elite 11 semiﬁnals this past weekend in Los Angeles. Elite 11 is considered the nation’s premier competition for high-level high school quarterbacks. Haskins, who committed to play at the University of Maryland on May 15, already holds a spot in the ﬁnal competition set to take place later this summer.

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There is no doubt a major physicality aspect of rugby but it’s less about one big hit than it is about body positioning and core strength, Connelly said. Heads and helmets — which are not even worn in rugby — are not used as weapons. Payson was a soccer player and a soccer player only from age 5 until she reached high school. Rugby opened her eyes to a whole new world, she said. The next step for the Exiles, Connelly and Payson said, is to cultivate youth programs as a feeder to the older team and draw athletes in early. “Rugby is a confidencebuilder,” Connelly said. “The changes people have seen in their daughters have been profound. I don’t think there’s a sport that rivals it because a lot of rugby women ... we have that feeling that strong women don’t tear each other down, they build each other up. And it gets you outside of your comfort zone like you wouldn’t believe. Once in a while [a girl] will have a meltdown and freak out because they got hit hard but then they realize they’re still alive and get up and then feel like nothing can stop them.” jbeekman@gazette.net

Though its purple reversible jerseys differed from their usual navy and gold garb, the Gaithersburg High School boys basketball team looked to be in regular form Wednesday night at Jewish Day, flying up and down the court and ultimately defeating its opponent, Sherwood, with a heavy dose of points in transition. In many ways, the Trojans 65-55 win looked similar to one authored by last year’s group that finished the season 17-5. But a closer look revealed just how much the Trojans program had changed in that short time. After two years of patrolling the sideline, veteran coach Tom Sheahin stepped down over the offseason, opening the door for longtime junior varsity coach Jeff Holda to assume control of the varsity team. But Sheahin’s departure was just part of the Trojans’ offseason facelift. Gaithersburg lost nearly 50 points per game to graduation, including first team All-Gazette selection Anthony Tarke (26.3) and Geron Brathwaite (14.3) — a versatile pair that headed the Trojans’ transition attack. Gaithersburg often suffocated opponents last season with their incessant run-andgun style — a mantra Holda doesn’t plan to deviate from, even with his relatively fresh crop of talent. “That’s Gaithersburg basketball,” Holda said. “When Tom came here he really emphasized that and set me up and our program with that style of basketball. That’s the style I like to play and the kids love it. It’s not careless or reckless. It’s get up the floor and earn yourself a shot … So we’re going to play that way. That’s how we’re going to beat teams.” When the Trojans occasionally slowed things down, instead opting for more methodical ball movement, the results weren’t as favorable. Gaitherbsurg proved not ready yet to handle the decision-

making of a halfcourt offense — an understandable deficiency for a young backcourt. So, they returned to what they knew, as quick outlet passes and aggressive takes to the hoop saw their lead steadily grow. The Trojans’ transition game was certainly the key to knocking off Sherwood on Wednesday after both teams jumped out to sluggish, sloppy starts in the first ten minutes. Gaithersburg made up for their apparent lack of height with a tenacity on the defensive end that continuously opened up transition opportunities. Late in the game, the Trojans forced three consecutive turnovers, leading to six transition points that pushed their lead to double digits, effectively burying the Warriors hopes of any comeback. “We’re still quick,” rising senior Andy Kwiatkowski said. “We like to run and we’re conditioned. We’ll be fine. We’ll be running, shooting threes and attacking the rim just like last year — just different players.” The story was similar on Sherwood’s sideline, where a roster depleted by eight graduating seniors looked to fill a significant scoring gap left behind by the departure of guard Xavier McCants (17.5). Assistant coach Walt Williams wasted no time beginning to patch up the hole graduation left behind however, as he employed the “platoon system” popularized by the University of Kentucky. The Sherwood assistant started the game substituting rotations of five into the game in an effort to begin identifying viable replacements for the offensive firepower lost over the offseason. “It starts right now,” Williams said. “So that’s the basis behind what we’re doing and the way I’m running the summer league. We have so many guys here that are talented. We’ve got to narrow things down, so I just want to give everyone an opportunity to state their case here in the summer and get into that live action to see what kind of player [they are].” agutekunst@gazette.net

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STEVEN FRANK AND ARNOLD MELTZER Avast, ye landlubbers. Baltimore’s Clipper City Brewing, now known under its Heavy Seas Beer label, is the second largest brewery in Maryland and will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in December. Heavy Seas, and its founder/ owner and Captain, Maryland beer pioneer and visionary Hugh Sisson, has sailed through some rough waters and heavy storms to achieve their current success. Clipper City Brewing changed the names of its beers to Heavy Seas with the growing popularity of the adventuresome Heavy Seas lines. Sisson was instrumental in getting state legislation passed that allowed for brewpubs in Maryland, and opened the ﬁrst brewpub in the state in 1989, leaving it to start the predecessor to Heavy Seas Beer. First out of the Heavy Seas docks was Winter Storm, an imperial ESB, at 7.3 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) brew. Winter Storm was followed by Small Craft Warning Über Pils (7 percent ABV); Red Sky At Night, a saison which is no longer made; Peg Leg (8 percent ABV), an imperial stout; and Loose Cannon (7.25 percent ABV), a triple hopped (in the

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In the past decade, I’ve visited New York two or three times a year for various reasons, mostly to play the role of tourist. I thought I had the parking thing down until a recent visit. I’d ignore the garages with their $11.95 per half-hour specials and find a gem of a space on a side street that would have made George Costanza envious. In all my previous visits, my system had only resulted in one parking ticket when I returned to a metered space a few minutes too late. So on a visit in late May to the Big Apple in which I took my daughter, McKenna, to her first Broadway show, I was as confident as ever in my ability to beat the New York parking system. We made it to the Neil Simon Theatre two hours before the show and parked temporarily in front of the venue on West 52nd Street. There was a “No standing except commercial vehicles” sign, but other noncommercial cars were parked there with people running in to purchase tickets. Besides, we weren’t “standing;” we were temporarily parking. We scored some discount “rush” tickets on the third row for a mere $35 each. When I returned, I didn’t see one of those parking ticket experts in sight, so I became bold enough to suggest walking a block to the Ed Sullivan Theater. David

Letterman had given his final performance three days before, and I read stories where crews placed most of his dismantled set into dumpsters on West 53rd Street, with people taking home pieces of history from the “Late Show.” Sure enough, workers were still there, placing various metallic and wooden pieces into large dumpsters. They were blocked off with yellow tape and orange cones, as if that was going to keep people from approaching. I walked up to one worker and asked if I could take home a souvenir. He seemed a bit flustered and said they were busy. I spied one specific metallic piece about 6 feet long that looked like it could have been part of a bridge. “How ’bout that one?” I asked. “Is that part of a bridge?” He realized he wouldn’t get rid of me so easily and handed me the piece. “It could be. But it’s probably from Paul Shaffer’s orchestra set,” he said. After having McKenna take a photo of me near the dumpster and then in front of the Letterman sign with the piece to help verify its authenticity, we started walking back to the car. We passed near Rupert Jee’s Hello Deli, and I couldn’t resist a slight detour. But as I started to enter the deli, some guy in shades and a tight T-shirt — who could have been a Letterman crew union manager, Mafia boss or just some Joe from the street — yelled at me to stop. “What are doing with that?” he asked, pointing at my 6-footlong souvenir. “You need to get

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James Whalen (Aidan), Laura C. Harris (Charlotte), Danny Gavigan (Rupert), and Brandon McCoy (Sam) rehearse for Round House Theatre’s production of “NSFW.”

