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Churchill High partners with Chinese school Plans in the works for student, teacher exchange programs

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Shirley Mallory particpates in a yoga class Monday at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg. Mallory, 68, is part of the county’s seniors boom.

Communities prepare for

booming seniors Older population to double by 2030

SYLVIA CARIGNAN STAFF WRITER

Shirley Mallory takes yoga classes every Monday and Wednesday, sings in a choir, walks to her local gym and recently learned to ballroom dance. She volunteers at Church of the Redeemer and the Wilson Health Care Center and still ﬁnds time for high-intensity interval training classes and family get-togethers. Shirley Mallory is 68 years old. She lives at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, one of the county’s largest communities for seniors. Mallory said

her neighbors, who tend to be older than her, are also active. A few friends of hers who are more than 90 years old attend her weekly yoga class. One paints watercolors and another plays piano. “I tell them, ‘I want to be like you when I grow up!’” she said. Mallory and her neighbors are part of a growing group of Montgomery County residents age 60 and up. According to county data, the senior population will double by 2030. As of 2010 census numbers, there were about 173,000 seniors in the county’s 970,000 residents (the county hit one million residents in 2012). The county predicts over 215,000 residents will live here by 2030. LeisureWorld, a senior community in

Silver Spring for residents age 55 and up, houses about 8,000 people. LeisureWorld General Manager Kevin B. Flannery said he expects the community’s population to stay relatively constant in the next few years, though LeisureWorld’s rental properties may be in higher demand. The growing community has necessitated additions to LeisureWorld facilities. Flannery said he has seen more participation in the community’s self-governed ﬁtness programs. “We’re contemplating putting an addition on the building to accommodate that growth,” he said. They are also considering adding space to their food-service operations, with a facility enhancement plan on

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Middle schoolers to be measured by MAP System using test until academic targets developed n

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

Middle school students’ performance will be tracked by the Measures of Academic Progress test as the county’s schools await data from new state assessments. Kimberly Statham — deputy superintendent of teaching, learning and programs for the school system — said in a presentation to the school board Monday

that the school system eventually will develop academic targets based on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers. PARCC will be fully implemented in the school system next school year. “In the meantime, however, we need a high-quality instrument to assess the health of the school system,” she said. “We believe that that instrument is MAP.” The computer-based progress test that assesses math and reading performance already is in use in the school system. This year, however, will mark the ﬁrst time the test is used to assess student progress sys-

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temwide, Statham said. Superintendent Joshua P. Starr said these measures are not the same as the “milestone” targets described in the strategic planning framework he announced in June. Starr said that Monday evening’s conversation marked the first of four the school board will have regarding the school system’s milestones. According to the strategic plan, students will be tracked through ﬁve milestones at grades three, ﬁve, eight and nine

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Students at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac soon might be setting off for the other side of the world. Principal Joan Benz was part of a September trip to China along with Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Superintendent Joshua P. Starr and others. Benz returned with an agreement between her school and Xi’an No. 1 Middle School in China that includes plans for regular visits between the two schools. Benz said the hope is that the Chinese students — who are learning at the U.S. high-school level — could visit for about a week in the fall each year, possibly starting as soon as next fall.

“We want to show them what American football is really like, and homecoming and dances,” she said. Churchill students then could visit in the spring of each year, possibly during their spring vacation, she said. The partnership will let Churchill “heighten the awareness of how important Chinese is as a language” in its students, Benz said. The ﬁrst Churchill students going abroad likely would take those Chinese courses. The agreement also calls for the schools to work toward a teacher-exchange program, which could start with teachers visiting for part of the summer or during their vacation time, Benz said. The schools also will look into a shared study subject related to scientiﬁc research, according to the agreement. Benz said the schools currently are

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Volunteers from the Foundation School work Monday to clean up outside the ofﬁces of On Our Own in Gaithersburg as part of Montgomery County’s Community Service Week.

Service week helps people lend a hand 2,000 residents volunteered in 2012 n

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Montgomery County residents are invited to ﬂex their do-good muscles this week by volunteering to make their community a better place. Oct. 20 through 27 is the county’s Community Service Week, a time for nonprofits, business, religious, service and social groups to host volunteer service projects. Many have registered online with the

Montgomery County Volunteer Center www.montgomeryserve. org, a website to connect individuals and groups with service opportunities. “We do these days of service to celebrate service and get people engaged,” said Katie Sayago, Days of Service coordinator for the volunteer center. “We hope people really connect with an organization and have the feeling of working together.” Sayago said there are more than 50 projects listed on the volunteer website and many of them require a number of people.

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Somerset author’s new book helps children plumb their feelings “Is it light as a cloud, floating on air? Or heavy and huge like a grizzly bear? Is it soft like your mom when she whispers goodnight? Or loud like a baby who fusses and fights?” Lauren Rubenstein hopes that when children read these lines from her new book, “Visiting Feelings,” they will develop the skills to identify their emotions without judging them. “A lot of children’s books deal with specific feelings, but there really weren’t any children’s books that teach a child to welcome and experience any feeling that arises,” said Rubenstein, who lives in Somerset and works as a psychotherapist. “Mindfulness is definitely finding its way into psychotherapy practice,” she said. “It’s a quick and easy skill to learn.” Rubenstein likened it to “taking a time-in instead of a time out.” “It’s a few minutes to be with whatever is happening internally in a nonjudgmental way,” said Rubenstein, who read from the book, which is illustrated by Shelly Hehenberger, Saturday at the Bethesda Barnes & Noble store. “It’s just a feeling. They don’t have to be divided into good and bad.” All the proceeds benefit Go Give Yoga for work with at-risk youth.

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Author Judith Viorst at open house Chevy Chase At Home will host its third annual open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, 7931 Connecticut Ave. The gala will feature Judith Viorst, author of 20 children’s books, including “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” and whose musical, “Lulu and the Brontosaurus,” is being performed at Imagination Stage in Bethesda. The event, which is open to the public, is free but registration is required. Call 301-657-3115 for more information.

Singer brings traditional tunes to Glen Echo Lisa Null will sing traditional

folk songs of North America, Ireland and Great Britain at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Glen Echo Town Hall, 6106 Harvard Ave. Null, who has been a mainstay on the folk scene for more than 40 years, is a “song-catcher” who has traveled to Ireland to help record Seamus Ennis, the noted folklore collector and master of the Irish

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bagpipes. Under his tutelage, she explored neglected American-Irish traditional song and made it a central part of her repertoire. After a struggle with cancer and other health issues, Null is back performing at the age of 71. Tickets cost $15. More information, visit www.fsgw.org or call 301587-2286.

High schooler wins CNN essay contest Julia Fine, a senior at BethesdaChevy Chase High School, wrote an essay that was chosen by Malala Yousafzai as the winner from

among hundreds of entries in a contest sponsored by CNN. Last year, Yousafzai, 16, was shot in the head and neck in Afghanistan by the Taliban, who opposed her work on education and women’s rights. She survived and was nominated for a Nobel Peace

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Lauren Rubenstein (left), of Somerset chats with Sharon Scarvell (center) of Bethesda and her daughter Daisy Scarvell, 13, who prepared early sketches for Rubenstein’s new book, “Visiting Feelings,” at an author’s talk Saturday at the Barnes & Noble store in Bethesda.

a.m.-4 p.m., Lois Green-Sligo Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, 8721 Snouffer School Road, Gaithersburg. Classroom training in the chapter meeting room will be followed by ﬁeld training in a nearby stream. $25. www.sosworkshop.eventbrite.com. The Halloween Show, 10-10:30 a.m., The Pupper Co. Playhouse, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. See the cute, crazy and kooky side of some of the cuddliest “kreatures.” $5. 301-634-5380. Community Health Fair, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Epworth United Methodist

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8:30 a.m., Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee St., Rockville. Writing workshops, screenings of the 1949 and 1974 “The Great Gatsby” films and a film panel discussion including the 2013 film, “The Great Gatsby.” $40. fsflc@comcast.net.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET Church, 9008 Rosemont Drive, Gaithersburg. Screenings, children’s games and free healthy food. Free. 301-9260424. Fall Frolic, 1-4 p.m., Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Daytime activities for families include pumpkin decorating, trick-ortreating and a costume parade around the park. Free. 301-634-2222. Turkey and Oyster Dinner, 1-5 p.m., Wesley Grove United Methodist Church, 23640 Woodﬁeld Road, Gaithersburg. $16 for adults, $8 for children ages 5-12, preschoolers free. Carryout meals are available for $16. wgumc@

Prize. At Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Fine is co-president of the School Girls Unite club, a group that sponsors the education of 66 girls in Mali and lobbies Congress to increase foreign aid for education. In her essay, Fine responded to Yousafzai’s question — “What speciﬁcally has Malala done to inspire you?” — by thanking Yousafzai for changing her life. “Malala has inspired me to study politics, gender studies, social justice and peace so that I am equipped with the tools I need to help others, the tools so many girls are not given,” Fine wrote. Fine’s essay is at cnn. com/2013/10/10/opinion/ﬁnemalala-essay-contest/. Send event information, photos and news items for People and Places to Agnes Blum at ablum@ gazette.net, or call 301-280-3002.

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Child critical after being hit by SUV Mom was pulling out of her driveway in Potomac

BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH STAFF WRITER

A 7-year-old girl is in critical condition at a local hospital after being struck by the sport-utility vehicle her mother was driving as the woman pulled out of her driveway to go shopping. According to Montgomery County police, Wenhua Song, 41, of Potomac Manors Drive in Potomac, left her house at about 9:15 p.m. to go to a grocery store. Her two daughters planned to stay home, according to the statement. But when police responded to a call 20 minutes later at a home next door on Potomac Manors Drive, a man told them he had just seen someone lying in Song’s driveway and called 911, according to a statement from Montgomery County police. When police went to Song’s home, they found her with 7-yearold Xitong Kong, who was “unresponsive,” police said. Rescue personnel took the gitl, who has life-threatening injuries, to Inova Fairfax (Va.) Hospital, according to police. On Monday, ofﬁcials at the hospital declined to discuss Xitong’s condition, citing patient confidentiality requirements. According to the statement, detectives think that Xitong might have changed her mind and wanted to go with Song to the grocery store. Police were still at the house Monday afternoon, according to neighbors. David Reichardt, a neighbor, said that Song had moved in eight or nine months previously. Suman Bhatia, who lives next door to Song, said Song speaks little English. Bhatia said her home was the one where the burglary alarm went off, but that she had not been home. “She must have come here for our help,” she said, explaining that she believed Song had crossed the lawn and banged on the door until the alarm went off. Her security company called one of Bhatia’s friends, who went to the house to check on it and then called police after spotting Xitong lying in the driveway, Bhatia said. No charges have been ﬁled in the incident, according to police.

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Marissa Swanson, 3, and her sister Mia Swanson, 6, both of Potomac, get ready for the Potomac Day parade Saturday.

Potomac Day celebrates community The 31st annual Potomac Day, a tradition in the growing business community at River and Falls roads in Montgomery County, was held Saturday, featuring a parade, children’s events, special sales and a business fair. Organizers from the Potomac Chamber of Commerce also used the event to honor four residents for their contributions to the community; longtime resident Robert Hanson was named Citizen of the Year, Bob Sickels was honored as Businessperson of the Year, and two high school seniors shared the title of Youth of the Year. They were Marissa Michaels, who attends Holton-Arms School, and Matthew Schick, from Landon.

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Noah Hernandez, 4, of Potomac waves to people marching in the parade.

GOP wants ex-IRS director’s volunteer application rejected Lerner applied to serve on county’s Grants Advisory Group n

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

The woman at the center of an Internal Revenue Service controversy wants to help Montgomery County award grants, and local Republicans are objecting. Lois G. Lerner, past director of exempt organizations for the IRS, applied for a volunteer post on the county’s Grants Advisory Group, a council-appointed panel that screens grant applications and gives advice on proposals from nonproﬁt groups. Lerner, of Bethesda, made headlines

this year when she and her agency were accused of targeting political groups that applied for tax-exempt status for additional scrutiny. Because of her connection to that scandal, Mark Uncapher, head of the county’s Republican party, has asked the County Council to reject Lerner’s application to volunteer. “In light of the continuing inquiry into whether Lerner used her ofﬁcial position at the IRS for partisan ends, she should not be involved in screening Montgomery County nonproﬁt grant applications,” Uncapher, chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Central Committee, said in a statement. “Appointing Lerner would raise questions about the county’s grant program.”

Lerner could not be reached late Monday afternoon at a phone number listed on her application to the county. What the council will do remains to be seen. Action to appoint the group is scheduled for December. Asked how she plans to deal with the situation, Council President Nancy Navarro said in a statement provided by her staff that Council Grants Manager Joan Schaffer will interview all of those who apply and will recommend applicants to the council. “All applicants are vetted by the Council Grants Manager to ensure they are knowledgeable about our local nonproﬁt community,” Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring said. In her Oct. 9 letter of application, Lerner cited her experience with the IRS,

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New council salary will be $136,258 in 2017 BY

RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER

Pay for the next members of the Montgomery County Council will increase about $32,000 in the next four years. The current council voted 8-1 to approve the increase Tuesday, based on an amendment by Council President Nancy Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring to phase in the increase. Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg opposed the increase. According to the amendment, the council’s pay would increase from $104,291 — the level as of December 2012 — to $136,258 on Dec. 4, 2017. There would be increases of 8.6 percent in 2014, 6.5 percent in 2015 and 6.5 percent in 2016. The ﬁnal increase, in 2017, would be 6.0 percent. The ﬁnal amount of $136,258

matches the recent recommendation of a committee appointed by the council every four years to study compensation by elected officials, but alters the committee’s suggestion for getting there. The committee’s suggestion would have set the council’s salary at $125,000 starting in December 2014, with cost of living increases each year, bringing it to $136,258 by the end of the four-year term. In proposing the change, Navarro said, the council needs to be mindful of the financial issues facing many county residents as the country continues to recover from the economic recession. Navarro called phasing in the increases a “reasonable and responsible approach.” The first phase, an increase in the salaries to $113,310 a year, won’t take effect until Dec. 1, 2014, after the next election. Lawmakers are legally prohibited in Maryland from giving themselves a raise. The bill the council passed Tuesday also increases the next county executive’s salary from $180,250 a

year to $190,000 per year, and ties the salaries of the county’s sheriff and state’s attorney to a consumer price index. Andrews said he thought Navarro’s amendment was an improvement, but he still thought the increase was too large. Andrews said he’s afraid the increase will make it harder for the county executive to negotiate labor contracts and would inhibit the council’s ability to reject comparable salary increases for other employees. Councilwoman Valerie Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring said she opposed Navarro’s amendment and would have supported the increase as proposed by the committee, but ultimately supported the ﬁnal proposal. Council Vice President Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown said a majority of people who expressed their disapproval of the increase to him said the council didn’t deserve a raise. Rice said that even though the council works hard to improve the quality of life in the county, it needs

to pay more attention to how its actions are perceived by residents. But Rice said he supported the increase to make sure qualified candidates seek public ofﬁce in the future. “We need to be sure that we put the best people forward to represent one of the best counties in this nation,” Rice said. Somerset Mayor Jeffrey Slavin — who served on the compensation committee and emphasized Tuesday that he was speaking on his own behalf rather than as a public ofﬁcial — touched on a similar note during a public hearing held before the vote. The impact on the county’s budget is minimal compared to the importance of getting a council that’s most representative of the county, he said. “So, please have the courage to vote for a salary that will result in more candidates to run for your positions and give the voters more options when they go to the polls,” Slavin said. rmarshall@gazette.net

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Father-son duo running for Maryland Senate and House in 2014

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Sitting side-by-side at the Saphire Cafe in Bethesda, Robin Ficker and his son Flynn Ficker seem anything but exhausted. Yet since May, the father-son duo has spent nearly every spare moment trekking District 15, in heat and rain, knocking on doors as they campaign to represent the district in Annapolis. District 15 covers the western portions of Montgomery County, from Potomac to Poolesville, including parts of Clarksburg. Together, the Fickers say they have knocked on 20,000 doors and expect to knock on that many more before the Nov. 4, 2014, general election. Robin, 70, and his son Flynn, 31, have formed a slate, Fickers for 15. Robin seeks to be a state senator; Flynn, a delegate. The Fickers are running as Republicans, but campaigning with everyone in District 15 regardless of party, Robin said. What drew the duo into the race was a feeling that the views of their diverse district were not being represented in Annapolis or among the Montgomery delegation, which has only Democrats. State election ﬁgures from October 2012 show District 15 having about 44,000 Democrats and 23,000

Republicans, with 24,000 registered voters who are unafﬁliated. “Once people are in Annapolis, some even before that, the special interests grab hold, and their self-interests grab hold, and the viewpoint of the citizens isn’t represented,” Robin said. “When we knock on a door, we ask, ‘What can we do for you in the legislature?’” As they talk with voters, Flynn said, he and his father make an honest effort to listen to voter interests. And they take notes. “It’s the best grass-roots way to ﬁnd out what voters really want, to get them involved and to create a healthy democracy,” Flynn said. Voters in the district are opposed to the transfer of teacher pensions from the state to the county, Robin said. He said voters also oppose the partisan politics that led to the federal government shutdown; favor getting more of their tax dollars returned to the county; and favor strong education and job growth along the Interstate 270 corridor. The Fickers also favor a vibrant education program and tax fairness. “I think we want to show some defense against the onslaught of tax increases, to promote economic growth to increase jobs,” Flynn added. Politically, Robin said, the Fickers are more centrist, but “thrifty.” Both favor raising the minimum wage. Neither is aligned with the tea party politics that shut down the federal government. “Shutdown was a very bad idea; it should never have come to that.

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SYLVIA CARIGNAN STAFF WRITER

Boyds resident David FraserHidalgo is working to anchor a spot in Annapolis with a run for political ofﬁce in 2014. Fraser-Hidalgo, 43, was appointed by Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) after being nominated by the Montgomery County’s Democratic Central Committee to ﬁll the District 15 delegate seat vacated by Sen. Brian J. Feldman (D-Dist. 15). Fraser-Hidalgo was sworn in on Monday.

Fraser-Hidalgo will be an incumbent candidate when he runs for the District 15 delegate seat in 2014. Fellow Democratic incumbents Kathleen Dumais of Rockville and Aruna Miller of Darnestown also will run. Fraser-Hidalgo said he wants to tackle “a lot of different things” in Annapolis. The candidate is in favor of raising the minimum wage, and making sure public services are well-funded. Fraser-Hidalgo worked as a Montgomery County police ofﬁcer for 3½ years. Much of the necessary funding for public safety and education “comes from having a vibrant busi-

InBrief Holocaust documentary at Temple Emanuel Temple Emanuel will host a fundraiser at 6 p.m. Nov. 3 featuring the documentary film “Defiant Requiem,” which tells the story of resistance by Jewish prisoners in the concentration camp Terezín, also known by its German name, Theresienstadt. “Defiant Requiem” highlights the story of Rafael Schachter, a young, Czech opera-choral conductor who was arrested and sent to the camp in 1941, where he recruited 150 prisoners, teaching them the “Verdi Requiem” in a dank cellar using a smuggled score, over multiple rehearsals, after grueling days of forced labor. “Defiant Requiem” was named best feature length documentary at the Big Apple Film Festival in New York City and received the audience award at the Palm Springs Film Festival. After the film there will be a panel discussion with former Ambassador to the European Union Stuart Eizenstat, who is chairman of the Defiant Requiem Foundation’s board of directors, and conductor Murry Sidlin, the foundation’s founder. The temple is at 10101 Connecticut Ave., Kensington. Tickets cost $36 for adults and $18 for students under 18, and include light refreshments. To reserve tickets, call 301-942-2000. Proceeds from the fundraiser will help subsidize Temple Emanuel’s religious school’s five-day trip to Prague and Terezín next spring. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Defiant Requiem Foundation to help young people travel to Prague and Terezin to learn about the Holocaust and the Terezin story.

