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Rockville High School quarterback Chuck Reese, here throwing a pass against Wheaton High in September, threw for a record 480 yards and eight touchdowns in Friday’s 64-41 win over Col. Zadok Magruder High School. See story, Page B-3.
Speeding up the incubator process Montgomery County working on reorganizing its business innovation centers
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KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER
For six years, green energy business Clean Currents made the Rockville Innovation Center above the downtown Rockville library its home. The company enjoyed reduced costs for spaces and certain services than it would have had in the general private market. It had access to shared conference rooms, administrative help, a kitchen and copy machine, all pretty much financed by Montgomery County. When Clean Currents “graduated” last year to reside in larger commercial space near the Silver Spring Metro station, it had grown from two employees in 2007 to about 20. Officials praised the company as exemplifying the intent of the Business Innovation Network program to see startups blossom into thriving businesses, but they admitted this week that the ideal goal is to get such companies out faster, preferably in three years, rather than six. Thus, the county has been working on a plan to reorganize its five innovation centers — once called incubators in reference to their role of hatching young businesses — to better focus them and provide more intensive services that can make them grow faster. “We want to rethink the system,” Steven A. Silverman, director of the county’s Department of Economic Development, said during a council committee meeting.
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Proposes 14 new classroom addition projects
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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER
Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr said he prioritized adding classroom space in his
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ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER
With a week left before the Rockville mayor and council election, candidates are mailing their last campaign materials and turning their efforts more to face-to-face interaction with voters. Bridget Donnell Newton and Mark Pierzchala, both current council members, are running for mayor. Newton said she has been knocking on doors and going to meet-and-greet coffees to talk with potential voters. “We’re working very hard,” she said. “I think it’s been really fun, and the weather’s cooperating.” Pierzchal said he has been campaigning door to door and attending coffees and forums in
the last days before the election. He said it’s hard to say who will win, but he thinks higher voter turnout will help him and his Team Rockville slate. “We just don’t know how it’s going to turn out because there’s no polling,” he said. The second round of campaign fundraising reports were due Monday. They n Anonymous show that letter draws so far in the ire as election campaign, nears, Page A-11 t h r o u g h n Election Sunday, guide, Page A-12 N e w t o n had raised more than $21,500 and spent more than $16,700, while Pierzchala had raised more than $13,700 and spent more than $13,400. In the race for four council seats, the six candidates include four members of the Team
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Mrinmayi Joshi (right) and Nishanth Parameswaran, research associates for Omni Array Biotechnology, test blood samples in the lab at the William E. Hanna Jr. Innovation Center at Shady Grove.
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Helen Heneghan of Rockville, Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio, and Agnes Saenz of the Community Ministries of Rockville talk before the mayor and council meeting on Monday.
Proposal would refocus centers, close Wheaton One proposal from Silverman’s department calls for focusing the two Rockville centers on data analytics. Those include the 23,000-square-foot downtown one and the 60,000-square-foot Shady Grove center
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newly proposed $1.55 billion Capital Improvements Program for fiscal years 2015 to 2020. “We are bursting at the seams,” he said Monday at Highland Elementary School in Silver Spring, which is at maximum capacity. Starr said the school system needs $2.2 billion to cover all of its capital improvement needs for the six-year period. He is proposing a $1.55 billion
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program, he said, because the county is currently facing “fiscal restraints” and the school system is not getting the funding it deserves from the state. The proposed program is about $184 million higher than the current program, which covers fiscal years 2013 to 2018. Starr said the program addresses the school system’s ongoing, significant enrollment growth with a recommenda-
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tion for 14 new classroom addition projects. The plan also maintains schedules for other, previously approved capacity projects, including five new schools. Since 2007, he said, the school system has grown by 14,000 students; another 11,000 are expected over the next six years.
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ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER
Monday night was the last meeting of the Rockville Mayor and Council ahead of the election, and officials took time out to thank two of their own for their service over the past term. Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio served on the council from 2005 to 2009, and as mayor from 2009 to the present. Councilman John F. Hall Jr. served on the council from 2001 to 2005, and again from 2011 to the present. Neither is seeking re-election.
Both Marcuccio and Hall thanked the city for its support. “You have given me a great honor in allowing me to return to service, and I appreciate it,” Hall said. Marcuccio noted some accomplishments during her tenure, including better cooperation with other area governments, a new grocery store in Town Center and saving RedGate Golf Course. “Most of everything that is going on right now started during the time I have been in office,” she said. The Mayor and Council adopted resolutions recogniz-
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Rockville ranked 10th-most liveable city Rockville is one of the best places to live in America, according to rankings by Livability.com. The city ranked 10th on a list of the nation’s 100 best places to live, according to a news release from the website. To compile the list, Livability. com looked at housing, amenities and other benefits in small and mid-sized cities around the U.S. Rockville scored high for its social and civic capital, amenities and economics.
‘Howl-O-Ween’ fun in Lincoln Park Rockville families celebrated fall Saturday at the Lincoln Park Community Center’s Howl-O-Ween Bash. The family-friendly event included music, pumpkin decorating, dance contests and crafts.
Police officer honored for running program Montgomery County Police Lt.
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mander of the First District station in Rockville, recently received a community service award from Galilee Community Development Corp., according to a news release.
Kornegay received the award for developing and running the Men Under Construction program, which teaches leadership, responsibility, self-initiative and self-respect.
Road races are Sunday in King Farm Registration is open for 10K and 5K races Sunday in Rockville’s King Farm neighborhood. The race begins and ends at King Farm Village Center, according to a city news release. Start time is 8:30 a.m., with a pre-race stretch at 8 and registration from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. A post-race brunch is scheduled. Awards will be presented in several categories. Registration costs $33 by Thursday, $35 at packet pickup Saturday and $40 on race day. To learn more or register, visit mcrrc.org/ rockville-10k5k.
Scouts launch food drive this week It’s time for Scouting for Food. Starting Saturday, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts across the county will deliver empty plastic bags in their neighborhoods, along with a flier explaining the Scouting for Food campaign. A week later, on Nov. 9, the Scouts will collect filled bags and deliver them to one of several collection points, where they will be loaded into trucks for Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg, the main food bank in Montgomery County. Residents are asked to place filled bags outside their doors the morning of Nov. 9.
EVENTS Ethnic Food Festival and Bazaar, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., St. Mark Orthodox Church, 7124 River Road, Bethesda; also 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 2 and noon-4 p.m. Nov. 3. Free admission. 301-2296300.
“An Ordinary Hero” documentary screening, 6:30 p.m., Bullis School,
10601 Falls Road, Potomac. Documentary about a Freedom Rider. Free. susie_zimmermann@bullis.org. Tango de Buenos Aires, 7 p.m., Kreeger Auditorium at Rockville Jewish Community Center, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville; also 1 p.m. Nov. 2. $45-$55. JuliaElena@CaminitoAmigo.com.
SATURDAY, NOV. 2 15th annual “Living With Breast Cancer” symposium, 8:30 a.m.-noon,
Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Free, registration required. www.suburbanhospital.
Fundraiser Saturday for Muslim foundation
Kensington nonprofit hits spaying milestone
The Montgomery County Muslim Foundation will hold a fundraiser Saturday at the Universities at Shady Grove to raise money for its charitable projects. Starting at 6 p.m., the evening will include dinner, a performance by local singer-songwriter Ebony Khan and a speech from County Executive Isiah Leggett (D). The fundraiser will be at the conference center, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville. Tickets cost $50 each; $190 for a family of four; and $450 for a table. The Gaithersburg nonprofit works to assist and engage Muslim communities throughout the county. The event will benefit projects such as a mobile food pantry, clothing drive and transportation for seniors. For more information or to buy tickets, email Saba Rashid at saba.a.rashid@gmail.com.
Rock Creek Cats, a Kensington nonprofit dedicated to helping feral and stray cats, recently reached a milestone by spaying or neutering its 1,000th cat. Most of these surgeries have occurred during the past few years. Through a process known as trap-neuter-return, Rock Creek Cats humanely traps feral cats, has them spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and returns them to their outdoor environment, while ensuring they have food and shelter. The program reduces births, preventing the feral population from getting out of control and reducing the number of cats who end up in overloaded, so-called highkill shelters. Send event information, photos and news items for People and Places to Elizabeth Waibel at ewaibel@gazette.net, or call 301280-3005.
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Senior Health Fair, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Brighton Gardens of Tuckerman Lane, 5550 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. 301-897-8566. Big Book Sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Free admission. 301-984-3187. Bizarre Bazaar, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mill Creek Parish United Methodist Church, 7101 Horizon Terrace, Derwood. Free. mcpbazaar@gmail.com. Swedish Bazaar, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Parish Hall, St. James Episcopal Church, 11815 Seven Locks Road, Potomac. Free. 703-734-0319. Ethics, Fairness and Bias in the Changing World of Journalism, 2-3:30
p.m., Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda. $10, free for students. 301493-8300, ext. 207. Teen Writers’ Workshop, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville. Free. 240-7739410.
“Guys and Dolls,” 8-10:15 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. $22; $20 for seniors and students. 240314-8690.
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SUNDAY, NOV. 3 Walking Tour, 2-3:30 p.m., Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd., Cabin John. A history walk to sites from the mid-1800s. $5, reservation required. 301-340-2825. 38th Rockville 10K/5K, 8:30 a.m.,
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MONDAY, NOV. 4 Pain Connection DMV Chronic Pain Support Group, 1-2:30 p.m., 12320
Parklawn Drive, Rockville. 301-2310008. An Evening with Seth Goldman, 6:30-8 p.m., Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda. The “TeaEO” of Honest Tea will discuss business lessons. Free. csbrand@verizon.net.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6 Morning Women Business Owners Breakfast, 8:15-9:30 a.m., Silver Diner,
12276 Rockville Pike, Rockville. Free to attend; RSVP. 301-365-1755. Blanket-Making, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Extension Office, 18410 Muncaster Road, Derwood. Volunteers needed; donations of acrylic yarn accepted. 301-460-5451.
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urban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Free. 301-896-3939.
CORRECTION An Oct. 23 story about Community Service Week had an incorrect Web address for the Montgomery County Volunteer Center’s website, which is www.montgomeryserves.org.
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DEATHS Angelo Mangano Angelo Mangano, 60, died Oct. 7, 2013. A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Aspen Hill. A celebration of life will follow from 1-4:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Lincoln Park Community Center, 357 Frederick Ave., Rockville.
Richard Darnell Young Richard Darnell Young, 51, of Germantown, died Oct. 23, 2013. Snowden Funeral Home in Rockville handled the arrangements.
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City has had 15 bank holdups this year BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH STAFF WRITER
Tuesday was a bad day for Rockville banks, after two were robbed less than half a mile apart in crimes that police said they believe are unrelated. Police received a report of a bank robbery at a SunTrust bank in Congressional Plaza at 9:35 a.m., Montgomery
County Police Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti said. According to a police news release detailing the robberies, police investigators learned that a man approached a teller at the bank as the teller was about to open the satellite drive-thru. The robber had a handgun and demanded money, at which point the teller and robber went to the satellite drive-thru, where the teller gave the robber an undisclosed amount of cash. The robber fled in a vehicle, according to the release. Less than 90 minutes later,
police received calls about another robbery at a Wells Fargo bank at 110 Congressional Lane. In that incident, police said that two people went into a bank, approached a teller, and demanded money. Police do not believe the two incidents were related, Montgomery County Police Capt. Jim Daly said. “It was one of first things they looked at,” he said. In the second robbery, one of the bank robbers vaulted over a counter, while the other robber shot a handgun into the air,
hitting the ceiling of the bank. Police were reviewing photos of the two crimes Tuesday evening, Daly said. Both robbers fled from that bank without obtaining any money, according to the release. The robberies are the 14th and 15th of the year, and are notable because the perpetrators in each case used guns. “It certainly adds another element to it,” Daly said. Police say anyone with information about the crimes should call 1-866-411-8477.
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Police guard the entrance of the Wells Fargo Bank at 110 Congressional Lane in Congressional Plaza after a robbery.
Rockville company lands $59.1 million contract to expand Arlington cemetery
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Washington’s housing development arm. The building project broke ground last year. Cardinal Donald Wuerl was among those dedicating the finished development at a ceremony Thursday morning.
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Rockville-based Forrester Construction Company has been awarded $59.1 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop about 27 acres for the Millennium Project to increase burial space at Arlington National Cemetery. This will be Forrester’s fourth project at Arlington Cemetery, the most recent being Columbarium Court No. 9, which opened in May 2013. “It’s such a pleasure and privilege to be able to work on that site,” said Frank Pinto, Forrester’s director of project development. Without their most recent contribution, Arlington officials believed the cemetery would have quickly run out of burial space for U.S. military veterans and their families. The plans for this project will add pre-set crypts for in-ground burial; columbarium structures, which are vaults lined with recesses for urns; and in-ground cremains sites. In addition to the much-needed new burial spots, a great amount of landscaping will be needed as well as the construction of retaining walls, security walls and vehicle and pedestrian roads and walkways. The company was picked for the project through competitive solicitation that started in the spring of 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers looked through proposals from different firms that included their pricing and qualifications and decided Forrester was their best option. “The Corps requires near-perfect finishes and we have a track record of doing it in the past; our price was pretty compelling
as well,” Pinto said. Though the contracting selection process is sensitive information that cannot be publicized in too much detail, Patrick Bloodgood, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District spokesman, said that previous work was one of the many criteria looked at when choosing the company. Although there has been some public protest about the construction as a whole because it would mean the removal of about 900 trees, some of which have been there since the cemetery was built, the Corps is planning on protecting select trees as well as planting more to balance out what they had to take away. “We’re doing a ratio of new trees greater than one-to-one,” Bloodgood said, stating that they plan on planting 800 trees as well as over 1,000 each of tree seedlings and shrubs. “There’s going to be a number of environmental improvements,” Pinto said. He explained that Forrester will be shaping the landscape in order to protect and preserve the natural habitats of native species as well as fill in a stream that runs through the property. While the project has no formal groundbreaking planned, Pinto said they will be mobilizing on-site within the next two months and plan on working into 2016. He said they will take the appropriate time to do the project right and achieve the best result possible. “We don’t want speed over quality,” Pinto said.
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AROUND THE COUNTY Council approves bill to help working families Will increase county supplement for low-income households n
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RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER
Montgomery County is restoring a tax break for low-income working families. The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a bill requiring an increase in the county’s Working Families Income Supplement, which provides money to taxpayers working at or near the poverty level. The increase could help people make a car payment they otherwise might have missed, which could have jeopardized their ability to get to work and put their job at risk, said Councilman Hans Riemer (D-At Large) of Silver Spring, who sponsored the bill.
Many community groups in the county strongly supported the bill, Riemer said. A county memorandum on the issue reported that representatives of Catholic Charities, the Justice and Advocacy Council of Montgomery County, Progressive Maryland and Maryland Hunger Solutions, among other groups, supported the bill at a July public hearing. Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Park said she’s always voted for a full match by the county, and she hopes the county will be able to do more in the future in other areas. “I’m fine with this solution, but I’m hopeful we can do better in the coming years depending on the resources available,” Floreen said. Council Vice President Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown said he’d like to see the county take a more comprehensive approach. The income supplement itself won’t lift anyone out of poverty, and
with many federal programs facing cuts, the county will have to do more, Rice said. Maryland residents can claim a credit for up to half of their federal earned income tax credit, and a refund of up to one quarter of the federal credit, according to a county release. In 2000, Montgomery started matching 100 percent of the Maryland refund to help residents afford the high cost-of-living in the county. But a bill passed in 2010 allowed the council to set the county income supplement at less than 100 percent of the state refundable credit by passing a resolution each year. In fiscal 2011, the county supplement was set at 72.5 percent, 68.9 percent in fiscal 2012 and 75.5 percent in fiscal 2013. In May, the council approved an increase in the supplement to 85 percent of the state refundable credit for fiscal 2014. The bill passed Tuesday requires
the county supplement to increase to 90 percent in fiscal 2015, 95 percent in fiscal 2016 and 100 percent in fiscal 2017 and beyond. According to an analysis by the county’s Finance Office, the funding increase in fiscal 2015 will cost the county an additional $1.016 million. In fiscal 2011, 33,840 Montgomery residents qualified for the supplement, receiving an average of $381.81, according to the county. Restoring the county match to 100 percent would provide an extra $124 per person. To qualify for the earned income tax credit for the tax year 2013, a resident with three or more qualifying children must make less than $46,227, or $51,567 if filing jointly with a spouse. A taxpayer with no qualifying children must make less than $14,340 or $19,680 if filing jointly. rmarshall@gazette.net
Sawhill stays in the kitchen, remains trendy at 100 Centenarian is a high-heeled caterer in high demand
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Mabel Sawhill loves trendy sunglasses and stiletto heels. She’s got a personal shopper who keeps her up to date on the latest fashion trend. And she likes to cook. In high heels. A lot. In fact, Sawhill calls cooking her “ministry” and only brings in help when she caters events with more than 150 people. In fact, she catered her own birthday party for 677 of her guests this past weekend. And the party celebrated a milestone. Sawhill turns 100 years old on Wednesday. Dressed in an orange and yellow floral dress with orange high heels, Sawhill directed volunteers in the kitchen during her own birthday brunch. Mabel Sawhill, a Silver Spring resident, had two birthday parties. One at the National Presbyterian Church on Saturday, and a brunch celebration at the Woman’s Club of Bethesda on Sunday. At the brunch, she told volunteers what time to serve the first and second courses, which included meat pasta dishes, cornbread, spinach salads and pastries. She kept a watchful eye at the buffet to make sure there always was
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Mabel Sawhill (left), who turns 100 on Wednesday, joins volunteers who were preparing food for her birthday party in the kitchen of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. enough food for her guests. Her birthday cake was made to look like a Chanel pink purse. A second cake was decorated with sugar zebra prints, with a mini pair of stilettos on top, makeup and nail polish capturing Sawhill’s personality. Sawhill owns a private catering business she operates out of her own home. She drives to events and does her own grocery shopping. Sometimes, she works at two events per day, comes home and cooks from midnight to 4 a.m. She then sleeps three to four hours and is up again to cater another party. So far in 2013, Sawhill has catered more than 100 events — 20 in May alone. She gets business by word of mouth. She doesn’t own a cellphone. On Friday, she prepared 3,000 sandwiches for 677
guests who came from all over the country to celebrate her birthday at the National Presbyterian Church. “I have a lot of friends,” Sawhill said while laughing. “Did you eat?” She kept asking relatives and close friends, but wouldn’t stop to enjoy her own birthday brunch. Sawhill was happy knowing she served “tasty” and “delicious” food to the people who came to share this special day with her. Sawhill, a long-time Silver Spring resident, was born on Oct. 30, 1913, and lived on a farm in Iowa. She got whooping cough when she was just a month old. The bacteria, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, is a highly contagious respiratory disease that affects infants. It can be fatal in babies less than 1 year
The family’s doctor said, “I don’t believe I can save her.” But Sawhill said the “great physician” had other plans for her. A high school teacher in Iowa, Sawhill moved to Silver Spring when she was 28 after World War II. “Everybody was doing their bit, and I thought I should do something for my country,” Sawhill said. Sawhill wan administrative assistant at the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and began catering weddings and churches dinners in her spare time before retiring in 1983. It quickly grew into the business she has today. But she doesn’t call it a catering business. “I like to
call it as my ministry,” she added. During the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, she packed her car with food she cooked in the morning and drove to D.C., even though others were evacuating the city. She went to the Capital Yacht Club and offered to serve dinner to police officers and firefighters. They came across the Potomac River on boats in two shifts of 25 people. Sawhill is also a movie star. Independent filmmaker and director Pia Clement of California filmed Sawhill for a 28-minute documentary, in which producers followed
her on events, at her shopping sprees and around her Silver Spring apartment last year. The movie is expected to be entered in independent film festivals all over the U.S. It made its debut during her birthday party at the National Presbyterian Church. “In a lot of ways I looked at her as a second mom,” Sean Moore, her grandnephew, said through an interpreter. Moore was born deaf. “Looking back in college, I struggled academically, and I took a break and for me, that is not easy to tell Mabel. And she said, ‘You know, that’s OK. Take the time you need. Take your break and when you are ready, get back to it, do it better than ever,’” Moore said. Other relatives said she has supported and helped the family in many ways. Sawhill would go to her nephew’s sports events; she put her nieces through private school and instilled Christian values in them. “She never judges you. If you do something wrong, she doesn’t scold you for it,” said Megan Moore, Mabel’s grandniece. “But she tries to make sure that you learn in a good manner, in a good way.” Sawhill doesn’t know the secret to a long life. “I really don’t eat well. I don’t sleep right, but God very graciously has given me a beautiful life. Maybe not having a husband,” she said. abarros@gazette.net
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PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER
Alfred C. Carr Jr. is the first of District 18’s three incumbent delegates to file for re-election, but he expects the other incumbents to run again in 2014, too. “We work well together and are actually Carr friends outside work,” he said, referring to Dels. Ana Sol Gutierrez (D) of Chevy Chase and
Jeffrey D. Waldstreicher (D) of Kensington. Carr, who will be 48 on Saturday, has served as a state delegate since 2007. “I enjoy being able to make a difference, to change things for the better,” he said. “I enjoy helping people with constituent services and I enjoy learning new things.” Carr, a Democrat, said he tends to focus on environmental and quality of life issues and has introduced a number of bills dealing with transportation, bicycle safety, and the environment during his time as delegate. He has served on the House Environmental Matters Committee since his election. If re-elected, he said, he would continue working on “better oversight of utilities — Pepco, WSSC,
and Washington Gas. I don’t think the current [oversight] process has worked well. We’ve allowed Pepco’s infrastructure to deteriorate. I don’t think there is enough opportunity for the people to participate.” Carr also said he thinks there is more work to be done for balanced transportation policies, through improving Metro and MARC train service and building better bicycle routes. “The old ways of thinking for transportation aren’t working anymore,” he said. Carr said he spent a “little less than $100,000” on his last campaign and thinks this one will be about the same. “I’ve been fortunate that my campaign funding comes almost exclusively from local, small donors,” he said. “I expect I won’t have trou-
ble raising enough to tell people who I am and what I’ve done.” Carr lives in Kensington. His wife, Barrie Carr, teaches nursery school. They have three sons, ages 11, 7 and 3. He grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and has lived in Montgomery County for 20 years. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Rochester in New York and is now a full-time legislator. District 18 includes Kensington, Chevy Chase, Garrett Park, Wheaton and parts of Silver Spring and Rockville. Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (D) of Kensington, who also represents District 18, filed last week to run for re-election — six days after Carr filed. The primary election will be June 24, 2014, and the general election on Nov. 4, 2014.
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Seat opens on citizens advisory board Applications are being accepted through Nov. 11 for an opening on the Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board. The 19-member board represents the residential and business communities of Bethesda, Cabin John, Chevy Chase, Friendship Heights, Garrett Park, Glen Echo, North Bethesda, Potomac and Rockville. It advises the director of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, the county executive and the County Council on community needs and priorities such as transportation, human services, the environment and public safety. Members serve three-year terms without compensation, but are eligible for reimbursement for travel and dependent care for meetings attended. Board meetings are held at 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month. Committee meetings may be held in the morning or evening. Members are expected to contribute about six hours a month and attend both board and committee meetings. Those interested should send an application consisting of a brief cover letter and resume to County Executive Isiah Leggett, 101 Monroe St., second floor, Rockville, MD 20850 or to countyexecutive.boards@montgomerycountymd.gov. Home and employment addresses, as well as contact phone numbers and email addresses, should be included. Information: montgomerycountymd.gov/ apps/exec/vacancies/pr_list.asp.
