THE GAZETTE
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Hospice Caring starts book of memories as tribute to deceased den Impact. Kicks Karate and the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre will offer demonstrations. Tickets for the activities cost $5 for five tickets or $10 for 12. Each activity requires one or two tickets, which can be purchased at the store’s customer service desk at the event. All proceeds will benefit the Whole Kids Foundation, a nonprofit that supports schools and families’ nutrition. For more information about the fair, call 301-258-9500.
PEOPLE & PL ACES RYAN MARSHALL
Hospice Caring in Gaithersburg has launched a new
way for people from around the county to memorialize and honor their loved ones. On Saturday, the nonmedical hospice helped attendees pay tribute to almost 50 mothers, grandmothers, fathers, sisters, uncles and friends with a book of memories. “It’s something new we’re starting because we wanted something permanent for the names,” said Executive Director Jeannette Mendonca. The hospice staff has put together tribute events involving the release of butterflies and the reading of names, but they wanted something that families could point to when they return to the agency’s cottage, she said. Attendees who signed the book were given a single, longstemmed rose as a keepsake. Names were read aloud, accompanying poetry and the dedication of bricks and pavers in the Hospice Caring cottage’s garden walkway. The garden has become a place for “quiet reflection” for the hospice’s visitors, Mendonca said. A children’s garden at the cottage was installed in April and paid tribute to grieving children and their families. Twenty-six bricks and pavers were dedicated as part of the tribute event. They are being inscribed with names and installed this week. Families and attendees who dedicated pavers chose their location along the path as well, Mendonca said. Bricks along the garden path have been made into tributes at the Hospice Caring cottage for more than a decade, she said. The book of tributes will be on permanent display in the cottage, at 518 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. Hospice Caring is “24 years young,” Mendonca said. The nonprofit is planning to start a garden catalog, where those interested can sponsor flowers, plants and ornaments that will appear in the Hospice Caring gardens. — SYLVIA CARIGNAN
Retailer wins award in business plan contest The founder of an online Germantown retailer that sells infant and toddler bedding and other merchandise won an award Aug. 29 in the 10th annual StartRight! Women’s Business Plan Competition. Dana McFadden, founder
City kicks off Backyard Concert series Gaithersburg is kicking off its free fall Backyard Concert series with two family-friendly performances. Irish-American roots rock group Donegal X-Press will perform Sept. 28 at Diamond Farms Park, 857 Quince Orchard Blvd. King Teddy will perform swing music Oct. 5 at Morris Park, 421 Summit Hall Road. Attendees are invited to bring blankets or low lawn chairs. Both concerts start at 7 p.m. The city also will accept nonperishable food items at the concerts to donate to local food banks. For more information about the concert series, visit gaithersburgmd.gov/events or call 301-258-6350.
Pumpkin race returns Oct. 12 RAPHAEL TALISMAN/FOR THE GAZETTE
Roslyn Price of Montgomery Village dedicates a stone paver to the memory of her late husband, Harvey Price, during the Gardens of Memories Tribute on Saturday at Hospice Caring in Gaithersburg. of Jai’s Dreams, won first prize and $2,500 in the contest, which is organized by the Maryland Women’s Business Center and Rockville Economic Development Inc. McFadden also won the online Capital Business Pickthe-Pitch Competition, which allowed the public to vote on semifinalists’ short pitches. The awards were presented at a conference at the Montgomery County Conference Center in North Bethesda. The Maryland Women’s Business Center was started in 2010 as part of Rockville Economic Development as a way to help women in the region start businesses that can achieve long-term growth. The center provides training, business counseling and other resources.
Groups offer bicycling adventure in Poolesville Bicycling enthusiasts can
take an outing Sept. 29 with a tour of destinations around the Poolesville area. The Potomac Pedalers and Montgomery Countryside Alliance are co-hosting a ride around northwestern Montgomery County to check out the fall countryside. The ride will start at the Poolesville Golf Course at 16601 W. Willard Road. From there, it will move along country roads through the county’s agricultural reserve, with stops including Homestead Farm, the Comus Market and Kingsbury’s Orchard. Kingsbury’s will host a picnic lunch from 12:30 to 3 p.m., with the $12 registration fee required by Sept. 25. Information: potomacpedalers.org.
Boyds gallery to host photography workshop The Art Connect gallery in
Boyds will offer a photography
workshop Sept. 21. Nature photographer Marsha Liebl will teach participants techniques to help improve their skills. The workshop will be held from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at Brookside Gardens at 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. The fee is $59. Participants should bring a point-and-shoot or 35mm camera, and no tripods are necessary. Call 301-820-1193 by Sept. 20 to register.
Kentlands Whole Foods to hold fair Whole Foods Market in the Kentlands will hold a familyfriendly fair Sunday. Activities at the store, which is at 316 Kentlands Blvd., Gaithersburg, will include face painting, a moonbounce, a dunk tank and crafts. Live music will be provided by the band Sud-
Montgomery Village will hold its annual Great Pumpkin Race at its fall festival Oct. 12. The race is a single-elimination event featuring handcrafted, decorated pumpkin race cars. Registered pumpkin car owners will compete for the Pumpkin Race Championship trophy at North Creek Community Center. Pumpkin race car kits are available for $12 at the Montgomery Village Foundation office, at 10120 Apple Ridge Road. A limited number of free kits also are available for groups and families. Racers may use their own supplies to propel their pumpkins, but must follow race rules posted at montgomeryvillage.com. The fall festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 20125 Arrowhead Road, with pumpkin racing at 1 p.m.
Our House benefit will be Sept. 20 Our House, a residential job-training program in Brookeville, is celebrating 20 years of serving local disadvantaged teenage boys and young men. A gala to benefit the non-
profit will take place from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda. The residents at Our House serve the Olney community in many ways — making repairs to the Olney Satellite Police Station, and assisting at events including the Women’s Board Picnic and Bazaar, the Olney Farmers and Artists Market, Olney Days and National Night Out. The benefit, called “Give a Child a Future,” will feature food, drinks, dancing, and both live and silent auctions. The honorary chairman and keynote speaker is actor Charles S. Dutton and Gwen Tolbart, a weather reporter with WTTG Fox 5, will be the master of cermonies. The Daryl Davis Band featuring Angela Hill will perform. The suggested minimum donation is $125, part of which is tax deductible. For information, reservations and sponsorship, and to donate auction items, contact Tolbart at 202400-1999 or gala@our-house. org. More information on Our House is at our-house.org. For more information, call 301-948-0110 or visit montgomeryvillage.com. 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 Sylvia Carignan, The Germantown Gazette, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD20877, or email to scarignan@gazette.net. Our fax number is 301-670-7183. Photos should be 1 MB or larger. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday for consideration for the following week. All items are subject to space availability.
DEATHS Neil C. Carmichael Sr. Neil C. Carmichael Sr., 75, of Woodlawn, died Aug. 30, 2013. Gasch’s Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Roy Douglas Koppe Roy Douglas “Doug” Koppe, 85, formerly of Gaithersburg, died Sept. 2, 2013, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. A funeral took place Sept. 6 at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Berkeley Springs. Interment occurred in Parklawn Memorial Park in Rockville.
FREE HEALTH FAIR
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