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Charges involved 15 students at Silver Spring schools

and May 26, respectively. The Gazette generally does not identify by name the victims of sex offenses. Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Joseph M. Quirk accepted BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE the guilty pleas in the case involvSTAFF WRITER ing 14 girls and scheduled Joynes A former Montgomery for sentencing on Aug. 28. In the case of the middle County music teacher who used school student, Circuit Court photos and videos of 14 girls at New Hampshire Estates El- Judge Gary E. Bair accepted the plea and scheduled ementary School in Joynes to be sentenced Silver Spring to fuel on Sept. 1. his sexual fantasies Maximum senpleaded guilty to 14 tences in both cases counts of sex abuse of total a combined 113 a minor on Monday. years. Lawrence Wes“The objective is to ley Joynes, 56, also make sure he remains pleaded guilty Monbehind bars,” county day in a second case to Joynes State’s Attorney John a charge encompassing multiple acts of child abuse, McCarthy told reporters in a including second degree rape, press conference following the involving one student who at- hearing. “He’ll be unable to have tended Eastern Middle School in contact with children because he’ll be behind bars — probably Silver Spring in the early 1990s. The pleas mean that Joynes, for the rest of his life.” A former resident of who is in the county jail in Boyds, will not go to trial as scheduled See TEACHER, Page A-10 for the two cases on Monday

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Kevin Zhang (left) and James Liao (center), seniors at Blair High School, have created multiple mobile applications. With Zhang’s brother, Albert (right), a freshman at Richard Montgomery High, the group created a game titled “Angry Pat,” about a virtual pet you try not to make happy.

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ike many high school students, Kevin Zhang enjoys playing hightech games. This senior in the science, mathematics and computer science magnet program at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring is also trying his hand at designing some, particularly mobile

apps. In 2012, Zhang and his brother, Albert, a freshman at Richard Montgomery High, released their ﬁrst app, called Orb Juggle. The fairly simple game involves attempting to keep orbs bouncing as long as possible without letting them fall. They founded a business called Innoga, with Kevin as CEO and Albert as chief creative ofﬁcer. James Liao, also a senior in the Blair magnet program, is the

head coder. Other students help with coding and designing, giving Zhang managerial experience as well. “We make decisions with our games democratically, by vote,” he said. “I del-

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Silver Spring road closing raises concerns Planner say Musgrove Road project at U.S. 29 could save money

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State highway planners should consider residents’

concerns over closing Musgrove Road for a potential multimillion-dollar interchange in northern Silver Spring, the Montgomery County Planning Board recommended. If the state closes the Musgrove crossing at U.S. 29, or Columbia Pike, planners should look at doing a smaller

interchange at Fairland Road, commissioners said during Thursday’s board meeting. They also want to see the state present more alternatives to residents. Dan Wilhelm, a nearby resident who regularly drives on Musgrove, told the board that he and “a lot of people”

use Musgrove, and he wanted to see it remain open. “The ﬁrst thing that I think needs to be done is to convince us that this interchange is needed at all,” Wilhelm said. If the interchange is done, trafﬁc likely will move to roads

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Takoma Park eyes lower tax rate hike Budget would raise level by 1.5 cents, ﬁrst increase since 2002 n

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The Takoma Park City Council on Monday preliminarily approved a ﬁscal 2016 budget that raises the tax rate slightly lower than the 2-cent hike proposed by City Manager Suzanne Ludlow. The council agreed by a 6-1 ﬁrst-reading vote to raise the tax rate to 58.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation from 57 cents,

which would be the city’s ﬁrst rate increase since 2002. A ﬁnal vote is slated for Monday. Mayor Bruce Williams noted that there had been detailed discussions on the budget in recent weeks, and council members did not debate the matter Monday. Councilman Tim Male cast the lone vote opposing the budget and new tax rate. At a meeting in late April, Male said the city has generally ended up with more money in the general fund than expected, and the city has “amazing reserve funds

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KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

The Montgomery County Council will decide Wednesday if it will continue reducing the energy tax.

coal, fuel oil, or liqueﬁed petroleum gas,” according to county budget documents. The tax is based on how much energy is supplied and is paid by the supplier, who generally passes it on to customers. Montgomery hiked the energy tax in ﬁscal year 2010 to generate about an extra $110 million in revenue and close budget gaps during the recession. County Executive Isiah Leggett had

proposed doubling the energy tax rates, which would have raised an additional $133 million in revenue. The council instead chose a lower rate that would raise about 85 percent of what Leggett had proposed, or about $110 million. The increase was to “sunset,” or revert back to the previous rate, at the end of ﬁscal year 2012. However, Leggett recommended not following through on the sunset. In-

stead, the council committed to gradually reducing the rate over several years. For ﬁscal year 2016, Leggett (D) has again recommended keeping the tax as it is — something he has done since his ﬁscal 2013 proposed budget. On Wednesday, the council will debate a proposal to cut the tax rate yet again, Council President George L.

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Two council committees could not reach consensus Thursday on a proposal to reduce the fuel-energy tax revenue. The proposal was to give up 10 percent of the revenue added through the tax in ﬁscal 2010. That 10 percent totals about $11.5 million. Montgomery County levies the fuel energy tax on “persons transmitting, distributing, manufacturing, producing or supplying electricity, gas, steam,

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 Family Zumba class, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 111 Geneva Ave., Silver Spring. For all ages. $10. cogicsports@yahoo.com.

“Are Charter Schools a More Costeffective Solution to Closing the Achievement Gap?”, 7 to 9 p.m., County Council

Ofﬁce Building, 5th-ﬂoor conference room, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville. With Jeanne Allen, founder, Center for Education Reform. Sponsored by Montgomery County Taxpayers League. Free. president@mctaxpayersleague.org.

Silver Spring Seniors — Where to Live?, 2 to 4 p.m., Silver Spring Civic Build-

ing, 1 Veterans Place. Sparkle program on alternatives in the area. With Heidi Garvis, senior housing and care consultant with Caring Considerations and Susan Smith of Housing Opportunities Commission. Free. RSVP to sparkle@silverspringvillage.org or 301-503-7401.

THURSDAY, MAY 14 Jeff Krulik: The Thirty Year Overnight Sensation, 7:30 p.m., Takoma Park Com-

munity Center, 7500 Maple Ave. Docs In Progress presents its filmmaker-inresidence Jeff Krulik showing clips from his works and discussing his career. Free. Emily Cohen, 301-891-7266 or arts@takomaparkmd.gov. Ian McFeron concert, 8 to 10 p.m., Fire Station 1, 8131 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. With Alisa Milner on fiddle, cello and harmony vocals. Free. 301-585-1370 or ianmcferonband@gmail.com. Second Thursday Dance, 7 to 10 p.m., Great Hall, Silver Spring Civic Center. Contras and squares, with live music. Instruction at 7 p.m. No experience necessary. Free for first-timers. $10 general admission, $8 for members of Folklore Society of Greater Washington and MeetUps; $5 for students or those with low or no income. 301-466-0183 or busygraham@gmail.com. New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble,

4801 Bethesda Ave, Bethesda. Robbins will discuss and sign her new controversial book “The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital.” 301-986-1761.

FRIDAY, MAY 15 Project Youth ArtReach exhibition, 6

to 9 p.m., 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville. The work of artists who teach inside jails, detention centers and juvenile facilities,

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10 a.m. to 3 p.m., White Oak Middle School, 12201 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Carnival rides, live music, food trucks, pony rides, moon bounces, farmers and orchards, crafts, gifts. To beneﬁt three charitable programs. Free; tickets required for rides and activities. 301-792-9448 or MoCoStrawberryFest@gmail.com.

as well as works by participants in their programs. Exhibition runs through June 1. tinyurl.com/l4ytzhk.

SATURDAY, MAY 16 Advance Funeral Planning Information Session, 2 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910

Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. With representatives from Eldercare Associates and Dignity Memorial Funeral Services. anne.seiler@montgomerycountymd.gov.

Burtonsville Day Celebration Family Reunion Interest Meeting, noon, Praisner

Community Center, 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. 301-317-6300 or hokeycaro@hotmail.com. Strut Your Mutt Bethesda Parade & Festival, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., downtown

Bethesda. Dog parade at 10:45 a.m., followed by owner/dog contests, exhibitors, doghouse auction, kid park with games. $30. www.strutyourmuttbethesda.org or 240-447-4068. A Walk for Water, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., John F. Kennedy High School, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring. The 5K walk sponsored by Amman Imman symbolizes the 35-mile trek children living in the Azawak region of Africa travel to bring water home to their families. Activities, food, live music from West Africa, traditional crafts and jewelry. 240-418-1143 or info@ammanimman.org. Bach Goes Berserk, 8 p.m., Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. With pianist and composer Haskell Small. Free, but suggested donation is $20. 301-320-2770 or info@washingtonconservatory.org.

5th Annual MoCo Strawberry Festival,

singers from the Encore Chorales of Asbury Methodist Village, Schweinhaut and Washington Conservatory of Music will perform. Music from “Showboat,” “Les Miserables,” and “Barnum” and a medley of Cole Porter favorites. Free. 301-2615747 or info@encorecreativity.org. F.L.M.G. concert, 3 to 9 p.m., Sligo Adventist School, 8300 Carroll Ave., Takoma Park. With King Streetz and others. Advance tickets $10 plus fee, meet and greet $20 plus fee. Cookout-style food and drink. tinyurl.com/ne3sgag.

MONDAY, MAY 18 Fearless Food Gardening Talk, 8 to

9:45 p.m., Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, 7977 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. The absolute basics a new gardener needs to consider. Free. laserblast@aol.com.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart’s Grace Heming lays down a bunt Sunday against Episcopal High School in the ISL championship game. Go to clicked.Gazette.net. SPORTS Region championships in track and field, baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis will be decided this week. Keep track of the high school playoffs daily at Gazette.net.

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Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton. Art therapist Roselynn Vanderpool will speak. For anyone with chronic pain. 301-231-0008 or www.painconnection.org.

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Music for Food beneﬁt concert, 2 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, 8011 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Free. Suggested donation of $25; $10 students and children. Proceeds beneﬁt Manna Food Center. facebook.com/MusicForFoodDC; musicforfoodboston.org; mannafood.org. From Bach to Zappa, 3 to 5 p.m., Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring. Atlantic Reed Consort will perform pieces by Bach, Glass, Fleck, Elgar and others. $20 general admission, $15 for students and senior citizens. A reception follows the concert. www.musicalartsinternational.org or 301-933-3715. Spring Concert, 3 to 4:15 p.m., Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. More than 130

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Healthy Eating Initiatives for Montgomery County Children, 6:45 to 9 p.m., Silver

Spring United Methodist Church, 8900 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. A discussion of food served to, prepared by and eaten by children in Montgomery County, including school gardens and culinary and food safety education. With Heather Bruskin, Montgomery County Food Council manager. 806-395-5593 or mocofoodcouncil@ gmail.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 Aging and Disability Services, 4 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Learn about services within Montgomery County. anne.seiler@ montgomerycountymd.gov.

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(From left) David Ma, Deyvi Solis, Victor Cordova, Pastor Kevin Counts and Jonathan Valencia play a pickup basketball game at the Wheaton-Claridge Local Park on Thursday.

Wheaton park eyed for facelift Basketball court slated to remain, playground equipment to be added

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The county plans to retain the basketball court, add playground equipment and make other improvements at Wheaton Claridge Local Park, planners said. The project is in the design phase and officials will soon be working on permitting, said Brian Lewandowski, a project manager and engineer for the county parks department. The department is under the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the bicounty agency that administers parks and planning in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. The start of construction will depend on funding but hopefully will be next year, Lewandowski said. “It is planned to be done in phases,” he said.

A community meeting updating the project was scheduled for Tuesday at the park’s activity building, 11901 Claridge Road in Wheaton. At the last community meeting in June, some residents said they wanted to see the basketball court kept in the park on Claridge Road near Veirs Mill Road and a mixture of new playground equipment. Most agreed the park needed an overhaul, with the previous playground equipment being removed due to rotting. There was some discussion about moving the basketball court to a local school, but that has not been worked out, Lewandowski said. Upgrades to the court’s surface and a fence to keep balls from rolling into a nearby stream are planned, said Ching-Fang Chen, a project manager and landscape architect with the department. Stormwater and landscape enhancements are a big part of the plan, she said. The 21-acre park contains a wooded stream valley within the Rock Creek watershed.

“We want to do more to protect the stream,” Chen said. Natural-themed playground equipment that could include pole slides around a tree and climbing facilities are planned near the activity building. Equipment for children 2 through 5 will be separated from that for ages 5 through 12, while being in the same general area. Some typical playground equipment is also planned. The natural-themed facilities should be unique pieces that “make a connection to the woods,” which is a key element of the park, Lewandowski said. A butterfly meadow is planned for open space near the parking lot, and the activity building will see improvements to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A bridge is planned to be converted into more of a deck overlooking the stream. There will also be new trails. Cost estimates were expected to be discussed Tuesday evening. kshay@gazette.net

Delta Alumnae Foundation gives awards

Groundbreaking is Monday on ﬁre station

The Montgomery County Delta Alumnae Foundation has awarded $1,500 to community programs that benefit local youths, low- and moderate-income families, and the elderly, the nonproﬁt foundation said in a press release. Organizations getting community grants are: • Conﬂict Resolution Center of Montgomery County, Md., for its Youth Restorative Justice Initiative to help eliminate bullying and violence • Montgomery County Television/Media for scholarships for camps and training programs, including its Agricultural Fair Video Camp and Backpack Journalism Summer Academy • Stepping Stones Shelter for services for homeless families • Our House for a program to keep young men out of trouble, for its Computer Enhancement Program and to help young men complete a GED education. Also, more than $16,000 in scholarships were awarded to 17 seniors at 12 Montgomery County schools: • Anthony C. Graves from Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda • Jamilah I. Silver, Morgan I. Offord and Melissa LaNoire from Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring • Niya J. Ford and Eliana Ramirez from Northwood High School in Silver Spring • Adeola A. Animasahun from Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville • Airel O. Blakey and Leila S. Habib from Blair High School in Silver Spring • Sisanmofe Dorsu from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School • Skylar F. Mitchell from Whitman High School in Bethesda • Nailah E. Fisher from Blake High School in Silver Spring • My’Kael S. Poole from Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville • Rachelle N. Sims from Magruder High School in Rockville • Dale A. Tassbihi and Kaylah G. Walton from from Northwest High School in Germantown • Mfonobong I. Ufot from Gaithersburg High School. The awards were given out April 26 at the Silver Spring Civic Building.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Glenmont Fire Station No. 18 will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at 12210 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. The station replaces the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department’s Station 18, which was built in 1953 and razed last year. County officials, including Executive Isiah Leggett and acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein, are expected to attend. Work on the new station, at the corner of Randolph Road, was postponed from late last year because of design delays, Charles Edwards, project manager with the county, said in February. It’s expected to open next summer, he said. An interim fire station opened there last year. The roughly 21,000-square-foot new station is designed to meet increased operational requirements and accommodate modern firefighting apparatus. Construction costs alone are about $8.4 million, with about $6 million more for planning, design, site improvements and other costs, according to Leggett’s fiscal 2016 capital budget.

Basic training completed Army Spc. Alexander S. Fontes graduated from basic combat training at Fort Benning, Ga. He is the son of Jacqueline Fontes of Silver Spring and the brother of Malika Fontes. He graduated from Einstein High School in Kensington and earned a bachelor’s degree from Towson University in 2014.

Don Bosco school will have new president Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, announced that the Rev. Michael Conway will take over as president of Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School and Corporate Work Study Program in Takoma Park, effective July 1. Conway will take over for the Rev. Steve Shafran, the founding president of the school, which opened in 2007,

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according to a diocese press release. Shafran will take a new position as provincial of the Eastern U.S.-Canada Province of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Since 2008, Conway has been president of St. Petersburg Catholic High School in St. Petersburg, Fla. He has taught at Salesian schools around the country, the press release says.

Bike to Work Day is Friday Friday is the annual Bike to Work Day, sponsored by Montgomery County Commuter Services, Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. More than 10,000 commuters are expected to participate around the Greater Washington region, according to a county news release. Cyclists are encouraged to register at biketoworkmetrodc.org. Free T-shirts will be distributed at pit stops to the ﬁrst 14,000 registered participants. Montgomery County Commuter Services is sponsoring morning pit stops in Bethesda, Fallsgrove Village Center, Friendship Heights, North Bethesda, Rockville Town Center and Silver Spring, which will feature a rafﬂe with the grand prize of a bicycle. The locations are as follows: • Bethesda: Woodmont and Bethesda avenues; National Institutes of Health, Building 1; Naval Bethesda Support Activity; and Rock Springs Business Park. • Friendship Heights: Wisconsin Place. • Gaithersburg: Md. 119 and Orchard Ridge Road. • North Bethesda: Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Rockville Pike. • Rockville: Fallsgrove; Town Center; Twinbrook. • Silver Spring: Discovery Place. • Takoma Park: Downtown/Old Takoma; Sligo Creek Trail; Takoma/Langley Crossroads. • White Oak: Food and Drug Administration.

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Silver Spring festival will celebrate strawberries and more Farms, vineyards, crafts will be part of event at White Oak Middle School

KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER

In 2008, independent human resources consultant Gigi Goin, like many during the Great Recession, found the economic landscape challenging as clients dropped off. So the Silver Spring resident leaned on one of her passions — healthy eating. A long-time vegetarian who in recent years began eating seafood a few times annually, Goin in 2010 founded Milk Lady Markets, which organizes farmers markets and agricultural-themed

MONTGOMERY COUNTY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL n When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday n Where: White Oak Middle School, 12201 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring n More information: mocostrawberryfest.org

festivals. The events include the 5th annual Montgomery County Strawberry Festival, which runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at White Oak Middle School in Silver Spring. The idea behind Milk Lady Markets is to promote fresh, healthy food from local farms, as well as area vineyards, artisans and fair traders, said Goin, who has seen her human resources business pick up more

recently. She formed the White Oak Farmers Market, which began its ﬁfth season May 2, and the Shady Grove Farmers Market, which started its fifth season May 6 in Rockville. Besides offering an array of fresh strawberries and strawberry plants, farmers at the Silver Spring event will sell other traditional fruits and vegetables. There will be carnival and pony rides, live music, face painting,

moon bounces, crafts and various items for sale. “We will have more carnival rides than we had last year,” Goin said. “The event is free, while tickets are for the rides.” Last year, about 3,900 people attended the festival, she said. The Silver Spring one is not tied to other Strawberry Festivals, such as one held in June at the Sandy Spring Museum for more than three decades. One goal is to sponsor more foster care children to enjoy rides and other activities, Goin said. Buying ride tickets from the event website helps with that. Overﬂow parking is available at Springbrook High School. The White Oak Farmers Market runs from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Oct. 31 at

MONTGOMERY COUNTY STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

The 5th annual Montgomery County Strawberry Festival will be held Saturday at White Oak Middle School in Silver Spring. White Oak Middle School. The Shady Grove one operates from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 28 at the Rockville

campus of Johns Hopkins University. kshay@gazette.net

Ofﬁcial: Maryland could build Purple Line for 10 percent less Transportation secretary meets with county leaders

BY BILL TURQUE AND KATHERINE SHAVER THE WASHINGTON POST

Maryland could build the light-rail Purple Line in the Washington suburbs for about 10 percent less than previously estimated, state Transportation

Secretary Pete K. Rahn said last week. The potential savings will be presented to Gov. Larry Hogan (R) this month as he considers whether to proceed with the 16-mile transit project, which would run between Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Hogan questioned the cost of the Purple Line as a gubernatorial candidate and continued

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Rahn said. “The test of whether this is affordable is a decision only he can make. The question for the governor is where he wants to direct state money.” Rahn spoke after meeting with Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and other county ofﬁcials about the project. County Council President George L. Leventhal (D-At Large) said Rahn made clear that Hogan is skeptical of studies that predict the Purple Line would create tens of thousands of jobs. Leventhal, an ardent Purple Line supporter, came away pessimistic: “I think that the governor is very seriously considering pulling the plug.” He said Rahn depicted Hogan’s view of the project as “very tentative.” Rahn said he and Hogan

think that transportation projects can drive economic development. But, he said, they both take “with a grain of salt” analyses that try to quantify it. In addition to saying the Purple Line is too expensive, Hogan has said more state money should be spent on highway and bridge projects that he says were neglected under his predecessor, Martin O’Malley (D). Hogan also asked Rahn to analyze ways to cut costs on a $2.9 billion light-rail Red Line planned for Baltimore. The Red Line review is not as far along, Rahn said. He said the Purple Line construction savings his agency has found would result from changes in the project’s “scope” and “commercial terms.” He

Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced Thursday that the state will reduce tolls at roads and bridges across Maryland starting July 1, including on the Intercounty Connector. ICC tolls for double-axle vehicles will fall 3 cents per mile, according to a news release from the governor’s ofﬁce. For other vehicles, ICC tolls will decrease based on the standard multipliers per axle, the release said. A peak-time trip between Interstate 370 and U.S. 1 in Prince George’s County — the ICC’s full length — runs E-ZPass-holders $4.40. Starting July 1, that same trip will cost $3.86. Those without an E-ZPass pay an additional charge per trip. Currently, video toll rates — how people without an EZPass pay to use the ICC — are

1.5 times the E-ZPass rate, with a minimum charge of $1 and maximum charge of $15 above the E-ZPass rate, according to the state. To encourage drivers to use E-ZPass, the state will eliminate the $1.50 monthly account fee for state residents starting July 1. “If you turned in your EZPass years ago because of the monthly maintenance fee, it’s time to come back,” Maryland Transportation Authority Executive Director Bruce W. Gartner said in the release. The state estimates taxpayers will save $54 million annually through the changes, but the state will not lose revenue. Other tolls are dropping, too. Starting July 1, the Bay Bridge cash rate for two-axle vehicles will drop from $6 to $4 and the E-ZPass Maryland Discount at the bridge will increase from 10 percent to 37.5 percent. MDTA will absorb the $54 million loss in toll revenue through efﬁciencies in its capital and operating budgets, the

release said. MDTA spokeswoman Kelly Melhem said nobody will lose their jobs, but the authority will eliminate some vacant positions. It also will trim its capital programs budget, she said. Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn said in the release that the change will not upset the ﬁscal state of MDTA, the independent organization responsible for constructing, managing, operating and improving the state’s toll facilities. Local advocates hope the change will lead more drivers to take the ICC, increasing its usage and possibly providing the state even more money. “This seems to me like Economics 101: supply and demand,” state Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan said. “If you lower the price, more people will take the road. The question is: Where is the sweet spot?” Lowering the tolls on the ICC was a key issue for Kagan during the campaign and since taking ofﬁce in January.

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declined to specify the scope changes but said the line is still being considered as light rail, along the same route, with 21 stations. Changes in commercial terms would focus on elements such as when the state would have to make certain payments to a private team chosen to build and operate the line, he said. Rahn emphasized that the state wouldn’t know whether the estimated savings would translate into actual lower costs unless Hogan decides to continue the bid process for a 35year public-private partnership. Four teams of private companies are bidding to build the line and help ﬁnance its construction in exchange for long-term contracts to operate and maintain it.

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to do so after taking office in January. He asked Rahn to find potential savings ahead of a decision expected in mid-May. In a phone interview, Rahn said changes in how to build and pay for the rail line could add up to a final construction cost estimate $200 million to $300 million less than the state’s previous projection of $2.45 billion. He said his agency also has found ways to reduce long-term operating and maintenance costs, previously estimated at $55 million annually. But Rahn declined to quantify the savings and emphasized that potentially lower costs don’t guarantee the rail project will move ahead. “The governor is very concerned about what commitments we’d make long term,”

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“I think too many Marylanders don’t use this beautiful road because it’s too expensive,” Kagan (D-Dist. 17) of Rockville said. “I rarely take it because it seems like a luxury item.” Kagan said the 3-cent reduction is a positive step, even if it seems “fairly paltry.” While 3 cents per mile might seem small, the change could save daily commuters about $250 a year, said Marilyn Balcombe, president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce. Balcombe’s chamber has advocated for lower tolls for years, seeing it as a way to open the region up for business. The ICC was built to relieve congestion on Interstates 270 and 495, the Capital Beltway. However, Balcombe said it is not used as much as it could be. The monthly fee might force some drivers to opt against an EZPass, she said. Others, like Kagan, have turned to other states that do not charge fees for their E-ZPass. Kagan got her E-ZPass from New York. Kagan said lowering tolls is the second good decision Hogan made last week. On May 6, Hogan said he’d use $68 million set aside in the budget to pay state employees a 2 percent cost of living adjustment — which went into effect Jan. 1 — into the next ﬁscal year, which starts July 1. The governor proposed eliminating the raise in his budget, but the General Assembly restored the funds. Lawmakers and county leaders are still waiting to see if Hogan will spend another $68 million that was earmarked for an education formula known as the Geographic Cost of Education Index. About $35 million of that money would come to Montgomery County Public Schools. “The third leg in that triple crown of good decisions would be supporting funding for our schools,” Kagan said. kalexander@gazette.net

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Woman sentenced in driver’s license scheme Former MVA worker also faked car titles

VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

A Silver Spring woman was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for 18 months followed by a year of supervised release for conspiracy in connection with issuing fraudulent driver’s licenses and duplicate vehicle titles, according to federal prosecutors. The woman, Traci Lynette Cure, 46, had reached a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office for Maryland in December before her sentencing by U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grim, according to a U.S. Attorney’s office news release. Cure worked as a customer agent for the state Motor Vehicle Administration in Upper Marlboro in Prince George’s County from 1997 until Sept. 4, 2013, according to her plea agreement. From November 2011 to August 2013, an unidentified co-conspirator paid Cure at least $5,500 to issue fraudulent titles and licenses for the co-conspirator and others, according to the agreement. Cure received about $40 for each of at least 120 duplicate vehicle titles and $100 for each of at least seven driver’s licenses, according to the release. Cure produced licenses that bore a photo of the coconspirator or a purchaser but that featured the names of other people, including victims from Colombia and Puerto Rico who were living in Prince George’s County. The U.S. Attorney’s office has not filed charges against any co-conspirators, and the office has no information available to the public about coconspirators in the case, said office spokeswoman Vickie LeDuc in an email.

USG graduates’ careers take cues from life One student takes on nursing; another pursues social work

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

The Universities at Shady Grove’s largest graduating class includes two students whose career goals arose unforeseen from life’s twists and turns. Staff Sgt. Martin Mann of Gaithersburg and Desiree Colvin of California, Md., are graduating from university programs hosted at the Shady Grove campus, stepping into or nearing careers that serve people they can relate to. The campus held a celebration on Thursday for 784 undergraduate students and 40 pharmacy students who are receiving degrees from University System of Maryland schools. Mann recently shared his story at an event honoring William E. “Brit” Kirwan, the outgoing chancellor of the University System of Maryland. Mann ends his time at Shady Grove after working on a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. For Mann, 30, the degree is another step toward joining a ﬁeld in which he can help fellow veterans and others through a range of roles. Though he started community college years ago with psychology on his mind, Mann left school to join the Army in

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Continued from Page A-1 such as Randolph, he said. Larry Cole, a master planner and highway coordinator with the county, said the staff “is pretty much on the fence” about whether to close Musgrove. “We’d like to keep Musgrove Road continuous across, but it works without it,” Cole said. “There is not a strong desire on the part of staff to hold onto that bridge [at Musgrove]. It’s more of a local community issue.” Closing the Musgrove crossing would save some money by eliminating the need for grading for a bridge and acquiring additional right-ofway, he said. The overall goal is to have U.S. 29 become its own highway, which would help relieve trafﬁc congestion, Cole said. The potential U.S. 29-Fairland interchange is only funded for its design, which is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2017, Charlie Gischlar, a spokesman for the State Highway Administration, wrote in an email. “Once construction funding is allocated to the project, an estimated construction start date will be established,” he wrote. Gischlar estimated a construction cost range of $106 million to $110 million. Several nearby interchanges along U.S. 29 have been built, such as at the ICC. Other potential interchanges are being studied, but haven’t yet been funded for a design, such as one at Columbia Pike and Tech Road-Industrial Parkway. kshay@gazette.net

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2003. His first deployment took him to Iraq in 2006 to serve as a combat medic. After returning home, he entered an Army nursing program, looking to build on his medical knowledge. His trajectory began to shift toward social work with the help of a psychology professor at Montgomery College, where Mann was pursuing an associate degree. He was looking to help his fellow veterans, a goal the professor told him could be better accomplished in social work. Mann said he sees himself taking on different roles in social work, from case manager to therapist to researcher. “I have a passion for all of those things as it relates to veterans, and not just veterans, but everyone,” he said. After beginning his studies at the Shady Grove campus to follow the new route, Mann was deployed once again to Afghanistan in 2012. He returned with the help of the campus’ staff to finish his studies. He will be the first in his family to earn a bachelor’s degree. During a recent internship working with at-risk boys, many of whom were Muslim, Mann said, both his military experience in Muslim cultures and his childhood affected how he interacted with the teenagers. Mann faced difficult times growing up. He, his sister and his brother were raised by a single mother. She attended school while working full time to provide for the family.

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Nursing student Desiree Colvin of California, Md., and her daughter Myra, 3, talk with University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. “Brit” Kirwan after a graduation celebration at The Universities at Shady Grove on Thursday. When Mann was 18, his family lost their home. “Sharing those types of experiences [helps] build rapport,” he said. Mann, a civil affairs sergeant, said he hopes to become a commissioned civil affairs ofﬁcer, then earn a master’s degree in social work and policy. Colvin’s passion for nursing also grew out of her life experiences. She spoke to her fellow graduates Thursday at the Shady Grove campus’ graduation celebration, encouraging them to follow life’s “twists and turns.”

After graduating from Towson University in 2006, she said in her speech, she emerged with a plan. She would become a music teacher, play in a symphony or orchestra and pursue a master’s degree and possibly a doctorate degree. She now is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her career shift, she said, was driven by events that introduced her to many nurses when her son was born with a skull deformity. For Colvin, 30, a particular moment during her son’s treatment brought clarity. On a

night when her young son was recovering from a surgery, Colvin said, she witnessed a nurse manage his pain and “care for him with compassion as if he was her own.” In that moment, she said, she told herself: “I want to do what she does.” “It’s not that I changed my love for music,” she said after the event. “It’s that I decided I want to make an even bigger difference in other people’s lives.” Colvin, who still plays and teaches the violin, said she has a job lined up as a nurse caring for people after surgery. She hopes one day to work in labor delivery. “Though we may feel that we’ve crossed a ﬁnish line, the word commencement actually means beginning,” she told the graduates. Campus Executive Director Stewart Edelstein said before the event that Colvin, with her transition to nursing, “has a really special story.” Many students at Shady Grove attend the campus to return to higher education and move their careers forward, he said. For Mann, the campus’ faculty played an important role, Edelstein said. They kept in touch with him when he was in Afghanistan, sending him care packages and assuring him that he would ﬁnish his degree. “It was an incredible relationship that they built with him,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net

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No crimes found at Rock Terrace ‘Absolutely no evidence’ money was used outside school programs

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Jim Dorsey (foreground), a resident of Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring, waits for a bite with ﬁshermen of all ages during a ﬁshing tourney May 2. Riderwood is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a month of events. On May 1, a luncheon was held to honor “founding members” of Riderwood — 64 pioneer residents and 14 employees.

Rockville, Bethesda students rise to top Two seniors are state’s only Presidential Scholars

RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER

The annual list of Maryland public school students named U.S. Presidential Scholars is an exclusive one. This year it has two names — both from Montgomery County. Patrick Cha of BethesdaChevy Chase High School and Emily Yang of Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville were selected from more than 4,300 seniors across the country who qualiﬁed. The scholarships are awarded to one male and one female from each state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Americans living abroad, while others are selected on an at-large basis or as Scholars in the Arts. Scholars were chosen for their academic records, artistic works, essays, school evalu-

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The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s office found no evidence of criminal activity after investigating how Rock Terrace School staff handled money tied to work-experience opportunities for students. The office searched for crimes such as theft and misappropriation, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said Friday. “We were looking for patterns of whether or not someone seemed to be transferring these monies for their own enrichment,” he said. “And we didn’t see that pattern.” The office’s findings come about two years after Rock Terrace parents came forward in 2013, alleging the school had mishandled funds that students received in work-study programs. Some parents said they did not know the school had opened bank accounts under their children’s names. Some did not how much money the accounts contained. The Rockville school serves students with significant cognitive disabilities. Assistant State’s Attorney Bryan Roslund said Friday there were “no simple, easy answers” in the investigation, which lasted more than 18 months. “I think the overriding thing is there’s just absolutely no evidence that the money went anywhere other than school programs, and answering the question of whether it’s student money or program money is not for us to resolve,” said Roslund, who led the investigation along with the office’s chief investigator, David Newcomer. A school system statement, provided by spokesman Dana Tofig, said the system appreciated the office’s “thorough work.”

“The State’s Attorney’s findings mirror what our investigation found in 2013 — that there was no intent to defraud students, but that funds in the work experience programs at Rock Terrace were poorly managed and monitored,” the statement said. After an initial investigation in the summer of 2013, a school system official wrote in a letter that the district had found school staff were not engaged in fraudulent activity. The district found that the school’s work-study program had been “poorly managed” and that “money was inappropriately used.” The prosecutor’s office examined records from 2001 to 2013, tracking 7,039 transactions amounting to about $69,000. The average transaction was around $25. The office also interviewed Rock Terrace staff. It didn’t talk directly to parents or students, but rather reviewed parent statements and other information the school system passed on from its investigation. The Educational Systems Federal Credit Union provided records for 93 students, Roslund said. The investigation uncovered multiple inconsistencies related to how staff managed the money and bank accounts. The “variances” point to a lack of supervision and oversight “within individual school years, individual student accounts and from year to year,” McCarthy said. The investigation determined that money pulled from the accounts generally was put toward school programs, but there was no documentation of exactly how the money was spent. “I think, uniformly, everyone interviewed told us that all of the money spent actually ultimately went to provide for the kids,” McCarthy said. Newcomer said sometimes money was withdrawn for a particular student, a group of students or broader school programs, such as a dance. The investigation found

that money in the student accounts came from at least three sources, McCarthy said. Some money, Roslund said, was tied to jobs the students worked, some inside the school system and some outside the system. Other money came from school system program funds that sometimes were related to a life skills or job skills course, he said. The third source was community organizations that also made contributions to the school. The money was somehow tied to students’ work, but was not given directly to the students. McCarthy said he thinks there is an assumption by some that the only money in the accounts was earned by students working in jobs. “That’s not the case,” he said.

Confusion over funds McCarthy said Rock Terrace staff his office interviewed offered varying descriptions of who they thought was responsible for how the money was managed and a lack of supervision over the money. Some staff members thought the money, or some of it, belonged to the students, he said. Others thought the money was program funds. The office found that during many of the years investigated, school employees who were managing the money did so without formal training. Management practices also changed as staff “changed fairly constantly” over the years, Newcomer said. Roslund acknowledged that letters were sent to some Rock Terrace parents notifying them that bank records under their children’s names were subpoenaed by a grand jury. He would not comment beyond that due to the secrecy of grand jury proceedings. The conclusion of no criminal wrongdoing, he said, was from the state’s attorney’s office, not a grand jury. After the allegations from parents arose in 2013, then-

Principal Dianne G. Thornton was placed on administrative leave as the school system investigated. She retired soon after. When The Gazette reached her by phone in July 2013, Thornton said she was not interested in commenting. The school system no longer provides money to students at Rock Terrace or other county schools who participate in work-experience programs. Board Vice President Michael Durso said Friday he thinks it was “helpful” that the state’s attorney’s office investigated. The findings match what some school board members expected, he said. The school system has worked on safeguards and procedures to prevent similar occurrences. The findings from McCarthy’s office, he said, are “perhaps the final step.” Lyda Astrove — a Rockvillebased lawyer and special-education advocate working with Rock Terrace parents — said people are missing the big picture. She thinks staff took advantage of students who “can’t advocate for themselves.” “It doesn’t surprise me, but it desperately saddens me,” she said. Money was taken out of the students’ accounts, Astrove said — it doesn’t matter what staff did with it afterward. “People with disabilities are entitled to spend their money as they choose,” she wrote in a follow-up email. “That choice was removed from them.” Leslie Seid Margolis, managing attorney at the Maryland Disability Law Center, said she couldn’t judge whether what happened was criminal or not. But, she said, “it’s pretty clear that what happened was absolutely wrong.” “It’s a wrong without a right,” she said. “There’s not a way to fix this really for families who were affected and I think that’s challenging.” lpowers@gazette.net

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Tilden, Rock Terrace pairing study OK’d Opposition to plan cited trafﬁc problems, lack of community voice

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

The Montgomery County school board approved on Tuesday a study to look at a possible pairing plan for Tilden Middle School and Rock Terrace School on a North Bethesda campus. The plan and the project process have sparked heated community opposition. Seven board members voted in favor of the feasibility study of a new facility that would house both the general education and special education schools. Board President Patricia O’Neill was absent. Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers recently recommended the paired facility on Tilden Lane, which the district expects to hold more than 1,000 Tilden students and up to about 100 Rock Terrace students. At an April 27 public hearing, community members told board members that the district had not given them a fair chance for input on the pairing plan. Speakers also voiced concerns about the plan itself, including arguments that the site is too small and the facility would worsen trafﬁc on neighborhood roads. Some speakers expressed concern that Rock Terrace’s older high school and upper school students would share a facility with Tilden’s younger middle school students. The school board members approved the study, but some said the district should look at ways it can better communicate

with communities during school projects. Board member Christopher S. Barclay said after the board meeting that the district needs to improve how it communicates its needs and understands community concerns — “and then figure out how to bring that all together to solve the problem.” Improving the process, however, doesn’t change the need for the pairing and doesn’t mean the board should delay the project, he said at the meeting. School board member Philip Kauffman said he understood community concerns about the plan, but the district will look at the issues. The site, which currently serves as a holding school, will house a school in one form or another, he said. Trafﬁc problems, common around many county schools, would not be unique to this site, Kauffman said. Board Vice President Michael Durso said that, in his experience, he has witnessed general education and special education program pairings. “Is it the easiest process?

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.

Aggravated assault • Safeway, 13814 Outlet Drive, at 3:15 p.m. April 24. Victim was approached and assaulted by two subjects. • Area of Barron Street and Piney Branch Road at 10:56 p.m. April 27. Adult male victim was approached and assaulted by the subject. Armed robbery • 7-Eleven, 8619 16th Street, at 12:04 a.m. April 27. A subject entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded money. Took cash. Robbery • Area of Georgia Avenue and Spring Street, at 10:12 p.m. April 24. Victim was approached and assaulted by three subjects. Nothing taken. • Area of Georgia Avenue and Reedie Drive, at 4 p.m. April 25. Adult male victim was approached by two male subjects who demanded money. Cash taken. Sexual assault • 8800 Piney Branch Road, at 7 a.m. April 21. The subject inappropriately touched an employee of the apartment complex as she vacuumed the hallway ﬂoor. Commercial burglary • Sligo House Apartments, 603 Sligo Ave., in the early-morning hours of April 23. Forced entry, took property. Residential burglary • 3000 block of Clay Street, between 8 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. April 22. No forced entry, nothing taken. • 11200 block of Oak Leaf Drive, between 6:30 a.m. and 5:40 p.m. April 24. No forced entry, took property. • 8000 block of 13th Street, between 11:30 a.m. and 9:45 p.m. April 25. Forced entry, nothing taken. • 1200 block of Briggs Chaney Road, between 1:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. April 26. No entry gained, nothing taken. • 12100 block of Foley Street, between 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. April 27. Forced entry, took property. • 100 block of Quaint Acres Drive, between 8 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. April 27. Forced entry, took property. • 12400 block of Greenhill Drive, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. April 28. Forced entry, took property. • 10500 block of Rodney Road, between 3:57 and 4:15 p.m. April 28. Forced entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Three thefts from vehicles and one attempt in the area of U.S. 29 and Industrial Parkway between April 21 and April 24. Forced entry, took property. • Two thefts from vehicles on Sutherland Road in the early-morning hours of April 22. No force, took property. Incidents may be related.

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Probably not,” he said. “But it is a process that can work.” The district identified Tilden’s upcoming construction project as an opportunity to pair the schools and provide Rock Terrace with a better facility. School officials have said some students from the two schools could interact in the shared facility. Rock Terrace serves students with significant cognitive disabilities. It currently is housed in an aging building from 1950. Before the board’s vote, several speakers urged board members not to choose the site and to review alternative ideas. Tom McLachlen of Tilden Lane said residents, nonresidents and school traffic are “competing” to use Tilden Lane and Marcliff Road. He said the congested neighborhood can’t handle additional traffic the facility would bring. Ken Hurdle, a Luxmanor Citizens Association trustee, said the district followed its own guidelines, but the process is not transparent and needs to change. “The question really gets

down to, is our process working?” he said. The feasibility study will look at the project “comprehensively,” including trafﬁc impact, utility capacity and environmental issues, said James Song, director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management. The community can provide feedback during the study process. The study results will be included in the superintendent’s project recommendation in the next Capital Improvements Program proposal. Stephen Miller, a resident opposed to the plan, said after the meeting he thinks the district should have conducted the feasibility study to uncover issues before the board voted to approve the plan. “They’re putting the cart before the horse,” Miller said. “Why do you approve something before you’ve determined whether it makes sense to do it there?” lpowers@gazette.net

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Sgt. Phil Meyer (right) holds 6-year-old Hector Ayala Jr., son of Sgt. Hector Ayala, who died in the line of duty on April 4, 2010. At left is Sgt. Suzanne Beam and at center is Ofﬁcer Shanda Berry. All gathered at the Fallen Heroes Memorial Service at the Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial in Gaithersburg on May 6.

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Families and fellow officers had a chance to honor law enforcement personnel who have died in the line of duty at the county police department’s annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Service on May 6 at the Public Safety Headquarters building in Gaithersburg.

The ceremony honored 19 members of the Department of Police, Sheriff’s Ofﬁce and Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission who have died since 1928 from job-related injuries or illnesses. — VIRGINIA TERHUNE

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ers worldwide. Some have been featured in Apple’s “New and Noteworthy” lists. Danny Navarro, a computer science teacher in Blair’s magnet program whose students include Zhang, said he teaches his students how to create certain apps. Blair has a Smartphone programming club. “Kevin ran with it,” Navarro said. “I don’t know of many other students as successful [in developing apps] as him this young.” The process of getting games approved by the tech gi-

ants can seem daunting at ﬁrst, Zhang said. For Orb Juggle, they worked “for about three weeks nonstop” to get approval, he said. “We pretty much know the process now,” Zhang said. Developing an app seems easy, but there is more to it than most think, Navarro said. “You have to be very precise with the coding, so that the app doesn’t fall part,” he said. “You use math and physics. There is a storytelling component.” Angry Pat is the most popular, with about 5,500 downloads since being released last

December. Instead of taking care of Pat, users try to make the virtual pet as mad as possible by doing things like feeding him disgusting vegetables and ruining his relationships. “It’s supposed to be funny,” Zhang said. The apps are free, but the team is working on one that will have advertisements. Zhang hopes they generate revenue. His interest in mobile apps was heightened by meeting Kiril Tchangov, the lead artist behind the popular Temple Run series of games. Navarro invited Tchangov to speak at

the trains from running. It’s not going to push us towards fiscal collapse. It is, frankly, pennies in the bucket of expenditures and services that are part of our budget.” Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said he supports reducing the tax. Not all council members do. Councilwoman Nancy Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring said budget inflexibility and uncertainty, as well as a desire to support more funding for Montgomery College, is why she does not support it. “It was said the sky is not falling this year, but it’s definitely a bit gray this year,” she said. Councilman Hans Riemer said he is open to talking about changes in the energy tax policy, but the broad-based tax — which is also paid by nonprofits and governments — encourages

energy conservation. With millions in additional spending on the council’s wish list for the budget, the council must determine if it can afford to operate with about $11.5 million less revenue next fiscal year, which starts July 1. At the current rate, the energy tax is expected to generate $206.2 million. Berliner said Montgomery could cut the energy tax, as well as fund all of its wish list, if it puts less into reserves than the executive has recommended. Leggett’s budget recommends putting about 8.6 percent of revenues into reserves, for a total of $402 million in fiscal 2016. In November 2011, the council passed a resolution stating that the county should, by fiscal 2020, put 10 percent of its annual revenue into reserve.

The resolution established minimum annual benchmarks for ramping up to its goal. For ﬁscal 2016, the resolution called for at least 7.9 percent of revenues going into reserves. Should the county opt to put only 7.9 percent into reserves, it could free up about $32 million in the budget. However, even the executive’s suggested set-aside for reserves equals less than one month of operating expenses for the county, Finance Director Joseph Beach told the committees. The council could cut energy tax revenue by less than the proposed 10 percent. For the current ﬁscal year, the council cut the tax revenue by 7 percent, or about $8 million.

votes in favor on Monday. That increase will cost the owner of a home worth $500,000 about $75 per year. Mostofthetaxincreasewould go to a phased-in wage hike for employees that runs through ﬁscal 2017. The three-year cost of the plan is about $2 million. A city-contracted study released last year found some employees’ salaries “significantly” below those in nearby cities — such as Gaithersburg, Rockville and Bowie — for similar positions. Almost all employees are paid “somewhat” below market, according to the study.

Takoma Park’s net property tax assessable base is expected to decline slightly next year, with about a half-cent of the tax increase making up for that, Ludlow said. Total expenditures for the proposed 2016 general fund’s budget are $24.5 million — about $250,000 more than this year. General fund revenues are proposed to be $22.4 million next year, some $370,000 more than this year. Total expenditures for all funds — general, speed camera, special and stormwater — are $29.55 million next year. Overall

revenues are $27.68 million, resulting in a roughly $1.87 million deﬁcit. The city’s fund balance is proposed to be $12.2 million as of June 30, 2016, down from $14.1 million on July 1, 2015. The council agreed to contribute $100,000 more to the police department’s retirement plan for unfunded liabilities. Next year’s budget also includes $600,000 for sidewalk improvements, about $270,000 to purchase police cars, $250,000 for the construction of Sligo Mill Overlook Park, $200,000 for a new library design and $100,000 for a dog park.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 s Blair. Zhang’s interests extend beyond computer science to economics, politics, the law and music. He has played the piano since age 5, won several competitions and performed at Carnegie Hall, among other venues. He was a juror and occasional jury foreman with the Montgomery County Teen Court, in which ﬁrst-time misdemeanor juvenile offenders agree to have their cases heard before a peer jury. A National Merit semifinalist and ﬁnalist, Zhang was

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Continued from Page A-1 Dundalk in Baltimore County, Joynes taught music in Montgomery County Public Schools for 27 years, including 10 years at New Hampshire Estates Elementary, the Gazette has reported. According to charging documents, Joynes manipulated a group of his favorite students, which he called his “lunch bunch,” to imitate sexually suggestive behavior — such as sucking on his or their fingers or on lollipops or sticks of candy — while he photographed and videotaped them. He later added sexually explicit captions, text and labels to the photos and videos, which he kept in labeled files on his home computer, Assistant State’s Attorney Timothy Hagan said during the hearing. The 14 charges of sexual abuse of a minor that Joynes pleaded guilty to are considered exploitation, not molestation, under the law, said Joynes’ attorney, Mary Siegfried, deputy district public defender with the state Public Defender’s Office. “It was fantasy for his own sexual gratification and his own use,” Siegfried said at the hearing. “He kept it in his computer and never shared it.” Joynes’ plea of guilty in the second case to a charge of child abuse also encapsulates two charges of second-degree rape and seven second- and third-degree sex offenses, prosecutors said. The abuse occurred be-

on the debate team and was a summer intern in the Montgomery County state’s attorney’s office. He was accepted into several universities, settling on Princeton. The way FiscalNote — a company founded by former Wootton High classmates that predicts the likelihood of legislative bills passing — combines technology with politics appeals to him. “I like how computer science can be used to enhance many different fields,” Zhang said. kshay@gazette.net tween December 1991 and July 1993, when the student was in seventh and eighth grade at Eastern Middle School, Hagan said during the hearing. Joynes began “grooming” the student by becoming her confidant and advocate, sharing her interests and giving her music lessons, he said. In late 1991, he began a sexual relationship with her that included intercourse until the student graduated and went to high school, Hagan said. In 2005, the victim emailed Joynes, demanding that he accept responsibility for his actions, Hagan said. Joynes responded by posting a fake death certificate on his website indicating that he had committed suicide, according to Hagan. Four years later, the victim discovered Joynes was teaching at New Hampshire Estates Elementary and contacted him. Joynes, using a false name, informed the victim that Joynes had committed suicide. It wasn’t until Baltimore County police charged Joynes with possession of pornography and Montgomery County police charged him with sexually abusing minors in 2013 that the victim learned that Joynes was still alive, which prompted her to contact police about her case. “The defendant does not agree with all the actions [listed by prosecutors] but he does acknowledge, and to his shame, that the relationship was inappropriate and [was] child abuse,” Siegfried said. vterhune@gazette.net

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Rockville offers bike racks to businesses The city of Rockville is helping its businesses install bicycle racks under a grant program. Shops and ofﬁces that lack nearby bicycle racks could qualify for a rack, provided and installed for free by the city, according to a city news release. Application and other information is at rockvillemd.gov/bicycling under “Bicycle Parking,” or by contacting the city’s bicycle and pedestrian coordinator at 240-314-8626 or bikeways@ rockvillemd.gov. Rockville received bronze designation from the League of American Bicyclists in 2012 as a Bicycle Friendly Community. City Hall also recently won bronze designation as a Bicycle Friendly Business. Both designations are for four years.

OpGen goes public, raises $17 million OpGen of Gaithersburg, which develops diagnostic tools to help health care providers ﬁght drug-resistant bacterial infections, went public last week, raising about $17 million in its initial public stock offering. The company’s shares are trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol OPGN. Its products are designed to help identify hospital patients who are infected with multidrug-resistant organisms. In its prospectus ﬁled with federal regulators, OpGen cites data from the Centers for Dis-

Profit climbs at RLJ Lodging Trust RLJ Lodging Trust of Bethesda reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $48.1 million from $12.0 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues rose to $270.4 million from $236.4 million. Revenue per available room increased to $119.71 from $113.70. Occupancy fell to 75.1 percent from 75.6 percent, but the average daily rate grew to $159.48 from $150.41.

Centrus Energy cuts its net loss Centrus Energy of Bethesda, which provides enriched uranium fuel to nuclear power plants, reported that its firstquarter net loss narrowed to $15.4 million from $50.8 million in the ﬁrst quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $167.8 million from $148.6 million.

Therabron names Miller president and COO Therabron Therapeutics of Rockville named Thomas F. Miller president and COO. Previously, Miller was COO at Discovery Laboratories and also worked for Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacia, Novartis and Pﬁzer.

Recurrent names energy business leader Recurrent of Rockville named Mike Opitz to lead its energy conservation services business. Opitz holds dual master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The Montgomery County Planning Board has signed off on a mixed-use project in North Bethesda slated to have almost 500 apartments and 31,000 square feet of retail space. The 521,000-square-foot Gables Pike District is planned on 5.1 acres on Old Georgetown Road and Executive Boulevard. The developer is Gables Residential of McLean, Va. Plans call for three connected buildings, two new streets and a new parking garage with about 1,000 spaces that will also serve the adjacent Wall Local Park and the county’s Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center. In addition to the public-private garage, Gables Pike District will include a bike-share facility, more than 200 bicycle parking spaces and public art. Gables is providing the land

for the garage, and the county is still working out funding for building its portion, according to a spokeswoman. A section of Executive Boulevard will be realigned and named Grand Park Avenue, ac-

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NOTICE Notice is hereby given that application has been made by: Jeremy Seth Wladis on behalf of TRG Silver Spring, LLC, for a Beer, Wine & Liquor License, Class B, On Sale Only, for the premises known as A.G. Kitchen, which premises are located at: 931 Ellsworth Drive Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 A hearing on the application will be held in the Montgomery County Government Rockville Library, First Floor Meeting Room, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20850, on: Thursday: May 21, 2015 At: 11:00 a.m. Any person desiring to be heard on said application should appear at the time and place fixed for said hearing. BY: Kathie Durbin Division Chief Board of License Commissioners for Montgomery County, Maryland 1931086

cording to the plans. The project also includes redeveloping an existing surface parking lot and a portion of the parking lot at the Montgomery County Conference Center across the street.

“Gables Pike District has been in the planning stages for a number of years. We’re very pleased to have our preliminary and site plan approvals, and will start preparing for the first phase of construction,” said Jorgen Punda, the company’s regional vice president for investments, said in a news release. “Gables Pike District will be another important step towards the transformation of the Pike District as a truly vibrant live, work, play community.” The first of three phases of construction, expected to begin in early 2016, will include the parking garage for the residential and retail portions. Construction of the first residential building is expected to begin in 2017; about 12 percent of the project’s apartments will be so-called moderately priced dwelling units. This will be the company’s second development in the area. Gables Upper Rock in Rockville will deliver its final building next month, the company said.

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For Cyrene Jones, simply remembering all that the late Angela Johnson did for students at Gaithersburg High School was not enough. She wanted to continue forward with it. As previously reported by The Gazette, Johnson was killed in August of 2014 and at that point had been teaching the cosmetology program at Gaithersburg High School for 14 years. Jones, 25, graduated from Gaithersburg High School in 2007. Her partner, Teana Coulter, 19, graduated in 2013 and is currently attending the University of Maryland at College Park. Both were students of Johnson and together they founded Project Love, a women’s empowerment organization they hope will uplift and encourage women. “Our late mentor, Angela Johnson, the cosmetology teacher, her biggest [focuses] were outreach, service and edu-

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Geron Brathwaite, 18, has his hair styled by Germantown’s Asha Maximore as former Gaithersburg High School cosmetology graduates provide free hair styling and makeup to students attending the prom.

cation,” Jones said. “Any child, any adult that she came in contact with, she made be better, do better. When she passed away it was almost like we didn’t want that to die with her.” On Friday , Project Love hosted their first event, All Dolled Up, at Gaithersburg High

Obituary Priscilla Parks Kaeser, 89, of Sharpsburg, MD, and formerly of Montgomery County, MD passed away, Friday, May 1, 2015, at the Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, MD. Born Monday, March 29, 1926 in New York City, NY, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert Livingston Parks and the late Gertrude (Livingston) Parks. She attended Beaufort High School in Beaufort, SC and later graduated from high school in Washington DC. She went on to graduate from Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and served as a U.S. Cadet Nurse during her R.N. training. She began her career with the American Red Cross and later as a school nurse with the Montgomery County School System. She was a long time member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville. She enjoyed traveling, cooking, making her own clothes and was an avid theatre goer. Priscilla was very generous and caring, she will be greatly missed. She is survived by her son, Steven W. Kaeser of Sharpsburg, MD; grandson, Steven P. Kaeser & wife Alisa and great grandson, Carleton Dale Kaeser all of Lebanon, NJ. She was preceded in death by her brother, David L. Parks. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 16th, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Dr, Rockville, MD. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the American Red Cross. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Douglas A. Fiery Funeral Home in Hagerstown, MD. Online condolences may be expressed at www.douglasfiery.com

School. The organization hosted a dress drive leading up to prom night and then provided students who signed up with free hair and make up for their prom that evening. Nilda Keres, a photography teacher at the school, as well as the cheerleading coach and Student Government Association staff sponsor, supervised the event. Keres was hosting her own dress drive at the school when Coulter, a former student and cheerleader, came to her asking to join dress-drive forces and asked for her help securing the cosmetology classroom for their event. Keres was more than willing and together they were able to fit 23 girls with free prom dresses. Keres said that this is the first time former students have pulled together specifically for Johnson. “The things that we do are continuing on what [Johnson] would do,” Coulter said. Coulter and Jones recruited cosmetologists who were former students of Johnson to donate their time and services to the event. On Friday afternoon, the cosmetology room was buzzing with excitement and the strong scent of hair spray as students chatted with each other, their stylists and Keres, who chaperoned prom and the after prom festivities. In addition to the open salon hours that students signed

up for, one girl from Quince Orchard High School and one from Gaithersburg High School were chosen to receive everything they needed for their prom. Coulter explained that in order to ﬁnd those girls, they spoke with school counselors to determine which students would beneﬁt most from Project Love’s program. The two winners received dresses and shoes, had their tickets and transportation paid for and were given free hair and make up services for their special night. “We wouldn’t want money to stop them from enjoying that one night,” Coulter said. Coulter and Jones said that this is just the beginning for Project Love and they hope to host many more events in the future including continuing on Johnson’s work giving hair and make up services to the homeless and to senior citizens. They want to host a banquet to raise money for a scholarship fund, a 5K and a drive to collect tampons and sanitary pads for women’s homeless shelters. Jones said that one of the goals of Project Love is to help women feel good about themselves. “It doesn’t matter what age you are, it doesn’t matter your situation, you can always give back, uplift and give an encouraging word,” Jones said. sschmieder@gazette.net

Obituary Robert A. Larson passed away on April 18, 2015. Born in Cheverly, MD, Bob grew up in Hyattsville before moving to the Silver Spring area at age 10, where he would spend the rest of his life. A graduate of Springbrook High School – Class of 1974, he then earned an AA degree from Montgomery College in 1976 and a Bachelor’s Degree from Slippery Rock College in 1978. Using his Recreation Administration Degree, he worked for the Montgomery County Department of Recreation, helping to open Longwood Recreation Center in Olney, MD. Bob married Melinda Sturgill that same year and they began a happy marriage. He started a successful sales career with Keebler before moving into the automobile industry selling financing for several premier institutions. Cars were one of his true passions in life, along with the game of baseball which he played and coached for the majority of his life. He instilled this passion in his two sons, Craig 26, and Kyle 24, earning Coach of the Year with Burtonsville Baseball Association. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in his early 30’s, he showed all of us how to overcome adversity with dignity. He courageously spent many years of his life being an inspiration to his family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, medical professionals, and anyone that knew him. He had a great sense of humor and shared it with everyone. He touched so many lives and will be missed greatly. He is survived by his wife, of 36 years, Melinda, his sons Craig and Kyle, his mother-in-law Nancy Sturgill, his sister-inlaw Janet Senft, brother-in-law Jim Senft, and sister-in-law Mary Larson. 1951682

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Gov. Larry Hogan is continuing to follow through on his campaign platform by authorizing cuts to Maryland’s road and bridge tolls. In Montgomery County, that means the Intercounty Connector will cost less, starting July 1. For example, a peak-time trip the full length of the road, from Interstate 370 in Gaithersburg to U.S. 1 in Laurel, will drop from $4.40 to $3.86 for a two-axle vehicle using E-ZPass. Drivers also will see lower tolls at the Bay Bridge, the Fort McHenry Tunnel and elsewhere. In addition, the state is eliminating the $1.50 monthly E-ZPass account fee. Hogan pledged to stem a tide of tax increases if he were elected. Tolls aren’t the same, as they’re user fees, but they also eat into a household budget. The ﬁrst question when revenue is lowered is how the money will be replaced or what spending will be cut as a result. On that question, the Maryland Transportation Authority is vague: “The $54 million annual toll reduction is made possible by efﬁcien-

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cies in MDTA’s capital and operating budgets that will allow the agency to meet its ﬁnancial responsibilities and implement the governor’s toll rollback.” MDTA spokeswoman Kelly Melhem told The Gazette that vacant positions will be cut, but there won’t be layoffs. Also, the authority will trim its capital programs budget, she said. Naturally, we’re skeptical that a cut in revenue will be offset by inconsequential nips and tucks in the budget. That said, we believe that lower ICC tolls are a good thing. The ICC — an 18-mile stretch that opened in 2011 — has been a bigger beneﬁt to the area on paper than in practice. Relatively speaking, hardly anyone uses it. Over the years, we’ve heard two complaints rise to the top: tolls and the speed limit. The latter issue was ad-

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dressed in 2013, when the speed limit was increased from 55 mph to 60 mph. The toll issue has been on the radar of county and state officials the last few years, too. Philip M. Andrews advocated for significant cuts to ICC tolls when he ran for county executive in 2014. Douglas F. Gansler made it a campaign topic when he ran for governor, proposing a 50 percent discount for commuters who made at least 15 trips a month on the ICC. The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, among others, has spoken in favor of lower tolls, too. There’s no question that something needed to be done to make use of the ICC more attractive and draw traffic away from Interstate 270, Md. 28 and Interstate 495. The Washington, D.C., area consistently ranks atop or high on the list of the most congested metro areas in the country. Steering travelers toward public transit as much as possible is ideal, but has its limits. Those who must drive need relief, too. Lower tolls on the ICC should help.

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LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR

Passengers from multiple points need to factor into ridership numbers

Robert Riker is way off base when he calculates how many people the Purple Line can carry (“Calculations don’t support ridership projections,” April 29). His numbers are based on rush-hour trains running in one direction. But the trains will run two ways. University of Maryland students don’t work 9 to 5. Riders coming from Bethesda will get off the train in Silver Spring and free up seats for someone else who gets on there.

With trains running every six minutes, the Purple Line will be able to carry 2,800 passengers an hour in each direction past any one point. That is more than enough to handle the predicted ridership of 74,000 in 2040. And if it turns out that ridership grows even faster than planners predict, we can buy more trains. Ben Ross, Bethesda

Homeowners should have the choice to use pesticides Montgomery County Bill 52-14 lacks structure and specific detail with respect to prohibited pesticides. The supporting documents for the bill are weak and include nothing that links current lawn-care products with human harm. It also grants the executive the power to extend the bill’s scope, adding to the list of “non-essential” pesticides he or she determines are not critical to pest management. This means there are no parameters to the extent of the regulation, and one day, all of our options could be banned. As a 15-year resident with a home and family to protect, this is very concerning. Pesticide products play an

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extremely important role in combatting harmful or damaging pests, poison ivy and other weeds that can negatively impact my family’s health — two children and a dog — and the health of my lawn. Taking away EPA-approved products not only limits my ability to protect my family, but also adversely impacts lawn-care professionals who are trained to provide the best possible solutions for lawn and pest problems. I’ve had a lawn service come to my home for more than 10 years, and am conﬁdent they know what is best for the health of my lawn while holding the health of my family and the environment in the highest regard.

I see a huge difference between treated and untreated lawns, and a homeowner should have a choice for how they care for their private property. As a community, our focus should shift from eliminating an important tool to educating property owners on how to simply follow label instructions and properly use pesticides to maintain their efﬁcacy. I urge the Montgomery County Council and residents to fully consider the impact this ban could have on our future and not overlook the value pesticides bring to protecting our communities’ health. Tim Styslinger, Kensington

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Ushering in an era of equality 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 second of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today. As his retirement approaches, ask Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Executive Director Ned Sparks to list the major accomplishments during his 34-year tenure, and he offers a long list. It includes expanding the state football tournament twice; opening up playoffs in other sports to all public schools; starting state championships KEN SAIN in four sports; moving SPORTS EDITOR the state championship games to the best venues; incorporating new technologies (live streaming of games on the web; electronic ticketing); and starting student leadership and scholar-athlete programs. There’s also the less-exciting but essential aspects of the job most people don’t see, such as pursuing corporate sponsors to bring in revenue and answering concerns from politicians. Still, one stands apart. Title IX may have been signed into law in 1972, but when Sparks started as executive director in 1981 the mandate that boys and girls sports be treated equally was still more dream than reality. It was also a focus when he applied for the job he’s held for 34 years. “It wasn’t really cranked up in the ’70s that much, “ Sparks said. “That was a key issue in the interview process. ... I don’t know if it had an advantage or not, but I said, ‘I got four daughters.’ I said, ‘I understand the letter of the law, but I look at my daughters and I can understand the spirit of the law.’” Before heading the MPSSAA, Sparks was the athletic director at Howard High School. For years, that school held a banquet to celebrate its top male athletes at a hotel, handing out plaques for the seniors. He said they did it up big, making it a special night. “And we had nothing for the girls,” Sparks said. “And I remember the last two years we started a banquet for the girls, we did it in a real nice country club, ... and they never had anything like that.” Sparks started state championships in three girls sports, soccer, lacrosse and swimming. He also dedicated the position of program specialist on his staff to focus on girls sports. “There were always rough parts,” Sparks said of implementing Title IX. “[Old school coaches] say, ‘Why do we have to do this for girls? Nobody cares about the girls. Look, they all come to our games, they don’t go to the girls games.’ That’s all over with now. Now, girls athletics is second nature.” Sparks told a story on when the impact of Title IX hit home personally. “My daughters were pretty active, three of them had run marathons, but the oldest one hadn’t,” Sparks said. “She was going to do the [Great] Chesapeake Bay Swim, which is just about equivalent to a marathon, or more. She trained, she did it, and I remember going over there with my wife and met her family on the other side of the bridge, waiting for the swimmers to come in.” After his daughter successfully completed it and celebrated with her family, Sparks said he and his wife walked back to their car. “I saw my daughter’s car ... and their kids, on the back ... had written ..., ‘My mother just swam the Bay.’ There were her children, my grandchildren, who were proud of their mother for this accomplishment, and yet I was thinking my mother never had this. “What did they have for women then? ... We really made that change, where kids can be proud of their mom for athletic accomplishments.” ksain@gazette.net Listen to my interview with Ned Sparks at Gazette.net.

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Blake Dove has been one of the top football players in Montgomery County since his All-Gazette freshman season at Seneca Valley. He played the next three years at Churchill after transferring for family reasons, and when the Bulldogs’ season ended last November, it appeared his high school playing days were over. However, Dove missed almost all of his junior season in 2013 with an injury he suffered early in the season opener against Bethesda-Chevy

Chase. He bounced back last season, as a senior, to be named the 4A Defensive Player of the Year by Montgomery County coaches. Dove didn’t get the collegiate recognition that his accolades would suggest however, so he applied for reclassification with the Maryland Board of Education. The application was approved, giving him another senior year. Dove said he’s going back to school for a fifth year next fall, all with the hopes of getting noticed on the football field. He isn’t allowed to play for Maryland public schools anymore, so he’ll be transferring to play for Gaithersburg private school Avalon. “A lot of colleges will be able to look at me more,” Dove said. “[Re-classing] was a little process. It wasn’t easy or nothing like that. The teachers and everything, they had to make sure everything was straight. Being able to go to the

school, the headmaster had to make sure I was able to be in the school.” Dove won’t be alone as a ﬁfth-year senior attending Avalon. Joining him is former Northwest football player Troy Lefeged, who has been a key player for two-time Class 4A state champion Northwest since he was a freshman. He didn’t play his sophomore year due to grade ineligibility. Similar to Dove, Lefeged said he’s looking to get more looks from colleges. “More exposure,” Lefeged said. “Ninth grade, I transferred and went to New Jersey, and when I came back, I wasn’t able to play because all my credits from New Jersey didn’t come down here. So yeah, I got an extra year.” Lefeged missed an entire season. He dressed as a sophomore and was on the sideline, but he

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Damascus graduate signs with Cowboys n Cornerback among Montgomery County athletes vying for NFL roster spots BY

ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

Wheaton High School’s Noel Camello plays against Blair on Thursday.

you’re winning, and when you can win and have fun at the same time

Joel Ross was an unheralded recruit for most of his tenure with the Damascus High School football team. He wasn’t thinking about playing professionally back then, he said, and at one point, prior to his junior season, he even considered quitting the sport altogether. But in 2010, on a Friday night in Darnestown, everything changed. Ross was then a backup, who coach Eric Wallich said was “a pretty good JV player” the year before. The junior receiver was thrown into the ﬁre when teammate Brandon Phelps went down with an injury, but playing against Quince Orchard, he was ready for the challenge. His ﬁrst big play was a 97yard touchdown, when he caught a screen pass from his own red zone and took it the distance. Later on, he had another long touchdown that clinched the Swarmin’ Hornets’ 27-23 victory. The performance not only helped Damascus defeat its rival, but it also put his name on the map. “Right after that game, coaches started calling and saying, ‘Who is this guy?’” Wallich said. “From there, his recruiting blew up.” Ross ended up playing college football at Appalachian State, where he established himself as one of the top defensive backs in the nation. Though undersized, and ofttimes underestimated, the speedy 5-foot10 cornerback’s performance at the North Carolina school paved the way for his recent signing as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. “I was really an underdog coming into the [2010 season with Damascus]. I kind of play with a little chip on my shoulder ... always overlooked,” said Ross, who’ll try to earn one of the Cowboys’ 53 roster spots. “... It hasn’t changed from college to pro football. I’m doing the same stuff. Now it’s just with faster and bigger kids, and a different sized ball. That’s it.” Ross (Class of 2011) is one of several Montgomery County graduates aiming to make their NFL debuts in 2015. Stefon

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Wheaton closing in on crown n Knights boys volleyball team looks for its ﬁrst championship BY

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Wheaton High School boys volleyball player Noel Camello attempted to grab the rim on the school’s basketball court following the Knights’ playoff victory against Blair on Thursday. Only a few inches taller than ﬁve feet, Camello fell short in his attempt, but most of his teammates succeeded, one dunking the volleyball as if it was a basketball. Wheaton does this after every win, a custom started by the basketball players who joined the volleyball team a few years ago, but never have the Knights dunked as much as they have this year. “It’s fun when you’re win-

Wheaton High School’s Saramsh Maharjan sets up Robie Moctezuma Jr. against Blair on Thursday. ning,” Knights coach Alex Theoharis said. “These guys, they’ve been playing together for a few years now, most of them. It’s fun when

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Continued from Page B-1 and everything doesn’t have to be serious, you get this result.” Wheaton went 11-0 in the regular season, the first Wheaton athletic team to go undefeated in anyone’s recent memory. In the first round of the postseason, the Knights defeated Paint Branch 3-0. They defeated Blair 3-0 to advance to the county semifinals against Bethesda-Chevy Chase, which were scheduled for Tuesday and ended too late to be included in this edition of The Gazette. Camello, a 2014 All-Gazette first team selection, put together another solid season at libero to help Wheaton win the Gold Division and reach the third round of the playoffs for the second year in a row. He brings a lot of energy to the floor, diving for balls, serving and making all of the hustle plays. “Back there playing defense for me, everything he can get

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near, that kid takes,” Theoharis said. “It’s real impressive.” Senior captain Saramsh Maharjan is the teams leading point scorer. Theoharis said Maharjan has probably never posted less than 10 kills in a match and unlike Camello, he did touch the rim following the win against Blair. Together, Maharjan and Camello are the driving forces behind a deep roster of at least 10 players who could start. “I don’t think [Maharjan] gets the fame he deserves,” Camello said. “No one really talks about him. He’s a great player. “When he hits the ball — he’s not that tall, but he can jump. He’s touching the rim already. It’s great watching him. He’s always in the front. He just takes charge. That’s why he’s our captain.” This team, which earned a No. 2 seed in the playoffs, began to blossom last season when it went 12-2 and reached the county semiﬁnals. The only team to beat it was Clarksburg,

which beat the Knights in the regular season and in the postseason. “It was very tough. Very, very tough,” Maharjan said about losing the semifinal game. “I can’t explain it.” Wheaton bounced back this season with a win over Clarksburg in the ﬁrst game of the season. It was a win that the team looks at now as a catalyst for the season it had. “When we started off with that win, it really boosted our confidence,” Maharjan said. “We knew that we were going to be tough and strong when we beat them.” People around the Wheaton community are taking notice of one of the school’s most recently accomplished athletic programs. The players get congratulated in school after wins. This wasn’t a year that new jerseys were in the budget for the team, but it was the connection of a teacher that gave Theoharis a deal on new ones, complete with names or nicknames on the back of each player’s jersey.

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Damascus High School graduate Joel Ross, who starred in Appalachian State’s secondary, signed with the Dallas Cowboys last week. He is one of several local athletes vying for NFL roster spots.

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Continued from Page B-1 Diggs, a star receiver at Good Counsel (2012) and the University of Maryland, was selected in the ﬁfth round of the NFL draft on May 2, signing a four-year, $2.5 million contract last week. E.J. Scott, another Good Counsel graduate, was invited to rookie minicamp with the Buffalo Bills, Good Counsel coach Bob Milloy said. “Those kind of guys can make you pretty good coaches,” Milloy said. Joe Rankin (Seneca Valley) and Ace Clark (Clarksburg) were also among the local athletes invited to minicamps to compete for roster spots. Ross had three interceptions with Appalachian State last season and was an All-Sun Belt honorable mention. His speed is what set him apart in high school, Wallich said, but he became a stronger and

more physical player in college, where the 185-pound cornerback recorded 153 tackles in four seasons. Ross said that he was contacted by several teams, and decided to sign with Dallas when after the draft, he received a call from secondary coach, Jerome Henderson. “That’s what was very intriguing, that he talked to me and told me what I could do, what I could be,” Ross said. As of Saturday night, Ross was staying at a hotel in Dallas, doing individual drills with the team. Without a familiar face in town, his focus is solely on football, he said. “You’re a pro now and you have to do things right all the time,” Ross said. “... Every day you got to be your best and you got to do things right and you got to focus. That’s the biggest challenge.” egoldwein@gazette.net

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Churchill High School’s Blake Dove (left) applied for reclassiﬁcation so that he could play an extra year of football at Avalon.

In order to remain approved by the MPSSAA, Avalon can’t allow an athlete to play past four seasons, whether reclassiﬁed or not. While Dove missed the majority of his junior season, he did play in the ﬁrst game. So Avalon faces a choice. Let Dove play — and probably lose its MPSSAA sanction — or don’t let him play. Multiple requests to Avalon Athletic Director and football coach Tyree Spinner for comment were not returned. Riverdale Baptist, an Upper Marlboro private school that played in the same conference as Avalon, is scheduled to play the Black Knights once again next season even though the Capital Area Football Conference

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never actually played. This is important because in order for a private school to remain an approved non-member school by the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association, which allows it to play other sanctioned schools, it must follow the MPSSAA Standards of Competition, which says, “High school team members may participate in interscholastic athletic contests in a maximum of four seasons in one sport within the 9th through 12th grades.” MPSSAA Executive Director Ned Sparks clarified the rule saying that playing just a second of a game counts as a season. “Our definition of participation is actual physical entry into an athletic contest. Whether it’d been the first game, the last game, the third game, whatever, that person saw action in a game. That person has participated and has played that year,” Sparks said. “If, in fact, this was happening and that was the case, that the school had signed the Standards of Competition and then was not abiding by the standards, then obviously they would lose their accreditation as far as all the standards, and we would take their name off. And our schools would be unable to play them, nor would we provide any sanction recommendation for them in the future.” Sparks said the MPSSAA sends the Standards of Competition compliance application out to schools each summer, and the school has up until the season of whichever sport it wants to participate in to send the form back.

The team wore them for the ﬁrst time in the playoff game against Paint Branch. “They’re our playoff jerseys,” Theoharis said. There’s a banner hanging on the wall of Wheaton’s gym, just behind the basketball goal players dunk on following a win, commemorating the 2014 division championship. There will soon be another one for this season’s division title, but this team has a chance to add a county championship banner. “I’m beginning to think that at that point, I almost wouldn’t care if we won or lost the game. If you look around, you don’t ﬁnd any boys volleyball players [at Wheaton],” Camello said. “If we win the game, it would be great to put up ‘county champions.’” The winner of Tuesday’s match will play either Walter Johnson or top-seeded Sherwood in the county championship match, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Magruder.

has been disbanded. Upon hearing the news that Avalon would have fifth-year seniors on the team, Crusaders coach Caesar Nettles said it wouldn’t matter as far as how his team approaches the game, but he said it’s against his own school’s rules to have fifth-year seniors on the team and even if it wasn’t, he wouldn’t allow it. “There are some high schools that allow reclassifications,” Nettles said. “Prep schools do that a lot. Typically, most private schools like the larger ones in the area don’t allow relcass, but maybe that’s something they do. Either way, we’re going to play our guys. Let the chips fall where they may. “I like to stay within the rules of the state of Maryland, high school rules. I would prefer just to stay with what I got. Any guys that need an additional year, that’s why there are junior colleges and prep schools available to them.” As far as Dove knows, Avalon isn’t governed by the same rules. “Avalon is a independent school, so they’re not on anybody’s rules or regulations,” he said. “It’s different from any other private school around here like Good Counsel or St. John’s or Bullis. It’s different.” Northwest coach Mike Neubeiser said he would have to consider carefully whether he would want to play against a team that has fifth-year seniors, but he had well wishes for his former player. “I would definitely have to think it over. It’s not fair, because we’re playing with different rules,” Neubeiser said. “For [Lefeged], individually, I wish him the best of luck, and I hope it works out for him, he can end up going to college.”

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Holy Cross goalie Jaclyn Branthover defends against Good Counsel during Monday’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls lacrosse championship game at the University of Maryland, College Park. Daniels said. After all, they devoted part of Saturday’s practice to prepare for that exact situation. “We really worked on that, understanding that we have to stay calm and always just know where each other is,” McDaniels said. After the teams shook hands, Good Counsel’s ﬁve seniors embraced at the middle of University of Maryland’s Ludwig Field, raising the championship trophy. One of them was Jenny Staines, the WCAC Player of the Year. It wasn’t her best game, she said. The Monmouth University recruit was held scoreless for the ﬁrst time all season, but impacted the game by drawing attention from the Holy Cross defenders and getting her teammates involved. “This is the best moment of my life, to

be honest, to be able to say that I was part of this team and just starting our legacy again, and starting our tradition,” Staines said. Following the trophy celebration, the players gathered off to the side of the ﬁeld for their last postgame meeting of the season. It was the same spot where a year ago, many of them were sitting with tears dripping down their faces following a loss to Bishop Ireton. “It was deﬁnitely a feeling that you knew you had to work harder and we wanted to come out this year and bring back the trophy,” McDaniels said. “Walking over to this spot this year, you had a smile on your face and you know you brought that trophy back.” egoldwein@gazette.net

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Wootton, B-CC, Whitman tie for crown BY

ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER

Wootton High School’s Benjamin Fellman walked off the court following his two-hour, three-set victory and before

exiting, he was greeted by his coach, Nia Cresham. The sophomore had just defeated Bethesda-Chevy Chase’s Patrick Cha (26, 7-6, 6-4) to win the No. 4 singles tournament in the Montgomery County boys tennis championship, and that was cause for celebration. But moments later, he was given another reason to smile, when Cresham told him that the Patriots were

co-champions of the county, along with B-CC and Whitman. Wootton trailed Whitman by three points and B-CC by one heading into Thursday’s championship matches. Joseph Brailovsky gave the Patriots life by defeating Andrew Leung (6-1, 6-0) to win the No. 2 singles draw. egoldwein@gazette.net

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As Quince Orchard High School coach Seann Pelkey made his way down the ramp to the area where runners of the recently completed boys 400 meters had gathered Thursday, it wasn’t hard to spot the county’s newest champion. “He’s the one with the big smile,” Pelkey said, pointing to senior Justin Sorra, who had saved his best for Thursday’s county championship meet at Walter Johnson, edging favorites Jalen Walker of Northwest and Tavis Holland of Clarksburg with a time of 48.83 seconds. “My head hurts, my legs hurt and my butt hurts,” Sorra said. “But it’s all worth it to become a champion.” The Cougars senior had not defeated either Holland or Walker all season, but had competed against them enough throughout his tenure that he had a sound strategy going into the race. Holland, he said, always gets out to a fast start, as does Walker. Sorra’s goal was to stick within striking distance of the lead pack for the first 200, before using his exceptional closing speed to hunt them down on the back stretch — a plan he executed to perfection, despite a lingering hamstring injury. “It definitely gives me confidence that I can actually beat them,” Sorra said. “It shows me that I can still run.” Sorra’s upset in the boys 400 meters was a rarity in a day dominated by county favorites. Though Sorra’s Cougars held a lead for the early part of the

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Ninety-two seconds. That was all that stood between the Good Counsel High School girls lacrosse team and a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship. So with a one-goal lead over rival Holy Cross, the Falcons won the draw, held the ball, and held the ball some more. Taylor McDaniels ran up and down the sidelines, weaving through the defenders and killing the clock one second at a time. A few passes were made, not all on target, but crisp enough to keep the Tartans scrambling. With a few seconds remaining the ball eventually came loose, but as soon as Holy Cross regained possession the clock showed double zeroes and the Falcons’ celebration had begun. Good Counsel’s performance on Monday was far from perfect. Not the last couple minutes, nor the 48 which preceded them. But the Falcons (19-2) did just enough to hold on for the 9-8 victory over Holy Cross (16-4) and capture an 11th WCAC title for the Olney school. “We worked on a lot of things we didn’t execute today, but teams find a way and this team is resilient,” said Falcons coach Michael Haight, whose last WCAC title came in 2013. “Best ‘team,’ team I had. Best collection of chemistry and team. That’s what really carried us.” McDaniels had four goals, notching three in the first half and helping Good Counsel go ahead 5-3 at intermission. Goalie Kiley Keating made several impressive saves, keeping the Holy Cross offense in check. The Falcons took a 9-6 lead late in the second half after Lexi Rieu notched her third and final goal off a free position shot. The Tartans, coming off a 10-9 win over Bishop Ireton in the WCAC semifinals, weren’t done playing spoiler. Logan Smet scored to make it 9-7 and then Kerrina Fitzpatrick brought the Kensington school to within a goal with 1 minute and 32 seconds remaining. But the Falcons knew what they had to do to get past their final hurdle, Mc-

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Seneca Valley High School’s HelenSarah Penda competes in the girls 100 hurdles at Wednesday’s Montgomery County track and ﬁeld championships. The event concluded on Thursday at Walter Johnson in Bethesda. meet, it was again the powerhouse Northwest program that broke through, clinching the county title with a score of 106 — 15 points ahead of Quince Orchard. The girls competition was never that close. Thursday belonged to Clarksburg, as the Coyotes put on a dominant performance (126 points), more than doubling the point total of the second place finisher (Northwest, 54 points). Sorra’s upset was a hiccup in an otherwise predictable set of ﬁnishes. Clarksburg’s Alexus Pyles took the gold in hurdles events and the triple jump (3906.25), while Northwest’s Shyheim Wright battled through an upper leg injury to take the 110 hurdles (15.63). Wright’s teammate, senior Diego Zarate, claimed gold in the 800 (1:52.07) and the 1,600 meters (4:13.53), opting not to run in the 3,200 meters, which was won by Whitman’s Evan Woods (9:20.65). Clarksburg again dominated the field events on the girls

side, while Watkins Mill discus thrower Billy Emerson continued to impress, winning the boys event with a throw of 155feet, 7-inches. In the relays, it was Blake who stole the show, winning the girls 400-meter relay (47.94) and 1,600-meter relay (3:53.01), while the boys ended the meet with a narrow win in the 1,600-meter relay (3:24.61) as well. Despite aggravating his knee while attempting a 6-04 jump, Quince Orchard high jumper Dylan Bikim won gold with a jump of 6-02. But while the Cougars junior was certainly excited by the win, he said that mark won’t be sufﬁcient if he wants to keep winning in May. “I still have things to work on … it’s not where I want to be at,” Bikim said. “It makes me feel very happy that I was able to jump 6-02 with a hurt knee. When I heal up, I think I’ll be able to do big things.” agutekunst@gazette.net

Stone Ridge School senior and 2012 Olympic gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky announced Friday that she will defer her enrollment at Stanford University for one year as she focuses on her path to next summer’s 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. “After careful consideration and joint discussion with both my current club coach, Bruce Gemmell of Nation’s Capital Swim Club, and Stanford coach Greg Meehan, I have decided to defer my enrollment at Stanford for one year so that I may continue my training in my home environment in Maryland leading up to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials,” Ledecky said in a statement issued Friday morning. “I greatly appreciate the understanding, support, and guidance I received from both Coach Gemmell and Coach Meehan in helping me to reach this decision. I am thrilled and excited to be admitted to Stanford, and I very much look forward to my enrollment there as a student in the Fall of 2016 and swimming in NCAA competition as a member of Coach Meehan’s Stanford team.” Ledecky is the current world record holder in the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events and also owns American marks in the 500- and 1,650yard freestyle. Since winning the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the London Olympics in 2012 as the youngest member of Team USA, Ledecky has broken world records seven times and American records, 13. In recent years she has proven her versatility with strong results in the shorter freestyle events — important for Team USA relays — and the individual medley. Ledecky’s next major international competition is scheduled to be July’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia. She was a four-time gold medalist at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, where she was named the top woman scorer in a ﬁeld that included four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin. “I feel so fortunate that both Coach Gemmell and Coach Meehan will be serving as coaches on the USA Swimming National team staff for this summer’s World Championships,” Ledecky added in her statement.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Wootton shows support for athlete battling cancer The Wootton High School community will come together for a faculty/ student softball game in support of baseball player Michael Elliott, who is battling a rare form of cancer. The exhibition is scheduled for 3 p.m., May 22 on the Rockville school’s baseball ﬁeld. Wootton principal, Dr. Michael Doran heads up the approximately 20-person faculty and staff team that will take on a combination of Pa-

triot baseball and softball players. “We want to show Michael how much he is loved and possibly raise a little money for his family,” Patriots Booster Club President Dottie Gottfried wrote in an email to The Gazette.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Bullis boys clinch IAC title The Bullis School boys track and ﬁeld team captured its ﬁrst ever Interstate Athletic Conference championship Saturday night, edging out St. Albans, 144-136. The Bullis girls captured their second-straight Independent School League championship, beating out Georgetown Day, 137.5094.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Blake senior signs Blake High School’s Citiana Negatu has been offered a full scholarship to play on the women’s basketball team at Loyola University of Chicago and is scheduled to sign Friday, Athletic Director Jared Fribush said. Negatu averaged 14.3 points per game in her senior season with the Silver Spring school. In late March she was named MVP of the Mason Dixon Elite Game in the Roundball Classic.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

Sherwood grads open field hockey club Former Sherwood High School field hockey players Jayme Goldkind, who is an assistant coach at Stevenson University, and Linda Velesquez, co-coach at Holy Cross, have teamed up with the Olney Boys and Girls Club to conduct a camp this summer as they introduce their new club, Fierce Field Hockey. The two will preview the camp in a free clinic scheduled for May 30 at Sherwood — kindergarten through fourth grade go from 9-10:30 a.m. and fifth through eighth graders from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Seven Locks to host free tennis clinic On Sunday from 1-3 p.m. the Seven Locks Swim & Tennis Club will host a free clinic featuring former French Open champion and current Washington Kastles — the Washington, D.C.-based World Team Tennis team — coach Murphy Jensen. The event kicks off a partnership between newly-formed ProsToYo and the Bethesda facility; the tennis management company will begin running programs at the club in June. Registration information can be found at www. sevenlockstennis.eventbrite.com.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

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The Boxcar Lilies are (from left) Jenny Goodspeed, Katie Clarke and Stephanie Marshall.

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The first time musicians Stephanie Marshall and Katie Clarke heard Jenny Goodspeed’s voice, they fell in love. It was 2009, and Marshall and Clarke had teamed up after meeting through a musicians cooperative in Massachusetts, but they knew they were missing something. “Then we met Jenny and fell in love with her voice,” Marshall said. “And so we pursued her.” The three came together to form The Boxcar Lilies, which has released two albums of their harmony-driven blend of folk, country and bluegrass (“Sugar Shack,” 2013; “Heartwood,” 2010), and they plan to release another in early summer. On Saturday, they’ll play a show at the BlackRock Center for the Arts. The three women bring varied influences to the table (according to Marshall, she’s the rock ’n’ roll Lily, Clarke is the bluegrass Lily and Goodspeed is the 1970s singer-songwriter Lily), but they fit well together due to a pervading love for threepart harmonies. Marshall and Goodspeed, for example, are influenced by Crosby, Stills & Nash and that interest in well-crafted, overpowering harmonic parts comes through with consistency on the songs

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STEVEN FRANK AND ARNOLD MELTZER Christian has recently brewed Rauchbier, Belgian IPA, Chocolate Stout, Witbier, Scottish Ale and White IPA. About half of the nine taps are traditional German lagers, and the other half are his Brewer’s Select beers. During his tenure at Gordon Biersch, Christian has taken two medals at the Great American Beer Festival and more medals than any other Maryland brewer at the annual Brewer’s Association of Maryland Comptroller’s Cup. He loves brewing because he is a significant part of the entire process from ordering the raw ingredients to the final product. The work also includes imagining the beers and developing recipes, customer interactions and some marketing events. He is always busy with almost no downtime. If time is available and he is not brewing, Christian gives tours of the brewery. Golden Export (5 percent alcohol by volume), is a Hellesstyle lager and one of the two best-selling beers along with the Märzen. It has a moderate malt nose leading into a medium sweet malt front that flows through the middle. The finish adds a light noble hop with all the flavors fading in the late finish and aftertaste of this refreshing and flavorful brew. Ratings: 8.5/8.5.

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Continued from Page B-4 Rauchbier (5.9 percent ABV), based on a Great American Beer Festival 2014 gold medal winning Gordon Biersch recipe, has the prototypical fullsmoke aroma. The deep malt front segues into a middle which adds a lovely hint of bacon. The malt deepens in the ﬁnish, and further in the aftertaste, nicely balancing the smoke. This is a very smooth and drinkable rauchbier. Ratings: 8/8.5. Scottish Ale (6.3 percent ABV) has the profound malt bouquet typically found in this beer style. Very velvety, the Scottish ale has an intense malt front that continues throughout. While not complex, it is for malt

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MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate - Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, 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, 301-5815100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Katt Williams “American Bad Boy” World Movie Premiere, May 13 and May 14 - two shows each day; Savoy Ellingtons, May 15; King Soul, May 16; Soulcial Hour Band, May 17; Michal Urbaniak, May 21; Muscle Shoals and Stax/Volt, May 22; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-3304500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Boxcar Lilies, May 16; Suzanne Vega, May 30; Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 13; Marty Tucker Band, May 15; Shooting Star & Dangerous Curves, May 16; Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 20; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Big Daddy Kane, May 13; Nightwish, May 14; Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox, May 17; Falling in Reverse, May 19; Ultimate 80s Prom with The New Romance, May 23; Kingpen Slim hosted by Uncle Yank, May 29; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Aretha Franklin, May 13; Elijah Jamal Balbed, May 15; China Stars Night, May 15; BSO Music Box - In The Treetops (two shows), May 16; BSO: Debussy & Don Juan, May 16; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “The Wonderful Wizard 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.

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Olney Theatre Center’s run of “Carousel” is set to come to a close on Sunday. For more information, visit olneytheatre.org or call 301-924-3400. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,”

through May 17, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-9243400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” through June 21; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301258-6394, r-m-t.org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27 through June 21, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre. org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” May 29 through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage. org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Motionless, I Stay and Go: I am a Pause,” through May 24, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162,

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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, 301-6541998.

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

The Rockville Chorus will perform its “Songs of Love and Promise” concert at 7:30 PM at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at the Rockville Civic Center Park located at 603 Edmonston Dr., on Sunday. For more

information, visit rockvillechorus.org.

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Continued from Page B-4 songs that make up “Heartwood” and “Sugar Shack.” On the former album, tracks like the closer, “My Love Walks By My Side,” starts with harmonizing that beckons memory to the supergroup trio that found widespread acclaim in the late 1960s. “It’s not easy to ﬁnd people who can sing [them],” Marshall said. These three seized the opportunity they felt they were granted in meeting each other. Despite the demands of settled, family life (each member is over 40 years old), they continue recording and performing music. “When the three of us were in our 20s, we didn’t have mortgages,” Marshall said. “The difference is we were deﬁnitely not settled down. We have husbands and partners and families [now] so we try and do mostly weekend shows so we can balance a life and work life and music life. We have to constantly do that so we don’t lose our minds.” The three also work day jobs to support their families. And then there’s the stress from travel. “Sometimes it’s a strain because, you know, it’s hard being away,” Marshall said. “I have an 8-year-old, and it’s hard being away from her. But they understand that this is something we

lovers and an excellent example of the style. Ratings: 8/8.5. Czech Pilsner (5.6 percent ABV) has a well-balanced subdued hop and sweet malt nose. The enticing malt front continues in the middle. The finish adds a crisp muted Saaz hop. In the aftertaste, the malt fades as the restrained noble hop lingers. Ratings: 8.5/9. Chocolate Stout (4.3 percent ABV) has an aroma of chocolate with a note of wine. This creamy stout begins with a modest chocolate and tinge of roast. The chocolate increases in the middle as the roast ebbs slightly. The finish continues the medium chocolate and mild roast joined by a trace of wine. The chocolate continues as the roast increases a modicum in the aftertaste. Ratings: 8.5/9. have to do.” Marshall explained the new record features a return to some aspects of their initial recordings. The trio assembled a new group of recording musicians, which has lent a new energy to the music, she said. On their previous two albums, the work could be characterized as refreshingly smooth and minimalistic, with emphasis placed consistently on the harmonies layered over subtle acoustic guitars, banjos and ukuleles. “It’s bringing a whole new feel,” she said. “We’re using the same producer we had, but we’re getting back to a more roots-y sound like our first record.” The Boxcar Lilies’ music feels very much like something best enjoyed in the summer, so it’s reasonable to imagine that’s the vibe they’ll be pushing for again with the upcoming release. When they come to the BlackRock Center for the Arts, the audience can likely expect a laid-back but thoughtful performance. “Whenever we do a show, we like to take people on a trip,” Marshall said. “We’re all very serious, but we’re also very silly at times, and we love to joke around and be funny. We love to tell the stories of our songs. “Really, we love to create those magical moments when we connect with the audience and get that laughter and that understanding of our music.”

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Pianist and composer Haskell Small will perform the world premiere of his most recent composition, “A Journey In Silence: Reﬂections on The Book of Hours,” during a free concert on Saturday at Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. The concert is presented by the Washington Conservatory of Music.

Pianist and composer Haskell Small will present the world premiere of his most recent work, “A Journey In Silence: Reﬂections on The Book of Hours” as part of a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. Presented by the Washington Conservatory of Music, the debut will include brief reﬂective writings read by television and radio personality Robert Aubry Davis and will be coupled with “Partita No. 6 in E Minor” by J. S. Bach. The third composition in a series of contemplative works by Small, “A Journey In Silence” represents a fascination with music that is at once quiet and mystical in nature. Suggested donation is $20. For more information, call 301-320-2770 or visit washingtonconservatory.org.