Businessman joins nonprofit’s board The National Center for Children and Families has appointed Rich Mahan, audit partner at the Bethesda office of CohnReznick, to its board of trustees. Mahan had been board treasurer of the Neediest Kids, which united with the Bethesda nonprofit in June. In partnership with 10 school districts in Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., the Neediest Kids provides thousands of low-income students across the region with the essentials they need to get an education, including eye exams, new clothes — including coats and school uniforms — school supplies, personal care items, food, transportation and school fees. Mahan has more than 18 years’ experience in private industry and public accounting.

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Robin Ficker and his son Flynn are running for state ofﬁce in District 15. Robin is running for senator, Flynn for delegate. I’ve put 20 questions on the ballot that have gotten over 2 million votes,” Robin said, referring to referendums he has initiated. “There’s various ways to peacefully change government.” Both Robin, a lawyer, and Flynn, an engineer, live on their 27-acre family farm in Boyds, where they have horses, dogs, sunﬂowers and fruit trees. Between the two, the Fickers hold six college and graduate degrees. Robin is no stranger to politics. He represented District 15 in the House from 1978 to 1982. He has run for several state and federal po-

sitions. He also has campaigned and put 20 questions on the ballot for voters to decide — most notably the 2008 question to cap Montgomery County property tax increases at the rate of inﬂation, which passed and many now know as the Ficker Amendment. Unlike the Democratic candidates for the district, the Fickers are focused on November, not June, when party primaries will be held. “We are running for the general election,” Robin said. kalexander@gazette.net

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ness community,” Fraser-Hidalgo said. The candidate said he’d like to get to know District 15 better. He lived in Wheaton before he moved to Boyds, where he has lived for the past six years. Fraser-Hidalgo also said he “would like to work on immigration issues,” but has not determined which those will be. Fraser-Hidalgo ran for the delegate seat in District 15 in 2010 but was unsuccessful. He is planning to raise $30,000 to $40,000 through private events for his 2014 campaign. The general election will be held in November 2014. scarignan@gazette.net

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

1ST DISTRICT Aggravated assault • On Oct. 6 at 7:39 p.m. in the 20600 block of Whites Ferry Road, Poolesville. The subject is known to the victim. Auto theft • Between 4:30 p.m. Sept. 30 and noon Oct. 1 in the 100 block of Rollins Ave., Rockville. No further information provided. Commercial burglary • Between 5:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 6:10 a.m. Oct. 4 at Gude Self Storage, 851 E. Gude Drive, Rockville. Unknown entry, unknown what was taken. • On Oct. 7 between 3:30 and 3:45 a.m. at The Verizon Store, 14937 Shady Grove Road, Rockville. Forced entry, took property. Residential burglary • 10400 block of Heathside Way, Potomac, between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. Forced entry, took nothing. • 10400 block of Dalebrooke Lane, Rockville, between 4:15 and 6:15 p.m. Oct. 2. Took property from an open garage. • 14400 block of Kings Grant Street, North Potomac, at 1:40 a.m. Oct. 3. Unknown entry, took property. • Unit block of Duhe Street, Rockville, between 7:45 a.m. and 6:09 p.m. Oct. 7. Forced entry, took property. Strong-arm robbery • On Oct. 5 at 12:10 a.m. at East Jefferson and Monroe streets, Rockville. The subjects assaulted the victim and took property. Theft • Between 1:05 a.m. Oct. 2 and 7:05 a.m. Oct. 3 at a construction site in the 100 block of Samuel Manor Court, North Potomac. No further information provided.

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Vehicle larceny • 100 block of Wall Street, Rockville, on Sept. 29 or 30. Took a bag containing documents. • Near Ivy League Lane and Hungerford Drive between 9:15 and 11:37 a.m. Sept. 30. Took a laptop, medication and cash.

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Noise, realignment request among Purple Line comments Deadline to comment on environmental impact study for project was Monday n

BY AGNES BLUM STAFF WRITER

The deadline to comment on the Purple Line’s environmental impact study was Monday, and opponents of the $2.2 billion light-rail project have come out swinging. The town of Chevy Chase has called for not just a new environmental impact study, but a completely new design. The Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail submitted a 23-page document detailing the ﬂaws of the study and also proposing alternative routes. It also amassed more than 5,500 signatures on a petition to save the Georgetown

Branch section of the trail. And in Silver Spring, residents of Park Hills and Seven Oaks Evanswood filed a joint response, detailing concerns about noise, the impact of runoff on Sligo Creek, pedestrian and trafﬁc safety and the loss of trees. They asked the Maryland Transit Administration to “do more to signiﬁcantly reduce impacts on residents.” The Maryland Transit Administration and the Federal Transit Administration have not yet counted up the number of comments they have received, said Paul Shepard, spokesman for the Purple Line. The study, conducted by the Maryland Transit Administration, is available online at www. purplelinemd.com/en/studiesreports/feis-document and goes into great detail about the effects of construction of the light-rail

line. The train will travel 16.2 miles east-westacrossMontgomeryand Prince George’s counties and construction is slated to begin in 2015. One of the issues the Chevy Chase report raised was the cost of the project, described as “skyrocketing.” In 2007, the MTA estimated cost of the project would cost $1 billion. Today, the price tag is $2.2 billion, and according to the Chevy Chase report, that means that an alternative route might be ﬁnancially feasible. Ajay Bhatt also wants the state to look into an alternative route. The president of the nonproﬁt Friends of Capital Crescent Trail emphasized that his group is not opposed to the Purple Line in general, and certainly not to mass transit. The group is opposed to the destruction and clear-cutting of about 20 acres of what is essentially parkland,

the Capital Crescent Trail, to accommodate such a project. “It’s about the trees,” said Bhatt, who lives in Chevy Chase with his wife and 4-month-old son. “If you don’t have these trees it’s not a park anymore — no shade, no birds, no hawks, owls or blue jays.” His group imagines the trail as a “world-class linear park, stretching from Georgetown through Bethesda into downtown Silver Spring, preserving and enhancing green space when it is in critically short supply.” By his estimate, the section of the trail that is in danger of being lost is home to about 200 specimen trees such as oaks, maples and tulip poplars that provide shade in the summer and a patchwork of gold and red in the fall. Finding a way to preserve this green oasis should not be

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too difﬁcult, Bhatt said, since only a small portion — 3 miles — of the 16-mile light-rail route is on the trail. “We strongly urge the MTA and FTA to reconsider the Purple Line in its current form,” he wrote in the comments that were submitted. The full response is available on the group’s wesbite: www.savethetrail.org. Both the Chevy Chase report and the Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail comments challenge the state’s analysis on noise and vibrations, saying the numbers are inaccurate. Other county residents sent in individual comments to the environmental study. Tom Armstrong, a Silver Spring resident who has been following the Purple Line project for several years, stated in his comments that Wayne Avenue is the most af-

fected part of the Purple Line, and it would “become significantly wider.” He also said the additional width “comes at the expense of trees and green lawns.” Residents from Sligo-Branview Community Association suggested changes regarding rerouting or reducing bus routes from Wayne to Flower avenues to accommodate the Purple Line, and adding trafﬁc calming measures such as “right-turn only” signs or speed bumps to moderate speeds on main roads. There are no upcoming meetings or public hearings about the Purple Line, Shepard said, but the MTA plans to review the comments once they have all been collected. ablum@gazette.net Staff Writer Aline Barros contributed to this report.

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Law requires shooting ﬁrst, but where? n

Law requires training, doesn’t force ranges to accommodate

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Maryland might require applicants for a new handgun license to shoot a gun first, but it does not require the many private ranges in the state to open their doors to those applicants. Maryland’s new law that went into effect Oct. 1 mandates those who apply for a handgun qualification license to complete a training course. Part of that course must include firing one live round. Where applicants will be able to meet that requirement in many parts of the state remains a mostly unanswered question. Of the 23 counties in Maryland, only 19 have ranges, according to a list published by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Baltimore city and Dorchester, Calvert, Howard and Somerset counties do not have a range. Nothing in the new law or regulations requires private ranges to open their facilities to nonmembers, said Shannon Alford, Maryland state liaison with the National Rifle Association. “Offering a firearms range is a wonderful thing to allow people to enjoy the sport of shooting, but it includes a lot of responsibility and a lot of liability,” Alford said. “It is to be expected that a number of them

will not allow their facilities to be used by just anyone.” Montgomery County is home to only four gun ranges, all private. Currently, use of those ranges is limited. There are few parts of the county to fire a gun outside of a range. AttheBethesda-ChevyChase chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, only members and their guests can use the range, said James Hubbard, the chapter’s legislative chair. The organization has no plans to offer training for the handgun qualification license, he said. Lee Hays said the Izaak Walton League’s Rockville chapter, where he is president, likely will offer its members training courses that meet the mandate, but whether it will open those courses to nonmembers remains to be seen. In Damascus, the Wildlife Achievement Chapter of the Izaak Walton League is considering offering a training course for members, then, possibly, a course for nonmembers, President Chuck Crooks said. “We’re still trying to assess the law and what the training encompasses,” he said. Crooks said the organization has not seen the final requirements for the course and is concerned about liability. Maryland State Police was not required to map out the course for instructors, spokesman Greg Shipley said. The course requirements were set forth in the law, he said.

The law requires the course to be four hours and include instruction on state firearm laws, home firearm safety, and handgun mechanics and operation. Applicants also must fire a live round, proving they can safely operate the firearm. “However, we have gone above and beyond and put a draft training curriculum together for qualified firearms instructors,” Shipley said. Maryland’s hunter safety courses also would meet the requirements of the law, he said. Crooks said the hunter safety courses are the only ones his chapter of the Izaak Walton League currently offers that satisfy the new law. Unfortunately, hunter safety courses are offered only around hunting season and seats are limited, Alford said. The courses are so limited, Alford said she had to go to Pennsylvania to take her hunter’s safety course. Crooks said his chapter hosts about four hunter safety courses each year and attendance has reached record highs for 2013. He did not have exact figures available. Hays said the Rockville chapter offers about four hunter safety courses each year, as well as NRA handgun courses. According to the Department of Natural Resources’ website, there is only one more hunter safety course for the year offered in Montgomery County, and it is at the Rockville Izaak Walton chapter. And it is full. Questions remain as to

where applicants will be able to go to take a course that meets the requirement outside of a hunter safety course. State police have published a list of qualiﬁed handgun instructors. Rockville-based Gilbert Indoor Range’s website says it offers a pistol course that meets the requirements of the law. A representative of the range declined to comment. According to the website, the course will be held twice in October and November and is limited to 16 people. The cost is $125 for premier members and $165 for everyone else, and only covers classroom and instruction materials. Comparatively, a hunter safety course costs $5. John Josselyn, legislative vice president of the Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, would not comment when asked if ranges in the Baltimore area were offering courses or opening their doors to nonmembers. In addition to a training requirement, Maryland’s new gun law requires background checks, fingerprinting and a licensing fee for everyone purchasing regulated firearms — a category that includes handguns but not shotguns or hunting riﬂes. The law also bans about 40 semiautomatic rifles deemed to be “assault weapons” and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It also restricts gun ownership by certain people with a history of mental illness. kalexander@gazette.net

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Economic ofﬁcial: Glut in region’s ofﬁce space is likely to continue Available space is up 8 percent from 2006

KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

While Montgomery County has created jobs at a slightly faster pace than key competitors in Northern Virginia in recent years, there continues to be a glut of available office space, according to figures released Monday. The county’s top economic development official does not foresee that changing much in the next few years. “There is nothing from a program aspect that will change these numbers right away,” Steven A. Silverman, director of the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, said Monday during a meeting with a council committee. Montgomery has about 4.8 million square feet of its Class A office space vacant, or 13.7 percent of its total, and 4.3 million square feet of Class B space available, or 14.6 percent, according to figures presented in the meeting of the council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee. That’s up from about 8 percent available in late 2006. Montgomery needs large companies to move in from outside the county and take up several hundred thousand square feet of office space at a time to make a significant dent, Silverman said. But with an even

higher glut of office space seen in places such as Fairfax County, Va., and Prince George’s County, prospective companies are difficult to find, he said. “The same challenges are seen in other counties in our region,” Silverman said. Fairfax’s Class A vacancy rate is almost 17 percent, while Prince George’s is 20.5 percent. Besides the regionwide office glut, many employers are in cost-cutting mode and significantly reducing the space they consume, he said. “Several years ago, an employer with 200 employees might take 50,000 square feet,” Silverman said. “Today, they are more likely to be asking only for 25,000 or 30,000 square feet.” County officials will continue to work with the private sector to find out better what to do to help fill office space, he said. Silverman and former county Councilman Michael Knapp, CEO of Germantown consulting firm Orion Ventures, also discussed a proposal to get the county’s incubator network more focused on sectors. The county-financed incubators help startups and young companies grow by providing space and services at rates lower than the private market. The proposal is in the initial planning stages and would require increased funds and likely help from an outside firm with the realignment process, Silverman said. kshay@gazette.net

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Some of Takoma Park’s 16-, 17-year-olds excited to vote Outreach, however, seems to have missed many potential new voters n

SARAH SCULLY STAFF WRITER

For the first time, 16-yearolds will be able to vote on Nov. 5 in Takoma Park city elections. The idea behind the change, which passed in May as an amendment to the city charter, is that involving teenagers in voting early on will encourage voting and political participation as they get older. Many people vote for the first time while are away at college, in a new place where they are likely unaware of local issues. But if teens first vote in the community they grew up in, they’ll have a better understanding of local issues, the argument goes. Some studies show that the earlier people vote, the more likely they are to make voting a lifelong habit. As of Monday, 90 16- and 17-year-olds had registered to vote with the city. Based on 2010 census data, Councilman Tim Male estimated that there are about 350 16- and 17-year-olds living in Takoma Park. Some, like Fred Schultz, the sole council member to oppose the amendment, call the effort nominal, saying that simply lowering the voting age is not the best way to increase political participation. It broadens the pool of voters, but won’t necessarily draw them to polls or make anyone more aware of community issues — that takes outreach. Sara Shonkwiler, 17, of Takoma Park, said she received a Takoma Park registration form in the mail after registering to vote with the county when she got her driver’s license. She sent in her registration form and said she would likely vote, admitting that she will be more excited when she can vote in state and national elections. Although the election in her ward — Ward 1 — is uncontested, she said, “I think it’d be cool to try it.” The first time Shonkwiler heard about the move to let 16and 17-year-olds vote was when a friend posted on Facebook about a council hearing last spring. But the outreach she’s seen has been limited to the letter she got in the mail. Most city residents have little motivation to vote because Mayor Bruce Williams and five council members are running unopposed. Ward 4 has the only contested election, with incumbent Terry Seamens facing challenger Eric Mendoza. Mendoza said he’s involved in the youth community in Ward

4 and knows many teens who are excited about him running for City Council. But there’s a gap between their enthusiasm and their knowledge of what the City Council is or how to vote. He said he plans to educate teenagers about the system, but he’s skeptical about how many youth will actually vote. He thinks it will take time for younger voters to get involved. Seamens said he started out skeptical about lowering the voting age, but came to be in favor of it when he saw how enthused and knowledgeable young people were. A city Task Force on Voting made recommendations about how to increase voter participation, including public service announcements, signs, targeted Facebook ads, organized rides to the polls and ways to generally encourage a culture of voting. It suggested a “friendly competition” among wards for the highest voter turnout and making voting a family event. Task force member Tim Anderegg said the group has used public service announcements and passed out ﬂiers with information on voting and expanded voting rights at local businesses, apartment buildings and community organizations. But although many 16- and 17-year-olds are aware of the new law, many do not know how to register and vote. Lily Durkee, 17, had heard about the change when it passed, but had not heard much else, until a teacher made an announcement about it a couple of weeks ago. “It’s definitely cool to be able to make an impact on the community,” she said. Durkee lives in Ward 3, which also is uncontested, but

said she planned to register and vote, if she could fit it into her schedule. She was surprised she hadn’t heard anything about how to actually go about voting — she didn’t know how to register nor did she realize she could vote early. Classmate Michelle McGhee, 17, also had seen little information about the election, but planned to register and vote. Schultz said teenagers are more concerned with being teenagers than engaging in community issues. Emily Guthrie, 16, and Max Foley-Keene, 15, president and vice president of the Young Democrats Club at Montgomery Blair High School, said that might be true for some teens. “There are people in every age group who aren’t as politically aware,” Guthrie said. Both live in Silver Spring, so they can’t vote in any elections yet, but they’re excited about the move toward youth voting. Many 16- and 17-year-olds care about politics and should have the opportunity to vote on issues that affect them, Guthrie and Foley-Keene argue. “I know so many youths who do care passionately about climate change, the death penalty, drone strikes, fracking — there are so many issues out there that youth care about,” Guthrie said. The club organized a voter registration drive recently, but focused on Montgomery County registration and met little success; most students didn’t know their Social Security number. As for Takoma Park, students and teachers estimated that one-fifth to one-fourth of Montgomery Blair students are Takoma Park residents. The first trick was to find those students.

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“At the end of the day, if we get one more person to show up and engage, that’s a success to some extent.” Councilman Tim Male Club members found that many already had registered. Abby Kiesa, youth coordinator and researcher at the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, or CIRCLE, an organization based at Tufts University that focuses on youth voting and political engagement, said

15-, 18- and 21-year-olds score similarly in research assessing their political knowledge, and come close to the average score for all adults. High school, she said, is a critical time to teach teenagers about civic engagement and a place to disseminate information effectively about

voting, from how to register to understanding how government works. “Voting is a habitual activity,” she said. “Learning about voting in high school predicts actual voting once people reach 18.” sscully@gazette.net

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Apex owner working to solve Purple Line station issue in Bethesda

Sam’s Club crash heroes honored

County and state wants the building torn down BY AGNES BLUM STAFF WRITER

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During Montgomery County’s tribute to “everyday heroes” Tuesday in Rockville, Army 2nd Lt. Wells Weymouth (right) and Navy Ensign John Hunt, both medical students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, were recognized for helping save the life of a Potomac man who was hit by a car July 23 inside the Sam’s Club store in Gaithersburg. Also recognized Tuesday were two security guards from Montgomery College who performed CPR and saved the life of a student, and a man who came to the rescue of a woman trapped in her car that had been crushed by a fallen tree during the June 2012 derecho.

The owner of the Apex building in downtown Bethesda, the site where state and county planners want to build the “optimal” station for the western terminus of the $2.2 billion Purple Line, has hired a consultant to assess the feasibility of the proposed plan. In a statement released Oct. 15, David Witmer, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ senior vice president and COO, said the company was willing to work with Montgomery County on finding a mutually beneficial arrangement regarding the building at 7272 Wisconsin Ave. Planners want to tear down the Apex building, which also houses the Bethesda Regal 10 movie theater, to build an “optimal” Bethesda station, which would allow access to both the Purple Line and Metro’s Red Line, according to county documents. The Purple Line is a planned 16-mile light rail linking Bethesda and New Carrollton. Without tearing down the Apex building, the station’s platform would have to ﬁt into the existing tunnel, planners have said. If the tunnel is rebuilt, it can be widened to make it safer and more accommodating for passengers. But the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, which has about 40,000 members, employs about 200 people and has been in Bethesda for more than 45 years — the last 20 in the Apex building — learned of this only a short while ago, Witmer said. And the Maryland Transit Administration has said it wants an answer by the end of the year. That leaves little time for the nonproﬁt to process a lot of information, said David Silver, a lawyer with Holland & Knight, which is representing the owner.

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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has hired a consultant to evaluate Purple Line plans for its Apex building on Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda.

Questions involve where the organization could find a comparable building to move to, how much it would cost to redevelop and what would be a reasonable sales price after new zoning and amenity incentives are taken into account. “We need to be put back into a better position than we are in today,” Silver said. Purple Line planners have acknowledged the need to sweeten the incentives for the owner to get on board, and that increasing the building’s allowed density after redevelopment won’t be enough. From $5 million to $10 million in public money might be needed to offset the costs related to the owner moving out of the Apex building, according to a county economic analysis. To help ﬁgure all this out, the organization has hired a consultant and plans to hire an architect and engineer to evaluate the situation and put together a proposal, Silver said. “It’s very disruptive, but they are trying to fulﬁll their responsibility to the community, and to their members,” Silver said. ablum@gazette.net

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CHURCHILL Continued from Page A-1 identifying their interest areas. Benz said she visited the Xi’an school for a few hours, meeting school leaders and some of its roughly 1,800 students. The Chinese students, she said, were eager to learn about their American counterparts. “The kids there are like sponges,” she said. “They want to know what teenagers are like here.” Benz said the schools are similar to each other in that they both have “high standards” and share an interest in technology. She described the Xi’an school as “very modern,” with sculptures on the building entrances, a garden area and a calm atmosphere. “It’s an enclave there,” she said. “It’s a school that’s right in the city, but you wouldn’t know it.” Benz said the visit marked the ﬁrst time she spoke with the Xi’an school leaders, but they had received a packet of information on Churchill before the trip. The next step, she said, is for Churchill and Xi’an students to start communicating online and for her school to start fundraising for travel expenses. “We will have to start getting into the fundraising piece, so that we can make this a reality,” she said. Montgomery County Board of Education member Rebecca Smondrowski, who also was part of the county delegation on the China trip, said the partnership could be “a real plus if it’s done right.” “They’re excited about the opportunity of coming here,” she said of the Xi’an students

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“There are lots of ways to still get involved,” she said. Some opportunities include are a diaper distribution project with the D.C. Diaper Bank that is taking place in the Bank’s Silver Spring warehouse; a sandwichmaking day at the International Cultural Center in Montgomery Village and collecting acorns with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, she said. “We give [the acorns] to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources state tree nursery to plant,” said Kimberly Knox, spokeswoman for the commission. DNR then distributes the seedlings for planting throughout the state, she said. Acorn collecting will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Triadelphia Recreation Area in Brookeville on Saturday and at Browns Bridge Recreation Area in Silver Spring on Sunday. The D.C. Diaper Bank will be sorting and bundling diapers from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 23 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. “It’s a great family affair, even little kids can do it,” Heather Foley, chairwoman of the board

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she spoke with. Smondrowski said she’d like the school system to develop a center to help provide similar opportunities to other county schools. Churchill is not the first county high school to form such a partnership. About six years ago, Wootton High School in Rockville teamed up with Beijing No. 166 High School, leading to multiple trips by both groups, said Wootton Principal Michael Doran. Doran said he and the Beijing school’s principal initially kept the agreement generic, but he hoped their partnership would expand beyond standard visits in a way that was “more meaningful for both schools.” The relationship has done just that, he said. The Beijing school’s student orchestra visited Wootton a couple years ago for a joint concert, Doran said. This year, students from both schools’ drama programs performed a theater production here that included scenes from “Little Women,” “Romeo and Juliet” and a play about the Beijing school’s 150th anniversary. “That was the kind of thing that I wanted to happen, where it wasn’t just visiting people’s homes,” Doran said. Next year, Wootton’s student band will travel to China to play with their Beijing cohorts in the Forbidden City. Between the visits, he said, the students connect through forms of communication from Skype to U.S. mail. Doran said the partnership led to friendships and other connections between the schools. “Once you open a box, it’s amazing the kind of connections that are there,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net

“We give [the acorns] to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources state tree nursery to plant.” Kimberly Knox of D.C. Diapers, said. “It involves counting and coloring labels and we have a play area for when they get tired of working.” The group, she said, distributes approximately 50,000 diapers a month to social service agencies across the D.C. area. The diapers come from donations and the group purchases many with money from grants and “the general good will of the community,” she said. Community Service Week kicked off this year with the World of Montgomery festival at Westﬁeld Wheaton Plaza Mall which had a community service area for children and adults to show their commitment to the community by participating in on-site projects. Among the hands-on opportunities at the World of Montgomery were: sandwich-making sponsored by So What Else, a nonproﬁt that provides services to at risk youth in the D.C. Metropolitan area; letter-writing to U.S. troops abroad sponsored by Mover Moms of Bethesda and a demonstration from Bikes for the World. Many of the week’s volunteer activities are scheduled for Saturday, the 27th Day of Service in the county, which aligns with National Make a Difference Day, Sayago said. Last year, about 2,000 people participated in projects during the week leading up to the Day of Service, Sayago said in an email. “The Volunteer Center engaged residents in volunteer projects throughout Montgomery County for Community Service Day with projects available the week of Oct. 22-28 [2012], 75 organizations were involved in 85 projects to engage new and ongoing volunteers to make an impact in our county and 1,959 residents volunteered 6,167.5 hours for Community Service Day. Also 32,000 lbs. of food was collected over Community Service Day weekend at Giant Grocery Stores for Manna Food Center,” she wrote. pmcewan@gazette.net

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SENIORS Continued from Page A-1 the way. “Although there might be some pressure [from the community’s needs], we’re in a pretty good position to update,” he said. At the Ingleside community in King Farm in Rockville, staff are accepting housing deposits for the waiting list. The seniororiented retirement community has been open since 2009.

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Leslie Marks, who works with the county government on aging issues, said most seniors don’t want to move into assisted living communities or senior complexes — they want to live at home. Marks wrote the county book on senior “villages,” or grassroots-led communities of existing neighbors who support one another. They provide dinners if someone is sick, have social events and exercise together. “That’s a major thing that we have to start thinking about,” Marks said. “How do we keep seniors safe at home, where they want to be?” Marks’ 2011 “Village Blueprint,” available in the county’s public libraries, provides a stepby-step guide for seniors who want to start their own local support community. There are 15 villages in the county that have either been established or are on their way, Marks said. They include communities in Silver Spring, Chevy Chase, Olney,

Takoma Park and Potomac. The first Montgomery County senior village, Burning Tree, started in 2010 around Burning Tree Elementary School in Bethesda. The community helps coordinate volunteer opportunities and takes requests for grocery runs and trips to doctor’s appointments. Since the highest density of seniors is downcounty, Marks said, more villages are concentrated in that area. But upcounty, where neighbors are spread out over more land, it may be more difficult to start or maintain a village. Marks said the communities are mainly raised through grassroots efforts, but the county is considering hiring a physician to help provide health services at established senior villages. “The county recognizes that there needs to be transportation and activities, and a sense of creating a community,” Marks said. With a growing senior population, Marks said the county only needs to coordinate its health services, transportation and public facilities for seniors to be adequately served. “If we could get an entity to harness those services ... I think we could go a long way down the road,” she said. Montgomery County’s Commission on Aging made recommendations for the fiscal year 2014 budget that included funding for a senior villages coordinator and a senior transportation coordinator to bring together public transit and private resources. scarignan@gazette.net

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MAP Continued from Page A-1 and graduation. The data from the progress test, Starr said, will rather serve as a placeholder of sorts. “Until we have PARCC, we don’t have targets,” he said. Using the test to create temporary progress measures will help schools understand how to improve their instruction, Starr said. “It makes sense for measuring our progress without imposing a whole new test or using tests that are going away,” he said. Students will continue to take the Maryland School Assessments. Because the MAP test recently underwent significant change, the 2013-14 school year will mark the school system’s baseline year for data, Starr said. The school system will determine baseline data based on the PARCC assessments during the 2014-15 school year, according to Statham’s presentation. At the high school level, Starr said, the school system can look at factors such as AP test scores, SAT scores, algebra grades and graduation data until PARCC data is available. “It is a struggle to find equally solid measures of success at the lower grades without having a stable test,” he said. Board President Christopher S. Barclay raised the issue that the school system would be testing a different group of kids next year, making it more difficult when it comes to determining changes in student performance. Starr responded that the test results will help form an approximate idea of the school’s overall ability to teach the students. School board member Shirley Brandman emphasized that she wished to see the test data presented in a way that makes it clear how students are performing compared to their past

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“It makes sense for measuring our progress without imposing a whole new test or using tests that are going away.” County schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr results, as well as compared to national scores. In the presentation to the board, Statham reviewed recent math and reading test data from ﬁfth and eighth graders. The spring 2013 data showed eighth-grade reading scores generally dropped as a school’s student body had a higher percentage of certain student groups, including Hispanic, black, low-income and English for Speakers of Other Languages students. “I wonder and want to ﬁgure out how we can really understand the performance of these schools that are above both the system mean and the national mean that have a very small Latino population,” Barclay said. Starr said the presentation data showed gaps known to exist in the school system but offered an incomplete view of student

performance that will require further analysis. As it faces these performance gaps and generally seeks to improve school performance, school system staff said the school system will continue to use the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence, which outline a way for schools to approach these issues. Larry Bowers, chief operating ofﬁcer for the school system, described the Baldrige system as an “important framework and tool for not only understanding performance but guiding planning work that we’re doing.” The criteria, he said, involve digging deeper into issues — such as achievement gaps and varying performance among schools — and are used to help schools develop their strategic plans.

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SCHOOL LIFE For young collectors, it’s in the cards Students involved in Cards2Kids focused on helping others

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Andrew Berube’s sports card collection got so big, his mother said he needed to do something about it. His answer was to do something charitable. Andrew, 10, and his friend Ben LeBlanc, 13, formed DC Ambassador for Cards2Kids, a local afﬁliate of an Illinois nonproﬁt started to share sports cards with young people in need. The boys and Ben’s 8-year-old brother, Graham, collect, sort, package and donate cards to charities around the region to distribute to other children. “We donate them to places like the Boys and Girls Club in Germantown, the Ronald McDonald House in Washington, and to children at Walter Reed, through the Red Cross,” said Andrew, a fourth-grader at Wyngate Elementary School in Bethesda. “We have 110,000 [cards] in our basement.” Cards2Kids was started in 2011 by John Makowiec, a Chicago-area teenager who wanted to share his passion for collecting with others, especially kids who were ill or did not have the means to buy cards.

There are now four affiliates in the Midwest, one in New Jersey and Bethesda’s DC Ambassadors, according to the Cards2Kids website. Ben is an eighth-grader at Westland Middle School in Bethesda. Graham is a third-grader at Bethesda Elementary School. In less than a year, Andrew, Ben and Graham have become masters of sorting cards into two categories — “A,” the most popular sports ﬁgures, and “B,” who are less popular, but still in demand. “It’s baseball, basketball and football cards that we do,” Graham said. “And hockey, but not so many.” The most tedious part of the job, the boys said, is packing 15 sports cards plus a Cards2Kids card into each plastic bag that eventually will be delivered to another child. “We give them out to patients in the hospital,” said Marin Reynes, senior station manager for the American Red Cross at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. “A piece of entertainment to keep your mind off of why you are here is appreciated.” Ofﬁcially, the boys meet monthly to sort and package, but they get together at other times too, and work at home whenever they have extra time, Andrew’s mother, Anne Berube, said. And they are still personal collectors. They separate the two collections, never keeping a card, no matter how appealing, that was donated to Card-

s2Kids, said Leslie LeBlanc, Ben and Graham’s mother. “Like the encased 24-carat gold, signed Nolan Ryan card,” Andrew said. “We are going to donate it.” The boys and their mothers agreed that they have learned a lot about the ethics of being ambassadors, receiving cards for a purpose and being honest to their mission. “When we put on our [Cards2Kids] shirts, it’s all about Cards2Kids,” Ben said. In addition to the day-to-day work with the cards, the boys also have to contact charities about accepting their cards and conduct card drives to get new offerings. They are doing drives at their schools and have collection boxes at two local card stores — House of Cards in Silver Spring and Hall of Fame Cards in Potomac. “We are just beginning to work with them,” Chuck Bortnick, the store manager at House of Cards, said. “It sounds like a good group and a good cause.” Once, Andrew said, they put out a collection box at a card show and got 7,500 cards. They also get them from friends and neighbors who know about the work. “Some people are really faithful donators,” Anne Berube said. “They send good cards because they know they are going to kids.” Good cards for kids in this case are

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From left, Graham and Ben LeBlanc and Andrew Berube sort cards, looking for the best selections to package and donate to local children through the nonproﬁt Cards2Kids. current, no earlier than 2007, Ben said, because they want the kids to know the players. They also encourage people to donate unopened packs of cards. “For [the] Children’s Inn at [the National Institutes of Health], they have to be unopened packs because they are concerned about germs,” Andrew said. “We are hoping to get unopened packs to give to [them].” The DC Ambassadors do not accept money — only cards. “We don’t need much money to run it — basically, just for boxes [to store] the cards and bags for the cards,” Anne

Berube said. “Both families knew there would be a certain amount of expense.” Andrew said he has learned a lot sorting cards. “I’ve learned a lot about older players,” he said. “I’ve also learned that people really like this.” Ben said he had to learn to manage his time better to keep up with school, sports, his own card collection and Cards2Kids. “I’ve learned a lot about caring and helping other kids,” Ben said.

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EDUCATION NOTEBOOK Bethesda-Chevy Chase teens celebrate Day of the Girl Members of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School chapter of School

Girls Unite celebrated the Day of the Girl on Oct. 11 with a Day of the Girl Arts and Actions Night in the school cafeteria. The event, designed to celebrate girls’ rights and recognize the struggles that still exist, featured performances by local teen artists and information booths where participants could learn about and engage in dialogue on speciﬁc issues affecting girls. Guest speakers included Donna Wilkinson, wide receiver of the D.C Divas football team, who discussed pursuing her passion, and Gary Barker, international director of Promundo, a nonproﬁt that works with men to eliminate violence against women. About 250 people attended the event, said Emily Kuttner, co-president with Julia Fine of the chapter. “It was so great so see a variety of people from the school and the community, all the ages,” Kuttner said. “The best part was the energy. It was so exciting to see so many people dedicated to changing the status quo when it comes to women.” School Girls Unite is a “...100 percent youth-led movement committed to promoting the International Day of the Girl Child on Oct. 11 as a platform for change in the U.S.,” according to its website, www.schoolgirlsunite.org. In December 2011, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring Oct. 11 the International Day of the Girl Child. Its purpose is “to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world,” according to the U.N.’s website. The focus of this year’s day was “Innovating for Girls’ Education.” “Two years ago, the School Girls

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School seniors Michelle Budin (left) and Vivian Vazquez, and junior Nathan Kaye pose by their booths at the school’s School Girls Unite Day of the Girl Arts and Actions Night on Oct. 11. Unite Club at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School led the successful campaign to gain U.S. support for the recently recognized U.N. International Day of the Girl,” Kuttner wrote in an email. “This year, the movement against gender injustices continues as the School Girls Unite Club reaches out to involve the community in the Day of the Girl.”

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Marine Band in concert at Montgomery Blair High The President’s Own Marine Band will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Montgomery Blair High School, 52 University Blvd. East, Silver Spring. Selections will include Sousa marches, an orchestral transcription of Aaron Copland’s “El Salón México” and John Williams’ original fanfare written for the band. Other highlights include clarinet soloist John Norton performing Eric Richards’ “A Klezmer Tribute” and baritone Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Bennear singing Stephen Bulla’s arrangement “Pride of a People.” The concert will conclude with an armed forces salute honoring all veterans. The public is invited; no tickets are required. For more information visit ﬁnearts. mbhs.edu or call 301-649-2839.

St. Raphael School and St. Raphael Nursery School will hold an open

house doubleheader Monday. The school, which serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade, will be open from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. and the nursery school from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. The nursery school has programs for 3- and 4-year-olds and pre-kindergarten, plus extended-day offerings. Each open house starts with a presentation, followed by a tour of the facilities. Child care is available during the open house. The schools are at 1513 Dunster Road, Rockville. For more information call 301-762-2143 or visit www.straphaelschoolmd.org.

County to offer flu vaccine clinics in November The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services will conduct free, nasal spray flu vaccine clinics in November for children 18 and younger at a number of public schools. The first will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 1, at John F. Kennedy High School, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring; Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockville; and Seneca Valley High School, 19401 Crystal Rock Drive, Germantown. No classes will be held that day because it is a professional day for teachers. The clinics are open to any schoolage child. All public elementary schools will host a flu clinic either Nov. 11 or Nov. 12, following early dismissal of students those days. The clinics are free, but registration is required due to limited vaccine supplies. To register visit www2.

WSSC calendar contest for students is underway The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is accepting entries for its fourth annual calendar contest. Students in second through ﬁfth grades in schools in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties are eligible to enter artwork promoting the theme “Why I ‘Can the Grease.’” “Can the Grease” is the utility’s ongoing effort to urge residents to pour fats, oils and grease into a can and then dispose of them in the trash rather than pour the clogging materials down the drain. When too much of these materials get into the sewer system, backups occur, which can be costly to repair and can harm the environment. Entries must be no larger than 8½ by 11 inches and no smaller than 5½ by 11 inches. Students may use any medium, such as oil, watercolor, pastels, pencil, pen and ink, and crayon, but three-dimensional work will not be accepted. Mounted and framed entries will not be judged. Entries must have the artist’s name, grade, school, school address, teacher’s name and teacher’s email address on their back. Only one entry can be submitted per student. The deadline for entries is 5 p.m. Nov. 1. Entries may be sent or delivered to WSSC, Attn: Community Outreach Group, 14501 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, MD 20707. Twelve winners will be chosen for the 2014 calendar. Each winner will receive $100 and six copies of the calendar. For more information, contact the utility at 301-206-7019.

