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Graduate Brittney Gibbs (right) poses with Quince Orchard High School principal Carole Working after receiving her diploma during the Quince Orchard High School graduation ceremony at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on May 27.
Natali Collazos (left) looks for family in the audience before the ceremony. The commencement featured student speakers Henry Peck and Alyssa Winderlich. The guest speaker was Major League Baseball analyst for ESPN Tim Kurkjian.
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The victim’s name and hometown were not released on Tuesday, as police worked to contact her family. Police said the crash happened shortly before 11:30 p.m. A white Ford Taurus driven by the victim collided with a black Ford Focus just north of Bowie Mill Road, police said in a news release. Police did not know on Tuesday what caused the crash.
The driver of the Ford Focus — identified as Juan Francisco Diana, 34, of the 3000 block of Aquarius Avenue in Silver Spring — was taken to Suburban Hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening, police said. Police have asked anyone who might have seen the collision to call them at 240773-6620.
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A judge sentenced a Gaithersburg man on Friday to serve five years in prison for sexually touching two girls in county middle schools in 2004 and in 2014. The sentence satisfies the terms of a plea agreement reached in April between defendant Jose Pineda, 50, of Gaithersburg, a former substitute teacher, and the county’s state’s attorney’s office. The plea means that Pineda will not go to trial on charges of third-degree sex offense and sex abuse of a child, sparing the victims from having to testify. “I’m thankful they will not have to relive [the experience],” the mother of a girl who was molested last year said in court. The Gazette does not usually identify by name the victims of sex offenses. The mother is not being named to protect the identity of her daughter. Pineda, who taught math and other middle school subjects, repeatedly brushed his arm or hand across the victims’
buttocks, in one case squeezing them, according to charging documents. In another case, he stuck his hand up a victim’s shorts and touched her buttock, charging documents said. Members of Pineda’s family spoke at the sentencing hearing, saying he has a good character. His son, Jose Pineda Jr., said he believed his father could change. But Assistant State’s Attorney Timothy Hagan said Pineda violated the trust students put in their teachers. He said Pineda had been reprimanded by administrators at two schools for inappropriate sexual conduct. “He kept putting himself in that situation all day long. ... He betrayed that trust for his own sexual pleasure,” said Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Joseph Dugan Jr., who sentenced Pineda. The victim who was molested in 2004 said she and her mother had reported the incident to school officials, but Pineda was allowed to continue teaching. “I’m just happy that it’s all taken care of,” the victim, now an adult, said in an interview after the sentencing hearing. “It’s been 10 years. I’m just happy something was done.” vterhune@gazette.net
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On Saturday evening, the Waterpark at Bohrer Park was buzzing with excitement and, most importantly, not an ounce of judgement as the Autism Ambassadors took over in Gaithersburg. “I started the events about eight years ago. At the time, I only knew about 15 families of children with autism,” said Whitney Ellenby, of Bethesda, the organizer of Autism Ambassadors. She and her husband Keith Rueben have a 14-yearold son, Zack Reuben, who has autism, and a 9-year-old daughter, Cassie Reuben, who is “typically developing,” according to Ellenby. Ellenby explained that she wanted to put together activities solely for those with au-
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Suspension rates in Montgomery County Public Schools fell this year as the district continues work tied to a code of conduct meant to guide disciplinary decisions. As the district nears the end of its first school year using the code, some school officials say that some staff and others don’t understand the new approach to student discipline. Data presented May 26 at a school board meeting showed that, with the new code in place, the district reduced suspensions overall and within student groups based on race from the 2013-14 school year to the current year. The system created its code of conduct in response to regulations the state school board adopted last year. The regulations are aimed in part at reducing suspensions and expulsions and giving administrators greater discretion to determine discipline. The regulations require the county district to include a range of consequences in its code and use suspensions as a last resort. From 2009-10 to the current school year, the rate of students suspended or expelled dropped 47 percent at high schools, 42 percent at middle schools and 50 percent at elementary schools, according to information presented at the board meeting. For each year, the measurement period was the first day of school to March. From last school year to this year, the system decreased suspensions across student groups of different races, though the percentages of black and Hispanic students who were suspended remained higher than the percentages of white and Asian students, according to a May 26 memo to the school board. As of March, the suspension rate for special education students also went down, but was nearly three times as high as the rate for students overall. “We’ve seen the gap closing, but it’s still there,” said Debra Berner, director of special education and student services, referring to disproportionate suspensions and discipline for black, Hispanic and special education students.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 Little Tots: Kidsinger Jim, 10:30 a.m., Rio Atrium at Rio Washington Center, 209 Boardwalk Place, Gaithersburg. Summer series is every other Wednesday. lyankowski@petersoncos.com.
Bloody Orators Toastmasters meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., American Red Cross,
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THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Thursday Evenings in Olde Towne Concert Series, Diamond Alley, 6 p.m., Gaith-
ersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion, 31 S. Summit Ave. Free. Bring chair or blanket. gaithersburgmd.gov or 301-258-6350. Thursday Morning Kids Concerts, storyteller Noa Baum, 10:30 a.m., Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion, 31. S. Summit Ave. gaithersburgmd.gov or 301258-6350. Lake Life Hike, 10-11 a.m., 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Meet at the boat center to learn about wildlife in and around Clopper Lake. Wear comfortable shoes. Free. 301-924-2127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com. Reptile Encounter, 6-6:30 p.m., Nature Shack, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. 30-minute program for children. Free. 301924-2127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com.
Jihad in America/Obama and Iran: Why are Jews Still Democrats?, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Ted’s 355 Diner, back room, 895 Rockville Pike, Rockville. The speakers will be: Frank Gaffney, assistant secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan and founder and president of the Center of Security Policy in Washington, D.C.; and Noah Silverman, the congressional affairs director for the Republican Jewish Coalition. $5. 301-417-9256 or katmcgop@gmail.com.
FRIDAY, JUNE 5 Evening Pontoon Tour, 7-8 p.m., 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. A 45-minute tour of the 90-acre Clopper Lake. Meet at the boat center. $2 per person. Limited to 20 people. Registration required. 301-9242127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com.
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Montgomery Village Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Christ the Servant Lutheran Church, 9801 Centerway Road. Opening day. Seventeen vendors with produce, juices, sweets, meats, cheeses and wine. Free. 240-243-2367 or awatkins@mvf.org. Bazaar and car wash, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 17620 Washington Grove Lane, Gaithersburg. 240632-9760. firstamegaithersburg.org. Saybrooke Community Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Saybrooke Oaks Boulevard at Mid-County Highway, Gaithersburg. 301519-9263 or rickriley@mris.com. A Celebration of Life-Cancer Survivor Day 2015, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Montgomery
County Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda. Educational workshops, beauty tips, health expo. Free transportation and child care. Registration required: cancersurvivorday.org/registration/register. 301-816-7160 or cancersurvivorday@kp.org. MoCo Youth Pride Open Mic, 2-5 p.m., Elwood Smith Recreation Center, 601 Harrington Road, Rockville. LGBTQ audience members are invited to perform. Snacks and beverages provided. Free. lgbtq. youth.forum@gmail.com. Hike it Mama Outdoor Event, 8:4511:30 a.m., Sugarloaf Mountain, 7901 Comus Road, Dickerson. Sponsored by Fro Fit Moms, an online community of busy mothers. $6. naturallyme35@gmail.com. Pontoon Tours, 2-3 p.m. or 4-5 p.m., 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. A 45-minute tour of the 90-acre Clopper Lake. Meet at the boat center. $2 per person. Limited to 20 people. Registration required. 301-924-2127 or scspnaturalist@ gmail.com. Fun Run and 5K race, 8-11 a.m., South Germantown Recreational Park, Heart Trail Parking Lot, 14501 Schaeffer Road, Germantown. To support Germantown HELP. Bring non-perishable food for the pantry. 301-540-4300 or trinityumc@starpower.net. Invasive Plant Hike, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Meet at Kingfisher Overlook. Wear comfortable shoes.
SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Critter Scene Investigation, 5-6 p.m.,
Seneca Creek State Park, 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg. Learn how to identify animal tracks left by various critters. Meet
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“Kora and Percussion” by Amadou Kouyate 8 p.m., Gaithersburg Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road. $25, $12 for 18 and under. Tickets: gaithersburgmd.gov or 301-258-6394. at the nature shack by the recycled tire playground. 301-924-2127 or scspnaturalist@gmail.com. Paul & Celine Silver Memorial 5K, 9 a.m., Tilden Woods Park, 6800 Tilden Lane, North Bethesda. Donations and proceeds support scholarships and internship programs created in the Silvers’ honor. Registration: paulandcelinesilver. org. Information: Karen M. Stone, silver. karen@gmail.com or info@paulandcelinesilver.org. Self-Defense Seminar, 3-5 p.m., East West Tae Kwon Do, Cabin John Mall, 11325 Seven Locks Road, Potomac. For teens and adults. $40 in advance, $50 at the door. EastWestTKD.Events@gmail.com. Maryland Community Band Day, noon-8 p.m., Dr. Gordon W. Bowie Pavilion, South Valley Park, 19003 Watkins Mill Road, Montgomery Village. Eight bands from around the state will perform. Food vendors. Rain or shine. Free. 301-948-0110 or jserlo@mvf.org. Summer/Fall Open House, noon-3 p.m., Metropolitan Ballet Theatre & Academy, 220 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg. Free sample classes, prize drawings, light refreshments. 301-762-1757 or contact@ mbtdance.org.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 9 Tuesday Topics After Hours, actress Leigh Jameson portrays Blanche Fulks Severance, 7-8:30 p.m., Gaithersburg Community Museum, restored train station, Summit and Diamond avenues. $5. 301-258-6160 or gaithersburgmd.gov.
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CORRECTION • A May 27 story about Holy Cross Health opening a new facility incorrectly said the clinic accepts Medicare patients. The clinic sees patients who qualify for Medicaid.
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Montgomery County foster parent recognized Gaithersburg resident Rose Restaine received the Maryland Department of Human Resources’ “Place
Matters Foster Parent of the Year Award” for her work as a foster and adoptive parent since 1999, according to a release. Montgomery County foster parents were honored at a reception in May by the Maryland Department of Human Resources and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. According to the release, Restaine
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(From left) David Melendez and Michael DeVita, owners and operators of StonePark Productions in Gaithersburg, on set for “One Penny” in Olde Towne.
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Edward Dana of Silver Spring was one of 17 students who graduated Thursday from Montgomery County’s Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents in Rockville. The school serves students in grades 4 through 12 with special needs, such as emotional or learning disabilities, autism and other health impairments.
POLICE BLOTTER The following is a summary of incidents in the Gaithersburg area to which Montgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.
Armed robbery • Shadow Land Laser Adventures, 624 Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg at 1:48 p.m. on May 19. The subject displayed a handgun and demanded cash. Victim complied, cash was taken. Strong-arm robbery • 100 block of Brookes Avenue in Gaithersburg at 10:44 p.m. on May 13. The victim was approached and assaulted by a female subject and three male subjects who de-
manded money. Took property. • Watkins Mill Elementary, 19001 Watkins Mill Road in Gaithersburg, at 4:50 p.m. on May 14. Juvenile victim was approached and assaulted by three male subjects. No weapons used, took property.
