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The Montgomery County school board approved on Tuesday a study to look at a possible pairing plan for Tilden Middle School and Rock Terrace School on a North Bethesda campus. The plan and the project process have sparked heated community opposition. Seven board members voted in favor of the feasibility study of a new facility that would house both the general education
and special education schools. Board President Patricia O’Neill was absent. Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers recently recommended the paired facility on Tilden Lane, which the district expects to hold more than 1,000 Tilden students and up to about 100 Rock Terrace students, now in Rockville. At an April 27 public hearing, community members told board members that the district had not given them a fair chance for input on the pairing plan. Speakers also voiced concerns about the plan itself, including arguments that the
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(Above) Susan Henderson and her husband, David Hu, of Bethesda, members of the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, dance at the spring fiesta Saturday at the church to support the El Salvador University Scholarship Fund. The evening included dinner, dancing and a pinata for children.
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TIFFANY ARNOLD STAFF WRITER
Usually, small-town council elections are rather ho-hum affairs. Not so in the town of Chevy Chase last week. There, a last-minute writein campaign for a council seat by a virtual unknown ousted Pat Burda, an established incumbent who had served as the town’s mayor. Fred Cecere, a retired physician who said he agreed to become a write-in candidate just days before the May 5 election, is to be sworn in as Chevy
(Right) Francisco Ramirez Rivera of Herndon, Va., received a humanitarian award during the fiesta. Rivera is a Salvadoran refugee who has founded a coalition of local immigrant communities to fund scholarships for students in Santa Marta. PHOTOS BY TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Chase’s newest town council member Wednesday. “It’s kind of a wonder of democracy that it could work,” Cecere said. The election result was cloudy until just this week, however. The town’s ethics commission was asked to resolve whether Cecere violated ethics rules by filing his financial paperwork late. A few stunned residents claimed the campaign’s tactics — getting a surge of residents to write in Cecere’s name hours before the polls closed — were sneaky and unfair. Monday night, the ethics commission upheld Cecere’s election. Up until election day, two incumbents, Burda and John
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Warning: Safer pedestrian crossing ahead Auto dealers shuffle the deck State to install stoplight on Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda this summer
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Car dealers are playing musical imports in downtown Bethesda. After only about nine months, Euro Motorcars is converting its Volvo show-
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room on Woodmont Avenue into a showroom for its new Audi dealership. The showroom, near the southern corner of Woodmont and Wisconsin avenues, could open May 18, said General Manager Gil Hofheimer. That depends partly on the conversion of its Volvo service facility on River Road to handle Audis.
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Pedestrians who have dared to cross six lanes of Wisconsin Avenue along a busy stretch in downtown Bethesda can expect more help this summer when a stoplight is slated to be installed. “Midsummer” is when a traffic signal at Wisconsin Avenue and Stanford Street is
expected to start regulating vehicle and foot traffic there, said David Buck, a spokesman with the State Highway Administration. Changes to the crossing will cost about $185,000. There’s a recently renovated crosswalk there now, about halfway between the traffic lights at Bradley Boulevard on the south and Woodmont Avenue on the north. It’s a bustling one, as the west side of Wisconsin is home to a post office, gym, condominium complex and several stores, including Verizon, Staples and a
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THURSDAY, MAY 14 Bethesda Community Garden Club Plant Sale, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bethesda Farm
Women’s Market, 7155 Wisconsin Ave. Perennials, herbs, annuals, native plants and shrubs. Proceeds benefit various community projects. info@farmwomensmarket. com; bethesdacommunitygardenclub.org.
Discussion: New Schizophrenia Treatment Options, 7 to 8:30 p.m., National Al-
liance on Mental Illness for Montgomery County, 11718 Parklawn Drive, Rockville. Two new treatment models discussed by representatives of two local organizations, Plan of Maryland and Family Services. Free. megan@namimc.org.
“Finding Your Voice in Wellness: Share the Therapeutic Musings of the Spoken Word,” 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Potomac Com-
munity Recreation Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Stanice Anderson, an author and Huffington Post blogger, will discuss benefits of the spoken word in the addiction recovery process. Other addiction and wellness organizations will be represented, too. 240-777-4723. Treasure Hunt, 10621 S. Glen Road, Potomac. Bring a dairy lunch at noon. Drinks and cookies will be served. Program begins at 12:30 p.m. 301-299-0225. New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble,
4801 Bethesda Ave, Bethesda. Robbins will discuss and sign her new controversial book “The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital.” 301-986-1761.
FRIDAY, MAY 15 Baronpalooza: The Fest on East West, 4 to 7 p.m., Bethesda-Chevy Chase
High School, 4301 East-West Highway, Bethesda. A festival of food, fun, sports, music, poetry and community spirit, organized by the school newspaper. 301-7755476 or maya.sterling@gmail.com. Day Of Wellness and Community Resources, 1 to 4 p.m., Hope Connections
for Cancer Support, FASEB at Beaumont House, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda. Free classes on acupuncture, self-massage,
Bethesda. Dog parade at 10:45 a.m., followed by owner/dog contests, exhibitors, doghouse auction, kid park with games. $30. www.strutyourmuttbethesda.org or 240-447-4068. Bach Goes Berserk, 8 p.m., Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. With pianist and composer Haskell Small. Free, but suggested donation is $20. 301-320-2770 or info@washingtonconservatory.org. Mum Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to noon, Bethesda United Church of Christ, 10010 Fernwood Road, Bethesda. Single mum plant in a pot is $1.50. Bring boxes for purchases. 301-253-5947 or Potomac@ mums.org. 25th Annual Strawberry Festval, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Potomac United Methodist Church, 9908 S. Glen Road, Potomac. Desserts, silent auction, children’s games. 301-299-9383 or pumcstrawberryfestival@ gmail.com. Gaithersburg Book Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Gaithersburg City Hall, 31 South Summit Ave., Gaithersburg. More than 100 authors, writing workshops, Children’s Village, book sales, author signings. Free admission and shuttles from Shady Grove Metro and Lakeforest Mall. 301-258-6350 or ccrosby@gaithersburgmd.gov. What’s it Worth? Trash or Treasure?, 1 to 5 p.m., Chevy Chase Village Hall, 5906 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase. $55 admission includes evaluation of up to three treasures by expert appraisers. Talks, door prizes, refreshments. To benefit Chevy Chase at Home. www.chevychaseathome. org or 301-657-3115. Junior Jams: the grandsons Jr., 10:30 a.m., FNDTN Gallery and Liveroom, 3762A Howard Ave., Kensington, Md. the grandsons, Jr., is the kids’ band version of the D.C.-area roots rock group The Grandsons. $8 plus fee online, $10 (cash) at the door; $25 plus fee for family of four online. fndtnarts.com/events.
SUNDAY, MAY 17 Music for Food benefit concert, 2 p.m.,
Christ Lutheran Church, 8011 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda. Free. Suggested donation of $25; $10 students and children. Proceeds benefit Manna Food Center. facebook.com/MusicForFoodDC; musicforfoodboston.org; mannafood.org.
Truck Touch and Vendor Marketplace, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville. Including a firetruck, police vehicles, Pepco cherry picker, stretch limousine. Food, children’s activities. $5 per person, cash only; children younger than 2 admitted free. 301762-7338 or tikvatisrael@gmail.com. From Bach to Zappa, 3 to 5 p.m., Calvary Lutheran Church, 9545 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring. Atlantic Reed Consort will perform pieces by Bach, Glass, Fleck, Elgar and others. $20 general admission, $15 for students and senior citizens. A reception follows the concert. www.musicalartsinternational.org or 301-933-3715. “Gettysburg: The Musical,” 2:30 p.m., Kensington Baptist Church social hall, 10100 Connecticut Ave. Entertainer Bill Finch and his wife, Carol, use impressions of famous people to tell the story. $20 adults, $10 students. 301-933-4333.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 9th Annual Rockville Ride of Silence, 7 p.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Rockville Bike Advisory Committee will host ride to honor those who have been injured or killed while riding on public roadways. This year’s ride will honor Jamie Roberts, a 24-year-old Rockville native and basketball coach who was killed on June 13, 2014, while cycling across the country to raise money for cancer charities. 10 miles; not for beginners. rockvillebikerides@ gmail.com.
CORRECTIONS • A May 6 A&E story about the Adventure Theatre Musical Theater Center’s production of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” referred to the play as a musical; it is not. Also, playwright Jacqueline Lawton, who adapted the classic tale, was misquoted. She said: “It’s a familiar story that’s made more relevant in a beautiful way.” The author of the original novel, L. Frank Baum, also was misidentified. • A May 6 article about a concert to raise money for Manna Food Center incorrectly reported the date. The Music for Food concert will be held at 2 p.m. this Sunday, May 17, at Christ Lutheran Church, 8011 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda.
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The Montgomery County Planning Board has signed off on a mixed-use project in North Bethesda slated to have almost 500 apartments and 31,000 square feet of retail space. The 521,000-squarefoot Gables Pike District is planned on 5.1 acres on Old Georgetown Road and Executive Boulevard. The developer is Gables Residential of McLean, Va. Plans call for three connected buildings, two new streets and a new parking garage with about 1,000 spaces that will also serve the adjacent Wall Local Park and the county’s Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center. In addition to the public-private garage, Gables Pike District will include a bike-share facility, more than 200 bicycle parking spaces and public art. Gables is providing the land for the garage, and the county is still working out funding for building its portion, according to a spokeswoman. A section of Executive Boulevard will be realigned and named Grand Park Avenue, according to the plans. The project also includes redeveloping an existing surface parking lot and a portion of the parking lot at the Montgomery County Conference Center across the street. “Gables Pike District has been in the planning stages for a number of years. We’re
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Seniors win Merit Scholarships The following Montgomery County high school seniors, listed with their probable career fields, were awarded $2,500 National Merit Scholarships. • Bethesda: Talia Lily Brenner, history, Whitman High School, Bethesda; Noah L. Cowan, chemistry, Georgetown Day School, Washington; Thomas C. DeSantis, undecided,
to begin in early 2016, will include the parking garage for the residential and retail portions. Construction of the first residential building is expected to begin in 2017; about 12 percent of the project’s apartments will be so-called moderately priced dwelling units. This will be the company’s second development in the area. Gables Upper Rock in Rockville will deliver its final building next month, the company said.
Potomac School, McLean, Va.; Kalila E. Morsink, undecided, Georgetown Day School; Lauren M. Phillips, medicine, Whitman High; Teerit J. Vongkovit, engineering, Landon School, Bethesda; Richard L. Yarrow, public service, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville; • Chevy Chase: Noa X. Gur-Arie, international law, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School; John W. Lindsey, computer science, St. Albans School, Washington; Jacob S. Rubashkin, politics, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High. • Derwood: Ashley H. Willard, undecided, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda.
The Gables Pike District on about 5 acres on Old Georgetown Road is expected to have almost 500 apartments and 31,000 square feet of retail space.
The annual list of Maryland public school students named U.S. Presidential Scholars is an exclusive one. This year, two from Montgomery County are its sole occupants. Patrick Cha of Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and Emily Yang of Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville were selected from more than 4,300 seniors across the country who qualified for the awards. The scholarships are awarded to one male and one female from each state, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Americans living abroad, while others are selected on an atlarge basis or as Scholars in the Arts. Scholars were chosen based on their academic records, artistic works, essays, school evaluations, transcripts, community service and leadership. Cha said the award is a nice way to finish off his high school career. Heading to Princeton University in the fall, Cha is the editor-in-chief of his school’s newspaper, plays on the tennis team and started a nonprofit to promote high school philanthropy through sports. Yang said she’s still deciding where she’ll go to college, but is thinking about majoring in economics with a focus on public policy. She is the captain of Richard Montgomery’s debate and forensics teams, as well as the weiqi team. Weiqi is a board game with roots in China going back thousands of years. The Richard Montgomery team recently won a tournament against teams from the U.S., Canada and Mexico, Yang said. rmarshall@gazette.net
• North Potomac: Glenda L. Smerin, chemistry, Holton-Arms School.
Campus congrats Cecilia Bisogno of Bethesda, a student at the University of Maryland, was named a winner of the 2015 DataFest challenge. In the annual event, sponsored by the American Statistical Association, students spend a weekend analyzing data provided by an organization with a store of accessible information. 2015 DataFest took place at seven campuses around the country and
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In the service Army Spc. Alexander S. Fontes graduated from basic combat training
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County police have charged a Bethesda man with abusing his 87-year-old mother by failing to properly take care of her as her custodian. James Kirkland, 57, of the 6000 block of Beech Avenue was charged May 2 with two counts of abusing a vulnerable adult, according to a county Police Department news release. Kirkland’s mother, who was not identi-
fied by name in the release or in online court records, remains in a local hospital in fragile condition as of Tuesday. Kirkland, a Republican, ran unsuccessfully in November against County Councilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda. The GOP pulled its support for Kirkland after anti-Semitic remarks turned up in emails he had sent. At 3 a.m. on May 1, county firefighters responded to a call and found the elderly woman suffering from sores on her legs and backside, police said. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment, and the incident was reported to the county’s Adult Protective Service, which contacted police.
Hospital personnel told detectives that the woman’s wounds were packed with newspaper and a powdery substance and that when they removed the newspaper her spine was visible, according to the release. Medical personnel also told detectives that they had to surgically remove compression socks that had become fused to her feet, according to the release. Kirkland was released from police custody on May 2, and online court records do not list an attorney as representing him as of Tuesday. A preliminary hearing in District Court is scheduled for May 29. vterhune@gazette.net
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Summer’s here — well, almost — but the time is already right for dancing in the street. The annual weekly outdoor concert series in downtown Bethesda kicks off Thursday with Chuggalug performing rock and Top 40 tunes. The series, which will continue from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays through July 16, will feature a range from music, from rock, funk and jazz to swing and reggae. The concerts, presented by the Bethesda Urban Partnership, will be in Veterans Park
at the corner of Woodmont and Norfolk avenues. Here’s the remaining schedule: • May 21: Kings of Crownsville, blues and swing. • May 28: King Soul, Southern soul. • June 4: Adrian Duke, New Orleans funk. • June 11: Los Caribbeat, Caribbean. • June 18: Built 4 Comfort, blues and classic rock. • June 25: Urban Funk, ’70s funk and R&B. • July 2: Oasis Island Sounds, Caribbean and reggae. • July 9: The Sidleys, rock. • July 16: The Crimestoppers, blues and classic rock. More information is at bethesda.org or call 301-2156660.
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The Universities at Shady Grove’s largest graduating class includes two students whose career goals arose unforeseen from life’s twists and turns. Staff Sgt. Martin Mann of Gaithersburg and Desiree Colvin of California, Md., are graduating from university programs hosted at the Rockville campus, stepping into or nearing careers that serve people they can relate to. The campus held a celebration on Thursday for 784 undergraduate students and 40 pharmacy students who are receiving degrees from University System of Maryland schools. Mann recently shared his story at an event honoring William E. “Brit” Kirwan, the outgoing chancellor of the University System of Maryland. Mann ends his time at Shady Grove after working on a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. For Mann, 30, the degree is another step toward joining a field in which he can help fellow veterans and others through a range of roles. Though he started community college years ago with psychology on his mind, Mann left school to join the Army in 2003. His first deployment took him to Iraq in 2006 to serve as a combat medic. After returning home, he entered an Army nursing program, looking to build on his medical knowledge. His trajectory began to shift toward social work with the help of a psychology professor at Montgomery College, where Mann was pursuing an associate degree. He was looking to help
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Nursing student Desiree Colvin of California, Md., and her children — Myra, 3, and James, 6 — talk with University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. “Brit” Kirwan after a graduation celebration Thursday at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville. his fellow veterans, a goal the professor told him could be better accomplished in social work. Mann said he sees himself taking on different roles in social work, from case manager to therapist to researcher. “I have a passion for all of those things as it relates to veterans, and not just veterans, but everyone,” he said. After beginning his studies at the Shady Grove campus to follow the new route, Mann was deployed once again to Afghanistan in 2012. He returned with the help of the campus’ staff to finish his studies. He will be the first in his family to earn a bachelor’s degree. During a recent internship working with at-risk boys, many
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After graduating from Towson University in 2006, she said in her speech, she emerged with a plan. She would become a music teacher, play in a symphony or orchestra and pursue a master’s degree and possibly a doctorate degree. She now is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Her career shift, she said, was driven by events that introduced her to many nurses when her son was born with a skull deformity. For Colvin, 30, a particular moment during her son’s treatment brought clarity. On a night when her young son was recovering from a surgery, Colvin said, she witnessed a nurse manage his pain and “care for him with compassion as if he was her own.” In that moment, she said, she told herself: “I want to do what she does.” “It’s not that I changed my love for music,” she said after the event. “It’s that I decided I want to make an even bigger difference in other people’s lives.” Colvin, who still plays and teaches the violin, said she has a job lined up as a nurse caring for people after surgery. She hopes one day to work in labor delivery. “Though we may feel that we’ve crossed a finish line, the word commencement actually means beginning,” she told the graduates. Campus Executive Director Stewart Edelstein said before the event that Colvin, with her transition to nursing, “has a really special story.” Many students at Shady Grove attend the campus to return to higher education and move their careers forward, he said. For Mann, the campus’ faculty played an important role, Edelstein said. They kept in touch with him when he was in Afghanistan, sending him care packages and assuring him that he would finish his degree. “It was an incredible relationship that they built with him,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net
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Jacob Wall of Bethesda, here with his geography teacher, Louise Daw, represented Washington, D.C., in the National Geographic Bee this week. Jacob is a sixth-grader at the British School of Washington. Daw moderates a weekly GeoBee club at the school.
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What does Kanye West — the rapper — have in common with world geography? “In [Botswana] there is a [town] called Kanye and there is an east and a west,” said Abhinav Karthikeyan of Clarksburg, a three-year national Geographic Bee competitor. Abhinav is one of two sixthgrade boys from Montgomery County among the 54 students who qualified to represent their states at the 27th annual National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. this week. Abhinav, a student at Clemente Middle School in Germantown, is the representative from Maryland. Jacob Wall of Bethesda, who attends the British School of Washington, represented Washington, D.C. Results after Monday’s preliminary rounds showed Abhinav still in the competition, placing among the top 10 who will compete for the first place in the country on Wednesday. Jacob went out during the preliminary rounds on Monday. He said he enjoyed competing is geography bees. “I enjoyed hearing the others’ questions,” he said. Abhinav first competed in the national bee when he was in fourth-grade at Clearspring Elementary School in Damascus. Students can compete in grades 4 through 8. Abhinav said Friday he has moved up each year: In 2013, he placed 21st and last year, 15th. “I’m hoping for a better result, to crack the top 10 this year,” he said. It was mission accomplished for him. On Wednesday he and the other top 10 competitors will vie for the national title at National Geographic headquarters. To qualify for the bee, students have to first win their school’s geography bee, then take a monitored written quiz. The results of their quiz are sent to the national bee committee and the 100 students from each state with the highest test scores qualify for state competition. State competitions were held March 27. “The competition goes beyond capitals and states,” said Louise Daw, geography teacher at the British School and head of the school’s Geo Club. “It’s also cultural and has physical geography questions.” Jacob said he was not particularly nervous about the competition. “I just want to enjoy it,” he said. When asked for an interesting fact he has learned about Maryland, Abhinav said, “Maryland does not have a natural lake.” Abhinav said he became interested in geography in preschool. “In preschool we cut out maps of the continents,” he said. “That got me interested in continents and what kinds of animals lived [on them].” In first grade, he said, he started watching the National Geographic Bee on TV. The first-place winner of the national bee, which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society, wins a $50,000 scholarship, a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Second place gets a $25,000 scholarship and third place, a $10,000 scholarship. pmcewan@gazette.net
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Judy Talbert, wife of Officer William Talbert, who died in the line of duty on Jan. 27, 2012, wipes a tear from her eye at the end of the Fallen Heroes Memorial Service on May 6 at the Montgomery County Public Safety Memorial in Gaithersburg. At right is Paul Sterling, who was Talbert’s partner; at left is Officer Barbara Natoli, who is peer support liaison for the Talbert family. John Hoffman touches the candle lit in honor of his son Officer Luke Hoffman, who died in line of duty on April 25, 2007. At right is Luke’s sister Kristina HoffmanEckhoff and behind them are (from left) Officers Sandy Moss, John Mullaney and Kathy Estrada.
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Families and fellow officers had a chance to honor law enforcement personnel who have died in the line of duty at the county police department’s annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Service on May 6 at the Public Safety Headquarters building in Gaithersburg. The ceremony honored 19 members of the Police Department, Sheriff’s Office and Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission who have died since 1928 from job-related injuries or illnesses. “The importance of this service is to let the families of our fallen know that their family members will never be forgotten,” Officer Barbara Natoli wrote in an email.
Natoli, who serves in the First District based in Gaithersburg, is one of a team of officers who provide support for the families of fallen officers. “At our service, I had the privilege of escorting Officer Talbert’s widow, Judy Talbert, and his former partner/ best friend, Retired Officer Paul Sterling, when they lit the candle in Officer William ‘Bill’ Talbert’s memory,” she wrote. Talbert, who died in 2012, had become infected with hepatitis C from a tainted blood transfusion in 1983 after a drunk driver crushed him between his cruiser and a car he had stopped, according to police. “This service brings the families together, helps them grieve, and also helps them celebrate the lives of their loved ones,” Natoli wrote. “It also tightens the bond that our police family holds so dearly.” vterhune@gazette.net
Sgt. Phil Meyer holds 6-year-old Hector Ayala Jr., son of Sgt. Hector Ayala, who died in the line of duty April 4, 2010. Lighting the candle is Sgt. Suzanne Beam and at center is Officer Shanda Berry.
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Recurrent names energy business leader Recurrent of Rockville named Mike Opitz to lead its energy conserAdditional vation services BizBriefs business. Opitz holds n Page A-14 dual master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and in technology and policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Synthetic Biologics names new VP Synthetic Biologics of Rockville named Maureen Early vice president, commercial. Previously, Early was president and co-founder of Upside Endeavors, and also worked for Rhone Poulenc Rorer/Aventis. She holds an MBA in international business from St. Joseph’s University and a bachelor’s in medical technology with a focus
in microbiology from Marywood College.
OpGen goes public, raises $17 million OpGen of Gaithersburg, which develops diagnostic tools to help health care providers fight drug-resistant bacterial infections, went public last week, raising about $17 million in its initial public stock offering. The company’s shares are trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol OPGN. Its products are designed to help identify hospital patients who are infected with multidrugresistant organisms. In its prospectus filed with federal regulators, OpGen cites data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that more than 2 million people are sickened annually with antibiotic-resistant infections in the U.S., resulting in at least 23,000 deaths. Such infections cost the U.S. economy from $20 billion to $35 billion annually.
Net loss grows at Novavax Gaithersburg vaccine developer Novavax reported that its first-quarter net loss widened to
$24.4 million from $13.8 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues rose to $9.9 million from $7.5 million.
GenVec posts bigger quarterly loss GenVec of Gaithersburg, which is developing a treatment for hearing loss and balance disorders, plus vaccines, reported that its first-quarter net loss widened to $1.5 million from $1.0 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues fell to $400,000 from $2.1 million.
Neuralstem reports loss, names new CFO Neuralstem of Germantown, which develops stem cell treatments, reported that its firstquarter net loss narrowed to $5.1 million from $5.9 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues fell to $2,917 from $4,167. Neuralstem also named Jonathan Lloyd Jones CFO, effective May 18. Previously, Lloyd Jones was CFO at Columbia Laboratories; CFO and vice president of corporate development at TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals; vice president, finance at TransMolecular; se-
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Quarterly loss grows at Emergent Emergent BioSolutions of Gaithersburg, which develops biodefense products, reported that its first-quarter net loss widened to $21.5 million from $20.2 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $63.6 million from $53.9 million.
Avison Young names Myers principal Avison Young named John Myers a principal in its Gaithersburg office. Previously, Myers was managing director at Cassidy Turley; senior vice president at Barnes Morris Pardoe & Foster, Jones Lang LaSalle and Jones Lang Wootton; and a leasing agent for Smithy Braedon Co. He holds a bachelor’s in accounting from the University of Maryland.
Net loss grows at GlycoMimetics Gaithersburg biotech GlycoMimetics reported that its firstquarter net loss widened to $7.1 million from $5.1 million in the first quarter of 2014. No revenues were reported in either quarter.
Bioqual posts bigger profit Bioqual of Rockville, which provides research, testing and other services to commercial clients and government laboratories, reported that its profit for the quarter ended Feb. 28 grew to $301,533 from $188,326 in the prior-year quarter. Revenues rose to $7.2 million from $4.9 million.
Quarterly profit falls at Choice Hotels Choice Hotels International of Rockville reported that its first-quarter profit fell to $21.6 million from $23.1 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues rose to $175.2 million from $159.7 million. Revenue per available domestic room grew to $41.57 from $37.92, as occupancy rose to 55.7 percent from 52.7 percent and the average daily rate increased to $74.59 from $71.94.
Wood pellet producer raises $214M in IPO Enviva Partners of Bethesda, which provides wood pellets to power generators, has gone public. The company reported net proceeds of $213.6 million in its initial public offering, beginning trading April 29 on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol EVA. Following the closing of the offering, the public owns 48.3 percent of common shares; Enviva Holdings owns a 51.7 percent interest. The company said it plans to use the proceeds to pay off debt related to its acquisition of its Cottondale, Fla., wood pellet
production plant and for other purposes, including future acquisitions. The company owns and operates five wood pellet production plants in the Southeast with a combined production capacity of about 1.7 million metric tons per year. It also has a deep-water marine terminal at the Port of Chesapeake, Va.
Profits soar at Walker & Dunlop Walker & Dunlop of Bethesda, which provides commercial real estate finance services, reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $21.3 million from $7.1 million in the first quarter of last year. Revenues rose to $112.1 million from $64.8 million.
Supernus turns quarterly profit Supernus Pharmaceuticals of Rockville, which develops treatments for central nervous system diseases, reported a firstquarter profit of $917,000, versus a net loss of $15.5 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $28.1 million from $9.1 million.
Profit dips at Saul Centers Saul Centers of Bethesda, whose holdings include shopping centers in the Kentlands and elsewhere in Montgomery County, reported that its firstquarter profit dipped to $12.68 million from $12.71 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues fell to $52.1 million from $53.0 million. However, funds from operations grew to $23.1 million from $22.9 million.
POLICE BLOTTER hours of April 21. No forced entry, took property. • 5500 block of Roosevelt Street, between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. April 24. Forced entry, nothing taken.
The following is a summary of incidents in the Bethesda area to which Montgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.
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Appraisal fundraiser benefits Chevy Chase at Home Chevy Chase at Home and Sloans & Kenyon Auction House will again hold its annual fundraiser, “What’s It Worth? Trash or Treasure,” from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Chevy Chase Village Hall, 5906 Connecticut Ave. Registrants will receive oral appraisals for up to three items. Expert appraisers will evaluate jewelry, silver, art, books and other items. Also planned are two short talks: Stephanie Kenyon on “What’s Hot, What’s Not” and T.A.D. Tharp on “Get Smart about Art.“ Registration is $55. Refreshments and door prizes are included. All proceeds benefit Chevy Chase at Home, a nonprofit that helps older residents of Chevy Chase stay connected and active in the community as they age in place. Registration and other information is at chevychaseathome.org or call 301-6573115.
Strut Your Mutt festival is Saturday Dogs rule — or least they will Saturday in downtown Bethesda. The 10th annual Strut Your Mutt Dog Parade and Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Woodmont Avenue between Bethesda Avenue and Hampden Lane. The parade kicks off at 10:45 a.m. Other features include owner/dog contests, 30 dog-related exhibitors, a doghouse auction sponsored by local builders, and a kiddie park with moon bounces and games. There will be dog training performances in the afternoon, and almost a dozen rescue groups will be on hand with dogs to offer information on training dogs and adopting rescue dogs. The event, presented by the Bethesda Chevy Chase Rotary Club, is a fundraiser for its foundation, which provides grants to service organizations that help improve literacy and health locally and internationally, according to a news release. A portion of the proceeds will go to animal welfare organizations. The stage host will be DC Actors for Animals. Parade and contest registration and other information is at strutyourmuttbethesda. org or call 240-447-4068.
Studio hosts art by inmates and others Class Acts Arts, a community arts education group, and Washington ArtWorks’ charitable project, ArtWorks Aid, is presenting the Project Youth ArtReach 15th anniversary exhibition. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Washington ArtWorks, 12276 Wilkins Ave., North Bethesda. The show runs through June 1. Project Youth ArtReach provides youths and women in correctional and probation settings with arts programs led by professional teaching artists to help them improve their cognitive, linguistic, social and civic development, according to a news release. Since 2000, Project Youth ArtReach has worked with professional artists who teach inside jails, detention centers and juvenile facilities. This exhibit includes mural paintings from inmates at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, plus art from other programs.
Potomac Kiwanis plan Armed Forces Day dinner The Kiwanis Club of Potomac will honor military members and injured personnel at its Armed Forces Day dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridayat Kenwood Country Club, 5601 River Road, Bethesda. The speaker will be retired Navy Capt. Michael P. Cronin, who was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1973. The evening will include a cash bar and Italian buffet. Tickets, at $50, are available at potomackiwanis.org. More information is at potomackiwanis@gmail.com or by calling 301-527-1235.
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Julie Ricketson of Germantown shoots baskets in the Bankshot league of the National Association for Recreational Equality at Mattie Stepanek Park in Rockville’s King Farm on April 26. The new league is for people both with and without disabilities. Bankshot sports are played alongside, rather than against, others, with no offense, defense or body contact.
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Bike to Work Day is Friday Friday is the annual Bike to Work Day, sponsored by Montgomery County Commuter Services, Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association. More than 10,000 commuters are expected to participate around the Greater Washington region, according to a county news release. Cyclists are encouraged to register at biketoworkmetrodc. org. Free T-shirts will be dis-
tributed at pit stops to the first 14,000 registered participants. Montgomery County Commuter Services is sponsoring morning pit stops in Bethesda, Fallsgrove Village Center, Friendship Heights, North Bethesda, Rockville Town Center and Silver Spring, which will feature a raffle with the grand prize of a bicycle. The locations are as follows: • Bethesda: Woodmont and Bethesda avenues; National Institutes of Health, Building 1; Naval Bethesda Support Activity; and Rock Springs Business Park. • Friendship Heights: Wisconsin Place. • Gaithersburg: Md. 119 and Orchard Ridge Road. • North Bethesda: Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Rockville Pike. • Rockville: Fallsgrove; Town Center; Twinbrook. • Silver Spring: Discovery Place. • Takoma Park: Downtown/ Old Takoma; Sligo Creek Trail; Takoma/Langley Crossroads. • White Oak: Food and Drug Administration.
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A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Glenmont Fire Station No. 18 will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at 12210 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. The station replaces the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department’s Station 18, which was built in 1953 and razed last year. County officials, including Executive Isiah Leggett and acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein,
are expected to attend. Work on the new station, at the corner of Randolph Road, was postponed from late last year because of design delays, Charles Edwards, project manager with the county, said in February. It’s expected to open next summer, he said. An interim fire station opened there last year. The roughly 21,000-square-foot new station is designed to meet increased operational requirements and accommodate modern firefighting apparatus. Construction costs alone are about $8.4 million, with about $6 million more for planning, design, site improvements
Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced Thursday that the state will reduce tolls at roads and bridges across Maryland starting July 1, including on the Intercounty Connector. Tolls on the ICC for double-axle vehicles will fall 3 cents per mile, according to a news release from the governor’s office. For other vehicles, ICC tolls will decrease based on the standard multipliers per axle, the release said. A peak-time trip between Interstate 370 and U.S. 1 in Prince George’s County — the full length of the ICC — currently runs E-ZPassholders $4.40. Starting July 1, that same trip will cost $3.86. Those without an E-ZPass pay an additional charge per trip. Currently, video toll rates — how people without an E-ZPass pay to use the ICC — are 1.5 times the EZPass rate, with a minimum charge of $1 and maximum charge of $15 above the EZPass rate, according to the state. To encourage drivers to use E-ZPass, the state will eliminate the $1.50 monthly account fee for Maryland residents starting July 1. “If you turned in your EZPass years ago because of the monthly maintenance fee, it’s time to come back,” Maryland Transportation Authority Executive Director Bruce W. Gartner said in the release. In total, the state estimates taxpayers will save $54 million annually through the changes, but the state will not lose revenue. Among other tolls dropping are the rates to cross the Bay Bridge. Starting July 1, the Bay Bridge cash rate for two-axle vehicles will drop from $6 to $4 and the EZPass Maryland Discount at the bridge will increase from 10 percent to 37.5 percent. MDTA will absorb the $54 million loss in toll revenue through efficiencies in its capital and operating
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budgets, the release said. MDTA spokeswoman Kelly Melhem said nobody will lose their jobs, but the authority will eliminate some vacant positions. It also will trim its capital programs budget, she said. Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn said in the release that the change will not upset the fiscal state of MDTA, the independent organization responsible for constructing, managing, operating and improving the state’s toll facilities. Local advocates hope the change will encourage more drivers to take the ICC, increasing its usage and possibly providing the state even more money. “This seems to me like Economics 101: supply and demand,” state Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan said. “If you lower the price, more people will take the road. The question is: Where is the sweet spot?” Lowering the tolls on the ICC was a key issue for Kagan during the campaign and since taking office in January. “I think too many Marylanders don’t use this beautiful road because it’s too expensive,” Kagan (D-Dist. 17) of Rockville said. “I rarely take it because it seems like a luxury item. It feels like it’s not in my budget and somewhat of a splurge.” Kagan said the 3-cent reduction is a step in the right direction, even if it seems “fairly paltry.” While 3 cents per mile might seem small, the change could save daily commuters on the ICC about $250 a year, said Marilyn Balcombe, president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce. Balcombe’s chamber has advocated for lower tolls for years, seeing it as a way to increase use of the road and open the region up for business. The ICC was built to help relieve congestion on Interstates 270 and 495, the Capital Beltway. However, Balcombe said it is not used by as many drivers as it could be. “There’s always a tipping point in any purchasing decision,” Balcombe said. Lower tolls could be that tipping point for some drivers to take the ICC. And eliminating the fee for having an E-ZPass is huge, Balcombe said. “I was personally offended when I got my EZPass,” she said of the monthly fee. The monthly fee might force some drivers to opt against an E-ZPass, she said. Others, like Kagan, have turned to other states that do not charge fees for their E-ZPass. Kagan, who got her E-ZPass from New York, said she is a consumer on a budget so she shopped around. While not really an incentive to get an E-ZPass, Balcombe said, eliminating the fee should remove a barrier for some people. Kagan said lowering tolls is the second good decision Hogan made last week. On May 6, Hogan announced he would use $68 million set aside in the budget to pay state employees their 2 percent cost of living adjustment — which went into effect Jan. 1 — into the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. The governor proposed eliminating the raise in his budget, but the General Assembly restored the funds. Lawmakers and county leaders are still waiting to see if Hogan will spend another $68 million that was earmarked for an education formula known as the Geographic Cost of Education Index. About $35 million of that money would come to Montgomery County Public Schools. “The third leg in that triple crown of good decisions would be supporting funding for our schools,” Kagan said. kalexander@gazette.net
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The County Council will decide Wednesday if it will continue reducing the energy tax. Two council committees could not reach consensus Thursday on a proposal to reduce the fuel-energy tax revenue. The proposal was to give up 10 percent of the revenue added through the tax in fiscal 2010. That 10 percent totals about $11.5 million. Montgomery County levies the fuel energy tax on “persons transmitting, distributing, manufacturing, producing or supplying electricity, gas, steam, coal, fuel oil, or liquefied petroleum gas,” according to county budget documents. The tax is based on how much energy is supplied and is paid by the supplier, who generally passes it on to customers. Montgomery hiked the energy tax in fiscal year 2010 to generate about an extra $110 million in revenue and close budget gaps during the recession. County Executive Isiah Leggett had proposed doubling the energy tax rates, which would have raised an additional $133 million in revenue. The council instead chose a lower rate that would raise about 85 percent of what Leggett had proposed, or about $110 million. The increase was to “sunset,” or revert back to the previous rate, at the end of fiscal year 2012. However, Leggett recommended not following through on the sunset. Instead, the council committed to gradually reducing the rate over several years. For fiscal year 2016, Leggett (D) has again recommended keeping the tax as it is — something he has done since his fiscal 2013 proposed budget. On Wednesday, the council will debate a proposal to cut the tax rate yet again, Council President George L. Leventhal said. The council has cut the tax in every budget since fiscal 2013. The proposal is sponsored by Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Park and co-sponsored by Councilmen Sidney Katz (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg and Roger Berliner (DDist. 1) of Bethesda. “Five years ago, the sky was falling,” Floreen told the committee Thursday. Today, the county is discussing a budget that would spend about $800 million more than in fiscal 2011, she said. “There’s room in all of that for respecting some of our commitments to the community with respect to the energy tax,” Floreen said. “To make this adjustment is not going to stop the trains from running. It’s not going to push us towards fiscal collapse. It is, frankly, pennies in the bucket of expenditures and services that are part of our budget.” Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park said he supports reducing the tax. Not all council members do. Councilwoman Nancy Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring said budget inflexibility and uncertainty, as well as a desire to support more funding for Montgomery College, is why she does not support it. “It was said the sky is not falling this year, but it’s definitely a bit gray this year,” she said. Councilman Hans Riemer said he is open to talking about changes in the energy tax policy, but the broad-based tax — which is also paid by nonprofits and governments — encourages energy conservation. With millions in additional spending on the council’s wish list for the budget, it must determine if it can afford to operate with about $11.5 million less revenue next fiscal year, which starts July 1. At the current rate, the energy tax is expected to generate $206.2 million. The council could cut energy tax revenue by less than the proposed 10 percent. For the current fiscal year, the council cut the tax revenue by 7 percent, or about $8 million.
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Ralph Bennett, president of Purple Line Now, and Purple Line advocate Tina Slater (back right) stand with a cardboard cutout of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan while volunteer Barbara Sanders (front right) hands out literature in support of the project Friday at the entrance to the Silver Spring Metro station.
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Electronic cigarettes could cost more in Montgomery County because of a proposed new excise tax. Eight of nine County Council members have backed legislation to tax distributors of e-cigarettes 30 percent of the wholesale price. Councilman Craig L. Rice was the only member to not sign onto the bill. Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown did not respond to a request for comment. If the legislation passes, the county would raise an estimated $1.54 million to $2.56 million each year through the tax, according to an analysis from the county’s Office of Management and Budget. But in a fiscal report, Budget Director Jennifer Hughes said the bill could drive e-cigarette users to purchase them outside the county, making it difficult to predict how much revenue the bill would generate. Some opponents have questioned the county’s legal authority to tax electronic cigarettes. The bill’s lead sponsor, Councilman Tom Hucker (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring, noted that similar attempts to tax e-cigarettes have failed in the General Assembly. E-cigarettes are not currently taxed by Maryland through existing levies on tobacco cigarettes and other tobacco products such as smokeless tobacco. At a public hearing on the bill May 5, Bruce Bereano, a lobbyist for the Maryland Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, said the county lacks authority to tax tobacco-related products. Only the state can tax tobacco products. “I know you all are going to pass this legislation and we will see each other in court,” he said. “I know you all think you have the authority to pass this legislation, but you don’t.” Bereano said Montgomery County has established through a previous indoor smoking ban that it considers e-cigarettes to be treated under the law the same as tobacco cigarettes.
Council President George L. Leventhal (D-At Large) of Takoma Park, a co-sponsor of the bill, said Bereano is wrong and the county has the power to levy excise taxes. According to county documents, the county attorney’s office found that imposing the tax was within the council’s authority. Opponents fear the bill could hurt businesses that sell e-cigarettes by forcing users to buy them online or out of the county. The tax also could pose a barrier for people turning to the products to quit smoking, they said. Rachel Becker, a Silver Spring resident, wrote to the council that she used e-cigarettes to quit smoking and that raising the price for “low-risk vapor products” will “only serve to encourage Montgomery County’s 82,000 plus adult smokers to continue smoking” instead of switching to e-cigarettes. Nicholas Tombros, owner of local e-juice wholesaler Capital Clouds, said the tax would hurt businesses and residents. E-juice is the liquid used for e-cigarettes and similar products. “While this measure is designed to bring revenue to Montgomery County, the end result will likely be less jobs, less tax revenue and less access to low-risk vapor products, all of which will result in more smokers deciding not to quit,” he said. Proponents say the tax, like levies on tobacco, would reduce use, especially among youth. Eric Gally, representing the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, testified before the council that every time taxes are increased on tobacco, use goes down and revenue goes up. “This will help keep kids from getting initiated into the product,” Gally said of the proposed tax. “And if your goal is to get revenue for the upcoming budget year, you will get that revenue.” Tom Israel, executive director of the Montgomery County Education Association, said that not only would the tax work to reduce use, which he said is soaring among high school students, it could put several million dollars into the strapped county budget. The full council will consider the tax along with other revenue bills in the budget on Wednesday. It will not take a final vote on the bill until May 21, when it votes on the budget and all associated legislation. kalexander@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 few mattress shops. On the east side is a small shopping complex anchored by a Trader Joe’s grocery. Improvements to be installed include visual and audible “countdown” warnings for pedestrians and ramps to serve disabled persons, Buck said. The new signal will be coordinated with the one at Bradley Boulevard to maximize traffic flow, he said. The decision came after complaints to the agency about risks people face in trying to traverse six lanes against drivers who don’t notice, or simply don’t yield to, foot or wheelchair traffic in the crosswalk. State highway officials said the agency ordered a study of the intersection in response to “citizen requests” from Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Jr. (DDist. 8) of Kensington and Barton Goldberg, president of ISM Inc., a company with offices nearby at 6900 Wisconsin Ave. That study showed traffic volume that warranted installing a signal. Through a series of communications with state engineers this year, Goldberg learned that a design was being worked out for a traffic signal to be put at the intersection. “After pushing and cajoling,
they started moving in the right direction,” Goldberg said. He said he is happy now, but disappointed that more was not done sooner. “It was because we worked so hard and got the congressman involved” that it happened, Goldberg said. In a letter thanking acting state highway administrator Douglas Simmons for his agency’s decision, Van Hollen wrote that he had “called on the SHA to act expeditiously before someone is seriously injured” and noted that “improvements have taken longer” than he had hoped. When plainclothes and uniformed police officers ran two enforcement efforts, which lasted a few hours each, on April 1 and 23 last year, 20 citations and 23 citations were issued, respectively, plus three warnings on each date, according to Kenneth Hartman, director of the county’s Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center. Dangers at the crosswalk have been a “recurring” issue on the county’s agenda for meetings with state highway officials for some time, Hartman said. Pedestrian crossings there increased after the post office moved from 7400 Wisconsin to 6900 Wisconsin about three years ago, Hartman and others said.
Obituary Priscilla Parks Kaeser, 89, of Sharpsburg, MD, and formerly of Montgomery County, MD passed away, Friday, May 1, 2015, at the Ravenwood Lutheran Village in Hagerstown, MD. Born Monday, March 29, 1926 in New York City, NY, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert Livingston Parks and the late Gertrude (Livingston) Parks. She attended Beaufort High School in Beaufort, SC and later graduated from high school in Washington DC. She went on to graduate from Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and served as a U.S. Cadet Nurse during her R.N. training. She began her career with the American Red Cross and later as a school nurse with the Montgomery County School System. She was a long time member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville. She enjoyed traveling, cooking, making her own clothes and was an avid theatre goer. Priscilla was very generous and caring, she will be greatly missed. She is survived by her son, Steven W. Kaeser of Sharpsburg, MD; grandson, Steven P. Kaeser & wife Alisa and great grandson, Carleton Dale Kaeser all of Lebanon, NJ. She was preceded in death by her brother, David L. Parks. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 16th, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Dr, Rockville, MD. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the American Red Cross. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Douglas A. Fiery Funeral Home in Hagerstown, MD. Online condolences may be expressed at www.douglasfiery.com
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The committee was headed by Charlotte Bell, an eighth-grader at Blessed Sacrament in Washington, who started the fundraiser last year. Between ticket sales and corporate sponsorships, organizers raised more than $53,000 for scholarships for Don Bosco students.
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More than 800 seventh- and eighth-graders from more than 62 regional schools converged on the bumper car pavilion at Glen Echo Park on May 1 for the second annual White Party to benefit Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park. The host committee comprised 15 girls from Washington and Montgomery county schools: Blessed Sacrament, Bullis, Holton Arms, Holy Child, Holy Redeemer, Mercy, St. Jane de Chantal, Stone Ridge and Westland Middle School.
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Continued from Page A-1 site is too small and the facility would worsen traffic on neighborhood roads. Some speakers expressed concern that Rock Terrace’s older high school and upper school students would share a facility with Tilden’s younger middle school students. The board members approved the study, but some said the district should look at ways to better communicate with residents during school projects. Board member Christopher S. Barclay said after the board meeting that the district needs to improve how it communicates its needs and understands community concerns — “and then figure out how to bring that all together to solve the
The Montgomery County Delta Alumnae Foundation has awarded $1,500 grants to the following community programs that benefit local youths, low- and moderate-income families, and the elderly: • Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County, for its Youth Restorative Justice Initiative to help eliminate bullying and violence.
problem.” Improving the process, however, doesn’t change the need for the pairing and doesn’t mean the board should delay the project, he said at the meeting. School board member Philip Kauffman said he understood community concerns about the plan, but the district will look at the issues. The site, which currently serves as a holding school, will house a school in one form or another, he said. Traffic problems, common around many county schools, would not be unique to this site, Kauffman said. Board Vice President Michael Durso said that, in his experience, he has witnessed general education and special education program pairings. “Is it the easiest process? Probably not,” he said. “But it is a process that can work.”
Obituary Robert A. Larson passed away on April 18, 2015. Born in Cheverly, MD, Bob grew up in Hyattsville before moving to the Silver Spring area at age 10, where he would spend the rest of his life. A graduate of Springbrook High School – Class of 1974, he then earned an AA degree from Montgomery College in 1976 and a Bachelor’s Degree from Slippery Rock College in 1978. Using his Recreation Administration Degree, he worked for the Montgomery County Department of Recreation, helping to open Longwood Recreation Center in Olney, MD. Bob married Melinda Sturgill that same year and they began a happy marriage. He started a successful sales career with Keebler before moving into the automobile industry selling financing for several premier institutions. Cars were one of his true passions in life, along with the game of baseball which he played and coached for the majority of his life. He instilled this passion in his two sons, Craig 26, and Kyle 24, earning Coach of the Year with Burtonsville Baseball Association. Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in his early 30’s, he showed all of us how to overcome adversity with dignity. He courageously spent many years of his life being an inspiration to his family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, medical professionals, and anyone that knew him. He had a great sense of humor and shared it with everyone. He touched so many lives and will be missed greatly. He is survived by his wife, of 36 years, Melinda, his sons Craig and Kyle, his mother-in-law Nancy Sturgill, his sister-inlaw Janet Senft, brother-in-law Jim Senft, and sister-in-law Mary Larson. 1951682
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The district identified Tilden’s upcoming construction project as an opportunity to pair the schools and provide Rock Terrace with a better facility. School officials have said some students from the two schools could interact in the shared facility. Rock Terrace serves students with significant cognitive disabilities. It currently is housed in an aging building from 1950. Before the board’s vote, several speakers urged board members not to choose the site and to review alternative ideas. Tom McLachlen of Tilden Lane said residents, nonresidents and school traffic are “competing” to use Tilden Lane and Marcliff Road. He said the congested neighborhood can’t handle additional traffic the facility would bring. Ken Hurdle, a Luxmanor Citizens Association trustee, said the district followed its own guidelines, but the process is not transparent and needs to change. “The question really gets
down to, is our process working?” he said. The feasibility study will look at the project “comprehensively,” including traffic impact, utility capacity and environmental issues, said James Song, director of the school system’s Department of Facilities Management. The community can provide feedback during the study process. The study results will be included in the superintendent’s project recommendation in the next Capital Improvements Program proposal. Stephen Miller, a resident opposed to the plan, said after the meeting he thinks the district should have conducted the feasibility study to uncover issues before the board voted to approve the plan. “They’re putting the cart before the horse,” Miller said. “Why do you approve something before you’ve determined whether it makes sense to do it there?”
