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Council considers changes for renters Bill calls for new requirements for leases, notice, survey data

Case goes to Montgomery County Circuit Court

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KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

Five years after a Montgomery County work group recommended more than 50 changes to county laws for renters, the County Council is considering revisions. Councilman Marc B. Elrich introduced a bill in April that would make several changes that stem from the Tenants Work Group’s recommendations, made in 2010. His bill would: • Require the Department of Housing and Community Affairs to provide annual inspections of all rental units, with some exceptions. • Require the department to provide a standard lease upon request. • Require the department to publish, on the county’s website, the information collected in the county’s annual rental housing data survey, including a table listing all rental housing with two or more units and the average rent increase for each unit. • Require all rent increases greater than 100 percent of the applicable rent-increase guideline to be reviewed by the county. • Require landlords to give tenants at least three months’ written notice before increasing rent more than 100 percent of the applicable rent increase guideline. • Allow tenants facing a rent increase that exceeds the applicable guideline to continue renting for up to two months on a month-to-month basis at the pre-increase rate, provided the

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Costco Wholesale Corp. is appealing the Montgomery County Board of Appeals decision to deny a request to build a 16-pump gas station outside the Westﬁeld Wheaton mall store. The appeal was ﬁled Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court, said Rob Leuck, Costco’s vice president for operations in its Northeast region. Costco is basing its appeal on the county appeals board having “overstepped its authority by substituting its judgment for that of the federal and state

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For veterinarian Jeff Zolkiewicz’s dog Ruby, a misaligned jaw is the only sign she was shot in the face with a shotgun a year ago. Zolkiewicz, of Kindness Animal Hospital, helped treat Ruby, then adopted her.

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When Montgomery County police ofﬁcers rushed Ruby into Kindness Animal Hospital last August, veterinarian Jeff Zolkiewicz didn’t think the boxer mix would survive. Ruby had been shot in the side of her face with a shotgun. She was bleeding profusely and having trouble breathing. A shot had exited from the base of her ear, and her jawbone was shattered. She had a large wound on her neck

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and shoulder. Zolkiewicz, who graduated from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1994, and technicians had treated animals hit by vehicles and in ﬁghts before. But this was their most extreme case. More than eight months and ﬁve surgeries later, Ruby was prancing around happily at the Wheaton veterinary practice on Friday. “It’s amazing she is alive,” said Zolkiewicz, who adopted her. Kindness Animal Hospital was among the honorees during the Wheaton & Kensington Chamber of Commerce’s 31st annual awards banquet on April 29, receiving the organiza-

agencies that determine what levels of emissions are safe,” Leuck said. Numerous area residents have opposed the station, saying the fumes from idling cars would be a health hazard to nearby residents, users of the Kenmont Swim & Tennis Club and students at Stephen Knolls School. The school teaches about 100 special-needs and disabled children with chronic lung disease, asthma, cerebral palsy and other conditions. In unanimously denying Costco’s request in March, the ﬁve-member Board of Appeals cited the impact of vehicle fumes on the students, residents and pool users. The proposed gas station

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A 21-year-old Montgomery County man accused of killing a onetime high school football star was acquitted on all charges Monday after a six-day trial. Jefferson Delgado “is home, happily having dinner with his parents,” his attorney, James Shalleck, said Monday evening. “He’s so relieved. He’s been in jail for 18 months and a jury took two hours to set him free.” The November 2013 shooting of Michael Kirby Alvarado, 25, was notable in part because

he had been so popular and successful at Gaithersburg High School. He earned a scholarship to the College of William and Mary before his life took a turn toward theft and drugrelated run-ins with the law. But he withdrew from the school in 2010 and later was convicted in Virginia of crimes including grand larceny and possession of cocaine. Shalleck told the jurors that Delgado, of Silver Spring, was near the scene of the slaying but that someone else killed Alvarado, and that the slaying was horrible and tragic. “Michael Alvarado didn’t deserve to die,” Shalleck said he told the jury in

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County installing electric-vehicle charging stations in garages First ones in Bethesda; others in Silver Spring, Wheaton to follow

KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

To help fuel the use of electric cars, the county is installing electric-vehicle charging stations in 11 public parking garages and lots in Silver Spring, Wheaton and Bethesda over the next few months. The ﬁrst three stations were placed recently in Capital Crescent garage 31 in Bethesda. That garage opened in January

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at the site of two former surface parking lots as part of a public-private, mixed-use development involving the county and developers StonebridgeCarras and PN Hoffman. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation will monitor usage trends and plans to expand the program to other area parking garages and lots, said Jeremy Souders, acting chief of the Management Services and Property Development Section, under the department’s Division of Parking Management. The stations operate like gasoline pumps, with users paying 13 cents per kilowatt hour. The total cost depends on the range of the vehicle and how charged

it already is, Souders said. “It usually costs a couple dollars at a time, per charge,” he said. Users also pay parking fees, although that can be avoided if they use a station after hours, when the garages don’t charge to park. Users are limited to four hours at a time and can pay through a ChargePoint network card and credit card that is radio frequency identification, or RFID, enabled. Besides Capital Crescent, the garages and lots in the ﬁrst phase of implementation are:

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Montgomery County has installed electric-vehicle charging stations in 11 public parking garages, including this one in the new Capital Crescent Garage in Bethesda.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 Zentangle meditative art, 7 to 9 p.m., Bump ’n Grind, 1200 East West Highway, Silver Spring. Materials and instruction for beginners will be provided. Free. 301-5260400 or skgingold@gmail.com. Mystery Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Marilyn J. Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Copies of this month’s book available at information desk. 240-773-9460 or anne.seiler@montgomerycountymd.gov.

THURSDAY, MAY 7 People-4-People National Day of Prayer Breakfast, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Immanuel’s

Church, 16819 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Breakfast, praise and worship, meditation, and prayer by church leaders from different denominations. Free, but registration required. 301-989-4673, ext. 1245, or acooper@immanuels.org. Smart Start Your Business, 1 to 4:30 p.m., Wheaton Business Innovation Center, 11002 Veirs Mill Road, Suite 700, Wheaton. For anyone unsure how to start a small business. $55. 301-403-8300, ext. 22 or sbtdc-training@umd.edu. “The Lost Toys” and “Broadway Story,” 7:30 p.m., The Historic Stage at Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney. Inclusive theatre companies feature adults actors with and without disabilities performing original musicals based on their own ideas and improvisations. Also 7:30 p.m. May 8 and 2:30 p.m. May 9 and 10. $12.50 in advance, $15 at the door, $5 for ArtStream students. 301565-4567 and l.hunt@art-stream.org. The Grapevine Storytelling Series, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park. Celebrate the timeless art of the bards with stories of all kinds. $10 suggested donation at the door. 301-891-7266 or arts@ takomaparkmd.gov. Vegetables and Herbs from Containers, 7 p.m., Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. A demonstration and talk on growing vegetables and herbs in small spaces. Free. 240-777-0678 or dianne. whitaker@montgomerycountymd.gov.

FRIDAY, MAY 8 Movie: “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine,” 7 p.m., Rockville United Church,

355 Linthicum St., Rockville. An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, a gay young man murdered in a hate crime in Wyoming. 301-424-6733 or janine.rauscher@

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verizon.net. $5 suggested donation. Microsoft Word Basics, 11 a.m., Marilyn J. Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. A free class on how to create and format documents. Registration required. 240-773-9460 or anne. seiler@montgomerycountymd.gov.

SATURDAY, MAY 9 2015 Spring Pottery Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Colesville Presbyterian Church, 12800 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. More than 28 local potters represented Stoneware, Porcelain and Raku. Free. montgomerypotters@gmail.com. GardenMart, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station, 8100 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring. Silver Spring Garden Club’s 74th annual plant sale fundraiser. Free. laserblast@aol.com. NIH Chamber Singers, 3 to 4 p.m., Marilyn J. Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Melodies from all over the world and through the ages. Free. 240-773-9460 or vera.ramaty@montgomerycountymd.gov. SuGO Workshops, 3 to 6 p.m., multipurpose room of Montgomery County 4-H ofﬁce, 18410 Muncaster Road, Derwood. SuGO is sumo wrestling LEGO robots. The 4-H Hard-Hitting Hardware Hooligans will do a demonstration of building a robot, followed by a tournament. 301-7420993 or mmftchooligans@gmail.com. Hometowne USA Barbershop Chorus, 7 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. “A Dream Realized,” annual show with several singing groups. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Children 10 and younger admitted free. 301-422-8648. Mother’s Day Bazaar, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Enclave Apartments, 11225 Oakleaf Drive, Silver Spring. Free. 301-593-6600 or priscilla.baidu@berkshirecommunities. Bicycle donation, 9 a.m. to noon, Sherwood High School, 300 Olney Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring. Bikes for the World, a nonproﬁt organization, ships bikes to overseas partners to be refurbished. Sponsored by school’s Interact Club. $10 donation per bike suggested for costs. 301-924-3200 or Michael_J_Miehl@ mcpsmd.org. Colesville Lions Club Flea Market, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Southern States Turf Farm, 1409 Spencerville Rd., Spencerville. Also May 16, 23 and 30. Venders cost is $15. Bach Sinfonia concert, 8 p.m., Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. $35 general admission, $30 for senior citizens (60 and

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Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park. STEAM refers to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. The exhibit features work from ﬁve artists who combine scientiﬁc principles and artistic whimsy. morganf@takomaparkmd.gov. older), $15 for ages 15 to University), free for 14 and younger. www.bachsinfonia.org or 301-362-6525. Takoma Ensemble concert, 8 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring. Featuring British pieces by Purcell, Vaughan-Williams and Britten. $20 in advance, $25 at door; free for children 7 to 16. www.artful.ly/store/ events/5481.

SUNDAY, MAY 10 Spring concert by the Washington Piano Society, 3 p.m., Calvary Lutheran

Church, 9545 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Featuring works by Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff. Free; reception to follow. 301-793-1863 or www.dcpianosociety.org.

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Rockville’s Miguel Suero (center) gets the baton from Adam Sarsony and wins the boys 4X800 relay Saturday at the Katie Jenkins Invitational Track Meet. Go to clicked.Gazette.net.

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Knitting and Spinning, 3 to 5 p.m.,

Marilyn J. Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Learn how to knit and spin, or work on current projects. anne.seiler@montgomerycountymd.gov.

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TUESDAY, MAY 12 Backgammon Tournament, 6:30 to 10 p.m., Ruby Tuesday, Westﬁeld Wheaton,

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Dementia Conversations: an Alzheimer’s Association workshop, 10:30 a.m.,

Holy Cross Resource Center, 9805 Dameron Drive, Silver Spring. To assist families with difﬁcult conversations related to dementia. Free. 800.272.3900 or lvajpeyi@ alz.org.

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3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton. Presentation by Dr. Catherine Cukras, an ophthalmologist and retina researcher with the National Eye Institute.

An April 29 story on a proposed county pesticide ban incorrectly quoted an opinion by Assistant Attorney General Kathryn M. Rowe. Rowe wrote that a court “could conclude” that the bill would interfere with state law.

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Gazette takes journalism honors BY GAZETTE STAFF

The Montgomery County editions of The Gazette have received awards from two journalism organizations. On Friday, the newspaper received six awards through the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association’s annual contest. Gazette winners were the following: • Will C. Franklin, ﬁrst place, feature or humor column, for “Embracing the NYCC,” about a visit to New York Comic Con. • Daniel Leaderman, ﬁrst place, local government, for “Montgomery police say military surplus equipment used sparingly.” • Tom Fedor, second place, general news photo, for “We know she’s in heaven,” from a memorial service for a teenager killed when a car drove onto a sidewalk. • Fedor, second place, feature photo, for “The mobile generation,” showing a party in which an ultrasound machine

nization of media companies across the U.S. and Canada. In the category of nondailies with more than 20,001 circulation, The Gazette’s awards were the following: • Schotz, second place, best editorial writing, for “From the thumbs of babes”; “‘House’ shouldn’t always win,” about a debate over Maryland’s ﬁlmtax credit; and “Politicking on the public dime,” about a court ruling that Montgomery County improperly campaigned in favor of a ballot measure. • Elizabeth Waibel, third place, best election coverage, 2013 Rockville election. • Glen Cullen, honorable mention, best headline, “We’re going to need a bigger sleigh,” over a story about a Toys for Tots collection. • Kevin James Shay, honorable mention, best feature, for “Controversy remains,” about lingering questions involving the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

let a pregnant woman ﬁnd out the gender of her baby. • Terri Hogan, second place, spot news, for “Crash shatters Olney,” about a teen killed in a crash that injured two others. • Heather Lipinski Reeves, second place, sports page design, for the 2014 high school football preview. • Andy Schotz, second place, editorials, for “From the thumbs of babes,” about abusive comments directed at the Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent on Twitter. The Gazette competed among nondaily newspapers with a circulation of more than 20,000. The exception was the sports page design category, which included all nondaily newspapers, regardless of circulation. Awards were presented at a luncheon in Linthicum. The Gazette also recently received awards from the Local Media Association, an orga-

Students to sell refurbished vehicles, computers

Local artist’s work part of Brooklyn show

Montgomery County Automotive Trades and Information Technology students will host a sale of used cars and computers from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Edison High School of Technology, 12501 Dalewood Drive, Silver Spring. Three times a year, students from the programs hold sales where refurbished vehicles and computers are offered. The sales provide the students the opportunity to practice their sales skills and earn student service learning hours. By participating, patrons support the students and help enhance their skills, according to a news release. More information is at atfcareers.org or cars2purchase. org, or call Kelly Johnson at 301929-2197.

A Silver Spring native is featured in an art exhibit in Brooklyn, N.Y. Wesley Clark, who attended Springbrook High School, is part of a show called “My Big Black America” at the Corridor Gallery of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. The name of the exhibition comes from Clark’s 16-foot-by10-foot wall sculpture of “salvaged and stained wood in the shape of the continental United States,” according to a press release. The exhibition, which includes other artists and runs through May 16, “chronicles both losses and triumphs of Black America both before and during [the] Barack Obama presidency,” the foundation’s website says.

County police ofﬁcer receives Spirit Award

Silver Spring author’s short stories released

A Montgomery County police officer who works in the Third District in Silver Spring received a law enforcement award last month. Officer Carrie Glascock was given the Trooper Jessica Chaney Spirit Award from the Atlantic Association of Women in Law Enforcement. The award was presented at a conference in Ocean City on April 20. The award recognizes a law enforcement professional with no more than five years of service, “who has excelled during her short tenure and embodies the spirit of Trooper Jessica Cheney,” according to a Montgomery County press release. Chaney was a Virginia State Police trooper who was killed in 1998 while directing traffic near an accident. “Although her career with Montgomery County Police has just started,” the county press release says, “Officer Glascock has already made an impact on the community she serves. While still in field training, she fingerprinted several stolen vehicles, identifying suspects tied to multiple auto-theft cases. She completed several search warrants related to a prostitution and drug case, leading to a network of drug trafficking and prostitution. Her efforts [helped’ build a solid case against a career criminal.”

A short-story collection written by a Silver Spring woman is scheduled to be released Thursday. Melanie S. Hatter said in a press release that her book, “Let No One Weep For Me,” has “15 poignant stories about characters who grapple with the complex nature of relationships and struggle to understand their place in such roles as wife, husband, lover, mother, daughter.” More information is available at her website, melanieshatter.com. Hatter won the 2011 Washington Writers’ Publishing House ﬁction prize for her debut novel, “The Color of My Soul.”

Silver Spring sites part of healthy-eating program A healthy-food program pairing adults at least 50 years old with children is being held in two Silver Spring locations. The Catch Healthy Habits program is going on in 21 cities in 17 states. It is organized by the Oasis Institute, a national nonproﬁt organization that focuses on older adults. According to Oasis, volunteers work with elementary students for an hour over a period of eight to 12 weeks. They play games, learn about nutrition and eat healthy snacks.

After-school classes are held locally at Viers Mill Elementary on Mondays and the White Oak Community Center on Tuesdays. The local group is being held through a grant from the Amerigroup Foundation, according to a press release.

Soil committee seeking volunteer to fill vacancy The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for a vacancy on a Montgomery County board. The term of Wade Butler on the Montgomery Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors expired this year. A new five-year term would run through March 1, 2020. A supervisor must live in the county, be interested in proper land use and conservation, and be able to attend monthly meetings. Nominations can be sent using a form at mda.maryland. gov, by clicking on “Conservation,” then “Committees,” then “Nomination Form for Soil Conservation District Supervisors.” Forms also are available at the Montgomery Soil Conservation District office, Ag Activity Center, 18410 Muncaster Road, Derwood, or by calling 301-5902855. The deadline to apply is May 15.

County residents to be honored through resolution A Silver Spring man and a Potomac couple are among several people who will be honored this month as part of Jewish American Heritage Month. Louis Mayberg is one of several members of the Aish International Advisory Board who will be recognized through a U.S. Senate resolution on May 20, according to an Aish International press release. Aish International is part of Aish HaTorah, which says on its website that it’s “an apolitical network of Jewish education centers” on ﬁve continents. The Aish website says Mayberg is a co-founder of ProFund Advisors, a provider of alternative mutual funds. Gary and Pennie Abramson of Potomac also will be honored. Gary Abramson is a partner in The Tower Cos. in Rockville.

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Vance, former MCPS superintendent, dies Remembered for kindness, passion for education

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

Paul L. Vance, a former superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, died Saturday, leaving behind admirers who remembered his kindness, thoughtfulness and passion for education. “He was a true champion for education who mentored, taught, cultivated and led hundreds of individuals — of all backgrounds — towards a path of education,” a family statement said. Vance, who was 83, led the county school district from 1991 to 1999 after serving in other school system roles. He was the district’s only black superintendent.

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He also was superintendent in District of Columbia Public Schools and deputy superintendent for Baltimore City Public Schools. In Philadelphia, his native city, he was a principal and a social studies/science specialist. His education experience also included service on the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. A statement from his family says he won numerous awards from business and education groups. Vance was married to his wife Sandra for 42 years and had three children, the statement says. “After two years of many different battles he went quietly from labor to reward on Saturday, May 2, 2015,” the family statement said. Vance died from complications from a stroke, according to Erica Jefferson, a family spokeswoman. Longtime friend Larry Gib• LEAK DIAGNOSIS • WOOD ROT • TILE NEW & REPAIR • ROOFING NEW & REPAIR • BATH/KITCHEN/BASEMENT REMODELING • WINDOWS AND DOORS • CARPENTRY • DRYWALL & PAINTING • STRUCTURAL & TERMITE REPAIRS

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son said he met Vance in the early 1970s when Vance became deputy superintendent in Baltimore City and Gibson sat on the district’s school board. They often played tennis, said Gibson, a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Vance’s impressive knowledge of education history helped him put things in perspective, Gibson said. “I was just fascinated with how he could move between, from one school system to the other, seamlessly, where these systems were so different,” Gibson said. Montgomery County school board member Judith Docca recalled when she was a human relations specialist in the school district and Vance, then her supervisor, encouraged her when she felt overwhelmed by her workload. “He wasn’t letting me off the hook, but he did it in a nice way,” she said. As superintendent, Docca said, Vance worked hard to make sure the district provided the right education and opportunities to all students. Docca also knew Vance when he was president of the Montgomery County chapter of the NAACP. Docca, an execu-

said Vance “wanted to unify” the organization and brought his education knowledge to the position. Board President Patricia O’Neill met Vance when she was a leader in the county PTA. In a meeting about a controversial topic, Vance was “very thoughtful, very kind” and listened to her and others. “Now, as a school board member, I totally appreciate the fact of how he dealt with community members in difficult situations,” she said. As superintendent, Vance faced changing demographics, growing enrollment and tough ﬁscal times, O’Neill said. He was “a very kind, intelligent, thoughtful, compassionate educator,” she said. State Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez was on the Montgomery County school board when Vance was selected as superintendent. She described him as “a true gentleman, a lovely man, and an excellent leader for the times.” Vance provided stability, ensured the district made progress and had a strong presence in the community, said Gutierrez (DDist. 18) of Chevy Chase. “Education has lost a real champion, a trailblazer,” Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said in a statement Monday. Leggett was on the County Council’s Education Committee when Vance was superintendent. Michael Durso, now school board vice president, said he was the principal at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring for about two years of Vance’s time as superintendent. Vance was decisive, approachable, energetic, funny and “very student oriented.” “I think he left his mark on a lot of people, both students and staff,” Durso said. lpowers@gazette.net

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If you go by Wheaton Veterans Urban Park Wednesday around the evening rush hour, don’t be surprised to see couches, coffee tables, lamps and other living room furniture set up outside. And don’t be alarmed if people are sitting and talking about how public art can reflect and affect the Wheaton area, as if they are in their indoor living rooms. The discussion is organized by public conceptual artist Matthew Mazzotta. Commissioned by the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Mazzotta’s “outdoor living room” project is designed to spark conversation about what local residents and business owners want to see in area art. Mazzotta said he has done similar projects in about 10 other communities. For “Open House,” a project in York, Ala., he teamed up with local groups and individuals to convert an abandoned house into a new structure that transforms into an open-air theater. The project won grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and others. “The idea is to start a dialogue with those in the community about what it is they want,” Mazzotta said. “I don’t go into an area with a set idea.” The living room concept enables local people to get comfortable in an outdoor space, he said. Before the meeting on Wednesday, he is visiting area residents and workplaces to get more feedback. Using that input, Mazzotta plans to develop a specific proposal for a public art project that the arts council will seek funding to produce by the summer of 2016. Mazzotta, who earned a master of science in visual studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he has traveled so much doing these projects in the past five years, he doesn’t have a set residence. He has done projects across the United States and in other countries. “It’s an interesting lifestyle,” he said. The arts council last year unveiled a program to award grants of up to $10,000 for projects in Wheaton by artists, scholars and cultural nonprofit

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Public artist Matthew Mazzotta is bringing his “Outdoor Living Room” project to Wheaton this week. The public is invited to learn about the project and give input between 5 and 7 p.m. Wednesday in Wheaton Veterans Urban Park. The above photo was taken of a similar project in Albuquerque, N.M. organizations. The ﬁrst recipients of these grants are planned to be announced in June. The council wants to support local artists in creating temporary projects and performances,

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in Wheaton and transform the Wheaton Arts and Entertainment District into a cultural destination,” she said. kshay@gazette.net

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Purple Line foes line up another suit BY GAZETTE STAFF

Opponents of the Purple Line, mostly Chevy Chase residents, have notiﬁed Gov. Larry Hogan and other state ofﬁcials of their intent to sue the state to stop construction of the proposed 16-mile, $2.5 billion light-rail project that would link Bethesda and New Carrollton. They claim the state has failed to produce a “full and fair” environmental effects report as required by law. Among their allegations: • Undisclosed runaway stormwater would wash hazardous materials downstream .

• A dredge and ﬁll permit requires further assessment by the Maryland Transit Administration to provide “meaningful information” to the Army Corps of Engineers and the public. • The cost and beneﬁts assessments in environmental impact statements are inadequate and misleading. Opponents say the top transportation priorities should be improving the Metro rail system and relieving congested roadways, such as Connecticut Avenue at Chevy Chase Lake. Also, the Purple Line would not transport people to areas of high job concentration and state ridership numbers are

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not reliable, they claim. Several opponents, plus Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail, last year sued the federal government to stop the Purple Line, citing environmental damage and threats to rare amphipods — tiny, shrimplike crustaceans — that may be present in the area. University researchers’ couldn’t ﬁnd amphipods there in December. The federal suit, ﬁled in District Court for the District of Columbia, is pending. Hogan is expected to announce a decision this month on whether to proceed with the Purple Line.

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Families start the mile run during a day of raising money for the Takoma Park Safe Routes to School program on Sunday. A spokesman for the event said 1,357 runners participated in the day’s activities.

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Hundreds of Montgomery County high school students received black youth achievement awards from the Montgomery County Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Springbrook High School on Sunday.

Students from high schools throughout Montgomery County were recognized Sunday at an annual Black Youth Achievement Awards event at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring. The event was hosted by Iota Upsilon Lambda, the Montgomery County chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Myriam Rogers, the principal at Paint Branch High School, was the keynote speaker. More than 600 students, nominated from their high schools by counselors, were recognized with award certiﬁcates, Steve Rufﬁn, president of the Montgomery chapter, wrote

Paint Branch High School Principal Myriam Rogers was the keynote speaker at the Black Youth Aachievement awards at Springbrook High School on Sunday. in an email. There were several categories, such as academics, athletics, arts and citizenship. In addition, the chapter awarded $15,000 in scholarships to six seniors. “Over the life of the program, we have awarded over $400,000 in scholarships for college,” Rufﬁn wrote. Earlier this year, the chapter was chosen the Eastern Region’s

“Outstanding Alumni Chapter of the Year” and will compete for the top national chapter at Alpha Phi Alpha’s General Convention in August in Charlotte, N.C. At the regional convention in March, it also won the Charles H. Wesley Brotherhood Award for joint initiatives between alumni and college chapters, teaming with the Iota Zeta chapter at the University of Maryland, College Park. Besides the youth award program and scholarships, the chapter co-sponsors an AfricanAmerican community health program and mentors students. Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in 1906. The Montgomery chapter was established in 1970. kshay@gazette.net

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KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

While recovering from a recent surgery, Cynna Janus needed help. But with no family in the area, the Silver Spring resident had to ﬁnd aid elsewhere. Enter Silver Spring Village, a nonproﬁt organization that offers services for adults who want to live at home as long as possible. “Volunteers even walked my dog,” Janus, 68, said. “That alone was worth what I pay for a membership.” Silver Spring Village has grown to 93 members and 70 volunteers since forming about three years ago, Executive Director Marcy Frosh said. The group started accepting members in the fall of 2013. Members pay $350 for individuals and $450 for couples per year. A full membership includes access to volunteers who help with daily tasks, social ac-

tivities, referrals to professional services and discounts with local businesses. Associate membership, at a lower cost, includes group activities, discounts and referrals. Educational and social activities include book groups and coffee hours. Volunteers are trained and screened. There is a national Village to Village Network, which started in 2010. Silver Spring Village focuses on the 20910 ZIP code, while groups serve other areas, such as Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Glen Echo and Brookeville. Janus also volunteers for the organization, doing tasks like driving people to medical appointments and stores. “It’s provided me with an extended neighborhood,” she said. “I want to contribute where I can, so that’s why I volunteer.” She ﬁnds that it is not that unusual for people like her not to have family in the area. Organizers of the Village of Takoma Park are hosting a kickoff event 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Takoma Park Community Center at 7500 Maple Ave. There will be live music,

food and drinks. The Sherman Avenue Elders, neighbors who help each other, will speak. The organization is offering transportation to medical appointments and other places and is getting the friendly visits program going, said Peter Kovar, board vice president of the Village of Takoma Park. There are monthly sessions on ﬁre prevention and other topics. “We’ve been expanding steadily as we go along,” he said. Volunteer riders are professional and dependable, said Jackie Davison, president of the residents association at Victory Tower, a senior housing community in Takoma Park. She had an accident this year and became “transportation dependent,” she said during a City Council meeting Monday. “Transportation is a very serious need for seniors,” Davison said. “This is an invaluable service and should be fully supported and expanded.” The organization is “not an old men’s club or old women’s club,” Wolfgang Mergner, the board president, said. “It is a community.”

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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) is rebooting his proposal for a new independent transit authority, three months after a wave of opposition forced him to withdraw the measure. This time, Leggett hopes to build support by reconvening a county task force that originally recommended the idea three years ago. In a December inaugural address, Leggett called for state legislation enabling the county to create a new agency to ﬁnance and operate a planned network of bus-only trafﬁc lanes, or bus rapid transit (BRT). The agency would be funded by a new transit tax not counted against the charter

cap limiting the amount of revenue the county can collect. It would finance construction of the system with bonds backed by the tax revenue. The cost to build out the system could be $2 billion, officials estimate. The proposal drew quick and heated opposition. It included neighborhood groups — many that opposed BRT to begin with — and the county labor union representing RideOn bus drivers, concerned about collective bargaining rights under a new independent agency. (County officials insisted that all rights would remain intact.) Council staff said the county had the legal wherewithal to build the system without a new agency. Timing was also a problem. Council members and state legislators complained that they were caught off guard. Leggett unveiled the proposal on the heels of an interview in which he said a significant property tax increase was possible. Leggett announced Mon-

day that he was reconvening the County Executive’s Transit Task Force, a group of business, political and civic leaders he’d asked in 2011 to develop a longrange transportation vision. In 2012, it recommended BRT, which was approved by the County Council a year later. The task force also favored reorganizing all county transportation functions under “a single quasi-independent authority that will be responsible for the planning, design, ﬁnancing, construction, operation and maintenance” of the BRT network. In a letter to the task force chairman, real estate attorney Mark Winston, Leggett said he wanted the panel to seek broad input on how the transit system might be built and paid for. But he made clear that he still believes he has the right idea. Leggett said he wants a report from the group by Sept. 30. The weekly task force meetings are open to the public. bill.turque@washpost.com

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

Armed robbery • Shell Gas Station, 100 University Boulevard, just after 6:30 a.m. on April 17. Subject displayed a handgun and demanded cash. One employee was assaulted. Cash taken from the register. • 7-Eleven, 7980 Georgia Ave., around 5:20 a.m. on April 19. Store employee was assaulted. Property taken. Strong-arm robbery • 100 block of Manchester Place, around 3:40 a.m. on April 16. Adult female victim was assaulted and her purse was taken. • Outside Family Dollar store, 13817 Outlet Drive, between 8-8:30 p.m. on April 15. The adult female victim was approached and threatened by an unknown subject who forced her to deposit a check into an ATM and then withdrew cash. Robbery • 800 block of Juniper Street, around 11:45 p.m. on April 13. Three male subjects assaulted an adult male victim and obtained his wallet and cash. • Blueridge Avenue and Amherst Avenue, at 12:30 a.m. April 19. The adult victim was approached and assaulted by the subjects, who displayed a sharp object. Property taken. Commercial burglary • St. Camillus Church, 1600 St. Camillus Drive, at 10:43 a.m. on April 20. Forced entry, took property. • Dennis Avenue Health Center, 2000 Dennis Ave., at 6:19 a.m. on April 21. Unknown entry, took property. Residential burglary • 4000 block of Postgate Terrace, between 7-8 a.m. on April 13. Two juvenile subjects entered the vacant apartment and were later identified. • 3400 block of Hampton Hollow Drive, between 9 a.m. and 10:09 p.m. on April 13. Forced entry, took property. • 13000 block of Castle Boulevard, between 12:10 p.m. and 12:40 p.m. on April 14. Forced entry, nothing taken. • 3400 block of Gateshead Manor Way, between 4-9 p.m. on April 16. Forced entry, nothing taken. • 1900 block of Franwall Ave., between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on April 17. Forced entry, took property. • 2800 block of Randolph Road, between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on April 20. Forced entry, took property. Two subjects later identified. • 1200 block of Denley Road, between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. April 20. Forced entry, took property. Two subjects later identified. • 3500 block of Aston Manor Court, at 11:36 a.m. on April 21. Forced entry, nothing taken.

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Student school board member elected Bethesda-Chevy Chase sophomore motivated to serve, empower peers

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

In a nail-biter election, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s Eric Guerci secured enough votes to become the next student at Montgomery County’s school board table. Guerci, a sophomore at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was elected by his fellow students to become the 38th student member of the board, or SMOB. The victory, he said, left him “shocked” and “honored.” “I really couldn’t believe it at ﬁrst, but it’s starting to hit me now,” he said Thursday, the day after the election. Guerci garnered, 33,046 votes, or 52 percent. The other contender — Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville — had 30,679 votes, or 48 percent. Guerci will take office in July, replacing current student board member Dahlia Huh of Clarksburg High School, who is graduating. The voter pool included Montgomery County Public Schools students from middle schools, high schools, alternative programs, Rock Terrace School and the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents. Of the school district’s

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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s Eric Guerci will be the next student member of the Montgomery County school board. roughly 78,800 eligible student voters, about 64,300 cast votes, including some ballots that were blank, according to the school system’s website. Guerci, currently vice president of the Montgomery County Regional Student Government Association, said he was motivated to run for the board position to serve and empower students. The role continues his work in student advocacy, efforts he is passionate about, he said. He also is a member of his high school’s class of 2017 student government. Guerci is familiar with the board position. He sat on an advisory group for former student board member Justin Kim, who held the position in 2013-14. Having watched several student board members, he said,

he views the position as both “demanding” and “a force for change.” He described himself as “an everyday high school student” who worked hard to win the seat. “I hold myself to the highest standard of anyone else,” he said. Guerci talked about several issues he’s looking forward to discussing on the board, ranging from technology in classrooms to possible changes to standardized testing. For Agarwal, the end of the campaign trail doesn’t mark the end of one of his main platform ideas. Starting with his high school, he said, he hopes to follow through on a plan to help teachers use free apps and games in their lessons.

Rachit said he and Guerci — who have worked together in student government — have “very different kind of ideas and approaches” that can allow them to work well together. “I know that he’ll do a great job as SMOB and I know that I would love to help him out in the future,” he said. Agarwal, however, did not end his campaign without a victory — he secured a prom date. The prom-posal was cleverly planned for Election Day: If he didn’t become the next student member, he said, he still would have “something to be happy about.” Huh said that as she helped monitor the election process at various schools, the outcome was unclear. “Right into the last minute, I literally did not know who was going to win,” she said. Huh, who knows both candidates, said Guerci will ﬁt into the student board member role because he shares what’s on his mind and isn’t afraid to advocate. “He’s deﬁnitely going to be able to hit the ground running,” she said. School board Vice President Michael Durso said the student board members he has known have been “in a class all by themselves.” “The last several SMOBs have all hit the ground running and I don’t see Eric being any different,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net

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Pete Cahall, the former principal at Washington’s Wilson High School who left abruptly in December, will lead Montgomery County’s Thomas Edison High School of Technology. The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously on April 27 to appoint Cahall as principal of the county’s only stand-alone career and technical school. “They welcomed me with open arms,” Cahall said on April 28. “Montgomery County feels like home to me.” The former D.C. principal made national headlines last

year when he came out as gay to his students during a public Pride Day event. In December, he announced that his contract would not be renewed for next school year because of testscore performance at the Northwest Washington school. Cahall intended to work through the end of his contract, but families received a letter from Chancellor Kaya Henderson during winter break that he had resigned effective immediately. His departure sparked mixed emotions. He was popular with many parents and students, who credit him with creating an orderly environment throughout a major renovation and despite serious crowding at the school, but the Washington Teachers’ Union reported frustration and dissatisfaction among many Wilson teachers. Cahall, who lives in Gaith-

ersburg, worked in Montgomery County before he came to the District. He was principal of Rocky Hill Middle School and Watkins Mill High School before working in the central ofﬁce for a year as director of school performance. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee hired Cahall in 2008 to lead the city’s largest high school. “I am pleased he’s coming back,” said Mike Durso, a member of the Montgomery County Board of Education who was a principal at Wilson in the 1980s. “I think he will be able to do a lot of good things at Edison.” Cahall will arrive at Edison during a pivotal time. The school is embarking on a renovation and the county is working to rethink and expand the role that career training plays in Maryland’s largest school system. Edison serves about 500 students, but it has the capacity

for many more. Students divide their time between their home schools, where they take core academic classes, and the career academy. His start date is scheduled for July 1, but he plans to “dig in” immediately and begin thinking about ways to increase the school’s enrollment and plan for the future, he said. “We are taking a hard look at programming and making sure we are thinking ahead by 10 or 20 years,” he said. Kim Bayliss, the president of the Parent Teacher Student Organization at Wilson, said she was glad to hear about his new job. “It sounds like it’s perfect for him,” she said. “There’s a lot of continuing care and respect and admiration for him at Wilson.” michael.chandler@ washpost.com

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tion’s Tribute Award. The center was recognized not just for its efforts to save Ruby, but for its participation in the Wheaton community through various programs and events. For Ruby now, a misaligned jaw is about the only noticeable trace of her ordeal. Kindness Animal Hospital treated Ruby at no charge after her owners agreed to release her to the center and Zolkiewicz. “Her previous owners likely would not have been able to pay for her surgeries and probably would have had her euthanized if they kept her,” Zolkiewicz said. “The police have been very helpful through all this. They raised money and contributed money themselves. They also helped convince Ruby’s owners to give her up.” Ruby’s medical bills, including the surgeries and care with specialists, would have exceeded $10,000 if Kindness Animal Hospital had not donated the care and specialists hadn’t donated time and reduced care costs, Zolkiewicz said. Through an online donation site and other means, more than $7,000 was raised. Some of that money went to pay specialists’ bills. Zolkiewicz said the animal hospital, which has been in the area since 1956, is not charging anything for its bills related to Ruby. The center on University Boulevard is setting up a “Ruby Fund” for those who need help paying for services at the practice, he said. A family member in Ruby’s former Wheaton home shot her Aug. 21, according to police reports. Ruby was then 9 months old. Zolkiewicz said he decided soon after seeing Ruby’s condition to adopt her. “I felt that we

The Wheaton & Kensington Chamber of Commerce recognized several businesses, teachers, police, ofﬁcials and community leaders at its annual awards dinner on April 29.

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Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year Awards: Lutheran Church of St. Andrew

n Wheaton & Kensington Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award: The Kensington House n 4th District Police Public Safety Award: Special Assignment Team — Sgt. Greg Chmiel and Ofﬁcers Adam Amaya, Carlo Corvoisier, Kevin Baxter, Michael Graves and Kevin Moris n Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad Public Safety Ofﬁcer of the Year Award: Paramedic Sakurako “Sako” Narita n Kensington Volunteer Fire Department Public Safety Award: FF3/Paramedic Truc Nguyen and FF2/Paramedic Makoto Tanigawa n Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Citizen of the Year Award: Konni Brantner n Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board Civic Association of the Year Award: Rebuilding Together Montgomery County n Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee Business Leader of the Year Award: Elbe’s n Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee Best Property Improvement of the Year Award: Pollo Campero, Wheaton

might be able to help her,” he said. “But really, I didn’t know what all we would be able to do.” At Zolkiewicz’s Carroll County home, he said, Ruby gets along ﬁne with his other family pets — another dog and two cats. She doesn’t seem abnormally frightened of people. As Ruby sat by a reporter she just met, she raised a paw to shake hands. Police ofﬁcers such as

Michelle Ballor, who responded to the call and rescued Ruby from the Wheaton home, regularly visit her. “She has a few anxieties,” Zolkiewicz said. “Around certain people, especially if they’re wearing a wide-brimmed hat, she can be apprehensive. But she seems fine around most people.”

sion,” said Ramon Korionoff, a spokesman for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Ofﬁce. “We proceed in murder cases based on the merits of the case. This was a difﬁcult case, and our prosecutors did their best.” Alvarado was shot and killed on Nov. 21, 2013. His body was found outside a three-

story building in the Streamside Apartments complex in Gaithersburg. In interviews, two nearby residents said they heard two gunshots, and a third resident said she heard three. “Bam, bam, like big shots,” one of them said.

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Continued from Page A-1 would be designed with modern technology that would protect public health and “go well beyond” federal and state air quality standards, Leuck said. In its petition filed in court, Costco states that the board’s decision “erroneously rests on speculation” that compliance with federal and state air quality standards “is somehow insufficient.” The board did not “identify an alternative standard that the applicant could look to in designing its station,” Costco attorneys wrote. In addition, the gas station would provide competition for area stations and benefit “not just Costco members, but everyone in the area,” Leuck said. “When Costco comes into a market, our competitors tend to match Costco’s prices,” he said.

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Continued from Page A-1 • Silver Spring: BonifantDixon garage 5, CameronSecond garage 7, Kennett Street garage 9, Town Square garage 61, and parking lot 29 at Bonifant and Easley streets. • Wheaton: Amherst garage 45. • Bethesda: Woodmont Corner garage 11, Auburn

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 s Karen Cordry, president of the Kensington Heights Civic Association, a group opposing the gas station, said Thursday it was “astonishing” Costco would appeal in light of the appeals board’s unanimous decision. Another gas station, so close to vulnerable students, is not needed, she said. After Costco applied for a special zoning exemption for the gas station in 2011, the Montgomery County Council in 2012 approved an amendment requiring heavily used gas stations to be at least 300 feet from schools and recreation facilities. The Montgomery County Planning Board is scheduled on May 7 to consider a zoning amendment that would increase the required setback for gas stations that pump at least 3.6 million gallons a year from schools, parks and recreation facilities to 500 feet.

While Costco’s original proposal had the gas station less than 300 feet from the swim club, officials later altered that plan. The case went to the Ofﬁce of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, which held hearings on the matter for more than a year, before the appeals board’s decision. In a lengthy report, Martin L. Grossman, hearing examiner for the Ofﬁce of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, wrote that the “unusual size” of the proposed gas station — as near as 118 feet from a single-family home, 375 feet from the swim club and 874 feet from the school — would “render the proposal incompatible.” The 151,000-square-foot Costco opened at the mall in April 2013, taking over space vacated by a Hecht’s store in 2006.

the bill would provide renters with new stability, particularly around leases. Problems like rent increases are common for renters in the county. The proposed bill would provide two years’ worth of predictability by requiring landlords to offer the option of signing a two-year lease at renewal. A two-year lease prevents a tenant from facing potential “nonrenewal” of a lease for at least two years, Losak said. Landlords, he said, can choose to not renew a tenant’s lease, giving 60 days’ notice. Eliminating surcharges makes month-to-month leases more viable for some renters, he said. Losak said the county traditionally has based its policy

around rental housing on data it collects voluntarily from landlords in the annual survey. The proposed bill would make that data public. Responsible landlords should not object, Losak said. Councilwoman Nancy Navarro, a co-sponsor, said the changes would go a long way to protect renters. Montgomery County has seen an increase in renters and most construction lately has been multifamily housing, said Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring. The bill touches on a few of the Tenants Work Group recommendations. Losak said his organization will push for others.

Del-Ray garage 36 and Waverly garage 47. • Montgomery Hills (Silver Spring) parking lot 12 on Columbia Boulevard. The county’s goal is to reduce petroleum use by 20 percent over the next five years, and the Department of General Services plans to expand its electric vehicle ﬂeet. The department now has ﬁve battery electric and 10 plug-in

hybrid vehicles. The county already has electric charging stations at several public buildings, including the executive and council ofﬁces in downtown Rockville. Private companies have installed some as well, such as at Tower Cos. buildings in Rockville and at The Blairs in Silver Spring.

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Clarksburg man has right touch with rose care business dine said they fertilize, spray, prune and winterize their clients’ rose bushes. “Everything roses need,” he said. Kinderdine started the company in 2003, following a 35-year career as an associate pastor with the Baptist Church. He and his wife, Vicki, always loved roses, he said. Raising them was a hobby. So when it came time to change careers, at age 51, Kinderdine began Velvet Touch, basing it on a North Carolina company Vicki worked with when he was a pastor there. He said that in starting the company he used many of the techniques he used as a pastor building up church congregations. “Part of my responsibility was developing ministries for that [church] community,” he said. “I took a lot of those principles and adopted them for business.” First, Kinderdine said he drove around neighborhoods and decided on yards that would look good with a rose garden and created a data base of addresses. He then sent out a brochure to about 500 potential clients. “I said a little prayer, too,” he said. From that initial mailing he got 10 calls, a pretty good market share, he

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David Kinderdine believes there are many factors leading to success in business and he is enjoying the fruits of one of them. “My idea about business is, ﬁnd a niche, become an expert in it and learn how to market it effectively,” he said. Kinderdine is owner and chief plant tender for Velvet Touch Rose Care, based on his 5-acre home site in Clarksburg. “Our focus is I’ll help a client pick out an area [for roses],” Kinderdine said. “I’m not an architectural designer [but] I’ll work with other landscape companies.” He also helps clients select the variety or varieties of roses they want planted, orders them and gets to work planting them. But that is not the end of the business, its really the beginning. “The unique thing is I service them,” Kinderdine said. “I visit their garden every 10 days.” At Velvet Touch Rose Care, Kinder-

First-quarter profit up at Discovery Communications Discovery Communications of Silver Spring reported that its first-quarter profit grew to $250 million from $231 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $758 million from $657 million.

United Therapeutics reports $17M loss Drugmaker United Therapeutics of Silver Spring reported a first-quarter net loss of $16.6 million, versus a profit of $137.5 million in the first quarter of 2014. First-quarter revenues rose to $327.5 million from $289.4 million. The company pointed to two major factors for the quarterly loss. Research and development expenses grew to $110.2 million from $12.4 million in the first quarter of last year. Also, sharebased compensation in the first

quarter rose $181.7 million from the prior-year quarter, as the price of the company’s common stock grew 33 percent during the quarter, versus a 17 percent drop a year earlier.

Net loss narrows at Radio One Radio One of Silver Spring reported that its ﬁrst-quarter net loss narrowed to $12 million from $20.3 million in the ﬁrst quarter of last year. Revenues fell to $105.8 million from $111.1 million.

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said. “I started with a little black truck and a shovel and now I have about 100 clients within a 150-mile radius,” he said. He employs three people for nine months of the year. “There isn’t much to do in December, January and February,” he said. But, he added, if they do their job right, clients will have roses blooming from May to November. While building up his business, Kinderdine said he has learned a lot about roses and the insects that attack them and occasionally get calls for help from public gardens and even universities. “One of the fun things is I’ve become somewhat of an expert in entomology,” he said. “[I know] insects that will attack roses, the same with fungus.” His biggest wrestling match is with spider mites, he said. They are active in late summer when it is hot and dry and will suck the juice out of roses, leaving them to die. Kinderdine said the cost of his service is per bush, though he did not give the price. He said he makes good money. “I’m blessed,” he said. “Wealthy is a relative term.” pmcewan@gazette.net

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• North Bethesda: JBS International. • Olney: Sandy Spring Bank. • Poolesville: MainSpring. • Rockville: American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association, Chevo Consulting, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Hitachi Consulting, Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, Montgomery County government, Nutricia North America, Optimal Networks, SAPNS2, Emmes Corp. and Montgomery County Public Schools. • Silver Spring: DelCor Technology Solutions, Discovery Communications, Dynaxys, Holy Cross Health, and Social & Scientiﬁc Systems. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which covers Prince

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American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. of Bethesda reported that its first-quarter profit fell to $31.1 million from $48.8 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues fell to $37.5 million from $42.2 million.

Walker & Dunlop promotes senior vice president Walker & Dunlop of Bethesda promoted Senior Vice President Brian Casey to head its Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team. Before joining the company two years ago, Casey was man-

First Potomac Realty Trust of Bethesda, whose holdings include office buildings in Rockville, Germantown and Clarksburg, reported a first-quarter profit of $492,000, versus a net loss of $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $43.8 million from $39.4 million, and funds from operations grew to $18.2 million from $15.4 million. NOTICE

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Heritage Montgomery is not holding a Civil War event on May 16, as it had originally planned. The event, called “Coming Home to Montgomery County: Civil War 1865,” was going to be held at 13025 Riley’s Lock Road in Poolesville, along the C&O Canal National Historical Park. However, because of an oversight, two different events had permits for Riley’s Lock on May 16. Heritage Montgomery said in a press release that it

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Obituary Patricia Jack Coyle (Age 87) On Thursday, April 23, 2015, of Rockville, MD. Born September 24, 1927 in Uniontown, PA to William F. and Marian Price Jack, raised in Niagara Falls, NY. Beloved wife of Charles F. Coyle, Jr. for 62 years until his passing in 2012; sister of Marion Jane Dann and Richard L. Jack; mother of Brian Jack Coyle and Melissa Richards; mother-in-love to John Casey Richards and Sherrie Coyle; also survived by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and a large circle of family and friends. Graduate of Katherine Gibbs School, Providence, RI; assistant to the Director of the National Park Service where she met her husband; administrative secretary for Montgomery County Public Schools in the Area Office and longtime secretary to the Principal at Paint Branch H.S. Pat was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and active in many community activities including the Aspen Hill/Manor Woods Civic Assoc., Board of Elections, PTA, Scouting, ADA, and many church activities. She relished the many friendships she made along the way. She had a passion for doing the best she could in whatever she undertook and had a heart filled with appreciation and love. A Celebration of her life will be held at the Rockville Presbyterian Church, 215 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD, on Saturday, May 9 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to: Mansfield Kaseman Health Clinic, of the Community Ministries of Rockville (301-9176800); Brooke Grove Rehabilitation/Assisted Living (301-2602320); or a charity dear to your heart.

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A former Hyattsville man was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Thursday for raping a jogger in a Silver Spring park in May 2014. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Steven Salant sentenced Joaquin OrellanaTorres, 25, to two consecutive 30-year terms, with credit for time served in jail since his arrest in May 2014. “This was a horriﬁc crime,” Salant said Thursday. “The victim was not responsible in any sense of the word for what happened. The defendant’s background, although sad, does not excuse his behavior.” The victim and her mother broke into tears after the sentencing, which was more severe than the range of years recommended in state sentencing guidelines but less than the two life terms to be served consecutively requested by prosecutors with the county State’s Attorney’s ofﬁce. The Gazette does not name victims of sexual assaults, and the victim’s family declined to comment after the sentencing. Members of Orellana-Tor-

res’ family, who were also in the courtroom, also declined to comment. The rape occurred on the Northwest Branch Trail between Piney Branch Road and Oakview Drive about 3:30 p.m. on May 5, 2014, according to charging documents. The victim was running on a park path when OrellanaTorres, who had a backpack and ﬁshing gear with him, confronted her and raped her. “He chased her, caught her, put her in a chokehold, held a knife to her face and forced her into the woods,” said Deputy State’s Attorney Laura Chase during the sentencing hearing. “He punched, hit and kicked her, with her clothes being pulled off, forcing himself on her in a number of despicable ways.” The victim emerged from the woods “battered, bruised, raped, sexually assaulted, humiliated but thankfully alive,” Chase said. Torres took the victim’s iPhone and ﬂed the scene, but returned four days later looking for the backpack he had also left behind, while police were also searching the area for the backpack. Based on his resemblance to a composite drawing, police took him into custody, and he confessed to raping the victim, according to charging docu-

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“Smile, you’re on ‘Candid Camera.’” Those of us who are middle-aged or beyond remember that catchphrase from Allen Funt’s TV show. It was a time when hidden cameras were best known for pranks and inane interactions, for an audience’s entertainment. Now, surveillance cameras are trained on us as we shop, drive and walk along city streets. Every person with a smartphone is potentially shooting video. Footage is having a profound effect on our culture, social interBODY CAMERAS action and even crimiON POLICE OFFICERS ARE nal justice. Ray Rice A GOOD might have MEASURE OF been just ACCOUNTABILITY another football star with a court date until we — and the NFL — saw a vicious assault as it actually happened. Several deaths of people while in police custody or pursuit have become vivid and explosive because society has become a witness. We saw it again recently in Baltimore, where outrage over the death of Freddie Gray built and bubbled from video clips of officers dragging him into a transport van. If a video camera were recording the inside of the van, we’d know so much more about the involvement of six officers now charged in connection with his death. We’re on the cusp of a sweeping movement to have police officers equipped with body cameras, too. Rockville is the most recent Montgomery County municipality to consider putting cameras on police officers. Gaithersburg, Takoma Park and Montgomery County are looking into the idea, too. We support these agencies and their steps toward a system that ideally protects the public from abuses and officers from false allegations, in much the same way car-mounted cameras have provided more accountability and transparency. Supporters point to studies showing that complaints against officers, particularly for use of force, plummet in communities where officers wear cameras on their bodies. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $20 million pilot program in which local and tribal law enforcement organizations will get competitive grants to buy body-worn cameras. The Justice Department says President Barack Obama hopes to spend $75 million in a three-year period on 50,000 cameras for law enforcement agencies. The modern debate is no longer about surveillance, but about mechanics. When should cameras be filming and when should officers turn them off? The General Assembly passed a bill this session making sound recording by a police body camera legal. The exception is similar to one in place for cameras mounted on patrol cars. Otherwise, Maryland law requires consent for audio recording. Gov. Larry Hogan said he plans to sign the bill into law. To us, access to footage is a high concern. One benefit that the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services lists for body-worn cameras is, “Improving agency transparency by allowing the public to see video evidence of police activities and encounters.” Yet, the mayor of Washington, D.C., has proposed making footage from police body cameras exempt from public information laws. But this shouldn’t be any government’s blanket response. Footage should be treated as any other public information. This will pose technical challenges in ferreting out information the public needs to see while balancing legitimate privacy rights, but trust is won through transparency.

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In search for super, school board needs clear goals As The Gazette reported April 27, the Montgomery County Board of Education has begun interviewing candidates to be the next superintendent. The board should be commended for including representatives of several community groups in the interview process, and for soliciting the input of parents through open forums held in March. As the board no doubt recognizes, greater transparency is sorely needed following the abrupt departure of the previous superintendent, Joshua Starr. This theme was emphasized repeatedly in the community forums and stakeholder interviews conducted by the board’s search firm earlier this year. A report summarizing the feedback, which is posted on the board’s website, strongly emphasizes “a need for transparency in the way the district operates.” It also quotes an unnamed member of the Montgomery County Council who said he or she “wouldn’t take the job unless the Board clarifies its goals and sets a vision for leadership” for the next superintendent. The report lists general leadership qualities that the community wants in the next superintendent, including being “collaborative” and having “effective communication skills.” It also notes the well-known challenges facing the public school system, the most prominent of which are the glaring achievement gaps among students of different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in our county. Board members owe the public a detailed response to the report’s findings. The board should elaborate on the qualifications it is looking for in the ideal candidate, specify the goals it expects the new superintendent to ac-

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The Montgomery County Board of Education is searching for a superintendent to replace Joshua P. Starr (center), shown in his ﬁrst board of education meeting. Starr resigned in February. complish, and deﬁne the metrics of success for the superintendent’s leadership and performance. That process must bring parents — many of whom remain skeptical of the board and uninformed of the reasons for Starr’s dismissal — back into the discussion. The board needs to actively

involve the community in setting the path forward and empowering the next superintendent to create the best educational experience possible for all of the county’s students Steven Weiss, Kensington

Budget should support Smart people can follow instructions for the proper use of pesticides staffing to help limit greenhouse gas emissions The Montgomery County Council currently is reviewing the fiscal year 2016 annual budget proposed by County Executive Isiah Leggett. One small but critical step the council should take, in order to advance the county’s plan to fight climate change, is to increase the staff assigned to the Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Sustainability. In 2009, the county established the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent every five years beginning in 2010, and set forth a variety of steps to be taken to accomplish this. However, in March of this year, the Office of Sustainability reported that energy use by buildings — which accounts for about two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions in the county —

is actually increasing, not decreasing. In other words, the county’s greenhouse emissions are going in the wrong direction. Other jurisdictions (such as Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Va.) that report success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions have numerous staff devoted to energy-related issues. Montgomery County, on the other hand, has one, with a second soon to be hired. The fiscal year 2016 budget is the perfect opportunity for the County Council to rectify this deficit by giving the Office of Sustainability the staffing it needs. Mark Posner, Silver Spring Michal Freedman, Rockville

He has been a very effective progressive Democrat in the Senate, working across the aisle on issues as diverse as marriage equality, environmental protection, rights for convicts and controlling drunken driving. I was surprised how much of the article was spent discussing a Republican who has not yet declared his candidacy. I hope that if and when that Republican announces, your article about him will give equal attention to Sen. Raskin. David Blockstein, Takoma Park

When applied correctly, the chemical tools used and already governed by the EPA and the state of Maryland do not pose the risks that he and others purport. I have applied pesticides for 44 years, and have never had an incident or have been cited. My course was monitored by state water quality agents, as drainage from the course ﬂowed into a tributary of the Arkansas River. I am here to plead for others to speak up, and not allow this board to continue to take our rights away. Yes, I’m from the South Central, Midwest, or breadbasket, if you will. I suppose we do things a bit different out there, but one thing is certain: Responsible use of the tools approved by the federal government and state agencies should not be taken away by a board of people who believe that we need to be nannied and protected from ourselves. Jeff Hawkins, North Potomac

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The writers are members of the Montgomery County Sierra Club.

Raskin would make a good representative in Congress Thank you for your article about state Sen. Jamie Raskin launching his campaign for the U.S. Congress (April 22). As a constituent of Sen. Raskin and one of some 500 supporters who joined Attorney General Brian Frosh, Congressman John Sarbanes, former U.S. Sen. Joseph Tydings, state Sen. Catherine Pugh (Maryland Senate majority leader and president of National Black Caucus of State Legislators) at the launch event, I am very excited about the possibility of Sen. Raskin representing me in Congress.

As a retired certiﬁed golf course superintendent, and certified pesticide applicator from the state of Oklahoma, I must protest the actions of George Leventhal, et al., in attempting to ban pesticide use in Montgomery County. Is this another one of his socialist moves to keep his little society in order? But, I digress. As homeowners, we also have a responsibility to our associations and neighbors. The D.C. area is more or less a transient suburbia. That being said, for many of us, responsible upkeep of our lawns is a necessity, as it is an important factor in buying and selling a home. Besides, a beautiful lawns is, well, just beautiful. I’ve been told that the smartest people in the world live here. Does Mr. Leventhal think that these people cannot read a pesticide label and use these chemical tools responsibly?

In March, a proposal for a gas station that would pump 12 million gallons of gas a year a mere 118 feet from residential homes was denied by the Montgomery County Board of Appeals. Concern for the possible adverse health effects that can result from proximity to fueling evaporative emissions and toxic emissions from idling cars was one of the reasons for the denial. Recognizing the need to strengthen existing zoning regulations concerning these large gas stations, there is a zoning text amendment before the County Council. Authored by Councilman Marc Elrich and supported by six additional members of the council, this amendment will add dwelling units to the existing list of sensitive sites and increase the current 300 foot setback from those sites to 500 feet. This amendment supports Montgomery County’s commitment to the

protection of the health and welfare of its citizens. Costco says that this text amendment would “essentially suspend the zoning process and keep safe, affordable gas out of Montgomery County.” This is not true. Nothing in this proposal will suspend the Montgomery County zoning ordinance and there are many areas of Montgomery County where the new setback could be met. Dense, urban, heavily populated neighborhoods are most likely not one of them. Abigail Adelman, Kensington

The writer is chairwoman of the Stop Costco Gas Coalition. Editor’s note: Costco Wholesale Corp. has filed an appeal to the Montgomery County Board of Appeals’ decision to deny a request to build a 16-pump gas station.

Purple Line opponents haven’t proposed real alternatives Robert Riker’s address is much more important than the content of his letter in the April 29 Gazette (“Calculations don’t support ridership projection”). Chevy Chase has spent large sums ($300,000 during the last year) to oppose the Purple Line. It maintains a drumbeat of criticisms of the economics and predicted ridership

for the line. Ridership is calculated using metrics required by the Federal Transit Administration and used to evaluate all their New Starts projects, among which the Purple Line is highly rated. Mr. Riker’s and others’ subjective recalculations are the results of animated self-interest in opposing the project.

The beneﬁts of the Purple Line project are enormous; opposition to it usually is part of a coordinated, national right-wing campaign to attack transit infrastructure while advocating for heavily subsidized highway projects. For those who want to improve mobility in the region, the real test is alternatives the opponents propose

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Ned Sparks, the executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, is retiring effective Aug. 1.

State considers making school transfers sit

Blair High School junior Nicole Spiezio plays two varsity sports, ﬁeld hockey and lacrosse, for the Silver Spring school. She said if she had been given an opportunity to play perhaps her favorite sport — football — as a young girl, things would likely be different. Spiezio, who with the help of

USA Football is in the process of starting a girls ﬂag football program at Takoma Park Middle School, said she hopes to prevent a younger generation from having to wonder, “what if?” “When I was younger I liked to play football with my brother, my dad and my grandpa [who played football in college at Brown University],” Spiezio said. “But I never had a chance to play [in a league], there weren’t any leagues around. I thought I could help create those chances [for younger girls] and at least put it on their radar.” Nationwide, participation in girls ﬂag football is on the rise; it is offered as a high school var-

sity sport with a state championship in six states — Alaska, Florida, New York, Nevada, Texas and Louisiana — plus nearby District of Columbia. Per National Federation of State High School Associations, the number of high school programs has grown from 171 in 2009-10 to 552 in 2013-14. While there is still a stigma attached to women playing football, USA Football’s Director of Football Development, Samantha Rapoport, said she believes the attitude that football is a male only sport, is changing.

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Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who has been executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association since 1981, is retiring effective Aug. 1. This is the first of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today. It’s bad, but it’s probably going to have to get worse before the state steps in, Ned Sparks said. I interviewed Sparks last week to look back at his tenure as he enters the final three months on the job before retiring as executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association, a position he’s held for 34 years. I asked about the recent increase in high school students who find changing schools to KEN SAIN be as easy as switching SPORTS EDITOR jerseys. “Yeah, that might be an issue,” Sparks said. “In the Eastern Shore, I know they have ... a sit-out period, if you transfer you have to sit out. It might come to that, in the near future, if it seems to be the case that the motivation for transferring is for athletics and not academics.” Sparks said those conversations among decision-makers have already started, but, to make that kind of change, many more people would need to recognize that there is a problem. One reason for the recent increase in transfers is education reform. The consortiums in Montgomery County and clusters in Prince George’s County have made it a lot easier for students to switch schools. All you need to do is claim that you want to be part of a program that is only offered at that school, and you’re in. “It’s complicated matters, but it’s something that is here to stay,” Sparks said. “In some states, they have school choice throughout the whole state.” I brought up the subject because of a recent thread on the MoCoFootball.com message board where it names 11 football players who have, or will be, transferring schools and playing for new teams in the fall. I confirmed most of those transfers through the players’ Hudl.com pages. There are probably more transferring that I haven’t heard about. I usually don’t hear about Prince George’s County transfers until August. The Bayside Athletic Conference on the Eastern Shore has a 45-day waiting period starting from the day of enrollment for students who transfer between schools in that league. They may not participate in practice or games during that time. There are exceptions (foreign exchange students, freshmen, change of residence). Not sure that would have much an effect statewide. Most of these transfers have already made the decision, and some have already changed schools. But the state could adopt a longer waiting period. The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference has long had a rule that stipulates any athlete who transfers to a WCAC school after the start of his sophomore year is ineligible to

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Wheaton High Schoolís Victor Kyle won the 110 and 300 hurdles at Saturdayís Downcounty Consortium track and ﬁeld meet.

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Time was right for DCC schools meet First-ever downcounty consortium championship mixes competition with inclusion in effort to grow sport n

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At the conclusion of the county’s preseason track and ﬁeld coaches meeting, Kennedy High School coach Kevin Monroe and Einstein coach

Eric Da Silva said they stayed behind to discuss an idea they — along with Wheaton coach Eric Ellingson — had long considered. What if they could pull off a meet, just before the commencement of the postseason, that featured all ﬁve Downcounty Consortium schools — Wheaton, Einstein, Kennedy, Northwood and Blair? Call it a DCC championship meet. Northwood had hosted a cross country version of the Downcounty Consortium championship for the last couple years, and it was ﬁnally time that track did the same, the coaches decided. Shortly

after the trio met, Da Silva took the lead on the project, which culminated in Saturday’s ﬁrst running of the Downcounty Consortium Championship at Einstein. “It’s something we tried before,” Ellingson said. “I think now the coaching staffs at each school have been intact and haven’t changed for a while. So, I think we know each other better and were able to make it work ﬁnally.” The meet itself is not only a novelty in new-

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Decision time in Montgomery County tennis Top singles players compete in doubles for region tournament n

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Walt Whitman’s Jack Welch plays tennis at Paint Branch on Monday.

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Jack Welch has been one of the area’s best tennis players this season, winning all but one of his matches as the No. 1 for the co-Division I champion Whitman High School boys team. His name, however, won’t appear anywhere on the singles draw for the upcoming Montgomery County Region II tournament set to begin Friday. Instead, it’ll be in the doubles

draw, alongside the Bethesda school’s No. 2 singles player, Andrew Leung. Though the two haven’t been competing together, coach Jasen Gohn said they give the Vikings their best chance of reaching the region championship, and thus qualifying for one of the two doubles spots in the Maryland tournament. For Welch, that feat might be more difﬁcult to accomplish in the singles draw where the region’s top players — such as Poolesville’s Dennis Wang — may be standing in his way. Coaches are allowed to register a maximum of one singles player, two doubles teams and two mixed doubles teams for the regional tour-

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Continued from Page B-1 “Football is America’s sport, there are no two ways about that, and America is comprised of men and women,” Rapoport said. “I think the attitude is changing among moms and dads, too. Girls have proven they can play extremely competitively.” Despite close proximity to the Prince George’s County-based D.C. Divas, arguably one of the best women’s professional tackle football teams in the world, girls flag football does not yet seem to have caught on in Montgomery County — though several youth programs such as the Bethesdabased KOA Sports and the Olney Boys and Girls Club do offer opportunities. But 2003 Gaithersburg High graduate and Divas offensive linewoman Lauren Chesley said efforts such as Spiezio’s are what it will take to change the tide. “If I knew there was an opportunity to play when I was in high school, I definitely would’ve pursued it,” Chesley said. “Girls have an interest in football and I think more would have an interest if they knew it was available. ...Football is all about teamwork, family and trust. I play on the offensive line and you literally have to go put your body in the way of someone else to protect your teammates. You learn what each other is made of. It’s a bond I’d never experienced.” Spiezio said she first contacted USA Football in February and was provided with the materials needed — a curriculum, various drills, flags and footballs — to start her program. She said she is working with Takoma Park physical education teacher Brian Baker and hopes to have the program up and running by June. Spiezio said the

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Continued from Page B-1 compete in athletic competition for one year. DeMatha Catholic Athletic Director Ed King said that the league is currently revamping its bylaws, and the transfer rule could change. “We’ve had talks about that, you know, if you transfer how long do you have to sit out, how long do you have to wait,” Sparks said. “I know my colleagues in other states have some of those rules.” Sparks said that they have to be careful in setting any rules. Now, a student can claim he wants to learn Latin and switch schools.

program is estimated to run for five weeks, meeting twice a week for an hour. The goal is to have 30 participants the first session but to hopefully expand the program to other middle schools in the area if it is successful, she said. Flag football is used as an introduction to the sport for boys before they transition to tackle. There should be a similar pathway to the highest level of football for girls as well, Rapoport said, whether it’s flag or tackle — are opportunities to represent the United States internationally in both. The pursuit of college scholarships has become an important aspect in youth sports and the lack of opportunities in women’s football is certainly an obstacle, Rapoport said. But she added that the natural evolution with so many high schools adopting the sport would be for the NCAA to recognize it. In 2007 while working at the NFL, Rapoport launched the NFL Girls Flag Football Leadership program in which female athletes were given the means to present the idea of implementing flag football as a varsity sport to their high school athletic directors. Montgomery County Public Schools Athletics Specialist Jeff Sullivan said he has not received any requests for girls varsity flag football but if Spiezio’s program goes as planned, he might in the next few years. “I think there is this stereotype of football being just a male sport,” Spiezio said. “Flag is not as physical. Girls don’t think about that, they just see football. I think it would be cool if it spread to high school [in this area]. If we had flag football [at Blair] I would be doing it now.” jbeekman@gazette.net How can the state know what’s truly in his heart? “What’s the motivation? It’s never to play sports, but it is,” Sparks said. “How do you separate the kid who is really sincere from the person who is just doing that to get their way into the school because they want to play for this coach?” A mandatory waiting period might be the answer. If a kid is willing to miss half a season or more, that should discourage some of these transfers. ksain@gazette.net Listen to my interview with Ned Sparks at Gazette.net.

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(The girls tournaments were completed in the fall.) That made for some tough choices prior to Monday’s deadline for submission. Put your top player in the singles draw, even if he’s a long shot to make the finals? Break up the doubles duo that guided the team to a division championship? Whitman, effectively, forfeited singles to get a better shot in doubles, but different circumstances lead to different decisions. “It just depends on who you have and what the strengths of the team is,” said Wootton coach Nia Cresham, whose Patriots are sending two doubles teams. Wang, a Yale recruit, is the favorite among the five-person singles draw, while Poolesville’s top doubles team in the regular season — Nick Kibbey and Archis Sathe — is also competing. Falcons coach Holly Dacek said that Division I teams — the Falcons won Division III — are less likely to keep their doubles intact for the region tournament. B-CC put its No. 1, Conor Smyth, in the singles draw while combining its No. 2 and No. 3 singles players — seniors Luke Blackman and Eric Dubrow. “[They’re] weathered, experienced players,” Barons coach Christopher Hoey said. “... These two guys have been in a lot of battles. I just thought they’d be a good fit.” Churchill — Division I co-champion along with Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase — registered freshman William Karpinski for singles and will also have two doubles teams. One of them consists of its No. 2 and No. 3 singles players (Elliot Thaker and Michael Chen) while the other — Mark Dager and Jared Spiegel — was its No. 1 doubles team in the regular season. Welchisappearinginhissecondregiontournament.Last season, after going undefeated as a No. 3 singles player, he ended up joining his sister, Nicole Welch, in mixed doubles. In the future, Welch said he might consider going out for singles, but for now he’s got his sights set on winning the region with Leung and then making a run in the state tournament. “We’re definitely one of the strongest teams going into that, and if we really make the transition and play well together, then I think it should be pretty good,” Welch said.

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Continued from Page B-1 ness, but also in its unique format and purpose. The event kicked off at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday to accommodate the Friday night proms of a number of participating schools and Saturday morning SAT testing. The events were much like a standard meet, although there was no limit placed on relay entries, in the interest of allowing everyone to participate. And by everyone, they mean everyone. A separate portion of events — a 100 meters, 1,600 meters and long jump — were run for all interested middle school and elementary school athletes from around the county in an effort to further youth involvement in the sport. Monroe and Northwood coach Darryl Spruill, both involved in

youth track clubs, had been touting the event for a number of weeks, hoping for a large turnout. Monroe admitted beforehand that he was more interested in the youth turnout, than that of the high school athletes. “The beauty of track is there’s something for everybody,” Monroe said. “So these kids will be able to see at this track meet, ‘Hey, I don’t have to be the fastest kid in the world to do track. All I have to do is have an interest.’” In an area where sheer numbers have sometimes come at a premium, a spike in youth interest may be just the thing that could bolster some of the consortium’s programs, Da Silva said. “In terms of team, it’s really hard,” the Einstein coach said. “We deal with a lot of issues that, in terms of socioeconomics and in terms of academic performance, they

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don’t deal with upcounty. It’s a different kind of thing and different expectations — even how to be an athlete and a member of a team and what it means to compete. It’s just different. When you learn it at a young age it makes a big difference from when you try to learn it at 14, 15, 16 [years old].” In the days leading up to the inaugural meet, the coaches remained excited for the prospect of putting together an ultra-competitive competition that, in many cases, featured athletes who had grown up competing with each other. Saturday, they expected, would mean more than just a medal. Bragging rights would be at stake. “I think there’s deﬁnitely going to be some [interregional] bragging rights there,” Ellingson said. “A lot of the kids from the schools know each other because they went

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to middle school with each other. So I think there’s going to be a lot of bragging rights on the line, which I think is going to make it a fun meet and intense and I think it will get all our kids ready for the rest of championship season.” When all was said and done, it was Da Silva’s Einstein girls who scored a narrow, ﬁve-point victory over Blair. On the boys side, Blair took home the team trophy, edging out Einstein, 136.5-127. In the youth competition, Kevin Monroe (13.1) and Phoebe Whaling (15.7 sec) won the middle school boys and girls 100-meter dash, respectively. Whaling, of Parkland Middle School, had the top girls 1,600-meter time of 7:04.1. In the ﬁeld events Monroe, of Rocky Hill Middle School, won the boys long jump with a mark of 13 feet. agutekunst@gazette.net

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In his 15th year on the coaching staff at Richard Montgomery High School, track and field coach Davy Rogers has seen more than his share of talented athletes come through the Rockville program he was a member of in the late 1990s. But for all the sprinters and hurdlers and throwers that have passed through, no collection has rivaled that of his boys teams from 2006-07, he said. “They were a different breed,” Rogers said of those teams, noting the handful of state champions littered throughout those lineups. Few teams before those and few teams after have come close to equaling the success of those teams. But as Rogers sat on the bleachers Friday afternoon, a smile broke over his face while his division champion boys group tuned up for their final invitational of the regular season the next day. “[The 06-07 teams] won multiple state championships, and they had a little bit more talent than these guys,” Rogers said, pointing to the team stretching their way down the track’s front stretch Friday. “But these guys have brought their talent out just from how hard they’re working at practice. Comparatively, talent-wise, they’re a little bit off. But work ethicwise, they’ve got what that 2006-07 team had for sure.” That work ethic, paired with a balance most coaches would envy, has the Rockets poised to make some noise this championship season, after a 5-0 dual meet record gave Rogers and company their second division title in the last four years. As of Friday, the RM boys had posted top 10 scores in the county in the following events: 100-meter (automatic timing), 200-meter (automatic timing), 800-meter, 1,600-meter, 3,200-meter, 400-meter relay, 800-meter relay, 1,600-meter relay, 3,200-meter relay, 4,000-meter distance medley relay, 110-meter shuttle hurdle relay and long jump, according to MoCoRunning.com. This success didn’t just happen, as the Rockets athletes pointed out. It’s taken a driven group of seniors, an extraordinary amount of planning and a rare level of flexibility from the athletes to get to where Richard Montgomery sits now — poised for a postseason to remember. “When we came out for our time trials, we just noticed how much depth we had and how we could fill up so many events,” senior Emman-

second. “The boys have been really excited,” Harrison said. “We’ve seen a change — a turning around of the program. ... They’ve been working really hard together. They have great chemistry, and they’re really excited. There’s been a lot of hard work and dedication that’s gone into it.” Springbrook has not captured a girls division title since 2002, Harrison’s senior year at the Silver Spring school. But, as the coach pointed out, the excitement is not exclusive to the boys — it has swept the entire program. “They’re really excited,” Harrison said of her girls. “We’re obviously disappointed we didn’t win the division. We were close. But the ladies worked just as hard. Hopefully in the future, we can get that division.”

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Richard Montgomery High School’s Alex Fehlinger practices coming off the blocks Friday at the Rockville school. uel Porquin said. “It was somewhat of a surprise.” After bringing out a handful of football and basketball players, as well as athletes who had never before participated in track and ﬁeld, Rogers and his coaching staff sat down and came to a similar realization. If some of the athletes were willing to shift around their responsibilities on the team, the Rockets had the makings of a special team. And that, Rogers said, is exactly what’s made this group so successful. “That’s what this team is so good about,” Rogers said. “I can tell a kid who’s never done the hurdles, ‘Hey, you’ve got a lot of talent, you’re athletic, let’s try the hurdles.’ And they’ll say, ‘All right, coach. What do you need me to do?’ And that’s why this team has become so good. We don’t have complainers on the team. We don’t have kids whining. We tell them what to do. They say let’s do it, and they do it. That’s always a coach’s dream.” Take senior Alex Fehlinger, for example. Last season, Fehlinger admittedly was focused more on his in-

dividual short distance events, where he qualiﬁed for the 100 meters at the state level. But when his senior season rolled around, the Rockets senior sensed a focus shift could better serve the team, which he felt had a chance to make some real noise. “This year, since we have so much depth, we realized we could be good at the relays and score a lot of points there,” Fehlinger said. “So I’ve just focused more on that.” Now, Fehlinger has become an integral part of the Rockets’ relays, which have served as one of their strong suits all season long. And the success those teams have experienced is thanks in large part, Rogers said, to the work ethic and mentality that this year’s group has so successfully adopted. “They run more for each other than they do for themselves, and I really think that’s what makes them a great team,” Rogers said. “They care more about what they do as a team, as opposed to what they do as an individual.” agutekunst@gazette.net

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The 4A West Region is up for grabs, as about half of its teams having a shot at reaching the state semifinals. Defending champion Whitman remains a favorite thanks to the return of star midfielder Maddie Parker, who missed part of the season recovering from minor neck surgery. But the Vikings have a tough draw in Section I, that includes Walter Johnson, BethesdaChevy Chase and Churchill. Gaithersburg (10-1 as of Sunday), which won its first division title in school history, earned a firstround bye in Section II and plays the winner of Northwest/Clarksburg. Quince Orchard and Wootton — led by sister coaches Jennifer Mohr and Shannon Holiday, respectively — could have a playoff rematch in the second round if the

When Springbrook High School coach Rebekah Harrison returned to her alma mater a few years ago, she and assistant coach Bryan Steele had a clear vision: They wanted to return the Blue Devils track and field program to its former glory. Last week, Harrison and company took a step in the right direction, as the boys (5-0 in dual meets) captured their first division title since 2007, and the girls finished

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

The Sherwood High School girls lacrosse team’s quest for a third straight region title begins Friday, and coach Kelly Hughes said the road to the state semiﬁnals is much like it was a year ago.

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The Warriors (11-1) earned a first-round bye in the Class 4A North Region and are coming off one of their strongest performances of the season. But it wasn’t one of their 11 wins, but rather a 21-12 loss against Good Counsel, that gives Hughes hope heading into the playoffs. The Sandy Spring school outscored the Olney powerhouse 8-7 in the second half. The Warriors won’t play any team near Good Counsel’s talent level until the region title game — potentially another playoff showdown with Howard — but the Warriors will have to first get out of their section, which includes Blair, Blake and Springbrook. “After watching my girls play Good Counsel the other day, I think I’m more confident than I was,” Hughes said.

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Quince Orchard’s Colton Christensen has his shot blocked by Churchill goalie Markus Hurd during Thursday’s boys soccer game. Churchill won, 14-10. Patriots can get by Magruder. Poolesville and Damascus received ﬁrst-round byes in the 3A West. If they can get by their second-round opponents, they’d meet in the Section II ﬁnals for a playoff rematch. The Swarmin’ Hornets won last year’s matchup, 11-10, in a triple-overtime thriller.

Damascus defense dominating Last year, the Damascus High School boys lacrosse team was an overtime game away from reaching the state semifinals for the first time since 2001, as it fell to Urbana, 1312, in the 3A/2A West Region finals. The Swarmin’ Hornets lost half their starters from that team but remain in position to make another deep playoff run thanks to a strong defensive unit anchored by junior Joey Salisbury and the emergence of faceoff specialist Isaac Avon. Damascus and Poolesville both received first-round byes and are favorites in their section and would meet in the region semifinals if they won their second-round matchups.

“As long as we can play together, I think we got a real good shot at going far,” Damascus coach Chris Thompson said.

Boys contenders Churchill (13-1) is the 4A West favorite after going undefeated against county public school opponents in the regular season. The Bulldogs and their powerhouse offense — led by senior Louis Dubick, the state’s all-time leader in points — are likely to run into Whitman in the region semifinals. Quince Orchard and defending region champion Wootton are the Section II favorites and are likely to meet in the third round for the right to play the Section I winner. Blake and Springbrook each received first-round byes. In the 4A North, the Section II favorite is Sherwood. The Warriors are coming off a 6-5 loss to Good Counsel and have won five of their last seven, including a 12-11 victory over Wootton.

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With a new coach, a new cast of runners and a new season ahead of her, Magruder High School sophomore Stephanie Davis knew her role on the Colonels would definitely increase, but maybe not in the way that it ultimately did. With first-year coach Rich Bosnic still learning his team, Davis stepped in to help accelerate the acclimation process, serving as a teacher figure to her teammates early in the season. “It just came naturally to me,” Davis said. “... It just came along naturally when outdoor season started. I just automatically started teaching them how to do stuff again.” Now, with championship season approaching, Davis and the Colonels seem to have overcome the newness that may have slowed them down earlier this year. “We got a sprint coach and he’s really helping us get stronger,” Davis said. “It’s back to normal like it was last year.”

Walter Johnson coach experiments in ﬁnal invitational Walter Johnson High School coach Tom Martin has a bevy of distance talent in his girls program — there’s not much disputing that. He has Kiernan Keller, Emily Murphy and Abby Green — to name a few — all of whom have posted top 10 times in the county in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter this season. But at Saturday’s 29th annual Katie Jenkins Invitational at Sherwood, Martin, like many other coaches, used the last big meet of the regular season to test out his athletes. “I think [Kiernan Keller] needed another rep at 800 meters,” Martin said. “I’m running Emily Murphy in the 1,600-meter. She’s been concentrating on the 3,200-meter mostly, and I want to see what she’s going to be able to do

in that. I wanted to give Abby Green one more shot at the 3,200-meter because she’s a freshman and she’s just learning tactics and things like that.” There have been occasions, Martin said, where a performance in such an invitational has changed his lineup entering championship season. “We get until tomorrow [Sunday] to make those decisions,” Martin said. “Sure, things can change.”

Trio of discus throwers fuel Clarksburg’s field events Most coaches would be happy with one solid competitor in a field event — or any event for that matter. But Clarksburg High School assistant Deb Waxman, the Coyotes’ longtime throws coach, has three competitors lighting up the county leaderboard this season. As of Saturday, Clarksburg’s Abraham Kinguelewa (141-04), Zack Fiscus (129-02) and Joe Opiekun (124-11) had all posted top 10 throws in the county. “They’re very competitive,” Waxman said. “They’re very supportive of one another. They’re constantly pushing each other to throw it a little further. They critique each other’s throws in a positive manner.” Fiscus, a junior, and Kinguelewa, a senior, were throwers from the time they came to Clarksburg, Waxman said. Opiekun, after going back and forth between football and track, decided to follow in his sister’s footsteps and become a thrower. Each one, Waxman said, has increased their throws by around 10 feet each season under her tutelage, thanks also in part to their competitive fire. “Their eyes are a little quicker than mine at this point, and they tell each other what they need to improve on,” Waxman said. “They’re extremely supportive of one another.”

Richard Montgomery coach plays strategy game If anyone understands how to properly navigate the slew of commitments that come with championship season rapidly approaching, one of those people is likely Richard Montgomery High School coach Davy Rogers. The longtime Rockets coach has been on the staff at the Rockville school since 2001 and was quick to point out how Saturday’s Katie Jenkins Invitational at Sherwood — just four days removed from Wednesday’s county championship — might play out differently than other regular season meets. “You’re getting to that point in the season where you’re kind of tuning up and ﬁne tuning everything, so you’ll probably see a lot of guys that are milers running the 400-meter or the 200-meter who will work on speed work today,” Rogers said before the event. Rogers did not run any of his distance runners in individual events at the meet but instead opted to place them in the 2x800-meter relay to work on speed. “You’re not going to see a lot of the kids who are going to be top contenders for the county championship run more than one event, if that,” Rogers said. “It’s a lot of more [junior varsity] kids getting a chance today.”

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Comedian Sheng Wang looks to bring big laughs to AMP by Strathmore on Friday.

I ask Hollywood legend Shirley MacLaine if our interview can be recorded for accuracy’s sake. She laughs after giving the go-ahead. “With the NSA in the world, why should I be concerned?” Much — much — has been written about MacLaine’s outspoken views and beliefs on everything from women’s rights to reincarnation, making the prospect of an impromptu interview more than a bit daunting. Not to mention her storied professional career, which clocks in at more than 50 motion pictures — many of them, like “The Apartment” and “Terms of Endearment” some of the bona ﬁde bests the industry ever committed to celluloid — an Academy Award win (and six nominations) and a laundry list of international best-selling tomes. Oh, and she was an honorary member of the Rat Pack, slinging barbs with the likes of Frank, Dean and Sammy, setting the stage for effortless cool before it was a thing. She doesn’t have to be kind or generous. The octogenarian, who celebrated her 81st birthday on April 24, is like a feisty grandmother who could buy you. But on the phone, MacLaine is those things, and also down to earth, graceful and witty. When the subject of popular favorite “Steel Magnolias” is breached, she considers its endurance. “A lot of people are telling me that these days,” she said. “I think maybe [it’s] because of the bereft notion of roles for women in Hollywood. They remember how good that was and wish some of that would come back.”

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AN EVENING WITH SHIRLEY MACLAINE n When: 8 p.m., Saturday n Where: Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda n Tickets: $35-$85 n More information: strathmore.org; 301-581-5100

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Comedian Sheng Wang will step up to the mic to deliver fresh stand-up comedy from a unique point of view on Friday at AMP by Strathmore. Wang, who hails from the San Francisco Bay area, has been in comedy for more than a decade, starting when he was in college. “There might have been a lot of signs of this happening to me,” Wang said of becoming a comedian. “I got involved in a little performing arts group — very supportive — that wanted to let anyone, but especially Asian-American kids, get on stage.” Wang, who was in college at the time, ﬁrst graced the stage at a talent show. “Another student had volunteered to do stand-up comedy, and I said, ‘That sounds cool, I’ll try that, too,’” Wang said. “I had very little idea of what stand-up comedy really was about.” Wang said the only impression he had of stand-up comedy at the time was actually based on very little. “It was largely based on the commercials I had seen for Def Comedy Jam and VHS videos of that show in the late ’90s,” Wang said.

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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available. MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate - Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, Omer Avital Quintet, May 7; Sheng Wang, May 8; Sunliner, May 9; WCP Summer Music Showcase, May 13; The Duhks, May 14; Tribute to “Sassy” Sarah Vaughan, May 15; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Radio King Orchestra, May 7; Luther Re-Lives, May 8; Shadows of the 60’s: A Tribute to the Four Tops, May 9; Mother’s Day Brunch with Wil Hart; May 10; Wil Hart, May 10; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Boxcar Lilies, May 16; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 6; The McDuffees, May 8; Bluebird Sky, May 9; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Of Mice & Men, May 6; Black Alley, May 8; Ciara, May 9; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Arts & The Mind: Taste & Know, May 7; BSO: Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano Concerto, May 7; An Evening of Armenian Music, May 8; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-5815100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “The Wonderful Wiz-

ard of Oz,” through May 25, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc. org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240-314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,” through May 17, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre. org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” May 7 through June 21; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301634-5380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394, r-m-t. org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27

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VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Motionless, I Stay and Go: I am a Pause,” through May 24, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art League, Juried Members’ Show varied media, through May 29; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Joseph Sheppard, through May 22; 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westﬁeld Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Stephanie Garmey, through May 24; Jowita Wyszomirska and David Brown, through May 24; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, “The Merry Month,” through May 23; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, May 15 through June 1; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-654-1998.

ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.

Musicians of The Washington Piano Society, Spring Concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, featuring works by Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff. Free, with no advance tickets required. Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. dcpianosociety.org, 301-793-1863.

Hometowne Barbershop Chorus and the Village Jazz Band, present an evening of close

harmony singing and rousing Dixieland jazz in a musical play about a young soldier getting out of the Vietnam War era Army and trying to get to Broadway via New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville. $20, children 10 and under free, $15 in advance from Amalsun, 301-431-0484 or dramalsun@yahoo.com.

The Bach Sinfonia presents “Bach in the Middle: The Cöthen Concertos,” 8 p.m. Saturday

at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Tickets are $15$35. bachsinfonia.org, 301-362-6525.

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Take a multi-racial stroll down the Yellow Brick Road

Show features diversity while staying true to the source material

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No one needs to be sold on the merits of “The Wizard of Oz.” Between Frank L. Baum’s original novel, the 1939 movie and the musical, the story of Dorothy’s journey back to Kansas can ofﬁcially be labeled as timeless. Of course, there is never an excuse to pass up the opportunity to relive that magic or introduce a new generation to the classic tale. Anyone looking for such an experience is in luck, because the Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center (ATMTC) in Glen Echo is in the middle of its run of “The Wizard of Oz.” “Every time I come back to ATMTC, I feel like we try to create magic, and Oz is at its core, magical,” said director Roberta Gasbarre in a press release. ““I cannot wait to take this journey with the audience, and they should be prepared for an amazing ride.” This trip to Oz is overﬂowing with the best talent the Washington, D.C., theater scene has to offer. Gasbarre was nominated for two Helen Hayes awards — D.C.’s top honors for theater — for ATMTC productions of “The Red Balloon” and “Goodnight Moon,” while Paige Hernandez (who plays Dorothy) also has a couple Helen Hayes nominations under her belt. Jacqueline Lawton, the musical’s playwright, has some serious awards clout as well. She received a Theatre Communication Group’s Young Leaders of Color honor in 2012 and was named one of the top 30 national leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute. In addition to her theater credentials, Lawton has always had a special place in her heart for “The Wizard of Oz.” Like Dorothy, she grew up on a farm and connects with the girl’s sense of imagination. Lawton understood that adapting such an iconic story would be a daunting task. Even with the help of Gasbarre, who Lawton said “knows

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magic and theatricality like her right hand,” it was still a tall older to make this version stand on its own. “It’s a beast of a story,” Lawton said. “It’s one we knew people would come to with huge expectations. We had to honor the novel.” Lawton admitted that the source material didn’t lend itself well to theatricality. She originally turned all 24 chapters of Baum’s novel into scenes before cutting it down and making it her own. “It was all about enhancing the theatricality and storytelling,” she said. “We wanted people to learn something about the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion they didn’t know before.” In the case of the Wicked Witch, Lawton went to the 1939 movie for inspiration. She mentioned watching an interview with Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch from Victor Fleming’s ﬁlm, where she

discussed how much the character enjoyed being evil. “You can’t help but fall in love with her because of how much fun she’s having terrorizing everyone,” Lawton said. She was particularly excited about the play’s use of hand puppets for the munchkins, flying monkeys and Toto. Lawton described the munchkins as “racially diverse,” which she said was definitely not an accident. “The Wizard of Oz” is traditionally a very white story, and it’s African-American counterpart, “The Wiz,” is also pretty one-dimensional in its depiction of race. ATMTC’s production not only has a mixed actress front and center as Dorothy, but also features actors of many different colors. “We’re very intentional with our diversity,” Lawton said. “We know the audience comes from all kinds of backgrounds. We want to make sure that the people on stage reflect their lives.” Turning the story into a mirror is a noble goal, but it’s part of the reason Lawton hopes audiences will enjoy this particular stroll down the Yellow Brick Road. “It’s a familiar story that’s made made relevant in a beautiful way,” Lawton said. “You’ll walk away with a renewed sense of why you loved it so much to begin with.”

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Continued from Page B-4 On Saturday, she brings some of that back, and more, to the Music Center at Strathmore during “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine.” A&E: Well, to start out with, I wanted to wish you a belated happy birthday. MacLaine: (Laughter) Thank you. A&E: Did you celebrate? MacLaine: Oh, I had a great time. A&E: I read you were named after Shirley Temple. I guess she was 6 years old the year you were born. MacLaine: Yeah, that’s right. How could I have been in the business any other way? (laughter) A&E: Did you ever meet Temple or work with her? MacLaine: Never met her. She was a Republican. Mmm-mm. A&E: Speaking of classic Hollywood, I read that one of your passion projects would be a biopic of silent film star Louise Brooks. MacLaine: Oh! God, I would love do to that. You know, when Kenneth Tynan found her, she was in her 70s. He found her in upstate New York. And he had been a fan of her all his life. And the movie would have been about the relationship between Louise Brooks and Kenneth Tynan — the great English journalist. A&E: What is it about her story, in particular, that engaged you, and is it something you still hope to work on? MacLaine: Yes, I think I would like to, but we need to get somebody to play young Louise. She was just so much of a renegade, actually. And you know the old saying, “You never quit Hollywood until you find God?” (laughter) Nobody could understand what it was that Louise had found that she quit. A&E: You’re bringing your show, “An Evening with Shirley MacLaine” to our Music Center at Strathmore. Can you tell me how that production took shape? What was its genesis? MacLaine: Well, I tell you, I have a compendium of wonderful stuff from my movies, my travels, my books, my lovers, my family, the Rat Pack, my stage work — it’s a really pretty good film thing, about 45 minutes. And then I come on and answer any questions that anybody’s got. And that usually lasts a while. A&E: What do you look forward to the most? What’s the dynamic like with the audience?

MacLaine: Oh, I love it. Because I love to know what people are thinking. I love to know where they are in their own lives. And I have to tell you something, my experience with doing these shows — they don’t ask me at the end of the [film] … about the Rat Pack, or Dean and Frank. They ask me about my books. A&E: To tell you the truth, both questions are on my list. I’m a huge fan of the old crooners, specifically Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I could listen to the live recordings of Dean Martin on a loop in my car. He had such brilliant comic timing. MacLaine: Absolutely. A&E: You were another member of the Pack, itself. What was it like being around them? Were they as much fun to be around as one imagines them to be? MacLaine: You know, absolutely. The … How should I say? It was the spontaneity. Nobody cared in our group what anyone else thought of them. If they were mad they expressed it. If they were funny, they expressed it. It was a real education for me in spontaneity. And that, by the way, was the way they were on the set. The way they were on the stage. And the audience loved seeing the imperfection of those guys. Because a lot of times they put their foot right in it — and they would deal with it. And that’s what everybody loved. The fact that nothing was planned. And that’s what I adored. I don’t like stuff that’s planned. I don’t wanna know what’s going to happen on stage when I go out there. I don’t wanna know. A&E: We mentioned your books — you’re a prolific author. Does writing come easy to you? MacLaine: Um, yeah — if I’m in the mood. And I usually stay in the mood for about six weeks. And I write for six hours a day, six weeks, and that’s when I deal with my back pain — a little bit later. (laughter) I write by hand. And I just write what I’m thinking. I’m not really a ... what do you call it if you’re not a writer but you’re a — a translator of your thoughts. I think that’s what I do. A&E: Are you working on anything right now? MacLaine: Yeah, but I don’t want to talk about it yet. A&E: You have a film coming out, “Wild Oats” with Jessica Lange. MacLaine: Probably next fall ... It’s Jessica, me and Demi [Moore]. A&E: What drew you to that film? MacLaine: Oh, I’ve been working

on it for years and years, and frankly I finally I just said, “Ok, nevermind, let’s just do it.” A&E: You’ve become a fan-favorite on “Downton Abbey.” MacLaine: Mmm. A&E: Do you expect a return to that show? MacLaine: One never knows what Julian Fellowes is gonna do, to tell you the truth. I don’t know. But I loved doing it. And I just loved the perfection of everything. The scripts, the wardrobe, the sets, the timing, the attitude... A&E: That show helped to usher in the era of binge-watching. Are you a television watcher yourself? MacLaine: You know, I watch the news. … I got really interested in the “Empire.” I really got interested in that. And, I don’t know — I have to try this binge watching. I don’t have that much time. How come so many people are doing it? Are they just out of work? A&E: I did want to touch on a fascination of mine that it sounds like you share: UFOs. How did that start for you? Have you ever had an encounter? MacLaine: Ok, you know —when I was 10 years old … I’ve been a mystic all my life, I think. The first presents for Christmas I asked for were a telescope and a cross. I sort of knew there were people out there, and I also knew there was a God out there. And I wanted to know about both. And that’s been since I was 10 years old. Yes, I saw many UFOs in Peru, whenever I would visit Peru and go up to 8,000 feet. And I’ve seen them all over New Mexico, too. A&E: I think it’s very interesting that you mentioned a belief in a God and alien life, because it seems to me that a lot of people think that if you believe in one you can’t believe in the other. MacLaine: No, that’s not true. Do you remember Monsignor Balducci? [He] served about five popes in the Catholic church. He came out with an announcement on behalf of the popes — “Welcome to our brothers and sisters in space, under God.” And nobody picked it up! ... Look it up some time. I think you’d be astounded. A&E: Your first film was “The Trouble With Harry.” Do you have memories of that shoot and of Hitchcock? MacLaine: Of course I do. I was his eating partner, since I was not the tall, thin, ethereal blonde who had mystery… whatever I was to

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 s him, he wanted me to eat every meal with him. I gained 25 pounds on that movie. And I adored him. I didn’t find him cruel. I didn’t find him any of that. I found him cryptically sarcastic, but a lot of people with his kind of background were like that. A&E: I read a quote of yours that made me smile. Regarding Audrey Hepburn, you said, “She taught me how to dress and I taught her how to curse.” And I guess my question is: Who was the better student? MacLaine: (laughter) I was the best teacher, cuz she didn’t teach me a thing about dressing! Oh, I adored her. A&E: Looking back over your career, it’s hard to find an area that you have not dabbled in or perfected. But the big news this week in entertainment is the opening of the “Avengers” film. The superhero craze is attracting a lot of high-caliber talent, when in years before it never did. Is that something you would ever consider, or is that just not your thing? MacLaine: I don’t know. If she was metaphysically inclined or had some version of God, or had something that was kind of reminiscent of my books, yeah. But otherwise, it’s just serving the corporate mind that knows that these branded pictures make so much money. You would have to say something that I either agree with or am interested in. A&E: To that end, what are the big issues that you find yourself paying attention to? MacLaine: Women’s roles in our society. Not only in leadership, but also in equal thinking, equal points of view. I think poverty is a disgrace. I think we should be more socialized. If you’re going to socialize medicine… if you’re going to have that kind of medical stuff, make it totally socialistic like they did in Canada and England and Sweden and elsewhere. It’s kind of an equalization of being alive. That’s what I’m interested in. A&E: Is there anything else you would like to tell fans who are coming out to the show? MacLaine: Just come with lots of questions on your mind and I’ll do my best to answer them. Because that’s what they call me — the questioner. A&E: That’s a great superhero name, by the way. MacLaine: (laughter) Ok. noravec@gazette.net

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Continued from Page B-4 His college foray would be the start of a promising career in comedy that would lead Wang to a half-hour Comedy Central special in 2011 and a 2014 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, among others. “I found it to be a complete thrill to just get on stage, talk to an audience and connect to a bunch of strangers,” Wang said. Wang explains that his comedy is universal and not mean-spirited. “Typically, I try to do comedy that is just personal observations, usually based on personal experiences and things that are very common to everybody,” he said. “I try to take a weird or unique view on things and situate it in a way that’s familiar to everybody.” His unique take also won him the top honor at NBC Universal’s seventh-annual “Stand-Up for Diversity” comedy search in 2011, aimed at promoting minority comedians. “I think it is important to have some Asian representation in stand-up comedy and mainstream American culture,” Wang said. “However, my approach to it is to just be a great comedian who represents AsianAmericans well.” Wang is also trying to diversify his skills and learn more about the art of writing for television. “That’s something that I’ve always thought about but never really pursued,” Wang said. “Ultimately, I would like to create something that would be based on the personal experiences that I draw from for my stand-up comedy.” Wang said he’s excited to perform in Maryland, which will be just one show of a promising year ﬁlled with a great deal of travel and personal growth. “I know that it’s a long journey, and it’s only fulﬁlling when I feel like I’m growing constantly, every year, and I feel like this has been one of those years so far,” Wang said. “I think it will be a really great show. It will be a fun time. I’ll be Asian and doing comedy coming from a unique place that’s still relatable,” Wang said with a laugh.

SHENG WANG n When: 7:30 p.m. Friday n Where: AMP by Strathmore, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda n Tickets: $25-$30 n More information: ampbystrathmore. com; 301-581-5100

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19,390

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