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n County agreed to sell inBethesda because project will
have more moderately priced units
BY ELIZABETHWAIBELSTAFFWRITER
A Northern Virginia developer whois slated to buy from the county a smallparking lot in downtown Bethesdaplans to build amixed-use project withan underground parking garage on thesite.
In exchange, under the public-pri-vate partnership announced Jan. 14,the developer will reserve 20 percentof the project’s apartment units for thecounty’s Moderately Priced DwellingUnits program, rather than the 12.5percent thatwould usually be required.
The property must still be ap-praised to determine the fair-marketvalue, and the Department of Trans-portation must negotiate and sign anofficial agreement with the developerbefore theproject canproceed, said Es-ther Bowring, a county spokeswoman.
Lot43, thecounty-operatedparkinglot at 8009Woodmont Ave., has 39me-
Parking lot givingway to apartments,retail in downtown
n New parking garagealso open
BY ELIZABETHWAIBELSTAFFWRITER
The segment of WoodmontAvenue in downtown Bethesdathat has been closed for con-struction for more than twoyears reopened Tuesday morn-ing.
The road has been closedbetween Bethesda Avenue andLeland Street since September2012while adeveloperbuilds on
WoodmontAvenuesegmentreopens
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Taylor Leonard, 12, of Montgomery Village learns how to crochet from Ricki Cohn of North Potomac during Montgomery County’s dayof service activities Monday at the county conference center in North Bethesda. About 2,000 people participated in the service activi-ties, held to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A group of textile artists calling themselves Warm Up America! will assemble the crochetsquares into an afghan for a local hospital or shelter.
n Request is part ofamendment package to county’s
$4.66 billion capital plan
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
As Montgomery County lawmak-ers fight for more school construction
money from the state, County Execu-tive Isiah Leggett is asking the CountyCouncil to approve $191.2millionmorelocally.
Every two years, Leggett (D) issueshis recommended capital budget forthe next six years. In odd-numberedyears, he generally recommendsamendments to the spending plan.
His proposed amendments to the$4.66 billion capital improvements
program for fiscal years 2015-2020would provide not just more fundingfor public school construction, but alsofor affordable housing and road repair,according to a county news release.
It also includes money for rede-velopment projects in White Flint andWheaton and $32million to replace theShady Grove Bus Depot.
School constructioncontinues tobea top priority for the county. Leggett’s
proposal would increase spending forschool construction by $191.2 millionto speed up the construction of 14 ad-ditions, 20 renovations, and one newschool and one alternative school, ac-cording to the county.
Adding $191.2 million would fullyfund the $1.75 billion six-year requestfrom the board of education, accordingto the county.
Superintendent Joshua P. Starr
said that, while he had not seen the de-tails, he was “deeply appreciative” ofLeggett’s recommendation.
“He’s always understood our capi-tal needs and has consistently shownsupport for it while balancing it withall the other needs in the county,” Starrsaid Tuesday.
School board President Patricia
Leggett proposes $191millionmore for school construction
n Proposal would expandnumber of parking sites
that charge users
BY PEGGYMCEWAN
STAFFWRITER
Bikers, hikers and others whoenjoy the Chesapeake & Ohio Ca-nal National Historic Park and itstowpath may have to pay more,under a National Park Service pro-posal.
Currently, the only site alongthe park’s 184.5-mile length fromCumberland to Washington, D.C.,that collects fees is the Great FallsVisitor Center in Potomac.
Jon Jarvis, National Park Ser-vice director, has authorized parksuperintendents tobegin exploring
an increase of entrance fees andestablish a standard for those fees,according to a news release. Theidea is to bring the fee structureinto compliance with other parksin its category, such as AntietamNational Battlefield.
“Keep in mind that this is aproposal. If there isn’t public sup-port for this, it won’t happen,” saidKevin Brandt, superintendent oftheC&Opark. “Weencouragepeo-ple to express their opinions.”
Park officials are exploringcharging for parking at other en-trance sites in Maryland, plus atFletcher’sCove inWashington.Butwhereas Great Falls has a staffedtoll booth for paying, other sitescould have either a credit card sys-tem or one in which users leave afee in an envelope and deposit it ina box. After paying, the user would
get a receipt to place on the dash-board, Brandt said.
The entrance fee at Great Fallsis $5 per vehicle or $3 per personentering on foot or bicycle, withthose charges valid for three days.There is no charge for visitors age15 or younger. The proposed in-crease would triple the parking feeto $15 and increase the time limitto seven days. For walkers and bi-cyclists, the cost would rise to $7and also be valid for seven days.These new rates would be lowerfor park userswest of SenecaCreeknear towpathmile 22.
Camping fees would increase,too. Drive-in campgrounds nowrange from $10 to $20 a night persite and would double under theproposal. Hiker-biker campsites
C&OCanal parkmulls hiking feesn Bethesda bakeries specialize inFrench and Gulf Coast varieties
BY ELIZABETHWAIBELSTAFFWRITER
Every year from the Christian festival ofEpiphany on Jan. 6 to sometime in Februaryor early March, people around the world eatking cakes in a festive, pre-Lenten tradition.
But not all king cakes are created equal,or at least alike.
People in the Bethesda area can partakeof a couple different styles of king cakes: theFrench-style cakes sold during January, andthe Gulf Coast-style cakes sold leading up toMardi Gras.
Susan Limb, owner of Praline Bakery inBethesda, makes a round French-style kingcake, baked golden brown and dusted with
Three kings, but two cakes
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A French-style king cake at Praline Bakery inBethesda.
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p.m.,MontgomeryHospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Rockville. For parents grieving thedeath of a child of any age. Free, registra-tion required. 301-921-4400.
THURSDAY, JAN. 22Parent Loss Support Group, 6:30-8
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Adult Book Club, 7 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Discussing “The Storied Life ofA.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin. Free. 240-777-0140.
FRIDAY, JAN. 23Contra Dance, 8:30-11:30 p.m., Glen
Echo Park, 7300MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho. Contra dances, somewaltzes, occa-sional squares and other dances. Lesson at7:30 p.m. included in admission. [email protected].
SATURDAY, JAN. 24Baby Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Rockville
Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Stories, songs and rhymes forages 0-24 months old. Free. 240-777-0140.
Simple Gifts: A Program of EthnicFolk Music, 1 p.m., Rockville MemorialLibrary, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville.Simple Gifts performs a wide range ofethnic folk music, including Klezmer,Romanian, Bulgarian, Irish, Scottish,French, Finnish, American and Greek.Sponsored by Friends of the Library,Rockville Memorial Chapter. Free. 240-777-0140.
Kensington Concerts Presents: ArsNova Chamber Orchestra, 3-4 p.m.,Kensington Baptist Church, 10100 Con-necticut Ave., Kensington. Receptionwill follow. Free. 301-320-0832.
Author Safari E. Ohumay Book Sign-ing, 3-5 p.m., Mosaic Cuisine and Cafe,186 Halpine Road, Rockville. Signing“The Footsteps of Barack Obama in aChanging America,” which outlinesObama’s life journey. [email protected].
Brass and Choral Benefit InterfaithWorks, 7:30 p.m., Cedar Lane Unitar-ian Universalist Church, 9601 CedarLane, Bethesda. The Cedar Lane BrassEnsemble returns for a glorious night
of “Brass Through the Ages” featuringworks by the masters. Free. 301-493-8300, ext. 214.
“The Wonders” Film Screening, 7:45-10 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200Baltimore Road, Rockville. A 2013 Israelifilm exploring the complex relationshipbetween a Jerusalem street artist and amysterious, modern-day prophet beingheld prisoner in an abandoned apart-ment across the alleyway. $5-$15. [email protected].
Shrek, the Musical, 8 p.m., Congre-gation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road,Potomac, also 4 p.m. Jan. 25. A cast of56, including children and teens from 11area schools, dances and sings their waythrough this updated fairy tale. $15-$20.301-299-7087.
SUNDAY, JAN. 25Brotherhood Brunch with guest
speaker Rep. Eliot Engel, 9-11:30 a.m.,Temple Emanuel, 10101 Connecticut Ave.,Kensington. Engel is the rankingmemberon theHouse Foreign Affairs Committee.He also serves on the Energy and Com-merce Committee, including the Subcom-mittee onHealth and the Subcommitteeon Energy and Power. $7. 301-942-2000.
JSSA Hospice and Transitions Volun-teer Training, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 6123Mon-trose Road, Rockville. Applications andinterviews will be required for those inter-ested in the volunteer training. Volunteersmust be older than 18. Free, registrationrequired. 301-816-2650.
St. Mary’s Open House, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,St. Mary’s School, 600 VeirsMill Road,Rockville. Accepting applications for pre-K and grades K-8 for the 2015-16 schoolyear. Located near RockvilleMetro. [email protected].
Montgomery County Camp and Sum-mer Fun Expo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., HiltonHotel andMeeting Center, 1750 RockvillePike, Rockville. Meet with summer pro-gram representatives, day camp and over-night camp directors and associates fromsummer fun destinations to plan for thissummer. Free. 240-401-8706.
35th Annual Women’s Legislative Brief-ing, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Universities at ShadyGrove, Building II, 9630GudelskyDrive,Rockville. Hosted by theMontgomeryCountyCommission forWomen. The key-note speakerwill be AnnF. Lewis, seniorWhiteHouse staffer from1997 to 2000.Willinclude receptionwith county and stateelected officials. $25. 240-777-8302.
Ecumenical Celebration for Chris-tian Unity, 3 p.m., St. Mark PresbyterianChurch, 10701 Old Georgetown Road,North Bethesda. All welcome to join with
Montgomery County churches at annualprayer andmusic service for Christianunity. Special music will be provided byUnity Choir and Trinity Lutheran ChurchHandbell Choir; reception and fellowshipwill follow. 301-942-4183.
Great Names Community LectureSeries, 3-5 p.m., Bethesda Jewish Con-gregation, 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda.A presentation by Reuven Azar, the Israeliembassy’s deputy ambassador. The seriesis open to all and brings timely and pro-vocative topics to the community. [email protected].
Hot Society Afternoon Dance, 3-6 p.m.,Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. TheHotSociety Orchestra ofWashington, featur-ingmusic and dances from the ’20s, ’30sand ’40s. Foxtrot, two-step, waltz, cha cha,rhumba, swing andmore. $15. 703-861-8218.
Bookworms, 3:30-4:15 p.m., CroydonCreek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road,Rockville. Read a new story and get a copyof the book to take home. Each programmay include a craft or hike; adult partici-pation required. Ages 2-5. $10-$12. 240-314-8770.
MONDAY, JAN. 26NIH’s NCCAM Announces Annual
Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture,10-11 a.m.,Masur Auditorium, Building10, NIHCampus, 9000 Rockville Pike,Bethesda.
NCCAM presents “When Experts Dis-agree: The Art of Medical Decision Mak-ing.” Speakers Dr. JeromeGroopmanandDr. Pamela Hartzbandwill presenta newway tomake the bestmedical de-cisions. Free. www.nccam.nih.
TUESDAY, JAN. 27Baby Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Rockville
Memorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Storytime for babies and theircaregivers. Stories, songs and rhymes forages 0-24months. Free. 240-777-0140.
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n County policeinvestigate spray-painted
racial slur on garage
BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFF WRITER
A racial epithet foundspray-painted on the ga-rage door of a home in Chevy
Chase Monday morning hasprompted an investigation bycounty police.
A neighbor saw the writingon the home — located in the3300 block of Glenmoor Drive— at about 9:30 a.m., told thevictim and then helped the vic-tim remove the paint, accord-ing to county police.
The message used an of-fensive term for a black personand said the person should “gohome.” The victim is black, ac-cording to county police.
Monday was Martin LutherKing Jr. Day.
Police believe the vandal-ism occurred between 2 p.m.on Sunday and 7:00 a.m. Mon-
day, and haven’t received re-ports of any other vandalismor malicious destruction fromneighborhood residents.
Anyone with informationabout the incident is asked tocall county police at 301-279-8000.
Hate incident reported in Chevy Chase
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Will Atkins, 12 (left), and Olaf Hichwa, 13, members of the McLean Mustangs, watch their robot perform its programmed tasks during RoboMania, arobotics regional qualification tournament held Jan. 10 in partnership with First Lego League of Maryland at McLean School in Potomac. The Mustangswon for Best Robotic Design. Almost three dozen teams of students from kindergarten through eighth grade competed.
Bethesda high schoolerto attend Senate program
Richard Yarrow of Bethesda,a student at Richard Montgom-ery High School in Rockville, isone of two Maryland studentsand 104 students nationallychosen as delegates to the U.S.Senate Youth Program’s 53rdannual Washington Week,March 7-14.
Yarrow is president of hisregional student government,representing 45,000 high schoolstudents, according to a newsrelease. He is co-president of hisschool’s Environmental Club,co-editor-in-chief of Mont-gomery County’s countywidestudent newspaper and the firststudent to become an officer inthe 50,000-member countywidePTSA.
Maryland’s delegates werechosen by state school Super-intendent Lillian Lowery, basedon their academic achievement,volunteer activities and leader-ship abilities.
The students will stay in theMayflower Hotel, and attendmeetings with the president,a Supreme Court justice andmembers of Congress and theirstaffs, among other officials.
The delegates also receive a$5,000 college scholarship fromthe Hearst Foundations, whichsponsor the program.
Potomac man runningfor his late friend
A Potomac man is honoringhis late boyhood friend by run-ning around the country to raisemoney for a nonprofit workingto cure the disease that killedhim.
Mark Carothers, along withhis wife, Sarah, and their friendMike Witczak of Sterling, Va.,have a goal of completing sixendurance events and raising$15,000 in honor of Manny Lam-bert.
Carothers and Lambertbecame close friends in highschool and were each other’sbest man at their weddings.Carothers also is godfather toLambert’s son.
Lambert died in June 2012,13 months after he was diag-nosed with acute myeloid leuke-mia, according to an email fromLisa Iannarino, marketing andcommunications director at theLeukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The trio’s athletic efforts areconducted through the nonprof-it’s Team in Training program,which Carothers said, providesa positive outlet for his grief.
Team Lambert, as it is called,has so far raised $12,000, and isparticipating in the Rock ’n’ RollNew Orleans Marathon on Sat-urday, according to Iannarino.
After that, a triathlon in June ison the schedule.
Donation information is atthe nonprofit’s website, lls.org/donate.
16 students semifinalistsin science contest
Sixteen MontgomeryCounty Public Schools studentswere selected as semifinalistsfor the 2015 Intel Science Tal-ent Search, a prestigious highschool science competition.
All but five of the 21 semifi-nalists in Maryland are from thecounty.
They represent four countyhigh schools:
• Walter Johnson HighSchool Bethesda: Kathryn JeanVan Artsdalen.
• Montgomery Blair HighSchool Silver Spring: MatthewDaniel Das Sarma, QingningFan, Francis Edward Gerard,William Lu, Bennet WhitakerMcGlade, Eric Michael Neyman,Sachin Pandey, Ishaan ManishParikh, Harini Erangika Salgado,Arjuna Michael Subramanian,Michael Hofmann Winer andDennis Si-Yang Zhao.
• Richard Montgomery HighSchool Rockville: Yi-Ann Tangand Yizhen Zhang.
• Poolesville: Umesh JanakPadia.
The contest is administeredby the Society for Science & thePublic, a nonprofit dedicated topublic engagement in scientificresearch and education. Therewere 300 semifinalists nation-wide, from a pool of nearly 1,800entries.
Each semifinalist will re-ceive a $1,000 award for re-search. Additionally, schoolswill receive $1,000 for eachsemifinalist, to support science,math and engineering educa-tion.
The names of 40 nationalfinalists will be announcedWednesday. Those studentswill compete March 5 to 11 inWashington, D.C., for Medal ofDistinction awards of $150,000each, given to students whoshow exceptional scientificpotential in three areas: basicresearch, global good and in-novation.
In the serviceArmy Pvt. Christopher N.
Hodgman graduated from basiccombat training at Fort Jackson,Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks oftraining, Hodgman studied theArmy mission, history, tradition,core values and physical fitness,and received instruction andpractice in basic combat skills,military weapons, chemicalwarfare and bayonet training,and other skills.
Hodgman is the son of Ed-ward and Tamara B. Hodgmanof Bethesda and a 2014 gradu-ate of Whitman High School inBethesda.
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n Nature center introduceschildren to resident critters
BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL
STAFF WRITER
Turtles, snakes and giant bugs areamong the permanent residents at LocustGrove Nature Center in Bethesda, and atthe center’s Meet the Animals event thisSaturday, children can greet them andlearn more about them all.
The nature center has hissing cock-roaches, large Florida ivory millipedes, ablack rat snake, a corn snake, two box tur-tles and a red-eared slider turtle, accordingto Marta Potter, nature facility programmanager.
“Some of these were pet give-ups” that
the center now is taking care of, she said.Others were purchased to make presen-tations at local schools more interesting.“We wanted something a little bit unique,
so that’s why we got some of the inverte-brates.”
Potter said children at Saturday’s pro-gram will get to meet and handle some ofthe animals and learn how the nature cen-ter cares for them. They also will take a na-ture walk, with the whole program lastingabout an hour.
The center tries to hold a meet-the-an-imals event almost every weekend, Pottersaid, but most of them have been canceleddue to low registration. If the class does nothave five children signed up two days be-fore the program, it will be canceled, shesaid. Attendees must register at parkpass.org, event number 304091, to attend. Feb-ruary events are numbered 304093, 304095and 304097.
Meet the beetles, er, cockroaches SaturdayMEET THE ANIMALSn When: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday
n Where: Locust Grove Nature Centerprogram room, 7777 Democracy Blvd.,Bethesda
n Cost: $5 per child; all children must beaccompanied by an adult. Preregistrationis required by Thursday at parkpass.org, program number 304091.Recommended for ages 3 to 12.
n More information: 301-765-8660;parkpass.org
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n Two victims wereattacked after 2013 road
rage confrontation
BYDANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFFWRITER
A Potomac man convictedlast year of stabbing twopeoplein an apparent road rage inci-dent in Bethesda in 2013 wassentenced Jan. 13 to eight yearsin prison.
David B. Goldberg, 26,was convicted of two countsof attempted voluntary man-slaughter, five counts of first-degree assault and two countsof second-degree assault inAugust. A jury acquitted him oftwo counts of attempted first-degreemurder.
Montgomery County Cir-cuit Judge Cheryl A. McCallyordered Goldberg to serveeight years in prison. She im-posed two concurrent 10-yearsentences, with two years sus-pended, one for each count ofmanslaughter.
The prison time will be fol-lowed by five years of proba-
tion,McCally said.Charging documents indi-
cate that Goldberg was drivingnear Westfield MontgomeryMall on Nov. 14, 2013, andwent throughan intersection inamanner thatCliftonBotts andRachel Peterson, in another ve-hicle, thought was reckless.
Botts and Peterson toldpolice that they followed Gold-berg after he swore at them,and they got out of their carto confront Goldberg at a stopsign, according to chargingdocuments.
Goldberg drove away, butreturned to where Botts andPeterson had parked and spedtoward them as they stood inthe parking lot, repeatedly try-ing to run them over, prosecu-tors said.
He eventually eitherswerved or lost control of hiscar, which hit a parked vehicle.A fight ensued between Gold-berg and Botts, and Goldbergused a knife to stab Botts in hisupper back and cut Botts’ face,according to charging docu-ments.
Goldberg stabbed Peter-son in the abdomen when she
tried to intervene, according tocharging documents.
Goldberg’s young daughterwas in his car at the time, andPeterson’s mother, Petersonand Botts’ young daughterwere in their car, according topolice.
Robert Bonsib, Goldberg’sattorney, argued at last week’shearing that his client was act-ing out of a genuine fear for hisdaughter’s safety, but acknowl-edged that his actionswere un-reasonable.
But Assistant State’s Attor-ney Robert Hill said there werereally two incidents that oc-curred that day: an argumentat a stop sign and the fight thatincluded the stabbing. In be-tween the two, Goldberg hadample opportunity to leavethe mall or find help if he feltthreatened.
The incident involving thestabbing was all about pride,Hill said.
Goldberg’s mother, AmyGoldberg-Cutler, said at thehearing that her son had strug-gled for years with Tourette’ssyndrome — which causes in-voluntary movements — anddepression that resultedfrom the syndrome.
Goldberg sobbed in thecourtroom as his motherdescribed the unconditionalloveher sonhad shown tohisfamily and his daughter.
After the sentencing,Bonsib told The Gazette thathe felt McCally’s sentencewas “very compassionate”considering the nature of theconvictions.
Botts told The Gazettehe was glad the case was fi-nally over, and he was sorrythat Goldberg effectively losthis daughter for a time. Butif Goldberg had been willingto talk rather than attack himand Peterson, the outcomewould have been different,he said.
Potomac man to serve 8 yearsin Montgomery mall stabbing The following is a summary of inci-
dents in the Bethesda area to whichMontgomery County police respondedrecently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This infor-mation was provided by the county.
Robbery• 5800 block ofWyngate Drive,
Bethesda, at 10 p.m. Dec. 20. Thesubject threatened the victimwitha weapon and unsuccessfully at-tempted to take property.
Commercial burglary• 6900 block ofWisconsin Ave-
nue, Bethesda, betweenDec. 21 andJan. 2. Forced entry, took property.
• Bethesda Collision Repair,5202 River Road, Bethesda, on Jan.
1 or 2. Attempted forced entry, tooknothing.
• 4800 block of Rugby Avenue,Bethesda, on Jan. 6.
Residential burglary• 9000 block of Cambridge
Manor Court, Potomac, onDec. 31.No forced entry, took property.
• 8200 block ofWisconsin Av-enue, Bethesda, between 9:30 a.m.and 12:20 p.m. Jan. 1. Unknown en-try, took property.
• 3900 block ofMorrell Court,Kensington, between 8:30 and 9:15p.m. Jan. 3. No forced entry, tookproperty. The subject is known to thevictim.
• 8600 block ofVillage ParkPlace, Chevy Chase, at 7:30 p.m. Jan.
5. Forced entry, took property.
Theft• 7100 block ofWoodmont Ave-
nue, Bethesda, onDec. 29 or 30. Tookproperty from a construction site.
Vehicle larceny• Three incidents in county ga-
rages in Bethesda betweenDec. 30and Jan. 6. Forced entry, took looseitems. Affected garages include 8216Woodmont Ave. and 4841 BethesdaAve.
• Five incidents in NorthBethesda betweenDec. 30 and Jan.6. Took loose items, including cloth-ing. Affected streets include RockvillePike,WoodglenDrive andMarinelliRoad.
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n Speakers debate risks,benefits of lawn chemicals
that would be banned
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
An estimated 300 peoplepacked theMontgomeryCountyCouncil chamber Thursday forthe first of two public hearingson a proposed ban on lawn pes-ticides.
The bill — introduced bycouncil PresidentGeorgeL. Lev-enthal (D-At Large) of TakomaPark — bans the use of nones-sential pesticides from lawnsand certain public green spaces,but not from agriculture, turffarms and golf courses.
Reactions to the proposalamong thefirst 40 speakerswerestrong and polarized.
To proponents, a law wouldprotect county residents andpets fromunnecessary exposureto chemicalsmany believe to betoxic.
“Pesticides are designedto kill living things, so it is nota surprise that they are harm-ful to humans, especially chil-dren,” saidRebeccaRehr, publichealth advocacy coordinator forthe Maryland Environmental
Health Network.Paxson Barker, a professor
of nursing and member of theadvisory board of the MarylandPesticide Network, said a signif-icant, growing body of sciencelinkspesticides tohumanhealthconditions.
Studies, she said, link ex-posure to pesticides to chronicillnesses such as asthma andchronic obstructive pulmonarydisease,plus cancer, birthdefects,Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’sdisease,diabetesandothers.
Chris Nidel of Rockville, alawyer specializing in environ-mental litigation, said the billis a “common sense measure”that balances costs and benefitsof chemicals.
Opponents said researchcited to support the ban is in-complete and contradictory.
Stuart Z. Cohen of Sil-ver Spring, an environmentalchemist, said the county’s list ofbanned substances is based, inpart, on a discredited study andnot on actual risk.
“The proposed list of nones-sential pesticides,” he said, “isnot scientifically valid.”
“I applaud the intent ofthe draft act, but not the ap-proach,” said county residentDavid Fitch. Fitch encouragedthe county to follow the recom-mendations of the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics and useintegrated pest management,which includes the use of somechemical pesticides.
Lawn-care professionalswere divided on the issue.
Some, like Brian Schoon-maker, president ofCapital Pest,opposed the bill, saying itwouldeliminate pest-control compa-nies’ tools for fighting mosqui-toes, ticks, fleas and bedbugs.
“We cannot afford to have agroup of citizens, with no pes-ticide research backgrounds inthe study of the safety of theseproducts, spearhead a law thatdoes not weigh the many ben-efits of safe and effective use ofthese pesticides versus the risk,”he said.
Others, like John “Zack”Kline, owner of A.I.R. LawnCare, said his company suc-cessfully uses a natural, organic,pesticide-free technique.
“The results I have seen inmy landscaping business showthat lawns can be green andhealthy at a reasonable costwhile keeping people and petshealthy by avoiding the use ofpesticides,” Kline said.
Many wanted the billamended.
Several felt that the bill’ssunset provision, which wouldend the ban in 2019, needed togo. Others testified that athleticfields, like golf courses, shouldbe exempt from the bill.
“We urge the council toexempt athletic fields that usethese substances safely, profes-sionally and only when neces-sary,” said Trish Heffelfinger,executive director of the Mary-land Soccer foundation.
John Poulos, groundskee-per for Our Lady of Good Coun-sel High School in Olney, saidabout a quarter of all soccerinjuries result from poor fieldconditions— “just one patch ofclover is just as dangerous as asinkhole.”
Andy Leon Harney of ChevyChase urged the council to takea more moderate approach andquestioned the bill’s exemp-tions.
“Is there something mi-raculous about the runoff fromcounty agricultural land andgolf courses that won’t go intothe bay, won’t be harmful tochildren andothers?” she asked.“Or is it because you don’t wantto generate the ire of farmersand golfers in the county? If youbelieve the long, overly inclu-sive list of pesticides are harm-ful,whynot ban themacross theboard?”
A second public hearing isplanned for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12.
A council committee isscheduled to start discussing thebill onMarch 16.
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n Gaithersburg womanwouldn’t let mother’sRaleigh get junked
BY PEGGYMCEWANSTAFFWRITER
In its 63 years, PatriciaThomas’ bicycle has seen a lotof use andmisuse.
When they recently saw itin a state of rust and disrepair,Thomas’ daughters disagreedon its future: love it or leave it.
Jodie Morris of Gaithers-burg won. She put the bike inher car, brought it to Marylandfrom Pennsylvania and startedlooking for someone to restorethe bike that she consideredhad toomuchhistory to be lost.
Thomas,who is 85 and livesin Bloomsburg, Pa., bought theRaleigh bike in England in 1951during a trip to Europe as partof a student diplomatic ex-change program, according toMorris.
In a phone interview,Thomas said she and othersin the student group — shehad just graduated from Ce-dar Crest College in Allentown,Pa. — decided to buy bikes toride around London and intothe countryside. But mostlyshe said she remembers ridingfrom train station to train sta-tion, especially in Paris, whereit was easier to get around us-ing theMetro.
“I bought it in London andpaid 19 pounds for it. I thinkthat was about $95,” Thomassaid. “It was considered theCa-dillac of bicycles.”
Thomas said she brought
it home after her three-monthprogram, which included tripsto France, Switzerland andItaly.
“Iwas reluctant to partwiththe bicycle because I spentso much money shipping itaround that I was attached toit,” she said.
Back home in Pennsylva-nia, Thomas said, she rode thebike around town and, as herchildren grew, they rode it, too.
“Eventually we had ourown bikes, but it was alwaysa backup,” Morris wrote inan email. “Over the years thebike deteriorated a bit and mymother took it to abike shop forrepairs in 1976. It got new tiresand some sprucing up and sherode it in a bicentennial parade
that year. She said she remem-bers shouting,’The British arecoming!’ as shepedaled along.”
The bike then remainedunhappily ignored for years,Morris wrote, and soon it wasin such a state that Morris’ sis-ter decided to junk it.
“I couldn’t bear the thoughtof discarding it,” she wrote.
An Internet search led herto Vic Caldarola at Evo CycleWorks in Rockville. Caldarolaspecializes in building custombikes, adding performance up-grades to bikes and restoringold bikes. Morris opted for arestoration, as close to the orig-inal as possible, andwanted thebike mechanically functionalso she could ride it, he said.
“What I do is entirely up
to the client,” Caldarola said.“People fall in love with theirbikes, so whether we’re doinga contemporary bike with up-grades to make it perform ona higher standard [or restor-ing an old bike], there is also acomponent of ‘I love my bikeand I can’t wait to have thisdone.’”
The work took about sixweeks. Caldarola has a day jobas an administrator with theMaryland Department of Pub-lic Safety and Correctional Ser-vices, so he works on the bikesevenings and weekends.
“At somepoint in its historysomeone left [thebike] out for along period of time,” Caldarolasaid. “It was heavily rusted.That wasmymain challenge.”
Caldarola found a 1962model of the same Ladies Sportmodel as Morris’ to use forparts.
“This held down the ex-pense of restoration to findparts and recondition them,”he said. “It’s worth it becausethe end result is something thatworks like new.”
Morriswasn’t aroundwhenthe bike was new but she saidher first ride on the recondi-tioned bike was smooth andeasy, and she is happy it’s backon the road again. Her moth-er’s biking days are over, butshe’s glad it’s getting a secondlife, too, Morris said.
“This made me get out myjournal and read about thatsummer,” Thomas said. “Itbrought back wonderful mem-ories.”
Restoration of old bike unlocks memories
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“I couldn’t bear the thought of discarding it,” says Jodie Morris of Gaith-ersburg, with the newly restored 1950 Raleigh bicycle that belonged to hermother.
n Public ServiceCommission holdingpublic hearings
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Reliability, renewable en-ergy and community benefitwere among the concerns raisedJan. 13 at a three-plus-hourhearing on the proposed acqui-sition of Pepco Holdings by Ex-elon Corp. of Chicago.
PepcoHoldings plans to sellto Exelon, parent of BaltimoreGas and Electric, for $6.83 bil-lion in cash.
The sale would bring to-gether Exelon’s three electricand gas utilities—BGE, ComEdand PECO — with Pepco Hold-ings’ three utilities, Atlantic CityElectric, Delmarva Power andPepco, cementing Exelon’s holdon themid-Atlantic market.
Maryland’s Public ServiceCommission held five hearingsacross Maryland on the pro-posed deal.
Testimony on Jan. 13 wasdivided, with many speakingagainst the deal, while localchambers of commerce andorganizations that receive fi-nancial support from Pepco’scharitable arm urged its ap-proval. As part of the transac-tion, Exelon has committed toproviding charitable contribu-tions and establishing a fundto directly benefit customersthrough bill credits.
But when Exelon took overBaltimoreGas andElectric, BGEcustomers benefitedwith about$200 each, many testified. ThedealwithPepcoHoldingswouldprovide only $40 million, orabout $50 per customer. Manysaid the Pepco transactionshould provide a comparablebenefit.
Opponents said the acqui-sition wouldn’t benefit Pepco’scustomers and wanted it re-jected or conditions added.
Abbe Milstein, founder ofthe Powerupmontco commu-nity listserv, said Exelon shouldhave to go beyond Pepco’splanned improvements for reli-ability or face stiff penalties.
Several years ago, the Pub-lic Service Commission finedPepco $1 million for being oneof the least reliable power utili-ties in the nation.
Since then, Pepco has takenaggressive steps to improve.Even harsh critics, such as Mil-stein and Montgomery CountyCouncilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist 1) of Bethesda, acknowl-edge that the utility’s service ismore reliable.
But Milstein said the Exelondeal should require even moresteps bemade to improve.
Eric Hensal, founder ofPublic Power for Montgomery— which advocates for the op-tion of a publicly owned electricutility— testified that the PublicService Commission should re-quire Exelon and MontgomeryCounty to negotiate a franchiseagreement with an expirationdate. Hensal said Pepco oper-ates under a perpetual franchiseagreement with the county thatdoesn’t need a renewal, provid-ing no accountability.
Several people expressedconcern with Exelon’s portfolioof nuclear energy and history ofresistance to renewable energy,saying neither is in the best in-terest of the state or customers.
“Nuclear poses risks notworth taking,” said Anne Am-bler, a Pepco customer and for-mer stockholder. When askedas a shareholder to approve thedeal, Ambler declined.
“Nowaywould I be any partof any company with nuclearreactors,” she said. “I dumpedall my shares and am installingsolar panels next week.”
Others expressed concernthat the acquisition would cre-ate amonopoly.
Mike Tidwell of the Chesa-peake Climate Action Networksaid about 85 percent of thestate’s electric customerswouldbe under Exelon if the deal goesthrough.
In other states, single-utilitydomination, he argued, hasbeen a significant barrier to de-veloping cleaner energy.
Still, others said the dealwould benefit customers.
Speaking for what he calledthe “silent majority” of satis-fied Pepco customers, MarvinDickerson of Germantown saidthe acquisitionwould let Exelonimprove on Pepco’s work on re-liability.
Robert Wallace of Bithen-ergy, which builds wind and so-lar energy systems and providesenergy consulting and man-agement, said there has beensignificant improvement in thebusiness climate for his industrysince Exelon bought BGE. Heexpects it to continue if Exelonbuys Pepco.
Gigi Godwin, president oftheMontgomeryCountyCham-ber of Commerce, said Exelonwill continue Pepco’s reliabil-ity improvements, will respondbetter to major storms and willstay engaged in the community.
Maj. Lewis Reckline, areacommander for the NationalCapital Region of the SalvationArmy, said that without com-panies such as Pepco and Ex-elon, organizations such as hiscannot exist. He noted Exelon’spromise to commit financialsupport to the community dur-ing the next 10 years.
The case before the PublicService Commission is ongoing.
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n Garrett Park lawyernamed to ethics committee
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER
A co-founder of the multi-sport Maryland SoccerPlex inGermantown who lives in Gar-rett Park recently was appointedto theU.S.OlympicCommittee’sfive-member ethics committee.
“I’m thrilled — it’s the cool-est thing in the world,” said
K e n n e t hSalomon, alawyer withthe Wash-ington of-fice of theThompsonCoburn lawfirm, basedin St. Louis.
S a l o -mon replaces outgoing commit-tee member Bill Ide on thecommittee, according to a newsrelease from the firm.
Founded in 2005, theUSOC’s ethics committee dealswith any potential conflicts ofinterest related to business deal-ings for the Olympics and theParalympics.
“It’s to be sure about deal-ings with sponsors and any kindof commercial relationships,”Salomon said.
Those who serve on thecommittee also must submitpersonal financial disclosureforms, he said.
Salomon, who chairsThompson Coburn’s Lobby-ing and Policy Group, earneda bachelor’s degree from TuftsUniversity in 1967 and a law de-gree in 1970 fromGeorgeWash-ington University Law School,where he was a member of thelaw review.
He has 40 years’ experienceadvising clients on governmentand public policy issues, includ-ing e-commerce, intellectualproperty, the Internet, telecom-munications, education andstudent financial aid, accordingto the release.
The appointment to theethics committee came about
throughhis friendshipwith JohnHendricks, founder and formerchairman of Discovery Commu-nications, based in Silver Spring,Salomon said.
Hendricks became a direc-tor on the full board of the U.S.Olympic Committee in 2007, ac-cording to theUSOCwebsite.
“We got to know each otherbecause our daughters playedtravel soccer together,” said Sa-lomon, whose daughter Amyplayed in high school and alsoplayed on the University ofPennsylvania’s varsity soccerteam for four years.
In 1996, the family went tothe summer Olympics in At-lanta,where theU.S.won its firstOlympic goldmedal inwomen’ssoccer, he said.
Because of their commit-ment to soccer, Hendricks andSalomon in 1998 formed theMaryland Soccer Foundation,the nonprofit that developedthe SoccerPlex, which openedin 2000.
“The genesis of that was adinner — his family and mine— at a restaurant in downtownBethesda before going to amovie,” Salomon said.
“Our lives were built aroundthe girls playing travel soccer ...and we wanted to give some-thing back to support and helpthe teams,” he said.
Salomon, who served for 13years as president of the founda-tion, currently sits on itsboardofdirectors.
“I’m just really honored tohave been asked and selected[for the ethics committee],” saidSalomon,whohopes tomeet theothercommitteemembers soon.
Also on the committee areUSOCboardmember andethicscommittee Chairwoman MaryMcCagg; Olympic gold medalistand athlete representative TaraCunningham; Doug Brien ofStarwood Waypoint ResidentialTrust, based in Oakland, Calif.,and Dr. Anthony Whittemore ofBrigham andWomen’s Hospitalin Boston.
“I’m anxious to get started,”Salomon said.
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n Silver Spring team goingto national contest
BY PEGGYMCEWANSTAFFWRITER
It was a long day of think-ing, calculating and respond-ing, of buzzers, timekeepersand scores. It was theMarylandHigh School Science Bowl, heldSaturday at Montgomery Col-lege in Rockville.
Montgomery County camethrough with the state champ:Montgomery Blair High Schoolin Silver Spring, as Team No. 1turned out to beNo. 1 indeed.
It is the second straight yearthat Blair students qualified torepresent Maryland at the Na-tional Science Bowl. Last yearthe teamplacedfifthnationally.
“The hardest part is thenervousness before the finalmatch,” Michael Winer, a se-nior from Rockville, said of Sat-urday’s competition.
The questions did not seemtoo difficult for Winer and histeammates, ArnoldMong, Ben-deguz Offertaler, Eric Lu and
alternate Matthew Das Sarma.They breezed to victory overCentennial High School inHoward County, 174-36.
Twenty-one schools fromnine counties brought 48 teamsto the quiz-style competition,coordinator Michael Mehalicksaid.
“We had 230 students par-ticipate,” he said, “the largestnumber so far.”
Mehalick said that about
one-third of the participantswere girls, a proportion that hasgrown over the years.
In the morning competi-tion, teams participated inround-robin matches againstfive or six other teams. Sixteenteams, including11 fromMont-gomery County, advanced tosingle elimination rounds.
The semifinals comprisedtwo teams from Richard Mont-gomery High School in Rock-
ville, alongwith the teams fromBlair and Centennial.
Blair coach Tran Pham saidhis team starts preparing inSeptember by using questionsfrom earlier competitions andmaking up questions of theirown.
Each team member, hesaid, concentrates on two orthreemath or science areas.
Questions can be fromEarth and space science, chem-istry, biology, physics, math orrelated to energy, Mehalicksaid.
The Blair students will con-tinue to practice, hoping to im-prove their national ranking atthe finals in Washington, D.C.,April 30 toMay 4.
“I think we will do betterthis year,”Winer said.
The National Science Bowlcompetition, now in its 25thyear, is sponsored by the U.S.Department of Energy. It wasstarted to encourage studentsto pursue careers in scienceand math, said Dirk Fillpot, anagency spokesman.
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Comcast SportsNetpromotes two
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Bethesda promotedTom Pahnke to senior directorof operations from director ofoperations, and Mike Wargo todirector of digital media fromdigital media managing editor.
Painting businessopens in Bethesda
Patty Mason has openeda franchise painting business,Fresh Coat of Bethesda.
Its resi-dential andc o m m e r -cial servicesi n c l u d ei n t e r i o rand exte-rior paint-ing, woods t a i n i n gand refin-
ishing, and applications of otherprotective coatings, accordingto a news release. The businessalso offers online scheduling, in-home color consultations andfree quotes.
Fresh Coat’s service area isBethesda, Cabin John, ChevyChase, Glen Echo and Potomac.
Previously, Mason was chiefadministrative officer for the
Washington,D.C.,TaxicabCom-mission. She holds a bachelor’sin information systems from theUniversity of Richmond (Va.).
“In the spring, I decided itwas time for me to do some-thing different,” Mason said inthe release. “I’ve always had akeen interest in the constructionindustry, painting and interiordesign. By owning a paintingfranchise like Fresh Coat it al-lows me to be involved in theindustry while bringing a higherlevel of professional paintingservices to the community.”
More information is avail-able at FreshCoatBethesda.com;240-583-1483; or [email protected].
Fertility centersstart joint venture
Shady Grove Fertility ofRockville launched a joint ven-ture with Reproductive Medi-cine Associates of New Jersey inBasking Ridge to develop, buildor improve fertility and in vitrofertilization centers across theU.S.
The new venture, called Fer-tility Partners, “intends to growand expand the well-developedresearch, education and advo-cacy programs already in placeat [Shady Grove and Reproduc-tive Medicine] and to lead fromstrengths in all areas of repro-ductive medicine,” Dr. Eric A.Widra,medicaldirectoratShadyGrove Fertility, said in a news re-lease.
Lockheed namesmedia relations VPLockheed Martin of
Bethesda named Dan Nelson
vice president of worldwide me-dia relations.
Previously, Nelson workedfor General Electric’s DigitalEnergy business. He also was aspokesman for the U.S. depart-ments of justice and commerce,and the White House.
He holds a bachelor’s incommunications with a minorin business administration fromCalifornia State University, Sac-ramento.
American Capitalpromotes executiveAmerican Capital of
Bethesda promoted Brian Graff,49, to president, private finance.
Previously, Graff was seniorvice president and senior man-aging director.
Earlier, he was a principal ofOdyssey Investments Partners.
Bethesda solar companystrikes $47M deal
TerraForm Power ofBethesda acquired 21 solarpower plants in seven states,generating a total of 26 mega-watts, from SunEdison of Bel-mont, Calif., for $47 million.
The“distributedgeneration”plantsprovideelectricitydirectlytoendusers,accordingtoanewsrelease.
TerraForm, which recentlymoved to Bethesda from Belts-ville, is an indirect subsidiary ofSunEdison. It went public lastyear with an initial public stockoffering that netted $533.5 mil-lion, according to a regulatoryfiling.
Also, SunEdison acquirednew wind turbines that will en-able it to develop up to 1.6 giga-
watts of wind energy projects;TerraForm will buy the proj-ects from SunEdison after theyachieve commercial operation.It’s part of a deal announced inNovember in which the com-panies agreed to acquire FirstWind for $2.4 billion; the dealis expected to close in the firstquarter.
Three new shops forTakoma business district
Three new businesses arecoming to the historic Takomabusiness district, according tothe Old Takoma Business Asso-ciation.
• Kin Da Thai and Sushi Res-taurant will open at 6923 LaurelAve. in the space formerly oc-cupied by Takoma Bistro. Res-taurateur Somjet Prompharsitand partner Chanpen Teeranonalso have another restaurant —Aroi Thai in the Bloomingdaleneighborhood of Washington,D.C.
Kin Da, which is expected toopen in late January, will haveabout 60 seats and a beer andwine bar, according to a pressrelease from Old Takoma Busi-ness Association Executive Dire-tor Laura Barclay.
• Tabletop — a home, giftand design store in Dupont Cir-cle—willopenasecondlocationat 6927 Laurel Ave. in the spacecurrently occupied by Now andThen gift shop. Both Tabletopshops are owned by Daphne Ol-ive and Tai Tsang. The new shopis expected to open in April.
•Scissor & Comb, a saloncreated by Ian Palmiero, willopen at 7009 Carroll Ave. in thespace currently occupied byShampoo salon. It is expected toopen in May.
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Brick sale raises $2,600The bricks salvaged from
the old Kensington VolunteerFire Department Station 18 havesold out, raising $2,600 for thedepartment.
About 25 bricks were re-trieved after the 1953 stationwas demolished, The Gazettereported in December, and theSeng family affixed comemora-tive plaques to them.
Bethesda planningmeetings scheduledTwo meetings this month
will provide an update on plansfor the future of downtownBethesda.
A happy hour is scheduledfor 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday atSK+I Architecture’s office, 4600East West Highway, Suite 700,Bethesda. RSVP to [email protected] or 240-497-7492.
A public meeting is scheduledfor 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at theBethesda-Chevy Chase RegionalServices Center, 4805 EdgemoorLane, Bethesda. Register atbethesdadowntownplan.org.
Planners are working on anew sector plan for the down-town area. A draft plan is ex-pected to be finished by April.
Beach Week talk Monday“The Real Story, Beach Week
2015” will be presented at 7 p.m.Monday at Walter Johnson HighSchool, 6400 Rock Spring Drive,Bethesda.
Students from Walter John-son, Bethesda-Chevy Chase,Whitman, Churchill and Woot-ton high schools and their par-ents are invited to hear aboutthe good, the bad and the ugly ofthe annual end-of-school ritual,according to a news release.
Police officers from DeweyBeach and Bethany Beach willdiscuss Delaware laws, the do’sand don’ts of Beach Week, and
Beach Week alternatives.There will also be question-
and-answer session with theofficers, with parents and stu-dents in separate sessions. Highschool seniors are especially en-couraged to attend.
For more information, call301-571-6900.
History conferenceis this weekend
The Montgomery CountyHistorical Society will hold itsninth annual MontgomeryCounty History Conference from8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday atJohns Hopkins University, 9601Medical Center Drive, Rockville.
The morning general ses-sion will address emancipationin Maryland. Afternoon sessionswill discuss the history of thefour Montgomery County court-houses in Rockville and othertopics.
The cost is $55, $50 for so-ciety members and $20 for stu-dents. Payment, along with a listof sessions desired, can be sentto History Conference, MCHS,111 W. Montgomery Ave., Rock-ville, MD 20850.
More information is atmontgomeryhistory.org.
Women’s commissionhosts legislative briefing
The Montgomery CountyCommission for Women willhost its 35th annual Women’sLegislative Briefing from 11:30a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at theUniversities at Shady Grove,Building II, 9630 Gudelsky Drive,Rockville.
The keynote speaker willbe Ann F. Lewis, a senior WhiteHouse staffer from 1997 to 2000.
The briefing will include twoworkshops for teenage girls fo-cusing on leadership, commu-nity engagement and advocacy.
Admission is $20 in advanceand $25 at the door. Registrationis at montgomerycountymd.gov/cfw. For more information,call 240-777-8302.
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Nancy H. Dacek, who served three distinguished terms as a memberof the Montgomery County Council and who was one of the fewRepublicans elected to the Council over the past five decades, diedJanuary 12 after a brief illness. She was 81 years old.
A mother of five, she began her career as an active member of theMontgomery County Parent Teacher Association, serving as itspresident in 1985. She was first elected to the County Council in1990 to represent District 1 (the Bethesda/Chevy Chase/Potomacarea), later moving to Darnestown to represent District 2 (the uppercounty). She served through 2002.
Mrs. Dacek served during a critical time in Montgomery County,when rapid growth was an issue that brought with it manychallenges. During her tenure, she was a strong voice in advancingthe needs of the upcounty. Education, public safety, the preservationof open space and the environment were among the many issues sheeffectively advocated for while serving on the Council.
Mrs. Dacek also was passionate in her support of The Black RockCenter for the Arts, successfully securing funding for the performingarts center located in Germantown. During her tenure she also servedas the Lead Councilmember for Fire and Rescue, contributingenormously to the safety and well-being of county residents. Mrs.Dacek had the reputation of being a fiscal steward and proponent ofslow growth. After leaving the Council in 2002, she was appointedby then-Governor Robert Ehrlich to the County Board of Electionsand served on the board until her death. Throughout the many yearsof her career as a public servant, Mrs. Dacek was known and admiredfor her no-nonsense, down-to-earth style and wry sense of humor.
Born in 1934, Mrs. Dacek was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, andgraduated from Wellesley College with a degree in political science.She received a master’s degree in education from Case WesternReserve University. Nancy was passionate about spending time withher grandchildren. She was also an avid tennis player, gardener andenjoyed taking long walks along the C & O Canal with her beagle.
Mrs. Dacek is survived by her husband of 57 years, Raymond, nowretired, who was a prominent Washington, D.C. utilities tax attorney;her daughters, Debbie Glass (husband Richard), Holly Dacek, KimBarnes (husband Alex), Karen Dacek; and her son Mickey (fiancéBeth Lindsay). She had nine grandchildren: Andy, Emily, Keegan,Clay, Caroline, Teddy, Ellie, Eva and Christian.
The family received friends Saturday, January 17th from 2-4pm and6-8pm at DeVol Funeral Home, 10 E. Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg,MD. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Dacek isplanned for January 28th at 11am at the Black Rock Center for theArts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD. The family isasking, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to Operation Smile,3641 Faculty Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23453 or the BlackRock Center for the Arts.
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tered spaces. Aksoylu PropertiesofManassas is assemblingprop-erties in the block behind the lotthat faceWisconsin Avenue andplans to build a project with 248market-rate apartments and62 that are moderately priced.Aksoylu also plans to include13,638 square feet of retail spaceand 354 underground parkingspaces, according to the coun-ty’s news release. Bowring saidthenewgaragewill not have anypublic spaces.
TheWisconsinAvenue retailspace, near the corner ofCordellAvenue, formerly housedRanger Surplus, which closedthere in February after 18 years,according to its website, plus afew smaller retailers.
According to the county,the rental prices for a moder-ately priced dwelling unit rangefrom $924 for a one-bedroomapartment in The Blairs in SilverSpring to $1,760 for a two-bed-roomapartment in thePalisadesin Bethesda. Households mayqualify to rent such aunit if theirincome is between $30,000 and
$81,000, before taxes, depend-ing on the number of people inthe household and the type ofapartment. Theseunits in seniorcommunities start at $723.
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what used to be county parkinglots 31 and 31A.
The road was expected toreopen last August, The Gazettepreviously reported, but thatwas delayed due to safety con-cerns.
An underground parkinggarage associated with the de-velopment also is open and willoffer free parking until March,according to a county news re-lease. The garage has about 960public spaces and 290 privatespaces for tenants of the devel-opment.
The garage has entranceson Bethesda and WoodmontAvenue and is called the CapitalCrescent Garage because of itsproximity to the Capital Cres-cent Trail. It will begin chargingparking feesMarch 1, accordingto the county.
Developers StonebridgeCar-ras and PNHoffman expect that
the rest of the development’sretail space and 250 residenceswill be finished this spring, ac-cording to the news release.
Meanwhile, farther to thenorth in Bethesda, watch fora change in traffic patterns onRockville Pike near the CedarLane intersection thisweek. TheStateHighwayAdministration isworking on culverts under theroad in that area, said CharlieGischlar, an agency spokesman.
Crews will shift northboundtraffic to the western side of theroad, where they just finishedworking, to work on culvertsunder the eastern side, Gischlersaid.
“It’s simply shifting traf-fic to the newer side that wasbuilt,” he said. “… It shouldn’tbe a huge impact to motorists,because we’re going to be ableto maintain the same level ofservice” thatwas availablewhencrewswereworkingon theotherside of the road.
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powdered sugar.“We make the traditional
king cake, which ismadewithpuff pastry and frangipane,”a filling made with almondpowder, butter and rum,Limb said.
In France, where this styleof king cake or “galette desrois” originated, the cakes areeaten on Jan. 6 to celebrateEpiphany. That’s when someChristians commemorate thethree wise men in the Bible,sometimes called kings, vis-iting the child Jesus. Pralinesells king cakes until the endof January, in the store or byspecial order. Last year, thebakery sold more than 200king cakes, Limb said.
King cakes have somekind of favor or “feve” hiddeninside,with a game to seewhogets the piecewith the feve. InFrance, the youngest personhides underneath the tableand assigns slices of cake atrandom, Limb said.
“You cut the cake, and
whoever finds the feve gets tobe the king [or] queen for theday,” she said.
Whoever gets the feve —in Praline’s cakes, a porcelainmacaron — wears a papercrown and hosts the nextparty.
Fresh Baguette, anotherFrench bakery in Bethesda,also sells king cakes in Janu-ary. The bakery has brioche-style cakes, available plainor with fruit, according to itsFacebook page.
In the Gulf Coast regionsettledbyFrench andFrench-Canadian immigrants, adifferent style of king cakereigns supreme. AGulf Coast-or New Orleans-style kingcake usually is shaped like aring and is eaten in the weeksleading up to Mardi Gras, orFat Tuesday, which falls onFeb. 17 this year.
These king cakes havelots of butter and sugar, andsometimes other sweet fill-ings like cream cheese, nutsor fruit. Mardi Gras is the lasthurrah before some Chris-tians give up rich foods dur-ing Lent, the time leading up
to Easter, so king cakes area way to use up some of thesweet and fattening ingredi-ents before Lent.
“It’s like regular cof-fee cake, with the icing onthe top,” said Carlos Arana,owner of Louisiana Kitchen &Bayou Bar in Bethesda.
The king cake LouisianaKitchen makes has plenty ofbutter and sugar and is icedwith the traditional MardiGras colors: green, purple andgold. The cake alsohas a smallplastic baby feve tohide in thecake, although sources differonwhy thebaby is traditional.
“It’s a tradition from NewOrleans,” Arana said. “It has ababy in the bottom, andwho-ever gets the baby is the per-son who hosts the next partyfor the next year.”
Louisiana Kitchen sellsking cakes the weekend be-foreMardi Gras and onMardiGras itself, though peoplemust preorder them, Aranasaid. The restaurant sellsmore than 100 per year, hesaid.
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O’Neill said she was encour-aged by Leggett’s decision,though she added there’s stilluncertainty about the schooldistrict’s budget for severalmoremonths.
“We’re really pleased withhis cooperation and his un-derstanding of our growingneeds and we look forwardto him working with us inAnnapolis to make sure it allhappens,” said O’Neill (Dist.3) of Bethesda.
Despite the large recom-mended change for schoolconstruction, Leggett has con-sistently voiced his commit-ment to thepush inAnnapolisfor greater funding commit-ment from the governor andthe General Assembly.
MontgomeryCountyPub-lic Schools has been growingby at least 2,000 students ev-
ery year. Senate delegationchairwoman Sen. Nancy J.King (D-Dist. 39) of Mont-gomery Village said that factalone should prove Mont-gomery County’s need formoremoney to build schools.
But state lawmakers facean uphill battle as a new Re-publican governor, LarryHogan, takes office this weekand the state works to close amore than $1 billion budgetshortfall.
Hogan is expected to an-nounce his budget on Jan. 22.
In addition to money tobuild and update schools,Leggett has recommended in-creasing funding for projectsat Montgomery College by$1.26million.
His recommendedchanges also accelerate $8.2million for repairing roads,moving it from later years ofthebudget to the comingyear,fiscal 2016. The money wouldexpedite work on 62.7 lane
miles of road.Leggett also has proposed
adding $8.54 million to thecapital plan to buy and pre-serve affordable housing infiscal 2016.
To support his recom-mended changes, Leggett’sproposal pulls funding fromprojects that, the county said,are progressing more slowly,including: the Silver SpringGreen Trail, Capital CrescentTrail, the Bethesda Metrosouthentrance,GlenmontfirestationNo. 18, the Avery RoadTreatment Center and theRoss Boddy NeighborhoodRecreation Center.
The Montgomery CountyCouncil will consider and ap-proveanychanges to the capi-tal improvements program.
Staff Writer Lindsay A.Powers contributed to thisreport.
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wouldno longerbe free, but cost$20 a night. Picnic rental feesalso would rise. A complete listof proposed changes is at park-planning.nps.gov/cocanalfees.
All income collected at na-tional parks, up to $500,000,remains in the park that collectsit, Brandt said. Above that, theykeep 80 percent and the restgoes to other parks. The C&Opark collects from $300,000 to$400,000 per year, he said, socurrently all fees stay within thepark.
Martin Kimmig of Potomacsaid he bikes and walks his dogson the canal towpath. He saidhe thought the change wouldbe OK.
People who use the parkshould pay for it, he said.
AmirElkassedof Fairfax, Va.,said he comes to the park oftento hike, especially along theBillyGoat Trail. He agrees with Kim-mig.
“I would still come,” he said.“I do understand the need forfunding.”
But Anthony Williams ofWashington, D.C., is against theproposal.
“I think we pay enough intaxes,” he said. “I’m opposed tocharging fees.”
Brandt said the park isfunded by the federal govern-ment.
“It used to be Congress pro-vided all the money, but theydon’t do that anymore,” he said.“Budget cutsmeans therehasn’tbeen themoney.”
There are four public meet-ings scheduled to discuss thefee increases, with one inMont-gomery County. That is from 7to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Glen EchoTownHall, 6106Harvard Ave.
Brandt said thepublicmeet-ings will be a time to discuss thechanges, but the official form tocomment is at parkplanning.nps.gov/cocanalfees throughFeb. 22.
“We encourage people toexpress their opinions via thewebsite,” he said.
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n Silver Spring man’s questwas for a true U.S. food
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFF WRITER
Somewhere toward the end of a 10-year stint of trying to track down criminalsthrough “America’s Most Wanted,” BillGlasser had something of an epiphany.
TheSilverSpringresidentwroteandpro-ducedsegments for the formerFoxtelevisionshow and was known as “The Crime Guru,”an on-air personality with Sirius XM Radio.
He noticed something missing in localconvenience stores, grocery stores, bars andrestaurants.
“Every culture has its version of pocketcomfort food but American culture,” saidGlasser, 51, who once was marketing direc-tor for news radio station WTOP-FM. “Theclosest thing we have is Hot Pockets. But Ithought that we can do better than that.”
Several years ago, he started researchinghow to make a better version, looking intopierogies, empanadas, pot pies and the like.His search took him to a Polish restaurantthatmadethemeatandpotatodumplings inthe Chicago area. The owner put him touchwith a mysterious character who wanted tobe called only “Nico the Greek.”
“His name alone should have tipped meoff,”Glassersaid, laughing.“Heturnedout tobe a total fabrication.”
He received a panic call from the ownerand Nico who told him the manufacturingfacility for the product they had discussedhad been “cleaned out,” the computers andequipment all gone.
“Apparently, she owed the bank a lot,and they took everything,” Glasser said.“Thatmademe leeryofwho Iworkwith.Butat least I didn’t lose any money.”
In honor of ‘true American heroes’Glasser has invested thousands of his
own savings into Herogies Holding Co. andeven sold a few pieces from his radio andtelevision memorabilia collection. He even-tually foundagovernment-approvedmanu-facturing facility for his product, which hecalls Herogies in honor of police, paramed-ics, teachers and other “true American he-roes.”
Its slogan is “The Greatest Thing You’llEver Stick in Your Mouth.”
The TV industry veteran decries whathe sees as the devaluing of American televi-sion, with too many reality-type Kardashianshowsandpawn-shopspinoffs. Jobcutsandindustrypressureshaveonepersonnowdo-ing the work that five once did as reporter,writer, producer, editor and even cameraoperator, and quality has suffered, he said.
“I want to use food as a vehicle to refo-cus on the true American heroes,” Glassersaid, adding that a portion of proceeds goes
to organizations that support police, servicemembers andotherfirst responders. “Iwantto not just give lip service, but show themhonor and respect.”
Fire Station 1 Restaurant and BrewingCo. in Silver Spring carries Herogies. Theproducts have sold well there, said AmyHurowitz, general manager assistant of therestaurant.
“Customers love them,” Hurowitz said.Glasser is working on getting them in
other places, including the Fillmore SilverSpring, as well as finding investors. Schoolscould be a big market, he said.
“We’re developing a baked version,” hesaid. “We spent a few years formulating thedoughanddevelopingthe friedproduct.Thebaked product is easier to produce, but wehave the fried product now in storage.”
Thedough is a top-quality versioncloserto a French pastry, Glasser said. He hasworkedwithchefs fromWholeFoodsMarket
and other high-grade chefs.“It’s a hybrid dough, which has to be
produced on specialized equipment,” saidGlasser. “I wanted to create a dough thatwould result in a light, crisp and very com-plex taste experience. Because my producthassuchamoist, richdough, Ineededtofindspecialized equipment that could produce auniform product. I searched through manymanufacturing facilities before I found onethat could do it.”
He has different versions being devel-oped, such as a gourmet cheeseburger, buf-falo chicken, spinach and feta cheese andeven strawberry cheesecake.
Reviews for Herogies have been “over-whelmingly positive,” he said.
“People even eat the crust,” Glassernoted. “I think this can be a true Americanfood.”
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”I think this can be a true American food.” says Bill Glasser of Silver Spring with his Herogies.
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Firm seeks volunteersfor Ebola vaccine study
Optimal Research of Rock-ville is launching a phase 1 clini-cal trial of a preventive Ebolavaccine this month, led by Dr.Stephan A. Bart Sr., the compa-ny’s president and chief medicalofficer.
The company expects toadminister the candidate to thefirst volunteers this month.
Recruitment of 92 volun-teers for the study is underwayand will continue through Feb-ruary, according to a news re-lease. Healthy adults interestedin volunteering cancall 301-309-8610.
“This study could providea significant breakthrough forthe prevention of Ebola infec-tion globally,” Bart said in therelease.
The study is designed toevaluate the safety and toler-ability of the vaccine regimen,in which patients will receivea primary dose, then a boosterdose to enhance the immuneresponse.
Volunteers will receive ei-ther different regimens or a pla-cebo. More clinical studies havebegun in the U.K., with othersplanned in Africa. Details of thestudy are at clinicaltrials.gov.,under NCT02325050.
Construction consultantslease in Rockville
CRB of Kansas City, Mo., hasleaseda4,187-square-foot officespace at 9210 Corporate Blvd., a123,133-square-foot building inRockville.
The company provides en-gineers, architects, builders andconsultants with a focus on thelife science industry.
CRB has more than 700 em-ployees in 13 offices around theU.S., according to Scheer Part-ners of Rockville, which negoti-ated the lease.
ROC-Space plansopen house ThursdayROC-Space will hold an
open house from 4 to 7 p.m.Thursday at 9119 Gaither Road,
Gaithersburg.The new company will offer
tours of its facility with labs, of-fices and bioscience manufac-turing facilities.
ROC-Space’s goal is to pro-mote interactions involvingresearch, biomedical educa-tion, product development, bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing,clinical investigation, patientadvocacy and commercializa-tion startup, according to anewsrelease. Initially, it has launcheda subsidiary, ROC-SpaceBioMfg, to provide biopharma-ceutical manufacturing, includ-ing nanoparticle and other newtechnologies.
For more information, con-tactRogerEricksonat [email protected].
Prison nonprofit honorsPotomac lawyer
The National Coalition ofCommunity-BasedCorrectionaland Community Re-Entry Ser-vice Organizations, a nationalnetwork of prison nonprofits,presented an annual volun-teerism award to lawyer KimReed of Potomac.
Reed, an external pro bonolawyer for the organization, washonored for helping it win non-profit status from the InternalRevenue Service and for sup-porting its communications andfundraising efforts, amongotheractivities, according to a newsrelease from the Renton, Wash.,group.
Novavax promotesexecutive director to VP
Novavax of Gaithersburgpromoted Jill Hoyt to vice presi-dent, human resources and ad-ministration.
Hoyt joined the vaccinedeveloper in 2008 as executivedirector, human resources andadministration. Previously, sheworked for 3e Technologies In-ternational, ChoicePoint andTRW.
She holds a bachelor’s inbusiness administration fromShepherd University and amaster’s in human resourcemanagement from MarymountUniversity.
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Notice is hereby given that applicationhas been made by:
David Pham
for a Beer & Light Wine License,Special Salon, On Sale Only, for thepremises known as DX Organic Nails& Spa, which premises are located at:
7811 Old Georgetown RoadBethesda, Maryland 20814
A hearing on the application will be heldin the Montgomery County GovernmentRockville Library, First Floor MeetingRoom, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville,Maryland 20850, on:
Thursday: January 22, 2015At: 9:00 a.m.
Any person desiring to be heard on saidapplication should appear at the timeand place fixed for said hearing.
BY: Kathie DurbinDivision ChiefBoard of License Commissionersfor Montgomery County, Maryland
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NOTICENotice is hereby given that applicationhas been made by:
Ype Von HengstRobert Thomas Giaimo
on behalf of Silver Bethesda, LLC, for aBeer, Wine & Liquor License, Class B,H/R, On Sale Only, for the premisesknown as Silver, which premises arelocated at:
7150 Woodmont AvenueBethesda, Maryland 20814
A hearing on the application will be heldin the Montgomery County GovernmentRockville Library, First Floor MeetingRoom, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville,Maryland 20850, on:
Thursday: January 22, 2015At: 10:30 a.m.
Any person desiring to be heard on saidapplication should appear at the timeand place fixed for said hearing.
BY: Kathie DurbinDivision ChiefBoard of License Commissionersfor Montgomery County, Maryland
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TheGazette has always been open about itsmission, whichis rather simple: Cover our community as best as we can—allof it and everyone.
We reinforce this notion in light of peculiar reactionswereceived to a Jan. 14 story about a celebration at theMuslimCommunity School in Potomac.
Reporter PeggyMcEwan and photographer GregDohlercaptured thewords and images of students celebrating thebirth of the ProphetMuhammad.
“It really is a birthday party,” one seventh-grader said amidthe fun.
Photos showed three young girls singing during the cel-ebration and a young boy playing a carnival game.
As pleasant as thismight seem, nothingis immune from controversy; we receivedthree angry emails about our coverage.
One person, anonymously, accused usof “appeasement” and “pandering” towardMuslims “when in fact probably amajor-ity of your readers feel quite differently.”This anonymous personwonderedwhywedidn’t write instead about French people
inMontgomery County copingwith the Jan. 7 terrorist attackat the Charlie Hebdo satiremagazine in Paris, inwhich 12peoplewere killed.
Another writer askedwhyMuslim children are allowed tocelebrate the birth of the ProphetMuhammadwhile Christianchildren inMontgomery County Public Schools can’t celebratethe birth of Jesus Christ. He added that a “Sharia no-go zonewill be coming to a neighborhood near you.” The “no-go zone”reference is similar to one FoxNews has aired—alleging zonesin Europewhere non-Muslims can’t go—but retracted be-cause it waswrong.
The thirdwriter also called for coverage of “surroundingworld events that seemdriven by this religion.” He questionedif the story and photoswere “really yourwork or just a place-ment by a public relations firm.”
We’re alwayswilling to answer questions about coverageand dispelmyths.
TheGazette covers people, places and events ofMontgom-ery County. As a newsroomand as people, wewere outragedby the brutal slayings in Parismeant to silence expression, asentimentwe expressed last week in an editorial.
But the Charlie Hebdomassacrewas not a local story forour paper.
The idea that a terrorist attack in one part of theworldexcludes the possibility of coverage ofMuslim activities andevents anywhere else is absurd.
As for religious celebrations, that question is easy.MuslimCommunity School is private.Montgomery County PublicSchools is public and, as a government entity, tries not to over-step a constitutionally required separation of church and state.
As an aside, we have covered other religious celebrations,including Christian ones, at other private schools.
Finally, public relations companies do not place stories inour news pages.
Anyonewho has lived inMontgomery County for at least ashort time understands that the area has a richmix of cultures,ethnicities and religions. They’re all part of our community; wecover asmuch of themaswe can.
As a newspaper, we use amagnifying glass to examine thecommunity and provide amirror for society to see itself.
We don’t let biases or preferences interfere with thatmis-sion.
We end herewith kind, appreciativewords of anotherreader reacting to that same story: “In aworldwhere our reli-gion is hijacked from the innocent children you portrayed bythosewith extreme and erroneous views, it was such a breathof fresh air to see a positive image of Islam in themedia fora change. By featuring this article, you educated the generalpublic about a holiday theymay never knew existed, and alsoillustrated [to theMuslimpopulation] the beauty and impor-tance of fostering love and happymemories associatedwiththe religion and the prophet from a child’s youth.”
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Winter is upon us — and with it thefrustrations of snowplowing and shoveling.This is to suggest that we could improvethe results of plowing the snow on arterialroads if we set the plow blades so that snowwas plowed to the left (i.e., the center ofthe road). A detailed discussion of why thismakes sense, as well as the limitations ofthe proposal, is available at www.webmas-tersays.org, in the “My Take” section, asMyTake #7.
Mark R. Adelman, Kensington
Newway of thinkingabout plowing
It is sad that a community would rejectschool childrenbecause residents perceive theymight disrupt their neighborhood.
As a former longtime teacher atMarkTwain(I cannot call it Blair Ewing), I would oppose thefacility change for a different reason. The pres-ent site is, in my opinion and experience, themost well thought out school building I haveyet to see. Dr. Bill Porter, the original principal,designed thebuildingespeciallyaroundhispro-gramforchildrenwhoneededextrasupports foracademicsuccessandsocialemotionalstrength.
The main office area on the entry floor hasspace for a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a socialworker, andspeech therapists.Thecafeteriaandthree dining rooms share the entry floor.
Themain floor is divided into three distinctadministrative areas. In the beginning, thesehoused lower,middle, andupper schools.
Classrooms are paired, with each pair shar-ingaprivate restroom.BillPorter saidhewanted
to allow students somepersonal dignity.Also on the main floor, but away from the
regular classrooms, is a gymnasium, apool, andthe arts barn, which includes the music room,drama lab with stage, art studio, FACS lab, andindustrial arts shop.
There are additional conference/officespaces on the second floor, and a large, invitingmedia center, which opens into the main hall-way.
As for the safety issue, students areprovidedschool bus transportation. Those who want tousepublic transportationneedonlywalka shortdistance to the bus stop at the corner of AveryandNorbeck.
Repairing the present facility makes moresense than relocating students to anotherschool, particularly when the community hasalready proclaimed themunwelcome.
Judy Di Salvo Stenger, Rockville
Rehabbing current alternativeeducation buildingmakes sense
I couldn’t agree more withCounty Council President Craig.L Rice’s bill to align the coun-ty’s schedule for increasing theminimum wage with the state’sdate of implementation. It onlymakes sense to have both corre-spond to the same date.
What Idon’t agreewith is theincrease itself. The artificial raisecomes without those affectedgoing to school to increase theirvalue to an employer or due tomerit.
The increasewillnothelp thepeople it is meant to help, as allemployers affected will have tohave to cut back on the numberof employees they already haveor raise their prices. When theyraise theirprices, thepeoplewhoare supposed to benefit will seeincreased prices for goods theybuy, so they will have no morebuying power than they do now.
The people that get hurt themost, however, are those whose
wages are above the proposedminimum (through the gov-ernment-mandated 15 percentraises theminimumwageearnerwill get in each of the next threeyears), who will have their buy-ing power reduced. What is leftof themiddle class will have thissamereductionofbuyingpower.
This is not exactly an eco-nomic stimulus. In fact, it is theopposite.
Certainly, in this economy,or in any economy, none of uscan expect to get an almost 50percent raise in the next threeyears.
The real oxymoron of this isfound in the story “Councilmanplans rent stabilization legisla-tion.” With the 50 percent wageincrease in effect in three years,how could anyone expect devel-opers affected by these raises tostabilize their rents?
Lee Trunnell, Clarksburg
Minimum-wage increase willlead to reduced buying power
Muslim children in the Muslim Com-munity School in Potomac are encouragedand allowed to celebrate the birth of theprophet Muhammad (“Potomac schoolmarks day with lecture and carnival,” Jan.14).
Where in the Montgomery Countyschool system are Christian children al-lowed to celebrate the birth of Jesus andhave the gall to call it Christmas? We knowthe answer to that.
Beware! Next, a Sharia no-go zone willbe coming to a neighborhood near you.
Roland Ferguson, Olney
Christian studentsdon’t get what
Muslim studentswere allowed
The taxi system in Mont-gomery County doesn’t work;it has failed residents and con-sumers with high prices andlow wages, and needs to bechanged. I’ve beena cabdriverfor 16 years and seen firsthandthe failures of letting big cor-porations like Barwood forcedrivers into povertywhile forc-ing neighbors into longer waittimes.
Montgomery County isa vibrant, dynamic area. Ourbusinesses are on the cuttingedge, and our residents areleaders in nearly every sector.Yet when it comes to our taxisystem, we remain antiquatedand far behind.
Every day, I see driversleave the taxi industry. They’vespent years providing ridesto the elderly for doctors’ ap-pointments, or taking partin the county’s transporta-tion program for the disabled.They’re hard working andfight to achieve the AmericanDream.
Unfortunately, our currentsystem has failed them andpeople they depend on.Mont-gomery County’s largest taxicompany, Barwood, chargesdrivers over $20,000per year tolease a taxicab. That includes
as much as $7,900 for liabil-ity insurance and $5,500 for adispatch system that doesn’twork for drivers or consumers.Inaddition,drivers forSunCaband Action Taxi are charged apercentage for every MetroAc-cess ride,WMATA’s subsidizedservice.
These charges meansome drivers must pay nearly$35,000 for the right to do theirjob. Theseunfair andexcessivefees,andothercharges, suchasthe near 8 percent charge Bar-wood takes for a customer us-ingacredit card, causesdriversto struggle to make minimumwage.
For every professionaldriver who leaves this brokensystem, customers are left withuntested, unproven driverswith apps such as Uber andLyft, leading to a poorer, morefrustrating experience.
Residents and cab driversdeserve better. When driv-ers are released of the burdenof high fees, they might passdown costs to consumers andraise the level of service forthosewho rely on it.
As consumer needs anddemands change, Montgom-ery County taxi drivers under-stand that the system must
change. That’s why the Mont-gomery County ProfessionalDrivers Union has proposed aPassengerBillofRights forcon-sumers.
This simple, common-sense legislationwouldchangeour dispatch system to amod-ern app-based one that con-sumers and drivers prefer. Itwouldgiveconsumers therightto be served by drivers not be-holden to Barwood’s high fees,andwould lead to lower pricesandmore efficient service.
Finally, itwouldmeancon-sumers would get drivers whohave basic workplace protec-tions frombigcorporations likeBarwoodandUber.
By calling or emailing yourCounty Council member andstanding up for the PassengerBill of Rights, you can bring usone step closer to a taxi systemthat works. When drivers winthrough lower fees and higherpay, consumerswinwith lowercosts and better service. It’s avictory we can earn together,and one our community des-perately needs.
Peter Ibik, LaurelThe writer is president of
the Montgomery County Pro-fessional Drivers Union.
Taxi drivers suffer under burdensome fees
As a toxicologist, I’malarmed at the minimally reg-ulated process of hydraulicfracking is spreading acrossthe country. Now that Gov.O’Malley has given the go-ahead for this dangerous pro-cedure in Garrett and Alleganycounties (and, implicitly, for theexport of liquefiednatural gas atCove Point), fracking may soonbecome a reality inMaryland.
Initial investigations of thefracking process in other statesare fragmentary, but stronglysuggest that the risks outweighthe benefits.
Fracking fluid is forced intowell holes to fracture underly-ing rocks (primarily shale) andmake gas deposits more acces-sible. Although the fluid is typi-cally around 99 percent brine,drillers also use proppants suchas sand and, in some cases,diesel fuels, to accelerate ex-traction. Workers are exposedto silica dust (from the sand),known to cause silicosis andlung cancer.
The process also releaseshighly toxic hydrogen sulfideand carcinogens such as ben-zene and certain hydrocarbons.
Furthermore, limited moni-toring studies of fracking siteshave shown over 1,000 surfacecontaminants. These contami-nants are often the byproductof faulty well construction, un-expected percolation throughsubsurface fissures and cracks,or illegal dumping. Whereasmanyof these chemicals are nottoxic, others are known cancer-causing agents, or produce del-eterious effects to the geneticworkings of cells.
Of particular concern tothe surrounding communityare respiratory issues (particu-larly for those with diseaseslike asthma), neurological dis-orders, and impaired develop-ment of newborns. In additionto soil levels, some of these con-taminants have been measuredin groundwater aquifers and/orremain airborne several milesfrom the drilling site.
The fracking process alsoreleases large amounts ofmeth-ane, a greenhouse gas consider-ably more potent than carbondioxide. Industry claims thatnatural gas emissions frompower generation are less cli-mate-disruptive than those ofcoal are pure propaganda.
EPA’s regulatory history onClass II wells (those used forfracking operations) is check-ered at best. Regulatory author-ity is split between federal andstate agencies, so that monitor-ing and enforcement practicesare greatly divergent betweenstates. The instructions on fed-eral EPA’s reporting form areoften ambiguous and subject tobroad interpretation. Many ofthe details regarding spills andleaks are sketchy, or simply notreported at all.
To its credit, the EPA is nowdeveloping a database to helpameliorate the shortcomingsof its paper form. In addition,some of the more responsibledrillers are investing in technol-ogies to enhance the structuralintegrity of their wells.
Overall, however, there’sstill too much of a Wild Westmentality in the rush for prof-its. The supralinear nation-wide increase in drilling sitesis revealing more and greaterproblems that have barely beenaddressed.
I strongly urge incomingGov. Hogan to follow Gov. Cuo-mo’s lead and reconsider thisdangerous practice.
Charles Shore, Gaithersburg
Marylandshould standfirm againstfracking
The Democrats and left-wing liberals inMaryland have now decided “never mind thelaw” and are issuing driver’s licenses to illegalimmigrants.
Of course, this faulty far-left-wing progres-sive policy by the left-wing liberal Democratsand socialists has been a practice in Marylandand Montgomery County for some time now.Not only do illegal immigrants obtain driver’slicenses here that they have not earned anddo not deserve, but they also go to their vot-ing polls and illegally vote and get away with itbecause voters cannot be requested to identifythemselveswith a valid photo ID. All this is sup-ported by the Maryland progressive left-wingDemocrats and socialists and never mind whatthe law says.
As a former election board judge for 12years, I can attest to this and that is the reasonI chose no longer to work as an election boardjudge.We can hope now that we have elected aRepublicangovernor, LarryHogan, someof thislawlessnesswill be stopped and turned around.
As a legal resident of Montgomery County,Maryland, and taxpayer, I get sick and tired see-ing taxpayer money wasted and squanderedon these Hispanic illegal aliens from Mexicoand Central America, who invaded our stateof Maryland and who live and sponge off ourhard-earned taxpayer money. Illegal Hispanicimmigrants need to be deported and not givenall kinds of privileges that they have not earnedand do not deserve.
Al Eisner, Silver Spring
State shouldstop giving
illegal immigrantsdriver’s licenses
LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
Regarding the Dec. 31 story onOld Georgetown Road not beingwidened, it is interesting to notetwo things:1. Developers in the White Flint
sector of North Bethesda have con-tended their projects will be pe-destrian friendly, but they don’tmention anything about reducingvehicular traffic.2. Accepting the definition of a
vehicle as “a thing used for trans-portingpeopleor goods,”howcomebike riders do not fall into that cat-egory? They may be small, but theyuse roadways— but are not subjectto the rules of traffic.And, although they use the
roadways, they do not have to takea driving test. For example, howmany bike riders signal turns? Forthat matter, howmany auto driverssignal turns?There is a time and place for pe-
destrians and“vehicles” to share theroadway, butweneed just one set ofrules for everyone.Since this area is supposed to
mirror the Bethesda Row area, ithad to build more parking garages.Is that what North Bethesda canlook forward to?
David H. Brown,North Bethesda/
Boynton Beach, Fla.
Rules of road should apply to all
“Old Georgetown Road won’tbe widened after all” in the Dec.31, 2014, Gazette is a positive forthe community.A Brookings Institute study of
the Washington, D.C., Metro Areafound that real estate values in-crease as neighborhoods becomemore walkable. According to their“5 Step Walkability Ladder,” eachstep up the ladder adds $82 persquare foot to homevalues.As the principal of The Ro-
zansky Group of Long & Foster, aresidential real estate sales firm,with deep roots in our area, I haveseen this trend grow successfully.It’s clear that more foot traffic ina neighborhhood brings a greaterdemand to live there. In a study of94,000 transactions in 15markets,a Realtor.com study showed thata 1-point increase in a walkabilityscore was associated with an av-erage increase of anywhere from$700 to $3,000 inhomevalues.Agreat exampleof this trend is
thePike&Roseproject inRockville
that is going through a transitionfrom an auto-centric commu-nity to a town center/walkableenvironment. This 24-acre de-velopment is ¾ mile from WhiteFlint Mall, with a projected 1,500residential units (mixof rental andsaleproperties) tocome.Thecom-munity will feature a mix of bikeand pedestrian thoroughfares,“vegetated” rooftops, and smallparks surrounding buildings. Itis seven miles from downtownWashington,D.C.When it is finished, many
neighborhoods surrounding itwilllikely see home values increaseand lifestyles impacted in a posi-tive way by safe new walkways todining, shopping, offices and theMetro. This is a positive lifestyleimpact and a likelihood of in-creased home values for this andother neighborhoods looking tomake their communities a walk-able community.
Brad Rozansky, Bethesda
Walking opportunitiesadd value to a community
WRITE TO USThe Gazette welcomes letters on subjects of local interest.No anonymous letters are printed. Letters are printed as space permits.Include your name, address and daytime telephone number.Send submissions to: The Gazette, attention Commentary Editor,9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877; fax to 301-670-7183;or email to [email protected].
Inhis letter promoting thePurple Line (“Transitfundinghelps limit sprawl, keep state vibrant,”Dec.31),EthanGoffmancalls the$2.5billionIntercountyConnector “underperforming.” A lot of us writingour tax checks these weeks think a $2.45 billionPurple Line to connect Bethesda to New Carroltonwouldbeunderperforming.If we and our kids can and have used bikes and
buses and Metro to get to school or work, and wepayourway,wedon’tneedsomeunrealisticdream-ersspendingourtaxmoneyonmorebigbridgesandtunnels and trains.It’s high time the transportation administration
includemaintenance inplanningprojects, andstarteducating and training young people in tree trim-ming for the sakeof continuedelectricity service (allwe have now ismiddle-agedmen doing this work),and incorporating ideas fromcitizens on localmat-ters (sham listeningmeetings with no response arediscouraging).If the Purple Line is a good idea, whywasn’t the
transportation administration open with its rid-ership estimates? And why are amphipods beingbrought into thediscussion?This is our tax money. Let’s hope Larry Hogan
will bemore carefulwith it.
Pat Broderick, Bethesda
Unrealistic dreamersare pushing the
Purple Line project
MICHAEL MADDEN/SUBMITTED
A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metromap illustrates where the Purple Line will run once itis built. According to the Maryland Transit Administra-tion, 322 properties will face potential displacement orimpact in order to produce the right-of-way needed tobuild the proposed 18-mile rail line from Bethesda toNew Carrollton.
I write in rebuttal to KatharineRogers’ letter (“No one should beforced to keep living,” Dec. 31) re-sponding to mine of Dec. 17 con-cerning “assisted suicide.”WhileMs.Rogers’ letter confuses
palliative care with assisted suicide,the two are vastly different. The for-mer eases the suffering of someonewith a terminal illness who has de-cided to reject extraordinarymedicaltreatment, but— this is key—not totake their own life. The latter is a de-cisiontoaffirmatively takeone’sownlife (despite innocuous-soundingterms advocates use to cloak it, suchas “aid in dying,” “endof life choice”or “death with dignity”). This dis-tinction must be maintained in dis-cussing the subject, lest our supportfor those who reject extraordinarymedical treatment be hijacked insupport of assisted suicide.
Arguing for the sanctity of lifeis an effort to explain a position onan important issue and not, as Ms.Rogers suggests, an effort to imposereligious or moral convictions onothers. If we are to be barred frompublicly advocating for positionswhich spring fromreligiousormoralconvictions, abolitionists couldnever have campaigned againstslavery nor Dr. Martin Luther Kingfor civil rights, and those adhering tothe Ten Commandments’ prohibi-tionof theft couldneveradvocate forcriminalization of robbery. Indeed,such a view would silence Ms. Rog-ers, as her advocacy couldbe viewedasanattempt to imposehermoralityon others.Assisted suicide is a choice for
death, based on the judgment thatthe individual’s life has no value.In arguing that this choice must be
legitimatized, Ms. Rogers ignoresthe protective role the sanctity-of-life principle plays. This principle,however, shields an individual’s lifeagainst their own impaired judg-ment when, as is often the case, thatjudgment is impaired and againstthe judgment of others — family orfriends — who, for their own mis-takenormalign reasons,donotwishthe individual’s life to continue. Toperform these functions effectively,theprinciple cannotallow forexcep-tions— even under the “siren song”of choice.It also shields the individual
against societal judgment— such asthose represented by Nazi euthana-sia programs — that the individualfalls in a category of incapacitatedpersons whose lives society hasjudged deserve no protection. Ms.Rogers argues that assisted suicide’s
supposed voluntary nature distin-guishes it fromNazi euthanasia pro-grams. Yet, as is so often true wherethe individual’s rights conflict withsociety, it is only strict adherenceto principle that prevents what itinitially billed as a positive choicefrom devolving to a reprehensiblemandate. Any doubts on this canbe removed by searching “Nazi eu-thanasia programs” on the UnitedStates Holocaust Museum websiteandaskingwhether theywouldhaveoccurred had there been strict ad-herence to the sanctity-of-life prin-ciple.Defenseof thesanctityofhuman
life may not always be comfortableoreasyandmayconflictwithchoice,but it is vital ifweare to remainaciv-ilized society.
Paul Schilling, Bethesda
Defense of the sanctity of life must be consistent
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n Award-winning writerpens novel on love
The question “Who wrotethe book of love?” has beenposed in song repeatedly sinceThe Monotones released thepop single in 1958.
Earlier this month, thedefinitive answer to that querymaterialized. “The Book ofLove” was published andthe author identified. Roger
Rosenblatt,74-year-oldDistin-guishedProfessor ofEnglish andWriting atStony BrookUniversityand NewYork Times
best-selling author with a mul-titude of impressive credentials,wrote the book. And he did sowhile living in Bethesda. In fact,the native New Yorker who hassince returned to live in theEmpire State, wrote his last fivebooks during his seven years inMontgomery County.
The new book, subtitled“Improvisations on a CrazyLittle Thing,” is a celebrationof and meditation on variousaspects of love — among them,romance and passion, love offamily and friends, country,work, writing, art and nature.His poetic language and thelines he references from well-known love songs bring to mindPete Hamill’s comment about aprevious novel in the New YorkTimes Book Review: “Rosen-blatt writes the way a great jazz
musician plays, moving fromone emotion to another playingsome with a dose of irony, oth-ers with joy, and a few with painand melancholy...”
Rosenblatt acknowledgedperpetuating the style of hisprevious four books. “It hasbecome very comfortable “[towrite] section after section withno demarcation.” The format,he pointed out, “simulates apoetry collection, this bookmore closely than the others.”Rosenblatt started out wantingto be a poet, but didn’t have“the patience to see if I hadthe stamina or the talent. Butthe rhythms of poetry stayedwith me; it’s the way my mindworks.” He likened the processto his piano playing. “I write abook by ear, too. It starts withthe thought of a song, the lyr-ics play a part, and it builds up,and covers the subject.”
The book is “dedicated tothe one I love,”
That would be Ginny, hiswife of 52 years. The couple metin high school, Friends Semi-nary, a small Quaker school inManhattan, dated on and offuntil they married in their early20s. “The story I have to tell isof you,” he wrote. “Of others,too. Other people, other things.But mainly of you. It begins andends with you. It always comesback to you.”
The author does not claimto be an authority on whatmakes a successful marriage.“I wouldn’t presume to offer a
Seven years in Bethesdayields five booksfor eminent professor
n Dickens’ final novelcomes to life on stage in
Silver Spring
BY MORGAN FECTO
SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
A man with a wooden leg,a real life father-daughter duo,and several dolls from a ValueVillage thrift store will meet inLumina Studio Theatre’s pro-duction of Charles Dickens’ fi-nal novel “Our Mutual Friend.”
“It’s a fabulous look at Vic-torian life, with the rogues andrascals and people who dragbodies out of the river for aliving,” said co-director JohnO’Connor.
Not only does O’Connorco-direct the play with his wifeKelly Newman O’Connor, buthe wrote the stage adaptationfor the novel, and will act in theshow as Rogue Riderhood, anopportunistic villain.
Although Dickens’ workscan be “quite gloomy,” accord-ing to O’Connor, “Our MutualFriend” appealed to him withits hopefulness, its humor andits wild characters.
“David [Minton] plays SilasWegg, a wonderful guy with awooden leg who sells his leg to aman called Mr. Venus who is an‘articulator of bones’ and makesskeletons out of old bones,”O’Connor said. “They are a veryfunny paring.”
In “Our Mutual Friend,”several rungs of society col-lide after a tycoon dies and hisfortune passes to his illiterate
and kind-hearted employeesthe Boffins. As do the Boffins,a crippled dolls’ dressmakernamed Jenny Wren personifieshuman kindness in the story.
“Dickens really takes apartthe barrier of classes, which is abold thing to do in 19th century.It says, if you crave money, it’sgoing to undo you,” O’Connorsaid. “It’s a very optimistic andhuman book.”
Wren’s narration will im-
merse the audience in the Dick-ensian universe and will guidethem through O’Connor’sabridged version of the story,O’Connor said. Dolls from thethrift store hand-painted andoutfitted to resemble the castwill adorn the stage and aidWren’s narration.
“We’ll put them in the boxesso that we’ll perform betweenthem like a tennis match,” saidO’Connor. “It’s partly cute andpartly creepy.”
Honoring the novel’s origi-nal narratives and historicalcontext while re-working it forthe stage challenged O’Connor.
“I felt a duty to maintain thespirit of the book,” O’Connor
said. “To change events wouldbe wrong, apart from makingJenny Wren the narrator. Thereare two parallel plots with thisstory and lots of little plot lines.You have to be quite savagewith cutting those to make thestory easier to follow.”
However, O’Connor’s cast,crew and co-director made“Our Mutual Friend” an en-joyable trial. With directing,O’Connor directed rehearsals ina broader sense while NewmanO’Connor “added the jewelry.”
“Kelly is fanatical about get-tingeverythingright,”O’Connorsaid. “I say, ‘that’s fine,’ about acostume and she says, ‘No, no.
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Dre Weeks, David Minton, and Kelly Newman O’Connor star in Lumina Studio’s production of “Our Mutual Friend.”
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tuned the actors’ movements,and acted as costume-designer,Jenny Wren, and the play’s dia-lect coach.
“Kelly’s American and I’m aBrit, and everyone’s doing Brit-ish accents but she’s the dialectcoach, not me,” O’Connor said,laughing.
For O’Connor, directingthe actual father-daughter pairplayingMr. Wilfer and daughterBellaWilfer was a joy.
“I don’t think this happensvery often,”O’Connor said. “I’veknown them both for a longtime and it was quite clear even
from the first rehearsal that youcan build on all the natural lovethat’s between themalready. It’sa huge bonus and quite emo-tional.”
With “Our Mutual Friend,”setting the scene was especially
hard, but O’Connor said thesoundand lightingwill transportthe audience to the banks of theThames.
“Ron Murphy has createdthe most brilliant soundscape,”O’Connor said. “The sound ofa dog barking or an old steamtrain going by gives the play itslovely, subtle background, andlets you know exactly where youare.”
“Our Mutual Friend” packsenough malcontent to engageaudiences, but is chiefly a storyabout mankind’s charitable na-ture and finding happiness inunlikely ways.
“It’s a comedy. It’s a ro-mance. It’s a mystery with thequestions of ‘who’s our mutualfriend?’ and that sort of thing.”O’Connor said.
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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 2126
Industrial Highway, Silver Spring,301-326-1181, hollywoodball-roomdc.com.
Scottish Country Dancing, 8to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps andformations taught. No experience,partner necessary, T-39 BuildingonNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenueand SouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.
Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays,8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, GlenEchoPark’s SpanishBallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.
Contra, Jan. 23, AnnFallon callsto AP&Banty Roosterswith AndyPorter onfiddle,Mark Lynch onmandolin and tenor banjo, JoeLangley on guitar andArtie Abramsonbass andfiddle, fridaynight-dance.org, Glen EchoPark SpanishBallroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, friday-nightdance.org.
English Country, Jan. 21,MelissaRunning caller, 8 p.m., Glen EchoTownHall (upstairs), fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, Feb. 14, RedDress Ball with the Eric FeltenJazzOrchestra, $18, $12, 17 andyounger. Glen EchoPark SpanishBallroom, flyingfeet.org.
Waltz, Feb. 1, Trio ConBriowithPaulOorts (mandolin), Elke Baker(violin), Jonathan Jensen (piano);waltztimedances.org.
Social Dancing, “Getting ToKnowYou Singles,” Jan. 23, Over40 singles dance; freeHustle lessonfrom7p.m. to 8 p.m.Dance from8p.m. untilmidnight. Knights ofColumbus, 9701 Rosensteel Ave.,Silver Spring. $15. [email protected]; 240-620-5564.
Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class,groupmeets onTuesday’s until lateMay at RidgeviewMiddle School.Beginning class starts at 7 p.m.,followedby the experienced classat 8:05 p.m. The cost is $50. Ceiliand set dances are performed, andnopartner is required for the les-sons. For information, email Jeanat [email protected] visitringofkerrydancers.org. Dancersmust be at least 8 years old to se-nior. Anyone younger than 16mustbe accompanied by an adult.
MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper
Club, Darrian Ford in theCookeBook, Jan. 21; Be’laDona, Jan. 23;Bio Ritmo, Jan. 25; Dr. Ralph Stan-ley and Friends, Jan. 30; ADreamDiscs TripleHeader, Jan. 31; call forprices, times, 7719Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-
abluesjazz.com.BlackRock Center for the Arts,
Victoria Vox andUnified JazzEnsemble, Jan. 24; 12901 TownCommonsDrive, Germantown.301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.
Fillmore Silver Spring,MarilynManson, Jan. 21, Visto, Jan. 23; AnEveningwith Several Species, Jan.24; School of Rock, Jan. 25;Mo-tionCity Soundtrack, Jan. 26; LessThan Jake andReel Big Fish, Jan.28; Black Alley, Jan. 30; ShyGlizzy,Jan. 31; 8656Colesville Road, SilverSpring. fillmoresilverspring.com.
Strathmore, Jennifer Koh, vio-lin, Jan. 22; BSO: AnEveningwithJasonAlexander, Jan. 22; BudapestFestival Orchestra, Jan. 23; NationalPhilharmoic: Bach’s Brandenburgs,Jan. 24; National Philharmonic:Bach’s Brandenburgs, Jan. 25; AIR:invoke, Jan. 28; VadimNeseloyskyi;Jan. 29; Ladysmith BlackMam-bazo, Jan. 30; BSO:Mahler’s 3rdSymphony, Jan. 31; call for venue,times. Locations:Mansion, 10701Rockville Pike, North Bethesda;Music Center at Strathmore, 5301TuckermanLane,North Bethesda,301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGEArts Barn, “The 39 Steps,”
through Jan. 25, Sandy SpringTheatreGroup, $20, $12 for 14 andyounger, 311Kent Square Road,301-258-6394
Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Pe-tite Rouge—ACajunRedRidingHood,” Jan. 30 throughMarch 8,call for prices, times, AdventureTheatreMTC, 7300MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270,adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “Wiley andtheHairyMan,” Feb. 11 throughMarch 15, call for prices, times,Imagination Stage, 4908 AuburnAve., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.
Highwood Theatre, “OtherDes-ert Cities,” Feb. 6 through 15, 914Silver Spring Ave., thehighwood-theatre.org, 301-587-0697.
Olney Theatre Center, “God-spell,” Feb. 4 throughMarch 1, callfor prices, times, 2001Olney-SandySpring Road,Olney, 301-924-3400,olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “Circus!,”through Feb. 15; Tiny Tots@ 10,selectWednesdays, Saturdays andSundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, GlenEchoPark’sNorth ArcadeBuilding,7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.
Rockville Musical Theatre,Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville, 240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.
Round House Theatre, “Rap-ture, Blister, Burn,” Jan. 28 throughFeb. 22, call for show times, 4545East-WestHighway, Bethesda.Tickets range in price from$10 to$45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.
Lumina Studio Theatre, “OurMutual Friend,” Jan. 23 through31. Silver Spring Black Box Theatre,8641Colesville Road, Silver Spring,301-588-8277, luminastudio.org;[email protected].
Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’sShadow,” through Jan. 31,Wood-
moor ShoppingCenter, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.
Randolph Road Theater, 4010RandolphRoad, Silver Spring, bel-cantanti.com, 240-230-7372.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “Your
Memories, Your Sentiments, YourWishes, Your Secrets,” JimCon-dron andKristen Liu, through Feb.28, 3766HowardAve., Kensington,301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com
Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 Pho-tographyGroup exhibit, “RichlyBlack andWhite,” featuring JareeDonnelly, CraigHiggins, TimothyLynch, andMargeWasson. Rock-ville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmon-stonDrive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries,MarchAvery, through Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to7 p.m.Monday through Saturday,noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022Wis-consin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association,Terry Pellmar, through Feb. 1,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 Vi-ersMill Road,Wheaton,montgom-eryart.org.
VisArts, Suspension, Jan. 22throughMarch 1;NancyDaly, Jan.23 through Feb. 22; LainiNemett,Jan. 28 throughMarch 1; GibbsStreet Gallery, 155Gibbs St., Rock-ville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrock-ville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, PyramidAtlantic Art Center,secondfloor, 8230Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, washingtonprint-makers.com.
Kentlands Mansion, Artworkof theGaithersburgCameraClub,through Jan. 23, 320Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.
Arts Barn, 311 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394
“White,” a juried gallery ex-hibition in both ofWashingtonArtWorks’ formal galleries. Photog-raphy, painting,mixedmedia andmore, through Jan. 31.WashingtonArtWorks, 12276Wilkins Ave.,Rockville. 301-654-1998; washing-tonartworks.com
“From Beyond the Arch,”through Jan. 28. Artwork createdby theUpper andMiddle schoolstudents of theHeleneBermanSeidenfeld Visual Art Center at theBermanHebrewAcademy.Gold-manArt Gallery, 6125MontroseRoad, Rockville. [email protected], 301-348-3770, jccgw.org. Openwhen JCCGW is open; free admis-sion.
ET CETERAChildren’s Movie Sing-Along
and Royal Tea, Jan. 24, sing yourfavorite animatedmovie tunes fol-lowedby aRoyal Tea at KentlandsMansion,where princesses, knightsand other heroes can snack in style.$8 (Sing-Along only) / $20 (Sing-Along +Tea), Arts Barn&KentlandsMansion, 311 and 320Kent SquareRoad. 301-258-6394
The Writer’s Center, 4508WalshStreet, Bethesda, 301-654-8664,writer.org.
IN THE ARTS
OUR MUTUAL FRIENDn When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23,
24, 30 and 31; 2 p.m. Jan.25 and 31
n Where: Lumina StudioTheatre, 620 Pershing Drive,Silver Spring
n Tickets: $15, $8 for youthand retiree tickets
n More Information:luminastudio.org; 301-565-ACT1
formula, but I think it has a lotto dowith remembering thatyou love someone. People getinto trouble when they forget,”he said.
Rosenblatt earned his un-dergraduate degree at New YorkUniversity and his doctorate atHarvard, where he also taught.He has served as literary edi-tor and columnist for TheNewRepublic, columnist for theWashington Post, andmultipleprize-winning essayist for theNewsHour on PBS and Timemagazine. His Time cover es-say, “A Letter to the Year 2086”was chosen for the time capsuleplaced inside the Statue of Lib-erty at its centennial. He haswritten 17 books, which havebeen published in 14 languages,
six off-Broadway plays, includ-ing a comic one-man show,“Free Speech in America” theNew York Times named amongthe 10 best plays of 1991.
Rosenblatt gave up journal-ism towrite books in 2006. Twoyears later, upon the death oftheir daughter Amy, he and hiswifemoved to Bethesda to helptheir son-in-law bring up theirthree young grandchildren.
“Wewere both pleasantlysurprised by Bethesda.We en-joyed its restaurants andmov-ies, walking around the smallcity, with all the new buildingsgoing up,” he said, noting thathis close friend, Bethesda au-thor AliceMcDermott “didn’tknow if we’d like it after NewYork.”
He affectionately recalledhis granddaughter Jessie’sintroducing him to her fourth-grade class at Burning Tree
Elementary School. She said,“This ismy grandfather Boppo.He lives in the basement anddoes nothing.”
Now back home since thesummer, living in Quogue onLong Island and teaching writ-ing at Stony Brook’s Southamp-ton campus, Rosenblatt hascompleted a new novel, due outin a year, and is deep into writ-ing another. Both are serious,he said, in contrast to his previ-ous two, whichwere satiric. Thewriting, he said, doesn’t takehim long; he spends farmoretime in the preparatory “brood-ing over the subject,” whichfrequently occurs while he iswriting its predecessor.
He particularly relishes “theartistic freedomof being able tojustmake it up,” he quipped. “Ihave a knack for lying throughmy teeth.”
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JasonAlexander has done alot in theworld of entertainment.As a voice actor, he’s portrayedseveral characters, includingDuckman, andCatbert in theshort-lived “Dilbert” show.OnBroadway, he’s performedwithMartin Short andKelseyGram-mer, andhe evenhas aTony
Award forBest Lead-ingActor inaMusicalfor his rolein “JeromeRobbins’Broadway.”
Despiteall of that,most folks
knowhimsimply asGeorgeCostanza, the lovable characteron “Seinfeld.”
Alexanderwill be performingalongside theBSOat theMusicCenter at StrathmoreThursday.
Even though “Costanza”probablywon’tmake an appear-ance, you’ll still hear a performerwith a rich voice singing classicsongs from theGreatWhiteWaywhile theBSO, under thebatonof JackEverly, playswithhim.Ofcourse, it’s not going tobe songafter song after song. Alexanderfeatures a lot of different thingsinhis one-manvariety show,including stand-up comedy,improv, and even someaudienceparticipation.
The concert runs for about130minutes and therewill be anintermission. Tickets for the showrange from$60 to $120. Formoreinformation, visit strathmore.org,bsomusic.org, or call 877-BSO-
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It’s hard to lump the ladies ofBe’la Dona into one category.
Rock, R&B, gospel, pop, jazz ...they usuallymix andmingle be-tween all types ofmusic.
The all-female band out ofWashington, D.C., will perform atthe Bethesda Blues and Jazz Sup-per Club on Friday.
The group calls their style
“sensual crank,” and it’s quite aunique sound. Be’la Dona haspicked up quite the fan followingover the past few years, playing allaround theDMV area. Each showis electrifying and intense, with theband pushing tomake each showa little better than the one before.
Tickets for the showare $20. Formore infor-
Ladies of ‘sensual crank’ The all-femaleBe’la DonaBand willperform atthe BethesdaBlues and JazzSupper Clubon Friday.BETHESDA BLUESAND JAZZSUPPER CLUB
Rock starMarilynManson has alwaysknown how to push the right buttons. Becauseof that, there’s nomiddle groundwith him—people either love him and hismusic, or theydespise him. It’s always either one of the two.
And hewouldn’t have it any other way.The shock-rocker, who just released his
ninth studio album, “The Pale Emperor,”will perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring onWednesday.
Manson picked up a cult-like following
after he released such songs as “The BeautifulPeople,” “Sweet Dreams (AreMade of These),”and “TheDope Show.”
Outside ofmusic,Manson has appeared inseveral TV shows, including “Eastbound andDown,” onHBO, Showtime’s “Californica-tion,” alongside David Duchovny, andmostrecently “Sons of Anarchy” on FX.
Tickets for the show are $69. Formoreinformation, visit fillmoresilverspring.com orcall 301-960-9999.
Who are we to disagree?PHOTO BY FILLMORE SILVER SPRING
Rocker Marilyn Manson is set to melt the walls at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday.
Singer/songwriter VictoriaVox, widely known for her workon the ukelele, will be joined bythe Unified Jazz Ensemble Sat-urday at BlackRock Center forthe Arts in celebration of the re-lease of her new album “WhenNight Unravels.”
These local favorites— Vox,based in Baltimore, and the An-napolis-based Unified Jazz En-semble—will play an eveningof jazz standards and originalcompositions.
Vox has been honing hersongwriting and voice forthe past 10 years, performingaround the globe from Aus-tralia, to Europe, Canada, andacross the U.S. She began writ-ing songs at age 10, inspired byartists Cyndi Lauper andMa-donna, primarily writing songswith the guitar.
She went on to earn a de-gree in songwriting from theBerklee College ofMusic (2001),then at 24 she was given a uku-lele and never looked back. Thesmall four-stringed instrumentproved to be an excellent ve-hicle for her songwriting, while
not getting in the way of herendearing vocals and seeminglysimple, but rather smart songs.
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It is no secret that the NorthwoodHighSchool athletic department has struggled to con-sistently win on the field, court and track sincethe school reopened 10years ago. The Gladiatorshave had full-fledged var-sity teams since 2006, twoyears after restarting, andRay Trail has been therefor it all.
He’s been an integralpart of the Silver Springschool’s growth, as a vol-leyball coach and physicaleducation teacher. He’swatched the school trans-form from a building that housed just underclass-men to onewith one of the state’s largest studentenrollments.
“It has been a steady increase, but it is kindof cool andweird going from 10 years ago tonow,” Trail said. “In the back ofmymind I alwaysthought about Northwood growing because wedon’t struggle to find kids to field teams anymore;there’s nomore pulling people out of the hall-ways.”
Next fall, Northwood, which originally closedin the 1980s, will be a 4A school, the largest offour classifications in theMaryland Public Sec-ondary Schools Athletic Association. Every twoyears, the organization reclassifies itsmembersbased on population. And in theory, the 4Ashould be the state’smost competitive classifica-tion.
What does all thismean for the Gladiators?Athletic DirectorMarco Fuggitti seems to believehis department ismoving in the right direction.
“It is going to be interesting that’s for sure,”Trail said. “I don’t necessarily think it will betougher, but it will be different. We still will play[Downcounty Consortium rivals Blair, Einstein,Kennedy andWheaton].”
Former football coachDennis Harris, who re-signed following the 2014 season, is still a teacherat the school and has also been there since thebeginning.
“There will be familiar foes with the consor-tium and some new faces,” he said. “We alwaysthought the 3A in football wasmurder with theFrederick teams andDamascus and Seneca Val-ley.Moving upwon’t bemore difficult; it is just adifferent set of challenges.
Northwood, which is projected to be one ofthe smallest 4A schools with 1,281 students— ri-val Blair is the largest with 2,267— according totheMPSSAA, is one of fiveMontgomery CountyPublic Schools set to change classifications forthe next two school years. Fellow consortiummember Einstein (1,280) is alsomoving up from3A. Blake (1,229) andMagruder (1,173) will movedown to 3A and Poolesville (925) ismoving upfrom 2A.
“The 20-year gapwithout operating putsNorthwood at a disadvantage,” Harris said.“There’s no tradition and culture.We’ve had totry to build that.
“We get good individuals, but not enough tohave extended team success. It takesmore thanone kid. Themore important thing is trying to getkids to stay home and finding a way to winmayhelp that. Kids can transfer freely within the con-sortium. It is so easy for a kid to say, “My cousingoes to Einstein ormy friend goes to Kennedyor I want to go to Blair or I’m going to privateschool.’”
In talking to a few other coaches from otherschools, I got the sensemost feel the samewayas Northwood. Notmuchwill change during theregular season— everyonewants to persevere ingames against rivals and in turn, receive lucrativegate receipts—but playoffsmay be a little bit dif-ferent.
“The only little concern I have is if we getout of our section, we have to gowith the homeschool’s [regular] referees,” longtimeMagruderboys basketball coachDanHarwood said. “That’sjust not right. The officials probably do a greatjob, but I definitely believe, for perception’s sake,we should use neutral officials that don’t regu-larly work games of the teams playing.”
Northwood ready foruncharted territory
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n Without a clear favorite,several boys basketball teamshave a chance to make states
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER
Eleventh-year Whitman HighSchool boys basketball coach ChrisLun, just 10 months removed fromleading the Vikings to a 4A statechampionship game berth, pausedfor a few seconds last week as hetried to remember how long it’sbeen since a 4A team in Montgom-ery County has been dominant.
Lun eventually settled onMagruder’s 2011-12 and 2012-13 teams that won the 2012 statetitle and sent a handful of players,including Garland Owens (Bos-ton College), Nick Griffin (GeorgeWashington) and Justin Witmer(Salisbury), to play at the next level.
The years since Magruder’s runhave left the county wide open, butthe parity of this year’s 4A land-scape may be unparalleled. With a5-6 record — one less loss than the21-7 Vikings had all of last season—Lun’s team is still in themix.
4A wide open inMontgomery County
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Sherwood High School’s Xavier McCants drives to the basket during a summerleague game. Sherwood has victories against Springbrook and Magruder and can bea playoff threat.
n Penn State and Maryland neverstopped competing
BYPRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFFWRITER
From the moment the Universityof Maryland, College Park joined theBig Ten Conference last year, the Terps’once-upon-a-time football rivalry withPenn Statewas sure to resurface.
At one point until 1993, the teamsplayed almost every year. But until lastseason’s meeting, the teams had notfaced each other on the field — PennState leads the all-time series 35-2-1. Offthefield,however, the twoschoolsneverstopped competing.
PennStatehas alwaysbeen success-ful in picking up top recruits from theWashington D.C. area. Naturally andgeographically, these are the same play-ers that Maryland tries to convince tostay home.
Once again, this year, there are anumberof topplayers fromtheareawithoffers fromeitheroneof the twoschools,or both. Somehave alreadymade verbalcommitments about where they plan tocontinue their education, while othershave left thedecisionup for speculation.WithNational SigningDay set for Feb. 4,manyof those seniorswill officially sign.
Gaithersburg High School four-stardefensive end Kamonte Carter is ver-bally committed to attend Penn State,along with Bullis’ three-star tight endJonathan Holland. Potomac’s (PrinceGeorge’s County) three-star defensivetackle Keiron Howard is committed toMaryland.
Roosevelt (PrinceGeorge’s) four-staroffensive lineman Isaiah Prince contin-ues toweighhisoptionswithoffers fromboth schools, among others.
Perhaps most notorious in this re-cruiting rivalry isQuinceOrchard’s four-star defensive lineman Adam McLean,who intially committed to Penn State,only to change toMaryland.
“First off, I want to take the time outto say thank you to everyone at PennState and the fans and anyone whosupports Penn State and its program,”McLean wrote in a statement after de-commiting. “But with thinking thingsthrough and re-evaluating things withmy family, we have decided that I willnow be officially [decommitting] fromPenn State. The support and the lovethat everyone there had showedme hasbeen awesome. ... I want to wish every
SigningDay bringsout rivalries
n Panthers Division I recruit missed2013-14 season with hurt hamstring
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFFWRITER
Holton-Arms senior Lisa-Anne Barrow had al-ready been running track for three years when hercoach suggested she try hurdling. But she was only10-years old, and running at full speed toward alineup of reasonably high gates didn’t necessarilyseem like the smartest plan, she said.
“It was intimidating at first,” Barrow said. “Onthat first day I don’t think I even went over any [ofthehurdles]. Iwas scaredof falling andhurtingmy-self.”
It actually took her first crash, she said, to getover that fear. And thus began the transition fromdistance running to sprints and jumps, amoveBar-row said she wasmore than happy tomake.
“I’m definitely better at {shorter distances],
more fast andpowerful,” Barrow said. “Mycoachesdecided to putme in events thatwere going to helpmewith [hurdles].”
After missing last winter’s indoor track seasonwith a strained hamstring— she was out fromDe-cember to March— Barrow has reemerged as oneof the county, state and country’s best in sprintsand jumps. The 5-foot-7 Division I recruit’s win-ning long jump (18 feet, 7 inches) from the BishopLoughlinGames lastmonth—still two inches fromher lifetimebest— is second inMarylandand ranksher 15th in the United States, according to Mile-Split. Shewas named themeet’sMost OutstandingField Athlete, Holton coach Toni Henderson said.
Barrow’s season-high 41.04-second perfor-mance in the 300-meter dash is the county’s fifth-best and 12th in the state. Her 8.40-second timein the 55-meter hurdles is fourth in Maryland and33rd in the nation. Barrow said she aims to eclipsethosemarks at the prestigious Virginia Tech Invita-
Holton senior hurdles injuryin return to indoor track
PHOTO BY EARL BARROW
Holton-Arms senior Lisa-Anne Barrow owns the county’s top long jump and second-best 55 hurdles.
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See BASKETBALL, Page B-2
See HOLTON, Page B-2
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Richard Montgomery atKennedy, 7 p.m. Friday. RM entered this week stillunbeaten. Cavaliers will try to end the streak.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Churchill at Walter Johnons, 7p.m. Thursday.
ICE HOCKEY: Georgetown Prep vs. Churchill, 4:30 p.m.Thursday at Rockville Ice Arena.
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“It’s a weird year. It seemslike there isn’t that invincibleteam that’s so tough to beat,”Lun said. “Anybody can beatanybody. It’s a fun year becausethere’s a lot of teams that canknock each other off.”
Gaithersburg seemed tohave the 4A in a chokehold atthe beginning of the season, ascoach Tom Sheahin’s danger-ous lineup outscored its firstthree opponents by a combined68 points en route to a 3-0 start.But a three-game slide in lateDecember has left the Trojansscrambling to get back atop the4AWest Region.
First-year Springbrookcoach Darnell Myers seemed to
have his Blue Devils poised fora run at an undefeated seasonbefore a mid-December lossat Blake, and last week’s homeloss to Sherwood put them backamongst the pack in the 4ANorth.
And how about RichardMontgomery, the surprise of the4A? One year removed from an11-13 season, coach David Bre-slaw has the Rockets at a perfect12-0, with their toughest testsstill to come.
With the second half of theseason on the way, here’s a lookat how the parity-filled 4A scenehas shaken out thus far:
FavoritesSpringbrook (8-2): Losses to
Blake and Sherwood shouldn’tfaze a veteran group led by se-
niorDonovanWalker, oneof thecounty’s premier point guards.Walker (12.0 points per game)sets the tone for the Blue Devils’intense man-to-man defenseand isn’t afraid to dish it off tosharp-shooting senior VincentBrown (10.8) and6-foot-5 centerAaron Burton (10.2).
Magruder (7-4): Don’t letthe Colonels’ record fool you,Magruder is for real. Losses tothe likesofDeMathaandSpring-brookhavepropelled coachDanHarwood’s team to seven winsin its past eight games. Lengthybig man Joe Hugley (18.0) hasstarted to get scoring supportfrom his younger teammates,including junior shooter Car-son Grayhill-Bland (11.7) andsophomore point guard DavidGarey (8.6).
Richard Montgomery (12-
0): Under Breslaw, the Rockets’unique patience on offense haspropelled themtoaperfect start,though the toughest stretch oftheir schedule lies ahead. Luck-ily for Richard Montgomery,the inside-out senior combina-tion of Nick Jackson (14.2) andRenzo Farfan (9.9) should pro-vide some veteran stability dur-ing a challenging second half ofthe schedule.
ContendersQuince Orchard (9-2): The
Cougars started out 9-0 thanksin large part to their incrediblebalance. Through Friday, PaulForinger’s group has four play-ers averaging between 12.7 and10.1 points per game. The soph-omore combination of JohnFierstein (12.7) and Matt Kelly
(10.1) paced the Cougars earlyon, but teams have began totake notice, limiting their openlooks. Athletic senior forwardEliMaynard (12.1) will be the key ifQuince Orchard wants to makea postseason run.
Kennedy (7-3): Coach Di-allo Nelson’s group featuresperhaps the county’s surpriseplayer in sophomore scoringmachine Jonathan Mustamu(23.8). The Cavaliers haveresponded nicely after a 51-36 crushing at the hands ofSpringbrook on Dec. 30, win-ning two straight. In order forthe Cavaliers to pose a realthreat come the postseason,their young core will need tosurround Mustamu with moreconsistent scoring.Darkhorses
Gaithersburg (6-3): Some
thought the Trojans were thecounty’s best team headinginto the season, but their run-and-gun offense has been botha blessing and a curse. Gaith-ersburg has reeled off fourstraight wins after its three-game losing streak and featuresperhaps the county’s most dy-namic scorer in senior AnthonyTarke.
Sherwood (6-4): It’s hardto ignore a team that defeatedboth Magruder (56-54 on Dec.5) and Springbrook (62-58on Thursday), but some mayoverlook Sherwood because ofits losses. Led by senior XavierMcCants (15.4), the Warriorscan be a serious threat come thepostseason if they canfind someconsistency.
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coach and player well there and goodluck in the future. So thank you to allthe wonderful people in Happy Val-ley.”
McLean is now vocal on socialmedia in attempts to lure other topprospects to College Park.
The area has countless amountsofunderclassmenwithoffers fromthetwo schools. DeMatha, specifically,has a lot of juniors with offers. Line-backer Shane Simmons is committedto Penn State. Running back LorenzoHarrison committed to Maryland.Offensive lineman JP Urquidez hasoffers from both — among otherschools. Receivers Darryl Turner andTino Ellis have offers fromMaryland.
Good Counsel, also has a coupleplayers with offers, including juniorlinebacker Keandre Jones, who com-mitted toMaryland inDecember.
Penn State took recruiting to an-other level when DeMatha and GoodCounsel playedonOct. 3, andNittanyLions coach James Franklin showedup at the game in a helicopter.
DeMatha coach Elijah Brookssaid kids are usually attracted to PennState because of its tradition and his-tory, but that there’s amovement go-ing onwhere kids want to play for thehome team.
“I definitely think, moreso thanI’ve ever seen, you’re seeing thismovement,” Brooks said. “Many ofthe kids are talking about stayinghome. And you’re seeing the kidsrecruit each other on social media,Twitter and Instagram. And I’ve seenit more recently than I’ve seen in avery long time.”
Players recruiting one another
adds another dynamic towhere someof the area’s top players may end up.Can Harrison convince Turner andEllis to join him at Maryland? CanHolland convince his teammate,quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who isstill a juniorbutholdsoffers frombothPenn State andMaryland, to join him
in Happy Valley? And would Haskins,who has been linked to Avalon’s ju-nior receiver Trevon Diggs on socialmedia, be able to convince Diggs tojoin him? Or will Diggs follow in hisbrother Stefon Diggs’ footsteps andbecomeaTerp?Andwouldhebeableto convinceHaskins to join him?
With somanyof these players stillbeing juniors, a lot of the questionswon’t be answered for another year,but on Feb. 4 some of the pieces canbegin falling into place.
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Quince Orchard High Schoool’s Adam McLean (right) will likely sign his letter of intent to play football at Maryland on Feb. 4.
tional at the end of the month. It will be theHyattsville resident’s first appearance there,but Barrow said she is excited about the cali-ber of competition expected.
“[Barrow] has been running for Holtonfor six seasons since she was in junior high,”Henderson said. “Her work ethic is what setsher apart fromher peers. She’s used to work-ing at a different level. She’s got a naturalability and along with the technical aspect,that’swhat’s helpedherbecomeanationally-ranked athlete.”
Added Barrow: “I’ve seen a lot of peoplewho say they don’t think track is hard. A lot ofpeople think they can do it. But it takes a lotof work and dedication.”
Barrow said she spends six days a week— and does two-a-days on four of them —honingher craft.DueBarrow’s commitmentsto club practices and meets, in addition toHolton, Barrow is not an official team cap-tain,Henderson said. ButHendersonpraisedthe way Barrow has still embraced an impor-tant leadership skill.
Barrow spends time sharing techniquesand methods she’s learned through clubtrack. As a student of the game, Barrow saidshe likes to watch videos and study the intri-cacies of her disciplines. Having an athlete ofher caliber is the type of thing that could helpgrow a program, Henderson said. And Bar-row said she does hope to make a differencelike that.
“A lot of kids look up to her and she doesshare her knowledgewith them,” Hendersonsaid. “Even though she doesn’t hold the posi-tion of captain she is a team leader and sheis always working inside the school to buildinterest in the program.”
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BEST BETn Churchill at Walter Johnson, 7 p.m. Thursday:
Wildcats (9-1) keep winning, but they haven’tfaced toughest schedule. They should be testedagainst the tough defense of Bulldogs (7-3).
BEST BETn Richard Montgomery at Kennedy, 7 p.m.
Friday: The Rockets face a tough road testagainst a young Cavaliers team that has been ledby sophomore standout Jonathan Mastamu.
BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK
Also receiving votes: Takoma, 4;Sherwood 3.
The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Montgomery County.
BoysRank School Record Points
1. Montrose 12-3 56
2. St. Andrew’s 15-1 55
3. Bullis 13-4 47
4. Richard Montgomery 12-0 40
5. Springbrook 8-1 39
6. Magruder 6-4 32
7. Quince Orchard 9-2 23
8. Kennedy 7-3 17
9. Gaithersburg 6-3 9
10.Georgetown Prep 11-6 5
GirlsRank School Record Points
1. Whitman 9-0 59
2. Paint Branch 11-0 55
3. Walter Johnson 9-1 45
4. Good Counsel 12-5 44
5. Wootton 8-3 30
6. Holy Child 11-2 27
7. Damascus 9-2 23
8. Churchill 7-3 21
9. Poolesville 7-3 9
10. Covenant Life 10-2 8Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 5;
Magruder, 4.
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg 11 269 24.5JonathanMustamu, Kennedy 10 238 23.8Aaron Byrd, Landon 12 261 21.8Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood 8 171 21.4AndrewKostecka, Clarksburg 4 78 19.5Nate Peterson,Wash. Chrisitan 7 129 18.4Teo Fletcher,Wash. Christian 5 90 18.0JoeHugley,Magruder 11 198 18.0Bryan Knapp, JewishDay 9 162 18.0Grayson Slover, Sandy Spring 13 230 17.7
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.DaisaHarris, Paint Branch 11 250 22.7Danielle Durjan,WatkinsMill 10 204 20.4DominiqueWalker,WatkinsMill 10 202 20.2Daphne Lerner, JewishDay 10 189 18.9Sheri Addison,Wootton 11 201 18.3AbbyMeyers,Whitman 9 162 18.0Hope Randolph,Magruder 10 168 16.7Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 9 150 16.7Nicole Enabosi, GoodCounsel 17 277 16.3Dalina Julien, Einstein 6 98 16.3
Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to [email protected] before noonon Mondays to be included.
TheHolyCrossgirlsbasketballteamhas foundplentyofways tolose—blowouts, fourth-quartercollapses, overtimeheartbreakers.That’s left theTartans—playingagainstoneof thearea’s toughestschedules—at4-15overallwithan0-9 record in theWashingtonCatho-licAthleticConference.
“We’re competitive in just abouteverygamebutweget in foul troubleandmiss foul shots and turn theballover in inopportune timeswhichleads toourdownfall,”first-yearcoachBobCoxsaid.
TheKensingtonschoolhasstruggled in its recent closegames;against Seton (Bladensburg)onSaturday, it trailed fourpoints goinginto the fourthquarterbefore fall-ing51-38. Ina63-59overtime losstoGoodCounsel (Olney)on Jan. 9,Cox said ithadagame-winning shot
in regulation thatwaswaivedoffbyofficials.
TheTartanscanearn theirfirstWCACvictoryFridayon the roadagainstCarroll,which is alsowinlessinconference.
“They’re tryinghard, they’re justcomingupa littlebit short,”Coxsaid.
Churchill’s double-doublecould be trouble
TwoChurchillHighSchool se-niors recordeddouble-doublesonFriday,whichKateMcMahonsaid
wasafirst inher six-year coachingtenure. JapriaKarim-Duvall had23points and10 reboundswhileKatherineMichael recorded thedouble-double thehardway, getting10 rebounds, 10 steals and just sevenpoints inFriday’s 45-24winoverRichardMontgomery.
The twodouble-doubleswereunusual for theBulldogs (7-4throughTuesday), but thede-fensewas steadyasusual.Duvall,Churchill’s topscorer, hadsix stealstogoalongwithMichael’s 10,whilesophomoreCoCoKuchinshelpedanchor thehalf-courtdefense.
Covenant Life getsrevenge in PVAC
The Covenant Life School girlsbasketball team still has a ways to
go if it wants to recapture the Po-tomac Valley Athletic Conferencechampionship, but it has lookedevery bit the contender this winter.
The Cougars are 12-3 throughTuesday andmoved to 8-1 in theconference after defeating reign-ing PVAC champion JewishDay,51-49, on Jan. 14. The Gaithers-burg private school lost to JewishDay in the 2014 PVAC title game.
“I think the girls are older thisyear,” first-year coach TerriMar-shall said. “... They just have been
working really hard, they’ve beenpreparing. I think it helps that theylearned a lot from last season andthey’ve used it this season to reallygrow.”
Springbrook getsspring in step
Between injuries and familyemergencies, theSpringbrookHighSchool girlsbasketball teamhasn’thadmuch time toplayandpractice
at full strength.Butwith thecoretogether inThursday’shomegameagainst Sherwood, theBlueDevilsput togetherwhatmighthavebeentheirbest gameyet,winning47-33.
Junior JadaHolland, Spring-brook’s leading scorer who ac-cording to first-year coach RussellDavismissed a few games with anankle injury, chipped in a game-high 19 points. She is averaging 13points on the season.
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For thefirst time innearlyfiveyears, there’s someconsistencywithin theBethesda-ChevyChaseprogramand it’s alreadypayingoff.Third-year coachSeanTracywas thefourthcoach in fouryearswhenhearrived in2012.
Last season,Tracyhadsixnewfacesona teamthatwent5-19.Butthis season,with tworeturning start-ers andagroup thatplayednearly20games togetherover the summer,theBaronsaremakinga splash.
Through Jan. 15,B-CC is6-3,with their two in-county losses com-ing toRichardMontgomeryandSpringbrook.
“They’re familiarwitheachother,”Tracy saidofhisplayers.“They’re familiarwith theexpecta-tionsof theprogramand they’rereally justbuying intowhatweascoachesare trying toget themtodo.”
St. Andrew’s learnsfrom first loss
Whena teamgetsoff toashotastart as theSt.Andrew’sLionsdid,winning theirfirst fourteengames,it’s sometimesdifficult to fullydeci-pherweaknesses.Butafter a47-45loss toMaret (D.C.), the two-timedefendingMAACchampions, coachKevin Jones’ grouphasaclearerpictureofwhat theyneed toworkonheading into the teethof their con-ference schedule.
According to Jones, theLionslost thegameon theglass,wheretheyallowedanumberof crucialoffensiveputbacks late in thegame.On theoffensiveend, Jones said, acoupleofpossessions that “weren’tthegreatest” keptSt.Andrew’s fromabig roadwin.
“I think the losswakesusupandmakesuspayattention todetail alittlemore,” Jones said.
Young QO learnsabout pressure
Longtime Quince Orchardcoach Paul Foringer wasn’t afraidto point to his dynamic sopho-more duo ofMatt Kelly and JohnFierstein when asked what was tothank for the Cougar’s undefeatedstart in late December.
Now, a fewweeks and twoconsecutive losses removed fromthe Cougars 9-0 start, Kelly andFierstein have found themselvessubjects of intense defensive at-tention, whichmanifested itselfin a combined 13 points on 4-of-16 shooting in Friday’s loss toMagruder.
“It’s a learning experience.They have to learn how to play ona big stage like that,” Foringer saidof his sophomores. “That’s why Ithink Johnny [Fierstein] andMatt[Kelly] disappeared— a big crowdand lots of physicality ... you haveto learn or you’re not going tosurvive.”
Upset bids just part ofNorthwest’s growth
First-year boys basketballcoach Rob Smith certainly tookover a project in his first yearas coach of the Northwest HighSchool boys basketball program.The Jaguars returned zero startersfrom last year’s 4-18 team and ahandful of players missed pre-season activities and early seasonpractices due to commitmentsto the Northwest football team.
Smith’s group started off the sea-son with consecutive wins, buthas dropped seven of the past tencontests since. But a buzzer beater58-55 loss to Springbrook on Jan.8 and a 65-62 loss toMagruderthe next daymay be signs thatSmith’s athletic group is progress-ing quickly.
“We can play with anyone inMontgomery County, but we haveto show up,” Smith said. “I’mstill mastering what I need to doas coach with players at certaintimes and guys are learning toplay together in an offense they’relearning how to run.”
Northwest defeated Clarks-burg, 69-67, on Friday.
Blake’s bevy of optionsBlake coachMarcusWiggins’
group is looking to regain theconfidence they amassed during anearly two-week, five-gamewin-ning streak in late December afterdropping their first two games ofthe new year to Sherwood andKennedy. Luckily forWiggins,scouting his 5-4 Blake teammayprove to bemore difficult thanthe record suggests. According tothe ninth-year coach, only oneplayer has led the team in scoringmore than once this season. TheBengals top five scorers averagebetween 12.5 and 6.4 points pergame— a distribution thatWig-gins saidmakes Blake hard tosolve.
“It’s hard to figure out who’sgoing to score,” Wiggins said. “Ifyou’re scouting, where’s the scor-ing coming from tonight? We go tothe hot hand.”
Blake defeated Paint Branch,52-48, on Friday.
Consistency pays off for B-CCBOYS BASKETBALL
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n Freshman scores withunder three minutes to play
in ice hockey game
BYPRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFFWRITER
Entering the third period ofFriday’s game between the De-Matha and Landon high schoolice hockey teams, the Mid-At-lantic Prep Hockey League foeswere tiedat1,withallof themo-mentumon the Stags’ side.
DeMatha carried that mo-mentum into the final period,skating with a sense of urgency,and quickly grabbed a 2-1 leadoff of a Ty Brandt shot throughthefive-holeofLandongoalten-der JackConcannon.
Instead of getting downon themselves, the Bears keptchipping away— even with theStagsholdingthe leadforalmosteightminutes. Eventually fresh-man DrewWellington was abletoslidea timelypass fromteam-mate Alex Norwinski past De-Matha goalie Kevin Mackey totie the game with 2 minutes, 23seconds remaining. The gameinLaurelwould end in a 2-2 tie.
DeMatha coach Tony Ma-cAulay said his defensemanmade an uncharacteristic mis-take inside of his own defensivezone, leaving Norwinski alonein front of thenet.
“One defenseman got tiedup with the wrong guy. ... It justleft themopen,”MacAulay said.
“I just tried to follow backto the defenseman and he justwent across,” Wellington said.“Iwas just there. Itwasn’tmuchonmy part, it was much on thepass.”
At the start of the game,De-Matha appeared to be themoreaggressive team, outshootingLandon 10-7 in the first period.
But the only shot that matteredwas a wrap-around goal scoredonMackey’s right side by Land-on’s leadingscorerTommyCrit-tenberger.
The goal appeared to neu-tralize DeMatha’s aggressionfor a little while, or at the veryleast it picked up the energy ofLandon, as the Bears outshotDeMatha 23-19 the rest of thegame. Many of the shots byLandon were good looks thatMackey made excellent saveson.
The Bears were preparedto carry their 1-0 lead into thethird period when DeMathasenior KeeganChesnickmade abeautiful, top-shelf, slap shot totherightofConcannontotie thegamewith just29seconds left inthe secondperiod.
DeMatha started the thirdperiod with the same enthu-siasm as it began the game,but the defensive breakdownturned out to be the differencebetweenawin anda tie.
DeMatha (4-0-3 MAPHL)remains unbeaten in league
play, which MacAulay said hewas pleased with, but wasn’thappywith not coming away asvictors onFriday.
“I’m happy in a way thatthere were some good thingsthat happened. I saw somegood push back from us whichis somethingwe’vebeen lackinglately,” MacAulay said. “But no,not happy with obviously giv-ing up a goal when you’re up.That leaves a sour taste, but it’sa learningpoint.”
Landon (4-1-2 MAPHL)has just one league loss. Bearscoach Hans Farnstrom saidhis team played intelligently,despite missing some playershe thought could have madethe difference. Farnstrom wasparticularly impressed with thegoaltending onboth sides.
“Jack played really well,”Farnstrom said. “Both goal-ies played really well. [Mackey]made a couple of saves he hadno right making. But that’s thenature of the game.”
Landon ties DeMatha late
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Landon School’s Drennan Greene (center) takes a shot Friday at the goalas DeMatha’s Nick Martin (left) defends.
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The defending IndependentSchool League champion Panthers arethe heavy favorite to win their 10th titlein12yearsFriday inBethesda.Butwin-ningtheleaguehasbecomemorecom-plicated in recent years as depth in ISLhas reached an all-time high, Holtoncoach Graham Westerberg said. Uni-versityofCalifornia,LosAngelesrecruitCaroline McTaggart and Columbia re-cruit Isabelle Jubin lead the way for thePanthers.
Friday’s competition also marksthe final ISL championship for StoneRidge senior Katie Ledecky, who haswon an Olympic gold medal and setnumerous world records in the threeyears since first drawing attention tothe league as one of the country’s mostpromising freshmen. The defendingrunner-up Gators should be in the mixat the top Friday, along with Madeira,Holy Child and Sidwell Friends.
“It’s not very often a swimmer of[Ledecky’s]calibercomesalong,”StoneRidge coach Bob Walker said. “How of-ten do you get an Olympic gold medal-ist, a world champion? Not often. Andit’s the last meet for a lot of good swim-mers. It should be special.”
Gaithersburg on the riseTwo years ago Gaithersburg High
School was one of only two Mont-gomery County teams that failed toqualify a single swimmer for the sea-
son-ending state meet. This winterthere could be several Trojans com-peting in the front of several races.Backed by an influx of young talentGaithersburg is currently undefeated— both boys and girls are 6-0 — andon pace to win the county’s DivisionIV title.
Brandon Cu, who set the pro-gram’s 50-yard freestyle record a yearago, Patrick Hedquist, who coachShannon King said is looking to breakhis older brother Cameron’s 200-yardfreestyle record by season’s end, andtalented breaststroker Matt Fromananchor the boys side.
With Damascus junior transferMeghan Giron, who is headed towardGaithersburg’s 100-yard breaststrokerecord, sophomore Taylor Stanbackand freshmen Katie Crocker and Al-exandra Latcner the Trojans not onlyhave a promising present but a brightfuture.
Richard Montgomery boyspass major test
With the amount of scoring theRockets lost from last year’s statechampionship squad, a drop off
this winter would’ve been morethan understandable. But afterSaturday’s convincing 105-66 winover Walter Johnson in what wasexpected to be a major test, un-defeated Richard Montgomeryremains the Montgomery CountyPublic Schools team to beat.
The Rockets won eight of 11events Saturday, including bothrelays. While Richard Montgom-ery knows better than to take anyteams for granted moving forwardinto championship season, thisweekend’s result was an excellentgauge for how good the Rocketshave the potential to be, coachAryn Wheeler said.
Kenny Afolabi-Brown (50-yardfreestyle, 100-yard breaststroke)was the only multiple individualrace winner, proving how deep andversatile this Rockets squad is.
Blake staying on the mapWhile the Bengals have never
been known as a county power, theprogram has managed to producesome of the area’s best talent. Twoathletes within striking distanceof team records: Division I recruitMatt Kenney (200- and 500-yardfreestyle), Rachel Sigwalt (50-yardfreestyle).
Blake, which is 6-0 on the girlsside and 5-1 on the boys, is in posi-
tion to try and earn its spot back inthe county’s second division for thefirst time in three years.
“[Athletes] are definitely car-rying on the legacy, it’s cool find-ing these diamonds in the rough,”coach Ryan Burnsky said.
Clarksburg making historyGrace Elliott, Carly Alvarado,
Rachel Ziegler and Claudia Cas-taneda have already broken theCoyotes program’s all-time 200-yard medley relay record multipletimes this winter and, coach Jen-nifer Thai said, have the potentialto break both the 200- and 400-yardfreestyle relay marks at some pointthis postseason.
Clarksburg’s boys, who haveonly lost one dual meet in sixyears, are undefeated once againthis winter. The addition of tal-ented freshmen Vincent Trinh andEthan Kim to last year’s big scorersMichael Wong and Jacob Halemhave helped keep the Coyotes atopthe Division III standings; RobertQuian is undefeated in the breast-stroke.
Holton-Arms poised to defend ISL swimming title
Ledecky sweeps freestyle eventsStone Ridge senior Katie Ledecky re-
corded the second-fastest 800-meter free-style time in history en route to winning theevent Saturday at the Arena Pro Swim Seriesat Austin. The 2012 Olympic gold medalistwas under her world-record pace (8 minutes,11 seconds) for much of the race before fin-ishing in 8:11.21, nearly 30 seconds aheadof the field. She now holds the top 4 all-timeswims in the event, according to USA Swim-ming’s website.
The three-day competition in Austinwas the second of six stops in the 2014-15series, which draws some of the world’s toptalent. Saturday’s win completed Ledecky’ssweep of the 100-, 200-, 400- and 800-meterfreestyle events. Proving with every meet,it seems, that she’s far from just a distancefreestyler — she qualified second in the200-meter individual medley but scratchedit before the 800 — Ledecky dropped a per-sonal best time (54.55) in the 100. Her 400 fi-nal was less than an hour later and she cameclose to her world record.
Ledecky is scheduled to rejoin her StoneRidge teammates in Friday’s IndependentSchool League championship.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Sherwood senior earnsnational honor
Xavier McCants, a 6-foot-0 senior guardfor the Sherwood High School boys basket-ball team, was among the 492 seniors acrossthe country nominated to play in the 2015McDonald’s All-American Game on April 1in Chicago.
McCants, who leads the team with a 15.4points per game average, joined Clarks-burg’s Austin Duffy and Nelson Jones as thecounty’s representatives on the nominee list.McCants had a team-high 20 points for theWarriors in last week’s 62-58 upset of Spring-brook.
— ADAM GUTEKUNST
Sherwood receiveroffered scholarship
Marcus Simms, a junior wide receiver forthe Sherwood High School football team,received his first college scholarship offerlast week. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound speedsterwas offered an opportunity to play collegefootball for the University of Toledo. Simmswas the primary receiving threat for the War-riors last season, receiving for 712 yards andseven touchdowns.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Einstein’s sportsmanship recog-nized
Six teams from Einstein High School inKensington received Fall SportsmanshipAwards from Montgomery County PublicSchools. The teams include: football, fieldhockey, girls volleyball, girls tennis, crosscountry and golf.
At Paint Branch in Burtonsville, the fiveaward-winning teams include football,field hockey, girls volleyball, cross countryand girls tennis. The Sportsmanship AwardProgram is in its 11th year, according to theMCPS website.
The team with the most SporstmanshipAwards is declared winner of the schoolsportsmanship award and wins $2,000 forthe school.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighSchool ice hockey team was on thewrong side of a 5-3 matchup in whatcoach JT Burton called a make-or-breakgame against Montgomery 2A confer-ence foe Walter Johnson on Jan. 16.
The game was significant becauseof the congestion of teams with similarrecords from the top to the middle of theconference standings.
With the loss, B-CC (3-4-1) falls tothe bottom of that list of contenders thatincludes Whitman (6-2), Wootton (5-2-1), and Walter Johnson (4-3-1). First-place Churchill (8-0) is a clear cut aheadof everyone. At fifth, B-CC is currentlyon the outside of the playoff picture.Only the top four teams from the confer-ence make the postseason. If they missout, it’ll be because they weren’t able tobeat a top-tier team.
“We need to win a game that we’renot supposed to,” Burton said prior tothe loss. B-CC’s three wins came via thethree teams that sit below them in thestandings — Sherwood, Churchill II, andRichard Montgomery — and Friday wasthe last regular season opportunity forB-CC to beat a more competitive team.They finish the season with rematchesagainst Richard Montgomery and
Churchill II.Burton said if B-CC had been able
to defeat Walter Johnson, it could havegained separation. Instead, it’ll be Wal-ter Johnson with the opportunity toseparate as it also finishes the seasonagainst the same teams.
On the same night, Churchill de-feated Wootton 8-2 leaving little doubtas to which team is the best in theconference — maybe even the league.Churchill is certainly the best team inthe county, public or private, with winsover prep schools like Landon and De-Matha.
QO co-op gainingmomentum with hits
The Jan. 16 game between theNorthwest, Poolesville, Quince Orchard,and Seneca Valley High School’s co-opice hockey team and the Blake co-opteam was a chippy matchup between 1Aconference rivals.
Players from both sides made bighits, committed penalties, and were no-ticeably irked with one another.
Ultimately, NPQS came up with the5-3 win — recovering from a 2-0 firstperiod deficit.
The win was significant for NPQS,also known as the Griffins, because theyhaven’t beaten Blake since 2011, losingin the last six tries.
“It kind of raises our confidence, justa little bit,” freshman goalie DomenicMelencio said. “Because its been acouple years, they said — because I’monly a first-year [player], so I don’t reallyknow their history — but apparently thisis a really long time since they beat thisteam. So, I kind of feel good that I was inthe net for the win.”
Blake roster thinningThe Blake High School co-op ice
hockey team is a combination of play-ers who attend Blake, Paint Branch, andSandy Spring Friends.
Unfortunately, there aren’t enoughhockey players from those schools forhead coach John Drzewicki to build adeep roster.
Entering an important Jan. 16 game
against the Northwest, Poolesville,Quince Orchard, and Seneca Valleyco-op, Blake only had 11 players on theteam. The lack of depth manifested itselfin the form of fatigue in a 5-3 loss.
One player couldn’t make it to thegame, leaving Blake with just 10 playerson the bench.
Still, Blake was able to jump out toa 2-0 lead in the first period, but afterleading scorer Tom Petrick suffered anapparent head injury, the Bengals wereoutscored 5-1 from that point.
“We didn’t have a full bench,” as-sistant coach Joe Chiaravallotti said.“We took a head injury to one of our topplayers at the end of the first period. Oneof our players is already playing sick.
Then two more got sick. So the entiresecond period, we only had six healthyskaters. We just ran out of gas.”
Despite the lack of depth, Drzewickisaid this is the first time in his sevenyears coaching that Blake is playing ingames with playoff implications this latein the season.
Walter Johnson edges B-CC in important game
Ice hockey
1. Churchill2. Georgetown Prep3. Blair4. Landon5. Wootton
Best bet
n Georgetown Prepvs. Churchill, 4:30p.m, Friday atRockville Ice Arena:Top two team’sin this week’srankings face off.
Swimming
Boys
1. Georgetown Prep2. R. Montgomery3. Walter Johnson4. B-CC5. Churchill
Girls
1. Churchill2. Blair3. Sherwood4. Holton-Arms5. Whitman
Best bet
n IndependentSchool LeagueChampionship:3:15 p.m. Fridayat Holton-Arms.The host goes forits 10th title in 12years and KatieLedecky begins herlast high schoolchampionshipseason.
Indoor track and field
Boys
1. Northwest2. Paint Branch3. Gaithersburg4. Quince Orchard5. Wootton
Girls
1. Clarksburg2. Northwest3. B-CC4. Blake5. Bullis
Best bet
n Last Track toPhilly: 8:30 a.m. atGeorgetown Prep;Another chance forthe county’s topathletes to qualifyfor this spring’sPenn Relays.
Wrestling
1. Good Counsel2. Damascus3. Georgetown Prep4. Walter Johnson5. Whitman
Best bet
n Magruder atRockville, 6 p.m.Wednesday: CanMagruder follow upa big victory overQuince Orchardwith another? Ramsare one of thesurprise teamsof the year aftergiving Whitman ascare.
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How they rank
n Longtime Trojans coach turns up thevolume on court and in track
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFF WRITER
Adrian McDaniel spent the whole day down-ing hot dogs. He ate 13 of them, as the legend has it.Then, with a full stomach, the 8-year-old track phe-nom stepped foot on the historic Franklin Field inPhiladelphia, and “he went out there and still won,”his mother, Ida Battle, said.
McDaniel didn’t just earn a first-place finish inthat 1982 race. He also earned the nickname “Hot-dog,” which has stuck 33 years later. Coaches call himHotdog. Players call him Hotdog. Even his mothersometimes calls him Hotdog.
McDaniel, 42, is now a teacher at his alma mater,Gaithersburg High School (Class of 1990), coachinggirlsbasketball, trackandfieldandfootball (assistant).His flashy style — the sweater vests, the bow tie, thetowel — lives up to the Hotdog hype, but it’s not justhis clothing that stands out. At track meets, he’ll runalongside the athletes, mid-race, to offer encourage-ment. On the sidelines of basketball games, he’s thecenterofattention.He’sconstantlyyelling,bothathisplayers and the officials. The energy rarely tails off. Hedoesn’t shut up, and from the outside it can look likehe’s micromanaging. But his results — and the feed-back from the athletes — have been superb. In nineseasons coaching varsity girls basketball, he has twostatechampionships,a53-gamewinstreak,anda125-38overallrecord.Thatincludesthisseason,wherefivenewstartershave ledtheyoungTrojans toanunchar-acteristic 4-7 start.
“He’s very loud. It takes a second to get used tohim,” said junior Celina Herndon, Gaithersburg’slone returning varsity player. “Once you get used to it,you realize he’s not yelling at you, he’s yelling at theactions.”
Former All-Gazette Player of the Year Kara Mar-shall, who as a senior led the Trojans to the 2011 statetitle, said that she and her teammates fed off of Mc-Daniel’s passion. He was never out of line, Marshallsaid, though he did a lot of “little funny things.”
“Coach always needed a lollipop on the bench.I think we might have been winning by a lot, or hemight have been frustrated by the refs,” she said. “Iremember him just laying down in front of the benchwith a lollipop.”
McDaniel grew up in Gaithersburg, playing everysport he could and joining the Firebirds Track Clubwhen it launched in 1981. Eugene Neal, a CEO andco-founderof thenonprofitFirebirdsTrackClub,and
longtimementorofMcDaniel, saidhehasalwayshadthatflashypersonality,buthewasalsoknownforwin-ning.His teamsweresogood,Neal said, that theyhadto go and find other leagues to play in.
Neal recalled team bus rides where McDaniel,then about 13-years old, would play cards and shootcraps with teammates, taking their money.
“As coaches we’d just sit there and look at him,we’d crack up,” Neal said. “Because this little kid wasin charge … He’s always [been] flashy, always one ofthe most aggressive. Always out doing stuff, makingeverybody laugh. Just an outstanding jokester.”
McDaniel starred on the Trojans track and field,footballandbasketball teams,beforetakinghistalentsto Central State University (Ohio), where he won na-tional championships in football, and track and field.He planned to sign with a National Football Leagueteam,buthetorehisanteriorcruciateligamentduringa workout with the Seattle Seahawks, he said.
As McDaniel’s NFL door closed, his high schoolcoaching door opened. McDaniel started leadingmiddle school and high school sports in Ohio, beforecoming back to Maryland. In 2003 he returned toGaithersburg, where he’d soon begin coaching yearround. With no girls basketball coaching experience,then-varsity coach Ivan Hicks — now with WatkinsMill — had him take over the junior varsity team.
McDaniel said he modeled his style after retiredGeorgetown University men’s basketball coach JohnThompson. His teams ran a full-court press andhe wore a towel over his shoulder. His results wereThompson-esque; the Trojans junior varsity teamwent 74-1 from 2003-06.
When Hicks left Gaithersburg to coach the Wat-kins Mill football team, McDaniel was the obvious re-placement. Hicks and McDaniel are scheduled to gohead-to-head on Feb. 10 at Gaithersburg.
“He was just an excitable coach. He coached withpassion,” Hicks said. “I just watched him and knewthat he was being himself. I didn’t think it was differ-ent, I didn’t think it was strange. It was just Adrian be-ing Adrian.”
This year’s Trojans have been inconsistent. Theyturn the ball over too many times. They miss theirfree throws. On Friday, they had an improved perfor-manceina51-46losstoNo.7Damascus.Earlier intheseason,theydefeatedNo.3WalterJohnson,59-56,butthere have been several troubling results in between.
“When you mention that Gaithersburg coach,they always say he’s loud and crazy,” McDaniel said.“It doesn’t matter to me. As long as I’m dong whatneeds to be done ... that’s all that matters.”
Gaithersburg’s ‘Hotdog’ coaches teams with relish
TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Gaithersburg High School girls basketball coach Adrian McDaniel directs his team against Damascus on Friday.
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Part- Time & Full Time Certified Medical Assistants(Clinical and Administrative) needed for a medical officelocated in Urbana, Maryland.Must have at least 1 year ofmedical assistant experience. GI experience preferred butnot required. Salary will commensurate with experience.Please send resume to [email protected] orvisit our website at www.capitaldigestivecare.com formore information and to complete an online application.
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Web EditorThe Gazette, a chain of weekly community newspapers inMaryland, is seeking an Web Editor to build our digital audience andoversee our digital content and presentation.
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School Bus DriverFor Lycée Rochambeau, The FrenchInternational School. Must be willing towork a 10mo split shift schedule, havea valid Commercial Driver’s Lic w/ a Sand P endorsement, 5 yrs exp, able topass a Background Check, Drug Test,and DOT Physical and posses a satis-factory driving record, etc For more in-fo & to apply: www.gazette.net/jobs.
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RESIDENTIALHVAC INSTALLCOORDINATOROversee daily operationsPurchase material & equip
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MEDICALRECEPTIONISTFRONT DESKBusy oncology practice inOlney is seeking a full timeFront Desk Receptionist.
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Equipment MechanicTo assist with repair & maintenance of a vastinventory of construction equipment; weldingand cutting torch experience a plus. 3-5yrs. exp;valid Class-B CDL license; good driving record.Send resume & salary requirements [email protected] or apply in person: B. Frank JoyLLC, 5355 Kilmer Place, Hyattsville, MD 20781
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AR Lab TechnicianWholesale Optical Company in Silver Spring islooking for a quick learner. Duties includerunning & maintaining coating machine in a fastpaced environment. We are seeling reliable,dependable people. No experience necessary, wewill train. Mon-Fri Noon-8:30pm. Contact BillWhite at 301-585-9060 for an interview.
Boom Truck OperatorB. Frank Joy, LLC (www.bfjoy.com) seeks anexperienced, NCCCO certified Boom TruckOperator. Candidates must also possess aCDL-Class A License and clean driving record.Send resume, driving record and salaryequirements to [email protected] or apply in personat: 5355 Kilmer Place, Hyattsville, MD 20781
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OR $289/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $23,495
2004 Passat GL...................V005047A, Blue 80,791 Miles.......................$5,9912005 Toyota Wagon............V608066A, Gray, 90,560 Miles......................$6,7712006 Ford 500 Lim...............V011054B,Gray,124,383 Miles........................$6,9912006 Jetta Sedan...............V021107A, Black, GLI, 106,666 Miles........$8,9942011 Jetta Sedan...............VLP0105, Black, 47,803 Miles...................$9.9952012 Jetta Sedan.................V352249A,White,49,776 Miles........................$10,2912010 Mercury Milan Premier....V010567A,Black,83,807 Miles.........................$10,9912011 Jetta Sedan SE...........VP0120,Red,60,893 Miles...............................$11,5212012 Beetle.........................V0621679A,Silver,22,689 Miles.................$12,4952012 Mazda3......................VP0117,Black,31,363 Miles.......................$12,4932012 Jetta Sedan...............LP0118,Silver,33,694 Miles.......................$12,7622009 Mini Cooper...............V008158A,White, 72,319 Miles, Clubman.......$12,9952012 Jetta Sedan...............VP0106,White, Conv, 32,563 Miles............$13,5032013 Passat.........................V002558A, Black, 33,912 Miles.................$13,9922012 Jetta TDI.....................V615887A, Silver, 26,804 Miles.....................$15,9952013 Kia Optima LX............VP0119, Red, 39,215 Miles...........................$16,4912014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0112,Black,6,921 Miles.......................$16,8442010 Jeep Wrangler..........V051155A, Silver, 94,301 Miles.................$16,991
2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles..................$16,9942014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles.......................$16,9942014 Jeep Patriot................VP0102A,Black,9359 Miles..............................$17,5922012 Golf TDI.......................V406892A, Red, 51,111 Miles.......................$17,6112011 GTI...............................V040108A,Black,45,589 Miles..................$17,8922011 Tiguan.........................V520327A,Pearl, 69,623 Miles..................$17,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles.......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0111,Black,10,500 Miles....................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0108,Silver,9,040 Miles.......................$18,9942013 Jetta TDI.....................V275938A, Gray, Nav, 30,575 Miles................$19,9912013 Tiguan.........................V006405A,Gray,17,099 Miles....................$21,4542014 Passat.........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles....................$22,4932013 Honda Accord............V035061A, Silver, V6 EX, 21,234 Miles......$23,5512010 Lexus LS 460..............V014713A,Gray,100,,372 Miles.......................$27,9912014 Ford F250 4WD...........V024897A,Silver, Crew Cab, 9,761 Miles..........$49,951
2014 PASSAT S
#9087784, Automatic, PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$17,999
OR $264/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $23,185
2015 TIGUAN S 2WD
#13510753, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$24,999
OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $27,180
2014 JETTA 4D SPORTWAGEN TDI
#5608496, Automactic. PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
MSRP $28,835
2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S
#4039448, Manual, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$22,999
OR $329/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $25,215
2014 TOUAREG TDI R-LINE V6
#14012689, Navigation, SunroofPower Windows/Locks, Loaded
BUY FOR$46,994
OR $659/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $55,835
SAVE UP TO$8,000
#7274571, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Auto
MSRP $19,245
2015 JETTA S
BUY FOR$16,995
OR $249/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$18,999OR $279/MO for 72 MONTHS
2015 GOLF 4D HBLAUNCH EDITION
#3039263, Power Windows, Power Locks,Auto, Keyless Entry, Sunroof
MSRP $23,235
BUY FOR$20,999
OR $318/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$24,399OR $358/MO for 72 MONTHS
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$12,977#541025B, Sunroof, Automatic,33KMiles
2009 Honda Civic EX
$19,977#548007A,Navigation,MP3
2011 Murano SL
$21,977#541074A,Navigation, PanoramicRoof, Leather, Loaded, 19KMiles
2013 Kia Sportage EX
DARCARSNISSAN of ROCKVILLE15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)
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$13,977#549511A, 49KMiles,WellMaintained
2010 Chevy Equinox LT$13,977#448071B, 8KMiles!!! 6-Way
Adjustable Seats
2014 Kia Soul
$17,977#448033A, 1-Owner,30KMiles!!
2013 Honda Accord EX
$21,977#E0496, Automatic, BestCargoVan on theMarket
2014 Nissan NV SV Minivan/Van
$8,977#546059A,Hard To Find, InGreatShape, Automatic
2002 Mercedes Benz C-Class Wagon
$17,977#541044A, Loaded!Nav,51KMiles
2010 Prius V
$12,977#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,26KMiles, Sedan
2014 Hyundai Accent GLS
$8,977#444522A,Great OnGas, 1-Owner
2010 Chevy Cobalt
$20,977#440138A, AWD,Automatic, 41KMiles
2011 BMW 328i x-drive
2012 Mini Cooper
#P9215,Automatic,1-Owner, 15kMiles,Hardtop, Chili Red
$16,995
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2009 Toyota Corolla S
#P9220A, Automatic,Front Wheel Drive,44K Miles
$11,995
2011 Nissan Versa
#G0054, Automatic,1.8S Sedan, 1-Owner,27k Miles
$11,9952012 Lexus CT 200H
#N0626, Hybrid,Automatic, 57k Miles $19,950
2005 Ford Taurus
#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6
$7,995
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#G0049, Automatic,56K Miles, V6, Leather $9,995
2008 Saturn Aura XE
#427002A, 3.6, AWD,Leather, 36k Miles $22,950
2012 Subaru Outback Limited2008 Mercedes ML350
#526113A, 4WD,Leather, 59k Miles $19,995
#526565B, Automatic,66K Miles, 3.6L V6 $16,995
2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT
2011 BMW 3 Series 335i xDrive
#P9214, AWD,Twin-Turbo,300hp, Nav, Sunroof
$26,950
1999 Lexus 400 LS
# G0047, Automatic, 93kMiles, Affordable Luxury! $5,995
2012 Volvo C30T5 Coupe........................................ $21,950#526126A, 1-Owner, 29k Miles, 2.5L DOHC Turbo I5 Enfine
2011 BMW 328i X-Drive.............................................. $23,950#P9156, AWD, Premium Package, 1-Owner, Only 21k Mile!
2012 Toyota Sienna XLE............................................ $25,950#P9173A, V6, 8-Seater, Dual Sliding Doors, 1-Owner, 34k Miles
2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $33,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation
#526583B, Turbo-Diesel,21K Miles!! Sunroof,Fender Sound, Bluetooth
$18,995
2013 VW Jetta TDI Premium
2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995#526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles
2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................... $13,995#N0553, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine
2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $20,950#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950#P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl
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15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville,MDn OPEN SUNDAY n VISIT US ON THEWEB ATwww.355Toyota.com
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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE S+ CVT MSRP: $16,435
Sale Price: $14,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,995w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11515
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S
MSRP: $23,845Sale Price: $19,745
Nissan Rebate: -$1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000
$17,495
MODEL #13115
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$179/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
$0 DOWN
$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV MSRP: $35,815
Sale Price: $30,995Nissan Rebate: $4,500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$25,995Leather, HeatedSeats, moonroofMODEL #16214
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$299/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
MODEL #17015 $0 DOWN
MSRP: $32,000Sale Price: $28,495
NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$24,995$239/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANLEAF S
4AT THISPRICE
w/Charger Pkg
2015 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,430
Sale Price: $27,995Nissan Rebate: $1,000
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$26,495
MODEL #25015
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$279/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 MURANOSIN STOCK,AVAILABLE
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2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT
MSRP: $14,995Sale Price: $12,995
$12,995w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11125
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$199/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANSENTRA SV
MSRP: $18,545Sale Price: $15,495
Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,995
MODEL #12114
OR4AT THISPRICE
2015 NISSANROGUE SV
MSRP: $27,180Sale Price: $23,995Nissan Rebate: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$22,995
AWDMODEL #22415
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$269/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
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