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, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, The Hillbenders, June 11; The Chuck Brown Band, June 12; Active Child with Low Roar, June 13; Beggar’s Tomb, June 19; Brubeck Brothers, June 21; WCP Summer Music Showcase, June 24; Chatham County Line, June 25; Robin and Linda Williams, June 27; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Huggy Lowdown and Chris

Paul Comedy Show, June 11; Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, June 12; Joe Clair; June 13; Bill Haley’s Comets, June 16; Gregory Porter, June 17; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-3304500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, John Zahn, June 12; Dangerous Curves, June 13; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-9489893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Franco de Vita, June 10; Rakim and DJ Zu; June 12; Juicy J, June 17; AWOLNATION, June 18; Tori Kelly, June 19; Against Me!; June 21; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, BSO: Bernstein’s Candide, June 11; CityDance: Conservatory Concert, June 13; AIR: Rochelle Rice, June 17; Art and Wine Night, June 18; Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., June 20; Mormon Tabernacle Choir, June 25; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGE Arts Barn, “The Wedding Singer,” June 12 through June 28; “Tales of Wonder: The Reluctant Dragon,” June 14; One Act Play Festival, July 17 through July 26; “The Wiz,” Aug. 7 through Aug. 23; 311 Kent Square Road, 301-2586394. Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Gar-

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Continued from Page B-4 brewkettle, hopback and dry hopped) American IPA which is the brewery’s best selling beer. The Sissons have been involved in the Baltimore region for seven generations. Sisson proudly notes that his namesake, stone mason and great grandfather, supplied the marble for the upper two-thirds of the Washington Monument. The brewery has experienced about a 20 percent annual growth rate in recent years. It brewed 40,000 barrels in 2014 and expects to reach 50,000 this year. With new fermenters scheduled for installation in October, the capacity will be about 70,000. Their beers currently are in 18 states focused on the Delaware/Virginia/Maryland region, reaching from Maine to Florida and as far west as Indiana. Because he loves fresh cask beer and believes that real ale is the best way to experience the beer ﬂavors and complexity, Sisson has what he believes is the

ﬁeld the Musical,” June 19 through Aug. 23, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-6342270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Double Trouble (aka The Parent Trap),” June 24 through Aug. 14, 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, 301-6345380, 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,” through June 21, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage. org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, Carte Blanche: Alicia, Hannah, Olivia, Nora and Asia: The Interns of Adah Rose Gallery Curate the Summer Show,” through Aug. 23, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-9220162, adahrosegallery.com BlackRock Center for the Arts, 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition, through July 1; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Glenview Mansion, Juliya Ivanilova, Nighat Ahmed, Jo Levine; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville.

largest cask-conditioned beer program in the country. Loose Cannon (7.25 percent ABV) starts with a bouquet of bitter hops and citrus which presages a delicious bitter hop front. In the middle, the hops increase a tad and grow further to medium in the finish with a moderate sweet malt and tangy citrus presence. The citrus fades in the aftertaste while the bitterness, modified by the sweet malt, continues. This medium bodied, very smooth brew has a lovely mouth feel. Ratings 8.5/7.5. Double Cannon (Imperial IPA, 9.5 percent ABV) has a faint citrus and pine nose introduces Double Cannon and its smooth, medium malt front with moderate bitter hops. The hops increase in the middle to medium with a modest sweet malt. In the finish the hops increase abundantly but are well balanced by the malt. This robust bodied brew finishes with an aftertaste where the hops linger and come to the front as the malt fades. Well blended and

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Marin-Price Galleries, “An Exhibit of New Acquisitions;” 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Member Show & Sale - Creative Expressions 2015; Westﬁeld Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Greg Braun: Sharpened, through July 5; “These Mirrors are Not Boxes,” 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, 301315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, Maryland Art League, through July 17, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, Bethesda Painting Awards, through June 27; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington Artworks, Poetry reading by the military veteran artists who have work displayed in the gallery exhibition, “Drawing Upon Experience,” June 12; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-654-1998.

ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org. La Galeria at Ranazul, “Signs of Summer,” featuring creations of 18 artists from Olney Art Association beginning May 31 and running through June 27. ranazul.us; olneyartassociation.org. Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, led by A. Scott Wood,

performs music by Gluck, Grieg and Beethoven and from Phantom of the Opera, 2:30 p.m. June 14, at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, 301385-6438, montgomerysymphonyorchestra.com. Free. Tchaikovsky’s opera “Iolanta,” performed by the Festival Opera Festival participants at the Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, on June 19 and June 21. Ticket prices $40 adult, $38 senior, $15 students. Sung in Russian with projected English supertitles. A multimedia production accompanied by the images of ﬁne art, fully staged in costume and accompanied by a chamber ensemble.

The Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Ruddigore” (or, “The Witch’s

Curse”) from June 11 through June 21 at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. vloc.org, 240-314-8690.

dangerous with no noticeable alcohol in this high ABV brew. Ratings: 8.5/9. Peg Leg (Imperial Stout. 8.0 percent ABV). Roast, toast, and burnt chocolate aromas introduce a medium roast front. This smooth, medium bodied beer has a pinch of coffee joining in the middle. The finish adds a hint of semi-sweet chocolate while the coffee and bitter hops continue. The aftertaste has lingering roast and bitter hops. Ratings: 8.0/8.5. Blackbeard’s Breakfast (10 percent ABV), part of the creative Unchartered Waters series which ages beer in a variety of spirit barrels, is a bourbon barrel-aged porter with coffee. Coffee, roast, and bourbon greet the nose and segue into a front of moderate coffee with a pinch of roast. Both flavors grow in the middle and even more in the finish. Tasty vanilla and bourbon flavors appear in the late finish and into the aftertaste where they linger. Blackbeard’s Breakfast is medium bodied and very smooth. Ratings: 9.0/9.5.

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David Lettermanís show is done, but that doesnít mean we canít take home a piece of his set. home to Maryland, rather than ﬁnd a hotel in New York, getting in at 1 a.m. I realize the safest way to park in that city is in a garage or lot, but that’s too easy for me. Besides, there have been numerous stories about people’s vehicles returning from garages and lots with odd scratches and dents. And there are hidden rates in ﬁne print on those

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out of here with that or hand it over. If my boss sees you walking around with it, I can get in big trouble.” I agreed to leave. Our car had been fortunate enough to not get ticketed, so we drove around looking for a better parking spot. We almost had one on 55th Street, but our vehicle would have blocked part of a driveway. I was experienced enough to know that parking in front of a driveway in New York is the ultimate sin. So we ventured all the way to 60th Street, finding a few open spaces near Columbus Avenue. Parking signs in New York are designed to be as ambiguous and confusing as possible. They have stumped better people with more magical interpretative powers than me. Few of them state what times permits are good for, so you have to assume if they don’t state times, they are effective 24-7. Even if they aren’t. I knew that as our showtime approached. I didn’t see any large “No standing” or “No parking” signs on that street next to the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. So I parked there, figuring I would return in a few hours after the performance and move it. As I walked down the block, I looked at other vehicles to see if any had special permits. I couldn’t find any, so that was good enough for me. It was a Saturday afternoon, and surely the parking czars would be more lenient than on a weekday, right? “Gigi” was an enjoyable show — McKenna grew up watching “High School Musical,” and Vanessa Hudgens is among her favorite actresses. She was thrilled to see the action live from the third row. Afterward, we were hungry, so we walked through Times Square and ate at Planet Hollywood. It was a good time until we walked back to retrieve our car. Problem was it was nowhere to be found. I spied a city tow truck down the street and asked the driver if he knew the whereabouts of my car. He pointed to a small sign partially-hidden by trees, reading “Doctors parking only.” He told me my car was likely in the tow pound. I knew enough not to argue with him about that sign being all but hidden down the street from where I parked, not stating the times it was effective and how few other vehicles parking on that street actually had permits. He was just a puppet of the New York Towing Machine, which involves