Rockville gets new early voting site The Montgomery County Board of Elections approved nine early voting sites for the 2014 primary and general elections. They include one in Rockville, at the county’s Executive Office Building. For information, call 240-777-8526.
Coat drive for homeless is underway The Montgomery County Department of Recreation and Interfaith Works are collecting gently worn children and adult coats of all sizes through Friday to support the county’s and Gaithersburg’s Homeless Resource Day. The goal is to collect more than 500 winter coats, especially in adult sizes from XL to 3XL. Here are some nearby drop-off locations: • Bauer Drive Community Recreation Center, 14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville. • Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver Aquatic Center, 5900 Executive Blvd., North Bethesda. • Olney Indoor Swim Center, 16605 Georgia Ave. • Wheaton Community Recreation Center, 11711 Georgia Ave. For information, call Judy Stiles at 240-7776875.
POLICE BLOTTER Complete report at gazette.net
The following is a summary of incidents in the Rockville area to which Montgomery County and/or Rockville city police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county and Rockville city police media services office.
1ST DISTRICT Armed robbery • On Oct. 10 at 9:45 a.m. at Twinbrook Metro, 1600 Chapman Ave., Rockville. The subjects assaulted the victim and unsuccessfully attempted to take property. Auto theft • On Oct. 8 between 9 a.m. and noon in the 15000 block of Gretna Dreen Drive, Darnestown. No further information provided. • On Oct. 11 between 5 and 11:30 p.m. in the 5600 block of Fishers Lane, Rockville. No further information provided. Auto theft and commercial burglary • On Oct. 12 between 3:43 and 4:18 a.m. at a BP station, 1910 Rockville Pike, Rockville. Forced entry, took property and a vehicle. Drug and weapons offense • On Oct. 11 at 10:28 p.m. in the 12300 block of Triple Crown Road, North Potomac. Police arrested six men. Residential burglary • 400 block of Autumn Wind Way, Rockville, on Oct. 14 or 15. Took property from a garage. Vehicle larceny • 5900 block of Vandegrift Avenue, Rockville, between 12:05 and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 8. Took a backpack. • 500 block of Beall Avenue, Rockville, on Oct. 13 or 14. Unknown entry, took tools. • 100 block of Forest Avenue, Rockville, on Oct. 13 or 14. Unlocked vehicle, took a purse, wallet and cash.
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Maya Eid, clinical lab scientist for NeoDiagnostix, analyzes cervical epithelial cells at the William E. Hanna Center for Innovation at Shady Grove. prove more difficult and costly in trying to move current tenants into surrounding private space, he said. County Councilman Marc Elrich said he would like to see what innovation center models have been most successful and how to replicate that success. The program has graduated more than 100 companies into private space since forming in 1999. Over the past three years, about 50 have graduated, with 40 of those such as Clean Currents operating within the county, said Ruth Semple, a county business development specialist who oversees the Rockville centers. The proposal is in the initial planning stages and the DED would likely need help from an outside firm with the realignment process, Silverman said.
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First of four forums held Monday at Paint Branch High BY
ALINE BARROS STAFF WRITER
More than 150 people attended the first of four community forums about changes to school start and end times held Monday at Paint Branch High School in Silver Spring. Parents, students, and teachers were given the opportunity to share their opinions about Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr’s recommendations to move the start time for the school system’s high schools back 50 minutes, from 7:25 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.; move the middle school first bell from 7:55 a.m. to 7:45 a.m., and keep elementary school start times the same, but extend the day by 30 minutes. “We can’t charge up and make changes without hearing people’s opinion and how it impacts them,” said John Matthews, chairman of the 2013 Bell Times Work Group. The group, formed in December 2012, studied the bell times’ impact on students’ sleep habits. “First we want to find out
what they think. Then next, we want to find out what is the impact on them,” Matthews said, adding that the goal is to find out if the impacts are going to be significant enough to “make us want to do something different or supportive enough to make us want to continue with a plan like this.” During the meeting, some of the challenges mentioned by the community were the impact on parents who rely on older children to take care of their siblings before they come home from work; loss of family quality time for very young children; parents of high school children who will have to stay home for an additional hour, and safety issues with more adolescents driving later in the afternoon during rush hour. Suzanne Paholski, who has two kids in high school, said she is “not in favor of it.” “By pushing back the start time you push back everything in the day. Not just school, but afterschool activities, family time, and bed time,” Paholski said, adding that her children go to sleep at 10:30 p.m. and get up at 6:30 a.m. “I don’t have problems getting them up in the morning,” she added. Gabriel Coxson, 14, who goes to Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, said that starting
school later will not help students, especially high school students. “The only benefit is going to be for people who actually go home, and actually get right to homework, and go to sleep...I am not one of those people.” But not everyone was completely against the proposal. Dorothy Gardner, a Montgomery County Public School ESOL teacher and parent, said she asked her students to speak with their parents about bell times and came representing them. “I did have one class where parents were really for the time change because it is dark [in the morning], and it is really early,” Gardner said. Gardner’s older high school class spoke on a different issue. “They have to pick up their brothers and sisters,” the teacher said, adding that she sees the benefits on both sides. Schools officials said a final decision won’t be made until all the community input has been gathered on the recommendations, and full cost and operational impacts have been determined. “We don’t want ignore anybody,” said Matthews. The next forum is scheduled for Dec. 16 in Rockville at Richard Montgomery High School, at 250 Richard Montgomery Drive.
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Republican candidate pursuing District 15 delegate seat BY
SYLVIA CARIGNAN STAFF WRITER
Boyds resident Flynn Ficker is drawing on his local experience for his campaign as the only Republican candidate for District 15 delegate. Ficker, 31, describes himself as a “full-time politician” with political expertise from working with his father at his law office and in his District 15 campaigns. His father, Ficker R o b i n Ficker, is running for state senator in 2014. Robin and Flynn have formed a slate and are campaigning as Republicans for District 15. The district stretches along the western edge of the county, from Clarksburg to North Potomac. Del. Kathleen Dumais (D) of Rockville, Del. David FraserHidalgo (D) of Boyds and Del. Aruna Miller (D) of Darnestown
currently represent District 15. Robin represented District 15 in the House from 1978 to 1982. Flynn is making his first run for elected office. Flynn said he is watching the battle over Ten Mile Creek in Clarksburg, where environmental groups, developers and the county planning board are debating the number of residential units that should be built in the creek’s watershed. The creek flows into Little Seneca Reservoir, a back-up drinking water supply for the Washington, D.C., region. “If there is development, I want it to be smart development, not something that would damage the environment,” Flynn said. Flynn said he is also concerned about possible delays to school improvements, as proposed by schools Superintendent Joshua Starr on Monday. He agrees with Starr that expansion is needed, but he is concerned that older schools like Poolesville High School, which is in District 15, will have to wait longer for their planned revitalization project. Flynn said he’s also concerned about taxes on small businesses, based on what he’s heard from constituents. He wants to create a tax-friendly environ-
ment for small businesses, especially those in the Interstate 270 corridor. “I wouldn’t vote for any tax increases,” he said. Flynn, who is not married, has been an assistant wrestling coach at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville and a camp counselor at Valley Mill Summer Camp in Germantown. He also has worked as a salesperson at the produce stand for his family’s farm and as a deliveryman for a local restaurant, he said. Flynn is currently accepting donations for his campaign, but said he has not planned any fundraiser events yet. He plans to file with the state to become a District 15 delegate candidate early next year. Dumais, Miller and former delegate Saqib Ali have filed for the 2014 race. Fraser-Hidalgo is serving the remainder of former Del. Brian J. Feldman’s term. Feldman, a Potomac resident, left his delegate seat and became the district’s senator after former Sen. Robert Garagiola (D-Dist. 15) resigned. Primaries will be held in June and the general election will be in November 2014. scarignan@gazette.net
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Frank J. Muth, a former partner of Muth Bros. builders of Bethesda for more than 30 years, died Oct. 6 at an assisted living center in Doylestown, Pa. He was 99. The cause was a stroke, said his son Eric Muth. Frank Muth started the building company with two brothers in 1946. He managed building sites for Muth Bros., which constructed commercial and residential buildings in Montgomery County. He retired in 1980. He was born in Sopron, Hungary, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1921. He grew up in Reading, Pa., and attended the old Wyomissing (Pa.) Polytechnic Institute. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Muth was a longtime Bethesda resident and spent weekends at a family cottage on the Patuxent River in Hollywood. He moved to Doylestown in 2008. His wife of 63 years, Irene Early Muth, died in 2002. Survivors include two children, Joey Vance of Bluffton, S.C., and Eric Muth of Doylestown; a sister; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
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To be installed on 25 buses to catch illegal passing BY
LINDSAY A. POWERS
“This is a crucial public safety measure the public needs to be aware of .”
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Montgomery County Police say new cameras on some county school buses will be installed and ready for action by early January to catch drivers who illegally pass the buses. The cameras will automatically record drivers who pass a stopped bus while its stop arm is extended with flashing red lights. Violators will have to pay a $125 fine, according to an Oct. 22 memo from County Council staff. Cameras will be installed on 25 school buses that run routes with the highest number of passing incidents. Wiring for the cameras will be installed on another 75 buses so the cameras can be swapped among the buses. County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said the cameras will be active by Jan. 3. The county also has the ability to purchase up to 75 additional cameras during its contract, according to the memo.
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The County Council enacted a law in March 2012 that enabled police to install and operate cameras on school buses to catch drivers who pass the vehicles when they are stopped and operating their flashing red lights. Speaking on Thursday at a joint meeting of the County Council’s education and public safety committees, Manger said a vendor contract was in the works and the police department had signed a memorandum of understanding with Montgomery County Public Schools. As of the Thursday meeting, the county attorney was still reviewing the police and school system’s agreement
before approving it, said county spokesman Patrick Lacefield. Manger attributed the delay in getting the program up and running to the police department’s unsuccessful attempt to bridge a contract with another jurisdiction. The department eventually turned to a request for proposal process. The police department also had a difficult time finding similar programs in the country to analyze, he said. Manger said the issue was related to the police department’s efforts to analyze other bus camera programs. “Make no mistake, we were trying to look at what other jurisdictions were
doing,” he said. “Much of the delay for this had nothing to do with the procurement process.” Manger said he thinks the cameras coupled with county police’s public education campaign scheduled to start in December will mean more drivers will be aware of the law. According to the Oct. 22 memo, revenue from the cameras will depend on variables including the “structure of the contract” and the violations that occur. Manger said the cameras are not about making money. “It’s about the fact it makes the roadways safer,” he said. County Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg said he thinks it’s important the cameras are publicized. “This is a crucial public safety measure the public needs to be aware of,” Andrews said. Andrews said police should cast “a large shadow” to help minimize violations around the county, while focusing the cameras on the routes where the most violations happen. County Council Vice President Craig Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown
said his daughter was recently almost hit by a vehicle that illegally passed a bus and that he had chased down the driver. “I’ve seen it firsthand,” Rice said, describing some drivers who “disregard” buses signalling for them to stop. County Councilwoman Valerie Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring — who voiced her frustration at the program’s delay in August — said it was “astounding” to her how many drivers don’t know the rules. “I see it happening all the time,” she said. Todd Watkins, director of transportation for the school system, said in a previous interview that the new cameras will automatically detect a violation and send the evidence, which will be confirmed by both a contractor and the police before a ticket is sent out. Of about 1,270 total buses in the school system, roughly 400 currently have cameras that run continuously, he said. If a bus driver believes they were illegally passed, the school system is able to go back and examine the footage and pass it on to police who can send out a warning notice.
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The judgment of three Wall Street bond rating agencies will allow Montgomery County to retain the highest possible credit rating offered by the firms. The rating agencies Fitch, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s each gave the county a AAA rating, the highest one possible, according to a county release. County Executive Isiah Leggett’s office announced the ratings Monday. Fitch praised the county’s “multi-year fiscal plan that balances current resources against spending,” while Moody’s predicted that Montgomery’s “sizable and diverse tax base will continue to remain strong going forward,” according to the release. Standard and Poor’s was quoted as saying it viewed the county’s management position as strong, with “strong financial policies and practices in place,” according to the release. The bond rating lets the county sell long-term bonds at the most favorable rates. It is factored into other financial transactions to let the county pay lower rates. Leggett (D) said the AAA rating affirms his decisions to close gaps in the budget, change county health and retirement benefits and boost financial reserves. It makes the county more effective and creates economic opportunities in the future, the release says. County Council President Nancy Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring said the rating demonstrated a proactive approach by the council and Leggett during hard economic times.
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Continued from Page A-1 Even if the program were fully funded, Starr said, 13 school clusters are expected to be over capacity in fiscal 2020. Fifteen school clusters in the system are over capacity this fiscal year. Most of the school system’s growth has occurred in elementary schools, he said. Of the 14 classroom addition projects, 12 are proposed for elementary schools. Starr recommended five addition projects at elementary schools in the Downcounty Consortium, an area that he said has faced the county’s largest growth in the last six years. “While the growth is most dramatic in the DCC, we’re also seeing enormous elementary enrollment growth across the district,” he said. The downcounty elementary schools with planned addition projects include: Brookhaven, Glen Haven, Kemp Mill, Sargent Shriver and Highland. The other schools where addition projects are planned include Ashburton, Lucy V. Barnsley, Burtonsville, Diamond, Kensington-Parkwood, Christa McAuliffe and Judith
Resnik elementary schools; North Bethesda Middle School; and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Other previously approved elementary- and secondaryschool capacity projects are scheduled to stay on target in the program. The projects include classroom additions; new elementary schools to serve the Clarksburg, Northwest and Richard Montgomery clusters; and new middle schools to serve the Clarksburg/Damascus and Bethesda-Chevy Chase clusters. About $725 million — or about 47 percent — is recommended for “revitalizations/expansions.” “The schools built in the ’60s and ’70s, the ones we’re replacing now, were not built to last,” Starr said. “We see that across the county and renovating them is not cost efficient.” Starr said the recommended plan includes more than two dozen such projects, adding about 118 classrooms throughout the system. The plan, however, pushes back the timeline of 20 of those projects. Elementary school projects would see a one-year delay. Middle and high school projects would see a two-year delay. “We know that so many of our school communities are im-
pacted by the delay,” Starr said. “They’ve been waiting for many years for their aging schools to be replaced.” The plan proposes that six revitalization/expansion projects continue with their current completion dates. They include Bel Pre, Candlewood and Rock Creed Forest elementary schools; Wheaton and Seneca Valley high schools; and the Thomas Edison High School of Technology. If the state provides more funding, Starr said, it may be possible for some projects to return to their original schedule. The recommended program also directs about $283 million toward systemic projects that include security upgrades and HVAC, roof and door replacements. Starr said it’s “starting to show” that the school system has not put budgeted enough in recent years for infrastructure needs. “We’ve been skimping on that because we’ve had to fund so many other things,” he said. Starr said he is asking for an increase of $28 million in both fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2016 to put toward the school system’s backlog of HVAC replacement projects. He added that further investments will need to be made “down the road.”
About $155 million was recommended for technology modernization projects such as new computers. The county school board is scheduled hold a work session on the plan Nov. 7 and two public hearings on Nov. 11 and 14 before it is expected to approve Starr’s request Nov. 18. The program request then moves to County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and the County Council. School board President Christopher S. Barclay said the work session will mark a chance for the board to start asking questions. “Capacity is the biggest issue that we have,” Barclay said. “We have got to figure out how to address this.”
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While she is disappointed as a Highland View parent that her school will not see construction soon, she said, she sees that there are needs at every school and the school system’s capital budget requires “tough choices.” Harris said the school system needs state funds more proportionate to the number of students it serves. Montgomery County students are getting a good education, Harris said, but the school system has to figure out where to put the growing number of students. “What are we going to do?” she said. “Put them on the roof?” lpowers@gazette.net
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SARAH SCULLY STAFF WRITER
William Hill of Germantown wanted a way to support the military, but as a civilian. He found it in September by joining the Montgomery County Draft Board.
Although the draft has been inactive since the Vietnam War, Hill is one of about 11,000 volunteers who make up local, district and national boards in case Congress calls for a draft. Montgomery County board member Don Libes said the primary function of the draft board today is to visit post offices to ensure that they have proper mate-
rials and posters to help men fulfill their requirement of registering with the Selective Service System upon turning 18. “It’s part of our defense structure,” said Matthew Tittmann, public affairs specialist with the Selective Service System. “To maintain this complex system and ensure equity, we need to register men. You can’t start the sys-
tem on day one and expect it to be operational shortly after that.” Hill saw an ad for the position and decided to apply. He has served as detachment commander for the Sons of the American Legion, and now is the organization’s National Sergeant-at-Arms. Many members of Hill’s family have served in the military, including his father
in World War II. Recently, Hill said, he also was appointed to the board of directors of the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training, a Baltimore-based organization that helps homeless veterans and other veterans with training and services. Men ages 18 through 25 who are U.S. citizens or immigrants living in the United States are required to register with Selective Service, according to the agency’s website. Maryland has 273,861 men who have registered for the draft, according to the Selective Service System 2012 report to Congress. Nationwide, that number is nearly 15.7 million men. In the case of a draft, the board is charged with deciding who would be exempt. Part of the board’s work includes training sessions in which they practice various scenarios, Libes said. Exemptions from military service include men who are hospitalized, incarcerated or disabled; those who have a dependency status; and those who are conscientious objectors. Conscientious objectors must oppose all war, rather than have political opposition to particular military
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actions. To qualify, draft board volunteers must be U.S. citizens, registered with the Selective Service (if male), 18 years or older, not be employed with any law enforcement occupation, not be an active or retired member of the armed forces and not have a criminal record. Current and former members of the military cannot serve on the boards, said Dick Flahavan, associate director for public and intergovernmental affairs with the Selective Service System. In World War I, the military was responsible for the draft. After the conflict, the government sought a third party to organize the draft because “they wanted an honest broker between the civilians and the military.” Margaret Stilke, a Selective Service program analyst, said that when recruiting new board volunteers, the Selective Service looks for “community-minded people, free of bias, with good leadership skills.” Freelance writer Stacy Skiavo contributed to this report. sscully@gazette.net
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A woman who distributed anonymous campaign fliers in a Rockville neighborhood says she has done nothing wrong. Before she came forward, however, representatives for the candidates the fliers opposed said they were worried the fliers were a serious violation of campaign regulations. The fliers, distributed in the King Farm neighborhood around Oct. 20, urged residents to vote for Bridget Donnell Newton, Don Hadley and Claire Marcuccio Whitaker as the ones who would best preserve the city’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. The fliers do not say who published them or provide any contact information. Echo Lin, a King Farm resident, spoke at Citizen’s Forum during Monday’s mayor and
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council meeting to take responsibility for the fliers. She said concerns that some candidates would change the APFO led her to create and distribute the fliers. “I decided my best approach is to educate my neighbors,” she said. Under city code, everyone who distributes pamphlets or other written matter on a candidate for public office must include the name of the candidate, person or campaign committee responsible for the literature. The code exempts individuals from including their names on literature promoting the success or defeat of a principle or proposition submitted to a vote at a city election. Lin said that means she did not have to include her name on the fliers. “I was complying with the City Code,” she told The Gazette. Max van Balgooy, campaign manger for the Team Rockville slate, filed a complaint about the fliers with the Board of Supervisors of Elections on Oct. 22. The complaint alleges violations of
lated into Spanish and Chinese, and has endorsements from Maryland Sen. Jennie Forehand, Montgomery County Councilman Marc Elrich and Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz. Moore said the slate members are trying to outwork the other candidates. “We’re still out there knocking on doors. We’re going to be hitting every door in a couple of neighborhoods this coming weekend,” he said. “We’re pushing to the very last second.” Feinberg said she is playing catch-up since she was out of commission earlier in the campaign due to illness. “I would love to have more hours in the day, and I would
several sections of Rockville’s elections rules, including those that prohibit distributing anonymous campaign literature. The complaint also says that, under the city code, if more than one person helped with the fliers they must register as a campaign committee, and if they spent more than $500, they must file campaign finance reports. Lin said she made and distributed the fliers herself. She objected to what she said were efforts by van Balgooy and Councilman Tom Moore, who is running for re-election on the Team Rockville slate, to limit her freedom of speech. After Lin spoke at Citizen’s Forum, van Balgooy said he wants to protect freedom of speech while making sure people play by election rules. “If Mrs. Lin is the only one involved, it’s not a problem,” he said. On Friday, before Lin came forward, board Chairwoman Lois Neuman said the first step in the board’s “fact-finding
love to have more days in the week,” she said. Several candidates said they have enjoyed hearing from voters throughout the campaign. Palakovich Carr said is spending final days of the campaign knocking on doors and talking to voters. “The best part about the campaign has been getting to talk to so many people from all across Rockville,” to hear their concerns and what’s important to them, she said. Onley said she has been campaigning since she ran unsuccessfully for council in 2011. “I’ve run a very long campaign, and there are people who’ve been with me every
mission” was determining the source of the anonymous fliers. The board also wanted to find out whether they were were the result of mischief or a misunderstanding, she said. The Board of Supervisors of Elections is scheduled to discuss van Balgooy’s complaint Wednesday evening. Moore said it’s up to the board to determine whether Lin violated the city code. He said there’s no way to take the fliers back and no point in throwing the book at Lin. “Our main concern was just to get it stopped,” he said. Neuman said Friday that aside from the concern over the fliers, preparations for the elections were going well. “Everything is just going along swimmingly,” she said, with things the board has control over. The polls are scheduled to be open in Rockville from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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minute, every step of the way,” she said. Hadley said he has also been knocking on doors to meet voters, including one man who said he hadn’t been contacted by a candidate in 30 years and someone else who slammed a door in his face. Hadley said he hopes for a large turnout and that voters will give some indication of what direction they want the city to go in over the next years. “We’ve met so many good people,” he said. “... I think Rockville has a very bright future.” ewaibel@gazette.net
Notice of Applications Received for Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule Extension and Opportunity for Public Hearing Issue Date: 10-30-2013 In Newspaper: Rockville Gazette Montgomery County The City of Rockville located in Montgomery County, Maryland 20850 has applied to the Maryland Department of the Environment, Water Supply Program for an extension to the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR) deadline. This new rule builds upon the existing Stage 1 DBPR by requiring compliance based on a Maximum Contaminant Level for Total Trihalomethanes and Haloacetic Acids that is calculated based on the running annual average of each sample location. The City of Rockville requested an extension to implementation of the Stage 2 DBPR from October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2015. During the extension period the City of Rockville is still required to be in compliance with Stage 1 DBPR at the Stage 2 sampling sites. In addition, the City will construct major upgrades at the Rockville Water Treatment Plant to ensure compliance with the Stage 2 DBPR. The Water Management Administration has reviewed the application and intends to approve the Stage 2 DBPR implementation extension for the City of Rockville. The application and related information are on file at the Administration; arrangements may be made for inspection and copying. Opportunity is afforded for individuals to provide written comments, request a public hearing or to be placed on an interested persons list for any listed application. Any further notices about actions on the applications will be provided by mail only to those individuals who have requested to be on a mailing list of interested persons. Comments or requests for a hearing must be received in writing by the Administration on or before December 3, 2013. All inquiries and requests should include your name, address, telephone number, signature of person making the request, and a brief statement explaining your concerns with the proposed extension. All correspondence should be addressed to Nancy Reilman, Chief, Safe Drinking Water Act Implementation Division, Water Supply Program, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 450, Baltimore, Maryland 21230. Telephone: (410) 537-3729. 1890799
Obituary Hon. Marie A. Beary,
90, of Kensington, Maryland and and Highland Beach, Florida, former Assistant New York State Attorney General and pioneering woman lawyer, passed away on September 25. Daughter of Italian immigrants, she overcame discrimination against both her gender and ethnicity to rise to a top legal position in New York State. Mrs. Beary graduated cum laude from St. John’s University School of Law in 1944, into a profession that accepted women as legal secretaries but not attorneys. In the 1950s, her keen interest in politics led her to the local Democratic club. Denied full membership, she turned to the Republicans, the minority party in Queens, NY, where she then lived, establishing a lifelong party loyalty, which included several campaigns for elected office. After serving as president of the Queens County Women’s Bar Association, in 1960, she filed suit against the Queens County Bar Association, which had denied her membership, ending an 84-year ban against women members. She was the youngest woman of her time admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1964, Mrs. Beary was appointed Assistant New York State Attorney General, heading litigation in its bureau of mental hygiene. In 1976, Mrs. Beary received the first Woman of the Year award from St. John’s University School of Law and the University’s President’s medal in 1994. She also received commendation from the National Association of Women Lawyers for her advancement of women’s rights and was nominated to the Women’s Hall of Fame. Mrs. Beary is survived by her daughters Patricia, an attorney in Phoenix, and Roberta (Frank Stella) of Bethesda, MD, a haiku poet and attorney; and sons, Kevin, a professor of English at the University of Florence, and David (Diana), a retired New York City captain of detectives, currently serving with the Raleigh-Durham Airport police. She also leaves eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her husband of 58 years, Patrick Beary, KM, died in 2005. A funeral mass was held at St. Lucy’s Catholic Church, Highland Beach, Florida on October 4. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marie A. Beary Memorial Scholarship, St. John’s University School of Law, attention: Brian J. Woods, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439.
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2013 ROCKVILLE CANDIDATE SURVEY A few weeks before the Nov. 5 election, The Gazette sent each candidate for mayor and council questions about some of the hot topics in Rockville this year. We are providing some of the questions and answers in the print edition of the Rockville Gazette. The full questionnaires are on our website, gazette.net. Candidates were asked to respond to each question in 150 words or fewer; questions longer than that have been truncated. Other than that, and a few formatting changes for clarity and consistency, their responses are presented here just as they provided them to us. COMPILED BY STAFF WRITER ELIZABETH WAIBEL
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MAYOR Bridget Donnell Newton
The following were three questions asked to each of the candidates for mayor and city council:
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Do you think the city’s spending and tax rates are where they should be? Have you identified anything you would like to change about the city’s budget or budgeting process?
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Rockville and the surrounding areas have many quiet neighborhoods of small, single-family homes, but just to the south, Montgomery County is encouraging high-density, high-rise development in the White Flint Sector. What should Rockville’s section of Rockville Pike look like in the future? What role should the mayor and council play in encouraging urban growth, preserving suburban neighborhoods or both?
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The Gazette asked 2011 candidates this same question, but the debate has not abated. What is your position on the scope and effectiveness of the city’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance? Do you think we will — or should — see major changes to the APFO before the 2015 election?
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In addition to selecting a mayor and council members for the next two years, Rockville voters will have an opportunity to let officials know what they think about possible changes to the city’s charter proposed by the Rockville Charter Review Commission. The charter questions, which deal with proposed changes to the city’s election process, are on the ballot as advisory referenda. The Nov. 5 vote is nonbinding, and the Mayor and Council have the final say in whether or not to make any changes to the charter. Voters will have a chance to vote “yes,” “no,” or “no opinion.” The Rockville Community Coalition held a forum in March to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed changes. The questions that will be on the ballot, as well as some of the arguments forum participants and others have made for or against changing the charter are summarized below.
Office sought: Mayor Website: bridget4mayor.com Date of birth: Nov. 9, 1957 Home address: 10 Dale Drive, Rockville Occupation: Rockville City Council member Education: BA, Ohio Wesleyan University — History/Government and Politics Family: Married 31 years — two children Have you ever held or run for elected office? Yes — elected both times to the Rockville City Council Do you have any other government experience? Yes — Maryland Municipal League — President of the Montgomery Chapter, Vice President Representing District 5, 3 Term Member Legislative Committee. Washington Council of Governments — Member Transportation Planning Board
About the budget: 1. In my view, tax rates are where they should be, and I will work to maintain our current tax rates. I’m proud that I kept the tax rate steady at 29.2 cents per $100 for FY 2014. The draft budget initially contemplated a 2-cent increase, which I opposed. Fees for certain basic services are too high and need to be reevaluated. In order to secure the city’s lasting financial health, I first proposed the establishment of a Financial
The city of Rockville is currently governed by a mayor and four councilmembers. Do you favor increasing the membership of the Rockville mayor and council to a mayor and six council members?
The argument for voting yes: Adding two councilmembers would mean more elected officials to share the workload of governing and to listen to residents’ concerns. The argument for voting no: More people on the council would make it harder for them to reach a timely decision. The city might also have trouble finding enough people to run for the seats.
fund. In the next term, there will be pressure to increase salaries for staff, and we have to be very careful about that. I would like to see the city adopt a 20-year plan for capital expenditures; we have so many bridges and buildings that have to be renovated over the coming years, we have to plan ahead.
2. The mayor and council must play a large role in shaping the future of the city and their direction comes from the voters. We must retain our quality of life, our fine schools, and our strong business base. My vision for Rockville’s future is to maintain these strengths and work together to make improvements where needed. On the Pike, I have suggested a “trolley-like” bus system as it is a more feasible, economic, and environmentally-friendly transit option than the BRT. I am pleased that the Planning Commission is scaling-back the heights of buildings that abut our neighborhoods in its consideration of the Pike Plan. I am working to get BOS (Bus on Shoulder) on I-270 to help relieve some of the traffic congestion there, and I do not support opening Fleet Street in front of RMHS to through traffic. Preserving our neighborhoods’ cohesiveness and character is of paramount importance to ...
1. Focusing urban growth near Metro Stations helps to maintain quiet neighborhoods. This practice provides housing outside of existing neighborhoods and relieves pressure on them (for example, coming from families doubling up in neighborhood houses). Human population has grown ever since humans have been around; we need to channel growth better. Also, Rockville is not an island. We can deny development in Rockville, but then it would occur on our borders, and people would drive across our city to get to Metro and other amenities. The people who try to stop growth are the ones who hurt us the most because they stop initiatives that would better handle growth.
3. The Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance is the ONLY effective tool that we currently have to protect Rockville from becoming another Crystal City or Tysons Corner. My opponent has repeatedly suggested how wonderful Crystal City is because of its transit- oriented development and the ability to walk or bike everywhere. I do not want Rockville’s developable areas to have the same high level of density and am accordingly against waivers to our APFS. We have an obligation to ensure that there is adequate infrastructure in place before development, for our schools, our children, our businesses and our developers. I will be working to ensure that Rockville’s growth is measured, and that it comes in ways that are an enhancement to our community.
Office sought: Mayor Website: votepierzchala.org Date of birth: April 13, 1952 Home address: 816 Fordham St., Rockville Occupation: Statistician, systems analyst, survey practitioner for complex government surveys Education: MS, Statistics, Michigan State University; BS, Mathematics; Central Michigan University Family: wife Lesley Cross; two daughters Have you ever held or run for elected office? I ran for mayor in 2007 (came in second out of three), ran for Rockville Council in 2009 and was elected, and reelected in 2011. Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) College Gardens Civic Association President, four years; Town Center Action Team, one year, before elected to the Rockville Council. I was a federal employee with the Department of Agriculture for about 10 years.
3. The APFO has flaws that need to be fixed. The one change I believe would benefit everyone in the city would be to better align our APFO standards with those of the county. Rockville’s tighter standards have backfired twice on us. Once we almost lost some zoning authority by a bill introduced in the state legislature, and Richard Montgomery school number 5 was delayed a year by the board of education over confusion caused by our tighter standards. The county is the provider of education and they operate on the county’s standards. I want to take the harm out of the APFO so that it can serve us better.
About the budget: 1. I like the tax rate where it is. Our spending is in control for programs and services. For benefits, spending has increased too much, primarily for the retirement fund; city staff should contribute more to the health of their retirement
Beryl L. Feinberg Family: Married to Ed Feinberg; one son and daughter-in-law Have you ever held or run for elected office? No
The argument for voting yes: Twoyear terms distract officials from governing since they have to start running for re-election again not long into the term. The argument for voting no: Frequent elections keep citizens’ attention on city policy and keeps officials more accountable to voters.
The argument for voting yes: More people would vote in the city elections, since many more people vote in presidential elections than in city elections. The argument for voting no: The presidential and other campaigns would take attention and resources away from the city’s elections and issues.
Advisory Board in 2009, and I was pleased to lead the unanimous adoption of this board in 2013. For his part, my opponent argued fiercely against such a body, only conceding the evening of the vote. Additionally, I have asked for a review of the Cost Allocation Program as it lessens transparency of the actual costs of city departments.
CITY COUNCIL
In the city of Rockville, the term of office for the mayor and the council members is currently two years. Do you favor increasing the term from two years to four years?
City of Rockville elections are currently held every two years, in odd numbered years. Do you favor moving the city elections to be held every four years to coincide with the presidential election?
Mark Pierzchala
Office sought: Council Website: berylfeinberg.com Date of birth: Nov. 16, 1950 Home address: 1200 Halesworth Drive, Rockville Occupation: Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer, Montgomery County Department of General Services Education: B.A., School of International Service, American University; Master’s in Library Science, Catholic University; Masters in Business Administration, University of Maryland (Business School)
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Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) Montgomery County Government, 9/1989 to present. Tenure includes entering county services as a librarian with the Department of Libraries, and then from 1991 through today, have been worked in public budgeting/finance, public policy analysis and formation in increasingly senior management levels in the predecessor departments to the County’s Health and Human Services (HHS), in the 1996 newly created HHS, 14 years in the county’s Office of Management and Budget, and currently as noted above, Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer in Department of General Services. Served on numerous countywide task forces and work groups; drafted and given Executive Branch testimony to the County Council, defended budgets; crafted savings plans; when necessary, charted reorganization effort during recession; lead on several county-wide projects. For the city, appointed by the Mayor/Council to 2010 Finance and Budget Task Force, appointed to the Rockville Summit, sub-group on City Services and Budget; and served 7
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About the budget: 1. Budgeting is an art, and serves as a blueprint for jurisdictional spending priorities. As such, this annual plan must be carefully monitored throughout the year, on both the expenditure and revenue sides, and modifications made, as necessary. Programs must be evaluated for efficacy, efficiency, and appropriate indicators identified for program measurement. I would like to hold current property taxes at the lowest possible rate. In order to do this, given that costs will go up, the city needs to cultivate more business investment in the city so the proportion of tax revenues from residents may hold steady. Total compensation costs will increase, whether for general wage adjustments, step increases, health care costs and pension contributions. I would like to see a comprehensive review of total compensation costs. Commitments to current employees re pension plans must be honored, but going forward, a less generous compensation package for new employees could be ... 2. The Rockville Pike Plan incorporates a more pedestrian and bicycle friendly corridor, with two
central Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lanes to quickly more people along the arterial roadway. Interconnectedness with the Twinbrook Metro would provide commuters to eat/shop/relax along the Pike. Rockville’s section of the Pike should include community gathering/special event areas, open spaces/park land, and small blocks that are easier to navigate on foot. In addition, wider sidewalks with outside dining similar to that in the central Bethesda business district would create another city space that it is inviting and says ‘Come spend your free time in Rockville”. Parking would move to the rear of buildings or below ground, with business front being closer to the roadway and more easily seen by those traveling along the Pike. Instead of turning directly from the roadway into shopping areas, a parallel access roadway, similar to downtown DC’s K Street Corridor would ... 3. Regarding the APFO, I believe that we should see revisions and changes before the 2015 election to clear up ambiguities, make selected thresholds closer to the county’s APFO in terms of school enrollment, and consider a set of prescribed conditions when waivers can be considered to allow more Smart Growth around Metro stations and permit Town Center II development.
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n Newton ahead in Rockville election’s fundraising race
n Rockville officials make it clear charter vote is nonbinding
n Newton promotes managed growth in mayoral campaign
n First Rockville candidate debate scheduled for Oct. 2
n Commission recommends changes to Rockville’s government
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Donald H. (Don) Hadley
Date of birth: Aug. 29, 1942 Home address: 215 Harrison St., Rockville Occupation: Attorney, Donald H. Hadley, LLC. Primary attorney/counsel for businesses; estate planning and administration. Education: Montgomery Blair H.S., Grinnell College/GW University A.B., GW Law LLB Family: Wife, Margaret (Maggie) Hadley, three children, six grandchildren Have you ever held or run for elected office? Not governmental; multiple non-governmental
Website: hadley4rockville.com
Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) Rockville Planning Commission, Chair; Charter Review Commission; Citizen/Developer Mediation Committee re Bealls Grant II
Julie Palakovich Carr
Home address: Charles Street in East Rockville
Office sought: Council
Occupation: Public Policy Manager at the American Institute of Biological Sciences Education: I have a bachelor’s degree in biology from Boston University and a master’s degree in Biology from the University of Minnesota. Family: My husband, Eric, and I have a black Lab, Maggie. Have you ever held or run for elected office? This is my first time running for elected office.
Date of birth: April 22, 1983
Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) I served as chair of the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Review Committee, vice chair of the City Services and Budget Working Group, and chair of the Watersheds Committee. I am currently serving my second term on the city’s Environment Commission.
Tom Moore
Home address: 11 Forest Ave., Rockville
Office sought: Council Website: julie4rockville.com
Occupation: Attorney Education: A.B., Political Science, Davidson College; J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center Family: Yes. Lovely, patient wife Amy Gambrill. Six kids: Zoe, Elsa, and Alexander Vincent; Katie, Joey, and Ellie Moore Have you ever held or run for elected office? Ran for Rockville City Council successfully in 2011, somewhat less successfully in 2009.
Office sought: Council Website: moore4rockville.com Date of birth: April 12, 1968
Virginia Onley
Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) Served as a law clerk to a federal appellate judge in Fargo, N.D. Chaired the Rockville Compensation Commission. Served two terms on the Rockville Traffic and Transportation Commission. Date of birth: June 28, 1949 Home address: 14 Monroe St., Apt. 301, Rockville Occupation: Retired from IBM; current — Walter Reed Military Medical Center Navy Exchange Education: Extensive training on IBM systems and processes, where I served for 35 years — including specialty areas of Diversity Training, Effective Communication, Accounting Systems, Asset Management and Equal Opportunity/Human Resource Training Family: single; one son and daughterin-law, two grandchildren Have you ever held or run for elected office? Yes
Office sought: Council Website: votevirginiaonley.org
Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) Charter Review Commission 2012; Peerless Rockville
Claire Marcuccio Whitaker land; J.D. — George Washington University Law School Family: Two daughters Have you ever held or run for elected office? No
Office sought: Council Website: claire4citycouncil.com Date of birth: Sept. 19, 1942 Home address: 205 Evans St., Rockville Occupation: Attorney Education: B.A., University of Mary-
Do you have any other government experience? (Committee appointments, etc.) Although Claire has not had experience on Rockville boards and commissions, she has had past experience in budgeting with the D.C. Court of Appeals when she prepared the Court’s budget and accompanied the then Chief Judge to Congressional hearings on the Court’s budget requests. She also has had executive experience in overseeing the administrative operations for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, prior to becoming a line Assistant U.S. Attorney. She is also a past president of the D.C. Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and a past chair of the Federal Litigation Section of the Federal Bar.
About the budget: 1. We are fortunate to have been able to balance our budget each year without raising taxes. However, there is a substantial amount of deferred maintenance, costs and expenditures for which we need to catch up at a greater rate. We need to moderate spending through greater efficiency and find ways to increase revenues without increasing property tax rates. Obtaining tax duplication relief would be a good start. I would tailor year-to-year budgets to reduce the 28% underfunded amount of our employee pension plan, make steady progress in completing the 17 pending CIP projects and raise our reserve level to the 20% level which could be required by Standard & Poor. Achieving that kind of steady improvement without increasing property tax rates or disadvantaging our employees
About the budget: 1. Residents value Rockville’s excellent services, but many — especially seniors living on fixed incomes — are concerned about their property taxes. When I led the City Services and Budget Working Group, I advocated for the city to consider the net impact of the annual budget on the average Rockville resident to make certain that we are not putting an excessive strain on residents. The city should also pursue thoughtful redevelopment along Rockville Pike and around Town Center to increase the tax base. A balanced approach to new development will enable the city to continue to provide high quality services. The city should also periodically evaluate program efficiency and effectiveness to ensure that we are making the best use of taxpayer resources. Finally, we should install solar panels on city buildings to cut back on the more than $2 million a year we spend on electricity.
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Page A-13 will require creativity, thrift and discipline. 2. Rockville Pike should not mirror or imitate the White Flint Plan. The White Flint Plan has had less impact on our South Pike planning than has the development around the Twinbrook Metro Station. I cautiously accept the principle of having higher Metro-oriented density close to the Twinbrook station, with care not to overwhelm the abutting residential neighborhoods with school-age children, traffic congestion, and “urban” encroachments (light, shadow, sound, traffic, view, etc.). North of the Twinbrook and Congressional Plaza areas, I favor Pike heights and densities that reflect a neighborhood scale, with plenty of opportunity for location of local businesses and a mix of affordable townhome and/or condominium neighborhoods. 2. A lot has changed in the 24 years since the city created its last plan for Rockville Pike. We need a new plan that pursues a balanced approach to redevelopment and that embraces a mix of retail, residential, and office space. Given the traffic congestion on the Pike, we need to work with the county and state to pursue additional mass transit and dedicated bike lanes. The Pike can become more pedestrian friendly if we widen the sidewalks and move them farther away from the edge of the road. We should plant more street trees and add new parks and public spaces for enjoyment by residents of new and existing neighborhoods. Although increasing building density around the Metro stations is prudent in terms of mitigating traffic impacts, we need to ensure that building heights farther from Metro stations do not tower over adjacent singlefamily houses. 3. I chaired the task force that
3. The APFO was enacted to set off an alarm when or if school overcrowding or traffic congestion exceeded the standards set by our community. We have exceeded those limits and the APFO did its job. For the long term, it is a valuable tool for balancing development with the provision of public facilities. APFOs are pervasive and are an important part of good planning practice among Maryland’s counties and municipalities. I would not abandon or easily weaken our APFO. There may be some possibility of adjusting it in limited respects before the 2015 elections; however, it is not likely there will be a major change, particularly in this time of pervasive schools overcrowding, failing traffic intersections, and candidate calls for high-density urbanization. The determined pursuit of funding for schools and transportation is an absolute necessity. reviewed the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, or APFO, and the standards that implement the law. The committee spent ten months evaluating what works with the APFO and standards and what doesn’t work. I believe that Rockville needs the APFO as a safeguard against excessive impacts of development, but I don’t think that the current standards are working optimally. The APFO Review Committee made more than a dozen unanimous recommendations to improve the standards. For instance, the city would be better served by taking a more holistic view of traffic impacts on Rockville Pike rather than the current piecemeal approach. We also recommended placing a greater emphasis on emergency and rescue services rather than fire response, given that 80% of calls are for medical emergencies. The APFO was enacted eight years ago; it’s time for the mayor and council to evaluate and improve the law.
2. The Rockville Pike Master Plan will help answer this question. The planning commission has just about finished reviewing it and will soon pass it to the mayor and council. The next mayor and council will have the opportunity to dive into this question and chart a course of the Pike for the next 30-50 years. It’s absolutely appropriate for the mayor and council, acting in the city’s best interests, to take a primary role in planning the future of the Pike and the city. The Pike Plan is part of the way the city expresses its values on growth and neighborhoods. (The zoning code, updated recently through the citizendriven RORZOR process, is the other primary way.) What I want out of the plan is a roadmap from the auto-oriented highway we have now to a more-efficient, greener, safer boulevard that serves the needs of the adjacent neighborhoods, the rest of ...
3. Councilmember Hall and I identified serious problems with the APFO’s standards. The city has been sued repeatedly because some are poorly written and inconsistent. The development they’re driving in Town Center 2 is not serving our overall goals. We came at the task from different directions — John is an author of the law and its fiercest defender, and I am more skeptical of its effectiveness. Despite our differences, we share a deep desire to improve Rockville. So John and I dove in and proposed substantive fixes to the standards. We held a public hearing on September 30 that gave us the community input we sought. And as a result, through Councilmember Pierzchala’s leadership, we will refer the most controversial sections to the planning commission with specific assignments and a firm deadline. The public should be able to fully consider the proposals and still allow the mayor and council to fix ...
2012-2013; Rockville Housing Enterprise 2008–Present/Chairperson 20102012; Senior Citizens Commission 1994–2000/Chairperson 1996-1998; Compensation Commission 1995– 2009/Chairperson 2007–2009; Imagine Rockville, Rockville Visioning Team, Economic Committee, 1995; Board of Directors, Rockville Seniors Inc. 19961997; Human Rights Commission 2000-2007/Chairperson 2005-2006; Americana Centre Homeowners Board 2007–Present/Past President; Member of Montgomery Women, St Mary’s Parish, NAACP, League of Women Voters of Montgomery County
city’s outstanding services and pledge to maintain the lowest possible tax rate for Rockville citizens. As a member of Team Rockville, we have committed to seriously consider and analyze the pros and cons of implementing a twoyear budget cycle. While some citizens complain about our tax rates, we also enjoy a superior level of services from our city. I will encourage citizens to educate themselves about the city’s annual operating budget to better understand how their money is being spent. Only then can they support or push back on specific line items.
Rockville Pike while also being pedestrian and bike friendly.
About the budget:
2. We should look to Arlington County on how it developed mostly mid-rise, mixed-use and townhouse developments around the spine of the Metro while preserving the adjoining neighborhoods. I think we can have the same kind of development on
1. I had been concerned that our property tax rate would not provide enough revenue if the city’s property assessments dropped in FY2014 as they had the year before. Fortunately, Rockville’s economy is recovering at a nice pace, and our current tax rate may be enough to sustain our operating expenses and the infrastructure repairs we need to make. Our budget process is quite transparent. I’ve been pleased at the amount of input the council makes at the beginning of the process, and how responsive staff is all the way through. If any one of us has an unanswered question at the end of the day, or if there’s any part of the budget we don’t understand, it’s because we didn’t reach out for an explanation. I found the staff to be tireless in helping me through the process, and quite kind about not laughing at even my stupidest questions.
