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ROCKVILLE | ASPEN HILL | POTOMAC | OLNEY DA I LY U P DAT E S AT G A Z E T T E . N E T
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014
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Registration Montgomery sets standard in sports facilities problems result in blame game NON-LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
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PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER
The 25 public high schools in Montgomery County with varsity sports teams governed by the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association are tied with Baltimore City for the most MPSSAA-sanctioned programs in one school system. Next is neighboring Prince George’s C o u n t y , Each school gets with 22 high schools that participate in Montgomery in varsityfor athletics. level sports. B u t Each school gets even with m o r e schools, and a bigger in Prince George’s for athletics. selection of varsity sports provided to its students, Montgomery has managed to build and maintain better athletic facilities than Prince George’s. While there are exceptions on both sides, and even some similarities, sports facilities appear better overall for Montgomery County students. The
State, county officials point fingers at each other as voters are switched
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STAFF WRITER
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Brett Tarzy, a senior at Oakdale High School in Frederick County, trains under the direction of trainer Blaine Dulin of Virginia on the track at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac on Thursday.
n Schools spend big to update equipment, A-11 n County maintains some facilities, A-11 n Private clubs pay some of the bill to get artificial turf fields, A-11
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Prince George’s
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
The solution seems quite simple: If there is not enough space for something, create more. That, of course, is a lot easier said than done when referring to actual land. As Montgomery County high school athletic programs continue to flourish finding space on campus for all of them to hold daily practices has become an obstacle for athletic directors. Though this is not a completely new issue it has not become any less challenging, county athletic directors agreed. Bethesda-Chevy Chase is home to the county’s smallest campus by far, built on 16 acres of land, according to the Montgomery County Public Schools website — Springbrook’s is the next
See SPACE, Page A-10
After three years, relatives of man kidnapped in Pakistan maintain hope
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RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER
When Elaine Weinstein would visit her husband, Warren, in Pakistan, life was a whirlwind of activity. They visited almost all the major cities there, and when they weren’t traveling, their home in Lahore was always full of visitors coming and going. “Our house was like Grand Central Station,” Weinstein said. Her husband loved Pakistan since he first went there in 2004, loving the food, music and culture and acquiring a wide variety of friends, she said.
See ANSWERS, Page A-12
Olney Investment Club helps teens and adults get a handle on stocks
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TERRI HOGAN STAFF WRITER
Although the return on their investments wasn’t huge, the experience and lessons learned by adults and teen members of the Olney Investment Club
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NEWS
INDEX B-13 A-2 B-9 B-5 A-12 A-14 B-1
CLOSING THE GAP
Two girls at Magruder High in Rockville are starting an after-school club to encourage more girls to study engineering.
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proved invaluable, they say. Linda Silverstein of Brookeville founded the group in January. She said she wanted to help her daughter Brooke O’Connell, 18, be proficient in investing to build wealth and decided it would be fun to do it as a group with a little competition. Silverstein reached out through the Olney-Brookeville Exchange Yahoo Group, and O’Connell reached out to her Future Business Leaders of America
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Olney Investment Club financial adviser Drew Brand of Olney talks to P.J. Pahygiannis, 18, of Olney and other club members during the Olney Investment Club’s final meeting.
Automotive Calendar Classified Entertainment Obituaries Opinion Sports
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n Public use of school facilities, A-10
Many sports, other than football, must travel to train
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Comparing the five largest and smallest in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties.
Prince George’s
IN DEPTH
See BLAME, Page A-6
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When neighbors Robert Debernardis and Carl Mauri walked into their precinct to vote in the June 24 Democratic primary, the two Potomac men got unsettling news: Neither was registered to vote as a Democrat. For the past 42 years, Debernardis said, he has been a registered Democrat, and has never missed voting in a presidential or gubernatorial election. And for at least the last six years Mauri has been with the party, saying he changed his affiliation to Democrat to vote for Barack Obama in 2008. Yet somehow both men were registered as unaffiliated voters when they reached the polls in June. As many as a few hundred of Montgomery County’s 675,000 registered voters are believed to
FOOTBALL FACILITIES
County schools contend with limited practice space
See STANDARD, Page A-10
The Gazette analyzed the athletic facilities at the 47 public high schools in its coverage areas of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
KATE S. ALEXANDER
club at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring. Together, they recruited 20 members from the Olney community — 10 adults and 10 teens. Most of the adults wound up being a parent with one or two of their teenagers. Silverstein also reached out to find an investment expert willing to educate and coach the club at no charge. Olney residents Drew Brand and
See INVESTORS, Page A-12