Mayor Bill de Blasio, city budget and transportation chiefs, the unions, the Mafia and the remains of Jimmy Hoffa supposedly buried under the old Giants Stadium in New Jersey that was conveniently demolished in 2010. I asked the driver if he had a phone number for the pound, and he gave me one and the address. At no time did he tell me to call 311 or check a city website where you can actually discover if your car was impounded. That would have been extremely helpful. There should have been signs up mentioning such a website or telling visitors to call 311 if their car is missing. But this is New York, remember? At the only other time in my considerable number of years of driving that my car was towed, there were actually signs on the Bethesda street with phone numbers on them. And when I called, a human answered and told me my car was towed, not stolen. The driver even drove it back to me, releasing it after I paid the $200 fee and fine. I tried calling the tow pound number several times and only got lost in recording hell. I didn’t have much cash left for a cab ride, so McKenna and I walked about 2 miles to the pound. Not only did I not want to give anyone in that city more money than I had to at that point, but I needed a long walk to cool my anger. As we walked, I could only hope my car was at that pound and not another, or it had not been stolen. By the time I entered the tow pound, I was calm enough to just state exactly what was necessary to retrieve my car. I didn’t question why a pound would need a copy of my insurance card that I had to retrieve from my car under the watchful eyes of a guard. I thought the registration and license would be enough, but whatever. I did ask why I had to sign two receipts. They charge a fee if you pay by credit card, rather than cash or money order. And they don’t take personal checks. I ended up paying about $190 and later learned I could dispute the ticket online. We received our car quickly enough. It helps going in the evening and not afternoon. McKenna seemed to enjoy our little tour of the tow pound and asked why there was something like 100 tow trucks there. I told her that’s how they make a lot of money off people like us, and they have to justify the expense of all those trucks. The bottom line is this experience soured our visit to the point that I cut it short and just drove the five hours

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their cars before driving away from the garage. Garages will usually fix any damage if it’s clearly their fault, but you may have to take some cases to court, the site says. “Chances are you won’t have an easy time winning the battle,” they grimly state. New York is the biggest market for parking tickets in the U.S., making roughly $542 million in parking fines in fiscal 2014, an increase of $58 million from 2013, according to city budget figures. Chicago rakes in about half and LA less than one-third of that amount. D.C. — another city known for bloated bureaucracy — receives even less than LA with about $84 million in 2014. But D.C. makes significantly more than Baltimore, which “only” collected some $21 million in parking fines in 2014. Taken in that context, Montgomery County’s parking ticket revenue in fiscal 2014 is barely worth mentioning at about $10 million. That doesn’t include what Rockville and other incorporated cities take in. Towing fees gave New York another $24 million in 2014, parking meter revenue another $204 million, and redlight and speed cameras another $30 million. On top of that, New York took in about $48 billion in various taxes in 2014, including about $20 billion in property taxes and $6.5 billion in sales taxes. And it doesn’t seem that even 0.00000001 percent of those billions go toward improving signage so out-oftown visitors and others might better understand where they can and cannot park and avoid spending time and money at the tow pound. Or adding signs that inform visitors whose cars are towed to call 311 or check the city website. You’d almost think New York officials want a certain percentage of visitors to be ticketed and towed to keep their multimillion-dollar parking ticket and towing scheme going. After all, it’s a more significant sum that is built into their budgets than any other U.S. city. New York is a city, like no other I know, where something magical and something tragic can happen at the exact same time. I likely won’t return for awhile, but I will return. Like a black widow spider, New York lures you in with its charms, then at the zenith of your most enjoyable moment, it bites your head off. And perhaps that’s precisely the way it should be. kshay@gazette.net

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APPLICATION NO. G-957 Local Map Amendment No. G-957: Jody Kline, Attorney for Applicant, Clarksburg Mews, LLC, requests rezoning from the R200 Zone to the PD-4 Zone of property known as Gankirk Farms, Lots P21 and P22, aka parcels N780 and N888 of tax map EW31, located on the Westside of MD Route 355, 1300’ north of its intersection with Shawnee Lane in Clarksburg, consisting of 24.37364 acres in the 2nd Election District. Tax Account Numbers 0200016222 and 02-00016211.

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OFFICE OF ZONING AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND Rockville, Maryland, 240-777-6660 A public hearing on the following application for Zoning Amendment will be held in the 2nd Floor Hearing Room, Davidson Memorial Hearing Room, Stella B. Werner Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as it can be heard.