1. Yes, I think the city spending and tax rates are where they should be. The city has maintained a AAA bond rating and we have a healthy cash reserve. As an elected official, I will continue the
About the budget: 1. There can always be improvements to cost cutting within city government. Reducing spending on out-sourced contractors would be a start and could save the city upwards of a million dollars a year. Three contracts are illustrative: the “Logo” contract ($75,000), the “Personnel Study” that the mayor and council have not yet seen ($200,000), and the Rockville Pike Plan ($500,000). Rockville also spends more than $5M annually to service City debt. Rockville must do all it can to reduce city spending and city debt in these uncertain economic times. Tax rates are too high. A reduction in spending and a decrease in the city’s debt should result in a reduction in taxes, enabling cash-strapped federal workers and seniors to continue to call Rockville their home. The city’s budget needs to be more understandable for average citizens. This would lead to more citizen involvement. Initiatives like Council member Newton’s “Financial Advisory Board” will go a long way to making Rockville’s budgeting process
more transparent and help Rockville move forward with innovative solutions to complex fiscal challenges. 2. White Flint I and White Flint II (proposed) may bring as many as 20,000 new residents to an area immediately south of Rockville. This means that there will be more than 32,000 new vehicles on Rockville Pike. Correspondingly, there is very little in the way of planned road capacity enhancements on the Pike and adjacent roads to offset development impact. Adding dozens of mixed use high-rise developments to Rockville’s section of Rockville Pike will serve to exacerbate gridlock. High density development will further overcrowd schools, many of which are at or above 120 percent capacity now. This will mean increased class sizes and more classroom trailers. Increasing density will do little to increase the tax base as some have suggested, due to corporate property tax abatement programs and the costs of infrastructure to support densified development. Moreover, making Rockville Pike another Crystal City is out of keeping with Rockville’s Hometown
3. Montgomery County’s APFO adopted in 1973 covers schools in Montgomery County, including schools in the city of Rockville. It is our responsibility to be an active participant in this overlap of jurisdictions to ensure that Rockville’s school children are well served while also preserving the integrity of our neighborhoods and laws. A good communication process between the city and the county will be key. I don’t believe that major changes are necessary; however, we need to constantly monitor Rockville’s APFO to make sure it is effective and aligns with our current needs. I don’t think citizens will see major changes to the APFO before the 2015 election. Our APFO will continue to guide us and support smart, practical growth in the years to come. character. 3. I am dedicated to preserving Rockville’s APFO. The APFO is a tool that moves Rockville forward with the infrastructure required for growth. The APFO is very effective in doing what it is supposed to do; protecting our quality of life by keeping class size reasonable and traffic moving. My opponents have proposed the nullification of the APFO in Rockville Town Center and transit locations. If permitted, the proposed densification will result in further school overcrowding, where many schools are already overcrowded and intolerable gridlock on our already congested roads. What good is an urbanized Rockville, if there are fifty students per class and the average speed on Rockville Pike is 9 MPH? My opponents also suggest that increasing density will increase our tax-base, however this argument is false, due to frequent property tax abatements granted to new development and the cost of offsetting the impact of new development.
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CELEBRATIONS HEALTH CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30 Prostate Cancer Survivorship Series, from 7-8:15 p.m. at
Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. After undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, men may experience a range of issues that affect their sexual health. Decreased libido, erectile dysfunction and anxiety can all impact quality of life. Stephen Greco, radiation oncologist, will talk about reducing the severity of these side effects, and what you can do to improve intimacy with your partner. Free. www.suburbanhospital. org.
THURSDAY, NOV. 7 Complete Childbirth Preparation at MedStar Montgomery, Nov. 7 to Dec. 19 at
Faris, Coles Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Faris of Gaithersburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Victoria Lee Faris, to Mr. Daniel Edward Coles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coles of Burlington, N.C. The bride-to-be was born in Gaithersburg and is a 2003 graduate of Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg. She graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2008 with a degree in special education. She is employed at the Kilmer Center in Fairfax County, Va. She is also currently enrolled in George Mason University for a master’s degree in special education. The prospective groom was born in Burlington, N.C., and is a 2006 graduate of the University of North Carolina with a degree in political science. He is currently an assistant vice president in the legal department of the Bank of America. His next focus will be an MBA. A March 2014 wedding is planned at the Audubon Naturalist Society in Chevy Chase.
Figert, Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. Figert of Silver Spring announce the engagement of their daughter, Lynmarie I. Figert, to Michael C. Dudley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dudley of Chevy Chase. The bride-to-be graduated from University of Maryland, College Park, in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in community health and from Howard Community College with a degree in nursing in 2010. She is currently employed as a registered nurse at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. The prospective groom graduated from Salisbury University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and in 2007 with a Master of Business Administration degree. He is currently a development accountant for StonebridgeCarras in Bethesda. A June 2014 wedding is planned in Washington, D.C.
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Six-week complete childbirth preparation program prepares couples for a positive birthing experience. The program is designed to help expectant couples plan for labor, delivery and how to care for a newborn. $150. www.montgomerygeneral.org.
ONGOING New Mothers Postpartum Support Group, 10-11:30 a.m.
RELIGION CALENDAR UPCOMING Neelsville’s Alternative Gift Market, Nov. 3 in the church’s
Fellowship Hall, 20701 Frederick Road, Germantown. The church will also observe Orphan Sunday that day. All are welcome. Services are held at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday mornings. Sunday School for all ages at 9:40 a.m. www. Neelsville.org
A new and prospective member Shabbat, 9:30 a.m.
Nov. 16 at Torah Synagogue, 10 Ridge Road, Greenbelt. Shabbat will feature services, kiddush lunch and an opportunity to meet rabbi, education director and members. RSVP appreciated but not required to membership@MishkanTorah.org. Free. 301-474-4223.
ONGOING Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church
Fisher, Abbamonte Bill and Ginger Fisher of Silver Spring announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley E. Fisher, to Drew B. Abbamonte, son of Tom and Debi Abbamonte of Damascus. The bride-to-be graduated from Blake High School in 2004. She attended Coastal Carolina University and received a degree in nursing from Howard Community College. She currently is employed by Sheppard Pratt in Ellicott City. The prospective groom graduated from Damascus High School in 2003. He graduated from McDaniel College in 2006 and earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He currently is employed by the Montgomery County Police Department. They will be married in Spring of 2014.
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South, Massullo Gail and Steve South of Derwood announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Vincenza South, to Matthew Thomas Massullo of Morgantown, W.Va. Danielle is currently working on her master’s degree in Spanish at West Virginia University and expects to receive her degree in May 2014. She is also provisionally certified as a sign language interpreter. Matthew holds his bachelor’s degree from WVU and is currently a specialist in the U.S. Army, getting ready to enter Special Forces training. A late 2014 wedding is planned. The couple plan to reside in North Carolina, or wherever the Army tells them to live.
Mondays at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Ever wonder if you are the only one feeling stressed and alone now that a baby has joined your family? Wasn’t it supposed to be easier? If you are finding yourself feeling sad, anxious, angry or irritable, group support can help. Group led by two therapists who specialize in the postpartum period. Babies are welcome. Free; registration required. 301-774-8881, www.montgomerygeneral.org. Senior Fit, meets from 9-9:45 a.m. once a week at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Free 45-minute exercise program designed for seniors age 55 and older. Senior Fit focuses on increasing strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and cardiovascular endurance. Exercise is an important factor in preventing falls, managing chronic illnesses and improving quality of life. Classes are ongoing and a physician’s consent form is required to participate. Free for people over the age of 55. 301-774-8881, www.montgomerygeneral.org. A Diabetes Support Group, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Saturday of every month at Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda.
St., Damascus, offers traditional Sunday morning worship services at 8:15 a.m., a youth contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. and a service of liturgy and the word at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. for all ages during the school year.
Liberty Grove United Methodist Church, 15225 Old
Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, conducts Sunday morning worship services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery through adult, is at 9:30 a.m. 301-421-9166. For a schedule of events, visit www. libertygrovechurch.org.
“MOPS,” a faith-based support group for mothers of children, birth through kindergarten, meets from 9-11:30 a.m. the first and third Wednesdays of the month at the Frederick Church of the Brethren, 201 Fairview Drive, Frederick. Childcare is provided. This year’s theme, “A Beautiful Mess: Embracing Your Story,” focuses on remembering that beauty can come out of chaos and that your past, present and future can be used for good with God’s love. For more information call 301-662-1819. Email mops@ fcob.net. Neelsville Presbyterian Church, 20701 Frederick Road,
Germantown, has returned to its Fall worship schedule, with services at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. Sunday School for all ages at 9:40 a.m. www. Neelsville.org.
Providence United Methodist Church, 3716 Kemptown
Church Road, Monrovia, conducts a contemporary service at 8 a.m. followed by a traditional service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, with children’s Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and adult Sunday school at 11 a.m. For more information, call 301-253-1768. Visit www. kemptownumc.org. Trinity Lutheran Church, 11200 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, conducts services every Sunday, with child care from 8 a.m. to noon and fellowship and a coffee hour following each service. 301-881-7275. For a schedule of events, visit www.TrinityELCA.org.
The Gazette prints engagement and wedding announcements, with color photographs, at no charge, as a community service. Copy should be limited to 150 words and submitted in paragraph form. Announcements are subject to editing for space. Please include contact information, including a daytime telephone number. Photos should be professional quality. If emailing photos, file size should be a minimum of 500 KB. Wedding announcements should be submitted no later than 12 months after the wedding. Send to: The Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, or email kgroff@gazette.net. Montgomery County celebrations are inserted into all Montgomery County editions.
CIUDAD DE ROCKVILLE NOTIFICACIÓN SOBRE ELECCIONES
CITY OF ROCKVILLE NOTICE OF ELECTION
Por la presente se notifica que el martes 5 de noviembre de 2013 se llevarán a cabo elecciones en la ciudad de Rockville para elegir al alcalde y cuatro concejales por un mandato de dos años. La votación estará abierta de forma continua de 7 a. m a 8 p. m. Todos los residentes de la ciudad de Rockville que estén registrados para votar, ya sea en la ciudad o en el condado, y que tengan por lo menos 18 años de edad el día de las elecciones, son aptos para votar.
Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the City of Rockville on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, to elect a Mayor and four Councilmembers to serve for terms of two years. The polls will be open continuously from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. All residents of the City of Rockville who are registered to vote either with the City or with the County, and who will be at least 18 years old on Election Day, are qualified to vote.
Las boletas de voto a distancia están disponibles para aquellos que no puedan acudir a las urnas y votar en persona el día de las elecciones. Para más información respecto a las boletas de voto a distancia, el registro de votantes y los lugares de votación, visite el sitio web de la ciudad: http://www.rockvillemd.gov/index.aspx?nid=966, comuníquese con el secretario general en el Ayuntamiento por e-mail a clerk@rockvillemd.gov o llame al (240) 314-8286.
Absentee ballots are available for those who cannot come to the polls and vote in person on Election Day. For further information regarding absentee ballots, voter registration, and polling places, please go to: http://www.rockvillemd.gov/ index.aspx?nid=966, email the office of the City Clerk at clerk@rockvillemd.gov, or call (240) 314-8286.
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CONSEJO DE SUPERVISORES DE ELECCIONES DE ROCKVILLE Lois Neuman, presidente Graham Johnson, miembro Carol Millman, miembro Brigitta Mullican, miembro Stephen Weiner, miembro Por: Douglass A. Barber, secretario general/tesorero en funciones.
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SCHOOL LIFE For a half-century, sixth-graders have taken to the great outdoors School district celebrates program’s 50th anniversary n
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Looking for a better way to reach some of his students, Joe Howard, then principal of Four Corners Elementary School in Silver Spring, launched a program that still touches the lives of thousands of students every year. That was 50 years ago. Howard is retired now and Four Corners Elementary no longer exists. But his idea, outdoor education, is still going strong. Montgomery County Public Schools celebrated the 50th anniversary of its outdoor education program Saturday with an open house at the Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center in Rockville. “The motivation came when we were building an out-
door trail at [Four Corners] and found that the ‘problem’ kids were not problems when working outdoors,” Howard said. “So we tried to find things in the curriculum that we could teach outdoors — things like studying the ecosystem, the forest community, ponds and streams and meadows.” Howard took the very first class of outdoor education students, fifth-graders from Four Corners, to Camp Greentop in Thurmont in 1962. About 20 of those students attended Saturday’s open house for a minireunion. A photo of them hangs in the meeting hall of the Smith Center. “It was just one class, a pilot program,” said Kathleen Cochran of Chevy Chase, who was part of the pilot program. “The next year Mr. Howard took about 90 kids, the very first class to do outdoor ed.” Howard eventually became the school district’s first supervisor of outdoor education programs, he said, serving in that position from the mid-1970s
until he retired in 1988. “To me it was a more effective way of teaching, learning by doing,” Howard said. “We didn’t just tell them what was going on in a pond, we showed them.” The school district opened the Smith Environmental Education Center on 10 acres in Rockville in 1974, built to accommodate all the district’s sixth-graders as they attended the five-day residential program. Smith, who lived from 1902 to 1971, was a Montgomery County Council president, board of education president, farmer and conservationist. “[He was the] driving force for the preservation of the Rock Creek valley to save it from mass development of residential communities,” Laurie Jenkins, current supervisor of the program, wrote in an email. Over the years, with budget cuts and population growth, Howard said, the residential program has been cut from five to three days. And the program needs to rent other facilities to handle all the sixth-graders, Jen-
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Chris Jansson, a physical education teacher at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Germantown, shows his son C.J., 4, a solar-powered plastic bug at an open house Saturday at the Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center in Rockville. kins said. “We can get about 40 to 45 percent of our sixth-grade schools in but we also use two other sites, Summit Lake [Camp] in Emmitsburg and Skycroft
[Conference Center] in Middletown,” Jenkins said. According to the Smith Center website, the Outdoor Environmental Education Program “serves over 20,000 students
each year in two major programs: the Residential Program in which every Grade 6 student participates and the Day Program in which [pre-K]-12 students explore and investigate the natural environment. At all programs students participate in curriculum-based environmental investigations.” The staff also provides professional development in environmental education to more than 500 teachers annually. Outdoor education was celebrated Saturday by more than 300 people, Jenkins said. The day included a formal news conference, a birthday cake and hands-on activities at 24 learning stations. Brandon Hebert, 8, a thirdgrader at Lois P. Rockwell Elementary School in Damascus, said his favorite activity was the confidence course. “It makes you stronger and you have to think before you use it,” Brandon said. pmcewan@gazette.net
EDUCATION NOTEBOOK Willing to weed: Students clean school courtyard About a dozen sixth-graders, 10 volunteers from Home Depot and a few staff and faculty members worked to clean up a courtyard at Montgomery Village Middle School on Oct. 22. “I think the outside should be pretty. When we are walking through the hall, we should be able to see flowers and all,” said Tamyiah Starnes, 11. “And if there are bugs, they need a home.” The group pulled weeds, cut back overgrown shrubs and picked up trash, collecting 12 large bags of waste for the dump. Then, they planted new plants, spread mulch and swept the walkways. In less than two hours, the courtyard was transformed with plants that would last through the winter, including burning bush shrubs, named for their brilliant fall foliage, and variegated liriope, an ornamental grass showing green and white against the dark brown mulch. “I think it is really cool because this is helping the school, we get [student service learning] hours and it’s helping nature,” said Jade Pinkowitz, 11. Along the way, the students learned about planting, pruning, mulching and even how to use a push broom. “As we go along, we teach them how to plant and what’s a weed,” said John Roberts, man-
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Sixth-graders at Montgomery Village Middle School work with volunteers from Home Depot to clean up one of the school’s courtyards Oct. 22. ager of the Germantown Home Depot store. Roberts spearheaded the project, a repeat of a cleanup at the school two years ago. “The Home Depot Foundation is all about giving back to the community,” Roberts said. “We volunteer because it’s important to us.” Christian Bergman, 11, said he has helped with yard work at home and enjoys it because it keeps the environment clean. “It’s fun getting all the weeds out of the dirt,” he said. “It’s making it look nice.”
Richard Montgomery student wins green award Jessica Li, a senior at Richard Montgomery High School
in Rockville, won the inaugural
Next Generation Award, one of the 2013 Maryland Clean Energy Awards, at the Maryland Clean Energy Summit on Oct. 15 and 16. As president of the school’s Environmental Awareness Club, Li organized Friday afternoon energy shutdowns during which students go around the school turning off lights, printers, computers and monitors. She has organized presentations during first-period classes on energy conservation and alternative energy, coordinated a T-shirt design contest, an energyfocused “Jeopardy!” game, a “Watt’s Up” poster contest and a “Why Use Alternative Energy” essay contest to boost awareness of energy issues. For the past two years, Li has given presentations at
Rockville Science Day on the benefits of energy conservation at home. She also was invited to present her research on wood batteries at the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Fair and has worked with the county’s School Energy and Recycling Team program to advance effective, local strategies that schools can use to reduce energy consumption. The Clean Energy Awards recognize individuals, companies and organizations that have demonstrated leadership, partnership, advocacy and entrepreneurism in a distinct commitment to advancing clean energy, energy efficiency and job creation, Kathy Magruder, executive drector of the Maryland Clean Energy Center, said in a statement. “When I read the nomination for Jessica Li, I felt as though there is hope for the planet with remarkable young people like her coming up in the world,” Magruder wrote.
Takoma Park, Sadie Isakower of Bethesda and Ivan Reimers of Silver Spring. Each year, the program honors about 5,000 of the highest-scoring students from more than 250,000 Latino juniors who take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The students are from the U.S., including its territories, plus Americans attending schools abroad. “I feel honored to have received this award,” Isakower said in a statement. “Being part of the Blair Magnet has been an awesome experience, and I will never forget the wonderful teachers and friends I’ve met at Blair. The Magnet has totally changed how I think about real world problems, and I feel that because of this, my peers and I are at a definite advantage as we enter college.”
Blair High seniors honored by Hispanic program
Montgomery County’s inaugural school food forum, “Creating a Vision of Fresh, Real Food in Montgomery County Public Schools,” will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew, 15300 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. The forum will feature regional and national experts on nutrition and diet, food education, and sourcing fresh, local food for school systems.
Four seniors at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver
Spring were selected Sept. 25 to be honored in the 2014 National Hispanic Recognition Program, which recognizes academically outstanding Latino high school students. The seniors are Sabrina Bradford and Jared Collina of
School food forum is Saturday in Silver Spring
Keynote speaker Tony Geraci is a nationally known school
food reformer, former food director for Baltimore City Public Schools, current director of nutrition services in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis, Tenn., and subject of the film “Cafeteria Man.” Presenters include Marla Caplon, director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Division of Food and Nutrition Services; Lisa Y. Lefferts, senior scientist with the Center for Science in the Public Interest; endocrinologist Shivani Narasimhan of Annapolis; Kathy Lawrence, director of strategic development, School Food Focus; Jill Coutts, science resource and horticulture teacher, Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring; Karla Kratovil, PTA vice president and school garden coordinator at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg; and county Councilman George L. Leventhal (D-At large) of Takoma Park. There will be a nutritious, locally sourced lunch, with a talk by Ype Von Hengst, COO and executive chef of Silver Diner. The forum is co-hosted by Real Food for Kids-Montgomery and Montgomery Victory Gardens. Registration, including lunch, is $25. For more information and to register, visit realfoodforkidsmontgomery. org.
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CLASSIC CURTIS
Gansler’s soul searching
One of the most telling quotes from Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, as his gubernatorial candidacy became mired in controversy last week, was: “I’m a big boy.” Gansler was declaring that he can admit when he’s wrong. But the line works equally well in summarizing his decision-making, as shown in two examples recently discovered by area newspapers. A few weeks ago, The Washington Post reported on complaints by Maryland State Police troopers assigned to drive him around. The troopers alleged that Gansler directed them to use lights and sirens so he could get places quickly. Sometimes, Gansler got antsy and flipped on the lights and sirens himself — or he’d take the wheel, the Post reported. More recently, The Baltimore Sun published a story and photo showing Gansler standing among a roomful of teenagers at a party at a Delaware beach house. Instead of focusing on whether he’s qualified to govern Maryland, voters have been sucked into dissecting his inclinations for driving fast and permissive parenting. Gansler has denied the driving allegations, claiming a state police “henchman” is generating political fodder. (Wouldn’t that require a conspiracy among troopers filing false statements?) But Gansler couldn’t refute a picture of what looked like a raucous party, possibly with alcohol. Never mind that Gansler, 50, sounds like a teen trying to talk himself out of a grounding by his parents. The questions that accompany these controversies are real and worth debate. Should the attorney general initiate and condone potentially illegal behavior? Gansler might dismiss the driving controversy as dirty politics, but he should pledge unequivocally to obeying the laws of the road and not interfering as troopers do the same as part of their jobs. As for the teen party, even outside of his jurisdiction, the attorney general should be a legal and moral model. It’s hard to fathom him knowingly participating in a plan to give teenagers free rein — likely with beer — at a rented house. This is questionable behavior as a parent, but unthinkable as the state’s top legal officer. Gansler, commendably, has spoken out in the past against underage drinking, but he loses credibility with his regrettable permissiveness. We look forward to returning to the issues of the gubernatorial campaign, of which there are many. First, Gansler has soul-searching and explaining to do.
Rec center blues About 30 years ago, many radio stations adopted the “classic rock” format, a term that entered the public lexicon without much recognition that it’s an oxymoron. As a style of music, rock ’n’ roll is rooted in rebellion and rejecting the status quo. Would Jerry Lee Lewis want to be called “classic”? A debate in Wheaton could take oxymoronic musical genres to new heights with the creation of “historic rock.” A number of people think the Wheaton Recreation Center should receive a historic PRESERVING designation, in part, because WHEATON in 1969, before anyone knew SITE WOULD who they were, Led Zeppelin NOT HONOR played there. Maybe that’s true, or maybe that’s an urban legITS TIES TO end. Many people believe the ROCK assertion though there’s little evidence to support the band actually played there. But since when has rock ’n’ roll been about bricks and mortar? Elvis Presley shook his hips to outrage middle America. Long after hip-shaking became passé, rock found other ways to shock, including Led Zep’s everincreasing volume and sensuality on stage. If indeed the band played in Wheaton — and even if the assertion is false, who doesn’t want to believe it? — preserving the rec center is no way to honor that event. The building has a leaky roof and mold. A kitchen stove has only two burners that work. There’s a lump on the basketball court that defies attempts at repair. Beyond the tenuous connection to popular culture, others want the building preserved because of its Asianinfluenced modern design architecture. Even so, there’s not much to preserve. To most people, the building would be a universally endorsed candidate for demolition. The community desperately needs the new rec center-library that’s planned to be constructed in its place. The Planning Board should approve the request to raze the building. And if there are people who want to honor one of the band’s first performances, a music festival might be more appropriate. Or possibly a plaque on the new building: “Robert Plant might have slept here.”
The Gazette Karen Acton, President/Publisher
LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR
We can’t eliminate all vehicles
David Hauk’s Oct. 16 letter urges “a robust bus rapid transit network” because “the way to solve gridlock is to move people, not cars.” [“Bus plan looks to the future, not an auto-centric past”] I grew up in Cleveland when it had an exceptional streetcar/bus system. That was fine to get to and from work. It was improbable to use when going shopping, going to a dress-up event, etc. Also, public transpor-
tation presents problems for people with physical impairments, despite special devices to help passengers getting on and off. The White Flint development planners allege area residents will be able to walk to all kinds of stores, office buildings, entertainment venues, restaurants, etc. They fail to take into account the hordes of “outsiders” who will also want to take advantage of those stores, office buildings, entertainment ven-
David H. Brown, North Bethesda
He who pays the piper The budget of the Montgomery County Public Schools for FY 2015 is in the early stages of formulation. This budget of over $2 billion is close to 50 percent of the tax-supported budget of Montgomery County. So who are the players who will influence this budget at this critical stage? It is the Budget Steering Committee. The members of this committee are the deputy superintendents, the employee union leaders representing the Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals, the Montgomery County Education Association (teachers), the Service Employees International Union Local 500, and the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teachers Associations. These are all undoubtedly important players and represent important sectors of the Montgomery County Public Schools. Every member of this committee has a vested interest in increasing the budget for many and various reasons. Why is the school board not
represented? It is true that they will eventually get the budget for approval but they do not have the analytical capability at that late stage to ask the hard questions. Also a little known fact: The charter of the board allows only those questions to be asked of the school administration if all members have an interest. Individual questions from individual board members are not entertained — and this for a $2 billion budget. Now that the maintenance of effort law has stripped the County Council of its operating budget oversight role, virtually turning the council into a spectator with power of the purse only over capital spending, there is even greater need for outside representation. Matching MCPS resource requirements with other county priorities no longer takes place in public. In effect the formulation of the MCPS budget is left to folks with an inherent conflict of interest. Would the committee gain from the inclusion of other members such as those who might
question the long-range implications of Budget Steering Committee decisions, who might inquire about the effective and efficient use of current dollars, who might ask about the crosswalk between strategies and funding and between funding and performance? Could the MCPS budget process be improved with more citizen-group participation? Could an independent study of the MCPS budget, as we proposed to the superintendent last Spring, be beneficial? We suggest that the committee be expanded to include representatives from the County Council, the office of the county executive and even, perhaps, from a civic group. Because what is missing from the equation are the interests of the Montgomery County taxpayer. It is telling that he who pays the MCPS piper does not call the tune.