Chorale, Carl and ‘Carmina’

The Central Maryland Chorale, directed by Monica Otal, will present “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Lutheran Church of Saint Andrew, 15300 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Guest artists include Diba Alvi, soprano; Patrick Cook, tenor; Kevin Wetzel, baritone; the College Park Youth Choir; and pianists Theodore Guerrant and Stan Engebretson. A percussion ensemble will accompany on the dynamic work, which celebrates love, drink and springtime while recognizing the uncertainties of fortune. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors. For more information, call 240-478-7952 or visit centralmarylandchorale.com.

PHOTO BY BILL SPITZ

Mara Bayewitz will star in the original one-woman play “Dolley Madison” on May 20 at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg.

Hello, ‘Dolley’ PHOTO BY KAITLIN BANFILL

Singer-songwriter Ian McFeron will be joined by longtime friend and musical accompanist Alisa Milner on ﬁddle, cello and harmony vocals during a concert Thursday at Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring.

‘Radio’ ways Singer-songwriter Ian McFeron will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at Fire Station 1, 8131 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Admission is free. McFeron will perform from his eighth studio album “Radio,” which was recorded in

Nashville, Tenn., and produced by Grammynominee Doug Lancio. McFeron will be joined on stage by longtime friend and musical accompanist Alisa Milner on ﬁddle, cello and harmony vocals. For more information, call 301-585-1370 or visit theﬁrestation1.com.

Arts on the Green will present its ﬁnal weekday matinee of the season, “Dolley Madison: Presidentress,” at 1 p.m. May 20 at the Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. The original, one-woman play stars award-winning actress Mara Bayewitz as Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, president of the United States from 1809-17. While some audience members may know that Dolley Madison saved the oil painting of George Washington as the British were about to burn the White House

during the War of 1812, fewer may be aware that she was the ﬁrst lady for two presidents and how she inﬂuenced Washington society. The program, presented in partnership with Sandy Spring Theatre Group, is part of Arts on the Green’s weekday series designed to illuminate and entertain home-school groups and older adults. Admission is $20 and $12 for children 14 and younger. For more information, call 301-258-6394 or visit gaithersburgmd.gov.

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Gaithersburg collection law firm seeking an individual with legal experience for a Clerk/Paralegal position and an entry level clerical assistant. Send resumes to jjohnson@randclegal.com.

Call Rafiq at: 301-922-0615 6000 Granby Road Derwood, MD 20855

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ANNUAL REPORT The 2014 Annual Report of the Gethsemane Scholarship Institution of Fond Des Blancs Haiti, Inc. Trademark GSIFBH is available for inspection at 2708 Hardy Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902 during regular business hours by any citizen who so requests inspection within 180 days from the date of this notice. Contact Abner Noza, Director at 301-933-6194. (5-13-15)

Dental/Medical Offices now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-888-818-7802 CTO SCHEV

NOW HIRING COMPANIONS FOR SENIORS!

Business Development Specialist Media Sales

We are seeking a highly motivated and result-oriented individual to assist small businesses in marketing their products and services. This is an outside sales (print, online & mobile advertising) position based in our Laurel office with a Prince George’s County territory assignment. The ability to secure and grow new business is a must! We offer competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, including pension and 401k. Hard working, enthusiastic applicants with previous sales experience please email your resume to Chauka Reid, creid@gazette.net EOE

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Apply in person at Del Monte Fresh Cut plant (9AM-4PM) Address: 7970 Tar Bay Drive, Jessup, MD 20794 Tele. 410-799-8460 H Please bring 2 forms of identification H

Good Driving Record

Lifting required. Salary open. 5 day week. Paid vacation. Apply in person Mon-Fri 11am-4pm. 301-881-8960 Scherr Furniture 11910-A Parklawn Drive Rockville, MD 20852

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Provide non-medical care for seniors in their homes. CNA, GNA, HHA and NON-LICENSED positions available. Flexible scheduling, ongoing training, 24hr support provided. Must have car, 1yr U.S work history, 21+. Home Instead Senior Care. To us it’s personal! 301-588-9708 (Call 10am-4pm Mon-Fri ) µ www.HISC197CG.digbro.com

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In Gaithersburg, MD sought by AstraZeneca LP. Establish, build, & maintain a global Bus. Solutions group, incl recruitment of skilled individuals, ongoing staff dvlpmt, & cutting edge methods, technical tools, & platforms. Position reqs a Bachelor’s deg or foreign equiv in Engg (any), Math, Comp Sci or a rltd field + 5 yrs of progressively resp exp in the job offd or as a Director, Associate Director, Group Mgr or a rltd position. Must have 5 yrs of progressively resp exp in the following: leading bus. units performing end-to-end s/ware dvlpmt & lifecycle mgmt, & systm dvlpmt & lifecycle mgmt, in support of late-phase clinical drug dvlpmt; leading teams that dsgn & manage clinical data repositories, that utilize statistical prgmg langs for analyzing & reporting clinical trial data, & that plan, dsgn & implmt enterprise systms that meet applicable regulatory reqmts in clinical drug dvlpmt; leading teams that dvlp, deliver, & maintain end-to-end clinical info stds, & that admin associated stds governance frameworks; using comprehensive knowl of CDISC stds (CDASH, SDTM, & ADaM), leading teams that use those stds in dvlpg statistical prgmg packages for reporting Phase I-IV clinical trials; using those stds to dvlp statistical prgmg deliverables for reporting Phase I-IV clinical trials; using knowl of current FDA & EMA regulatory reqmts for new drug submissions, incl NDAs & BLAs, dvlpg the full range of statistical prgmg contributions to FDA & EMA submission packages; & leading globally-distributed teams, bldg new business-unit capabilities, & managing stakeholder engagements w/sr. executives & leaders. Must have 2 yrs exp in the following: dsgng governance frameworks & establishing associated bus. & technical performance metrics for clinical info stds; & making substantive contributions to industry working groups that define CDISC stds. MF, 40 hrs/wk. EOE. To apply, go to http://www.astrazenecacareers.com. Scroll down, click "Search jobs," enter "15-50125613" as the "Reference Number," & click "Search." No calls.

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Permission is being sought by Amelia Villaruz to remove the remains of her Mother, Anatolia Cosca from Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Maryland. Section 10 lot 1873 Site 1 DD. To be cremated and shipped to her final resting place in the Philippines. (5-13-15)

Send resume to diane@harveyhottel.com

Outstanding opportunity to help military couples build their families. Join a prominent government contractor serving military families in Bethesda, Maryland. Experience or strong interest in women’s health required/work includes both admin and clinical duties. Candidates must be able to pass government required security clearance and exhibit proof of U.S citizenship. Weekend rotation req. Excellent benefits & competitive salary package! New grads welcome to apply. .

Email resume & salary reqs: Darshana.naik.ctr@mail.mil or fax to 301/400-1800.

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Italian cuisine in Wheaton is looking for FT servers & bus person with experienced. Come apply at 2666 University Blvd Mon -Frid. between 9am-3pm

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Staff Accountant Kenwood Country Club Bethesda

Experienced in G/L, AP, AR Payroll Please send resume to tae@kenwoodcc.net

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SALES COUNSELOR Five Star Premier Residences of Chevy Chase seeks a Sales Counselor for our senior living community. Key duties include meet/exceed move-in goals, meet/exceed sales activity standards, assist in development and execution of the sales/marketing plan and daily engagement in external business development such as sales calls, networking and attending events. Candidate must have Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in Marketing) or related courses; two years sales experience preferably in the senior living industry; excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate our products, services and value to prospects and excellent computer skills. Some weekend hours required. Must have valid Driver’s Please email resume to License. pmundy@5ssl.com. We are an EOE.

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Live-in Caregivers, PRN & Billing Staff

Call Bill Hennessy Be trained individually by Realtor Emeritus one of the area’s top offices & one of the area’s best salesman with over 40 years experience. 3 301-388-2626 01-388-2626 New & experienced salespeople welcomed. Bill.Hennessy@LNF.com EOE

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Cars Wanted

YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR WAY AT OURISMAN EVERYDAY

DONATE AUTOS, TRUCKS, RV’S. LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. Your donation helps local families with food, clothing, shelter, counseling. Tax deductible. MVA License #W1044. 410-636-0123 or www.LutheranMissionSociety.org

Domestic Cars

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or email dc@capitalautoauction.com

OPEN TO PUBLIC • ALL DEALERS WELCOME G560929

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2014 Jetta SE...........................V298174A, Beige, 5,090 Miles..................$16,991

2004 Toyota 4Runner.............V061931A, Blue, 150,445 Miles................$10,889

2014 Golf 4Dr...........................VP0129, White,18,424 Miles.....................$16,994

2011 Toyota Prius...................V283821B, Red, 112,390 Miles................$11,593

2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles................$17,991

2008 Honda Civic EX.............V084797A, Blue, 59,862 Miles..................$11,791

2013 Passat SE.......................V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles................$17,991

2011 Toyota Camry SE..........V0125A, Black, 61,476 Miles....................$12,594

2012 Subaru Impreza Wagon LT..V074708A, Deep Cherry, 20,725 Miles......$18,991

2014 Nissan Versa.................V309714A, Gray, 7,485 Miles....................$13,991

2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles......................$18,991

2013 Nissan Sentra...............V282063A, Gray, 31,633 Miles..................$14,361

2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles................$19,492

2013 Jetta SE Conv................V801480A, Gray, 27,513 Miles..................$14,592

2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles..................$19,955

2012 Passat SE.......................V813899A, Silver, 63,008 Miles................$14,991

2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles..................$19,991

2013 Nissan Altima...............V303606A, Silver, 49,926 Miles................$15,991

2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI..V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles................$20,991

2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles.................$16,293

2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles......................$26,892

2014 Hyundai Elantra GT......V505382A, Red, 7,411 Miles....................$16,991

2013 CC SR6 4Motion...........VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles....................$28,991

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DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1

2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT

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21,950

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2012 Volvo S60 T6 R Design

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14,777

23,959

24,980

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15,977

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2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ $

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9,977

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2007 Nissan Quest SL

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15,977

2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited

16,977

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32,950

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2011 Volvo C30 Turbo Coupe.............................. $12,995 2012 Acura TSX Wagon............................................... $21,950 #526588B, Black, Fun to drive, Well maintained inside & out!

# 527003A, 1-Owner, Only 27K Miles! Leather, Sunroof, Bluetooth, Alloys

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee.................................... $11,995 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L...........................$19,950 #P9310A, 1-Owner, Super Low Miles 61K, V8, SNRF, Alloys, Gray

2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid

#P9277, 1-Owner, Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth

#541161A, Hard-to-Find, 1-Owner, Loaded, Leather, Sunroof

2011 Mini Cooper S........................................................... $14,995 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980 #P9243B, 1-Owner, Turbo, Auto, Leather, Well Maintained #P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink

16,777

2011 Nissan Juke SV

16,977

#544515A, AWD, Auto, Sunroof

2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L..................................................... $18,950 2012 Volvo XC60 AWD Platinum.................. $25,950 #P9263, 1-Owner, Only 52K Miles! Panormic Moonroof, Well prices and clean!

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DARCARS NISSAN TWO LOCATIONS

Rockville

College Park

15911 Indianola Drive Rockville, MD 20855 888-797-1831 2015 NISSAN

2015 NISSAN

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AT THIS PRICE

manual transmission MODEL #11155

9,995

169/MO

AT THIS PRICE

39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

2015 NISSAN

MODEL #11615

ALTIMA 2.5 S

MSRP: $22,045 Sale Price: $18,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $750

17,495 $

MODEL #67115

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

0 DOWN

LEAF S

with charger package MODEL #17015

AT THIS PRICE

0 DOWN

169/MO

28,495 OR

AT THIS PRICE

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

MODEL #25015

MSRP: $33,045 Sale Price: $28,495

MODEL #23015

339

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

MSRP: $32,455 Sale Price: $27,995 Nissan Rebate: $1,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

25,995

OR AT THIS PRICE

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

MURANO S AWD

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

159

2015 NISSAN

PATHFINDER 4X4 S

229/MO

MODEL #12115

16,995 $

14,495

24,495 OR

AT THIS PRICE

169/MO

2015 NISSAN

MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $27, 995 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500

S SAVINGS AV ING S EVENT EVENT

MODEL #13115 4 at this price

AT THIS PRICE

2015 NISSAN

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

279/MO

SENTRA SV

MSRP: $23,935 Sale Price: $18,995 Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,000 Altima Bonus Cash: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500

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NV200

AT THIS PRICE

MSRP: $19,305 Sale Price: $15,745 Nissan Rebate $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250

13,995 OR

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MSRP: $17,600 Sale Price: $14,895 Nissan Customer Cash: $400 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

VERSA NOTE SV

MSRP: $12,995 Nissan Rebate: $400 Sale Price: $10,395

9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037

0 DOWN

269/MO

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 05/18/2015. G560904

NEW 2015 HIGHLANDER LE 1 AVAILABLE: #563287

28,590

4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR

NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564379, 564390

20,990

4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

2015 PRIUS C II

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18,890

4 DR., AUTO, 6 CYL.

AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE

NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #560694, 560653

14,690

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

AFTER $750 REBATE

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2015 COROLLA LE

15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD OPEN SUNDAY VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 5/19/2015.

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2 AVAILABLE: #570341, 570352

$0 DOWN G560906

24,690

MANUAL, 4 CYL

2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044

NEW 2015 SIENNA L 2 AVAILABLE: #560070, 560102

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NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB

AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR

MO**

19,290

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

NEW 2015 CAMRY LE

4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

AFTER $750 REBATE

2 AVAILABLE: #572093, 572081

$0 DOWN

139/MO**

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL