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Lakelands Park turf ﬁeld delayed

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Trenching. sub-base issues were primary delays for Gaithersburg project BY JENN DAVIS STAFF WRITER

Construction on a new synthetic turf field at Lakelands Park in Gaithersburg is taking nearly a month longer than anticipated, according to a city official. The process to install the field began in late June and was scheduled to be completed by Aug. 15. After several construction delays, the work on the field now is expected to wrap up on Sept. 16, said Sean Stevens, project manager for the city’s Department of Public Works. A grand opening date of Sept. 27 remains unchanged, Stevens said. Hellas Construction Inc. of Austin, Texas, was awarded a contract by the city in early May to handle the project at the city-owned park, at 1368 Main St. The company is using a type of organic fill for the field called CoolFill, which contains 100 percent organic coconut fibers, rice

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Roberto Ramos of New York aligns large strips of artificial turf into place on the soccer field at Lakelands Park in the Kentlands. This field will use a filler made from biodegradable cork and coconut fiber.

husk and cork, Stevens said. One issue that arose during the process of trenching for the perimeter drain

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Gaithersburg Elementary School eight-year-old third-graders (from left) Amanda Schofer, Katherine Sanchez-Recinos and Stephanie LemusReyes play at recess during the ﬁrst day of school on Monday morning in Gaithersburg.

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Some Montgomery County and state ofﬁcials are hopeful the next General Assembly will direct more school construction money to the county after

efforts this year fell through. After a back-to-school press event Monday at Wilson Wims Elementary School — which was built to relieve overcrowding in the Clarksburg area — Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said he is “very conﬁdent” state lawmakers can “make some progress” in the 2015 session toward adopting a funding method that would help the county accommodate its rapidly grow-

ing enrollment. As students returned to class Monday, the county school system faces its largest annual enrollment increase since 2000. Montgomery schools will have 154,153 students this school year — 2,864 more than last year, according to Bruce Crispell, director of the school system’s Division of Long-range Plan-

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Fifty dogs rescued, given a fresh start BY JENN DAVIS STAFF WRITER

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INDEX Automotive Calendar Classiﬁed Entertainment Opinion Sports

A Gaithersburg man pleaded guilty to federal charges Thursday for his role in the armed robberies of four Chipotle restaurants in which employees were held at gunpoint and knifepoint. Police said Lamont Bonds, 26,

Principal: ‘The students absolutely loved her’ BY JENN DAVIS STAFF WRITER

The Gaithersburg High School community is mourning the loss of a beloved teacher after she died suddenly earlier this month. Angela Lynette Johnson, 43, of Oxon Hill, taught in the cosmetology program at Gaithersburg High for 14 years, according to the school’s principal Christine Handy-Collins. “Ms. Johnson was a champion for children,” Handy-Collins said. “She was an amazing teacher at Gaithers-

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Fifty dogs and puppies were rescued from Mississippi by The Humane Society of the United States and brought to the organization’s Gaithersburg ofﬁce on Aug. 20.

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SWEET, CONFUSING LOVE Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” kicks off this week at the Olney Theatre Center.

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worked together with Marvel Alegria, 24, whom he was dating. Bonds and Alegria robbed their ﬁrst Chipotle — in Mt. Airy — on the night of July 22, 2012. That was after Alegria was ﬁred from her job as general manager at that location, according to Bonds’s plea agreement. Authorities said the two recruited a third man, Norman Guifarro, to assist in the robbery. Guifarro turned 24 on Aug. 25.

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Gaithersburg High School remembers slain educator

Animals brought to Humane Society’s Gaithersburg ofﬁce

Fifty dogs and puppies have been given hope for a better life after being rescued from deplorable living conditions in Mississippi by The Humane Society of the United States in early August and brought to the Washington, D.C., area on Aug. 20 to prepare for adoption. The dogs were found to be living in an “alleged hoarding situation” on a property in Tippah County, Miss., without access to clean water, sufﬁcient food or adequate shelter, according to Ashley Mauceri, the cruelty response manager for The Humane Society of the United States. “Most of them did not have any

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burg High School.” Prince George’s County police believe Johnson and Zonita Monia Roberts, 42, of Georgia, were killed Aug. 15 in District Heights after being shot by Johnson’s husband, 45-year-old Leroy Johnson Jr. After ﬁring the gun at both women, it is suspected that Leroy Johnson Jr., fatally turned the weapon on himself. In the classroom, Johnson was well-liked and respected. Her students, some of whom came from around the county to participate in the cosmetology program, were drawn to her because of her kind personality, Handy-Collins said.

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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 How to Write a Great College Application Essay, 6-7:30 p.m., Davis Library,

6400 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda. Learn what colleges are looking for and how essays factor into college applications. Free. 240-777-0922.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group, 6-7 p.m., Brightview Fallsgrove,

9200 Darnestown Road, Rockville. Discuss problems and solutions, and meet with others in similar situations. Free, RSVP requested. 240-314-7194.

Israeli Advocacy Event Hosted by Three Local Congregations, 7:45-9:45

p.m., Shaare Teﬁla, 16620 Georgia Ave., Olney. Titled “Current Events And How To Advocate For Israel,” Shaare Teﬁla, Tikvat Israel Congregation and B’nai Shalom of Olney are hosting this community event. Free. cathyp1130@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, AUG. 28 5th Annual Power Conference: Women Doing Business, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Bethesda

North Marriott Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda. Designed to encourage women in business. $39$159. www.thepowerconference.com. Lake Tour by Kayak, 6-8 p.m., Black Hill Visitor Center, 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds. Wind down and enjoy a tour on Little Seneca Lake. Basic paddling experience necessary. Ages 18 and up. $20. Register at www.parkpass.org. Adult Book Discussion, 7-8 p.m., Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville. Discussing “My Beloved World” by U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor. Copies will be available for participants. Free. 240-777-0140. Summer Concert Series 2014, 7-9 p.m., Glen Echo Park, Bumper Car Pavilion, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Featuring the U.S. Navy Band “Cruisers.” Free. www.glenechopark.org. Ballot Questions Public Hearing, 7:309:30 p.m., Montgomery County Democratic Party Headquarters, 3720 Farragut Ave., Kensington. Conducted by the Ballot Questions Advisory Committee of the

Montgomery County Democratic Party. Free. echabot@usa.net.

FRIDAY, AUG. 29 Babes in the Park, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Black Hill Visitor Center, 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds. Nature play materials set up to help young children explore the world. Ages 1-3; siblings welcome. Free. Register at www.parkpass.org. The Exchange, 7-11 p.m., World of Hope International Church, 12619 Holdridge Road, Silver Spring. A concert for teens with live music, comedy and a snack bar. Ages 12-18. Free. Amber@wohic.org. Hot Diggity Dog Friday Party, 8 p.m., Dance Bethesda, 8227 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda. Waltz and Rumba lessons followed by a dance party, with hot dog bar included. $18. 301-951-3660. TGIF Summer Concerts and Movies, 8 p.m., Wheaton Triangle, 2424 Reedie Drive, Wheaton. Featuring roots rock and blues band The Nighthawks. Free. www. wheatonmd.org.

SATURDAY, AUG. 30 Kensington Summer Concert, 10-11 a.m., Howard Avenue Park, Kensington. Featuring folk, blues, alternative and world music by the 2nd Story Band. Presented by the Kensington Historical Society. www.kensingtonhistory.org.

Brookeville War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., 5 High

St., Brookeville. Includes living history demonstrations, tours, exhibits, children’s activities, crafts, foods and performances. Free. 240-205-2387. Meet The Animals, 11-11:30 a.m., Brookside Nature Center, 1400 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Ages 2 and up. Free. Register at www.parkpass.org. Irish Music and Dance Showcase, 1-5 p.m., Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, same time Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Presented by the Glen Echo Park Partnership and the Irish Inn at Glen Echo. Free. info@glenechopark.org.

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Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac. Presenters Jill Phillips, Bob Hanson and Ginny Barnes share historical tales about Potomac. Free. www. potomaccommunityvillage.org.

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SUNDAY, AUG. 31 Outdoor Classroom Explore-a-Thon, 10 a.m.-noon, Black Hill Visitor Center, 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds. Staff will guide children through a variety of outdoor activities. Ages 3-12. Free. Register at www.parkpass.org.

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47th Annual Kensington Labor Day Parade and Festival, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parade

begins in St. Paul Park at 10 a.m. and ends at Town Hall, where the festival will be held. Musical entertainment begins after the parade. Rain or shine, unless weather is severe. www.explorekensington.com. Labor Day Holiday Party, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dance Bethesda, 8227 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda. Dancing to a mix of ballroom, Latin and swing music; light refreshments provided. $5. 301-951-3660. Suicide Grief Support Group, 5 p.m., Jewish Social Service Agency, 6123 Montrose Road, Rockville. A bereavement support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Free, pre-registration required. 301-816-2708. Community Dinner, 6-8 p.m., Good Hope Union United Methodist Church, 14680 Good Hope Road, Silver Spring. Free. 301-879-8100

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Please be advised that the branch (MC/7022) will hold its election of delegates for the upcoming annual Maryland State conference (convening on October 24 & 25th in Columbia, Maryland) on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 7:30 pm. Site: Montgomery County Public Schools/CESC 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Delegates will represent the branch on fiscal & regulatory issues. The Official 2015-2017 Branch Election Process begins with the election of a Nominating Committee on this same date, location & time (September 23rd). The Nominating committee will submit a report at the General Membership meeting on October 28, 2014, consisting of the names of persons qualified to fill existing Branch Offices (one name for each office), and eligible members for the Executive Committee. At this 10/28 meeting the election of a ‘Supervisory Election Committee’ will take place. This committee is charged with overseeing the process of the elections which will be held on Tuesday, November 25th – 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm in lieu of the General Membership meeting of the branch. Please exercise your membership privileges and participate. For additional information or questions, please contact me at: #240-654-3572 or at lplmp@aol.com Linda M. Plummer, Branch Secretary (view current branch activities at: (www.naacp-mc.org)

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Gaithersburg man retires after long career with Department of Defense Robert Aaron of Gaithersburg has retired after working as a U.S. Department of Defense civilian for 36 years. A retirement ceremony was held in his honor July 22 at the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) headquarters in Aberdeen, Md., according to a news release. During his tenure, Aaron spent 25 years serving the

Army as a civilian where he witnessed a new generation of Army systems and capabilities emerge to meet the everchanging needs of the force, the release said. For the last 12 years, Aaron worked as a senior analyst for ATEC’s Test Management Policy and Methodology Branch. “It’s been a great ride,” Aaron said in the news release. “Anyone who is interested in pursuing a federal Army civilian career...I highly recommend it.” — GAZETTE STAFF

DEATHS Albert W. Anderson Albert W. Anderson, 72, of Lancaster, Va., died Aug. 14, 2014. Faulkner Family Funeral Home & Crematory handled the arrangements.

POLICE BLOTTER The following is a summary of incidents in the Gaithersburg area to which Montgomery County police and/or Gaithersburg City Police responded recently. The words “arrested” and “charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county and/or the city of Gaithersburg.

Armed robbery • On Aug. 11 at 3:29 a.m. at Motel 6, 497 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg. The subject threatened the victim with a weapon and took property. Robbery • On Aug. 11 at 8:47 p.m. in the 18200 block of Contour Road, Montgomery Village. The subjects assaulted the victim and unsuccessfully attempted to take property. Sexual offense • On Aug. 8 or 9 in the 19800 block of Montgomery Village Ave., Montgomery Village. The subject is known to the victim. Aggravated assault • On Aug. 6 at 9:39 p.m. in the unit block of Prairie Rose Lane, Gaithersburg. The subject is known to the victim. • On Aug. 7 at 3:09 p.m. in the area of Nina Court and Gloria Way, Gaithersburg. The subject threatened the victim with a weapon and was arrested. • On Aug. 8 at 10:15 p.m. at Ogies, 293 Muddy Branch Road,

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Gaithersburg. Known subjects and victims were involved in a physical altercation. • On Aug. 8 at 10:39 p.m. at the Hookah Bar, 293 Muddy Branch Road, Gaithersburg.

Burglary • Between 8 p.m. Aug. 5 and 6 a.m. Aug. 6 at Shady Grove Middle School, 8100 Mid-county Highway, Gaithersburg. Attempted forced entry, took nothing. Commercial burglary • Between 4:30 p.m. Aug. 8 and 7:15 a.m. Aug. 11 at LabCorp, 19261 Montgomery Village Ave., Montgomery Village. Forced entry, took property. • Between 7 p.m. Aug. 11 and 8 a.m. Aug. 12 at Dr. Cheng’s Internal Medicine, 16009 Comprint Circle, Gaithersburg. Forced entry, took nothing. Residential burglary • 500 block of Mandolin Court, Gaithersburg, at 9:26 p.m. Aug. 7. Unknown entry, unknown what was taken. • 100 block of Starboard Court, Gaithersburg, at 8:57 p.m. Aug. 12. Unknown entry, took property. Vehicle larceny • Three incidents in Gaithersburg between Aug. 4 and 11. Took car stereos and a vehicle part. Affected streets include King James Way, Marathon Circle and the 400 block of West Diamond Avenue.

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The pilot who crashed in a small plane at the Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg on Saturday is expected to recover. “It looks like, from the reports of people that I’ve talked to, that he’s going to make a full recovery,” said Keith Miller, the CEO of the Montgomery County Revenue Authority, which operates the airpark off Md. 124. The pilot had been taken to a local hospital with serious injuries after the crash, said Peter Piringer, a spokesman for the Montgomery CountyFireandRescueService,in an email on Tuesday. The department is not able to release the name of the pilot because of federal privacy rules, Piringer said.

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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a small plane at Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg on Saturday. Meanwhile, the federal National Transportation Safety Board has started a routine investigation of the incident, which is believed to have been due to the mechanical problem with the plane. “The aircraft has been moved to a secure facility for a further examination,” said Keith Holloway, an NTSB public affairs ofﬁcer, on Tuesday.

“The investigators will try to put the pieces together of what happened and release a preliminary report, probably next week,” Holloway said. The plane, a Piper PA-28, had taken off and risen between 75 and 100 feet when the pilot reported a mechanical problem and decided to return, Piringer said in an email. “He was attempting to land

when the aircraft crashed at the intersection of Taxiway Bravo and TaxiwayEcho,”accordingtostatement from the Federal Aviation Administration. “The pilot was the only person on board.” Miller said the airport closed for six hours while investigators visited the site. Any planes that planned to fly in would have been diverted to an airport in Frederick County, he said. “There really wasn’t much traffic, it was a pretty slow day,” Miller said. Gas also leaked on to the ground from the plane, but the amount was minimal and was quickly and easily taken care of by a Hazmat team, Piringer wrote in the email. Miller said there are about 170 small planes based at the airpark, which serves corporate, military and recreational planes and a flight school. vterhune@gazette.net

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Montgomery County Public Schools officials are exploring the possibility of posting operating budget information on the county’s new budget website. County government officials gave school system officials a demonstration on Aug. 20 of the site, called budgetMontgomery. Larry Bowers, the school system’s chief operating officer who attended the meeting, said school officials are currently learning about the site. School officials have not yet had the chance to talk together to determine what it would take — in terms of staff and costs — to place operating budget information on the website, Bowers said. “We’ll have to sit down and talk about the benefit for the school system beyond just the importance of improving the communication to the public about what is in our budget,” he

said. Jennifer Hughes, director of the county’s Office of Management and Budget, said the meeting included a questionand-answer period but not “much discussion,” she said. “I think they were really in a listening and a looking mode,” she said. Hughes said that, before the Aug. 20 meeting, she had met with other school system representatives about the site — “but they were not the right people to make the decision about whether or not to do this.” Hughes said the website has multiple benefits, including that it is easy to access and use and information can be translated into about 90 languages. The site also allows users curious about the budget to “drill down to the level of information you want” and manipulate the data. “You can’t do that with a PDF file, which is what every other county government and most other jurisdictions around the world have,” she said. The site, however, has also generated “legitimate questions,” Hughes said, including how difficult it is to participate

and the staff power it requires. “This is a very, very new approach to providing budget data to the public,” she said. It is ultimately up to the school system to decide whether or not to use the site to display its operating budget, she said. The county government is the only entity that has posted operating budget information on the website. Other county agencies, while they may have that budget information available online, have not placed such information on the new site, Hughes said. Capital project data from the county government as well as multiple agencies — including the county school system — are available on the site. Users can view information on countywide and individual school projects. The school system’s operating budget — about $2.28 billion in ﬁscal 2015 — can currently be viewed in PDF format on the system’s website. Bowers said he sees the website not only allowing more accessible online data but also allowing users to manipulate data and view it in different ways.

One of his next steps, he said, is to share information about the site with the county school board. Bowers said he thinks “there’s a lot of potential in the capital budget” being displayed on the website, and that school ofﬁcials are looking into adding to the data already posted. “The operating budget, I think, is just going to take a little more time,” he said. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and others have questioned why the school system’s operating budget has not been posted to the site, Hughes said. “It is a priority of the executive that our [county government] data be transparent and open to the public and that’s something that he’s made clear,” she said. With about 50 percent of the county’s operating budget going to the school system, Hughes said, “the natural question is, are we able to look at the MCPS data the same way?” lpowers@gazette.net Join us for our

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Principal Keith Jones shakes hands with Pastor Norman Gordon of Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church as members (from left) Carl Byrd, Chair of the Community Engagement Committee, Marilyn Morrison and Summit Hall teacher Carol Moretz look on.

Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church celebrated its anniversary by presenting Summit Hall Elementary School with a giant — ﬁguratively and literally — check on Sunday. The church gave Keith Jones, the principal of Summit Hall, a $10,000 check during the

morning’s services. Reverend Norman Gordon, the associate pastor for community engagement and young families at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, explained that when the church celebrated its 50th anniversary in May, they collected money from past and current members to donate to a local and global cause. “Folks get excited about giving. They felt inspired to give over and above,” Gordon said. The event raised $20,000, half of which will go to the school, while the other half will go to Partners in Development

in Guatemala. Gordon said that they chose Summit Hall for a variety of reasons. A handful of people from their congregation volunteer at the school and some staff members from the school are involved in some way or another with the church. Gordon believed that the school would use the money to its full potential once he visited the school and was “struck by the spirit of the staff.” “I was just struck by the real commitment of the staff members. From teachers to assistant principal and resource people, just a real sense of mission,”

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Gordon said. “They understand the plights, shall we say, of the families and they are serious about their call to really help these students get on the road to a good education.” According to Jones, Summit Hall is made up of almost 70 percent Spanish-speaking students with almost 80 percent of the school receiving reduced or free meals. When Jones was informed that they would be receiving money from the church he was “absolutely excited.” Gordon and the church put Jones completely in charge of deciding where the money should go. “It’s easy to say what we think they need, so instead, we went to Mr. Jones and said, ‘We could come to you with ideas, but we don’t want to impose our ideas on you, so what do you think?’” Gordon said. Jones said he knew immediately that he wanted to use the money for after school programming, explaining that many of the children attending the school don’t have the extra time or money to enroll in after school programs independent of the school and this money would be a great help. “A school with a very active and generous PTA gives large amounts of money to the school for [after school programs] and different kinds of things,” Jones said, explaining that many parents at his school don’t have the time to participate in PTA because they have to work. Marilyn Morrison and her husband are members of the church who helped gather volunteers for Summit Hall. The Morrisons wanted to “invest in the schools of the country,” but had heard Duﬁef Elementary School in Gaithersburg, where their children are students, had too many volunteers. “We went somewhere where there was a greater need,” Morrison said, adding that last year about 10 people from the church volunteered at Summit Hall. sschmieder@gazette.net

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Gaithersburg Gaithersburg City Hall and most other city facilities will be closed Labor Day. The Gaithersburg Police Department will maintain normal business hours. Three facilities will operate on a modiﬁed schedule Monday: the Water Park will beopen11a.m.to5p.m.;theMiniature Golf Course will be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; the Skate Park will be open from noon to sunset. Recycling collection for residents whose regular pick-up day is Monday will take place on the preceding Saturday, Aug. 30. Bulk pick-up for residents whose regular day is Monday will take place on Sept. 8.

Chevy Chase, Kensington Ofﬁces for the town of Chevy Chase, Kensington and Chevy Chase Village are closed Monday. The town of Chevy Chase and Kensington do not typically collect trash on Mondays, but in Chevy Chase Village, trash collection shifts one day later for the rest of the week to accommodate the holiday. Houses scheduled for Monday trash collection will have their trash picked up Tuesday and so forth for the rest of the week

Takoma Park Takoma Park’s city facilities will be closed on Labor Day. There will be no yard waste pickup on Monday. For more information, call 301-891-7100.

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Local groups and organizations march in the City of Gaithersburg’s 2013 Labor Day Parade. Winder said many fictional characters, such as the Cat in the Hat and Peter Pan, will be walking in the parade. The city of Gaithersburg’s ﬂoat will feature Alice in Wonderland, she added. During the parade, free parking will be available in the Olde Towne garage at the corner of Olde Towne and Summit avenues. Handicapped parking will be behind Victor Litz Music Center on the north side of Diamond Avenue and behind the Shell station on Summit Avenue. A shuttle bus will be available from the Lakeforest mall transit station to Gaithersburg Elementary beginning at noon. In the end, Winder said, the event is all about bringing

the community together. “Businesses can share in with the community and let them know who they are.” Winder said, adding that a variety of types of groups are invited to participate. “We just cover a lot of people. We have many different organizations about children, about family and about the city.” jedavis@gazette.net

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The following government agencies and public amenities will have a different scheduled for Labor Day, which is Monday: • County offices — closed • Libraries — closed • County liquor stores — open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Recreation — outdoor aquatic facilities will be open from noonto6p.m.OlneyIndoorSwim Center will be open normal hours. All other indoor aquatic facilities will be closed. Administrative offices, senior centers and community centers are closed. • Montgomery Parks — for operating schedules, including Brookside Gardens, ice rinks, tennis centers, trains and carousels, visit www.MontgomeryParks.org. • Ride On, Metrobus, Metrorail — Sunday schedule • TRiPS Commuter Stores (Silver Spring and Friendship Heights) — closed • Refuse/recycling pickup – no collection (will be provided one day later for rest of week; last day is Saturday) • Transfer station — closed • Parking at public garages, lots, curbside meters — free • Montgomery County Public Schools administrative offices — closed • State offices and courts — closed

Gaithersburg residents will take to the streets of Olde Towne on Monday for the city’s 76th annual Labor Day Parade. Many community groups — such as ethnic dance troupes, high school marching bands, equestrian units and service organizations — are set to march in the parade. Fire trucks and antique cars also will make an appearance. Nearly 70 groups have signed up to march in the parade, according to Dorthy Winder, the city’s recreation program supervisor. The parade will kick off at 1 p.m. on East Diamond Avenue near where it meets Girard Street, Winder said. The route will head west on East Diamond Avenue, make a right onto Russell Avenue, and end where Russell Avenue intersects Odendhal Avenue. If the weather is ideal, event organizers expect to draw between 9.500 and 10,000 attendees, Winder said. There is no charge. “Everybody loves a parade,” Winder said. “We try to gear the event toward the adults and the children to make it a family event.”

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School bus cameras catch 710 vehicles passing illegally May survey reports nearly 900 county violations in one day

LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

Cameras planted on Montgomery County Public Schools buses have caught about 710 instances of drivers illegally passing the buses from early January to mid-August, according to school officials. By the end of the last school year, the county school system had 25 cameras installed on school buses on routes with the highest number of passing violations. The drivers involved in those 710 violations between Jan. 2 and Aug. 18 were issued $125 citations for passing a stopped bus while its stop arm was extended with flashing red lights. In roughly the first month of their use, from early January to early February, five cameras had caught 10 drivers making illegal passes. From January through March, cameras caught 272 violations. The 710 violations marked a higher number than police expected, said Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County police spokesman. “That’s a double-edged sword, sort of,” Starks said of the violation count. “We’re kind of excited that the cameras are working that way, but it’s also

disappointing to have that many violations because it [implies] that the problem is bigger than maybe what we thought and there’s a lot more education that has to occur.” A statewide survey released on Aug. 20 showed another angle of the issue. The survey, sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education, found that Montgomery drivers illegally passed a bus with an extended stop arm 893 times in a single day. Bus drivers observed 3,505 such violations around Maryland, according to a Department of Education press release. The number of violations Montgomery bus drivers observed in the one-day survey has decreased in recent years, though the number of participating drivers has varied. Todd Watkins, director of transportation for the county school system, said 778 Montgomery bus drivers participated on May 14 and witnessed the 893 passing incidents. On average, each driver saw 1.1 incidents, he said. About 1,016 drivers participated in 2013, observing 1,078 incidents, for roughly the same average of 1.1 events per driver. In the 2012 survey, 988 drivers reported 1,494 violations — about 1.5 incidents per driver. Watkins said he thinks publicity about automated cameras on some buses contributed to the decrease in violations in this year’s survey.

Among Maryland’s counties, Montgomery had the highest number of violations this year. Watkins attributed the higher number to the district’s size and the more common presence of multi-lane roadways compared to other counties. Starks said county police expect that, similar to what has happened elsewhere, it may take months or years until violations peak, then decline as people understand that the law protects children walking near stopped buses, he said. This school year, Starks said, the plan is rotate 25 cameras among 100 buses. Near the end of the school year, police and school officials will discuss whether to expand the program, he said. Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice said he still wants drivers caught by bus cameras to pay a higher fine — around $250. Council members, including Rice, said in April that they wanted to see the fine doubled and the camera program expanded. Rice said Monday that some think increasing the camera penalty could encourage people to fight a citation in court. Arguing before a judge, however, could serve as “a wake-up call,” he said. Rice said people need to understand how serious the violation is. “We’re actually going to have to start pulling some folks over,” he said. lpowers@gazette.net

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Gaithersburg Rotary Foundation earns nonproﬁt status The Rotary Club of Gaithersburg has obtained 501(c) (3) nonproﬁt status for its new Gaithersburg Rotary Foundation, according to a news release. As a result, the Gaithersburg Rotary Foundation can now receive tax deductible contributions from individuals and organizations and use the money to support its service activities and charities, the release said. In the past, the Gaithersburg group has donated holiday gifts to needy elementary school children and band instruments to high school students. It also supports the city of Gaithersburg’s Character Counts program, helps celebrate holidays at Asbury Methodist Village and tries to respond to requests from the city.

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PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Some consider it a marker of summer’s end; others, the beginning of the school year. Either way, the Montgomery County Public Schools’ annual Back-to-School Fair on Saturday was a day ﬁlled with fun activities, information booths and even a chance for seventh-graders to get the newly required meningococcal and Tdap vaccine. In spite of Saturday’s persis-

tent rain, the large parking lot at Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville was filled with white tents where kids and parents could get information about county services and after-school programs, special displays offering tips for healthy living, arts and crafts, dancing and fun activities for everyone. Yirla Portobanco of Germantown said her children especially enjoyed getting on a real ﬁre truck and she enjoyed watching them have fun. “We came to support the county and see what they have to offer,” said Cochise Reyen, who was with Portobanco. “It’s

nice. I especially like the exercise and art programs.” In addition to math packets and summer reading lists, seventh-graders had a special assignment to complete this summer: making sure their immunizations were up to date. Those who waited until the last minute could get those vaccinations at the fair. Saturday’s clinic focused on seventh-graders rather than kindergartners, said Debra Aplan of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services. “Kindergartners register and have to show proof of immunizations in the spring,” she said.

“Their change added an extra chickenpox vaccine.” Parents of seventh-graders were notiﬁed in the spring of the changes in state requirements, offered a schedule of free clinics offered by the county and warned that students would not be admitted to classes without the required proof. Rebecca Sofon, 12, a seventhgraderatRockyHillMiddleSchool in Clarksburg, and her mother were there for Rebecca’s shot. “I just came for the shot because they said I couldn’t come to school without it,” Rebecca said. It turned out she did not need it and Rebecca said she

was “very relieved.” During the three-hour fair, 121 students received the free shots, with most getting Tdap and meningococcal vaccinations, Aplan said. The tetanus-diphtheria-acelluar pertussis vaccine is a booster shot that helps protect preteens and teens from those diseases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meningococcal vaccines protect against most types of meningococcal disease,althoughtheydonotprevent all cases. Aplan also said each school would check seventh-graders’ immunization records on the

ﬁrst day of school. Those who still need shots can get them at free walk-in clinics from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until Sept. 12 at the Germantown Health Center, 12900 Middlebrook Road, 240-777-3380; and the Silver Spring Health Center, 8630 Fenton St., 240-777-3160. Brian Edwards, the school district’s chief of communications, said the rain didn’t seem to keep many people from the fair. “It’s a great turnout,” he said. “We’re estimating 8[,000] to 10,000.” pmcewan@gazette.net

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LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER

Nearly 50 unaccompanied minors from Central America have been sent to Montgomery County Public Schools since July to attend classes this school year, Superintendent Joshua P. Starr said Thursday. The 47 children from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras were directed to the county school system through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, Starr said at the county school board’s Thursday meeting. “We don’t know if the number’s going to go up,” he said. Last school year, the refugee resettlement office sent 107 unaccompanied children to the school system. Most of the minors were high school students, Starr said. Starr said system officials are aware that minors from Central America are also entering county schools through avenues other than the refugee resettlement office, such as through their families. He said school officials discussed the issue during

the summer. The issue goes beyond the school system for the county. Montgomery County Council members met with representatives from public agencies and nonprofits in late July to learn about the situation in Montgomery regarding the immigrant children in its communities. From October 2013 through July 2014, there were about 63,000 apprehensions of unaccompanied children at the country’s southwest border, according to data on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. Unaccompanied immigrant children often come across the border to escape violence, abuse or persecution in their home countries, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement. Other children come to live with relatives or are taken into the U.S. by human trafficking rings. Starr said Thursday that the school system has “a legal, and more importantly, moral obligation” to serve the children sent its way. The system is determining the students’ educational and social-emotional needs and working to address the situation with others, such as the county

and nonproﬁts, he said. School board Vice President Patricia O’Neill said at the meeting that, in her experiences talking with county residents, “a lot of people have been very concerned” about the unaccompanied children in county schools. They have asked her questions about matters such as the chil-

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dren’s impact on the school system and how the system is addressing their needs, she said. O’Neill said she has asked that a July 24 memo Starr sent to school board members about the issue be posted for the public to see. Board member Christopher S. Barclay described the issue of

the unaccompanied minors leaving their home countries due to violence as “rather important and

one that is pertinent to all of us.” lpowers@gazette.net

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DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER

Civic activists and clergy members on Sunday night praised the relationship that Montgomery County’s police and political leaders have with the community, but cautioned there was still work to be done to avoid situations such as the recent unrest in Ferguson, Mo. More than 60 people gathered in Rockville for a prayer vigil honoring Michael Brown, the unarmed black teen who was

shot and killed by a white police ofﬁcer in Ferguson this month; Brown’s death has prompted both peaceful protests and incidents in which demonstrators have clashed violently with police. “We join together in unity, to call for healing, to call for justice and to call for peace within ourselves, our county, our state and, of course, the country,” Anita Neal Powell, president of the Montgomery County branch of the NAACP, which sponsored the vigil, told the crowd. Powell said there needs to be an ongoing conversation in Montgomery County to avoid tragedies such as Brown’s death in Ferguson. But she also praised

the county’s police force, telling The Gazette that there was a much more positive relationship between the police and the community in Montgomery County than there seemed to be in Ferguson. “Our police ofﬁcers represent us,” Powell said, adding that there were blacks in leadership positions in law enforcement and diversity on numerous community advisory committees. Powell also alluded to video showing a police ofﬁcer in Ferguson threatening to kill protesters, saying that she didn’t see that mentality in Montgomery County and doubted it would ever surface. Sunday’s vigil also featured

an unannounced appearance by County Executive Isiah Leggett, who told the crowd that while the county may not be earning the same level of media attention as Ferguson because it was not embroiled in riots or political inﬁghting, residents were still setting an example with the evening’s peaceful, supportive gathering. “We are fortunate that our police are here to embrace and support these kind of activities,” Leggett said, adding that the county was also fortunate that its residents believed strongly in diversity, inclusiveness and justice. County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger also addressed the crowd, explaining that, be-

cause he was now frequently asked for his opinion of the police in Ferguson, he felt the Missouri department had not spent enough time earning the trust of the community through transparency and accountability. Manger said that he felt his primary responsibility was to make sure he had the right people for the job of policing Montgomery County, and that he sought to make the department more accountable by taking steps like putting cameras in patrol cars. But work must be done every day to keep the conﬁdence of the community, Manger said. Other speakers offered prayers for the Brown family,

and described the recurring fear that strikes the parents of a black teenagers in the wake of events such as Brown’s death. But throughout the vigil there was a sense of appreciation for the steps Montgomery County has taken to ensure diversity and trust, something demonstrated by the overwhelming number of black candidates who ran for ofﬁce in the June primary, according to Elbridge James, second vice president of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP. James said 32 black candidates in total ran for county ofﬁces and central committee seats. dleaderman@gazette.net

Perjury trial of Montgomery police ofﬁcer set for November Location of paraphernalia during trafﬁc stop at issue

