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1932808 The Gazette BETHESDA | CHEVY CHASE | KENSINGTON DAILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE.NET Wednesday, December 3, 2014 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PREVIEW Assistant takes over as head of Springbrook program. B-1 Automotive B-13 Calendar A-2 Classified B-9 Entertainment A-13 Opinion A-12 Sports B-1 Please RECYCLE Volume 3, No. 43, Two sections, 32 Pages Copyright © 2014 The Gazette INDEX STUDENTS GOTTA DANCE Latin styles take center stage at 15th annual contest at Strathmore. A-3 NEWS BEST OF MONTGOMERY Readers voted for their favorite businesses in 50 categories. Find out who won inside today. PROMOTIONAL SUPPLEMENT n Agency: Hogan needs more time BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER Eager prospective riders of the Purple Line may have to wait at least a bit longer to hop on the light rail to Silver Spring and points east in Prince George’s County. The deadline for proposals to build the 16- mile, $2.45 billion project has been pushed back two months to March to give the incoming gov- ernor more time to get up to speed on it. Four teams have been working since July on proposals to build and operate the planned light-rail line linking Bethesda and New Carroll- ton. The deadline for the Maryland Transit Ad- ministration to receive their proposals was set for Jan. 9, but Paul Shepard, deputy director of media relations for the agency, said Monday that the deadline has been pushed back to March 12. Shepard said the delay should not change the overall construction schedule for the Purple Line, but his agency wanted to give incoming Gov. Larry Hogan (R) time to be fully knowledge- able about the project. “It made sense ... just to slow the process down and allow the incoming governor to look at the project in a full scope,” he said. The Daily Record reported in November that the deadline for proposals was delayed at least 30 days due to Hogan’s election. Some Purple Line supporters are concerned that Hogan might scrap the project, The Gazette previously reported, though he has not issued a definitive opinion one way or the other. Hogan is scheduled to take office Jan. 21. [email protected] Deadline for Purple Line plans is delayed BY PEGGY MCEWAN STAFF WRITER Students at Tilden Middle School in North Bethesda learned a lesson in community last week when they took part in the school’s second an- nual Day of Caring. They made breakfasts for the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless men’s shelter: 220 hand-decorated bags, each contain- ing a bagel, cream cheese, fresh fruit, juice and a granola bar. They wrote letters and created cards for service members, cut and tied fleece blan- kets, made origami and rainbow bracelets, and participated in a bas- ketball foul shot contest. Those were some of more than a dozen activities planned for Nov. 26 by Tilden’s staff and Parent-Teacher-Student Asso- ciation. “I think this is really cool, that we are actually helping,” sixth-grader Kelsey Chaikin said. “We made blankets for people in foster homes and we also made them for dogs in shelters, rainbow bracelets for kids in hospitals and now we’re making [breakfasts] for men in shelters.” Tilden had its first Day of Car- ing last year after math teacher Jane Stasko came up with the idea. “I thought Thanksgiving is a good time to give back,” Stasko said. “Let’s get our school involved.” The day takes a tremendous amount of organization and plan- ning, Principal Irina LaGrange said, but it is well worth it because the children can see that one person can make a difference. “It’s a day when [the school] is bursting with positive energy,” La- Grange said. Yvonne Levine, parent of two Til- den students, was PTSA coordinator, reaching out to other parents and friends to get ideas for charities the students could help. She also organized collections of supplies: food for the breakfast bags; coats, hats and gloves to donate to Linkages for Learning Centers in the county; toiletries for Mid-County United Ministries and 2,000 pounds of nonperishable food for the minis- tries and Manna Food Center. “All the donations are from our families,” Levine said. The school also received a dona- tion of $1,000 from Lake Liberty auto maintenance company in Chevy Chase. “We used that for the foul shot contest,” Levine said. “Every time a student makes a foul shot, they earn a dollar for the Children’s Inn at NIH.” Alec Amsellem, an eighth-grader, helped make cards and notes for the Olney charity For 3 Sisters during Projects at Tilden Middle School include helping the homeless BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE Saki Maeda and Kristiana Ware fold fleece blankets that were made in their seventh-grade science class as part of the Day of Car- ing on Nov. 26 at Tilden Middle School in North Bethesda. The blankets will go to foster homes and animal shelters. n Annual festival celebrates the season in Bethesda BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER Walk through downtown Bethesda this Sat- urday and you may find yourself walking in a Winter Wonderland. Visitors to the Bethesda’s Winter Wonder- land festival in Veterans Park can see ice sculp- tures take shape, hear festive music and get their orders in with Santa. The free annual event is hosted by the Bethesda Urban Partnership. One of the highlights of the afternoon will Walking in a Winter Wonderland n County wants to lease underused buildings BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER A children’s dance studio could have a home in a Bethesda park. Rock Creek Dance Academy, which currently offers classes at three Bethesda schools, has asked to lease the activity building at Maple- wood-Alta Vista Park. The building is one of seven the county’s parks department said this summer it was trying to lease. The department plans to hold a public meeting to discuss the pro- posed lease Wednesday evening. The activity building has been closed to save money since 2011 be- cause it was under used, according to a department news release. Since then, it has been looking for a tenant. Rock Creek Dance Academy offers dance classes for children 3 through 18. The school holds classes six evenings a week. Students might meet at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, North Bethesda Middle School or Pyle Middle School in Bethesda, depending on which eve- ning their class is scheduled. Wednesday’ public meeting is expected to include a presentation on how the dance academy wants to use the Maplewood-Alta Vista park building. The meeting is scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. at the Maplewood-Alta Vista Park Activity Building, 5209 Alta Vista Road, Bethesda. [email protected] Children’s dance school eyeing Bethesda park n Local merchants try to compete with chains, online retailers BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER After Black Friday fever died down last week, some local busi- nesses started their quest for a slice of the holiday retail pie with Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is a promotion started by American Express to encourage shopping at local businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Small businesses can par- ticipate in the promotion in varying degrees. Bob McKim, owner of Bethesda Pet Shoppe on Elm Street, said he put up a Small Business Saturday sign, but didn’t do anything special other than that. Anglo Dutch Pools and Bethesda shoppers go small for a day TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE Kate and Danny Fleishman of Bethesda shop Saturday with their cockapoo-Maltese mix Finn at Bethesda Pet Shoppe. A day to care See SMALL, Page A-11 See CARE, Page A-11 See WONDERLAND, Page A-11

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TheGazetteBETHESDA | CHEVY CHASE | KENSINGTON

DA ILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE .NETWednesday, December 3, 2014

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PREVIEWAssistant takes over as head of Springbrook program. B-1

Automotive B-13Calendar A-2Classified B-9Entertainment A-13Opinion A-12Sports B-1 Please

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Volume 3, No. 43,Two sections, 32 PagesCopyright © 2014The Gazette

INDEX

STUDENTSGOTTA DANCELatin styles take centerstage at 15th annualcontest at Strathmore.

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NEWS

BEST OFMONTGOMERYReaders voted for their favoritebusinesses in 50 categories.Find out who won inside today.

PROMOTIONAL SUPPLEMENT

n Agency: Hogan needs more time

BY ELIZABETHWAIBELSTAFFWRITER

Eager prospective riders of the Purple Linemay have to wait at least a bit longer to hop onthe light rail to Silver Spring and points east inPrince George’s County.

The deadline for proposals to build the 16-mile, $2.45 billion project has been pushed backtwomonths to March to give the incoming gov-ernormore time to get up to speed on it.

Four teams have been working since Julyon proposals to build and operate the plannedlight-rail line linking Bethesda andNewCarroll-ton. The deadline for the Maryland Transit Ad-ministration to receive their proposals was setfor Jan. 9, but Paul Shepard, deputy director ofmedia relations for the agency, saidMonday thatthe deadline has been pushed back toMarch 12.

Shepard said the delay should not changethe overall construction schedule for the PurpleLine, but his agency wanted to give incomingGov. LarryHogan (R) time tobe fully knowledge-able about the project.

“It made sense ... just to slow the processdown and allow the incoming governor to lookat the project in a full scope,” he said.

TheDailyRecord reported inNovember thatthe deadline for proposals was delayed at least30 days due toHogan’s election.

Some Purple Line supporters are concernedthat Hoganmight scrap the project, TheGazettepreviously reported, though he has not issued adefinitiveopiniononewayor theother.Hogan isscheduled to take office Jan. 21.

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Deadlinefor PurpleLine plansis delayed

BY PEGGYMCEWANSTAFFWRITER

Students atTildenMiddleSchoolin North Bethesda learned a lessonin community last week when theytook part in the school’s second an-nual Day of Caring.

They made breakfasts for theMontgomery County Coalition forthe Homeless men’s shelter: 220hand-decorated bags, each contain-ing abagel, creamcheese, fresh fruit,juice and a granola bar. They wroteletters and created cards for servicemembers, cut and tied fleece blan-kets, made origami and rainbowbracelets, and participated in a bas-ketball foul shot contest. Thoseweresomeofmore than a dozen activitiesplanned for Nov. 26 by Tilden’s staffand Parent-Teacher-Student Asso-ciation.

“I think this is really cool, thatweare actually helping,” sixth-grader

Kelsey Chaikin said. “We madeblankets for people in foster homesand we also made them for dogs inshelters, rainbow bracelets for kidsin hospitals and now we’re making[breakfasts] formen in shelters.”

Tilden had its first Day of Car-ing last year after math teacher JaneStasko came upwith the idea.

“I thought Thanksgiving is agood time to give back,” Stasko said.“Let’s get our school involved.”

The day takes a tremendousamount of organization and plan-ning, Principal Irina LaGrange said,but it is well worth it because thechildren can see that oneperson canmake a difference.

“It’s a day when [the school] isbursting with positive energy,” La-Grange said.

YvonneLevine, parent of twoTil-den students,wasPTSAcoordinator,reaching out to other parents andfriends to get ideas for charities the

students could help.She also organized collections of

supplies: food for the breakfast bags;coats, hats and gloves to donate toLinkages for Learning Centers in thecounty; toiletries for Mid-CountyUnited Ministries and 2,000 poundsof nonperishable food for theminis-tries andManna Food Center.

“All the donations are from ourfamilies,” Levine said.

The school also received a dona-tion of $1,000 fromLake Liberty automaintenance company in ChevyChase.

“We used that for the foul shotcontest,” Levine said. “Every timea student makes a foul shot, theyearn a dollar for the Children’s Innat NIH.”

AlecAmsellem,aneighth-grader,helpedmake cards and notes for theOlney charity For 3 Sisters during

Projects at Tilden Middle Schoolinclude helping the homeless

BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Saki Maeda and Kristiana Ware fold fleece blankets that were made in their seventh-grade science class as part of the Day of Car-ing on Nov. 26 at Tilden Middle School in North Bethesda. The blankets will go to foster homes and animal shelters.

n Annual festival celebratesthe season in Bethesda

BY ELIZABETHWAIBEL

STAFFWRITER

Walk through downtown Bethesda this Sat-urday and you may find yourself walking in aWinterWonderland.

Visitors to the Bethesda’s Winter Wonder-land festival in Veterans Park can see ice sculp-tures take shape, hear festivemusic and get theirorders in with Santa. The free annual event ishosted by the BethesdaUrban Partnership.

One of the highlights of the afternoon will

Walking ina WinterWonderland

n County wants to leaseunderused buildings

BY ELIZABETHWAIBEL

STAFFWRITER

A children’s dance studio couldhave a home in a Bethesda park.

Rock Creek Dance Academy,which currently offers classes at

three Bethesda schools, has asked tolease the activity building at Maple-wood-Alta Vista Park. The buildingis one of seven the county’s parksdepartment said this summer it wastrying to lease.

The department plans to hold apublic meeting to discuss the pro-posed leaseWednesday evening.

The activity building has beenclosed to save money since 2011 be-

cause it was under used, accordingto a department news release. Sincethen, it hasbeen looking for a tenant.

Rock Creek Dance Academyoffers dance classes for children 3through 18. The school holds classessix evenings a week. Students mightmeet atWalter JohnsonHigh Schoolin Bethesda, North BethesdaMiddleSchool or Pyle Middle School inBethesda, depending on which eve-

ning their class is scheduled.Wednesday’ public meeting is

expected to include a presentationon how the dance academywants touse the Maplewood-Alta Vista parkbuilding. The meeting is scheduledfor 7 to8p.m. at theMaplewood-AltaVistaParkActivityBuilding, 5209AltaVista Road, Bethesda.

[email protected]

Children’s dance school eyeing Bethesda park

n Local merchants tryto compete with chains,

online retailers

BY ELIZABETHWAIBELSTAFFWRITER

After Black Friday fever dieddown lastweek, some local busi-nesses started their quest for asliceof theholiday retail piewithSmall Business Saturday.

Small Business Saturday is apromotion started by AmericanExpress to encourage shoppingat local businesses the Saturdayafter Thanksgiving.

Small businesses can par-ticipate in the promotion invarying degrees. Bob McKim,owner of Bethesda Pet Shoppeon Elm Street, said he put up aSmall Business Saturday sign,but didn’t do anything specialother than that.

Anglo Dutch Pools and

Bethesdashoppersgo smallfor a day

TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE

Kate and Danny Fleishman ofBethesda shop Saturday with theircockapoo-Maltese mix Finn atBethesda Pet Shoppe.

A day to care

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See CARE, Page A-11

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n Others are injured inthree-vehicle collisionnear Westfield mall

BY DANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFF WRITER

An 88-year-old New Jer-sey woman died after a three-vehicle collision Saturday nearWestfield Montgomery mall inBethesda.

The crash occurred onDemocracy Boulevard on theramp from southbound In-terstate 270 at about 11:34a.m. It involved a 2004 ToyotaCamry, a 2008 Mercedes and a2012 Ford F-250 owned by the

Montgomery County govern-ment, according to Montgom-ery County police.

All who were in the vehicleswere taken to a nearby hospi-tal, where Betty Nelson of the1900 block of Frontage Roadin Cherry Hill, N.J., died of herinjuries. No other injuries werelife-threatening, according tocounty police.

No further informationwas available Tuesday, a policespokeswoman said.

The crash is under investi-gation, and anyone with infor-mation is asked to call the policeCollision Reconstruction Unit at240-773-6620.

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Bethesda crash kills88-year-old woman n Agency wants to

move 3,000 workers toBethesda campus

BY ELIZABETH WAIBELSTAFF WRITER

The National Institutesof Health plans to expand itsBethesda campus, and the pub-lic can now chime in on howthose plans might affect them.

The federal agency is plan-ning for the future of what itcalls its BethesdaEnvid cam-pus. A new report studies theimpacts of varying degrees ofdevelopment on the 310-acrecampus.

The preferred plan, out-

lined in NIH’s master plan,would bring 3,000 more em-ployees to the campus, manyof them from leased facilitieselsewhere in the region. Byconsolidating more of its em-ployees in Bethesda, NIH couldsave money on rent, accordingto the report, or final environ-mental impact statement.

Including contractors,about 20,600 people now workon the Bethesda campus.

The preferred plan wouldmean constructing 17 newstructures, with a net gain to-taling 4.5 million square feet,according to the report. Thatincludes three new parking ga-rages.

The environmental impactstatement shows how NIH

plans to deal with any adverseeffects of such growth. It in-cludes measures such as rout-ing construction traffic awayfrom neighborhoods, requiringrecycling of construction wasteand building more parking.

The Maryland-NationalCapital Park and PlanningCommission had asked NIH tolimit parking to one space perthree employees, but NIH saysthat goal is unrealistic becauseso many employees live be-yond the areas served by masstransit, according to the report.NIH’s plan keeps one parkingspot per two employees.

Moving 3,000 more em-ployees to the Bethesda cam-pus would mean NIH generates12.1 percent more morning and

evening traffic, the report says.The added congestion at inter-sections would be mitigatedby improvements planned oralready under construction be-cause of the Pentagon’s BaseRealignment and Closure pro-gram. More information aboutthe BRAC project is at mont-gomerycountymd.gov/brac.

The NIH environmentalimpact statement and masterplan are available for downloadat nems.nih.gov/Pages/nepa.aspx. A 30-day waiting periodends Jan. 5. Comments may besent to [email protected] Valerie Nottingham, NIH,B13/2S11, 9000 Rockville Pike,Bethesda, MD 20892.

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n 10 county schoolscompete in Latin dance

competition at Strathmore

BY RAISA CAMARGO

STAFF WRITER

Ricardo Loaiza has envi-sioned a time when Latin dancewould be more in demand. OnNov. 24, the Silver Spring manwitnessed it during a rhythmiccompetition of Latin dance stylesamong10highschoolsat theMu-sic Center at Strathmore in NorthBethesda.

The applause reverberatedonto the stage as student danc-ers approached each step with adifferent take. The cheers grewlouder with every turn, swing andhip movement.

Atonepoint,Loaiza—execu-tivedirectorof thenonprofitAfterSchoolDanceFundprogramthatsupports the competition — saidto the audience of 2,000 gueststhat he wasn’t hearing the excite-ment.

Using a phrase to energizethe crowd, Loaiza said, “Can Ihear a WEPA?”

Students and families from10 high schools in MontgomeryCounty responded with loudcheers in support of the teams.

The county’s 15th annualLatin Dance Competition is thesignature After School DanceFund event and the fifth year it’s

been held at Strathmore.The styles of dancing include

cha-cha, merengue, bachata andsalsa.

Students in the competitionfocus on clean and well-executedcross-body leads, hand styling,multiple turns, posture and pre-

sentation to the audience. Com-munication improves throughthe coordination of body move-ments and synchronization ofsteps, Loaiza said.

The focus of the competitionand the club is to help studentsstay engaged in school by build-ing confidence.

Sonia Rodriguez, a senior atEinstein High School in Kensing-ton who won first place for salsa,said hearing the applause en-couraged her to perform better.Oneof themostchallengingstepswas learning with her dance part-ner to turn eight times withoutlosing balance during the groupdance-off.

“I could keep on turning andturning even after the eight turnsare over,” she said. “I just felt likewe could do anything on thatstage.”

Loaiza said the competitionalso supports students who arenewcomers to the U.S.

When Loaiza arrived from hisnative Colombia, he said, dancinghelped him assimilate to the cul-ture. It pleases him to know whena student is interested in learninghow to become a performer.

“Stage fright is one of the big-

gest things and I think by helpingthese kids lose that stage fright,they will be able to confront anychallenges as a newcomer in thiscountry,” he said.

Loaiza started teaching salsain local clubs and later met hiswife through dancing profession-ally. As a father of four, he contin-ues to find new ways to promotethe value of dancing. Loaiza saidthe goal is to establish a Latindanceclubinallof theMontgom-ery County schools.

The nonprofit After SchoolDance Fund provides artistic sup-port to the students and buildsawareness among high schooladministrators since it’s not an of-ficial after-school club. It also pro-vides funds to support the annualcompetition at Strathmore.

“Everybody needs to move,”Loaiza said.

After School Dance Fundalumna Gabriela Ochoa, whoteaches students to dance atWatkins Mill High School inGaithersburg, said being on ateam encourages students to setgoals in life. She said they spendnumerous hours training.

“It’s really important forthem to win because that shows

them: ‘When I work hard, I earnwell,’” she said.

Ochoa said it’s fulfilling forher because it directly helps stu-dents’ lives.

Students start to train at thebeginning of the school year.Three months later, they aredancing in the competition.

Loaiza said the quality ofdancing has improved since theystarted and organizers are plan-ning to showcase a second seriesin the spring.

Daniel Alvarado, 17, said hecouldn’t imagine all of the dif-ferent steps and exercises he didto become part of the competi-tion. It’s helped him learn howto surpass some of his daily ob-stacles and fulfill his expectationsthrough dancing, he said.

Around 180 students par-ticpated in the competition at theStrathmore.

“There were tears — someof joy, some of sadness,” Loaizasaid. “But, they all left with amedal from the [After SchoolDance Fund] and the competi-tion as dance participants, sothey all left as winners.”

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Cielo Gonzalez (left) of Einstein High School in Kensington and Hugo Gonza-lez (second from left) participate in the student/parent portion of the 15thannual Montgomery County Public Schools Latin Dance Competition at theMusic Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda on Nov. 24.

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n Leggett lays out planto boost county’s economy

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Economic development willbe a focus of the next four yearsunder Montgomery County Ex-ecutive Isiah Leggett, who onMonday introduced a six-pointplan for the county’s economicfuture.One plank of his plan, a

promise to turn around devel-opment approvals in 30 days,drew a “wow” from the crowd.Another was to create an inde-pendent authority to overseetransit.After taking his oath of of-

fice, Leggett outlined the planfor his third term in office, say-ing his intent is to “take advan-tage of our already formidablestrengths and better positionMontgomery County for the fu-ture.”Leggett and the nine County

Council members — includingtwonewmembers, TomHuckerand Sidney Katz — were sworninto office Monday morningat Richard Montgomery HighSchool in Rockville.Budget challenges continue

to plague the county, despitethe accomplishments Leggettand outgoing Council PresidentCraig L. Rice both highlightedfrom the past four years, includ-ing closing more than $3 billionin budget gaps, maintaining anAAAbond rating throughout therecession and growing countyprograms. Rice’s one-year term

aspresident endedTuesday, buthe remains on the council.Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Ger-

mantown spoke of beingunited as “one Montgomery.”

“Our entire community mustcome together and make surethat we sharpen our focus andwork asone, together, to achieveour common goals,” he said.

Those goals include add-ing jobs and strengthening theeconomy, goals the county hasin common with Gov.-electLarry Hogan (R), Rice said.Yet the ability of its one mil-

lion residents tomove about thecounty and region is the key toMontgomery’s economic future.To advance transit projects

already in the works — like the16-mile Purple Line and the 15-mile Corridor Cities Transitway— as economic uncertainty lin-gers, Leggett proposed creatingan independent transit author-ity in the county.And, he said, “we need to

move the [bus] Rapid TransitSystem forward now.”An independent authority,

Leggett said, would focus atten-tion and resources on the need

for more transit options, evenas the state and federal govern-ments face budget challenges oftheir own.Leggett alsoproposedbuild-

ing information infrastructurethrough a high-speed fiber net-work “to connect people withopportunities and move oureconomy at the speed of ourideas.”Leggett promised that as

long as he is executive, Mont-gomery will not shy awayfrom competition. He recom-mended accelerating a countyprogram to fill vacant officespace and land by creating a$30 million tax-abatement pro-gram aimed at locating busi-nesses in existing office spaceand supporting shovel-readycommerc ia l p ro j ec t s .To further support new busi-nesses, he proposed creatinga program called MC Squared,pairing technology entrepre-neurswith fundingand the lead-ership of already successful techcompanies.Last week, the council in-

troduced legislation to appointan ombudsman to advise andcounsel businesses through thecounty’s development process.Leggett saidMonday that he

hopes to speed up the county’sdevelopment process.“I am ready to commit in

this coming year to a timelinethat guarantees that if you cometo uswith a project that is ready,wewill turn your plan around in30 days,” he said.Thecounty is oftencriticized

as having a lengthy review andapproval process for projects.

“I want us to usher in andfoster a culture of ‘yes’ whenit comes to doing business inMontgomery County,” Leggettsaid.Finally, the county execu-

tive asked for support of theMontgomery Workforce Coali-tion proposal to consolidate thecounty’s workforce develop-ment and jobs programs.Working with the civic orga-

nization, Moving MontgomeryForward, Leggett said he willestablish a work group of busi-nesses, eduction and civic lead-ers to expand local vocationalapprenticeships.“I pledge to you today that I

will do all I can to continue ourjourney and lead this outstand-ing community to even greaterheights as we now enter a newphase in our quest to make thisanevenmoreattractiveplace forpeople and business,” Leggettsaid.Leggett won a third term in

office on Nov. 4, defeating Re-publican challenger Jim Shal-leck.Leggett beat former County

Executive Douglas Duncan andfour-termCouncilmanPhilipM.Andrews in the Democratic pri-mary in June.All seven council incum-

bents who ran again won re-election.NewcomersHucker (D-Dist.

5) of Silver Spring and Katz (D-Dist. 3) ofGaithersburgwereun-opposed in the general election.Thenewcouncil held its first

meeting Tuesday.

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District 2 Councilman Craig L. Rice (left) and other council members recite their oath of office during Monday’sswearing-in ceremonies at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville.

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett draws laughs from his wife, Cath-erine, and U.S. District Court Judge Roger Titus as he takes his oath of office.

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n Move would prohibitvaping where smoking

already is banned

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Electronic cigarettes andvaping soon could be bannedfrom public places whereMont-gomery County already prohib-its the use of tobacco products.

Councilwoman Nancy Flo-reen on Nov. 25 proposed a billthat would add e-cigarettes tothe county’s ban on smoking incertain public places.

Also known as personal va-porizers or electronic nicotinedelivery systems, e-cigarettesprovide both nicotine and nico-tine-free options.

E-cigarettes have been avail-able in the United States since2007.Useof thedeviceshasdou-bled every year since 2010, withthe industry estimated at $1.5billion, according to informa-tion from theNational Institutesof Health, National Instituteon Drug Abuse, presented at acouncil Health and Human Ser-vices Committee briefing.

Many people are turning toe-cigarettes for health reasonsbased on the belief that the de-vices are less harmful than tradi-tional cigarettes.

Proponents like Eric Frit,proprietor of VaporVaporVapor,a vape shop in Gaithersburg,claim the devices can helpsmokers quit and improve theirhealth.

Frit said that after 20 years asa smoker, he has not smoked ina year, thanks to transitioning toe-cigarettes and said his healthhas improved.

He also cited several exam-ples of his customers who haveused the e-cigarettes to stepdownoff nicotine and quit usingtobacco products.

While he claims e-cigarettesare far less unhealthful than to-bacco cigarettes, he said moreeducation of what the e-ciga-rettes are and do is needed.

Councilwoman Nancy Na-varro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Springsaidpeople areusing thedevicesin public places. She told of herexperiencewatchingsomeone ina store inFlorida “blowingaway”on an e-cigarette.

However, the risks and ben-efits of e-cigarettes have notbeen fully studied, according tothe National Institute on DrugAbuse.

Floreen (D-At Large) of Gar-rett Park said the World HealthOrganizationhas recommendedbanning the use of e-cigarettesin public places and has statedthat there are reasons for seriousconcernswith the products.

The World Health Organiza-tion says that to protect publichealth, global regulation of elec-tronicnicotinedelivery system isnecessary to minimize potentialhealth risks to users and nonus-ers, prohibit unproven healthclaims and prevent promotionof the devices to nonsmokersand young people.

Among the regulations theWHO said are needed are legalsteps to “end the use of e-ciga-rettes indoors inpublic andworkplaces.”

Floreen’s bill would do that,but she said it also targets themarketing of e-cigarettes toyoungpeople toprevententicinga“wholenewgeneration into thestreamof addiction.”

Frit criticized Floreen’s pro-posed bill as a “knee-jerk reac-tion,” but agreed that those whovape in public places, like storesand restaurants, are not beingconsiderate.

“It hurts our cause to standin the line at Safeway and blowa huge cloud,” he said.

A cloud of vapor blown bysomeone using an e-cigarettelooks remarkably like a cloud ofsecondhand smoke.

But it is notmerely water va-por.

Generally, the liquid usedin e-cigarettes also includespropylene glycol and vegetable

glycerin — common food andcosmetic additives deemed gen-erally safe by the Food andDrugAdministration— as well as nic-otine, Frit said.

The electronic nicotine de-livery systems and liquid are un-regulated in the United States,but the FDA is considering regu-lations on the sale, manufactureand distribution of e-cigarettes.

Frit said the lack of regula-tion means the “juice” — liquidvaporized by the e-cigarettes —varies widely betweenmanufac-turers. He welcomes regulationof it.

Floreen’s bill was cospon-sored by a majority of councilmembers and is scheduled for apublic hearing at 7:30 p.m. Jan.22.

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Strathmore,InterfaithWorks launchcoat drive

Interfaith Works of Rock-ville and Strathmore in NorthBethesda are partnering on awinter coat drive for the needy.

Strathmore will collect gen-tly used and new coats at allMusic Center concerts throughDec. 19. Donors will receive a$10 voucher per coat, which canbe applied to Strathmore-pre-sentedperformances andeventsin the 2014-15 season.

Donations will be acceptedone hour before concerts andduring regular business hoursat the Music Center lobby at5301 Tuckerman Lane, NorthBethesda.

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n As property owners getexemptions, county couldlose millions in revenue

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Commercial property own-ers who were wrongly chargedMontgomery County’s parkinglot district tax will have threemoremonths to apply for an ex-emption.

TheCountyCouncil onNov.25 unanimously passed a billthat extends toFeb. 28 thedead-line for owners to apply tobe ex-empt from the tax in the future.

However, the bill does notreimburse owners for taxes al-readypaid.

The county requires that aproperty owner either supplyparking at the site or pay a tax tofund county-supplied space in alocal parking lot district.

Developments with onsiteparking are eligible for an ex-

emption from the tax, but someowners of properties with onsiteparking still havebeenpaying it.

Councilwoman Nancy Flo-reen(D-AtLarge)ofGarrettPark,who sponsored the bill, said ithelps correct thatmistake.

The parking tax exemptionhas been in place for decades.County documents show thatsome 600 exemptions alreadyhavebeen granted.

But some owners told thecouncil at an October hearingthat, until recently, they wereunaware theywerenot receivingthe exemption.

Owners have been payingmillions of dollars for years intothe parking lot district fund after

theyhadcreatedparkingspaces,said Councilman Roger Berliner(D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda, chair-man of the council’s Transpor-tation Infrastructure Energy andEnvironmentCommittee.

“The bottom line is that forwhatever reason, the processdidn’t work and certain largetaxpayers paid large amountsthat they should not have,” Ber-liner saidat theNov. 25meeting,quoting council staff.

“No one is really at fault,”Berliner added. “Our process isopaque.”

On tax bills, the county taxis not broken down to reflectif the parking lot district tax ischarged, Anne Mead testified.Mead, a lawyer with LinowesandBlocher, representsseveralcommercial property owners.

“It is impossible to see thatyou are being charged a [park-ing lot district] tax,” CharlesK. Nulsen III, president ofWashington Property Co. ofBethesda, wrote in his testi-mony.

Nulsen said he providedparking at his company’sapartment property, SolaireSilver Spring, yet has beenchargedmore than$480,000 in

theparking tax.The exact cost toMontgom-

ery County of the additional ex-emptions remains to be seen.But estimates show the countylosing as much as $5.5 millionin parking funding in the cur-rent fiscal year — the bulk of itin the Silver Spring Parking LotDistrict. The annual loss couldreach an estimated $6.6 millionin six years.

As designed, funding for thecounty-supplied parking in thedistricts falls to owners who donot provideparking onsite.

Assuming some propertyowners have been wrongly pay-ing the tax, County Finance Di-rector Joseph Beach said, it willtake a higher tax rate on the restto maintain the budgets for thedistricts.

Complicating matters fur-ther are recent changes to thezoning code that allow develop-ers to provide less parking thanbefore.

Beach said the change couldincrease the number of ownerseligible for the exemption.

Councilman Marc B. Elrich(D-At Large) of Takoma Parknoted that the zoning changecreates a surplus, of sorts, incounty-supplied parking andcould result ina“mammoth” in-crease in theparking tax.

Beach said county staff isworking to understandwhat theimpact might be if there weremore owners paying the tax andfunding theparking lot districts.

Thecounty’sOfficeof Legis-lative Oversight also is studyingthe financial management andbudgeting for thedistricts.

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County grants to boostlife sciences companiesThe Montgomery County

Department of Economic De-velopment has launched a newprogramdesigned to bolster thecounty’s life sciences industry.

The county will awardgrants of $5,000 to $25,000 tohelp these companies withbusiness and product develop-ment.

Life sciences companieswith a primary business addressin the county are eligible to ap-ply. The grants can be spent onexpenses such as intellectualproperty development, patentormarket research, product val-uation, prototype development,proof of concept and clinical de-velopment studies, according toa county news release.

An information session onthe program will be held at 10a.m. Dec. 12 at the agency’s of-fice at 111 Rockville Pike, Suite800, Rockville.

The deadline for applica-tions is Jan. 2. Fromfive to sevencompanies will win grants andbe notified by Feb. 20

Application and other infor-mation is at choosemontgom-erymd.com.

Children’s Inn names CEOThe Children’s Inn at NIH

promoted Jennie Lucca, 42, ofOak Hill, Va., to CEO from chiefprogram and services officer.She succeeds Kathy Russell,who retired.

Previously, Lucca was di-rector of Virginia services forAbilities Network/EpilepsyFoundation of the ChesapeakeRegion.

She holds a bachelor’sin child psychology from theUniversity of Minnesota and amaster’s in social work, socialpolicy from Catholic Universityof America.

Lockheed promotesvice president

Lockheed Martin ofBethesda promoted BridgetLauderdale, 48, to senior vicepresident for corporate strategyand business development anda corporate officer, effective Jan.1.

Lauderdale is vice presidentand general manager of aero-nautics operations. She joinedLockheed 25 years ago. Previ-ously shewas vicepresident andgeneral manager for the F-16,F-2 and T-50 programs.

Lauderdale holds a bach-elor’s in electrical engineeringfrom Texas A&MUniversity.

Washington EpiscopalSchool names headWashington Episcopal

School inBethesdanamedDan-iel Vogelman head of school, ef-fective July 1, succeeding KirkDuncan.

Previously, Vogelmanwas assistant superinten-dent in the Wilson County,N.C., school system; prin-cipal at Westland MiddleSchool in Bethesda; an Eng-lish teacher at Takoma ParkMiddle School; and a staff de-velopment teacher at NorthBethesda Middle School.

He holds a bachelor’s inEnglish education from Ship-pensburg University of Penn-sylvania and a master’s inadministration and supervisionfrom Bowie State University.

Homeside Financialnames branch managerHomeside Financial of Co-

lumbia named Stephen Greenebranch manager of its Rockvilleoffice.

Previously, Greene wassenior vice president, branchmanager at George MasonMortgage;manager ofmortgagelending at EagleBank; chief op-erating officer of S&LMortgage;regional vice president withRyland Mortgage; regional vicepresident of Atlantic ResidentialMortgage/Bank of Baltimore;and regional underwriter of Ti-corMortgage Insurance.

Book signing atreal estate office

Novelist Douglas Eby willhold a book-signing event forhis “Blood Herring” from 6 to8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Buyer’s Edge,4849 Rugby Ave., Bethesda.

Released Friday, Eby’s de-but novel involves Wall Streetdealing and adventure, accord-ing to a news release.

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Holiday concert plannedin Potomac

Gilmore’s Light Ensemblewill perform 19th-century hol-iday music and carols from 1to 4 p.m. Sunday at Great FallsTavern in the C&O Canal Na-tional Historical Park, 11710MacArthur Blvd., Potomac.

The ensemble performsusing hammered dulcimer,guitar, banjo, mandolin andaccordion while costumedin clothing of the mid-1800s.The concert is free, but thereis a park entrance fee of $5 pervehicle. Light refreshmentswill be served.

For more informationabout the concert and thepark, call 301-767-3714.

Bethesda mall offersholiday activities

Polished Quint will per-form Saturday. Capital WindSymphony will perform Satur-day and Dec. 13.

The mall also is offeringan expedited program for hav-ing photos taken with Santa.Merry Makers — professionalactors in holiday attire — willcarry customers’ shoppingbags, expedite gift wrapping,distribute gift card giveawaysand samples, and buy gifts forunsuspecting shoppers, ac-cording to a news release.

The annual Menorahlighting ceremony will be from6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16.

Also, a charitable gift wrapstation will be open Friday

through Dec. 24 in the Searscorridor. All proceeds willbenefit the Foundation for theNational Institutes of Health.

High schoolers hostJournalism Night

The Tattler, the studentnewspaper at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School inBethesda, will host its fourthannual Journalism Nightfrom 7 to 9:30 p.m. Mondayat Roundhouse Theater, 4545East West Highway.

The evening, sponsoredby Bethesda Magazine, willfeature a panel discussion,“Dying to Tell Us,” with sixjournalists who have beenvictims of crimes, have beenpursued by governments orrepresent organizations thatfight to protect freedom of thepress.

The panelists are DavidClark, news editor of AgenceFrance-Presse; Jay Solomon,who covers terrorism and Mid-dle East and Asian affairs forThe Wall Street Journal; Sebas-tian Rotella from ProPublica,who has been a Pulitzer Prizefinalist; Delphine Halgand,U.S. director of ReportersWithout Borders; Oren Dorell,who covers foreign affairs andbreaking news for USA Today;and Courtney Radsch, a repre-sentative from the Committeeto Protect Journalists.

Admission is $10; nocharge for students. More in-formation is at tattlerextra.org/2014/11/tattlers-journal-ism-night-dying-to-tell-us/.

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Chris Riley (175) of Bethesda was one of the 3,475 runners who finished the 32nd annual Turkey Chase 10K roadrace Thursday in Bethesda. The first men’s finisher was Chris Moen, 24, of Lenoir, N.C., in 30 minutes, 40 sec-onds. The top local man was Joshua Ellis, 20, of Bethesda with 31:42. The fastest woman was Tiffany Foulger, 30,of Bethesda in 37:59. The event, which also included a 2-mile fun run/walk and 50-meter tot trot for kids 8 andyounger, benefited the YMCA Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club Foundation.

Burning off the calories to come

n Developers to pitch newname for White Flint area

BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL

STAFF WRITER

After months of speculation,a consultant hired by develop-ers is set to propose a new name

for the White Flint area of NorthBethesda next week.

Streetsense is scheduledto make a presentation aboutthe possible renaming to theWhite Flint Downtown Advi-sory Committee at 8 a.m. Tues-day at the Montgomery CountyConference Center, accordingto Ken Hartman, director of

the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Re-gional Services Center.

The County Council-ap-pointed committee has beendiscussing a cohesive name forthe area since its first meetingin early 2013. The Departmentof Parks calls it the White Flintsector plan area, but others callit North Bethesda or Rockville,and the U.S. Postal Service con-siders part of it in Kensington.

The committee held off ondoing its own renaming stud-

ies in part because some of thelargest developers in the areasaid they were already work-ing on a rebranding process.They, together with Streetsense,hosted a public meeting inSeptember to debut 10 finalistnames. Some of the develop-ment companies have said theywill ask the county to recognizetheir chosen name in its mar-keting.

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n Free workout groupforms for busy mothers

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFF WRITER

Keeley Barker-Connelly ofGermantown and a group ofMontgomery County momsmeet as frequently as their jobs,children and busy schedules al-low in order to work out togetheras part of a free “No ExcuseMoms” workout group inspiredby a photo that went viral lastyear.

The photograph depictedMaria Kang, a fit, strong-lookingwoman, posing in a sports brawith her three young sons un-der text that read “What’s yourexcuse?”

While some were offended,calling what Kang posted “fatshaming,” Barker-Connelly wasinspired.

“That’s not was she was say-ing,” she said. “She wanted tohelp people who actually wantto work out.”

Kang used her newfoundfame to launch a website thatis used to connect moms whohave similar goals. Barker-Con-nelly formed a MontgomeryCounty group mostly made up ofGaithersburg and Germantownwomen last spring. Though it lostmomentum because some ofthe women in the group becamepregnant, it has picked up sub-stantially in the last few months.

“There’s a website, noex-cusemoms.com, where you canfind groups in your local area,”Barker-Connelly said, addingthat her workout group also usedsocial media to keep in touch.“We have a Facebook groupwhere everyone can motivateeach other, give ideas and talkabout when to meet up.”

From the Facebook group,which has more than 100members, some of the momsbranched off with womenthey met through the site withwhom they have more in com-mon. There now is a separatewalking group and some usethe site to find moms with chil-dren in a similar age group astheir own for play dates duringworkouts.

“I’ve been part of mommyworkout groups, but they wereexpensive,” Barker-Connellysaid.

Barker-Connelly explainedthat the group meets twice aweek in the morning and twicea week at night in order to ac-commodate the schedules ofboth working and stay-at-homemoms. Their workout consists ofmuscle strengthening and car-dio, often based solely on whatequipment can be found in aplayground.

They meet at a playgroundso the moms are able to let theirchildren play with one anotherwhile they work out on theequipment or on the outskirts.The children that are too youngenjoy watching their moms fromthe comfort of their strollers.

“Maria [Kang] gives us someworkouts and with my recent in-terest in fitness, I use magazines.A lot of the other leaders that arereally into it post videos,” Barker-Connelly said, adding that ev-eryone in the group imparts anyworkout or nutrition knowledgethey know.

Barker-Connelly has twochildren, a 3-year-old and a14-month-old, and she said theonly issue the group has beenhaving is being able find a free in-door place to work out, now thatthe temperature has dropped.

“I feel like if you really wantto do something and you reallyhave a goal, you can make time,”she said.

Though Barker-Connellyonly has experience from a stay-at-home mom’s perspective, sheexplained that she likes to makeit fun for her kids, as well.

“My son loves chasing uswhen we run,” she said.

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The following is a summary of inci-dents in the Bethesda area to whichMontgomery County police respondedrecently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This infor-mation was provided by the county.

Aggravated assault• 5000 block of Strathmore

Avenue, Kensington, at 10:20 p.m.Nov. 14. The subject is known to thevictim.

Commercial burglary•Vie de France, 5218 Nicholson

Lane, Kensington, at 4:30 a.m. Nov.11. Forced entry, took property.

• Two incidents in the 8900 blockof Brookeville Road, Silver Spring, onNov. 16 or 17. Took property. Affectedproperties include Brookeville Eateryand the El Norteno Restaurant.

Residential burglary• Two incidents in the 11900

block of Hunters Lane, Rockville, onNov. 11 or 12. Attempted forced en-try, took nothing.

• 4600 block ofWoodfield Road,Bethesda, between 7:15 and 10 p.m.Nov. 14. Attempted forced entry, tooknothing.

• 5700 block of Glenwood Road,Bethesda, between 9:30 a.m. and12:30 p.m. Nov. 17. Attempted forcedentry, took nothing.

• 6700 block of Michaels Drive,Bethesda, between 10 a.m. and 12:30p.m. Nov. 17. Forced entry, tookproperty.

• 9700 block of Brimfield Court,Rockville, between 3 and 3:45 p.m.Nov. 17. Unknown entry, took noth-ing.

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n Now in Rockville, hispractice focuses ondiscounted services

BY RYAN MARSHALLSTAFF WRITER

Stuart Krohn knew that if hedidn’t go when he did, he mightnever get the chance again.

Krohn, 65, had spent about30 years building up a dentalpractice in Lanham. But in 2010,he began to grow bored andstarted looking around for whathis next act in life would be.

He sold his practice and de-cided he would join the PeaceCorps in an effort to help othersand expose himself to a part ofthe world he’d never seen.

Krohn said he had alwaysthought about the Peace Corps,butwhenhewasyoungerhehadgotten caught up in family andcareer and hadn’t joined.

Despite his desire to help,Krohn said he didn’t want to justvolunteer his time with an orga-nization here in the U.S.

“I wanted to do more thanthat,” he said.

He wanted to be adventur-ous, to go live in a foreign landand get to know the people andthe culture.

“You just don’t know some-thing until you experience it foryourself,” Krohn said.

Krohn, a father of three andgrandfather of two, said his fam-ily was very supportive of his de-cision.

They weren’t thrilled he

would be gone for so long, butreminded him that he had al-ways encouraged them to dowhat was right for them.

“No one gave me a hardtime,” he said.

Krohn’s daughter, AlliKrohn, said in an email that shehad a 1-year old son at the timeher father departed, and wouldhave another while he was gone.

Her father had always beensupportive of her and her broth-ers, she said.

“Iwashappy that afterwork-ing most of his adult life to sup-port his family he was able todo something for himself,” shewrote.

Theystayed intouchthroughemail and Skype, and Krohn wasable to briefly return to the U.S.within 24 hours after his grand-

daughter was born, she said.The Peace Corps assigned

him to Moldova, a small EasternEuropean country nestled be-tween Romania and Ukraine.

He didn’t practice dentistry,but worked in health education,working with teachers to impartmodern health concepts includ-ing basic hygiene and diseaseprevention.

Living and working in a vil-lage of about 3,000 people fromJune 2011 to May 2013, Krohnsaw a lifestyle that was very dif-ferent from that of the Washing-ton, D.C., region.

The people in the villagewhere he lived and workedraised their own food, slaughter-inganimals formeat andmakingtheir own wine.

“It was a pretty basic, ruralexistence,” he said.

Most of the Peace Corpsvolunteers he worked with wereyounger than him, but a fewwere older, he said.

According to the agency’swebsite, the average age of aPeace Corps volunteer is 28.7years, but8percentof volunteersare 50 or older.

Since returning, Krohn hasopenedanewpractice,RockvilleSedation Dentistry+ on RollinsAvenue in Rockville. He is dedi-cated to providing discountedservices, including free clinicson Saturdays for children 18 andyounger.

Looking back on his PeaceCorps service, Krohn called itone of the best experiences he’shad.

He made a decision that itwas something he wanted to do,and was determined not to letthe chance pass him by.

“If you put things off, some-times you put them off forever,”he said.

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n Council to ask state todouble the maximum fine

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Montgomery County has is-sued more than 800 tickets thisyear todrivers accusedofpassinga stopped school bus, and locallawmakers hope a stiffer penaltywill deter future violations.

The county has 25 cam-eras installed on MontgomeryCounty Public Schools’ buses tocatch people who drive past abuswhile its stoparmisextendedwithflashing red lights.

Under state law, the maxi-mumpenalty allowed is $250 peroffense. However, Maryland’sdistrict court, which hears thesecases, has set the fine at $125, orhalf the maximum, as an incen-tive for scofflaws to pay it insteadof challenging the ticket.

Council President Craig L.Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantownsaid a $125 fine is not enough ofa deterrent.

He said the county will askthe Maryland General Assemblyto increase the maximum finefor the offense to $500, in hopesofmoving the actual fine to $250.

“This continues to be a prob-lem. This continues to be ram-pant,” he said of drivers passingstopped buses. “I think until wehave fines that certainly showhow egregious of a violation thisis,we’ll continue to see thisprob-lemescalate.”

From January through Oc-tober of this year, MontgomeryCounty issued 896 tickets to driv-

ers accused of violating the lawon not passing a stopped schoolbus, according to Patrick Lace-field, a spokesman for CountyExecutive Isiah Leggett.

The County Council alsopassed a resolution in the springurging Judge John P. Morrissey,chief judge of the District Court

of Maryland, to increase the fineto$250, themaximumallowedbystate law.

In a response letter to Rice,Morrisey defended the currentpractice.

“Protecting the safety andwelfare of Maryland’s childrenwho rely on school buses to get

to and from school is a laudableconcern,”Morriseywrote. “How-ever, the fine amount and theconditions under which the fineapplies are within the purview ofthe Maryland legislature and thedetermination of the maximumamount of the citation is a legis-lative prerogative rather than a

judicial decision.“The District Court of Mary-

landhasauniformpolicy forpre-payable amounts at one half ofthemaximumamount in the en-acting legislation. Mindful of thepresumption of innocence in alllegal proceedings and themyriadof reasons why citizens may beunable or unwilling to come tocourt, the purpose for this policyis topermit individuals topay thecitationrather thanattendacourthearing.”

Rice saidheunderstands thatthe court sets the fine at half theallowed maximum to, in part,have fewer violators challengingafine in court.

“Idon’t think that’snecessar-

ily a bad thing,” he said of viola-tors appearing in court. “My takeis, a person who has to actuallystand before a judge and explainwhy it is they passed a stoppedschool bus might actually besomething that changes their be-havior.”

Montgomery has not yetfoundastate lawmaker to takeupthe cause of increasing themaxi-mum fine to $500. The GeneralAssembly reconvenes in January.

Also undetermined iswhether the proposal will seek toraise thefine in justMontgomeryCounty or across the state, Ricesaid.

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n Under law businesseswould provide all workers

with earned time off

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Workers in MontgomeryCounty could soon have accessto earned sick leave.

The County Council is con-sidering legislation to requirethat all businesses operating anddoingbusiness in thecountypro-vide employees with earned sickand safe leave.

Earned sick leave is paidtime off from work for the injuryor illness of the employee or theemployee’s immediate family.Safe leave is similar, but for do-mestic violence suffered by theemployee or the employee’s im-mediate family.

The bill would require com-panies to provide one hour ofleave for every 30 hours worked,up to 56 total hours of leave.

Similar legislation was intro-duced in the Maryland GeneralAssembly this year, but did notpass.

Council Vice PresidentGeorge L. Leventhal, the countybill’s chief sponsor, said he ex-pectsstate lawmakers toconsiderthe issue again in 2015.

But,muchas itdidwithmini-mumwage, the county is hopingto move ahead with local legisla-tion for sick and safe leave aheadof Annapolis, Leventhal (D-AtLarge) of TakomaPark said.

Councilwoman Nancy Na-varro said the recent election ofnewleadership inAnnapolisdoesnot leaveherconfident thatasickand safe leave mandate will passthe state in 2015.

Underlying the county bill isa strong public health concern,Leventhal said. MontgomeryCounty Health Officer Dr. UlderJ. Tillman often advises sick indi-viduals to stay home to avoid thespreadof disease.

For many workers that is notan option, but Navarro (D-Dist.4) of Silver Spring, who cospon-sored the bill, said this would letworkers remainhomewhenill,orwhenafamilymember is ill,with-out risking their job.

Councilwoman Cherri Bran-son (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring,and councilmen Marc B. Elrichand Hans Riemer, both (D-AtLarge) of Takoma Park, co-spon-sored thebill.

Apublichearing is tentativelyscheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29.

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“My take is, a person who has to actually stand beforea judge and explain why it is they passed a stopped school

bus might actually be something that changes their behavior.”Council President Craig L. Rice (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown

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n Rockville woman willgraduate from Stanfordbefore studying in U.K.

BY PEGGY MCEWANSTAFF WRITER

Bill Clinton. Edwin Hubble.George Stephanopoulos. KrisKristofferson. Bill Bradley.

And now, Maya I. Krishnan.The 22-year-old Rockville

woman, a graduate of RichardMontgomery High School’s In-ternational Baccalaureate pro-gram, is among the latest roundof Rhodes Scholars, announcedlast month.

Krishnan will attend OxfordUniversity, beginning in fall2015. She is a senior at StanfordUniversity, majoring in philoso-phy, with minors in computerscience and classics.

Fang Y. Cao of Silver Spring,a senior at the University ofMaryland majoring in neuro-biology, physiology and com-puter science, also was named aRhodes Scholar.

At Oxford, Krishnan plansto pursue a master of studies intheology andamaster of sciencein social sciencesof the Internet.

“I’m hoping to help us un-derstand what the changes are[because of Internet use] andhow the changes are going to af-fect society,” she said. “We putsomuch informationabout our-selvesonline and there is aques-

tion aboutwhether weown thatinformation... how fardoes per-s o n h o o dextend?”

K r i s h -nan said sheand about a

dozenother candidates fromtheMaryland-Washington regionwere invited to a weekend of in-terviews Nov. 21 and 22.

“I was incredibly nervous,”she said. “They asked about myproposed course of study.”

One question did come as asurprise: She was asked abouther views on feminism.

“That surprised me becauseI had not mentioned that in myapplication,” she said.

In the end, Krishnan said,she enjoyed the interview.

“It did feel like an excitingconversation with several reallyinteresting people,” she said.

While at Richard Montgom-ery, Krishnan said, it was socialstudies teacher Robert Thomaswho made a difference for herandwhohas remainedamentorover the years. He was her firstphilosophy teacher.

Thomas said Krishnan de-serves to be a Rhodes Scholar.

“She is intellectually vora-cious,” he said. “She has a sin-cere concern for deep questionsand a hungry intellect.”

Students in the Interna-tional Baccalaureate programhave many projects to com-plete, including a guided inde-pendent research project. Butin addition, Krishnan becameinterested in cultural policy inthe Soviet Union under Leninand Stalin, Thomas said, so shewrote a separate paper on that.It was published in the 2010-11issue of Concord Review, whichpublishes history essays by highschool students.

“This is the kind of personshe is,” Thomas said. “A truelover of knowledge.”

Krishnan also has time toenjoy running and play theoboe, she said.

Each year, 32 Americans areselected as Rhodes Scholars,through a decentralized processrepresenting the 50 states andWashington, D.C., according tothe program’s website. They arechosen for outstanding schol-arly achievements, character,commitment to others and thecommongood, andpotential forleadership. The Rhodes Trust, aBritish charity established tohonor the will and bequest ofCecil J. Rhodes, provides fullfinancial support for RhodesScholars to pursue a degree ordegrees at the University of Ox-ford in the U.K. The first U.S.Rhodes Scholars entered Oxfordin 1904.

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2011 FILE PHOTO

A student choir from Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg is among sixstudent groups scheduled to perform during Saturday’s annual WinterWonderland celebration in downtown Bethesda.

IF YOU GOn What: Bethesda’s Winter

Wonderland, featuring icesculpting, student choralperformances and a visitfrom Santa Claus.

n When: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.Ice sculpting is scheduled for1 to 2 p.m., with concertsand Santa visits from 2 to4 p.m.

n Where: Veterans Park, atthe intersection of Norfolkand Woodmont avenues indowntown Bethesda.

n Cost: Free.

n Information: bethesda.org/bethesda/winter-wonderland.

Toys on Westbard Avenue inBethesda, however, got canvastotes, signs and balloons fromAmerican Express for SmallBusiness Saturday. FrancescaDarvish, vicepresident ofmar-keting andadvertising, said it’snice to have the American Ex-press ad campaign reinforcingthe store’s own Small BusinessSaturday promotions.Anglo Dutch was founded

in 1985 and sells pool supplies,pool toys, swimsuits and othertoys. For Small Business Sat-urday, the store brought in aballoon artist to make balloonsculptures for children, set upa craft table and held a raffle.

Darvish said she was happyto plan something fun forthe people in the communitywhom the staff have gotten toknow over the years.“Compared to other week-

ends, it’snotnecessarilythebus-iest,butIthinkitkindofremindspeople that we’re still here and[that] shopping small does helpthecommunity,” she said.This is about the third year

Anglo Dutch has participatedin Small Business Saturday.“We’re hoping that this

year picks up a little bit,” Dar-vish said. “Obviously, onlineis a little bit hard to combat.We’re trying to come up withquirky and innovative ways toengage the community.”

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SMALLContinued from Page A-1

be a student concert featuringgroups from six area schools:the Academy of the Holy Crossin Kensington, Garrett ParkElementary School, Oneness-Family School in Chevy Chase,Our Lady of Lourdes CatholicSchool in Bethesda, RockvilleHigh School and Watkins MillHigh School in Gaithersburg.Before the concerts begin,

an ice sculptor is scheduled tocarve blocks of ice into art us-ing chainsaws and ice picks,according to the event website.Children can also make craftsand visit with Santa.

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WONDERLANDContinued from Page A-1

one of his class periods.The charity’s founder, Mar-

shall Moneymaker, also knownas The Pink Fireman, sharedwith the students For 3 Sisters’goal of raising awareness ofbreast cancer and supportingsurvivors.“I’m glad we’re doing it,”

Alec said. “We’re doing it for a

good cause.”A final tally of the day

showed that the students raised$1,220 with the foul shot activ-ity, sortedmore than 200 jacketsby size and gender to donate toLinkages for Learning,made310blankets for animals in sheltersand decorated 800 placematsfor Meals onWheels, along withmany other accomplishments.“Pretty cool,” LaGrange said.

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Maximillian, a shiba inu, watches as owner Mari Skurich of Bethesdapurchases his treat Saturday at Bethesda Pet Shoppe.

n Police discovered body Tuesday morning

BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

A woman who had been stabbed to death was found Tues-day morning in a North Bethesda apartment, MontgomeryCounty police reported. .Officers responded to the 11800 block of Old Georgetown

Road after receiving a report of a dead woman at 10:11 a.m.,Capt. Paul Starks, a police spokesman, told reporters Tuesdaymorning.Inside, officers found the woman’s body. She appeared to

have suffered “obvious trauma to her torso,” Starks said. Inves-tigators were considering thematter a homicide, he said.Police later confirmed that the woman was stabbed, and

said they were interviewing her roommate — a woman in her50s — for more information but did not say the woman was asuspect.Starks said police considered the case “closeable,”meaning

it was likely the killer would be caught.Detectives executed a searchwarrant Tuesday for the apart-

ment in which the womanwas found, Starks said.Police had not released the identity of the victim or the

roommate by late Tuesday.

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We have had tax increasesin each [year] of [Gov. Martin]O’Malley’s eight-year term.

Why would we be “short” inMontgomery County unless weare spending more than we takein [“Montgomery County incometax revenue falls $96million short,”Nov. 26].

Andplease, let’s not blame it onsequestration. This a tiresome falsepremise.

Thank you.

Herman Gritz, Silver Spring

In law enforcement, there’s a“chain of custody” for evidence, asystem of constant oversight and

accountability. At every point, some-one is in charge.

It’s a conceptworthborrowing aswe consider the care of children, par-ticularly as theyheadoff to school.

Parentsmonitor their childrentightly, then temporarily hand them

over toteachers,principals,aides andothers in theeducationalsystem,whosend studentshomeat theendof theday.

Oneofthemosttenuousmo-

ments in the school day comeswhenit’s time to ride thebus. Parents andbusdrivers carefullywatch studentsboard anddisembark.

TheX factor is nearby traffic.There’s an element of risk anytimechildren arenear the road. A fewway-ward steps canbedisastrous.

Which iswhy state lawclearlysays driversmust stopwhena schoolbus is in theprocess of pickingupordroppingoff children—when thestop arm is extended and the lights areflashing.

This is an important traffic lawthat’s apparently brokenhundreds oftimes a year inMontgomeryCounty.

According toPatrick Lacefield, aspokesman forCounty Executive IsiahLeggett,Montgomery issued 896 tick-ets from January toOctober to driversaccusedof illegally passing stoppedschool buses.

Interestingly, thenumbers aremuchdifferent in FrederickCounty,according to a recentWashingtonPost story.

Itmakes sense thatMontgomeryCounty,whichhas four times thepopulationof FrederickCounty andmanymore school buses andmotor-ists,wouldhave larger ticket numbers.But, the Post reported that FrederickCounty had issued just 18 tickets since2012. That’s an averageweek inMont-gomeryCounty.

Clearly, something very different ishappening there.We’ll hazard a guessand say that, even ifmost FrederickCounty drivers aremore obedient tothe rules of the road,Montgomery is

enforcing the lawat amuchhigherrate.

Eitherway, there’s a significantsafety problemon the roads inMont-gomeryCounty and elsewhere.Driv-erswhoeither don’t knowabout thelaworwillfully ignore it are puttingchildren indanger. This is shameful.

TheMarylandMotor VehicleAdministration says that, basedonnational statistics, school buses arenearly eight times safer thanpassen-ger vehicles.

“The greatest risk is notwhen rid-ing in thebus,” theMVA says on itswebsite, “but approaching or leavingthebus.While an average of 7 school-agepassengers are killed in school buscrashes each year, 19 are killed get-ting onandoff the bus.Most of thosekilled are children, five to seven yearsold.”

TheMVAadds: “Young childrenaremost likely to behit because they:

Hurry to get onor off the bus. Actbefore they think andhave little expe-riencewith traffic. Assumemotoristswill see themandwill wait for them tocross.Don’t always staywithin thebusdriver’s sight.Drop something as theyget off the bus and run into thepathofthebus topick it up.”

It’s hard to appeal to adultswhoput their ownconvenience on theroad aheadof a child’s safety, butMontgomeryCounty officials are try-ing tofigure outwhat to donext.

Lawenforcement agencies andelectedofficials frequently hold edu-cational campaigns about safety onthe roads, but it’s not eliminating theproblem.

Now, theCountyCouncil is con-sidering raising thefine to see if thatwill get drivers’ attention.

Currently, themaximumfineal-lowedby state law is $250, but judgesgenerally set thefine at half that, or$125.MontgomeryCountyCouncil-manCraig L. Rice said judges figurethat a built-in discount on thefinewillbe an incentive formotorists not tocontest tickets.

Rice said $125 isn’t high enough.The councilwants theMarylandGen-eral Assembly to raise the ceiling onafine to $500,which, in theory,wouldmeana $250fine in court.

Theremight be a legitimate de-fense to some stopped-school-bustickets, but the violation generally ishard to excuse. Buseswarndriversfirstwith yellow lights. There’s time toreact before the stop armgoes out andthe red light goes on.

For this type of driver recklessness,we support severe penalties.We’dlike to see themoney fromenhancedfines godirectly to a fund topay forenhanced education efforts and fordedicatedpolice enforcement efforts.

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n Middle and high schoolers bringcomedy to life in Silver Spring

BY KATEMCNEESPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

Imagine the year is 1910. The country isin the midst of its pre-war golden era, witha vision of promise and avid idealism. Onthe effervescent, coastal land of Illyria, anextravagant Carnival — full of exotic theat-rical acts, lively circus folk, andboatloads ofcolorful decorations — indefinitely carrieson.With indulgence a given, andmake-be-lieve theundercurrent of the town, a feelingof magic permeates the air. Anything goesand all is possible in thismythical town.

Just in time for this holiday season,Lumina Studio Theatre presents “TwelfthNight,” Shakespeare’s famous, comedictale of debauchery, mystique and unre-quited love — set in, none other than thewondrous land of Illyria.

Directed by Lumina’s Artistic DirectorDavid Minton, the show follows the play’sclassic story of Viola—awomanwho, ship-wrecked on Illyria, takes the disguise of aman in order to find work — only to soonfindherself enamoredofher superior,DukeOrsino, and deeply entangled in a complexlove triangle of unwieldy, epic proportions.

In the style of Lumina Studio, whichprides itself on language precision andhighly conceptual shows, the performancewill feature a number of unforeseen ele-ments, including a more contemporarytime frameof 1910andagreat deal of glam-orous carnival scenery — all in an effort toelevate the undertones thatmake this com-edy the fascinating work it is. “There’s a lotof craziness in the first act, and then in theend the right people are with the right peo-ple, and goodness prevails. It’s very closeto the whole theme of the Twelfth Night ofChristmas. It’s a delightful comedy. I sup-pose it’s my favorite comedy after ‘A Mid-summerNight’s Dream,’” he said.

Lumina Studio Theater is dedicated toproviding unique opportunities for youngactors to performShakespearean andotherclassical plays.

The cast, a tight-knit group of roughly

110 middle and high school actors, sharesimilarly complementary sentiments. BintaCoulibaly, who plays Olivia — the seduc-tive, Illyrian countess who falls in love withViola’s farce male identity — for the play’sGreen cast (Keegan Vernon-Clay plays Ol-ivia for the play’s other, Plum, cast), saysthis is the “favorite play [she’s] ever beenwith.”

“From an outside perspective, it’s in-credibly beautiful,” she said. “It’s very on-stage, and all the characters are great. Intheir own personal lives, all the charactershave a role in the Illyrianmusical park. Thefact that everyone in the show is very, veryon displaymakes it that muchmore enjoy-able.”

Both she and Heather DeMocker, theactress who plays Viola for the Green cast(Plumcast, JadynBrick), describe their char-acters as fascinating and worthy of respect.Despite their respective weaknesses — Ol-ivia, for instance, is very “high school,” andpronetomanipulation—bothareextremelydeveloped,genuineandlegitimately, sympa-theticallyhuman.“She’s incrediblyresource-ful,” said DeMocker, describing Viola. “Shecomes up with a lot of plans on the fly, andshe’s really energetic. She has a lot of love to

Not afraid of greatness

RON MURPHY

From bottom, Jadyn Brick as Viola, Eva Parks as Feste, and Martin Glusker as Sebastian, star inLumina Studio’s production of “Twelfth Night.”

n Block looks to bringconnection between Jewish,

Islamic mystics to light

TomBlockhas expandedhishat-trick of accomplishment inthe arts. The 51-year-old SilverSpringwriter, playwright and vi-sual artist, aMontgomeryCountynativewhohasproduced impres-sivework in all three venues,recently branchedout fromnon-fiction to anovel. “TheFool Re-turns” is his fifthpublishedbook.

LikeBlock’s first nonfictionbook, “Shalom/Salaam:AStory ofaMystical Fraternity” (2010), thenewnovel is basedon the author’s“15 years [of] researching,writingand talking about the little knowspiritual connectionbetweenmedieval Jewish and Islamicmystics.”

The earlier book, Block said,“explored the specifichistoricalinteractions between these tworeligions.” Surprised at “howlittle is knownabout this positiverelationship,”whichhe attributesto politics, Block’s goal has been“tofindasmanyways as possibleto get the story into thepublicdomain. Thenovel is onemoremanner of talking about it in a cre-ativeway.”He alsohas addressedthe subject bywriting articles andgiving talks inCairo, Istanbul,Barcelona, aswell as theU.S. andCanada.

Blockwrote afirst draft of“TheFool Returns” in 1996,returning to it periodically until“thepast year or so,”whenhereworked themanuscript “ratherextensively” and foundapub-lisher. Early reviewshavebeenencouraging. KirkusReviewssaid, “Thewriting is literary andfull of imagery…Thinkof aDanBrown–like adventure pennedby an erudite Talmudic scholar.”

AndDavidCrumm, co-founderof Read the Spirit, a publishingcompany for important voices inreligion, and interfaith andcross-cultural issues, called thebook “aJewishDaVinci Code, thediffer-encebeing that somuchof theauthor’s research is baseduponhis ownhistoric and verifiablestudies.”

The establisheddramatistchose touse thenovel formrather than aplay.Not onlywashenotwritingplayswhenhefirst drafted thenovel, but also,Block said, “There isway toomuch information that Iwantedto include for it to be aplay.”Heacknowledged, however, that ascreenwriterwhowanted to op-tion theworkwouldbewelcome.

As the sonof a journalist andanEnglishprofessor, Block’swriting talent is no surprise.He grewup inBethesda, gradu-ated fromGeorgetownDayHigh

County native makesfirst foray into fiction

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IN THE ARTSFor a free listing, please submit completeinformation to [email protected] atleast 10 days in advance of desired publi-cation date. High-resolution color images(500KB minimum) in jpg format should be

submitted when available.

AUDITIONSAuditions for Montgomery Playhouse’s

upcoming production of “Boeing, Boeing,”will take place at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 and 9 at theGaithersburg Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road,Gaithersburg. For more information, email thedirector at [email protected].

DANCESWest Coast Swing Dancing with Dance Jam

Productions, 9 p.m. Dec. 5, $15; Social BallroomDance, 8 p.m., West Coast Swing lessons, 7 p.m.,$16; Social Ballroom Dance, 8:30 p.m., $16; TeaDance, 12:30 p.m., $6; 2126 Industrial Highway,Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodball-roomdc.com.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m. Mon-days, steps and formations taught. No experi-ence, partner necessary, T-39 Building on NIHcampus, Wisconsin Avenue and South Drive,Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

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

beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. dancing to DJs,Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ballroom Annex, $8,capitalblues.org.

Contra, Dec. 5. Nils Fredland calls to Coracreewith Jane Rothfield on fiddle, Bill Quern on tenorbanjo, mandolin and melodeon, Sarah Gowanon guitar, Allan Carr on bass and Joe De Paolo onpercussion, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom,7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.

English Country, Dec. 3, Rich Galloway, 8p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Dec. 27, Daryl Davis. $18,$12, 17 and younger. Glen Echo Park SpanishBallroom, flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Dec. 7, Trio Con Brio with Paul Oorts(mandolin), Elke Baker (violin), Jonathan Jensen(piano), waltztimedances.org.

Irish Dancing, “Ring of Kerry Irish Dance classwinter session began on Sept. 9. Dancers meeton Tuesday’s until mid-December at RidgeviewMiddle School. Beginning class starts at 7 p.m.,followed by the more experienced class at 8:05p.m. Cost is $40. We do ceili and set dances andno partner is required to enjoy the lessons. Formore information, email Jean at [email protected] or visit ringofkerrydancers.org. Danc-ers must be at least 8 years old to senior. Anyoneyounger than 16 must be accompanied by anadult.

MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, Jimmy

Webb, Dec. 5; Bobby Caldwell R&B Show, Dec.6 and 7; Glenn Miller Orchestra: In the HolidayMood, Dec. 10; Frank Sinatra Birthday Tributefeaturing Tony Sands, Dec. 11; Elikeh, Dec. 12;VMA Holiday Show, Dec. 14; A Very ChaiseLounge Christmas Show, Dec. 17; call for prices,times, 7719 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com.

BlackRock Center for the Arts, Salsa andBachata Dance Party, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, FoleySound Effects Workshop, Dec. 6; It’s a WonderfulLife: A Live Radio Play, Dec. 6; The Steel Wheels,Dec. 12; Bettye LaVette, Dec. 13; 12901 TownCommons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260,blackrockcenter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring, Hoodie Allen, Dec.3; Scotty McCreery, Dec. 5; Common, Dec. 7;French Montana, Dec. 10; 3BallMTY, Dec. 11;HIM, Dec. 12; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring.fillmoresilverspring.com.

Strathmore, Allyn Johnson, Dec. 3; MirelWagner, Dec. 4; Classic Albums Live: Led Zeppe-lin II, Dec. 5; BSO: Jingle Bells, Dec. 6; BSO: DukeEllington’s Nutcracker, Dec. 6; BSO: Handel’sMessiah, Dec. 6; MCYO: Symphonic Imagin-ings, Dec. 7; MCYO: Symphonic Dreams, Dec.7; Afternoon Tea, Dec. 8; Afternoon Tea, Dec. 8;Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour, Dec. 9;Afternoon Tea, Dec. 10; Susan Jones Klezmer En-semble, Dec. 10; call for venue, times. Locations:Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda;Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

The National Philharmonic Singers, under thedirection of conductors Stan Engebretson andVictoria Gau, will present a free holiday concertat 8 p.m. on Dec. at Christ Episcopal Church, 107South Washington Street, Rockville. Donationswill be accepted. nationalphilharmonic.org; 301-493-9283, ext. 116.

The Washington Piano Society Winter Con-cert Solo and four-hand works by Beethoven,Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Hindemith highlighta free concert for the entire community, witha reception following the concert at 3 p.m. onDec. 7 at the Montgomery College Cultural ArtsCenter, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. 301-793-1863 or dcpianosociety.org.

ON STAGEAdventure Theatre-MTC, “Tiny Tim’s Christ-

mas Carol,” through Jan. 1, call for prices, times,Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd.,Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “101 Dalmatians,”through Jan. 11, call for prices, times, Imagina-tion Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imagina-tionstage.org.

Highwood Theatre, “Improv Comedy Night,”

Dec. 5, call for prices, times, The Highwood The-atre, 914 Silver Spring Ave., thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.

Olney Theatre Center, “Disney’s The LittleMermaid,” through Dec. 28, call for prices, times,2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “The Nutcracker,” throughDec. 30; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays,Saturdays and Sundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’sNorth Arcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5,301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

Rockville Musical Theatre, Fitzgerald Theatre,603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, 240-314-8690,r-m-t.org.

Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “The Nut-cracker,” through Dec. 28, call for show times,4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. Ticketsrange in price from $10-$45 and seating is re-served. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.

Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’s Shadow,” Jan.9 through Jan. 31, Woodmoor Shopping Center,10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web sitefor show times, ssstage.org.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “Notes, References and

Miscellaneous Debris,” Brian Dupont, throughDec. 28, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com

Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art League JuriedMembers’ Show, Dec. 7 through Jan. 2, RockvilleCivic Center Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rock-ville. rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, Jeremiah Stermer, Dec.6 through Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622, marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association, Gordon Lyon,through Jan. 4, Westfield Wheaton Mall, 11160Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org.

VisArts, Steve Pearson: Manipular, Dec. 10through Jan. 18; Happy NOT Sappy, Dec. 10through Jan. 18; William Peirce, Dec. 10 throughJan. 18; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rock-ville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gallery, Pyramid At-lantic Art Center, second floor, 8230 Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, washingtonprintmakers.com.

Kentlands Mansion, Cathy Abramson (oil),Lynne Oakes (oil), and Elroy Williams (multi-media), through Dec. 5, 320 Kent Square Road,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.

Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaithers-burg, 301-258-6394

“You Are Here,” exhibit by Dave Montgomery,now through Jan. 4. Takoma Park CommunityCenter, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park. photoart-beyond.com; 301-215-9224.

ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street,

Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.

give, but she’s completely hon-est. For the most part also she’svery normal, while others aresort of fools. Viola is a bit of anoutsider which is something Ican relate to. She’s very honestwith herself.”

Coupled with the affluenceof the early-20th century, thefeeling of awe and joy is justthe tone the Illyrian carnivalis meant to strike. Featuringclowns, popcorn and animatedtheater acts (such as one thateven alludes to Shakespeare’sAntony and Cleopatra), theset, located on an intimate, tra-verse stage, is quite the sight.

The costumes also play arole in the play’s powerful mo-tifs. While Viola and her twinbrother, Sebastian, who is alsoshipwrecked, wear earth col-ors, Olivia dons four differentbeautiful gowns — one a redball gown with gold embellish-ments. These contrasting styles

not only add to the show’smagic, but comment on thecharacter’s personalities andfeelings.

“Wendy Eck and DianneDumais are amazing costum-ers,” Coulibaly said. “Olivia hasfour costume changes, all ofwhich easily play into her rolein the play. It’s amazing howthey all work together. Oliviachanges her mind a lot. Thecostumes just add to the theat-rical element of the entire showand Olivia as a character.”

To compel people to comeout to the show, Coulibaly re-minds everyong that the per-formance will be chock full ofupbeat ragtime music, crispdialogue, and countless laugh-out-loud moments.

“It’s fantastic. It’s going tobe funny, and there’s going tobe a lot of very, very wonderfulcostumes. The set is supposedto be incredible; there will besinging and dancing, and ev-eryone is going to be having somuch fun both on stage andoff.”

COMEDYContinued from Page A-13

School and Vassar College,and wrote freelance travel andfeature stories for newspapersuntil burning out by age 26. Asix-week introduction to visualarts course he took in 1989 at theBoston Museum School inspireda love of painting as well as anew career.

After three years of livingand working in Spain, and show-ing his paintings there and inPortugal, Block returned to theD.C. area. Marriage, the birthof two children and a move toSilver Spring followed, and hecontinued to paint and exhibit“extensively,” and wrote drafts ofhis five now-published books.

As for theater, Silver SpringStage performed Block’s one-act “Frank Johnson” in 2007,and his first full-length “WhiteNoise” was on stage at theDistrict’s Fridge in 2012, and off-

off-Broadway at Theater for theNew City the following year. Thestage, he said, is his particularpassion “because I can bring allof my creative interests togetherin one place.” In addition to ap-pealing to his interests in writingand philosophy, he noted, mostof his plays have a multimediaelement, including music and/or modern dance, as well as hispaintings, which serve as part ofthe set.

Block said he “absolutelyplan[s] to continue firing onall cylinders.” He is now re-searching the “quantum basicof consciousness and doingpreparatory location work” for asecond novel — “The God Pill,”which he describes as “a thrillerinvolving neuro-spiritualism,some rogue American govern-ment scientists now on the lamand the re-engineering on thegeo-political situation through ascheme to reverse engineer thehuman brain.”

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Michele Hoben earned adegree in Architecture from theUniversity of Michigan. Whilethere, she studied painting andphotography. Even though shewas an architect for decades, herlifelong love of painting was toomuch to ignore, and gave up thebuilding for painting 12 yearsago.

Her solo exhibit, “Footfalls,”is currently on display at theBlackRock Center for the Arts inGermantown.

Hoben’s mixed-media paint-ings explore the world of footfalls

— or the sound of footsteps.Her years as an architect tend tohelp, though, as she finds beautyin fractured concrete sidewalks,blistered paint on crosswalklines, fissured asphalt, crumbledcobblestones, and rusted steelmanhole covers.

Hoben investigates thestructural decay underfoot andrecognizes the beauty in materi-als that have succumbed to theunforeseen forces of nature andphysics.

“Footfalls,” is on display nowthrough Dec. 19 in the Terrace

Gallery at BlackRock.For more information, visit

blackrockcenter.org or call 301-528-2260.

Watch where you step

BLACKROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Michele Hoben’s “Crosswalk 1,” is ondisplay as part of Hoben’s “Footfalls”exhibit at the BlackRock Center forthe Arts in Germantown.

Born Steven AJ Markowitz, Hoodie Allenhas been performing different styles of rap andhip hop since 2009. Of course, if the rap thingdoesn’t work out for him, he can always go backto working for Google.

The musician is set to perform at the Fill-more Silver Spring with Chiddy Bang and Maxon Wednesday.

Allen released his first studio album, “Peo-ple Keep Talking” in October, hitting No. 8 onthe Billboard U.S. chart and No. 2 on the U.S.Rap and R&B/Hip Hop charts.

The University of Pennsylvania grad workedat Google as an Adwords associate. He decidedto leave Google when he had the opportunity todo live shows.

Allen also has a rather rabid fanbase, called“The Hoodie Mob.” The group is used to spreadthe word about Allen’s upcoming shows.

Tickets for the show are $28.50 with an $8fee. For more information, visit fillmoresilver-spring.com or call 301-960-9999.

They keepon talking

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING

Hoodie Allen is set to perform at the Fillmore SilverSpring on Wednesday.

Many head-scratchers have beensolved at 221B Baker Street. This timearound, though, something most“fowl” is going on, and it’s up to Sher-lock Holmes and his loyal companionDr. Watson to figure it out.

Such is the case in MontgomeryPlayhouse’s upcoming production of“Sherlock Holmes and the ChristmasGoose,” which opens Friday and runsthrough Dec. 31.

A missing jewel has found its wayinto the gullet of someone’s Christmasdinner. It’s up to Sherlock to figure outhow it got there, and fast!

This jovial play stars Matt Sims asSherlock and Paul Noga as Watson.Tickets for the show, which is beingperformed at the Arts Barn (311 KentSquare Road, Gaithersburg), are $20,$12 for children under 14. The show isappropriate for children ages 10 andup.

For more information, visit gaith-ersburgmd.gov or call 301-258-6394.

The gooseis up!

PHOTO BY DAVID JONES

Dr. Watson (Paul Noga) and Sherlock Holmes(Matt Sims) during rehearsal for MontgomeryPlayhouse’s production of “Sherlock Holmesand the Christmas Goose.”

The name Jimmy Webb mightnot sound familiar to you. His mu-sic, however, most definitely has.

Webb, the musician respon-sible for writing such hits asDonna Summer’s “MacArthurPark,” Barbra Streisand’s (andFrank Sinatra’s) “Didn’t We,” and“Wichita Lineman,” by R.E.M.,Keith Urban, Urge Overkill, andeven Homer Simpson, is bringinghis multi-platinum playlist to theBethesda Blues and Jazz SupperClub on Friday.

Webb has performed for morethan five decades and is the manbehind “Highwayman,” a songrecorded by The Highwaymen— Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson,Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristof-ferson. The song hit No. 1 on theBillboard Hot Country Singles andCanadian RPM Country Trackscharts.

During his live shows, the sonof an Oklahoma preacher not only

performs his hit songs, but talkswith the audience about how hecame up with them.

Tickets for the show are$35. For more information, visitbethesdabluesjazz.com.

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Musician Jimmy Webb is set to perform at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz SupperClub on Friday.

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FOOTBALL:Damascus,Northwest playfor state titles.Stories, B-6.

n After successful coach’sdeparture, longtime assistant

was a ‘no-brainer’

BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER

Minutes into a Nov. 25 scrimmageagainst Whitman High School, a familiarface walked quietly along the sideline ofthe Springbrook gymnasium. It was TomCrowell, the man who had led the BlueDevils to an unprecedented three straightClass 4A state championships from 2008-2010, amassed 193 wins in his nine yearsas coach and helped re-establish the SilverSpring program as one of the state’s best.But on this day, Crowell sat and watched,golf tee in hand, as a new, yet just as famil-iar face, furiously paced up and down theBlue Devils’ sideline.

Darnell Myers’ voice cut through thestuffy gym as he huddled his teammidwaythrough the first quarter.

“You’re good enough to do it,” Myersbarked out with aggression similar to hispredecessor. “So go do it!”

Myers, a longtime assistant at Spring-brook, assumed the head coaching posi-tion this past fall after Crowell decided itwas time to step away from the ultra-suc-cessful program he had rebuilt. The twoshare a relationship that spans more thana decade, back to Crowell’s coaching daysat Sherwood, where the twomet.

Over his nine years as a junior varsitycoach and varsity assistant at Springbrook,Myers was Crowell’s right-hand man, de-veloping formidable JV talents to keep thevarsity program primed for success whilealso serving as a familiar in-house figurefor the players. Myers is in his tenth year

as a paraeducator and special educationteacher at Springbrook.

So, when it came time to find someoneto take over the storied program, Crowellsaid the decisionwas “a no-brainer.”

“He’d been with me forever,” CrowellsaidofMyers. “Heknows thekids.HimandKurtDaviswere likemy right-handguys fornine years. And let me tell you, that nine-year run might never be [duplicated]. Itwas a pretty good run. He was a big part of

that.”For some, that decadeof successwould

be toomuch to handle as a new coach— anear-pristine standard to have to live up toand expectations that would weigh heav-ily on the mind. But that’s not the case forMyers. He knows the size of the shoes thathave been left for him to fill and has em-braced the role with tenacity, he said.

Same old Springbrook

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Springbrook High School coach Darnell Myers gives instructions during a Nov. 25 scrimmage againstWhitman.

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Springbrook High School’s Donovan Walker plays during a Nov. 25 scrimmage against Whitman. He’s expected to be one of county’s top players.

n Girls basketball has theathletes, but they lack the

full-time skills

BY ERIC GOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

Paint Branch High School’sCaitlinMcBride could be an im-pact player for oneofMontgom-ery County’s top girls basketballteams this winter, but don’t ex-pect the junior guard to hangaround the hardwood when theseason is complete.

That’s because McBride isa multi-sport athlete. She playslacrosse in the spring, and soc-cer, her primary sport, in the fall,leaving her little time for offsea-son basketball training. Whileparticipating on three varsityteams has kept her in top physi-cal condition — and helped herbecome a stronger defensiveplayer— it has also stopped herfrom fully developing basic of-fensive skills, such as shootingand ball-handling.

“I think if I only focused onone sport,” she said. “Like if I fo-cused on basketball, my offensewould be better.”

McBride isn’t the only Pan-ther whose offense is laggingbehind her defense; the Bur-tonsville school team ismadeupprimarily ofmulti-sport athletes,and most deal with the same is-sue, coach Rochelle Colemansaid. And while Paint Branch— the 2014 4A state semifinal-ists — has enough talented,basketball-first players to con-tinue scoring, other teams haveseen their offensive productiondecline because their athletesaren’t playing year-round.

“Watching games, the levelof play is down just because thekids just do somuch,” saidCole-man, a Paint Branch graduateand 2001 state champion. “It’sgood cross-training but I don’tknow if the basketball junkie …exists in the county.”

Coaches around the countyagreed that, anecdotally, they’veseen a drop in scoring amongthe public school teams andthat the rise of the multi-sportathlete might have somethingto dowith it.

Ria Peralta, a three-sportathlete from Springbrook, wasa basketball player first whenshe enrolled at the Silver Springschool but has since picked upfield hockey and lacrosse, get-ting a Division I scholarshipfromVirginiaCommonwealth inthe latter. The5-foot-1 speedstersaid she became a year-roundlacrosse player after realizingthere were scholarship oppor-tunities in the spring sport. Afterher sophomore year, she beganspending more time betweenthe pipes and less time on thecourt.

“I think it helps the defense

more because I know when tohelp, when to double team, Iknowwhen to read the offensiveplayers,” Peralta said.

While Peralta said her “bas-ketball specific IQ”hasdropped,she used her free time to con

Game scoring dropswith increase inmulti-sport athletes

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Paint Branch High School’s CaitlinMcBride practices shooting prior toa Nov. 20 scrimmage at RiverdaleBaptist.

“I think if I onlyfocused on one

sport. Like ifI focused on

basketball, myoffense would be

better.”Caitlin McBride

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AVALON IND.

Coach:KevinDavern,3rd year

Last season:16-11

Returningstarters: 1

Last leaguetitle:None

The Knights return two start-ers, if 6-foot-4 forward Conor Sloancounts. Hewas poised for a break-out season a year ago but a tornlabrum in his left shoulder sidelinedhim after three games. Avalon lostmost of its scoring but Sloan andfellow 6-4 forward JimmyDavernwill be at the core of the Knights’ up-tempo game. Coach Kevin Davernsaid the team’s approach changeswith its personnel and this year’sathleticism lends itself to amorefast-paced,motion offense andhigh-pressure defense.

The addition of Division I foot-ball recruit TrevonDiggs certainlyprovides a new dimension.

“He playedwith us this summer,he’s very athletic and so he’s pick-ing it up quickly,” the coach said.“He’s going to be a good basketballplayer.”

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

BULLIS IAC

Coach:BruceKelley,11th year

Last season:24-4

Startersreturning: 0

Last leaguetitle:2014

The Bulldogs look to reloadand once again compete for anInterstate Athletic Conferencetitle with the return of key benchperformers in Jamal Wright, NoahGear and Jamaal David. Wright isa 5-foot-9 point guard, Gear is 6-3,and David is a 6-6 wing player.They are joined by a talentedgroup of newcomers, including atrio of transfer students in 6-foot-5wingman Micky Bell (SidwellFriends), 5-8 guard Alex Leder(Landon) and 6-5 wingman ChyreeWalker (Paul VI).

“We should be good once theteam comes together,” said Kelley,whose has captured three straightIAC crowns. “Our goal is to winour league.”

— JAMES PETERS

EINSTEIN 3AW

Coach:RichPorac,4th year

Last season:7-15

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1999

Though the Titans lost a numberof contributors to graduation andtransfer, coach Rich Porac said hehas been pleasedwith the way se-niors Gil Reynolds (F) and JohnsonKilgore (C) have started tomentorsome of the younger players that willbe forced to fill the void this season.

The seasoned frontcourt playerswill likely be joined by a relativelynew group of guards, includingsophomore shooting guard KalilBowen, who has impressed Poracwith his offseasonwork. The off-sea-son transfer of guard JDGuerrero,now at Paint Branch, will certainlyhurt, and Einstein will have to lookto an eight-man senior class for aleadership by committee-type ap-proach.

“This ismy first group of kids,”Porac said of the seniors. “These aremy babies.”

—ADAM GUTEKUNST

WALTER JOHNSON 4AW

Coach:BrianFairall,1st year

Last season:2-21

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:1987

Walter Johnsonmay have onlywon twice last season, but it doesn’tworry new coach Brian Fairall. TheformerWildcats junior varsity coachspent eight previous years in theprogram.

“I feel like we are ahead of someof the other programs in the countybecause we have already installeda lot of things since I’ve been in theprogram for so long,” Fairall said.

Senior guard Paul Green returns(10 points per game). Point guardMichaelMahdavi was brought upfrom the JV squad during the seasonand should get the start in his juniorseason. Senior forward Chris Espejobrings experience to the front-court as well as senior post playerDongchen Li. Junior guard CharlieAli and senior Alex Perim add back-court depth.

— JOHNHARRIS III

BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE 4AW

Coach:SeanTracy,3rd year

Last season:5-19

Returningstarters: 2

Last statetournament:2008

The key to building a program,B-CC coach Sean Tracy says, is theplayers buying into the system.Tracy was the fourth coach in fouryears when he arrived, but nowheads into his third season. He saysthe players are starting to buy intohis program and he expects resultsto follow. The returning startersare senior guards Livio Caputo andJustin Carter. Junior KevinHolston,the team’s top returning scorer, alsoreturns. The Barons will have size,including a 6-foot-4 junior transferfromTexas, Ivan Torres, and a 6-7junior from junior varsity, TyjhaiByers. “This should be an up-tempoteam,” Tracy said. “Last year, we hadsix new faces, but this year, with theguys coming back, we havemoreconsistency.”

—KEN SAIN

CHURCHILL 4AW

Coach:RobertBean,2nd year

Last season:11-11

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:1978

A tumultuous offseason hasleft the Bulldogs with an inexperi-enced roster heading into 2014-15.Bobby Arthur-Williams, perhapsChurchill’s best player from lastseason, transferred to CovenantLife, while the Strittmatter brothers—Bryan and Sean— transferred toAvalon andGeorgetown Prep to playfootball. Another starter decided tofocus on a different sport.

Still, coach Robert Bean is en-couragedwithwhat he’s seen out hisyoung pieces. Senior guard CalvinKamara is joined in the backcourtby junior Tarik Harris, a point guardBean said has shown signs he’ll bea good coach on the floor. CenterNathanGertler, a second-year var-sity player, will look to improve onhis contributions from last season.“They’re hungry,” Bean said of hisgroup. “They want to contribute.”

—ADAM GUTEKUNST

GAITHERSBURG 4AW

Coach:TomSheahin,2ndyear

Last season:21-3

Startersreturning: 4

Last statetournament:1998

TheTrojanshavepositioned them-selvesasoneof thecounty’s top teamsthanks to theoffseason improvementof aquartetof guardswhocoachTomSheahin saidhaveworkedvehementlytogetbiggerandstronger.

“I’veneverhada teamwork sohard in theweight room,”Sheahinsaid.

Thegroupofguards is ledby6-foot-4 seniorAnthonyTarke, anincrediblyathletic guardwhohasbeenreceivingattention fromanumberofcolleges.Gaithersburg’s truedangerlies in their varietyof scoringoptions—from3-point specialist, sophomoreBrianLayman, to last year’s leading JVscorer (21ppg),GregCross.

“Wehavea lotofdoeverythingguys,” Sheahin saidofhis team. “Wehaveanoutstanding shooting teamandwe’requick.”

—ADAMGUTEKUNST

KENNEDY 4AW

Coach:DialloNelson,15th year

Last season:13-10

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1996

With several underclassmenexpected to play key roles this win-ter, longtime coachDiallo Nelsonexpects some growing pains, butsaid it might be the best overall col-lection of pure talent he’s coached atthe Silver Spring school.

The Cavs do have experiencein the backcourt with senior truepoint guard RobertWilson (5-1) andsophomore do-it-all guard JonathanMustamu (6-2), whoNelson callsthe team’s ‘glue,’ back in the startinglineup. Junior 6-3 forwardDextarPelap, last season’s leading scoringon junior varsity, should be a wel-come addition to the varsity ranks.

“I’d like to think I will have aneight to 10-man rotation that ispretty balanced,” Nelson said. “Ihave quite a few kids that can scoreeight to 15 points a game.”

—KENT ZAKOUR

BLAIR 4AW

Coach:DamonPigrom,4th year

Last season:20-4

Returningstarters: 1

Last statetournament:1979

Blair lost a huge chunk of itsscoring from 2014, as four playersaveragingmore than 10 points pergame graduated. After an impres-sive run over the past couple ofyears, Damon Pigrom’s programwill have to retool with a numberof inexperienced pieces, as seniorshooting guardDanny Canary is theonly returning starter. For the Blaz-ers, injuries have hindered crucialpreseason progression, asmultipleplayers competing for starting spotsare battling injuries. Junior TuckerNosal, last year’s leading scorer onJV,may be out for the season aftera knee procedure. Sophomore for-ward Julius Cobb and senior IsmaelSangare are both recovering fromhand/finger injuries and senior for-ward Yosef Yishak is dealing with aback issue. “It’s kind of the nextmanup philosophy,” Pigrom said.

—ADAM GUTEKUNST

CLARKSBURG 4AW

Coach:G.J.Kissal,3rd year

Last season:20-5

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:None

Last year’s run to the 4AWestRegion title gamewas led by threeseniors. Still, Clarksburg is eager toreturn.

“We knowwhat it takes to winat that level,” coach G.J. Kissal said.“We also know how fleeting thatlevel of success is. The thing we tryto do is to give ourselves a chance tobe successful.”

Junior guard Andrew Kosteckaand senior forward Austin Duffyare the returning starters. SeniorsNelson Jones (center) andDevinneGreene (guard) also started somegames last year and return. The Coy-otes gained two transfers fromGoodCounsel, sophomore guards IanKrishnan andMichaelWinterburn.

Two playersmaking the jumpfrom junior varsity, juniors DallasMarshall and JeffreyMcInnis, arecandidates to start this season.

—KEN SAIN

GEORGETOWN PREP IAC

Coach:HerbKrusen,5th year

Last season:11-15

Startersreturning: 3

Last leaguetitle:2006

CoachHerb Krusen said he is“very excited” about this year’ssquad because of its “great workethic” andmarked improvementfrom last season. The Little Hoyasalso return a trio of starters, includ-ing leading scorer Trystan Pratapas,a 6-foor-4 junior guard who aver-aged 15 points per game to go alongwith 69 3-pointers.

He’s rejoined by 6-1 guard TravisValmon and 6-6 forward KevinMc-Donald.

In addition, Georgetown Prepwelcomes in the 6-7, 250-pound Ty-lerWhite from JohnMarshall HighSchool (Va.) as well as 5-8 freshmanguard Jared Bynum. Senior LorenBrill also returns for Prep.

“Our goal is to compete for theIAC championship,” Krusen said.

— JAMES PETERS

LANDON IAC

Coach:RoryPerkins,1st year

Last season:1-19

Startersreturning: 0

Last leaguetitle:2010

Coach Rory Perkins, who alsocoaches Landon’s sixth gradesquad, takes the helm from AndyLuther, who guided the Bears toback-to-back IAC titles in 2009and 2010 before falling on moredifficult times — four combinedwins the past two seasons.

Perkins, who coached at con-ference rival St. Stephen’s andSt. Agnes from 1996-2002, sawthe Bears compile a 3-16 recordduring summer league play. Histop player this winter should besenior point guard Aaron Byrd,who transferred from DeMathaCatholic.

“We want to play hard, playsmart, and play together,” Per-kins said. “We want to continueto work hard and get better eachday.”

— JAMES PETERS

BLAKE 4AN

Coach:MarcusWiggins,9th year

Last season:15-9

Returningstarters: 3

Last statetournament:2010

CoachMarcusWigginsmakesno bones about it; his teamwill bedeeply stockedwith guards.

“Wewill be deeply interchange-able at guard. There will be timeswhen there could be four guardson the court at one time,”Wigginssaid. “We are going to be knownas ‘Guard City’. InMontgomeryCounty public school basketball,you have to have experiencedguards. Teams thatmake it to stateshave this.”

Seniors Jamal Nganga, JordanBrowne andNathan Bonsu can playoff guard or small forward, and haveplenty of experience after startingas juniors last season. Juniors DarielMedina and Jack Tempchin alsoreturn for last year’s Class 4ANorthRegion finalists. Sophomore KobeColston is also expected to contrib-ute for the Bengals.

— JOHNHARRIS III

DAMASCUS 3AW

Coach:ButchMarshall,5th year

Last season:11-14

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1952

It’s the samesituationeveryyearfor theSwarmin’Hornets andcoachButchMarshall. The school’s footballprogramseeminglyalwaysmakes theplayoffs anda fewkeymembersof thebasketball teamplay the fall sport.

“It couldbeanywhere fromtwo tofivekids Iwill getback inDecember,”Marshall said. “You justdon’t knowwhowill behealthyandnotburntoutafter football.”

Damascushas traditionally startedslowdue to the temporary rosterholes, butMarshall thinks that thiswinter couldbea littlebitdifferent fortheguard-heavyHornets.

SeniorsBenMichael (G/F)andMattTorrence (G)andBlake transferDuaneDavis (G)will likely lead theteamasbasketball-firstplayers. Foot-ball playersDerekGibsonandLa’KyeAlstonshouldeventuallymakesignifi-cant contributions.

—KENT ZAKOUR

GOOD COUNSEL WCAC

Coach:DaveCredle,1st year

Last season:1-24

Startersreturning: 2

Lastconferencetitle:None

The good news is there’s reallyonly one direction for this team togo, and it’s up. The Falcons are ontheir third coach in asmany yearsbut Dave Credle was an assistant lastseason so the transition should beseamless.

Good Counsel is still a workin progress, Credle said. But with6-foot-8 center Nick Gittings and 6-5freshman power forward Tyler Bai-ley, the Falcons should have a stronginside presence. Returning starterMatt Perigard and sophomoreCamNorman also provide strengtharound the perimeter.

“That doesmake usmore dy-namic, we can score inside and out,”Credle said. “[Our inside game] canreally open up the outside for ourperimeter shooting. ... We’re re-building andwe’re definitely goingin the right direction.”

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

MAGRUDER 4AW

Coach:DanHarwood,25th year

Last season:16-8

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:2013

The Colonels feature arguablythe county’s top player in 6-foot-7senior forward JoeHugley, who av-eraged 16.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and3 blocks per game as a junior.

It was a breakout season thathelpedMagruder overachieve, ac-cording to coachDanHarwood,who noted the senior is getting looksfrom the likes of St. Peters, WagnerandUAB. After having to replacetheir top 6 players heading into2013-14, the Colonels return threeof their starters this season, whichHarwood said has been a great helpin establishing chemistry.

Returners RonaldHammond, asenior forward (8 ppg), and juniorguardMarquaineWilkerson (4 ppg)will be asked to ramp up their scor-ing output as Hugley will inevitablydraw a significant amount of atten-tion from opposing teams.

—ADAM GUTEKUNST

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

RICHARD MONTGOMERY 4AW

Coach:DavidBreslaw,3rd year

Last season:11-13

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1967

Seniors Renzo Farfan (forward)andNick Jackson (forward/center)return from a Rockets squad thathad an up-and-down season in2013-14. Junior Nasir Robinson—a transfer fromGlenelg CountrySchool— should provide a scoringboost for coachDavid Breslaw’steam. Junior Daniel Alexandershould also contribute after playingmostly JV last season. Alexander, awide receiver, built a strong rapportwith quarterback Farfan during thefootball season. Breslaw said hewasencouraged by his team’s summerleague performance, and hopes tocarry some of thatmomentumoverto the varsity campaign.

“We played in two summerleagues andwewon probably 75percent of our games,” he said. “Ithink we have as good a chances asany of winning our division.”

—KYLE RUSSELL

MONTROSE CHRISTIAN IND.

Coach:BryanBartley,2nd year

Last season:20-5

Startersreturning: 0

Last leaguetitle:N/A

After losing sevenplayers fromlast year’s team, theMustangshaveretooled inabigway, stockpilinganumberof local talents. Point guardKyleDePollar (Whitman)and forwardA.J.Wilson (DuVal) are just twoof thenumberof area standoutswhooptedforMontrose’s competitivenationalschedule.

SeniorT.J.Oliver (RiverdaleBap-tist) recently committed toTulane, fol-lowedshortly thereafterby JermaineUkaegbu (Springbrook)whosigned toplayat SacredHeart.

Bartleyanticipates that thechem-istrywill come, “as thekidsdecide thiswill be the school for them.”ThoughtheMustangsmaynothave the talenttheyhad in recently, theyboast an im-pressivelydeepbench.Their scheduleincludes trips toOhio, SouthCarolinaandGeorgia for various tournaments.

—ADAM GUTEKUNST

NORTHWEST 4AW

Coach:RobSmith,1st year

Last season:4-18

Startersreturning: 0

Last statetournament:None

New coach Robert Smith saidhe is now dealing with a problemthat he never had as the Jaguars girlscoach from 2008-10: a football teamin themidst of a state title quest.

“We have about eight [football]guys who are waiting to try out,”Smith said. “It’s exciting for theschool ... but at the same time, itcreates a problem because you fallbehind in the basketball world.”

More than 100 boys tried out foreither varsity or JV,making Smith’sjob thatmuch harder.

“I’m still learning the kids, learn-ing how they play, and they’re learn-ing how I coach,” he said. “I can’tgive you any set names because ev-eryone is fighting for positions, andwe’re still building that community,but we’ll get there.”

—KYLE RUSSELL

NORTHWOOD 3AW

Coach:AnthonyDickens,9th year

Last season:3-19

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1975

Jauvenel Leveille Jr. and BrandonRichardson return from last year’sstarting rotation for the Gladiators,whowill rely on a guard-heavylineup for the 2014-15 campaign.Key newcomers to the varsity ranksinclude Eli Brent, Eric Screthen,Kirubal Ashengo and PapeMbaye.Coach AnthonyDickens said hewillneed his team to focus execution inorder to have success with its lim-ited size.

“We are going to have to out-quick people and out-think them,”he said. “That’s all you can do.We’regoing to have to gang rebound, andreally play together.

“We open upwith [Montgomery]Blair [Friday], so we start right off thebat with one of our crosstown rivals,so we’ll get a good indication of howfar we have come.”

—KYLE RUSSELL

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PAINT BRANCH 4AN

Coach:WalterHardy,17th year

Last season:8-15

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:2000

After losing four seniors and alarge chunk of their scoring outputfrom last season, the Panthers willlook to some of their inexperiencedplayers to step up come the 2014-15season.

Senior point guard StephenAdebesin, the only returning starter,should run the show for a PaintBranch team that will run out a small,but athletic lineup. Longtime coachWalter Hardy called junior guardKendall Morton, “one of the best ath-letes in the county.”

Six-foot-1 senior center MacieJones has been playing well in theoffseason and senior guard GeorgeBurns has improved his outside shot,Hardy said. “Some guys that didn’tplay a whole lot, this is their turn toplay,” Hardy said. “They worked realhard in the offseason and I expectgood things out of them.”

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

ST. ANDREW’S MAC

Coach:KevinJones,4th year

Last season:18-7

Startersreturning: 3

Lastconferencetitle:None

During Kevin Jones tenure at thePotomac private school, the Lionshave improved each season, and thiswinter should be no different. In fact,Jones believes this will be his best de-fensive squad yet.

Senior point guard Marcus Ad-kison is expected to take over as theteam’s leader. Senior guard/forwardJacob White (6-5), senior guard MylesLaw (5-10), junior Tyler Stewart (6-6)and junior center George Muresan (6-8) should all also see significant play-ing time and make key contributions.Sophomore guard/forward AnthonyDuruji (6-6) transferred from North-west and is expected to play a role.

“We got some length that will helpdefensively and some athleticism,”Jones said. “We’re one of those teamsif we defend, we will be OK. Offen-sively, we have the ability to get outand run.”

— KENT ZAKOUR

WATKINS MILL 3AW

Coach:JasonTringone,8th year

Last season:8-13

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:1991

Coach Jason Tringone leads asenior-heavy group. Returning start-ers include senior guards Obi Patrick(14 ppg last season), Josh Cray, whoTringone calls “one of the betterdefenders I’ve coached,” and JalenJackson. “I think they have reallygood chemistry and having as manyseniors (10) as we do, they have amaturity level,” Tringone said.

The Wolverines will feature moreof an up-tempo style on offense,but Tringone said the challenge forhis slightly undersized unit is ondefense.

“The biggest thing is getting theteam to play together on the de-fensive end. I think that’s the mostimportant thing, to learn how tomove together, to help each other,to communicate,” he said. “Oncewe get that, everything else will flowfrom there.”

— HARVEY VALENTINE

BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE 4AW

Former B-CC star Ryan Ingallswasn’t hired to lead the Barons thisseason until about a week before thefirst practice. Jennifer Rushin, thetwo-year coach, resigned suddenly forfamily reasons. Ingalls teaches biologyat B-CC and has been the Rockvillejunior varsity coach for two seasonsand said she was excited when she wasasked to coach the Barons.

“I see lots of potential,” she said.The three returning starters are

senior guard Mariama Tunkara, juniorforward Daisy Leahy and sophomorecenter Shantal Perez. B-CC also has acouple of talented freshmen who areexpected to make varsity: point guardCharlotte Lowndes and forward Cait-lyn Clendenin.

“It’s a competitive league, butwe’re going to do what we do well, andtry to surprise some people,” Ingrallssaid.

— KEN SAIN

POOLESVILLE 2AW

Coach:KennyKramek,3rd year

Last season:18-6

Startersreturning: 0

Last statetournament:1990

The Falcons graduated 10 seniorsfrom last winter’s squad, and thenlost forward/center Jon Bateky toearly graduation this year in order tohead to Rutgers on a football schol-arship. The key returners for coachKenny Kramek are Steven Morning-star and Sean Parker Jr., who havebuilt-in chemistry as a quarterback-wide receiver duo from football. Se-nior Andrew Wang and sophomoreSteven Lang also figure to be featuredcontributors in the starting lineup.

“Our expectations are high likethey are every year,” Kramek said.“We have had a very good run atPoolesville over the past 10 yearsor so, and we are hoping to staycompetitive. We are inexperienced,there’s no doubt about that. ...I’m learning day-by-day what ourstrengths are and what our limita-tions are.”

— KYLE RUSSELL

SENECA VALLEY 3AW

Coach:BrianHumphrey,1st year

Last season:1-20

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:2009

The Screaming Eagles are certainlyno strangers to adversity. New coachBrian Humphrey said he just wantsthem to handle it better.

“We want the guys to learn how to,at times, deal with adversity, under-stand that if something goes wrong it’sOK, you can work through it,” he said.

Seneca Valley has size — includ-ing 6-6 junior Terry Milburne, 6-3sophomore Brandon Simpson, and6-2 junior Will Craig — and quicknessin point guard DeJuan Smith.

The team, the coach said, is fo-cusing on defense, rebounding andtransition.

“We’ve steadily improved, they’redoing everything we ask them do,”Humphrey said. “We are pretty ath-letic and are beginning to learn howto play defense. We’ll take things onegame at a time and try to play to thestandards we set for ourselves.”

— HARVEY VALENTINE

WHEATON 3AW

Coach:MarcoBasso-Luca,2nd year

Last season:16-10

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1997

It is no secret the Knights lost alot from last winter’s team, as five ofthe team’s top 7 players have gradu-ated. Coach Marco Basso-Luca esti-mates 90 percent of his scoring and85 percent of rebounding produc-tion went with them.

Returning senior starters CareyBrown (point forward, 6-2) andJacob Payne (point guard, 5-11) willbe asked take on increased roles andprovide leadership and experiencefor what should be a relatively youngsquad.

“We’re just getting started andstill trying to mesh as a team,”Basso-Luca said. “We will havebumps in the road ... as the seasonprogresses we will get better.”

Expect Wheaton to play uptempo on both ends of the court totry to take advantage of its athleti-cism.

— KENT ZAKOUR

BLAIR 4AW

Coach:ErinConley,8th year

Last season:14-8

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:1997

The Blazers’ strength will be theirdefense, coach Erin Conley said,and while they lack size, they will tryto make up for that by crashing theboards and remaining disciplinedwith their defensive rotations.

“I think we’re going to have toconcentrate on rebounding andcovering up those weaknesses,”Conley said.

Conley said she’s expecting thelone returning starter, Camille Es-trin, to lead the guard-heavy team.The 5-foot-2 junior could get helpfrom Liza Curcio-Rudy, who playeda key role on last year’s squad.

“It’s a little hard to say where Isee the team because by the end ofthe season, we’ll have improved somuch that we’ll look to make somesurprises,” Conley said. “... We havea lot of room to grow and develop.”

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

QUINCE ORCHARD 4AW

Coach:PaulForinger,14th year

Last season:8-15

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:2000

Improving their basketball IQ willbe the key as the intelligent, but inex-perienced Cougars look to improve onlast season.

“This is one of the smartest teamsI’ve ever had in the classroom, we’vegot six straight-A students,” coachPaul Foringer said, adding that theirbasketball IQ hasn’t yet reached thatlevel. “They’re going to make mistakes.If we can keep the number of mistakesdown, we’ll be able to compete.

The Cougars are led by two return-ing starters, junior point guard DamonDaniel and sophomore forward JohnFierstein.

“They’ve been through the wars,”Foringer said. “They’re going to be re-ally good players.”

Also expected to play key roles aresenior center Sam Ling, sophomoreshooting guard Matt Kelly and juniorsmall forward Jack Ropelewski.

— HARVEY VALENTINE

SHERWOOD 4AN

Coach:TimGilchrist,2nd year

Last season:13-11

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:2012

Coach Tim Gilchrist lost fourstarters from last year’s team, but acontingent of Warriors football play-ers should help fill the void.

“We should be a real tough, phys-ical team,” he said.

Senior quarterback Neven Suss-man will start at forward, senior tightend Hunter Moore will man the post,and sophomore running back TravisLevy will toggle between starting andcoming off the bench at forward.

“We’ve got a lot of guys whocan contribute in different ways,”Gilchrist said. “It’s nice to have thatflexibility.”

The returning starter is seniorXavier McCants, who averaged 15points per game last season.

“He really improved in the off-season,” Gilchrist said. “He has thepotential to be one of the best guardsin the county this year.”

— HARVEY VALENTINE

WHITMAN 4AW

Coach:ChrisLun,11th year

Last season:21-7

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:2014

The defending 4A West Regionchampions were dealt two hugeblows in the offseason, as the Vi-kings lost a pair of key pieces set toreturn from 2014’s state runner-upsquad. Jake Kuhn, a 6-foot-5 guard,tore his ACL in a football scrimmageand is out for the season and pointguard Kyle DePollar transferred toMontrose Christian for his final yearof eligibility.

Coach Chris Lun will have torely on his team’s size if the Vikingswant to get back to College Park.Though young and relatively inex-perienced, Whitman boasts a halfdozen players over 6-foot-3, includ-ing senior forward Riley Shaver, theonly returning starter. Shaver willbe joined by 6-foot-5 center AntonCasey, a Brown football recruit, andChurchill transfer, forward ShaqDiboti-Lobe.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

BLAKE 4AN

Coach:PatriciaGilmore,9th year

Last season:12-10

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:2009

Blake coach Patricia Gilmorewants her team to be able to beatits opponents down court for easybaskets this winter. But, she saidshe knows that without the abilityto grab rebounds consistently, herplans could be somewhat foiled.

“How far my team goes will de-pend on how effectively we reboundand improve our post play,” shesaid. “We are small but very athletic,and we will look to press and run asmuch as possible.”

Senior Citiana Negatu is theteam’s leading returning scorer (13.6points per game last season). SeniorBailey Boyd and junior Monica Hall-mark are back as starters. Transferpoint guard Alyssa Allison and soph-omore Sashia Brown are also set tostart. Senior Elana Harris will be keyoff of the bench for the Bengals.

— JOHN HARRIS III

ROCKVILLE 3AW

Coach:SteveWatson,3rd year

Last season:17-7

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:1982

Rockville has to rebuild this sea-son, coach Steve Watson said, replac-ing a pair of three-year starters.

Returning players include two-year starter Ben Wiebusch, a juniorpoint guard, and senior guard RakeemHoy-Farria.

“The team’s kind of been turnedover to [Wiebusch],” said Watson, whocalled Farria a good defender beingasked to take more offensive respon-sibility. Essex Thompson and KellenCremins are also expected to start.

The biggest issue for the Rams issize.

“We’re not be as tall as in yearspast and that’s a challenge we’vetalked about since Day 1, collectivelyrebounding the ball,” Watson said. “Ifwe do that, we have some advantages.We’re going to be able to move the balland be comfortable with all five guyshandling the ball on the perimeter.”

— HARVEY VALENTINE

SPRINGBROOK 4AN

Coach:DarnellMyers ,1st year

Last season:23-3

Startersreturning: 0

Last statetournament:2014

There is newness abound forthe county’s most storied program.First-year coach Darnell Myers, alongtime assistant under formercoach Tom Crowell, will direct anentirely new starting five for Spring-brook.

Luckily for Myers, one thinghasn’t changed: Springbrook stillhas talent.

Senior transfer Donovan Walker,who spent his first three seasons atPaint Branch and St. Maria Goretti,leads a group of talented athletesthat fit perfectly into Springbrook’stenacious defensive approach andfast-paced transition attack.

Aaron Burton, an athletic6-foot-5 forward, should hold downthe frontcourt for the Blue Devils,while senior guards Vincent Brownand Falu Sack will join Walker in thebackcourt.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

WOOTTON 4AW

Coach:ChrisBohlen,9th year

Last season:6-17

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:1985

Apparently the Patriots didn’t getthe memo about the re-emergenceof the “bigs” in Montgomery CountyPublic Schools. But coach ChrisBohlen said Wootton, which returnsits top playmakers in Justin Feldmanand Richard Hum, is not concernedwith what it cannot control.

The Patriots’ focus is on whatthey can: smart basketball, limitingturnovers, high-percentage shooting,getting to the free throw line and “do-ing some different things, defensively,to maximize our team speed,” Bohlensaid. With a lot of interchangeableparts — third-year varsity player AlexSandler and Isaiah Lyons add versatil-ity — Wootton is deeper this winterthan in recent years, Bohlen said.

“We’re very undersized, but I’moptimistic,” Bohlen said. “Our strengthis our ball-handling, we’ll be able tocreate a lot of things.”

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

BULLIS ISL

Coach:HayleyHollis,1st year

Last season:13-14

Startersreturning: 2

Last leaguetitle:2013

It’s another new season, and an-other new coach at Bullis. This timeit’s Hayley Hollis, whose past stopsinclude Sherwood and Holy Cross.Hollis, The Bulldogs’ fourth coach inas many years, will be leading whatshe described as a “very young buteager group.” Junior forward Law-rencia Moten and sophomore Vic-toria Crawford return to the startinglineup and will help replace Lynee’Belton (Duke), while Maqui Carrillo,a freshman point guard, could makean impact in her first year. Hollissaid the Bulldogs are “going back tothe basics,” and that she has likedthe energy they’ve shown in pre-season scrimmages.

“They’re hungry to win and re-ally capitalize on our strengths andimprove on that .500 team from lastseason,” Hollis said.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

FILE PHOTO

Magruder High School senior forward Joe Hugley (right) is expected to be one of the top players in the county.FILE PHOTO

Good Counsel High School’s Nicole Enabosi (right) is expected to be one of the top players in the county this winter.

Coach:RyanIngalls,1st year

Last season:6-15

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:None

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CHURCHILL 4AW

GAITHERSBURG 4AW

HOLY CROSS WCAC

RICH. MONTGOMERY 4AW

POOLESVILLE 2AW

CLARKSBURG 4AW

GOOD COUNSEL WCAC

WALTER JOHNSON 4AW

NORTHWEST 4AW

QUINCE ORCHARD 4AW

DAMASCUS 3AW

HOLTON-ARMS ISL

KENNEDY 4AW

NORTHWOOD 3AW

ROCKVILLE 3AW

EINSTEIN 3AW

HOLY CHILD ISL

MAGRUDER 4AW

PAINT BRANCH 4AN

ST. ANDREW’S ISL

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Coach:KateMcMahon,6th year

Last season:16-7

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:2003

Coach:SissyNatoli,9th year

Last season:6-13

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:None

Coach:StevePisarski,17th year

Last season:23-4

Startersreturning: 0

Last statetournament:2014

Coach:JulianBarron,3rd year

Last season:0-21

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:1989

Coach:AdrianMcDaniel,9th year

Last season:16-7

Startersreturning: 0

Last statetournament:2012

Coach:TomSplaine,14th year

Last season:20-15

Startersreturning: 3

Last WCACtitle: 2012

Coach:JamieReady,6th year

Last season:23-4

Startersreturning: 2

Last ISL title:2014

Coach:MariahPeterson,1st year

Last season:9-12

Startersreturning: 4

Last ISL title:2008

Coach:BobCox,1st year

Last season:14-14

Startersreturning: 2

Last WCACtitle: 2007

Coach:KevinThompson,8th year

Last season:21-4

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:None

Coach:ErinBorsody,7th year

Last season:18-7

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:2014

Coach:NathanLewis,2nd year

Last season:8-14

Startersreturning: 0

Last statetournament:None

Coach:TenishaReid,2nd year

Last season:2-17

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:None

Coach:RochelleColeman,4th year

Last season:23-3

Startersreturning: 4

Last statetournament:2014

Coach:JamieJamison,1st year

Last season:18-6

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:None

Coach:ChrisCampbell,1st year

Last season:3-20

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:None

Coach:MikeOakes,1st year

Last season:6-14

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:1996

Coach:FrankWeaver,1st year

Last season:10-12

Startersreturning: 4

Last statetournament:1986

Coach:AndreForeman,3rd year

Last season:14-13

Startersreturning: 3

Last ISL title:2010

Coach:LindseyZegowitz,4th year

Last season:13-10

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:1986

TheBulldogs had a strong, albeitinjury-riddled 2014 campaign, and arelooking to godeeper in thepostseasonthisMarch.Most of their starters areback, including JapriaKarim-Duvall,a talented andathletic guard-forwardwho carried the team to a 16-win sea-son.

Karim-Duvallwill haveplenty ofhelp in fellow seniors IzzyWu,Kath-erineMichael andHannahYasharoff.Churchill also has adeep sophomoreclass, highlightedbydefensive special-ist CocoKuchins.

“Wedefinitely think this team iscapable of having a very long season,”coachKateMcMahon said. “…They’reback andhungry,”

McMahon said she expectsChurchill to have abalancedoffensewhile running ahigh-intensity defense.

“Focus on thedefensenow, andtake it as far aswe can,”McMahonsaid.

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

Clarksburg was close last year, butfell short often.

This young teamwants to changethat this season.

“Wewere in a lot of games, we justdidn’t winmany,” coach Sissy Natolisaid. “This year, that push to get bet-ter is coming from the players, whichis refreshing. Their game is coming onstrong.”

There are no seniors on thisyear’s roster, Natoli said. She mayend up including two freshmen onthe varsity. Juniors Taja’Ne White(point guard), Kaylan Jackson(guard), Jamiere Jefferies (forward)and Gabby Haddad (forward)should lead the Coyotes. Sopho-more Renee Anya, the sister of for-mer DeMatha star BeeJay Anya, alsojoins the team.

“We look pretty good in our scrim-mages, I’m excited to get the seasonunderway,” Natoli said.

—KEN SAIN

Damascus has become one ofMontgomery County’s best teamsand a perennial state tournamentberth contender under longtimecoach Steve Pisarski.

But this winter, for the first timein recentmemory, the Swarmin’ Hor-nets likely won’t be in the postseasonconversation.

Every starter from last season’s 3Astate finalist squad is gone and onlysophomore forward Tiana Stewart,who came off the bench in 2013-14,returns with experience. Damascus—its tallest player is 5-foot-9—will fea-ture a host of underclassmen and newfacesmaking key contributions

“We are very young,” Pisarski said.“I don’t know how goodwewill bebut wewill bemuch better in Febru-ary thanwe are right now.

This is the smallest team I’ve had;everyonewho starts for this teamcould be a guard.”

—KENT ZAKOUR

The Titans are trying to end a 22-game losing streak that dates backto 2013, andwhile only one starter isback, coach Julian Barron said therehave been signs of improvementthis preseason.

Barron said the key to snappingthe streak is “improving and run-ning the offense. And just being abletomake basketball plays outside ofthe normal offense.”

Look for junior Dalina Julien, a5-foot-4 guard, to lead the Kensing-ton school in her third season as astarter.

The team returns three othervarsity players and brings up sixfrom junior varsity.

“Most games teams didn’t score50 points on us but wewould justhave an inability to score outsideof Dalina [Julien],” Barron said.“We got to get some scoring [out] ofother positions.”

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

The Trojans have reloaded thiswinter, with an entirely new startinglineup and only one player—CelinaHerndon—back on the varsity team.Having a young and inexperiencedteam, however, won’t stop coachAdrianMcDaniel from continuing torun his full-court press.

“I don’t care whowe have. Gaith-ersburg is going to press you,”Mc-Daniel said.

Herndon, a 5-foot-5 junior guard,will be joined by junior varsity call-ups Javanna Jones and AlexisMack,and the trio could help lead a bal-anced offense. But the Trojansmayrely just asmuch on their defense tocreate easy scoring opportunities,McDaniel said.

“I’m just excited to coach theseyoung girls,”McDaniel said. “I’m go-ing to have to really teach and coachthis year. I’m really excited aboutthat.”

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

The young Falcons finished lastseason strong by winning seven oftheir final 10 games against someof the top girls basketball teams inthe region. Good Counsel is hopingto carry that momentum into thiswinter.

Senior Nicole Enabosi, a6-foot-1 All-Gazette forward (Dela-ware), is expected to lead a talentedfrontcourt that also features CaraJudkins (6-2 sophomore) and Bre-onna Mayfield (6-5 sophomore).

In the Olney school’s backcourt,look for guard Lindsey Pulliam toprogress after a strong freshmancampaign.

“[There is] a lot of youth, but ev-erybody’s coming back a little bet-ter, and certainly more confident,”14th-year coach Tom Splaine said.

“... I expect this year, if we stayhealthy, we can go out and com-pete for a championship.”

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

The core of theHolton-Arms bas-ketball team consists of four seniorsand two sophomores. Senior co-captains Olivia Lee and Rachel Am-sellem and classmates Gaites Laytonand Sydney Chapman should provideleadership. New coachMariah Pe-terson expects this group to lead the10-member squadwith solid defenseand ball-handling skills. SophomoresAnnelise Kotz and Leah Eastment willalso figure prominently in the team’sfortunes. New players include juniorMimi Chouikha, sophomores NoraApt and Jayla Frith, and freshmanAlexis Smith.

“The team is focused on strength-ening the fundamentals of eachand every player in the program,”Peterson said. “What the team lacksin depth, the playersmake up for inhustle and hardwork and they aredetermined to play to the best of theirability.

— JOHNHARRIS III

A few years ago Tigers coachJamie Ready said she would’ve beenapprehensive aboutmoving to theIndependent School League’s upperdivision down three starters fromthe previous season.

But Holy Child has been buildingtoward this for years, Ready said,with players waiting in the wings,eager at the prospect of better com-petition.

Junior guards Lilly Paro andCaroline Rowewill likely carrymostof the scoring brunt. Paro, a third-year starter, recordedmore than 503-pointers a year ago.

Rowe, who transferred in fromGood Counsel last year butmissedthe seasonwith a knee injury, is acerebral and versatile player. Five-foot-10 senior Anna Jorgensen is theteam’s only true post player; the Ti-gers will look to her for big rebound-ing numbers.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Rookie coach Bob Cox said theTartans are going to depend heavilyon their four returning varsity players.

That includes Janae Bailey, a6-foot-1 center/forward who is astrong rebounder and shot-blockerwith range that extends to about 15feet, he said.

Look for senior Taylor Hagins, ju-nior Anna-Sophia Capizzi and sopho-moreMadison Boyd to pick up thescoring in the backcourt, Cox said.

Cox, a longtime assistant underTom Splaine at Good Counsel, saidhe is hoping Holy Cross can finish inthe top five of the competitiveWCACafter losing Rhamat Alhassan andJillian Dunston (Michigan) to gradu-ation.

“I have somany new players thatare on varsity, I don’t know howthey’re going to react,” Cox said. “...It’s going to take offensive executionand defense.”

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

The Wildcats, according to theircoach, have improved team quick-ness and speed and have plenty ofleadership.

While the defending 4A SouthDivision co-champion’s plan is topress the issue offensively, it doesn’tplan to necessarily become a one-dimensional team.

“We want to get out and pushthe ball this year because I think wehave a pretty quick team, but it willdepend on who we play against,”Zegowitz said.

The roster includes five newplayers to the program, and alsohas three key starters back in seniorpoint guard Erica Boyd, and twinsenior forwards Kate and MaggieHowe.

Zegowitz is also looking forwardto see what sophomore guard JordanZavareei and senior reserve guard Ja-mie Fanaroff will do on the court.

— JOHNHARRIS III

In one of their best seasons inprogram history last winter, theCavaliers reached the 4A WestRegion final before losing toMagruder.

But this year, it will be a muchdifferent story in Silver Spring.

Kennedy graduated most of itslineup for a year ago; junior com-bination guard Khadijah Pearsonreturns.

She will be expected to “do it all”for the Cavaliers this season, ac-cording to Thompson.

“A whole lot is different thistime,” said Thompson, who expectsto keep his offensive and defensivesystems basic.

“I got a mix of everything, butnot a lot of basketball experi-ence, a lot of girls haven’t playedmuch. Initially it is going to be alittle rough, but hopefully midwaythrough the season we are better.”

—KENT ZAKOUR

The Colonels reached the 4Astate semifinals last spring and aretrying to prove that runwas not afluke.

They return eight players andthree starters, including seniorsHannah Barr andHope Randolph,who both averaged about 10 pointsper game and helped lead the teamto a region title.

“They set a goal, they want to getback there,”Magruder coach ErinBorsody said.

TheDerwood school has steadilyimproved, winning three games in2010-11 and 2011-12, then going 11-12 two seasons ago, andwinning 18games last year.

“Now that they do know how towin, they want to keep going withthatmomentum,” Borsody said. “...The expectations are higher andweare working harder to get to thoseexpectations.”

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

Forward Allie Parrish returnsas the only starter from last year’sRockets lineup, as first-year coachMike Oakes takes over a young pro-gram with a lot of upside.

Point guard Kristina Brown isone of the youngsters that has im-pressed in the early going, showingan ability to run Oakes’ up-tempo,high-octane system, the coach said.

“The early practices and scrim-mages have been great,” Oakessaid. “The girls seem to have reallybought into our off-season condi-tioning program— it was a lot ofleaping, agility and interval training— so the girls really came in readyto get after it this year, which hasbeen great.

“We’ve been pushing the tempo,pushing the fast break, and had alot of success with our attacking,pressure defense.”

—KYLE RUSSELL

Zero starters return for the Jag-uars from the 2013-14 campaign, butseveral key pieces return with varsityexperience.

Celine Jordan and Samantha Sek-scienski are back after playing prom-inent roles coming off the bench lastseason, while sophomore forwardJaden Bynum is new to the programafter transferring from Einstein.

Freshman Tara Janus has alsoimpressed through early practicesand scrimmages.

“We have some very young play-ers who really are gelling together,”coach Nathan Lewis said. “They re-ally play hard, and they are learning,and I think that they are going tohave success.

“It’s really just a question of thefact that a lot of them haven’t beenunder the bright lights of the varsitylevel, and will they perform underthose conditions?”

—KYLE RUSSELL

The Gladiators return powerforward Andrea Magallanes, centerKiana Guinyard and guard VanessaSantos from last year’s squad, andwill look to a pair of impressivenewcomers to help improve theteam from a disappointing two-wincampaign.

Sophomore Kalin Colbert (pointguard) and freshman Ali Makaele(small forward) both transferred toNorthwood before this school year,and quickly established themselvesas key pieces on the volleyball teamthis fall.

“[We expect a] way better seasonthan last year,” coach Tenisha Reidsaid. “It’s already looking way bet-ter just from the two scrimmagesthat we have been in.

“I tell myself, just like I told my-self last year, that every year will bea better year, and I’m already see-ing a lot of progress from last year.”

—KYLE RUSSELL

The Panthers return four start-ers from a team that claimed the 4ANorth Region title in 2013-14 beforefalling to eventual state championEleanor Roosevelt in the state semi-finals.

Senior guard Daisa Harris isback as the leading scorer fromlast season, while Tyra Sinclair,Autumn Ashe and Kaylyn Frenchalso return.

Center Sofilia Ngwafang will bean imposing presence down low.

“We’re going to do our best towin our division, win our region,and to win states,” Coach RochelleColeman said.

“Those goals are the same everyyear. Our focus this year is we needto defend better than last year, andcontrol the boards — really getback to basic, fundamental, team-first basketball, but still be the ag-gressors on offense and defense”

—KYLE RUSSELL

Jamie Jamison steps in as interimhead coach for Fred Swick afterthree years assisting him at the var-sity level, and, she said, she will keephis system in place in his absence.

“We’re going with a lot of oursame philosophies and same goalsthat we had in the preseason beforehe became ill,” Jamison said. “Iknow what he expects and I’m goingto carry that on for him.”

Seniors Anna Murgia and AnnaDe Soto return with starting experi-ence, while the Falcons will look toErin Sparrow to establish herself as alow-post presence.

Juniors Casey Harkins, KarynComfort, and Kristen Darraghshould each see significant minutes,while guards Kenydi Cross (sopho-more) and Kelliann Lee (freshman)will need to develop fast in the back-court.

—KYLE RUSSELL

First-year coach Chris Campbellsaid he will be looking to “changethe culture” for a team coming offa three-win season. “They’ve hadtheir ups and downs over the last fewyears,” Campbell said.

The Cougars return two starters,juniors Emily Baumgartner andGinaWingate, as well as senior SabrinaBishop. Campbell said they’ll bejoined by talented newcomers, in-cluding junior TaylorWilson, a trans-fer from Syracuse and “a very talentedcombo guard. She can hit the outsideshot.” He expects contributions fromthree freshmen:Maggie Regan, pointguard JordanOdom, and 5-foot-10guard/forward Taylor Addison.

“While we are young, we do havea number of players where basketballis their first sport,” Campbell said,“People who’ve been playing com-petitive basketball for a while.”

—HARVEY VALENTINE

FrankWeaver returns after acoaching break and said hewill bringhis spirited approach back to theRams.

“I’m a different type coach thenthey’ve had last few years,” he said.“More intense.”

Returning starters include pointguardHazel Carmona and senior for-ward KathleenMcTighe, whoWeavercalled a “great all-around athlete.”Weaver also has high hopes for post-player Jayla James.

“She’s tall and lanky,” he said.“We’re teaching her the baby hookshot, the sky hook, things peopledon’t want to do these days.”

Looking for immediate success,Weaver said, “My goal is to get over 11wins and get pretty deep in the play-offs. I think that I have the teamwiththe desire to do that. I think they’llfeed off ofme.”

—HARVEY VALENTINE

In each of Andre Foreman’s twoprevious seasons as coach, the Li-ons have improved.

This winter, they could take abig step forward, provided theirsmall roster of nine girls can stayhealthy and provide depth. St.Andrew’s — a young, talented andguard-orientated squad— is led bya young nucleus that is expected tocarry the scoring load.

Sophomore point guard EmilyTodd, sophomore mid-range shoot-ing guard Samantha Winter andsenior guard Hannah King, whodoes a little bit of everything, arethe teams co-captains.

“We probably won’t run asmuch this year,” Foreman said.“Hopefully we can be top 4 in ourleague and get a home playoff gamebecause we haven’t had one in for-ever.”

—KENT ZAKOUR

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW

BEST BETn Whitman at Good Counsel, 7 p.m. Friday. Top-

ranked Falcons host a top county public school.

BEST BETn Georgetown Prep at Whitman, 7 p.m. Friday. Last

year’s state runner-up looks to make a statement.

SENECA VALLEY 3AW

WATKINS MILL 3AW

SHERWOOD 4AN

WHEATON 3AW

SPRINGBROOK 4AN

WHITMAN 4AW

STONE RIDGE ISL

WOOTTON 4AW

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HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Poolesville, 6; RichardMontgomery, 3; Churchill, 3.

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 highschool basketball teams inMontgomery County.

BoysRank School Record Points

1. Montrose 0-0 60

2. St. Andrew’s 2-0 53

3. Bullis 1--1 49

4. Magruder 0-0 38

5. Springbrook 0-0 36

6. Gaithersburg 0-0 25

7. Clarksburg 0-0 20

8. Geo. Prep 2-0 17

9. Whitman 0-0 13

10. Q. Orchard 0-0 7

GirlsRank School Record Points

1. Good Counsel 0-0 60

2. Paint Branch 0-0 54

3. Whitman 0-0 46

3. Holy Child 0-0 44

5. Churchill 0-0 34

5. Wootton 0-0 31

7. Bullis 0-0 20

8. Magruder 0-0 19

9. W. Johnson 0-0 11

10. Watkins Mill 0-0 4

STATE TITLES BY COUNTYPrince George’s County has won themost boys and girls basketball state championships. A look at howmany state titles the top seven counties have won

in both boys and girls basketball inMaryland since 1946:

Prince George’s 67

Baltimore City 35

Montgomery 31

Allegany 26

Frederick 17

Source:Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association

Baltimore Co. 16

Somerset 11

Other counties:Harford, 9;Worcester, 8; Anne Arundel 7; Howard, 6;Charles, 5; Dorchester, 5; Washington, 4; Carroll, 2; Wicomico, 2; Caroline, 1;Cecil, 1; Kent, 1; Queen Anne’s, 1; Talbot, 1.

Boys Girls

Other counties:Washington 6; Harford 5; Allegany 4; Calvert 3; Charles3; Garrett 3; Carroll 2; St. Mary’s 2; Talbot 2;Worcester 2;Wicomico 1.

Prince George’s33

Montgomery20

Anne Arundel22

Howard18

Baltimore City14

Frederick13

Balt. Co.7

Also receiving votes:Damascus 3; Jewish Day,3; Holy Cross, 1.

“I’m not intimidated,” Myers said. “You have to go outhereandyou’vegot towork.Wehavea lotof goodcoaches inMontgomery County and you know that you’ve got to com-pete and youknowyou’ve got toworkhard.”

Don’t let Myers’ new role fool you— he’s no greenhornwhen it comes to coaching experience. For nearly 20 years,Myers has served a number of different roles at different lev-els of the game.Heworked as a strength coachandvideo co-ordinator under John Thompson at Georgetown University,an assistant coach under Jeff Bzdelik at UMBC, an assistantunder Fred Brown at Episcopal (Alexandria, Va.) and had asuccessful stint as coach at Barrie School (Silver Spring), allbefore joining forces with Crowell at Sherwood in the early2000s.

With a resume like that, somewouldwonder whyMyersremained an assistant formore than a decade, never boltingforacoaching jobelsewhere.Butas thenewcoachexplained,therewas only oneprogramhewanted tobe apart of.

“I felt that when Tommy [Crowell] left here, this was theright spot and this was the place to be,” Myers said. “Theydecided they wanted someone who was in the building andknew the kids and could still do the things Tommy was do-ing—still run studyhalls andmake sure the kids’ academics[were taken care of].

“Iwashere for that longand I’mblessed I’m theone theychose.”

Though the Blue Devils lineup features a relatively newcast compared to last season’s state semifinalist squad, thestyle of play is eerily similar to that of Springbrook teams inthepast.

“There’s a lot of similarities,” senior center AaronBurtonsaid. “The plays are sort of the same. There’s a lot of move-ment, quick passes andmoving the ball. And defense— de-fense is key at Springbrook.”

The Blue Devils certainly have the pieces in place towreakhavoconthedefensiveend,much like theydidagainstWhitman in their scrimmage.Acombinationofultra-athleticguards is led by senior Donovan Walker, a transfer from St.MariaGorettiwhohadpreviously played at Paint Branch.

“We’ve got guys that are quick andcanget after it andwegotguys thatcancomeoff thebenchandcanhold[their]owntoo,”Myers said. “That really helps us.”

“The fun part about coaching is molding the team,”Crowell said as he watched Myers address his group. “He’sgotanice [team]—probably thebest teaminthecountyrightnow.”

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tinue working on her jump shot andother offensive skills.

“I do think that playing a lot more la-crosse took away from some of the time Icould’ve been playing offseason,” Peraltasaid. “But I feel like some of those skillstranslated to the basketball courts and Iwas able to do some things that athletesthat only play basketball weren’t able todo.”

But multi-sport athletes such as Per-altamaybe the exception to the rule. Steve

Pisarski, the longtime coach at Damascus,said that interest in other sports has hada noticeable impact on county basketball,with some defenses improving but the of-fense, overall, taking a step back. The ath-leticismand effort remain, he said, but thenet effect is lower quality basketball.

“Thosewho come in fromother sportsare in very good condition but you don’tget better at basketball by being in goodcondition,” he said. “In my opinion, it’sjust not asmuch talent. Not asmuch abil-ity to put the ball in the basket.”

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Paint Branch High School’s Sofilia Ngwafang takes practice shots prior to a Nov. 20 scrimmage atRiverdale Baptist

Coach:JenHoffman,3rd year

Last season:18-6

Startersreturning: 1

Last statetournament:2010

It’s a rebuilding year for theScreaming Eagles. “Lot of new faces,lot of freshmen, we’re going to bevery young compared to last year,”coach JenHoffman said. “Like nightand day.”

Senior guard Alannah Roy, whoaveraged eight points per game lastseason, will be aided by a pair of play-ers rehabbing from injuries.

Senior forward Ciara Pannell re-turns from a torn ACL to provide sizeand scoring.

“I think she’ll be a big part of ouroffense, she’s getting that confidenceback,” Hoffman said. FreshmanMad-elineMcLinden, coming off shouldersurgery, will start when she’s 100 per-cent, the coach said.

“Each scrimmage they’ve gottena little bit better,” Hoffman said ofher inexperienced squad. “It’ll just begetting game experience and buildingtheir basketball IQ.”

—HARVEY VALENTINE

Coach:TimHobbs,1st year

Last season:10-13

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:1996

Just days after signing on tocoach Sherwood, TimHobbs gota nice surprise when sophomorepoint guard Amanda Allen trans-ferred in fromGood Counsel, hesaid. “Amanda can handle the pres-sure, can get us into what we needto do,” said Hobbs, who looks tobring stability to a team on its fourthcoach in four years.

Sherwood returns leading scorerNicole Stockinger, who averaged 16points per game last season.

“She has an uncanny ability toscore,” Hobbs said.

He admitted rebounding will bea problem for theWarriors, but ath-leticism abounds.

“We’re going to play an up-tempo style,” he said. “Aggressivedefense, runwhenwe can. The factthat somany of [the girls] are two-and three-sport athletesmakes a bigdifference.”

—HARVEY VALENTINE

Coach:RussellDavis,1st year

Last season:3-19

Startersreturning: 2

Last statetournament:2006

Former Holy Cross coach RussellDavis takes over a struggling BlueDevils team that was led previouslyby Tonya Banks.

The Silver Spring school will havesome experience, with forward JadaHolland and guard Ria Peralta return-ing to the starting lineup, and aboutseven total seniors on the roster.

Holland, a 6-foot-1 junior, has asolid midrange game and was oneof last year’s leading scorers, Davissaid.

Peralta, a small but speedy seniorthat’s signed on to play lacrosseat Virginia Commonwealth, givesSpringbrook stability in the back-court.

Springbrook’s goal right now, Da-vis said, is to compete on every pos-session and play with intensity.

“Just like any other team, theywant to win.We’ll see what we cando,” Davis said.

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

Coach:IvanHicks,8th year

Last season:8-14

Startersreturning: 3

Last statetournament:1992

Coach IvanHicks is admittedlyexcited about this season’s team.Led by seniors Danielle Durjan andDominiqueWalker, last winter’stop two scorers, WatkinsMill finallyappears ready to contend in thepostseason.

“We return two of the best play-ers in the county,” he said.WalkerandDurjanwill be aided by juniorChemmel Bowrin, a 5-foot-7 shoot-ing guard, and center ShaunaMcDougal, up from the JV. “[Mc-Dougal] does a great job on theboards, she’s going to be amajorfactor,” Hicks said.

Speed and experience are amongtheWolverines’ strengths. “We haveseveral girls that have been play-ing ever since they were very, veryyoung, so that’s going to help us asa team, especially whenwe get deepinto our season,” Hicks said.

—HARVEY VALENTINE

Coach:MichelleSnape,4th year

Last season:5-15

Startersreturning:None

Last statetournament:1999

Coach Michelle Snape is callingthis winter “a new year,” and right-fully so.

The Knights graduated eightseniors in the spring from last sea-son’s roster of nine.

Senior forward Savaughna Mon-teith is the lone returner and willbe counted on to lead a raw andinexperienced group on and off thecourt.

Junior Breaunna Gatling, whodid not play last season, returnsas the Knights point guard for the2014-15 campaign.

“This is going to be a new year,”Snape said.

“We are starting over a little bit,but I have a lot of girls on all thegrade levels now so we won’t havethe gap like we do this year in re-placing girls. We’re hoping to teachand help the girls develop.”

—KENT ZAKOUR

Coach:PeteKenah, 13thyear

Last season:21-3

Startersreturning: 4

Last statetournament:2013

Last season’s 20-game win streakended earlier than the Vikings hadanticipated, with a loss to Kennedyin the Class 4A West Region semifi-nals.

The good news for the Bethesdaschool is that four starters are re-turning, including 6-foot sophomoreAbby Meyers.

Coach Pete Kenah said Whitmanplans on running more of a full-courtdefense this winter.

While the timing is off rightnow—Meyers and senior NicoleFleck spent the fall with Whitman’sstate championship soccer team— the Vikings should be one of theMontgomery County favorites comeMarch.

“We lost on a Wednesday nightand the girls were asking to get intothe weight room on Friday,” Kenahsaid. “They put a lot of time into it.”

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

Coach:MaggieDyer, 12thyear

Last season:15-8

Startersreturning: 4

Last statetournament:None

This could be the Patriots’ bestchance in recent history to get outof the Class 4AWest Region.Woot-ton has everything but a dominant6-foot-2 player to rely on for easybuckets and rebounds. Andwhile sizeinside would be helfpul, coachMag-gie Dyer admitted, it certainly isn’teverything.

With four returning starters whohave been on varsity together sincethey were freshmen, the Patriots havethe tools— experience, team speed,cohesion, ball handling, versatility—to counter any sizemismatches.

With Sheri Addison (19.5 pointsper game in 2013-14), twin guardsCece (13.5 ppg) and Ellie (12.5 ppg)Kobylski and Kaitlin Klausing (7 ppg),Wootton retained virtually all of itsscoring. Klausing came into her ownas the team’s floor general last winter,Dyer said.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Senior Kaitlin Ballenger returnsfor her fourth and final season, thistime as the lone returning starteron what should be a balanced Ga-tors team. The 6-foot guard/forwardscored about seven points per gamelast season and coachMichaelThiede said that average could jumpto double-digits. Ballenger will bejoined in the backcourt by seniorJoanne Unite and junior MaddieCarr as Stone Ridge looks to improveon last year’s nine-win season.

The forwards are less experi-enced, but with their height, andthe backcourt’s athleticism, theBethesda school could compete fora top-four finish in the ISL, Thiedesaid.

“I would say we’re pretty athletic.We’re going to try and be up-tempoand run. We have a good balance ofdriving and shooting,” Thiede said.

—ERIC GOLDWEIN

Coach:MichaelThiede(4th year)

Last season:9-15

Startersreturning: 1

Last leaguetitle: 1995

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n Both teams like to runthe football; quarterback

play could be huge

BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER

The Damascus High Schoolfootball players didn’t act like ateam that had just locked up atrip to the Class 3A state champi-onship game after its 33-0 victoryFriday against Glenelg.

There was excitement, yes,but the body language and looksin the eyes of many players wasthat of a team that has somethingmore to prove.

“I didn’t know what to ex-pect,” Damascus coach Eric Wal-lich said about his team followingthe win. “If they were going to begoing crazy — but the goal, like Isaid, is not just to get there, andI think you could feel that. Theyexpect to win it.”

In order to win it, Damascuswill have to dethrone the defend-ing champions, Baltimore Coun-ty’s Franklin High School (12-1).

Since dropping its first gameof the season, 35-24 to Towsonprivate-school Calvert Hall, theIndians have won 12 straight.

Similar to Damascus, Frank-lin’s offense is focused around itsability to run the ball.

Darius Hinton is to Franklinwhat Jake Funk is to Damascus.Hinton rushed for 1,258 yardsand 18 touchdowns on an 8.3yards per carry average duringthe regular season.

Setting the two offenses apartis the running ability of FranklinquarterbackJacquezAdams,whois committed to play college foot-ball at West Virginia University

next fall. If Damascus defendersover-commit to Hinton, Adamshas the ability to bounce to theoutside and take off with excep-tional speed. He rushed for 567regular season yards and addedanother 259 in three postseasongames.

If Damascus’ defenders suchas Ari Cacopardo, Jake Bradshaw,Da’Quan Grimes, and Alec Ma-gas can consistently stop Hintonwithout losing containment onAdams, that will give Funk andthe Hornets secondary a chanceto create turnovers. Adams threw9 interceptions in nine regularseason games.

The key to Franklin’s 30-0state semifinal victory againstThomas Stone on Friday wasforcing another run-first teaminto uncomfortable passing situ-ations, Franklin coach AnthonyBurgos said following the game.

“I think [we] have one of thebest coaching staffs in the statebecause they work so hard in thefilmroomandmakesureourkidsareprepared inallaspectsof foot-ball,” he said.

Franklin will have to respectthe Damascus passing attackmore this week, however, as Hor-nets quarterback Derek Gibson isa better passer than Stone’s run-first quarterback.

But the first priority of Frank-lin defenders, including toplinebackers Jimmy Lahay and Ki-andre John Burrell, and defensivetackle Luis Belmontes should bethe bruising running back Funk,who always credits his offensiveline for his success.

“My running is usually a re-flection of my line,” Funk saidafter the win over Glenelg.

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n When: 7:30 p.m. Friday

n 2013 champion: Northwest

n Records: Northwest is 12-1,only loss to Quince Orchard;Old Mill is 11-2, losses toBroadneck and Arundel.

n What to watch: No mystery toOld Mill. Senior running backDonovan Franklin will get theball a lot and the Patriots willcount on a great defense to dothe rest.

Damascus vs. Franklin

n When: 7 p.m. Thursday

n 2013 champion: Franklin

n Records: Damascus is 13-0;Franklin is 12-1, only loss toMIAA-A runnerup Calvert Hall.

n What to watch: Franklin QBJacquez Adams has committedto West Virginia; RB DariusHinton rushed for 1,258 yardsand 18 TDs in the regularseason. It was the defense thatbeat Linganore for ’13 title.

Douglass-PG vs. Dunbar

n When: 7 p.m. Saturday

n 2013 champion: Middletown

n Records: Douglass is 13-0;Dunbar is 10-3, losses toFriendship Collegiate, Mervo andEdmondson.

n What to watch: This isDouglass’ fourth title game, butEagles have never won. Poetshave won nine times. Despitethat, Eagles are big favorites towin their first championship.

Fort Hill vs. Douglass-Baltimore

n When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday

n 2013 champion: Fort Hill

n Records: Fort Hill is 13-0;Douglass is 12-1, only lossMervo.

n What to watch: This is arematch of last year’s titlegame, which the Sentinels won25-0. Fort Hill hasn’t been asdominant this year, so MightyDucks might be able to closethe gap.

Tickets $10 at mpssaa.ticketleap.com; Games at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore;TV: NewsChannel 8; CW-Baltimore

n Running back scores sixtouchdowns to lead

Jaguars back to title game

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFF WRITER

It would be difficult to blame oppos-ing defenses for taking Northwest HighSchool senior running back E.J. Lee’s size— or lack thereof — for granted. A 5-foot-7,160-pound player shouldn’t be too hard todrag down, right?

Wrong.Leehasemergedthis fallasoneofMont-

gomery County’s, maybe even the state’s,most elusive backs and his six-touchdownperformance inFriday’s47-124Astatesemi-final win over Prince George’s County’s Du-Val in Germantown was all anyone neededto see to know why.

Lee almost single-handedly carried thedefending state champion Jaguars (12-1)to victory Friday with 180 rushing yardsand two touchdowns on 10 carries and sixcatches for 92 yards and three touchdowns;he also scored on a 70-yard punt return —the senior credited Northwest’s offensiveline for his production.

Northwest is now set to play Anne Arun-del County’s Old Mill in Friday’s state titlegame, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at M&T BankStadium in Baltimore.

“He’s so difficult to bring down,” North-west coach Mike Neubeiser said. “He keepshis feet moving, he just refuses to go down.”

Lee’s speed alone, and his ability to gofrom zero to full speed seemingly as soon asthe ball hits his hands, is first rate. But that’sonlyonepartof theequation.Healsohas in-credible field vision, Neubeiser said, makesquick decisions and can change directionson a dime. And he almost never goes downon the first, or even the second, hit. Lee ad-mitted players often underestimate howmuch effort it will take to stop him. DuValseemed to, and he certainly made the Tigerspay.

“Usually since I’m small they won’twrap me up [on the tackle], they weren’twrapping me up, so I could just push off,”Lee said.

As important as his quick feet are towhat he does, Lee has also proven to havequite amazing hands. He’s the team’s thirdleading receiver with 305 yards and fourtouchdowns on 22 catches — that’s almost14 yards per catch — which has added an-other dimension to the Jaguars’ offensivecharge, Neubeiser said.

“It’s difficult for defenses, if they packthe box and he squeaks out of the backfield,he’s a very good receiver and that reallyopens things up for us,” Neubeiser said.

As much of a one-man show as North-west appeared in Friday’s semifinal, it isn’tat all. And one person alone is not likely toget the job done against perennial postsea-son contender Old Mill — 18 state tourna-mentappearances—whichwonthesecondof its two state titles in 2011.

The Jaguars defeated the DonovanFranklin-led Patriots by one score in a pre-

season scrimmage, according to MaxPreps.com, but that should have little bearing onFriday’s matchup as both teams have comea long way since August. Despite Friday’sfairly dominant performance, Neubeisersaid Northwest has a bit to go before thisweek’s title game.

“Thedefensecould tightenupa littlebit,we missed a few assignments,” Neubeisersaid. “And our kick-off team was a mess.”

Neubeiser did credit the Jaguars’ de-fense, which has held 10 of 13 opponents totwo scores or less, with making the properadjustments Friday when DuVal’s playmak-ing quarterback Antoine Brooks went downwith an injury and sat out the second half— the original scheme was geared towardshutting him down.

Northwest also failed to score either onextra point attempts or two-point conver-sions on five of seven touchdowns, whichcould be problematic in a tighter game.

But with playmakers such as Lee, sec-ond-year starting quarterback Mark Pierce,Jamar Wilson and Brandon Williams, anoverall stalwart offensive line and team de-fense, Northwest has a legitimate shot atbecoming the first Class 4A program to re-peatasstatechampionsincecrosstownrivalSeneca Valley in 1997-98.

“We don’t talk about it much, but thekids have definitely been focused on gettingback [to the state final],” Neubeiser said.“[This group] is mature, they don’t take any-thing for granted.”

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Damascus High School junior running back Jake Funk runs for a touchdownFriday against Glenelg during the Class 3A state semifinal football game.

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Northwest High School’s football team celebrates defeating DuVal to advance to the Class 4A state championship game for a second straight year.

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Damascus High School’s football team celebrates advancing to the 3A state title game Friday.

n Swarmin’ Hornetsdominate to reach firsttitle game since 2007

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

The week leading up to theDamascus High School foot-ball team’s 3A state semifinalgame against Howard County’sGlenelg was “crazy,” Swarmin’HornetscoachEricWallichsaid.

Traces of snow from themid-week storm could stillbe seen along the sidelines ofDamascus’ field Friday night,Thanksgiving was just a daybefore the game and the teamknewstar JalenChristianwasn’tgoing to play due to a high-ankle sprain suffered last week.But all of thatwasn’t able todis-tractDamascus fromdefendingits muddy home and defeatingGlenelg, 33-0, to advance to the3Astatechampionshipgameforthefirst time since 2007.

“I spoke to the kids a lotabout justmetal toughness andbeingable toadjust to thediffer-ent schedules,” Wallich said. “Ithought they came out tonightand looked ready toplay.”

Both teams came into thegame wanting to run the ball.The difference was that Da-mascus was able to dominatethe line of scrimmage. Glenelg,meanwhile, found it hard tofindany running lanes.

Swarmin’ Hornets runningback Jake Funk rushed for 226yards and four touchdowns,including 195 yards and threetouchdowns in thefirst half.

On the opening play of thegame,hebrokeoffa42-yardrunto start a drive in which he ranfor 60 yards scored on a 9-yardtouchdown run.

Two possessions later, onthefirstplayof thesecondquar-

ter, Funk rushed for 53 yardsand scored on a 17-yard run.Later in thequarter,hebrokeoffa 50-yard touchdown run.

“My [offensive] line playedgreat. My running is usually areflectionofmyline,”Funksaid.“They created huge holes, andmy fullbacks did too. It’s just agreat night for us.”

“[Funk’s] a beast,” GlenelgcoachButchSchaffersaid.“He’sas good a running back as I’veseen in a long, long time. Andhe plays the game the way it’ssupposed tobeplayed.”

It was a strong night defen-sively for Damascus. Glenelgwas able tomuster just two firstdownsinthefirsthalf.TheGladi-ators weren’t as successful run-ning the ball with Trey Davis asDamascus was with Funk. Gle-nelghad136yards in thegame.

Davis rushedfor97yardson22 carries for an average of 4.4yards per carry, and if one takesaway his three runs for over 10yards, he averaged just 2.9.

“We knew if we held themto two yards, one yard a play,

we had them,” said Damascussafety John Fischer, who madeseveral tackles for loss. “We allgot together, watched film thisweek,andwe justpreparedour-selves realwell tomakeplays.”

The second half played outmuch like the first half, withFunk scoring on a 21-yard runat the start of the fourthquarter.

SophomoreMarkus Vinsonaccumulated 39 rushing yardson the Swarmin’ Hornets finalpossession to score the finalpoints on a 5-yard run.

Damascus faces defendingstate champion Franklin (Bal-timore County) in the 3A statetitle game, scheduled for 7 p.m.ThursdayatM&TBankStadiumin Baltimore. Franklin defeatedThomasStone(CharlesCounty)30-0 onFriday.

“Feels great,” Wallich saidabout advancing. “It’s a bit-tersweet feeling because it’s anaccomplishment to get there,but there’s still a lot of work todo to actually win it.”

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n Jaguars pull away toplay Old Mill for secondstraight 4A championship

BY JENNIFER BEEKMANSTAFFWRITER

The Northwest High Schoolfootball team doesn’t take thingsfor granted, especially after abig regular-season loss to rivalQuince Orchard four weeks ago,Jaguars coach Mike Neubeisersaid.Theplayers learnedthatday,senior running back E.J. Lee said,that theywerenot invincible.

Nohighschool football team,really, is 100 percent unbeatable.But Northwest, which avengedthat loss toQuinceOrchard in lastweek’s 4AWest Region final, andLee, in particular, looked fairlyclose to untouchable in Fridaynight’s 47-12 state semifinal vic-tory over visiting DuVal in Ger-mantown.

The defending state cham-pion Jaguars (12-1) are set to playAnne Arundel County’s Old Mill,scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday atM&TBankStadiuminBaltimore.

“Wedon’t talk about itmuch,but the kids were focused ongetting back [to the state final],”Neubeiser said.

Lee scored six of Northwest’sseven touchdowns Friday, threeof them on the ground. He fin-ished with 180 rushing yards on10 carries and caught six passesfor92yardsandtwotouchdowns.

For the10th time in13gamesthe Jaguars’ defense held its op-ponent to two scores or less. TheJaguars kept DuVal (9-3), whichplayed the entire second halfwithout starquarterbackAntoineBrooks, scoreless after the break.Brooks injured his left ankle atthe end of the first quarter butcontinued to hobble around onit for the remainder of the firsthalf, and remained remarkablyeffective. Brooks finishedwith 59rushing yards, a touchdown andpassed for 53 yards. The adrena-line wore off at halftime, though,Brooks said, and the Tigers’coaching staff decided to pull the

plug onhis season.“I couldn’t stay off the field, I

didn’twant to seemy teammatesput their heads down,” Brookssaid. “[At halftime] I asked mycoaches if I could still play butthey said Iwas done.”

ThoughBrooks’ absence cer-tainly leftagapinghole inDuVal’soffense, Neubeiser said he waspleasedwith thewayNorthwest’sdefense made the proper adjust-ments in the secondhalf.

“[DuVal’s] offense is runthrough Brooks, so our plan wastokey inonhim,”Neubeiser said.“[When he went down], we hadtoadjuston thefly.Therewere somany personnel groupings ... wewere able to adjustwell.”

After DuVal failed to scoreon the game’s opening drive,Northwest took a 6-0 lead fourminutes inon junior quarterbackMark Pierce’s 6-yard pass to Lee.Brooks returned the ensuing kickto the Jaguars’ 30-yard line andthen scored on a 21-yard scam-per right up the middle to tie thegame at 6-6 midway through thefirst quarter.

Brooks intercepted a Piercepass and put DuVal back in pos-session in the waningminutes ofthe first quarter, but Northwest’sdefense stifled the Tigers on thatseries and took over to start thesecond quarter. Three plays and27 seconds into the second pe-

riod,Leescoredona15-yardpassfrom Pierce to put the Jaguarsback in the lead, 12-6. Two min-utes later, Northwest was up bytwo touchdowns, 18-6, after TroyLefeged, Jr. returned a blockedpunt 30 yards into the end zone.

With Brooks on the sidelinefor a few plays, it was Tolu Ade-boyeku’s 36-yard run that set upMarcus Bryan’s 2-yard touch-down run to shortenNorthwest’slead to 18-12 midway throughthe second quarter. But Lee’s 85-yard touchdown run at the two-minute mark gave the Jaguars a26-12halftime advantage.

Leescored threemore touch-downs in the third quarter on a41-yard run, a 22-yard receptionand a 70-yard punt return beforethe Jaguars’ second string camein. Northwest held DuVal to only42 yards of offense in the secondhalf.

“It’s exciting to be back [inthe state final],” Neubeiser said.“[Week 9] was a tough week forus. [QO]caughtusatavulnerabletime. We were not as focused aswe should’ve been. We needed[that loss]. Wee needed to have aloss to figure out we’re not invin-cible.”

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Whitman runner shows well at regionalcross country race

WhitmanHigh School senior EvanWoods, whowon his first Class 4A state cross country title earlierthismonth, wasMaryland’s highest finisher at theFoot Locker Northeast Regional cross country cham-pionship held Saturday in New York.Woods finishedin 31st with a time of 16minutes, 12.4 seconds; thewinner, Alex Ostberg of Connecticut, (15:17.8) beatthe rest of the field by nearly 16 seconds.

The top 10 finishers plus two alternates from eachof four regional races—Northeast, South,MidwestandWest—qualify for the Foot Locker NationalChampionship.

Paint Branch senior LorenzoNeil (16:52.2) alsofinished in the top 100 at No. 72. Bethesda residentSami King, who attends the Field School, finished45th in the girls race; Poolesville’s Claire Beautz (80th)and Paint Branch’s Taye Bethlehem (85th) also fin-ished in the top 100.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

SoccerPlex’s earns ‘Field of the Year’TheMaryland SoccerPlex’sMaureenHendricks

Field, onwhich theWashington Spirit women’sprofessional soccer teamplays its home games, wasnamed Field of the Year by the Sports TurfManagersAssociation onNov. 25, according to a news releasesent to The Gazette.

The association is comprised of 2,600men andwomenwhomanage sports fields throughout theworld. In addition to NationalWomen’s SoccerLeague contests, the natural-grass playing surfacealso annually hosts a variety of other youth, collegeand other professional-level soccermatches. The pris-tine facility also won the Field of the Year honors in2011 in the “Schools and Parks” category, accordingto the release.

Eleven judges scored entries based on playability,appearance of surfaces, utilization of innovative solu-tions, effective use of budget and implementation of acomprehensive agronomic program.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

KEEPING IT BRIEF

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After missing a diving tackle, DuVal High School’s Melvin Taylor watches asNorthwest’s E.J. Lee scores one of his six touchdowns on Friday.

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Damascus High School varsity football’s Jake Funk runs for a touch downagainst Glenelg during Friday state semifinal football game.

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LAND BARGAINPOND SITECLOSE TO LAKE22,000 ACRESPUBLIC LAND 6.5ACRES OPEN /WOODED $59,900PERFECT PAR-CEL WITH MOUN-TAINVIEWS, SEASON-AL STREAM, ANDGREAT RECREA-TIONAL USESSHORT DRIVE TODC. READY TOCAMP, BUILD,LIVE OR RETIRE.NEW SURVEY,PERC, MINERALRIGHTS. EZ FI-NANCING CALLOWNER 1-800-8 8 8 - 1 2 6 2WWW.HILLCRESTREALTY.US

WATERFRONTLOTS-Virginia’s East-ern Shore Was $325KNow from $65,000 -C o m m u n i t yCenter/Pool. 1 acre+lots, Bay & Ocean Ac-cess, Great Fishing,Crabbing, Kayaking.Custom Homeswww.oldemillpointe.com 757-824-0808

DAMASCUS: 3BR$1400/ 2BR $1200+util NS/NP, W/D NewCarpet, Paint, Deck &Patio 301-250-8385

GAITH:1 BR, 1 BA.wall to wall carpet,W/D Nr metro & shops$1050 + elec. creditcheck 240-413-6255

GAITH:3Br, Den, 2.5Ba 3Lvl TH Sky Lights,Prkng, nice nghbrhd,near SG Metro $1700NS/NP 301-257-5394

GAITHERSBURG:3-4Br, 3.5Ba, TH, NrKentlands. NS/NP$1790 +util. 301-461-0646 www. rent4u.us

GAITHERSBURG:3BR, 2.5BA TH, Finwalkout bsmt, FP, newkit, paint, crpt. $1,750.Brian 866-411-5656Proplocate Realty703-538-1113

GAITHERSBURG:4BD 3.5BA, SFH, 2car garage, deck,newlly carpeted.$2350. 240-476-3994

GAITHERSBURG-4 BR 3.5 BA, full bsmt,deck, $1750 + utilsnew carpet & paintCall 240-447-9961

GAITHERSBURG:Th, 3 Br, 2.5 Ba, HOCwelcome, newly reno-vated, $1700 (neg) +util 240-688-6178

GAITHERSBURG:TH, 3BR, 2.5BA, W/D,Rec Room. NP/NS.No HOC. $1600+ utili-ties. 301-977-1113

GERMANTOWN:4BD 2BA SFH.Remod. Near shops &transp. $2000 HOCokay. 301-570-0510

GERMANTOWN:4Br, 2.5Ba, TH, greatlocation, HOC wel-come, $1845 obo 301-540-7047

GERMANTOWN:4Br, an end unit Town-house, can walk toshops and schools$2000 per monthCall: 301-509-7477

GERMANTOWN:TH, 3Br, 2.5Ba,NP/NS, new paint,$1575 + util ANDROCKVILLE: 2Br,1Ba Condo $1500 +electric 240-472-5642(after 6pm)

KEMP MILL/SILSPRING: lrg 4BD,2.5BA SFH. H/wd, fp.W/D. Walk 2 shops.$2350. 240-383-1000

OLNEY- EU TH 3bd/2.5 ba new paint, car-pet in rec room, W/D,deck, fenced yard re-served parking, N/S,N/P $1650. Greatschools Call 301-774-7148 owner is agent.

OLNEY: SFH, 4 bed-room , 2.5 baths, W/D,deck, fpl, 2 car gar-age, non smoking$2500 . 301-740-3623.

OLNEY: TH, 4Br,3.5Ba, deck, afenced yard, patio,pool/tennis comm.Close to shops/rest.$2100.00/per mo + utilSam 301-237-3070

ROCKVILLE- 2BR/2 BA fin Attic, sun-room, living & FamilyRM, no HOA, on oneacre land. $1800 call202-380-8885

SILVER SPRING:3BD, 2.5BA TH. Gatedcommunity. W/D. Walk2 shops & bus. $1795.240-383-1000

WHEATON- 4 BR/2.5 BA TH 1600 sq fteat-in kitch, fin bsmtw/bar, W/D, off streetparking $2250 close tometro & beltway call301-656-4477

C A P I T O LHEIGHTS: 1 bsmtRm $550 per mow/utils near Addissonmetro 240-486-1804

GAITHERSBURG-Olde Towne Spacious1 bedroom/1 ba Apt$1000 month + elecCall (240)388-0056

BETHESDA: Furn,1Br, 1Ba, kit, balcony,2 walk/in closets,pool, exercise club,tennis store andrestauarant $1,845/moinc utils and cableCall: 301-455-9608

GERMANTOWN-Luxury 1 Bedroom Apt1 person short termavail $1275 call 301-580-3769 see onlinead on craigslist.

SILVER SPRING:Remodeled basement2Br, + den, 1Ba, priventr, W/D, wifi, nrFDA/bus. $1400/utilinc Call: 202-841-9335

BELTSVILLE: 1br,1ba Condo. $1300utils incl. Close to Bus& Shops. HOC Ok. .Call 240-506-1386

SILVER SPRING:3Br, 2Ba, 1 lvl top flr,pool, nr ICC, Metro,shops,HOC, $1600 incwater 301-908-9627

ASPEN HILL: 1BD,1BA in 2BD, 2BA apt.NS. $750 util incl. OffBelpre Rd. Avail now!Call 240-330-2330

DERWOOD: MBDw/shared BA in SFHWIFI, uti incl $650, 5min to Shady GroveMetro. 240- 643-6813

DERWOOD: M/F. 1BR & den, pvt entry &ba, $950 (all utils.incl.), wifi/cable NP,NS. 240-620-5564

GAITHERSBURG:Furnished basementw/priv BA & Entra.$1000. Lg BD w/privBA $550. Int, DirectTV, priv pkg, utils incl.Avail Dec 15th. 240-398-6552

GAITH:Furn RM formale (se rentacuarto). Nr metro,W/D, $475 incluutills. 301-785-0242

GAITH/MONT VILL.Master Bedroom$600/mo Avail nowNs/Np Nr Bus ShopsCall 240-426-5651

GBURG: Furn RMFem only 1BR, pvt BA$600 utils incl. CATVextra! Ns/Np nr MetroAvail Now! 240-601-9125

GERMANTOWN:1 furnished Br, shrdBa & Kit, nr bus, $450all util inc Call Jose:301-366-8689

GERMANTOWN:Med BD in SFH $460incl utils, WIFI, Cable,mini fridge/micro. SecDep req.301-529-5427

MONT. VILLAGE:1 Large BR nr Shops& bus $600/mo util &cable included NP/NSCall: 240-498-1915

OLNEY: 1 Rm inbsmt in SFH sharekitchen $500 utils in-cluded, NS/NP AvailNow. 301-257-5712

ROCKVILLE: 1Brshare bath in SFH.Male $500 utils cableincl. Near Metro/ BusNS/NP 240-483-9184

ROCKVILLE: 1 RMw/ shared bath & kitchnr metro $600 incl utilsMonth to Month. Call240-645-5307

SILVER SPRINGFurn rm on 1st flr$600, and 2 rooms inbasement $450 each.shrd kit, lvng rm, Male.util/Internet, cable in-cluded. 240-882-7458

SILVER SPRING-Room avail now! $475or $500 shared kitch,bath, & utils. W/D,CATV 301-404-2681

S.S:Bsmt apt 2 RMS$700&$650 shrd kitch&bath, priv entr NS NPnr metro call 240-389-8825

RETIRE ON RENT-ALS In this marketyou can obtain finan-cial independence withthe acquisition of theright properties. Withmy help, get cash flowand equity immediate-ly. LPP 202-391-4609

AUCTION - Con -struction Equipment &Trucks, December 9th,9 AM, Richmond, VA.Excavators, Dozers,Dumps & More. Ac-cepting Items Dailythru 12/5. Motleys As-set Disposition Group,804 -232 - 3300x . 4 ,www.motleys.com/industrial, VAAL #16.

HUNT AUCTIONSunday, December 7, 10:00 AM

At Hunts Place19521 Woodfield Road (Rt 124)Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Furniture - Glass - Jewelry -Tools301-948-3937 - Open 9:00 AM#5205 Look on Auctionzip.com

HUNT AUCTIONThurs, Dec 11, 10AM, Open 9AMComplete Liquidation of Golf Club& Willow Tree Inn Food Serv Eqpt.

19550 Mont. Village AvenueGaithersburg, MD 20886

Hunt 301-948-3937; Dennis Warfield386-956-0938 #5205 on Auctionzip.com

DARNESTOWN:14804 Turkey Foot RdFri12/5- Sat 12/6 9am-2pm Sun 12/07 1pm-4pm In/outdoor furn,lamps, rugs, antiques,china, crystals, holidayitems, excerise equip& much more!

BERNHARDT DIN-ING ROOMSET: China Cabinethas lit china deck and2 glass shelves;base has partitionedsilverware drawer andplenty of storage.Dining room tablehas 2 pedestalbases, 2 leaves, andcustom table pads.Fully extended:103.5 in. L,41.5 in. W, 29 in. H.Fits 10-12 with bothleaves or remove fornormal use. Includes 6comfortable chairs.$775, cash only bringyour truck. PleaseCall 301-346-4104

FIREWOOD FORSALE

$250/cord$150 per 1/2 cordµ Includes Deliveryµ Stacking Extra

ChargeAsk for Jose301-417-0753301-370-7008

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Join 400+ familiesconsigning at our HOLIDAY

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(use Chestnut or Dalmar entrances)Fri. 12/12 9a-7p, Sat 12/13 9a-5p

Sun 12/14 10a-4p Many Items 50% Off,Mon 12/15 9a-10a (Dollar Dash)

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LOST: A Brownand Black SilkyTerrior (looks like aYorkie) Lost onThanksgiving nearForest Brook Rd/Ea-gles Nest Ct/ in Ger-mantown, Maryland. Ifyou find or have seenher please contact assoon as possible301-524-3563

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The National Institutes of Health published its Final EnvironmentalImpact Statement (EIS) for the National Institutes of Health Be-thesda Campus Master Plan in the Federal Register on FridayNovember 28, 2014. The 30-day waiting period begins on No-vember 28, 2014 and will end on January 5, 2015. Commentscan be sent to Valerie Nottingham, Division of Environmental Pro-tection, National Institutes of Health, Building 13, Room 2S11,9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 or emailed [email protected]. Questions regarding the Final EIS can bedirected to Mark Radtke, Environmental Protection Specialist, Di-vision of Environmental Protection, National Institutes of Health,301-496-7775. Comments can also be sent via email [email protected].

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ADMIN/SECRETARYRockville, CPA firm has a FT position for a take-charge person.Must be fluent in Spanish (written and verbal), able to work

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Premier Homecare CAREER FAIRHiring CNA/GNA/CMT -- Dec 5th & 6th8am-5pm (Walk-ins every Monday 9am-3pm)6123 Montrose Road. Rockville, Maryland(near Twinbrook Metro & White Flint)

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Qualified candidates are eligible to receive on offerof employment & a possible signing bonus.

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WE NEED YOU!Do you enjoy fast-paced work?Do you take pride in a job welldone? If you answered YES toboth questions, then we wantYOU. We are seeking people towork in our production facilityduring our busy holiday seasonand we will provide training forall of our entry-level positions.These openings exist on the day,mid and night shifts and couldrequire significant overtime thatinvolves working up to sevendays per week. Starting pay is$8.40 per hour for thesetemporary jobs that will last untilapproximately early January2015. Please apply in personMon-Fri 8:30am to4:00pm (You must bringlegal work documents tothe interview) at:

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CAREGIVER seekingjob: With experience &good references. I amlooking for private dutywork w/ the elderly.Overnight and/or Livein. Own transportation.Call Naana at 630-200-9592

NANNY- PotomacFamily w/ Children 16& 11 looking forhousekeeper/nannyfor after school hrsapprox.3:15-6:15 Mon-Frid. Family has 2friendly dogs musthave car for drivingkids to activities. Otherduty may includehouse cleaning &laundry. Backgroundcheck & driving recordrequired. $15/hr Call301-299-7472

Marketing PositionA Rockville (Shady Grove area) professional firm seeks a Part-Time Tele-MarketingEmployee with excellent communication skills and prior tele-marketing experience togenerate new business prospects. Must have strong Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)and database skills. Background in accounting or financial arena is a plus. Pleasantprofessional environment. Flexible hours, perfect for working parent with children inschool. Compensation range $15-$30 per hr. plus potential commission,commensurate with experience.

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9401 Key West AvenueRockville, MD 20850

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Participants will learn:• What employers search for in new hires.• What makes you stand out from the other applicants.• Essential workplace skills that companies demand today.• A better understanding of the employer’s perspective, practical skills, and “the bottom

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Participants must register! Seats will fill up quickly. Register in person atMontgomery College, WD&CE, 3rd Floor, 11002 Viers Mill Road in Wheaton byDecember 5th, 2014. Call or email Michael Smith at 240-567-7785 [email protected] to receive a registration form.

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LOCAL HOMELESS PETS NEED FOREVER HOMESWASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE

AND FITZGERALD SUBARU PARTNERTO “SHARETHE LOVE”Two exciting events at Fitzgerald Subaru Rockville and Gaithersburg

Washington, DC (December 1, 2014)—Fitzgerald Subaruin Rockville and Gaithersburg will host pet adoption eventsto find homes for local homeless pets this December.Fitzgerald Subaru celebrates the annual Subaru end-of-year“Share the Love” event and is working with WashingtonAnimal Rescue League (WARL) at the Fitzgerald SubaruRockville dealership on Saturday, December 6th and at theFitzgerald Subaru Gaithersburg dealership on Saturday,December 13th.

Twenty homeless dogs and cats from WARL will beavailable for adoption from 10 am to 1 pm on each day.Save 50% off regular adoption fees and help WARL.Fitzgerald Subaru will donate $100 to WARL for everyanimal adopted at each event.

“We are delighted to work with the Washington AnimalRescue League on two great events this year, “said DottieFitzgerald, President of Fitzgerald Subaru. “The Subaru‘Share the Love’ events on December 6th and December13th are wonderful opportunities to show you care about thelocal homeless pets that need your love and new homes.”

Come see the animals and please bring a pet item for theShare the Love “Stuff-the-Subaru” drive. Donations of petfood and supplies collected go to WARL’s Rescuer’s FoodBank. The food bank helps families facing financial difficultyhold on to and care for their pets. Donations will be collectedduring the entire Share the Love celebration, fromNovember 20 to January 2 at both locations.

“The Washington Animal Rescue League is thrilled topartner with Fitzgerald Subaru and participate in ‘Share theLove’,” said Bob Ramin, CEO of the Washington AnimalRescue League. “We have many wonderful dogs, cats,puppies and kittens available for adoption that havenowhere else to go, and we’re thankful to Dottie Fitzgeraldand her fantastic staff for providing the opportunity toshowcase our animals, collect food for our food bank andfor the extremely generous donations.”

For every new Subaru purchased or leased during the

“Share the Love” event, Subaru donates $250 to theowner’s choice of participating charities. The AmericanSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®(ASPCA®) is on the list of charities. An interesting fact is 70percent of Subaru owners have pets, more than any otherauto brand. A majority of the ASPCA’s “Share the Love”donation is targeted for distribution as grants to animalwelfare organizations and WARL is a recipient of one of thegrants. Grant funding is helping WARL make homelessanimals ready for adoption by providing medical care,performing spay/neuter surgeries, administering vaccines,and microchipping animals.

Event: WARLAdoption Event at Fitzgerald Subaru RockvilleLocation: 11407 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852Date & Time: Sat, December 6, 2014 from 10 am to 1 pm

Details: Visit the dealership to meet adoptable animals,enjoy refreshments and give-a-ways, and make a donationto Stuff-the-Subaru!Event: WARL Adoption Event at Fitzgerald SubaruGaithersburgLocation: 904 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20879Date & Time: Sat, December 13, 2014 from 10 am - 1 pmDetails: Visit the dealership to meet adoptable animals,enjoy refreshments and give-a-ways, and make a donationto Stuff-the-Subaru!

For more information, including a wish list of donationsneeded, please visit www.warl.org/sharethelove orwww.FitzMall.com/SubaruSharetheLove

To learn more about the “Share the Love” campaign, visitwww.aspca.org/subaru.

Dottie Fitzgerald and Buck“Share The Love!” Buckwas adopted by a lovingfamily at a Fitzgerald PetAdoption event this pastyear.

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