Metro isn’t going to accept the county’s fix unless we (Montgomery County taxpayers) agree to pay the costs for subsequent repairs in the years to come! The fix oughta be: 1. Fire all the county engineers who placed their P.Eng stamp on the flawed structural drawings. 2. Redesign the weak ramps and parking slabs. 3. Foulger-Pratt uses a different concrete placement company, and Facchina pays the costs for concrete replacement. The county needs to do this project right! The time it takes to rebuild the flawed areas is not the issue.
Steve Cullen, Silver Spring
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Joan Fidler, Bethesda The writer is the president of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League.
Latex-modified concrete isn’t the answer The remediation plan to use a latex-modified concrete (LMC) overlay being adopted by Montgomery County’s Building, Design, Construction & the Division of General Services and the “ad hoc working group,” according to Foulger-Pratt is “illadvised and ill-conceived.” Way back when, Ike Leggett secretly hired KCE Structural Engineers (Ike didn’t inform the County Council) to study and report back on Transit Center’s flawed construction. KCE reported serious issues with the Transit Center’s design, construction, concrete strength & testing, etc. And now, we have Earnest Lunsford Jr., the administrator
of the county’s building design and construction division, and David Dise, the director the county’s General Services Division (who were both involved with this project in its initial stages) suggesting that Byrant Foulger hire a contractor to do a Band-Aid fix using the LMC method — instead of demolishing and replacing the flawed concrete ramps and areas that are not on spec for this project. The gentlemen from the county are consulting with Wagman for using the LMC method, but there isn’t any proof that this latex-modified concrete will hold up over the long term that taxpayers will need to guarantee — because we all know that
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Purple Line will not get enough riders
Among the numbers MDOT most often uses to define the Purple Line are 70 trains per day and 51,200 passengers per day in the opening year, 2020. They say it will grow to 74,160 riders per day on the same 70 trains 20 years later. Thus the starting average load carried by each two-car train calculates to 731 passengers/train and grows to 1,059 in a couple of decades. Nearby property owners who dread the passing of 70 trains a day in each direction need not fear an increase in that figure. MDOT is fond of pointing out that trains will travel the length of the Purple line in barely over an hour. They emphasize that traveling between Bethesda and New Carrollton by bus today takes more than an hour and a half. (You have to travel into downtown Washington, D.C., and back out). Not too long ago, private bus companies sought routes which might attract a very profitable 50 passengers per mile per day. If there were even 800 daily riders, a bus route would have been established long ago. The Purple Line is not replacing a Bethesda-New Carrollton bus route because bus operators never could find sufficient riders. How will MDOT support an exclusive right of way (designed to handle 200 trains per day) with a daily ridership that might be closer to 800 than 51,200?
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ues, restaurants, etc. Also, there are service people and their small trucks who are vital to any community. Then, there is the weather — whether it be rain, intense heat, snow, etc. Using public transportation is a challenge then. The reality is there will always be a need for vehicular traffic. At least, keep that in mind in development plans.
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As Maryland’s state elections begin warming up we’re entering the phony opinion survey season when candidates release so-called “polls” they’ve commissioned showing “political momentum.” Such polls should be taken with large grains of salt. That’s why it’s helpful when a legitimate, independent polling service like Gonzales Research and Marketing gives us some reliable insight into the voters’ mood. Last week Gonzales released its poll taken during the first two weeks of October surveying a cross section of voters demographically weighted to reflect who shows up on MY MARYLAND Election Day. Here are the BLAIR LEE highlights: M o s t people are not yet paying attention to a primary election that’s still eight months away. When asked to judge the two Democratic frontrunners for governor, 56 percent of Democratic voters were either “neutral” or didn’t recognize Anthony Brown and 72 percent were the same about Doug Gansler. A third candidate, Heather Mizeur, was unknown to 79 percent of Maryland Democrats. Conversely, Maryland voters widely recognize Gov. Martin O’Malley and have no reluctance judging his job performance. Among all voters, O’Malley’s favorable is 47.7 percent, his unfavorable is 48.1 percent, his worst rating since January 2008 (49 percent), just after he engineered the biggest tax hike in state history. O’Malley’s rating is far behind President Obama, who gets a 58 percent favorable, 40 percent unfavorable in the same poll. Compared to a January 2013 Gonzales poll, O’Malley’s positives are down 6 points while his negatives are up 7 points among all voters. But the big story is the intensity of O’Malley’s negatives. Only 19 percent of Mary-
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land voters “strongly approve” of O’Malley, while 34 percent “strongly disapprove” (compared to 25 percent strong approval and 24 percent strong disapproval in January 2013). The intensity shift is dramatic among independent voters: “strong approval” dropped from 25 percent to 15 percent while “strong disapproval” increased from 23 percent to 29 percent over the past eight months. And it’s even more pronounced among African-American voters, where, between January and October, “strong approval” dropped from 47 percent to 28 percent and “strong disapproval” hiked from 4 percent to 17 percent. So what’s driving O’Malley’s bad showing, and how does it impact this election, where O’Malley is not a candidate but where both the primary and general elections will likely be referendums on the O’Malley record? Patrick Gonzales thinks O’Malley’s problem is the same as back in 2008 — taxes. According to the poll, the 83 percent gas tax hike O’Malley pushed through the legislature remains vastly unpopular: 22 percent favorable, 76 percent unfavorable (with 59 percent “strongly opposed”). And you wonder why Gansler is running against the gas tax? Add to this the infamous “rain tax” and O’Malley’s 38 other taxes and fees, which amount to $3.1 billion a year in new taxes since O’Malley became governor. O’Malley’s quixotic White House bid appears unpopular as well. When Gonzales asked Maryland voters back in January if O’Malley should run for president, only 25 percent said “yes,” while 58 percent said “no.” O’Malley ignored them, and now, apparently, many jilted Marylanders believe O’Malley cares more about his career than about them. So, does this bode poorly for Brown, O’Malley’s lieutenant governor, who is running as O’Malley’s protege against Gansler, the O’Malley/Brown alternative? No, because only Democratic voters will decide the Brown vs. Gansler primary and, among Dems, O’Malley remains popular (favorable 67 percent, unfavorable 29 percent). True, among Demo-
cratic voters O’Malley’s favorable is down 6 points and his unfavorable is up 9 points, but running against the O’Malley record in a Democratic primary is uphill for Gansler. Things might be different for Brown in the general election against an attractive Republican. But this is where Brown’s race — African American — becomes such a huge factor. In 2002, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend had everything going for her: first woman governor, uncontested primary, overwhelming party and media support. But her campaign lapses and, more importantly, voter animosity against Parris Glendening, the incumbent governor, cost her the election. Like KKT, Brown is battling voter fatigue, his boss’s declining popularity and, in addition, a strong primary opponent. But running as Maryland’s first African-American governor in a state that’s 30 percent African American is Brown’s ace in the hole. Or, put it this way; if Brown was white, his prospects would look a whole lot more like KKT’s. One possible game changer in this nascent governor’s race is Obamacare. O’Malley put Brown in charge of designing and masterminding Maryland’s Obamacare program. It’s Brown’s signature accomplishment as lieutenant governor, and if it implodes, so does Brown. The Gonzales poll, taken during the first days of the Obamacare rollout, shows wide popularity: 57 percent favorable, 39 percent unfavorable. But will these numbers change if the “glitches caused by the website’s early popularity” prove systemic and if the entire program goes into a “death spiral”? As Maryland’s elections unfold we’ll depend on Gonzales to keep us up to date on who’s happy, who’s angry and why. Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is blairleeiv@gmail. com.
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A pledge to recuse I am grateful for the endorsement of my candidacy for the Rockville City Council by The Gazette [“For Team Rockville,” editorial, Oct. 23]. The endorsement noted that there could be concerns regarding my effectiveness as a county government senior manager and a Rockville City elected official. There are very few occasions when my work with the county will overlap with the business of the city. In those rare instances when there could be a concern, I pledge to recuse myself from any vote that may be perceived as a source of conflict. It should be noted
that I am no longer with the county’s Office of Management and Budget where resource allocation recommendations are made to the county executive. More importantly, it is precisely my long-standing professional relationships with county elected officials, county government appointed and merit leaders which will permit me to build bridges for improved dialog and decision-making to reach consensus ... while advocating for city interests. I believe that my 24 years of service with Montgomery County Government as well as my experience as a member of
Other letters on the Rockville City Council election appear on www.gazette.net/opinions the Rockville City Board of Supervisors of Elections, a graduate of Leadership Montgomery and Rockville University as well as my current chairmanship of Montgomery Hospice will be an excellent foundation for serving as a member of the Rockville City Council.
Beryl L. Feinberg, Rockville The writer is a candidate for the Rockville City Council.
Historic Pink Bank set to be demolished At the Oct. 14, mayor and council meeting, Rockville’s representatives voted 3-2 to allow the demolition of the historic “Pink Bank” at 255 N. Washington St. This vote was accomplished through the use of a flaw in Rockville’s historic designation process, which allows the mayor and council to cut short the normal public hearing process, preventing public hearings before both the Planning Commission and the mayor and council. I urge the citizens of Rockville to review the meeting’s discussion and ultimate decision online as I believe the decision made that evening has implications for how the public’s voice will be heard in Rockville in the future. However, this is only a symptom of a larger issue: the misuse of historic preservation in Rockville. Several council members claim to be in favor of historic preservation, yet their actions indicate not an interest in preservation of history, but rather, preser-
vation of specific architectural styles that meet their own tastes. This is a devastating way to view historic preservation, as we should have learned during the gutting of our town center through urban renewal in the 1960s. By eliminating one of the last physical reminders of that era, we are also engaging in a whitewashing of our history, and as we all should know by now, to forget past mistakes is to be doomed to repeat them. Furthermore, the city will miss out on a key economic development opportunity. In 30 years, I expect we will be gutting our town center again, when the current architectural and planning trends fade. The Pink Bank represents something unique in our community that could set the city apart for years to come. In fact, the Maryland Economic Development Association’s fall conference this year focused on placemaking. According to MDBIZ News, a publication of
the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development that covered the conference, two takeaways from this gathering of the region’s top economic developers were that “a community’s uniqueness fuels growth because ‘the more your community looks like everyone else’s, the less people will want to go there’ (Ed McMahon, Urban Land Institute)” and “investing in historic preservation yields lasting long-term results in fostering place, but it needs to follow a long-term plan.” Rockville’s Historic Resources Management Plan states as its goal: identify and protect the Historic Resources as visual and physical reminders of the themes and periods in the city’s development. Therefore, I ask Rockville’s citizens to consider these important issues, and make their voices heard.
Jessica Reynolds, Rockville The writer is a Rockville Historic District Commissioner, and an economic development professional.
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Every day, either at lunch or when he comes home from school, Col. Zadok Magruder High School sophomore Bryan Argueta said he drank a bottle of vanilla Coke or Dr. Pepper. But when Argueta traveled to Southern California in September to compete in the national finals of Sueño Alianza — a competition that showcases youth soccer players in front of coaches and scouts from Mexican teams, Major League Soccer teams and representatives from the U.S. Soccer Federation — he learned something about drinking soda.
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Paint Branch High School football coach Mike Nesmith and senior receiver Javonn Curry said they have a similar exchange whenever they pass each other in the hallway. “Are you going to make any big plays at all this year?” Nesmith asks. “I got you, coach,” Curry says after laughing. “It’s going to come.” “I hope so,” Nesmith says. “The year’s almost over. Make a play.” Of course, Nesmith is just taking advantage of one of his favorite Curry attributes, his ability to take a joke. Curry has 41 catches for 600 yards and 11 touchdowns entering No. 6 Paint Branch’s game against No. 8 Sherwood on Friday. Really, Nesmith expected this type of production last season from Curry. But caught on a team with internal issues, Curry was limited. The year before, Curry led Paint PHOTOS BY GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE Branch to a championship in the Paint Branch High School wide Freaks in Cleats 7-on-7 tournament receiver Javonn Curry. at Towson when several top older players were out with injuries. Ever since, Nesmith was sky high on the player who’d already impressed him as a freshman on junior varsity. “We’ve seen those flashes that, when he was on — in that passing league tournament, he was on — no one would stop him,” Nesmith said. “He’s got great size. You’re not going to have a lot of defensive
And who he learned it from made it quite easy to cut carbonated beverages out of his routine. Jurgen Klinsmann, the coach of the United States men’s national team, spoke with the players who participated in the event at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., and advised them on a number of topics. Everything from their eating and drinking habits to their on-field tactics and workout routines. “He told us about how we can improve, the type of stuff we shouldn’t do outside of the game and stuff we should do,” Argueta said. “He said it takes 32 bottles of water to digest one bottle of soda. After I came back I haven’t been drinking any soda.” Not only did Argueta, whose
Paint Branch High School wide receiver Javonn Curry (right) catches a pass during team practice Thursday at the school in Burtonsville.
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Three months ago, Gabriel Ndiaye was not in the United States. He was back home, in Gambia, a West African country, getting ready to move across the Atlantic Ocean for college. Now, he is the most prolific goal-scorer in the country for the second-ranked National Junior College Athletic Association Division III men’s soccer team heading into postseason play. Ndiaye’s Montgomery College (19-1) squad earned a first-round bye in the Region XX tournament (hosted by Prince George’s Community College) and is scheduled to play in the semifinal round Thursday. The national tournament is scheduled for Nov. 14-17 at Herkimer County Community College in New York. “This is why we play
this game,” Raptors secondyear coach Pedro Braz said. “We play to go to the postseason and make a run. Last year was a surprise, but this year we have a target on us being the No. 2 team in the country. Opponents expect us to be good; we expect it and [Ndiaye] is one of the reasons why.” Ndiaye came to Montgomery College, admittedly, very raw on the soccer field. He grew up playing unorganized soccer from a very young age. So, after enrolling at Montgomery College, he attended the Raptors’ open tryout sessions and immediately impressed the coaching staff. “The first thing we noticed is he was a very talented natural goal scorer,” Braz said. “But he just didn’t have a lot of experience playing in an organized setting. He played a lot of street soccer back home and he struggled at the beginning and was a reserve, but now that he understands, he’s just doing what he is
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Montgomery County’s 25 public high school girls’ soccer teams have collectively scored an average of 27 goals apiece in 2013. Up until recently, that likely would’ve been the handy work of just one player. In the fall of 1998, a Watkins Mill
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freshman by the name of Noelle Keselica scored an unprecedented 35 goals and averaged 25 a year over a four-year tenure. Walter Johnson’s all-time leading scorer, Caroline Miller, graduated in 2009 with a 22-per-year goal scoring average and Bethesda-Chevy Chase’s recent string of four consecutive state titles was propelled by go-to scorers such as Hannah Cooper (Class of 2009, four straight 18-plus goal seasons) and Vic Gersh (20 goals scored in 2009-10). Gone are the days, for the most part it seems, of such dominant scorers. But the trend is in no way a sign of trouble for the county’s soccer teams. In fact,
coaches agree it’s symptomatic of increased talent county-wide. As more and more elite level clubs have popped up all over the region and attracted younger and younger athletes, experienced players are filling out teams’ depth charts in all areas of the county, not just the traditionally strong Bethesda and Potomac areas, Walt Whitman coach Greg Herbert said. Case in point, Gaithersburg’s recent ascent into the county’s upper echelon. Thirteen different players have scored for both Winston Churchill and Whitman in 2013 but none have exceeded eight
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Eliza Doll (left) of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School loks to shoot the ball near the goal of host Walt Whitman during a game this fall.
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Continued from Page B-1 goals. B-CC has 19 players with at least one goal and no one with more than six. Damascus senior midfielder Steph Cox is currently the county’s leading scorer with 18 goals but the Swarmin’ Hornets have outscored their opponents 64-5 and still have 15 players with at least one goal. Even defending Washington Catholic Athletic Conference champion Our Lady of Good Counsel lacks one particular scorer with 12 contributors and none with more than 12 goals — in 2011 two Falcons scored 22plus goals. “The trend [of more balanced scoring] is definitely there,” said Churchill coach Haroot Hakopian, who has been coaching in the county for two decades. In those times you had solid players and one outstanding player take it upon themselves to score. Now
you have several teams across the county with girls with six to 10 scorers. That means when they get the opportunity to finish, they’re finishing.” The county is in no shortage of star power capable of peppering the stat sheet. If Whitman midfielder Aliza Wolfe played in the front field and put more emphasis just on scoring, Herbert and Hakopian agreed, her numbers could sky rocket. Though more comfortable in the set-up role, Hakopian said B-CC senior and Colgate University recruit Eliza Doll has the ability to take over games in a similar manner. The recent trend has also been boosted by the type of player being developed at a young age, Hakopian said, and the brand of soccer it enables high school teams to employ. Players are more versatilethesedaysthantheywere 10 to 15 years ago, Hakopian said, and can play various roles on the field depending on where they’re
needed. Teams are generally able to efficiently execute a prettier, more possession style of soccer that lends itself to more balance among scoring options, coaches agreed. Kurtz joked after the Barons’ 2-1 win over Whitman earlier this month that he would pay to have the high-scoring numbers he was accustomed to in the mid-2000s — one-goal decisions can be stressful — but the recent lack of dominant scoring signifies a new level of competition in Montgomery County girls’ soccer. “You don’t see those players anymore who are ripping home 25 goals,” Kurtz said. “Hannah Cooper scored 18 goals for us four years in a row, I’d be paying her if she did that for us now. But the good thing is we’re getting it from a lot of different players.” jbeekman@gazette.net
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Continued from Page B-1 doing, which is score.” Ndiaye, who appeared softspoken and thoughtful during Monday’s practice, deflected the praise to his teammates. He’s made 15 starts and appeared in 19 games this fall. “I owe it all to them and coach because they make sure I’m in the right place and their skills are amazing. I mean, Nick Castro has assisted on half of my goals,” Ndiaye said. “The atmosphere is just amazing here and we have a lot of diverse cultures, but we all hang out, call each other and stay together as a team.” The 20-year-old freshman, who lives in Silver Spring, has been enjoying his time immersing himself in American culture. His favorite thing is all of the fast food establishments. “The food is the best here,” Ndiaye said. “McDonalds, Chipotle, Burger King — I try everything.” Ndiaye, who is studying business and economics, moved to the United States primarily for education, but said he couldn’t give up his favorite sport. “It was a little tough to move, but the education system is so much better here than back
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Continued from Page B-1 Colonels won their first-round playoff match against Quince Orchard on Thursday and played rival Gaithersburg on Tuesday in a game that ended too late for this edition, receive some advice from Klinsmann, he also piqued the interest of his staff. “I got invited to try out for the under-17 U.S. men’s national team,” Argueta said. “I was so excited when they told me and they said they’ll be calling at the end of [October] to give me more information.” At 5-foot-2, 121 pounds, Argueta may not be much to look at on the pitch, but his abilities far exceed his presence. After all, being small in soccer isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Look no further than the world-class player on Argueta’s favorite club, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. “I wouldn’t mind staying this height,” said Argueta, who be-
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Gabriel Ndiaye (right) practices with the Montgomery College men’s soccer team Monday at the campus in Rockville. home,” he said. “I’ve loved playing soccer since I was little — you ask for soccer balls for Christmas every year back home — but the education is my first goal. Montgomery College is averaging 6.2 goals per game with a .729 shot percentage while allowing just 0.9 goals per game. The Raptors, who don’t feature much height, are extremely technical, focused on ball control and make quick passes and swift movements.
“We don’t like the ball in the air a lot,” Braz said with a laugh and smile. Sophomore center back and Sherwood graduate Sergio Navarrete agreed. “It’s a lot of team play. The line between starters and the reserves is becoming more and more blurred,” he said. “The level of play is great.”
gan playing soccer as soon as he could walk. “It’s hard for other players to take the ball from me. I keep the ball close to my feet.” Argueta’s father played second-division soccer in El Salvador and a passion for the sport runs in the family. Argueta said the support he’s received from his father, older brother Oscar, 20, and even his younger brother, Jair, 3, has helped keep him motivated. Magruder finished the regular season with a record of 8-5-1 and scored 30 goals while allowing 15. It was a solid campaign, but Argueta has yet to break out as a star at the high school level. “In school he doesn’t get it yet, the timing,” said Colonels coach Juan Gomez. “As soon as he gets it, he’ll be tough to beat because he’s a really skillful guy.” During the Sueño Alianza camp, Argueta played right back, perhaps his worst position, he said. Defending isn’t his strong suit and because he’s left-footed, it made it difficult for him to clear the ball. It’s also one of the posi-
tions on the field that requires the most running. Still, the natural central attacking midfielder did enough to impress plenty of scouts and earn a U-17 national team tryout. It’s all happened so fast for the 15-year-old. All so unexpected. “I didn’t expect anything like that,” Argueta said. “But when I was chosen, it felt great. I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s hard to imagine how many people have supported me. It feels great.” Argueta plays soccer every day except Sundays and said he’s constantly working to improve his game, especially on becoming dangerous with his right foot. He hopes the work he’s putting in now, and the change in beverage preferences, will help him achieve his goal of playing soccer for a living. “It’s every soccer player’s dream to become a pro,” Argueta said. “That would just be amazing to have that many people supporting me.”
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“Everybody has to try just a little bit harder, do just a little bit better, think just a little deeper, work just a little longer,” she said. It’s former gymnast Mary Lou Retton’s quote, and from thelooksofhowthegameturned out, with Good Counsel shedding the runner-up moniker that has haunted it for the past half decade, it did just the trick. When the Tartans tied it up 1-1 in the second half, they dug just a little deeper, holding on to extend the game to overtime. When Holy Cross fired in 12 shots on goalie Caroline Campbell, the keeper tried just a little bit harder. And when Elaine McCabe deked Holy Cross goalie Kathleen Mauck with 2 minutes, 58 seconds remaining in overtime, Good Counsel rose just one notch higher. “I told them, I said, ‘Every single time you feel one ounce of pulling back, think I have to work a little harder, I have to think a little deeper,’” Bagdon said. “The chemistry and the heart of this team, and the undying support for each other, there’s no girl — it’s awesome. There’s no division.” The victory has been a long time coming for Good Counsel. Bagdon watched her team relinquish a 2-0 second-half lead last year to lose 3-2 in overtime, and a player was sent off during the extra period, making it seven on six. The 2009 championship went to extra minutes as well, and that one ended in a 1-0 overtime victory in Holy Cross’s favor. Two years later, the title was decided by another one-goal margin, a 2-1 Tartans victory. “I am so happy right now,” Campbell said. “We have been
to so many championships and we have worked so hard in the off-season and regular season and this team is so close and we wanted it so badly. We put it all on the field and we’re so happy.” Just down the road at James H. Blake there was another postseason tilt providing some free field hockey. The Bengals, hosting Springbrook, went to overtime before knocking in the game-winner. They advanced to top-seeded Sherwood on Monday night (results came in after deadline). In the round previous, in which Col. Zadok Magruder and Gaithersburg were the lone game in the 4A West, the Trojans took two additional frames to finally top the Colonels. No. 1 seeded Quince Orchard proceeded to knock them out in the ensuing round, 5-0. While Stone Ridge’s 2-1 victory over St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes onThursdaywasn’tquitethewatershed win being had by Good Counsel, it was similar in nature. The Saints are the owners of 10 of the past 11 Independent School League titles, and though it was only a regular season matchup, the win certainly raised an eyebrowortwo,especiallywithplayoffs just a week away.
Cross country A pair of Good Counsel runners had a banner day Saturday in the WCAC cross country championships at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, Va. Sophomore Megan Crilly took home the girls’ individual championship by running the course in a time of 20:55.06, while senior Collin Crilly won the boys’ race with a time of 16:27.57. Overall, Good Counsel’s girls finished second at the meet with 47 points, seven behind Bishop O’Connell as Cosette Riley (21:13) finished fourth and Cassidy Burke (21:15) placed fifth, The Falcons boys won the team title by two points over Gonzaga, as they had five runners finish in the top 12 (Crilly, Jack Wavering, Tyler Richards, Matt Lopez, Kevin McGivern). Even the two runners who didn’t score performed remarkably well as Miguel Alonso and Jeff Moxley finished 16th and 17th, respectively.
Tennis Holton-Arms School junior No. 1 singles player Lilly Lynham might not have physically won her match against Bullis’ Ines Vias in Thursday’s seasonending Independent School League “AA” Division tournament final but her just being on the court at Madeira (Virginia) was vital to Holton’s ninth title in 10 years. Lynham was rather sick Thursday but this year’s ISL tournament took on a new structure — dual matches rather than separate brackets per position. If Lynham sat out Thursday’s final, everyone down the Panthers’ ladder would have to move up a spot. Holton, which defeated St. Stephen’s/St. Agnes (6-1) and National Cathedral School (4-3) in the first and second rounds won the final, 5-2 Thursday. “I was very tempted not to play [Lynham] because she was in pain but she asked me to play in the last match so she played at her request, not mine,” Holton coach Yann Auzoux said. “In this particular format, that makes a big difference. Last year it wouldn’t have made a big difference because we probably would’ve been in good position in every other position.” Bullis won the top two singles courts — last year’s ISL No. 1 singles champion Vias avenged a regular-season loss to Lynham with a win Thursday — but Holton won third and fourth singles and swept the doubles. Maya Das’ win at No. 3 singles Thursday capped an undefeated 2013. Jillian Lawler won at No. 4. Holton’s No. 1 doubles team consisted of Karsyn Lawler and Elise Lovett and Susan Darvishi and Sophie Gary won on the second doubles court. The team’s only two seniors, Lauren Di Franco and Lauren Ahn won the third doubles match. Auzoux credits Holton’s dominance of the league the past decade with the programs that have been implemented for younger athletes at the school, helping prepare them to feed into the varsity squad. “I think what we’ve managed to do is establish a good system for the girls to go through,” Auzoux said.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HOW THEY RANK The 10 best football teams in Montgomery County this week as ranked by The Gazette’s sports staff.
Rank
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8. 10.
School
Record Points
8-0 6-4 7-1 7-1 7-1 7-1 5-3 6-2 5-3 5-3
Quince Orchard Cougars Good Counsel Falcons Bullis Bulldogs Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets Gaithersburg Trojans Paint Branch Panthers Clarksburg Coyotes Sherwood Warriors Northwest Jaguars Seneca Valley Screaming Eagles
60 54 48 42 36 28 22 17 17 5
Also receiving votes: Whitman 1.
LEADERS Top rushers Khalil Wilson, Einstein Dage Davis, Geo. Prep Zac Morton, Whitman Charles Lyles, Poolesville Isaac Boyd, Avalon Devonte Williams, Bullis Chris Dawson, G. Counsel E. Spottswood, Sherwood Kevin Joppy, Q. Orchard D. Sims, Wheaton
Carries 140 159 186 171 110 147 157 112 94 116
Yards 1412 1285 1224 1145 1126 1122 978 803 671 649
Top passers
Cmp-Att. Chuck Reese, Rockville 216-343 Sam Ellis, Wootton 159-304 G. Cooper, P. Branch 128-217 Renzo Farfan, R. Mont. 118-217 Mike Murtaugh, QO 73-118 Marvin Galdamez, Ken. 82-137 C. Reighard, Seneca 81-146 Nick DeCarlo, G’burg 59-104 Evan Smith, Whitman 63-127 Raymond Burtnick, Blair 53-115
Top receivers Jibri Woods, Wootton Trevon Diggs, Wootton Joey Cornwell, Rockville Ryan Stango, P. Branch Louison Biama, Rockville Javonn Curry, P. Branch Michael Scott, Kennedy Anthony Albert, Rockville Steven Kelly, B-CC Phil Osborn, R. Mont.
Catches 55 62 53 39 33 41 41 46 21 39
Avg. 10.1 8.1 6.6 6.7 10.2 7.6 6.2 7.2 7.1 5.6
Yards 2465 2221 1751 1324 1275 1027 1015 977 819 770 Yards 791 762 655 625 623 600 581 524 486 465
Int. 11 12 5 6 4 5 5 5 9 5
TDs 13 17 11 9 22 17 12 11 13 6 TDs 33 18 24 14 15 5 11 7 7 7
Avg. TDs 14.4 5 12.3 9 12.4 7 16.0 8 18.9 6 14.6 11 14.2 1 11.4 8 23.1 5 11.9 8
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Three schools have clinched berths
Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association determines the four teams that advance to the postseason in football through a points
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK BY DAN FELDMAN system that rewards schools for defeating good teams. Here’s a look at the race for playoff berths with two regular-season games to be played:
4A West Quince Orchard High School has clinched a playoff berth and controls its own destiny for the No. 1 seed. It’s possible Quince Orchard clinches the No. 1 seed this weekend. Gaithersburg has also clinched a playoff berth and controls its destiny. Northwest controls its destiny for a top-three seed and would clinch a playoff berth by winning either of its last two games (Quince Orchard or Springbrook).
Clarksburg controls its destiny for making the playoffs. Whitman must win at least one of its remaining two games (Churchill and Blair) to have a chance of qualifying. If Wootton loses to Rockville and Clarksburg beats Magruder this week, Wootton would be eliminated. If Wootton beats Rockville, Wootton will enter Week 10 with a chance to make the playoffs, but even a final-week victory over Quince Orchard wouldn’t guarantee a postseason berth. Blair can possibly remain in contention with a loss to Blake this week. But Blair cannot overcome a loss to Whitman the following week.
4A North Paint Branch controls its own destiny for receiving a top-two seed. Paint Branch would clinch a playoff berth with any one of the following outcomes in the next two weeks: Paint Branch over Sherwood, Paint Branch over Gaithersburg, Woodlawn over Kenwood, Parkville over Kenwood, Bethesda-Chevy Chase over Richard Montgomery, Churchill over Whitman,
The Gazette sports staff picks the winners for this week’s games involving Montgomery football teams. Here are this week’s selections:
BIG PLAY
Continued from Page B-1 backs that can cover a 6-[foot]-3 wide receiver in high school that’s got very good speed and is going up to catch balls with his hands. We knew that, if he played to his potential, that he could be what he’s become.” Curry never played organized football before high school, though he said he was pretty good in pick-up games with his friends. As he learned to wear
2A West
Montgomery County record All games
Northwood at Watkins Mill Einstein at Seneca Valley Wootton at Rockville Wheaton at Damascus Churchill at Whitman Gaithersburg at Walter Johnson Bethesda-Chevy Chase at R. Montgomery Northwest at Quince Orchard Magruder at Clarksburg Kennedy at Springbrook Sherwood at Paint Branch Blake at Blair Boonesboro at Poolesville Georgetown Prep at Landon Bullis at Episcopal
Team
Wootton* Whitman R. Montgomery B-Chevy Chase Churchill Walter Johnson*
All Div.
4-4 5-3 2-6 2-6 1-7 1-7
4-1 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-3 1-3
PF PA
207 139 169 135 178 196 106 235 46 247 43 227
Montgomery 4A East Division Team
Paint Branch Sherwood Springbrook* Blair Kennedy Blake
All Div.
7-1 6-2 4-4 4-4 3-5 1-7
4-0 3-0 2-2 1-3 1-2 0-4
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PF PA
324 79 199 140 159 91 149 133 133 129 36 222
Montgomery 4A West Division Team
Quince Orchard Gaithersburg Northwest Clarksburg* Magruder
All Div.
8-0 7-1 6-2 5-3 1-7
3-0 3-1 1-2 1-2 0-3
PF PA
324 26 182 84 274 113 139 104 89 337
Montgomery 3A Division
Poolesville, currently ranked third, controls its own destiny for making the playoffs. If Poolesville beats Boonsboro and one or both of the two teams directly behind Poolesvile (Catoctin and Oakdale) lose this weekend, that alone would not guarantee Poolesville a playoff berth. With wins in both its final games, Poolesville could finish with the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 or No. 4 seed.
Ken Sain
Dan Feldman
Nick Cammarota
Travis Mewhirter
Jennifer Beekman
Kent Zakour
121-23 236-45
121-23 235-46
118-26 233-48
114-30 230-51
117-27 228-53
111-33 219-62
Watkins Mill Seneca Valley Wootton Damascus Whitman Gaithersburg R. Mont. Q. Orchard Clarksburg Springbrook Paint Branch Blair Boonesboro Geo. Prep Bullis
Watkins Mill Seneca Valley Wootton Damascus Whitman Gaithersburg B-CC Q. Orchard Clarksburg Springbrook Paint Branch Blair Poolesville Geo. Prep Bullis
Watkins Mill Seneca Valley Wootton Damascus Whitman Gaithersburg R. Mont. Q. Orchard Clarksburg Springbrook Paint Branch Blair Boonesboro Geo. Prep Bullis
Watkins Mill Seneca Valley Wootton Damascus Whitman Gaithersburg R. Mont. Q. Orchard Clarksburg Springbrook Paint Branch Blair Boonesboro Geo. Prep Bullis
Watkins Mill Seneca Valley Wootton Damascus Whitman Gaithersburg R. Mont. Q. Orchard Clarksburg Springbrook Paint Branch Blair Boonesboro Geo. Prep Bullis
Watkins Mill Seneca Valley Wootton Damascus Whitman Gaithersburg B-CC Q. Orchard Clarksburg Springbrook Sherwood Blair Boonesboro Geo. Prep Bullis
Rockville QB tosses for state-best 480 yards, 8 touchdowns vs. Magruder
One month after being named 2013 USA Swimming Athlete of the Year, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart junior Katie Ledecky was honored as United States Olympic Committee SportsWoman of the Year at an awards ceremony in New York Tuesday that was part of the 100 Days Out Celebration, counting down to this winter’s Olympic Games in Sochi. A year after winning her first Olympic gold medal in the
Damascus has clinched a playoff berth. If it wins its final two games, Damascus could finish with the No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 seed. The loser of Friday’s Seneca Valley-Einstein game will be eliminated. Both teams will be eliminated if South Hagerstown wins a game. Rockville must win its final two games (Wootton and Poolesville) and South Hagerstown must lose its final two games (Williamsport and North Hagerstown).
Montgomery 4A South Division
Team
Damascus Seneca Valley Einstein Rockville Watkins Mill Wheaton Northwood
All Div.
7-1 5-3 4-3 5-3 2-6 1-7 1-7
5-0 4-1 3-1 3-3 1-3 0-4 0-4
Montgomery 2A Independent Team
Poolesville
All
PF
PA
All
PF
PA
6-2 181 122
Private schools Team
PF PA
240 82 233 85 178 205 296 246 84 238 104 271 60 313
Bullis 7-1 255 88 Good Counsel 6-4 226 121 Avalon 5-4 252 158 Georgetown Prep 4-4 232 190 Landon 2-5 142 154 * Includes forfeit result
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FEARLESS FORECASTS
KEEPING IT BRIEF
Rockville High School quarterback Chuck Reese threw for 480 yards and eight touchdowns — marks that best Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association single-game records — in Rockville’s 64-41 win Friday against Col. Zadok Magruder. Rockville fell behind 35-8 in the first quarter as Magruder read Rockville’s signals. After changing signals during halftime, Reese found immediate success to begin the third quarter. “Then, his confidence was through the roof,” Rockville offensive coordinator Jason Lomax said. “After that, they couldn’t even slow him down.”
Einstein over Seneca Valley, Franklin over Dundalk, Patapsco over Landsowne, Bethesda Chevy-Chase over Walter Johnson, Blair over Whitman, Blake over Seneca Valley, Churchill over Damascus, Einstein over Watkins Mill, Kennedy over Sherwood, Springbrook over Northwest, Franklin over Catonsville, Towson over Dulaney, Perry Hall over Dundalk or Milford Mill over Woodlawn. Sherwood would guarantee a playoff berth by winning either of its final two games (Paint Branch or Kennedy). Springbrook must win its final two games (Kennedy and Northwest) to have a chance of reaching the playoffs. If Springbrook beats Kennedy, either of two sets of outcomes would eliminate Springbrook this week: First, Howard over River Hill and Sherwood over Paint Branch; second, Howard over River Hill, Whitman over Churchill, Northwood over Watkins Mill, Quince Orchard over Northwest, Magruder over Clarksburg, Richard Montgomery over Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Seneca Valley over Einstein and Springbrook over Kennedy.
STANDINGS
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Rockville High School quarterback Chuck Reese throws against Watkins Mill during a football game earlier this season. Reese threw for 480 yards and eight touchdowns last week against Col. Zadok Magruder. 800-meter freestyle in London, Ledecky claimed four gold medals — 1,500-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle relay — at this summer’s 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Ledecky’s time of 15 minutes, 36.53 seconds crushed the previous 1,500-meter freestyle world record by more than six seconds; she set another world mark in the 800-meter freestyle and an American record in the 400-meter
freestyle. With her time of 3:59.82, Ledecky became the first American woman to eclipse the 4-minute mark in the event and first U.S. woman, second overall, to sweep the three individual distance freestyle events at a single World Championships. Ledecky, who follows in the footsteps of such athletes as Janet Evans and Natalie Coughlin, became the first women’s swimmer to be named USOC SportsWoman of the Year since 2008.
pads and run plays, he was still at least somewhat unsure of himself for his first couple seasons. He wasn’t unconfident. He just wasn’t confident. “I didn’t really have any,” Curry said of expectations when he joined Paint Branch’s football program. “I knew I could catch, and I was pretty fast. I was just going out and trying to see if I actually could be good.” He is. Still, Curry has no scholarship offers, though Towson has shown interest ever since that 7-on-7 tournament in the
summer of 2011. Since, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Robert Morris and Stony Brook have expressed interest. Discussing Curry’s prospects of landing a scholarship offer, Nesmith uses the knowledge he feigns lacking in the Paint Branch hallways. “It’s going to pick up for him,” Nesmith said. “I really think, as the year goes on and if we’re able to have success in the playoffs, once people start looking at his film, they’re going to realize this kid is a pretty special talent.”
Poolesville 23, Wheaton 20 Blair 34, Einstein 18 Damascus 16, Seneca Valley 14 Wootton 24, R. Montgomery 20 Whitman 28, Walter Johnson 3 Springbrook 35, Churchill 7 P. Branch 54, B.-Chevy Chase 14 Clarksburg 14, Northwest 13 Rockville 64, Magruder 41 Q. Orchard 41, Gaithersburg 6 Sherwood 32, Blake 16 Spalding 28, Georgetown Prep 24 S. Hagerstown 42, Watkins Mill 0 Avalon 60, KIPP 14 Good Counsel 35, O’Connell 10 Kennedy 49, Northwood 13 Bullis 24, Landon 0
BEST BET Sherwood at Paint Branch,
6:30 p.m. Friday. Both teams will likely make the playoffs in the 4A North Region, but only the winner is guaranteed a berth. Sherwood has won eight the past nine games in the rivalry, including a 35-0 victory last season. Quarterback Gaston Cooper leads the Paint Branch offense.
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Year of unpredicatable results continues in boys’ soccer
If it seemed like the Thomas S. Wootton High School girls’ soccer team didn’t know what it was doing, or what kind of team it wanted to be, early this season, it didn’t. During a 2-6 start first-year Pa-
SOCCER NOTEBOOK BY NICK CAMMAROTA AND JENNIFER BEEKMAN triots coach Andrew Ratti, a 1989 Wootton graduate, said it’s possible the team implemented a different formation in every game. “The first part of the season, they were figuring me out, I was figuring out our personnel,” Ratti said. “We played almost every formation trying to figure out what works best for us.”
The Patriots found it in an offensiveminded 3-4-3 rooted in a possession style soccer and have turned a corner in the last month, just in time to position themselves as a dangerous floater in the Class 4A West Region tournament that started a week ago. Wootton is undefeated in its last seven games, including a 3-2, first-round win over Col. Zadok Magruder. The Patriots faced the region’s bottom section’s second seed, Gaithersburg, Tuesday night but the game ended too late to be included in this edition of The Gazette. Whatever the result, Ratti said, the positive strides taken this fall will only continue to benefit the program next year as the 1998 state champion Wootton tries to regain its spot in the county’s elite. “One of the things, I look back at what Dave Greene did with the program, we were a powerhouse when I played and after I left and I want to try and get
the girls back to where we’re not losing in the first or second round of playoffs and a better record than what we’ve had [recently],” Ratti said. “It’s not a one-year process. We’re on our way.”
Boys’ soccer In what likely was a surprise to nobody, there were upsets in the opening round of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association boys’ soccer tournament across all classifications. One result, however, was particularly surprising, even when one takes into account how unpredictable this season has been. On Saturday afternoon, Richard Montgomery beat Winston Churchill in a 4A West first-round match, 3-2. Now, the context. Churchill, which featured one of the deeper rosters in the county, is bolstered by dynamic
goal-scorers in J.J. Van Der Merwe and Nathan Ferdowski and finished first in the 4A South Division during the regular season. The Bulldogs went 10-3-1 (4-1-0 in division) and scored 32 goals while allowing 12. The Rockets, on the other hand, were last in the 4A South. Plagued by an inability to score all season, Richard Montgomery only found the back of the net nine times and allowed 22 goals. They went 3-10-1 (1-4-0 in division) and lost to Churchill, 2-0, on October 17. Oddly enough, that was the score at halftime of Saturday’s match. But somehow, as if county coaches needed a reminder as to the volatile parity in the league this year, the Rockets rallied to score three goals — one third of their previous total on the season — to upend the Bulldogs. “I’ve been at RM 10 years now and this has been the most parity I’ve ever seen,” said Rockets coach Chamy Wi-
jeratne. “We’ve had some bad luck this year and we haven’t scored as many goals as we needed to, but the guys kept believing and none of the players gave up.” Of the Montgomery County games that were played in the 4A bracket in the first round, four went into overtime. One such game was between Walter Johnson and Bethesda-Chevy Chase where Nicholas Montes scored the winner in the first overtime. “I cannot recall a season where it was so open,” Wildcats coach Hector Morales said. “I feel like the first playoff game is like the first game of the regular season, you’ve just got to get that first one under you.” The other matches that took extra time to decide: Walt Whitman edged Kennedy in penalty kicks, Sherwood beat Springbrook also in PKs and Wootton downed Northwest in overtime.
Poolesville’s libero helps make Falcons a state contender BY
TRAVIS MEWHIRTER STAFF WRITER
During a match against Damascus High School earlier this year, Sarah Kenneweg hit the floor to save a Madison Wyatt kill attempt. Later, the Poolesville senior stuck an arm out to turn an Annika Schwartz spike into a deftly placed pass for teammate and setter Allyson Convers to divvy out to her own hitters. Kenneweg is everywhere — her libero-distinguished jersey allows her to be — thinking ahead of hitters, getting to spots that looked open just seconds ago are now taken up by a diving, sliding or perfectly-positioned Kenneweg, frustrating the county’s best and most powerful hitters over and over again. “That is the worst feeling,” Schwartz said. “That’s a feeling I always feel when we play Poolesville. I’ve played club with her and she’s always there and I hate her for it. That’s the feeling and she obviously loves it and it’s so frustrating.” There isn’t much glory about being a libero, aside from the in-
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Poolesville High School’s Sarah Kenneweg goes on to the court against Springbrook on Oct. 23. trinsic satisfaction of trumping an outside hitters’ best shot. Being a hitter is glamorous, crowd-
fense and will pick up everything and has a fantastic attitude on and off the court.” It’s no accident Kenneweg has garnered such rave reviews from around the county. Her big sister, Megan, who is now an assistant coach, was slotted at hitter for Poolesville, but Sarah has forever been a defensive specialist. Falcons coach Fran DuVall first saw the future Seton Hall University recruit when Sarah was just eight years old, small for her age even then, and the bright-eyed girl approached the coach with a request: “‘Hey coach Fran, show me what to do with a volleyball,’” she said. From then on, DuVall recalled, “every time she came up to me, she had always asked me for something to do and the amazing thing was, every time I’d see her, she was doing the thing I showed her last time I saw her.” When Kenneweg didn’t have a partner to pepper with, she always had a wall that would return it every time. And then something happened: she fell in love with passing a volleyball, not hitting it as many youths would. It didn’t take long for her to be a digging machine. But the best part for DuVall is that Kenneweg doesn’t just get a hand on a hit, she deadens it into an easily settable pass for Convers, who can turn around
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and set up Rosie Barry or Emily Agate for a hit of their own. “For whatever reason, we’ve never really had size at Poolesville,” DuVall said. “So ball control is huge, it’s absolutely huge. And she frustrates hitters. When you’re used to getting the ball down — when she’s back there, you’re not going to get one swing and be done. I just think she frustrates people. She covers a lot of the court.” Now in her senior season, Kenneweg is the core to an undefeatedPoolesvilleteam,onewhich has dropped a set only to Damascus, a group that recently snapped Sherwood’s 68-match winning streak. As far as their record goes, there’s no improving that. But there’s still one demon remaining that Kenneweg is determined to exorcise before she graduates: matching her sister with a state title of her own. The Falcons last won in 2008 and reached the semifinals when Kenneweg was a freshman, but that’s the closest they’ve been in the libero’s fouryear starting career. “[Megan] would always tease me about not winning my freshman year because I’ve made it to semis,” she said. “But it would be awesome, for both of us to have won a state title.” tmewhirter@gazette.net
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pleasing and fun. Being a libero is arduous and stressful, a test of any forearm’s durability to with-
stand hit after hit. Naturally, the position wasn’t Kenneweg’s first choice — it was her only one. She’s small enough where, when asked for her height, she argued for quarters of an inch — “I’m like 5-[foot]-and a half, maybe 5-and-three quarters, 5-foot-1 with shoes on!” she said. This, along with a tremendous knack for passing a volleyball, adds up to one perfectly packaged libero. “I was kind of put into this position because of my height,” she said. “I didn’t really have a choice.” Had she been presented an option, there’s no telling what position she would have chosen. But she’s made the most out of what she’s been given. She may be the one libero in the county who has found a way to catch the eye of every single coach who has played Poolesville this season, more-so than the vast majority of the hitters. Col. Zadok Magruder coach Scott Zanni said in an email: “There shouldn’t be any debate — she is the best libero in the county. Only libero who is going to play D1 vball next year (Seton Hall) and is far and away the best skilled of all the liberos.” Damascus coach Becky Ronquillo: “Not sure of stats — but one heck of a player! So fast in de-
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HEAVEN ON EARTH British rock band prefers life on the road
British hard rock band Heaven’s Basement will play the Fillmore Silver Spring on Sunday as a part of their eight-week-long North American tour. The band is opening for American rockers The Pretty Reckless. Heaven’s Basement — made up of vocalist Aaron
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CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER
Buchanan, guitarist Sid Glover, bass player Rob Ellershaw and drummer Chris Rivers — recently wrapped a headlining tour of the U.K. Once their U.S. run ends in December, Heaven’s Basement will
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head right back out on the road in 2014 with stops in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. “That’s the best way for bands to do it,” Rivers said. “Touring.” But while many bands tour, Heaven’s Basement has
BY
VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
Classical pianist Finghin Collins from Dublin will perform works by Mozart, Debussy, Brahms and Schubert on Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church in Bethesda. He will teach a masterclass on Sunday in Glen Echo.
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British Rock band Heaven’s Basement will perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Sunday. JAMES MINCHIN III.
