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James Blake’s Martha Sam wins the girls 100 dash in the 3A/4A State Track Championship meet in Baltimore on Friday. See story, Page B-1.
After falling to second place in 2013, Discovery Communications CEO David M. Zaslav was again the highest-paid executive of a public company in Montgomery County in 2014. That’s according to a review of publicly traded companies’ proxy statements recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The chief executive of the Silver Spring media giant added a new wrinkle in easily surpassing 2013’s most highly compensated CEO in the county, Martine Rothblatt of Silver Spring drugmaker United Therapeutics. This week, Zaslav topped the list of the 200 highest-paid CEOs nationally, compiled by compensation data firm Equilar for The New York Times. That’s the first time he has led those
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‘Free-range’ parents cleared in investigation Silver Spring couple allowed children to walk on their own
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A Maryland couple investigated for neglect after they let their two young children walk home alone from local parks have been cleared in one of two
such cases, according to the family’s attorneys and documents. The new Child Protective Services finding, which follows an appeal, comes as the experiences of “free-range” parents Danielle and Alexander Meitiv have drawn national attention, sparking debate about parenting choices and how far local officials should go to enforce laws designed to protect children. It overturns a previous CPS decision
that held the Meitivs responsible for “unsubstantiated” child neglect, a finding typically made when there is conflicting or insufficient information for a more definitive conclusion. The change came as a welcome surprise to the Meitivs, who were informed in letters they received May 18 that neglect was “ruled out” in the case, which dates to their children’s December walk from Woodside Park.
“It was an enormous relief and vindication,” Danielle Meitiv said in a Washington Post interview, the family’s first in six weeks. “Of course there’s no neglect here. There never was. There was never even a hint of it.” The CPS letter gave no further explanation, leaving open the question of whether CPS has changed its approach
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Antony M. Musembi, a Board of Trustees Scholar, addresses Montgomery College’s 68th commencement at the Rockville campus on Friday.
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Larry A. Bowers will remain Montgomery County Public Schools’ interim superintendent as the county school board continues to search for a new permanent leader. The board unanimously appointed Bowers to the role a second time on Wednesday, a few days after its top choice to become the school system’s next superintendent withdrew his name. State schools Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery approved the appointment, according to William Reinhard, a spokesman for the Maryland State Department of Education. Bowers, who has worked in the district for about 37 years, has served as the interim leader since February and now will stay until June of next year. Former Superintendent Joshua P. Starr resigned in February before his four-year contract would have expired this summer. During a school board meeting Wednesday, Bowers, who had been set to retire at the end of June, said he hadn’t planned to stay in the post, but was “willing to step in.” “I’m very committed to this system and what we’ve been doing, and I want to make sure it continues,” he said. Bowers’ appointment was met with clapping and cheering from the audience in the crowded school board meeting room. “I think you can tell that the MCPS staff is very happy that there will be stability and positive direction,” school board President Patricia O’Neill told Bowers. O’Neill said after the meeting that the board is “taking a pause” in its superintendent search and plans to resume in January. On May 14, the board announced it had picked Andrew Houlihan, chief academic officer of the Houston Independent School District, as its “preferred candidate” out of a pool of 25 people it considered. Houlihan informed O’Neill in a May 17 letter that he was withdrawing his application. “While I believe that my leadership would be an asset to Montgomery County, I also feel that at this point in time, such leadership is not the right fit for
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With roots in four parts of the world and eyes on four sets of goals, student speakers at Montgomery College’s Friday graduation ceremony celebrated a shared moment of success.
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The four speakers, all recipients of top college awards, were among more than 3,500 students earning degrees and certificates in the college’s class of 2015. About 950 graduates walked at Friday’s commencement. Montgomery College President DeRionne P. Pollard said the graduates who were celebrated Friday made up the institution’s largest graduating class.
Fidelis Mariae A. Militante, a nursing major at the college, was one of three graduates named a 2015 Board of Trustees Scholar. She represented the Rockville campus. “It is a significant milestone in my life’s journey, a journey filled with difficult obstacles and joyous achievements, a journey not unlike your journey,” Militante, of Rockville,
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Small Business Counseling, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave. Volunteers from Service Corps of Retired Executives offer advice. One-hour appointments on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 240-777-0678. Free. Honor and Praise, Navy Band Brass Quartet, 2 p.m., Lakeside Commons Clubhouse, Riderwood, 3140 Gracefield Road, Silver Spring. Free. 301-572-1300. Zumba, 6:30-8 p.m., 111 Geneva Ave., Silver Spring. cogicsports@yahoo.com. $10.
A “First-Person Account” of the Lincoln Assassination, 1 to 3 p.m., Holiday Park Se-
nior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton. Mike Robinson, a volunteer with Ford’s Theater, will be in period dress, portraying an eyewitness to history. Sponsored by National Active and Retired Federal Employees and Holiday Park. Free. 301-8716734 or charlottelass21@gmail.com. Nepal fundraiser, 7-9:30 p.m., Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St., Takoma, D.C., across from Metro station. Concert featuring The BlackJacks, Mary Amato, LEA, Nepali singer Ramesh Pariyar. Jitman Basnet of Nepal will speak. Requested donation $10-$100. busygraham@gmail.com or 301-466-0183.
THURSDAY, MAY 28 Silver Spring Village lunch and presentation, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m., Gwendolyn E.
Coffield Community Center, 2450 Lyttonsville Road, Silver Spring. Learn about the “village” concept, which helps with transportation, chores and more. 301-503-7401 or info@silverspringvillage.org.
FRIDAY, MAY 29 Amelia White with Sergio Webb and Walter Egan, 8:30-10:45 p.m. Sligo Cafe, 923
Sligo Ave., Silver Spring. No cover charge. 301-565-2233 or info@sligocafe.com.
SATURDAY, MAY 30 Strathmore/Bel Pre community yard sale, 9 a.m.-noon, Strathmore/Bel Pre
Pool, 13914 Bethpage Lane, Aspen Hill. Rain date is June 6. 301-460-0497 or linda.k.bea@verizon.net.
Jazz featuring the Bruce Krohmer Trio, 7:30 p.m., Takoma Park Community
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With a short talk about the local jazz scene and the history of jazz. arts@takomaparkmd.gov. 35th Washington Folk Festival, noon-7 p.m., Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Same time May 31. Musicians, storytellers, dancers, crafters. Free shuttle bus from Geico parking lot, 5260 Western Ave. Free. 301-526-8558 or dwainfest@aol.com. Doonya (Bollywood) for Nepal, 2-3 p.m., ProFIT Club, 304 E. Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg. $10 donations welcome to support Nepal earthquake relief efforts. 301-6028142 or contact@profitclubmd.com. Colesville Lions Club Flea Market, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Southern States Turf Farm, 1409 Spencerville Road, Spencerville. Vendor cost is $15. DaleMeyerdirk@aol.com. Sundari, 6:30 p.m., Kennedy High School, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring. Dance interpretation of the Cinderella tale. $15; children younger than 10 admitted free. knsdance.com.
SUNDAY, MAY 31 “Sweet-T” 5K Benefit Walk, 2-5 p.m.,
Covenant Life School, back lawn, 7501 Muncaster Mill Road, Gaithersburg. To benefit the Teressa French Memorial Scholarship Fund. www.TeressaFrench. myevent.com or 301-602-9224. Rent: The Concert Version, 7-9:30 p.m., Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac. Musical follows a year in the life of artists and musicians struggling to survive and create. $20 per person, including dessert reception. www. harshalom.org or 301-299-7087. Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Festival, noon-8 p.m., Silver Spring Civic Building, One Veterans Place. Juried competition, a four-hour video competition, social justice and media workshops, and performances. Free. tinyurl.com/kbpknml or ashley@ gandhibrigade.org. Disc Golf for Beginners, 11 a.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. $3 per person for Maryland residents, $5 per person for others. 301924-2127 or bethany.lillard@maryland.gov.
MONDAY, JUNE 1 Citizenship Preparation Program, 9
a.m., Montgomery College, Westfield South Office Building, 11002 Veirs Mill Road, Suite 306, Wheaton. 240-567-8839 or Izis.Weills@montgomerycollege.edu.
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5:30 p.m., Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton. The musical ensemble, led by Bing Xia, performs on the 24-string Chinese zither, an instrument with roots in the Qin dynasty, circa 237 B.C. Free. 240-777-0678 or scott.lambdin@ montgomerycountymd.gov.
American Red Cross Blood Drive, 2:30-8 p.m., Liberty Grove United Methodist Church, 15225 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Call 800-733-2767 for an appointment.
TUESDAY, JUNE 2 African American Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Copies available at information desk. anne.seiler@montgomerycountymd.gov. Renters Meeting, 7-8:45 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 10401 Armory Ave., Kensington. Montgomery County Renters Alliance will discuss rental housing concerns. Free. info@RentersAlliance.org. Blood and food drive, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Montgomery County Public Safety Headquarters, first-floor conference room, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg. Food and food coupons available. Food pantry donations accepted. 240-773-5030.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 Senior Connection volunteer open house, 9:30-11 a.m., Holiday Park Senior
Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Silver Spring. Volunteer@seniorconnectionmc.org or 301-942-1049. Mystery Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Copies available at information desk. 240-773-9460. AARP Smart Driver Course, 12:30-5 p.m., Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton. Registration required; limited to 25. $15 AARP members, $20 nonmembers. 240-777-0678 or dianne. whitaker@montgomerycountymd.gov. Holiday Park Senior Prom, 5:30-7 p.m., Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Wheaton. Light dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. With Night and Day band. 240-7774999 or gayathri.aluvihare@montgomerycountymd.gov.
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Carlos Reyes of Langley Park teaches his daughter Allison, 5, to swim at the Long Branch Outdoor Pool in Silver Spring on Sunday afternoon.
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Following an extended campaign by pool users, the Montgomery County Council agreed on Thursday to provide money next fiscal year to operate and maintain the pool at Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park. The final vote came just before the popular swimming season, as seven outdoor pools opened for the season Saturday. Those included the Long Branch one on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring, Martin Luther King Jr. on Jackson Road in White Oak and Wheaton/Glenmont on Dalewood Drive in Wheaton. Four other outdoor pools opened in Bethesda, Germantown, Gaithersburg and Poolsville. In March, County Executive Isiah Leggett released a fiscal 2016 budget proposal that recommended cutting out maintenance and operations funds for the Takoma pool. He recommended that the pool, which is inside the school, be closed and re-evaluated for needed capital improvements. Those who lobbied to keep the pool open while the matter is studied included parents of students at the Takoma Park school, Piney Branch teacher and swim coach Emily Rawson
and Takoma Park Mayor Bruce Williams. At Piney Branch, some students wrote letters that were presented by student Sarah Blum to the County Council in mid-April during a public hearing. “We are thrilled,” Sarah’s mother, Wendy Kent, who also testified during that meeting, said Friday. “It’s great to see our efforts pay off.” Testifying during the budget hearings among dozens of other people gave Kent a better idea of the extent of programs and needs in the county. “We know they are all important,” she said. “We knew it wasn’t a given that we would get the funding.” In a meeting of the council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development committee in late April, County Recreation Department Director Gabriel Albornoz said the Takoma pool was a “wonderful community amenity,” but it ran a “fairly significant deficit” and was in need of substantial repair. Council President George L. Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said the pool provided an important service to an “economically challenged” area, and he didn’t mind there being a deficit. “I don’t think we have any other option” but to fund it, Leventhal said. Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Park said in the committee meeting that, according to a county legislative memo, there were other pools in the county “that were more of a drain on the system.”
For instance, the Upper County pool in Gaithersburg had a budget of $116,073 and actual revenue of $25,131 in fiscal 2014, according to county figures. The Piney Branch pool had a budget that year of $155,000 and revenue of $85,748, according to the county. Floreen said “it would be good to not have this conversation [about Piney Branch pool] every single year,” as officials have in recent years. Kent said the Takoma pool is “not unsafe,” but was in need of certain upgrades. It would help for the pool to have better public access, since users now have to go through the school, she said. The council agreed to add $145,000 to the fiscal budget for operations, which are managed through a county recreation department contract by Adventist Community Services, an agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The county also budgeted $15,000 for maintenance. In recent years, Montgomery County has funded the maintenance and operations of the pool, while the school district pays for costs such as utilities, janitorial upkeep and security. The facility is the only Olympicsized pool inside a Montgomery County school, according to Piney Branch’s website. The process has provided an interesting civics lesson for Kent’s daughter and other students. “But I hope we don’t have to go through this again next year,” Kent said.
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Two Silver Spring residents have been recognized in an annual art competition within Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in Congress. Alexis Faleder, a sophomore at Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville, and Jirawat “Paul” Khumbungkla, a freshman at Northwood High in Silver Spring, were among the six runners-up. Alexis submitted a ballpoint pen work entitled “Why?” Jirawat submitted an acrylic and colored pencil work entitled “Tradition.” U.S. Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr.’s office said in a press release that 251 students from 31 schools within the 8th District entered. The winning work was an ink-and-pastel piece by Peter Stubin, a senior at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda. Jurors selected 94 entries that were in an exhibition at Washington ArtWorks in Rockville in April and May. From the 94 entries in the exhibition, 16 were selected for special recognition.
Library grant going to Harmony Hills Elementary The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries is giving more than $875,000 grants to 131 school libraries this year, including one in Silver Spring. Harmony Hills Elementary School in Silver Spring is getting a $7,000 grant. The money will be used to buy books for the media center to support students who are learning English, according to Holly L. Buchanan, a media specialist at the school. Harmony Hills is the only school in Maryland to win a grant.
Silver Spring students graduate from Macalester
Lucas E. Crock of Silver Spring has received a degree from King’s College in WilkesBarre, Pa. Crock received a bachelor of science degree in psychology.
Two students from Silver Spring have graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Paul Babinec received a liberal arts degree in economics. Babinec, a graduate of Blair High in Silver Spring, is the son of Paul Babinec and Karin Malm of Silver Spring. Phineas Rueckert graduated magna cum laude with a liberal arts degree in political science and international studies. Rueckert, a graduate of St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., is the son of Janet Hulstrand of Silver Spring and Stephen Rueckert of Silver Spring.
