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A Takoma Park widow and her alleged lover were arraigned Monday and charged with murder in the Aug. 4, 2014, death of the woman’s husband, Cecil Brown. Co-defendants Larlane Pannell-Brown, 68, and Hussain Ali Zadeh, 49, both of Takoma Park, were arrested at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday, according to a Takoma Park police department

news release. Zadeh was returning from Jamaica, and Brown was at the airport to pick him up, according to the release. A District Court judge on Monday set bail at $5 million for Pannell-Brown and set full-cash bail at $3 million for Zadeh, according to county State’s Attorney John McCarthy at a press conference after the hearing. Pannell-Brown and Zadeh each face charges of ﬁrst-degree murder and conspiracy to commit ﬁrst-degree murder, McCarthy said. Online court records did not list attorneys for the defendants as of Monday.

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Berliner seeks AG help on pesticides BY

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Following a Maryland attorney general’s ofﬁce opinion that a proposed pesticide ban in Montgomery County could be preempted by state law if challenged in court, a councilman is seeking additional advice from the state. Councilman Roger Berliner, chairman of the Transportation Infrastructure Energy and Environment Committee, wrote Thursday to Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) asking for further guidance on the issue

(Above) Shaakira K. Pollard wipes a tear as her row of classmates gets ready to receive diplomas during the Springbrook High School commencement at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on Monday. Adrianna Fotso was the student speaker and retired teacher Gary Frace gave a commencement address. There were 371 graduates. (Right) Myles K. Falden uses Snapchat as he walks to get his diploma. PHOTOS BY TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

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On Saturday evening, the Waterpark at Bohrer Park was buzzing with excitement and, most importantly, not an ounce of judgment as the Autism Ambassadors took over in Gaithersburg. “I started the events about eight years ago. At the time, I only knew about 15 families of children with autism,” said Whitney Ellenby,

— speciﬁcally if the county has the authority to take alternative actions. Council President George L. Leventhal proposed the ban, which would prohibit the use of “non-essential” pesticides on lawns, with some exceptions, such as for golf courses and farms. The ban has broad support among many environmental groups, but the county Farm Bureau is vehemently opposed and sought the attorney general’s ofﬁce opinion through Del.

See PESTICIDES, Page A-10 Pape Gueye, 15, of Burtonsville splashed in the pool with his brother Cheikh, 11 (not shown) during an Autism Ambassadors event at Bohrer Park on Saturday in Gaithersburg.

of Bethesda, the organizer of Autism Ambassadors. She and her husband Keith Rueben have a 14-year-old son, Zack Reuben, who has autism, and a 9-year-old daughter, Cassie Reuben, who is “typically developing,” according to Ellenby. Ellenby explained that she wanted to put together activities solely for those with autism and their family members in order to provide stressfree, embarrassment-free events closed to the general public. She hosts events such as movie outings, inﬂatable parties and is always expanding. “It’s important for parents to have a safe place where they don’t have to apologize, they can be themselves,” Ellenby said. She explained

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Two Montgomery County assisted and independent living facilities are still being marketed for sale, while most residents have moved, according to an HCR ManorCare spokesman. In February, residents and family members were informed in letters that Springhouse of Silver Spring and Springhouse of Bethesda were closing and being shopped around by the centers’ property owner, HCP Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based health care real estate investment trust. Toledo, Ohio-based HCR ManorCare manages and operates the Silver Spring and Bethesda facilities, among others. The letters gave June 1 as a closure date, though that was meant only as a target, according to HCR spokesman Rick Rump. “We do not yet have a buyer for the Bethesda and Silver Spring Springhouses, and there’s no way to have a closing date until that happens,” Rump wrote in an email on Friday. Michael Greenberg, a Silver Spring resident who helped his mother, Edith Greenberg, move into Springhouse last October from Rockville, said she moved to Aspenwood Senior Living Community in the Aspen Hill area in early April. Aspenwood, operated by Newton, Mass.-based Five Star Senior Living, is farther from Greenberg than Springhouse. But the costs and services are roughly the same, he said. “It seems OK so far,” Greenberg said. “A number of my mom’s friends from Springhouse moved [to Aspenwood], so that was a big reason why we chose that facility.” Numerous communities offered incentives to displaced Springhouse residents, creating a bit of a bidder’s market, he said. Aspenwood paid moving expenses and waived its standard move-in fee, Greenberg said. County ofﬁcials also lobbied HCR to help displaced residents, which Greenberg ﬁgured was a key reason the company refunded his mom’s move-in fees of several thousand dollars to Springhouse from last October. The Silver Spring facility had 42 residents as of February,

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Zumba, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 111 Geneva Ave., Silver Spring. $10 per person per class. cogicsports@yahoo.com. 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. Mystery Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Praisner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Copies available at information desk. 240-773-9460. 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.

THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Storytelling — The Grapevine, 7:30 p.m., Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park. Celebrate the timeless art of the bards with stories of all kinds — truths, myths and everything in between. Featuring stories by Kit Turen and Sheila Arnold Jones. Suggested $10 donation. Adult Irish Set & Ceili Dance Class, 7-9:30 p.m., Argyle Park Activities Building, 1030 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring. Learn Irish social dancing in a friendly, relaxed setting. Wear comfortable clothing and leather or smooth-soled shoes (not athletic shoes). 7 p.m. for new dancers, 8 p.m. for advanced dances.

Jihad in America/Obama and Iran: Why are Jews Still Democrats?, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

Ted’s 355 Diner, back room, 895 Rockville Pike, Rockville. The speakers will be: Frank Gaffney, assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan and founder and president of the Center of Security Policy in Washington, D.C.; and Noah Silverman, the congressional affairs director for the Republican Jewish Coalition. $5. 301-417-9256 or katmcgop@gmail.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 Networking and Beneﬁt Breakfast, 7-9

a.m., Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Place. Connect with business leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as representatives from the Nehemiah Project. Keynote speaker will be Hugh Whelchel, founder of the Institute for Faith, Work & Economics. Free. 240-994-4861 or kelly.leonard@ taylor-leonard.com.

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Trukgarten, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., City Lot, next to TPSS Co-op, 6927 Laurel Ave., Takoma Park. Street food, local breweries, live music. $10 for 21 or older; free for others. 301-891-6789 or laurabarclay@ oldtakoma.com. Flea market, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Silver Spring United Methodist Church, 8900 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Vendors pay $25 for a table. 301-587-6339 or asirila@ silverspringumc.org.

Andrew Helgeson Memorial Blair Lacrosse Alumni Game, 2-6 p.m., Blair High

School Stadium, 51 University Blvd. East, Silver Spring. To beneﬁt the R Andrew Helgeson Memorial Foundation to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest in children and young adults. Girls game at 2 p.m., boys game at 4 p.m. Free. rahfoundation@comcast.net or www.andrewhelgeson.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Open House, 1-5 p.m., Kemp Mill Swim Club, 11805 Stonington Place, Wheaton. Free. 240-505-6659 or kmsc-membership@kempmill.org. Taste of Wheaton, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wheaton Triangle, 2424 Reedie Drive. Restaurant samples $1 to $5. Cooking demonstrations; food and wine tastings; craft beer garden; live music. sidney.cooper@ montgomerycountymd.gov. The Apollo Orchestra in Concert, 4 p.m., Church of the Little Flower, 5607 Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda. Free. 301320-4538 or Terry_Eberhardt@hcpss.org. Tour, 1-3 p.m., National Park Seminary, 2755 Cassedy St., Silver Spring. Begins across from 2755 Cassedy St., in front of gymnasium. Free for Save Our Seminary members; $5 for others. No charge for children 12 and younger. 301-589-1715 or info@saveourseminary.org. International bazaar, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Islamic Society of the Washington Area, 2701 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring. Food, cultural clothing, books, children’s activities, games, health screenings. Free. 301-879-0930. Knock on Wood Tap Studio 20th Anniversary, 2 p.m., Blair High School, 51

University Blvd. East, Silver Spring. Performances, reception. $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Free for children younger than 5. www.knockonwood.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 8 Knitting and Spinning, 3-5 p.m., Prais-

Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. An allDvorak program. $15-$20; $5 for Montgomery College students and faculty and for children younger than 18. 301-984-6390 or info@symphonypotomac.org. ner Library, 14910 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Learn, practice or work on current projects with others. anne.seiler@ montgomerycountymd.gov. Birding for Beginners, 6-7 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Bring binoculars and comfortable shoes. Free. 301-924-2127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com.

TUESDAY, JUNE 9 Citizenship Preparation Program, 6 p.m., Westfield South Building, 11002 Veirs Mill Road, suite 306, Wheaton. For legal permanent residents who live in Maryland and are learning English as a second language. Free. 240-567-8839 or izis.weills@montgomerycollege.edu. Backgammon Tournament, 6:30-10 p.m., Ruby Tuesday, Westfield Wheaton mall, 11160 Veirs Mill Road. 11gmail66@ gmail.com. World Refugee Day 2015, 3-8 p.m., Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 Veterans Place. Food, live entertainment, refugee art. To honor courage, strength and determination of people forced to flee their homes. Free. cuellarj@lssnca.org.

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Best friend fatally stabbed in 2013 in Silver Spring

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A young man convicted of stabbing his best friend to death in Silver Spring after a night of drinking nearly two years ago was sentenced to life in prison on May 27. Defendant Rahul Gupta, now 25, of McLean, Va., was convicted by a jury in March of first-degree murder in the Oct. 13, 2013, death of his friend Mark Waugh, then 23, of Great Falls, Va., after they spent an evening celebrating Gupta’s birthday with Gupta’s girlfriend. A fight broke out between the two men and Waugh was stabbed 11 times, according to court records. “His best friend plunged a knife into his back and cut his carotid artery,” said Waugh’s father, Bill Waugh, at the sentencing hearing before Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Richard Jordan. “It’s the most horrific crime ever perpetuated on a parent.” Members of the Gupta family attested to Gupta’s character, accomplishments and devotion to family at the hearing. At the end of the hearing, Gupta recounted his friendship

with Waugh. A biomedical student, he also said he hoped that sometime in the future he could return to his family and “provide some utility to this world.” “Words can’t describe how terribly sorry I am about what happened,” Gupta said. But Jordan was not persuaded that Gupta was sincere or that he had been truthful during the trial. “The court [in my estimation] hasn’t heard the truth yet,” he said. Defense attorney Philip Armstrong argued May 27 during the sentencing hearing that the stabbing was not premeditated. “No one suggested that there was some kind of plan to kill,” Armstrong said. “This happened very fast,” he said. “There was no planning, no premeditation. Clearly everyone was intoxicated.” But Jordan said there was enough time between the moment Gupta picked up a knife and the repeated stabbing to show premeditation. “There can be a short period of premeditation ... with the speciﬁc intent to kill,” Jordan said. Gupta can at some point apply for parole, but the request must be granted by the governor, which hasn’t happened since 1987, Armstrong said. vterhune@gazette.net

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A woman was killed in a two-car crash on Muncaster Mill Road in Derwood on Sunday night, Montgomery County police said. The victim’s name and hometown were not released on Tuesday, as police worked to contact her family. Police said the crash happened shortly before 11:30 p.m. A white Ford Taurus

driven by the victim collided with a black Ford Focus just north of Bowie Mill Road, police said in a news release. Police did not know on Tuesday what caused the crash. The driver of the Ford Focus — identiﬁed as Juan Francisco Diana, 34, of the 3000 block of Aquarius Avenue in Silver Spring — was taken to Suburban Hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening, police said. Police have asked anyone who might have seen the collision to call them at 240-7736620.

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Innovative students recognized Four Montgomery County students have been recognized for their innovative ideas, according to LearnServe International, an organization that works with high school students. All four participated in the 2015 LearnServe Fellows Program, in which students from public, private and charter schools in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., work on projects to benefit their schools and communities. • Tenzin Sonam of Silver Spring, a junior at Blair High School in Silver Spring, won the innovation award for Maryland public school students. A LearnServe press release says Sonam created The Parallels Project, “which seeks to bridge middle school students from different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds in order to broaden their perspectives. Sonam’s team also included Siddhartha Harmalkar of Blair High. • Ishaan Parikh of Potomac, a senior at Blair High, was the runner-up in the Maryland public schools category. Parikh came up with KAST: Advanced, building on the Kids Are Scientists Too nonprofit created four years ago by another LearnServe fellow. LearnServe says KAST: Advanced has “taken root at Takoma Park Middle School, and will be spreading across Montgomery County.” Parikh’s team also included Blair High students Alex Mangiafico, Ji-Hyuk Bae and Winne Luo, as well as Jessica Yang, a 2010 LearnServe fellow who founded KAST. Yang graduated from Richard Montgomery High in Rockville and is now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. • Gaia Jinsi of Potomac, a junior at the Holton-Arms in Bethesda, won an award in the independent schools category. Jinsi’s idea, called GirlsGoLearn, “aims to bring the safety and academic success of an all-girls learning environment to girls who do not have access to it in their schools,” LearnServe’s press release says. Holton-Arms students Caleigh Crawford, Gigi Asemenoah-Mensah and Paris Armstrong also were on the team. • Ryan Hunt of Chevy Chase, a sophomore at Lycée Rochambeau — The French Interna-

tional School in Bethesda, was the runner-up in the independent schools category. Hunt created a smartphone app “to help users assess their blood alcohol content and [let] them know whether it is safe for them to drive.” Nicholas McQuibban, another Lycée Rochambeau student, is co-founder and lead app developer. On April 23 at the Maret School in Washington, D.C., fellows presented their ventures to business and community leaders and other professionals. They also participated in a venture fair.

Silver Spring student receives college degree A Silver Spring student was among those who received degrees recently from Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. Jessica Ann Hentrel received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology. The commencement was held May 9.

Graduating class includes Silver Spring students The 2015 spring graduating class from the University of Oklahoma includes two students from Silver Spring. Tess S. Thomson received a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. Antonio Lamar Thomas received a master of arts degree.

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(Above) Tenzin Sonam of Blair High School in Silver Spring won a LearnServe Fellows Program innovation award for Maryland public school students. (Below) Ishaan Parikh of Blair was the runner-up in the LearnServe Fellows Program category for Maryland public schools.

Gallery launches inaugural exhibit at mall The new Oasis Art Gallery in the Macy’s Home Store at Westﬁeld Montgomery mall in Bethesda is featuring in its inaugural exhibit abstract paintings by Elaine Cafritz of Silver Spring. The gallery is a project at the Washington Metropolitan Oasis, offering local artists the chance to exhibit their work in a space dedicated to opportunities for people 50 and older. The art will be rotated on a regular basis. Most of the work featured will be for sale, with 30 percent of the proceeds beneﬁting Oasis and its programs. Cafritz’s paintings are mostly large works of acrylic and mixed media on canvas. In a news release, she describes her work as “emotions I have experienced by travel-

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ing through life. Each emotion is implanted in my brain from all the adventures and places I’ve seen.” Her art is on display through July 31, Aan artist reception will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Oasis is a national non-

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After graduating from Georgetown Prep, Andrew King

pursued his higher education differently than many of his peers did. King, who was born in a Silver Spring hospital and grew up in Adelphi, attended the University of Maryland, College Park, for a year before he was drawn to the U.S. Marine Corps. He discovered he was a natural at foreign languages and

earned an associate of arts degree from the Defense Language Institute. He achieved ﬂuency in Persian, or Farsi, with a focus on regional dialects. During his five years as a military senior linguist, he was deployed to Afghanistan twice. Among his duties there was to translate between the Afghan National Army and village civil-

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ians to support infrastructure projects. Through a Marine scholar program, King applied to the Columbia University School of General Studies, beginning classes in fall 2012 just two weeks after the end of his service. Officials from the Columbia dean of admissions office regularly fly to Marine bases. On one such trip in late 2011, King interviewed with them. “Columbia makes a strong effort to recruit veterans,” he said. Many of King’s credits from the Defense Language Institute transferred to Columbia, as some University of Maryland credits transferred to DLI. In three years, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, graduating summa cum laude. He was the class of 2015’s salutatorian, marking the first time a veteran has been either salutatorian or valedictorian in the undergraduate school’s history, according to Anna O’Sullivan, a general studies spokeswoman. “I was pretty surprised,” King said of the honor. “I was very humbled and honored.” He was among the speakers on May 18 during the school’s graduation ceremonies, along with Christopher Hood, Kellogg’s president for European operations, a keynote speaker. Besides being named to the Phi Beta Kappa and Columbia School of General Studies honor societies, King was awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship. That enabled him to spend a summer studying in Turkey, which he found of particular interest for its links to both the Eastern and Western worlds. “I found I had a passion to understand that part of the world,” King said. “It has a really interesting history.” He wrote his senior thesis on Islamic finance. He was treasurer of Military Veterans of Columbia University for two years and volunteered for Hurricane

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Silver Spring native Andrew King speaks as the Columbia University School of General Studies Class of 2015 salutatorian during a May 18 ceremony in New York. Seated near the podium is School of General Studies Dean Peter J. Awn. Sandy relief efforts. King’s accomplishments placed him among the top graduates at Columbia this year, School of General Studies Dean Peter J. Awn said in a statement. “In addition to his stellar academic achievements, Andrew worked with passion and commitment to make a positive difference in the Columbia undergraduate community and the broader New York community,” he said. Columbia, one of the oldest universities in the country, dates to 1754, when it was King’s College. In the 19th century, it started to serve nontraditional students such as those who work following high school graduation. A formal program formed in the early 20th century. It was re-

structured and designated the School of General Studies in 1947 as it strived to meet the needs of returning World War II vets. The school had about 1,900 students, with the average age 28 in the 2014-15 year, according to Columbia ﬁgures. King was among 69 veterans who graduated. More than 400 enrolled at the school. King thought about pursuing graduate school, but decided to accept a job at New York consulting ﬁrm Oliver Wyman, beginning in July. “Columbia has a very rigorous academic environment,” he said. “I’m excited to enter the working world.” kshay@gazette.net

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For Silver Spring volunteers, a century of putting out ﬁres Members combine careers; some start second career

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When Deana Cairo is not litigating antitrust cases and being a mom, she is an emergency medical technician and president of the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department. Her fire department position is as a part-time volunteer, but the level of commitment by both volunteers and paid personnel is substantial, she said. The department provides fire, rescue and emergency medical services to the Silver Spring area in partnership with county paid staff. “A lot of people don’t realize how much training both paid staff and volunteers go through,” Cairo said. Last year, personnel at the three Silver Spring stations on Georgia Avenue, University Boulevard East and Seminary Road responded to almost 16,000 calls, according to department figures. There are other volunteer departments in the area, including in Takoma Park, Wheaton and HillandaleWhite Oak. The department is turning 100 this year. That milestone is being marked with a couple of events this week. On Friday, there will be a social hour for current and former fire service members only at Fire Station 1 Restaurant and Brewing Co. on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. Then, on Saturday evening, there will be an invitation-only 100th Anniversary Dinner at The Fillmore Silver Spring, at 8656 Colesville Road. About 350 people are expected, Cairo said. Volunteers go through hundreds of hours of training to be certified. Gerald Leener, the treasurer of the Silver Spring department, said it was spread over two years for him. The department provides training, as well as uniforms and protective gear, at no cost. Paid staff go through much more intensive training. While the county provides funding for personnel and operational costs, many purchases, such as a new ambulance, require raising funds from the private sector, Cairo said. “We have to do a significant amount of fundraising,” said Cairo, a charge EMT and partner in the law firm of DLA Piper LLP. A charge EMT has more experience than a regular EMT and is qualified to be the officer “in charge” of an ambulance or other unit. Volunteers often give fulltime paid firefighters and EMTs a break in the evenings, Cairo said. “During the Baltimore riots, paid firefighters were called there and volunteers ran calls here,” she said. Volunteers have to be at least 18 years old, pass a physical examination and criminal background check, and complete training. The department has roughly 40 active and trainee volunteer members, Cairo said. That does not include retired or “lifetime” members.

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(Above) Gerald Leener, a volunteer for the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department, wipes off an engine that had returned from a call in the rain at the station on Seminary Road in Silver Spring. (Above right) The original 1915 Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department. Leener, 67, said he is a somewhat unusual volunteer — most work day jobs and volunteer in the evenings and overnight. After retiring as a partner with accounting and consulting ﬁrm PricewaterhouseCoopers, Leener decided this ﬁt his criteria for finding something meaningful, community ser-

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vice-oriented and active to do. When a battalion ﬁre chief parked in front of his house, Leener said, the ensuing discussion inﬂuenced him to start a second career as an EMT and ambulance driver. He has been at it nine years. “Life has to have meaning and purpose,” said Leener, who

volunteers two 12-hour daytime shifts each week. “I want to do this as long as I pass the physical.”

Post office fire sparked formation In 1915, a significant fire destroyed a Silver Spring

building housing the U.S. Post Office. Area leaders met to discuss the need for organized fire protection, and a donated shed served as temporary headquarters for the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Co., according to the department’s website. Within months, enough money was raised for a chemical engine and bell pulled by hand or horse. With no public water supply, early firefighters depended on chemical tanks and water from wells and cisterns in the community. By 1918, the company purchased a national guard armory to use as a station and had a motor-driven firetruck. In 1947, a second fire station opened near Colesville Road and University Boulevard and was replaced with a more mod-

ern one about two decades later. The station on Seminary Road was built in 1959, and in 2007, a new station opened on Georgia Avenue. The old station there became Fire Station 1 Restaurant. Paid staff did not come until many years after the department formed. Volunteers and paid personnel show a lot of respect for each other and get along great at the Silver Spring stations, Leener said. While the Georgia Avenue station attracts the most calls, many like the Seminary one for its character, he said. “For us, it’s all about helping people,” Leener said. kshay@gazette.net

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Moving on Edward Dana of Silver Spring was one of 17 students who graduated Thursday from Montgomery County’s Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents in Rockville. The school serves students in grades 4 to 12 with special needs.

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With increased activity in commercial areas, Takoma Park ofﬁcials are doing a comprehensive review of parking regulations and needs. On Monday, Mayor Bruce Williams and City Council members Seth Grimes, Kate Stewart and Jarrett Smith informally agreed for the staff to conduct a survey on issues such as parking permits and meters. But some said ofﬁcials already have discussed the matter enough that a formal study is not necessary. Councilman Tim Male said the police department recently conducted a partial study and he would rather have staff implement some recommendations. Those proposals include allowing electronic payment at meters, adjusting hours of

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“We’re not going to study every block. There’s a couple of places where some speciﬁed focus makes sense.” Takoma Park City Manager Suzanne Ludlow residential parking permits near commercial areas, and improving signage at parking sites and meters. “We’ve spent enough time talking about parking at this point,” Male said. City Manager Suzanne Ludlow said the survey would not be too extensive and likely would return some good information, such as whether parking permit rules should be changed. “We’re not going to study every block,” she said. “There’s a couple of places where some speciﬁed focus makes sense.” Councilman Terry J. Seamens said he’d also like the city to take some short-term measures, then study to “refine”

those measures. Stewart said she’d like the city to review the Takoma Junction area, as well as Old Takoma. Smith noted that construction projects, such as the Carroll Avenue bridge, will cause changes in residential parking and should be examined. Ludlow said there are steps the city can take this summer, such as changing the time on some city meters, without needing survey results. She planned to update the council on short-term changes and have recommendations on more comprehensive issues in the fall. kshay@gazette.net

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About two decades ago, Yvonne Edwards and Renee Kreithen dreamed of their own studio devoted exclusively to the art of tap dance. They had taught students in an after-school program and formed a youth tap ensemble, but they had bigger ambitions. Knock on Wood Tap Studio opened in an arts building near the Takoma Metro station, and they were in business. On Sunday, their studio will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an expanded student showcase. It will feature alumni and special performances, starting at 2 p.m. at the Blair High School auditorium in Silver Spring. “When you start a business, you don’t know if it will last even five years,” said Edwards, who has danced and taught tap for more than five decades and is known as the Washington, D.C., area’s “Tap Lady.” “It’s been an up-anddown process, but we’ve survived. We’ve been blessed.” The challenges included a flood ruining their floors a few years after forming and moving to a Silver Spring building. They returned to Old Takoma in 2011, technically in Washington, D.C., just across the Takoma Park border. Knock on Wood is one of the few dance studios nationally that focus solely on percussive tap, said Dori Gillman, president of its board of directors. It’s important to keep this “truly American art form” of tap alive, she said. “Tap is something you can enjoy throughout your life,” Edwards said. “It provides great exercise and is a fun way to relieve stress. And you make many meaningful friendships.” Capitol Tap — a studio-affiliated ensemble that performs in

KNOCK ON WOOD TAP STUDIO 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION n When: 2 p.m. Sunday n Where: Blair High School auditorium, 51 University Blvd. East, Silver Spring n Cost: $15 at the door, $12 in advance, free for children younger than 5 n More information: www.knockonwood.org/knock-on-wood-showcase

festivals and other events under the direction of Lisa SwentonEppard — will be among the performing groups. Baakari Wilder — an in-

structor who trained at Knock on Wood and went on to star in the Broadway musical “Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk” and dance in Spike Lee’s ﬁlm

“Bamboozled” — also is slated to perform. Tickets are $15 at the door and $12 in advance through the organization’s website. It’s free for children younger than 5. At age 80, Edwards continues to tap dance and even teach some classes at the studio. Her numerous honors include an Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Award for Education at the Montgomery County Executive’s Ball. “Life is too short to sit around and do nothing,” Edwards said. kshay@gazette.net

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Kirill Reznik (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown. Assistant Attorney General Kathryn M. Rowe issued an opinion in April that found that a proposed ban on the cosmetic use of pesticide could be preempted by state law because the state already has the power to regulate the sale, distribution and use of pesticides. County attorneys do not agree. “Our legal staff believes we have authority,” Leventhal said. “My hope is that we can proceed with my bill.” In light of the opinion, Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda wrote in his letter to Frosh: “I believe it is appropriate and proper for our council to explore the full range of otherwise available legal options that could result in signiﬁcantly reducing the use of pesticides.” Currently, the bill sits in Berliner’s committee. Speciﬁcally, Berliner asked

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Whitney Ellenby of Bethesda (right) jumps in the water with Rakir Jackson, 28, of Silver Spring during an Autism Ambassadors event at Bohrer Park on Saturday in Gaithersburg. Ellenby is the event organizer. Ellenby was a disability rights lawyer and then an adoption attorney. She said that legal background has been instrumental in securing the right to rent out county- and city-owned property exclusively for those with autism. “I think [the county] should be out in front securing certain hours for people with disabilities and they don’t,” Ellenby said. When she fights for an exclusive time at social destinations, Ellenby said the defensive position of most managers is generally that no one is preventing those with autism from visiting parks and public places at the same time as everyone else. Though she said that is true, she thinks that there is a time and a place for inclusion and a time for exclusivity. She said many families that come to her Ambassador events say that it is the only time they go to the movies or the pool. It’s Ellenby’s belief that though many people desire exclusivity, not many require it as her Ambassadors often do. More than 350 guests attended Saturday’s event including Anais and Lionel Chailleux of Bethesda, who moved to the United States from France seven years ago and said they had never heard of anything like the Ambassadors before being introduced through school acquaintances four years ago. “I think the ﬁrst thing is it’s designed so that every kid can act like they need to. We are all on the same boat, we all know the struggle,” Lionel Chailleux

said. He and his wife enjoy being able to see other parents and share difﬁculties and successes while including the whole family together. Lionel and Anais Chailleux have three children, one with autism, but they all have a blast at the events. Raj Rajagopal of Potomac and his son Venkat, 22, come to every event that Ellenby hosts. Rajagopal said on Saturday that two of the many reasons he attends is to “network with a circle of helpful parents” as well as spread awareness in the community that these individuals need to be given this time in order to thrive and enjoy themselves. He said that his family is more comfortable in the midst of others who understand. Ellenby said she wants to help individuals with autism lead a more normal life. She hopes to lobby for a higher education trade school within the county, as well as provide a more in depth sexual education course speciﬁcally formatted to teach those with autism how to have healthy relationships with themselves and future partners. Ellenby is also in the process of writing a tell-all book, “Autism Uncensored,” which she said is a brutally honest account of how autism affects every aspect of a family’s life. “It’s become my career. It’s more satisfying than anything I’ve ever done,” Ellenby said. sschmieder@gazette.net

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Quartermaine Coffee’s head roaster, Calvin Dove, at work in the Rockville roasting facility.

Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub will open its first location at Rockville Town Square this summer, according to developer Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville. The 2,411-square-foot pub, owned by Terry and Vanessa Laurin, will feature traditional Irish cuisine. Construction will begin this month at 100-F Gibbs St. Finnegan’s is the newest restaurant at Rockville Town Square. Miso Café and Samovar are also expected to open this year, and Peter Chang recently opened.

Health care center opens in Rockville Patient First of Glen Allen, Va., is opening a new medical

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Plenty of people start off their day with a cup or two of coffee, but for Carolyn Weinberg and Calvin Dove, their whole day revolves around the brew. Weinberg is the CEO and Dove the head roaster for Quartermaine Coffee Roasters, which has two stores in Bethesda and a roasting facility on Wyaconda Road in Rockville. As you pull into the parking lot of the low, squat building in the industrial park that holds the roasting plant, the rich smell of roasting coffee wafts through the air. Inside, the temperature rises as Dove keeps an eye on a batch of French roast in the company’s roaster. A batch of French roast will reach more than 400 degrees, Weinberg said. Each type of roast requires a different time and heat process to create a different ﬂavor, body and acidity that affect its taste, said Dove, who’s been roasting with Quartermaine for about 15 years. Roasters have to carefully gauge the time for each batch, Weinberg said. Too long and the beans are too dark. After they’re roasted, the beans are dumped out into a large, circular cooling tray, where they’re brought from piping hot to room temperature in a matter of minutes. Quartermaine was started by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Seigel, who originally founded the Starbucks chain in the 1970s.

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After looking around the country for a place to locate a new company, they settled on the Washington suburbs. The company’s first store was in Washington’s Cleveland Park neighborhood, but its two stores are now on Bethesda Avenue and Old Georgetown Road. Weinberg was working in sales in New York, but was ready for a change in 1991. She took a vacation to Italy, what she calls “the coffee capital of the world.” Weinberg’s mother is French, and coffee has been part of Weinberg’s life for a long time. “I grew up drinking café au lait out of a bowl,” she said. When Weinberg was hired as the company’s second employee, her first job was putting together the roasting facility in Rockville. The first employee hired was the company’s president, Roger Scheumann. For all her years in the coffee business, Weinberg has a friendlier outlook than one might expect on the giant that dominates the U.S. coffee industry. Starbucks has actually done smaller companies a favor by educating the market and changing the industry, she said. It’s created a base of customers who know their café mocha from their macchiato. While the Cleveland Park store closed because of competition from Starbucks and other chains — and they do have the two Bethesda stores — much of Quartermaine’s focus is selling coffee for people to brew at home, Weinberg said, with 40 percent of sales coming from bean sales.

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State’s attorneys in Montgomery and Howard counties have agreed to investigate, and if necessary prosecute in each other’s jurisdictions, cases that involve a citizen death after contact with police. The goal of the agreement, the ﬁrst in Maryland, is to address the widespread feeling among minority groups that 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 • Area of Fenton Street and Bonifant Street in Silver Spring at 2:03 a.m. on May 12. The adult male victims were approached by the subject who displayed a handgun and demanded money. The victims complied and cash was taken. • 8800 block of Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring, at 10:41 a.m. on May 13. Subjects approached and assaulted a young male victim. One of the subjects displayed a handgun and demanded money. Took property. Robbery • Aspen Hill Road and Georgia Avenue, at 10:30 p.m. on May 15. Victim was approached and assaulted by four subjects. Took property.

they are treated more harshly by police, said State’s Attorney John McCarthy at a press conference in Rockville on Monday morning. “There’s also that appearance that prosecutors and police are too close, too chummy together,” McCarthy said. “I think [we have] a role in changing that perception. ... We’re trying to build as much trust as we can,” he said. Howard County State’s Attorney Dario Broccolino will review the ﬁrst case under the agreement, which is the May 12 death in Montgomery County of Dajuan Graham, 40, of Burtonsville, McCarthy said.

Graham died at Holy Cross Hospital after being shocked with a Taser two days earlier by a county police officer near the Briggs Chaney shopping center. Witnesses reported that Graham was walking in the roadway and appeared to be under the influence of the drug PCP, according to a Police Department press release. Under the agreement, police incidents involving deaths in Montgomery County will continue to be investigated by Montgomery County police. However, the results will be reviewed by the State’s Attorney’s office in Howard County. “All decisions will be theirs

POLICE BLOTTER Strong-arm robbery • 13900 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring at 5 p.m. on May 19. Adult female victim was approached and assaulted by the subject. Her purse was taken. Burglary • Quality Time Early Learning Center, 8101 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, at 3:10 a.m. on May 15. Unknown entry, took property. • St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 10103 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, at 4:30 a.m. on May 16. Unknown entry, took property. Commercial burglary • Dennis Avenue Health Center, 2000 Dennis Ave., Silver Spring, between 11:15 p.m. on May 16 and 5:30 p.m. on May 18. Forced entry, took property. • Sprint, 211 Ednor Road in Silver Spring, at 2:40 p.m. on May 25. Forced entry, took property. Residential burglary

• 3300 block of Hampton Point Drive in Silver Spring, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on May 11. Forced entry, took property. • 300 block of Windsor Street in Silver Spring, between 10 a.m. on May 12 and 1:15 p.m. on May 18. Forced entry, took property. • 9000 block of Fairview Road in Silver Spring, between 4-6 p.m. on May 12. Forced entry, took property. • 13305 Lydia Street in Silver Spring, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on May 15. No forced entry, took property. • 17000 block of Coatbridge Place in Olney, between 2 and 5:45 p.m. on May 16. No entry gained, nothing taken. • 3000 block of Beaverwood Lane in Silver Spring, sometime between May 16 and 19. Forced entry, nothing taken. • 9500 block of Adelphi Road in Silver Spring, between 9 and 10:50 a.m. on May 18. Forced entry, nothing taken.

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[in such a] matter,” McCarthy said. Should Howard County decide to pursue charges against Montgomery County police, a Howard County prosecutor would present the case to a Montgomery County grand jury, Broccolino said. If that jury indicts, the Howard County ofﬁce would prosecute the case in Montgomery County, he said. Similarly, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s ofﬁce will review death cases involving Howard County police and follow the same procedure, McCarthy said. vterhune@gazette.net • 13000 block of Serpentine Way in Silver Spring, between 9 a.m. and 3:44 p.m. on May 18. Forced entry, took property. • 800 block of Northhampton Drive in Silver Spring, between 6 and 8 p.m. on May 18. No forced entry, took property. • 1200 block of Edgevale Road in Silver Spring, between 8:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. on May 19. Forced entry, took property. • 8600 block of Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring at 11:46 a.m. on May 19. No forced entry, nothing taken.

Vehicle larceny • Six thefts from vehicles occurred in the early morning hours of May 12 along U.S. 29 and I-495. Forced entry, took property. • Nine thefts from vehicles in the early morning hours of May 13 in the White Oak area. Four incidents were attempts, nothing taken. Five other incidents involved forced entry with property taken.

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The Mobea Group of Blair High — (from left) Briana Cooper, 15; Molondo Ituka, 14; Octavia Russell, 15; and Andre Colon, 16 — perform at the Montgomery County Recreation’s MoCo’s Got Talent showcase at The Fillmore on Sunday.

ocal youths showed off their skills on Sunday at the annual MoCo’s Got Talent at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, a culmination of a ﬁve-week competition. Montgomery County Recreation posted on Facebook that the winner was the group Throwing Wrenches, made up of Ian Aleman of Magruder High,

Shyaer Parvez of Blair High, Jacob Elder of Quince Orchard High and Nick Morper of Walter Johnson High. The dance group Wahala Squad from Springbrook High was second and magician Suriya Saravankumar of Blair High was third. Trent Onsted of Rockville High won ﬁrst place in visual arts.

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Readers need ‘a little good news’

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Garrett Park’s poet laureate, Barbara Shidler, signs books at a May 17 reading and reception to celebrate her ﬁrst book, “Caught Moon,” a poetic memoir of her 54 years living in the town.

The Gazette is a local paper, whose focus was and should be on daily life in Montgomery County. When I pick up The Gazette, I want to read more about Barbara Shidler of Garrett Park who published her ﬁrst book of poetry at 88 (“The bard of Garrett Park,” May 20). I would have enjoyed a full-length article about her life in Garrett Park and its changes since 1961, and wished for a glimpse of her poems. Instead, the columns next to her photo were allocated to a Washington Post reporter covering (again) a sensational crime in the county, which no doubt already got its excessive coverage in the Post. I’m at least grateful that the crime story was moved to the inside pages, as opposed to recent headlines on the front of The Gazette about violence. I would rather not see that in our local paper. Publishing Deborah Vollmer’s letter to the editor, however, is just the right Gazette touch. Where else could you read about income inequality leading to unequal treatment in the town of Chevy Chase? That is truly priceless. Anne Murray sang it, and I challenge The Gazette to follow through: “We sure could use a little good news today.” Angie Loomis, Chevy Chase

Not the ﬁnest moments for school board

Two articles on the front page of The Gazette on May 20 (“Foes: school plan flawed” and “Board to name interim school superintendent”) raise serious questions about how well the Montgomery County Board of Education is functioning (or not functioning). First, the board apparently approved the construction of a $48 million middle school on a site in Kensington that does not conform to its own standards. As one county official put it, the board is trying to fit “10 pounds

of sugar in a 5-pound sack.” Not only does this sound like a poorly conceived plan, it also seems like a gross waste of taxpayer funds. But this is not the only questionable decision the board has made. On the same front page of The Gazette is an article chronicling the latest saga in the sad story of the superintendent of schools. For some vague reason, the board felt compelled not to retain the services of Joshua Starr and thought it could hire a new

superintendent easily. Now we ﬁnd that after meeting with the board, its chosen candidate has lost interest in the job. It is not too difﬁcult to understand why. So, the board is going to name an interim superintendent for a year. Do the taxpayers of Montgomery County really deserve a temporary caretaker of the highly prized school system? Something is rotten in the county of Montgomery. Michael Hoxie, Kensington

Beneﬁts of CCT are exaggerated Honestly, to read the May 20 letter to the editor in The Gazette by Shane Robinson, Nancy J. King and Marilyn Balcombe (“Corridor Cities Transitway could be boon for region”), one might think that building the CCT will be the economic boon to Maryland that the completion of the Union Paciﬁc Railroad in 1869 was to the nation. What nonsense. Or more to the point, what are their vested interests? They crow about 100,000 new jobs, billions in annual goods and millions in state tax revenues. Based on what? Oh, they don’t mention that. It’s kind of a “Trust

us — we’re from the government and the chamber of commerce” argument. Remember the promised trafﬁc beneﬁts of the ICC? Whoops. It remains sorely underused. Sorry about that, taxpayers and convulsed residents. What is certain is that building the CCT will convulse and forever divide long-established Gaithersburg communities, just as building the Whitehurst Expressway convulsed and forever divided Georgetown. Do we really need to take a cleaver to Gaithersburg to accommodate the expansionist dreams of Johns Hopkins, Adven-

tist Hospital, multiple chambers of commerce and politicians? I hope not. Bill Fallon, Gaithersburg

Editor’s note: When they submitted their letter, Robinson, King and Balcombe provided, as a source for their facts, a copy of a PowerPoint presentation on the Great Seneca Science Corridor. In the presentation, the figures on jobs, annual goods and services and state tax revenues are attributed to a Sage Policy Group Draft Vision 2030 Economic Impact Analysis from June 2008. The PowerPoint slide can be found on page 12 at tinyurl.com/lkqf2py.

For development and job creation, why wait for transit project? Del. Robinson, Sen. King and Ms. Balcombe ask “How do we increase access to affordable transit and create jobs?” (“Corridor Cities Transitway could be boon for region,” May 20). The answer is not to wait for the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) as though it, somehow, will answer the question. The answer, as demonstrated by the Crown Farm development and its job creations, is to build the science centers and related facilities now,

while at the same time improving the existing transit systems. Why are we waiting? Suppose the developers of Crown Farm — a planned CCT station — had waited for the CCT. Think of how many current and future jobs would have been lost. Currently, there is a Ride-On bus route from all the projected CCT stations that accomplishes the same basic objectives as the CCT. Build on what we have — that is the answer.

What we need to do is take the current $100,000,000 for the CCT design and use it to improve what already exists. Waiting for the CCT, which is years away — if it is ever built — is missing great opportunities to achieve the aims outlined in their letter. We should build on what we have, not hope that a future project will give us all the answers. Dr. Alan S. Kaplan, Rockville

WRITE TO US The Gazette welcomes letters on Montgomery County topics. They should be no more than 300 words, although up to 500 words may be allowed, as space permits. Letters on timely issues may get preference. Include a full name and hometown for publication, plus a daytime phone number for veriﬁcation. No anonymous letters are printed. Election-related letters will not run in the two editions before the election. Mail to The Gazette, Forum editor, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877; fax to 301-670-7183; or email to opinions@gazette.net.

Many reasons to disagree with football reclassiﬁcation

I have just read the May 13 article “Two football stars want extra year” by Prince J. Grimes. I found it well written and I assume (often a mistake) factually correct. For those who may not wish to read further, my position is: I totally disagree with the concept of an extra year of eligibility for certain students who are reclassified eligible to play a fifth season. There are many reasons for my position, but I will focus on the most obvious reasons against reclassification. I will limit my comments to these young men’s situations. I will try to be brief: 1. The player “didn’t get the college recognition that his accolades would suggest.” The fact that Blake Dove was “named the 4A Defensive Player of the Year by Montgomery County coaches” nullifies this argument. 2. It is not a Maryland high school’s responsibility to provide a venue for school athletes to accumulate “sports accolades” over any number of seasons before or after grades 9 through 12. 3. The Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association provides guidelines schools must follow. “High school team members may participate in interscholastic athletic contests in a maximum of four seasons in one sport within the 9th through 12th grades.” He has completed this rule. 4. Riverdale Baptist High School football Coach Caesar Nettles notes that players who may need or want an additional year of eligibility can attend junior colleges and prep schools. 5. Having attended and taught at both prep school and the community college, I was of the belief that the mission of those educational institutions is not to provide facilities and coaches to further develop individual or team athletic skills and/or accolades. 6. Northwest High School football Coach Mike Neubeiser said it well: “It’s not fair, because we’re playing with different rules.” A year older, a year more experienced, a year more mature, etc., “is not fair.” 7. I probably should have listed the following reason as number 1, but I assume that the young man has graduated or completed high school. If so, case closed. If not, it brings up another set of issues which need to be addressed separately. John Pisarra, Gaithersburg

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Cleaning up the PIA

A battle over public information in the town of Chevy Chase could be a good test of progress when it comes to the public’s right to know in Maryland. Action Committee for Transit, a group in favor of the Purple Line light-rail project, is pressing the town for records of its anti-Purple Line advocacy. In multiple requests, the group and activist Benjamin Ross of Bethesda have asked for documents showing how the town has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers, lobbyists and public relations firms to stop the project. The town has replied by saying LEGISLATURE the work of fulfilling the requests HAS IMPROVED PUBLIC RECORDS “has been very time and LAW, BUT THERE’S consuming expensive.” MORE TO FIX In some responses, the town has said it will charge the hourly cost of staff time at $75 for the town manager, $25 for the town clerk and $215 for a town attorney. The tension exemplified here is nothing new. Public information must be made available when it’s requested. But gathering extensive records takes time and costs money. This battle has reached court. ACT and Ross have sued, alleging “unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination” and seeking free copies of records. Both sides are relying on Maryland’s Public Information Act, which is sprinkled with vague, subjective language — although some was improved this year. State and local governments have been allowed to charge a “reasonable fee” to reproduce public records. But that’s a murky standard, and some government bodies have inflated those fees. There’s no sound reason why a photocopy that costs 6 cents at a business store should cost 50 cents (Chevy Chase’s rate) or $10 (from some police agencies), even adjusting for scales of efficiency. The Maryland General Assembly, in this year’s session, made an important improvement by altering the language. For a noncommercial request, the new standard for a fee is to recoup actual costs, rather than a “reasonable fee.” The PIA also has a hazy reference to fee waivers, which may be granted if they’re “in the public interest.” The Maryland Public Information Act Manual says factors can include ability to pay or if the information is for a public purpose. By definition, though, if the public asks for information, it’s “in the public interest.” Ross argued: “[M]y status as a member of the media supports a fee waiver. I frequently write books and articles on issues impacting the public.” Ross also is on ACT’s board. Chevy Chase pounced on this in a rejection letter: “We do not believe this request is being made in your capacity as a member of the media.” Having government decide who is a journalist is problematic. Press organizations resist Congress’ attempts to define a journalist for a possible national shield law, which would let reporters protect confidential sources. Rather, the act of journalism — gathering and presenting information — should be protected, no matter who does it. We got a kick out of Chevy Chase filing its own PIA request to the Maryland Transit Administration for its communications with ACT and other advocacy groups — and asking for a fee waiver. We look forward to another recent PIA change to help sort out disputes like this one in Chevy Chase and all over Maryland. Maryland soon will have a Public Information Act Compliance Board to rule on complaints that a government might have unreasonably charged more than $350. The new law also provides for a public access ombudsman, who can mediate public-records disputes — a lawyer serving a four-year term. As we’ve said before, government is a custodian of records that belong to the public. The goal — sometimes achieved through negotiation — should be how to provide as much information as possible to whoever asks for it, rather than how to put up financial and logistical barriers to keep records hidden away. Rethink the process of retreat and redact. Make records open and accessible as soon as they are created. However the ACT lawsuit turns out, we urge Chevy Chase to post online all of the information it ends up releasing, and much more. It’s in the public interest.

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Posted online by 8 a.m. the following day. SUMMER FOOTBALL: Northwest plays two games Thursday afternoon in the Seneca Valley summer passing league against Seneca Valley and Clarksburg. Games start at 3 p.m. at Seneca Valley High School. BASKETBALL: Paint Branch vs. Sherwood, 6:40 p.m., Wednesday at Jewish Day.

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Goodbye, 3A West Seneca Valley High School’s football team went 15-5 the past two seasons and didn’t make the playoffs. The losses came against three schools: Two-time defending state champion Northwest, Class 3A state finalist Damascus (twice) and Sherwood (once), a program that has won three state titles. Despite tough schedules, 7-3 in 2013 and 8-2 in 2014 wasn’t good enough for the Screaming Eagles to KEN SAIN make the playoffs. Such SPORTS EDITOR is life in the 3A West Region, the state’s toughest to earn a postseason berth. No help is coming for Seneca this year, despite reclassification shuffling up the regions. The Eagles are still grouped with 3A powerhouse programs Damascus, Linganore, Urbana and South Hagerstown — the four teams that made the playoffs last year. But for another group of Montgomery County high schools, this fall represents new life. Teams that have struggled can now see a path to the playoffs that doesn’t require a 9-1 record. Five Montgomery County schools are now part of the 3A South Region. “See you, I’m out,” Watkins Mill coach Kevin Watson said to the 3A West Region with a smile. While Damascus, Seneca Valley and Poolesville are in the 3A West with all those powerhouses from the Frederick area — including Oakdale, which moves up after earning a top seed in 2A last fall — Watkins Mill, Rockville, Wheaton, Blake and Magruder are five of the 11 schools in the 3A South. Joining them are Prince George’s County’s Potomac (9-1 last year) and Oxon Hill (5-5); and four schools from southern Maryland, Huntingtown (7-4), Northern Calvert (4-6), St. Charles (0-10) and Great Mills (2-8). Rockville, which was 7-3 in 2014, makes the playoffs if that would have been the region pairing. In the old 3A West, the Rams weren’t in the conversation. Watkins Mill was one of the surprise teams on Saturday at the passing league tournament held at Blair High School in Silver Spring. The Wolverines went 3-1 in the round-robin portion, defeating Springbrook, Wheaton and Bowie. The loss came to Clarksburg, which entered Saturday undefeated. In the tournament playoffs, the Montgomery Village school defeated Rockville before being eliminated by eventual tournament champion Paint Branch. One reason for the 4-2 day was rising sophomore quarterback Markel Grant. “I’ve seen my game improve a whole bunch in the past year,” Grant said. “If I just keep doing the hard work, stay on top of my things, stay focused ... it should be a good year.” In the Bowie game, the Wolverines trailed when the referee announced there was 30 seconds left to play. Grant went back, looked downfield, then tossed a tight spiral 25-plus yards to Gedeon Elenga to give Watkins Mill a 22-21 victory. He had to deliver the ball in traffic, while a referee was counting down the seconds remaining and knowing the game was on the line. That was a lot of poise to see from a quarterback just finishing his freshman year. “He was like that last year, very poised for a freshman,” Watson said. “He doesn’t seem like he gets rattled, For a freshman, wow, to be able to do something like that.” He is 6-foot-4 — and might still be growing — so colleges are already taking notice. Grant said he’s being invited to college camps, where the true recruiting evaluations take place. Elenga, a rising senior, is one of two receivers who are 6-3 or taller, which is going to make slowing Watkins Mill’s offense a tall order. “Obviously, this is just passing league, you still have to have the big guys up front, they determine everything,” Watson said. “Being in the 3A South, I don’t have to look up at those 3A West teams.” ksain@gazette.net

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Einstein High School quarterback Jason Maxwell Clingman plays during Saturday’s passing league tournament at Blair High School in Silver Spring.

Einstein High School football coach Neal Owens said he considers himself “a run-ﬁrst guy,” but with a couple playmakers — and a new offensive coordinator joining the staff — the Titans coach has a new philosophy for the 2015 season. “I guess I’m moving into the 21st century and throwing the ball a little more,” Owens said. The Titans added two rising junior transfers from Northwood — receiver Christian Greaves and quarterback Jason Maxwell Clingman. They also hired the

Gladiators’ offensive coordinator, Bryon Marshall, who will take over play-calling responsibilities. The additions could be key for an Einstein team that managed just 12 points per game and went 2-8 in Owens’ ﬁrst season on the Kensington school’s sidelines last fall. Greaves, a second-team All-Gazette selection, had 12 touchdown receptions and 866 receiving yards in just seven games. That includes two 200-plus yard, three-touchdown performances, as well as a two-touchdown performance against Einstein. Though Thomas Joffray was Northwood’s quarterback in the Sept. 26 game against the Titans — a 25-15 Gladiators victory — most of Greaves’ production came with Clingman under center. Named the

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Northwood High School quarterback Samuel Pyne plays during a passing league tournament football game Saturday at Blair High School in Silver Spring.

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A few weeks ago, rising senior Kevin Paton walked into the Northwood High School weight room and noticed an unfamiliar face taking on a leadership role.

“He was running hard, he was encouraging all the younger guys, teaching them how to do what they need to do,” Paton said. The player was Samuel Pyne, formerly a receiver at Parkdale (Riverdale Park). He was carrying himself with the assertiveness one might expect out of a senior quarterback, the role that he’s slated to ﬁll next fall. Though Pyne spent last season catching passes in Prince George’s County, he’s not new to playing quarterback, as he’s been under center since

he played with the P.G. Stags in youth football. The 6-foot rising senior has a big arm and speed — he ran a 4.60 40-yard dash — and that versatile skill set was on display in Saturday’s Battle on the Beltway 7-on-7 passing league tournament held at Blair High School in Silver Spring. “He’s tailor-made for this offense,” said Gladiators coach Joe Allen, who replaced Dennis Harris. “We’re just looking forward to him showcasing

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State may introduce team tennis championship Players can currently only compete for individual titles

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

As it has every year, Memorial Day Weekend served as the culmination of the spring sports season for high school athletes in Maryland with conclusion of the Maryland Public

State Secondary Athletic Association tournaments. Some of Montgomery County’s best — Sherwood softball, Gaithersburg baseball and Clarksburg girls track and ﬁeld — celebrated what coaches say is the pinnacle of the high school athletics — winning a team state championship. That’s not the case for tennis teams. Boys and girls tennis are the

only two varsity sports offered statewide in which a team is not crowned champion. And this spring, for the ﬁrst time since the tournament’s ﬁrst installment in 1975, the winning region — all-Montgomery County Region II for the 15th consecutive year — didn’t get a trophy, either. “All season long, we play as a team and then for regionals/states, it becomes individual,” said former longtime Northwest tennis coach Jeff

Barnes, who stepped down before the start of this season for family reasons. “I preached to my teams, it’s not only representing yourself, but the school you play for and that they play for each other. This was the reason I played high school tennis. I asked my team in 25 years when you come back for a reunion, are you going to remember at [U.S. Tennis Association]

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Wootton High School sophomore No. 1 singles player Miranda Deng’s second straight girls singles state championship was one of two titles won by Wootton at the 2015 MPSSAA state tournament.

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Continued from Page B-1 Mid-Atlantic [Section] ranking or the state championship you won with your teammates?” For this reason, among others, Montgomery County Public Schools Athletics Specialist Jeff Sullivan said a team championship might be on the horizon. A state committee, led by Supervisor of Athletics for Carroll County Public Schools, Jim Rodriguez, will spend next season looking at how the state might implement a team tennis championship, Sullivan said. “The kids would love that, no question about it,” Wootton boys and girls tennis coach Nia Cresham said. “The closest thing they have is counties. Most of my kids add up their points at states and they like to say, if we win two or three [individual titles at states], that we won states. That’s the closest they can come in terms of a team championship.” As it stands, each region sends only two representatives in each of ﬁve categories — boys and girls singles, boys and girls doubles and mixed doubles — to the state tournament. Therefore, the majority of the athletes on each team are done after counties, just about nine weeks after the ﬁrst day of practice on March 1.

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Churchill High School’s Sriya Movva (left) and Katie Gauch won the girls doubles state title May 23 at the University of Maryland, College Park. Winning an individual title is a special moment, Whitman boys and girls coach Jasen Gohn said, but ideally the tournament could involve both individual and team champions. Cresham said any opportunity to increase kids’ participation is a good move. “I wish we did have a team state thing, a team championship,” Gohn said. “I know Pennsylvania does and other states do. It’s weird that it comes down to just an individual thing when it comes to the state level. The county tournament, that’s the end of the team aspect. I think it would be fun.” The biggest obstacle, Sullivan said, is logistics. The state relies on coaches and athletic

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Continued from Page B-1 these skills.” Pyne, one of several new Northwood faces, said he’s hoping that he can lead the Gladiators to the postseason after they went 2-8 last season. “We gotta play tough. We gotta play tough. We got to focus more, finish the short yardage,” Pyne said. Pyne has a difficult challege ahead, as he’ll be leading an offense that had two of its top contributors — receiver Christian Greaves and quarterback Jason Maxwell Clingman — transfer to Einstein in Kensington. That duo helped Northwood score 140 points in its last four games after tallying 70 in its first eight. Another top player, receiver Fofie Bazzie, is now at Quince Orchard. All three are rising juniors. Pyne, though, was up to the task in Saturday’s non-contact games, making several impressive reads and connecting on passes both short and long. He

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Northwood High School football coach Joe Allen looks on during a passing league tournament football game Saturday at Blair High School in Silver Spring.

even took on some play calling responsibility — something that Paton, a 6-2 lineman, noticed while watching the Churchill game. “One of the plays that the coach called, he said, ‘Well can we do this instead, I think this might work.’ And it did end up working. We had a good 30-yard

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Einstein High School receiver Christian Greaves, a transfer from Northwood, plays with his new team during Saturday’s Battle on the Beltway passing league tournament at Blair High School.

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starting quarterback in October, the ambidextrous Clingman helped rejuvenate a Northwood offense that struggled against the county’s top teams early in the season. The duo helped the Gladiators score 140 points in the ﬁnal four games — facing Walter Johnson, Kennedy, Watkins Mill and Wheaton — compared to the 70 Northwood had in the ﬁrst six. “We get hyped. We gotta take advantage of each touchdown. We just have fun with it,” Greaves said. The new environment could take time to adjust to, though with Marshall running the offense, Greaves and Clingman said they already know the playbook. “We’re just helping other people know it as well as I do,” Greaves said. That familiarity with the offense was on display in Saturday’s Battle on the Beltway passing league tournament. Clingman and Greaves connected on several long passes to lead the Titans to a 4-2 record — and a win against Northwood — in the 7-on-7 games held at Blair. There were ups and downs Saturday, but Clingman said it’s been “a pretty smooth” transition so far. But the two are still trying to build better chemistry with their new teammates — which Clingman said is what the next few months are for. “It kind of builds the chemistry of the team,” Clingman said. “You get to know what each guy’s strengths [are], and what their likes are. It’s good to get to know the guys a little bit, that’s what the summer is for.” Neither Greaves nor Clingman have experienced much winning in high school football — Northwood went 2-8 last fall under coach Dennis Harris, who stepped down and was replaced by

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GOLFER OF THE YEAR Morgan Egloff Landon Senior

Loyola University recruit headed what coach Jack Duquette called his “best team in 27 years.” Won the IAC tournament with a 67 at Columbia Country Club and set the Bears’ all-time lowest nine-hole scoring average (36.4).

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Twins Peter and Michael James, 10, of Rockville work out during swim practice Friday at the Tilden Woods Swim Club in Rockville.

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In a motivational message to fans on his foundation website last fall, LeBron James, who has made a convincing case for himself as one of the greatest basketball players ever, wrote: “I believe in all of you and all of your dreams and your promise of never giving up, no matter what. You all can be anything you want to be...” Top athletes across the world in all sports often preach to their young fans the importance of aiming high, reaching for the stars and never backing down from a dream. And that is a great message for role models to send the next generation — every elitelevel athlete did start somewhere. But it’s one thing for the inspiration to come from some seemingly untouchable figure and another to hear it from someone who grew up in the neighborhood. To hear if from someone who got their start in the very same place. Say, perhaps, 2012 Olympic gold medalist and the world’s best distance freestyle swimmer, Katie Ledecky. On June 13, the Montgomery County Swim League, which consists of 91 neighborhood pool teams in 15 divisions, is scheduled to kick off its 57th summer with the ﬁrst of ﬁve dual meets — the season also includes a

long course invitational, division championships and individual and relay all-star meets. The historic league encompasses swimmers of all ages, 8-under to 18, and levels — and provides a special opportunity for interaction between the older and younger age groups. “I remember being in the 8-unders and thinking, ‘Wow, I really want to grow up to be like the 15-18 [age group],’” said Elena Spak, Tilden Woods coach and former Walter Johnson standout. “I had a talk with the 15-18s this week telling them about how special they can make the summer for the little ones. They’re kind of like celebrities to the little guys.” The MCSL, which is geared toward friendly competition, can be a time for serious nationalcaliber swimmers to let loose, Bethesda coach Malka Ostchega said, just the same as it is a competitive outlet for seasonal swimmers. There is no denying the MCSL has served as the starting point for some of the country’s and world’s top talent and coaches said there is no question Ledecky’s rise to the top of international swimming has had a positive impact on a new generation. Ledecky began swimming for the MCSL’s Palisades Swim Club when she was 6. “[Ledecky] came back for a meet last year, and it got leaked,” Palisades coach Gerri Diamond said. “Kids on both our team and the other team ... she was never alone on deck. But she is

so grounded, and she’s so passionate about the sport, she just wants to give back to the community. ... Especially after [she won Olympic gold in] 2012, there was much more interest in the sport and an increase in year-round swimmers [from our team]. Kids were inspired.” That seems to be the general consensus among all MCSL coaches. While Diamond said it’s unlikely Ledecky will be around MCSL pool decks much this summer with the FINA World Championships scheduled for July 24 to Aug. 9 in Russia — not to mention the fast approaching 2016 Olympics in Brazil — she and fellow MCSL coaches commended Ledecky’s accessibility whenever she is. Her relatability — the fact that she got her start in the same league in which they compete — makes reaching for Olympic dreams seem more tangible to young swimmers, coaches said. “I think no matter what, any Olympic year, you’re going to build a dream,” Ostchega said. “It gives that opportunity to get that one kid, even if it’s just one kid, who’s like, ‘I’m going to do that, and that’s what I’m going to be.’ I think having someone locally be a part of it has made huge changes. It’s a huge, big deal to have the hometown hero. There is always going to be someone who is looking up to [Ledecky], actively watching every race she swims and wanting to become that.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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Imagine if two-time defending state champion Northwest High School football team, or any other public program in Maryland, had to go through national-caliber private school teams such as Good Counsel, DeMatha or McDonogh to claim a state title. On one hand, it makes sense for a champion to have to win a tournament that included all the top teams in the state, not just from the public schools. And that’s the way it works for most of the states in the country. Virginia private schools are the latest to be given that chance, joining the Virginia High School League, after private school Liberty Christian Academy brought an antitrust lawsuit against the VHSL for not allowing the Lynchburg school to join its league. On May 20, the VHSL reached a settlement to allow Liberty Christian and all nonboarding state private schools to apply for membership. Maryland and Texas are the only states remaining that don’t allow private schools into the public school leagues, and most coaches say they would prefer to keep it that way. The differences in rules and restrictions between public and private schools would give the privates an unfair advantage, coaches said. “We’re not playing with the same rules,” Clarksburg coach Larry Hurd, Jr. said. “How do you make a private school and public schools play each other for a state championship when pri-

vate schools can go around and recruit the best players all over the place. I don’t know what it is in Virginia. We get players from Clarksburg. Good Counsel gets players from out of state. How in the world would that be a fair situation?” In a joint statement released by the VHSL and Liberty Christian, the VHSL said, “Any private school that joins the VHSL must meet the same individual participant eligibility requirements and regulations as public school students currently meet with minor changes and adjustments.” The statement also said, “Member private schools have the option of adopting the public school attendance zone where their campus is located or adding one additional contiguous attendance zone and being subject to a multiplier for the playoffs.” The multiplier would be toward enrollment for classiﬁcation purposes. The only way it would work in Maryland, Seneca Valley coach Fred Kim said, is if the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association took similar steps in forcing the private schools to play within the same restrictions of the public schools, or lifted some of the restrictions on the latter. “If they played within the same rules as we do, then I don’t think I’d have a problem with that,” Kim said. “We’re not allowed to recruit players. They’re allowed to recruit players. Within their league, they can do different things as far as coaching out of season, facilities, that sort of thing. The programs that put their emphasis into the football program, the schools that do that have a decided advantage in my opinion. For example, a DeMatha or Good Counsel, where they travel beyond and they’re

playing some of these bigger name teams.” It would probably take a lawsuit to force a change in Maryland, but there’s one factor that may discourage that. Many of the private schools compete in leagues that cross state borders. The Interstate Athletic Conference and its classic rivalries between Georgetown Prep, Landon and Bullis has lots of history and tradition. The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and the almost annual conference championship clashes between DeMatha and Good Counsel, amongst others, would be threatened. “The IAC means a lot to all the schools in the IAC. The WCAC means a lot to them. And same thing with the [Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association],” said Bullis coach Pat Cilento. “There’s a lot of history in all those conferences, so I think it’s going to be difficult. Not saying it can’t be done, there’s beneﬁts to it. It’ll be interesting to see, with this new law in Virginia, what the teams like St. Stephens in the IAC and the schools in the WCAC like Paul VI and O’Connell do. If they stay with the WCAC or follow the Virginia state rules, and play in those tournaments. I think the next few years will tell a lot.” Liberty Christian’s situation is unique in that it’s a private school that was relatively isolated from the other schools in the conference it competed in. Scheduling games within a reasonable distance was difficult and the school found it to be easier if it could play the local public schools. The VSHL denied Liberty Christian membership three times before ﬁnally succumbing to the lawsuit. pgrimes@gazette.net

Guided an ultratalented team, which included three sophomores and one freshman, to a dominant, undefeated regular season. The Bears captured the team Interstate Athletic Conference title and brought home their ﬁrst Metros title in 15 years.

Michael Blasey

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Metros individual winner was the only player in the 24-person ﬁeld to shoot under par (-2, 70) at P.B. Dye. A Davidson University recruit.

Cruised to state championship with a 141, the only sub70 round posted; tied for third in county with 9-hole average of 35.50 strokes.

The girls state champion (148) had the county’s second-lowest scoring average (35.25 strokes/nine holes). No. 2 female scorer at districts.

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Second Team and Honorable Mentions are online at Gazette.net

SportsBriefs Holy Cross alum earns national honor Rhamat Alhassan, a rising sophomore volleyball player at the University of Florida, was named to the Women’s Junior National Team last week. Alhassan, a 2014 graduate of Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year in her ﬁrst season with the Gators.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Gaithersburg signing day On May 29, Gaithersburg High School held a signing day for its 16 graduating seniors who plan to play sports in college. From the baseball team, Brendan Deyo signed to McDaniel College and Trey Martinez signed to Towson. For football, Kamonte Carter signed to Penn State, Henry-Emmanuel Yoboue to Marist College, Tyrik Etheridge to West Virginia State University, Zavae Johnson to Reedley College, and Othniel Kpodar to Bethany College. For girls lacrosse, Morgan Price signed to Lynchburg College, and Bethany Scott to Longwood University. For girls soccer, Jaime Montgomery signed to Palm Beach Atlantic, Shannen DeLeon to Shenadoah University, Melissa Krofcheck to Frostburg, and from the boys Christian Reyes signed to Hood College, Tyler Beaudoin to Loyola, and Luc

Durand-Zara to Millersville. Basketball player Anthony Tarke signed with University of Charleston.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Paint Branch coach earns top honor Paint Branch High School baseball coach Tommy Rey was named the 2015 Coach of the Year by the Montgomery County High School Baseball Coaches Association. The Panthers went 20-3 this season and won the 4A North Section II ﬁnal against Sherwood before losing in region championship game.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Springbrook grad getting pro interest Zaid Hearst, a former Montgomery County high school basketball standout and NBA prospect, had a workout with the Philadelphia 76ers last week in preparation of the June 25 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-4 guard played four seasons for Quinnipiac and was named to the MAAC All-Conference team this past season after averaging 18.3 points. Hearst, of Bethesda, played for Bethesda-Chevy Chase then transferred to Springbrook, where he was part of the 2009 Class 4A state championship team. Hearst graduated from Salisbury School in Connecticut in 2011.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

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Two local residents have scored ﬁrst-run ensemble spots in what’s being touted as one of the most anticipated musical premieres this year. Jeff Kirkman III of Beltsville and Bill Hurlbut of Silver Spring are a part of the 10-person ensemble of “Marley,” the ﬁrst theatrical depiction of the late Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley — played by Internet star Mitchell Brunings. The musical, which will run at Center Stage’s Pearlstone Theatre in Balti-

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more until June 14, has been highlighted as one with potential for success on Broadway in the future. Though a signiﬁcant amount of the hype comes from the musical’s subject matter itself, it would be a mistake to consider this

production a gimmick. The director and writer, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has inspired a top-notch disciplined and creative dynamic, according to both Kirkman and Hurlbut. Both noted their excitement of being a part of it. “Kwame ... is just a tremendous person to work with, and right from the start he kind of instilled a feeling in the cast that [the environment] was open and loving and friendly,” Hurlbut said. “I had never been hugged by so many people I’d only just gotten to know in my life — it’s been one of those kinds of things. It’s very personal for all of us, to be involved in this.”

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An aspiring novelist is likely to listen to sage advice from the author of 17 bestsellers. As such, when Sharon Allen Gilder asked the late Tom Clancy about dealing with procrastination and writer’s block, he told her, “Just write the damn book.” Gilder did just that, and it was about time. For about two decades, she had saved a scrap of paper on which she had scribbled some thoughts. With Clancy’s kick-start and just a few alterations, those words evolved into the ﬁrst page of “The Rose Beyond,” Gilder the historical romance she published with Amazon’s CreateSpace in 2014. From start to ﬁnish, the process of researching, writing and editing the book took 14 years. Historical romance has delighted Gilder since she read Kathleen Woodiwiss’ “Ashes in the Wind” at age 22. She believes that the genre keeps “the words and telling of the past from fading” and makes “a connection to the past through the characters — to imagine the voices that came before me and let them be heard.” “The Rose Beyond” focuses on a privileged family, whose lives are disrupted by a letter that

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BOOKS BY ELLYN WEXLER reveals long-buried secrets that challenge their relationships. Gilder chose the Washington, D.C., setting because she is an area native, and the year 1897 because she is drawn to the era, both personally and in her book. Her Gaithersburg home’s décor features two Victorian pieces of furniture, and she likes the romantic ﬂow of the period’s apparel. Gilder claims that “anyone who knows me knows I go through tea lights like a maniac.” Similarly, electric lighting is out of the question for Gilder’s characters; instead, candles or gas provide their light. A Historical Novel Society review described her writing as ﬂorid, Gilder said, explaining that “the more formal way of speech” she opts for “keeps wonderful words — like portal, manse and

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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, Raul Midon, June 6; The Hillbenders, June 11; The Chuck Brown Band, June 12; Active Child with Low Roar, June 13; Beggar’s Tomb, June 19; Brubeck Brothers, June 21; WCP Summer Music Showcase, June 24; Chatham County Line, June 25; Robin and Linda Williams, June 27; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-5815100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Mary Wilson of the

Supremes, June 5; The Michael Jackson Project, June 6; The Michael Jackson Project Unplugged and Brunch Buffet, June 7; The Spampinato Brothers, June 7; Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul Comedy Show, June 11; Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, June 12; Joe Clair; June 13; Bill Haley’s Comets, June 16; Gregory Porter, June 17; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter. org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Sean Collins and the Backbeats, June 5; Bill Mulroney, June 6; John Zahn, June 12; Dangerous Curves, June 13; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Michael Franti & Spearhead, June 4; Kidz Bop Kids, June 5; Chronixx, June 9; Franco de Vita, June 10; Rakim and DJ Zu; June 12; Juicy J, June 17; AWOLNATION, June 18; Tori Kelly, June 19; Against Me!; June 21; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, BSO: Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, June 6; BSO: Bernstein’s Candide, June 11; CityDance: Conservatory Concert, June 13; AIR: Rochelle Rice, June 17; Art and Wine Night, June 18; Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., June 20; Mormon Tabernacle Choir, June 25; 5301 Tuckerman Lane,

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Continued from Page B-4 Some would say that “Marley” comes at an opportune time for a Baltimore community still staggering after the death of Freddie Gray. In theory — but not necessarily in reality — the theme of peace that’s ever present in Marley’s music could have redemptive qualities for a city that’s seen more than 40 homicides in the past 30 days. Along these lines, “Marley” found itself at an unusual juncture in late April. Its content, which revolves around a Marley desperately seeking peace in Jamaica at a time at which his country was in deadly turmoil — in the mid-to-late 1970s — was drawing increasingly more similarities to recent unrest in this country. The cast and crew have not shied away from this. On May 2, at the end of a week in Baltimore that will almost certainly hold a place in history, they played a free concert of Marley’s music at

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Continued from Page B-4 parlor — in the language.” The title came from A.L. Fink’s poem, “The Rose Still Grows Beyond the Wall,” which Gilder heard a minister read at a funeral. “The poem spoke to me because there is love, loss, mystery and beautiful gardens in ‘The Rose Beyond,” and the poem made me feel more hopeful about the mystery of life after death,” she said. “I thought the message was a good tie-in to my storyline.” In the novel, a character dies in childbirth, and her friend says, “We know it does not end at the grave.” According to Gilder, “[that] is essentially the message in the poem. … There’s also a double meaning in [the] statement because the book is about inevitability ... ultimately, the

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, 301-6342270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Double Trouble (aka The Parent Trap),” June 24 through Aug. 14, 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, 301-6345380, 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,” through June 21, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage. org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, Carte Blanche: Alicia, Hannah, Olivia, Nora and Asia: The Interns of Adah Rose Gallery Curate the Summer Show,” June 3 through Aug. 23, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Juliya Ivanilova, Nighat Ahmed, Jo Levine; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, “An Exhibit of New Acquisitions;” 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Member Show & Sale - Creative Expressions 2015; 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, 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.

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The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, 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 240-8886781 with questions. La Galeria at Ranazul, “Signs of Summer,” 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.

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Mighty Kelltones and the Encore Singers, 7 p.m. June 7, Salem

United Methodist Church, 12 High St., Brookeville. 301-774-4135. Concert is free. A free-will offering will be collected to beneﬁt the work of the Salem UMC teams who will be working this summer with the Appalachian Service Project in Harlan County, Kentucky.

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Bring or wear your best sandal and enter our

Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, led by A. Scott Wood,

performs music by Gluck, Grieg and Beethoven and from Phantom of the Opera, 2:30 p.m. June 14, at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, 301385-6438, montgomerysymphonyorchestra.com. Free.

that working on the production has been an enriching experience in his life due to the varying viewpoints he’s been exposed to. Because the majority of the cast and crew is black — some of whom have Jamaican lineages — the process has felt like a rejuvenated one, he said, with fresh perspectives fueling the conversation. “Usually, in plays, it’s the other way around,” Hurlbut noted. The coming weeks will likely prove crucial for the future of “Marley,” as potential backers evaluate its marketability as a Broadway production. But the actors don’t seem to be worrying about that. They’re taking it one show at a time. “I really don’t have any idea where it’s going to go,” Kirkman said. “I’m really just trying to make sure this is solid, and we ﬁgure out what the show is. And if it goes somewhere it does, but right now we’re just focusing on Center Stage.” Tickets range from $19 to $84 for the remaining shows.

truth will be told.” Gilder, who graduated from Wheaton High School and studied home economics education at the University of Maryland, taught child development and gourmet foods at Woodward High School for eight years, and then worked as a teacher and administrator at a private preschool for more than 30. Her propensity for writing stems from early childhood when she produced bound books she still has “somewhere,” often with an “adventurous Pippi Longstocking-type” heroine. Later, as an educator, Gilder wrote food, child development and sexual assault curricula for the Montgomery County Public Schools. A freelance journalist since late 2006, she has written for local media including The Gazette, the Potomac Almanac and The Town Courier. Her subject matter varies, but occasionally

features the Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer and Friends of Montgomery Animals, organizations on whose boards she sits. Gilder writes at her dining room table, without an outline, often out of order; she allows the characters to “take me to places I didn’t know I was going.” She is not sure writing is the solitary pursuit it is “often characterized as … Although I might be alone in a room with my fingers on the keyboard waiting for the next words to flow upon my computer’s screen, the confluence of people, places and events from my past keep me in wonderful company.” A sequel to “The Rose Beyond” is on that table now. Gilder is pleased that there is no need for Clancy’s kick-start this time. “It is moving faster than my debut novel, and hopefully won’t take 14 years to complete!”

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North and Pennsylvania avenues. “You get a sense you’re looking at a portrait of somebody that wanted to help change the world for the better,” Kirkman said of Marley’s story. “So it’s almost like ... a rubric that people can experience and say, ‘What can I pull from this that will help my community?’ “‘What can I do to help change the world?’” Perhaps the main power of “Marley,” Kirkman said, is its ability to put the past in perspective with the present, especially in regards to police brutality issues. Parallels greater than nominal ones have been noted between Trenchtown, where Marley grew up in Kingston, and Sandtown, where Gray grew up in Baltimore. “The things that people were going through at this time in the ’70s aren’t that much different than what we’re going through now in 2015,” he said. “If you’re a person who’s aware of what is going on in the world ... you say, ‘Oh, I know exactly what this is.’” Hurlbut, who is white, said

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The legend of kora and percussion SAM FREEDENBERG

NIH PHILHARMONIA

The NIH Philharmonia presents their season ﬁnale “National Pride” on Saturday.

Playing off the stage

As the spring winds down and the summer begins, some area venues begin their transitions — either they’re just starting up for the summer, or they’re putting a bow on their seasons. The NIH Philharmonia in Rockville is that latter,

wrapping up their season with “National Pride,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville. Under the baton of Nancia D’Alimonte, the NIH Philharmonia will take on “Russian Easter Overture” by

Rimsky-Korsakov, “Billy the Kid Suite” by Copland, and “Symphony No. 9 (from the New World)” from Dvorak. Tickets for the concert are free and the even is open to the public. For more information, visit nihphil.org or call 240-888-6781.

Party in the streets The 21st annual Imagination Bethesda, a children’s street festival celebrating children and the arts, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Musical performances and professional children’s entertainers will light up the stage, while hands-on art & craft activities will line the streets along Elm Street and Woodmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. Organized and managed by the Bethesda Urban Partnership, the festival will host 25 local businesses and arts organizations that will provide a variety of hands-on art and craft activities to entertain and energize the 12-andunder crowd. Additionally, the festival will feature face painters, balloonists, a stilt-walker, free giveaways and more. Imagination Bethesda is a free event. For more information, visit bethesda.org.

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The 21st annual Imagination Bethesda, a childrenís street festival celebrating children and the arts, is scheduled for Saturday in downtown Bethesda.

Pianist Grace Cho, left, of the New Orchestra of Washington practices with Cantor Rochelle Helzner in advance of a chamber music concert on Sunday at Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville.

A living culture

Cantor Rochelle Helzner will be joined by members of the New Orchestra of Washington for “Chai Culture,” a concert of Jewish themes in classical music, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, at Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville. This marks the orchestra’s ﬁrst performance with a cantor, although the New Orchestra of Washington has presented a Jewish-themed program at various venues, including the Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts. The concert program will include the “Divertimento From Gimpel the Fool” for clarinet, violin, cello and piano by David Schiff, and the trio for clarinet, violin and piano by Paul Schoenﬁeld. Tickets are available for $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Teenagers and younger children will be admitted at no charge. To purchase, contact 301-762-7338, concert@tikvatisrael.org or visit tikvatisrael.org/ concert.

Arts on the Green concludes its World Music Series for the season with the concert “Amadou Kouyate: Kora and Percussion,” at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg. As an ambassador of African culture, Kouyate’s main instrument is the kora, a 21-string harp. Born in Washington, D.C., Kouyate is the 150th generation of the Kouyate lineage and has studied and performed Manding traditional West African music since the age of 3. Besides playing the kora, Kouyate is a dynamic djembe and koutiro drummer and is passionate about reconnecting those of the African Diasporas to one another. His repertoire ranges from traditional songs from the 13th century to contemporary original compositions incorporating blues and jazz riffs. Kouyate has received the

Maryland Start Arts Council Governor’s Citation and other artistic awards from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Special Talents and Musical Theatre Scholarships at Howard University and Levine School of Music. He has studied in Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire with master musicians of the Diali tradition including Djimo Kouyate and Toumani Diabate. Prior to pursuing his career as a professional solo artist and collaborator full time, Kouyate served as an Adjunct Lecturer of African Music and Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland and as Artist-In-Residence at Montgomery College. Admission is $25 ($12 for youth 18 and under). For more information, visit gaithersburgmd.gov or call 301-258-6394.

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Arts on the Green concludes its World Music Series for the season with the concert “Amadou Kouyate: Kora and Percussion” on Saturday.

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OR $319/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 JETTA SEDAN TDI S

2015 BEETLE 1.8L

2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S

#7262051, Bluetooth, 1 Yr. car Care Maintenance*, Loaner Car For Life

#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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OR $219/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $23,880

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18,998

MSRP 21,105

MSRP $23,315

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17,837

BUY FOR

20,599

OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS

OR $245/MO for 72 MONTHS

OR $289/MO for 72 MONTHS

2015 GOLF SPORTWAGEN S

2015 TIGUAN S 2WD

2014 CC SPORT LAST 2014 AVAILABLE!

#5500964, Automactic. I Yr. Car Care Maintenance*, Bluetooth, Keyless Entry, Backup Camera

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20,995

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MSRP $27,120

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24,999

OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS

MSRP $35,060

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26,999

OR $431/MO for 72 MONTHS

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 24 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months

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

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26,790

355 TOYOTA ASK A FRIEND

V6, AUTO, 4 DR

AFTER $1500 REBATE

NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564445, 564460

20,890

4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

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159/

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AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR

18,890

3 DR. H/BK, MANUAL TRANS

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14,790

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL. INCL.

AFTER $750 REBATE

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149/MO**

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13,690

MANUAL, 4 CYL

2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044

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4 CYL., AUTO

NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB

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19,390

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

AFTER $750 REBATE

2 AVAILABLE: #572283, 572275

4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

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