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said Rockville Police Chief Terry Treschuk. “And frankly, that’s OK,” Treschuk said. “That’s OK with us.” The issue of police body cameras has gained prominence after several high-profile incidents of black men and teens killed by police, some of which were captured on video. In Baltimore, protests and riots followed the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who was arrested on April 12 and died a week later after suffering injuries to his spine. Part of Gray’s arrest was caught on video by bystanders. Last week, Democratic presidential candidate Hill-
Frustrated community members say they feel shut out of a project process for the possible pairing of Tilden Middle School and Rock Terrace School. Not only have their voices been missing, but the project plan is flawed, they told the Montgomery County school board April 27. Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers recently proposed housing about 1,200 Tilden students with about 100 from Rock Terrace on the same North Bethesda site on Tilden Lane. The county school board is expected to vote on the plan Tuesday.
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ary Clinton called for police to use body cameras, during a speech on criminal justice reform at New York’s Columbia University. “We should make sure every police department in the country has body cameras to record interactions between officers on patrol and suspects,” Clinton said. The Justice Department announced plans last week to provide about $20 million for a pilot program to provide cameras to dozens of police departments, including small, local ones. An additional $1 million will be used
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Rockville police officers could get body cameras in the next few years, a move the city’s police chief says will help them in their day-to-day duties and in dealing with the public. In today’s world, anything can be caught on camera,
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After five months, the renovated Olney Manor Dog Park reopened Friday, much to the delight of area dogs and their owners. “The pack is back,” said Bob McKenna, immediate past president of the Friends of the Olney Manor Dog Park. The group is a sanctioned citizen advisory board, serving as the official voice representing park users to Montgomery Parks. “I was there on Friday afternoon, and there were a bunch of dogs that are usually there,” he said. “Everyone was happy to see each other.“ The renovation project included erecting shade shelters, installing running water and improving the drainage system. Park Manager Mike Little said the
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Susan Henry walks her 8-year-old dog Loki, one of the first dogs to use the newly renovated Olney Manor Dog Park on Friday. water fountain at the dog park is not working yet, but in the meantime water is available at the public restrooms. The facility closed and work began in early December for what was expected
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The 1-acre dog park, at 16601 Georgia Ave., opened in 2009 and was funded by the State Highway Administration as an Intercounty Connector mitigation project at a cost of $135,000. The Friends of the Olney Manor Dog Park lobbied for improvements found at other county dog parks such as shade and running water, and members were delighted to learn last spring that the project had been approved and funded. The project got a financial boost last month in the form of a $50,000 state bond, secured by local legislators. “We are very pleased with how it turned out,” McKenna said. “It’s a grand improvement. It made me think about how lucky we are in Montgomery County to have the public services — police, firefighters, libraries, schools and parks — among the best in the country.” The Friends group will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. May 13 in the meeting room of the Olney Indoor Swim Center. The public is invited. thogan@gazette.net
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Rockville’s next mayor and City Council members will likely get a pay raise, but they will have to take on some other costs. The city’s Compensation Commission has recommended increasing the mayor’s salary to $31,500 and council members’ salary to $25,500. They’re expected to OK the increases in the coming weeks. Currently, the mayor’s compensation is $27,033, with council members earning $21,626. The new pay levels would be up 16.5 percent and 17.9 percent, respectively. The base compensation
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19th Annual Caregivers Conference: Rethinking Responses to Poverty — From Symptoms to Solutions, 8 a.m. to 2:30
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THURSDAY, MAY 7 “Peter Pan Jr.” the musical, 7 to 9 p.m., Lakelands Park Middle School, 1200 Main St., Gaithersburg. Also 7 p.m. May 8 and 2 p.m. May 9. $10 general admission at the door, $5 for children and students, free for children younger than 3. 301-670-1400 or Miriam_A_Bowden@mcpsmd.org. Remembering Mom and Dad, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. A workshop for adults who have lost a parent or parents. Free. 301-921-4400 or ltebelman@montgomeryhospice.org.
FRIDAY, MAY 8 Movie: “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine,” 7 p.m., Rockville United Church,
355 Linthicum St., Rockville. An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, a gay young man murdered in a hate crime in Wyoming. 301-424-6733 or janine.rauscher@ verizon.net. $5 suggested donation. Used book sale, 1 to 5 p.m., Twinbrook Public Library, 202 Meadow Hall Drive, Rockville. Also 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 9. 240-777-0240.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 PAWS to Read, 11 a.m. to noon, Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville. Pets on Wheels helps promote children’s reading and to relieve anxiety when learning to read. Natty, Reco, and Kirby will listen to kids read to them. Free. 240-773-9410 or jennifer.smith@montgomerycountymd.gov. Mark Jaster: The Maestro, noon to 1:30 p.m., Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda. This master of mime’s performance combines live music and song, comedy, and unusual instruments and non-instruments, like the bowed saw. Free. 240-777-0922 or anita.vassallo@ montgomerycountymd.gov. Kentlands Home & Garden Tour, 10
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. The Washington Symphonic Brass will showcase the versatility of brass. $25 general admission; free for children younger than 16. 866-962-7277 or info@wsbrass.com.
a.m. to 4 p.m. The Kentlands community is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Other events include a vendor fair, boutique sales, Plein Air Artists and live music. Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. $25 in advance, $30 at the door. 240-988-1094 or KatyThoms@ comcast.net. Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle, Norfolk and Auburn avenues, Bethesda. Also, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 10. More than 120 contemporary artists, live entertainment, children’s activities, local restaurants. 301-215-6660 or lfoit@bethesda.org. Conflux concert, Indian, Jazz and Classical Improvisation, 7 p.m., The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. A common language of improvisation blurs the boundaries between Indian music, jazz, and contemporary classical music. 301897-5100 or plysek@levinemusic.org. $15 online, $20 at the door. UTSAV: a Celebration of India, Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg. An afternoon of Indian music, colorful dances and crafts, and a Penny Theatre puppet show, “Sam Who Never Forgets.” Register online for 1 or 2 p.m. show at www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library. Free.
ing Christian school program for hurting teens. $5 per family. 301-452-7252 or info@houseofhopemaryland.org. Bicycle donation, 9 a.m. to noon, Sherwood High School, 300 Olney Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring. Bikes for the World, a nonprofit organization, ships bikes to overseas partners to be refurbished. Sponsored by school’s Interact Club. $10 donation per bike suggested for costs. 301-924-3200 or Michael_J_Miehl@ mcpsmd.org. Spring Festival, 1 p.m., Fair Hill Shops, 18100 Town Center Drive, Olney. Arts, crafts, activities, bounce house, flower pot decorating, face painting, balloons, sand art, spin art. 240-453-3026.
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English Country Dancing, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Spanish Ballroom Annex, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo. No partner required. $10. 703-992-0752 or michael@michaelbarraclough.com. Female Singer-Songwriter Showcase, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Tree of Life Cafe, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive. Folk, pop, Indie, blues, jazz, Americana, country. $15 suggested donation. www.uucr.org/tree-lifecafe or jrodgers@uucr.org.
Rockville Science Center 2.0: Imagine Our Future, 9 to 11 a.m., Rockville Senior
Center, 1150 Carnation Drive, Rockville. Brainstorming session for new facility. Coffee, donuts. 240-386-8111 or RSC2.0@ rockvillesciencecenter.org. Mom Appreciation Day, noon to 3 p.m., Lakeforest Mall, 701 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg. Photo booth, crafts for kids, balloon twister, retailer samples and a $250 gift card giveaway. Free. sdavis@ streetmac.net. St. George’s Day Picnic, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church, 10660 River Road, Potomac. Serbian food, entertainment, live music and dancing, bounce houses, games for kids, crafts, bookstore and boutique. mark@ rasevic.com. Hometowne USA Barbershop Chorus, 7 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. “A Dream Realized,” annual show with several singing groups. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Children 10 and younger admitted free. 301-422-8648. Arts & Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oakdale Emory United Methodist Church, 3425 Emory Church Road, Olney. More than 20 vendors, including jewelry, artwork, candles and pottery. Food, drinks. To benefit House of Hope Maryland for Christian counseling services for struggling teens and families and for upcom-
Rockville HIgh’s Miguel Suero (center) gets the baton from Adam Sarsony and wins the boys 4X800 relay Saturday at the Katie Jenkins Invitational Track Meet. Go to clicked.Gazette.net. SPORTS High school playoffs are beginning for spring sports. Follow the action daily at Gazette.net.
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TUESDAY, MAY 12 Support for Child Witnesses, 5:30 to 7:45 p.m., The Universities at Shady Grove, Building II, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville. Free forum for caring adults to understand the effects of domestic abuse on children. Register at www.mcfjcfoundation.org. 202-294-7503 or klwsmith@ gmail.com.
Using LinkedIn to Grow Your Business, 10 a.m. to noon, Maryland Women’s Business Center, 51 Monroe St., Suite PE-20, Rockville. $20. 301-315-8096 or donna@ marylandwbc.org.
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When Montgomery County police officers rushed Ruby into Kindness Animal Hospital last August, veterinarian Jeff Zolkiewicz didn’t think the boxer mix would survive. Ruby had been shot in the side of her face with a shotgun. She was bleeding profusely and having trouble breathing. A shot had exited from the base of her ear, and her jawbone was shattered. She had a large wound on her neck and shoulder. Zolkiewicz, who graduated from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994, and technicians had treated animals hit by vehicles and in fights before. But this was their most extreme case. More than eight months and five surgeries later, Ruby was prancing around happily at the Wheaton veterinary practice on Friday. “It’s amazing she is alive,” said Zolkiewicz, who adopted her. Kindness Animal Hospital was among the honorees during the Wheaton & Kensington Chamber of Commerce’s 31st annual awards banquet on April 29, receiving the organization’s Tribute Award. The center was
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For veterinarian Jeff Zolkiewicz’s dog Ruby, a misaligned jaw is the only sign she was shot in the face with a shotgun a year ago. Zolkiewicz, of Kindness Animal Hospital in Wheaton, helped treat Ruby, then adopted her. recognized not just for its efforts to save Ruby, but for its participation in the Wheaton community through various programs and events. For Ruby now, a misaligned jaw is about the only noticeable trace of her ordeal. Kindness Animal Hospital treated Ruby at no charge after her owners agreed to release her to the center and Zolkiewicz. “Her previous owners likely would not have been able to pay for her surgeries and probably
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Brookeville woman honored for advocacy work Robyn Quinter of Brookeville has been recognized for a decade of volunteer work to support children’s mental health initiatives. The Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health recognized Quinter’s efforts with its highest honor, the Jan Yocum dé Calderon Advocacy Award, at its 15th annual luncheon celebration Friday in Baltimore. Quinter has served on the organization’s board for 10 years, including six years as its president. Since 1999, the coalition has offered education, information and advocacy to families throughout the state caring for a child with mental health needs.
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Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring and its all-sports athletic booster organization, the Warrior Club, recognized 21 student-athletes who will play their sport in college at its annual signing day Friday. • Baseball: Thomas St. Laurent, Chesapeake Community College. • Boys basketball: Xavier McCants, school to be determined. • Girls basketball: Stacey O’Neale, Wesley College. • Cheer: Gavin Schmuckler, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Jamilah Silver, Northwestern University. • Field hockey: Rosalie Friedman, Frostburg State University. • Football: Calvin Bacon, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania; Tyler Jones, Notre Dame College; Timothy Kress, Merrimack College; Myanthony Starnes, Westminster College; Neven Sussman, University of Albany. • Lacrosse: Luke Logan, Lime-
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A Silver Spring man and a Potomac couple are among several people who will be honored this month as part of Jewish American Heritage Month. Louis Mayberg is one of several members of the Aish International Advisory Board who will be recognized through a U.S. Senate resolution on May 20, according to an Aish International press release. Aish International is part of Aish HaTorah, which says on its website that it’s “an apolitical network of Jewish education centers” on five continents. The Aish website says Mayberg is a co-founder of ProFund Advisors, a provider of alternative mutual funds. Gary and Pennie Abramson of Potomac also will be honored. Gary Abramson is a partner in The Tower Cos. in Rockville.
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would have had her euthanized if they kept her,” Zolkiewicz said. “The police have been very helpful through all this. They raised money and contributed money themselves. They also helped convince Ruby’s owners to give her up.” Ruby’s medical bills, including the surgeries and care with specialists, would have exceeded $10,000 if Kindness Animal Hospital had not donated the care and specialists hadn’t donated time and reduced care costs,
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Zolkiewicz said. Through an online donation site and other means, more than $7,000 was raised. Some of that money went to pay specialists’ bills. Zolkiewicz said the animal hospital, which has been in the area since 1956, is not charging anything for its bills related to Ruby. The center on University Boulevard is setting up a “Ruby Fund” for those who need help paying for services at the practice, he said. A family member in Ruby’s former Wheaton home shot her Aug. 21, according to police reports. Ruby was then 9 months old. Zolkiewicz said he decided soon after seeing Ruby’s condition to adopt her. “I felt that we might be able to help her,” he said. “But really, I didn’t know what all we would be able to do.” At Zolkiewicz’s Carroll County home, he said, Ruby gets along fine with his other family pets — another dog and two cats. She doesn’t seem abnormally frightened of people. As Ruby sat by a reporter she just met, she raised a paw to shake hands. Police officers such as Michelle Ballor, who responded to the call and rescued Ruby from the Wheaton home, regularly visit her. “She has a few anxieties,” Zolkiewicz said. “Around certain people, especially if they’re wearing a wide-brimmed hat, she can be apprehensive. But she seems fine around most people.”
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Half a world away from the devastation and destruction in Nepal, Sudesh Upadhyay, Sanu Mukerjee and others milled around a table in Rockville Town Square on a sunny Thursday afternoon. They were collecting money to help the survivors of the powerful earthquake that struck the country on April 25, killing thousands and leaving more than 8 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and more than 3 million in need of food, according to the United Nations.
