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Volume 27, No. 31,Two sections, 32 PagesCopyright © 2014The Gazette
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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n Congressman, local leadersfocus on clogged artery
BY RYAN MARSHALLSTAFFWRITER
Rep. John K. Delaney said Thursday that toll lanesmight be needed to ease traffic and congestion on In-terstate 270, a corridor vital to the future ofMontgom-ery and Frederick counties.
Leaders in the regionmustmake sure the highwayoperates as efficiently as possible, Delaney (D-Dist. 6)of Potomac told legislators and business leaders fromthe twocounties at ameeting inFrederick on the I-270corridor.
Del. Michael Hough (D) of Brunswick, an incom-ing state senator fromDistrict 4, saidVirginiahasdoneagood jobof combining ideas suchashigh-occupancytoll lanes and private investment in infrastructure tohelp ease congestion on its part of the Beltway andothermajor roads in theWashington, D.C., area.
Both ideas seemas if theywould be ideal conceptsfor helping address problems on I-270, Hough said.
Delaney said leaders should be cautious aboutpublic-private partnerships — sometimes, local gov-ernments get involved in deals that turn out badly fortheir constituents.
But if it’s done right, it can be very beneficial, hesaid.
After the meeting, Delaney said toll lanes aresomethingMaryland should pursue for I-270.
“I think we should be going down that path,” hesaid.
Not investing enough money in transportationinfrastructure is an economic development issue anddrains communities, forcing people to waste timecommuting, Delaney said.
Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner (D) saidthe twocounties canapproach the topic of transporta-tion together.
“Transportation is an areawherewefindcommonground among everyone,” she said.
Delaney saystoll lanesmayhelp speedI-270 traffic
n First honoree in 41 yearsfrom University of Maryland
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFFWRITER
At the University of Maryland, Col-lege Park, Fang Cao has become thefirst student to win both a Barry Gold-water Scholarship and Harry TrumanScholarship.
Now, the biological sciences andcomputer science major has an evenmore prestigious, international award:Rhodes Scholarship.
Cao, a Silver Spring resident, is thefirst Montgomery Blair High alumnuspicked by the Rhodes Trust since 2007.
He is only the secondhonoree fromthe University of Maryland, accordingto Rhodes Trust and university records.University System of Maryland Board
of Regents mem-ber and formerU.S. CongressmanTomMcMillenwasthe first — a 1974Rhodes Scholarchosen in 1973.
Caowasamong32 honorees for2015 across thecountry, including
one other Montgomery County resi-dent—Maya I. Krishnan of Rockville, aStanford University senior majoring inphilosophy.
The Rhodes scholarships were cre-ated in 1902 through the will of Britishbusinessman and diamond magnateCecil Rhodes. Winners are chosen onthe basis of academic achievement,leadership potential and communitywork, among other criteria.
The scholarship provides all ex-
penses for two or three years of studyat the University of Oxford in England,with the value averaging $50,000 annu-ally. In some instances, funding is avail-able for four years.
Cao,whose biological sciences spe-cialization is in physiology and neu-robiology, plans to pursue a master’sdegree in medical anthropology at Ox-ford. The recent announcement cameas he’s been swamped with midtermsand projects.
“I missed a lot of class during mypreparations and ammaking it all up,”Cao, 21, said on Dec. 8. “The RhodesScholarship has definitely changed mylife for the better.”
Officially, Cao and others selectedare Rhodes Scholars-elect and are ex-pected to have their awards ratified bythe Rhodes trustees upon admittance
Blair alumnus named a Rhodes Scholar
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Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin lights a menorah made of ice Sunday at theFair Hill Shopping Center in Olney. Chabad of Olney hosted the Hanukkah celebration,which featured music, singing by the children of the Chabad Hebrew School and tradi-tional food. About 200 people attended, organizers said.
‘Fire on Ice’ in Olney
n Redevelopment could meanmore students, new school
BY LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFFWRITER
The county’s plan to redevelopthe Westbard neighborhood inBethesda needs to account for thepossibility of more students and anew elementary school to educate
them, say school boardmembers.Patricia O’Neill, president of
the school board, said the boardshares residents’ concerns and sheplans to write a letter to that effectto the Montgomery County Coun-cil and Planning Board early nextyear.
The neighborhood falls in theWhitman and Bethesda-ChevyChase high school clusters, whichare both facing overcrowding,
O’Neill said.O’Neill said she thinks the
board needs to create “a papertrail” to record theboard’s opinion.
“I believe the board needs tospeak up now and say we are con-cerned about the impact of chil-dren from this development in ourschools in the future and adequateplans need to bemade,” she said.
County planners presented ata Novembermeeting a concept for
Westbard that includes adding res-idential units to the neighborhood.Some residents at the meetingquestioned whether area schoolscould absorb the added childrenand had other concerns.
The Westbard area is roughlybordered by River Road, Massa-chusetts Avenue and Little FallsParkway,with a small sectionnorth
School board raises red flag onWestbard plan
n Glen Echo Fire Departmentmember has spread
Christmas joy for 15 years
BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL
STAFFWRITER
It was just before 7 p.m. Thurs-day, and Santa was piling on mul-tiple hats, jackets and gloves toprotect him from the wind in theback of a firetruck. With help fromhis mother, who also maintains theseasonal red-and-white uniform,he adjusted his beard and glassesbefore clambering onto the back ofthe truck and practicing his wave.
By day, Ramon DePaula ofBethesda is a file clerk at the De-partment of Veterans Affairs. Forthree evenings the week beforeChristmas, he’s the Glen Echo FireDepartment’s Santa Claus.
“I love being Santa,” DePaulasaid.
During these evenings, hestands on the back of a firetruck fortwo or more hours, waving to thefamilies who rush outside to greethim and the fire engine that drivesthrough the neighborhoods theGlen Echo Fire Department serves.The whole purpose is “to share thejoy of Christmas,” he said.
DePaula said he remembers
‘I love being Santa’
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Ramon DePaula of the Glen Echo Fire Department suits up Thursday evening as Santa Claus for the department’s ride throughthe community. Helping him with his belt is his mother, Haydee DePaula.
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n Religious leaders spent yearsadvocating for Gross’ freedom
BY DANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFF WRITER
After serving five years in a Cubanprison because authorities said he wasa spy, Potomac resident Alan Gross re-turned to the U.S. on Dec. 17, spark-ing a celebration from those who hadbeen advocating for his release.
“There’s nothing except sheerhappiness that we feel at the releaseof Alan,” Ronald Halber, executive di-rector of the Jewish Community Rela-tions Council of Greater Washington,told The Gazette that day.
“The nicest thing I can think of isthat Alan will be able to light [Hanuk-kah] candles tonight with his wife,”Halber said.
Gross, 65, was sentenced to 15 yearsin prison in 2009 for helping a Jewishcommunity in Cuba improve its ac-
cess to the Internet. At the time, he wasworking for the U.S. Agency for Interna-tional Development. In prison, Grossreportedly lost more than 100 poundsand suffered from arthritis and prob-lems with his vision.
His release Wednesday came aspart of a prisoner exchange betweenCuba and the U.S. and a move byPresident Barack Obama to normalizerelations between the two countries.
Among those who flew back withGross from Havana to Joint Base An-drews were his wife, Judy, and Rep.Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D-Dist. 8) of Kens-ington.
“This day would not have beenpossible without the tireless advocacyof Alan’s wife, Judy, who never gaveup,” Van Hollen said in a statement.
Rabbi Arnold Saltzman, whohelped organize vigils for Gross out-side the Cuban Special Interests Sec-tion — Cuba’s version of an embassyin Washington — said he was gratefulfor Gross’ release and that the day’s
news was good for Gross and good forthe Cuban people.
“We were all very excited whenwe heard that Alan was on his wayhome,” Saltzman said.
Rabbi Gerry Serotta, executive di-rector of the Interfaith Conference ofMetropolitan Washington, anotherorganization that had worked to freeGross, also noted that Gross’ releasecoincided with the first day of Hanuk-kah.
“It enables the entire communityto have the increased feeling of lightand hope” that Hanukkah represents,Serotta said.
Serotta said he was aware that se-rious, informal discussions regardingGross’ release were occurring behindthe scenes, but didn’t know Gross wascoming home until he heard it on theradio that day.
“I cheered and said, ‘Hallelujah’ inmy car,” he said.
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n Group says:‘Shop Less, Give More’
BY PEGGY MCEWAN
STAFFWRITER
At a time of year when many peo-ple have been hitting the Web to finishbuying their Christmas gifts, membersof oneBethesda church are taking adif-ferent tack tomark the holiday: They’retaking their seasonal giving programonline.
The goal is to take their AlternativeGiving program to a larger audience,said members of Bradley Hills Presby-terian Church.
The program, which offers the op-portunity to support 25 local andworld-wide charities, started as an outgrowthof the church’s Angel Tree program.That programprovidesChristmaspres-ents to children at the Children’s Cen-ter in Anacostia in Washington, D.C.,said parishioner Bonnie Holcomb ofBethesda.
“Out of this grew [Alternative Giv-ing] to make it possible for people togive a gift that would continue, not justat Christmas,” Holcomb said. “It’s be-comeawayofpeople givingameaning-ful gift.”
Theprogram’s slogan is “ShopLess,GiveMore.”
The programs that benefit from Al-ternative Giving are brought forth bychurch members who agree to stay intouch with the church committee andgive an accounting of how the dona-tions are used.
Holcomb is an anthropologist whohas worked with Oromo women inwestern Ethiopia. She sponsors Edu-cation for Oromo Girls through a non-profit called Resources for Enrichmentof African Lives, which is dedicated toprovidingeducational opportunities forEthiopian girls.
The group supports girls with aschool scholarship and a stipend, butalso provides a stipend to their familiestomakeup for the loss of thedaughter’slabor while at school.
“The community gets a stipend forevery 15 girls who go to school and acommunity development program,”
Holcomb said. “It’s a package. It’s notenough just to give a girl a scholarshipbecause the family needs her at home.”
More than 90 percent of girls in theprogramfinish school, she said.
As sponsor of the program, Hol-combkeeps in touchwith thenonprofitand reports back to the church’s Alter-native Giving program.
Locally the program offers the op-portunity to support theDennisAvenueHealth Center in Silver Spring; ProjectYouth ArtReach for Young Offenders atthe Montgomery County CorrectionalFacility in Clarksburg or the NoyesChildren’s Center in Rockville; the Na-tional Center for Children and FamiliesinBethesda;BethesdaHelp; theFriendsClub forMenwith Alzheimer’s at Brad-leyHills PresbyterianChurch; andHab-itat for Humanity.
Holcomb said she has run the giv-ing program from the beginning ofAdvent through the end of Decemberfor about 13 years. She carries all theinformation to church each week in abox, collects money, keeps records andoffers gift cards to those who donate inhonor of someone else. “It’s a labor-intensive project,” she said.
Holcomb does it because she be-
lieves in it. “The specific motivation isfaith-based,” she said. “There is a scrip-ture where Jesus says, ‘I was in prisonand you did not visit me ...,’ but we re-ally do [visit] through our programs.”
The idea for putting the programonline came from Holcomb’s sonBraden Silverman, 26, who lives inDenver.
“She expressed that she was strug-gling to engage the younger generation,so I suggested she set it up online,” Sil-vermansaid. “It’s important tokeep thisprogram going and growing becausethere are people all over the world thatbenefit from it.”
The Rev. David Gray, pastor ofBradley Hills Presbyterian, agrees themove to anonline presence, at bradley-hillschurch.org, is a good one.
“There’s no reason we shouldn’tuse technology for giving,” he said.
Holcomb is waiting to see if themove to online giving brings in more“shoppers.”
“It’s a transition, a local programmade available to awider community,”she said. “We are spreading our angelwings.”
Bethesda church takes charity online
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The Alternative Giving program at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda makes “itpossible for people to give a gift that would continue, not just at Christmas,” says BonnieHolcomb of Bethesda, who started the program. These cards have information about thecharities the program supports.
Dennis Ting, a broadcast jour-nalism major at the University ofMaryland’s Philip Merrill College ofJournalism, was the student speakerSundayduring the college’s graduationexercises.
Ting is a 2011 graduate of RichardMontgomeryHigh School inRockville.
At the university, Ting has beenthe director of WMUC Sports and areporter with the Capital News ServiceTV bureau. He freelances at ComcastSportsNet inBethesdaandhas internedat CNN and NBC4 in Washington. Hespent a semester abroad in London.
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Armen Palmer, 10, of Rockville shows a toy to Montgomery County Police Officer ArnoldAubrey during a holiday shopping spree at Target in Rockville on Saturday as part of theHeroes & Helpers program for youth in need. The program, a partnership between thepolice and Target Corp., provided 20 students from Maryvale Elementary School in Rock-ville with $100 gift cards to buy presents for themselves and family members.
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n Artist wants to giverap a good name
BY RAISA CAMARGO
STAFF WRITER
Craig Carozza-Caviness has touredthe country as a rapper. Now, he’s look-ing to reconnect with the Silver Springcommunity.
Along the way, Carozza-Caviness issetting himself apart. Through his lyr-ics, he hopes to dispel the negative ste-reotypes associated with rapping. Hesaid rapping isnot just about the stigmaassociated with an infamous lifestyle.
“There’s so much negative conno-tation around what we do,” he said. “Ithink it’s very important that peoplesee—andespecially the youth, becauserap is pop culture now — that we cando something positive.”
Carozza-Caviness grew up in SilverSpring and Washington, D.C. A fatherof three, he considers Silver Spring hishome.
Known in his rapping as Incwell,Carozza-Caviness believes in includingan empowering message.
His latest single, “Fly Now,” is areflection of overcoming the strugglesand odds in life.
Carozza-Caviness said he uses noprofanity inhismusic andcharacterizeshis style as a universal sound.
“The songs are very honest,” hesaid.
His music can be found at reverb-nation.com/incwell.
When Carozza-Caviness was 5, hisfather was a homicide victim, he said.He found inspiration in music.
He said growing up in Silver Springwas a crucial part of his developmentas an artist. He always had an affinityfor music and listened to his grandfa-
ther’s records. He listened to a varietyof musicians, from the Beatles to War-ren Zevon.
In his teen years, he decided todelve into music and make it a career.
Early on, he wanted to work tochange rap’s image. Part of that ap-proach was becoming a philanthropist.Carozza-Caviness gives back to home-less youths and said he has a couple ofideas to help young people in the SilverSpring community.
Carozza-Caviness enjoys writingmusic and occasionally writes screen-plays.
He characterizes Silver Spring as anup-and-coming area that is being builtto match the community’s personality.
“Being from this area, it brought alot of different influence from my mu-sic, because I was exposed to so manydifferent cultures,” he said. “Aroundhere, you’re not really raised to seecolor. It’s kind of like a big melting pot.”
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n Outspoken opponent indelegation will be gone
BY LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFF WRITER
With a chief opponent leav-ing the Maryland legislature,supporters of expanding votingrights for Montgomery County’sstudent school board mem-ber think they may now have aclearer path to success.
Thirteen members ofthe county’s delegation havesponsored a local bill to allowMontgomery’s student boardmember to vote on nearly all ofthe same topics as the board’sseven adult members.
If the bill passes in the up-coming legislative session, thecounty’s student board mem-ber would get an official say onpreviously restricted matters,including the capital and op-erating budgets, collective bar-gaining, school closures andschool boundaries. The studentstill could not vote on negativepersonnel issues, such as sus-
pensions or dismissals.In 2012, Sen. Brian E. Frosh
(D-Dist. 16) of Bethesda was anoutspokenopponentof grantingmorevoting rights to the studentboard member.
Frosh said in 2012 hethought granting the additionalrights was undemocratic, giventhe smaller constituency ofmiddle andhigh school studentswho elect the student boardmember, according to a previ-ous Gazette report. Adult boardmembers are elected by voterscountywide.
“The hardest part of our jobhere is to say no and you don’tlearn that before you graduatehigh school,” he said at the time.
Frosh, however, is about toleave his Senate seat and be-come Maryland’s attorney gen-eral. Some supporters say it’stime to try passing the bill again.
Frosh did not respond tophones messages seeking com-ment.
Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D-Dist.14) of Calverton said the billhas “a great chance” of pass-ing in the 2015 session without
Frosh in the Senate. The bill hasnot been back since 2012 be-cause it “was going to fall by thesame fate,” she said.
Kaiser said student schoolboard members have proventhey do well under pressure.They go through a difficult pro-cess just to make it to the boardtable, she said.
“I think it stands a betterchance now of passing,” Sen.Nancy J. King (D-Dist. 39) ofMontgomery Village, the chair-woman of the county’s Senatedelegation.
King said arguments she
heard against the 2012 bill in-cluded one that the studentmembers, who serve only oneyear, couldn’t be held account-able for their decisions in thesame way adult board membersare in their four-year terms. An-other concern focused on stu-dents’ maturity level.
“There can be an adultmember that isn’t really respon-sible,” she said. “You can’t justsay the students are not respon-sible.”
A chart attached to the 2012bill shows that most districtsin Maryland have at least onestudent board member, but amajority of those students can’t
vote.The current student board
member, Dahlia Huh, is “fabu-lous,” King said, and “worksas hard or harder” than otherboard members.
State Sen.-elect Cheryl C.Kagan (D) of Rockville said shehas been “impressed by the dili-gence and thoughtfulness” ofstudent board members overthe years.
“I’ve always supported giv-ing our student member on theboard wide authority and theopportunity to influence thequality and direction and prior-ity of our school system,” saidKagan, a former state delegate.
During a Dec. 3 hearing be-fore the county delegation onlocal bills, several students tes-tified in support of the bill. Huhsaid the bill marks “a huge stepforward in the direction of en-franchisement of students.”
“Like any other board mem-ber, we use our judgment andstakeholder input to make in-formed decisions in the best in-terest of our system as a whole,”she said.
The county’s first studentboard member, David Naimon,said in an interview that, dur-
ing his time on the board inthe 1978-79 school year, he didnot have an official vote on anytopic, but he could vote for therecord.
“Certainly, I felt then andfeel now that there wasn’t a lotof reason for the student notto have a vote,” said Naimon,a lawyer and member of thecounty board of elections.
Montgomery County hashad 37 student board members.
Expanded voting powerswould encourage student mem-bers to become fuller partici-pants, Naimon said. Students’knowledge of what’s happeningin schools is valuable on issuessuch as collective bargainingand the budget, he said.
Student board membershave proven themselves ca-pable and shown “a consistentstrength,” he said.
The school board sup-ports the bill. The MontgomeryCounty Council voted to nottake a position on it.
County Executive IsiahLeggett also is not taking a posi-tion, spokesman Patrick Lace-field said.
Lawmakers hopeful about expanding student school board member voting“I’ve always supported giving our
student member on the board wideauthority and the opportunity to
influence the quality and directionand priority of our school system.”
Cheryl C. Kagan, state senator-elect
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n County, union appealedcase; arguments
scheduled for January
BY KATE S. ALEXANDER
STAFF WRITER
More than two years af-ter voters chose to eliminate along-standing bargaining rightof Montgomery County police,a legal challenge to the coun-ty’s handling of the campaignfor that ballot question is stillpending.
Both Montgomery Countyand the county’s police union,Fraternal Order of Police Lodge
35, appealed a March decisionby the Montgomery CountyCircuit Court.
The Maryland Court ofSpecial Appeals is scheduled tohear oral arguments in the caseon Jan. 6, 2015, County Attor-ney Marc P. Hansen said.
At issue in the case is$122,315 of public money, pluspaid staff time, that the countyspent on everything from busads and bumper stickers topoll workers and consultants topersuade voters to vote “yes” onQuestion B in the 2012 generalelection.
Question B asked voters ifthey wanted to uphold a 2011law that repealed a long-stand-
ing bargaining right for the po-lice union. The law removed theright of the union to bargain theeffects of management deci-sions. Voters upheld the law.
The union filed suit in No-vember 2012, asking the circuitcourt to declare the county’s ac-tions illegal and make CountyExecutive Isiah Leggett andspokesman Patrick Lacefield re-pay taxpayers for the campaign,as well as pay the union for itsexpenses in court.
In March, MontgomeryCounty Circuit Court JudgeRonald B. Rubin ruled thatMontgomery County acted il-legally when it spent taxpayermoney to campaign for votes
on the 2012 ballot question.However, the judge did not
order Leggett (D) or Lacefieldto repay county coffers or paydamages to the police union,finding the officials acted ingood faith on the advice of thecounty attorney.
Union Secretary Jane Milnesaid the union had no intentionof appealing the decision, butafter the county filed, the FOPalso did on the portions of thecase relating to damages andrestitution.
Lacefield said in a writtenstatement that the judge effec-tively determined that Mont-gomery County voters shouldnot have heard the views of the
county government in decid-ing whether to uphold the lawin question, which addressedthe relationship between thecounty and its employees.”
“Although Judge Rubinwas correct in finding thatCounty officials acted in goodfaith based on legal advice, theCounty believes that the Courtwas wrong in concluding thatCounty government cannot de-fend its duly enacted laws whenthey are petitioned to referen-dum,” Lacefield said.
The county, Lacefield said,expects to prevail on appeal.He said the democratic processcan only be strengthened by thevoters receiving more informa-tion, not less.
Question B challenge still lingers in court
n Users can analyzeinformation from operating
budget, other areas
BY LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFF WRITER
Montgomery County schooldata will be easier to find andanalyze on a new website start-ing in early January.
The county school district ishosting the site to let users digthrough budget and other datain an interactive format, accord-ing to school officials.
When it launches Jan. 5,OpenDataMCPS will have oper-ating budget information, saidLarry Bowers, chief operatingofficer for Montgomery County
Public Schools. It is not yet clearwhat other data will be on thesite at that point.
Bowers said the school dis-trict plans to eventually put “a lotof other data” on its site, includ-ing information from the capitalbudget and the district’s Schoolsat a Glance reports. The reportsinclude student performance onstate assessments.
The school system alreadyshares data online, but it’s cur-rently “static,” Bowers said.
OpenDataMCPS users willbe able to search for and arrangecertain data. Those interested incomparing student performanceat different schools can pull to-gether those data sets, he said.
Users will be able to cre-ate reports and data displays, aschool system press release says.
OpenDataMCPS has thesame purpose as a similarcounty government site, Bowerssaid — to make data accessiblein a new way, so people can lookat it differently.
“It allows them to do theirown analysis,” he said.
The district’s announcementof its new site comes severalmonths after school system of-ficials met with county govern-ment officials in August aboutthe county’s budget data websitecalled budgetMontgomery.
On budgetMontgomery —part of the county’s open datainitiative — users can look athow capital and operating bud-get funds are spread out overdepartments and specific ex-penses, clicking through layersto zero in on a certain area.
Individuals also can use aninteractive map to find informa-tion on specific capital projects,among other functions on thesite.
School officials said there areplans to make district operatingbudget data available on thecounty site. The district alreadyhas some capital budget data onbudgetMontgomery.
County Councilman HansRiemer (D-At Large) of TakomaPark said he’s glad the schoolsystem is “moving forward” withits website and thinks it’s greatthe district plans to share budgetinfo on the county site.
He’s optimistic about thedistrict’s website, he said, whichhe thinks will help schools be-come “more transparent” forparents.
“I think that there’s so muchpotential there. Parents have somany questions about schools,always,” Riemer said. “Havingthis tool would be a better wayfor people to get answers.”
The school system data sitehas a price tag of $24,250, ac-cording to Brian Edwards, thesystem’s chief communicationsofficer.
The district has a contractwith the same vendor, Socrata,that the county has used for itsopen data initiative, accordingto Edwards. The county’s con-tract with Socrata does not allowthe school system to post all of itsdata on the county’s platform, hewrote in an email.
Scott Coble, a manager inthe county’s office of budget andmanagement, said he thinks it is
an “ultimate goal” for the countyand school system to exchangedata between their sites — a pos-sible agreement down the road.
He said budgetMontgomerywould be “a prime candidate”for making detailed operatingbudget information from theschool system available throughthe county.
The county has faced ques-tions about the lack of schoolsystem operating budget data onbudgetMontgomery, Coble said.
First, the “big step” for theschool system is launching itssite, he said.
“Once you have that in place,you can do so much more,” hesaid. “They’re doing the rightthing.”
County school system to launch new data website in January
n Inaugural EducationForum features middleschoolers’ essays
BY PEGGY MCEWANSTAFF WRITER
Themiddleschoolers’assign-ment: Write and present an essayabout something in the schoolsystem that needs to change.
Their audience: teachers,parents, school board membersand, oh yes, the superintendent.
It wasn’t the easiest of taskson Friday for the seventh- andeighth-graders in Krista McKim’sEnglish classes at the Blair EwingCenter, a Montgomery CountyPublicSchoolsAlternativeEduca-tion Program school in Rockville.
But they came through dur-ing the school’s first EducationForum.
“I am so proud of them,” Mc-Kim said of her students. “Its ahugeboost [to their] self-esteem.”
Thirteen students werescheduled to present in themorning forum attended by Su-perintendent Joshua P. Starr,among others.
The Ewing center houses al-ternative education programs forstudentswhohaveacademic,dis-ciplinary or behavioral problems.
Two students decided not tospeak — nerves, McKim said —but the others stood before themicrophone and told the audi-ence what they thought aboutschool start times, the impor-tance of extra-curricular activi-ties, bullying, the use of personaltechnology in school, racism andeven why there should not be al-ternative schools.
That last topic was discussedby eighth-grader RhiannonShipe. She has been in alternativeeducation for two years, but thisis her first year at the Blair EwingCenter.
“I don’t like the way it’s setup,” Rhiannon said. “Studentsare less likely to graduate and[they] struggle to get back to theirhome schools.”
She suggested that there bea staffer in each home school tohelp students who would other-wise go to alternative programs.
Shawna Sheets, Rhiannon’smother, said after the presenta-tion that she thought her daugh-ter did a good job. She said shehad helped Rhiannon practiceand had discussed her ideas withher.
“I was surprised she wasso brave to bring up the pointbut she had good [arguments],”Sheets said.
The topic that came up mostoften was school start times. Fivestudents spoke in favor of laterstart times for middle and highschool students.
Eighth-grader Josue Romerosaid he chose that topic becausehe felt that students were tired atschool.
Madison McIntosh, aneighth-grader, spoke stronglyabout the need for antibullyingprograms in schools. She said shehas never been in a school with aprogrambut isawareof thebully-ing that goes on.
Cam’ron Gordon, anothereighth-grader, said the forumwas important because voicinghis opinion is important to him.
“It does make you want tochange the school for the better,”Josue said.
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n Railway, flower exhibitsin Brookside Gardens
through Jan. 11
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFFWRITER
The Garden of Lights holi-day show isn’t around to delightcrowds at Brookside Gardens,but the Wheaton park is fea-turing the annual free “WinterCheer” and garden railway ex-hibits.
“Both have been busy, es-pecially on sunny days,” saidStephanie Oberle, director ofBrookside Gardens.
The railway exhibit, which isrunning for the 10th year in theSouth Conservatory, featurestrains, trolleys anddetailedmin-iaturemodels of landmarks suchas the Dentzel Carousel at GlenEcho Park. It is done with theWashington, Virginia andMary-land Garden Railway Society.
The other exhibit in theNorth Conservatory includescolorful plants and flowers likepoinsettias andwhite snapdrag-ons, designed to help brightenvisitors’ mood.
Both exhibits are open from10a.m. to 5p.m.daily, except forChristmas Day, through Jan. 11.
The light showwas canceleddue to a construction proj-ect that started last spring andwon’t be done until next June. Ithadbeenheld in lateNovember,December and early Januarysince 1997, attracting 40,000 to45,000 people annually.
Another event is the thirdannual Takoma Park FitnessExpo, slated from 8 a.m. to 2p.m. Jan. 3 at the Takoma ParkRecreation Center, 7315 NewHampshire Ave.
The free event features dem-onstrations and instruction on
activities such as karate, zumbaand basketball skills, healthscreenings and vendors.
The expo generally attracts250 to 275 people, said JohnWebster, a recreation supervisorwith the city.
“We started this event to dosomething to bring attentionto the recreation center andkick off the new year in a grandstyle,” Webster said. “It helpsfill up our classes. ... We want toshow people that even when itgets cold, there is a lot they cando indoors to help them stay ac-tive and fit.”
Holiday events plannedin Wheaton, Takoma Park
WINTER CHEER AND GARDEN RAILWAY EXHIBITSn When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Jan. 11. Closed Dec. 25.
n Where: Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton
n Information: www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside/winter_display.shtm
TAKOMA PARK FITNESS EXPOn When: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 3.
n Where: Takoma Park Recreation Center, 7315 New Hampshire Ave.
n Information: www.takomaparkmd.gov/recreation
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Bethany Korb, 5, of Potomac cleans a used toy house during Friday’s Hanukkah celebration at the WeinbergEarly Childhood Center in Potomac. All the used toys brought in by parents and children will be donated toSecond Chance Toys, which donates them to needy youngsters, with a secondary goal of keeping them out oflandfills.
Some TLC for this house
Countyseeks boardmembers
Montgomery County isseeking volunteers to serve onthe following:
• Commission on Aging• Commission on Common
Ownership Communities• Firearm Safety Committee• Historic Preservation
Commission• Commission on Juvenile
Justice• Sign Review Board• Strathmore Hall Founda-
tion Board of Directors.Applications, comprising a
brief cover letter and resume,should be mailed to County Ex-ecutive Isiah Leggett, 101 Mon-roe St., Second Floor, Rockville,MD 20850; or emailed to [email protected]. Home, workand email addresses, plus con-tact phone numbers should beincluded.
Applicants should indicatethe position for which they areapplying.
The application deadline isJan. 9.
Members of county boards,committees and commissionsmaynot serve onmore thanonesuch group at a time. Leggett’sappointments are generallysubject to confirmation by theCounty Council.
More information is atmontgomerycountymd.gov/apps/exec/vacancies/pr_list.asp.
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The following is a summary of inci-dents in the southern area to whichMontgomery County police respondedrecently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This infor-mation was provided by the county.
Armed robbery• 3200 block ofWeepingWillow
Court, AspenHill, at 8:35 p.m. Dec. 2.The subjects are known to the victim.
• 13th and Kennett streets, SilverSpring, at 4 p.m. Dec. 3. The subjectthreatened the victimwith a weaponand took property.
• 11700 block of Georgia Avenue,Silver Spring, at 9:50 p.m. Dec. 3. Thesubjects are known to the victim.
• 13900 block of Castle Boule-vard, Silver Spring, onDec. 5. Thesubjects threatened the victims witha weapon and took property.
• Outside the DSW atWheatonMall, 11160VeirsMill Road, SilverSpring, at 10:50 p.m. Dec. 5. The sub-ject assaulted the victim and unsuc-cessfully attempted to take property.
• Parking lot ofMcDonalds,12130Darnestown Road, Gaithers-burg, at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 8. The sub-jects are known to the victim.
Bank robbery•M&TBank, 10400Montgomery
Lane, Bethesda, at noonDec. 9. Thearmed subject took proceeds andfled.
Commercial robbery• Gap, 5430Wisconsin Ave.,
Chevy Chase, at 7 p.m. Dec. 9. Thesubjects assaulted the victim andtook property.
Sexual assault• 8000 block of Quarry Ridge
Way, Bethesda, onDec. 6. The sub-ject is known to the victim.
•WheatonMetro Garage, 11171VeirsMill Road, Silver Spring, at 9:08p.m. Dec. 8.
Strong-arm robbery• 12000 block of Columbia Pike,
Silver Spring, at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 2. Thesubjects assaulted the victim andunsuccessfully attempted to takeproperty.
• 3900 block of LanternDrive,Silver Spring, at 3:45 p.m. Dec. 3. Thesubjects are known to the victim.
• Dean andGoodhill roads, Sil-ver Spring, at 2:41 p.m. Dec. 5. Thesubjects assaulted the victim andattempted to take property.
• 900 block of NorthamptonDrive, Silver Spring, at 11:10 p.m.Dec. 5. The subjects assaulted thevictim and took property.
• 1000 block of QuebecTerrace,Silver Spring, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8. Thesubjects assaulted the victim andtook property.
Weapons offense• 6300 block of Huntover Lane,
Rockville, at noonDec. 7. The subject
discharged aweapon at an inani-mate object in a residential area.
Aggravated assault• 11300 block of Lockwood
Drive, Silver Spring, at 3:55 p.m. Dec.2. The subject threatened the victimwith a weapon andwas arrested.
•White Oak Convenience Store,11407 LockwoodDrive, Silver Spring,at 9:23 p.m. Dec. 6. The subject as-saulted two victims after a disputeandwas arrested.
• PlyersMill Road andDouglasAvenue, Silver Spring, at 3:36 a.m.Dec. 7. The subjects are known tothe victim.
• 11000 block of LockwoodDrive, Silver Spring, at 4:40 a.m. Dec.7. The subject is known to the victim.
• 4500 block of Furman Road,Silver Spring, at 10:33 p.m. Dec. 7.The subject is known to the victim.
Commercial burglary• ParamedMedical Transpor-
tation, 14803 Southlawn Lane,Rockville, betweenDec. 6 and 8. Noforced entry, took property.
• First Clinic, 9800 Falls Road,Potomac, at 8:45 a.m. Dec. 8. At-tempted forced entry, took nothing.
Residential burglary• 1400 block of EastWest High-
way, Silver Spring, at 6:25 p.m. Dec.1. Attempted forced entry, tooknothing.
• 500 block of EastWayne Av-
enue, Silver Spring, betweenDec. 1and 3. Forced entry, took property.
• 900 block of Hoyt Street, Sil-ver Spring, between 7:45 a.m. and12:50 p.m. Dec. 2. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• Two incidents in the 10800block of Blossom Lane, Silver Spring,onDec. 3. Took nothing.
• Our House JobTraining Cen-ter, 19715 Zion Road, Brookeville,between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Dec. 3.Forced entry, took property.
• 14100 block of Castle Boule-vard, Silver Spring, between 2 and4 p.m. Dec. 3. Forced entry, tooknothing.
• 11000 block of LombardyDrive, Silver Spring, between 7:30a.m. and 5:35 p.m. Dec. 4. Forcedentry, took property.
• 3300 block of ParkfordManorTerrace, Silver Spring, between 9 a.m.and 7:45 p.m. Dec. 4. Forced entry,took property.
• 400 block of Hannes Street,Silver Spring, between 9:10 and11:20 a.m. Dec. 4. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 10700 block of Cavalier Drive,Silver Spring, between 9:30 and11:51 a.m. Dec. 4. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 13600 block of ColgateWay,Silver Spring, between 7:50 a.m. and7:28 p.m. Dec. 5. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 3700 block of Lamberton
Square Road, Silver Spring, between8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Forcedentry, took property.
• 3700 block of LambertonSquare Road, Silver Spring, between8:20 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. Dec. 5. Un-known entry, took property.
• 800 block of Silver SpringAvenue, Silver Spring, between 9:30and 9:44 p.m. Dec. 5. No forced entry,took nothing.
• 8200 block of Postoak Road,Rockville, between 10:30 and 11:30a.m. Dec. 5. Forced entry, took prop-erty.
• 12600 block of Farnell Drive,Silver Spring, between 11 a.m. and2:37 p.m. Dec. 5. No forced entry,took property.
• 9400 block of Rosehill Drive,Bethesda, at 11:50 a.m. Dec. 5.Forced entry, unknownwhat wastaken.
• 3400 block of GatesheadManorWay, Silver Spring, between1:30 and 5 p.m. Dec. 5. Forced entry,took property.
• 3800 block of Angelton Court,Burtonsville, at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5. At-tempted forced entry, took nothing.
• 13600 block of ColgateWay,Silver Spring, between 5:30 and7:28 p.m. Dec. 5. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 14300 block of Beaker Court,Silver Spring, at 8:15 p.m. Dec. 5. At-tempted forced entry, took nothing.
• 14000 block of Castle Boule-
vard, Silver Spring, between 10:45a.m. Dec. 5 and 6 p.m. Dec. 7. Un-known entry, took property.
• 3800 block of Lansdale Court,Silver Spring, at 12:45 a.m. Dec. 6.Forced entry, took nothing.
• 400 block of Greer Avenue, Sil-ver Spring, between 2 and 6:20 p.m.Dec. 6. Forced entry, took property.
• 11600 block of LockwoodDrive, Silver Spring, onDec. 9. Noforced entry, took nothing.
• 500 block ofMargaret Drive,Silver Spring, between 10:45 and 11a.m. Dec. 9. No forced entry, tookproperty.
• 9700 block ofMt. Pisgah Road,Silver Spring, at 3:06 p.m. Dec. 9. Un-known entry, took property.
• 1200 block of Pinecrest Circle,Silver Spring, at 7:44 p.m. Dec. 9.
Vehicle larceny• Four incidents in Silver Spring
parking garages betweenDec. 1 and9. Took a bike bag from one vehicle.Affected garages include Garage #61,801 Ellsworth Drive; and Garage #7,8530 Cameron St.
• Two incidents on PowderMillRoad, Silver Spring, onDec. 1. Forcedentry, took tools and a radio.
• 600 block of Lofstrand Lane,Rockville, onDec. 3 or 4. Took twocatalytic converters.
• 11700 block of Split Tree Circle,Rockville, between 3:30 and 7 a.m.Dec. 8.
POLICE BLOTTER
n Kensington fire departmentselling mementos as fundraiser
BY ELIZABETH WAIBELSTAFF WRITER
When a neighborhood fire station wastorn down this year, the friends and familyof a formerKensingtonfirefighter sawanop-portunity tohonorbothhimand thedepart-ment’s volunteers.
The Kensington Volunteer Fire Depart-ment’s Station 18 was built in 1953 and de-molished this year. John Seng of Rockvillesaid he passed the firehouse on Georgia Av-enue on his way to work and wanted to sal-vage some of its bricks asmementos.
“[I thought] maybe we could sell themand get money donated to the fire depart-ment, which operates largely off charitablecontributions,” Seng said.
Seng’s connection to the station goesback to 1975, when his brother Will Sengjoined the department. Will Seng was a vol-
unteer firefighter for about nine years andlived for a time in Station 18, his brothersaid. Will Seng was a career firefighter andeventually became a shift captain in FairfaxCounty, Va. He went to Florida to rebuildhomes damaged by a hurricane and helpedput out fires at the Pentagon after the 9/11attacks.
“He passed away in 2003 from pancre-atic cancer, so it’s been my job, I’ve taken itupon myself, to more or less keep his mem-ory alive,” John Seng said.
Artie Hawkins, a longtime volunteerwith the department, retrieved bricks fromthe demolition site, Seng said. Seng and hiswife, Christine, cleaned up the usable bricksand designed and procured brass platesfor them. They kept about eight, engravedwith Will Seng’s name, to give to family andfriends.
The remaining 25 bricks have plaquesengraved with “Kensington Volunteer FireDepartment, Station18, 1953-2014,Remem-bering All Who Served.” The department isselling them for a $100 donation to raisemoney for itself. Office manager Shawn St.Claire is handling orders at [email protected] or 301-929-8000, according to the de-partment’s website.
Seng said there are a few people still atthe department who knew his brother. Forall the volunteers, serving is a calling, he said.
“They are fulfilled by serving others, res-cuing others,” he said. “It’s in their blood,and it certainly was inWill’s.”
Brother pays tribute to firefighter, brick by brick
PHOTOS FROM JOHN SENG
Will Seng (left), who was a firefighter with the Kensington Volunteer FireDepartment for about nine years, is pictured with colleague Chuck Jacobi.
Bricks from the now-demolished Kensington Volun-teer Fire Department Station 18 have been madeinto a fundraising mementos.
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n St. Nick trades hissleigh and bells forsirens and wheels
BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER
When Santa Claus cruisedthrough Montgomery CountyonDec. 17, he traded in his crewof trusty reindeer, preferring toroll with a brigade of more thantwodozen county police onmo-torcycles.
Santa — portrayed by Of-ficer Robert Ladany of the de-partment’sGermantownstation— was astride a hog of his own.He led the pack as he traversedthe county for the annual SantaRide, a multistop tour that endswith a party at The Children’sInn at NIH, a residential facilityfor seriously ill children at theNational Institutes of Health inBethesda.
Santa’s troupe began its rideat the county police station inGermantown, making its firststop at the Peppertree Chil-dren’s Center, a day-care centerand preschool at the UpCountyRegional ServicesCenter, also inGermantown.
A group of children, noneolder than 5, waited at the curbto greet the man in red. Afterquizzing the tots on whetherthey’d been listening to theirmommies and daddies, Ladanytook a knee for a large grouphug, then followed the childreninside for picture taking.
Angela Snider, who teachespre-K at the center, said thelevel of excitement among herstudents had been “out of con-trol” in advance of Santa’s ar-rival. For days, students hadbeen decorating her classroomwith various holiday craft proj-ects, including paper snowmenand menorahs, she said. “Theyknow it’s coming.”
The Santa Ride traditiondates back decades. Ladanysaid he’s been doing the ridefor seven years, while his wife,Jackie Ladany, asMrs.Claus, hasbeen joining him for two years.She rode along in an unmarkedpolice cruiser.
“I don’t know how I becameSanta, whether I volunteered orsomebody asked me,” Ladanysaid, smiling. “We go around,we say hi, and they smile. Someof them cry, because they’re
scared.”The most rewarding part,
Ladany said, was seeing otherofficers interact with the pa-tients at The Children’s Inn atthe party at the end of the ride.
“Most of these motorcyclecops are pretty tough guys,” hesaid. “When you look at one ofthese tough guys, that woulddie for people, getting their facepainted by a little sick kid, orwrapping a gift with them,man,it’s like— it’s amazing.”
Ladany added that he andhis wife are cancer survivors,and liked to do something togive back.
“They have arts and craftsplanned, we have Santa meetevery child, and it’s just a funevening to take their minds offtheirmedical appointments thatthey’ve been through during theday,” said Laura King, senior di-rector of volunteer and commu-nity outreach for The Children’sInn. “During the holidays, thelast thing you want is to have achild that’s sick and The Chil-dren’s Inn is there for those chil-dren and their families.”
Santa and his posse alsowere collecting donations oftoys and pledges of future mon-etary donations for The Chil-dren’s Inn, King said.
Santa roars into town; cops follow
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Montgomery County Police motor squad’s Santa Ride 2014, to benefit TheChildren’s Inn at NIH, stops at the Olney town center plaza on Dec. 17. Offi-cer Robert Ladany and wife, Jackie, portray Santa and Mrs. Claus. Santa’stroupe began its ride at the county police station in Germantown.
High schooljournalistssought forannual award
The Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association is seekingentries for its Michael S. PowellHigh School Journalist of theYear award.
The award honors an out-standing staff member of aMaryland, Delaware or Wash-ington high school newspaper,either print or online, with a$1,500 cash scholarship, accord-ing to a news release.
Only high school seniorsmay apply and preference willbe given to those who plan tostudy journalism after highschool.
Applicants should submitthe following:
• An autobiographical state-ment geared to their publicationactivities, including a paragraphor two on the most importantaspects of scholastic journalism.
• Five published articles, ei-ther as PDFs or URL links.
• A letter of recommenda-tion from their publication’sadviser.
Applications are at tinyurl.com/myjxro9.
Submissions are due Jan. 30.The winner will be notified inearlyMarch.
The award will be presentedat the association’s annual edi-torial awards luncheonMay 1 attheWestin BWI Airport Hotel.
For more information, callJennifer Thornberry at 855-721-6332, ext 2.
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Larry Dean’sretirement after
more than 41years as a car-rier for the U.S.Postal Service.
The last 21years, his routehas been in theKemp Mill area.From left areElaine Millen;Dean’s wife,
Beverly Dean;Dean; ScottSchlesinger;
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Gardner said she would liketo create ahubaroundFrederickfor the life sciences andbiotech-nology industries, part of a pathheading down I-270 toward theheadquarters of the NationalInstitutes of Health in Bethesdaand the National Institute ofStandards and Technology inGaithersburg.
Montgomery County, whichhas longbeenpopular for the lifesciences industry, is seeking todevelop a life sciences incuba-tor near Montgomery College’sGermantown campus.
State Sen. Roger Manno (D-Dist. 19) of Silver Spring echoedGardner’s sentiment about theneed forMontgomery andFred-erick to tackle the I-270 issuetogether.
“Our two counties are facingthe same challenges,” Mannosaid.
Manno said he thinksGov.-elect Larry Hogan (R) hasa commitment to improvingtransportation, although therecould be some differences onwhether the state’s prioritiesshould go more toward fundingmass transit or roads.
Transportation is aboutinvesting in people, economyand the environment, said Del.ArunaMiller (D-Dist. 15) ofDar-nestown.
It can’t be just about high-ways, but rather about fundinghighways, mass transit, bicyclesand other methods of transpor-tation, she said.
Delaney and Miller em-phasized the importance of theplanned Corridor Cities Transit-way.Miller said theproject is thehighest transit priority for thestate because of the economicbenefit it would bring.
The planned 15-mile busrapid transit system would con-nect Clarksburg to the ShadyGroveMetro station.
Del. Kelly Schulz (D-Dist. 4)of NewMarket — whomHogannamed last week to be secretaryof the state’s Department of La-bor, Licensing and Regulation— said that when she worked inWashington, D.C., she figuredon two hours to get to work andtwo hours to get home.
To get commuters off theroads, leaders need to get transitto people who live outside of ur-ban areas, Schulz said.
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watching for Santa Claus to visit his neigh-borhood when he was a child. “I loved it,”he said. “... I said, ‘One day, I would like todo that.’”
His mother, Haydee DePaula, said hehadwanted to be involvedwith the fire de-partment since hewas a child.
“Thedayhewas16,he said, ‘Stop there,get the application,’” she recalled.
She said she wasn’t sure what hewould be able to do at the fire department,because he has Down syndrome, but hewanted to help with anything he could. Heturned in theapplication,passed thephysi-cal and joined the fire department.
He has been Santa annually for the 15years since, even the year the family wasplanning a vacation to Brazil. They trav-eled on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,Haydee DePaula said, “because this haspriority.”
John Witherspoon, president of theConduit Road Fire Board, the nonprofitthat owns and operates Glen Echo FireDepartment, said Ramon DePaula doesnot go out on calls to fight fires or provideemergency medical assistance, but he isa lifetime department member who at-tends monthly meetings and has helpedat the firehousewith tasks such aswashingvehicles, rolling up hoses and sweepingup after events. He’s also “an all-around
goodwill ambassador,” Witherspoon said,who comes to the annual open house and,of course, serves as Santa.
Witherspoon said the annual Santavisits are fun for the community and rein-force the idea that the department is there
to help the community.DePaula “is our best Santa,” he said.
“... The energy and enthusiasmhebrings iscontagious.”
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to Oxford.The award announcement
“doesn’t mean I am automati-cally accepted to Oxford,” Caosaid. “I still need to apply andwill be doing so in the comingmonths.”
About 200 applicants wereRhodes finalists, including Mo-hammad Zia, an individualstudies major at the Universityof Maryland. Applicants have tofirst be endorsedby their collegeor university, with almost 900doing so by 305 institutes thisyear. The strongest candidatesare then chosen to interviewwith selection committees ineach of 16 U.S. districts.
Born in China, Cao immi-grated with his family to Lon-don when five years old andtwo years later to MontgomeryCounty.
AtMontgomeryBlair, hewasin the Science, Mathematics,and Computer Science Mag-net Program and is among fouralumni of that program whohavewon aRhodes Scholarship,according to the MontgomeryBlairHigh SchoolMagnet Foun-dation. Two Blair alumni werenamed in 2005 and one in 2007.
The Blair magnet programwasextremelyhelpful in further-ing Cao’s academic success, hesaid.
“It offered me an opportu-nity to explore the world of sci-enceand taughtmehowto learnand think independently,” Caosaid.
His work at theUniversity ofMaryland resulted in a summerinternship and training researchaward at the National Institutesof Health in Bethesda, wherehe conducted molecular andcomputational neuroscience
research. He also has worked atthe Children’s National MedicalCenter and at a health clinic inJamaica.
Cao received a HowardHughes Medical Institute un-dergraduate research fellowshipand was selected as one of fouruniversity representatives topresent at the 2013 Meeting oftheMinds regional conference.
Cao’s interests extend be-yond the academic realm tocommunity work. As a sopho-more atMaryland, he founded aprogram at Northwestern HighSchool in Hyattsville to tutordisadvantaged minority stu-dents in college-level biology.He then startedanother tutoringprogram at the school to helpstudents obtain high school di-plomas andmove on to college.
He uses his interest inhip-hop to help get throughto students and employs newmethods, such as a biologi-cal Jeopardy game, to get themmore interested in the subject.
He is also a member of theW.E.B. Du Bois Honor Societyand the university’s Office ofMulti-Ethnic Student EducationAcademic Excellence Society.
The Rhodes Scholarshipshows Cao’s “exemplary aca-demic and research achieve-ments as well as his inspiringcommunity service,” Universityof Maryland President WallaceD. Loh said in a statement.
Caosaidhewants tobecomea physician, though he plans toexplore various segments, suchas research andmedical anthro-pology.
“I envision myself as a phy-sician that uses medical anthro-pology in amedical context, andcontinuing the research that Ihave been doing thus far,” Caosaid.
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of River Road.Board members want
county planners to identifyan “appropriate” site for anelementary school, O’Neillsaid. They also want to be surecounty planners are lookingat the potential impact on thearea’smiddle and high schools.
Casey Anderson, chairmanof the county planning board,said it’s too early in the plan-ningprocess todiscusswhetherthere needs to be a new schoolin the Westbard area. Countyplanners have been focusedon the first stage of planning,which involves determining
how much development willhappen, he said.
Anderson said he and Su-perintendent Joshua P. Starrtalked “briefly” about schoolspace in theWestbard plan andthe county has heard “loud andclear” concerns from the com-munity.
“We’re well aware that’san issue that needs to be ad-dressed. I think we’ll be able toget those questions answered,”he said.
He said county plannersfirst will consider how manystudents the redevelopmentcould bring. They will look nextat the capacity issues of exist-ing area schools and determinewhere the new students might
attend school, he said.“Then, and only then,
would you look at things likebuilding a new school in theboundaries of the plan,” hesaid.
Bruce Crispell, director ofthe school system’s Divisionof Long-range Planning, said itwon’t be clear whether a newelementary school is neededuntil the county knows thenumber and type of housingunits that will be built.
If new development gener-ates at least 300 students, theschool district typically talksabout whether a new elemen-tary school might be needed,he said.
Crispell said “the impact is
not imminent by any means”because the Westbard plancould take about 20 years tocarry out.
But he said added units— depending on the pace ofconstruction and the hous-ing market — could affect thearea’s schools, particularly theWhitman cluster.
Projects that add capacityare either scheduled or beingstudied for some area schools,including Wood Acres Elemen-tary, Pyle Middle andWhitmanHigh, he said. Even with theadded space,Westbard’s devel-opment still could put pressureon their capacity.
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n Suspect identified aftercommunity tips; wasalso known to police
BYDANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFFWRITER
Police arrested a SilverSpringman in connectionwitha double stabbing outside ofthe Rockville Metro station onDec. 15.
Reginald Cooper. 38, ofthe 3500 block of PeartreeCourt in Silver Spring, faces
two counts of attemptedsecond-degree murder andtwo counts of first-degreeassault. He remained in cus-tody last week, with bail set at$500,000, according to onlinecourt records.
Metro Transit police be-lieve Cooper was involved inan argument with two othermen that began some distancefrom the Metro station, thenmoved to the station’s Ride-Onbus stop. There, the altercationbecame physical, and the twoother men were stabbed, ac-cording to police.
The two victimswere takento a local hospital, one withserious injuries and one withinjuries that were not life-threatening, according to PetePiringer, a spokesman for theMontgomery County Fire &Rescue Service.
Metro Transit police re-leased a security camera pic-ture of the man they believedwas responsible for the crime,and received more than 10calls from the communityidentifying the man as Coo-per, which allowed them toobtain a warrant. Cooper was
arrested without incident Dec.16 by officers from the Rock-ville City Police Department’sstreet crime unit, who also rec-ognized him from the photo,said Lt. Eric Over, a Rockvillepolice spokesman.
Cooper, who has severalprevious assault convictions,was a familiar face to city po-lice, Over said.
Cooper is next scheduled toappear in court Jan. 16. An at-torney was not listed in onlinecourt records.
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GabrielaDoleAcosta and Jenelle Prins-Stairsweremarried inEdgewater onOct. 4, 2014.
Acosta is the daughter of BarbaraDole Acosta of Silver Springand Francisco Acosta of Suchitoto, El Salvador.
Prins-Stairs is thedaughter ofAllenStairs of TakomaPark andJenelle Prins of Emeryville, Calif.
Thecouplemet infirst gradeandhavebeen sweethearts sincehigh school.
Acosta, Prins-Stairs
Dennis and KimberlyHancher of Bethesda an-nounce the engagement oftheir daughter Amanda LeighHancher to James EdwardFiler III, son of Christine andJamesEdwardFiler Jr. of Lang-horne, Pa.
Soon after the future bridegraduated from Eckerd Col-lege in St. Petersburg, Fla., shemet Filer at an arts retreat inOdessa, Del.
The couple now lives in
Philadelphia, where Hancherworks for the federal govern-ment and Filer is an electri-cian.
They are both also heav-ily involved in the East Coastentertainment industry intheir spare time through theircompanies, Light It Up Pro-ductions and Electrocute, re-spectively.
They plan to have theirwedding in September 2015 inGlen Echo Park.
Hancher, Filer
Lions help Boy Scouts buycamping equipmentBoy Scout Troop 759 of
Ashton recently received a do-nation from the Sandy SpringLions Club, which was used topurchase a new rain fly.
The Scouts used the shelteron a recent camping and raftingtrip to Ohiopyle State Park inthe Laurel Highlands of Penn-sylvania.
Free cab rides aim to re-duce drunken drivingThe Washington Regional
Alcohol Program is offereingfree taxi rides to people nowthrough New Year’s Day inhopes of discouraging drunkendriving.
Each night from 10 p.m. to6 a.m., people who have beendrinking alcohol in the area cancall 800-200-TAXI and get a freecab ride valued at up to $30. The
group says that 1,877 people inthe area used the service, calledthe Holiday SoberRide pro-gram, last December.
New Strathmore venuestarts ticket sales
The AMP by Strathmoreconcert venue in White Flint’sPike & Rose development hasannounced its first shows whenit opens in the spring.
The venue, opening inMarch, has a concet lineup andticket information at ampbys-trathmore.com.
The performers confirmedso far include a Frank Sinatratribute band, folk and bluegrassmusicians, a stand-up come-dian, an ambient electronicartist and a winner of “Austra-lia’s Got Talent,” according to anews release from Strathmore.The venue also will serve food.
Olney Help needs helpOlneyHelp, a nonprofit, has
provided emergency food andfinancial assistance to familiesin Olney, Ashton, Brinklow,Brookeville and Sandy Springsince 1969.
The number of familiesneeding assistance continues toclimb.
During the first sevenmonths in 2014, client requestsincreased 80 percent from thesame period in 2013.
The organization’s holi-day wish list includes cashdonations, which will help vol-unteers provide local residentswith emergency food relief andfinancial support for utilities,rent and mortgage payments,and prescriptionmedications.
Adult volunteers also areneeded to pick up and deliverfood to sustain the emergencyfood assistance program. Spe-cifically, people are need towork one or two days a monthon a permanent basis to deliverfood to clients and pick up fooddonations at various locations.
Cash donations and re-quests for assistance can bemade online at olneyhelp.org.
Residents needing assis-tance may call 301-774-4334and leave a message with con-tact information and the type ofassistance required.
Jack and Jill donates toys,school supplies
The Jack and Jill chapter ofMontgomery County has do-nated toys and school suppliesto the National Center for Chil-dren and Families in Bethesda.
Jack and Jill of America is ablack family organization, com-prisingmothers of children ages2 to 19. It has more than 230chapters, representing morethan 40,000 family membersnationwide, according to thegroup’s website.
Olney begins searchfor Athena winner
Nominations are now be-ing accepted for the 10th An-niversary Greater Olney-SandySpring Athena Award.
Presented in memory ofBrooke Grove Retirement Vil-lage founder Eleanor HoweMarston, the program recog-nizes and honor women forcommunity service and profes-sional and personal leadership.
Nominations are dueMarch6. Nominees will be honoredand the recipient announced atan award tea onMay 1.
The Olney Chamber ofCommerce and Brooke Grovewebsites have more informa-tion, along with nomination,sponsorship and tribute forms.
Proceeds benefit the BrookeGrove Foundation Sue HoweMemorial and Olney Cham-ber of Commerce scholarshipfunds.
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The Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department transports Santa through the streets of Olney on Friday on the department’s annual Santa Ride. Here,Santa waves to children on Thatcher Court, on the second night of a six-night event that has been a tradition since the 1970s.
The reindeer are resting up for the big night
n Changes are responseto party-switching problemsraised by elections board
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Starting in January,MarylandMotor Vehicle Administrationemployees will no longer be ableto select or change a voter’s po-litical party when handling voterregistrations.
The change comes in re-sponse toreportsofMontgomeryCounty voters’ political party af-filiations being changed, withouttheir knowledge or consent, fol-lowing a trip to theMVA.
TheGazettefirst reported theregistrationproblemwhenvoterscame forward after the June 24primary saying they faced obsta-cles to voting because their partyaffiliationwaschangedto“other”without their consent.
The Montgomery CountyBoard of Elections estimates thatseveral hundred of its approxi-mately 635,000 voters could havehad their registrations affected.The board is seeking an audit ofthe MVA, in part, to determinethe cause.
Inresponsetotheissue,MVA,starting in January,willmake twochanges to how it handles voterregistrations, said Phil Dacey, di-rector of external affairs.
“When anybody raises is-
sues with us — be it citizens,the Montgomery County Boardof Elections, the State Board ofElections — we make changesas needed,” Dacey said. “We arevery responsive.”
Most notably, employees ofthe MVA won’t be able to inputor change a voter’s political affili-ation.Only thepersonregisteringto vote can make that selection,Dacey said.
“That way, if a change ismade, unequivocally, it was nota mistake by the [employee],” hesaid.
Currently, both the voter andthe employee can make the po-litical party choice, he said.
InanotherMVAchange,peo-ple will declare that they are citi-zens of the United States if theyselect “yes” when they register tovote.
By law, MVA cannot directlyask if someone is a U.S. citizen,Dacey said.
TheMVA is adding a citizen-ship clause where a voter selects“yes,” adding a layer of verifica-tion.
Starting in January, when thequestion “Do you wish to applyto register to vote?” appears ona screen, an optionwill say: “Yes.I am a U.S. Citizen and want toapply to register to vote,” Daceysaid.
It is required, when someonecompletes a voter registration, tocertify citizenship under penaltyof perjury, as well as other quali-fying statements, with a signa-ture.
Robert Debernardis, one ofthe Montgomery County resi-dents whose voter registration
was switched, said previouslythat he was most concernedabout the state using the signa-ture he provided for his driver’slicense to certify, in his case, anunauthorized voter registrationchange.
MVA does not collect a dedi-cated signature for the electronicvoter registration forms it gener-ates,Dacey said.
Dacey saidMVAcollects onlyonedigitalsignatureforacustom-er’s entire transaction that day,which could include a voter reg-istration or registration change.Dacey said the signature screenwill display the voter registrationcertification statement when aregistration is done, so it shouldbe clearwhat is being signed.
MVAalsoacceptspapervoterregistrationforms,whichmustbesigned.
Despite the voluntarychanges coming from MVA, theMontgomery County Board ofElections agreed Monday to stillpursue an audit.
Theboardhasasked the JointAudit Committee of the Mary-land General Assembly to directthe state’s Office of LegislativeAudits to investigate the MVA’shandling of voter registrations.
Among the issues the countyboard wants explored are voterregistrations switched or initi-ated without authorization,noncitizens registering to vote,failed registrations, the custodyof paper registrations and theau-tomatic use of a citizen’s driver’slicenseor IDsignatureonanelec-tronic voter registration form.
MVA to tweak parts of voter registration process
Brooke Grove VP tappedto lead senior networkDennis Hunter of Olney, vice
president of Brooke Grove Foun-dation, was named board chair-man-elect of LifeSpan Network,which represents more than300 senior care organizations inMaryland andWashington,D.C.
Hewill serve in this role fromJanuary through 2016, and is tobecomechairman for 2017-18.
MMG promotestwo executives
MMGofRockville promotedHelen West to president, ef-fective Jan. 1, succeeding JohnBenbrook.
West, who joined MMG in2005, is vice president of strate-gic development.
MMG also promoted AnnKottcamp to COO from vicepresident of client services.
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n Some cite long lines;others not bothered by waitingat Silver Spring location
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFFWRITER
The holiday season is the busiesttimeof theyear formany, including localpost offices that feature people hustlingand bustling to ship off packages andcards.
Therefore, Charlotte Cook expectedto wait in line at the Leisure World postoffice inSilver SpringonDec. 11.But shedidn’t expect the line to be out the door,
withonlyoneclerk trying tomeet thede-mand.Cook leftandreturnedtoasimilarlong line, so shedecided towait.
“I’d say theaverageageof thepeoplestanding in line was 75 to 80 years old,”saidCook, 65,who lives near thepost of-fice in Rockville. “Thewait was about anhour,which seems excessive.”
When she asked why only one clerkwasworking, rather than two, as shehadseen there during last year’s Decemberholiday rush, she said she was told thatsubstitute clerks who normally workwere asked to take vacation.
“That didn’t seem right,” Cook said.The U.S. Postal Service does not ask
employees to takevacation, saidDavidP.Coleman, a spokesman for the service’s
Washington,D.C., area district.“It is the choice of the employee to
makea request for leave,”Coleman said.“However, a decision on how and whenleavewould be approved is based on theoperational needs of thePostal Service.”
Local post offices are extremely busythis time of year, he noted. December isthe busiest mail month of the year andthe 15th is the busiest mailing day, hesaid.
An estimated 640 million cards, let-ters and packages were processed na-tionally on Dec. 15 alone, an increase of5 percent from 2013’s busiest day, ac-cording to the Postal Service. Colemandid not have figures for howmuchmailwas processed in Montgomery County
that day.More post offices have automated
machines to sendmail after hours. Cus-tomers can also buy stamps, ship pack-agesandevenschedulea freecarrierpickup through the service’s website, Cole-mansaid.Moreofficeswherepeoplecanmail packages andpurchase stampsalsoare being opened through partnershipsin local businesses — one at the AspenHill LotteryBeer andWine storeonCon-necticutAvenuehadagrandopeningonThursday.
ThePostalService isdeliveringsevendays a week in some portions of Mont-gomeryCounty, Coleman said.
On Wednesday, customers at theLeisure World post office said the lines
were not bad and the one clerk was get-ting them through fast.
Somecustomerswondered if havingonly one clerk signaled that the servicemight consolidate offices, which hasbeendiscussed in thepast.
There are no plans to consolidateany post offices in the county “at thistime,”Coleman said.
Noel Benavides of Rockville said theline at the Leisure World site was longeron Tuesday, and therewere actually twoclerks then.
“It’s the holidays,” Benavides said.“You have to expect some lines at thepost office.”
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Costco’s mega station gets “ThumbsDown” and the Kensington Heights com-munity gets “Thumbs Up” for having cou-rageously fought, these past years, for theright to live in a safe environment awayfrom imminent pollution. The WestfieldWheaton mall and its heavy traffic is pol-luted enough as it is!
Costco has shown no mercy or sym-pathy towards the Kensington Heightscommunity who, for years, struggled tokeep the mega gas station and its pollutionaway from its residents, the Stephen KnollsSchool for the disabled and the Kenmontswim club.
There’s no need for a mega gas stationin the Wheaton/Kensington area, whichis already blessed with 14 additional gasstations and 3 supermarket stores givingpoints used for purchase of discountedgas. These stores are: the Wheaton Giantand both Safeway stores in Wheaton andKensington.
Let’s hope that justice prevails andthat the Kensington Heights community isspared pollution and the agony and loss ofvaluable time due to corporate greed!
Viviane Pescov, Kensington
Community doesn’t need a Costco gas station
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The Costco store at the Westfield Wheaton mall.
The county executive’s plansfor a development ombudsmanto shorten permitting time isa fig leaf for the real problem.Business and prospective em-ployers can clearly see that theMontgomery County is inca-pable of correcting the prob-lems development has alreadycreated. You can be businessfriendly, but you still have to becapable of delivering a livableenvironment with a functioningtransportation infrastructure toattract new enterprise.
The county created an ineptAdequate Public Facility ordi-nance. But it has far too liberalcriteria for overcrowded schoolsand congested highways. Result:We got overcrowded schoolsand congested highways.
The ordinance allows a five-year look ahead to improve-ments that are budgeted, butin reality they may never cometo pass. The 120 percent schoolcapacity overage threshold failsbecause by the time you are 20percent too far down the road,you are still five to 10 years awayfrom the bricks and mortar
needed to correct the problem.Traffic congestion studies
are meaningless because theworst offenders are the statenumbered highways, which arereally not under MoCo control.So MoCo pleads, via its priorityletter, with [the State HighwayAdministration] to address is-sues for which SHA does nothave the necessary resources.So expensive, formal planningefforts only identify problemsand no solutions are available orforthcoming.
Read the MoCo Mobilityreport and count how manytimes the phrase “no correctiveaction is currently planned” ap-pears and you clearly see thatthe county is incapable of actingin a timely fashion even whenit knows disaster is coming ourway. It is all too apparent to aprospective business.
Maybe instead of an om-budsman, we need a formal“maker of the excuses” to attractnew business?
Art Slesinger, Darnestown
Accelerated clockand ombudsman won’t
solve development woesAbout the rising cost of fixing the Silver Spring Transit
Center, let me get this straight. First, the county is planningto front the extra money for the fix, an additional $21 million,which is on top of a previous county expense of $7.5 millionfor prior work.
Second, our re-elected county executive says the taxpay-ing public will not be liable for any additional costs. And whyis this? Because Mr. Leggett assures us that the county will re-cover all fronted money in a lawsuit to come later.
This is just not credible. Maybe the county (all of us) re-ally will recover all of our upfront costs. Maybe not. After all, itseems reasonable to expect the prime contractor, its subcon-tractors, and the design firm each to be represented by well-paid attorneys. And, the county government does not come tosuch a lawsuit with fully clean hands.
One unsurprising outcome might turn out to be a settle-ment prior to trial which would result in only partial paymentto the county (after its own lawyers and expert witness arepaid).
It seems to me to be disingenuous of Mr. Leggett to pre-tend we, the taxpayers, will not ultimately pay for fixing thisstructure. An honest statement can only be that his adminis-tration will try to recover those millions of dollars that we areabout to pay to fix this facility.
Mr. Leggett is just beginning a third term and will likelynot be in government by the time his lawsuit is tried or settled.By then, he will not have to pay a political price if it turns outthat we citizens are not compensated for this disaster.
It is up to the press to maintain a critical eye as this storydevelops.
Bernard Bloom, Silver Spring
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This week, we focus on goodwill toward humankind.From our box seat on life in Montgomery County, we see a
great deal of altruism and charity woven into the community.In our pages and on our website, we cover stories of goodnessthat show the caring acts of our cities and neighborhoods.
As we review the waning year and look ahead to the nextone, there’s no better time than this season of religious, cul-tural and spiritual celebration to highlight and commendsome of these selfless acts, such as:
• Kindergartners at Norwood School in Bethesda set a goalof collecting 5,000 boxes of colorful, cartoonish and other-wise fun bandages for pediatric cancer patients at MedStarGeorgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Theyended up with 7,130 boxes, which were added to what MaterDei School in Bethesda collected, for a total of about 10,000boxes.
• A member of the Moms Club of Kensington Park starteda toy drive when her children realized that some familiesdon’t have money to buy gifts. The Moms Club worked thisyear with Kensington Baptist Church, collecting an estimatedseveral thousand dollars’ worth of new and used toys.
• Some Indian restaurants in the area helped raise morethan $1,000 for a free clinic for survivors of the deadly 1984Union Carbide industrial accident in Bhopal, India.
• For an organization called Canine Companions for Inde-pendence, Byron Mason of Bethesda has volunteered to raisea Labrador retriever-golden retriever mix who will be trainedas an assistance dog for a person with disabilities.
• Contributions from Montgomery County and well be-yond poured into a fundraising account to help Ken Gem-mell, who lost his wife and two sons when a plane crashedinto their Gaithersburg home. The money flowed in, soaringclose to a half-million dollars in less than two weeks. Otherpeople and businesses in the community have chipped inwith their own fundraising efforts. Gemmell’s employer setup a separate college fund for his surviving daughter.
• Lorig Charkoudian of Takoma Park ran 67 miles fromBaltimore to Hagerstown during a two-day period afterThanksgiving. The trek symbolized the distance Baltimorefamilies travel to be with their relatives in state prison, as theytake part in a conflict resolution program that helps inmatesheal fractured relationships and become better people. Char-koudian raised money for the program.
• Employees of Montgomery County’s Office of Man-agement and Budget held a bake sale and made individualdonations to help the BrightFocus Foundation, a Clarksburgorganization that says it “works on diseases of mind andsight.”
• Employees of branches of The Greene Turtle Sports Bar& Grille pledged to donate all of the tips they made on Dec.10 to Toys for Tots, a Marine Corps Reserve program that col-lects and distributes gifts for children in low-income families.
There are countless other examples of local altruism justin the last few weeks. To everyone who organizes these effortsor participates in even the smallest way, we offer a heartfeltthanks.
We are heartened by anyone who makes giving and col-lecting a standard practice for the holiday season — groupssuch as Alternative Gifts of Greater Washington, which hostsa Takoma Park Alternative Gift Fair.
The shopping list there is infused with beneficence. Giftshave nothing to do with electronics or hot trends; they’re giftsof charity, honoring friends and relatives by giving to note-worthy causes on their behalf. For example, a $60 donation toAfrican Mothers Health Initiative means an orphaned infantin Malawi will get a month’s supply of formula.
Or donate $7 so a homebound Takoma Park resident canget lunch and dinner through Meals on Wheels.
As we’re reminded so often by the actions of people andorganizations we cover, there’s no limit to the kindness in ourhometowns.
Let’s celebrate that spirit in this season and make it ahabit all year long.
Make goodwilla habit
Montgomery County is currently requesting more police offi-cers for a stronger presence in Clarksburg.
Yes, I know it was inevitable, all of those thousands upon thou-sands of new and HUD dictated homes and housing has broughtwith it, along with a lot of good folks, the dregs of society, too. Theonce almost serene Clarksburg area is now a place where peoplenow have to lock their doors, windows, car doors and even theirsheds. We also have to be ever vigilant when shopping, going fora walk or jog or even going to the park, for fear of being a victim ofa crime.
While I do realize crime is going to happen no matter where youare, I dearly miss those long gone days when we had to worry verylittle about the crime problems here in Clarksburg and the uppercounty areas.
David Starr, Clarksburg
Crime in Clarksburghas gotten worse
Tragedy has struck again. The busi-ness jet that crashed into the houses onDrop Forge Lane in Gaithersburg on Dec.8 took the lives of not only the pilot and thepassengers, but also killed a mother, hertoddler, and her newborn child. A familyripped apart in a flash.
If this aircraft had been able to pull upanother 100 feet, it might have gone intothe Army Reserve center, where quite a fewreservists were present at that time. And ifit had gone even further, it could have hitthe newly built Montgomery County main-tenance facility on the Webb Tract.
In 1982 or ’83, a small Piper PA-28crashed on the Webb Tract exactly wherethe new PSTA (public service training acad-emy) is going to be built, killing a father andhis son. A horrible scene. I know because Iwas on the medic unit from GaithersburgVolunteer Fire Department, with past ChiefTom Carr as paramedic.
I shake when I think about what willhappen when a plane hits the Public Ser-vice Training Academy with police cadetsand firefighters all in class rooms.
Back when we were having the hear-ings regarding the county’s purchase of theWebb Tract, a head of the planning firmfrom Rockville shrugged his shoulders andsaid that nothing would or could happenwith aircraft landing and taking off over thecounty PSTA, school kitchen and mainte-nance shops. No problem, he said! I stoodup and tried to explain the “when” vs. “if”concept.
We hear the old argument that the air-park was there before the houses in Hunt-ers Woods and the East Village, but whenthis airfield was built, the air traffic wasminimal compared to today, and withsmaller airplanes.
I have lived in my house for 20 yearsnow and I am nervous. I am the first housea plane taking off from Runway 32 will flyover, and the last house they will fly overlanding on Runway 14.
What we see today is an unendingstream of “touch-n-go” aircraft, as well as“overflow” business jets from National Air-port, where only a specific number of bizjets are allowed to land each day. Inbound
aircraft often have trouble getting into thepattern, and the much faster jets that comein on a long final approach have to hopethat there is a hole they can fit into.
In this latest tragic incident, it may ap-pear that there was not enough room forthe jet, causing the pilot to attempt to slowhis approach by making “S” turns and pull-ing power back. This of course is just myguessing, and, yes, I am a pilot and havejust recently retired from a major airline.
Today, all kinds of business aircraft,from turboprops to big jets, like Gulf-streams and Falcon Jets, come in to ourlittle airfield.
So what can be done? I propose a land-ing fee for every aircraft that touches down.TAG (touch-n-go) aircraft should pay everytime their wheels touch the runway. Onlytake off from Runway 14 and only land onRunway 32. The flyway to the south east isa lot longer and safer, with less to no resi-dential area.
Mr. Leggett, are you listening?
Hans J. Bjarno, Gaithersburg
Concerns about airpark have been around for years
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Eighty-ninefree throws.That’s exactlyhowmany foulshots twogirlsbasketball teamscombined forduringa32-min-utegame lastweek.That’s anaverageof 2.8free throwseveryminute.Frommyexperience,highschool
basketball gamesgoprettyquick.Butthis contest—admittedly Ididn’t at-tend—betweenLargoandCrossland,whichwascoveredby longtimeGazettefreelancerTerronHampton (hecalled it“veryugly”), draggedon formore thantwohours.While thenatureofPrinceGeorge’s
highschoolbasketball is traditionallymorephysical—and thus sometimesof-ficiateddifferently—than inMontgom-eryCounty, 89 free throws is anabsurdtotal. Tomakemattersworse, the teamscombined tomake just 34of them.Atall levelsofbasketball, innoun-
certain terms, contactbetweenopposingplayers is illegal.Theunwrittenguidelines,whichare
for thebettermentof thegame,however,vary fromgametogameand fromoffi-cial toofficial. Fansandmediamembersdon’twant to sit around for threehourswitheverypointof contactwhistled forandcalleda foul.There’s afine linebetweenenforcing
rulesandallowing thegame toflow. Idon’t envy theofficials’ job.But this column isn’t to rail on the
teamsor theofficials, but to simplypointouta trend.Thiswinter, I’venoticed thepaceofplayhas slowedsome inhighschoolbasketball.And it isdue toa simple rule change
(or clarification for some)madeby theNationalFederationofStateHighSchoolAssociations,whichMaryland, for themostpart, abidesby.In recent years, theNBAandNCAA
have takensteps to increase scoringandpromoteoffenseand freedomofmovementbynotallowingmuch, if any,contacton theperimeterbetweenade-fenderandoffensiveplayer.This season, theNFHSdid the same;
it essentiallyhaseliminatedall contacton theperimeter. Likeanynew, clarifiedoraltered rule, there is anadjustmentperiod forall parties involved.Playerseventually learnwhat theycanandcan’tget awaywith.Here’swhatwasannounced inMay
by theNFHS:“Inaneffort toeliminateexcessive
contactonball-handlers anddribblersoutsideof the lanearea, thecommitteeaddedArticle 12 toRule10-6oncontact.Asa result, the followingactswill con-stitutea foulwhencommittedagainstaball-handler/dribbler: 1)placing twohandson theplayer, 2)placinganex-tendedarmbaron theplayer, 3)placingandkeepingahandon theplayerand4)contact theplayermore thanoncewiththe samehandoralternatinghands.”“What theyare really trying to
change is toallow for freedomofmove-mentandcutting through the lane; that’swherea lotof complaintswere,” saidlongtimeMagruderboyscoachDanHarwood. “Idon’t thinkhand-checkingis amajor thing.“Watching somegames, just like
college last year, there’sbeena fewmorefoul shots.”Basketballwill openup like the
rule intended,but therecouldbesomelonganduglygames fanswill have to sitthrough.
Rule changeleads tougly games
ASSISTANT SPORTSEDITOR
KENT ZAKOUR
n Little Hoyas easily defeatIAC rival, 10-1, in ice hockey
BY JACOB BOGAGESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
It was a long time coming, but Jack Olsonfinally scored his third goal of the night latein the third period Friday for the GeorgetownPrepatory School ice hockey team. He campedout in front of the net with a little more than aminute to play and the rebound trickled on tothe tape of his stick with Bullis goaltender WillGansler sprawled out on all fours.What else was he supposed to do?Olson, Prep’s (5-1-1, 3-0-1 IAC) prized se-
nior center, flicked a wrist shot almost apolo-getically into theunguardednet for his hat trickand the icing on the Little Hoyas’ 10-1 win atRockville Ice Arena.“It was just one of those days,” Bullis (1-6,
0-2 IAC) coach Jack Kinder said.Olson’s first two tallies came within four
minutes of oneanother in thefirst period, beat-inghismandown the rightwing andpopping alayup past Gansler.“Speed kills,”Olson said. “Youplay defense
first, but then it’s off to the races.”“He’s an animal,” Prep coach Paul Fritz
said. “He can put the puck in the net when hehas to.”In a game that lopsided Olson said he
wasn’t looking for a third goal. It’s better to dis-
tribute thepuck, he said. That didn’t seemtobea problem. He tallied three assists as well.“We just want to move the puck a lot and
crash the net,” he said. “When somebodyshoots, everybody goes to the net. That’s whatwe practice.”Olson’s line had eight of the Hoyas’ 20
points on the evening. Wingers John MacMulera, sophomore, and Riley Backenstoe, se-nior, combined for three goals themselves andan assist.That chemistry emerged by accident, said
Fritz. In a sudden change situation two weeksago, Olson and Mulera — or “Jonny Hockey”
Georgetown glides past Bullis
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Georgetown Prep’s Jack Olson (left) fights for thepuck with Bullis’ Patrick Leasure during Friday’sgame.
n Former Good Counsel standoutset to play in Saturday’s Military Bowl
BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER
Now that Kendall Fuller is a college football player, theNavy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is just another sta-dium, he said. But that wasn’t the case five years ago. Then,he was just a freshman at Good Counsel High School. And
WCAC football rivalsunite at Virginia Tech
VIRGINIA TECH ATHLETICS
Good Counsel High School graduate Kendall Fuller in one of the bestdefensive backs in the country at Virginia Tech.
n After playing girls basketballand living in Japan, point guard
focuses on next step
BY KENT ZAKOURSTAFFWRITER
As Blake High School senior guardAlyshia Allison took shots in the SilverSpring school’s gym prior to practicelast week, she wore a blue sweatshirt
with theword ‘UCONN’ sewnacross it.While the 5-foot-6 guard most
likelywon’t be offered a scholarship bythe premier program in women’s col-legebasketball—Allison is a legitimateDivision I recruit according to Bengalscoach Patti Gilmore — she wears theUniversity of Connecticut hoodie withpride.“It’s not my dream school but it’s
a program I’m really fond of,” Allisonsaid during an interview at the school
last week. “The way they work, they’redisciplined and the way they play areall good things to aspire to.”Allison’ journey to Blake is a
worldly one. She was born in Londonandhas lived inBethesda,Washingtonstate,Hawaii, Japan (twice), Tennesseeand Silver Spring. She says the travelsare a normal part of her family life —her father is in the Navy — and she’sadjusted, but it has hurt her ability toachieve one of her goals: receiving a
college scholarship.“I’ve grown to like it and accus-
tomed to the lifestyle,” Allison said.“I think it’s allowed me to become aperson that can adapt to different en-vironments and situationsquickly.Me,being a military brat, that’s what youlearn, to adapt to change.”During her sophomore and ju-
nior seasons, Allison played for Nile C.
Senior finds a home at BlakeGREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE
Blake High School senior guard Alyshia Allison (right) drives to the basket Dec. 17 against Springbrook.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: Churchill plays host to QuinceOrchard in its holiday tournament, 5:30 p.m. Monday
WRESTLING: Damascus Holiday Tournament, Sunday
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to the Prep student sectionthat serenaded the Bulldogsall game long — skated to-gether and moved the puckwell. They’re two of the team’sfastest skaters, assistant coachNick Bliss said.
“Coach Bliss and I looked
at each other and said, ‘Thesetwo have to stay together,’”Fritz said.
Fritz added Backenstoeto inject some grit in the unit,and the Hoyas had a new firstline, one that’s been producingwithout compare, Fritz said.
It also evened out George-town Prep’s lower lines, saidOlson.
TheHoyas are still awaiting
the return of five players frominjury, the majority of whomwill garner major minutes onthe ice, according to Bliss.
“We’ll just have the plugthem in wherever we see aspot,” he said. “You have towork your way back in.”
To many a high schoolhockey team, that’s depthcoaches dream about. Not sofor GeorgetownPrep, said Fritz.
It may have been enough forthe IAC rivalry, but teams likeGonzaga and Landon run threeto four lines with ease.
“In the past your have fouror five guys who can play andit makes it difficult when theycome off the ice,” Fritz said.
Moving Olson and Muleratogether helps, he said, but itdoesn’t solve defensive prob-lems. Bullis scored on an ane-
mic shot from the point thatslipped past an unsuspectingWill Boggs, Prep’s freshmannetminder.
He started the year as theLittle Hoyas’ third goalie andmoved into the starting slotafter injuries. He had 14 savesFriday night, but the Bulldogoffense created plenty of op-portunities, just ones foiledby deflections near the goal-
mouth.Prep’s depth means some-
times defenders can get awaywith sacrificing on fundamen-tals at times, said Fritz.
“Your physical speed andstrength and power are impor-tant, but whenwe get up by twoor three goals, guys start to slowdown,” he said. “Those are thelittle things. That will help uswin down the stretch.”
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it was a big deal then, becauseplaying on the Jack StephensField meant playing for a Wash-ington Catholic Athletic Confer-ence championship.
“In high school I might’vethought of it differently becausethat was always our champion-ship,” Fuller said.
But it didn’t take long forFuller, a 2013 Good Counselgraduate, to get used to large
crowds and big stadiums. Withthe Falcons, he went to the An-napolis field for the WCAC titlegame all four years, winning iteach time. Andnow, as a sopho-more at Virginia Tech, he’ll headthere again as the Hokies takeon the Cincinnati Bearcats inthe Military Bowl, scheduled for1 p.m. Saturday.
Fuller, of Baltimore, grewup in a football family. His sib-lings Kyle, Corey and Vincent(now retired) Fuller all played atVirginia Tech and then the Na-tional Football League. Kendall
Fuller was a five-star recruit andnamed U.S. Army All-AmericanDefensive Player of the Year andMaryland Gatorade FootballPlayer of the Year as a senior atthe Olney school. The accoladeskept coming at Virginia Tech.As a freshman he was the Atlan-tic Coast Conference DefensiveRookie of the Year. This season,the 6-foot-1 cornerback was afirst-teamAll-ACC selection.
“I think he’s just a student ofthe game. He’s very technicallysound,” freshman teammateCameron Phillips said. “Some-
times he knows which route iscomingbefore I even run it.”
Phillips, a receiver, attendedDeMatha and was the 2013Prince George’s County All-Gazette Player of the Year. Hecompeted against Fuller severaltimes in high school, recallingone play during the 2012 seasonwhen he got a jump at the line ofscrimmage before Fuller caughtup and deflected the pass. Thetwo went against each other inthe 2012WCAC championship, agamethatFuller,whoalsoplayedreceiver, finished with 125 yards
and three touchdown receptionsto lead the Falcons to a 26-14 vic-tory.
“I’d like to say [I outplayedhim] but he has the champion-ship ring to speak for it,” Phillipssaid.
At Virginia Tech, the two gohead tohead inpractice.
“I get him one time and hemight get me the next,” Phillipssaid.
For the Hokies (6-6) to fin-ish their season with a win overthe Bearcats (9-3), they’ll look forcontributions from all their for-
mer WCAC standouts — seniorkickerMichael Branthover is alsoa graduate ofDeMatha (2011).
“I’mhappytogooutandplayin Annapolis in front of familyand friends,” Branthover said. “Ithink this is a great opportunity.”
The game is being shown onESPNandWatchESPN.
“[I’m looking forward to] justgetting out on the field, compet-ing with my team one last time,”Fuller said. “Just trying to sendthe seniors out right.”
VIRGINIA TECHContinued from Page B-1
KinnickHighSchoolwhile livingin Yokosuka, Japan. She earnedplayer of the year honors andhelped the school win the 2012-13 Asian Pacific Division I FarEast championship, which isthe equivalent towinning a state
title.“Getting recruited ishardbe-
cause coaches gowithwhat theyknow,” said Allison, who wantsto major in sports managementor business, attend law schooland possibly become a sportsagent. “They haven’t seen meso it’s a lot of go-getting for me.I reach out to coaches and showthem what I have. It’s coming
along; just got to have patience.”Added Gilmore: “Another
collegecalls everydayandshowsinterest. It will all work out.”
Allison, who said the hardestpart of playing basketball out-side the U.S. was the languagebarrier, began playing the sportin elementary school, and said itwas the one activity she’s alwayswanted to work at and get better
in.“I cheered, played soc-
cer and tried to play football,”said Allison, who is averaging13 points per game, including17-point performances againstEinstein and Clarksburg. “ButI always came back to basket-ball.”
This winter, she’s helpedthe Bengals (4-2) develop into a
potential 4A North Region titlecontender.With an experiencedteam already returning, includ-ing senior Citiana Negatu,Gilmore said Allison, who seesthe floor well and can assist orscore, has run the point guardposition with precision.
“I’m calling it my earlyChristmas present,” Gilmoresaid. “It’s huge. We were going
to be pretty good anyway, butAlyshia just pushes it over thetop. She gives us a chance tocontend with the better teamsin Montgomery County.”
Blake is set to play Wise onMonday in the Lady SpartansHoliday Tournament at LaurelHigh School.
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n Seniors, sisters leadWildcats over Sherwood
BYERICGOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER
Walter JohnsonHighSchool’sEricaBoydcouldonlyturnaroundand smile after watching her shotroll gently, and then die on theback of the rim. The layup at-tempt resulted in a stoppage ofplay, not a field goal. But with aneight-point lead over Sherwoodmidway through the fourth quar-ter, theWildcats (4-1) didn’t needthebounces togo theirway.
Instead, they relied on theirsenior leaders — Boyd and twinsisters Kate andMaggie Howie—to lock down defensively and ex-ecute the offense. The three have
been playing together since mid-dleschool—KateandMaggiewellbefore that—and their chemistryshowed in Dec. 17’s 49-39 victoryover visiting Sherwood (3-1) inBethesda.
Boyd, the point guard, hadeight points to go along with 11rebounds and five steals. KateHowie hit two 3-pointers in thesecond half and finished witheight, while locking down War-
riors senior Nicole Stockinger.Maggie Howie had six points,helping hold the Sandy Springschool toonefieldgoal in thefinalperiod.
“We have this connection,we laugh about it all the time. I’llbe dribbling down the court, andnot even having my eyes lookingat that side of the court, but knowErica is going to be there, and justhit herwith thepass,”KateHowiesaid. “... It’s really awesome tohave, especially as seniors.”
Walter Johnson took a 25-23leadintohalftimeanda40-36leadafter three quarters. In the fourth,the Wildcats countered Sher-wood’s zone defense with quick,crisp passes, getting all five play-ers involved in the offense. Fresh-man center Jada Dupaa was thebeneficiary, scoring a game-high
17 points, while the other starter,sophomore Jordan Zavareei,addedninepoints.
“Our ballmovementwas fan-tastic,”KateHowiesaid.“Wewerehittingpost, tooutside, tooutside,to post, and we were just hittingour shots and we were finishingour layups.”
“We were really composed inthe fourth quarter,” added Boyd.“... I thinkwehavespurtsof itdur-ing games. When it comes downto the end, we can [gain compo-sure].”
It was the first loss for Sher-wood, which started 3-0 underfirst-year coach Tim Hobbs.Stockinger and Delaney Mc-Menamin led the team with 11points apiece, while Amanda Al-len added seven. The balancedoffense helped theWarriors hang
around formost of the game, buttheywentquiet late,goingthefirstsix minutes of the fourth quarterwithoutafieldgoal.
“Tome, that’s EricaBoyd andthe Howie sisters,” Hobbs said.“LikeItoldmykids, they’veplayedin a regional final, they’ve playedsomany games. And here we are,just trying to believe in ourselves… We have potential. But youhave to realizepotential.”
TheWildcats,whowent13-10last season, are seeking their firststate tournament appearancesince 1986. They are scheduled toplay RichardMontgomery FridayinRockville.
“We all support each otherlikecrazy,”MaggieHowiesaid. “...Ourgoal is to just keepgoing.”
Continuity, chemistry key for Walter Johnson
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Walter Johnson High School twin sisters Maggie (left) and Kate Howie.
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n Team Washington beats TeamBaltimore by 10 points in all-star
football game
BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
Bullis School runningbackDevonteWilliams’ capped of his prep footballcareer with another outstanding per-formance on Sunday, this one comingin the seventh annual Maryland CrabBowl held atMcDaniel College inWest-minster.
Williams amassed 133 all-purposeyards and scored three touchdowns inthe senior all-star game to lead TeamWashington to a 31-21 victory overTeam Baltimore. It was Washington’sfifth win in the series.
“It was just a great experience hav-ing the ability to compete with a lot ofthe top players in Maryland,” Williamssaid. “I just had funwith it.”
The fun started early for Williams,who scored the first touchdown of thegame just over three minutes into thecontest, hauling in a 32-yard pass fromBrandon Battle (North Point) to giveWashington the early lead. The Mar-shall University recruit then added a9-yard rushing touchdown on Wash-ington’s next possession, propellingthe team to a 24-14 halftime advantage.
Williams’ final score came late inthe game as he took a handoff andheaded to the right from five yards out,but then reversed field and wound upcrossing the goal line just inside the leftpylon. The scoring play was set up by atremendous 59-yard reception by Wil-liams from quarterback Tyler Crowe(Patuxent).
Riverdale Baptist defensive line-man Rashad Manning, who had anoutstanding game himself with fourtackles-for-loss, including two sacks,said he had taken note ofWilliams’ big-play ability during a film session earlierin the season.
“In the regular season our team[was] watching film of another team,but Bullis — the team he plays for —they were going against that team,”Manning said. “He was runningaround, and we were like, ‘Who is that
kid?’ Thatwasn’t even the teamweweresupposed to be looking at, but coachsaid he was real good and I actually gotto see formyself tonight.”
Several other area players madecontributions to the win for the Wash-ington squad. Keon Paye (Good Coun-sel) caught an 83-yard touchdown passfrom Battle, stiff-arming a would-betackler to the ground in the process.Linebacker Isaiah Ryans (Friendly)came up with a big tackle in the flat ona screen pass to help thwart the Balti-more comeback attempt, and also reg-istered a huge hit on the ball carrier ona fourth down conversion attempt latein the contest. Brian Castillo (Avalon)came up with an athletic, diving inter-ception during the third quarter.
“Playing in this game was just agreat opportunity to show my talent tothe whole entire nation, and the wholestate,” Castillo said. “I loved it, and itwas an honor to play.”
The 54-player Washington squadfeatured 12 participants from Mont-gomery County, including MylesRobinson (Good Counsel), Roger Rich-ardson (GoodCounsel), AndrewAshley(Good Counsel), Grant Ibeh (Avalon),Tavis Holland (Clarksburg), David For-ney (Georgetown Prep), Jonathan Hol-land (Bullis), Jon Bateky (Poolesville)and Gil Reynolds (Albert Einstein).Gaithersburg’s Kamonte Carter re-corded a sack and two tackles-for-lossas the lone county representative onTeamBaltimore.
Team Washington also featured 11players from Prince George’s County,including TimothyWomack Jr. (Forest-ville), Tolu Adeboyeku (DuVal), JaisonYoung (Riverdale Baptist), Jaire George(DeMatha), Kesean Strong (Potomac),David Rose (Potomac), Isaac Jackson(Riverdale Baptist), Demetrius Boyd(FairmontHeights),DeAndreKelly (De-Matha) and KeironHoward (Potomac).
“To play against all these greatplayers in the state is really an honorbecause I know growing up I was like,‘Man, I want to play in the Crab Bowl,’”Ibeh said. “Going through practice andeverything, you see how good kids areand it’s just amazing to see the talent inthese practices, and then you saw it inthis game. So, yeah, it’s beenanhonor.”
Bullis senior takes the spotlight at Crab Bowl
PHOTOS BY BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE
Bullis School senior running back Devonte Williams dives into the end zone for his second touchdown during Sunday’s Crab Bowl.
Good Counsel High School receiver Keon Paye runs towarda touchdown after making a catch during Sunday’s CrabBowl at McDaniel College in Westminster.
Clarksburg High School’s Tavis Holland runs for yardage during Sunday’s CrabBowl at McDaniel College in Westminster.
Sherwood, Holy Crossgrads earn honors
University of Florida sophomore AlexHolston was named a first team All-Americanby the American Volleyball Coaches’ Associa-tion and teammate and Holy Cross alumnaRhamat Alhassan was named to the second
team. The Gators advanced to the Elite Eightthis fall, finishing at 28-4 and won their 21stSoutheastern Conference title in 24 years.
Holston (3.83 kills per set), a right-side hit-ter, was also named the SEC player of the yearand Alhassan (2.66 kills, 1.32 blocks) a middleblocker, was the conference’s freshman of theyear.
— KENT ZAKOUR
KEEPING IT BRIEF
BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
On Sunday, over 100 highschool senior football play-ers, representing 63 schoolsfrom across the state, met atMcDaniel College for the sev-enth annual Maryland ArmyNational Guard Crab Bowl.
The all-star showcase pit-ted TeamWashington againstTeam Baltimore, with bothsquads outfitted in Under Ar-mour uniforms — all-blackgear for Washington, all-white gear for Baltimore. Theonly ways to determine whichschool a player representedwere to check in the program,or check his helmet.
Two players, defensiveback Grant Ibeh and line-backer Bryan Castillo, sportedgolden helmets with the black“A” of the Black Knights ofAvalon, which has gainedattention since top recruitTrevon Diggs, the youngerbrother of University of Mary-land star and Good Counselgraduate Stefon Diggs, at-tends the Gaithersburg school.
Over the past few yearsthe program has churned outa surprising amount of talent,despite its small size. Both Ibehand Castillo were honored toparticipate in the event, theysaid, and both reveled in TeamWashington’s 31-21 victory.And they share a similar storyof how they ended up at theall-boys school.
“Yeah I actually did trans-fer [to Avalon],” Ibeh said.“I was at [Thomas S.] Woot-ton. I lived, actually, aroundWootton, so I transferred toAvalon. Avalon is not that farfrom Wootton, so it wasn’t abig transition. It worked out,because I like Avalon a lot.”
Like Ibeh, Castillo said helives “15 minutes away” fromAvalon, so the change in com-mute wasn’t as much of an ad-justment as the change in theclassroom.
“It’s not just for the foot-ball,” Castillo said. “Academi-cally, I love it. It’s a smallerclassroom so I can focus moreon that. ... All the teachers are
great. I love them. They really,actually care aboutme, not likein public school where they re-ally don’t care about you.”
Castillo also came to theBlack Knights from Woot-ton for his senior season. Thepair were two of over a dozentransfers to Avalon, six ofwhich came from Wootton,where Black Knights coachTyree Spinner coached for twoyears prior to his dismissal inJanuary 2014.
“Coach Spinner, he movedover there, so I had to go withhim,” Castillo said. “I waslured to him, and I love beingaround him. He’s like a fatherfigure to me.”
Avalon is a private schoolwith kindergarten through12th grade and a total enroll-ment of around 200, withroughly 100 at the high-schoollevel. It opened in 2003, and islocated in First Baptist Churchon West Diamond Avenue.
The Black Knights do nothave a football field to call theirown, and practice atMill CreekTowne Local Park. But that
hasn’t stopped Avalon fromsuccess on the gridiron. TheBlack Knights claimed threestraight Capitol Area FootballConference titles from 2010through 2012 under previouscoach Tad Shields, and are ex-periencing a new surge in in-terest under Spinner.
Playing against some ofthe top talent in the state onSunday, Castillo (intercep-tion) and Ibeh (two passes de-fended, two tackles) showedthat those successes are likelyto continue on into the future.
The players said Avalon isexperiencing a new surge ininterest under Spinner. TheBlack Knights should have noshortage of deserving repre-sentatives at showcase eventslike the Crab Bowl for years tocome, even if many of thoseplayers don’t know they’ll bewearing an Avalon helmet yet.
“I know there’s going to beso many kids coming in,” Ibehsaid. “I know there are kidscoming in to Avalon. They willbe very, very good next year.”
Avalon transfers made the right call
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Poolesville High School’s Jon Bateky (left) and Avalon’s Bryan Castillo (right)stop a Baltimore runner during Saturday’s game.
n Senior linebacker,defensive back play well
in all-star game
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n Coyotes have beenfinding positives in aperiod of struggles
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFF WRITER
Five games into the 2014-2015 season, Clarksburg HighSchool basketball coach G.J.Kissal stood propped upagainst a Carolina blue door,explaining why he wanted, “topunch [himself] in the gut.”The Coyotes had just droppedtheir second game in threedays, a 54-37 loss to RichardMontgomery, and Kissal foundhimself reiterating a phrasehe’s used ad nauseam.
“This is our journey,” Kissalsaid,matter-of-factly. “I’ve saidit, and it must be maddeningfor the kids to hear me say it.”
That was the locker roommessage Kissal delivered tohis group, a message aimed tosoften the blow of a start thatwas anything but expected forlast season’s 4A West Regionrunner-up.
Early on in a preseasonscrimmage against GoodCounsel, Clarksburg juniorAndrew Kostecka caught anerrant knee to the quad as hedrove to the basket for a la-yup. Kostecka, a Holy Crossrecruit, headed to the sidelinewith what he thought was justa deep bruise.
“It happens,” Kosteckasaid. “Stuff like that happens.”
But the injury worsened astime wore on. The guard’s legbegan to swell more and more,prompting a trip to the doctorthat revealed a quad hema-toma, defined as “a collectionof blood outside a blood ves-sel” by WebMD.
“It was pretty bad,”
Kostecka said. “I’ve brokenbones, but this is way worse.”
The original recovery win-dow was scheduled for any-where from four days to sixweeks, according to Kostecka,who said he was aggravated bythe uncertainty of his injury’sextent. Now, nearly four weeksafter the injury, Kostecka is onthe verge of coming back, aim-ing for a Saturday return.
Even in Kostecka’s ab-sence, Kissal was adamant thatthe Coyotes still have to be ableto find positive points in thejourney he so often refers to.
“It’s hard but I firmly be-lieved that this would help usin the long run,” Kissal said ofthe junior’s absence. “It wouldforce other guys to step up,get more comfortable, assertthemselves and grow into roles... other guys get opportunitiesto explore their game in his ab-sence and get confident.”
Those opportunities haveplayed out over Clarksburg’sfirst five games, in which ahandful of inexperiencedpieces have beenmaking someprogression, though it’s notalways pretty, Kissal said. TheCoyotes lost three seniors — agroup Kissal said dominated alot of the possessions — fromlast year’s team, and Kosteckawas expected to soften the blowof such a substantial departure.At the end of the first quarter ofthe Dec. 17 game with Rich-ard Montgomery, the Coyotesfaced a 15-2 deficit. There were3-pointers bricked off the back-board, costly turnovers in thebackcourt and head-scratchingdefensive lapses.
But as the game wore on,signs of progress becamemore and more evident. Ballmovement improved and thedefense tightened. Breaking
down the Rockets’ pressurebecame less and less of a chorefor Clarksburg’s backcourt, asthe transition game picked upand the shots began falling.Midway through the fourthquarter, the Coyotes managedto narrow the deficit to 12, afeat that brought Kostecka tohis feet as he clapped furiously,encouraging his teammates heso longed to be with.
“Obviously it sucks. I don’twant to sit on the bench ever,”Kostecka said of being rel-egated to the sideline. “But
sometimes it’s good to see [a]different aspect. ... When youwatch from the bench you geta different perspective.”
In Kostecka’s absence, theCoyotes have turned to seniorsDevinne Greene and AustinDuffy, both contributors fromlast year’s group, to pace theteam.
“There’s some lag in termsof execution, things thatthey’remissing because there’sa lot they’re asked to learn,”Kissal said of Clarksburg’s newpieces. “There are nuances
that, through years of playingin the program, you pick upon.”
“We have the ability to doit,” Duffy said of the team. “It’sjust once the mental side andall the tiny details click intoplace and everyone starts to doeverything right, it’s going to begood.”
Though a 3-2 start is cer-tainly not what Kissal and theCoyotes expected this season,it’s not unfamiliar territory.Last season’s team got off tothe exact same start before get-
ting hot at the right time, ridingthe momentum into the regionfinal. And although his rostermay have a different look fromlast season, Kissal said expecta-tions have not changed.
“None whatsoever,” Kissalsaid firmly. “We expected towin [Dec. 15] and we expectedto win tonight ... we fully feellike at some point this seasonit’s going to click and we’re go-ing to be a team that has to beaccounted for.”
Clarksburg’s basketball ‘journey’ clearing up without star
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Clarksburg High School senior Andrew Kostecka, a Holy Cross recruit who has been out with a leg injury, encourages teammates playing Dec. 17 againstRichard Montgomery.
n Swarmin’ Hornets’lower weights dominate
BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
The Damascus HighSchool wrestling team cruisedto a 55-21 victory over visitingGlenelg Wednesday to im-prove to 4-0 this season.
The Swarmin’ Hornetsdominated the lower weightclasses, taking the first sevenbouts en route to a 37-0 lead.Mikey Macklin (113 pounds),David Creegan (126), MichaelWilkerson (132), Brendon Par-ent (138) and Owen Brooks(182) each recorded first-pe-riod pins.
Scotty Obendorfer (120)posted a technical fall over hisopponent, while T.J. Macklin(106) and Corey Obendorfer(145) each secured major de-cisions.
“I expected us to do prettywell against them,” Damas-cus coach John Furgeson said.“What I like to see is now thefootball players are starting to
get into shape. ... with a littlebit more time, hopefully afterChristmas break they’ll takecare of that issue, but they aregood kids and they are work-ing and putting in the time tocatch up.”
Both Ari Cacopardo, a statecompetitor at 182 poundswitha 39-6 record last season, andLane Hunt (285) are still re-cuperating after the footballteam’s run to the 3A statechampionship game less thantwo weeks ago.
The Gladiators (3-1)earned a pair of falls in the toptwo weight classes, as well asat 152 pounds. Glenelg’s MikeBudock (160 pounds) ekedout a 8-6 victory over ColinMcLaughlin in the sudden-victory period, an outcomethat Furgeson said he saw as apositive despite surrenderingthree team points.
“It was good to see Colingo the distance with Budock,because he is a really goodwrestler,” Furgeson said. “Iwas excited that he was in aposition to win it, but unfortu-nately we came out on the los-
ing end of it in overtime.”The Swarmin’ Hornets
have a quick turnaround be-fore heading out to the Ap-palachian Duals this weekendat Skyline High School in Vir-ginia. Damascus is the onlyMaryland school in the event,and should face some of thetop programs in Virginia, in-
cluding Lake Braddock, Battle-field and the host Hawks.
“We’re going to go see howsome Virginia guys wrestle,”Furgeson said. “Hopefully weget our butts kicked a little bitand learn something about ourtoughness, then bring it backto the practice room and getready to go.”
Damascus grapplers roll past Glenelg
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Damascus High School’s Scotty Obendorfer (right) wrestles Glenelg’s ColinSilk Wednesday at 120 pounds.
n Senior’s 14 points,free throws help Barons
to a 43-33 victory
BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
Led by 14 points fromMar-iama Tunkara, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School girlsbasketball team overcame anearly deficit on Friday to post a43-33 victory over host Mont-gomery Blair.
The Barons (4-1 overall,1-0 Montgomery County 4ASouth Division) trailed for al-most three quarters until a pairof Shantal Perez free throwstied the score at 27-27 late inthe third quarter. A Tunkarafree throw gave B-CC its firstlead of the contest with 6 min-utes, 45 seconds remainingthe fourth quarter. The seniorcaptain finished 6-for-8 fromthe line in the fourth quarter.
“In past games I haven’tbeen so strong from the free-throw line, so I knew thatthat would be the difference,”Tunkara said. “I just kept kindof talking to myself at the free-throw line, saying, ‘It’s free.It’s free. It’s free. All you haveto do it make it.’”
The free points weren’t aseasy to come by early in thecontest. The Barons made just2-of-6 attempts in the first half,and 7-of-15 through the thirdquarter. B-CC coach RyanIngalls was pleased with thefourth-quarter performancefrom the stripe — the Baronsshot 16-for-22 as a team in theframe — but she knows that itis something her squad needsto work on.
“It’s something that wehave struggled with,” she said.“We’ve done it in practice,but it’s very hard to simulategame-like situations with freethrows. It’s something we’llcontinue to work on, becausein the closer games it’s goingto be the difference.”
The Blazers (4-1, 0-1)jumped out to an early 8-2 leadby the end of the first quarterthanks to some hard workon the offensive glass. Blairgrabbed four offensive re-bounds in the frame which setup five second-chance points.
Lauren Frost led the Blaz-ers with 10 points and seven
rebounds, while Camille Estrinscored eight. Blair coach ErinConley liked what she saw inthe first half, but thinks heryoung squad started makingsome questionable decisionsdown the stretch.
“B-CC came out muchstronger defensively [in thesecond half], and I think ourguards had a little bit of a hardtime handling that pressure,”Conley said. “When we wereattacking the basket, we wouldhave a hard time handlingit when they would collapseon us — we didn’t make theright decisions, make the rightpasses and we sort of falteredunder the pressure.”
The Barons forced 23 turn-overs in the game, including13 in the second half. AlexisHopkins led the B-CC defensewith five steals, while Tunkaraadded three takeaways.
“They were playing muchharder than us in the firstquarter, and it showed,”Tunkara said. “At timeoutsand the breaks I talked tomy team, and we just kind ofpulled together. We knew thatwe wanted it more.”
With the victory, the Bar-ons have nearly equaled theirsix-win total from last season.Tunkara believes the early-season victories are settingoff a positive feedback loopthat should lead to future suc-cesses.
“This is definitely momen-tum into our game onMondayversus [Richard Montgomery],and the rest of the season,” shesaid. “Last season we didn’thave a strong season, and nowwe are starting off way betterthan we did last year. I thinkthat gets our energy up moreand more, just to know thatwe are here, and we have fourwins, and we just have to pushthrough.”
B-CC 43, Blair 33SCORINGB-CC: Mariama Tunkara
14; Shantal Perez 10; Char-lotte Lowndes 6; Daisy Leahy5; Caitlin Clendenin 5; AlexisHopkins 3.
Blair: Lauren Frost 10; Ca-mille Estrin 8; Breanna Camp6; Liza Curcio-Rudy 6; AlexisMoses 3.
B-CC girls comeback to defeat Blair
n First-year coach takes over father’sprogram during emotional time
BYADAMGUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER
Whenthe2013-14boysbasketball seasonatCovenantLifeSchoolcametoaclose, then-assistant coach Tim Snyder packed up histhingsandheadedoff toOklahoma,wherehehad accepted a construction job. The seasonhadbeenanemotional roller coaster for Sny-der,he said, and theCovenantLife families.
On Jan. 22, Sue Snyder, mother of Timand wife of then-coach Alan Snyder, lost herlengthy battle with breast cancer. Two dayslater, 16-year-old Teressa French, a girls bas-ketball player at Covenant Life, was fatallystruckbyavehicleonMuncasterMillRoad.
It appeared the Snyders’ legacy at thesmall Gaithersburg program would be com-ing to a close. Alan Snyder said he could nolonger handle the time demands of being acoach now that he was a single parent andhad five of his seven children still at home.TimSnyder,who saidhis decision tomove toOklahomawas to step away from everythingand also to pursue amore lucrative position,was over 1,000 miles southwest. And KevinSnyder, thepointguardontheCougars’2013-14PVACchampionshipteam,hadgraduated.
For the first time in nearly 13 years, it ap-
peared therewould not be a Snyder involvedwithCovenantLifeAcademybasketball.
But two months before the 2014-15 sea-sonwas set tobegin, Covenant Lifewaswith-out a boys basketball coach and decided tomake a play at keeping a Snyder in charge,this timeoffering theposition toTimSnyder.
Tim Snyder turned down the offer. Hesaid he had long dreamed of following in hisdad’s footsteps and becoming a coach eversince his days as a standout point guard at St.John’s College High School in WashingtonD.C.Buthehadmovedon.
A month later, with a more desperatetone to their offer, Covenant Life tried towooTim Snyder again. This time, after thinking itover,Snyderdecideditwastimetocomebackhome.
“This is it,” Snyder said, standing in thenarthex of the church as his team waited topracticeonDec. 17. “Iwouldnothave left thejob inOklahoma if itwasn’t thisbuilding.”
“He wanted to come back and [coach],”AlanSnyder saidofhis son. “So there’s some-thing redemptive inhimcomingback.”
Despite his enhanced responsibilitiesat home, Alan Snyder still has managed toremain a part of the program, serving as amentor for his son, who has no head coach-ingexperience.AlanSnyder,whosaidhe triesto mold the mentor-mentoree relationshipafter the dynamic first-year New York Knickscoach Derek Fisher shares with team presi-
dent Phil Jackson, does not attend practices.HecoachedtheteamforthreeweekswhilehissonwasfinalizinghismovebacktoMaryland,buttriestoremainrelativelyinvisiblenowthathehashanded the reignsover tohis son.
WhereAlanSnyder doeshismentoring isoff the court. Every night, he and Tim Snydertalk aboutpractice, goover gamesandstrate-gies. Alan Snyder has helped his sonwith thenon-basketball responsibilities that comewith being a coach — calling the parents,dealingwith the school andanyplayer issues.
“It’s been very challenging,” Tim Snydersaid. “Butespeciallywithdadhere, it helps.”
As it turns out, Alan Snyder’s guidance isneeded this seasonmore thanever, they said.Over the offseason, the Cougars lost their topseven contributors to either graduation ortransfer, includingBrandonThompson,aCit-adel recruit. When Tim Snyder inherited theteam inDecember, there was just one playerfrom the 2013-14 team that saw any playingtime: senior JoshMerryman.
But for all the departures that depletedtheCougars’ lineup, it’sbeenanaddition thathas Covenant Life contending yet again. Six-foot-5 junior Bobby Arthur-Williams, a do-it-all transfer from Churchill, has taken thePotomacValleyAthleticConferencebystorm,averaging 21.2 points, 11.2 rebounds and 4.3assists through the team’sfirst 10games.
Family keeps its basketball ties to Covenant Life
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n ‘Devastating’ childhoodloss turns into funny adult
remembrances
It’s truewhat they say: Theholidays are about spendingtimewith family and friends.Getting presents ismerely sec-ondary.Sure, as an adult I can say
that. Heck, as an adult, I caneven agreewith it— to a certainpoint.When you’re a child,though, the order is reversed.Whatever Santa brings is themost important part; it doesn’tmatter what they teach in Sun-day School.As a child, I never didwith-
out for Christmas. I didn’t getevery single thing I wanted,but therewere always presentsunder the tree.Mostly actionfigures, such asMasters of theUniverse (hey, He-man ruledwhen Iwas a kid), but everyonce in awhile, therewould bea “big-ticket” item forme.There is one particular
Christmas I’ll always remember,not for what I got that year, butfor what I almost had.I was probably 9 or 10 that
year. I woke upwell before anyreasonable personwould andtried towakemy parents. “Goback to bed,” was the answerI received. By then, it was ex-pected since I’d heard it everyyear for the past several Christ-mases. Anxiety comes early tochildren, beingmade to stay inbed, knowing you had “Santapresents” just down the hall.And “Santa presents” were thebest because he got you thegood stuff!Finally, after what seemed
like an eternity,my parentsdeemed it time to get up and
getmoving. I was just aboutto sprint down the hallway—which, if you know anythingaboutme, should be hilariousbecause I’mnot sprinting foranything—whenmyparentscontinued to delay the inevi-table. “Hold on, I’ve got to getthe camera ready!” Are theyfor real?? Imean, come on! Ihonestly believed it was someformof parental torture,makingtheir childwait andwait to seeSanta’s bounty.The time finally came and
I probably could have beatenThe Flash down the hallway(again, it’s OK to laugh). Andthere, right beside the tree, wasan inflatable GI Joe tent. Greenwith camouflage and theworld-famous “GI JOE” logo on theside, this babywas big. As I waspreparing to dive into it, I heardmy parents say, “Hold on, weneed to get ready because yourgrandparentswill be here soon.”So I had towait to get into
my new inflatable GI Joe tent.My grandparents arrived
shortly afterward, bringing hugsand kisses and the usual holidaycheer. I don’t quite rememberwhat all was said, and soon, Iwouldn’t even care.I don’t knowwhat pos-
sessedmy grandfather to “tryout”my tent. It was a decent-sized tent, butmore for a child,not a grown-up. Still, he tried it.Before I had a chance to do somyself.There are lots of sounds
Sometimes badChristmas memories
become good
WILL C. FRANKLIN
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n New Year’s Eve parties can befound all around Montgomery,
Prince George’s counties
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER
For those looking towatch theball dropand celebrate the dawn of a new year out-side of the comfort of their own home, theDC metropolitan region has several NewYear’s Eve celebrations planned across allprice points.
MONTGOMERYThe Ball of Bethesda New Year’s Eve Gala
The details: Dance Bethesda hosts thisblack-tieoptional eventwithacocktail hourat 7p.m. followedbydinnerat 7:45p.m.andsocial dancingandentertainment from8:45p.m. to 1 a.m.
When: 7 p.m.-1 a.m.Where: Kenwood Country Club, 5601
River Road, BethesdaAdmission: $145For information: dancebethesda.com
New Year’s Eve 2015 British Invasion BallThe details: Hors d’oeuvres until 10
p.m., with a DJ, Dancing Fireball Ice Luge,raffle, champagne toast and party favors
When: 7 p.m.-2 a.m.Where: Union Jack’s, 4915 St. Elmo
Ave., BethesdaAdmission: $21.20For information: unionjacksbethesda.
com
New Year’s Eve Swing FestThe details: Featuring the Tom Cun-
ningham Orchestra from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.followingabeginner swing lessonwithTomand Debra at 8 p.m. Expect hats and noise-makers, a conga line, balloons and desserts
When: 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m.Where: Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacAr-
thur Blvd., Glen EchoAdmission: $25For information: glenechopark.org
New Year’s Eve Wine DinnerThe details: Five-course wine dinner
with music and dancing, a deluxe roomwith champagneandbreakfast thenext day
When: 7 p.m.-1:30 a.m.Where:HiltonWashingtonD.C.North–
Gaithersburg, 620 Perry ParkwayAdmission: $299 for full room and din-
ner package; $200 for wine dinnerFor information: 301-591-9911
La Tasca’s New Years Eve GalaThe details: Make reservations for be-
tween 8:30 and 10 p.m. to experience un-limited tapas, a bottle of wine, party favorsand music and dancing. Menu also avail-able from 5:30-7 p.m. for those with otherplans
When: 8:30 p.m.Where:LaTasca,141GibbsSt.,Rockville
Let the revelry commence
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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 7 p.m.
to 11 p.m., Dec. 25, $16; 2126 In-dustrial Highway, Silver Spring,301-326-1181, hollywoodball-roomdc.com.
Scottish Country Dancing, 8to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps andformations taught. No experience,partner necessary, T-39 BuildingonNIH campus,Wisconsin Av-enue and SouthDrive, Bethesda,240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.
Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays,8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, GlenEcho Park’s Spanish BallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.
Contra, Dec. 26. Bob Isaacscalls to Contranella withMeganBeller on fiddle, JohnWobus onkeyboard andCharley Beller onpercussion., Glen Echo Park Span-ish Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, friday-nightdance.org.
English Country, Dec. 31, 2014GalaNewYears Eve EnglishDance,6:30 p.m., TheWoman’s Club ofBethesda, fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, Dec. 27, DarylDavis. $18, $12, 17 and younger.Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom,flyingfeet.org.
Waltz, Dec. 28, Gigmeisterswith DaveWiesler (piano), Alex-anderMitchell (fiddle), Paul Oorts(button accordion,mandolin,banjo & guitar), Ralph Gordon(bass); waltztimedances.org.
MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Sup-
per Club, Deanna Bogart Band,Dec. 26; The Chuck BrownBand,Dec. 27; TheNighthawks, Dec.28; NewYear’s Eve Party: Chop-teeth Afrofunk Big Band plusJunkyard Saints, Dec. 31; call forprices, times, 7719Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-abluesjazz.com.
BlackRock Center for the Arts,Victoria Vox andUnified JazzEnsemble, Jan. 24; 12901 TownCommonsDrive, Germantown.301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.
Fillmore Silver Spring, L!ssen,Dec. 26; Yacht Rock Party with TheRegal Beagles, DJ Billy BarnacleandCapt. Scott, Dec. 27; TheWhitePanda, Dec. 29; Steel Panthers,Dec. 31; 8656 Colesville Road,Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com.
Strathmore, BSO: Beethoven’s9th, Jan. 3; Salute to ViennaNewYear’s Concert, Jan. 4; LouisWeeks,Jan. 9; BSO: The Rite of Spring, Jan.9; call for venue, times. Locations:Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike,North Bethesda;Music Centerat Strathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGEAdventure Theatre-MTC, “Tiny
Tim’s Christmas Carol,” throughJan. 1, call for prices, times, Adven-ture TheatreMTC, 7300MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270,adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “101Dal-matians,” through Jan. 11, call forprices, times, Imagination Stage,4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imag-inationstage.org.
Highwood Theatre, 914 SilverSpring Ave., thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.
Olney Theatre Center, “Dis-ney’s The LittleMermaid,” throughJan. 11, call for prices, times, 2001Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney,301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “TheNut-cracker,” throughDec. 30; TinyTots@ 10, selectWednesdays,Saturdays and Sundays, call forshows and show times, Puppet Co.Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s NorthArcade Building, 7300MacArthurBlvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepup-petco.org.
Round House Theatre,Bethesda, “TheNutcracker,”throughDec. 28, call for showtimes, 4545 East-West Highway,Bethesda. Tickets range in pricefrom$10 to $45 and seating is re-served. 240-644-1100, roundhous-etheatre.org.
Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’sShadow,” Jan. 9 through 31,Wood-moor Shopping Center, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “Notes,
References andMiscellaneousDe-bris,” BrianDupont, throughDec.28, 3766Howard Ave., Kensington,301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com
Glenview Mansion, Rockville
Art League JuriedMembers’ Show,through Jan. 2. F/1.4 PhotographyGroup exhibit, “Richly Black andWhite,” featuring JareeDonnelly,CraigHiggins, Timothy Lynch,andMargeWasson. Rockville CivicCenter Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive,Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries, JeremiahStermer, throughDec. 31, 10:30a.m. to 7 p.m.Monday throughSaturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday,7022Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association,Gordon Lyon, through Jan. 4,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160ViersMill Road,Wheaton,mont-gomeryart.org.
VisArts, Steve Pearson:Ma-nipular, through Jan. 18; HappyNOT Sappy, through Jan. 18;Wil-liamPeirce, through Jan. 18; GibbsStreet Gallery, 155Gibbs St., Rock-ville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrock-ville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,second floor, 8230Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, washingtonprint-makers.com.
Kentlands Mansion, Artworkof theGaithersburg Camera Club,through Jan. 23, 320 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.
Arts Barn, 311 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394
“You Are Here,” exhibit byDaveMontgomery, now throughJan. 4. Takoma Park CommunityCenter, 7500Maple Ave., TakomaPark. photoartbeyond.com; 301-215-9224.
“White,” a juried gallery ex-hibition in both ofWashingtonArtWorks’ formal galleries willopen on Friday, Jan. 2, from 6 p.m.until 9 p.m. Photography, paint-ing,mixedmedia andmore will bedisplayed for this exhibition. Ex-hibition runs from Jan. 2 until Jan.31.Washington ArtWorks, 12276Wilkins Ave., Rockville. 301-654-1998; washingtonartworks.com
ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508
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Reading, novelist-poetMichaelBoylan and poet Holly Karapet-kova will read from their workfrom 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 5, at Friend-shipHeights Village Center, 4433South Park Ave., Chevy Chase.The evening starts with classicalguitar and includes refreshments.An openmic follows the featuredreaders. Free. Formore informa-tion, call 301-656-2797.
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For information: latascausa.com
New Year’s Eve at Bar LouieThe details: Champagne
toast, live entertainment, cock-tails from8p.m. tomidnight anda breakfast buffet frommidnightto 2 a.m.
When: 8 p.m.-2 a.m.Where: Bar Louie, 150 Gibbs
St., RockvilleAdmission: $50For information: barlou-
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New Year’s Eve Beer DinnerThe details: A five-course
meal, with each dish pairedwitha particular Dogfish Head beer.Two seatings, with the later oneincluding a midnight cham-pagne toast.
When: 7-9 p.m. for first seat-ing, 10p.m.-midnight for second
Where: Dogfish Head Ale-house, 800 West Diamond Ave.,Gaithersburg
Admission: $55-$65For information:dogfishale-
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PRINCE GEORGE’SBig Night DC New Year’s Eve
ExtravaganzaThe details: Fifteen themed
party areas, five dance floors,
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When: 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m.Where: Gaylord National
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Admission: $119 andup, de-pending on option
For information: big-nightdc.com
New Year’s Eveat The New Deal Cafe
The details: Music by Vin-tage #18, champagne at mid-night and a buffet includingsoup, salad, roast beef, chickenand chocolate cake. Reserva-tions requested byDec. 27
When: Food starts around 7p.m., music begins roughly at 8p.m.
Where: New Deal Café, 113Centerway, Roosevelt Center,Greenbelt
Admission: $55For information: newdeal-
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New Year’s Eve CelebrationThe details: A buffet from
9-11 p.m. with options to in-cludebread, potatoes, vegeta-bles, salad, fruit andcheese, crabcakes and chicken. Also includesan open bar, music and partyfavors
When: 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m.Where:Martin’sCrosswinds,
7400 Greenway Center Drive,Greenbelt
Admission: $72.50For information:martinsca-
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NYE 2015 Celebrationwith Be’la Dona
The details: Live perfor-mances by Be’la Dona and DJFresh,withchampagnetoastandparty favors. VIP option includestwo bottles of champagne, din-ner and breakfast buffet
When: 8 p.m.Where: Half Note Lounge,
4881GlennDale Road, BowieAdmission: $50-$70For information: halfno-
telounge.com
New Years Eve BashThe details: Hors d’eurves
buffet, open bar from 10 p.m.to midnight, a DJ, picture boothand champagne toast
When: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Where: Proud Mary Water-
front Restaurant and Bar,Admission: $100For information: proud-
maryrestaurant.com
2015 New Years EveCasino Royale
wThe details: Featuring DJAngie Ange with Injoi Enter-prises. Food, drinks, entertain-ment, champagne toast andprizes for best dressed
When: 9 p.m.-1 a.m.Where: Comfort Inn, 4050
PowderMill Road, BeltsvilleAdmission: $20 for general
admission, $80-$85 for VIP op-tions
For information: [email protected]
NEW YEAR’SContinued from Page B-5
children like to hear during theholidays— songs and carols,laughter, the phrase, “Oh, weforgot, you have a lotmore pres-ents to open up.…” Fromex-perience, allowme to sharewithyou one sound children don’twant to hear.
POP!……..WHHHEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
My grandfather had poppedmy tent. To the point where it
couldn’t be fixed. I never evengot to sit in it,man! The roomwas still filledwith that new tentsmell (whichwas just the smellof plastic, but whatever), and al-ready it was gone. Of course, hewas apologetic and very sorry,but the deedwas done.
Don’t worry, though. Laterin the spring I sprayed him goodwith thewater hose, so I guesswewere even.
I laugh about it nowbe-cause it is funny. Sure, it wasn’tfunny for 9-year-oldme, butit’s a familymoment I’ll always
remember.My grandfather is gone now,
but thememories arewhatmake holidays enjoyable. Theinflatable tent that never wasis probably one ofmy favoritememories ofmy grandfather.
I wish you and your familya very happy holiday. Hopefullyyou’ll allmakememories toshare for decades to come.
Just keep the grown-upsaway from anything thatmightpop.
MEMORIESContinued from Page B-5
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NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL ANNUAL MEETINGPursuant to Subsection 5-206 of the Corporations &Associations Article of the Maryland Annotated Code,
Walnut Grove Condominium, Inc.will hold an additional Annual MeetingOn Tuesday, January 13, 2014 at the
First Floor Conference CenterLocated at 11300 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852
At 7:00 P.M.
At the additional meeting, the members present in person or byproxy constitute a quorum. A majority of the members presentin person or by proxy may approve or authorize the proposedaction at the additional meeting and may take any other actionwhich could have been taken at the original meeting if a sufficient
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Pursuant to Section 31-48, Montgomery County Code 2004, asamended, and COMCOR §31.48.01, et seq., the County Execu-tive or his designee shall conduct a public hearing at 7 PM onWednesday, January 7, 2015, in the Lobby Level Auditorium, Ex-ecutive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland,to consider the creation of a new Residential Permit Parking Areain Silver Spring.
The Rosemary Hills Residential Permit Parking Area would be lo-cated in Silver Spring north of East West Highway and west ofDowntown Silver Spring. A more detailed description of the areais available for examination in the Exhibits at the offices of theMontgomery County Department of Transportation, Division ofTraffic Engineering and Operations located at 100 Edison ParkDrive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878.
After the aforesaid Hearing, the Hearing Examiner shall report hisfindings and recommendations to the County Executive who shallissue a statement of his decision.
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WSSC Adopts New Regulation for Employment Procedures
On December 16, 2014, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)adopted a new regulation titled REG-HRM-HR-2014 - 006 Employment Procedures toestablish guidelines, policy and procedures relating to WSSC employment.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE NEW REGULATIONS IS JANUARY 30, 2015.
The new regulation will be available in hard copy at the WSSC Commissioner’s Officeon the Lobby Level of the WSSC Headquarters Building, 14501 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel,Maryland, or may be downloaded from the WSSC website athttp://www.wsscwater.com/.
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BUY FOR$17,999
OR $264/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $23,185
2006 Jetta Sedan...#V021107A, Blue, 106,666 Miles...................$9,9912011 Jetta Sedan...#VLP0105, Black, 47,803 Miles....................$10,9512012 Golf HB..#V026462A, Gray, 66,571 Miles..................................$11,9942013 Ford Fiesta...#V034406A, Platinum, 35,310 Miles....................$12,7532012 Mazda Mazda3...#VP0117, Black, 31,363 Miles...............$12,9712012 Jetta S Sedan..#LP0118, Silver, 33,694 Miles.........................$12,9912012 Jetta Sedan...#VP0106,White, 32,563 Miles...........................$13,9912012 Beetle CPE PZEV...#V621679A, Silver, 22,689 Miles.........................$13,9912011 Dodge Charger...#VPR0100A, Silver, 60,717 Miles..................$14,9912010 GTI HB PZEV AT..#V020596A, Gray, 41,813 Miles....................$15,8452012 Mini Cooper S...#V034678A, Red, 33,011 Miles...............$15,9942014 Ford Focus..#V329220A, Black, 38,811 Miles..........................$16,9912010 Routan CPO...#VP0102, Brown, 30,797 Miles..........................$17,491
2012 Jetta Sedan TDI...#V615887A, Silver, 26,804 Miles.................$17,9712014 Jetta SE CPO PZEV..#VPR0113, Silver, 5,825 Miles.................$18,3212013 Golf...#VPR0098, Black, 7,392 Miles.........................................$18,5942012 GTI HB MT...#VP0107, Red, 54,244 Miles.................................$18,9912012 Tiguan SE...#V511462A, Black, 37,637 Miles..........................$19,5912011 Tiguan SEL...#V520327A, Pearl, 69,623 Miles.........................$19,9912013 Passat SEL LTD...#V017623A, Black, 53,252 Miles.................$19,9942014 Passat Wolfsburg CPO..#VPR0110, Silver, 7,578 Miles..........$20,6312014 Passat Wolfsburg CPO..#VPR0109,White, 3,375 Miles..........$20,6312014 Passat Wolfsburg..#VPR0108, Silver, 9,040 Miles...................$20,6312013 Tiguan SE...#V006405A, Gray, 17,099 Miles............................$22,3912013 Beetle Convertible...#V009351Z, Black, 9,202 Miles..............$23,9912014 Passat SE..#V044301A, Gray, 15,182 Miles.............................$23,991
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$10,977#541043A, Automatic, 1-Owner,Silver, Sedan, 68Kmiles
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$11,977#541010C,Manual, Convertible,35KMiles, 1-Owner
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$9,977#440168B, Automatic, 1.8 SL FE,64KMiles, Sedan
2009 Nissan Versa
$12,977#441556A, Automatic,1-Owner, Black, 38KMiles
2010 Saab 9-3$12,977#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,
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2014 Hyundai Accent GLS
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$11,9952013 Toyota Corolla S
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#526022A, ComfortSedan,1-Owner4-Cyl, Automatic
$10,995
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$25,950
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$14,995
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$22,950
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$21,7502012 Volvo C30T5 Coupe........................................ $21,950#526126A, 1-Owner, 29k Miles, 2.5L DOHC Turbo I5 Enfine
2009 Acura MDXTech PKG SUV................. $22,950#526536B, Automatic, 59k Miles, 2.7L VTEC V6 Engine
2012 Ford Super Duty................................................... $24,950#526078A, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, SRW XL Pick-Up
2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $33,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation
#526547B, VolvoCertified, Automatic,36K miles
$17,995
2011 Volvo S40 T5 Sedan
2009 Volvo S60............................................................................. $13,995#426058A, Automatic, 2.5T AWD, Sedan
2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................... $14,995#N0553, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine
2008 Mercedes Benz ML350............................... $20,950#526113A, Capri Blue, 59k Miles, 3.5L V6 SUV
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950#P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl
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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax,tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with
tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 01/02/2015.
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MODEL #11515
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$139/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANSENTRA SV
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Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: -500
$13,495w/bluetooth
MODEL #12114$0 DOWN
$139/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S
MSRP: $23,845Sale Price: $19,745
Nissan Rebate: -$1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000
Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: -$1,000
$16,495
MODEL #13115
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$149/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANROGUE SELECT AWD MSRP: $23,050
Sale Price: $19,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$18,995w/bluetooth
MODEL #29014
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$189/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANMURANO S
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$22,995
MODEL #23214
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OR
4AT THISPRICE
MSRP: $13,170Sale Price: $10,995
$10,995
MSRP: $32,000Sale Price: $28,495
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$24,995
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2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 S MSRP: $33,265
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$23,495Limited Editionpkg, moonroofMODEL #16114
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07 TOYOTA YARIS $5,490
UNDER $10,000 MORE VEHICLES01 SUBARU OUTBACK..................$2,900#KP46618A, “CLEAN!” PW/PLC BEST BUY “HANDYMAN”
06 CHRYSLER 300 C....................$5,950#PD07519A, “HEMI” AWD, LTHR, P/OPTS, DON’T MISS! “HANDYMAN”
06 TOYOTA MATRIX XR MT...........$7,470#KP01722, “SUPER SHARP!” AC, PW/PLC/PMR
08 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE.......$7,635#KP26300, “WELL MAINTAINED!” PW, CD!
07 ACURA TL.............................$12,488#KP26990, “PAMPERED LUXURY!” MNRF, LTHR/HTD/PWR SEAT, P/OPTS
06 JEEP COMMANDER LTD........$12,785#KP05915, AWD “BEAUTY!” SKY MNRFR, LTHR, CD CHGR
13 CHRYSLER 200.....................$13,588#KX01359, “STRIKING!” FAC WARR, AT, PW/PMR, CD
06 DODGE DAKOTA SLT..............$13,970#KP53126A, 4WD “4 TRUCK LOVERS 66K!” PSEAT, PW/PL, AT
#CA75240A, “GAS SAVER!” 5SPD, AC, EZ TERMS!
11 HYUNDAI SONATA SE $17,472
#KN39898A, “PRISTINE 30K!” NAV/MNRF/FAC WARR!
04 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 CREW CAB $7497
#KP68077 “GORGEOUS!” AC, PW,WE FINANCE!
07 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER XLS $11,945
#KP10452, AWD, “READY 4 WINTER!” 3RD SEAT, P/OPTS
12 DODGE JOURNEY CREW $19,970
#KP54282, “FAMILY FUN!” MNRF/DVD/PWR OPTS
12 DODGE JOURNEY SE.............$16,995#KX9194, PSEAT, PW/PLC, CD, GREAT TERMS AVAIL!
10 CADILLAC CTS......................$18,988#KP19382, “BEAUTY!” PANORAMIC MNRF, LTHR, PSEAT, P/OPTS
12 SUZUKI KIZASHI SLS.............$20,988#KP00327, AWD “SHOWROOM COND!” NAV, MNRF, LTHR
12 DODGE DURANGO SXT...........$24,900#KA97275, AWD “PRISTINE!” MNRF, PSEAT, BACKUP CAM
05 FORD EXPLORER XLT..............$8,370#KP34424A, 4WD, “PAMPERED 56K!!” P/OPTS, MUST SEE
07 SUZUKI XL-7...........................$8,970#KP15305, AWD LUXURY, “RARE FIND!” LTHR, PWR SEAT, CD
10 DODGE NITRO SE....................$9,990#KP52220, “GORGEOUS!” CHROME, PW/PLC, CD, CC
12 NISSAN VERSA 1.8S.............$10,988#KN29490, AT, AC, PW/PLC, CD, CC
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