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last year acquired the Martens Volkswagen dealership, the last new car franchise in Washington. When its property was sold, it was moved to Bethesda. “It’s a little bit of a new trend, wanting showrooms in urban areas, in shopping areas,” said Neil Kopit, marketing director for nine Ourisman stores. The company has added Volvo servicing to its Volkswagen service facility on Butler Road in Bethesda, he said. Ourisman also sells Volvos in Frederick and Volkswagens in Rockville and Laurel. Before selling Volvos in its Woodmont Avenue location, Euro Motorcars had sold Rolls-Royces and Bentleys there from 2011 to 2013. But a combination of factors — including the closing of Woodmont Avenue for the Lot 31 development, lingering effects from the Great Recession and the fact that “people didn’t want to be seen in glitzy automobiles” — led the company to sell those dealerships to two Northern Virginia companies, Hofheimer said. Euro Motorcars also sells Lotus autos across Bethesda Avenue from its main Mercedes-Benz showroom at the corner of Arlington Avenue.
Continued from Page A-1 Euro Motorcars was awarded the new dealership by Audi of America about six months ago, he said. He didn’t disclose a sales price. The nearest Audi dealership is in Rockville. With Audi shooting to sell 207,000 vehicles in the U.S. this year and Volvo having a goal of 60,000 units, it was “an economic decision,” Hofheimer said. “Auto space in Bethesda is very limited,” he said. Meanwhile, Euro Motorcars sold its Volvo dealership, which it had acquired and moved from Washington, D.C., to Ourisman Automotive. Ourisman, whose main Honda line is in a showroom on Bethesda Avenue near Woodmont Avenue, has opened a joint Volkswagen and Volvo showroom around the corner on Arlington Avenue. That new showroom is on the first floor of 7001 Arlington at Bethesda, a new apartment building developed by Associated Estates Realty of Cleveland that’s having an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Ourisman, which has about three dozen stores with various brands in the region,
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Continued from Page A-1 Bickerman, were running to keep their seats. Bickerman received the most votes, 228, and will also be sworn in Wednesday. There were 11 other write-in candidates listed in an election board report, but none received more than two votes. “I had zero expectation of winning,” Cecere said. According to official election results, Cecere received 168 votes, beating Burda by 49. But the town’s election commission on Thursday claimed it could not certify the results because Cecere didn’t file a financial disclosure statement on time, leaving the ethics commission to determine whether his candidacy was valid. The town’s code states that candidates are required to submit the 24-page form by 5 p.m. on the third Tuesday prior to the election. The disclosure form lists all financial assets — from mutual funds and real estate to business investments — of candidates and their spouses. A financial disclosure statement for Cecere acquired by The Gazette was dated May 5, the day of the election. The election commission said Cecere’s statement was filed about an hour before the polls closed. According to the election commission’s report, Cecere’s “failure to file on a timely basis rendered impossible a town resident’s ability to review information in his financial disclosure statement and negated the Ethics Commission’s responsibility to determine the adequacy of his financial disclosure statement.” A finding that Cecere violated the town’s ethics ordinance could have led to a new election. “Now that I’ve won, they’re trying to discredit it because it didn’t result in the outcome they wanted,” Cecere said Friday, after the election commission had determined it couldn’t certify the results. “They are trying all sorts of maneuvers to block my election over an issue of the timing of the financial disclosure.” But on Monday, the ethics commission voted 2-1 that Cecere did not violate the ethics code. And it didn’t need any help from the town’s most noted resident arbiter, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Commissioners Debra Soltis and Scott Fosler voted in Cecere’s favor, determining that there was no violation because a write-in candidacy did not require a financial disclosure statement prior to the election. Barry Hager, the commission’s chairman, cast the opposing vote. Burda, who has served three terms on the council, said Tuesday that she ac-
cepted the outcome of the election but would have preferred if voters had gotten a chance to hear where Cecere stood on key issues. “I believe in the democratic process,” Burda said. “If I lost because there was an open and transparent discussion of the issues, then I completely and fully understand that. “Am I disappointed that individuals wouldn’t want to air their grievances publicly and have a full debate? Yes, for sure,” she said. Throughout the process, Cecere has maintained that he was not guilty of any wrongdoing: “I was just the person they chose to write in.” Cecere claimed he was approached by a group of “dissatisfied” residents days before the election. He said they asked him if he’d be willing to be their write-in candidate and that he simply said, “Yes.” “What happened was sort of like a flash mob,” Cecere said. “What was a small movement, the dissatisfaction of a lot of people, sort of snowballed through text messages and calls.” If anything, Cecere said, he had hoped to draw attention to overspending by the town; what he characterized as the town government’s lack of transparency; and the need to respect the rights of property owners when it comes to tree trimming. “I expected to get enough votes so that on the town council meeting [on Wednesday], I could stand up as a person who received a significant number of write-in votes and express the concerns of those citizens in a real, rational way,” Cecere said. Now that he’s been elected, Cecere said he wouldn’t push for anything right away. “I have to seek to understand before I can seek understanding,” Cecere said. The town of Chevy Chase has roughly 2,800 residents, of whom about 2,500 are registered voters, according to Town Manager Todd Hoffman. There were 309 votes cast in last week’s election, he said. Burda said she hoped the outcome of the election would lead to a change in the town’s code. “The election law and the ethics requirements are not in sync,” Burda said. According to Burda, the town’s ethics commission was formed a few years ago as a result of a change in state law, an effort to tighten up financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest provisions in municipalities statewide. Burda said the result, that a write-in candidate could win without any prior notice, was a blind spot in the town’s code. “I don’t think anybody expected this type of election in a small community like this,” Burda said.
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The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s office found no evidence of criminal activity after investigating how Rock Terrace School staff handled money tied to work-experience opportunities for students. The office searched for crimes such as theft and misappropriation, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said Friday. “We were looking for patterns of whether or not someone seemed to be transferring these monies for their own enrichment,” he said. “And we didn’t see that pattern.” The office’s findings come about two years after Rock Terrace parents came forward in 2013, alleging the school had mishandled funds that students received in work-study programs. Some parents said they did not know the school had opened bank accounts under their children’s names. Some did not how much money the accounts contained. The Rockville school serves students with significant cognitive disabilities. Assistant State’s Attorney Bryan Roslund said Friday there were “no simple, easy answers” in the investigation, which lasted more than 18 months. “I think the overriding thing is there’s just absolutely no evidence that the money went anywhere other than school programs, and answering the question of whether it’s student money or program money is not for us to resolve,” said Roslund, who led the investigation along with the office’s chief investigator, David Newcomer. A school system statement, provided by spokesman Dana Tofig, said the system appreciated the office’s “thorough work.” “The State’s Attorney’s findings mirror what our investigation found in 2013 — that there was no intent to defraud students, but that funds in the work experience programs at Rock Terrace were poorly managed and monitored,” the statement said.
After an initial investigation in the summer of 2013, a school system official wrote in a letter that the district had found school staff were not engaged in fraudulent activity. The district found that the school’s work-study program had been “poorly managed” and that “money was inappropriately used.” The prosecutor’s office examined records from 2001 to 2013, tracking 7,039 transactions amounting to about $69,000. The average transaction was around $25. The office also interviewed Rock Terrace staff. It didn’t talk directly to parents or students, but rather reviewed parent statements and other information the school system passed on from its investigation. The Educational Systems Federal Credit Union provided records for 93 students, Roslund said. The investigation uncovered multiple inconsistencies related to how staff managed the money and bank accounts. The “variances” point to a lack of supervision and oversight “within individual school years, individual student accounts and from year to year,” McCarthy said. The investigation determined that money pulled from the accounts generally was put toward school programs, but there was no documentation of exactly how the money was spent. “I think, uniformly, everyone interviewed told us that all of the money spent actually ultimately went to provide for the kids,” McCarthy said. Newcomer said sometimes money was withdrawn for a particular student, a group of students or broader school programs, such as a dance. The investigation found that money in the student accounts came from at least three sources, McCarthy said. Some money, Roslund said, was tied to jobs the students worked, both inside and outside the school system. Other money came from system program funds that sometimes were related to a life or job skills course. The third source was community organizations that also made contributions to the school. The money was somehow tied to students’ work, but was not given directly to the students. McCarthy said he thinks there is an assumption by some that the only money in the accounts was earned by
students working in jobs. “That’s not the case,” he said. The office found that during many of the years investigated, school employees who were managing the money did so without formal training. Management practices also changed as staff “changed fairly constantly” over the years, Newcomer said. After the allegations from parents arose in 2013, then-principal Dianne G. Thornton was placed on administrative leave as the school system investigated. She retired soon after. When The Gazette reached her by phone in July 2013, Thornton said she was not interested in commenting. The school system no longer provides money to students at Rock Terrace or other county schools who participate in work-experience programs. Board Vice President Michael Durso said Friday he thinks it was “helpful” that the state’s attorney’s office investigated. The findings match what some school board members expected, he said. The school system has worked on safeguards and procedures to prevent similar occurrences. The findings from McCarthy’s office, he said, are “perhaps the final step.” Lyda Astrove — a Rockville lawyer and special-education advocate working with Rock Terrace parents — said people are missing the big picture. She thinks staff took advantage of students who “can’t advocate for themselves.” “It doesn’t surprise me, but it desperately saddens me,” she said. Money was taken out of the students’ accounts, Astrove said — it doesn’t matter what staff did with it afterward. “People with disabilities are entitled to spend their money as they choose,” she wrote in a follow-up email. “That choice was removed from them.” Leslie Seid Margolis, managing attorney at the Maryland Disability Law Center, said she couldn’t judge whether what happened was criminal or not. But, she said, “it’s pretty clear that what happened was absolutely wrong.” “It’s a wrong without a right,” she said. “There’s not a way to fix this really for families who were affected and I think that’s challenging.” lpowers@gazette.net
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Federal Realty posts bigger profit Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville, whose holdings include Pike & Rose in North Bethesda, Rockville Town Square and Bethesda Row, reported that its first-quarter profit grew to $48.2 million from $40.5 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $184.8 million from $170.8 million. Funds from operations increased to $87.3 million from $81.8 million.
Rockville offers bike racks to city businesses The city of Rockville is helping its businesses install bicycle racks under a grant program. Shops and offices that lack nearby bicycle racks could qualify for a rack, provided and installed for free by the city, according to a city news release. Application and other information is at rockvillemd.gov/bicycling under “Bicycle Parking,” or by contacting the city’s bicycle and pedestrian coordinator at 240-314-8626 or bikeways@ rockvillemd.gov. Rockville received bronze designation from the League of American Bicyclists in 2012 as a Bicycle Friendly Community. City Hall also recently won bronze designation as a Bicycle Friendly Business. Both designations are for four years.
Profit climbs at RLJ Lodging Trust RLJ Lodging Trust of Bethesda reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $48.1 million from $12.0 million in the first quarter of last year.
Revenues rose to $270.4 million from $236.4 million. Revenue per available room increased to $119.71 from $113.70. Occupancy fell to 75.1 percent from 75.6 percent, but the average daily rate grew to $159.48 from $150.41.
Centrus Energy cuts its net loss Centrus Energy of Bethesda, which provides enriched uranium fuel to nuclear power plants, reported that its firstquarter net loss narrowed to $15.4 million from $50.8 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $167.8 million from $148.6 million.
Therabron names Miller president and COO Therabron Therapeutics of Rockville named Thomas F. Miller president and COO. Previously, Miller was COO at Discovery Laboratories and also worked for Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacia, Novartis and Pfizer.
First-quarter profit grows at DiamondRock Hospitality DiamondRock Hospitality of Bethesda, whose holdings include the Bethesda Marriott Suites, reported that its firstquarter profit grew to $10.6 million from $4.0 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues rose to $208.9 million from $190.1 million. Revenue per available room grew to $150.78 from $139.75, as occupancy increased to 75.6 percent from 73.1 percent and the average daily rate grew to $199.45 from $191.28.
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Like many high school students, Kevin Zhang enjoys playing high-tech games. This senior in the science, mathematics and computer science magnet program at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring is also trying his hand at designing some, particularly mobile apps. In 2012, Zhang and his brother, Albert, a freshman at Richard Montgomery High, released their first app, called Orb Juggle. The fairly simple game involves attempting to keep orbs bouncing as long as possible without letting them fall. They founded a business called Innoga, with Kevin as CEO and Albert as chief creative officer. James Liao, also a senior in the Blair magnet program, is the head coder. Other students help with coding and designing, giving Zhang managerial experience as well. “We make decisions with our games democratically, by vote,” he said. “I delegate responsibility. James is a better coder than me and handles that. ... Many of the creative ideas come from Albert.” Six of the first seven apps they created have been accepted by Apple for download through its app store. Google Play also has one of the apps, Angry Pat. Five are games; the other is a counting tool called Simple Tally. The apps have seen more than 14,000 downloads by users worldwide. Some have been featured in Apple’s “New and Noteworthy” lists. Danny Navarro, a computer science teacher in Blair’s magnet program whose students include Zhang, said he teaches his students how to create certain apps. Blair has a Smartphone programming club. “Kevin ran with it,” Navarro said. “I don’t know of many other students as successful [in developing apps] as him this young.” The process of getting games approved by the tech giants can seem daunting at first, Zhang said. For Orb Juggle, they
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Kevin Zhang (left) and James Liao (center), seniors at Blair High School in Silver Spring, have created multiple mobile applications. With Zhang’s brother, Albert (right), a freshman at Richard Montgomery High in Rockville, the group created a game titled “Angry Pat.” worked “for about three weeks nonstop” to get approval, he said. “We pretty much know the process now,” Zhang said. Developing an app seems easy, but there is more to it than most think, Navarro said. “You have to be very precise with the coding, so that the app doesn’t fall part,” he said. “You use math and physics. There is a storytelling component.” Angry Pat is the most popular, with about 5,500 downloads since being released last December. Instead of taking care of Pat, users try to make the virtual pet as mad as possible by doing things like feeding him disgusting vegetables and ruining his relationships. “It’s supposed to be funny,” Zhang said. The apps are free, but the team is working on one that will have advertisements. Zhang hopes they generate revenue. His interest in mobile apps was heightened by meeting Kiril Tchangov, the lead artist behind the popular Temple Run series of games. Navarro invited Tchangov to speak at Blair.
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Zhang’s interests extend beyond computer science to economics, politics, the law and music. He has played the piano since age 5, won several competitions and performed at Carnegie Hall, among other venues. He was a juror and occasional jury foreman with the Montgomery County Teen Court, in which first-time misdemeanor juvenile offenders agree to have their cases heard before a peer jury. A National Merit semifinalist and finalist, Zhang was on the debate team and was a summer intern in the Montgomery County state’s attorney’s office. He was accepted into several universities, settling on Princeton. The way FiscalNote — a company founded by former Wootton High classmates that predicts the likelihood of legislative bills passing — combines technology with politics appeals to him. “I like how computer science can be used to enhance many different fields,” Zhang said.
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Gov. Larry Hogan is continuing to follow through on his campaign platform by authorizing cuts to Maryland’s road and bridge tolls. In Montgomery County, that means the Intercounty Connector will cost less, starting July 1. For example, a peak-time trip the full length of the road, from Interstate 370 in Gaithersburg to U.S. 1 in Laurel, will drop from $4.40 to $3.86 for a two-axle vehicle using E-ZPass. Drivers also will see lower tolls at the Bay Bridge, the Fort McHenry Tunnel and elsewhere. In addition, the state is eliminating the $1.50 monthly E-ZPass account fee. Hogan pledged to stem a tide of tax increases if he were elected. Tolls aren’t the same, as they’re user fees, but they also eat into a household budget. The first question when revenue is lowered is how the money will be replaced or what spending will be cut as a result. On that question, the Maryland Transportation Authority is vague: “The $54 million annual toll reduction is made possible by efficiencies in MDTA’s capital and
CUT IN TOLLS COULD HELP SMOOTH AREA TRAFFIC FLOW operating budgets that will allow the agency to meet its financial responsibilities and implement the governor’s toll rollback.” MDTA spokeswoman Kelly Melhem told The Gazette that vacant positions will be cut, but there won’t be layoffs. Also, the authority will trim its capital programs budget, she said. Naturally, we’re skeptical that a cut in revenue will be offset by inconsequential nips and tucks in the budget. That said, we believe that lower ICC tolls are a good thing. The ICC — an 18-mile stretch that opened in 2011 — has been a bigger benefit to the area on paper than in practice. Relatively speaking, hardly anyone uses it. Over the years, we’ve heard two complaints rise to the top: tolls and the speed limit. The latter issue was addressed in 2013, when the
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speed limit was increased from 55 mph to 60 mph. The toll issue has been on the radar of county and state officials the last few years, too. Philip M. Andrews advocated for significant cuts to ICC tolls when he ran for county executive in 2014. Douglas F. Gansler made it a campaign topic when he ran for governor, proposing a 50 percent discount for commuters who made at least 15 trips a month on the ICC. The GaithersburgGermantown Chamber of Commerce, among others, has spoken in favor of lower tolls, too. There’s no question that something needed to be done to make use of the ICC more attractive and draw traffic away from Interstate 270, Md. 28 and Interstate 495. The Washington, D.C., area consistently ranks atop or high on the list of the most congested metro areas in the country. Steering travelers toward public transit as much as possible is ideal, but has its limits. Those who must drive need relief, too. Lower tolls on the ICC should help.
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Passengers from multiple points need to factor into ridership numbers Robert Riker is way off base when he calculates how many people the Purple Line can carry (“Calculations don’t support ridership projections,” April 29). His numbers are based on rush-hour trains running in one direction. But the trains will run two ways. University of Maryland students don’t work 9 to 5. Riders coming from Bethesda will get off the train in Silver Spring and free up seats for someone else who gets on there.
With trains running every six minutes, the Purple Line will be able to carry 2,800 passengers an hour in each direction past any one point. That is more than enough to handle the predicted ridership of 74,000 in 2040. And if it turns out that ridership grows even faster than planners predict, we can buy more trains. Ben Ross, Bethesda
Homeowners should have the choice to use pesticides Montgomery County Bill 52-14 lacks structure and specific detail with respect to prohibited pesticides. The supporting documents for the bill are weak and include nothing that links current lawn-care products with human harm. It also grants the executive the power to extend the bill’s scope, adding to the list of “non-essential” pesticides he or she determines are not critical to pest management. This means there are no parameters to the extent of the regulation, and one day, all of our options could be banned. As a 15-year resident with a home and family to protect, this is very concerning. Pesticide products play an
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extremely important role in combatting harmful or damaging pests, poison ivy and other weeds that can negatively impact my family’s health — two children and a dog — and the health of my lawn. Taking away EPA-approved products not only limits my ability to protect my family, but also adversely impacts lawn-care professionals who are trained to provide the best possible solutions for lawn and pest problems. I’ve had a lawn service come to my home for more than 10 years, and am confident they know what is best for the health of my lawn while holding the health of my family and the environment in the highest regard.
I see a huge difference between treated and untreated lawns, and a homeowner should have a choice for how they care for their private property. As a community, our focus should shift from eliminating an important tool to educating property owners on how to simply follow label instructions and properly use pesticides to maintain their efficacy. I urge the Montgomery County Council and residents to fully consider the impact this ban could have on our future and not overlook the value pesticides bring to protecting our communities’ health. Tim Styslinger, Kensington
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Ushering in an era of equality Editor’s note: Ned Sparks, who has been executive director of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association since 1981, is retiring effective Aug. 1. This is the second of three columns looking at his tenure and the big issues facing high school sports today. As his retirement approaches, ask Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association Executive Director Ned Sparks to list the major accomplishments during his 34-year tenure, and he offers a long list. It includes expanding the state football tournament twice; opening up playoffs in other sports to all public schools; starting state championships KEN SAIN in four sports; moving SPORTS EDITOR the state championship games to the best venues; incorporating new technologies (live streaming of games on the web; electronic ticketing); and starting student leadership and scholar-athlete programs. There’s also the less-exciting but essential aspects of the job most people don’t see, such as pursuing corporate sponsors to bring in revenue and answering concerns from politicians. Still, one stands apart. Title IX may have been signed into law in 1972, but when Sparks started as executive director in 1981 the mandate that boys and girls sports be treated equally was still more dream than reality. It was also a focus when he applied for the job he’s held for 34 years. “It wasn’t really cranked up in the ’70s that much, “ Sparks said. “That was a key issue in the interview process. ... I don’t know if it had an advantage or not, but I said, ‘I got four daughters.’ I said, ‘I understand the letter of the law, but I look at my daughters and I can understand the spirit of the law.’” Before heading the MPSSAA, Sparks was the athletic director at Howard High School. For years, that school held a banquet to celebrate its top male athletes at a hotel, handing out plaques for the seniors. He said they did it up big, making it a special night. “And we had nothing for the girls,” Sparks said. “And I remember the last two years we started a banquet for the girls, we did it in a real nice country club, ... and they never had anything like that.” Sparks started state championships in three girls sports, soccer, lacrosse and swimming. He also dedicated the position of program specialist on his staff to focus on girls sports. “There were always rough parts,” Sparks said of implementing Title IX. “[Old school coaches] say, ‘Why do we have to do this for girls? Nobody cares about the girls. Look, they all come to our games, they don’t go to the girls games.’ That’s all over with now. Now, girls athletics is second nature.” Sparks told a story on when the impact of Title IX hit home personally. “My daughters were pretty active, three of them had run marathons, but the oldest one hadn’t,” Sparks said. “She was going to do the [Great] Chesapeake Bay Swim, which is just about equivalent to a marathon, or more. She trained, she did it, and I remember going over there with my wife and met her family on the other side of the bridge, waiting for the swimmers to come in.” After his daughter successfully completed it and celebrated with her family, Sparks said he and his wife walked back to their car. “I saw my daughter’s car ... and their kids, on the back ... had written ..., ‘My mother just swam the Bay.’ There were her children, my grandchildren, who were proud of their mother for this accomplishment, and yet I was thinking my mother never had this. “What did they have for women then? ... We really made that change, where kids can be proud of their mom for athletic accomplishments.” ksain@gazette.net Listen to my interview with Ned Sparks at Gazette.net.
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Blake Dove has been one of the top football players in Montgomery County since his All-Gazette freshman season at Seneca Valley. He played the next three years at Churchill after transferring for family reasons, and when the Bulldogs’ season ended last November, it appeared his high school playing days were over. However, Dove missed almost all of his junior season in 2013 with an injury he suffered early in the season opener against Bethesda-Chevy
Chase. He bounced back last season, as a senior, to be named the 4A Defensive Player of the Year by Montgomery County coaches. Dove didn’t get the collegiate recognition that his accolades would suggest however, so he applied for reclassification with the Maryland Board of Education. The application was approved, giving him another senior year. Dove said he’s going back to school for a fifth year next fall, all with the hopes of getting noticed on the football field. He isn’t allowed to play for Maryland public schools anymore, so he’ll be transferring to play for Gaithersburg private school Avalon. “A lot of colleges will be able to look at me more,” Dove said. “[Re-classing] was a little process. It wasn’t easy or nothing like that. The teachers and everything, they had to make sure everything was straight. Being able to go to the
school, the headmaster had to make sure I was able to be in the school.” Dove won’t be alone as a fifth-year senior attending Avalon. Joining him is former Northwest football player Troy Lefeged, who has been a key player for two-time Class 4A state champion Northwest since he was a freshman. He didn’t play his sophomore year due to grade ineligibility. Similar to Dove, Lefeged said he’s looking to get more looks from colleges. “More exposure,” Lefeged said. “Ninth grade, I transferred and went to New Jersey, and when I came back, I wasn’t able to play because all my credits from New Jersey didn’t come down here. So yeah, I got an extra year.” Lefeged missed an entire season. He dressed as a sophomore and was on the sideline, but he never
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Damascus graduate signs with Cowboys n Cornerback among Montgomery County athletes vying for NFL roster spots BY
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300-plus yards, Egloff’s power finally came into its own after his junior year of high school, when he began driving around 250 yards. But on this Monday afternoon in Chevy Chase, it wasn’t Egloff’s newfound power that had gotten him in trouble, but rather an aggressiveness he had rarely displayed throughout his high school career. The risky choice of driving on the final hole of the Interstate Athletic Conference Championship had taken a benevolent twist just seconds after it seemed destined to meet an unfavorable fate. The Bears senior collected himself, as he went up-and-down, sinking a birdie putt on the final hole to capture the IAC title that had long eluded the twotime second-place finisher. “It was really fulfilling,” Egloff said. “Last year, a senior won it and he seemed really excited about it. So, I kind of wanted that feeling of going out on top.”
Joel Ross was an unheralded recruit for most of his tenure with the Damascus High School football team. He wasn’t thinking about playing professionally back then, he said, and at one point, prior to his junior season, he even considered quitting the sport altogether. But in 2010, on a Friday night in Darnestown, everything changed. Ross was then a backup, who coach Eric Wallich said was “a pretty good JV player” the year before. The junior receiver was thrown into the fire when teammate Brandon Phelps went down with an injury, but playing against Quince Orchard, he was ready for the challenge. His first big play was a 97yard touchdown, when he caught a screen pass from his own red zone and took it the distance. Later on, he had another long touchdown that clinched the Swarmin’ Hornets’ 27-23 victory. The performance not only helped Damascus defeat its rival, but it also put his name on the map. “Right after that game, coaches started calling and saying, ‘Who is this guy?’” Wallich said. “From there, his recruiting blew up.” Ross ended up playing college football at Appalachian State, where he established himself as one of the top defensive backs in the nation. Though undersized, and ofttimes underestimated, the speedy 5-foot10 cornerback’s performance at the North Carolina school paved the way for his recent signing as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. “I was really an underdog coming into the [2010 season with Damascus]. I kind of play with a little chip on my shoulder ... always overlooked,” said Ross, who’ll try to earn one of the Cowboys’ 53 roster spots. “... It hasn’t changed from college to pro football. I’m doing the same stuff. Now it’s just with faster and bigger kids, and a different sized ball. That’s it.” Ross (Class of 2011) is one of several Montgomery County graduates aiming to make their NFL debuts in 2015. Stefon
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Landon School senior Morgan Egloff is one of the top golfers in the area.
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ADAM GUTEKUNST STAFF WRITER
As Landon School senior Morgan Egloff made his way down the fairway of the 17th hole at Columbia Country Club on April 27, settling behind his ball that had ricocheted off a tree and back into a reasonable lie, it was just like old times. His longtime friend and playing partner, St. Alban’s senior Lee Detmer, had rocketed a shot far past his. But Egloff was used to that. As kids, the heavy-handed Detmer had always forced his smaller counterpart to play the back tees with him, which in turn required Egloff to shape his short game into a strength. Though still nowhere close to Detmer’s drives of
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Continued from Page B-1 And that’s exactly what Egloff did, though his spot atop the local golf scene was certainly never handed to him. In an age where some college golf coaches are recruiting high school freshmen, Egloff was relatively unknown in his early teens, as he struggled to produce the next-level power and distance the scouts silently required. He even played the game cross-handed — an unorthodox grip for a right-handed stance where the left hand is used as the bottom hand — until his eventual high school coach, Jack Duquette, recommended he change it back in sixth grade. When Egloff eventually came under Duquette’s tutelage as a ninth-grader with a rectified grip, the longtime Bears coach was immediately struck by the freshman’s drive to become better. “I think the one thing you can say about Morgan is that he’s just a worker bee,” Du-
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 b quette said. “He loves to practice. He works on his game. I just think he’s got a work ethic a lot of kids don’t have. If there’s one thing Morgan would like to do always, it’s just play golf.” Finally, after years of struggling with distance, a bit of growing between Egloff’s sophomore and junior years brought with it some much-needed yards and some college attention. Egloff had begun finding his way into the top five in a number of American Junior Golf Association tournaments — finishes that convinced him he could play at the next level. In the end, after considering offers from the likes of College of Charleston and Miami University (Ohio), the Landon senior decided to stay close to home, accepting an offer from Loyola University (Md.). “Loyola is the one [where] the coach there gave me a really good opportunity,” Egloff said. “ … I felt in my gut I should go to Loyola.” With his college decision behind him, Egloff entered his final IAC championships with a new resolve after two straight years
of second-place finishes. Long gone were the days of playing in fear of losing. The Bears senior came into the competition with a newfound aggression and a purpose. “I was more scared; scared to lose I guess, or scared to start hitting bad shots,” Egloff said. “So, I was like, ‘I’m going to go into this, be aggressive, do my thing and I’m not going to really hold back much and just go after it.” The approach worked. Egloff captured his first ever IAC title with a three-under par 67 and the Bears won their second consecutive league title by a 23-stroke margin. It seemed, whichever way the ball had deflected off that tree, the day was Egloff’s. “To me, he’s like a pit-bull out there. He never gives up,” Duquette said. “… He may have a bad day, but even then some kids will just sort of hang it up, where he’ll grind and get the best score he can. Golf, you’re not always on your ‘A’ game. The champions will fight through it.” agutekunst@gazette.net
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Continued from Page B-1 Diggs, a star receiver at Good Counsel (2012) and the University of Maryland, was selected in the fifth round of the NFL draft on May 2, signing a four-year, $2.5 million contract last week. E.J. Scott, another Good Counsel graduate, was invited to rookie minicamp with the Buffalo Bills, Good Counsel coach Bob Milloy said. “Those kind of guys can make you pretty good coaches,” Milloy said. Joe Rankin (Seneca Valley) and Ace Clark (Clarksburg) were also among the local athletes invited to minicamps to compete for roster spots. Ross had three interceptions with Appalachian State last season and was an All-Sun Belt honorable mention. His speed is what set him apart in high school, Wallich said, but he became a stronger and
more physical player in college, where the 185-pound cornerback recorded 153 tackles in four seasons. Ross said that he was contacted by several teams, and decided to sign with Dallas when after the draft, he received a call from secondary coach, Jerome Henderson. “That’s what was very intriguing, that he talked to me and told me what I could do, what I could be,” Ross said. As of Saturday night, Ross was staying at a hotel in Dallas, doing individual drills with the team. Without a familiar face in town, his focus is solely on football, he said. “You’re a pro now and you have to do things right all the time,” Ross said. “... Every day you got to be your best and you got to do things right and you got to focus. That’s the biggest challenge.” egoldwein@gazette.net
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Northwest High School’s Troy Lefeged applied for reclassification so that he could play an extra year of football at Avalon.
sends the Standards of Competition compliance application out to schools each summer, and the school has up until the season of whichever sport it wants to participate in to send the form back. In order to remain approved by the MPSSAA, Avalon can’t allow an athlete to play past four seasons, whether reclassified or not. While Dove missed the majority of his junior season, he did play in the first game. So Avalon faces a choice. Let Dove play — and probably lose its MPSSAA sanction — or don’t let him play. Multiple requests to Avalon Athletic Di-
rector and football coach Tyree Spinner for comment were not returned. Riverdale Baptist, an Upper Marlboro private school that played in the same conference as Avalon, is scheduled to play the Black Knights once again next season even though the Capital Area Football Conference has been disbanded. Upon hearing the news that Avalon would have fifth-year seniors on the team, Crusaders coach Caesar Nettles said it wouldn’t matter as far as how his team approaches the game, but he said it’s against his own school’s rules to have fifth-year seniors on the team and even if
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Damascus High School graduate Joel Ross, who starred in Appalachian State’s secondary, signed with the Dallas Cowboys last week. He is one of several local athletes vying for NFL roster spots.
actually played. This is important because in order for a private school to remain an approved non-member school by the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association, which allows it to play other sanctioned schools, it must follow the MPSSAA Standards of Competition, which says, “High school team members may participate in interscholastic athletic contests in a maximum of four seasons in one sport within the 9th through 12th grades.” MPSSAA Executive Director Ned Sparks clarified the rule saying that playing just a second of a game counts as a season. “Our definition of participation is actual physical entry into an athletic contest. Whether it’d been the first game, the last game, the third game, whatever, that person saw action in a game. That person has participated and has played that year,” Sparks said. “If, in fact, this was happening and that was the case, that the school had signed the Standards of Competition and then was not abiding by the standards, then obviously they would lose their accreditation as far as all the standards, and we would take their name off. And our schools would be unable to play them, nor would we provide any sanction recommendation for them in the future.” Sparks said the MPSSAA
it wasn’t, he wouldn’t allow it. “There are some high schools that allow reclassifications,” Nettles said. “Prep schools do that a lot. Typically, most private schools like the larger ones in the area don’t allow relcass, but maybe that’s something they do. Either way, we’re going to play our guys. Let the chips fall where they may. “I like to stay within the rules of the state of Maryland, high school rules. I would prefer just to stay with what I got. Any guys that need an additional year, that’s why there are junior colleges and prep schools available to them.” As far as Dove knows, Avalon isn’t governed by the same rules. “Avalon is a independent school, so they’re not on anybody’s rules or regulations,” he said. “It’s different from any other private school around here like Good Counsel or St. John’s or Bullis. It’s different.” Northwest coach Mike Neubeiser said he would have to consider carefully whether he would want to play against a team that has fifth-year seniors, but he had well wishes for his former player. “I would definitely have to think it over. It’s not fair, because we’re playing with different rules,” Neubeiser said. “For [Lefeged], individually, I wish him the best of luck, and I hope it works out for him, he can end up going to college.”
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Holy Cross goalie Jaclyn Branthover defends against Good Counsel during Monday’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference girls lacrosse championship game at the University of Maryland, College Park. Daniels said. After all, they devoted part of Saturday’s practice to prepare for that exact situation. “We really worked on that, understanding that we have to stay calm and always just know where each other is,” McDaniels said. After the teams shook hands, Good Counsel’s five seniors embraced at the middle of University of Maryland’s Ludwig Field, raising the championship trophy. One of them was Jenny Staines, the WCAC Player of the Year. It wasn’t her best game, she said. The Monmouth University recruit was held scoreless for the first time all season, but impacted the game by drawing attention from the Holy Cross defenders and getting her teammates involved. “This is the best moment of my life, to
be honest, to be able to say that I was part of this team and just starting our legacy again, and starting our tradition,” Staines said. Following the trophy celebration, the players gathered off to the side of the field for their last postgame meeting of the season. It was the same spot where a year ago, many of them were sitting with tears dripping down their faces following a loss to Bishop Ireton. “It was definitely a feeling that you knew you had to work harder and we wanted to come out this year and bring back the trophy,” McDaniels said. “Walking over to this spot this year, you had a smile on your face and you know you brought that trophy back.” egoldwein@gazette.net
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ERIC GOLDWEIN STAFF WRITER
Wootton High School’s Benjamin Fellman walked off the court following his two-hour, three-set victory and before
exiting, he was greeted by his coach, Nia Cresham. The sophomore had just defeated Bethesda-Chevy Chase’s Patrick Cha (26, 7-6, 6-4) to win the No. 4 singles tournament in the Montgomery County boys tennis championship, and that was cause for celebration. But moments later, he was given another reason to smile, when Cresham told him that the Patriots were
co-champions of the county, along with B-CC and Whitman. Wootton trailed Whitman by three points and B-CC by one heading into Thursday’s championship matches. Joseph Brailovsky gave the Patriots life by defeating Andrew Leung (6-1, 6-0) to win the No. 2 singles draw. egoldwein@gazette.net
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As Quince Orchard High School coach Seann Pelkey made his way down the ramp to the area where runners of the recently completed boys 400 meters had gathered Thursday, it wasn’t hard to spot the county’s newest champion. “He’s the one with the big smile,” Pelkey said, pointing to senior Justin Sorra, who had saved his best for Thursday’s county championship meet at Walter Johnson, edging favorites Jalen Walker of Northwest and Tavis Holland of Clarksburg with a time of 48.83 seconds. “My head hurts, my legs hurt and my butt hurts,” Sorra said. “But it’s all worth it to become a champion.” The Cougars senior had not defeated either Holland or Walker all season, but had competed against them enough throughout his tenure that he had a sound strategy going into the race. Holland, he said, always gets out to a fast start, as does Walker. Sorra’s goal was to stick within striking distance of the lead pack for the first 200, before using his exceptional closing speed to hunt them down on the back stretch — a plan he executed to perfection, despite a lingering hamstring injury. “It definitely gives me confidence that I can actually beat them,” Sorra said. “It shows me that I can still run.” Sorra’s upset in the boys 400 meters was a rarity in a day dominated by county favorites. Though Sorra’s Cougars held a lead for the early part of the
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Ninety-two seconds. That was all that stood between the Good Counsel High School girls lacrosse team and a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship. So with a one-goal lead over rival Holy Cross, the Falcons won the draw, held the ball, and held the ball some more. Taylor McDaniels ran up and down the sidelines, weaving through the defenders and killing the clock one second at a time. A few passes were made, not all on target, but crisp enough to keep the Tartans scrambling. With a few seconds remaining the ball eventually came loose, but as soon as Holy Cross regained possession the clock showed double zeroes and the Falcons’ celebration had begun. Good Counsel’s performance on Monday was far from perfect. Not the last couple minutes, nor the 48 which preceded them. But the Falcons (19-2) did just enough to hold on for the 9-8 victory over Holy Cross (16-4) and capture an 11th WCAC title for the Olney school. “We worked on a lot of things we didn’t execute today, but teams find a way and this team is resilient,” said Falcons coach Michael Haight, whose last WCAC title came in 2013. “Best ‘team,’ team I had. Best collection of chemistry and team. That’s what really carried us.” McDaniels had four goals, notching three in the first half and helping Good Counsel go ahead 5-3 at intermission. Goalie Kiley Keating made several impressive saves, keeping the Holy Cross offense in check. The Falcons took a 9-6 lead late in the second half after Lexi Rieu notched her third and final goal off a free position shot. The Tartans, coming off a 10-9 win over Bishop Ireton in the WCAC semifinals, weren’t done playing spoiler. Logan Smet scored to make it 9-7 and then Kerrina Fitzpatrick brought the Kensington school to within a goal with 1 minute and 32 seconds remaining. But the Falcons knew what they had to do to get past their final hurdle, Mc-
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Seneca Valley High School’s HelenSarah Penda competes in the girls 100 hurdles at Wednesday’s Montgomery County track and field championships. The event concluded on Thursday at Walter Johnson in Bethesda. meet, it was again the powerhouse Northwest program that broke through, clinching the county title with a score of 106 — 15 points ahead of Quince Orchard. The girls competition was never that close. Thursday belonged to Clarksburg, as the Coyotes put on a dominant performance (126 points), more than doubling the point total of the second place finisher (Northwest, 54 points). Sorra’s upset was a hiccup in an otherwise predictable set of finishes. Clarksburg’s Alexus Pyles took the gold in hurdles events and the triple jump (3906.25), while Northwest’s Shyheim Wright battled through an upper leg injury to take the 110 hurdles (15.63). Wright’s teammate, senior Diego Zarate, claimed gold in the 800 (1:52.07) and the 1,600 meters (4:13.53), opting not to run in the 3,200 meters, which was won by Whitman’s Evan Woods (9:20.65). Clarksburg again dominated the field events on the girls
side, while Watkins Mill discus thrower Billy Emerson continued to impress, winning the boys event with a throw of 155feet, 7-inches. In the relays, it was Blake who stole the show, winning the girls 400-meter relay (47.94) and 1,600-meter relay (3:53.01), while the boys ended the meet with a narrow win in the 1,600-meter relay (3:24.61) as well. Despite aggravating his knee while attempting a 6-04 jump, Quince Orchard high jumper Dylan Bikim won gold with a jump of 6-02. But while the Cougars junior was certainly excited by the win, he said that mark won’t be sufficient if he wants to keep winning in May. “I still have things to work on … it’s not where I want to be at,” Bikim said. “It makes me feel very happy that I was able to jump 6-02 with a hurt knee. When I heal up, I think I’ll be able to do big things.” agutekunst@gazette.net
Stone Ridge School senior and 2012 Olympic gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky announced Friday that she will defer her enrollment at Stanford University for one year as she focuses on her path to next summer’s 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. “After careful consideration and joint discussion with both my current club coach, Bruce Gemmell of Nation’s Capital Swim Club, and Stanford coach Greg Meehan, I have decided to defer my enrollment at Stanford for one year so that I may continue my training in my home environment in Maryland leading up to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials,” Ledecky said in a statement issued Friday morning. “I greatly appreciate the understanding, support, and guidance I received from both Coach Gemmell and Coach Meehan in helping me to reach this decision. I am thrilled and excited to be admitted to Stanford, and I very much look forward to my enrollment there as a student in the Fall of 2016 and swimming in NCAA competition as a member of Coach Meehan’s Stanford team.” Ledecky is the current world record holder in the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events and also owns American marks in the 500- and 1,650yard freestyle. Since winning the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the London Olympics in 2012 as the youngest member of Team USA, Ledecky has broken world records seven times and American records, 13. In recent years she has proven her versatility with strong results in the shorter freestyle events — important for Team USA relays — and the individual medley. Ledecky’s next major international competition is scheduled to be July’s World Championships in Kazan, Russia. She was a four-time gold medalist at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, where she was named the top woman scorer in a field that included four-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin. “I feel so fortunate that both Coach Gemmell and Coach Meehan will be serving as coaches on the USA Swimming National team staff for this summer’s World Championships,” Ledecky added in her statement.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Wootton shows support for athlete battling cancer The Wootton High School community will come together for a faculty/ student softball game in support of baseball player Michael Elliott, who is battling a rare form of cancer. The exhibition is scheduled for 3 p.m., May 22 on the Rockville school’s baseball field. Wootton principal, Dr. Michael Doran heads up the approximately 20-person faculty and staff team that will take on a combination of Pa-
triot baseball and softball players. “We want to show Michael how much he is loved and possibly raise a little money for his family,” Patriots Booster Club President Dottie Gottfried wrote in an email to The Gazette.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Bullis boys clinch IAC title The Bullis School boys track and field team captured its first ever Interstate Athletic Conference championship Saturday night, edging out St. Albans, 144-136. The Bullis girls captured their second-straight Independent School League championship, beating out Georgetown Day, 137.5094.
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Blake senior signs Blake High School’s Citiana Negatu has been offered a full scholarship to play on the women’s basketball team at Loyola University of Chicago and is scheduled to sign Friday, Athletic Director Jared Fribush said. Negatu averaged 14.3 points per game in her senior season with the Silver Spring school. In late March she was named MVP of the Mason Dixon Elite Game in the Roundball Classic.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
Sherwood grads open field hockey club Former Sherwood High School field hockey players Jayme Goldkind, who is an assistant coach at Stevenson University, and Linda Velesquez, co-coach at Holy Cross, have teamed up with the Olney Boys and Girls Club to conduct a camp this summer as they introduce their new club, Fierce Field Hockey. The two will preview the camp in a free clinic scheduled for May 30 at Sherwood — kindergarten through fourth grade go from 9-10:30 a.m. and fifth through eighth graders from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Seven Locks to host free tennis clinic On Sunday from 1-3 p.m. the Seven Locks Swim & Tennis Club will host a free clinic featuring former French Open champion and current Washington Kastles — the Washington, D.C.-based World Team Tennis team — coach Murphy Jensen. The event kicks off a partnership between newly-formed ProsToYo and the Bethesda facility; the tennis management company will begin running programs at the club in June. Registration information can be found at www. sevenlockstennis.eventbrite.com.
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Clarksburg High School’s Sarah Giacalone is safe at second base after the ball hopped over Magruder’s Allie Walsh’s glove on Monday.
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There was an almost audible collective sigh of relief taken by Clarksburg High School softball team spectators in the bottom of the fifth inning of Monday’s Class 4A West Region Section II semifinal at Magruder when Colonels senior pitcher Fiona Johnson — already 2 for 2 with a home run — was retired on a groundball handled rather routinely by Coyotes sophomore shortstop Allie Janowiak. Clarksburg was still hanging to a 2-1 lead and with Magruder’s perceived — and actual — biggest threat back in the dugout, the Coyotes seemed to have avoided catastrophe. Then two freshmen — Gabriele Jarvis and Lucy Webster — and a junior — Leslie Delcid — combined for two runs and Magruder went on to win, 4-2. It was the Colonels’ (14-3) third straight victory over Clarksburg (14-3) — the last two were by one run — and second consecutive comefrom-behind, playoff win over the Coyotes. The defending region runner-up, Magruder, is scheduled to face 2013 state semifinalist Northwest at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Germantown for a spot in the region final. Magruder coach Ed Hendrickson said it’s not uncommon for opponents to underestimate players not named Fiona Johnson but Monday’s production from
throughout the lineup was symptomatic of the program’s depth, something Magruder hasn’t always had in recent years. “It also makes [Johnson] feel good and not like she has to carry the whole load,” Hendrickson said. “It’s nice to have a lineup where everyone, freshmen to seniors, can execute and deliver. Obviously [Johnson] is a big threat but it’s nice to have several threats, [in the past] there have been some holes.” Magruder has traditionally been a stronger later innings team this season, at least offensively, Hendrickson said. So, the Colonels were far from panicked when they fell behind early. Plus, Johnson’s ability to dominate in the pitcher’s circle typically keeps Magruder in striking distance at all times. Johnson struck out 13 in a two-hitter. Those two hits happened to be solo home runs — the only runs scored by Clarksburg — from her longtime friend and former travel ball teammate, University of Virginia recruit Tia Mitchell. Coyotes coach Danielle Murray said her team’s lack of offense coupled with two costly late-game errors was Clarksburg’s downfall. “We didn’t hit,” Murray said. “Other than Tia’s two home runs over the fence we didn’t get a single hit. [Johnson] is a good pitcher but we are capable of getting more than two hits. ...All season we’ve been hurt by mental mistakes. We can’t make mistakes when you’re up by runs. We talked about the mental stuff. You have to be able to hit so you’re not in a position where one
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It was a rare defensive lapse for the Wootton High School girls lacrosse team. The Patriots had missed an assignment — coach Shannon Holliday spotted it from the opposite side of the field — and a few seconds later the miscue would result in a Quince Orchard player being left alone in front of the net, and shooting from pointblank range. Yet, like so many other times in Friday’s 4A West Region quarterfinal matchup, goalie Olivia Mangum was up to the task. The junior steered away the shot, and not more than 20 seconds later — following a rebound and a coastto-coast drive involving several crisp passes — freshman Beth Cornelius cauwght a pass in front of the crease, juked the Cougars goalie, and placed the ball in the back of the net. That goal put the Rockville school ahead 10-4, but the team didn’t end up needing it thanks to Mangum’s 12-save performance, which carried Wootton (7-7) to a 14-6 road victory over Quince Orchard (7-6) in Gaithersburg. “I think that Olivia, this is the best game that I’ve seen her game all season,” Holliday said. Mangum has been the anchor of a steady defense that’s helped the Patriots win five of their past six games. But this victory meant a little more to the Wootton keeper, not just because it was an elimination game, but because it came against her personal goalie coach, Cougars coach Jennifer Mohr (Holliday’s older sister), she said. “I want to show her how hard I work, and how much I’ve been working,” Mangum said. Mangum stopped an assort-
ment of shots — some low, some high, some off of penalties. She had seven second-half saves, with several possessions where she turned away multiple Quince Orchard attempts. “I do think she’s a very good goalie, but this, she was stopping everything,” junior defender Maddie Mays said. “Like, everything. I was very proud of her.” Many of those saves turned into scoring chances on the other end, thanks to an effective transition game that has steadily improved throughout the spring. Mangum’s calm but confident stick handling triggered several fast breaks, with the defense and speedy midfield setting up the Patriots attack. “We worked on that really hard to get that down. We have plays that we cut a lot and we work as a team a lot to get that,” Mays said. Though the Cougars offense started slow, it picked up midway through the first half as the Patriots went into intermission ahead 6-2. Quince Orchard, led by three goals from Morgan Avissar, kept the game close, but Wootton — paced by four goals from Cornelius and three apiece from twin sisters Cece Kobylski and Ellie Kobylski — put the game away in the second half. The victory sets up region semifinals matchup on Monday against the winner of Saturday’s game between Northwest and Gaithersburg. Wootton is going for its first girls lacrosse region title since 2008. “As a team we just have to play together, and keep playing hard, and I think we can do it,” sophomore defender Maddy Scholz said. “We’ve been working on things, and I know our record doesn’t show it,” Holliday added, “but we are finally coming together as a team and we’re peaking at the right time.” egoldwein@gazette.net
mistake costs you the game.” Murray did commend her team for continuing to fight as things began to unravel — the Coyotes stranded two runners on base in the top of the seventh inning. After Mitchell’s third-inning home run over the fence in left field, Johnson lead the bottom of the inning off with a home run of her own to tie the game at 1-1. Mitchell gave Clarksburg a 2-1 lead with another homer in the top of the fifth inning, this time over the fence in center field. Jarvis led the bottom of the inning off with a walk and then stole second base. She scored the tying run on an error on Delcid’s groundball to second base that ended up in right field. Webster’s line drive to right field moved Delcid to third base and she scored on senior catcher Cricket Lowe’s hit to left field — Lowe was caught trying to take two bases to end the inning. Johnson retired six of the next eight batters she faced while Magruder added an insurance run in the sixth on a hit and smart base running from sophomore Fatima Sayed-Ali combined with a defensive miscue. “Fiona pitches well when she has a lead,” Hendrickson said. “She pitches well when she doesn’t have a lead, but she does well when we have a lead because she can be more aggressive and go after it. ... We executed our game plan [Monday], we hit to contact and played solid defense — you can’t defend home runs.” jbeekman@gazette.net
Quince Orchard High School second baseman Kyle Chieh ranged as far left as he could, reaching for a hard hit baseball heading for right field. The Cougars were holding a 5-3 lead at home over Clarksburg in the top of the sixth inning of their 4A West Section II semifinal playoff game on Monday, but with the bases loaded and one out, the contact made by Justin Diggs threatened to tie the game. Chieh, almost falling over, squeezed the ball with the tip of his glove and threw Diggs out at first. One run scored, but the Cougars escaped the inning with a lead still in tact. Quince Orchard then held on to defeat Clarksburg, 9-7. “He made a play at shortstop that was huge,” Cougars coach Jason Gasaway said, referring to an earlier play Chieh made before switching middle infield positions when starting pitcher Jack Ropelewski moved to shortstop. “And that one saved a run. Our defense played really well today. Those two plays made a difference. Potentially saved two runs right there.” “That was just pure reaction,” Chieh said. “Off the bat, I was just like, ‘I got to get that,’ and I did.” For much of the game, Clarksburg was playing catchup after getting behind from the start. Quince Orchard scored an unearned run in the first inning, then added three more earned runs in the second. Carson Knight drove in Nathan Kessler, who led the inning with a double. Chieh drove in two more runs on a double of his own. Clarksburg’s starting pitcher, Oscar Garcia, was replaced by Baily Ingalla after Chieh’s hit. Ingalla pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed just one earned run off of two hits, setting the stage for Clarksburg to get back into the game. The winning pitcher, Ropelewski, held the Coyotes to just six hits and two earned runs
through five innings. He began to fatigue in the sixth, however, and was replaced by Nick Wong. Wong put three straight batters on, before being replaced by Sam Sprecher. Quince Orchard escaped the inning without allowing more than two runs, but its lead was just, 5-4. Ethan Press who went 3 for 4 with a walk and two runs batted in drove in one of the runs. “We have a never die [attitude], up until the last out, we were still fighting, scratching,” Clarksburg coach Mathew Derrick said. “Today, unfortunately, it seemed like some balls didn’t go our way and they got some their way. Don’t get me wrong, don’t take anything away from them. They played well today.” Quince Orchard responded in the bottom of the sixth with four runs, squashing any hope of a comeback. Nick Moon, Ropelewski, and Kessler each drove in runs. Clarksburg made another push in the seventh, scoring three runs with two outs until Gasaway inserted senior pitcher Kevin Childs to get the final out and a save. “When we needed the hits, we got the hits. So that’s good,” said Ropelewski, who went 2-3 at the plate with a walk, run and RBI. “It’s good that this last inning, we got the bats going. So we just got to carry that into Wednesday.” Clarksburg defeated Magruder 15-5 in the first round of the playoffs on May 8, thanks to a big game by junior Will Proctor. The game was tied going into the fifth inning but Proctor hit a two-run home run at the start of the inning, then hit another three-run homer later in the same inning to walk off with a mercy-rule win. “I was in some zone,” Proctor said. He went 1-4 with a RBI against QO. “I was feeling it that day. And I wanted to bring it into this game, but it didn’t work out too well. But it was a great game. That was fun.” No. 2 Quince Orchard is scheduled to play at No. 1 Gaithersburg on Wednesday in the 4A West Section II final. The winner will play for the 4A West Region championship. pgrimes@gazette.net
Stone Ridge softball falls short in title game n Gators fall short of ISL championship in the final game in coach’s 16-year career BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
The Stone Ridge School softball team might not have been able to give 16th-year coach Charlie Adams a perfect sendoff to retirement — a championship trophy — but the Gators came pretty close. The Gators hung with undefeated Episcopal for four innings in Sunday’s Independent School League A tournament final held in Alexandria but ultimately fell, 11-1. Sunday’s win marked the Maroon’s second straight tournament win. The 2013 runner-up will move up to the ISL’s upper division in 2016 after winning both the regular season banner and season-ending championship for the first time in recent years. “This is real big,” Maroon coach John Dooley said of the win. “It’s been a progression.” Stone Ridge (7-4), which only recently moved down from the league’s top group of teams, was a perennially struggling program when Adams took the team over nearly two decades ago but finished above .500 this spring for the 13th time during his tenure — and two of Stone Ridge’s three total losing seasons since he took over were in the first two years, Adams said. Episcopal defeated Stone Ridge, 16-13, during the regular season and Sunday’s game was similarly competitive early. The Gators took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning that was quickly answered by the Maroon. The game remained a 1-1 tie through three innings before Episcopal broke it open in the fifth inning. After the Gators stranded two runners in scoring position in the fourth inning, Episcopal took a 2-1 lead on a two-out rally that started with first-pitch single to left field from third baseman Sophie Holt. She then scored from first on first baseman Jo Jo Diaz’s double to centerfield. Stone Ridge stranded another runner in the fifth before the Maroon scored four runs in the bottom of the inning with some help from inconsistent pitching to take a 6-1 lead. Episcopal put the game out of reach with a five-run sixth inning that featured hits from Holt and Ivy Houde as
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Stone Ridge School’s Landry Werth dives for a pop up during Sunday’s Independent School League A championship softball game against Episcopal in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Stone Ridge School’s Grace Heming lays down a bunt during Sunday’s Independent School League A championship softball game against Episcopal in Alexandria, Virginia.
well as four walks and a defensive misplay. Adams admitted Stone Ridge “fell apart.” But credit also went to Episcopal
for their patient at-bats. Dooley said much time was spent in the dugout making sure his players remained calm at the plate rather than over zealous. Prior to Sunday’s game, Stone Ridge averaged 14 runs scored per game, but the Gators struggled to string hits together against Episcopal. Though Stone Ridge will graduate workhorse pitcher Kathleen Owens, Adams said he is quite excited about next year’s prospects. The experience gained by some of this year’s young stars, including, sophomore second baseman Grace Heming and designated player/pitcher Landry Werth, coupled with the influx of talented freshmen expected to arrive next season make Adams confident, he said, that it will be the Gators lifting the trophy and moving back to the ISL’s upper division next spring. “This is my 16th and final season,” Adams said. “The program was in trouble when I first got here but we’ve only had three losing seasons. Next year I predict they will win the championship.” jbeekman@gazette.net
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The first time musicians Stephanie Marshall and Katie Clarke heard Jenny Goodspeed’s voice, they fell in love. It was 2009, and Marshall and Clarke had teamed up after meeting through a musicians cooperative in Massachusetts, but they knew they were missing something. “Then we met Jenny and fell in love with her voice,” Marshall said. “And so we pursued her.” The three came together to form The Boxcar Lilies, which has released two albums of their harmony-driven blend of folk, country and bluegrass (“Sugar Shack,” 2013; “Heartwood,” 2010), and they plan to release another in early summer. On Saturday, they’ll play a show at the BlackRock Center for the Arts. The three women bring varied influences to the table (according to Marshall, she’s the rock ’n’ roll Lily, Clarke is the bluegrass Lily and Goodspeed is the 1970s singer-songwriter Lily), but they fit well together due to a pervading love for three-part harmonies. Marshall and Goodspeed, for example, are influenced by Crosby, Stills & Nash and that interest in well-crafted, overpowering harmonic parts comes through with consistency on the songs
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Christian Layke, brewer, is seen at Gordon Biersch in Rockville.
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Rockville home to one of Gordon Biersch’s best brewers
Christian Layke, the brewer at Gordon Biersch in Rockville, has successfully made a mid-life career change to becoming a excellent professional brewer. A longtime homebrewer since college days, Christian was unhappy with his work life at a nonprofit and longed for brewing full time. He spent a 10-week sabbatical in Belgium brewing with Jean Louis Dits at the Brasserie B Vapeur and nearby breweries. Afterward, he served as a volunteer at the District Chophouse and then in an assistantship with Gordon Biersch, becoming the head brewer in Rockville in 2011. Christian exudes a passion for his craft and a desire to constantly improve. He is very comfortable with his brewing role, describing it as “An innovative approach to traditional beer styles. Building on brewing traditions based on Gordon Biersch guidelines. It’s a combination of art and science.” Christian defines success as seeing other people enjoy his creations and making a beer free of flaws, hitting the style specifications. His perfect pint is one which “makes you want to keep drinking.” Gordon Biersch has historically focused on German beer styles including Helles, Pilsner, Schwartzbier, Märzen and Hefeweizen, in addition to some seasonals. Recent corporate brewing guideline changes now
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STEVEN FRANK AND ARNOLD MELTZER allow for much more flexibility. Christian has recently brewed Rauchbier, Belgian IPA, Chocolate Stout, Witbier, Scottish Ale and White IPA. About half of the nine taps are traditional German lagers, and the other half are his Brewer’s Select beers. During his tenure at Gordon Biersch, Christian has taken two medals at the Great American Beer Festival and more than any other Maryland brewer at the annual Brewer’s Association of Maryland Comptroller’s Cup. He loves brewing because he is a significant part of the entire process from ordering the raw ingredients to the final product. The work also includes imagining the beers and developing recipes, customer interactions and some marketing events. He is always busy with almost no downtime. If time is available and he is not brewing, Christian gives tours of the brewery. Golden Export (5 percent alcohol by volume), is a Hellesstyle lager and one of the two best-selling beers along with the Märzen. It has a moderate malt nose leading into a medium sweet malt front that flows through the middle. The finish adds a light noble hop with all the flavors fading in the late finish and aftertaste of this refreshing and flavorful brew. Ratings: 8.5/8.5.
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MUSIC Arts Barn, Amadou Kouyate - Kora and Percussion, June 6, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394. AMP by Strathmore, WCP Summer Music Showcase, May 13; The Duhks, May 14; Tribute to “Sassy” Sarah Vaughan, May 15; call for times, 11810 Grand Park Ave., North Bethesda, ampbystrathmore.com, 301-581-5100. Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Katt Williams “American Bad Boy” World Movie Premiere, May 13 and May 14 - two shows each day; Savoy Ellingtons, May 15; King Soul, May 16; Soulcial Hour Band, May 17; Michal Urbaniak, May 21; Muscle Shoals and Stax/ Volt, May 22; call for prices, times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Boxcar Lilies, May 16; Suzanne Vega, May 30; Red Baraat, June 27; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter. org. Hershey’s At The Grove, Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 13; Marty Tucker Band, May 15; Shooting Star & Dangerous Curves, May 16; Greg Harrison Jazz Band, May 20; call for times, 17030 Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com. Fillmore Silver Spring, Big Daddy Kane, May 13; Nightwish, May 14; Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox, May 17; Falling in Reverse, May 19; Ultimate 80s Prom with The New Romance, May 23; Kingpen Slim hosted by Uncle Yank, May 29; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Aretha Franklin, May 13; Elijah Jamal Balbed, May 15; China Stars Night, May 15; BSO Music Box - In The Treetops (two shows), May 16; BSO: Debussy & Don Juan, May 16; 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGE Adventure Theatre-MTC, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” through May 25, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. 240-314-8681 Imagination Stage, “Sinbad: The Untold Tale,” through May 29, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave.,
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Olney Theatre Center’s run of “Carousel” is set to come to a close on Sunday. For more information, visit olneytheatre.org or call 301-924-3400. Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Carousel,” through May 17, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-9243400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Cinderella,” through June 21; 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, thepuppetco. org. Rockville Musical Theatre, “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” July 10 through July 26, Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, 301-2586394, r-m-t.org. Round House Theatre, “NSFW,” May 27 through June 21, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Tickets range in price from $10 to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre. org. Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “On The Razzle,” May 29 through June 20, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for show times, ssstage.org. Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, Cafe Muse, Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.
VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “Motionless, I Stay and Go: I am a Pause,” through May 24, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162,
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Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art League, Juried Members’ Show varied media, through May 29; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, Joseph Sheppard, through May 22; 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Janet Fox, through May 31; Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Stephanie Garmey, through May 24; Jowita Wyszomirska and David Brown, through May 24; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425. Gallery B, “The Merry Month,” through May 23; 7700 Wisconsin Ave., Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org. Washington Artworks, Project Youth ArtReach’s Anniversary Exhibition, May 15 through June 1; 12276 Wilkins Ave., Rockville, washingtonartworks.com, 301-6541998.
ET CETERA The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.
The Rockville Chorus will perform its “Songs of Love and Promise” concert at 7:30 PM at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at the Rockville Civic Center Park located at 603 Edmonston Dr., on Sunday. For more
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Rauchbier (5.9 percent ABV), based on a Great American Beer Festival 2014 gold medal winning Gordon Biersch recipe, has the prototypical fullsmoke aroma. The deep malt front segues into a middle which adds a lovely hint of bacon. The malt deepens in the finish, and further in the aftertaste, nicely balancing the smoke. This is a very smooth and drinkable rauchbier. Ratings: 8/8.5. Scottish Ale (6.3 percent ABV) has the profound malt bouquet typically found in this beer style. Very velvety, the Scottish ale has an intense malt front that continues throughout. While not complex, it is for malt
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Continued from Page B-5 songs that make up “Heartwood” and “Sugar Shack.” On the former album, tracks like the closer, “My Love Walks By My Side,” starts with harmonizing that beckons memory to the supergroup trio that found widespread acclaim in the late 1960s. “It’s not easy to find people who can sing [them],” Marshall said. These three seized the opportunity they felt they were granted in meeting each other. Despite the demands of settled, family life (each member is over 40 years old), they continue recording and performing music. “When the three of us were in our 20s, we didn’t have mortgages,” Marshall said. “The difference is we were definitely not settled down. We have husbands and partners and families [now] so we try and do mostly weekend shows so we can balance a life and work life and music life. We have to constantly do that so we don’t lose our minds.” The three also work day jobs to support their families. And then there’s the stress from travel. “Sometimes it’s a strain because, you know, it’s hard being away,” Marshall said. “I have an 8-year-old, and it’s hard being away from her. But they understand that this is something we have to do.” Marshall explained the new
lovers and an excellent example of the style. Ratings: 8/8.5. Czech Pilsner (5.6 percent ABV) has a well-balanced subdued hop and sweet malt nose. The enticing malt front continues in the middle. The finish adds a crisp muted Saaz hop. In the aftertaste, the malt fades as the restrained noble hop lingers. Ratings: 8.5/9. Chocolate Stout (4.3 percent ABV) has an aroma of chocolate with a note of wine. This creamy stout begins with a modest chocolate and tinge of roast. The chocolate increases in the middle as the roast ebbs slightly. The finish continues the medium chocolate and mild roast joined by a trace of wine. The chocolate continues as the roast increases a modicum in the aftertaste. Ratings: 8.5/9. record features a return to some aspects of their initial recordings. The trio assembled a new group of recording musicians, which has lent a new energy to the music, she said. On their previous two albums, the work could be characterized as refreshingly smooth and minimalistic, with emphasis placed consistently on the harmonies layered over subtle acoustic guitars, banjos and ukuleles. “It’s bringing a whole new feel,” she said. “We’re using the same producer we had, but we’re getting back to a more roots-y sound like our first record.” The Boxcar Lilies’ music feels very much like something best enjoyed in the summer, so it’s reasonable to imagine that’s the vibe they’ll be pushing for again with the upcoming release. When they come to the BlackRock Center for the Arts, the audience can likely expect a laid-back but thoughtful performance. “Whenever we do a show, we like to take people on a trip,” Marshall said. “We’re all very serious, but we’re also very silly at times, and we love to joke around and be funny. We love to tell the stories of our songs. “Really, we love to create those magical moments when we connect with the audience and get that laughter and that understanding of our music.”
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Pianist and composer Haskell Small will perform the world premiere of his most recent composition, “A Journey In Silence: Reflections on The Book of Hours,” during a free concert on Saturday at Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. The concert is presented by the Washington Conservatory of Music.
Pianist and composer Haskell Small will present the world premiere of his most recent work, “A Journey In Silence: Reflections on The Book of Hours” as part of a free concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Westmoreland Congregational UCC Church, One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda. Presented by the Washington Conservatory of Music, the debut will include brief reflective writings read by television and radio personality Robert Aubry Davis and will be coupled with “Partita No. 6 in E Minor” by J. S. Bach. The third composition in a series of contemplative works by Small, “A Journey In Silence” represents a fascination with music that is at once quiet and mystical in nature. Suggested donation is $20. For more information, call 301-320-2770 or visit washingtonconservatory.org.
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Hello, ‘Dolley’ Arts on the Green will present its final weekday matinee of the season, “Dolley Madison: Presidentress,” at 1 p.m. May 20 at the Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg. The original, one-woman play stars award-winning actress Mara Bayewitz as Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, president of the United States from 1809-17. While some audience members may know that Dolley Madison saved the oil painting of George Washington as the British were about to burn the White House
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Singer-songwriter Ian McFeron will be joined by longtime friend and musical accompanist Alisa Milner on fiddle, cello and harmony vocals during a concert Thursday at Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring.
‘Radio’ ways Singer-songwriter Ian McFeron will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at Fire Station 1, 8131 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Admission is free. McFeron will perform from his eighth studio album “Radio,” which was recorded in
Nashville, Tenn., and produced by Grammynominee Doug Lancio. McFeron will be joined on stage by longtime friend and musical accompanist Alisa Milner on fiddle, cello and harmony vocals. For more information, call 301-585-1370 or visit thefirestation1.com.
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Mara Bayewitz will star in the original one-woman play “Dolley Madison” on May 20 at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg.
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Cars Wanted
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Domestic Cars
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MSRP 18,815 $
16,599
$
2015 JETTA S
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MSRP 19,245 $
BUY FOR
16,995
$
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2015 PASSAT LTD
#9088106, Automatic, Power Windows, Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Leather Seats, Backup Camera
MSRP $25,135 BUY FOR
21,999
$
OR $229/MO for 72 MONTHS
OR $319/MO for 72 MONTHS
2015 JETTA SEDAN TDI S
2015 BEETLE 1.8L
2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S
#7262051, Automatic Power Windows, Power Locks, Bluetooth
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OR $219/MO for 72 MONTHS
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$
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17,837
$
BUY FOR
20,599
$
OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS
OR $245/MO for 72 MONTHS
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2015 GOLF SPORTSWAGEN S
2015 TIGUAN S 2WD
2014 CC SPORT LAST 2014 AVAILABLE!
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20,995
$
OR $299/MO for 72 MONTHS
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24,999
$
OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $35,060
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26,999
$
OR $431/MO for 72 MONTHS
OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 24 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months
2010 Ford Focus SEL.............V051211B, Blue, 72,358 Miles..................$9,993
2014 Jetta SE...........................V298174A, Beige, 5,090 Miles..................$16,991
2004 Toyota 4Runner.............V061931A, Blue, 150,445 Miles................$10,889
2014 Golf 4Dr...........................VP0129, White,18,424 Miles.....................$16,994
2011 Toyota Prius...................V283821B, Red, 112,390 Miles................$11,593
2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles................$17,991
2008 Honda Civic EX.............V084797A, Blue, 59,862 Miles..................$11,791
2013 Passat SE.......................V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles................$17,991
2011 Toyota Camry SE..........V0125A, Black, 61,476 Miles....................$12,594
2012 Subaru Impreza Wagon LT..V074708A, Deep Cherry, 20,725 Miles......$18,991
2014 Nissan Versa.................V309714A, Gray, 7,485 Miles....................$13,991
2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles......................$18,991
2013 Nissan Sentra...............V282063A, Gray, 31,633 Miles..................$14,361
2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles................$19,492
2013 Jetta SE Conv................V801480A, Gray, 27,513 Miles..................$14,592
2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles..................$19,955
2012 Passat SE.......................V813899A, Silver, 63,008 Miles................$14,991
2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles..................$19,991
2013 Nissan Altima...............V303606A, Silver, 49,926 Miles................$15,991
2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI..V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles................$20,991
2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles.................$16,293
2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles......................$26,892
2014 Hyundai Elantra GT......V505382A, Red, 7,411 Miles....................$16,991
2013 CC SR6 4Motion...........VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles....................$28,991
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DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE 2011 GMC Terrain SLE-1
2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
2007 XC90
DARCARS NISSAN 2001 Nissan Quest GXE
#P9232A, 6 spd Manual 3.8 V6 Convertible, Only 35K Miles, Fun Car!!!
13,995
$
2010 Camry Hybrid
#9276A, Auto, Locally Owned and Well Maintained,
14,995
$
525586B, ONLY 77k Miles!! 6 cyl, clean inside & out!
5,977
#442076A, Automatic, Gently Driven $ and Priced to Move!
14,995
$
2010 Nissan Rogue SL
15,995
#G0061, Only 62K mi!!,Leather, Panoramic moonroof, Alloys
$
2012 Volvo C30 Turbo
13,977
19,950
$
#P9266, 1-Owner, Only 21k miles, V6, LOADED!!
$
$19,950
#E0647A,Nav, Panoramic Roof, Leather, Loaded, Fun to drive
19,980
$
21,950
#526684A, 1-Owner, 3rd Row Seat!!, Leather, Sunroof, 58k $ Miles
2012 BMW X3 28i AWD
2012 Volvo S60 T6 R Design
#P9369, 1-Owner, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys , Only 32K Miles!
14,777
$
23,959
24,980
#P9259, 1-Owner Only 25K mi!!! Nav,PWR Tailgate, GORGEOUS!!
27,950
$
2012 Nissan Leaf SL NAV Hatchback
#P9327, ONLY 12K MILES!! Certified, Auto, Looks New!
15,977
$
2013 Lexus RX 350 AWD
2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ $
13,977
$
$
#532188C, Nav, Leather, Sunroof, Loaded #P9308, CERTIFIED, Turbo, AWD, Leather, Sunroof
2014 VW Jetta SE
#E0686, Auto, Leather, CLEAN!!!
2011 Honda Pilot EX-L AWD 2012 Honda CRV EX-L AWD
2012 Hyundai Veloster #G0060, CERTIFIED, Only 30K Miles!! Gorgeous!!
9,977
$
2010 Volvo XC60 3.0 Turbo AWD 2011 Chrysler Town & Country Touring L
#541149A, Auto, Sunroof, Alloys #G0063,ONLY 54K mi, 2.4L 4cyl,Auto
2007 Nissan Quest SL
#N0647A, Auto, DVD, 1-Owner under 100K Miles
15,977
$
2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited
16,977
$
#548040A, 1-Owner, Loaded, Sunroof, Leather, Clean!!
32,950
#N0703, Like New, 1-Owner, Previously $ Certified, Leather, Moonroof, PWR Tailgate, Rear Camera
2011 Volvo C30 Turbo Coupe.............................. $12,995 2012 Acura TSX Wagon............................................... $21,950 #526588B, Black, Fun to drive, Well maintained inside & out!
# 527003A, 1-Owner, Only 27K Miles! Leather, Sunroof, Bluetooth, Alloys
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee.................................... $11,995 2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L...........................$19,950 #P9310A, 1-Owner, Super Low Miles 61K, V8, SNRF, Alloys, Gray
2010 Mercury Mariner Hybrid
#P9277, 1-Owner, Leather, Moonroof, Bluetooth
#541161A, Hard-to-Find, 1-Owner, Loaded, Leather, Sunroof
2011 Mini Cooper S........................................................... $14,995 2012 Volvo S60 T5 Turbo......................$19,980 #P9243B, 1-Owner, Turbo, Auto, Leather, Well Maintained #P9315, CERTIFIED!! Only 30K Miles, Leather, Sunroof, Homelink
16,777
$
2011 Nissan Juke SV
16,977
$
#544515A, AWD, Auto, Sunroof
2010 Volvo XC60 3.2L..................................................... $18,950 2012 Volvo XC60 AWD Platinum.................. $25,950 #P9263, 1-Owner, Only 52K Miles! Panormic Moonroof, Well prices and clean!
DARCARS
# 526629A, CERTIFIED! LOADED! Nav, Rear View Camera, Leather, Moonroof, Premium Sound
VOLVO
G560933
2011 Kia Sorento SX
15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MD
#587010B, Auto, Navigation, Panoramic Roof, AWD
www.darcarsvolvo.com
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DARCARS
2008 Nissan 350 Z Touring #548505A, Low Miles!!, V6, Auto, Leather, Alloys
18,977
$
www.DARCARSnissan.com
1.888.824.9165 See what it’s like to love car buying.
17,977
$
DARCARS NISSAN of ROCKVILLE 15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)
888.805.8235 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.com
BAD CREDIT - NO CREDIT - CALL TODAY!
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DARCARS NISSAN TWO LOCATIONS
Rockville
College Park
15911 Indianola Drive Rockville, MD 20855 888-797-1831 2015 NISSAN
2015 NISSAN
Versa S Sedan
$
AT THIS PRICE
$
OR
manual transmission MODEL #11155
4
9,995
$
0
$
169/MO
AT THIS PRICE
39 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
2015 NISSAN
MODEL #11615
ALTIMA 2.5 S
MSRP: $22,045 Sale Price: $18,245 Nissan Customer Cash: $750
$
17,495 $
OR
4
$
MODEL #67115
36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR
0 DOWN
LEAF S
4
with charger package MODEL #17015
$
AT THIS PRICE
$
0 DOWN
$
0 DOWN
4
$
169/MO
28,495 OR
4
AT THIS PRICE
36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR
MODEL #25015
0
$
MSRP: $33,045 Sale Price: $28,495
MODEL #23015
0
$
339
$
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
MSRP: $32,455 Sale Price: $27,995 Nissan Rebate: $1,500 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
25,995
OR AT THIS PRICE
/MO 36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
MURANO S AWD
$
36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR
159
$
2015 NISSAN
PATHFINDER 4X4 S
229/MO
MODEL #12115
16,995 $
14,495
OR
4
24,495 OR
AT THIS PRICE
0
169/MO
2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $32,000 Sale Price: $27, 995 NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$
S SAVINGS AV ING S EVENT EVENT
MODEL #13115 4 at this price
AT THIS PRICE
2015 NISSAN
$
OR
4
$
36 MO LEASE DOWN 12K MILES/YR
$
279/MO
SENTRA SV
MSRP: $23,935 Sale Price: $18,995 Nissan Customer Cash: -$1,000 Altima Bonus Cash: -$500 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$500
2015 NISSAN
NV200
AT THIS PRICE
$
MSRP: $19,305 Sale Price: $15,745 Nissan Rebate $1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: $250
13,995 OR
4
2015 NISSAN
MSRP: $17,600 Sale Price: $14,895 Nissan Customer Cash: $400 NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
VERSA NOTE SV
MSRP: $12,995 Nissan Rebate: $400 Sale Price: $10,395
9330 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD 20740 888-693-8037
0 DOWN
$
269/MO
$
36 MO LEASE 12K MILES/YR
SAVINGS SAVI NG S EVENT EVENT
SEE WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOVE CAR BUYING
DARCARS NISSAN OF ROCKVILLE
DARCARS NISSAN OF COLLEGE PARK
www.DARCARSnissan.com
www.DARCARSnissanofcollegepark.com
Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax, tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 05/18/2015. G560904
NEW 2015 HIGHLANDER LE 1 AVAILABLE: #563287
28,590
$
4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR
NEW22015 RAV4 4X2 LE AVAILABLE: #564379, 564390
20,990
$
4 CYL., AUTOMATIC
2015 PRIUS C II
355 TOYOTA TOYOTA TIME SALES EVENT DARCARS
See what it’s like to love car buying
2 AVAILABLE: #577477, 577460
$
149/MO**
NEW 2015 CAMRY LE 2 AVAILABLE: #572152, 572172
$
169/
2 AVAILABLE: #567184, 567187
$0 DOWN
$
18,890
4 DR., AUTO, 6 CYL.
AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE
NEW 2015 COROLLA L 2 AVAILABLE: #560694, 560653
14,690
$
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL., INCL.
AFTER $750 REBATE
MONTHS+ % 0 FOR 60 On 10 Toyota Models
1-888-831-9671
$0 DOWN
$
149/MO**
2015 COROLLA LE
15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville, MD OPEN SUNDAY VISIT US ON THE WEB AT www.355Toyota.com PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 5/19/2015.
4 CYL., 4 DR., AUTO
2 AVAILABLE: #570341, 570352
$0 DOWN G560906
24,690
MANUAL, 4 CYL
2014 SCION XB 2 AVAILABLE: #455033, 455044
NEW 2015 SIENNA L 2 AVAILABLE: #560070, 560102
$
4 CYL., AUTO
NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB
AUTO, 4 CYL., 4 DR
MO**
19,290
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
NEW 2015 CAMRY LE
$
4 CYL., AUTO, 4 DR
AFTER TOYOTA $750 REBATE
AFTER $750 REBATE
2 AVAILABLE: #572093, 572081
$0 DOWN
$
139/MO**
4 DR., AUTO, 4 CYL