The two cousins and the others stopped people walking along Maryland Avenue to tell them about the damage and ask for their support. Occasionally, a car would pull up, and a passenger would get out to put money in the small red box on the table. The response was good, Mukerjee said. On Thursday and Friday, they raised $1,066, Upadhyay said. One of his son’s classmates at Village Montessori School in Montgomery Village emptied her piggy bank to donate $17 on Monday, Upadhyay said. Upadhyay said his father’s side of the family still lives in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, and his relatives are safe. But the electricity goes on
and off, making communication between Nepal and the U.S. difficult. The country’s recovery will be a “long haul,” taking years for it to recover, Upadhyay said. While news coverage of the earthquake was overshadowed by the protests and rioting in Baltimore, almost everyone they talked to was aware of the quake, he said. The group has set up a Facebook page to help in their fundraising efforts, under the title “Nepal Earthquake Relief Fundraiser-Rockville Cares.” They plan to be out in Rockville Town Square again from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m. Friday and 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday. rmarshall@gazette.net
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(From left) Namita Acharya and Sanu Mukerjee speak with a woman donating money Thursday in Rockville to help earthquake victims in Nepal.
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InBrief Project Change director wins Olney’s Athena Award Run with the Falcons on Saturday
Holstein-Glass honored for work with youth BY
TERRI HOGAN STAFF WRITER
Robyn Holstein-Glass is the 2015 Greater Olney-Sandy Spring Athena Award recipient, recognized for her vision and mentorship of area youth through her role as the executive director of Project Change. Presented in memory of Brooke Grove Foundation founder Eleanor Howe Marston, the program was adopted by the foundation and the Olney Chamber of Commerce to recognize and honor local women for their community service, and professional and personal leadership. This year marks a milestone. “It’s extraordinary to have reached the 10th year of this program,” said Pamela Spears, chamber member and one of the program organizers. “We all hoped it would succeed and become a special part of our year, but it has done better than any of us could have imagined.” Spears said that year after year, she is amazed at the nominations. “There are so many people who give so generously to our community, and are untiring in their generosity,” she said. “I am constantly in awe of what these women are able to do.” Spears said it is always hard to choose one recipient. “Robyn stood out because of her work for our future. Through her mentorship and vision she has helped many of our young people be successful and overcome roadblocks,” she said. Project Change is a nonprofit founded by four Sherwood High School students in 1998 to create a safe place for middle and high school students to hang out. The organization comprises children and adults who believe that youth engagement is essential to building strong, vibrant and healthy communities. In 2003, Holstein-Glass joined Project Change as a parent volunteer and remained involved after her son Adam graduated. She said she was really captured by the idea of giving youth a voice in the community, and helping by facilitating and providing opportunities for them. “Our youth are willing and have a great desire to take part in and give back to the community; they just don’t know how to get started,” she said. She became Project Change’s executive director in 2006 and initiated the creation of the first board of directors and administrative systems to strengthen it. Under her direction, Project Change operates a nationally recognized anti-bullying program, “You Have the Power!” in which high school students help middle and elementary school students develop anti-bullying programs. The program is now in its 20th year. Holstein-Glass also directs Project Change programs including the Youth Empowered Service Clubs, which operate in local middle and high schools and focus on community service activities, as well as the Student Leadership Institute summer program, which develops leadership for middle school students through community service projects. Holstein-Glass helped create and now oversees the Team of Stars Summer Camp for middle schoolers, which combines a musical theater experience with lifeskills development and lessons focused on issues facing adolescents. Team of Stars also has an after-school program at select middle schools in the county. Last year, Holstein-Glass facilitated a collaboration between Project Change, the Sandy Spring Museum and the Montgomery County Council of PTAs to open a monthly Teen Coffeehouse at the museum, providing a safe venue for teens to gather for music performed by local youth bands. “We haven’t found that dedicated space for our teens yet, but this is a step in the right direction,” she said. She also was instrumental in establishing the annual Olney Days Rock the Lot block party, which benefits Project Change. This year’s event will be May 17. The award humbles HolsteinGlass. “It was really a big surprise to getthecall,andIdoappreciatethe
recognition for the organization,” she said. “I’m in the company of so many inspiring nominees, so it never occurred to me that I would win. While I feel honored to receive the Athena Award, from my perspective this honor gets shared with not only the other nominees, but all those involved in Project Change over the years who have done so much to build the organization and serve so many youth in Montgomery County.” Past winners were Carolyn Snowden, 2006; Lisa McKillop, 2007; Robyn Quinter, 2008; Kulley Bancroft, 2009; Helene Rosenheim, 2010; Paula Kahla, 2011; Dee Hawkins, 2012; Peggy Lyn Speicher, 2013; and Alison Bawek, 2014.
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School will host the eighth annual Falcon 5K Run and Kids Fun Run beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Registration opens at 7 a.m. The cost is $30 for adults, and $20 for ages 18 and younger. All proceeds benefit the school’s financial aid endowment fund. The school is at 17301 Old Vic Blvd., Olney. Registration and other information is at olgchs.org.
Montgomery Capital Campaign for Oncology. Toregister,sendacheckpayable to Sherwood High School along with the child’s name, address, school, age, grade, home and cellphone numbers, email address and parent’s signature for permission to Jeanne D. Laeng, Sherwood High School, 300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860. For more information, contact Laeng at jdanz5050@aol. com.
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FIRE LOG For the weeks of April 12-23, the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department responded to the following incidents. Information from Chief Michael Kelley. Station 4 (Sandy Spring) • April 13, 10:51 a.m., 1900 block of Olney-Sandy Spring Road for brush fire. • April 14, 7:47 a.m., Olney-Sandy Spring Road and Dr. Bird Road for vehicle collision with injuries. • April 17, 5:05 p.m., 2200 block of Spencerville Road for vehicle collision with no injuries. • April 17, 6:17 p.m., Spencerville and Peach Orchard roads for vehicle collision with no injuries. • April 19, 4:12 p.m., Norwood and Layhill roads for vehicle collision with no injuries.
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Road and Menden Farm Drive for vehicle collision with no injuries. • April 17, 11:18 p.m., 14200 block ofWeepingWillow Drive for gas leak inside a structure. • April 21, 7:26 a.m., Md. 200 between Shady Grove Road and Georgia Avenue for vehicle collision with no injuries. • April 21, 8:08 a.m., Georgia Avenue and Heathfield Road for vehicle collision with no injuries. • April 21, 9:04 a.m., 3600 block of Pear Tree Court for building fire with no property damage.
From both stations • April 14, 12:28 p.m., Bowie Mill and Olney-Laytonsville roads for hazardous material spill with no injuries. • April 16, 4:45 p.m., Georgia Avenue and Morningwood Drive for vehicle collision with injuries. • April 17, 7:26 a.m., Old Baltimore and Sandy Spring roads for vehicle col-
lision with no injuries. • April 17, 11:15 a.m., 19400 block of Treadway Road for electrical short with minor property damage. • April 18, 8:09 a.m., New Hampshire Avenue and Denit Estates Drive for large vehicle fire. • April 19, 11:52 a.m., 17800 block of Sandcastle Court for odor of smoke. • April 20, 11:19 p.m., 3600 block of Martins Dairy Circle for gas leak inside a structure. • April 21, 5:34 p.m., Md. 200 at Georgia Avenue for vehicle collision with injuries. • April 21, 7:38 p.m., 18200 block of Paladin Drive for appliance fire with minor property damage. • April 22, 6:16 a.m., 1900 block of Olney-Sandy Spring Road for vehicle collision with injuries.
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Abt wins $5.5M contract to help farmers Abt Associates of Bethesda won a nine-year, $5.5 million contract from Additional the U.K. Deof BizBriefs partment International n Page A-14 Development to assess the effectiveness of pilot projects aimed to help farmers in Africa and Asia. The projects are designed to incentivize private-sector involvement in markets and address market failures impeding the development of markets to serve small farmers, according to a news release. The contract is part of the $118 million AgResults initiative funded by Australia, Canada, the U.K., the U.S. and the Gates Foundation. The projects try to help increase the production and sale of improved legume seeds in Uganda; cut greenhouse gas emissions from rice production in Vietnam; increase vaccination against Newcastle disease in backyard poultry in India; and develop a better vaccine to reduce brucellosis in small ruminants.
a first-quarter net loss of $16.6 million, versus a profit of $137.5 million in the first quarter of 2014. First-quarter revenues rose to $327.5 million from $289.4 million. The company pointed to two major factors for the quarterly loss. Research and development expenses grew to $110.2 million from $12.4 million in the first quarter of last year. Also, sharebased compensation in the first quarter rose $181.7 million from the prior-year quarter, as the price of the company’s common stock grew 33 percent during the quarter, versus a 17 percent drop a year earlier.
$20.3 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues fell to $105.8 million from $111.1 million.
Loss narrows at Radio One
Emergent BioSolutions of Gaithersburg has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its hemophilia drug Ixinity.
Radio One of Silver Spring reported that its first-quarter net loss narrowed to $12 million from
Profit down at American Capital Mortgage American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. of Bethesda reported that its first-quarter profit fell to $31.1 million from $48.8 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues fell to $37.5 million from $42.2 million.
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The treatment, administered intravenously, helps control and prevent bleeding episodes and also is approved for use during surgery in adults and children 12 and older with hemophilia B, according to a company news release. Hemophilia B is a bleeding disorder caused by a mutation on the factor IX gene resulting in a deficiency of clotting factor IX in the blood, which controls bleeding. Hemophilia B affects roughly 4,000 people in the U.S.
Loss grows at American Capital Agency American Capital Agency Corp. of Bethesda reported that its first-quarter net loss widened to $252 million from $141 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues fell to $383 million from $399 million.
First Potomac turns quarterly profit First Potomac Realty Trust of Bethesda, whose holdings include office buildings in Rockville, Germantown and Clarksburg, reported a first-quarter profit of $492,000, versus a net loss of $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $43.8 million from $39.4 million, and funds from operations grew to $18.2 million from $15.4 million.
Loss narrows at BroadSoft BroadSoft of Gaithersburg, which provides Internet protocol-based communications services to the telecommunications industry, reported that its first-
First-quarter profit up at Discovery Communications Discovery Communications of Silver Spring reported that its first-quarter profit grew to $250 million from $231 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $758 million from $657 million.
United Therapeutics reports $17M loss
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Pebblebrook Hotel reports higher profit Pebblebrook Hotel Trust of Bethesda reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $7.2 million from $4.1 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $163.4 million from $125.7 million. Same-property revenue per available room grew to $174.71 from $168.57, as the average daily rate increased to $222.54 from $209.42, although occupancy fell to 78.5 percent from 80.5 percent.
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St. Peter’s Catholic School takes the STEM tack BY
TERRI HOGAN STAFF WRITER
St. Peter’s Catholic School in Olney recently launched a new science, technology, engineering and mathematics program for students in kindergarten and first grade. While St. Peter’s has been incorporating STEM instruction into the regular curriculum at all grade levels, the school recently partnered with Project Lead the Way. The national nonprofit promotes and supports STEM instruction by helping students develop problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills. Principal Mary E. Whelan said that after being named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence with a focus on the arts, the school ad-
ministration and advisory board undertook a study to determine students’ future needs. “The research demonstrated that a growing body of evidence was guiding a 21st-century education initiative in the direction of STEM instruction,” Whelan said. “St. Peter’s saw an opportunity to join in this innovative and valuable initiative by introducing STEM throughout the school.” Whelan said the school actually embraces the expanded concept known as STEAM — STEM, plus arts. “In a global economy, the hallmarks of success are planning, collaborating, presenting and using resources innovatively,” she said. “In order for students to acquire and fully develop these skills they have to learn and practice them from an early age.” Jennifer Cahill, senior director of media and public relations for Project Lead the Way, said St. Peter’s is the first Maryland school to implement the non-
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Saint Peter’s first-graders Ayden Terrazas (left) and Ashlyn Gallagher explore the nature of sound waves in their STEM class. profit’s elementary program. “It’s a great opportunity for the students to start experiencing hands-on math and science projects and to understand that math and science provide great tools for them to use throughout their life,” she said. St. Peter’s STEM coordinator Fran Natalicchio said the school
is proud to be the first in the state to implement the program. After attending a weeklong STEM instructor’s course at Project Lead the Way’s campus in Rochester, N.Y., she trained other St. Peter’s teachers. The teachers completed the first phase of their hands-on training by practicing some of
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the techniques that they will in turn model to their students. First-grade teachers Sheri Hudspeth and Anne Vucci were required to construct the tallest possible tower structure using 10 pipe cleaners. Kindergarten teachers Emily Trees and Susan Lozupone each created a paintbrush out of simple materials and then painted a picture. After weeks of training, the teachers have begun implementing the program in their classrooms. The kindergartners are currently studying structure and function. Beginning with familiar fairy tales, such as “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “The Three Little Pigs,” the students design and build Jack’s beanstalk out of pipe cleaners. “This simple exercise segues into the building of a house for the pigs that will withstand the huffing and puffing of the big, bad wolf,” Natalicchio said. To conclude the module, the students will discuss real “wolves” that could destroy a house, such as tornadoes and
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POLICE BLOTTER The following is a summary of incidents in the Rockville area to which Montgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.
Vehicle theft • Rear of 19500 block of Fisher
Ave., between 1:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. on April 17. The vehicle was
left unlocked with keys in the ignition.
Strong-arm robbery * Near Einstein High School, 11135 Newport Mill Road, between 2:30-3 p.m. on April 17. Teenage male victim was approached and assaulted by two young subjects. Nothing taken. Theft • Construction site, 12270 Wilkens Ave. in Rockville, between 10:20-10:45 p.m. on April 21. No forced entry, took property.