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HEALTH CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 Healthy Cooking Series: Gluten Free Foods, from 6-8

p.m. at Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. By demonstrating delicious, ﬂavorful recipes, you will learn helpful tips on how to stock a gluten-free pantry and recipes sure to inspire your palette. Call for prices. 301-896-3939. www.suburbanhospital.org.

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Boarman, Jagoda Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Boarman of Olney announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Michelle Boarman, to Douglas Andrew Jagoda, son of Mrs. Elaine Jagoda Adornetto and stepson of Mr. Thomas Adornetto of Derwood. The bride-to-be graduated from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring in 2004 and went on to graduate magna cum laude from East Carolina University in 2008, receiving a bachelor’s degree in communication. Ashley is employed by MGH of Owings Mills as a public relations senior account executive. The prospective groom graduated from Col. Zadok A. Magruder High School in Derwood in 2004 and went on to receive his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2008. Douglas is employed by Clark Construction of Bethesda as an assistant superintendent. A June 2014 wedding is planned in Baltimore.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Make plans to attend MedStar Montgomery Medical Center’s ﬁrst health fair for older adults, Thriving as You Age. During this event, you will have the opportunity to speak directly with medical experts and learn about health topics on aging. www.montgomerygeneral.org.

Donoho, Constantine Stephen Donoho of Geneseo, Ill., and William and Kathy Blackburn of Silver Creek, Ga., announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Stephenie Ann Donoho, to James V. Constantine, son of Ted and Sharon Constantine of Bethesda. The bride-to-be graduated with honors from Denbigh High School in Newport News, Va., and is a 2002 graduate of Virginia Tech. She is currently employed as a government contracts manager at Wesco Distribution Inc. The prospective groom is a graduate of Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda and graduated from York College in York, Pa., in 2004. He is currently employed at Comprint Military Publications as an advertising consultant. The couple resides in Clarksburg. A ceremony and reception is planned for September 2014.

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UPCOMING the church’s Fellowship Hall, 20701 Frederick Road, Germantown. The church will also observe Orphan Sunday that day. All are welcome. Services are held at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday mornings. Sunday School for all ages at 9:40 a.m. www.Neelsville.org

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Lynch, Foster Madison Booth and Wilma Harmon Dunlap celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 10, 2013. Wed on Oct. 10, 1953, at Tacoma Park Baptist Church, they’ve enjoyed a wonderful and stimulating life together, all spent in the Silver Spring area. After starting their honeymoon sharing the Hershey Hotel with Dwight Eisenhower’s birthday party, they visited the Finger Lakes region, including Niagara falls, the Thousand Islands region and Quebec. The couple’s children and their spouses are Tom and Linda Dunlap of Winston-Salem, N.C., Susan and Steve Kline of Olney and Cynthia and Ken Gwynn of Raleigh, N.C. They also enjoy their eight grandchildren: Jack, Pete and his wife Cameron, Sally, Michael, Laura, Amy, David and Matthew.

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MONDAY, OCT. 28 Learn to Understand Your Anger, from 7-9 p.m. at

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can reduce your risk of certain diseases by making healthy food choices. www.montgomerygeneral.org.

Gerard and Marla Lynch of Gaithersburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Christina Leigh Lynch, to Sean Richard Foster, son of Richard and Barbara Anne Foster of Germantown. Christina is the granddaughter of Henry and Kay Shenton of Apopka, Fla., and the late Kevin and Mary Pat Lynch of Timonium. Sean is the grandson of Elizabeth Kondraki and the late Anthony Kondraki of Upland, Pa. He is also the grandson of the late Charles and Margaret Foster of Farmingdale, N.Y., and Lake Worth, Fla. The bride-to-be, who resides in Frederick, attended Colonel Zadok Magruder High School. She received her undergraduate degree and master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. The prospective groom, who also resides in Frederick, attended Seneca Valley High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Salisbury University and his master’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. The couple met while teaching middle school in Germantown. A September 2014 wedding is planned in Frederick.

St., Damascus, offers traditional Sunday morning worship services at 8:15 a.m., a youth contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. and a service of liturgy and the word at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. for all ages during the school year.

Liberty Grove United Methodist Church, 15225 Old

Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, conducts Sunday morning worship services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery through adult, is at 9:30 a.m. 301-421-9166. For a schedule of events, visit www. libertygrovechurch.org. “MOPS,” a faith-based support group for mothers of children, birth through kindergarten, meets from 9-11:30 a.m. the ﬁrst and third Wednesdays of the month at the Frederick Church of the Brethren, 201 Fairview Drive, Frederick. Childcare is

provided. This year’s theme, “A Beautiful Mess: Embracing Your Story,” focuses on remembering that beauty can come out of chaos and that your past, present and future can be used for good with God’s love. For more information call 301-662-1819. Email mops@fcob.net.

Neelsville Presbyterian Church, 20701 Frederick Road,

Germantown, has returned to its Fall worship schedule, with services at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. Sunday School for all ages at 9:40 a.m. www. Neelsville.org.

Providence United Methodist Church, 3716 Kemptown

Church Road, Monrovia, conducts a contemporary service at 8 a.m. followed by a traditional service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, with children’s Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and adult Sunday school at 11 a.m. For more information, call 301-253-1768. Visit www. kemptownumc.org. Trinity Lutheran Church, 11200 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, conducts services every Sunday, with child care from 8 a.m. to noon and fellowship and a coffee hour following each service. 301-8817275. For a schedule of events, visit www.TrinityELCA.org. Chancel choir auditions and rehearsals, 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Liberty Grove Methodist Church, 15225 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Call 301-421-9166 or visit www.libertygrovechurch.org.

The Gazette prints engagement and wedding announcements, with color photographs, at no charge, as a community service. Copy should be limited to 150 words and submitted in paragraph form. Announcements are subject to editing for space. Please include contact information, including a daytime telephone number. Photos should be professional quality. If emailing photos, ﬁle size should be a minimum of 500 KB. Wedding announcements should be submitted no later than 12 months after the wedding. Send to: The Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, or email kgroff@gazette.net. Montgomery County celebrations are inserted into all Montgomery County editions.

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In Silver Spring, some people love Donna Kerr’s elaborately spooky “Haunted Garden” for the fun it adds to Halloween. But some who live near her decked-out Worth Avenue home are wholly annoyed, fed up with the incoming wave of vehicles and spectators. Nineteen of Kerr’s neighbors signed a petition protesting the Haunted Garden. This is more than a nuisance issue. More than once, Montgomery County has explicitly told Kerr, a real estate agent, that she was violating an ordinance on limits for home COUNTY WAS businesses. CORRECT TO The county tried in two CITE MARKETING previous years to get Kerr to OF HALLOWEEN stop. This year, the county got DISPLAY a temporary restraining order, saying the display did not comply with the residential zoning code, was expanding each year and was a potential safety hazard. Kerr has a single-family home on a 15,000-square-foot lot in a dense residential neighborhood, according to the county’s petition. On Oct. 15, Montgomery County District Judge Patricia Mitchell settled the matter, for now, by letting Kerr hold her Haunted Garden for two days instead of the five days she had advertised. Diane Schwartz Jones, the director of the county’s Department of Permitting Services, was baffled by the ruling, and so are we. “The real issue is a public safety issue,” Schwartz Jones said. “If it is a public safety issue for five nights, it is a public safety issue for two nights.” This was hardly a Solomonic split down the middle. If the central question were how long a neighborhood should be inconvenienced, then tapering back the number of days might be a reasonable middle ground. But there’s a grander fundamental issue here — whether Kerr should use business channels to boost an event at her home. The county amassed plenty of evidence of how much she entangled her Halloween display with her commercial enterprise, Pure Energy Real Estate. The company’s website and Facebook page and a flier that went to about 12,000 households mixed publicity about the event with listings of homes for sale. Kerr paid her employees to work on the display. Approximately 2,000 people attended the 2011 event, the company’s Facebook page said, urging even more visitors this year. But with such large crowds, Montgomery County’s transportation and police departments have had to get involved. Montgomery County’s law on home-based businesses allows two visitors at a time. The county’s website says home-based businesses are permitted “by right” if they have: “up to five vehicles visits per week, excluding deliveries;” “no nonresident employee;” and “no discernible impact on the surroundings.” Owners must get a home occupation registration certificate if their business has a “maximum of twenty vehicles visits per week with no more than five per day, excluding deliveries” and “one nonresident employee.” Anything beyond those limits requires a special exception. A home-based business must follow two overarching principles. It must be “conducted entirely within the house.” And it “does not change the residential character of the neighborhood such as by creating noise, odors, or vibrations at the property line.” Kerr did not have a permit for a home occupation on the property. Perhaps she wasn’t selling homes to people as they were spooked by goblins, but there’s no question her business was an integral part of the operation and marketing of the event. It’s hard to imagine this case reaching the judicial system if Kerr had left her business name and resources out of it. That’s how the display started, when Kerr decorated her yard for a 2010 humane society fundraiser. The following year, she started spreading the word through her business, prompting the county to cite her. Mitchell’s ruling lets the Haunted Garden proceed. Kerr will have public showings for four hours apiece on Friday and Saturday. If Mitchell’s ruling was based on a belief that Kerr’s Haunted Garden marketing is incidental to her business, then Montgomery County will have to add new zoning language prohibiting business activities like this one. We’d rather not see another battle testing the limits of the law and the peace of a neighborhood. We encourage Kerr to instead consider an alternate way to hold her impressive Halloween display, perhaps in a public space. Maybe the county or the Montgomery County Fairgrounds could host it, with support from Kerr and her business. Sell tickets and find a worthwhile beneficiary. Kerr deserves credit for the time, work and spirit that she pours into her display. By stripping away the nuisance and legal issues, it could become a perfect treat.

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As the holidays approach, food drives and other hungerrelief efforts seem to be everywhere ... except your local Costco. Although this retailer is the current darling of the “socially responsible” ﬁnancial set and has been praised by President Obama and patronized by Vice President Biden, a closer look at Costco’s record in helping the hungry shows it to be more Scrooge than saint. In an email, Arthur D. Jackson Jr., Costco’s vice president of general administration, said the company would not likely have a food drive at any of its locations. “There are just too many worthy causes that would love to have that access, we would never be

Cold-hearted Costco able to accommodate them all. Once we allow one we’d be hard pressed to deny it to others,” he said. But what happens to all the food in stores that isn’t purchased before its sell-by date? Most large retailers, including BJ’s Wholesale and Sam’s Club, Costco’s direct competitors, have robust programs for collecting and donating products to food banks and soup kitchens. But not Costco. It composts that food and sells it for use as fertilizer and livestock feed. Just how much food does Costco dispose of in this way? According to ﬁgures in Costco’s own 2009 Sustainability Report, each Costco location produces an average

of 3.7 tons of food waste each week. The number of Costco locations in the U.S. is 448 and growing. That means each year Costco composts or throws away more than 172 million pounds of food, about 7 pounds for each of its more than 25 million U.S. members. So why doesn’t Costco donate this food to some of the “many worthy causes” mentioned by Mr. Jackson? After all, the same economies of scale in selling only large-sized packages of food that help make Costco so proﬁtable would also apply to food donations. The answer, unfortunately, appears to be proﬁt. Donating food would require Costco to pay employees

Councilman Rice has his work cut out for him — and so do we We are lucky that our elected County Council representative Craig Rice is young, energetic and thoughtful. We need to give him and our issues strong support. Last week, Rice hosted a town meeting in Damascus [“Rice set to tackle traffic,” Sept. 25]. Without fanfare, and almost without any notes, he, along with several members of the police department, covered an amazing array of issues facing both the upcounty, which Rice represents, and Montgomery County as a whole. We heard about transportation, Clarksburg and drug enforcement programs. It was good to hear facts, plans and issues presented in honest, thoughtful terms. It was reassuring to see residents listening, asking thoughtful questions and voicing their own concerns. The evening represented the best of our demo-

cratic process. Now the responsibility for the next steps in our local democracy rest with us. Will we call the Board of Elections to support having an early voting site at the Damascus Community Recreation Center, which was the excellent site for the meeting? Will we keep a close eye on decisions affecting the headwaters of Ten Mile Creek, the last and only clean water source that backs up water for our region’s 4.2 million people? We know backup systems have been used in the past. We know it is only a matter of time that these backup systems will be called into full primary service. Who among us will speak for our natural resources, clear air and clean water? Will we go to the public library or go online and review the county’s next six-year planning document — the CIP — to

check for what is and is not included for our area, the largest geographic and population area of Montgomery County? And if the roads, the buildings, the needs are not reﬂected there, will we write letters, attend hearings and testify? What about transportation? A real town center with the promised public library for Clarksburg? The list goes on and on. Rice has his work cut out for him and so do we as we watch him weigh the issues, the facts and the needs of the people who elected him. We are also lucky to have The Gazette send reporters to cover local events and local issues. This is another major support for our democracy. So in spite of the somber news all around us, we still have a great deal to be thankful for.

Robert Rand, Managing Editor Ken Sain, Sports Editor Andrew Schotz, Assistant Managing Editor Dan Gross, Photo Editor Jessica Loder, Web Editor

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County should match state in aid to working poor

Is this why Mr. O’Malley raised the gas taxes? To waste our money on unnecessary projects? My son pointed out to me that this has been going on for a while along other roads. I would like to know who the people are that set priorities at MDOT? Shame on them all!

Antonio Corsini, Rockville

Linda Anderson, Silver Spring

Maria Pedak-Kari, Damascus

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Timothy F. Reynolds, Silver Spring

The Montgomery County Council has the chance to greatly ease the burden of making ends meet for thousands of households living below the poverty level. By passing Expedited Bill 8-13, the council would restore the county’s match with Maryland’s Earned Income Tax Credit funding to 100 percent, as it was from 2000 through 2010. A “hand up,” not a “hand out” from the EITC has proven successful for 40 years since President Ford signed it into law in 1974. It helps the working poor — most of whom are single adults with two children — survive while earning at or near the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. That comes to a shamefully insufﬁcient $15,000 a year full time for those fortunate enough to secure full-time work in these challenging times. Fully restoring the county’s match means more than 30,000 residents will get a modest tax credit of over $500. That’s not a complete solution, but enough for many to fully cover their medical expenses or most of their monthly food bills. Such assistance not only eases some of the pressure on low-income families, but is a wise public investment in the long-term strength of our region’s economy, children and future.

Sidewalk projects are wasting money In the article of Oct. 2 [“Raised bricks on Georgia Avenue sidewalks called a possible hazard”], a project is referred to “sidewalk restoration.” I call it “sidewalk robbery.” Over the past several months I observed miles of perfectly sound sidewalks been pulled up and replaced along Georgia Avenue from Aspen Hill to Olney. Miles of these sidewalks had been built only a couple of years ago.

to sort the food, and somebody would have to bear the cost of transporting it to hunger-relief agencies. It’s apparently more proﬁtable for Costco to sell the food for pig slop than give it to hungry people. Costco derives most of its proﬁts from the annual membership fee it charges. And Costco is not reticent about taking from the communities where it operates, such as the $4 million subsidy Montgomery County taxpayers gave to help bring a new Costco to Wheaton. When Costco solicits you for a membership, ask why Costco doesn’t do more for hungry people.

Jean Casey, Director of Marketing and Circulation Anna Joyce, Creative Director, Special Pubs/Internet Ellen Pankake, Director of Creative Services

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Maryland voters can make history next year by electing either the state’s first black governor (Anthony Brown or Charles Lollar) the first governor from Montgomery County (Doug Gansler) or the first woman/lesbian governor (Heather Mizeur). But history is already being made not for who’s running, but for who’s not running. When Gansler this week picked Joline Ivey, a P.G. county delegate, as his running mate, both parties’ major gubernatorial tickets became finalized without a single candidate from Baltimore. So, barring a MY MARYLAND highly unlikely, BLAIR LEE last-minute Baltimorean’s entry into the governor’s race, this is the first time in more than a century that no one from Baltimore will appear on the gubernatorial ballot. Gansler (Montgomery) is running with Ivey (P.G.); Republican David Craig (Harford) is running with Jeannie Haddaway (Talbot); and Anthony Brown (P.G.) is running with Ken Ulman (Howard). Ulman is peddling himself as a Baltimorean but no matter how many Ravens jerseys he dons, he was raised in Columbia and schooled in P.G. and D.C. The disappearance of Baltimore candidates is a stunning development given that seven of our last eight governors were from either Baltimore city or Baltimore County (Agnew, Mandel, Hughes, Schaefer, Ehrlich and O’Malley). Only Parris Glendening (P.G.) interrupted Baltimore’s 48-year control of the governor’s mansion. And at least he had a Baltimore-area lieutenant governor, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. I had to go back to the 1911 election (they were odd years back then) to find a governor’s race without a Baltimorean. The incumbent, Austin Crothers (Cecil) a progressive-era reformer, couldn’t seek re-election because his liberal policies split the Democratic party. So, two Democratic state senators battled for the nomination; the machine candidate, Arthur Pue Gorman Jr. (Howard) vs. the reform liberal, Blair Lee (Montgomery). In one of state history’s most bitter elections, Gorman defeated great-granddad, but the resulting

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acrimony split the party allowing Philip Goldsborough (Dorchester) to become Maryland’s governor, only the second Republican since the Civil War. In politics, demographics is destiny and Baltimore city’s demographics stink. Since World War II, when it accounted for nearly half the state’s population, the city has lost a third of its residents. More people lived in Baltimore city during World War I than today when Baltimore is merely 11 percent of Maryland’s population and, even worse, cast only 8.5 percent of the statewide vote in the last two gubernatorial elections. With the loss of population has gone the loss of state and federal legislative seats, bad news for a city that survives on state and federal aid. And now it appears that Baltimore is losing control of the governor’s office, one of the most powerful in the nation. How much money will the city get when a non-Baltimore governor writes the 2015 budget? Baltimore congressman Dutch Ruppersburger coyly hints that he might fill the vacuum. But it’s unlikely that Dutch wants to go down in history as the man who destroyed Maryland’s Democratic party by defeating Anthony Brown, its first African-American gubernatorial hopeful. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake attempts salvaging some face by warning that, “I don’t think there’s a way to win the governor’s race without the Baltimore vote.” That might be true for the Democratic nomination, but Bob Ehrlich won the 2002 general election without carrying the city. The age-old axiom “the road to the governor’s mansion leads through Baltimore” is becoming increasingly obsolete. Instead, Maryland’s political center of gravity has shifted to the D.C. suburbs, 30 miles and one media market distant from Baltimore. If Gansler, Brian Frosh (or Bill Frick) and Peter Franchot all win, Maryland’s governor, attorney general and comptroller will all be Montgomery Countians. How weird is that? Hail to the Redskins and please pass the tofu and bean sprouts.

Get Gansler Doug Gansler and Anthony Brown have both spent the last eight years preparing for the 2014 governor’s contest. During that time, Gansler skillfully outmaneuvered Brown by

becoming Maryland’s first white politician to back Barack Obama in 2008 (Brown tagged along with O’Malley’s support of Hillary Clinton) and by being the first major elected official to back gay marriage long before it was popular. Gansler, as attorney general, has also compiled a long list of court victories and ran his office, generally, without incident or scandal. Meanwhile, Brown’s signature accomplishments were BRAC (preparing for the influx of new military personnel), Maryland’s Obamacare roll-out (so far an embarrassing flub), and garnering the support of most Democratic elected officials. Stuck with the Obamacare fiasco and facing Gansler’s bulletproof record, the Brown campaign is exploiting Gansler’s only weakness — his brash intemperance, reckless arrogance, oversized ego and big mouth. First, it was the tape of Gansler telling supporters that Brown was mainly running on being black. Somehow the secret tape mysteriously fell into the hands of the Washington Post reporter, John Wagner, a notorious O’Malley administration shill, who dutifully ran it on the paper’s front page. Now,twomonthslaterit’s“Troopergate,” allegations that Gansler hectored his state trooper drivers into bypassing traffic jams by driving on the shoulders with emergency lights flashing. Again, it was John Wagner and, again, it was on the Post’s front page. The “Troopergate” allegations stem from a 2011 internal state police memo that, we are supposed to believe, suddenly appeared in John Wagner’s sleep, causing him to file a freedom of information request. Wagner’s miraculous “investigative journalism” became a damaging front page scandal on the day before Gansler announced his running mate. A coincidence? I’m no Gansler fan, but I hate political “hit jobs” by so-called journalists and news desks who hold themselves out as objective truth-seekers and reliable fact messengers. Do the voters of Maryland realize that they’re being unscrupulously manipulated? That’s the greater scandal of “Troopergate.” Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is blairleeiv@gmail.com.

I read Matthew D. Taylor’s letter (“Another Wegmans Lament,” Oct. 9) with great amusement, certain until the very end that it was an elaborate joke, perhaps an homage to Robin Williams’ coffee-induced panic in “Moscow on the Hudson.” But, as I read his conclusion, it dawned on me that he was serious: He really does believe that their fresh produce section is “unnecessarily vast” and

that their convenient and high-quality assortment of grocery and non-grocery items is “excessive.” I suggest that if more local residents visit Wegmans, they will see that they’re being denied a product selection superior to Giant and Safeway in both quality and quantity. My only Wegmans lament? That’s it’s so far away!

David Edelstein, Bethesda

Is Maryland going over the cliff? The Oct. 2 Letter from Dan Bongino [“Texas has nothing on Maryland, except opportunity”] should be read by every Marylander. His letter was obviously motivated by the recent overtures by Gov. Rick Perry of Texas touting the advantages of Marylanders moving to Texas. It is refreshing and inspiring to have a candidate for Congress speak the truth when he identifies the current advantages of Maryland over Texas and warns that these advantages will fade away if the state continues on its current course. His objective is obvious — to wake up Marylanders to a growing problem that needs resolution. He states Maryland does not provide motivation to succeed, to make something of oneself. This is the process that strengthens the economic fiber of a state. It gives one state an advantage over another that fails to understand this concept. As he says, we are in the process of losing these advantages because of an unfavorable business climate and an ever-increasing tax burden causing the flight of taxpayers to other states. He makes his case by pointing out that over 66,000 Marylanders have fled the state to

avoid increasing taxes and regulations. Why is all this happening? Why is this governor and this legislature raising taxes in almost every category, e.g. sales, income, property, gasoline tax, seeking additional sources of revenue like the nefarious rain tax, and over regulating businesses? Why is this state unleashing the very factors that inhibit growth and opportunity? Are higher order factors motivating all this? Is one factor the political climate in which Maryland has become a one-party state forcing its will on all? Doesn’t a one-party system of government resemble failed similar one-party systems like socialism, communism, dictatorships and kingships? Is the other factor the sometimes-heard charge that Maryland has become a sanctuary state? If so, is this imposing ﬁnancial burdens on the state that can be met only through increased taxes? Regardless of political afﬁliation, elected state (and national) officials have an obligation to evaluate cause and effect before taking any action that might impose a burden on its citizenry and prevent progress.

Warren Manison, Potomac

Whose morals will they use? In their letter, [“Organizations: Council must help those on brink of poverty,” Oct. 16] officers from 11 local organizations “demand just and fair laws that reflect our moral teachings.” Really? That sounds suspiciously like the approach the Taliban uses. Just what are the moral teachings that they demand be codified into Maryland law? Are their moral teachings expressed in the Sermon on the Mount, or the Ko-

ran, or the Hindu Vedas, or the Communist Manifesto? Who knows? This group goes on to say that they pledge to work with the Montgomery County Council to advance the health and well-being “of all county residents.” I’m unclear how their moral teachings will necessarily advance my health and well-being, although they would likely increase my taxes.

Bill Fallon, Gaithersburg

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Quince Orchard High School defensive back Kyle Gregory and a few teammates, having played the night before, watched Gaithersburg defeat Sherwood 32-7 during the ﬁrst Saturday of the high school football season. Gregory, to say the least, was impressed. “I knew they had a chance to go undefeated, because they had a lot of talent,” Gregory said. So far, Gregory’s assessment has proven correct. No. 4 Gaithersburg (7-0) and No. 2 Quince Orchard (7-0) are Montgomery County’s only undefeated teams, though one will lose its perfect record this week. The teams are scheduled to play 6:30 p.m. Friday at Richard Montgomery. Surely, Gregory was referring to talent such as running back Solomon Vault, a Northwestern recruit who had 200 yards of offense and four touchdowns in that opener. But Vault has missed three of the last four games with a leg injury and is questionable for this week, according to Gaithersburg coach Kreg Kephart, potentially wiping away one of Gaithersburg’s advantages. “It’s not just Solomon,” Gregory said. “They have a whole bunch of players around him that are able to make plays that they don’t really talk about but should get a lot more credit than they do.”

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Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s Jesse Aniebonam pursues the ball against Gonzaga in the Falcons’ loss to the Eagles on Sept. 20.

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Jesse Aniebonam, considering joining the Our Lady of Good Counsel High School football program, visited the school in eighth grade and met defensive line coach Kevin McFadden. McFadden saw Aniebonam’s long arms, big feet and even his big nose and thought, “He just looked different. There was some-

thing about him.” The coach, wanting to see whether Aniebonam’s athleticism matched his physique, took him to the gym, positioned him underneath the basketball hoop and told him to jump. “His elbow touched the rim,” McFadden said. “I told him, I said, ‘You do everything I tell you to do, you’ll be one of the best defensive ends. You’ll be top three in the country if you do everything I tell you to do.’ And he did ev-

erything I told him to do.” The U.S. Army All-American Bowl announced its selection of Aniebonam last week, the latest honor for the Silver Spring resident who committed to Maryland and has the pedigree of a star defensive end. Aniebonam’s 38 ﬁrst cousins include National Football League defensive end Osi

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Boys’ race wide open; B-CC girls the team to beat BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

This year’s Montgomery County boys’ soccer season has been so unpredictable Walt Whitman High School boys’ soccer coach Dave Green said he half considered running a

March Madness-type bracket pool for the upcoming postseason, which begins with Thursday and Friday’s region tournament ﬁrst-round games. Popularity in high-level club soccer’s expansion from its original nucleus in the Bethesda, Potomac and Rockville areas has lead to increased parity among Montgomery County teams and that equity among teams has reached new heights in 2013, coaches agreed.

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There are six teams legitimate contenders for the all-county Class 4A West Region championship as well on the girls’ side of the playoffs. The postseason will be even harder to predict this fall as a new structure was introduced with reclassiﬁcation. Each region has been divided into two sections pertaining to geography. In the 4A West, that pits most of the historical rivals and traditional county

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powers out of Bethesda and Potomac in one section, competing with each other just to get to a region final. The split likely affects the girls more than the boys this year, coaches agreed, but the truth of the matter is any team that is going to get through the region is going to have to beat the best teams to get there whether it’s in the first round or the region final.

Fourteen-year-old Andrew Christianson may not have graduated from high school — much less middle school — yet, but he is already a college athlete. On Friday, in front of his family, friends, teammates and fans, the Olney-resident signed a National Letter of Intent with the Montgomery College men’s soccer program. While the eighth-grade student at Rose Parks Middle School is an ofﬁcial member — he attends the Raptors’ practices, games and even has his own set of purple, black, white and silver jerseys — of the junior college program, Christianson will have to wait a little less than ﬁve years to actually play in a collegiate contest. “This is pretty cool,” Christianson, an avid soccer player and fanatic, said with a grin on his face. “Everyone has been so nice.” Christianson, who appears to be mature for his age, isn’t a typical 14-year-old boy.

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Quince Orchard High School defensive back Kyle Gregory (right) covers Bethesda-Chevy Chase receiver Steven Kelley.

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Sherwood volleyball’s streak ends Warriors lose to Damascus for ﬁrst time in a ﬁve-set match in 1,441 days

Not that anybody could have known it at the time, but what looked like an innocuous, run-of-the-mill win over Watkins Mill High School for Sherwood on Sept. 3, 2010 actually served as the launching pad for one of the most venerated winning streaks in high school volleyball. After that win, 67 teams tried their hand

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Umenyiora, who plays for the Atlanta Falcons and made two Pro Bowls with the New York Giants. Aniebonam said he regrets not seeking mentorship from Umenyiora sooner, and he hopes they’ll train together this winter. For now, they exchange texts, and Aniebonam said his cousin’s advice often centers around two themes. One — keep a level head — comes easy to Aniebonam. Whenever he feels stressed, Aniebonam sings to himself. Sometimes, he hums during class to the point his peers tell

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Continued from Page B-1 Gaithersburg, which went 3-7 last season, views this game as a potential turning point. “It’s a good chance for us to try and maybe play well and get some respect,” Kephart said. “We don’t think people think so highly of us.” Quince Orchard, on the other hand, is 24-0 against 4A West Region teams since moving into the region in 2011, winning by an average score of 43-5. Though Quince Orchard defensive coordinator John Kelley said it appears Gaithersburg would be the toughest foe in that span, it still seems Quince Orchard is

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Golf n 1. Thomas S. Wootton

n 3. Winston Churchill

to best Sherwood and zero succeeded. Three state titles were earned, wins piled up and statistics verged on the absurd. Finally, however, the streak was undone. A deep and talented Damascus went into Olney on Thursday and did what no team had done since Thomas S. Wootton on Nov. 6, 2009: it defeated the Warriors. It may have taken ﬁve sets, and it may have taken every last swing Annika Schwartz’s right shoulder had in it, but the Swarmin’ Hornets stole away with a 3-2 victory. “This has been my and our goal since freshman year,” said Schwartz, who recorded a match-high 21 kills. “We wanted this. We are a small 3A school and we proved we can beat a great big 4A school and one of the best programs.” Predictably, Sherwood shrugged it off as a loss, nothing more. Coach Brian McCarty has been preaching all year long that the gaudy streak was just a nice little resumé booster. After all, there’s a more important streak still intact: three consecutive state championships. Winston Churchill defeated Damascus on Monday.

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Volleyball

n 2. Walter Johnson

BY TRAVIS MEWHIRTER

ADVICE

HOW THEY RANK

n 4. Walt Whitman n 5. Quince Orchard

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Field hockey n 1. Thomas S. Wootton n 2. Walter Johnson n 3. Sherwood n 4. Stone Ridge

“The whole team had a good time with it.”

n 5. Winston Churchill

Another Sherwood streak ends

A new look for Hillard Winston Churchill’s Kaitlyn Hillard established early on that she was one of the county’s more talented hitters with 144 kills in 15 matches. Standing 6-foot-1, the position is a natural ﬁt. So imagine the surprise John F. Kennedy had on Oct. 16 when Hillard suited up in a black libero uniform for a fun little change of pace for the Bulldogs. Apparently being 6-foot-1 didn’t mean she couldn’t get the job done, as “even the ref said what a good libero she was,” coach Cindy Hillard said. “They were all like ‘take a picture, take a picture!’” Cindy Hillard wrote in an email.

Not that it’s of any comparison to its volleyball counterparts, but the Sherwood field hockey team’s winning streak was also put to a close on Oct. 16. The Warriors were vying for their second consecutive undefeated regular season — last year was the first such in school history — recording 28 straight regular season wins in the last two seasons. Walter Johnson won, 2-1, on goals from Mackenzie Johnson and Catherine Royston. The loss is of little concern to the Warriors, though. They still received a first round bye in the playoffs and will host Paint Branch on Thursday night. tmewhirter@gazette.net

him to shut up. “That’s how I focus,” he replies. That method, coupled with his family’s support, has helped him navigate a high-proﬁle recruitment. “All the buzz with the media and all the offers coming in and everything, that can really get somebody who doesn’t have a level head and the right roots and the right base and the right family structure,” Aniebonam said. On the football ﬁeld, though, Aniebonam doesn’t need any tricks to clear his mind. “Going to practice, that’s kind of like my humming, that’s kind of like my singing,” Aniebonam said.

But Umenyiora’s other tip — use outside criticism and doubt as motivation — doesn’t come as naturally to Aniebonam. Describing himself as “kindhearted and kind-spirited,” Aniebonam said he typically just ignores negativity. He’s working on it, though. Sometimes, Aniebonam, now 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, thinks back to all the middle schoolers who teased him for being so tall. But he still hopes he can learn from Umenyiora how to better motivate himself. Unknowingly, Umenyiora has at least already helped Aniebonam receive an Auburn scholarship offer. Umenyiora grew up in the same city as the Southeastern Conference school, but

still a clear favorite. Quince Orchard has won at least seven straight over Gaithersburg, including 35-point victories each of the past two years. As impressive as Gaithersburg’s average score has been this season, 25-6, Quince Orchard has posted an even better mark, 40-3. Plus, Quince Orchard has beaten all four of its common opponents with Gaithersburg by a larger margin than Gaithersburg did: Clarksburg (Quince Orchard won by 28, Gaithersburg by 17), Magruder (56, 34), Churchill (52, 3) and (Sherwood 35, 25) “We’ve got to make sure they don’t put that steamroll on us,” Kephart said. “That’s tough. They’ve got some great ballplay-

ers. They’re bigger than we are. They’re a lot faster than we are, a lot stronger than we are. We can hopefully get a little karma somewhere. I don’t know.” Up for grabs is a chance at an undefeated, state championship season (what could be Quince Orchard’s first since 2007 or Gaithersburg’s ﬁrst since 2000), the inside track at the No. 1 seed in the 4A West Region and clear recognition as the county’s best public-school team. “The kids know the importance of the ball game,” Kelley said. “I think you’ve got to just go on about it, just prepare like you prepare any other week. If you make it too big, that’s when I think kids are prone to mistakes.”

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it didn’t offer him a scholarship. To avoid repeating the mistake, Auburn quickly offered Aniebonam a scholarship, McFadden said. That was one of more than 20 offers Aniebonam received including Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, Ohio State and his other two finalists besides Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia Tech. McFadden is confident Aniebonam will find success at Maryland — and beyond. “If he stays healthy, he’ll be an NFL draft pick,” McFadden said. “Yes, he will. He’ll go in the top five.” dfeldman@gazette.net

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Continued from Page B-1 Two years ago, in September 2011, Christianson was diagnosed with Pre-B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Following a year of aggressive chemotherapy treatment and hospital stays at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he entered a maintenance phase (oral chemotherapy doses and steroids) last October and is improving. As a side effect of the medication, Christianson developed osteonecrosis, a disease caused by reduced blood ﬂow to bones in the joints, in his knee and liver damage. Once he is can-

PLAYOFFS

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Girls B-CC will permanently be the favorite in the 4A West until someone proves it’s not. The Barons have annually proven they will find a way to win the big games whether or not they’re the best team. The top seed in the region’s top section lost to an MCPS opponent in the postseason in five years. The Barons boast some of the county’s best playmakers and though scoring hasn’t come easy, opponents haven’t been able to do much against B-CC’s backline. Walt Whitman poses the biggest threat to B-CC. The Vikings are arguably the state’s fastest and most technical team, top to bottom. Whitman possesses a unique kind of versatility that is difficult to defend against. But if either of those teams is going to get to the final they’re going to have to go through Winston Churchill, Walter Johnson and Montgomery Blair, which all have records above .500. Quince Orchard is the bottom section’s top seed and on paper, an overwhelming favorite to advance. But coach Peg Keiller said the Cougars do not expect an easy path. Second-seeded Gaithersburg, resurgent Wootton and Northwest are all capable sides. Defending 4A North champion Sherwood (7-3-1) came as close as penalty kicks to taking B-CC out in last year’s state semifinal. The Warriors have all the tools necessary to win a second straight region title. Damascus remains the county’s only undefeated team and that includes wins over B-CC and Sherwood. The Swarmin’ Hornets are heavy favorites to get out of their section, which includes county opponents that are .500 or less, but will face a tough test should they get to the final to face a Frederick County team. This could be Damascus’ year to break through for the first time since 2000s, though.

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s Denali Minnick during a girls’ soccer game against Walt Whitman.

Might as well pick favorites for the 4A West out of a hat. Montgomery Blair, Churchill and Clarksburg have been the region’s most consistent performers, record wise, but in a fairly low-scoring region that is sure to be decided by defensive prowess, Churchill’s JJ Van Der Merwe (10 goals) might be an additional X factor as one of the Washington metropolitan area’s top ﬁnishers. Blair is extremely skilled

and Clarksburg is propelled by a veteran lineup. With nine goals against, Walter Johnson boasts the stingiest defense but has struggled to produce on the other end. Defending state champion Wootton has only given up 10 goals and goalie Jeremy Yeager could be the most important piece of the Patriots’ puzzle, coach Douglas Schuessler said. Whitman just lost its starting goalkeeper to a broken wrist, just another injury to add to the Vikings’ already lengthy list. But this is a team that should not be held to its mediocre record. The Vikings are, technically, the most talented bunch overall in the county and playoffs bring a different intensity. With the right combination of players in the right positions, this is a team no one wants to face, Churchill coach Arnold Tarzy said. “I haven’t had my starting 11 on the field since our first scrimmage against [James H. Blake] in August,” Greene said. “I’ve not been able to play anyone, basically, where I want to play them. But I’m pretty sure no one feels sorry for us, and we wouldn’t want them to. I think if anyone underestimates us, they’re making a big mistake.” Fresh off its first division title in program history, Blake’s physicality allows it to match up well with anyone, giving the Bengals a good chance in the 4A North. Ten players have scored at least one goal for Blake, with five of them scoring four or more. The 2011 state champion, Watkins Mill and Wheaton, which is led by the region’s top scorer in Juan Castellon (10), are likely the favorites to come out of the county’s section of the 3A West but Damascus could be a dangerous floater. “I think we’re seeing parity at a level we’ve not seen before and it makes every game exciting,” Schuessler said. “I think every school is going into the state playoffs thinking they have as good a shot as anybody.”

cer-free, he is expected make a full recovery. Christianson has not been admitted to the hospital since April 2012 and has since been able to return to the soccer ﬁeld. “He just wasn’t himself,” said his mother, Mardith Christianson. “Andrew had never been sick. It is one of the most traumatic things you can go through as a mother and parent. It’s been tough, but he’s been so positive about it and I don’t think I could be as calm if he didn’t handle it as well as he has.” Added Andrew: “I just wasn’t feeling good — mainly just being tired — before [getting diagnosed]. The doctors

did tests for other things before they figured it out.” Christianson, who says his favorite professional team is D.C. United, began playing the sport in early elementary school. He then joined his first organized team with Montgomery Soccer, Inc. (MSI) and after sitting out most of the past two seasons to fight leukemia, he currently plays with the Olney Boys’ and Girls’ Club. “I never really got depressed or sad about being sick. It was a new challenge to overcome and something I didn’t really worry about, but it was tough not playing,” Christianson said. “Friends would ask to hang out and I just didn’t feel like it.”

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Damascus players take on extra duty

HOW THEY RANK The 10 best football teams in Montgomery County this week as ranked by The Gazette’s sports staff.

Rank

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

School

Swarmin’ Hornets’ players tag plays on tape before Friday’s game

7-0 5-4 6-1 7-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-2 5-2 4-3

Quince Orchard Cougars Good Counsel Falcons Bullis Bulldogs Gaithersburg Trojans Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets Northwest Jaguars Paint Branch Panthers Sherwood Warriors Seneca Valley Screaming Eagles Walt Whitman Vikings

60 54 46 43 36 31 24 16 13 4

Jalen Christian, Stephon Jacob and Andrew Bausch have a busy week. As aides for Damascus High School football coach Eric Wallich, those three tag video of opponents’ games

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK BY DAN FELDMAN with identifiers like down, distance, yard line, play type and formation to ease the scouting process. Though they’re required to trade just two weeks worth of video, Wallich and Seneca Valley coach Fred Kim agreed to trade all their games each season. So, that means extra work for Wallich’s aides. But Wallich said the experience can be valuable, saying his aides are “kind of like a [graduate assistant] in college — in high school.” They’re not

Also receiving votes: Clarksburg, 3.

LEADERS Top rushers Khalil Wilson, Einstein Isaac Boyd, Avalon Dage Davis, Geo. Prep Zac Morton, Whitman Charles Lyles, Poolesville Devonte Williams, Bullis Chris Dawson, G. Counsel E. Spottswood, Sherwood Kevin Joppy, Q. Orchard D. Sims, Wheaton

Carries 115 110 120 153 156 118 120 109 80 101

Top passers

Yards 1262 1126 1119 1094 1070 950 747 742 621 599

Cmp-Att. Chuck Reese, Rockville 186-295 Sam Ellis, Wootton 142-271 G. Cooper, P. Branch 102-181 Mike Murtaugh, Q. Orch. 69-112 Renzo Farfan, R. Mont. 105-188 Nick DeCarlo, G’burg 52-83 Evan Smith, Whitman 56-116 C. Hennessey, N’wood 71-152 S. Morningstar, Pooles. 54-103 Raymond Burtnick, Blair 44-102

Top receivers

Catches Jibri Woods, Wootton 50 Trevon Diggs, Wootton 55 Joey Cornwell, Rockville 51 Javonn Curry, P. Branch 36 Ryan Stango, P. Branch 30 Anthony Albert, Rockville 37 Michael Scott, Kennedy 29 Steven Kelly, B-CC 19 Louison Biama, Rockville 27 Phil Osborn, R. Mont. 32

Avg. 11.0 10.2 9.3 7.2 6.9 8.1 6.2 6.8 7.8 5.9

Yards 1985 1898 1383 1180 1158 906 742 728 643 619 Yards 684 646 608 544 489 447 444 420 393 386

Int. 9 9 5 4 5 4 8 8 7 5

Rivalry renewed

Record Points

TDs 11 22 15 11 8 15 10 9 12 6

Bullis, ranked in The Gazette’s top 5, can clinch at least a share of the Interstate Athletic Conference title with a win over unranked Landon his week. Sound familiar? That was also the case last year, when Landon upset Bullis 12-7 to clinch a share of the IAC title itself. Again, one of the county’s biggest rivalries carries championship implications for both teams. If Bullis (6-1 overall, 2-0 IAC) wins at 2 p.m. Saturday, it would clinch the title outTOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE right if it beats Espiscopal in two weeks or Episcopal loses Seneca Valley High School football coach Fred Kim talks to his team. to St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes this week. just tagging plays, but getting “I watch a lot of ﬁlm, and If Landon (2-4, 1-1) wins, in extra ﬁlm work in the pro- I study the little things that cess, especially because they people don’t notice to help it would clinch a share of the often must watch the same my teammates be successful,” title by beating St. Albans in two weeks and Episcopal losplay multiple times in order Christian said. “... I just mainly ing to either St. Stephen’s/St. to get every detail. Christian said his extra watch the pass plays, because Agnes this week or Bullis in responsibility to Wallich leads I’m a defensive back, and I try two weeks. to an extra responsibility to give our other defensive backs keys of what to look for.” his teammates. dfeldman@gazette.net

FEARLESS FORECASTS The Gazette sports staff picks the winners for this week’s games involving Montgomery football teams. Here are this week’s selections:

Montgomery County record All games

TDs 25 15 19 13 13 7 6 4 9 5

Poolesville vs. Wheaton Blair at Einstein Damascus at Seneca Valley Richard Montgomery at Wootton Walter Johnson at Whitman Springbrook at Churchill Paint Branch at Bethesda-Chevy Chase Clarksburg at Northwest Rockville at Magruder Quince Orchard vs. Gaithersburg Blake at Sherwood Spalding at Georgetown Prep Watkins Mill at South Hagerstown KIPP vs. Avalon Good Counsel at Bishop O’Connell Northwood at Kennedy Bullis at Landon

Avg. TDs 13.7 5 11.7 8 11.9 7 15.1 10 16.3 7 12.1 6 15.3 1 22.1 4 14.5 4 12.1 8

Bengals win North Division, 11 games for ﬁrst time in school history The James H. Blake’s boys’ soccer team accomplished two things it never had before, doing so against a bitter rival in Montgomery Blair, and in a game that featured of two of the better

SOCCER NOTEBOOK BY NICK CAMMAROTA AND JENNIFER BEEKMAN teams in Montgomery County. With Blake’s 2-1 double overtime victory against the Blazers, coach David Edlow’s club secured the 4A North Division title for the first time in school history and also eclipsed the 10-win mark, something Bengals teams of the past have never done. “It was just a special night all around,” Edlow said. “Our guys just go out every night and fight for one another. They want to do it as a team. It just shows how much hard work and discipline can do for the overall results.” Edlow — who has been at Blake for three years and won 30 games (10, 9, 11) — and his team now will receive a first-round bye in the 4A state playoffs and hold an 11-2-0 record. Their two losses came vs. Churchill and Wheaton. Against Blair, which had won eight in a row prior to Thursday night’s clash, Blake’s Tanner Williams scored both goals to cap a four-goal week after he returned from a four-week absence with an ankle injury. “We had that breaking point against Wheaton early which really turned our season around where we realized that no one person is too important to the team and if we all fight for each other, we’re going to get the results,” Edlow said.

HOW THEY RANK Boys n 1. Georgetown Prep n 2. James H. Blake n 3. Winston Churchill n 4. Montgomery Blair n 5. Clarksburg

Girls n 1. Good Counsel n 2. Bethesda-Chevy Chase n 3. Walt Whitman n 4. Damascus n 5. Holy Cross

As of Sunday night, the Bengals lead all of Montgomery County in scoring with 32 goals. The ﬁnishing has been balanced as six players have scored three or more times. Darien Waters is the leader with six, while Williams and Emmanuel Oppong both have ﬁve. Playmaker Raul Escobar has been key in the middle, assisting 12 goals and scoring four.

B-CC earns top seed Fresh off its Montgomery 4A South Division title, the BethesdaChevy Chase High School girls’ soccer team earned the No. 1 seed in its section of the Class 4A West Region bracket, released Monday. The Barons’ reward for a stellar run? A second-round matchup against either Winston Churchill or Walter Johnson, whose combined record is 13-8. This year’s reclassification came with a new region tournament structure in which each of the state’s four regions were divided into sections based on geography. When the ruling was announced last school year, Maryland Public Second-

Montgomery 4A South Division Team

Wootton* Whitman R. Montgomery B-Chevy Chase Walter Johnson* Churchill

All Div.

3-4 4-3 2-5 2-5 1-6 1-6

3-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-3

PF PA

183 119 141 132 158 173 92 181 40 199 39 212

Montgomery 4A East Division Team

Paint Branch Sherwood Springbrook* Blair Kennedy Blake

All Div.

6-1 5-2 3-4 3-4 2-5 1-6

4-0 2-0 2-2 1-3 1-2 0-3

PF PA

270 63 167 124 124 84 115 115 84 116 20 190

Montgomery 4A West Division Team

Gaithersburg Quince Orchard Northwest Clarksburg* Magruder

All Div.

7-0 7-0 6-1 4-3 1-6

3-0 2-0 1-1 0-2 0-3

PF PA

176 43 283 20 261 99 125 91 48 273

Montgomery 3A Division Team

Damascus Seneca Valley Einstein Rockville Watkins Mill Wheaton Northwood

All Div.

6-1 5-2 4-2 4-3 2-4 1-6 1-6

4-0 4-0 3-1 3-3 1-3 0-4 0-4

Montgomery 2A Independent Team

Poolesville

All

5-2 158 102

Private schools Team

PF PA

224 68 219 69 160 171 232 205 84 196 84 248 47 264

Bullis 6-1 231 88 Good Counsel 5-4 226 111 Georgetown Prep 4-3 208 162 Avalon 4-4 217 158 Landon 2-4 142 130 * Includes forfeit result

Last week’s scores

Ken Sain

Dan Feldman

Nick Cammarota

Travis Mewhirter

Jennifer Beekman

Kent Zakour

106-21 207-43

105-22 206-44

103-24 204-46

99-28 201-49

102-25 200-50

98-29 193-57

Poolesville Poolesville Poolesville Einstein Einstein Blair Damascus Damascus Damascus Wootton Wootton Wootton Whitman Whitman Whitman Springbrook Springbrook Springbrook Paint Branch Paint Branch Paint Branch Northwest Northwest Northwest Rockville Rockville Rockville Q. Orchard Q. Orchard Q. Orchard Sherwood Sherwood Sherwood Spalding Spalding Spalding S. Hagerstown S. Hagerstown S. Hagerstown Avalon Avalon Avalon Good Counsel Good Counsel Good Counsel Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Bullis Bullis Bullis

Blake accomplishes two milestones n

STANDINGS

ary Schools Athletic Association executive director Ned Sparks admitted it was mostly geared toward more rural areas of the state where schools within the same region are 160-plus miles apart rather than more self-contained areas like the all-Montgomery County 4A West. While coaches agree most any team within the 4A West is capable of beating another, there’s no denying one section is a good bit stronger, at least on paper. The realignment pits the majority of the perennial powers, which tend to hail from Bethesda and Potomac, together in the top section. The winner of that section, which will only land it in the region final, will have to weather a seven-team field that consists of four teams above .500 and an additional team at the .500 mark. The odd number in the bracket means that secondseeded Walt Whitman, fresh off its 3-0 victory against nationallyranked and Washington Catholic Athletic Conference favorite Our Lady of Good Counsel, does not get a first-round bye. B-CC and the top two seeds in the bottom section — Quince Orchard and Gaithersburg — will all have an extra day of rest. That, Whitman coach Greg Herbert said, could be a major factor in the later rounds. Though Quince Orchard (10-1-1) certainly isn’t a guaranteed region finalist — Northwest, Gaithersburg, Clarksburg and Thomas S. Wootton can all be dangerous floaters — Gaithersburg has four less wins. This isn’t the first year perennial powers will face off in the first round but in the previous structure, Churchill likely would’ve gotten the fourth seed and teams wouldn’t be so condensed. The best way to ensure the truly best team wins, Walter Johnson coach Liz Friedman said, would be to seed the brackets, top to bottom and craft the draw accordingly.

Poolesville Poolesville Einstein Einstein Damascus Damascus Wootton Wootton Whitman Whitman Springbrook Springbrook Paint Branch Paint Branch Northwest Northwest Rockville Rockville Q. Orchard Q. Orchard Sherwood Sherwood Spalding Spalding S. Hagerstown S. Hagerstown Avalon Avalon Good Counsel Good Counsel Kennedy Kennedy Bullis Bullis

Poolesville Einstein Damascus Wootton Whitman Springbrook Paint Branch Northwest Rockville Q. Orchard Sherwood Geo. Prep S. Hagerstown KIPP Good Counsel Kennedy Bullis

Seneca Valley 37, Watkins Mill 0 Northwood 14, Walter Johnson 7 Poolesville 34, Brunswick 6 Einstein 22, Wheaton 15 Damascus 43, Rockville 8 R. Montgomery 34, Churchill 0 Quince Orchard 42, Sherwood 7 Northwest 39, Wootton 17 Gaithersburg 40, Magruder 6 Clarksburg 21, B.-Chevy Chase 19 Whitman 28, Springbrook 13 Paint Branch 35, Blair 0 Kennedy 13, Blake 0 Good Counsel 49, Carroll 0 Bullis 47, St. Albans 0 Georgetown Prep 42, Anacostia 8 Landon 41, St. Ste. & St. Agnes 21 Avalon 48, Options 6

BEST BET No. 2 Quince Orchard vs. No. 4 Gaithersburg, 6:30 p.m.

Friday at Richard Montgomery. In one of a maximum of just four regular-season matchups between undefeated Maryland public-school teams this deep into the season, the inside track for the 4A West’s No. 1 seed is on the line.

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Clarksburg tailback turns a corner Quarterback proud to play for Seneca Valley

Coyotes’ Holland has attracted interest from several top Division I college programs

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

Junior running back Tavis Holland. Just saying it brings a smile to Clarksburg High School football coach Larry Hurd’s face. “Every time I think about that [he’s a junior] I smile,” Hurd said. “He’s going to get bigger, stronger and faster and he’s going to be even better [than he already is] next year.” Of course neither Holland, who has already received interest from several top Division I college programs, nor Hurd are thinking about next year just yet. The Coyotes’ mantra for the remaining weeks of the 2013 regular season is to go 1-0 each week as it comes. But it’s impossible not to take note of the tremendous stride Clarksburg’s rising star takes each week. Holland turned a big corner in Friday’s 21-19, come-from-behind win over visiting Bethesda-Chevy Chase in a game that was vital to Clarksburg’s Class 4A West Region tournament hopes. The Coyotes haven’t made the postseason since back-to-back appearances in 2007-08 when they were a 2A program. The first 24 minutes of Friday night’s game were not Holland’s finest. Through two quarters, the Coyotes’ leading rusher mustered only 8 yards of offense and had two passes to literally slip through his finger tips. The Holland of old — or even just a couple weeks ago — probably would’ve let that eat way at him for the remainder of the night, Hurd said. But he’s not that guy anymore and the multifaceted athlete sure picked a good game to prove it. With Clarksburg trailing 19-0 at halftime Friday and its playoff chances in danger of being completely thwarted, there was no time for Holland to dwell on the past. In a quick turnaround, he put forth a rather impressive display of versatility to rush for 107 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries, catch two passes and score on a 79-yard punt return. Clarksburg (3-3) is in a four-way tie for the fourth and final spot in the Class 4A West Region alongside Thomas S. Wootton, Walt Whitman and Montgomery Blair, but faces a tough test against third-place Northwest in Week 7. “At times in the past when things didn’t go his way [Holland] sometimes he had the tendency to shut down, but that’s not Tavis anymore,” Hurd said. “His maturity level picked up. If things aren’t going his way, he showed in the

Parents were classmates at Germantown school BY

DAN FELDMAN STAFF WRITER

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Clarskburg High School’s Tavis Holland skips past Bethesda Chevy Chase returning a punt to inside the Barons’ 10-yard line during Friday’s football game in Clarksburg. second half [Friday] that he’s a warrior and he’ll come back out to play.” Holland’s speed — forget about catching him once he gets around the outside — can present some challenges, for instance, much less time for decision making. Holland graciously credited his offensive line for creating the gaps through which he scurries and for making the blocks that allow him to keep going, but there’s something to be said for his incredible ﬁeld vision and overall football instincts. On Holland’s second touchdown of the night, which gave Clarksburg the lead, he very easily could’ve settled for a 69-yard punt return that would have given the Coyotes the ball inside the B-CC 10-yard line. After weaving his way through a cluster of B-CC players to the

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Seneca Valley High School quarterback Calvin Reighard practices with teammates on Oct. 16.

“Pretty much scripted the way you normally see it,” Kim said. Reighard hopes the epilogue includes playing college football — Monmouth, Georgetown, Shepherd, Towson, Delaware and Stony Brook have shown interest. But for now, he’s just cherishing playing for Seneca Valley. One of Reighard’s favorite aspects of Seneca Valley football is the long walk to the ﬁeld before home games. The team exits the weight room and passes the girls’ locker room, where the opponents suit up. Reighard always tries to listen through the wall to what they’re saying. Once he heard someone say, “These guys aren’t as good as they think they are.” Seneca Valley won that game in a blowout. The players continue by a display case with Seneca Valley’s state record 12 state-championship trophies, through a door outside and past cheering junior varsity players to the ﬁeld. It’s a trek Reighard will make again this Friday, when No. 9 Seneca Valley hosts No. 5 Damascus. In a loss to Damascus last season, Reighard threw a crucial interception that was returned for a touchdown, so he’s especially looking forward to this game. “I want to redeem myself for that and redeem Seneca Valley,” Reighard said. dfeldman@gazette.net

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right sideline he was met by two defenders just short of the end zone. Without missing a beat Holland managed to stop on a dime, plant his right foot and juke left, right around the obstacle, and surge ahead the ﬁnal 10 yards. Holland has the moves, the passion and the smarts, Hurd said. And the most exciting part is he’s a junior, just tapping into his potential. “Isn’t that a wonderful thing?” Hurd said. “He can run, he can catch, he can do it all. There are going to be some times when you might see him in the backﬁeld. He can throw too, people better watch out for that. He’s going to be at the next level. He’s going to play on Saturdays and he’s going to be on TV.”

Calvin Reighard ran around his grandparents’ basement screaming. As long as Reighard can remember, his family holds a table-tennis tournament on Thanksgiving and a Madden tournament on Christmas. Reighard said he always wins the Madden tournament, calling the football video game “my thing.” But the ping-pong tournament really tapped into his competitive nature. “Ever since I was little, I always wanted to win everything,” Reighard said. Reighard ﬁrst played in the tournament, held in his grandparents’ basement in Frederick and typically comprised of about 12 participants, when he was about 6. He didn’t win a single match until he was about 10. “Probably, I beat my mom,” Reighard said. Reighard eventually got better and developed a rivalry with his older cousin, Zack Sheahin, but always lost to him when they met in the tournament. Finally, Reighard bested Sheahin last year and celebrated so loudly, his family upstairs worried about what was happening in the basement. Then, everyone calmed down to eat and watch the NFL, combining two of Reighard’s favorite things: his Seneca Valley-loving family and football. Reighard’s parents were classmates at Seneca Valley, and many of his other family members also attended the school, where he’s now the starting quarterback. “He was pretty much born and bred to be a Screaming Eagle,” Seneca Valley coach Fred Kim said. Reighard played one varsity game as a freshman (and loved that), spending most of the season as the junior varsity starter, and then spent his entire sophomore year as the varsity backup (and hated that). Those seasons prepared him for his junior year, when he broke multiple program records. This season, he’s helped Seneca Valley to a 5-2 record. In many ways, Reighard is the prototypical high school quarterback. He’s a good leader, strongarmed and the homecoming king.

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WE CAME AS ROMANS

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Metal band We Came As Romans is set to play the Fillmore Silver Spring on Tuesday.

Young metal band celebrates release of new CD with nationwide tour

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

WILL C. FRANKLIN STAFF WRITER

Bands created in high school rarely stay together. Sometimes life gets in the way and friendships tend to dissolve over time. For the metal band We Came As Romans, things are only getting better. Fresh off the release of their latest album, “Tracing Back Roots,”

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which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, We Came As Romans is set to play on Tuesday at the Fillmore Silver Spring. “It was a whole different process than what we’re used to,” said Joshua Moore, the band’s lyricist and lead guitarist, about putting the new album together. “We went with a different producer and we recorded in a different state. It was like a breath of fresh air for us.” “Tracing Back Roots,” is the band’s third studio album. Their

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WE CAME AS ROMANS n When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday

n Where: Fillmore Silver Spring, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring

n Tickets: $20 n For information: 301-960-9999; ﬁllmoresilverspring.com

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VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

Singer Julie Fowlis sang two songs in English — “Touch the Sky” and “Into the Open Air” — for the 2012 Disney/Pixar animated movie “Brave” about a heroine in 10th century Scotland. But her primary language is Scottish Gaelic, the language she will perform in her “Music of the Scottish Isles” concerts on Friday and Saturday at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. “It’s the ﬁrst language of my children and my mother — to us it’s very much a major language,” she said.

Scottish singer Julie Fowlis will perform traditional Gaelic songs accompanied by instruments on Friday and Saturday at the BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown. Fowlis sang two songs in English for the Disney/ Pixar animated movie “Brave.” PHOTO BY MICHELLE FOWLIS

Last year, Thile was one of the recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, or “Genius Grant.”

Fowlis and her band will host a onehour workshop about traditional Scottish songs before the Saturday concert. Preceding the concert Friday, BlackRock will host its ﬁrst-ever tasting event, a sampling of ﬁve Scotch whiskies not sold

BRANTLEY GUTIERREZ

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Genre-hopping n

Punch Brothers frontman readies for solo show in North Bethesda BY

CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER

Ask Grammy Award-winning musician Chris Thile about classifying music and he’ll tell you there are two genres: “good music and bad music.” “And I would love to be a part

of making music that falls into the former,” he said. At 32, the musical prodigy has seen more success than most musicians can hope for in a career. In 2003, Thile’s ﬁrst band, Nickel Creek, won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album for their record, “This Side.” In 2006, he founded his current band, Punch Brothers. One of the band’s latest projects includes recording the soundtrack for “In

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CHRIS THILE n When: 8 p.m. Oct. 30 n Where: The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda n Tickets: $26$36 n For information: 301-581-5100, strathmore.org

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Montgomery College’s Department of Visual Arts and Design will present “Rainforest/Christmas

Tree: Frank Hallam Day” in the King Street Gallery, from Thursday to Nov. 28. The exhibit opens with

a reception from 6–8 p.m. Thursday. An artist talk will follow from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 30. Both will be held at the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, where the gallery is located. The exhibit includes new works from the Washington, D.C., artist and photographer’s travels to Sudan, Ethiopia, and Ghana in 2012 and 2013, expanding on his interest in history and culture and examining the adaptation, appropriation, and resiliency of indigenous cultures through their contact with inﬂuPHOTO BY FRANK HALLAM DAY ences of globalization. Day has “Flag Shack, Assin Foso, 2003.” taught photography at the Washington Center for Photography and at the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, visit cms.montgomerycollege.edu/arts-tpss/exhibitions.

Classic jazz The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Chevy Chase Prebysterian Church,

One Chevy Chase Circle, NW, bringing audiences their blend of small group swing and New Orleans and Chicago style. Featuring six instrumentalists, the band’s repertoire includes Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, JOEL ALBERT Benny Goodman, George The Conservatory Classic Jazz Band will perform Sunday at Chevy Gershwin, Cole Porter and Chase Presbyterian Church. Hoagy Carmichael, among many others. A free will offering will be accepted, and a reception will follow the concert. For more information, visit www.chevychasepc.org. Visit www.ccjazzband.com.

Dead and loving it

JOHN E. MARLOW GUITAR SERIES

Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux.

The John E. Marlow Guitar Series will present classical guitarist Jason Vieaux in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational Church, Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. A preconcert lecture is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Vieaux has performed around the world, playing works from the standard repertoire including Johann Sebastian Bach but also embracing the music of Duke Ellington and Pat Metheny. Tickets are $35 for adults, $17.50 for ages 18-22, and free for those younger than 18. For more information, visit www.marlowguitar.org.

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A screening of “The Return of the Living Dead” at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center will coincide with the return of the Silver Spring Zombie Walk on Saturday.

A screening of Dan O’Bannon’s animated corpse classic, “The Return of the Living Dead,” will cap off the Silver Spring Zombie Walk on Saturday at the event’s destination point, the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. Because of ongoing sidewalk construction on Georgia Avenue, this year’s route will use the sidewalk on Fenton Street to head north to downtown (instead of Georgia Avenue). Gathering occurs at 8 p.m., with the walk beginning at Sligo Avenue and Georgia Avenue at 9 p.m. O’Bannon’s 1985 horror flick finds a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally releasing a deadly gas into the air, which causes the dead to rise and rampage through Louisville, Ky. The film begins at 10:15 p.m., followed by a midnight screening of “Shaun of the Dead.” For more information, visit www.afi.com/ silver. Visit www.silverspringzombiewalk. com.

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Pilot Andrew King of Vienna, Va., ﬂies over an Indiana ﬁeld in “Barnstorming.”

‘Barnstorming,’ ‘Choc’late Soldiers’ to screen at ﬁlm festival BY

VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

Independent filmmaker Bryan Reichhardt of Silver Spring wasn’t sure what to expect when he hopped in a car with friend Paul Glenshaw in 2009 and headed to rural Ohio to catch up with some antique airplane pilots. But he’s glad he did. The trip turned into the 49-minute feature documentary “Barnstorming,” which will screen on Sunday at the Bow Tie Cinemas in Reston, Va. “Barnstorming” is one of 41 films included in the third annual Washington West Film Festival running today to Sunday at several venues in Northern Virginia. “Barnstorming” follows two antique airplane pilots on their way back from a big air show in Oshkosh, Wis., who spotted an alfalfa field and decided to land to take pictures. The Dirksen family who owned the farm invited them in — and also invited them back — for what has become a yearly tradition to entertain enthralled children and visit with local families that have become good friends. “They come back year after year — it’s a big event,” said Reichhardt’s wife, singer/songwriter Suzanne Brindamour, who wrote the music for the film. The filmmakers will attend the screening for a Q&A session.

PHOTOS BY PAUL GLENSHAW

“Barnstorming” by independent ﬁlmmakers Bryan Reichhardt and Paul Glenshaw of Silver Spring screens Sunday at the Washington West Film Festival in Reston, Va.

WASHINGTON WEST FILM FESTIVAL

Check schedule for times and locations.

n When: Today through Sunday

n Tickets: $5 to $50 depending on event.

n Where: Venues in Reston, Fairfax and Rosslyn, Va.

n For a complete listing of ﬁlms and events: wwﬁlmfest.com

Showing at the Washington West Film Festival on Saturday is a documentary by College Heights filmmaker Noel “Sonny” Izon about 140,000 black American soldiers stationed in Britain in preparation for the D-Day landings, where they were welcomed by English citizens. The 58-minute “Choc’late Soldiers from the USA,” will screen at the Angelika Film Center & Café in Fairfax, Va. One million African-Americans served during World War II, but many newsreels of the day showed only Caucasian faces, said Izon. “The iconic images of the

stories of World War II are pretty much white,” he said. African-Americans liberated towns and concentration camps, but when they got home, they were still treated like second-class citizens, said Izon. “Choc’late Soldiers from the USA” screened at the GI Film Festival in Arlington in May and will show at a festival in Bakersfield, Calif., on Nov. 8, he said. “We’re showing it at a dozen film festivals to refine it and give us the time to raise the completion funds,” said Izon, who plans to add music performed by an orchestra. Izon has partnered with actor Joe Mantegna from the TV

show “Criminal Minds” to look for a distributor. They hope to show the film on a cable TV channel and ultimately PBS. An earlier ﬁlm directed by Izon, “An Untold Triumph,” about the contributions of the 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment during World War II, debuted nationally on PBS in 2005 and ran for four years, reaching millions of viewers. “I like to deal with history, the untold stories that have been left out of our historical narrative,” said Izon. “I want to complete our national narrative.” Also scheduled for Saturday is a visit by Emmy-award winner Ed Asner, who will speak about a 12-minute short, “Good Men,” in which he appears with a longtime friend, director Mark Rydell. In the ﬁlm, the two get into a heated discussion about the Holocaust, conspiracy theories and the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City.

Following the movie, Asner and Rydell will also do a reading of “Oxymorons,” a short play by Brian Connors, who also wrote and directed “Good Men.” Also screening are fulllength movies, including “Just a Sigh” starring Gabriel Byrne, and a 10th anniversary screening of “Bruce Almighty” starring Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston. Tom Shadyac, director of “Bruce Almighty,” will be present for a Q&A session. There are also two collections of shorts screening on Friday and again Saturday, and, for the first time, films made by students at George Mason University in Fairfax. This year also marks the first year for films from a specific foreign country. This year the focus is on Lithuania. Released in 2010, “Barnstorming” has appeared on PBS stations around the country but Sunday is the first time it has appeared on screen in the

Washington, D.C., area, said Reichhardt, who edited the film and co-produced it with Glenshaw. They had heard about the annual fly-in at the farm in Indiand had been encouraged to do a film about it. “We almost didn’t go, because there was no funding for it,” said Reichhardt, who decided to go anyway. “We were shooting everything we saw,” said Reichhardt, who also brought along his nephew, Mark Betancourt, who also shot footage. “We quickly knew we had something,” said Reichhardt. “We knew we had something special.” Three years later, the memory of the annual fly-in sticks with him. “Just being a part of it is so peaceful, friendly and fun,” he said.

monic: Romantic Sentiments, 3 p.m. Oct. 27; Voice, 7 p.m. Oct. 30-31; Chris Thile, 8 p.m. Oct. 30; Voice; Bootsy Collins, 8 p.m. Oct. 31, call for venue, Locations:

Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-5815100, www.strathmore.org.

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IN THE ARTS Hollywood Ballroom, Oct. 25, drop-in lessons from 7:30-9 p.m., West Coast Swing Dancing with Dance Jam Productions at 9 p.m. ($15); Oct. 26, Latin Night with Mr. Mambo, workshops from 8-10 p.m., dance from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. ($18 for workshop and dance; $15 for dance only); Oct. 27, free Waltz lesson at 7 p.m., Social Ballroom at 8 p.m. ($16); Oct. 30, free International Quickstep Routine lesson at 7:30 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8:15 p.m., ($16); Tea Dance from 12:30–3:30 p.m. ($6); 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, www.hollywoodballroomdc.com Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Blues, Capital Blues: Thurs-

days, 8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9-11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8, www.capitalblues.org. Contra, Oct. 25, Will Mentor with Perpetual Emotion, 7:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 p.m. dance, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $10, www. fridaynightdance.org. Contra & Square, Oct. 27, Costume Dance with Perpetual e-Motion, Will Mentor calling, 7:30 p.m., Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $12 for general, $9 for members, $5 for students, www. fsgw.org. English Country, Oct. 23, Special Guest Jacqueline Schwab on piano; Oct. 30, Caller: Marth Siegel, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), www.fsgw.org. Now and Then Dance Stu-

dio, Saturday Ballroom dances,

second and fourth Saturdays, beginner group lesson at 8 p.m., open dancing at 9 p.m., $10 cash at door (all men admitted at half price throughout October), 10111 Darnestown Road, Rockville. 301424-0007, www.nowandthendancestudios.com. Scottish Country Dancing, 8-10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240505-0339. Swing, Nov. 9, WWII Canteen Dance with the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra; Dec. 14, Daryl Davis, lesson at 8 p.m., dancing at 9 p.m., Glen Echo Park, $15, www.ﬂyingfeet.org. Waltz, Oct. 6, Larry, Elke and Friends; Oct. 20, Gigmeisters, 2:45-3:30 p.m. lesson, 3:30-6 p.m., dance, $10, www.waltztimedances.org.

MUSIC & DANCE Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Gotta Swing Dance with

Shannon Gunn & The Bullettes, 8 p.m. Oct. 23 (beginner lesson at 7:30 p.m.); Elikeh Afropop Band wtih Djesben, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24; Art Sherrod Jr. with special guest Ann Nesby, 8 p.m. Oct. 25; Marcus Johnson, 8 p.m. Oct. 26; Trio Caliente, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27; First Annual Grand Masquerade with Doc Scantlin, 8 p.m. Oct. 31; Eddie Palmieri’s Latin Jazz Septet, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1-2; Avon Lucas,

7:30 p.m. Nov. 3; Emmanuel Triﬁlio Tango Trio, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6; Familiar Faces, 8 p.m. Nov. 8, call for prices, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, www. bethesdabluesjazz.com.

Workshop: Crossover Techniques for Bach, Bluegrass and Beyond, 10 a.m. Oct. 26; Ikebana: Japanese Flower Power Workshop, noon, Oct. 26; National

BlackRock Center for the Arts, Julie Fowlis, 8 p.m. Oct. 25-26, Della Mae, 8 p.m. Nov. 2; Thomas Pandolﬁ, 3 p.m. Nov. 3; District Comedy, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; call for tickets, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-5282260, www.blackrockcenter.org. Fillmore Silver Spring, Austin Mahone, 7 p.m. Oct. 23; Journey’s Noise Tour Featuring 3OH!3, 7 p.m. Oct. 24; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 8 p.m. Oct. 25; Ben Rector, The Walking In Between Tour, with Tyrone Wells, 8:30 p.m. Oct. 26; Chance the Rapper, 7 p.m. Oct. 27; We Came as Romans, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29; Cristian Castro with special guests Lazaro, 8 p.m. Oct. 30; Jessie Ware — Fall Tour 2013 with special guest Mikky Ekko, 8 p.m. Oct. 31; House of Blues 20th Anniversary Presents Third Eye Blind, 8 p.m. Nov. 1, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-960-9999, FillmoreSilverSpring.com, www. livenation.com. Institute of Musical Traditions — Takoma Park, A Civil War

Scrapbook: CD Release with Hesperus & Maggies Music, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13; Takoma Park Community Center, call for prices, times, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, 301-960-3655, www.imtfolk.org. Institute of Musical Traditions — Rockville, Rafe & Clelia

Stefanini CD Release, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4; Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, call for prices, www.imtfolk.org. Strathmore, Afternoon Tea, 1 p.m. Oct. 23, 29-30; The Mancuso-Suzda Project, avant garde jazz duo, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23; BSO: Brahms’ Third Symphony, 8 p.m. Oct. 24; Maurice Steger Trio, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25; WPAS: Yuja Wang, piano, 8 p.m. Oct. 25; Mandolin

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Philharmonic: Mostly Schumann - Zuill Bailey Cello Recital, 3:30 p.m. Oct. 26; National Philharmonic: Romantic Sentiments, 8 p.m. Oct. 26; National Philhar-

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Annual literary festival honors ‘Great Gatsby’ author BY

CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER

On Saturday, Montgomery College will host the 17th annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival. The oneday event featuring writing workshops, literary discussions and the presentation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Outstanding Achievement in American Literature Award is sponsored by the college, the city of Rockville and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference Inc. “I don’t know that when we started we thought it would be going 17 years,” said Jackson Bryer, president of the conference. The city of Rockville started the event in 1996 to honor what would have been the author’s 100th birthday. Fitzgerald, best known for his 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby,” had roots in Montgomery County and is buried at Saint Mary’s Church Cemetery in Rockville. This year’s recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in American Literature Award is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler. Butler has written 14 novels and six books of

short stories. His first volume of short stories, “A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain,” won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. This year’s festival will also feature the annual presentation of the short story contest winner as well as a screening of the 1949 and 1974 film versions of “The Great Gatsby,” followed by a panel discussion about the films in comparison to the 2013 Buz Lurhmann version. Other authors will be in attendance Saturday, including R. Clifton Spargo who spent part of his childhood in Rockville and recently released the novel “Beautiful Fools: The Last Affair of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald.” Spargo is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a cultural critic for the Huffington Post and serves as the Provosts’ Postgraduate visiting writer in fiction in the department of English at the University of Iowa. “Beautiful Fools” is the fictional account of Fitzgerald and Zelda’s real life trip to Cuba toward the end of their lives. “The true part of the novel is the two take a trip to Cuba and not a lot is known about the trip,” Spargo said. “It was the last time they would see each other but there’s no way they would know that. It was the last chance at a great love.”

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R. Clifton Spargo, a Rockville native, is one of the featured speakers at the festival and the author of “Beautiful Fools,” a 2013 novel about the Fitzgeralds.

A Fitzgerald expert who’s taught the author’s work on the undergraduate and graduate level, Spargo counts the author as one of his ﬁrst literary loves. He said as his interest in Fitzgerald grew

over the years, so did his fascination with the woman in his life. “As I grew in my love of Scott, I became just enthralled by Zelda,” Spargo said. “It had always struck me that there was this gaping hole at the end of their lives. This was an opportunity to tell that story that no one really knew ...” Before writing the novel, Spargo read and re-read about 20 books on the Fitzgeralds. And although the author said he knows “their lives in and out as a biographer,” Spargo said it’s important to recognize the distinction between a biographer and his role as a novelist. “A biography is an imperfect art,” Spargo said. “A biography captures famous scenes but it’s not really capturing what it’s like to be Scott or Zelda.” In fact, according to Spargo, Fitzgerald himself wasn’t a fan of biographies, especially for writers because “[writers] are too many people.” “I would like to think he would have more appreciation for the novel because it’s trying to capture the lived life,” Spargo said. “Beautiful Fools,” which was released in May, is intended for the average reader with a surface knowledge of Fitzgerald’s life. Spargo said he’s interested in the reaction from the literary festival audience, many of whom are Fitzgerald experts.

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD LITERARY FESTIVAL n When: Saturday, see website for speciﬁc event times n Where: Montgomery College, 51 Manakee St., Rockville n Tickets: See website for speciﬁc event prices n For information: 301-309-9461, cms.montgomerycollege.edu

“The average person knows a few things about Scott and Zelda so you’re writing to an audience that isn’t specialized in the knowledge,” Spargo said. “At the festival, there will be a mix, historians ... For the Fitzgerald experts, there’s all sorts of ways the book plays on things in [Fitzgerald and Zelda’s] lives and how they might have been remembering them.” More than just Fitzgerald aﬁcionados, Bryer said the festival is an opportunity for literature fans to gather. “I think it brings literary ﬁgures to Rockville,” he said. “... It gives the citizens at all levels an opportunity to avail themselves of the expertise.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

AT THE MOVIES

‘Carrie’ remake has big, bloody footprints to ﬁll BY

MICHAEL PHILLIPS CHICAGO TRIBUNE

With her wide-eyed glare of grave intensity, the actress Chloe Grace Moretz appears destined for her share of artfully crafted, slightly unnecessary horror remakes. She starred in “Let Me In,” the American version of the terriﬁc Swedish vampire picture “Let the Right One In.” And now she takes on director Kimberly Peirce’s remake of “Carrie,” a work of smooth conﬁdence and a humane, dimensionally human brand of horror. You’d expect this from Peirce, who made “Boys Don’t Cry,” among others. The direc-

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tor puts Moretz in the sad, fierce role of Carrie White, the putupon telekinetic high school student introduced in the 1974 Stephen King novel. Carrie’s psychotically fundamentalist mother, played in the new film by Julianne Moore, goes beyond the usual notions of “helicopter” parenting, and makes the concept of Bible-thumping literal. Moore seizes the day without going crazy with excess; like the rest of the film, her portrayal takes care to humanize the demonic cruelty on screen. Those with little or no personal relationship to the 1976 Brian De Palma-directed “Carrie” will find themselves in a

different situation than I am on this one. I admit it. If I didn’t love Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie quite so madly in that movie — a ﬁlm representing drive-in schlock elevated to Himalayan heights, with two of the great 1970s performances leading the way — I might’ve fallen further into the world of the remake. With all movies, really, we bring the baggage we bring. Some things are different, others are the same. Peirce delivers none of the voyeuristic nudity of the ‘76 edition. Even with the various killings in the promnight climax, when Carrie, slathered in pig’s blood poured by her enemies, takes revenge,

CARRIE n 2 1/2 stars n R; 99 minutes n Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne More, Judy Greer n Directed by Kimberly Peirce

Peirce stages and shoots the action tastefully by R-rated horror standards. Even this remake’s arresting prologue, depicting the bloody birth of Carrie into the conflicted, scissors-wielding hands of her unstable mother, has an air of restraint. The director, in other words, isn’t an showboater or a sadist or a combination of the two, the way De Palma was behind the camera in the first “Carrie” movie, or the way Steven Spielberg tortured audiences with elan in that other ’70s blackcomic thriller classic, “Jaws.” The question is: Is tasteful better with this material? In its story contours the screenplay credited to Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Cohen wrote the ’76 version) hits its marks. It stays faithful to King and (relatively) to the De Palma film and gets the job done in workmanlike fashion. The acting’s strong; in addition to Moretz and Moore, Judy Greer is a welcome presence in the Betty Buckley role of the sympathetic gym instructor. But something’s missing from this well-made venture. What’s there is more than respectable, while staying this side of surprising.

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Julianne Moore stars in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Screen Gem’s horror thriller “Carrie.”

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Consumers ﬁnd wine labels to be a sticky situation worldwide Wine labels are funny things. With the hundreds of unique winemaking varietals, numerous different methods and an entire world of unique regions, you would think that wine labels would be designed to be models of clarity in order to assist a consumer in making an educated purchase. If only that were true.

GRAPELINES LOUIS MARMON It is unusual to see European wine labeled with the name of the grapes in the bottle, despite the fact that many in the American market would like to know that information. Instead a Bordeaux or Burgundy label notes the name of the property (“Chateau” or

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Continued from Page B-5 side Llewyn Davis,” a Coen Brothers film about fictional folk singer Llewyn Davis, due out next month. Thile has contributed vocals and instrumentals to some of the biggest names in country including Keith Urban and Eric Church. Now, Thile is out on a solo tour promoting his latest album, “Bach: Sonatas and Partitas Vol. 1.” The album features 16 tracks — all pieces written for solo violin and played by Thile on his mandolin. The tour kicked off Oct. 1 and Thile will play at Strathmore on Oct. 30, a venue he’s played in the past with Punch Brothers. “The overall vibe I got from the [Strathmore] crowd was that they were there to listen and to enjoy,” Thile said. “Sometimes you get a crowd that’s only there to listen and you feel like a zoo exhibit. Or you get a crowd that’s only there to enjoy and you feel like a deejay or something ... As a performing musician, I want to feel like I’m performing with people and not for them, especially in a solo position, it gets lonely up there.” Though he’s best known as a bluegrass or folk musician, due in large part to his expertise on the mandolin, Thile said releasing a record of classical music didn’t feel like a stretch. “For me, playing Bach is far less about dipping my toe into the classical music genre and more about wanting to interact with great music,” Thile said. “It’s important to note that because the mandolin is toned exactly like the violin, it’s exactly the same ... It’s not quite the leap of faith it might first appear.” Leap of faith or not, Thile’s latest feat is impressive, especially for someone who didn’t grow up playing classical music. “At a certain point along the way, my grandmothers

“Domaine”) and has a smattering of French that tells such fundamentally useless stuff to the average consumer like where the wine was bottled. Italian and Spanish wines mostly follow this pattern. And don’t even get me started about German wine labeling which require an advanced language degree to comprehend. The casual wine drinker may not be aware that Chablis and other white Burgundies are made from Chardonnay, Beaujolais from Gamay, Nebbiolo is the principle grape in Barolo and Barbaresco, Tempranillo dominates in Rioja, and wines from Bordeaux are most commonly a blend of up to ﬁve varietals, while the southern Rhone region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape permits the blending of up to 13 different grapes. And that is just the beginning of

both introduced me to Bach and the world of written-down music,” Thile said. “I taught myself how to read music and realized written-down music didn’t have to be stuffy. That was huge.” Growing up in Kentucky, Thile was inﬂuenced by folk and bluegrass music, though again, he’s hesitant to differentiate. “When you say bluegrass, one person could think of music started by Bill Monroe ... you say bluegrass to someone else and they think of the old TV show ‘Hee Haw.’” Call it whatever you want, but Thile grew up listening to mostly folk music on radio programs like “A Prairie Home Companion.” His mother played violin and piano as a hobby while his father played the bass and worked as a piano technician. “Listening to music was our family pastime,” Thile said. By the age of 5, Thile was learning the mandolin from renowned mandolinist, guitarist and vocalist John Moore. He also counts bassist and composer Edgar Meyer as a major inﬂuence who Thile said “took [him] under [his] wing.” Last year, Thile was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “Genius Grant.” It’s given annually to between 20 and 40 people in any field who show “exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work.” Oddly enough, Thile, who’s been touring tirelessly for the last several years, said the prestigious grant will actually allow for some down time. “What I’m really looking forward to is the opportunity to take six months off and do some thinking,” Thile said. “I’ve been on output mode for the last seven or eight years. I’m ready to go back to input mode and the MacArthur Fellowship will certainly help me do that.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

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Chris Thile of the Punch Brothers will perform at Strathmore on Oct. 30

a long and confusing list. American origin wine labels are better but still can be incomplete and misleading. US Department of Treasury regulations permit the use of a single varietal name, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, on the label as long as at least 75 percent of the wine is made from that varietal and it all originates from a single location (appellation). What composes the other 25 percent is left to the imagination or a search on the winery’s website. And the wine’s alcohol content can be equally as vague since the number on the label and the actual alcohol by content (ABV) may vary by law. So a wine listed as 13.3 percent ABV may really range from 11.8 to 14 percent, while those stated as 14 percent may truly be 15 percent. Doesn’t look like much but alcohol content is important to many

consumers since it implies a certain style of winemaking and knowing the ABV may inﬂuence purchasing decisions. Another issue is the use of undeﬁned terms on the label such as “reserve” and “barrel select.” What exactly does “old vines” mean? 25 years? 50 years? Older than the winemaker? And how much of the wine needs to originate from these vines to achieve this designation? The Treasury Department has been considering tightening the use of such terms since 2010 and are scheduled to make a decision sometime next year. Until any new regulations are implemented, we will still see nebulous jargon including “estate bottled” and “old clones” on the front of bottles The label on the back of the bottle can be more helpful by providing fur-

ther information about the grapes, location and winemaking approach. But sometimes they are just meaningless marketing stories matching the misinformation seen elsewhere on the bottle. Many labels are creative and entertaining, adorned with artwork, animal illustrations, and even braille or “scratch and sniff” stickers that may entice a purchase of an unfamiliar bottle. Some wineries haven’t ever changed their labels while others replace their designs annually. Clearly front labels are critical to wine marketing, but is there any reason why they cannot be more accurate and informative? We all would beneﬁt from a bit more clarity regarding the varietals, ABV and the terms on the front label, which could only enhance consumer’s comfort and facilitate sales.

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Continued from Page B-5 previous album, “Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be,” peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart. Moore said he wasn’t surprised the album did so well. “I don’t mean that to sound cocky or full of myself,” Moore said. “When the CD is done and John Feldmann [who produced the album] is telling me how great of a record it is and I’m listening to it over and over while it’s going through the mixing phase — I guess I just really believed in the CD. So when we had a really good ﬁrst week, it wasn’t like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s what I expected,’ but it wasn’t like this massive shock to me. I was really happy that our fans really enjoyed it the way that I do.” We Came As Romans formed when ﬁve high school guys from Troy, Mich., decided they wanted to play music together. The lineup has changed over the past few years, but Moore said being able to go out and do their own thing has really helped the band stay together. “Everyone has their different techniques or habits on the road,” Moore said. “Like today we have an off day, and I’m the only one sitting on the bus. Kyle [Pavone] is out visiting some extended family, Eric [Choi] stayed with some friends last night, Andy [Glass] is in our hotel room … I think he’s doing some T-shirt designs, and I just saw Dave [Stephens] walk back from somewhere. I mean, everyone just kind of keeps themselves occupied on days off. It’s just a really good day to refresh and recharge yourself. After touring

Metal band We Came As Romans is set to play the Fillmore Silver Spring on Tuesday. for six years now, we’ve all found the things that help us replenish that energy lost throughout the week of playing shows.” Moore didn’t grow up with heavy metal music. In fact, it wasn’t until he joined the band that he started listening to the kind of music We Came As Romans plays. “When I ﬁrst joined the band eight years ago, I did not listen to any heavy music at all,” Moore said. “If there was music with screaming in it, I would fast forward the screaming part. It was OK that my band was doing it — it was cool because it was my band — but I didn’t like it when any other band did it. I don’t

know why. The ﬁrst few months of being in my band, back when I was 16, it was weird because I got exposed to all these heavy bands at once. “The typical band that every musician and everyone in a band that plays heavy music likes and loves was inﬂuenced by Montrose.” Montrose was a heavy metal band based in California in the late 1970s with former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar as the lead singer. “I honestly think it’s just that they did it better than every single band I listened to and every single band that guys in other bands have listened to. They

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were a huge, huge inﬂuence to my band.” Moore said he hopes audiences and fans really pick up on the message behind the band’s songs. “It’s different from what a lot of bands are doing,” Moore said. “When we ﬁrst started with it, it was different than what pretty much any other band was doing. The heavy music scene wasn’t near as developed as it is now, but when we started, there weren’t a lot of bands at all trying to put out the message that we had. And that’s just been our thing ever since.” wfranklin@gazette.net

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Continued from Page B-5 in retail stores. The event is sponsored by the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society of America. “My father is a connoisseur of whiskey — I’ll be reporting back to him,” Fowlis laughed. Fowlis grew up in the Outer Hebrides, a string of islands that buffer the Scottish mainland from the North Atlantic. The islands have been producing Harris tweed for hundreds of years. “It’s become incredibly fashionable,” said Fowlis about the fortunes of the old and durable material. “You can see it on the cover of ‘Vogue.’” The islands are the last place in the world where people speak Scottish Gaelic as their first language, said Fowlis, who grew up hearing it around the house along with English. But it wasn’t until she began studying classical music at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow that she began singing and researching traditional Scottish music. Clans, she said, used to engage poets to write elegies for chiefs who had died and songs of praise for their successors. “They had a really strong oral tradition, and many of the songs were never written down,” said Fowlis, who also sings work songs about fishing, churning butter and milking cows. Traveling with her and her band to BlackRock is her husband, Eamonn Doorley, who speaks Irish Gaelic and performs with the traditional Irish band Danú. A Celtic language, Gaelic diverged over time in Scotland and Ireland but today the two still share many of the same words. Fowlis said she and her husband speak both versions at home with their children. “We all understand each other,” Fowlis said. The BlackRock concerts will feature traditional songs, some of them hundreds of years old, accompanied by guitars, fiddles, bagpipes and the bouzouki, a lute-like instrument from Greece that became popular in Ireland in the 1970s. “It works well with our scales and moods, it fits into our melodic structure,” she said.

PHOTO BY MICHELLE FOWLIS

JULIE FOWLIS: MUSIC OF THE SCOTTISH ISLES n Performances: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday n Scotch tasting: 6 p.m. Friday n Gaelic workshop: 5 p.m. Saturday n Where: BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown n Tickets: $32 for performance only; $65 for performance and tasting. Workshop is free. n For information: 240-912-1058; blackrockcenter.org; juliefowlis.com

Fowlis will talk about some songs from the stage, but also let the sounds and rhythms of other songs speak for them-

selves. “Some people don’t want to know [what the words mean],” she said. “They just want to let the music to wash over them.” In the same way that Harris tweed is enjoying a renewed popularity, so is Scottish Gaelic, in part due to the Fowlis’ broadcasts on the BBC and her touring in the United Kingdom and overseas. In 2008, she was named Scotland’s ﬁrst Gaelic Ambassador by the Scottish Parliament, an honor she treasures. “There’s been a resurgence in the last few years,” she said. “It’s ﬁnding its place in the modern world.” Fowlis’ singing helps preserve her culture and she’s glad it also entertains audiences. “We love what we do,” she said. “I hope everyone enjoys [the concerts] and has a laugh, and experiences something of Scotland on their night out.” vterhune@gazette.net

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13 Toyota Camry LE $$

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11 Toyota Camry LE #P8756, 6 Speed $ Auto, 4 Door Mid $ Size

15,985

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20,995

10 Scion TC $$

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11 Toyota Camry LE $$

#3372396A, 6 Speed Auto, 28k miles, Classic Silver

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17,500

12 Hyundai Genesis $$

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2002 Honda Civic LX............. $6,985 $17,985 $6,985 2012 Toyota Camry LE......... $17,985 #377569A, 4 SpeedAuto, Titanium Metallic Beige #R1723, 6 SpeedAuto, 12.2K mi, Cosmic Gray Mica

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2013 Passat S...............................#P7630, Silver, 4,428 mi..................$19,500 2011 CC.............................................#FR7183, White, 32,893 mi.............$19,991 2013 Jetta Sedan........................#MR0013, Blue, 4,964 mi................$20,392 2011 Routan...................................#VP6055, Blue, 37,524 mi...............$20,495 2012 Jetta Sportwagen TDI. .#100859A, Black, 60,262 mi...........$21,999 2012 Golf TDI..................................#691809A, Black, 17,478 mi...........$22,995 2013 Passat....................................#VPR6026, Gray, 4,502 mi...............$23,995 2012 CC.............................................#V13212A, Silver, 23,692 mi............$27,691

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MSRP: Sale Price: NMAC Bonus Cash:

14,995

13,995

2012 Nissan Altima 2.5S #E0224, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, Automatic

#12113 2 At This Price: VINS:784016, 784168

With Bluetooth, Remote Engine Start, Rear View Monitor #13213 2 At This Price: VINS: 911125, 904957

2013 NISSAN ROGUE S AWD MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

#R1762, Auto, Remote, Like New

$25,200 $20,995 -$1,500 -$500

#P8714, 38K Miles, Pano Roof, Leather, Navigation, Sunroof

14,977

2009 Mini Cooper Clubman S

16,977

#P8746, 1-Owner, Pano Roof, Automatic

22,977

2009 Nissan 370Z Touring Coupe

23,977

#P8713, 1-Owner, Leather, Manual Trans

With Bluetooth #22213 2 At This Price: VINS: 646990, 647367

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER S 4X4 MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

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#25013 2 At This Price: VINS: 688245, 689141

$31,445 $26,495 -$1,000 -$1,000

24,495

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2011 BMW 328i #E0215, 24K Miles, Navigation Sys, Sunroof

24,977

2008 Mercedes Benz CLK-Class 3.5L #448303A, Automatic, 2-Door

25,977

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229/mo.**

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15,790

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL., INCL.

NEW 2013 SCION XD 2 AVAILABLE: #353055, 353037

NEW 2013 HIGHLANDER 4X2 2 AVAILABLE: #363401, 363397

AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE

15,977

2010 Nissan Murano SL PKG

Prices include all all rebates andand incentives. NMAC Bonus Cash requires financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices Prices include rebates incentives. NMAC Bonus Cash requires financing through NMAC with approved credit. exclude tags,tax, freight $780, trucks and $200and processing charge. *Lease areonly calculated with Prices tax, exclude tags,(cars freight (cars $810,$725-$995), trucks $845-$995), $200 processing charge.payments Prices valid on listed tax, tags, freight, $200 processing charge firstforpayment signing,10/31/2013. and are valid with tier one approval through VINS. See and dealer details. due Offeratexpires NMAC. Prices valid only on listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 10/22/2012.

24,990

2012 Honda CR-Z #N0247, 1-Owner, Hybrid, Sunroof, Auto

18,995

$23,110 $19,495 -$500 -$500

18,495

13,977

2013 Nissan Sentra S

2013 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SV MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

in print and online

9,977

#349619A, Great Shape, Local Trade

$18,370 $15,495 -$500

30 Days

2008 Toyota Camry LE

$17,115 $14,495 -$500

2013 NISSAN SENTRA SV

9,977

#367151C, 3rd Row Seat, CD, Cruise, Sync, Back Up Sensing

2014 NISSAN VERSA NOTE SV HATCHBACK

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NEW 2013 RAV4 LE 4X2 BASE 2 AVAILABLE: #364474, 364460

NEW 2014 CAMRY LE 2 AVAILABLE: #472063, 472064

36 Month Lease $

149/mo.**

4 DR., 4 CYL., AUTO

AFTER $500 REBATE

17,590

AFTER $500 REBATE

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL.,

4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

NEW 2014 CAMRY LE

NEW 2013 PRIUS C II

2 AVAILABLE: #377558, 377616

20,890

2 AVAILABLE: #472011, 472019

0% FOR

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AFTER TOYOTA $500 REBATE

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1-888-831-9671

15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD n OPEN SUNDAY n 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 ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.9% 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 60 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 OR 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. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. OFFERS EXPIRES 10-31-13.

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