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DAY BY DAYOlney Theatre Centercombines classic Schwartzmusical “Godspell” withupdated Broadwayelements.
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BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER
STAFFWRITER
Mark Elhallal, 15, will be joining highschool students from around thecountry and overseas to perform
violin with the Honors Orchestra at CarnegieHall as part of the 2015 High School HonorsPerformance Series on Feb. 22.
Elhallal, of Gaithersburg, has always beenplayingmusic, first piano at age four and then
violin shortly after that.“Ever since I was young I always enjoyed
the sound and the feeling that goes with [theviolin],” Elhallal said.
WhenElhallalwas younger, hedidn’t real-ize the importanceof practicing to really honein on his skills.
“When Iwasplayingpiano, I startedat agefour. I never knew the real reasonof practice,”Elhallal said. “I didn’t like the whole aspect ofpracticing.”
However, now under the direction of theAssociate Principal violist of the NationalPhilharmonic Judy Silverman, Elhallal knowspracticing is an important aspect of gettingbetter and getting noticed. Silverman nomi-nated him for a spot in the Honors Orchestrafor the High School Honors Performance Se-ries last year. He auditioned but was turneddown.
Gaithersburg teen to perform at Carnegie Hall
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Fifteen-year-old Mark Elhallal of Gaithersburg will play at Carnegie Hall in February.
Practice makes perfect
Man guilty ofGaithersburgsexual assault
n Election ballots go out Feb. 6
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER
Candidates running for the three open spots on theMontgomery Village Foundation’s Board of Directors hada chance to mingle with residents before a Jan. 22 boardmeeting in a small “Meet the Candidates” event.
The Montgomery Village Foundation Board of Direc-tors is a nine-member volunteer board elected each year byresidents. Each board member has a three-year term andthe terms are staggered making three positions open for
MontgomeryVillage boardcandidates getready for forum
n Parents, doctors, educational staff describeeffects from lack of sleep
BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER
ParentMyronMarlin read a poemThursday evening toshare his thoughts on school bell timeswith theMontgom-ery County Board of Education.
“If we were each farmers plowing our fields, not cityfolks mowing our lawn, then it might make more sense tohave our kids rise, one hour sooner than dawn,” Marlinsaid, reciting “Please Let Our Kids GetMore Sleep.”
Speakers appeal forlater Montgomeryschool bell times
n County native to dazzle withtwo shows, one workshop
BY JENNDAVIS
STAFFWRITER
Rockville native David London isn’t youraverage magician. In search of a deeper un-derstanding of magical theory, he’s traded inthe conventional bunny and top hat for toe-nail clippings andWonder Bread.
London weaves together magic, storytell-ing, puppetry, comedy and interactive per-formance to create shows that explore whatmagic is andwhat it does.
“Mymagic is unique. It has context,” Lon-don said. “So it’s not about the trick, but howit’s incorporated into a larger philosophicalidea that I’m trying to get across.”
The Gaithersburg Arts Barn is set to wel-comeLondonon Jan. 30and31 for aWeekendof Magic, where the magician will perform acabaret show and a family show, as well as aworkshop. Tickets can be purchased onlineat gaithersburgmd.gov/leisure/arts/theater-at-the-arts-barn.
London’s first foray intomagic happenedwhen he was 7 years old and attending ablack-tie affair with his family.Wearing a tux-edo and top hat, London stood in front of thecrowd and pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
Ever since then, London has devoted
much time to honing his craft. From learningtricks to reading about other magicians andtheir techniques to studying surrealism andart, London developed his own perspective
Magic, wonder at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn
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PHOTO BY PHILIP LAUBNER
David London will bring hisunique brand of mirth andmagic to the GaithersburgArts Barn this weekend.
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n Prosecutors show video ofunconscious victim being groped
BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER
Amanaccused of sexually assaulting anotherman aftera beer-pong tournament was found guilty Monday in thefirst of two trials.
Joey Poindexter, 40, faced four sexual-offense chargesin connectionwith anOctober 2013 incident inwhichpros-ecutors say he took a young man back to his Gaithersburgresidence after a night of heavy drinking. The young mantoldpolicehewas sexually assaulted inPoindexter’s shower.
After deliberating for about 90minutes Monday, jurors
See ASSAULT, Page A-11
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support
Group, 6-7 p.m., Brightview Fallsgrove,9200Darnestown Road, Rockville. Dis-cuss problems and solutions, andmeetwith others walking a similar path. Comefor information, fellowship and support;refreshments provided. Free, RSVP re-quested. 240-314-7194.
Raise Your Voice: Poverty in Mont-gomery County, 6-9 p.m., The ActivityCenter at Bohrer Park, 506 S. FrederickAve., Gaithersburg. A public forum andresource fair focusing on issues affectinglow-income county residents. Hostedby theMontgomery County CommunityAction Board. Free; food and child careprovided. 240-777-1708.
THURSDAY, JAN. 29Nature Tots: Groundhog Day, 10-11:30
a.m., Croydon Creek Nature Center, 852Avery Road, Rockville. A naturalist willhelp visitors explore a new nature topicthrough nature play, crafts, stories andhikes. Ages 2-5 with caregiver. $8-$10, reg-istration required. 240-314-8770.
American Red Cross Blood Drive,1-6:30 p.m., Damascus UnitedMethodistChurch, 9700NewChurch St., Damascus.Appointments encouraged. www.red-crossblood.org, sponsor code 05311217.
Create It Club, 3:30 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Kindergarteners through fifth-graders get crafty. Free. 240-777-0140.
Opening of Indian Film Festival, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. “Gandhi,”with guestmoderator and light snacksfor sale from a local Indian caterer. Heldin conjunctionwith Sanathana, a two-month long celebration of IndianHeritageinMontgomery County. $9-$10. 301-774-0022.
Rozansky Real Estate Seminar, 7 p.m.,Bethesda Country Club, 7601 BradleyBlvd., Bethesda. Attendees will receiveexpert insights on several key real estatetopics. Free, registration required. 301-230-0045, ext. 300.
Open Mic Night for Teens, 7 p.m.,Olney Library, 3500 Olney-LaytonsvilleRoad, Olney. Sing a song, read a poemorplay an acoustic instrument. Free. 240-773-9545.
Rachel and Company Presents: Sure-Fire Ways to Get Your Papers Organized,7-9 p.m., 4216-BHowardAve., Kensington.Come for an evening ofwine, food, indi-
vidualized organizing tips and take homegoodies to get started organizing rightaway. $40. [email protected].
FRIDAY, JAN. 30Jazz in the Round: Marc Cary, 8-10
p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901 Bent-ley Road, Sandy Spring. This intimateperformance from the award-winningartist will be a solo piano tribute to oneof hismentors, Abbey Lincoln. $20. 301-774-0022.
SATURDAY, JAN. 31Toddler and Preschool Storytime,
10:30 a.m., RockvilleMemorial Library,21Marland Ave., Rockville. Stories, fingerplays, songs, and stretches. Ages 2-6 withcaregivers. Free. 240-777-0140.
STEM Club: Modular Origami, 3-5 p.m.,Quince Orchard Library, 15831 QuinceOrchard Road, Gaithersburg. Learn howtomake octahedral units and othermodu-lar origami crafts using sonobe units;materials will be provided. Sponsored bythe Friends of the Library, Quince OrchardChapter. Free. 240-777-0200.
Grapes, Hops and Blues, 7 p.m.,Bethesda Jewish Congregation, 6601Bradley Blvd., Bethesda. Second annualbeer andwine tasting event. Guests willsample domestic and international selec-tions—non-alcoholic beverages will beavailable— and hear riveting descriptionsof each from the congregation’s own beerandwine connoisseurs. $25-$30. 301-469-8636.
Israeli Film: Operation Sunflower, 7:45-10 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200Baltimore Road, Rockville. A dramaticinterpretation of the creation of Israel’snuclear weapon program in the 1950s,and the relationships and scruples of theteamDavid Ben-Gurion ordered to builda bomb. $5-$15, RSVP requested. [email protected].
SUNDAY, FEB. 1Leo’s Run, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., East Silver
Spring Elementary School, 631 SilverSpring Ave., Silver Spring. A 5K run/walkin downtown Silver Spring honoring thestillborn son of Caroline Joyce andMikeMowery. The run’s path leads throughthe neighborhood Leowould have beenraised in. Proceeds benefit Leo’s Garden,a nonprofit to help families who haveexperienced similar losses. $22.50. [email protected].
Climate Change Movie, 12:30-2p.m., Cedar LaneUnitarianUniversalistChurch, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda. Fea-turing the fifth episode of “Years of LivingDangerously.” Find out how theDutchdeal with water and an honest look atcontrasting political processes in theU.S.Light refreshments will be served, withdiscussion and opportunities for action.Free. [email protected].
MONDAY, FEB. 221st Century Library eResources,
10:30 a.m.-noon, AspenHill Library, 4407AspenHill Road, Rockville. Use a phone,tablet and laptop to access library re-sources electronically. Free, registrationrequested. 240-773-9410.
TUESDAY, FEB. 3Bethesda Woman’s Club Lecture
and Lunch, 11 a.m.-2:15 p.m.,Woman’sClub of Bethesda, 5500 Sonoma Road,Bethesda. Brigadier GeneralWilmaVaught, USAF, retired, president of theWomen inMilitary Service for AmericanMemorial Fund. $14. www.bethesdawom-ansclubmd.com.
Hands-On STEM Fun, 4-5 p.m.,Whea-ton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton.Learn and play with drop-in science-based crafts and/or experiments. Grades1-6. Free. 240-777-0678.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4Volunteer Open House, 9:30-11 a.m.,
Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 FerraraDrive, Silver Spring. Learn about flexiblevolunteering opportunities with the Se-nior [email protected].
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p.m. Jan. 31. Featuring theMagicOutside the Box Cabaret ShowFriday night, the Adventure to theImagi Nation Family Show Saturdaymorning and hisMagicWork-shop Saturday afternoon. Londoncombinesmagic with storytelling,comedy, puppetry, surrealism, phi-losophy andmore to create originalshows ofmagic. $10-$25 dependingon event. 301-258-6394.
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Chamber gains directorof member servicesThe Gaithersburg-Ger-
mantown Chamber of Com-merce recently selectedDonnaRimple to serve as its new di-rector ofmember services.
Rimple comes to thechamber with a sales careerof more than 18 years in theperforming arts, the design in-dustry and giftmarket, accord-ing to a chamber press release.She has previously worked forGanz USA as a territory man-ager and forHines&Companyas an outside sales representa-tive.
Campus congratsKathleen M. Brown made
the Dean’s list at MonmouthCollege in Illinois for the fall2014 semester.
Brown, a junior Englishmajor, is the daughter of Mel-anie and William Brown ofGaithersburg.
To make the Dean’s list,students must achieve a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higherfor the semesterwhile carryingat least three credits.
Derwood lawyer writesnovel about golf
Spencer K. Stephens ofDerwood recently released hisdebut effort, “Church of Golf,”a novel about a broken manwho discovers that the wayback is religious devotion tothe study of golf.
Stephens, a formerjournalist, grew up in An-napolis and graduated fromArchbishop Spalding HighSchool in Severn. He has anEnglish degree from East Car-olina University in Greenville,N.C., and a law degree fromthe Columbus School of Lawat the Catholic University ofAmerica in Washington, D.C.He founded and owns a lawfirm, Stephens & Associates, inRockville.
The setting of “Churchof Golf” takes place in AnneArundel County and on the is-land of Lanai, one of the small-est of the occupied HawaiianIslands.
Stephens called upon per-sonal knowledge and exten-sive researchof these locationsfor descriptions of scenes andpeople there, according to anews release.
The book is available on-line.
The following is a summary of inci-dents in the Gaithersburg area towhich Montgomery County policeand/or Gaithersburg City Policeresponded recently. The words “ar-rested” and “charged” do not implyguilt. This information was providedby the county and/or the city ofGaithersburg.
Armed robbery• 700 block of Clopper Road,
Gaithersburg, at 8 p.m. Jan. 9. Thesubjects threatened the victimwitha weapon and took property.
Sexual assault• 600 block of Coral Reef Drive,
Gaithersburg, at 9:03 p.m. Jan. 5.The subject is known to the victim.
Strong-arm robbery• Behind a church onWest
Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg, at6:35 p.m. Jan. 12. The subjects are
known to the victim.
Commercial burglary• Hyatt HouseHotel, 200 Skid-
more Blvd., Gaithersburg, between5:30 p.m. Jan. 12 and noon Jan. 13.Forced entry, took nothing.
Residential burglary• 18700 block of Calypso Place,
Gaithersburg, on Jan. 7 or 8. Forcedentry, took nothing.
• 800 block of Clopper Road,Gaithersburg, between 4:20 and7:37 p.m. Jan. 10. Forced entry, tooknothing.
Vehicle larceny• Two incidents at Kinder-
care, 16723 Crabbs BranchWay,Derwood, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8. Tookpurses.
• Two incidents outside ofSport andHealth Club, 700 RussellAve., Gaithersburg, on Jan. 9. Tookpurses.
n Students fromGaithersburg high schoolhelp out food nonprofit
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER
STAFFWRITER
The Watkins Mill HighSchool varsity football teamtooktimeoutof theirweekend to giveback by volunteering at NourishNow, a nonprofit food recoveryorganization in Rockville.
“Every year we try to do adifferent community serviceproject,” said assistant coachAndrewMele.
This year, Mele wanted tobring the team to a soup kitchenor something along those linesfor their day of service. Then helearned aboutNourishNowandthought it would be perfect.
“Five hundred families inneed come directly to our loca-tion,” saidBrettMeyers, founderand executive director of Nour-ish Now.
Meyers explained that theorganization goes out to restau-rants and catered events and“rescues” already prepared foodthat normally would have beenthrown away. A lot of the food
that is going to be thrown outhas anywhere from two to fivedays before it actually goes bad,according toMeyers, and Nour-ish Now takes it off restaurants’hands and puts it into the handsof someonewho needs it.
The teamcameout from1 to3 p.m. Saturday and repackagedfood that had been recoveredinto individual meals in carry-out containers. The NourishNow location could only holdabout 15 players, so Mele saidthe rest of the teamwill be goingto volunteer at Nourish Now inthe beginning of February.
The organization recentlysurpassed 300,000 poundsof food donated around thecounty, including their pack-agedmeals aswell asnonperish-ables that they give to families infive-day supplies.
Meyers said that while therearemanydifferent food recoveryorganizations, there aren’tmanythat collect prepared meals.Nourish Now works in partner-ship with nonprofits around thecounty that help put the food intheir clients’ hands.
“We’re like on-call doctors,but with food,”Meyers said.
Watkins Mill athletesadd service to playbook
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Members of the Watkins Mill High School football team volunteered to pack-age food at the warehouse of the nonprofit charity Nourish Now in Rockville.From left: Luis Jimenez, 16, Leonardo Molina, 15, and Antony Zavala, 16.The project was the idea of the team’s assistant coach, Andrew Mele, whowanted to instill in his players the importance of community outreach.
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n Time restrictions hadbeen proposed
BY JENN DAVISSTAFFWRITER
Despite calls from someof Gaithersburg’s East DeerPark residents to have permitparking implemented in theirneighborhood to keep nearbystudents fromparkingon theirstreets, the community ulti-mately voted down the idea.
Gaithersburg City Man-ager Tony Tomasello said heand staff have worked withthe neighborhood over thepast few months to discussa possible plan for restrictedparking after several residentsexpressed frustration thatGaithersburgHighSchool stu-dents were lining the commu-nity’s roads with their parkedvehicles.
Margaret Bielecki, a TulipDrive homeowner, submitteda petition on behalf of someneighbors to the City Councilin October to request permitparking on several streets toalleviate thecongestion,noise,trash and other issues that shesaid were caused by studentsparking nearby.
City staff hosted a com-munity meeting at the BohrerPark Activity Center in De-cember to collect residentfeedback about the idea ofinstituting a two-hour parkingrestriction for vehicles thatdo not display a permit, To-
masello said. All householdswould be given two free per-mits, with the option of get-ting a third if needed. The 43neighbors who attended of-feredmixed opinions, he said.
The city then mailed out243 surveys to East Deer Parkresidents affected by the is-sue, asking them to answerwhether they were for oragainst the proposed pro-gram. Out of the 131 surveysreturned, 90 opposed theparking restriction and 41were in favor of it.
“Clearly, most of theneighborhood is opposed tothe program,” Tomasello said.
As a result, the city willnot seek to implement a per-mit parking program in EastDeer Park. However, the citywill mail a follow-up letter tothe neighbors to explain whatthey can do in certain situa-tionsmoving forward, such asif their driveway is blocked byanother car or if they witnesslittering, Tomasello said.
Looking at the bigger pic-ture, the city is planning tostandardize its entire permitparking process, which willinclude community engage-ment and require communityconsensus, Tomasello said.
He added that it is impor-tant for allmembers of a com-munity tobe equally informedand understand “what they’regetting into.”
“It turned out to be reallyuseful,” Tomasello said.
Neighborhood votesnot to curb parking
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Students from Gaithersburg High School park along Tulip Drive.
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n Joint work sessiondiscussed fiscal year,
future plans
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFF WRITER
TheGaithersburgmayorandcity council hosted a joint worksession to discuss the corridordevelopment zone and com-prehensive rezoning as well asthe capital improvement op-tions for 355 on Monday.
The planning commissionused the meeting to summarizethe findings from previous dis-cussions, which occurred sum-mer 2014, as well as answer anyquestions that came up.
A presentation from theplanning commission pre-sented by Rob Robinson, thelong range planning managerwith the city, and Frank John-son, the assistant city attorney,listed that the purposes of thecorridor development zonewere to encourage develop-ment that is consistent with themaster plan, encourage reno-vation and redevelopment,
encourage attractive visualthemes and provide an appro-priate mix of different uses.
One of the main concernsof the council was to makesure current residents wereprotected and didn’t lose anyproperty value.
Mayor Jud Ashman re-minded the group that ratherthan a “greenfield develop-ment,” as seen with Kentlandsand Crown, the corridor sur-rounding 355 is redevelopingan already populated area.
All-in-all the planningcommission was advised tolook into how the same typeof redevelopment has beenaccomplished in other areasin Montgomery County andaround the county for compar-ison and to get ideas to makethe project run smoothly.
John Schlichting, planningand code director, and Mar-tin Matsen, planning divisionchief, spoke about the $120,000budget included in the fiscalyear 2015 plan to go to 355 cor-ridor plan improvements. Thecapital improvement plansare supposed to take place this
year.The main ideas presented
included landscape improve-ments in the form of plantingtrees, seasonal hanging planterbaskets, a branding projectwith banners and improve-ments to Forest Oak Cemetery.
Their presentation in-cluded photos of Forest OakCemetery, which is locatedalong Frederick Avenue, thatdepicted its dilapidated fencingand noticeable lack of plants.The council believed that a newfence would be a good additionto the property, but made sureto mention the desire to keepits historical integrity.
The banners and hangingplants received an overall nega-tive response from the councilas they thought the temporaryseasonal hangings were toocostly and the banners wouldbe too hard to read while drivingalong the road. Instead, councilmembers brought up the idea ofcity and state flags that were in-stantly recognizable and did notneed any closer inspection.
Plans for 355 development underwayn Concert to benefit
Watkins Mill High Schoolmusic cluster
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE
STAFF WRITER
The Montgomery Philhar-moniccommunityorchestrawillcelebratelocalstudentmusicianswith its third concert of the sea-son, “A Celebration of Youth,”featuring works by Beethoven,Mendelssohn, Ives and Gersh-winonMondayevening.
Members will be joined onstagebymembersof theWatkinsMill Orchestra, as well as musi-cians from Montgomery VillageMiddle School and NeelsvilleMiddleSchool inGermantown.
A benefit concert for theWatkins Mill High School mu-sic cluster, the eventwill start at7:30 p.m. at Watkins Mill HighSchool, 10301 Apple RidgeRoad, in Montgomery Village.
Admission is free, but dona-tions are welcome. Suggesteddonations are $10 for adults, $5for students and seniors and $1for children younger than 12.
Tickets areavailableat thedoor.Windsections fromWatkins
Mill and the Montgomery Phil-harmonic will join forces to playFelix Mendelssohn’s “OvertureinCmajor,Opus24.”
Also on stage will be threeeighth graders who will per-form a special work composedfor young trombonists and or-chestra called “TromphoniumMusik”byMontgomeryPhilhar-monic’s music director SandraRagusa. Ragusa wrote the piecefor the Bernie Rappaport YoungMusicianscompetition.
PerformingwillbeRaymondSchleien on euphonium, a stu-dent at Thomas W. Pyle MiddleSchool inBethesda;DanielCoileof Laytonsville, also on eupho-nium, who is home-schooled,and Khalel Robinson on trom-bone, a studentatA.MarionLoi-ederman Middle School in SilverSpring.
The concert will finish withthe MontgomeryPhilharmonicand all Watkins Mill High mu-sicians playing Charles Ives’“Variations on America.”
Students join orchestra performance
PHOTO FROM SANDRA RAGUSA
Daniel Coile, of Laytonsville, will per-form on euphonium during Monday’s“A Celebration of Youth” concert.
PHOTO FROM SANDRA RAGUSA
Thomas W. Pyle Middle Schoolstudent Raymond Schleien willperform on euphonium.
PHOTO FROM SANDRA RAGUSA
Khalel Robinson, a student at A.Marion Loiederman Middle School,will perform on trombone.
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Xan Lovatt (left) of Reston, Va., shows Adam Davis of Gaithersburg his video game work Sunday at theUniversities at Shady Grove in Rockville. They were among the competitors in the 48-hour, round-the-clockGlobal Game Jam, an annual, worldwide gaming industry contest.
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BY ANDREW SCHOTZSTAFFWRITER
Amongst their peers, they’recelebrities, at least for a year.And their owners are thrilled.
Several MontgomeryCountypets are featurednation-ally in five 2015 cat and dog cal-endars. They include Winston,a Lakeland terrier who belongsto Essex and Beth Thompson ofRockville.
Winston was not yet 2 yearsold when the Thompsons sub-mitted his picture, hoping hecould be in the 365 Puppies a
Year calendar.That was seven years ago.
Beth Thompson was excitedto learn several months agothat Winston, now 9, made thepuppy cut for 2015.
The five calendars — 365Puppies a Year, 365 Cats, 365Kittens aYear, 365Dogs andBadCat — are all products of Work-man Publishing in New York.
Kim Peifley of Germantownhas three gray cats that gotinto Bad Cat, even though theyhadn’t done anything particu-larly naughty.
The photo shows the littermates, who turned 2 in August,clinging to each other in a heap.Berlioz appears to be gettingattention and protection fromTippy and Chanel, which iswhat the assigned caption says:
“Cat insists on two bodyguardsto protect him from toddler.”
Peifley sent the photo to 365Cats, but doesn’t mind that itwas funneled to BadCat. “It’s allin fun,” she said.
Other Montgomery Countypets that were published:
• Luna, belonging to Brianand Shauna Weber of TakomaPark, in 365 Cats.
• Sparky, belonging to Al-lison and Robert Schwartz ofGaithersburg, in 365Dogs.
• Toby, belonging to TinaGerman of Gaithersburg, in 365Kittens a Year.
• Pixie, belonging to VivianShaw of Wheaton, in 365 Pup-pies a Year.
County pets featured in calendars
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Winston, a Lakeland terrier belonging to Beth and Essex Thompson, sits with their 17-year-old son, also named Essex,in their Rockville home. Winston’s photo was included in a puppy calendar. Essex holds an uncropped version of thecalendar image.
They’ve got games
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n Residents, utility clashover need to protect
property line
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
State Sen. Brian J. Feldmanis considering introducing leg-islation that would curtail util-ity tree-cutting.
Feldman (D-Dist. 15) of Po-tomac said the recent uptick intree cutting in his district hashim considering a way to ad-dress the issue.
“Trying to find a legislativeresponse is, in all candor, com-plicated,” Feldman said.
Residentshavecomplainedabout Pepco cutting and re-moving trees on their proper-ties. The utility says it has a1959 agreement that gives itthe right to cut or remove treeswithin 75 feet of its propertyline.
While residents have askedFeldman for a bill to preventPepco from being overly ag-gressive in cutting or removingtrees, anything he would intro-ducewould apply tomore thanjust Pepco.
“This would be a statewidebill. Itwould impact all the util-ities,” he said.
The utility has come un-der fire for aggressively cuttingtrees after years of barely man-aging vegetation.
In a statement to The Ga-zette, Pepco said its tree-cut-ting program is “critical to thedelivery of safe and reliableelectric service to tens of thou-sandsof our customers, includ-ing schools and public safety,public health and other criticalfacilities.”
In August, a group of Po-tomac residents sued Pepcoafter workers marked trees onprivate property for removal.The residents asked Mont-gomery County Circuit Courtto prevent the cutting until afull hearing could be held onthe issue.
The residents said they un-derstood Pepco’s need to cuttrees, but argued the utilitywasbeing too aggressive in remov-ing certain trees. The residentslost that case.
Since then, other propertyowners have had similar run-ins with Pepco as it contin-ues to remove trees along theswath of land.
JimGalvin, who lives onAl-dersgate Road, experienced asimilar problem with Pepco inlate December.
Initially, Galvin said he andhis neighbors planned to pro-test and stand between Pepcoand their trees.Ultimately, theyrelented, and Pepco cut thetrees as planned.
Like the residentswhosuedPepco, Galvin said he was con-cerned about how the lost orcut trees would affect his prop-erty value.
Pepco said the state regula-tionswerewhy it needed to cutthe trees and the 1959 agree-ment gave it authority to do so,Galvin said.
Fighting the utility was anordeal, he said.
“It ruined our Christmas,”he said. “We were out havingmeetings, worrying about it,typing letters and emailing.Welost that whole week.”
JakeLiang, oneof theprop-erty owners who sued Pepco,said at the time of the hearing
in the case that the only solu-tion for residents might bestate legislation.
Feldman said he isworkingwith Councilman Roger Ber-liner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda onabill, but hasnotproposedoneyet.
“We’ve got to be smartabout our approach,” he said.
Feldmanauthored the2011law that required the PublicService Commission to draftregulations to make the state’selectric utilitiesmore reliable.
Pepco was found to be oneof the lowest-performing utili-ties in the state for reliability.
Under the new rules,all electric utilities must cuttrees so that, in four years, thebranches will not come within15 feet of power lines. If cut-ting the trees to that standardwould remove more than 25percent of the tree’s canopy,the regulations say the treemust come down.
Law mulled to rein in tree-cutting
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n Longtime head ofcommunity group to ‘re-wire’
in September
BYRYANMARSHALL
STAFFWRITER
As Esther Newman wentaround Montgomery County in1989, she began tonotice that shewasseeingmanyof thesamepeo-pleoverandoveragainonvariousboardsandcommittees.
And not only were the facesthe same, but they overwhelm-ingly shared two characteristics,she said: They were white and al-most entirelymale.
Out of that experience grewLeadership Montgomery, the or-ganizationNewmanfoundedandhas led for26years.
Lastweek,sheannouncedherplans to leave the Rockville non-profit inSeptember.
A committee will be ap-pointed to findLeadershipMont-gomery’snewCEO.
She said she intends to stayactive in the county and in com-munity service, a plan to “not re-tire, but re-wire,” she said.
Newman has been a leadersinceearlyon.
At Roosevelt High School inWashington, D.C., she was vicepresident of the student counciland editor of the school newspa-per.
She got married out of highschool and had two children. Butwhen they went to school, New-mandid, too.
She earned her associate de-gree from Montgomery College,a bachelor’s degree from AntiochUniversity and a master’s in ap-plied behavioral science fromJohnsHopkinsUniversity in1983.
Newman said she took greatpride in getting her education
while also raisinga family.“Somehow, I found ways to
do it all,” she said.She got involved in various
organizations that found herworkingwith community leaders,and started looking for ways toprovide opportunities to involveamore diverse group of people inthecounty.
MontgomeryCountyhassuchawealth of talent, community in-volvement and lots of peoplewhocaredeeplyaboutthecommunity,Newmansaid.
But she said LeadershipMontgomery has grown beyondanything shewould have thoughtpossible, both in the numberof programs it can offer and thenumber of people able to partici-pate.
Newman sees the organi-zation as a sort of communitytrusteeship, nurturing successivegenerations of community lead-ers from the business, politicalandnonprofit sectors.
“We expect people to giveback,”shesaid,althoughtheorga-nization doesn’t tell participantswhereorhowtodo it.
The organization provides arange of programs, from its origi-nal coreprogram to a senior lead-ership program for people 55 andolder,ayouth leadershipprogramfor high school students and aone-dayexecutiveprogram.
Thisyear, for thefirst time, it’soffering an emerging leaders pro-gramforpeople25 to35yearsold,Newmansaid.
Over the years, the organiza-tion has grown financially, too. Ithad revenues of $711,345 in thefiscal year ended June 30, 2013,finishing the year with net assetsof $819,637, according to its mostrecentavailabletaxreturn.Mostofits revenues were from contribu-tions, grants and program servicerevenues.
LeadershipMontgomery wasa “fantastic leadership experi-ence,”saidLaurieBoyer,executivedirector of Rockville EconomicDevelopment Inc.
Her participation gave her achance to meet people from dif-ferent areas of the county withwhom she never would have hadthechancetocomeincontact,shesaid.
Alongwithhavingagreatstaff,board and alumni network, New-man understands the big pictureand “how everything intercon-nects,”Boyer said.
Montgomery County Coun-cilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1)ofBethesdacompleted thecoursein 2002. He calls Newman an “in-domitable force.”
His participation taught hima lot about the county, giving hima greater understanding of its di-versityandtheissuesthataffect itsresidents.
Hesaidtheprogramgavehima greater appreciation for the sig-nificance of county governmentandhowit affectspeople’s lives.
It also helped him developrelationships with other leadersin various parts and sectors ofthe county, Berliner said, helpingto get beyond the superficial andcreatinga trust.
“You learnandyoumeetpeo-ple who are important,” Berlinersaid.
Newman said she has per-sonal and professional reasons toleave, including several people inher lifedealingwithvariousmedi-cal situations.
She’s also looking forward tohaving more chances to volun-teer, as well as spend more timewith her husband, children andsix grandchildren.
But as she prepares to leave,Newman is proud of the impactLeadershipMontgomery has hadon thecounty.
“It has changed people’s livesinways that couldnever be imag-ined,” she said.
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Esther Newman, CEO of LeadershipMontgomery, said she plans to “re-wire,” not retire, when she leavesthe Rockville nonprofit in September.
n Other Clarksburgprojects on schedule in
capital budget
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE
STAFFWRITER
County Executive IsiahLeggett has continued to sup-port most capital projects inClarksburg in his proposedcapital budgets, except for thedevelopment of the Little Ben-nettRegional Parkdayusearea.
Leggett originally plannedto allot $250,000 for planningin Fiscal Year 2017 but is de-laying the project for two yearsbecause of the need to curbspending, according to budgetdocuments.
TheLittleBennett project isone of six deferred “due to ourfiscal constraints,” said Leggett
in his CIP memo dated Jan. 15to the County Council, whichreviews and approves the bud-get.
County residents will havea chance to comment on thedraft Fiscal Year 2016 capitalbudget, which begins July 1, attwo evening hearings beforethe County Council on Feb. 10and Feb. 24 in Rockville.
In Leggett’s draft capitalbudget is $2.6 million to covercounty contributions to the ex-tensionof SnowdenFarmPark-way and Little Seneca Parkwayin Clarksburg, according to aproject summary.
The amount also includesmoney for improvements at theintersection of Frederick Road(Md. 355) and Brink Road, in-cluding $600,000 for a WSSCwater main that will serve de-velopment west of Interstate270.
Proposed for Germantownin FY 2016 is $30.8 million forthefirst phaseof the renovationof the Germantown Science &AppliedStudies buildingon theGermantown campus.
Half of the$30.8millionwillcome from general obligationbonds and half from state aid,according to the project sum-mary. The total includes $28.5million for building construc-
tion and $2.4 million for siteimprovement.
The FY 16 capital budgetalso includes $4.2 million forcollege-wide renovations ofphysical education facilities,according to Leggett’s letterto the Council about the draftbudget.
There is also $3.4 millionincluded in the capital budgetfor the renovation of the publicpool at 20151 Fisher Avenue inPoolesville.
Built in 1991, the pool hasnot been upgraded since then,according to a project sum-mary. The project also includesa bathhouse, snack bar, leisurepool and playground.
Also in the budget is$873,000 for agricultural landpreservation and conservationeasements, according to a bud-get summary.
Little Bennett improvement project delayedCAPITAL BUDGETHEARINGSn When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Feb. 10 and Feb. 24
n Where: third floor hearingroom, Council OfficeBuilding, 100 Maryland Ave.,Rockville.
n For more information:montgomerycountymd.gov/OMB/FY16/ciprec
The Senior Connectionwill hold a volunteer openhouse from9:30 to11a.m.Feb.4 at the Holiday Park SeniorCenter, 3950 Ferrara Drive,Silver Spring.
The group links olderadults to services and re-sources so they can live as in-dependently as possible.
There are openings forvolunteers to drive seniors tomedical appointments, helpwith grocery shopping andprovide money managementsupport services.
For more informationand to RSVP for the openhouse, contact Mary Murphyat [email protected] or call 301-942-1049.
The Senior Connectionalso will hold training sessionsfor volunteer drivers and gro-cery shoppers from 10 a.m.to noon Feb. 11 at the JewishCouncil on the Aging, 12320ParklawnDrive, Rockville; and7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at theHoliday Park Senior Center.
— GAZETTE STAFF
Senior Connection hostsa volunteer open house
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n County trains officers togive anti-overdose medicine
BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFF WRITER
As deaths from heroin-related overdoses continue torise across Maryland, police inMontgomery County say they’reresponding with a revised inves-tigative strategy and a new emer-gency treatment.
Heroin deaths statewide in-creasedfrom392 in2012to464 in2013.Twenty-fivepeoplediedaf-ter overdosing on heroin or otheropioids in Montgomery Countyin 2014, including two 26-year-old men who died together Dec.5, according to data provided by
county police. That number isup from approximately 16 fataloverdoses in 2013, according topolice.
Overdose deaths have tra-ditionally been treated as un-attended deaths, which didn’tusuallywarrant extensive investi-gation, said Montgomery CountyPolice Capt. Dinesh Patil, headof the Special Investigations Di-vision, which investigates drugcrime.
But for about a year, policehavebeentryinganewapproach:treating overdoses more like ho-micides, Patil said. This meansmore evidence is gathered at thescene and from whoever waspresent when the overdose oc-curred, he said.
It also means pairing drug
investigators with homicide de-tectives, as well as working withprosecutors totryto linkoverdosedeaths to suspecteddrugdealers,Patil said.Evenifaspecificchargecan’t be brought against a dealer,theconnectioncouldbereflectedby a more severe sentence uponconviction, he said.
This new practice has not yetled to specific charges being filedin relation to an overdose death,but has led to better informa-tion-sharing between detectives,command staff and prosecutors,according to Patil.
This week, police also begantraining patrol officers to admin-ister Narcan, also known as nal-oxone,adrug thatcancounteractthe effects of an opioid overdoseand is sprayed into the person’s
nose. Twenty-eight officers weretrained Jan. 20, and the depart-ment hopes to have 80 officerstrainedtogive thedrugbyMarch,said Officer Scott Davis of the de-partment’s Crisis Interventionteam.
Police inother jurisdictions inthearea, includingAnnapolisandFrederickCounty,alreadyuse thedrug.
Twelve of the 25 overdosevictims in Montgomery Countyin 2014 were in their 20s, accord-ing to police.
Investigators believe thatmany people turn to heroin afterexperimenting with prescriptiondrugs like oxycontin and becom-ing addicted, Patil said. Heroinbecomes a cheaper and morereadily available alternative than
pills, he said.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
(R) said after his election last yearthat he planned to declare a stateof emergency regarding heroinuse in the state.
“It’s not just a crime prob-lem,” Hogan said in December.“Sixtypercentofour jailsarefilledwith people on heroin.” Hogansaid he planned to gather “all thesmartest people in the state andaround the country” to come upwith solutions to the problem,and that Lt. Gov. Boyd Ruther-ford would personally overseethe effort.
Hogan plans to “announcethe first steps in tackling theproblemvery soon,”according toa statement from his office.
At least one lawmaker from
the county has personally askedHogan to fund programs thattreat addiction and help rehabili-tate addicts.
“We must begin treating in-dividuals suffering from addic-tion as people suffering from atreatable, chronicmedical condi-tion; not as criminals,” Del. KirillReznik (D-Dist. 39) of German-townwrote ina letter toHogan inDecember.
Those who enable addictionare the ones who should be pros-ecuted to the fullest extent of thelaw, Reznik wrote.
The delegate also urged Ho-ganto invest in infrastructureandtreatment facilities,whichhesaidare lacking throughout the state.
County police apply new drug, new strategy to heroin problem
Making a Pit stop
TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Roland Dickey talks with customers Orlando Lastre of Gaithersburg and son Nick at Dickey’s BBQ Pit during a promotional stop on Saturdayafternoon in Germantown. Dickey handed out copies of his barbecue cookbook and chatted up customers.
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Montgomery County resi-dents 13 and older are invited tosubmit entries to the county’s in-augural Storm Drain Art Contest.
Hostedby theCountyDepart-ment of Environmental Protec-tionandRockCreekConservancy,the contest will use the winningart to educate residents about theconnection between local stormdrains and streams and the Ches-apeake Bay.
Submissions should portrayan educational theme relatedto streams or storm drains andthey should be colorful, creative,original and easy to reproduce,according to a news release. Eachdesign should include a short tag-line or message, in any language,related to the chosen theme.
Artists can choose their pre-
ferred medium, but the entryshould be a JPG, PNG or PDF ofthe design and can be as simpleas submitting a picture of the fi-nal piece.
Entries are due at 2 p.m. Feb.23. Two of the winning entries willbe chosen by a panel, with thethird winner decided by voting onRock Creek Conservancy’s Face-book page. The three winning se-lections will be painted on stormdrains in the county for Earth Day2015 in April.
Storm drain art is now visibleat the Aspen Hill and KensingtonPark libraries. More contest infor-mation, including photos of somestorm drain art, is at mygreen-montgomery.org/art.
— GAZETTE STAFF
Storm Drain Art Contest announced
n Council to discuss billlater this week
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
A bill to ban electronic cig-arettes and vapor inhalationdevices wherever MontgomeryCountyalreadyprohibits tobaccoproductshasgottenamixedpub-lic reaction.Thebill alsopreventsthesaleof theelectronicproductstominors.
“I’m quite confident we’regoing to enact this,” CouncilPresident George L. Leventhal(D-At Large) of TakomaPark saidMondayathisweeklypressbrief-ing. Leventhal noted that mostpeople testified in favor of thebill Thursday at a MontgomeryCounty Council Health and Hu-man Services Committee hear-ing.
Councilwoman Nancy Flo-reen (D-At Large) of Garrett Parkproposed the bill, which specifi-cally would add e-cigarettes tothe county’s ban on smoking incertainpublic places.
The county prohibits smok-ing in bars, restaurants, busi-nesses, workplaces, elevators,hospitals, county buildings, railstations, bus stops and schoolsandon county property.
The fine is $50 for a first of-fense and $75 for a second of-fense.
Also known as personal va-porizers or electronic nicotinedelivery systems, e-cigarettesprovide both nicotine and nico-tine-free options.
E-cigarettes have been avail-able in the United States since2007.Use of the devices has dou-bled every year since 2010, withthe industry estimated at $1.5billion, according to informa-tion from the National Institutesof Health, National Institute onDrugAbuse,presentedatacoun-cil Health and Human ServicesCommittee briefing.
Opponents of the bill in-cluded people who have usedthe products to stop smokingtobacco.
Mike Shanahan, owner ofMJVape inMontgomeryVillage, saidhe quit smoking after 30 years byusing vapingdevices.
Shanahan said he fearedbanning public vaping would
hurt public health by preventingsmokers frombeing exposed to ahealthier alternative.
“It is my strong belief thatthis legislation is based primar-ily in irrational and unwarrantedfear and it will do more harmthan good to the public healthby discouraging smokers fromadopting a healthier alternative,”Chris Webber, a lifelong countyresident, testified.
Supporters said it’s health-ier to keep vapor out of publicspaces.
