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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

The Montgomery County school board has approved a ﬁscal 2016 operating budget $10.2 million lower than what Superintendent Joshua P. Starr proposed in December. The county school system’s proposed operating budget for next year now stands at $2.39 billion. The budget moves next to Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and the Montgomery County Council for approval. The amount cut from the original proposal roughly matches the $10.3 million Montgomery County would lose in projected state education funding, under Gov. Larry Hogan’s proposed budget. Starr revised his original budget request following the release of Hogan’s budget. The main loss of state money for Montgomery comes from Hogan’s decision to cut the Geographic Cost of Education Index in half, a $17.7 million loss for the county.

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Shannon Jones is a busy Germantown woman. She is a wife, mother of two, paraeducator at Great Seneca Creek Elementary School and a student at George Washington University working on a Master’s Degree in counseling. She is also the author of a recently published book: “That’s Just Me.” “When I’m passionate about something, I just go,” Jones said. One of the things she is passionate about is helping children learn to accept who they are. That is the story of the book and a topic that creeps into her work at Great Seneca Creek. Girls in particular come up to her and share, she said. Some of them want to look different than they do, others tell her of being made fun of because of their looks. Either way, Jones is sure that the cure is to help them see that no matter what they look like, their differences make them special. “This is a movement for me,” she said. “ I really want kids to embrace who they are.” The book, “That’s Just Me,” is written for young readers, those in early grade school. It came from a poem Jones wrote for a friend of her daughter who really wished she had blond hair rather than brown.

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$10 million cut from Starr’s original proposal

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READ THE BOOK n “That’s Just Me” by Germantown author Shannon Jones is available at Amazon (amazon.com) and Barnes and Noble online (barnesandnoble.com).

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Children’s book author Shannon Jones is pictured with her children Kendal, 9, and Louis, 5, along with her latest book at Great Seneca Creek Elementary School on Friday in Germantown.

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Former Clarksburg resident denies allegations BY

VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

the legislature increase spending in the budget and also let the executive have line-item veto power. Hogan spokeswoman Erin Montgomery did not speak directly to the bill when asked for comment. “We are in the very beginning of a long legislative session, and as we all know, most bills have the tendency to look much different by the time April comes around,” she said. “The governor and his staff will be monitoring

A former Clarksburg man who now lives in Potomac has been charged by police with one count of sex offense third degree against a minor. Robert A. Shapiro, 53, of 9901 Newhall Road in Potomac, turned himself in to authorities and was arrested on Jan. 14, according to court records. A former mortgage banker, he was released on $15,000 unsecured personal bond, according to court records. “The allegation popped up out of the blue,” said Shapiro’s attorney, James Papirmeister of Silver Spring, on Tuesday. “Mr. Shapiro vehemently denies the allegation. We’re not sure where it came from. We will vigorously defend against the allegation in court, which is the way these things get resolved.” Prosecutors have until March 13 to decide how to proceed, according to court records. According to police charging documents, Shapiro

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Madaleno, Manno part of push to amend state constitution BY

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Two Montgomery County state senators want to change Maryland’s constitution to give the legislature more budget power. For the last century, Maryland law has allowed the General Assembly to only cut the budgets proposed by the governor — law-

makers cannot increase spending. In his ﬁrst budget, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has proposed cuts to taxes and revenue, a 2 percent across-the-board reduction in spending, cuts to employee pay and other cuts, including halving a program that provides additional education funding. Hogan’s plan has received strong criticism. Some lawmakers feel there is a need to rebalance the ﬁscal power in Maryland. Senators Roger Manno and Richard S. Madaleno Jr. are among the co-sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment to let

Seneca Valley High School cluster entertains school board Schools make case for extending IB program

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Parents, students and staff welcomed the Montgomery County Board of Education to Seneca Valley High School in Germantown Thursday to showcase programs in the cluster’s eight schools and make a plea for extending the Middle Years [International Baccalaureate] program into the ninth and

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10th grades at Seneca Valley. The media center was crowded as the “meet and greet,” the Board of Education’s once every four years visit to the cluster, got underway. “The board visits several different school clusters each year to gather input from the community and hear about issues and challenges that speciﬁc areas of the county are facing,” Dana Toﬁg, Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman wrote in an email. “It is a chance to hear directly from their stakeholders and constituents.” Roberto Clemente Middle School seventh-grader Katie Kolodner entertained the arrivals with piano music, something she said

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she volunteered to do because she enjoys performing. Katie recently performed at Carnegie Hall, her father, Marc Kolodner said. Clemente and King Middle School each had a display table highlighting students’ work with a particular emphasis on the Middle Years Programme. The program is designed with both three year and five year components. The five year is what staff and parents want for the cluster so it flows into the two year high school program now at Seneca Valley. “Seneca Valley has been an IB school for

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Ella Teal, 11, a sixth-grader from King Middle School, talks about her experience with the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme as part of the Seneca Valley cluster school showcase.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 Wine, Women and Heart Health, 5:30-8 p.m., Medstar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Learn about signs and symptoms of heart disease and ways to reduce risk with Dr. Estelle Jean, a cardiologist from MedStar Health Cardiology Associates. Includes a complimentary wine tasting and light dinner. Free, registration required. 301774-8881.

THURSDAY, FEB. 19 Nature Tots: Winter Birds, 10-11:30

a.m., Corydon Creek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road, Rockville. A naturalist will help attendees explore a new nature topic through nature play, crafts, stories and hikes. Ages 2-5; adult participation required. $8-$10. 240-314-8770. WBO Network Building Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Timpano Italian Chop House, 12021 Rockville Pike, Rockville. Participants will come away with three practical ideas to use in 2015 to help their business and personal life ﬂourish. $28$48. 301-365-1755.

Living with Alzheimer’s: For YoungerOnset Alzheimer’s, 6 p.m., Olney Assisted

Living, 16940 Georgia Ave., Olney. Topics covered will include developing a care team, legal and ﬁnancial planning, coping strategies, care and treatment options and communicating and connecting. Free. 800-272-3900.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20 National Coalition of Chronic Pain Providers and Professionals Meeting,

noon-1:30 p.m., Pain Connection, 12320 Parklawn Drive, Rockville. Guest speaker is Dr. Michael April on the topic of treating sleep and chronic pain. www.nccppp.org.

SATURDAY, FEB. 21 American Red Cross Blood Drive, 9

a.m.-2:30 p.m., Cedarbrook Community Church, 23700 Stringtown Road, Clarksburg. david.hull@redcross.org. 21st Annual Baby Plus Bazaar, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Lake Marion Community Center, 8821 East Village Ave., Montgomery Village. Find great deals on gently used and new baby products. Free admission; $25-$35 for a vendor space. 240-243-2361. Saturday Story and Craft, 10-10:45 a.m., Croydon Creek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road, Rockville. A naturalist will read a story and then lead a craft activity based on the theme of the story. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Ages 2-5. $4-$6. 240-314-8770.

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AAUW Black History Month Observance, 10 a.m.-noon, Asbury Methodist

Village, Conley Hall in lover level of Trott Building, 301 Odendhal Ave., Gaithersburg. Perspectives on Slavery: Differences between D.C. and Maryland, presented by award-winning journalist and historian James H. Johnson. mary.wykes@aol.com. Chinese New Year Celebration: Year of the Sheep, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Quince

Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg. Usher in the Chinese New Year 4713 with the Gaithersburg Chinese School. Enjoy folk dancing, performances and arts and crafts. Presented by the students and staff of Gaithersburg Chinese School and sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Quince Orchard Chapter. Free, space limited. 240-777-0200. African-American History Film Event, 1-2 p.m., Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, 40 AfricanAmerican churches were founded in Montgomery County. This one-hour documentary interviews elders from these African-American churches as they discuss the evolution of their communities from Jim Crow until today. Free. 240-773-9409. Basketball Free Throw, 1-3 p.m., Mother of God School Gymnasium, 20501 Goshen Road, Gaithersburg. The Knights of Columbus Free Throw event consists of 15 basketball free throws, with winners from each boy and girl age group advancing to district or state level competition. Ages 9-14. Free; registration forms will be available at the event and a parent or guardian should be present in order to sign the form. 301-363-5678. ToxProfile Trunk Show, 3-5:30 p.m., Germantown Public Library, Meeting Room A, 19840 Century Blvd., Germantown. Preview the new apparel and accessories brand called ToxProfile. Free. www. toxprofile.com/about. Demystifying Syria: The Real Story Behind Isis, 7-9 p.m., Unitarian Universalist

Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive, Rockville. Learn more about the bitter and largely misunderstood situation on the ground in Iraq and Syria while hearing from some of the most well-informed analysts in the U.S.: Phyllis Bennis, Younes Benab, and Raed Jarrar. Q&A will follow the panelists’ talks and refreshments will be served. Free. 301-570-0923.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22 Sleeping Beauty Ballet Tea Party, 10

a.m., Metropolitan Ballet Theatre Studios, 220 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg. Meet Aurora, the Lilac Fairy and more. Enjoy a ballet class, a craft, “tea” and a sweet treat. $18 per child, reservations required; free

Black History Program, 3-5:30 p.m.,

Mother Seton Parish Center, 19951 Father Hurley Blvd., Germantown. Program will feature poetry readings, uplifting music and inspirational songs by St. Joseph’s Gospel Choir, Mother Seton Gospel Choir, Nativity Church Gospel Choir, GARBO Gospel Choir and HIS W.I.L. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Blake Evans. Free. 301972-9317.

MORE INTERACTIVE CALENDAR ITEMS AT WWW.GAZETTE.NET for adults, who must stay. 301-762-1767. Amazing Adventures, 10-11:30 a.m., Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, 1901 East Jefferson St., Rockville. An exploration of art, music, physical education and STEM activities, including an interactive maze. All activities are facilitated by the Lower School teachers. Ages 4-6. Registration requested. www.cesjds.org. Panda Extravaganza, 2-5:30 p.m., Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville. Featuring “Kung Fu Panda” and “Kung Fu Panda 2.” Set in the Valley of Peace, Kung Fu Panda follows Giant Panda Po’s adventures as he becomes a true Kung Fu Master. The sequel sees Po as he strives for inner peace. Free. 301-871-1113. Bookworms, 3:30-4:15 p.m., Cryodon Creek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road, Rockville. Read a new story and get a copy of the book to take home. Each program may include a craft or hike; adult participation required. Ages 2-5. $10-$12. 240314-8770.

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Jamal Wright of Bullis School’s boys varsity basketball team lays one up against Georgetown Prep on Friday night in Potomac. Go to clicked.Gazette.net. SPORTS State swimming and diving championships are scheduled for this weekend at the University of Maryland, College Park. Montgomery County has dominated the pool and are favorites to do so again this season. Check online for coverage.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24 Volunteer Tutor Information Session, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. For volunteers interested in helping adults learn to read, write or speak English. Tutors work one-on-one or with small groups; no foreign language skills are necessary. info@literacycouncilmcmd.org.

Negotiating Strategies and Best Practices, 2-4 p.m., Maryland Women’s Busi-

ness Center, 51 Monroe St., Plaza East-20, Rockville. In life and in business, we need to advocate, collaborate and negotiate. This workshop will provide solid strategies from preparation to execution to help people navigate the process of negotiation. $10. donna@marylandwbc.org.

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CORRECTION A Feb. 4 story about Silver Spring residents named to a Forbes “30 Under 30” list incorrectly referred to the formation of Kosta Dionisopoulos’ company, Delta Produce. Dionisopoulos founded the company in 2009 with Christos Marafatsos.

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Germantown Library books special events n

The following is a summary of incidents in the Germantown area to which Montgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.

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Strong-arm robbery • Regal Theater, 20000 Century Blvd., Germantown, at 4 p.m. Jan. 25. The subject assaulted the victim. • 13000 block of Woodcutter Circle, Germantown, at 8 p.m. Jan. 27. The subject assaulted the victim and took property.

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February, short though it is, is a month of celebrations at the Germantown Library. There are special events planned for Black History Month and for Library Lovers Month, both in February. For Black History Month, the first floor rotunda is hung with display boards telling the story of the role of women and the Civil Rights Movement. Titled “Making a Difference: African American women and the Civil Rights Movement,” the exhibit tells the story of some famous, many not so famous, women and girls who worked to desegregate schools, stores and public services and to allow black people equal access to voting. Rosa Parks is shown in one photo being fingerprinted after her arrest for refusing to leave her seat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus. Her actions started the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted from December 1955 until December 1956 when a Supreme Court decision declared segregated busses in Alabama unconstitutional. Lesser known women are pictured too, like young Dorothy Counts, who, in 1957, was the first African American to attend all-white Harding High School in Charlotte, N.C. After a week of abuse and harassment, and when police said they could not guarantee her safety, Dorothy’s parents pulled her from the school and sent her to live with relatives in Philadelphia. Even younger was 6-yearold Ruby Bridges, who integrated William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Ruby stayed in school but worked alone with one teacher her first year because parents would not allow their children in her class. The exhibit also tells the story of women who worked behind the scenes, cooking for groups of demonstrators, organizing boycotts and helping found civil rights groups. “It’s just amazing that these women were on the forefront of change,” Susan Cohen, head of adult services at the library said.

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Weapons offense • 20000 block of Bloomingville Court, Germantown, on Jan. 26 or 27. A bullet hole was found in the residence. Aggravated assault • 19800 block of Century Boulevard, Germantown, between 1 and 1:30 p.m. Jan. 30. The subject assaulted the victim. Commercial burglary • Sky Kitchen, 9805 Main St., Damascus, between 1 and 1:30 a.m. Jan. 27. Forced entry, took property. • Neelesville Presbyterian Church, 20701 Frederick Road, Germantown, between 3 and 8:30

a.m. Feb. 2. Unknown entry, took property.

Residential burglary • 19000 block of Fisher Avenue, Poolesville, between 7:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Jan. 28. Attempted forced entry, took nothing. • 18000 block of Pine Ridge Lane, Germantown, at 10 p.m. Jan. 28. No forced entry, took nothing. • 13000 block of Daventry Way, Germantown, between 8:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 3. Forced entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Nine incidents in Germantown between Jan. 26 and Feb. 3. Took a laptop, GPS unit, passport, credit cards, gift cards, cash and cigarettes. Affected streets include Rosebay Court, Middlebrook Road, Shamrock Glen Circle and Crystal Rock Drive. • 18000 block of Lark Song Terrace, Germantown, between Jan. 27 and 29. No signs of forced entry, took a GPS unit and took change • Two incidents on Bronco Court, Germantown, on Jan. 28 or 29. Took a purse, wallet, credit cards and cash. • Unit block of Highstream Court, Germantown, on Jan. 31 or Feb. 1. No signs of forced entry, took a laptop.

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The exhibit “Making a Difference: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement” is now on view at the Germantown public library.

IF YOU GO n The “Making a Difference” exhibit will run through the month of March in honor of National Women’s History Month. The Germantown Library is located at 19840 Century Blvd. For more information and hours visit www. montgomerycountymd. gov/library/branches/ germantown.html or call 240-777-0110.

“And their struggle produced change.” Cohen and senior librarian Carolyn Bogardus worked to together to mount the exhibit, which is on loan from Enoch

Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. “We became aware they had exhibits they were lending out,” Cohen said. “We’re very excited... customers can come and learn about African American history. Cohen is also excited about the activities at the library in honor of Library Lovers Month. Library users are encouraged to write short notes telling why they like the library and to share a few words about their favorite books or even those they have read but don’t recommend. “Its a way to get people to interact [about] books they like with the community,” she said. The library is offering in-

centives to get people even more interested in sharing their opinions. Teens can choose from one of several small prizes just for entering an opinion and they can join in with adults for the possibility of winning a gift basket at the end of the month. Each note submitted doubles as a chance to win the basket. And to sweeten the deal, there is a large jar of Hershey’s kisses on display near the ground ﬂoor check out desk. The library patron who guesses the number of kisses in the jar wins them all. “Libraries can be fun places,” Cohen said.

