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n Some residents opposebig-box store there

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFFWRITER

Residents in Aspen Hill liv-ing near the site of a vacant263,000-square-foot buildingand the developer of the prop-erty are gearing up for a pub-lic hearing Tuesday before theMontgomery County Councilabout the future zoning of thatproperty.

The highly visible, 10-acreproperty on Connecticut Av-enue near Aspen Hill Road hashadavacantbuildingsince2010,when military and aerospacecontractor BAE Systems movedout. The site comprises mostof the 14 acres being reviewedby county officials through anamendment process to AspenHill’s master plan.

In December, the Mont-gomery County Planning Boardapproved a plan that recom-mended that the former BAEproperty be rezoned to neigh-borhood retail from its pres-ent office designation. Someresidents fear that will leadto a big-box store, even afterWal-Mart pulled plans for a118,000-square-foot store therelast year.

The issue now goes beforethe County Council, whichscheduled the hearing for 7:30p.m. Tuesday at 100 MarylandAve., Rockville.

Sam Nasios, who lives nearthe site, said he’d like to seesmaller employers, such as ca-fes, pharmacies andmedical of-fices, rather than a big-box storethat could add significantly tohis neighborhood’s traffic con-gestion and noise.

“We know the developer hasto do something with that site,”said Nasios, a steering commit-

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n Next screening will raise moneyfor after-prom event


Jack O’Grady wants to be a filmmaker—and has a good head start.

Just a freshman at BlakeHigh School inSilver Spring, he has submitted his first threeshort films to festivals, including the AustinFilm Festival and Pendragwn Youth Film Fes-tival inWashington, D.C.

In December, he premiered his longestwork to date at the Blake auditorium—a55-minute film about a post-apocalypticworld, called “All WeHave.”

There will be a second showing at 7 p.m.Feb. 26 at Blake to help raisemoney for theschool’s after-prom event. Tickets are $5.

“It went very well,” O’Grady said of theDecember premiere. “It was great seeing thewhole cast and crew together. Everyone en-joyed the film.”

O’Grady developed an interest in film-making while in theHumanities and Commu-nicationMagnet Program at EasternMiddleSchool. After doing the short films, he createda fundraising platform on the Indiegogoweb-site last year, raising about $1,200.

“That gotme the equipment I needed,”O’Grady said. “I have some basic equipmentand did the editing onmy laptop.”

Blake freshman gets early starton filmmaking career

PHOTO FROM BABYHEAD PRODUCTIONS

Freshman Jack O’Grady will show his film “All We Have” on Feb. 26 at Blake High School.

n But administration saysproject is under review

BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFFWRITER

Gov. Larry Hogan has pro-posed to continue funding thePurple Line, but his administra-tionhaswarned that the$2.5bil-lion project is under review.

When he campaigned forgovernor, Hogan (R) made clearhis concerns with the project’sprice tag and emphasized hispreference for road projects.

Yet Hogan’s proposed capi-tal budget, which was releasedon Friday, keeps a planned$312.7 million in the Consoli-dated Transportation Program— the state’s six-year capitalplan for transportation—for the

project in fiscal 2016, accordingto the final 2015 program.

TheCTPalso assumes about$923 million will come from thefederal government over thecourse of the project.

However, Budget SecretaryDavid R. Brinkley said both thePurple Line and the $2.9 billionRed Line proposed in Baltimoreare under “review and re-evalu-ation.”

Montgomery County Coun-cil President George L. Leven-thal said the governor can rejectfederal funds for the project.

Maryland Transit officialshave said construction on the16-mile light rail line to connectBethesda and New Carrolltoncould begin as early as this fall ifit stays on schedule.

Hogan’s budgetincludes moneyfor Purple Line

n Silver Spring couple hosts first-time runto honor son, support families

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY

STAFFWRITER

About a year ago, Silver Spring residents Caro-line Joyce andMike Mowery suffered through thetragedy of losing their stillborn son, Leo.

In the aftermath, the couple formedLeo’sGar-den, anorganization that seeks to provide supportfor families who have experienced prenatal loss.

On Sunday morning, for the first time, they willhost Leo’s Run, a 5K run/walk in Silver Spring.

“This year has been an incredibly tough onefor us,” Mowery said. “Thankfully, we have hadtremendous support fromour families, our neigh-bors and the Silver Spring community.”

The event has close to 150 participants, saidMowery, an avid runner. The run will begin andend at East Silver Spring Elementary School, at631 Silver Spring Ave. The route winds down SligoCreek Parkway, passing the site of Leo’smemorial

Community makes strides to honor Leo

PHOTO BY MIKE MOWERY

After losing their stillborn son, Leo, a year ago, Silver Spring residents Caro-line Joyce and Mike Mowery, with the help of others, built a memorial gardenin their backyard. In his memory, they organized a 5K run/walk that will beheld Sunday.

LEO’S RUN, A5K RUN/WALK FORLEO’S GARDENn When: 9 a.m. Sunday

n Where: East Silver SpringElementary School, 631Silver Spring Ave.

n More information: www.leosrun.org/registration

n Parents, doctors,educational staff describeeffects from lack of sleep

BY LINDSAY A. POWERS

STAFFWRITER

Parent Myron Marlin reada poem Thursday evening toshare his thoughts on schoolbell times with theMontgomeryCounty Board of Education.

“If we were each farmersplowing our fields, not city folksmowing our lawn, then it mightmake more sense to have ourkids rise, one hour sooner thandawn,” Marlin said, reciting

“Please Let Our Kids Get MoreSleep.”

Marlin was one of manyparents, doctors, students andschool staff on Thursday urgingthe school district to start highschool later. The district heldtwo public hearings that day onpossible changes.

Some speakers asked for alatermiddle school start time.

Superintendent Joshua P.Starr recently released a seriesof options to consider new belltimes, so high school studentswould getmore sleep.

Starr said at the time that

Appeals made forlater Montgomeryschool bell times

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Group, 6-7 p.m., Brightview Fallsgrove,9200Darnestown Road, Rockville. Dis-cuss problems and solutions, andmeetwith others walking a similar path. Comefor information, fellowship and support;refreshments provided. Free, RSVP re-quested. 240-314-7194.

Raise Your Voice: Poverty in Mont-gomery County, 6-9 p.m., The ActivityCenter at Bohrer Park, 506 S. FrederickAve., Gaithersburg. A public forum andresource fair focusing on issues affectinglow-income county residents. Hostedby theMontgomery County CommunityAction Board. Free; food and child careprovided. 240-777-1708.

THURSDAY, JAN. 29Nature Tots: Groundhog Day, 10-11:30

a.m., Croydon Creek Nature Center, 852Avery Road, Rockville. A naturalist willhelp visitors explore a new nature topicthrough nature play, crafts, stories andhikes. Ages 2-5 with caregiver. $8-$10, reg-istration required. 240-314-8770.

Create It Club, 3:30 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Kindergarteners through fifth-graders get crafty. Free. 240-777-0140.

Opening of Indian Film Festival, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. “Gandhi,”with guestmoderator and snacks for salefroma local Indian caterer. Held in con-junctionwith Sanathana, a two-month cel-ebration of IndianHeritage inMontgomeryCounty. $9-$10. 301-774-0022.

Rozansky Real Estate Seminar, 7 p.m.,Bethesda Country Club, 7601 BradleyBlvd., Bethesda. Attendees will receiveexpert insights on several key real estatetopics. Free, registration required. 301-230-0045, ext. 300.

Open Mic Night for Teens, 7 p.m.,Olney Library, 3500 Olney-LaytonsvilleRoad, Olney. Sing a song, read a poemorplay an acoustic instrument. Free. 240-773-9545.

Rachel and Company Presents: Sure-Fire Ways to Get Your Papers Organized,7-9 p.m., 4216-BHowardAve., Kensington.Come for an evening ofwine, food, indi-vidualized organizing tips and take homegoodies to get started organizing rightaway. $40. [email protected].

FRIDAY, JAN. 30Jazz in the Round: Marc Cary, 8-10

p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901BentleyRoad, Sandy Spring. This intimate perfor-mance from the award-winning artist willbe a solo piano tribute to one of hismen-tors, Abbey Lincoln. $20. 301-774-0022.

David London’s Weekend of Magic,8-10 p.m., Arts Barn, 311Kent Square Road,Gaithersburg, also 11 a.m.-noon and 1-3p.m. Jan. 31. Featuring theMagicOutsidethe BoxCabaret ShowFriday night, the Ad-venture to the ImagiNation Family ShowSaturdaymorning andhisMagicWork-shop Saturday afternoon.He combinesmagicwith storytelling, comedy, puppetry,surrealism, philosophy andmore to createoriginal shows ofmagic. $10-$25 depend-ing on event. 301-258-6394.

SATURDAY, JAN. 31Toddler and Preschool Storytime,

10:30 a.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave., Rockville. Stories, fingerplays, songs, and stretches. Ages 2-6 withcaregivers. Free. 240-777-0140.

STEM Club: Modular Origami, 3-5 p.m.,Quince Orchard Library, 15831 QuinceOrchard Road, Gaithersburg. Learn how tomake octahedral units and othermodularorigami crafts using sonobe units; materi-als will be provided. Sponsored by theFriends of the Library, Quince OrchardChapter. Free. 240-777-0200.

Grapes, Hops and Blues, 7 p.m.,Bethesda JewishCongregation, 6601Brad-ley Blvd., Bethesda. Second annual beerandwine tasting event. Guestswill sampledomestic and international selections—non-alcoholic beverageswill be available—andhear riveting descriptions of eachfrom the congregation’s ownbeer andwineconnoisseurs. $25-$30. 301-469-8636.

Israeli Film: Operation Sunflower, 7:45-10 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200Baltimore Road, Rockville. A dramaticinterpretation of the creation of Israel’snuclear weapon program in the 1950s,and the relationships and scruples of theteamDavid Ben-Gurion ordered to builda bomb. $5-$15, RSVP requested. [email protected].

SUNDAY, FEB. 1Climate Change Movie, 12:30-2

p.m., Cedar LaneUnitarianUniversalistChurch, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda. Fea-turing the fifth episode of “Years of LivingDangerously.” Find out how theDutchdeal with water and an honest look atcontrasting political processes in theU.S.Light refreshments will be served, withdiscussion and opportunities for action.

Free. [email protected] Afternoon Waltz, 2:45-6 p.m.,

Glen EchoPark, Spanish Ballroom, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Featuring theensemble Trio conBrio. $10. 202-238-0230.

MONDAY, FEB. 221st Century Library eResources,

10:30 a.m.-noon, AspenHill Library, 4407AspenHill Road, Rockville. Use a phone,tablet and laptop to access library re-sources electronically. Free, registrationrequested. 240-773-9410.

TUESDAY, FEB. 3Bethesda Woman’s Club Lecture

and Lunch, 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m.,Woman’sClub of Bethesda, 5500 Sonoma Road,Bethesda. Brigadier GeneralWilmaVaught, USAF, retired, president of theWomen inMilitary Service for AmericanMemorial Fund. $14. www.bethesdawom-ansclubmd.com.

Hands-On STEM Fun, 4-5 p.m.,Whea-ton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton.Learn and play with drop-in science-based crafts and/or experiments. Grades1-6. Free. 240-777-0678.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4Volunteer Open House, 9:30-11 a.m.,

Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 FerraraDrive, Silver Spring. Learn about flexiblevolunteering opportunities with the Se-nior [email protected].

Tu B’Shvat Seder: A Celebration ofEcology in the Jewish Tradition, 6:45-8:30 p.m., North Chevy Chase ChristianChurch, 8814 Kensington Parkway, ChevyChase. Join the community for an eveningof unique sensory and spiritual experi-ences as guests read and sing from theNeot KedumimTu B’Shvat Haggadah.Learn about biodiversity and ecologicalconcepts in the biblical tradition. $10 sug-gested donation. 240-292-9450.

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Leo’s Run, 9 a.m.-2p.m., East SilverSpring ElementarySchool, 631 SilverSpring Ave., SilverSpring. A 5K run/walk

in downtown Silver Spring honor-ing the stillborn son of CarolineJoyce andMikeMowery. The run’spath leads through the neighbor-hood Leowould have been raisedin. Proceeds benefit Leo’s Garden, anonprofit to help families who haveexperienced similar losses. [email protected].

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TV correspondentwrites weight-loss bookSilver Spring native Mara

Schiavocampo, a correspondentforABCNews, has anewweight-loss book out.

“Thinspired” is the story ofhow Schiavocampo—whonowlives in New York City — lost 90pounds in twoyearsbyeliminat-ing certain foods and drinks, re-gaining health and energy.

“Thinspired” was publishedby Gallery Books/Karen HunterPublishing. It is available inhardcover and e-book.

ArtStream picks newexecutive director

Morey Epstein has beennamed as the next executivedirector of ArtStream in SilverSpring.

ArtStream describes itself as“a group of professional artistscommitted to bringing the heal-ing and joy of acting,music, anddance to individuals and groupsdealing with disabilities or chal-lenging life circumstances.”

Epstein spent about 25 yearsas executive director of institu-tional development at StudioTheatre in Washington, D.C.,where he led multi-million-dol-lar capital campaigns to securereal estate, according to a pressrelease fromArtStream.

He succeeds Patricia Wool-sey, ArtStream’s founding ex-ecutive director.

Two make Intel ScienceTalent Search finalsTwo finalists in the 2015

Intel Science Talent Search arefromMontgomery County Pub-lic Schools:

• Michael H. Winer, who at-tends Montgomery Blair HighSchool in Silver Spring, witha project called “Interactionsof Electrons and Phonons in aCrystal.”

• Yizhen Zhang, who at-tends Richard MontgomeryHigh School in Rockville, with aproject called “Wiring for ‘Blue’-Connectomeof the S-ConePho-toreceptor in the Outer Retina.”

They are among 40 nationalfinalists announced on Jan.21. The finalists will competeMarch 5 to 11 in Washington,D.C., for Medal of Distinctionawards of $150,000 each, givento students who show excep-tional scientific potential inthree areas: basic research,

global good and innovation.Montgomery County Public

Schools had 16 of the 21 semifi-nalists inMaryland.

Senior Connection hostsvolunteer open houseThe Senior Connection will

hold a volunteer open housefrom 9:30 to 11 a.m. Feb. 4 atthe Holiday Park Senior Center,3950FerraraDrive, Silver Spring.

The group links older adultsto services and resources sothey can live as independentlyas possible.

There are openings for vol-unteers to drive seniors tomedi-cal appointments, help withgrocery shopping and providemoney management supportservices.

For more information andto RSVP for the open house,contact Mary Murphy at [email protected] or call 301-942-1049.

The Senior Connection alsowill hold training sessions forvolunteer drivers and groceryshoppers from 10 a.m. to noonFeb. 11 at the Jewish Councilon the Aging, 12320 ParklawnDrive, Rockville; and 7 to 8:30p.m. Feb. 18 at the Holiday ParkSenior Center.

Silver Spring studenton Bethel honor rollNida Ntita of Silver Spring

was named to the Fall 2014honor roll at Bethel UniversityinMcKenzie, Tenn.

Studentsmust have a grade-point average of at least 3.7 andno grades below a C to qualify.

Storm Drain ArtContest announcedMontgomery County resi-

dents 13 and older are invited tosubmit entries to the county’s in-augural StormDrainArtContest.

Hosted by the County De-partment of EnvironmentalProtection and Rock Creek Con-servancy, the contest will use thewinning art to educate residentsabouttheconnectionbetweenlo-cal stormdrains and streams andtheChesapeakeBay.

Submissions should portrayan educational theme relatedto streams or storm drains andthey should be colorful, creative,original and easy to reproduce,according to anews release. Eachdesignshould includeashort tag-line or message, in any language,

related to the chosen theme.Artists can choose their pre-

ferred medium, but the entryshould be a JPG, PNG or PDF ofthe design and can be as simpleas submitting a picture of the fi-nal piece.

Entries are due at 2 p.m. Feb.23. Two of the winning entrieswill be chosen by a panel, withthe third winner decided by vot-ing onRockCreek Conservancy’sFacebook page. The three win-ning selections will be paintedon storm drains in the county forEarthDay2015 inApril.

Storm drain art is now visibleat the Aspen Hill and KensingtonPark libraries.Morecontest infor-mation, includingphotosofsomestorm drain art, is at mygreen-montgomery.org/art.

County offers annualcivil rights bus tourThe Montgomery County

Office ofHumanRightswill hostits annual civil rightshistoricbustourApril 6-11. The tourwill visitGreensboro, N.C.; Atlanta; Bir-mingham, Montgomery, Selmaand Tuskegee, Ala.; Cincinnati;andMemphis, Tenn.

The tour is offered in con-junction with MontgomeryCounty Public Libraries, theAfrican American EmployeesAssociation, the Lincoln ParkHistorical Foundation and theSouthern Christian LeadershipConference.

Tour stops will include thebirth homemuseum of the Rev.Martin Luther King Jr.; the newNational Center for Civil andHuman rights; the TuskegeeAirfield and National Museum;the Rosa Parks Museum; theFreedom Rides Museum; theSixteenth Street Baptist Church;the Edmund Pettus Bridge; theNational Underground RailroadFreedom Center; and the Lor-raineHotel National Civil RightsMuseum.

Thecost for a groupof four is$545 per person, which includeshotels, transportation, somemeals and snacks, andmuseumand tour fees. The fee is higherfor smaller groups, according toa county news release.

At least onemember of eachgroup is required to attend ameeting in Rockville about aweek before the tour.

More information is atmontgomerycountymd.gov/humanrights, or contact BeverlyMarshall at [email protected] or240-777-8479.

n Officials eye otherimprovements todowntown area


Hours for downtown Sil-ver Spring’s free bus servicehave expanded, and officialssay more improvements tothe downtown area are beingplanned.

The circulator bus, knownas VanGo, now runs 7 a.m. tomidnight Monday throughThursday and until 2 a.m. onFriday. It also started Saturdayservice on Jan. 12 from 7 a.m.to 2 a.m.

Previously, the bus onlyran on weekdays from 7 a.m.to 7 p.m.

The service loops arounddowntown, with circulatorstops at the Silver SpringMetrostation, 13th and Kennettstreets, East-WestHighwayandColesville Road, and CameronStreet andGeorgia Avenue.

Downtown Silver Springhas addedmany new residentsand the expanded hours helpmeet their needs, said Mont-gomery County Councilman

Hans Riemer (D-At Large) ofTakoma Park, who lobbied forthe new hours.

The annual operating costof VanGo is $1.15 million andrequires two buses, said EstherBowring, a spokeswoman forthe county transportation de-partment. The expanded hourswill cost about $37,500 annu-ally, she said.

The service averaged about550 riders a day before it ex-panded, Bowring said. Newridership data is not yet avail-able, she said.

Late last year, Riemer,county planners and the SilverSpring Urban District com-pleted a series of workshops toget feedback from downtownresidents and business repre-sentatives on what they wantin the area in the near future.

Some residents said theywanted more bicycle lanes,outdoor movies, restaurants,public sculptures and “greenscreens” tobuffer againstnoise.Other ideas included more ur-ban pocket parks and benches,a temporary artisan market,chess boards, enhanced cross-walks and clearer signage.

Making Colesville “more ofa boulevard” was another sug-

gestion.It’s important to follow up

on suggestions and devise pri-orities to work on, Riemer andother officials said during theJan. 15 county Planning Boardmeeting.

“Whatever we do, we havetomake sure the community isinvolved,” Riemer said. “Thiswas a planning function thatwas presented in a differentway that had a lot of value.”

“There are so many objec-tives that can get lost,” saidcounty Planning Board Com-missioner Norman Dreyfuss.“Weneed to prioritize items, sosomething can happen.”

The Silver Spring Sec-tor Plan was last updated in2000, and the meetings, called“placemaking,” will help inthe next plan update, plannerssaid.

“We think this process pro-vides a good model to be usedin other areas of the county,”said Robert Kronenberg, thecounty planning department’schief of the area that includesdowntown Silver Spring andTakoma Park.

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A VanGo bus waits for passengers at Wayne Avenue and Colesville Road, near the Silver Spring Metro station,on Monday.

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Washington AdventistHospital would be willingto consider building a free-standing emergency room inTakoma Park if it moves toWhite Oak and the state ap-proves new rules on stand-alone facilities, the hospital’spresident said.

Earlier this month, thestate issued a report on theeffect of rate regulationson freestanding emergencyrooms, Erik Wangsness, whobecame president of Wash-ington Adventist in Septem-ber, said during the TakomaPark City Council meetingJan. 20. Once new rules are inplace, executives will evaluatethose regulations to see if anemergency room can be builtthere, he said.

Councilman Jarrett Smithasked if the hospital wouldsign an agreement stating thatif it’s feasible to put an emer-gency room in Takoma Park,it would be done.

“I would be willing to havethat conversation on whatthat might look like,” Wang-sness said.

The hospital’s parent,Adventist HealthCare, hasapplied to build a moderncampus with 170 private in-patient beds, an eight-bedobservation unit and a 12-bedclinical unit. It would be nearthe emergency departmenton land it owns at 12100 PlumOrchard Drive near U.S. 29and Cherry Hill Road.

The Takoma Park site islicensed for 232 acute-carebeds, including 40 psychiatricbeds that are proposed to staythere.

Besides the behavioral

unit, officials plan a new ur-gent care center in TakomaPark that will be open 24hours, seven days a week. Therehabilitation center, clinicfor low-income women andcenter operated by partnerCommunity Clinic will re-main. There would be outpa-tient services and physicianoffices, and Adventist wouldlease about 55,000 square feetto Washington Adventist Uni-versity.

On Monday, the TakomaPark council approved a reso-lution asking that the stateand hospital ensure that cityresidents have 24-hour accessto urgent and/or emergencymedical services and that pri-mary health care services arenot impaired in Takoma Park.

The city is also request-ing that Adventist conducta study on the feasibility offorming the freestandingemergency room on the Ta-koma Park campus.

Numerous residents saidon Jan. 20 they would like anemergency room to remain,noting that Adventist oper-ates a freestanding ER in Ger-mantown. But the state has amoratoriumon satellite emer-gency rooms through 2015 asofficials review those.

“Wewant towork togetherto have an emergency room inTakoma Park,” said Catherine

Tunis, president of the Southof Sligo Citizens Association.

Construction costs aloneof the new campus would ex-ceed $300million, Wangsnesssaid. He hoped a decisionon Adventist’s application ismade by this summer. Thenew facility could open byearly 2019, if the state givesapproval this year, he said.

At 49 acres, the White Oakcampus would have muchmore space for physicians’ of-fices and to expand outpatientservices, Wangsness said. The13-acre Takoma Park campusis limited in access, expansionroom and parking, he said.

“Hospital services are go-ing largely to private rooms,and that is a real problemwithour facility [in Takoma Park],”Wangsness said. “There islimited room to expand.”

The urgent care centercould provide many servicesdone in emergency depart-ments, such as treating bro-ken bones and the flu, he said.

If the move occurs, Ta-koma Park is looking at a “bighole” not just in medical re-sources, but in jobs and taxbenefits, Smith said. Apply-ing with the state to make thearea an economic develop-ment zone could help the cityattract additional employersthere and deal with any rev-enue losses, he said.

Officials also had a re-ception on Monday for CityManager Brian Kenner, whois leaving Saturday to becomeWashington, D.C.’s deputymayor for planning and eco-nomic development.

Deputy City Manager Su-zanne Ludlow will be actingcity manager as of Saturday,Mayor Bruce Williams said.

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n Foes remain concernedabout potential harm toendangered amphipods

BY ELIZABETHWAIBEL

STAFFWRITER

Purple Line opponents saythey are still concerned abouttheproposed light rail’s environ-mental impacts, even though aresearch team did not find anendangered species of amphi-pod in its planned path.

The Washington Post re-ported Thursday that the speciesof amphipod — a type of smallcrustacean — found near wherethe16-milePurpleLineisplannedto run through Rock Creek Parkin Chevy Chase is not an endan-gered species. Instead, it is thespecies Stygobromus tenuis.

A research team fromAmerican University found theamphipods in December. Theteam, with a grant from PurpleLine opponents, was lookingfor the endangeredHay’s springamphipod and the Kenk’s am-phipod, which is a candidate forendangered species listing.

The$2.45billionPurple Linewould link Bethesda and NewCarrollton.

John MacKnight Fitzger-ald is one of two Chevy Chaseresidents who filed a lawsuit,

claiming federal agencies hadn’tdone enough to protect amphi-pods from the Purple Line. Hesaid Monday that the researchteam’s findings don’t changetheir legal tack.

“It essentially doesn’tchange the litigation,” Fitzgeraldtold The Gazette.

“It might have been a loteasier if [researcher David Cul-ver] had found it waiting forthe Purple Line to run over it,”he said, referring to the Hay’sspring or Kenk’s amphipod, butthe lawsuit will go forward.

When he, the Friends ofthe Capital Crescent Trail andChristineReal deAzuraofChevyChase filed the lawsuit in Au-gust, they didn’t know whethertheHay’s spring andKenk’s am-phipods livednear the route, butthey have been found in RockCreek Park in Washington. Thetrees along the alignment andthe groundwater seeps that areprime amphipod habitat arestill worth protecting, Fitzgeraldsaid. He also is concerned aboutstormwater runoff, hazardouswaste and the loss of trees whenthe Purple Line is built, whichcould harm the amphipodsand other species in the area ordownstream.

“The whole area is going tobecomebasicallyuninhabitable,to a large extent,” he said.

The amphipod species

found near the Purple Linealignment is in the same Sty-gobromus genus as the Kenk’sand Hay’s spring amphipods.Fitzgerald said that even thoughthe researchers did not find anyendangered amphipods, theydid find habitats where theycould live or where the speciescould expand and recover in thefuture.

“[Thepopulation is] so tenu-ous ... that you can’t really writeoff anything, and you shouldn’twrite off any occupiable habi-tat,” he said.

Because the shrimp-like am-phipods—whichmeasureup toahalf-inch longandare sightless— spend most of their time un-derground, they are difficult tofind. Fitzgerald said the Friendsof the Capital Crescent Trail hascommissioned a DNA study tosequence the endangered am-phipods’ DNA, so water in thearea can be tested to check forits presence.

More scrutiny of the PurpleLine’s environmental impact isneeded, Fitzgerald said, espe-cially because the rail line’s de-sign is still being finalized.

“At the very least, they needto have a supplemental [environ-mental impact statement] beforethey turn a single spade of dirt orcut a single tree,” he said.

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American University graduate student Jenna Keany (left) and research assistant Shea Caspersen search for amphi-pods — tiny shrimp-like crustaceans — in a moist area of Rock Creek Park in Chevy Chase in December. The amphi-pods they found turned out not to be endangered.

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n Silver Spring nonprofitwelcomes Cabin John

middle-schoolers

BY PEGGYMCEWANSTAFFWRITER

The students pulled clothesfrom boxes, sorting them bysize and checking to be sureeach item was free of stainsor other flaws. Others sortedgames or books, again look-ing to make sure each was ingood condition, containing allits parts, and not old and wornlooking.

Theywere fromCabin JohnMiddle School in Potomac andthey were volunteering at AWider Circle in Silver Spring onSaturday.

The nonprofit works to endpoverty, one individual andonefamily at a time. It concentrateson providing home goods tothose who do not have them:furniture, bedding, kitchen-ware and other essentials.

The condition of each itemgiven to its clientsmatters, saidfounder andExecutiveDirectorMark Bergel.

“If you have had nothing, Ifeel you’ve had the worst,” Ber-gel said. “Now you deserve thebest.”

The Cabin John studentshelped by being sure every-thing they put on the shelveswas the best.

Seventh-graders LaurenSherr and Sarah Lininger wereamong the game-sorters in thelower level of A Wider Circle’sCenter for Community Service,

where clients schedule ap-pointments to “shop” for theirneeds.

“I really wanted to helppeople out who couldn’t dothings for themselves,” Sarahsaid. “I’m happy it looks likethere is a lot of stuff for peopleto take.”

Sarah’s attitude is exactlywhat Bergel hopes to foster involunteers. Many come to ful-fill their student service learn-ing hour requirements, buthe wants them to leave with agreater understanding of pov-erty, he said.

“I’ve seen kids come hereto volunteer and their liveschange,” he said. “We want to

be their connection to those inpoverty. They aren’t going tomeet people in poverty. Theywalk away with a different un-derstanding of humanity.”

That lesson was not lost onLauren. At the end of the day,she said she learned that peo-ple deserve the best, not justanything.

For two hours the studentsworked in the chillyworkspace.Even when they took a boxof items up to the showroomthey had to go outside, the onlyplace with steps to the mainlevel. Even the parents whodrove them were put to work,using their smartphones to besure baby strollers, car seats

and high chairs were not ongovernment recall lists.

Jack Sircus, a sixth-grader,came with his whole family:Mother, father, brother andsister all helped, sorting bookstogether and shelving them.

“We just decided we wouldsupport him in his service,”said hismother, Janna Sircus.

As the student’s volunteertime came to an end, they allmet with Bergel for a debrief-ing and question-and-answersession.

“Poverty is our biggestsocial problem,” Bergel said.“Stay involved.”

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Mark Bergel, founder and executive director of A Wider Circle in Silver Spring, talks with student volunteers fromCabin John Middle School in Potomac on Saturday.

n Leggett says urgentaction needed

BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER

Unaccompanied minors inMontgomery County who leftCentral America urgently needpro bono lawyers to help themstay in the U.S., county officialsand area organization leaderssaid.

Montgomery County Ex-ecutive Isiah Leggett saidMon-day at a press conference thatthe county cannot turn the mi-nors away and needs attorneys“to help us help them.”

“We need to act and weneed to act in an urgent man-ner,” he said to a room thatincluded about 20 lawyers in-terested in taking on the task.

The children and theirguardians need lawyers to helpthem navigate legal processesthat could lead to a green cardor a status that will help chil-dren stay in the U.S. and awayfrom hardships they fled.

There are nearly 1,200 un-accompanied minors in thecounty, according to the U.S.Department of Health and Hu-man Services’ Office of RefugeeResettlement.

Unaccompanied immi-grant children often comeacross the border to escapeviolence, abuse or persecutionin their home countries, ac-cording to the refugee resettle-ment office.

Monsignor John Enzler,president and CEO of CatholicCharities of the Archdiocese ofWashington, said Monday thatthe minors are in “desperate”situations as they seek ahome inthe U.S. They have faced threatsfrom gangs, attacks and rape intheir home countries, he said.

“We need you,” he told theattorneys. “These kids deserveour help.”

Paralegals and other volun-teers also are wanted to assist.

Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-Dist. 18) said Central Ameri-can children will keep comingto the U.S. as long as the rootproblems exist.

“But as they are here, it is soimportant that they get the helpthat they’ve never had,” shesaid. “Your role is essential.”

Catholic Charities hasabout 13 attorneys workingon cases involving unaccom-panied minors, said Jacque-line Rishty, senior programmanager at the organization’sImmigration Legal Servicesprogram.

The organization, however,is looking for volunteers to de-fend 85 cases of minors whohave gone through a screeningprocess and are awaiting an at-torney.

She said the majority ofunaccompanied minors areseeking Special Immigrant Ju-veniles Status for children whowere abused, abandoned orneglected in their home coun-try, usually by one or both par-ents.

On Monday, before andafter the press conference,Catholic Charities trained in-terested lawyers about the sta-tus.

Fewer children are pursu-ing asylum or a visa for victimsof crimes, Rishty said.

Julie Petersen — executivedirector of the MontgomeryCounty, Maryland, Bar Foun-dation — said a pro bono pro-gram under the foundation hasmatched volunteer attorneyswith about 10 to 15 cases sincegetting involved this past sum-mer.

The program has workedwith Catholic Charities inguardianship cases in which a

lawyer is needed for the childand another for the would-beguardian, she said.

Legal guardianship is a steptoward the Special ImmigrantJuveniles Status.

Catholic Charities will trainlawyers who don’t have immi-gration or family law experi-ence, Rishty said.

Joy Royes said a lack of im-migrant status can obstructunaccompanied minors’ ac-cess to health care. Royes, anattorney who is policy and riskmanager for the county’s De-partment of Health and Hu-man Services, attended thetraining session.

It was “extremely difficult”to help one suicidal girl gettreatment because she did nothave a legal guardian to giveconsent.

Royes said she’s consider-ing using her legal expertise totake on a minor’s case.

Loretta Garcia, an attorneyin private practice, said she isgrateful for an avenue for law-yers to help the minors.

Garcia — a compliancemanager for the county Of-fice of Human Rights — saidshe specializes in family andemployment law and has ex-perience in immigration andguardianship cases.

There won’t be “too muchof a learning curve,” she said.

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Police in MontgomeryCounty are investigating thedeath of a man found shot todeath in a vehicle Sunday in theBel Pre area of Silver Spring.

A passerby called 911 atabout 12:35 a.m. after seeinga person slumped over at thewheel of a parked vehicle in thelot of an apartment complexat Whispering Pines Drive andWeeping Willow Court, accord-ing to county police.

Police identified the manas Wei Wu, 46, of the 400 blockof K Street NW in Washington,D.C. The statemedical examinerconcluded that the death was ahomicide caused by multiplegunshot wounds, according tocounty police.

On Monday, detectives saidthat, based on evidence at thescene, the homicide is not be-lieved to be random.

Police want anyone with in-formation about the homicideto call the department at 301-279-8000. Callers can remainanonymous.

— DANIEL LEADERMAN

D.C. manfound deadin Bel Pre

The following is a summary of incidentsin the Silver Spring area to whichMontgomery County police respondedrecently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This infor-mation was provided by the county.

Armed robbery• 12400 block of Layhill Road,

Silver Spring, at 9:41 p.m. Jan. 9. Thesubject threatened the victim with aweapon and took property.

• Unit block of EastWayne Av-enue, Silver Spring, at 11:31 a.m. Jan.13. The subject threatened the victimwith a weapon and took property.

Auto theft• Two incidents in the Aspen Hill

Apartment area in the 13500 blockof Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, onJan. 8 or 9.

Commercial robbery• GNC Store, City Place Mall,

8661 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, at7:15 p.m. Jan. 7. The subject threat-ened the victim with a weapon andtook property.

• 7-Eleven, 8455 Colesville Road,Silver Spring, at 12:45 a.m. Jan. 9. Thesubjects threatened the victim withweapons and took property.

Sexual offense• Georgia andWayne avenues,

Silver Spring, at 10:48 a.m. Jan. 13.The subject inappropriately touchedthe victim and fled.

Strong-arm robbery• Reading Drive and Hartwell

Road, Silver Spring, at 10:35 a.m. Jan.9. The subject forcefully took prop-erty from the victim.

• Barbara and Harvard roads,Silver Spring, at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 12. Thesubjects assaulted the victim andtook property.

Commercial burglary• 13200blockofWindyMeadow

Lane, Silver Spring, between Jan. 3 andJan. 5.No forcedentry, tookproperty.

Peeping Tom• 2800 block of Denley Road,

Silver Spring, at 12:30 a.m. Jan. 12.The subject was seen looking intowindows and exposing himself.

Residential burglary• 500blockofEast IndianSpring

Drive, Silver Spring, at 12:50p.m. Jan.5. Forcedentry, tookproperty.

• 14100blockofCastleBoulevard,Silver Spring, at 1p.m. Jan. 7.No forcedentry, tookproperty.

• 700blockofKerwinRoad, SilverSpring, between8:05 a.m. and5:30p.m. Jan. 8. Forcedentry, tookprop-erty.

• 1200blockofCaddingtonDrive,Silver Spring, between11:30 a.m. and10:30p.m. Jan. 8. Forcedentry, tookproperty.

• 15100blockofMcKnewRoad,Silver Spring, between4and4:40p.m.Jan. 8.No forcedentry, tookproperty.

• 14200blockofRipplingBrookDrive, Silver Spring, between9:30 a.m.and7:30p.m. Jan. 12. Forcedentry,tookproperty.

• 12700blockofEppingRoad,Silver Spring, between12:05 and2p.m. Jan. 12.The subject is known tothe victim.

• 9600blockofMt. PisgahRoad,Silver Spring, at 6:50p.m. Jan. 12.Forcedentry, tooknothing.

• 14100blockofCastleBoulevard,Silver Spring, at 8:37p.m. Jan. 12.Forcedentry; vandalismoccurred.

• 3600blockofCastleTerrace, Sil-ver Spring, at 9:51 a.m. Jan. 13.

• 8800blockof PineyBranchRoad, Silver Spring, at 6:54p.m. Jan. 13.

• 900blockofBalmoralDrive, Sil-ver Spring, at 7:08p.m. Jan. 13.

Vehicle larceny• Three incidents at county ga-

rages in Silver Spring between Jan.5 and Jan. 13. Took a coat. Affectedstreets includeWayne Avenue, Cam-eron Street and Kennett Street.

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tee member of the Aspen HillHomeowners Group, whichmet on the issue on Thursday.“But we’d like to have a say intheprocess andhelpminimizethe effect of change.”

Bruce H. Lee, presidentof Lee Development Groupof Silver Spring, the site’s de-veloper, said he has tried forseveral years to find an officetenant without success. Wal-Mart expressed interest in theproperty if the zoning waschanged, then withdrew dueto uncertainty in the county’szoning processes.

Before that, Costco wasinterested in Aspen Hill, butwas lured to Wheaton afterthe county offered a $4 mil-lion subsidy. A Costco openedthere in 2013.

“It’s been a long road toget to this point,” Lee said.“Wewant toduplicatewhatwehave been able to accomplishat Northgate Plaza.”

At the nearby NorthgatePlaza Shopping Center, Lee’scompany spent millions ofdollars in upgrades and addeda roughly 60,000-square-footKohl’s Department Store in2012.

Lee said he was pleasedwith the planning board’s rec-ommended zoning for the for-mer BAE site. He said he can’treally negotiate with storesuntil a retail zoning is set, pro-viding more certainty in theprocess.

“There are a lot of oppor-tunities,” Lee said, giving ex-amples suchasDick’s SportingGoods, PetSmart and grocery

stores.Neighborhood retail zon-

ing could allow a building upto 218,453 square feet, as highas five stories, said MelissaRyan, president of the AspenHill CivicAssociation. She sup-ported commercial residentialneighborhood zoning, whichshe said allowed up to 50,000square feet unless the retaileris a grocery store.

L ee s a i d tha t218,453-square-foot level wasthe maximum allowed underneighborhood retail, and bythe time parking and otherrequirements are met, sucha store will be significantlysmaller than that on the prop-erty in question.

He said he wasn’t goingto build just small retailers.“There is plenty of that there,”Lee said.

Some residents, includ-ing a few from Leisure World,a senior citizen communitynorth of the site, said duringa hearing last fall before theMontgomery County Plan-ning Board that they wouldlike more competition for gro-cers and retailers in the areato lower prices and improveselection.

The former BAE build-ing was first occupied by Vi-tro Corp., which started inthe 1950s as a manufacturingcompanyofmostly slide trans-parencies for overheadprojec-tors and eventually becamepart of BAE. Vitro once hadtwo other buildings in a cam-pus there, but they were torndown in the1990s tomakewayfor HomeDepot.

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the board should consider onlyoptions without cost. He recom-mended the district push backstart and end times at all schoolsby20minutes.

Theboardwill decideonpos-sible changesonFeb. 10.

Many speakers at the secondhearingpointed to effects of sleepdeprivation, such as depression,suicidal thoughts, obesity and carcrashes. Some said it’s hard forteenagers, based on their circa-dian rhythms, to fall asleep untilaround11p.m.

The circadian system servesas an “internal clock” that con-trols alertness and sleepiness,according to the National SleepFoundation.

Multiple parents describedrousing their reluctant childrenout of bed to meet a bus in thedark.

Testimony from doctors andotherexpertssharedresearchandpersonal findings that later starttimes arebeneficial.

Karin Chambless of SilverSpringsaidher10th-gradedaugh-ter gets 6 to 6½ hours of sleep anight during the week as she bal-ances school work and other ac-tivities. Shedrinks coffee and eats“a lot of sugar” to help her stayawake, but still falls asleep some-times in class,Chambless said.

Growing research showsa lack of sleep has “enormoushealth and safety impacts,” con-firming a long-known fact, saidDarrelDrobnich, the former chiefprogram officer at the NationalSleepFoundation.He servedonaconsulting team that helped Fair-fax County, Va., change its belltimes.

“Now, school districts thatcontinue tobalance theirbudgetson the backs of our kids, withoutany concern for their health andsafety, is nothing short of gross

negligence,” said Drobnich, whohastwochildrenintheMontgom-ery school district.

Dr.Michelle Seelman, a childandadolescent psychiatrist in thecounty, said she supports startingmiddle and high schools at 8:30a.m. or later. Chronic sleepdepri-vationcausesdepression,suicidalthoughts andpoor judgment, shesaid.

“Over and over, I hear ac-countsofMCPSstudentswhoarechronically sleep deprived,” Seel-mansaid.

MeghanGaffney, aBethesda-ChevyChaseHigh School sopho-more, said her routine involvesgetting up shortly before herbus arrives around 6:30 a.m., onwhich she sometimes continuessleeping. A field hockey and la-crosse player, Gaffney said thaton days she returns home from atwo-hour practice, she tries to fitin homework, dinner and familytime, among other things, beforebed time.

“Livingonsixhoursof sleep isawful,” she said.

PamelaCoukos said hermid-dle-schooler Ben, who has atten-tion deficit disorder, experiencesfatigue,headachesandfrustrationfromlackofsleep,andshedoesn’tknowhowtomanagehigh schoolnextyear.Bensometimeshasbaddays, she said.

“Thedayshe is literally crawl-ing out of bed because he’s tootired to stand up, and I have tocoach him through it,” she said.“Those are the days I wonderabouthomeschooling.”

Karen Sultan, a WestlandMiddle School teacher with threesons in district schools, said shesees the linkbetween sleepdepri-vationanddepression inherclassandher family.

“As a teacher, I’ve never seenkids so stressed out,” she said. “Ihave several kids who just can’tevencome to school anymore.”

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As Hogan’s administrationstudies the project, the deadlineto grant a 35-year contract for apublic-private partnership on theproject approaches. Originally inJanuary, thatdeadlineforbidshasbeenpushed toMarch12, Leven-thal (D-At Large) of Takoma Parksaid.

“That’s a fairly near-term goorno-godecision,”he said.

As planned, the rail line isa top priority for Montgomery

County.Del. Shane Robinson (D-

Dist. 39) of Montgomery Village,the county’s House delegationchairman, said lawmakers knowHogan is pro-economic develop-ment. Lawmakers are working toconvince Hogan that the PurpleLine is a key driver of economicdevelopment in MontgomeryCounty, the economic engine ofthe state.

Askedif thereviewoftheproj-ect was of concern, Sen. Nancy J.King (D-Dist. 39) of MontgomeryVillage, the county’s Senate del-

egation chairwoman, said, “Well,yeah. Obviously, he hasn’t madeup hismind if he is going to fundit ornot.”

Transit advocates were quickto praise the announcement ofthe funding lastweek.

Stewart Schwartz, execu-tive director of the Coalition forSmarter Growth, applauded Ho-gan’s decision to keep the PurpleandRed lines inhisfirst budget.

“The Purple Line is a gooddeal for Maryland, good for jobs,good for the economy and goodforcommuters,”hesaid inanews

release. “Walking away wouldwaste taxpayer money, discour-age futurepublic-privatepartner-ships,andforego[sic]asignificanteconomicdevelopmentopportu-nity.”

WhilethePurpleLineremainson uncertain ground, Leventhalsaid many of the county’s othercapital priorities were funded inHogan’s budget, including $1million for Strathmore Hall and$2million for theNationalCyber-securityCenter forExcellence.

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“All We Have,” which hewrote, directed and produced,details the cross-country journeyof Brian, a survivor of post-apoc-alyptic Earth who finds a safe ha-ven on the West Coast. Besidescurrent and former students andfamily members acting in themovie, two of his middle school

teachers,MichaelArenasandNedMacFadden, play roles.

The soundtrack is by AngeloTydings-Lynch, a former class-mate of his at Eastern MiddleSchool and now a freshman atMontgomery Blair High in SilverSpring. Makeup and costumesare by ChloeWehling, a senior atBlake.

“There is a message of hopeand determination. Brian dis-

covers that there’s more to hislife than his own survival, as hefinds hope and suffers loss onhis journey,” O’Grady said. “It’s afilm that I’ve wanted to make fora long time.”

O’Grady has volunteered atthe AFI Docs local film festivaltwice, picking up tips and meet-ing some people in the business.He tries to see as many films ashe can, especially at theAFI Silver

Theatre and Cultural Center inSilver Spring.

He plans to submit “All WeHave” to the Austin Film Festivalandperhapsothers.

“I’ve always loved telling sto-ries. I likethevisualwaythatafilmallowsyoutotellastory,”O’Gradysaid. “I feel like film can reach somanymorepeople.”

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service.Proceeds from the 5K will go

towardLeo’sGarden,which is setup as a nonprofit. The couple en-visions establishing a scholarshipfor children with a sibling whodiedatbirth, aswell asorganizingother therapeuticandcreativeac-

tivities, such as yoga, art and out-door education.

“Our plans for Leo’s Gardenare still in development, but ourgoal is to provide a scholarship,”Mowery said.

Last spring, friends, familymembers and supporters helpedthe couple build a memorialgarden in the backyard of theirhome,namedLeo’sGarden.

Stillbirth occurs in about one

out of 160 pregnancies in theUnited States, with about 26,000stillbirths annually, according totheNational Institutes ofHealth.

Leo was born on Super BowlSunday last year, and the runcoincides with this year’s SuperBowl. Ifpeopledonotwant torunorwalk the course, volunteers areneeded to help with the event,Mowery said.

The couple has heard from

support groups and individualswho have experienced similartragedies.

“These kinds of events aretherapeutic for us,”Mowery said.“Both Caroline and I have usedthis terrible tragedy as a way togrow closer to one another andseek out avenues of personalgrowth.”

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“There are a lot of opportunities” for the former BAE Systems propertyin Aspen Hill, said Bruce H. Lee, president of Lee Development Group ofSilver Spring, the site’s developer.

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Germantown credit unionnames CEO

Mid-Atlantic Federal CreditUnion of Germantown namedAndrew P. Russell president,CEO and chairman of Mid-At-lantic Financial Partners’ CreditUnion Service Organization.Previously, Russell was execu-tive vice president and head ofthe Business Banking Group ofthe Greater Washington, D.C.,area for PNC Bank; executivevice president, director of theBusinessBankWholesaleGroupin Georgia and Florida for Cer-tusBank; and senior vice presi-dent and corporate relationshipmanagerwithBBVACompass.

He is a Navy veteran andretired captain in the Army Re-serves.Heholdsabachelor’sde-gree from the University of theStateofNewYork,nowExcelsiorCollege, and a master’s degreefromTroyStateUniversity.

EagleBank names VP,posts profits

EagleBank of Bethesdanamed Lindsey S. Rheaumeexecutive vice president, com-mercial and industrial chieflending officer.

Previously, he was a rela-tionship executive for JPMor-gan Chase and executive vicepresident and commerciallending manager at VirginiaCommerce Bank, and also

worked for SunTrust Bank, GECapital and Bank of America.

Rheaumeholdsabachelor’sdegree from the University ofNorth Dakota and a master ofbusiness administration fromtheUniversity ofDallas.

The bank’s parent, EagleBancorp of Bethesda, also re-ported that its fourth-quarterprofit grew to $14.7 millionfrom $12.0 million in thefourth quarter of 2013. Its an-nual profit last year was $54.3million, up from $47.0 millionin 2013. During the year, itsassets rose 39 percent to $5.25billion from $3.77 billion.

Dixon Hughes namesservices director

Dixon Hughes Goodmanin Rockville named StephanieFenner director in private cli-ent services.

Previously, Fenner, a cer-tified public accountant, wasa senior manager at Aronson.She holds a bachelor’s in ac-counting from Florida StateUniversity.

County firms createWWII museum exhibitsTwo Montgomery County

companies worked together tocreate a new exhibit at the Na-tionalWorldWar IIMuseum inNewOrleans.

“Road to Berlin: Euro-pean Theater Galleries,” a32,000-square-foot pavilion fo-cused on America’s role in thecampaign to defeat Nazi Ger-many, opened at the museumDec. 13. History Associates ofRockville developed contentfor the exhibit and Gallagher &Associates of Silver Spring de-signed it.

The exhibit shows thedrama, sacrifices, personal sto-ries and strategies of America’scampaign to defeat the Axispowers, using artifacts, oralhistories, technology and “im-mersive environments,” ac-cording to a news release fromHistory Associates.

A second exhibit, “Road toTokyo: Pacific Theater Galler-ies,” is to open this year.

E-Management tapsformer White House CIOE-Management of Silver

Spring named Karen Brittonsenior vice president andCOO.

Previously, Britton waschief information officer of theExecutive Office of the Presi-dent and special assistant toPresident Barack Obama.

Argan promotescontroller to VP

Argan of Rockville pro-moted Richard H. Deily to vicepresident.

Since joiningArgan in2007,Deily had been corporate con-troller.

Legal costs eat intoSandy Spring profitsSandy Spring Bancorp of

Olney, parent of Sandy SpringBank, reported that its fourth-quarter profit fell to $9.1 millionfrom $9.6 million in the fourthquarter of 2013. Its annual in-come last year fell to $38.2 mil-lion from$44.4million in2013.

Its 2014 profit was reducedby $6.5 million in litigation ex-penses, while its 2013 profitwas boosted by $4.5 millionin interest income and profes-sional fees related to the reso-lution of a nonperforming loanrelationship, according to anews release.

Total assets last year grewto $4.40 billion from $4.11 bil-lion.

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n Choice Hotels plansCambria Suites near

downtown headquarters

BY RYAN MARSHALL

STAFFWRITER

Workers were still hammer-ing, sawing and digging at theUpton on Friday, but the build-ing in downtown Rockville thatwill combine apartments, ahotel and retail space is still onpace to be completed and openby early April, according to itsbuilders.

The project will feature 263luxury apartments, about 17,000square feet of retail space and a140-room Cambria Suites ho-tel, one of the several brands ofChoice Hotels International ofRockville.

The apartment section ofthe building should be readyto open by early April, with thehotel in early May, said Marc

Dubick, president of developerDuball LLC of Reston, Va.

Choice Hotels moved toRockville from Silver Springabout two years, with plansto build the Cambria Suitesnearby. The global hotel fran-chiser’s headquarters had beenin Silver Spring since 1968. TheRockville headquarters buildingwas developed and is owned byFoulger-Pratt Cos. of Rockville.

ChoiceHotels didnot returncalls seeking comment.

Dubick said his company isin negotiations with several ten-ants to occupy the retail spaces.

A second phase of the proj-ect, with 400 apartments but nohotel component, is plannednext to the property on what isnow a parking lot a block fromthe RockvilleMetro station.

The hotel will have a pool,fitness center, conference fa-cility and other amenities, saidJohn Segreti, a Duball executivein charge of development.

A rooftop deck area for the

apartment section will featureviews that stretch from Restonand Tysons Corner, Va., to thesouth to Sugarloaf Mountain inthe north. The building will en-compass three types of architec-ture: traditional, Deco-GothicandModern, he said.

The mixture of residential,hotel and retail provided a chal-lenge for planners, but also anopportunity, he said.

In an urban mixed-use, “allthesedifferentuseshave toworktogether,” Segreti said.

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The Montgomery CountyCommission for Women onSunday held its 35th Women’sLegislative Briefing in Rockville.After 3½ decades of the annualconference, organizers decidedit was time to foster the nextgeneration of female leaders inthe county.

“We really feel like in termsof advocacy we need to besure our young women are do-ing advocacy,” said ChandraWalker Holloway, immediatepast president of the commis-sion. “Many of our advocatesare aging.”

To that end, the afternoonconference at the Universitiesat Shady Grove a special TeenTrack to showhow the teens canwork as leaders andadvocate forissues important to them.

The gathering, which fea-tured many county lawmak-ers, also included seminars oncommunicating with legislatorsand building support for issues;health care for senior women;

getting more women into lead-ership positions; immigrationreform and challenges facingimmigrant women; economicempowerment; and women’shealth and safety.

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OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

I would like to comment onwhat ismeant “greater good” inTheGazette’s “Our Opinions” (“Saveamphipods—atwhat cost?,” Jan. 7).

The editorial ended with astatement imploring everyone toconsider the “greater good” whendeciding about land use. This um-brella phrase has been manufac-tured and advertised to apply toa greater good when actually it ismore appropriately associated witha “greater greed.”

This “greater good” starts with amisrepresentation of undevelopedland as not already serving a greatergood. This can justify developmentstarting, perhaps with a housingcommunity which destroys an areaalready housing a natural commu-nity, stating this development is forthe “greater good.”

From this comes the “need” forclose proximity of abundant shop-ping — i.e., more development. Tosupport merchants supplying thisabundant shopping,more consum-ers are needed and more housing.Consumers have kids, schools areneeded, traffic gets bad and forthe “greater good,” more roads areneeded.Where there are new roads,there can bemore development.

The“greater good” isnowso im-portant, it is apparently appropriateto force property owners living inthe area before the developmentstarted to have a road built rightthrough where they live, like it ornot. This is achieved by the countycondemning the owners’ land andtaking it. Or there’s “alternate trans-portation”— i.e., the Purple Line.

And for the “greater good,” nomatter how valuable the land is tothe lives of the current inhabitants(in this case, maybe species listed

on the federal endangered spe-cies list), we are asked to condemnthe environment and build rightthrough the area for the “greatergood.”

Seemingly as proof that all ofthis is for the “greater good,”CountyCouncil members brag about howproperty values have goneup.Whatthis actuallymeans is that evenpeo-ple who have not improved theirproperty ormoved fromwhere theyhave been living can now pay thecounty higher taxes to support, youguessed it, the “greater good.”

As obviously self-perpetuatingthis circle of nonsense is, if it wereactually working to some degreefor a greater good, perhaps an ar-gument could be considered on itsbehalf. But, Montgomery County isstill facing a revenue shortfall for therest of the current fiscal year and thenext one.

So, let’s unwind this. Highertaxes, from all of this doing for the“greater good,” are not paying forsolutions to the problems createdby the “greater good.”

I can imagine some have come

away with greater goods from thisblind devotion to over develop-ment. But I see every day how themajority of people, plants and ani-mals — which, when in balance,do create a greater good — are suf-fering from the deception. So I ask:What is so good about the “greatergood” from the runaway train thatis over development and greed?Whose definition of what is goodare we being asked to buy into andto what end?

Karon deSilva, Clarksburg

There’s plenty of bad built into ‘greater good’

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American University graduate student Jenna Keany holds a vial of shrimp-like amphipods in Rock Creek Park in Chevy Chase Dec. 5.

I take issue with The Gazette editorial on Jan.7 (“Saveamphipods—atwhat cost?). It is illogicalonmany levels. Let’s start with two big ones: tak-ing cars off the road and saving the amphipods.

The MTA “estimated” (without revealing itsmethodology or inputs) that in 2040 (25 yearsfrom now), nearly 17,000 “trips” by automobilewould be saved compared to the “no build alter-native.” That is a drop in trips of less than 1/10 ofone percent for the Metro area, an “estimate” of

trips saved that essentially equals zero.To quote The Gazette, these trips (if the es-

timate has any validity) will be saved “at whatcost?” In this instance, the cost would be about$21 per seven-mile trip saved. That’s too expen-sive.Weneed to seewhetherwecan saveasmanyor more trips with more cost-effective alterna-tives. The state has not done so yet.

Regarding the amphipods, both the federalgovernment and the state have adopted poli-

cies that treat “endangered species” with muchgreater care than other environmental issues be-cause extinction is forever. This policy has heldup (or even blocked) a number of importantprojects around the country. The Purple Linecase is too weak to justify rethinking this policy;the train’s cost would far exceed the benefits. Weneed cost-effective alternatives.

Lewis Leibowitz, Chevy Chase

Purple Line advocates don’t make a good case

Your Jan.7editorial “Saveamphi-pods—atwhatcost?”concludedthatsacrificing one of about five knownpopulations onEarth of two rare am-phipodswould be a fair exchange fora relatively tiny reduction in green-house gases and a smaller reductionin car trips in the distant future, if arecentamphipoddiscoveryalong thepathof thePurpleLinewere tobeoneof the endangeredones.

Amphipods are an indicator offreshwater quality and depend fortheir survivalon leafy forestcoverandstreambuffers.

Eventhoughamphipodsrecentlyfound by Dr. Culver’s team are notone of the three highly endangeredspecies of amphipods of our nation’scapital area, all need thenewly foundhabitat in order to recover.

Even if one does not accept “theCovenant of Noah,” the duty not torisk destroying entire species and the

recognition thatweall dependon thediversity of life,wehumansalsoneedthis area— undisturbed. Thousandsof users of the trail — cyclists andwalkersofallages—comefrommilesaround to enjoy this gentle, shaded,forest-lined trail for commuting andrecreation.

The Purple Line, instead, woulddisplace the current trail, clear-cut48 acres of trees, and create storm-water runoff beyond levels normallyallowed by Montgomery County.In fact, within months, Montgom-ery County plans to force everyoneoff the trail, down narrow streetsthrough the town of Chevy Chase,driving cyclists and baby carriagesacross dangerous intersections, foryears of construction.

As for climate change, neitherThe Gazette nor the Sierra Club havepresented evidence to show that thecoal burned to generate the electricity

required by the Purple Line wouldn’tcreate more greenhouse gases (andother pollution) than the few cars theline would displace. Well-researchedcomments on the Final Environmen-tal Impact Statement countered thestate’s claim of greenhouse gas sav-ings.Thestates’estimatesandthoseofTheGazetteandSierraClubalsofailedto count carbon dioxide and otherpollutants (and stormwater for thatmatter) removedby the trail trees thatwouldbesacrificed foraPurpleLine.

It would be irresponsible tospend $2.5 billion to construct and$50 million a year or more for eachof the next 40 years to run the PurpleLine, asexplained in the followingex-pert analyses:

• Economist Frank Lysy: http://tinyurl.com/k87b7a7

• Professor David Lublin: http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=4487

• Transportation Policy Expert

Randall O’Toole: http://tinyurl.com/q5f69x9

• The transportation engineeringfirm of Sam Schwartz: http://tinyurl.com/l523dj7

So, with one stroke of the pen,Gov.Hogancansave theamphipods,save our health, helpmore commut-ers and businesses across our twocounties and the state, and save bil-lions in taxes or — lose an irreplace-able trail, ruin fine neighborhoods,loseachance to restoreanddelist en-dangered species, and put Marylandindebt for 40 years.

John Fitzgerald, Chevy ChaseThe writer is an environmental

lawyer among those suing the FederalTransit Administration, seeking toenforce the National EnvironmentalPolicyActandtheEndangeredSpeciesAct in planning the Purple Line.

Evidence shows that Purple Line could be ruinous

Failure to invest in early childhood care andeducation is a huge misstep, especially for a com-munity as educated as ours.

We now know the vast majority of our chil-dren’s brain development happens at 0-5 yearsand ensuring high quality experiences during thisperiod is crucial to school success and beyond.

We know the value of education, which is whywe invest over 50 percent of our county budget inK-12. Yet,we invest less than1percent in child careand early education.

Aseconomists like JamesHeckmanhavenoted,this is fertile ground that can yield great economicreturns. It’s not a handout, but an investment. It

allows parents to work while their kids are beingprepared for success in school and for life.

But child care is expensive. Even where bothparents are fully employed, many families cannotafford it and their children are likely to showup forkindergarten already behind and less equipped forsuccess.

Other jurisdictions have realized this problemand their citizensare supportingdedicated fundingsources to make substantial investments in theiryoungest children who need it most. Wouldn’t itbe wise for us to think ahead on this issue and jointhem?

Shaun M. Rose, Kensington

Think of child care as an investment for success WRITE TO USThe Gazette welcomes letters onsubjects of local interest. No anonymousletters are printed. Letters are printedas space permits. Include your name,address and daytime telephone number.Send submissions to: The Gazette,attention Commentary Editor,9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD20877; fax to 301-670-7183; or email [email protected].

Without then-U.S. Supreme Court Wil-liamO. Douglas, wemight not have theC&OCanal National Historical Park.

In 1954, TheWashington Post recom-mended creating a scenic highway out ofthe C&O canal’s remnants. But Douglasprotectively praised the land as “a wilder-ness area where we can commune withGod and nature, a place not yet marredby the road of wheels and the sound ofhorns.”

More than 60 years later, we have amagnificent184.5-milepark, stretch-ing fromCum-berland, Md.,to GeorgetowninWashing-ton, D.C.

The park’ssurvival is nolonger in seri-

ous danger, but the National Park Serviceisn’t flush with cash, either.

Coping with budget cuts, the Park Ser-vice is considering charging entrance feesfor the C&O park and others.

Like anyone else, we balk at beingcharged for something we’re accustomedto having for free. But this ideamakessense, and we support the concept to helppay for staffing, maintenance, amenitiesand restoration projects.

The National Parks Conservation As-sociation says the Park Service, “whichhas long struggled with underfunding, hasbeen crippled by compounded budgetcuts over recent years,” especially as it ap-proaches next year’s centennial.

Currently, the Park Service charges aC&O admission fee ($3 for three days) onlyat the park’s Great Falls Tavern entrancein Potomac. The new plan is to add feeseverywhere outsideWashington, D.C., andimplement a parking fee at the Fletcher’sCove area of the park inWashington.

Park visitors would pay $7 for a seven-day pass. Parts of the park west of SenecaCreek, that fee would be phased in, startingat $3 this year.

A per-vehicle pass would be $15 forseven days, also phased in west of SenecaCreek, starting at $5.

A frequent C&O park user probablywould go for an annual pass for $30, mak-ing this a nominal fee for most people.

In the National Park System, 131 unitsalready charge entrance fees, so this isn’t arash change. The Park Service has 401 parkunits, 23 scenic and historic trails, and 58wild and scenic rivers.

Park Service Director Jon Jarvis is let-ting superintendents consider new or in-creased entrance fees for more uniformity.C&O rates are likely to be for seven days in-stead of three, which some parks use now.

For comparison, AntietamNationalBattlefield currently charges $4 for anyoneat least 16 years old and $6 per family forthree days. An annual pass costs $20. Harp-ers Ferry’s federal park charges $5 per per-son and $10 per vehicle, also for three days.An annual pass costs $30.

Realizing there could be backlash, C&Opark Superintendent Kevin Brandt said: “Ifthere isn’t public support for this, it won’thappen.”

Input is welcome at public meetings,including one at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Glen EchoTownHall.

There’s probably room for compromiseand negotiation in the recommended ratesas the details are worked out.

Still, we’re persuaded by Brandt’swords in a Park Service press release: “Thepark is a popular place where people cometo recreate, to learn, to be challengedphysically and to be inspired and renewed;however, the park cannot run itself forfree, and our fee revenue is essential toproviding for public safety, recreation andresource protection.”

A C&Oboost

PROPOSEDENTRANCE FEES

ARE JUSTIFIED,WOULD HELP

NATIONAL PARK

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Brian Benhaim’s calls for“real reforms” in the wake ofthe tragic plane crash near theAirpark in December [Jan. 7 Fo-rum] lack benefits to the com-munity while greatly benefittingMr. Benhaim and any of hisneighbors who chose to moveto a house near the Airpark.

As a pilot for a major airlinewho started his career at theAirpark, I find Benhaim’s “re-forms” overreaching. His plansare not real solutions. They are aveiled attempt by a NIMBY citi-zen to promote a selfish causespringboarded by a tragic ac-cident.

Banning touch-and-gooperations because they are anuisance to “legitimate com-mercial traffic” is like askingMr. Benhaim to drive off to theshoulder of Route 124 wheneverhe sees a commercial truck, bus,or limo in his rear-view mirror.Airplanes already in the patternhave the right of way, and all jetpilots know this and adjust ac-cordingly. After all, they likelybecame jet pilots by practicingtouch-and-goes at the local air-port.

Attempting to ban jets thatdon’t have a qualified copilotis not something that local gov-ernment can police. That’s thejurisdiction of the FAA, whocertifies airplanes to be flown bya single pilot versus two. Single-pilot jet operations have beenin use for more than 30 years.Trust me, because of this acci-dent, the NTSB and FAA will belooking far more closely at thisexemption.

His final proposal to sim-ply close the airport would bea boon for the value of nearbyhomes, perhaps including his.But, municipal airports are apart of the National AirspaceSystem. In the event of disaster,that single runway at the Air-park may serve as a lifeline forMontgomery County residents

as supplies fly in and injured areflown out to safer areas.

And let’s not forget theair-ambulance flights, AngelFlights, pet-rescue missions andmany other good-cause flightsthat take place at the Airpark,but are sadly under reported.

Benhaim also has his factswrong about other issues. First,the traffic at the airport fell pre-cipitously after 2000 because ofthe 9/11 terrorist attacks andthe establishment of highly re-stricted airspace overlying theAirpark. Many operators movedtheir airplanes to get out fromunder the bureaucratic bur-den of the airspace and risk offighter intercepts, not becauseof higher risk factors from over-flying the rampant develop-ment around the Airpark.

Second, Benhaim says emi-nent domain was used to “ex-pand operations at the airport,so bigger jets could land here.”This is flat-out false. The run-way at the Airpark has been thesame length since 1971. If he’sreferring to the development ofthe Webb tract, that is a countybuilding under constructionthere and has nothing to dowith the Airpark.

The reality is that any pro-posal to expand or improvethe Airpark has been reliablyshot down for the last 40 yearsthanks to residents like Ben-haim and their tactics. Com-pared to other small airports inthe area, our Airpark has seenvery little improvement. Fewbusinesses keep airplanes herebecause the runway is too shortand there’s no instrument land-ing system to guide airplanes induring low weather.

Instead of protecting andembracing the airport, politi-cians, developers, and NIMBYresidents have for years at-tempted to strangle the life outof it. So far, it’s working.

Peter A. Bedell, Gaithersburg

Airpark criticism ignoresactual and potential benefits

As a parent of a Montgomery CountyPublic Schools ninth-grader, I would liketo add my perspective on changing to laterhigh school bell times — and as a Montgom-ery County resident, I am very concernedabout any additional cost (or the diversionof current funding) of some of the options.

Changing bell times is very “complex,”as acknowledged by MCPS in its 2015 sum-mary analysis. However, this issue may besimplified by determining: “What’s drivingthis need?”

As reported in internal MCPS reportsand analysis, increasing sleep is the drivingforce. Although not explicitly stated, moresleep leads to greater academic achievementand increases the general health of highschool students since their circadian rhythmresults in a later time when they fall asleep.

However, the independent Hanover Re-port conducted for MCPS states “...there isno conclusive evidence that demonstratesthat later high school start times result inimproved academic achievement for stu-dents.”

While a later bell time facilitates getting

up later, it also means that school ends later.Given the rigors of high school — academ-ics, clubs, sports, jobs — does ending theschool day later “push” these activities backwith no increase in sleep?

To address this, MCPS cites a 2002 studyby Kyla Wahlstrom (“Findings from the FirstLongitudinal Study of Later High SchoolStart Times”) that indicates some increasedsleep. It is based on districts with a total pop-ulation of less than 700 students, with 467students in a later start time (Minneapolis)versus 169 students in an earlier start time(anonymous District B).

However, much has changed since the2002 Wahlstrom study, led by an explosionof electronic devices, streaming video, andespecially social media that high school stu-dents use frequently (much to my chagrin,that’s my daughter!). For MCPS to leveragea decade-old study from a vastly differentinformation/entertainment age — a studywith less than 700 students and an “anony-mous District B,” so that no socio-demo-graphic comparisons can be made — is nota strong business case for change.

My concern is MCPS may be “experi-menting” with later bell times without sup-porting evidence that links greater studentachievement or indicates this provides moresleep. Additionally, given the economicheadwinds for MCPS’ funding, any optionthat carries a cost should not be considered.

Since the board and MCPS are chargedwith optimizing student achievement andbeing sound stewards of taxpayer (funding)dollars, especially as these dollars becomeever-more scarce, initiating a costly changewithout much assurance of student achieve-ment gains and increased sleep is pure folly.All this points to a strong “no-action” byMCPS and the board of education.

Changing bell times is complex given thevarious stakeholder concerns, interests, andthe massive disruption to 154,000 studentsand their families. However, the decisionis simple: Do not change bell times unlessthere is compelling evidence of increasedstudent achievement and increased sleepfor MCPS high school students.

Rob Lao, Laytonsville

Without proof of a benefit,district shouldn’t change bell times

As another year came to aclose, I thought about peoplewho have shaped my path. As aLatina, first-generation Ameri-can, I didn’t have a ton of rolemodels outside of my familywho shared my backgroundsand experiences. But where so-ciety and media came up short,incredible teachers at BlakeHigh School made the differ-ence. Because of them, I mademy way to college. I attendedthe University of Maryland, Bal-timore County. Now, becauseof them, I teach, too.

Allison Finn, Claire Kodan,Rudy Tyrell, Cindy Loveland,Leigh Tinsley, Joseph DuBois,Carole Goodman, Kim Tolbert,Kathy Moore, Denise Ramosand many more recognizedwhat college could do for me,long before I did. They knew itwould stretch me academically

and challenge me personally. Itwasn’t until my senior year thatany of us knew exactly where itwould lead me.

As an undergrad, I volun-teered with disadvantagedBaltimore students — manyof whom had special needs. Igrew increasingly frustratedwith a system that didn’t grantthe same opportunities to allmy students. They strugglednot because they weren’t capa-ble, but because of systems notset up to address their uniqueneeds and situations.

As my time with UMBCcame to a close, I knew I wantedto continue public service work— to create meaningful changeI deeply believe in. I thoughtabout my Blake teachers andknew I needed to get into theclassroom and pay forward allthat those teachers gave me.

I joined Teach For America,which enlists college graduatesand professionals to teach inlow-income communities andadvocate for equity.

I am teaching in Baltimorewith a vow: never let a studentget pushed through an educa-tion system without keys for op-portunities. I set high goals forall my kids and expect them tomeet them. Many students maybe low-income, or first-genera-tion Americans, or have specialneeds, but I refuse to let thosebe reasons they don’t succeed.

My kids and I talk aboutleadership coming from withinand how to see yourself as aleader. For many, this isn’t easy— they don’t see many peoplein positions of authority or in-fluence to whom they relate.As a teacher, I strive to createlessons that not only allow my

students to explore variousleaders, but also develop theirown leadership skills.

I want every kid in Balti-more to have the choice to goto college. I believe every singlestudent in Baltimore has in-credible potential, and I wantthem to believe that, too. Myown teachers showed me ex-cellent teaching, and I want toreplicate that for the next gen-eration. Every morning in theclassroom, I strive to teach asthey taught me: with passion,excitement, humility and un-derstanding.

Together, we can give ourkids the futures they deserve.

Micaela Perez Ferrero,Baltimore

The writer used to live in Ol-ney. She graduated from BlakeHigh School in 2009.

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Name any sport,and at some pointLarry Hurd has prob-ably coached it dur-ing his tenures withClarksburg and Pool-esville high schools.

I suspect that ifHurdwalked pasttwo students playingchess, he’d stop to ex-plain why theMuller-Schulze Gambit is tooaggressive. He’s currently the Coyotes’ foot-ball coach, but he has a very long resume.

“I’ve coached boys and girls basketball,”Hurd said. “I’ve coached baseball and soft-ball, and I’ve coached football. I’ve done allthese things.”

You’re right, he’s about tomake a point:“There is no preparation for the posi-

tion of head football coach, until you getthe job.”

Hurd’s defensive coordinator from thepast two seasons, DeShawn Anderson, isfinding that out after he was named Blake’sfootball coach last week.

A coordinator can focus on one thing,whilemaybe helping out in other areas. Butwhen you’re the head coach, you have toworry about both sides of the ball and spe-cial teams; you have to deal with themedia;parents asking about playing time; an ad-ministration that tells you it’s out ofmoney;college coaches whowant information onpossible recruits; visitingmiddle schools tolocal kids from going to Springbrook; keep-ing tabs on athletes’ grades; checking tomake sure your players live where they aresuppose to live so you don’t have to forfeita game;making sure a kid isn’t throwingaway a possible scholarship by tweetingsomething wildly inappropriate. And on,and on, and on.

“I don’t have a Twitter account,” Ander-son said. “I guess I’m going to have to getone.”

That list is just the start.“Every year, there’s something new,”

Hurd said. “You’re always having to adapt.But, while no one becomes a head coach forthe first time ready, I do think [Anderson] isas ready as you can be.”

Anderson has been a head coach intrack, at Einstein andWatkinsMill. He saidhewas a four-year starter at linebacker atNorfolk State, and did a coaching intern-ship with twoNFL teams (Indianapolis andJacksonville) for two summers.

He stopped coaching for four years tofocus on his family, but he was back soon asthe linebackers coach at Clarksburg for twoseasons before taking over as coordinator.

What canwe expect fromBlake?“I’m aggressive,” Anderson said. “We’re

going to use track as the basis for our pro-gram, andmake sure our kids are in greatshape because we’re going to run at atempo that’s tremendous.”

The former track coach broke the newsThursday to his football players that he ex-pects all of them on the track team.

Expect a quick-to-the-line, no-huddleoffense and a lot of pressure on thequarter-back tomake the right reads and execute theright options.Ondefense, Anderson saidhe’sa four-linemen, three-linebacker coach.

“You’re going to see speed andaggres-siononboth sides of theball,” Anderson said.

He teaches technology education atClarksburg, but Anderson said he’s beentold they are going to do everything pos-sible to get him in the building at Blake.

For now, he’s just trying to learn what itmeans to be a head football coach.

“When I first got hired for the job,myemail box, there were like 20 emails thatyou’ve got to respond to,” Anderson said.“Forme, it’s about balance, betweenmyfaith, my family and the love that I have forthis game.”

“When he toldme he got the job, I toldhim that his headaches just increased 100-fold,” Hurd said.

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n Watkins Mill girlsbasketball seniors

approaching1,000-point mark

BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

STAFF WRITER

Watkins Mill High School se-niors Dominique Walker and Dani-elle Durjan are keeping tabs on theirscoring totals as they each approach1,000 points. Walker has 905 andDurjan has 950, and with nine regu-lar season games remaining, plusplayoffs, they’re aware they have agood chance of reaching the mile-stone. And when they do, they’ll beawarded a game ball and be recog-nized with an in-game announce-ment, possibly during a stoppage ofplay, Watkins Mill coach Ivan Hickssaid.

“It’s very special. It’s very spe-cial, it’s very comforting knowingthat night after night we have twoindividuals that will score,” Hickssaid.

In Montgomery County, and athigh schools across the area, basket-ball players like Walker and Durjanare nearing or have already passedthe arbitrary scoring mark. OnThursday, Churchill senior JapriaKarim-Duvall became the first Bull-dog in 11 seasons to reach 1,000.Paint Branch senior Daisa Harrisscored her 1,000th point a year ago,while Eleanor Roosevelt junior KailaCharles has more than 900.

It’s an impressive accomplish-ment, coaches said, particularly forpublic school athletes who play 22regular season games and at leastonemore in the playoff. On the girlsside, it typically takes four seasonsof consistent, steady contributions— 10-plus points per game — with-

out missing any significant time.It’s even more challenging on theboys side, where freshmen are lesslikely to make varsity teams, letalone contribute.

“You need to have a combina-tion of your team playing well soyou get enough games in, and [youneed] to score pretty consistentlyon a good clip,” said Paint Branchalumnus and girls coach RochelleColeman (Class of 2001), whoscored 1,000 at the Burtonsvilleschool. “You have to be consistentall through high school.”

Different county teams havedifferent ways of acknowledgingthe 1,000 points. Some, like coachKateMcMahon, publicize when theathletes are close to 1,000, notifyingthe athlete’s family and even thepress. Others place less emphasison the feat and are against mid-

County’s scorers celebrated to varying extents

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Watkins Mill High School senior girlsbasketball player Dominique Walker isapproaching the 1,000-point mark.

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n Two of county’s best boysbasketball teams meet Friday in

Silver Spring

BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFF WRITER

Just hours removed from a convincing54-31 win at Kennedy High School on Fri-day, the RichardMontgomery boys basket-ball team was back in the gym working onits shot — in dodgeball.

As 1990s hip-hop music blared downfrom the speakers above, coach DavidBreslaw weaved his way in and out of hisplayers, flashing a smile as he laughedalongside his undefeated (14-0) team.

The 8 a.m. practice started off withyoga, followed by 15 minutes of shoot-ing work, before ending with two spiritedgames of dodgeball — a nice reward, Bre-slaw said.

“We’ve thrown a lot at them this yearand we’ve been relentless when it came topractice, so this was much needed,” Bre-slaw said.

The relaxed practice couldn’t havecome at a better time for the Rockets, whowill spend most of the week preparing forFriday’s scheduled 7 p.m. game againstSpringbrook, a team that may be the great-est threat to Richard Montgomery’s un-blemished season.

The contest in Silver Spring will notonly feature two of 4A’s top teams, but willpit two contrasting styles of play againsteach other in what could prove to be one ofthe most entertaining games of the regularseason.

The Rockets have been praised bycounty coaches for their offensive disci-pline and patience in letting plays develop.Led by senior guard Renzo Farfan, RichardMontgomery’s offense is a methodical se-ries of passing and cutting until the bestshot presents itself. The ball often findsits way to 6-foot-5 senior forward NickJackson, who is just as adept at finding theopen man as he is getting physical in the

Speedcoulddeterminewinner

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Withhisheadphones inhisears,XavierHowardpacedupanddownanunusedmatinthegymatSpringbrookHighSchool.

The 132-pound Wheaton wrestler was preparingfor his first of twomatches on Saturday, as theKnightsweregetting ready towrestleSpringbrookandBlair.

Howard’s demeanor was calm and the junior saidhewas inazone.

“I’m just clearing my mind out of everything,”Howard said of his pre-match routine. “Just trying tofocusonhowI’mabout tobeat thenext guy in line.”

Howard said he has a new level of motivation thisseason,one thathaseludedhim in thepast.He saidheremembershow last seasonended in tears.

Lastyear,hecameinoverweightontheseconddayof thecounty tournamentandwasscratched.Howard,however, rebounded to place third in the 4A/3AWestRegion tournament. In the state tournament, Howardlosthisfirstmatch inovertime.

“I wish I could go back in time and take that mo-mentback,”Howard said. “I cried andcried. I couldn’tstopcrying. Itwasoneof theworst feelings I felt.”

Now a junior captain, Howard is 25-1 this season

andonamission to redeemhimself.Hesaidhe felt likehe lethis teamdown last season.

Wheaton,aschoolwithaproudwrestlingtradition,hasn’t producedasmuchsuccess in the sport recently.It hasn’t beeneasy togenerate consistent interest fromthe student body to field a complete team, especiallywith a revolving door of coaches over the past decade.But in his second year with the Silver Spring school,coach Kolawole Marville represents a level of stabilitythat theKnightshaven’t seen inyears.

“WouldIlovetohavefive,sixXaviers?Yeah,Iwouldlove to,” thecoachsaid. “But if that’snot thecase, I canstill be happy that I have one, and work with him. Hehashelpeddevelopsomeoftheyoungwrestlersthatwehaveon the team.”

Howard, who has been wrestling since the sixthgrade, said the teamhas grown innumbers sinceMar-ville tookover,butmanyof thewrestlersarenewto thesport.

“I don’thave todependonanyoneelsebutmyself.The amount of work that I put in, I get out,” Howardsaid.

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PHOTO BY CHRIS CULKIN

Wheaton High School wrestler Xavier Howard (right) wrestles Dec. 20 against Northwood.

After missing weight at last year’s countytournament, junior hopes for better season

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BOYS BASKETBALL: Richard Montgomery atSpringbrook, 7 p.m. Friday. Top two public school boysteams in county meet for the first time.

SWIMMING: Division championships, Saturday.

ICE HOCKEY: Whitman vs. Wootton, 8:10 p.m. Friday.

post. The Rockets’ patienceand discipline has continuallygiven them the advantage overathletically superior teams,Breslaw said.

“It’s huge because we arenot the fastest team,” Breslawsaid. “We’re not the biggestteam. We’re not the quickestteam. We’re not the extremein any respect. We have higher

than average IQ — I wouldmake that claim. So that’s ouradvantage.”

Friday evening, the Rock-ets may be running into 4A’smost athletic team in Spring-brook, a group that thrives inthe up-and-down pace of atransition-heavy game, but isvery capable of locking down ahalf-court opponent with theintense, grittyman-to-man de-fense they’ve been known forover the last few decades.

Running the show for first-year coach Darnell Myers is

senior point guard DonovanWalker. Walker has dazzledopponents this season withhis quickness and ability tofinish at the rim, but also hasproven himself to be an elitegame manager and lockdowndefender. Those two assetsmay come in handy againsta Richard Montgomery teamthat likes to keep games in the40s and 50s.

The key to the game is loston neither involved party.Whichever team is able toestablish its pace from the

opening whistle will have anadvantage in a game that My-ers called “two heavy hittersgoing at each other.”

“I’ve seen [Richard Mont-gomery] play twice and I justthink we’ve got to play Spring-brook basketball,” the BlueDevils coach said. “If we canget out and run then we’re go-ing to do it. But I think latelywe’ve been playing very goodhalf-court defense. That’swhat we believe in, is playingdefense and doing the thingswe can do to stop teams.”

Springbrook’s path to Fri-day night will be more taxingthan its opponent’s, as theBlue Devils were scheduledto travel to Kennedy and hostBlake.

Richard Montgomery is setto play Walter Johnson beforeFriday, and the Rockets mayhave been the beneficiary of aweak schedule — Breslaw saidthe combined record of theRockets’ 14 opponents thus faris just 45-80.

But as the Rockets coachhas pointed out time and time

again, his team is in tunewith the reality of its win-ning streak and has remainedcommitted to the same workethic and focus that got it tothis point.

“We know they’re a greatteam,” Jackson said of Spring-brook. “... But if we want toget to where we want to go,teams like Springbrook haveto be beaten.”

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game stoppages, but will rec-ognize the athlete at the nextgame or after the season.

It’s not a big deal every-where. At Roosevelt — thereigning state championsfrom Prince George’s County— coach Delton Fuller hadn’tbeen tracking Charles’ scor-

ing progress as of Sunday, de-spite her being within strikingdistance. Hank Galotta, whocoached the Paint Branchboys team from 1973 to 1999and at DeMatha Catholic un-der Morgan Wootten prior tothat, said he’s seen the featacknowledged, but couldn’trecall a boys game ever beingstopped for it. In fact, whenall-time county great TracyJackson scored his 2,000th for

the Panthers in the 1977 statefinal, Galotta said he didn’teven realize it until he talliedup the points at the end of theseason. He acknowledged itlater at the end-of-season ban-quet, he said.

“At the end of the game wenever recognized points,” Ga-lotta said. “The first thing wetalked about was rebounds,leading assist man, leadingsteals. If there was something

that was unique about scor-ing, we’d mention that. But wenever ever, and Morgan neverever talked about how manypoints.”

The accomplishment,though, has long been ac-knowledged in amateur andprofessional basketball. A 1937New York Times article notedthat Long Island Universitymen’s basketball player JulesBender scored his 1,000th

point. In 1950, when CarlBraun of the New York Knick-erbockers reached the mile-stone, the game was stoppedand he was presented a ball,The New York Times reported.

Players and coaches, tovarying extents, are still goingafter the arbitrary scoring feat.Walker, who had an abbrevi-ated sophomore season, saidshe didn’t think she’d get any-where near the mark but was

encouraged when Durjan toldher before the season that shewas close. With Walker averag-ing a county leading 21.3 pointsper game, and Durjan (20.7) notfar behind, bothmayonlyneedafewmore games to get there.

“I think that it’s pretty cool,”Walker said. “... Not the biggestdeal in the world, but it is awe-some.”

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Ice hockey

1. Churchill2. Landon3. Georgetown Prep4. Blair5. Wootton

Best bet

n Whitman vs.Wootton: 8:10 p.m.Friday. Game shoulddecide second placein the 2A Conference.Wootton won the firstgame, 2-1.

Indoor track and field

Boys

1. Northwest2. Quince Orchard3. Paint Branch4. Richard Montgomery5. Watkins Mill

Girls

1. Clarksburg2. Northwest3. Bullis4. Paint Branch5. Walter Johnson

Best bet

n Virginia TechInvitational: 5 p.m.Friday and 9 a.m.Saturday. Someof the nation’s toptalent will there soit’s a good eventto get ready forchampionshipseason.

Swimming

Boys

1. Georgetown Prep2. Richard Montgomery3. Walter Johnson4. Churchill5. B-CC

Girls

1. Churchill2. Blair3. Sherwood4. Holton-Arms5. Whitman

Best bet

n WashingtonMetropolitan PrepSchools Swimmingand Diving LeagueChampionships:Saturday in Laurel.Holton-Arms goesfor its third straightWMPSSDL title.

Wrestling

1. Damascus2. Good Counsel3. Georgetown Prep4. Walter Johnson5. Northwest

Best bet

n Northwest andWhitman atDamascus, 1p.m. Saturday:This tri-meet canshake up the 4A/3AWest Region dualstandings with thethree top teams inthe county squaringoff.

HOW THEY RANK

The Panthers certainly madea statement with their third-placefinish at last week’s county meet— up from sixth place a yearago — but the road will only gettougher from here, coach Dessa-lyn Dillard said. Paint Branch hasthe versatility this year to be a topteam but they will no longer beable to sneak up on the competi-tion.

Still, Dillard said PaintBranch hasn’t even shown itsfull hand. Sprinter Adassa Phil-lips picked up two top 4 resultsat the county championshipand currently holds the state’ssixth-best time in the 55-meterdash (7.24 seconds), accordingto athletic.net, and BethlehemTaye, the county champion inthe 3,200-meter run, is currentlyranked No. 6 in the state in thatevent.

Magruder sophomore re-gains winning formGiven Colonels sophomore

StephanieDavis’ success during abreakoutspringoutdoorseasoninwhich she won four events at thestate meet— two individual, tworelays — one would expect herto enter this winter rather con-fident. But some turmoil withinthe program early — three headcoaches from October throughthe end of November— and per-haps external pressure to backup those results, led to a subparbeginning of the season per herstandards, coach Richard Bosnicsaid. After a number of runner-up finishes, wins in her both herevents at lastweek’sMontgomeryCounty championship—55- and300-meterdash—builther confi-dencebackup,Davis said.

Davis’ county title perfor-mances are among thebest in thestateandnation.Hertimeof40.20seconds in the 300-meter dash istop in the state and No. 22 in thenation,accordingtoMileSplit.Her

7.20-second, 55-meter dash timeisMaryland’s third-best.

“[Davis] is a very gifted ath-lete,” Bosnic said. “She workshard. And she is competitive. Shedoesnot like to lose. “

Damascus tuning up for runat region title

TheSwarmin’Hornetspostedseveral top-notch performancesin Saturday’s Last Track to PhillyInvitational hosted by George-town Prep, a meet Damascuscoach JasonBozicevichsaidwasagood opportunity for his athletesto fine tune some things as theyget ready for the upcoming Class3A West Region and state cham-pionship meets. Denise Woode,SaheeAbdelmomin,MiaDelBor-relloandMinaDelBorrello joinedforces for a second-place finishbehindstatetitlecontenderBowiein the1,600-meter relay.

Damascushasseveralathleteswho should contend for regiontitles, Bozicevich said, includingWoode, who is ranked seventhamong3Aathletes in the 300-me-ter dash, andMiaDel Borello andAndrea Caputo, who are tied forthe third-best high jump (4 feet,10 inches). Damascus is also inthe top 10 of both the 800- and1,600-meter relays.

Good Counsel senior usingwinter as springboardThere are certain training ex-

ercises runners cando to improvespeed and endurance, evenmen-tal strength. But there are certainaspects of athleticism that justcannot be taught, first-year Fal-cons coach Eugene Neal said. Inaddition to the tangibles, 5-foot-7(per Neal’s estimation) Virginia

Tech recruit Rachel Pocratsky hasthe intangibles and they’ve sether apart as one of the state’s bestmiddledistance runners.

“She’s is a tall athlete, she’sphysically built to run at the nextlevel,”Neal said.

Pocratsky currently holds thestate’s top time in the 800-meterrun (2 minutes, 18.65 seconds)and is the county’s fourth-fastestin the 500-meter run (1:18.05).On Saturday at the Last Trackto Philly Invitational hosted byGeorgetown Prep, she anchoredthe winning 1,600-meter sprintrelay that posted MontgomeryCounty’s best time (4 minutes,19.99seconds)since2011,accord-ing tomocorunning.com. The re-lay squad included her youngersisterErin,LenaFowlerandChloeJohnson.

B-CC distance runner backEarlier thismonth, Barons se-

nior Nora McUmber was namedGatorade Maryland Girls CrossCountry Runner of the Year fora remarkable fall season duringwhich she won county and statetitles. Perhaps the state’s best dis-tance runner,who isparticipatingin the indoor season for the firsttime this winter, was missing atlast week’s county champion-ship due to an official collegevisit, coach Chad Young said. Sherejoined the Barons Saturday atthe Last Track to Philly hosted byGeorgetown Prep, where she an-chored the third-place 3,200-me-ter relay and ran the second leg ofthe fourth-place distancemedley.B-CC dropped out of the top 5 atthe county meet but McUmber’sreturnshouldbolster the lineupatregionals.

TheWalter Johnson girls wonthedistancemedleySaturdaywiththe fastest time (12minutes, 31.42seconds).

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Paint Branch girls are on the rise

TheMagruder High Schoolwrestling team locked up the4A/3A East Division title on Sat-urday in a tri-matchwith divisionfoes Sherwood and Paint Branch.Magruder defeated Paint Branch36-27 and beat Sherwood 48-24,finishing a perfect 5-0 in the East.

Magruder’s only loss thisseason came to Churchill in theseason opener. Since then, theColonels have been on a tear,including an eye-opening per-formance andwin over QuinceOrchard on Jan. 17.

Magruder coach AJ Tao saidBrentMartin (160 pounds) and JoeSanchez (126) have been staples inthe Colonels lineup.

Paint Branch defeated Sher-wood 44-36, but needed to beatMagruder for a chance at tying forthe division. Prior to thematch,Panthers coach Rick Smith ac-knowledged that it would take alot.

The season has been a chal-lenge for Paint Branch, withwrestlers expected to play big rolesmissing in action. One example isa state qualifier from last season,Gibbs Tinne (195), whowas un-able to return from a broken handsuffered during football seasonuntil Paint Branch’s tournamenton Jan. 17.With a tender hand andall, he finished second, remind-ing the county what Paint Branchhas beenmissing. Cornell Wilson(220) and Ryan VanMeers (132)have been top performers for thePanthers.

Landon-Bullis to determinesecond in IAC

OnWednesday, the LandonSchool wrestling team is set to faceconference rival Bullis in amatchthat will likely decide second placein the Interscholastic Athletic Con-ference’s regular season.

Georgetown Prep, currently 3-0in league play, will likely win theIAC regular season title. The Little

Hoyas have already defeated Bullis(2-1) and Landon (3-1).

“I am pleasedwith our prog-ress this season,” Bears coachAndy Katz said. “We are a youngteamwho is getting better eachweek.”

The Bears have eight starters inthe lineupwith winning records,four of which are freshmen. Thelineup also includes veteran JarettWitzal (160 pounds), who finishedsixth in last season’sMarylandIndependent School State Tourna-ment.

Clarksburg endurestough stretch

The Clarksburg High Schoolwrestling team started the season3-0, but that was before gettinginto themeat of its schedule onDec. 23, beginning with QuinceOrchard. A loss to QO turned outto be the first of a five-match los-ing streak for the Coyotes thatdidn’t end until Saturday when theCoyotes earned decisive victoriesover Rockville and Blake.

During the losing streak,Clarksburg lostmatches to countypowers Damascus, Northwest andWalter Johnson. Over that stretch,the Coyotes failed to establishthemselves as one of the top teamsthis season, but there have beensome bright spots along the way.Northwest only edged the Coyotesby six points, andwhen Clarks-burg has won, it’s been by largemargins. The Coyotes defeated animproved Rockville team 44-18.

Coach Rob Pinsky said the sea-son is going well for his team—amix of seniors and youngwrestlersthat includes freshman RyanCrosby (106 pounds).

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Magruder’s Stephanie Davis competes in the class 4A girls’ 200 meter dash during the MPSSAA Maryland state trackand field championships at Morgan State University on Friday evening, May 23, 2014 in Baltimore, MD.

INDOOR TRACK NOTEBOOK

B Y J E N N I F E R B E E K M A N

WRESTLING NOTEBOOKB Y P R I N C E J . G R I M E S

n Led Falcons to playoffsthree straight years

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

Poolesville High School isseeking a new head footballcoach after Will Gant submittedhis resignation, citing family pur-poses as the reasonwhy.

“Myoldest [child]willbease-nior at Walkersville High Schoolplaying soccer. My other one isa tenth-grader playing football.And I’ll have an eighth-graderplaying middle school soccer,”Gant said. “So just kind of run-ning out of hours in theday.”

Gant has coached at thecounty’s only Class 2A footballprogram since 2011, going 25-18 in four seasons with a playoffappearance in each of the pastthree. In his first season, Pooles-ville was 4-6. Since then, they’vegone 7-4 each year — losing inthefirst roundof theplayoffs.

Gant said he started to get anidea to step down toward the end

of last seasonafter a con-versation withone of his son’sfootballcoachesat Walkersvilleand learnedthat Gant’s sonwould likely bemoving up tovarsity.

Walkersville defeatedPooles-ville in the 2012postseason.

“I loved coaching [at Pool-esville],” Gant said. “We’ve gotan awesome community. Awe-some group of kids. And reallyawesome coaching staff... It’sa special place. It’s a differentschool community than most ofthe other Montgomery Countyschools.”

A friendof the coachatWalk-ersville, Gant said he may helpout with the team there, but healso said he could see himself re-turning to head coaching in thefuture — maybe even at Pooles-ville.

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BEST BETn Churchill at Poolesville, 7 p.m. Friday: The

Bulldogs will look to keep their momentum goingwith tough matchup against the Falcons.

BEST BETn Richard Montgomery at Springbrook, 7 pm

Friday: Two of the county’s 4A favorites squareoff in what may be the Rockets toughest test thisseason.

BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 1.

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams inMontgomery County.

Boys

Rank School Record Points

1. Montrose Christian 14-3 60

2. Richard Montgomery 14-0 52

3. St. Andrew’s Episcopal 16-2 49

4. Springbrook 10-2 40

5. Magruder 9-2 37

6. Bullis 13-4 30

7. Quince Orchard 11-2 21

8. Gaithersburg 9-3 16

9. Takoma Academy 14-5 14

10. Georgetown Prep 11-6 10

Girls

Rank School Record Points

1. Whitman 11-0 60

2. Paint Branch 12-1 54

3. Holy Child 12-2 46

4. Good Counsel 13-6 44

5. Wootton 9-3 36

6. Churchill 10-3 30

7. Walter Johnson 11-2 24

8. Magruder 9-5 15

9. Watkins Mill 8-4 12

10. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day 10-1 5

Also receiving votes:Covenant Life, 2;Damascus, 2.

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg 12 292 24.3Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood 10 221 22.1Jonathan Mustamu, Kennedy 12 261 21.8Aaron Byrd, Landon 15 323 21.5Joe Hugley, Magruder 13 240 18.5Grayson Slover, Sandy Spring 14 256 18.3Teo Fletcher, Wash. Christian 5 90 18.0Andrew Kostecka, Clarksburg 5 90 18.0Bryan Knapp, Jewish Day* 11 196 17.8Alani Moore, Montrose Christian 15 256 17.1

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Dominique Walker, Watkins Mill* 12 256 21.3Daisa Harris, Paint Branch* 13 272 20.9Danielle Durjan, Watkins Mill 12 248 20.7Abby Meyers, Whitman 11 202 18.4Daphne Lerner, Jewish Day 12 211 17.6Sheri Addison, Wootton 13 224 17.2Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 10 168 16.8Hope Randolph, Magruder 12 198 16.5Japria Karim-DuVall, Churchill 11 205 15.8Nicole Enabosi, Good Counsel 19 296 15.6

Coaches and team statisticiansmay email season team statistics to [email protected] before noononMondays to be included.

After Kennedy High Schoolsophomore Jonathan Mustamutook a hard fall in a Dec. 15 gameagainst Churchill High School,Cavaliers coach Diallo Nelsonnoticed his standout guard wasstretching a little more thanusual in practice.

Once the trainer got a lookat Mustamu, who has averaged21.8 points per game through 12contests, the sophomore was di-agnosed with a hip flexor injury.

Nelson decided to sit Mus-tamu for a 10-day stretch at thestart of the new year where therewere no games, giving Mustamutime to rest.

It didn’t work.But after watching the

6-foot-1 Mustamu limp throughlast week’s games againstBethesda Chevy Chase and Rich-ard Montgomery, the longtimeKennedy coach decided enoughwas enough and pulled Mus-tamu from the lineup.

“He won’t play again until weget him looked at by a special-ist,” Nelson said. “It’s not gettingany better, it’s getting worse.”

Gaithersburg isback on track

When the Gaithersburg HighSchool boys basketball teamdropped three of four games in a10-day stretch in mid-December,basketball fans around the countyscratched their heads. The Tro-jans have one of the most talentedlineups in the county, but ascoach Tom Sheahin pointed out,you didn’t have to look far to seewhat was troubling Gaithersburg.

In its three losses to Clarks-burg, Magruder and Kennedy,Gaithersburg shot a combined 37percent from the free throw line.The Trojans, as Sheahin noted,were also struggling on the defen-sive end as they struggled to findtheir identity as a team — some-thing they’ve certainly rectified asevidenced by the five-game win-ning streak their currently riding.During the streak the Trojans are

shooting 72 percent from the lineand are exerting themselves ondefense, according to Sheahin.

“I feel like our guys were justtired of losing,” senior AnthonyTarke said. “Now we’re just ridingthis successful wave without be-ing complacent .”

Rockville reboundingin Class 3A

In a 3A/2A Division thatRockville High School coachSteve Watson said is “anyone’sgame any night we all play eachother,” the Rams may have foundsomething they can hang theirhat on in the form of a 58-57 winover Seneca Valley on Friday.Rockville, who had yet to stringtogether consecutive wins thisseason, is part of a multi-teamlog jam chasing down Wheatonatop the league standings. Butafter rebounding from a roughstretch where the Rams droppedfour of six, including two lossesat the Liberty (Eldersburg, Md.)tournament, Watson’s confidentthat Friday’s victory could spark

a Rockville run. “If we can puttogether a run where we play hardand share the ball, yes, we canbe a contender,” Watson said.“When we get six or seven guys tocontribute offensively, we’re usu-ally pretty good.”

Whitman junior adjustingWhen Whitman High School

junior Shaq Diboti-Lobe joinedthe Vikings program in the offsea-son, he had a lot of changing todo. The athletic, talented forwardhad never played a minute of highschool basketball and was joininga program where intense man-to-man defense and patience on

offense — two things you’d behard pressed to find in AmateurAthletic Union basketball — werethe cornerstones. But, as coachChris Lun noted, Diboti-Lobehas made significant progressin transforming his style of play.“He’s definitely come a long way,”Lun said. “He’s certainly a betterplayer now than when he came tous.” The Churchill transfer is aver-aging 14.8 points per game.

Northwest puts togethera perfect week

Just a day after first-yearNorthwest High School coachRob Smith said he could see

the pieces of his team startingto come together, the Jaguarssnapped out of a three-game los-ing streak, upsetting Clarksburg,69-67 on Jan. 16.

The win lifted Northwest froma slump that had seen only twowins (Wootton on Dec. 22 andSevern on Dec. 30) in nearly amonth. Four days after its winover the Coyotes, Northwest fol-lowed up with a 65-56 win overWalter Johnson and added toits winning streak with a 73-60win on the road Friday eveningagainst Sherwood, bringing itsrecord to 7-7.

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The Paint Branch High Schoolgirls basketball team is allowing41 points per game on the seasonen route to a 12-1 start, but coachRochelle Coleman said the No. 2Panthers have some work to do.

“We’re not playing our bestball yet,” Coleman said. “We stillhave to defend a lot better.”

The Burtonsville school suf-fered it first loss against No.1 Whitman on Jan. 20, falling61-51, but the defense has beenconsistent outside of that. PaintBranch rebounded from the losswith a 52-30 win over Blair (SilverSpring) on Friday.

Watkins Mill finds its wayTwo players account for

nearly all of Watkins Mill HighSchool’s scoring, an offensiveformula that has been problem-atic at times. Playing against rivalDamascus on Friday, the lack ofoffensive depth nearly cost theWolverines girls basketball teama double-digit fourth-quarterlead.

Watkins Mill was ahead by10 with about three minutes leftwhen senior and county leadingscorer Dominique Walker (21.3points) fouled out of the game,leaving her senior teammateDanielle Durjan (20.7) in chargeof the offense. The lead got all theway down to three, coach IvanHicks said, but the MontgomeryVillage school was able to holdon for the 55-49 victory. It was abig win for the Wolverines, wholost to the Swarmin’ Hornets inDecember.

“I said, as long as we continueto move the ball, don’t force theball, minimize turnovers, get outin transition and lastly, we mustrebound. If we do that, we win

the game. We did those severalthings,” Hicks said.

Lacrosse star givesSherwood a boost

First-year Sherwood HighSchool coach said he didn’tknow much about Delaney Mc-Menamin prior to the season. AGeorge Washington Universitylacrosse recruit, the Warriors ju-nior hadn’t spent much time withthe girls basketball team, play-ing in only one fall league game,Hobbs said.

But that would be hard to tellbased off of what the 5-foot-7 for-ward has done so far this season.McMenamin has been a steadyscorer, averaging 8.5 points, whileproviding Sherwood (8-4) with atwo-way player in the frontcourt.

“The kid just goes out andplays hard every night,” Hobbssaid. “To have someone withher athleticism and willingnessto compete, it’s just given us anadded dimension.”

Northwest thinkinglong term

With five new starters and anentire sophomore class that hasnever played varsity before, theNorthwest High School girls bas-ketball team (0-12) is winless, andhas a good chance of finishingthe season that way.

Northwest has at times heldits own on the defensive end.

Forward Jaden Bynum has playedtough inside, while junior CelineJordan (7.9 points) and sopho-more point guard Samantha Sek-scienski (6.5) have led the teamin scoring.

“It’s a young team with a lotof courage,” second-year coachNathan Lewis said. “They’re will-ing to do whatever it takes to besuccessful.”

But the Jaguars simply don’thave the basketball experience.That’s why Lewis said he is put-ting together a plan to get theathletes playing year-round.

“There’s potential in eachone of these children as long asthey do what they need to do inthe offseason to be successful,”Lewis said.

Stone Ridge sophomoreprovides spark

When its 3-pointers are fall-ing, the Stone Ridge School ofthe Sacred Heart girls basketballteam has had a much easier timewinning games. The Gators (4-10) snapped a six-game losingstreak on Jan. 15 by hitting eight3-pointers in a win over Holton-Arms. In their three prior wins,they had nine against Hill School(Pa.) and had eight both timesthey defeated Georgetown Day.

The Bethesda school’s topshooter has been sophomoreguard Kathyrn Maloney, whose25 3-pointers rank third in Mont-gomery County. She’s been a“spark off the bench” after play-ing limited minutes last season,coach Michael Thiede said.

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Northwood getssportsmanship recognized

The girls soccer, girls volley-ball, cross country and girls ten-nis teams from Northwood HighSchool in Silver Spring receivedFall Sportsmanship Awards fromMontgomery County PublicSchools. The school with themost Sporstmanship Awardsover the year is awarded $2,000,while second place gets $1,000and third place gets $500, ac-cording to the MCPS website.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

Quince Orchardstandout on the mendAdam McLean, a former se-

nior defensive lineman for theQuince Orchard High Schoolfootball team, underwent sur-gery on Thursday to repair hisanterior cruciate ligament thathe injured in October, an injurythat kept him off the field for theremainder of the season. Thehighly-touted McLean madeheadlines on Dec. 4 when heverbally committed to play atthe University of Maryland, Col-lege Park next season, just twoweeks after decommitting fromPennsylvania State University.McLean said he expects to beready to play at full strength inAugust, but will miss the Terps’summer workouts due to therequired rehab work, a regimenthe 6-foot-2, 290-pound seniorsaid he’s attacking head-on.

“I’m approaching this rehablike I’m attacking the footballgame, charging full [steam]

ahead and I am going to workmy butt off every day to getback,” McLean said. “I will be100 percent in no time.”

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Blake hires football coachBlake High School Athletic

Director Jared Fribush has an-nounced DeShawn Anderson hasbeen hired as the Silver Springschool’s new football coach.

Anderson, previously thedefensive coordinator at Clarks-burg, replaces Tony Nazzaro,who stepped down in Novemberafter 13 years. In addition toClarksburg, Anderson has expe-rience coaching at Watkins Mill,Northwest and Einstein. He hasalso been involved with trackand field.

“For me, it was an opportu-nity to work with a group of kidswho definitely need a presencethat I’m going to bring to thatparticular school,” Andersonsaid. “A group of kids who need alittle more support, a little morestructure to get to another level.

Anderson, a Norfolk, Va. na-tive, said Blake will run a 4-3 de-fense and an up-tempo offense.

— PRINCE GRIMES

Record weekendfor Bullis track

The Bulldog girls continuedto pepper Montgomery County’sleaderboard with record-settingperformances at the Kevin DareInvitational hosted by Penn StateSaturday. Kyla Lewis, Masai Rus-sell, Alexis Postell and Arianna

Richards posted the county’s toptime in a runner-up finish in the800-meter relay (1 minute, 40.67seconds). The time tops mo-corunning.com’s “since 2006”leaderboard as well. Postell,Russell, Kyla Lewis and LindsayLewis followed that up with thecounty’s best 1,600-meter relaymark of the season (3:58.16),ranked third in the past nineyears.

While much attention hasbeen paid to the girls’ histori-cal season, the Bullis boys had abreakout weekend in Pennsylva-nia. Freshmen Eric Allen, Orlan-dis Gary, Jr. and Bryce Watsonand junior Patrick Johnson II re-corded this winter’s fastest boys800-meter relay (1:31.72), thecounty’s top time since 2008.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Wheaton Ice SkatingAcademy earns honorsTen ice dance teams from the

Washington, D.C. area returnedthis week from the U.S. NationalFigure Skating Championshipsin Greensboro, N.C. The teamscombined for six medals at thejuvenile, novice and junior lev-els.

Lorraine McNamara andQuinn Carpenter won the na-tional championship in juniorice dance and will be represent-ing the U.S. at the world champi-onships in Estonia in March.

The teams train in Rockvilleand Wheaton under coachesAlexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak andDmytri Ilin.

— KENT ZAKOUR

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n Black Butte Porter,Mirror Pond Pale Ale, etc.,

available in the area

DeschutesBrewery, oneof the great breweries of thecountry andapersonal favoriteof ours, has finally come to theD.C. areawithdistribution in theDistrict andVirginia and soon inMaryland. Located inBend,Ore.,awinter skiing and summerhikingdestination,Deschutesis namedafter thenearbyDe-schutesRiver andmanyof itsbeers are namedafter regionallandmarks.Deschutes is comingto the area as a result of a collab-orationonZarabanda, their newspiced Saisonbeer,withChefJoséAndrés, owner of severalarea restaurants including theJaleo restaurants inBethesda,northernVirginia, andD.C.

Deschutes is oneof the oldercraft breweries in the countryhaving opened as abrewpub in1988byCEOand founderGaryFish, expanding into a 50-bar-rel productionmicrobreweryin 1993. In 1988 thebreweryproduced a total of 714barrelsof beer. In 2015 they expect toproduce 320,000barrels,mak-ing them the sixth largest craftbrewer in the countrywith apotential current capacity of600,000barrels.Deschutes is in28 states andD.C.,mostly in theWest andMidwest, plus Penn-sylvania.

Thebrewery is the secondlargest user in the county ofwhole conehops rather thanpelletizedhops andbottle condi-tions all of its beers.Deschutesmakesnine year-roundbeersincludingBlackButte Porter, thebest selling craft Porter in thecountry,Mirror PondPaleAle, agoldmedalwinner at theGreat

AmericanBeer Festival andtheir largest seller, andObsidianStout, the best selling stout in thecountry and voted theWorld’sBest Stout at the 2013WorldBeerAwards.Obsidian is theBrewsBrothers’ “desert island”beer.

Three seasonal beers includeRedChairNorthwest Pale Ale,declared theWorld’s Best Beer in2012 at theWorldBeer Awards,Twilight SummerAle and Jube-lale, a strongholidaybrew.De-schutes also brews six interestingIPAs in their BondStreet Series,including two freshhopales, andhas aReserve Serieswhichpres-ents bigger, bolder beers such asTheAbyss Imperial Stout,MirrorMirror Barleywine,Not The StoicQuadruple, and annual anni-versary versions of BlackButteImperial Porter.

Thebrewery donates $1for eachbarrel sold, to nationaland local charities ranging fromassisting children inneed toenvironmental causes. Someofthese donations are usedby theDeschutesRiverConservancy tobuyonebillion gallons per yearofwater rights to keep the riverflowing. The company is partlyemployee owned.

The initial beers released inthe area inNovemberwereBlackButte Porter andMirror PondPaleAle, the twoflagshipbeers,plus Fresh Squeezed IPA, all ondraft, andbottles ofMirrorMir-ror andBlackButte XXVI, theirImperial Porterwhich changesingredients each year. TheAbyss arrived inDecember andthe spring seasonal RedChairNorthwest Pale Ale is expected

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n ‘Godspell’ cast formsclose bond in run up to show

BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

Olney Theatre Center is beginning its77th season with Steven Schwartz’s “God-spell,” an updated take on Jesus’ parableswith a message almost anyone could getbehind.

Muchlike“ChildrenofEden,”Schwartz’sother Bible-inspired musical, “Godspell”is less about religion and more about thegoodness of humanity and the importanceof taking care of one another. This messageisconveyedthroughsongsrepresentingeachof Jesus’ lessons in theBible.

While themusical isawell-knownclassicgreat for bringing people into the new the-aterseason,OTC’sprimaryreasonforchoos-ing this production was former ChairmanEmeritus of the Board William H. GrahamSr.,whodied in2013.Formore than50yearshe served as a mentor to many in theater,fromhiswork asmanagingdirector andvicepresident ofOTC to chair of theDepartmentof SpeechandDramaatCatholicUniversity.

“His faith guided all of the choices in hislife, and we thought this would be a fittingtribute to his family and to his memory,”said director Jason King Jones, who is alsothe associate artistic director andDirector ofEducation forOTC.

“Godspell”openedoff-Broadwayin1971and has been performed widely ever since,including a 2011 Broadway revival. Thanksto the recent update, Jones and the rest ofthecrewwereable tocombineaspectsof theoriginal production they enjoyed withmoremodernpieces of the revivalmaterial.

“We went back and listened to the newscore and got really excited about how freshthe music sounds,” he said. “It doesn’t feellocked into the early 1970s tones it had ini-tially— that gave us some excitement so wecoulddo itwith fresh eyes.”

Both of the lead actors are relatively newtoOlneyTheatreCenter—RachelZampelli’sfirst production was last season’s “AvenueQ,” and this will be Jordan Coughtry’s first,though he’s worked with Jones previouslyelsewhere. However, both have performed

in “Godspell” before and are familiar withthemusical’smessage.

“It takesChristianityandmakes themes-sage universal in a fun and creative way,”said Coughtry, who plays Jesus. “It doesn’teven really tackle religion. It’s just this mes-sage of love and goodness and moral disci-pline.”

“I liked the story about people in a com-munity following somebody who is peace-ful,” added Zampelli, taking on the role ofJohn the Baptist and Judas, “and the ideathat that’smorepowerful thanevil andtreat-

ing eachother like crap.”The genders of the “Godspell” roles

traditionally aren’t played with much, andSchwartz hasmentionedbefore that he feelstheaters would have to be careful if castingawomanas Judas.However,whenZampelliauditioned, everyone was welcoming of theconcept.

“People don’t name their children Ju-das because of him,” she said. “I was drawnto the idea of playing someone who betrayssomebody he loves, which is a hard thing todo, and people do it all the time.Most of thetime, the people we hurt the most are thepeoplewe love themost.”

Also trying something new is Coughtry,who is appearing in his first musical sincehigh school. While classical and contempo-rary plays typically fall in hiswheelhouse, hewas interested in taking on a role outside ofhis comfort zone and learning about howmusical theaterworks.

“I was afraid of being an outsider com-

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Olney Theatre Center is presenting “Godspell,” starring Jordan Coughtry as Jesus and Rachel Zampellias John the Baptist/Judas.

GODSPELLn When: Various dates and times

Feb. 4-March 1

n Where: Olney Theatre Center,2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney

n Tickets: $38-$75

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IN THE ARTSFor a free listing, please submit completeinformation to [email protected] atleast 10 days in advance of desired publi-cation date. High-resolution color images(500KB minimum) in jpg format should

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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 2126 Industrial

Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hol-lywoodballroomdc.com.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps and formations taught. Noexperience, partner necessary, T-39 Build-ing onNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenue andSouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthurBlvd.

Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15 p.m.beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish BallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.

Contra, Jan. 30, Dave Colestock calls toTrebleMakers with RobinWilson on flute andconcertina, Emily Aubrey on fiddle, BrennaHogan on hammered dulcimer and LizDon-aldson on piano, Glen Echo Park SpanishBallroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.

English Country, Jan. 28, TomSpilsburycaller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo TownHall (upstairs),fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Feb. 14, RedDress Ballwith the Eric Felten JazzOrchestra, $18, $12,17 and younger. Glen Echo Park Spanish Ball-room, flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Feb. 1, Trio Con Brio with PaulOorts (mandolin), Elke Baker (violin), Jona-than Jensen (piano); waltztimedances.org.

Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class, groupmeets on Tuesday’s until lateMay at Rid-geviewMiddle School. Beginning class startsat 7 p.m., followed by the experienced class at8:05 p.m. The cost is $50. Ceili and set dancesare performed, and no partner is requiredfor the lessons. For information, email Jeanat [email protected] or visit ringofkerry-dancers.org. Dancersmust be at least 8 yearsold to senior. Anyone younger than 16mustbe accompanied by an adult.

MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Dr.

Ralph Stanley and Friends, Jan. 30; ADreamDiscs TripleHeader, Jan. 31; 14th annualBuddyHolly Tribute, Feb. 6; TheMarcels,Feb. 8; Duke EllingtonOrchestra, Feb. 14;Duke EllingtonOrchestra, Feb. 15; call forprices, times, 7719Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda.240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com.

BlackRock Center for the Arts, The Sel-domScene, Jan. 31; Rebels with a Cause, Feb.7; Black Violin, Feb. 8; Black Violin, Feb. 9;SwingDance Party, Feb. 13; District Comedy,Feb. 14; 12901 TownCommonsDrive, Ger-mantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring, Less Than Jake andReel Big Fish, Jan. 28; Black Alley, Jan. 30; ShyGlizzy, Jan. 31; Gloriana,Maddie & Tae, Feb.6; 50 Cent w/GUnit, Feb. 12; Periphery, Feb.13; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fill-moresilverspring.com.

Strathmore, AIR: invoke, Jan. 28; VadimNeseloyskyi; Jan. 29; Ladysmith BlackMam-bazo, Jan. 30; BSO:Mahler’s 3rd Symphony,Jan. 31; call for venue, times. Locations:Man-sion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda;Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strath-more.org.

Arts Barn, RickWhitehead Trio, Jan. 31,8 p.m., power jazz trio featuring RickWhite-head, guitar, Jon Previti, bass, and BarryHart, drums. $25/$12 youth 18& under, 311Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394

ON STAGEArts Barn, David London:Magic Outside

the Box, Jan. 30, $18, 311 Kent Square Road,301-258-6394

Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Petite Rouge—ACajun Red RidingHood,” Jan. 30 throughMarch 8, call for prices, times, AdventureTheatreMTC, 7300MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “Wiley and theHairyMan,” Feb. 11 throughMarch 15, call forprices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 AuburnAve., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.

Highwood Theatre, “OtherDesert Cities,”Feb. 6 through 15, 914 Silver Spring Ave., the-highwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.

Olney Theatre Center, “Godspell,” Feb. 4throughMarch 1, call for prices, times, 2001Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Circus!,” through Feb.15; Tiny Tots@ 10, selectWednesdays, Sat-urdays and Sundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen EchoPark’s North Arcade Building, 7300MacAr-thur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

Rockville Musical Theatre, “Next to Nor-mal,” April 10 through April 26, FitzgeraldTheatre, 603 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville,240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.

Round House Theatre, “Rapture, Blister,Burn,” Jan. 28 through Feb. 22, call for showtimes, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda.Tickets range in price from$10 to $45 andseating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhous-etheatre.org.

Lumina Studio Theatre, “OurMutualFriend,” through Jan. 31. Silver Spring BlackBox Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, SilverSpring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; [email protected].

Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’s Shadow,”through Jan. 31,Woodmoor Shopping Cen-ter, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.

Randolph Road Theater, “SnowMaiden,”Feb. 13 & Feb. 15, 4010 Randolph Road, SilverSpring, belcantanti.com,

Cafe Muse, Poetry Readings, 7 to 9 p.m.Feb. 2, poets Bill Yarrow andDavid Keplingerwill read from their work;music and refresh-ments included; an openmic follows fea-tured reader; free, FriendshipHeights VillageCenter, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase;301-656-2797.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “YourMemories, Your

Sentiments, YourWishes, Your Secrets,” JimCondron andKristen Liu, through Feb. 28,3766Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162,adahrosegallery.com

Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 PhotographyGroup exhibit, “Richly Black andWhite,” fea-turing JareeDonnelly, CraigHiggins, TimothyLynch, andMargeWasson. Rockville CivicCenter Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville.rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, March Avery,through Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Mondaythrough Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday,7022Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association, Terry Pell-mar, through Feb. 1,WestfieldWheatonMall,11160 ViersMill Road,Wheaton,montgom-eryart.org.

VisArts, Suspension, throughMarch 1;NancyDaly, through Feb. 22; Laini Nemett,throughMarch 1; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visart-satrockville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gallery, PyramidAtlantic Art Center, second floor, 8230Geor-gia Ave., Silver Spring, washingtonprintmak-ers.com.

Kentlands Mansion, Bridal GownRet-rospective, Feb. 5 through Feb. 26; Artworkof the Art League of Germantown, Feb. 6throughMarch 27, 320 Kent Square Road,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.

Arts Barn, Howard Cohen – Seventy Yearsan Artist, Jan. 30 throughMarch 8, 311 KentSquare Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394

“White,” a juried gallery exhibition in bothofWashington ArtWorks’ formal galleries.Photography, painting,mixedmedia andmore, through Jan. 31.Washington ArtWorks,12276Wilkins Ave., Rockville. 301-654-1998;washingtonartworks.com

“From Beyond the Arch,” through Jan. 28.Artwork created by theUpper andMiddleschool students of theHelene Berman Se-idenfeld Visual Art Center at the BermanHebrew Academy. Goldman Art Gallery, 6125Montrose Road, Rockville. [email protected], 301-348-3770, jccgw.org. Openwhen JC-CGW is open; free admission.

Rough Around the Edges: Inspirations inPaper by Ronni Jolles, Feb. 8 throughMarch15; receptionMarch 8 from 2 p.m. until 4p.m. Goldman Art Gallery, 6125MontroseRoad, Rockville. 301-348-3770; jccgw.org.Openwhen JCCGW is open; free admission.

ET CETERATheWriter’s Center, 4508Walsh Street,

Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.

in and not knowingwhat I was do-ing, or letting a production down,”he said. “But the whole cast andcrew, and our director, choreog-rapher, music director, everybodyhasbeensoamazinglypositiveandsupportive.”

Jones has worked on makingsure the cast has been in the rightmindset when approaching theirroles. At the beginning of the re-hearsal process, he had everyonewrite down their response to thephrase “I believe” on anotecard.

By getting in touch with theirbeliefs, the cast members can re-late tothemusical’smessage insidethemselves rather than finding ex-ternalmotivation.

“Forme, faith is incrediblyper-sonal, it has shaped me in my lifeandishardwiredintowhoIam,butI don’t expect that what I believeis like what anybody else does,”he said. “Asking the cast to tapinto where they are right now andwhat they believe— if they believe— puts them in a place where ifthey’reconfrontedwith issueswithfaith in this story, they’recomingtoit in anhonest place individually.”

In doing so, Jones’ “Godspell”casthasbecomeaclose-knit groupwith individually-driven takes on

their characters, creating a sup-portive environment for all in-volved nomatter their ownbeliefs.Zampelli recalledaday inrehearsalwhen a discussion turned into anincredibly personal moment forher, and she felt the love and sup-port from her cast members shehadonlymetweeks prior.

“Whenyouformacommunity,it doesn’t take long to take care ofeach other,” she said. “If I can takethat experience, remembering thegoodness inpeopleandour capac-ity to loveeachotherevenwhenwehad just started a few weeks ago,goodness knows when we startmakingconnectionswith theaudi-encewhatwill happen.”

Zampelli and everyone else in-volved hope that message of loveand support shows through to theaudience, reachingbeyondthe textof the gospel used in themusical.

“There’s a difference betweentelling these stories to a churchcommunity and to the surround-ing region,” Jones said. “We’re notliterallypreaching to the choirheredoing ‘Godspell;’ we’re looking atexploringthegreaterhumanityandexamining the life of an individualwho fought forwhat he believed inand challenged authority, and ulti-mately had todie for it.”

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MirrorPondPaleAle (5.6percentABV)has afloral,melonandgrapefruit nose. The subduedgrapefruit front elevates some-what in themiddle, all nicely bal-ancedby amalt backbone,whichremains into thefinish. In theaftertaste themoderate grapefruitcharacter comes to the front as themalt fades.Ratings: 7.5/7.5.

MirrorMirror (11.2percentABV)beginswith a fruit compotebouquet of raisins, dark fruit andbitter hops. Themediumraisin

frontwithhints of plumandpruneare joinedby a light sweetmaltin themiddle. Thefinish adds anote of alcoholwhich increases inthe aftertastewhile the fruitinesspersists. This beerwill improve incomplexitywith aging.Ratings:8.5/8.

Zarabanda (6.7percentABV)has a lime, yeast, pepper andlemonnose. Themodest lemonand lime frontmeldswith amutedpeppercorn and restrained yeastin themiddle. Theseflavors con-tinue in thefinish and last throughthe aftertaste. Thebeerwouldseem topairwellwith a variety offoods andwouldbring out thefla-vors.Ratings: 8.5/7.5.

FreshSqueezedAle (6.4percentABV)has a ruby redgrapefruit sweetnesswithwhiffs ofmango andpeach. Thedelicioussweetmalt front extends intoa genial grapefruitmiddle. Thetropical fruits found in thenoseemerge in thefinish andquicklydwindle in the aftertaste as thegrapefruit resurfaces and lingers.Ratings: 8/8.

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The last novel Charles Dick-ens ever finished writing, “OurMutual Friend,” combines hu-mor with psychological insightand social commentary.

The folks at Lumina Studiodecided to take the words offthe page and bring them to lifeon stage.

The stage adaptation of“Our Mutual Friend,” will wrapup this weekend at the LuminaStudio Theatre in Silver Spring.

In this look into Victorianlife, several rungs of society col-lide after a tycoon dies and hisfortune passes to his illiterateand kind-hearted employeesthe Boffins. As do the Boffins,a crippled dolls’ dressmakernamed Jenny Wren personifieshuman kindness in the story.

Tickets for the show are $15,$8 for youth and retiree tickets.For more information, visitluminastudio.org or call 301-565-ACT1.

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Kelly Newman O’Connor stars asJenny Wren in Lumina Studio’s pro-duction of “Our Mutual Friend.”

David London discoveredthat he was a magician at theage of 7. In his nearly 25-yearquest to understand just whatthat means, he created fiveoriginal theatrical magic pro-ductions.

He’sbringingseveral ofthose to theArts Barnin Gaith-ersburg. Infact, thisFriday,Londonwill pres-ent “MagicOutside theBox.”

The full-length per-formanceis packedwith magic,laughs, mystery and the unex-pected. The show is appropriatefor ages 16 and older.

London has authoredeight manuscripts related tomagic and illusion, includingDaydreams, Borderland State,and Imagining the Imagina-tion, and regularly presents hisshows, workshops and lecturesat theaters, museums, galleriesand festivals across the UnitedStates.

Admission to “Magic Out-side the Box” is $18. For moreinformation, call 301-258-6394.

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Created by Joseph Shabalalabased on a series of dreams hehad, the all-male a cappella groupLadysmith Black Mambazo fromSouth Africa has been around formore than 50 years.

The award-winning singerswill perform at the Music Center atStrathmore at 8 p.m. Friday.

Ladysmith Black Mambazohas won numerous awards, in-cluding two Drama Desk awardsand four Grammys. They recordedtheir first album in 1973 and havesince gone on to record more than50 — many of those picking upgold and/or platinum certification.

The group is probably betterknown for their work with PaulSimon on his “Graceland” album,or recording with The Winans,George Clinton, and even MichaelJackson.

Tickets for the show are $28-$69. More more information, visitstrathmore.org, or call 301-581-5100.

Graceland, by way of South Africa

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, an a cappella group from South Africa known for their mix of African and Chris-tian gospel music, will perform at the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday.

From now until to March 1, Visartsin Rockville hosts “Suspension”, an in-ternational juried exhibition featuringthree experimental film/video artistsin a series of solo exhibitions.

“Suspension” provides a series ofcompelling visual, sonic, and environ-mental experiences that illuminate theeye and mind in the dark of winter.

The exhibit showcases the workof artists Andrew Neumann, HoldenBrown and Betty Boehm. Each artist’swork will be featured for 11 days.

Neumann is an artist who worksin a variety of media, including sculp-ture, film and video installation, andelectronic/interactive music. Brown

was born in New Orleans and is cur-rently based in New York. He is arecipient of the Gold Award for theNational Foundation for the Advance-ment of the Arts (NFAA) and, in 2009,was named a U.S. Presidential Scholarin the Arts. Boehm was born in 1979in Reutlingen, Germany. During thecourse of her studies, she gained ex-perience in various artistic disciplines,reaching from drawing, painting andsculpting to video art, acting and ex-perimental sound art.

The exhibit is free and open to thepublic. Opening reception is from 7 to9 p.m. Friday. For more information,visit visartsatrockville.org.

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Andrew Neumann’s “Double Psycho,” is currently part ofthe “Suspension” exhibit at VisArts in Rockville.

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$11,777#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,26KMiles, Sedan

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$16,977#444014A, 4WD, V6,Leather

2011 Honda Pilot Ex-L

2012 Mini Cooper

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$16,595

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2006 Volvo XC-90

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#N0626, Hybrid,Automatic, 57k Miles $19,950

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#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6

$7,995

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#G0049, Automatic,56K Miles, V6, Leather $9,995

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#427002A, 3.6, AWD,Leather, 36k Miles $22,950

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#526565B, Automatic,66K Miles, 3.6L V6 $16,995

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2011 BMW 3 Series 335i xDrive

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$25,950

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2012 Toyota Sienna XLE............................................ $25,950#P9173A, V6, 8-Seater, Dual Sliding Doors, 1-Owner, 34k Miles

2012 Volvo XC90...................................................................... $26,950# P9242, V6, 20k Miles

2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $32,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation

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2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995#526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles

2013 Honda Accord EX-L.......................................... $16,995#G0055,Leather,Heated Seats, Sunroof, Alloys

2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $20,950#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles

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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

Nissan Customer Bonus Cash: -$500

$16,995MODEL #131154 at this price



OR

$0 DOWN


2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV MSRP: $35,815

Sale Price: $30,995Nissan Rebate: $4,500

NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$25,995Leather, HeatedSeats, moonroofMODEL #16214



OR

MODEL #17015 $0 DOWN


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$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


$26,495

MODEL #25015



OR

2015 MURANOSIN STOCK,AVAILABLE

FORIMMEDIATEDELIVERY!

2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT


$12,995w/automatictransmission

MODEL #11125



OR

2014 NISSANSENTRA SV


Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$13,995

MODEL #12114

OR4AT THISPRICE

2015 NISSANROGUE SV

MSRP: $27,180Sale Price: $23,995Nissan Rebate: $500


$22,995

AWDMODEL #22415



OR


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11 NISSAN ROUGE SV AWD.................$16,975#KA84385, “BEAUTY!” PSEAT, PW, SAB, CD

07 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT...................$17,997#KP61018, QUAD CAB, 4X4 “PRISTINE!” P/OPTS, SIDE STEPS

09 PONTIAC G5 CPE......................$8,988#KP43975, “STRIKING COMBO!” PW/PLC/PMR, CC, CD

07 HYUNDAI ENTEROUGE GLS.......$9,000#KP27123, “WELL-KEPT!” QUADS, RAC, P/OPTS

09 MAZDA MAZDA3 ITOURING AT. $9,250#KP36075, PW/PLC, CD, CLEAN CAR!

09 SATURN VUE XR V6..................$9,970#KP38614, “A REAL SURPRISE!” AT, PW/PLC, CC, CD

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07 NISSAN MURANO SL $10,970

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