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ENTERTAINMENT

BY PEGGYMCEWANSTAFFWRITER

In its 63 years, Patricia Thomas’ bi-cycle has seen a lot of use andmisuse.

When they recently saw it in a stateof rust and disrepair, Thomas’ daugh-ters disagreed on its future: love it orleave it.

Jodie Morris of Gaithersburg won.She put the bike in her car, brought itto Maryland from Pennsylvania andstarted looking for someone to restorethe bike that she considered had toomuch history to be lost.

Thomas, who is 85 and lives inBloomsburg, Pa., bought the Raleighbike in England in 1951 during a trip toEurope as part of a student diplomaticexchange program, according to Mor-ris.

In a phone interview, Thomas saidshe and others in the student group —shehad justgraduated fromCedarCrestCollege in Allentown, Pa. — decided to PHOTO BY VIC CALDAROLA

“I couldn’t bear the thought of discarding it,” said Jodie Morris of Gaithersburg, pictured with the newly restored 1950 Raleighbicycle that belonged to her mother.

n New York audition pushedsinger to next round

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFFWRITER

With big hair, a big smile and aneven bigger voice, 19-year-old Shaina“Shi” Scott of Gaithersburg belted herway through to the next round of the14th seasonof Fox’s long-running sing-ing competition “American Idol” onThursday.

Scott auditioned in the summer of2014 in New York and participated incallbacks in September. She sang AmyWinehouse’s song “Valerie” and waspushed through by two of the three ce-

lebrity judges.“I’ve been holding onto this for a

long time. It’s the biggest thing hap-pening in your life and you can’t tellanyone,” Scott said.

Due to thefilming schedule, “Amer-ican Idol” contestants must keep quietabout the results tomaintain the integ-rity of the show and surprise viewerseachweek.

“Theway they shoot is they shoot allthe way through until the live shows,”Scott said.

She explained that she movedaround a lot growing up and has livedinFlorida,Delaware and, for thepast 10years,Maryland. She graduated in 2014fromGaithersburg High School.

“Now that I’ve graduated high

school, I don’t see myself heading inany other direction,” Scott said.

Though she was confident shewanted to delve into the music busi-ness, she wasn’t sure what avenue totake to get there. Scott said that some-one told her to audition for “AmericanIdol” and she immediately thought shecouldn’t. Her family asked her, “Whatdo you have to lose?”

“I couldn’t think of an answer,” shesaid.

Scott said she’s been watching“American Idol” since she was a littlegirl and remembers telling her momshewas going to audition, thoughat thetime the notion seemed far away.

Gaithersburg teen advances in ‘Idol’

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Shi Scott, 19, of Gaithersburg, auditioned in New York for “American Idol” last year andappeared in the Jan. 15 episode of the show.

n Commercial district contains258,000 square feet

BY JENNDAVISSTAFFWRITER

Downtown Crown in Gaithersburg hasseen a lot of change over the past year as itcontinues to welcome new businesses, butone of the property’s most recent develop-ments is the acquisition of a new owner.

Retail Properties of America Inc. of OakBrook, Ill., announced on Jan. 12 that it hadpurchased the retail portion of DowntownCrown for $162.8 million from The JBG Cos.and JBGR Retail.

Shane Garrison, the executive vice presi-dent, chief investment officer and chief

DowntownCrown sold

n Several board members commitsupport as decision deadline nears

BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER

In the home stretch of his first term, Su-perintendent JoshuaP. Starr said he’s hopingfor a second round leading the school districtand is “in it for the long haul.”

Two out of seven board members saidthey’re ready to support Starr. Others, how-ever, are not yet picking a side, saying they’llconsider a range of issues before deciding.

Starr, whose contract expires June 30,

Starr aimsfor 2ndterm atthe helm

n Spotlight Studio in Gaithersburgoffers group exercise classes

BY JENNDAVISSTAFFWRITER

Dance has long been a passion for MourienaAmalia, but it wasn’t until late last year that sheturned her enthusiasm for rhythmic moves intoan entrepreneurial career.

The Germantown resident opened SpotlightStudio, adanceandfitness facility, inGaithersburgon Dec. 18 to improve the lives of others through

physical fitness and support the community atlarge.

Spotlight Studio, at 18505 Frederick Road, of-fers a variety of group exercise classes— includingZumba, Zumba Gold, Zumba Toning, Yoga, HotHula Fitness, WERQ and others — on a rotatingbasis for people of all ages and fitness levels, Ama-lia said.

Fourteen instructors teach at the studio andup to five classes are offered onmost days. Clientscan choose different pricing packages dependingon theamountof classes theywant to attend, start-ing with a drop-in class cost of $6.

The company’s mission extends beyond the

walls of the studio with its commitment to havea positive and uplifting impact on the local com-munity, Amalia said. Among other initiatives, thestudio intends to adopt a local family in need eachyear, host charitable drives and dinners, hold so-cial dances open to the general public and makethe 4,000-square-foot space available to be rentedfor private events.

Amalia said Spotlight Studio serves as a tributetoher late father,whohelpednurtureher ambitionto open a business and emphasized that one of itspurposes should be to assist others.

New fitness studio lets music take control

RestoringmemoriesGaithersburg

woman wouldn’tlet mother’s

bike get junked

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See CROWN, Page A-8See MUSIC, Page A-8

See BIKE, Page A-7

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21Loss of a Child Support Group, 6:30-8

p.m.,MontgomeryHospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Rockville. For parents grieving thedeath of a child of any age. Free, registra-tion required. 301-921-4400.

THURSDAY, JAN. 22American Red Cross Blood Drive,

1:30-7 p.m., Gaithersburg PresbyterianChurch, 610 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithers-burg. 240-676-9955.

Evening Grief Support Group, 6:30-8p.m., Hughes UnitedMethodist Church,10700 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Foranyone grieving the death of a loved one.Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.

Parent Loss Support Group, 6:30-8p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 608 N.Horners Lane, Rockville. For adults whohave experienced the death of one or bothparents. Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.

Adult Book Club, 7 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Discussing “The Storied Life ofA.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin. Free. 240-777-0140.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24American Red Cross Blood Drive, 9

a.m.-2:30 p.m., GoshenUnitedMethodistChurch, 19615 Goshen Road, Gaithers-burg. 240-676-9955.

Baby Storytime, 10:30 a.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Stories, songs and rhymes forages 0-24months old. Free. 240-777-0140.

Simple Gifts: A Program of Ethnic FolkMusic, 1 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library,21Maryland Ave., Rockville. Simple Giftsperforms awide range of ethnic folkmusic, including Klezmer, Romanian,Bulgarian, Irish, Scottish, French, Finn-ish, American andGreek. Sponsored byFriends of the Library, RockvilleMemorialChapter. Free. 240-777-0140.

Author Safari E. Ohumay Book Sign-ing, 3-5 p.m.,Mosaic Cuisine andCafe,186Halpine Road, Rockville. Signing “TheFootsteps of BarackObama in aChang-ing America,”which outlinesObama’s [email protected].

Creative Beading: a Makerspace Pro-gram, 4-5 p.m., Quince Orchard Library,15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithers-burg. Use beads to create key chains,bracelets and necklaces.Materials will beprovided. Free, registration required. 240-777-0200.

Bharatanatyam Dance and Music withNatybhoomi and Balajee Shanmugam,7-8:30 p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. This programis being held in conjunctionwith San-athana, a two-month long celebration ofIndian heritage inMontgomery County.$30-$35. 301-774-0022.

“The Wonders” Film Screening, 7:45-10 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200Baltimore Road, Rockville. A 2013 Israelifilm exploring the complex relationshipbetween a Jerusalem street artist and amysterious, modern-day prophet beingheld prisoner in an abandoned apartmentacross the alleyway. $5-$15. [email protected].

Shrek, the Musical, 8 p.m., Congre-gationHar Shalom, 11510 Falls Road,Potomac, also 4 p.m. Jan. 25. A cast of56, including children and teens from 11area schools, dances and sings their waythrough this updated fairy tale. $15-$20.301-299-7087.

SUNDAY, JAN. 25JSSA Hospice and Transitions Vol-

unteer Training, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 6123Montrose Road, Rockville. Applicationsand interviews will be required for thoseinterested in the volunteer training.Volunteers must be older than 18. Free,registration required. 301-816-2650.

St. Mary’s Open House, 10 a.m.-1p.m., St. Mary’s School, 600 Veirs MillRoad, Rockville. Accepting applicationsfor pre-K and grades K-8 for the 2015-16 school year. Located near RockvilleMetro. Free. [email protected].

Montgomery County Camp and Sum-mer Fun Expo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., HiltonHotel and Meeting Center, 1750 Rock-ville Pike, Rockville. Meet with summerprogram representatives, day camp andovernight camp directors and associatesfrom summer fun destinations to planfor this summer. Free. 240-401-8706.

35th Annual Women’s LegislativeBriefing, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., The Univer-sities at Shady Grove, Building II, 9630Gudelsky Drive, Rockville. Hosted by theMontgomery County Commission forWomen. The keynote speaker will be AnnF. Lewis, senior White House staffer from1997 to 2000. Will include reception withcounty and state elected officials. $25.240-777-8302.

Ecumenical Celebration for ChristianUnity, 3 p.m., Saint Mark PresbyterianChurch, 10701 Old Georgetown Road,North Bethesda. All welcome to joinwith Montgomery County churches at

annual prayer and music service forChristian unity. Special music will beprovided by Unity Choir and TrinityLutheran Church Handbell Choir; recep-tion and fellowship will follow. 301-942-4183.

Bookworms, 3:30-4:15 p.m., CroydonCreek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road,Rockville. Read a new story and get acopy of the book to take home. Eachprogrammay include a craft or hike;adult participation required. Ages 2-5.$10-$12. 240-314-8770.

Family Sports Night, 5-7 p.m., Con-gregation Beth El, 8215 Old GeorgetownRoad, Bethesda. The evening will featurestadium-style food, and famous pro-fessional athletes will be on hand forphotos and autographs. Silent auctionfeaturing a Bradley Beal signed basket-ball, Trent Williams and Alfred Morrissigned footballs, tickets to Nationals,Wizards and Caps games, and more. $25for adults and teens; $18 for 12 yearsof age and younger; $85 maximum perfamily. [email protected].

MONDAY, JAN. 26NIH’s NCCAM Announces Annual Ste-

phen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture,10-11 a.m., Masur Auditorium, Building10, NIH Campus, 9000 Rockville Pike,Bethesda. NCCAM presents “WhenExperts Disagree: The Art of MedicalDecision Making.” Speakers Dr. JeromeGroopman and Dr. Pamela Hartzbandwill present a new way to make the bestmedical decisions. Free. www.nccam.nih.

TUESDAY, JAN. 27Baby Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Rockville

Memorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Storytime for babies and theircaregivers. Stories, songs and rhymes forages 0-24months. Free. 240-777-0140.

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Local teen wins essaycontest

Priye Roberts, a senior atWatkins Mill High School inGaithersburg, recently won theChevy Chase Chapter Daugh-ters of the American RevolutionChristopher Columbus EssayAward.

As a result, Roberts received$50 and his essay has been en-tered in the statewide MarylandDaughters of the Revolutioncontest, which carries a prize of$500. His essay is titled “JoiningChristopher Columbus on HisVoyage to the New World.”

Volunteers needed to leadBone Builders classesThe Montgomery County

RSVP program and Aging andDisability Services is seekingvolunteers to lead Bone Build-ers exercise classes around thecounty.

The one-hour daytimeclasses, held twice-weekly, aredesigned to prevent and slowthe development of osteoporo-sis. The sessions are based onbone density research and in-clude balance and weight train-ing.

Osteoporosis causes bonesto become thin and break eas-ily. It can strike at any age, but itaffects one in three women andone in eight men older than 50.

Volunteer leaders will dem-onstrate the exercises, encour-age and assist participants, andensure a safe, clutter-free envi-ronment, according to a newsrelease. They receive two fulldays of free training, plus pe-riodic refresher classes, ongo-ing support and supervision bymaster trainers.

The next training sessionswill be held from 10:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and March 13at Potomac United MethodistChurch, 10300 Falls Road.

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The following is a summary ofincidents in the Gaithersburg areato which Montgomery Countypolice and/or Gaithersburg CityPolice responded recently. Thewords “arrested” and “charged”do not imply guilt. This informa-tion was provided by the countyand/or the city of Gaithersburg.

Sexual assault• 500 block of Skidmore

Boulevard, Gaithersburg, at10:05 p.m. Dec. 29. The subjectexposed himself to the victimand fled.

• Target, 25 Grand CornerAve., Gaithersburg, at 12:51 p.m.Jan. 4. The subject inappropri-ately touched the victim.

• 600 block of Coral ReefDrive, Gaithersburg, at 9:03 p.m.Jan. 5. The subject is known tothe victim.

Aggravated assault• 17000 block of Washington

Grove Lane, Gaithersburg, at2:49 a.m. Jan. 1. The subject isknown to the victim.

• 18000 block of North Fred-erick Avenue, Gaithersburg, at 2p.m. Jan. 1. The subject is known

to the victim.

Residential burglary• 400 block of Blue Silk

Lane, Montgomery Village, at7:02 p.m. Dec. 29. Unknown en-try, took nothing.

• 900 block of LinsladeStreet, Gaithersburg, at 4:57a.m. Jan. 5. Unknown subjectsentered the garage but tooknothing.

• 10000 block of AppleRidge Road, Gaithersburg, at6:04 p.m. Jan. 5. Forced entry,took nothing.

Vehicle larceny• Five incidents in Gaithers-

burg between Dec. 30 and Jan. 6.Took a handicap sign. Affectedstreets include Kent Oak Way,Little Quarry Road, HighlandRidge Mew and Orchard RidgeRoad.

• Seven incidents in Gaith-ersburg between Dec. 30 andJan. 6. Took a wallet, a GPS unit,change and a laptop. Affectedstreets include Cliffbourne Ter-race, Honeylocust Lane, SuthardDrive, Vinyard Lane, Dew WoodCourt and Broderick Circle.

Kids Day of Service

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Haley Smith, 9, (left) and Madison Kim, 8, both Brownies from Gaithers-burg troop 1564, and other youth assemble non-perishable food itemsinto “smart sacks” at the Asbury Methodist Village on Monday in Gaith-ersburg. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event was hostedas part of a partnership between Whole Foods Market and Manna FoodCenter. The food will be distributed to students in the linkages to learn-ing program.

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PEOPLE POLICE BLOTTER

BY GAZETTE STAFF

The Montgomery CountyHistorical Society will hold itsninth annual MontgomeryCounty History Conference from8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday atJohns Hopkins University, 9601Medical Center Drive, Rockville.

The morning general ses-

sion will address emancipationin Maryland, with a look at the1864 vote that freed Maryland’sslaves and how it was receivedin Montgomery County.

There are two morning ses-sions to run concurrently. Onewill discuss the life of JosiahHenson and the county’s on-going archaeological work at

the Riley plantation in NorthBethesda. The other will explorethe evolution of the communityof Laytonsville.

The concurrent afternoonsessions will discuss the historyof the four Montgomery Countycourthouses, all in Rockville;plus a panel of representativesfrom the Gaithersburg Com-munity Museum, the NationalCapital Trolley Museum in Sil-ver Spring and the MOOseum in

Boyds.Patrick Lacefield will share

Civil War songs and stories dur-ing the closing session.

The cost is $55, $50 for so-ciety members and $20 for stu-dents. Payment, along with a listofsessionsdesired,canbesenttoHistory Conference, MCHS, 111W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville,MD 20850.

Moreinformationisatmont-gomeryhistory.org.

History conference is this weekend


n IT startup moves to RioWashingtonian Center

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE

STAFF WRITER

A u x -ilium Tech-n o l o g y ,a startupc o m p a n yf o u n d e din 2013 inRockvi l le ,r e c e n t l ymoved intoleased spacein the Launch Workplaces suitein the Rio Washingtonian Cen-ter in Gaithersburg.

A digital marketing agency,it also offers other IT services.

“We’ve now planted ourfeet,” said co-founder and ChiefTechnology Officer Ed Samuelsof North Potomac.

Auxilium is a member ofthe chamber’s recently formedBusiness Resource Council,in which members help othermembers by sharing expertise.

The Launch Workplacessuite, which opened in Novem-ber, is on the second floor of afive-story office building ownedby The Brick Companies, acommercial, residential andrecreational real estate manage-ment company based in Edge-water.

A Brick-owned service,Launch Workplaces leases in-dividual and shared spaces,typically month to month, andprovides a receptionist, smallkitchen and other amenities,said Mark McMahon, LaunchWorkplaces operations director.

“The idea is to create anecosystem with the resources tohelp companies grow,” McMa-hon said. “As they grow, theycan move to another part of the

building.”“It offers lower prices, and

[tenants] don’t have to commitfor so long,” said McMahon,noting the growing trend inshort-term, lower-cost spacein an era when office buildingsare having a harder time find-ing long-term tenants.

“It’s becoming a very hottrend,” McMahon said.

The environment also isgood for Launch Workplacestenants because of the proxim-ity to other businesses in thebuilding.

“There’s a nice gamut oftechnology and nontechnologycompanies here,” Samuels said.“It gives you the opportunity tomeet other people.”

Auxilium Technology of-fers a range of services, includ-ing branding, search engineoptimization and social mediamarketing.

“This [part of the business]has grown drastically,” Samuelssaid. “We have 12 companiesthat have said they’ve seen 25percent improvement in grosssales.”

Among the company’s lo-cal clients are Nanda LearningCenters and Family MedicineShady Grove, both in Rockville,and Michael L. Steiner, a certi-fied public accountant in Olney.

Auxilium partners withPhoenix TS, an IT trainingcompany with locations in Co-lumbia and Alexandria, to offeradvanced classes in areas suchas software, hardware, systemsengineering and test engineer-

ing.Auxilium also offers its own

training classes and will developcourses.

“We can make up a spe-cialty class and build a pro-gram,” Samuels said.

In addition, Auxilium alsocan produce custom-madeproducts that combine hard-wareandsoftware.Forexample,Samuels said, suppose some-one envisions a smartphone,and they want it “to look likethis and do this. ... We’d makethe internals and the externals.”

This year, the company alsoplans to pursue governmentcontracts, including contractswith the Department of Defense.

“It’s an area we’re lookingat growing in 2015,” said Samu-els, who currently employs twofull-time people and works witha network of 27 part-time con-tractors and freelancers.

The company expects tohire more people this year andwill accept applications fromthe University of Maryland atShady Grove, Montgomery Col-lege and other local institutions.

In the meantime, the com-pany will continue to share itsexpertisewithteachersatQuinceOrchardHighSchoolinGaithers-burg, providing guidance for theschool’s STEM (science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math)and PLTW (Project Lead theWay) science programs, as wellasco-sponsoring theschool’s ro-botics team, Samuels said.

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n Human resources directorlatest to leave

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

Joe Adler, MontgomeryCounty’s director of human re-sources is the latest in a line ofdepartment heads to depart asCounty Executive Isiah Leggettenters his third term.

Adler ended his tenure withthe county on Jan. 13, a movethat was not voluntarily, countyspokesman Patrick Lacefieldsaid.

“Joe has been a strongworker. He’s given 12 good yearsto county,” Lacefield said.

But as Leggett begins hisninth year in office, the countyexecutive wanted to move in anew direction, Lacefield said.

“The executive wanted a littlemore focus on some of the laborissues over the next four years,”Lacefield said.

Adler could not be immedi-ately reached for comment onThursday or Tuesday.

Adler’s departure comes onthe heels of several other depart-ment heads who have either leftthe county or retired for a varietyof reasons.

“Each reason is a little differ-ent, but when there’s the end ofa term, particularly when there’sthe end of two terms, it’s not thatunusual for people to take a lookat their situation and see if they

want to sign on for another fouryears or just retire,” Lacefieldsaid. “In each case, it’s just sortof different factors for differentindividuals.”

Adler’s departure is the onlyone thus far that was not volun-tary, Lacefield said.

In December, Steve Silver-man, who headed the Depart-mentofEconomicDevelopment,left the county to pursue a careerin the private sector. Silvermantold The Gazette he planned toset himself up as a governmentrelations consultant.

In August, Bob Hoyt, formerhead of the Department of En-vironmental Protection, also leftthe county to pursue new oppor-tunities, Lacefield said.

Others have retired.On Jan. 2, Richard Nelson re-

tired as director of Housing andCommunity Affairs. At the end ofDecember, both Art Holmes, di-rector of transportation, and FireChief Steve Lohr retired.

At least one more retirementis expected. Lacefield said ArtWallenstein, director of the De-partment of Corrections, has an-nounced plans to retire in March.

To fill the gaps in leadership,the county has hired replace-ments in Housing and Commu-nity Affairs and EnvironmentalProtection.

Clarence Snuggs, formeracting director of the state De-partment of Housing and Com-munity Development, has takenover as director of DHCA. Elisa-

beth Feldt, a former Obama Ad-ministration senior appointeeto the Environmental ProtectionAgency, is the new head of theDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection.

Several senior county of-ficials have stepped up to leadthe remaining departments untilnew leadership can be named.

Sally Sternbach, deputy di-rectorofeconomicdevelopment,has been tapped as acting direc-tor of the department.

Assistant Chief Administra-tive Office Fariba Kassiri, whotook over leadership of Environ-mental Protection until Feldt washired, will take over as acting di-rector of Human Resources.

Scott Goldstein, a 23-yearveteran of the county fire depart-ment, has been named actingdirector of the Fire and RescueService. Al Roshdieh, former dep-uty director of transportation,was picked as the transportationdepartment’s acting director.

With Leggett exploring thecreation of an independent tran-sit authority, Lacefield said, Ro-shdieh could be acting directorfor quite some time.

Montgomery County hasopened regional searches fornew directors of economic de-velopment, corrections and hu-man resources, Lacefield said.The county is conducting bothan internal and external searchfor a new fire chief.

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Several Montgomery Countydepartments under new leadership

Samuels

BY GAZETTE STAFF

Homemade milkshakes andother nostalgic treats are on themenu at Ted’s Bulletin, which isset to open its newest locationin Gaithersburg’s DowntownCrown development on Feb. 2.

Unique to this new locationis an exterior that resembles the

design of the original Gaithers-burg train station, according toa company press release. Inside,the restaurant will have antique-style bulletin boards, old-fash-ioned fixtures and an oversizedprojection screen showingcartoons and family moviesfrom the 1930s and 1940s, the

release said.The eatery will be able to ac-

commodate a total of 160 dinersinside and 40 guests on the out-door patio. Counter seating alsowill be available at the bar andin front of the shake station.

Ted’s Bulletin in Crown willbe open daily, with breakfastoptions available all day. Visittedsbulletindowntowncrown.com to learn more.

Ted’s to start dishing out comfort food Feb. 2

The idea is to create an ecosystem withthe resources to help companies grow.

Mark McMahon,Launch Workplaces operations director

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n Two victims wereattacked after 2013 road

rage confrontation

BYDANIELLEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

A Potomac man convictedlastyearofstabbingtwopeople inanapparent roadrage incident inBethesda in 2013 was sentencedtoeightyears inprisononJan.13.

David B. Goldberg, 26, wasconvicted of two counts of at-tempted voluntary manslaugh-ter, five counts of first-degreeassault and two counts of sec-ond-degree assault in August. Ajury acquitted him of two countsofattemptedfirst-degreemurder.

Montgomery County CircuitJudge Cheryl A. McCally on Jan.13 ordered Goldberg to serveeight years in prison. She im-posted two concurrent 10-yearsentences, with two years sus-pended, one for each count ofmanslaughter.

The prison time will be fol-lowed by five years of probation,McCally said.

Charging documents indi-cate that Goldberg was drivingnear Westfield MontgomeryMall on Nov. 14, 2013, and wentthroughanintersection inaman-ner that Clifton Botts and RachelPeterson, in another vehicle, be-lievedwas reckless.

Botts and Peterson told po-lice that they followed Goldbergafter he swore at them, and theygot out of their car to confrontGoldberg at a stop sign, accord-ing to chargingdocuments.

Goldberg drove away, but re-turned to where Botts and Peter-son had parked and sped towardthemas they stood in theparkinglot, repeatedly trying to run themover, prosecutors said.

He eventually either swervedor lost control of his car, andstruck a parked vehicle. A fightensued between Goldberg andBotts, and Goldberg used a knifeto stab Botts in his upper backand cut Botts’s face, according tochargingdocuments.

GoldbergstabbedPetersoninthe abdomen when she tried tointervene, according to chargingdocuments.

Goldberg’s young daughterwas in his car at the time, andPeterson’s mother and Petersonand Botts’s young daughter werein their car, according topolice.

RobertBonsib,Goldberg’sat-torney,arguedat the Jan.13hear-ing that his client was acting outof a genuine fear for his daugh-ter’s safety, but acknowledgedthat his actions were unreason-able.

But Assistant State’s AttorneyRobert Hill said there were reallytwo incidents that occurred thatday—anargument at a stop signand the altercation that includedthe stabbing. Inbetween the two,Goldberghadampleopportunityto leave themall, orfindhelp ifhefelt threatened.

The incident involving thestabbing was all about pride, Hillsaid.

Goldberg’s mother, AmyGoldberg-Cutler, saidat thehear-ing that her sonhad struggled foryears with Tourette’s syndrome— which causes involuntarymovements — and depressionthat resulted from the syndrome.

Goldberg sobbed in thecourtroom as his mother de-scribed the unconditional loveher son had shown to his familyandhis daughter.

After the sentencing, Bon-

sib told The Gazette that he feltMcCally’s sentence was “verycompassionate” considering thenature of the convictions.

Botts toldTheGazettehewasgladthecasewasfinallyover,andhewas sorry that Goldberg effec-tively lost his daughter for a time.But if Goldberg had been willingto talk rather thanattackhimandPeterson, the outcome wouldhavebeendifferent, he said.

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Montgomery County civic leader Nancy Dacek dies at 81n ‘Moderate Republican’

was advocate foragriculture, slow growth

BYEMILYLANGERTHEWASHINGTONPOST

Nancy H. Dacek, a 12-yearmember of the MontgomeryCounty Council who later servedfor more than a decade on theMontgomery County Board ofElections, died Jan. 12 at herhomeinDarnestown.Shewas81.

The cause was cancer, said adaughter, KimBarnes.

Dacek first was elected to thecouncil in 1990 and representedupper Montgomery County. Sheand Betty Ann Krahnke, the latecouncil member who also wona seat that year, were the first Re-publicans to serve on the body in

twodecades.Montgomery County Ex-

ecutive Isiah Leggett, a Demo-crat who served with Dacek onthe council and its educationcommittee, described her ina statement as a “voice for fis-cal moderation and balancedgrowth” and as a “championfor the environment and forwell-planned transportation in-frastructure, planning, and con-struction.”

During her council tenure,Dacek sought to protect Mont-gomery County’s agricultural re-serveandindustryandtosupportimprovements in fire and rescueservices. She advocated slowgrowth, rather than unbridleddevelopment, and helped obtainfunding for theBlackRockCenterfor the Arts in Germantown, ac-cording toher family.

After the1990census,County

Council districts were redrawnin what Republicans considereda partisan effort to limit their in-fluence. Dacek moved from Po-tomac to Darnestown to avoida contest with Krahnke in 1994.She was re-elected that year andin 1998 before losing her seatin 2002 to Democrat MichaelKnapp.

Soon after, then-Maryland

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R)named Dacek to the Montgom-ery County Board of Elections,where she served as presidentandmore recently treasurer.

Nancy Frances Halter wasborn Jan. 11, 1934, in Cleveland.In1955, she receivedabachelor’sin political science from Welles-ley (Mass.)Collegeandlatercom-pleted a master’s in education at

CaseWestern Reserve UniversityinCleveland.

She settled in the Washing-ton area in 1974 and volunteeredwith local recreation centers andschools before becoming presi-dent of the Montgomery CountyCouncil of PTAs in the 1980s.

Survivors include her hus-band of 57 years, Raymond F.Dacek of Darnestown; five chil-

dren, Debbie Glass and HollyDacek, both of NewMarket, KimBarnes of Radnor, Pa., KarenDacek of Bainbridge Island,Wash., and Mickey Dacek ofWashington, D.C.; two brothers;andnine grandchildren.

“I’moneof avanishingbreedI guess,” Dacek once told TheWashington Post. “A moderateRepublican.”

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n Speakers debaterisks, benefits of lawn

chemicals that would bebanned

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

An estimated 300 peoplepacked the MontgomeryCounty Council chamberThursday for the first of two

public hearings on a proposedban on lawn pesticides.

The bill — introduced bycouncil President George L.Leventhal (D-At Large) of Ta-koma Park — bans the useof nonessential pesticidesfrom lawns and certain pub-lic green spaces, but not fromagriculture, turf farms and golfcourses.

Reactions to the proposalamong the first 40 speakerswere strong and polarized.

To proponents, a lawwould protect county resi-dents and pets from unnec-essary exposure to chemicalsmany believe to be toxic.

“Pesticides are designedto kill living things, so it is nota surprise that they are harm-ful to humans, especiallychildren,” said Rebecca Rehr,public health advocacy coor-dinator for the Maryland En-vironmental Health Network.

Paxson Barker, a professorof nursing and member of theadvisory board of the Mary-land Pesticide Network, saida significant, growing body ofscience links pesticides to hu-man health conditions.

Studies, she said, link ex-posure to pesticides to chronicdiseases such as asthma andCOPD, as well as cancer, birthdefects, Parkinson’s disease,Alzheimer’s disease, diabetesand others.

Chris Nidel of Rockville,a lawyer specializing in envi-ronmental litigation, said thebill is a “common sense mea-sure” that balances costs andbenefits of chemicals.

Opponents said researchcited to support the ban is in-complete and contradictory.

Stuart Z. Cohen of SilverSpring, an environmentalchemist, said the county’slist of banned substances isbased, in part, on a discred-ited study and not on actualrisk.

“The proposed list of non-essential pesticides,” he said,“is not scientifically valid.”

“I applaud the intent ofthe draft act, but not the ap-proach,” said county residentDavid Fitch. Fitch encour-aged the county to followthe recommendations of theAmerican Academy of Pedi-atrics and use integrated pestmanagement, which includesthe use of some chemical pes-ticides.

Lawn-care professionalswere divided on the issue.

Some, like Brian Schoon-maker, president of CapitalPest, opposed the bill, say-ing it would eliminate pest-control companies’ tools forfighting mosquitoes, ticks,fleas and bedbugs.

“We cannot afford tohave a group of citizens,with no pesticide researchbackgrounds in the study ofthe safety of these products,

spearhead a law that does notweigh the many benefits ofsafe and effective use of thesepesticides versus the risk,” hesaid.

Others, like John “Zack”Kline, owner of A.I.R. LawnCare, said his company suc-cessfully uses a natural,organic, pesticide-free tech-nique.

“The results I have seenin my landscaping businessshow that lawns can be greenand healthy at a reasonablecost while keeping people andpets healthy by avoiding theuse of pesticides,” Kline said.

Many wanted the billamended.

Several felt that the bill’ssunset provision, whichwouldend the ban in 2019, needed togo. Others testified that ath-letic fields, like golf courses,should be exempt from thebill.

“We urge the council toexempt athletic fields thatuse these substances safely,professionally and only whennecessary,” said Trish Hef-felfinger, executive director ofthe Maryland Soccer founda-tion.

John Poulos, grounds-keeper for Our Lady of GoodCounsel High School in Olney,said about a quarter of all soc-cer injuries result from poorfield conditions — “just onepatch of clover is just as dan-gerous as a sinkhole.”

Andy Leon Harney ofChevy Chase urged the coun-cil to take a more moderateapproach and questioned thebill’s exemptions.

“Is there something mi-raculous about the runofffrom county agricultural landand golf courses that won’t gointo the bay, won’t be harm-ful to children and others?”she asked. “Or is it becauseyou don’t want to generatethe ire of farmers and golfersin the county? If you believethe long, overly inclusive listof pesticides are harmful,why not ban them across theboard?”

A second public hearing isplanned for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

A council committee isscheduled to start discussingthe bill on March 16.

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n Sanford found insane,committed to facility

BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

A woman accused of killingtwo children and trying to killtwo more in Jan. 2013 becauseshe and a friend believed de-mons had possessed the chil-dren pleaded guilty Friday andwas committed indefinitely to asecure state psychiatric hospital.

Monifa Sanford, 22, wasdeemed “not criminally respon-sible” for the crime Friday afterMontgomery County CircuitCourt Judge Cheryl A. McCallyfound there was substantial evi-dence Sanford was delusional atthe time.

Sanford’s attorney, DavidFelsen, citing a state doctor’s re-port, told the court that Sanfordhad been diagnosed with a psy-chotic disorder that was on the“schizophrenic spectrum.” San-ford, who is now taking antipsy-choticmedication, suffered fromparanoiaandauditoryhallucina-tions, Felsen said.

McCally ordered that San-ford be committed to the CliftonT. PerkinsHospital Center in Jes-sup until it was clear that she nolonger posed a danger to herselfor the community, but said therewas noway of knowing when, orif, thatwould happen.

State’s Attorney JohnMcCar-thy said after the hearing that thehospital was essentially a prisonfacility where Sanford can receivepsychiatric treatment. “She couldremain there for the remainder ofher life,”McCarthy said.

Sanford and Zakieya Avery,29, were arrested in January andcharged with the first-degreemurders of 18-month old NorellHarris and 2-year-old ZyanaHarris and the attempted first-degree murders of 8-year-oldMartello Harris and 5-year-oldTaniyaHarris.

Sanford, wearing a purple-and-gray fleece jacket, spokesoftly as Felsen askedher a seriesof questions before the judge toestablish that she understoodwhat was happening and wasentering her plea willingly. Afterthe hearing, Felsen said that hisclient recognized theseriousnessof what had happened, and thatthe word “sorry” was not suffi-cient to describe how she felt.

Martin Harris, Avery’s es-tranged husband and the fatherof the four children, told TheGazette after the hearing thathe was satisfied with Sanford’sadmission of guilt. He said hecouldn’t really ask more of hersince nothing would bring hischildren back.

“What type of person wouldI be to just want vengeance on[Sanford],” Harris said. “Ven-geance is not going to bring any-body back.”

Harris — who at one pointwas escorted from the courtroomafter a frustrated, emotional out-burst — said it was “horrible” tohear the detailed account of whathappenedtohischildren,but thathewasproud tohear thathis chil-dren had struggled and tried tofightbackagainst their attackers.

Alonda Lord, Harris’smother, said that Martello andTaniya were “doing very well”andwere livingwith family.

Assistant State’s AttorneyPe-ter Feeney read a lengthy sum-mary of the facts of the case intothe court record, providing a de-tailed look at the bizarre friend-ship that developed betweenSanford and Avery, 29, who isscheduled to go to trial in June.

As their friendship devel-oped, so did a shared delusionabout the evil forces in theworldthat they needed to fight.

The two met through theExuxiachurch inFeb.2013,wherethey both participated in a danceministry program. They becamefriends, and Avery soon begantelling Sanford about the various

types of de-mons in theworld, andshowing herY o u T u b evideos aboutthem, ac-cording tothe state’sp r o f f e r ,which was

readbyFeeney incourt.That summer, Sanford be-

gan seeing shadows and hear-ing noises at the home sheshared with her father, and Av-ery warned that if Sanford didn’tmove out the “succubus andincubus” would possess her. InAug. 2013, Sanford moved intoa Germantown homewith Averyand her four children. Sanfordsoon began seeing evil spiritsat the grocery store where sheworked, and quit her job on Av-ery’s recommendation, accord-ing to the proffer.

Fromthenon,thetwowomenbegan to withdraw from society.Avery received financial helpfrom the state, and Sanford gotmoney fromhermother in Japan,so neither of them worked. Theywatched videos about demonsandthe Illuminati, a secret societythat features in several conspiracytheories. They started to believethereweredemons intheirhouse,according to theproffer.

Sanford suffered from ec-zema, a condition that causesskin inflammation, and Averytold her she had an “eczema de-mon” and that Sanford neededto stop taking her medication.As a result, Sanford’s eczema gotconsiderablyworse, according tothe proffer.

The pair believed there weretwo spirits in the housewhoweretheirboyfriends, but eachwomancould only hear the other’s boy-friend. They allowed the “spirits”topossess them, soSanfordcouldspeak to her boyfriend throughAvery and vice versa. The paircalled themselves “DemonAssas-

sins” and believed that, with their“boyfriends,” they performed ex-orcisms and spread the word ofGod, according to theproffer.

In Dec. 2013, the childrenwent tovisit theirpaternalgrand-parents in Philadelphia, and Av-ery and Sanford spent nine daysin their car in the parking lot of adepartment store, trying to avoiddemons they believed they wereunable to remove from theirhouse. When the children re-turned, Sanford and Avery wentthroughthegifts thechildrenhadreceived and thewaway theonestheybelievedwerepossessed,ac-cording to the proffer.

On the evening of Jan. 16,2014, Avery and Sanford decidedto conduct an exorcism on theirboyfriends’ spirits and put thechildren outside in Avery’s Toy-ota. A concernedneighbor calledthe police after confronting thetwo about the unattended chil-dren and seeing that Sanfordappeared to be chanting. Policearrived and saw that the chil-dren were no longer in the car.Theofficers saw lights go onandoff on in the house and heardmusic playing, but when no oneanswered the door police con-tacted Child Protective Servicesand “decided to come back atanother time to identify the par-ties,” according to the proffer.

But by the next day, it wastoo late.

Early in the morning onJan. 17, Avery woke Sanfordand told her that everyone wasdead but their spirits remainedand told her to get the Bible.The two went into the bedroomsharedbyAvery’s sonNorell anddaughter Zyana. Avery said thatNorell had demons on him, andSanford claimed she saw theboy’s eyes turn black and hisnose start to bleed. Avery beganchoking her son, then the twoperformed what they called anexorcism: Sanford tried to re-move the demon by speaking intongues and holding her hands

above his body, according to theproffer.

Avery then declared that theboy’s soul could only be savedby killing him, according to theproffer.

Sanford retrieved a serratedknife from the kitchen, andAveryused it to cut her son’s neck andthroat several times. She thenstabbed him repeatedly, despitehis attempts to defend himself,and Sanford held him down tokeep him from struggling. Onewoundwas five-inches deep andpunctured the boy’s lung, dia-phragm, liver and stomach, ac-cording to theproffer.

Sanford then thought thatZyana had become possessedby the devil. When they thoughtprayer failed to remove the devilfrom the girl’s body, Zyana wasstabbed multiple times in thechest with such force that thir-teen wounds penetrated hertorso completely and createdexitwounds inherback. Sanfordand Avery each claim the otheris responsible for stabbing thegirl, according to the proffer.

During the attacks on the twosmallerchildren,Avery’ssonMar-tello entered the room and criedfor his mother to stop stabbingNorell. Avery and Sanford thenattacked the older boy, believinghim to be possessed. He foughtback, but Avery was able to stabhim in the chest and puncture alung, according to theproffer.

While Martello was beingattacked, Avery’s other daugh-ter, Taniya, appeared crying inthe hallway, and Avery told San-ford to get her. Sanford orderedher to the ground, telling her to“confess” and that “the Lord isyour savior,” then choked herunconscious. The girl quicklywoke up again, however,prompting Sanford to believethat there was a demon walkingaround inherbody, Feeney said.

Sanford then stabbedTaniya while Avery continuedto stomp and kick Martello on

the ground. After the attacks onthe children, Avery then turnedon Sanford, stabbing her at leasttwice in the chest, then chokingher and slamming her head intothe floor when Sanford tried toresist, according to the proffer.

At one point Sanford wasable to get a second knife fromthe kitchen and she and Averyfought again; this time Sanfordwas stabbed twice in the back.After they stopped fighting, Av-ery said theyneeded to clean thehouse andget ridof their clothesso thedemondidn’t return. San-ford and Avery showered, thenwashed the bodies of Norelland Zyana in the master bath-room and put them on the bedin themaster bedroom; Sanfordhelped Martello shower, thenwrapped him in a bedsheet.Taniya was left in her bedroom,according to the proffer.

Police arrived at the houseat about 9:40 a.m. after a reportof a suspicious situation and en-tered thehouseusingakeychainfound in Avery’s car, accordingto the proffer.

Avery rushed fromthehousewith Martello, still wrapped inthe sheet, and tried to escape inher car, but was stopped by of-ficers. Martello and Taniya weretaken to Children’s Hospitalfor treatment, and Sanford wasgiven first aid by officers beforebeing taken to Suburban Hos-pital. After initially claiming shehad been attacked, Sanford toldthe officer guarding her roomthe truth about what had takenplace, and her account matchesthe physical evidence from thescene, according to the proffer.

Avery’s trial is scheduled tobegin June24.Astatepsychiatristhas found Avery was legally saneat the timeof the killings, but shehas a history of mental illnessand her attorney has sought an-other doctor to evaluate her, ac-cording to theWashington Post.

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buy bikes to ride around Lon-don and into the countryside.But mostly she said she remem-bers riding from train station totrain station, especially in Paris,where itwas easier to get aroundusing theMetro.

“I bought it in London andpaid 19pounds for it. I think thatwas about $95,”Thomas said. “Itwas considered the Cadillac ofbicycles.”

Thomas said she broughtit home after her three-monthprogram, which included tripsto France, Switzerland and Italy.

“I was reluctant to part withthe bicycle because I spent somuchmoney shipping it aroundthat I was attached to it,” shesaid.

Back home in Pennsylvania,Thomas said, she rode the bikearound town and, as her chil-dren grew, they rode it, too.

“Eventually we had ourown bikes, but it was alwaysa backup,” Morris wrote inan email. “Over the years thebike deteriorated a bit and mymother took it to a bike shopfor repairs in 1976. It got newtires and some sprucing upand she rode it in a bicenten-nial parade that year. She saidshe remembers shouting,’TheBritish are coming!’ as she ped-aled along.”

The bike then remainedunhappily ignored for years,

Morris wrote, and soon it was insuch a state that Morris’ sisterdecided to junk it.

“I couldn’t bear the thoughtof discarding it,” she wrote.

An Internet search led herto Vic Caldarola at Evo CycleWorks in Rockville. Caldarolaspecializes in building custombikes, adding performance up-grades tobikes and restoring oldbikes. Morris opted for a resto-ration, as close to the original aspossible, and wanted the bikemechanically functional so shecould ride it, he said.

“What I do is entirely upto the client,” Caldarola said.“People fall in love with theirbikes, so whether we’re doinga contemporary bike with up-

grades to make it perform on ahigher standard [or restoring anold bike], there is also a com-ponent of ‘I love my bike and Ican’t wait to have this done.’”

The work took about sixweeks. Caldarola has a day jobas an administrator with theMaryland Department of Pub-lic Safety and Correctional Ser-vices, so he works on the bikesevenings and weekends.

“At some point in its historysomeone left [the bike] out for along period of time,” Caldarolasaid. “Itwas heavily rusted. Thatwasmymain challenge.”

Caldarola found a 1962model of the same Ladies Sportmodel as Morris’ to use forparts.

“This held down the ex-pense of restoration to findparts and recondition them,”he said. “It’s worth it becausethe end result is something thatworks like new.”

Morris wasn’t around whenthe bike was new but she saidher first ride on the recondi-tioned bike was smooth andeasy, and she is happy it’s backon the road again. Hermother’sbiking days are over, but she’sglad it’s getting a second life,too, Morris said.

“This made me get out myjournal and read about thatsummer,” Thomas said. “Itbrought back wonderful mem-ories.”

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“And now season 14 I’mactually walking into the roomwith [Harry Connick, Jr., JenniferLopez and Adam Lambert,]” shesaid. “It’s completely unreal.”

Though Scott said she hasbeensingingsincebeforeshewastalking and using it as a way tocommunicate, she was hesitantto showcaseher voice.

“I feel like I needed toprotectmyself. I write music and I sing.I do this and I dream of this andit’s hard to let this dream loose,”she said.

When she sings for the firsttime for someone, Scott said thatshe often gets compared to AmyWinehouse’s jazz tone, whichmade her shy away from thatstyle until her father told her toown it.

“You need to stop runningaway from this because Amy isan icon,” she recalls him saying.“And you should feel honored tobe even remotely compared toher.”

The judges immediately no-ticed the comparison, especiallywith the audition being an AmyWinehouse song, but they didn’tnecessarily think it was her bestsongoption.

While previous “AmericanIdol” runner-up Lambert saidScott wasn’t ready to continuein the competition, Lopez andConnick gave her the votes to getthrough to thenext round.

“My emotions were jump-ing around the room. They said,‘You’re impressive, you’re notready,youmightmakeit through’— it was all over the place,” Scottsaid.

However, once shewas giventhe go-ahead shewas ecstatic.

“It was kind of crazy to hear.I’ve been singing inmy bedroommyentire life and it’s you judgingyou,” Scott said.

Nowthatshehas judges from

“American Idol” judging her, sheknows she has to impress and isready todo just that.

“The most important thing

forme right nowmoving forwardis to really solidifymyself and getin a good mental state and staythere,” Scott said.

“AmericanIdol”airsWednes-days andThursdays onFOX.

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Area students (from left) Nanga Awasum, 16, from Damascus High, Emory Cole II, 16, from Clarksburg High,Gwendolyn Guthrie, 15, of Damascus High and Aditya Kaliappan, 16, from Clarksburg High, presented theirthoughts and research regarding aspects of the constitution during an oratorical contest at the AmericanLegion Post 171 on Saturday morning in Damascus.Kaliappan, a junior at Clarksburg High School, won first place. He was awarded the American Legion GoldMedal for Oratory Excellence and a check for $500 for his oration, “Sailing to Freedom,” said contest chair-man George Bolling in an email.Kaliappan will represent Post 171 in the Montgomery County American Legion countywide oratorical conteston Feb. 7. Runner-up was Clarksburg High School Junior Emory Cole II, who was awarded the Silver Medal andthe $250 second prize. Placing third was Gwendolyn Guthrie, a sophomore at Damascus High School, whoreceived the Bronze Medal and $150. Judging the contestants were three Montgomery College professors —Beverly Spencer, John L. Hare and Sharon Anthony.

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operating officer of Retail Prop-erties of America, said in a newsrelease that the acquisition ofDowntown Crown will allowthe company to expand itsfootprint in the Washington,

D.C., market.“With high barriers to en-

try, significant household den-sity and income, and a strongmix of retail, service and res-taurant tenants, DowntownCrown will further establish[Retail Properties of America]as a key player in one of ourtarget markets, highlighting

our ability to execute on ourlong-term strategic plan anddrive value for our sharehold-ers,” Garrison said.

Downtown Crown featuresabout 258,000 square feet ofretail space, and is anchoredby Harris Teeter and LA Fit-ness.

A variety of national and

regional restaurant chains aremaking a new home on theproperty, including CoastalFlats, Ted’s Montana Grill, OldTown Pour House, PaladarLatin Kitchen and Rum Bar,and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.

Other establishments, suchas a beer and wine store, bridalshop and eye care office, also

have opened their doors atDowntown Crown.

The property, which sawits first retail tenants open atthe end of 2013, is 62.7 percentoccupied and 77.5 percentleased, the press release said.

The Crown development asa whole is a 180-acre plannedcommunity that is expected to

include more than 2,200 resi-dential units and a public parkupon completion, in additionto the commercial district.

A representative for TheJBG Cos. and JBGR Retail wasunavailable for comment onMonday.

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mustmakehis official request tothe county school board for an-other four-year term by Feb. 1.The board will need to give himan answer byMarch 1.

Starr replaced JerryD.Weastas superintendent in 2011. Hewas hired at $250,000 per year.Starr’s current salary is $264,002,according to Dana Tofig, aspokesman for the district.

The district has made prog-ress during his three-and-a-halfyears, Starr said, and he andothers haveput “all the pieces inplace to transform” the schoolsystem.

“We’re on the cusp of doingsome really powerful work,” hesaid.

School board President Pa-tricia O’Neill plans to supportStarr, who she said has givenMontgomery County PublicSchools “a new vision.”

“I believe continuity inMCPS leadership is critical be-cause we’re going through achanging period of time,” saidO’Neill (Dist. 3) of Bethesda.

The district is facing “a lot ofchallenges,” including new stateassessments, growing enroll-ment, changing demographicsand fiscal obstacles, she said.

She said Starr’s work hasbeen on track.

“It’s difficult to judge in ashort period of time becausethat’s just the nature of howschool districts run and what itdoes take to turn a ship—a verylarge ship,” she said.

District 4 representativeChristopher S. Barclay of Ta-koma Park said Starr shouldcontinue as superintendent, butboardmembers “still have tode-liberate.”

“I think all of us have to con-sider ... what has he done thusfar and do we believe that he’sleading the system in the rightdirection and dowe believe thathe cancontinue todo that,” Bar-clay said.

Other board members wereuncommitted, focusing insteadon factors they’ll weigh as theyconsider Starr’s renewal.

School board Vice PresidentMichael Durso said the schoolboard will look at where theschool system was when Starr

arrived andwhere it has gone.“I don’t think there’s a clear

picture of where the board is,”said Durso (Dist. 5) of SilverSpring. “I think there’s some is-sues that have to be discussedand dealt with.”

Some issues the board willconsider are the managementof resources, hiring practicesandmorale, he said.

Durso said Starr’s tenure sofar is not “necessarily a short pe-riod of time.”

“I think that’s ample time forpeople to be inplace and for anyleader to be able to start to puttheir imprint on their vision forthe school system,” he said.

Jill Ortman-Fouse (At large)of Silver Spring said she sees aplan for the future, but not de-tails of how to execute that plan,an issue she will consider.

She said she wants clear di-rection “from the top” for thedistrict’s employees on whattheir roles are and how they cando their work.

“Our school system is facinga number of challenges,” shesaid. “I think it’s really impor-tant that ... everyone throughoutthe system be clear on what theplan is to get the jobdone and toknowwhere they’re going.”

If Starr requests a secondterm, board member RebeccaSmondrowski said, she’d review“a large gamut of issues,” in-cluding district efforts to changealternative programs and im-

prove students’ performance inmath. Smondrowski (Dist. 2) ofGaithersburg also would con-sider what direction the systemis moving in and “how quicklywe’re getting there.”

Boardmember JudithDocca(Dist. 1) of Montgomery Villagesaid she has ongoing concernsabout the district that are “noth-ing new” under Starr’s leader-ship and not necessarily relatedto his contract.

The school system has “alot of initiatives and people inplace,” she said, but she’s notsure the district has improvedstudent learning.

She wants to see more spe-cific planning for helping stu-dents, particularly strugglingAfrican-American students.

Boardmember Philip Kauff-man (At large) of Olney did notreturn calls for comment.

During his time as superin-tendent, Starr said, the districthas built up partnerships withcounty agencies, added tech-nology in classrooms, increasedbudget transparency, and in-creased Advanced Placementand SAT scores, among otherprogress.

Asked about a recent Wash-ington Post editorial calling fora clearer plan from him if hecontinues, Starr said the districtis moving away from a “tradi-tional” method in which the su-perintendent is the sole sourceof ideas and solutions.

Instead, he said, the sys-tem is focusing on each schoolmapping out a plan while thedistrict’s central office providessupport and accountability.

“The thinkers and the peo-ple and the educators in Mont-gomery County have so muchcapacity and so much intelli-gence that I want to rely on thepeople that are closest to thework to lead thework anddo thework,” he said.

He pointed to the district’sfive “core strategies,” whichinclude strong teachers andmatching resources with thegreatest needs.

Starr said several times hehas done what the board hasasked him to do and that he hashad their collective support.

“They have been involvedin and they have endorsed theapproach that I have taken allalong the way,” he said.

Among community mem-bers, Starr said, he sees somewho appreciate his work, oth-ers who remain “healthy skep-tics” about his efforts to closethe achievement gap, and thosewhodisagree aboutpriorities forthe system.

“While I would love for ev-eryone to agree with me on ev-erything all the time, I certainlydon’t expect that to happen,” hesaid.

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“My dad always toldme youhave to think what you can dofor yourself and then for otherswith whatever you like to do,”Amalia said.

Most recently, SpotlightStudio hosted a freemasterclassand donation drive to benefitthecity’sWellsRobertsonHouseand the Gemmell family, wholost their Gaithersburg homeand three family members asthe result of a plane crash.Morethan 100 people attended theJan. 3 event and many contrib-uted gift cards, clothing and toi-letries to the cause.

Instructor Perlita Jones ofGaithersburg said the event wassuccessful, as people happilypoured into the studio to attendthe class and excitedly unloadedtheir donations.

“It was a beautiful scene,”Jones said.

One of the dance fitness for-mats that Jones teaches is calledGold Suave, which she createdon her own as a “very soft andjazzy interpretation of Zumba,so it’s low-impact, less intense

and very knee-friendly.”As an instructor, Jones said it

is gratifying to seeher clients notonly working hard but also en-joying the class. She said some-times people sing to the musicand clap.

“It’s a lot of fun because itsexercise in disguise,” Jones said.“You’re dancing — you don’teven know that you’re alreadysweating, that you’re alreadygetting rid of pounds.”

Amalia — who teachesZumba, Fun and Fierce, Insan-ity, and Indonesian traditionaldance—added that she’s happyto help her clients reach what-ever goal they want to meet,such as reducing stress, losingweight or gainingmuscle.

“[The clients] smile, theylove the music and they’rehealthy. They feel fresh,” Amaliasaid.

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Mr. James Paul McMahon 51,of Damascus, Md. passed awaypeacefully, surrounded by hisloving family, on Wednesday,December 31, 2014.Born March 1, 1963 in Biloxi,Mississippi, he was the son ofJames C. McMahon of Floridaand Paula Kay Bickings ofNorth Carolina. He leaves behindhis son Justin and daughter-in-law Ashley, two grandchildrenJacob and Landon ofWestminster, and daughterCaitlin of Gaithersburg,significant other Patsy and step-

son Larry Wetzel of Damascus. Also surviving is his brotherWoodford (Woody) McMahon of Tampa Florida.At the age of 18 he started working in construction and became avery talented carpenter. He loved what he did and it showed in hiswork. He enjoyed fishing with his family and friends when he gotthe chance. His favorite holiday was July 4th he loved putting onhis own fireworks display.AMemorial Service will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at1:00 p.m. at the Montgomery United Methodist Church, 28325Kemptown Rd. Damascus, MD. 20872In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to MontgomeryUnited Methodist Church.

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Nancy H. Dacek, who served three distinguished terms as a memberof the Montgomery County Council and who was one of the fewRepublicans elected to the Council over the past five decades, diedJanuary 12 after a brief illness. She was 81 years old.

A mother of five, she began her career as an active member of theMontgomery County Parent Teacher Association, serving as itspresident in 1985. She was first elected to the County Council in1990 to represent District 1 (the Bethesda/Chevy Chase/Potomacarea), later moving to Darnestown to represent District 2 (the uppercounty). She served through 2002.

Mrs. Dacek served during a critical time in Montgomery County,when rapid growth was an issue that brought with it manychallenges. During her tenure, she was a strong voice in advancingthe needs of the upcounty. Education, public safety, the preservationof open space and the environment were among the many issues sheeffectively advocated for while serving on the Council.

Mrs. Dacek also was passionate in her support of The Black RockCenter for the Arts, successfully securing funding for the performingarts center located in Germantown. During her tenure she also servedas the Lead Councilmember for Fire and Rescue, contributingenormously to the safety and well-being of county residents. Mrs.Dacek had the reputation of being a fiscal steward and proponent ofslow growth. After leaving the Council in 2002, she was appointedby then-Governor Robert Ehrlich to the County Board of Electionsand served on the board until her death. Throughout the many yearsof her career as a public servant, Mrs. Dacek was known and admiredfor her no-nonsense, down-to-earth style and wry sense of humor.

Born in 1934, Mrs. Dacek was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, andgraduated from Wellesley College with a degree in political science.She received a master’s degree in education from Case WesternReserve University. Nancy was passionate about spending time withher grandchildren. She was also an avid tennis player, gardener andenjoyed taking long walks along the C & O Canal with her beagle.

Mrs. Dacek is survived by her husband of 57 years, Raymond, nowretired, who was a prominent Washington, D.C. utilities tax attorney;her daughters, Debbie Glass (husband Richard), Holly Dacek, KimBarnes (husband Alex), Karen Dacek; and her son Mickey (fiancéBeth Lindsay). She had nine grandchildren: Andy, Emily, Keegan,Clay, Caroline, Teddy, Ellie, Eva and Christian.

The family received friends Saturday, January 17th from 2-4pm and6-8pm at DeVol Funeral Home, 10 E. Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg,MD. A memorial service to celebrate the life of Mrs. Dacek isplanned for January 28th at 11am at the Black Rock Center for theArts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD. The family isasking, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made to Operation Smile,3641 Faculty Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23453 or the BlackRock Center for the Arts.

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Rockville firm seeksvolunteers for Ebola

vaccine studyOptimal Research of Rock-

ville is launching a phase 1 clini-cal trial of a preventive Ebolavaccine this month, led by Dr.Stephan A. Bart Sr., the compa-ny’s president and chief medicalofficer.

The company expects toadminister the candidate to thefirst volunteers this month.

Recruitment of 92 volun-teers for the study is underwayand will continue through Feb-ruary, according to a news re-lease. Healthy adults interestedin volunteering can call 301-309-8610.

“This study could providea significant breakthrough forthe prevention of Ebola infec-tion globally,” Bart said in therelease.

The study is designed toevaluate the safety and toler-ability of the vaccine regimen,in which patients will receivea primary dose, then a boosterdose to enhance the immuneresponse.

Volunteers will receive ei-ther different regimens or a pla-cebo. More clinical studies havebegun in the U.K., with othersplanned in Africa. Details of thestudy are at clinicaltrials.gov.,under NCT02325050.

Construction consultantslease in Rockville

CRB of Kansas City, Mo., hasleased a 4,187-square-foot officespace at 9210 Corporate Blvd., a123,133-square-foot building inRockville.

The company provides en-gineers, architects, builders andconsultants with a focus on thelife science industry.

CRB has more than 700 em-ployees in 13 offices around theU.S., according to Scheer Part-ners of Rockville, which negoti-ated the lease.

ROC-Space plans openhouse Thursday

ROC-Space will hold anopen house from 4 to 7 p.m.Thursday at 9119 Gaither Road,Gaithersburg.

The new company will offertours of its facility with labs, of-fices and bioscience manufac-turing facilities.

ROC-Space’s goal is to pro-mote interactions involvingresearch, biomedical educa-tion, product development, bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing,clinical investigation, patientadvocacy and commercializa-tion startup, according to a newsrelease. Initially, it has launcheda subsidiary, ROC-SpaceBioMfg, to provide biopharma-ceutical manufacturing, includ-ing nanoparticle and other newtechnologies.

For more information, con-tact Roger Erickson at [email protected].

Prison nonprofit honorsPotomac lawyer

The National Coalition ofCommunity-Based Correctionaland Community Re-Entry Ser-

vice Organizations, a nationalnetwork of prison nonprofits,presented an annual volun-teerism award to lawyer KimReed of Potomac.

Reed, an external pro bonolawyer for the organization, washonored for helping it win non-profit status from the InternalRevenue Service and for sup-porting its communications andfundraising efforts, among otheractivities, according to a newsrelease from the Renton, Wash.,group.

Novavax promotesexecutive director to VP

Novavax of Gaithersburgpromoted Jill Hoyt to vice presi-dent, human resources and ad-ministration.

Hoyt joined the vaccinedeveloper in 2008 as executivedirector, human resources andadministration. Previously, sheworked for 3e Technologies In-ternational, ChoicePoint andTRW.

She holds a bachelor’s inbusiness administration fromShepherd University and amaster’s in human resourcemanagement from MarymountUniversity.

Three new shopsannounced for Takoma

business districtThree new businesses are

coming to the historic Takomabusiness district, according tothe Old Takoma Business Asso-ciation.

• Kin Da Thai and Sushi Res-taurant will open at 6923 LaurelAve. in the space formerly occu-pied by Takoma Bistro. Restau-rateur Somjet Prompharsit andpartner Chanpen Teeranon alsohave another restaurant — AroiThai in the Bloomingdale neigh-borhood of Washington, D.C.

Kin Da, which is expected toopen in late January, will haveabout 60 seats and a beer andwine bar, according to a pressrelease from Old Takoma Busi-ness Association Executive Dire-tor Laura Barclay.

• Tabletop — a home, giftand design store in DupontCircle — will open a secondlocation at 6927 Laurel Ave. in

the space currently occupied byNow and Then gift shop. BothTabletop shops are owned byDaphne Olive and Tai Tsang.The new shop is expected toopen in April.

•Scissor & Comb, a saloncreated by Ian Palmiero, willopen at 7009 Carroll Ave. in thespace currently occupied byShampoo salon. It is expected toopen in May.

Painting businessopens in Bethesda

Patty Mason has openeda franchise painting business,Fresh Coat of Bethesda.

Its residential and commer-cial services include interiorand exterior painting, woodstaining and refinishing, andapplications of other protectivecoatings, according to a newsrelease. The business also of-fers online scheduling, in-homecolor consultations and freequotes.

Fresh Coat’s service area isBethesda, Cabin John, ChevyChase, Glen Echo and Potomac.

Previously, Mason waschief administrative officer forthe Washington, D.C., TaxicabCommission. She holds a bach-elor’s in information systemsfrom the University of Rich-mond (Va.).

“In the spring, I decided itwas time for me to do some-thing different,” Mason said inthe release. “I’ve always had akeen interest in the constructionindustry, painting and interiordesign. By owning a paintingfranchise like Fresh Coat it al-lows me to be involved in theindustry while bringing a higherlevel of professional paintingservices to the community.”

More information is avail-able at FreshCoatBethesda.com;

240-583-1483; or [email protected].

Comcast SportsNetpromotes two

Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Bethesda promotedTom Pahnke to senior directorof operations from director ofoperations, and Mike Wargo todirector of digital media fromdigital media managing editor.

Fertility centers startjoint venture

Shady Grove Fertility ofRockville launched a joint ven-ture with Reproductive Medi-cine Associates of New Jersey inBasking Ridge to develop, buildor improve fertility and in vitrofertilization centers across theU.S.

The new venture, called Fer-tility Partners, “intends to growand expand the well-developedresearch, education and advo-cacy programs already in placeat [Shady Grove and Reproduc-tive Medicine] and to lead fromstrengths in all areas of repro-ductive medicine,” Dr. Eric A.Widra, medical director at ShadyGrove Fertility, said in a news re-lease.

Both businesses will con-tinue to operate independentlywhile developing Fertility Part-ners.

Lockheed names mediarelations VP

Lockheed Martin ofBethesda named Dan Nelsonvice president of worldwide me-dia relations.

Previously, Nelson workedfor General Electric’s DigitalEnergy business. He also was aspokesman for the U.S. depart-ments of justice and commerce,and the White House.

He holds a bachelor’s incommunications with a minorin business administration fromCalifornia State University, Sac-ramento.

American Capitalpromotes executive

American Capital ofBethesda promoted Brian Graff,49, to president, private finance.

Previously, Graff was seniorvice president and senior man-aging director.

Earlier, he was a principal ofOdyssey Investments Partners.

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n Leather reclining seats,other upgrades in the

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BY JENN DAVIS

STAFF WRITER

The Kentlands Stadium 10movie theater in Gaithersburgwill soon get a whole new lookand feel as the result of a re-cent change in ownership.

Florida-based ParagonEntertainment Holdings as-sumed ownership of the the-ater on Center Point Way atnoon on Jan. 13, according tocompany spokeswoman NikiWilson. The cinema has beenrenamed Paragon Kentlands10.

“It was a fairly quick pro-cess, but we had been in ne-gotiations for a few months,”Wilson said.

Renovations are plannedfor the theater so it will in-clude some of the luxuriousfeatures offered at many ofthe company’s nine othercinemas, which are scatteredthroughout Florida, Virginia

and Minnesota. The Kentlandslocation will be remodeledsimilar to the Paragon Pavilionin Naples, Fla., Wilson said,which has leather recliningseats, online reserved seating,an expanded food menu, anda bar and lounge.

“What we have done inseveral locations over the pastfew years is we’ve purchasedtheaters that some mightsay are in distress and we’vegone in and renovated them,”Wilson said, adding that theKentlands area “seems likea fantastic community” andthe “perfect fit” for a Paragoncomplex.

Changes and improve-ments made to the theater arescheduled to be complete bythe beginning of summer, ac-cording to Wilson.

Aside from the upscaleamenities, Wilson said theKentlands theater will havea rewards loyalty program,a fundraising program andgroup pricing.

“We have a lot to offer thecommunity,” Wilson said.

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NOTICENotice is hereby given that applicationhas been made by:

Jyoti BhatnagarSharad Bhatnagar

on behalf of Monsoon Kitchens, LLC,for a Beer & Light Wine License, ClassD, On/Off Sale, for the premises knownas Peppers Cafe, which premises arelocated at:

216 Market Street, W.Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

A hearing on the application will be heldin the Montgomery County GovernmentRockville Library, First Floor MeetingRoom, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville,Maryland 20850, on:

Thursday: January 22, 2015At: 11:00 a.m.

Any person desiring to be heard on saidapplication should appear at the timeand place fixed for said hearing.

BY: Kathie DurbinDivision ChiefBoard of License Commissionersfor Montgomery County, Maryland

OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

TheGazette has always been open about itsmission, whichis rather simple: Cover our community as best as we can—allof it and everyone.

We reinforce this notion in light of peculiar reactionswereceived to a Jan. 14 story about a celebration at theMuslimCommunity School in Potomac.

Reporter PeggyMcEwan and photographer GregDohlercaptured thewords and images of students celebrating thebirth of the ProphetMuhammad.

“It really is a birthday party,” one seventh-grader said amidthe fun.

Photos showed three young girls singing during the cel-ebration and a young boy playing a carnival game.

As pleasant as thismight seem, nothingis immune from controversy; we receivedthree angry emails about our coverage.

One person, anonymously, accused usof “appeasement” and “pandering” towardMuslims “when in fact probably amajor-ity of your readers feel quite differently.”This anonymous personwonderedwhywedidn’t write instead about French people

inMontgomery County copingwith the Jan. 7 terrorist attackat the Charlie Hebdo satiremagazine in Paris, inwhich 12peoplewere killed.

Another writer askedwhyMuslim children are allowed tocelebrate the birth of the ProphetMuhammadwhile Christianchildren inMontgomery County Public Schools can’t celebratethe birth of Jesus Christ. He added that a “Sharia no-go zonewill be coming to a neighborhood near you.” The “no-go zone”reference is similar to one FoxNews has aired—alleging zonesin Europewhere non-Muslims can’t go—but retracted be-cause it waswrong.

The thirdwriter also called for coverage of “surroundingworld events that seemdriven by this religion.” He questionedif the story and photoswere “really yourwork or just a place-ment by a public relations firm.”

We’re alwayswilling to answer questions about coverageand dispelmyths.

TheGazette covers people, places and events ofMontgom-ery County. As a newsroomand as people, wewere outragedby the brutal slayings in Parismeant to silence expression, asentimentwe expressed last week in an editorial.

But the Charlie Hebdomassacrewas not a local story forour paper.

The idea that a terrorist attack in one part of theworldexcludes the possibility of coverage ofMuslim activities andevents anywhere else is absurd.

As for religious celebrations, that question is easy.MuslimCommunity School is private.Montgomery County PublicSchools is public and, as a government entity, tries not to over-step a constitutionally required separation of church and state.

As an aside, we have covered other religious celebrations,including Christian ones, at other private schools.

Finally, public relations companies do not place stories inour news pages.

Anyonewho has lived inMontgomery County for at least ashort time understands that the area has a richmix of cultures,ethnicities and religions. They’re all part of our community; wecover asmuch of themaswe can.

As a newspaper, we use amagnifying glass to examine thecommunity and provide amirror for society to see itself.

We don’t let biases or preferences interfere with thatmis-sion.

We end herewith kind, appreciativewords of anotherreader reacting to that same story: “In aworldwhere our reli-gion is hijacked from the innocent children you portrayed bythosewith extreme and erroneous views, it was such a breathof fresh air to see a positive image of Islam in themedia fora change. By featuring this article, you educated the generalpublic about a holiday theymay never knew existed, and alsoillustrated [to theMuslimpopulation] the beauty and impor-tance of fostering love and happymemories associatedwiththe religion and the prophet from a child’s youth.”

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DICTATESCOVERAGE

Winter is upon us — and with it thefrustrations of snowplowing and shoveling.This is to suggest that we could improvethe results of plowing the snow on arterialroads if we set the plow blades so that snowwas plowed to the left (i.e., the center ofthe road). A detailed discussion of why thismakes sense, as well as the limitations ofthe proposal, is available at www.webmas-tersays.org, in the “My Take” section, asMyTake #7.

Mark R. Adelman, Kensington

Newway of thinkingabout plowing

It is sad that a community would rejectschool childrenbecause residents perceive theymight disrupt their neighborhood.

As a former longtime teacher atMarkTwain(I cannot call it Blair Ewing), I would oppose thefacility change for a different reason. The pres-ent site is, in my opinion and experience, themost well thought out school building I haveyet to see. Dr. Bill Porter, the original principal,designed thebuildingespeciallyaroundhispro-gramforchildrenwhoneededextrasupports foracademicsuccessandsocialemotionalstrength.

The main office area on the entry floor hasspace for a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a socialworker, andspeech therapists.Thecafeteriaandthree dining rooms share the entry floor.

Themain floor is divided into three distinctadministrative areas. In the beginning, thesehoused lower,middle, andupper schools.

Classrooms are paired, with each pair shar-ingaprivate restroom.BillPorter saidhewanted

to allow students somepersonal dignity.Also on the main floor, but away from the

regular classrooms, is a gymnasium, apool, andthe arts barn, which includes the music room,drama lab with stage, art studio, FACS lab, andindustrial arts shop.

There are additional conference/officespaces on the second floor, and a large, invitingmedia center, which opens into the main hall-way.

As for the safety issue, students areprovidedschool bus transportation. Those who want tousepublic transportationneedonlywalka shortdistance to the bus stop at the corner of AveryandNorbeck.

Repairing the present facility makes moresense than relocating students to anotherschool, particularly when the community hasalready proclaimed themunwelcome.

Judy Di Salvo Stenger, Rockville

Rehabbing current alternativeeducation buildingmakes sense

I couldn’t agree more withCounty Council President Craig.L Rice’s bill to align the coun-ty’s schedule for increasing theminimum wage with the state’sdate of implementation. It onlymakes sense to have both corre-spond to the same date.

What Idon’t agreewith is theincrease itself. The artificial raisecomes without those affectedgoing to school to increase theirvalue to an employer or due tomerit.

The increasewillnothelp thepeople it is meant to help, as allemployers affected will have tohave to cut back on the numberof employees they already haveor raise their prices. When theyraise theirprices, thepeoplewhoare supposed to benefit will seeincreased prices for goods theybuy, so they will have no morebuying power than they do now.

The people that get hurt themost, however, are those whose

wages are above the proposedminimum (through the gov-ernment-mandated 15 percentraises theminimumwageearnerwill get in each of the next threeyears), who will have their buy-ing power reduced. What is leftof themiddle class will have thissamereductionofbuyingpower.

This is not exactly an eco-nomic stimulus. In fact, it is theopposite.

Certainly, in this economy,or in any economy, none of uscan expect to get an almost 50percent raise in the next threeyears.

The real oxymoron of this isfound in the story “Councilmanplans rent stabilization legisla-tion.” With the 50 percent wageincrease in effect in three years,how could anyone expect devel-opers affected by these raises tostabilize their rents?

Lee Trunnell, Clarksburg

Minimum-wage increase willlead to reduced buying power

Muslim children in the Muslim Com-munity School in Potomac are encouragedand allowed to celebrate the birth of theprophet Muhammad (“Potomac schoolmarks day with lecture and carnival,” Jan.14).

Where in the Montgomery Countyschool system are Christian children al-lowed to celebrate the birth of Jesus andhave the gall to call it Christmas? We knowthe answer to that.

Beware! Next, a Sharia no-go zone willbe coming to a neighborhood near you.

Roland Ferguson, Olney

Christian studentsdon’t get what

Muslim studentswere allowed

The taxi system in Mont-gomery County doesn’t work;it has failed residents and con-sumers with high prices andlow wages, and needs to bechanged. I’ve beena cabdriverfor 16 years and seen firsthandthe failures of letting big cor-porations like Barwood forcedrivers into povertywhile forc-ing neighbors into longer waittimes.

Montgomery County isa vibrant, dynamic area. Ourbusinesses are on the cuttingedge, and our residents areleaders in nearly every sector.Yet when it comes to our taxisystem, we remain antiquatedand far behind.

Every day, I see driversleave the taxi industry. They’vespent years providing ridesto the elderly for doctors’ ap-pointments, or taking partin the county’s transporta-tion program for the disabled.They’re hard working andfight to achieve the AmericanDream.

Unfortunately, our currentsystem has failed them andpeople they depend on.Mont-gomery County’s largest taxicompany, Barwood, chargesdrivers over $20,000per year tolease a taxicab. That includes

as much as $7,900 for liabil-ity insurance and $5,500 for adispatch system that doesn’twork for drivers or consumers.Inaddition,drivers forSunCaband Action Taxi are charged apercentage for every MetroAc-cess ride,WMATA’s subsidizedservice.

These charges meansome drivers must pay nearly$35,000 for the right to do theirjob. Theseunfair andexcessivefees,andothercharges, suchasthe near 8 percent charge Bar-wood takes for a customer us-ingacredit card, causesdriversto struggle to make minimumwage.

For every professionaldriver who leaves this brokensystem, customers are left withuntested, unproven driverswith apps such as Uber andLyft, leading to a poorer, morefrustrating experience.

Residents and cab driversdeserve better. When driv-ers are released of the burdenof high fees, they might passdown costs to consumers andraise the level of service forthosewho rely on it.

As consumer needs anddemands change, Montgom-ery County taxi drivers under-stand that the system must

change. That’s why the Mont-gomery County ProfessionalDrivers Union has proposed aPassengerBillofRights forcon-sumers.

This simple, common-sense legislationwouldchangeour dispatch system to amod-ern app-based one that con-sumers and drivers prefer. Itwouldgiveconsumers therightto be served by drivers not be-holden to Barwood’s high fees,andwould lead to lower pricesandmore efficient service.

Finally, itwouldmeancon-sumers would get drivers whohave basic workplace protec-tions frombigcorporations likeBarwoodandUber.

By calling or emailing yourCounty Council member andstanding up for the PassengerBill of Rights, you can bring usone step closer to a taxi systemthat works. When drivers winthrough lower fees and higherpay, consumerswinwith lowercosts and better service. It’s avictory we can earn together,and one our community des-perately needs.

Peter Ibik, LaurelThe writer is president of

the Montgomery County Pro-fessional Drivers Union.

Taxi drivers suffer under burdensome fees

As a toxicologist, I’malarmed at the minimally reg-ulated process of hydraulicfracking is spreading acrossthe country. Now that Gov.O’Malley has given the go-ahead for this dangerous pro-cedure in Garrett and Alleganycounties (and, implicitly, for theexport of liquefiednatural gas atCove Point), fracking may soonbecome a reality inMaryland.

Initial investigations of thefracking process in other statesare fragmentary, but stronglysuggest that the risks outweighthe benefits.

Fracking fluid is forced intowell holes to fracture underly-ing rocks (primarily shale) andmake gas deposits more acces-sible. Although the fluid is typi-cally around 99 percent brine,drillers also use proppants suchas sand and, in some cases,diesel fuels, to accelerate ex-traction. Workers are exposedto silica dust (from the sand),known to cause silicosis andlung cancer.

The process also releaseshighly toxic hydrogen sulfideand carcinogens such as ben-zene and certain hydrocarbons.

Furthermore, limited moni-toring studies of fracking siteshave shown over 1,000 surfacecontaminants. These contami-nants are often the byproductof faulty well construction, un-expected percolation throughsubsurface fissures and cracks,or illegal dumping. Whereasmanyof these chemicals are nottoxic, others are known cancer-causing agents, or produce del-eterious effects to the geneticworkings of cells.

Of particular concern tothe surrounding communityare respiratory issues (particu-larly for those with diseaseslike asthma), neurological dis-orders, and impaired develop-ment of newborns. In additionto soil levels, some of these con-taminants have been measuredin groundwater aquifers and/orremain airborne several milesfrom the drilling site.

The fracking process alsoreleases large amounts ofmeth-ane, a greenhouse gas consider-ably more potent than carbondioxide. Industry claims thatnatural gas emissions frompower generation are less cli-mate-disruptive than those ofcoal are pure propaganda.

EPA’s regulatory history onClass II wells (those used forfracking operations) is check-ered at best. Regulatory author-ity is split between federal andstate agencies, so that monitor-ing and enforcement practicesare greatly divergent betweenstates. The instructions on fed-eral EPA’s reporting form areoften ambiguous and subject tobroad interpretation. Many ofthe details regarding spills andleaks are sketchy, or simply notreported at all.

To its credit, the EPA is nowdeveloping a database to helpameliorate the shortcomingsof its paper form. In addition,some of the more responsibledrillers are investing in technol-ogies to enhance the structuralintegrity of their wells.

Overall, however, there’sstill too much of a Wild Westmentality in the rush for prof-its. The supralinear nation-wide increase in drilling sitesis revealing more and greaterproblems that have barely beenaddressed.

I strongly urge incomingGov. Hogan to follow Gov. Cuo-mo’s lead and reconsider thisdangerous practice.

Charles Shore, Gaithersburg

Marylandshould standfirm againstfracking

The Democrats and left-wing liberals inMaryland have now decided “never mind thelaw” and are issuing driver’s licenses to illegalimmigrants.

Of course, this faulty far-left-wing progres-sive policy by the left-wing liberal Democratsand socialists has been a practice in Marylandand Montgomery County for some time now.Not only do illegal immigrants obtain driver’slicenses here that they have not earned anddo not deserve, but they also go to their vot-ing polls and illegally vote and get away with itbecause voters cannot be requested to identifythemselveswith a valid photo ID. All this is sup-ported by the Maryland progressive left-wingDemocrats and socialists and never mind whatthe law says.

As a former election board judge for 12years, I can attest to this and that is the reasonI chose no longer to work as an election boardjudge.We can hope now that we have elected aRepublicangovernor, LarryHogan, someof thislawlessnesswill be stopped and turned around.

As a legal resident of Montgomery County,Maryland, and taxpayer, I get sick and tired see-ing taxpayer money wasted and squanderedon these Hispanic illegal aliens from Mexicoand Central America, who invaded our stateof Maryland and who live and sponge off ourhard-earned taxpayer money. Illegal Hispanicimmigrants need to be deported and not givenall kinds of privileges that they have not earnedand do not deserve.

Al Eisner, Silver Spring

State shouldstop giving

illegal immigrantsdriver’s licenses

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LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

Regarding the Dec. 31 story onOld Georgetown Road not beingwidened, it is interesting to notetwo things:1. Developers in the White Flint

sector of North Bethesda have con-tended their projects will be pe-destrian friendly, but they don’tmention anything about reducingvehicular traffic.2. Accepting the definition of a

vehicle as “a thing used for trans-portingpeopleor goods,”howcomebike riders do not fall into that cat-egory? They may be small, but theyuse roadways— but are not subjectto the rules of traffic.And, although they use the

roadways, they do not have to takea driving test. For example, howmany bike riders signal turns? Forthat matter, howmany auto driverssignal turns?There is a time and place for pe-

destrians and“vehicles” to share theroadway, butweneed just one set ofrules for everyone.Since this area is supposed to

mirror the Bethesda Row area, ithad to build more parking garages.Is that what North Bethesda canlook forward to?

David H. Brown,North Bethesda/

Boynton Beach, Fla.

Rules of road should apply to all

“OldGeorgetownRoadwon’tbe widened after all” in the Dec.31, 2014, Gazette is a positive forthe community.A Brookings Institute study

of the Washington, D.C., MetroArea found that real estate val-ues increase as neighborhoodsbecome more walkable. Accord-ing to their “5 Step WalkabilityLadder,” each step up the ladderadds $82per square foot to homevalues.As the principal of The Ro-

zansky Group of Long & Foster,a residential real estate salesfirm, with deep roots in our area,I have seen this trend grow suc-cessfully. It’s clear thatmore foottraffic in aneighborhhoodbringsa greater demand to live there. Ina study of 94,000 transactions in15 markets, a Realtor.com studyshowed that a 1-point increasein a walkability score was associ-ated with an average increase ofanywhere from $700 to $3,000 inhome values.A great example of this trend

is the Pike & Rose project inRockville that is going through atransition from an auto-centriccommunity to a town center/walkable environment. This 24-acre development is ¾mile fromWhite FlintMall, with aprojected1,500 residential units (mix ofrental and sale properties) tocome. The community will fea-ture amix of bike and pedestrianthoroughfares, “vegetated” roof-tops, and small parks surround-ing buildings. It is seven milesfrom downtown Washington,D.C.When it is finished, many

neighborhoods surrounding itwill likely see home values in-crease and lifestyles impacted ina positive way by safe new walk-ways to dining, shopping, officesand the Metro. This is a positivelifestyle impact and a likelihoodof increased home values for thisand other neighborhoods look-ing to make their communities awalkable community.

Brad Rozansky, Bethesda

Walking opportunitiesadd value to a community

WRITE TO US

The Gazette welcomes letters on subjects of local interest.No anonymous letters are printed. Letters are printed as space permits.Include your name, address and daytime telephone number.Send submissions to: The Gazette, attention Commentary Editor,9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877; fax to 301-670-7183;or email to [email protected].

Inhis letter promoting thePurple Line (“Transitfundinghelps limit sprawl, keep state vibrant,”Dec.31),EthanGoffmancalls the$2.5billionIntercountyConnector “underperforming.” A lot of us writingour tax checks these weeks think a $2.45 billionPurple Line to connect Bethesda to New Carroltonwouldbeunderperforming.If we and our kids can and have used bikes and

buses and Metro to get to school or work, and wepayourway,wedon’tneedsomeunrealisticdream-ersspendingourtaxmoneyonmorebigbridgesandtunnels and trains.It’s high time the transportation administration

includemaintenance inplanningprojects, andstarteducating and training young people in tree trim-ming for the sakeof continuedelectricity service (allwe have now ismiddle-agedmen doing this work),and incorporating ideas fromcitizens on localmat-ters (sham listeningmeetings with no response arediscouraging).If the Purple Line is a good idea, whywasn’t the

transportation administration open with its rid-ership estimates? And why are amphipods beingbrought into thediscussion?This is our tax money. Let’s hope Larry Hogan

will bemore carefulwith it.

Pat Broderick, Bethesda

Unrealistic dreamersare pushing the

Purple Line project

MICHAEL MADDEN/SUBMITTED

A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority metromap illustrates where the Purple Line will run once itis built. According to the Maryland Transit Administra-tion, 322 properties will face potential displacement orimpact in order to produce the right-of-way needed tobuild the proposed 18-mile rail line from Bethesda toNew Carrollton.

I write in rebuttal to KatharineRogers’ letter (“No one should beforced to keep living,” Dec. 31) re-sponding to mine of Dec. 17 con-cerning “assisted suicide.”WhileMs.Rogers’ letter confuses

palliative care with assisted suicide,the two are vastly different. The for-mer eases the suffering of someonewith a terminal illness who has de-cided to reject extraordinarymedicaltreatment, but— this is key—not totake their own life. The latter is a de-cisiontoaffirmatively takeone’sownlife (despite innocuous-soundingterms advocates use to cloak it, suchas “aid in dying,” “endof life choice”or “death with dignity”). This dis-tinction must be maintained in dis-cussing the subject, lest our supportfor those who reject extraordinarymedical treatment be hijacked insupport of assisted suicide.

Arguing for the sanctity of lifeis an effort to explain a position onan important issue and not, as Ms.Rogers suggests, an effort to imposereligious or moral convictions onothers. If we are to be barred frompublicly advocating for positionswhich spring fromreligiousormoralconvictions, abolitionists couldnever have campaigned againstslavery nor Dr. Martin Luther Kingfor civil rights, and those adhering tothe Ten Commandments’ prohibi-tionof theft couldneveradvocate forcriminalization of robbery. Indeed,such a view would silence Ms. Rog-ers, as her advocacy couldbe viewedasanattempt to imposehermoralityon others.Assisted suicide is a choice for

death, based on the judgment thatthe individual’s life has no value.In arguing that this choice must be

legitimatized, Ms. Rogers ignoresthe protective role the sanctity-of-life principle plays. This principle,however, shields an individual’s lifeagainst their own impaired judg-ment when, as is often the case, thatjudgment is impaired and againstthe judgment of others — family orfriends — who, for their own mis-takenormalign reasons,donotwishthe individual’s life to continue. Toperform these functions effectively,theprinciple cannotallow forexcep-tions— even under the “siren song”of choice.It also shields the individual

against societal judgment— such asthose represented by Nazi euthana-sia programs — that the individualfalls in a category of incapacitatedpersons whose lives society hasjudged deserve no protection. Ms.Rogers argues that assisted suicide’s

supposed voluntary nature distin-guishes it fromNazi euthanasia pro-grams. Yet, as is so often true wherethe individual’s rights conflict withsociety, it is only strict adherenceto principle that prevents what itinitially billed as a positive choicefrom devolving to a reprehensiblemandate. Any doubts on this canbe removed by searching “Nazi eu-thanasia programs” on the UnitedStates Holocaust Museum websiteandaskingwhether theywouldhaveoccurred had there been strict ad-herence to the sanctity-of-life prin-ciple.Defenseof thesanctityofhuman

life may not always be comfortableoreasyandmayconflictwithchoice,but it is vital ifweare to remainaciv-ilized society.

Paul Schilling, Bethesda

Defense of the sanctity of life must be consistent


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n Award-winning writerpens novel on love

The question “Who wrotethe book of love?” has beenposed in song repeatedly sinceThe Monotones released the popsingle in 1958.

Earlier this month, the de-finitive answer to that querymaterialized. “The Book of Love”was published and the authoridentified. Roger Rosenblatt,

74-year-oldDistinguishedProfessor ofEnglish andWriting atStony BrookUniversityand NewYork Timesbest-sellingauthor witha multitude

of impressive credentials, wrotethe book. And he did so whileliving in Bethesda. In fact, thenative New Yorker who has sincereturned to live in the EmpireState, wrote his last five booksduring his seven years in Mont-gomery County.

The new book, subtitled“Improvisations on a Crazy LittleThing,” is a celebration of andmeditation on various aspects oflove — among them, romanceand passion, love of family andfriends, country, work, writing,art and nature. His poetic lan-guage and the lines he referencesfrom well-known love songs

bring to mind Pete Hamill’scomment about a previous novelin the New York Times Book Re-view: “Rosenblatt writes the waya great jazz musician plays, mov-ing from one emotion to anotherplaying some with a dose ofirony, others with joy, and a fewwith pain and melancholy...”

Rosenblatt acknowledgedperpetuating the style of his pre-vious four books. “It has becomevery comfortable “[to write] sec-tion after section with no demar-cation.” The format, he pointedout, “simulates a poetry collec-tion, this book more closely thanthe others.” Rosenblatt startedout wanting to be a poet, butdidn’t have “the patience to seeif I had the stamina or the talent.But the rhythms of poetry stayedwith me; it’s the way my mindworks.” He likened the processto his piano playing. “I write abook by ear, too. It starts with thethought of a song, the lyrics playa part, and it builds up, and cov-ers the subject.”

The book is “dedicated to theone I love,”

That would be Ginny, hiswife of 52 years. The couple metin high school, Friends Semi-nary, a small Quaker school inManhattan, dated on and offuntil they married in their early

Seven years in Bethesdayields five booksfor eminent professor

n Dickens’ final novel comes to lifeon stage in Silver Spring

BY MORGAN FECTO

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

A man with a wooden leg, a real life fa-ther-daughter duo, and several dolls from aValue Village thrift store will meet in LuminaStudioTheatre’sproductionofCharlesDick-ens’ final novel “Our Mutual Friend.”

“It’s a fabulous look at Victorian life, withthe rogues and rascals and people who dragbodies out of the river for a living,” said co-director John O’Connor.

Not only does O’Connor co-direct theplay with his wife Kelly Newman O’Connor,but he wrote the stage adaptation for thenovel, and will act in the show as Rogue Ri-derhood, an opportunistic villain.

Although Dickens’ works can be “quitegloomy,” according to O’Connor, “Our Mu-tual Friend” appealed to him with its hope-fulness, its humor and its wild characters.

“David [Minton] plays Silas Wegg, awonderful guy with a wooden leg who sellshis leg to a man called Mr. Venus who is an‘articulator of bones’ and makes skeletonsout of old bones,” O’Connor said. “They area very funny paring.”

In “Our Mutual Friend,” several rungs ofsociety collide after a tycoon dies and his for-tune passes to his illiterate and kind-heartedemployees the Boffins. As do the Boffins,a crippled dolls’ dressmaker named JennyWren personifies human kindness in thestory.

“Dickens really takes apart the barrier ofclasses, which is a bold thing to do in 19thcentury. It says, if you crave money, it’s go-ing to undo you,” O’Connor said. “It’s a veryoptimistic and human book.”

Wren’s narration will immerse the au-dience in the Dickensian universe and willguide them through O’Connor’s abridgedversion of the story, O’Connor said. Dollsfromthethrift storehand-paintedandoutfit-

ted to resemble the cast will adorn the stageand aid Wren’s narration.

“We’ll put them in the boxes so that we’llperform between them like a tennis match,”said O’Connor. “It’s partly cute and partlycreepy.”

Honoring the novel’s original narrativesand historical context while re-working it forthe stage challenged O’Connor.

“I felt a duty to maintain the spirit of thebook,” O’Connor said. “To change eventswould be wrong, apart from making JennyWren the narrator. There are two paral-lel plots with this story and lots of little plotlines. You have to be quite savage with cut-

ting those to make the story easier to follow.”However, O’Connor’s cast, crew and

co-director made “Our Mutual Friend” anenjoyable trial. With directing, O’Connordirected rehearsals in a broader sense whileNewman O’Connor “added the jewelry.”

“Kelly is fanatical about getting every-thing right,” O’Connor said. “I say, ‘that’sfine,’ about a costume and she says, ‘No, no.That’s 20 years too early.’”

Newman O’Connor fine-tuned the ac-tors’ movements, and acted as costume-designer, Jenny Wren, and the play’s dialect

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Dre Weeks, David Minton, and Kelly Newman O’Connor star in Lumina Studio’s production of “OurMutual Friend.”

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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 2126

Industrial Highway, Silver Spring,301-326-1181, hollywoodball-roomdc.com.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps andformations taught. No experience,partner necessary, T-39 BuildingonNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenueand SouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.

Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays,8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, GlenEchoPark’s SpanishBallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.

Contra, Jan. 23, AnnFallon callsto AP&Banty Roosterswith AndyPorter onfiddle,Mark Lynch onmandolin and tenor banjo, JoeLangley on guitar andArtie Abramsonbass andfiddle, fridaynight-dance.org, Glen EchoPark SpanishBallroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, friday-nightdance.org.

English Country, Jan. 21,MelissaRunning caller, 8 p.m., Glen EchoTownHall (upstairs), fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Feb. 14, RedDress Ball with the Eric FeltenJazzOrchestra, $18, $12, 17 andyounger. Glen EchoPark SpanishBallroom, flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Feb. 1, Trio ConBriowithPaulOorts (mandolin), Elke Baker(violin), Jonathan Jensen (piano);waltztimedances.org.

Social Dancing, “Getting ToKnowYou Singles,” Jan. 23, Over40 singles dance; freeHustle lessonfrom7p.m. to 8 p.m.Dance from8p.m. untilmidnight. Knights ofColumbus, 9701 Rosensteel Ave.,Silver Spring. $15. [email protected]; 240-620-5564.

Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class,groupmeets onTuesday’s until lateMay at RidgeviewMiddle School.Beginning class starts at 7 p.m.,followedby the experienced classat 8:05 p.m. The cost is $50. Ceiliand set dances are performed, andnopartner is required for the les-sons. For information, email Jeanat [email protected] visitringofkerrydancers.org. Dancersmust be at least 8 years old to se-nior. Anyone younger than 16mustbe accompanied by an adult.

MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper

Club, Darrian Ford in theCookeBook, Jan. 21; Be’laDona, Jan. 23;Bio Ritmo, Jan. 25; Dr. Ralph Stan-ley and Friends, Jan. 30; ADreamDiscs TripleHeader, Jan. 31; call forprices, times, 7719Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-

abluesjazz.com.BlackRock Center for the Arts,

Victoria Vox andUnified JazzEnsemble, Jan. 24; 12901 TownCommonsDrive, Germantown.301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring,MarilynManson, Jan. 21, Visto, Jan. 23; AnEveningwith Several Species, Jan.24; School of Rock, Jan. 25;Mo-tionCity Soundtrack, Jan. 26; LessThan Jake andReel Big Fish, Jan.28; Black Alley, Jan. 30; ShyGlizzy,Jan. 31; 8656Colesville Road, SilverSpring. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Strathmore, Jennifer Koh, vio-lin, Jan. 22; BSO: AnEveningwithJasonAlexander, Jan. 22; BudapestFestival Orchestra, Jan. 23; NationalPhilharmoic: Bach’s Brandenburgs,Jan. 24; National Philharmonic:Bach’s Brandenburgs, Jan. 25; AIR:invoke, Jan. 28; VadimNeseloyskyi;Jan. 29; Ladysmith BlackMam-bazo, Jan. 30; BSO:Mahler’s 3rdSymphony, Jan. 31; call for venue,times. Locations:Mansion, 10701Rockville Pike, North Bethesda;Music Center at Strathmore, 5301TuckermanLane,North Bethesda,301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGEArts Barn, “The 39 Steps,”

through Jan. 25, Sandy SpringTheatreGroup, $20, $12 for 14 andyounger, 311Kent Square Road,301-258-6394

Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Pe-tite Rouge—ACajunRedRidingHood,” Jan. 30 throughMarch 8,call for prices, times, AdventureTheatreMTC, 7300MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270,adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “Wiley andtheHairyMan,” Feb. 11 throughMarch 15, call for prices, times,Imagination Stage, 4908 AuburnAve., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.

Highwood Theatre, “OtherDes-ert Cities,” Feb. 6 through 15, 914Silver Spring Ave., thehighwood-theatre.org, 301-587-0697.

Olney Theatre Center, “God-spell,” Feb. 4 throughMarch 1, callfor prices, times, 2001Olney-SandySpring Road,Olney, 301-924-3400,olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Circus!,”through Feb. 15; Tiny Tots@ 10,selectWednesdays, Saturdays andSundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, GlenEchoPark’sNorth ArcadeBuilding,7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

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

Round House Theatre, “Rap-ture, Blister, Burn,” Jan. 28 throughFeb. 22, call for show times, 4545East-WestHighway, Bethesda.Tickets range in price from$10 to$45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.

Lumina Studio Theatre, “OurMutual Friend,” Jan. 23 through31. Silver Spring Black Box Theatre,8641Colesville Road, Silver Spring,301-588-8277, luminastudio.org;[email protected].

Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’sShadow,” through Jan. 31,Wood-

moor ShoppingCenter, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.

Randolph Road Theater, 4010RandolphRoad, Silver Spring, bel-cantanti.com, 240-230-7372.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “Your

Memories, Your Sentiments, YourWishes, Your Secrets,” JimCon-dron andKristen Liu, through Feb.28, 3766HowardAve., Kensington,301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com

Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 Pho-tographyGroup exhibit, “RichlyBlack andWhite,” featuring JareeDonnelly, CraigHiggins, TimothyLynch, andMargeWasson. Rock-ville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmon-stonDrive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries,MarchAvery, through Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to7 p.m.Monday through Saturday,noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022Wis-consin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association,Terry Pellmar, through Feb. 1,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 Vi-ersMill Road,Wheaton,montgom-eryart.org.

VisArts, Suspension, Jan. 22throughMarch 1;NancyDaly, Jan.23 through Feb. 22; LainiNemett,Jan. 28 throughMarch 1; GibbsStreet Gallery, 155Gibbs St., Rock-ville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrock-ville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, PyramidAtlantic Art Center,secondfloor, 8230Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, washingtonprint-makers.com.

Kentlands Mansion, Artworkof theGaithersburgCameraClub,through Jan. 23, 320Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.

Arts Barn, 311 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394

“White,” a juried gallery ex-hibition in both ofWashingtonArtWorks’ formal galleries. Photog-raphy, painting,mixedmedia andmore, through Jan. 31.WashingtonArtWorks, 12276Wilkins Ave.,Rockville. 301-654-1998; washing-tonartworks.com

“From Beyond the Arch,”through Jan. 28. Artwork createdby theUpper andMiddle schoolstudents of theHeleneBermanSeidenfeld Visual Art Center at theBermanHebrewAcademy.Gold-manArt Gallery, 6125MontroseRoad, Rockville. [email protected], 301-348-3770, jccgw.org. Openwhen JCCGW is open; free admis-sion.

ET CETERAChildren’s Movie Sing-Along

and Royal Tea, Jan. 24, sing yourfavorite animatedmovie tunes fol-lowedby aRoyal Tea at KentlandsMansion,where princesses, knightsand other heroes can snack in style.$8 (Sing-Along only) / $20 (Sing-Along +Tea), Arts Barn&KentlandsMansion, 311 and 320Kent SquareRoad. 301-258-6394

The Writer’s Center, 4508WalshStreet, Bethesda, 301-654-8664,writer.org.

IN THE ARTS

20s. “The story I have to tell is ofyou,” hewrote. “Of others, too.Other people, other things. Butmainly of you. It begins and endswith you. It always comesbackto you.”

The author doesnot claim tobe an authority onwhatmakes asuccessfulmarriage. “Iwouldn’tpresume tooffer a formula, butI think it has a lot to dowithremembering that you lovesomeone. People get into troublewhen they forget,” he said.

Rosenblatt earnedhis un-dergraduate degree atNewYorkUniversity andhis doctorate atHarvard,where he also taught.Hehas served as literary edi-tor and columnist for TheNewRepublic, columnist for theWashingtonPost, andmultipleprize-winning essayist for theNewsHour onPBSandTimemagazine.His Time cover es-

say, “A Letter to the Year 2086”was chosen for the time capsuleplaced inside the Statue of Lib-erty at its centennial.Hehaswritten 17books,whichhavebeenpublished in 14 languages,six off-Broadwayplays, includinga comic one-man show, “FreeSpeech inAmerica” theNewYorkTimesnamedamong the 10best plays of 1991.

Rosenblatt gaveup journal-ism towrite books in 2006. Twoyears later, upon thedeath oftheir daughter Amy, he andhiswifemoved toBethesda tohelptheir son-in-lawbringup theirthree young grandchildren.

“WewerebothpleasantlysurprisedbyBethesda.Ween-joyed its restaurants andmovies,walking around the small city,with all thenewbuildings goingup,” he said, noting that his closefriend, Bethesda authorAliceMcDermott “didn’t know ifwe’dlike it afterNewYork.”

He affectionately recalled

his granddaughter Jessie’s intro-ducinghim toher fourth-gradeclass at BurningTreeElementarySchool. She said, “This ismygrandfather Boppo.He lives inthebasement anddoesnoth-ing.”

Nowbackhome since thesummer, living inQuogueonLong Island and teachingwritingat StonyBrook’s Southamptoncampus, Rosenblatt has com-pleted anewnovel, dueout ina year, and is deep intowritinganother. Both are serious, hesaid, in contrast to his previoustwo,whichwere satiric. Thewrit-ing, he said, doesn’t takehimlong; he spends farmore time inthepreparatory “brooding overthe subject,”which frequentlyoccurswhile he iswriting its pre-decessor.

Heparticularly relishes “theartistic freedomof being able tojustmake it up,” hequipped. “Ihave a knack for lying throughmy teeth.”

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coach.“Kelly’s American and I’m a

Brit, and everyone’s doing Brit-ish accents but she’s the dialectcoach, not me,” O’Connor said,laughing.

For O’Connor, directing theactual father-daughter pair play-ingMr.Wilfer anddaughter BellaWilferwas a joy.

“I don’t think this happensvery often,” O’Connor said. “I’veknown themboth for a long timeand it was quite clear even fromthe first rehearsal that you canbuildonall thenatural love that’sbetweenthemalready. It’sahuge

bonus andquite emotional.”With “Our Mutual Friend,”

setting the scene was especiallyhard, but O’Connor said the

sound and lighting will transportthe audience to the banks of theThames.

“Ron Murphy has createdthe most brilliant soundscape,”O’Connor said. “The sound of adogbarking or anold steam traingoing by gives the play its lovely,subtle background, and lets youknowexactlywhere you are.”

“Our Mutual Friend” packsenough malcontent to engageaudiences, but is chiefly a storyabout mankind’s charitable na-ture and finding happiness inunlikelyways.

“It’sacomedy. It’saromance.It’s a mystery with the questionsof ‘who’s ourmutual friend?’ andthatsortof thing.”O’Connorsaid.

MUTUALContinued from Page A-12

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Jason Alexander has donea lot in the world of entertain-ment. As a voice actor, he’sportrayed several characters, in-cluding Duckman, and Catbertin the “Dilbert” show. On Broad-way, he’s performedwithMartinShort and Kelsey Grammer, andhe even has a Tony Award for

Best Lead-ing Actor inaMusicalfor his rolein “JeromeRobbins’Broadway.”

Despiteall of that,most folksknow him

simply as George Costanza, thelovable character on “Seinfeld.”

Alexander will be perform-ing alongside the BSO at theMusic Center at StrathmoreThursday.

Even though “Costanza”probably won’tmake an appear-ance, you’ll still hear a performerwith a rich voice singing classicsongs from the GreatWhiteWaywhile the BSO, under the batonof Jack Everly, plays with him. Ofcourse, it’s not going to be songafter song after song. Alexanderfeatures a lot of different thingsin his one-man variety show,including stand-up comedy, im-prov, and even some audienceparticipation.

The concert runs for about130minutes and there will bean intermission. Tickets for theshow range from $60 to $120.Formore information, visitstrathmore.org, bsomusic.org,or call 877-BSO-1444.

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It’s hard to lump the ladies ofBe’la Dona into one category.

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The all-female band out ofWashington, D.C., will perform atthe Bethesda Blues and Jazz Sup-per Club on Friday.

The group calls their style“sensual crank,” and it’s quite a

unique sound. Be’la Dona haspicked up quite the fan followingover the past few years, playing allaround theDMV area. Each showis electrifying and intense, with theband pushing tomake each showa little better than the one before.

Tickets for the show are$20. Formore information, visitbethesdabluesjazz.comor call 240-330-4500.

Ladies of ‘sensual crank’ The all-femaleBe’la DonaBand willperform atthe BethesdaBlues andJazz SupperClub on Fri-day.BETHESDA BLUESAND JAZZSUPPER CLUB

Rock starMarilynManson has alwaysknown how to push the right buttons. Becauseof that, there’s nomiddle groundwith him—people either love him and hismusic, or theydespise him. It’s always either one of the two.

And hewouldn’t have it any other way.The shock-rocker, who just released his

ninth studio album, “The Pale Emperor,”will perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring onWednesday.

Manson picked up a cult-like following

after he released such songs as “The BeautifulPeople,” “Sweet Dreams (AreMade of These),”and “TheDope Show.”

Outside ofmusic,Manson has appeared inseveral TV shows, including “Eastbound andDown,” onHBO, Showtime’s “Californica-tion,” alongside David Duchovny, andmostrecently “Sons of Anarchy” on FX.

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Singer/songwriter VictoriaVox,widely known for herworkon theukelele,will be joinedbytheUnified Jazz Ensemble Satur-day at BlackRockCenter for theArts in celebrationof the releaseof her newalbum“WhenNightUnravels.”

These local favorites—Vox,based inBaltimore, and theAnnapolis-basedUnified JazzEnsemble—will play an eveningof jazz standards andoriginalcompositions.

Voxhas beenhoninghersongwriting and voice for thepast 10 years, performing aroundthe globe fromAustralia, toEurope, Canada, and across theU.S. Shebeganwriting songs atage 10, inspiredby artists CyndiLauper andMadonna, primarilywriting songswith the guitar.

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Basketball rankings, county scoring leaders. B-3

BOYS BASKETBALL: Richard Montgomery atKennedy, 7 p.m. Friday. RM entered this week stillunbeaten. Cavaliers will try to end the streak.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Churchill at Walter Johnons, 7p.m. Thursday.

ICE HOCKEY: Georgetown Prep vs. Churchill, 4:30 p.m.Thursday at Rockville Ice Arena.

n Without a clear favorite,several boys basketballteams have a chance to

make states

BY ADAMGUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER

Eleventh-year Whitman HighSchool boys basketball coach ChrisLun, just 10 months removed fromleading the Vikings to a 4A statechampionship game berth, pausedfor a few seconds last week as hetried to remember how long it’s

been since a 4A team in Montgom-ery County has been dominant.

Lun eventually settled onMagruder’s 2011-12 and 2012-13 teams that won the 2012 statetitle and sent a handful of players,including Garland Owens (Bos-ton College), Nick Griffin (GeorgeWashington) and Justin Witmer(Salisbury), to play at the next level.

The years sinceMagruder’s runhave left the county wide open, butthe parity of this year’s 4A land-scape may be unparalleled. With a5-6 record — one less loss than the

4A wide open inMontgomery County

It is no secret that the NorthwoodHighSchool athletic department has struggled to con-sistently win on the field, court and track sincethe school reopened 10years ago. The Gladiatorshave had full-fledged var-sity teams since 2006, twoyears after restarting, andRay Trail has been therefor it all.

He’s been an integralpart of the Silver Springschool’s growth, as a vol-leyball coach and physicaleducation teacher. He’swatched the school trans-form from a building that housed just underclass-men to onewith one of the state’s largest studentenrollments.

“It has been a steady increase, but it is kindof cool andweird going from 10 years ago tonow,” Trail said. “In the back ofmymind I alwaysthought about Northwood growing because wedon’t struggle to find kids to field teams anymore;there’s nomore pulling people out of the hall-ways.”

Next fall, Northwood, which originally closedin the 1980s, will be a 4A school, the largest offour classifications in theMaryland Public Sec-ondary Schools Athletic Association. Every twoyears, the organization reclassifies itsmembersbased on population. And in theory, the 4Ashould be the state’smost competitive classifica-tion.

What does all thismean for the Gladiators?Athletic DirectorMarco Fuggitti seems to believehis department ismoving in the right direction.

“It is going to be interesting that’s for sure,”Trail said. “I don’t necessarily think it will betougher, but it will be different. We still will play[Downcounty Consortium rivals Blair, Einstein,Kennedy andWheaton].”

Former football coachDennis Harris, who re-signed following the 2014 season, is still a teacherat the school and has also been there since thebeginning.

“There will be familiar foes with the consor-tium and some new faces,” he said. “We alwaysthought the 3A in football wasmurder with theFrederick teams andDamascus and Seneca Val-ley.Moving upwon’t bemore difficult; it is just adifferent set of challenges.

Northwood, which is projected to be one ofthe smallest 4A schools with 1,281 students— ri-val Blair is the largest with 2,267— according totheMPSSAA, is one of fiveMontgomery CountyPublic Schools set to change classifications forthe next two school years. Fellow consortiummember Einstein (1,280) is alsomoving up from3A. Blake (1,229) andMagruder (1,173) will movedown to 3A and Poolesville (925) ismoving upfrom 2A.

“The 20-year gapwithout operating putsNorthwood at a disadvantage,” Harris said.“There’s no tradition and culture.We’ve had totry to build that.

“We get good individuals, but not enough tohave extended team success. It takesmore thanone kid. Themore important thing is trying to getkids to stay home and finding a way to winmayhelp that. Kids can transfer freely within the con-sortium. It is so easy for a kid to say, “My cousingoes to Einstein ormy friend goes to Kennedyor I want to go to Blair or I’m going to privateschool.’”

In talking to a few other coaches from otherschools, I got the sensemost feel the samewayas Northwood. Notmuchwill change during theregular season— everyonewants to persevere ingames against rivals and in turn, receive lucrativegate receipts—but playoffsmay be a little bit dif-ferent.

“The only little concern I have is if we getout of our section, we have to gowith the homeschool’s [regular] referees,” longtimeMagruderboys basketball coachDanHarwood said. “That’sjust not right. The officials probably do a greatjob, but I definitely believe, for perception’s sake,we should use neutral officials that don’t regu-larly work games of the teams playing.”

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Sherwood High School’s Xavier McCants drives to the basket during a summerleague game. Sherwood has victories against Springbrook and Magruder and can bea playoff threat.

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n Penn State and Marylandnever stopped competing

BYPRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFFWRITER

From the moment the Universityof Maryland, College Park joined theBig Ten Conference last year, the Terps’once-upon-a-time football rivalry withPenn Statewas sure to resurface.

At one point until 1993, the teamsplayed almost every year. But until lastseason’s meeting, the teams had notfaced each other on the field — PennState leads the all-time series 35-2-1. Offthefield,however, the twoschoolsneverstopped competing.

Penn State has always been suc-cessful in picking up top recruits fromthe Washington, D.C. area. Naturallyand geographically, these are the sameplayers that Maryland tries to convinceto stay home.

Once again, this year, there are anumberof topplayers fromtheareawithoffers fromeitheroneof the twoschools,or both. Somehave alreadymade verbalcommitments about where they plan tocontinue their education, while othershave left thedecisionup for speculation.WithNational SigningDay set for Feb. 4,manyof those seniorswill officially sign.

Gaithersburg High School four-stardefensive end Kamonte Carter is ver-bally committed to attend Penn State,along with Bullis’ three-star tight endJonathan Holland. Potomac’s (PrinceGeorge’s County) three-star defensivetackle Keiron Howard is committed toMaryland.

Roosevelt (PrinceGeorge’s) four-staroffensive lineman Isaiah Prince contin-ues toweighhisoptionswithoffers fromboth schools, among others.

Perhaps most notorious in this re-cruiting rivalry isQuinceOrchard’s four-star defensive lineman Adam McLean,who intially committed to Penn State,only to change toMaryland.

“First off, I want to take the time outto say thank you to everyone at PennState and the fans and anyone whosupports Penn State and its program,”McLean wrote in a statement after de-commiting. “But with thinking thingsthrough and re-evaluating things withmy family, we have decided that I willnow be officially [decommitting] fromPenn State. The support and the lovethat everyone there had showedme hasbeen awesome. ... I want to wish every

SigningDay bringsout rivalries

n Longtime Trojans coachturns up the volume on

court and in track

BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

STAFF WRITER

Adrian McDaniel spent thewhole day downing hot dogs.He ate 13 of them, as the legendhas it. Then, with a full stomach,the 8-year-old track phenomstepped foot on the historicFranklin Field in Philadelphia,and “he went out there and stillwon,” his mother, Ida Battle,said.

McDaniel didn’t just earna first-place finish in that 1982race. He also earned the nick-name “Hotdog,” which hasstuck 33 years later. Coachescall him Hotdog. Players callhim Hotdog. Even his mothersometimes calls him Hotdog.

McDaniel, 42, is now ateacher at his alma mater,Gaithersburg High School(Class of 1990), coaching girlsbasketball, track and field andfootball (assistant). His flashystyle — the sweater vests, thebow tie, the towel — lives up

to the Hotdog hype, but it’s notjust his clothing that stands out.At track meets, he’ll run along-side the athletes, mid-race, tooffer encouragement. On thesidelines of basketball games,he’s the center of attention.He’s constantly yelling, bothat his players and the officials.The energy rarely tails off. Hedoesn’t shut up, and from theoutside it can look like he’s mi-cromanaging. But his results— and the feedback from theathletes— have been superb. Innine seasons coaching varsitygirls basketball, he has two statechampionships, a 53-game winstreak, and a 125-38 overall re-cord. That includes this season,where five new starters have ledthe young Trojans to an unchar-acteristic 4-7 start.

“He’s very loud. It takes asecond to get used to him,” saidjunior Celina Herndon, Gaith-ersburg’s lone returning varsityplayer. “Once you get used toit, you realize he’s not yelling atyou, he’s yelling at the actions.”

Former All-Gazette Playerof the Year Kara Marshall, whoas a senior led the Trojans tothe 2011 state title, said thatshe and her teammates fed off

of McDaniel’s passion. He wasnever out of line, Marshall said,though he did a lot of “littlefunny things.”

“Coach always needed a lol-lipop on the bench. I think wemight have been winning by alot, or he might have been frus-trated by the refs,” she said. “Iremember him just laying downin front of the bench with a lol-lipop.”

McDaniel grew up in Gaith-ersburg, playing every sport hecould and joining the FirebirdsTrack Club when it launched in1981. Eugene Neal, a CEO andco-founder of the nonprofitFirebirds Track Club, and long-time mentor of McDaniel, saidhe has always had that flashypersonality, but he was alsoknown for winning. His teamswere so good, Neal said, thatthey had to go and find otherleagues to play in.

Neal recalled team bus rideswhere McDaniel, then about13-years old, would play cardsand shoot craps with team-mates, taking their money.

“As coaches we’d just sit

Gaithersburg’s ‘Hotdog’coaches with relish


Gaithersburg High School girls basketball coach Adrian McDaniel directs his team against Damascus on Friday.

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the 21-7 Vikings had all of lastseason — Lun’s team is still inthemix.

“It’s a weird year. It seemslike there isn’t that invincibleteam that’s so tough to beat,”Lun said. “Anybody can beatanybody. It’s a fun year be-cause there’s a lot of teams thatcan knock each other off.”

Gaithersburg seemed tohave the 4A in a chokeholdat the beginning of the sea-son, as coach Tom Sheahin’sdangerous lineup outscoredits first three opponents by acombined 68 points en routeto a 3-0 start. But a three-gameslide in late December has leftthe Trojans scrambling to getback atop the 4AWest Region.

First-year SpringbrookcoachDarnellMyers seemed tohave his Blue Devils poised fora run at an undefeated seasonbefore a mid-December lossat Blake, and last week’s homeloss to Sherwood put themback amongst the pack in the4A North.

And how about RichardMontgomery, the surprise ofthe 4A?One year removed froman 11-13 season, coach David

Breslaw has the Rockets at aperfect 12-0, with their tough-est tests still to come.

With the second half of theseason on the way, here’s alook at how the parity-filled 4Ascene has shaken out thus far:

FavoritesSpringbrook (8-2): Losses to

Blake and Sherwood shouldn’tfaze a veteran group led bysenior Donovan Walker, oneof the county’s premier pointguards. Walker (12.0 pointsper game) sets the tone for theBlue Devils’ intense man-to-man defense and isn’t afraid todish it off to sharp-shooting se-nior Vincent Brown (10.8) and6-foot-5 center Aaron Burton(10.2).

Magruder (7-4): Don’t letthe Colonels’ record fool you,Magruder is for real. Lossesto the likes of DeMatha andSpringbrook have propelledcoach Dan Harwood’s teamto seven wins in its past eightgames. Lengthy big man JoeHugley (18.0) has started toget scoring support from hisyounger teammates, includingjunior shooter CarsonGrayhill-Bland (11.7) and sophomorepoint guard David Garey (8.6).

Richard Montgomery (12-

0): Under Breslaw, the Rockets’unique patience on offensehas propelled them to a per-fect start, though the tough-est stretch of their schedulelies ahead. Luckily for RichardMontgomery, the inside-outsenior combination of NickJackson (14.2) and Renzo Far-fan (9.9) should provide someveteran stability during a chal-lenging second half of theschedule.

ContendersQuince Orchard (9-2): The

Cougars started out 9-0 thanksin large part to their incred-ible balance. Through Friday,Paul Foringer’s group has fourplayers averaging between 12.7and 10.1 points per game. Thesophomore combination ofJohn Fierstein (12.7) and MattKelly (10.1) paced the Cougarsearly on, but teams have beganto take notice, limiting theiropen looks. Athletic senior for-ward Eli Maynard (12.1) willbe the key if Quince Orchardwants to make a postseasonrun.

Kennedy (7-3): Coach Di-allo Nelson’s group featuresperhaps the county’s surpriseplayer in sophomore scoringmachine Jonathan Mustamu

(23.8). The Cavaliers haveresponded nicely after a 51-36 crushing at the hands ofSpringbrook on Dec. 30, win-ning two straight. In order forthe Cavaliers to pose a realthreat come the postseason,their young core will need tosurround Mustamu with moreconsistent scoring.

DarkhorsesGaithersburg (6-3): Some

thought the Trojans were thecounty’s best team headinginto the season, but their run-and-gun offense has been botha blessing and a curse. Gaith-ersburg has reeled off fourstraight wins after its three-game losing streak and featuresperhaps the county’s most dy-namic scorer in senior AnthonyTarke.

Sherwood (6-4): It’s hardto ignore a team that defeatedboth Magruder (56-54 on Dec.5) and Springbrook (62-58on Thursday), but some mayoverlook Sherwood because ofits losses. Led by senior XavierMcCants (15.4), the Warriorscan be a serious threat comethe postseason if they can findsome consistency.

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coach and player well there andgood luck in the future. So thankyoutoall thewonderfulpeople inHappyValley.”

McLean is now vocal on so-cial media in attempts to lureother top prospects to CollegePark.

The area has countlessamounts of underclassmen withoffers from the two schools. De-Matha, specifically, has a lot ofjuniors with offers. LinebackerShane Simmons is committedto Penn State. Running backLorenzo Harrison committed toMaryland. Offensive lineman JPUrquidezhas offers fromboth—among other schools. ReceiversDarrylTurnerandTinoEllishaveoffers fromMaryland.

Good Counsel, also has acouple players with offers, in-cluding junior linebacker Ke-andre Jones, who committed toMaryland inDecember.

Penn State took recruitingto another level when DeMathaand Good Counsel played onOct. 3, and Nittany Lions coachJames Franklin showed up at thegame in a helicopter.

DeMatha coach ElijahBrooks said kids are usually at-tracted to Penn State because ofits tradition and history, but thatthere’s a movement going onwhere kids want to play for thehome team.

“I definitely think, moresothan I’ve ever seen, you’re see-ing thismovement,”Brooks said.“Many of the kids are talkingabout staying home. And you’reseeing the kids recruit eachotheron social media, Twitter and In-stagram. And I’ve seen it more

recently than I’ve seen in a verylong time.”

Players recruiting one an-other adds another dynamicto where some of the area’s topplayers may end up. Can Har-rison convince Turner and Ellisto join him at Maryland? CanHolland convince his teammate,quarterback Dwayne Haskins,who is still a junior but holds of-fers from both Penn State andMaryland, to join him in HappyValley? And would Haskins, whohas been linked to Avalon’s ju-nior receiver Trevon Diggs onsocialmedia, be able to convinceDiggs to join him? Or will Diggsfollow in his brother StefonDiggs’ footsteps and become aTerp? And would he be able toconvinceHaskins to join him?

With so many of these play-ers still being juniors, a lot of thequestions won’t be answered foranother year, but on Feb. 4 someof the pieces can begin fallinginto place.

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“As coaches we’d just sitthere and look at him, we’dcrack up,” Neal said. “Becausethis little kid was in charge …He’s always [been] flashy, al-ways one of the most aggres-sive. Always out doing stuff,making everybody laugh. Justan outstanding jokester.”

McDaniel starred on theTrojans track and field, foot-ball and basketball teams,before taking his talentsto Central State University(Ohio), where he won na-tional championships infootball, and track and field.He planned to sign with a Na-tional Football League team,but he tore his anterior cruci-ate ligament during a workoutwith the Seattle Seahawks, hesaid.

As McDaniel’s NFL doorclosed, his high school coach-ing door opened. McDanielstarted leading middle schooland high school sports inOhio, before coming backto Maryland. In 2003 he re-

turned to Gaithersburg, wherehe’d soon begin coachingyear round. With no girls bas-ketball coaching experience,then-varsity coach Ivan Hicks— now with Watkins Mill —had him take over the juniorvarsity team.

McDaniel said he mod-eled his style after retiredGeorgetown Universitymen’s basketball coach JohnThompson. His teams ran afull-court press and he worea towel over his shoulder.His results were Thompson-esque; the Trojans juniorvarsity team went 74-1 from2003-06.

When Hicks left Gaith-ersburg to coach the WatkinsMill football team, McDan-iel was the obvious replace-ment. Hicks andMcDaniel arescheduled to go head-to-headon Feb. 10 at Gaithersburg.

“He was just an excit-able coach. He coached withpassion,” Hicks said. “I justwatched him and knew thathe was being himself. I didn’tthink it was different, I didn’tthink it was strange. It wasjust Adrian being Adrian.”

This year’s Trojans havebeen inconsistent. They turnthe ball over too many times.They miss their free throws.On Friday, they had an im-proved performance in a 51-46 loss to No. 7 Damascus.Earlier in the season, they de-feated No. 3 Walter Johnson,59-56, but there have beenseveral troubling results inbetween.

But for McDaniel, lead-ing a losing girls basketballteam for the first time in his

Gaithersburg tenure hasn’tchanged his approach. Thepress is turned up all the way— and so is the volume.

“When you mention thatGaithersburg coach, they al-ways say he’s loud and crazy,”McDaniel said. “It doesn’tmatter to me. As long as I’mdong what needs to be donefor my team and school ...that’s all that matters.”

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Gaithersburg High School’s Kamonte Carter (right) will likely sign his letterof intent to play football at Penn State on Feb. 4.

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Quince Orchard High Schoool’s AdamMcLean (right) will likely sign hisletter of intent to play football atMaryland on Feb. 4.


Gaithersburg High School girls basketball coach Adrian McDaniel directshis team Friday against Damascus.

n Day after being kickedout of practice, Colonels

get a quality win

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFFWRITER

Dan Harwood has beenthe boys basketball coach atMagruderHighSchool fora longtime — eight years longer thanany of his players have beenalive. And Harwood, in his 25thyear as the Colonels coach, saidhe can only remember threetimes over that span where he’skickedhisplayersoutofpracticeearly. The most recent occur-rencewasThursday afternoon.

“They just weren’t focus-ing,” Harwood said. “I thoughtmaybe that would help them.I haven’t done it too often, butthey justweren’t focused.”

Just over 24 hours later, theveteran Magruder coach stood,smilingashepraisedhisplayers’effortandintensity inamarqueeroadwin,50-44,overQuinceOr-chard inGaithersburg.

The Colonels swarmed theCougars’ stable of guards fromthe opening tip, relying on thespeed of guards MarquaineWilkerson and David Gareyto keep Quince Orchard’s ballhandlers in front of them andunder pressure at all times. TheCougars’ high-scoring sopho-more duo of John Fierstein andMatt Kelly combined for only 13points on 4-of-16 shooting fromthe field, nearly 11 points undertheir combined average of 23.9.

“That was as good an ef-fort as we’ve had all year for32 minutes for the defensiveeffort,” Harwood said. “I wasreally proud of the kids. ... Wewanted tomake [Kelly and Fier-stein]work.Wedidn’twantMatt

[Kelly] to set his feet on those[3-pointers].”

When the intenseMagruderdefense ultimately forcedQuince Orchard’s guards intothe lane, thingsdidn’t faremuchbetter thanks in large part to6-foot-7 Magruder (7-4) seniorJoe Hugley. The Colonels cap-tainregisteredsevenblocksand,as Harwood pointed out, af-fected countless other attempts.

“They were looking aroundand they missed some layups,”Harwood said. “You’re thinkingabout him. Joe is just a great rimprotector for us. When he stayson his feet, it’s a great thing tohave.”

Hugley, who averages ateam-high18.5pointspergame,impacted thegame inanumberofways on anightwhere hehadjust 13 points on 4-of-13 shoot-ing. The senior, who sports a6-foot-11wingspan, gobbleduprebounds, provided a stout pro-tectionof therimandconnectedon a number of post kickoutsthat added toMagruder’s sevenmade 3-pointers.

“You watch the [Los Ange-les] Lakers right now, and Kobeaverages 30 points per game,”Hugley said. “He had 19 pointsand 17 assists [last night]. He’shad to evolve his game. I real-ized now I’ve got guys that canscore and guys that can step up.I’m trustingmy teammates.”

At the start of the season,Harwood’s biggest questionabout his relatively younggroup revolved around whowould step up as a viable scor-ing option around Hugley. Butlately, the coach’s concern hasbeen assuaged by a consistentmix of scoring surrounding theColonels bigman. Junior sharp-shooter Carson Grayhill-Blandand senior guard MarquaineWilkerson each added sevenpoints,whilesophomoresDavidGarey (7) andBryanBoehlert (6)also contributed.

“The team has evolved,”Hugley said. “We’ve come to-gether collectively and we’rejust a teamand it’s fun toplay.”

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BEST BETn Churchill at Walter Johnson, 7 p.m. Thursday:

Wildcats (9-1) keep winning, but they haven’tfaced toughest schedule. They should be testedagainst the tough defense of Bulldogs (7-3).

BEST BETn Richard Montgomery at Kennedy, 7 p.m.

Friday: The Rockets face a tough road testagainst a young Cavaliers team that has been ledby sophomore standout Jonathan Mastamu.

BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Takoma, 4;Sherwood 3.

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Montgomery County.

BoysRank School Record Points

1. Montrose 12-3 56

2. St. Andrew’s 15-1 55

3. Bullis 13-4 47

4. Richard Montgomery 12-0 40

5. Springbrook 8-1 39

6. Magruder 6-4 32

7. Quince Orchard 9-2 23

8. Kennedy 7-3 17

9. Gaithersburg 6-3 9

10.Georgetown Prep 11-6 5

GirlsRank School Record Points

1. Whitman 9-0 59

2. Paint Branch 11-0 55

3. Walter Johnson 9-1 45

4. Good Counsel 12-5 44

5. Wootton 8-3 30

6. Holy Child 11-2 27

7. Damascus 9-2 23

8. Churchill 7-3 21

9. Poolesville 7-3 9

10. Covenant Life 10-2 8Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 5;

Magruder, 4.

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg 11 269 24.5JonathanMustamu, Kennedy 10 238 23.8Aaron Byrd, Landon 12 261 21.8Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood 8 171 21.4AndrewKostecka, Clarksburg 4 78 19.5Nate Peterson,Wash. Chrisitan 7 129 18.4Teo Fletcher,Wash. Christian 5 90 18.0JoeHugley,Magruder 11 198 18.0Bryan Knapp, JewishDay 9 162 18.0Grayson Slover, Sandy Spring 13 230 17.7

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.DaisaHarris, Paint Branch 11 250 22.7Danielle Durjan,WatkinsMill 10 204 20.4DominiqueWalker,WatkinsMill 10 202 20.2Daphne Lerner, JewishDay 10 189 18.9Sheri Addison,Wootton 11 201 18.3AbbyMeyers,Whitman 9 162 18.0Hope Randolph,Magruder 10 168 16.7Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 9 150 16.7Nicole Enabosi, GoodCounsel 17 277 16.3Dalina Julien, Einstein 6 98 16.3

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Magruder High School’s Joe Hugley goes up under the basket during Fri-day’s game at Quince Orchard.

TheCovenant Life School girlsbasketball teamstill has aways togo if itwants to recapture thePo-tomacValleyAthleticConferencechampionship, but it has lookedevery bit the contender thiswinter.

TheCougars are 12-3 throughTuesday andmoved to 8-1 in theconference after defeating reigningPVACchampion JewishDay, 51-49,on Jan. 14. TheGaithersburgprivateschool lost to JewishDay in the2014PVAC title game.

“I think the girls are older thisyear,” first-year coachTerriMar-shall said. “... They just havebeenworking really hard, they’ve beenpreparing. I think it helps that theylearned a lot from last season andthey’ve used it this season to reallygrow. They’ve just been really de-termined.”

Double-double troubleat Churchill

TwoChurchillHigh School se-niors recordeddouble-doubles onFriday,whichKateMcMahon saidwas afirst in her six-year coachingtenure. JapriaKarim-Duvall had23points and10 reboundswhileKatherineMichael recorded thedouble-double thehardway, get-ting 10 rebounds, 10 steals and justsevenpoints in Friday’s 45-24winover RichardMontgomery.

The twodouble-doubleswereunusual for theBulldogs (7-4throughTuesday), but thede-

fensewas steady as usual.Duvall,Churchill’s top scorer, had six stealsto go alongwithMichael’s 10,whilesophomoreCoCoKuchins helpedanchor thehalf-court defense.

Holy Cross hunting forfirst WCAC win

TheHoly Cross girls basketballteamhas found plenty of ways tolose—blowouts, fourth-quartercollapses, overtime heartbreakers.That’s left the Tartans—playingagainst one of the area’s toughestschedules— at 4-15 overall withan 0-9 record in theWashingtonCatholic Athletic Conference.

“We’re competitive in justabout every game but we get infoul trouble andmiss foul shotsand turn the ball over in inop-portune times which leads to our

downfall,” first-year coach BobCox said.

The Kensington school hasstruggled in its recent close games;against Seton (Bladensburg) onSaturday, it trailed four points go-ing into the fourth quarter beforefalling 51-38. In a 63-59 overtimeloss to Good Counsel (Olney) onJan. 9, Cox said it had a game-winning shot in regulation thatwas waived off by officials.

The Tartans can earn their firstWCAC victory Friday on the roadagainst Carroll, which is also win-

less in conference.“They’re trying hard, they’re

just coming up a little bit short,”Cox said.

Springbrook getsspring in step

Between injuries and familyemergencies, the SpringbrookHigh School girls basketball teamhasn’t hadmuch time to play andpractice at full strength. But withthe core together in Thursday’s

home game against Sherwood,the Blue Devils put together whatmight have been their best gameyet, winning 47-33.

Junior JadaHolland, Spring-brook’s leading scorer who ac-cording to first-year coach RussellDavismissed a few games with anankle injury, chipped in a game-high 19 points. She is averaging 13points on the season.

“I think we’ve had everybodyback,” Davis said. “It makes a bigdifference.”

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Now, a fewweeks and twoconsecutive losses removed fromthe Cougars 9-0 start, Kelly andFierstein have found themselvessubjects of intense defensive at-tention, whichmanifested itselfin a combined 13 points on 4-of-16 shooting in Friday’s loss toMagruder.

“It’s a learning experience.They have to learn how to play ona big stage like that,” Foringer saidof his sophomores. “That’s why Ithink Johnny [Fierstein] andMatt[Kelly] disappeared— a big crowdand lots of physicality ... you haveto learn or you’re not going tosurvive.”

Upset bids just part ofNorthwest’s growth

First-year boys basketballcoach Rob Smith certainly tookover a project in his first yearas coach of the Northwest HighSchool boys basketball program.The Jaguars returned zero start-ers from last year’s 4-18 teamand a handful of playersmissedpreseason activities and earlyseason practices due to commit-ments to the Northwest footballteam. Smith’s group started off theseasonwith consecutive wins, buthas dropped seven of the past tencontests since. But a buzzer beater58-55 loss to Springbrook on Jan.8 and a 65-62 loss toMagruderthe next daymay be signs thatSmith’s athletic group is progress-ing quickly.

“We can play with anyone in

Montgomery County, but we haveto show up,” Smith said. “I’m stillmastering what I need to do ascoachwith players at certain timesand guys are learning to play to-gether in an offense they’re learn-ing how to run.”

Northwest defeated Clarks-burg, 69-67, on Friday.

St. Andrew’slearns from loss

When a team gets off to as hota start as the St, Andrew’s Lionsdid, winning their first fourteengames, it’s sometimes difficult tofully decipher weaknesses. But af-ter a 47-45 loss toMaret (D.C.), thetwo-time defendingMAAC cham-pions, coach Kevin Jones’ grouphas a clearer picture of what theyneed to work on heading into theteeth of their conference schedule.

According to Jones, the Lionslost the game on the glass, wherethey allowed a number of crucialoffensive put backs late in thegame. On the offensive end, Jonessaid, a couple of possessions that“weren’t the greatest” kept St. An-drew’s from a big roadwin.

“I think the loss wakes us upandmakes us pay attention to de-tail a littlemore,” Jones said.

Blake’s bevy of optionsBlake coachMarcusWiggins’

group is looking to regain theconfidence they amassed during anearly two-week, five-gamewin-ning streak in late December afterdropping their first two games of

the new year to Sherwood andKennedy. Luckily forWiggins,scouting his 5-4 Blake teammayprove to bemore difficult than therecord suggests. According to theninth-year coach, only one playerhas led the team in scoringmorethan once this season. The Bengalstop five scorers average between12.5 and 6.4 points per game—adistribution thatWiggins saidmakes Blake hard to solve.

“It’s hard to figure out who’sgoing to score,”Wiggins said. “Ifyou’re scouting, where’s the scor-ing coming from tonight?We go tothe hot hand.”

Blake defeated Paint Branch,52-48, on Friday.

Consistency payingdividends for B-CC

For the first time in nearly fiveyears, there’s some consistencywithin the Bethesda-Chevy Chaseprogram and it’s already payingoff. Third-year coach Sean Tracywas the fourth coach in four yearswhen he arrived in 2012.

Last season, Tracy had six newfaces on a team that went 5-19.But this season, with two returningstarters and a group that playednearly 20 games together over thesummer, the Barons aremakinga splash.

Through Jan. 15, B-CC is 6-3,with their two in-county lossescoming to RichardMontgomeryand Springbrook.

“They’re familiar with eachother,” Tracy said of his players.“They’re familiar with the expecta-tions of the program and they’rereally just buying into what we ascoaches are trying to get them todo.”

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Two years ago GaithersburgHigh School was one of only twoMontgomery County teams thatfailed to qualify a single swimmerfor the season-ending state meet.Thiswinter therecouldbeseveralTrojans competing in the front ofseveral races. Backed by an influxof young talent Gaithersburg iscurrently undefeated — both

boys and girls are 6-0 — and onpace to win the county’s DivisionIV title.

Brandon Cu, who set theprogram’s 50-yard freestyle re-cord a year ago, Patrick Hedquist,

who coach Shannon King said islooking to break his older brotherCameron’s 200-yard freestylerecord by season’s end, and tal-ented breaststroker Matt Fromananchor the boys side.

With Damascus junior trans-fer Meghan Giron, who is headedtoward Gaithersburg’s 100-yardbreaststroke record, sophomore

Taylor Stanback and freshmenKatie Crocker and AlexandraLatcner theTrojansnotonlyhavea promising present but a brightfuture.

Holton-Arms poised todefend ISL title

The defending IndependentSchool League champion Pan-thers are the heavy favorite towin their 10th title in 12 years Fri-day in Bethesda. But winning theleague has become more compli-cated in recent years as depth inISL has reached an all-time high,Holton coach Graham Wester-berg said. University of Califor-nia, Los Angeles recruit CarolineMcTaggart and Columbia recruitIsabelle Jubin lead the way for thePanthers.

Friday’s competition alsomarks the final ISL champion-ship for Stone Ridge senior KatieLedecky, who has won an Olym-pic gold medal and set numerousworld records in the three yearssince first drawing attention tothe league as one of the coun-try’s most promising freshmen.The defending runner-up Gatorsshould be in the mix at the topFriday, along with Madeira, HolyChild and Sidwell Friends.

“It’s not very often a swim-mer of [Ledecky’s] caliber comesalong,” Stone Ridge coach BobWalker said. “How often do youget an Olympic gold medalist, a

world champion? Not often. Andit’s the last meet for a lot of goodswimmers. It should be special.”

Richard Montgomery boyspass major test

With the amount of scoringthe Rockets lost from last year’sstate championship squad, adrop off this winter would’vebeen more than understandable.But after Saturday’s convincing105-66 win over Walter Johnsonin what was expected to be amajor test, undefeated RichardMontgomery remains the Mont-gomery County Public Schoolsteam to beat.

The Rockets won eight of 11events Saturday, including bothrelays. While Richard Montgom-ery knows better than to takeany teams for granted movingforward into championship sea-son, this weekend’s result was anexcellent gauge for how good theRockets have the potential to be,coach Aryn Wheeler said.

Kenny Afolabi-Brown (50-yard freestyle, 100-yard breast-stroke) was the only multipleindividual race winner, provinghowdeepandversatile thisRock-ets squad is.

Blake staying on the mapWhile the Bengals have never

been known as a county power,theprogramhasmanagedtopro-

duce some of the area’s best tal-ent. Two athletes within strikingdistance of team records: Divi-sion I recruit Matt Kenney (200-and 500-yard freestyle), RachelSigwalt (50-yard freestyle).

Blake,whichis6-0onthegirlsside and 5-1 on the boys, is in po-sition to try and earn its spot backin the county’s second divisionfor the first time in three years.

“[Athletes] are definitelycarrying on the legacy, it’s coolfinding these diamonds in therough,”coachRyanBurnskysaid.

Clarksburg making historyGrace Elliott, Carly Alvarado,

Rachel Ziegler and Claudia Cas-taneda have already broken theCoyotes program’s all-time 200-yardmedleyrelayrecordmultipletimes this winter and, coach Jen-nifer Thai said, have the potentialto break both the 200- and 400-yard freestyle relaymarksatsomepoint this postseason.

Clarksburg’s boys, who haveonly lost one dual meet in sixyears, are undefeated once againthis winter. The addition of tal-ented freshmen Vincent Trinhand Ethan Kim to last year’s bigscorers Michael Wong and JacobHalemhavehelpedkeeptheCoy-otes atop the Division III stand-ings; Robert Quian is undefeatedin the breaststroke.

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Sherwood senior earns national honorXavier McCants, a 6-foot-0 senior guard for the

Sherwood High School boys basketball team, wasamong the 492 seniors across the country nominatedto play in the 2015 McDonald’s All-American Gameon April 1 in Chicago.

McCants, who leads the team with a 15.4 pointsper game average, joined Clarksburg’s Austin Duffyand Nelson Jones as the county’s representatives onthe nominee list. McCants had a team-high 20 pointsfor the Warriors in last week’s 62-58 upset of Spring-brook.

— ADAM GUTEKUNST

Ledecky sweeps freestyle eventsStone Ridge senior Katie Ledecky recorded the

second-fastest 800-meter freestyle time in history enroute to winning the event Saturday at the Arena ProSwim Series at Austin. The 2012 Olympic gold med-alist was under her world-record pace (8 minutes,11 seconds) for much of the race before finishing in8:11.21, nearly 30 seconds ahead of the field. She nowholds the top 4 all-time swims in the event, accordingto USA Swimming’s website.

The three-day competition in Austin was the sec-ond of six stops in the 2014-15 series, which drawssome of the world’s top talent. Saturday’s win com-pleted Ledecky’s sweep of the 100-, 200-, 400- and800-meter freestyle events. Proving with every meet,it seems, that she’s far from just a distance freestyler— she qualified second in the 200-meter individualmedley but scratched it before the 800 — Ledeckydropped a personal best time (54.55) in the 100. Her

400 final was less than an hour later and she cameclose to her world record.

Ledecky is scheduled to rejoin her Stone Ridgeteammates in Friday’s Independent School Leaguechampionship.

— JENNIFER BEEKMAN

Sherwood receiver offered scholarshipMarcus Simms, a junior wide receiver for the

Sherwood High School football team, received hisfirst college scholarship offer last week. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound speedster was offered an opportunityto play college football for the University of Toledo.Simms was the primary receiving threat for the War-riors last season, receiving for 712 yards and seventouchdowns.

— PRINCE J. GRIMES

Einstein’s sportsmanship recognizedSix teams from Einstein High School in Kensing-

ton received Fall Sportsmanship Awards from Mont-gomery County Public Schools. The teams include:football, field hockey, girls volleyball, girls tennis,cross country and golf.

At Paint Branch in Burtonsville, the five award-winning teams include football, field hockey, girlsvolleyball, cross country and girls tennis. The Sports-manship Award Program is in its 11th year, accordingto the MCPS website.

The team with the most Sporstmanship Awards isdeclared winner of the school sportsmanship awardand wins $2,000 for the school.

— ERIC GOLDWEIN

The Jan. 16 game betweenthe Northwest, Poolesville,Quince Orchard, and SenecaValley High School’s co-op icehockey team and the Blake co-op team was a chippy matchupbetween 1A conference rivals.

Players from both sidesmade big hits, committedpenalties, and were noticeablyirked with one another.

Ultimately, NPQS came upwith the 5-3 win — recoveringfrom a 2-0 first period deficit.

The win was significantfor NPQS, also known as theGriffins, because they haven’tbeaten Blake since 2011, losingin the last six tries.

“It kind of raises our con-fidence, just a little bit,” fresh-man goalie Domenic Melenciosaid. “Because its been a cou-ple years, they said — becauseI’m only a first-year [player],so I don’t really know theirhistory — but apparently thisis a really long time since theybeat this team. So, I kind of feelgood that I was in the net forthe win.”

WJ edges B-CCin important gameThe Bethesda-Chevy Chase

High School ice hockey teamwas on the wrong side of a5-3 matchup in what coach JTBurton called a make-or-breakgame against Montgomery 2Aconference foe Walter Johnsonon Jan. 16.

The game was significantbecause of the congestion ofteams with similar recordsfrom the top to the middle ofthe conference standings.

With the loss, B-CC (3-4-1)

falls to the bottom of that listof contenders that includesWhitman (6-2), Wootton (5-2-1), and Walter Johnson (4-3-1).First-place Churchill (8-0) is aclear cut ahead of everyone. Atfifth, B-CC is currently on theoutside of the playoff picture.Only the top four teams fromthe conference make the post-season. If they miss out, it’ll bebecause they weren’t able tobeat a top-tier team.

“We need to win a gamethat we’re not supposed to,”Burton said prior to the loss.B-CC’s three wins came viathe three teams that sit belowthem in the standings —Sherwood, Churchill II, andRichard Montgomery — andFriday was the last regularseason opportunity for B-CC tobeat a more competitive team.They finish the season withrematches against RichardMontgomery and Churchill II.

Burton said if B-CC hadbeen able to defeat WalterJohnson, it could have gainedseparation. Instead, it’ll beWalter Johnson with the op-portunity to separate as it alsofinishes the season against thesame teams.

On the same night,Churchill defeated Wootton8-2 leaving little doubt as towhich team is the best in theconference — maybe even theleague. Churchill is certainlythe best team in the county,public or private, with winsover prep schools like Landonand DeMatha.

Blake roster thinningThe Blake High School co-

op ice hockey team is a com-bination of players who attendBlake, Paint Branch, and SandySpring Friends.

Unfortunately, there aren’tenough hockey players fromthose schools for head coachJohn Drzewicki to build a deeproster.

Entering an important Jan.16 game against the North-west, Poolesville, QuinceOrchard, and Seneca Valley co-op, Blake only had 11 players

on the team. The lack of depthmanifested itself in the form offatigue in a 5-3 loss.

One player couldn’t make itto the game, leaving Blake withjust 10 players on the bench.

Still, Blake was able to jumpout to a 2-0 lead in the firstperiod, but after leading scorerTom Petrick suffered an appar-ent head injury, the Bengalswere outscored 5-1 from thatpoint.

“We didn’t have a fullbench,” assistant coach JoeChiaravallotti said. “We took ahead injury to one of our top

players at the end of the firstperiod. One of our players isalready playing sick.

Then two more got sick. Sothe entire second period, weonly had six healthy skaters.We just ran out of gas.”

Despite the lack of depth,Drzewicki said this is the firsttime in his seven years coach-ing that Blake is playing ingames with playoff implica-tions this late in the season.

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QO co-op gets physical vs. Blake Ice hockey

1. Churchill2. Georgetown Prep3. Blair4. Landon5. Wootton

Best bet

n Georgetown Prepvs. Churchill, 4:30p.m, Friday atRockville Ice Arena:Top two team’sin this week’srankings face off.

Swimming

Boys

1. Georgetown Prep2. R. Montgomery3. Walter Johnson4. B-CC5. Churchill

Girls

1. Churchill2. Blair3. Sherwood4. Holton-Arms5. Whitman

Best bet

n IndependentSchool LeagueChampionship:3:15 p.m. Fridayat Holton-Arms.The host goes forits 10th title in 12years and KatieLedecky begins herlast high schoolchampionshipseason.

Indoor track and field

Boys

1. Northwest2. Paint Branch3. Gaithersburg4. Quince Orchard5. Wootton

Girls

1. Clarksburg2. Northwest3. B-CC4. Blake5. Bullis

Best bet

n Last Track toPhilly: 8:30 a.m. atGeorgetown Prep;Another chance forthe county’s topathletes to qualifyfor this spring’sPenn Relays.

Wrestling

1. Good Counsel2. Damascus3. Georgetown Prep4. Walter Johnson5. Whitman

Best bet

n Magruder atRockville, 6 p.m.Wednesday: CanMagruder follow upa big victory overQuince Orchardwith another? Ramsare one of thesurprise teamsof the year aftergiving Whitman ascare.

KEEPING IT BRIEF

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Drennan Greene (center) of Landon takes a shot at the DeMatha goal as Nick Martin (left) of DeMathadefends during Friday’s ice hockey game at the Gardens Ice House in Laurel.

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$24,399OR $358/MO for 72 MONTHS


$12,977#541025B, Sunroof, Automatic,33KMiles

2009 Honda Civic EX

$19,977#548007A,Navigation,MP3

2011 Murano SL

$21,977#541074A,Navigation, PanoramicRoof, Leather, Loaded, 19KMiles

2013 Kia Sportage EX

DARCARSNISSAN of ROCKVILLE15911 Indianola Drive • Rockville, MD (at Rt. 355 across from King Farm)

888.805.8235 • www.DARCARSNISSAN.comBAD CREDIT - NO CREDIT - CALL TODAY!

DARCARS NISSAN

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G557455

$13,977#549511A, 49KMiles,WellMaintained

2010 Chevy Equinox LT$13,977#448071B, 8KMiles!!! 6-Way

Adjustable Seats

2014 Kia Soul

$17,977#448033A, 1-Owner,30KMiles!!

2013 Honda Accord EX

$21,977#E0496, Automatic, BestCargoVan on theMarket

2014 Nissan NV SV Minivan/Van

$8,977#546059A,Hard To Find, InGreatShape, Automatic

2002 Mercedes Benz C-Class Wagon

$17,977#541044A, Loaded!Nav,51KMiles

2010 Prius V

$12,977#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,26KMiles, Sedan

2014 Hyundai Accent GLS

$8,977#444522A,Great OnGas, 1-Owner

2010 Chevy Cobalt

$20,977#440138A, AWD,Automatic, 41KMiles

2011 BMW 328i x-drive

2012 Mini Cooper

#P9215,Automatic,1-Owner, 15kMiles,Hardtop, Chili Red

$16,995

DARCARS VOLVO15401 Frederick Rd, Rockville, MDwww.darcarsvolvo.com

1.888.824.9165

DARCARS VOLVO OF ROCKVILLE

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2009 Toyota Corolla S

#P9220A, Automatic,Front Wheel Drive,44K Miles

$11,995

2011 Nissan Versa

#G0054, Automatic,1.8S Sedan, 1-Owner,27k Miles

$11,9952012 Lexus CT 200H

#N0626, Hybrid,Automatic, 57k Miles $19,950

2005 Ford Taurus

#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6

$7,995

G557447

#G0049, Automatic,56K Miles, V6, Leather $9,995

2008 Saturn Aura XE

#427002A, 3.6, AWD,Leather, 36k Miles $22,950

2012 Subaru Outback Limited2008 Mercedes ML350

#526113A, 4WD,Leather, 59k Miles $19,995

#526565B, Automatic,66K Miles, 3.6L V6 $16,995

2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT

2011 BMW 3 Series 335i xDrive

#P9214, AWD,Twin-Turbo,300hp, Nav, Sunroof

$26,950

1999 Lexus 400 LS

# G0047, Automatic, 93kMiles, Affordable Luxury! $5,995

2012 Volvo C30T5 Coupe........................................ $21,950#526126A, 1-Owner, 29k Miles, 2.5L DOHC Turbo I5 Enfine

2011 BMW 328i X-Drive.............................................. $23,950#P9156, AWD, Premium Package, 1-Owner, Only 21k Mile!

2012 Toyota Sienna XLE............................................ $25,950#P9173A, V6, 8-Seater, Dual Sliding Doors, 1-Owner, 34k Miles

2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $33,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation

#526583B, Turbo-Diesel,21K Miles!! Sunroof,Fender Sound, Bluetooth

$18,995

2013 VW Jetta TDI Premium

2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995#526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles

2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................... $13,995#N0553, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine

2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $20,950#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950#P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl


DARCARS See what it’s like tolove car buying

15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville,MDn OPEN SUNDAY n VISIT US ON THEWEB ATwww.355Toyota.com

PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTALFINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWNPLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 1/27/2015.

1-888-831-9671

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0% FOR60 MONTHS+On 10 Toyota Models

4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL., INCL.

2 AVAILABLE: #570203, 570320NEW 2015 COROLLA L

2 AVAILABLE: #564182, 564183NEW 2015 RAV4 4X2 LE

4 CYL.,AUTOMATIC

2 AVAILABLE: #572042, 572045NEW 2015 CAMRY LE

AUTO,4 CYL., 4 DR

4 DR., AUTO, 6 CYL.

NEW 2015 SIENNA L2 AVAILABLE: #560065, 560070

$24,690

AUTO, 4 CYL

2 AVAILABLE: #567123, 567085NEW 2015 TACOMA 4X2 XTRACAB

362 AVAILABLE: #570271, 570259

4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL

2015 COROLLA LE

$129/2 AVAILABLE: #453047, 453046

NEW 2014 SCION XD

4 CYL.,4 DR., AUTO

$14,990

MO**

3 AVAILABLE: #572045, 572046, 572068NEW 2015 CAMRY LE

4 CYL.,AUTO

$14,590

AFTER TOYOTA $1,000 REBATE

AFTER $750 REBATE

$19,990

$169/MO**

AFTER $750 REBATE

$20,990

$0DOWN

$0DOWN

$0DOWN

$0DOWN

$18,590

ASK AASK AFRIENDFRIEND

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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax,tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with

tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 01/26/2015.

DARCARS NISSANTWO LOCATIONS

Rockville15911 Indianola DriveRockville, MD 20855

888-797-1831

College Park9330 Baltimore Ave

College Park, MD 20740888-693-8037

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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE S+ CVT MSRP: $16,435

Sale Price: $14,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$13,995w/automatictransmission

MODEL #11515

4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN

$159/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR

OR

2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S

MSRP: $23,845Sale Price: $19,745

Nissan Rebate: -$1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000

$17,495

MODEL #13115



OR

$0 DOWN


2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV MSRP: $35,815

Sale Price: $30,995Nissan Rebate: $4,500

NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$25,995Leather, HeatedSeats, moonroofMODEL #16214



OR

MODEL #17015 $0 DOWN


NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500

$24,995$239/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR

OR

2015 NISSANLEAF S

4AT THISPRICE

w/Charger Pkg

2015 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,430

Sale Price: $27,995Nissan Rebate: $1,000


$26,495

MODEL #25015



OR

2015 MURANOSIN STOCK,AVAILABLE

FORIMMEDIATEDELIVERY!

2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT


$12,995w/automatictransmission

MODEL #11125



OR

2014 NISSANSENTRA SV


Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500

$13,995

MODEL #12114

OR4AT THISPRICE

2015 NISSANROGUE SV

MSRP: $27,180Sale Price: $23,995Nissan Rebate: $500


$22,995

AWDMODEL #22415



OR


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