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Press Technician The Gazette, a sister company of The Washington Post, has an immediate opening for a Press Technician in our Laurel plant. State-of-theart technology, Mitsubishi printing press. We will train individuals with mechanical aptitude and strong work ethic for a career in the printing technology industry. Individuals must be computer literate, a team player, have good verbal and written skills, printing experience preferred but not required. This position is a labor position which requires repetitive stacking of newspapers and very hands on work with the printing press. After training completion this individual will be assigned to the 2 pm - 10 pm shift. Upward mobility potential for this exciting career opportunity. We offer a benefits package including: medical, dental, 401K and tuition reimbursement. EOE. Please email, fax or mail resume to: Comprint Printing 13501 Konterra Drive Laurel, MD 20707 ATTN: Press Tech Fax: (301) 670-7138 HrJobs@gazette.net

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Grounds Person/Porter needed for busy apartment community to assist in maintaining the grounds, outdoor facilities & interior common areas. Duties include, but are not limited to: picking up trash, delivering notices to residents, shoveling snow, assisting in the turnover of apartments, cleaning halls, painting, etc. Most work is outdoors. Walk-ins are welcome during normal business hours. Send resume to: MONTGOMERY CLUB 17101 Queen Victoria Court, #102 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Email: Mont-Club@GradyMgt.com Fax: 301-947-4518 EEO M/F/D - www.gradymgt.com

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Leasing Consultant P/T

Grady Management Inc. is seeking a part-time Leasing / Marketing Consultant for a 260+ unit residential community in Gaithersburg, MD. Bilingual (Spanish / English) skills, 6 + months of leasing exp. and customer service exp. is required. Some weekend work required. Montgomery Club 17101 Queen Victoria Court #102 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Email: Mont-Club@GradyMgt.com Fax # 301-947-4518 EEO M/F/D - www.gradymgt.com

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#9088106, Automatic, Keyless Entry, Leather Seats, Backup Camera, Front/Side Airbags, ABS Brakes

MSRP 19,245 $

BUY FOR

16,995

MSRP $25,135 BUY FOR

21,999

OR $229/MO for 72 MONTHS

OR $319/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 JETTA SEDAN TDI S

2015 BEETLE 1.8L

2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S

#7262051, Bluetooth, 1 Yr. car Care Maintenance*, Loaner Car For Life

#1647049, Bluetooth, Keyless Entry, Auto, Touch Screen Radio, iPad Adapter, I Yr. Car Care Maintenance*

#5501562, Manual, ABS Brakes, Audio Streaming, Keyless Entry

BUY FOR

OR $219/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $23,880

BUY FOR

18,998

MSRP 21,105

MSRP $23,315

BUY FOR

17,837

BUY FOR

20,599

OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS

OR $245/MO for 72 MONTHS

OR $289/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 GOLF SPORTWAGEN S

2015 TIGUAN S 2WD

2014 CC SPORT LAST 2014 AVAILABLE!

#5500964, Automactic. I Yr. Car Care Maintenance*, Bluetooth, Keyless Entry, Backup Camera

#13096839, Automatic, ABS Brakes, Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Backup Camera

#9539247, Navigation, Backup Camera Front/Side Airbags, 2.0 Turbo, Bluetooth

AUCTIONS EVERY SATURDAY

Temple Hills, MD

5001 Beech Road Live/Drive Auction Time Saturdays 9:00a.m.

Washington, DC

1905 Brentwood Road Live/Drive Auction Time Saturdays 10:00a.m.

Call 301-640-5987

or email dc@capitalautoauction.com

OPEN TO PUBLIC • ALL DEALERS WELCOME G560935

BUY BELOW KBB VALUE

MSRP 23,995 $

BUY FOR

20,995

OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $27,120

BUY FOR

24,999

OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $35,060

BUY FOR

26,999

OR $431/MO for 72 MONTHS

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 24 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months

2007 Rabbit...............................#V033452A, Black, 117,967 Miles..............$5,991

2013 Passat SE.......................#V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles...............$17,391

2008 Dodge Caliber...............#V293674A, Silver, 130,404 Miles................$5,999

2012 CC.....................................#V820490A, Black, 47,400 Miles...............$17,491

2006 Touareg...........................#V001597A, Black, 78,489 Miles.................$8,991

2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles.................$17,492

2011 Toyota Prius...................V283821B, Red, 112,390 Miles.................$11,593

2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles.................$17,993

2011 Nissan Sentra...............#V298174B, Silver, 83,127 Miles................$11,791

2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles........................$18,692

2011 Toyota Camry SE..........V0125A, Black, 61,476 Miles.....................$11,995

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 06/09/15. *1 Year or 10,000 Miles of No-Charge Scheduled Maintenance. Whichever occurs first. 2015 models. Some restrictions. See dealer or program for details.”