Peeping Tom event • 100 block of Hartley Place in Gaithersburg at 7:30 p.m. on May 17. Victim saw the subject peeping through the bottom corner of her window. He fled as victim called police. Vehicle larceny • Four thefts from vehicles occurred in the early morning hours of May 16. Affected streets included Case Street and Westside
Drive. It is unknown if the incidents are related. No forced entry, took property. • Five thefts from vehicles occurred in the 8100 block of Beechcraft Avenue in Gaithersburg in the early morning hours of May 16. Incidents may be related due to close proximity. Forced entry, took property. • Four thefts from vehicles occurred in the early morning hours of May 18. Affected streets included Dockside Terrace, Locust Point Court, Sailfish Terrace and Hellingly Place. It is unknown if the incidents are related. No forced entry, took property. • Two thefts from vehicles occurred in the 8800 block of Cochrane Court in Montgomery Village in the early morning hours of May 19. No forced entry, took property.
With no formal education in filmmaking, but a lot of dedication to the craft, StonePark Productions in Gaithersburg just wrapped the filming of their first feature, “One Penny.” StonePark Productions is owned and operated by best friends and business partners Michael DeVita, of Gaithersburg, and David Melendez, of Silver Spring. Melendez said he and DeVita worked in real estate for some time, but that career was solely to make money in order to fund their real passion: filmmaking. “We are totally self-taught. We are complete opposites. I’m more of the business guy and he’s more of the creative guy,” Melendez said about DeVita. “We linked up in high school.” Melendez said that the pair made movies together when they were both attending Wootton High School in Rockville, but this is their first professional foray into the film industry. They recently wrapped a 40-day shoot in Baltimore, Gaithersburg, Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas and are editing it for the festival market. StonePark hired a crew to help with the filming process and went to New York City to hold auditions for the cast. Melendez said they went through the Screen Actors Guild to hire professional actors. “That was a pretty cool experience; people looking at you as the boss, they are really eager to impress you,” Melendez said about the auditions. Once the cast and crew were hired and ready for production, Melendez said those involved were blown away by the professionalism of the set and the equipment he and DeVita had at their disposal, especially as new filmmakers. “The people that came on our set,
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they couldn’t believe it,” Melendez said. Though Melendez said he and DeVita did have a very hardworking crew with them throughout the process, they were on their own in their specific roles. “It’s not like I had a line producer, I was the producer. Mike, he was the director, he was the cameraman, the lead grip, so many things,” Melendez said. He explained that once they wrapped after about 40 days, they were exhausted, but satisfied. “OnePenny”isaboutahomelessteen trying to become more, according to Melendez.Hesaidit’sastoryaboutanunderdog as well as a story about redemption. “We are kind of underdogs in a sense, trying to prove ourselves and thinking, ‘Hey we can do that, we just haven’t had the opportunity,’” Melendez said. DeVita and Melendez tried to raise money through crowdfunding for a movie last year, but it didn’t work out. Melendez said they decided to take another one of their ideas, alter it slightly to make it more financially feasible, and go with that idea on their own without raising money through a campaign. “Mike and myself, we’ve had a few ideas and typically when we come up with an idea, we don’t just write, you have to block the story out,” Melendez said. For “One Penny,” they changed the time period from the future to present day, and set the film in Baltimore instead of another country. Melendez said he and DeVita want to continue making their own movies, but also assist others with production and encourage them to shoot in the area. “We have hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment. We want people in the area to not only use our equipment, but use our expertise,” Melendez said. He explained he wants to make Maryland a place where people want to film and use StonePark to make that possible. “[We want to be] a production company and studio where people can rely on us for their projects.” sschmieder@gazette.net
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With the right business plan and the right experience, one lucky entrepreneur will get the opportunity and financial backing to run their very own bar, conveniently and compactly built inside a shipping container, lakeside, at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center. The contest is just one of many launched throughout the country by Canvas, a food and drink concept lab by Marriott International to foster the ideas of entrepreneurs in its various locations. “[This is a] new idea that Marriott International has launched that is a vehicle to be able to source local talent with innovative ideas in food and beverage concepts and to be able to tap into that and attract them to our company,” Gaithersburg’s general manager Sara Moore said. Moore explained that local entrepreneurs may not necessarily want to sign on to work at a large chain, but this is a way to draw them in and utilize and cultivate their ideas. She said the winner is not only given the seed money to get their concept off the ground, but they have access to food and beverage experts who will be able to help. Marriott is hoping to have the bar up and running as soon as possible. “People have the idea and think, ‘Gee, if I had the money and could open up my own business, this is what it would be,’” Moore said. Though there are other contests occurring currently, Gaithersburg’s container bar is the only one of its kind. Other locations are offering onsite rooms or areas in their hotels, but the
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The container bar premiered at an industry event in Los Angeles. The bar will soon be set up at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center where the contest winner will make their business plan a reality. container bar is unique. The container, which is 20 feet long by 8 feet wide, has a small, fully-equipped bar inside with several beer taps, refrigeration and storage space. The sides of the container can be raised, making it completely accessible, and a surrounding platform with decking is planned for additional seating. More seating could be set up on the surrounding lawn. The bar premiered at an industry event by Marriott in Los Angeles and is now waiting for the exterior decking to be constructed in Gaithersburg. The interior of the bar is decorated already, with industrial accents and hanging overhead lights, but the winner of the contest can change it however they want with the seed money provided to them by Marriott. The container bar would focus on craft beverages, but food would be available to its customers from onsite restaurant, The Bench. Marriott and its restaurants onsite try to reflect the community that it is located in, according to Moore, with local foods and local beers. She said a common misconception is that hotel restaurants and bars are only open to hotel guests, but Marriott’s are open to the public and
the container bar will be as well. Nicole Watkins, the food and beverage director, explained that there are regulars who live in the area that come out to The Bench for dinner and cocktails often, either inside or on the outdoor patio. “Local guests can’t wait for [the bar] to open,” Watkins said. Contest entries are due by June 9 and Moore said that she’s heard from other Canvas startups that entries came in right up until deadline. Contestants will be evaluated by judges, including Moore and Imbibe Magazine’s 2015 bartender of the year Derek Brown who is based out of Washington, D.C. The top three to five picks will be brought in for in-person interviews and drink trials. Once the winner is selected, they will run the bar for several months until midfall, because it is an outdoor location. After that, they will be examined for success based on popularity and return on investment. Watkins said it could potentially reopen next season. More information can be found at www.canvas-startup. com. sschmieder@gazette.net
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Literacy Student eliminated before National Spelling Bee semifinals program to be part of library Rocky Hill Middle School sixth-grader spelled words correctly on stage
Galaxias, that resemble trout, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Raffae, a Rocky Hill Middle School sixth-grader, was among 285 students age 9 to 15 competing in the National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. National Spelling Bee competitors include students from the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Department of Defense Schools in Europe. It also included students from the
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When the new Silver Spring Library opens June 20, it will feature a special section designed to foster pre-literacy skills in children. A $100,000 earmark, or bond bill, from the state will help the library with the project. A section of the new library will be known as the Early Literacy Center. It will feature interactive installations, or modules, that target skills children need before entering kindergarten. It will be the first of its kind in a county library. Kathlin Smith, a volunteer with the Friends of the Library Silver Spring Chapter, said the goal was to raise about $220,000 to create the Early Literacy Center. Roughly half of that will come from the state, thanks to the bond bill introduced by Sen. Jamie B. Raskin and Del. Sheila E. Hixson, who both represent District 20, including Silver Spring. The rest of the money to create the center was raised by the nonprofit Friends of the Library chapter. “We are very grateful for the funding we’ve gotten,” Smith said. Money raised from the community will allow the library to open June 20 with some of the Early Literacy Center in place. The state funding will allow the library to complete the center, Smith said. State Department of Education data from 2014-2015 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Report show that about 44 percent of Montgomery County children were fully ready in the areas of language and literacy to enter kindergarten. However, the report found children from certain subgroups — English language learners, children with disabilities and children from low-income families — consistently begin school without the skills and behaviors needed to succeed in kindergarten. The differences are part of what is often referred to as the achievement gap. Only 21 percent of children with disabilities were prepared with the skills and behaviors needed to succeed in kindergarten, compared to 50 percent of children without a disability, the report found. Among English language learners, only 25 percent entered kindergarten with the skills and behaviors needed to succeed, compared to 60 percent of their English-speaking peers. Thirty percent of children from low-income families enter kindergarten with the skills and behaviors needed to succeed, compared to 60 percent of children from mid- to high-income families, according to the report. The Early Literacy Center will be a place where children can foster the critical skills to prepare for kindergarten, Smith said. The center will be open to everyone during normal library hours. It will encompass about 2,000 square feet of the new library’s children’s floor. The Early Literacy Center was one of 18 Montgomery County capital projects the state budget supported this session. The Writer’s Center in Glen Echo was granted $310,000 to add another floor to its Walsh Street location. Cornerstone Montgomery and Interfaith Works were given $350,000 to buy, renovate and equip an outpatient mental health clinic in Rockville. kalexander@gazette.net
AstudentrepresentingMontgomery County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee spelled his words correctly on stage in two rounds on May 27, but did not advance to the semifinals. Raffae Chowdhury, 11, of Clarksburg was sponsored by The Meakem Group of Bethesda. Raffae’s spelling journey took him through a written preliminary test, which included spelling and vocabulary, and two rounds of on-stage oral spelling. Competitors, including Raffae, who successfully spelled their oral words correctly then had the score of their written test calculated into a total score to determine the semifinalists. That round was limited to 50 according to the National SpellingBeewebsite.Thisyear, 49 made the final cut. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of Missouri, were declared co-winners during Thursday’s finals, the second year in a row that the bee has resulted in a tie. The competition is single elimination. Competitors are eliminated for spelling a word incorrectly. In the first two rounds of
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Raffae Chowdhury, 11, of Clarksburg competed in the preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 27 at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor. the preliminaries, Raffae correctly spelled “aggregate” and
“kokopu.” Kokopu are various New Zealand fishes of the genus
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Bahamas,Canada,China,Ghana, Jamaica, Japan and South Korea. Raffae won the Rocky Hill Spelling Bee on Jan. 30 by spelling “granulation” correctly. In March, he won the Montgomery County regional bee, competing against 37 elementary and middle school students. His victory came after 12 rounds when he correctly spelled “pantheistic,” a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. pmcewan@gazette.net
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A parent and some state legislators want Montgomery County Public Schools to publish test data so the community can see how students perform and, in some cases, do worse than their peers. A school system official said the district doesn’t plan to change what data it publishes. However, a task force is looking at how the district might change county quizzes to be a better fit for ESOL students and certain students with disabilities. Katie Spurlock, a school system parent who taught English in New York, is calling for public access to data from countywide tests given to middle or high school students. Some are formative tests, or quizzes, and others are summative tests, such as semester and final exams. As the district takes on an effort to review all testing in its
schools, Spurlock said discussion should include public examination of the summative and formative results. Spurlock said her request stems from concern about the district’s English tests for middle school students, specifically how ESOL and special education students perform compared to peers. She said some of those students take the tests that measure reading and language ability and fail them multiple times a year — “more or less because of who you are and not what you did” in class. “I think we need the data to understand how the students are experiencing the test,” she said. In response to a Maryland Public Information Act request from Spurlock, the school system provided data from 2013-14 for formative and summative tests across a number of English courses in different grades and class levels. Data shows that ESOL and special education students, compared to other student groups, consistently earned mean scores that were the lowest or among the lowest. “To me, it’s not a minor thing that a student with a disability or
a student who’s an English language learner can look forward to failing all of these uniform tests,” Spurlock said of the English tests. Publishing data for all summative and formative tests would help the public understand performance trends and ensure that school officials are examining the information and are held accountable for the tests, Spurlock said. She said others support her position. Maria V. Navarro, the district’s chief academic officer, said performance gaps are clear in other data the district does put out. The district is not considering publishing formative test results, Navarro said, because quizzes are meant to provide information for staff to figure out instruction and gauge how students are doing at a given time. That data is not “a done deal,” she said. Summative test results, she said, are only a portion of students’ grades. The district would need to pull data from hundreds of courses, she said. Navarro pointed to gaps apparent in a presentation to the county school board on high
school milestones — certain targets the district uses to assess students at several points in their education. The board will hear about elementary and middle school milestone data in June, she said. Milestone information, she said, demonstrates not just whether students passed or failed, but if they reached a threshold, such as a grade of C or higher. The district’s School Support and Improvement Framework also provides the public with data about schools and student performance, she said. While the data she asked for won’t be published, Spurlock’s advocacy on the issue spurred the district to create a task force looking at formative tests in middle and high schools, Navarro said. The group will make recommendations about how the district can develop and teachers can use formative tests in different ways for ESOL students and certain students with disabilities. Spurlock said she sees student performance gaps in currently published data, but there’s a need to see “the trees instead of just the big-picture forest” to help determine where students are doing poorly. State Del. Eric Luedtke (DDist. 14), a county school system teacher, said formative test results don’t portray how much a student ends up achieving. However, he supports publishing summative test data broken down by student groups. That information can help gauge how the district is serving students with special needs and ESOL students, he said. There’s also a need for
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broader community discussion, he said. “I think people often draw the wrong assumptions from data, simplistic assumptions from data,” he said. In December 2014, State Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (D-Dist. 18) wrote to former Superintendent Joshua P. Starr and school board President Patricia O’Neill on behalf of eight other state current and incoming legislators that publishing formative and summative test data would, among other things, let the public “participate more fruitfully” in talks about the achievement gaps. He said in a recent interview he still hopes the school system will publish the data. Test results could help improve classroom instruction and let parents and others understand how students are doing and if there has been progress, he said. He said he hopes district officials understand that consistent poor performance on such tests has an effect on how students feel about tests, school and themselves. “You want a challenging curriculum that’s going to push students to be creative, successful adults,” he said. “But, on the other hand, you don’t want to create an assessment system that sucks the optimism out of them.” For Diego Uriburu, executive directorofIdentityInc.—anorganization focused on Latino youths — more specific data would be good to have. He doubted, however, that his organization would have the time to delve into information beyond what the district currently puts out. The “macro level” data avail-
MCPS TEST DATA The following data are examples of summative (such as midterms or final exams) test results for Montgomery County Public Schools students in 2013-14. Katie Spurlock, a school system parent and former English teacher, obtained these results and others through a Maryland Public Information Act request. English 6 Semester B exam mean scores All students White Asian IEP* ESOL**
81.15 85.45 86.14 66.54 61.45
English 9B final exam mean scores (June) All students White Asian IEP* ESOL**
68.3 74.23 73.35 61.99 53.77
English 12A final exam mean scores All students White Asian IEP* ESOL**
70.54 76.63 73.97 65.28 62.75
*individualized education program for special education students **English for speakers of other languages
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able is “worrisome enough,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net
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Montgomery County students will have a lighter state test load next school year. After recent changes, students will take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers tests during one period in the spring, rather than two. Overall testing time also was cut, as was the number of test portions. The PARCC consortium voted May 20 to make the changes, according to a release from the Maryland State Department of Education. The consortium involves multiple states, including Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia. “The changes were made in response to feedback from parents, students and educators during the first year of testing and a careful review of
test design,” the release said. “Transition is always difficult, but I think this is going to be a very beneficial transition,” said Suzanne Woertz, supervisor of the county school system’s testing unit. “I think [the changes are] going to be better for schools, for students, for anybody who’s involved in administering or taking the PARCC.” The county school district fully implemented the tests for the first time this school year. Students in third through eighth grades take math and English language arts tests. High school students studying Algebra 1, Algebra 2 and English 10 take corresponding tests. Woertz said the district now will determine a single 30-day testing period within a larger window the consortium provided from around early April to early June. A district group tasked with deciding that period is trying to find a time when students will have gone through as much of the curriculum as possible, she said. This year, the PARCC tests were
divided into two groups. The “performance-based assessments,” which students took in March, were longer and more complicated than the “endof-year assessments” taken in April and May. Next year, all students will take three English language arts units and math will involve either three or four units, depending on the grade, Woertz said. Students will take between one and three fewer units compared to this year, also based on grade, according to a PARCC document describing the changes. Testing time will be cut by roughly 90 minutes for all grades. Woertz said school officials heard from teachers, administrators and parents that the tests took too much time away from classroom instruction. Not only will students now spend less time with the tests, so will school testing coordinators, she said. District staff will spend less time on tasks such as setting up the online test sessions and preparing information the district
sends to education company Pearson, which offers services connected to PARCC tests. School board President Patricia O’Neill said school officials are “relieved” the PARCC consortium and state schools Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery listened to concerns about the tests, such as the amount of time they involved. “We heard a lot of complaints, not just from parents and [students], but from teachers and administrators about the disruptive nature and the impact on schools and instruction,” she said. Doug Prouty, president of the Montgomery County Education Association, said the changes are welcome among teachers who, at all school levels, expressed concern about the loss of instructional time. Students did not have enough time to learn the material they needed to know for either the first or second testing windows, Prouty said. The recent changes address one major issue, he said, but others remain.
Montgomery County Councilman Marc B. Elrich said that if the consortium decided the tests could be shortened and still be meaningful, he doesn’t have much confidence that it knows what it’s doing. “I think it says a lot ... about how meaningless the tests are,” said Elrich, adding the PARCC tests are part of a larger overemphasis on testing in schools. Mauro Gonzalez, a fifth-grader at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village, said he thinks one testing window is an improvement, but he saw other problems specifically with the PARCC reading test. During a few experiences with the test, he said, he and his classmates ran into bugs such as different log-in screens. The tests need to be examined again to prevent further bugs, which left teachers and students frustrated, he said. lpowers@gazette.net
Kickball game joins Clarksburg, Watkins Mill high school staffs BY
PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER
It was fun and competition when the staff of Watkins Mill High School in Montgomery Village challenged the staff of Clarksburg High School to a kickball game Thursday. “It was a lot of fun to play,” Lauren Squier, student government advisor at Watkins
Mill, who came up with the game plan, wrote in an email. “Each side demonstrated great sportsmanship, shared lots of laughs, and encouraged each other if they got a foul ball or an out.” Angela Wang, student government advisor at Clarksburg, who accepted the challenge, agreed. “... We seriously had a blast,” she wrote in an email.
The original game plan called for the losing team’s principal to get pied in the face, but that was changed when Watkins Mill principal Scott Murphy could not be there. Lucky for Clarksburg principal Stephen Whiting that the plan was changed. Watkins Mill won the game 3-1. pmcewan@gazette.net
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Continued from Page A-1 The May 26 presentation also highlighted reduced suspensions by category. For example, the number of suspensions tied to a physical attack on a student fell from 447 as of March 2014 to 346 as of March this year. Mildred Charley-Greene, principal of Northwood High School in Silver Spring, told the board May 26 that she and her staff have focused on reducing referrals to administrators for possible discipline, bringing the number down from about 758 last year to about 258 this year. The school also created a peer jury, which allows a stu-
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SUSPENSION DATA (From beginning of school year through March) Student group
Number of students suspended
All students
1,961 (2014)
Percent of students suspended
1,398 (2015)
1.3 (2014)
0.9 (2015)
Asian
60 (2014)
37 (2015)
0.3 (2014)
0.2 (2015)
Black
995 (2014)
693 (2015)
3.1 (2014)
2.1 (2015)
Hispanic
580 (2014)
455 (2015)
1.4 (2014)
1.1 (2015)
White
257 (2014)
164 (2015)
0.5 (2014)
0.3 (2015)
SOURCE: MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dent facing discipline to have fellow students help determine an appropriate response to the behavior. During the next school year, Berner said, the system plans to make sure students understand
what’s in the code of conduct. Officials have heard that some students were throwing away the book without reading it, she said. Dahlia Huh, the board’s student member, said a one-
page summary of the code that student government members created seeks to clarify the code, which can be confusing for students to navigate. Berner said the district also has heard that staff training is
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Continued from Page A-1 outings and inflatable parties, and is always expanding. “It’s important for parents to have a safe place where they don’t have to apologize, they can be themselves,” Ellenby said. She explained that parents and family members of individuals with autism understand the disorder and don’t think twice about any incidents that might occur at a social event. She explained that oftentimes individuals with autism will have fits or tantrums, they may flail or scream, and when that occurs in public, often people give the family strange looks and say mean-spirited things. Ellenby said if an outburst happens at an Ambassador’s event, everyone knows the feeling and there is no embarrassment. “It’s just another day in paradise for those of us who get it,” Ellenby said. Autism Ambassadors serves those who have just been diagnosed all the way up to adults with autism. Ellenby usually tries to split up the events by age range, but the annual event at Bohrer Park is all ages. It is Ellenby’s desire to “celebrate [those with autism] for who they are, give them access to what they can do and push them past their comfort zone, because they will rise to the occasion.” Ellenby said that some people see some of her methods as controversial, such as physically restraining a child having a tantrum, because she sees it as a successful method.
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Autism Ambassadors organizer Whitney Ellenby of Bethesda hugs Victor Chailleux, 9, a friend’s child from Bethesda, during her event at Bohrer Park on Saturday in Gaithersburg. “I’m a big fan of desensitization,” Ellenby said. She explained that giving up or leaving when a child with autism can’t handle walking under an awning or getting in a pool, for instance, will never solve the problem and just reinforces the fear. She believes that repeated exposure and making them face what is causing them distress will
eventually force them into overcoming the issue. Ellenby said she used to work a lot with Autism Speaks, a national nonprofit that sponsors autism research and awareness, but she broke off from them to start something on her own. She said that most children who have autism now won’t be able to benefit
needed in areas such as conflict resolution and alternatives to suspension. “[Teachers] wanted better ways of being able to work with their kids in the classrooms and to help engage them more into ... what they were doing in their classrooms,” she said. Training for staff is essential because some don’t feel like they know how to deal with certain issues, board member Judith Docca said. Board President Patricia O’Neill said there are “urban legends” and an “undercurrent” of concern in the community about the district’s discipline practices. There are “pretty loud rumblings” that students can’t be suspended, O’Neill said,
from a cure that won’t come in their lifetime. She wanted something “tangible and now.” Before devoting herself full-time to caring for Zack and, eventually, Cassie and taking on the Ambassadors leadership, Ellenby was a disability rights lawyer and then an adoption attorney. She said that legal background has been instrumental in securing the right to rent out county- and city-owned property exclusively for those with autism. “I think [the county] should be out in front securing certain hours for people with disabilities and they don’t,” Ellenby said. When she fights for an exclusive time at social destinations, Ellenby said the defensive position of most managers is generally that no one is preventing those with autism from visiting parks and public places at the same time as everyone else. Though she said that is true, she thinks that there is a time and a place for inclusion and a time for exclusivity. She said many families that come to her Ambassador events say that it is the only time they go to the movies or the pool. It’s Ellenby’s belief that though many people desire exclusivity, not many require it as her Ambassadors often do. More than 350 guests attended Saturday’s event including Anais and Lionel Chailleux, of Bethesda, who moved to the United States from France seven years ago and said they had never heard of anything like the Ambassadors before being introduced through school acquaintances four years ago. “I think the first thing is it’s de-
and that “schools are running amok.” She said board members heard “loud and clear concerns” at a fall meeting with the executive board of the Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals. Maria V. Navarro, the district’s chief academic officer, said the district needs models to help dispel rumors. Board member Jill OrtmanFouse said the school system needs to combat “misinformation” because some teachers and principals don’t have “a complete understanding” of the district’s efforts to change discipline in schools. “There are still consequences,” she said. lpowers@gazette.net
signed so that every kid can act like they need to. We are all on the same boat, we all know the struggle,” Lionel Chailleux said. He and his wife enjoy being able to see other parents and share difficulties and successes while including the whole family together. Lionel and Anais Chailleux have three children, one with autism, but they all have a blast at the events. Raj Rajagopal, of Potomac, and his son Venkat, 22, come to every event that Ellenby hosts. Rajagopal said on Saturday that two of the many reasons he attends is to “network with a circle of helpful parents” as well as spread awareness in the community that these individuals need to be given this time in order to thrive and enjoy themselves. He said that his family is more comfortable in the midst of others who understand. Ellenby said she wants to help individuals with autism lead a more normal life. She hopes to lobby for a higher education trade school within the county, as well as provide a more in depth sexual education course specifically formatted to teach those with autism how to have healthy relationships with themselves and future partners. Ellenby is also in the process of writing a tell-all book, “Autism Uncensored,” which she said is a brutally honest account of how autism affects every aspect of a family’s life. “It’s become my career. It’s more satisfying than anything I’ve ever done,” Ellenby said. sschmieder@gazette.net
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Quartermaine Coffee’s head roaster, Calvin Dove, at work in the Rockville roasting facility.
Irish restaurant coming to Rockville Town Square Finnegan’s Wake Irish Pub will open its first location at Rockville Town Square this summer, according to developer Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville. The 2,411-square-foot pub, owned by Terry and Vanessa Laurin, will feature traditional Irish cuisine. Construction will begin this month at 100-F Gibbs St. Finnegan’s is the newest restaurant at Rockville Town Square. Miso Café and Samovar are also expected to open this year, and Peter Chang recently opened.
Health care center opens in Rockville Patient First of Glen Allen,
Va., is opening a new medical center Wednesday at 726 Rockville Pike, Rockville. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Its physicians and support staff will provide urgent care; work, school, camp, sports and travel physicals; occupational health services; and primary care for patients who do not have a primary care physician, according to a news release. It also will offer digital X-ray and on-site lab services, along with some prescriptions. The center accepts most insurance plans. The Rockville facility is the chain’s 57th medical center. Its phone number is 240-238-0411.
Bethesda software company sells for $1.2 billion Privately held Virtustream
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Plenty of people start off their day with a cup or two of coffee, but for Carolyn Weinberg and Calvin Dove their whole day revolves around the brew. Weinberg is the CEO and Dove the head roaster for Quartermaine Coffee Roasters, which has two stores in Bethesda and a roasting facility on Wyaconda Road in Rockville. As you pull into the parking lot of the low, squat building in the industrial park that holds the roasting plant, the rich smell of roasting coffee wafts through the air. Inside, the temperature rises as Dove keeps an eye on a batch of French roast in the company’s roaster. A batch of French roast will reach more than 400 degrees, Weinberg said. Each type of roast requires a different time and heat process to create a different flavor, body and acidity that affect its taste, said Dove, who’s been roasting with Quartermaine for about 15 years. Roasters have to carefully gauge the time for each batch, Weinberg said. Too long and the beans are too dark. After they’re roasted, the beans are dumped out into a large, circular cooling tray, where they’re brought from piping hot to room temperature in a matter of minutes. Quartermaine was started by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Seigel, who originally founded the Starbucks chain in the 1970s.
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of Bethesda has agreed to be acquired by publicly held EMC of Hopkinton, Mass., for $1.2 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close this summer, according to a news release. Virtustream, founded in 2009 by Rodney Rogers and President and Chief Technology Officer Kevin Reid, will form EMC’s new managed cloud services business. The software company will operate as a separate EMC business, with Rogers reporting to CEO Joe Tucci. Virtustream’s customers include Coca-Cola, Domino Sugar, Heinz, Hess Corp., Kawasaki, Lexmark and Scotts Miracle-Gro.
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After looking around the country for a place to locate a new company, they settled on the Washington suburbs. The company’s first store was in Washington’s Cleveland Park neighborhood, but its two stores are now on Bethesda Avenue and Old Georgetown Road. Weinberg was working in sales in New York, but was ready for a change in 1991. She took a vacation to Italy, what she calls “the coffee capital of the world.” Weinberg’s mother is French, and coffee has been part of Weinberg’s life for a long time. “I grew up drinking café au lait out of a bowl,” she said. When Weinberg was hired as the company’s second employee, her first job was putting together the roasting facility in Rockville. The first employee hired was the company’s president, Roger Scheumann. For all her years in the coffee business, Weinberg has a friendlier outlook than one might expect on the giant that dominates the U.S. coffee industry. Starbucks has actually done smaller companies a favor by educating the market and changing the industry, she said. It’s created a base of customers who know their café mocha from their macchiato. While the Cleveland Park store closed because of competition from Starbucks and other chains — and they do have the two Bethesda stores — much of Quartermaine’s focus is selling coffee for people to brew at home, Weinberg said, with 40 percent of sales coming from bean sales. rmarshall@gazette.net
business from Miami University and an MBA in finance and real estate from the University of Cincinnati.
Smith communities names new COO Charles E. Smith Life Communities of Rockville named Bruce J. Lederman senior vice president, COO. Previously, Lederman was chief strategy officer of Midwest Administrative Services. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a law degree from DePaul University.
Italian eatery marks 25th year with donations Il Pizzico, an Italian restaurant in Rockville, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week by
donating a portion of its sales to Manna Food Center in Gaithersburg. In addition, it’s raffling off tickets for a trip for two to Italy, with proceeds benefiting the Literacy Council of Montgomery County, according to a news release. And on Thursday, all customers get a 25 percent discount. The restaurant is at 15209 N. Frederick Road.
Steben & Co. names marketing chief Steben & Co. of Gaithersburg named Peter Weinberg head of investor relations and marketing. Previously, Weinberg was head of investor relations at SkyBridge Capital. He holds a bachelor’s in economics from Boston University.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Planning Commission of the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland, will conduct a public hearing on amendment to Schematic Development Plan ASDP-6950-2015, filed by Ken Miller of Beatty Management Company, on WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 2015 AT 7:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as this matter can be heard in the Council Chambers at 31 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg, Maryland. Application ASDP-6950-2015 has been filed requesting an amendment to schematic development plan approval for a change in use for Kentlands Market Square to allow for up to ten (10) percent of the approved commercial space to be used for office and/or education uses, and the conversion of two (2) standard parking spaces along Market Street into a single handicap space. The Subject Property is located within the Kentlands subdivision and is bordered by Kentlands Boulevard to the north. Contact the Planning and Code Administration City Planner (listed below) at (301) 258-6330, if you should have any questions and/or to learn more about this process and your ability to offer testimony and input. Further information may be obtained from the Planning and Code Administration Department at City Hall, 31 South Summit Avenue, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or visit the City’s website at www.gaithersburgmd.gov. Gregory Mann, Planner Planning and Code Administration gmann@gaithersburgmd.gov 1931219
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Property would become a historic and cultural park; house a museum BY
KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER
The historic North Bethesda home of 19th-century abolitionist Josiah Henson soon will be open more regularly as a historic park, with a museum and interpretative program focusing on Henson’s life and slavery in Montgomery County. State funding is helping that expansion. Maryland lawmakers awarded the MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning Commission, Montgomery County Department of Parks, a $100,000 earmark, or
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bond bill, this past session to help complete the Josiah Henson Park project. According to documents submitted for the bond bill, the project is estimated to cost about $9.85 million. Plans call for converting the site into a historic and cultural park and turning the historic house on the property into a museum. The park and museum will have indoor, outdoor and multimedia exhibits; a film; and a research library. The park features the Riley/ Bolton House, where Henson spent most of his youth and was held as a slave. According to the Department of Parks, after years of enslavement, Henson escaped to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad. He later published his autobiogra-
Obituary Mary Alice Kemp, 88, of Bedford, PA, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015, at the Lions Center for Rehabilitation and Extended Care surrounded by her loving family. Friends will be received at the Adams Family Funeral Home, P.A., 404 Decatur Street, Cumberland, MD, (www.AdamsFamilyFuneralHome.com) on Thursday, May 28, 2015, from 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. and from 7:00 P.M., to 9:00 P.M. A funeral service will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday, May 29, 2015, at 11:00 A.M., with Pastor Jenny Barnes, Yeager Lutheran Church, officiating. Interment will be at the Maryland Veterans’ Cemetery at Rocky Gap.
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Obituary Carolyn Ann Britton Rodman, 69, of Saint Simons Island, GA passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015 at her residence, with her children and grandchildren at her bedside. Carolyn Rodman was born March 13, 1946 in Du Quoin, Illinois, the daughter of the Warren Britton and Dorothy Nell Duncan Britton. She married John Rodman on June 19, 1965. Carolyn received her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Special Education from Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville. She was awarded a graduate fellowship and maintained an A average while caring for two young children while going to school full-time. She taught Special Education in High Schools for over 30 years (15 years in Plano, TX and 17 years in Montgomery County MD). Her distinguished teaching career included several awards, and she served as department chairman, at Plano Senior High TX and Seneca Valley, MD. In her last several years she ran a career program at Quince Orchard H. S. for special needs students assisting them in finding jobs and managing their work at local companies.
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Josiah Henson Park in North Bethesda is among 18 projects in Montgomery County that the state is funding through bond bills. phy, “The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave,” which is credited with inspiring Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Montgomery’s parks department has owned the house since 2006. The house is listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. It’s also a stop on the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. In 2010, Montgomery’s parks department adopted a master plan for updating the park. Currently, the park is open
for guided group tours as well as for special events, such as the upcoming Montgomery County Heritage Days in June. For Heritage Days this year, the park will be open June 28. Museum Manager Shirl Spicer said the project will allow the park to be open on a regular schedule and offer a more interactive learning experience. She said the project is expected to take several years to complete, but the park will open for tours and special events as the work progresses. To help fund the project, the Montgomery Parks Foundation is running a capital
campaign. Nina Aplebaum, the grants manager for the foundation, said the goal is to raise $2 million. The state funds will go toward the overall project costs for planning, design, construction, repair and renovation and capital equipping of the park, she said. While the park’s department sought $275,000 from the state, it received only $100,000. Aplebaum said there are plans to seek additional bond-bill funding in future years. kalexander@gazette.net
Mrs. Rodman is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, John A. Rodman, one son, Paul Rodman, one daughter, Kimberly Rodman, five grandchildren, Nicholas, Sam, Jake, Kate, and Jack, seven nieces and nephews and many other loved ones and extended family. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, May 28, 2015, at St. William Catholic Church, 2300 Frederica Rd., St. Simons Island, Ga., at 11:00 AM with MSGR John Kenneally officiating. Family will be receiving friends an hour prior to the service, 1011:00AM. A luncheon will follow the service at the St. William’s parish hall. There will also be a memorial service on June 3, in her home town of Du Quoin, Illinois. Memorial contributions may be made in Carolyn’s name to The American Cancer Society and The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) 8588 Potter Park Drive, Suite 500 Sarasota, Florida 34238 Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is arrangements. www.edomillerandsons.com
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On November 3, Gaithersburg residents will vote for mayor and three city council members. Terms of office for Mayor Jud Ashman and council members Cathy Drzyzgula, Neil Harris and Ryan Spiegel expire in November, according to a release. The candidate packets for the election will be available online and at City Hall on June 5, according to the release. Candidates must file a petition for candidacy with at least 100 registered voters’ signatures to the City Board of Supervisors of Elections through the City Attorney’s Office by 5 p.m. on Sept. 18. According to the release, after the petitions of nomination have been validated by the board, the candidates’ names will be placed on the ballot. Residency and other restriction apply and candidates must attend a training session and financial reporting is required throughout the campaign. More details will be found in the packet. The mayor holds a two-year term and each council member will serve the community at-large for a four-year term. According to the release, city residents who are registered to vote in the county are automatically registered to vote in the Gaithersburg elections. The deadline to register otherwise is Oct. 19. For more information, visit gaithersburgmd.gov. — GAZETTE STAFF
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Garrett Park’s poet laureate, Barbara Shidler, signs books at a May 17 reading and reception to celebrate her first book, “Caught Moon,” a poetic memoir of her 54 years living in the town.
The Gazette is a local paper, whose focus was and should be on daily life in Montgomery County. When I pick up The Gazette, I want to read more about Barbara Shidler of Garrett Park who published her first book of poetry at 88 (“The bard of Garrett Park,” May 20). I would have enjoyed a full-length article about her life in Garrett Park and its changes since 1961, and wished for a glimpse of her poems. Instead, the columns next to her photo were allocated to a Washington Post reporter covering (again) a sensational crime in the county, which no doubt already got its excessive coverage in the Post. I’m at least grateful that the crime story was moved to the inside pages, as opposed to recent headlines on the front of The Gazette about violence. I would rather not see that in our local paper. Publishing Deborah Vollmer’s letter to the editor, however, is just the right Gazette touch. Where else could you read about income inequality leading to unequal treatment in the town of Chevy Chase? That is truly priceless. Anne Murray sang it, and I challenge The Gazette to follow through: “We sure could use a little good news today.” Angie Loomis, Chevy Chase
Not the finest moments for school board
Two articles on the front page of The Gazette on May 20 (“Foes: school plan flawed” and “Board to name interim school superintendent”) raise serious questions about how well the Montgomery County Board of Education is functioning (or not functioning). First, the board apparently approved the construction of a $48 million middle school on a site in Kensington that does not conform to its own standards. As one county official put it, the board is trying to fit “10 pounds
of sugar in a 5-pound sack.” Not only does this sound like a poorly conceived plan, it also seems like a gross waste of taxpayer funds. But this is not the only questionable decision the board has made. On the same front page of The Gazette is an article chronicling the latest saga in the sad story of the superintendent of schools. For some vague reason, the board felt compelled not to retain the services of Joshua Starr and thought it could hire a new
superintendent easily. Now we find that after meeting with the board, its chosen candidate has lost interest in the job. It is not too difficult to understand why. So, the board is going to name an interim superintendent for a year. Do the taxpayers of Montgomery County really deserve a temporary caretaker of the highly prized school system? Something is rotten in the county of Montgomery. Michael Hoxie, Kensington
Benefits of CCT are exaggerated Honestly, to read the May 20 letter to the editor in The Gazette by Shane Robinson, Nancy J. King and Marilyn Balcombe (“Corridor Cities Transitway could be boon for region”), one might think that building the CCT will be the economic boon to Maryland that the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869 was to the nation. What nonsense. Or more to the point, what are their vested interests? They crow about 100,000 new jobs, billions in annual goods and millions in state tax revenues. Based on what? Oh, they don’t mention that. It’s kind of a “Trust
us — we’re from the government and the chamber of commerce” argument. Remember the promised traffic benefits of the ICC? Whoops. It remains sorely underused. Sorry about that, taxpayers and convulsed residents. What is certain is that building the CCT will convulse and forever divide long-established Gaithersburg communities, just as building the Whitehurst Expressway convulsed and forever divided Georgetown. Do we really need to take a cleaver to Gaithersburg to accommodate the expansionist dreams of Johns Hopkins, Adven-
tist Hospital, multiple chambers of commerce and politicians? I hope not. Bill Fallon, Gaithersburg
Editor’s note: When they submitted their letter, Robinson, King and Balcombe provided, as a source for their facts, a copy of a PowerPoint presentation on the Great Seneca Science Corridor. In the presentation, the figures on jobs, annual goods and services and state tax revenues are attributed to a Sage Policy Group Draft Vision 2030 Economic Impact Analysis from June 2008. The PowerPoint slide can be found on page 12 at tinyurl.com/lkqf2py.
For development and job creation, why wait for transit project? Del. Robinson, Sen. King and Ms. Balcombe ask “How do we increase access to affordable transit and create jobs?” (“Corridor Cities Transitway could be boon for region,” May 20). The answer is not to wait for the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) as though it, somehow, will answer the question. The answer, as demonstrated by the Crown Farm development and its job creations, is to build the science centers and related facilities now,
while at the same time improving the existing transit systems. Why are we waiting? Suppose the developers of Crown Farm — a planned CCT station — had waited for the CCT. Think of how many current and future jobs would have been lost. Currently, there is a Ride-On bus route from all the projected CCT stations that accomplishes the same basic objectives as the CCT. Build on what we have — that is the answer.
What we need to do is take the current $100,000,000 for the CCT design and use it to improve what already exists. Waiting for the CCT, which is years away — if it is ever built — is missing great opportunities to achieve the aims outlined in their letter. We should build on what we have, not hope that a future project will give us all the answers. Dr. Alan S. Kaplan, Rockville
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Many reasons to disagree with football reclassification
I have just read the May 13 article “Two football stars want extra year” by Prince J. Grimes. I found it well written and I assume (often a mistake) factually correct. For those who may not wish to read further, my position is: I totally disagree with the concept of an extra year of eligibility for certain students who are reclassified eligible to play a fifth season. There are many reasons for my position, but I will focus on the most obvious reasons against reclassification. I will limit my comments to these young men’s situations. I will try to be brief: 1. The player “didn’t get the college recognition that his accolades would suggest.” The fact that Blake Dove was “named the 4A Defensive Player of the Year by Montgomery County coaches” nullifies this argument. 2. It is not a Maryland high school’s responsibility to provide a venue for school athletes to accumulate “sports accolades” over any number of seasons before or after grades 9 through 12. 3. The Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association provides guidelines schools must follow. “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.” He has completed this rule. 4. Riverdale Baptist High School football Coach Caesar Nettles notes that players who may need or want an additional year of eligibility can attend junior colleges and prep schools. 5. Having attended and taught at both prep school and the community college, I was of the belief that the mission of those educational institutions is not to provide facilities and coaches to further develop individual or team athletic skills and/or accolades. 6. Northwest High School football Coach Mike Neubeiser said it well: “It’s not fair, because we’re playing with different rules.” A year older, a year more experienced, a year more mature, etc., “is not fair.” 7. I probably should have listed the following reason as number 1, but I assume that the young man has graduated or completed high school. If so, case closed. If not, it brings up another set of issues which need to be addressed separately. John Pisarra, Gaithersburg
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A battle over public information in the town of Chevy Chase could be a good test of progress when it comes to the public’s right to know in Maryland. Action Committee for Transit, a group in favor of the Purple Line light-rail project, is pressing the town for records of its anti-Purple Line advocacy. In multiple requests, the group and activist Benjamin Ross of Bethesda have asked for documents showing how the town has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers, lobbyists and public relations firms to stop the project. The town has replied by saying LEGISLATURE the work of fulfilling the requests HAS IMPROVED PUBLIC RECORDS “has been very time and LAW, BUT THERE’S consuming expensive.” MORE TO FIX In some responses, the town has said it will charge the hourly cost of staff time at $75 for the town manager, $25 for the town clerk and $215 for a town attorney. The tension exemplified here is nothing new. Public information must be made available when it’s requested. But gathering extensive records takes time and costs money. This battle has reached court. ACT and Ross have sued, alleging “unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination” and seeking free copies of records. Both sides are relying on Maryland’s Public Information Act, which is sprinkled with vague, subjective language — although some was improved this year. State and local governments have been allowed to charge a “reasonable fee” to reproduce public records. But that’s a murky standard, and some government bodies have inflated those fees. There’s no sound reason why a photocopy that costs 6 cents at a business store should cost 50 cents (Chevy Chase’s rate) or $10 (from some police agencies), even adjusting for scales of efficiency. The Maryland General Assembly, in this year’s session, made an important improvement by altering the language. For a noncommercial request, the new standard for a fee is to recoup actual costs, rather than a “reasonable fee.” The PIA also has a hazy reference to fee waivers, which may be granted if they’re “in the public interest.” The Maryland Public Information Act Manual says factors can include ability to pay or if the information is for a public purpose. By definition, though, if the public asks for information, it’s “in the public interest.” Ross argued: “[M]y status as a member of the media supports a fee waiver. I frequently write books and articles on issues impacting the public.” Ross also is on ACT’s board. Chevy Chase pounced on this in a rejection letter: “We do not believe this request is being made in your capacity as a member of the media.” Having government decide who is a journalist is problematic. Press organizations resist Congress’ attempts to define a journalist for a possible national shield law, which would let reporters protect confidential sources. Rather, the act of journalism — gathering and presenting information — should be protected, no matter who does it. We got a kick out of Chevy Chase filing its own PIA request to the Maryland Transit Administration for its communications with ACT and other advocacy groups — and asking for a fee waiver. We look forward to another recent PIA change to help sort out disputes like this one in Chevy Chase and all over Maryland. Maryland soon will have a Public Information Act Compliance Board to rule on complaints that a government might have unreasonably charged more than $350. The new law also provides for a public access ombudsman, who can mediate public-records disputes — a lawyer serving a four-year term. As we’ve said before, government is a custodian of records that belong to the public. The goal — sometimes achieved through negotiation — should be how to provide as much information as possible to whoever asks for it, rather than how to put up financial and logistical barriers to keep records hidden away. Rethink the process of retreat and redact. Make records open and accessible as soon as they are created. However the ACT lawsuit turns out, we urge Chevy Chase to post online all of the information it ends up releasing, and much more. It’s in the public interest.
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American Legion season is underway
Goodbye, 3A West Seneca Valley High School’s football team went 15-5 the past two seasons and didn’t make the playoffs. The losses came against three schools: Two-time defending state champion Northwest, Class 3A state finalist Damascus (twice) and Sherwood (once), a program that has won three state titles. Despite tough schedules, 7-3 in 2013 and 8-2 in 2014 wasn’t good enough for the KEN SAIN Screaming Eagles to SPORTS EDITOR make the playoffs. Such is life in the 3A West Region, the state’s toughest to earn a postseason berth. No help is coming for Seneca this year, despite reclassification shuffling up the regions. The Eagles are still grouped with 3A powerhouse programs Damascus, Linganore, Urbana and South Hagerstown — the four teams that made the playoffs last year. But for another group of Montgomery County high schools, this fall represents new life. Teams that have struggled can now see a path to the playoffs that doesn’t require a 9-1 record. Five Montgomery County schools are now part of the 3A South Region. “See you, I’m out,” Watkins Mill coach Kevin Watson said to the 3A West Region with a smile. While Damascus, Seneca Valley and Poolesville are in the 3A West with all those powerhouses from the Frederick area — including Oakdale, which moves up after earning a top seed in 2A last fall — Watkins Mill, Rockville, Wheaton, Blake and Magruder are five of the 11 schools in the 3A South. Joining them are Prince George’s County’s Potomac (9-1 last year) and Oxon Hill (5-5); and four schools from southern Maryland, Huntingtown (7-4), Northern Calvert (4-6), St. Charles (0-10) and Great Mills (2-8). Rockville, which was 7-3 in 2014, makes the playoffs if that would have been the region pairing. In the old 3A West, the Rams weren’t in the conversation. Watkins Mill was one of the surprise teams on Saturday at the passing league tournament held at Blair High School in Silver Spring. The Wolverines went 3-1 in the round-robin portion, defeating Springbrook, Wheaton and Bowie. The loss came to Clarksburg, which entered Saturday undefeated. In the tournament playoffs, the Montgomery Village school defeated Rockville before being eliminated by eventual tournament champion Paint Branch. One reason for the 4-2 day was rising sophomore quarterback Markel Grant. “I’ve seen my game improve a whole bunch in the past year,” Grant said. “If I just keep doing the hard work, stay on top of my things, stay focused ... it should be a good year.” In the Bowie game, the Wolverines trailed when the referee announced there was 30 seconds left to play. Grant went back, looked downfield, then tossed a tight spiral 25-plus yards to Gedeon Elenga to give Watkins Mill a 22-21 victory. He had to deliver the ball in traffic, while a referee was counting down the seconds remaining and knowing the game was on the line. That was a lot of poise to see from a quarterback just finishing his freshman year. “He was like that last year, very poised for a freshman,” Watson said. “He doesn’t seem like he gets rattled, For a freshman, wow, to be able to do something like that.” He is 6-foot-4 — and might still be growing — so colleges are already taking notice. Grant said he’s being invited to college camps, where the true recruiting evaluations take place. Elenga, a rising senior, is one of two receivers who are 6-3 or taller, which is going to make slowing Watkins Mill’s offense a tall order. “Obviously, this is just passing league, you still have to have the big guys up front, they determine everything,” Watson said. “Being in the 3A South, I don’t have to look up at those 3A West teams.” ksain@gazette.net
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Seneca Valley High School football coach Fred Kim said he was happy with the offensive playmakers the team was expecting to return next season. Receivers Antonio Fox and Donovan BeckettSimms and running backs Adrian Feliz-Platt and Darius Golston are all three-year starters, each with different attributes. Kim also said he expected cur-
rent sophomore Dawayne Kelley Jr. to take on a more prominent role. “We already had five guys that we feel very strongly and confident that can definitely be great wideouts,” Kim said. So, when former Gaithersburg receiver Cortez Ervin transferred to the Germantown school this spring, Kim said the addition was just a bonus. “Bringing Cortez in, obviously the guy is big. He’s strong, extremely difficult to defend,” Kim said. “He can play multiple positions. The guy has incredible hands. Great football moxie, so he understands the
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On Thursday, the Damascus Post 171 American Legion baseball team opened its season against Wheaton Post 268 in a game that represented the best and worst of Montgomery County teams in terms of last season’s win-loss. Nothing over the course of that game changed the perception of either team’s fate as Damascus won, 9-0, but the Post 171 team fell short of its goal last season despite a dominant regular season. In the county championship, playing for a chance to compete in the state tournament, Damascus lost to Laurel Post 60. Coming back this summer, Damascus has a good blend of new, returning and college players hoping to push it toward a championship. The team, which pulls from Clarksburg, Damascus, Sherwood and some private schools, finished a division-best 25-5 last season. “Motivating factor for this team is we want to go out and try to win every game. Leave it all out on the field,” Post 171 coach Jimmy Stone said. “Last year, we tried to win every game, left it all out on the field, we just lost that one time — at the bad time. That’s it. It just so happens that one time was the worst time to have that one loss.” Wheaton, which pulls from consortium schools and Bethesda-Chevy Chase, doesn’t return a single player from a team that finished winless last season. Second-year Post 268 coach Gabe Medina said he didn’t feel as though players took the opportunity to play Legion baseball seriously enough last summer and sought to change the culture of the team. “My idea behind it is, this might not be the winning season that I’d like to have, but it’s a growing system. Next year, I’ll have the same guys come back. They’re ready for this
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As it has every year, Memorial Day Weekend served as the culmination of the spring sports season for high school athletes in Maryland with conclusion of the Maryland Public
State Secondary Athletic Association tournaments. Some of Montgomery County’s best — Sherwood softball, Gaithersburg baseball and Clarksburg girls track and field — celebrated what coaches say is the pinnacle of the high school athletics — winning a team state championship. That’s not the case for tennis teams. Boys and girls tennis are the
only two varsity sports offered statewide in which a team is not crowned champion. And this spring, for the first time since the tournament’s first installment in 1975, the winning region — all-Montgomery County Region II for the 15th consecutive year — didn’t get a trophy, either. “All season long, we play as a team and then for regionals/states, it becomes individual,” said former longtime Northwest tennis coach
Jeff Barnes, who stepped down before the start of this season for family reasons. “I preached to my teams, it’s not only representing yourself, but the school you play for and that they play for each other. This was the reason I played high school tennis. I asked my team in 25 years when you come back for a reunion, are you going to remember at [U.S. Tennis Association]
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Continued from Page B-1 game. And he just knows how to get to the football. So you bring a guy like that in, on top of all our guys, we’ll take it.” Ervin, a 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound mismatch for most defensive backs, led the Trojans in touchdown receptions last season. While he doesn’t exactly bring a brand new dimension to Seneca’s offense — Fox is a 6-2 receiver with excellent ball skills — he certainly adds another option that can either catch or serve as a decoy. If teams choose to focus too much attention on any of Seneca’s threats, the expectation is that another player will benefit, Kim said. “[Ervin] brings a good distraction,” said Fox, who isn’t as heavy as Ervin. “Especially at the slot, because he’s a big body and he’s hard to hit in the slot. That’ll get the safety to come up on him and leave the deep ball open.” Seneca is still adjusting to a new coordinator but received tremendous results from its new-look offense in the Battle of the Beltway passing league tournament Saturday at Blair High School, reaching the semifinals. As if talent wasn’t enough to drive Ervin and his new team next season, he received taunts of being
actually winning it this time. “We flush good stuff and bad stuff,” Drewyer said while pointing at a prop toilet sitting in the dugout at Blake High School following a win over Sandy Spring. About half of the Post 60 team are players from last season. Sandy Spring lost Rockville as a school it can pull players from but added 4A state champion Gaithersburg, which coach Matthew Cangas is excited about. The team will look to secure wins around a solid pitching staff which includes Magruder’s Kyle Cassidy and Churchill’s Ryan O’Carroll. “To take that next step, we just got to get out there and play ball together as a team,” Cangas said. “I think last year, we were in the mix, we were just short on players. This year, we have a pretty decent-sized team.” Even though Damascus swept Post 68 last season, Cangas said the target isn’t on any one particular team. “We look at every team as a competitor,” Cangas said. “We’re going to go in and do our best to beat every single team day in and day out.” pgrimes@gazette.net called a traitor for opting to spend his senior year at another school after three years at Gaithersburg. He said he transferred because his mom moved closer to Seneca, but he hasn’t forgotten the grief he was given and said it will be used as motivation. “Got to do what you got to do sometimes,” Ervin said. “I already played with some of these guys from little league. I’m excited. As soon as I came, they accepted me like I was already a part of their family. It’s good vibes here.” Ervin and Fox should also make for an imposing cornerback tandem for the Eagles, as Kim said he expects them to be defensive starters as well. And with rising junior Zach Robinson returning for his second season as the starting quarterback, optimism is high at Seneca this summer. “We’re working on chemistry ... everybody getting the ball,” Fox said. “Make sure Zach takes his right reads, make sure our routes are crisp. We got Cortez. He’s a big asset. We’ve got new coaches, so the offense is better than last year. He knows how to use more of our weapons. We get everybody the ball, make sure everybody eats. We still got Adrian. So, we’re going to be pretty good this year. I’m pretty excited.” pgrimes@gazette.net
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Continued from Page B-1 Mid-Atlantic [Section] ranking or the state championship you won with your teammates?” For this reason, among others, Montgomery County Public Schools Athletics Specialist Jeff Sullivan said a team championship might be on the horizon. A state committee, led by Supervisor of Athletics for Carroll County Public Schools, Jim Rodriguez, will spend next season looking at how the state might implement a team tennis championship, Sullivan said. “The kids would love that, no question about it,” Wootton boys and girls tennis coach Nia Cresham said. “The closest thing they have is counties. Most of my kids add up their points at states and they like to say, if we win two or three [individual titles at states], that we won states. That’s the closest they can come in terms of a team championship.” As it stands, each region sends only two representatives in each of five categories — boys and girls singles, boys and girls doubles and mixed doubles — to the state tournament. Therefore, the majority of the athletes on each team are done after counties, just about nine weeks after the first day of practice on March 1.
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Churchill High School’s Sriya Movva (left) and Katie Gauch won the girls doubles state title May 23 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Winning an individual title is a special moment, Whitman boys and girls coach Jasen Gohn said, but ideally the tournament could involve both individual and team champions. Cresham said any opportunity to increase kids’ participation is a good move. “I wish we did have a team state thing, a team championship,” Gohn said. “I know Pennsylvania does and other states do. It’s weird that it comes down to just an individual thing when it comes to the state level. The county tournament, that’s the end of the team aspect. I think it would be fun.” The biggest obstacle, Sullivan said,
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GOLFER OF THE YEAR Morgan Egloff Landon Senior
Loyola University recruit headed what coach Jack Duquette called his “best team in 27 years.” Won the IAC tournament with a 67 at Columbia Country Club and set the Bears’ all-time lowest nine-hole scoring average (36.4).
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Twins Peter and Michael James, 10, of Rockville work out during swim practice Friday at the Tilden Woods Swim Club in Rockville.
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BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER
In a motivational message to fans on his foundation website last fall, LeBron James, who has made a convincing case for himself as one of the greatest basketball players ever, wrote: “I believe in all of you and all of your dreams and your promise of never giving up, no matter what. You all can be anything you want to be...” Top athletes across the world in all sports often preach to their young fans the importance of aiming high, reaching for the stars and never backing down from a dream. And that is a great message for role models to send the next generation — every elitelevel athlete did start somewhere. But it’s one thing for the inspiration to come from some seemingly untouchable figure and another to hear it from someone who grew up in the neighborhood. To hear if from someone who got their start in the very same place. Say, perhaps, 2012 Olympic gold medalist and the world’s best distance freestyle swimmer, Katie Ledecky. On June 13, the Montgomery County Swim League, which consists of 91 neighborhood pool teams in 15 divisions, is scheduled to kick off its 57th summer with the first of five dual meets — the season also includes a
long course invitational, division championships and individual and relay all-star meets. The historic league encompasses swimmers of all ages, 8-under to 18, and levels — and provides a special opportunity for interaction between the older and younger age groups. “I remember being in the 8-unders and thinking, ‘Wow, I really want to grow up to be like the 15-18 [age group],’” said Elena Spak, Tilden Woods coach and former Walter Johnson standout. “I had a talk with the 15-18s this week telling them about how special they can make the summer for the little ones. They’re kind of like celebrities to the little guys.” The MCSL, which is geared toward friendly competition, can be a time for serious nationalcaliber swimmers to let loose, Bethesda coach Malka Ostchega said, just the same as it is a competitive outlet for seasonal swimmers. There is no denying the MCSL has served as the starting point for some of the country’s and world’s top talent and coaches said there is no question Ledecky’s rise to the top of international swimming has had a positive impact on a new generation. Ledecky began swimming for the MCSL’s Palisades Swim Club when she was 6. “[Ledecky] came back for a meet last year, and it got leaked,” Palisades coach Gerri Diamond said. “Kids on both our team and the other team ... she was never alone on deck. But she is
so grounded, and she’s so passionate about the sport, she just wants to give back to the community. ... Especially after [she won Olympic gold in] 2012, there was much more interest in the sport and an increase in year-round swimmers [from our team]. Kids were inspired.” That seems to be the general consensus among all MCSL coaches. While Diamond said it’s unlikely Ledecky will be around MCSL pool decks much this summer with the FINA World Championships scheduled for July 24 to Aug. 9 in Russia — not to mention the fast approaching 2016 Olympics in Brazil — she and fellow MCSL coaches commended Ledecky’s accessibility whenever she is. Her relatability — the fact that she got her start in the same league in which they compete — makes reaching for Olympic dreams seem more tangible to young swimmers, coaches said. “I think no matter what, any Olympic year, you’re going to build a dream,” Ostchega said. “It gives that opportunity to get that one kid, even if it’s just one kid, who’s like, ‘I’m going to do that, and that’s what I’m going to be.’ I think having someone locally be a part of it has made huge changes. It’s a huge, big deal to have the hometown hero. There is always going to be someone who is looking up to [Ledecky], actively watching every race she swims and wanting to become that.” jbeekman@gazette.net
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Only Maryland, Texas still separate public, private schools
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Imagine if two-time defending state champion Northwest High School football team, or any other public program in Maryland, had to go through national-caliber private school teams such as Good Counsel, DeMatha or McDonogh to claim a state title. On one hand, it makes sense for a champion to have to win a tournament that included all the top teams in the state, not just from the public schools. And that’s the way it works for most of the states in the country. Virginia private schools are the latest to be given that chance, joining the Virginia High School League, after private school Liberty Christian Academy brought an antitrust lawsuit against the VHSL for not allowing the Lynchburg school to join its league. On May 20, the VHSL reached a settlement to allow Liberty Christian and all nonboarding state private schools to apply for membership. Maryland and Texas are the only states remaining that don’t allow private schools into the public school leagues, and most coaches say they would prefer to keep it that way. The differences in rules and restrictions between public and private schools would give the privates an unfair advantage, coaches said. “We’re not playing with the same rules,” Clarksburg coach Larry Hurd, Jr. said. “How do you make a private school and public schools play each other for a state championship when pri-
vate schools can go around and recruit the best players all over the place. I don’t know what it is in Virginia. We get players from Clarksburg. Good Counsel gets players from out of state. How in the world would that be a fair situation?” In a joint statement released by the VHSL and Liberty Christian, the VHSL said, “Any private school that joins the VHSL must meet the same individual participant eligibility requirements and regulations as public school students currently meet with minor changes and adjustments.” The statement also said, “Member private schools have the option of adopting the public school attendance zone where their campus is located or adding one additional contiguous attendance zone and being subject to a multiplier for the playoffs.” The multiplier would be toward enrollment for classification purposes. The only way it would work in Maryland, Seneca Valley coach Fred Kim said, is if the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association took similar steps in forcing the private schools to play within the same restrictions of the public schools, or lifted some of the restrictions on the latter. “If they played within the same rules as we do, then I don’t think I’d have a problem with that,” Kim said. “We’re not allowed to recruit players. They’re allowed to recruit players. Within their league, they can do different things as far as coaching out of season, facilities, that sort of thing. The programs that put their emphasis into the football program, the schools that do that have a decided advantage in my opinion. For example, a DeMatha or Good Counsel, where they travel beyond and they’re
playing some of these bigger name teams.” It would probably take a lawsuit to force a change in Maryland, but there’s one factor that may discourage that. Many of the private schools compete in leagues that cross state borders. The Interstate Athletic Conference and its classic rivalries between Georgetown Prep, Landon and Bullis has lots of history and tradition. The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and the almost annual conference championship clashes between DeMatha and Good Counsel, amongst others, would be threatened. “The IAC means a lot to all the schools in the IAC. The WCAC means a lot to them. And same thing with the [Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association],” said Bullis coach Pat Cilento. “There’s a lot of history in all those conferences, so I think it’s going to be difficult. Not saying it can’t be done, there’s benefits to it. It’ll be interesting to see, with this new law in Virginia, what the teams like St. Stephens in the IAC and the schools in the WCAC like Paul VI and O’Connell do. If they stay with the WCAC or follow the Virginia state rules, and play in those tournaments. I think the next few years will tell a lot.” Liberty Christian’s situation is unique in that it’s a private school that was relatively isolated from the other schools in the conference it competed in. Scheduling games within a reasonable distance was difficult and the school found it to be easier if it could play the local public schools. The VSHL denied Liberty Christian membership three times before finally succumbing to the lawsuit. pgrimes@gazette.net
Guided an ultratalented team, which included three sophomores and one freshman, to a dominant, undefeated regular season. The Bears captured the team Interstate Athletic Conference title and brought home their first Metros title in 15 years.
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Metros individual winner was the only player in the 24-person field to shoot under par (-2, 70) at P.B. Dye. A Davidson University recruit.
Cruised to state championship with a 141, the only sub70 round posted; tied for third in county with 9-hole average of 35.50 strokes.
The girls state champion (148) had the county’s second-lowest scoring average (35.25 strokes/nine holes). No. 2 female scorer at districts.
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Second Team and Honorable Mentions are online at Gazette.net
SportsBriefs Holy Cross alum earns national honor Rhamat Alhassan, a rising sophomore volleyball player at the University of Florida, was named to the Women’s Junior National Team last week. Alhassan, a 2014 graduate of Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year in her first season with the Gators.
— ADAM GUTEKUNST
Gaithersburg signing day On May 29, Gaithersburg High School held a signing day for its 16 graduating seniors who plan to play sports in college. From the baseball team, Brendan Deyo signed to McDaniel College and Trey Martinez signed to Towson. For football, Kamonte Carter signed to Penn State, Henry-Emmanuel Yoboue to Marist College, Tyrik Etheridge to West Virginia State University, Zavae Johnson to Reedley College, and Othniel Kpodar to Bethany College. For girls lacrosse, Morgan Price signed to Lynchburg College, and Bethany Scott to Longwood University. For girls soccer, Jaime Montgomery signed to Palm Beach Atlantic, Shannen DeLeon to Shenadoah University, Melissa Krofcheck to Frostburg, and from the boys Christian Reyes signed to Hood College, Tyler Beaudoin to Loyola, and Luc
Durand-Zara to Millersville. Basketball player Anthony Tarke signed with University of Charleston.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Paint Branch coach earns top honor Paint Branch High School baseball coach Tommy Rey was named the 2015 Coach of the Year by the Montgomery County High School Baseball Coaches Association. The Panthers went 20-3 this season and won the 4A North Section II final against Sherwood before losing in region championship game.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
Springbrook grad getting pro interest Zaid Hearst, a former Montgomery County high school basketball standout and NBA prospect, had a workout with the Philadelphia 76ers last week in preparation of the June 25 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-4 guard played four seasons for Quinnipiac and was named to the MAAC All-Conference team this past season after averaging 18.3 points. Hearst, of Bethesda, played for Bethesda-Chevy Chase then transferred to Springbrook, where he was part of the 2009 Class 4A state championship team. Hearst graduated from Salisbury School in Connecticut in 2011.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
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Mitchell Brunings takes on the role of Bob Marley in Center Stage’s production of “Marley.”
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From Trenchtown to Sandtown n
Show parallels unrest in Baltimore BY JOE
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Two local residents have scored first-run ensemble spots in what’s being touted as one of the most anticipated musical premieres this year. Jeff Kirkman III of Beltsville and Bill Hurlbut of Silver Spring are a part of the 10-person ensemble of “Marley,” the first theatrical depiction of the late Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley — played by Internet star Mitchell Brunings. The musical, which will run at
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Center Stage’s Pearlstone Theatre in Baltimore until June 14, has been highlighted as one with potential for success on Broadway in the future. Though a significant amount of the hype
comes from the musical’s subject matter itself, it would be a mistake to consider this production a gimmick. The director and writer, Kwame Kwei-Armah, has inspired a top-notch disciplined and creative dynamic, according to both Kirkman and Hurlbut. Both noted their excitement of being a part of it. “Kwame ... is just a tremendous person to work with, and right from the start he kind of instilled a feeling in the cast that [the environment] was open and loving and friendly,” Hurlbut said. “I had never been hugged by so many people I’d only just gotten to know in
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An aspiring novelist is likely to listen to sage advice from the author of 17 bestsellers. As such, when Sharon Allen Gilder asked the late Tom Clancy about dealing with procrastination and writer’s block, he told her, “Just write the damn book.” Gilder did just that, and it was about time. For about two decades, she had saved a scrap of paper on which she had scribbled some thoughts. With Clancy’s kick-start and just a few alterations, those words evolved into the first page of “The Rose Gilder Beyond,” the historical romance she published with Amazon’s CreateSpace in 2014. From start to finish, the process of researching, writing and editing the book took 14 years. Historical romance has delighted Gilder since she read Kathleen Woodiwiss’ “Ashes in the Wind” at age 22. She believes that the genre keeps “the words and telling of the past from fading” and makes “a connection to the past through the characters — to imagine the voices that came before me and let them be heard.” “The Rose Beyond” focuses
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BOOKS BY ELLYN WEXLER on a privileged family, whose lives are disrupted by a letter that reveals long-buried secrets that challenge their relationships. Gilder chose the Washington, D.C., setting because she is an area native, and the year 1897 because she is drawn to the era, both personally and in her book. Her Gaithersburg home’s décor features two Victorian pieces of furniture, and she likes the romantic flow of the period’s apparel. Gilder claims that “anyone who knows me knows I go through tea lights like a maniac.” Similarly, electric lighting is out of the question for Gilder’s characters; instead, candles or gas provide their light. A Historical Novel Society review described her writing as florid, Gilder said, explaining that
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Continued from Page B-4 my life — it’s been one of those kinds of things. It’s very personal for all of us, to be involved in this.” Some would say that “Marley” comes at an opportune time for a Baltimore community still staggering after the death of Freddie Gray. In theory — but not necessarily in reality — the theme of peace that’s ever present in Marley’s music could have redemptive qualities for a city that’s seen more than 40 homicides in the past 30 days. Along these lines, “Marley” found itself at an unusual juncture in late April. Its content, which revolves around a Marley desperately seeking peace in Jamaica at a time at which his country was in deadly turmoil — in the mid-to-late 1970s — was drawing increasingly more similarities to recent unrest in this country. The cast and crew have not shied away from this. On May 2, at the end of a week in Baltimore that will almost certainly hold
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Continued from Page B-4 “the more formal way of speech” she opts for “keeps wonderful words — like portal, manse and parlor — in the language.” The title came from A.L. Fink’s poem, “The Rose Still Grows Beyond the Wall,” which Gilder heard a minister read at a funeral. “The poem spoke to me because there is love, loss, mystery and beautiful gardens in ‘The Rose Beyond,” and the poem made me feel more hopeful about the mystery of life after death,” she said. “I thought the message was a good tie-in to my storyline.” In the novel, a character dies in childbirth, and her friend says, “We know it does not end at the grave.” According to Gilder, “[that] is essentially the message in the poem. … There’s also a double meaning in [the] state-
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VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, Carte Blanche: Alicia, Hannah, Olivia, Nora and Asia: The Interns of Adah Rose Gallery Curate the Summer Show,” June 3 through Aug. 23, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, Juliya Ivanilova, Nighat Ahmed, Jo Levine; Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
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Hurlbut, who is white, said that working on the production has been an enriching experience in his life due to the varying viewpoints he’s been exposed to. Because the majority of the cast and crew is black — some of whom have Jamaican lineages — the process has felt like a rejuvenated one, he said, with fresh perspectives fueling the conversation. “Usually, in plays, it’s the other way around,” Hurlbut noted. The coming weeks will likely prove crucial for the future of “Marley,” as potential backers evaluate its marketability as a Broadway production. But the actors don’t seem to be worrying about that. They’re taking it one show at a time. “I really don’t have any idea where it’s going to go,” Kirkman said. “I’m really just trying to make sure this is solid, and we figure out what the show is. And if it goes somewhere it does, but right now we’re just focusing on Center Stage.” Tickets range from $19 to $84 for the remaining shows.
ment because the book is about inevitability ... ultimately, the truth will be told.” Gilder, who graduated from Wheaton High School and studied home economics education at the University of Maryland, taught child development and gourmet foods at Woodward High School for eight years, and then worked as a teacher and administrator at a private preschool for more than 30. Her propensity for writing stems from early childhood when she produced bound books she still has “somewhere,” often with an “adventurous Pippi Longstocking-type” heroine. Later, as an educator, Gilder wrote food, child development and sexual assault curricula for the Montgomery County Public Schools. A freelance journalist since late 2006, she has written for local media including The Gazette, the Potomac Almanac and The Town Courier. Her subject
matter varies, but occasionally features the Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer and Friends of Montgomery Animals, organizations on whose boards she sits. Gilder writes at her dining room table, without an outline, often out of order; she allows the characters to “take me to places I didn’t know I was going.” She is not sure writing is the solitary pursuit it is “often characterized as … Although I might be alone in a room with my fingers on the keyboard waiting for the next words to flow upon my computer’s screen, the confluence of people, places and events from my past keep me in wonderful company.” A sequel to “The Rose Beyond” is on that table now. Gilder is pleased that there is no need for Clancy’s kick-start this time. “It is moving faster than my debut novel, and hopefully won’t take 14 years to complete!”
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a place in history, they played a free concert of Marley’s music at North and Pennsylvania avenues. “You get a sense you’re looking at a portrait of somebody that wanted to help change the world for the better,” Kirkman said of Marley’s story. “So it’s almost like ... a rubric that people can experience and say, ‘What can I pull from this that will help my community?’ “‘What can I do to help change the world?’” Perhaps the main power of “Marley,” Kirkman said, is its ability to put the past in perspective with the present, especially in regards to police brutality issues. Parallels greater than nominal ones have been noted between Trenchtown, where Marley grew up in Kingston, and Sandtown, where Gray grew up in Baltimore. “The things that people were going through at this time in the ’70s aren’t that much different than what we’re going through now in 2015,” he said. “If you’re a person who’s aware of what is going on in the world ... you say, ‘Oh, I know exactly what this is.’”
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The legend of kora and percussion SAM FREEDENBERG
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The NIH Philharmonia presents their season finale “National Pride” on Saturday.
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As the spring winds down and the summer begins, some area venues begin their transitions — either they’re just starting up for the summer, or they’re putting a bow on their seasons. The NIH Philharmonia in Rockville is that latter,
wrapping up their season with “National Pride,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville. Under the baton of Nancia D’Alimonte, the NIH Philharmonia will take on “Russian Easter Overture” by
Rimsky-Korsakov, “Billy the Kid Suite” by Copland, and “Symphony No. 9 (from the New World)” from Dvorak. Tickets for the concert are free and the even is open to the public. For more information, visit nihphil.org or call 240-888-6781.
Party in the streets The 21st annual Imagination Bethesda, a children’s street festival celebrating children and the arts, is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Musical performances and professional children’s entertainers will light up the stage, while hands-on art & craft activities will line the streets along Elm Street and Woodmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. Organized and managed by the Bethesda Urban Partnership, the festival will host 25 local businesses and arts organizations that will provide a variety of hands-on art and craft activities to entertain and energize the 12-andunder crowd. Additionally, the festival will feature face painters, balloonists, a stilt-walker, free giveaways and more. Imagination Bethesda is a free event. For more information, visit bethesda.org.
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Pianist Grace Cho, left, of the New Orchestra of Washington practices with Cantor Rochelle Helzner in advance of a chamber music concert on Sunday at Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville.
A living culture
Cantor Rochelle Helzner will be joined by members of the New Orchestra of Washington for “Chai Culture,” a concert of Jewish themes in classical music, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, at Tikvat Israel Congregation in Rockville. This marks the orchestra’s first performance with a cantor, although the New Orchestra of Washington has presented a Jewish-themed program at various venues, including the Strathmore Center for the Performing Arts. The concert program will include the “Divertimento From Gimpel the Fool” for clarinet, violin, cello and piano by David Schiff, and the trio for clarinet, violin and piano by Paul Schoenfield. Tickets are available for $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Teenagers and younger children will be admitted at no charge. To purchase, contact 301-762-7338, concert@tikvatisrael.org or visit tikvatisrael.org/ concert.
Arts on the Green concludes its World Music Series for the season with the concert “Amadou Kouyate: Kora and Percussion,” at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg. As an ambassador of African culture, Kouyate’s main instrument is the kora, a 21-string harp. Born in Washington, D.C., Kouyate is the 150th generation of the Kouyate lineage and has studied and performed Manding traditional West African music since the age of 3. Besides playing the kora, Kouyate is a dynamic djembe and koutiro drummer and is passionate about reconnecting those of the African Diasporas to one another. His repertoire ranges from traditional songs from the 13th century to contemporary original compositions incorporating blues and jazz riffs. Kouyate has received the
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Arts on the Green concludes its World Music Series for the season with the concert “Amadou Kouyate: Kora and Percussion” on Saturday.
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Grounds Person/Porter needed for busy apartment community to assist in maintaining the grounds, outdoor facilities & interior common areas. Duties include, but are not limited to: picking up trash, delivering notices to residents, shoveling snow, assisting in the turnover of apartments, cleaning halls, painting, etc. Most work is outdoors. Walk-ins are welcome during normal business hours. Send resume to: MONTGOMERY CLUB 17101 Queen Victoria Court, #102 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Email: Mont-Club@GradyMgt.com Fax: 301-947-4518 EEO M/F/D - www.gradymgt.com
Warehouse Associate
FT, Monday-Thursday 1:30pm12:00am Rockville Distributor to pull orders and load trucks. Must be able to lift 50 lbs & pass drug test. Apply in person to John Krauss, M-F 2pm-5pm Century Distributors 15710 Crabbs Branch Way Rockville, MD 20855
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For residential generators 3-4 days a week. Hours are 8am to 4pm. Mechanical knowledge required. Must have excellent customer service skills and good driving record. Fax resume to 301-349-2266 or Call 301-407-0740.
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OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 24 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months
2007 Rabbit...............................#V033452A, Black, 117,967 Miles..............$5,991
2013 Passat SE.......................#V080993A, White, 29,626 Miles...............$17,391
2008 Dodge Caliber...............#V293674A, Silver, 130,404 Miles................$5,999
2012 CC.....................................#V820490A, Black, 47,400 Miles...............$17,491
2006 Touareg...........................#V001597A, Black, 78,489 Miles.................$8,991
2013 Jetta TDI..........................V320148A, Black, 31,444 Miles.................$17,492
2011 Toyota Prius...................V283821B, Red, 112,390 Miles.................$11,593
2013 GTI Conv..........................V297056A, White, 31,734 Miles.................$17,993
2011 Nissan Sentra...............#V298174B, Silver, 83,127 Miles................$11,791
2014 Jeep Patriot...................VP0134, Black, 9,454 Miles........................$18,692
2011 Toyota Camry SE..........V0125A, Black, 61,476 Miles.....................$11,995
2013 Beetle..............................#V591026A, Black, 35,857 Miles...............$18,791
2014 Nissan Versa.................V309714A, Gray, 7,485 Miles.....................$13,772
2013 Passat TDI SE................V033935A, Gray,28,762 Miles...................$19,955
2013 Passat..............................#VPR0138, Maroon, 44,978 Miles..............$14,991
2004 Honda S2000 Roadster..V255772A, Gray, 36,661 Miles...................$19,792
2014 Chrysler 200 LX............#VPR0139, Grey, 33,534 Miles...................$14,991
2013 Jetta Sportswagen TDI..V055283A, Black, 30,101 Miles.................$20,992
2013 Nissan Altima...............V303606A, Silver, 49,926 Miles..................$15,871
2012 Chevrolet Equinox AWD...#V099935A, Blue, 38,419 Miles.................$21,991
2013 VW Beetle.......................V801398, Yellow, 16,020 Miles...................$16,293
2014 Routan SEL.....................VP0130, Blue, 18,268 Miles.......................$25,993
2011 Jetta TDI..........................#V005099A, Black, 71,951 Miles...............$16,991
2013 CC VR6 4Motion............VP0131, Black, 33,105 Miles.....................$25,993
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