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Rosslyn Omala of Gaithersburg (left) is paired with Laura Morales, also of Gaithersburg, as they rotate partners during a dance lesson from DCCasineros Dance Company members during the Latin Music and Dance Festival on Friday evening at the Gaithersburg City Hall concert pavilion.The Afro-Bop Alliance provided live music.

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n Life Sciences Corridorcould get boost from system

BY SYLVIA CARIGNANSTAFFWRITER

Researchorganizations in theGreat Seneca Life Sciences Corri-dor are considering the creationof a common cyberinfrastructurethat would facilitate sharing andspur innovative ideas.

Anil Srivastava, presidentof Open Health Systems Labo-ratory on Johns Hopkins Uni-versity’s Montgomery Countycampus, proposed the idea andheld a meeting Monday withphysicians, university faculty andrepresentatives from Cisco Sys-tems, Montgomery County gov-ernment, the National Instituteof Standards and Technology,MedImmune and other organi-zations.

Srivastava emphasized theneed for a network that fosterscommunication between orga-nizations and transfers large vol-

umes of data between them inthe science corridor.

“All of that has become very,very essential to biomedical re-search,” Srivastava said.

The corridor, located westof Interstate 270 at the southernborder of the city of Gaithersburgandnorthern border of the city ofRockville, is a 900-acre concen-tration of universities, clinics andbiotech companies. Future ad-ditions are slated to include theCorridor Cities Transitway, morecommercial square footage andresidential units.

Srivastava said there is“hardly any cyberinfrastructurein place to support the 21st cen-tury life sciences.” Data analy-sis on a large scale necessitatesmore powerful technology andnetworks with greater capacity,according todocuments fromtheNational Cancer Institute, a newaddition to the Johns Hopkinscampus inMontgomery County.

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n Girl, 10, died in 2008crash; driver convicted

of manslaughter

BY JULIE ZAUZMER

THEWASHINGTON POST

Bars in Maryland cannotbe held liable for injuries theirpatrons cause after they leave,Maryland’s highest court ruledThursday in a 4 to 3 vote.

The grandparents of a10-year-old girl who was killedwhen a drunken driver hit theirfamily car in 2008 sued theGaith-ersburg bar that served MichaelEaton, thedriver, 21drinksbeforehe hit the road. But the Court ofAppeals ruled that the bar, Dog-fish Head Alehouse, is not liable

for the crash.In 43 states and Washington,

D.C., according to statistics com-piled by Mothers Against DrunkDriving, vendors of alcohol canbe held liable in at least somecircumstances for accidents thatoccur after they serve drinks toa visibly intoxicated customer.Maryland, Virginia andDelawareare among the seven states thatlack “dram-shop” liability pro-visions, as they are known. Theothers are Kansas, Nebraska, Ne-vada and SouthDakota.

The Rev.WilliamWarr Jr. andhis wife, Angela Warr, had hopedto change that in Maryland. InAugust 2008, Eaton ordered 17beers and several drinks of hardliquor, including a shot of tequila

Court: Bar not liable indrunken-driving death

n Road would link with Clarksburg

BY SYLVIA CARIGNAN

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Upcounty residents were briefed lastweek on plans for Midcounty Highway’snorthern extension ahead of a publichearing planned for next week.

Montgomery County staff talked toresidents at Rocky Hill Middle Schoolin Clarksburg on July 24. The highway,which is partially complete, will stretchfrom Gaithersburg to Ridge Road inClarksburg.

According to county documents,

M-83, or the Midcounty Highway, wasfirst listed in the county’s master planin the 1960s. Three miles of the highwayhave been built between Shady GroveRoad in Gaithersburg and MontgomeryVillage Avenue.

“This is a major milestone. [Officials]are about ready to make a decision afternine years of talking,” said Bruce John-ston, chief of the county’s TransportationEngineering Division, who briefed about20 people at the meeting on the status ofthe project.

Residents may give their opinionsabout preferred routes at a formal hear-ing held by the Maryland Department ofthe Environment and the Army Corps ofEngineers on Aug. 7.

“We’ll have large plans for each routeso you can find your house,” Johnstonsaid.

Several alternatives have been pre-sented for the highway’s route, includingan option where no highway is built. Theprevious list of 11 alternatives has beennarrowed to six, including the no-buildoption, named Alternative 1.

Alternative 2 would improve 16 con-gested intersections on Md. 355, theexisting Midcounty Highway, SnoufferSchool Road and Stedwick Road. Accord-ing to documents from the MontgomeryCounty Department of Transportation,this option would consist of “low-cost”

After years, Midcounty Highway plan looms

n Scientists, analysts break downcases in Gaithersburg facility

BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITHSTAFFWRITER

With tweezers, Leah King takes a pinchout of a small, leafy bud. She drops it in avial and adds a few drops of chemicals.

“It’s going to turn a nice, dark purple,”she predicts, giving the vial a couple ofswirls.

Sure enough, in just a few seconds, thesolution fizzes deep purple, showing thatthe sample is likely strong, high-qualitymarijuana.

“If you were looking to smoke, thiswould be the stuff,” joked King, the techni-cal leader of the Forensic Chemistry Unit inMontgomery County Police’s Crime Labo-ratory.

The lab processes evidence connectedto the thousands of arrests police officersmake and the hundreds of cases they inves-tigate every year.

The nationally certified lab takes upa swath of the fifth floor of MontgomeryCounty’s new public safety headquarters,tucked away next to a bucolic lake on Edi-son Park Drive in Gaithersburg.

The lab—whichmoved, alongwith therest of thedepartment, earlier this year fromthe department’s old home in Rockville —

looks like a cross between a suburban officeand a high school lab on steroids.

Five units — Firearms Examinations,Latent Prints, Forensic Biology, ForensicChemistry, andCrimes Scenes—operate inthe lab, which takes up about 20,000 squarefeet, according to lab director Ray Wicken-heiser.

A sixth unit, Electronic Crimes, also fallsunder the lab’s authority, but operates un-der Montgomery County Police’s FinancialCrimes section, said Jackie Raskin-Burns,the lab’s qualitymanager.

Thirty scientists work in the lab. Anadditional eight, all sworn police officers,

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Leah King, technical leader of the Forensic Chemistry Unit, works in theMontgomery County Crime Lab in Gaithersburg.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31Service Corps of Retired Executives Small

Business Counseling, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,WheatonLibrary, 11701 Georgia Ave. Free, by appoint-ment only. 240-777-0678.

Music and Movement: Mr. Skip, 10:30 a.m.,Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Ave. Chil-dren’s songs. Free; tickets given out 30minutesbefore the program. 240-777-0678.

The Joy of Rhythm: Luis Garay’s PercussionWorld Duo, 1:30-2:15 p.m., Damascus Library,

9701Main St. Free, tickets required. 240-773-9444.

THURSDAY, AUG. 1Concrete Leaf Painting, 10 a.m.-noon,

Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Whea-ton. Fee includes paint colors. $18; $15 forFriends of Brookside Gardensmembers. Regis-ter at www.parkpass.org.

Water, Water Everywhere, 10:30-11:15 a.m.,Damascus Library, 9701Main St. Learn about

water and the planet. Ages 3-5. Free; registra-tion required. 240-773-9444.

Rockville Sister City Dim Sum Luncheon,1:30 p.m., Far East Restaurant, 5055 NicholsonLane. Benefits Sister City Exchange Programs.$20, registration required. rockvillesistercities@gmail.com.

HearArts Poetry and Music, 7 p.m., VisArts,155 Gibbs St., Rockville. Sean Enright and theNew TimeOrchestra withMichaelWinch. Free.240-899-6514.

FRIDAY, AUG. 2Higher Hands Concert, 6:30 p.m., Rockville

Rooptop Live, 155 Gibbs St. Funky soul fusion.$10. nicole@rockvillerooftoplive.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 3Annual Cactus and Succulent Show and

Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Brookside Gardens, 1800Glenallan Ave., Wheaton. Free. 301-962-1400

Kensington Summer Concert, 10-11 a.m.,Howard Avenue Park, Howard Avenue. BlueBook Value plays rhythm and blues swing bandmusic. Free. info@kensingtonhistory.org.

The Block at the Roc, 4-8 p.m., RedlandBaptist Church, 6922MuncasterMill Road,Rockville. Family activities. Free. www.redland-baptist.org.

SUNDAY, AUG. 4Olney Farmers and Artists Market, 9 a.m.-1

p.m.,MedStarMontgomery Thrift Shop, Olney-Sandy Spring Road and Prince Philip Drive,Olney. 202-257-5326.

Buddhist Empowerments, 10 a.m.-noon,KPC Temple, 18400 River Road, Poolesville.Traditional ceremony open to public. Sug-gested donation $40. 301-710-6259.

MONDAY, AUG. 53rd Annual Hero Dogs Golf Classic and Si-

lent Auction, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Norbeck CountryClub, 17200 Cashell Road, Rockville. www.hero-dogs.org/golf.html.

Old School Bluegrass Band, 8 p.m., UrbanBBQCompany, 805 Sandy Spring Road, SandySpring. Free. 301-570-3663.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6Montgomery Hospice Drop-in Discussion

About Grief and Healing, 1:30-3:30 p.m.,Mont-gomeryHospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Rockville.For anyonemourning the death of a loved one.Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.

Rainbow Company Interactive Theater Pres-ents Jack and the Beanstalk, 3 p.m., PoolesvilleLibrary, 19633 Fisher Ave., Poolesville. Free.240-773-9550.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7Sciencetellers: The Bugs of Blackwood,

6:30-7:15 p.m., Damascus Library, 9701MainSt. Learn about the science ofmatter. Ages5 and up, siblings welcome. Free, tickets re-quired. 240-773-9444.

Rockville Lions Club Meeting, 7-9 p.m.,RockvilleMethodist Church, 122W.Montgom-ery Ave. Learn about community’s needs andhow tomeet them. 301-257-5180.

Family Support Group Meeting, 7:30-9 p.m.,ParishHall of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church,1513Dunster Road, Rockville. For families andfriends of people with depression or bipolar ill-ness. Free. 301-299-4255.

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MontgomeryCounty’sMuslimcom-munity celebratedRamadanon July 23with a ceremonial feast andproclama-tion fromthecounty executive.

Those who follow the traditions of

the Ramadan holymonth broke theirdaily fast at sunset with an event at thecounty executive building in Rockville.Tufail Ahmad of Potomac, founderof theMontgomery CountyMuslimFoundation, said bothMuslims andnon-Muslims regularly attend the iftargathering.

“The county executive becomespart of this each year,” Ahmad said.Representatives of theMuslim com-munity spoke and read from theQuran. Later in the evening, CountyExecutive Isiah Leggett (D) issueda proclamation. Hewas joined byCounty Council membersNancy Flo-reen andGeorge Leventhal, and thepresident and vice president of theMontgomery CountyMuslimCouncil.

Ahmad said the annual celebrationstarted about seven years ago.

“It was the county executive whoproposed that they wanted to issue aproclamation, and they wanted a func-tionwhere they could break the fast,”he said.

The nonprofitMontgomeryCountyMuslim Foundation, ofGaith-ersburg, reached out toMuslim cen-ters andmosques around the countyto raise interest in the event. About 300guests usually attend, Ahmad said.

The feast consists of food suchas naan, samosas and dates, he said,but there aren’t any dances or perfor-mances.

“This is the shortcoming in our re-ligion,” Ahmad joked, “that there is noperformance.”

Montgomery Village continuesRockin’ First Fridays

Mark Bryan and the ScreamingTrojans will perform from 7 to 8:30p.m. Friday as part of the Rockin’ FirstFridays series.

The concertwill be in theG.W.BowieMusicPavilionat 19500Mont-gomeryVillageAve.,Montgomery Village.

Parking is available behindWat-kinsMill Elementary School onWat-kinsMill Road. Formor information,call 301-948-0110.

Portraits of childrenneeding adoption on displayGaithersburg’s Department of

Parks, Recreation and Culture is host-

ing the FreddieMac FoundationHeartGallery, featuring portraits of childrenin need of adoption.

The portraits will be available forpublic viewing at the activity center atBohrer Park until Friday. The center isat 506 S. Frederick Ave.

Formore information, visit fred-diemacfoundation.org or contact thecenter at 301-258-6350.

Sikh temple hostsopen house Sunday

The congregation of the Sikh Gu-rudwara, theWashington Sikh Center,will hold an open house from 11:30a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 7500Warf-ield Road,Gaithersburg.

All are invited to attend. Congrega-tionmembers will be able to introducethemselves to their neighbors and an-swer questions about their religion.

City grants availablefor ‘financial wellness’

Gaithersburg is accepting applica-tions for itsWorkforce Developmentand FinancialWellness grants.

Thegrants aredesigned toprovidethe city’s adults and teenagerswithfi-nancialwellness support andadditionalservices.

They will be awarded to nonprof-its that serve Gaithersburg residentsthrough one-on-one and group finan-cial coaching, vocational coaching,adult and summer youth fairs, andeducational and financial workshops.

A general informationmeeting forinterested nonprofits will be held at10:30 a.m.Wednesday in theWells-RobertsonHouse’s conference room,1Wells Ave.

Grant applications are availableat gaithersburgmd.gov/community-services. Formore information aboutthe grants, contact the CommunityServices Division at 301-258-6395, ext.1, or communityservices@gaithers-burgmd.gov.

Nourish Now collectingfood at Giant store

Nourish Now ofGaithersburgwillhold canned food drives Saturday andSunday in the Kentlands.

Nonperishable itemswill be col-lected fromnoon to 4 p.m. at GiantFood, 229 Kentlands Blvd.

To volunteer, contact the nonprofitat 301-330-0222 or info@nourishnow.org.

School a winnerin recycling contest

South Lake Elementary School inGaithersburg is one of five nationalwinners in a 2013 recycling contest.

Students have recycled a total of3,474 glue sticks and bottles for Ter-

raCycle’s Elmer’s Annual ClassroomCleanout Contest since 2011. The usedschool supplies were shipped to Terra-Cycle to be recycled into new products.

The school was awarded Terra-Cycle bonus points as one of the fivenational winners of the contest. Theschool will choose the award, whichcould include a donation to charity orto the school.

Grammy-winning bluegrassmusician to perform at Asbury

AsburyMethodist Village will hostGrammy Award-winner Ricky Skaggsfor a performance and book-signingon Aug. 14.

Skaggs, a singer andmandolinplayer, will discuss his newmemoir,“Kentucky Traveler: My Life inMusic,”and perform his country and bluegrasssongs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ros-borough Cultural Arts Center at 301Odendhal Ave.,Gaithersburg.

Admission for one person, whowill receive a copy of Skaggs’memoir,is $30. Admission for two people, whowill receive one copy, is $40.

Ticketsmay be purchased atbrownpapertickets.com/event/428974.

The event is presented by theGaithersburg Book Festival and Politicsand Prose.

Montgomery Village holdsbeautiful garden contestTheMontgomery Village Founda-

tion is holding aMost Beautiful Gar-den contest.

Entrantsmust beMontgomeryVillage property owners, who maysend photos digitally or viamail for thecontest.

Winners will have their gardens

featured in the Aug. 23 issue of theMontgomery Village News.

Photosmay bemailed to theMont-gomery Village Foundation at 10120Apple Ridge Road,Montgomery Vil-lage. Entries alsomay be dropped offat the foundation. Digital photos canbe sent tomvnews@mvf.org.

Entrants should write their ad-dress, name, phone number and emailaddress on the back of each photo, orinclude in their email. Professionallandscapers and sponsors of the con-test are not eligible.

Literacy council hasnew board members

The Literacy Council ofMontgom-ery County named five newmembersto its executive board.

They are Jim Hastings and RheaCohn of Silver Spring, Debbie Murphyof Rockville, Suma Madapur ofGaith-ersburg and Barbara Benson of Ashton.They will serve one-year termswith theoption of serving up to six consecutiveterms.

“They all bring an interest in pro-moting adult literacy and communityservice and they all have special skillsthat will benefit our organization,” saidShelly Block, a spokeswoman for thenonprofit.

Before retiring, Hastings was direc-tor of access programs at the NationalArchives. In addition to his timewiththe literacy council, he is a volunteer atManna Food Center of Gaithersburg.

Cohn is an assistant professor inthe GeorgeWashingtonUniversitySchool of Health Sciences and a healthcare consultant.

Murphy is the owner of StandardSupplies of Gaithersburg. She is vicechairwoman of theMontgomery

CountyWorkforce Investment Board,a past Rotary assistant district gover-nor and Paul Harris fellow, and a 2012graduate of LeadershipMontgomery.

Madapur is a technologymarket-ing specialist at Avnet.

Benson is a retired senior executivewith the Federal Reserve Bank of Chi-cago. She also is an assistant trainer forthe literacy council’s tutoring program.

The council was founded in 1963to help adults living or working in thecounty achieve functional levels ofreading, writing and speaking Englishso theymay improve their quality oflife and ability to participate in thecommunity.

Walk & Ride challengeis in September

The annualWalk & Ride is comingup and teams of three to five partici-pants that register online byWednes-day can receive a $10 discount off the$50 fee.

All teammembersmust work in ei-ther Bethesda, North Bethesda, Friend-ship Heights or Shady Grove. Walk& Ride, sponsored byMontgomeryCounty Commuter Services, is a chal-lenge designed to inspire employeesin those communities to incorporatewalking into their daily work routines,rather than driving alone and sitting intraffic.

This year’sWalk & Ride challengeis Sept. 8-28 in Bethesda and Sept. 9-27elsewhere.

There will be prizes for the teamsand individuals who take themoststeps. Grand prizes will be awarded atthe end. To register, visit https://www.walkandride.net/

Church invites all to block partyRedland Baptist Churchwill host

a community block party from 4 to 8p.m. Saturday at 6922MuncasterMillRoad in Derwood.

Organizers are calling this family-centered event the Block at the ROC,a reference to the name of their recre-ation outreach center.

The event includes livemusic, in-flatables, children’s games, hot-air bal-loon rides and food vendors offering ataste of Derwood.

The party is open to the public. Formore information go to www.Redland-Baptist.org.

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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) reads a proclaimation during the Montgom-ery County Muslim Foundation’s Ramadan iftar celebration last week in Rockville. Listeningare (from left) County Council members George Leventhal and Nancy Floreen, Mimi Has-sanein, vice president of the Montgomery County Muslim Council, and the Muslim council’spresident, Anwar Masood.

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Bill Edelblut of Bethesda,owner of O’Donnell’s SeaGrill in the Kentlandsin Gaithersburg, greetslongtime patrons RickMead, Loretta Favret andPat Otten, all of Darns-towne, on Saturday, therestaurant’s last day ofoperation. It was the lastrestaurant in a chain thatstarted in 1922 in Wash-ington, D.C.

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n County raised creditson maintenance projects

BY SYLVIA CARIGNANSTAFFWRITER

The owners of Gaithers-burg’s historic properties aregetting some financial helpwith preserving their localtreasures.

The Montgomery CountyCouncil adopted a bill on July16 to increase the county’sHistoric Preservation TaxCredit from 10 percent to 25percent of the cost of the own-er’s project. The tax credit ap-plies to about 100properties inthe City of Gaithersburg.

To apply for the credit, aproperty owner must completea restoration project, then sub-mit proof of the expenditures,according to Matt Bowling ofGaithersburg’s Historic DistrictCommission. Project expendi-tures that qualify for the credithave included masonry andchimney repairs, re-paintingsiding, restoring windows andreplacing porch flooring. Thecity submits the applications tothe county, which can approveordeny the tax credit.

Applications are usuallysubmitted to the city betweenApril and June, Bowling said.The city has received a hand-ful of applications this year,but the 25 percent tax creditwill not kick inuntil April 2014.

In 2012, city propertyowners were awarded about$63,000 in tax credits for his-toric preservation projects,according to a release fromthe city of Gaithersburg. Bowl-ing said the city is hoping theincreased credit amount willspur more applications in

2014.“If you own a historic

property, this is a great oppor-tunity to invest,” he said.

Historic districts in Gaith-ersburg include propertieson Brookes Avenue, RussellAvenue and Walker Avenue,known as the Brookes, Rus-sell and Walker District, andChestnut Street andMeemAv-enue, known as the Chestnut/MeemHistoric District.

Gaithersburg residentJohn Wright owns the AmissHouse, a 1877 Folk Victorianhome onWater Street. He andhis wife, Claire, applied for the10 percent tax credit to pay forstorm window replacementand restoration.

One summer, he removedthe lead-tainted paint fromthe home’s exterior and re-painted it himself.

The upkeep of the homeis demanding, Claire said, butnecessary.

“It’s a part of owning thishouse,” she said.

Martha Kern, also a Gaith-ersburg resident, owns ahomeon Brookes Avenue. The 1997house does not have histori-cal significance, but it is partof the historic Brookes district.

“We still have to keep upwith painting, siding, win-dows,” Kern said.

Kern applied for the taxcredit after making repairs tothe home’s roof and gutter, re-placingwindow ledges and re-painting its exterior. The totalcost of the project was about$3,260, according to city docu-ments.

“These older communi-ties have to have a lot of lovingcare,” Kern said.

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n Dennis Enslinger hired;slated to start in August

BY SYLVIA CARIGNANSTAFFWRITER

Dennis Enslinger is not inKansas anymore.

He’s heading to Gaith-ersburg to take one of the topslots in city government as as-sistant citymanager.

Enslinger, the former as-sistant city administrator forthe city of Prairie Village, Kan.,is expected to start his new jobwith a salary of $125,000 in lateAugust. Enslinger has servedmultiple positions in Kansascity governments as a plannerand in historic research pres-ervation.

He said he got to knowGaithersburg through his ex-perience with the NationalLeague of Cities and acquain-tances in the Washington,D.C., area.

“Gaithersburg has a longtradition of adopting or em-bracing innovative ideas,” hesaid.

Enslinger, 49, said he waslooking to work for a forward-thinking community thattakes pride in what it does,and Gaithersburg seemed tofit the bill.

“I’mconfident thatDennispossesses the leadership, en-gagement and collaborationskills needed to carry Gaith-ersburg’s initiatives forward,”Gaithersburg’s city manager,TonyTomasello said in apressrelease.

There were more than 30candidates, including a fewinternal candidates that didnot become finalists for theposition, Tomasello said.

Tomasello became Gaith-ersburg’s deputy/assistant citymanager in 2001, and left theposition to become acting citymanager, then city managerin November 2012. The assis-tant citymanagerpositionhadbeenempty since then. Toma-sello’s salary when he left thedeputy/assistant citymanagerwas about $142,000.

According to the release,Enslinger’s first few projectswill include preliminary bud-get planning for fiscal 2015andmanaging upcoming ren-ovations at City Hall.

The assistant citymanageris not required to live inGaith-ersburg, but Enslinger said heplans to live within the city.

“I’m looking forward toworkingwith the community,”he said.

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n Firm to presentsuggestions for residentialcommunity in September

BY SYLVIA CARIGNANSTAFFWRITER

Montgomery Village resi-dents had a message for theowner and developer of theirgolf course: Build carefully.

The developer, MonumentRealty, held a workshop withabout 70 Village residents onSaturday, asking them to con-tribute ideas and convey theirconcerns about developmenton the golf course.Monument iskeeping theMontgomeryVillageGolfClub18-hole courseopenatits ownexpense, but hasmade itclear that residential units areplanned for the 147-acre site.

The existing clubhouse willbe demolished, said Tom Gal-las, chief financial officer of ar-

chitecture firm Torti Gallas andPartners, Inc. with offices in Sil-ver Spring.

Monument bought the fail-ing golf course for $5 million inMarch, though the estimatedvalue of the site was about $1.6million in 2012, according tostate records. Former ownerJackDoser, a professional golfer,ran the golf club for 34 years.He declared the multi-milliondollar business unprofitable atMontgomery Village Founda-tionmeetings in 2011.

The developer will need tobuild around certain restrictedsections of the site, like Pepco’sright-of-ways, floodplains andsteep hills, which subtract fromthe amount of viable space.Monument is consideringbuild-ing duplexes, mid-sized single-family homes and townhomeson the site.

The developer suggestedadding meadows and edible

landscaping—in the form ofnut trees, berry bushes or otherplants—to spaces where theyare unable to build.

Russell Hines, president ofMonument Realty, said resi-dents began to make sugges-tions about common areas forthe first time during the brain-storming process.

“I thought it was very posi-tive,” he said.

During the meeting, resi-dents suggested a dog park,cemetery or community gar-dens, but Montgomery VillageExecutive Vice President DaveHumpton warned that parkingcould be an issue.

“There’s got to be someshared parking to get peopleinto that park system,” he said.

Several residents of FairwayIslands, a Montgomery Villagesubdivision surrounded by thegolf course, expressed concernsabout new development in their

backyards, asking about set-backs and how wide the roadswill be.

“It’s a very savvy commu-nity,” Humpton said.

Though the most recentcommunity meeting in May,with more than 100 attendees,ended in frustration and un-answered questions for someresidents, Humpton said hewaspleased with the discussions atthis workshop.

Monument is “not trying toline the fairways without hav-ing a real understanding of thehouses next door,” he said.

Hines said the nextmeeting,scheduled for September, willoffer more ideas for the coursebased on residents’ feedback.

“We still have a long way togo,”he said. “Weultimatelyhaveto comeupwith someplans andmake compromises.”

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Montgomery Village residents drive golf course development

n About 170 residential unitson the market at Watkins Mill project

BY SYLVIA CARIGNANSTAFFWRITER

Gaithersburg’s mayor and council tooka tour onMonday of the city’s latest mixed-use development, The Spectrum at WatkinsMill.

BP Realty Investments is the master de-veloper of the Spectrum and Watkins MillTownCenter sites at the intersectionofWat-kinsMill Road andMd. 355.

The Spectrum, which is partially com-plete, will comprise a 6,300-acre develop-ment with apartments and retail, featuring15.5 acres of open space. The site is closeto the planned Watkins Mill Interchange,which will connect Watkins Mill Road andInterstate 270, and a future Corridor CitiesTransitway bus rapid transit station.

LeighHenry, a principal at BPRealty, ledthe mayor, council, city staff and others ona tour through the site’s partially finishedbuildings.

One apartment building, ParamountEast, is designed to be a quiet area, Henrysaid. The buildingwas plannedwith biotechandhealthworkers inmind, especially thosewho work late shifts and don’t want unnec-essary noise at home, she said.

Paramount West, a livelier apartmentbuilding, will feature an outdoor yoga pad,fire pits and communal space for residentsto play cards or watch TV, Henry said.

The Performers’ Park, a common areawith artificial turf and a small stage, is sur-

rounded by retail and future restaurants.Peter Henry, a co-managing member of BPRealty, said the developer is carefully choos-ing which businesses it wants to move intothe 20,000-square-foot retail hub.

“Wewant tomake sure thatwhatwe putin is the right thing,” Henry said. The firm iscurrently targeting restaurants tobringmoreculinary options to the area.

Gaithersburg Planning Director LaurenPruss said at the end of the tour that shewaspleasedwith the development.

“They’re exceedingmyexpectation,” shesaid.

City staff pushed Spectrum’s developersto adopt certain concepts, like differentiat-ing pavement styles and making it easy forpedestrians to get around.

“It doesn’t have to be flashy, but it needsto be [good] quality,” Pruss said.

Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz alsowas impressed with the development. A fewhallmarks of the city were included in Spec-trum,he said, includingbicycle connectivityand connections to transit.

“I think they’ve thought of it all,” he said.Property Manager Megan Zaveri said

about 170 units were on the market as ofTuesday. Fifty others, ranging from studioapartments at $1,400 to three-bedroomunits at $2,110, have been rented since leas-ing kicked off in June.

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Mayor, council tour development in progress at Spectrum

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City officials on Monday tour the new Spectrum at Watkins Mill mixed-use development, which is stillunder construction in Gaithersburg.

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n Three people injuredin July 23 crash

BY KRISTA BRICK ANDSYLVIA CARIGNAN

STAFFWRITERS

Police have identified thedriver and three victims of asingle-car crash that damagedpart of a Sam’s Club store onJuly 23 in Gaithersburg.

Subinoy Mazumdar, 77,of North Potomac drove fromthe parking lot into the NorthFrederickAvenue store around1 p.m., police said.

A man inside the store,76-year-old Dimas M. Chavezof Potomac, suffered partialamputation of one leg whenMazumdar’s Buick LeSabrecrashed through the store’swall and into his leg.

Chavez was flown byMarylandState Policehelicop-ter to R Adams Cowley ShockTrauma Center in Baltimorewith life-threatening injuries,according to police. On Mon-day, hewas in stable conditionand “doing well,” according toa hospital official. Contactedvia a nurse, Chavez declinedto speak to The Gazette.

Reached by phone Mon-day night, Mazumdar said hehad “no interest” in speakingabout the crash.

Sheila R. Orellana, a31-year-old Derwood residentwho was walking in the park-ing lot, was struck by the carbefore it crashed through thestore, the release said. Shewasable to push her 3- and 1-year-old childrenoutof harm’sway,said Capt. Jim Daly, a Mont-gomery County Police spokes-man. She was not seriouslyinjured. Reached at her homeon Monday, she declined tospeak to The Gazette.

Boyds resident Thuan Bui,

33,was alsohit by the car insidethestoreandtakentoSuburbanHospitalwithnon-life-threaten-ing injuries, police said.

Daly said the store hasvideo cameras on the propertythatmay be able to showwhathappened.

Detectives are interview-ing Mazumdar, who was notinjured, according to a pressrelease from MontgomeryCounty Police. The crash isstill under investigation, andas of Tuesday, no charges havebeen brought againstMazum-dar, according toMontgomeryCounty Police spokeswomanBlanca Kling.

JohnSchlichting,Gaithers-burg’s planning and code ad-ministrator, said July 23 one ofthe city’s building inspectorswas sent to the scene to assessthe damage. The inspectorissued a notice that said thedamaged emergency doorsmust be fixed before the storecould re-open.MattKelleher, aGaithersburgfire inspector, re-inspected the site July 24 andallowed Sam’s Club to reopenfor business. The store’s foodcourt has since re-opened, astore employee said Tuesday.

Staff Writer St. JohnBarned-Smith contributed tothis report.

kbrick@gazette.net

Sam’s Club reopensafter car slams intoGaithersburg store

n Leggett acknowledgesimprovements, but saysincreases are premature

BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFFWRITER

Montgomery County hasasked a judge to stop the recentrate increase and surchargethat the Maryland Public Ser-vice Commission approved forPepco inmid-July.

The commission grantedPepco $27.9 million of a $60.8million request for higher ratesas well as $24 million of a $192million surcharge the companyrequested to levy on top of whatcustomers already pay.

For the average customer,that would raise monthly elec-tric bills $2.41 plus an additional6 cents in the first year.

OnTuesday, the countyfiledan appeal to the ruling inCircuitCourt at the direction of CountyExecutive Isiah Leggett (D). Asparty to the case, the county canappeal the ruling.

“I believe that Pepco hasmade improvements in theircommunications, infrastruc-ture, and emergency responsesystems since last summer’s‘Derecho’ storm,” Leggett saidin a statement released Tues-day. “However, just how im-proved these changes are havenot yet been seriously tested.That’s why granting even lessthan half of the $60 million re-quested by Pepco is prematureand unwise.”

Granting the surcharge wastroubling and sets a terrible

precedent, Leggett said in thestatement.

Maryland’s Public ServiceCommission broke with yearsof precedent on July 12 whenit approved Pepco’s request tocharge customers $24 millionfor extra infrastructure work, inadvance, by way of a grid resil-iency charge, or GRC.

“We will continue our on-going efforts to make sure thatMontgomery County gets re-liable energy at a reasonablecost,” Leggett said. “This rateincrease — and especially theautomatic so-called ‘Grid Resil-iency Charge’ — does not helpand should not stand.”

Leggett said he asked thecounty attorney to file the ap-peal to stop the recent ruling.

Myra Oppel, Regional Com-munications Vice President forPepco Holdings, offered littlecomment on the appeal.

“Maryland law provides theright of appeal from Public Ser-vice Commission decisions,”she said in an email. “As a partyto the proceeding, MontgomeryCounty may exercise its right toappeal the commission’s deci-sion. Pepco will fully participatein the appellate process.”

While the Public ServiceCommission agreed to the rateincrease and the surcharge, itwas divided on allowing the sur-charge, with one commissionerstrongly opposed.

Until this month, the com-mission had denied requestsfor similar surcharges — com-monly referred to as trackers— including a request last yearfromPepco.

Now that a tracker has been

allowed, some fear denying oth-ers will be a challenge.

“If we now deviate from ourhistoric rate-making principlesand allow this GRC tracker, itwill be difficult to find a princi-pledway todeny future requestsby other Maryland utilities fortracker surcharges for their simi-lar reliabilityplant infrastructureprojects,”CommissionerHarold

D.Williamswrote in opposition.“Todayweare letting the trackergenie out of the bottle, and I fearit will continue granting thewishes of Maryland utilities formany years and we may neverget it back in the bottle.”

The new customer rateswent into effect July 12.

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n About one-sixth ofsystem’s schools have

students working the soil

BY PEGGY MCEWAN

STAFFWRITER

Fresh food and sound sci-ence are on the menu for agrowing number of Montgom-ery County Public Schools.

Thirty-five county schoolshave gardens, according to asurvey released Thursday byMontgomery Victory Gardens, alocal food education and advo-cacy project.

“There are just so manyreasons for kids of all ages toget involved in gardening,” saidElizabeth Levien, who teacheshonors chemistry and horticul-ture at Montgomery Blair HighSchool in Silver Spring. “Reallylittle kids can work on observa-tion. Older ones can learn to ask

questions. ... Gardening is a wayto take control of their health.They learn where their foodcomes from.”

Levien — who with ChrisBrown, horticulture and Ad-vanced Placement environmen-tal science teacher, supervisesthe greenhouse and the outsidegarden at Blair— said the educa-tional opportunities are endless.

“Montgomery County re-quires students to take threesciences to graduate and hor-ticulture is historically easy topass, so a lot of the [less serious]students sign up,” she said. “It’sso exciting seeing kids [who are]turned off by science get excitedabout it.”

Gordon Clark, project di-rector of Montgomery VictoryGardens, said the school systemofficially has allowed school gar-dens for about two years.

Schools spokesman DanaTofig confirmed in an email thattherewas apolicy changewithin

the last two years. He noted thatthere is now a section aboutschool gardens on the schoolsystem’s website.

Clark said one reason forpublishing the survey is to en-courage more schools to begingardens and to let them knowof resources to help them getstarted.

“We wanted to see what[schools] were doing and tomake sure they know that gar-dens are allowed,” he said.

Karla Kratovil, PTA vicepresident and main generatorof the garden at Flower Hill Ele-mentary School inGaithersburg,said she was at a MontgomeryCounty Council of PTAs meet-ing about two years agowhere itwas announced that gardens areallowed.

The35 schoolswith gardens,out of 202 in the school system,include elementary, middle andhigh schools from across thecounty: Silver Spring to Damas-

cus, Poolesville to Burtonsville.Some gardens are just a few

raised beds on school grounds.Others fill courtyards or beginin greenhouses before movingoutside.

The gardens at SherwoodHigh School in Sandy Spring arepart of a science curriculum thathorticulture teacher Jill Couts isdeveloping with teachers fromClarksburg, Damascus andSpringbrook high schools. The2013-14 school year will be theprogram’s second year.

“This is a three-year pro-gram of study leading to be-coming a certified professionalhorticulturist,” Couts said. “Ihave a 300-square-foot green-house, so we do a lot of edible

plant production. The kids loveto grow plants and they love togrow plants they can eat.”

The growing interest is notjust for students planning on acareer in horticulture, she said.

About 30 students who arenot in the certification programcome to the greenhouse toworkeachweek, she said.

She seesworkingwithplantsas a stress reducer for studentsandaplacewhere they can learna life skill.

“Even though they prob-ably will not go into horticultureor landscaping, it is somethingthey will do for the rest of theirlives,” she said.

Even though a minority ofschools have gardensnow,Clarkis excited by the survey resultsandwould like toworkwith PTAcommittees to create a gardensupport network.

“This is thebestway to teachenvironmental stewardship,”Clark said.

The survey is available byemailing info@montgomeryvictorygardens.org.

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Montgomery nurtures school gardens

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n Medical programto start in October

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFFWRITER

The average 50-year-oldnonsmoker in MontgomeryCounty can buy health insur-ance premiums through theMaryland exchange marketstarting Oct. 1, ranging from$263 to $470 permonth.

The lowest monthly pre-mium rate is from CoventryHealthCare ofDelaware, ownedby Aetna, which operates inMaryland,Delaware, Pennsylva-nia and New Jersey. The highestis fromAll Savers Insurance, partof UnitedHealthcare.

State insurance officials onFriday approved the rates for in-dividuals thatwereasmuchas33percent belowwhat insurers hadrequested. All Savers’ premiumfor the Montgomery 50-year-oldwasabout32percentbelowwhatthe insurer requested,whileCov-entry’s was some 27 percent be-low its request.

Under the federal AffordableCareAct, individuals have to ob-tainhealth insuranceby Januaryor pay a penalty of either $95 or1 percent of their annual taxableincome next year. The penaltywill rise to $325 or 2 percent ofincome in 2015 and $695 or 2.5percent of annual income in2016.

Maryland’s largest insurer,CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield,received approval to average$312 in monthly premiums forthe average 50-year-old Mont-gomery resident, only 4 percentbelow what it requested. Rock-ville-based Kaiser Permanenteof the Mid-Atlantic States re-ceived approval for an averageof $381, only about 1 percentbelow its request.

State insurance regulatorsapproved rate changes based oninput from actuaries and otherswho studied the insurers’ sub-mitted plan designs and rates.

Actuaries conducted statisti-cal analyses and tested assump-tions that insurance companiesused to develop rates. Officialsalso made sure the plans com-

plied with state and federallaws, and they considered pub-lic comments in deciding whatlevel to approve.

CareFirst’s offerings are“competitively priced and oftenamong the most affordable op-tions available,” officials said ina statement. “Rate adjustmentsimposed by the MIA were mod-est, and we look forward to thelaunchof the exchange this fall.”

Kaiser “worked with Mary-land officials to ensure our 2014rates are as consumer friendly aspossible.Webelieve all residentsshould have access to high qual-ity, affordable care, and we’reconfident our rates reflect that,”officials said in a statement.

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n Upward of 150 callsannually involve missingchildren with disorder

BY ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH

STAFFWRITER

When Jamie Arnold’s twoyoungchildrenclamberedoutofa window in his Bethesda homethismonth,hisfirst thoughtwas,“Is there anywater nearby?”

He and his wife, Tiffani,dashed outside to look for Ka-dence, 5, and Kaleb, 4, both ofwhom have autism. It’s a com-mon challenge that parents ofautistic children face — chil-dren with the disorder have atendency to wander away fromparents and toward water —often leading to tragedy, policeand experts say.

Arnold said he and his wifeconstantlyhave towatch the two.

“It’s a whole new side to par-enting,” said Arnold, an Armynurse who has four other chil-dren.

At the Autism Night Out atMontgomery County’s policetraining academy in Rockvilleon Thursday, Kaleb and Ka-dence were safe and sound,happilymunching on doughnutholes and sipping apple juice.They were there with hundredsof other parents and childrenwho wandered around meetingpoliceofficers, lookingat fire en-gines and rescue boats, meetingMax and Caesar — two search-and-rescuedogs—andhoppingaround in amoonbounce.

The disorder has created atight-knit community of fami-lies to cope with the challengesautism presents.

“Weknowalmost everybodyhere,” one father said.

Parents of children with theneurological disorder said thatchildren with autism have dif-ferent experiences, but that theexperience of raising autistic chil-dren was “universal,” as was thefearof a tragedybroughtonbyan“elopement”or a “wandering.”

They are all too frequent:Police discovered the body of7-year-old Michael Kingsbury

in a car in Washington, D.C., 36hours after he went missing onJuly 7. He left the house afterthrowing a light fixture out of hiswindow while he was playing,according to a July 8 story in TheWashingtonPost. The cause andmanner of his death— and howheendedup in the car—are stillunclear, police say.

In recent years, there hasbeen a spate of fatalities of chil-drenwith autism.

“It happens so frequently,”said Shawnie Keenan of AutismSpeaks, one of the organizationssponsoring Autism Night Out,which was held to raise aware-ness about the disorder, bringthe autistic community togetherand connect it with law enforce-ment officials, organizers said.

An article in the Octoberedition of Pediatrics, the jour-nal of the American Academy ofPediatricians, reported that in astudy of more than 1,200 chil-dren with autism, nearly halfhad wandered or tried to elopeat least once after the age of 4.

In Montgomery County,about 100 to 150 calls out of thehundreds of missing personsreports police investigate everyyear are formissing autistic chil-dren, Officer Laurie Reyes said.

“They’re in danger the mo-ment they go missing,” Mont-gomery County Police Chief J.Thomas Manger told parents atthe event.

Organizers and policepassed out information andurged parents to have a plan inplace in case their childrenwan-der or bolt out of their house.

Reyes said that if a childwanders off, parents shouldcontact police immediately.Their house should have analarm system that chimes whena door is opened, she said, andparents should let neighborsknow about the children andtheir condition. Parents alsoshould make sure their childrenknow how to swim and havesome kind of identification onthem, she said.

Police passed out neongreen shirts for children to wearto bed at night, whenmany kids

wander off, Reyes said. “I haveautism! Call 911 if I am alone,”is printed on them. Reyes saidthe inspiration for the gather-ing came in part from her workwith Project Lifesaver, a Mont-gomery County police program.Families with relatives prone towandering can receive brace-lets that transmit a radio signal.Police can track the signal fromabout a mile away, dramaticallyshortening rescue searches.

One parent said he keepsa phone with “family locator”plan in his son’s backpack orpants in case hewanders off.

“It’s great to be around ascene where they understand

the situation, the cause, and[people are] not looking at yourchildren as if it’s awkward,” saidChris Superville of Aspen Hill,who was at the event with hiswife, Shante Harris-Superville,and their 7-year-old son, Dylan.

Dylandoesn’ttendtowander,Harris-Superville said. But thereare other challenges. Althoughhe’s more “typical,” meaningmore like a person without au-tism, he doesn’t communicateverbally verymuch, she said.

“It’s hard ... when they can’texplain their needs to you,” shesaid.

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Andy Marshall of Gaithersburg and his 13-year-old stepson Jack check outa Cabin John Park Fire Department rescue boat as they talk with firefighterGeoff Lewis at a safety fair for people with autism Thursday at the Mont-gomery County Public Safety Training Academy in Rockville.

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It’s been sevenmonths since one of America’s worstschool shootings—Dec. 14, 2012, when a gunman killed 27people in Newtown, Conn., including 20 children.

The instant reaction after any deadly attack is outrageand grief, then:What canwe do to protect our children?

TheNational Rifle Association called for at least onestaff member, armed guard or police officer in every schoolin the country. That way, the group reasoned, a good per-sonwith a gun could fight off a bad personwith a gun.

Remarkably simplistic, such a planwould never workas law-enforcement experts have said. Tomany, an armedguard in a school would be excessive. Arming school staffraises toomany questions of adequate training or liability.

Now that we’re somewhat removed from theNewtownattacks— in time, if not in sorrow—we can thinkmoreevenly and reasonably.

Montgomery County Public Schools is doing its partbymoving aheadwith a plan to install more cameras in itselementary, middle and high schools. The school boardvoted thismonth to commit the district to about half of thefunding for a $9million safety initiative, with statemoneycovering the rest.

James Song, the director of the school system’s Depart-ment of FacilitiesManagement, said there will be interiorand exterior cameras, as well as “physical improvements”to school buildings— visitors will have to check in at ad-ministration offices before proceeding through the school.

Most elementary schools would be getting cameras forthe first time, according to Adrienne Karamihas, the schoolsystem’s budget and operationsmanager.

Some of this ismeant to bolster internal security— cut-ting down on thefts or vandalism or watching for unrulygroups or even fights.

Video surveillance can be helpful in solving crimes.Cameras would supplement the eyes and ears of the peoplealready in charge of our schools.

Overall, there’smuch to like in what the school systemis doing to walk a delicate line between freedomofmove-ment and total restrictiveness.

Locked doors and security cameras at the front doorwon’t thwart a truly determined attacker—nothing can—but they introduce a greater level of awareness and protec-tion that unfortunately has become appropriate for publicschools.

Cameras canhelp protect schools

Another example of how free speech can get awfullymessy is playing out inMontgomery County.

County Executive Isiah Leggett has waded into a debateabout whetherMolotov, aMexican rock band, should per-form at the Fillmore concert hall in Silver Spring on Aug. 26.

Molotov says itsmusic is aimed at those who don’tstand up to power. But, to express thatmessage, the grouprelies on a Spanish word, “puto,” that is commonly under-stood as a slur against gaymen.

Montgomery County owns the Fillmore building andleases it to the entertainment company Live Nation for con-certs. The county doesn’t decide who plays there.

Leggett acknowledged that boundary in a July 18 let-ter to Stephanie Steele, the Fillmore’s generalmanager, inwhich hewrote that he is “personally offended.

“Bringing what I believe to be hateful sentiments intoour County does nothing to contribute positively to our cul-ture, tolerance, or the well-being of our County residents,”Leggett wrote, urging the Fillmore to “reconsider”Molo-tov’s scheduled performance.

In perceivingMolotov’smessage, it’s important to un-derstand culture, interpretation and context. In a statementto The Gazette last week, the bandwrote that it has “respectand gratitude” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgenderedpeople and insists its lyrics aren’t anti-homosexual attacks.

The statement—which ismurky because of somemiss-ing words— says “Puto” “was conceived as a cathartic songabout our situation inMexico at the time in the late 90’sand dedicated to anyonewho attempts our freedom, to anycowardwho attempts against the people and to anyonewho attempts against humanity.”

Dowe need a referee? Hardly.Who’s “right” should notdictate whetherMolotov plays the Fillmore.

Even ifMolotov is whitewashing its use of an insultto keep protesters at bay, the answer is not tomuffle thegroup. The best response to speech— even hateful speech— ismore speech.

Leggett could turn a tense situation into a productiveone through a forum to discuss the group’s lyrics and,moreimportantly, the story behind them. IfMolotov is open todefending and explaining its work, bandmembers shouldwelcome another platform to express themselves. Aca-demic and cultural experts onMexico and itsmusic couldprovide needed context.

Montgomery County could further establish itself as aplace that promotes tolerance and art, yet protects unpopu-lar speech and expression, equally and vigorously.

Understanddistasteful speech;don’t silence it

A little-known tax was re-cently spawned by the Mary-land General Assembly tocomply with the federal CleanWater Act that requires all statesfeeding into the ChesapeakeBay to clean up their stormwa-ter runoffs. While very few willdisagree with the need to cleanup what many recognize as amagnificent, natural resource,the “rain tax” is another in aseries of good intentions by ourMaryland legislators and weknow where such intentionsusually lead.

This new rain tax focuses onimpervious surfaces — roofs,driveways and parking lots —fromwhich stormwater runsoffinto theBay.Maryland isnot theonly state having stormwaterrunoff feeding into theBay—sodo Virginia, Pennsylvania, WestVirginia and New York. None ofthese states has a rain tax.

Nonetheless our Marylandlegislators have selected ninecounties and Baltimore city onwhich to impose this tax. Theother 14 Maryland counties areexempt.

This is where the logic dis-sipates.

How will 10 jurisdictionsin Maryland stem the advanceof storm water runoff from thenumerous counties in the otherfour states feeding into the Bay?The Susquehanna River alone,flowing through theConowingodam, running less than 20milesinto Maryland before enteringthe top of the Bay, accounts for41 percent of nitrogen and 25percent of phosphorus, yetNewYork andPennsylvania have notproposed a rain tax.

In Montgomery County wehave been paying the rain taxsince 2002. What admittedlystarted as a small Water Qual-

ity Protection Charge — $92.60a year on our property tax bills—will now become a seven-tiersystem. Like all taxes, expectthat to increase exponentiallyover time.

Businesses in MontgomeryCounty are not exempt from the2002raintax.WheatonPlazapays$70,000 a year for its impervioussurfaces. However, state govern-ment buildings, county officebuildings and schools, which to-gether occupy over 1,500 acres ofimpervious surface, are exempt.But churches, synagogues andothernonprofitswith impervioussurfaces arenot exempt.

The state of Maryland ex-pects this impervious surfacecleanup to cost $14.8 billion by2025. Thus it is estimated thatthe 10 jurisdictions will need tocome up with $482 million foreach of the next 12 years. How-ever, our legislators have left the

setting of rain-tax rates to eachof the 10 jurisdictions. So Fred-erick County has voted to tax itsresidents one penny on eachproperty; Howard County $75per residence; Harford County$12.50 per single family home;Carroll County has chosen notto tax its residents.

There is noway this haphaz-ardapproachby10counties canraise $14.8 billion by 2025.

So where do you think ourstate legislators will turn toclose the revenue gap? Andwhodo you thinkwill vote in favor oftappingMontgomery County toclose the gap — very likely ourMontgomery County delegatesto Annapolis, all of whom votedfor the tax in the first place.

Joan Fidler, Bethesda

The writer is the presidentof the Montgomery TaxpayersLeague.

When it rains, it pours ... taxes

Three months into degraded phoneand Internet service fromComcast, andnoend in sight in spite of 30phone calls, eighttrouble tickets, and three visits byComcasttechnicians. The three technicians verifiedthat the problem is in Comcast’s wiringoutside of my house but due to Comcast’smultiple, disjointedand ineffective troubleticket systems, Comcast claims to have norecord of the reports from their servicetechnicians and says the only action theycan take is to send out a fourth technicianto duplicate all the testing doneby thefirstthree technicians—butComcast can’t sayhow the results from a fourth technicianvisit would be treated any different thanthe results from the first three visits.

In the meantime, Comcast’s modemhas to be rebooted to re-acquire the sig-nal whenever I want to use my phone orInternet.

This problem with Comcast’s failinginfrastructure is not limited to my houseand appears to be very widespread, be-cause Comcast makes instructions forrebooting their modems readily avail-able near the top of the automated phonemenu for their service center and claimsmost problems can be resolved by reboot-ing theirmodems.

Comcast is oblivious to thepublic safetyissuetheirproblemiscausingbecauseintheeventofanemergency,phones impactedbythisproblemarenotavailable tocall 911un-til after their modems have been rebootedand reacquire the signals—which can takefiveminutesor longer.

Whatever happened to having phonesthat just workedwhen needed?

Carol Lundquist, Burtonsville

RebootingComcastIt has been a while since I walked on

the trail (Georgetown Branch, CapitalCrescent), but I found myself walkingthere on a recent hot, humid day. I amsure that it was somewhere around 90 de-grees. I started from my home town, theTownofChevyChase.One thing led to an-other, and I ended upwalking as far as thetrestle, which overlooks rocks, water andtrails leading into Rock Creek Park. It wasa stunning view.

With our high temperatures and hu-midity, this day that I took my walk wasreally not the best day to take a 4-milehike. But what made it bearable, evenenjoyable, was the lush foliage of the treecanopy overhead, which provided thecoolness of shade.

To those who would destroy thismagnificent linear park, by cutting down

all the trees and crowding hikers and bi-cyclists together to make way for a com-muter rail line, I would invite you to gotake awalk—along the trail, and see if youstill feel the sameway afterwards.

It is too bad that the planners for thePurple Line project didn’t have the fore-sight to plan for the future for both transitand the environment, by designing thingsin a way that would put the rail line else-where, or locate it underground.

Perhaps if enough local residentswould just take the time from their busylives to do what I did, just go take a walk,thingsmight be different.

Enjoy the trail, while you still can! Bet-ter yet, let’s see what can be done, even atthis late date, to save this priceless trea-sure, our linear park.

Deborah A. Vollmer, Chevy Chase

Save our linear park

On July 9, I boarded an “11” Ride OnBus at Friendship Heights around 3 p.m.Not sureof theexact time, I asked thedriverif the free senior fare (until 3 p.m.) was stillin force (I am a 75-year-old woman).

Contemptuouslyhe snarled that Imustpay my fare. Having done so, I seated my-self directly behind himwhere I witnessed(during a wait of five minutes or so beforethe bus’s departure) his surly encounterwith anyone boarding the bus in less thanan automatic and expeditiousmanner.

At approximately 3:15 as the busheadednorthwardonConnecticutAvenueI got up andmoved forward to tell him thatI wanted to get off at the next stop (Taylor

Street). His response was to snarl that Ishould “Get behind the yellow line,”whichI did. He barreled on past my stop until hehad gone three stops forward, stoppingthen because someone was waiting at thatstop to board the bus.

At this point he said, “What stopdid youwant?” I repeated “Taylor Street.” To whichhe replied “That was two stops back.” I gotoff the bus andwalkedback the three blocksto Taylor Street and continued on my nowthree-block-longer longwalkhome.

Clearly this vicious and unremittinglyhostile driver should not be interactingwith the public in any capacity.

Kirsten Gardner, Chevy Chase

Surly driver doesn’t serve Ride On well

THE GAZETTEWednesday, July 31, 2013 z Page A-9

What’s the difference between theAmerican bald eagle and the MarylandGOP? The bald eagle ismaking a come-back.

Okay, it’s unfair to ridicule Mary-land’s Republican Party; it’s too easy atarget. But if the sole pur-pose of a political party isto win elections and runthe government in accor-dancewith its policies andbeliefs,Maryland’s GOP isan endangered species.

Thanks to a 2-to-1voter registration ad-vantage, favorabledemographics, crass ger-rymandering, closed pri-maries, a corrupt partisanmedia and all the ancil-lary self-perpetuatingprivileges of one-partyincumbency, Democrats rule the roostin Maryland, the nation’s fourth-most-Democratic state.

All Maryland’s statewide electedofficials, including both U.S. senators,are Democrats. So are seven of its eightcongresspersons. Democrats have oc-cupied the governor’s mansion for 57of the last 63 years, and no one can re-member when Republicans controlledthe legislature.

Nearly half of the state’s voters are

represented exclusively by Democrats,from President Barack Obama down tothe county clerk, and Maryland’s fast-est-growing population, Latinos, vote8-to-1 Democratic.

When the Tea Party voter mutinyswept the nation in 2010, itbypassed Maryland. Yes, mostof the state’s rural counties arecontrolled by Republicans, butthat’s merely 15 percent of thepopulation. Only baseball’sWashington Nationals have aworse batting average.

In 2006, Maryland SenatePresident Mike Miller, a Dem-ocratic chieftain, famouslyvowed, “We’re going to gettogether and we’re going toshoot Republicans down.We’re going to put them in theground and it will be ten years

before they crawl out again.” That wasseven years ago, and the Republicansstill remain buried.

So, what to do? Would “Save TheRepublicans” bumper stickers appealto Maryland’s bleeding heart environ-mentalists? Unlikely. Republicans arenot a media-sanctioned victim groupand are less appealing than baby seals.

How about reaching out to inde-pendent voters who, because theydeclined joining either party, can’t

participate in Maryland’s closed pri-mary elections? That’s exactly whatMaryland’s GOP is currently debating:whether to let independents vote in theRepublican primary. It’s a wise idea,because:

First, independents (whoare largelyfallen-away Republicans) are morelikely than Democrats to align with Re-publicans. Letting independents helpnominate GOP candidates will giveindependents ownership and increasetheir likelihood of voting Republican inthe general election.

Second, Republicans need the num-bers. Even if all 636,000 independentsjoin all 959,000 Republicans, they’re stilloutnumbered by Maryland’s 2,073,000Democrats. But, hypothetically, with theindependents on board, aGOPnomineeneeds only 239,000 Democratic cross-overs, insteadof 557,000.

Third, and most important, addingindependents to its ranks will moder-ate the GOP’s platform and candidates.This isn’t a philosophical sellout, it’s arendezvous with reality.

The likelihood that the indepen-dents’ influence will radically liberalizeMaryland’s GOP is nil. But some mod-erating is overdue: The GOP’s messageisn’t selling inMarylandand, inpolitics,when your message isn’t selling, it’stime to change messages. Republican

conservatives who believe that ideo-logical purity is more important thanwinning elections should start a salonor become radio talk show hosts.

Meanwhile, Maryland desperatelyneeds a competitive, self-policing two-party political system, which is whatmakes a democracy work.

Obama’s race problemLiberal pundits andeditorialwriters

were so busy swooning over Obama’s“heartfelt words” delivered last Fridaythat they eithermissed or ignoredwhatwas really going on.

Obama’s performance came fromhis polling, not from his heart. Af-ter wrongly injecting himself into theTrayvon Martin incident before it evenwent to trial (“If I had a son, he’d looklike Trayvon”), which helped inflameracial tensions, Obama was stuck withthe jury’s “not guilty” verdict.

In the verdict’s wake he tried cool-ing racial passions by calling for calmand supporting trial by jury. But, asthe polls showed, that didn’t work: 81percent of blacks demanded Obamabring federal charges against GeorgeZimmerman (only 27 percent of whitesagreed). Evenworse,Obama’s approvalratings sank to a two-year low, down to41 percent in one poll.

So, Obama was faced with the na-tion’s blacks (the Democratic party’s

core constituency) nullifying the juryverdict, ignoring Trayvon’s assault anddemanding something impossible forObama to grant — federal charges forwhich there is no legal basis.

Once again Obama had a raceproblem and, once again, he talked hisway out, just like the Rev. Wright crisisand the “Skip” Gates beer summit. OnFriday he empathized with the angryblacks by recounting the car door clicksand department store profiling he ex-perienced as a young black male whiledelicately changing the subject frombringing federal charges to, instead,ending “stand your ground” laws andcalling for ways to help young blacks.

Last Friday the half-black presi-dent was all black, engaging in a “raceconversation” exclusively with blacksabout a white, racist America. Then, afew days later, he was off on another“soak the rich” speaking tour hopingZimmerman’s federal charges woulddrift out ofmind.

Blair Lee is chairman of the boardof Lee Development Group in SilverSpring and a regular commentator forWBAL radio. His column appears Fri-days in the Business Gazette. His pastcolumns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is blair@leedg.com.

Save the Republicans

MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE

LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

I read with interest the July 2 piece byRep. John Delaney and Johns Hopkins Uni-versity President Ronald Daniels regardingthe proposed Corridor Cities Transitway.[“Corridor Cities Transitway should be apriority forMontgomery County”].

I likewise support the development ofthis public transportation system. However,I strongly oppose the CCT’s planned align-ment near the JohnsHopkins Belward cam-pus.

The CCT is slated to run down GreatSeneca Highway in Gaithersburg, and thenturn right onto Muddy Branch Road beforeturning left into Belward. This route willmake it very difficult for themore than 1,500residents of the Washingtonian Woods andMission Hills communities to enter and exittheir neighborhoods. ...

As a resident ofWashingtonianWoods, Ican attest to the fact that it can take several

minutes to exit my community ontoMuddyBranch during rush hour. If the CCTwere torun down Muddy Branch, it would furtherslow traffic into and out of the community....

Planners do have a suitable alternativeroute for the CCT: it could continue downGreat Seneca Highway past Sam Eig High-

way and turn right into Belward near KeyWest Avenue — possibly along the plannedextension of Decoverly Road. This routingwould take advantage of the wider roadwayafforded by Great Seneca and would skirtresidential neighborhoods. It could alsoprovide aCCT stopon theBelwardCampus,which JHU claims that it must have.

I and others have raised this alternativein several public forums but have not hearda compelling explanation of why it is not aviable option.

I am a proponent of a more robust anduser-friendly public transportation sys-tem in Montgomery County. However, anynew transport construction should takeinto account the designs of the pre-existingcommunities and not impose a significantburden on current residents.

Gary Robinson, Gaithersburg

CCT needs an alternate route

The July 24 letter fromTim Willard [“Wasteful de-fense spendinghurtingMont-gomery”] addressed wastefulmilitary spending and its ef-fect on, among other things,meals for seniors and hous-ingassistance inMontgomeryCounty.

WhileWillard is correct instating that fighter jets mightnot need to cost $200 millionor $300 million apiece, thereal problem does not lie inprojects involving mere mil-lions of dollars.

On his recent $100 mil-

lion trip to Africa, PresidentObama pledged $7.5 billiondollars (of taxpayermoney) tohelp develop electricity proj-ects on that continent. Com-bine that with the $1.8 billiondollars given towhatwas thenEgypt’s Muslim Brotherhoodgovernment andwe’re talkingabout realmoney here.

I totally agreewithWillardthat money is being wastedand yes, $9.3 billion wouldfeed a lot of seniors.

Thomas B. Ferguson,Montgomery Village

A billion here,a billion there ...WRITE TO US

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director of development over-sight for Johns Hopkins Univer-sity real estate, said the corridorhas awealth of untapped assets.“We have the equivalent

of the richest oil fields on theplanet, and no one’s drilled,” hesaid.Srivastava brought in Jim

Dolgonas, president and CEO ofthe Corporation for EducationNetwork Initiatives inCalifornia,to advise the assembled groupon forming a shared cyberinfra-structure.“It really gets expensive

when you’re talking about a lotof data,” Dolgonas said. Theirfirst priority should be findingpartners, then funding, he said.Moneywill beoneof thefirst

hurdles the largely undefinedproject will face.“There is no funding for

what we’re trying to do,” Srivas-tava said.Srivastava proposed cre-

ating a local area networkacross the planned develop-ment, anchored with biomedi-cal computing centers that areconnected to labs and researchinstruments, but many at themeeting emphasized the impor-tance of enabling communica-tionbetweenpeople.Heand the

meeting’s attendeesplan to seekfeedback from their respectivecompanies, and those who didnot send representatives, beforeany details are determined.Elaine Amir, Johns Hopkins’

Montgomery County executivedirector, said a collaboration isalready a part of the campus’culture. Some of the campus’more than30private companieswould not have known of eachothers’ existence without theuniversity’s push for networkingevents, she said.“We’re not a location. We’re

a community,” she said.

scarignan@gazette.net

NETWORKContinued from Page A-1

make up the Electronic Crimesunit.Security at the lab is tight.“Each lab is programmed

to know who has access to thatparticular room,” Raskin-Burnssaid. Only scientists authorizedto work in that specific unitcan access labs that work withbiological evidence, like the Fo-rensic BiologyUnit or the CrimeSceneUnit.To prevent contaminating

evidence with foreign DNA, thelab’s scientistswear blue scrubs.Their DNA is on file, so it can beruledout if somehow it becomesmixed with DNA being investi-gated.The Forensic Chemistry Unit

gets the drugs that police collect.The unit tests the drugs in casesgoing to court, or at the request ofinvestigators, King said.Marijuana, cocaine and

heroin are the drugs the Foren-sic Chemistry Unit tests mostfrequently, King said. The unit’sscientists also identify drugs likeecstasy — sometimes made tolook like candy or cartoon im-ages, such as the Teenage Mu-tant Ninja Turtles or miniatureBart Simpson heads.One recent case with candy-

shapeddrugs had about 20 or 30pills, King said.“Ifmy kids saw those, they’d

totally think they were Swee-Tarts,” Raskin-Burns said.“And they’d be high as a

kite,” King said.In the chemistry lab, there

are microscopes, pipettes andracks of beakers at each workstation. There also are quirkierknickknacks, like a glass pipeshaped like an elephant, madefor smokingmarijuana.It was evidence from a now-

closed case, King said. The labkept it for educational purposesinsteadof destroying it, she said.A gas chromatograph-mass

spectrometer converts drugsinto a gaseous form, then ana-

lyzes them at a molecular level,which helps analysts deter-mine exactly what kind of drugit is. The machine, one of themost expensive in the lab, costsaround $100,000, Wickenheisersaid. The lab receives federaland state grants for much of theequipment, he said.Breaking the drugs down to

a molecular level helps crimelab analysts differentiate co-caine from procaine, a legalanesthetic, or marijuana from aseriesof synthetic cannabinoids,like “spice” or “K2,” that floodedthemarket several years ago, be-fore they were outlawed.“Identifying thosewaspretty

tricky,” she said of the can-nabanoids, which mimic the ef-fect ofmarijuana.King has been working at

the lab for almost seven years,she said.“I liked chemistry. I liked the

idea of law. It seemed like a niceway of mixing the two of them,”she said.In 2012, the different units

in the lab processed a little lessthan 6,000 cases, Raskin-Burnssaid — 420 crime scenes, 170firearms exams, more than 300cases involving DNA testing,3,600 drug cases, and 1,400 la-tent print analyses.The lab also performs tests

for local city police depart-ments, such as the TakomaParkand Rockville city police depart-ments, along with the U.S. ParkPolice,MetroTransit Police, andthe Montgomery County Sher-iff’s Office.The lab also occasionally

runs tests for the Bureau of Al-cohol, Tobacco, Firearms andExplosives and the U.S. Navy’sCriminal Investigations Divi-sion, King said.David Hinebaugh has

worked as a latent print exam-iner for Montgomery CountyPolice for nearly a decade. Heanalyzesprints taken fromcrimescenes by Crime Scene Unit in-vestigators. “What I do is try takethose prints andmatch themupwith a suspect,” he said.

Hinebaugh said he studiedin a forensic identification pro-gram at West Virginia Univer-sity.The first part of his job is to

see if a print is usable, he said.Many that come in are smudgedor smeared, recognizable as fin-gerprints, but too damaged foridentification.If theprint is in goodenough

condition, he said, examinerswill enter it into a regional auto-mated fingerprint identificationsystem and look formatches.That database, which cov-

ersMontgomery County, PrinceGeorge’s County, Northern Vir-ginia and Washington, D.C.,supplies a list of people whomight match the fingerprint, hesaid.From there, examiners com-

pare the two onscreen to see ifthey match with the fingerprintcollected at the crime scene.Other times, police already

will have a suspect in cus-tody and will ask an examinerto match the suspect’s printsagainst a sample from the crimescene — that takes place off-screen, he said.Comparing the prints usu-

ally takes 15 minutes to half anhour, he said.Even though Hinebaugh

processes 20 to 30 cases amonth, somecases stickout, likea sexual assault that took placeseveral years ago. The attackerassaulted his victim at knife-point, then left the woman inPrinceGeorge’s County, he said.Police recovered a print

from her credit cards — but itdidn’t look like an intact print.“At first, I didn’t think it was

good enough to enter in the sys-tem,” he said. However, he gota match on a man who had fledto New York. Police tracked himdown, and he ultimately wasconvicted, Hinebaugh said.“It was very satisfying that ...

I was able to help arrest the indi-vidual andprovide someclosurefor the victim,” he said.

sjbsmith@gazette.net

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improvements.Alternative 4 would widen

the corridor that includes Brink,Wightman, Snouffer School andMuncaster Mill roads. The cor-ridor would become a four- tosix-lanehighwaywithasidewalkandbike lanes.Alternative5improvesonan

existing road by widening Md.355 into a six-lanehighway.Alternative 8 follows the

master plan, but the roadwould be truncated at WatkinsMill Road, according to countydocuments. This alternativewould build a new four-lanehighway from Snowden FarmParkway to Watkins Mill Road,but leaves a gap between Wat-

kins Mill Road and Montgom-ery Village Avenue to providespace to the Whetstone Runstream.Alternative 8 also has three

divergent options for the northend of the highway. Eachwould end at Ridge Road, butone would enter the Agricul-tural Reserve, one would runalong Ridge Road, and onewould create a new highwayin accordance with the masterplan. The end that runs alongRidge Road “has shown to beundesirable in terms of opera-tion and safety,” according tocounty documents.Alternative 9 follows the

master plan by building a newfour-lanehighwaybetween theexisting Midcounty Highwayand Watkins Mill Road. At thatpoint, the road’s three ending

options are the same as thosein Alternative 8.County documents warn

that homes and businessescould be displaced by any ofthe alternatives, except the no-build option and Alternative 2,whichwould widenMd. 355.Areas such as the I-270

Technology Corridor mightbenefit from a few of the alter-natives, since they would de-crease congestion on I-270 andMd. 355, according to countydocuments.State and county officials

and community advocates arepreparing for the Aug. 7 pub-lic hearing on M-83 at SenecaValley High School. For moreinformation about themeetingor to watch a video overview ofthe project, visit montgomery-countymd.gov/corridor.

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and something called a lemondrop, according to court re-cords.Then he drove between 88

and 98 mph along Interstate270. He hit the Warrs’ vehiclefrom behind. Ten-year-oldJazimen Harris was killed, andthe Warrs and another grand-daughter were injured.Eaton was sentenced to

eight years in prison for man-slaughter, and the Warrs suedthe bar.The court offered the same

opinion that it gave in 1951and1981: Bars in Maryland are notliable for accidents their pa-trons cause, even if the bars failto stop servingpatronswhoareclearly drunk.In her dissenting opinion,

Judge Sally Adkins noted thatpublicopinionondrunkendriv-inghaschangedgreatlysincethelast time the court considereddram-shop liability.The court suggested in

1981 and in Thursday’s deci-sion that the legislature couldchoose to pass a dram-shopmeasure. But Adkins pointedout that four bills on the sub-ject introduced from 1987 to2012 nevermade it out of com-mittee.Jason Fernandez, an attor-

ney who helped represent theWarrs, said legislators will notconsider the topic because in-surance companies resist thelaws.“At some point in time,

some branch of the govern-ment has got to step up andsave lives,” Fernandez said.“The legislature couldn’t, sowe asked the court to do so,

and they chose not to.”In her dissent, Adkins cited

a study that found dram-shopliability — the term comesfrom a term for a shop wherespiritswere soldby thedram—reduced fatalities by 3 percentto 11 percent. She calculatedthat in Maryland 14 peoplewould be saved each year bysuch a provision.“The majority of the gen-

eral public would be outragedat a commercial vendor who,for the sake of profit, continuesto serve an already drunk per-son well past the line of being‘visibly under the influence,’to the point of becoming ag-gressive and violent, and thensends him on his way, wherehe gets behind the wheel of avehicle and kills a ten-year-oldgirl,” she wrote. “By the stan-dards of our community, this ismorally blameworthy.”

BARContinued from Page A-1

Leah Kingtests forthe pres-ence ofmarijuanaFriday inthe ForensicChemistryUnit of theMontgomeryCountyCrime Labin Gaithers-burg.GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

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PHOTO BY JANICE O’DAY

Country rocker Scott Kurt will be one of 55 performers in the BandHouse Gigs tributeto the Rolling Stones on Saturday at The Fillmore Silver Spring.

& The Gazette’s Guide toArts & Entertainment

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Hugh Jackman returns as‘The Wolverine’

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MOVIE REVIEW

CALL OF THE WILD

n Montgomery County womanlooks to brighten the days

of senior citizens

BY CARAHEDGEPETHSTAFFWRITER

On a recent Tuesday morning at Ol-ney’s Bedford Court Senior Living Com-munity, the activities room, known asThe Bistro, was packed. Chairs, wheel-chairs and walkers lined the walls. Even-tually, residents who came late had tosettle for a spot in the hallway.Theywere there to see Seniorita Sun-

shine, also known as Andrea Hancockof Rockville. Standing at the front of theroom, at maybe 5-feet tall, Hancock wasdressed in a red and white striped skirtand top, and wearing a blonde wig. Shewelcomed her audience, turned on thesong “Bring Me Sunshine,” and startedmaking her way around the room, stop-ping at each resident to offer a hand-shake, a little dance or just a smile.“At my first show, I went to each

Walking onsunshine

n Interpreting classic hitssatisfying for performers

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER

The Rolling Stones came and wentfromWashington, D.C., in June, but fanswill still be able to hear someof their big-gest hits on stage on Saturday.“The great Rolling Stones, but for

$575 less,” joked Ron Newmyer ofBandHouse Gigs, which will present a

tribute to the legendary band on Satur-day at The Fillmore in Silver Spring.Reserved tickets are $25, and stand-

ing room tickets are $20 — a big differ-ence from the $600 tickets available forthe sold-out Verizon Center gig earlierthis summer.Fifty-five performers will present

their interpretations of Stones classicssuch as “You Can’t Always GetWhat youWant,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Get Off My

Cloud” and “Gimme Shelter.”“A lot of musicians grew up play-

ing the Rolling Stones … they touched achord in a lot of people,” said Newmyer,who said the tribute will focus on songsreleased from 1963 through 1972.“They started as an R&B cover band,

then theymastered the pop sound, thenwhen the Beatles broke up in 1968, theywent back to R&B,” he said.“They had a lot of styles — country,

blues, R&B, rock ’n’ roll, pop, strings and

Rockin’ an’ a rollin’

CARA HEDGEPETH/THE GAZETTE

Seniorita Sunshine (Andrea Hancock) danceswith Bedford Court resident Arthur Williams.

Getin

PHOTOS BY HEATHER LATIRI

Below, the cast ofOlney Theatre Cen-ter’s production of “AChorus Line,” runningAug. 1 to Sept. 1.

In a preproductionphoto of OlneyTheatre Center’s “AChorus Line,” Cassie(Nancy Lemenager)tries to convincedirector Zach (CarlRandolph) that sheshould be chosento be in his newestshow. Due to injury,Nancy Lemenagerhas left the produc-tion. Michelle Aravenawill replace her inthe role of Cassie.

Starting Thursday, OlneyTheatre Center presents “AChorus Line,” the largest mu-sical ever produced in the the-ater’s 75-year history.The show features 24 per-

formers and eight musicians,telling the story of a younggroup of aspiring actors, danc-ers and singers auditioning fora spot on a chorus line.“It’s something that I’m

used tobut it does feel differentin this production because it’stheir biggest one and they’reso excited about it,” said actorJennifer Cordiner, who playsVal. “You can feel the energyat all times from all the peoplearoundOlney.”A New Jersey native and

classically-traineddancer,Cor-diner moved to the Washing-ton, D.C., area in January. “AChorus Line” is the first showshe booked.Director and choreogra-

pher Stephen Nachamie isno stranger to Olney TheatreCenter. He returns after direct-ing “1776,” “Camelot,” and

O L N E Y T H E A T R E C E N T E R P R E S E N T S ’ A C H O R U S L I N E ’

FOR ACTORS, DIRECTOR,OLNEY PRODUCTIONRINGS TRUEBY CARAHEDGEPETHSTAFFWRITER

A CHORUSLINE

n When: Aug.1 to Sept. 1;

see website forspecific show

times

n Where: 2001Olney-Sandy

Spring Road,Olney

n Tickets: $32.50-$65, discounts

available forgroups, seniors,

military andstudents

n For information:301-924-3400,

olneytheatre.org

MUSIC

MUSIC

See SUNSHINE, Page A-15

See ROLLIN’, Page A-15

See LINE, Page A-15

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Theworks of artist Julie Grosswill be on view throughoutthemonth of August at theMontgomery Art Association’s MAAGallery,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 VeirsMill Road,Whea-ton. An opening reception is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Sunday.The exhibit closes Aug. 25. Inspired by the lines and colors incities and landscapes, Gross boasts a strong sense of linear per-spective and beautiful skies. Her work illustrates well-knownbuildings, as well as obscure city streets and alleys, while exag-gerating colors and abstracting shapes. Gallery hours are 11a.m. to 8 p.m.Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Sunday. Formore information, visit www.juliegrosspaintings.com. Visit www.montgomeryart.org.

Bright lights, big city

FROM JULIE GROSS

Julie Gross’ “Chinatown.” Gross is the featured artist for August at theMontgomery Art Association’s gallery at Westfield Wheaton Mall.

Nine-time Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at theMusic Center at Strathmore. Having sold more than 30 million records worldwide, the singer willperform songs from her new CD, “Natalie Cole En Español,” a tribute to the Spanish songs by herfather, Nat King Cole. A pre-concert lecture, “Like Father/Like Daughter: The Impact of Nat KingCole and Natalie Cole on American Popular Music,” with Saïs Kamalidiin fromHoward University,is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Education Center Room 402 and is free with a concert ticket. Tickets forthe Natalie Cole performance are $33-$92. For more information, visit www.strathmore.org.

“Shot in the Dark,” featuring photographsfrom theMaster DarkroomClass at the Photo-works Gallery and Photography School at GlenEcho Park, continues to Sept. 3 at the gallery,7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo. Gallery hoursare 1-4 p.m. Saturdays and 1-8 p.m. Sundays, orby appointment (contact gaylesue@me.comorkwkeating@comcast.net). Exhibiting photogra-phers include AndrewCurrie, Molly Donavan,Heather Dorsey, SamanMichael Far, BrendaHanning, AnnHarding,Mike Jones, TomKraly,Bill Mertens, JoanneMiller and AlejandraVallejo. Formore information, visit www.gle-nechophotoworks.org.

Worth 1,000 words

PHOTO BY SAMAN MICHAEL FAR

“Hands,” by photographer Saman Michael Far. “Shot in the Dark” continues to Sept. 3at the Photoworks Gallery and Photography School at Glen Echo Park.

Heavy-metal influenced Spanish guitar duo Rodrigo yGabriellawill perform in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at theMusicCenter at Strathmore. Renown for their “Stairway toHeaven”cover courtesy of YouTube, the duo’smusic has been heard onfilm scores ranging from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On StrangerTides” to “Puss in Boots.” Tickets are $55-$78. Formore infor-mation, visit www.strathmore.org.

Muy caliente

PHOTO FROM STRATHMORE

Heavy metal-influenced Spanish guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriella will per-form in concert at Strathmore on Aug. 4.

PHOTO FROM STRATHMORE

Natalie Cole will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at Strathmore. The nine-time Grammy winner will perform songs from her latest CD, “Natalie ColeEn Espanol.”

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White beers are unfilteredwith moderate body and asmooth, light creaminess. Despitethe creaminess theyfinishdry andoften with a bit of lactic tartness.They have an effervescent charac-ter and a low acidity. The style hasa low hop bitterness which willsuit beer lovers who are adverseto the high hop bitterness that isbecoming more prevalent. Whitebeers do not age well and shouldbe consumedwhen fresh.

White beers are made withunmalted wheat, coriander andCuracao (bitter) orange peel. Somebrewers add sweet orange peel andother spices for complexity such

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Hoegaarden Witbier (4.9 per-cent ABV) is brewed by AnheuserBusch-InBev at the HoegaardenBrewery in Hoegaarden, Belgium.Hoegaarden, which is effervescentthroughout, has a bright sweetlemon nose leading into a lightlemon front with a hint of wheat,both of which continue in themiddle. The lemonebbs in the veryminimal finish with a slight dulllemonzest intheaftertaste.Ratings:6.5/6.Note: in thepastHoegaardenWithas scoredmuchhigher.

Allagash White (5.1 percentABV) ismade by Allagash BrewingofPortland,Maine.AllagashWhite

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Blue Moon (5.4 percent ABV) ismade by the Blue Moon BrewingCompany, adivisionof /Miller-Co-ors, in Golden, CO. BlueMoon hasa bouquet of coriander, tartness,and honey. The subdued dry fronthas traces of pepper and corianderwhich continue in themiddle. Thefinish brings in a faint sweetnessand increased pepper. The lightlydry aftertaste also displays a touchof orange zest. Ratings: 6/6.

Witte (5.1 percent ABV) isbrewed by Brewery Ommegangin Cooperstown, NY. Witte has asweet lemon, coriander, lightpep-per and Belgian yeast nose whichpresage a light sweet lemon front.In the middle a slight corianderjoins along with a hint of grainand tempered tartness. Thesecontinue in the finish mergingwith a tinge of pepper. The mod-erately dry aftertaste has a linger-ing growing pepper flavor with atart lemon zest. Ratings: 8/8.

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“Fruitvale Station” is hugelyeffective meat-and-potatoesmoviemaking, and one hell ofa feature film debut for writer-director Ryan Coogler.

Lean (84minutes), swift andfull of life, Coogler’s picture re-counts a random and needlessdeath, that of 22-year-old OscarGrant, played byMichael B. Jor-dan, a familiar face from “TheWire,” “FridayNight Lights” andthe films “Chronicle” and “RedTails.”

At 2:15 a.m. Jan. 1, 2009, theunarmed victim was shot in thebackby aBayAreaRapidTransitpolicemanonanOakland,Calif.,Fruitvale stationplatform.Therewere witnesses, lots of them,many taking cellphone videos ofthe incident.

ThemoviemakesnosecretofOscar’s fate.Coogler could’ve set-tled for an enraging, full-throttlemelodrama,designedtoboilyourblood frombeginning to end. But“Fruitvale Station” is better,moreheartbreaking, than that.

The script follows a well-worn pattern: We spend ap-proximately 24 hours withOscar before the shooting, ashe skitters from one part of hislife to another. He’s steppingout on his girlfriend, Sophina (asmashingly good and natural-istically attuned Melonie Diaz),but there’s enough glue in theirrelationship, it seems, tomake itstick, and for Oscar to keep their4-year-old daughter Tatiana(Ariana Neal) in the true northposition of his compass.

Oscar’s life in and out ofprison has been a trial for hismother (Octavia Spencer, note-perfect), whose birthday is Dec.31. In the hours leading up tothe fateful BART ride back fromSan Francisco on New Year’sEve, Oscar spends time with hisdrugdealer associate andswingsby to pick up a cake and someseafood for his grandmother’sgumbo.

“Fruitvale Station” worksbecause Coogler and his lead-ing man present a many-sidedprotagonist, neither saint norunalloyed sinner. He strugglesto find legal work and to keep itonce he’s found it; likewise, andnot easily, he juggleshis oldhell-raising self with his responsibili-ties as a lover, a father and a son.

When “Fruitvale Station”goes where it must go, to thattrain platform (Kevin Durandplays a fictionalized version ofthe transit cop who pulled thetrigger), theknot tightens inyourgut. You hope for an impossibleresolution to the scene. Youmayalso find yourself hoping thatthe film itself doesn’t blow it —that it doesn’t push the anguishand outrage into operatic orphony realms. Coogler does notblow it (though there’s a codaor two too many in the final 10minutes). His success with thefilm overall, which is consider-able, lies in his easy way withextended takes, allowing two ormore actors to actually interactand get a rhythm going. Jor-dan, Diaz and Spencer, among

others, are superb throughout.The filmwas shot quickly, on anextremely modest budget. Thebreathlessness feels right, andtrue.

“Fruitvale Station” wontwo major awards at last year’sSundance Film Festival andwent on to pick up a prize forits presence in the Un CertainRegard sidebar of the CannesFilm Festival. It remains to beseen what Coogler can do withdifferent kinds of stories. But he

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DANCESHollywood Ballroom, July 31,

free International FoxTrot Routinelesson at 7:30 p.m., Social BallroomDance at 8:15 p.m. ($15), Aug. 2,free Tango lesson at 8 p.m., SocialBallroomat 9p.m. ($15); Aug. 3, freeEast Coast Swing lesson at 8 p.m.,Social Ballroomat 9p.m. ($10); Aug.4, free FoxTrot lesson at 7 p.m.,Social Ballroomat 8p.m. ($15), Aug.7, free International TangoRoutinelesson at 7:30 p.m., Social BallroomDance at 8:15 p.m. ($15), Aug. 8,TeaDance from12:30-3:30 p.m.($6), 2126 IndustrialHighway, SilverSpring, 301-326-1181,www.holly-woodballroomdc.com

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.

Blues, Capital Blues: Thurs-days, 8:15 beginner lesson, 9-11:30p.m. dancing to DJs, Glen Echo

Park’s Spanish BallroomAnnex,$8, www.capitalblues.org.

Contra, Aug. 2, Rachel Shapirocalls to Cosmic Otters; Aug. 9, TaviMerrill with the fabulous GlenEchoOpen Band; Aug. 16, RonBuchanan calls to LoveMongrels;Aug. 23, Janine Smithwith InWild-ness; Aug. 30, Louie Cromartiewith Honeysuckle Rose, 7:30 p.m.lesson, 8:30 p.m. dance, Glen EchoPark Spanish Ballroom, $10, www.fridaynightdance.org.

Contra & Square, Aug. 4, Ra-chel Shapiro with The CosmicOtters; Aug. 11, Dick BearmanwithRachel Eddy and KristianHerner;Aug. 18, Ann Fallon and theNar-rowmindedNaysayers; Aug. 25,Delaura Padovanwith a GrahamDeZarn Joint, 7:30 p.m., Glen EchoPark Spanish Ballroom, $12 forgeneral, $9 formembers, $5 forstudents, www.fsgw.org.

English Country, July 31, Caller:Anna Rain, 8 p.m., Glen EchoTownHall (upstairs), www.fsgw.org.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8-10p.m.Mondays, steps and forma-tions taught. No experience, part-ner necessary, T-39 Building onNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenueand SouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

Swing, Aug. 10, The Boiler-maker Jazz Band, lesson at 8 p.m.,dancing at 9 p.m., Glen Echo Park,$15, www.flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Aug. 4, Quartetto ConBrio; Aug. 18,Waverly Station,2:45-3:30 p.m. lesson, 3:30-6 p.m.,dance, $10, www.waltztimed-ances.org.

MUSIC & DANCEBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper

Club, Music Pligrim Trio w/SpecialGuestMary Alouette, 7:30 p.m.July 31, $10;Main Event, 8 p.m.Aug. 2, $10; The Tony Rich Project,8 p.m. Aug. 3, $30; Nadine Rae &The Allstars, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 4, $10,7719Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda,301-634-2222, www.bethesdab-luesjazz.com

The Fillmore Silver Spring,Frank Turner, 8 p.m. Aug. 1; TheDillenger Escape Plan, 3:20 p.m.Aug. 2; BandHouse Gigs Tributeto Rolling Stones, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3,8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring,301-960-9999, FillmoreSilver-Spring.com, www.livenation.com.

Institute of Musical Traditions— Takoma Park, TBA, TakomaPark Community Center, call forprices, times, Takoma Park Com-

munity Center, 7500Maple Ave.,Takoma Park, 301-960-3655, www.imtfolk.org.

Institute of Musical Traditions— Rockville, TBA, SaintMarkPresbyterian Church, 10701 OldGeorgetown Road, Rockville, callfor prices, www.imtfolk.org.

Strathmore, Free SummerOutdoor Concert: Jon ScalesFourchestra, 7 p.m. July 31, Back-yard Theater for Kids: Taikoza(Japanese drums and dance), 9:30a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Aug. 1; NatalieCole, 8 p.m. Aug. 2; Puppet Slam,7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Aug. 2; BlairThomas &Company: The Pup-pet Tells the Story, 10 a.m. Aug.3; Panel Discussion: Puppetry inContemporary American Theater,3 p.m., Aug. 3; Blair Thomas &Company: HardHeadedHeart, 1p.m. and 4 p.m. Aug. 4; Rodrigo yGabriela, 7 p.m. Aug. 4; StrathmoreFine Art Camp (Half Day), 9:30a.m. Aug. 5; Free Summer OutdoorConcert: Carlos Núñez, 7 p.m.Aug. 7, call for venue, Locations:Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike,North Bethesda;Music Centerat Strathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, www.strathmore.org.

ON STAGEAdventure Theatre, “Dr. Se-

uss’s Cat in theHat,” to Sept. 2,call for prices, times, AdventureTheatreMTC, 7300MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270,www.adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Do or Die Mysteries, “ArtofMurder,” Saturdays, to Aug.26, 6:30 p.m. buffet, 7:30 p.m.show, $47.50 buffet and show,Flanagan’s Harp and Fiddle, 4844Cordell Ave., Bethesda, 443-422-3810, www.flanagansharpand-fiddle.com

Imagination Stage, “Peter PanandWendy,” to Aug. 11, call forprices, times, Imagination Stage,4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, www.imaginationstage.org

Olney Theatre Center, “A Cho-rus Line,” to Sept. 1, call for prices,times, 2001 Olney-Sandy SpringRoad, Olney, 301-924-3400, www.olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Circus!”Aug. 2 to Sept. 1; Tiny Tots @ 10,selectWednesdays, Saturdays andSundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, GlenEcho Park’s North Arcade Build-ing, 7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, www.thepuppetco.org.

Round House Theatre,Bethesda, “The Beauty Queen ofLeenane,” Aug. 21 to Sept. 15; 4545East-West Highway, Bethesda.240-644-1100, www.roundhous-

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Spring, TBA; 8641 Colesville Road,Silver Spring, $15 for general ad-mission, $10 for subscribers, pa-trons 30 and younger and seniors,244-644-1100, www.roundhous-etheatre.org.

The Writer’s Center, Poetry andProse OpenMic, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 4;Mariposa Readings, 2-4 p.m. Aug.11; Poets Bateman, Riegel, andSukrungruang, 2-4 p.m. Aug. 18,4508Walsh Street, Bethesda, 301-654-8664, www.writer.org.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, Randall

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The Dennis and Phillip RatnerMuseum, TBA, hours are 10 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.Monday through Thursday, 10001Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda.301-897-1518.

Gallery B, TBA; gallery hoursare noon to 6 p.m.Wednesdaythrough Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Sunday, 7700Wisconsin Ave.,Suite E. www.bethesda.org.

Glenview Mansion, Women’sCaucus for the Arts, GreaterWash-ington, Aug. 4 to Sept. 30, RockvilleCivic Center Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville. www.rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, RoseNygaard, to Aug. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 7p.m.Monday through Saturday,noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022Wis-consin Ave., 301-718-0622.

VisArts, NancyBullough:NeenaBirch: RetrospectiveResponse andReception, Aug. 7 to Sept. 8, open-ing reception from7-9p.m.Aug.9, KaplanGallery;MartyWeishaar,Aug. 7 to Sept. 8, opening receptionfrom7-9p.m.Aug. 9, CommonGroundGallery; “ChingChingCheng,” Aug. 7 to Sept. 8, open-ing reception from7-9p.m.Aug.9,Gibbs StreetGallery, 155GibbsSt., Rockville, 301-315-8200,www.visartsatrockville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, 16th Annual National SmallWorks Exhibition, July 31 to Aug.25, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,second Floor, 8230 Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, www.washington-printmakers.com.

Waverly Street, “The Unfold-ing,” Paintings of the people ofBhutan, India and Nepal by MaryEggers, to Aug. 4, 4600 East-WestHighway, Bethesda, 301-951-9441, www.waverlystreetgallery.com.

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horns — there wasn’t a singlesound.”

Newmyer also gave MickJagger a lot of credit for his songdelivery and stage presence.

“He could do shrieks andhowls that not many peoplecould do, and he has a sense ofphrasing,” he said. “He’s a mes-merizing figure — you couldn’tnot watch and listen to him.”

Singer and actress JuliaNixon said she’s looking forwardto performing “Play with Fire”and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.”

Nixon said she can’t guar-antee she’ll do jumping jacks onstage like Jagger, but she’ll putan equal amount of passion intothe song.

“Anybody who knows meandknowshowIsingknows thatI love that raw, rock, in-your-face, hard-driving [sound],” saidNixon, who formerly lived inWashington, D.C., but now livesin North Carolina.

“When I was growing up inthe south in the Bible Belt, rock’n’ roll was something that wasnot permitted,” she said. “[TheStones] were seen as potheadsand forbidden, and I couldn’tsee Jimi Hendrix either.”

After Nixon left home in the1980s, shediscovered theStonesand has seen them on video.

“They’re just free spirits upthere, they all were,” she said.“Their energy level was unbe-lievable.”

LauraTsaggaris,who lives in

Washington, D.C., said she willbe singing a verse of “Sympathyfor the Devil” along with otherperformers and also singingtwo songs on her own — “Let’sSpend the Night” and “She’s aRainbow.”

“‘Let’s Spend the Night’is one of those iconic songs,”she said. “I remember hearingabout them singing it on the EdSullivan show,when they had tochange the words.”

Tsaggaris said she hadn’theard of “She’s a Rainbow” be-fore, and welcomes the chanceto learn and perform it for theconcert

“It’s really an interest-ing, quirky song,” said Tsag-garis, adding that the tribute is“pretty cool,” because both the

artists and the audience dis-cover something new about theStones from hearing some oftheir lesser-known songs.

Country rock singer ScottKurt, who lives in Arlington, Va.,said he learned about the Stonesin the 1980s whenMTV first tookoff.

“They embraced it withsongs like ‘Start Me Up’ and‘Waiting on a Friend,’ whichwere in constant rotation whenI was a kid,” he said.

Kurt said he will be the leadsinger in an acoustic arrange-ment of “Factory Girl,” and hewill also be singing “Happy,”one of his favorites becauseKeith Richards, who wrote mostof it, also sang it on the band’s“Exile onMain Street” album.

“It was high-energy musi-cianship and effortless cool,”said Kurt about the legendaryStones. “I think it was the waytheymoved.”

All three performers saidthey enjoy the chance to singand play with other people inthe tribute concerts, which areknown for Newmyer’s practiceof throwing two or three per-

formers together, giving them alittle time to rehearse with eachother and seeing what happens.

“It’s like flash perfor-mances,” Nixon said. “You just

go out there and turn it on androll. That’s the magic of Band-House.”

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PHOTO BY HEATHER LATIRI

The cast of Olney Theatre Center’s production of “A Chorus Line,” running Aug. 1 to Sept. 1.

“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.”Nachamie said it was a production of“A Chorus Line” he saw at age 13 thatsolidified his desire to get into theater.

“It’s almost like seeing everyone’scollective experience on stage thatlet me see this is something that canbe pursued,” Nachamie said. “I saw abunch of people on stage doing whatI [wanted] to do professionally ... I re-member a little part of me thinking, ‘Ican do that.’”

Nachamie was later cast in a pro-duction of “A Chorus Line” at 18 and,in 1993,worked as an associate director

on the show’s national tour.Though this isn’t the largest pro-

duction Nachamie’s ever staged —he’s directed productions of “Oliver”and “The Music Man,” both featuringlarger casts — he said there are stillchallenges in tackling such a large-scale musical.

“I think the challenges are makingsure everyone is invested all of the timeand everyone is invested in the situa-tion,” Nachamie said.

“Most of the show, we’re all onstage,” added actor Kyle Schliefer, whoplays the role of Mike. “You really haveto know every number you’re hitting... or else you’ll whack someone in theface.”

While “Chorus Line’s” choreogra-

phy is certainly part of the show’s ap-peal,Nachamie saidhewanted to focushis attention on another aspect of themusical: its text.

After its Broadway premiere in Julyof 1975, “A Chorus Line” was nomi-nated for 12 Tony Awards, ultimatelywinning nine. But according to Na-chamie, what many people don’t knowis that the musical also won the 1976Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

“The reason it won the Pulitzer wasbecause nothing had ever been talkedabout in such a frank manner before,”Nachamie said. “Every story that wastold in this show, it was the first timetelling it ... it was really the start of the‘me’ generation.”

Despite his history with the show,

Nachamie said therewere still things inthe script that surprised him this timearound.

“I’ve been away from the show10 or 11 years and when we first wentthrough the text, I read things differ-ently,” Nachamie said. “Usually with‘A Chorus Line,’ you don’t get into thetext and why it’s there ... but I’ve had alot of time to do one-on-one work withthe actors and exploration of the char-acters.”

Nachamie added that he’s tried toremain absolutely truthful to the origi-nal text, most of which was derivedfrom question-and-answer sessionswith young actors and dancers onBroadway.

“There’s a speech pattern, there’s a

truth and if you try to change it, you’reall of the sudden not in that time pe-riod,” Nachamie said.

Though the “Chorus Line” scriptmay be true to the timeperiod inwhichit was written, the Olney cast said themusical’s stories are timeless.

“There are struggles that they wentthrough in the 1970s that we’re goingthrough now,” Cordiner said. “That’swhat adancer goes through, that’swhata dancer’s life is like.”

“I can play myself in kind of aroundaboutway,” added Bryan Knowl-ton, who plays Paul. “Most of my lifestory is found within Paul. When youidentify with someone, it inspires you.”

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person and connected withthem,” Hancock said. “And that’sbecome something I’ve donewitheach show. It says, ‘I see you, I ac-knowledge you, thank you for be-ing here.’”

For the past four months,Hancock has traveled to seniorliving communities in Montgom-ery County as Seniorita Sunshine,performing a cabaret-style act,featuring songs from the 1930sthrough 1960s, for residents.

A Silver Spring native, Han-cock said she’s always loved toperform.

“The very beginning wascamp,” Hancock said. “I was 9 orsomething; I believe we did ‘Pip-pin.’ And then I performed inhighschool, I was in all the shows. I didsome Montgomery College Din-ner Theatre.”

But after graduating from theUniversity of Maryland, Hancockmade the decision not to pursue acareer in the arts.

“Some people said, if there’sabsolutely nothing else you coulddo or want to do, then you go forit and take the direct line to per-forming, to showbiz,” she said.“I’mblessed that I candodifferentthings ... I was like, ‘Well, I like todo this, and I like advertising andmarketing and that’s what I didafter college.”

Though shewasn’t on stage for

a living, Hancock said she neverabandoned her love of performing.In 1993, after moving to Hawaii,she rediscovered the arts. Over thenext five years, Hancock did every-thing from community theater, toimprov, to commercials and evenlanded a spot as an extra in a scenefrom“BeverlyHills 90210.”

While still living in Hawaii,Hancock subscribed toBackstage,a magazine for people in the per-forming arts industry.

“When I was in Hawaii, Istarted getting Backstage, order-ing it from New York,” Hancocksaid. “And that was the end of it;it was like, that’s where you needto be.”

Hancockmade thedecision tomove to New York where she gotinto stand-up comedy and devel-opedherownmusical-improvact.

“I kind of did comedy andthen my own brand of musicalcomedy,” Hancock said.

She studied at the New Ac-tors Workshop for one summerand said she did what all aspiringperformers in New York do: “Youperform for love, not money,”Hancock said. “But you get yourchops.”

To earn a living, Hancock gotinto the professional organizingbusiness.

“Iwashelpingpeople and I gotinto the relocation and the down-sizing,” she said.

After moving back to Mary-land in 2005 and working for

herself for a few years, Hancockbegan looking formoving compa-nies in need of her services.

“When Imovedhome, I founda company that focused on mov-ing seniors,” she said. “It wasn’treally a conscious decision.”

While Hancock said the deci-sion was not a conscious one, itdid turn out to be her introduc-tion to the senior community. In2009,Hancock startedworking forTransitional Assistance & Design,helping seniors downsize fromtheir homes into assisted living orindependent living communities.

“I moved them from theirhomes of many years, helpingthem shed their stuff and fit intoa senior living community,” Han-cock said. “That was away to con-nect with people one-on-one.They’re making the decisions,you’re not telling them what tothrow away. It was all about reallyempowering the client; itwas theirchoice.”

The professional organizingeventually led Hancock to a salesjob at Sunrise, a company thatruns several senior living commu-nities, including BedfordCourt, inthe area.

But Hancock said she foundherself gravitating toward the ac-tivities roomwhenever she was atwork, and soon, the urge to per-form again started to creep in.

“I met other performers atSunrise who inspired me, whotaughtme ... it’s about connecting

with an audience,” Hancock said.Now working full time as Se-

niorita Sunshine, Hancock said sheapplies the same philosophy to heract that she did to her professionalorganizing: empower the client.

“The opportunity to havesomeone interested and givingthem attention ... that’s huge,”Hancock said.

Hancock said she’s also wit-nessed the incredible power hermusic has.

“I saw firsthand, for themem-ory impaired, how incredibly ben-eficial and therapeutic music is,”she said. “How somebody whomight have difficulty expressingthemselves verbally, once songsare turned on, show tunes orthose standards ... they know allthe words ... They’re enlivened, aswitch goes on and I wanted to bea part of that.”

Looking ahead, Hancock saidshe hopes to take her SenioritaSunshine act to private events in-cluding anniversary parties andmilestone birthdays. Wherevershe performs, she said she’s de-termined to spread her musicalmessage.

“Sunshiny and happy, that’smy message,” she said. “I want toalways stick with that.”

For more information on Se-niorita Sunshine, visit her website,www.senioritasunshine.com.

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Seniorita Sunshine (Andrea Hancock) performs for residents atBedford Court Retirement and Assisted Living facility.

ROLLING STONESTRIBUTEn When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

n Where: The Fillmore, 8656Colesville Road, Silver Spring

n Tickets: $20 standing; $25reservations (Eight-ticket limitper household)

n For information: 301-960-9999; fillmoresilverspring.com; bandhousegigs.com.

PHOTO FROM DAVID KITCHEN

Guitarist David Kitchen is one of 55 performers in the BandHouse Gigstribute to the Rolling Stones on Saturday at The Fillmore Silver Spring.

PHOTOS FROM BANDHOUSE GIGS

Vocalist Julia Nixon will perform“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Play withFire” at BandHouse Gigs’ tributeconcert to the Rolling Stones.

Guitarist and singer Laura Tsaggaris (left, front) will be performing “Let’sSpend the Night” and “She’s a Rainbow” at BandHouse Gigs’ tribute concertto the Rolling Stones on Saturday at The Fillmore Silver Spring.

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BY MICHAEL PHILLIPSCHICAGO TRIBUNE

Every time Hugh Jackman’sup there on screen, dining outon the rage stew that is theWol-verine, I think back to his TonyAward-winning performanceas entertainer Peter Allen in“The Boy from Oz.” It was aterrible musical but a wonder-ful Broadway turn, flamboyantexuberance personified. Eachstrand of this performer’s DNAis about giving the audience agreat time. He’s a strutter, andin “The Wolverine,” Jackman’ssixth and most dominant ap-pearance as the Marvel Comicscharacter, the immortalmutton-chopped loner looks as if he hasbeen spending all his time up inthe Canadian wilderness with apersonal trainer, waiting for hisclose-up.

Logan/Wolverine is notthe only mutant in “The Wol-verine” — Svetlana Khodchen-kova slinks around as Viper,with her flicking tongue ofdeath — but the film is largelyquasi-human, and it burrowsinto its own tunnel, a long wayfrom the previous “X-Men”pictures, which always riskovercrowding.

This time Logan returns toJapan at the behest of a myste-rious red-haired woman (RilaFukushima). Decades earlier,Logan survived the atomicbombing of Nagasaki while sav-ing the life of Japanese soldierShingen Yashida (played byHiroyuki Sanada). The soldierbecame a powerful and corruptindustrialist. On his deathbed,the dying man is looking to hisold savior for one last favor. Butthe Japanese gangsters knownas yakuza intrude, and Loganhas sworn to protect Yashida’sdaughter, Mariko (Tao Oka-moto), and there’s your plot,distilled from the four-part 1982Marvel saga written by ChrisClaremont and penciled byFrankMiller.

The screenwriter Christo-pher McQuarrie concocted theadaptation of “The Wolverine”that got this project going. Re-writes ensuedbyMarkBombackand Scott Frank; James Man-gold took it before the camerasin Australia and Japan. The re-sults are quite good— the sameold angst and grandiosity writsmaller than usual, and betterfor it.

The X-Men crew’s inter-sections with real-life wartimehorrors have long been sign-posts of the serious aspirationsof the material. Watching “TheWolverine,” one may resist theleveling and seared flesh of theatomic bombing of Nagasaki asfodder for another superheropicture. But Mangold handlesit well: “The Wolverine” keepsits characters front and center,and only near the end does itturn into a routine, grindingaction movie. Along the waythere’s a swell battle atop aspeeding bullet train, the film’shighlight. Also we get the occa-sional lyric interlude betweenLogan and the dream/memoryof the woman he loved and lost(Famke Janssen), the source ofall his undying grief.

The last couple of Wol-verine movies provided theirshare of undying grief as well,the wrong kind, the mediocremovie kind. “The Wolverine”won’t change anybody’s mindabout the character, or aboutwhat Jackman can do withit. It’s simply a more focusedscenario than usual, full of vio-lence done upwith a littlemorecoherence and visceral impactthan usual. Mangold doesn’t

bring tons of personality to“The Wolverine,” but he doesbring a reasonable and honor-able sense of craft, trading iniconography borrowed fromWesterns and Easterns andall sorts of movies. Marco Bel-trami’s musical score likewisecarries echoes of previousmovie themes, but it’s evoca-tive and lower-keyed than theusualMarvel bash.Who needsthundering music when youhave Jackman glowering andraging and doing everythingexcept tap dancing with thoseretractable claws?

In ‘The Wolverine,’ Jackman is a mutant who plays to balconiesTHE WOLVERINEn 3 stars

n PG-13; 126 minutes

n Cast: Hugh Jackman

n Directed by James Mangold

AT THE MOVIES

PHOTO BY BEN ROTHSTEIN

Logan (Hugh Jackman) fights his greatest battle in “The Wolverine.”

Logan’s(HughJackman)adamantiumclaws aremore thana match forninja steel.PHOTO BY BENROTHSTEIN/TWENTIETHCENTURY FOX

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n McMann became the firstAmerican woman to earn an Olympicsilver medal in freestyle wrestling

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

Most Olympic-level or professional ath-letes spend a lifetime perfecting one craft.That’s what Silver Spring native Sara Mc-

Mann spent the better part of 15 years doing.And at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece,she became the first American woman in his-tory to earn a silver medal in Olympic wres-tling. Other accomplishments in a storiedfreestylewrestling career includewinning goldmedals at the 2003 and 2007 Pan-Americangames and top three finishes at the 2003, 2005and 2007world championships.These days, however, the now South Car-

olina-basedMcMann has immersed herself inbecoming proficient in a multitude of sportssimultaneously. Such is the life of a mixedmartial artist.Mixed martial arts is a combat sport that

uses a variety of fighting techniques, includ-ing grappling, striking and kicking. McMannis theworld’s fourth-rankedUltimate Fighting

Silver Springnative is risingUFC star

PHOTO BY GETTY/ZUFFA, LLC

Silver Spring native Sara McMann celebrates defeat-ing Sheila Gaff by knockout on April 27 in the firstround of their women’s bantamweight bout duringUFC 159 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

n Bulldogs plan to have MalikHarris, Blake Dove split carries

again this season

BY COLIN STEVENSSTAFFWRITER

When it comes to crunching,bone-jarring hits, Winston ChurchillHigh School running backs BlakeDoveandMalikHarriswon’tshyaway.“Malik, he’s a power back. He’ll runyou right over,” said Dove, a risingjunior. “At the same time, I’ll give youcontact and I give you speed.Weboth

know the position really well. We’veplayed football together since wewere young.”Barring ending up at the same

college, thiswillmost likely beDove’sandHarris’s last season together, andtheyplan tomake itmemorable.Withmost of their offensive line returning,the two running backs expect to beone of the top rushing attacks in thearea this fall.Harris, a rising senior, returns as

Churchill’s top rusher after gaining900 yards and scoring eight touch-

Churchill runningbacks ready for contact

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Winston Churchill High School running back Malik Harris rushed for 900yards with a 6.2 yard per carry average. The rising senior returns this fall.

n For second straight year, topplayer transfers to another school

BYDAN FELDMANSTAFFWRITER

Seneca Valley High School quarter-back Calvin Reighard suffered through acouple dreary days earlier this summer.Kevin Joppy, one of Montgomery

County’s top returning offensive play-ers, had just texted his plansof transferring to QuinceOrchard High School toReighard.Joppy, whose transfer was

confirmed by Quince Orchardcoach Dave Mencarini, is the secondplayer in the past two years to leave Sen-eca Valley with eligibility remaining afteran All-Gazette first team season. Line-backer Blake Dove transferred to Win-ston Churchill High School last year.Reighard said he sees those as iso-

lated cases, though, and not a reflectionon Seneca Valley.“It’s definitely bothersome, and

definitely you worry about it,”Reighard said, “Butwe know thatwe’re happy at Seneca Valley,and it’s a great program —the greatest in Maryland —andwe’re happy to be hereand don’t want to leave.”By the end of Seneca

Valley’s first workout afterJoppy shared his decision,Reighard was reassuredhis team is still on astraight course.“There’s a lot of the

young guys that wereworried like, ‘What arewe going to do now?’ andall that stuff,” Reighardsaid. “But the team cametogether and followed be-hind its senior leaders, andit’s gonewell so far.”Reighard cited himself, Austen

Herbert, Daniel Appouh, Edward Max-well, Korey Platt and Chris Platt amongthe players who spoke up. The message:“We’ll be fine.”Then, they set out to prove it in the

workout.“It was definitely emotional and hard

without him,” Reighard said of Joppy.“Andwe respondedwell, so it was great. Ifeel like we benefited from themove andbecamemore of a closer team.”

Seneca football looks to futureafter losing star receiver

Seneca Valley High School’s Kevin Joppy (left) told teammateshe was transferring to Quince Orchard this year. It’s the secondstraight season the Screaming Eagles have had a star playerleave to go to another school.

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n Competition is on after injury pushedbackup into starting role last season

BY COLIN STEVENSSTAFFWRITER

In the weight room, the classroom or dur-ing position drills, Neiman Blain and JulianGranby aren’t very far from each other.It’s unavoidable. A year after both received

starting time at quarterback, they’re bothbackand ready to take the spot.And coming off a losing season, it gives

coach Adam Bahr solace knowing he has twoplayers with experience at themost importantposition.“It’s comforting, although theybothhave a

lot of work to do,” Bahr said.Blain, a rising junior, won the starting job

last summer, and Bahr said he has the edgeheading into training camp.But Blain’s sophomore season was cut

short. After starting the season 3-3 andplayingbanged upmost of the time, he suffered a bro-ken leg in a Week 7 loss to Sherwood, endinghis season prematurely. After a scramble to-ward the sideline in which he was pushed outof bounds,Neiman saidhe felt his legbend thewrongway, and knew right away it was bad.“I tried to get up and took one step and

couldn’t walk,” he said. “I just fell to theground.”

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Springbrook High School football player Neiman Blain participates inThursday’s off-season workouts at the Silver Spring school.

Championship fighter.“It can be overwhelming.

There are so many techniques,so many ways to use the rulesfor your body type. Multiplythat by five [martial arts dis-ciplines] and every place youget there are 12 possible waysyou can go. It’s about findingthe best pathways for you,”McMann said. “It’s hard to beproficient [in a number of dis-ciplines]. It would be differentif I grew up doing MMA, if Inever did one individual sport.You can see it, if you grow updoing MMA, you’re used to

being good at three differentsports.”

But that challenge couldalso be McMann’s favorite partof this second competitive ca-reer, she said.

In 2008 McMann retiredfrom freestyle wrestling. Some-where between the toll the gru-eling sport had taken on hermind and body and the USAWrestling “office politics,” Mc-Mann had lost the love she oncehad for the sport.

Within a year — she waspregnant with daughter Bellaat the time — she realized shewasn’t done competing. Jiu-Jitsu seemed like the logicalroute — it is rooted in grapplingand ground fighting. But once

McMann was introduced tostriking, she was hooked.

Within two months of theApril 2009 birth of her daughterwith partner Trent Goodale, thehead wrestling coach at Lime-stone College in South Carolina,McMann was back to elite leveltraining.

“A new start was a reallyexciting thing but there is alsothis humbling aspect. You workso hard to become such a highlevel athlete in a certain sportand then to start from scratchagain, from the basics, it washours and hours of endlessdrilling just to become profi-cient at the basic skills,” Mc-Mann said.

Two years after entering

the world of mixed martial arts,McMann, competing in wom-en’s bantamweight, is 7-0. Shewon her UFC debut in April byknocking out German SheilaGaff in the first round of theirbout.

On Aug. 28 at the secondUFC on FOX Sports1 event inIndianapolis, McMann said shewill face perhaps her toughesttest in former Strikeforce cham-pion Sarah Kaufman.

McMann’s wrestling back-ground was a good platform tobuild on, she said. Her athleti-cism and familiarity with com-bative competition has helpedbridge the gap as she continuesto become more familiar withthe intricacies of mixed martial

arts.McMann had reached a

point in her wrestling careerwhere everything was instinc-tual. Things are becoming morenatural in the cage but the factthat she still has a lot to learn,McMann said, is exciting.

“If I get to the point whereI can’t keep learning and grow-ing and it doesn’t offer as much,then I’ll get bored. It’ll be comeless exciting and I won’t wantto do it,” McMann said. “[TheOlympics] seems like a differ-ent life. For so long I had justbeen completely engrossed inthe wrestling world. I’m in a dif-ferent world now.”

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Seneca Valley coach FredKim reinforced his players’ mes-sage.

“We treat it like if it was a se-nior graduating,” Kim said. “Welose players every year. We losegreat players every year from

graduationorwhateverotherrea-sons. We just get the next guy inandcoachhimupandjustgoandjust move on. We can’t worry toomuch about those things.”

Kim said, as society hasbecome more socially toler-ant regarding diversity issuesand since his players have beenraised in that environment,it has trickled down to them

becoming more accepting ofsmaller issues — such as some-one deciding to transfer.

“The way you put it as over-coming a serious blow, I don’tthink our kids look at it thatway,” Kim said. “Again, the kidshave just been focusing on whatthey need to do to succeed. It’sjust kind of, ‘OK, it happened,but we’re rolling. Good luck. We

still respect you. We still loveyou.’ It’s no big deal. We’re justgoing to keep on rolling.’”

Kim said Maxwell, whoplayed outside linebacker anddefensive end last season, vol-unteered to play receiver andKorey Platt played impressivelyat receiver as well. They’reamong eight players vying toreplace Joppy, who ran for 514

yards and caught 24 passes for316 yards for nine touchdownslast season.

“He’s a great player, andwe’re going to miss him,”Reighard said.

But Reighard and Kim agreethat replacing Joppy’s produc-tion takes a back seat.

“I’m not worried about thefact that I’m losing a great foot-

ball player, because Seneca hasalways had great football players.They come and go, and they getreplaced, and you have new onesthatcomestepin,”Kimsaid.“Theonly thing that the Seneca Valleyfamily is sadaboutwith Joppygo-ing is that we lose a great kid. Welose a great human being.”

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downs on 144 carries (6.2average) last year. Dove wasthe Bulldogs’ third-leadingrusher with 265 yards andthree touchdowns on 65 car-ries.

Coach Joe Allen said theyare different runners whoplay toeachother’s strengths.Harris is all lower body, withthe ability to move a pile onhis own and bully opposingdefenders. Dove’s strengthis his straight-line speed andupper body strength.

“When I have options likethat, it’s certainly somethingwe appreciate and utilize,”Allen said. “We’re going toconcentrate on using thoseguys to the best of their abili-ties and do even more of thatthis year.”

Dove said they aren’tworried about splitting car-ries and said it will benefitboth runners at the end ofthe season. Both players willalso start at linebacker, so thetime to rest during offensivesnaps will be critical.

“We know how to sharethe ball and not be too cockywith it,” Dove said. “I think itshould really help. We bothget tired going both ways, so[splitting carries] is good.”

Allen expects Ali Ka-zemipour and Alec McGeeto anchor the line, and heis excited to see what risingsophomore Reiley Bartinewill be able to do after miss-ing most of last season with aconcussion.

“We’ll be able to poundthe football and throw thefootball as well,” Allen said.“We strive to be balanced,but we have to take time torun the football.”

Dove thinks his com-bining with Harris will helpChurchill, which won the 4ASouth Division title last year,return to the playoffs.

“We’re the dream team,”Dove said. “We both knowwhat we need to do and whatit takes. We know what weneed to do when we need topush ourselves to the limit.”

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Blain said he could have come backfor the end of the season if it was neces-sary, but Bahr made the decision to shuthim down, with two more years of foot-ball to look forward to.

Blain said he is 100 percent healthyheading into training camp, and has been

working on his arm strength and slowingthe game down for him mentally.

“He’s a natural quarterback,” Bahrsaid. “He’s really starting to get the con-fidence of his teammates and is takingcharge in the huddle.”

Blain’s injury left the door open forGranby for the final three games of theseason.

At 6-foot-5, 209 pounds, Granby is atowering presence in the pocket. He said

he’s worked on speeding up his throw-ing motion this offseason, and gainingan overall better understanding of theoffense.

“The job is open for both of us, butwe’re more worried about getting ourprogram to where it needs to be for thisfall,” said Granby, who also is working attight end. “Me and Neiman are just work-ing together to get better at the positionand lead our team down the right path.”

While both players want to be the guyunder center for the opening game, bothsee the bigger picture and will do whatthe team needs them to do, whether it’sthrowing the ball or contributing in otherways, they said.

“Anywhere the coaches put me, I’lltake that job and do my job in that role,”Granby said.

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KEEPING IT BRIEFLedecky wins gold atWorld ChampionshipsStone Ridge School of the

Sacred Heart rising junior KatieLedecky picked a good time tobreak out of her 400-meter free-style rut.

The 2012 Olympic goldmedalist in the 800-meter free-style, Ledecky posted a personalbest and American record timeof 3 minutes, 59.82 seconds enroute to winning a gold medal inthe 400-meter freestyle Sundayon the opening day of the 2013

FINA World Championships inBarcelona, Spain.

Ledecky finished nearlythree seconds ahead of Spain’sMelanie Costa Schmid in sec-ond place.

“I’m still in shock over thetime. I’d been stuck at 4:04 fora while so I was due for a bit ofa drop. I guess this shows whathappens when you get into arace with the best. It was anhonor to be in a heat with thosegirls,” Ledecky said.

As of Monday Ledeckystill had three more events to

contest: 800-meter freestyle,1,500-meter freestyle, 800-meterfreestyle relay.

“The U.S. has such a great tra-dition of distance swimmers, I’mjust trying to do my best to live upto that,” Ledecky said.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Good Counsel runningback picks among

five offersOur Lady of Good Counsel

High School running back Leo

Ekwoge has committed to West-ern Michigan University aftervisiting the school this weekend,he said.

The rising senior alsoclaimed offers from Old Domin-ion, Miami (Ohio), Ohio andToledo.

As Good Counsel’s backuprunning back and a part-timereceiver last season, Ekwogeran for 496 yards and 13 touch-downs on 91 carries and caughtthree passes for 57 yards.

Ekwoge is slated to start atrunning back this season.

“He’s a wonderful youngman, and he’s a talented player,”Good Counsel coach Bob Milloysaid.

— DAN FELDMAN

Shaw tacks on anothertitle at Junior Olympics

A little more than twomonths removed from add-ing two more state titles to herdecorated track and field ca-reer, Thomas S. Wootton HighSchool graduate Gwen Shawwas back at it again on Sunday

in North Carolina. Shaw, a risingfreshman at the University ofLouisville running the summercircuit with Glenarden TrackClub, helped lead the 400 relayteam (45.24 seconds) to a JuniorOlympic Championship, hostedby North Carolina A&T, and the1,600 relay team to a silver medal(3 minutes, 39.32 seconds).

Shaw did not run on Woot-ton’s 400 relay team this past sea-son, though she did anchor thePatriots’ 1,600 relay that took sec-ond at the Maryland state meet.

— TRAVIS MEWHIRTER

n No-hitter, outstandinghitter help Post 171 earnsecond place at state

tournament

BY NICK CAMMAROTASTAFF WRITER

In the seventh inning of Da-mascus Post 171’s AmericanLegion state tournament gameagainst Fort Cumberland Post13, Post 171’s catcher Colin Mc-Mahon experienced a suddenrealization. After catching sixstrong innings from Damascusright-hander Grant Pascoe, hewent out for the seventh and saidit dawned on him.

“Honestly, I didn’t even thinkabout it or realize it until one outin the seventh inning,” said Mc-Mahon, a Sherwood High Schoolgraduate. “I startedtothinkaboutall the innings and how the onlypeople who reached base against[Pascoe] were on walks. Then Iwas like, ‘Oh no, I really hope thisguy doesn’t get a hit.’”

He didn’t. Nor did anyone forFort Cumberland in the open-ing game of the Maryland statetournament as Our Lady of GoodCounsel graduate Grant Pascoespun a no-hit, 11-strikeout gemin a 10-0 win. The game stands asa defining memory in an overallsuccessful tournament for Da-mascus (31-7) — the Montgom-ery County Legion champions— as Post 171 finished in secondplace, two wins shy of a state title.Coach Tommy Davis’ club lostboth of their games in the doubleeliminationtournament toFunk-stown, 4-0 and 6-2.

“The pitching was just out-standing and the whole teamdid what they were asked to do,”Davis said. “We hit the ball well,played very good defense andreceived an awful lot of compli-ments up here. It was a very suc-cessful week for Damascus 171

baseball-wise as well as repre-senting the Legion.”

It’s understandable if notmany people realized what Pas-coe was in the process of ac-complishing on Wednesday.The game started at 7:30 p.m.on Tuesday and didn’t end untilroughly 11:30 on the next morn-ing.AndwhilePascoedidn’tpitchthroughthesunrise,comingbacktofinishhisno-hitbid—ofwhichhe threw two scoreless frames onTuesday — the following morn-ing is still quite impressive.

“It was the first one I hadand it came at a good time,” saidPascoe, who plans to attend theUniversity of North Carolina-Charlotte this fall. “The team wasgreat. There was perfect defensebehind me. All my pitches wereworking, which felt nice. Nobodyreally talked to me much.”

Outfielders Emory McMinnand Alex Salem had the realiza-tion that a no-hitter was possiblein about the fifth inning or so,which led to Pascoe becominga very lonely man in the dugout.At least he had the sight lines ofCumberland’s ballpark-envelop-ing green hills to ease his mind.That and the defense of Salem,a graduate of Damascus HighSchool, in center field.

“Alex was a stud the entireweek incenterfield,”Pascoesaid.“He saved everybody with whathe did out there. Tracking balls,going all out. Him and [short-stop] Casey Bulik were absolutelyamazing.”

Pascoe, who walked two bat-ters in the game, said his curve-ball was particularly effectiveon both nights as the final outWednesday morning came ona roller to Dan Johnson at thirdbase. The game was shortenedto seven innings because of the10-run mercy rule and Pascoefinished with 99 pitches.

“I’ve never been part of ano-hitter before,” Salem said.“That was pretty special. After thegame, we were joking with himthat he was a celebrity aroundtown and calling him ‘no-hitter.’”

Aside from the games againstFunkstown (eventual tourna-ment MVP Colby Johnson hit asolo homer in the sixth inning ofthe championship game to pro-vide the title-winning run) Post171’s offense was solid through-out. Damascus finished the tour-nament with a 3-2 record andMcMinn was named the week’sMost Outstanding Hitter.

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n MPSSAA working to improvehigh school sports officiating

BY JACOB BOGAGESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

In 29 years as an NCAA Division Ibasketball official, Donnee Gray refer-eed “the big boys,” he said. The Atlan-tic Coast Conference, Big East, Big 12,Conference USA, and the list goes on.But he cuts it off there to save time.

“Anyway,” he said, “in all thoseyears, I’ve only been interviewed once.So now, what can I tell you?”

Gray took over as the MarylandPublic Secondary Schools Athletic As-sociation officials coordinator last year.He can fill in the gaps on the quality ofofficiating around the state. He per-sonally hand-picks officials for statetournament games. He helps delegatewhat referee associations manage whatgames in nearly every jurisdiction.

Gray is the soft-spoken and even-keeled boss whose job it is to dwell ina world built on a second level of ob-jectivity. If game officials often are de-nounced, imagine what the state’s chiefofficial must hear.

“We are the gatekeepers of thegame,” he said in his first interviewyears ago. He repeats the same senti-ment now. “We are beyond reproach.”

A numbers gameReproach is one thing that keeps

potential officials away from the fieldor court, said Bill Harvey, CEO of theWashington Area Lacrosse Officials As-sociation.

New referees usually start theirtraining in youth sports, which has be-come more highly charged and com-petitive. Fresh recruits sometimes shyaway from the assertiveness necessaryto wrangle with fired-up coaches andparents.

“Most of the people who get into itfind out quickly officiating is for me oris not for me,” Harvey said.

WALOA has devised a feeder systemto expand its 500-person membershipto keep up with demand as the sportgains popularity. The group started aprogram to enlist high school lacrosseplayers to officiate youth games. Sev-eral years ago USA Lacrosse, the sport’snational governing body, picked up theinitiative nationwide.

“We feel right now for the first time,we’ve stabilized,” he said. “We groom’em, we grow ’em and we train ’em.Consider the high school player. He’smaking $40 an hour for a game. I don’tknow any entry-level job who’s going tomake more than $12 an hour.”

State lacrosse committee direc-tor Ken Zorbach said many jurisdic-tions purposefully stagger their games,

though — to avoid conflicts with recre-ational or youth leagues, to keep fieldspace available, and to be sure officialsare not busy.

Washington District Football Of-ficials Association Commissioner AlFerraro said the WDFOA completelystopped taking youth league gamesyears ago to avoid the inevitable: nothaving enough members to staff everygame.

“You’d like to get to all the gamesyou can,” Ferraro said. “You’d have bet-ter service for the schools and the com-munity. There’s plenty of area to grow,but not enough people.”

The association’s 295 memberscover varsity and junior varsity footballin seven jurisdictions in Maryland, Vir-ginia and the District.

Ferraro assigns officials to regular-season games and sends recommenda-tions to Gray to assemble crews for theplayoffs. Like many assigners, he tries tofind a balance between putting his bestofficials at every “big game” or ensur-ing referees avoid seeing the same team

multiple times.“If last year Rockville was playing

Kennedy and Quince Orchard was play-ing Damascus, what would you do?” hesaid. There are about two “big games”each week, Ferraro said, that requirethe best crews, but he does his best toassure quality all around the region. “Inever leave a game without what I call a‘number 1 official.’”

Evaluating objectivityFerraro, a man whose job it is to

evaluate those who keep the peace, isblunt.

“Officials are like crabs,” he said.“There’s number 1’s, number 2’s andthere’s shucks.”

Becoming an official means recog-nizing you are flawed, a thought drilledinto your head during training. Learnto work as a team, lesson plans dictate.Let your crew members make the callif you don’t have a good angle. Admityour mistakes and crack down on them.Communicate with coaches and play-

ers. Embrace critiques when you areevaluated.

“Punish the first foul and legislatethe game,” Gray tells officials beforestate tournament matches.

Each year, Gray and each sport’sstate committee director send a posseof evaluators to observe referees in lineto manage playoff games. They returnwith an up or down vote on the offi-cial’s readiness for the big stage withjudgments based on ability, mechanicsand communication. Not everyone fitsthe mold.

Gray said in recent years fewerolder, perhaps more experienced, offi-cials are taking those spots. People withthat much experience may not be inthe best physical shape, he said, whereyounger officials, who have put in thework and are better able to deal with thephysical demands of the job, deserve ashot.

“You want to leave when you areperceived to be at the top of yourgame,” Gray said. It’s the reason he re-tired from officiating NCAA games. “It’s

hard to get people to understand thatuntil it’s a bit too late.”

Chris Sole, secretary of the Mary-land Basketball Officials Association,agrees. Sole, 60, said he blocks out timeto exercise several days a week so hisphysical fitness will not impact his callscome basketball season.

“We get a lot of people who areolder and think that now’s the time tostart reffing,” he said. “Well that’s notthe case. You still have to be able to run.

“When you say officials, we havepeople who are wannabes,” Sole said.“Some people can go work the youthleagues, but not high school. Numbersaside, we need more officials, not justbodies.”

Gray encourages officials associa-tions to diversify age when assemblingcrews. For a football crew, for example,maybe the referee is a veteran, but theback judge is a bit more green.

“The smartest thing you can do isblend the two,” Gray said. “What youcan do is the guy that’s been out therefor a long time, he’s the teaching of-ficial. It’s more than just blowing thewhistle.

“You put experience with youthwho deserve to be there.”

‘We’ve been pretty good’Gray said the state of Maryland’s

officials is strong, but can improve.Numbers-wise, he says, the bases arecovered. Performance-wise, there re-mains a desire to call games fair andclean.

“We’re no better than doctors orlawyers or police officers,” Gray said.“Some of us are better than others, butwe’ve been pretty good.”

Yes, he gets negative feedback, hesaid, but it’s nothing unusual. By andlarge, coaches and athletic directorsare satisfied with performance. At eachpost-term meeting, he said, he’s neverhad a committee member scrutinizereferee performance.

Longtime coach and now AlleganyHigh School principal Mike Calhounsaid rules enforcement and overall of-ficiating has improved greatly in recentyears. The state’s football delegate tothe National Federation of High SchoolSports said officials have done an excel-lent job regarding player safety and inmoving the game along. But there stillis one call that drives Calhoun up a wall.

“I hate the holding call,” he said.“There’s holding that happens on everyplay.”

But his opinion doesn’t matter any-more, he said with a sigh.

“Like I used to tell my players, onceyou kick the football, the refs are incharge. A good official is priceless.”

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n Hilary Moore Hebertearns U.S. Dressage

Federation silver medalafter paralysis scare

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

It was a freak accident.Germantown resident Hil-

ary Moore Hebert, 32, was dis-mounting during an equestriancompetition in mid-May — shewas going for the final scoreneeded to achieveherU.S.Dres-sage Federation Silver Medal— when her horse, Limelight,took a step at the worst possibletime. Already out of the saddle,Moore Hebert fell backwardsabout seven feet to the groundand landeddirectly onher lowerback.She said her mind went to

the worst possible scenario.“[Being paralyzed] was the

first thing that went throughmymind.Thepainwas sobadwhenI fell and it was all in the hiparea, I could not feel part of myright leg. Iwasn’t sure Iwouldbeable to walk again,” Moore He-bert said.Moore Hebert suffered a

bruised L2 vertebra — locatednear the lower curvature of thespine, according to Healthline.com. Injuries to that area cancausenervedamage, loss of feel-ing in the lower extremities anddifficultymoving or walking.The nerve damage was only

temporary.On July 6, after a six-week

hiatus, Moore Hebert earnedthat silver medal with her per-formance at the Potomac ValleyDressage Association SummerShowdown and Adult TeamChampionships at the PrinceGeorge’s Equestrian Center.Riders earn this prestigious

award by achieving requiredscores in two tests at the Fourthlevel and two tests at the Prix St.Georges level. The latter is thefirst level of international com-petition and is one of the testsridden at the Pan-AmericanGames.It took Moore Hebert one

year to do what some peoplespend their livesworking towardbut never achieve, said JannaDyer, a USDF Gold Medalist(Olympic level) and Moore He-bert’s trainer at her Dark HorseDressage facility in Rocky Ridge.

Her remarkably quick rise is atestament to her commitment,work ethic and willingness toimmediately incorporate anyinstructions given to her, Dyersaid. Overall, Moore Hebert hasbeen competing for 13 years.Overcoming the final obsta-

cle for the silvermedal was evenmore impressive given MooreHebert’s injury, Dyer said.“[When something like that

happens] you have to decideif you’re ever going to [ride orcompete] again and if you are,you have to not think about itand control your nerves. Youcannot convey your nervous-ness to the horse because if[Moore Hebert] is nervous, thehorse is going to think, ‘Oh,

what’s wrong?’ Body languageis all a horse can actually readso you have to get on and sepa-rate yourmind fromyourbody,”Dyer said.Moore Hebert said she was

in factmore nervous before thatfirst ride back in competitionthan anything she’s done be-fore. But her relationship withLimelight, any rider’s connec-tionwith her horse, is integral toher success. They must trust ineach other,MooreHebert said.Moore Hebert’s accident in

Maywas her first fall in six years,she said. Frequent falls, brokenribs, broken collar bones, dis-located hips and a plethora ofother injuries were the reasonshe switched to dressage from

eventing, which is commonlyreferred to as the equestrian tri-athlon — dressage, cross coun-try and show jumping.Moore Hebert said she was

drawn to specialize in dressagebecause the focus is more onskill set and less about bravery.It also requires a tremendousamount of fitness and corestrength — think maintainingyour own balance despite whatthe horse is doing.“As you get older, you real-

ize you’re not immortal. I don’tthink a lot of people really think[about getting paralyzed]. But[my accident] was very eyeopening,”MooreHebert said.

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Germantown rider earns silver after falln Individual high school

players train on their ownwhen school’s out

BY COLIN STEVENSSTAFFWRITER

While it seems like there’sa summer program for mostsports, area ice hockey playersare largely left to their own de-vices during the school break.Football teamshaveweight

lifting programs and passingleagues. Summer basketballseemsneverending.Andlegionbaseball continues to thrive.There are no such leagues forhigh school ice hockeyplayers.That hasn’t kept Reid Bibb

off the ice.The forward, who goes to

Gaithersburg High School andplays for the Damascus co-op,saidhespenthissummerwork-ing with a personal trainer andtraveling to Ashburn Ice Houseonceaweek for skating lessons.“I’ve been working on my

explosiveness,” Bibb said. “Justingeneral, trying toget strongerand faster.”While Bibb plays for the

Damascus team, his priority isplayingfor theFrederickFreeze,an Empire Junior HockeyLeague team that plays amuchmore competitive schedulethan the co-op canoffer.His connection to the

Freeze sent him to Johnstown(Pa.) last week for a tryout withthe Johnstown Tomahawks,part of the North AmericanHockey League.Bibb, 17, said hewas one of

the youngest players on the ice,with most players in their early20s.Bibb plans to play ice

hockey in college, so he can’tafford to take the summer off.While he said many hockeyplayers still work on their swingduringtheoffseason,hesaid it’susually their golf swing.“It’s not all hockey. It’s tak-

ing some time off to enjoy thesummer, but you have to keepup with it,” he said. “You can’tjust takeoff twoorthreemonthsand do nothing. You can lose alot if you’renotworkingoutandfocusing onhockey.”Reigning state champion

Winston Churchill High School

coach Ray McKenzie said themajority of his players take thesummeroff.He said his players will get

on the ice,butwithoutanycon-sistency.The biggest hurdle is that

Maryland Student HockeyLeaguerulesdonotallowforor-ganized team activities duringthe summer,McKenzie said. Inorder for ice hockey players toholdaworkout, itmustbeopentoplayers fromall teams.McKenzie said he has

hostedsomecampsatRockvilleIce Arena, some that includedhis players, but he said thema-jorityofsummerhockeyplayersare fromyounger age groups.“Tenth-, 11th- and 12th-

graders, theydomuch less overthe summer,” McKenzie said.“I’m not sure why, but a lot ofseventh-graders who are com-ing to Churchill in a coupleyears, they do hockey campsand stay busy, but not asmuchfrom10th- and11th-graders.”McKenzie said that the se-

rious players, such as Churchillrising sophomore Ian Kwant,will find leagues to play in andways tostay involvedduringthesummer.“The big time travel guys

do stuff, they probably play alot over the summer,” McKen-zie said. “But most guys don’tdo a lot over the summer. Theaveragehockeyplayer takes thesummeroff, for themost part.”

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n Broxton, not Braxton,earns scholarship to play

football at Baylor

BYDAN FELDMAN

STAFFWRITER

Jarell Broxton, coming off alost season due to academic in-eligibility, was eager tomake animpression during the QuinceOrchard High School footballteam’s preseason practices hisjunior year.

But that plan got off on thewrong foot when defensive co-ordinator John Kelley repeat-edly called him “Braxton.”

“Braxton” this, Braxton”that. Over and over again.

Eventually, the reservedBroxton, who’d hoped to lethis play do the talking, hadenough.

“For the first time ever, Iheard him speak up,” QuinceOrchard coachDaveMencarinisaid. “And he said, ‘My nameain’t Braxton. It’s Broxton!’”

Establishing himself at hislatest stop, the two-year schoolLackawanna College, has comemuch easier for Broxton.

Despite never playing agame on the offensive line inhis life, Broxton committed toBaylor University as an offen-sive guard.

The 6-foot-5, 328-poundBroxton — who earned thenickname “Bunyan,” as in Paul

B u n y a n— playedd e f e n -sive lineat QuinceOrchard.At Lacka-wanna, hespent ones e a s o non thedefensiveline andm i s s e d

another with injury.But he was so impressive

as an offensive lineman duringspring practice in preparationfor his upcoming third sea-son with Lackawanna, Brox-ton earned scholarship offersfrom Wisconsin, Arizona State,UCLA, Syracuse and Florida At-lantic.

Finally, he could take thelow-key approach he wantedto use as a junior at Quince Or-chard.

“He’s always the first one topractice, and he works really,really hard, and he doesn’t sayanything,” said Lackawannacoach Mark Duda, who alsoworks with the team’s offensivelinemen. “… You know the kidis going to do exactly what youask to the best of his ability ev-ery day. And that is all anybodycould ask for, and that’s what’sgoing to make him kind of spe-cial compared to a lot of peoplethat are out there.”

It’s a marked change fromwhen Broxton became aca-demically ineligible at QuinceOrchard, leaving junior collegehis only route.

“I’m surprised and proudof the fact he made it throughjunior college,” Mencarainisaid. “Because it is not easy. …There are somany reasons whyhe could have given up. But hedidn’t do that, and that’s a tes-tament to his character.”

Duda, whose bio boasts ofproducing 200 Division I schol-arship players in his 20-yeartenure, called Broxton one thetop five recruits he’s coached.

“The kid is the genuine ar-ticle,” Duda said. “… It’s beena pleasure to have him. I knowI’m only going to have him 16moreweeks, but I’ll enjoy everyday I have him.”

Broxton said staying on theright course at Lackawannawasn’t quite as difficult as itseemed.

“Just knowing that this wasa second chance to do what Iwanted to do, whichwas go to agood school for football,” Brox-ton said. “And I used it.”

Then, on the field, it wassimple.

“You go all out, and you getnoticed,” Broxton said.

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QO lineman makes themost of his second chance

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Dig In’s Patrick Kemper carries the team’s mascot “The Bear” to the dugoutduring the 2013 Maryland Collegiate Baseball League Championship game.

n Watkins Mill-based teamhands Baltimore only itssecond loss of summer

BYNICK CAMMAROTA

STAFFWRITER

As the Baltimore Chop orga-nized themselves into two linesfor a postgamephoto shoot— its2013 Maryland Collegiate Base-ball League trophy frontandcen-ter—Queen’s iconicmusical hit,“We Are the Champions,” camethrough the speakers at Joe Can-nonStadium.

On the opposite side of thefield, Dig In Baseball’s playersjogged toward the left-field cor-ner of the field for the final timethis season. And, as they congre-gated in a circle, a few of themmockingly raised their arms incelebration and held their indexfingers skyward.

Even in defeat, the team

knewhow tohave fun.Dig In Baseball pushed the

MCBL’s elite club to the brink ofelimination Friday night, win-ningthefirstgameofwhatwoundup being a doubleheader for theleague championship in the dou-ble elimination tournament be-foreultimately losing to theChop.

Our Lady of Good CounselHigh School graduate Cory Cal-lahanpitched a gem in the open-ing game of the night as Dig Inhanded the Chop just its secondloss of the season with a 3-0 vic-tory. Baltimore thenwon the titlewith a13-1performance in seveninnings as Dig In (20-17) simplyranout of pitchers.

“We had to fight just to getinto the playoffs and we reallybattled our tails off once we gotin,”Dig Inmanager PatrickDuffysaid. “We had a lot of things goourway late in thefirst gameandwe needed things to be perfectin [the second game]. We were

gassed. Everybody was tired andsore.”

Beating the Chop was a tallorder regardless of the situation.The odds likely were better thatthe team’s newly-adopted mas-cot — Esteban, a stuffed bear —would come in topitch relief.

EnteringthematchupagainstCallahan, the Chop played 34games this summer and lostonce.

So when the right-handerheld Baltimore (34-2) scorelessthrough 6 2/3 strong innings andleft the ball in the hands of domi-nant reliever Gus Gill to preservethe shutout, the occasion wasrathermomentous.

Thefirst game includeda keysixth-inning hit by right fielderAndrew Hutson as well as a re-markable diving catch in the bot-tom of the eighth inning to robNick Marinelli of a hit. Hutsonsprinted forward and somehowcontorted his wrist in such a way

that he kept the ball from hittingthe ground.

“This was the most fun I’veever had playing on a summerteam before,” Hutson said. “Wehad a ton of guys on this teamwho were always loose and try-ing to have fun. With summerball,when thewholegoal is to getyour work in and have fun, I feellikewewonevery time.”

By blanking the Chop in Fri-day’s first game and followingtheir shutout win against Freder-ick on Thursday, Dig In pitchersran their scoreless innings streakto 19 before Gill surrendered arun in the second inning of thesecond game. Despite being oneof the better pitchers on Dig In’sstaff this season, Gill was liftedwithnoouts in the third inningofthe second game and the Chopmethodically added to its leadfrom there.

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n Westwood wins third straight countyDive League all-star meet

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

The Thomas S. Wootton High School girls’swimming and diving team had to work extrahard towin its firstWashingtonMetropolitan In-terscholastic Swimming and Diving Champion-ship since themid-1990s this past February.

The Patriots entered the swimming portion ofthe competition in a 76-point hole behind then-defending champion Winston Churchill after thediving championshipwasheld earlier in theweek.

The Patriots might not have somuch tomakeup in next winter’s title defense, however. OnThursday at the Manor Woods pool, rising Woot-ton freshman Regan Westwood won her thirdstraight Montgomery County Dive League all-starcompetition and has presented herself as a pos-sible top 10 contender next year.

The win came only one week after Westwoodreturned topractice following aminor right shoul-der dislocation that forced her to withdraw fromthe 2013 USA Diving zone championships earlierin the summer.

The36-year-oldMCDLhasactedasaplatformfor many future high school — and national —stars.

Patriots coach Jacqueline Emr said she willgladly welcome any points Westwood might beable to add to the team’s diving lineup.

After two consecutive wins in the girls 11-12age division, Westwood won her girls 13-14 debutThursdayasoneof theyoungest in thefield,achal-lenge she will face the entire 2013-14 high schoolseason.ButWestwood said she is eager to contrib-ute however she can to aWootton team poised towin its second straightMetros championship.

“I’ve heard [that Wootton needed points indiving]. I heard from friends who dive in highschool and I have a couple neighbors on the diveteam and they were like, ‘We’re so excited for youto come, we needed a boost.’ It’s exciting to knowI might be able to help. It’s nice to know you’reactually going to be able to do something for yourschool,”Westwood said.

HerPatriotPrideputshermother,Meg, inabitof a predicament. A 1986 Churchill graduate andformer three-year varsity diver, the elder West-wood said she will always be a Bulldog at heartbut said she can still fully support Wootton. TheyoungerWestwood said she andhermother sharein a fun rivalry at home.

“I am proud of the Churchill team but I’ll berooting forWootton. I guess I have to,”MegWest-wood joked.

ReganWestwood actually comes from a fam-ilyofdivers.MegWestwooddove forColgate (N.Y.)University and her husband, Mike, competed forPenn State. The two coached at the college levelforseveralyearsatGeorgeMason(Meg)andJamesMadison (Mike) universities andMike Westwoodeven traveled internationally as U.S. NationalTeamcoach for several years.

But the two,MegWestwoodsaid,decided theywould not put any pressure on their children to

pursue the sport thatbrought themtogether. Theydidn’t have to.

When the Westwoods joined the PotomacWoods pool when Regan was 7, she immediatelygravitated toward the springboards. Her youngerbrother, Quinn, has also taken to the family trade.Hewon the boys 9-10 age group at theDivision IIIchampionship July 21 and finished seventh at all-stars in his first year out of the 8-under group.

“It’s kind of funny, every dive meet I go to,someone will be like, ‘You’re Mike Westwood’sdaughter, I’ve known you forever.’ But I don’tknow half the people who talk to me. It’s reallycool, though, to be able to carry on the family tra-dition,” ReganWestwood said.

She does that in more ways than one. MegWestwood said she sees a lot of herself in herdaughter’s elegant dives. Training these days,which includes a lot more dry land work than itused to, Meg Westwood said, makes for betteroverall athletes. Regan Westwood combines in-credible fundamentals and techniquewith a gracethat cannot be taught.

That foundation could take her far in her firstyear of high school diving andbeyond.

“[Regan] is a very elegant diver anda very con-fident diver. I think that is her strength. I see herdevelopingrealgoodfundamentals that I thinkwillgive her longevity in the sport. It’s very exciting tosee,”MegWestwood said.

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Diving help coming for Woottonn Pro tennis team honors

pair at county tennisfoundation event

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

Olney residents Brian andMark Salewski are the BryanBrothers — the winningest dou-bles pair in men’s professionaltennis history — of MarylandSpecialOlympics tennis.

“We’ve been calling themthat for years. They’re similarto the Bryans. They’re not quiteidentical. One is slightly tallerthan the other. One (Mark) isleft-handed,” said Greg Over-kamp, who works with theMontgomery County Tennisand Education Foundation andcoaches the county’s SpecialOlympics tennis contingent.

In June, the 22-year-oldSalewski brothers joined forcesto defeat teams from countiesacross the state to win their sev-enth straight Summer Gamesgoldmedal at theMaryland 2013SummerSpecialOlympicGames,held at TowsonUniversity.

Their performance earnedthemtheopportunity tocompeteat the National Special OlympicsGames, scheduled for June 14 atPrinceton University in New Jer-sey. The Salewski brothers wereselected to play both singles anddoubles there,Overkamp said.

The brothers were honoredfor their remarkable accomplish-ments at a ceremony held beforethe Washington Kastles’ July 24WorldTeamTennishomematch.

On Sunday the Kastles, ledby International Tennis Hall ofFame member Martina Hingis,whom the Salewski brothers gotto meet last Wednesday, wontheir third consecutive WorldTeamTennis title.

Thetwinbrothers fromOlneyreceived their awards in front ofthe sizeable crowd in attendanceat the Montgomery County Ten-nis and Education Foundation’spre-match Party with the Prosfundraising silent auction.

ThoughMontgomeryCountyas a whole ranks in the nation’s

top 10 wealthiest counties, ac-cording to 2011 Census Bureaudata released in 2012, there aremany pockets within the regionwith families in need that shouldnot be overlooked,MCTEFPresi-dent Paul Sommers said.

“Montgomery County hasa million people and it’s very di-verse in every sense of the word,”Sommers said. “People are mis-taken if they think people arenot in need. And if they’re not inneed, theymight not have accessto recreationprograms.We like tothinkweare teachinga lot of skillsbesides tennis; theseare skills thatthese kids can incorporate intotheir life like diet and nutrition,ways tohaveahealthy lifestyle.”

An extension of the Mont-gomery County Tennis Associa-tion, the MCTEF is a nonprofitorganization created in 2006 andaimed at “providing healthy andeducational opportunities to un-derserved Montgomery Countyyouth using tennis as the vehicleto teach sportsmanship, self-dis-cipline and a strong work ethic,”according to itswebsite.

One hundred six items,which included everything fromaWimbledon program signed bythe world’s No. 1-ranked men’sprofessional tennis player, No-vak Djokovic, to spa treatments,with a value of $22,000 were upfor bid at last Wednesday’s auc-tion. The proceeds — an esti-

mated $10,000—will benefit theMCTEFprograms. In addition tothe Special Olympics program,theMCTEFruns freeafter-schoolclassesat fourmiddle school sitesthroughout the county in the falland spring.

For the sixth summer, theMCTEF sent a group of at-riskmiddle school-age student-ath-letes to theweeklongUVATennisand Education camp in Charlot-tesville,Va.,where tennis instruc-tion is coupled with a businessleadership course. This year theMCTEF provided 12 childrenwith scholarships to the camp.

The MCTEF has to gener-ate its own funding, Hatten said,and needs help if it is going tocontinue to expand. In additionto growing its after-school pro-gram from four middle schoolsites, Sommers saidhewould liketo expand the MCTEF programfrom middle school student-athletes to elementary and highschool participants aswell.

“There are a lot of kidswhose parents are stretched liv-ing in Montgomery County andtheydonothave access to all thetools, especially with the cuts inthe county’s after-school pro-grams. That’s hadahuge impacton our community.We can pickup where our county is not ableto provide,” Hatten said.

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Potomac Woods diver Regan Westwood competes inan all-star diving meet Thursday at Manor Woods SwimClub in Rockville.

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Maryland 2013 Summer Special Olympic Games gold medalists Brian (left)and Mark (middle) Salewski meet International Tennis Hall of Fame inducteeMartina Hingis before a July 24 Washington Kastles match after being hon-ored by the Montgomery County Tennis and Education Foundation.

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Gordon and Candice Krueger of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., an-nounce theengagementof theirdaughter,ChelseaClancyKrueger, toSethAndrewDubin, sonofDr.Gerry andLoriDubinofGaithersburg.

The bride-to-be graduated from The Ohio State University in2010with a bachelor’s degree in strategic communication. She is anaccount executive for 160over90, a branding agency inPhiladelphia.

The prospective groom is a 2006 graduate of Winston ChurchillHigh School. He also graduated from The Ohio State University in2010 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and graduated in 2012fromBarry University with amaster’s degree in biomedical science.In the fall of 2013, he will continue his studies at the University ofPennsylvania School of DentalMedicine.

The couple is proud to announce their new addition, Englishbulldog Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez.

Seth and Chelsea will follow Benny down the aisle on July 19,2014, in Philadelphia.

Krueger, Dubin

Peter andHoaNguyenof Burtonsville announce themarriage oftheir daughter, Mai Nguyen, to SalmaanHasan.

Family and friends celebrated the marriage on June 2, 2013, inPhiladelphia.

Thebride attendedCresthavenElementary School, Francis ScottKey Middle School and Springbrook High School in Silver Spring.She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Maryland with a bach-elor’s degree in mechanical engineering. The groom is from NewJersey.

The couple resides in California.

Nguyen, HasanLiz Anthony of Potomac and Andrew Halls of Avon, Colo., an-

nounce the engagement of their son, Alex Halls, to Tanya Rosbash,daughter of Nadja Abovich andMichael Rosbash of Newton,Mass.

The prospective groom is a graduate of Winston Churchill HighSchool and recently graduated from Northeastern University LawSchool.

Thebride-to-be graduated fromNewtonSouthHigh School andcurrently is aprincipalwithEducationGrowthAdvisors. Bothearnedbachelor’s degrees fromColby College inWaterville, Maine.

The wedding ceremony will take place in August 2013 in Salem,Mass.

Rosbash, Halls

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9-10:30 a.m. atMedStarMont-gomeryMedicalCenter, 18101PrincePhilipDrive,Olney. Any-one looking tohave the lapbandsurgerymust attend sixnutri-tional classes (onepermonth)prior to surgerydate. $25perclass, $140 if registering for allsix classes. 301-774-8881,www.montgomerygeneral.org.

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gomeryMedicalCenter, 18101PrincePhilipDrive,Olney. Fornewmothers feeling stressedandalone, sad, anxious, angryor irritablenow that ababyhasjoined the family.Group ledbytwo therapistswho specialize inthepostpartumperiod.Babieswelcome. Free; Registrationrequired. 301-774-8881,www.montgomerygeneral.org.

Senior Fit,meets from9-9:45 a.m. once aweek atMed-StarMontgomeryMedical Cen-ter, 18101PrincePhilipDrive,Olney. Free 45-minute exerciseprogramdesigned for seniorsage 55 andolder focuses onincreasing strength, flexibility,balance, coordination, and car-diovascular endurance. Classesare ongoing andaphysician’sconsent form is required toparticipate. Free for people overthe age of 55. 301-774-8881,www.montgomerygeneral.org.

A Diabetes Support Group,11 a.m. to 12:30p.m. thefirstSaturday of everymonth atSuburbanHospital, 8600OldGeorgetownRoad, Bethesda.A social network that providespeer support for people livingwithdiabetes via opendiscus-sions and speakers on variousdiabetes topics. CallMariaChamberlain, diabetes nurseeducator, at 301-896-3056withquestions.www.suburbanhos-pital.org.

ONGOINGDamascus United Method-

ist Church, 9700 NewChurchSt., Damascus, offers tradi-tional Sundaymorning wor-ship services at 8:15 a.m., ayouth contemporary worshipservice at 9:30 a.m. and a ser-vice of liturgy and the word at11 a.m. with Sunday school at9:30 a.m. for all ages during theschool year.

Liberty Grove UnitedMethodist Church, 15225 OldColumbia Pike, Burtonsville,conducts Sundaymorningworship services at 8:30, 9:30and 11 a.m. Sunday school,nursery through adult, is at9:30 a.m. 301-421-9166. For aschedule of events, visit www.libertygrovechurch.org.

Providence United Method-ist Church, 3716 KemptownChurch Road,Monrovia, con-ducts a contemporary serviceat 8 a.m. followed by a tradi-tional service at 9:30 a.m. Sun-daymornings, with Children’sSunday School at 9:30 a.m.and adult’s Sunday school at11 a.m. Formore information,

call 301-253-1768. Visit www.kemptownumc.org.

Trinity Lutheran Church,11200 Old Georgetown Road,North Bethesda, conductsservices every Sunday, withchild care from 8 a.m. to noonand fellowship and a coffeehour following each service.301-881-7275. For a scheduleof events, visit www.Trinity-ELCA.org.

Chancel choir auditionsand rehearsals, 7:30 p.m.Thursdays at Liberty GroveMethodist Church, 15225 OldColumbia Pike, Burtonsville.Call 301-421-9166 or visitwww.libertygrovechurch.org.

“Healing for the Nations,” 7p.m. every first and third Sat-urday of themonth at SouthLake Elementary School, 18201Contour Road, Gaithersburg.Sponsored by King of the Na-tions Christian Fellowship,the outreach church service isopen to all who are looking forhope in this uncertain world.Prayer for healing available.Translation into Spanish andFrench. Call 301-251-3719.Visit www.kncf.org.

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Westat is seeking participants for a federally-funded research study on driv-ers’ experiences using voice control systems. To be eligible for the study,you must have a voice control system in the car you drive most often. Thestudy involves talking to a researcher about your experiences with yourvoice control system and driving on local roads and I-270 in your own car.The study will take about 1.5 hours. If you are interested in this study,please visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/voicecontrolstudy orcall at 1-888-747-9523 for more details. Participants will receive $100 asa thank you for their time.

What is a voice control system?By "voice control" we mean that as a driver, you can perform certain tasks -like reading a text message and placing a phone call - using the sound ofyour voice. For example, you can make a call to your friend Meghan by say-ing, "Call Meghan." You may also be able to hear your favorite phone appsthrough your car’s sound system and control them with your voice (e.g.,Pandora, Bing, MLB.com, or USA TODAY). Your voice control system mayalso allow you to turn on the air conditioning or tune the radio to your favor-ite radio station.

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Maintenance

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COACHES/TRAINERSMD Basketball Academy seeks an energetic & positive

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COME GROW WITH USHospice of the Chesapeake, the premier non-profithospice and palliative care provider for Anne Arundel andPrince George’s Counties Maryland, is seeking motivatedand skilled professional for the following positions:

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If you are an enthusiastic and detail orientedindividual looking for weekend work, join theChampion Windows team! We are looking fora motivated Event Demonstrator to work part-time gathering leads at our retail, event, andshow locations. This position will beresponsible for greeting potential customers,collecting leads, as well as settingappointments.

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Business Development SpecialistMedia Sales

We’re looking for a Specialist who has a documented history of driving newbusiness. Post Newsweek Media provides local news and information tocommunities in Maryland and Virginia. We are looking for a skilled salesprofessional to assist small businesses in marketing their products andservices.

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We offer a competitive compensation & comprehensive benefits packageincluding pension, 401(k) & tuition reimbursement.

If you believe this is the right position for your skills, talents and abilities.Please forward your resume to mbass@gazette.net.

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Busy small animal hospital looking for a motivated individual.Must be able to work weekends and holidays. Some heavy lift-ing required. Please email resume with phone contact attn

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Property Management

Grady Management, a leader in the propertymanagement arena, has the following positionsopen in the Gaithersburg area:

Grounds : PT position is avail. busy apt.community. This position will assist inmaintaining the grounds, outdoor facilities,interior common areas, and will assist heavily insnow removal.

Marketing Consultants: we have a part time(20 hours) opportunity on our team. Previousmulti-family housing experience desired.

All positions require weekend work. Please sendresumes and cover letters with the positiondesired to:

Montgomery Club Apts.Attn: Open Positions

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Work From HomeNational Children’s CenterMaking calls Weekdays 9-4

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Healthcare

CNAMedication Tech a plus. Musthave own car. 7am - 3pm3pm - 9pm, 9pm - 9am

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EOE.

MECHANICEffective immediately, M.T.Laney Co, Inc will be acceptingapplications for the followingpositions:∂ Heavy EquipmentMechanic (Must haveclean driving record)

Please email resume toinfo@mtlaney.comfax 410-795-9546

Top wages and a great workingenvironment. EOE

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