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DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2002 Honda Civic EX

6,995

#P9279A, Automatic, Clean Inside and Out

2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT

14,995

#526571C, 1-Owner, Leather, HEATED SEATS, Panoramic roof, Alloys, Beautifully Kept!

19,980

#527003A, 1-Owner! Only 27K Miles. Leather, Sunroof, Blue tooth, Alloys

21,950

#P9369, 1-Owner, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32K Miles!

33,750

#526656A, CERTIFIED!! 100K Mile Warr., Leather, Panoramic Moonroof, ONLY 11K Miles!!

24,980

#P9367, Only 21K Miles!!Gorgeous 1-owner, Leather, Nav, Rear Cam, $ Sunroof,

14,995

2013 Hyundai Sonata SE

#P9371, 1-OWNER, Heated Front Seats, Bluetooth, Alloys

2010 Volvo XC70 Premium AWD 2012 Hyundai Equus Signature

#527021A, CERTIFIED!!, Only 23k Miles!, Leather, Sunroof.

#P9276A, Auto, Locally Owned and Well Maintained,

15,995

2012 Acura TSX Wagon

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Moonroof

#P9356, Certified,1-Owner, Turbo, Lthr, Homelink, Fac Warr., Only 26K miles!

2013 KIA Optima SX Turbo

2010 Camry Hybrid

#G0063,ONLY 54K mi, 2.4L 4cyl,Auto

12,995

#P9232A, 6 spd Manual 3.8 V6 Convertible, Only 35K Miles, Fun Car!!!

2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1

$16,995

2012 Honda CRV EX-L AWD

23,950

2014 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD

33,980

2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited............................ $14,750 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980 #P9372, Automatic, Low Miles!!, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys

#P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink

#526593A, AWD, Nav, Leather, Alloys, Clean-Well Maintained

#P9368A, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys, Great Shape In & Out!!

#E0730, Automatic, Fac Warranty, Leather, Alloys

# P9295, Only 34K Miles! CERTIFIED! Leather, Blind spot, Park Assist

#P9309, SERTIFIED!! 100K Miles Warr., Leather, 18” Sleipner Alloys, Only 55k Miles!

#P9278A, CERTIFIED!! 100K Miles Warr., Leather, Nav, Sunroof, Beautiful!!

2008 Mercedes C-300 4Matic.............................. $14,995 2007 Volvo S60 2.5L Turbo..................................... $19,995 2014 Kia Optima LX........................................................... $15,995 2012 Volvo XC60 AWD 3.2 Premier.......$23,980 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Moonroof.............................. $18,980 2013 Volvo XC60 AWD................................................... $27,980

DARCARS

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NEW 12015 AVALON XLS AVAILABLE: #578024 DEMO

26,690

YOUR GOOD CREDIT RESTORED HERE

355 TOYOTA ASK A FRIEND

V6, AUTO, 4 DR

AFTER $1500 REBATE

NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564390, 564460

21,390

4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

2015 PRIUS C II 2 AVAILABLE: #577460, 577511

149/MO**

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NEW 2015 CAMRY LE

3 AVAILABLE: #572172, 572275

159/

MO**

2 AVAILABLE: #567229, 567181

$0 DOWN

AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR

18,990

3 DR. H/BK, AUTOMATIC TRANS

NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #570653, 570731

14,790

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 6/16/2015.

4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO

2 AVAILABLE: #570408, 570375

$0 DOWN G560142

13,890

MANUAL, 4 CYL

2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044

NEW1 AVAILABLE: 2015#577002 YARIS

4 CYL., AUTO

NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB

NEW 2015 CAMRY LE

19,590

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

AFTER $750 REBATE

2 AVAILABLE: #572292, 572322

4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

WHO DRIVES A TOYOTA

DARCARS

$0 DOWN

139/MO**

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL