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Outlet plan takes next step: hearing examiner Lawyers for competing Clarksburg outlet center proposal object to increase in retail space

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The competition between proposed fashion outlet complexes straddling Interstate 270 in Clarksburg shifted from public relations campaigns and planning board hearings to a quasi-judicial hearing room in Rockville on Monday. County Hearing Examiner Lynn Robeson began her review of a plan by Streetscape Partners, which wants to build a mixeduse center with Premium fashion

From left, Jim McKenna, owner of Sugarloaf Mountain Winery, Kevin Atticks with Maryland Wineries Association, and Sen. Benjamin Cardin chat after a roundtable discussion with small business owners at Sugarloaf Mountain Winery on Friday.

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Slinging his suit jacket over the back of a chair, Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D) turned to address the small group of small business owners and political supporters who had gathered in rural northern Montgomery County Friday. As he spoke to the crowd of about 15 people at Sugarloaf Mountain Winery in Dickerson, Cardin talked about the need to help small businesses survive and thrive in still shaky economic times. The visit was part of Cardin’s “Made in Maryland” tour, meant to highlight

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products that were manufactured in the state. Jim McKenna, one of the owners of the winery, introduced Cardin and praised him as a longtime friend of small business. The tour is a chance to disprove the idea that nobody makes anything in Maryland anymore, said Cardin aide Sue Walitsky. Since June, Cardin has been to the Paul Reed Smith guitar factory in Stevensville; a Volvo plant near Hagerstown; the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick and the Heavy Seas Brewery in Baltimore to bring attention to Maryland companies. “The truth is, people are making

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outlet stores on the west side of Interstate 270 in the developing Cabin Branch area. The hearing examiner’s role is to decide if the development plan conforms to the Clarksburg Master Plan, which provides development guidelines. The Planning Board — which makes recommendations to the County Council — approved the Streetscape development plan on July 18, agreeing to its request to increase retail space from 120,000 square feet to a maximum of 484,000 square feet to make room for stores instead of offices. Robeson continued Monday’s hearing to Aug. 12, after one of Streetscape’s attorneys

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things in Maryland,” Walitsky said. Cardin said Congress needs to do a better job of helping businesses create jobs. He is cosponsoring several Senate bills aimed at helping small businesses. One would raise the amount of money available for the Small Business Investment Company program run by the government’s Small Business Administration from $3 billion to $4 billion, according to a summary provided by Cardin’s office. Another bill would help provide more long-term, fixed-rate loans under the SBA’s local development business loan program to help small businesses buy

Upcounty residents were briefed last week on plans for Midcounty Highway’s northern extension ahead of a public hearing planned for next week. Montgomery County staff talked to residents at Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarksburg on July 24. The highway, which is partially complete, will stretch from Gaithersburg to Ridge Road in Clarksburg. According to county documents, M-83, or the Midcounty Highway, was first listed in the county’s master plan in the

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1960s. Three miles of the highway have been built between Shady Grove Road in Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village Avenue. “This is a major milestone. [Officials] are about ready to make a decision after nine years of talking,” said Bruce Johnston, chief of the county’s Transportation Engineering Division, who briefed about 20 people at the meeting on the status of the project. Residents may give their opinions about preferred routes at a formal hearing held by the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Army Corps of Engineers on Aug. 7. “We’ll have large plans for each route so you can find your

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With tweezers, Leah King takes a pinch out of a small, leafy bud. She drops it in a vial and adds a few drops of chemicals. “It’s going to turn a nice, dark purple,” she predicts, giving the vial a couple of swirls. Sure enough, in just a few seconds, the solution fizzes deep purple, showing that the sample is likely strong, high-quality marijuana. “If you were looking to smoke, this would be the stuff,” joked King, the techni-

cal leader of the Forensic Chemistry Unit in Montgomery County Police’s Crime Laboratory. The lab processes evidence connected to the thousands of arrests police officers make and the hundreds of cases they investigate every year. The nationally certified lab takes up a swath of the fifth floor of Montgomery County’s new public safety headquarters, tucked away next to a bucolic lake on Edison Park Drive in Gaithersburg. The lab — which moved, along with the rest of the department, earlier this year from the department’s old home in Rockville — looks like a cross between a suburban office and a high school lab on steroids. Five units — Firearms Examinations, Latent Prints, Forensic Biology, Forensic

Chemistry, and Crimes Scenes — operate in the lab, which takes up about 20,000 square feet, according to lab director Ray Wickenheiser. A sixth unit, Electronic Crimes, also falls under the lab’s authority, but operates under Montgomery County Police’s Financial Crimes section, said Jackie Raskin-Burns, the lab’s quality manager. Thirty scientists work in the lab. An additional eight, all sworn police officers, make up the Electronic Crimes unit. Security at the lab is tight. “Each lab is programmed to know who has access to that particular room,” RaskinBurns said. Only scientists authorized to work in that specific unit can access labs

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Water, Water Everywhere, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Damascus Library, 9701 Main St. Learn about water and the planet. Ages 3-5. Free; registration required. 240-773-9444. Rockville Sister City Dim Sum Luncheon, 1:30 p.m., Far East Restaurant, 5055 Nicholson Lane. Benefits Sister City Exchange Programs. $20, registration required. rockvillesistercities@ gmail.com. HearArts Poetry and Music, 7 p.m., VisArts, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville. Sean Enright and the New Time Orchestra with Michael Winch. Free. 240-899-6514.

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Higher Hands Concert, 6:30 p.m., Rockville Rooptop Live, 155 Gibbs St. Funky soul fusion. $10. nicole@rockvillerooftoplive.com.

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Annual Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Brookside Gardens, 1800

Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. Free. 301-962-1400 Kensington Summer Concert, 10-11 a.m., Howard Avenue Park, Howard Avenue. Blue Book Value plays rhythm and blues swing band music. Free. info@kensingtonhistory. org. The Block at the Roc, 4-8 p.m., Redland Baptist Church, 6922 Muncaster Mill Road, Rockville. Family activities. Free. www.redlandbaptist.org. Coppelia, 7:30 p.m., F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, also 2 p.m. Aug. 4. $17 for adults, $13 for 12 and younger and seniors. 240-314-8690.

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Puppet company Blair Thomas & Co. (pictured) will present “Hard Headed Heart” at 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday at Strathmore in the CityDance Studio Theater. The performance will be preceded by a workshop, “The Puppet Tells the Story,” at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mansion. During the workshop, participants can create their own puppet show, complete with rod puppets and skits. For more information, including admission and tuition prices, visit www.strathmore.org.

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Rainbow Company Interactive Theater Presents Jack and the Beanstalk, 3 p.m., Poolesville

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Parking Lot, Germantown Road and Bowman Mill Drive, Germantown. Free admission. 301-972-2707.

Library, 19633 Fisher Ave., Poolesville. An interactive production for children of all ages. Free. 240-773-9550.

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Olney Farmers and Artists Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., MedStar Montgomery Thrift Shop, OlneySandy Spring Road and Prince Philip Drive. 202-257-5326. Buddhist Empowerments, 10 a.m.-noon, KPC Temple, 18400 River Road, Poolesville. Traditional ceremony open to public. Suggested donation $40. 301-710-6259.

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9701 Main St. Free, tickets required. 240-7739444.

Library, 11701 Georgia Ave. Free, by appointment only. 240-777-0678. Music and Movement: Mr. Skip, 10:30 a.m., Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton. Children’s songs. Free; tickets given out 30 minutes before the program. 240-777-0678.

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THURSDAY, AUG. 1 Concrete Leaf Painting, 10 a.m.-noon, Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. Fee includes paint colors. $18; $15 for Friends of Brookside Gardens members. Register at www.parkpass.org.

try Club, 17200 Cashell Road, Rockville. www. hero-dogs.org/golf.html. Old School Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m., Urban BBQ Company, 805 Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring. Free. 301-570-3663.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6 Montgomery Hospice Drop-in Discussion About Grief and Healing, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Mont-

gomery Hopsice, 1355 Piccard Drive, Rockville. For anyone mourning the death of a loved one. Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7 Sciencetellers: The Bugs of Blackwood,

6:30-7:15 p.m., Damascus Library, 9701 Main St. The science of matter. Ages 5 and older, siblings welcome. Free, tickets required. 240773-9444. Rockville Lions Club Meeting, 7-9 p.m., Rockville Methodist Church, 122 W. Montgomery Ave. Learn about the community’s needs and how to meet them. 301-257-5180.

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Neelsville Presbyterian Church will host a vacation Bible school Neelsville Presbyterian Church in Germantown will host a Bible school Monday through Aug. 9 at the church at 20701

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Frederick Road. The camp for children in kindergarten through ďŹ fth grade will run from 8 a.m. to noon each day. Children will participate in Bible-learning exercises, sing songs, play games to develop teamwork, make and eat treats, go on Bible adventures and test out science devices, among other activities. Registration must be done online at the church’s website, at www.neelsville.org. The school costs $20 per child with a maximum of $60 per family, and scholarships are available if needed. For further information, contact the school at neelsvillevbs@gmail.com, visit the church’s website or call the church ofďŹ ce at 301-972-3916.

Friends seek donations for family of woman killed in crash Friends of a Poolesville woman who was killed in a car crash in June are raising money to help pay for the costs of her funeral and other expenses. Friends of Frances “Francie� D’Anna, 52, have launched an online campaign to help her husband and daughter cover these costs. D’Anna’s husband, Keith, is the director of music at Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, where she sang in the choir, said Kathleen Porter, a family friend who is overseeing the page at YouCaring.com that has been set up to raise money for D’Anna’s family. “She had the voice of an angel,� Porter said. Gracious, outgoing and caring, D’Anna could become friends with anyone, Porter said. “People who met her just fell in love with her,� Porter said. As of Friday afternoon, the page’s organizers had raised $2,510 toward their goal of $10,000. D’Anna died June 10 when

her Hyundai Elantra struck a tree after driving through standing water on Darnestown Road near Bucklodge Road in Boyds. Her daughter, Lindsey, 18, was in the car and was treated for minor injuries, according to police. Donations to the page for D’Anna can be processed by PayPal and are deposited directly into an account for Keith and Lindsey D’Anna. Anyone interested in contributing to the fund can visit the page for D’Anna at www. youcaring.com/memorialfundraiser/friends-of-francied-anna/73910.

Mommies group to hold Back to School Fair A social and support group for mothers in Montgomery County will hold a Back to School Fair on Aug. 17 in Germantown. The NorthMetroDCMommies event will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Germantown Boys and Girls Club at 19910 S. Frederick Road. The group will give away school supplies such as pens, backpacks and rulers, said Kim McNamee, the chapter manager. The group is meant to provide a free, secure place for mothers and their children to come together and network, she said. Often, there is no support network for mothers, especially those who are new to the area, McNamee said. For more information on the group, visit www.northmetrodcmommies.com.

Students have some outdoor fun at the Neelsville Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School in Germantown. the nature center will host the River Runners Reunion, an advanced kayaking camp. Participants must have completed the earlier River Adventures Kayak Camp or have good river-running skills. The camp costs $350, and runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parents can join their campers on Aug. 16 for a day of kayaking for $50. That day is also open to kayakers 18 or older, for $55.

Church invites all to block party

Nature center hosts ďŹ nal camps of summer The Black Hill Nature Center in Boyds will host its ďŹ nal two camps of the summer in August. From Monday through Aug. 9, the nature center will host Survival Skills Camp: Following Ancient Pathways, designed to show how people lived in a world without technology or many of today’s comforts. Participants will learn how to ďŹ nd and prepare water and food, make natural shelters and create ďŹ re without matches. The camp is for children ages 12-17, and is held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $275, but extended care is available from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. for an additional $70. The next week, Aug. 12-16,

Redland Baptist Church will host a community block party from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at 6922 Muncaster Mill Road in Derwood. Organizers are calling this family-centered event the Block at the ROC, a reference to the name of their recreation outreach center. The event includes live music, inatables, children’s games, hot-air balloon rides and food vendors offering a taste of Derwood. The party is open to the public. For more information go to www.RedlandBaptist.org.

County considering new early voting sites The Montgomery County Board of Elections is seeking public comment on nine proposed early voting centers for the 2014 elections. The county has ďŹ ve regular and three alternate early voting centers. The proposal calls for adding nine new early

voting centers, including two in Rockville and one each in Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac. Visit montgomerycountymd.gov/elections to see a map of the proposed early voting sites. To comment on the proposed sites, email elections@ montgomerycountymd.gov or write to Marjorie Roher, Montgomery County Board of Elections, 18753 N. Frederick Ave., Suite 210, Gaithersburg, MD 20879. The deadline to submit comments is Sept. 17. The county plans to ďŹ nalize the early voting locations by October.

Catholic business group honors Ruppert The Catholic Business Network of Montgomery County has named Craig Ruppert, founder and CEO of Ruppert Landscape, its 2013 Catholic Business Person of the Year. The organization will honor him at its annual gala on Nov. 22 at the Montgomery County Conference Center in North Bethesda. Ruppert Landscape has grown from a small neighborhood business in the ’70s to a company with a presence throughout the mid-Atlantic region today. Ruppert, who lives with his wife in Laytonsville, has worked with St. Paul Catholic Church’s Honduras Clinic in Damascus, Rodgers & Associates in Germantown and the Young Presidents’ Organization’s Washington Metro and U.S. Capital chapters.

He is currently involved with groups including the Easter Seals Greater WashingtonBaltimore Region, Food for the Poor, and the Associated Builders and Contractors Leadership Development Program.

Literacy council has new board members The Literacy Council of Montgomery County named ďŹ ve new members to its executive board. They are Jim Hastings and Rhea Cohn of Silver Spring, Debbie Murphy of Rockville, Suma Madapur of Gaithersburg and Barbara Benson of Ashton. They will serve one-year terms with the option of serving up to six consecutive terms. “They all bring an interest in promoting adult literacy and community service and they all have special skills that will beneďŹ t our organization,â€? said Shelly Block, a spokeswoman for the nonproďŹ t. Before retiring, Hastings was director of access programs at the National Archives. In addition to his time with the literacy council, he is a volunteer at Manna Food Center of Gaithersburg. Cohn is an assistant professor in the George Washington University School of Health Sciences and a health care consultant. Murphy is the owner of Standard Supplies of Gaithersburg. She is vice chairwoman of the Montgomery County Workforce Investment Board, a past Rotary assistant district governor and Paul Harris fellow, and a 2012 graduate of Leadership

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Montgomery. Madapur is a technology marketing specialist at Avnet. Benson is a retired senior executive with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She also is an assistant trainer for the literacy council’s tutoring program. The council was founded in 1963 to help adults living or working in the county achieve functional levels of reading, writing and speaking English so they may improve their quality of life and ability to participate in the community. If you have an interesting note or photo to share about the people or an event in the community, please send it to Staff Writer Ryan Marshall, The Germantown Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, or email to rmarshall@ gazette.net. Our fax number is 301-670-7183. Photos should be 1 MB or larger. The deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday for consideration for the following week. All items are subject to space availability.

DEATHS Thelma V. Evely Thelma V. Evely, 89, of Damascus, died July 24, 2013. A graveside service took place at 11 a.m. July 27 at Laytonsville Cemetery. Roy W. Barber Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

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Gotta dance (From left) Michael Winings of Boyds, Camille Phillip of Germantown and Kleber Loor of Rockville learn a dance from DC Casineros Dance Company members during the Latin Music and Dance Festival on Friday evening at the Gaithersburg City Hall concert pavilion. The Afro-Bop Alliance provided live music. TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Acting principal chosen for Rock Terrace School Investigation into work-study program continues n

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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

An acting principal has been named for Rock Terrace School in Rockville as investigations continue to look into how the school’s staff handled money that students earned in a workstudy program. Katherine Lertora, currently the coordinator/administrator at the Stephen Knolls School in Kensington, will temporarily take the spot left open by Dianne G. Thornton, who will retire effective Thursday, said Dana Tofig, a spokesman for Montgomery County Public Schools. The search process for a permanent principal will start during the winter, he said. Tofig said earlier this month that he could not comment on whether Thornton’s retirement was related to the investigation, saying it was a personnel matter. In a letter to school staff, students, parents and guardians on July 18, Associate Superin-

tendent for High Schools Christopher Garran said interviews for the permanent principal are planned for the spring of 2014. “At that time, I will work with the community in order to review the process for principal selection and to bring together an interview team consisting of staff, parents and central office representatives,” Garran said in the letter. The school system and the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office are investigating the school after parents raised allegations that staff misappropriated funds their children earned. The Rockville school serves developmentally disabled students. An initial investigation by the school system found the workstudy program at Rock Terrace School was “poorly managed” and “money was inappropriately used,” according to a July 18 letter from Garran to the school’s parents. However, no fraudulent activity by school staff had been found, the letter said. Student bank account records at the school were found “incomplete” and the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Of-

fice will request account records from the Educational Systems Federal Credit Union using subpoenas, the letter said. Parents at Rock Terrace School expressed their frustration to Montgomery County Public Schools officials regarding how staff at the Rockville school handled money students earned in work-study programs, as well as how the situation was handled, during a community meeting Thursday. For Sara Sadeghi, the situation has been motivation enough to pull her son out of Rock Terrace, though he would have graduated in 2014. “My trust is broken,” she said in front of school system officials and fellow parents. “I don’t trust him to be in this school anymore.” Rhonda Turner, whose son participated in work-study opportunities for several years and had a bank account, said she contributed money related to school activities such as outings into the community — a point other parents have raised. Larry Bowers, the system’s chief operating officer, said his understanding was that money earned through the programs

was used to pay for students to participate in activities when their families were unable to contribute the funds. While the school system’s initial investigation is complete, Bowers said, some things remain unknown, including how exactly the money was spent, how much money went into the accounts, how much was taken out, and whether the money students earn through the programs should be treated as income. Another question Bowers said he thought was important was whether the money will be restored to students. He said detailed information from the individual accounts would be necessary to do that. “I am sorry that this happened,” Bowers said. The school’s financial management needs to improve, Bowers said, and the school community needs to work together. “What happened and what we’re going to talk about should have nothing to do with what’s done every day for the students at this school,” Bowers said. “It is a very special place.” lpowers@gazette.net

Health insurance marketplace gears up for October start n

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The average 50-year-old nonsmoker in Montgomery County can buy health insurance premiums through the Maryland exchange market starting Oct. 1, ranging from $263 to $470 per month. The lowest monthly premium rate is from Coventry Health Care of Delaware, owned by Aetna, which operates in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The highest is from All Savers Insurance, part of UnitedHealthcare. State insurance officials on Friday approved the rates for individuals that were as much as 33 percent below what insurers had requested. All Savers’ premium for the Montgomery 50-year-old was about 32 percent below what the insurer requested, while Coventry’s was some 27 percent below its request. Under the federal Affordable Care Act, individuals have to obtain health insurance by January or pay a penalty of either $95 or 1 percent of their annual taxable

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income next year. The penalty will rise to $325 or 2 percent of income in 2015 and $695 or 2.5 percent of annual income in 2016. Maryland’s largest insurer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, received approval to average $312 in monthly premiums for the average 50-year-old Montgomery resident, only 4 percent below what it requested. Rockville-based Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States received approval for an average of $381, only about 1 percent below its request. State insurance regulators approved rate changes based on input from actuaries and others who studied the insurers’ submitted plan designs and rates. Actuaries conducted statistical analyses and tested assumptions that insurance companies used to develop rates. Officials also made sure the plans complied with state and federal laws, and they considered public comments in deciding what level to approve. CareFirst’s offerings are “competitively priced and often among the most affordable options available,” officials said in a statement. “Rate adjustments imposed by the MIA were modest, and we look forward to the launch of the exchange this fall.” Kaiser “worked with Maryland officials to ensure our 2014

rates are as consumer friendly as possible. We believe all residents should have access to high quality, affordable care, and we’re confident our rates reflect that,” officials said in a statement. U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D) of Pikesville said he was disappointed that President Barack Obama recently agreed to delay until 2015 the employer mandate portion of the federal health care law, and that he didn’t support a similar delay in the individual mandate. “I don’t think a lot will change in a year,” Cardin said during a meeting Friday with Gazette reporters and editors. “But I understand the administration’s desire to want to make sure it’s done right.” The law will force employers with more than 50 full-time workers to pay a penalty if they don’t provide employees with health insurance starting in 2015. The penalty would be $2,000 per employee, minus the first 30 workers. For example, a nonproviding company with 50 employees would pay $40,000. Cardin didn’t think a lot of employers would switch some of their full-time employees to part-time to get under the 50-worker threshold. “I would think that employers

want to offer health insurance to remain competitive,” he said. The law will provide medical insurance for thousands of Marylanders who are not currently covered, along with substantial benefits to individuals and employers, including eliminating exemptions for pre-existing conditions and providing tax credits to businesses and individuals, Cardin said. “It will be more popular than people think,” he said. Enrollment for small businesses with fewer than 50 employees to buy insurance through the Maryland marketplace will begin Jan. 1. Employers with fewer than 25 employees and average wage rates below $50,000 are eligible for tax credits to offset part of the cost of medical insurance. The credits will offset up to 50 percent of the employer portion of premium contributions next year if purchased through the state marketplace. Individuals who buy their own insurance and whose income is less than 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $45,000 annually, are also eligible for tax credits. kshay@gazette.net

Germantown man faces sex trafficking charges He and partner allegedly used guns, threats and violence to force woman into prostitution n

BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH STAFF WRITER

A Germantown man faces federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly forcing several women to work as prostitutes. According to the indictment released Monday by federal and state law enforcement agencies, Jean Claude Roy, 31, known as “Dredd the Don” and “Dreddy,” was formally charged on July 24 with sex trafficking, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, attempted sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; interstate transportation for prostitution; possessing and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence; and witness and evidence tampering. His alleged partner, 19-year-old Brittney Creason, or “Kitty Amor,” of Decatur, Ill., is also charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Between August and September 2012, Roy forced one woman to work as a prostitute, and then in December 2012, Creason and Roy forced three women into work as prostitutes, according to the 12-count indictment.

Roy is charged with bringing the women to Virginia and Maryland from Illinois and North Carolina. When one of the women told him she did not want to work for him anymore, he told her that if she didn’t repay him the money that he had spent preparing her as a prostitute, he would kill her and her family, according to the indictment. He also brandished a handgun and bragged about beating a murder charge at another point, according to the indictment. Montgomery County Police arrested Roy on Dec. 25, 2012, charging him with illegal possession of a firearm, according to online court records. Three days later, federal agents began investigating him, the indictment states, and in early January, while he was in jail on related state charges, Roy made numerous calls to a friend to have that person erase digital evidence implicating him and Creason. Michael Lawlor, Roy’s attorney, declined to comment about the charges against his client when reached by phone Monday night. LaKeytria Felder, Creason’s federal public defender, could not immediately be reached Monday. Roy and Creason face a maximum sentence of life in prison for the conspiracy to commit sex trafficking charge against them, along with additional time for the other counts they face. sjbsmith@gazette.net

Police searching for man tied to two bank robberies Banks in Germantown and White Oak believed to be robbed by same man n

BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH STAFF WRITER

Police are looking for a man they think robbed a bank in Germantown last week and another in White Oak earlier this summer. On July 24, a man walked into the Capital One Bank branch in the 21100 block of Frederick Road and gave a teller a note demanding cash, according to a police news release. Surveillance footage caught the man on camera. He was wearing a green plaid, short-sleeved buttonup shirt buttoned to his chin. He also had thick-rimmed glasses and long dreadlocks. The man is around 5 feet 5 inches, according to the release. The teller gave the man cash — police did not say how much — and then the robber fled. “No gun was seen,” said Montgomery County police spokeswoman Angela Cruz. The entire robbery took less than five minutes, she said,

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Montgomery County Police are looking for a man with long dreadlocks who they say committed a bank robbery in Germantown July 24. Police also believe he robbed a separate bank in May.

and there were no injuries. There was at least one customer present, in addition to bank employees, she said. As with all bank robberies, police are working with the FBI, she said. Police think the robber is the same man behind a Capital One robbery in White Oak in May. In that robbery, camera footage showed the robber wearing a bright yellow dress shirt and a New York Yankees baseball cap. Anyone with information regarding this bank robbery and-or the suspect involved is asked to contact the police department’s robbery section at 240-773-5100. sjbsmith@gazette.net

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Three people injured in July 23 collision

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Police have identified the driver and three victims of a single-car collision that damaged part of a Sam’s Club store on July 23 in Gaithersburg. Subinoy Mazumdar, 77, of North Potomac drove from the parking lot into the North Frederick Avenue store around 1 p.m., police said. A man inside the store, 76-year-old Dimas M. Chavez of Potomac, suffered partial amputation of one leg when Mazumdar’s Buick LeSabre crashed through the store’s wall and into his leg. Chavez was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore with life-threatening injuries, according to

police. On Monday, he was in stable condition and “doing well,” according to a hospital official. Contacted via a nurse, Chavez declined to speak to The Gazette. Reached by phone Monday night, Mazumdar said he had “no interest” in speaking about the crash. Sheila R. Orellana, a 31-year-old Derwood resident who was walking in the parking lot, was struck by the car before it crashed through the store, the release said. She was able to push her 3- and 1-year-old children out of harm’s way, said Capt. Jim Daly, a Montgomery County Police spokesman. She was not seriously injured. Reached at her home on Monday, she declined to speak to The Gazette. Boyds resident Thuan Bui, 33, was also hit by the car inside the store and taken to Suburban Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Daly said the store has video cameras on the property that may be able to show what happened. Detectives are interviewing Mazum-

dar, who was not injured, according to a press release from Montgomery County Police. The crash is still under investigation, and as of Tuesday, no charges have been brought against Mazumdar, according to Montgomery County Police spokeswoman Blanca Kling. Gaithersburg Planning and Code Administrator John Schlichting said July 23 one of the city’s building inspectors was sent to the scene to assess the damage. The inspector issued a notice that said the damaged emergency doors must be fixed before the store could re-open. Matt Kelleher, a Gaithersburg fire inspector, re-inspected the site July 24 and allowed Sam’s Club to reopen for business The store’s food court has since reopened, a store employee said Tuesday. Staff Writer St. John Barned-Smith contributed to this report. kbrick@gazette.net scarignan@gazette.net

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Leggett wants concert canceled over anti-gay lyrics BY

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Fillmore Silver Spring will not cancel a performance by Mexican rock group Molotov despite pressure from its landlord to pull the act for its antigay lyrics. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) asked the venue to cancel an Aug. 26 performance by the controversial band, saying the lyrics of its 1997 song “Puto” verge on hate speech. “I have serious concerns about this booking. I am personally offended,” Leggett wrote in a letter to the venue’s general manager, Stephanie Steele. Montgomery leases the Fillmore to Live Nation for $90,000 a year. In his letter, Leggett noted that the lease agreement does not allow the county say in what acts are booked. He also

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acknowledged protection provided the group by law. “I understand that the First Amendment provides for freedom of speech, and that even distasteful speech may be protected speech,” he wrote. “Just because one might argue that everyone has the right to say, show, or sing something doesn’t mean they ought to exercise that right. It also does not mean that The Fillmore should provide a forum for such an exercise.” Leggett said there was public confusion about the county’s role in the situation. As landlord, some people thought the county would have a say in the acts booked, he said. So Leggett said he wrote the letter to express his position on the performance and to make it clear that the county does not control bookings. While the executive said he has not gone to such lengths for other controversial performers, it is because other performers, to his knowledge, do not use similarly offensive language. Among the controversial

acts to play the venue recently are Marilyn Manson, whose music has been boycotted in the past for his lyrics, and gunrights activist Ted Nugent, who has continually come under fire for racist comments. Jim Yeager, spokesman for House of Blues Entertainment, a division of Live Nation, said Molotov’s performance won’t be canceled. “The Fillmore presents a wide variety of music, comedy and other entertainment for a demographic that makes up a diverse community,” Yeager said. “The views expressed by all of our acts are not necessarily shared by the venue or staff.” The band is headlining Jagermeister’s 2013 music tour, which concludes Aug. 27 in New York City, according to a news release. As for the song in question, which is sung in Spanish, it has been interpreted by some as anti-gay and said to use homophobic slurs and include calls to “kill” homosexuals. A petition has surfaced on Change.org calling for the Fill-

more to cancel the performance of Molotov. As of Tuesday, it had 181 signatures. Carrie Evans, executive director of Equality Maryland, said her organization plans to join with other “like-minded organizations and individuals and have an informational picket outside the concert to educate concert goers on the harm caused by the anti-gay lyrics of Molotov.” In a statement emailed by band contact Julio Arellano, Molotov expressed respect and gratitude for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The band says the song wasn’t meant to disrespect homosexuals. “We as a band and as individuals express our respect and support to the gay community. We celebrate the freedom of expression, the freedom of choice and the freedom to love whoever you want. As long as we stay playing together, the message from our music will always be positive and committed to our fans,” the statement read. Band member could not be reached for further comment.

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Montgomery County appeals Pepco’s new rate increase, surcharge Leggett acknowledges improvements, but says increases are premature

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KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

Montgomery County has asked a judge to stop the recent rate increase and surcharge that the Maryland Public Service Commission approved for Pepco in mid-July. The commission granted Pepco $27.9 million of a $60.8 million request for higher rates as well as $24 million of a $192 million surcharge the company requested to levy on top of what customers already pay. For the average customer, that would raise monthly electric bills $2.41

plus an additional 6 cents in the first year. On Tuesday, the county filed an appeal to the ruling in Circuit Court at the direction of County Executive Isiah Leggett (D). As party to the case, the county can appeal the ruling. “I believe that Pepco has made improvements in their communications, infrastructure, and emergency response systems since last summer’s ‘Derecho’ storm,” Leggett said in a statement released Tuesday. “However, just how improved these changes are have not yet been seriously tested. That’s why granting even less than half of the $60 million requested by Pepco is premature and unwise.” Granting the surcharge was troubling and sets a terrible precedent,

Leggett said in the statement. Maryland’s Public Service Commission broke with years of precedent on July 12 when it approved Pepco’s request to charge customers $24 million for extra infrastructure work, in advance, by way of a grid resiliency charge, or GRC. “We will continue our ongoing efforts to make sure that Montgomery County gets reliable energy at a reasonable cost,” Leggett said. “This rate increase — and especially the automatic so-called ‘Grid Resiliency Charge’ — does not help and should not stand.” Leggett said he asked the county attorney to file the appeal to stop the recent ruling. Myra Oppel, regional communications vice president for Pepco Hold-

ings, offered little comment on the appeal. “Maryland law provides the right of appeal from Public Service Commission decisions,” she said in an email. “As a party to the proceeding, Montgomery County may exercise its right to appeal the commission’s decision. Pepco will fully participate in the appellate process.” While the Public Service Commission agreed to the rate increase and the surcharge, it was divided on allowing the surcharge, with one commissioner strongly opposed. Until this month, the commission had denied requests for similar surcharges — commonly referred to as trackers — including a request last year from Pepco. Now that a tracker has been al-

Two women charged with voter fraud in 2012 election BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH STAFF WRITER

A Montgomery County woman and a Frederick County woman have each been charged with voter fraud stemming from the 2012 presidential elections. On July 25, a Montgomery County grand jury charged Linda Earlette Wells, 69, with impersonating a voter to register in the name of the voter; attempting to vote under a false name; and impersonating another person in an attempt to vote. She could face up to 15 years in prison and fines of up to $6,000, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Maryland State Prosecutor’s Office announcing the indictments. Wells, of Germantown, called the Montgomery County Board of Elections the day before the presidential election and impersonated her dead mother, Beatrice Wells, according to the indictment against her, which said that her mother died in June 2011. Based on that call, the Montgomery County Board of Elec-

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tions re-activated Wells’ voter registration, which had been listed as inactive because of her death, according to the indictment. Then, Wells cast a provisional ballot as Beatrice Wells, according to the indictment. That ballot — the vote she allegedly cast impersonating her mother — was not counted, the statement announcing the indictment noted. In a release announcing the charges, State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt said: “The most basic principle of a fair election is the concept ‘one person, one vote’. The integrity of the ballot box and voting process is essential to our democratic society. We cannot and will not tolerate

attempts to subvert this vitally important process.” A phone number for Wells’ home could not be found. On July 30, the Maryland State Prosecutor’s Office announced that a Frederick County grand jury had indicted Elsie Virginia Schildt, 46, with impersonating another person in an attempt to vote; attempting to vote under a false name; and attempting to vote more than once in the same election. That indictment was filed July 26, online court records show. The State Prosecutor’s Office investigates corruption, election and political crimes in Maryland. Each charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of $2,500.

Before the election, Schildt requested and received absentee ballots for herself and her mother, according to the indictment. Schildt mailed in her ballot in October 2012. Her mother, who was living when she requested the ballot, had died in September. In early November Schildt filled out her mother’s ballot and sent it in, according to the indictment. The fraudulent ballot was not counted, the statment says. Reached by phone at her job at a custom bike shop in Frederick, Schildt did not seem aware of the charges. However, after being informed of them, she said, “I have no further comment,” and hung up. sjbsmith@gazette.net

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Fresh food and sound science are on the menu for a growing number of Montgomery County Public Schools. Thirty-five county schools have gardens, according to a survey released Thursday by Montgomery Victory Gardens, a local food education and advocacy project. “There are just so many reasons for kids of all ages to get involved in gardening,” said Elizabeth Levien, who teaches honors chemistry and horticulture at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring. “Really little kids can work on observation. Older ones can learn to ask questions. ... Gardening is a way to take control of their health. They learn where their food comes from.” Levien — who with Chris Brown, horticulture and Advanced Placement environmental science teacher, supervises the greenhouse and the outside garden at Blair — said the educational opportunities are endless. “Montgomery County requires students to take three sciences to graduate and horticulture is historically easy to pass, so a lot of the [less serious] students sign up,” she said. “It’s so exciting seeing kids [who are] turned off by science get excited about it.” Gordon Clark, project director of Montgomery Victory Gardens, said the school

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Herbs grow in the garden at Flower Hill Elementary School.

system officially has allowed school gardens for about two years. Schools spokesman Dana Tofig confirmed in an email that there was a policy change within the last two years. He noted that there is now a section about school gardens on the school system’s website. Clark said one reason for publishing the survey is to encourage more schools to begin gardens and to let them know of resources to help them get started. “We wanted to see what [schools] were doing and to make sure they know that gardens are allowed,” he said. Karla Kratovil, PTA vice president and main generator of the garden at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg, said she was at a Montgomery

County Council of PTAs meeting about two years ago where it was announced that gardens are allowed. The 35 schools with gardens, out of 202 in the school system, include elementary, middle and high schools from across the county: Silver Spring to Damascus, Poolesville to Burtonsville. Some gardens are just a few raised beds on school grounds. Others fill courtyards or begin in greenhouses before moving outside. The gardens at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring are part of a science curriculum that horticulture teacher Jill Couts is developing with teachers from Clarksburg, Damascus and Springbrook high schools. The 2013-14 school year will be the program’s second year. “This is a three-year program of study leading to becoming a certified professional horticulturist,” Couts said. “I have a 300-square-foot greenhouse, so we do a lot of edible plant production. The kids love

to grow plants and they love to grow plants they can eat.” The growing interest is not just for students planning on a career in horticulture, she said. About 30 students who are not in the certification program come to the greenhouse to work each week, she said. She sees working with plants as a stress reducer for students and a place where they can learn a life skill. “Even though they probably will not go into horticulture or landscaping, it is something they will do for the rest of their lives,” she said. Even though a minority of schools have gardens now, Clark is excited by the survey results and would like to work with PTA committees to create a garden support network. “This is the best way to teach environmental stewardship,” Clark said. The survey is available by emailing info@montgomeryvictorygardens.org. pmcewan@gazette.net

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Clarksburg Road — challenged the increase in allowed retail space. They argued that it violates the limit of 120,000 square feet set in the 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan, despite a rezoning of the site in 2003 to mixed use. In addition, Peterson attorney Jody Klein said that approving an outlet center on the west side of I-270 would draw away customers and undermine the intent of the Clarksburg Master Plan, which is to cluster services in the Clarksburg Town Center area east of I-270. “It detracts from the way the plan was supposed to work,” Klein said. Bette Buffington, who coowns the new Bennigan’s restaurant in Clarksburg’s historic district, agreed. “It would draw away from the [town] center and segregate shopping,” she said.

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Understand distasteful speech; don’t silence it

Another example of how free speech can get awfully messy is playing out in Montgomery County. County Executive Isiah Leggett has waded into a debate about whether Molotov, a Mexican rock band, should perform at the Fillmore concert hall in Silver Spring on Aug. 26. Molotov says its music is aimed at those who don’t stand up to power. But, to express that message, the group relies on a Spanish word, “puto,” that is commonly understood as a slur against gay men. Montgomery County owns the Fillmore building and leases it to the entertainment company Live Nation for concerts. The county doesn’t decide who plays there. Leggett acknowledged that boundary in a July 18 letter to Stephanie Steele, the Fillmore’s general manager, in which he wrote that he is “personally offended. “Bringing what I believe to be hateful sentiments into our County does nothing to contribute positively to our culture, tolerance, or the well-being of our County residents,” Leggett wrote, urging the Fillmore to “reconsider” Molotov’s scheduled performance. In perceiving Molotov’s message, it’s important to understand culture, interpretation and context. In a statement to The Gazette last week, the band wrote that it has “respect and gratitude” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and insists its lyrics aren’t anti-homosexual attacks. The statement — which is murky because of some missing words — says “Puto” “was conceived as a cathartic song about our situation in Mexico at the time in the late 90’s and dedicated to anyone who attempts our freedom, to any coward who attempts against the people and to anyone who attempts against humanity.” Do we need a referee? Hardly. Who’s “right” should not dictate whether Molotov plays the Fillmore. Even if Molotov is whitewashing its use of an insult to keep protesters at bay, the answer is not to muffle the group. The best response to speech — even hateful speech — is more speech. Leggett could turn a tense situation into a productive one through a forum to discuss the group’s lyrics and, more importantly, the story behind them. If Molotov is open to defending and explaining its work, band members should welcome another platform to express themselves. Academic and cultural experts on Mexico and its music could provide needed context. Montgomery County could further establish itself as a place that promotes tolerance and art, yet protects unpopular speech and expression, equally and vigorously.

Cameras can help protect schools

It’s been seven months since one of America’s worst school shootings — Dec. 14, 2012, when a gunman killed 27 people in Newtown, Conn., including 20 children. The instant reaction after any deadly attack is outrage and grief, then: What can we do to protect our children? The National Rifle Association called for at least one staff member, armed guard or police officer in every school in the country. That way, the group reasoned, a good person with a gun could fight off a bad person with a gun. Remarkably simplistic, such a plan would never work as law-enforcement experts have said. To many, an armed guard in a school would be excessive. Arming school staff raises too many questions of adequate training or liability. Now that we’re somewhat removed from the Newtown attacks — in time, if not in sorrow — we can think more evenly and reasonably. Montgomery County Public Schools is doing its part by moving ahead with a plan to install more cameras in its elementary, middle and high schools. The school board voted this month to commit the district to about half of the funding for a $9 million safety initiative, with state money covering the rest. James Song, the director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management, said there will be interior and exterior cameras, as well as “physical improvements” to school buildings — visitors will have to check in at administration offices before proceeding through the school. Most elementary schools would be getting cameras for the first time, according to Adrienne Karamihas, the school system’s budget and operations manager. Some of this is meant to bolster internal security — cutting down on thefts or vandalism or watching for unruly groups or even fights. Video surveillance can be helpful in solving crimes. Cameras would supplement the eyes and ears of the people already in charge of our schools. Overall, there’s much to like in what the school system is doing to walk a delicate line between freedom of movement and total restrictiveness. Locked doors and security cameras at the front door won’t thwart a truly determined attacker — nothing can — but they introduce a greater level of awareness and protection that unfortunately has become appropriate for public schools.

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When it rains, it pours ... taxes A little-known tax was recently spawned by the Maryland General Assembly to comply with the federal Clean Water Act that requires all states feeding into the Chesapeake Bay to clean up their stormwater runoffs. While very few will disagree with the need to clean up what many recognize as a magnificent, natural resource, the “rain tax” is another in a series of good intentions by our Maryland legislators and we know where such intentions usually lead. This new rain tax focuses on impervious surfaces — roofs, driveways and parking lots — from which storm water runs off into the Bay. Maryland is not the only state having stormwater runoff feeding into the Bay — so do Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York. None of these states has a rain tax.

Nonetheless our Maryland legislators have selected nine counties and Baltimore city on which to impose this tax. The other 14 Maryland counties are exempt. This is where the logic dissipates. How will 10 jurisdictions in Maryland stem the advance of storm water runoff from the numerous counties in the other four states feeding into the Bay? The Susquehanna River alone, flowing through the Conowingo dam, running less than 20 miles into Maryland before entering the top of the Bay, accounts for 41 percent of nitrogen and 25 percent of phosphorus, yet New York and Pennsylvania have not proposed a rain tax. In Montgomery County we have been paying the rain tax since 2002. What admittedly started as a small Water Qual-

ity Protection Charge — $92.60 a year on our property tax bills — will now become a seven-tier system. Like all taxes, expect that to increase exponentially over time. Businesses in Montgomery County are not exempt from the 2002 rain tax. Wheaton Plaza pays $70,000 a year for its impervious surfaces. However, state government buildings, county office buildings and schools, which together occupy over 1,500 acres of impervious surface, are exempt. But churches, synagogues and other nonprofits with impervious surfaces are not exempt. The state of Maryland expects this impervious surface cleanup to cost $14.8 billion by 2025. Thus it is estimated that the 10 jurisdictions will need to come up with $482 million for each of the next 12 years. However, our legislators have left the

Save our linear park It has been a while since I walked on the trail (Georgetown Branch, Capital Crescent), but I found myself walking there on a recent hot, humid day. I am sure that it was somewhere around 90 degrees. I started from my home town, the Town of Chevy Chase. One thing led to another, and I ended up walking as far as the trestle, which overlooks rocks, water and trails leading into Rock Creek Park. It was a stunning view. With our high temperatures and humidity, this day that I took my walk was really not the best day to take a 4-mile hike. But what made it bearable, even enjoyable, was the lush foliage of the tree canopy overhead, which provided the coolness of shade. To those who would destroy this magnificent linear park, by cutting down

all the trees and crowding hikers and bicyclists together to make way for a commuter rail line, I would invite you to go take a walk — along the trail, and see if you still feel the same way afterwards. It is too bad that the planners for the Purple Line project didn’t have the foresight to plan for the future for both transit and the environment, by designing things in a way that would put the rail line elsewhere, or locate it underground. Perhaps if enough local residents would just take the time from their busy lives to do what I did, just go take a walk, things might be different. Enjoy the trail, while you still can! Better yet, let’s see what can be done, even at this late date, to save this priceless treasure, our linear park.

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Street). His response was to snarl that I should “Get behind the yellow line,” which I did. He barreled on past my stop until he had gone three stops forward, stopping then because someone was waiting at that stop to board the bus. At this point he said, “What stop did you want?” I repeated “Taylor Street.” To which he replied “That was two stops back.” I got off the bus and walked back the three blocks to Taylor Street and continued on my now three-block-longer long walk home. Clearly this vicious and unremittingly hostile driver should not be interacting with the public in any capacity.

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Three months into degraded phone and Internet service from Comcast, and no end in sight in spite of 30 phone calls, eight trouble tickets, and three visits by Comcast technicians. The three technicians verified that the problem is in Comcast’s wiring outside of my house but due to Comcast’s multiple, disjointed and ineffective trouble ticket systems, Comcast claims to have no record of the reports from their service technicians and says the only action they can take is to send out a fourth technician to duplicate all the testing done by the first three technicians — but Comcast can’t say how the results from a fourth technician visit would be treated any different than the results from the first three visits. In the meantime, Comcast’s modem has to be rebooted to re-acquire the signal whenever I want to use my phone or Internet. This problem with Comcast’s failing infrastructure is not limited to my house and appears to be very widespread, because Comcast makes instructions for rebooting their modems readily available near the top of the automated phone menu for their service center and claims most problems can be resolved by rebooting their modems. Comcast is oblivious to the public safety issue their problem is causing because in the event of an emergency, phones impacted by this problem are not available to call 911 until after their modems have been rebooted and reacquire the signals — which can take five minutes or longer. Whatever happened to having phones that just worked when needed?

Surly driver doesn’t serve Ride On well On July 9, I boarded an “11” Ride On Bus at Friendship Heights around 3 p.m. Not sure of the exact time, I asked the driver if the free senior fare (until 3 p.m.) was still in force (I am a 75-year-old woman). Contemptuously he snarled that I must pay my fare. Having done so, I seated myself directly behind him where I witnessed (during a wait of five minutes or so before the bus’s departure) his surly encounter with anyone boarding the bus in less than an automatic and expeditious manner. At approximately 3:15 as the bus headed northward on Connecticut Avenue I got up and moved forward to tell him that I wanted to get off at the next stop (Taylor

setting of rain-tax rates to each of the 10 jurisdictions. So Frederick County has voted to tax its residents one penny on each property; Howard County $75 per residence; Harford County $12.50 per single family home; Carroll County has chosen not to tax its residents. There is no way this haphazard approach by 10 counties can raise $14.8 billion by 2025. So where do you think our state legislators will turn to close the revenue gap? And who do you think will vote in favor of tapping Montgomery County to close the gap — very likely our Montgomery County delegates to Annapolis, all of whom voted for the tax in the first place.

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Save the Republicans What’s the difference between the represented exclusively by Democrats, American bald eagle and the Maryland from President Barack Obama down to GOP? The bald eagle is making a come- the county clerk, and Maryland’s fastback. est-growing population, Latinos, vote Okay, it’s unfair to ridicule Mary- 8-to-1 Democratic. land’s Republican Party; it’s too easy a When the Tea Party voter mutiny target. But if the sole purswept the nation in 2010, it pose of a political party is bypassed Maryland. Yes, most to win elections and run of the state’s rural counties are the government in accorcontrolled by Republicans, but dance with its policies and that’s merely 15 percent of the beliefs, Maryland’s GOP is population. Only baseball’s an endangered species. Washington Nationals have a Thanks to a 2-to-1 worse batting average. voter registration adIn 2006, Maryland Senate vantage, favorable President Mike Miller, a Demdemographics, crass gerocratic chieftain, famously rymandering, closed privowed, “We’re going to get maries, a corrupt partisan MY MARYLAND together and we’re going to media and all the ancilshoot Republicans down. BLAIR LEE lary self-perpetuating We’re going to put them in the privileges of one-party ground and it will be ten years incumbency, Democrats rule the roost before they crawl out again.” That was in Maryland, the nation’s fourth-most- seven years ago, and the Republicans Democratic state. still remain buried. All Maryland’s statewide elected So, what to do? Would “Save The officials, including both U.S. senators, Republicans” bumper stickers appeal are Democrats. So are seven of its eight to Maryland’s bleeding heart environcongresspersons. Democrats have oc- mentalists? Unlikely. Republicans are cupied the governor’s mansion for 57 not a media-sanctioned victim group of the last 63 years, and no one can re- and are less appealing than baby seals. member when Republicans controlled How about reaching out to indethe legislature. pendent voters who, because they Nearly half of the state’s voters are declined joining either party, can’t

participate in Maryland’s closed primary elections? That’s exactly what Maryland’s GOP is currently debating: whether to let independents vote in the Republican primary. It’s a wise idea, because: First, independents (who are largely fallen-away Republicans) are more likely than Democrats to align with Republicans. Letting independents help nominate GOP candidates will give independents ownership and increase their likelihood of voting Republican in the general election. Second, Republicans need the numbers. Even if all 636,000 independents join all 959,000 Republicans, they’re still outnumbered by Maryland’s 2,073,000 Democrats. But, hypothetically, with the independents on board, a GOP nominee needs only 239,000 Democratic crossovers, instead of 557,000. Third, and most important, adding independents to its ranks will moderate the GOP’s platform and candidates. This isn’t a philosophical sellout, it’s a rendezvous with reality. The likelihood that the independents’ influence will radically liberalize Maryland’s GOP is nil. But some moderating is overdue: The GOP’s message isn’t selling in Maryland and, in politics, when your message isn’t selling, it’s time to change messages. Republican

conservatives who believe that ideological purity is more important than winning elections should start a salon or become radio talk show hosts. Meanwhile, Maryland desperately needs a competitive, self-policing twoparty political system, which is what makes a democracy work. Obama’s race problem Liberal pundits and editorial writers were so busy swooning over Obama’s “heartfelt words” delivered last Friday that they either missed or ignored what was really going on. Obama’s performance came from his polling, not from his heart. After wrongly injecting himself into the Trayvon Martin incident before it even went to trial (“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”), which helped inflame racial tensions, Obama was stuck with the jury’s “not guilty” verdict. In the verdict’s wake he tried cooling racial passions by calling for calm and supporting trial by jury. But, as the polls showed, that didn’t work: 81 percent of blacks demanded Obama bring federal charges against George Zimmerman (only 27 percent of whites agreed). Even worse, Obama’s approval ratings sank to a two-year low, down to 41 percent in one poll. So, Obama was faced with the nation’s blacks (the Democratic party’s

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CCT needs an alternate route I read with interest the July 2 piece by Rep. John Delaney and Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels regarding the proposed Corridor Cities Transitway. [“Corridor Cities Transitway should be a priority for Montgomery County”]. I likewise support the development of this public transportation system. However, I strongly oppose the CCT’s planned alignment near the Johns Hopkins Belward campus. The CCT is slated to run down Great Seneca Highway in Gaithersburg, and then turn right onto Muddy Branch Road before turning left into Belward. This route will make it very difficult for the more than 1,500 residents of the Washingtonian Woods and Mission Hills communities to enter and exit their neighborhoods. ... As a resident of Washingtonian Woods, I can attest to the fact that it can take several

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minutes to exit my community onto Muddy Branch during rush hour. If the CCT were to run down Muddy Branch, it would further slow traffic into and out of the community. ... Planners do have a suitable alternative route for the CCT: it could continue down Great Seneca Highway past Sam Eig High-

way and turn right into Belward near Key West Avenue — possibly along the planned extension of Decoverly Road. This routing would take advantage of the wider roadway afforded by Great Seneca and would skirt residential neighborhoods. It could also provide a CCT stop on the Belward Campus, which JHU claims that it must have. I and others have raised this alternative in several public forums but have not heard a compelling explanation of why it is not a viable option. I am a proponent of a more robust and user-friendly public transportation system in Montgomery County. However, any new transport construction should take into account the designs of the pre-existing communities and not impose a significant burden on current residents.

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core constituency) nullifying the jury verdict, ignoring Trayvon’s assault and demanding something impossible for Obama to grant — federal charges for which there is no legal basis. Once again Obama had a race problem and, once again, he talked his way out, just like the Rev. Wright crisis and the “Skip” Gates beer summit. On Friday he empathized with the angry blacks by recounting the car door clicks and department store profiling he experienced as a young black male while delicately changing the subject from bringing federal charges to, instead, ending “stand your ground” laws and calling for ways to help young blacks. Last Friday the half-black president was all black, engaging in a “race conversation” exclusively with blacks about a white, racist America. Then, a few days later, he was off on another “soak the rich” speaking tour hoping Zimmerman’s federal charges would drift out of mind. Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette. net/blairlee. His email address is blair@ leedg.com.

A billion here, a billion there ... The July 24 letter from Tim Willard [“Wasteful defense spending hurting Montgomery”] addressed wasteful military spending and its effect on, among other things, meals for seniors and housing assistance in Montgomery County. While Willard is correct in stating that fighter jets might not need to cost $200 million or $300 million apiece, the real problem does not lie in projects involving mere millions of dollars. On his recent $100 mil-

lion trip to Africa, President Obama pledged $7.5 billion dollars (of taxpayer money) to help develop electricity projects on that continent. Combine that with the $1.8 billion dollars given to what was then Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government and we’re talking about real money here. I totally agree with Willard that money is being wasted and yes, $9.3 billion would feed a lot of seniors.

Thomas B. Ferguson, Montgomery Village

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Continued from Page A-1 house,” Johnston said. Several alternatives have been presented for the highway’s route, including an option where no highway is built. The previous list of 11 alternatives has been narrowed to six, including the no-build option, named Alternative 1. Alternative 2 would improve 16 congested intersections on Md. 355, the existing Midcounty Highway, Snouffer School Road and Stedwick Road. According to documents from the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, this option would consist of “low-cost” improvements. Alternative 4 would widen the corridor that includes Brink, Wightman, Snouffer School and Muncaster Mill roads. The corridor would become a four- to six-lane highway with a sidewalk and bike lanes. Alternative 5 improves on an existing road by widening Md. 355 into a six-lane highway. Alternative 8 follows the master plan, but the road would be truncated at Watkins Mill Road, according to county documents. This alternative would build a new four-lane highway from Snowden Farm Parkway to Watkins Mill Road, but leaves a gap between Watkins Mill Road and Montgomery Village Avenue to provide space to the Whetstone Run stream.

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Alternative 8 also has three divergent options for the north end of the highway. Each would end at Ridge Road, but one would enter the Agricultural Reserve, one would run along Ridge Road, and one would create a new highway in accordance with the master plan. The end that runs along Ridge Road “has shown to be undesirable in terms of operation and safety,” according to county documents. Alternative 9 follows the master plan by building a new four-lane highway between the existing Midcounty Highway and Watkins Mill Road. At that point, the road’s three ending options are the same as those in Alternative 8. County documents warn that homes and businesses could be displaced by any of the alternatives, except the no-build option and Alternative 2, which would widen Md. 355. Areas such as the I-270 Technology Corridor might benefit from a few of the alternatives, since they would decrease congestion on I-270 and Md. 355, according to county documents. State and county officials and community advocates are preparing for the Aug. 7 public hearing on M-83 at Seneca Valley High School. For more information about the meeting or to watch a video overview of the project, visit montgomerycountymd.gov/ corridor.

Continued from Page A-1 assets or property to expand or modernize. A third bill would prevent small business owners from having to put up their homes as collateral for business disaster loans, and allow local small business development centers to help businesses in presidentially declared disaster areas, even when those businesses are outside of the areas a development center normally serves. Part of helping small busi-

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Continued from Page A-1 that work with biological evidence, like the Forensic Biology Unit or the Crime Scene Unit. To prevent contaminating evidence with foreign DNA, the lab’s scientists wear blue scrubs. Their DNA is on file, so it can be ruled out if somehow it’s mixed with DNA being investigated. The Forensic Chemistry Unit gets the drugs police collect. The unit tests the drugs in cases going to court, or at the request of investigators, King said. Marijuana, cocaine and heroin are the drugs the Forensic Chemistry Unit tests most frequently, King said. The unit’s scientists also identify drugs like ecstasy — sometimes made to look like candy or cartoon images, such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or miniature Bart Simpson heads.

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nesses also involves getting a budget plan that gives small businesses predictability and revising the country’s tax code to make sure it helps small business, Cardin said Friday. Kevin Atticks, of the Maryland Wineries Association, asked Cardin what he thought the fate would be of the farm bill, with the Senate and the House of Representatives having passed different versions. The farm bill had been helpful to growth of the Maryland wine industry by providing competitive grants for marketing and development projects, Atticks said.

“It’s really helping, especially in a state like Maryland, where agriculture is one of the leading industries but people are trying to do more with less,” especially as far as land goes, he said. Cardin said the versions of the farm bill passed by the House and Senate weren’t drastically different, with much of the difference over funding for federal food stamp programs. He also said he hopes that immigration reform will pass by the end of the year, after a bill passed the Senate but has gotten held up in the House. “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think our immigration

system is broken,” Cardin said. He said an immigration bill would have to keep the country’s borderssecure,immigrantswould have to come to the country legally, and there would have to be a way to keep track of people after they come to the U.S. to make sure their status is kept up-to-date. But Cardin predicted the political impact if immigration reform doesn’t get done will be felt by its opponents in the 2014 midterm elections. “The American people want this,” he said.

One recent case with candyshaped drugs had about 20 or 30 pills, King said. “If my kids saw those, they’d totally think they were SweeTarts,” Raskin-Burns said. “And they’d be high as a kite,” King said. In the chemistry lab, there are microscopes, pipettes and racks of beakers at each work station. There also are quirkier knickknacks, like a glass pipe shaped like an elephant, made for smoking marijuana. It was evidence from a nowclosed case, King said. The lab kept it for educational purposes instead of destroying it, she said. A gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer converts drugs into a gaseous form, then analyzes them at a molecular level, which helps analysts determine exactly what kind of drug it is. The machine, one of the most expensive in the lab, costs around $100,000, Wickenheiser

said. The lab receives federal and state grants, he said. Breaking the drugs down to a molecular level helps crime lab analysts differentiate cocaine from procaine, a legal anesthetic, or marijuana from a series of synthetic cannabinoids, like “spice” or “K2,” that flooded the market several years ago, before they were outlawed. “Identifying those was pretty tricky,” she said of the cannabanoids, which mimic the effect of marijuana. King said she haa worked at the lab for almost seven years,. “I liked chemistry. I liked the idea of law. It seemed like a nice way of mixing the two of them,” she said. In 2012, the lab units processed a little less than 6,000 cases, Raskin-Burns said — 420 crime scenes, 170 firearms exams, more than 300 cases involving DNA testing, 3,600 drug cases, and 1,400 latent print analyses.

The lab also performs tests for local city police departments, such as the Takoma Park and Rockville city police departments, along with the U.S. Park Police, Metro Transit Police, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The lab also occasionally runs tests for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Navy’s Criminal Investigations Division, King said. David Hinebaugh, a latent print examiner for Montgomery County Police for nearly a decade, analyzes prints from crime scenes. “What I do is try take those prints and match them up with a suspect,” he said. The first part of his job is to see if a print is usable, he said. Many that come in are smudged or smeared, recognizable as fingerprints, but too damaged for identification. If the print is in good enough condition, he said, examiners will enter it into a regional automated fingerprint identification system and look for matches. That database, which covers Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., supplies a list of people who might match the fingerprint, he said. From there, examiners compare the two onscreen to see if they match with the fingerprint collected at the crime scene. Other times, police already will have a suspect in custody and will ask an examiner to match the suspect’s prints against a sample from the crime scene — that takes place offscreen, he said. Comparing prints usually takes 15 to 30 minutes, he said. Even though Hinebaugh processes 20 to 30 cases a month, somestickout,likeasexualassault several years ago. The attacker assaulted his victim at knifepoint, then left the woman in Prince George’s County, he said. Police recovered a print from her credit cards — but it didn’t look like an intact print. “At first, I didn’t think it was good enough to enter in the system,” he said. However, he got a match on a man who had fled to New York. Police tracked him down, and he ultimately was convicted, Hinebaugh said. “It was very satisfying that ... I was able to help arrest the individual and provide some closure for the victim,” he said.

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On a recent Tuesday morning at Olney’s Bedford Court Senior Living Community, the activities room, known as The Bistro, was packed. Chairs, wheelchairs and walkers lined the walls. Eventually, residents who came late had to settle for a spot in the hallway. They were there to see Seniorita Sunshine, also known as Andrea Hancock of Rockville. Standing at the front of the room, at maybe 5-feet tall, Hancock was dressed in a red and white striped skirt and top, and wearing a blonde wig. She welcomed her audience, turned on the song “Bring Me Sunshine,” and started making her way around the room, stopping at each resident to offer a handshake, a little dance or just a smile. “At my first show, I went to each

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A CHORUS LINE n When: Aug. 1 to Sept. 1; see website for specific show times n Where: 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd., Olney n Tickets: $32.50$65, discounts available for groups, seniors, military and students n For information: 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org

Starting Thursday, Olney Theatre Center presents “A Chorus Line,” the largest musical ever produced in the theater’s 75-year history. The show features 24 performers and eight musicians, telling the story of a young group of aspiring actors, dancers and singers auditioning for a spot on a chorus line. “It’s something that I’m used to but it does feel different in this production because it’s their biggest one and they’re so excited about it,” said actor Jennifer Cordiner, who plays Val. “You can feel the energy at all times from all the people around Olney.” A New Jersey native and classically-trained dancer, Cordiner moved to the Washington, D.C., area in January. “A Chorus Line” is the first show she booked. Director and choreographer Stephen Nachamie is no stranger to Olney Theatre Center. He returns after directing “1776,” “Camelot,” and

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In a preproduction photo of Olney Theatre Center’s “A Chorus Line,” Cassie (Nancy Lemenager) tries to convince director Zach (Carl Randolph) that she should be chosen to be in his newest show. Due to injury, Nancy Lemenager has left the production. Michelle Aravena will replace her in the role of Cassie. Below, the cast of Olney Theatre Center’s production of “A Chorus Line,” running Aug. 1 to Sept. 1.

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Seniorita Sunshine (Andrea Hancock) dances with Bedford Court resident Arthur Williams.

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The Rolling Stones came and went from Washington, D.C., in June, but fans will still be able to hear some of their biggest hits on stage on Saturday. “The great Rolling Stones, but for $575 less,” joked Ron Newmyer of BandHouse Gigs, which will present a

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tribute to the legendary band on Saturday at The Fillmore in Silver Spring. Reserved tickets are $25, and standing room tickets are $20 — a big difference from the $600 tickets available for the sold-out Verizon Center gig earlier this summer. Fifty-five performers will present their interpretations of Stones classics such as “You Can’t Always Get What you Want,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Get Off My

Cloud” and “Gimme Shelter.” “A lot of musicians grew up playing the Rolling Stones … they touched a chord in a lot of people,” said Newmyer, who said the tribute will focus on songs released from 1963 through 1972. “They started as an R&B cover band, then they mastered the pop sound, then when the Beatles broke up in 1968, they went back to R&B,” he said. “They had a lot of styles — country, blues, R&B, rock ’n’ roll, pop, strings and

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Country rocker Scott Kurt will be one of 55 performers in the BandHouse Gigs tribute to the Rolling Stones on Saturday at The Fillmore Silver Spring.

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FROM JULIE GROSS

Julie Gross’ “Chinatown.” Gross is the featured artist for August at the Montgomery Art Association’s gallery at Westfield Wheaton Mall.

Bright lights, big city The works of artist Julie Gross will be on view throughout the month of August at the Montgomery Art Association’s MAA Gallery, Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton. An opening reception is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibit closes Aug. 25. Inspired by the lines and colors in cities and landscapes, Gross boasts a strong sense of linear perspective and beautiful skies. Her work illustrates well-known buildings, as well as obscure city streets and alleys, while exaggerating colors and abstracting shapes. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.juliegrosspaintings. com. Visit www.montgomeryart.org.

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Natalie Cole will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at Strathmore. The nine-time Grammy winner will perform songs from her latest CD, “Natalie Cole En Espanol.”

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Nine-time Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Music Center at Strathmore. Having sold more than 30 million records worldwide, the singer will perform songs from her new CD, “Natalie Cole En Español,” a tribute to the Spanish songs by her father, Nat King Cole. A pre-concert lecture, “Like Father/Like Daughter: The Impact of Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole on American Popular Music,” with Saïs Kamalidiin from Howard University, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Education Center Room 402 and is free with a concert ticket. Tickets for the Natalie Cole performance are $33-$92. For more information, visit www.strathmore.org.

Worth 1,000 words “Shot in the Dark,” featuring photographs from the Master Darkroom Class at the Photoworks Gallery and Photography School at Glen Echo Park, continues to Sept. 3 at the gallery,

7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and 1-8 p.m. Sundays, or by appointment (contact gaylesue@me.com or kwkeating@comcast.net). Exhibiting photographers include Andrew Currie, Molly Donavan, Heather Dorsey, Saman Michael Far, Brenda Hanning, Ann Harding, Mike Jones, Tom Kraly, Bill Mertens, Joanne Miller and Alejandra Vallejo. For more information, visit www.glenechophotoworks.org.

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Heavy metal-influenced Spanish guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriella will perform in concert at Strathmore on Aug. 4.

Muy caliente Heavy-metal influenced Spanish guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriella will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Music Center at Strathmore. Renown for their “Stairway to Heaven”

cover courtesy of YouTube, the duo’s music has been heard on film scores ranging from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” to “Puss in Boots.” Tickets are $55-$78. For more information, visit www.strathmore.org.

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“Hands,” by photographer Saman Michael Far. “Shot in the Dark” continues to Sept. 3 at the Photoworks Gallery and Photography School at Glen Echo Park.

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IN THE ARTS DANCES Hollywood Ballroom, July 31, free International Fox Trot Routine lesson at 7:30 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8:15 p.m. ($15), Aug. 2, free Tango lesson at 8 p.m., Social Ballroom at 9 p.m. ($15); Aug. 3, free East Coast Swing lesson at 8 p.m., Social Ballroom at 9 p.m. ($10); Aug. 4, free Fox Trot lesson at 7 p.m., Social Ballroom at 8 p.m. ($15), Aug. 7, free International Tango Routine lesson at 7:30 p.m., Social Ballroom Dance at 8:15 p.m. ($15), Aug. 8, Tea Dance from 12:30-3:30 p.m. ($6), 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, www.hollywoodballroomdc.com Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Blues, Capital Blues: Thurs-

days, 8:15 beginner lesson, 9-11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8, www.capitalblues.org. Contra, Aug. 2, Rachel Shapiro calls to Cosmic Otters; Aug. 9, Tavi Merrill with the fabulous Glen Echo Open Band; Aug. 16, Ron Buchanan calls to Love Mongrels; Aug. 23, Janine Smith with In Wildness; Aug. 30, Louie Cromartie with Honeysuckle Rose, 7:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 p.m. dance, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $10, www. fridaynightdance.org. Contra & Square, Aug. 4, Rachel Shapiro with The Cosmic Otters; Aug. 11, Dick Bearman with Rachel Eddy and Kristian Herner; Aug. 18, Ann Fallon and the Narrowminded Naysayers; Aug. 25, Delaura Padovan with a Graham DeZarn Joint, 7:30 p.m., Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, $12 for general, $9 for members, $5 for students, www.fsgw.org. English Country, July 31, Caller: Anna Rain, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), www.fsgw. org. Scottish Country Dancing, 8-10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240505-0339. Swing, Aug. 10, The Boilermaker Jazz Band, lesson at 8 p.m., dancing at 9 p.m., Glen Echo Park, $15, www.flyingfeet.org. Waltz, Aug. 4, Quartetto Con Brio; Aug. 18, Waverly Station, 2:45-3:30 p.m. lesson, 3:30-6 p.m., dance, $10, www.waltztimedances.org.

10 a.m. Aug. 3; Panel Discussion: Puppetry in Contemporary American Theater, 3 p.m., Aug. 3; Blair Thomas & Company: Hard Headed Heart, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Aug. 4; Rodrigo y Gabriela, 7 p.m. Aug. 4; Strathmore Fine Art Camp (Half Day), 9:30 a.m. Aug. 5; Free Summer Outdoor Concert: Carlos Núñez, 7 p.m. Aug. 7, call for venue, Locations: Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-5815100, www.strathmore.org.

ON STAGE Adventure Theatre, “Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat,” to Sept. 2, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, www.adventuretheatre-mtc.org. Do or Die Mysteries, “Art of Murder,” Saturdays, to Aug. 26, 6:30 p.m. buffet, 7:30 p.m. show, $47.50 buffet and show, Flanagan’s Harp and Fiddle, 4844 Cordell Ave., Bethesda, 443-4223810, www.flanagansharpandfiddle.com Imagination Stage, “Peter Pan and Wendy,” to Aug. 11, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, www. imaginationstage.org Olney Theatre Center, “A Chorus Line,” to Sept. 1, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, www. olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Circus!” Aug. 2 to Sept. 1; 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, 301-634-5380, www. thepuppetco.org. Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” Aug. 21 to Sept. 15; 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. 240-644-1100, www.roundhousetheatre.org. Round House Theatre, Silver

Spring, TBA; 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, $15 for general admission, $10 for subscribers, patrons 30 and younger and seniors, 244-644-1100, www.roundhousetheatre.org. The Writer’s Center, Poetry and Prose Open Mic, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 4; Mariposa Readings, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 11; Poets Bateman, Riegel, and Sukrungruang, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 18, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301654-8664, www.writer.org.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, Randall Lear and Ellyn Weiss, Aug. 30 to Oct. 6, vernissage on Sept. 21, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301922-0162, www.adahrosegallery. com The Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum, TBA, hours are 10 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. 301-897-1518. Gallery B, TBA; gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E. www.bethesda.org. Glenview Mansion, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Greater Washington, Aug. 4 to Sept. 30, Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. www.rockvillemd. gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Rose Nygaard, to Aug. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622. VisArts, Nancy Bullough: Neena Birch: Retrospective Response and Reception, Aug. 7 to Sept. 8, opening reception from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 9, Kaplan Gallery; Marty Weishaar, Aug. 7 to Sept. 8, opening reception from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 9, Common Ground Gallery; “Ching Ching Cheng,” Aug. 7 to Sept. 8, opening reception from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 9, Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, www.visartsatrockville.org.

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Frank Turner will be performing at Fillmore Silver Spring on Thursday as part of the Bud Light Music First 50/50/1 nationwide event. Works Exhibition, July 31 to Aug. 25, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, second Floor, 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, www.washington-

Washington Printmakers Gallery, 16th Annual National Small

MUSIC & DANCE Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Music Pligrim Trio w/Special

Guest Mary Alouette, 7:30 p.m. July 31, $10; Main Event, 8 p.m. Aug. 2, $10; The Tony Rich Project, 8 p.m. Aug. 3, $30; Nadine Rae & The Allstars, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, $10, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, 301-634-2222, www.bethesdabluesjazz.com The Fillmore Silver Spring, Frank Turner, 8 p.m. Aug. 1; The Dillenger Escape Plan, 3:20 p.m. Aug. 2; BandHouse Gigs Tribute to Rolling Stones, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-960-9999, FillmoreSilverSpring.com, www.livenation.com.

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Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, call for prices, www.imtfolk.org. Strathmore, Free Summer Outdoor Concert: Jon Scales Fourchestra, 7 p.m. July 31, Backyard Theater for Kids: Taikoza (Japanese drums and dance), 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Aug. 1; Natalie Cole, 8 p.m. Aug. 2; Puppet Slam, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Aug. 2; Blair Thomas & Company: The Puppet Tells the Story,

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‘Fruitvale Station’ shows last day of year and life in heartbreaking tale BY

MICHAEL PHILLIPS

Michael B. Jordan stars in “Fruitvale Station.”

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“Fruitvale Station” is hugely effective meat-and-potatoes moviemaking, and one hell of a feature film debut for writerdirector Ryan Coogler. Lean (84 minutes), swift and full of life, Coogler’s picture recounts a random and needless death, that of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, played by Michael B. Jordan, a familiar face from “The Wire,” “Friday Night Lights” and the films “Chronicle” and “Red Tails.” At 2:15 a.m. Jan. 1, 2009, the unarmed victim was shot in the back by a Bay Area Rapid Transit policeman on an Oakland, Calif., Fruitvale station platform. There were witnesses, lots of them, many taking cellphone videos of the incident. The movie makes no secret of Oscar’s fate. Coogler could’ve settled for an enraging, full-throttle melodrama, designed to boil your blood from beginning to end. But “Fruitvale Station” is better, more heartbreaking, than that. The script follows a wellworn pattern: We spend approximately 24 hours with Oscar before the shooting, as he skitters from one part of his life to another. He’s stepping out on his girlfriend, Sophina (a smashingly good and naturalistically attuned Melonie Diaz), but there’s enough glue in their relationship, it seems, to make it stick, and for Oscar to keep their 4-year-old daughter Tatiana (Ariana Neal) in the true north position of his compass. Oscar’s life in and out of prison has been a trial for his

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mother (Octavia Spencer, noteperfect), whose birthday is Dec. 31. In the hours leading up to the fateful BART ride back from San Francisco on New Year’s Eve, Oscar spends time with his drug dealer associate and swings by to pick up a cake and some seafood for his grandmother’s gumbo. “Fruitvale Station” works because Coogler and his leading man present a many-sided protagonist, neither saint nor unalloyed sinner. He struggles to find legal work and to keep

it once he’s found it; likewise, and not easily, he juggles his old hell-raising self with his responsibilities as a lover, a father and a son. When “Fruitvale Station” goeswhereitmustgo,tothattrain platform (Kevin Durand plays a fictionalized version of the transit cop who pulled the trigger), the knot tightens in your gut. You hope for an impossible resolution to the scene. You may also find yourself hoping that the film itself doesn’t blow it — that it doesn’t push the anguish and outrage

FRUITVALE STATION n R; 84 minutes n Cast: Michael B. Jordan; Octavia Spencer; Melonie Diaz; Kevin Durand n Directed by Ryan Coogler

into operatic or phony realms. Coogler does not blow it (though there’s a coda or two too many in the final 10 minutes). His success with the film overall, which is

considerable, lies in his easy way with extended takes, allowing two or more actors to actually interact and get a rhythm going. Jordan, Diaz and Spencer, among others, are superb throughout. The film was shot quickly, on an extremely modest budget. The breathlessness feels right, and true. “Fruitvale Station” won two major awards at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and went on to pick up a prize for its presence in the Un Certain Regard sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival. It remains to be seen what

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Coogler can do with different kinds of stories. But he knows where to put a camera, and how long to hold a shot, and what it means to have terrific performers igniting a scene. In the wake of last year’s Trayvon Martin killing, and this month’s George Zimmerman trial verdict, the movie carries an added layer of resonance. But “Fruitvale Station” didn’t require the killing of another unarmed AfricanAmerican to make it one of the truly vital films of 2013.

Witte (5.1 percent ABV) is brewed by Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY. It has a sweet lemon, coriander, light pepper and Belgian yeast nose which presage a light sweet lemon front. PHOTO FROM BREWS BROTHERS

ing into a light lemon front with a hint of wheat, both of which continue in the middle. The lemon ebbs in the very minimal finish with a slight dull lemon zest in the aftertaste. Ratings: 6.5/6. Note: in the past Hoegaarden Wit has scored much higher. Allagash White (5.1 percent ABV) is made by Allagash Brewing of Portland, Maine. Allagash White has an aroma of bitter lemon and yeast. The teasing sweet lemon front segues in a middle where the lemon is joined by subtle coriander and light pepper. The pepper grows in the finish and still further in the aftertaste while the lemon fades. There is a lingering current of coriander, pepper and muted lemon. Ratings: 8/7.5. Blue Moon (5.4 percent ABV) is made by the Blue Moon Brewing Company, a division of /

Miller-Coors, in Golden, CO. Blue Moon has a bouquet of coriander, tartness, and honey. The subdued dry front has traces of pepper and coriander which continue in the middle. The finish brings in a faint sweetness and increased pepper. The lightly dry aftertaste also displays a touch of orange zest. Ratings: 6/6. Witte (5.1 percent ABV) is brewed by Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, NY. Witte has a sweet lemon, coriander, light pepper and Belgian yeast nose which presage a light sweet lemon front. In the middle a slight coriander joins along with a hint of grain and tempered tartness. These continue in the finish merging with a tinge of pepper. The moderately dry aftertaste has a lingering growing pepper flavor with a tart lemon zest. Ratings: 8/8.

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Continued from Page A-11 “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” Nachamie said it was a production of “A Chorus Line” he saw at age 13 that solidified his desire to get into theater. “It’s almost like seeing everyone’s collective experience on stage that let me see this is something that can be pursued,” Nachamie said. “I saw a bunch of people on stage doing what I [wanted] to do professionally ... I remember a little part of me thinking, ‘I can do that.’” Nachamie was later cast in a production of “A Chorus Line” at 18 and, in 1993, worked as an associate director

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Continued from Page A-11 person and connected with them,” Hancock said. “And that’s become something I’ve done with each show. It says, ‘I see you, I acknowledge you, thank you for being here.’” For the past four months, Hancock has traveled to senior living communities in Montgomery County as Seniorita Sunshine, performing a cabaret-style act, featuring songs from the 1930s through 1960s, for residents. A Silver Spring native, Hancock said she’s always loved to perform. “The very beginning was camp,” Hancock said. “I was 9 or something; I believe we did ‘Pippin.’ And then I performed in high school, I was in all the shows. I did some Montgomery College Dinner Theatre.” But after graduating from the University of Maryland, Hancock made the decision not to pursue a career in the arts. “Some people said, if there’s absolutely nothing else you could do or want to do, then you go for it and take the direct line to performing, to showbiz,” she said. “I’m blessed that I can do different things ... I was like, ‘Well, I like to do this, and I like advertising and marketing and that’s what I did after college.” Though she wasn’t on stage for

on the show’s national tour. Though this isn’t the largest production Nachamie’s ever staged — he’s directed productions of “Oliver” and “The Music Man,” both featuring larger casts — he said there are still challenges in tackling such a largescale musical. “I think the challenges are making sure everyone is invested all of the time and everyone is invested in the situation,” Nachamie said. “Most of the show, we’re all on stage,” added actor Kyle Schliefer, who plays the role of Mike. “You really have to know every number you’re hitting ... or else you’ll whack someone in the face.” While “Chorus Line’s” choreogra-

a living, Hancock said she never abandoned her love of performing. In 1993, after moving to Hawaii, she rediscovered the arts. Over the next five years, Hancock did everything from community theater, to improv, to commercials and even landed a spot as an extra in a scene from “Beverly Hills 90210.” While still living in Hawaii, Hancock subscribed to Backstage, a magazine for people in the performing arts industry. “When I was in Hawaii, I started getting Backstage, ordering it from New York,” Hancock said. “And that was the end of it; it was like, that’s where you need to be.” Hancock made the decision to move to New York where she got into stand-up comedy and developed her own musical-improv act. “I kind of did comedy and then my own brand of musical comedy,” Hancock said. She studied at the New Actors Workshop for one summer and said she did what all aspiring performers in New York do: “You perform for love, not money,” Hancock said. “But you get your chops.” To earn a living, Hancock got into the professional organizing business. “I was helping people and I got into the relocation and the downsizing,” she said. After moving back to Maryland in 2005 and working for

phy is certainly part of the show’s appeal, Nachamie said he wanted to focus his attention on another aspect of the musical: its text. After its Broadway premiere in July of 1975, “A Chorus Line” was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, ultimately winning nine. But according to Nachamie, what many people don’t know is that the musical also won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “The reason it won the Pulitzer was because nothing had ever been talked about in such a frank manner before,” Nachamie said. “Every story that was told in this show, it was the first time telling it ... it was really the start of the ‘me’ generation.” Despite his history with the show,

herself for a few years, Hancock began looking for moving companies in need of her services. “When I moved home, I found a company that focused on moving seniors,” she said. “It wasn’t really a conscious decision.” While Hancock said the decision was not a conscious one, it did turn out to be her introduction to the senior community. In 2009, Hancock started working for Transitional Assistance & Design, helping seniors downsize from their homes into assisted living or independent living communities. “I moved them from their homes of many years, helping them shed their stuff and fit into a senior living community,” Hancock said. “That was a way to connect with people one-on-one. They’re making the decisions, you’re not telling them what to throw away. It was all about really empowering the client; it was their choice.” The professional organizing eventually led Hancock to a sales job at Sunrise, a company that runs several senior living communities, including Bedford Court, in the area. But Hancock said she found herself gravitating toward the activities room whenever she was at work, and soon, the urge to perform again started to creep in. “I met other performers at Sunrise who inspired me, who taught me ... it’s about connecting

Nachamie said there were still things in the script that surprised him this time around. “I’ve been away from the show 10 or 11 years and when we first went through the text, I read things differently,” Nachamie said. “Usually with ‘A Chorus Line,’ you don’t get into the text and why it’s there ... but I’ve had a lot of time to do one-on-one work with the actors and exploration of the characters.” Nachamie added that he’s tried to remain absolutely truthful to the original text, most of which was derived from question-and-answer sessions with young actors and dancers on Broadway. “There’s a speech pattern, there’s a

truth and if you try to change it, you’re all of the sudden not in that time period,” Nachamie said. Though the “Chorus Line” script may be true to the time period in which it was written, the Olney cast said the musical’s stories are timeless. “There are struggles that they went through in the 1970s that we’re going through now,” Cordiner said. “That’s what a dancer goes through, that’s what a dancer’s life is like.” “I can play myself in kind of a roundabout way,” added Bryan Knowlton, who plays Paul. “Most of my life story is found within Paul. When you identify with someone, it inspires you.” chedgepeth@gazette.net

with an audience,” Hancock said. Now working full time as Seniorita Sunshine, Hancock said she applies the same philosophy to her act that she did to her professional organizing: empower the client. “The opportunity to have someone interested and giving them attention ... that’s huge,” Hancock said. Hancock said she’s also witnessed the incredible power her music has. “I saw firsthand, for the memory impaired, how incredibly beneficial and therapeutic music is,” she said. “How somebody who might have difficulty expressing themselves verbally, once songs are turned on, show tunes or those standards ... they know all the words ... They’re enlivened, a switch goes on and I wanted to be a part of that.” Looking ahead, Hancock said she hopes to take her Seniorita Sunshine act to private events including anniversary parties and milestone birthdays. Wherever she performs, she said she’s determined to spread her musical message. “Sunshiny and happy, that’s my message,” she said. “I want to always stick with that.” For more information on Seniorita Sunshine, visit her website, www.senioritasunshine.com. chedgepeth@gazette.net

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Seniorita Sunshine (Andrea Hancock) performs for residents at Bedford Court Retirement and Assisted Living facility.

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Continued from Page A-11 horns — there wasn’t a single sound.” Newmyer also gave Mick Jagger a lot of credit for his song delivery and stage presence. “He could do shrieks and howls that not many people could do, and he has a sense of phrasing,” he said. “He’s a mesmerizing figure — you couldn’t not watch and listen to him.” Singer and actress Julia Nixon said she’s looking forward to performing “Play with Fire” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” Nixon said she can’t guarantee she’ll do jumping jacks on stage like Jagger, but she’ll put an equal amount of passion into the song. “Anybody who knows me and knows how I sing knows that I love that raw, rock, in-yourface, hard-driving [sound],” said Nixon, who formerly lived in Washington, D.C., but now lives in North Carolina. “When I was growing up in the south in the Bible Belt, rock ’n’ roll was something that was not permitted,” she said. “[The Stones] were seen as potheads and forbidden, and I couldn’t see Jimi Hendrix either.” After Nixon left home in the 1980s, she discovered the Stones and has seen them on video. “They’re just free spirits up there, they all were,” she said. “Their energy level was unbelievable.” Laura Tsaggaris, who lives in

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Vocalist Julia Nixon will perform “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Play with Fire” at BandHouse Gigs’ tribute concert to the Rolling Stones. Guitarist and singer Laura Tsaggaris (left, front) will be performing “Let’s Spend the Night” and “She’s a Rainbow” at BandHouse Gigs’ tribute concert to the Rolling Stones on Saturday at The Fillmore Silver Spring. Washington, D.C., said she will be singing a verse of “Sympathy for the Devil” along with other performers and also singing two songs on her own — “Let’s Spend the Night” and “She’s a Rainbow.” “‘Let’s Spend the Night’ is one of those iconic songs,” she said. “I remember hearing about them singing it on the Ed Sullivan show, when they had to change the words.” Tsaggaris said she hadn’t heard of “She’s a Rainbow” before, and welcomes the chance to learn and perform it for the concert “It’s really an interesting, quirky song,” said Tsaggaris, adding that the tribute is “pretty cool,” because both the

artists and the audience discover something new about the Stones from hearing some of their lesser-known songs. Country rock singer Scott Kurt, who lives in Arlington, Va., said he learned about the Stones in the 1980s when MTV first took off. “They embraced it with songs like ‘Start Me Up’ and ‘Waiting on a Friend,’ which were in constant rotation when I was a kid,” he said. Kurt said he will be the lead singer in an acoustic arrangement of “Factory Girl,” and he will also be singing “Happy,” one of his favorites because Keith Richards, who wrote most of it, also sang it on the band’s “Exile on Main Street” album.

ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE n When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday n Where: The Fillmore, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring n Tickets: $20 standing; $25 reservations (Eight-ticket limit per household) n For information: 301-9609999; fillmoresilverspring. com; bandhousegigs.com.

“It was high-energy musicianship and effortless cool,” said Kurt about the legendary Stones. “I think it was the way they moved.” All three performers said they enjoy the chance to sing and play with other people in the tribute concerts, which are known for Newmyer’s practice of throwing two or three per-

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Guitarist David Kitchen is one of 55 performers in the BandHouse Gigs tribute to the Rolling Stones on Saturday at The Fillmore Silver Spring. formers together, giving them a little time to rehearse with each other and seeing what happens. “It’s like flash performances,” Nixon said. “You just

go out there and turn it on and roll. That’s the magic of BandHouse.” vterhune@gazette.net

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Every time Hugh Jackman’s up there on screen, dining out on the rage stew that is the Wolverine, I think back to his Tony Award-winning performance as entertainer Peter Allen in “The Boy from Oz.” It was a terrible musical but a wonderful Broadway turn, flamboyant exuberance personified. Each strand of this performer’s DNA is about giving the audience a great time. He’s a strutter, and in “The Wolverine,” Jackman’s sixth and most dominant appearance as the Marvel Comics character, the immortal muttonchopped loner looks as if he has been spending all his time up in the Canadian wilderness with a personal trainer, waiting for his close-up. Logan/Wolverine is not the only mutant in “The Wolverine” — Svetlana Khodchenkova slinks around as Viper, with her flicking tongue of death — but the film is largely quasi-human, and it burrows into its own tunnel, a long way from the previous “X-Men” pictures, which always risk overcrowding. This time Logan returns to Japan at the behest of a mysterious red-haired woman (Rila Fukushima). Decades earlier, Logan survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki while saving the life of Japanese soldier Shingen Yashida (played by

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daughter, Mariko (Tao Okamoto), and there’s your plot, distilled from the four-part 1982 Marvel saga written by Chris Claremont and penciled by Frank Miller. The screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie concocted the adap-

tation of “The Wolverine” that got this project going. Rewrites ensued by Mark Bomback and Scott Frank; James Mangold took it before the cameras in Australia and Japan. The results are quite good — the same old angst and grandiosity writ smaller than usual, and better for it. The X-Men crew’s intersections with real-life wartime horrors have long been signposts of the serious aspirations of the material. Watching “The Wolverine,” one may resist the leveling and seared flesh of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki as fodder for another superhero picture. But Mangold handles it well: “The Wolverine” keeps its characters front and center, and only near the end does it turn into a routine, grinding action movie. Along the way

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there’s a swell battle atop a speeding bullet train, the film’s highlight. Also we get the occasional lyric interlude between Logan and the dream/memory of the woman he loved and lost (Famke Janssen), the source of all his undying grief. The last couple of Wolverine movies provided their share of undying grief as well, the wrong kind, the mediocre movie kind. “The Wolverine” won’t change anybody’s mind about the character, or about what Jackman can do with it. It’s simply a more focused scenario than usual, full of violence done up with a little more coherence and visceral impact than usual. Mangold doesn’t bring tons of personality to “The Wolverine,” but he does bring a reasonable and

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honorable sense of craft, trading in iconography borrowed from Westerns and Easterns and all sorts of movies. Marco Beltrami’s musical score likewise carries echoes of previous movie themes, but it’s evocative and lower-keyed than the usual Marvel bash. Who needs thundering music when you have Jackman glowering and raging and doing everything except tap dancing with those retractable claws?

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In the weight room, the classroom or during position drills, Neiman Blain and Julian Granby aren’t very far from each other. It’s unavoidable. A year after both received starting time at quarterback, they’re both back and ready to take the spot. And coming off a losing season, it gives coach Adam Bahr solace knowing he has two players with experience at the most important position. “It’s comforting, although they both have a lot of work to do,” Bahr said. Blain, a rising junior, won the starting job last summer, and Bahr said he has the edge heading into training camp. But Blain’s sophomore season was cut short. After starting the season 3-3 and playing banged up most of the time, he suffered a broken leg in a Week 7 loss to Sherwood, ending his season prematurely. After a scramble toward the sideline in which he was pushed out of bounds, Neiman said he felt his leg bend the wrong way, and knew right away it was bad. “I tried to get up and took one step and couldn’t walk,” he said. “I just fell to the ground.”

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Seneca Valley High School quarterback Calvin Reighard suffered through a couple dreary days earlier this summer. Kevin Joppy, one of Montgomery County’s top returning offensive players, had just texted his plans of transferring to Quince Orchard High School to Reighard. Joppy, whose transfer was confirmed by Quince Orchard coach Dave Mencarini, is the second player in the past two years to leave Seneca Valley with eligibility remaining after an All-Gazette first team season. Linebacker Blake Dove transferred to Winston Churchill High School last year. Reighard said he sees those as isolated cases, though, and not a reflection on Seneca Valley. “It’s definitely bothersome, and definitely you worry about it,” Reighard said, “But we know that we’re happy at Seneca Valley, and it’s a great program — the greatest in Maryland — and we’re happy to be here and don’t want to leave.” By the end of Seneca Valley’s first workout after Joppy shared his decision, Reighard was reassured his team is still on a straight course. “There’s a lot of the young guys that were worried like, ‘What are we going to do now?’ and all that stuff,” Reighard said. “But the team came together and followed behind its senior leaders, and it’s gone well so far.” Reighard cited himself, Austen Herbert, Daniel Appouh, Edward Maxwell, Korey Platt and Chris Platt among the players who spoke up. The message: “We’ll be fine.” Then, they set out to prove it in the workout. “It was definitely emotional and hard without him,” Reighard said of Joppy. “And we responded well, so it was great. I feel like we benefited from the move and became more of a closer team.”

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Seneca Valley High School’s Kevin Joppy (left) told teammates he was transferring to Quince Orchard this year. It’s the second straight season the Screaming Eagles have had a star player leave to go to another school.

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When it comes to crunching, bone-jarring hits, Winston Churchill High School running backs Blake DoveandMalikHarriswon’tshyaway. “Malik, he’s a power back. He’ll run you right over,” said Dove, a rising junior. “At the same time, I’ll give you contact and I give you speed. We both

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know the position really well. We’ve played football together since we were young.” Barring ending up at the same college, this will most likely be Dove’s and Harris’s last season together, and they plan to make it memorable. With most of their offensive line returning, the two running backs expect to be one of the top rushing attacks in the area this fall. Harris, a rising senior, returns as Churchill’s top rusher after gaining 900 yards and scoring eight touch

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Winston Churchill High School running back Malik Harris rushed for 900 yards with a 6.2 yard per carry average. The rising senior returns this fall.

Most Olympic-level or professional athletes spend a lifetime perfecting one craft. That’s what Silver Spring native Sara McMann spent the better part of 15 years doing. And at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, she became the first American woman in history to earn a silver medal in Olympic wrestling. Other accomplishments in a storied freestyle wrestling career include winning gold medals at the 2003 and 2007 Pan-American games and top three finishes at the 2003, 2005 and 2007 world championships. These days, however, the now South Carolina-based McMann has immersed herself in becoming proficient in a multitude of sports simultaneously. Such is the life of a mixed martial artist. Mixed martial arts is a combat sport that uses a variety of fighting techniques, including grappling, striking and kicking. McMann is the world’s fourth-ranked Ultimate Fighting

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FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Ledecky finished nearly three seconds ahead of Spain’s Melanie Costa Schmid in second place. “I’m still in shock over the time. I’d been stuck at 4:04 for a while so I was due for a bit of a drop. I guess this shows what happens when you get into a race with the best. It was an honor to be in a heat with those girls,” Ledecky said. As of Monday Ledecky still had three more events to

contest: 800-meter freestyle, 1,500-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle relay. “The U.S. has such a great tradition of distance swimmers, I’m just trying to do my best to live up to that,” Ledecky said. — JENNIFER BEEKMAN

being good at three different sports.” But that challenge could also be McMann’s favorite part of this second competitive career, she said. In 2008 McMann retired from freestyle wrestling. Somewhere between the toll the grueling sport had taken on her mind and body and the USA Wrestling “office politics,” McMann had lost the love she once had for the sport. Within a year — she was pregnant with daughter Bella at the time — she realized she wasn’t done competing. JiuJitsu seemed like the logical route — it is rooted in grappling and ground fighting. But once

McMann was introduced to striking, she was hooked. Within two months of the April 2009 birth of her daughter with partner Trent Goodale, the head wrestling coach at Limestone College in South Carolina, McMann was back to elite level training. “A new start was a really exciting thing but there is also this humbling aspect. You work so hard to become such a high level athlete in a certain sport and then to start from scratch again, from the basics, it was hours and hours of endless drilling just to become proficient at the basic skills,” McMann said. Two years after entering

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Springbrook High School football player Julian Granby participates in Thursday’s off-season workouts at the Silver Spring school.

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Continued from Page B-1 Blain said he could have come back for the end of the season if it was necessary, but Bahr made the decision to shut him down, with two more years of football to look forward to. Blain said he is 100 percent healthy heading into training camp, and has been

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graduation or whatever other reasons. We just get the next guy in and coach him up and just go and just move on. We can’t worry too much about those things.” Kim said, as society has become more socially tolerant regarding diversity issues and since his players have been raised in that environment, it has trickled down to them

the world of mixed martial arts, McMann, competing in women’s bantamweight, is 7-0. She won her UFC debut in April by knocking out German Sheila Gaff in the first round of their bout. On Aug. 28 at the second UFC on FOX Sports1 event in Indianapolis, McMann said she will face perhaps her toughest test in former Strikeforce champion Sarah Kaufman. McMann’s wrestling background was a good platform to build on, she said. Her athleticism and familiarity with combative competition has helped bridge the gap as she continues to become more familiar with the intricacies of mixed martial

Shaw tacks on another title at Junior Olympics A little more than two months removed from adding two more state titles to her decorated track and field career, Thomas S. Wootton High School graduate Gwen Shaw was back at it again on Sunday arts. McMann had reached a point in her wrestling career where everything was instinctual. Things are becoming more natural in the cage but the fact that she still has a lot to learn, McMann said, is exciting. “If I get to the point where I can’t keep learning and growing and it doesn’t offer as much, then I’ll get bored. It’ll be come less exciting and I won’t want to do it,” McMann said. “[The Olympics] seems like a different life. For so long I had just been completely engrossed in the wrestling world. I’m in a different world now.” jbeekman@gazette.net

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Springbrook High School football player Neiman Blain participates in Thursday’s off-season workouts at the Silver Spring school.

he’s worked on speeding up his throwing motion this offseason, and gaining an overall better understanding of the offense. “The job is open for both of us, but we’re more worried about getting our program to where it needs to be for this fall,” said Granby, who also is working at tight end. “Me and Neiman are just working together to get better at the position and lead our team down the right path.”

becoming more accepting of smaller issues — such as someone deciding to transfer. “The way you put it as overcoming a serious blow, I don’t think our kids look at it that way,” Kim said. “Again, the kids have just been focusing on what they need to do to succeed. It’s just kind of, ‘OK, it happened, but we’re rolling. Good luck. We

“He’s a wonderful young man, and he’s a talented player,” Good Counsel coach Bob Milloy said. — DAN FELDMAN

While both players want to be the guy under center for the opening game, both see the bigger picture and will do what the team needs them to do, whether it’s throwing the ball or contributing in other ways, they said. “Anywhere the coaches put me, I’ll take that job and do my job in that role,” Granby said. cstevens@gazette.net

still respect you. We still love you.’ It’s no big deal. We’re just going to keep on rolling.’” Kim said Maxwell, who played outside linebacker and defensive end last season, volunteered to play receiver and Korey Platt played impressively at receiver as well. They’re among eight players vying to replace Joppy, who ran for 514

yards and caught 24 passes for 316 yards for nine touchdowns last season. “He’s a great player, and we’re going to miss him,” Reighard said. But Reighard and Kim agree that replacing Joppy’s production takes a back seat. “I’m not worried about the fact that I’m losing a great foot-

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Seneca Valley coach Fred Kim reinforced his players’ message. “We treat it like if it was a senior graduating,” Kim said. “We lose players every year. We lose great players every year from

working on his arm strength and slowing the game down for him mentally. “He’s a natural quarterback,” Bahr said. “He’s really starting to get the confidence of his teammates and is taking charge in the huddle.” Blain’s injury left the door open for Granby for the final three games of the season. At 6-foot-5, 209 pounds, Granby is a towering presence in the pocket. He said

Ekwoge has committed to Western Michigan University after visiting the school this weekend, he said. The rising senior also claimed offers from Old Dominion, Miami (Ohio), Ohio and Toledo. As Good Counsel’s backup running back and a part-time receiver last season, Ekwoge ran for 496 yards and 13 touchdowns on 91 carries and caught three passes for 57 yards. Ekwoge is slated to start at running back this season.

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in North Carolina. Shaw, a rising freshman at the University of Louisville running the summer circuit with Glenarden Track Club, helped lead the 400 relay team (45.24 seconds) to a Junior Olympic Championship, hosted by North Carolina A&T, and the 1,600 relay team to a silver medal (3 minutes, 39.32 seconds). Shaw did not run on Wootton’s 400 relay team this past season, though she did anchor the Patriots’ 1,600 relay that took second at the Maryland state meet. — TRAVIS MEWHIRTER

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Continued from Page B-1 downs on 144 carries (6.2 average) last year. Dove was the Bulldogs’ third-leading rusher with 265 yards and three touchdowns on 65 carries. Coach Joe Allen said they are different runners who play to each other’s strengths. Harris is all lower body, with the ability to move a pile on his own and bully opposing defenders. Dove’s strength is his straight-line speed and upper body strength. “When I have options like that, it’s certainly something we appreciate and utilize,” Allen said. “We’re going to concentrate on using those guys to the best of their abilities and do even more of that this year.” Dove said they aren’t worried about splitting carries and said it will benefit both runners at the end of the season. Both players will also start at linebacker, so the time to rest during offensive snaps will be critical. “We know how to share the ball and not be too cocky with it,” Dove said. “I think it should really help. We both get tired going both ways, so [splitting carries] is good.” Allen expects Ali Kazemipour and Alec McGee to anchor the line, and he is excited to see what rising sophomore Reiley Bartine will be able to do after missing most of last season with a concussion. “We’ll be able to pound the football and throw the football as well,” Allen said. “We strive to be balanced, but we have to take time to run the football.” Dove thinks his combining with Harris will help Churchill, which won the 4A South Division title last year, return to the playoffs. “We’re the dream team,” Dove said. “We both know what we need to do and what it takes. We know what we need to do when we need to push ourselves to the limit.” cstevens@gazette.net ball player, because Seneca has always had great football players. They come and go, and they get replaced, and you have new ones that come step in,” Kim said. “The only thing that the Seneca Valley family is sad about with Joppy going is that we lose a great kid. We lose a great human being.” dfeldman@gazette.net

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State says it wants better, not necessarily more, officials MPSSAA working to improve high school sports officiating

hard to get people to understand that until it’s a bit too late.” Chris Sole, secretary of the Maryland Basketball Officials Association, agrees. Sole, 60, said he blocks out time to exercise several days a week so his physical fitness will not impact his calls come basketball season. “We get a lot of people who are older and think that now’s the time to start reffing,” he said. “Well that’s not the case. You still have to be able to run. “When you say officials, we have people who are wannabes,” Sole said. “Some people can go work the youth leagues, but not high school. Numbers aside, we need more officials, not just bodies.” Gray encourages officials associations to diversify age when assembling crews. For a football crew, for example, maybe the referee is a veteran, but the back judge is a bit more green. “The smartest thing you can do is blend the two,” Gray said. “What you can do is the guy that’s been out there for a long time, he’s the teaching official. It’s more than just blowing the whistle. “You put experience with youth who deserve to be there.”

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In 29 years as an NCAA Division I basketball official, Donnee Gray refereed “the big boys,” he said. The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big 12, Conference USA, and the list goes on. But he cuts it off there to save time. “Anyway,” he said, “in all those years, I’ve only been interviewed once. So now, what can I tell you?” Gray took over as the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association officials coordinator last year. He can fill in the gaps on the quality of officiating around the state. He personally hand-picks officials for state tournament games. He helps delegate what referee associations manage what games in nearly every jurisdiction. Gray is the soft-spoken and evenkeeled boss whose job it is to dwell in a world built on a second level of objectivity. If game officials often are denounced, imagine what the state’s chief official must hear. “We are the gatekeepers of the game,” he said in his first interview years ago. He repeats the same sentiment now. “We are beyond reproach.”

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A numbers game Reproach is one thing that keeps potential officials away from the field or court, said Bill Harvey, CEO of the Washington Area Lacrosse Officials Association. New referees usually start their training in youth sports, which has become more highly charged and competitive. Fresh recruits sometimes shy away from the assertiveness necessary to wrangle with fired-up coaches and parents. “Most of the people who get into it find out quickly officiating is for me or is not for me,” Harvey said. WALOA has devised a feeder system to expand its 500-person membership to keep up with demand as the sport gains popularity. The group started a program to enlist high school lacrosse players to officiate youth games. Several years ago USA Lacrosse, the sport’s national governing body, picked up the initiative nationwide. “We feel right now for the first time, we’ve stabilized,” he said. “We groom ’em, we grow ’em and we train ’em. Consider the high school player. He’s making $40 an hour for a game. I don’t know any entry-level job who’s going to make more than $12 an hour.” State lacrosse committee director Ken Zorbach said many jurisdictions purposefully stagger their games,

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Washington District Football Officials Association (WDFOA) trainer Pat Kepp leads a session Monday for officials at Georgetown Prep. though — to avoid conflicts with recreational or youth leagues, to keep field space available, and to be sure officials are not busy. Washington District Football Officials Association Commissioner Al Ferraro said the WDFOA completely stopped taking youth league games years ago to avoid the inevitable: not having enough members to staff every game. “You’d like to get to all the games you can,” Ferraro said. “You’d have better service for the schools and the community. There’s plenty of area to grow, but not enough people.” The association’s 295 members cover varsity and junior varsity football in seven jurisdictions in Maryland, Virginia and the District. Ferraro assigns officials to regularseason games and sends recommendations to Gray to assemble crews for the playoffs. Like many assigners, he tries to find a balance between putting his best officials at every “big game” or ensuring referees avoid seeing the same team

multiple times. “If last year Rockville was playing Kennedy and Quince Orchard was playing Damascus, what would you do?” he said. There are about two “big games” each week, Ferraro said, that require the best crews, but he does his best to assure quality all around the region. “I never leave a game without what I call a ‘number 1 official.’”

Evaluating objectivity Ferraro, a man whose job it is to evaluate those who keep the peace, is blunt. “Officials are like crabs,” he said. “There’s number 1’s, number 2’s and there’s shucks.” Becoming an official means recognizing you are flawed, a thought drilled into your head during training. Learn to work as a team, lesson plans dictate. Let your crew members make the call if you don’t have a good angle. Admit your mistakes and crack down on them. Communicate with coaches and play-

Damascus falls short of Legion title n No-hitter, outstanding hitter help Post 171 earn second place at state tournament BY

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In the seventh inning of Damascus Post 171’s American Legion state tournament game against Fort Cumberland Post 13, Post 171’s catcher Colin McMahon experienced a sudden realization. After catching six strong innings from Damascus right-hander Grant Pascoe, he went out for the seventh and said it dawned on him. “Honestly, I didn’t even think about it or realize it until one out in the seventh inning,” said McMahon, a Sherwood High School graduate. “I started to think about all the innings and how the only people who reached base against [Pascoe] were on walks. Then I was like, ‘Oh no, I really hope this guy doesn’t get a hit.’” He didn’t. Nor did anyone for Fort Cumberland in the opening game of the Maryland state tournament as Our Lady of Good Counsel graduate Grant Pascoe spun a no-hit, 11-strikeout gem in a 10-0 win. The game stands as a defining memory in an overall successful tournament for Damascus (31-7) — the Montgomery County Legion champions — as Post 171 finished in second place, two wins shy of a state title. Coach Tommy Davis’ club lost both of their games in the double elimination tournament to Funkstown, 4-0 and 6-2. “The pitching was just outstanding and the whole team did what they were asked to do,” Davis said. “We hit the ball well, played very good defense and received an awful lot of compliments up here. It was a very successful week for Damascus 171

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Damascus High School’s Emory McMinn tries to make a play during a game against Gov. Thomas Johnson. McMinn was named the outstanding hitter at this weekend’s American Legion state tournament. baseball-wise as well as representing the Legion.” It’s understandable if not many people realized what Pascoe was in the process of accomplishing on Wednesday. The game started at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and didn’t end until roughly 11:30 on the next morning. And while Pascoe didn’t pitch through the sunrise, coming back to finish his no-hit bid — of which he threw two scoreless frames on Tuesday — the following morning is still quite impressive. “It was the first one I had and it came at a good time,” said Pascoe, who plans to attend the University of North CarolinaCharlotte this fall. “The team was great. There was perfect defense behind me. All my pitches were working, which felt nice. Nobody really talked to me much.” Outfielders Emory McMinn and Alex Salem had the realization that a no-hitter was possible in about the fifth inning or so, which led to Pascoe becoming a very lonely man in the dugout. At least he had the sight lines of Cumberland’s ballpark-enveloping green hills to ease his mind. That and the defense of Salem, a graduate of Damascus High School, in center field.

“Alex was a stud the entire week in center field,” Pascoe said. “He saved everybody with what he did out there. Tracking balls, going all out. Him and [shortstop] Casey Bulik were absolutely amazing.” Pascoe, who walked two batters in the game, said his curveball was particularly effective on both nights as the final out Wednesday morning came on a roller to Dan Johnson at third base. The game was shortened to seven innings because of the 10-run mercy rule and Pascoe finished with 99 pitches. “I’ve never been part of a no-hitter before,” Salem said. “That was pretty special. After the game, we were joking with him that he was a celebrity around town and calling him ‘no-hitter.’” Aside from the games against Funkstown (eventual tournament MVP Colby Johnson hit a solo homer in the sixth inning of the championship game to provide the title-winning run) Post 171’s offense was solid throughout. Damascus finished the tournament with a 3-2 record and McMinn was named the week’s Most Outstanding Hitter. ncammarota@gazette.net

ers. Embrace critiques when you are evaluated. “Punish the first foul and legislate the game,” Gray tells officials before state tournament matches. Each year, Gray and each sport’s state committee director send a posse of evaluators to observe referees in line to manage playoff games. They return with an up or down vote on the official’s readiness for the big stage with judgments based on ability, mechanics and communication. Not everyone fits the mold. Gray said in recent years fewer older, perhaps more experienced, officials are taking those spots. People with that much experience may not be in the best physical shape, he said, where younger officials, who have put in the work and are better able to deal with the physical demands of the job, deserve a shot. “You want to leave when you are perceived to be at the top of your game,” Gray said. It’s the reason he retired from officiating NCAA games. “It’s

Gray said the state of Maryland’s officials is strong, but can improve. Numbers-wise, he says, the bases are covered. Performance-wise, there remains a desire to call games fair and clean. “We’re no better than doctors or lawyers or police officers,” Gray said. “Some of us are better than others, but we’ve been pretty good.” Yes, he gets negative feedback, he said, but it’s nothing unusual. By and large, coaches and athletic directors are satisfied with performance. At each post-term meeting, he said, he’s never had a committee member scrutinize referee performance. Longtime coach and now Allegany High School principal Mike Calhoun said rules enforcement and overall officiating has improved greatly in recent years. The state’s football delegate to the National Federation of High School Sports said officials have done an excellent job regarding player safety and in moving the game along. But there still is one call that drives Calhoun up a wall. “I hate the holding call,” he said. “There’s holding that happens on every play.” But his opinion doesn’t matter anymore, he said with a sigh. “Like I used to tell my players, once you kick the football, the refs are in charge. A good official is priceless.” jbogage@gazette.net

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Germantown’s Hilary Moore Hebert won the silver medal at the July 6 Potomac Valley Dressage Association

Summer Showdown and Adult Team Championships at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center. This photo is from an earlier competition. Her remarkably quick rise is a testament to her commitment, work ethic and willingness to immediately incorporate any instructions given to her, Dyer said. Overall, Moore Hebert has been competing for 13 years. Overcoming the final obstacle for the silver medal was even more impressive given Moore Hebert’s injury, Dyer said. “[When something like that happens] you have to decide if you’re ever going to [ride or compete] again and if you are, you have to not think about it and control your nerves. You cannot convey your nervousness to the horse because if [Moore Hebert] is nervous, the horse is going to think, ‘Oh,

eventing, which is commonly referred to as the equestrian triathlon — dressage, cross country and show jumping. Moore Hebert said she was drawn to specialize in dressage because the focus is more on skill set and less about bravery. It also requires a tremendous amount of fitness and core strength — think maintaining your own balance despite what the horse is doing. “As you get older, you realize you’re not immortal. I don’t think a lot of people really think [about getting paralyzed]. But [my accident] was very eye opening,” Moore Hebert said. jbeekman@gazette.net

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coach Ray McKenzie said the majority of his players take the summer off. He said his players will get on the ice, but without any consistency. The biggest hurdle is that Maryland Student Hockey League rules do not allow for organized team activities during the summer, McKenzie said. In order for ice hockey players to hold a workout, it must be open to players from all teams. McKenzie said he has hosted some camps at Rockville Ice Arena, some that included his players, but he said the majority of summer hockey players are from younger age groups. “Tenth-, 11th- and 12thgraders, they do much less over the summer,” McKenzie said. “I’m not sure why, but a lot of seventh-graders who are coming to Churchill in a couple years, they do hockey camps and stay busy, but not as much from 10th- and 11th-graders.” McKenzie said that the serious players, such as Churchill rising sophomore Ian Kwant, will find leagues to play in and ways to stay involved during the summer. “The big time travel guys do stuff, they probably play a lot over the summer,” McKenzie said. “But most guys don’t do a lot over the summer. The average hockey player takes the summer off, for the most part.” cstevens@gazette.net

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what’s wrong?’ Body language is all a horse can actually read so you have to get on and separate your mind from your body,” Dyer said. Moore Hebert said she was in fact more nervous before that first ride back in competition than anything she’s done before. But her relationship with Limelight, any rider’s connection with her horse, is integral to her success. They must trust in each other, Moore Hebert said. Moore Hebert’s accident in May was her first fall in six years, she said. Frequent falls, broken ribs, broken collar bones, dislocated hips and a plethora of other injuries were the reason she switched to dressage from

While it seems like there’s a summer program for most sports, area ice hockey players are largely left to their own devices during the school break. Football teams have weight lifting programs and passing leagues. Summer basketball seems never ending. And legion baseball continues to thrive. There are no such leagues for high school ice hockey players. That hasn’t kept Reid Bibb off the ice. The forward, who goes to Gaithersburg High School and plays for the Damascus co-op, said he spent his summer working with a personal trainer and traveling to Ashburn Ice House once a week for skating lessons. “I’ve been working on my explosiveness,” Bibb said. “Just in general, trying to get stronger and faster.” While Bibb plays for the Damascus team, his priority is playing for the Frederick Freeze, an Empire Junior Hockey League team that plays a much more competitive schedule than the co-op can offer. His connection to the Freeze sent him to Johnstown (Pa.) last week for a tryout with the Johnstown Tomahawks, part of the North American Hockey League. Bibb, 17, said he was one of the youngest players on the ice, with most players in their early 20s. Bibb plans to play ice hockey in college, so he can’t afford to take the summer off. While he said many hockey players still work on their swing during the offseason, he said it’s usually their golf swing. “It’s not all hockey. It’s taking some time off to enjoy the summer, but you have to keep up with it,” he said. “You can’t just take off two or three months and do nothing. You can lose a lot if you’re not working out and focusing on hockey.” Reigning state champion Winston Churchill High School

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It was a freak accident. Germantown resident Hilary Moore Hebert, 32, was dismounting during an equestrian competition in mid-May — she was going for the final score needed to achieve her U.S. Dressage Federation Silver Medal — when her horse, Limelight, took a step at the worst possible time. Already out of the saddle, Moore Hebert fell backwards about seven feet to the ground and landed directly on her lower back. She said her mind went to the worst possible scenario. “[Being paralyzed] was the first thing that went through my mind. The pain was so bad when I fell and it was all in the hip area, I could not feel part of my right leg. I wasn’t sure I would be able to walk again,” Moore Hebert said. Moore Hebert suffered a bruised L2 vertebra — located near the lower curvature of the spine, according to Healthline. com. Injuries to that area can cause nerve damage, loss of feeling in the lower extremities and difficulty moving or walking. The nerve damage was only temporary. On July 6, after a six-week hiatus, Moore Hebert earned that silver medal with her performance at the Potomac Valley Dressage Association Summer Showdown and Adult Team Championships at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center. Riders earn this prestigious award by achieving required scores in two tests at the Fourth level and two tests at the Prix St. Georges level. The latter is the first level of international competition and is one of the tests ridden at the Pan-American Games. It took Moore Hebert one year to do what some people spend their lives working toward but never achieve, said Janna Dyer, a USDF Gold Medalist (Olympic level) and Moore Hebert’s trainer at her Dark Horse Dressage facility in Rocky Ridge.

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QO lineman makes the most from his second chance Broxton, not Braxton, earns scholarship to play football at Baylor

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Jarell Broxton, coming off a lost season due to academic ineligibility, was eager to make an impression during the Quince Orchard High School football team’s preseason practices his junior year. But that plan got off on the wrong foot when defensive coordinator John Kelley repeatedly called him “Braxton.” “Braxton” this, Braxton” that. Over and over again. Eventually, the reserved Broxton,

who’d hoped to let his play do the talking, had enough. “For the first time ever, I heard him speak up,” Quince Orchard coach Dave Mencarini said. “And he said, ‘My name LACKAWANNA COLLEGE ain’t Braxton. It’s Broxton Broxton!’” Establishing himself at his latest stop, Lackawanna College, has come much easier for Broxton. Despite never playing a game on the offensive line in his life, Broxton committed to Baylor University as an offensive guard.

The 6-foot-5, 328-pound Broxton — who earned the nickname “Bunyan,” as in Paul Bunyan — played defensive line at Quince Orchard. At Lackawanna, he spent one season on the defensive line and missed another with injury. But he was so impressive as an offensive lineman during spring practice in preparation for his upcoming third season with Lackawanna, Broxton earned scholarship offers from Wisconsin, Arizona State, UCLA, Syracuse and Florida Atlantic. Finally, he could take the low-key approach he wanted to use as a junior at Quince Orchard. “He’s always the first one to practice, and he works really, really hard, and he doesn’t say anything,” said Lackawanna coach Mark Duda, who also works with the team’s offensive

linemen. “… You know the kid is going to do exactly what you ask to the best of his ability every day. And that is all anybody could ask for, and that’s what’s going to make him kind of special compared to a lot of people that are out there.” It’s a marked change from when Broxton became academically ineligible at Quince Orchard, leaving junior college his only route. “I’m surprised and proud of the fact he made it through junior college,” Mencaraini said. “Because it is not easy. … There are so many reasons why he could have given up. But he didn’t do that, and that’s a testament to his character.” Duda, whose bio boasts of producing 200 Division I scholarship players in his 20-year tenure, called Broxton one

the top five recruits he’s coached. “The kid is the genuine article,” Duda said. “… It’s been a pleasure to have him. I know I’m only going to have him 16 more weeks, but I’ll enjoy every day I have him.” Broxton said staying on the right course at Lackawanna wasn’t quite as difficult as it seemed. “Just knowing that this was a second chance to do what I wanted to do, which was go to a good school for football,” Broxton said. “And I used it.” Then, on the field, it was simple. “You go all out, and you get noticed,” Broxton said. dfeldman@gazette.net

Diving help on the way for the Wootton swim team Westwood wins third straight county Dive League all-star meet

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The Thomas S. Wootton High School girls’ swimming and diving team had to work extra hard to win its first Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championship since the mid-1990s this past February. The Patriots entered the swimming portion of the competition in a 76-point hole behind then-defending champion Winston Churchill after the diving championship was held earlier in the week. The Patriots might not have so much to make up in next winter’s title defense, however. On Thursday at the Manor Woods pool, rising Wootton freshman Regan Westwood won her third straight Montgomery County Dive League all-star competition and has presented herself as a possible top 10 contender next year. The win came only one week after Westwood returned to practice following a minor right shoulder dislocation that forced her to withdraw from the 2013 USA Diving zone championships earlier in the summer. The 36-year-old MCDL has acted as a platform for many future high school — and national — stars. Patriots coach Jacqueline Emr said she will gladly welcome any points Westwood might be able to add to the team’s diving lineup.

After two consecutive wins in the girls 11-12 age division, Westwood won her girls 13-14 debut Thursday as one of the youngest in the field, a challenge she will face the entire 2013-14 high school season. But Westwood said she is eager to contribute however she can to a Wootton team poised to win its second straight Metros championship. “I’ve heard [that Wootton needed points in diving]. I heard from friends who dive in high school and I have a couple neighbors on the dive team and they were like, ‘We’re so excited for you to come, we needed a boost.’ It’s exciting to know I might be able to help. It’s nice to know you’re actually going to be able to do something for your school,” Westwood said. Her Patriot Pride puts her mother, Meg, in a bit of a predicament. A 1986 Churchill graduate and former three-year varsity diver, the elder Westwood said she will always be a Bulldog at heart but said she can still fully support Wootton. The younger Westwood said she and her mother share in a fun rivalry at home. “I am proud of the Churchill team but I’ll be rooting for Wootton. I guess I have to,” Meg Westwood joked. Regan Westwood actually comes from a family of divers. Meg Westwood dove for Colgate (N.Y.) University and her husband, Mike, competed for Penn State. The two coached at the college level for several years at George Mason (Meg) and James Madison (Mike) universities and Mike Westwood even traveled internationally as U.S. National Team coach for several years. But the two, Meg Westwood

said, decided they would not put any pressure on their children to pursue the sport that brought them together. They didn’t have to. When the Westwoods joined the Potomac Woods pool when Regan was 7, she immediately gravitated toward the springboards. Her younger brother, Quinn, has also taken to the family trade. He won the boys 9-10 age group at the Division III championship July 21 and finished seventh at all-stars in his first year out of the 8-under group. “It’s kind of funny, every dive meet I go to, someone will be like, ‘You’re Mike Westwood’s daughter, I’ve known you forever.’ But I don’t know half the people who talk to me. It’s really cool, though, to be able to carry on the family tradition,” Regan Westwood said. She does that in more ways than one. Meg Westwood said she sees a lot of herself in her daughter’s elegant dives. Training these days, which includes a lot more dry land work than it used to, Meg Westwood said, makes for better overall athletes. Regan Westwood combines incredible fundamentals and technique with a grace that cannot be taught. That foundation could take her far in her first year of high school diving and beyond. “[Regan] is a very elegant diver and a very confident diver. I think that is her strength. I see her developing real good fundamentals that I think will give her longevity in the sport. It’s very exciting to see,” Meg Westwood said. jbeekman@gazette.net

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Olney residents Brian and Mark Salewski are the Bryan Brothers — the winningest doubles pair in men’s professional tennis history — of Maryland Special Olympics tennis. “We’ve been calling them that for years. They’re similar to the Bryans. They’re not quite identical. One is slightly taller than the other. One (Mark) is left-handed,” said Greg Overkamp, who works with the Montgomery County Tennis and Education Foundation and coaches the county’s Special Olympics tennis contingent. In June, the 22-year-old Salewski brothers joined forces to defeat teams from counties across the state to win their seventh straight Summer Games gold medal at the Maryland 2013 Summer Special Olympic Games, held at Towson University. Their performance earned them the opportunity to compete at the National Special Olympics Games, scheduled for June 14 at Princeton University in New Jersey. The Salewski brothers were selected to play both singles and doubles there, Overkamp said. The brothers were honored for their remarkable accomplishments at a ceremony held

before the Washington Kastles’ July 24 World Team Tennis home match. On Sunday the Kastles, led by International Tennis Hall of Fame member Martina Hingis, whom the Salewski brothers got to meet last Wednesday, won their third consecutive World Team Tennis title. The twin brothers from Olney received their awards in front of the sizeable crowd in attendance at the Montgomery County Tennis and Education Foundation’s pre-match Party with the Pros fundraising silent auction. Though Montgomery County as a whole ranks in the nation’s top 10 wealthiest counties, according to 2011 Census Bureau data released in 2012, there are many pockets within the region with families in need that should not be overlooked, MCTEF President Paul Sommers said. “Montgomery County has a million people and it’s very diverse in every sense of the word,” Sommers said. “People are mistaken if they think people are not in need. And if they’re not in need, they might not have access to recreation programs.” An extension of the Montgomery County Tennis Association, the MCTEF is a nonprofit organization created in 2006 and aimed at “providing healthy and educational opportunities to underserved Montgomery County youth using tennis as the vehicle to teach sportsmanship, self-discipline and a strong work ethic,” according to its website. jbeekman@gazette.net

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Montgomery Blair High School graduate Jack Foster plans to swim for Columbia University this fall, but return next summer to swim for Glenwood in the Montgomery County Swim League.

Jack Foster is trying this week to break a record that he can’t possibly break. After swimming the 200-meter individual medley in 2:09.80 at the Coaches Long Course meet in the Montgomery County Swim League — narrowly missing the 27-year-old MCSL record of 2:09.17 that was set by a future Olympic gold medal winner, Mike Barrowman — Foster is again hoping to best Barrowman’s time at the National Club Swimming Association Summer Championships. Of course, if Foster beats the time it won’t stand as the MCSL record, because this week’s event

is not part of the now-completed MCSL schedule. Foster said he’s more concerned with the time, especially given Barrowman’s stature in the sport, than whether he officially sets the MCSL record. When he began swimming, Foster frequently lost to opponents who had been swimming year-round longer, and that experience still influences his approach. “In my swimming career, I’ve always been chasing the leader,” Foster said. “I feel like I’ve always been more concerned with my times and keeping on improving than I have with actual placement.” In the years since, Foster, a 2013 Montgomery Blair High School graduate who plans to swim for Columbia University this fall, has won more and more. Jeremy Butler, who coaches Foster at Glenwood in the MCSL, said Foster’s times last year were similar to the coach’s peak times.

“I remember watching him swim, thinking, ‘Wow I can’t believe that I ever was that fast,’” Butler said. “This summer, it’s not even close. His times are crushing my old times. I watch him just in awe.” In fact, Foster has broken many Glenwood records that were held by Butler. “It’s sort of a cliché thing to say when someone breaks your records, you say, ‘I’m happy for them. I wouldn’t want it to be anyone else,’” Butler said. “But I really do mean that. Jack is just a really good person, and he’s worked so hard for it, that it really didn’t bother me when he broke those records.” Butler said Foster goes above and beyond with the swim club, arriving early to set up for meets and helping teach younger swimmers during the week. “He’s like a superhero to them,” Butler said. Because Foster is still just 17,

he’ll be eligible to compete in the MCSL next summer, and he intends to return from New York to swim for Glenwood once again. “I definitely do want to come back, because Glenwood has been really a big family to me, and I’ve just grown up with those people, the friends,” Foster said. “I really can’t imagine a summer without them.” So, yes, Foster is more concerned with besting Barrowman’s time this week, even though that wouldn’t make him the MCSL record holder. But don’t twist Foster’s priorities. “It doesn’t mean I don’t want to come back next year and get the record,” Foster said. Said Butler: “I’ve kind of learned in the past two years to not really count him out if he says that he’s going to do something. He tends to come through.” dfeldman@gazette.net

Conger sets another record in final MCSL event Good Counsel graduate says he’s eager to start college; sad youth swim league is over

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It didn’t take long for Jack Conger to get back into the pool at the Rockville Municipal Swim Center after Sunday’s Montgomery County Swim League All-Star Meet. After finishing off his final MCSL season by breaking his own league record in the 50-meter butterfly (23.94 seconds), the University of Texas-bound swimmer posed for a few pictures with some young fans before getting right back into the water. “It’s bittersweet, you know, this is where it all started for me,” Conger said. “It is sad that this is done for me, but I’m also off to other things in my life now — starting off college on both an academic and athletic standpoint. So it’s tough on one side, but on the other it’s nice.”

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Flower Valley’s Jack Conger won the 50-meter butterfly Sunday at the Montgomery County Swim League All-Star Meet in Rockville. The Our Lady of Good Counsel High School graduate plans to swim for the University of Texas this year and was swimming in his final MCSL event. Conger, who swims for Flower Valley, also took first in the 100-meter backstroke in 54.45 seconds. A slip at the start cost him a chance at lowering his league record of 53.48 seconds. “The backstroke was a little annoying, just because I slipped on my start and just kind of fell in the water,” Conger said. “So it was kind of over from the start.” Other notable finishes in the

15-18 boys group included a pair of victories for Old Georgetown’s Carsten Vissering in the 100-meter individual medley (58.04) and 100-meter breaststroke (1:01.41), and Grant Goddard took the 100-meter freestyle in 51.42 seconds for Palisades. For the 15-18 girls, Catherine Mulquin set league records in both the 100-meter backstroke (1:01.80) and the 50-meter butterfly (28.53), while Mulquin’s

Mill Creek Towne teammate, Caroline Clark, won the 100-meter individual medley in 1:06.00. Caroline McTaggart also bested a league record with her 57.12 second finish in the 100-meter freestyle, and Jessica Chen took first in the 100-breaststroke for host RMSC in 1:13.28. Winners for the 13-14 girls included Maddy Zurchin who won both the 100-meter individual medley (1:08.29) and 50-meter butterfly (29.25) for Lakelands, Audrey Richter won the 50-meter freestyle for Norbeck Hills in 27.73, Emily Wang took first in the 50-meter backstroke for Upper County in 31.09, and Ashley Piepol claimed the 50-meter breaststroke event for Tilden Woods in 35.77. Brandon Cu (Upper County) won a pair of events in the 13-14 boys age group, taking first in the 50-meter freestyle (25.55) and the 100-meter individual medley (1:02.59). Griffin Alaniz (Connecticut Belair) also claimed two events: the 50-meter backstroke (28.26) and the 50-meter butterfly (27.05). Lake Marion’s Kenneth Afolabi-Brown won the 50-meter breaststroke.

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Caroline Clark won the girls’ 100-meter individual medley Sunday at the Montgomery County Swim League All-Star Meet in Rockville.

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As the Baltimore Chop organized themselves into two lines for a postgame photo shoot — its 2013 Maryland Collegiate Baseball League trophy front and center — Queen’s iconic musical hit,

“We Are the Champions,” came through the speakers at Joe Cannon Stadium. On the opposite side of the field, Dig In Baseball’s players jogged toward the left-field cor-

ner of the field for the final time this season. And, as they congregated in a circle, a few of them mockingly raised their arms in celebration and held their index fingers skyward. Even in defeat, the team knew how to have fun. Dig In Baseball pushed the MCBL’s elite club to the brink of elimination Friday night, winning the first game of what wound up being a doubleheader for the league championship in the double elimination tournament before ultimately losing to the Chop. Our Lady of Good Counsel High School graduate Cory Callahan pitched a gem in the opening game of the night as Dig In handed the Chop just its second loss of the season with a 3-0 victory. Baltimore then won the title with a 13-1 performance in seven innings as Dig In (20-17) simply ran out of pitchers. “We had to fight just to get into the playoffs and we really battled our tails off once we got in,” Dig In manager Patrick Duffy said. “We had a lot of things go our way late in the first game and we needed things to be perfect in [the second game]. We were gassed. Everybody was tired and sore.”

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Dig In’s Patrick Kemper carries the team’s mascot “The Bear” to the dugout during the 2013 Maryland Collegiate Baseball League Championship game.

Beating the Chop was a tall order regardless of the situation. The odds likely were better that the team’s newly-adopted mascot — Esteban, a stuffed bear — would come in to pitch relief. Entering the matchup against Callahan, the Chop played 34 games this summer and lost once. So when the right-hander held Baltimore (34-2) scoreless through 6 2/3 strong innings and left the ball in the hands of domi-

nant reliever Gus Gill to preserve the shutout, the occasion was rather momentous. The first game included a key sixth-inning hit by right fielder Andrew Hutson as well as a remarkable diving catch in the bottom of the eighth inning to rob Nick Marinelli of a hit. Hutson sprinted forward and somehow contorted his wrist so he kept the ball from hitting the ground. “This was the most fun I’ve ever had playing on a summer team before,” Hutson said. “We had a ton of guys on this team who were always loose and trying to have fun. With summer ball, when the whole goal is to get your work in and have fun, I feel like we won every time.” By blanking the Chop in Friday’s first game and following their shutout win against Frederick on Thursday, Dig In pitchers ran their scoreless innings streak to 19 before Gill surrendered a run in the second inning of the second game. Despite being one of the better pitchers on Dig In’s staff this season, Gill was lifted with no outs in the third inning of the second game and the Chop methodically added to its lead from there.

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HEALTH CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 Smoking Cessation Program, 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays,

July 31 to Sept. 11 at Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Quit smoking permanently. By focusing on the desire to smoke, learn to control urges and become a comfortable and confident nonsmoker. The Montgomery County Cancer Crusade, through the Tobacco Restitution Act, has provided the materials for the class, including Kicking Your Stress Habits workbook and a Smoking Cessation Meditation DVD. $105. www.suburbanhospital.org.

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Gallo, Sellman Conrad Sellman Jr. and Jasmine Gallo were united in holy matrimony on June 23, 2013, at Brookeville Inn in Olney. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Gallo of Olney and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Sellman Sr. of Gaithersburg.

Gordon and Candice Krueger of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsea Clancy Krueger, to Seth Andrew Dubin, son of Dr. Gerry and Lori Dubin of Gaithersburg. The bride-to-be graduated from The Ohio State University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in strategic communication. She is an account executive for 160over90, a branding agency in Philadelphia. The prospective groom is a 2006 graduate of Winston Churchill High School. He also graduated from The Ohio State University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and graduated in 2012 from Barry University with a master’s degree in biomedical science. In the fall of 2013, he will continue his studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. The couple is proud to announce their new addition, English bulldog Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez. Seth and Chelsea will follow Benny down the aisle on July 19, 2014, in Philadelphia.

FRIDAY, AUG. 2 Weight Loss Dietitian Class, 9-10:30 a.m. at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Anyone looking to have the lapband surgery must attend six nutritional classes (one per month) prior to surgery date. $25 per class, $140 if registering for all six classes. 301-774-8881, www. montgomerygeneral.org.

ONGOING New Mothers Postpartum Support Group, 10-11:30 a.m.

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gomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. For new mothers feeling stressed and alone, sad, anxious, angry or irritable now that a baby has joined the family. Group led by two therapists who specialize in the postpartum period. Babies welcome. Free; Registration required. 301-774-8881, www. montgomerygeneral.org. Senior Fit, meets from 9-9:45 a.m. once a week at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. Free 45-minute exercise program designed for seniors age 55 and older focuses on increasing strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and cardiovascular endurance. Classes are ongoing and a physician’s consent form is required to participate. Free for people over the age of 55. 301-774-8881, www.montgomerygeneral.org. A Diabetes Support Group, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the first Saturday of every month at Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. A social network that provides peer support for people living with diabetes via open discussions and speakers on various diabetes topics. Call Maria Chamberlain, diabetes nurse educator, at 301-896-3056 with questions. www.suburbanhospital.org.

RELIGION CALENDAR ONGOING Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church

St., Damascus, offers traditional Sunday morning worship services at 8:15 a.m., a youth contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. and a service of liturgy and the word at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. for all ages during the school year.

Liberty Grove United Methodist Church, 15225 Old

Nguyen, Hasan Peter and Hoa Nguyen of Burtonsville announce the marriage of their daughter, Mai Nguyen, to Salmaan Hasan. Family and friends celebrated the marriage on June 2, 2013, in Philadelphia. The bride attended Cresthaven Elementary School, Francis Scott Key Middle School and Springbrook High School in Silver Spring. She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. The groom is from New Jersey. The couple resides in California.

PLACING AN ANNOUNCEMENT

Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, conducts Sunday morning worship services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery through adult, is at 9:30 a.m. 301-421-9166. For a schedule of events, visit www. libertygrovechurch.org.

Rosbash, Halls Liz Anthony of Potomac and Andrew Halls of Avon, Colo., announce the engagement of their son, Alex Halls, to Tanya Rosbash, daughter of Nadja Abovich and Michael Rosbash of Newton, Mass. The prospective groom is a graduate of Winston Churchill High School and recently graduated from Northeastern University Law School. The bride-to-be graduated from Newton South High School and currently is a principal with Education Growth Advisors. Both earned bachelor’s degrees from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. The wedding ceremony will take place in August 2013 in Salem, Mass.

Providence United Methodist Church, 3716 Kemptown

Church Road, Monrovia, conducts a contemporary service at 8 a.m. followed by a traditional service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, with Children’s Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and adult’s Sunday school at 11 a.m. For more information,

Chancel choir auditions and rehearsals, 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays at Liberty Grove Methodist Church, 15225 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Call 301-421-9166 or visit www.libertygrovechurch.org. “Healing for the Nations,” 7 p.m. every first and third Saturday of the month at South Lake Elementary School, 18201 Contour Road, Gaithersburg. Sponsored by King of the Nations Christian Fellowship, the outreach church service is open to all who are looking for hope in this uncertain world. Prayer for healing available. Translation into Spanish and French. Call 301-251-3719. Visit www.kncf.org.

The Gazette prints engagement and wedding announcements, with color photographs, at no charge, as a community service. Copy should be limited to 150 words and submitted in paragraph form. Announcements are subject to editing for space. Please include contact information, including a daytime telephone number. Photos should be professional quality. If emailing photos, file size should be a minimum of 500 KB. Wedding announcements should be submitted no later than 12 months after the wedding. Send to: The Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, or email kgroff@gazette.net. Montgomery County celebrations are inserted into all Montgomery County editions.

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BOWIE 2 bedroom

OLNEY: TH 4brm, luxury condo for rent. in

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EE R204, 3004 Bel Pre Rd.,FR Apt. ent Silver Spring, MD 20906

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ADORBLE KITTENS: 11 weeks

Multi-family, Sunday 08/04, 9-3, tools, sports equip. art, books, toys, furn, designer clothes & more! 102 Tulip Avenue

Outdoor Flea Market August 24 & 25th 8-4pm Vendors Wanted Montgomery County Fairgrounds 16 Chestnut St. 301-649-1915 Johnsonshows.com

old, 5 to give away 202-374-1866

PetConnect Rescue

YARD SALE WITH will be holding an LOTS OF adoption event at FURNITURE & MORE! Sat., Aug. 3, Muddy Paws Farm Sat. Aug 3rd 9-1 pm; 10203 Carson Place, Silver Spring 10:30am-12:30pm (20901). Come meet some adorable dogs looking for great to advertise homes! call 26330 Mullinix Mill 301.670.7100 Rd., Mt. Airy, MD or email class@gazette.net petconnectrescue.org

BETHESDA: Sat & Sun 08/02 & 08/03, 10-4, Full House including: 50’s dining room set, antiques & more! 10004 Broad St www.estatesales.net

SULPHUR CRESTED COCKATOO $700 BO female sulphur crested cockatoo, tame and talking, beautiful plumage, incl cage 301-949-2781 leave message.

AIRPARK A I R PA R K A APPLIANCES PPLIANCES

U Used s e d & Re-Conditioned Re-Conditioned W Washers, a s h e r s , Dryers, D r y e r s , Refrigerators R e f r i g e r a t o r s & Stoves Stoves $

13900 Each

Guaranteed!! 7901 Queenair Dr., #101, Gaithersburg Open Mon - Sun

GP2321

Washers & Dryers from

9am - 5:30pm

301-963-8939

ATTN: 29 serious people to work from home using a PC. Up to $1.5k-$5k PT/FT bewealthy4life.com

FURNIAUTHENTIC VIC- PATIO TORIAN FURNI- TURE: 6 chairs (2 TURE SET: loveseat arm, 4 swivel) & and 2 chairs. Hand carved motifs. Good condition. Must sell. Gaithersburg. 301412-1653 $700 o.b.o.

lounge. Back and seat cushings. Green/white. Good condition. $500 cash for set. Green umbrella includ. Pick up. Call Sally 301-236-4912

COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR

Free health services for the community include bone & derma scans, body fat analysis, HIV, glaucoma, hearing, and vision screenings, health consultations, physical assessment, and massage! Various fun activities for kids: moon bounce, face painting, etc. Lots of health info from different vendors. Filipino-American Capital SDA Church, 4216 Powder Mill Road, Beltstville, MD 20705. August 4th, Sunday, 9am-2pm. Contact: Retzer Cariaga 443739-6269 or filcapchip@gmail.com.

FURN & MISC MUST GO! 2 couch- EQUIP FOR SALE:

es, coffee end tables and other items. 301249-2626 after 5pm

Darkroom equip w/ everything necessary, Cameras including acessories & a light kit Call: 301-926-1438

FOSTER PARE N T S NEEDED : We are l o o k ing for foster homes in PG County and Montgomery County. If you have room in your home and heart for a child please contact us about taking the class e s we offer for free at out Tacoma Park Locat i o n . Please join us and make a difference in a childs life. CareRiteTFC 410-822-5510 Amanda

NEEDED: Looking

For cadillac eldorado service tech I am looking for a cadillac eldorado service mechanic to replace a starter. The vehicle is located in Hyatt Md. Please call George at 804-894-0121 anytime.

TRYOUTS: Rising

U11 Girls’ MSI Classic Team Orange Crush is still holding tryouts to fill our team roster. Tryouts every Thursday evening at 6:007:30 at the Germantown Soccerplex Cricket Field. Contact info available at MSIclassic.d4sportsclub.com

Plan ahead! Place your Yard Sale ad Today!

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$

*includes rain insurance

Call Today 301.670.2503

Participants Needed for Research Study Westat, a social science research company, needs children ages 7 to 11 years, in general good health and normal body weight, to participate in a study about how short periods of activity improve children’s metabolism and attention. Both boys and girls are encouraged to participate in 3 sessions: one outpatient screening visit of about 5 hours and two outpatient visits of about 7 hours each visit. The sessions will take place at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD and participants will be compensated for their time. If you are interested, call 1-888-963-5578, include your name, telephone number, email address and the best time to reach you or go online to clinicaltrials.gov (refer to study 13-CH-0169). This study is sponsored by the National Institutes of Children’s Health and Human Development.