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RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER
Rockville’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre will play host to a throwback sound this weekend with a performance by the Hometowne USA Barbershop Chorus. The group will present “Dream Realized,” a play written by one of its members, Bill Dobson. The play tells the story of a young man about to get out of the Army after serving in Vietnam, who decides to pursue a career in show business, Dobson said. To realize his dream, he gets a leave from his commanding officer and travels to New York, landing a role in a Broadway musical. The Hometowne USA Barbershop Chorus has been in Montgomery County since 1960, Dobson said. Dobson, 86, has been a member since 1994 and said he’s written eight or nine of the group’s plays. Along with the barbershop chorus, the show will include a Dixieland jazz band, the women’s chorus the Sweet Adelines, two choruses from Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda and one from Tilden Middle School in North Bethesda, Dobson said. Dobson has worked as a radio announcer and learned about lighting and other technical aspects of theater while working as a stagehand in college. He worked as a theater usher during World War II and met movie star and famed “pin-up girl” Betty Grable, he said. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the theater at 603 Edmonston Drive in Rockville. Tickets are $20, with children under 10 admitted free.
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InBrief Civic group to meet Monday
The Montgomery County Civic Federation will meet from 7:45 to 10 p.m. Monday in the first-floor auditorium of the County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, The topic will be “Water, Water, Everywhere!” Speakers will include Lisa Feldt, director of the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection; Brent Bolin of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters; and Diane Cameron of the Audubon Naturalist Society and organizer of Stormwater Partners. Topics will include pollution runoff reduction requirements under the state’s stormwater permit and county initiatives to use green infrastructure to restore and protect streams. A question-and-answer session will follow, with updates on other local issues. All residents are invited. There is free parking in the garage accessed from East Jefferson and Monroe streets. More information is at montgomerycivic.org.
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Bob Miller of Chesapeake City, a veteran and volunteer with the Maryland chapter of Heroes On the Water, helps Elliot Banaszynski of Fort Meade and his mother, Mary, while fishing on a Laytonsville pond Saturday. The national nonprofit helps veterans suffering from physical and mental injuries by teaching them kayak fishing. Nearby, Elliot’s father, Daniel, a veteran, was fishing with his daughter Bella.
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The Montgomery County Council Education Committee has recommended operating and capital budgets for Montgomery County Public Schools below what the county school board had requested. For the school system’s fiscal 2016 operating budget, the committee recommended a budget plan about $39.7 million under the board’s $2.39 billion plan. Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers said after the committee’s April 29 meeting that his decision to withhold allocating about 400 positions for the next school year could become permanent if the district needs to reconcile the roughly $40 million gap. Bowers withheld the positions in March to address uncertain funding with the idea that all or some of the positions might be allocated later.
About 250 teaching positions could be reduced, about 150 of which would affect class sizes. The district could receive about $17.5 million in Geographic Cost of Education Index funding from the state, a decision that sits with Gov. Larry Hogan (R). The index provides additional money to school systems where the cost of education is higher. “We’re still hopeful that that $17 million’s going to come through and that will help us to be able to restore some of those positions,” Bowers said. Even if the district gets the index money, it would still need to address a “problematic” funding gap in the scenario the Education Committee approved, school board President Patricia O’Neill said after the meeting. “It’s all going to be painful,” she said. “Options are not pretty.” Montgomery County Isiah Leggett had proposed $2.31 billion for the school system’s next operating budget, an amount that meets the minimum funding level required by the state’s maintenance of effort law.
The law forces counties to provide at least as much funding per student as the previous year. The school board asked for $84.7 million above maintenance of effort, according to school system spokesman Dana Tofig. Incorporating proposals from Leggett and the school board to pull money from various sources, the budget plan the Education Committee recommended still leaves a gap. The budget would pull about $33.2 million from the district’s fund balance. An additional $27.2 million would come from the Consolidated Other Post Employment Benefits Trust to pay some retiree health costs. The district also would reduce a contribution to its pension plan by $10 million and use the money elsewhere. Onthecapitalbudgetside,the Education Committee endorsed a plan the school system created that sits about $210 million below what the school board requested in November for its fiscal 2015-20 Capital Improvements Program. The board asked for an amended capital program totaling $1.75 billion. Its request was $223.3 million higher than the previously approved program of $1.53 billion. Leggett recommended approving the amended program. But his recommendation hinged on the success of a state bill that would have directed more construction money to the county. The bill died in the recent Maryland General Assembly session. Leggett’s recommendation assumed $213.3 million in new state dollars, according to an April 27 Education Committee memo. The $210 million reduction the Education Committee approved, therefore, does not quite fill the $213.3 million funding gap. The school system could make “minor technical adjustments” to reduce the program by the additional $3 million, O’Neill wrote in an April 15 letter to Council President George Leventhal. The state has directed about $27.6 million of school construction funding to Montgomery County for fiscal 2016. The Maryland Board of Public Works could send more money the county’s way from a remaining unallocated pool of about $28 million. The county also would benefit from legislation that awaits the governor’s signature and would create a $20 million capital grant fund for school systems with high enrollment growth or portable classrooms. The district is expecting about $5.9 million from that fund for construction in fiscal 2016, generating a total of $33.5 million from the state. Bowers said on April 29 that he thinks the state will provide more than the $40 million assumed in the school district’s fiscal 2016 capital budget. That added money could help fill funding gaps, he said. The $210 million reduction was made by nixing some project accelerations the school board proposed. The board had requested accelerating by one year a series of revitalization and expansion projects that had been previously delayed. Under the plan going to the County Council, most of the projects would not be accelerated, reducing the requested sixyear capital program by about $178 million. Three revitalization/expansion projects still would get a year ahead of their current schedule at Brown Station, Wayside and Wheaton Woods elementary schools. The district also would not add a requested $32 million bus depot project. Instead, the committee recommended adding $700,000 for planning work as school and county officials seek opportunities to move the depot. Seven projects for new schools or additions also would not be accelerated, contrary to the board request. This change would not reduce costs in the capital program. Rather, it would push project costs into the program’s later years, according to the Education Committee memo. Based on the committee’s proposal, about nine addition projects would be accelerated by one year. The school system would get about $2.5 million more in fiscal 2016 for replacing HVAC systems, roofs and emergency generators under the committee’s recommended budget. lpowers@gazette.net
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The Olney Farmers and Artists Market kicks off its ninth season from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the hospital thrift shop grounds at Md. 108 and Prince Philip Drive. Market President Janet Terry said to expect old favorites, along with new surprises, including several new vendors selling a variety of specialties ranging from charcuterie to scones. “We expect about 15 farmers back with us,” she said. “Customers will find everything from farm-fresh milk, eggs, poultry
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and bacon to sheep cheese and Chef Carla Hall’s popular cookies. The wonderful produce will be upon us soon, with strawberries leading the way before long.” Because the market opens on Mother’s Day, there will be special treats for mom, including free reiki, a form of spiritual healing provided by Pam Shah of Blueberry Gardens in Ashton. Live entertainment and chef demonstrations will continue each week. New this year are free fitness classes, offered the last Sunday each month. Popular events will return, including the annual Kids in Biz Day, pie-baking competition, hot pepper-eating competition and the chili cook-off. Terry said the Olney market is leading the way in a county-
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wide food rescue program. “We will be doing our part to help match excess food with hungry people,” she said. Vendors will continue to donate to Manna Food Center and help needy customers. The market provides vouchers to customers in need that will double the amount of produce purchased, up to $15. Tickets are still available for the “Almost Heaven” market fundraising brunch May 30 at the home of Stanton Gill and his family in Westminster. Guests will visit a working orchard and neighboring hops farm and then have a brunch featuring the cuisine of chef Mark Mills, owner of Chocolate and Tomatoes farm. The nonprofit Friends of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market welcomes donations. The market needs new tents, banners, signs and van repairs. Terry said volunteers are still needed. Students can earn student service learning hours. The market is the brainchild of Terry, an Olney resident who was inspired by her visits to a farmers market in Charleston, S.C. In July 2007, Terry presented her vision to the Greater Olney Civic Association, and it became a reality that fall. The market operates May through November outdoors, and January through March indoors at Sandy Spring Museum. More information is at olneyfarmersmarket.org.
The Sherwood High School Interact Club will sponsor a Bikes for the World bicycle collection from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in the school parking lot in Sandy Spring. Bikes for the World is a nonprofit that ships bikes to overseas partners, where they are refurbished and used for transportation. More information is at bikesfortheworld.org. A suggested $10 donation per bike is used to defray costs of shipping and refurbishing. Receipts are available for donations. For more information, contact Mike Miehl at 301924-3200 or Michael_J_Miehl@ mcpsmd.org.
Fundraiser benefits film on Joy cheerleaders A fundraiser to benefit a documentary film on Montgomery County Special Olympics’ Joy cheerleading team will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Universities at Shady Grove, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Building 2, Rockville. The evening is co-sponsored by the production crew of “Cheers of JOY,” a documentary by Nancy Frohman of Potomac, and Towson at USG Student Council for Exceptional Children Chapter 288. The event will feature a screening of part of the film, a demonstration by the cheerleading team, live music by The Band, a chance to meet the film’s stars and refreshments. A silent auction also is
Obituary Patricia Jack Coyle (Age 87) On Thursday, April 23, 2015, of Rockville, MD. Born September 24, 1927 in Uniontown, PA to William F. and Marian Price Jack, raised in Niagara Falls, NY. Beloved wife of Charles F. Coyle, Jr. for 62 years until his passing in 2012; sister of Marion Jane Dann and Richard L. Jack; mother of Brian Jack Coyle and Melissa Richards; mother-in-love to John Casey Richards and Sherrie Coyle; also survived by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a large circle of family and friends. Graduate of Katherine Gibbs School, Providence, RI; assistant to the Director of the National Park Service where she met her husband; administrative secretary for Montgomery County Public Schools in the Area Office and longtime secretary to the Principal at Paint Branch H.S. Pat was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and active in many community activities including the Aspen Hill/Manor Woods Civic Assoc., Board of Elections, PTA, Scouting, ADA, and many church activities. She relished the many friendships she made along the way. She had a passion for doing the best she could in whatever she undertook and had a heart filled with appreciation and love. A Celebration of her life will be held at the Rockville Presbyterian Church, 215 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD, on Saturday, May 9 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to: Mansfield Kaseman Health Clinic, of the Community Ministries of Rockville (301-9176800); Brooke Grove Rehabilitation/Assisted Living (301-2602320); or a charity dear to your heart.
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planned, with items including sports packages to health and fitness services, food, home goods, gifts and jewelry. Frohman is wrapping up filming the documentary that she is producing and directing. She has been following the team and its efforts to perform at the Special Olympics World Games, which is being held in June in Los Angeles. It would be a first for a Special Olympics cheerleading team to appear at the World Games. Proceeds benefit the production team’s nine-day trip to Los Angeles to film the games and cover some post-production costs. Donations may be tax deductible. More information is available at cheersofjoyfilm.com.
Walkers raise $150,000 in March for Babies About 650 county residents participated in the 2015 March for Babies event April 26 at Mattie Stepanek Park in Rockville to benefit the March of Dimes. Together they walked a total of 1,950 miles and raised more than $150,000. “Helping our babies should be a top priority,” March for Babies Chairwoman Debra Thomas said in a news release. “I’m proud to be part of a community where people come together for such an important cause. We’re excited about what we’ve accomplished together.” Donations fund research, education and community programs that help women have fullterm pregnancies and healthy babies. Dana Walker of Germantown and her family were this year’s March for Babies Montgomery County ambassadors. Walker’s daughter Kinsey, 14, was born 11 weeks premature and the family received support from the March of Dimes. “It was a memorable and rewarding day for all of us,” Walker said of the April 26 event. “When Kinsey was born ... we decided we had to do everything possible to help spare families from enduring such traumatic experiences. Although we had many obstacles to overcome we are truly blessed to be a true success story. We are [13] years into this journey, and we look forward to a day when all babies are born healthy.” Donations can still be mailed to March of Dimes Maryland-
National Capital Area Chapter, P.O. Box 62770, Baltimore, MD 21264-2770. Local sponsors included Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Potomac Valley Chapter, Holy Cross Hospital, Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, Safeway, Subway and WTOP.
Fair Hill festival is Saturday The Shops at Fair Hill will hold a spring and Mother’s Day festival from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free family event will feature arts and crafts, a bounce house, flowerpot decorating with a flower to plant, face painters, balloon twisters, pinwheel decorating, sand and spin art stations, and a photo set for pictures with or for mothers. Wilson’s Tire and Auto will hold a raffle to support the Olney Boys and Girls Club, selling $1 tickets for a chance to win a tire autographed by Danica Patrick from her May 2014 Sprint race in Charlotte, N.C. Restaurants and stores will offer other activities and specials. Fair Hill is at 18100 Town Center Drive, Olney.
Summer leadership program is for youths Project Change, a youth and adult partnership nonprofit in Olney, will again hold its Summer Leadership Institute for rising sixth- through eighth-graders. The program will be offered in two sessions, July 13-17 and July 20-24, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal School, 3427 Olney-Laytonsville Road, Olney. The interactive program will offer youths the opportunity to participate in project identification and planning of community service activities, personal goal-setting, self-assessment and leadership skill development, according to a news release. Participants will earn 15 student service learning hours. The cost is $125 by May 31 and $150 from June 1 to 17. Some limited, need-based scholarships are available. Project Change will accept applications on a rolling admissions basis, but all applications are due June 17. Application and other information is at projectchange-md. org.
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Continued from Page A-1 for the Bureau of Justice Statistics to study the effects the cameras have. During its session that ended in April, Maryland’s General Assembly passed a bill requiring the state’s Police Training Commission to create a policy for officers using body cameras. The legislation also called for creating a commission to study the issue of police using body cameras and to make recommendations to the General Assembly by Oct. 1. The law, which expires June 1, 2016, does not require police departments to use the cameras. Several police departments in Montgomery County have already either considered or are trying out body cameras. According to information from the state’s Department of Legislative Services, 19 Maryland police departments use body cameras, including those in Laurel, Hyattsville and Upper Marlboro. Takoma Park is testing five devices in the field and is moving cautiously pending the new state commission’s report, said Police Chief Alan Goldberg. Rockville’s budget tentatively provides $40,000 in both fiscal 2017 and 2018 for body cameras. The department is conducting a testing and evaluation process now to look at several types of cameras, Treschuk said. Treschuk said he wants the cameras for the same reason the department added dashboard cameras for police cruisers: He believes they help officers and are effective in capturing interactions between police and the public. But just giving body cameras to officers is only part of implementing the practice. Policies are needed on issues such as when they’re turned on and off. Or, if an officer is in someone’s house and a resident asks that the camera be turned off, should the officer comply?, he said. There’s a responsibility to make sure that officers and the public know the rules for using cameras, Treschuk said. Body cameras can be very helpful in documenting police conduct and capturing interactions with people, said James Grimmelmann, who teaches technology law at the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. But police officers are also involved in many sensitive situations such as domestic violence calls, and cameras could make people more reluctant to open up
and share valuable information with police, Grimmelmann said. He warned that making footage available to the public could also reveal the identity of confidential informants or otherwise jeopardize investigations. Videos released through public information requests or other means could also create a stigma for people who are approached by police despite having done nothing wrong, he said. The Seattle Police Department has set up a YouTube channel featuring dashboard and body camera footage with people’s faces blurred and audio removed, according to the technology website Ars Technica. Because Maryland law prohibits the audio recording of communications unless everyone in the conversation is notified, the new legislation establishes when an officer may record a conversation and when officers must notify people they’re being recorded by a body camera. The Baltimore City Council voted in December to require cameras for all officers, but the bill was vetoed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Instead, the mayor set up a task force to look at issues such as cost and privacy concerns. The city’s police commissioner has called for a limited pilot program. In October, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department started a pilot program with 165 officers wearing different types of cameras and providing feedback. Police in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago and Cleveland are also looking into cameras to varying degrees. Departments that decide to use body cameras need to think ahead when writing their policies to address the issues most likely to come up, Grimmelmann said. But they’ll also need to appreciate that the cameras raise difficult questions. A policy should specify when officers will use their cameras and when they won’t, he said. Giving officers unfettered discretion over when to turn their cameras on and off would largely defeat the purpose, he said. Grimmelmann said using the cameras will require financial investments to store video and ensure it’s secure; to hire technicians for ongoing maintenance; to buy software upgrades; and to meet other technical challenges. “It’s an ongoing [information technology] commitment,” Grimmelmann said. rmarshall@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 Rock Terrace serves students with significant cognitive disabilities and is currently housed in an aging building from 1950. Aiming to provide Rock Terrace with a better facility, the district identified Tilden’s upcoming construction project as a good opportunity to pair the special education school with a general education school. The combination of schools could mean a state contribution toward the project. Many speakers said the district had not given the community a fair chance to comment on the idea. The process has been “undeniably unfair and undemocratic,” said Christopher Koegel, whose two children would attend the facility. “Please slow this down,” Koegel said. “It will result in a better ending, so that everybody is buying into this.” Rebecca Rudich, who said she lives in the Luxmanor neighborhood and has two children, urged the board to “take more time and get the right answers for the schools and the community.” The process to pair the schools, she said, “has been fast-tracked and buried from community notice.” Board member Jill Ortman-Fouse asked district staff if the communication process for the project was different from in the past. No, said Deborah Szyfer, a senior planner in the district’s Division of Long-range Planning. A packet at the hearing noted that roundtable discussions on the plan were open to the public. The district
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also held two public information meetings. At the second meeting, attendees could provide input on a form. Rudich questioned why the roundtable group did not include representatives from the community and from the elementary school level. Szyfer previously said the group included people who could talk about how the plan might affect the schools’ programs. The packet said that, consistent with policy, members included staff and parent representatives from the two schools. Some speakers said the site under consideration was too small to accommodate both schools, bus and car traffic would clog neighborhood roads, and the community would lose green space. Rachel Manchester told board members that the residential area already has a few schools. Adding the shared facility, with Tilden’s enrollment expected to grow, would build on existing traffic, she said. Tilden, currently on Old Georgetown Road, is slated for a revitalization and expansion project at the new site. District officials see Tilden’s central location in the county, access to major roads and experience with special education programs as a good fit for the pairing. James Song, director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management, said the roughly 20-acre site is “quite larger” than the typical middle school. Green space still would be available for community use, he said. Szyfer said the district expects the facility would need about 32 buses, a few more than were used at the site when it twice served as a holding school.
the consumer price index for the Baltimore-Washington region for the 12 months before the previous November. But the mayor and council elected in November’s election will no longer receive reimbursements for their cellphones. Nor will they have access any longer to certain benefits available to city employees, such as medical, dental and vision insurance unless they pay 100 percent of the premiums. Previously, officials had been offered access to benefits the same way as fulltime employees are, with some of the premiums paid
The community would have another chance to provide input during the feasibility study phase, the next step should the board approve the plan, Song said. Some speakers shared concerns tied to older students at Rock Terrace, who range from ages 12 to 21. It is divided, by age, into middle school, high school and upper school. The district should pair Tilden Middle students with peers of the same age at Rock Terrace, said Douglas Verner, who has two students in the Walter Johnson cluster. He questioned, however, why Rock Terrace’s older students would attend the shared facility with Tilden, when the district plans to offer opportunities for them to work with students in their age range at Walter Johnson High School. Based on Rock Terrace’s current enrollment, about 62 students — or roughly 76 percent of the student body — would be too old to interact with Tilden students. Andrea Karp said her son, a Rock Terrace middle schooler, would benefit from the shared facility. He isn’t “scary” or “dangerous,” she said, “just different.” While Rock Terrace has older students, she said, they are not like “typically developing” students. Szyfer previously said the district could design a building that will separate Tilden and Rock Terrace students. School officials have said Rock Terrace’s upper school students spend a portion of their day at a job in the community. lpowers@gazette.net
by the city. The commission wasn’t able to determine when the practice began, but it may have applied to at least some benefits since at least the late 1980s, according to the commission’s report. The money provided to the mayor and council is intended to cover only things such as time lost from work, attending community functions, preparing for meetings and other costs, the report said. Because the money was never intended as a salary, the officials shouldn’t have gotten benefits paid by the city. Mayor Bridget Don-
nell Newton and Councilwomen Beryl Feinberg said they believed that because the cellphone stipend had been offered to the current officials, it should remain in place until the end of their term. Councilwoman Virginia Onley said she thought it was only fair to keep the stipend in place. Councilman Tom Moore said he thinks the cellphone allowance was offered when people may not have otherwise had a cellphone. Now, it’s essentially just the cost of doing business for officials, he said. rmarshall@gazette.net
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Costco Wholesale Corp. is appealing the Montgomery County Board of Appeals decision to deny a request to build a 16-pump gas station outside the Westfield Wheaton mall store. The appeal was filed Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court, said Rob Leuck, Costco’s vice president for operations in its Northeast region. Costco is basing its appeal on the county appeals board having “overstepped its authority by substituting its judgment for that of the federal and state agencies that determine what levels of emissions are safe,” Leuck said. Numerous area residents have opposed the station, saying the fumes from idling cars would be a health hazard to nearby residents, users of the Kenmont Swim & Tennis Club and students at Stephen Knolls School. The school teaches about 100 special-needs and disabled children with chronic lung disease, asthma, cerebral palsy
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Costco plans to appeal a county ruling against its proposed 16-pump gas station near its store at Westfield Wheaton mall. and other conditions. In unanimously denying Costco’s request in March, the five-member Board of Appeals cited the impact of vehicle fumes on the students, residents and pool users. The proposed gas station would be designed with modern technology that would protect public health and “go
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Synthetic Biologics of Rockville named Steven A. Shallcross CFO, treasurer and secretary effective June 1, succeeding C. Evan Ballantyne, who is leaving the company. Shallcross is executive vice president and CFO of Nuo Therapeutics. Previously, he was CFO and treasurer of Vanda Pharmaceuticals; senior vice president and CFO of Middlebrook Pharmaceuticals; executive vice president and CFO of Innocoll AG; CFO of Empire Petroleum Partners and Bering Truck; and acting CFO of Senseonics. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Host Hotels & Resorts of Bethesda reported that its firstquarter profit fell to $104 million from $185 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues grew to $1.32 billion from $1.31 billion. Revenue per available room rose to $157.36 from $152.97, as the average daily rate increased to $215.48 from $205.35, although occupancy fell to 73.0 percent from 74.5 percent.
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well beyond” federal and state air quality standards, Leuck said. In its petition filed in court, Costco states that the board’s decision “erroneously rests on speculation” that compliance with federal and state air quality standards “is somehow insufficient.” The board also did not “identify an alternative standard that the appli-
cant could look to in designing its station,” Costco attorneys wrote. In addition, the gas station would provide competition for area stations and benefit “not just Costco members, but everyone in the area,” Leuck said. “When Costco comes into a market, our competitors tend to match Costco’s prices,” he said. Karen Cordry, president of the Kensington Heights Civic Association, one of the groups opposing the gas station, said Thursday it was “astonishing” that Costco would appeal the case in light of the unanimous decision by the appeals board. Another gas station, especially one so close to vulnerable students, is not needed in the area, she said. “There are dozens of gas stations within a couple miles,” Cordry said. The county is responsible for defending the board’s official position in court, Cordry said, but her group would “help out where we can.” After Costco applied for a special zoning exemption for the gas station in 2011, the Montgomery County Council in 2012 approved an amendment requiring heavily used gas stations to be at least 300 feet from schools and recre-
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categories. The four types of honors are Workplace Excellence, Health & Wellness, Diversity Champion and EcoLeadership. Some companies were recognized in multiple categories. The nonprofit, founded in Montgomery County, is “dedicated to helping companies become great places to work,” according to its website. The 2014 winners, grouped by location: • Bethesda: BDO USA, Calvert Investments, Honest Tea, Live Healthier, Marriott International, the National Center
for Children and Families, and United Educators. • Gaithersburg: AstraZeneca/MedImmune, Family Services, Novavax, and the Humane Society of the U.S. • Germantown: Hughes Network Systems and Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union. • North Bethesda: JBS International. • Olney: Sandy Spring Bank. • Poolesville: MainSpring. • Rockville: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chevo Consulting, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Hitachi Consulting, Men-
ation facilities. The Montgomery County Planning Board is scheduled on May 7 to consider a zoning amendment that would increase the required setback for gas stations that pump at least 3.6 million gallons a year from schools, parks and recreation facilities to 500 feet. While Costco’s original proposal had the gas station less than 300 feet from the swim club, officials later altered that plan. The case went to the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, which held hearings on the matter for more than a year, before the appeals board’s decision. In a lengthy report, Martin L. Grossman, hearing examiner for the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, wrote that the “unusual size” of the proposed gas station — as near as 118 feet from a single-family home, 375 feet from the swim club and 874 feet from the school — would “render the proposal incompatible.” The 151,000-square-foot Costco opened at the mall in April 2013, taking over space vacated by a Hecht’s store in 2006. kshay@gazette.net
tal Health Association of Montgomery County, Montgomery County government, Nutricia North America, Optimal Networks, SAPNS2, Emmes Corp. and Montgomery County Public Schools. • Silver Spring: DelCor Technology Solutions, Discovery Communications, Dynaxys, Holy Cross Health, and Social & Scientific Systems. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which covers Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, was honored, too.
Profits up at Marriott International Marriott International of Bethesda reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $207 mil-
lion from $172 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues increased to $3.51 billion from $3.29 billion. Revenue per available room rose 6.8 percent to $107.51, as the average daily rate grew 4.4 percent to $153.23 and occupancy increased to 70.2 percent from 68.6 percent.
Walker & Dunlop promotes senior vice president Walker & Dunlop of Bethesda promoted Senior Vice President Brian Casey to head its Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team. Before joining the company two years ago, Casey was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies at Met Life.
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“Smile, you’re on ‘Candid Camera.’” Those of us who are middle-aged or beyond remember that catchphrase from Allen Funt’s TV show. It was a time when hidden cameras were best known for pranks and inane interactions, for an audience’s entertainment. Now, surveillance cameras are trained on us as we shop, drive and walk along city streets. Every person with a smartphone is potentially shooting video. Footage is having a profound effect on our culture, social interBODY CAMERAS action and even crimiON POLICE OFFICERS ARE nal justice. Ray Rice A GOOD might have MEASURE OF been just ACCOUNTABILITY another football star with a court date until we — and the NFL — saw a vicious assault as it actually happened. Several deaths of people while in police custody or pursuit have become vivid and explosive because society has become a witness. We saw it again recently in Baltimore, where outrage over the death of Freddie Gray built and bubbled from video clips of officers dragging him into a transport van. If a video camera were recording the inside of the van, we’d know so much more about the involvement of six officers now charged in connection with his death. We’re on the cusp of a sweeping movement to have police officers equipped with body cameras, too. Rockville is the most recent Montgomery County municipality to consider putting cameras on police officers. Gaithersburg, Takoma Park and Montgomery County are looking into the idea, too. We support these agencies and their steps toward a system that ideally protects the public from abuses and officers from false allegations, in much the same way car-mounted cameras have provided more accountability and transparency. Supporters point to studies showing that complaints against officers, particularly for use of force, plummet in communities where officers wear cameras on their bodies. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $20 million pilot program in which local and tribal law enforcement organizations will get competitive grants to buy body-worn cameras. The Justice Department says President Barack Obama hopes to spend $75 million in a three-year period on 50,000 cameras for law enforcement agencies. The modern debate is no longer about surveillance, but about mechanics. When should cameras be filming and when should officers turn them off? The General Assembly passed a bill this session making sound recording by a police body camera legal. The exception is similar to one in place for cameras mounted on patrol cars. Otherwise, Maryland law requires consent for audio recording. Gov. Larry Hogan said he plans to sign the bill into law. To us, access to footage is a high concern. One benefit that the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services lists for body-worn cameras is, “Improving agency transparency by allowing the public to see video evidence of police activities and encounters.” Yet, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has proposed making footage from police body cameras exempt from public information laws. But this shouldn’t be any government’s blanket response. Footage should be treated as any other public information. This will pose technical challenges in ferreting out information the public needs to see while balancing legitimate privacy rights, but trust is won through transparency.
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In search for super, school board needs clear goals As The Gazette reported April 27, the Montgomery County Board of Education has begun interviewing candidates to be the next superintendent. The board should be commended for including representatives of several community groups in the interview process, and for soliciting the input of parents through open forums held in March. As the board no doubt recognizes, greater transparency is sorely needed following the abrupt departure of the previous superintendent, Joshua Starr. This theme was emphasized repeatedly in the community forums and stakeholder interviews conducted by the board’s search firm earlier this year. A report summarizing the feedback, which is posted on the board’s website, strongly emphasizes “a need for transparency in the way the district operates.” It also quotes an unnamed member of the Montgomery County Council who said he or she “wouldn’t take the job unless the Board clarifies its goals and sets a vision for leadership” for the next superintendent. The report lists general leadership qualities that the community wants in the next superintendent, including being “collaborative” and having “effective communication skills.” It also notes the well-known challenges facing the public school system, the most prominent of which are the glaring achievement gaps among students of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in our county. Board members owe the public a detailed response to the report’s findings. The board should elaborate on the qualifications it is looking for in the ideal candidate, specify the goals it expects the new superintendent to ac-
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The Montgomery County Board of Education is searching for a superintendent to replace Joshua P. Starr, shown in his first board of education meeting. Starr resigned in February. complish, and define the metrics of success for the superintendent’s leadership and performance. That process must bring parents — many of whom remain skeptical of the board and uninformed of the reasons for Starr’s dismissal — back into the discussion. The board needs to actively
involve the community in setting the path forward and empowering the next superintendent to create the best educational experience possible for all of the county’s students Steven Weiss, Kensington
Budget should support Smart people can follow instructions for the proper use of pesticides staffing to help limit greenhouse gas emissions The Montgomery County Council currently is reviewing the fiscal year 2016 annual budget proposed by County Executive Isiah Leggett. One small but critical step the council should take, in order to advance the county’s plan to fight climate change, is to increase the staff assigned to the Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Sustainability. In 2009, the county established the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent every five years beginning in 2010, and set forth a variety of steps to be taken to accomplish this. However, in March of this year, the Office of Sustainability reported that energy use by buildings — which accounts for about two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions in the county —
is actually increasing, not decreasing. In other words, the county’s greenhouse emissions are going in the wrong direction. Other jurisdictions (such as Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Va.) that report success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions have numerous staff devoted to energy-related issues. Montgomery County, on the other hand, has one, with a second soon to be hired. The fiscal year 2016 budget is the perfect opportunity for the County Council to rectify this deficit by giving the Office of Sustainability the staffing it needs. Mark Posner, Silver Spring Michal Freedman, Rockville
He has been a very effective progressive Democrat in the Senate, working across the aisle on issues as diverse as marriage equality, environmental protection, rights for convicts and controlling drunken driving. I was surprised how much of the article was spent discussing a Republican who has not yet declared his candidacy. I hope that if and when that Republican announces, your article about him will give equal attention to Sen. Raskin. David Blockstein, Takoma Park
When applied correctly, the chemical tools used and already governed by the EPA and the state of Maryland do not pose the risks that he and others purport. I have applied pesticides for 44 years, and have never had an incident or have been cited. My course was monitored by state water quality agents, as drainage from the course flowed into a tributary of the Arkansas River. I am here to plead for others to speak up, and not allow this board to continue to take our rights away. Yes, I’m from the South Central, Midwest, or breadbasket, if you will. I suppose we do things a bit different out there, but one thing is certain: Responsible use of the tools approved by the federal government and state agencies should not be taken away by a board of people who believe that we need to be nannied and protected from ourselves. Jeff Hawkins, North Potomac
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The writers are members of the Montgomery County Sierra Club.
Raskin would make a good representative in Congress Thank you for your article about state Sen. Jamie Raskin launching his campaign for the U.S. Congress (April 22). As a constituent of Sen. Raskin and one of some 500 supporters who joined Attorney General Brian Frosh, Congressman John Sarbanes, former U.S. Sen. Joseph Tydings, state Sen. Catherine Pugh (Maryland Senate majority leader and president of National Black Caucus of State Legislators) at the launch event, I am very excited about the possibility of Sen. Raskin representing me in Congress.
As a retired certified golf course superintendent, and certified pesticide applicator from the state of Oklahoma, I must protest the actions of George Leventhal, et al., in attempting to ban pesticide use in Montgomery County. Is this another one of his socialist moves to keep his little society in order? But, I digress. As homeowners, we also have a responsibility to our associations and neighbors. The D.C. area is more or less a transient suburbia. That being said, for many of us, responsible upkeep of our lawns is a necessity, as it is an important factor in buying and selling a home. Besides, a beautiful lawns is, well, just beautiful. I’ve been told that the smartest people in the world live here. Does Mr. Leventhal think that these people cannot read a pesticide label and use these chemical tools responsibly?
In March, a proposal for a gas station that would pump 12 million gallons of gas a year a mere 118 feet from residential homes was denied by the Montgomery County Board of Appeals. Concern for the possible adverse health effects that can result from proximity to fueling evaporative emissions and toxic emissions from idling cars was one of the reasons for the denial. Recognizing the need to strengthen existing zoning regulations concerning these large gas stations, there is a zoning text amendment before the County Council. Authored by Councilman Marc Elrich and supported by six additional members of the council, this amendment will add dwelling units to the existing list of sensitive sites and increase the current 300 foot setback from those sites to 500 feet. This amendment supports Montgomery County’s commitment to the
protection of the health and welfare of its citizens. Costco says that this text amendment would “essentially suspend the zoning process and keep safe, affordable gas out of Montgomery County.” This is not true. Nothing in this proposal will suspend the Montgomery County zoning ordinance and there are many areas of Montgomery County where the new setback could be met. Dense, urban, heavily populated neighborhoods are most likely not one of them. Abigail Adelman, Kensington
The writer is chairwoman of the Stop Costco Gas Coalition. Editor’s note: Costco Wholesale Corp. has filed an appeal to the Montgomery County Board of Appeals’ decision to deny a request to build a 16-pump gas station.
Purple Line opponents haven’t proposed real alternatives Robert Riker’s address is much more important than the content of his letter in the April 29 Gazette (“Calculations don’t support ridership projection”). Chevy Chase has spent large sums ($300,000 during the last year) to oppose the Purple Line. It maintains a drumbeat of criticisms of the economics and predicted ridership
for the line. Ridership is calculated using metrics required by the Federal Transit Administration and used to evaluate all their New Starts projects, among which the Purple Line is highly rated. Mr. Riker’s and others’ subjective recalculations are the results of animated self-interest in opposing the project.
The benefits of the Purple Line project are enormous; opposition to it usually is part of a coordinated, national right-wing campaign to attack transit infrastructure while advocating for heavily subsidized highway projects. For those who want to improve mobility in the region, the real test is alternatives the opponents propose
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Ned Sparks, the executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, is retiring effective Aug. 1.
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Blair High School junior Nicole Spiezio plays two varsity sports, field hockey and lacrosse, for the Silver Spring school. She said if she had been given an opportunity to play perhaps her favorite sport — football — as a young girl, things would likely be different. Spiezio, who with the help of
USA Football is in the process of starting a girls flag football program at Takoma Park Middle School, said she hopes to prevent a younger generation from having to wonder, “what if?” “When I was younger I liked to play football with my brother, my dad and my grandpa [who played football in college at Brown University],” Spiezio said. “But I never had a chance to play [in a league], there weren’t any leagues around. I thought I could help create those chances [for younger girls] and at least put it on their radar.” Nationwide, participation in girls flag football is on the rise; it is offered as a high school var-
sity sport with a state championship in six states — Alaska, Florida, New York, Nevada, Texas and Louisiana — plus nearby District of Columbia. Per National Federation of State High School Associations, the number of high school programs has grown from 171 in 2009-10 to 552 in 2013-14. While there is still a stigma attached to women playing football, USA Football’s Director of Football Development, Samantha Rapoport, said she believes the attitude that football is a male only sport, is changing.
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Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who has been executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association since 1981, is retiring effective Aug. 1. This is the first of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today. It’s bad, but it’s probably going to have to get worse before the state steps in, Ned Sparks said. I interviewed Sparks last week to look back at his tenure as he enters the final three months on the job before retiring as executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, a position he’s held for 34 years. I asked about the recent increase in high school students who find changing schools to KEN SAIN be as easy as switching SPORTS EDITOR jerseys. “Yeah, that might be an issue,” Sparks said. “In the Eastern Shore, I know they have ... a sit-out period, if you transfer you have to sit out. It might come to that, in the near future, if it seems to be the case that the motivation for transferring is for athletics and not academics.” Sparks said those conversations among decision-makers have already started, but, to make that kind of change, many more people would need to recognize that there is a problem. One reason for the recent increase in transfers is education reform. The consortiums in Montgomery County and clusters in Prince George’s County have made it a lot easier for students to switch schools. All you need to do is claim that you want to be part of a program that is only offered at that school, and you’re in. “It’s complicated matters, but it’s something that is here to stay,” Sparks said. “In some states, they have school choice throughout the whole state.” I brought up the subject because of a recent thread on the MoCoFootball.com message board where it names 11 football players who have, or will be, transferring schools and playing for new teams in the fall. I confirmed most of those transfers through the players’ Hudl.com pages. There are probably more transferring that I haven’t heard about. I usually don’t hear about Prince George’s County transfers until August. The Bayside Athletic Conference on the Eastern Shore has a 45-day waiting period starting from the day of enrollment for students who transfer between schools in that league. They may not participate in practice or games during that time. There are exceptions (foreign exchange students, freshmen, change of residence). Not sure that would have much an effect statewide. Most of these transfers have already made the decision, and some have already changed schools. But the state could adopt a longer waiting period. The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference has long had a rule that stipulates any athlete who transfers to a WCAC school after the start of his sophomore year is ineligible to
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Arno Babcock of Richard Montgomery High School varsity tennis plays in a singles match Friday afternoon in Rockville.
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ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER
Before each season, longtime Richard Montgomery High School boys tennis coach John Fahrner asks the players about their USTA ranking — and he usually does so in jest, he said. After all, it’s not often that type of athlete joins the team. But this season proved to be the exception, thanks to a talented freshman class that has not
only made the Rockets competitive but turned them into what Fahrner called the “United Nations of tennis.” The Rockville school has seven freshmen in its starting lineup and more than 10 countries represented on its roster. That influx of talent helped Richard Montgomery go 9-3 this season and win the Division II title. Freshman Arno Babcock, whose mother is from Bosnia, is the No. 1 singles players, playing ahead of freshman Oheneba Boateng, a Ghana native. Junior Markel Lando (Spain) is playing No. 3 while freshman Santiago Zegarra (Bolivia) is No. 4. Justin Pan — whose parents are from Taiwan
— plays alongside senior Alex Jiao — parents from China — as the first doubles team. Pan said that before the season he’d heard about the incoming freshmen, but it wasn’t until the first day of tryouts that he realized how good they were. His teammates’ skill level stood out, as did their playing styles, Pan said. Boateng, for instance, has exceptional footwork and is in top shape, Pan said. Lando, meanwhile, plays with tremendous consistency, keeping his eyes on the ball before and after contact. “It’s pretty cool ... I think each of them bring
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ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER
Walt Whitman’s Jack Welch plays tennis at Paint Branch on Monday.
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Jack Welch has been one of the area’s best tennis players this season, winning all but one of his matches as the No. 1 for the co-Division I champion Whitman High School boys team. His name, however, won’t appear anywhere on the singles draw for the upcoming Montgomery County Region II tournament set to begin Friday.
Instead, it’ll be in the doubles draw, alongside the Bethesda school’s No. 2 singles player, Andrew Leung. Though the two haven’t been competing together, coach Jasen Gohn said they give the Vikings their best chance of reaching the region championship, and thus qualifying for one of the two doubles spots in the Maryland tournament. For Welch, that feat might be more difficult to accomplish in the singles draw where the region’s top players — such as Poolesville’s Dennis Wang — may be standing in his way. Coaches are allowed to register a maximum of one singles player, two
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Latin and switch schools. How can the state know what’s truly in his heart? “What’s the motivation? It’s never to play sports, but it is,� Sparks said. “How do you separate the kid who is really sincere from the person who is just doing that to get their way into the school because they want to play for this coach?� A mandatory waiting period might be the answer. If a kid is willing to miss half a season or more, that should discourage some of these transfers.
Continued from Page B-1 compete in athletic competition for one year. DeMatha Catholic Athletic Director Ed King said that the league is currently revamping its bylaws, and the transfer rule could change. “We’ve had talks about that, you know, if you transfer how long do you have to sit out, how long do you have to wait,� Sparks said. “I know my colleagues in other states have some of those rules.� Sparks said that they have to be careful in setting any rules. Now, a student can claim he wants to learn
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program up and running by June. Spiezio said the program is estimated to run for ďŹ ve weeks, meeting twice a week for an hour. The goal is to have 30 participants the ďŹ rst session but to hopefully expand the program to other middle schools in the area if it is successful, she said. Flag football is used as an introduction to the sport for boys before they transition to tackle. There should be a similar pathway to the highest level of football for girls as well, Rapoport said, whether it’s ag or tackle — are opportunities to represent the United States internationally in both. The pursuit of college scholarships has become an important aspect in youth sports and the lack of opportunities in women’s football is certainly an obstacle, Rapoport said. But she added that the natural evolution with so many high schools adopting the sport would be for the NCAA to recognize it. In 2007 while working at the NFL, Rapoport launched the NFL Girls Flag Football Leadership program in which female athletes were given the means to present the idea of implementing ag football as a varsity sport to their high school athletic directors. Montgomery County Public Schools Athletics Specialist Jeff Sullivan said he has not received any requests for girls varsity ag football but if Spiezio’s program goes as planned, he might in the next few years. “I think there is this stereotype of football being just a male sport,â€? Spiezio said. “Flag is not as physical. Girls don’t think about that, they just see football. I think it would be cool if it spread to high school [in this area]. If we had ag football [at Blair] I would be doing it now.â€?
Continued from Page B-1 “Football is America’s sport, there are no two ways about that, and America is comprised of men and women,â€? Rapoport said. “I think the attitude is changing among moms and dads, too. Girls have proven they can play extremely competitively.â€? Despite close proximity to the Prince George’s County-based D.C. Divas, arguably one of the best women’s professional tackle football teams in the world, girls ag football does not yet seem to have caught on in Montgomery County — though several youth programs such as the Bethesda-based KOA Sports and the Olney Boys and Girls Club do offer opportunities. But 2003 Gaithersburg High graduate and Divas offensive linewoman Lauren Chesley said efforts such as Spiezio’s are what it will take to change the tide. “If I knew there was an opportunity to play when I was in high school, I deďŹ nitely would’ve pursued it,â€? Chesley said. “Girls have an interest in football and I think more would have an interest if they knew it was available. ...Football is all about teamwork, family and trust. I play on the offensive line and you literally have to go put your body in the way of someone else to protect your teammates. You learn what each other is made of. It’s a bond I’d never experienced.â€? Spiezio said she ďŹ rst contacted USA Football in February and was provided with the materials needed — a curriculum, various drills, ags and footballs — to start her program. She said she is working with Takoma Park physical education teacher Brian Baker and hopes to have the
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Continued from Page B-1 different perspectives and experiences to the team,� Pan said. Richard Montgomery moves up to Division I next spring where it’ll compete against Montgomery County’s best teams — Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Churchill, Whitman and Wootton. “We’re in the shark tank next year,� Fahrner said. But with most of the players returning, Boateng said the team is optimistic about its future in the more competitive division. “We’ve been saying from the start that our junior year, our senior year we’ll be amazing,� Boateng said. “The talent is there in every single one of us.�
County updates The Division I title was split between three teams: BethesdaChevy Chase, Churchill and Whitman, who each had just one division loss. Wootton, without No. 1 singles player Kyrylo Tsygura for part of the season, joins that trio as the favorites to win the county title, scheduled to ďŹ nish Thursday. Division IV was also shared between three teams — Seneca Valley, Paint Branch and Watkins Mill. Poolesville, led by Dennis Wang, won Division III with a 9-3 record. The Falcons were led by Dennis Wang, who went 8-0 this spring and has a 30-3 record playing No. 1 since his freshman year, coach Holly Dacek said. “I’m proud to have coached him — if coaching is what you can say I did,â€? Dacek said. “He pretty much just coached me and tells me not to be nervous all the time. He’s a great kid and he deserves everything he’s gotten.â€? egoldwein@gazette.net
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doubles teams and two mixed doubles teams for the regional tournament. (The girls tournaments were completed in the fall.) That made for some tough choices prior to Monday’s deadline for submission. Put your top player in the singles draw, even if he’s a long shot to make the ďŹ nals? Break up the doubles duo that guided the team to a division championship? Whitman, effectively, forfeited singles to get a better shot in doubles, but different circumstances lead to different decisions. “It just depends on who you have and what the strengths of the team is,â€? said Wootton coach Nia Cresham, whose Patriots are sending two doubles teams. Wang, a Yale recruit, is the favorite among the ďŹ ve-person singles draw, while Poolesville’s top doubles team in the regular season — Nick Kibbey and Archis Sathe — is also competing. Falcons coach Holly Dacek said that Division I teams — the Falcons won Division III — are less likely to keep their doubles intact for the region tournament. B-CC put its No. 1, Conor Smyth, in the singles draw while combining its No. 2 and No. 3 singles players — seniors Luke Blackman and Eric Dubrow. “[They’re] weathered, experienced players,â€? Barons coach Christopher Hoey said. “... These two guys have been in a lot of battles. I just thought they’d be a good ďŹ t.â€? Churchill — Division I cochampion along with Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase — registered freshman William Karpinski for singles and will also have two doubles teams. One of them consists of its No. 2 and No. 3 singles players (Elliot Thaker and Michael Chen) while the other — Mark Dager and Jared Spiegel — was its No. 1 doubles team in the regular season. Welch is appearing in his second region tournament. Last season, after going undefeated as a No. 3 singles player, he ended up joining his sister, Nicole Welch, in mixed doubles. In the future, Welch said he might consider going out for singles, but for now he’s got his sights set on winning the region with Leung and then making a run in the state tournament. “We’re deďŹ nitely one of the strongest teams going into that, and if we really make the transition and play well together, then I think it should be pretty good,â€? Welch said. egoldwein@gazette.net
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ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER
In his 15th year on the coaching staff at Richard Montgomery High School, track and field coach Davy Rogers has seen more than his share of talented athletes come through the Rockville program he was a member of in the late 1990s. But for all the sprinters and hurdlers and throwers that have passed through, no collection has rivaled that of his boys teams from 2006-07, he said. “They were a different breed,” Rogers said of those teams, noting the handful of state champions littered throughout those lineups. Few teams before those and few teams after have come close to equaling the success of those teams. But as Rogers sat on the bleachers Friday afternoon, a smile broke over his face while his division champion boys group tuned up for their final invitational of the regular season the next day. “[The 06-07 teams] won multiple state championships, and they had a little bit more talent than these guys,” Rogers said, pointing to the team stretching their way down the track’s front stretch Friday. “But these guys have brought their talent out just from how hard they’re working at practice. Comparatively, talent-wise, they’re a little bit off. But work ethicwise, they’ve got what that 2006-07 team had for sure.” That work ethic, paired with a balance most coaches would envy, has the Rockets poised to make some noise this championship season, after a 5-0 dual meet record gave Rogers and company their second division title in the last four years. As of Friday, the RM boys had posted top 10 scores in the county in the following events: 100-meter (automatic timing), 200-meter (automatic timing), 800-meter, 1,600-meter, 3,200-meter, 400-meter relay, 800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay, 4,000-meter distance medley relay, 110-meter shuttle hurdle relay and long jump, according to MoCoRunning.com. This success didn’t just happen, as the Rockets athletes pointed out. It’s taken a driven group of seniors, an extraordinary amount of planning and a rare level of flexibility from the athletes to get to where Richard Montgomery sits now — poised for a postseason to remember. “When we came out for our time trials, we just noticed how much depth we had and how we could fill up so many events,” senior Emman-
removed from Wednesday’s county championship — might play out differently than other regular season meets. “You’re getting to that point in the season where you’re kind of tuning up and fine tuning everything, so you’ll probably see a lot of guys that are milers running the 400-meter or the 200-meter who will work on speed work today,” Rogers said before the event. Rogers did not run any of his distance runners in individual events at the meet but instead opted to place them in the 2x800-meter relay to work on speed. “You’re not going to see a lot of the kids who are going to be top contenders for the county championship run more than one event, if that,” Rogers said. “It’s a lot of more [junior varsity] kids getting a chance today.”
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Richard Montgomery High School’s Alex Fehlinger practices coming off the blocks Friday at the Rockville school. uel Porquin said. “It was somewhat of a surprise.” After bringing out a handful of football and basketball players, as well as athletes who had never before participated in track and field, Rogers and his coaching staff sat down and came to a similar realization. If some of the athletes were willing to shift around their responsibilities on the team, the Rockets had the makings of a special team. And that, Rogers said, is exactly what’s made this group so successful. “That’s what this team is so good about,” Rogers said. “I can tell a kid who’s never done the hurdles, ‘Hey, you’ve got a lot of talent, you’re athletic, let’s try the hurdles.’ And they’ll say, ‘All right, coach. What do you need me to do?’ And that’s why this team has become so good. We don’t have complainers on the team. We don’t have kids whining. We tell them what to do. They say let’s do it, and they do it. That’s always a coach’s dream.” Take senior Alex Fehlinger, for example. Last season, Fehlinger admittedly was focused more on his in-
dividual short distance events, where he qualified for the 100 meters at the state level. But when his senior season rolled around, the Rockets senior sensed a focus shift could better serve the team, which he felt had a chance to make some real noise. “This year, since we have so much depth, we realized we could be good at the relays and score a lot of points there,” Fehlinger said. “So I’ve just focused more on that.” Now, Fehlinger has become an integral part of the Rockets’ relays, which have served as one of their strong suits all season long. And the success those teams have experienced is thanks in large part, Rogers said, to the work ethic and mentality that this year’s group has so successfully adopted. “They run more for each other than they do for themselves, and I really think that’s what makes them a great team,” Rogers said. “They care more about what they do as a team, as opposed to what they do as an individual.” agutekunst@gazette.net
LACROSSE NOTEBOOK BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
The 4A West Region is up for grabs, as about half of its teams having a shot at reaching the state semifinals. Defending champion Whitman remains a favorite thanks to the return of star midfielder Maddie Parker, who missed part of the season recovering from minor neck surgery. But the Vikings have a tough draw in Section I, that includes Walter Johnson, BethesdaChevy Chase and Churchill. Gaithersburg (10-1 as of Sunday), which won its first division title in school history, earned a firstround bye in Section II and plays the winner of Northwest/Clarksburg. Quince Orchard and Wootton — led by sister coaches Jennifer Mohr and Shannon Holiday, respectively — could have a playoff rematch in the second round if the
If anyone understands how to properly navigate the slew of commitments that come with championship season rapidly approaching, one of those people is likely Richard Montgomery High School coach Davy Rogers. The longtime Rockets coach has been on the staff at the Rockville school since 2001 and was quick to point out how Saturday’s Katie Jenkins Invitational at Sherwood — just four days
BY ADAM GUTEKUNST
The Sherwood High School girls lacrosse team’s quest for a third straight region title begins Friday, and coach Kelly Hughes said the road to the state semifinals is much like it was a year ago.
Girls contenders
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The Warriors (11-1) earned a first-round bye in the Class 4A North Region and are coming off one of their strongest performances of the season. But it wasn’t one of their 11 wins, but rather a 21-12 loss against Good Counsel, that gives Hughes hope heading into the playoffs. The Sandy Spring school outscored the Olney powerhouse 8-7 in the second half. The Warriors won’t play any team near Good Counsel’s talent level until the region title game — potentially another playoff showdown with Howard — but the Warriors will have to first get out of their section, which includes Blair, Blake and Springbrook. “After watching my girls play Good Counsel the other day, I think I’m more confident than I was,” Hughes said.
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Quince Orchard’s Colton Christensen has his shot blocked by Churchill goalie Markus Hurd during Thursday’s boys soccer game. Churchill won, 14-10. Patriots can get by Magruder. Poolesville and Damascus received first-round byes in the 3A West. If they can get by their second-round opponents, they’d meet in the Section II finals for a playoff rematch. The Swarmin’ Hornets won last year’s matchup, 11-10, in a triple-overtime thriller.
Damascus defense dominating Last year, the Damascus High School boys lacrosse team was an overtime game away from reaching the state semifinals for the first time since 2001, as it fell to Urbana, 1312, in the 3A/2A West Region finals. The Swarmin’ Hornets lost half their starters from that team but remain in position to make another deep playoff run thanks to a strong defensive unit anchored by junior Joey Salisbury and the emergence of faceoff specialist Isaac Avon. Damascus and Poolesville both received first-round byes and are favorites in their section and would meet in the region semifinals if they won their second-round matchups.
“As long as we can play together, I think we got a real good shot at going far,” Damascus coach Chris Thompson said.
Boys contenders Churchill (13-1) is the 4A West favorite after going undefeated against county public school opponents in the regular season. The Bulldogs and their powerhouse offense — led by senior Louis Dubick, the state’s all-time leader in points — are likely to run into Whitman in the region semifinals. Quince Orchard and defending region champion Wootton are the Section II favorites and are likely to meet in the third round for the right to play the Section I winner. Blake and Springbrook each received first-round byes. In the 4A North, the Section II favorite is Sherwood. The Warriors are coming off a 6-5 loss to Good Counsel and have won five of their last seven, including a 12-11 victory over Wootton.
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With a new coach, a new cast of runners and a new season ahead of her, Magruder High School sophomore Stephanie Davis knew her role on the Colonels would definitely increase, but maybe not in the way that it ultimately did. With first-year coach Rich Bosnic still learning his team, Davis stepped in to help accelerate the acclimation process, serving as a teacher figure to her teammates early in the season. “It just came naturally to me,” Davis said. “... It just came along naturally when outdoor season started. I just automatically started teaching them how to do stuff again.” Now, with championship season approaching, Davis and the Colonels seem to have overcome the newness that may have slowed them down earlier this year. “We got a sprint coach and he’s really helping us get stronger,” Davis said. “It’s back to normal like it was last year.”
Springbrook excited by divisional finishes When Springbrook High School coach Rebekah Harrison returned to her alma mater a few years ago, she and assistant coach Bryan Steele had a clear vision: They wanted to return the Blue Devils track and field program to its former glory. Last week, Harrison and company took a step in the right direction, as the boys (5-0 in dual meets) captured their first division title since 2007, and the girls finished second. “The boys have been really excited,” Harrison said. “We’ve seen a change — a turning around of the program. ... They’ve been working really hard together. They have great chemistry, and they’re really excited. There’s been a lot of hard work and dedication that’s
gone into it.” Springbrook has not captured a girls division title since 2002, Harrison’s senior year at the Silver Spring school. But, as the coach pointed out, the excitement is not exclusive to the boys — it has swept the entire program. “They’re really excited,” Harrison said of her girls. “We’re obviously disappointed we didn’t win the division. We were close. But the ladies worked just as hard. Hopefully in the future, we can get that division.”