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Through rose-colored glasses
L Mozart, Irish pianist Finghin ColLike llins started playing the piano at the age a of 3. And, like Mozart, he has an older o sister who also plays. Unlike Mozart, Collins did not have musical parents. They grew up h in rural Ireland, met at the university in Cork and became scientists — his father, an agricultural scientist, and his mother, a chemist. Nor were there musicians in the family, making the sudden emergence of musical talent surprising. However, Collins’ eldest sister, 10 years his senior, started piano lessons at age 7 and loved it. She passed along her enthusiasm to her siblings including Collins, the youngest of four children. “We all took to it like fish to water,” said Collins. “It just seems to have sprung from nowhere,” he said. “They love what we do, but they never had a lesson, never played a note.” Now in his 30s, Collins travels the world playing the works of Mozart and other classical composers as part of a solo career that also includes directing two music festivals in Ireland. Collins will be performing pieces by Mozart, Debussy, Brahms and Schubert on Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church in Bethesda. He will also be holding a masterclass open to the public on Sunday for three students with the Washington Conservatory of Music in Glen Echo Park.
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PIANIST FINGHIN COLLINS n Concert and Master Class CHRISTINE ALEXANDER
(From left) Frank Vince, Christian Sullivan, Steve LaRocque, Ted Schneider, Genevieve James, Carolyn Kashner, Frank Britton, Tiffany Garfinkle, Manolo Santalla, Ken Lechter and Steve Beall rehearse for “The Iceman Cometh.”
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Latest from Quotidian examines perspective, pipe dreams BY
CARA HEDGEPETH STAFF WRITER
Through November, audiences will
have a rare opportunity to see the scarcely performed “The Iceman Cometh,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O’Neill presented by Quotidian Theatre in Bethesda. “It’s considered a masterpiece of theater but is very rarely performed,” said “Iceman” director Michael Avolio.
With a reputation for staging the understated, “Iceman” falls in line with Quotidian’s repertoire. “I enjoy the fact that they do realistic pieces,” said actress Carolyn Kashner. “They really engage you emotionally.”
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n Concert: 8 p.m. Saturday n Master class: 3 p.m. Sunday. Open to the public. n Where: Concert at Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, 1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda; Masterclass at Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo n Tickets: Free, donations accepted. n For information: 301-320-2770, washingtonconservatory.org
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Uneasy rest
n Award-winning play brings up many questions BY
WILL C. FRANKLIN STAFF WRITER
In 2003, “The Pillowman” by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh was staged in London for the first time. Within 10 years, the show would premiere in eight other countries and win a slew of awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and multiple Tony Awards. Silver Spring Stage will stage its production of “The Pillowman” with opening night slated for Friday. “This show is unlike anything that I’ve ever seen on a stage,” said Chad Fornwalt, who plays Katurian in the show. “It’s just a really interesting combination of topics … it takes you on an emotional roller coaster. Just when you think you’re going to understand where we’re going with the story, it takes another little turn and sends you in a completely different direction.” The play revolves around the killings of children. Katurian is arrested by the police because his stories closely resemble the atrocities committed against the children. What follows is a series of questions and stories. Lars Klores, who plays detective Tupolski, said this isn’t a show for everybody. “There’s lots of heavy lan-
THE PILLOWMAN n When: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 1-23 n Where: Silver Spring Stage, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring n Tickets: $18-$20 n For information: 301-5936036; ssstage.org
guage and some disturbing images there,” Klores said. “People who ask me what the show’s about, I have a little line for them that I think pretty much sums it up — It’s like a nightmarish Kafka-esque episode of ‘Law & Order’ written by the Brothers Grimm and directed by Quentin Tarantino. That pretty much has everything in it.” Although the subject matter is fairly dark, neither Fornwalt nor Klores said they were uncomfortable doing the show. “What I’ve felt uncomfortable about is me trying to put myself in other people’s shoes,” Fornwalt said. “… I definitely do think about what other people might think. I really hope that when people come in, that they come in with a completely open mind and to not look at things the way maybe they always have. On face value, it would be easy to say ‘Oh, there’s something wrong with this show. It’s too violent, it’s too dark.’ But if they can just give us a chance and go
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Kyle McGruther (Ariel) stars with Chad Fornwalt (Katurian) and Lars Klores (Tupolski) in Silver Spring Stage’s production of “The Pillowman.”
with us, there’s a lot more to this story than what is on the cover.” Klores, meanwhile, said that while there really is no message for the audience to take away from the show, the play itself is about storytelling and the responsibility, or lack thereof, of the storyteller. “There’s no message, per se, or at least I don’t think it can be distilled into a single message, but I will say like all great pieces of art, I do think ‘The Pillowman,’ is a great piece of art,” Klores said. “It leaves you with a lot of questions and it leaves you with a lot of things about art and about life that aren’t immediately apparent, but become apparent in your head as
Chad Fornwalt plays writer Katurian in the upcoming Silver Spring Stage production of “The Pillowman.” you start thinking about the play and it balloons for you. What I want to make sure audiences know is that, despite there being violence and despite there being horror … this is a play that gives you a lot to think about and discuss.” Fornwalt believes that all of the characters in the show are relatable, no matter what someone has dealt with personally. Overall, he said, the play isn’t about the violence or the dark material. “There’s just so much more to it,” Fornwalt said. “I just want people to come into it with an open mind and really understand what this piece is about.” wfranklin@gazette.net
IN THE ARTS Hollywood Ballroom, Oct. 30, free International Quickstep Routine lesson at 7:30 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8:15 p.m., ($16); Tea Dance from 12:30–3:30 p.m. ($6); Nov. 8, drop-in lessons from 7:30-9 p.m., West Coast Swing Dancing with Dance Jam Productions at 9 p.m. ($15 cover); Nov. 9, Latin Night with Mr. Mambo, workshops from 8-10 p.m., dancing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. ($18 for workshop and dance; $15 for dance only); Nov. 10, free Hustle lesson at 7 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8 p.m. ($16); Nov. 13, free International Waltz Routine lesson at 7:30 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8:15 p.m. ($16); Nov. 14, Tea Dance from 12:30–3:30 p.m. ($6), 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, www. hollywoodballroomdc.com Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Blues, Capital Blues: Thurs-
days, 8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9-11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8, www.capitalblues.org. Contra, Nov. 1, Anna Rain calls to Nor’easter; Nov. 8, Dave Colestock with the fabulous Glen Echo Open Band; Nov. 15, Greg Frock calls to The Avant Gardeners; Nov. 22, Eric Black with Gallimaufry; Nov. 29, Nils Fredland calls to Elixir, 7:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 p.m. dance, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $10, www.fridaynightdance.org. Contra & Square, Nov. 3, April Blum calls with Cabaret Sauvignon; Nov. 10, Valerie Helbert calls with Ari & Mia; Nov. 17, Ted Hodapp calls with Dance du Jour; Nov. 24, Eric Black calls with Dead Sea Squirrels, 7:30 p.m., Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $12 for general, $9 for members, $5 for students, www.fsgw.org. English Country, Oct. 30, Caller: Marth Siegel; Nov. 6, Caller: Carol Marsh; Nov. 13; Caller: Tom Spilsbury; Nov. 20, Caller: Stephanie Smith; Nov. 27, Caller: Bob Farrall, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), www.fsgw.org.
Now and Then Dance Studio, Saturday Ballroom dances,
second and fourth Saturdays, beginner group lesson at 8 p.m., open dancing at 9 p.m., $10 cash at door (all men admitted at half price throughout October), 10111 Darnestown Road, Rockville. 301424-0007, www.nowandthendancestudios.com. Scottish Country Dancing, 8-10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240505-0339. Swing, Nov. 9, WWII Canteen Dance with the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra; Dec. 14, Daryl Davis, lesson at 8 p.m., dancing at 9 p.m., Glen Echo Park, $15, www.flyingfeet.org. Waltz, Nov. 3, Cabaret Sauvignon; Nov. 17, Rhapsody, 2:453:30 p.m. lesson, 3:30-6 p.m., dance, $10, www.waltztimedances.org.
MUSIC & DANCE Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, First Annual Grand
Masquerade with Doc Scantlin, 8 p.m. Oct. 31; Eddie Palmieri’s Latin Jazz Septet, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1-2; Avon Lucas, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3; Emmanuel Trifilio Tango Trio, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6; Familiar Faces, 8 p.m. Nov. 8, call for prices, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240330-4500, www.bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Della Mae, 8 p.m. Nov. 2; Thomas Pandolfi, 3 p.m. Nov. 3; District Comedy, 8 p.m. Nov. 8; call for tickets, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-5282260, www.blackrockcenter.org. Fillmore Silver Spring, Cristian Castro with special guests Lazaro, 8 p.m. Oct. 30; Jessie Ware — Fall Tour 2013 with special guest Mikky Ekko, 8 p.m. Oct. 31; House of Blues 20th Anniversary Presents Third Eye Blind, 8 p.m. Nov. 1; The Pretty Reckless, 7 p.m. Nov. 3; Reel Big Fish, Five Iron Frenzy, Beautiful Bodies, Beebs & Her Money Makers, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6; New Found Glory/Alkaline Trio with H20, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7; Jake Miller, 7 p.m. Nov. 8; Timeflies: The Warning Signs Tour, 8 p.m. Nov. 10; Tori Kelly, 8 p.m. Nov. 14; Saved By the 90s A Party with The Bayside Tigers, 8:30 p.m. Nov. 16; David Nail With Special Guest Brothers Osborne, 7 p.m. Nov. 17; Slayer, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19; Hoodie Allen, 8 p.m. Nov. 22; Mazzy Star with special guests Psychic Ills, 8 p.m. Nov. 23; Lamb of God & Killswitch Engage, 7 p.m. Nov. 26; K. Michelle w/ Sevyn Streeter, 8 p.m. Nov. 27; Giving Thanks, 11 a.m. Nov. 28; The Smokers Club Tour Featuring Joey Bada$$, 8 p.m. Nov. 29; MiMOSA, 8 p.m. Nov. 30, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301960-9999, FillmoreSilverSpring. com, www.livenation.com.
Scrapbook: CD Release with Hesperus & Maggies Music, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13; Takoma Park Community Center, call for prices, times, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, 301-960-3655, www.imtfolk.org. Institute of Musical Traditions — Rockville, Rafe & Clelia
Stefanini CD Release, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4; Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, call for prices, www.imtfolk.org. Strathmore, Afternoon Tea, 1 p.m. Oct. 30, Nov. 5-6, Nov. 9, Nov. 19-20; Voice, 7 p.m. Oct. 30-31; Chris Thile, 8 p.m. Oct. 30; Voice; Bootsy Collins, 8 p.m. Oct. 31; Julia Nixon: Tribute to Carole King, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. Nov. 1; Travis Tritt with opener Lyndsey Highlander, 8 p.m. Nov. 1; Jazz Vocal Intensive: Scat Singing 101, 10 a.m. Nov. 2; AIR Mentor: Cathy Fink with guests Brad Kolodner and Amadou Kouyate, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6; Luis Bravo’s Forever Tango, 8 p.m. Nov. 7; BSO: Off the Cuff — The Planets, 8:15 p.m. Nov. 8; National Philharmonic: Lost Childhood, A Concert Opera, 8 p.m. Nov. 9; Kids EuroFestival: Leiutajateküla Lotte — Lotte from Gadgetville Vanemuine Theatre, 10 a.m., 1 p.m. Nov. 10; Voices of the Holocaust: Kristallnacht Commemoration 2013, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10; State of the Schools: Building Our Future Together, 8:30 a.m. Nov. 11; Museum Shop Around, 10 a.m. Nov. 14-17; BSO: Chris Botti, 8 p.m. Nov. 14; An Evening with Amy Tan, 8 p.m. Nov. 15; BSO: War Requiem, 8 p.m. Nov. 16; AIR Mentor: Graham Breedlove with guests Elijah Balbed and Christie Dashiell, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20; Lawler & Fadoul Duo, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21; National Philharmonic: Verdi’s Powerful and Timeless Requiem, 8
p.m. Nov. 23; Classic Albums Live: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 8 p.m. Nov. 29; Michael McDonald — This Christmas: An Evening of Holiday & Hits, 8 p.m. Nov. 30, call for venue, Locations: Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-5815100, www.strathmore.org.
ON STAGE Adventure Theatre, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” Nov. 15 to Dec. 30, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301634-2270, www.adventuretheatremtc.org. Do or Die Mysteries, TBA, 6:30 p.m. buffet, 7:30 p.m. show, $47.50 buffet and show, Flanagan’s Harp and Fiddle, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, 443-422-3810, www. doordiemystery.com Imagination Stage, “Lulu and the Brontosaurus,” to Oct. 27; “Lyle the Crocodile,” Nov. 20 to Jan. 10, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, www.imaginationstage.org Olney Theatre Center, “The King and I,” Nov. 14 to Dec. 29, call for prices, times, 2001 OlneySandy Spring Road, Olney, 301924-3400, www.olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., 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, 301-634-5380, www.thepuppetco.org. Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “This,” to Nov. 3, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. 240-644-1100, www.roundhousetheatre.org.
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Charles Belfoure believes more folks should “take a crack at fiction.” “Most books are written by literary types, people with MFAs. It’s intimidating,” the 59-year-old architectauthor acknowledged. “But even late in life, people who don’t necessarily have training in writing can apply their backgrounds to telling stories. If [it turns out] they have a knack for writing, it may open up a whole new avenue.” Belfoure speaks from experience. The Baltimore-bred son of an immigrant single mother said he had no literary influences while growing up. Even now, he rarely reads fiction; notable exceptions include Baltimore-based novelist Anne Tyler’s body of work, and a few legal thrillers by John Grisham, who provided the model for applying his profession to fiction. Despite his background, Belfoure’s debut novel, “The Paris Architect,” a World War II story about an architect hired to design spaces in which Jews
could hide from the Gestapo, was released Oct. 8. The author co-opted the idea of priest holes, hiding places built into manor houses so clerics could celebrate Mass during the 16th century when English law persecuted Catholics. Architecture was Belfoure’s second career choice. He started off studying illustration, but switched gears as a result of a visit to a modern architecture exhibit fortuitously titled “Transformations” at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. “I hadn’t given much thought to architecture before. I paid no attention to it [while growing up] in Baltimore, but at MOMA, I was struck by the wonderful forms,” he recalled. Belfoure pursued the new field at Pratt Institute and Columbia University, while reveling in the craftsmanship and detailing of the city’s historic architecture. His master’s thesis also led him to recognize he enjoyed the research and writing process. During the ensuing years, Belfoure developed a practice focused on historic preservation, and now works as an architect as well as a historic preservation consultant with a specialty in historic tax credit consulting. The Westminster resident has several current projects in Baltimore.
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Charles Belfoure, author of “The Paris Architect.”
Before taking on the novel, Belfoure wrote nonfiction in his field, coauthoring the books “The Baltimore Rowhouse” and “Niernsee & Neilson, Architects of Baltimore,” and going solo on “Edmund G. Lind: Anglo-American Architect of Baltimore and the South,” “Dying by Design” and “Monuments to Money: The Architecture of American
Banks.” He also has contributed freelance pieces to The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. There is method to Belfoure’s fiction. He begins with a basic one- or two- sentence outline, defines the protagonist and starts with “a chapter to draw the reader in. … [Then] I write as I go, discovering different plotlines and characters while I write.” The fledgling novelist has advice for the non-writers he encourages to follow in his footsteps. “If you haven’t done something before, you need to buy all the equipment and you need someone with experience to give you brutally honest advice,” he said. That person, he added, should be qualified to offer opinions on whether the book has potential as well as whether a chapter should be moved or a character more fully delineated. Belfoure hired a freelance editor for feedback on his first go-round, because he felt the manuscript must be “as polished and professional as possible.” Still, he said, writing is not the biggest challenge for a new author. “The economics of selling and marketing are far more daunting,” Belfoure said. “There’s the hard reality of finding an agent, and a publisher who has to re-
ally like the book.” So far, it appears that Belfoure’s strategy is working. Publishers Weekly called his characters “well-rounded and intricate,” and noted that “heart, reluctant heroism, and art blend together in this spine-chilling page-turner.” And Booklist praised his “unadorned, zippy style and broad-brush characters” and compared him to “an up-and-coming Ken Follett.” Belfoure said that the book has been sold in Italy, Israel and Brazil. Random House bought the audio rights and film companies have initiated contact. He has written a rough draft of a second novel, a crime-thriller with an architect as protagonist. And because of delays in financing on his architectural projects, he has ample time to adhere to a five-day-a-week schedule of writing five to six hours a day. As for the future, Belfoure said he has one or two other stories to tell. He took a crack, and it seems he has the knack. Charles Belfoure will read and sign books at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Alexandria Library, Beatley Branch|Alexandria, 5005 Duke St., Alexandria, Va. Call 703-746-1702.
AT THE MOVIES Michael Fassbender stars in director Ridley Scott’s thriller, “The Counselor.” PHOTOS FROM 20TH CENTURY FOX
‘The Counselor’: Ridley Scott’s latest sports shiny cast, silly story BY
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Set along the Texas/Mexico border but photographed largely in Spain, “The Counselor” is novelist Cormac McCarthy’s first original screenplay to make it before the cameras. It concerns
a self-deluding and financially challenged Texan who takes a chance involving some cocaine cartel money to dig himself out of a financial hole. Drugs; greed; malice; ridiculous lifestyle excess, signified by the chief sociopath’s pet cheetahs: “The Counselor” offers all sorts of pulpy theoretical interest. As a bonus, the violence showcases not one but two really nasty ways to die via beheading, which is one more exotic method of killing than we got with the cattle stun-gun as deployed in the Oscar-winning “No Country for Old Men,” taken from a McCarthy novel. “The Counselor” is packed with cartel goons with bad teeth (just like the unsavory Mexicans of Hollywood’s ethnically sensitive past), surrounding a cast directed by Ridley Scott including Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt. All that — and yet, dull. Why? For one thing, McCarthy’s story zigs and zags, but in slow motion. The character relationships lack the spark and juice of enjoyable trash. McCarthy’s dialogue suffers from an excess of capital-W Writing that doesn’t sound like speakable human expression, even flamboyant, proudly artificial human expression. When someone accuses the Diazcharacterofbeing“cold,”she fixes her opponent with a glare and replies: “Truth has no temperature.” There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who will admire that line, quite apart from the leaden way Diaz delivers
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it, and those who won’t. Fassbender’s character, whose twang carries a touch of the Old Sod, needs dough to finance, among other commodities, a monster engagement ring for his intended (Cruz). She does not know about her man’s deal with the cartel devils. Reiner, Bardem’s character, dominated by fright-wig hair in a permanent state of excitation, is the sometime associate of the counselor and has brought the lawyer (Fassbender) in on a new nightclub project. Diaz portrays Reiner’s inhumanly tough mistress, the cheetah wrangler, resident sexual fuh-REAK and apparent string-puller of half the globe’s nefarious business interests. The narrative twists itself into pretzels trying to stay ahead of the audience. Fassbender’s reactive patsy of a character exists to express shock at what his newfound colleagues will do in the name of frontier justice. Director Scott lends “The Counselor” a solid, shiny level of craftsmanship. But even if we’ve never personally done these sorts of deals ourselves, at least lately, we’ve all been here before.
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Prejudice on ‘Parade’ n Songs heighten emotions in Leo Frank murder trial of 1913 BY
PARADE n When: 8:15 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 1-3, 8-10, 15-16.
VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER
The musical “Parade” is based on an ugly anti-Semitic incident in American history, but the songs and the way they express emotion are anything but ugly. “For a very dark [story], it’s got beautiful music,” said Craig Pettinati, director of the show for the Kensington Arts Theatre (KAT). With a cast of 15 actors and a 10-piece orchestra, the musical is running to Nov. 16 at the Kensington Town Center. “Parade” is based on the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish-American man with a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell who married a Jewish woman from Atlanta whose family owned a pencil factory. In 1913, police accused Frank of murdering Mary Phagan, a 13-yearold employee of the factory. Frank was convicted and spent years appealing, eventually reaching the Supreme Court. Directed by Hal Prince, “Parade” debuted on Broadway in 1998. Librettist Alfred Uhry, who grew up in Atlanta and wrote “Driving Miss Daisy,” won a Tony award for Best Book of a Musical. Jason Robert Brown, who wrote the music and lyrics, won a Tony for Best Original Music Score. KAT has also performed two of Brown’s other shows, “The Last Five Years” and “Songs for a New World.” “I see it as a story about pride,” said Bobby Libby, who plays the part of Frank. “There’s the pride that the Southerners have, and he has his own
n Where: Kensington Town Center (formerly the Armory), 3710 Mitchell Street, Kensington n Tickets: $13-$20 n For information: 206-888-6642, katonline.org
sense of pride. They sense that and turn on him.” The musical opens with a young soldier heading off to fight for the South during the Civil War, singing goodbye to the girl he loves. “It’s so beautiful, you can’t help but be moved,” Libby said. The scene then shifts five decades ahead to 1913, where the people of Atlanta continue to take great pride in their history and culture, participating in a parade to honor Confederate soldiers who died in the war. Frank, who doesn’t understand the event, is viewed as an outsider, and the animosity is mutual. “As a protagonist, he’s kind of unsympathetic,” said Libby. “He doesn’t like where he lives. He doesn’t like the people or the community.” Frank’s wife, Lucille (Emily Zickler), tries to help him fit in, but “their relationship is strained,” said Libby, and Lucille wonders if she married the right man. Frank, meanwhile, can’t understand how his wife can be both Jewish and culturally a Southerner. “He’s been living in the South a few years, and he’s reacting badly to all of it,” Libby said. “He loses sight of how
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A mob mentality begins to form in the musical “Parade” presented by the Kensington Arts Theatre to Nov. 16. The show is based on the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish-American man who was accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in Atlanta in 1913. Holding the Bible is Brad Carnes-Stine as journalist Tom Watson. much he loves this woman.” After Phagan is murdered, prosecutor Hugh Dorsey (Michael Nansel) is told by the Georgia governor to get to the bottom of the sensational case. Initial suspicion is cast on Newt Lee, the black night watchman (Ian Anthony Coleman), but Lee is released. Eager to get his name in the headlines, Dorsey decides to go after Frank, tapping into the community’s distrust of him. Dorsey makes a deal with the factory janitor, Jim Conley (also played by Coleman), who testifies against Frank at the trial.
Mary’s boyfriend, Frankie Epps (Harrison Smith), also testifies, claiming that Frank had an eye for the female workers. Three factory girls testify under coercion from the prosecutor, performing a seductive dance with Frank in a fantasy sequence. Also among the characters is Tom Watson (Brad Carnes-Stine), who writes for a right-wing newspaper, and Britt Craig (Patrick McMahan), a reporter who sees the trial as a way to make a name for himself and who promises to support Dorsey if Dorsey runs for governor. “You see in the show how Frank was
set up,” said Pettinati. “In the courtroom scene, you see the corruption and the ordeal that he went through.” The only thing that keeps the show from descending into the depths of despair is Lucille, said Libby. The deepening connection between she and Frank is the focus of the musical. “It’s his wife and her strength and the beauty of that relationship,” he said. “They find a deep well of love, a love which they always had.” “It’s a very beautiful piece of theater,” Libby said. vterhune@gazette.net
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had the unique opportunity to cover multiple continents in the span of just a few months. “A lot of bands have focused on one area before focusing on another but we’re doing Europe, Canada and the U.S. at the same time,” Rivers said. From their inception in 2008, Heaven’s Basement, who is now signed with Red Bull Records, has always spent time out on the road. The band gained a reputation for playing underground venues and then working their way up to larger stages. But no matter the size of the crowd, Rivers said he and the other members of Heaven’s Basement have always loved performing live. “It was quite hard to get shows in big cities so we’d play smaller places in the southeast [of England] and eventually started heading over to places like Germany,” Rivers said. “Anywhere that would have us.” Rivers and Glover are the only original members of the band remaining. Rivers said other musicians have come and gone over the years but it was a matter of “meeting people with the same ambition.” That ambition was to play great music, at any cost. Other than a fleeting desire to drive a tractor at age 3, Rivers said he’s never considered another career path. “It was about discovering what you’re into and sticking with it,” he said. “We never balanced the band with having other jobs and stuff. We just wanted to be a band right away.” And the one-track mindset has started to pay off. Heaven’s Basement’s single “Fire, Fire” from their debut album, “Filthy Empire,” released in February, has been climbing the U.S. Active Rock Chart, recently reaching No. 11. But it’s not the record sales that drive the members of Heaven’s Basement. It’s the need they feel to fill a void on the music scene. “You have an indie scene and stuff like that and we’ve never fit into any of that,” Rivers said. “We’ve just been doing our own thing and hope that it sparks something.” As for their own influences, Rivers said the members of the band aren’t too picky. “We’re fans of music and anyone who has stuff to say,” he said. “We’ll listen to anything from the heaviest music to the softest music. It ranges from old-school bands to new bands.”
