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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014
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Tree plantings planned for two more city parks
Last salute of summer
Roots help to improve stream water quality in Gaithersburg
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Autumn Ramey, 2, of Gaithersburg watches the Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade on Monday afternoon.
Babies’ bundles in demand
5K run/walk in Gaithersburg to raise funds for infants BABY STEPS 5K
Two locations in Gaithersburg are set to receive new trees as part of the city’s continued effort to improve stream water quality within the Muddy Branch Watershed. Quince Orchard Park and Little Quarry Park will soon be the new home of 40 and 25 trees, respectively, and planting events for both sites are scheduled for this fall. A community meeting was held Wednesday evening at the Robertson Park Youth Center to collect public input on the plan. The plantings are part of a larger project stemming from a $71,628 grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Governor’s Stream Restoration Challenge that was awarded to the city of Gaithersburg and the Audubon Naturalist Society, according to Michele Potter, the director of the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture.
See TREES, Page A-10
Two Gaithersburg men dead after crash on Sunday n
SUV struck tree; another passenger injured
n When: 7:3011:30 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 7
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n Where: Around lake at Rio Washingtonian Center, 9811 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg (Meet near Joe’s Crab Shack and Uncle Julio’s Rio Grande Cafe)
Two men are dead after their car struck a tree beside Woodfield Road in Gaithersburg early Sunday morning, according to Montgomery County police. Thomas Christopher Collier, 32, of Delta Court, Gaithersburg, was driving a 2003 Ford Explorer south on Woodfield Road when the SUV crossed into the northbound lanes, then went off the road and struck a tree, according to a statement from county police. The reason the vehicle went off the road is still under investigation, said Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti, a police
See CRASH, Page A-10
n Cost: $40 n For information: babysbounty. org/ montgomerycounty; click on “current events” (Ten percent discount code: “a good start”) TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Jesica Roman of Clarksburg and her mother, Carolyn Findlay, prepare baby supplies for a client on Thursday afternoon in Derwood. BY
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upplying newborn babies with the things they need to be safe and comfortable has become a passion for Jesica Roman of Clarksburg, who founded the nonprofit Baby’s Bounty Montgomery County in March 2013. Roman hopes to raise $12,000 this year by hosting the second annual Baby Steps 5K run and walk on Sunday morning around the lake
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at the RIO Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg. Scheduled is a timed 5K race and an untimed walk/run, along with children’s activities. The registration fee is $40, and children younger than 13 are free. Since founding Baby’s Bounty MC, which is affiliated with the nonpofit Baby’s Bounty in Las Vegas, Roman said the demand for its bundles has grown among local service agencies. “In our first year of operation, we provided
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See RUN, Page A-10
See MILITARY, Page A-8
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Round House brings Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love" to life.
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Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said he was “horrified” when he saw images of Ferguson, Mo., police on top of an armored vehicle, pointing weapons at protesters.
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essentials to 100 babies in need,” she said in an email. “In the first quarter of our second year, the number of referrals had doubled.” The nonprofit serves infants up to six months old born to low income and homeless families, to sexual assault and domestic abuse victims and to underage mothers, Roman said in the email. A Baby’s Bounty bundle, valued between $250 and $300, typically includes a new car
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