Walter Johnson coach experiments in final invitational Walter Johnson High School coach Tom Martin has a bevy of distance talent in his girls program — there’s not much disputing that. He has Kiernan Keller, Emily Murphy and Abby Green — to name a few — all of whom have posted top 10 times in the county in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter this season. But at Saturday’s 29th annual Katie Jenkins Invitational at Sherwood, Martin, like many other coaches, used the last big meet of the regular season to test out his athletes. “I think [Kiernan Keller] needed another rep at 800 meters,” Martin said. “I’m running Emily Murphy in the 1,600-meter. She’s been concentrating on the 3,200-meter mostly, and I want to see what she’s going to be able to do in that. I wanted to give Abby Green one more shot at the 3,200-meter because she’s a freshman and she’s just learning tactics and things like that.” There have been occasions, Martin said, where a performance in such an invitational has changed his lineup entering championship season. “We get until tomorrow [Sunday] to make those decisions,” Martin said. “Sure, things can change.”
Trio of discus throwers fuel Clarksburg’s field events Most coaches would be happy with one solid competitor in a field event — or any event for that matter. But Clarksburg High School assistant Deb Waxman, the Coyotes’ longtime throws coach, has three competitors lighting up the county leaderboard this season. As of Saturday, Clarksburg’s Abraham Kinguelewa (141-04), Zack Fiscus (129-02) and Joe Opiekun (124-11) had all posted top 10 throws in the county. “They’re very competitive,” Waxman said. “They’re very supportive of one another. They’re constantly pushing each other to throw it a little further. They critique each other’s throws in a positive manner.” Fiscus, a junior, and Kinguelewa, a senior, were throwers from the time they came to Clarksburg, Waxman said. Opiekun, after going back and forth between football and track, decided to follow in his sister’s footsteps and become a thrower. Each one, Waxman said, has increased their throws by around 10 feet each season under her tutelage, thanks also in part to their competitive fire. “Their eyes are a little quicker than mine at this point, and they tell each other what they need to improve on,” Waxman said. “They’re extremely supportive of one another.”
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Former Good Counsel star selected in NFL Draft Stefon Diggs, former star at Good Counsel High School and the University of Maryland, College Park, was selected in the fifth round (No. 146) of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. The Gaithersburg native played three seasons in College Park before declaring for the draft at the end of his junior year.
— ADAM GUTEKUNST
County soccer team wins fifth straight State Cup The Maryland Rush Montgomery Coyotes Under-17 girls travel soccer team won its fifth consecutive Maryland State Cup title Sunday at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds with a 1-0 win against Maryland United. The 2012 U-14 national champion moves on to regional play looking for its fourth straight national tournament berth. The 2015 US Youth Soccer Region I Championships are scheduled for June 25-30 in West Virginia. Whitman High School senior Emma Anderson scored the winning goal in Sunday’s final in the first half off a pass from Vikings teammate Lindsay Wytkind. Bethesda-Chevy Chase junior Paula Germino-Watnick rocketed a shot off the crossbar that appeared to cross the goal line but it was ultimately ruled a no goal, according to MRM coach Alex Gould. The Coyotes outshot the United, 20-0. “The players were very excited to get a fifth state title,” Gould said. “They now will have an opportunity to get back to nationals for the fourth straight time, if they can make a great run in West Virginia. They’re looking forward to the challenge.”
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Blake boys win division title The Blake High School boys lacrosse team won the 4A/3A East Division title, the first in the school’s history. The Bengals recovered from an 0-3 start to finish the regular season 9-3, closing their season on a nine-game winning streak where they outscored opponents by nine goals per game. Senior Frankie Hedgepeth — named 4A/3A East Player of the Week on April 27 — leads Blake in both goals (32), assists (23) and groundballs (96) as the Silver Spring school heads into the playoffs with a first-round bye.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
Sherwood works on small things It shouldn’t really surprise anyone that the Sherwood High School baseball team is one of the top teams in the county once again, a season removed from reaching the 4A state title
BASEBALL NOTEBOOK BY PRINCE J. GRIMES game. This team isn’t quite the same as last season, but it’s still a team coach Sean Davis said he’s proud to be going into the postseason with. “The dynamic’s a little bit different,” Davis said. “But these kids are hungry and they’re good ball players. They’re a team that, if they get hot, they can be dangerous. I don’t think anyone wants to play Sherwood in May.” Senior Jake Paholski, in particular, is having a standout season for the Warriors. His .523 batting average on 23 hits leads the team. “Jake’s just had an unbelievable year,” Davis said. “Even his outs are hard. He goes two-forfour and his average goes down. He’s having an unbelievable year, and he’s a leader for us.” Different players have been able to contribute in each game, including Neven Sussman, who leads the team with 12 runs batted in. Sherwood broke a recent three-game losing skid to finish the season with a win over Damascus on May 2 and a tie against Blair on Monday. Davis said he talked to his team about building momentum, and while a tie
isn’t a loss, there were some things the Warriors can work on before the playoffs. “You tell the guys to get in the mindset that the small things matter. You got to do the small things right to be a good team,” Davis said.
The Mill looks for consistency If Watkins Mill High School baseball coach Mike Celenza had to choose one word to describe this season, it would be “inconsistent,” he said. Without the same wealth of baseball talent as other teams in the area, the Wolverines aren’t going to score runs in large amounts, therefore they have to pitch well and play good defense to have a shot at winning, and they haven’t always been able to accomplish that. Watkins Mill finished the regular season with a 15-3 loss to Kennedy, dropping its record to 3-13. “There will be games where we play really good defense and we’ll pitch really well, and we’ll be in the game and it’ll be close,” Celenza said. “The games we don’t pitch well, we don’t play defense, it’ll be loses. It’s just consistency with throwing strikes and playing defense.” Celenza has placed a premium on minimizing errors and when the team responds, wins such as the one they secured over Walter Johnson on April 29 are possible. Senior pitcher Jacob Richards has done a nice job of bouncing back from a sub-par junior year and became a leader for the team this season.
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Fellow senior, infielder Matthew Finn, has also been important in making sure the team stays focused during practice. “You got to set the tone at practice. And once you set the tone there, it leads to games,” Celenza said. “It’s going to be a long haul and the kids, I think, are very committed to it.”
Blair rolling into playoffs Staying true to form, the Blair High School baseball team fell behind twice by small margins in its final game of the season against Sherwood on Monday, but fought back each time to tie the game. After seven innings, and tied at 4-4, the teams played two extra innings in a game that started an hour later than usual because of county-wide testing. As the sun set, the game was called and a tie was the result after nine innings. Fortunately, the result of this game wasn’t going to impact playoff seeding for either team. Blair had a first-round bye secured. The 4A South Division champions were only working on staying sharp, coach Eric Zolkiewicz said. “Just trying to stay sharp,” Zolkiewicz said. “We’ve been on a good little run and we just want to keep playing well. Do the things that make us successful. I was trying to give a bunch of pitchers some work today, and go from there.”
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Sherwood ready for another state title run As always, the spring high school softball season has seemingly flown by and playoffs have arrived — region tournaments are scheduled to begin Thursday.
SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN Unlike past years, regular-season games carried a bit more weight this year as all teams were set to be seeded when the draws were released — Tuesday’s draw was too late to be included in this edition of The Gazette — rather than just the top 4, or more recently, top 2 in each section. But one thing remains the same: It’s one and done and to get to states.
Favorites If there was ever a chance for the topranked Sherwood High School softball team to get nervous and show some vulnerability, it was Monday when the Warriors went for their state-record 78th straight victory against Blair, the last team to which they had lost in May 2011. No such luck for Maryland Class 4A teams. The Warriors will remain the absolute favorite until any team has remotely tested them. Junior pitcher Jaime Schmier has not looked at all like a first-year starter and Sherwood’s historically potent batting order remains strong
from top to bottom — on Friday, senior shortstop Nicole Stockinger set a new state record for career home runs (38).
Contenders Unfortunately for No. 2 Blake, which heads into the postseason off major wins against No. 3 Blair and Clarksburg, the Bengals will have to get through Sherwood just to get out of the 4A North Region’s Section II and the Warriors won their regular season meeting, 10-3. But, anything can happen on any given day and Blake, led by sophomore left-handed pitcher Elie Smethurst and one of the Washington, D.C. area’s most powerful batters in Bailey Boyd, has certainly proven to be one of Montgomery County’s top teams. The all-county 4A West Region is like a freefor-all of contenders with Blair, Northwest, Magruder and Clarksburg topping the list. Blair’s only real obstacle in getting to the region final would be Richard Montgomery, which has proven it can compete with the top teams but hasn’t yet nabbed a signature win — no time like playoffs, though. First-year starting pitcher Karylena Cruz has kept the Blazers’ tradition of strong pitching in tact and she’s backed by a dynamic offense. Getting through the bottom section will not be as straight forward. Northwest, which lost to Sherwood and Clarksburg early in the season, looks to be in the best position heading into playoffs off a recent win over Blake. Junior
Bridgette Barbour has been strong in the circle all year and the defense around her — Northwest has six first-year starters in its lineup — has come together nicely. With senior Fiona Johnson in the circle, Magruder has a chance against anyone it plays. The Colonels handed Clarksburg — which hasn’t ended the regular season as strong as it started — their first loss of the year and lost a very close game to Blair that could have gone either way. Clarksburg has struggled, record-wise, in recent weeks, but it also has played one of the toughest late-season schedules. And all three of its losses have been by three runs or less. The Coyotes have all the tools necessary to make their first state tournament appearance.
Darkhorses It will be tough for any county Class 3A team to get out of a region that features perennial Frederick County powers that have dominated the region in recent years. But several teams have a legitimate shot at getting out of the all-county bottom section and into the final and anything can happen in a championship game. Einstein and Damascus likely lead the way but Northwood has posted some big wins in recent weeks and Rockville and Seneca Valley would also be dangerous to overlook.
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1. Northwest 2. Quince Orchard 3. Springbrook 4. Richard Montgomery 5. Paint Branch Girls track 1. Clarksburg 2. Bullis 3. Northwest 4. Walter Johnson 5. Paint Branch n Best bet: County Championship Meet, Wednesday at Walter Johnson; First meet of championship season is sure to be a good one.
Girls lacrosse 1. Good Counsel 2. Holy Cross 3. Stone Ridge 4. Holton-Arms 5. Sherwood n Best bet: Richard Montgomery/Walter Johnson at Whitman, Monday; Vikings road to a repeat begins with tough matchup in second round.
Boys lacrosse 1. Landon 2. Georgetown Prep 3. Bullis 4. Churchill 5. Good Counsel n Best bet: Seneca Valley at Watkins Mill, Wednesday; Screaming Eagles beat Wolverines 10-7 in regular season meeting; expect another close game in this first-round game.
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Shirley, you jest
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NATHAN ORAVEC
AMP BY STRATHMORE
STAFF WRITER
Comedian Sheng Wang looks to bring big laughs to AMP by Strathmore on Friday.
I ask Hollywood legend Shirley MacLaine if our interview can be recorded for accuracy’s sake. She laughs after giving the go-ahead. “With the NSA in the world, why should I be concerned?” Much — much — has been written about MacLaine’s outspoken views and beliefs on everything from women’s rights to reincarnation, making the prospect of an impromptu interview more than a bit daunting. Not to mention her storied professional career, which clocks in at more than 50 motion pictures — many of them, like “The Apartment” and “Terms of Endearment” some of the bona fide bests the industry ever committed to celluloid — an Academy Award win (and six nominations) and a laundry list of international best-selling tomes. Oh, and she was an honorary member of the Rat Pack, slinging barbs with the likes of Frank, Dean and Sammy, setting the stage for effortless cool before it was a thing. She doesn’t have to be kind or generous. The octogenarian, who celebrated her 81st birthday on April 24, is like a feisty grandmother who could buy you. But on the phone, MacLaine is those things, and also down to earth, graceful and witty. When the subject of popular favorite “Steel Magnolias” is breached, she considers its endurance. “A lot of people are telling me that these
Stepping into new territory n
BY RAECINE WILLIAMS SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
See SHIRLEY, Page B-7
AN EVENING WITH SHIRLEY MACLAINE n When: 8 p.m., Saturday n Where: Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda n Tickets: $35-$85 n More information: strathmore.org; 301-581-5100
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Author, actor and outspoken Hollywood star Shirley MacLaine will bring her deeply personal stage show to the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday.
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Comedian Sheng Wang will step up to the mic to deliver fresh stand-up comedy from a unique point of view on Friday at AMP by Strathmore. Wang, who hails from the San Francisco Bay area, has been in comedy for more than a decade, starting when he was in college. “There might have been a lot of signs of this happening to me,” Wang said of becoming a comedian. “I got involved in a little performing arts group — very supportive — that wanted to let anyone, but especially Asian-American kids, get on stage.” Wang, who was in college at the time, first graced the stage at a talent show. “Another student had volunteered to do stand-up comedy, and I said, ‘That sounds cool, I’ll try that, too,’” Wang said. “I had very little idea of what stand-up comedy really was about.” Wang said the only impression he had of stand-up comedy at the time was actually based on very little. “It was largely based on the commercials I had seen for Def Comedy Jam and VHS videos of that show in the late ’90s,” Wang said. His college foray would be the start of a
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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available. MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate - Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, Omer Avital Quintet, May 7; Sheng Wang, May 8; Sunliner, May 9; WCP Summer Music Showcase, May 13; The Duhks, May 14; Tribute to “Sassy” Sarah Vaughan, May 15; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Radio King Orchestra, May 7; Luther Re-Lives, May 8; Shadows of the 60’s: A Tribute to the Four Tops, May 9; Mother’s Day Brunch with Wil Hart; May 10; Wil Hart, May 10; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz. com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Boxcar Lilies, May 16; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 6; The McDuffees, May 8; Bluebird Sky, May 9; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Of Mice & Men, May 6; Black Alley, May 8; Ciara, May 9; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Arts & The Mind: Taste & Know, May 7; BSO: Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto, May 7; An Evening of Armenian Music, May 8; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGE F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston
Drive, Rockville. 240-314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,” through May 17, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” May 7 through June 21; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-6345380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394, r-m-t.org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27 through June 21, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, round-
housetheatre.org.
Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@ gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” May 29 through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage.org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.
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Show features diversity while staying true to the source material
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AXELROD
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No one needs to be sold on the merits of “The Wizard of Oz.” Between Frank L. Baum’s original novel, the 1939 movie and the musical, the story of Dorothy’s journey back to Kansas can officially be labeled as timeless. Of course, there is never an excuse to pass up the opportunity to relive that magic or introduce a new generation to the classic tale. Anyone looking for such an experience is in luck, because the Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center (ATMTC) is in the middle of its run of “The Wizard of Oz.” “Every time I come back to ATMTC, I feel like we try to create magic, and Oz is at its core, magical,” said director Roberta Gasbarre in a press release. ““I cannot wait to take this journey with the audience, and they should be prepared for an amazing ride.” This trip to Oz is overflowing with the best talent the Washington, D.C., theater scene has to offer. Gasbarre was nominated for two Helen Hayes awards — D.C.’s top honors for theater — while Paige Hernandez (who plays Dorothy) also has a couple Helen Hayes nominations under her belt. Jacqueline Lawton, the musical’s playwright, has some serious awards clout as well. She received a Theatre Communication Group’s Young Leaders of Color honor in 2012 and was named one of the top 30 national leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute. In addition to her theater credentials, Lawton has always had a special place in her heart for “The Wizard of Oz.” Like Dorothy, she grew up on a farm and connects with the girl’s sense of imagination. Lawton understood that adapting such an iconic story would be a daunting task. Even with the
VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Motionless, I Stay and Go: I am a Pause,” through May 24, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art League, Juried Members’ Show varied media, through May 29; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Joseph Sheppard, through May 22; 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Stephanie Garmey, through May 24; Jowita Wyszomirska and David Brown, through May 24; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, “The Merry Month,” through May 23; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda. org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, May 15 through June 1; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks. com, 301-654-1998.
ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.
Musicians of The Washington Piano Society, Spring Concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, featuring works by Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff. Free, with no advance tickets required. Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. dcpianosociety.org, 301-793-1863.
Hometowne Barbershop Chorus and the Village Jazz Band, present an evening of close harmony
singing and rousing Dixieland jazz in a musical play about a young soldier getting out of the Vietnam War era Army and trying to get to Broadway via New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville. $20, children 10 and under free, $15 in advance from Amalsun, 301-431-0484 or dramalsun@yahoo.com. The Bach Sinfonia presents “Bach in the Middle: The Cöthen Concertos,” 8 p.m. Saturday at
the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Tickets are $15-$35. bachsinfonia.org, 301-362-6525.
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Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion all take the stage at Adventure Theatre MTC for “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”
‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’ n When: Through May 25 n Where: Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo n Tickets: $19 n More Information: adventuretheatre-mtc.org; 301-251-5766
help of Gasbarre, who Lawton said “knows magic and theatricality like her right hand,” it was still a tall older to make this version stand on its own. Lawton admitted that the source material didn’t lend itself well to theatricality. She originally turned all 24 chapters of Baum’s novel into scenes before cutting it down and making it her own. “It was all about enhancing the theatricality and storytelling,” she said. “We wanted people to learn something about the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion they didn’t know before.” In the case of the Wicked Witch, Lawton went to the 1939 movie for inspiration. She mentioned watching an interview with Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch from Victor Fleming’s film, where she discussed how much the character
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enjoyed being evil. “You can’t help but fall in love with her because of how much fun she’s having terrorizing everyone,” Lawton said. She was particularly excited about the play’s use of hand puppets for the munchkins, flying monkeys and Toto. Lawton described the munchkins as “racially diverse,” which she said was definitely not an accident. “The Wizard of Oz” is traditionally a very white story, and it’s African-American counterpart, “The Wiz,” is also pretty one-dimensional in its depiction of race. ATMTC’s production not only has a mixed actress front and center as Dorothy, but also features actors of many different colors. “We’re very intentional with our diversity,” Lawton said. “We know the audience comes from all kinds of backgrounds. We want to make sure that the people on stage reflect their lives.” Turning the story into a mirror is a noble goal, but it’s part of the reason Lawton hopes audiences will enjoy this particular stroll down the Yellow Brick Road. “It’s a familiar story that’s made relevant in a beautiful way,” Lawton said. “You’ll walk away with a renewed sense of why you loved it so much to begin with.”
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Continued from Page B-5 days,” she said. “I think maybe [it’s] because of the bereft notion of roles for women in Hollywood. They remember how good that was and wish some of that would come back.” On Saturday, she brings some of that back, and more, to the Music Center at Strathmore during “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine.” A&E: Well, to start out with, I wanted to wish you a belated happy birthday. MacLaine: (Laughter) Thank you. A&E: Did you celebrate? MacLaine: Oh, I had a great time. A&E: I read you were named after Shirley Temple. I guess she was 6 years old the year you were born. MacLaine: Yeah, that’s right. How could I have been in the business any other way? (laughter) A&E: Did you ever meet Temple or work with her? MacLaine: Never met her. She was a Republican. Mmm-mm. A&E: Speaking of classic Hollywood, I read that one of your passion projects would be a biopic of silent film star Louise Brooks. MacLaine: Oh! God, I would love do to that. You know, when Kenneth Tynan found her, she was in her 70s. He found her in upstate New York. And he had been a fan of her all his life. And the movie would have been about the relationship between Louise Brooks and Kenneth Tynan — the great English journalist. A&E: What is it about her story, in particular, that engaged you, and is it something you still hope to work on? MacLaine: Yes, I think I would like to, but we need to get somebody to play young Louise. She was just so much of a renegade, actually. And you know the old saying, “You never quit Hollywood until you find God?” (laughter) Nobody could understand what it was that Louise had found that she quit. A&E: You’re bringing your show, “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine” to our Music Center at Strathmore. Can you tell me how that production took shape? What was its genesis? MacLaine: Well, I tell you, I have a compendium of wonderful stuff from my movies, my travels, my books, my lovers, my family, the Rat Pack, my stage work — it’s a really pretty good film thing, about 45 minutes. And then I come on and answer any questions that anybody’s got. And that
usually lasts a while. A&E: What do you look forward to the most? What’s the dynamic like with the audience? MacLaine: Oh, I love it. Because I love to know what people are thinking. I love to know where they are in their own lives. And I have to tell you something, my experience with doing these shows — they don’t ask me at the end of the [film] … about the Rat Pack, or Dean and Frank. They ask me about my books. A&E: To tell you the truth, both questions are on my list. I’m a huge fan of the old crooners, specifically Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I could listen to the live recordings of Dean Martin on a loop in my car. He had such brilliant comic timing. MacLaine: Absolutely. A&E: You were another member of the Pack, itself. What was it like being around them? Were they as much fun to be around as one imagines them to be? MacLaine: You know, absolutely. The … How should I say? It was the spontaneity. Nobody cared in our group what anyone else thought of them. If they were mad they expressed it. If they were funny, they expressed it. It was a real education for me in spontaneity. And that, by the way, was the way they were on the set. The way they were on the stage. And the audience loved seeing the imperfection of those guys. Because a lot of times they put their foot right in it — and they would deal with it. And that’s what everybody loved. The fact that nothing was planned. And that’s what I adored. I don’t like stuff that’s planned. I don’t wanna know what’s going to happen on stage when I go out there. I don’t wanna know. A&E: We mentioned your books — you’re a prolific author. Does writing come easy to you? MacLaine: Um, yeah — if I’m in the mood. And I usually stay in the mood for about six weeks. And I write for six hours a day, six weeks, and that’s when I deal with my back pain — a little bit later. (laughter) I write by hand. And I just write what I’m thinking. I’m not really a ... what do you call it if you’re not a writer but you’re a — a translator of your thoughts. I think that’s what I do. A&E: Are you working on anything right now? MacLaine: Yeah, but I don’t want to talk about it yet. A&E: You have a film coming out, “Wild Oats” with Jessica Lange. MacLaine: Probably next fall ... It’s
Jessica, me and Demi [Moore]. A&E: What drew you to that film? MacLaine: Oh, I’ve been working on it for years and years, and frankly I finally I just said, “Ok, nevermind, let’s just do it.” A&E: You’ve become a fan-favorite on “Downton Abbey.” MacLaine: Mmm. A&E: Do you expect a return to that show? MacLaine: One never knows what Julian Fellowes is gonna do, to tell you the truth. I don’t know. But I loved doing it. And I just loved the perfection of everything. The scripts, the wardrobe, the sets, the timing, the attitude... A&E: That show helped to usher in the era of binge-watching. Are you a television watcher yourself? MacLaine: You know, I watch the news. … I got really interested in the “Empire.” I really got interested in that. And, I don’t know — I have to try this binge watching. I don’t have that much time. How come so many people are doing it? Are they just out of work? A&E: I did want to touch on a fascination of mine that it sounds like you share: UFOs. How did that start for you? Have you ever had an encounter? MacLaine: Ok, you know —when I was 10 years old … I’ve been a mystic all my life, I think. The first presents for Christmas I asked for were a telescope and a cross. I sort of knew there were people out there, and I also knew there was a God out there. And I wanted to know about both. And that’s been since I was 10 years old. Yes, I saw many UFOs in Peru, whenever I would visit Peru and go up to 8,000 feet. And I’ve seen them all over New Mexico, too. A&E: I think it’s very interesting that you mentioned a belief in a God and alien life, because it seems to me that a lot of people think that if you believe in one you can’t believe in the other. MacLaine: No, that’s not true. Do you remember Monsignor Balducci? [He] served about five popes in the Catholic church. He came out with an announcement on behalf of the popes — “Welcome to our brothers and sisters in space, under God.” And nobody picked it up! ... Look it up some time. I think you’d be astounded. A&E: Your first film was “The Trouble With Harry.” Do you have memories of that shoot and of Hitchcock? MacLaine: Of course I do. I was his eating partner, since I was not
Page B-7 the tall, thin, ethereal blonde who had mystery… whatever I was to him, he wanted me to eat every meal with him. I gained 25 pounds on that movie. And I adored him. I didn’t find him cruel. I didn’t find him any of that. I found him cryptically sarcastic, but a lot of people with his kind of background were like that. A&E: I read a quote of yours that made me smile. Regarding Audrey Hepburn, you said, “She taught me how to dress and I taught her how to curse.” And I guess my question is: Who was the better student? MacLaine: (laughter) I was the best teacher, cuz she didn’t teach me a thing about dressing! Oh, I adored her. A&E: Looking back over your career, it’s hard to find an area that you have not dabbled in or perfected. But the big news this week in entertainment is the opening of the “Avengers” film. The superhero craze is attracting a lot of high-caliber talent, when in years before it never did. Is that something you would ever consider, or is that just not your thing? MacLaine: I don’t know. If she was metaphysically inclined or had some version of God, or had something that was kind of reminiscent of my books, yeah. But otherwise, it’s just serving the corporate mind that knows that these branded pictures make so much money. You would have to say something that I either agree with or am interested in. A&E: To that end, what are the big issues that you find yourself paying attention to? MacLaine: Women’s roles in our society. Not only in leadership, but also in equal thinking, equal points of view. I think poverty is a disgrace. I think we should be more socialized. If you’re going to socialize medicine… if you’re going to have that kind of medical stuff, make it totally socialistic like they did in Canada and England and Sweden and elsewhere. It’s kind of an equalization of being alive. That’s what I’m interested in. A&E: Is there anything else you would like to tell fans who are coming out to the show? MacLaine: Just come with lots of questions on your mind and I’ll do my best to answer them. Because that’s what they call me — the questioner. A&E: That’s a great superhero name, by the way. MacLaine: (laughter) Ok. noravec@gazette.net
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Continued from Page B-5 promising career in comedy that would lead Wang to a half-hour Comedy Central special in 2011 and a 2014 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, among others. “I found it to be a complete thrill to just get on stage, talk to an audience and connect to a bunch of strangers,” Wang said. Wang explains that his comedy is universal and not mean-spirited. “Typically, I try to do comedy that is just personal observations, usually based on personal experiences and things that are very common to everybody,” he said. “I try to take a weird or unique view on things and situate it in a way that’s familiar to everybody.” His unique take also won him the top honor at NBC Universal’s seventhannual “Stand-Up for Diversity” comedy search in 2011, aimed at promoting minority comedians. “I think it is important to have some Asian representation in stand-up comedy and mainstream American culture,” Wang said. “However, my approach to it is to just be a great comedian who represents Asian-Americans well.” Wang is also trying to diversify his skills and learn more about the art of writing for television. “That’s something that I’ve always thought about but never really pursued,” Wang said. “Ultimately, I would like to create something that would be based on the personal experiences that I draw from for my stand-up comedy.” Wang said he’s excited to perform in Maryland, which will be just one show of a promising year filled with a great deal of travel and personal growth. “I know that it’s a long journey, and it’s only fulfilling when I feel like I’m growing constantly, every year, and I feel like this has been one of those years so far,” Wang said. “I think it will be a really great show. It will be a fun time. I’ll be Asian and doing comedy coming from a unique place that’s still relatable,” Wang said with a laugh.
SHENG WANG n When: 7:30 p.m. Friday n Where: AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda n Tickets: $25-$30 n More information: ampbystrathmore. com; 301-581-5100
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