DANIEL LEADERMAN STAFF WRITER

A Montgomery County police ofﬁcer facing a perjury charge is scheduled to stand trial in November, according to court records. Ofﬁcer Colin W. O’Brien was indicted earlier this month after a grand jury alleged that he’d given false testimony during the February trial of a Silver Spring man accused of having a mari-

juana grinder in his car. A complaint about O’Brien’s testimony led to an investigation by county police detectives. If convicted, O’Brien faces up to 10 years in prison. His trial is set to begin Nov. 12 and last for two days. O’Brien’s attorney, Clarke F. Ahlers, declined to comment Friday because he was still obtaining evidence and documents for the trial. Lodge 35 of the Fraternal Order of Police is providing O’Brien’s legal defense, but could not comment further because there’s an ongoing inves-

tigation. The perjury count stems from the February trial of James Brooks Tyce Chandler, 32, of Silver Spring, which lasted just 30 minutes. O’Brien stopped Chandler for driving with his music playing too loudly and subsequently charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia. O’Brien testiﬁed that when he looked into the driver’s-side window of the Nissan Xterra Chandler was driving, a metal marijuana grinder was “in plain view” in the passenger-side door pocket, according to a tape re-

cording of the trial. A second officer, Cpl. David Smith, who was standing at the passenger door, testified that he noticed the grinder when Chandler’s passenger opened his door. Both officers also testified that Chandler admitted that the grinder was his. Chandler testified that O’Brien couldn’t have seen the grinder when it was in the door pocket, that he never told officers that the grinder was his and that police had initially asked to search his vehicle before seeing the grinder — a request Chan-

dler said he denied. Montgomery County District Court Judge Gary G. Everngam expressed confusion during the trial as to why officers needed permission to search the vehicle when the grinder was in plain sight through the driver’s window — which would have given officers probable cause to search the vehicle without permission. “I’ve got two different versions from the officers,” Everngam said, adding that he wasn’t suggesting either officer had been untruthful, but that the sequence of events was difficult to

remember. Chandler, who acted as his own attorney, was acquitted. He did not respond to requests for comment. dleaderman@gazette.net

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Columbia Republican attempting to unseat comptroller Campbell focusing on ﬁxing Maryland’s ﬁnances n

KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER

For more than two decades William H. “Bill” Campbell has been fixing finances. As a senior executive for the U.S. Navy, he was instrumental in ending the days of the Navy buying $400 hammers and $600 toilet seats. As chief financial officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, Campbell said he corrected $8.5 billion in accounting errors, making the Coast Guard the first and only branch of the armed forces to obtain clean financial audit. Campbell said he now hopes to put his financial skills to use helping close Maryland’s

state employees made Campbell jump into the race again in 2014. Maryland, he said, has a $41 billion bill it will have to pay when it comes to pensions or else renege on beneﬁts promised to teachers and state employees. “The governor and the legislature have used the pension fund as an ATM, and they have been taking large amounts of money out of it, or diverting the money before it goes into it, for other projects,” Campbell said. “This is unfair to the taxpayers and it’s unfair to the teachers and our state employees. This was avoidable. It was almost malicious the way they, instead of paying the actuarial recommended contribution every year, diverted money to their latest hobby.” Maryland also has a lingering structural deﬁcit and “out-

lingering structural deficit and fully fund its employee pension liability. Campbell, 67, a Campbell Republican, is running against Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) and Anjali Reed Phukan, who has filed as a writein candidate. Campbell — who currently owns financial services firm, Atlantic Financial Navigation LLC, which advises federal agencies and companies that do business with the government — ran against Franchot in 2010 and lost. But Maryland’s “criminally” unfunded pension liability for

of-control spending,” Campbell said. Maryland is constitutionally required to balance its budget, but Campbell said the O’Malley administration is using an accounting gimmick to skirt that requirement. “We only have so much money to spend and we have to spend it the wisest possible way,” he said. “The structural deficit, they act like that is writ in stone, like it was the third tablet that Moses brought down. All structural deficit is, is that you deliberately and knowingly plan on spending more money than you’re going to bring in.” If the state had kept spending flat for two years, the deficit would have already disappeared, he said. As chairman of the Board of Revenue Estimates, vice chair-

man of the Board of Pension Fund Trustees and one of the three members of the Board of Public Works, Campbell said the comptroller plays a critical role in projecting revenue, managing the pension system and overseeing spending. If elected, Campbell said he would use his influence to end the structural deficit, fund the pension system and cut spending. As is, Maryland’s deleterious financial situation is driving residents from the state, and Campbell said he is concerned that unless something changes, more will choose to leave. “I don’t want to move away, and I’m very concerned things in Maryland are going to get so bad that I may be forced to move away,” he said. Campbell said he feels Franchot is unqualified to continue

as comptroller. “There’s a difference between eight years of experience and eight good years of experience,” he said. “If he lived in a garage for eight years he would not be an automobile.” Campbell said he is open to debating Franchot and Phukan ahead of the Nov. 4 general election. Campbell holds a master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University, a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and has completed two executive programs at Havard Business School. He also served as a commissioned lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve, receiving an honorable discharge. He and his wife, Pam, live in Columbia. kalexander@gazette.net

Democrat Delaney faces two challengers for his District 6 seat BY

PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER

Rep. John K. Delaney (DDist 6) is just ﬁnishing up his first term in Congress and is ready for more. “I love what I’m doing and I feel like I’m making a difference,” the Potomac Democrat said. In particular, Delaney is excited about his Partnership to Build America Act, introduced in May 2013. “My bipartisan infrastructure bill would create over a million jobs and has over 40 Republican and 40 Democratic cosponsors,” Delaney wrote in an email. Getting the bill passed in

As for voting reform, Delaney has introduced a bill that creates open primaries so independents can vote; starts a process of redistricting that eliminates gerrymandered districts; and makes Election Day a national holiday so more people have the time to vote. “Better elections, better districts and more people voting will go a long way to changing Congress for the better,” he wrote. Delaney is one of three candidates in the 6th District, which runs from the far western border

what many consider a “do-nothing” Congress is a big hurdle, one Delaney said he thinks he can Delaney overcome because of his efforts to gather bipartisan support. “We’ve got to change the culture of Congress and reform the system to produce better results,” he wrote. Other key issues facing the country and his constituents are jobs and election reform, Delaney said in his email. “One way to spark job growth in the short and long term is to rebuild the infrastructure,” he wrote. “We can’t compete globally with an infrastructure network built in the 1960s.”

of Maryland to the Capital Beltway and River Road in Bethesda. It covers Allegany, Garrett and Washington counties, plus parts of Frederick and Montgomery counties. The other candidates are Republican Daniel Bongino and George Gluck of the Green Party. Following the 2010 census, the district — long represented by Republican Roscoe Bartlett — was redrawn for the 2012 election. That, Delaney said, gave him the opportunity to jump into politics. “I always wanted to spend a

came New York Stock Exchangelisted companies: HealthCare Financial Partners, which offers loans to health care providers and CapitalSource, which makes commercial loans to small and mid-sized companies. “I think about things differently because I have so much experience in the private sector,” Delaney said. The general election will be Nov. 4, with early voting Oct. 23-30. pmcewan@gazette.net

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Continued from Page A-1 ning. Leggett and other ofﬁcials said they think a victory in November by gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D) might provide a boost to school construction legislation in 2015. Brown already has been part of an administration that has provided “record” investments in the county’s education system, Leggett said. “I’m conﬁdent, given at least the expression of the candidates running for governor, especially

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Continued from Page A-1 kind of shelter or protection from the elements. In this heat, they had no way to escape the sun,” Mauceri said, adding that the dogs were also being underfed. “They were living off of day-old bread. It was their primary source of sustenance.” A lack of veterinary care for the animals was evident as well, Mauceri said. Some of the dogs had serious skin conditions and many were dehydrated, she said. More than 60 dogs were removed from the Mississippi

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Mr. Brown, that we have an excellent opportunity of putting together a package collaborating with the local communities to in fact at least move forward and getting us the resolution that we want,” Leggett said. In the 2014 session, Montgomery legislators ﬁled two bills aimed at directing school construction funds to local districts. Both died in committee. Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D-Dist. 14) of Calverton put forward a bill that would have established a program to fund construction projects based on a county’s bond rating and a school system’s enrollment. Legislators from Montgomery, Prince

George’s and Baltimore counties, who likely would have beneﬁted from the program, pushed for the legislation’s passage. State Sen. Nancy J. King submitted another bill that would have established a grant program and doled out money based on enrollment growth. Both Montgomery lawmakers said in the last session there wasn’t a strong chance a school construction funding program would pass in its ﬁrst run in the General Assembly. Montgomery legislators will continue efforts to convince other state legislators that the county needs more funding, King (D-Dist. 39) of Montgom-

ery Village said Monday. “This is the time for us to bring home more money,” she said. She said she thinks there will be “some kind of a formula” on the table in the 2015 session, which starts Jan. 14. She also thinks there might be “some tweaks” made to the partnership among Montgomery, Baltimore and Prince George’s counties. If Brown wins, King said, it will “make a huge difference” regarding added state money for Montgomery’s school construction. Brown already has pledged to help the county “any way that he can” and understands its issues, she said.

County Council President Craig Rice said he’s now hearing “a different conversation coming from Annapolis” that he ﬁnds “very promising.” Rather than a focus on the state’s three biggest counties, he said, he thinks there will be a “statewide approach” this session concerning construction funding. There’s an urgency to getting a bill passed next year, said Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown, who also is looking to the potential effect of a new state leader and noted Brown’s support. “Normally when these great innovative things happen, they happen in the first year of a

brand-new administration and so it’s going to be especially important for us to really put a fullforce press on trying to get this done this year,” he said. Superintendent Joshua P. Starr said the county will continue pushing for more state money and pointed to comments from state legislators that getting those funds could take several years. “We keep growing unlike any other district in the state and we expect we’ll get the recognition that our kids deserve,” he said.

agreement. Bonds, armed with what appeared to be a black semiautomatic handgun, also robbed Chipotle restaurants in Hagerstown on Aug. 4, 2012, in Gaithersburg on Oct. 21 and in Damascus on Nov. 25. Bonds and another man took $9,400 from the safe of the Hagerstown restaurant. Alegria drove Bonds to and from the

Gaithersburg and Damascus restaurants, from which he stole $10,500 total, according to the plea agreement. During the investigation of the Oct. 21 robbery, a former employee of the Mt. Airy Chipotle identiﬁed Alegria as a suspect. After the Damascus robbery, police watched the Gaithersburg apartment Alegria and Bonds shared.

Bonds was arrested the next day after police searched the residence. Alegria was arrested Nov. 29, according to a statement from police. Bonds told detectives that members of the MS-13 gang had forced him to commit the robberies. Alegria was arrested with $2,000 cash in her pocket, according to the plea agree-

ment. Bonds pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, for which he faces up to 20 years in prison, and one count of brandishing a ﬁrearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, for which he could receive life in prison, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s ofﬁce. His sentencing is scheduled

for Nov. 24. Alegria previously pleaded guilty for her role in the conspiracy and is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 23. Guiffarro pleaded guilty to the Mt. Airy robbery in Carroll County Circuit Court and is awaiting sentencing, according to the statement.

with the dogs to acclimate them to life with people. Many of the dogs had very little experience interacting with humans and spent most of the time living outside in a fenced area by themselves, she said. “In the past few weeks, not only were they getting basic care, but they were also being taught what it was like to be companions,” Mauceri said. “We were working with them in the temporary shelter to retrain them on what life should be like for a dog.” Several animal organizations met at the Gaithersburg ofﬁce on Aug. 20 to take the

dogs and help them ﬁnd loving new homes. “We have some really great local placement partners up here that really step up to the plate when we have these kind of rescues,” Mauceri said. The groups included the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, the Humane Society of Washington County, the Humane Society of Harrisburg, Muddy Branch Veterinary Center and Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation in Arlington, Va.

Handy-Collins said. Carrie Bohrer, president of the Gaithersburg High School Parent Teacher Student Association, said while she didn’t know Johnson personally, she saw many of Johnson’s previous students return to the school to visit their teacher. “Her students adored her

and could always go and talk to her,” Bohrer said. Handy-Collins said the school will work with Johnson’s family to plan an event in her honor after funeral services have ended.

However, it’s possible that not all schedule setbacks will be covered by an extension. Contract provisions allow the city to collect liquidated damages from the contractor if contract duration is not met, Stevens added. Stevens could not say to what date the acceptable contract duration would be changed. The project, which also includes a 1,100-foot chain link fence to surround the ﬁeld, is expected to cost just under $1 million. A 12-year warranty comes with the installation. Once the ﬁeld is complete and open, students and teachers from Lakelands Park Middle School will have access to

the space as part of a joint-use agreement with the city. A fee schedule already has been set up for others who will want to rent out the ﬁeld when it’s ﬁnished, according to Jim McGuire, the recreation and park services division chief for the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Culture. Residents will be charged $100 per hour and nonresidents will be charged $120 per hour. Commercial vendors within the city will have to pay $160 per hour and vendors outside of the city will pay $185 per hour.

property on Aug. 4. Several of them have remained in the southern state because they are part of a plea agreement with the owners through law enforcement, Mauceri said. The rest were brought to the society’s Gaithersburg ofﬁce at 700 Professional Drive. The Humane Society of the United States, Tupelo-Lee Humane Society, Tippah County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce and local veterinarians worked together in the rescue effort. Before bringing the dogs and puppies up north to Gaithersburg, Mauceri said Humane Society staff and others worked

Fifty dogs and puppies were rescued from Mississippi.

Day held at Bohrer Park, Johnson would have her students volunteer to provide free haircuts for attendees. The teacher would also invite residents of Asbury Methodist Village to come over to the school for free hair and nail services. “She always made sure her cosmetology students

gave back to the community,” Handy-Collins said. Beyond her work in the cosmetology program, Johnson mentored several troubled students at the high school. “She was a very warmhearted person,” Handy-Collins said. “She believed in all kids and she supported them.”

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During the first week of school, Handy-Collins said that counseling services will be available for students struggling with the news. A crisis team was on hand the first day of school and a grief counselor has been put in the cosmetology class since Johnson had many returning students,

perform additional work to the sub-base. “The sub-base is the most important part of the synthetic turf ﬁeld, and for the sake of our investment, it needed to be right,” Stevens wrote in an email to The Gazette. As a result of the delays, the city will likely negotiate a contract extension to account for some of the lost time. Certain delays, such as the trenching issue, will warrant a contract extension, as it was not the contractor’s fault, Stevens said.

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Bak, Hilgenbrink Tina Hight of Clarksburg and Martin Bak of Rockville announce the engagement of their daughter, Cheryl Irene Bak, to Andrew Richard Hilgenbrink, son of Richard and Linda Hilgenbrink of Bridgeton, Missouri. The bride-to-be is a 2002 graduate of Poolesville High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Now recently relocated in Dallas, her most recent place of employment was DVL

Public Relations & Advertising in Nashville. The future groom received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from University of Missouri. He also earned a PhD in Chemistry from Purdue University, followed by an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He currently helps manage a healthcare investment fund with Highland Capital Management. The wedding will take place on Nov. 8, 2014, in Dallas at Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

Agape African Methodist Episcopal Church, 7700 Brink Road, Gaithersburg, conducts Sunday morning worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday School is at 10 a.m. Communion celebration on ﬁrst Sundays, men leading worship on second Sundays, youth leading worship on third Sundays. “You’ll Get Through This” Bible Study from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays. 301-924-8640; agapeamec.org. Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church St., Damascus, offers traditional Sunday morning worship services at 8:15 a.m., a youth contemporary worship service at 9:30 a.m. and a service of liturgy and the word at 11 a.m. with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. for all ages during the school year. damascusumc.org. Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 7730 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, offers services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. each Sunday, with Sunday School for all ages scheduled at 10 a.m. Child care is offered from 8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. A fellowship and coffee hour follows the 8:30 a.m. service. 301-365-5733, elcbethesda.org. Hughes United Methodist

Church, 10700 Georiga Ave., Wheaton, offers an informal Sunday morning worship service at 9 a.m., followed by a traditional worship service at 10:30 a.m. Child care is available from 9 a.m. to noon. Hospitality time is at 9:45 a.m. in the Garden Entrance. El Buen Samaritano offers a Spanish service at Noon. Communion is Celebrated the ﬁrst Sunday of the month. For more information, call 301-9498383. Visit HughesUMC.org. Kemptown United Methodist Church, 3716 Kemptown Church Road, Monrovia, conducts a contemporary service at 8 a.m. followed by a traditional service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday mornings, with children’s Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and adult Sunday school at 11 a.m. For more information, call 301253-1768. Visitkemptownumc. org. Liberty Grove United Methodist Church, 15225 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, conducts Sunday morning worship services at 8:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday school, nursery through adult, is at 9:30 a.m. 301-421-9166. For a schedule of events, visit libertygrovechurch. org. “MOPS,” a faith-based support group for mothers of

children, birth through kindergarten, meets from 9-11:30 a.m. the ﬁrst and third Wednesdays of the month at the Frederick Church of the Brethren, 201 Fairview Drive, Frederick. Child care is provided. For more information call 301-662-1819. Email mops@fcob.net. Neelsville Presbyterian Church, 20701 Frederick Road, Germantown, offers summer service at 10 a.m. on Sundays throughout the summer. “Parenting from the Proverbs: A Summer Discussion Group for Parents,” will run all summer Sundays at 9 a.m. with classes available for children as well. Babysitting provided. Enroll your child in our Vacation Bible School program Aug. 4-9. The theme is Weird Animals. For sign-up and other information, neelsville.org or call 301-9723916. Trinity Lutheran Church, 11200 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, conducts services every Sunday, with child care from 8 a.m. to noon and fellowship and a coffee hour following each service. Call 301-881-7275. For a schedule of events, visit TrinityELCA.org. Chancel choir auditions and rehearsals, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Grove

Methodist Church, 15225 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville. Call 301-421-9166 or visit libertygrovechurch.org. “Healing for the Nations,” 7 p.m. every ﬁrst and third Saturday of the month at South Lake Elementary School, 18201 Contour Road, Gaithersburg. Sponsored by King of the Nations Christian Fellowship, the outreach church service is open to all who are looking for hope in this uncertain world. Prayer for healing available. Translation into Spanish and French. Call 301-251-3719. Visit kncf.org. Geneva Presbyterian Church, potluck lunches at 11:30 a.m. the second Sunday of each month at 11931 Seven Locks Road, Potomac. There is no fee to attend. All are welcome to bring a dish to share; those not bringing dishes are also welcome. Call 301-4244346. Friends of Jesus is beginning an Interactive Bible Exploration group on Sept. 10. It will meet weekly on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of Ingleside at King Farm, 701 King Farm Blvd., Rockville. For more information, call Bill at 301-943-6406 or email maryland@dcmetro. fojf.org. dcmetro.friendsofjesusfellowship.org

HEALTH CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27

Spradley, Wilson Lorraine Suzanne Spradley and Sean Donald Wilson were married on Aug. 16, at the Engineers Club of Baltimore by Judge Miriam B. Hutchins, an associate judge of the First District Court of Maryland in Baltimore — with the assistance of the Rev. Walter S. Thomas Jr., a Baptist minister. Lorraine, 29, a graduated of Georgetown, is an assistant vice president in the wealth management division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She provides investment strategies and marketing to ﬁnancial advisers. Lorraine is a daughter of Cheryl V. Edwards of Owings Mills and Mark M. Spradley of Chevy Chase. The bride’s father is the managing director of Mazao Capital, a London private equity ﬁrm. Her mother is a program specialist for the Maryland

Department of Education in Baltimore. Mr. Wilson, 35, is a graduated of the University of Maryland in College Park. He is a wealth management adviser for the ﬁnancial services division of TIAA-CREF, the teacher’s pension fund. Sean is the son of Patricia C. Wilson and Dr. Donald E. Wilson of Owings Mills. The groom’s mother retired as an administrator in the gastroenterology division of the University of Illinois School of Medicine. His father, a gastroenterologist, retired as the dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. The couple met at New York University’s Stern School of Business, from which they each received an M.B.A.

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Go slow on voter registration

What do driving and voting have in common? Not much, other than using a car to get to the polls. Yet, because of the federal Motor-Voter Act, the Motor Vehicle Administration plays a part in the voter registration process. We understand the motivation: Participation is essential to having a government that most strongly represents and is connected to the electorate. The more people vote, the sounder their leadership. That’s why we’ve enlisted an unrelated government office that many adults can’t escape. However, a recent story by Gazette reporter Kate S. Alexander gives us reason to re-evaluate. Alexander interviewed Robert Debernardis of Potomac, a Democrat for 42 years. He was stopped in his tracks at the polls in June when he was told his registration had been switched to “unaffiliated” and he couldn’t vote in the Democratic primary. Debernardis traces this change — which he didn’t want — to a trip to an MVA office in Gaithersburg in January. Shortly after he renewed his driver’s license, his party affiliation was changed to “other,” which he didn’t realize at the time. The same thing happened to Carl Mauri of Potomac in March after going to the same MVA branch to replace a lost license. His transaction also prompted his registration to be changed — also without his knowledge or consent — from “Democrat” to “other.” When Alexander investigated what happened, the state elections board alleged Montgomery “is not processing the applications correctly.” MVA seemed unaware of the problem. The director of the Montgomery County Board of Elections said she had heard about other voting registration problems through MVA and something similar has happened to her. An MVA spokesman said clerks ask customers if they want voter registration help. The computer automatically prompts clerks to ask about voter registration and prevents tasks like a license renewal from being completed until those questions are answered, a spokesman said. Until the root of the flaw is figured out and corrected, our leaders should consider halting MVA voter registration. At the very least, voters should double check their voter registration before Oct. 14, the last day to register for the Nov. 4 election. The Gazette made a Maryland Public Information Act request to the state Board of Elections asking more broadly about any complaints of unauthorized changes to voters’ registrations. We’ll let you know what we find out. We think back to a few weeks ago, when we reviewed and praised the recent report of the Montgomery County Right to Vote Task Force. One of its recommendations is to expand voter registration from MVA to other county, state and municipal agencies. When people go to any government office for a routine request, they might be encouraged, or even nudged, into signing up to vote, electronically, on the spot. The task force’s recommendation about possible interactions at many government offices says: “During an electronic transaction, registration could also be offered; if affirmative, selecting the [state Board of Elections] link would continue the transaction to the online registration website.” We’re not confident that all walks of government can guarantee proper stewardship of the precious voter registration process. An encouraging word or a pamphlet is fine, but let’s stick to the original path of voter registration, throughs boards of elections. Government agencies have enough challenges in doing what they’re tasked to do.

LETTERS TOT HE EDITOR WSSC water rate torture Congratulations! You’re using less water than ever due to improved conservation and appliance efﬁciency. Your reward is higher charges! Recently WSSC laid out plans for higher fees in a Council hearing. This is on top of rate increases every year for the last eight years of 5-8 percent. WSSC management says the problem is unstable revenues in the face of all your conservation. The real problem is weak cost controls, as operating and capital improvement costs continue to increase. WSSC is huge, with 1,700 employees and annual budget of $1.3 billion. Are costs difﬁcult to control because WSSC is too large, or is it because there are no incentives to lower costs when rate increases are routinely approved? Maybe it’s because WSSC is jointly managed by Montgomery and Prince George’s County’s, and this divided oversight is too lenient? WSSC water rates are 80-146 percent higher than nearby Fairfax and Howard County’s. Why? How does the productivity of

WSSC employees compare? Are WSSC methods for water treatment, distribution, and sewage treatment as efﬁcient? We asked WSSC Managing Director Jerry Johnson in a May meeting about the unbilled water rate. He said WSSCs current unbilled water rate is 16 percent, placing WSSC in the lowest quartile of U.S. operators, and is due to “a system that is not tight enough.” That’s $200 million a year not being collected. We recommend that the County Council commission an independent study of WSSC costs and controls before any more rate or fee increases are approved. This study should also look at the feasibility of splitting up WSSC by separating the two county operations, as well as privatization and outsourcing of some or all of WSSC operations.

Gordie Brenne, Silver Spring The writer is the vice president of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League.

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Summer short subjects

Summer ends this week: The kids are back in school, Labor Day is Monday and the great American anesthetic, football season, begins this weekend. But before we bid Summer farewell, here are some last thoughts.

Washington Redskins protest Please add me to the cadre of progressive moralists who refuse to utter the offensive Washington Redskins name in public. The team’s name is a shameless fraud perpetrated on millions of NFL fans who, misled by the team’s name, unknowingly believe that the Redskins play in Washington. In fact, they play in FedEx stadium located in Landover, Md., not Washington, D.C. As a life-long Marylander I am deeply offended and, from now on, will protest by always referring to the team as the Landover Redskins. Meanwhile, will TV sportscasters Phil Simms (CBS) and Tony Dungy (NBC), who refuse to say “Redskins,” also refrain from calling long desperation pass plays “Hail Mary passes”? We Roman Catholics view the Blessed Virgin Mother as a sacred religious icon. In our faith the Hail Mary is a prayer, not a football play. Also, will sportscasters please stop calling Franco Harris’ amazing game-winning catch in the 1972 AFC playoff game “The immaculate reception,” an offensive play on the virgin birth known to Catholics as the immaculate conception? Why is it okay to diminish things that Catholics hold sacred? How come sportscasters don’t say things like, “Wow, this stadium crowd is deader than Muhammed?” Or, “Gee, that last running play looked like Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt”? Or, “That defense is more passive than a bunch of Quakers.” Or “That team’s plays are harder to understand than the Book of Mormon”?

Reform school Most Maryland community colleges are primarily funded by local county taxpayers except in Baltimore city. Back in the early 1990’s the Community College of Baltimore (CCB) was such a disaster that the city asked the state to make it into a state-operated and

state-funded school. Back then CCB was badly mismanaged and in danger of losing its accreditation. So CCB became a state-run school with a new president, a new name (Baltimore City Community MY MARYLAND College) and new, 100 percent state BLAIR LEE funding. Now, more than 20 years later, BCCC is still a disaster; in 2011 the president was ﬁred, enrollment is down 22 percent and the Middle States Commission is again threatening to revoke the school’s accreditation after putting BCCC on probation three years ago. It appears that BCCC’s state takeover only changed two things: the school’s name and which taxpayers pick up the tab.

Solving state’s foreclosure crisis 2010 was the depth of the Great Recession. It was also re-election year for Gov. Martin O’Malley and the state legislature. So state lawmakers “solved” Maryland’s residential foreclosures problem by dramatically lengthening the time period for processing foreclosures and by requiring lenders to undergo mediation with defaulting homeowners. As a result of these delays, Maryland’s number of actual foreclosures plummeted and most state lawmakers got re-elected. Now, four years later, once all the delays have run their course, Maryland has the nation’s second-highest foreclosure rate, behind only Florida. You see, the 2010 “reforms” only delayed the inevitable. Now all those postponed foreclosures are coming home to roost with a vengeance while states that faced the crisis have burned through their foreclosures and are entering an improved housing market.

Bully pulpit Maryland’s LGBT lobby just issued a

new report recommending ways to combat bullying and discrimination in Maryland’s schools and state institutions. They want “LGBT Rights, Issues and History” to become part of every school’s curriculum from kindergarten through high school. It’s not clear which curriculum subjects will be dropped in order to make room for the LGBT studies program.

Mutiny on the boundary Solving the persistent “achievement gap” between high-performing white and Asian students and low-performing blacks and Hispanics is a “moral imperative” say Montgomery County’s righteous school officials. Yet, even moral imperatives have their limits. MoCo has poured millions and millions of dollars into special education services for the low-performers. It’s also created “magnet programs” enticing whites and Asians to voluntarily attend lower-performing schools. But school officials draw the line at redrawing school district boundaries that would permit low-performers to benefit by attending high-performing schools. They are keenly aware that even past minor boundary changes, much less a countywide social engineering experiment, sparked bitter, brutal resistance from MoCo’s otherwise egalitarian residents. The achievement gap may be a moral imperative but boundary changes are political suicide.

Poles apart Let me get this straight; it’s legal for a former prostitute in a bikini to pole dance for money on Ocean City’s boardwalk, but OC ofﬁcials are in the process of banning weekly rentals in some of the city’s wealthier neighborhoods because of some renters’ objectionable behavior? Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His past columns are available at www.gazette. net/blairlee. His email address is blairleeiv@ gmail.com.

Hospital’s change in plans hurts neighborhood I have lived in the shadow of Suburban Hospital’s campus for over 25 years, and for the most part, it has been a very rewarding experience. My family has enjoyed Suburban’s location and has been more than satisfied with the services provided. This letter is not a tirade against the hospital or its outstanding staff, rather I hope it serves as a bellwether to other communities as to what can be expected when a private institution starts an expansion program and solicits community support. A special exception modification, issued by the Board of Appeals for Montgomery County, specifically instructed

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The front view of Suburban Hospital after the expansion, as imagined by designers. Suburban to retain over a dozen properties on the perimeter of its campus as residential. The net effect of this legal ruling was to preserve the character of the neighborhood. Early this year, eight of the above occupied homes re-

ceived notice to vacate at the end of their current lease or assume a month-to-month lease at the pleasure of the hospital’s construction agenda. None of these residents wanted to move. In a bizarre twist, the hospi-

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tal now desires to convert some of these homes to non-residential use, a clear violation of the R-60 zoning of our neighborhood. So much for community support. Monetary and legal resources are limited. We can, of course, continue with the myriad public meetings, all the while relying on the integrity of the appeals process in Montgomery County even as our friends and neighbors are being evicted. Or, we can simply request that Suburban Hospital honor its signed agreement with the community and refocus its unlimited resources in the general direction of the public health.

Eric L. Guille, Bethesda

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Nicolette McClees of Burtonsville, hugs her daughter Kennedy McClees, 9, who started the fourth grade Monday at Rock Creek Forest Elementary School in Bethesda.

Schools need police presence As almost 154,000 children begin a new school year in Montgomery County, it is essential that our government leaders make public safety their number one priority to keep our children, teachers, and school staff safe. We never want news helicopters over any one of our schools or reporters chasing frantic parents running to school to see if their child is safe. Unfortunately, as we see all too often, there is a terrible epidemic of attacks on schools by deranged and often psychotic gunmen in the United States. Our county leaders should consider a uniformed police presence with a marked police car at all of our schools, not just at high schools where there is a police presence at this time. Every child is precious and

each one must be protected. This is government’s ﬁrst obligation to its residents. Further, we have over 10,000 children being taught in trailers, without bathrooms and vulnerable to attack, in this county. This is a health and safety issue. All of our children must be taught in classrooms. With almost half of our $5 billion budget going to education, police protection at our schools and elimination of trailers must be the number one spending priority of this budget. Our children’s safety must be our goal every single day.

Jim Shalleck, Montgomery Village The writer is the Republican candidate for Montgomery County executive.

WRITE TO US The Gazette welcomes letters on subjects of local interest. Please limit them to 200 words. All articles are subject to editing. No anonymous letters are printed. Letters are printed as space permits. Include your name, address and daytime telephone number. Send submissions to: The Gazette, attention Commentary Editor, 9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877; fax to 301-670-7183; or email to opinions@gazette.net.

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Each fall since 2004, my family prepares to take part in an annual community walk to remember our son, Gregory. You see, in March 2004, Gregory decided to end his life. With the help of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a not-for-proﬁt organization dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide, we have learned a lot about suicide, prevention and recognizing the signs of those at risk. In fact, every year, we learn more and are hopeful you will help us spread the word. We learn a tremendous amount by walking and talking with others who have possibly struggled with mental health issues, actually attempted suicide, or lost a loved one, as I have.

Rockville joins more than 300 communities nationwide that held Out of the Darkness community walks last year, involving more than 60,000 walkers and 400,000 supporters. The walk will beneﬁt the Maryland chapter of the AFSP and will raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention. This year, the annual Rockville Community Walk will be held at Rockville Town Center on Saturday, Sept. 13. Registration will open at 9 a.m. and the walk will begin around 10 am. This is approximately a 3-mile walk through Rockville. Contact Meg Kimmel at MeganK.Kimmel@yahoo.com or call at 301-467-5936 for more information.

Signs, markings do nothing to keep cyclists safe As an avid cyclist, I believe the sharrows recently painted on our county streets indicating a bike route could result in a cyclist being seriously hurt. I can appreciate the county’s interest in developing bicycle routes, but it’s irresponsible where the county painted many of these markings. Some of the sharrows would put the cyclist right in the middle of the county’s worse trafﬁc. The sharrows are designed to make drivers familiar with sharing the road, but I fear for the cyclist who think it’s safe because of these markings. There’s no shoulder or room for both car and bicycle where many of these markings are placed. Obviously, recognizing this fact, the county has also erected signs indicating that “Cyclists take full lane.” One of these signs is located directly on 355! Cyclists shouldn’t take these sharrows or signs seriously. I doubt drivers would, especially if they ﬁnd a cyclist blocking their lane. Then, there’s also the threat of the inattentive or careless driver. Statistics from the League of American Bicyclists show that 40 percent of bicycle-related fatalities are caused by the cyclist being rear-ended. Dedicated cycling lanes would alleviate the risk, but because this may not be feasible for the county, it should work to keep cyclists off our busiest streets, not to mix bicycles and cars together.

Bob Rathbone, Gaithersburg

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Funds raised will support AFSP’s research, education and advocacy efforts and bring important AFSP programs to our local communities. In addition to reaching out to people with mental health diagnoses, the AFSP provides local programs and resources to support those impacted by suicide. National Suicide Prevention Week is Sept. 8-12. If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800273-TALK (8255). To learn more about AFSP, please visit AFSP.org.

Sharon Cardarelli, Rockville

For a good talk, try Oasis I was skeptical. I had just retired from working at the University of Maryland for 30 years. I knew I would not be interested in “taking courses.” Well, these are not just courses. There also are some “one-shot deals.” Oasis is based at Macy’s in Westﬁeld Montgomery mall in Bethesda and has been gaining in popularity. Well, now we have Oasis on our side of town. My next-door neighbor of 40 years signed me up for a women’s discussion group — something I had absolutely no interest in. They met once a month for four months — all for $15, after you have paid the initial $15 registration fee. After the ﬁrst one, I couldn’t wait for the next one.

Next, she signed me up to hear John McCarthy. I had no idea who he was. Well, he is the chief prosecuting attorney for Montgomery County — which means he tries to get the bad guys off the streets. And if you think Bill Clinton is a good speaker, you should hear John McCarthy. He is even better. Most lectures are one to one-anda-half hours long. They feature quality speakers who are experts in the subject they will be talking about. Some are held in the White Oak Community Center, which is a beautiful two-year-old center down Lockwood Drive. To reach Oasis, call 301-469-6800, press 1, then extension 211.

Sherry Starr, Silver Spring

Non-voters are sending a message

Unlike Mr. David Winﬁeld (Letter to the editor, “In a democracy, it is your responsibility to vote,” Aug.20), I do not feel any dismay that 82 percent of registered Montgomery County voters did not participate in this June’s primary elections or that around 60 percent of those eligible to vote (nationally) in November’s mid-term elections will not do so. The scores of millions of non-vot-

ers in the U.S. are speaking loudly and clearly. It is the refusal and/or inability of self-righteous voting advocates to hear them, not the exercise of free discretion involved nor the limitation of voting to the interested and informed intended by the Founding Fathers. That is the problem — if indeed there is one.

Carl Yaffe, Rockville

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Plans to end war on drugs in Maryland

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As a hearing ofﬁcer with the Maryland Parole Commission, Leo Wayne Dymowski said he sees ﬁrst hand the consequence of the war on drugs. Having just left a Maryland Division of Corrections facility in Jessup on Aug. 14, Dymowski said 10 of the 13 hearings he held that day were for nonviolent drug offenders. “It is just ridiculous,” he said. “If you wanted to keep people using drugs, you’d do what we’ve been doing. It’s very successful if your goal is to keep people on drugs.”

Dymowski, 58, a Libertarian from Dundalk, is running to be Maryland’s next attorney general. He faces Democrat Sen. Brian E. Frosh (Dist. 16) of Somerset and Republican Jeffrey N. Pritzker. At the heart of Dymowski’s platform is ending the war on drugs. “I’ve always thought that in a free society the government shouldn’t be able to tell you what you can and cannot do as long as you don’t hurt anybody else,” he said. “To see people separated from society when their only crime is to use a substance that the government doesn’t like, it’s just absurd.” If elected, Dymowski would combat the war on drugs as attorney general by not having his ofﬁce handle appeals for non-

violent drug offenders and by investigating what he believes is the over-policing of drugs and the Dymowski targeting of minorities. He said he also would support efforts to legalize not just marijuana — which lawmakers attempted to do in the 2014 legislative session — but all drugs. The drug war hits close to home for Dymowski, who said his sister struggled with drug addiction. “I don’t use drugs,” he said. “But I know the system we have now doesn’t end the cycle, it perpetuates it.”

Dealers, he said, exercise little discretion when selling and prohibition only makes the substance inherently valuable prompting dealers to risk 20 to 30 years in prison just to make good money selling it. Likewise, incarceration for drug offenses disproportionately affects the black community, he said, despite studies that show equal use among whites. “I don’t want to put dealers in jail. I want them to pay taxes,” he said. In addition to legalizing drugs, Dymowski supports eliminating controls on ﬁrearms. Like with nonviolent drug offenses, if elected, he would not have the attorney general’s ofﬁce handle appeals of cases where law-abiding citizens were charged with possession of guns, he said.

Dymowski said Maryland’s gun law, championed by Frosh, is not making the state safer. He also opposes speed cameras and the rain tax. As a Libertarian, Dymowski said both the Democrats and Republicans have failed the electorate. “Every vote for me is a vote telling a career politician that their time has come,” he said. Dymowski said he was not always a Libertarian, having been both a Democrat and Republican in the past. “Libertarian is the only consistent party,” he said. “It takes the Democratic party’s philosophy on social issues, which is leave us alone, and it takes the Republican party’s philosophy on ﬁnancial issues, which is ﬁscal conservatism. I think most

people in this country really are libertarians and don’t know it.” Dymowski is a former paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, and spent 15 years as a trial attorney before becoming a parole hearing ofﬁcer. He holds his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore, a masters degree from University Maryland College Park, and a bachelor’s degree from UMBC. He lives in Dundalk with his wife, Janice, and is actively involved in animal rescue. Together they have three rescue cats. “Sometimes with politics you feel like you are completely wasting your time,” he said. “But with animals, I mean, if you rescue one, to that animal, it’s the most important thing in the world.” kalexander@gazette.net

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Wants ‘justice system,’ not legal system BY

TIFFANY ARNOLD STAFF WRITER

Dan Gaskill vowed to “turn the legal system into a justice

system” if voters elect him to Montgomery County’s top prosecutor. Gaskill, 47, a Republican from Silver Spring, is a defense attorney and is challenging Democrat incumbent John McCarthy in the state’s attorney race in November.

Both candidates had no challengers in the June 24 party primaries. Gaskill has extensive experience with juvenile offenders and criminal defense. He was part of a team of attorneys to sue successfully Iran for carrying out the 1983 terrorist attacks

on American service members in Beirut. Gaskill said he entered the state’s attorney race on principle. “I think John McCarthy is a very honorable guy with good integrity, and he does a good job,” Gaskill said. “It’s not about

John McCarthy. The thing is, we have a legal system in Montgomery County and it really should be a justice system.” Gaskill said a justice system entails, in part, the creation of alternatives to expensive incarceration for nonviolent offenders. He said there should

be better screening for which cases should even proceed to trial. “I had a guy in jail for 13 Gaskill months for a double armed robbery,” Gaskill said. “It took me 20 minutes looking at the evidence to know that this guy did not do it.” Meanwhile, Gaskill said, the client lost his job, his apartment and his family. His wife and kids had to move to Georgia to live with relatives. “It took the jury 20 minutes to determine he didn’t do it,” Gaskill said. “That’s not justice.” He also pointed to the issue of sentencing and arrest disparities — why minorities are overrepresented in the county’s legal system. “The state’s attorney has to stand up for everybody,” Gaskill said. “We’re all equal.” People should vote for him in November, he said, because his work with juveniles and as a defense attorney has given him a new perspective on the county’s criminal justice system. Gaskill favors looser punishments for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Anything under an ounce, he said, should not be prosecuted. In April, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill decriminalizing marijuana, reducing the penalty for having less than 10 grams of marijuana from a criminal to a civil offense. “I don’t want to smoke it,” Gaskill said. “I enjoy sobriety. But if the guy next door wants to grow a pot plant and smoke it with his friends, that’s none of my business.” Gaskill served in the Marines and was a sergeant. He is married with four children and is a youth soccer coach. From 1998 to 2000, he was a program coordinator at a juvenile drug treatment facility, drawing on a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in social work. He earned his law degree from the University of Maryland in 2000. tarnold@gazette.net

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Girls soccer: Cougars hoping to limit opponents this year BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN STAFF WRITER

When young children are first introduced to soccer, most of them tend to migrate toward the forward and midfielder positions. For one, because scoring is fun and validating. But it’s also often perceived as the only means to winning. Quince Orchard High School senior central defender Sarah Gutch, however, has always felt most comfortable on defense, she said. “I think I’m just really comfortable seeing the field, seeing what’s in front of me,” Gutch said. “I like distributing and I like having everything in front of me. I’m not a buzzy player, that’s not my kind of player personality. I like being able to direct the backline and be able to make short bursts of energy, that’s what I am.” The four-year varsity member is a solidifying factor on a historically stingy Quince Orchard defense that gave up only six regular season goals a year ago, coach Peg Keiller said. And in a time when scoring numbers haven’t been as high, especially in games between comparable teams, that could make all the difference. Gutch returns to an overall veteran defense that includes goalkeeper Ricki Shultz and Gabby Kase. Her ability to efficiently communicate with and direct her

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Gaithersburg High School boys’ soccer player Max Boimov (center) is expected to be one of the Trojans key players this fall.

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Trojans should contend in wide-open boys soccer race BY

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The Gaithersburg High School boys soccer team could be one of the best in Montgomery County this season. It wasn’t long ago — only two years — that the Trojans were, as senior goalkeeper Christian Reyes described it, “just a kickball team.” “We always had talent but I guess we didn’t really know how to use it,” said Reyes, a three-year starter. “... Now we built up our chemistry and work as a team.” Gaithersburg’s record has steadily improved from 2-8-2 in 2011, to 5-8 in 2012, to 8-4-1 last fall. Reyes and his teammates said that Gaithersburg has become more of a

“possession team” under second-year coach Matt Bowling, a strategic shift which has contributed to the turnaround. One beneficiary has been Max Boimov, a first team All-Gazette midfielder who tallied four goals last season. “We have a lot of kids that have been playing together for a long time,” said Boimov, one of 12 returning seniors. “... Now with a team that’s more comfortable with each other, we can actually work together and have better possessions.” Senior striker Gustavo Garcia had similar success in Gaithersburg’s possessionfocused system, scoring seven goals last season. “If we’re playing on their half and we can

control it, it leads to me having more chances to score.” Though the Trojans graduated 11 seniors, Bowling said he is optimistic about the team’s chances of taking another step forward. “I really feel like this school is a sleeping giant. It’s waiting to wake up,” Bowling said. “… I hope that last year, maybe we sent a signal that we can play with the big guys.” Added Reyes: “We’re always going to have to work hard and give our best effort. Just give it all our hearts and play until the end.”

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Northwest could emerge from the pack after a successful summer BY ADAM GUTEKUNST SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

If the 2013 Montgomery County girls volleyball season proved anything, it was that the next best thing to having a dominant player was having an abundance of experienced players. Poolesville and Damascus high schools, arguably the county’s two most successful teams last season, both rode sizable senior classes to a Class 2A state runner-up and a 3A state championship ﬁnish, respectively. But 2014 is a new season, and while the value of a veteran core remains timeless, a surprise team with a divergent approach is causing a stir within the county. Northwest, a team that has experienced moderate success under sixth-year coach Stephanie Blake, is suddenly being described

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Linebacker says he’s got something to prove after missing most of last year BY

PRINCE J. GRIMES STAFF WRITER

Even before Winston Churchill High School senior Blake Dove arrived at the Potomac school, the expectations were high. Transferring in as a football player who earned All-Gazette as a freshman linebacker at Germantown’s Seneca Valley will do that. But expectations peaked before last season. Dove was coming off a sophomore year where he led the Bulldogs in tackling and he was just starting to carry the ball on offense as a running back for a team that had made the playoffs two straight years. Just weeks before the season began, Churchill’s top returning running back, Malik Harris, transferred to Friendship Collegiate, leaving Dove as the team’s most experienced rusher on a team that expects its backs to carry them for the season. It didn’t take long for the season to fall apart for both Dove and Churchill, which ﬁnished 1-9.

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Continued from Page B-1 During the ﬁrst game of the year, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase lineman fell on Dove’s ankle. The strain kept him on the sidelines for the rest of the season. With only one year remaining, Dove said he has something to prove. “I just have to play with a chip on my shoulder,” Dove said. “People don’t really know what happened ... It was just a minor setback. [I’m just about] to come

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Continued from Page B-1 as, “a rising power,” and “the class of the county,” by several coaches. The Jaguars turned more than a few heads this summer when they won the Champions of Tomorrow summer league, and it’s the key to their sudden ascension that has opposing coaches on edge: experienced, talented and big youth. The senior-less Jaguars feature ﬁve juniors that started and contributed last year as sophomores. “Last year, I held them to the same expectations I held my se-

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Continued from Page B-1 teammates to keep the Cougars organized on the ﬁeld gives Quince Orchard a sense of security to move freely around the ﬁeld, Keiller said. It’s certainly a major factor in attacking defender/forward Sam Sullenger’s ability to push forward from the backline. She and last year’s leading scorer, sophomore Jamie Fink, surfaced as quite an effective scoring tandem last fall. “Sam is always welcome to go forward, she’s very strong up

son like the one last year. James H. Blake won the 4A North Region, reaching the state ﬁnals for the ﬁrst time in the Silver Spring school’s history, while Derwood’s Col. Zadok Magruder — a year removed from a 3-12 season — came out of the 4A West by winning all of its regional playoff games by one goal and knocking off the defending state

champions, Thomas S. Wootton (Rockville). “It’s parity, I guess. We’re like the NFL,” Mease said. Coaches across the county said they expect another wide open season. Magruder and Blake were among the contenders mentioned, but the only consensus was that the gap between the top and bottom teams is

shrinking, and that there was no deﬁnitive favorite. David Greene, entering his 36th season as coach of Bethesda’s Walt Whitman, said that about nine teams in the county — including his own — have state championship potential. “We almost consider our region [4A West] a state championship in itself,” said Greene, whose

Vikings lost to Walter Johnson (Bethesda) in the region semiﬁnals. “... If you could get through the region you could have a fairly good opportunity to win the whole thing.” In Class 3A, Watkins Mill in Gaithersburg (6-4-2 last season) will feature a mix of underclassmen and seniors, including fourth-year player Alec

Van Bronkhorst, who was a freshman in 2011 when the Wolverines won the state championship. “I think we’re a lot more experienced than we were last year and the expectation is that we’re going to take it to the next level,” Wolverines coach Jeff Heckert said.

back, and I’m just going to do my thing. That’s all.” As a freshman, Dove led Seneca Valley’s defense in tackling as the Screaming Eagles reached the 3A West Region semiﬁnals with a 9-2 record. He said he transferred to Churchill for his sophomore year to improve his grades, and because his family has ties to the school. The Bulldogs were 7-4 that season and for the second straight year he led his team in tackling. Heading into last season, Dove was expected to carry the

workload after Harris left. But once Dove went down with the injury, Churchill was missing its top two running backs and its leading tackler, so the disappointing season followed. Dove said his absence may have impacted the team, but he doesn’t think it was the sole reason for the down year. “Most of [the losing] was all heart,” Dove said. “To play this sport, you got to have heart. You can’t play this sport without being tough on the ﬁeld. You got to be tough because at any time, any play, somebody can go down.

And you got to take their position.” Churchill’s coach, Joe Allen, doesn’t blame Dove’s injury, citing a combination of distractions as the reason for the losing season. “We just had a lot of distractions. And it really hurt us in terms of preparing for the season,” Allen said. “We had some key injuries, we were a young team. We had a lot of distractions last year, and this year has been totally different.” Everyone can agree though, that Dove’s return to the team is

a welcome addition. A linebacker at heart, Dove is expected to split carries with Andrew Zuckerman and provide big plays on offense as well as defense. But he said he is most looking forward to playing defense. “I love contact. I love getting to the ball. It feels good when I make a hit,” Dove said. “He’s an explosive player on both sides of the ball,” Allen said. “We expect him to be one of the best defensive players in the county.” Dove said that he feels good physically, which is a good thing

because this year he’ll be playing for college offers. “The process [of recovering from the injury] was just to come back harder,” Dove said. “This is your last shot, senior year. So you want to put it all on the line. My game plan was to — if I rest my ankle up well enough, I don’t need to worry about taping it up. I don’t need to worry about wearing an ankle brace. Just having it be [strong]. Just natural strength. I don’t need nothing to hold it for me.”

niors to, so they kind of grew with it and know what I expect now,” Blake said of her team’s young nucleus. “Even though they’re not seniors, they kind of need to act like they are because they can play like they’re seniors.” While the inexperience that often comes with youth likely won’t play a factor in Northwest’s success this season, the Jaguars height and talent certainly will. The Jaguars lineup features a trio of 5-foot-10 players that can make a sizeable impact the moment they set foot on the court. The newest addition to the lineup is freshman setter Janiece Jefferies, who Blake described as “an athletic, all-

around great player.” Jefferies will join junior Gabby Bennett, a member of the Under Armour national team, and Emma Liller, a junior outside hitter that Winston Churchill coach Cindy Hillard described as “a standout player.” Though Northwest’s talented youth are certainly raising some eyebrows, the Jaguars are going to be one of a number of talented teams vying for the top spot that, for the second straight season, seems wide open. “None of us are loaded, so that just adds to the fun and the parity,” said Gaithersburg coach Michele Staymates, whose Trojans were also mentioned

among a handful of coaches feel could vie for county supremacy. Poolesville, a team almost unanimously selected as a contender among coaches, is going to feature a few new faces after graduating six seniors from last year’s state runner-up team. Coach Fran DuVall, entering her 36th season as a coach, however isn’t fazed. “The thing I love about team sports is that every year there’s new chemistry,” DuVall said. Spearheading the Falcons’ on-court synergy should be senior setter Allyson Convers, who Col. Zadok Magruder coach Scott Zanni called “the best setter in the county.” Convers

should be joined in the middle by 14-year-old sophomore Caroline Leng. At the Academy of the Holy Cross, coach Dave Geiser is having an easier time than expected trying to ﬁnd a replacement for last year’s All-Gazette player of the year, Rhamat Alhassan, who led the Tartans to their secondstraight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title. Emily Ryan, a 6-foot-3 sophomore middle hitter, has been, “getting barraged by Division I coaches,” according to Geiser, who seems relatively pleased with his team as a whole. “I’ve got the best team I’ve had in six years,” he said.

Sherwood, another recent perennial contender, will be under the direction of ﬁrst-year coach Ben Sanger, who spent the previous three seasons at the helm of the junior varsity program. After coming back down to the pack last season following a stretch of county dominance from 2010-12, Sanger’s Warriors, led by a group of nine seniors, understand what it will take to put the program back on top. “Since that great run we always have had a target on our backs because everyone wants to beat Sherwood,” Sanger said. “We know that we have to come and ﬁght every game.”

top and create a lot of opportunities,” Gutch said. “We just have to adjust the backline and make sure we talk.” Two-time state champion Quince Orchard graduated eight players from a team that made the region semifinals a year ago for the 12th straight year, but there is no reason the Cougars won’t again be in contention for the title — it would be their first since 2008. In addition to an almost impenetrable backline, Quince Orchard has playmakers all over the field, including talented four-year starting midfielder Stephi Shin controlling

the middle. Keiller said the addition of several freshmen will add a new dynamic as well.

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the region. Thomas S. Wootton had a resurgent 2013 and looks to be ready to reclaim its position in the county’s upper echelon. Sherwood followed up its firstever state semifinal appearance in 2012 with a region final run a year ago. This is fast and feisty team that has the potential to beat anyone on any given day. The Academy of the Holy Cross has become a major factor in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.

are in the same boat, just below the county’s top tier. Both have proven to be competitive with the perennial powers but are still searching for that signature win. With only three returning starters to last year’s 3A West Region ﬁnal team and a new coach, Damascus is in a bit of a transitional period but it would be dangerous to overlook the Swarmin’ Hornets. Other teams it would be unwise to underestimate include, James H. Blake, Montgomery Blair, Poolesville and Clarksburg.

Favorites Whitman and Churchill will likely remain the teams to beat. The Vikings’ focus early will be on making sure everyone is in the right position, coach Greg Herbert said. Our Lady of Good Counsel has some questions to answer but the Falcons annually reload and return veteran defense and dynamic scoring duo.

Last fall marked the first time in six years that six-time state champion Bethesda-Chevy Chase’s season ended before the state ﬁnal. Scoring has been an issue for the Barons in recent years but the movement of stalwart defenders Rachel Cady and Denali Minnick up top will give B-CC increased physicality in the offensive third. Walter Johnson has tended to come up just short against the top teams but with nine returning starters, including their leading scorer, this could be the Wildcats’ year to break out of

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FEARLESS FOOTBALL FORECASTS The Gazette sports staff picks the winners for football games involving Montgomery and Prince George’s teams. Here are this week’s picks:

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Montgomery College sophomore Gabriel Ndiaye is expected to be one of the men’s soccer team’s top players.

MC begins quest for national titles Men’s, women’s soccer and volleyball hope to contend in postseason

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A season ago, the Montgomery College men’s soccer team had one of its finest seasons in program history. After winning the Region XX tournament, the Raptors finished in fourth place at the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III national tournament. But this fall, as with any twoyear junior college that experiences annual roster turnover, third-year coach Pedro Braz must find chemistry within a new group of players. “It’s a totally new beginning,” said Braz, who guided the Raptors to a 22-3 record last fall. “There’s only five sophomores out of 35 guys on the roster. So, there’s going to be lot of growing pains and mistakes early on. Hopefully, we get all the kinks sorted out sooner than later.” Montgomery College won its opening match, 7-0, on Monday against Patrick Henry College, but Braz said he was not pleased with the performance. The Raptors’ men’s and women’s programs are scheduled to play their home games at the Maryland Soccerplex in Germantown. “We have a lot of issues we need to fix,” he said. “We are inexperienced and young. ... We are talented enough, but pure talent doesn’t get you to a national championship; smart play and a little luck does. We have a lot of work to do because, right now, our team play isn’t that good.” Braz’s demands on his team highlights the expectations Montgomery College — a program that is known for its technical style of play — has developed. Silver Spring resident and Gambia native Gabriel Ndiaye returns as one of the nation’s most dangerous forwards (35 goals, 9 assists last year). Fellow sophomore and center back Brandon McKoy should help bolster the defense and classmate Fabrice Mbah, a native of Cameroon, is expected to contribute from the midfield. “Since I’ve been here our goal has always been to be a possession-orientated team and have a

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Montgomery College sophomore Ana Cordon is expected to be one of the women’s soccer team’s top players this fall. high soccer IQ,” Braz said. “We won’t kick and run. … We want to keep the ball and emphasize dominating possession of the ball with controlled play.”

Women’s soccer Montgomery College’s women’s soccer team (11-8) has equally high expectations this fall after losing in last year’s Region XX District H tournament final, 1-0, to Howard Community College. Third-year coach Brad Hartin believes he will field the largest (29 players) and deepest team during his tenure with the Raptors. “Honestly, every year our expectations are to reach nationals,” he said. “... One of my goals is to make sure year in and year out we make the program a better quality and this year, we have the best [talent] we’ve had from a technical standpoint.” Hartin said a 12-15 member freshman class should mesh well with the returning sophomores. Sophomore defensive midfielder Katelyn Snyder and classmate and midfielder Ana Cordon (Montgomery Blair) are expected to lead the team this fall. Sophomore Shay McCafferty (Damascus) also returns to the program after a year away from the game. “Pedro and I have worked together a lot and have a good partnership,” Hartin said. “These three years we’ve been here, we’ve made an effort to bring the programs together and we travel quite a bit together. I think it has really benefitted both of us.”

Volleyball The Raptors are coming off a national tournament appearance — their second (2010, 2013) during coach Amir Mafinejad’s seven-year tenure — but this year, success will likely depend on if they can find some height in the middle. Montgomery College’s tallest player is just 5-foot-10 so Mafinejad says his team may have to play a small lineup. “We have a couple inexperience middles … but a pretty good supporting cast around them,” he said. “We are good passers and defenders. “We had a losing record in September last year, but we improved so much as the season went on. I may be anticipating the same thing.” Leading the Raptors should be sophomore Nicole Couturier (Covenant Life), who is entering her first year as the full-time setter. Classmate and high school teammate Ellie Wikner is scheduled to start at opposite hitter. Freshman Katherine Liu (Winston Churchill) and sophomore Hiromi Konishi (Northwest) should provide offense from the outside. Freshman Natalie Speth (Seneca Valley) is expected to see playing time in the back row as the libero/defensive specialist. Freshman Jessica Nguyim (Blair) and sophomore Kapria Redparth (Takoma Academy) will compete for playing time in the middle. Full schedules at cms.montgomerycollege.edu/athletics kzakour@gazette.net

KEEPING IT BRIEF Bethesda’s Ledecky sets more world records Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart senior Katie Ledecky won her meet record-setting fourth individual gold medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle Sunday at the Pan Pacific Championships in world record fashion. With her time of 15 minutes, 28.36 seconds, Ledecky became the first woman to break the 15:30 barrier, according to USA Swimming’s website. She already held the previous mark, 15:34.23, since last June. Sunday’s world record was her third in 15 days and fifth in nine weeks. Ledecky, who was named Female Swimmer of the Meet, won five gold medals in total. Gold medals in the 200, 400 (she lowered her own world mark), 800 and 1,500 freestyles made her the first woman to win four individual events at a single Pan Pacific Championship in meet history. Ledecky also anchored the winning 800 freestyle relay.

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Blake wins sportsmanship awards Silver Spring’s James H. Blake High School received sportsmanship awards for several of its spring teams, including boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse, softball, boys volleyball, coed volleyball, boys tennis and gymnastics.

The teams were recognized by Montgomery County Public Schools. Other schools that received awards include Damascus, Gaithersburg and Germantown’s Northwest.

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Springbrook player transfers to Montrose Christian Former Springbrook High School basketball player Jermaine Ukaegbu announced via Twitter last weekend that he will be attending the Rockville’s Montrose Christian School this year. The senior was expected to play a significant role for Springbrook, with the departure of five graduated basketball players. Now, his departure becomes the latest in a string of moves that have altered the Silver Spring school’s basketball program. The editor of DMVelite, Marcus Helton, announced that sophomore Kobe Colston also transferred to James H. Blake from Springbrook, a few weeks ago. Earlier this summer, assistant coach Darnell Myers told The Gazette that Colston was also expected to play a role on this year’s team. These moves all come after the retiring of longtime championship head coach Tom Crowell. The school has yet to officially announce his replacement, although many people have speculated that Myers is the top candidate.

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There was something seemingly important missing from the board as Washington Spirit coach Mark Parsons laid out the team’s game plan ahead of Sunday night’s National Women’s Soccer League semiﬁnal in Seattle against the top-seeded Reign FC: Players’ names. But there was no point, Parsons said, in reinforcing just how many international superstars Seattle has at its disposal — United States Women’s National Team playmakers Megan Rapinoe and Sydney Leroux, arguably the world’s best goalkeeper in Hope Solo, Japanese striker Nahomi Kawasumi, the league’s leading scorer Kim Little and her English National teammate Jessica Fishlock, to name a few. “It’s scary, it’s intimidating,” Parsons said of Seattle’s roster. “They’re an exceptional team.” Yet, for the fourth time this summer, Washington went toe to toe with a Reign FC team that dominated the regular season and even put itself in position to win before ultimately falling, 2-1. Seattle (17-2-6) advances to play host to FC Kansas City in Sunday’s championship game scheduled to be televised live at 3 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN2.

Just 25 minutes from a trip to the final after Mexican international Veronica Perez came of the bench to score on a fantastic play started by creative Canadian National Team midfielder Diana Matheson, Washington (12-8-5) has come a long way since finishing last in the 2013 league standings. “I think we made [Seattle] look human,” Parsons said. “They’re an exceptional team and we made them look like just a good team. And that takes a lot of mental [strength], it takes a lot of character and discipline.” As expected, Seattle controlled possession for the majority of the game but it was Washington that created more dangerous scoring chances. The teams finished with eight shots on goal apiece and several missed opportunities in a fastpaced, competitive matchup that served as a great advertisement for what the league and women’s professional soccer is all about, Parsons said — the game was televised by ESPN2. “I think they had more of the ball and we had a bit more of the game,” Parsons said. “I thought we created more quality chances. We knew they were going to have a lot of the ball and make us work but I think we did a good job of keeping their key players quiet. I’m very proud of this team, this was a very strong performance.” After a scoreless first half and several failed attempts by Seattle to take advantage of good posi-

tioning in front of the Washington goal, the Spirit took a 1-0 lead in the 65th minute when Matheson snuck a pass back from the goal line to a wide open Perez, who launched a powerful shot over Solo’s outstretched arms. Perez had only entered the game four minutes earlier. As Seattle continued to press, Washington defender Toni Pressley was called for a handball in the box as she attempted to block a shot attempt from Sydney Leroux. The 2014 Golden Boot winner, Little, buried the ensuing penalty kick — twice, after the ﬁrst one was called back for encroachment — to tie the game in the 72nd minute. Five minutes later Washington was awarded its own penalty kick attempt and a chance to take the lead once again when another handball was called, this time on Seattle. Matheson, whose had success against Solo, squared up but her shot headed toward the upper left 90 was swatted away by a diving Solo. Washington grew leaps and bounds in 2014, Parsons said, and he only hopes the club can continue it’s climb up the NWSL ladder. Next year will be interesting as the Women’s World Cup is scheduled to take place during the season, which will take allocated players away from their NWSL teams for extended periods of time. jbeekman@gazette.net

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Love is in the air during Tour 66 of the National Players with their second of three touring productions, “As You Like It,” at the Olney Theatre Center. Shakespeare’s pastoral romance follows several young potential couples, running away from their families and ﬁnding solace — and love — in the Forest of Arden. “It’s a play that celebrates the simplicity in life and a return to basic human instinct and human interaction,” said director Gus Heagerty. “There’s a spirit in the play that is celebratory of our natural inclination to be liberated from gender, sexuality, ties to status. Those themes are very potent right now.” Orlando’s older brother Oliver has become head of the house, and his dislike for Orlando and plans to kill him encourage the younger sibling to ﬂee to the forest. Rosalind, daughter of Duke Senior recently ousted and replaced by his brother Duke Frederick, worries for her safety staying with her uncle. She also escapes to the woods, taking her cousin Celia — the duke’s daughter — with her in the process. “She’s extremely witty, very smart and headstrong and has a little bit of a problem with authority,” said Shakiera Sarai, who plays Rosalind. “I think she should be every little girl’s hero.” After leaving home, Rosalind and Celia don secret identities and take on pseudonyms to

The Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, which is comprised of the upstairs rooms of this gem of a historical house set in exquisitely manicured parkland, is hosting a large group show this month. Pastel artist Patricia Hilton is represented by a large number of small scale works, primarily landscapes, in a loosely realist style. Occasionally charming, they are generally uninspiring. A group of digital photographs by Richard Weiblinger is considerably more interesting and varied. The hot colored close ups of “glowing” flowers unfortunately border on the kitschy, but a photo of “Paper Rolls,” tinted pink and resembling a close up of human skin, was strangely compelling. There are a number of nautical/maritime scenes.

ON VIEW BY CLAUDIA ROUSSEAU Among these “Pipe Jetty” is an evocative and beautifully composed view out to the water with misty sky, sand and ocean spray in softened colors. The bright green of the beams attached to the pipe on the beach stands out without looking artificial. The artist — who is a medical researcher by day — writes that he wants to create images with “chromatic strength,” and these photos clearly show that intent. Dominating the galleries, however, is sculpture in different media (and quality) by ﬁve members of The Friday Group — an informal association of sculptors from the area who have been regularly meeting at an advanced sculpture studio

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Rosalind, played by Shakiera Sarai and disguised as a boy, tutors Orlando, played by Adam Donovan, in the ways of love in the National Players production of “As You Like It.” ensure their safety — Rosalind becomes a young man named Ganymede, while Celia acts as a shepherdess named Aliena. While disguised, they encounter several people, including Orlando. Rosalind and Orlando met briefly before at her uncle’s court, and the connection was immediate. Now that Rosalind appears as a young man, she guides Orlando toward strengthening his affections by

saying “he” is well-versed in curing those in love, and the cure comes from wooing Rosalind as if the young man is her — which she is. “What attracts me to it is how far ahead of its time it is, that a woman’s wit and cleverness is valued highly,” Sarai said. “The relationship’s strength lies in how equal it is, and that both have to grow and mature and step forward, and ask a lot of each other in the way

of equals.” Orlando has sought love before with little luck, lending itself to why he falls so hard for Rosalind. Through his time in the forest, he gains conﬁdence and lets go — and by saving Oliver from a lioness in the forest, mends his family relationships as well. “As soon as he stops thinking and chooses to trust the

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Richard Weiblinger’s photograph “Pipe Jetty” demonstrates the artist’s keen eye for composition and color control.

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noon Tea, Sept. 9; Afternoon Tea, Sept. 10; Artist Seminars: Networking - The Who, What, When, Where & Why, Sept. 10; call for venue. Locations: Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-5815100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGE DANCES Tea Dance, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. ($6), Aug. 28; West Coast Swing Dancing with Dance Jam Productions, 9 p.m. with drop-in lessons 7:30 to 9 p.m. ($15), Aug. 29; Social Ballroom Dance, 8 p.m. with free Quickstep lesson at 7 p.m. ($16), Aug. 31; Social Ballroom Dance, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. ($16), Sept. 3; Tea Dance, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. ($6), Sept. 4, 2126 Industrial Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodballroomdc.com. Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m. Mondays, steps and formations taught. No experience, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15 p.m. beginner

lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8, capitalblues.org. Contra, Aug. 29, TBA with Treble Makers with Robin Wilson on flute and concertina, Emily Aubrey on fiddle, Brenna Hogan on hammered dulcimer and Liz Donaldson on piano - The dance will take place in the Bumper Car Pavilion, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org. English Country, Aug. 27, Rich Galloway caller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), fsgw.org. Swing and Lindy, Lush Life, featuring Lynn “Luscious” McCune (in the BCP), beginning swing lesson from 8 to 9 p.m., followed by dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight, ($18, $12 for those under 17), Aug. 30, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, flyingfeet.org. Waltz, Sept. 7, Elke, Paul, Ralph & Larry, with Larry Unger (banjo, guiar), Elke Baker (fiddle), Paul oorts (mandolin, button accordion, banjo, guitar), and Ralph Gordon (bass), waltztimedances.org.

MUSIC & DANCE Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Junkyard Saints, Aug. 27; The Thrillbillys, Aug. 28; Janiva Magness “Original” Album Release Tour with special guest Bobby Radcliff, Aug. 29; The Rat Pack Together Again, Aug. 30; Avon Lucas Project, Aug. 31; Coco Montoya plus Bad Inﬂuence, Sept. 3; Back to School Funk Dance Party, Sept. 4; The Nighthawks plus Kelly Bell Band, Sept. 5, call for prices, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com. BlackRock Center for the Arts, Deanna Bogart, 8 p.m. Sept. 20, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org. Fillmore Silver Spring, 98 Rock Hairball presents Kings of Hollywood featuring Appetite for Destruction, Aug. 28; Strange Design: A Tribute to Phish, Aug. 29; Shy Glizzy and Lil Durk, Aug. 30; WMZQ presents Jana Kramer, Love & Theft & Natalie Stovall, Sept. 5; DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, Sept. 8, 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. ﬁllmoresilverspring.com. Strathmore, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Aug. 30; After-

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Continued from Page B-4 offered at Montgomery College in Silver Spring. This is not a homogeneous group of artists, and their backgrounds vary greatly, but the work does have a connected feel both in approach and in content. With a few exceptions, almost all the work has an organic character of some kind; rooted in natural form but not necessarily descriptive of it. Among the ﬁve is Jackie Martin who contributed three works in different media to the exhibit. The most memorable is an intriguing piece titled “Fetal.” Two leaf or pod-like forms made of copper face each other. A complex network of copper wire ﬁlls the space between them, culminating in curves at the top almost like waves. The wire comes out from along the top of the leaf forms and is pressed to their exteriors. While the artist has said that she was inspired by a dogwood seedpod, the title suggests seeing these wires as veins in the womb, the curving forms alluding to the protection of the fetus inside. Martin’s carved soapstone sculpture, “The Days that Are No More” (a quotation from a Tennyson poem), also appears to allude to the mother/child relationship, and the inevitable passage of time. A head on one end is transformed into a wing

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Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Pinkalicious,” to Aug. 31, call for prices, times, Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org. Imagination Stage, “Stuart Little,” Sept. 19 through Oct. 26, call for prices, times, Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org. Olney Theatre Center, “Colossal,” Sept. 3 through 28, call for prices, times, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org. The Puppet Co., “Little Red & the Pigs,” to Aug. 31; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and show times, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org. Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “Fool for Love,” Sept. 3 through 27, call for show times, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. $15 for general admission, $10 for subscribers, patrons 30 and younger and seniors. 240644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org. Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, theatreconsortiumss@gmail.com. Silver Spring Stage, “God of Carnage,” Sept. 19 through Oct. 11, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see website for show times, ssstage.org. The Writer’s Center, Master Novel II: Preparing for Publication, 7 to 9:30 p.m., Sept. 2; 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.

VISUAL ART Adah Rose Gallery, “So I Will Let It (The Ugly Wallpaper) Alone and Talk About The House,” Aug. 28 through Sept. 28 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301922-0162, adahrosegallery.com Glenview Mansion, The Friday Group, to Aug. 29, Rockville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov. Marin-Price Galleries, John Aquilino, Aug. 30 to Sept. 18, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave., 301-7180622, marin-price.com. Montgomery Art Association, Featured Artist: Robin Frosh, Aug. 26 to Sept. 28, Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Westﬁeld Wheaton Mall, 11160 Viers Hill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org. VisArts, Intimate Waterscapes - The Work of Julius Kassovic, Sept. 3 to Oct. 5; Fire from the Forge - A Tribute to Komelia Hongja Okim, Sept. 3 to Oct. 5, Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org. Washington Printmakers Gallery, 17th annual National Small Works Exhibition, through Aug. 31, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, second ﬂoor, 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, washingtonprintmakers.com.

on one side, a hand on the other. At the end is the face of an infant. While the symbolism here is to some extent dependent on reading the title, the work has a powerful effect, and although small (only 12 inches wide), has a monumental character. A group of sleekly elegant carved marble pieces by Jan Acton all have the organic sensibility mentioned above. “Gesture I” stands like a stem or a leaf in grey-veined white marble, while “Red Vein” seems to conﬁgure itself into a swan-like form, with a fanned tail. “Curled Up” is a simple shell or pod-like form that also resembles a fetal shape, and in pink toned marble makes an interesting comparison to Martin’s copper womb. George Wedberg’s works are in wood, with forms that appear to reference plants more speciﬁcally. My favorite was “Grotto” in which curving elements intertwine in a way reminiscent of tree branches emerging from the trunk. Along one outside edge the artist has made tiny droplet-shaped marks, possibly by burning, that create an interesting texture. “The Gathering” is a small work featuring three leaf forms, each set on a stepped base. The insides of the leaves are not sanded, and the contrast of textures adds a tactile dimension to the work. The smooth surfaces of “Wave Form” add to

‘AS YOU LIKE IT’ n When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday n Where: Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney n Tickets: $10-$15 n For information: olneytheatre.org; 301-924-3400

has been committed to the production and getting beyond the comedy on the surface. “They are a group of actors who just do,” Heagerty said. “They don’t think too long, they don’t make excuses. They have so little time and so much work. I think that will serve them hugely in future projects. They just get things done, they’re hard work-

the rhythm of its shapes. Gordon Lyon and Paul Steinkoenig are more experimental, and work in more than single media. Still, Lyon’s “Shell with Cladding” and his other shell-like welded steel pieces share with most of the works of this group, an organic formal basis. Lyon also works in a semiabstract figurative style (“Torso,” welded sheet steel) as well as in modernist assemblages of welded found metal as in his “Monitor,” which (apart from the bright blue base), was his most interesting piece in this show. Steinkoenig is even more disparate in his approach. His “Something Bad,” that fairly occupies an entire room, was genuinely unsettling. A heavy chain hangs from the center of a huge frame of burnt beams put together with enormous screws—the whole looking like the remains of some horrible incident involving fire and hangings. The same artist created the smooth and rather intellectual “Pair of Jacks: Cubic Jack and Evolving Jack” made of highly sanded and mechanically cut natural wood. On the other hand, his welded and painted metal “Sphere” stands on spindly metal legs. While it might evoke an armillary sphere, the effect is more sci-fi than astronomical. If it also looks a bit like a giant spider, there’s more humor here than horror film.

ers and they do it without expecting anything in return.” “The more we’ve worked on it, the more archaeological uncovering of pretty signiﬁcant truths are mentioned that have to deal with relationships, love, fathers, tropes in love,” Donovan added. “That’s been exciting, thinking about it from ‘Oh, it’s a fun little comedy’ to uncovering some substantial nuggets of humanity.” If Heagerty has his way, this production of “As You Like It” will leave the audience refreshed and considering the people in their lives they love and care about. “It should be an invigorating experience to watch the play,” Heagerty said, “and should have you leave the theater charged with an energy to go be with people.” kgroff@gazette.net

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Musician Janiva Magness will perform at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Friday.

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Sometimes the road to your dreams is littered with severe obstacles and potholes. Musician Janiva Magness knows that all too well. The performer will perform Friday at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club in support of her latest indie album, “Original.” Since 2010, Magness has had to overcome the end of her marriage of 17 years, the deaths of eight of her friends, including her foster mother, and an operation for a serious neck injury. Lots of folks would have thrown in the towel after all that — Magness turned it into music. The 11 songs on her new CD show her ability to tell a story, however painful it might be, with a rock-and-soul feel. Tickets are $25 for the show, which also will feature special guest Bobby Radcliff. For more information, visit bethesdabluesjazz.com or call 240-330-4500.

“The Queen,” Sarah Fleischer, has been a staple at 98 Rock for many moons. She can usually be heard Mondays through Fridays after the morning show with Justin, Scott and Spiegel, but before Amelia in the afternoons. During the lunch hour, Fleischer takes listeners back to the glorious 80s, when the level of rock was equal to the height of your teased and sprayed hair. This, of course, is called the Hairball (get it?). 98 Rock is bringing a little Hairball love to the masses when it hosts the Kings of Hollywood tour at the Fillmore Silver Spring on

Thursday. The lineup consists of bands paying tribute to those 80s metal hair bands — Appetite 4 Destruction (Guns N’ Roses), Red White + Crue (Motley Crue) and Poisn’d (for, well, Poison). The show, which is a must for all those still rocking an original G-N-R T-shirt, is appropriate for all ages. As an added bonus, fans who enter the promo code “hairball” will get their ticket prices dropped from $16 to $9.98, courtesy of 98 Rock. For more information, visit ﬁllmoresilverspring.com, 98online.com, or call 301-960-9999.

Through the looking glass The Glen Echo Park Partnership for the Arts and Culture, along with the Art Glass Center at Glen Echo, have unveiled its latest exhibit, “Glass: Vision & Voices,” at the Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park. The exhibit, which runs now through Sept. 14, displays 70 works of original art. The exhibit features hot-rolled fused glass, cast glass and venetian beading. The theme focuses on the vision and voices of the many artists in the community. Quotes by the artists on the “visions that become their voices” are distributed throughout the show. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Artist-led tours will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 12, in conjunction with Art Walk in the Park.

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Michele Rubin’s “Sun Shadow I” is on display now through Sept. 14 at the Popcorn Gallery at Glen Echo Park. For more information, visit glenechopark.org or call 301-634-2222.

It’s perfectly natural for band lineups to change over the years. When you’ve been together for almost 50 years, 18 different members doesn’t seem too terribly bad. And hey, if you’re a country band, you can just write a song about it. Such is life for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, playing Saturday at the Music Center at Strathmore. The band formed in 1966 in Long Beach, Calif., and since has gone on to win several Grammy awards and garner multiple Country Music Association nominations. After a bit of in-ﬁghting in 1976,

the band shortened its name to The Dirt Band for ﬁve years and changed its sound to a more pop/ rock vibe. That only lasted for ﬁve years. In 1982, the band returned to being called the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and rediscovered its country music-performing ways. In 2009, the band released its latest album, “Speed of Life,” which received favorable reviews. Of the 13 songs, 11 were new songs written by the band. For more information, visit strathmore.org or call 301-5815100.

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GAITHERSBURG:

2BD, 1BA condo. Block from I270. $1200 util incl. NS/NP. 301-385-5189

GE RMA NT OWN :

1Br, shrd Ba, nr Trans Ctr, shops etc. clean, NS/NP $600/mo util inc 301-917-4347

ROCK: mbr suite,

GAITHERSBURG:

GERMANTOWN:

GE RMA NT OWN :

ROCKVILLE: 1Br

2Br, 2Ba, fireplace, with attached garage, An Outdoor Pool, full size W/D, nr Wegmans & 1270 I will pay the $300 condo fee per month. foundstone@comcast. net

GE RMA NT OWN :

ROCKVILLE:

3 lvl TH, 3/4BR, 2.5BA, fn’cd yard, 1 car garage. NP $1900. HOC. 240-388-5728

4-5Br, 3.5Ba, TH with 2 Kitchens, fin bsmt. NS/NP Call: 301-4610646 $1790/month www.rent4u.us

GE RMA NT OWN :

4Br, 2.5Ba, TH, great location, HOC welcome, $1815 obo 301540-7047

GER MA NT OWN:

TH, 4BR, 3.5BA w/fin bsmt. $2200/month HOC OK. Call 301916-9045

MONTGOMERY COUNTY: 3Br home,

Good for first time home buyer! Save up to $5k and $15k down, Call: 301-503-9262

MONT

2.5Ba, nr lake, short term lease. HOC welcome $1700 + util Call: 410-874-3051

OLNEY: Remodeled

SFH 4BD, 3.5 BA, finished basement. Great schools. $2700. Avail 9/15. 240-506-1804

SILVER

KENSINGTON:

Office space to share, perfect for health care professional, free standing, parking avl, call for cost and detail 301-233-2080

VILL: 3br,

SPRING:

3Br, 2.5Ba, newly renovated, 1st mo free for 2 yr lease, $1750/mo Call: 301-503-9262

S.S- 5 bd 4 ba colo-

nial remodeled 3 lvl spacious yard, near metro $2395/mon +utils 301-252-5782

SS/COLESVILLE: ASHTON- Between

Olney & Columbia beautiful cottage on wooded estate $1000 + utils 301-854-0015

DAMASCUS:

2 level TH, 3Br, 1Full Ba, 1half Ba, Fenced Bkyrd, Near Bus, W/D, NS $1600/month $2000 moves you in. Please text: 301-4613478 or please email: Kathee_Fleskes@yah oo.com.

DAMASCUS: 3BR

$1400/ 2BR $1200 +util NS/NP, W/D New Carpet, Paint, Deck & Patio 301-250-8385

TH, Great location, 4bd, 3ba, deck, walkout basement, $1775, NS/NP 301-989-0129

LEISURE WORLD: 55+ 2Br, 1Ba, ground level apartment, $1700 per month. Call: 301-758-6313

SIL SPG: Bsmt Apt,

1Br, priv entr, full Kit & Ba, L/D room, nice area nr FDA $1250 inc util 301-537-3635

GAITHERSBURG:

SILVER

SPRING:

3 Br, 2Ba, 1 lvl top flr, pool, nr ICC, Metro, shops,HOC, $1650 inc water, 301-570-0510

2BR bsmt, 1 fba, full kit, LR and utilities $1200. 301-461-3806, or 240-552-0372

w/prvt BA in SFH, $650 + utils. Quiet Neighborhood. Avail Now. 301-538-8575

BURTONSVILLE:

MBR w/BA in apt; 1 person, 2 closets, W&D, nr 495/95, $780 incl utils Call: 301803-0981

GAITHERSBURG

1Br in an Apartment $600/ mo util included Ns/Np, Nr Metro, Bus Shops. 240-603-3960

GAITHERSBURG:

1 Br Nr Metro/Shops NP/NS. $360 Avail Now. MBr w/Ba $500 Call: 301-219-1066

GAITHERSBURG:

share bath in SFH. Male $550 utils cable incl. Near Metro/ Bus NS/NP 240-483-9184

IT’S A STEAL! Furn Master bedroom w/private bath Only $498+ utils, Aval. Imm Call 301-651-1918

Bsmt w/2BR, 1BA, Prvt Entr patio $1300 incl utils, cbl 240-6442221 after 4pm

GE RMA NT OWN :

Bus 1 block away, main floor, 3Br, 1Ba, den, W/D, $1700/ mo util inc 301-404-7653

Lrg Br $550, Sm Br $450: shrd Ba for both, nr bus & shops, Call: 301-920-4988

GERMANTOWN

BELTSV:1MBR

Q bd, prv ba, kit, fr, tv, int., w/i clos $725 - a br, Q bd, all utils, $600 Call: 301-424-8377

Mature Male, Furn BRs. Util incl. Near 61 & 98 Bus Line. Sarah 240-671-3783

GERMANTOWN :

Room in TH $485 incl utils. N/S, N/P. Avail now Call 240-4265084

GERM: Basement in

SILVER

SPRING:

SS/COLESVILLE:

MBr Suite w/priv Ba, Lrg SFH, NS/NP, $900 inc utils/int, nr ICC, 495 & Metro, prof essional female preferred 301-861-9981

WHEATON: 1 Large

BR, Female, 5min to Metro On Veirs Mill Rd $650 uti incl. NS/NP Call: 240-447-6476

SFH, Private Ent & BA w/kitchenette; NS/NP. $1000/mo utils incld. 301-370-0295 OCEAN CITY,

GERM: Bsmt Apt.,

w/prvt entr. 1br, 1ba, kitch, Living/Dining area. $1,000 utils incl. 301-785-2354

GERM: Furnished rm

in TH w/ba, 6 month or more,1 person $650. Cls to 270 & metro. Call 240-406-0210

2 bedrooms in TH. $650/$550 + util & Sec GERM:Spacious 1Br in Dep. Avail immed. bsmt livrm, pvt entr/ Call: 301-440-4189 full ba, kitch $900/mo utils incl,nr bus Shops, GAITHERSBURG: NP 301-605-5199 2 large rooms in SFH, with shared bath. MONT VILLAGE: $600/$550 + $50 for Bsmt w/2 Br, priv kit, Ba & entr, LR, utils. 240-370-3751 $1k/mo + 1/3 util, GAITHERSBURG: C A T V / i n t . 3 0 1 - 2 2 2 N/S. MBR suite. in 7327 or 240-643-2343 SFH. Pvt BA. KitchenMONT VILLAGE ette. $650 include utiM Br in TH, priv Ba, lities. 301-216-1430 female, No smoking, GAITH:M BRs $435+ No Pets $630/mo + util Call: 240-401-3522 440+475+555+ Maid Ns/Np, nr 270/370/Bus MONT. VILL: MBR in shops, quiet, conv.Sec TH 3rd floor, prvt BA Dep 301-983-3210 Nr shpng, on bus line. $650 utils incl + Sec G E R M : 2 BRs, Dep. 301-820-0765 shared BA $380 & $400, 1MB $520 + MV: TH, large BR utils in TH NS/ND newly painted $575 Near bus/shops. Sec utils, Cable & I-net Dep Req. 240-476- incl. near Bus/Shops Avail. 240-848-4797 6224

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FLEA MARKET Aug 30th & 31st Sat & Sun 8-4pm

Montgomery County Fairgrounds 16 Chestnut St. Gaithersburg, MD Vendors Wanted 301-649-1915 johnsonshows.com

WANTED TO PURCHASE Antiques & Fine Art, 1 item Or Entire Estate Or Collection, Gold, Silver, Coins, Jewelry, Toys, Oriental Glass, China, Lamps, Books, Textiles, Paintings, Prints almost anything old Evergreen Auctions 973-818-1100. Email evergreenauction@hot mail.com

DERWOOD: HUGE

MULTI FAMILY MOVING SALE! Sat & Sun, Aug 30 & 31, 10-5, antiq & classic furn, Persian rugs, electronics, paintings, silver, dishes, clothes +. Everything must go! Cash only 17017 Overhill Road 20855

Fri, 8/30, Sat , 8/31 8-3pm 11041 Grassy Knoll Terr. Clothes, furn, toys, jewelry rugs, stereos, etc.

SILVER

SPRING:

Sat Aug 30th; 8am12pm; 10000 Grant Avenue. Furn, hh items, toys, sporting goods, bicycle parts

WHEATON-

08/30 10a-4p Burnly Ter, A Baking items, ing, Tools & MANY more!!

FIREWOOD FOR SALE $235/cord $150 per 1/2 cord µ Includes Delivery µ Stacking Extra Charge Ask for Jose 301-417-0753 301-370-7008

Sat. 11007 lot of ClothMANY

NAUTILUS EQUIPMENT: New, 9 pie-

ces set. Never used. $6,500 obo. Call Dennis 240-515-6880

FOR SALE: Cream

suede sofa, love seat & chaise lounge $500 obo and beige sofa, chair & ottoman $300 obo 301-680-8909

AIRLINE CAREERS BEGIN HERE - Get FAA approved Aviation Maintenance training. Housing and Financial Aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. SCHEV Certified. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-481-8974

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Please call The National Center for Children and Families at 240-375-6407 for more information www.nccf-cares.org

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HOUSEKEEPER:

Bethesda 8-5 Sat &/or Sun. Light housekeeping. Resume to: ndawson10@gmail.co m

Daycare Directory Labor Day Early Deadlines The Classified Advertising Department will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2014 in observance of Labor Day.

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All Classified Ads will deadline on Friday, August 29th for publication on Wednesday, September 3, 2014.

Kiddies First Starfish Children’s Center Potomac Children’s Center of Damascus Damascus Licensed Family Daycare Bright Ways Family Daycare Little Giggles Childcare Luz Day Care ANA’s House Daycare Dynasty Child Care Jenny’s House Daycare Martha’s Home Daycare My Little Lamb Daycare Affordable Quality Child Care My Little Place Home Daycare Sunshine Learning Center Kids Garden Daycare Liliam’s Family Day Care

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Full Time Maintenance crew 8 am - 4:30pm Monday through Friday

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Direct any questions to the HR department at 301-924-2811, option 3

CARE XPERT ACADEMY 13321 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 205 MORNING & EVENING CLASSES Silver Spring, MD 20904 Call: 301-384-6011 www.cxana.com

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Rockville, CPA firm has a FT position for a take-charge person. Must be fluent in Spanish (written and verbal), able to work independently, have excellent verbal and computer skills, & be able to multi-task. Prior professional office exp a plus. Excellent salary & benefit package available. Email resume to scl@lapointeandcompany.com or fax 301-770-1240.

Needed for Kindergarten needed 83:30 pm, M-F. Preschool/Kindergarten in Potomac. Great benefits! Experience a plus! Looking for energetic, warm, team player who loves children. Great work environment. For more info visit gazette/careers.net or Email resumes to Jackie potomacglendayschool@gmail.com

Pharmacy/ Phlebotomy Tech Trainees Needed Now Pharmacies/ hospitals now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-888-810-2897 CTO SCHEV

Foster Parents

Treatment Foster Parents Needed Work from home!

û Free training begins soon û Generous monthly tax-free stipend û 24/7 support

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Dental/ Medical Assistant Trainees Needed Now Dental/Medical Offices now hiring. No experience? Job Training & Placement Assistance Available 1-888-818-7802 CTO SCHEV

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301-388-2626 301-388-2626

Less than Part Time Servers for our Clubhouse 4pm- 7:30pm Monday through Friday

CHAUFFEURS

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Recruiting is now Simple!

bill.hennessy@longfoster.com • Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.

Brooke Grove Retirement Village is an Equal Opportunity Employer

SILVER SPRING CAMPUS

Assistant Teacher

Less than Part Time Dishwasher 4pm-8pm Monday through Friday

E-mail resume: BGRV-HR@bgf.org

Must R.S.V.P.

Call Bill Hennessy

GC3332

NURSING ASSISTANT

Work with the BEST!

Be trained individually by one of the area’s top offices & one of the area’s best salesman with over 34 years. New & experienced salespeople welcomed.

Part Time LIFE Enrichment Coordinator (24 hours per week)

TRAINING IN JUST 4 WEEKS

Silver Spring

Become a Professional Chauffeur - We train! If you have a good driving record, know your way around and enjoy making people happy then we want to talk to you. Please submit resume to Kevin Toliver at ktoliver@rmalimo.com or stop by our offices to fill out an application. 401K, benefits package, and bonuses provided! All applicants must be of the age of 25. RMA WORLDWIDE CHAUFFEURED TRANSPORTATION 12270 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852 Construction

Residential Production Foreman

Fast growing, fast paced residential construction company in Maryland looking for a foreman to oversee 20-30 small to medium job sites. We cover all of MD, N. Va, Northern WVA and Northern DC. Compensation/salary/transportation all negotiable depending on skill level and knowledge of construction. 3-5 yrs experience. Email response to: karawright1@gmail.com HEALTHCARE

MEDICAL ASSISTANTS Multi-speciality practice located in Rockville is seeking experienced Medical Assistants (at least 2 years). The candidates must be able to work in fast paced environment and frequent interaction with various providers. Advancement Opportunities. Email your resume to jobs@montgomerymedical.com

EOE

Kenwood Country Club Bethesda Employment Opportunities Visit kenwoodcc.net

Manufacturing Scientist I

Wanted by a biotechnology company in Frederick, MD. Initiate, implmt, direct & execute investigations to resolve mfg process deviations, analyze & understand process trends; use knowl of production scale eqpmt & cGMP operation & statistical tools such as SAS JMP; provide tech’l floor support for biological therapeutic product mfg processes & investigations, make detailed observations, analyze data & interpret results; provide tech’l expertise on all mfg process unit operations related to monoclonal antibody production, composing sections of regulatory filing, & representing operations ˆduring inspections are must-haves; perform scale-down studies on downstream unit operations; scaledown model dvlpmt; process characterization studies utilizing Design of Experiment (DOE) approach. Reqs: Ph.D. in Biochemical Engg, Biochemistry, or closely related field, +2 yrs industry exp. MedImmune, LLC, One MedImmune Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. To apply for this position, please visit www.medimmune.com/careers & search for Requisition #i115.

RECEPTIONIST/FRONT DESK

For a Dental Practice in Bethesda. FT, Excellent communication, organizational and computer skills required. Send resume to bethesdaoffice8218@gmail.com

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Careers 301-670-2500 MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST FRONT DESK Busy oncology practice in Olney is seeking a full time Front Desk Receptionist. Excellent communication and computer skills required. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment. Please fax resume to Suzanne @ 301-570-0136

Receptionist/Administrative Office Support

Reception, general office support, facilities management, & other administration duties as needed for office in Rockville Md. Word and Excel proficiency needed. For more info visit gazette/careers.net. To apply please submit resume to: hr@prometic.com

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS FT/PT ROCKVILLE area. Must be "EXPERIENCED" & have a CDL w/PS endorsement. Call 301-752-6551

class@gazette.net Special Education Teacher -Autism

Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children (CSAAC), operates a non-profit private school in Brookeville, MD. We are dedicated to serving children and adults living with autism and are a nationally recognized leader in the provision of services for autism. Seeking Special Education Teacher for a full time position. This is an excellent opportunity to work with students with autism in a classroom setting. BA/BS along with experience in special education; M.Ed or MS and ABA training and experience preferred. Must possess current or be eligible for conditional or standard Maryland Teaching Certificate. The Special Education Teacher will work with small class sizes along with paraprofessional teaching assistants and an array of support services. We offer competitive salary, retention bonus, paid training, tuition reimbursement, professional development and outstanding benefits. EOE

Career Training Need to re-start your career?

Vocational Training Assistant

COACHES WANTED For Soccer, Lacrosse, Street Hockey, Basketball, etc. Must be available after 3pm. $25/hr plus! Please call 240-401-4117.

Part-Time

Work From Home

National Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center Making calls. For more info please call Weekdays between 9a-4p No selling! Sal + bonus + benes. Call 301-333-1900

PT, CSAAC, an organization serving individuals with autism in upper Montgomery Village, MD, is seeking a part time Vocational Training Assistant to design, implement, and coordinate vocational programs for children and adults with autism in our supported employment program. Must have experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities, good planning and organizational skills, good leadership and supervisory skills. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Special Education, Therapeutic Recreation or related Human Services field is required. Work schedule; Monday-Friday 10am-2:30pm. Local travel. We offer $15 per hour plus paid training. CSAAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Medical Receptionist

PT, Falls Grove, Experience Required. Please send resume to:

ajerryfriedmanmdpa@gmail.com

Looking for a change? Ready to invest in your future? Find valuable career training here and online.

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2008 LAND ROVER SUV: 7 3 K miles. Metallic Orange w/leather int. Fully loaded. Great condition. $18,900. obo.240-5061804/301-570-9365

2003 CHEVROLET clean, ASTRO50k, blue new brakes, MD Insp, $7,995 2404471726

2008 LEXUS RX350 4wd incl navigation, rear view camera, heated front seats. Looking good with silver exterior and gray leather interior, wood accents. Approx 103K miles, exc mechanical condition Asking $14,900 Call Feng 240-731-6167.

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MSRP 21,085

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MSRP $24,715

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MSRP $27,730 BUY FOR

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OURISMAN VW WORLD AUTO CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 28 Available...Rates Starting at 1.64% up to 72 months

2012 Ford Focus SE

2010 Jeep Compass

12,995

#460053C, Automatic, 2.4L Sport SUV

#P8944A, Auto, 31K Miles, 1-Owner

13,995

2011 Mazda Mazda 3

2008 Volvo C30 Coupe

2008 Nissan Rogue SL

#G0026, Automatic, 1-Owner, SUV

13,995

2012 Scion TC

2014 Jetta Sedan.....#VPR0071, Silver, 1,060 Miles................$20,995 2013 Golf.....#VPR0075, Black, 6,137 Miles..............................$21,995 2014 Passat.....#VPR0070, Blue, 6,441 Miles...........................$22,695 2012 Routan SE.....#VPR097794A, Gray, 33,019 Miles............$22,995 2013 Ford Mustang.....#V310901A, Blue, 11,854 Miles..........$22,995 2013 GTI...#V102017A, Black, 19,566 Miles.............................$23,995 2013 KIA Optima.....#V007888A, Red, 21,885 Miles................$24,995 2014 Passat TDI.....#VPR0069, Silver, 4,604 Miles...................$25,995 2014 Passat TDI....#V336652A, Silver, 9,171 Miles..................$29,995

All prices exclude tax, tags, title, freight and $300 processing fee. Cannot be combined with any previous advertised or internet special. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. See dealer for details. 0% APR Up To 60 Months on all models. See dealer for details. Ourisman VW World Auto Certified Pre Owned financing for 60 months based on credit approval thru VW. Excludes Title, Tax, Options & Dealer Fees. Special APR financing cannot be combined with sale prices. Ends 09/02/14.

Ourisman VW of Laurel 3371 Fort Meade Road, Laurel

1.855.881.9197 • www.ourismanvw.com Online Chat Available...24 Hour Website • Hours Mon-Fri 9 am-9 pm • Sat 9 am-8 pm #G0025, Automatic, 2.5L Turbo Engine

14,995

2011 Hyundai Sonata

#429043A, Auto, 30K Miles, Hybrid Engine

16,995

2010 Chevrolet Camaro

#P8998A, 1-Owner, 2SS Coupe, 6.2L V8 Engine

22,950

#526014A, Automatic, 15K Miles, Sport Sedan

14,995

2012 Volkswagen Beetle

#526071A, Automatic, 19K Miles, 1-Owner, PZEV Coupe

17,995

2013 Subaru Forester 2.5X

#526513B, 1-Owner, 35K Miles, Premium SUV

22,950

#G0029, 13K Miles, 1-Owner, Release Series 7.0 Coupe

16,995

2010 Honda CR-V EX-L

#526501A, Auto, 36K Miles, Urban Titanium, SUV

19,995

2012 Volvo S60 T5

#526536A, Auto, Certified, 1-Owner, 36K Miles

23,950

2012 Honda Accord SE Sedan......................... $17,995 2011 Acura TSK Sedan...................................................$21,950 #526040A, 1-Owner, 23K Miles, Auto, 2.4L Turbo Engine

#526037A, Automatic, 29K Miles, 1-Owner

2011 Volvo V50 T5 Wagon...........................................$18,495 2012 Nissan Altima............................................................ $22,950 #P8994, 1-Owner, Auto, Titanium Grey, 2.0L Turbo

#526035A, 1-Owner, Auto, 13K Miles, V6 3.5 SR

2008 Audi A6 Quattro Sedan............................. $19,995 2011 Volvo S80 3.2L.......................................................... $23,950

#526519A, Automatic, 3.2L V6 Engine

#P9074, Auto, Electric Silver, Certified, 1-Owner, 35K Miles

2013 Volkswagen Jetta Sedan TDI........... $21,950 2012 Honda Odyssey EX-L................................... $25,950

#N0488, 10K Miles, Auto, Premium Sedan, 2.0L Turbo

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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt.....#V441506A, Black, 78,101 Miles......$8,995 2007 Toyota Corolla.....#V004904A, Red, 88,460 Miles............$9,995 2010 Mazda Mazda3.....#V001251B, Teal, 37,270 Miles........$12,995 2013 Jetta S.....#V293016A, Gray, 14,960 Miles......................$15,995 2013 Toyota Corolla.....#V330995A, 14,797 Miles..................$17,995 2011 Honda Accord.....#VP0076, Silver, 38,847 Miles.............$17,999 2011 GTI.....#VP0065, Gray, 41,445 Miles.................................$18,993 2011 GTI SR.....#V288623A, Black, 67,072 Miles.....................$18,995 2012 Honda Civic.....#V537179C, Blue, 21,194 Miles.............$19,995 2014 Jetta SE.....#VPR0074, Black, 5,213 Miles.......................$20,995

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FITZGERALD AUTO M A L L S

AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS TOYOTA MEDAL Fitzgerald Lakeforest Toyota staff awarded the Outstanding Product Quality Support Award

GAITHERSBURG, MD – August 21, 2014 Toyota Field Technical Operations presented three Fitzgerald Auto Mall Lakeforest Toyota associates with the Challenge Coin in recognition of their Outstanding Product Quality Support. Their contributions have enabled Toyota Product Engineers, vehicle assembly plants, suppliers, designers, and future product developers to improve the quality of Toyota products and services for FitzMall customers. The recipients were Jim Leishear, Rob Gorman, and Ed McCurry. The three Challenge Coins awarded to the FitzMall associates are part of only 225 that will be distributed across all Scion, Toyota, and Lexus dealers this year. “We hope you display the coin in a conspicuous place and explain to others how your shared passion for Product Quality sets you apart,” said Aaron M. Domuracki, Toyota Field Product Engineer. “Thank you for your ongoing support of our mission: We are unified in our passion to provide the finest ownership experience.”

Jack Fitzgerald, Chairman and CEO of Fitzgerald Auto Malls, personally thanked the award recipients for their continued dedication to great customer service. “Jim, Rob, and Ed do more than just support Toyota. They understand that taking care of the customer is our first priority, and I am grateful for that. It is great to see Toyota recognizing their efforts,” said Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald Auto Malls represents twenty brands of vehicles and is known for their posted price, no hassle, no haggle sales experience, and FitzWay Service. Jack Fitzgerald started the business in 1966. Fitzgerald Lakeforest Toyota in Gaithersburg served more than 60,000 customers last year.

From left to right: Aaron Domuracki (Toyota field product engineer), Jim Leishear (Fitzgerald Auto Mall Senior Technician), Rob Gorman (Fitzgerald Auto Mall Senior Technician), Ed McCurry (Fitzgerald Auto Mall Toyota Service Director), Gil Briggs (Fitzgerald Auto Mall Fixed Operations Manager)

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DARCARS NISSAN DARCARS

2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer

10,977

#P9055A, Auto, Leather, LT SUV

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2009 Toyota Matrix S

10,977

#P9072A, Automatic, 1-owner, Wagon

2015 NISSAN VERSA S SEDAN MSRP: Sale Price:

#11155 w/Manual Transmission 2 At This Price: VINS: 823814, 812703

2015 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S MSRP: $23,505

$13,170 $11,495

11,495

2006 Nissan Altima 2.5S Sedan

10,977

#546016A, Automatic, Alloy Wheels, Keyless, SRS Airbags

2012 Mitsubishi Galant ES

13,977

#441543A, Automatic, 23K Miles

Sale Price: $19,745 Nissan Rebate: -$1,000 NMAC Bonus Cash: -$750 Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: -$500

17,495

#13115 2 At This Price: VINS: 117385, 117488

2014 NISSAN ROGUE SELECT AWD MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

#29014 w/Bluetooth 2 At This Price: VINS: 706165, 706267

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2014 NISSAN MAXIMA S MSRP: $32,500 Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: Nissan Bonus Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

14,977

#440307A, Automatic, 1-Owner, 42K Miles

$23,050 $19,995 -$500 -$500

2012 Nissan Altima 2.5S Sedan

15,977

#P9107A, Automatic, Keyless Entry, 33K Miles

18,995

2009 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SV Sedan

$27,995 -$4,500 -$500 -$500

22,495

2012 Nissan Leaf SV Hatchback

16,977

#546044A, Automatic, Leather, Sunroof, Back-Up Camera

2011 Honda Accord EX-L SDN

17,977

#P9016, Automatic, Leather, 27K Miles

#16114 2 At This Price: VINS: 474864, 475240

2014 NISSAN MURANO S MSRP: Sale Price: Nissan Rebate: Nissan Bonus Rebate: NMAC Bonus Cash:

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#23214 2 At This Price: VINS: 525397, 521023

$31,390 $26,995 -$3,500 -$500 -$500

22,495

2009 Nissan Murano SL SUV #P9007, Automatic, Leather, Backup Camera, Alloy Wheels

19,977

2011 Hyundai Genesis #P9015, Automatic, 1-Owner, Navigation, 39K Miles

20,977

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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.9% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTAL FINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK OR LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. 2014 COROLLAU & PRIUS PLUG-IN LEASES ARE FOR 24 MONTHS WITH $995 DOWN. EXPIRES 09/02/2014.

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