The events are free but donations are welcome, said Kathy Judd, executive and artistic director of the conservatory. In 1999 as a teenager, Collins won first prize at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland. He also studied with Irish pianist John O’Conor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. O’Conor presently teaches at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va. Judd is one of his friends, which is how she came to invite Collins to perform for the Washington Conservatory. Collins also studied at the Geneva Conservatory and served a three-year residency as the first-ever associate artist of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. During the residency with the orchestra, he performed all of Mozart’s 23 concertos live over the radio. In May, four of them were released on a double CD. For the past decade, Collins has been branching out in some new directions, doing more conducting and also serving as director of two
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Continued from Page B-5 Kashner returns to Quotidian after her debut with the company in last year’s production of James Joyce’s “The Dead.” “Iceman” is set in 1912 New York in the barroom of a hotel. Here, a group of drunks exchange stories as they await the arrival of charismatic salesman Hickey (Steve LaRocque), who typically provides much-needed levity with his dirty jokes and free drinks. However, when Hickey arrives, he brings with him a sad truth that makes his friends closely examine their own failings. “At face value I thought, ‘OK, this is about a bunch of alcoholics,’” said Kashner, who plays a “tart” named Margie. “But it’s about failed pipe dreams, being confronted with your
British Rock band Heaven’s Basement will perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Sunday. However, Rivers does name some oldschool bands, including The Beatles, Metallica and Led Zeppelin, as favorites. For Heaven’s Basement fans waiting on the release of the band’s second album, Rivers said they could be waiting a while. “We’re touring all of next year as well, through 2015,” Rivers said. “It’s going to be
own morality.” Pipe dreams, Kashner said, are people’s “self-delusions.” “People have either had a glorious past or aspire to a glorious future,” she said. “They’re all in denial of their alcoholism and their feelings ... People might not want to reflect on that in real life.” While Quotidian audiences may not identify with the “Iceman” characters’ drinking habits, Avolio said they will be able to find common ground. “[O’Neill] views them with such humanity that it’s easy to relate to them even though they’re so different from us,” Avolio said. “ ... He is unafraid of looking at the darker side of humanity and probing deeper into the human soul.” “The major events in your life, if you look back at them and when you try to explain them, you come up with
music festivals in Ireland, the New Ross Festival and Music for Galway. “I enjoy creating the season and choosing the artists,” he said. For the concert in Bethesda, Collins will be performing Mozart‘s “Sonata in D major K. 284” and Debussy’s “Estampes” with its three movements — “Pagodas,” “The Evening in Granada” and “Gardens in the Rain.” “It’s a little collection of three evocative pieces, very atmospheric,” said Collins. For the second half of the program, he will perform Brahms’ “Rhapsodies Op. 79,” which Brahms composed toward the end of his life, and Schubert‘s “Drei Klavierstücke D. 946.” “They’re two of the great composers for the piano,” said Collins. “[These pieces] go very well together.” Collins said he is also looking forward to the masterclass on Sunday in Glen Echo. “It’s nice to be meeting people and to maybe give them something different to think about,” said Collins. “I remember from my own youth, it was nice to play for someone different.” vterhune@gazette.net
Classical pianist Finghin Collins from Dublin will perform works by Mozart, Debussy, Brahms and Schubert on Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church in Bethesda
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a while before we do the next album.” But that’s the way Rivers and his band members like things. “We’re always up for going places,” Rivers said. “There’s a whole world still to go and tour.”
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different stories,” added actor Steve Beall, who plays Larry Slade. “As they go through their lives, they look at it from a different perspective.” Like other O’Neill pieces, “Iceman” touches on some heavy subject matter. But Avolio and his cast insist the show is not all darkness and gloom. “To me, there is this beautiful balance of showing this makeshift community of kindness and civility of a certain kind and then what happens to it when this guy Hickey shows up,” Beall said. It’s a balance, Beall added, that’s been missing in other productions of “Iceman” he’s seen. “I had seen a couple performances of it and ... those productions all seemed to focus so much on the dark part of this play and it became imbalanced,” he said. Conversely, Beall said Avolio has
been able to extract the lighter moments and even some of the humor from the “Iceman” script. “Michael has this ability to see what’s funny and use it as a way to play up the humanity of the character,” Beall said. “They’re not just bums. They’re people with hopes and dreams and memories.” Avolio said it was actually his sense of humor that helped him approach some of the play’s darkest moments. “There’s a lot of raucous comedy in the play and I think that’s a way people have of dealing with situations when they’re down and out,” Avolio said. “There’s often a gallows humor you have about things.” While Kashner, who has appeared in two other O’Neill plays, acknowledges the playwright’s style is not for everyone, she said he had a unique ability to urge audiences to look intro-
THE ICEMAN COMETH n When: To Nov. 24; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays with an additional matinee performance on Nov. 23 n Where: The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda n Tickets: $25-$30 n For information: 301-816-1023
spectively. “I think Eugene O’Neill forces us to look at aspects of our lives that we don’t necessarily want to deal with,” Kashner said. “It’s something we all should be doing but I understand why we might not want to.” chedgepeth@gazette.net
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Assistant Property Manager Well established Metropolitan Washington Real Estate Services Company is seeking Assistant Property Manager (5+ yrs. Exp.) with hands-on leadership experience to manage its Residential MultiFamily portfolio. The Candidate must be experienced in all facets of property management, including, financial reporting, budgets and capital projects. In addition, the qualified Candidate will possess experience in day-to-day operations including overseeing maintenance staff and coordination with residential leasing department. Active CPM, ARM or RPA desired. Excellent interpersonal skills, full knowledge of Microsoft Office and Jenark preferred. The Company offers a competitive salary and benefit packages. Please send resumes to resumes@aldonmanagement.com. EOE
Experienced Chrysler Techs Wanted
Up to $10,000 SIGNING BONUS!!! A large MD Chrysler dealer in Prince George County has immediate opening for experienced Chrysler technicians. We are offering up to a $10,000- signing bonus for qualified applicants. We have record sales and more work than we can handle. Must have ASE CERTIFICATIONS and CLEAN DRIVING RECORD. PLEASE CALL 1-866-772-7306.
BRICKLAYERS $22.00/hr. Min. 5 yrs commercial exp. Job in Ashburn, VA. Bilingual a plus. Drug-free workplace EOE, E-Verify
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Claims Manager
Experience Truck Mechanic Needed for ALWAYS busy shop. Very high flat rate pay with experience!! Maryland truck inspector welcomed, Diesel mechanic welcomed Light Truck Services in Rockville contact Ken at 301-424-4410
Manages 4 supervisors who Foster Parents supervise 35+ employees in the Treatment Foster claims dept. Resp. for direction, Parents Needed coord., & eval. of mail room, Work from home! claims processing, & audits; interview, hire, & train û Free training begins soon employees; plan, assign, & direct û Generous monthly work; appraise performance, tax-free stipend reward & discipline employees; û 24/7 support address complaints & resolve Call 301-355-7205 problems. Resp. for compliance req’s. for med. claims for U.S. & int’l claims for sister co. Req: Master’s deg. in Health Care Mgmt. 3 years’ exp. in alt. Busy salon and spa in Olney occupations of health care mgr, looking for a fun, energetic, health ins. or claims admin. or any combo thereof. Reqs: Hands- experienced hairstylist to join our on concurrent exp. w/int’l claims team. Full time only, please. processing & admin.; mgmt of Must have a valid Maryland 24/7 front-line prof. nursing & license. Following is a plus, but cust. srvc health sector reps; & not a must. Benefits and sales HR mgmt of paramedical staff. commission offered. Email Exp. w/bus. process re-engg; resume to salonh2o@gmail.com. srvc as QA officer leading org. to ISO cert.; & emp. in health care, health ins., & hospital settings. Must be eligible for Producer Lic. Rockville. Looking for 1 Full (all U.S. & terr.) & Adjuster Lic. Time (30-40 hrs per week) House (all U.S. & terr. that req. same). Maid to join our Company for Job in Bethesda, MD. Only Residential Cleaning. Mon-Fri. 8 apps sending cvr ltr, CV, sal. am-5 pm. Must have Drivers reqs and refs to Europ License, excellent cleaning Assistance USA, Inc., Attn: experience, must speak some Angela Kinsella, 4330 EastEnglish and be legal to work in West Hwy, Ste 1000, Bethesda, U.S. Pay $10.00 p/hr. MD 20814 will be considered. 301-706-5550.
DIRECTOR
Performs a variety of complex professional administrative duties as well as oversees the department’s fiscal and programmatic affairs. Responsibilities include supervising, organizing, planning, coordinating, and evaluating the work of staff. Send a resume and cover letter to the City Manager or apply in person at 2000 Marbury Drive, District Heights, MD 20747. Min. of a 4 year degree is required. A masters degree is preferred. Previous experience is mandatory. EOE
MASON TENDERS
Min. 1 yr exp. in commercial masonry. Job in Ashburn, VA. Bilingual a plus. $12 to $14/hr. based on exp. Drug-free workplace. EOE & E-Verify 301-662-7584
Leasing Professional Residential Property Mgmt. Co. in Bethesda is seeking full-time leasing professional. Must be available to work weekends. Candidate must have residential leasing experience, marketing knowledge, resident retention, strong computer skills and working knowledge of Jenark. Please e-mail resumes to resumes@aldonmanagement.com; EOE
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HOME CARE AIDE Per Diem/As Needed/Variable Shifts Montgomery County
For the sixth time, MedStar Health was named a "Best Place to Work" by the Baltimore Business Journal and ranks 5% over the national average for healthcare companies in employee satisfaction. Home Care Aides at MedStar VNA Care Partners make a positive difference in the lives of our patients. High school diploma or equivalent, CNA licensure, current DL and insured vehicle, CPR certification and one year of experience in acute care or home health required. Apply online at: medstarvna.org/careers EOE
Housekeeper/Nanny needed to start work immediately for a busy family. Duties includes taking care of a 4 year old kid and few household chores. Payment is $480 weekly. Send resumes to briant864@gmail.com
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Hiring individuals with some gas work experience to do installations of gas fireplaces, generators, gas grills, fire pits, and servicing gas fireplaces. Knowledge and exp using tools of the trade and running gas lines a plus! Must work well with customers and be professional. Drug testing/background checks required. Excellent pay, health insurance, and a great work environment! Call Sharon at 240-4466166 or e-mail steveswerdlin@gmail.com.
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Cable Team Leader (5 yrs exp) for voice, data, audio visual & security low voltage wiring systems. All positions are FT in Mont. County, surrounding counties in MD/DC. Company offers comprehensive benefits package as well as in house BICSI & Manufacturer Training - Certification. Please Apply online at: gazette.net/careers.
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Insurance CSR
Well-established State Farm agency in Gaithersburg looking for fully licensed professional. Salaried position. Experience w/SF agency office systems a plus. Email/Fax resume to gloria@davebonnell.com; 1-301-975-9426
Extension Program Assistant
4-H Youth Development Program with University of Maryland Extension, Montgomery County. HS diploma required, 1 year post high school training preferred, three years experience working with youth and adults. This is a full-time (40 hours/week) position focused on supporting 4-H educators who provide educational activities related to 4-H Youth Development. This position also involves coordination of enrollment and may require evening and weekend hours. Background check required. Apply at https://jobs.umd.edu/. Call 301-590-2804 for more information. Closing date 11/01/2013 or until filled. AA/EOE
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We are looking for a medical receptionist who has more than 2 years experience in a large medical practice. The ideal candidate must have knowledge of Electronic Medical Record and must have excellent communication as well as customer service skill. Please send your resume to jobs@montgomerymedical.com
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PSYCHOLOGIST I / II
Seeking Full-Time Psychologist - 40 - Hours per week, M- F. Possession of Maryland Licensure, 3years experience treating children and adolescents. Member of multidisciplinary team in community based adolescent day/residential treatment program in Montgomery County. Must be able to supervise trainees; perform clinical treatment for individuals, families and groups. Candidate must have excellent clinical skills and an understanding of developmental issues. Additional experience working with court ordered adolescents desirable. Generous paid leave and MD State Benefits. JCAHO accredited facility. Mail Resume and cover letter along with salary requirements to Personnel Dept., John L. Gildner RICA, 15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850 or Fax to (301) 251-6815 or e-mail to demetra.swarr@maryland.gov EOE
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Great job for students, retirees and stay at home moms. Work from home! Answer and handle phone calls from 5pm to 9am two evenings twice a month for staffing agency or one weekend a month. Must have Internet access, and a car. Fax resume to 301.588.9065 or email to cc2439@yahoo.com
PAINTERS HELPERS Cochran & Mann seeking experienced painters "helpers" All applicants must have transportation. If interested contact our office at (301)948-1471 ext 201. EOE
NEW Bakery-Café Opening HIRING ALL POSITIONS
Your neighborhood bakery-café, is currently seeking ALL POSITIONS for our new Bethesda location (on Wisconsin Ave next to Modell’s). We are looking for cashiers, sandwich/salad makers, prep associates, dishwashers and dining room crew as well as catering coordinators. Ideal candidates will be experienced in dealing with the public in a customer service capacity, bring enthusiastic energy, and capable of multi-tasking. Flexible full and part-time positions available for shifts ranging from early mornings and mid-days to evenings and weekends. We offer a competitive hourly wage and other employee benefits. To apply, please go to: www.panerabread.jobs for an application, search Hourly Associate Candidates and specify location 203779 Bethesda. Qualified candidates will be contacted directly by the hiring manager. EOE GC3162A
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Referral Coordinator Busy psychiatrist office in Rockville, Md seeking FT Administrative Assistant to process referrals, schedule appointments, answer phones and other admin duties. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel,Outlook and medical info system. Organized, responsible, professional, reliable with a great attitude. Experience in a doctor’s office/medical setting a plus. Prior office experience a must. Proven record of multi-tasking, juggling job duties, helping staff members, being very computer detail oriented in a busy office and having an excellent attendance record. Please e-mail resumes to jgreenabh@gmail.com
Seasonal
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The Salvation Army is now hiring Bell Ringers in Montgomery County for this Christmas Season. $8.25 per hour. Apply in person on M-F from 10am - 12pm and 1pm 3pm at 20021 Aircraft Drive, Germantown, MD 20874
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Support Specialist
To work as part of our Community & Employment Partners Team. In this role, your accountability focuses on actively supporting individuals with developmental disabilities related to community living, housing, money management, insurance, employment, etc, as a stepping stone toward personal independence. Go to gazette.net/career for details & to apply.
Leisure World of Maryland, has an immediate need for a Part Time Accounting Clerk and Billing Clerk with 1 year related experience. Billing Clerk will assist the Customer Service Office with answering phones, processing service request, creating and scheduling work orders, generating invoices and resolving customer inquiries. Accounting Clerk will research accounts, maintain a log of batch reports, run and edit invoices, monitor aging A/R, and follow up with customers for payment collection of overdue balances. The schedule is flexible, Monday through Friday, 4 hours between 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. To apply for this position please send a resume to: employment@lwmc.com or fax# 301-598-1061 website: www.lwmc.com
REGISTERED NURSE CHARGE
Part-Time/20-hrs p/Week - Overnight Shift - 10:45 p.m. - 7:15 a.m., Fridays & Saturdays & alternating Sundays to fill shift rotation. Part of multi-disciplinary team working w/ emotionally disturbed adolescents. Nurses work closely with other members of a treatment team (counselors, psychiatrists, therapists and educators.) Psychiatric experience w/adolescents required. Current Maryland Nursing License required. Generous paid leave & other MD State benefits. Salary negotiable pursuant to experience + shift differential. Send resume w/cover memo to: John L. Gildner RICA, HR, 15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850 - Fax : 301-251-6815 Or e-mail to: demetra.swarr@maryland.gov EEO
SALES
Need reliable people to set appts at local Sears stores in Bel Air, Gaithersburg, Cockeysville, Parkville, Frederick & Columbia. Earn up to & over $14-$16/hr (base+bonus). Part-time. No telemarketing. Email Melissa.Bernosky@searshomepro.com or call 407.551.5556. Seniors welcome! EOE/AA.
Part-Time
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‘05 Mazda Miata
‘03 Dodge RAM 1500
$7,988
$14,488
‘01 Cadillac DeVille
$6,988
#KD10691, LOOKS/RUNS GREAT! “HANDY-MAN”
#KP93506, PAMPERED 90K!, LEATHER, MD INSP
‘06 Chrysler PT Cruiser
‘07 Dodge Magnum SXT
#KP81341, CLEAN 5.7 HEMI, POWER WINDOWS
‘09 Mazda 5
$2,690
$7,998
#KP0810, TURBO, AT, SUNROOF
‘12 Suzuki Grand Vitara
#KP57035, AT, SUNROOF, LEATHER, 3RD ROW
$12,770
#KX47343, GORGEOUS, CHROME WHEELS
$15,960
#KR00804, SHOWROOM CONDITION, FAC. WARR.
‘08 Chrysler TWN & Country $19,990
#KP34550, NAV/MOON RF, $1,450 OFF KBB
HUNDREDS of USED CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs
All Makes & Models! Visit FitzMall.com Today! W WHEATON H E AT O N U USED SED V VEHICLES EHICLES UNDER $10,995
2001 Hyundai XG300........................1,988
2005 Chevy Impala LS.......................6,490
#KP13384, LTHR, MNRF, A Steal!, “HANDYMAN”
#KP65991A, AT, AC, PW/PLC, Easy Terms!
1995 BMW 5-Series..........................1,988
2000 Isuzu Rodeo LS.........................6,588
#KP58509, AUT, LTHR, MNRF, “HANDYMAN”
#KP17054, 4WD, 3.2L, Clean! LTHR, PW/PL, AC, MD INSP’D
2000 Mercury Cougar.......................2,750 #KP43284, MNRF, P/Opions, Great Buy! “HANDYMAN”
1999 Honda CRV AWD.......................2,850 #KP31467A, Auto, AC, PW Bargain Priced! “HANDYMAN”
1997 Toyota Celica ..........................3,750 #KP34539A, SB ,ST, AT, SPORTY, RUNS GREAT, “HANDYMAN”
2001 Chevy Impala...........................3,988 #KP43564, Nice! LTHR, MNRF, MD INSP’D
2001 Saturn LW-300 Wagon..............4,488 #KP78808, RARE FIND! AT, AC, PW, ALLOYS, CD
2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee..............4,488 #KP26952, 4WD, MNRF, P/Options, 2-Tone, Sharp! “HANDYMAN”
2006 Chrysler Sebring Touring..........5,745 #KP13090, ABS, CD, CC, Alloys, PW
2000 Buick Lesabre LTD...................5,490 #KP05316A, LTHR/HTD/PWER Seat, P/Options
1998 Toyota Camry LE......................5,988 #KP03265, AT, AC, P/Options, Best Buy!
2003 Saturn L-200............................5,990 #KP59757, Super Sharp! 90K, AT, PW
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UNDER $10,995
2006 Subaru Legacy WGN..................6,970 #KP01702, AWD!, Nice!, PSeat, HTD Seats, P/Options
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S...................6,988 #KP95439B, Clean! 92K, AT, AC, PW/PLC
2005 Dodge Caravan SXT..................6,990 #KP12424, QUADS, PSET, PW, DON’T MISS!
2001 Toyota Sequoia SR-5 4WD ........7,988 #KP09644A, $726 OFF KBB
2008 Saturn Astra XE........................8,588 #KP59427, Beauty! Panoramic, MNRF, AT, P/Options
2001 Toyota Highlander Sport...........8,970 #KP11507, 4WD, MNRF, LTHR, CD CHGR/CASS, PSeat
2006 Hyundai Sonata LX....................8,988 #KP81514, Super Clean! MNRF!
2005 Hyundai Tuscon GLS AWD.........8,988 #KP34280, NICE! PW/PLC/PMR, CC, CD
2009 Suzuki SX4 Sport......................8,990 #KP71702B, NAV, P/Options, Fac Warr!
2007 Dodge Magnum SE ...................9,445 #KR95510, STICKING! CUSTOM WHLS, PW/PLC, CD
MORE VEHICLES continued
2007 Ford Escape XLT.......................9,588 #KP27730, Nice! MNRF, LTHR, CD, PW
2006 Buick Lucerne CXS...................9,988 #KP37654, Luxury!, LTHR/HTD/Mem Seats, Harman Kardon CD, SAB
2001 Dodge Dakota Club Cab............9,997 #KN99557A, Pampered 55K!! P/Options
2008 Subaru Outback WGN.............10,288 #KP21097, Pampered!, AT, P/Options, HTD Seat
2009 KIA Rondo EX WGN.................10,450 #KA64205, Nice! ABS, SAB, PW/PLC
2005 Cadillac CTS 3.6....................10,988 #KP91895, Pampered 68k! LTHR/PWR Seat, P/Options, OnStar
2006 Subaru Legacy Outbk 2.5XT...11,488 2007 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer......11,870
MORE VEHICLES continued
MORE VEHICLES continued
2007 Honda Accord EX-L V6............13,588
2007 Infinity M35............................19,288
#47651KP, 4WD, Beauty! 3rd Seat, LTHR, MNRF, RNG BDS
#KP32745, Clean! MNRF, LTHR, CD CHGR
#FP50592, AWD, Pristine! NAV, MNRF, PSEAT, P/OPTS
2011 Ford Econoline E-350..............18,990
2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT......19,288
#KP09074, MNRF, LTHR, AT, CD-6, WELL KEPT!
2004 Acura MDX AWD.....................11,988 #KP62182, SHARP! DVD, MNRF, LTHR, DON’T MISS!
2008 GMC Savana Cargovan...........11,988
#KN03615, WGN, XLT, PW/PLC, RAC,CC, CD, 12 Pass
2008 Hyundai Veracruz Limited AWD.....18,988
#KN41054, DVD, Backup CAM, PDRS/Gate, PSeat
2009 Toyota Venza AWD..................19,997 #KP05511, FG LTS, Alloys, P/Options
#KR11890, AT, AC, Tradesman
#KP33232, GORGEOUS COGNAC INTERIOR LTHR, MNRF, P/OPTS
2009 Toyota Corolla LE...................12,588
2010 Ford Econoline XLT.................19,745
#KP86231, NAV & Moonroof, LTHR
#KP65389, CLEAN, 50K! AT, PW/PLC, CD
#KN77515, 15 PASS, PW, CC, CD, Park Sense
2007 Ford F150 Super Crew Lariat.....21,570 2010 Chrysler TWN & CNTRY.............23,970 #KP51814,SHOWROOM COND!! DVD/NAV/LTHR