THE GAZETTE
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 r
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Children’s show combines science fun, storytelling PEOPLE & PL ACES ELIZABETH WAIBEL
The Sciencetellers aren’t your average science teachers. Children who turned up for their show at Rockville Memorial Library on Saturday learned about the science of matter through interactive experiments with fire, gas, air pressure, water and chemicals — all part of telling the story of a bug named Benjamin. The goal of a Sciencetellers show is to combine science with storytelling and help children learn through hands-on experiments. In the Rockville show, Benjamin the bug was accidentally brought inside a house, and his friends must rescue him.
Registration open for Rockville sports Registration is now open for youth and adult sports activities in Rockville. Youth sports leagues are open to children with all skill levels. Fall leagues include youth cross country and soccer. Adults can join Rockville’s sports teams and leagues as single players or as teams. Sports include badminton, volleyball, softball, table tennis and a 10K/5K run in November. Registration and fees vary. For more information, call 240-314-8620 or visit rockvillemd.gov/recreation/sports.
Wheaton library bookstore among region’s tops Library patrons in the
Wheaton area needn’t look far
for a great used bookstore, according to a Washington, D.C., newspaper’s rankings. Washington City Paper recently named the Wheaton Library Used Bookstore the best used bookstore in the region. The store is operated by Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, at 11701 Georgia Ave. Most books cost $1 to $2, and the nonprofit bookstore also accepts donations of used books. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The bookstore is closed whenever Wheaton Library is closed. Call 301-9331110 for more information.
Teacher picked for Library of Congress program A Rockville teacher is one of a handful of educators chosen from across the nation to participate in a Library of Congress workshop this week.
Alexis Tzap of Sciencetellers uses fire to tell a story with help from Ethan Zhang, 11, of Rockville at the Rockville Memorial Library on Saturday. Alexis Mazur, who teaches at Beall Elementary School in Rockville, is taking part in the library’s Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute on Monday through Friday. The library annually conducts five institutes for teachers from kindergarten through high school, during which participants work with the library’s education specialists and subject-matter experts to learn how to better use primary sources in the classroom, according to a library news release. The idea is to have the teachers take these practices back to their school districts, apply them in the classroom and share them with colleagues. Mazur was selected for the national program from a pool of more than 500 applicants.
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 five 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 finalize the early voting locations by October.
Literacy council has new board members The Literacy Council of Montgomery County named five 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 benefit our organization,” said Shelly Block, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit. 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 pro-
fessor 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 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.
Ricky Skaggs to perform at Asbury Asbury Methodist Village will host Grammy Awardwinner Ricky Skaggs for a performance and book-signing on Aug. 14. Skaggs, a singer and mandolin player, will discuss his new memoir, “Kentucky Traveler: My Life in Music,” and perform his country and bluegrass songs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Rosborough
Cultural Arts Center at 301 Odendhal Ave., Gaithersburg. Admission for one person, who will receive a copy of Skaggs’ memoir, is $30. Admission for two people, who will receive one copy, is $40. Tickets may be purchased at brownpapertickets.com/ event/428974. The event is presented by the Gaithersburg Book Festival and Politics and Prose.
Walk & Ride challenge is in September The annual Walk & Ride is coming up and teams of three to five participants that register online by Wednesday can receive a $10 discount off the $50 fee. All team members must work in either Bethesda, North Bethesda, Friendship Heights or Shady Grove. Walk & Ride,
sponsored by Montgomery County Commuter Services, is a challenge designed to inspire employees in those communities to incorporate walking into their daily work routines, rather than driving alone and sitting in traffic. This year’s Walk & Ride challenge is Sept. 8-28 in Bethesda and Sept. 9-27 elsewhere. There will be prizes for the teams and individuals who take the most steps. Grand prizes will be awarded at the end. To register, visit https:// www.walkandride.net/
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Church invites all to block party 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, inflatables, 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. Send event information, photos and news items for People and Places to Elizabeth Waibel at ewaibel@gazette. net, or call 301-280-3005.
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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