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Electric utility customers who decline to use a smart meter in Maryland face both one-time and recurring fees. Lawmakers are considering doing away with those charges. The Maryland Public Service Commission allows customers to opt out of having smart meters, which wirelessly collect electric usage data and do not require someone to read the meter. However, the commission also lets utilities charge those who refuse a smart meter. For Pepco customers, refusing a smart meter means a $75 one-time fee plus a monthly fee of $14. Pepco is one of four utilities in the state charging $11 to $17 per month and $75 up front for not upgrading to a smart meter. Baltimore Gas and Electric, Delmarva Power and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative also charge for opting out. A bill proposed by Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden (D-Dist. 45) of Baltimore City and cross-ﬁled in the House by Del. Glen Glass (R-Dist. 34A) of Aberdeen would

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Playground back in the swing of things Germantown equipment burned by ﬁre last year

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Cedar Valley residents in Germantown are once again enjoying the playground near the Ride Elementary school on Seneca Crossing Drive. Part of the playground equipment was replaced in midDecember after a ﬁre on Aug. 13, 2014, burned and melted the old equipment, said Lisa

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Ringler, property manager with Chambers Management for the Seneca Crossing/Cedar Valley Homeowners Association. The cost to replace and install the new equipment, including laying down mulch, was $68,800, and the expense was covered by insurance and HOA reserve funds, she said. “There was no special assessment [for the homeowners],” Ringler said. Originally installed in the 1990s, the burned equipment was replaced by the Playground Specialists company in Thurmont. “They took the original plan and brought it up to today’s standards,” Ringler said. An investigation of the incident by the county Fire Marshal’s ofﬁce was inconclusive, she said. “They said it seemed suspicious in nature, but undetermined,” Ringler said in an email. As part of restoring the site, the HOA also took down trees and shrubs bordering the playground that had been damaged by heat and smoke from the ﬁre. “It helps increase the visibility from the road and the aesthetics,” Ringler said. vterhune@gazette.net

ing a smart meter. Proposed amendments to the Senate bill would allow utilities to charge different rates to

customers based on actual costs for the type of meter involved. Del. Al Carr (D-Dist. 18) of Kensington is a cosponsor of the

House bill. “I’m glad that this bill has been put in because it has been a concern of mine and of my constituents about fees approved by the PSC for those people who do not want a smart meter,” Carr said. “This matter has already been decided by the PSC after extensive public participation and we do not support legislation that overturns the Commission’s decision,” Pepco spokesman Marcus Beal wrote in an email on Tuesday. Pepco spokeswoman Courtney Nogas has said that smart meters beneﬁt customers. Pepco will operate more efﬁciently, she said, improving restoration times by identifying outages remotely and laying the foundation for a future smart grid. Smart meters also can save customers money, Nogas has said. The utility offers a credit when customers use less energy during periods of high demand. Jonathan Libber, president of Baltimore-based Maryland Smart Meter Awareness said some people have seen their electric bills increase exponentially with a smart meter. He said he knows of customers who have gone back to an analog or so-called “legacy” meter and

had their bills return to normal. Maryland Smart Meter Awareness is an organization that seeks to educate the public about the potential dangers of smart meters and other wireless devices. Pepco customer Deborah Vollmer of Chevy Chase has said she has refused to pay the fees for keeping her analog electric meter. Vollmer told The Gazette in September that she refuses to pay the fees and feels the fees are extortion. “It is punishment for exercising my right to opt out of their program,” she said at the time. Libber also said the fees are punitive. “The fees really are a penalty to discourage you from opting out,” he said. Libber said the bill aims to establish fair charges for those without smart meters. While his organization doesn’t believe there should be no cost for refusing a smart meter, he said that what is charged should be justiﬁed and fair. The proposed bill is “not complete justice for everybody,” he said, but it attempts to stop unfair fees. kalexander@gazette.net

Pigs perish, $200K in damage in Boyds ﬁre Sunday blaze destroys barn

VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

An early Sunday morning blaze in rural Boyds burned down a barn and took the lives of 20 pigs, according to fire officials. The fire in the 13100 block of West Old Baltimore Road near Interstate 270 started about 5 a.m., according to Pete Piringer, spokesman for the county’s Fire & Rescue Service. No people were injured in the blaze, which is estimated to have caused $200,000 worth of damage, Piringer said on Monday. In addition to the pigs, there also was $10,000 to $15,000 worth of hay and some milking equipment in the barn, Piringer said. A passerby reported the fire, as the owner does not live on the property, said Piringer, adding that the blaze likely

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A fire on Old Baltimore Road in Boyds burned down a barn and killed 20 pigs on Sunday. No people were injured in the blaze, which also destroyed milking equipment but did not spread to adjacent buildings. could have been seen from I-270. The barn was “fully engulfed,” and it took several hours to bring the blaze under control with the help of 50 to 60 firefighters called in from surrounding stations, he said.

Five tankers of water also were brought in, because there were no hydrants in the rural area, Piringer said. Because the weather was so extreme, the fire department brought in a large bus, on which one team of firefighters could

rest and have their vital signs checked while another team battled the ﬁre, he said. “The wind-chill factor was minus 15 degrees,” Piringer said. vterhune@gazette.net

Jewish Film Festival slated for Montgomery County Fans of Jewish cinema can get their ﬁll this month when the 25th annual Washington Jewish Film Festival presents more than 100 screenings and related events from Feb. 19 to March 1 at various venues

in the region. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington at 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, and AFI Theater at 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, will host

several screenings. Ticket and other information is at wjff.org or call 888-718-4253. — GAZETTE STAFF

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Three students have been

charged with misdemeanors — two as adults — following two altercations and one near-fight at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville on Friday, according to Montgomery County police. In the first round of events, two male students were about to fight in the cafeteria when

the school’s security staff stepped in to prevent the altercation, said Officer Nicole Gamard, a county police spokeswoman. A 19-year-old female student, however, began “throwing punches” at security, Gamard said. To clear the school, security pulled the ﬁre

alarm and the school was evacuated. Police were called after the teenage girl got involved, she said. Gamard said a 19-year-old male student, who had been dropped off at the school after the evacuation, tried to enter the building while everyone

was still outside. An officer told the student he could not go inside. The teenager then assaulted the officer, she said. Police arrested and charged as adults the 19-year-old female student who attacked the security staff and the 19-yearold male student who attacked the officer. Their names were

Potomac man sentenced in child porn case Investigators reported ﬁnding one million images, videos

VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER

A Potomac man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for one count of receiving child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s ofﬁce for Maryland. U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Marion Lee Martin Jr., 58, to 85 months in prison on Feb. 11, followed by a lifetime of supervised release,

InBrief Legion offering $1,500 scholarships Damascus American Legion Post 171 will be awarding four scholarships in the amount of $1,500 each to high school seniors who plan to attend college or another institution of higher learning full time for the scholastic year 2015-2016. Applications must be postmarked no later than April 1. Those who apply will be judged on scholastic achievement, work experience, leadership, character, a submitted essay and involvement in school and community activities. Complete details are listed on the scholarship applications, which may be picked up at career centers in Damascus, Clarksburg and Watkins Mill high schools, and also at the American Legion Post Home at 10201 Lewis Drive in Damascus and the post’s website at legionpost171.org. The post’s phone number is 301-253-0769.

according to a U.S. Attorney’s ofﬁce release. Martin pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography, according to his plea agreement. He must register as a sex offender, according to the U.S. Attorney’s ofﬁce release. Authorities said investigators found an estimated 1 million photos and videos on computer devices and seized them during two searches of his home. Martin admitted to investigators that he had been collecting images of children since approximately 1977 and that

his sexual interest was in young girls, including girls 9 to 11 years old, according to the release. Martin told investigators that he worked in a local CVS photo lab and would copy images of children that customers would drop off for processing for his collection, the release says. In January 2013, Martin uploaded ﬁles to his Internet cloud account showing children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to the release. Investigators searched Martin’s home in May 2013 and seized digital devices and removable media, some of which contained child pornography,

the U.S. Attorney’s office said. In October 2013, Martin told authorities that he bought a new laptop and cellphone since the May 2013 search and had been using his cellphone to take videos of clothed girls at the CVS store where he worked, according to the release. Investigators searched his home again in January 2014 and seized three laptops, five tablets, seven cameras, 24 memory cards, a Google Glass device and other digital media storage devices, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

iday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Silver Spring. Training sessions for new volunteer drivers and grocery shoppers are scheduled for: Wednesday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Jewish Council on the Aging, 12320 Parklawn Drive, Rockville and

on Wednesday, March 18 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Holiday Park Senior Center. For more information and to apply for the training sessions contact Mary Murphy at mary. murphy@seniorconnectionmc. org or at 301-942-1049. The mission of The Senior

Connection is to provide mobility by linking older adults to services and resources so they can live as independently as possible while remaining integral members of the community. For more information visit seniorconnectionmc.org. — GAZETTE STAFF

Legion hosts oyster roast fundraiser American Legion Post 171 in Damascus will host an oyster roast on Feb. 21 to raise money for the programs it sponsors for veterans, young people and the community. The dinner features all-youcan-eat oyster stew, as well as raw, fried and steamed oysters, fried chicken, side dishes and beverages. The Post Home is located at 10201 Lewis Drive in Damascus. Doors open at 5 p.m., and dinner is served from 6 to 8 p.m. Music by the Second Chance Band starts at 7:30 p.m. and runs to 11 p.m. Advance tickets are $30 each and $35 each at the door. For advance tickets, call Paula at 661-618-7638 or Sam at 301831-3216. Most credit cards are accepted.

Senior Connection to host volunteer open house and training The Senior Connection, which links older adults to services and resources, has immediate openings for volunteers to provide essential services to Montgomery County seniors. Available opportunities include driving senior adults to medical appointments and assisting with grocery shopping. Interested residents can learn about volunteer opportunities with the Senior Connection at the Volunteer Open House from 9:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, March 4 at the Hol-

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Universities at Shady Grove scholarship pool increases Hundreds of students received more than $870,000 in fall of 2014 n

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

The Universities at Shady Grove doled out a larger pot of

scholarship money this past fall compared to the fall of 2013, marking another growth spurt in ﬁnancial aid for students. The Shady Grove institution in Rockville gave out more than $870,000 in scholarships in the fall of 2014 compared to about $646,000 the previous fall, according to Bill Schlossenberg,

the campus’ director of development and community partnerships. The number of scholarship recipients also grew. This past fall, 405 students received scholarships out of 677 students who applied. In the fall of 2013, the institution provided scholarships to 313 students, about half

of the 647 applicants. The average award for the fall of 2014 stayed the same at $2,000. Thirty-ﬁve students earned full rides, an increase of 15 students from the fall of 2013. The institution’s fall scholarship total has grown over the past several years. In the fall of 2012, students received awards

amounting to about $445,000 — roughly half of the most recent scholarship pool. The $870,000 given out this past fall went mostly to undergraduate students. A portion went to graduate students. Schlossenberg said the campus plans to give out more scholarships for the spring se-

mester, estimated to be around $178,000. Some donors set up speciﬁc criteria for the awards, but most want to provide extra money to students who are serious about their academics and need a ﬁnancial boost to help get them through school, Schlossenberg said. He said the campus saw some “good growth” from the fall of 2013 to this past fall in scholarship money that businesses provided. The increasing scholarship money stems in part from a growing awareness, Schlossenberg said. The Shady Grove campus is about 14 years old now, and word about its programs has gotten around with the help of its graduates, he said. About 5,400 students have graduated from the institution since it started. Schlossenberg said Montgomery College — where Shady Grove gets about 70 percent of its students — and Shady Grove’s university partners are also “talking up” the campus. Marketing efforts have helped, too. “I think we’ve sort of spread our wings a little bit and that’s helped,” he said. Shady Grove’s enrollment includes many people — slightly older than the average college student — studying for a degree after time in the workforce, he said. A growing number of students come from immigrant families. “If you look at the population of Montgomery County, we sort of mirror that population,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net

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The Montgomery County chapter of Jack and Jill of America will hold its sixth annual spelling bee and Benjamin E. Mays oratorical competition for county students from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Georgetown Preparatory School, 10900 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda. The bee is open to firstthrough ﬁfth-graders. The oratorical contest has two divisions: one for sixth- through eighthgraders and one for ninththrough 12th-graders. This year’s speech contest theme is “How to Build a Better Relationship Between Law Enforcement and African American Youth.” The master of ceremonies will be Allison Seymour, an anchor with Fox 5 News in Washington. Jack and Jill of America is a nonproﬁt whose members are mothers of children ages 2 to 19 and is dedicated to nurturing future black leaders through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropy and civic duty, according to its website. Registration, for $10, is at tinyurl.com/lr3v8ry.

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Gaithersburg baker off to a sweet start with The Last Crumb Long-time resident recently opened shop n

“I love the creativity aspect of it. I can take a batter recipe that was handed down to me and make it my own.”

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

When the door of The Last Crumb of Cake in Gaithersburg swings open, customers are immediately hit with the sweet smell of freshly baked desserts transporting them back to their childhood. That aroma is what owner Twila Kimbrough Taylor grew up smelling when her mother and grandmother baked. The recipes that Kimbrough Taylor uses today are the ones passed down to her by the women in her family. “The basic recipe is the same, I just tweaked it to stay current,” said Kimbrough Taylor, who lives in Laytonsville and has been in the area for more than 25 years. For Kimbrough Taylor, staying current means offering more than 30 cupcake ﬂavors, ranging from the classic red velvet to the unique lemon lavender. All of her cupcakes are pound cake-based while her custom layer cakes are in the traditional style. She also sells cookies, cake pops and, both in store and through the mail, regular pound cake. A few years back, Kimbrough Taylor quit her day job and decided to follow her dream of opening her own “brick and mortar” bakery. Though she had already been selling her creations on the side, running a small, order-only business out of a commercial space near the Montgomery County Airpark, she opened the shop located at 8377 Snouffer School Road about a year ago. “I have been hawking cupcakes for over 20 years,” said Kimbrough Taylor, who worked as a ﬂight attendant and then in property management before getting into the dessert business full time. “I love the creativity aspect of it. I can take a batter recipe that was handed down to me and make it my own,” she said.

Twila Kimbrough Taylor, Owner of The Last Crumb of Cake

Twila Kimbrough Taylor of Laytonsville sells assorted sweets at her bakery, The Last Crumb of Cake, in Gaithersburg. Eventually, Kimbrough Taylor hopes to use her creativity on the Food Network baking competition show “Cupcake Wars.” The show reached out to Kimbrough Taylor a few years back, but wanted her to have a shop to represent in the competition. Now that she has The Last Crumb of Cake, she contacted the network and is hoping to be invited to compete. In the meantime, Kimbrough Taylor is staying busy with her new, growing business with loyal customers from Gaithersburg and surrounding areas. “I have two part-time employees. I’m still relatively small, but I’m very busy,” Kimbrough Taylor said. Though The Last Crumb of Cake has advertised, Kim-

brough Taylor said that if one customer has a good experience and tells others, that’s all she needs. “Word of mouth just trumps everything,” Kimbrough Taylor said, adding that sites like Yelp have also been helpful. Ten percent of Kimbrough Taylor’s monthly income goes straight back into the community to local churches and community groups. She also gives her time back to the community by serving as the vice president of the Gaithersburg High School PTA, where one of her children graduated and one is currently attending. “My kids are the most popular kids in Gaithersburg,” Kimbrough Taylor said, laughing about how her children’s friends are fans of her cake.

In addition to her mom and grandma inspiring her baking, she said her father, who is a

No audit for MVA over vote snafu n

Montgomery County Board of Elections requested review

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

State auditors won’t investigate the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration in connection with switched voter registrations. Lawmakers feel the state is already taking steps to ﬁx the problem. However, the General Assembly’s Joint Audit Committee plans to ensure changes are made. The Montgomery County Board of Elections asked the Joint Audit Committee to have state auditors investigate how the vehicle agency handles registrations, among other issues, after voters complained of unauthorized political party afﬁliation changes following visits to the MVA. The Gazette first reported the registration problem when two voters came forward after the June 24, 2014, primary, claiming obstacles to voting because their party affiliation was changed to “other” without their consent. The Montgomery County Board of Elections estimated several hundred of the county’s 635,000 registered voters had unauthorized changes

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through the MVA. Del. Craig J. Zucker, the House chairman of the Joint Audit Committee, said the committee won’t do an audit because MVA and the Maryland Board of Elections are already working to make changes. He did not specify the changes, but said the parties are making sure that if people register to vote, they shouldn’t have any problems. The MVA told The Gazette in December that it was updating its system to address concerns raised by Montgomery County’s elections board. The change will prevent employees from selecting or changing a voter’s political party. It also is adding a question to the voter registration process to ensure that noncitizens can’t register to vote, a complaint the county elections board also wanted investigated. The agencies might take steps to address concerns, but lawmakers aren’t closing the books on the issue yet, Zucker (D-Dist. 14) of Brookeville said. “We’re going to make sure [changes], in fact, happen,” he said. “We’re going to stay engaged in this and make sure the items mentioned in the past are addressed.” Zucker, who co-chairs the committee with Sen. Guy Guzzone (D-Dist. 13) of Columbia, said

his committee will keep an eye on the issue and follow up with MVA and the State Board of Elections in three to six months. Local election ofﬁcials said they weren’t informed of the committee’s decision. Mary Ann Keeffe, president of the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said the board hadn’t been told as of Sunday. Keeffe said she knows that the joint committee sent a letter to the State Board of Elections and MVA detailing the issues and asking for a response. “We have not seen that response,” she said. “And we’ve not heard anything from the joint committee.” Keeffe said she cannot comment until she has received a response. She hopes to hear by the election board’s meeting on Monday. As long as the committee keeps its eye on the situation, not having an audit is not a concern, said David Naimon, a substitute member of the county election board. “The goal here isn’t to have some big report,” Naimon (D) said. “The goal here is to get it ﬁxed for all the voters.” Having lawmakers watching and the state making changes are “good results,” he said. kalexander@gazette.net

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pastor, instilled within her a desire to follow her dreams, which landed her at The Last

Crumb of Cake. She also said her husband really pushed her to go for it. “My husband is a pilot. He has taken my cupcakes to every crew lounge in America,” Kimbrough Taylor said. On top of having quality product, Kimbrough Taylor strives to have quality relationships with her customers. “I enjoy making every customer feel like they’re the best in the world. There may be a better cupcake out there, but I make every person feel special. I want to be able to keep that,” Kimbrough Taylor said. sschmieder@gazette.net

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Gaithersburg students combat dropout rates Poder encourages students to break the trend

the best to get this resolved because they see it and they feel it every day,” Morales said. He decided to reach out to some of his students and see what they had in mind. Senior Nathan Mejia, 18, is the current vice president of Poder and has been with the group since its inception during his freshman year. “The ﬁrst meeting he had, the way he showed us was saying the Latino male population in the school had the highest drop out rate. Me, being a Latino male, I never thought about it. I never realized we were the biggest group,” Mejia said. With that information, Mejia wanted to get involved. “Mr. Morales told us the pitch, what he wanted to do, what he thought it meant and why,” Mejia said. “I think the mission is basically helping not only Latino males, but males in general to graduate not only high school, but secondary education.” Morales said that although the group is predominantly Latino, “anyone who cares about

making the school a better place” should get involved. “We realize from the start that this is a really complex problem,” Morales said. Morales said that the group does a lot of goal studying and self awareness, as well as character building, leadership training and providing academic support. Poder helps students ﬁgure out how to use the school’s class registration website as well as the website that their homework is posted on. Because it is important to have after school jobs to make money, Morales said that they have also spoken about how to write a resume. Poder meets every Thursday during the school day and also travels to area middle schools to tutor young men. Morales said that the group believed they had to “get to the kids sooner” in order to convince them that education is important. “One of the things we also like to do, a lot of the members that graduate and go to college, they come back, check back on the group and share their sto-

ries,” Mejia said. Mejia said that members never have to make students come out to club meetings because everyone really enjoys being there. He said his favorite part of Poder is the “atmosphere.” “You come, we have fun, we crack jokes and we also have to crack down and get to business,” Mejia said. Though Morales and Mejia both see the group has done a lot of positive work, they don’t always get the most encouraging response from students they reach out to. “Some respond and say, ‘I will stay in school,’ and some we can’t convince,” Morales said, explaining that he tells his group that if they are able to positively affect even just one person to graduate or improve their grades then they are doing well. “The most important thing is that it’s student led. If anyone can combat this trend, the students would be able to most effectively,” Morales said.

‘Virtual Outreach Blitz’ to offer summer camp info

erService@montgomerycountymd.gov or call 240-777-6840. Registration for programs is always available online at montgomerycountymd.gov/ rec. The Recreation administrative ofﬁces are open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for in-person registration. — GAZETTE STAFF

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

At Gaithersburg High School, a group of young men have come together to help reduce the high dropout rate among Latino males with their group Poder, which means “to be able” in Spanish. Brett Morales, the teacher sponsor of Poder, has been with the school for four years and is currently a ninth grade English teacher as well as the senior class sponsor. He explained that every year teachers are presented with the statistics regarding academics and dropout rates among different student populations. He noticed Latino males had some of the highest numbers. “I wanted to see that stop, I wanted to see that trend reverse. I ﬁgured the best way I could do that is to get students involved. I think they are the most effective at that, they are

Montgomery County Recreation will hold a virtual outreach blitz from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday to answer questions about summer camp programs. The Saturday hours are to help families who ﬁnd weekend hours more convenient. During the blitz, staff will

monitor the customer service mailbox and reply to Twitter and Facebook messages. Customers can also call 240777-6840 or visit Recreation’s administrative ofﬁces at 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring. The event will help families select summer camp programs,

understand the registration process and set up summer payment plans. It will be a time to get answers to other questions about the many programs and activities offered by the Recreation department. For more information email Recreation.Custom-

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Audience members watch and record performances at last year’s Lunar New Year celebration at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg.

Celebrate the Year of the Goat at Lakeforest Gaithersburg nonproﬁt, mall to host Lunar New Year celebration

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

Starting this week through March 1, the Lakeforest Mall will host the Lunar New Year Celebration for the Year of the Goat in partnership with the Chinese Culture and Community Service Center, or CCACC. The mall will be fully decorated for the festivities and there will be events both weekends for

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Performances at last year’s Lunar New Year celebration at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg included a dragon dance.

the whole family to attend. “At the very beginning, we started in 1997, we started at Montgomery Mall,” said staff member Ned Li, the director of the CCACC Adult Day Care and HealthCare Center. In the late 1990s, the Gaithersburg-based, nonproﬁt CCACC decided that they wanted to host an event for the New Year and invite the public to join in a celebration of Chinese culture. Li said that there is a parade that occurs in Chinatown in Washington, D.C., but it’s weather permitting and there isn’t much else offered indoors apart from small get-togethers between family, friends or social groups. “I started thinking, ‘Maybe we can do something indoors.’ I noticed after Christmas there was a quiet period,” Li said. With that thought, Li reached out to Montgomery County malls and heard back first from Montgomery Mall. Eventually they moved the celebration to Lakeforest Mall where it’s been for more than 15 years. “It’s our most important, most [festive] holiday, other than within family and within small groups. I feel this is a big stage that we can share the culture with everyone,” Li said. Li said that the whole event is presented by CCACC and there are around 30 clubs within the group that have different exhibits set up for the celebration. For instance, the center’s photography club will host a photography show. There are also a variety of different competitions and displays including a children’s drawing contest. This year, the event’s theme is Chinese music. Though the actual Lunar New Year falls on Thursday, the celebration will kick off with a Dragon Dance and a Lion Dance on Saturday. The opening ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m. with performances running through 5 p.m. On Feb. 22 and 28, as well as March 1, the performances will begin at noon. The mall will be decorated with 70-foot dragons, 30-foot calligraphy banners, five-foot lanterns and a 210-foot representation of the Great Wall of China painted by renowned, local artist Bertrand Mao, according to a release. Though the CCACC puts together much of the event, there will also be performances by area Chinese Immersion Program students as well as student volunteers helping throughout the two weeks. “We have the chance to share our culture with everyone,” Li said. “And help [the mall] have a little bit of trafﬁc,” 153976G

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Continued from Page A-1 But not for ninth- and 10th-graders, she explained, only for diploma students in 11th and 12th grades. Ella Teal, a sixth-grader at King, spoke to the group advocating adding the ninth and 10th grade extension to the Seneca Valley program, providing a seamless IB curriculum in the cluster. Seneca Valley seniors Troy Takemori and Tyatianna Johnson also addressed the group about their experiences in the IB program. Filling the gap would take getting the board to recognize its importance to parents and students in the cluster and approving the money for the program, including professional development for IB teachers, Hill said. Students were a major part of the program. “We wanted [the board] to hear from our kids,” said Jeri Crist, Seneca Valley Cluster Coordinator. The Seneca Valley Naval Junior ROTC presented colors and the school’s chorus sung the National Anthem. Students from Lake Seneca lead a game of math skills complete with a worksheet for everyone called “Cooking Up Fractions.” The program ended with music by Clemente’s “Touring Band” performing rock music but not before board president Patricia O’Neill gave a short update on the group’s decisions to change school starting times, pass a new budget and hire a search ﬁrm to look for a new superintendent. She did not comment on the hope for the enhanced IB program. Seneca Valley principal Marc Cohen said he is hopeful that the program will be in place within the next few years. pmcewan@gazette.net

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New Public Safety Training Academy breaks ground n

State-of-the-art facility slated to be complete in 2016

SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER

County officials and public safety ofﬁcers came out to Gaithersburg on Feb. 11 to take part in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new, all-encompassing Public Safety Training Academy. The new $69 million facility, part of the Montgomery County Multi Agency Service Park, will be at 8751 Snouffer School Road. The facility is another project from County Executive Isiah Leggett’s Smart Growth Initiative, which is aimed at revital-

izing a former industrial area into an urban village, plus using county-owned building sites to their greatest potential. County Assistant Police Chief Luther Reynolds explained that the new facility is much needed and the old building in Rockville is more than 40 years old, making it outdated in many ways. “If you look at what policing was like back then and what it is today, but more importantly what it will be in 10 or 20 years, we need the staff and facilities to reflect [that],” Reynolds said. The roughly 185,000-squarefoot training facility will have an academic building, a fire residential training building, a fire commercial training building, a high bay and fire training

support building, an apparatus building, a canine training building, a multi-use cityscape structure training area, a transportation department vehicle training support building and a fuel facility, according to a county news release. Reynolds said those buildings will be used for scenario training, which simulate real emergencies. There also will be classrooms and each building will have all of the necessary, up-todate technology, including computers and monitors on the wall for instructors. “The size of the county and the size of the police department has grown tremendously. The diversity and needs have changed,” Reynolds said. Ground was ofﬁcially broken

last week, but Reynolds said construction workers had been preparing the site for some time and actual construction should start soon. Reynolds said the facility is slated to be finished in late summer 2016, which is 18 months from mid-January, when site work began. “It’s a really powerful message to our community and to our agencies in public safety, police and fire,” Reynolds said about the construction of a state-of-the-art facility such as this one. The Public Safety Training Academy trains all new law enforcement officers hired by the Montgomery County Police Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Office of the Fire Marshal of the Department of Fire and Rescue Service,

the Rockville City Police Department, the Gaithersburg Police Department, the Takoma Park Police Department, the Chevy Chase Village Police Department and the Maryland-National Capital Park Police for Montgomery County. The academy also trains all career and volunteer ﬁre and emergency personnel with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. Reynolds said his bureau overseas various stages of training and hiring and he has been an instructor in various stages of the academy for years. “It was pretty unanimously supported. We are very thankful. It’s a big investment in the future of the community and for public safety,” Reynolds said. sschmieder@gazette.net

School board supports bill requiring IEP translation services Opposes bill placing law enforcement ofﬁcers in all Maryland public schools

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Montgomery County’s school board is supporting a state bill to require districts to translate for parents a document that outlines how children with disabilities are taught and helped in school. The board took a series of votes on Feb. 10 on legislation in the Maryland General Assembly, unanimously choosing to oppose four bills and support two. A bill requiring translation services relates to the IEP, or Individualized Education Program, of a student with special needs. The document, developed by a team of people, includes short- and long-term goals, ways to measure progress, and the needed services for a special education student, according to the Maryland State

Department of Education website. If the bill passes, Maryland school districts would need to translate the document at a parent’s request into his or her native language, Laura Steinberg, a staff assistant in the school board ofﬁce, told the board. Steinberg said one concern is that the IEP document is “highly technical” and would require a skilled translator to ensure the language is accurately communicated. District staff, she said, recommended the board oppose the bill, primarily due to cost. Montgomery parents currently can request interpretation services from the district during IEP meetings, she said. Board member Rebecca Smondrowski (Dist. 2) of Gaithersburg said it’s “critical” for parents to be involved in children’s development, education and IEP process. She wondered how parents could do so if they can’t understand the document. Board Vice President Mi-

chael Durso said the document’s technical language seems like a reason the district should translate them for parents. “We do get criticized on occasion in relation to IEPs and I would just think this piece — I just don’t know how we justify not doing this,” said Durso (Dist. 5) of Silver Spring. School board President Patricia O’Neill said “it’s morally the right thing to do.” O’Neill (Dist. 3) of Bethesda and Smondrowski described opposition to the bill from the Maryland Association of Boards of Education. “I think this is just way too important and given the work that we need to do to build a stronger and more trusting relationship with our parents of students with special needs, I don’t see how we don’t do this,” said board member Christopher Barclay. Barclay (Dist. 4) of Takoma Park said there’s a “signiﬁcant cost” tied to the services, but the school system can ﬁnd the right translators in the Washington, D.C., area.

The board voted to oppose another bill that would enable the Maryland State Board of Education to form the workload guidelines for special education teachers and other staff who provide services to students with disabilities. Durso said he was “curious” what the district’s special education staff would think of the legislation. He has seen special education teachers face “a daunting experience” in their work, he said. “I don’t know if I see a downside in looking at those guidelines because I can think of many special education teachers we have lost not due to anything, any shortcomings on their part — they’re just overwhelmed,” he said. Steinberg warned board members that the legislation could have “a very significant ﬁscal implication” because state guidelines would determine local special education stafﬁng. Arguing against the bill, O’Neill said staffing ratios are

the district’s responsibility and should remain under “local control.” Barclay and board member Judith Docca (Dist. 1) of Montgomery Village echoed the argument not to shift such decisions to the state board. Another bill the board rejected would place a school resource officer at every public school in the state. Durso called the costs “staggering.” The state would spend nearly $100 million in fiscal 2016 to hire and equip 1,135 officers and cover other expenses, according to the bill’s fiscal and policy note. The county’s school resource officer program has 26 law enforcement officers working primarily in the district’s high schools. Barclay said the legislation would “further create a prisonlike environment” in schools. The officers’ presence in school buildings has a negative effect on students, he said. lpowers@gazette.net

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ticularly my daughter and her friends, struggling with who they were and how they looked,” she said. “When I came to work I saw that a lot of girls, particularly minority girls, suffered from self image.” One little girl, she said, particularly broke her heart because

she did not like being African American. “It was like the kids were crying out for something that would make them feel important, appreciated,” she said. The book, she said, was easy to write, and was finished in 2011, but she spent a lot of time

after that looking for the right illustrator. Finally her husband suggested she check a website called elance.com, which connects freelance workers with jobs. There she met with Melissa Bailey, who was just the artist she was looking for. “I knew the pictures were

important to convey the message,” Jones said. “I wanted it to be multicultural. I wanted every race displayed so any person who reads the book can see themselves.” The result is a celebration of looks and differences: the shape of noses and eyes, the color of

skin and hair, the look of individuals being who they are. Jones is happy with the result. “I ﬁnally had my children’s book,” she said. “This is my heart, it means a lot to me.”

amendment before — under both Republican and Democratic governors — Manno said Hogan’s budget puts new urgency to the need to rebalance the power. “We’ve had to make tough budgets in recent years, but when a budget lands on your desk with a 2 percent cut, across the board, and you don’t know what it is, we’ve just lost cabin pressure,” Manno (D-Dist. 19) of Silver Spring said. “It’s time to restore some of that trans-

parency and accountability and that’s what we hope to achieve.” To insulate priorities against budget cuts that it cannot undo, the General Assembly has set up numerous mandates for which the governor must include funding. One is for education. Today, about three-fourths of the budget is mandated funding. Hogan has said his hands are tied by the mandates. He has talked of changing some formulas, to have more ﬂexibility in

budgeting. “To me, if he wants to have conversations about how he needs more ﬂexibility to set the budget — which I can appreciate — we need more ﬂexibility to participate in establishing the budget on an annual basis, as well,” Madaleno said. “I think it’s a nice compromise.” Not only can the governor make cuts in his proposed budget that the legislature cannot change, Manno said, the governor has power, on the Board of

Public Works, to impose midyear spending cuts that the legislature cannot undo. Manno, who chairs the General Assembly’s Spending Affordability Committee, said overinflated figures from the Board of Revenue Estimates has led to several mid-year cuts since the recession. With Hogan proposing an unspeciﬁed 2 percent cut to all state agency spending, Manno said, the governor is in uncharted territory. As of Friday,

the governor had not detailed where or how those agencies will cut expenses. Madaleno said the amendment will go before the Senate Budget and Finance Committee — on which both he and Manno serve — for consideration. Madaleno said the legislature usuallywaitstopassconstitutional amendments until an election year. Constitutional amendments require voter approval.

funding based on the index. School ofﬁcials said on Feb. 10, when the budget request was approved, that the district could face further budget cuts from the county. The proposed school system operating budget marks an increase of 5.1 percent compared

to the district’s current budget. Under the revised budget, the school system would cut $1.8 million, mostly by reducing and eliminating staff positions. These cuts deepen similar ones Starr had already proposed, meaning the loss of another 24 full-time equivalent positions. Those positions include 17 building service worker positions, amounting to about $708,500; a

professional growth consultant, costing $124,100; an instructional specialist involved in professional development, costing $144,296; and a consulting teacher position, costing about $105,000. Larry Bowers, the district’s chief operating ofﬁcer, said the system has eliminated about 1,400 positions since 2009. “Any additional reductions are on top of some very signiﬁ-

cant cuts this board of education has already taken and it does impact people,” said Bowers, who took over as interim superintendent on Tuesday, because Starr stepped down. While the Montgomery County Education Association is not happy the district would lose important positions, the school board’s actions “make sense” in light of state cuts, said Doug Prouty, president of the county teachers union. Since ﬁscal 2010, Prouty said, the district has grappled with budget reductions. “At this point, anything further that we have to cut is going to affect [programs], it’s going to affect classrooms. There’s no way around it,” he said. The revised budget the board approved also cut about two-thirds of the money Starr directed toward improvements, additional support and increasing staff in certain areas, such as for students learning the English language. The district will delay spending about $5.7 million of the $8.2 million Starr recommended for these purposes. That would have

covered spending for about 57 positions. Cuts in this category include: • 6 positions — about $538,800 — for Coordinated Student Services Teams • 5.5 counselor positions totalling $462,600 at high schools with higher numbers of students from low-income families • 5 high school staff development teacher positions totalling $374,100 • 8 positions — about $598,600 — at elementary schools with previous staff cuts. The school system, wary of possible further cuts from the county, will hold back on allocating a small percentage of the staff in the spring. The district will inform schools about staff allocations for the next academic year in March. Board member Christopher Barclay said he hopes Leggett will be persuaded to provide enough money to avoid cuts in the district’s revised budget. Should the cuts stand, he said, “we’re going to feel the pain.”

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tocks, after pulling her pants and underwear down, according to charging documents. Shapiro touched the minor’s buttocks and took photos of her, telling her he wanted to remember where he kept the tabs, according to charging documents. The incidents took place in 2010 and 2011, according to the documents. The Gazette does not usually name victims of sex crimes.

Obituary Mr. Roger LeGassie 85, of Gaithersburg, Md. passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Tuesday, February10, 2015. Roger was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1929. He began the study of music at age 7 and gave his first public recitals at age 10. As a performing concert pianist, he won regional and national competitions during his teens, and later went on to advanced studies with Carl Friedberg, then head of the Julliard School of Music. Roger graduated from Columbia University in New York City at the age of 17 with multiple degrees in Chemical Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mathematics and Chemistry. He was an internationally known energy economist who served for 30 years in government agencies, earning 3 Distinguished Service Awards from 3 different agencies and a Distinguished Career Service Award on his retirement. Later, he became Senior Vice President and Senior Scientist for an energy and environmental consulting company in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His private sector career spanned another 25 years. He participated in the development and commercialization of nuclear power and all other major energy technologies, including emerging renewable technologies, managed major international conferences for the International Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, and chaired the Committee on Economic Analysis of Energy Systems for the US Energy Association. His technology and market analysis innovations have entered the mainstream of current practice. Music became his avocation rather than his vocation. Roger served as the piano accompanist for the children’s Cherub and Joy Choirs at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church and for other church-based musical activities including 30 years as a memberof handbell choirs. Roger is survived by his beloved wife of 35 years, Mary Ann; 4 sons - Mike Smith & his wife Stephanie, Kerry Smith & his wife Catherine, Keith Smith, and Russ Smith & his fiancée Karen; 11 grandchildren and many more family members who loved him dearly. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, 610 S. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church. 1934150

Obituary Warren Kenneth Eister, Sr., 95, died Friday, February 6, at Aspenwood Retirement Center. Burial will take place at Pomfert Manor Cemetery in Sunbury, Pa., at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Dr., Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, or Bucknell University, College of Engineering, Bucknell University Development, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837. A native of Sunbury, Pa., the eldest son of Amelia Kublic and W. Howard Eister, Mr. Eister grew up in a thriving town, Sunbury, Pa., on the banks of the Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg, Pa. His family church was Zion Lutheran Church. Mr. Eister attended Bucknell University, graduating in 1940 with a Chemical Engineering Degree. In support of the war effort, he initially worked at American Car and Foundry and then later with Dupont in the development of Smokeless powder near Louisville, Ky. While attending the Kentucky Derby, he met, won the heart of, and then later married Doris McHaney, on Dec. 11, 1942. Six months later, they moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn., where he assisted in efforts in the development of the atomic bomb. Warren and Doris were founding members of United Church, Chapel on the Hill of Oak Ridge. In 1954, they moved to Lenoir City, Tenn., and finally to Gaithersburg, Md., in 1961. In Maryland, he continued his work with nuclear development, working first for the Atomic Energy Commission and later with the Department of Energy. Warren Eister was a longtime member of Epworth Methodist Church in Gaithersburg, Md. He enjoyed various activities, including square dancing and singing with the Barbershop Chorus in Silver Spring. He authored the Nuclear Industry chapters for four editions of Riegel’s Handbook of Industrial Chemistry. In his retirement years, he focused his attention on the development of leadership in society; this resulted in the publication of “The Methodical Society” and “Society: the Invisible Giant.” He is survived by his brother, Don, of Williamsport, Pa.; two sons, Ken Eister (Jean) of Silver Spring, Md., and Bill Eister (Lisa) of Seneca, S.C.; three grandchildren, Scott Eister of Brookeville, Md., Susan Van Winkle of Rockville, Md., and James Eister of Clemson, S.C.; and greatgrandchildren, Emily and Sam. In addition to his parents, Mr. Eister was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, two sisters, Marian Slack and Ruth George; and one brother, Bill Eister. Roy W. Barber Funeral Home, Laytonsville, Md., is handling the funeral arrangements.

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Exports by Maryland companies broke a record in 2014, and business leaders from around the region gathered Feb. 11 in Rockville to try to keep that number climbing this year. The international development forum at the Johns Hopkins University campus was organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, and the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development. The roughly 80 people at the conference were a mix of representatives from small or

medium-sized businesses that are just starting to move into the international market, plus representatives of companies already operating internationally, said Aisha Jones of the Commerce Department’s Export Assistance Center. Most of the participants were there to get information on how to work with the Commerce Department’s advocacy ofﬁce, the U.S. Agency for International Development and nongovernmental agencies that help companies working overseas, she said — essentially a “how-to” session for companies exploring international opportunities. It comes as Maryland’s exports hit $12.2 billion in 2014, up from $11.8 billion in 2013 and $9.2 billion in 2009, said Chris Higginbotham, a spokesman for the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration.

Maryland’s largest export market is Canada, at $1.9 billion, followed by Saudi Arabia at $915 million, he said. Barbara Zakheim of Keith R. Scott Associates in Silver Spring said events such as the Feb. 11 forum are good opportunities for “contact, networking and hopefully learning something.” U.S. companies often focus on the domestic market and don’t take advantage of the many international opportunities that are available, Zakheim said. Her company works on business development for small government contractors, helping with strategic planning, research, developing proposals and helping clients develop strategies to capture opportunities in their ﬁelds, she said. Courtney Roberts of Moonshot Global Consulting in Bethesda said she was im-

pressed by the diversity of the panels among small and large businesses. Her privately held women-owned company has worked on projects in Chile and Rwanda, according to its website. Roberts said she came because the Maryland economic development department was one of the organizers and she knows the agencies understands what small businesses need. But she also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to engage with some of her fellow attendees and develop leads for future projects. “I think that’s the most important thing, making contacts in the ﬁeld and networking with other small businesses,” she said. rmarshall@gazette.net

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Radio One reports smaller losses, revenues Silver Spring media company Radio One reported that its net loss last year narrowed to $42.7 million from $43.5 million in 2013. Revenues fell to $441.4 million from $448.7 million. Its fourth-quarter net loss narrowed to $8.3 million from $13.6 million in the prior-year quarter; revenues dropped to $109.7 million from $111.6 million.

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Zen Windows franchise opens in Rockville Scott Halle opened a Zen Windows franchise in Rockville that covers Montgomery County. The company’s business model differs from some others in that it eliminates in-home sales by letting customers enter basic information on window replacements online, via email or by phone, according to a news release. Previously, Halle owned and operated Champion Windows in Gaithersburg. His franchise’s website can be found at zenwindows.com/ locations.

Profits, revenues up at Walker & Dunlop Walker & Dunlop of Bethesda, which provides commercial real estate financing, reported that its profit last year grew to $51.4 million from $41.5 million in 2013. Revenues rose to $360.8 million from $319 million. Its fourth-quarter profit grew to $16.3 million from $11.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, as revenues rose to $112.6 million from $85.5 million. — GAZETTE STAFF

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Back to ‘We the People’ With Congress paralyzed by partisanship, along comes an idea to help cut through the inaction. Citizen Cabinet is a creation of the nonprofit group Voice Of the People. The idea is to show how an informed public can restore the democratic process. Voice Of the People hopes to build informed standing advisory boards for each state and one that’s national, a total of more than 100,000 people. Maryland is one of three pilot states for the project, which has roots in Montgomery County through Richard Parsons, Voice Of the People’s executive director. Parsons is a former president of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and former executive director of the Maryland Democratic Party. In each state (Virginia and NONPROFIT Oklahoma are the others), a repreAIMS TO STRENGTHEN sentative sample of the population will DEMOCRACY, review and react to WITHOUT BIAS significant national policy issues. This is more than a survey. People get a solid framework of unbiased information first, crowding out emotion and assumption. An example Parsons gives is foreign aid. Asked in a survey if the United States spends too much money on foreign aid, respondents said yes, assuming that it was about 20 percent of the budget. They suggested cutting aid to 10 percent. Told that foreign aid actually was about 1 percent of the budget, respondents switched their answer and said the amount was too low. They suggested 2 percent. Misperception and misinformation matter, especially as Congress members assert that they know their district’s thinking on key issues. They’re often wrong, Parsons says. Strip away theatrics and knee-jerk outrage, and the political process gets healthier. Parsons says Voice Of the People and its partners at university-connected organizations in pilot states start with consensus. They meet with congressional staffers from both major parties to craft summaries of issues. It becomes clear that opposite sides often aren’t far apart — small sticking points become magnified through bickering. Policy platforms are vetted with interest groups and other experts. Parsons said the Maryland cabinet has about 500 people statewide. Based on population numbers, about a third would be in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Citizen Cabinets read through issues and offer their thoughts, electronically, at home. People without Internet access get tablets to work on, so results aren’t skewed by younger or wealthier demographics. Parsons said all Congress members in the pilot states, Republican and Democrat, have agreed to hear presentations about the results, which also will be released to news media for possible coverage. The first results are expected to come out in early March. The process will be opened up to the public at large, too, through a website, although those results will be unscientific. Three “policymaking simulations” are posted so far at vop.org, the organizations’s website — on Social Security reform, negotiations with Iran and the defense budget. This could help tamp down the influence of political interest groups that distort most political debates through money and influence. We see great potential here, and hope the Citizen Cabinet project is fruitful and becomes prominent. There’s a natural tie-in to a persistent problem in Montgomery County, in Maryland and elsewhere: low voter turnout. A Montgomery County task force has recommended an array of improvements, in areas such as physical access to polls, ballot design and media access for candidates. Then, there are big questions: Are candidates uninspiring? Do voters feel disconnected? The Citizen Cabinet could play a key role in stimulating the electoral process in places where it lags. Cabinet participants are likely to feel invested in time and thought, and their activism would continue. Parsons cites the Founding Fathers’ beliefs when he says that reason, not passion, is the lifeblood of good governance.

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Rockville’s future goes beyond the APFO As a business owner in Rockville, we have followed closely the debate surrounding Rockville’s adequate public facilities ordinance. Regardless of the outcome, we have concerns for every stakeholder in the city, whether home or business owners. Why? Rockville has a problem with tomorrow. Tomorrow’s home purchasers and business leaders (aka “millennials”) have demonstrated clear preferences for locations that feature urban forms, higher densities and compact walkability. This is not Rockville today. Absent new development to create these attributes, it can’t be Rockville tomorrow. When Rockville is less able to attract tomorrow’s customers, today’s stakeholders lose. The cracks are visible. New business starts are practically nonexistent and the city’s ofﬁce vacancy rate is among the worst metrowide. As old paradigms change, often at the speed of technology, the challenge for government is establishing regulatory frameworks that enable tomorrow’s success. As an independent jurisdiction, the city has power to implement

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a framework for success. Getting there however, will require vision, commitment and political will. What should be done? 1. Admit that we have a problem. Rockville’s ofﬁce vacancy rate is 18.1 percent. Rockville has nearly

5,000,000 square feet of space either vacant or available. By comparison, Detroit’s ofﬁce vacancy rate is 16.5 percent. Doing worse than Detroit in anything means we have a big problem. 2. Understand what’s changing. As the U.S. transitions from “information economy” to “knowledge economy,” highly skilled technology workers are the prize. To attract and retain this talent, businesses must locate where high-value employees “prefer to be.” This is a game changer. With 5,000,000 square feet available today, the market is speaking clearly. While politicians may not recognize this phenomenon, employers do. 3. Attract tomorrow’s customers. Knowing that tomorrow’s customers (future home purchasers and business leaders) have clear preferences for compact walkability, higher densities and engaging pedestrian experiences, give them what they’re looking for. This requires development that accommodates their preferences. 4. Leverage today’s strengths. Rockville has great neighborhoods, mass transit hubs, interesting cui-

Broadside against illegal immigrants ignores reality Al Eisner (“State should stop giving illegal immigrants driver’s licenses,” Jan. 21) needs to stop drinking antiimmigrant Kool-Aid. In making licenses available to qualified drivers regardless of immigration status, the legislature didn’t “ignore” law, but changed it for the better. Employment often requires driving, and I suspect that any economically desperate person would risk driving illegally to put bread on the table. Our communities are much safer by having thousands more people study and pass licensing tests, and buy car insurance, rather than driving untested, unlicensed and uninsured. Like Eisner, I’m no socialist or farleftist-liberal, and I, too, served as an election judge, proudly assisting fellow citizens exercising their ballot. But I find his allegation of illegal immigrant voter fraud beyond absurd. Where’s his proof? Did he coerce scores of illegal immigrants into confessions (in Spanish!) at the polls, a la Perry Mason? Not bloody likely. The charge that Hispanic illegal immigrants are social parasites is his most baseless. Illegal immigrants are categorically ineligible for virtually every possible type of public assistance. The first thing government workers require of applicants is proof of citizenship or legal residence. Has Eisner considered that even “Hispanic illegal aliens” need a place to live; buy food, clothing and cars; and find work (often in jobs many of us would never accept)? By living their daily lives, they contribute to the local economy and consumption taxes at every business they patronize and to the property tax base through mortgage or rent payments, and contribute human resources and often payroll taxes through their em-

ployment, the vast majority being otherwise law-abiding, God-fearing people. They’re the last to seek public assistance, or report crimes, abuses and injustices to maintain invisibility from immigration enforcement and family separation. He insinuates that those immigrating illegally are exclusively Hispanic, in apparent ignorance that our broken system is gamed by people of every race, ethnicity, continent and language. Like immigrants of yesteryear who journeyed to Plymouth Rock or Ellis Island, without obtaining visas in advance, I’d wager that if Eisner was born into an unbearable living situation in a desperate country, he, too, might risk a treacherous land or sea crossing in search of freedom and opportunity. I might do so rather than see my family live in misery. Borders, while necessary and important, are not moral or holy, but political. I’m sorry Eisner has so much hate, I’ll pray for him. Nevertheless, I commend him for at least not employing the common, repulsive demagoguery of calling undocumented persons “illegals.” The word “illegal” is an adjective, and misusing it as a noun in reference to a human is improper grammar. More importantly, men, women and children created in the image of God should never be labelled “illegal,” even if their actions violate law. Labelling a human being “illegal” is inaccurate, mean-spirited, pejorative, dehumanizing and poor English. I suggest “future Americans.” Please stay away from anti-immigrant Kool-Aid. Instead, try rich Colombian coffee — decaffeinated, please. Paul Rivera, Rockville

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I agree with writers Al Eisner (“State should stop giving illegal immigrants driver’s licenses,” Jan. 21) and Roland Ferguson (“Christian students don’t get what Muslim students were allowed,” Jan. 21). Illegal immigrants should be sent back to their own country. The government is short of money for Social Security (which working people pay into). Veterans are not getting care. It’s not taking care of our sick elderly and underprivileged children. But there is money to house and care for illegal immigrants. Why do I see signs in foreign languages at voting places? One of the requirements for citizenship is to read and comprehend English. Our immigrant

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grandparents didn’t have signs in their language, welfare, WIC [Women, Infants and Children Program]. I went to public school in the 1950s in Brooklyn. We said a prayer and pledged allegiance to our country. Today, this is on par with treason. This country was founded on Christian principles. You cannot go to any country and change their customs. You will probably die. You cannot enter countries illegally (Mexico). You will be jailed. Not here. We give everyone a free pass to do as they please and our elected ofﬁcials allow it to happen. Mena Marano, Silver Spring

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sine, terrific parks, and a large (albeit shrinking) job base. This infrastructure is a great head start. We now need new development to knit these existing strengths together in a more pedestrian friendly manner. The more cohesive the fabric, the deeper the pool of customers. Everyone wins. 5. The freedom to adapt is the ability to thrive. The most important attribute of any successful enterprise is the ability to adapt. The demand profile for Rockville and suburbs everywhere is receding. We have fallen behind due to changing consumer preferences. Continuing to fall will be a conscious choice. How far we fall or how high we rise depends on whether we enable the investment that invites tomorrow’s customers to find what they seek. That is the fundamental question before us. The decision is ours. May we choose wisely. Robert M. Seldin, Arlington The writer is the CEO of NOVUS Residences LLC, a Cafritz Interests company.

Board members must explain their decision

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Your coverage of the Joshua Starr resignation has been thorough, but the members of the Montgomery County school board have not been pursued on the reasons they paid off Starr with a golden handshake once he agreed that the board members could refuse to explain their actions. These “public servants” have thrown the school system into a leaderless uproar without even attempting to defend their reasons. It’s the usual way that second-rate boards with small jealousies and magniﬁed snubs do

business. Montgomery has been above that for 16 years. You should hold their feet to the ﬁre. Have your reporters ask, over and over again, why? How do they justify this disruption? Dr. Starr will have another leadership post before the next school year. The board members will go on with their political careers. But what about the kids and the teachers and principals? Shame on the school board. Don’t let them sweep this one away. James Doyle, Gaithersburg

Data, testimony prompted change in position This letter focuses on two issues regarding Rockville’s adequate public facilities standards. The first concerns Ryan Marshall’s article, “Rockville deferring to county for now” (Feb. 11). Marshall made it appear that the most important decision at the meeting was that the city is “deferring” to the county on the APFS. Let’s be very clear: The most signiﬁcant action at the meeting was Councilman Moore’s withdrawal of his motion to align the city’s APFO/APFS with that of the county. It was clear that his motion would fail if a vote had been taken. Marshall wrote extensively about the countywide APFO meeting that County Councilman Roger Berliner has scheduled for March 7. However, he never mentioned that a packed chamber gave witness to more than 20 speakers against the highly anticipated APFS vote that was on the agenda for that evening. The second concerns statements by Councilmember Moore regarding my position on the APFS. In my statement at the council meeting, I said that I had originally been in favor of the APFS change. But I did what all elected ofﬁcials should do: I studied the data, listened intently to

testimony at the public hearings, spoke with residents and read countless e-mails. After careful deliberation, I concluded that an APFS change at this time is ill conceived. It is disingenuous for Councilman Moore to maintain that he only became aware of my position on the APFO at the Feb. 10th council meeting. During the 24 hours prior to the meeting, there was a veritable campaign by supporters of the APFS change to seek reassurance on my position. I never provided such assurance. Supporters of the revised APFS were clearly aware that I was contemplating a change in my position. I’m looking forward to discussing the city APFO and county APFO at the March 7 meeting. Councilman Berliner is commended for inviting municipalities in Montgomery County to participate in this forum. As we seek to exchange ideas with county ofﬁcials, let us remember that the priority of the mayor and council must be to devise policies that are ﬁrst and foremost in the interests of the residents of the city of Rockville. Beryl L. Feinberg, Rockville

The writer is a Rockville city councilwoman.

Fracking safer than coal mining Charles Shore (“Maryland should stand ﬁrm against fracking,” Jan. 21) provides a long list of issues, some valid and some not, on fracking and advises against it. But fracking can’t be viewed in a vacuum. It is replacing coal mining, a far more destructive

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If the line has to be purple, use paint It has been over 17 years since I coined the term the “Purple Line” in a letter to then-Gov. Glendening in 1997. Why did I write that letter? While driving on the Beltway, I found myself in a traffic backup. As a Metro user, I felt Metro’s spokes needed a rim to compete with traffic on the Beltway. So it’s ironic that I am writing to Maryland’s new governor saying the Purple Line should be canceled. There are many problems with the Purple Line that give Mr. Hogan pause. It should have been part of Metro. A trip from one end to the other takes too long. It cost too much and its benefits are too small. The most important cost, though, isn’t in dollars it would take from better transit projects, but the destruction of a priceless pedestrian/bicycle connection between Bethesda, Rock Creek Park and Silver Spring. Maryland and Montgomery transit officials have been obsessed with claiming the Georgetown Branch for their own, regardless of the lack of benefit and destruction it would cause. When Gov. Hogan cancels the Purple Line, he should also announce the Capital Crescent Trail will be extended as a bicycle/pedestrian pathway from Bethesda to Rock Creek Park to Silver Spring. But what about reducing traffic on the Beltway The new governor should build the ICC. Oh,

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that’s right — it was constructed. The problem with the ICC is instead of trying to get as many cars on it as possible, Maryland has tried to get as few as cars on it as possible. It’s not just a matter of reducing ICC tolls (as if there needs to be a sin tax for driving). Tolls must be eliminated. How can we afford this? ICC tolls are bringing in roughly $40 million a year. Montgomery and Prince George’s were going to commit $240 million to the Purple Line and Maryland was going to spend $700 million, so the counties and state won’t have the drain of subsidizing an underperforming Purple Line. If Gov. Hogan can extend the Capital Crescent Trail and eliminate ICC tolls, he might carry Montgomery County next election. Ah, but what to do with the Purple Line. For starters, perhaps Gov. Hogan and new Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn can ask Ike Leggett and George Leventhal to show up at the Grosvenor and Forest Glen Metro stations with a couple of blue-and-white Ride On buses. Hogan and Rahn can swing by Home Depot and pick up two ﬁve-gallon buckets of purple paint. All of a sudden, you have a quick connection between the spokes of the Red Line via the Capital Beltway on something purple. John P. Hughes, Germantown

Biofuels lead to malnutrition, greenhouse gas emissions The PBS television show “Motorweek” recently aired a segment on Montgomery County’s efforts to reduce oil consumption by using natural gas in buses and biofuels in other county owned vehicles. Using natural gas is ﬁne. Using biofuels is a crime against nature and the human race. Global biofuel production has raised the cost of fertilizer, farmland and food all over the world, which has increased the number of poor people who die of malnutrition and related illness every day. Malnutrition is the world’s leading cause of premature death and avoidable mental retardation in children. Even the

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government’s own National Research Council has admitted that biofuel farming increases rather than decreases greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuel farming also increases water pollution, deforestation and the rate of topsoil erosion. The USA has already lost half of its prime Midwest topsoil through erosion. What will our grandchildren eat when the other half is gone? If you care about the environment and the survival of future generations of Americans, then call county authorities and tell them to stop using biofuels. Christopher Calder, Eugene, Oregon

End-of-life decisions

Hospice allows choices for patients, caregivers Paul Schilling (“Defense of the sanctity of life must be consistent,” Jan. 21) rebutted a prior letter concerning end-of-life choices. I respond as a hospice volunteer for 18 years who has held the hands of the dying and attempted to provide comfort to their families. His reference to a “civilized society” should be correctly redeﬁned as “uncivilized” because he negates the principle of self determination,

which has nothing to do with statesanctioned forced death, such as the Holocaust. Yes, hospice can provide, in most cases, a pathway to death, which allows choices to be made by the patient and caregivers — choices, not, as he characterized, impaired judgments. Would he prohibit Do Not Resuscitate directives? How would he respond to the patient who refuses to eat, so as to die?

Why misrepresent the voterapproved end-of-life choice in states that provide this choice, with sensible checks and balances and with ethical and legal standards? To those who wish to discuss this subject in advance of death, please don’t relinquish your personal choice and his fear of our declination into an uncivilized society. Dr. Jay Krampf, Kensington

Could euthanasia lead to a duty to die? The big question that Maryland voters need to ask themselves about the legalization of euthanasia is where does it end? The term “death with dignity” sounds as innocuous as “right to choose,” but the right to choose has taken the lives of an excess of a million babies every year since the legislation of abortion. If we allow euthanasia, with voter approval, and a slow slide down that slippery slope that we have been warned about since the passage of the legalization of abortion, will the right to die become the duty to die as described in a book written in 1920 Germany titled “The Release of Life

Devoid of Value” that catalyzed the euthanasia movement prior to the rise of Hitler? If euthanasia becomes law, will we one day advocate “death with dignity” without the consent of the victim? Will we feel it necessary to terminate life because someone has an incurable disease? Down syndrome? Someone is too fat? Too thin? Too slow? Too stupid? An alcoholic? An illegal alien? A Christian with his eyes of faith wide open? When we are old and frail, living in a culture of death, will we feel loved by our Creator and valued by our society or will we feel guilty for being alive? An

unproductive, useless eater — Soylent Green for a godless, secular society that disavows the sanctity of life. It’s a gloomy scenario that could come to fruition if the Christian majority in this country, whose integral view of man is beyond what is visible and tangible, and cannot be reduced to mere genetics because man is also spirit — imminent and transcendent — continues to allow itself to be dominated by the secular minority who shape public opinions. Something to think about before the last trumpet sounds. Peggy Mintzell, Silver Spring

End-of-life choice can be compassionate and loving Paul Schilling’s letter of Jan. 21 on the subject of assisted suicide argues, in effect, that society needs laws, based on the sanctity of life principle, to prevent people from acting, or seeking help from others, to end their own lives when suffering and facing a terminal illness. Mr. Schilling maintains that without such laws, people will have no protection from their own impaired judgement to make sound end-of-life decisions. He goes on to argue that, therefore, no exceptions should be allowed for anyone to choose assisted suicide in terminal cases, regardless of how much someone may be suffering. Mr. Schilling fears that if people are allowed to make their own end-of-

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life decisions, this will somehow lead to euthanasia, as was the case, according to Mr. Schilling, in Nazi Germany. I respect Mr. Schilling’s right to have his view on this matter, but I strongly disagree with him. One can believe fervently in the sanctity of life and still believe that everyone should have the right to decide when and how they wish to end their own life. Contrary to Mr. Schilling’s suggestion, not everyone facing a terminal illness is mentally impaired and unable to make good decisions about how they wish to die. We all have different circumstances and family situations. This is not an area where one approach is going to work in all circumstances. Laws pertaining to what

choices we have as we approach death therefore need to be ﬂexible to work in a wide variety of circumstances. I know if I was dying and suffering and no longer able to make any contribution to my family or humanity, I might well want to obtain the help of a professional to end my suffering sooner rather than later. And I would do so with a clear conscience, knowing it was the right course for me. Calling it assisted suicide makes it sound like something reprehensible or an act of weakness or cowardice, when really it is just the compassionate and most loving choice I could make for myself. Edward Wilbur, Silver Spring

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If fatigue and Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association regulations weren’t a factor, it would not be out of the realm of possibility for Clarksburg High School track coach Scott Mathias to put junior Alexus Pyles in every event — though Pyles herself said she might have to draw the line at the 1,600 and 3,200 meters. And, the fascinating part is, she probably would be a contender in all of them. As it is, Pyles currently owns Montgomery County’s best performances this season (as of Tuesday) in the 55 hurdles (8.16 seconds), high jump (5 feet, 6 inches) and triple jump (3709.50) and is top 10 in the long jump and shot put.

“She’s pretty dynamic,” Mathias said. “She’d be one of the best 800 runners in the counties if I put her into that and to be honest, she would be one of the best shot putters in the county if that was her focus. She’s a great athlete, she really is. She’s versatile. She’s fast, she’s strong and she’s got a great work ethic.” Pyles has been at the center of the two-time reigning Montgomery County and Class 4A West Region champion Coyotes’ push into the upper echelon of state track. After ﬁnishing 14th at the 2012 indoor state championship, Clarksburg moved into the top 10 (eighth) in 2013 and up to No. 2 a year ago. The Coyotes are scheduled to go for their ﬁrst state title Monday afternoon at the Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex. After following up a strong freshman indoor campaign with a breakout sophomore year — county titles in all four events she contested, 55 hurdles state title — there was a different type

of pressure on Pyles to perform this winter as one of the favorites. But she’s remained unflappable through the course of the year. After winning the 55 hurdles, high jump and triple jump at the county meet, Pyles headed into the state competition with region titles in the 55 hurdles and high jump — there are no horizontal jumps at the seasonending championship. “I think she has really risen to the challenge of being one of the favorites in a lot of things,” Mathias said. “That’s a tough mantle to carry but she’s been rock solid all year long. I think that’s the thing I’m most proud of, is her consistency. That speaks to how much work she puts in.” Pyles has always been a workhorse, Mathias said, but something’s given her an extra push this winter: younger sister, Cierra. As a freshman, the younger Pyles ﬁnished just behind her older sister in the 55 hurdles (second) at the

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Landon School’s reign in ice hockey atop the Interstate Athletic Conference reached a decade after the Bears defeated St. Albans 4-2 in Thursday’s conference championship game at Rockville Ice Arena. From the onset, Landon established a physical tone with jarring hits and ﬁnished the game with more than twice as many shots on goal as St. Albans. But despite a 34-15 shot advantage, the game was tied 2-2 midway through the ﬁnal period — that is until Landon got a 2-on-1 breakaway led by senior Tommy Crittenberger. No sooner than Crittenberger crossed into St. Albans defensive zone, he cranked back for a hard shot that

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made the goalie’s Gatorade water bottle jump off the net. Landon went ahead 3-2. “I have good luck in that [right] corner,” Landon’s top scorer said of his favorite spot on the ice. “I was looking for the pass. I peeked over and I saw that the defender was kind of hinting toward [Patrick Giles], so I just winded up, tried to stick it top corner and lucky enough it went in.” “He’s that good,” Landon coach Hans Farnstrom said. “I don’t think the goalie was ready for it. It was a quick shot.” Jacob Ruttenberg added a late insurance goal from a similar spot on the ice to secure the two-goal win. Landon’s physicality nearly worked against it early in the game when Trevor Wolf was penalized for an interference late in the ﬁrst period — Landon’s second penalty of the game. St. Albans came through on the power play, but only after Michael Soraci put the Bears ahead 1-0 on a short-handed goal from

the right slot assisted by Giles. Moments later, Amir Sadikov tied the game for St. Alban’s. Landon regained the lead in the second period when St. Albans was penalized for an interference of its own. Ben Gilbert was slammed head-ﬁrst into the board behind his own net. He stayed down for awhile and after the game said he felt like a more severe penalty should’ve been called. Either way, he made the Bulldogs pay moments later on a power play goal assisted by Brian Jordan, giving Landon a 2-1 lead going into the third period. “I was ecstatic,” Gilbert said of the goal. “That put us up by one. That was a huge play. That was the deﬁning moment of my season.” St. Albans tied the game early in the third on a goal by Teddy Mott, but Landon goalie Jack Concannon played an otherwise solid game. He made a couple of excellent stops on

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Once the 4A/3A state wrestling duals ﬁnally ended, Damascus High School wrestling coach John Ferguson bent over with his hands on his knees, looking as if he had been holding his breath for the entire ﬁnal match. With the Hornets protecting a 2423 lead against North Hagerstown at North Point High School, 126-pound senior David Creegan stepped on to the mat only needing a win to secure Damascus’ third straight state dual title. In a roller coaster ride of a match, Creegan came through with a 15-10

decision against Alimzhan Yakhuzov to give the Hornets a 27-23 win. “Our kids are unbelievable,” Ferguson said. “Obviously, it didn’t go as planned. We told everybody this is not going to come down to one guy. Each guy was giving it their hardest out there. Luckily we came out on top.” “It was probably the scariest moment of my life. When he was ahead by three, I was freaking out,” Creegan said. At one point during the match he was nearly pinned on a takedown attempt. After going down by three, a successful takedown and neutral given up by Yakhuzov tied the match at 10. A takedown by Creegan just before going out of bounds gave him a 12-10 advantage that he would hold on to for the win.

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Damascus High School’s Johnny Fischer defeated Old Mill’s Cody Hertz during Saturday’s Maryland State Dual Meet Championship at North Point High School in Waldorf.

Coaches praise the end of the random draw Basketball teams will now be seeded based on how they did in regular season

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The year was 2001. Dan Harwood’s Magruder High School boys basketball team had established itself as not only the best in the county, but as one of the best in the state, as the Colonels waited to be assigned their ﬁrst round playoff game after completing a perfect regular season. The resulting draw? An away game at Frederick. An undefeated Colonels team that eventually went on to win the Class 4A state championship was going to be playing their ﬁrst postseason game on the road thanks to the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletics Association’s now-defunct system of assigning every team a random seed in their region, regardless of what their regular-season record may have

been. This year’s boys and girls basketball playoff brackets are scheduled to be released on Tuesday. When that same Magruder team made it to the 4A West Region championship game, the Colonels were forced to play on the road against an eight-loss Gaithersburg team they had defeated twice during the season thanks to another MPSSAA caveat that didn’t allow for playing back-toback home playoff games in an effort to promote fairness. That was just one experiment in postseason pairings the MPSSAA has tried over the years. When Harwood started coaching in the area in the mid-1980s at Seneca Valley, the top 6 teams in each region got into the playoffs and were seeded, with the top 2 seeds receiving byes. Then in the late 1980s, the decision was made that every team would make the playoffs — just as it remains today — but that all seedings would be completely random.

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Continued from Page B-1 But the MPSSAA was not done tinkering with the format. The top two seeds in each region were seeded and then it was the top 4 seeds as recently as last year. But this postseason, for the first time in recent history, each team will be seeded within its section based on its regular season record — a format that has area coaches finally satisfied. “This has made the most sense out of everything the

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Continued from Page B-1 county and region championships and qualified for states in the high jump. The two ran the third and fourth leg of the region’s third-place 800-meter relay as well. Alexus and Cierra, who will be joined by their sophomore sister Brionne this spring — she missed the indoor season after undergoing knee surgery in the fall — said they thrive in a supportive yet competitive relationship. “There’s no question they push each other,” Mathias said. “They are very competitive with each other but at the same time nobody is as excited for the other when they do as well as they are. Cierra wants to do whatever she can to beat Alexus and Alexus wants to make sure that doesn’t happen. That’s the best thing you can have as far as training partners go.” Added Cierra: “We practice together and [Alexus] is the best in Maryland so I get to practice against the best, which makes

riod. It was ﬁtting that a senior such as Crittenberger scored the go-ahead goal to secure Landon’s tenth straight IAC title. “You don’t want to be the

senior class that doesn’t win it,” Crittenberger said. “Every day, you’re pushing your hardest... The streak and the legacy that previous classes have put into us makes it a lot easier for us be-

cause you can push harder.” “It’s all the more sweet every year,” said Gilbert, a junior. The Bears came in as heavy favorites over St. Albans, which upset Georgetown Prep in the

semifinals with a 4-2 win on Tuesday. Landon defeated St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes 13-1 in the semiﬁnals. Next, the Bears prepare for the Mid Atlantic Prep Hockey League playoffs.

“We skate very well, and we have good speed,” Farnstrom said. “We just took care of business. We’ve been playing really well the last two or three weeks. Just keep the roll going.”

handle. Up until Mikey Macklin’s win at 113 pounds — two prior to Creegan — Damascus hadn’t held a lead. The Hornets dropped four of the ﬁrst ﬁve matches, but thanks to a pin by Colin McLaughlin at 152 pounds, they were only down 12-6. Consecutive decisions by Owen Brooks and Ari Cacopardo tied the match at 12. At 195 pounds, Andy Bausch lost 5-4 in a fourth over-

time to Durson Akhmedov in what was probably the most intense match next to Creegan’s. Mike Bradshaw earned a 7-6 decision at 220 to tie the match again. That’s when North Hagerstown put the pressure on. Lane Huntt was pinned at 285 and TJ Macklin lost a 5-3 decision at 106 to put the Hornets in a 23-15 hole with three matches remaining. Two-time individual state champion Mikey Macklin was

the perfect wrestler to come up next for Damascus. Ferguson said Macklin has about 94 or 95 pins in his career and the Hornets were in desperate need of a pin at that moment. Macklin got the pin over Dalton Tiffany quickly, to cut the Hubs’ lead to 23-21. “I was definitely more aggressive,” Macklin said. “I was definitely fired up. They were telling me I needed a pin the whole time. So I was definitely

shooting for a pin the whole time.” After Macklin’s win, Scott Obendorfer grabbed the lead for Damascus at 120 with a 5-4 decision over Brian Stuart. The Hubs actually bumped Stuart, a national contender, down to avoid Mikey Macklin. But Obendorfer ended up getting the huge win anyway. Macklin said that was a great feeling. Then Creegan secured the win. “It was the best feeling

ever,” Creegan said. “I’ve never felt anything better than this.” In the semifinals — wrestled five hours prior to the finals — Damascus defeated Old Mill 43-24. The Hornets went fairly untested, winning their first five matches by fall with six pins total and a major decision. North Hagerstown defeated Huntingtown in the semifinals.

state of Maryland has done in my nine years at Gwynn Park,” Gwynn Park coach Mike Glick said. “This makes the most sense ... this is the best decision they’ve come up with. I think they’ve ﬁnally got it right.” Harwood, Glick and a number of other coaches who have been in the area for some time all have their horror stories about playoff formats of years past. Last year, Chris Lun’s state runner-up Whitman team faced a 13-win Kennedy team in the first round, while a two-win

Walter Johnson squad faced off with a four-win Bethesda-Chevy Chase team in another first round matchup. Brendan O’Connell’s Eleanor Roosevelt had tied for the second best record last season, but lost out on the second seed and a first-round bye to Flowers because of an out-of-league loss. Shuffled into the random draw for the remaining four teams in the section, Roosevelt was dealt a trip to Suitland in the first round — a team they had beat twice in the regular season. Suitland pulled off the

upset to end the Raiders’ run on four straight region championships. There have been years, back when no teams were seeded, that teams with the two top records met in the ﬁrst round, Harwood recalled. Now, those crimes of sport are a thing of the past, as the new system — one most every coach described as ‘fair’ — will place more emphasis on each game of the regular season. “I don’t think you can ﬁnd any sport at the professional level that doesn’t reward regu-

lar season performance in the playoffs,” Glick said. “The idea of [playing] for a higher seed is integrated in every sport at every level.” “You play all season, I would hope, for homecourt advantage,” O’Connell said. “So now you can earn the homecourt advantage and you can earn the right to play a lesser team in the ﬁrst round, whereas before it was just random luck.” The new format offers more than just fairness, however. Now that every team is seeded according to record, coaches

have a ﬁner picture of where they stand in terms of sectional seeding throughout the season. “I think it’s a great thing because you can see down the stretch, OK, we’re a game up on third, we’re two games out of second,” Lun said. “You kind of can get an idea for who you’re going to play. I just think it makes it more interesting. “... I like the way it is now and I think our kids do also. I think it’s the most fair and I just think it makes sense.”

me better. Not everyone gets that opportunity.” Regardless of the outcome in Tuesday’s state competition, this is an exciting time for Clarksburg track. The graduation of senior Lucie Noall this spring will leave a void in the Coyotes’ distance corps but Mathias said her notoriety within the school has motivated a number of younger runners to follow in her footsteps. The return this winter of junior Justina Ababio, who won this year’s county and region shot put titles after sitting out her sophomore season, has also been vital, Mathias said. Having the Pyles sisters around for the next few years should also help the program’s longevity, Mathias said, as athletes of that caliber tend to draw more interest. “The goal is to build a program that’s good every year, or at least stays in the conversation,” Mathias said. “When Lucie leaves, she could be the best runner to have ever been at this school, there’s no way to replace that, but you can soften the blow. Ideally, when Alexus goes, there’s some eighth grader

or freshman that comes up that heard about Alexus and tried to be like her.”

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BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Montgomery County.

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Ever since Bullis School boys basketball junior Alex Leder broke his left thumb at the beginning of the season, his game has had to adapt. No longer could the 5-foot-9 point guard stroke his shot comfortably from behind the arc. The junior was going to have to make a living driving to the basket to score. And so Leder worked at it, putting in hours with a trainer, working on crafty right-handed finishes at the rim. In practice, Leder matched up with defensive ace Jamal Wright, where he honed his dribble breakdown moves in matchups coach Bruce Kelley equated to two pitbulls going at one another. So with just minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Friday’s game against Georgetown Prep, and with the momentum up for grabs, Leder didn’t hesitate to exploit the holes he saw in the Hoyas’ defense. The guard attacked the rim with ferocity, scoring eight fourth quarter points — just enough to hold off Prep in a 57-55 Bulldogs’ win. “I try to play hard every night,” said Leder, who finished with a team-high 12 points. “My game, I know I can shoot the three, but I can also get to the hole. They were out extending on me and so I knew I could get to the basket.” Leder’s right-handed reverse flips, high-banking floaters and scoop shots baffled the Hoyas in the final quarter, as the junior proved nearly impossible to simply contain to the perimeter. After breaking down his defender, Leder would carve his way through the lane, putting the contesting Prep defender on his hip before finessing the ball up to the rim. As Leder’s 11th and 12th points fell through the net, the Bulldogs’ student section erupted in chants of, “You can’t stop him.” And for the 14th straight time, Prep proved unable to stop Bullis. But it didn’t always seem as though Friday would be another chapter in the Hoyas’ losing streak against their Interstate Athletic Conference rivals. After a slow first quarter where Georgetown Prep scored six of its 14 points from the foul line and went 3-of-13 from the field, a 3-pointer by junior sharp-

Girls

Rank School

Record Points

Rank School

1. 2. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

21-3 16-4 18-1 24-5 15-4 16-3 19-6 14-5 17-6 8-10*

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Montrose Christian Magruder Richard Montgomery Takoma Academy Gaithersburg Springbrook Bullis Bethesda-Chevy Chase St. Andrew’s Seneca Valley

60 51 51 41 36 31 22 20 10 5

Also receiving votes: Quince Orchard (13-6) 3. * Record includes four forfeit losses

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Nearing the end of the game and down by a couple of points, Georgetown Prep’s B.J. Sanders tries to strip the ball from Bullis’ Chyree Walker during Friday’s boys basketball game at Bullis in Potomac. shooter Trystan Pratapas kicked off a 16-2 second quarter run for the Hoyas — a stretch that saw them open up a 13-point lead at one point. Coach Herb Krusen’s players finished the second quarter 8-of-12 from the field, going 5-of-8 from behind the arc. The Hoyas’ 35-28 lead may have seemed comfortable, but Krusen was all too familiar with the way the second half played out. Georgetown Prep converted on only five of its 20 attempted field goals in the second half, as turnovers and a cold streak from long range allowed the persistent Bulldogs to slowly chip away at Prep’s advantage. A 3-pointer by Noah Gear with 12 seconds remaining in the third quarter put Bullis back on top, but not for good. The lead switched hands a number of times until a crucial sequence at the end sealed the game for Kelley’s team. Nursing a two-point lead and a quickly-expiring shot clock, Bullis took a 57-52 lead on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by junior Raffy Baumgardner — his only points of the game. Prep freshman Jared Bynum connected on a running 3-pointer of his own to cut the deficit back to two points with 3.6 seconds remaining, but a Prep halfcourt heave fell short after a missed free throw, as the Hoyas were

once again left on the short end of a tight game. “We were shooting the ball — we had a lot of threes. Then we started missing them,” Krusen said. The Hoyas finished the game 11-of-26 from long distance. “... When you miss shots, it changes everything. We didn’t really get any baskets around the [rim]. It was a lot of long shots ... so it was pretty much live and die with jumpshots.” For a young team — only two seniors were honored in a pregame senior night ceremony — the resilience to rebound from a double-digit deficit was yet another sign of the team’s growth, Kelley pointed out. In December, he said, this wouldn’t have been possible. But throughout the three-game win streak the Bulldogs will carry into their conference tournament, which includes a win over leader St. Stephens/St. Agnes on Tuesday, Kelley’s Bulldogs have shown him just how much they’ve grown up. “That was the issue early — we would collapse when things got tough or hard,” Kelley said. “... [We have] good players who have gotten some playing time and now they’re finally relaxing and getting a little tougher in situations.” agutekunst@gazette.net

SportsBriefs Springbrook hires football coach Springbrook High School has hired Rockville offensive coordinator Jason Lomax to become its next coach, Blue Devils Athletic Director Rob Wendel said. “He’s enthusiastic, he puts the work in, he’s got great references,” Wendel said. “He’s fresh, he’s young, and we’re excited.” Lomax spent four years at Rockville, including the past two years as the offensive coordinator. Rockville had one of the most proliﬁc passing offenses in the state during that time. In 2013, Rockville quarterback Chuck Reese set the state record for most passing touchdowns in a game with eight. Lomax said the offense will remain the same. “We’re going to spread it out and go fast,” Lomax said. “That’s the only way I know. That’s the only way I like to play.” Springbrook has a storied football history with six state championships from 1979 to 1989 under legendary coach Bob Milloy. Lomax said he’s honored to join the program. “For me to land there, it’s like the Steelers, the Cowboys, the Bears, the Packers [of the National Football League],” Lomax said. “It’s like one of those historic franchises in the county. I’m completely honored.” Lomax replaces Adam Bahr who resigned in January. The Blue Devils went 3-7 last fall.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Poolesville coordinator takes over football team Poolesville High School Athletic Director Ed Ross announced the hiring of Dave Murray as the school’s next head football coach. Murray has been on the Falcons coaching staff for the past four years, serving as the offensive coordinator the last two. “Coach Murray is a leader who conducts himself with high moral and ethical integrity, earning him the respect of everyone he meets,” Ross said in a news release. “His professionalism as a teacher-coach has made Coach Murray a standout candidate and we are proud to announce him as our new head football coach.” Murray, a science teacher at Gaithersburg middle school, replaces Will Gant who stepped down in January to spend more time with his family. Murray said there won’t be a huge change in terms of how things run. “I ran a lot of the conditioning and lifting stuff, and we just try to keep everybody intensity high,” Murray said. “Everything’s going to remain the same except kicked up a notch — because we have to. Our level of

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Poolesville High School announced that Dave Murray (center) would be the new football coach, replacing Will Gant who resigned in January.

competition around us is deﬁnitely stepped up, so we have to be ready to bring it.” In the proposed region alignment for next season, Poolesville will move up from the 2A West — where the Falcons regularly made the playoffs — to the 3A West with powerhouse programs such as Damascus, Linganore, South Hagerstown, Urbana, and Seneca Valley. The Screaming Eagles, who only lost two games in 2014, missed the playoffs the past two seasons “I’m really excited,” Murray said. “It’s going to be a challenge moving up into the 3A West, but I’m really excited about it and looking forward to it.”

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Pom teams compete at county championship The pom teams from Magruder High School (Division I), Poolesville (II) and Gaithersburg (III) placed ﬁrst in the Montgomery County Poms Championship, held Saturday at Richard Montgomery in Rockville. Damascus, Richard Montgomery and Blair placed second in the three divisions, respectively, while Blake, Quince Orchard and Walter Johnson placed third. Spirit awards were given to Sherwood (I), Clarksburg (II) and Wheaton (III). Captain’s awards were given to Blake (I), Poolesville (II) and Walter Johnson.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

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Whitman Paint Branch Holy Child Wootton Good Counsel Churchill Walter Johnson Jewish Day Sherwood Damascus

17-0 19-1 19-3 17-3 17-8 15-4 14-4 17-2 13-6 13-6

60 54 48 42 35 31 24 14 10 9

Also receiving votes: Covenant Life (20-4) 3.

BEST BET

n Gaithersburg at Richard Montgomery, 5 p.m. Friday: The Trojans are one of the hottest teams in the county. RM has lost only once this year. Could be a preview of playoff matchup.

n Sherwood at Magruder, 7 p.m. Friday: Defending region champion Colonels will look to gather monetum before playoffs against the much improved Warriors.

LEADING SCORERS

Player, school Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg Walter English, McLean Aaron Byrd, Landon Jonathan Mustamu, Kennedy Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood Bryan Knapp, Jewish Day David Levieddin, Hebrew Mikah Rhames, Einstein Bobby Arthur-Williams, Cov. Life Alani Moore, Montrose Christian

Games Points 18 458 16 363 22 485 15 304 15 300 18 327 15 269 17 304 16 283 22 390

Avg. 25.4 22.7 22.1 20.3 20.0 18.2 17.9 17.9 17.7 17.7

Player, school Dominique Walker, Watkins Mill Danielle Durjan, Watkins Mill Daisa Harris, Paint Branch Sheri Addison, Wootton Hope Randolph, Magruder Daphne Lerner, Jewish Day Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy Abby Meyers, Whitman Kaylan Jackson, Clarksburg Japria Karim-DuVall, Churchill

Games Points Avg. 17 375 22.1 17 359 21.1 20 403 20.2 20 339 17.0 18 306 17.0 18 300 16.7 15 248 16.5 17 279 16.4 17 266 15.7 19 296 15.6

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Gaithersburg defeats Sherwood n

Another Trojans scorer steps forward

BY HARVEY VALENTINE SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

The Sherwood High School boys basketball players said they knew they would have their hands full with Gaithersburg’s Anthony Tarke Friday night. They probably weren’t expecting to get buried by the sharp-shooting of Andy Kwiatkowski. Kwiatkowski dropped in a career-high 23 points — 20 in the first half — and Tarke finished with 21 as the Trojans opened up a 22-point first half lead and defeated the Warriors 86-61 at Sherwood.

“Everyone knows about Anthony scoring and stuff … but he’s been making other people better,” Trojans coach Tom Sheahin said. “We know they’re going to collapse on him, but as you can see we have other shooters that can put the ball in the basket.” Geron Brathwaite added 13 for Gaithersburg (15-4), which has won ﬁve straight and 11 of 12. Kwiatkowksi hit four 3-pointers in the half, including three in the second quarter when the Trojans pulled away for good. “We kept working the ball, swinging it around, (looking for) open shots,” said the junior guard, who came in averaging 8.8 points per game. “Tarke and Geron kept penetrating and passing out, found me open.”

Senior Hunter Moore led Sherwood (9-9) with 19 points and senior Xavier McCants added 15. “They came out hot,” Sherwood coach Tim Gilchrist said. “We missed some easy buckets and it just kind of snowballed from there.” Gaithersburg led 7-0 before the game was one minute old and Brian Layman came off the bench to hit a pair of 3-pointers that capped a 12-0 run that made it 19-3 as Sherwood turned the ball over without a shot on four consecutive possessions. “We’ve working on that, putting pressure,” Sheahin said. “We’ve challenged our team in practice to play better defense, not get beat off the dribble so much.”

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Care for some cheese to go with that beer?

PHOTO BY SCOTT D’VILESKIS

J. McAndrew Breen as Robert appears alongside Anne Vandercook as Bertha and Jason Damaso as Bernard in “Boeing Boeing,” the latest Montgomery Playhouse production.

n Beer provides more options when pairing with cheese

Comedy, ﬁrst class

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Gaithersburg’s Arts Barn is now boarding for its Montgomery Playhouse production of “Boeing, Boeing.” Directed by Lisa Lorraine Holland, the play focuses on Bernard, a British bachelor living in Paris who is engaged to three stewardesses whose ﬂight paths ensure they never meet. When Bernard’s friend Robert comes to stay with him, and a new Boeing jet leads to all three women

being in Paris at the same time, Bernard’s carefully tailored life threatens to fall to pieces. “Boeing, Boeing” is a classic farce produced and set in the 1960s, around the time of the Vietnam War. “There weren’t a lot of demonstrations in Paris like there were here, but it was a period with a lot of upheaval and suffering,” Holland said. “One thing that occurs throughout history is that people seek relief from the pain and suffering, and seek pleasure. This is about a guy and his friend who seek pleasure through love.” Jason Damaso takes on the lead role, and as such — along

with many others in the cast — has had to take on and practice an accent that makes sense for his character. While he had done British accent work before, it was never to the extent of a role like Bernard. “Just like there’s a lot of American accents, there’s a lot of British, so I had to think of how Bernard would generally talk,” he said, “which in his case is a very sort of upper class London accent. It was a challenge but enjoyable.” His castmate J. McAndrew Breen, who plays Robert, is no stranger to accents in productions either, having participated in a production of “Stones in

His Pockets” with Montgomery Playhouse in which he used five different Irish accents, an American accent, a British accent and one Scottish accent. He starts Robert at a refined British accent that morphs into more of a country feel as he’s under more stress, and has enjoyed how the five others in the cast have worked on their takes, as well. “Each actor and the character he or she presents is just as essential to the whole as all the other actors and characters,” he said. “I love watching my castmates play with the language, the accents, the situations and

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One of the finest food partners for beer is cheese. Beer pairs better with cheeses than wines. The basic reason is that there is a much wider palette of flavors with beer than there is with wine, enabling more options for complementing or contrasting. Beers such as kolschs can be lighter than wines, both in flavor and alcohol levels, and much more delicate. Beers also can be robust with higher alcohol and deeply roasted grains in styles such as porters and stouts, which can and stand up to hardier cheeses. The ingredients can also make a difference. In addition to the normal yeast, malt and hops, many beers use fruits and herbs, and brewers are starting to range even further afield. Beers and cheeses share flavors: nutty, tangy, floral and earthy. After the yeasts have finished with their sugar diet while fermenting the beer, beers generally have some residual sugar from the malt that contrasts nicely with the relatively high amounts of salt and fat in cheeses. Further, the carbonation in most beers and the hop bitterness cut through the fats in cheeses, refreshing the palate and opening it up to the cheese’s special flavors. However, one must be careful not to overwhelm the cheese with a too highly hopped ale. Like beer, cheese is best served fresh, preferably purchased on the day it will be used. Also like beer, cheese should not be served too cold, both needing to warm up for maximum flavor.

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BREWS BROTHERS STEVEN FRANK AND ARNOLD MELTZER Oxygen is the friend of neither so avoid cutting up the cheese in advance and use separate knives and plates to avoid cross flavors. We find it best to look for similar characteristics in both the beer and cheese, such as texture or flavor, for instance pairing light with light. If you are doing a tasting pick only a few cheeses and pair several beers with each. As with any beer tasting start with the lightest and work towards the heaviest. Janet Fletcher, an expert on cheese and beer combinations, suggests: pairing delicate beers with young, fresh cheeses (wheats or pilsners with young goat cheese, feta, or mozzarella); pairing malty beers with nutty or sweet cheese (bocks, marzens, porters with aged alpine cheeses and goudas); pairing hoppy beers with tangy cheeses (pale ales and IPAs with goat cheeses and cheddars) and pairing strong beers with blue cheeses and hard aged cheeses (imperial stouts, barleywines and quads with blue cheeses and aged sheep’s milk cheeses.) We selected four cheeses often found in many home refrigerators as a basis for a beer and cheese tasting and four beers which are very good examples of their style. The selected cheeses were a sheep’s milk creamy feta from Israel, a double cream cow’s milk gouda from Holland, a 6-year-old aged cow’s milk cheddar from Vermont, and a French sheep’s milk Roquefort blue cheese. The chosen beers were

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IN THE ARTS For a free listing, please submit complete information to wfranklin@gazette.net at least 10 days in advance of desired publication date. High-resolution color images (500KB minimum) in jpg format should be submitted when available. DANCES Social Ballroom Dance, Night Club 2-Step Step of the Evening, Feb. 18, 8:15 p.m. Social Ballroom Dance, 8:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. $16. 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodballroomdc.com. Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240-5050339. Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays,

8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8, capitalblues.org. Contra, Feb. 20, Warren Doyle calls to Floor Play with Rya Martin on piano, Paul Rosen of mandolin and fiddle and Aaron Lamb on drums, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org. English Country, Feb. 18, Anna Rain caller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), fsgw.org. Swing and Lindy, March 14, Natty Beaux, $18, $12, 17 and younger. Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, flyingfeet.org. Waltz, March 1, Taylor Among the Devils with Marty Taylor (winds, concertina), Steve Hickman (fiddle), Alexander Mitchell (fiddle, mandolin), Jonathan Jensen (piano, vocals); waltztimedances.org. Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class, group meets on Tuesday’s until late May at Ridgeview Middle School. Beginning class starts at 7 p.m., followed by the experienced class at 8:05 p.m. The cost is $50. Ceili and set dances are performed, and no partner is required for the lessons. For information, email Jean at jtmwoods@gmail.com or visit ringofkerrydancers.org. Dancers must be at least 8 years old to senior. Anyone younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Social Dancing, “Getting To Know You Singles,” Feb. 20. Over 40 singles dance. Free Hustle Lesson 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dance 8 p.m. until midnight. Knights of Columbus, 9701 Rosensteel Ave., Silver Spring. $15 Cash at Door. Gettingtoknowyousingles@gmail.com; 240-6205564.

MUSIC Arts Barn, Caitlin Canty, workshop and concert, Feb. 19, $45 for both, $25 concert only; 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394.

Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Bethesda Blues & Jazz Orches-

tra, Feb. 18; SoundConnection, Feb. 20; Joe Clair and Friends Comedy Night, Feb. 21; Dende & Band Plus Alma Tropicalia, Feb. 22; “Touch

BEER

Continued from Page B-4 Brooklyn Brewery’s Brooklyn Pilsner (5.1 percent alcohol by volume, ABV), Great Lake Brewing’s Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (5.8 percent ABV), Weyerbacher Brewery’s Quad (11.8 percent ABV) and Victory Brewery’s Hop Devil IPA (6.7 percent ABV). The best beer with the feta cheese was the Weyerbacher Quad in which both were obvious but complimentary, fol-

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each other. And when I have the great opportunity to play alongside them directly, I am at my happiest in this show.” In addition to previous experience with British affectations in shows, both men have comedic backgrounds that have helped them prepare for their roles in the farcical play. Damaso has done stand-up comedy, while Breen’s approach has been more improvisational — and each style lends itself to the mood of “Boeing, Boeing” in its own way. “My improv background allows me to read between the lines, to look for actions that support the text but also add to the nuances of a character,” Breen said. “Lisa Holland allows me to play, as long as the text is served, and she will hold me back if needed.” “Having been a stand-up

the Wall” Movie Viewing, Feb. 25; Cathy Ponton King Band Featuring Trumpeter Curtis Pope, Feb. 26; The Fabulous Hubcaps, Feb. 27; Tom Principato Band, Feb. 28; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Salsa and Bachata Dance Party, Feb. 20; Guy Davis & Eric Bibb, Feb. 21; Le Vent du Nord, Feb. 28; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Sean Collins and the Backbeats, Feb. 20; Built 4 Comfort, Feb. 21; Chuggalug, Feb. 27; The Billy Thompson Band, Feb. 28; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-9489893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Bianca Del Rio, Feb. 19; Jencarlos Canela, Feb. 20; The Expendables, Feb. 21; Joe Nichols, Feb. 26; Ra The MC, Feb. 27; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, AIR Workshop with Cristian Perez, Feb. 18; Irvin Mayﬁeld and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Feb. 18; Historic Homes Tours, Feb. 19; BSO: Patti Austin Sings Ella and The Duke, Feb. 19; An Evening with Harry Connick Jr., Feb. 20; An Evening with Harry Connick Jr., Feb. 21; Imago Theatre: Frogz, Feb. 22; U.S. Marine Band, Feb. 23; South American Tea, Feb. 24; Artists Tea, Feb. 25; Cristian Perez, Feb. 25; Tango Buenos Aires: Song of Eva Peron, Feb. 25; call for venue, times. Locations: Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGE Arts Barn, “Boeing, Boeing,” through March 1, $20; “Honest Abe: The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln,” Feb. 18, $20; 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394 Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Petite Rouge — A Cajun Red Riding Hood,” through March 8, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. Imagination Stage, “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” through March 15, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Highwood Theatre, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” March 20-March 22; “August: Osage County,” March 27-March 29; 914 Silver Spring Ave., thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697. Olney Theatre Center, “Godspell,” through March 1, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp,” Feb. 19 through March 15; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-6345380, thepuppetco.org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Next to Normal,” April 10 through 26, Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, 240-314-8690, r-

lowed closely by the Victory Hop Devil IPA. The only beer that did well side by side with the gouda was the IPA. With the cheddar, again the IPA was the only beer that stood out by blending well with the texture of the cheese. Surprisingly, the Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter cut through the sharpness of the blue cheese, resulting in one of the tasting’s best blends, followed closely by the Weyerbacher Quad. From a beer perspective, the Pilsner complimented best

‘BOEING, BOEING’ n When: Feb. 20 through March 1 n Where: Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg n Tickets: $20 n More information: montgomeryplayhouse.org; 301-258-6394

comic, you learn about comedic timing, how to deliver a line and the timing behind it to get the most impact,” Damaso added. “That, I think, was the biggest help.” The Arts Barn seats 99, resulting in a somewhat small stage without a lot of room for elaborate sets. For “Boeing, Boeing,” however, all that’s needed to pull off the farce is six different doors for various entrances and exits. Though it may be less complex than other shows, the set is perfect for the production at

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Round House Theatre, “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” through Feb. 22, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org. Silver Spring Stage, “33 Variations,” Feb. 27 through March 21, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage. org.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Your Memories, Your Sentiments, Your Wishes, Your Secrets,” Jim Condron and Kristen Liu, through Feb. 28, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 Photography Group exhibit, “Richly Black and White,” featuring Jaree Donnelly, Craig Higgins, Timothy Lynch, and Marge Wasson. Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd. gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Gallery Exhibit, through Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Gallery Show, through March 2, Westﬁeld Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Suspension, through March 1; Nancy Daly, through Feb. 22; Laini Nemett, through March 1; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Washington Printmakers Gallery, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,

second ﬂoor, 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, washingtonprintmakers.com. Kentlands Mansion, Bridal Gown Retrospective, through Feb. 26; Artwork of the Art League of Germantown, through March 27, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Arts Barn, Howard Cohen – Seventy Years an Artist, through March 8, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394 Rough Around the Edges: Inspirations in Paper by Ronni Jolles,

through March 15; reception 2 to 4 p.m. March 8; Goldman Art Gallery, 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. 301-348-3770; jccgw.org. Open when JCCGW is open; free admission.

Village of Friendship Heights Gallery, “The Inﬂuence of Our El-

ders,” the exhibit include sculpture, collages, paintings, watercolors, and photography. On exhibit until March 1. Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase. 301-656-2797 Gallery B, “Coaxing the Elements,” featuring sculptor Lynda Smith-Bügge and jewelry artist Katja Toporski, through Feb. 28. 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org.

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

with the tanginess of the Roquefort blue and OK with the feta. The high alcohol, malty quad matched best with the blue, dancing with one another, and nearly as well with the feta. The IPA had the best showing of all the beers across the cheese board and went especially well with the cheddar and quite well with the feta. The porter did best with the blue, receiving the highest score of any taste pairing, but did not do well with the other cheeses.

hand. “The production values of this show are absolutely wonderful,” Breen said. “David Jones’ set is a thing of beauty. When the cast saw it — and I love this about seeing sets for the ﬁrst time when I am in a show — we gasped and everyone wanted to get up on stage and immediately begin playing.” The pared-down set and farcical, comedic production style result in “Boeing, Boeing” being accessible for audience members of all types, whether seasoned theater-goers or new to the stage. “Something like ‘Boeing, Boeing’ is accessible to everybody, even people who haven’t had a lot of theater exposure,” Damaso said. “Some plays, you go out after and talk with your friends to ﬁnd the deeper meaning — this isn’t one of those plays. It is what it is: just pure comedy and fun, and that’s what makes it appealing to a lot of people.” kgroff@gazette.net

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Burn, baby! Burn!

PHOTO BY JOHN NUNEMAKER

The cast of Kensington Arts Theatre’s production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” gathers in rehearsal before opening night Feb. 13.

Dizzy spells

Remember being in a spelling bee when you were in school? Remember how uncomfortable you were and how all of those words you learned how to spell just seemed to float away in the recesses of your brain when you were finally called on? Yeah, good times, man. Good times. All of those nightmares come flooding back (in a completely humorous way, of course) when the Kensington Arts Theatre performs the musical “The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee.” Each “young” student has some sort of issue — whether it’s being uncomfortable with standing in front of a group of people or just being uncomfortable in their own skin. And if you don’t remember what it was like, you’re in luck! Although the show is scripted, there are times when a bit of improv is necessary. That’s because the cast usually brings a few folks from the audience on stage to participate. Good luck with that! Tickets for the show are $17-$25. For more information, visit katonline.org or call 206-888-6642.

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Well deﬁned “gender roles” are becoming a little less well deﬁned nowadays. Women are out in the workforce more and more. Heck, women are even running for president. Meanwhile, more and more men are getting mani-pedis and watching their waistlines. Playwright Gina Gionfriddo’s latest work, “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” is a comedy all about feminist theory and what it really means to “have it all.” The regional premiere of the show comes to a close this Sunday at the Round House Theatre in Bethesda. After grad school, Catherine built a career as a rock-star academic while Gwen started a family. Decades later they collide as each tries to claim the other’s territory. Single ticket prices start at $30. For more information, visit roundhousetheatre.org or call 240-6441100.

Blues don’t fail me now

DANISHA CROSBY

Michelle Six (Catherine Croll), Helen Hedman (Alice Croll), and Maggie Erwin (Avery Willard) star in Round House Theatre’s production of “Rapture, Blister, Burn.”

’Cause everything is ‘RENT’

R. SCOTT HENGEN

Awa Sal Secka (Joanne), Lyndsay Rini (Maureen), and Jason Guerrero (Mark) star in Montgomery College’s production of the award-winning musical “RENT.”

The show beings on Dec. 24, 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. And any RENT-ophile knows what all happens after that. Jonathan Larson’s awardwinning musical “RENT,” is being performed Feb. 25 through March 1 at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College in Rockville. Although the show isn’t “525,600 minutes” long, it will make you laugh and, chances are, cry a little, too. The musical, based on Puccini’s “La Boheme,”

spends one year telling the story of a group of friends living a bohemian lifestyle in New York’s East Village in 1989. The story centers on roommates Mark and Roger. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a ﬁlm. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and life. Tickets for the show are $10, $8 for seniors, $5 for students with ID. For more information, visit montgomerycollege.edu or call 240-5675301.

W.C. Handy Award-winner Guy Davis and Grammy-nominee Eric Bibb will join their formidable blues lineages together in a performance at BlackRock Center for the Arts on Saturday designed to celebrate and preserve the core of the blues. Blues guitarist Davis, son of actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, is a Davis self-taught musician who learned by listening to and watching other musicians. Davis has been the recipient of the Keeping the Blues Alive Award, and has received three Blues Awards and nine Handy Award nominations over the years, including Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Blues Song (“Waiting On the Cards to Fall”) and as Best Acoustic Blues Artist. Acoustic blues singersongwriter Bibb brings music steeped in American folk, blues, African, Celtic, country, cajun and more to the stage. He was raised in the folk tradition; the son of folk singer Leon Bibb, and his uncle was the worldfamous jazz pianist and composer John Lewis. Tickets for the show are $15-$28 and can be purchased in person, over the phone by calling 240-912-1058, or online at blackrockcenter.org.

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low taxes! Gated beautiful TH New AC Community with Carpet/ Paint. Nr Mall Unfurnished Apartments G E R M A N T O W N Montgomery County amazing amenities! & Metro. $1450 HOC 2br/1 Ba Condo New Homes $80’s. OK 301-792-0153 965 sq ft, W/D in Brochures available ] GAITH: 4Br 3Ba, 3lvl GAITHERSBURG: unit $1200 Avail 1 - 8 6 6 - 6 2 9 - 0 7 7 0 TH, Spacious, Bsmt, 1Br, 1Ba, 1st mo rent Now! 512-300-4499 www.coolbranch.com Deck, W/D nr Mid Cty is free! $99 S/D, up& ICC. $1650 + utils dated interiors, $1050 M O N T G O M E R Y VILLAGE: 2br/2ba +elec 240-224-7367 Call: 240-780-1770 fully renovated condo GAITHERSBURG: GA IT HE R S BU G: avail now $1550 utils Houses for Sale 3BD, 2FB, 2HB TH. 2Br, 1Ba, 1st mo rent incl. 917-544-6744 or Montgomery County is free! $99 S/D, upBasement, utility RM 240-449-9754 W/D, yard. New carpet dated interiors, $1250 M O N T G O M E R Y & paint. Near bus. +elec 240-224-7367 SILVER SPRING: V I L L A G E : 4 B D $1800. 301-580-6663 2BR, 2BA newly reno2.5BA SFH in PleaKENSINGTON: 2 Br vated condo. Near sant Ridge. 2,645 sq GAITHERSBURG: in bsmt, priv entr & Ba, shops. $1550 + elec. ft. Deck, fenced patio, 4Br 3.5Ba SFH. w/d, kit nr bus/495, NP/NS. 240-876-9957 hw floors, new paint. Remod. Near shops & NIH 1400sf, $1800 inc $475K. 240-271-2903 transp. $2150 HOC ok utils SD 301-518-2650 Shared Call: 301-908-9627 Housing

GERM: 3BR/3BA 3lvl Houses for Sale Washington County

TH. New pnt, crpt, fnsh bsmnt, FP, W/D, wetbar. $1650 + utils. 202-538-1255

BY OWNER: 1 lvl 2276sf 3Br, 2Ba, 2 GERMANTOWN car grg. Extras! Nr Rt 2BD/2BA TH Fin walk70. Elegant custom out bsmt fresh paint built (’04) w/2.78 carpet W/D rsvd parkacres. Views of Appa- ing. HOC welcome lachian Trail. A must $1,450. 267-987-6217. see! Agents welcome. $399,900. Contact GERMANTOWN- 3 301-733-4331 or BR/ 1.5 Ba New Carhttp://21701ringgold.w pet & Paint. Updated kitc/ba. $1450 NS/NP ordpress.com/ HOC ok 301-370-0973 Apartments

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GAITHERSBURG:1

GAITH/FLWR HILL: 1BR Bsmt Apt. in SFH, 3/acres, prvt entr. all utils, CATV & I-net $1,000. 301-869-1954

GERM:

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LAKE STONE:

1 lrg Br, priv ent, shrd Fba & priv 1/2Ba. NS, SFH $700+ $100 utils Call: 240-370-3751

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1 Br nr Metro/Shops No Pets, No Smoking $385 Avail Now. Call: 301-219-1066

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FREDERICK: Furn Br w/priv Ba, nr shops, bus & 270, NS/NP, $600 inc utils & int Call: 301-676-5539

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Rm for rent in TH nr OLNEY: 15x12 bdrm in bus & shopping center SFR $650/mo incl $550/mo util include utils,cable,WIFI Smoking outside/ NP 301NP/NS 240-715-5147 924-9108

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Licensed Daycare

Daycare Directory

Damascus Licensed Family Daycare Children’s Center Of Damascus My Little Lamb Daycare GG’s Little Angel Daycare My Little Place Home Daycare Emmanuel Learning Child Development Center Starburst Child Care Learn And Play Daycare Happy Tots Family Daycare

REAL ESTATE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR AGRICULTURAL TENANT FARMING IN Dickerson, Maryland

Full Time Help Wanted

An optional site tour will take place on Tuesday, February 18. Instructions for attending are found in the solicitation document.

The public comment period for these documents ends on March 30, 2015. All written public comments may be directed by mail to Stacy Spann, Executive Director, at 10400 Detrick Avenue, Kensington, Maryland 20895 or e-mailed to PHAPlancomments@hocmc.org. To be considered, all written comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 30, 2015. HOC will hold a public hearing for approval of these proposed documents at 3:00 p.m. on April 1, 2015 at its Detrick Avenue location. There will be an opportunity to provide oral comments at the public hearing. (2-18-15)

Notice of Public Sale A & M Repair and Towing Inc. 8061 Snouffer School Rd. Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Sale Date: February 26th, 2015, 10:00 AM Cash Sale, As Is NO WARRANTY

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CLEANING

or apply in person at: 18100 Slade School Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860

We are looking for a mechanic that has 2 plus yrs. experience working with heavy diesel equipment including experience in repairing man lifts, cranes, tractors trailers & light/heavy dump trucks. We operate 5/6 days a week. The position would require a flexible schedule. We offer competitive pay, based on experience, with benefits & a good working environment. Please email resumes to wlambert@osroofing.com

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Kensington

Front Desk

Olney

PT to FT indiv. with good communication & phone skills. Indiv. must be able to multi-task. Computer skills & knowledge of MS Office needed. Aviation knowledge a plus! Send resume to spoe@dcmetroaviation.com

5011 Olney-Laytonsville Rd GC3417

Dental/ Medical Assistant Trainees Needed Now

301-937-5911 EEO

Brooke Grove Retirement Village is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Avl Live-in /live-out to assist w/kids & elderly 10 yrs Exp & Exc Ref

Gaithersburg 301-869-6243 Silver Spring 301-587-5594

Fleet Mechanic

Direct any questions to the HR department at 301-924-2811, option 3

NANNY/ELD CARE I AM LOOKING FOR WORK FT

Merry Maids

Part- Time & Full Time Certified Medical Assistants (Clinical and Administrative) needed for a medical office located in Urbana, Maryland.Must have at least 1 year of medical assistant experience. GI experience preferred but not required. Salary will commensurate with experience. Please send resume to HR@capitaldigestivecare.com or visit our website at www.capitaldigestivecare.com for more information and to complete an online application.

E-mail resume: BGRV-HR@bgf.org

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Full Time Help Wanted

Full Time Culinary Services Assistant Manager Less than Part Time Culinary Services Associates for various shifts PRN Environmental Services Associate for various shifts

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The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC) has developed DONATE AUTOS, TRUCKS, RV’S. proposed revisions and new additions for LUTHERAN MISits Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Public Housing SION SOCIETY. Agency (PHA) Plan. This Plan will cover Your donation helps the time period of July 1, 2015 through local families with June 30, 2016. In compliance with the food, clothing, shelter, Quality Housing and Work Responsibility counseling. Tax deductible. MVA License Act of 1998, these revisions and additions #W1044. will replace the expiring FY 2015 Annual 410-636-0123 or PHA Plan and will update HOC’s progress www.LutheranMissionin meeting the goals and objectives descri- Society.org bed in HOC’s FY 2015-2019 Five-Year Career PHA Plan. The revised and updated PHA Education Plan will serve as HOC’s FY 2016 Annual PHA Plan. MEDICAL BILLING PROThe PHA Plan and all of its supporting TRAINING documents are available for review at the G R A M ! Train to process insurance following locations: (1) HOC’s main office and Medical Billing at 10400 Detrick Avenue in Kensington, (2) from home! NO EXHOC’s Up-County Office at 231 East Deer PERIENCE NEEDPark Drive in Gaithersburg, (3) Customer ED! Online training Service Center at 8241 Georgia Avenue at CTI gets you job HS 3rd Floor, Silver Spring, and (4) Customer ready! & Service Center at 101 Lakeforest Blvd., Diploma/Ged Computer/Internet #200, Gaithersburg. HOC’s hours are 8:30 needed. 1-877-649AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. 2671 The PHA Plan and supporting documentation is also available on HOC’s Web site, Internet Services www.hocmc.org.

Construction Inspectors

Certified Medical Assistants

Needed for a busy commercial real estate company. Part-Time, 25 hours a wk. Must have experience with processing payroll, accounts payable and good excel skills. Pay $18-$20 an hour. Email resume to finance@selfstorageplus.com

Miscellaneous Services

Full Time Help Wanted

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BOOKKEEPER

Please contact Steve Batterden on 240-777-6063 with any questions. (1-28, 2-4, 2-11, 2-18-15) HOC PHA Plan FY 2016 Notice of Publication

Full Time Help Wanted

ENR Top 100 firm has immediate openings for highway construction inspectors. Roadway and paving experience preferred, but not required. Experienced and entry level positions available. Exceptional benefit package.

MEBC, Inc., a growing professional services consulting firm headquartered in Wyomissing, PA, has multiple positions available for IT, Business Analysts and Business Process Consultants. A B.S. Degree is required and 1-3 yrs of business experience is preferred; but we would consider the right entry level candidate. Comprehensive training program provided. Travel required, and US Citizenship. MEBC offers a comprehensive benefits package. Reply with resume to: recruiting@mebcglobal.com.

The County is interested in parties who are qualified proposers for agricultural tenant farming in Dickerson, Maryland. The available properties are comprised of three (3) parcels, totaling 623 acres, more or less, of farm land in Dickerson, Maryland. The long term lease is 10 years and it will include farming and property maintenance responsibilities of the three parcels. The Real Estate Expression of Interest detailing requirements and instructions may be obtained from www.montgomerycountymd.gov, Department of General Services, Office of Real Estate website or picked up from the address below.

Montgomery County Government Department of General Services Office of Real Estate 101 Monroe St., 9th floor Rockville, Maryland 20850

Full Time Help Wanted

20872 20872 20877 20879 20886 20904 20855 20876 20852

Analysts, Senior Analysts, Consultants

Tenant farming on the properties formerly known as "Chi-Chin Huang Farm"on Wasche Road; the "Shafer Farm"on Wasche Road and the-"Finnegan Farm"on Martinsburg Road.

There is no commitment expressed or implied by Montgomery County, Maryland in soliciting proposals. Montgomery County may, in its sole discretion, accept or reject any and all proposals received. The proposal deadline is Friday, February 27, 2015.

301-253-4753 301-253-6864 240-498-4599 301-926-6062 301-947-8477 301-622-0777 301-674-4173 240-408-6532 301-365-5618

DEADLINE: MARCH 2nd, 2015

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland, Department of General Services is actively seeking proposals from parties which may be interested in tenant farming COUNTY properties in Dickerson, Maryland. PROPOSALS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR:

An optional pre submission meeting will take place on February 20, 2015 at the below listed address.

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Full Time Help Wanted

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Medical

Front Desk Receptionist

For Ophthalmology office in B e t h e s d a . Electronic Medial Records experienced required. Email resume to ks20602@aol.com OR Fax to 301-843-9941.

Full Time Help Wanted

Legal Assistant Personal Injury Case Worker - Small, B e t h e s d a MD law firm with great work environment seeks an experienced pre-litigation personal injury demand package manager with at least 1 year of experience handling car accident cases. Send resume to legal@rcn.com or fax to 301-656-6957

Maintenance Technician Shopping center Property Management in Gaithersburg. General Handyman Experience and drivers license required. Full time $18-20 per hr. Email work history or resume to begel2000@aol.com or call 301-873-4002.

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST

FT, Exp. Preferred. Rockville/Gaithersburg. Great Benefits! Email resume to: Eyejobs02@outlook.com

Full Time Help Wanted

Scientific Sales Specialist

Provide sales support to clients in preclinical research industry incl. stem cell, regenerative medicine, cancer & other biotech research fields. Responsible for attainment of annual sales forecast of pharmaceutical & biotech products. Req MS Biotechnology. 40hr/wk. Resume to Trevigen, Inc 8405 Helgerman Ct Gaithersburg MD 20877

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2015 GOLF 4D HB LAUNCH EDITION

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MSRP $55,835

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2005 Toyota Scion..............V608066A, Gray, 90,560 Miles......................$6,593 2012 Jetta Sedan.................V352249A,White,49,776 Miles........................$10,292 2009 Mini Cooper...............V008158A, White, 72,319 Miles, Clubman.......$10,995 2012 Mazda3......................VP0117,Black,31,363 Miles.......................$11,637 2012 Jetta Sedan...............LP0118,Silver,33,694 Miles.......................$11,995 2010 Golf TDI.......................V0329015A, Black, 96,203 Miles...................$12,991 2012 Jetta SEL PREM PZEV.VLP0123, Grey, 55,979 Miles.........................$13,991 2009 Honda Accord EX-L...V035244A, Gold, 58,695 Miles......................$14,951 2010 Jeep Wrangler..........V051155A, Silver, 94,301 Miles.................$15,393 2013 Kia Optima LX............VP0119, Red, 39,215 Miles...........................$15,993 2012 Tiguan SE...................V511462A,Black,37,637 Miles....................$16,176 2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles.......................$16,295 2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0112,Black,6,921 Miles.......................$16,355

2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles..................$16,555 2014 Jeep Patriot................VP0102A,Black,9359 Miles..............................$16,964 2012 Golf TDI.......................V406892A, Red, 51,111 Miles.......................$16,993 2012 Kia Sportage LX........VP0121,Silver,12,277 Miles.........................$17,992 2014 Passat.........................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles.......................$18,595 2014 Passat.........................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles......................$18,595 2013 Jetta TDI.....................V275938A, Gray, Nav, 30,575 Miles................$19,792 2014 Passat.........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles....................$21,735 2015 Jetta SEI.....................V254216A, Silver, 1,652 Miles.......................$22,821 2014 GTI Wolfsburg............V039591A, Black, 7,854 Miles.......................$24,750 2013 Camaro RS.................V040109B,Black,30,660 Miles....................$27,592 2013 Dodge Challenger HEMI..V060204A, Red, 13,157 Miles.......................$28,921

All prices & payments exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 02/16/15.

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G557456

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DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2005 Ford Taurus

2004 Honda Accord LX

DARCARS NISSAN

2004 BMW 325i

1991 Lexus LS

5,995

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

9,995

#E0542A, Automatic, 81K Miles,Great Condition!

2012 Mini Cooper

2011 Nissan Versa

#G0047, Well Maintained in Beautiful Condition, Affordable Luxury, Under 100K Miles

9,995

#P9212A, Immaculate inside & out!

5,995

2002 Mercedes Benz C-Class Wagon

10,995

2013 Hyundai Tucson LTD

15,995

#P9215, Only 15k Miles, Leather, Panoramic Moonroof

2013 VW Jetta TDI Premium

#G0055, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys

8,977

16,995

2010 Scion tC

18,950

18,995

#526583B, Turbo-Diesel, $ 21K Miles!! Sunroof, Fender Sound, Bluetooth

2011 Volvo XC 90

2012 Toyota Sienna XLE

#427002A,3.6, AWD,leather, 38k Miles

11,977

#P9242, 6 cycl, 3rd Row Seat, 20K miles, 100K warranty

26,950

2009 Honda Civic EX #541025B, Sunroof, Automatic, 33K Miles

12,977

22,950

2012 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ

2012 Hyundai Accent

25,950

10,977

#E0492A,Fuel Efficient, Automatic, 8K Miles #P9173A, V6, 8-seater, Dual Sliding doors, 1 $ owner, 34K Miles

2013 Scion iQ #E0492A,Fuel Efficient, Automatic, 17K Miles

2012 Subaru Outback Ltd.

#541095A, Panoramnic Roof, Well Kept, Looks Like New! #P9249, 1-Owner, 13K Miles, Warranty to 60K Miles

7,977

2012 Honda Accord EX-L

#546059A, Hard To Find, In Great Shape, Automatic #G0054, Automatic, 1.8S Sedan, 1-Owner, 27k Miles

2007 Nissan Versa 1.8 S #440115A, Low Miles for ‘07, Clean!

#526585A, Immaculate! Only 16K Miles. Nav, DVD, Rear Camera, Captain’s Chairs, Well Maintained

13,977

2011 Ford Transit Connect Wagon XLT Premium #E0510A, Rare Find, Flawless!

14,977

44,950

2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995 2012 Hyundai Sante Fe............................................... $22,750 #526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles

#P9247, ONLY 7k MILES!!!, Serrano Red

#526109A, Like New! 1-Owner, V6

# 526603A, Super Clean, Sunroof, Power Tailgate

2013 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV.................................. $18,750 2011 Volvo XC70 AWD................................................... $22,950

2010 Prius V #541044A, Loaded! Nav, 51K Miles

2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $19,950 2011 BMW 335i AWD Twin Turbo....................$25,950

#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles

17,977

2012 Nissan Pathfinder S #549543A, Almost new, LOW MILES!!! Only 12K, 100K Miles Factory Warranty

20,977

#P9214, Nav, Leather, Sunroof,31K Miles

2012 Mazda CX-9 4WD................................................. $19,950 2014 Lexus ES............................................................................ $36,950 #526080A, V6, Leather, 7-seater, Side Air Bags, Black

DARCARS

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VOLVO

G558209

2011 Nissan Xterra PRO-4X

15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD

#538090B, Beautiful in Black Showroom Shine! 28k Miles

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2013 Kia Sportage EX #541074A, Navigation, Panoramic Roof, Leather, Loaded, 19K Miles

21,977

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NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #570508, 570545

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14,590

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

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AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE

179/MO**

2 AVAILABLE: #567123, 567085

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AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR

NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564232, 564229

20,890

4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO

NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB

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14,990

18,390

AUTO, 4 CYL

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4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

$0 DOWN

19,290

4 CYL., AUTO

AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE

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15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD n OPEN SUNDAY n VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com

G557459

24,690

PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 2/24/2015.

DARCARS NISSAN TWO LOCATIONS

Rockville

College Park

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

2015 NISSAN

VERSA S+ CVT

MSRP: $14,995 Sale Price: $12,995 Nissan Rebate: $500

$ AT THIS PRICE

2015 NISSAN

ALTIMA 2.5 S

MSRP: $23,935 Sale Price: $19,745 Nissan Rebate: -$1,250 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000 Nissan Altima Bonus Cash: -$500

MODEL #13115 4 at this price

LEAF S

w/Charger Pkg MODEL #17015

239/MO

39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

159/MO

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

IN STOCK, AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

2015 NISSAN

MSRP: $32,295 Sale Price: $27,495 Nissan Rebate: $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

PATHFINDER 4X4 S

AT THIS PRICE

MODEL #25015

0 DOWN

239/MO

36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR

14,995

w/alloy wheels MODEL #12214

AT THIS PRICE

2015 NISSAN

MSRP: $26,935 Sale Price: $23,495 Nissan Rebate: $750 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250

ROGUE SV

$ 4

AT THIS PRICE

AWD MODEL #22415

2014 NISSAN

AT THIS PRICE

259

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

MSRP: $35,815 Sale Price: $30,995 Nissan Rebate: $4,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$ Leather, Heated Seats, moonroof MODEL #16214

22,495 OR

MAXIMA 3.5 SV

169

/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

24,995

MSRP: $19,745 Sale Price: $16,495 Nissan Rebate: $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

SENTRA SR

2015 MURANOS

24,995 OR

AT THIS PRICE

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11615

159/MO

MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $28,495 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500

$ 4

2014 NISSAN

13,995

36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

2015 NISSAN

AT THIS PRICE

16,995

AT THIS PRICE

179/MO

39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

$ 4

w/automatic transmission MODEL #11125

MSRP: $17,320 Sale Price: $14,995 Nissan Rebate: $500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

VERSA NOTE SV

12,495

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

25,995 OR

299

/MO 39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR

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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 02/23/2015. G558212