Anne Marie O’Keefe, chair-woman of the Maryland PublicHealth Association’s advocacycommittee, said the vapor is notpure, as it contains “nicotine andother toxicandcarcinogenicmet-als and chemicals.”
American Cancer SocietyCancer Action Network volun-teer Steven Weiss said the toxiccompounds in the vapor includeformaldehyde, a product oftenused as an industrial fungicide, agermicide andadisinfectant.
DebbieRobbins, president ofCenturyDistributors Inc., aRock-ville-based distributor of tobaccoand e-cigarette products, ques-tioned why the bill was needed,saying the county shouldwait forthe Food and Drug Administra-tion to conclude its process be-fore acting.
Dr. Ulder J. Tillman, countyhealth officer, said much is un-known about the products, butwhat is known is of concern.
“Use among youth is grow-ing, stimulated by aggressivemarketing and the use of flavor-ings in e-cigarettes that appeal toyounger consumers,” she said,testifying on behalf of the countyexecutive.“While theFDAismov-ing to regulate e-cigarettes, therule-making process is a lengthyone and it is likely to be years be-fore afinal rule is adopted.”
State lawmakers also haveproposed to toughen laws for theproducts.
“MontgomeryCountyshouldnot wait for the federal or stategovernment toenactneededpro-tections,” Tillman said.
The Health and Human Ser-vices Committee is scheduled todiscuss thebill onThursday.
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n Recorded concertshowcases talentsof middle schoolers
BYVIRGINIATERHUNESTAFFWRITER
Choral students at Kings-view Middle School performedto a standing room only crowdof parents, teachers and fellowstudents at their winter concertat Northwest High School onThursday.
“They work me like crazy,and I work them like crazy too,”saidanenthusiastic JoshuaSom-merville, substitute teacher andchoir director, to the crowd.
A total 270 students par-ticipated, including 88 from thesixth grade, 78 from the seventhgrade and 104 from the eighthgrade, according to theprogram.
Each grade presented songsseparately under the directionof Sommerville, who also playedthepiano.
A 2009 Gaithersburg Highgraduate, Sommerville attendedTowson University and startedsubstitute teaching in theMont-gomeryCounty school system in2013.
Sommerville, who has alsoworked with church choirs, saidhe had never worked with suchexceptional singers.
“These kids are extremelygood,”saidSommerville,whose-lected the songs for the concert.
Accompanied by musiciansondrumsandkeyboard, thecho-rus performances also featurednearly a dozen soloists, who alsowon enthusiastic applause fromthe audience for their individualperformances.
The concert was recorded,and CD’s are available for $30,Sommerville said.
Chorus is an elective atKingsview Middle School, andstudents who sign up sing fivedaysaweek,saidPrincipal JamesD’Andrea in an email. Studentsdon’t need to try out, but theteacher chooses any soloists thatperform.Sommervillealsochose
the songs for the concert.“Our chorus program pro-
videsanopportunity forstudentstodeepen their knowledgeof vo-cal music in a fun and engagingformat,” D’Andrea said in theemail.
“At Kingsview, our concertstypically include a variety ofmu-sicalstylesthatwillchallengeandengage students,” he said.
The sixth-grade chorus sangLennon and McCartney’s “Yes-terday,”aswellas“DormiDormi”and“Don’t StopBelieving.”
Seventh graders performed“Stay With Me,” “We Are One”and “The Rising,” which BruceSpringsteenwrote after the Sept.11 attacks on New York andWashington,D.C.
Sommerville said he startedout with sopranos and alto inboth grades, but also had somestudents sing tenor when helearnedmoreabout their ranges.
“It’s very fun to sing in Mr.Sommerville’s class – you get to
express yourself and bewho youare,” said seventh-grader TracySekyere after the concert.
Classmate Madison Gabreagreed.
“You get to express how youfeel,” she said.
Eighth-graders launchedinto some Michael Jacksonsongs, performing “Love NeverFelt So Good” by Jackson, PaulAnkaandKathleenWakefield.
Student Kadianine Sy-Sa-vane also sang solo during theperformance of a song fromZambia called “BonseAba.”
“I learned how to stabilizemyvoice,”shesaidaboutsingingin the chorus. “You got to showwhat you learned.”
“[Mr. Sommerville] pushes
a lot, but he gets really great re-sults,” she said.
The eighth-graders wrappedup the concert with a medley of“Listen” by Beyonce Knowles,“Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Zand Alicia Keys and “Man in theMirror”by Jackson.
Eighth-grader Naia Saddler,who began singing in the chorusin sixth grade, said she enjoyedmeeting students she might nototherwise get tomeet.
Most enjoyable for her in theWinter Concert was singing soloduring“Listen”andjoiningothersoloists for “Man in theMirror.”
“I thinkhe’s a great teacher,”she said about Sommerville.
Kingsview chorus sings to packed house
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Kingsview Middle School students perform under the direction of Joshua Sommerville during their winter choralconcert at Northwest High School on Thursday in Germantown.
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election every year. The presi-dent gets elected by the board,explained Mike Conroy, Mont-gomery Village Foundation’s di-rector of communications.
This year, current presi-
dent John Driscoll, Pamela Bortand Bob Hydorn’s seats are upfor re-election. IncumbentsDriscoll and Bort have decidedto run again and “former long-time president Bob Hydorn haschosen not to seek re-election,”according to Conroy.
The other three individualsrunning are Glenn Gargan, Nev-
ille Levi and Michael Robinson.Residents were able to at-
tend a candidates’ forum from7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdayat the North Creek CommunityCenter located at 20125 Arrow-head Road.
“The candidate forum is re-ally the best opportunity forthe candidates to be in front of
people,” Conroy said, explainingthat it’s a chance for candidatesto show their personalities, theirideas and their opinions.
The transcript from the eve-ning will be printed in their com-munity news and a video will beposted online.
At the forum, Conroy said,residents were able to ask ques-
tions. Those who could notattend were able to submit ques-tions beforehand. There was bea moderator and each candidatewas able to answer any ques-tion even if it was not directed atthem.
“We go through an electionprocess. Ballots are sent out toresidents on Feb. 6 and are due
back by March 6 at 5:00 p.m. Theelection committee and a groupof other resident volunteers willget togetherandcount theballotsand those folks will get seated atthe Montgomery Village Founda-tion Board’s annual meeting onMarch 26,” Conroy said.
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n Germantown office hasequipment for stem cell,
plasma procedures
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFF WRITER
Doctors at American Spinein Germantown and through-out the State of Maryland haverolled out a new experimentalset of regenerative treatmentsfor injuries ranging from tornmuscles to serious back painand patients are starting totake notice.
Frank Chilcoat receivedhis first platelet rich plasmainjection on Dec. 2 for whathe described as, “Two tears onthe outer part of my shoulderin the muscle.”
“I’ve actually seen somedifference already,” Chilcoatsaid. “My range of motion wasvery bad. I was limited and Iwould get pain.”
Platelet rich plasma injec-tions and stem cell therapiesare under American Spine’sumbrella term of “Regenera-tive Medicine Therapy,” whichthe practice describes as “theapplication of biological ther-apies that enhance the body’sability to heal itself.”
American Spine has sev-eral different locations, includ-
ing one in Olney and anotherin a brand new building in Ger-mantown, which will be a fullyfunctioning surgical facility. Asof now, any of the surgical lo-cations can offer the regenera-tive treatments on site.
Dr. Mike Yuan has beenspearheading the proceduresat American Spine.
“The [platelet rich plasma]procedure is a very simpleprocess. Draw blood, like ablood test, then centrifuge theblood,” Yuan said, explainingthat the centrifuge separatesthe components of the bloodisolating the plasma that helpsbodies heal.
Next, doctors inject the pa-tient’s own plasma back intothe problem area, focusingtheir healing functions directlyon site.
“Instead of waiting foryour body to take it to the site,we are injecting there,” Dr.Sandeep Sherlekar, a co-ownerof American Spine, said.
This procedure uses thebody’s natural method of heal-ing in a more effective way, giv-ing the body the green light tosend more healing cells to helpout.
Chilcoat said he had op-tions and spoke with regularphysicians as well as pain man-agement physicians and de-
cided this was his best course ofaction. The fact that the proce-dure requires no hospital stayor inpatient treatment reallypushed Chilcoat’s decision.
As the assistant to the op-erations manager at AmericanSpine, Chilcoat was able to getthe treatment during his lunchbreak and be back to workwithin an hour with limitationsonly to heavy lifting. He has twomore injections scheduled, thenext one will be in February.
“I didn’t need surgery, butI had to get it fixed before it gotworse,” Chilcoat said.
Laurie Pantezzi, the mar-keting coordinator at AmericanSpine, explained that the pro-cedure is very popular in sportsmedicineandsomeathletesuseit to heal faster before games.
Because these regenera-tive therapy treatments arerelatively new and consideredexperimental, Sherlekar saidthat insurance companieswon’t cover the procedure,even if it’s been proven to helpthe patient’s condition.
“Insurances take a verylong time,” Sherlekar said, ex-plaining that bringing publicawareness to these treatmentswill put pressure on insurancecompanies to start coveringthe procedure. “If patients keepasking for it, it will get covered.”
For patients who have beentold they need a surgery or jointreplacement, Sherlekar saidthat these treatments could po-tentially help a person avoid areplacement surgery altogetheror at least prolong their timewithout one.
“We don’t know what wewill be able to do five years fromnow,” Sherlekar said.
Sherlekar explained thatholding off on a procedure suchas a replacement could meanthat by the time a patient getsit in a few years, the technologycould be completely different,making the replacement moreefficient or longer lasting.
Some patients who mayhave other illnesses can’t takethe antibiotics and other medi-cation necessary to fight offinfection after a surgery, butbecause platelet rich plasma in-jectionsarecomingfromwithinthe patient’s own body, there isno risk of infection or possibil-ity of rejection.
“Platelet rich plasma iskind of like the fountain ofyouth within your own body,”Dr. Atif Malik, a co-owner ofAmerican Spine, said.
American Spine offers experimental pain fix
n But administration saysproject is under review
BY KATE S. ALEXANDER
STAFF WRITER
Gov. Larry Hogan has pro-posed to continue funding thePurple Line, but his administra-tion has warned that the $2.5 bil-lion project is under review.
When he campaigned forgovernor, Hogan (R) made clearhis concerns with the project’sprice tag and emphasized hispreference for road projects.
Yet Hogan’s proposed capitalbudget, which was released onFriday, keeps a planned $312.7million in the ConsolidatedTransportation Program — thestate’s six-year capital plan fortransportation — for the projectin fiscal 2016, according to thefinal 2015 program.
The CTP also assumes about$923 million will come from thefederal government over thecourse of the project.
However, Budget SecretaryDavid R. Brinkley said both thePurple Line and the $2.9 billionRed Line proposed in Baltimoreare under “review and re-evalu-ation.”
Montgomery County Coun-cil President George L. Leventhalsaid the governor can reject fed-eral funds for the project.
Maryland Transit officialshave said construction on the16-mile light rail line to connectBethesda and New Carrolltoncould begin as early as this fall ifit stays on schedule.
As Hogan’s administrationstudies the project, the deadlineto grant a 35-year contract for apublic-private partnership onthe project approaches. Origi-nally in January, that deadline forbids has been pushed to March12, Leventhal (D-At Large) of Ta-koma Park said.
“That’s a fairly near-term goor no-go decision,” he said.
As planned, the rail line isa top priority for MontgomeryCounty.
Del. Shane Robinson (D-Dist. 39) of Montgomery Village,the county’s House delegationchairman, said lawmakers knowHogan is pro-economic develop-ment. Lawmakers are working toconvince Hogan that the PurpleLine is a key driver of economicdevelopment in MontgomeryCounty, the economic engine ofthe state.
Asked if the review of the proj-ect was of concern, Sen. Nancy J.King (D-Dist. 39) of MontgomeryVillage, the county’s Senate del-egation chairwoman, said, “Well,yeah. Obviously, he hasn’t madeup his mind if he is going to fundit or not.”
Transit advocates were quickto praise the announcement ofthe funding last week.
Stewart Schwartz, execu-tive director of the Coalition forSmarter Growth, applauded Ho-gan’s decision to keep the Purpleand Red lines in his first budget.
“The Purple Line is a gooddeal for Maryland, good forjobs, good for the economy andgood for commuters,” he said ina news release. “Walking awaywould waste taxpayer money,discourage future public-privatepartnerships, and forego [sic] asignificant economic develop-ment opportunity.”
While the Purple Line re-mains on uncertain ground,Leventhal said many of thecounty’s other capital prioritieswere funded in Hogan’s budget,including $1 million for Strath-more Hall and $2 million for theNational Cybersecurity Center forExcellence.
Hogan’s budget includesmoney for Purple Line
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The Montgomery County Office ofHuman Rights will host its annual civilrights historic bus tour April 6-11. Thetour will visit Greensboro, N.C.; Atlanta;Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma andTuskegee, Ala.; Cincinnati; and Memphis,Tenn.
The tour is offered in conjunction withMontgomery County Public Libraries, theAfrican American Employees Association,the Lincoln Park Historical Foundationand the Southern Christian LeadershipConference.
Tour stops will include the birth homemuseum of the Rev. Martin Luther KingJr.; the new National Center for Civil andHuman rights; the Tuskegee Airfield andNational Museum; the Rosa Parks Mu-seum; the Freedom Rides Museum; theSixteenth Street Baptist Church; the Ed-mund Pettus Bridge; the National Under-ground Railroad Freedom Center; and theLorraine Hotel National Civil Rights Mu-seum.
The cost for a group of four is $545per person, which includes hotels, trans-
portation, some meals and snacks, andmuseum and tour fees. The fee is higherfor smaller groups, according to a countynews release.
At least one member of each group isrequired to attend a meeting in Rockvilleabout a week before the tour.
More information is at montgomery-countymd.gov/humanrights, or contactBeverly Marshall at [email protected] or 240-777-8479.
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Montgomery County offers annual civil rights bus tour
Germantown credit unionnames CEO
Mid-Atlantic Federal CreditUnion of Germantown namedAndrew P. Russell president,CEO and chairman of Mid-At-lantic Financial Partners’ CreditUnion Service Organization.Previously, Russell was execu-tive vice president and head ofthe Business Banking Group ofthe Greater Washington, D.C.,area for PNC Bank; executivevice president, director of theBusiness Bank Wholesale Groupin Georgia and Florida for Cer-tusBank; and senior vice presi-dent and corporate relationshipmanager with BBVA Compass.
He is a Navy veteran andretired captain in the Army Re-serves. He holds a bachelor’s de-gree from the University of theState of New York, now ExcelsiorCollege, and a master’s degreefrom Troy State University.
EagleBank namesexecutive VP
EagleBank of Bethesdanamed Lindsey S. Rheaume ex-ecutive vice president, commer-cial and industrial chief lendingofficer.
Previously, he was a rela-tionship executive for JPMorganChase and executive vice presi-dent and commercial lendingmanager at Virginia CommerceBank, and also worked for Sun-Trust Bank, GE Capital and Bankof America.
Rheaume holds a bachelor’sdegree from the University ofNorth Dakota and a master ofbusiness administration fromthe University of Dallas.
The bank’s parent, EagleBancorp of Bethesda, also re-ported that its fourth-quarterprofit grew to $14.7 million from$12.0 million in the fourth quar-ter of 2013. Its annual profit lastyear was $54.3 million, up from$47.0 million in 2013. During theyear, its assets rose 39 percent to$5.25 billion from $3.77 billion.
Fox Hill namesexecutive chef
Fox Hill retirement commu-nity of Bethesda named QuangDuong executive chef.
Previously, Duong was ex-ecutive chef at the Ritz-CarltonGeorgetown and executive stew-ard at the Marriot Marquis, bothin Washington.
Argan promotescontroller to VP
Argan of Rockville promotedRichard H. Deily to vice presi-dent.
Since joining Argan in 2007,Deily had been corporate con-troller.
Dixon Hughes namesservices director
Dixon Hughes Goodmanin Rockville named StephanieFenner director in private clientservices.
Previously, Fenner, a certi-fied public accountant, was asenior manager at Aronson. Sheholds a bachelor’s in accountingfrom Florida State University.
Legal costs eat intoSandy Spring Bank profits
Sandy Spring Bancorp ofOlney, parent of Sandy SpringBank, reported that its fourth-quarter profit fell to $9.1 millionfrom $9.6 million in the fourthquarter of 2013. Its annual in-come last year fell to $38.2 mil-lion from $44.4 million in 2013.
Its 2014 profit was reducedby $6.5 million in litigation ex-penses, while its 2013 profit wasboosted by $4.5 million in in-terest income and professionalfees related to the resolution ofa nonperforming loan relation-ship, according to a news re-lease.
Total assets last year grew to$4.40 billion from $4.11 billion.
Hair Cuttery donateshaircuts to homelessFor every customer who gets
a haircut on Monday and Tues-day Hair Cuttery salons will givea certificate for a free haircut toa homeless person.
The certificates will be dis-tributed through homelessshelters and community orga-nizations.
Through the Share a Haircutprogram, the salon chain hasprovided free haircuts to morethan 1 million people, accord-ing to a news release. Nationally,the chain, owned by Ratner Cos.of Vienna, Va., hopes to providehaircuts to 35,000 homelesspeople in February.
The chain has about twodozen locations in MontgomeryCounty. A list is at haircuttery.com/locations.
County firms create WWIImuseum exhibits
Two Montgomery Countycompanies worked together tocreate a new exhibit at the Na-tional World War II Museum inNew Orleans.
“Road to Berlin: Euro-pean Theater Galleries,” a32,000-square-foot pavilion fo-cused on America’s role in thecampaign to defeat Nazi Ger-many, opened at the museumDec. 13. History Associates ofRockville developed contentfor the exhibit and Gallagher &Associates of Silver Spring de-signed it.
The exhibit shows thedrama, sacrifices, personal sto-ries and strategies of America’scampaign to defeat the Axispowers, using artifacts, oral his-tories, technology and “immer-sive environments,” accordingto a news release from HistoryAssociates.
A second exhibit, “Road toTokyo: Pacific Theater Galler-ies,” is to open this year.
Bridgewater Wealthnames principal
Bridgewater Wealth &Financial Management ofBethesda named Nina R. Mitch-ell a principal.
Previously, Mitchell co-founded MTX Wealth Manage-ment in Bethesda, where shewas a principal adviser. Earlier,she worked at SFX Financial Ad-visory Management Enterprisesand Falk Associates Manage-ment Enterprises.
E-Management tapsformer White House CIO
E-Management of SilverSpring named Karen Britton se-nior vice president and COO.
Previously, Britton was chiefinformation officer of the Execu-tive Office of the President andspecial assistant to PresidentBarack Obama.
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n Choice Hotels plansCambria Suites near
downtown headquarters
BY RYAN MARSHALL
STAFF WRITER
Workers were still ham-mering, sawing and digging atthe Upton on Friday, but thebuilding in downtown Rock-ville that will combine apart-ments, a hotel and retail spaceis still on pace to be completedand open by early April, ac-cording to its builders.
The project will feature263 luxury apartments, about17,000 square feet of retailspace and a 140-room CambriaSuites hotel, one of the severalbrands of Choice Hotels Inter-national of Rockville.
The apartment section ofthe building should be readyto open by early April, with thehotel in early May, said Marc
Dubick, president of developerDuball LLC of Reston, Va.
Choice Hotels moved toRockville from Silver Springabout two years ago, with plansto build the Cambria Suitesnearby. The global hotel fran-chiser’s headquarters had beenin Silver Spring since 1968.The Rockville headquartersbuilding was developed and isowned by Foulger-Pratt Cos. ofRockville.
Choice Hotels did not re-turn calls seeking comment.
Dubick said his companyis in negotiations with severaltenants to occupy the retailspaces.
A second phase of theproject, with 400 apartmentsbut no hotel component, isplanned next to the propertyon what is now a parking lot ablock from the Rockville Metrostation.
The hotel will have a pool,fitness center, conference fa-cility and other amenities, said
John Segreti, a Duball execu-tive in charge of development.
A rooftop deck area for theapartment section will featureviews that stretch from Restonand Tysons Corner, Va., to the
south to Sugarloaf Mountainin the north. The buildingwill encompass three typesof architecture: traditional,Deco-Gothic and Modern,he said.
The mixture of residen-tial, hotel and retail provideda challenge for planners, butalso an opportunity, he said.
In an urban mixed-use,“all these different uses haveto work together,” Segretisaid.
Rockville complex to househotel, retail and apartments
PHOTOS BY DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE
Marc Dubick (left), president of Duball LLC, and John Segreti, principal of Duball, give a tour of the Upton projectunder construction in Rockville’s Town Center.
MID-ATLANTIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Andrew P. Russell is the new CEOand president of Mid-Atlantic FederalCredit Union in Germantown.
PHOTO BY DAVID SHARPE INC.
Dixon Hughes Goodman in Rockvillenamed Stephanie Fenner director inprivate client services.
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The Washington Grove Town Council will hold a public hearing onMonday, February 23, 2015, 7:30 PM, in McCathran Hall, 300 Grove Ave.Washington Grove, Maryland. The purpose of this meeting is to take publiccomment regarding the proposed Zoning Text Amendment No. 2015-01;Ordinance Adopting Amendments to the Washington Grove ZoningOrdinance Article VII, Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, to Add a VerticalComponent to the Definition of Degree of Non-Compliance, Make OtherUpdates to Increase Clarity and Consistency, and Delete OutdatedProvisions. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for inspectionupon request to the Town of Washington Grove, P.O. Box 216, WashingtonGrove, Maryland 20880 (301-926-2256) and on the Town website(www.washingtongrovemd.org).
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“My technique still hadholes in it. I didn’t get accepted,”Elhallal said. “This year I tried, Iput a lot of practice into it, andwas accepted.”
Elhallal, who is homeschooled, also performs withthe Metropolitan Orchestra andCamerata at Montgomery Col-lege because of Silverman’s urg-ing and because she knew theperson in charge of the orches-tra. She reached out and askedif the orchestra would be inter-ested in having a 14-year-oldjoin. The orchestra let Elhallaltry out and he was asked to join.He’s been with the orchestra fora year and a half and hasmovedup to alternative principal vio-linist after proving to the con-ductor he had the skill and tookthe time tomaster it.
“At the beginning it was[intimidating],” Elhallal said,explaining that he was theyoungest in the orchestra play-ingmostly with college-agemu-sicians.
Elhallal said that he feelsprepared to perform with a newgroup of students because of histime with the Metropolitan Or-chestra and Camerata and hisexperience in various quartets.Elhallal said as long as everyonegets into their part right, he willhave no problem.
The students participatinghave to learn two pieces beforethey get to New York for theperformance and Elhallal saidthat they are not easy songs. Hehas been bringing them in andworking on them with his violinteacher.
To audition, Elhallal had torecord himself playing violinand send it in as an audio file.He said that he recordedhimselfplaying the songs a lot in orderto get themperfect.
While also taking lessonshimself to improve his own skill,Elhallal teaches younger chil-dren violin and piano, whichhe recently began reteachinghimself after taking lessons forabout 6 years growing up. In ad-dition to playing and teachingmusic, Elhallal also performs intheater productions, sings in anacapella choir anddoes jazz andtap dancing with a home schooltheater group in the area.
“Music goes hand-in-handwith theater. Just the thought ofbeing on stage and taking some-one else’s role as your own,” El-hallal said.
Elhallal’s family is also verymusical. His sister Sophie, 13,and brother Paul, 18, both playpiano as well as anything theycan get their hands on.
“The first teacher did notwant to take them so young,”hismother Simona Elhallal said,explaining that her children’stalent was very noticeable oncethey began the lessons. She saidshe makes sure there is suffi-cient time to practice in theirhome school schedules.
The 2015 High SchoolHonors Performance Series atCarnegie Hall is presented byWorldStrides, an educationaltravel organization which se-lected approximately 500 stu-dents out of thousands whoapplied through their auditionand application. While Elhallalwill beperforming in theHonorsOrchestra, there is also aHonorsChoir and Honors Band with allperformances open to the pub-lic. Members stay in New YorkCity for a couple days before-hand to explore, see a Broadwayplay and practice.
“I wouldn’t miss it for any-thing, I’m proud and grate-ful,” Simona Elhallal said aboutwatching her son at CarnegieHall.
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on magic.Years ago, London also
served as editor of Behind theSmoke and Mirror, a maga-zine he created that was filledwith essays on magic andcreativity written by othermagicians. Putting the maga-zine together, London said,allowed him hear the per-spectives of many others whopractice the craft.
While in Gaithersburg,London will perform his“Magic Outside The Box”cabaret show, which features
highlights from his previoustheatrical productions.
In one of the show’s tricks,London explores power struc-tures in magic by “proving thepsychic potential of my deaduncle’s collection of psychiccelebrity toenail clippings.”
“That trick emerged at atime where I had developedthe understanding that magicgenerates power, and I wasexploring the notion to beable to direct that power toother things,” London said.
Another trick has Londonusing Wonder Bread to studythe abstract concept of won-der in a tangible way.
The “Adventure to the
Imagi Nation” family showwill bring the audience mem-bers to the country of Imagiwhere five different charac-ters will share some wisdomand magic, London said.
“The show personifies theimagination as an actual placewe could visit,” London said.
London will also host aMagic Workshop to discussthe difference between magicand magic tricks. Participantswill have the opportunity tolearn three or four of Lon-don’s tricks.
“It is my belief that magicand magic tricks are com-
pletely different things,” Lon-don said. “I teach tricks and Ialso use the teaching of tricksto dissect and explain bigger-picture magical ideas.”
Ultimately, London de-sires to leave a lasting impres-sion on all of his spectators.
“My personal mission is
to spread wonder, magic andplay across the universe,”London said. “I hope whenpeople leave the theater, theyhave a slightly more magicalperspective of their own real-ity.”
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found Poindexter guilty on allfour counts. He is scheduled tobe sentencedMarch2, and facesup to 70 years in prison for thefour counts. A second trial, forcharges relating to other allegedvictims, is scheduled to beginFeb. 2.
The charges against Poind-exterwere twocountsof second-degree sexual offense, one countof attempted second-degreesexual offense, and one count ofthird-degree sexual offense.
The jury foreman, who de-clined to give his name, toldThe Gazette after the verdictwas read that video and pho-tographic evidence presentedclearly showed that there hadbeen a sexual encounter. Jurorsonly had to determine whetherthe victimwas willing or not, hesaid.
Testimony from witnesses,including the victimandanursewho examined him, as well as aconversation between Poind-exter and the victim that wasrecorded by police, ultimatelyconvinced jurors of the defen-dant’s guilt, the foreman said.
In closing arguments Mon-day morning, prosecutorsplayed a five-minute videorecovered from Poindexter’scomputer and cellphone. Theysaid the video showed Poindex-ter stroking and squeezing thevictim’s bare buttocks while theyoung man was passed out na-ked in Poindexter’s shower.
The Gazette does not usu-ally name the victims of sexcrimes.
Poindexter delivered hisown closing argument Mon-day, after firing his defenseteamon Friday. Hewas initiallyrepresented by three private
attorneys working through thepublic defender’s office, butaccused them before the trialbegan of trying to sabotagehis case, so he would be foundguilty. The attorneys denied theallegation.
Poindexter argued that atext message the victim sentto a friend on the morningafter the incident, indicatingthat the victim had no mem-ory of the previous night, con-tradicted evidence presentedby prosecutors. Poindexterindicated that the sex betweenhimself and the victim wasconsensual.
Poindexter also assertedthat there were discrepanciesin the testimony of a witnessfrom the College Park barwhere the beer-pong tour-nament took place and fromone of the police officers whoinvestigated the incident. Ina game of beer-pong, par-ticipants must throw a ping-pong ball into plastic cups; ifthey succeed, their opponentsmust take a drink.
In his rebuttal, AssistantState’s Attorney Patrick Maysdescribed Poindexter’s behav-ior as “predatory” acts. Maysshowed jurors security camera
footage from the bar that hesaid demonstrated how the vic-timwas so drunk, he was barelyaware of his surroundingswhenPoindexter led him away.
“Every person in this roomknows this was not consensualbehavior,” Mays said.
Mays said the victim hadn’tbeen aware that Poindexter hadphotographed and videotapedhim, and that those “trophy”files had been well concealedon the defendant’s externalhard drive.
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Marlin was one of manyparents, doctors, students andschool staff on Thursday urgingthe school district to start highschool later. The district heldtwo public hearings that day onpossible changes.
Some speakers asked for alatermiddle school start time.
Superintendent Joshua P.Starr recently released a seriesof options to consider new belltimes, so high school studentswould getmore sleep.
Starr said at the time thatthe board should consider onlyoptionswithout cost.He recom-mended the district push back
start andend times at all schoolsby 20minutes.
The board will decide onpossible changes on Feb. 10.
Many speakers at the sec-ond hearing pointed to effectsof sleep deprivation, such as de-pression, suicidal thoughts, obe-sity and car crashes. Some saidit’s hard for teenagers, based ontheir circadian rhythms, to fallasleep until around 11 p.m.
The circadian system servesas an “internal clock” that con-trols alertness and sleepiness,according to the National SleepFoundation.
Multiple parents describedrousing their reluctant childrenout of bed to meet a bus in thedark.
Testimony fromdoctors and
other experts shared researchand personal findings that laterstart times are beneficial.
Karin Chambless of Sil-ver Spring said her 10th-gradedaughter gets 6 to 6½ hours ofsleep a night during the weekas she balances school workand other activities. She drinkscoffee and eats “a lot of sugar”to help her stay awake, but stillfalls asleep sometimes in class,Chambless said.
Growing research showsa lack of sleep has “enormoushealth and safety impacts,”confirming a long-known fact,said Darrel Drobnich, the for-mer chief program officer atthe National Sleep Foundation.He served on a consulting teamthat helped Fairfax County, Va.,
change its bell times.“Now, school districts that
continue to balance their bud-gets on the backs of our kids,without any concern for theirhealth and safety, is nothingshort of gross negligence,” saidDrobnich, who has two childrenin the Montgomery school dis-trict.
Dr. Michelle Seelman, achild and adolescent psychia-trist in the county, said shesupports starting middle andhigh schools at 8:30 a.m. orlater. Chronic sleep depriva-tion causes depression, suicidalthoughts and poor judgment,she said.
“Over and over, I hear ac-counts of MCPS students whoare chronically sleep deprived,”
Seelman said.Meghan Gaffney, a
Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighSchool sophomore, saidher rou-tine involves getting up shortlybefore her bus arrives around6:30 a.m., on which she some-times continues sleeping. Afield hockey and lacrosse player,Gaffney said that on days shereturns home from a two-hourpractice, she tries to fit in home-work, dinner and family time,among other things, before bedtime.
“Living on six hours of sleepis awful,” she said.
Pamela Coukos said hermiddle-schooler Ben, who hasattention deficit disorder, expe-riences fatigue, headaches andfrustration from lack of sleep,
and she doesn’t know how tomanage high school next year.Ben sometimes has bad days,she said.
“The days he is literallycrawling out of bed becausehe’s too tired to stand up, and Ihave to coach him through it,”she said. “Those are the days Iwonder about home schooling.”
Karen Sultan, a WestlandMiddle School teacher withthree sons in district schools,said she sees the link betweensleep deprivation and depres-sion in her class and her family.
“As a teacher, I’venever seenkids so stressed out,” she said. “Ihave several kids who just can’teven come to school anymore.”
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ObituaryNorma Jean (Kitch) Haugan, 83 ofFrederick and formerly Montgomery County,Maryland, passed away on Saturday, January17, 2015 at Country Meadows.Born on February 28, 1931 in Jefferson City,Missouri, she was the daughter of the lateCharles and Sophia (Hildmann) Kitch. Normagraduated from Washington University in St.Louis with her Bachelors of Science inNursing. She was a longtime member of theCovenant United Methodist Church and had a
deep faith in GOD. She was loved by many and best known for her sweetand compassionate heart. After obtaining her degree and working as anurse, she took time off to raise her children and care for her family beforereturning to nursing.Norma is survived by her four children, Susan K. Erichsen, Gregory T.Haugan and wife Christine, Charles Melvin Haugan and wife Tina, andJoanne L. DeSalvio and husband Lars; and eight grandchildren, JessicaKent and husband Logan, Katie Erichsen, Jason Erichsen and wife Sarah,Buckey Erichsen, Michael Haugan, Alexandra Haugan, Nicholas DeSalvioand Erika DeSalvio.A memorial service will be held at 1 pm, on Saturday, January 31, 2015 atthe Covenant United Methodist Church, 20301 Pleasant Ridge Dr.,Gaithersburg, Maryland 20886. A reception will follow the memorialservice.Memorial contributions may be made to Carroll Hospice, 292 Stoner Ave.,Westminster, MD 21157 or to Christ House, 1717 Columbia Rd NW,Washington DC 20009 (christhouse.org).Condolences may be shared with the family by visitingwww.keeneybasford.com
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I would like to comment onwhat ismeant “greater good” inTheGazette’s “Our Opinions” (“Saveamphipods—atwhat cost?,” Jan. 7).
The editorial ended with astatement imploring everyone toconsider the “greater good” whendeciding about land use. This um-brella phrase has been manufac-tured and advertised to apply toa greater good when actually it ismore appropriately associated witha “greater greed.”
This “greater good” starts with amisrepresentation of undevelopedland as not already serving a greatergood. This can justify developmentstarting, perhaps with a housingcommunity which destroys an areaalready housing a natural commu-nity, stating this development is forthe “greater good.”
From this comes the “need” forclose proximity of abundant shop-ping — i.e., more development. Tosupport merchants supplying thisabundant shopping,more consum-ers are needed and more housing.Consumers have kids, schools areneeded, traffic gets bad and forthe “greater good,” more roads areneeded.Where there are new roads,there can bemore development.
The“greater good” isnowso im-portant, it is apparently appropriateto force property owners living inthe area before the developmentstarted to have a road built rightthrough where they live, like it ornot. This is achieved by the countycondemning the owners’ land andtaking it. Or there’s “alternate trans-portation”— i.e., the Purple Line.
And for the “greater good,” nomatter how valuable the land is tothe lives of the current inhabitants(in this case, maybe species listed
on the federal endangered spe-cies list), we are asked to condemnthe environment and build rightthrough the area for the “greatergood.”
Seemingly as proof that all ofthis is for the “greater good,”CountyCouncil members brag about howproperty values have goneup.Whatthis actuallymeans is that evenpeo-ple who have not improved theirproperty ormoved fromwhere theyhave been living can now pay thecounty higher taxes to support, youguessed it, the “greater good.”
As obviously self-perpetuatingthis circle of nonsense is, if it wereactually working to some degreefor a greater good, perhaps an ar-gument could be considered on itsbehalf. But, Montgomery County isstill facing a revenue shortfall for therest of the current fiscal year and thenext one.
So, let’s unwind this. Highertaxes, from all of this doing for the“greater good,” are not paying forsolutions to the problems createdby the “greater good.”
I can imagine some have come
away with greater goods from thisblind devotion to over develop-ment. But I see every day how themajority of people, plants and ani-mals — which, when in balance,do create a greater good — are suf-fering from the deception. So I ask:What is so good about the “greatergood” from the runaway train thatis over development and greed?Whose definition of what is goodare we being asked to buy into andto what end?
Karon deSilva, Clarksburg
There’s plenty of bad built into ‘greater good’
GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
American University graduate student Jenna Keany holds a vial of shrimp-like amphipods in Rock Creek Park in Chevy Chase on Dec. 5.
I take issue with The Gazette editorial on Jan.7 (“Saveamphipods—atwhat cost?). It is illogicalonmany levels. Let’s start with two big ones: tak-ing cars off the road and saving the amphipods.
The MTA “estimated” (without revealing itsmethodology or inputs) that in 2040 (25 yearsfrom now), nearly 17,000 “trips” by automobilewould be saved compared to the “no build alter-native.” That is a drop in trips of less than 1/10 ofone percent for the Metro area, an “estimate” of
trips saved that essentially equals zero.To quote The Gazette, these trips (if the es-
timate has any validity) will be saved “at whatcost?” In this instance, the cost would be about$21 per seven-mile trip saved. That’s too expen-sive.Weneed to seewhetherwecan saveasmanyor more trips with more cost-effective alterna-tives. The state has not done so yet.
Regarding the amphipods, both the federalgovernment and the state have adopted poli-
cies that treat “endangered species” with muchgreater care than other environmental issues be-cause extinction is forever. This policy has heldup (or even blocked) a number of importantprojects around the country. The Purple Linecase is too weak to justify rethinking this policy;the train’s cost would far exceed the benefits. Weneed cost-effective alternatives.
Lewis Leibowitz, Chevy Chase
Purple Line advocates don’t make a good case
Your Jan.7editorial “Saveamphi-pods—atwhatcost?”concludedthatsacrificing one of about five knownpopulations onEarth of two rare am-phipodswould be a fair exchange fora relatively tiny reduction in green-house gases and a smaller reductionin car trips in the distant future, if arecentamphipoddiscoveryalong thepathof thePurpleLinewere tobeoneof the endangeredones.
Amphipods are an indicator offreshwater quality and depend fortheir survivalon leafy forestcoverandstreambuffers.
Eventhoughamphipodsrecentlyfound by Dr. Culver’s team are notone of the three highly endangeredspecies of amphipods of our nation’scapital area, all need thenewly foundhabitat in order to recover.
Even if one does not accept “theCovenant of Noah,” the duty not torisk destroying entire species and the
recognition thatweall dependon thediversity of life,wehumansalsoneedthis area— undisturbed. Thousandsof users of the trail — cyclists andwalkersofallages—comefrommilesaround to enjoy this gentle, shaded,forest-lined trail for commuting andrecreation.
The Purple Line, instead, woulddisplace the current trail, clear-cut48 acres of trees, and create storm-water runoff beyond levels normallyallowed by Montgomery County.In fact, within months, Montgom-ery County plans to force everyoneoff the trail, down narrow streetsthrough the town of Chevy Chase,driving cyclists and baby carriagesacross dangerous intersections, foryears of construction.
As for climate change, neitherThe Gazette nor the Sierra Club havepresented evidence to show that thecoal burned to generate the electricity
required by the Purple Line wouldn’tcreate more greenhouse gases (andother pollution) than the few cars theline would displace. Well-researchedcomments on the Final Environmen-tal Impact Statement countered thestate’s claim of greenhouse gas sav-ings.Thestates’estimatesandthoseofTheGazetteandSierraClubalsofailedto count carbon dioxide and otherpollutants (and stormwater for thatmatter) removedby the trail trees thatwouldbesacrificed foraPurpleLine.
It would be irresponsible tospend $2.5 billion to construct and$50 million a year or more for eachof the next 40 years to run the PurpleLine, asexplained in the followingex-pert analyses:
• Economist Frank Lysy: http://tinyurl.com/k87b7a7
• Professor David Lublin: http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=4487
• Transportation Policy Expert
Randall O’Toole: http://tinyurl.com/q5f69x9
• The transportation engineeringfirm of Sam Schwartz: http://tinyurl.com/l523dj7
So, with one stroke of the pen,Gov.Hogancansave theamphipods,save our health, helpmore commut-ers and businesses across our twocounties and the state, and save bil-lions in taxes or — lose an irreplace-able trail, ruin fine neighborhoods,loseachance to restoreanddelist en-dangered species, and put Marylandindebt for 40 years.
John Fitzgerald, Chevy ChaseThe writer is an environmental
lawyer among those suing the FederalTransit Administration, seeking toenforce the National EnvironmentalPolicyActandtheEndangeredSpeciesAct in planning the Purple Line.
Evidence shows that Purple Line could be ruinous
Failure to invest in early childhood care andeducation is a huge misstep, especially for a com-munity as educated as ours.
We now know the vast majority of our chil-dren’s brain development happens at 0-5 yearsand ensuring high quality experiences during thisperiod is crucial to school success and beyond.
We know the value of education, which is whywe invest over 50 percent of our county budget inK-12. Yet,we invest less than1percent in child careand early education.
Aseconomists like JamesHeckmanhavenoted,this is fertile ground that can yield great economicreturns. It’s not a handout, but an investment. It
allows parents to work while their kids are beingprepared for success in school and for life.
But child care is expensive. Even where bothparents are fully employed, many families cannotafford it and their children are likely to showup forkindergarten already behind and less equipped forsuccess.
Other jurisdictions have realized this problemand their citizensare supportingdedicated fundingsources to make substantial investments in theiryoungest children who need it most. Wouldn’t itbe wise for us to think ahead on this issue and jointhem?
Shaun M. Rose, Kensington
Think of child care as an investment for success WRITE TO USThe Gazette welcomes letters onsubjects of local interest. No anonymousletters are printed. Letters are printedas space permits. Include your name,address and daytime telephone number.Send submissions to: The Gazette,attention Commentary Editor,9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD20877; fax to 301-670-7183; or email [email protected].
Without then-U.S. Supreme Court Wil-liamO. Douglas, wemight not have theC&OCanal National Historical Park.
In 1954, TheWashington Post recom-mended creating a scenic highway out ofthe C&O canal’s remnants. But Douglasprotectively praised the land as “a wilder-ness area where we can commune withGod and nature, a place not yet marredby the road of wheels and the sound ofhorns.”
More than 60 years later, we have amagnificent184.5-milepark, stretch-ing fromCum-berland, Md.,to GeorgetowninWashing-ton, D.C.
The park’ssurvival is nolonger in seri-
ous danger, but the National Park Serviceisn’t flush with cash, either.
Coping with budget cuts, the Park Ser-vice is considering charging entrance feesfor the C&O park and others.
Like anyone else, we balk at beingcharged for something we’re accustomedto having for free. But this ideamakessense, and we support the concept to helppay for staffing, maintenance, amenitiesand restoration projects.
The National Parks Conservation As-sociation says the Park Service, “whichhas long struggled with underfunding, hasbeen crippled by compounded budgetcuts over recent years,” especially as it ap-proaches next year’s centennial.
Currently, the Park Service charges aC&O admission fee ($3 for three days) onlyat the park’s Great Falls Tavern entrancein Potomac. The new plan is to add feeseverywhere outsideWashington, D.C., andimplement a parking fee at the Fletcher’sCove area of the park inWashington.
Park visitors would pay $7 for a seven-day pass. Parts of the park west of SenecaCreek, that fee would be phased in, startingat $3 this year.
A per-vehicle pass would be $15 forseven days, also phased in west of SenecaCreek, starting at $5.
A frequent C&O park user probablywould go for an annual pass for $30, mak-ing this a nominal fee for most people.
In the National Park System, 131 unitsalready charge entrance fees, so this isn’t arash change. The Park Service has 401 parkunits, 23 scenic and historic trails, and 58wild and scenic rivers.
Park Service Director Jon Jarvis is let-ting superintendents consider new or in-creased entrance fees for more uniformity.C&O rates are likely to be for seven days in-stead of three, which some parks use now.
For comparison, AntietamNationalBattlefield currently charges $4 for anyoneat least 16 years old and $6 per family forthree days. An annual pass costs $20. Harp-ers Ferry’s federal park charges $5 per per-son and $10 per vehicle, also for three days.An annual pass costs $30.
Realizing there could be backlash, C&Opark Superintendent Kevin Brandt said: “Ifthere isn’t public support for this, it won’thappen.”
Input is welcome at public meetings,including one at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Glen EchoTownHall.
There’s probably room for compromiseand negotiation in the recommended ratesas the details are worked out.
Still, we’re persuaded by Brandt’swords in a Park Service press release: “Thepark is a popular place where people cometo recreate, to learn, to be challengedphysically and to be inspired and renewed;however, the park cannot run itself forfree, and our fee revenue is essential toproviding for public safety, recreation andresource protection.”
A C&Oboost
PROPOSEDENTRANCE FEES
ARE JUSTIFIED,WOULD HELP
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LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
Brian Benhaim’s calls for“real reforms” in the wake ofthe tragic plane crash near theAirpark in December [Jan. 7 Fo-rum] lack benefits to the com-munity while greatly benefittingMr. Benhaim and any of hisneighbors who chose to moveto a house near the Airpark.
As a pilot for a major airlinewho started his career at theAirpark, I find Benhaim’s “re-forms” overreaching. His plansare not real solutions. They are aveiled attempt by a NIMBY citi-zen to promote a selfish causespringboarded by a tragic ac-cident.
Banning touch-and-gooperations because they are anuisance to “legitimate com-mercial traffic” is like askingMr. Benhaim to drive off to theshoulder of Route 124 wheneverhe sees a commercial truck, bus,or limo in his rear-view mirror.Airplanes already in the patternhave the right of way, and all jetpilots know this and adjust ac-cordingly. After all, they likelybecame jet pilots by practicingtouch-and-goes at the local air-port.
Attempting to ban jets thatdon’t have a qualified copilotis not something that local gov-ernment can police. That’s thejurisdiction of the FAA, whocertifies airplanes to be flown bya single pilot versus two. Single-pilot jet operations have beenin use for more than 30 years.Trust me, because of this acci-dent, the NTSB and FAA will belooking far more closely at thisexemption.
His final proposal to sim-ply close the airport would bea boon for the value of nearbyhomes, perhaps including his.But, municipal airports are apart of the National AirspaceSystem. In the event of disaster,that single runway at the Air-park may serve as a lifeline forMontgomery County residents
as supplies fly in and injured areflown out to safer areas.
And let’s not forget theair-ambulance flights, AngelFlights, pet-rescue missions andmany other good-cause flightsthat take place at the Airpark,but are sadly under reported.
Benhaim also has his factswrong about other issues. First,the traffic at the airport fell pre-cipitously after 2000 because ofthe 9/11 terrorist attacks andthe establishment of highly re-stricted airspace overlying theAirpark. Many operators movedtheir airplanes to get out fromunder the bureaucratic bur-den of the airspace and risk offighter intercepts, not becauseof higher risk factors from over-flying the rampant develop-ment around the Airpark.
Second, Benhaim says emi-nent domain was used to “ex-pand operations at the airport,so bigger jets could land here.”This is flat-out false. The run-way at the Airpark has been thesame length since 1971. If he’sreferring to the development ofthe Webb tract, that is a countybuilding under constructionthere and has nothing to dowith the Airpark.
The reality is that any pro-posal to expand or improvethe Airpark has been reliablyshot down for the last 40 yearsthanks to residents like Ben-haim and their tactics. Com-pared to other small airports inthe area, our Airpark has seenvery little improvement. Fewbusinesses keep airplanes herebecause the runway is too shortand there’s no instrument land-ing system to guide airplanes induring low weather.
Instead of protecting andembracing the airport, politi-cians, developers, and NIMBYresidents have for years at-tempted to strangle the life outof it. So far, it’s working.
Peter A. Bedell, Gaithersburg
Airpark criticism ignoresactual and potential benefits
As a parent of a Montgomery CountyPublic Schools ninth-grader, I would liketo add my perspective on changing to laterhigh school bell times — and as a Mont-gomery County resident, I am very con-cerned about any additional cost (or thediversion of current funding) of some ofthe options.
Changing bell times is very “complex,”as acknowledged by MCPS in its 2015 sum-mary analysis. However, this issue may besimplified by determining: “What’s drivingthis need?”
As reported in internal MCPS reportsand analysis, increasing sleep is the drivingforce. Although not explicitly stated, moresleep leads to greater academic achieve-ment and increases the general health ofhigh school students since their circadianrhythm results in a later time when they fallasleep.
However, the independent HanoverReport conducted for MCPS states “...there is no conclusive evidence that dem-onstrates that later high school start timesresult in improved academic achievementfor students.”
While a later bell time facilitates get-ting up later, it also means that school endslater. Given the rigors of high school — aca-demics, clubs, sports, jobs — does endingthe school day later “push” these activitiesback with no increase in sleep?
To address this, MCPS cites a 2002study by Kyla Wahlstrom (“Findings fromthe First Longitudinal Study of Later HighSchool Start Times”) that indicates someincreased sleep. It is based on districts witha total population of less than 700 students,with 467 students in a later start time (Min-neapolis) versus 169 students in an earlierstart time (anonymous District B).
However, much has changed since the2002 Wahlstrom study, led by an explosionof electronic devices, streaming video, andespecially social media that high schoolstudents use frequently (much to my cha-grin, that’s my daughter!). For MCPS toleverage a decade-old study from a vastlydifferent information/entertainment age —a study with less than 700 students and an“anonymous District B,” so that no socio-demographic comparisons can be made— is not a strong business case for change.
My concern is MCPS may be “experi-menting” with later bell times without sup-porting evidence that links greater studentachievement or indicates this providesmore sleep. Additionally, given the eco-nomic headwinds for MCPS’ funding, anyoption that carries a cost should not beconsidered.
Since the board and MCPS are chargedwith optimizing student achievement andbeing sound stewards of taxpayer (fund-ing) dollars, especially as these dollars be-come ever-more scarce, initiating a costlychange without much assurance of studentachievement gains and increased sleep ispure folly. All this points to a strong “no-ac-tion” by MCPS and the board of education.
Changing bell times is complex giventhe various stakeholder concerns, inter-ests, and the massive disruption to 154,000students and their families. However, thedecision is simple: Do not change belltimes unless there is compelling evidenceof increased student achievement and in-creased sleep for MCPS high school stu-dents.
Rob Lao, Laytonsville
Without proof of a benefit,district shouldn’t change bell times
As another year came to aclose, I thought about peoplewho have shaped my path. As aLatina, first-generation Ameri-can, I didn’t have a ton of rolemodels outside of my familywho shared my backgroundsand experiences. But where so-ciety and media came up short,incredible teachers at BlakeHigh School made the differ-ence. Because of them, I mademy way to college. I attendedthe University of Maryland,Baltimore County. Now, be-cause of them, I teach, too.
Allison Finn, Claire Kodan,Rudy Tyrell, Cindy Loveland,Leigh Tinsley, Joseph DuBois,Carole Goodman, Kim Tolbert,Kathy Moore, Denise Ramosand many more recognizedwhat college could do for me,long before I did. They knew itwould stretch me academicallyand challenge me personally. It
wasn’t until my senior year thatany of us knew exactly where itwould lead me.
As an undergrad, I volun-teered with disadvantagedBaltimore students — manyof whom had special needs. Igrew increasingly frustratedwith a system that didn’t grantthe same opportunities to allmy students. They strugglednot because they weren’t capa-ble, but because of systems notset up to address their uniqueneeds and situations.
As my time with UMBCcame to a close, I knew I wantedto continue public service work— to create meaningful changeI deeply believe in. I thoughtabout my Blake teachers andknew I needed to get into theclassroom and pay forward allthat those teachers gave me.
I joined Teach For America,which enlists college graduates
and professionals to teach inlow-income communities andadvocate for equity.
I am teaching in Baltimorewith a vow: never let a studentget pushed through an educa-tion system without keys foropportunities. I set high goalsfor all my kids and expect themto meet them. Many studentsmay be low-income, or first-generation Americans, or havespecial needs, but I refuse tolet those be reasons they don’tsucceed.
My kids and I talk aboutleadership coming from withinand how to see yourself as aleader. For many, this isn’t easy— they don’t see many peoplein positions of authority or in-fluence to whom they relate.As a teacher, I strive to createlessons that not only allow mystudents to explore variousleaders, but also develop their
own leadership skills.I want every kid in Balti-
more to have the choice to goto college. I believe every singlestudent in Baltimore has in-credible potential, and I wantthem to believe that, too. Myown teachers showed me ex-cellent teaching, and I want toreplicate that for the next gen-eration. Every morning in theclassroom, I strive to teach asthey taught me: with passion,excitement, humility and un-derstanding.
Together, we can give ourkids the futures they deserve.
Micaela Perez Ferrero,Baltimore
The writer used to live in Ol-ney. She graduated from BlakeHigh School in 2009.
Giving thanks to the teachers who made me one
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Basketball rankings, county scoring leaders. B-3
BOYS BASKETBALL: Richard Montgomery atSpringbrook, 7 p.m. Friday. Top two public school boysteams in county meet for the first time.
SWIMMING: Division championships, Saturday.
ICE HOCKEY: Whitman vs. Wootton, 8:10 p.m. Friday.
Name any sport,and at some pointLarry Hurd has prob-ably coached it dur-ing his tenures withClarksburg and Pool-esville high schools.
I suspect that ifHurdwalked pasttwo students playingchess, he’d stop to ex-plain why theMuller-Schulze Gambit is tooaggressive. He’s currently the Coyotes’ foot-ball coach, but he has a very long resume.
“I’ve coached boys and girls basketball,”Hurd said. “I’ve coached baseball and soft-ball, and I’ve coached football. I’ve done allthese things.”
You’re right, he’s about tomake a point:“There is no preparation for the posi-
tion of head football coach, until you getthe job.”
Hurd’s defensive coordinator from thepast two seasons, DeShawn Anderson, isfinding that out after he was named Blake’sfootball coach last week.
A coordinator can focus on one thing,whilemaybe helping out in other areas. Butwhen you’re the head coach, you have toworry about both sides of the ball and spe-cial teams; you have to deal with themedia;parents asking about playing time; an ad-ministration that tells you it’s out ofmoney;college coaches whowant information onpossible recruits; visitingmiddle schools tolocal kids from going to Springbrook; keep-ing tabs on athletes’ grades; checking tomake sure your players live where they aresupposed to live so you don’t have to forfeita game;making sure a kid isn’t throwingaway a possible scholarship by tweetingsomething wildly inappropriate. And on,and on, and on.
“I don’t have a Twitter account,” Ander-son said. “I guess I’m going to have to getone.”
That list is just the start.“Every year, there’s something new,”
Hurd said. “You’re always having to adapt.But, while no one becomes a head coach forthe first time ready, I do think [Anderson] isas ready as you can be.”
Anderson has been a head coach intrack, at Einstein andWatkinsMill. He saidhewas a four-year starter at linebacker atNorfolk State, and did a coaching intern-ship with twoNFL teams (Indianapolis andJacksonville) for two summers.
He stopped coaching for four years tofocus on his family, but he was back soon asthe linebackers coach at Clarksburg for twoseasons before taking over as coordinator.
What canwe expect fromBlake?“I’m aggressive,” Anderson said. “We’re
going to use track as the basis for our pro-gram, andmake sure our kids are in greatshape because we’re going to run at atempo that’s tremendous.”
The former track coach broke the newsThursday to his football players that he ex-pects all of them on the track team.
Expect a quick-to-the-line, no-huddleoffense and a lot of pressure on thequarter-back tomake the right reads and execute theright options.Ondefense, Anderson saidhe’sa four-linemen, three-linebacker coach.
“You’re going to see speed andaggres-siononboth sides of theball,” Anderson said.
He teaches technology education atClarksburg, but Anderson said he’s beentold they are going to do everything pos-sible to get him in the building at Blake.
For now, he’s just trying to learn what itmeans to be a head football coach.
“When I first got hired for the job,myemail box, there were like 20 emails thatyou’ve got to respond to,” Anderson said.“Forme, it’s about balance, betweenmyfaith, my family and the love that I have forthis game.”
“When he toldme he got the job, I toldhim that his headaches just increased 100-fold,” Hurd said.
Blake footballoff and running
n Watkins Mill girls basketballseniors approaching1,000-point mark
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER
Watkins Mill High School seniorsDominique Walker and Danielle Dur-janarekeepingtabsontheir scoring to-talsas theyeachapproach1,000points.Walker has 905 and Durjan has 950,and with nine regular season gamesremaining, plus playoffs, they’re awaretheyhaveagoodchanceofreachingthemilestone.Andwhentheydo, they’llbeawardedagameballandberecognizedwith an in-game announcement, pos-siblyduringastoppageofplay,WatkinsMill coach IvanHicks said.
“It’s very special. It’s very special,it’s very comforting knowing that nightafternightwehavetwoindividuals thatwill score,”Hicks said.
In Montgomery County, and athigh schools across the area, basket-ball players like Walker and Durjanare nearing or have already passed thearbitrary scoring mark. On Thursday,Churchill senior Japria Karim-Duvallbecame the first Bulldog in 11 seasonsto reach 1,000. Paint Branch seniorDaisa Harris scored her 1,000th pointa year ago, while Eleanor Roosevelt ju-nior KailaCharles hasmore than 900.
It’s an impressive accomplish-ment, coaches said, particularly forpublic school athletes who play 22regular season games and at least onemore in the playoff. On the girls side, ittypically takes four seasons of consis-tent, steady contributions — 10-pluspoints per game — without missingany significant time. It’s even morechallenging on the boys side, wherefreshmenare less likely tomake varsityteams, let alone contribute.
“You need to have a combinationof your team playing well so you get
enough games in, and [you need] toscore pretty consistently on a goodclip,” said Paint Branch alumnus andgirls coachRochelleColeman(Classof2001), who reached 1,000 at the Bur-tonsville school. “You have to be con-sistent all throughhigh school.”
Different county teams andcoaches have different ways of ac-knowledging the 1,000 points. Some,like coach Kate McMahon, publicizewhen the athletes are close to 1,000,notifying the athlete’s family and eventhe press. Others place less emphasison the feat and are against mid-gamestoppages, but will recognize the ath-lete at the next game or after the sea-son.
It’s not a big deal everywhere. AtRoosevelt— the reigning state cham-pions from Prince George’s County— coach Delton Fuller hadn’t beentracking Charles’ scoring progress
County’s scorers celebrated to varying extents
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Watkins Mill High School senior girlsbasketball player Dominique Walker isapproaching the 1,000-point mark.
SPORTS EDITORKEN SAIN
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BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFFWRITER
It didn’t take Quince Orchard High School sopho-more Maddy Zarchin very long to make her markon the Cougars’ swimming and diving program.During her debut season a year ago, she broke
one of the school’s longest-standing all-time records— 26 years— in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of56.77 seconds.
“If a record sticks around that long and youbreakit, you know you’re doing something right,” QuinceOrchard coach ToddGarner said.
In a breakout freshman campaign, Zarchinmatched up against some of theWashingtonMetro-politanarea’s bestwithmultiple top4finishes atboththe Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swim-mingandDivingChampionships and season-endingstatemeet— shewas among the top individual scor-ers in both.
And while Zarchin, who said she takes pridein keeping Quince Orchard on a MontgomeryCounty swimming map more dominated by teamsin Bethesda and Potomac, is poised to back up lastyear’s success with another big postseason, Garnersaidhe is quitemindful about theamountofpressure
he places on his young star.“She’s one of those special kids who don’t come
around all that often,” Garner said. “She always hasthis calm and cool demeanor by nature, if she getsnervous, it’s unbeknownst tome. But youdon’twantto put a ton of pressure on a kid like that.”
Chances are that Zarchin puts enough pressureon herself. The county’s top swimmers are notori-ously internally driven and Zarchin spends about20 hours per week training outside of her QuinceOrchard team commitments, with the Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club. High school swimming,while competitive, should also be a fun outlet, Gar-ner said. Zarchin said she has relished the Cougars’teamatmosphere,which canbeadeparture fromthemore individualized environment of club swimming.Garner said despite her status as a standout, she innoway expects special treatment and is willing to dowhatever it takes to help the team, even if it meansstepping outside of her comfort zone.
“With swimmers like [Zarchin], they tend to putpressure on themselves, you don’t want to add toit,” Garner said. “She puts in a lot of hard work withher club team. You have to remember the fun side
‘Doing something right’TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Quince Orchard High School’s Maddy Zarchin swims the 100-yard butterfly Saturday against Seneca Valley at the OlneyIndoor Swim Center.
Cougars’ top swimmer holds school record
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n Top teams face off in Saturday’sscheduled tri-match that could
determine seeding
BY PRINCE J. GRIMES
STAFFWRITER
With less than two weeks remaininguntil the end of the wrestling regular sea-son, and regional duals set for just a fewdays later, three county wrestling teamsremain undefeated: Damascus HighSchool, Walter Johnson, and Whitman.If the season ended today, those threeteams would be locks to compete in the4A/3A West Regional Duals.
On Saturday, things will become alittle more interesting when Damascusplays host to Whitman and one-lossNorthwest in a tri-match that has the po-tential to shake up the top of the stand-ings.
Damascus, the two-time defendingstate dual-meet champion, is favored tobeat both Northwest andWhitman to re-main undefeated.
However, it would be unfair to pen-cil in a win without giving those teams afighting chance, but most people wouldsay it’s unlikely for Damascus to lose.
Assuming Damascus does defeatboth Northwest andWhitman, and noneof the three lose prior to Saturday, thematch between the Jaguars and Vikingsis one to look out for.
Northwest is the team that can leastafford to lose twice on Saturday becausethe Jaguars already have a loss. With awin, Northwest has a lot to gain.
In addition to matching Whitmanwith two losses, again assuming Damas-cus also wins, Northwest would be ableto gain a head-to-head win over the Vi-kings in the event they’re both vying forthe fourth and final spot.
Senior leaders Dell Ngonga (113),Mauro Beteta (152), and undefeated TJPatterson (220) make the Jaguars formi-dable throughout their lineup.
“We’re motivated,” Northwest coachJoe Vukovich said. “We need to run thetable to get to the duals. ... We finished
Damascus,Whitman,Northwestset to grapple
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as of Sunday, despite her beingwithin striking distance. HankGalotta, who coached the PaintBranch boys team from 1973 to1999 and at DeMatha Catholicunder Morgan Wootten priorto that, said he’s seen the feat
acknowledged, but couldn’trecall a boys game ever beingstopped for it. In fact, when all-time county great Tracy Jacksonscored his 2,000th for the Pan-thers in the 1977 state final, Ga-lotta said he didn’t even realizeit until he tallied up the pointsat the end of the season. He ac-knowledged it later at the end-of-season banquet, he said.
“At the end of the game wenever recognized points,” Ga-lotta said. “The first thing wetalked about was rebounds,leading assist man, leadingsteals. If there was somethingthat was unique about scoring,we’d mention that. But we neverever, and Morgan never evertalked about how many points.”
The accomplishment,
though, has long been acknowl-edged in amateur and profes-sional basketball. A 1937 NewYork Times article noted thatLong Island University men’sbasketball player Jules Benderscored his 1,000th point. In 1950,when Carl Braun of the NewYork Knickerbockers reachedthe milestone, the game wasstopped and he was presented
a ball, The New York Times re-ported.
Players and coaches, tovarying extents, are still goingafter the arbitrary scoring feat.Walker, who had an abbrevi-ated sophomore season, saidshe didn’t think she’d get any-where near the mark but wasencouraged when Durjan toldher before the season that she
was close. With Walker averag-ing a county leading 21.3 pointsper game, and Durjan (20.7) notfar behind, both may only needa few more games to get there.
“I think that it’s pretty cool,”Walker said. “... Not the biggestdeal in the world, but it is awe-some.”
SCORINGContinued from Page B-1
of swimming. I try to encourageher to just go out and have funwith it. When you have fun, youswim fast and when you swim
fast, it’s really fun.”Butterfly is often the last
stroke picked when swimmersare given a choice for their sec-ond stroke outside of freestyle,Garner said, and it’s because ofthe effort it requires — it takes atremendous amount of strength
and work to hold oneself abovethe water and move efficientlyover it.
While some of Zarchin’sprowess comes from a natu-ral talent — she’s built like aswimmer, Garner said, withextremely strong shoulders
— she’s also propelled by herwillingness to challenge andpush herself to and beyondher limits. And that also comesthrough on race days.
Though it sounds contra-dictory, not all fast swimmersmake great racers. But Zarchin
is a top-notch racer, Garnersaid. She is sure to have the op-portunity to put that on displayas the postseason nears — divi-sionals are scheduled for Satur-day with Metros the followingweek.
“Maddy never avoids racing
anyone, which is kind of amaz-ing,” Garner said. “What makesher so special is that she’s reallywilling to push herself hard. Shedoesn’t see any situation that istoo overwhelming.”
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margin for error anymore. Onlygood teams can do these kindof things, and if we’re going tobe considered a good team, weneed to do that.”
If Northwest only beats Whit-man and loses to Damascus, theJaguars would still need help. At
two losses, Northwest would betied with Quince Orchard, whichowns the head-to-head overNorthwest because of its win inthe season opener. Magruderwould also be ahead of North-west with just one loss.
If Whitman is able to pull outthe win, Northwest would es-sentially be eliminated from theregional dual conversation.
The Vikings would remain in
the picture for the No. 2 seed witha match against Walter Johnsonremaining on its schedule — theNo. 1 seed would be in play if itcan pull off the upset over Da-mascus. The bulk of Whitman’sexperience is within the middleweights, led by last year’s thirdplace state medalist Mitch Fen-ton (145).
The match will be their sec-ond tri-match in a three day pe-
riod as the Vikings are scheduledto host North Hagerstown andClarksburg on Thursday.
Saturday will provide Whit-man and Northwest an oppor-tunity to see how they stack upagainst Damascus in the eventthey see them again in the re-gional duals.
Despite success in recentyears, Damascus coach John Fer-gusonhasstatedonnumerousoc-
casions that the team tweaked itsapproach to this season in ordertogettheteamtobeperformingatan optimal level by season’s end.
“We’re trying to do somethings that are different, buthopefully the outcome will be alittle bit different as well,” Fergu-son said.
The Swarmin’ Hornets havebeen phenomenal this seasonwith wrestlers at almost every
weight that could potentially wina county championship. If theyare still improving, it can be adaunting task for anyone tryingto take them down. Whitmanand Northwest will likely get theirshot 1 p.m. Saturday in what willbe the toughest county match todate for each of the three teamsparticipating.
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Ice hockey
1. Churchill2. Landon3. Georgetown Prep4. Blair5. Wootton
Best bet
n Whitman vs.Wootton: 8:10 p.m.Friday. Game shoulddecide second placein the 2A Conference.Wootton won the firstgame, 2-1.
Indoor track and field
Boys
1. Northwest2. Quince Orchard3. Paint Branch4. Richard Montgomery5. Watkins Mill
Girls
1. Clarksburg2. Northwest3. Bullis4. Paint Branch5. Walter Johnson
Best bet
n Virginia TechInvitational: 5 p.m.Friday and 9 a.m.Saturday. Someof the nation’s toptalent will there soit’s a good eventto get ready forchampionshipseason.
Swimming
Boys
1. Georgetown Prep2. Richard Montgomery3. Walter Johnson4. Churchill5. B-CC
Girls
1. Churchill2. Blair3. Sherwood4. Holton-Arms5. Whitman
Best bet
n WashingtonMetropolitan PrepSchools Swimmingand Diving LeagueChampionships:Saturday in Laurel.Holton-Arms goesfor its third straightWMPSSDL title.
Wrestling
1. Damascus2. Good Counsel3. Georgetown Prep4. Walter Johnson5. Northwest
Best bet
n Northwest andWhitman atDamascus, 1p.m. Saturday:This tri-meet canshake up the 4A/3AWest Region dualstandings with thethree top teams inthe county squaringoff.
HOW THEY RANK
Given Colonels sophomoreStephanie Davis’ success dur-ing a breakout spring outdoorseason in which she won fourevents at the state meet — twoindividual, two relays — onewould expect her to enterthis winter rather confident.But some turmoil within theprogram early — three headcoaches from October throughthe end of November — andperhaps external pressure toback up those results, led to asubpar beginning of the sea-son per her standards, coachRichard Bosnic said. After anumber of runner-up finishes,wins in her both her eventsat last week’s MontgomeryCounty championship — 55-and 300-meter dash — builther confidence back up, Davissaid.
Davis’ county title perfor-mances are among the bestin the state and nation. Hertime of 40.20 seconds in the300-meter dash is top in thestate and No. 22 in the nation,according to MileSplit. Her7.20-second, 55-meter dashtime is Maryland’s third-best.
“[Davis] is a very gifted ath-lete,” Bosnic said. “She workshard. And she is competitive.She does not like to lose. Whenpush comes to shove, she hasthat grit and desire to win andnot all kids do.”
Damascus tuning up forrun at region title
The Swarmin’ Hornetsposted several top-notch per-formances in Saturday’s LastTrack to Philly Invitationalhosted by Georgetown Prep,a meet Damascus coach JasonBozicevich said was a goodopportunity for his athletes tofine tune some things as theyget ready for the upcomingClass 3A West Region and state
championship meets. DeniseWoode, Sahee Abdelmomin,Mia Del Borrello and MinaDel Borrello joined forces fora second-place finish behindstate title contender Bowie inthe 1,600-meter relay.
Damascus has severalathletes who should contendfor region titles, Bozicevichsaid, including Woode, who isranked seventh among 3A ath-letes in the 300-meter dash,and Mia Del Borello and An-drea Caputo, who are tied forthe third-best high jump (4feet, 10 inches). Damascus isalso in the top 10 of both the800- and 1,600-meter relays.
“[Some good performancesSaturday], times are starting tocome down at the right time,”Bozicevich said. “Seneca Val-ley has turned out to be prettygood this season but I think weshould have some good results[at regionals].”
Good Counsel senior usingwinter as springboardThere are certain training
exercises runners can do to im-prove speed and endurance,even mental strength. But thereare certain aspects of athleticismthat just cannot be taught, first-year Falcons coach Eugene Nealsaid. In addition to the tangibles,5-foot-7 (per Neal’s estimation)Virginia Tech recruit RachelPocratsky has the intangiblesand they’ve set her apart as oneof the state’s best middle dis-tance runners.
“She’s is a tall athlete, she’sphysically built to run at the nextlevel,” Neal said. “She has thosetraits you can’t teach. [On top ofthat] she’s determined.”
Pocratsky currently holdsthe state’s top time in the800-meter run (2 minutes, 18.65seconds) and is the county’sfourth-fastest in the 500-meterrun (1:18.05). On Saturday atthe Last Track to Philly Invita-tional hosted by GeorgetownPrep, she anchored the winning1,600-meter sprint relay thatposted Montgomery County’sbest time (4 minutes, 19.99 sec-onds) since 2011, according tomocorunning.com. The relaysquad included her younger sis-ter Erin, Lena Fowler and ChloeJohnson.
B-CC distance runner backEarlier this month, Barons
senior Nora McUmber wasnamed Gatorade Maryland GirlsCross Country Runner of theYear for a remarkable fall seasonduring which she won countyand state titles.
Perhaps the state’s bestdistance runner, who is partici-pating in the indoor season forthe first time this winter, wasmissing at last week’s countychampionship due to an officialcollege visit, coach Chad Youngsaid.
She rejoined the BaronsSaturday at the Last Track toPhilly hosted by GeorgetownPrep, where she anchored thethird-place 3,200-meter relayand ran the second leg of thefourth-place distance medley.B-CC dropped out of the top 5 atthe county meet but McUmber’sreturn should bolster the lineupat regionals.
The Walter Johnson girlswon the distance medley Sat-urday with the fastest time (12minutes, 31.42 seconds) by aMontgomery County team since2008, according to mocorun-ning.com.
Magruder sophomore regains form
The Magruder High Schoolwrestling team locked up the4A/3A East Division title on Sat-urday in a tri-match with divisionfoes Sherwood and Paint Branch.Magruder defeated Paint Branch36-27 and beat Sherwood 48-24,finishing a perfect 5-0 in the East.
Magruder’s only loss thisseason came to Churchill in theseason opener. Since then, theColonels have been on a tear,including an eye-opening per-formance and win over QuinceOrchard on Jan. 17.
Magruder coach AJ Tao saidBrent Martin (160 pounds) and JoeSanchez (126) have been staples inthe Colonels lineup.
Paint Branch defeated Sher-wood 44-36, but needed to beatMagruder for a chance at tying forthe division. Prior to the match,Panthers coach Rick Smith ac-knowledged that it would take alot.
The season has been a chal-lenge for Paint Branch, withwrestlers expected to play big rolesmissing in action. One example isa state qualifier from last season,Gibbs Tinne (195), who was un-able to return from a broken handsuffered during football seasonuntil Paint Branch’s tournamenton Jan. 17. With a tender hand andall, he finished second, remind-ing the county what Paint Branchhas been missing. Cornell Wilson(220) and Ryan Van Meers (132)have been top performers for thePanthers.
Landon-Bullis to determinesecond in IAC
On Wednesday, the LandonSchool wrestling team is set to faceconference rival Bullis in a matchthat will likely decide second placein the Interscholastic Athletic Con-ference’s regular season.
Georgetown Prep, currently 3-0in league play, will likely win theIAC regular season title. The Little
Hoyas have already defeated Bullis(2-1) and Landon (3-1).
“I am pleased with our prog-ress this season,” Bears coachAndy Katz said. “We are a youngteam who is getting better eachweek.”
The Bears have eight starters inthe lineup with winning records,four of which are freshmen. Thelineup also includes veteran JarettWitzal (160 pounds), who finishedsixth in last season’s MarylandIndependent School State Tourna-ment.
Clarksburg endurestough stretch
The Clarksburg High Schoolwrestling team started the season3-0, but that was before gettinginto the meat of its schedule onDec. 23, beginning with QuinceOrchard. A loss to QO turned outto be the first of a five-match los-ing streak for the Coyotes thatdidn’t end until Saturday when theCoyotes earned decisive victoriesover Rockville and Blake.
During the losing streak,Clarksburg lost matches to countypowers Damascus, Northwest andWalter Johnson. Over that stretch,the Coyotes failed to establishthemselves as one of the top teamsthis season, but there have beensome bright spots along the way.Northwest only edged the Coyotesby six points, and when Clarks-burg has won, it’s been by largemargins. The Coyotes defeated animproved Rockville team 44-18.
Coach Rob Pinsky said the sea-son is going well for his team — amix of seniors and young wrestlersthat includes freshman RyanCrosby (106 pounds).
Magruder locks up theEast Division crown
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Magruder’s Stephanie Davis competes in the class 4A girls’ 200 meters during last spring’s state championship meetin Baltimore. The sophomore started slowly this winter, but has been improving in recent weeks.
INDOOR TRACK NOTEBOOK
B Y J E N N I F E R B E E K M A N
WRESTLING NOTEBOOKB Y P R I N C E J . G R I M E S
n Led Falcons to playoffsthree straight years
BY PRINCE J. GRIMES
STAFF WRITER
Poolesville High School isseeking a new head footballcoach after Will Gant submittedhis resignation, citing family pur-poses as the reason why.
“Myoldest [child]willbease-nior at Walkersville High Schoolplaying soccer. My other one isa tenth-grader playing football.And I’ll have an eighth-graderplaying middle school soccer,”Gant said. “So just kind of run-ning out of hours in the day.”
Gant has coached at thecounty’s only Class 2A footballprogram since 2011, going 25-18 in four seasons with a playoffappearance in each of the pastthree. In his first season, Pooles-ville was 4-6. Since then, they’vegone 7-4 each year — losing inthe first round of the playoffs.
Gant said he started to get anidea to step down toward the end
of last seasonafter a con-versation withone of his son’sfootballcoachesat Walkersvilleand learnedthat Gant’s sonwould likely bemoving up tovarsity.
Walkersville defeated Pooles-ville in the 2012 postseason.
“I loved coaching [at Pool-esville],” Gant said. “We’ve gotan awesome community. Awe-some group of kids. And reallyawesome coaching staff... It’sa special place. It’s a differentschool community than most ofthe other Montgomery Countyschools.”
A friend of the coach at Walk-ersville, Gant said he may helpout with the team there, but healso said he could see himself re-turning to head coaching in thefuture — maybe even at Pooles-ville.
Poolesville footballcoach resigns
Will Gant
BEST BETn Churchill at Poolesville, 7 p.m. Friday: The
Bulldogs will look to keep their momentum goingwith tough matchup against the Falcons.
BEST BETn Richard Montgomery at Springbrook, 7 pm
Friday: Two of the county’s 4A favorites squareoff in what may be the Rockets toughest test thisseason.
BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK
Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 1.
The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams inMontgomery County.
Boys
Rank School Record Points
1. Montrose Christian 14-3 60
2. Richard Montgomery 14-0 52
3. St. Andrew’s Episcopal 16-2 49
4. Springbrook 10-2 40
5. Magruder 9-2 37
6. Bullis 13-4 30
7. Quince Orchard 11-2 21
8. Gaithersburg 9-3 16
9. Takoma Academy 14-5 14
10. Georgetown Prep 11-6 10
Girls
Rank School Record Points
1. Whitman 11-0 60
2. Paint Branch 12-1 54
3. Holy Child 12-2 46
4. Good Counsel 13-6 44
5. Wootton 9-3 36
6. Churchill 10-3 30
7. Walter Johnson 11-2 24
8. Magruder 9-5 15
9. Watkins Mill 8-4 12
10. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day 10-1 5
Also receiving votes:Covenant Life, 2;Damascus, 2.
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg 12 292 24.3Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood 10 221 22.1JonathanMustamu, Kennedy 12 261 21.8Aaron Byrd, Landon 15 323 21.5JoeHugley,Magruder 13 240 18.5Grayson Slover, Sandy Spring 14 256 18.3Teo Fletcher,Wash. Christian 5 90 18.0AndrewKostecka, Clarksburg 5 90 18.0Bryan Knapp, JewishDay* 11 196 17.8AlaniMoore,Montrose Christian 15 256 17.1
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.DominiqueWalker,WatkinsMill* 12 256 21.3DaisaHarris, Paint Branch* 13 272 20.9Danielle Durjan,WatkinsMill 12 248 20.7AbbyMeyers,Whitman 11 202 18.4Daphne Lerner, JewishDay 12 211 17.6Sheri Addison,Wootton 13 224 17.2Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 10 168 16.8Hope Randolph,Magruder 12 198 16.5Japria Karim-DuVall, Churchill 11 205 15.8Nicole Enabosi, GoodCounsel 19 296 15.6
Coaches and team statisticiansmay email season team statistics to [email protected] before noononMondays to be included.
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When the GaithersburgHigh School boys basketballteam dropped three of fourgames in a 10-day stretch inmid-December, basketball fansaround the county scratchedtheir heads. The Trojans haveone of the most talented lineupsin the county, but as coach TomSheahin pointed out, you didn’thave to look far to see what wastroubling Gaithersburg.
In its three losses to Clarks-burg, Magruder and Kennedy,Gaithersburg shot a combined37 percent from the free throwline. The Trojans, as Sheahinnoted, were also strugglingon the defensive end as theystruggled to find their identityas a team— something they’vecertainly rectified as evidencedby the five-game winning streaktheir currently riding. During thestreak the Trojans are shooting72 percent from the line and areexerting themselves on defense,according to Sheahin.
“I feel like our guys were justtired of losing,” senior AnthonyTarke said. “Now we’re just rid-ing this successful wave without
being complacent .”
Kennedy starout with hip injury
After KennedyHigh Schoolsophomore JonathanMustamutook a hard fall in aDec. 15 gameagainst Churchill High School,Cavaliers coachDialloNelsonnoticed his standout guardwasstretching a littlemore than usualin practice. Once the trainer got alook atMustamu, who has aver-aged 21.8 points per game through12 contests, the sophomorewasdiagnosedwith a hip flexor injury.Nelson decided to sitMustamufor a 10-day stretch at the start ofthe new year where therewereno games, givingMustamu timeto rest. But after watching the6-foot-1Mustamu limp throughlast week’s games against BethesdaChevy Chase and RichardMont-gomery, the longtimeKennedy
coach decided enoughwas enoughand pulledMustamu from thelineup. “Hewon’t play again untilwe get him looked at by a special-ist,” Nelson said. “It’s not gettingany better, it’s gettingworse.”
Rockville reboundingin Class 3A
In a 3A/2A Division thatRockville High School coachSteve Watson said is “anyone’sgame any night we all play eachother,” the Rams may havefound something they can hangtheir hat on in the form of a58-57 win over Seneca Valleyon Friday. Rockville, who hadyet to string together consecu-tive wins this season, is part ofa multi-team log jam chasingdown Wheaton atop the leaguestandings. But after reboundingfrom a rough stretch where theRams dropped four of six, in-cluding two losses at the Liberty(Eldersburg, Md.) tournament,Watson’s confident that Friday’svictory could spark a Rockvillerun. “If we can put together a
run where we play hard andshare the ball, yes, we can be acontender,” Watson said. “Whenwe get six or seven guys to con-tribute offensively, we’re usuallypretty good.”
Whitman junior adjustingWhen Whitman High School
junior Shaq Diboti-Lobe joinedthe Vikings program in the off-season, he had a lot of changingto do. The athletic, talented for-ward had never played a minuteof high school basketball andwas joining a program whereintense man-to-man defenseand patience on offense — two
things you’d be hard pressed tofind in Amateur Athletic Unionbasketball — were the corner-stones. But, as coach Chris Lunnoted, Diboti-Lobe has madesignificant progress in trans-forming his style of play. “He’sdefinitely come a long way,”Lun said. “He’s certainly a betterplayer now than when he cameto us.” The Churchill transfer isaveraging 14.8 points per game.
Northwest puts togethera perfect week
Just a day after first-yearNorthwest High School coachRob Smith said he could see
the pieces of his team startingto come together, the Jaguarssnapped out of a three-game los-ing streak, upsetting Clarksburg,69-67 on Jan. 16.
The win lifted Northwestfrom a slump that had seen onlytwo wins (Wootton on Dec. 22and Severn on Dec. 30) in nearlya month. Four days after its winover the Coyotes, Northwest fol-lowed up with a 65-56 win overWalter Johnson and added toits winning streak with a 73-60win on the road Friday eveningagainst Sherwood, bringing itsrecord to 7-7.
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NOTEBOOK
B Y A D A M G U T E K U N S T
Two players account fornearly all of Watkins Mill HighSchool’s scoring, an offensiveformula that has been problem-atic at times. Playing againstrival Damascus on Friday, thelack of offensive depth nearlycost the Wolverines girls bas-ketball team a double-digitfourth-quarter lead.
Watkins Mill was ahead by10 with about three minutes leftwhen senior and county leadingscorer Dominique Walker (21.3points) fouled out of the game,leaving her senior teammateDanielle Durjan (20.7) in chargeof the offense. The lead got allthe way down to three, coachIvan Hicks said, but the Mont-gomery Village school was ableto hold on for the 55-49 victory.It was a big win for the Wolver-ines, who lost to the Swarmin’Hornets in December.
“I said, as long as we con-tinue to move the ball, don’tforce the ball, minimize turn-overs, get out in transition andlastly, we must rebound. If wedo that, we win the game. Wedid those several things,” Hickssaid.
Lacrosse star givesSherwood a boost
First-year Sherwood HighSchool coach said he didn’tknow much about Delaney Mc-Menamin prior to the season. AGeorge Washington Universitylacrosse recruit, the Warriorsjunior hadn’t spent much timewith the girls basketball team,playing in only one fall leaguegame, Hobbs said.
But that would be hardto tell based off of what the5-foot-7 forward has done so farthis season. McMenamin has
been a steady scorer, averag-ing 8.5 points, while providingSherwood (8-4) with a two-wayplayer in the frontcourt.
“The kid just goes out andplays hard every night,” Hobbssaid. “To have someone withher athleticism and willingnessto compete, it’s just given us anadded dimension.”
Paint Branchstill growing
The Paint Branch HighSchool girls basketball team isallowing 41 points per game onthe season en route to a 12-1start, but coach Rochelle Cole-man said the No. 2 Panthershave some work to do.
“We’re not playing our bestball yet,” Coleman said. “Westill have to defend a lot better.”
The Burtonsville school suf-fered it first loss against No.1 Whitman on Jan. 20, falling61-51, but the defense has beenconsistent outside of that. PaintBranch rebounded from theloss with a 52-30 win over Blair(Silver Spring) on Friday.
Northwest thinkinglong term
With five new starters andan entire sophomore class thathas never played varsity before,the Northwest High School girlsbasketball team (0-12) is win-less, and has a good chance offinishing the season that way.
Northwest has at times heldits own on the defensive end.Forward Jaden Bynum hasplayed tough inside, while ju-nior Celine Jordan (7.9 points)and sophomore point guard Sa-mantha Sekscienski (6.5) haveled the team in scoring.
“It’s a young team with a lotof courage,” second-year coachNathan Lewis said. “They’rewilling to do whatever it takesto be successful.”
But the Jaguars simply don’thave the basketball experience.That’s why Lewis said he is put-ting together a plan to get theathletes playing year-round.
“There’s potential in eachone of these children as long asthey do what they need to do inthe offseason to be successful,”Lewis said.
Stone Ridge sophomoreprovides spark
When its 3-pointers arefalling, the Stone Ridge Schoolof the Sacred Heart girls bas-ketball team has had a mucheasier time winning games.The Gators (4-10) snapped asix-game losing streak on Jan.15 by hitting eight 3-pointersin a win over Holton-Arms. Intheir three prior wins, they hadnine against Hill School (Pa.)and had eight both times theydefeated Georgetown Day.
The Bethesda school’s topshooter has been sophomoreguard Kathyrn Maloney, whose25 3-pointers rank third inMontgomery County. She’sbeen a “spark off the bench” af-ter playing limited minutes lastseason, coach Michael Thiedesaid.
Watkins Mill finds its wayGIRLS BASKETBALL
NOTEBOOKB Y E R I C G O L D W E I N
Quince Orchardstandout on the mendAdamMcLean, a former se-
nior defensive lineman for theQuince Orchard High Schoolfootball team, underwent sur-gery on Thursday to repair hisanterior cruciate ligament thathe injured in October, an injurythat kept him off the field for theremainder of the season. Thehighly-touted McLean madeheadlines on Dec. 4 when heverbally committed to play atthe University of Maryland, Col-lege Park next season, just twoweeks after decommitting fromPennsylvania State University.McLean said he expects to beready to play at full strength inAugust, but will miss the Terps’summer workouts due to therequired rehab work, a regimenthe 6-foot-2, 290-pound seniorsaid he’s attacking head-on.
“I’m approaching this rehablike I’m attacking the footballgame, charging full [steam]ahead and I am going to workmy butt off every day to getback,” McLean said. “I will be100 percent in no time.”
—ADAM GUTEKUNST
Blake hires football coachBlake High School Athletic
Director Jared Fribush has an-nounced DeShawn Anderson hasbeen hired as the Silver Springschool’s new football coach.
Anderson, previously thedefensive coordinator at Clarks-burg, replaces Tony Nazzaro,who stepped down in Novemberafter 13 years. In addition to
Clarksburg, Anderson has expe-rience coaching at Watkins Mill,Northwest and Einstein. He hasalso been involved with trackand field.
“For me, it was an opportu-nity to work with a group of kidswho definitely need a presencethat I’m going to bring to thatparticular school,” Andersonsaid. “A group of kids who need alittle more support, a little morestructure to get to another level.
Anderson, a Norfolk, Va. na-tive, said Blake will run a 4-3 de-fense and an up-tempo offense.
— PRINCE GRIMES
Record weekendfor Bullis track
The Bulldog girls continuedto pepper Montgomery County’sleaderboard with record-settingperformances at the Kevin DareInvitational hosted by Penn StateSaturday. Kyla Lewis, Masai Rus-sell, Alexis Postell and AriannaRichards posted the county’s toptime in a runner-up finish in the800-meter relay (1 minute, 40.67seconds). The time tops mo-corunning.com’s “since 2006”leaderboard as well. Postell,Russell, Kyla Lewis and LindsayLewis followed that up with thecounty’s best 1,600-meter relaymark of the season (3:58.16),ranked third in the past nineyears.
While much attention hasbeen paid to the girls’ histori-cal season, the Bullis boys had abreakout weekend in Pennsylva-nia. Freshmen Eric Allen, Orlan-dis Gary, Jr. and Bryce Watsonand junior Patrick Johnson II re-
corded this winter’s fastest boys800-meter relay (1:31.72), thecounty’s top time since 2008.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
Wheaton Ice SkatingAcademy earns honorsTen ice dance teams from the
Washington, D.C. area returnedthis week from the U.S. NationalFigure Skating Championshipsin Greensboro, N.C. The teamscombined for six medals at thejuvenile, novice and junior lev-els.
Lorraine McNamara andQuinn Carpenter won the na-tional championship in juniorice dance and will be represent-ing the U.S. at the world champi-onships in Estonia in March.
The teams train in Rockvilleand Wheaton under coachesAlexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak andDmytri Ilin.
Northwood getssportsmanship recognized
The girls soccer, girls volley-ball, cross country and girls ten-nis teams from Northwood HighSchool in Silver Spring receivedFall Sportsmanship Awards fromMontgomery County PublicSchools. The school with themost Sporstmanship Awardsover the year is awarded $2,000,while second place gets $1,000and third place gets $500, ac-cording to the MCPS website.
— ERIC GOLDWEIN
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DeschutesBrewery, oneof the great breweries of thecountry andapersonal favoriteof ours, has finally come to theD.C. areawithdistribution in theDistrict andVirginia and soon inMaryland. Located inBend,Ore.,awinter skiing and summerhikingdestination,Deschutesis namedafter thenearbyDe-schutesRiver andmanyof itsbeers are namedafter regionallandmarks.Deschutes is comingto the area as a result of a collab-orationonZarabanda, their newspiced Saisonbeer,withChefJoséAndrés, owner of severalarea restaurants including theJaleo restaurants inBethesda,northernVirginia, andD.C.
Deschutes is oneof the oldercraft breweries in the countryhaving opened as abrewpub in1988byCEOand founderGaryFish, expanding into a 50-bar-rel productionmicrobreweryin 1993. In 1988 thebreweryproduced a total of 714barrelsof beer. In 2015 they expect toproduce 320,000barrels,mak-ing them the sixth largest craftbrewer in the countrywith apotential current capacity of600,000barrels.Deschutes is in28 states andD.C.,mostly in theWest andMidwest, plus Penn-sylvania.
Thebrewery is the secondlargest user in the county ofwhole conehops rather thanpelletizedhops andbottle condi-tions all of its beers.Deschutesmakesnine year-roundbeersincludingBlackButte Porter, thebest selling craft Porter in the
country,Mirror PondPaleAle, agoldmedalwinner at theGreatAmericanBeer Festival andtheir largest seller, andObsidianStout, the best selling stout in thecountry and voted theWorld’sBest Stout at the 2013WorldBeerAwards.Obsidian is theBrewsBrothers’ “desert island”beer.
Three seasonal beers includeRedChairNorthwest Pale Ale,declared theWorld’s Best Beer in2012 at theWorldBeer Awards,Twilight SummerAle and Jube-lale, a strongholidaybrew.De-schutes also brews six interestingIPAs in their BondStreet Series,including two freshhopales, andhas aReserve Serieswhichpres-ents bigger, bolder beers such asTheAbyss Imperial Stout,MirrorMirror Barleywine,Not The StoicQuadruple, and annual anni-versary versions of BlackButteImperial Porter.
Thebrewery donates $1for eachbarrel sold, to nationaland local charities ranging fromassisting children inneed toenvironmental causes. Someofthese donations are usedby theDeschutesRiverConservancy tobuyonebillion gallons per yearofwater rights to keep the riverflowing. The company is partlyemployee owned.
The initial beers released inthe area inNovemberwereBlackButte Porter andMirror PondPaleAle, the twoflagshipbeers,plus Fresh Squeezed IPA, all ondraft, andbottles ofMirrorMir-ror andBlackButte XXVI, their
Popular Oregon brewerybrings favorites to DMV
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n ‘Godspell’ cast formsclose bond in run up to show
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER
Olney Theatre Center is beginning its77th season with Steven Schwartz’s “God-spell,” an updated take on Jesus’ parableswith a message almost anyone could getbehind.
Muchlike“ChildrenofEden,”Schwartz’sother Bible-inspired musical, “Godspell”is less about religion and more about thegoodness of humanity and the importanceof taking care of one another. This messageisconveyedthroughsongsrepresentingeachof Jesus’ lessons in theBible.
While themusical isawell-knownclassicgreat for bringing people into the new the-aterseason,OTC’sprimaryreasonforchoos-ing this production was former ChairmanEmeritus of the Board William H. GrahamSr.,whodied in2013.Formore than50yearshe served as a mentor to many in theater,fromhiswork asmanagingdirector andvicepresident ofOTC to chair of theDepartmentof SpeechandDramaatCatholicUniversity.
“His faith guided all of the choices in hislife, and we thought this would be a fittingtribute to his family and to his memory,”said director Jason King Jones, who is alsothe associate artistic director andDirector ofEducation forOTC.
“Godspell”openedoff-Broadwayin1971and has been performed widely ever since,including a 2011 Broadway revival. Thanksto the recent update, Jones and the rest ofthecrewwereable tocombineaspectsof theoriginal production they enjoyed withmoremodernpieces of the revivalmaterial.
“We went back and listened to the newscore and got really excited about how freshthe music sounds,” he said. “It doesn’t feellocked into the early 1970s tones it had ini-tially— that gave us some excitement so wecoulddo itwith fresh eyes.”
Both of the lead actors are relatively newtoOlneyTheatreCenter—RachelZampelli’sfirst production was last season’s “AvenueQ,” and this will be Jordan Coughtry’s first,
though he’s worked with Jones previouslyelsewhere. However, both have performedin “Godspell” before and are familiar withthemusical’smessage.
“It takesChristianityandmakes themes-sage universal in a fun and creative way,”said Coughtry, who plays Jesus. “It doesn’teven really tackle religion. It’s just this mes-sage of love and goodness and moral disci-pline.”
“I liked the story about people in a com-
munity following somebody who is peace-ful,” added Zampelli, taking on the role ofJohn the Baptist and Judas, “and the ideathat that’smorepowerful thanevil andtreat-ing eachother like crap.”
The genders of the “Godspell” rolestraditionally aren’t played with much, andSchwartz hasmentionedbefore that he feelstheaters would have to be careful if castingawomanas Judas.However,whenZampelliauditioned, everyone was welcoming of theconcept.
“People don’t name their children Ju-das because of him,” she said. “I was drawnto the idea of playing someone who betrayssomebody he loves, which is a hard thing todo, and people do it all the time.Most of thetime, the people we hurt the most are thepeoplewe love themost.”
Also trying something new is Coughtry,who is appearing in his first musical since
Dancing through Life
PHOTO BY NICHOLAS GRINER
Olney Theatre Center is presenting “Godspell,” starring Jordan Coughtry as Jesus and Rachel Zampellias John the Baptist/Judas.
GODSPELLn When: Various dates and times
Feb. 4-March 1
n Where: Olney Theatre Center,2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney
n Tickets: $38-$75
n More information: olneytheatre.org;301-924-3400
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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 2126 Industrial
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Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10p.m.Mon-days, steps and formations taught.No experi-ence, partner necessary, T-39Building onNIHcampus,WisconsinAvenue andSouthDrive,Bethesda, 240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthur Blvd.Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15 p.m.
beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30p.m. dancing toDJs,GlenEchoPark’s SpanishBallroomAnnex, $8,capitalblues.org.
Contra, Jan. 30,DaveColestock calls toTrebleMakerswithRobinWilsononflute andconcertina, Emily Aubrey onfiddle, BrennaHo-ganonhammereddulcimer andLizDonaldsononpiano,GlenEchoPark SpanishBallroom,7:30p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.
English Country, Jan. 28, TomSpilsburycaller, 8 p.m., GlenEchoTownHall (upstairs),fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, Feb. 14, RedDressBallwith theEric Felten JazzOrchestra, $18, $12, 17and younger. GlenEchoPark SpanishBallroom,flyingfeet.org.
Waltz, Feb. 1, TrioConBriowithPaulOorts(mandolin), ElkeBaker (violin), Jonathan Jensen(piano);waltztimedances.org.
Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class, groupmeetsonTuesday’s until lateMay at RidgeviewMiddleSchool. Beginning class starts at 7 p.m., followedby the experienced class at 8:05 p.m. The cost is$50. Ceili and set dances are performed, andnopartner is required for the lessons. For informa-tion, email Jean at [email protected] ringofkerrydancers.org.Dancersmust be atleast 8 years old to senior. Anyone younger than16must be accompaniedby an adult.
MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Dr.
Ralph Stanley andFriends, Jan. 30; ADreamDiscs TripleHeader, Jan. 31; 14th annualBuddyHolly Tribute, Feb. 6; TheMarcels, Feb.8;DukeEllingtonOrchestra, Feb. 14;DukeEl-lingtonOrchestra, Feb. 15; call for prices, times,7719WisconsinAve., Bethesda. 240-330-4500,bethesdabluesjazz.com.
BlackRock Center for the Arts, The SeldomScene, Jan. 31; Rebelswith aCause, Feb. 7; BlackViolin, Feb. 8; BlackViolin, Feb. 9; SwingDanceParty, Feb. 13;District Comedy, Feb. 14; 12901TownCommonsDrive,Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.
Fillmore Silver Spring, Less Than Jake andReel Big Fish, Jan. 28; BlackAlley, Jan. 30; ShyGlizzy, Jan. 31;Gloriana,Maddie&Tae, Feb. 6;50Centw/GUnit, Feb. 12; Periphery, Feb. 13;8656Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresil-verspring.com.
Strathmore, AIR: invoke, Jan. 28; VadimNeseloyskyi; Jan. 29; LadysmithBlackMam-bazo, Jan. 30; BSO:Mahler’s 3rd Symphony, Jan.31; call for venue, times. Locations:Mansion,10701Rockville Pike,NorthBethesda;MusicCenter at Strathmore, 5301TuckermanLane,NorthBethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
Arts Barn, RickWhiteheadTrio, Jan. 31, 8p.m., power jazz trio featuringRickWhitehead,guitar, Jon Previti, bass, and Barry Hart, drums.$25/$12 youth 18&under, 311Kent SquareRoad,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394
ON STAGEArts Barn, David London:MagicOutside the
Box, Jan. 30, $18, 311Kent SquareRoad, 301-258-6394
Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Petite Rouge—ACajunRedRidingHood,” Jan. 30 throughMarch8, call for prices, times, AdventureTheatreMTC,7300MacArthurBlvd., GlenEcho, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “Wiley and theHairyMan,” Feb. 11 throughMarch 15, call for prices,times, Imagination Stage, 4908AuburnAve.,Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.
Highwood Theatre, “OtherDesert Cities,”Feb. 6 through15, 914 Silver SpringAve., the-highwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.
Olney Theatre Center, “Godspell,” Feb. 4throughMarch 1, call for prices, times, 2001Olney-Sandy SpringRoad,Olney, 301-924-3400,olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “Circus!,” throughFeb. 15;TinyTots@10, selectWednesdays, SaturdaysandSundays, call for shows and show times,PuppetCo. Playhouse,GlenEchoPark’sNorthArcadeBuilding, 7300MacArthurBlvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.
Rockville Musical Theatre, “Next toNor-mal,” April 10 throughApril 26, FitzgeraldTheatre, 603EdmonstonDrive, Rockville, 240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.
Round House Theatre, “Rapture, Blister,Burn,” Jan. 28 throughFeb. 22, call for showtimes, 4545East-WestHighway, Bethesda. Tick-ets range inprice from$10 to $45 and seating isreserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.
Lumina Studio Theatre, “OurMutualFriend,” through Jan. 31. Silver SpringBlackBoxTheatre, 8641Colesville Road, Silver Spring,301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; [email protected].
Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’s Shadow,”through Jan. 31,Woodmoor ShoppingCenter,10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWebsite for show times, ssstage.org.
Randolph Road Theater, “SnowMaiden,”Feb. 13&Feb. 15, 4010RandolphRoad, SilverSpring, belcantanti.com,
Cafe Muse, PoetryReadings, 7 to 9p.m. Feb.
2, poets Bill YarrowandDavidKeplingerwillread from theirwork;music and refreshmentsincluded; anopenmic follows featured reader;free, FriendshipHeights VillageCenter, 4433SouthParkAve., ChevyChase; 301-656-2797.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “YourMemories, Your
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Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 PhotographyGroupexhibit, “RichlyBlack andWhite,” featuringJareeDonnelly, CraigHiggins, Timothy Lynch,andMargeWasson. Rockville CivicCenter Park,503EdmonstonDrive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries,MarchAvery, throughJan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 7p.m.Monday throughSaturday, noon to 5p.m. Sunday, 7022Wiscon-sinAve., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association, Terry Pellmar,throughFeb. 1,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160ViersMill Road,Wheaton,montgomeryart.org.
VisArts, Suspension, throughMarch 1;NancyDaly, throughFeb. 22; LainiNemett,throughMarch 1;Gibbs StreetGallery, 155Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrock-ville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, PyramidAtlantic Art Center, secondfloor, 8230GeorgiaAve., Silver Spring,washingtonprintmakers.com.
Kentlands Mansion, BridalGownRetrospec-tive, Feb. 5 throughFeb. 26; Artwork of theArtLeagueofGermantown, Feb. 6 throughMarch27, 320Kent SquareRoad,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.
Arts Barn, HowardCohen – Seventy YearsanArtist, Jan. 30 throughMarch 8, 311KentSquareRoad,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394
“White,” a juried gallery exhibition inbothofWashingtonArtWorks’ formal galleries. Pho-tography, painting,mixedmedia andmore,through Jan. 31.WashingtonArtWorks, 12276WilkinsAve., Rockville. 301-654-1998;washing-tonartworks.com
“From Beyond the Arch,” through Jan. 28.Artwork createdby theUpper andMiddleschool students of theHeleneBermanSeiden-feldVisual Art Center at theBermanHebrewAcademy.GoldmanArtGallery, 6125MontroseRoad, Rockville. [email protected], 301-348-3770, jccgw.org.Openwhen JCCGWis open;free admission.
Rough Around the Edges: Inspirations inPaper by Ronni Jolles, Feb. 8 throughMarch15; receptionMarch 8 from2p.m. until 4 p.m.GoldmanArtGallery, 6125MontroseRoad,Rockville. 301-348-3770; jccgw.org.OpenwhenJCCGWis open; free admission.
ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508Walsh Street,
Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.
Imperial Porterwhich changesingredients each year. TheAbyss arrived inDecember andthe spring seasonal RedChairNorthwest Pale Ale is expectedshortly.
BlackButtePorter (5.2percentalcoholbyvolume,ABV)has adelicious aromaofchocolate and roast presagingamediumroast andmoderatechocolate frontwhich continuesinto themiddle. The roast ebbsawisp in thefinishwith thechocolate dominating andano-ticeable touchof bitter hops. Thebitter hops grow slightly in theaftertaste and, togetherwith thechocolate, linger.Ratings: 9/9.
MirrorPondPaleAle (5.6percentABV)has afloral,melonandgrapefruit nose. The sub-dued grapefruit front elevatessomewhat in themiddle, allnicely balancedby amalt back-
bone,which remains into thefinish. In the aftertaste themod-erate grapefruit character comesto the front as themalt fades.Ratings: 7.5/7.5.
MirrorMirror (11.2percentABV)beginswith a fruit compotebouquet of raisins, dark fruit andbitter hops. Themediumraisinfrontwithhints of plumandprune are joinedby a light sweetmalt in themiddle. Thefinishadds anote of alcoholwhichincreases in the aftertastewhilethe fruitiness persists. This beerwill improve in complexitywithaging.Ratings: 8.5/8.
Zarabanda (6.7percentABV)has a lime, yeast, pepperand lemonnose. Themodestlemonand lime frontmeldswith amutedpeppercorn andrestrained yeast in themiddle.Theseflavors continue in thefinish and last through the after-taste. Thebeerwould seem topairwellwith a variety of foodsandwouldbring out theflavors.Ratings: 8.5/7.5.
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high school. While classical andcontemporary plays typically fallin his wheelhouse, he was inter-ested in taking on a role outsideof his comfort zone and learningabouthowmusical theaterworks.
“I was afraid of being an out-sider coming in and not know-ing what I was doing, or letting aproduction down,” he said. “Butthewhole cast and crew, and ourdirector, choreographer, musicdirector, everybody has been soamazingly positive and support-ive.”
Jones has worked onmakingsure the cast hasbeen in the rightmindset when approaching theirroles. At the beginning of the re-hearsal process, he had everyonewrite down their response to thephrase “I believe” on anotecard.
By getting in touchwith theirbeliefs, the cast members canrelate to the musical’s messageinside themselves rather thanfinding externalmotivation.
“For me, faith is incrediblypersonal, it has shapedme inmylife and is hardwired into who Iam, but I don’t expect that what
Ibelieve is likewhat anybodyelsedoes,” he said. “Asking the castto tap into where they are rightnow and what they believe — ifthey believe — puts them in aplacewhere if they’re confrontedwith issueswith faith in this story,they’re coming to it in an honestplace individually.”
Indoingso, Jones’“Godspell”cast has become a close-knitgroup with individually-driventakes on their characters, creat-ing a supportive environment forall involved no matter their ownbeliefs. Zampelli recalled a dayin rehearsal when a discussionturned into an incredibly per-sonal moment for her, and shefelt the loveandsupport fromhercast members she had only metweeks prior.
“When you form a commu-nity, it doesn’t take long to takecare of each other,” she said.“If I can take that experience,remembering the goodness inpeople and our capacity to loveeach other even when we hadjust started a few weeks ago,goodness knows when we startmaking connectionswith the au-diencewhatwill happen.”
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The last novel Charles Dick-ens ever finished writing, “OurMutual Friend,” combines hu-mor with psychological insightand social commentary.
The folks at Lumina Studiodecided to take the words offthe page and bring them to lifeon stage.
The stage adaptation of“Our Mutual Friend,” will wrapup this weekend at the LuminaStudio Theatre in Silver Spring.
In this look into Victorianlife, several rungs of society col-lide after a tycoon dies and hisfortune passes to his illiterateand kind-hearted employeesthe Boffins. As do the Boffins,a crippled dolls’ dressmakernamed Jenny Wren personifieshuman kindness in the story.
Tickets for the show are $15,$8 for youth and retiree tickets.For more information, visitluminastudio.org or call 301-565-ACT1.
Whoare you?
PHOTO BY LUMINA STUDIO THEATRE
Kelly Newman O’Connor stars asJenny Wren in Lumina Studio’s pro-duction of “Our Mutual Friend.”
David London discoveredthat he was a magician at theage of 7. In his nearly 25-yearquest to understand just whatthat means, he created fiveoriginal theatrical magic pro-ductions.
He’sbringingseveralof thoseto theArtsBarn inGaithers-burg. Infact, thisFriday,Londonwillpresent“MagicOutsidethe Box.”
Thefull-length performance is packedwith magic, laughs, mysteryand the unexpected. The showis appropriate for ages 16 andolder.
London has authoredeight manuscripts related tomagic and illusion, includingDaydreams, Borderland State,and Imagining the Imagina-tion, and regularly presents hisshows, workshops and lecturesat theaters, museums, galleriesand festivals across the UnitedStates.
Admission to “Magic Out-side the Box” is $18. For moreinformation, call 301-258-6394.
Castingspells
outside ofthe box
Created by Joseph Shabalalabased on a series of dreams hehad, the all-male a cappella groupLadysmith Black Mambazo fromSouth Africa has been around formore than 50 years.
The award-winning singerswill perform at the Music Center atStrathmore at 8 p.m. Friday.
Ladysmith Black Mambazohas won numerous awards, in-cluding two Drama Desk awardsand four Grammys. They recordedtheir first album in 1973 and havesince gone on to record more than50 — many of those picking upgold and/or platinum certification.
The group is probably betterknown for their work with PaulSimon on his “Graceland” album,or recording with The Winans,George Clinton, and even MichaelJackson.
Tickets for the show are $28-$69. More more information, visitstrathmore.org, or call 301-581-5100.
Graceland, by way of South Africa
PHOTO BY LUIS LEAL
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, an a cappella group from South Africa known for their mix of African and Chris-tian gospel music, will perform at the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday.
From now until to March 1,Visarts in Rockville hosts “Sus-pension”, an international juriedexhibition featuring three experi-mental film/video artists in a se-ries of solo exhibitions.
“Suspension” provides a seriesof compelling visual, sonic, andenvironmental experiences thatilluminate the eye and mind in thedark of winter.
The exhibit showcases thework of artists Andrew Neumann,Holden Brown and Betty Boehm.Each artist’s work will be featuredfor 11 days.
Neumann is an artist whoworks in a variety of media, in-cluding sculpture, film and videoinstallation, and electronic/
interactive music. Brown wasborn in New Orleans and is cur-rently based in New York. He is arecipient of the Gold Award for theNational Foundation for the Ad-vancement of the Arts (NFAA) and,in 2009, was named a U.S. Presi-dential Scholar in the Arts. Boehmwas born in 1979 in Reutlingen,Germany. During the course of herstudies, she gained experience invarious artistic disciplines, reach-ing from drawing, painting andsculpting to video art, acting andexperimental sound art.
The exhibit is free and open tothe public. Opening reception isfrom 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. For moreinformation, visit visartsatrock-ville.org.
‘Suspension’ of disbelief
VISARTS
Andrew Neumann’s “Double Psycho,” is currently part of the “Sus-pension” exhibit at VisArts in Rockville.
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URBANA: Lrg & lux-urious, 3Br, 2.5Ba,many options, 2 lvl,3000sf, assumable VAloan, 3.3% 30 yr fixCall: 301-758-8001
ADELPHI: 2Br, 1Ba,parking, w2w carpet$1400 + elec HOCwelcome, nr UofMD &bus 202-714-8539
BELTSVILLE: 1br,1ba condo, $1300utils incl. Near Bus &Shops. HOC welcomeCall: 240-506-1386
BELTSVILLE: 2br,1.5ba condo, $1500utils incl. Near Bus &Shops. HOC welcomeCall: 240-506-1386
GAITHERSBURG:3Br, 2Ba, updated eat-in kit, fplc, nr busHOC welcome $1950inc utils 301-802-6391
GERMANTOWN:2Br, 2Ba, avail now,tiles, new carpet, freshpaint, W/D, nr shops,HOC welcome $1375Call: 301-906-3097
ROCKVILLE: 3Br,2Ba, nr Metro, newcarpet, SS appl, ampleparking, W/D, $2200+ elec 202-309-3624
SILVER SPRING2BR/2BA CONDO,BALC, ALL UTILSINCL $1600 240-552-5929
SILVER SPRING:2BR, 2BA newly reno-vated condo. Nearshops. $1550 + elec.NP/NS. 240-876-9957
GAITH:4 Rooms inTH: shr Ba & utils$600 Please call:240-305-6331 or [email protected]
GAITH: Bsmt suite inTH, pvt entr & ba, nrlakeforest. $900 forsingle $1000 couplesutil incl. 240-672-4516
GAITHERSBURG:11 lrg Br, priv ent, shrdFba & priv 1/2Ba. NS,SFH $700+ $100 utilsCall: 240-370-3751
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GERMANTOWN:1Mbr, 1priv Ba, wlk incloset, shrd kit/W/D,NP/NS, $800 inc utils+ SD 301-222-3940
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MONT VILLAGE:TH, priv entr, bsmt,600sq ft, priv Ba,kitchenette w/full fridg,priv deck, unfurn, w2wcarpet, new paint, NS,nr 270, $800 utils incCall: 301-527-6041
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REAL ESTATE EXPRESSION OF INTERESTFOR
AGRICULTURAL TENANT FARMINGIN
Dickerson, Maryland
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland, Department of GeneralServices is actively seeking proposals from parties which may beinterested in tenant farming COUNTY properties in Dickerson,Maryland.
PROPOSALS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR:
Tenant farming on the properties formerly known as "Chi-ChinHuang Farm"on Wasche Road; the "Shafer Farm"on WascheRoad and the-"Finnegan Farm"on Martinsburg Road.
The County is interested in parties who are qualified proposers foragricultural tenant farming in Dickerson, Maryland. The availableproperties are comprised of three (3) parcels, totaling 623 acres,more or less, of farm land in Dickerson, Maryland. The long termlease is 10 years and it will include farming and property mainte-nance responsibilities of the three parcels. The Real Estate Ex-pression of Interest detailing requirements and instructions maybe obtained from www.montgomerycountymd.gov, Department ofGeneral Services, Office of Real Estate website or picked up fromthe address below.
An optional site tour will take place on Tuesday, February 18. In-structions for attending are found in the solicitation document.
An optional pre submission meeting will take place on February20, 2015 at the below listed address.
There is no commitment expressed or implied by MontgomeryCounty, Maryland in soliciting proposals. Montgomery Countymay, in its sole discretion, accept or reject any and all proposalsreceived. The proposal deadline is Friday, February 27, 2015.
Montgomery County GovernmentDepartment of General ServicesOffice of Real Estate101 Monroe St., 9th floorRockville, Maryland 20850
Please contact Steve Batterden on 240-777-6063 with any ques-tions.
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OUTSTANDING CARGIVERAvailable - Yvonne cared for mymother for almost five years, fromthe time she became homeboundthrough her hospice experience.She was gentle, loving, protectiveand strong, becoming my mom’sbest friend and companion.During my mom’s final months,Yvonne’s service as an extensionof the hospice professionals,enabled my mother to live out heroft repeated wish, to spend herlast days in her home. Pleasecall me if you have a loved one inneed of a caregiver. ShaneMacCarthy 703-899-8081.
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REGISTERED DIETITIANSeeking Part-Time Registered Dietitian to provide food serviceand clinical nutritional care services to adolescent clients in ResidentialTreatment Center located in Rockville, Maryland, a DHMH StateAgency with excellent benefits. Duties include performing nutritionalassessments & education in accordance with individual treatmentplans developed by health care professionals under health care facilitystandards & policies. Involves assisting with implementation of theHealthy & Hunger Free Kids Act. Must be proficient in MicrosoftOffice software. Food service experience preferred. Salarynegotiable based on experience. Must possess current activeRegistered Dietitian license & registration from State of Maryland.
Mail Resumes to:John L. Gildner RICA, Office of Human Resources,15000 Broschart Road, Rockville, MD 20850;
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MSRP $23,495
2005 Toyota Scion..............V608066A, Gray, 90,560 Miles......................$6,9912006 Jetta Sedan...............V021107A, Black, GLI, 106,666 Miles........$8,9912011 Jetta Sedan...............VLP0105, Black, 47,803 Miles...................$9,7952012 Jetta Sedan.................V352249A,White,49,776 Miles........................$10,2912010 Mercury Milan Premier....V010567A,Black,83,807 Miles.........................$10,9912011 Jetta Sedan SE...........VP0120,Red,60,893 Miles...............................$11,5212012 Mazda3......................VP0117,Black,31,363 Miles.......................$12,4932012 Jetta Sedan...............LP0118,Silver,33,694 Miles.......................$12,4932009 Mini Cooper...............V008158A,White, 72,319 Miles, Clubman.......$12,5732012 Jetta Sedan...............VP0106,White, Conv, 32,563 Miles............$12,4992012 Jetta TDI.....................V615887A, Silver, 26,804 Miles.....................$15,4992013 Kia Optima LX............VP0119, Red, 39,215 Miles...........................$16,4912014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0112,Black,6,921 Miles.......................$16,8442011 Tiguan.........................V520327A,Pearl, 69,623 Miles..................$16,8952010 Jeep Wrangler..........V051155A, Silver, 94,301 Miles.................$16,991
2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles..................$16,9942014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles.......................$16,9942012 Tiguan SE...................V511462A,Black,37,637 Miles....................$16,9952014 Jeep Patriot................VP0102A,Black,9359 Miles..............................$17,2932012 Golf TDI.......................V406892A, Red, 51,111 Miles.......................$17,6112012 Kia Sportage LX........VP0121,Silver,12,277 Miles.........................$18,4912014 Passat.........................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles.......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0108,Silver,9,040 Miles.......................$18,9942013 Jetta TDI.....................V275938A, Gray, Nav, 30,575 Miles................$19,9912014 Passat.........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles....................$22,4932013 Honda Accord............V035061A, Silver, V6 EX, 21,234 Miles......$23,8722010 Lexus LS 460..............V014713A,Gray,100,,372 Miles.......................$25,9912013 Camaro RS.................V040109B,Black,30,660 Miles....................$28,991
2014 PASSAT S
#9087784, Automatic, PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$17,999
OR $264/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $23,185
2015 TIGUAN S 2WD
#13510753, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$24,999
OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $27,180
2014 JETTA 4D SPORTWAGEN TDI
#5608496, Automactic. PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
MSRP $28,835
2015 GOLF GTI 2D HB S
#4039448, Manual, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$22,999
OR $329/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $25,215
2014 TOUAREG TDI R-LINE V6
#14012689, Navigation, SunroofPower Windows/Locks, Loaded
BUY FOR$46,994
OR $659/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $55,835
SAVE UP TO$8,000
#7274571, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry, Auto
MSRP $19,245
2015 JETTA S
BUY FOR$16,995
OR $249/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$18,999OR $279/MO for 72 MONTHS
2015 GOLF 4D HBLAUNCH EDITION
#3039263, Power Windows, Power Locks,Auto, Keyless Entry, Sunroof
MSRP $23,235
BUY FOR$20,999
OR $318/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$24,399OR $358/MO for 72 MONTHS
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$12,977#541025B, Sunroof, Automatic,33KMiles
2009 Honda Civic EX
$14,977#E0510A,Rare Find, Flawless!
2011 Ford Transit Connect Wagon XLT Premium
$21,977#541074A,Navigation, PanoramicRoof, Leather, Loaded, 19KMiles
2013 Kia Sportage EX
DARCARSNISSAN of ROCKVILLE15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)
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2010 Chevy Equinox LT$13,977#448071B, 8KMiles!!! 6-Way
Adjustable Seats
2014 Kia Soul
$17,977#448033A, 1-Owner,30KMiles!!
2013 Honda Accord EX
$20,977#E0496, Automatic, BestCargoVan on theMarket
2014 Nissan NV SV Minivan/Van
$8,977#546059A,Hard To Find, InGreatShape, Automatic
2002 Mercedes Benz C-Class Wagon
$17,977#541044A, Loaded!Nav,51KMiles
2010 Prius V
$11,777#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,26KMiles, Sedan
2014 Hyundai Accent GLS
$8,977#444522A,Great OnGas, 1-Owner
2010 Chevy Cobalt
$16,977#444014A, 4WD, V6,Leather
2011 Honda Pilot Ex-L
2012 Mini Cooper
#P9215,Automatic,1-Owner, 15kMiles,Hardtop, Chili Red
$16,595
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2006 Volvo XC-90
#526120A,AWD,V8,Only 77k Miles $12,995
2011 Nissan Versa
#G0054, Automatic,1.8S Sedan, 1-Owner,27k Miles
$11,9952012 Lexus CT 200H
#N0626, Hybrid,Automatic, 57k Miles $19,950
2005 Ford Taurus
#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6
$7,995
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#G0049, Automatic,56K Miles, V6, Leather $9,995
2008 Saturn Aura XE
#427002A, 3.6, AWD,Leather, 36k Miles $22,950
2012 Subaru Outback Limited2008 Mercedes ML350
#526113A, 4WD,Leather, 59k Miles $19,995
#526565B, Automatic,66K Miles, 3.6L V6 $16,995
2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT
2011 BMW 3 Series 335i xDrive
#P9214, AWD,Twin-Turbo,300hp, Nav, Sunroof
$25,950
1991 Lexus 400 LS
# G0047, Automatic, 93kMiles, Affordable Luxury! $5,995
2011 BMW 328i X-Drive.............................................. $21,950#P9156, AWD, Premium Package, 1-Owner, Only 21k Mile!
2012 Toyota Sienna XLE............................................ $25,950#P9173A, V6, 8-Seater, Dual Sliding Doors, 1-Owner, 34k Miles
2012 Volvo XC90...................................................................... $26,950# P9242, V6, 20k Miles
2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $32,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation
#526583B, Turbo-Diesel,21K Miles!! Sunroof,Fender Sound, Bluetooth
$18,995
2013 VW Jetta TDI Premium
2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995#526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles
2013 Honda Accord EX-L.......................................... $16,995#G0055,Leather,Heated Seats, Sunroof, Alloys
2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $20,950#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950#P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl
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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 ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTALFINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWNPLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 2/03/2015.
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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE S+ CVT MSRP: $16,435
Sale Price: $14,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,995w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11515
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S
MSRP: $23,845Sale Price: $19,745
Nissan Rebate: -$1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000
Nissan Customer Bonus Cash: -$500
$16,995MODEL #131154 at this price
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$169/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
$0 DOWN
$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV MSRP: $35,815
Sale Price: $30,995Nissan Rebate: $4,500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$25,995Leather, HeatedSeats, moonroofMODEL #16214
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$299/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
MODEL #17015 $0 DOWN
MSRP: $32,000Sale Price: $28,495
NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$24,995$239/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANLEAF S
4AT THISPRICE
w/Charger Pkg
2015 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,430
Sale Price: $27,995Nissan Rebate: $1,000
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$26,495
MODEL #25015
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$279/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 MURANOSIN STOCK,AVAILABLE
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2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT
MSRP: $14,995Sale Price: $12,995
$12,995w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11125
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$199/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANSENTRA SV
MSRP: $18,545Sale Price: $15,495
Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,995
MODEL #12114
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2015 NISSANROGUE SV
MSRP: $27,180Sale Price: $23,995Nissan Rebate: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$22,995
AWDMODEL #22415
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$269/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
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