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A-3 GAITHERSBURG | MONTGOMERY VILLAGE n Meeting draws Montgomery Village residents for, against development on former golf course BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER A Feb. 25 meeting concerning the Montgom- ery Village Master Plan discussed the use of the former golf course as well as a proposed overlay zone which is intended to preserve and protect open space in the Village. The presentation and discussion was part of a series of meetings at Watkins Mill High School hosted by the Montgomery County Planning De- partment as part of their community outreach. Renee Kamen, a senior planner with Mont- gomery County Planning Department and the lead planner for the master plan, explained the different zoning possibilities to a packed room of interested citizens. In an interview following the meeting, Ka- men explained that the planners involved are un- der a year deadline to receive community input, staff input, draft the plan and present it to be ap- proved. The kick-off meeting occurred in October 2014 and the plan should be done and proposed to county officials in October 2015. Kamen explained that the Planning Depart- ment has been preparing to rewrite the remainder of the Gaithersburg vicinity plan, which included Montgomery Village, and an updated master plan must be put in place. Having Montgomery Village and Gaithersburg, areas east and west of Inter- state 270, under the same master plan wasn’t re- alistic because the areas are so different, she said. Community outreach for master plan continues n Ridgeview Middle now home to Maryland’s Middle School Principal of the Year BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER While Montgomery County children stayed bundled inside dur- ing the snow day on Thursday, the friends, family and colleagues of Ridgeview Middle School Principal Monifa McKnight gathered quietly in the media center for a big surprise. When McKnight walked into the media center she was greeted with a packed room and an enthusiastic “Congratulations!” as she was in- formed that she had been named the Middle School Principal of the Year by the Maryland Association of Second- ary School Principals. “I had no idea. As a matter of fact, I honestly didn’t think they would even share the news as early as it is,” McKnight said, explaining that she had nominated one of her teachers for an award and believed she was just showing up on the snow day for a photo op. Scott Pfeifer, the executive direc- tor of the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals, was present to hand McKnight flowers and inform the onlookers that her win was “unanimous.” “Our organization has over 700 members in our state and over 25,000 nationally,” Pfeifer said, explaining that there were 12 other principals nominated in the state for the title. “Anyone can apply who is a mem- ber of our organization. We also solicit nominations,” Pfeifer said. McKnight said that she received an email back in December letting her know she had been nominated and prompting her to complete an application. “I had no intention of actually fol- lowing up with it,” McKnight said. However, she said her colleagues encouraged her to try it out. McKnight had to provide a staff, parent and stu- dent reference as well as answer ques- tions pertaining to her journey into leadership at the school, what she valued as a leader and what she does in terms of professional development. Pfiefer said that McKnight had “great data in terms of student achievement, great instructional vi- sion and the ability to build a collab- orative environment.” McKnight explained that she fo- cuses on helping her staff figure out “who you are as a leader and how it plays out in your work.” She explained that, personally, she looked at the leaders around her and noted what characteristics they had that she needed to work on her- self. McKnight said that while the county does a fantastic job with pro- fessional learning communities, the individual really has to figure out their Principal surprised with state award BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE Ridgeview Middle School Principal Monifa McKnight is told by Scott Pfeifer, of the Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals, that she has been named Maryland Middle School Principal of the Year. n Summit Hall, Rachel Carson elementaries are over capacity BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER STAFF WRITER Parents from two Gaithersburg elementary schools have spoken out regarding severe overcrowding. Parents and PTSA members of Rachel Carson Elementary School in the Quince Orchard cluster have started a petition encouraging County Executive Isiah Leggett and the rest of the Montgomery County Council to consider including their school in the 2015 Capital Improve- ment plan due to its overcrowding. At Summit Hall Elementary School in the Gaithersburg clus- ter, PTA president Oscar Alvarenga explained that in addition to over- crowding at Summit Hall Elemen- tary School, there also are issues with heating and pipes bursting. “My school is falling apart,” Al- varenga said. Alvarenga was in the last sixth grade class to attend Summit Hall and now has three boys in the school in fifth, fourth and kindergarten. He explained that the school currently has 11 portable class- rooms, but is low on the list for im- provements to fix issues brought on by age and overcrowding. Andy Ross, who helped write the Rachel Carson petition with his wife, who is on the PTSA, and several other parents, explained that Rachel Carson has 11 portables as well. Ac- cording to the Rachel Carson peti- tion, it is the only school “with 10 or more portables that does not have a solution in the CIP.” Ross first noticed the overcrowd- ing at Rachel Carson, where he has a first-grader and a third-grader, when he saw his son at recess with no room to play because of the por- tables. He also said students have very little time to eat lunch because of the number of students that need to use the cafeteria. “When my kids come home hungry, that’s a bummer,” Ross said. According to Montgomery County Public Schools’ website, Summit Hall has more than 600 stu- dents with a capacity of 459. Rachel Carson has more than 950 students, though the petition states there are over 1,000 students, with a capacity of 667. The school system has proposed Gaithersburg petition highlights school overcrowding n Defendant pleaded guilty in January to trying to have girlfriend killed BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE STAFF WRITER A Gaithersburg man was sen- tenced Friday for trying to hire an undercover police officer to kill his girlfriend, who is the mother of his child. Ndokey Peter Enow, 38, was sen- tenced by Montgomery County Cir- cuit Court Judge Steven Salant to 40 years in prison, with 20 years of the sentence sus- pended, Ramón Korionoff, a spokesman for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, wrote in a press re- lease. The sentence also includes five years’ probation and requires that Enow have no contact with the vic- tim. Enow, formerly of Swan Stream Court, pleaded guilty Jan. 9 to one count of solicitation to commit first- degree murder. He approached a man working as a mechanic in the Washington, D.C., area in 2014, telling the man he was a friend of the man’s boss, The Gazette has reported. Charging documents refer to the victim as Enow’s ex-wife, but Korion- off said Friday there are no records of the couple having been married in the United States. Enow tried to hire the man to kill the victim, but the mechanic was a former narcotics informant, accord- ing to Enow’s plea agreement. The informant told Enow he could con- nect him with someone to do the job, then notified police. The Gazette has reported that Enow met with an undercover county police officer in a Silver Spring park- ing lot on June 6, 2014, and offered the officer $1,000 to commit the killing. [email protected] Man sentenced to 40 years for murder solicitation n Officials, principals say schools, students ready for full rollout BY LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER Montgomery County Public Schools students were scheduled to start taking new state tests early Monday morning, but icy winter weather upset that plan. Instead, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness of College and Careers tests — which will be fully implemented for the first time this spring — had to wait for Tuesday. Suzanne Woertz, supervisor of the school sys- tem’s testing unit, said Monday that the lost day isn’t expected to derail testing schedules. Some schools will shift back a day; others will take ad- vantage of built-in makeup days, she said. “If we just miss this one day, then we don’t anticipate any problems with having enough days for all of our schools to finish testing,” Wo- ertz said. The school system must follow a state-dic- tated window from March 2 through March 26. PARCC tests face slight delay after snow day Enow See PRINCIPAL, Page A-9 See PETITION, Page A-9 See PARCC, Page A-9 See PLAN, Page A-9
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GAITHERSBURG | MONTGOMERY VILLAGE
n Meeting draws Montgomery Villageresidents for, against development
on former golf course
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER
AFeb. 25meeting concerning theMontgom-ery Village Master Plan discussed the use of theformer golf course as well as a proposed overlayzone which is intended to preserve and protectopen space in theVillage.
The presentation and discussion was part ofa series of meetings at Watkins Mill High Schoolhostedby theMontgomeryCounty PlanningDe-partment as part of their community outreach.
Renee Kamen, a senior planner with Mont-gomery County Planning Department and thelead planner for the master plan, explained thedifferent zoning possibilities to a packed roomofinterested citizens.
In an interview following the meeting, Ka-menexplained that theplanners involvedareun-der a year deadline to receive community input,staff input, draft the plan and present it to be ap-proved.Thekick-offmeetingoccurred inOctober2014 and the plan should be done and proposedto county officials inOctober 2015.
Kamen explained that the Planning Depart-menthasbeenpreparingtorewrite theremainderof theGaithersburg vicinity plan, which includedMontgomeryVillage,andanupdatedmasterplanmustbeput inplace.HavingMontgomeryVillageand Gaithersburg, areas east and west of Inter-state 270, under the samemaster plan wasn’t re-alistic because the areas are sodifferent, she said.
Communityoutreach formaster plancontinues
n Ridgeview Middle now hometo Maryland’s Middle School
Principal of the Year
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER
While Montgomery Countychildren stayed bundled inside dur-ing the snow day on Thursday, thefriends, family and colleagues ofRidgeview Middle School PrincipalMonifaMcKnight gathered quietly inthemedia center for a big surprise.
When McKnight walked into themedia center she was greeted witha packed room and an enthusiastic“Congratulations!” as she was in-formed that she had been named theMiddleSchoolPrincipalof theYearbytheMaryland Association of Second-ary School Principals.
“I hadno idea. As amatter of fact,I honestly didn’t think they wouldeven share the news as early as it is,”McKnight said, explaining that shehad nominated one of her teachersfor an award and believed she wasjust showing up on the snow day fora photo op.
Scott Pfeifer, the executive direc-tor of the Maryland Association ofSecondary School Principals, waspresent to hand McKnight flowersandinformtheonlookers thatherwinwas “unanimous.”
“Our organization has over 700members inour state andover 25,000nationally,” Pfeifer said, explainingthat there were 12 other principalsnominated in the state for the title.
“Anyonecanapplywhoisamem-berofourorganization.Wealsosolicitnominations,” Pfeifer said.
McKnight said that she receivedan email back in December lettingher know she had been nominatedand prompting her to complete anapplication.
“Ihadno intentionofactually fol-lowingupwith it,”McKnight said.
However, she said her colleaguesencouragedhertotry itout.McKnighthad toprovide a staff, parent and stu-dentreferenceaswellasanswerques-
tions pertaining to her journey intoleadership at the school, what shevalued as a leader and what she doesintermsofprofessionaldevelopment.
Pfiefer said that McKnight had“great data in terms of studentachievement, great instructional vi-sion and the ability to build a collab-orative environment.”
McKnight explained that she fo-cuses on helping her staff figure out
“who you are as a leader and how itplays out in yourwork.”
She explained that, personally,she looked at the leaders around herand noted what characteristics theyhad that she needed to work on her-self. McKnight said that while thecounty does a fantastic job with pro-fessional learning communities, theindividual reallyhas tofigureout their
Principal surprised with state award
BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE
Ridgeview Middle School Principal Monifa McKnight is told by Scott Pfeifer, of the Maryland Association of Secondary SchoolPrincipals, that she has been named Maryland Middle School Principal of the Year.
n Summit Hall, Rachel Carsonelementaries are over capacity
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER
Parents from two Gaithersburgelementary schools have spokenoutregarding severe overcrowding.
Parents and PTSA members ofRachel Carson Elementary Schoolin the Quince Orchard cluster havestarted a petition encouragingCounty Executive Isiah Leggett andthe rest of the Montgomery CountyCouncil to consider including their
school in the 2015 Capital Improve-ment plan due to its overcrowding.
At Summit Hall ElementarySchool in the Gaithersburg clus-ter, PTA president Oscar Alvarengaexplained that in addition to over-crowding at Summit Hall Elemen-tary School, there also are issueswith heating and pipes bursting.
“My school is falling apart,” Al-varenga said.
Alvarenga was in the last sixthgrade class to attend Summit Hallandnowhas threeboys in the schoolin fifth, fourth and kindergarten.
He explained that the schoolcurrently has 11 portable class-
rooms, but is low on the list for im-provements to fix issues brought onby age and overcrowding.
Andy Ross, who helped writethe Rachel Carson petition with hiswife,who is on thePTSA, and severalother parents, explained that RachelCarson has 11 portables as well. Ac-cording to the Rachel Carson peti-tion, it is the only school “with 10 ormore portables that does not have asolution in the CIP.”
Rossfirstnoticed theovercrowd-ing at Rachel Carson, where he hasa first-grader and a third-grader,when he saw his son at recess withno room to play because of the por-
tables. He also said students havevery little time to eat lunch becauseof the number of students that needto use the cafeteria.
“When my kids come homehungry, that’s abummer,”Ross said.
According to MontgomeryCounty Public Schools’ website,Summit Hall hasmore than 600 stu-dents with a capacity of 459. RachelCarson has more than 950 students,though the petition states there areover 1,000 students, with a capacityof 667.
The school systemhas proposed
Gaithersburg petition highlights school overcrowding
n Defendant pleaded guiltyin January to trying to have
girlfriend killed
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFFWRITER
A Gaithersburg man was sen-tenced Friday for trying to hire anundercover police officer to kill hisgirlfriend, who is the mother of hischild.
Ndokey Peter Enow, 38, was sen-tenced by Montgomery County Cir-
cuit Court JudgeSteven Salantto 40 years inprison, with20 years of thesentence sus-pended, RamónKorionoff, aspokesman fortheMontgomeryCounty State’s
Attorney’s Office, wrote in a press re-lease.
The sentence also includes fiveyears’ probation and requires that
Enow have no contact with the vic-tim.
Enow, formerly of Swan StreamCourt, pleaded guilty Jan. 9 to onecount of solicitation to commit first-degreemurder.
Heapproachedamanworkingasa mechanic in the Washington, D.C.,area in 2014, telling themanhewas afriend of theman’s boss, TheGazettehas reported.
Charging documents refer to thevictim as Enow’s ex-wife, but Korion-off said Friday there are no records ofthecouplehavingbeenmarried inthe
United States.Enow tried to hire theman to kill
the victim, but the mechanic was aformer narcotics informant, accord-ing to Enow’s plea agreement. Theinformant told Enow he could con-nect himwith someone to do the job,thennotifiedpolice.
The Gazette has reported thatEnowmetwithanundercovercountypolice officer in a Silver Spring park-ing lotonJune6,2014,andofferedtheofficer $1,000 to commit the killing.
Man sentenced to 40 years for murder solicitation
n Officials, principals say schools,students ready for full rollout
BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER
MontgomeryCountyPublicSchoolsstudentswere scheduled to start taking new state testsearly Monday morning, but icy winter weatherupset that plan.
Instead, the Partnership for Assessment ofReadiness of College and Careers tests — whichwill be fully implemented for the first time thisspring—had towait for Tuesday.
SuzanneWoertz, supervisorof theschoolsys-tem’s testing unit, said Monday that the lost dayisn’t expected to derail testing schedules. Someschools will shift back a day; others will take ad-vantage of built-inmakeupdays, she said.
“If we just miss this one day, then we don’tanticipate any problems with having enoughdays for all of our schools to finish testing,” Wo-ertz said.
The school system must follow a state-dic-tated window from March 2 through March 26.
PARCC testsface slight delayafter snow dayEnow
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Diaz graduated from Gaithersburg HighSchool in 2013 and is the daughter of JuanBoche and BrendaDiaz of Gaithersburg.
Army Pvt. Jorge L. Barrera graduatedfrom basic combat training at Fort Jackson,Columbia, S.C., according to a release.
He participated in nineweeks of trainingand studied Army history, tradition and corevalues aswell aspracticedbasic combat skillsincluding field tactics, first aid, rifle marks-manship andmore.
The release said that Barrera graduatedfromGaithersburg High School in 2012.
Fourth-graders invitedto enter essay contest
Fourth-graders around the state can en-ter theMarylandMunicipal League’s annual“If I WereMayor” essay contest.
Essays of 275 words, in which studentsdiscuss how they would work with citizensto improve their municipality if they weremayor, are dueMarch 31.
Each essaymust begin, “If IWereMayor,I Would ...,” and answer three questions thataddress this year’s theme, “Respect.” Entriesmust be submitted by the student’s teacher.
Eleven regionalwinnerswill receive $100in a ceremony in May at the Maryland StateHouse, according to a news release.
Sponsors are the Maryland MunicipalLeague, the Maryland Mayors Associationand Chesapeake Employers Insurance Co.
Application information is at available atmdmunicipal.org/essay.
Teams will competein grown-up spelling bee
The Montgomery Coalition for AdultEnglish Literacy has announced the teamsfor its upcoming grown-up spelling bee.
The defending champion, Holy CrossHealth, will compete against Adventist
HealthCare, Burness Communications,Montgomery College, Pepco, and Social &Scientific Systems Inc.
The spelling bee is a fundraiser for thecoalition.
It will be held 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdayat the Montgomery College Cultural ArtsCenter, 7995 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring.
Tickets are $50 apiece for general ad-mission, $25 for provider organizations andtheir employees. They are available at http://tinyurl.com/nq7fl4m.
A cocktail reception and audience spell-ing competition are part of the evening.
Universities at Shady Grove planSpring 2015 Open House
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG),9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, will hold itsSpring 2015OpenHouse from9a.m. tonoonon Saturday.
Prospective students and their familiesare invited to learn about the more than 80bachelor and graduate degrees offered atUSG.Theywill beable tomeetwith represen-tatives from USG’s nine partner universitiesand learn about admission requirements,transfer of previous credits, career tracks, fi-nancial aid andmore.
Student Ambassadors will be on hand tospeakabout thepersonalized student experi-ence at USG.
The open house will also feature tours ofthe state-of-the-art campus, including theaward-winning, “green” Camille KendallAcademic Center. Select programs will offerfeewaivers to thosewho apply for admissionduring the event.
To learn more and preregister for theopen house visit http://shadygrove.umd.edu/openhouse or call 301-738-6000.
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n Student of the Year campaignencourages high schoolstudents to get involved
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER
STAFFWRITER
For more than a month, studentsacross the national capital area havebeen campaigning and fundraising tohelpmakean impact inbloodcancer re-search andbecome Student of the Year.
QuinceOrchardHigh School juniorPatrick Paolini, 17, was named secondrunner up at the National Capital AreaChapter of the Leukemia and Lym-phoma Society’s Student of the Yearcampaign at its celebratory gala on Sat-urday.
Team Paolini raised more than$54,000 for the Leukemia and Lym-phoma Society, or LLS, which “existsto find a cure and ensure access totreatment for blood cancer patients,”according to National Capital AreaChapter deputy executive director Jac-lyn Toll.
“The Student of the Year campaignis a six-week fundraising campaign byhigh school students,” Toll said.
During those six weeks, students,who apply and then are nominated toparticipate are encouraged to raise as
much money as they can for LLS usingonline campaigns, events and reachingout to friends and family. At the end ofthe six week period, the student whoraised the most receives a $5000 schol-arship to whichever college or univer-sity they attend. There are also $1000scholarship prizes for those who raisea minimum of $10,000 as well as $2500Citizenship Award scholarships for vol-unteerism, mission and communityinvolvement.
In addition to raising quite a bitmore than $10,000, Team Paolini wasone of two teams to receive themissionaward, which was given to the teamswho successfully spread LLS’s mission.Patrick made a video in order to helpspread the word.
Toll explained that the NationalCapital Area Chapter hosted the inau-gural Student of the Year campaign lastyear.
“This year we have five other LLSchapters that are doing it because ofthe success we had with it last year,”Toll said. “Hopefully it will keep ex-panding.”
This year the students raised$401,197.52, surpassing last year’s totalof $300,000.
Patrick is one of 19 students mak-ing up 12 different teams.While Patrickis an individual team, himself, he hashad help from fellow students, as well
as family.“It’s typically his campaign, but a
lot revolves around family,” said KristinPaolini, Patrick’s mom. “I think for himhe wanted to experience what his dadworks a lot in. He wanted to see whatit was like.”
Patrick’s father, Pat Paolini, is onthe National Capital Area Chapterboard.
“My great grandfather died of leu-
kemia, it was evenmore of an incentiveto join the campaign,” Patrick said.
In order to raise money, TeamPaolini hosted three events, launchedanonline campaign andhada constantsocial media presence and reached outto people they knew.
“One of our main goals was email.We emailed somany people, which ac-tually turned out to be one of our bestthings,” Patrick said.
“Online donation is critical.Whether it’s $10 or $2000, people givewhatever they can give and it makes adifference,” Kristin Paolini said.
Patrick explained that his familyencouraged him to apply to competeand made sure he knew it was going totake a lot of time on top of his alreadypacked schedule of school, homeworkand soccer.
“I got used to it, but it will be niceto get back tomy routine,” Patrick said.“But I’ll miss raising money. It’s a greatcause to get known.”
Patrick said before Saturday eve-ning’s gala that he was excited to seewhat other teams had done during thecampaign.
The gala revealed that Team EJ,comprised of Jessica Bosch fromConnelly School of the Holy Child inPotomac and Eden Gray from WaltWhitman High School in Bethesda,were named the Student of the Yearwinners. The team raised the mostmoneywithmore than $76,000.
“Knowing that teenagers can dosuch a thing as this even though weare not adults yet, we canmake a causeknown around the world,” Patrick said.
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First runner up, Sahana Bhagat from The Madeira School in McLean, Va., and second runner up, Patrick Paolinifrom Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, at the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s National CapitalArea Chapter 2015 Student of the Year gala in Washington, D.C.
POLICE BLOTTERThe following is a summary of incidents in the Gaithersburg area to whichMontgomery County police responded recently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This information was provided by the county.
Sexual assault• 18600 block of Nathans Place, Gaithersburg, between 1:30 and
2:25 p.m. Feb. 13. The subject is known to the victim.
Weapons offense• 900 block of Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, at 2:20 a.m. Feb. 11.
Shots fired.
Aggravated assault•Magic Health Plus, 701 Russell Ave., Gaithersburg, at 4:31 p.m.
Feb. 9. The subject is known to the victim.• 100 block ofMcClausland Place, Gaithersburg, at 2:14 a.m. Feb.
17. The subject is known to the victim.• 18500 block of Boysenberry Drive,MontgomeryVillage, at 10:09
p.m. Feb. 17. The subject is known to the victim.
Commercial burglary• Ashley Furniture, 534 North Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg, at
10:54 p.m. Feb. 11. Unknown entry, took nothing.
Residential burglary• 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard, Gaithersburg, between
6:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Feb. 12. Attempted forced entry, took nothing.• 7400 block of Argus Court, Gaithersburg, at 3:51 p.m. Feb. 13.
Forced entry, took property.• 18700 block ofWalkers Choice Road,MontgomeryVillage, on
Feb. 14 or 15. Attempted forced entry, took nothing.• 19300 block of KeymarWay, Gaithersburg, at 2:02 p.m. Feb. 16.• 20200 block of HarborTree Road, Gaithersburg, at 10:09 p.m.
Feb. 17. No forced entry, took property.
Vehicle larceny• Five incidents in Gaithersburg between Feb. 9 and 17. Took a
game system, cash, a cellphone, keys and a purse. Affected streets in-clude BeaconHill Court, LandsendDrive and Bayridge Drive.
• Two incidents inMontgomeryVillage on Feb. 11 or 12. Tooksunglasses and a bag containing a laptop. Affected streets includeRoyal Bonnet Circle andWillow CreekWay.
• Seven incidents in Gaithersburg between Feb. 9 and 17. Tookan iPod, GPS unit, headphones, a bat, cellphone chargers, paperworkand gloves. Affected streets include CarriageWalk Circle, CrabapplePlace, Crabapple Lane, Cherry Laurel Lane, SunnybrookTerrace andHarmonyHall Road.
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n Gaithersburg-basedcompany promises cage-free
eggs, no veal crates
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER
Sodexo, the international food andfacilities management company basedinGaithersburg, hasunveiled its newestanimal welfare guidelines, committingto sourcing its liquid eggs from cage-free hens by 2020 and eliminating vealcrates by 2017.
Three years ago, Sodexo commit-ted to sourcing its shelled eggs fromonly cage-free hens by 2014, a goal itmet, and also said it would completelyeliminate gestation crates from its porksupply chain by 2022.
The Humane Society of the UnitedStates’ director of foodpolicy, JoshBalk,said that he has been working with So-dexo for many years and they’ve “al-ways been a wonderful group to workwith.” Balk applauded their newestcommitment.
“The type of work we do with So-dexo is a model for a nonprofit and afor-profit companyworking together tocreate a better world,” Balk said.
Balk explained that he first startedworkingwith Sodexo on a campus levelto improve its sustainability, and then
moved to companywidepolicies beforethe latest version, which is “an updatedanimalwelfare commitment thatbuildsoff of their previous commitments.”
“What I think is important also isSodexo is a company that is globallyknown and growing and it sees animalwelfare issues as a core component oftheir businessmodel,” Balk said.
Deborah Hecker, vice presidentof corporate social responsibility atSodexo, explained in an email that“responsible sourcing of food prod-ucts that have been grown and raisedis something that has always been acore focus of our supply chain.” She ex-plained that the focus on the issue wasformalized in 2009 as part of the com-pany’s “Better Tomorrow Plan.”
The changes that Sodexo ismakingwill be implemented within the nextfew years. Recently, Sodexo made apromise to phase out eggs from cagedhens and, in February, expanded thatto include liquid eggs, which are al-ready cracked and prepared in a con-tainer for scrambling.
Hecker made sure to emphasize intheemailthatSodexodoesnot“manufac-ture, grow or raise animals or products,”rather they purchase their supplies fromvendors for their clients. Sodexo’s clientsinclude schools, college and universities,health care centers, government, corpo-rateofficesandremote sites.
“Here’s what’s been happeningover the past several years: The largestrestaurant chains, food service compa-nies, grocery chains and distributioncompanies have come together to im-prove the lives of animals within theirsupply chains,” Balk said.
He said thatmost companies are fo-cusing on three key elements, includingthe addition of more plant-based foodson their menus, discontinuing use ofcages for chickens and stopping the useof gestation cages for mother pigs. Balksaid this is being done because of the
public’s interest in “animalwelfare, sus-tainability andhumanhealth.”
“Consumers know now more thanever before, likely because of the age ofthe Internet,” Balk said.
Hecker explained in an email thatwhile it “certainly is an issue that isfront and center with consumers,” themost recent announcement was notprompted by its recent popularity. Sheexplained that Sodexo has been work-ing on using more humanely sourcedanimal products for many years andhave “made great strides.” Sodexo hashad a working relationship with theHumane Society of the United Statesformore than five years.
“These policies are only good if itcauses changeon theground,”Balk said.
Balk said if foodbuyers refuse tobuycagedeggs or veal fromcrates, thenpro-ducers will begin to change their waysto reflectwhat their customerswant.Heexplainedthat someeggcompanieswhonever before offered a cage-free optionhave started todo so, andporkproducerSmithfield Foods is one of the leaders instopping use of gestation crates.
“Sodexo has created themodel pol-icy for all of the top foodcorporations inthe world to follow,” Balk said.
Sodexo making strides toward humanely sourced food
PHOTO FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
Gaithersburg-based food services company Sodexo has made a move away from the useof eggs from hens in cages, as pictured above. By 2020, the company will source all of itseggs, both in-shell and liquid, from cage-free hens.
n Critics cite impact onthose struggling financially
BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER
Lawmakers in Annapoliswant to change the way salesandauctions at self-storage sitesare advertised, but some non-profits say the measure couldmean trouble for the poorer andmore vulnerable users of thosefacilities.
Currently, a self-storage fa-cility can sell or auction off theproperty in a storage unit if therenter is in default formore than60days and the sale is advertisedin a general-circulationnewspa-per at least three days ahead oftime.
The new bill would givefacility operators the optionof either putting a notice in anewspaper or advertising thesale in “any other commerciallyreasonable manner specified inthe rental agreement” — suchas online listings — as long asthe sale drew three “indepen-dent bidders.” Those biddersmust not be related to or havea shared financial interest witheach other or the facility opera-tor, according to the bill.
Lawmakers say the bill willmake the process more afford-able for the self-storage busi-nesses.
State law currently requiresrenters to be notified of thetime and place of the auctionand given at least 14 days to paywhat they owe before the auc-
tion proceeds.But changing the rules for
advertising the sale is concern-ing to Marceline White, execu-tive director of the nonprofitMaryland Consumer Rights Co-alition.
“More notice in a variety ofplaces is better,” she said.
People often put items instorage facilities because theyare struggling financially andwould then have to repurchaseitems if their property is sold,White said.
But Prince George’s CountyDel. Dereck E.Davis (D-Dist. 25)of UpperMarlboro, chairman ofthe Economic Matters Commit-tee and the bill’s lead sponsor,said the bill is just about adver-tising, and that moving fromprintednotices to onlinenoticeswas more cost-effective for theself-storage businesses.
The Maryland Self Storage
Association did not respond torequests for comment.
Those businesses have al-ways been able to sell the prop-erty if a renter is indefault,Davissaid. The issue was brought tohis attention by the owner of aself-storage business, he said.
Montgomery County Del.BenjaminF. Kramer (D-Dist. 19)of Silver Spring, one of the bill’sco-sponsors, said he doubtedthat many people were readingprinted auction notices to findout if their own property wasbeing sold. Most people havecellphones and Internet accessregardless of their economiccircumstances, and may havemore access to the Internet thanthey do to printed publications,Kramer said.
Some area self-storage fa-cilities direct callers inquiringabout auctionsdirectly to onlinelistings.
Self-storage facilities area commonly used service forpeople facing financial trou-ble, said Kim Propeack, chiefof politics and communica-tions for Casa of Maryland, theLangley Park-based nonprofitthat advocates for immigrants.That population includesmanyCasa clients, so provisions likethose in the bill were troubling,Propeack said.
A bill passed by the Gen-eral Assembly in 2013 that al-lowed storage facilities to notifycustomers via email that theywere in default of their rentalagreement initially contained aprovision similar to the currentproposal.
That provision drew objec-tions from the MDDC PressAssociation, which representsnewspapers in Maryland, Dela-ware andWashington, D.C.
“In an area like self-storageauctions, you needmore notice,not less,” Rebecca Snyder, theorganization’s executive direc-tor, told The Gazette on Feb. 24.“Smaller-circulation newspa-pers, targeted to specific com-munities, can act as a lifeline.”
If a person has fallen onhard times and can’t pay theirbills, they may not want totalk about it, but public noticemight help friends and fam-ily recognize the problem andcome together to act as a safetynet, Snyder said.
The proposed new noticerequirements might allow astorage facility owner to justcall three acquaintances on thephone to round up three inde-pendent bidders, Snyder said.
Kramer told The Gazettethat he understood that publicnoticeswerepartofnewspapers’revenue, and that theremightbeconcern from newspapers thatother notices, too, might start tomove online.
A hearing on the House ver-sion of the bill is scheduled for1 p.m. Wednesday before theHouse Economic Matters Com-mittee. TheSenate versionof thebillwill beheard at 1p.m.March11 before the Senate FinanceCommittee.
Storage wars: Proposed change to auction rule raises concerns“More noticein a variety of
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n New alcohol tax torecoup lost revenue
mentioned as an option
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER
If Montgomery County getsout of the alcohol business, itwould need to add a steep ex-cise tax to avoid losing about$30 million in annual revenue, acounty official said.
TheCountyCouncil’snewadhoc Committee on Liquor Con-trol is considering options for re-forming how the county handlesalcohol, ranging fromcompletelygetting out of the business tosimply reforming operations.
At the request of Council-man Hans Riemer (D-At Large)of Takoma Park, the commit-tee chairman, Montgomery’sOffice of Legislative Oversightreviewed the county’s alcoholicbeverage system and the De-partment of Liquor Control.
“We knew this needed a re-ally focused policy analysis,”Riemer said previously. “Nowwe have the foundation to haveproductive discussions.”
Currently, the county makesabout $30 million annually bycontrolling alcohol sales anddistribution.
Turningthebusinessofboozeover to the private sector wouldcost the county that revenue andmore, a report by the Office ofLegislative Oversight found. Thecounty could lose up to $43 mil-lionannually, the report says.
But the report also found thecounty could recoup whatever itloses through taxes and fees.
George Griffin, director ofthe Department of Liquor Con-trol, cautioned council mem-bers at a meeting Friday againstimposing taxes and fees to “fillthis $30 million hole we just vol-untarily dug.”
He said the numbers showthat to fill the $30 million gap,the county would need to tax al-cohol 2 cents per ounce on topof what the state charges.
It might not sound likemuch, but the 2 cents equatesto $2.56 per gallon or about $6per case for all alcohol — liquor,wine and beer — Griffin said.
“That is a staggering alcoholtax increase in one time and it isonerous,” he said. “And I thinkthat when the licensees find outpeople are even thinking aboutraising the price of product $6per case to make up the moneywe are making now, there couldbe a lot of push-back. We’re go-ing to impose an additional $30million on the product at thewholesale level and make thelicensees pay it. That’s basicallywhat these revenue alternativesget to.”
Griffin said the state tax is40 cents a gallon on wine and 9cents a gallon on beer.
Piggybacking a 2-cent-per-ounce local tax would mean thetaxonbeerwouldgo from9centsa gallon to $2.65 a gallon, he said.On a six-pack of 12-ounce bot-tles, that’s $1.44 more.
Riemer said Tuesday that hedoesn’t see the council impos-ing such a large excise tax onalcohol.
“With a statement like that,he’s trying to put up road-blocks,” Riemer said. “I thinkthere are feasible solutions. Wejust have to first figure out howmuch revenue we’re trying to
solve for and we don’t have ananswer to that question yet.”
One way to make up lostrevenue is open more countystores, he said.
While the council is monthsaway from any decision, Riemersaid there is emerging supportfor only privatizing special or-ders. That would let restaurants,bars and other license holdersplace special ordersdirectlywith
private distributors, rather thanthe county.
Leslie Rubin, co-author ofthe report, said the county fillsmost special orders throughother wholesalers and distribu-tors. About 15 percent of ordersare filled directly from produc-ers, she said.
Riemersaidgettingthecountyout of the special-order businessbest solves concernswithproduct
variety and customer service andisn’t likely to cost the county $30million in revenue.
In a letter to the council,Chief Administrative OfficerTimothy L. Firestine said thatincreasing fees or piggyback-ing a tax threatens to reduce thecounty’s competitiveness in theregional market.
Private liquor control could come at a high cost
n Calendar might extendto June 15
BY LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFF WRITER
After a messy ice stormcoated much of the area on Sun-day,MontgomeryCountyPublicSchools students got the day offMonday due to lingering diceyconditions. County students,however, could find themselvesin the classroom an extra day inJune.
The school district has foursnow days built in to its calen-dar. Monday marked the fifth.
“So parents and studentsshould plan for the school yearto be extended at this point,”Dana Tofig, a school systemspokesman, wrote in an emailMonday.
District officials’ decision
to close schools Monday wasmainly tied to roadand sidewalkconditions, Tofig wrote.
“While it warmed upthroughout the day, the con-
ditions this morning were notgood,” he wrote in the email.
To make up for lost instruc-tion time, the district plansto extend the school year by
one day to Monday, June 15. Ifschools close for any additionalsnow days, the system wouldcontinue tomakeupdays in thatsame mid-June week.
The state requires schooldistricts to hold 180 instructiondays.
The system can ask the stateto waive any snow days not builtin to the calendar.
Last year, State Superinten-dent Lillian M. Lowery approvedthe district’s request to waivefour out of six extra snow days.The district’s request to waivefive days was denied.
Tofig said the district willdecide whether to apply for awaiver following winter’s end,when school officials know howmany extra snow days they hadto add.
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n Drivers say fees limitincome; cab companies say
ride-booking is to blame
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER
Driving a cab in Montgom-ery County’s heavily regulatedtaxi industry means paying to goto work each day. The county isconsidering capping those costs.
Taxi passengers pay drivers,whopayacabcompany its share.
Taxi companies inMontgom-eryCountyconsiderdrivers“inde-pendent contractors” and chargedrivers to lease cabs, as well asfeesforcredit-cardprocessingandother services, suchaspaying tollson the IntercountyConnector.
With ride-booking compa-nies Uber and Lyft now in themarket for rides, MontgomeryCounty is considering changingits taxi regulations, includingfees that drivers pay.
On Friday, the council’sTransportation InfrastructureEnergy and Environment com-mittee voted to cap two fees: thelease of the vehicles and creditcard processing.
The committee is consider-
ing threebills aimedatachievinggreater balance in the market offor-hire transportation services.
Onewouldcreate regulationsfor ride-booking companies en-tering the market, like Uber andLyft, to allow fair competitionwith cab companies. Anotherwould create a central system fordispatching all cab rides. A thirdwould reform the county’s regu-lations on taxis, including whatcompanies charge drivers.
The bills will go to the fullcouncil for consideration.
After meeting with drivers,Councilman Roger Berliner, thecommittee chairman, said theconditions of cabbies need toimprove.
“I do feel that our drivershave gotten a raw deal and it’stime to comprehensively ad-dress them,” Berliner (D-Dist.1) of Bethesda said. “This is thetime and the place.”
TheGeneralAssembly is alsoconsidering legislation relatedto ride-booking companies, butBerliner said it wouldn’t im-prove cab drivers’ status.
Cabdrivers claim the systemis broken and high fees dig deepinto their pockets, leaving themlittle income. By the time cab
companies take their cut, manydrivers earn less than minimumwage, despite driving the maxi-mum 12 hours a day, said Bar-wood Taxi Service driver PeterIbik, president of the Montgom-ery County Professional DriversUnion, which formed in 2013.
Taxi company owners coun-ter that unregulated ride-book-ing services such as Uber andLyft, not fees, are to blame.
“That is what is killing driv-ers’ income,” Dwight Kines,owner of Sun Cab, said.
Lee Barnes, president andCEO of Barwood, said drivers can
earn$30,000 to$100,000peryear.Barwood driver Nelson Bi-
ama, a union member, said hemakes $30,000 to $36,000 a yeardriving full-time.
Uber and Lyft have arguedthat they are not taxi services,but companies takingadvantageof new technology to connectriders with drivers.
A taxi driver’s income po-tential is limited, in part, bycounty law. County regulationslimit how much cab driverscan charge for rides and limitdrivers to 12 hours per day.Ride-booking companies aren’t
subject to that law and often em-ploysurgepricing, raising ratesatpeak or high demand times.
Cab drivers’ income also islimited by what they pay the cabcompanies, Ibik said.
Biama said he pays $112 perday to rent his 2011 cab fromBarwood. In gas, he pays about$55 per day. With other fees, heestimates he pays Barwood $800aweek.
A chart from the union es-timates that some drivers pay$950 to $1,148 a week, depend-ing on the cab company.
Barnes said the lease coverseverything from the cost to buyand maintain vehicles to insur-ance and depreciation. He saidhe offers various discounts onthe lease of up to $20 per day.
Sun Cab charges driversabout $550 per week to lease acab, which includes all relatedcosts, Kines said.
Ibik said drivers pay otherfees to the companies. One is forcredit-card transactions.
Montgomery County law re-quires cab drivers to accept pay-ment by credit card.
Kines said he doesn’t chargedrivers to process credit cards.
Barwood charges drivers a7.5 percent “technology, mar-keting, sales and service” feethat includes processing creditcard payments, Barnes said.
He estimated that of the aver-
age 14 fares a driver will make perday,about threearepaidbycreditcard. Barnes said drivers earn, onaverage, 9 percent higher in tipson credit-card payments. But ifdrivers could provide machinesto take credit-card payments,instead of using cab companies’machines, Ibik said, the drivers’costwouldbeabout3percent.
The committee voted Fridayto amend the bill to cap fees oncredit-card transactions at 5 per-cent and to let drivers providecredit-card machines, as long asthey meet legal requirements.
The committee also voted tocap how much companies cancharge for leases, but without anumber. The committee told theDepartment of Transportation toestablish a cap for the council toapprove.
Kines and Barnes saidthey’re concerned about theirdrivers’ income because driverscan pick other companies, ordrive for Uber or Lyft.
Barnes said taxi companieswant legal reforms, so driversand companies can more fairlycompete with Uber and Lyft.
Walking away from a taxicompany won’t solve the prob-lem, Ibik said.
“Somebody has to step upand say, ‘No. This is enough,’”he said.
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n Vapor devices to beadded to existingtobacco-use ban
BY KATE S. ALEXANDER
STAFFWRITER
The use of electronic ciga-rettes will be prohibited incertain public places in Mont-gomeryCounty.
The County Council unani-mously voted Tuesday to ban e-cigarettes in public places whereit bans tobacco.
The new lawwillmake it ille-gal forminors touse e-cigarettes.It alsowill require the liquidusedine-cigarettes tobe sold in child-
resistant packaging.Council Vice President
Nancy Floreen, who proposedthe legislation, said county resi-dents will be better off if vapingis banned from public places,alongwith smoking.
The county currently banssmoking indoors inpublicplacessuch as restaurants, stores, of-fices and government buildings,and on county property.
“I think this sends an impor-tant message to our communityand theworld at large thatMont-gomeryCounty is very dedicatedto addressing public health,”said Floreen (D-At Large) of Gar-rett Park. “And I really do believethat’soneofourprimary respon-
sibilities as elected officials.”The ban on electronic ciga-
rettes would take effect 91 daysafter the bill becomes law. Thebill becomes law either when it’ssignedby thecountyexecutiveorreturnedunsigned.
Also known as personal va-porizers or electronic nicotinedelivery systems, e-cigarettesprovide both nicotine and nico-tine-free options.
E-cigarettes have been avail-able in the United States since2007.Useof thedeviceshasdou-bled every year since 2010, withthe industry estimated at $1.5billion, according to informa-tion from the National Institutesof Health, National Institute on
DrugAbuse,presentedatacoun-cil Health and Human ServicesCommittee briefing.
Council President George L.Leventhal, who co-sponsoredthe bill, said it takes the burdenof discerning electronic cigaretteuse from tobacco cigarette useoff business owners.
“It’s reallydisruptiveandsur-prising to peoplewhen someonepullsoutoneof thesedevicesandbegins vaping it,” he said. “Cus-tomers don’t know how to react.It puts the proprietor of the busi-ness in a difficult position.”
Business owners bear theresponsibility of enforcing theindoor smoking ban, said Lev-
enthal (D-At Large) of TakomaPark. A uniform policy for bothsmoking and vaping, he said, is“just fair.”
Proponents claim vaping isa healthier alternative to smok-ing and is an effectiveway toquitsmoking, often citingpersonal oranecdotal evidence.
But Councilwoman NancyNavarrosaidvapingasasmokingcessation method has “not beenestablishedwhatsoever.”
“You really don’t know whatyou are ingesting,” she said, add-ing that research shows there iscause for concernwith the prod-ucts.
Recalling a time when she
was in a store in Florida next to apersonwhowas vaping, Navarro(D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring saidthatexperience reinforces forherwhy the law is important.
“It reminded me of why it’sso important that we do what-ever we can to, number one, beeducated, but number two, alsoestablish clear guidelines,” shesaid. “Because obviously, overthere, it’s quite acceptable andpeople don’t realize there is defi-nitely cause for concern just be-ing around in public — aroundchildren for example, etc. — us-ing these types of devices.”
Montgomery council votes to outlaw using electronic cigarettes indoors
n Students driven by goals,see multiple reasons for fellow
youths’ struggle
BY LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFFWRITER
Three out of every four black malestudents in Montgomery County Pub-lic Schools’ class of 2012 earned a highschool diploma — the best rate of thecountry’s large urban districts.
The Schott Foundation for PublicEducation releaseda report inFebruarythat showed the county school system— with a graduation rate of 74 percent— atop a pack of districts with at least10,000 black male students enrolled.Cumberland County in North Carolinawas in second place at 68 percent andBaltimoreCounty in third at 67percent.
“Montgomery County has been aleader in this area for awhile,” said JohnJackson, the foundation’spresident andCEO, but “a lot of work” remains to bedone across the country.
The foundation calculated the rate,which differs slightly from what theMaryland State Department of Educa-tion reports online for Montgomery for2012— 76.9 percent.
In 2014, the graduation rate forblack boys was 81.9 percent, accordingto the online state data.
Montgomery’s black students —both girls and boys—had a graduation
rate of 86.4 percent in 2014, accordingto state education department data.
Pointing to the 2014 statistic forboys and girls, Christopher Garran, thedistrict’s associate superintendent forhigh schools, said “you can’t be happy”with that number.
“It reinforces the work that we stillhave to do,” he said.
Garran said high schools work tohelpstrugglingstudents, includingblack
males. Schools try to make instructionmore engaging, intervene when stu-dents aren’t doing well academically,and reduce suspensions, he said.
The system tries to conquer the ob-stacleof “beliefsandexpectations”—anissue of “whether we hold similarly highexpectations for all kids,” Garran said.
Byron Johns — education chair ofthe Montgomery County branch of theNational Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People — said the or-ganization is glad the county is “makingstrides” to improve graduation rates forblack males, but the remaining gap is“still extraordinary.”
The report shows a 17 percent gapbetween black males’ graduation rateand white males’ graduation rate of 91percent in 2012.
Johns said the 74 percent rate is“absolutely disturbing.” Failing tograduate high school affects a person’seconomic future, opportunities, family,and community, he said.
However, he seesways thedistrict ishelping students at risk of not graduat-ing, such as early intervention and ef-forts to reduce suspensions.
Three students at Paint BranchHigh School in Burtonsville, drawingon their experiences and observations,shared why they think some blackmalesmight struggle in school.
Semaje Wicker, a 17-year-old ju-nior, said some students might lackmotivation.Others don’t respect teach-ers, he said, or don’t want to be toldwhat to do. A personal relationship isimportant tohelp a studentunderstandthat a teacher is trying to help, he said.
Jordan Hill, 16, also a junior, saidstudents might face responsibilitiesthat affect academics or don’t get sup-port at home. A parentmight be absentor the student needs to look after ayounger sibling, he said.
Junior Donovan Parris said the 74percent rate shows that — compared
to students outside the system—moreblackmales inMontgomerypursue a vi-sion. He’s driven to do well in school bya goal towork in business andfinance.
“I’m going to hang out with peoplethat have the same passions as me andI know that there’s no quick and easyway to get that, you know, I’m just go-ing to have to put in my work,” saidDonovan, 17.
Semaje said he’s seen “a lot of peo-plemessup,”buthefindsmotivation inhis goal tobea lawyer.Heworkshard tomaintain his focus.
All three students said they findsupport at Paint Branch from teachersand PrincipalMyriamRogers.
Rogers said a variety of things ather school—where the enrollment lastyearwas53percentblack—provide so-cial emotional and academic support.
Students can take advantage of peertutoring, she said, or the AdvancementVia Individual Determination program,in which students enroll in honorsclasses and learn skills such as organiza-tion and goal setting. Another programhostsbasketball games for studentswhodowell in class or take steps to improve.
Rogers said somestudentsdon’t seethe value of graduating that school staffdescribe.
“Sometimes, it’s a big leap of faithwhen you see you’re the first one that’strying toattempt that route [and] you’velived different experiences,” she said.
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(From left) Semaje Wicker, 17, Jordan Hill, 16, and Donovan Parris, 17, walk to class atPaint Branch High School in Burtonsville.
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After loss, BroadSoftturns a profit
BroadSoft of Gaithersburg,which provides Internet proto-col-basedservices tothetelecom-munications industry, reporteda profit last year of $1 million,versus a net loss of $8.9 millionin 2013. Revenues rose to $216.9million from$178.5million.
Its fourth-quarter profit roseto $9.1 million from $512,000 inthe fourth quarter of 2013; rev-enues grew to $65.8million from$52.0million.
Bioscience companieswin state grants
TwoMontgomeryCounty lifesciencecompaniesareamongthesix recipients of a total $865,000in grants from the BioMarylandCenter’s BiotechnologyDevelop-mentAwards program.
Eachcompanywill receiveupto $200,000, according to a newsrelease.
• Brain Biosciences of Rock-ville is developing a compactportable positron emission to-mography scanner to evaluatepatientswithsuspectedAlzheim-er’sdiseaseorotherneurodegen-erative disorders.
• Mindoula Health of SilverSpring is developing a telehealthplatform enabling virtual and in-person 24/7 behavioral healthcase management services andcollaborative care.
Intrexon paying $41M forfruit company
Intrexon, a synthetic biol-ogy company in Germantown, isbranching out into fruit.
The company agreed to ac-quire Okanagan Specialty Fruitsof Summerland, British Colum-bia, the developer of the Arcticapple, the first non-browningapple, for $31million in Intrexonstock, plus $10 million cash, ac-cording to anews release.
Intrexon said it is expand-ing its food programs to includetrees yielding fruit that is moreappetizing and convenient forconsumers while providing eco-nomic benefit throughout thetree fruit supply chain.
The deal is expected to closeby July.
Profits climb atUnited TherapeuticsUnited Therapeutics, which
develops and sells treatments forpulmonaryarterialhypertension,reported that its profit last yearalmost doubled to $340.1millionfrom $174.6million in 2013. Rev-enues rose to $1.29 billion from$1.12billion.
The Silver Spring companyreported a fourth-quarter profitof $115.9 million, versus a netloss of $30.3million in the fourthquarter of 2013, and revenuesrose to$346.4millionfrom$289.0million.
n Dads from Colesville, Randallstowndevelop PocketGuardian
BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER
After hearing news reports of cyberbul-lying and sexting incidents that led to sui-cide, friendsanddads JamesRyanand JasonFrancewanted to address these issues usingtechnology.
Ryan and France, who each own a de-fense contracting company, developed anapp they hopewillmake parents and guard-ians more aware of what’s going on in theirchildren’s lives and even help prevent sui-cides.
Their creation, PocketGuardian, cantrack what text messages are sent withphones.
Ryan, of Randallstown, said bullyingused to happen in person, face to face.Now,it often happens electronically, over socialmedia.
“But these days the kids are in theirrooms, you’re unaware of what’s happen-ing on their cellphones or on their comput-ers,” he said. “There needed to be away thatparents couldbealerted tobullying, the typeof bullying that’s happening inmodern-daytimes.”
Two versions of the iOS and Androidapp are slated to come out this year and aremeant tobedownloadedonachild’sphone.Oneversion, costing99cents,will senda textmessage alert to a parent when the child re-ceives or sends a message with language oraphoto that likely indicates cyberbullyingorsexting.
Demonstrating a beta version, Franceshowed an alert on his phone: “An inap-propriate message may have been sent orreceivedby your child.”
Theapppurposelydoesn’t tell theparentthe content of a message or who the otherperson is to protect the child’s privacy, said
France, of Colesville.This feature separates PocketGuardian
from similar apps, Ryan said, such as thosethat send every textmessage a child receivesto aparent.
For $1.99, a second version of the appwill send the alert and block the messagefrombeing sent or receivedby the child.
A child can’t uninstall PocketGuardianfrom a phone without knowing a password.The app notifies a parent when a child triesto uninstall it.
France and Ryan collected tens of thou-sands of sample text messages, with andwithout content that could be cyberbullyingand sexting.
Based on this collection, they said, theappdoesn’t justanalyze text,butdeterminesthe probability that a word or phrase is re-
latedtocyberbullyingorsexting.Theappwillimprove as it goes through more examples,France said.
The app also can break down images todetermine if they contain nudity or are oth-erwise inappropriate, Ryan said. That analy-sis happens on the child’s phone and thecompanydoesnotgainaccess toanyimages.
Susan Burkinshaw, a parent in Mont-gomery County Public Schools, said the appsounds like a goodway for parents tomoni-tor behavior and children’s choices.
Burkinshaw, who is Health and SafetyCommittee co-chairwoman of the Mont-gomery County Council of Parent-TeacherAssociations, said she could see it used asyounger children get smartphones. It couldhelpparentswhoaren’twellacquaintedwithsocialmedia, she said.
She said, however, that kids will find away aroundbarriers.
Sameer Hinduja, co-director of the Cy-berbullying Research Center, said the cre-ators have good intentions, but an app isn’tthebestway to address the issue.
Hesaidhedidn’t thinktheappwouldac-curately flag texts. Kids joke and talk to eachother in “mature ways,” using sarcasm anddouble entendres, that make it difficult todetermine ifamessage is trulycyberbullying,saidHinduja,acriminologyandcriminal jus-tice professor at FloridaAtlanticUniversity.
Kids are innovative, he said, and canuse other means of communication if appsscreen their texts.
It’s more helpful, he said, to work withkids on skills such as empathy, conflict reso-lution andhandling stress.
Hinduja said he’s concerned that par-entsmight think an app solves the problem.Talkingwith kids andbeing involved in theirlives are important, he said.
“I don’t want them to wipe their handsof the problem because they’ve installed apiece of software,” he said.
App screens texts for cyberbullying, sexting
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Jason France of Colesville, co-founder of Pock-etGuardian, shows a text message alert from abeta version of the app.
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“Whathappenedwaswenowneed to go through every zone ofMontgomery Village, every prop-erty that is town sector will go tosome comparable zone,” Kamensaid.
Some citizens were con-cerned about what will occur tothe open spaces in their townas well as whether the proposeddevelopment on the golf coursewill encroach on their homes orneighborhoods.
Finding a zoning code thatpleases all parties while makingfuture development on the golfcoursepossiblehasbeendifficult.
At the meeting, residentsseemed either strongly opposedor strongly in favor of develop-ment on the golf course. Monu-mentRealty ofWashington,D.C.,bought the former golf coursefrom its owner in 2013 and re-cently proposed to build town-houses onpart of theproperty.
Use of the golf course landand preserving the open spacesaswell as the character of the Vil-lage have been some of the im-portantdiscussiontopics tocomeup, according toKamen.
“When we came up with thethemes of the events we try todeal with the big topic issues,”Kamen said.
Kamen said they write downwhat residents say at meetingsand try to take everything intoconsideration, but in the endmust go with the “best profes-sional recommendation” topres-ent to the council.
“We were just in the stage ofcommunity input, now we areentering the stage of writing anddoingdrafts,” Kamen said.
Montgomery Village is aplanned community that wasfounded in 1965 and was mostrecently under the Gaithersburgmaster plan.
“We are coming up on the50th anniversary,” Kamen said.“This is a good time to look for-ward to everything going on.”
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Thedistrictdoesn’tneed toask toextend that time frame yet, Wo-ertz said, but school officials willre-evaluate if schools close againona testing day.
Schools can choose when togive the tests, as long as studentstake themwithin the 20-daywin-dow. That flexibility marks a sig-nificant change from the stricterschedule for theMarylandSchoolAssessment tests,Woertz said.
The PARCC tests, whichthe district piloted last year, arealigned with the Common CoreState Standards and replace theMaryland School Assessments inreading andmath.
This month, students willtake the first of two PARCC test-ing rounds. The first group oftests are “performance-basedassessment” that are longer andmorecomplicatedthanthe“end-
of-yearassessment” studentswilltake later this spring.
Students in third througheighth grades will take math andEnglish language arts tests. Highschool students studying Algebra1, Algebra 2 and English 10 willtake corresponding tests.
The district and individualschools have been preparing forthe new tests, both directly andindirectly, school officials andprincipals said.
Most students will take testsoncomputers, a taskmadeeasierby the school system’s technol-ogyplanput inplaceover the lastcouple of years, said Kara Tren-kamp, director of the district’sDepartment of InstructionalTechnology. The plan has addedChromebook laptops and otherdevices incertainclassroomsandexpanded wireless networks inschools, amongothermeasures.
Trenkamp said the districtadded more technology for ev-erydayteachingandlearning,but
ithashelpedprepareschoolsandstudents for thePARCC tests.
District officials have consid-ered what assignments studentsshould see in the classroom thatwouldbesimilar to tasks theywillface in the PARCC assessments,such as writing an essay frommultiple sources, she said.
The district gleaned les-sons from last year’s pilot tests.Schools tested what activity theirWiFi could handle and foundthat the version of the Internetbrowser being used was im-portant, Trenkamp said. Somestudents didn’t realize how longit would take to complete whatseemed like a small number ofquestions, including an essay,Woertz said.
“Thedevil’s in thedetails andthat surfaced for us a lot of de-tails,” Trenkampsaid.
The district will help schoolsduring testing, including throughan online resource library, tech-nology specialists, and a help
desk tofield calls.Kyle Heatwole, principal at
Singer Elementary School in Sil-ver Spring, said Friday that the200 to 250 students whowill takethe tests are already comfortablewith the technology theywill use.
The school’s third- and fifth-graders have had Chromebooksin their classrooms since Janu-ary, he said, and the school hashad laptops since the buildingopened two years ago. Studentsare generally “very technologi-cally saavy,” he said.
About two weeks ago, Singerstudents tried a short practiceround, which helped calm thenervesof someyoungerstudents,Heatwole said.
Heatwole welcomes the newtests’ arrival.
“I’m really happy that nowwe’re going to have a test thatdoes align to the curriculumwe’ve beenusing,” he said.
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possibly building additionsto area elementary schoolsto mitigate some of the over-crowding, according to Ross.However, Ross explained thatonce more seats are available,development projects thatwere delayed due to lack ofspace will be given the greenlight and begin to bring inmore children, putting RachelCarson students right backwhere they started.
Ross estimates they needanywhere from 1,500 to 2,000seats between the Quince Or-chard and Gaithersburg clus-ters to take care of the currentand projected new studentgrowth.
“Adding on 300 seats iskind of laughable,” Ross saidabout the idea of just con-structing additions.
The petition explains thatGaithersburg needs a com-pletely new elementary schoolin order to compensate for theprojected population and alle-viate current Quince Orchard
andGaithersburg cluster over-crowding.
Ross explained that ev-eryone they have spoken to,including council and schoolofficials, understands thathaving schools over capacity isan issue that needs to be fixed,but they can’t just change theirprocesses overnight.
Joe Allen, who has a childin second grade and kin-dergarten at Rachel Carson,explained that both RachelCarson and Summit Hall needto work together to show theovercrowding issue is huge inGaithersburg.
“We are trying to look fora broader solution and framethe issue as a Gaithersburg-wide issue,” Allen said.
Alvarenga explained thatSummit Hall’s renovationsare expected for 2022, whichis when his fifth-grader willgraduate fromhigh school.
Ross had similar realiza-tions.
“My kids are going to be inan overcrowded school theirwhole childhood,” Ross said.
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leadership style and the bestway to provide the best educa-tion for the children.
This is McKnight’s fourthyear as principal at RidgeviewMiddle School. Previously shewas a teacher and thenassistantprincipal at Parkland MiddleSchool in Aspen Hill, and thenprincipal internatTildenMiddleSchool inRockville for a year.
“I think I will be a teacherfor the rest of my life in someway, shape or form. I teach asmuch as a principal as I did asa teacher,” McKnight said, ad-mitting, however, that duringher second year as a teacher sheknew she wanted to eventuallybecomeaprincipal.
Of the high school andmid-
dle school principal of the yearwinners in each state, only onewill be chosen to represent thestate for the national title. Fromthat pool of 50, the nationalassociation narrows the pooldownto threefinalists. Thewin-ner of the Assistant Principal oftheYear inMarylandwasGaith-ersburg High School’s DyanHarrison. Harrison went on torepresent the state and is nowone of three assistant principalsvying for thenational title.
On Thursday, McKnight’sthree-year-old son, Ayden, andhusband, Duvale McKnight,joined inon thecelebration. Shesaid she had Ayden during herfirst year as a principal, whichreally changedher perspective.
“I’ve always been very pas-sionate about my work. Thesestudents are mine. Then it be-
came something even more.The feeling you have when youare a parent, it transferred intomywork,”McKnight said.
She explained that now shelooks at situations both as aparent and a principal and ex-plained to the room on Thurs-day that when she walks downthe halls she sees “hundreds ofAydenMcKnights, just talleranda little bit sassier.”
“My goal is to make sure aclassroom is the exact type ofclassroom Iwantmy child to bein,”McKnight said.
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Patricia Herndon BarleyShreeve, 92, of Peoria, Illinoisformerly of Gaithersburg, Md.,passed away at 4:30 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, atLutheran Hillside Village inPeoria.She was born March 17,
1922, in Washington, D.C., toFranklin and Antoinette(Nason) Herndon. She marriedCarl Barley and later marriedRobert Shreeve. He precededher in death in 2004. She alsowas preceded in death by hersister, Dorothy.Surviving are her son, Craig
(Gail) Barley of Morton, Ill.; two grandsons, Matthew (Pam)Barley of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Andrew Barley of Dayton,Ohio; two great grandsons, Avery and Quinn Barley of EdenPrairie, Minn.; two nephews, Thomas (Lori) and Stephen Lach;and one niece, Martha (Norman) Totten, all of Massachusetts.
Pat graduated from Towson State Teachers College inMaryland in 1942. She then went on to teach elementary schoolin Maryland and Pennsylvania. She later received her Master ofEducation degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
She became the first woman administrator in her schooldistrict, retiring in 1992 as Assistant Superintendent of the York,Pa., Central School District.
Pat also was the director of the Penn State-York Campusstudent teacher program, mentoring and encouraging manyyoung educators at the start of their careers.
She enjoyed playing bridge with her friends, reading,knitting, traveling, and doing crosswords. Pat also was anaccomplished artist. She was especially proud of her grandsons,Matt and Andy.
Cremation has been accorded. A Celebration of Life Servicewill be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Waters ofLife Chapel at Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria.
Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center inMorton is handling arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that tax-deductibledonations be made to the Morton Community Foundation, 105E. Jefferson St., Morton, IL 61550. Gifts to the Foundation willbe endowed to provide perpetual funding to two local animalcharities: T.A.P.S., a no-kill animal shelter in Pekin, Ill.; andCritter Meals-on-Wheels through Neighborhood House inPeoria.
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ObituaryJean Marie (Krott) Deery ofGermantown, Maryland passedaway on Tuesday, February 3,2015.Born in Olean, New York onFebruary 21, 1942, Jean wasthe daughter of the late Josephand Elizabeth Krott. Shegraduated from GloucesterCatholic High School inGloucester, NJ and PierceCollege in Philadelphia, PA.Beloved wife of James J.
Deery; loving mother of Katherine E. Talbert, Michael J.Deery (Leslie), James J. Deery, IV (Shelly), Debra A.Crnarich (Daniel), and John M. Deery (Jessica), sister ofDon Krott (Pat) and Joanne McConville (Harry). She wasalso survived by ten loving grandchildren. She was afounding member of Mother Seton Parish in Germantown,MD and active in Mother Seton Seniors. After herretirement from Giant Food, she enjoyed traveling to seeall of her children and grandchildren.Memorial contributions may be made in Jean’s name to:Alzheimer’s Association, 108 Byte Drive, Suite 103,Frederick, MD 21702.Online condolences can be made atwww.devolfuneralhome.com
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Chemical debate
As president ofMontgomery County FarmBu-reau, Iwould like to respondtoMichaelTabor’s let-ter (“FarmBureau should sit out pesticide debate,”Feb. 4).Just who is Mr. Tabor? He prides himself as an
organic farmer, using sustainable farming prac-tices.Heclaims toproduce foodona farminPenn-sylvaniawithout using chemicals.Really. Suchclaimsmaysoundprogressive,but
are simply untrue. Without chemicals, there is nolife.Water and soil are comprised of chemicals.Mr. Tabor is quick to advance his values, while
denouncing the values of others. It takes a lot ofnerve to suggest that MCFB, whose membershiprepresents more than 3,500 families, should be si-lent. Mr. Tabor, I remind you that every Americanhas the constitutional right to freedomof speech.Let me be firm:MCFB will not sit this one out.
WebelieveBill 52-14 is abigmistakeand shouldbewithdrawn by its sponsor, Mr. Leventhal. We viewthis bill as unenforceable, and if adopted, in viola-tion of state lawand federal law.Farmers, lawn-care providers and consum-
ers who use pesticides do exercise caution andcommon sense. They don’t need to be denied theright to use a certain product, nor do they need toconsult with someone in Rockville about a permit,special exception or a determination of essential-ity. The EPA-approved product labels advise usersof necessary directions for use andprecautions.
There are dozens of reasons why MCFB op-posesBill52-14.Oneof themainreasonswasstatedbyMr. Tabor: “It is true that the potential harms ofmany pesticides used today cannot be definitivelysubstantiated.” The absence of harm is reasonenough forMCFB to join others in the very seriouseffort tostopMr.Leventhal’sgoal tocreatewhatwe
believe is anunnecessary layer of regulation.We should not create expensive regulations
based on philosophies of a small minority of citi-zens. When councilmen and councilwomen ad-vance the interests of the minority and refuse tolisten to thewill of themajority, confidence in gov-ernment is lost.MCFB believes Bill 52-14 throws our lawn ap-
plicators under the bus without good cause. Theseexperts are knowledgeable about the productsavailable to them to achieve the intended resultsthat homeowners request. Farmers feel a kinshipto thosewho tend to the land, lawns andplants.MCFB seeks to represent all aspects of agricul-
tural practices.We support each farmer’s choice tomanage their business in a manner that fits theirobjectives.Montgomery County farmers fear this bill will
provide the framework for future council actionsthat would interfere with farm business plans,and potentially result in the demise of their familyfarms.Our farmers have huge investments in land,buildings, machinery and human capital. Theywant their children and grandchildren to have op-portunities toassumeownershipof the familybusi-ness.Mr. Tabor should pursue his dreams, but he
shouldnot dream for the rest of us.
Lonnie Luther, Damascus
Council shouldn’t infringe on farmers’ investments
2011 FILE PHOTO
A Chevy Chase resident opposed to pesticide sprayingin her neighborhood put up this sign.
CountyCouncilmanGeorge Leventhal’s pro-posedbanonpesticideuse for public andprivateproperty takes away products rigorously testedand approved by the Environmental ProtectionAgency from professionals and homeowners.Theban is basedon fear, not science, and ignoresthe benefit of reliable weed, insect and diseasecontrols for our community.As former sportsfieldmanager forMontgom-
eryCounty’s acclaimedMarylandSoccerPlex anda current worldwide educator on turfgrass man-agement, my work is focused on creating betterturfgrass at all levels. Progress is made daily to-ward creating solutions to improve local fields.This proposed ban ignores this progress. It
ignores innovation of product technology. Andit removes many tools used to make fields andlawns better while reducing environmental im-pact — tools that removeweeds, reducemowingand reduce irrigation; tools that keep turfgrassstrong and healthy; tools tested and approved bythe EPA.This ban also fails to consider integrated pest
management already practiced by licensed, pro-fessional lawn-care operators and turfgrassman-agers. It uses pesticideminimally to treat specificthreats to healthy outdoor spaces.Let’s not ignore the benefits of EPA-tested
and approved pesticides because ofmisinforma-tion. Ask your council representative to vote noon Bill 52-14.
Jerad Minnick, RockvilleThewriter is the president and founder of
Growing Innovations in Rockville.
Pesticide banignores progressand innovation
The recent letters to the editorfrom the two Girl Scouts promot-ing pesticide-free lawns (“Garden-ers don’t have to use chemicalpesticides,” “The queen’s garden canbeamodel fornaturalpractices,”Feb.4)were truly inspiring.We teach our young people to
take care of their health and the envi-ronment,yetasadultswefail to followthrough and provide even safe lawnsand playing fields for them. Council-man George Leventhal’s proposedBill52-14wouldcorrect thisoversight.The Montgomery County Coun-
cil has passed other acts to protecthuman and environmental health—the most recent polystyrene ban, forexample.The Centers for Disease Control
andPrevention just reported the suc-cess of smoking bans in significantlyreducingourexposuretosecondhandsmoke—another issue onwhich ourCountyCouncil showed leadership.We are all exposed to lawn pesti-
cides,whetherwechoose touse themornot. Theydrift, are tracked intoourhomes on our shoes and pets’ paws(2,4-D can stay in carpets for up to ayear), and runoff into ourwaterways.Bill 52-14wouldrestrict the“non-
essential” (or cosmetic) use of lawnpesticides because the risks of a “per-fect” lawn are not worth the benefits.The pesticide and turfgrass lobby-ists are deliberately exaggerating thescope and intent of the bill: agricul-ture, golf courses and invasiveweeds,for example, are all exempt (and this
lawhas absolutely nothing to dowithindoor pest control).There are safer alternatives, and
grub infestations have not taken overOntario, Canada, which passed a farmore sweeping ban almost a decadeago.Our State House grounds in An-
napolis have been pesticide-free fortwo years.Our kids should be able to prac-
tice and play sports on safe lawns —without pesticides or artificial turf— just simple grass on which manyof us adults used to play. The opposi-tion’s argument that kids will trip onweeds and get concussions is simplynonsense.What isn’t nonsense are the
peer-reviewed studies that suggest
a link between commonly usedlawn pesticides like 2,4-D, dicamba,and glyphosate to cancers (humanand animal), Parkinson’s, autism,endocrine disruption, etc. I chooseto believe the American Academyof Pediatrics that warns us to keepchildren from contact with cosmeticlawn pesticides, not the lobbyinggroups and industries that profitfrom their sale.I urge the council, as stewards of
public health, to support a strong Bill52-14.
Julie Taddeo, Takoma ParkThewriter is amember of Safe
GrowMontgomery, a coalition thatfavors limiting exposure to lawnpes-ticides.
Trust pediatric group, not lobbyists, on pesticide dangers
Pesticides are harmful to people. I am gladsome of our lawmakers are starting to thinkabout people’s health with Healthy Lawns Bill52-14.My little sister and I have asthma. My sister
has been admitted to the hospital a couple oftimes for this. We try very hard to avoid things,like pesticides, that can cause us to have asthmaattacks.Our doctor filled out a sheet to include us on
Maryland’s pesticide sensitivity list. Lawn com-panies are supposed to call my parents beforethey spray pesticides on my neighbors’ yards.On those days, we have to stay inside the wholeday, and maybe longer, if we can still smell thepesticide vapors.Butbeingon the list doesn’t really protectme
ormy family. Inmy community, lawn pesticidesare used a lot. FromMarch to November, when-ever we step outside, we worry about breathingin pesticide vapors that drift around in the air,or playing at places that have pesticides put onthem.When I used to go to elementary school,
many times the nearby neighborhood wouldspray lots of pesticides near our school. Wecould smell the vapors when we were on schoolgrounds. Last fall, when it happened, my sisterand I got asthma for over a week.Kids like me would like to go out to play, ex-
ercise and go to school, without having to worryabout getting sick from breathing pesticides. Ihope more people will ask lawmakers to pass astrong Bill 52-14. A strong bill would finally pro-tect what’s important— our health.
Kate Tan, 12, Germantown
Pesticide vapors affectpeople with asthma
As parents, we fear for our chil-dren’s safety in many ways, whetherit’s walking to school, letting ourteenagers drive for the first time, orexposure to violent content on theInternet.Another concern for parents is
keeping our children safe from dis-ease and illness. A countywide con-versationhasstarted thatcouldmeanahealthier future forourchildren. It’sabout restricting the use of cosmetic,or “non-essential,” lawn pesticidesthat are extremely toxic to humans.What is particularly disturbing
is that we know children are highlysusceptible to pesticide toxicity.Evidence shows clear links betweenearly-life exposure to pesticidesand pediatric cancers, decreasedcognitive function and behavioralproblems. A meta-analysis of recentepidemiological studies indicates
a 50 percent increase in childhoodleukemia risk following routine ma-ternal pesticide use in the home orgarden.Children are also especially vul-
nerable because their daily activitiesincrease their exposure. They spendmore time playing outside on freshlysprayed lawns,playgroundsor sportsfields. Children also breathe morerapidly than adults and are morelikely to put contaminated hands intheirmouths.Furthermore, children’s brains,
nervous systems and organs, includ-ing the liver and kidneys, are stilldeveloping after birth. Exposure tolawn pesticides during this sensitiveperiod of development can lead toirreversible damage.Women’s expo-sure to lawn pesticides during preg-nancy can cause harm to the fetusand can be spread to infants during
breastfeeding. It’s no surprise thatthe American Academy of Pediatricsargues against such practices.The good news is that the detri-
mentalhealtheffectsdue topesticideexposure are completely prevent-able. The simple solution: Eliminatethe exposure via regulation. In fact,pesticide regulation in other U.S.states and municipalities, includingtheprovincesofQuebecandOntario,Canada, has successfully reducedex-posures among these populationswithout negatively affecting the lawncare industry.Unanimous support in the
CountyCouncil for thisbill shouldbea no-brainer, to use an unscientificterm. Since the1950s,wehave seenadramatic increase in the use of toxicpesticides on our lawns.Despite the overwhelming sci-
entific evidence about the dangers
of these pesticides, we have a fighton our hands. The chemical compa-nies are powerful and strongly resistefforts to restrict the use of its prod-ucts. So as we approach the spring,theCountyCouncil will face a choice— should it side with the chemicalcompanies or should it side with thehealthandwell-beingof our childreninMontgomeryCounty?This common sense bill would
targetonly themostdangerouspesti-cides and leaveMontgomeryCountyresidentswithmanysafealternatives.
Stephanie L. Fowler,Washington, D.C.
Thewriter is amember ofChesapeake Physicians for Social Re-sponsibility, a partner in Safe GrowMontgomery, which is a coalitionthat favors limiting exposure to lawnpesticides.
Exposure to lawn pesticides carries dangers
“MontgomeryCounty is a lib-eral and forward-thinking county,”Odessa Shannon, a longtime countyresident, told theCountyCouncil lastweek.Shannonwas oneof a handful of
older black residentswho spokeoftheir experiences growingupand liv-ing throughnot-so-long-agodecadesof segregation andovert discrimi-nation. Itwas part of the council’s90-minute sessionmarkingBlackHistoryMonth in February.However, addedShannon, a
member of the county school boardin the early ’80s: “Wehave a longwayto go.”That observationwas echoed
recently by a six-minute videopro-ducedby a groupofminority teens atBethesda-ChevyChaseHigh School,
which isinwhatmanyof itsresidentsconsiderthemostliberal,forward-thinking
part ofMontgomeryCounty.In the video, called “I, Too, Am
B-CC,” students eloquently tell ofhurtful comments directed theirwaybypeers, includingwell-meaningfriends:
“You’re very smart for a blackkid.”“You’re very pretty for a black
girl.”“You’re thewhitest blackperson
I know.”The studentswere inspiredby
a video called “I, Too, AmHarvard”that challenged stereotypes ofmi-nority students at the Ivy Leagueuniversity.“Most students at B-CCdon’t
necessarily see this problem, are notdirectly affectedby it,” seniorMakdesHailu,who is black andproduced thevideo, toldTheGazette.In recentmonths, race rela-
tions have erupted again into the
nation’s consciousness. Events inFerguson,Mo.; Staten Island,N.Y.;and elsewherehavebeen aharshreminder thatwhile somemay thinktheUnited States becameapost-racial society after President BarackObama’s election in 2008, the sting ofbigotry is still felt regularly bymanyAmericans. That includes black,biracial andHispanic students atBethesda-ChevyChaseHigh School.It’s no coincidence that such a
poignant videowasmadebyMont-gomeryCounty high schoolers.As Shannon told the council, shedecideddecades ago tomovewithher children fromWashington,D.C.,to the county for its high-quality
schools.“Educationwas themost im-
portant thing in our lives,” saidShannon,whoadded that shewasthe only blackmember of her classat SmithCollege inNorthampton,Mass. “Itwas the onlywayout.”Hailu andother studentswho
workedon the video created apow-erful piece—available at tinyurl.com/npg23uj— that drives hometheir painful points. Anyone con-cerned about race relations in our so-ciety and community—orwho canjust appreciatewhat a small groupofinsightful students can createwitha simple camera—should check itout.
Painful legacy lives on
STUDENTS’VIDEO SHOWS
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The letters and opinions inTheGazettediscussingDr.Starr’sdeparture all shared a commontheme: bewilderment.Mr. Faris’s blistering attack
on the school system(“Time forahousecleaningatMCPS,”Feb.11)didn’t relatetomyexperienceasaparent of elementary andmiddleschool students. I’ve heard aboutterrible management issues at acoupleofnearby schools, but ourchildren’s teachers have rangedfromquite proficient to amazing,with only a few rough patches inmiddle school.Everything I’ve seen sug-
gests that badly administeredschools are the exception, al-though surely some struggle toadequately respond to the chal-lenges of a student population
with diverse circumstances andneeds. I do know that my chil-dren’s education is smarter andmore challenging thanmy “elite”private school experience severaldecades ago, and also superior tothe other two very good schoolsystems we experienced else-where.But one thing is definitely
missing: openness and honestyabout policy and leadership dif-ficulties. Perhaps not everythingneeds to be shared, but when itcomes to the top job. I expect theboard to explainwhy it ismakinga change. If not, I hope there willbe highly qualified candidateswho will challenge what I be-lieved to be a pretty good boardin thenext election.
John D. Wilson, Silver Spring
Education is quite good,but openness is missing
As someone who taught inMontgomery County PublicSchools for 34 years, under fivesuperintendents, I have to won-der what on earth this board isthinking.Joshua Starr is a man of vi-
sion, integrity andcourage.He is
a brilliant leader, whom I expectto see on the forefront of educa-tion on a national level.Montgomery County threw
away thebest educational leaderI have yet to see, and it is a sig-nificant loss to our children.
Judy Di Salvo Stenger, Rockville
Loss of Starr was significant
I recently attended a meetinghosted by Equity One detailingtheir plans for theWestbard site inBethesda. Being a resident of theneighboring Springfield neighbor-hood, I am very interested in thefuture of this site.While I realize reality may ul-
timately differ from the drawingsand models, I was impressed withwhat they presented. The planaddresses traffic, increases green
space, includes space for commu-nity events and acknowledges ex-isting retailers.Further, they addressed key
concernsrelatedtobuildingheight,residential expansion and transit.I urge those who are open to
the much needed change at thissite to take a good look at theirplans.
Kim Bishop, Bethesda
Westbard developmentplan shows promise
Wearecominguponthe100thanniversary of the national parksin 2016. Funding is critical to ourparks’upkeep,well-beingandcon-tinuance.I read The Gazette’s editorial
about paying for the C&O Canal(“AC&OCanalboost,” Jan.28)withmuch interest. Since the editorialwas published, it sounds like partof the problemhas been solved.However, I would like to dis-
cuss one additional area of con-cern regarding the C&OCanal andthenearby PotomacRiver.Unfortunately when, I am on
the Potomac River, on its islandsand among the rocks alongsidethe canal, I see scads of trash andI pick it up. However, I should nothave to be doing this. Everyone issupposedtobeconcernedwith theenvironment and aware of issuesrelated to it, including pollution.We discuss global warming/
climate change. We have had tochange to CFC light bulbs. We userecyclable bags instead of plastic.
Yet, people leave fishing tackle,cans, bottles, dog poop and otherjunk along our waterways witha total disregard to the conse-quences of their actions. This is adisgrace.This is not done in ignorance,
but in hubris. People do not care.They just leave it on the ground—it is not their problem.Maybe, since others are paid
to pick up their trash, people donot feel they need to haul awaywhat they brought in. They arenot taking personal responsibilityfor cleaning up their own messes.This attitude andbehavior just hasto change.The C&O Canal and the other
national parks belong to me andtherestof thecitizensof theUnitedStates and we are not taking careof them the way we should. If wepersonally took better care of ourparks, maybe charging user feeswouldnotbebeingdiscussedatall.
Mark Gochnour, Germantown
Treasure national parks;don’t trash them
When it is all said and done, Montgomery CountyPublic Schools has a budget revenue loss of between $15million and$25million, as supportedby the state.In a normal world, you would reduce costs by that
much and that would be the end of it. But this is Mary-land and the maintenance of effort law is so strict, thatnowbecomes a local issue.To be clear, themaintenance of effort law is a finan-
cially irresponsible piece of legislation that discouragesuseof technologyandanyothercost reductions thata re-sponsible institutionwouldperform.If thispoorlywrittenlawwasnot in existence,we couldhave closed the gap inournet revenue andnet expenseswith someeasyfixes.Take the two-plus million dollars in surplus created
by lower fuel costs to reducefiscal year 2016 expenses.Unless fuel costs drastically increase over thenext 60
days, at least $3million could be saved by simply adjust-ing the FY 2016budget for this line item.Choose how to close the last $20million: defer cost-
of-living adjustments, defer step increases, or simplymatchMCPShealthbenefitswithother countyagencies.Butweareunder theridiculousmaintenanceofeffort
law that discourages efficiency indelivering services. It istime for all counties that spend above the average to beexempt frommaintenanceof effort laws.Will our Montgomery County team in Annapolis
do something for the citizens of Montgomery County?Never.
Robert Monsheimer, Silver Spring
Maintenance of effortlaw thwarts efficiency
The Gazette’s Jan. 7 editorial (“Saveamphipods — at what cost?”) argues thatwhile some endangered animal speciesmaypossibly be lost due to the Purple Linelight-rail system, there will be large net en-vironmental benefits due to a reduction ingreenhousegasemissions fromlowerauto-mobile use. You calculate that “9,800 tonsof carbon dioxide that otherwise wouldenter the atmosphere and contribute toglobal climate changewill be eliminated.”But this calculation left out one side ef-
fect of the impact.While theremaywell befewer car trips (the figure you cite is 17,000fewer trips per day), the Purple Line itselfwill use a good deal of energy to operate.The rail vehicleswill run on electric power,and greenhouse gases are emitted to gen-erate such power.While the documents posted on the
official Purple Line state web site do notprovide a figure for how much power willbe used, they do recognize it will be sub-
stantial.One can arrive at a rough estimate of
how much by comparing the Purple Lineto existing light-rail systems in the U.S.wherepowerusefiguresareavailable. Spe-cifically, the light-rail line system operatedas part of the DART system in Dallas uses114 million kilowatt-hours per year, for asystem of 163 light-rail vehicles. The 114million kw-hrs corresponds to 86,700 tonsof CO2 emissions a year.The Purple Line will have 58 vehicles.
Assuming power use will be in proportion,the electric power to operate the PurpleLine will lead to 30,800 tons of CO2 emis-sions per year. This is more than threetimes the tons of CO2 “saved” by fewer cartrips.Operations alone of the Purple Line
would therefore lead to a net increase ofgreenhouse gas emissions of over 20,000tons of CO2 a year.But the overall impact will in fact be
worse. Therewill bemajor greenhouse gasemissions (as well as other adverse envi-ronmental impacts) frombuilding the $2.5billion system. Any such project needs agooddeal of steel, concrete and other suchmaterials, and there are high greenhousegas emissions frommaking each. Runningheavy construction equipment, gettingworkers to their job sites and all the otheractivities required to build a $2.5 billionsystem all lead to significant greenhousegas emissions.We need good public transit systems.
But the low to medium density of mostof the Purple Line corridor means thatenhanced bus service can provide betterservice at far lower cost than constructionof a rail line. The 20,000-ton-per-year netincrease in CO2 emissions is a direct con-sequence of building a rail system in a cor-ridor where therewill be almost no impacton car use.
Frank J. Lysy, Washington, D.C.
Purple Line reasoning ignores important factorsLET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
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WRESTLING: Northwest High School’s Dell Ngonga andthe other Montgomery County champions compete onSaturday for state championships at Cole Field House.
BASKETBALL: 4A West Region championship gamesare scheduled for this weekend:Girls: 7 p.m. Friday at Paint BranchBoys: 1 p.m. Saturday at Blair
I usedto love thesnow.
Itmeant daysoff fromschool,sledding,snowballfights, hotchocolate,grilledcheesesandwiches and tomato soup.
Now, I just count the days untildaylight savings time resumes.Winter is just a nuisance and in-convenience—dealingwith schoolcancellations and staffing resched-uled games can be amajor head-ache—and each successive year itseems to getmore annoying. I longfor the hot, humid andmosquito-filled days of July and August (Iwill probably complain about theweather then, too).
But with snow, ice and tem-peratures in the 20s on Saturday,thousands of student-athletesthroughoutMaryland began try-ing out for spring sports. A quickglance through Twitter revealedthat themajority of teams held in-door practices or delayed tryouts.
Lacrosse, baseball, softball,tennis, golf and track don’t lendthemselves traditionally as indoorsports. They, for themost part, aredesigned to be played on grass un-der the blue skies and the goldensun.
“It’s a huge hindrance and putsus at a disadvantage,” Damascusgirls lacrosse coachMarcus Juradosaid. “It is tough to get anythingaccomplished other than condi-tioning.
“I’m not sure whenwewill beable to get outside evenwhenweget the snow off the field.Maybenext week?”
Teamsmay not even be able tohave—or delay—accurate cuts.
“We have several kids on thebubble and you can’t find out any-thing in the gym,” Jurado said. “It’sgoing to be a lot of blind guessesuntil we get outside and into game-like conditions.”
Whilemost teams are in thesame position andwill likely lagbehind their expected routine duetomuddy fields, a few schools—mainly thosewith artificial turf—may enjoy the luxury of gettingoutside sooner (there’s no guaran-tee it will happen). InMontgomeryand Prince George’s countiesWalter Johnson, Gaithersburg,Paint Branch,Wootton, RichardMontgomery andOxonHill are thepublic high schools with turf.
When theD.C. Sniper terror-ized the region in the fall of 2002, Iremember having to practice foot-ball inside the gym—sometimesin full pads— for several weeks. Itflat out stunk andwas hard to fo-cus. I imagine it is no different nowfor athletes used to playing outside.
But theweather, as it alwaysdoes, will eventually improve. Inthe comingweeks, TheGazette isscheduled to begin profiling stu-dent-athletes and teamswith ourspring previews. Jennifer Beekmanis covering softball and gymnastics,Eric Goldwein is handling lacrosseand tennis, Prince J. Grimeswillcover baseball and volleyball andAdamGutekunst will be our go-toguy for track and field and golf.
If you have any story sugges-tions please send them to [email protected].
It’s time forwinter to go
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n Damascus, county’stop grapplers head
to state meet
BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFFWRITER
Two years ago, SherwoodHigh School wrestler AndrewFrumkin placed fourth at the4A/3A West Region tourna-ment to garner a spot at statesthe following week. But in do-ing so, he injured his hand andwas unable to participate in thebig event. Last year, he missedthe cut by one match with afifth-place finish.
On Saturday, in his homegym in Sandy Spring, the106-pounder didn’t cut it closeat all, winning the region cham-pionship to clinch a No. 1 seedin the state tournament, sched-uled to start Friday at Cole FieldHouse in College Park. The top4 wrestlers from each weightclass advance to states.
“It feels absolutely amaz-ing,” Frumkin said. “I finallyget a solid, significant thingthat shows how much effort Iput into the offseason all theseyears. I finally have somethingto show for it.”
Frumkin was one of 11wrestlers to win a region cham-pionship on Friday after win-ning a county title on Tuesday.Northwest’s Dell Ngonga (113)and TJ Patterson (220), WalterJohnson’s Logan Wilson (126),Churchill’s Giulian Groce(182), and Damascus’ ScottObendorfer (120), MichaelWilkerson (132), Cory Oben-dorfer (138), Colin McLaugh-lin (152), Johnny Fischer (160),andOwenBrook (170) alsowonconsecutive titles.
The region championshipwas basically a clone of thecounty championship — withfewer participants, andwithout
Sherwoodwrestler’swait ends
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Sherwood High School’s AndrewFrumkin (top) won his 100th matchby beating Damascus’s TJ Macklin inSaturday’s 106-pound match.
n Bulldogs endstellar season withfew challengers
BYPRINCE J.GRIMES
STAFFWRITER
When kids go to play icehockey for the Churchill HighSchool club team, they likelyknow they’re going to have ashot at winning a state champi-
onship.On Friday, Churchill won
that title for the fourth timein the past decade, second inthree years, and did so in one ofthe most dominating seasonsin Maryland Student HockeyLeaguehistory.
“I don’t know if there’s anyteam that’s ever been betterin MSHL history. I don’t thinkthere’s ever been a champion-ship game10-0.Not tobrag, butI thinkwe proved that we’re the
best,” senior Jacob Arden saidfollowingthe10-0winoverMar-riottsRidge.
He’s right. The next biggestwinning margin in a title gamewas in2004whenSherwoodde-featedPaintBranch, 7-0.
Including playoff gamesand non-conference games,Churchill scored a total of 162goalswhileallowing just22 in21games this season. That’s a ratioof 7.7 to1.
There have been teams in
the past with similar ratios and/or undefeated league records,including Wootton’s champi-onship team of last season andpast Churchill teams, but whatsets thisyear’s teamapart ishowitnot only conquered thepublicschool realmbutalsotheprivateschoolson its schedule.
Churchill won five of sixgames against private schoolswith its only loss of the sea-son — to Gonzaga — comingin November. The contest was
the first game of the season af-ter the death of Gonzaga seniorDominikPettey.AlthoughPetteywas a member of the oppositeteam, it was an emotional gamefor all involved, as many of theChurchill playerswere friends.
“That game was just amess because our guys all wentto school with Dominik andplayed hockey with him. Theirguys obviously went to school
Churchill ices another 2A state title in dominant fashion
n Colonels overcomeslow start, inexperiencefor impressive season
BY ADAM GUTEKUNST
STAFFWRITER
Magruder High Schoolboys basketball coach DanHarwood began his career atSeneca Valley before takingover the Colonels’ program,where he’s spent the past 25seasons, which includes twostate championships. Butdespite how much the gamehas changed in Harwood’s
nearly three decades ofcoaching, one vital recipe forsuccess hasn’t: there needsto be trust, he said.
This year, it’s been trustthat’s kept the Colonels go-ing. They needed to trustthat things would get bet-ter after a disappointing0-3 start to the regular sea-son. The Colonels had got-ten off to a similar slide tostart the 2013-14 campaign,but rebounded, ending theseason with a 16-8 mark.Senior center Joe Hugley,who had a breakout juniorseason, needed to learn totrust some of the inexperi-
enced pieces around him.Magruder was returning twostarters other than Hugley,but would need to form astrong nucleus around theirstar, who was sure to attractextra defensive attention.
And last week, in themidst of Magruder’s 15-game winning streak, theColonels once again fell backon their trust in one anotherwhen promising sophomorepoint guardDavidGarey andtwo other players were dis-missed from the team for aviolation of school rules.
For Harwood andMagruder, the secret behind
their success this year (18-4regular season record), hasbeen no secret at all. Trusthas got them this far, and ifthe Colonels want to makeyet another state title rununder Harwood, trust willget them there.
“Trust is probably one ofthemost important words indeveloping team chemistry,”Harwood said. “You can’t tellthem, ‘Hey Joe, trust Brian.’You’ve got to earn that andthat’s something, as a team,we don’t always get. But thisyear, I think our trust has
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Quince Orchard High School’s Sam Ling guards Magruder’s Joe Hugley during a Jan. 16 game.
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2A school Poolesville — andas it did at the county cham-pionship, Damascus won inrecord-setting fashion.
OnTuesday, Damascus setthe county’s individual cham-pions mark with seven wres-tlers fromone school winning.On Saturday, the Hornets setthe region mark with six indi-vidual champions.
“It’s just something youwork for at the beginning ofthe year,” McLauglin said ofwinning the region tourna-ment. “It’s always in the backof your mind, but you don’treally see it until you get to thetournament.”
Cory Obendorfer, whowon by forfeit, said gettingthe first seed is nice, but thebest wrestler will find a way towin at states either way. “No.1 seed, it’s nice to have but it’snot always necessary becauseto win it you got to be the bestanyways. ... It definitelymakesthe path a little easier.”
Damascus’ new recordmight have been set at seven,but in the 113 match, MikeyMaklin was penalized a pointfor what the referee deter-mined was stalling, just be-fore the final period ended.The match went into over-time, and Ngonga scored atakedown for the win as timeexpired.
“I don’t think you makethat call, one second left andhe’s defending himself,” Da-mascus coach John Fergusonsaid. The Hornets will have11 wrestlers compete for statechampionships. “We got onemore fish to fry, and theseguys are setting themselvesup in good position. So, hope-
fully we can come out strongagain next weekend, let thechips fall where they may onthat one.”
Walter Johnson, North-west, B-CC, and Woottonrounded out the top 5. Sher-wood was sixth, and Frumkinwasn’t the only home teamwrestler to win first place. At285, Charlie Siarkas earned a1-0 decision over Blair’s Mar-cus Forrester.
“I felt like I had a littledisadvantage [at the countytournament] because not ev-erybody from my team washere to support, but since we
got the hometown, everyone’shere to support and they’rewith you,” said Siarkas, whoplaced second at the countychampionship to Poolesville’sKyle Wilkins.
The other region cham-pions who didn’t win thecounty title were B-CC’s Rob-ert Bridenhagen at 195, whoavenged his lost in the countyfinals to Churchill’s JamesKalavritinos, and Whitman’sMitch Fenton, who wres-tled for the first time in twomonths.
Fenton defeated Kyle Bol-linger of Quince Orchard, who
knocked off county championBrendan Parent of Damascus.
“It’s unbelievable,” Fen-ton said of being able to comeback and compete at a highlevel so quickly. Suffering fromillness, Fenton was unable topractice until the day beforecounties, but with enoughpoints to qualify for the re-gion tournament and stillfeeling less than 100 percent,he chose not to participate inthe county tournament. “It’sone of the best feeling’s in theworld. I love it.”
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definitely gotten better fromday one to day 100.”
Hugley had never playeda minute of competitive bas-ketball before his ninth-gradeseason, but after summers oftraining and development,began to wreak havoc with his6-foot-11 wingspan, with reli-able post moves and featherytouch from outside. But withthe notoriety, came the on-
court attention, which testedHugley’s trust in the playersaround him. As talented as theColonels’ big man is, he wasn’tgoing to find his way throughdouble and triple teams. Heneeded to find his teammatesif Magruder wanted to be suc-cessful, as Harwood pointedout.
The Colonels captain hastaken heed to his coach’s sug-gestion, upping his assist totalby nearly two per game anddeveloping a synergy withsome of Magruder’s newersharpshooting pieces that
make the team a nightmare todefend.
“My passing had to get bet-ter because I know every timeI touch the ball, three guys arecoming at me,” Hugley said.
On the receiving end ofa lot of those passes are twofresh faces to the varsity pro-gram — junior Carson Gray-hill-Bland and sophomoreBrian Boehlert. Grayhill-Blandtransferred over the sum-mer from Walter Johnson andBoehlert moved up from thejunior varsity ranks over theoffseason. But the two share
more than just being new faces— they can both can get hotshooting and both have ben-efitted mightily from Hugley’sevolution.
“I’ve just seen everyone be-come smarter, including Joe,”Grayhill-Bland, who has 44made 3-point field goals on theseason, said. “... He’s definitelylooking to pass more.”
Boehlert, a 6-foot-5 for-ward with range, was mostlyrelegated to long distanceshooting at the start of the sea-son. But the evolution of theColonels’ center and the team
as a whole has allowed the ver-satile sophomore to showcasemore of his talents.
“My role at the beginningwas to be more of a shooterand take open shots when Ihave it and rebound,” Boehlertsaid. “... It’s changed. When Iget open lanes, I can attackmore ... We’ve just come moretogether. At the beginning ofthe season, people were takingit 1-on-1. Now we’ve got ballmovement and chemistry andeveryone is contributing a lotmore.”
Ultimately, the growth of
this year’s team traces back totrust. And as the Colonels rollshorthanded into the playoffs,it’s been the play of their cap-tain that’s been a microcosmof the team’s development.
“[Joe’s] willing to makethat extra pass,” Harwoodsaid. “In the beginning of theyear, sometimes he did, some-times he didn’t. [That] is whatwe’ve tried to pride ourselveson in Magruder basketball forthe last 25 years—making thatextra pass.”
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with him,” said Churchill coachRayMcKenzie, who had coachedPettey before and is close withthe family. “They jumped out onus 3-0 in the first couple periods.We scored two [goals] late ... buteveryone justwanted toget itoverwith.”
Outside of that game,Churchill’s record is flawless with20 wins, including victories overMid-Atlantic PrepHockeyLeagueteams DeMatha, Landon andGeorgetownPrep, amongothers.
The captain of this talentedgroup of players was senior RossAllen, who, along with Justin Va-gonisplayed leader,Ardensaid.
“They stepped inand they ledthe team. Iwas just there to screwaround,”Ardensaid.
“We really have good teamchemistry from practicing andworking hard,” Allen said. “Every-onehasplayeda two-waygame.”
The Churchill geographicalregion is littered with some ofthe state’s top hockey talent, so ateam such as the one they put onthe ice this season isn’t necessar-ily carefully constructed— ratheritcomestogetherby luck,McKen-zie said.
“We’re no better than anyother school. We just have morekids that are good hockey play-ers,” McKenzie said. “You rarelygetateamthathasgreatgoaltend-ing,five really solid [defensemen],three lines you can run with, andthen great students. Our GPA thisyear was, I think, 3.7 combined, Ithink. So,nohiccups this year.”
Once assembled, getting thattalent to perform up to the levelthey did all year required hardwork and dedication. McKenziesaid they might’ve only missed acouple practices this year — re-lentless practices he admitted —and those tookplaceat 5:30a.m.
“I think we deserved it,” ju-nior goaltender Markus Hurdsaidofwinning the state title. “Weworked all season, getting up 4:30in themorning,practicing.”
“It’s really rough. Especiallywhen our coach kicks our ass,”Allen said. “At the same time weall love hockey somuch,we don’tmind it.”
It also took the right blend ofpersonalitiestomesh.SophomoreAndrew Kurapov for example,in his first season of high schoolhockey, led a teamwith plenty ofcapable scorers, in scoring. Smallin stature, but crafty on the ice,Kurapov said he just worked hardto earn the respect of his team-mates.
“I just domy thing. I justworkas hard as I can in practice, ev-ery shift, try to score goals for theteam,” Kurapov said. He char-acterized this team as, “crazy.They’re outgoing... It’s fun beingwith them. I like it.”
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Churchill High School’s Ross Allenholds the trophy after defeatingMarriotts Ridge 10-0 Friday in theMSHL 2A title game.
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Whitman High School’s Mitch Fenton won the 145-pound 4A/3A West Region tournament’s weight class Saturdayat Sherwood in Sandy Spring.
n Rockville surprises atthe small schools
state meet
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFFWRITER
The Rockville High Schoolswim team is not known for be-ing one of Montgomery Coun-ty’s strongest. But at Friday’sClass 3A/2A/1A state meet,which was swept by Poolesvillefor the second time in threeyears, the Rams accounted fortwo of the six total multiple in-dividual event winners.
Junior Griffin Alaniz’s winsin the 200-yard individual med-ley and 100-yard backstrokeand sophomore Alexa Stewart’svictories in the 100-yard but-terfly and 500-yard freestylebrought attention to a programthat often gets lost in the shuffleof bigger and more competi-tive programs. With their singlewins a year ago, both of Rock-ville’s stars have now won threeof their last four individual racesin state competition.
That’s what makes theClass 3A/2A/1A championshipmeet special, Poolesville coachJonny Leong and Rockvillecoach James Castonguay said.While top swimmers from everyschool do relish the opportunityto compete against the Wash-ington, D.C. area’s best atmeetslike the Washington Metropoli-tan Interscholastic Swimmingand Diving Championships,held earlier this month, Alanizand Stewart said, Friday was arareopportunity for thecounty’ssmaller programs to compete asoverall teams on a more levelplaying field.
“Rockville is a small school,we’re in themiddleof thecountybut we don’t have many kids,”Castonguay said. “When we goto Metros there are the privateschools and the big 4A schools,[the smaller schools] pull from asmaller pool of kids. It’s nice tosee what [the kids] can do whenwe’re against equivalent pro-grams.”
Poolesville, which techni-cally has the county’s second-lowest enrollment but is in aunique position since its mag-
net program can draw studentsfrom all over, dominated Fri-day’s competition. The Falconboys clinched their fourth con-secutive state title with a 317.5-181 advantage over Damascus,the county’s smallest school perenrollment numbers. HarfordCounty’s C. Milton Wright fin-ished third with 164 points andSeneca Valley (138 points) andRockville (129) claimed fourthand fifth. Poolesville remainsundefeated in county compe-tition — Montgomery Countyschools onlybeganparticipatingin the statemeet in 2012.
Poolesville’s girls, who se-nior Lindsay Knapp, a winner inthe 50-yard freestyle Friday, saidhad been eyeing Friday’s cham-pionship since coming up justshort a year ago, won 386-181over Talbot County’s Easton. Itwas the Falcons’ second title inthree years and therefore alsothe program’s second sweep inthat time. Frederick County’sUrbanafinished third in thegirlscompetitionwith163points andC. Milton Wright and Worces-ter County’s Stephen Decaturrounded out the top 5.
Other Montgomery Countyteams to finish in the top 10were the Damascus girls (sev-enth) and Seneca Valley girls(10th).
“The great thing with thisboys team is we just have a re-ally great, talented and deepteam and we’re able to use theirstrengths and we’ve just kindof been on a roll,” Leong said.“With the girls, we talked aboutwhat eventshurt us last year andwehad a couple freshmen comein and help us in those events.”
The Falcon boys and girlstook two completely differentpaths to Friday’s titles. Whilethe girls won eight of 11 races,including all three relays, whichare worth more points, Pooles-ville’s boysonlywon two—bothrelays. Many of the Falcon girls,Leong said, finished above theirprojected seedings.
Senior Dorit Song and (100freestyle, 200 freestyle) andfreshmanKatarina Lechner (200individual medley, 100 back-stroke) won two events apiecefor the Falcons. Friday markedSong’s fourth consecutive 100freestyle state title.
Damascus junior RyanO’LearywasMontgomery’s onlyother individual winner Friday,successfully defending his 2014title in the 100 breaststroke.
“The cool thing about hav-ing all the small schools to-gether is youdon’t have to goupagainst [theprograms] that havea lotmore students thanwedo,”
Leong said. “After last year’smeet when [the girls] had it wellwithin their grasp and let it slipaway, I know the group of se-
niors it’s been their resolve fromday one the focus on having afantastic season to get everyonefired up [to go for the title].”
For complete meet resultscheck pvswim.org.
Poolesville boys, girls sweep state swimming championships, again
ScottMathiasClarksburg
Winning thestate titlerequires alotmorethan onestellar athlete. Led small butmighty squad to school’sfirst-ever girls state title.
NorthwestDavino Frazer, juniorJosh Netterville, sophomoreAndrew Daniels, juniorJalen Walker, senior
The state champion relayteam’s top time (1:31.63)was county’s fastest, state’sfifth-best.
Paint BranchOliver Lloyd, seniorHafis Adegun, juniorLorenzo Neil, seniorTaiwo Adekoya, senior
Region and state championowned county’s top time(3:30.29) and rankedNo. 13in the state.
Paint BranchTaiwo Adekoya, seniorLorenzo Neil, seniorRyun Anderson, seniorOliver Lloyd, senior
The county and state cham-pions recorded the top timeinMaryland (8:00.27), top 30nationally.
ChrisSpiessClarksburgJunior,pole vault
County’sbest (12-6)was goodfor thirdat statechampion-ship, alsowon regionmeet.
NoahVernickQ. OrchardSenior,shot put
Finishedfirst seventimes,includingsweep ofchampi-onshipseason andrecordedstate’s sec-ond-bestthrow.
JalenWalkerNorthwestSenior,55
His toptime (6.46)rankedsecond inthe county,sixth instate;finishedfourth atseason-endingmeet.
JaronWoodyardWoottonJunior,300
Statechampionownedcounty’stop time(35.14) inthis eventand the 55dash.
ShyheimWrightNorthwestJunior,hurdles
Versatilehurdler/sprinter/jumperpostedcountry’sthird-besttime (7.27)en route tostate title.
TaiwoAdekoyaP. BranchSenior,500
County’ssecond-fastest time(1:07.24);finishedsecondat countyand regionmeets, fifthin state.
AaronBeidlemanNorthwestSenior,high jump
County’stop jump(6-3)ranked fifthinMary-land, wonthe countyand statechampion-ships.
DorionJonesQ. OrchardSenior,triple jump
Had state’ssixth-bestjump(44-10) inseventh-place finishat VirginaTech; woncountytitle.
AmirKhaghaniWhitmanSenior,3200
Woncounty,regionmeets, fin-ished thirdat states;owned thecounty’stop time(9:25.83).
OliverLloydP. BranchSenior,800
Postedcounty’ssecond-top time(1:57.43)andwasrunner-upin county,region,statemeets.
JoshNettervilleNorthwestSoph.,long jump
Had state’stop jump(22-2) andfinishedtop 3 inall butonemeet,includingfourmeetwins.
RobertYoungbloodNorthwest
He had thestate’smosttalentedandwell-rounded
squad. But his devotion topushing his athletes outsidetheir comfort zones is amainreasonwhy they win.
BullisKyla Lewis, seniorAlexis Postell, sophomoreArianna Richards, freshmanMasai Russell, freshman
Season’s top time (1:40.67)ranks eighth in the country;won private school champi-onship by two-plus seconds.
BullisKyla Lewis, seniorAlexis Postell, sophomoreLindsay Lewis, sophomoreMasai Russell, freshman
Maryland-best 3:52.21 iscountry’s 11th-fastest; wonprivate school championshipinmeet-record fashion.
WhitmanLela Walter, seniorErin O’Connor, juniorLena Feldman, sophomoreClare Severe, senior
The 4AWest Region andstate champions owned thestate’s top time (9:37.80) by4.31 seconds.
KylaLewisBullisSenior,55
Postedcounty-best 7.15in privateschoolchampi-onshipwin (meetrecord),rankedsecond instate.
NoraMcUmberB-CCSenior,3200
She had thecounty’stop timebymorethan nineseconds(11:03.93)andwasgood forstate title infirst indoorseason.
RachelPocratskyG. CounselSenior,500
VirginiaTechrecruitowned thestate’s fifth-best time(1:15.93)andwonthe stateprivateschoolmeet.
MarthaSamBlakeSenior,300
After beingthe runner-up at thecountymeet, shewon herregion andstate titles,posting astate-besttime of39.28.
ClareSevereWhitmanSenior,800
Virtuallyunbeat-able in thisevent thepast twoyears, shedefendedher statetitle withMaryland-best2:15.30.
JustinaAbabioClarksburgJunior, shotput
Countyand regionwinnerled countythrow-ers witha 35-.075;finishedfifth at statemeet.
Lisa-AnneBarrowH.-ArmsSenior,long jump
DivisionI recruitpostedcounty’stop jump(18-7) inwin atBishopLoughlinGames.
Mia DelBorrelloDamascusSenior,pole vault
Regionwinner’scounty-best per-formance(10-06.00)was goodfor fourthplace atstatemeet.
LeondraCorreiaNorthwestJunior,55 hurdles
One ofcounty’sbest jump-ers, sheownedcounty’sthird-besttime (8.42),was key inpostseason.
TyatiannaJohnsonSenecaSenior,triple jump
County’ssecond-best jump(36-11)rankedsixth instate; fin-ished in top2 of all butonemeet.
KiernanKellerW. JohnsonSenior,1,600
Recordedthe state’sbest time(5:01.47)in statetitle run;also wonthe countyand regionmeets.
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Alexus PylesClarksburgJunior, high jump
This is a rare versatility. Pyles was county championin the high jump, hurdles and triple jump, postingstate-bestmarks in the first two and second-best inthe third. The hurdles state championwas runner-up in high jump at season-endingmeet.
Diego ZarateNorthwest
Senior, 1600
Pardon the cliché but this Virginia Tech recruit’sheart is unrivaled. The state’s second-fastest in thisevent (4:20.09), he swept championship season inboth the 1,600 and 800 in leading the Jaguars totheir Class 4A state title defense.
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n Traditional bocksgive way to family ofspecialized beers
Just as music has its famousBach family spanning many gen-erations, the beer world has itsown illustrious family of bocks.
The grandfather of the fam-ily, traditional bock, gave birth tomai (May) bock, doppel (double)bock, and eis (ice) bock. Otheroffspring include weizenbock,winterbock and dunkle (dark)bock. Traditional bock beersusually first appear in Marcheach year. Doublebocks arereleased around Easter whilemaibocks follow on May 1, oftenwith festive celebrations.
First produced in the late14th century in the town of Ein-beck, these strong beers werecopied by the breweries in Mu-nich in the early 17th century,modifying the barley/wheatgrain bill to an all barley beer.The Bavarian dialect name forthe Einbeck beer evolved intothe word beck and then to bock.
Bock beer does not comefrom the bottom of the ferment-ing vessel as the old tale is told,but is a separate, full bodied,type of lager beer. Since bockalso means goat in both Germanand Dutch, the goat is often dis-played on bock labels. It is saidthat a good bock has the kick ofa goat.
Traditional bocks are lightcopper to brown in color with
a complex maltiness, and oftensome toasty or caramel flavors.They may have slight hop bitter-ness, but malt is the dominantflavor.
Mediumto full-bodied, thesestrong, smooth, malty lagershave alcohol by volumes (ABV)of 6.3 to 7.2 percent. Some win-ter bocks have added spicinessor alcohol. Most bocks are bot-tom fermented lagers but some,most prominently weizenbocks,are top fermented ales.
Maibocks, also called helles(bright) bock to distinguish themfrom the darker winter bocks, areclear and deep gold to subduedamber in hue. Maibocks have acrisp malty flavor, possibly a lowspicy or peppery quality, a mod-erate hop (more apparent thanthe other bocks) and dry finish.Maibocks have 6.3 to 7.4 percentABVs.
All doublebocks stem fromthe original of the style calledSalvator and known as “liquidbread.” It was developed bymonks for consumption duringtheir 40 day Lenten fast preced-ing Easter and the four weekAdvent fast prior to Christmas.Doublebocks are dark gold todark brown, full-bodied withcomplex, deep malty sweet-ness and aroma, and often with
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n Touring companywill also conduct workshop
BY KIRSTY GROFF
STAFF WRITER
Communitymembersplanningoncom-ing to theUprightCitizensBrigade’s comedyshows at BlackRock Center for the Arts thisweekendshouldhaveno ideawhat toexpectduring the night — because the performersdon’t, either.
UCB focuses on improvisational com-edy, showcased in the touring company’stwo performances along with an improvworkshop.
Unlike scripted comedy, improv is ac-tions made up on the spot, typically througha prompt of some kind. The UCB TouringCompany uses an interview with an audi-ence member at the beginning of the showto create ideas from which to start scenes.
Company member Mike Kelton, whohas officially been with the group for abouteightmonths,didn’toriginallyplanonfocus-ing on improv; much like the comedy genre,his involvement began on the fly based on asituationhe foundhimself in: losingaspot inanactingclasshisagentaskedhimtopartici-pate in.
“I wasn’t one of those improv-heads be-fore I started,” he said. “I had heard of UCBbefore and knew I always wanted to try, soI thought I would just quickly sign up for aclass there so he wouldn’t drop me as a cli-ent. I felt guilty for not being in the otherclass, and then literally fell in love with it.”
It was during his classes in 2011 that hegot the chance to see his first true improvshow — that experience hooked him, even ifit made it hard to go back to class and try toevenget througha simple sceneconfidently.
“I remember watching people on stagehaving the best time of their life,” he said,“and I was like, I want in on *that*. Whatever
*that* is, I want to make magic like that.”Kelton’s been making that magic for
almost four years now, working his waythroughUCB’s class curriculum in twoyearsand participating in shows and workshops.He says he became obsessed with the com-edy form, working it into his schedule likesome fitness buffs make time for CrossFitand SoulCycle (“My body deteriorated, butmy mind and heart were just flourishing”).
Through it all, he has been constantly
both instructingand learning,asaremanyofhis company members.
“We’re all each other’s teacher,” he said.“While there are rules to comedy, you canlearn from any comedian — you can pickup a trick, some of their style and embodythem. No one is naturally a great improviser,it takes a million scenes and shows to evenfeel comfortable making things up.”
Making it up as they go
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Some members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company will come to BlackRock Center forthe Performing Arts for improvisational comedy shows and a workshop for adults.
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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 Av-enue and SouthDrive, Bethesda,240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.
Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays,8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, GlenEcho Park’s Spanish BallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.
Contra, March 6, JackMitchellcalls to Sugar Beat with Elke Bakeron fiddle,Marc Glickman on pianoand bodhran and Susan Brandt onflute, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynight-dance.org.
English Country, March 4, TomSpilsbury and Laura Schultz call-ers, 8 p.m., Glen Echo TownHall(upstairs), fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, March 14,Natty Beaux, $18, $12, 17 andyounger. Glen Echo Park SpanishBallroom, flyingfeet.org.
Waltz, March 15, Valse Impres-sions with Edith Coakley Stowe(fiddle), Carrie Rose (flute), LizDonaldson (piano), Ralph Gordon(bass); waltztimedances.org.
Ring of Kerry Irish Danceclass, groupmeets on Tuesday’suntil lateMay at RidgeviewMiddleSchool. Beginning class starts at 7p.m., followed by the experiencedclass at 8:05 p.m. The cost is $50.Ceili and set dances are per-formed, and no partner is requiredfor the lessons. For information,email Jean at [email protected] or visit ringofkerrydancers.org. Dancersmust be at least8 years old to senior. Anyoneyounger than 16must be accom-panied by an adult.
MUSICArts Barn, 311 Kent Square
Road, 301-258-6394.Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper
Club, Rare Earth,March 4; SoulcialHour Band,March 5; BernardEbb Songwriting Awards,March6;MidgeUre plusMargotMac-donald,March 8; Hernan Romero,March 11; NewRiders of the PurpleSage,March 15; TheDrifters,March 18;Maggie Rose,March 20&March 21;Whiplash: Hank LevyLegacy Band,March 22; call forprices, times, 7719Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-abluesjazz.com.
BlackRock Center for the Arts,
Upright Citizens Brigade,March 6;Upright Citizens Brigade,March7; Still Dreaming,March 8; SwingDance Party,March 13; Lunasa,March 14; 12901 TownCommonsDrive, Germantown. 301-528-2260,blackrockcenter.org.
Hershey’s At The Grove, MartyTucker Band,March 6; John ZahnBand,March 7; Colliders,March13; Dangerous Curves,March14; Sookey Jump,March 20; SoulGravity,March 21; TomBlood LateasUsual,March 27; The Crossing,March 28; call for times, 17030Oakmont Ave., Gaithersburg. 301-948-9893; hersheysatthegrove.com.
Fillmore Silver Spring, KalinandMyles,March 13; AndyGram-mer and Alex & Sierra,March 14;Young Thugs & Travis Scott,March15; St. Patrick’s DayHappyHour,March 17; Leo Jimenez,March 19;Girard Street Garvey,March 20;Da Big Fella w/ Pinky KillaKorn,MainGirl, Ethan Spalding,March27;Mat Kearney,March 28; 8656Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fill-moresilverspring.com.
Strathmore, PaddyMoloney&TheChieftains,March 4; BSO:Shakespeare in Love and SimonTrpceski,March 7; Jessica Krash,March 8; YAA&MCYO:West SideStory and Romeo et Juliette,March8; AIR:MarkMeadows,March 11;Steven Lin,March 12; BSO:Mo-zart’s GreatMass,March 12; An-dras Schiff,March 15; CaladhNua,March 16; CarlosNunez,March17; call for venue, times. Locations:Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike,North Bethesda;Music Centerat Strathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGEArts Barn, “WillyWonka Jr.”
March 14 throughMarch 29, $20;311 Kent Square Road, 301-258-6394
Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Pe-tite Rouge—ACajun Red RidingHood,” throughMarch 8, call forprices, times, Adventure TheatreMTC, 7300MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho, 301-634-2270, adventurethe-atre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “Wiley andtheHairyMan,” throughMarch 15,call for prices, times, ImaginationStage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda,imaginationstage.org.
Highwood Theatre, “The Im-portance of Being Earnest,”March20-March 22; “August: OsageCounty,”March 27-March 29; 914Silver Spring Ave., thehighwood-theatre.org, 301-587-0697.
Olney Theatre Center,“Godspell,” throughMarch 15;“Grounded,” throughMarch 22,call for prices, times, 2001Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “Aladdin andHisWonderful Lamp,” throughMarch 15; Tiny Tots@ 10, selectWednesdays, Saturdays andSundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, GlenEcho Park’s North Arcade Building,7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.
Rockville Musical Theatre,“Next to Normal,” April 10 through26, Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 Ed-monstonDrive, Rockville, 240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.
Round House Theatre, “Chat-room,”March 13 throughMarch16, “Uncle Vanya,” April 8 throughMay 3, call for show times, 4545East-West Highway, Bethesda.Tickets range in price from$10 to$45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.
Silver Spring Stage, “33 Varia-tions,” throughMarch 21,Wood-moor Shopping Center, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.
Randolph Road Theater, 4010Randolph Road, Silver Spring, bel-cantanti.com,
Cafe Muse, FriendshipHeightsVillage Center, 4433 South ParkAve., Chevy Chase; 301-656-2797.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, Randeall
Lear,March 12 through April 12,3766Howard Ave., Kensington,301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com
Glenview Mansion, RockvilleCivic Center Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries, EarthlyDelights: TheDeborah BriskerBurk Exhibit, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Monday through Saturday, noonto 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022WisconsinAve., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160ViersMill Road,Wheaton,mont-gomeryart.org.
VisArts, Nicole Lenzi: ShadowEchoes, throughMarch 22; JoelD’Orazio: 1992 Forward,March 11through April 12; ShannonCollis,March 11 through April 12; JefferyCooper,March 27 through April26; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155GibbsSt., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visart-satrockville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center,second floor, 8230Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, washingtonprint-makers.com.
Kentlands Mansion, Artworkof the Art League of Germantown,throughMarch 27, 320 KentSquare Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.
Arts Barn, Howard Cohen –Seventy Years an Artist, throughMarch 8, 311 Kent Square Road,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394
Rough Around the Edges:Inspirations in Paper by RonniJolles, throughMarch 15; recep-tion 2 to 4 p.m.March 8; GoldmanArt Gallery, 6125Montrose Road,Rockville. 301-348-3770; jccgw.org.Openwhen JCCGW is open; freeadmission.
Gallery B, 7700Wisconsin Ave.,Suite E, Bethesda, bethesda.org.
ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508
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IN THE ARTS
intricate chocolate anddarkfruit flavors. Little or nohopsare evident in these very strong,rich lagerwithABVsof 7 to 14percent.Doublebocks are agedformuch longer than regular la-gers to develop thepronouncedsmoothness,mellowness andhigher alcohol content.Manydoppelbocks havenames end-ing in “-ator,” as a tribute to theoriginal Salvator nowmadebythePaulaner brewery.
Tomake amore robust beer,Bavarianbrewers froze abock,removed the ice and createdamore concentrated versioncalled eisbock. Legendhas itthat thiswas an accident.Nowsimilar beers are breweddirectly.Eisbocks are deep copper to darkbrown in colorwith rich, sweetmalt and sometimes caramel or
chocolate flavors, balancedwithsignificant alcohol and somedryness. Theremaybe somedark fruit tastes and the alcohol(9 to 14percent ABV) is smooth,not harsh, providing a clean la-ger taste.
Troegenator (8.2percentalcoholbyvolume,ABV) isbrewedby theTroegsBrewery inHershey, Pa. It has a very sweetnosewith ahint of caramel.Quite smooth, themoderatesweetmalt front continues intothemiddle. Thefinish adds lightfloral hopswhich slightly bal-ance themalt and segue in theaftertastewhere themalt fadesand thehops andmalt are inbalancewith an addedhint ofcherry. Thehigh alcohol levelis incrediblywell hidden in thisdangerous beer.Ratings: 8/8.
AventinusEisbock (12percentABV) ismadebyG.Schneider andSohn inKelheim,Germany. TheAventinushas
an aromaof alcohol anddarkfruit tending toplum.The lightplumand sweetmalt front leadsto amiddlewhere the sweet-ness increases tomediumwitha touchof alcohol present. Thesweetness ebbs in thefinish asthemalt brings in a toffee char-acter. The alcohol reappears andcomes to the forefront in thequite dry aftertaste. The alcoholwill blend into thebeerwithsomeaging.Ratings: 8.5/8.
PikantusWeizen-Bock (7.3percentABV) is brewed inErd-ing,Germany, by theErdingerBrewery. Pikantus has abouquetof sweetmalt, cherry, chocolateand roast. Thequite light sweetfront from the large volumeofwheatmalt in thebrewpresagesa similarmiddle. Thefinish addsa slight roastwhich continuesin the aftertastewhichhas a lin-gering sweetmalt and ahint offloral hops.Ratings: 8/8.
BEERContinued from Page B-4
There are some key elementsof successful improvisation thatare important for both newcom-ers and seasoned vets to keep inmind, such as never saying “no”to someone’s idea and activelylistening to others on stage in ascene. Kelton will help impartsome of these lessons on inter-ested attendees at the comedyworkshoponSaturday.
One of the more importantaspects to Kelton is to not entera scene with any expectations orconcrete ideas — looseness andflexibility is crucial.
“The best improvisers areusually kind of amess in real life,because they’re oblivious andhavenomotives,”hesaid. “That’sthe best way to react naturally in
themoment.”That element of surprise, the
unexpected, is what levels theplayingfieldbetweenperformersrelatively new to improvisationand others who have been inter-ested their entire lives. No oneknowswhat toexpect,andKeltonsays members of the companyregularly laugh on-stage duringperformances because the hu-mor in the scenes is genuine andunanticipated.
Kelton does take on some
scripted gigs, such as pop culturecommentary on VH1; however,for him it doesn’t compare quiteto the feelingof gettingawaywithsomethingasagrownuponstageplayingpretend.
“My biggest thing is that I al-ways have fun,” he said. “You’reanadultmaking stuff upon stage— if you’re not having a blast,you’re an [idiot].”
IMPROVContinued from Page B-4
UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE TOURING COMPANYn When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; workshop at 3 p.m. Saturday
n Where: BlackRock Center for the Performing Arts, 12901 TownCommons Drive, Germantown
n Tickets: $20 for show, $50 for workshop
n More information: BlackRockCenter.org; 301-528-2260
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TheMarin-Price Galleries inChevy Chase is set to unveil itslatest exhibit, “Earthly Delights,”by Potomac artist DeborahBrisker Burk.The exhibit will run from Sat-
urday through to March 27, withan opening reception set for 5:30p.m. on Saturday.Burk describes her first solo
show as her capturing of the col-ors of the American landscape
— the mountains, valleys andbeaches — in line and shape. Atthe centerpiece of these works isher quest to mix representationwith abstraction.Burk loves color, but also tex-
ture and form. Each work is verymuch alive and fresh.She has been painting since
childhood and has worked in arange of media, including sculp-ture, printmaking, painting, and
drawing.She’s has been featured in
numerous galleries, collectionsand exhibitions in the U.S., Israel,Canada, Russia, Egypt, and India.Burk earned her undergradu-
ate and graduate degrees in artfromGeorge Washington Univer-
sity. For many years, she taughtart at St.Andrew’s in Bethesda,and privately in her studio.
Picturesque view of the world “Firmscapes IV,City Illusion,” willbe on displaystarting Saturdayat the Marin-PriceGalleries as partof an exhibitfeaturing theworks of DeborahBrisker Burk.DEBORAH BRISKER BURK
Olney Theatre Center has extended the run of “God-spell,” until March 15.Steven Schwartz’smusical, an updated take on Jesus’
parables with amessage almost anyone could get be-hind.Much like
“Childrenof Eden,”Schwartz’sother Bible-inspiredmusi-cal, “Godspell”is less aboutreligion andmore aboutthe goodnessof humanityand the im-portance oftaking care ofone another.Thismessageis conveyed through songs representing each of Jesus’lessons in the Bible.The genders of the “Godspell” roles traditionally
aren’t playedwithmuch, and Schwartz hasmentionedbefore that he feels theaters would have to be careful ifcasting a woman as Judas. However, the roles of John theBaptist/Judas in OTC’s version of the show are played byRachel Zampelli, which provides a very interesting takeon the tale.Tickets for the show are $38-$75. Formore informa-
tion, visit olneytheatre.org or call 301-924-3400.
Continuing the love
PHOTO BY NICHOLAS GRINER
Jason King Jones, center, directs JordanCoughtry as Jesus and Rachel Zampelli asJohn the Baptist/Judas in the Olney TheatreCenter production of “Godspell.”
Arts on the Green continues itsSinger Songwriter Series, pairingworkshops with performances, asit welcomes Jon Langford.On Saturday, Langfordwill lead
a workshop at 3 p.m., then performa concert at7:30 p.m., bothat the ArtsBarn at 311Kent SquareRoad in Gaith-ersburg.Best
known for hiswork in theTheMekonsand theWaco Brothers, Langfordhas been a leading pioneer in theassimilation of folk/countrymusicinto punk rock since the genre’sfirst evolutionmore than 30 yearsago. Langford will perform a soloacoustic concert in the intimate,99-seat Arts Barn, with his songchoices reflecting his eclectic takeon Americana, folk and countrymore than straight up punk rock.The afternoonworkshopat-
tendees have the opportunity to getto know the artist andhis process aswell as theperformer andhis com-pletedworks. Theworkshopprom-ises to be amemorable chance formusic students to exercise creativemuscles andhear Langford’s profes-sional perspective.A Renaissanceman, theWelsh-
born Langford is acclaimed as bothamusician and a visual artist and ispresently based in Chicago. Recentaccolades include having his song“What Did YouDo in theWar?”named one of SpinMagazine’stop-40 country songs for 2014.Tickets are $45, for the work-
shop and concert and $25 for theconcert only. Formore informa-tion, visit gaithersburgmd.gov orcall 301-258-6394.
Just a bit ofAmericana
GrammyAward-winning flamencoguitarist Hernan Romero is set to per-form at the Bethesda Blues and JazzSupper Club at 7 p.m.March 11.Recognized as one of the world’s
foremost flamenco guitarists, Romero’smusic is both sophisticated and acces-sible, spicedwith the exotic traditionsthat infuse flamenco-gypsy,MiddleEastern andMediterranean folk inter-wovenwith textures of classical, jazzand Latin rhythms.Inspired by themusic of his family,
Romero became part of their perform-ing ensemble by the age of 4. Romero’smother, popular International singerEstela Raval, contributed to this bysurrounding young Romerowith thebest ofmusical environments. Romerobecame strongly influenced by theflamenco style when his familymovedto Cadiz in Andalusia, Spain; receivingclassical guitar training fromRobertoLara, one of Andres Segovia’s disciples.Tickets are $15 and can be ordered
online or purchased at the door. Formore information, visit bethesdablues-jazz.com or call 240-330-4500.
The powerof flamenco
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Hernan Romero will be performing at the Bethesda Blues and JazzSupper Club on March 11.
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2009 Honda Accord EX-L.....V035244A, Gold, 58,695 Miles..................$14,572
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2012 GTI.................................V051211A, Gray,50,358 Miles...............$16,599
2014 Nissan Altima..............PR0125, Grey, 25,866 Miles..................$17,490
2012 Kia Sportage LX..........VP0121,Silver,12,277 Miles.....................$17,794
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2012 CC Lux Plus.................V811951A, Beige, 26,600 Miles............$19,891
2014 Passat...........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles................$19,997
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