Licensed Drivers With Voice Control System Needed For Research Study Westat is seeking participants for a federally-funded research study on drivers’ experiences using voice control systems. To be eligible for the study, you must have a voice control system in the car you drive most often. The study involves talking to a researcher about your experiences with your voice control system and driving on local roads and I-270 in your own car. The study will take about 1.5 hours. If you are interested in this study, please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/voicecontrolstudy or call at 1-888-747-9523 for more details. Participants will receive $100 as a thank you for their time. What is a voice control system? By "voice control" we mean that as a driver, you can perform certain tasks like reading a text message and placing a phone call - using the sound of your voice. For example, you can make a call to your friend Meghan by saying, "Call Meghan." You may also be able to hear your favorite phone apps through your car’s sound system and control them with your voice (e.g., Pandora, Bing, MLB.com, or USA TODAY). Your voice control system may also allow you to turn on the air conditioning or tune the radio to your favorite radio station. WESTAT EOE

Daycare Directory

WESTAT EOE

July 3, 2013

Children’s Center of Damascus Olive Branch Daycare Ana’s House Day Care Miriam’s Loving Care Zhilla Daycare Center Holly Bear Daycare Blue Angel Family Home Daycare

INNER SELF: Get in LIVE IN NANNY/ For touch w/your inner self HOUSKPR

through your Zodiac household & children, Sign, Call today for references are required inner peace 240-242-5135 concerning love business and health Call: 410-901-8818

ELENA’S FAMILY Daycare I AM A NANNY: Raised 6 kids! PT/FT Welcomes Infantsexc ref, live-out, own transportation, light cooki/clean, fluent in Eng 240-408-6871

Up Pre-K program, Computer Lab, Potty Train. Lic# 15-133761 Call 301-972-1955

DAYCARE ASSISTANT

Home daycare in Clarksburg, MD looking for FT daycare assistant to help with the kids. Green card and US Citizen. If

interested please call 240-668-4139

To Advertise

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301-253-6864 240-277-6842 301-972-2148 240-246-0789 240-447-9498 301-869-1317 301-250-6755

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Deadline: July 29, 2013 Next Publication August 7, 2013 • Call 301-670-2538

HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED: FT Tues-

Sat, small family in Potomac, clean/cook. Indian cooking is pref’d 240 498 0318

Call 301.670.2641

Lic. #:31453 Lic. #:160926 Lic. #:15127553 Lic. #:155622 Lic. #:150266 Lic. #:15123142 Lic. #:161004

SPECIAL NEEDS CAREGIVER WANTED: Weekend

care giving for Autistic High School Boy, supervised in community & pool, Potomac, need car, $14/hr, special needs experience preferred rbobroff@verizon.net

POTOMAC FAMILY

Legal. ASST: Educated. Must Drive. Weekends plus flex weekday hrs. Some overnight stay, travel. 2 yrs + experience Call: 301.887.3212.

ROCKVILLE: lovely prvt apt in exchange for few mid day errands + salary, must drive. Call once only & lv msg. 301-871-6565

Careers 301-670-2500

Career Training

class@gazette.net

Chemical Compliance Manager For 3E Company, Bethesda, MD. Requires MS Chem Eng’g + 2 yrs exp as Chemical Data Analyst or Chemical Compliance Manager for chemical regulatory compliance & risk management. Please apply online at http://3ecompany.com, job ID 20130628-1900-SH

CHAUFFEURS

Become a Professional Chauffeur - We train! If you have a good driving record, know your way around and enjoy making people happy then we want to talk to you. Please join us Tuesday, August 6th, anytime between 11 am - 5 pm for our open house. 401K, benefits package, and bonuses provided! All applicants must be of the age of 25. RMA WORLDWIDE CHAUFFEURED TRANSPORTATION 11565 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, MD 20852 GP2320

Real Estate

DENTAL ASSISTANT

Office Manager

Medical practice looking for full time office manager with experien ce. Fax resume to 301-424-8337

Education

TEACHERS

Sunrise Learning Center Seeks Pre- School ft/pt Teachers & Teachers Assistant for pre-school center in Gaithersburg. 90 hrs plus experience or college credit in ECE is needed. Call 301-208-6948.

Silver Spring

Work with the BEST!

Be trained individually by one of the area’s top offices & one of the area’s best salesman with over 34 years. New & experienced salespeople welcomed.

Must R.S.V.P.

Call Bill Hennessy

GC3022

Immediate opening. Great salary & benefits, very close to Olney. Experience preferred/x-ray certified a must. M-F, F/T. Email lmlepore@verizon.net

Healthcare

301-388-2626 301-388-2626

bill.hennessy@longfoster.com • Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. EOE

Executive Data Consultant

Rockville, MD. Conduct healthcarerelated data analysis and reporting. See https://RE21.ultipro.com/MAP1002 /Jobboard/NewCandidateExt.aspx? __JobID=1069 -- Requisition #130092 -- for full desc, reqs, & app. instructions. Foster Parents

Treatment Foster Parents Needed Work from home!

û Free training begins soon û Generous monthly tax-free stipend û 24/7 support

Call 301-355-7205

Maintenance

CLEANER/ FLOOR TECHNICIAN

Experienced cleaner to work at multiple commercial properties. Applicant must have knowledge of stripping and waxing vinyl floors. Maintenance experience is a plus but not required. Applicant must have a valid driver’s license and own transportation . Great compensation package. Please email resume to: kmcjobs3@gmail.com or fax to: 301-309-9503. EOE.

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Careers 301-670-2500 COACHES/TRAINERS

MD Basketball Academy seeks an energetic & positive coach/trainer for upcoming youth skill development clinics & programs. Must have prior experience, be dependable, come early, able to stay late if needed and be positive and helpful. We will provide game/practice lesson plans, rotation guidance, etc. http://marylandbasketballacademy.org for more information and to apply on our website.

CHAIR SIDE DENTAL ASSISTANT

Needed FT/PT for our endodontic office. We are seeking an experienced, energetic person that will compliment our team approach to quality centered care. Xray License required Rockville/Gaithersburg locations. Email: phelps@endogroup.com

Healthcare

COME GROW WITH US

Hospice of the Chesapeake, the premier non-profit hospice and palliative care provider for Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties Maryland, is seeking motivated and skilled professional for the following positions:

Prince George’s County

2 - CLINICAL MANAGERS (RN/BSN/MSN) 2 - RN CASE MANAGERS (RN/BSN) E-mail resume to ppielmeier@hospicechesapeake.org. EOE

Management

Experienced Manager & Manager Trainees

Needed for growing Dry Cleaning operation. Responsibilities consist of helping customer at counter, ability to operate all machinery, assembling orders, checking quality and production standards, generating reports, and controlling payroll. Excellent organizational and great customer skills are a must. If you are dependable, work well with others, detail oriented and a "hands on" person apply today. ∂ Ability to earn $40,000 - $50,000+ ∂ Quarterly Bonus Program ∂ Fortune 500 Benefits including Medical/Dental insurance, vision discount program, 401(k) ∂ Paid Vacation

class@gazette.net EDUCATION

ASSISTANT TEACHER

19120 Muncaster Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 Call Rafiq at: 301-922-0615

8:30am and 2:30pm

Marketing Consultants: we have a part time (20 hours) opportunity on our team. Previous multi-family housing experience desired.

On Call Supervisor

All positions require weekend work. Please send resumes and cover letters with the position desired to:

Janitorial/ Cleaner

Call Debbie at 301-540-1170 between

Great job for students, retirees and stay at home moms. Work from home! Answer and handle phone calls from 5pm to 9am two evenings twice a month for staffing agency or one weekend a month. Must have Internet access, and a car. Fax resume to 301.588.9065 or email to cc2439@yahoo.com

Montgomery Club Apts. Attn: Open Positions 17101 Queen Victoria Court, Apt # 102 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Fax: 301-947-4518 Email: Mont-Club@GradyMgt.com EEO M/F/D. www.GradyMgt.com

WE’RE HIRING WEEKEND CNAS, GNAS, AND HHAS!

Seasonal Driver Counter Sales

Provide non-medical care and companionship for seniors in their homes. Personal care, light housework, transportation, meal preparation. Must be 21+. Must have car and one year professional, volunteer, or personal experience www.homeinsteads.com/197 Home Instead Senior Care To us it’s personal 301/588-9023 Call between 10am-4pm Mon-Fri

PT, Resp for delivering merchandise & assisting customers. Must be able to lift 60lbs on a regular basis & have a clean driving record. For further detail on the position or to apply, go to www.gazette.net/careers

If you are an enthusiastic and detail oriented individual looking for weekend work, join the Champion Windows team! We are looking for a motivated Event Demonstrator to work parttime gathering leads at our retail, event, and show locations. This position will be responsible for greeting potential customers, collecting leads, as well as setting appointments. As an Event Demonstrator, you must be highly self motivated with good interpersonal and communication skills. Strong time management and prioritization abilities are a must for your success in this role. You will be required to pass a criminal background check and drug screening.

Please email your resume to shalle@getchampion.com, fax to 301990-3022, or call 301-880-3001

NW, DC apartment Building seeking an experienced cleaner for prep of turnover apartments, common area cleaning and light landscaping. Please email resume to: kmcjobs3@gmail.com or fax to: 301-309-9503. EOE.

MECHANIC

Dental/ Medical Assistant Trainees Needed Now Dental/Medical Offices now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-877-234-7706 CTO SCHEV

Sales

Effective immediately, M.T. Laney Co, Inc will be accepting applications for the following positions: ∂ Heavy Equipment Mechanic (Must have clean driving record) Please email resume to info@mtlaney.com fax 410-795-9546 Top wages and a great working environment. EOE

Business Development Specialist Media Sales We’re looking for a Specialist who has a documented history of driving new business. Post Newsweek Media provides local news and information to communities in Maryland and Virginia. We are looking for a skilled sales professional to assist small businesses in marketing their products and services. This is a inside/outside sales position. You would develop an understanding of print, online, mobile advertising with a focus on recruitment, retail and service business segments. Previous sales experience needed, enthusiasm, great work ethic and a strong desire to succeed.

HAIRDRESSER

Part time, Proficient in roller sets, blow drying, perms and haircuts in busy "Senior" salon. Send your resume to: silvercurls55@gmail.com

Home Improvement

FENCE SALES

301-366-3734 AnotherFineJob@aol.com

We offer a competitive compensation & comprehensive benefits package including pension, 401(k) & tuition reimbursement. If you believe this is the right position for your skills, talents and abilities. Please forward your resume to mbass@gazette.net. EOE

Part/ Full Time

Busy small animal hospital looking for a motivated individual. Must be able to work weekends and holidays. Some heavy lifting required. Please email resume with phone contact attn Beth at office@potomacaniamalhospita.com

Pharmacy/ Phlebotomy Tech Trainees Needed Now Pharmacies/ hospitals now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-877-240-4524 CTO SCHEV

EVENT DEMONSTRATOR

Medication Tech a plus. Must have own car. 7am - 3pm 3pm - 9pm, 9pm - 9am

G r o u n d s : PT position is avail. busy apt. community. This position will assist in maintaining the grounds, outdoor facilities, interior common areas, and will assist heavily in snow removal.

VET ASSISTANT/KENNEL HELP FT, Exp. Preferred. Rockville/Gaithersburg Area & Great Benefits Email resume to: Eyejobs02@outlook.com

CNA

Grady Management, a leader in the property management arena, has the following positions open in the Gaithersburg area:

Peppertree Children’s Center in Germantown needs an assistant teacher. Must have high school diploma and some college classes in Early Childhood Education. Hours: 8 am - 12 noon AND 2 to 6pm.

Apply at www.crestcleaners.com

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST

Healthcare

Property Management

OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN P/T Exp. Preferred. Rockville/Gaithersburg area Email resume to: Eyejobs02@outlook.com

Part-Time

Work From Home

National Children’s Center Making calls Weekdays 9-4 No selling! Sal + bonus + benes.

Call 301-333-1900

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NOW TWO LOCATIONS

01 Toyota Corolla LE #370678A, $$ 4 Speed Auto, Silver Stream

5,995

09 Ford Ranger XL $$ #360242A, Auto, Red

10,985

03 Honda Civic Hybrid #R1660A, $$ CVT, Titanium Metallic

6,995

10 Toyota Corolla LE #370631A, $ 4 Spd Auto, $ Blue

12,985

05 Toyota Sienna LE $$ #367151B, 5 Spd Auto, Pearl

9,955

07 Toyota Camry Hybrid #372326A, $$ Sand, CVT

12,985

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4 Spd Auto

14,955

11 Toyota Camry $$

#P8702, 6 Spd Auto, Red, 23.2K mi

16,985

12 Toyota Corolla LE #R1675, $$ Red, 12.7K mi

15,985

11 Nissan Rogue $$

#366509A, Indigo Blue, CVT, 25.9K mi

17,985

12 Toyota Carmy LE #R1647, 6 Spd $ Auto, 17.8K mi, $ White

16,985

08 Toyota Avalon XLS #378045A, $ 6 Spd Auto, $ Gray

17,985

$16,985 2008 Chevrolet Impala........ $10,395 $10,395 2008 Ford Ranger XLT......... $16,985 #372340B, 5 SpeedAuto, Red, 21.9K mi #3383026A, 6 Cyl,Auto, Brown $17,985 2010 Toyota Corolla S......... $13,985 $13,985 2011 Toyota Camry SE......... $17,985 #360304B, Red, 6 SpeedAuto, 38.3K mi #P8685, 4 SpeedAuto, 33.9K mi, Silver $17,985 2011 Toyota Corolla LE........ $14,985 $14,985 2011 Toyota Camry LE......... $17,985 #P8703, Black, 6 SpeedAuto, 22.7K mi #367171A, Sandy Beach, 4 SpeedAuto, 28.8K mi

APR ON ALL MODELS

2013 JETTA S

2013 GOLF 2 DOOR

MSRP 17,785

BUY FOR

$

#V13749, Mt Gray,

MSRP $19,990

14,699

$

BUY FOR

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

MSRP $21,910

17,995

$

BUY FOR

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2013 JETTA TDI

2013 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE

UP TO 42 E A HIGHWPA Y

# 3011135, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Heated Seats.

MSRP 25,530

#2822293, Power Windows/Power Locks, Auto

MSRP $25,030

$

21,599

$

BUY FOR

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

17,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2013 GOLF TDI

#7200941, Power Windows, Power Locks, Bluetooth

BUY FOR

2013 PASSAT S 2.5L

#3131033, Automatic, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Heated Seats, Bluetooth, Cruise Control

#7313437, Auto

12 Toyota Corolla LE #R1676, Blue, $ $ 13.8K mi,

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MSRP $25,790

21,699

$

BUY FOR

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2013 GTI 2 DOOR

2013 PASSAT TDI SE

#4011487, Power Windows/Power Locks, Keyless Entry

#V13770, Mt White, Pwr Windows, Sunroof

MSRP $24,790

MSRP $27,615

21,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

2013 CC SPORT

$17,985 2010 Toyota Corolla LE........ $14,985 $14,985 2011 Hyundai Sonata.......... $17,985 #360277A, 6 SpeedAuto, Black, 21.5K miles #364236A, 4 SpeedAuto, Black $18,985 $15,985 2011 Hyundai Santa FE........ $18,985 2010 Chevrolet Silverado..... $15,985 #364207A, 6 SpeedAuto, Silver #367140A, 1500 2 WD Pick Up, 30K mi, Gray $18,985 2012 Toyota Corolla LE........ $16,985 $16,985 2011 Chrysler 200 Touring.... $18,985 #367161A, Bright White, 6 SpeedAuto, 2.9K mi #R1674, Blue, 4 SpeedAuto, 14.5K mi

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BUY FOR

22,499

$

BUY FOR

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

#9521085, Mt Silver, Pwr Windows, Pwr doors, Keyless

MSRP $31,670

23,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

BUY FOR

26,999

$

OR 0% for 60 MONTHS

OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 50 Available...Rates Starting at 2.64% up to 72 months

2007 Jetta 2.5....................#340987B, Gray, 64,851 mi............$9,991 2008 Jetta Sedan.............#V13896A, Black, 53,239 mi..........$11,898 2010 Jetta Sedan.............#P7615, White, 34,212 mi..............$15,497 2013 Jetta Sedan.............#V131073A, White, 568 mi.............$17,900 2010 CC Sport....................#P6091, Silver, 30,110 mi...............$18,091 2010 Tiguan SE..................#P6005, Sandstone, 40,938 mi.......$18,991 2012 Jetta TDI....................#414733A, White, 27,861 mi..........$20,491 2010 Tiguan Wolfsburg.....#614718A, Gray, 46,795 mi............$19,991

2010 GTI PZEV...............#520705A, Gray, 18,514 mi............$20,991 2010 Tiguan S.....................#P6015, Gold, 230 mi.....................$22,491 2013 Passat S CPO..........#PR5083, Gray, 3,140 mi................$20,493 2013 Passat CPO..............#PR5082, Silver, 3,140 mi...............$20,493 2010 Tiguan SE..................#P6505, Black, 40,938 mi..............$21,995 2013 Beetle Conv.............#P5094, Black, 4,184 mi................$22,991 2011 Tiguan SE..................#P6004 Gray, 20,118 mi.................$26,591 2012 Golf R Nav.................#819675A, Black, 21,246 mi..........$28,999

All prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $200 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 60 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 60 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 08/04/13.

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801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

www.ourismanvw.com

Rockvillevolkswagen.com

1.855.881.9197

301.424.7800

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2010 TEAM CAR- 2003 YELLOW GO TRAILER 7’X2 CHEVY BLAZER: mil. New 40’: 10,000 GVW tan- 163K dem axle; rear ramp transm. Passed indoor; upgraded ply- spect. $2,500 obo. wood walls with 48 ft 240-515-4073

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1996 HONDA ACCORD LX: auto 32K,

sunroof, CD , VA Insp. $3,500 240-5356814, 301-640-9108

2002 Pontiac Montana

8 Pass, PW, PL, PS.................$4,575

2004 Ford Taurus SE

66K, PW, PL, PS.....................$6,975

2008 Chevy HHR Panel Truck

Auto, PW, PL, CD...................$8,950

2002 Ford Mustang Coupe

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V8, Auto, PW, PL, PS, CD......$8,450

2009 Pontiac Vibe

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2011 Chevy HHR LT

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Auto, PW, PL, PS, CD..........$13,425

2007 Pontiac Torrent

AWD,57k,NewTires,PW,PL,CD. $13,450

1989 Chevy Corvette Conv.

Hard Top, Auto, 69k, Lhtr....$13,590

2008 Pontiac G-6 GT

48K, Leather, Sunroof, Remote Start. .$13,950

2009 Chevy Malibu LT

28k, V6, PW, PL, PS, CD, Leather, Remote Start..........................$14,975

2006 GMC Crew

Looking to buy a new vehicle before your next road trip?

2WD, 72k, PW, PL, CD, Cap. .$15,950

2006 GMC Sierra SLE Ext.

27k, PW, PL, CD...................$16,775

2013 Chevy Cruze LT

16K, 4 Cyl, Auto, PW, PL, CD.....$18,225

2005 Hummer H-2 4x4

71k, Lhtr, Sunroof, Loaded. .$25,525

Search Gazette.Net/Autos for economical choices.

2012 Toyota Tundra Crew

V8, 4x4, 8Ft Bedliner, PW, PL, CD...$31,475

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NEW 2013 PRIUS TWO

NEW 2013 SIENNA

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2 AVAILABLE: #360204, 360178

22,290

$

NEW 22013 COROLLA LE AVAILABLE: #370629, 370637

14,990

$

$

BASE, AUTO, 6 CYL, INCL $1500 MANF. REBATE

S U M M E R SALE! SALE! SIZZLING S I Z Z L I N G SUMMER

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL., INCL. $500 MANF. REBATE

AFTER $1,000 REBATE

99/mo.**

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2 AVAILABLE: #350121, 350122

36 Month Lease

$

AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR

2 AVAILABLE: #364302, 364293

21,390

36Month Lease

2 AVAILABLE: #370456, 370516

NEW 2013 SCION TC

NEW 2013 RAV4 LE 4X2 BASE

$

NEW 2013 COROLLA LE

$

2 AVAILABLE: #372305, 372337

19,390

4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL.,

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NEW 2013 CAMRY LE

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4 CYL., AUTOMATIC

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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $760, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810 AND $975. *0.9% 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 60 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 OR 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. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. OFFERS EXPIRES 08-06-13.

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