Takoma Park author writes book on jazz
County honors recycling efforts
Edward Allan Faine of Takoma Park has a new book called “The Best Gig in Town: Jazz Artists at the White House 1969-1974.” A description of the book says it’s about 13 jazz-related performances at the White House. The musicians includes singers Pearl Bailey, Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra; pianist Henry Mancini; and instrumental groups the Modern Jazz Quartet and the World’s Greatest Jazz Band. The book offers a rare view of “a White House at play with [President Richard] Nixon as genial and gracious host,” the description says. The book was published by IM Press and is available on Amazon. Faine’s other books include “Ellington at the White
As part of the county’s 16th annual Recycling Awareness Week, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Solid Waste Services recently recognized outstanding achievements in recycling, waste reduction, reuse, buying recycled-content products, backyard composting and grass-cycling and educational efforts. Local businesses, organizations, multifamily apartment and condominium properties, residents and individuals were honored May 20 at the county conference center in North Bethesda for their efforts to help the county meet its goal to recycle 70 percent of all waste by 2020. Local winners include: • Multi-Family Property
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Excellence in Recycling: Willow Manor at Colesville, Silver Spring • Multi-Family Property Outstanding Effort in Recycling: Riderwood Village in Silver Spring • Outstanding Achievement in Recycling, Business: Banneker Ventures, Silver Spring; Briggs Chaney WalkIn Clinic, Silver Spring; Chapala Restaurant, Burtonsville; Merry Maids, Silver Spring; RCT Endodontics, Silver Spring; Takoma Park Co-op; Unique Thrift Store, Silver Spring • Outstanding Achievement in Business Recycling, Individual: Luis Alvarado, Peterson Cos., Silver Spring; Brittany Frankel, Peterson Cos., Silver Spring; Tiesha Hackley, Brookfield Office Properties, Silver Spring; Kathy Oates, Site Realty Group, Silver Spring; Josue Ortiz Maltez, ABM, Silver Spring; Digna Sorto, ABM, Silver Spring; Chris Yorro, Jones Lang LaSalle, Silver Spring.
Students to conduct research in Israel Six local high school juniors were awarded Dr. Istvan Madaras SciTech Scholarships to conduct scientific research this summer at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. They are Yashodhar Govil, Nathan Zimmerberg, Sam Wasserman and Sam Wenger, all of Bethesda and Whitman High School in Bethesda; and Gabriel Swagel of Chevy Chase and Mikhael Hammer-Bleich of Silver Spring, students at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville. The SciTech Summer Science Camp, which will run from July 20 to Aug. 13, is a research program for juniors and seniors with an interest and ability in mathematics, science or computer technology, a news release says.
Art Association closing Wheaton gallery The Montgomery Art Association is closing its gallery in the Westfield Wheaton mall after more than four years at the site. The organization will have a closing party Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the upper level near Costco. The arts group hopes to open a gallery “again sometime in the future and [is] currently exploring options with Westfield,” according to its website.
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A proposed arena in Montgomery County is no closer to opening than it was a year ago. Without a space to accommodate most high school graduation ceremonies, many Montgomery County Public Schools seniors and their families again will trek elsewhere, such as Washington, D.C. Despite years of working to build an arena in the county that could host events, the project remains stymied by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and lacks county financial support. As an arena site, developers have been eyeing about eight acres of WMATA land currently used for parking at the Shady Grove Metro Station.
“I went to public school in Montgomery County and everybody before and after me has had to suffer with going somewhere else.” Tom Doyle, D&A Sports and Entertainment Montgomery County awarded developer D&A Sports and Entertainment the project more than six years ago. But the progress both the county and the developer expected last May has not happened. County Executive Isiah Leggett said the county cannot financially support the project now because of a tight budget and difficult fiscal outlook. Leggett (D) said the project also faces challenges with Metro
and “its willingness to be a part of it.” Asked for comment, WMATA spokesman Mike Tolbert emailed this statement: “Metro is supportive of this project. However, we require that any commuter parking that is displaced by the proposed arena be replaced. As an end-of-line station, Shady Grove is a busy station and its parking facilities are often at or near capacity.” No one, Leggett said, is in a position to come up with a plan
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that satisfies all of the concerns. “It’s a long, long ways from anything concrete happening out there,” he said. Tom Doyle of D&A Sports and Entertainment could not be reached for comment. Last year, Doyle said the question of how much parking would have to be provided at the arena was the only thing standing between the project and a green light from WMATA. But while the county hoped to have the issue resolved last July, a year later, Leggett said, the project still does not have WMATA approval. Most Montgomery County high schools will hold commencement at the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Once built, the arena in the county will be available each year for graduation ceremonies, Doyle said previously. “That is a mandatory requirement of this whole project for us,” he said in 2014. “I went to public school in Montgomery County and everybody before and after me has had to suffer with going somewhere else.” Leggett said he, too, is eager to stop hosting graduations outside the county. “It’s something I want to change,” he said. “I’ve gone down to Constitution Hall too many times, fighting through the traffic, forcing our residents go through the traffic. We have to change that. Hopefully, that we can get it done. It’s just question of timing at this point.” Even if Metro approves plans for the arena, the county still could require a master-plan or zoning amendment for the project. If the master plan must be amended, minor master-plan amendments are the county’s quickest process and those can take about a year to complete.
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Loiederman Middle School is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. Above, sixth-graders Molly Merlocoyne and Skylar Williams paint sets for a play last fall at the school.
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A decade ago, officials renamed Belt Middle School after the late businessman and arts advocate A. Mario Loiederman and rebranded the Silver Spring-area school as an arts magnet. This week, students, faculty and alumni are celebrating the school’s 10-year anniversary with a series of events. That includes a musical gala Friday at 7 p.m. at Wheaton High School, which is near Loiederman Middle School. Performers will include members of the Washington National Opera, National Philharmonic Orchestra and Loiederman staff and students, said administrative secretary Denice Wepasnick. There will be an a cappella group and barbershop quartet, as well as the Loiederman chamber choir. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children. “This is an event designed for current and past Loiederman students, staff and their families to celebrate the past 10 years,” Wepasnick said. “But anyone who is interested in our school is welcome to attend.”
LOIEDERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY MUSICAL GALA n When: 7-9 p.m. Friday n Where: Wheaton High School auditorium, 12601 Dalewood Drive n Cost: $5 adults, $3 children n More information: www. montgomeryschoolsmd. org/schools/loiedermanms
While the arts play a central role in the school’s magnet curriculum, with elective courses in visual art, choral music and theater, all students take regular courses such as English, math, science, world studies and physical education. Sixth-graders take an introductory arts course. Loiederman schedules plays, art shows and music and dance concerts featuring student performers throughout the year. A first-time event is a student film festival on Wednesday evening at the school on Goodhill Road. “They are all short films directed by students,” Wepasnick said. There also will be a barbecue on Thursday. kshay@gazette.net
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A Silver Spring motorcycle driver who was seriously injured in a May 9 collision with a pickup truck in Wheaton died on Saturday, according to police. The rider was Thomas Steven Rose, 59, of the 11300 block of Cloverhill Drive in Silver Spring, according to a Police Department news release. Detectives continue to investigate the accident, which happened about 9 p.m. at the intersection of Randolph Road and Bushey Drive. A preliminary investiga-
tion indicates that Mario Evert Carrasco Gonzales, 43, of Silver Spring was driving a 2005 Ford F-150 pickup truck south on Bushey Drive. Gonzales attempted to cross Randolph Road and collided with a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle driven by Rose, who was traveling west on Randolph Road, according to the release. No further information was available from police as of Tuesday. Investigators with the department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit are asking anyone who saw the accident to call them at 240-773-6620. Callers may remain anonymous. vterhune@gazette.net
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Leggett says Thursday’s meeting with Hogan, Baker was productive BY
KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER
A last-ditch meeting to convince Gov. Larry Hogan of the need to keep the Purple Line on track went well, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said. “I don’t say that lightly,” he said. Leggett (D) met behind closed doors Thursday with Hogan (R) and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) to talk about the Purple Line, specifically the economic reasons for building it. Proposed to connect Bethesda to New Carrollton, the 16-mile light-rail line has been projected to bring more than 27,000 jobs to the region and billions in economic development. But Hogan, a strong supporter of road transportation, has questioned the project’s $2.45 billion price tag and asked state transportation officials to take a closer look. Asked if the meeting affected the governor’s thinking on the project, Hogan spokeswoman Erin Montgomery wrote in an email: “The governor will make a decision on the Purple Line once he receives final recommendations from Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn.” Rahn said earlier this month that the project could be built for 10 percent less, The Washington Post reported. Rahn told The Post the Purple Line construction savings his agency found would result from changes in the project’s “scope” and “commercial terms.” Hogan was expected to make a decision on the Purple Line this month, but Leggett said he left the meeting Thursday with the impression that Hogan would not decide until after a scheduled trip to Asia, likely in early June. “My effort today was to get him to accept the project is worth having and we should do it,” Leggett said Thursday. Unwilling to say whether he expects Hogan to keep the project on track, Leggett characterized the meeting as productive. Leggett and Baker sought to show the governor how the project is consistent with Hogan’s desire for economic development growth in Maryland. “My point was: This is consistent with his mandate to create jobs and expand our tax base,” Leggett said, adding that he approached the conversation by presenting realistic figures to Hogan. Hogan has questioned figures showing the project will bring thousands of jobs and billions in growth, but even if the Purple Line does not bring as many jobs or as much growth as expected, what comes will be a boon, Leggett argued. Federal lawmakers are also pushing Hogan to keep the project on track. In a letter Friday, Maryland’s Congressional delegation — minus U.S. Rep. Andrew P. Harris (R-Dist. 1) of Cockeysville — reiterated support and commitment to the Purple Line, as well as the $2.9 billion Red Line proposed near Baltimore. “Both systems will create needed transit connections between population centers and employment, reduce congestion in area roadways, and foster community and economic development,” the letter said. The federal government has earmarked $100 million each for the Purple Line and the Red Line in fiscal year 2015 and up to $900 million each toward full construction. But the delegation warned that money won’t be available forever and if it isn’t spent on the Purple or Red lines, it won’t go to other projects in the state. “We urge you to move expeditiously to finalize plans for the Red and Purple Lines and bring Maryland the economic benefits and jobs they will provide,” the delegation wrote. kalexander@gazette.net
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TERRI HOGAN STAFF WRITER
Most people have times when they could use a friend, and a new Buddy Bench at Cloverly Elementary School in Silver Spring makes it a little easier to connect with one. The bench was the idea of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1340, which has seven fifth-graders led by parents Tracy Kiras of Silver Spring and Amy Creel of Ashton. Last year, the girls started thinking about a community service project for their Girl Scout Bronze Award. While researching ideas, they stumbled upon the Buddy Bench, a concept started by a second-grade boy at his Pennsylvania school. The idea is simple: When children are lonely, they sit on the bench. When others see them on the bench, they invite them to play with them. Kiras said the decision to pursue the bench was unanimous, because the girls had all witnessed classmates feeling lonely on the playground, especially new students at the school. “The Buddy Bench is a way to eliminate loneliness at the playground, for kids who may have trouble finding kids to play with or making new friends,” said Kiras’ daughter Addy, 10.
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Daisy Creel of Ashton, a member of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1340, tries out the new Buddy Bench at Cloverly Elementary School in Silver Spring. “It also leaves a legacy, since this is our last year at Cloverly.” The Buddy Bench appears to be serving its purpose. Girl Scout Jordan Clifford, 10, said the bench builds
friendships on the playground. “Some kids walk around the playground with nothing to do,” she said. “They sit on the bench and people will ask them to come play.”
“The purpose of the Buddy Bench is to ensure that all students are given the opportunity to socialize with their peers during recess,” said Principal Melissa A. Brunson. “We are
hoping that the Buddy Bench will provide opportunities to strengthen, renew and create new friendships between students while keeping them actively engaged during recess. We aim to ensure that no child is left alone.” The troop raised $900 for the project through bake sales, a 50-50 raffle and a Go Fund Me online campaign. The bench arrived in March, but it couldn’t be installed until early May, after the weather warmed up. A contractor with ties to the school offered to assemble and install it at no charge. Kiras said one of the most important parts of the project is that the girls did much of the work themselves. They made a presentation for the administration, which supported the idea. They also made a presentation to the school, including a skit, which featured “do’s and don’ts” about how to use the bench for its true purpose — to build and enhance friendships. “The girls learned to do research, gained communications skills, presentation skills and to give back to the community, while leaving a legacy at their school,” Kiras said. They also learned how it feels to make a difference in the lives of others. “I am really happy that the Buddy Bench is being put to use and that people are getting more friends,” Jordan said. thogan@gazette.net
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Fiscal 2016 spending will rise almost 2 percent KATE S. ALEXANDER
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Montgomery County on Thursday formally adopted its fiscal year 2016 operating budget, a $5.07 billion spending plan up almost 2 percent from the current year. The county also adopted its updated capital improvements program. County Council members tentatively set the operating plan the previous week, adding about $17 million for council priorities, and adopting tax rates for the next year. Thursday’s formal vote sets the plan for the coming fiscal year that starts July 1. The total operating budget funds county government, Montgomery College, the school system and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
“The county executive sent us a good budget, and we have strengthened it in ways that are important to our community,” Council President George L. Leventhal said, reading from a statement. County government employees will get 2 percent raises in the new fiscal year, as well as 3.5 percent step increases and longevity increases — which vary by bargaining unit and are offered to employees who reach 20 years with the county. In total, the pay increases add about $18 million to the bottom line. Of the total revenue, $393 million will go into reserves. “We know from our fiscal plan that next year’s budget will present a serious challenge,” Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said. The reserve provides for contingencies like a May 18 U.S. Supreme Court decision that will cost the county millions, he said.
The dim fiscal outlook kept the county’s overall spending increase low and will likely keep next year’s low, as well as potentially mean a tax increase. The county did not fully fund any agency’s 2016 request. County Executive Isiah Leggett said he faced a $238 million gap for fiscal 2016 with income tax revenue and revenue from the transfer of properties bringing in less than expected. Leggett (D) recommended providing only maintenance of effort funding to the schools. State maintenance of effort law requires the county provide at least the same funding per student as the year before. A total of $2.318 billion will go to the school system’s fiscal 2016 operating budget — $75.1 million less than the system’s request, according to council figures. This includes county money, and state and federal aid. However, money from another fund in the county’s bud-
get also will go the school system to fund retiree health benefits and will provide flexibility that would effectively lower the gap. Based on how the school system has decided to use the additional flexibility in its budget so far, the system shows a gap of roughly $53 million. Leventhal warned that the fiscal outlook calls for caution and “frames the conversation” on employee contracts and school funding for future budgets. Leggett’s budget also recommended not fully funding Montgomery College’s budget request. For fiscal 2016, the college proposed a total current fund of $253.8 million. Leggett recommended $247.8 million. The council provided $251.5 million, adding roughly $7.9 million more than Leggett recommended to the college’s budget, in part, to avoid a large increase in tuition.
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Fiscal constraints prevented Montgomery County from fully funding the school system’s budget request. But, in part, by identifying other money that can be directed to schools, the county shrank the gap between what the system asked for and what’s available for instruction. A total of $2.318 billion will fund the school system’s fiscal 2016 operating budget — $75.1 million less than the system’s request, council figures show. The appropriation includes $632.1 million in state aid, $71.9 million in federal aid, $10.8 million in other funds and $62.8 million in enterprise funds.
It also includes $1.51 billion of county funds, of which $44.4 million will fund teacher pensions costs. Maryland lawmakers shifted the burden of teacher pensions from the state to the counties starting in fiscal 2013, phasing it in over four years. While the county allocation to the school system’s operating budget is $75.1 million less than requested, funding from other sources closes the gap more. Council staff found that up to $45 million in additional funds could go to instruction if the council provided money from a dedicated fund for retiree health benefits and assumed additional state aid and if the board reduced pension contributions. Should the council approve and the board of education make full use of it, county documents from early May showed enough flexibility to shrink the gap to about $39.7 million.
The final budget reflects $2 million more in federal aid and $7.8 million in state aid than what County Executive Isiah Leggett recommended, shrinking the $84.7 million gap from the proposed budget to $75.1 million. More state money became available when the General Assembly fully funded an education formula. However, the county’s final budget also has $27.2 million for the school system from the Consolidated Retiree Health Benefits Trust for retiree health insurance claims in fiscal 2016. Leggett (D) recommended this in his budget and the council agreed to provide it to the district. While the $27.2 million must be used exclusively to pay retiree health benefit claims, the appropriation lets the school system use up to the same amount in its operating budget toward instructional purposes, effectively
reducing the gap further. The district plans to use the retiree health benefits money to help fill the gap, spokesman Dana Tofig wrote in an email. Based on how the board of education has decided to use the additional budget flexibility to date, the system shows a gap of roughly $53 million. Neither the final county budget nor Leggett’s proposed budget reflect a reduction in the district’s contribution toward pensions, but it’s an option that could further reduce the gap. The board was planning to provide about $85 million for pension funding, but is now looking at providing only $75 million, Tofig wrote in an email. Providing less to pensions would free up another $10 million to help reduce the gap further, he wrote. Staff Writer Lindsay A. Powers contributed to this report.
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Workers recently broke ground on the new Glenmont Fire Station No. 18 in Silver Spring. It is slated to be completed in the summer of 2016. This rendering gives an idea of how the station will look.
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Northern Silver Spring residents and motorists should prepare for construction at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road to last longer than expected. “As is the case with major projects such as this,” the completion date for a $74.8 million interchange project there has been delayed about a year to the spring of 2017, Charlie Gischlar, a Maryland State Highway Administration spokesman, wrote in an email Tuesday. “This includes landscaping and minor items,” Gischlar wrote. “The benefit to motorists will be realized sooner than the spring 2017 total completion date.” About a year ago, workers started on the interchange project, with completion expected to be the winter of 2016. They are lowering Randolph Road 23 feet to allow vehicles to pass under Georgia Avenue, which transportation officials say will help alleviate traffic congestion and improve safety. The project also will add a lane on Georgia Avenue, as well as new turn lanes, ramps, sidewalks and signals. The Glenmont Greenway Trail on the west side of Georgia Avenue is slated to be extended 900 feet. The signalized intersection now sees more than 86,000 vehicles daily. The federal government is kicking in $42.8 million — more than half of the money for the interchange. The state’s share is $17.6 million and Montgomery County’s is $14.4 million. The busy intersection is seeing more construction, including a new fire station that
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is expected to be done by the summer of 2016. That project is being coordinated with the interchange work, but the completion date for the fire station is not expected to be affected by the interchange project’s delay, Lucille Baur, a spokeswoman for Montgomery County, said Tuesday. The 23,133-square-foot Glenmont Fire Station No. 18 is being erected at the site of the former Glenmont Elementary School near that intersection. The original station across Georgia Avenue — which dated to 1953 — was purchased by the state and demolished last year to make way for the fresh interchange there. The new station, which was commemorated with a groundbreaking last week, will be more than three times as large as the old one. There will be four modern drive-through apparatus bays, decontamination and information technology rooms, and environmentally friendly features. “The facility will strengthen critical emergency services in an area that continues to see tremendous growth,” Acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said in a statement. An interim Glenmont fire station is being operated on Grandview Avenue about a mile south in the former home of the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad. The construction cost for the new station is budgeted for $8.5 million. The project’s total budget of $14.8 million includes design, furniture and interim station costs, among others. In most cases, firefighters remain in the original building while a new one is built, Baur said. “That was not possible in this case due to the [state] road construction project,” she said. kshay@gazette.net
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KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER
Former County Councilwoman Cherri Branson has been named to lead Montgomery County’s new Office of Procurement. County Executive Isiah Leggett announced his choice on May 14, along with other appointments. Leggett (D) also named acting Fire Chief Scott E. Goldstein fire chief and Rob Green, the interim correctional and rehabilitation director, director of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation. All three appointments are subject to County Council confirmation. The county separated procurement from the Department of General Services this year. In 2008, the county created the Department of General Services and moved procurement under its umbrella, according to county documents. Legislation passed in March re-establishes the Office of Procurement as a principal office in the executive branch. Branson served on the County Council just shy of one year, taking over the remainder of former Councilwoman Valerie Er-
vin’s term in 2014. Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring left the council to lead the Center for Working Families. Branson was appointed to the remainder of the term in January 2014, agreeing to not run for the seat in the 2014 election. Branson’s resume includes nearly a quarter-century on Capitol Hill — including her most recent job as chief counsel for
POLICE BLOTTER The following is a summary of incidents in the Silver Spring area to which Montgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.
Armed robbery • Fenton Street and Bonifant Street at 2:03 a.m. on May 12. Two adult victims were approached by the subject who displayed a handgun and demanded money. Both victims complied; cash was taken. Robbery • 3700 block of Bel Pre Road, just after midnight on May 9. Two adult male victims were approached and assaulted by four male subjects. No weapons used, property taken. Strong-arm robbery • BP Gas Station, 10226 New Hampshire Ave., at 8:08 a.m. on May 7. Subject approached the employee and demanded cash. No weapons used, took nothing. Indecent exposure • 8500 block of Piney Branch Road at 6:@1 p.m. on May 7. Subject exposed himself. Residential burglary • 11200 block of Oakleaf drive, between the hours of 2:30 p.m. on May 4 and 9:35 p.m. on May 8. No forced entry, took property. • 3000 block of Kilkenny Street, between 8:30-11 a.m. on May 4. No forced entry, took property. 300 block of University BoulevardWest, between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 6. No forced entry, took property. • 9200 block ofWendell Street between 1 and 3 p.m. on May 8. Forced entry, took property. • 300 block of East Melbourne Ave., between 1:30 and 2 p.m. on May 8. Forced entry, took property. • 2800 block of Denley Place, between 1 and 8 p.m. on May 8. No forced entry, took property. • 3300 block of Hampton Point Drive, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on May 11. Forced entry, took property. • 9000 block of Fairview Road in the early morning hours of May 12. Forced entry, took property. • 400 block of Mansfield Road on May 12. Forced entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Three thefts from vehicles in the early-morning hours of May 7. Affected streets included St. Lawrence Drive, Portland Place and Penwood Drive. No forced entry, took property. • Two thefts from vehicles in the early-morning hours of May 8. Affected streets included Hutting Place and Croydon Court. No forced entry, took property.
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oversight to the House Homeland Security Committee — before coming to the council. During her time as a county lawmaker, she helped pass legislation aimed at removing employment barriers for former convicts and worked to improve small, minority- and women-owned business contracting — something she will oversee if confirmed to
head the procurement department. Green has been acting director of Correction and Rehabilitation since March. He joined the county government in 2000 as a division chief and as warden at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Clarksburg and the Detention Center in Rockville, according to
a county news release. He took over the department on an interim basis following the retirement of former Director Art Wallenstein in March. Prior to coming to the county, Green spent 15 years with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and is a national leader in the field of corrections, the release said. Goldstein has spent nearly
25 years with the county. He has been acting chief since Jan. 1, when he took over from retired Chief Steve Lohr. Before taking over leadership of the fire and rescue service, Goldstein was division chief of operations, the second-highest position in the department. kalexander@gazette.net
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PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER
Holy Cross Health celebrated the opening of its fourth health center in Montgomery County, on May 20 in Germantown. The center will provide primary care for the upcounty’s underserved and poor, said president and CEO Kevin Sexton at the grand opening ceremony. Holy Cross Health operates three other health centers in the county: in Silver Spring, Aspen Hill and Gaithersburg. More than 100,000 people in Montgomery County lack access to health care, Sexton said. More than 30,000 patients per year visit the three existing health center sites, he said, and the Germantown center will help meet the needs of even more. “We take care of people who qualify by not having health insurance,” Sexton said. “And we make [that care] good.” The new center at 12800 Middlebrook Road takes up much of the second floor of an office building across from
Seneca Valley High School. It is the only one of the Holy Cross Health Centers to offer pediatric care. “It is adults only at the other three centers,” said Carol Lake, a family nurse practitioner at the Germantown center. Eight of the center’s 15 examining rooms are equipped for working with children, Lake said, pointing out child-sized blood pressure cuffs and other instruments and the colorful room decor. Dr. Elise Riley, medical director for the Holy Cross Health Centers, said she thinks it is very important to be able to provide access to medical care for county residents. “There’s a lot of people with illnesses that, if not treated, will become [greater problems],” she said. “[Our care]is a benefit for the patient and for the community.” Riley said the health center takes Medicare patients and those who do not have insurance. They also help eligible patients get into programs, she said. “Its the right thing to do, to care for our community,” said Anne Gillis, CFO for Holy Cross Health. pmcewan@gazette.net
Leadership Montgomery class to graduate Friday
County: Loan program generated 380 jobs
The 2015 Emerging Leaders class at Leadership Montgomery is graduating this week. A commencement is planned for Friday at the Montgomery County Conference Center in North Bethesda. Leadership Montgomery is a program in which community leaders study and discuss local issues. Graduates from Silver Spring are: • Dana M. Davidson of The District Communications Group • Warren T. Hansen, a senior legislative aide for Montgomery County Councilman Roger Berliner • Shayla A. Hines of AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center • Tiesha Smith of the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes • Michael J. Spitzer of XO Communications.
A Montgomery County business development program that launched in 2012 with a $50 million county investment yielded $103 million in new small-business loans and 380 new jobs in 2014, the county reported last week. Small Business Plus! is a collaboration between the county and community banks with headquarters in the county. County funds are deposited in the banks, which agree to at least match each dollar with an equal amount in new small-business loans. In addition to helping create the new jobs, the program returned to the county more than $117,000 in interest on its deposits. Eligible county banks must have assets of $200 million to $5 billion and meet the program’s
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safety and soundness criteria. Among the participating banks are Capital Bank of Rockville, and Congressional Bank and EagleBank, both of Bethesda.
PTA group honors Schoen Mike Schoen, founder and president of AtoZ Directories in Rockville, recently received the Partners for Education Award from the Montgomery County Council of PTAs. The award recognizes individuals or organizations that have formed an organization or alliance to support education. Schoen was honored for launching AtoZ in 2009 to help PTAs produce school directories, ac-
cording to a news release. The directories also work as fundraisers and have a mobile app with information such as school calendars, lunch menus and contacts.
EYA starts selling new townhouses in Bethesda Bethesda developer EYA plans to start selling townhouses in its new Montgomery Row development next month. The 168-residence complex is on 10 acres on Fernwood Road between Rock Spring and Rockledge drives in Bethesda. Starting June 6, EYA will begin sales of the three- and four-level,
1,700- to 2,600-square-foot units. Prices will range from about $750,000 to $1.12 million, according to a company news release. The development will also include 21 moderately priced dwelling units, per county regulations. The first move-ins are expected next spring.
Arxan names chief tech officer Arxan Technologies of Bethesda named Sam Rehman chief technology officer. Previously, Rehman was chief technology officer for Epam Systems and also worked for Oracle.
Ruppert Landscape names IT director Ruppert Landscape of Laytonsville named Dan Spruill of
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Pebblebrook pays $186M for Florida resort Pebblebrook Hotel Trust of Bethesda purchased LaPlaya Beach Resort and LaPlaya Beach Club for $185.5 million. The 189-room, waterfront, luxury resort and private members club are on 6 acres on the Gulf of Mexico in Naples, Fla. Last year, guests paid an average of $337 per night to stay at the resort. NOTICE
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Continued from Page A-1 told her fellow graduates. After coming to the U.S. from the Philippines when she was 11, Militante said, she felt a lack of motivation and direction and watched her parents struggle in a new country. They worked multiple jobs to help propel her to higher education. Education is “the cornerstone of my life,” said Militante, who plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing and become a doctor. Student speaker Antony M. Musembi, another Board of Trustees Scholar, representing the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, greeted family members watching the ceremony in his home country Kenya, which he left about 26 years ago. From that point to Friday’s ceremony, he said, his journey has been “extremely difficult and, at the same time, absolutely wonderful.” Montgomery College helped him discover his passions, said Musembi, of Silver Spring. His plans include starting an organization for disadvantaged youth and earning a business doctorate. “Graduates, at [Montgomery College], we have been bestowed with the abilities, knowledge and power to act, so let’s go forth and make a difference!” he said. Pavanjot Singh Guraya of Germantown, a business administration major, said in his speech that three communities have played important roles for him: the United Kingdom, where he was born; the U.S.; and Montgomery College. Guraya, a Board of Trustees Scholar representing the Germantown campus, said he did not focus on academics as a younger student and was rejected by multiple universities in 2013. He instead found his academic drive at the college, where he joined the Macklin Business In-
six-year contract. Stock and option awards were specifically designed to be higher the first year of the contract, according to the filing. “A significant amount of [Zaslav’s] equity awards are made in the first year, vesting over time, with smaller awards from 2015 to 2018,” executives wrote. The contract requires Zaslav to hold at least 60 percent of the stock equity until the agreement’s end, and to use “significant portions” of any cash proceeds to buy Discovery stock through 2019. “At the end of his contract, Mr. Zaslav will own a substantial amount of equity of Discovery, which reinforces his alignment with our shareholders and encourages long-term ownership of our stock,” according to the proxy. Under Zaslav, who took over as CEO in 2007, Discovery’s market capitalization — the total dollar value of all listed shares — has risen from $5 billion to $20 billion. The number of worldwide subscribers tuning in to Shark Week programs and other shows has grown
stitute. Now, he said, he’s headed to Georgetown University to continue studying business. In his speech, LeRoy John Friend Jr. of Germantown said he sought stability as an HVAC technician after years as a coal miner in West Virginia. In that dangerous post, he said, he witnessed accidents and injuries. Friend, who works for Shapiro & Duncan Mechanical Contractors, participated in a four-year apprenticeship program and received the 2015 Apprenticeship Trustee Scholar Award. He said he is the first in his family to continue education beyond high school. The graduates and other attendees heard from two commencement speakers, wife and husband Cokie and Steven Roberts, journalists and authors from Bethesda. “Anyone who doubts the enormous contribution that immigrants make in this country every single day, you only have to be here this morning, and they would understand that,” Steven said. Cokie encouraged graduates to consider a public service role to “make waves” and affect lives. The diverse college shows that people in the country don’t share a common ethnicity, religion, heritage or language, Cokie said. They are brought together by something else, she said. “What we have is our government and its institutions,” she said. Steven said Pollard found support when she was young from “sister mothers,” a group of women at her church. He said he had a “brother father” while working for James Reston at The New York Times. “Be a sister mother, be a brother father, be a pebble in a pond,” he said. “And if you do that, those ripples in your life will reach shores you will never, ever see and touch lives you will never know.” lpowers@gazette.net
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from about 280 million to roughly 2.6 billion, according to the filing. The company’s revenue also increased from $3.4 billion in 2008 to $6.3 billion last year. A Discovery spokeswoman said the company did not have any comment on Zaslav’s compensation beyond what is in the proxy statement. Zaslav’s previous high in compensation was $52.4 million in 2011, which dropped to $49.9 million in 2012 and $33.3 million in 2013. He was the county’s highest-paid CEO from 2010 to 2012. Zaslav’s compensation last year was the highest on Equilar’s annual list since the $378 million listed for Apple CEO Timothy Cook in 2011, Boyd wrote in an email. Michael Fries of Liberty Global was second this year with $111.9 million. Equilar’s list does not include privately held companies, such as the top hedge fund firms whose chief executives made more than Zaslav, according to Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine. Last year’s top hedge fund earner,
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Continued from Page A-1 me, my family or the system as a whole,” he wrote in the letter. He did not elaborate further on his reasoning. Houlihan has not returned messages left for him at his home in Texas and through the Houston school system. About 17 county entities were represented in a community panel that talked privately with Houlihan. They included the district’s three employee associations, the Montgomery County Council of ParentTeacher Associations and various minority organizations focused on social and education issues. O’Neill said board members were disappointed Houli-
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Kenneth C. Griffin, CEO of Citadel in Chicago, received $1.3 billion in fees, dividends and interest. Privately held companies aren’t required to disclose executive compensation to the SEC.
CEOs at Lockheed, United Therapeutics second, third Marillyn A. Hewson, CEO of Bethesda military and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, was second on the Montgomery list with 2014 compensation of $33.7 million. That was 33 percent more than she earned in 2013. Almost half of Hewson’s total was attributed to a change in pension value, a total that could change by the time she uses those funds. About $9 million was in stock awards. Her perks included $73,362 for personal security and $218,568 for use of a corporate jet. Rothblatt’s total of $33.2 million last year was 13 percent less than she received in 2013. Some $29 million was
han bowed out. “Anyone making a move to a new area, a new job, has to consider their family, their professional circumstances, are they the right fit, and he made that determination,” she said. Union officials said Wednesday that they support Bowers’ appointment as the search continues. “I think everyone is extremely excited about the level of leadership and the level of stability that Mr. Bowers has brought and will continue to bring,” said James Koutsos, president of the Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals. Doug Prouty, president of the Montgomery County Education Association, said the board will now have more time to find “a really quality superin-
ferent park in Silver Spring. The Meitiv children — Rafi, 10, and Dvora, 6 — were held by police and CPS for more than five hours that day. The Meitivs hope the recent CPS decision suggests they soon will be cleared in the April case. They expect a finding from CPS in coming weeks. “We’re hopeful it will be resolved in the same way,” Danielle Meitiv said. “The facts of the two are the same. They’re the same kids, we’re the same parents. They were walking in the same neighborhood. ... Neither case is neglect so we’re hopeful that CPS will just see that and move on.” County officials have said that CPS could look for guidance to a state law on unattended children that says children younger than 8 must be with a reliable person who is at least 13. The law mentions buildings, vehicles and enclosed spaces; it does not mention children playing outdoors or on a walk.
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in stock options and share tracking awards. The latter allow her to receive cash equal to the appreciation in the company’s stock. Most of the other highest-paid CEOs in Montgomery County last year saw increases from 2013. Daniel J. Abdun-Nabi, CEO of Gaithersburg biodefense company Emergent BioSolutions, earned $4.1 million, almost double what he received in 2013. Donald C. Wood of Federal Realty Investment Trust in Rockville received about 1 percent less than he did in 2013, with $8.4 million. The only other CEO in the top 15 to see a decline was Ronald Paul of Eagle Bancorp in Bethesda, whose $4.0 million in compensation was some 51 percent lower than in 2013. Meanwhile, the median annual salary paid to a worker in Montgomery County last year was $50,324, according to state labor figures. kshay@gazette.net
tendent candidate.” “I’m actually very enthusiastic about this,” Prouty said. “I think it’s exactly the right thing to do at this time.” A letter on Monday to the school board written on behalf of 29 high school principals expressed support for Bowers to stay for the next school year. Walt Whitman High School Principal Alan Goodwin, who wrote the letter, said in an interview that he and other principals agreed that appointing Bowers would allow the school board to slow down the search process and take more time to find a new superintendent. Byron Johns — education chair of the Montgomery County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People — said an interim leader was the best
of the board’s next options after Houlihan withdrew. It wasn’t evident that Houlihan had the necessary experience for the job, Johns said. The board now has more time to revisit its search process and include community members earlier on and more extensively, he said. Bowers has done “an ample job” in the past few months, he said, but now needs to “move the agenda forward” as he takes on a full school year. In the next year, Bowers said, the district will focus on math, literacy and closing its achievement gap. “I think the message is that we’re going to stay on the same track but we have some hard work to do,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net
Obituary Jens Erik Steensen, 82, died Thursday, May 14, 2015. Born on July 6, 1932 in Aalborg, Denmark. He is survived by his brother Steen Steensen, wife Anny Ilona Steensen, daughter Aniki Devi Steensen, and sons Erik Steen Steensen and David Michael Steensen, 4 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He was educated in Denmark and served in the Danish military. He was a color matching/paint apprentice in Denmark in an era when trades were treated as art forms to be mastered. He and his wife were married on June 16, 1958 in Hammel, Denmark and they came to the United States that same year. He earned his US citizenship in 1977. Jens owned and operated The Paint Shop in Gaithersburg, MD, applying the skills of his trade with pride and dedication rarely seen in modern society. Mixing and matching colors before the age of computers, Jens was commissioned by the White House, Blair House and State Department to expertly match their historic palettes. An ordained minister, member of the Masons and chaplain of his lodge, Jens was a gentle, loving philosopher. He had kind words for everyone, whether it was his wife, children or the mailman. He loved to talk and tell stories, no matter how many times he told them before. His family used to lovingly tease him for telling the same stories again and again. Services will be held in conjunction with the regular church service on Sunday, May, 31, 2015 at 11 AM at Self-Revelation Church of Absolute Monism, 4748 Western Ave, Bethesda, MD 20816. Reception to follow on church grounds. To honor his love of color, please wear your favorite color on the day of his service. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the charity of your choice. 1931172
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AFTER SWING AND MISS IN COUNTY’S SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, TRANSPARENCY WOULD HELP of Orlando. As of March, the school system planned interviews and meetings with each of four finalists. One meeting with each candidate was for the community, one for the board. Board members also would take each candidate out for a meal in a more relaxed setting. The process would conclude with a special meeting to make a decision. The interviews were open to whomever wanted to attend, rather than by invitation only. The school board announced which of the four candidates it liked best and why. Is Florida an unattainable dreamland for transparency? Not exactly. Nothing stops Maryland school systems from being equally transparent, other than a philosophy that values the privacy of personnel discussion above detailed communication with the public. Discretion is understandable. State and national school board associations told us that full openness, from application to decision, would chase away toptier superintendent candidates. They’d balk at tipping their hand to their present employers that they’re trying for a job elsewhere. Also, it could be embarrassing not to be chosen for that other job. Kristen
Amundson, executive director of the National Association of Boards of Education, recalled her time as chairwoman of the Fairfax County Board of Education in Virginia, when it was looking for a superintendent in the 1990s. Fairfax kept its search private until agreeing on three finalists, whose names were announced. One runner-up in Fairfax was forced out of the job she held when word got out about her job search, Amundson said. Perhaps highly qualified superintendents skip Florida because of aversion to a sunshine-infused process. But not all are afraid — the Vero News reported that 69 candidates applied to be Indian River County’s superintendent. The four finalists — and a fifth who dropped out — all came from Florida school systems. Maybe openness comes naturally there, and they’re used to it. Amundson gave Montgomery County high marks for the inclusiveness of its process, when she heard that about 17 county groups and entities were represented in an interview session — which was closed to the public, with participants keeping the discussion to themselves.
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Chicken advocates aren’t heeding the majority’s wishes I just finished reading the May 20 Gazette article by Ryan Marshall titled “Soon, hens may not run a-fowl of the law in city.” I want to let you know that many Rockville residents, including myself, are not in favor of having chickens in the city of Rockville. We have enough problems with stray cats and dogs in our neighborhoods and need to focus our limited resources on taking care of those animals first. The chickens would be an added burden that we cannot afford. I actually attended the first meeting of the animal ordinance revisions held by Councilwoman Julie Palakovich Carr in a tiny conference room in City Hall. The meeting was
What Montgomery is doing isn’t abnormal in Maryland, but we’d like to see the board take a chance and swing open the doors on its search. This would allow for helpful scrutiny and make the process more thorough and collaborative — just as voters choose an elected leader. Openness might be uncomfortable for some, but we suspect that bright, skilled education professionals still would pursue one of the nation’s best public-school posts.
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also attended by numerous pro-chicken individuals from outside the city of Rockville. I have attended every meeting held on the animal ordinance revisions since that first meeting. From the outside looking in, it seems that this is a done deal before it even started. It seems that no matter how much we are against the chickens in the city of Rockville, Councilman Tom Moore and Councilwoman Julie Palakovich Carr are bent on pushing forward with the plan to allow chickens. Please note that the majority of Rockville residents are not in favor of chickens. Leslie Loomis, Rockville
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Washingtonian follows dream, makes wine in the process Gambal one of few foreigners to purchase Burgundian vineyards Alex Gambal has been able to fulfill the dream of living abroad better than most. An exWashingtonian who “got the bug” by hanging out in wine stores, (primarily Mayflower Wines and Spirits) in the 1980s, he left his family’s parking BY LOUIS MARMON lot and real estate business in 1993 to move with his wife and children to Burgundy. Gambal initially worked for Becky Wasserman-Hone at her export firm, Les Serbet, for a few years but eventually decided to make his own wines. First he had to complete the rigorous curriculum at Lycee Viticole, the venerable wine school in Beaune. By then, it was time for the family to move back to the U.S. so the children could prepare for college. Undaunted by the long commute between continents, Gambal established his eponymous Maison Alex Gambal in 1997 by purchasing young wines and aging them in an old, unheated building he rented to use as a winery. The next year he made his wines from pressed grape juice and eventually was able to actually buy unpressed grapes. Burgundy has an insular reputation as region
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Savvy Internet users can avoid links with NSFW in the title, but the audience of “NSFW” at the Round House Theatre will descend into a world of lies, gray areas, and scandal — whether they’re willing or not. “It pulls you in and implicates you for being pulled in, which is the true implication for media and advertising today,” said the play’s director Meredith McDonough. “It’s a dark comedy that really makes you think and challenges what you assume every day about image, what you see in print — what is true and what is false.” Lucy Kirkwood, a British playwright and telewriter for “Skins” among others, took the title of her 2012 play from the acronym meaning “Not Safe For Work.” In the play, journalists at a men’s magazine objectify one of their underage sources when they publish a raunchy photo spread of her. Layers of scandal unfold before the audience, who must distinguish truthful characters from crooked ones, including equally unethical journalists at a women’s magazine. “We keep laughing at how badly these people are behaving,” said McDonough, “You think, ‘Oh my God. This is what I’m inundated with every day.’” When Round House Artistic Director Ryan Rilette showed McDonough “NSFW,” it struck her as a timely
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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available. MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, Amigos Band, May 28; Mark Nadler, May 29; Cravin’ Dogs, May 30; Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, June 3; Jarrod Lawson, June 4; Raul Midon, June 5; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100.
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Quartet, May 27; Linwood Taylor, May 28; Grainger and the New Pockets, May 29; The Hit Men, May 31; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Suzanne Vega, May 30; Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-5282260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Little Bit of Blues, May 29; Crime Stoppers, May 30; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove. com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Kingpen Slim hosted by Uncle Yank, May 29; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Arts & The Mind: Bird Whale Bug, May 28; BSO: A Tribute to John Williams, May 28; National Philharmonic: Faure’s Requiem, May 30; Feria de Seville, May 31; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Garfield the Musical,” June 19 through Aug. 23, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-
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commentary on the exchange between media and audience. “I found it true to what’s happening right now with the way we look at women in this current moment — photoshopping people who are nearly perfect, and the way we hold our own identities [as a result],” McDonough said. McDonough shows the audience this relationship by putting them in the middle of it. “You are pretty bombarded with image in the play,” she said. “There’s a lot of pictures of women. It asks you to go, ‘Did I first appreciate the female form of this figure? Or did I question the age of the person pictured first?’” The play also explores issues that resurface again and again in history, such as the pressure to build a meaningful career in a job drought. “Part of what the play is doing is that half of the characters are recent college graduates who are trying to find work in this environment,” McDonough said. Sam, McDonough’s favorite character in “NSFW,” personifies this crisis most in the play. “He’s the everyman who’s just out of college and is trying to do his best,” she said. “You have
2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “The Price,” through June 21, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, 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, 301634-5380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-2586394, r-m-t.org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27 through June 21, call for show times, 4545 EastWest 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, 301588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” May 29 through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage.org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.
a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-7180622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Greg Braun: Sharpened, June 3 through July 5; “These Mirrors are Not Boxes,” June 6 through July 12; Rob Hackett, June 12 through July 12; Bobby Coleman: re-build, July 15 through Aug. 16; 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, Bethesda Painting Awards, June 3 through June 27; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, through June 1; Opening Reception of “Drawing Upon Experience”, an exhibition of work by military veterans, June 5; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-654-1998.
ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-6548664, writer.org. The NIH Philharmonia, season finale “National Pride,” June 6. The concert is free to the public and will take place at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville. Call 240-888-6781 with questions.
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featuring creations of 18 artists from Olney Art Association beginning May 31 and running through June 27. There will be a reception open to the public on June 7 to meet the artists. ranazul.us; olneyartassociation.org. Washington ArtWorks, two gallery exhibition openings, June 5. “Drawing Upon Experience” an exhibition of artwork created by military veterans from their uniforms will open in the Washington School of Photography Gallery while the Urban by Nature Gallery will host, “A Selection of Artists”, a group exhibition of Washington ArtWorks Resident Artists.
percent domaine produced with the remaining grapes coming via long-term contracts with small suppliers. The vineyards are all organic and biodynamically farmed. He expects his total 2015 production to be 6,000 cases (75,000 bottles). There is an underlying precision to Gambal’s wines. Each demonstrates a respect for the specific Burgundian terroir with clarity and grace. The team at Maison Gambal is clearly focused solely on creating the best wines possible from some of the world’s finest sites. As Gambal says, “If I wanted to be making money, I would be parking cars.” Here is a look at a few examples within Gambal’s splendid portfolio: As a longtime fan of this vineyard, it is especially pleasing to taste the Alex Gambal Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes 2012 that shows a lovely, feminine character beginning with red cherry and dark fruit aromas which progress into complex
layers of soft, spice accented blackberry, raspberry and earthy flavors with a prolonged, balanced finish. The 2011 version has a notable smokiness and the flavors are a bit sharper, but it still remains an exquisite wine. More affordable is the very tasty Alex Gambal Chorey-lèsBeaune 2012 with raspberry and cherry flavors in a medium frame and good balance while the 2011 from the same vineyard demonstrates a bit more depth and more noticeable oakiness during the finish. When considering Gambal’s wines, do not ignore the whites, including the Alex Gambal Puligny-Montrachet 2012 with a notable minerality intermingled within the toasty peach, lime, apple and hazelnut notes. Also delightful is the honey and floral scented Alex Gambal ChassagneMontrachet 2012 whose aromas extend into the brioche, peach, grapefruit and spiced apple flavors during the persistent, spice infused finish.
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a warmness in your heart for this kid who can’t get a leg up. There’s this pressure of, ‘I have to hold on to this job,’ when the stakes are so high. That’s what makes the play true.” Truth is another muddled mess that the audience wades through in “NSFW.” Deciphering the characters’ true intentions and balancing truth and lies made “NSFW” a fun outlier from plays McDonough directed in the past. “There’s a version where everyone’s equally evil, and we were not interested in doing that version, and there’s a version where everyone’s equally naive, and we were not interested in doing that version,” said McDonough. “In a play that’s about lies and scandal and versions of the truth, not letting one part take over too much was a careful calibrating act for me.”
Interpretation was everevolving for McDonough during rehearsal, too. “Even last night watching the run-through, I had a huge realization,” she said. “I thought with one character, ‘Oh, I think he’s lying much earlier in the scene.’ It’s like solving a puzzle, and we’ve laughed a ton.” McDonough changed virtually nothing in her version of Kirkwood’s play for an American audience — save for a hand gesture or two. “The greatest barrier between the U.S. and the U.K. is in fact the English language,” said McDonough, who worked with a dramaturg to fully understand Kirkwood’s English jokes. “We don’t have the right to change the play and there aren’t really U.S. versions of the jokes, so sometimes actors do gestures with certain words, and then you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s what it means.’” McDonough may represent the misrepresented in her “NSFW,” but that didn’t exempt her from scandal. “I emailed back and forth with the set designer for the main image, and we looked at a lot of pictures of naked and scantily clad women,” she said. “He’d send me an email to work with the subject ‘Naked Women Attached,’ so it was like our own version of NSFW.”
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Honoring a legend Olney Theatre Center decided to honor playwright Arthur Miller the best way they could, by doing one of his shows to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday. “The Price,” is currently running at Olney Theatre now through June 21. Miller’s 1968 work focuses on the price of family, the price of furniture and the price of our choices. The play is centered around two brothers, Victor and Walter, who meet in a New York apartment to sell the remainder of their deceased father’s belongings. Victor and Walter took very different paths in life after their father lost his fortune due to the Great Depression. Victor chooses to become a police officer, while Walter struggles through school and becomes a surgeon. When the brothers meet to sell their father’s belongings, they have conflicting views about what should be done, which results in contention between the two. Tickets for the show are $35-$55. For more information, visit olneytheatre.org or call 301-924-3400.
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Bobbi Shulman’s “Written on the Wind,” is on display as part of the “Precarious Balance” exhibit at BlackRock.
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Conrad Feininger stars as Gregory Solomon in Olney Theatre Center’s production of Arthur Miller’s “The Price.”
Pawns playing kings In the musical “Chess,” the ancient game becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competitive gamesmanship, super power politics and international intrigues. The Kensington Arts Theatre will bring its run of “Chess” to a close this Saturday at 8:15 p.m. A talkback with the cast and artistic staff is slated for Friday. The pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American chess star, the earnest Russian champion and a Hungarian-American female assistant who arrives at the
Music you know, love
international chess match in Bangkok with the American but falls for the Russian. From Bangkok to Budapest the players, lovers, politicians, and spies manipulate and are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score, written by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus, that includes “One Night in Bangkok” and “Heaven Help My Heart.” Tickets for the show are $17 to $25. For more information, visit katonline.org or call 240-621-0528.
BlackRock Center for the Arts presents the exhibition “Precarious Balance” featuring Maryland artists Sabine Carlson, Nancy Frankel, and Bobbi Shulman in The Kay Gallery through Saturday. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public. Carlson explores conflicted mobility in paintings layered with fragmented and unexpected details that move in and out of view. Frankel manipulates space and form in sculptures made from steel, cast stone and wood that suggest movement, shifting balance, and playfulness. Shulman captures the play of light and shadow in expressive and spontaneous abstract paintings inspired by observations in a changing landscape. Surprise and a sense of wonder are part of Carlson’s process, as she creates paintings which describe places at the intersection between doing too little and going too far. Carlson, a resident of College Park, uses imagery inspired by the observation of motion within the landscape, particularly details that appear and disappear while walking at a slow pace.
A sense of balance, precarious yet centered, is integral to Frankel’s sculptural work. Exploring space, either encapsulated or activated, and using what she calls “organic geometry,” her abstract sculptures reflect her love of nature and architecture. Frankel, a Kensington resident, works in a range of materials, casting with Design-Cast (a man-made stone), welding steel and carving wood. Rhythm and color dominate Shulman’s abstract paintings where bold planes and lines intertwine. Gestural brushstrokes define energetic spaces and playful layers of color flow into one another as she creates both pleasing harmonies and striking contrasts. Shulman, a resident of Potomac, MD, employs a bright and fresh palette and relies on the versatility of acrylic to allow additions and subtractions while building layers of paint. In this new series of works on paper which have been mounted on panel, she uses mixed media sparingly, relying predominately on fresh and bright acrylic paint to build depth with shapes and patterns.
John Williams has composed so many award-winning movie scores, it’s hard to think of what he hasn’t done. Here’s a brief rundown: “Star Wars,” “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Superman,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T.,” “Schindler’s List,” “Amistad,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Harry Potter,” “War Horse,” “Lincoln,” and I seriously could continue. As for awards, he’s been nominated 49 times for Academy Awards (winning five of them), 25 Golden Globe awards (winning four) and a whopping 65 Grammy Awards (taking home 22 trophies). Beat that, Kanye. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will be honoring the work of the multiple award-winner under the baton of Jack Everly at the Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday. Tickets are $55 to $110. For more information, visit strathmore.org; bsomusic.org or call 877-BSO-1444.
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Jack Everly will conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as they pay tribute to composer John Williams at Strathmore.
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Posted online by 8 a.m. the following day. PASSING LEAGUE: Quince Orchard’s Carson Knight (pictured) and many of county’s other top quarterbacks compete in the Blair Summer Passing League Saturday morning at Blair. BASEBALL: Bethesda Big Train at Rockville Express, 7 p.m. Tuesday in Cal Ripken season opener.
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Catch the Women’s World Cup spirit My family celebrated Mother’s Day a bit past the brunch rush this year. My brother arrived from work in Switzerland at noon and I picked him up from Dulles Airport to surprise mom. Halfway there I realized I forgot to set the DVR for the U.S. Women’s National Team’s friendly against Ireland, one in a send-off series for the upcoming 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. Fret not, dad to the rescue — watching on my JENNIFER BEEKMAN parents’ giant flat SPORTS WRITER screen was a nice bonus. Then dad asked me, “Since when do you care so much about women’s soccer?” Since June 1999, when Mia Hamm and Company embarked on their historical World Cup championship journey. Although I never played soccer growing up, I became enamored with the creativity of the sport, with that team and the stories behind those amazing athletes, everything they stood for. But I can’t help but find it odd that I actually seem to be more interested in women’s soccer than my friends who were actual high-level players or even the national-caliber high school athletes I write about. I’m just jealous. Growing up, competing on the U.S. Tennis Association junior circuit, playing professionally was never a consideration. But that didn’t — and still hasn’t — stopped me from watching countless hours of women’s tennis. Thank you, The Tennis Channel, for being born. I love watching men’s tennis, but I’ve always been more drawn to women’s matches because that’s what I play. If I could be on court level watching world class tennis players in person on a weekly basis and have the chance to interact with them after matches, I would be doing that every chance I got. But my soccer playing peers, current high school and college soccer players, have been on a women’s professional soccer roller coaster ride. The Boyds-based Washington Spirit plays in the National Women’s Soccer League, which is the third installment of a professional league. Neither of the previous two lasted more than three years — NWSL is in its third. There’s little visibility for the sport, so if soccer fans want to watch good soccer — or football — their attention is on the English Premier League or Major League soccer. That’s what they’re used to and that’s where their loyalties lie. But change might be on the horizon. As Team USA is scheduled to begin its pursuit for its first World Cup since 1999 on June 8 against Australia, interest in the women’s game is again peaking. In its first two home games, the Spirit exceeded last year’s average attendance, according to Director of Sales Rob Bartlett. And league-wide attendance is up 16 percent. After the USWNT reached the 2011 World Cup final, teams in the NWSL’s predecessor league doubled, Bartlett said. This year all 52 World Cup games are scheduled to be broadcast live on FoxSports channels. More than 200 hours of coverage are expected. U.S. Soccer has done a great job marketing its players’ relatability and they have availed themselves to their fans. In the past two-plus years almost every player on the 23-person national team — as well as international talent — has come to virtually play in our backyard. But it’s more than just those players that make this women’s professional soccer thing work. Spirit players have immersed themselves in this soccer-rich community. The stands at games are packed with young girls in youth team jerseys who want to be the next Christine Nairn or the next Tori Huster. And that generation, perhaps, is who will really change the culture of women’s soccer. jbeekman@gazette.net
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Former DeMatha Catholic High School catcher Justin Morris is one of the top players scheduled to play for the Bethesda Big Train this summer.
Since the inaugural season of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League in 2005, the Bethesda Big Train has won the regular season title six times out of 10 seasons, four league championships and the 2011 national title. Last summer, Bethesda matched its
second best win total, going 31-9, and although the team failed to win the league championship for the third year in a row, there’s no reason to think it won’t be in contention again this summer. “Every one looks at us as the New York Yankees of summer baseball,” Bethesda coach Sal Colangelo said. The Big Train also had a lot of success prior to 2005 in the Clark Griffith League. Despite that success, the Baltimore Redbirds have beaten Bethesda in the league championship three straight years. “They haven’t won the regular season, and that’s our goal first and fore-
most, and then the playoffs. In playoffs, anything can happen in the tournament, especially summer ball. We’ve been snake bitten with some arms that got hurt throughout the summer.” The league most valuable player in 2014, middle infielder Brandon Lowe of the University of Maryland, College Park, does not return to Bethesda this summer, but Colangelo said the team has plenty of firepower to replace him, including former DeMatha High School catcher Justin Morris, another Maryland player.
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Paint Branch’s Bethlehem Taye turns to look at all the other runners who are behind her, in the girls 4A 3200, in 3A/4A State Track Championship meet in Baltimore on Friday.
As Clarksburg High School senior Alexus Pyles broke the plane of the finish line to win the 300-meter hurdles Saturday, she effectively tripled her gold medal output from a season ago, adding to her 100-meter hurdle (14.49) win from earlier in the day and her triple jump (39-03.75) title from Friday. But for as much as she had accomplished, there was still one title on Pyles’ mind. “It would be nice to win states because we’ve all been working so hard,” Pyles said. “… I know it’ll be disappointing if it doesn’t turn out right.” Four hours later, Pyles and her teammates were spared that disappointment, as the Coyotes (78 points) captured their first outdoor title with relative ease, completing an unbeaten season. “Everybody thinks it’s easy because everyone is so talented, but it’s tough because they feel a lot of pressure,” coach Scott Mathias said. “So, sometimes it’s tense and things, but the thing about this group is that every opportunity to step up in a meet that mattered, they did; the whole team, across the board.” The Bowie boys’ season seemed to be in question three weeks ago, when star senior Antonio Coleman was deemed ineligible for what turned out to be the remainder of the season. That’s when Bulldogs junior Maxwell Willis took over. The Bowie speedster matched his county and regional trifectas, capturing gold in the 100 meters (10.69), 200 meters (21.27) and the 400 meters (48.18) to help propel Bowie to back-to-back state championships. “It shows the makeup of this team,” Bowie coach Rich Andrulonis said. “… The young kids came through. A lot of young kids are going to have to take over next year for the seniors. They came through. I’m so proud of them and the coaches.
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Kevin Jones’ three-year plan worked to perfection. The St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s boys basketball coach saw his tireless hours of practice, player development, recruiting and game planning come to
fruition on Feb. 23, when the Lions defeated Flint Hill (Va.) and captured their first ever conference title. So naturally, heading into his fourth season at the helm of the program, Jones would like to stick to the gameplan — the same blueprint that got St. Andrew’s to heights never before reached. But there’s one rather large hiccup in the Lions’ summer plans — a 43,000 square foot one. Just one year removed from starting up a largely popular and successful summer league, St. Andrew’s will
be forced to take a one-year hosting hiatus due to a $16 million student center being built on campus. “I looked into some gym spaces, but that started to be too much,” Jones said, who noted that though one court is available for play, hosting a league in the middle of a construction site certainly wouldn’t be ideal. Instead, the Lions will hit the road this summer, attending college team camps such as the University of Maryland, College Park’s, in the hopes that they can rebuild the chemistry and
rekindle the grit that sparked their championship run last winter. But the task will be tall. While St. Andrew’s will return a good portion of its frontcourt, including athletic forward Anthony Duruji (10.5 points per game), center George Muresan (6.7) and forward Tyler Stewart (9.3), Jones will certainly miss the backcourt combination of Marcus Adkison (13.4) and Myles Law (9.6) — two first team allconference selections last season.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal School boys basketball coach Kevin Jones will spend the summer attempting to build team chemistry with an entirely new backcourt.
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Continued from Page B-1 Replacing two guards of Adkison — the school’s all-time leading scorer — and Law’s talents simply isn’t a reasonable expectation at the moment, Jones said. Instead, the Lions will look to fill the backcourt void with a congregation of burgeoning talent. Rising senior Austin Allen has been having a solid offseason in the Amateur Athletic Union circuit, according to Jones, and will be looked to for veteran leadership at the guard spot. A pair of versatile rising juniors, Dominic Doyel and Chris Smalls, will look to fill in some of the shooting holes around the perimeter, while rising freshman Heru Bligen will battle for some playing time in his first varsity season. “[They] have their own strengths and it’s going to be our job to collectively mold them and utilize the strengths of our team,” Jones said. “They’re up for the challenge and they’re working hard right now. They’re not going to be Marcus and Myles, but they’re going to be themselves and that’s going to help us compete.” The majority of county teams will be playing in the MPA Hoops summer league hosted by Spencerville Adventist Academy — a 16-team league beginning June 1 that features 15 Montgomery County Public School teams. Of all the teams competing in the league, perhaps no group has a bigger void to begin filling this summer than Magruder, which lost standout Joe Hugley to graduation.
Hugley, a 6-foot-7 center who recently committed to play next season at Robert Morris, not only dominated play in the paint, but had the rare ability to also step out and score from the perimeter. But it’s not Hugley’s offensive contributions that longtime coach Dan Harwood is concerned with replacing. “We’re going to miss him defensively,” Harwood said. “He blocked 88 shots. It’s more the rebounding on the defensive end because we have no natural rebounders in our program and Joe averaged nine rebounds. ... We’re going to go from our leading shot blocker having 88 to having someone next year get about 10 or 12. It will be more of a concern defensively.” Without Hugley’s 6-foot-11 wingspan looming in the paint, Harwood said, the team will require a stricter defensive discipline, whereas in the past they could often get away with a gamble here and there. In Hugley’s absence, Harwood will look to 6-foot-7 junior Nico Wolff, a raw talent who rarely played last season, to develop more of a defensive prowess over the summer. On offense, the Colonels’ opponents will likely see a lot more of rising junior Brian Boehlert, who good moments last season playing behind the likes of Hugley and Ronald Hammond. “I think this year he’ll be really comfortable,” Harwood said. “Without Joe there, I expect Brian to have a big summer for us and then next year I’m hoping he’ll be one of the better offensive players in the county.”
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Continued from Page B-1 The Ripken League will have a new format this summer, dividing its 10 teams into two five-team divisions — the North and the South. Three of the four Montgomery County teams — the Gaithersburg Giants, Rockville Express and Silver Spring-Takoma T-Bolts — are in the North Division with the league champion Redbirds. Bethesda is in the South Division. With the new alignment, the top two teams from each division qualify for the playoffs and the next two teams with the best overall records, regardless of division. Division teams will play one another five times. Out-of-division foes will play four times. “I don’t think it changes much,” Rockville coach Rick Price said, agreeing with the sentiments of other coaches. As in other seasons, six teams will still qualify for the playoffs. “They pretty much play everybody anyway.” Rockville is scheduled to open the season against Bethesda, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Montgomery College.
ter nearly completing the sweep at last year’s meet. “Finding out I was in lane five ahead of everybody just motivated me to stay out, keep going and [not] break my form,” Foday said. “… I was waiting for this moment, training hard and trusting my trainer. Performance is easy, but training is hard.’ Other Prince George’s County state champions crowned Saturday included Surrattsville junior Khaalea Collins (100-meter hurdles; 15.65), Bowie senior Taylor Williams (400 meters; 56.17), Flowers senior Edward Anderson (300-meter hurdles; 38.66), Parkdale’s Obichi Onwukwe (800 meters; 2:16.67), Oxon Hill’s Elizabeth Shodiya (long jump; 18-10.50), Surrattsville girls 400-meter relay (49.77), Largo girls 400-meter relay (49.81), Douglass boys 400-meter relay (43.18), Central boys 1,600-meter relay (3:28.67), Largo boys 1,600-meter relay (3:24.67) and Oxon Hill boys 1,600-meter relay (3:22.21).. Montgomery County’s state champions also included Blake senior Martha Sam (100 meters; 12.04), Clarksburg senior Naja McAdam (high jump; 6-04), Magruder sophomore Stephanie Davis (200 meters; 24.41), Whitman senior Evan Woods (1,600 meters; 4:18.01), Paint Branch girls 400-meter relay (48.36), and Blake girls 1,600-meter relay (3:52.36).
The Express finished third last season and will field a team Price expects to be adept at pitching. Former Georgetown Prep pitcher and current Liberty University player Corey Howard returns to Rockville for another season. “The boys will find out real early what we’re up against,” Price said about starting the season against Bethesda. The Express finished third last season with a 24-16 record. The Gaithersburg Giants, coached by Jeff Rabberman, finished fourth in their second Ripken League season last year. In its first season, Gaithersburg finished third to become the first expansion team to make the playoffs in its first year. The Giants will look to continue progress this season with a pitching rotation full of local players. Sherwood graduates Matt Chanin and Brady Adam will likely be starting pitchers for the Giants, as well as Riverdale Baptist graduate and current Maryland righty Ryan Selmer. “We’vehadtworeally,reallygood seasons thus far,” Rabberman said. “And I think roster-wise, you look at what we have, I put us right up there with anybody in the league. I’m really excited about the roster that we were
able to put together for this summer.” Silver Spring-Takoma will look to get out of the basement this season after finishing with a 13-27 record last season. Coach Doug Remer said the team didn’t have ideal depth, an issue he feels has been addressed this summer. “I think this year I just have a lot of depth, where everybody I put in is a really good ball player,” Remer said. His local prospects include 2013 Richard Montgomery graduate outfielder Tyler Coleman. Riverdale Baptist graduating senior and Virginia Commonwealth recruit Brody Cook will also be joining the team this summer. Each team also fields several of the top baseball players from other states and countries. All of these players have enjoyed success at one point or another, but teams turn over a lot from year-to-year, so chemistry can decide games early on. Coaches said theywon’treallyknowhowtheteams will gel and which players will emerge as stars until the season draws closer. The T-Bolts are scheduled to open the season against the Giants, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kelley Park.
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They did what I [thought] we might not be able to do.” Flowers (59) finished second in the Class 4A boys competition, followed by Oxon Hill and Northwest (54 points). The Germantown school, one many considered favorites coming in, were without standout senior Diego Zarate, who was sick. In Class 2A, Douglass finished second (75) in boys competition. Blake (56) and Flowers (48) finished second and third, respectively in the girls 4A competition. As rare as Willis’ three-gold day was, his accomplishment was oneupped Saturday, as Frederick Douglass standout Rico Gomez earned four gold medals in the 100, 200, 400 and 400-meter relay. Gomez’s day got off to a shaky start in the 2A 100-meter final, when the first attempt was blown dead, negating a sluggish start for the Eagles star. The restart, as it turned out, was thanks to Gomez’s sliding blocks, explaining his slow start — a slipup he quickly negated with a winning time of 11.01 seconds, which kicked off his historic afternoon. “Coach always told me the last [race] is the best one,” Gomez said. “So, I was really holding nothing back.” Saturday’s meet was also the last chance for Whitman senior Clare
Severe to accomplish something she hadn’t been able to do since her sophomore year: run a sub five-minute 1,600. Last year, Severe said, she didn’t have the confidence to break the mark. But Saturday, Severe finally rediscovered her edge, posting the only sub-five time (4:58.48) in the 4A to earn a first place finish. “I was really happy,” Severe said. “My goal today was to break five and I was like, ‘As long as I break five, it’s going to be a good day.’ It’s my last high school race ever, possibly one of my last races ever and last times I run the mile. So, I was really just trying to go out there and leave it all on the track.” The only local 3A winner of the day was perhaps the least surprising of any champions, as Watkins Mill senior Billy Emerson continued his dominance in the discus, throwing 161-00 to cap off a magical season with a state title — a reward that had the Wolverines star overcome with glee. “I could go out there right now and run an 800 right now and still place first,” Emerson said. “It’s amazing. It’s one of the best feelings I’ve probably ever had in my life.” Though Emerson coasted to a victory out of the first seed, Central’s Mary Foday entered the day seeded second in both the 1A 100 meters and 200 meters — a position the Eagles junior said she used as motivation for her pair of wins (12.40/25.31) af-
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GIRLS’ FIRST TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Good Counsel, Senior Midfield Guided Falcons to WCAC title and one of best seasons in school history by scoring 72 goals and adding 39 assists. Monmouth recruit was key part of an offense that scored at least nine goals each game facing a schedule filled with nationallyranked opponents.
Maddie Carr
Halle Graham
Caitlyn Gunn
Richie Bartozzi
Jake Christensen
Finn Dunne
Registered 147 saves (50.8 percentage) and named team MVP.
Notre Dame recruit carried the Gators offense, tallying 48 goals.
Virginia recruit had 44 ground balls and caused 38 turnovers.
Loyola recruit had 42 goals, 48 assists, leading area’s top offense.
He had 141 ground balls while marking area’s top playmakers.
Cougars’ playmaker notched 69 goals and 42 assists.
Locked down opposition’s top midfielders; had 67 ground balls.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Kristen Coleman Holy Cross
Led Tartans to 16-4 campaign and a WCAC finals appearance in second season as coach. Holy Cross finished strong, winning 13 of last 15 and defeating Bishop Ireton in the semifinals before falling to Good Counsel.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jackie Branthover
Holy Cross Senior Goalie
Jenny Staines
BOYS’ FIRST TEAM
Stone Ridge Junior Midfield
G. Counsel Sophomore Defense
G. Counsel Junior Attack
The Heights Junior Defense
Q. Orchard Senior Attack
Geo. Prep Senior Defense
Olivia Lee
Taylor McDaniels
Delaney McMenamin
Andrew Fowler
Jack Olson
Drew Petkevich
Myles Romm
Anchored the backline while also registering 46 goals and 13 assists.
UNC recruit registering 68 goals and 23 assists for the Falcons.
Part of dominant midfield on county’s best public school team.
Anchored defense that held teams to 5.59 goals per game.
Won 67 percent of faceoff attempts, 87 ground balls.
Prolific scorer and playmaker notched 65 goals.
He was key to Wootton offense, with 37 goals and 18 assists.
Holton-Arms Senior Defense
G. Counsel Sophomore Attack
Sherwood Junior Midfield
Landon Sophomore Defense
Geo. Prep Senior Midfield
Bullis Senior Midfield
Wootton Senior Midfield
Delaney Muldoon
Alexis Rieu
Kate Taylor
Abby Wilson
Colton Rupp
Hunter Sells
Steven Shollenberger
Notched 43 goals while leading Tartans in draw controls.
Duke recruit was one of area’s top draw specialists, winning 98.
Boston College recruit led Tartans in scoring with 61 goals.
She forced 29 turnovers, stopped 18 shots to lead the defense.
Cornell recruit had 49 goals, tying single-season record.
Third-year starter stopped 63.67 percent of all shots.
Drexel recruit had 37 goals and 25 assists as key playmaker.
Holy Cross Senior Midfield
G. Counsel Junior Midfield
Holy Cross junior Midfield
G. Counsel, Junior Defense
Landon Senior Attack
Landon Senior Goalie
Bullis Junior Attack
Louis Dubick
Churchill, Senior Attack Heart and soul of a Bulldogs team that reached its first state championship game. Carried the offense since his freshman year. Registered 55 goals and 77 assists this spring and leaves the Potomac school as the state’s alltime leading point scorer.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jeff Fritz
Churchill Led Bulldogs to one of greatest seasons in Montgomery County history. Churchill finished 17-2, going undefeated against county public school competition under the longtime coach.
Second Team and Honorable Mentions are online at Gazette.net
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PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER
There will be no Gaithersburg Post 295 American Legion baseball team this summer, third-year coach Pete White said explaining he didn’t have the manpower required to run a team and was forced to cancel the season. White’s pitching coach stepped down after last season and so did another, younger member of his staff. The 75-yearold White was unable to put together a staff in time for what he said was an April 1 deadline, which was extended to April 15. In addition, the team’s home field at Seneca Valley High School was no longer available to them, leaving White with another issue to worry about while trying to put together a staff. “I put the word out,” White said of his efforts to find help. “I can’t be pitching batting prac-
tice, cutting the grass, painting the lines and it’s 100 degrees, by myself. But nobody stepped up to say they’d like to help.” Post 295 which pulls from Northwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard and Seneca Valley has enjoyed tremendous success over the years, including 11 county championships. The team won state championships in 2003, 2004 and 2008. In 2013, White’s first season with Gaithersburg, the team continued that trend as one of the top legion teams in the area. Last season, the team took a slight step backwards, finishing below .500. White, a hall of fame coach at Georgetown Prep, also coaches junior varsity baseball at Einstein. The lack of a team this season bothers him to the point where he questions his own efforts, he said, even though he said he did all he could. “I had players call me, ‘When are the tryouts going to start Mr. White?’ I didn’t want to say we weren’t going to have a team,” White said. “Maybe you can say we took the easy way out. I don’t
know. I’d hate to think that, but I guess we did, in a sense that we couldn’t make things fall into place. I’m real unhappy about it, but maybe I didn’t do enough.” Post 295 General Manager Rick Price, who coaches the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League’s Rockville Express, said the issue of a field had been solved as the team was going to play its games at Watkins Mill. But he said despite efforts to find help for White, that was the biggest issue. “We couldn’t get any help,” said Price, who coached at Post 295 for 28 years. “It’s too much for one person. You really need at least three. “It is painful. Those kids that played for us, three decades, they just gave everything to the Legion program. They were there everyday. Nobody played harder than 295, I can tell you that right now. I just feel like we left a hole there. It’s sad that no-one will step up and take that. We’ll just keep looking.” Price said he is still heavily invested in the program he helped build. He and White are hopeful
SportsBriefs Sherwood grad earns Rookie of the Year Former Sherwood High School baseball standout Matt Chanin, who recently finished his freshman season at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was named 2015 America East Conference Rookie of the Year at the annual awards banquet held May 20 in Lowell, Mass. He became the first Retriever to ever earn this honor, according to a news release sent to The Gazette. Chanin led the America East with a 1.60 earnedrun average in league play and was second to teammate and the league’s Pitcher of the Year, Conrad Wozniak, with a 1.85 overall ERA. He tallied 38 strikeouts in 58.1 innings of work and held opposing offenses to a .249 batting average en route to a 5-2 record.
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Good Counsel grad makes national roster Good Counsel High School’s all-time leading scorer for girls soccer, 2013 graduate Margaret “Midge” Purce (101 goals), was named May 20 to the U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team’s 22-person roster for a four-team tournament scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday in Norway. Harvard University’s leading scorer in the fall for the second straight season, Purce was a member of the U.S. U-20 WNT that lost in penalty kicks to Korea DPR in last summer’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World
Cup. As a freshman in 2013. Purce became the first rookie to be named Ivy League Player of the Year — she was also Rookie of the Year that season. This past fall, during which Purce earned AllIvy first team honors and was selected to the 2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Mid-Atlantic First Team, she scored a team-high 10 goals, two of which came in the Ivy League-clinching win over Columbia on Nov. 9.
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County stars All-American Bowl invite Three players from county schools were nominated to participate in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Those players, Trevon Diggs of The Avalon School, Dwayne Haskins of Bullis, and Keandre Jones of Good Counsel were among 14 players selected from Maryland. Considered to be one of the premier showcase games for high school seniors, the U.S. Army All-American Bowl is scheduled to be televised on NBC. “The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is a unique event designed to showcase and recognize the talents of America’s youth while celebrating the team that makes a difference every day for the Nation — the U.S. Army,” said Mark S. Davis, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for marketing.
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for the team’s return to competition next season. After a stellar 2014 season, Damascus Post 171 is expected to be the team everyone is looking to knock off. Laurel Post 60 won the Montgomery County
title last season. Gaithersburg will have to wait at least another year before it can get back into the mix. “I contacted a lot of ex-players,” Price said. “We’re hopeful that we’re only going to be out
a year. That’s the plan at this point. We’re hoping that a former player steps forward and wants to take this team. The kids are there and they want to play.” pgrimes@gazette.net
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A year ago, President Barack Obama spoke on the subject of head injuries at the Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit held at the White House. Thanks to an invitation from a former student-athlete who now works at the White House — longtime Whitman High School football coach Jim Kuhn was there. “Basically, I was sitting with a bunch of neurosurgeons so I was pretty out of place but the biggest message was that concussions are a part of life,” Kuhn said. “You can be an athlete or you could trip while walking down the street and hit your head. It’s not that we should not let our kids play sports, because there are larger problems, things like diabetes. It’s realizing if you get a concussion, when is it safe to get back.”
That question is one that has not yet been fully answered but with two major organizations, the military and the National Football League, pouring money into research, according to Kuhn per the President’s speech, new developments seem to be surfacing at a more rapid pace in recent years. And in this age of Internet and social media, news reaches the masses quicker than ever. Therefore, Montgomery County Public Schools Director of System-wide Athletics, William “Duke” Beattie said, it was important for the county to react and take the proper steps to promote student-athlete safety. Saturday’s conclusion of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association events not only signified the end of the 2014-15 athletics calendar but the second full year since MCPS implemented mandatory baseline concussion testing for all student-athletes and the pilot year for its program that provides all 25 MCPS athletic departments with an athletic trainer, staffed for about 25 to 30 hours per week. The latter took the effectiveness of the former to a whole new level, coaches
said, Whitman was one of nine MCPS schools that offered self-funded baseline concussion testing for its athletes prior to 2013 but Kuhn said having an athletic trainer to work with through the entire process — from diagnosis to recovery — has had two major benefits: a direct line to doctors and proper care and an important educational component. The upcoming 2015-16 will be another big testing year, Beattie said, as results are only good for two years. A concussion is a force to the brain that can cause a change in its function. Baseline concussion testing can be used to describe computerized neurological examinations that measure memory, reaction times and cognitive processing. The discrepancy between the pre-injury results — the baseline — and scores following a head injury, help determine when it is safe for an athlete to return to play. In 2013, all student-athletes in grades nine through 12 underwent testing — it was required before athletes took part in competition. Last September only freshmen were tested. This fall, incoming freshmen along with current sopho-
mores and juniors whose tests will have expired, will undergo baseline testing. Beattie said schools likely learned from the first year how to better compensate for larger testing numbers and attention to scheduling required. Beattie said he didn’t have particular statistics but added while it’s unlikely there has been a rise in occurrence of head injuries, there has more than likely been an increase in reported concussions since testing began. In turn, more athletes will be subject to the proper treatments and recovery process. Beattie was quick to add, however, that baseline concussion testing can in no way prevent concussions. Head injuries cannot be prevented but unlike most other injuries, concussions can also not be detected on image screening. The neurological examinations can therefore be used to aid in deciding where athletes are in their recovery timeline — returning to competition too quickly can result in severe and longterm damage. But it’s important, Kuhn said, not to be solely reliant on the cognitive testing. Whether or not student-athletes have
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Trojans defeat Severna Park to win their first baseball championship BY
PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER
For the first time, the Gaithersburg High School baseball team is the Maryland Class 4A state champion, defeating Severna Park 5-3 on Friday night at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. Trojans starting pitcher Anthony Felitti allowed a combined six hits through the first three innings, but he didn’t allow another from the fourth inning up until he was pulled after the sixth with a 5-1 lead. He earned the win for Gaithersburg to finish the season at 10-0 with two saves. After postgame celebrations, with his teammates huddled around him, Felitti shaved the beard he grew over the course of the entire season. “I said I wasn’t going to
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DOUG CHARLAND
Gaithersburg High School graduate Lauren Chesley (right) blocks during a Donna Wilkinson run for the D.C. Divas women’s professional football team. ley might not have the stereotypical build of a linewoman — though she said she has done specific training to build more muscle mass — she had good footwork and agility and perhaps more importantly the mental capacity necessary to play such an intricate position. “It’s a difficult position to play, especially if you’re a rookie because the mental part is very challenging,” Fischer said. “You have a lot to learn, as far as plays. She seemed to have the whole package. Lauren is a really hard worker, which is great to have, especially in a rookie. If you want to play on the offensive line, you have to study because mentally there is so much to it. It’s tough on a rookie to learn so much, not just physically, but mentally. And she is progressing very well.” While most attention is typically paid to the skill position players, the quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers who pepper the stat sheet, the offensive line is vital to every yard of offense those players gain. And while her work might sometimes go unnoticed by the average spectator, there
is something rewarding about that, Chesley said. The well-being of her teammates working behind the line is essentially in her hands. In the past couple of games, Fischer said, the Divas have accrued more than 500 yards. Chesley said the offensive line, which she likens to a family unit, has a bet with the running backs coach that if his players have 2,000 rushing yards this season, he takes the linewomen to dinner. “And feeding the O-line is some serious business,” Chesley said. “The O-line — we’re kind of like the unsung hero. I didn’t realize how much work, both mentally and physically, would go into it. But I enjoy it. The rushing yards, all depend on us. If there’s a sack, it’s never just one person. It’s not like, ‘Oh, the tackle didn’t make their block.’ It’s that the O-line broke down. Even if we’re all going in the wrong direction, if we’re pushing people out of the way together, [we can get the job done]. ... I’m a protective person anyway, but especially once you see your mistakes and sometimes you can see the impact. If I block the wrong
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Warriors defeat Northwest, extend state record with 83rd straight
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
The closest 2003 Gaithersburg High School graduate Lauren Chesley got to the football field in high school was during the marching band’s halftime show. “When I was in high school, the only girls sports that were big were soccer, basketball, field hockey and softball, and I wanted more of a contact sport,” Chesley said. “I wasn’t good at basketball because I’m not tall (5-foot-6).” Football was what Chesley really wanted to do, she said. But even if she wanted to try out, she said she took one look at the Trojans squad and knew it wouldn’t be safe. So she got her football fix watching the National Football League intently every Sunday and playing backyard ball with her family and friends. But on April 11, Chesley made her women’s professional tackle football debut with the Prince George’s County-based D.C. Divas. Currently in their 15th season, the Divas, a perennial postseason contender in the 43-team Women’s Football Alliance, are undefeated (5-0), which includes a 32-27 victory over longtime rival Boston earlier this month. “I’m not going to lie, I was scared,” Chesley said. “I was like, ‘You want me out there?’” When Chesley showed up for Divas tryouts over the winter — she overheard two players talking about the team during a flag football game last fall — she said she had no idea what position she should play. She figured the coaches would put her wherever they saw fit, she said. It never occurred to her that might be the offensive line. But Divas coach Alison Fischer said she saw something in this new player. While Ches-
“figured out” how to heed the results in baseline testing that will get them back on the field, all of Whitman’s athletes must then undergo a physical examination by their athletic trainer as well — it is not possible to fake balance, Kuhn said. There is still much to be learned about detection of head injuries, treatment and recovery but with information spreading more quickly these days, Beattie said it’s important to stay at the forefront of new discoveries. He and Kuhn said as more and more information surfaces regarding concussions — and with the education athletic trainers have brought to programs — student-athletes’ attitudes seem to be changing as well. “Education is extremely important,” Beattie said. “Concussion awareness is one of [the areas we stress]. I think kids are starting to realize, you’re not a sissy if you don’t report [a concussion]. We tell them it doesn’t just affect their wellbeing, it affects their playing ability. That usually gets through to them.”
shave until we won a state championship, so I shaved tonight,” Felitti said. He gave up just one earned run through six innings, allowed six hits, and struck out two. “It sounds weird, but my glove was my trigger tonight. Whenever my glove was nice and tight, my ball was just staying nice and low and out. Once I just changed my mechanics a little bit, I just started cruising.” Felitti was backed by a defense that didn’t make an error. Severna Park left seven runners on base through the first three innings, including in the second when it threatened to score on a single by second baseman Brendan Clark into right field. Dylan Lenart was signaled to round third only to be thrown out on a relay throw Aaron Vargas made to Bradley Sawyer, who then hit catcher Trey Martinez just in time to tag Lenart. “Remarkable,” Gaithersburg coach Jeff Rabberman said of the job Felitti did. There
was a moment in the third inning when Rabberman sent a pitcher to the bullpen to warmup. “I don’t think he necessarily had his best stuff tonight, but that kid just competes and battles his rear end off.” In the bottom of the second, Grant Mixell got things started for the Gaithersburg offense driving in the first run of the game on a single. He went 3-3 at the plate with two singles, a double, and three runs batted in. Severna Park tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning with two, two-out doubles from Stephen Boushell and Kody Milton. Gaithersburg responded in the bottom of the third with three more runs. The first run scored on a wild pitch by Severna Park pitcher Spencer Dietrich. The other two came on a two-RBI single by Mixell with runners on second and third and two strikes. pgrimes@gazette.net
person or go in the wrong direction, someone could get crushed.” Fischer said while it’s disappointing to know there are people like Chesley who had never heard of the Divas or women’s tackle football, it’s exciting to know there is still a lot of unknown talent out there to recruit. And Chesley said she hopes through her participation she not only brings awareness to women’s tackle football — which is played at the international level — but to the opportunities out there for women athletes after high school and college. “It’s not even that I want girls to know they can play football, it’s any sport,” Chesley said. “I think we only see part of the professional sports world which is the male side. But there are so many different avenues that you can go into to keep playing sports after high school and college that women don’t know about or think they can’t do. I want to get out there so everyone can see us and what we are doing.” jbeekman@gazette.net
If there’s one thing the Sherwood High School softball team has proven over the past four undefeated years — in addition to its sheer superiority, of course — it’s that the Warriors are not going to beat themselves. Even the best teams have bad days but Sherwood at 80 percent is arguably still better than any team in the state. So, if Northwest had any chance at ending Sherwood’s state record winning streak in Saturday night’s all-Montgomery County Class 4A state final held at the University of Maryland, College Park, the first-time state finalist Jaguars were going to have to play better than their best and hope for Sherwood to give them an opening. Neither happened during the Warriors’ 4-0 win, though Northwest did stay closer to the Warriors than any county team this spring. In fact, Sherwood won the teams’ previous meeting, 9-2. “There’s no doubt we were going to have to do a great job taking care of the ball and not give [Sherwood] any extra chances,” Jaguars coach Kevin Corpuz said. “We didn’t play flawless and Sherwood is just that good.” Saturday’s victory, which was by the smallest margin aside from Tuesday’s one-run, state semifinal win over Leonardtown, was Sherwood’s 83rd straight win dating back to May 2011. On May 4 the Warriors (21-0) broke the state record for consecutive victories with their 78th, a 7-0 win over Blair — the last team to defeat Sherwood — in the regular season finale. “Credit goes to the girls who started this in the past and the
girls who have kept it going now,” Warriors coach Ashley BarberStrunk Said. “It’s all their hard work and dedication that got them here.” Sherwood junior pitcher Jaime Schmier — who had a perfect game going through five innings — struck out seven in a two-hitter. The Warriors tallied five hits and were also able to take advantage of three costly Northwest defensive errors — in addition to a few defensive miscues. Northwest junior hurler Bridgette Barbour earned five strikeouts against a batting order that has produced 270 runs this spring. “I think Jaime threw a wonderful game, I couldn’t have asked for any better,” BarberStrunk said. “She was fired up and ready to go. She was in it from the beginning.” Understandably, both teams appeared a bit nervous at the start. But the Warriors settled in a bit after going ahead, 1-0, in the bottom of the second inning. After stranding the state’s all-time home run leader, senior shortstop Nicole Stockinger on third base in the first inning, junior McKenzie Bina scored on a passed ball. The run was unearned, however, as Bina reached on an error. Northwest had its first glimpse of a possible hit in the top of the fourth inning on Chloe Hickman’s ball looping toward left center field. But Stockinger made a backhanded catch leaping toward the outfield. It was a three-run fifth inning that all but clinched the win. Junior Marisa Mancini led off with a double and scored on senior second baseman Julie Swarr’s double to center field. After Stockinger was intentionally walked she drew a throw to second base by taking a big lead and sophomore right fielder Amanda Berkley headed home when the ball traveled into center field. jbeekman@gazette.net
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BY
ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER
There was no shortage of state tennis championship experience between them. Sriya Movva won the 2013 and 2014 girls doubles tournament playing alongside Hayley Keats. Katie Gauch was a two-time mixed doubles title winner — first with her brother, Michael Gauch and then last year with Elliott Thacker. But this time around, the Churchill High School girls tennis seniors — and close friends — wanted to win together. So back in the fall, they teamed up and won a region title, qualifying for the tennis state championships. After an extended break — they only started practicing together again two weeks ago — they picked up right where they
left off, cruising through the girls doubles draw and capping off their state title run with a 6-0, 6-1 victory against Sherwood (Molly Halprin/Kaitlyn Heo). “I think we played really well. It’s kind of like one of those partnerships where we have the chemistry,” Gauch said. “Especially with our last high school match, to get to end it with my best friend. It’s really nice,” Movva said. Churchill (Potomac) was one of four Montgomery County gold medalists at Saturday’s state tennis championships at the University of Maryland, College Park. Wootton sophomore Miranda Deng won the girls singles tournament, defeating Atholton’s Victoria Kogan (6-2, 6-3) in straight sets, winning the title for the second straight season. “It’s definitely different because I feel like everyone’s like ‘oh, you’re the defending champion. So it’s nice to win,” Deng said.
The Patriots also took gold in mixed doubles, with Jake Gordon and Kelly Chen defeating teammates I-Shiun Kuo and Ruchi Nanda (6-2, 6-4) in an allRockville school finals match. In boys singles, Poolesville’s Dennis Wang lost to Severna Park’s Alex Cauneac (2-6, 6-1, 6-4) in a lengthy, back-and-forth finals match. It was the second three-setter of the day for the Falcons senior, who defeated Bel Air’s Michael Quang (3-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the semifinals. Seniors Luke Blackman and Eric Dubrow gave BethesdaChevy Chase its first boys doubles title since 2001, defeating Whitman’s Andrew Leung and Jack Welch (7-6, 5-7, 6-2). It was a grudge match for the Barons duo, which lost to the Vikings in straight sets (6-4, 6-0) in the region championship. “As both being seniors this year, we just really wanted to end it well. We needed it,” Dubrow said. egoldwein@gazette.net
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Dir: Rt 97 North pass intersection of Rt 108. Right on Prince Phillip Drive. Community begins @ Fairweather Dr & continues along Lindenwood to Meadowland, additional homes located in The Area of Spartan Rd, Between Prince Phillip Dr & Brooke Grove Elementary.
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DMR Associates, Inc. a HVAC Manufacturers Representative in Gaithersburg, MD serving the Washington area since 1969, is looking to add a Commercial HVACR technician. The qualified candidate will have at least 5 years of experience with installation, start up and/or troubleshooting of Commercial HVAC Equipment (rooftop units, chillers, AHU’s, etc.) Candidate must possess a solid work history and clean driving record. Excellent salary, benefits, company vehicle, phone, & gas card. To be considered please send resume and salary requirements to hr@dmr-hvac.com
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Advertising Sales Representative
For long term senior home in Derwood. Willing to train. Call Rafiq at: 301-922-0615 OR email Rafiqinayat3@gmail.com
Comprint Military Publications publishes military weekly newspapers, websites and special sections in MD/DC/VA and is looking for an energetic and organized sales representative to sell advertising into our media products. Job requires cold calling/in person sales calls and maintaining existing advertising customers. Must be able to handle deadlines and pressures of meeting sales goals. Sales required in the field include Prince George’s County and DC area. Prefer someone with print/online advertising sales experience. Position is located Gaithersburg office and hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. M-F. Send resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: Maxine Minar at mminar@dcmilitary.com. Base salary + commission and benefits. EOE
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COMMERCIAL SERVICE PLUMBERS & HELPERS
Plumbers 3yrs exp. & Helpers 1yr exp. No Exceptions. Valid Clean DL required. Signing Bonuses for qualified Journeyman Plumbers. Top pay annual bonuses, paid holidays, vacations, sick days, life. Health and dental offered. Opportunities for advancement. Call 301-990-2891 Licensed Daycare
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Notice: High Bill Adjustment Funding May 21, 2015 Pursuant to Section 3.0 of the WSSC Standard Procedure CUS 10-01 titled “Adjustment and Correction of Water/Sewer Bills,” High Bill Adjustments are subject to the availability of funds in the WSSC approved annual budget. On May 7, 2015, the Prince George’s and Montgomery County Councils voted to approve the WSSC budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016. The approved FY 2016 budget includes funding for High Bill Adjustments. (5-27, 5-28-15)
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WSSC ADOPTS DEBT POLICY REGULATION On May 20, 2015, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission ("Commission" or "WSSC") adopted Regulation No. REGFIN-FI-2015-002 entitled "Debt Policy" (the "Regulation") to establish parameters for issuing and managing debt. The Regulation, which was adopted in accordance with Maryland Code Ann., Local Government Article, Section 17-207, may be obtained from the Commission’s Corporate Secretary (301-206-8200) and may be viewed on the WSSC web site, www.wsscwater.com [Home Page> About WSSC> Events> May 20, 2015 "Commission Meeting">Agenda>Item 3.b.1.].
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Full Time Help Wanted
Computer System Analyst
Company.com, LLC is seeking analyst for its Rockville, MD office to analyze computer system design; prepare reports; design, test, install software; work with developers; coordinate software upgrades; assist clients. Resume to: 30 West Gude Dr, Suite 150, Rockville, MD 20850
Full Time Help Wanted
Multiple Positions A local furniture restoration company is now accepting applications for multiple positions in furniture restoration. Experience req. & must have drivers lic. 301-424-5011
HVAC
Healthcare
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
M-F - Wheaton Plaza - Bilingual English/Spanish a must. Email resume to: medical.linda@yahoo.com
MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST PT/FT-flexible. Downtown Silver Spring. Exp. Required. Fax (301)589-5245 Email: admin@rodman-engelstein.com
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Press Technician The Gazette, a sister company of The Washington Post, has an immediate opening for a Press Technician in our Laurel plant. State-of-theart technology, Mitsubishi printing press. We will train individuals with mechanical aptitude and strong work ethic for a career in the printing technology industry. Individuals must be computer literate, a team player, have good verbal and written skills, printing experience preferred but not required. This position is a labor position which requires repetitive stacking of newspapers and very hands on work with the printing press. After training completion this individual will be assigned to the 2 pm - 10 pm shift. Upward mobility potential for this exciting career opportunity. We offer a benefits package including: medical, dental, 401K and tuition reimbursement. EOE. Please email, fax or mail resume to: Comprint Printing 13501 Konterra Drive Laurel, MD 20707 ATTN: Press Tech Fax: (301) 670-7138 HrJobs@gazette.net
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Healthcare
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2002 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED: DONATE AUTOS, 176,900 miles. Fully TRUCKS, RV’S. loaded. Runs great! LUTHERAN MIS$3,400 obo. 240-751- SION SOCIETY. 7263
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Your donation helps local families with food, clothing, shelter, counseling. Tax deductible. MVA License #W1044. 410-636-0123 or www.LutheranMissionSociety.org
Domestic Cars
2003 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE: 42K miles. 50th anniv. 6 speed. Fully loaded. Excel condition. $21k 301-221-1535
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2013 KIA OPTIMA LX
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2015 JETTA S
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#9088106, Automatic, Keyless Entry, Leather Seats, Backup Camera, Front/Side Airbags, ABS Brakes
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2015 JETTA SEDAN TDI S
2015 BEETLE 1.8L
2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S
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#1647049, Bluetooth, Keyless Entry, Auto, Touch Screen Radio, iPad Adapter, I Yr. Car Care Maintenance
#5501562, Manual, ABS Brakes, Audio Streaming, Keyless Entry
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MSRP 23,995 $
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20,995
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OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS
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$
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$
OR $431/MO for 72 MONTHS
OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 24 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months
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2007 Rabbit...............................#V033452A, Black, 117,967 Miles..............$5,991
2013 Passat SE.......................#V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles...............$17,391
2008 Dodge Caliber...............#V293674A, Silver, 130,404 Miles................$5,999
2012 CC.....................................#V820490A, Black, 47,400 Miles...............$17,491
2006 Touareg...........................#V001597A, Black, 78,489 Miles.................$8,991
2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles.................$17,492
2011 Toyota Prius...................V283821B, Red, 112,390 Miles.................$11,593
2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles.................$17,993
2011 Nissan Sentra...............#V298174B, Silver, 83,127 Miles................$11,791
2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles........................$18,692
2011 Toyota Camry SE..........V0125A, Black, 61,476 Miles.....................$11,995
2013 Beetle..............................#V591026A, Black, 35,857 Miles...............$18,791
2014 Nissan Versa.................V309714A, Gray, 7,485 Miles.....................$13,772
2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles...................$19,955
2013 Passat..............................#VPR0138, Maroon, 44,978 Miles..............$14,991
2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles...................$19,792
2014 Chrysler 200 LX............#VPR0139, Grey, 33,534 Miles...................$14,991
2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI..V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles.................$20,992
2013 Nissan Altima...............V303606A, Silver, 49,926 Miles..................$15,871
2012 Chevrolet Equinox AWD...#V099935A, Blue, 38,419 Miles.................$21,991
2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles...................$16,293
2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles.......................$25,993
2011 Jetta TDI..........................#V005099A, Black, 71,951 Miles...............$16,991
2013 CC VR6 4Motion............VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles.....................$25,993
All prices & payments exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 06/1/15.
Ourisman VW of Laurel 3371 Fort Meade Road, Laurel
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DARCARS NISSAN
DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2002 Honda Civic EX
2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1
2001 Nissan Quest GXE
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$
13,995
#P9232A, 6 spd Manual 3.8 V6 Convertible, Only 35K Miles, Fun Car!!!
$
2010 Camry Hybrid
2012 Acura TSX Wagon
14,995
$
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5,977
$
#442076A, Automatic, Gently Driven and Priced to Move!
21,950
#G0063,ONLY 54K mi, 2.4L 4cyl,Auto
$
2013 KIA Optima SX Turbo
15,995
$
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Moonroof
#P9371, 1-OWNER, Heated Front Seats, Bluetooth, Alloys
#442078A, Only 5K Miles!!!, Automatic, Why Buy New?
$16,995
12,977
$
2005 Nissan Frontier 4WD SE
#526571C, 1-Owner, Leather, HEATED SEATS, Panoramic roof, Alloys, Beautifully Kept!
16,995
$
19,980
$
2010 Volvo XC70 Premium AWD 2012 Hyundai Equus Signature
#P9369, 1-Owner, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32K Miles!
23,950
$
12,977
$
2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ
24,980
$
33,750
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12,977
$
2008 Nissan Xterra S 4WD
#541214A, 1-OWNER, Only 74K Miles, Well kept!!
14,977
$
2011 Volvo XC90 AWD Platinum
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2014 Jetta SE
#E0686, Automatic, Leather, FoldDown Rear Seat, Factory Warranty
2012 Honda CRV EX-L AWD
#548043B, Automatic, Less than 1000K Miles, Extra Clean #P9356, Certified,1-Owner, Turbo, Lthr, Homelink, Fac Warr., Only 26K miles!
8,977
$
2013 Hyundai Sonata SE
2014 Chevrolet Sonic LS
#527003A, 1-Owner! Only 27K Miles. Leather, Sunroof, Blue tooth, Alloys
2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8S #541206B, Automatic, Gently driven and clean!
#P9384,CERTIFIED!! Only 23K Miles,Nav, Rear Camera, Leather, Sunroof, Premium Sound,
14,977
$
2011 Mazda CX-7
#547519A, 1-Owner, Beautiful Inside & Out, Well Maintained
29,980
15,977
$
$
2008 Mercedes C-300 4Matic.............................. $13,995 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L...........................$18,950 #526593A, AWD, Nav, Leather, Alloys, Clean-Well Maintained
#P9277, 1-Owner, Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth
2012 Hyundai Elantra Limited............................ $14,750 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980 #P9372, Automatic, Low Miles!!, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys
2012 Nissan Leaf SL NAV Hatchback
#P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink
#P9327, ONLY 12K MILES!! Certified, Auto, Looks New!
2014 Kia Optima LX........................................................... $15,995 2012 Volvo XC60 AWD 3.2 Premier.......$24,980 #E0730, Automatic, Fac Warranty, Leather, Alloys
# P9295, Only 34K Miles! CERTIFIED! Leather, Blind spot, Park Assist,
15,977
$
2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid
#541161A, Hard-to-Find, 1-Owner, Loaded, Leather, Sunroof
16,777
$
2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L..................................................... $17,950 2012 Volvo XC90 Premier Plus...........$25,980 #P9263, 1-Owner, Only 52K Miles! Panormic Moonroof, Well priced and clean!
DARCARS
#429033A, 1-OWNER, CERTIFIED Leather, 3RD Row seat, Moonroof, Well Maintained
VOLVO
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited
15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD
#548040A, 1-Owner, Loaded, Sunroof, Leather, Clean!!
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16,977
$
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DARCARS NISSAN TWO LOCATIONS
Rockville
College Park
15911 Indianola Drive Rockville, MD 20855 888-797-1831 2015 NISSAN
2015 NISSAN
Versa S Sedan
MSRP: $14,685 Sale Price: $11,395 Nissan Rebate $400
$ 4
automatic transmission MODEL #11115
AT THIS PRICE
$
0
ALTIMA 2.5 S
$
39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
16,995
OR
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #13115 4 at this price
$
$
159/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
2015 NISSAN
LEAF S
MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $27, 995 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$ with charger package MODEL #17015
AT THIS PRICE
$ AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #11615
$
$
159/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
SENTRA SV
13,495 OR
4
$
0
$
$
14,495
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #12115
0
$
NV200
149
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
MSRP: $22,045 Sale Price: $18,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $750
$
0% APR X 72 MONTHS 2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $32,455 Sale Price: $27,995 Nissan Rebate: $1,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
PATHFINDER 4X4 S
$
AT THIS PRICE
MODEL #25015
$
0
MODEL #67115
$
269/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
0
$
279
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
2015 NISSAN
MURANO S AWD
25,995
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
17,495 OR
4
AVAILABLE ON BRAND NEW: 2015 ALTIMAS, 2015 SENTRAS, 2015 ARMADAS, 2015 TITANS, 2015 LEAFS!
229/MO
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
MSRP: $19,605 Sale Price: $16,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $1000 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250
2015 NISSAN
24,495 OR
4
169/MO
2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $23,935 Sale Price: $19,495 Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,000 Altima Bonus Cash: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1000
2015 NISSAN
4
$
MSRP: $17,600 Sale Price: $14,895 Nissan Customer Cash: $500 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
VERSA NOTE SV
10,995 OR
9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037
MSRP: $33,045 Sale Price: $28,495 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$
OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
27,995
MODEL #23015
0
$
339
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
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NEW2 2015 AVALON XLS AVAILABLE: #578023, 578024
26,900
$
V6, AUTO, 4 DR
AFTER $1500 REBATE
NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564390, 564421
20,890
$
4 CYL., AUTOMATIC
2015 PRIUS C II
355 TOYOTA
2 AVAILABLE: #577491, 577460
MEMORIAL DAY $149/MO**
SPECIALS EXTENDED
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NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
3 AVAILABLE: #572159, 572171, 572172
$
159/
MO**
18,990
NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB 2 AVAILABLE: #567181, 567184
$0 DOWN
$
AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR
18,890
3 DR. H/BK, MANUAL TRANS
AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE
NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #570653, 570694
14,590
$
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL. INCL.
AFTER $750 REBATE
MONTHS+ % 0 FOR 60 On 10 Toyota Models
1-888-831-9671
$0 DOWN
$
149/MO**
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 6/02/2015.
4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO
2 AVAILABLE: #570369, 570341
$0 DOWN G560908
13,590
MANUAL, 4 CYL
2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044
NEW 2015 YARIS #577009
$
4 CYL., AUTO
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
$
4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
AFTER $750 REBATE
2 AVAILABLE: #572183, 572233
$0 DOWN
$
139/MO**
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL