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SPORTS: First they notice how tallWatkins Mill senior is; then theynotice his soccer skills. B-1

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n Booths run by student groups, outsidevendors offer activities, items for sale

BY JENN DAVIS

STAFFWRITER

Gaithersburg High pride will be on full display onSaturday when the school and its Parent Teacher Stu-dent Association host the first ever Trojan Fest.

A carnival-like atmospherewill takeover the school’s

Trojan Fest marchesinto Gaithersburg

n Gaithersburg department hascar-mounted equipment;

body-worn cameras considered

BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

After years of delay, the Montgom-ery County Police Department has in-stalled video cameras in nearly half ofits patrol car fleet and is eyeing puttingcameras on the uniforms of its officers.

The department has cameras in 450of its 913 marked patrol vehicles, and isonly adding cameras to newly acquiredvehicles. Budget permitting, the depart-ment plans to add 150 more camera-

equipped patrol cars this fiscal year andhave cameras in the entire fleet withinthree years, according to the depart-ment’s press office.

County officials agreed to put cam-eras in police cars as part of a 2000 set-tlement that followed the death of anunarmed man fatally shot by a countypolice officer in 1999. Objections fromthe county’s police union — which ar-gued that cameras might violate statewiretapping law — kept the project onhold until 2009.

Detective Torrie Cooke, president ofFraternalOrderofPoliceLodge35,wrotein an email that video cameras in police

Nearly half of county police cars now have cameras

Powering uprobots, keepinggerms down

Mobile lab visits Watkins Mill High

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Freshman Jules Racho (center) and sophomore Harrison Deist (top) work on a problem inMdBioLab, which visited Watkins Mill High School on Oct. 22.

Science on wheels

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Takoma Park police display a camera that can be mounted onglasses and clipped to clothing.

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Harold Jones, director of housekeeping at Asbury Method-ist Village in Gaithersburg, sets up the Xenex PX-UV robot,named Margret, which kills germs using intense flashes ofUV-C light.

See TROJAN FEST, Page A-11 See CAMERAS, Page A-11

n Speeches focused on economic development,education, affordable housing

BY JENN DAVISSTAFFWRITER

The five candidates in the running for the antici-pated vacant seat on the Gaithersburg City Counciladdressed the governing body and the public Mondayevening to share their priorities and vision for the city.

Jarrod Borkat, Neil H. Harris, Yvette D. Monroe,Joshua Schuman and Robert T.Wu each took to the po-dium for threeminutes to explain their strategy for howtheywould improve andadvance the city should theybechosen to fill the seat.

Councilman Jud Ashman’s recent appointment tothe mayoral post to take over for Mayor Sidney Katzas he heads for a position on the Montgomery CountyCouncil has created an open spot on the City Council.

Borkat was the first speaker and he led of his speechwith a clear objective inmind.

“By 2020,Gaithersburgwill be internationally recog-nized as being one of the top 10 best small cities in theU.S. to live in,” he said.

Focusing on economic development in areas suchas Olde Towne, Watkins Mill and Kentlands would bekey to reaching this goal, Borkat said. He pointed to the1776 accelerator in Washington, D.C. as an example ofsomething the city could consider creating.

Celebrating diversity is also important, Borkat said.He suggested that the council partnerwith theMulticul-tural Affairs Committee to hold an annual event honor-ing all of the culturally diverse groups in the city. Borkatoffered to give $5,000 of his own money to help get theevent off the ground.

Schuman, an AP government teacher at Quince Or-chardHighand formermemberof the city’s EducationalEnrichment Committee, highlighted several education-oriented priorities in his speech.

“Iwant tomakeour townaplacewheremy studentswho come from struggling families can finish their edu-cation and start a career and prosper with families oftheir own,” Schuman said.

To that end, Schuman said he would like to see thecity increase its support of parent outreach at schoolsand begin offering free onsite English lessons in localneighborhoods. He said he’s also in favor of expandingthe BankOnGaithersburg program to include funds forcollege or vocational school.

Aside from education, Schuman also suggestedthe city consider hosting its own restaurant week andcreating Taste of Gaithersburg to showcase great local

Gaithersburgcandidatesoffer views forimproving city

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n Machine purchased by Sodexo usesultraviolet light to disinfect in Gaithersburg

BY JENN DAVIS

STAFFWRITER

With flu season underway and the potential forinfection outbreak always present, AsburyMethod-ist Village doesn’t want to take any chances when itcomes to germs.

That’s why the Gaithersburg retirement com-munity is taking advantage of the Xenex Pulsed Xe-nonUltraviolet robot, amachine that kills germs inamatter ofminutes by producing flashes of ultravi-olet-C (UVC) light.

“Margret,” as the robot is named, was pur-chased about two months ago by Sodexo, whichprovides housekeeping and facility services to theAsbury Communities Inc. system. Sodexo, whichhas its U.S. headquarters in Gaithersburg, is an ex-clusive partner with Xenex, according to BobWisel,the district manager of environmental services atSodexo.

See ROBOTS, Page A-11

BY JENN DAVIS

STAFFWRITER

Watkins Mill High School studentswere hard at work in a forensics lab onOct. 22, testing samples from a crimescene to see if they contained blood.

The students at the Gaithersburgschool conducted their “NoTraceLeft Be-hind” experiment—usingmaterials froma simulated crime scene — on board theMdBioLab, a 45-foot custom-builtmobilebioscience laboratory. It has sixteen workstations and can accommodate up to 32students during each lesson.

Operated by the Rockville-basedMdBio Foundation, the mobile lab visitsschools across Maryland for a one-weekperiod to give students the opportunity toexplore the life sciences through fascinat-ing, engaging activities.

Since arriving atWatkinsMill High onOct. 17, the labhosted full-day instructiononOct. 21-23, as well as a half day onOct.24. Classes rotated throughout the day,giving many groups the chance to workin the lab.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29Keep Your Inner Light Shining When

the Sun Goes Down, 6-7 p.m., CaseyHealth Institute, 800 S Frederick Ave.,Gaithersburg. Learn natural ways tokeep spirits lifted during the longwintermonths through self-massage, energywork, dietarymodifications and changingroutines. [email protected].

Kidney Transplant Lecture, 6-7:15 p.m.,MedStarMontgomeryMedical Center,18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney. An over-view on kidney transplantation and livingkidney donation. Free. [email protected].

THURSDAY, OCT. 30Latinos in the Washington Metro Area,

6:30-8:30 p.m., Gaithersburg Library, 18330Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg.A presentation by authors highlights thediverse roots and rich culture of Latinosin the area. The talkwill be in EnglishwithSpanish translation. Free. 240-777-4959.

FRIDAY, OCT. 31Otus the Owl Halloween Storytime, 10-

10:45 a.m.,Meadowside Nature Center,5100Meadowside Lane, Rockville. Readstories about owls andmeet Otus themas-cot. $3. Register at www.parkpass.org.

Green Halloween Costume Party, 1-3p.m., Black Hill Visitor Center, 20926 LakeRidge Drive, Boyds.Make aHalloweencostume from reused or recyclablemateri-als and come to a party. Prizes for the bestcostumes and use of reused or recycledmaterials. $2. 301-528-3492.

Trunk-or-Treat, 6-8 p.m., Church ofChrist atManorWoods, 5300NorbeckRoad, Rockville. Collect treats from specialdecorated trunks, play games,make craftsand keepwarmwith some hot cider andpopcorn. Free. [email protected].

Movie Night: History of High School,10 p.m.-midnight, Sandy SpringMuseum,17901Bentley Road. “Rock ‘n’ Roll HighSchool.” [email protected].

SATURDAY, NOV. 1Widow Care Fall 5K Walk/Run, 8 a.m.,

Lake Needwood at Rock Creek RegionalPark, 6700Needwood Road, Derwood.JoinMontgomery County in celebratingsupport for widows andwidowers in thecommunity. [email protected].

Germantown Community Flea Market,8 a.m.-1 p.m., GermantownMARC Park-ing Lot,Md. 118 and BowmanMill Drive,Germantown.More than 100 vendorswith everything fromhousehold goods

to jewelry and electronics. Sponsored bythe GermantownHistorical Society, TheMenare Foundation and Boy Scout Troop1325. Free admission. [email protected].

Rocks Rock!, 10-11 a.m., Black HillVisitor Center, 20926 Lake Ridge Drive,Boyds. Check out the quartz, schist andother super stones while learning aboutlocal geology andmaking art. $5. Registerat www.parkpass.org.

Train Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., DamascusLibrary and Senior Center, 9701Main St.,Damascus.Model train layouts, livemusic,preschool story time about trains and food.Sponsored by the Friends of the Library,DamascusChapter. Free. 240-773-9444.

How to Succeed in Parenting, 10:30a.m., Olney Library, 3500 Olney-Laytons-ville Road, Olney. Local parenting expertRoberta Benor will instruct with creativegames she developed to help with issueslike early socialization, discipline, pre-school, self-esteem and sibling rivalry.Free. 240-773-9545.

35th Annual Swedish Bazaar, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., St. James’ Episcopal Church,11815 Seven Locks Road, Potomac. Spon-sored byDrott LodgeNo. 168, VasaOrderof America. Swedish foods and gifts, craftsandhomemade Swedish baked goods. Freeadmission. [email protected].

Emancipation Day, noon-4 p.m.,Mont-gomery County Historical Society, 111W.Montgomery Ave., Rockville. Meet 1864historic re-enactors, including AbrahamLincoln; view emancipation related arti-facts and documents; tour historic struc-tures; listen to African-American songs bytheWashington Revels Jubilee Voices; andhear family stories told by descendants ofthe county’s enslaved. Free. [email protected].

Emancipation Proclamation: 150Years Later, An Oral History Performance,2-3:30 p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. Join HarrietLynn, producer/director/dramaturge oftheHeritage Theatre Artists’ Consortium,and six dynamic area residents whowillshare their personal stories and insightson these subjects on the 150th anniversaryof theMaryland Emancipation. [email protected].

Hyattstown Mill Art Project’s 14th An-nual Halloween Open Mike and Potluck,7:30-11 p.m., Historic HyattstownMill,14920HyattstownMill Road, Hyattstown.Welcoming poets, story-tellers, singersandmusicians and good listeners. [email protected].

SUNDAY, NOV. 2Family Nature Time, 1:30-3 p.m., Black

Hill Visitor Center, 20926 Lake Ridge

Drive, Boyds. Nature-y activities that fami-lies can do together. Free. 301-528-3492.

MONDAY, NOV. 3Time For Tots: Diary of a Worm, 10-

11 a.m., Black Hill Visitor Center, 20926Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds. Enjoy a seasonalstory, then go outside to explore naturewith a park naturalist. Read about a wormwho lives with his parents, plays with hisfriends, and goes to school. Then, do some“worm” painting before heading outsideto see what worms are up to. $5. Registerat www.parkpass.org.

TUESDAY, NOV. 4Spectacular Spiders, 10-11 a.m., Black

Hill Visitor Center, 20926 Lake RidgeDrive, Boyds. Learn all about the eight-leggedwonders, make a spider spot andhead outside to hunt for spiders. $5. Regis-ter at www.parkpass.org.

Greater Olney Toastmasters Meeting,7:30 p.m.,MedStarMontgomeryMedicalCenter, 18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney,first and third Tuesdays. Improve pre-sentation and speechwriting skills whiledeveloping leadership skills. Free. [email protected].

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5Bloody Orators Toastmasters Club

Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., AmericanRedCross, JeromeH.Holland Laboratory,15601Crabbs BranchWay,Derwood.De-velop public speaking, communication andleadership skills. Free for first-time [email protected].

Medicare 2015: What You Need toKnow to Get the Best Benefits, 7-8:15 p.m.,Brooke Grove Rehabilitation andNursingCenter, 18131 Slade School Road, SandySpring. Learn about the prescription drugprogram as well as state and federal pro-grams. Free; RSVP requested byNov. [email protected].

Financial and Estate Planning: Basicsfor Parents, 7-8:30 p.m., ClearspringElementary School, 9930Moyer Road, Da-mascus. Learn about resources availableand somemust-have documents. [email protected].

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37th Annual Gaith-ersburg Railroadianaand 9th Annual ModelTrain Show, 9 a.m.-4p.m.,MontgomeryCounty Fairgrounds,

16 Chestnut St., Gaithersburg.Morethan 500 tables of railroad artifacts,andmore than 100 tables ofmodelrailroad items. $8; children under 12free. [email protected].

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Hospice group honorsFreeman

Michelle Freeman of theCarl M. Freeman Foundationin Rockville was honored Oct.18 at a gala in Potomac cel-ebrating the 25th anniversaryof Hospice Caring of Gaithers-burg.

“Our grief was turnedinto someone else’s comfort,”Freeman said during her ac-ceptance speech, remem-bering how the foundation

provided funding to HospiceCaring just before the 2006death of her husband, Josh.

“I think (Freeman is) reallya force to be reckoned with,”said Richard Kay, chairmanand CEO of Sentrillion, ac-cording to a news release. Heand Somerset Mayor JeffreySlavin presented her with alegacy award for her philan-thropic efforts.

Also, Allison Stearns, thehospice group’s executive di-rector, accepted a governor’sproclamation from TheresaTestoni, the governor’s com-missioner on service and vol-unteerism.

The following is a summary of inci-dents in the Gaithersburg area towhich Montgomery County policeresponded recently. The words“arrested” and “charged” do notimply guilt. This information wasprovided by the county.

Armed robbery• On Oct. 9 at 3:42 a.m. in

front of CVS, 19100 MontgomeryVillage Ave., MontgomeryVil-lage. The subjects threatened thevictim with a weapon and tookproperty.

• On Oct. 11 at 10:07 p.m. at201 Professional Drive, Gaithers-burg. The subject threatened thevictim with a weapon and tookproperty.

• On Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m.in the 18300 block of HallmarkCourt, Gaithersburg. The sub-jects, some of which are known tothe victim, assaulted the victimand took property.

• On Oct. 13 at 7:22 p.m. at205 Professional Drive, Gaithers-burg. The subject is known to thevictim.

Strong-Arm robbery• On Oct. 8 at 1:37 p.m. at

Global Foods, 19200 MontgomeryVillage Ave., MontgomeryVillage.The subject forcefully took prop-erty from the victim and fled.

Aggravated assault• On Oct. 9 at 6:48 p.m. in the

700 block of Quince Orchard Bou-levard, Gaithersburg. The subjectis known to the victim.

• On Oct. 10 at 8:15 p.m. inthe 1000 block ofWest Side Drive,Gaithersburg. The subject isknown to the victim.

• On Oct. 11 at 1:42 a.m. inthe 9800 block of BrookridgeCourt, Gaithersburg. The subjectis known to the victim.

• On Oct. 12 at 11:15 p.m. in

the unit block ofWater Street,Gaithersburg. The subject isknown to the victim.

• On Oct. 13 at 8:31 p.m. inthe CVS parking lot, 19100 Mont-gomeryVillage Ave., MontgomeryVillage. The subject assaulted thevictim after an incident of roadrage.

Commercial burglary• On Oct. 8 at 1:11 a.m. at

Gaithersburg Equipment Com-pany, 700 East Diamond Ave.,Gaithersburg. Forced entry, tookproperty.

• On Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. atRoberts Oxygen, 17011 RailroadStreet, Derwood. Forced entry,took property.

• On Oct. 13 at 11:24 p.m.at Gaithersburg EquipmentCompany, 700 E. Diamond Ave.,Gaithersburg. Forced entry, tookproperty.

Residential burglary• 19700 block of Greenside

Terrace, Gaithersburg, at 3:23p.m. Oct. 14. Forced entry, tooknothing.

• 200 block of De Sellum Av-enue, Gaithersburg, at 3:41 p.m.Oct. 14.

Vehicle larceny• Two incidents in Gaithers-

burg on Oct. 6. Took GPS unitsand clothing. Affected streetsinclude Pintail Lane and QuailValley Boulevard.

• Three incidents in Gaithers-burg between Oct. 6 and 14. Tookan iPod, cigarettes and pool cues.Affected streets include Board-walk Place and Deer Park Road.

• Two incidents in anMVAparking lot, 15 MetropolitanGrove Road, Gaithersburg, onOct. 8 or 9. Took vehicle parts andtools.

n Volunteer-run Lord’sTable serves disadvantaged

in the county

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER

On Thursday, the Lord’s Ta-ble Soup Kitchen, located at St.Martin Church in Gaithersburg,served ham and bean soup, tur-key casserole with cranberrysauce, and succotash. On Fri-day, they officially celebratedtheir 30th year serving meals toMontgomeryCounty’smost vul-nerable.

In 1983, director of the soupkitchen Mary Canapary movedto Laytonsville from Connecti-cut. As she was getting settled,finding a church and gettingused to the area, she learnedabout St. Martin’s plan to opena soupkitchen. Sheworked side-by-side with the church leadersto make the kitchen a reality,which at the time was “awfullycontroversial.”

“Neighbor was againstneighbor, some parentswere happy some were not,”Canapary said, explaining thatSt. Martin is not only a church,but also a school and manyresidents were worried aboutdrawing “undesirables” intoGaithersburg and, more specifi-cally, towards the children.

The city formed an allianceof merchants and officials andafter a year ofplanningandfight-ing for approval, Lord’s Tableserved its first meal on Oct. 24,1984. Since then they’ve servedover 383,464people.

The kitchen serves one meala day at 3:30 p.m. on every af-ternoon except Sunday. Thekitchen used to be open yearround, but about five years afteropeningCanaparyand the rest ofthe volunteers realized that be-tween June and September thereweren’tmanypeople coming.

“Onesummerwe realizedwehad more people in the kitchenpreparing themeal thanwewereserving it to,” Canapary said.

Sheexplainedthat thepeoplewho really needed themeal wereusually too busy working duringsummer days to come over andeat, so they began closing in June

and opening back up in Septem-ber, just in time for the wintermonths.

During the summerCanapary said that anotherchurch down the road providesthose who need food with abrownbag lunch that they canbringwith them.

“Nobody goes hungry,”Canapary said.

The soup kitchen is volun-teer-based, except for two paidemployees; the kitchen managerand a security guard.

“I used to do all of the menuplanning and food procuring.I used to do it all running thekitchen, but I didn’t like it and Iwasn’t great at it. I lovedworkingwith the people,” Canapary said.“Wemadeadeal that Iwouldstayon as a volunteer if wewould paya kitchen manager to look at thefood and create a healthy mealaccording tohealth codes.”

The kitchen manager keepstrack of all of the food donatedto the Lord’s Table through theirfood donation pantry and fromthe community in order to leteach group each day know whatingredients are available to cookwith. The Lord’s Table isn’t run

by just one group or one faith.Each day a new group of volun-teers comes in to cook and servethe meal. Canapary said thatgroups come from Potomac,Germantown, Rockville, Damas-cus and other areas surround-ing Gaithersburg, and they canbe Catholic, Jewish, Protestantor any other denomination. Thekitchen also has volunteers fromcivic organizations and commu-nity service groups.

“I’m very, very proud of thefact that we are still volunteer,”Canapary said.

Everyday, someone—often-times Canapary — is present tooffer referral services, directingthose who come in to differentgroups and organizations in thecounty basedon their needs. Thevolunteer will tell them places togo for shelter, food, health care,clothing andfinancial assistance.Canapary said that some, but notall,whocome to thekitchenhaveaddictionormental health issuesand she will refer them to placesto go for help.

“Some people come in everyday, we have regulars. It’s also asocial gathering, they have bud-dies they want to sit next to,”

Canapary said.While somewho comeout to

the soup kitchen are homeless,othersarenot.Canaparysaid thatif they come get their main mealat St.Martin, theyare able to savethatmoney for other necessities.

“Quite a few people do havehousesorapartments.We like forthem to come so they can stretchtheir budget and not becomehomeless again,”Canapary said.

It’s Canapary’s caring per-sonality that Donald Johnson,a regular at Lord’s Table, keepscoming back for even thoughhe now lives in an apartment inGaithersburg.

“I was homeless for a longtime, I had multiple surgeriesand society didn’t want to letme progress. I just kept tryingand trying and trying paid off,”Johnson said. “I come here nowbecause I enjoy Mary’s com-pany.”

Johnson thinks he’s beencoming toLord’sTable for about26 years.

“He’s oneof our success sto-ries,” Canapary said.

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Heather Sterling, Dolores David, Mary Rose Murray and Dottie McDermott, volunteers from the Mother Seton Parish inGermantown, prepare plates of food in the soup kitchen at St. Martin Church in Gaithersburg on Oct. 23.

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Richard Sterrn of Gaithersburg participates in early voting at the ActivityCenter at Bohrer Park on Monday night. Early voting for the Nov. 4 generalelection started Oct. 23 and wraps up Thursday. Through Monday, 2,220voters had voted at the activity center, one of nine early voting sites in thecounty.

n Used money to gamble,buy house in Africa;

sentenced to three years

BY DANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

A Gaithersburg womanwas sentenced to three yearsin prison Monday for writingmore than $430,000 in checks toherself from the account of thefamily for whom she worked asa nanny.

Kadiatu Sahind Kamara,50, had worked for the Mont-gomery County family — whoare not named in court records— since 1992. Kamara caredfor the children and had accessto the checks bank account be-longing to the family, althoughshe wasn’t authorized to writechecks herself, according to herplea agreement.

From May 2011 through

May 2013, Kamara wrote ap-proximately 118 checks to her-self — totaling approximately$431,542 — by forging the sig-nature of one of the victims oneach check. Kamara used someof the money to buy a house inAfrica and to gamble at the Hol-lywood Casino at Charles TownRaces in West Virginia, accord-ing to her plea agreement.

Kamara pleaded guilty toone count of aggravated iden-tity theft and— because the de-posited checks were eventuallymailed to the bank’s clearing-house in Kentucky— one countofmail fraud.

U.S. District Court JudgeGeorge J. Hazel sentenced Ka-mara to three years in prisonfollowed by three years of su-pervised release, and orderedKamara topayback the$431,542to the family.

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Early voting wraps up

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Tristan Grabow, 8, of Gaithersburg competes in a break-dancing com-petition at The Lab DC Breakin’ School in Takoma Park on Sunday.

InBriefMore buses on Shady

Grove routesMontgomery County will

hold a public forum on pro-posedRideOnservice additions,including additions to ShadyGrove routes, on Wednesday atthe Silver Spring Civic Building,One Veterans Place, in SilverSpring.

The forum will begin at6:30 p.m. and end after the lastspeaker presents remarks. Incase of bad weather, the forumwill be rescheduled for Thurs-day.

The anticipated effectivedate of Ride On service changeswould be Jan. 11, 2015.

The Division of Transit Ser-vices is proposing additions tothe routes listed below. Pro-posed additions include norouting changes.

Affected routes in the Shady

Grove area include:• Route 63 (Rockville-Shady

Grove) - addmidday service be-tween Piccard and Gude drivesand RockvilleMetro Station.

• Route 65 (Shady Grove-MontgomeryVillage) - add threetrips.

• Route 67- (Shady Grove—Travile Transit Center) - addthree trips

Other routes include:•Route 28, freeVanGoSilver

Spring Shuttle Service - Reducefrequency (the time betweenbuses) to every 12 minutes;Monday through Thursday -extend hours of service untilmidnight; Friday - extend hoursof service until 2 a.m.; Saturday– new service from 7 a.m. until2 a.m.

• Route 7 (Wheaton-ForestGlen) - add four trips.

•Route39 (Glenmont-BriggsChaney Park) - add eight trips.

n Concerns raisedabout potential

for toxic particles

BY VIRGINIA TERHUNESTAFF WRITER

Residents of the East VillageHomes communities in Mont-gomery Village fear that toxicparticles could be released intothe air during preliminary dig-ging to build three warehouseson the former Nike missile siteonSnouffer SchoolRoad.

However, officials with theMarylandDepartmentof theEn-vironment’s Voluntary CleanupProgram say studies show thatlevelsofcontaminantsdonotex-ceed limits set for contaminatedcommercial sites.

“We’ve not seen anythingat the site outside the silos,”said Barbara Brown, who headsMDE’s Voluntary Cleanup Pro-gram, on Tuesday.

On Saturday, residents andmembers of the MidcountyCitizens Alliance said they sawcrews starting to dig into thefour feet of dirt above the un-derground missile silos, dis-turbing what they believe couldbe contaminated.

They have asked to meetwith Horatio Tablada, directorof MDE’s land managementadministration, to discuss thesituation. Brown said on Tues-day that a meeting date has notbeen set yet.

Brown said that the fourfeet of sandandgravel currentlycovering the underground ceil-ings of the silos will be tested tosee if the soil can be used as fill

dirt on the site.If the soil exceeds allowed

contaminant levels, the ma-terial will be hauled off site,Brown said.

She also said that asbestosfound in pipe wrap in the siloshas been removed, and thatmetal railings coated with leadpaint will also be removed fromthe site.

Thebrokenupconcretewillbe taken to a rubble landfill, shesaid.

Residents, however, arguethat disturbing the earth abovethe silos before testing couldrelease contaminant particlesinto the air before measurescould be taken to stop them,providing that testing findsthem in the soil.

John Martin, a retired man-ger with the National Instituteof Standards and Technologyin Gaithersburg, presented hisanalysis of test results at a com-munity meeting on Oct. 21.

Martin and members of theMidcounty Citizens Alliancehave been working with MDEofficials for several years on aplan to monitor the site.

The Alliance asked for theOct. 21 meeting with East Vil-lage Homes to educate nearbyneighborhoods, including theAshford community, that maynot be familiar with the project.

During the meeting Mar-tin recommends that the areaabove the silos be tented tocontain any particles releasedduring the disturbance of theearth above the silos and alsorequests that more monitoringbe done at the site.

The 12-acre site is locatedeast of the Army Reserve build-ing on Snouffer School Road. Italso borders a county-ownedsite known as the Webb tract,which will home to the county’srelocated police and fire/rescuetraining academy, maintenancedepots and the school system’sfooddistributionwarehouse.

The school system’s build-ing at the southern end of the129-acre Webb tract is nearlycomplete, and East Village resi-dents are concerned that con-taminated dust from the Nikesite could leak into the schoolbuilding.

To accommodate thoseconcerns, the county has or-dered air and ground watermonitoring on the Webb tractnear the Nike site to the northof the school building, saidGreg Ossont, deputy directorof the county’s Department ofGeneral Services.

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n Thomas Edison Highseeking more students,

perception change

BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFF WRITER

Sam Friedman spent part ofhis Monday morning on an as-signment that requiredworkun-der a hood rather than at a desk.

At Thomas Edison HighSchool of Technology in SilverSpring, the 16-year-old junior— who also attends NorthwoodHigh School — said he lookedover a Honda Acura to figureout what was in good shape andwhat wasn’t as part of an auto-motive technology program.

“It’s pretty realistic for thereal world,” said Sam, whoseplans include the military and amechanical engineering degree.

Sam is one of about 508 stu-dents this school year at Edison,where high school students fromaround thecountycanstudy, andearn licenses and certificates inareas from carpentry to cosme-tology, from medical careers tonetwork operations. The youthsplit their time between Edisonand their homeschools.

Despite efforts to increaseawareness and recruit morestudents to its programs, en-rollment has stayed roughlythe same in recent years andremains below the school’s ca-pacity of about 760.

Edison remains “one of thebest kept secrets in Montgom-ery County” and is also misun-derstood, said Principal CarlosHamlin, who has led the schoolfor eight years.

To attract more students,Hamlin said the county needs toshift its current mentality that at-tending Edison means a studentis givingup theoptionof college.

Edison ismeant forboth col-lege- and career-bound gradu-ates, he said.

Most students “have collegein mind” when they start a pro-gramat thehighschoolandsomeplan to use the skills they learn tohelp thempay forahighereduca-tion degree, he said. Other stu-dents come to Edison with theirsights set ona job.

When students graduate,he said, “They’ve got very clearoptions as opposed to a kid thatdoesnot accessEdison,”he said.

Many in the communitymistakenly perceive Edison as“a vocational pathway” similarto education programs that ex-isted “many, many years ago,”said Ruth Green, director of en-riched and innovative programsfor Montgomery County PublicSchools.

“That’s sort of hovered like alittle black rain cloud above Edi-son,” Green said.

The school feels like a placewhere worlds have converged.One room is a salon where cos-metology students will cut hairand paint nails among otherthings for any customer. Otherparts of the building hold do-nated cars that students workon, apartially constructedhouseand a kitchen.

Jason Potyk, a teacher in theschool’s Academy of Hospitalityand Tourism, said he has seenstudents who discover a skill atEdison after struggling in tradi-tional classes.

“Kids come here, and for thefirst time they taste success,” hesaid.

Potyk said he thinks theschool faces a stigma and thatvery few middle-level and stron-ger-level academic students at-tend the programs.

Nadia Ross, a 17-year-old student who also attendsSpringbrook High School, saidshe plans to take the architec-ture skills she learns at Edison—which includedesigningahouse— to college and pursue a careerin the field as well.

Anthony Condon, a 16-year-old junior, said the constructionskills he gains are meant to serveas a back-up plan to his firstchoice.

“If I can’t join the military,then I’ll go into construction,”said Anthony, also a student atNorthwood High School in Sil-ver Spring.

Most of Edison’s recruit-ment takes place through coun-selors at schools, Hamlin said,and high turnover among coun-selors and administrators in thecounty has posed a challenge.

Hamlin said the high schoolalso recruits through openhouses, community fairs, its for-mer students and its teachers.

The school needs to increase itscurrent efforts, he said.

Green said the focus now isonEdison’snewbuilding,whichis expected to be completed inAugust of 2017.

Both she and Hamlin saidthey think the new building —along with accompanying newprograms such as one focusedon homeland security — willhelp spur growth in the future.

Bothalso said they seea shiftin the school system’s largerconversation related to stu-dents’ futures and Edison.

“We’re not thinking aboutbeing college and career readyas different things,” Green said.

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n Mother due in court forbail review Nov. 6

BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER

The mother of two Clarks-burg toddlers missing sinceearly September insists herchildren are safe, but still won’tsay where they are or who theyare with, according to the chil-dren’s father.

Troy Turner told The Ga-zetteMonday that he’d spokento Catherine Hoggle — cur-rently being held at a statemental facility in Jessup — lastweek. Turner and Hoggle havethree children, two of whom

— 2-year-old Jacob Hoggleand 3-year-old Sarah Hoggle— went missing Sept. 7 andSept. 8. Catherine Hoggle alsodisappeared Sept. 8, but wasapprehended by police severaldays later.

“She basically told methey’re fine,” Turner said.Hoggle made it sound like shecould contact the person whohas the children, but wouldn’tsay who it was, he said.

Catherine Hoggle facescharges of child neglect, ob-structing and hindering, andneglect of a minor. Turner saidhe wasn’t sure what to make ofhis wife’s statements, but heand volunteers are continuingto search for his children. The

search area has expanded toinclude parts of Virginia, WestVirginia and Pennsylvania,where volunteers have beenputting up fliers about themissing children around busyrestaurants and gas stations,Turner said.

Catherine Hoggle’s attor-ney, David Felsen, told The Ga-zette he’s submitted motionsto have the charges against hisclient dropped, arguing thatHogglewas interviewed for sev-eral hours without an attorneypresent after she’d assertedall ofher constitutional rights.

Hoggle is due in court for abail review hearing Nov. 6.

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n Pet stores could onlysell dogs, cats fromrescues, shelters

BYKATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Only rescue dogs and catscould soon be sold at pet storesinMontgomeryCounty.

Council Vice PresidentGeorge L. Leventhal will proposeTuesday a bill to prohibit retailpet stores from selling dogs orcats that come from anywhereexcept rescue organizations andshelters. However, it does notprevent breeders from sellingdogs and cats directly to indi-viduals.

The bill seeks to protect con-sumers from purchasing dogsor cats that have been raised inso-called puppy mills or kittenmills. The animals could comewith health and behavioral prob-lems, and the legislation tries toimpose better practices on theindustry, Leventhal (D-At Large)of TakomaPark said.

The American Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animalsdefines puppy mills as “large-scale commercial dog breeding

operations where profit is givenpriority over thewell-beingof thedogs.”

Only one pet store in Mont-gomery County currently sellsnon-rescue puppies and kittenstohis knowledge, Leventhal said.

AccordingtotheHumaneSo-ciety of the United States, about70 percent of people in the U.S.own a dog and about 46 percentown a cat, but only about 30 per-

cent of pets in homes come fromshelters or rescues.

While the federal AnimalWelfare Act, passed in 1996, setminimum standards for animalcare, the Humane Society of theUnited States is lobbying localand state governments for stron-ger laws.

“Federal law lacks teeth,”Leventhal said, adding that whilethe federal government inspectscommercial breeding opera-tions, inhumane conditions maycontinue.

“If local government acts inthis manner, it will have an ef-fect on the market, and animalswon’t be bred anymore in [in-humane] conditions,” Leventhalsaid. “Buying live animals, catsand dogs, in a pet store is not arecommendedpractice.”

Maryland passed a law in2012that requires retailpet storesto display the name and addressof thebreeder or dealerwho sup-plied thepet to the store.

Leventhal’s bill has beencosponsored by five membersof the council and is tentativelyscheduled for a public hearing at1:30 p.m. onDec. 2.

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“If local governmentacts in this manner,it will have an effect

on the market,and animals won’tbe bred anymore

in [inhumane]conditions.”George Leventhal,

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Gaithersburg’s home turf

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Terrell Commock, 10, (right) of Gaithersburg waits to catch the football as Jaylen Wilson-Brown, 10, (secondfrom right) of Gaithersburg plays defense during a youth flag football game between the Colts and Steelers ofMontgomery Sports on Saturday at the new synthetic turf field at Lakelands Park in Gaithersburg.The field will be used by city sports programs, Lakelands Park Middle School and others through a rental reser-vation process. While in the pilot stage, access to the field by the general public will be limited.

the MdBio Foundation, said the lab pro-vides special equipment and knowl-edgeable instructors to bring hands-onexperiments to a variety of schools, someof which don’t have any labs at all.

About a month before each lab visit,Hicks said the foundation reaches out toscience teachers at the participating schoolto determine which lab activities offeredthrough theprogramwillworkbest.

“We’re really adaptable,” Hicks said.“It’s up to the teachers how they want toincorporate the lab into the overall cur-riculum.”

Oneof thebiggestbenefitsof themobilelab, according to Hicks, is that instructorsalsoactaspeermentors to thestudents.Therelationship help students to understandwhat the science industry is about and howtheycanbeapartof it, she said.

“We dispel some of the myths aboutwhat it is tobe a scientist,”Hicks said. “Wecan tell them ‘Hey, we are real people.’”

Ninth-grade student Gabriel Leonardsaid he was excited to learn about foren-sics since he is considering a future careerin the field.

“It’s really interesting to be able tosolve things,” he said.

Megan Dakwa, a ninth-grader, saidshe didn’t knowmobile labs, like the Md-BioLab, existedbefore this experience, butshe was happy to have the opportunity toparticipate.

“It was pretty cool,” she said.Even though he doesn’t have an inter-

est in forensics, tenth-grader Jason Her-rera saidheenjoyedworking in themobilelab. He said he thinks the lab has the abil-ity to spark an interest in science in manymore students throughout the state.

LaTara Harris, regional director ofexternal affairs for AT&T, was on handOct. 22 to present a $30,000 check to theMdBio Foundation. The company, whichalso gave $20,000 to the foundation lastyear, has invested a total of $350 millionin various STEMprograms over the years,she said.

Sen. Nancy J. King (D-Dist. 39) ofMontgomery Village attended the eventand said she believes the MdBioLab canspur the creation of future jobs for stu-dents. She added that her main goal is toencourage more women to join the sci-ence industry.

“Aspoliticians,we talk a lot about jobs,jobs, jobs. We want to create jobs. This,”she said, pointing to the lab, “is the jobcreator.”

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n Executive suggests theagency take more time to

consider change

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

The region’s water andsewer provider is looking to re-structure its fees to keep upwithchanges in consumption butCounty Executive Isiah Leggettis asking the commission to notmove ahead just yet.

Washington Suburban Sani-tary Commission (WSSC) hasproposed restructuring where itreceives its revenue to get morefrom fees and less from rates.

Currently, the commissiongets the lion’s share of its rev-enue from rates.

Yet flat or declining waterand sewer consumption — dueprimarily to customers activelyconserving water and switchingto lower-flowfixtures—coupled

with serving new customers hasWSSC facing significant fiscalchallenges.

WSSC commissioners haverecommended for fiscal 2016increasing the account main-tenance fee, which recoversthe costs of providing accountservices. They have also recom-mended adding a new infra-structure fee to cover the costof water and sewer pipe recon-struction. It has proposed tothen not raise those fees for thenext five years.

By increasing and addingfees, the agency should be ableto impose smaller rate increaseson customers starting in fiscal2016 and still meet its expenses,WSSC spokesman Jerry Irvinesaid.

“Going forward, the goal isto get out of the business of 5, 6,7, 8 percent rate increases eachyear and get to much lower —1, 2, 3 percent — increases,” hesaid.

For the past eight years,WSSC rates have increased byan average of 7.5 percent annu-ally, with some years reaching8.5 percent, according to countydocuments.

Under its proposed newmodel, WSSC has recom-mended raising rates only 1.9percent for the coming fiscalyear. Together with the newfee structure, the rate increasewould add $6.52 to the averagecustomer’smonthly bill.

Montgomery County Coun-cil agreedwith raising themain-tenance fee, but recommendedphasing in the new infrastruc-ture fee over two years, resultingin a 2.1 percent rate increase. Itis unclear how much it wouldadd to the average customer’smonthly bills.

Leggett is pushing theagency to not increase the feesat all for fiscal year 2016.

Leggett (D) said the new feestructure could hit some cus-tomers hard.

“They are going to change toa completely new rate structurethat disproportionately hits avariety of people,” Leggett said.“For some people it could beflat, for some it could go down,but some people could getsticker shock.”

Also, Leggett said the com-mission has not yet securedpermission from the GeneralAssembly to offer a credit forlow-income customers.

Leggett has recommendedthe WSSC delay changing itsfees, instead suggesting thecommission simply raise its

rates by 5 percent for the nextfiscal year.

According to WSSC figures,to keep fees as they are andcover expenses, rates wouldneed to goup10.2percent, or anextra $5.44 on the average cus-tomer’s monthly bill. Expectedchanges in available funds –which includes revenue esti-matesand fundbalance—alonewould require increasing rates5.7 percent to meet expenses.In a letter to Council PresidentCraig L. Rice, Leggett said hefinds a 10.2 percent increase“unacceptable” in light of recentrate increases.

When asked his reactionto Leggett’s position, Rice saidWSSC has struggled with main-taining its infrastructure forsome time.

“I think there is a fine line,”he said. “This is one inwhichwewant to make sure we are notoverburdening our residentsand yet also make sure our in-frastructure is viable for manyyears to come.”

Rice said funding infrastruc-ture repairs on the front endshould save costs on the backend, including costs for emer-gency response to water mainbreaks and loss of business.

Irvine said the commissioniswaitingon thePrinceGeorge’sCounty Council to issue its rec-ommendation. Irvine saidWSSCwill then draft a recommenda-tion based on the two councils’andholdpublic hearings inFeb-ruary.

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n ‘A conviction should notcarry with it the life sentence

of unemployment’

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Those with criminal recordsshouldhaveabetterchanceat landinga job in Montgomery County thanksto legislationpassedTuesday.

The council unanimouslypassed “ban thebox” legislation thatprevents employers from inquiringabout an applicant’s criminal recorduntil the end of the first interview.

However, it excludes any jobswhere state or federal law requiresa completed background check,such as child care workers, teachersand those working with vulnerablepopulations.

Led by Councilwoman CherriBranson and Councilman MarcB. Elrich, the bill gets its unofficialname from the section on employ-ment applications that asks appli-cants about their criminal record.

For Branson, who was ap-pointed in January to fill the re-mainder of former CouncilwomanValerie Ervin’s term, the bill is areflection of Branson’s work on thecouncil.

“I think this bill prettymuch sumsupmy 10months here,” said Branson(D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring. “I think thiswill effect and impact lives. I hope itwill, inapositiveway.”

While Montgomery County isknown for its fairness, Branson saidpractices like criminal record check-boxes on job applications can standin the way of people who just want towork.

“A conviction should not carrywith it the life sentence of unem-ployment, and recidivism and pen-ury,” she said.

The bill removes that barrier toemployment by preventing certainemployers fromasking about an ap-plicant’s record early in the employ-ment process.

As originally drafted, the billwould have prevented employersfrom asking about an applicant’s

record until after a conditional of-fer wasmade. The council amendedthe bill to allow employers to in-quire about criminal records at theend of a first interview.

Councilman Philip M. Andrews(D-Dist. 3) said criminal records arebest addressed at the interview levelbecause applicants have a chance toexplain, face-to-face, their situation.

Elrich (D-At Large) of TakomaPark said the change strengthensthe bills because the council couldnot otherwise guarantee an appli-cant has the chance to explain theirsituation to a potential employer.

Branson said the bill approvedTuesday is “a first step.”

“It’s not just about banning abox, it’s about giving somebody thechance to contribute to society tocome back in a way that matters, tohelp their families, to maybe lessensome of our burden on social ser-vices,” she said. “A job really is awayto tell somebody ‘Welcome home.’”

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n Fifth-graders watchedconcert series at

Strathmore

BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER

The cheering of more than1,600MontgomeryCountyfifth-graders was nearly deafeningone day last week at the MusicCenter at Strathmore in NorthBethesda.

Itwasn’tOneDirectiondriv-ing their enthusiasm, or TaylorSwift. Rather, the kids clappedanddanced to aband consistingof two saxophones, a trumpet,trombone, piano, drums, guitarand bass.

The students were watch-ing one of seven concerts per-formed from Oct. 21 to Friday,created to teach MontgomeryCounty Public Schools’ roughly11,000 fifth-graders about theblues.

The blues program — “YESINDEED!” — marks a differentbeat for the Strathmore StudentConcerts, a program that hasprovided opportunities for stu-dents to take in classical musicperformances.

Second-graders in countyschools will watch classical con-certs in November.

The new program stemsfrom a partnership involving

Strathmore, the school systemand JazzReach, a nonprofit inNew York City that producesmusic education performances.

In these blues concerts, theaim was to teach the fifth-grad-ers about thehistory,musicians,lyrics and structure of the genre,as well as its emotional mes-sages, said Katherine Murphy,content specialist for generaland choral music in the countyschool system for prekindergar-ten through 12th grade.

“The blues really are abouthope,” Murphy said. “They’reabout believing that you canmake tomorrow better than to-day despite the circumstancesthat you’re in.”

The performances reflectwhat the students learn in theirclassrooms, including chordprogressions and the 12-barblues form.

“It’s almost like they’re get-ting to see their classroom workcome to fruition on the stage,”Murphy said.

Monica Jeffries Hazangeles,president of Strathmore, saidthegoal for theprogram, createdspecifically for themusic center,was to stage a performance thatconnects to the school curricu-lum.

“It’s just another way in forthem into the world of music,”she said.

Saxophonist Roxy Coss said

she and other band memberswere struck by the fifth-graders’enthusiasm during the Oct. 22morning show.

“They’re so enthusiastic,it’s awesome. The energy thatyou get even just before goingon stage— you’re hearing themscream like — we don’t experi-ence that as jazz musicians on anormal basis,” she said.

Coss said she hopes theshow, which covered a rangeof blues styles, exposes the stu-dents to jazz and the concepts itinvolves, such as teamwork, col-laboration and creative think-ing.

While the band played,Beresford Bennett was theshow’s narrator, talking to thestudents about the genre, in-

cluding its roots in slavery inthe U.S., prominent musicianssuch as W.C. Handy and Char-lie Parker, and the call-and-response component of manyblues songs.

After the show, Arjun Ba-nerjee — a 9-year-old at GarrettParkElementarySchool inKens-ington — described the emo-tions he felt in themusic.

“I didn’t feel the sadnesspart,” he said. “I felt morehappy.”

Katala Phillips, another Gar-rett Park student, said some ofthe music made him feel sad,but the music was “jumpy andclappy half the time.”

His attention was mainlypulled to the drummer.

“I like the different beats heplayed,” the 10-year-old said.

Kaija Frassrand, a 10-year-old at Rock View Elementary inKensington, said that, comingfrom a family of musicians, shehas heard her share of jazz andblues before. She said she likedhow the musicians sounded to-gether.

“They all melted together ina goodway,” Kaija said.

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During the performance, JazzReach members offer historical details about the origins and influence of the blues onother musical styles. At right: Marvin Sewell plays guitar for JazzReach as the group performs the blues.

Constitution Gardens Parkto close for renovationsWith a large renovation

project planned for the comingmonths, Gaithersburg’s Consti-tutionGardens Parkwill close tothe public on Monday, accord-ing to a city news release.

A spring 2015 reopen-ing is anticipated at the park,which sits at the intersection ofBrookes and Park avenues inOldeTowne.During the closure,the site will only be accessed bycity staff, J&G Landscape Inc.and its subcontractors.

The city will regularly postinformation, photos and vid-eos documenting the progressand evolution of the park siteat gaithersburgmd.gov/govern-ment/city-projects.

Questions and commentsabout the renovation projectcan be directed to Adam Ne-whart, the city’s public worksoperations administrator. Hecan be reached at 301-258-6370ext. 103 or [email protected].

Photo contest underwayin Montgomery VillageAs part of the process to

develop a Montgomery Villagemaster plan, the MontgomeryCounty Planning Department ishosting a photo contest to findout frompeoplewhat they thinkmakes the village great.

Thephoto contest is just oneway for the Planning Depart-ment to solicit feedback fromresidents, business owners andstakeholders about the assets ofMontgomery Village, accordingto a press release.

The top photos will be cho-sen by a panel of judges andincluded in the Planning De-partment’s posters, planningdocuments and social media.High resolution images for thecontest should be sent to [email protected].

To learn more about thecontest and themasterplanpro-cess, visitmontgomeryplanning.org/community/montgomery_village.

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n Legislation in upcomingsession would

mark third attempt


Some Montgomery Countyparents are hoping the thirdtime is the charm for legislationinMaryland that would shift theburden of proof in special edu-cation due process hearings.

The change they are lookingfor concerns who must provetheir argument when disagree-ments between parents andschool systems about specialeducation or related services es-calate to the hearing level.

Under current law, such atask in Maryland is left to theparty seeking relief in thosecases — often parents. Thelegislation some parents hopefor would place that burden ofproof on local school systems,which they say have more re-sources and more expertise toargue their side.

Efforts to pass a bill in theGeneralAssembly’s2013and2014sessions were unsuccessful, butthepushforsucha lawcouldcon-tinue in 2015, someMontgomeryparents and others say. Past legis-lation has drawnopposition fromtheMaryland State Education As-sociation and the MontgomeryCounty Education Associationbut a county teachers union offi-cial says a potential compromisecouldbeon thehorizon.

SusanBurkinshaw’s supportfor legislation stems inpart fromher experience trying to securerecognition from MontgomeryCounty Public Schools that herson Zachary Burkinshaw has aspecific learning disability re-lated to reading. Burkinshaw ishealth and safety committee co-chairwoman of the Montgom-ery County Council of ParentTeacher Associations.

She said she had hoped toformalize accommodations hehad already received informallyso he could continue to get thoseservices in college. Zachary, a se-nior at Northwest High School

in Germantown, is unable to de-code multisyllabic words and hispediatrician diagnosed him withdyslexia.

Burkinshaw said that, afterZachwas testedandevaluated, ateam of school staff determinedthey did not agree he had sucha learning disability. Outsideexperts, Burkinshaw said, havesaid he does.

“He’s reading in the 65thpercentile at the eighth-gradelevel and he’s a graduating se-nior and he failed the [HighSchool Assessment in English]and nobody [in the school sys-tem] sees a problem with that,”she said.

After the disagreement con-tinued, Burkinshaw said theschool system made a requestfor a due process hearing butshe decided to end the disputeand the request was withdrawn.

AshleyVancleef, supervisor inthe school system’s equity assur-ance and compliance unit, saidschool system staff try to resolveparent concerns through infor-mal means andmost parents are

able to find a solution with anIEP — individualized educationprogram— team. Formal resolu-tion methods, she said, includeadministrative review, mediationanddueprocesshearings,andarerarelyused.

A small number of Mont-gomery cases rise to the hearinglevel — nine in fiscal 2013 andseven in fiscal 2014, Vancleefsaid. Maryland’s Office of Ad-ministrative Hearings conductsthe due process hearings.

Julie Reiley, founder of theMaryland Coalition for SpecialEducation Rights and Burdenof Proof, said she has also dis-agreed with the Montgomeryschool district about specialeducation services for her son.

On one occasion, she said,the systemwanted tochangeherson’s school placement withoutletting her first observe the newsite. She filed for a due processhearing but the issue was ulti-mately resolved throughmedia-tion. Even with her experienceas an attorney, Reiley said, shefound it difficult to navigate the

process.Placing the burden of proof

on parents “hurts middle- andlow-income families hardest,”she said, as they are unable topay for the costs associatedwith the hearings. Costs includethose for attorneys and experts,which school systems have easyaccess to, she said.

“Right now parents canlose cases that they should bewinning on the merits becausethey’re so out-resourced andthey have the burden of proof,”said Reiley, who also hopes forlegislation in 2015.

While the county teachersunion has opposed legislationin the past, its president DougProuty said he had heard thatthere is “movement” to drafta bill that “may be a compro-mise.”

“We don’t have a positionon that yet but we’re interestedin taking a look at that andfigur-ing out if it makes sense for us,”he said.

Prouty said the union’s pastopposition was tied to con-

cerns that shifting the burden ofproof to school systems wouldincrease paperwork for teach-ers. School systems would wantto be able to provide more in-formation to argue their case,Prouty said.

The shift also could in-crease the number of parentswho would seek a hearing, andit would become less likely thatparentswould look to resolve is-sues throughmediation, he said.

Leslie Seid Margolis, man-aging attorney at the MarylandDisability Law Center, said shedoesn’t see a reason to think thata shift would result in more pa-perwork or more parents seekinga hearing. She is not optimistic,however, thatburdenofproof leg-islationwouldpassnext year.

While shifting the burdenis important, she said, the lawcenter sees a more critical issuein the current inability of low-income families to hire the ex-perts the hearing officers “wantto hear from.”

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n School system expectsmore money from state


In themidstof continuingen-rollment growth, SuperintendentJoshua P. Starr said Tuesday hewants Montgomery County Pub-licSchoolstoaskfor$220.8millionmore for its capital budget.

Among the recommendedbudget amendments, the onecarrying most of the moneywould push forward by one yeara series of construction projects.Those projects were delayed bya year in the school system’s fis-cal 2015-2020 Capital Improve-ments Program after schoolconstruction legislation the sys-tem had hoped for fell throughin the past legislative session.

The Montgomery CountyCouncil passed a $1.53 billioncapital improvements plan for

the school system earlier thisyear. Starr’s request would in-crease the plan to $1.75 billion.

Starr is recommending thatthe following projects be com-pleted on the dates the countyschool board requested last year:twonewelementaryschools; revi-talization/expansion projects for13elementary schools, threemid-dleschoolsandthreehighschools;addition projects at 12 elemen-tary schools and two secondaryschools; and improvements fortheBlairG.EwingCenter.

School officials expect themoney will come from the state,saidLarryBowers, chief operatingofficer for the school system. Theproject delays that Starr aims toundoweretheresultofunsuccess-fulefforts intheGeneralAssemblytopass legislationthatwouldhavegeneratedmore school construc-tionmoney,Bowers said.

Starr said he hopes such leg-islation will make it through theupcomingsession.

“Iexpect thatwewill continuetopush for the issue and I’mhop-ing that we figure out a way withour delegation to be successfulthis year, and I’m hoping thatwhoever thenewgovernor is, thattheywill support,”he said.

The county school systemgrew by 2,941 students thisschool year, bringing enrollmentto 154,230, according to prelimi-nary numbers released earlierthis month. School system pro-jections show the student popu-lation reaching 165,000 studentsby 2020.

The school system needs toaccelerate its building construc-tion process as it faces ongoingstudent increases and the ur-gency has increased from lastyear to this year, Starr said.

The system “can’t keep justdoing business like this for toolong,” he said.

“I do believe that we needsome special consideration be-cause our needs are unique,”

Starr said. “There’s no districtthat’s growing as quickly as ours... that has the capacity issue thatwedo.”

Bowers said the amountStarr is asking for is “not normal”compared to other “off” yearsbetween full capital budget pro-gram requests.

The county school board willhold twopublic hearings onNov.12 and Nov. 13 and take its voteon the recommendations Nov.17.

In his recommendations,Starr also proposed the additionofabout$32millionso theschoolsystem couldmove its bus depoton Crabbs Branch Way in Rock-ville to thecurrent siteof theBlairG. EwingCenter.

Another recommendationsuggests that the Ewing Center,which holds the system’s al-ternative programs, move to aRockville sitewhere constructioncould be more easily performedcompared to the current Ewing

building. Work on the proposedsite, which is currently occupiedby a private school, would in-clude upgrades and renovationsandbepaid forwith$16.6millionalready approved for the center.

Starr also recommended adiscussion involving parents,school staff and others aroundthe possibility of placing RockTerrace School and Tilden Mid-dle School at the same site. A re-vitalization/expansion project isscheduled for Tilden. The move,if approved, would mean “new,better space” for Rock Terracestudents, Bowers said.

If another recommendationwere to pass, the school systemwould have $100,000 for a capac-ity study of four high schools inthe Downcounty Consortium.The area faces projections show-ing significant growth.

Seneca Valley High School’scapacity after a revitalization/ex-pansion project would increaseto 2,400 students, according to

another proposal. The increasewould help out nearby Clarks-burgandNorthwesthighschools,which are expected to be a com-bined 800 students beyond theircapacities by the 2020-21 schoolyear.

A proposed feasibility studywould examine if Jones Lane El-ementary or DuFief Elementarywould be good places for addi-tions in light of overcrowding atneighboring Rachel Carson El-ementary in Gaithersburg. Theschool system determined that itwouldnotbe able to expandCar-son’s building.

Starr previously announcedrecommendations concerninga site for a new Clarksburg el-ementary school and changes tothe school system’s regulation forlong-range facilitiesplanning.

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BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFFWRITER

As some prognosticatorsforecast a coming winter thatis snowier than the last, Mont-gomery County Council tookaction Tuesday to ensure pe-destrians can safely walk afterwinter storms.

The council passed, 8-1, abill requiring the county ex-ecutive create and implementa plan for removing snow andice from sidewalks.

While county law alreadyrequires property owners toremove snow and ice fromsidewalks along their propertywithin 24 hours after precipi-tation ends, not all sidewalksare covered by the law, leavingsome instead covered by snowand ice after winter rages.

The legislation seeks to en-sure sidewalks are passable af-ter storms and should improvehow the county fulfills the in-tent of its law requiring snowremoval, bill sponsor Council-man Hans Riemer said.

“The goal of this bill is tomake our county more walk-able in every season,” Riemer(D-At Large) of Takoma Parksaid.

However, limited countyresources will prevent thecounty from removing “allsnow from all public propertyin every location every time itsnows,” he said. Instead, theplan should help the countyrationalize where it spendsmoney for sidewalk snow re-moval, he said.

Among its requirements,the bill mandates creating adigital map that shows eachsidewalk and who is respon-sible for clearing it of snow.It also requires the executivebranch launch a public edu-cation campaign for property

owners about their responsi-bility for clearing snow and icefrom their sidewalks, as well asrequires a plan for picking uptrash after storms.

The Office of Managementand Budget estimates creat-ing the map will cost about$350,000 and updating it about$8,000 each year. The budgetoffice expects a public edu-cation campaign to cost thecounty about $100,000.

And just clearing sidewalks,the budget office estimates thecounty could shell out as muchas $6 million in an averagewinter-weather year. Last yearalone the county spent morethan $25 million total on snowremoval, about $15 millionmore than was budgeted, dueto a harsh winter.

Council President CraigL. Rice (D-Dist. 2) of German-town proposed amending thebill to dictate a fair allocationresources, an effort he said wasto ensure the upcounty is notneglected. The amendmentwas adopted.

Councilman Marc B. Elrich(D-At Large) of Takoma Parksaid he does not want the billto lead to the county spendinga dime to remove snow fromsidewalks property ownerswere required to clear. He saidhe hopes the plan encouragesmorepeople to report unclearedsidewalks.

“We all have to be part ofthis solution,” he said. “Butwe’ve got to use our resources, Ithink we’ve got to use thembet-ter thanwe’re using themnow.”

Councilman George L. Lev-enthal (D-At Large) of TakomaPark, the lone vote against thebill, questioned the necessity ofmandating aplanvia legislation,asking if its goal couldhavebeenaccomplished through othermeans.

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BY KATELYN NEWMAN

SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

As Halloween approachesand spooky festivities begin,sometimes the last thing on aperson’s mind is how he willget home from his late nightrendezvous with vampires,ghouls and witches.

To limit the frighteningidea of would-be drunk driv-ers on the roadway, Washing-ton Regional Alcohol Program(WRAP), a public-private part-nership working to preventdrunk driving and underagedrinking in the Washington-metropolitan area, is offeringfree cab rides on Friday, Oct.31.

These rides are availableto people 21 and older livingin Montgomery and PrinceGeorge’s counties, Washing-ton, D.C., and throughout theNorthern Virginia counties ofArlington, Fairfax, (eastern)Loudoun and Prince William,according to its press release.

“The scary fact is thatnearly half of all U.S. trafficdeaths occurring during Hal-loween are caused by drunkdrivers,” said Kurt GregoryErickson, WRAP’s President.“At any time during the year,31% of all traffic accidents aredrunk driver related, but thisfigure jumps to 48% duringHalloween.”

From 10 p.m. Friday nightuntil 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.1, WRAP’s SoberRide will of-fer a no-cost taxi ride serviceup to $30 fare to “residents 21and older celebrating with al-cohol,” according to the pressrelease.

In 2013, WRAP’s Hallow-een SoberRide provided 304free cab rides to would-bedrunk drivers living in theGreater Washington area,said Erickson. MontgomeryCounty is typically one of thebusiest areas, he said, andRockville’s Barwood taxi com-pany provides rides through-out the county.

Since 1993,WRAP has pro-vided over 60,724 safe rideshome in theD.C. area on high-risk holidays including St. Pat-rick’s Day, IndependenceDay,Halloween and during the De-cember/January holiday sea-son, according to its website.This year,WRAPwill extend itsSoberRide program from Dec.12 through and includingNewYear’s Day, Erickson said.

SoberRide limits thechances of receiving a D.U.I.during the holiday season.With the newMaryland D.U.I.legislation in effect as of Oct.1, persons convicted of alco-hol-impaired driving while

also transporting a child facestiff new penalties, includingignition interlock devices in-stalled in their cars.

The ignition interlock de-vices, similar to breathalyzers,are installed into vehicles ofpeople who have been con-victed of driving while im-paired, and thedevices providea sobriety check system eachtime someone puts the key inthe ignition. In Maryland, anydriver caught driving drunkwhile there is a child under theage of 16 in his or her car willtake part in the ignition inter-lock system.

“We know that citations fordrivingdrunkwithaminor inthecar has gone up over 20 percentfrom 2009 to 2012 — with thatkind of rise, we had to do some-thing,” said Arora, who spon-sored the legislation for threeyears before it finally succeededearlier this year. “As we col-lect more data over the comingmonths, we would expect to seethis legislationhavean impact.”

About one-third of thedrunk driving problem — ar-rests, crashes, deaths and in-juries — comes from repeatoffenders, according to theMoms Against Drunk Driving(MADD) organization. The ig-nition interlockprogramwouldlast six months the first time itis imposed, and a full year for asecond offense.

Those heading out to en-joy this eerie holiday’s merri-ment are encouraged to savethe number 1-800-200-TAXIas a back-up option for gettinghome. An operator will senda taxi from a correspondingcompany to the caller’s loca-tion, allowing people to enjoythemselveswithout riskingoth-ers’ safety, said WRAP’s web-site. Taxis cannot be reservedorordered inadvance, andcall-ersmust be 21 and older to usethe service.

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eateries.Harris has long served as

a board member of the Kent-lands Citizens Assembly. As amember of the city’s EconomicDevelopmentCommittee,Har-ris said the council is often ask-ing the committee questionsdealing with various projects.Standing before the councilmembers, Harris said he nowhad some questions for them.

“What do we want Gaith-ersburg to be in 20 years?And a harder question, whatis it okay not to be?” Harrisasked. “What are our advan-tages? Who are the partnersand allies that can move usforward?”

Noting the success of theGaithersburg Book Festivaland literacy focus, Harrisasked the city if it would wantto partner with the NationalInstitutes of Standards andTechnology to host a similar

event with a focal point onscience.

Monroe, the only femalefinalist, said her priorities areaffordable housing, redevel-opment and education.

She said her own childrenhave benefitted from going togreat local schools and mak-ing lifelong friends who havediverse backgrounds.

“There’s so many peoplelike myself who dream to livehere, raise a family and edu-cate their children,” she said.

While thriving commer-cial centers like Rio Wash-ingtonian Center and Crownare important, Monroe saidshe would like to see the cityencourage people to shop atlocal businesses and in oldercity communities like OldeTowne, Walnut Hill and theFestival Shopping Center.

Wu, a former active dutyofficer in the U.S. Army, saidhe had planned to run in thenext general election, but thatwhen this opportunity arose,

he couldn’t pass it up.Wu said he can bring com-

munications skills, the abilityto deliberate and teamworkexperience to the council as anew member.

“My vision for Gaithers-burg is stated in the applica-tion packet and basically itcan be summed down intothree points,” he said. “Thefirst is obtaining sustainablegrowth. The second is obtain-ing responsible governanceand the third is community.”

The next step for the can-didates is to participate inevening interviews with cur-rent council members thisweek.

Selection of the newcouncil member will takeplace on Monday during aclosed executive session. Thenew council members will besworn in on Nov. 10 and serveuntil the next city election in2015.

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ObituaryMrs. Ivy E. Collard, 92, of Frederick, formerly ofGaithersburg, died peacefully Thursday, October 23, 2014 ather home. She was the loving wife of the late George E.Collard, who predeceased her in December of 1986.Born November 22, 1921 in Central Falls, RI, she was thedaughter of the late Herman and Ivy Dunlap Krause.While a resident of Gaithersburg, she was actively involved formore than 20 years with the Gaithersburg Senior Center andwas a longtime member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.Mrs. Collard is survived by her son, George Collard ofFrederick; four grandchildren, Nicole Kunkel, Danielle Ranno,Gabrielle Dunn and Christian Collard; and eight great-grandchildren. She will be remembered by her close friend andformer daughter-in-law, Lynne M. Collard of Gaithersburg.She was predeceased by her brother, Walter Krause.Graveside services were held Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at Mt.Olivet Cemetery in Frederick.Arrangements were handled by Stauffer Funeral Home,Frederick. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with thefamily at www.staufferfuneralhome.com

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Reid Martin Knight, 71 of MontgomeryVillage, MD passed away unexpectedly inhis home on Monday, October 13th. Born inBarre, Vermont on August 12, 1943, he wasthe son of the late Arthur and Esther Knight.

Reid graduated from the Spaulding HighSchool in 1961 and then the University ofVermont in 1965 with a BA in History andalso in 1967 an MA in History from UVM.While at UVM Reid was commissioned as a1LT in the ARMY ROTC program into theArmor Branch. Immediately after receivinghis degree, Reid served in Vietnam with

distinction, receiving a bronze star in July of 1968.

After returning from Vietnam, Reid initially embarked on a history teachingcareer starting in Armenia, NY then in Bellows Falls, VT. All of those whoknew Reid, knew of his thirst for knowledge and his love of history.However, his teaching career was short lived. He worked for a year at theState of Vermont at which time he left there to begin his journey withGeneral Electric. A journey that spanned 20 years and took him fromVermont, Connecticut and then to Milwaukee where he traveled extensively.Eventually new professional opportunities brought Reid to settle inMontgomery Village, MD, a place that would become his final home. Heworked as the Compensation & Benefits Manager at Life Technologies andlater at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as the Director of HR beforeretiring in 2008.

Reid will be remembered by his friends, family, and former co-workers forhis quick wit and his many famous “Reidisms.” Reid had a long love affairwith education and as such was a long time financial contributor to theUniversity of Vermont. In his retirement, it was really important to him togive back to the community through volunteering. In particular, he spentyears volunteering through the Montgomery County Literacy Counciltutoring and teaching English. Reid was also an avid reader and anyone whovisited him would have noticed the countless bookshelves that lined hishome.

Reid leaves behind his two best furry friends Nicholas and Coco Monkeywho now reside with his niece Kelley. Reid made some of closest friendsduring his career and upon retirement. His extended family within the DufferWay townhome community has forever been touched by Reid’s generosityand love for animals. He was truly a unique, kind and well respected manwho brought great joy to others. He loved doing for others which is why hedonated his body to science upon his death.

Reid is survived by his Niece, Kelley E. K. Allen of North Ferrisburgh, VTand his Nephew Brian C. Knight, his wife Stacey and their children of Essex,VT. Reid is also survived by his brother Craig A. Knight and his wife Laurieof Naples, Florida. Reid also leaves behind a cousin William Cruickshank ofSacramento CA, his wife Bonnie and their children and families. There willbe a burial service sometime in 2015 at the family plot at Hope Cemetery inBarre, VT.

Should you wish to donate in Reid’s Memory, please send donations to theMontgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center, Animal ServicesDivision 7315 Muncaster Mill Rd Derwood, MD 20855 and/or GaithersburgAnimal Hospital, 280 N Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877.

A celebration of Reid’s life will be held in the near future with more detailsto follow.

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cars and on police uniforms are“excellent tools for law enforce-ment officers to use.” But anysurveillance device raises pri-vacy concerns for the public andfor police officers, Cooke wrote,citing disclosures about the Na-tionalSecurityAgencyasgroundsfor caution.

Cameras in patrol cars al-ways are recording, but don’tstart permanently saving footageuntil officers either turn camerason directly or start flashing theircar’s red and blue lights. At thatpoint, audio recordingbeginsandcameras start saving. Cameraswill go back to, and save, footagecollected 30 seconds before theofficer started recording, saidOfc.Nicole Gamard, a county policespokeswoman.

That way, if an officer sees adriver run a red light, then startsrecording, footageof theviolationwill be captured as well, Gamard

said. Cameras stay on until offi-cers turn themoff, she said.

Footage is stored locally onpolice department servers for atleast210days.Footagethatneedsto be reviewed or used as evi-dence is archived permanently,Gamard said. Officers don’t haveaccess to footage from their cars,so they can’t edit or delete it.

Captured footagecanserveasevidence of a crime, and can helpconfirm or disprove complaintsagainst officers themselves, shesaid.

The county’s municipal po-licedepartments areaheadof thecounty police force on camerausage. Rockville, Chevy ChaseVillage, and Gaithersburg offi-cials say they have cameras in allof their patrol cars. Takoma Parkpolicehave cameras in 24of their30markedcarsandplan to installthem in the other six.

Rockville Police Chief TerryTreschuk said his departmenthas had cameras in patrol cars—about50vehiclesaltogether—formore than14years andhasn’t

had complaints from his officersor fromcitizens.

“It’s a good protection forboth the officer and the public,”Treschuk said.

After the shooting death ofMichaelBrown inFerguson,Mo.,at the hands of a police officer,and the protests that followed,the conversation has focusedon body-worn cameras, such asthose attached to an officer’s la-pel or shoulder.

Area police departments areproceeding with caution, but saybody-worncameraswillbeuseful.

County police are research-ing the issue. Chief J. ThomasManger told CNN in late Au-gust that dashboard and body-mounted cameras had become anecessity for police. “The public,in this day in age, believes whatthey see,”Manger said.

The Takoma Park and Gaith-ersburg police departments alsoare considering body-worn cam-eras. Treschuk said Rockville isexploring the idea, as well. “Wewant to have some best practices

to follow,”he said.There needs to be clear poli-

cies on when cameras should beactivated or turned off— such aswhen entering someone’s home,Treschuk said.

Other concerns relate to pub-lic informationlawsandestablish-ing whether certain recordings— such as those involving juve-niles — should remain private,Chief JohnFitzgeraldof theChevyChase Village Police Departmentsaid. That department has hadcameras in its three patrol carssince at least 2007, and has beenlooking into body-worn camerasformore thanayear,he said.

There are technical and bud-getary questions, too. Footagemust be stored andmanaged, ei-ther locally or on a “cloud” server,Fitzgerald said. Storage costs cangrowandstaff timemustbe spentdeletingorsavingfootage,hesaid.

But the benefits of camerasfar outweigh the challenges,Fitzgerald said. The frequency ofcomplaints is reduced, and frivo-lous complaints can be handled

quickly, he said.Both Treschuk and Fitzger-

ald referred to a recent report onbody-worn cameras, with nu-merous recommendations fordepartments. Published jointlyby theU.S.Departmentof Justiceand the nonprofit Police Execu-tive Research Forum, the reportrecommends that agencies im-plement cameras incrementally,testing them in pilot programsandencouraging community en-gagement during theprocess.

The report also suggests let-ting officers choose whether torecord informal interactionswithresidents, if turning the cameraon might be intrusive and off-putting. Furthermore, officersshould be able to turn camerasoff when speaking to crime wit-nesses or community memberswhowill not speak on camera.

The price of cameras rangesfrom $120 to nearly $2,000 foreach device, with substantial ad-ditional costs for storage. Policein New Orleans plan to use 350cameras at a cost of $1.2 million

over five years, mostly for datastorage. Another departmentspent $67,500 on 50 cameras,and will spend $111,000 to storefootage on a cloud server for twoyears, according to the report.

Police departments in LosAngeles and Greesboro, N.C.,have sought private donationsto fund body-camera pilot pro-grams, the report says.

Dozens of Washington, D.C.,police officers are wearing cam-eras as part of a six-month pilotprogramthat startedOct. 1 and isprojected to cost $1million.

Capt. Richard Bowers of theTakoma Park Police Departmentsaid that ideally, his departmentcould budget for the increasedcost as body-worn cameras arephased in. Takoma Park has twodemonstration cameras,made byTaser.Bowerssaidthedepartmentwould like to begin wearing theminthefieldby theendof theyear.

Staff Writer Alice Popovicicontributed to this report.

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bus loop from 9 a.m. to noon,featuring games, dance lessons,sports exercises, face painting, abake sale and a variety of localvendors.

Nearly 50 booths, run bystudent groups and businessesin the community, will be offer-ing activities or selling goods atthe event, which will take placeon the morning of the school’s

Homecoming game againstWalter JohnsonHigh School.

Everyone in the communityis invited to attend, includingstudents and families fromotherGaithersburgcluster schools, ac-cording to PTSA President Car-rie Bohrer.

“We’re really trying to show-casewhat our clubs and studentteams are doing, as well as givethe opportunity for some of thelocal vendors to get out in frontof the Gaithersburg cluster,”Bohrer said.

The event also will giveschool and student groups theopportunity to raise money fortheir groups, Bohrer said. Forexample, the track teamwill sellcotton candy and the school’sEducation Foundation will sellChristmas ornaments.

Other outside vendors —like Origami Owl, Thirty-One,MaryKayandKona Ice—will beon hand selling their products.

Admission to Trojan Fest isfree for everyone, though someactivities have a small fee. The

school is at 101 Education Blvd.,Gaithersburg.

It’s been an excitingtime for Gaithersburg High,which debuted a brand new422,000-square-foot building atthe start of the 2013-14 schoolyear. This year, Bohrer said thecommunity is celebrating thehigh school’s 110thbirthdayandthe opening of its new stadiumcomplex, which is finally ableto host all of the football team’shome games this season.

The idea for Trojan Fest

first came about when Bohrer,Principal Christine Handy-Col-lins and Jason Woodward, theschool’s athletic director, begantalking aboutwanting to host anevent that could involve the out-side community and highlightthe Gaithersburg High schoolcommunity, Bohrer said. Ur-bana High School’s Hawkfestserved as the template for Tro-jan Fest.

The city of Gaithersburg hasplayed a very helpful role in theplanningof the event since it has

hosted many of its own events,Bohrer said. City staff provideda checklist of tasks and timeline of when certain decisionsshould be made, Bohrer said.The city also let the school useits vendor application form.

“We really kind of tookwhat they had and modeled itto Gaithersburg High School,”Bohrer said. “We just flewwith itand it’s been absolutely incred-ible.”

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Wisel said it was Sodexo’sidea to buy the machine afterwatching the technology’s on-going success in hospitals. Fourcommunities in the Asbury sys-tem are now sharing the robotusing a rotation schedule.

“They are the first [seniorliving] community in the na-tion to get this robot,” Wiselsaid.

The robot itself typicallycosts around $100,000 and

annual maintenance costscan range between $30,000 to$40,000, Wisel said. However,because of Sodexo’s partner-ship with Xenex, the prices arediscounted.

Running on a five-min-ute cycle, the robot’s xenongas lamp pulsates about 450times during that period andreaches up to seven feet inevery direction. The constantflashing sends the UV-C en-ergy through the cell walls ofbacteria, viruses and bacterialspores, causing strands of DNAto fuse together. Once the DNA

is fused, the organism cannotreplicate and therefore is nolonger infectious, according toXenex’s website.

“After that cycle is over, therobot has actually disinfectedall of the surfaces that haveseen the light,” said HaroldJones, the director of house-keeping and laundry servicesat Asbury Methodist Village.

Bacteria and spores frominfections such as MRSA, C.diff, and VRE can be quicklyand effectively eradicated byusing the robot in areas all overthe community’s campus, in-

cluding residential rooms andcommunal areas, Jones said.

In resident rooms, staff typ-ically runs the robot for threecycles, Jones said. It’s usedonce on each side of the bedand once in the bathroom.

Before using the robot inany space, Asbury staff use ahospital-grade disinfectantto give the space a generalcleaning. The robot, however,eliminates the need to use anybleach to disinfect the space,Jones said.

One thing that Jones likesbest about the robot is that it’s

easy to use.“After five minutes of train-

ing, anyone could run this ro-bot. It’s that easy to use,” hesaid, adding that only a selectgroup of staff are permitted tooperate the machine.

Before having its own ro-bot, Asbury Methodist Villageborrowed one from regionalhospital and health facilitiesin cases where it was needed.With a variety of illnesses andinfections always going around— not to mention new threats,such as Ebola — Jones said heand other staff thought the ro-

bot would be an advantageousmachine to have.

“We felt that the commu-nity would benefit tremen-dously from it,” he said.

Looking toward the future,Wisel said the hope is that So-dexo can gather informationand collect data based on therobot’s use in the Asbury sys-tem to go one step further.

“The next step after Asburyis to bring [the robot] to the en-tire senior living community,”Wisel said.

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CELECELEBBRATRATIIONSONSCELEBRATIONSThe Gazette

Rob and Tara Lawrence ofPoolesville announce the en-gagement of their son, KevinRobert Lawrence, to Kacie Al-lyson Glenn, daughter of Scottand Barb Glenn of Highland.

The prospective groom isa 2002 graduate of PoolesvilleHigh School. He earned a B.S.in history from Salisbury Uni-versity in 2007. He is currentlya social studies teacher at LongReach High School in HowardCounty.

The bride-to-be is analumnaofRiverHillHighSchoolin Columbia. She earned a de-gree in English from theUniver-sity of Maryland, College Park,before completing a Master ofEducation in school counselingat LoyolaUniversity.MissGlennworks in the Career Center atthe University of Maryland, Bal-timore County.

The couple will be marriedNov. 1 at Strong Mansion, Sug-arloafMountain, Dickerson.

Glenn, Lawrence

David and Rachel Hicksonof Sandy Spring announce theupcoming marriage of theirdaughter, Meredith Rose Hick-son, to Cantor Richard DanielLawrence.

Ms. Hickson is a 2007graduate of Sherwood HighSchool. She is a 2010 graduateof Oberlin College and servedas a Peace Corps volunteer inSenegal from 2011 to 2013. Ms.Hickson is a second-yearmedi-

cal student at the University ofMichigan. She plans a career inpediatrics and public health.

Cantor Lawrence is cantorat Temple Emanu El in OrangeVillage, Ohio. He received hisCantorial Ordination and Mas-ters in Jewish Education fromHebrew College in 2014. Hisparents are Dr. Theodore Law-rence andMs. Wendy Lawrenceof Ann Arbor,Michigan.

Hickson, Lawrence

Marianne Kerr Wood andJudson David Hulsey were mar-ried Aug. 9, 2014, at the home ofthe bride’s sister, Wendy Wood,in Annapolis. Marisa Marcel-lino, niece of the bride, becameanOrdainedAmericanMarriageMinister for the occasion, andofficiated at the ceremony.

Ms. Wood is a former guid-ance counselor at Odenton El-

ementary School. She receivedtwo master’s degrees fromBowie University. The groomis self-employed in home im-provements.

She is the daughter of thelate Frank BrysonWood and thelate Jane Elder Wood. He is theson of Patricia Ann Mayers ofStateCollege, Pennsylvania, andthe late JudsonDawlingHulsey.

Wood, Hulsey

A 70th wedding anniversarycelebration is being plannedfor Bob and Rita Wysong onThanksgiving Day.

The couple was marriedat St. Patrick’s in Washington,D.C., Nov. 24, 1944, while bothwere serving in the military.

Later, Bob became a For-eign Service Officer and for 20years was assigned to foreignposts including Mexico, Brazil,Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and theSudan.

The couple raised their fivechildren, Linda, Susan, Mary,Bobby and Johnwhile overseas.

Upon Bob’s retirementin 1967, the family moved toMaryland. The couple tookgovernment jobs: Bob in Re-

cords Management and Rita inSocial Services in Rockville.

Upon her retirement, Ritabecameanewspaper columnistfor the Gaithersburg Gazette.Seven years and 400 columnslater, she resigned her job andwrote and published a bookabout the family’s life overseas.

At present, Bob and Ritamake their home at AsburyMethodist Village.

When asked their secret fora long andhappymarriage, Bobsays, “Don’t lie.” Rita’s advice:“Don’t ever go to bedmad.”

Most of their 14 grandchil-dren and one great-grandchildlive nearby and are a source ofmuch enjoyment to their grand-parents.

Wysong

Agape African MethodistEpiscopal Church, 7700 BrinkRoad, Gaithersburg, conductsSunday morning worship ser-vice at 11 a.m. Sunday Schoolis at 10 a.m. Communion cel-ebration on first Sundays, menleading worship on secondSundays, youth leading wor-ship on third Sundays. “You’llGet Through This” Bible Studyfrom 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays.301-924-8640; agapeamec.org.

DamascusUnitedMethod-ist Church, 9700 New ChurchSt.,Damascus,offers traditionalSunday morning worship ser-vices at 8:15 a.m., a youth con-temporary worship service at9:30a.m.andaserviceof liturgyand the word at 11 a.m. withSunday school at 9:30 a.m. forall ages during the school year.damascusumc.org.

Emmanuel LutheranChurch, 7730 Bradley Blvd.,Bethesda, offers services at8:30 and 11 a.m. each Sunday,with Sunday School for all agesscheduled at 10 a.m. Childcare is offered from 8:15 a.m.

to 12:15 p.m. A fellowship andcoffee hour follows the 8:30a.m. service. 301-365-5733, el-cbethesda.org.

Hughes United MethodistChurch, 10700 Georiga Ave.,Wheaton, offers an informalSunday morning worship ser-vice at 9 a.m., followed by a tra-ditionalworshipserviceat10:30a.m.Childcare isavailable from9a.m. tonoon.Hospitality timeis at 9:45a.m. in theGardenEn-trance. El Buen Samaritano of-fers a Spanish service at Noon.Communion is Celebrated thefirst Sunday of the month. Formore information,call301-949-8383. VisitHughesUMC.org.

Kemptown United Meth-odist Church, 3716 KemptownChurch Road, Monrovia, con-ducts a contemporary serviceat 8 a.m. followed by a tradi-tional service at 9:30 a.m. Sun-day mornings, with children’sSunday school at 9:30 a.m. andadult Sunday school at 11 a.m.Formore information, call 301-253-1768. Visitkemptownumc.org.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29Concussion: What You

Need to Know about Preven-tion andTreatment, 6:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m., Suburban Hos-pital, 8600 Old GeorgetownRoad, Bethesda. Preventionand management of concus-sion is a growing concern forparents, but everyone canbenefit from this panel discus-sion featuring a neurologist,neurosurgeons, and traumaticbrain injury experts. Therewillbe time allocated for a ques-tion and answer session. Panelincludes: Dr. Gunjan Parikh,Neurologist, NIH TraumaticBrain Injury Program; Dr.Quoc-Anh Thai, Johns Hop-kins Medicine Neurosurgeon;Dr. David Lin, Johns Hop-kins Medicine Neurosurgeon;And other members of theNIH Traumatic Brain InjuryProgram Team. Registrationrequired. Free. Formore infor-mation, visit events.suburban-hospital.org.

THURSDAY, OCT. 30TaiChi,10:30 a.m. to 11:30

a.m., Bethesda Regional Ser-vice Center, 4805 EdgemoorLn., Second Floor, Bethesda.Improve your memory, coor-dination, balance, andflexibil-ity through Tai Chi taught byan instructor from the Schoolof Mind & Body Harmony.Wear loose clothing and com-

fortable shoes. Appropriatefor Beginners. $75. For moreinformation, visit events.sub-urbanhospital.org.

MONDAY, NOV. 3

Skin Cancer Screening, 6p.m. to 7:45 p.m., Johns Hop-kins Health Care and SurgeryCenter, 6420 Rockledge Dr.,Suite 1200, Bethesda. TheAmerican Academy of Der-matology recommends thatadultswith significantpast sunexposure or a family history ofskin cancer should have anannual skin examination. Joinboard-certifieddermatologistsfor one of these free screen-ings. Co-sponsored by theSidney J. Malawer MemorialFoundation. Registration re-quired. For more information,visit events.suburbanhospital.org.

TUESDAY, NOV. 4

Diabetes - Surviving theHolidays, 11 a.m. to noon,Gaithersburg Senior Center,80 Bureau Dr., Gaithersburg.Join the HeartWell Nurse indiscussing strategies for livingwell with diabetes during theholidays. Recipes and strate-gies for entertaining as wellas stress management tech-niques will be included. Free.For more information, visitevents.suburbanhospital.org.

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Susan Burkinshaw summed up the situ-ation perfectly: “I think we really have big-ger fish to fry than our kids catching Ebola,”she said.

Burkinshaw, who is the health andsafety committee co-chairwoman of theMontgomery County Council of ParentTeacher Associations, was speaking directlyaboutMontgomery County Public Schools’proposed plan to handle childrenwho ar-rive at school suffering from a fever and oneof the other symptoms associated with thedreaded disease.

The school system is trying to anticipateparent concerns by establishing proceduresin case an individual comes downwithEbola-like symptoms. For that, MCPS de-serves credit.

But though Burkinshawmight havebeen very specifically talking aboutMCPS,she could be speakingmore broadly aboutthe hysteria that has overtaken social mediawith some television stations going alongfor the ride. Fear, after all, breeds ratings.And itmight breed votes as Ebola has be-come a campaign issue in races across thecountry. Face it, we all have bigger fish tofry thanworrying about catching Ebola.

Take stock in what’s happened: ThomasEric Duncan left Liberia to come to thiscountry. Hewent to Texas Health Presby-terian late at night Sept. 25 for treatmentof abdominal pain, dizziness, nausea andheadache, according to a timeline preparedfor theHouse Energy & Commerce Com-mittee. Eventually, he’s sent home. Hereturned to the hospital Sept. 30. He’s diag-nosedwith Ebola. He died Oct. 8.

Duncan is the only person to die of thedisease in theUnited States. His familymembers, whowere in isolation after hisEbola diagnosis, were declared free of thedisease and allowed to end their quarantinelast week.

Two Texas Health nurses have sincebeen diagnosedwith Ebola. One, NinaPham, was being treated at the NationalInstitutes of Health in Bethesda, bringingthe disease to our county. She has since leftNIH.

The second nurse, Amber Vinson, wastreated at EmoryUniversity Hospital in At-lanta, where three other patients have beentreated for Ebola and released. Vinsonwasdeclared Ebola-free on Tuesday.

Maybe no American hospital could havebeen prepared for such a deadly disease,but Texas Health appears to havemade aseries of tragicmistakes in Duncan’s case.According to the congressional timeline,Duncan’smedical history included his re-cent travel fromAfrica. Emergency roomdoctors eithermissed it, or didn’tmake theconnection between his symptoms and theraging epidemic there. According to newsreports, Brianna Aguirre, another nurse atthe hospital, has come forward alleging thatthe protective gear she was given to treatDuncan left bare skin. The nurse also claimsthe hospital failed to inform the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention of Dun-can’s diagnosis for hours.

So add it up. One person is dead at ahospital thatmight have had significantlapses in common sense. For this, we facefear-mongering from television stationsthat stand to boost ratings, and from oppo-sition candidates whowant to score pointsfrom the party in power.

Getting back to Burkinshaw, we do havebigger fish to fry.

Have you had your flu shot? Influenzacan kill thousands each year. Have you en-sured your guests can get home safely aftera party? Drunken driving collisions killedmore than 10,000 people in 2012. Do youwear your seat belt? Another 23,000 peopledied onU.S. highways, according to theNational Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-tration. Have you been screened for canceror diabetes? Nearly 586,000 people willdie from cancer this year, according to theAmerican Cancer Society. Diabetes was anunderlying or contributing cause of deathinmore than 234,000 death certificates in2010, according to the AmericanDiabetesAssociation.

Bigger fish, indeed.

Keeping Ebolain context

Here’s why I’m voting for LarryHogan for governor.

I don’t believe that the biggestproblem facing Maryland is guncontrol or abortion. The biggestproblem facing Maryland, and itsnext governor, is Maryland’s stag-nant economy.

Our economy is inextricablydependent upon federal govern-ment spending. For the past cen-tury Maryland has benefitted fromits proximity to the nation’s capital.We’re the home of federal employ-ees, federal defense bases, federalagencies, federal contractors, andall the industries and businessesthat thrive on the federal presence.

But, thanks to the 2010 elec-tions, that economic engine hascome to a standstill. The declineof federal employment and federalspending has stalled Maryland’seconomy, which will remain stalledfor the next eight years. Here’s why.

The 2010 national electionsgave rise to the Tea Party backlashagainst Obamacare, the Wall Streetbailouts, the federal stimulus andthe national debt. The big newswasthe Republican takeover of Con-gress. But equally important, yetunderreported, were the state elec-tions where the GOP added eightgovernorships and 675 legislativeseats and gained full control of 25state governments (Dems con-trolled only 16).

As a result, congressional redis-tricting following the 2010 censusfavored Republicans. So, until 2022(the next congressional redistrict-ing), look for a Congress controlledby anti-tax, anti-spending Repub-licans firmly entrenched in “safe

seats” thanks to GOPgerrymandering.

Maryland’s Demo-crats and media like topretend that our stateweathered the great re-cession by heroically re-ducing spending and by“making tough choices.”But that’s not what hap-pened.Our state govern-ment made itself wholeon the backs of its tax-payers, its local govern-ments and its future generations.

The O’Malley/Brown admin-istration’s illusionary $8 billionspending cut was really the elimi-nation of vacant staff positions anda reduction in the rate of futurespending, not actual cuts. So, if aprogram’s automatic 5 percent in-crease was reduced to 3 percent, itwas counted as a 2 percent “spend-ingcut.”That’showthestatebudgetgrew 34 percent (from $29 billion to$39 billion) underO’Malley/Brown.Meanwhile, Maryland families andbusinesses suffered real spend-ing cuts, not 34 percent budget in-creases.

O’Malley/Brown also increased40 taxes and fees (mostly regressive)so that, today, Maryland taxpayerspay $3.1 billion more, annually,than when O’Malley/Brown tookover. But these new tax hikes stillweren’t enough to feed state gov-ernment.

So, O’Malley/Brown madecrippling cuts to local governmentaid programs like community col-leges, police, highways and teacherpensions. They even cleaned outthe local governments’ income

tax reserve fund. Then,O’Malley/Brown had thegall to call screwing thelocals “state spendingcuts.”

But cutting local aidby billions still wasn’tenough. So O’Malley/Brown funded thestate’s operating budgetwith debt. Here’s how:They swiped hundredsof millions of dollarsfrom special accounts

(Transportation Trust Fund, Bayrestoration fund, parks and landconservation fund, etc.) and, in-stead of leaving these accounts de-pleted, backfilled them by floatingbonds. That’s right, they replacedthe money they swiped by borrow-ing $1.5 billion.

As a result, debt service is thefast-growing item in Maryland’sbudget, growing from $233 millionthis year to $557 million in 2019.Maryland now has the largest out-standing bond debt of any AAAstate in the nation thanks to an ad-ministration that spent eight yearscomplaining about the deficit it in-herited back in 2007.

Another fiscal time bomb isthe state’s employee pension fundwhich is 65 percent funded. And,instead of contributing $300 mil-lion to thepension fund this year, aspromised, the Dems used $200mil-lion for the state’s operatingbudget.

This can’t go on. As the econ-omy sags and state revenues drop,we cannot sustain current spend-ing levels by taxing, borrowing andpassing pain to local governments.Yet, Democrats are emotionally in-

capable of making the adjustment.To them, “making tough choices”means doing anything to avoid put-ting the state’s fiscal house in order.Tax and spend is in their DNA.

LarryHoganhasaclear viewof aRepublican governor’s role in blue-state Maryland. He says he’ll be a“goalie” to the Democratic legisla-ture. He won’t get any bills passed,but he will veto any tax increaseswhich, thanks to moderate Dems,lack enough votes for an override.

More importantly, he will sub-mit abalancedbudget to the legisla-ture without any tax hikes. Becausesomuch of the budget is mandatedspending, he’ll have to slash discre-tionary spending. That will simplybegin his budget negotiations withthe legislature (which can neitherincreasenor transfer budget funds).

During the next eight years(two governor’s terms) Maryland’sstagnant economy is on a collisioncourse with its reckless spendinghabits. But the economy isn’t go-ing to improve, so it’s the spendinghabitswhichmust change. The lon-ger we ignore this reality, the worsethe inevitable consequences.

I’m voting for Larry Hogan be-cause Annapolis desperately needsachangeagent.VoteHogan; changeMaryland before it’s too late.

Blair Lee is chairman of theboard of Lee Development Groupin Silver Spring and a regular com-mentator for WBAL radio. His pastcolumns are available at www.ga-zette.net/blairlee. His email addressis [email protected].

A vote for Larry Hogan

MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE

In response to recent articles in The Gazette[“Finger-pointing abounds in MontgomeryCounty party registration problems,” Aug. 13and “Voter registration deadline looms,” Oct. 8]regarding voter registration issues with the Mo-torVehicleAdministration (MVA), theMontgom-ery County Board of Elections wishes to informMontgomery County citizens of its determinedaction to address and remedy these issues.

The board has had increasing concerns aswe have received more information about theimplementation of the voter registration processat theMVA, and specifically overmore recent re-ports that some voters may have had their partyaffiliations changedwithout their consent.

When the board was told that the MVA wassubmitting requests for changes for voters’ infor-mation for voterswhodid not indicate a need fora change, theboard inquired about the state’s re-quirement for a signature tomake any changes.

The board was informed in April 2014 of re-ports that several registered voters who visitedtheMVA, including some longtimemembers of apolitical party, had their party affiliation changed

without their consent. The Election Directorindicated at that time that MVA would provideadditional training to address this issue, and thatshewould followupwith the State Board of Elec-tions.

In May 2014, the Election Director reportedto the board that at least nine voters who had re-cently been to the MVA and were now listed ashaving selected “other party” (notDemocrat, Re-publican or unaffiliated) as their party affiliationreported that this selection was made withouttheir knowledge.

The board asked the Election Director tolook into how the MVA processes voter regis-tration applications and asked for copies of thepaperwork. After regular updates on the statusof this issue and lengthy discussions, the boardinstructed the staff in July to meet with the StateBoard of Elections and the MVA staff to bringsome clarity and find a solution to these imple-mentation problems in a multifaceted registra-tion system.

The first of thesemeetings was on Sept. 23.In addition the board voted to request an in-

dependent audit to assess the process, trainingand systems as well as the accuracy of the voterregistrations of the MVA and the reasons for anyinaccuracies. The board hopes to have this pro-cess underway shortly following the conclusionof the 2014 Gubernatorial Election and canvass.

The members of the Board of Elections re-gard the accuracy of a voter’s registration to bevitally important to the entire election process.While this problemwith party affiliations shouldnot affect voters’ eligibility to vote in the generalelection by any of the three available methods(EarlyVotingOct. 23-30, VotebyMail, or ElectionDay voting on Nov. 4), we feel strongly that ad-dressing this issue is critical to maintaining vot-ers’ confidence in our electoral system.

Theboardwill do everythingwithin its powerto ensure Montgomery County’s voting systemremains one of the best in the nation and towar-rant that trust.

Mary Ann Keeffe, Donice Jeter, Nancy H. Dacek,Nahid Khozeimeh, Graciela Rivera-Oven,

David Naimon, Jaqueline PhillipsMontgomery County Board of Elections

Elections board seeks audit of MVA voter registration

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BY ERIC GOLDWEIN

STAFFWRITER

The first thing teammates said they noticedabout GuyNabowas his size. Even at 15-years old,the then-sophomore transfer was towering overmost of the Watkins Mill High School boys soccerplayers during the 2012 tryouts.

Twoyears later, the IvoryCoastnative isno lon-ger recognized solely for his 6-foot-5, 218-poundframe. The senior has evolved into one of Mont-gomery County’s best playmakers, while also be-coming a three-sport athlete, playing basketballand running track and field. And after coming tothe United States as a French speaker — English

was his second language — Nabo has adjusted tohis newhomeandearneda favorable reputationattheMontgomery Village school.

“Everyone will know who Guy (pronouncedGee) is,” said Albert Botchway (Class of 2014), anex-Wolverinewho liveswithNabo inGaithersburg.“Not mainly because of his size but he’s a reallygood guy off the field.”

And he’s become quite the eater, too.“He says hehas three stomachs,which is prob-

ably true,”Botchway said. “He loves to eat, he lovesto eat. Maybe that’s why he’s so tall.”

Nabo, who turns 18 in December, grew up inthe Ivory Coast where “soccer was a way to havefun. The only way to have fun,” he said. Hemoved

to Ghana because of war in his nativecountry before re- locating toMarylandwith his mother and four of his sib-lings, he said.

Soccer has been somewhat of an escape in theUnited States, too. Nabowas concerned about liv-ing in a new country, he said, but the Wolverines,fresh off a 2011 3A state title, helped him adjust.There were players he’d look up to — literally, inthe case of 6-6 Ruphin Mapuku (Class of 2013) —and that helped him get used to the new environ-ment, he said. Playingona teamwith families from18 different countries didn’t hurt.

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SPORTSSPORTSGAMES GAZETTE.NET IS STAFFINGPosted online by 8 a.m. the following day.

FOOTBALL: QO at Northwest, 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

The county’s top two Class 4A teams meet for thefirst time this year and the winner likely comes awaywith home field for all region playoff games.

FOOTBALL: P. Branch at Sherwood, 6:30 p.m. Friday.

FOOTBALL: Whitman at Churchill, 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Only two weeks of football before playoffs. Who’s in? Who’s out? B-3

Thephone calls usu-ally start inmid-Octoberandwon’t stopuntilmid-December. I’ve re-ceived twoalready andanother two emails.

Thequestions:Howdowe select ourAll-Gazette teams?Whatdo I need todo tomakesuremy student/athleteis considered?Whyareyoumixingpublic school andprivate schoolkids?Won’t you considermydaughter,wholives inBethesdabut attends aprivate schoolinWashington,D.C.?

Thought itmight beworth answering theAll-Gazette FAQs:

1.Howdoweselect teams?Thebeat reporter is assigned todo the re-

search,whichusually involves reaching out toall the coaches of that sport in both countieswe cover and asking for their nominations.They also look at stats, talk to experts, thenputtogether a list.

Thebestway to ensure your athlete is con-sidered is tomake sure their coachnominatesthem.Not all do. If they don’t nominate them,wehave towonderwhy.

They sendme the list and I havefinal sayon all teams. I usually askwhy this person ison andwhy that person isn’t. The reportershave to convincemebefore I signoff.

2.What’s the criteriawhenevaluatingathletes?

Three things: 1. value to the team; 2. sea-son statistics; 3. future prospects. Sometimes aplayer doesn’t have thebest stats, but they arethemost important player on a team that hasgreat success. That should count. Future pros-pects includes college scholarship offers orother opportunities (say an invitation to trainat theU.S.OlympicTrainingCenter).

3.But you tookmychild’s photo,whyisn’t heon the team?

Getting thephotosweneed todo thismany teams is a chore.We try to do it duringthe course of the season for all theplayerswhoare contenders. Just becausewe took a facephotodoesnotmean they are on the team. Itprobablymeans that they’re under consider-ationor thatwemaydoa feature soon.

4.Whyareprivate school athleteson theteam?

Inmost sports, public school coaches se-lect their ownall-county teams, so selecting ateamof only public school athleteswouldberedundant. TheAll-Gazette teams are uniquein that they combine the two. Inmany cases,but certainly not all, theprivate school athletesalso live in the county. Their familieswant tosee themhonored, too.

5.Whydo some teamshavehonorablementionandothersdonot?

While itwouldbe easy topack a lot ofnamesonto a list, as a staffwedecided thatonly cheapens thehonor. Ifwedon’t thinkthere are enoughworthy candidates to justifyanhonorablemention,wewon’t include it.

6.Howcanyoupossiblymake the rightchoices?

Great question, and there are timeswewonder if itmight bebetter not to doAll-Gazette teams.Wehave four reporterswhocover eight fall sports in two counties at 96high schools.My staff canonly seen a fractionof the teamsplay.

Therefore,we rely on coaches, objectiveobservers andwhatever stats are available.Weknowhow important this is to our readers.Wetake it very seriously andworkhard at gettingit right, but this is difficult andwehavemademistakes. If there’s a betterway topick theseteams, I’mopen to ideas.

7.What about athleteswho live in thecountywhoattend schools elsewhere?

Not going tohappen.We struggle to coverthe schools in the county.We can’t take onmore.

8.What’s the schedule for this fall’s All-Gazette teams?

Nov. 12—Cross-countryNov. 19—Field hockeyNov. 26—SoccerDec. 10—Girls volleyballDec. 17—FootballGolf and tennis run in the spring.

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n Trojans defeat Clarksburg thanks tonew formation, fill-in goalkeeper

BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN

STAFFWRITER

The goalkeeping position was a huge ques-tionmark for the Gaithersburg High School girlssoccer team when tryouts began mid-August.But, thrown into the proverbial fire, freshmanEliseCouturierwas really starting to get thehangof things as playoffs neared. Couturier, however,suffered a concussion in Gaithersburg’s 1-0 winagainst Thomas S. Wootton on Oct. 17 and onceagain the Trojans found themselves sans goalie,only this time it was days before the start of thepostseason.

Enter starting junior centralmidfielder LydiaNarum,who had played goalkeeper on occasionin her early soccer days.

“Lydia said she would play goalie if I wantedher tobut she’s valuable on thefield,”Kenel said.“But she had themost experience there. She un-derstands the position and the [field players]liked that. And she does have a great clearance.”

Narum did a fantastic job keeping the Tro-jans organized from the back — Kenel praisedthe high level club player’s overall knowledge ofthe game— in Friday’s 5-0 home victory against

Clarksburg in thefirst roundof theClass 4AWestRegion tournament andevencameoff her line tochallenge on a rareCoyotes charge butGaithers-burg’s defense made sure Narum’s goalkeepingabilities weren’t truly tested. Clarksburg mus-tered only one shot on goal.

“[Narum] is not going to dive, but she’ll get

Change does Gaithersburg good


Watkins Mill High School’s Guy Nabo scores on John Donoghue of Damascus during the Oct. 13 boys soccer game in Montgomery Village.

Watkins Mill senior uses size, skill to star in soccer

Reaching new hei hts

n Both teams eager fortough matchup to preparethem for the playoffs

BY PRINCE J. GRIMES

STAFFWRITER

There are a number ofparallels between the QuinceOrchard and Northwest highschool football teams, whichplay each other on Saturday.

First, these are two of themost successfulClass 4A teamsin the state during the past twoseasons, each having made anappearance in the state cham-pionship game. Also, bothschools have a coach with abackground on the defensive

Northwest, QOlinebackersready for a test

Thompson

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Gaithersburg High School’s Jordan Menge sends theball toward Clarksburg’s goal during Friday’s girls soc-cer playoff game at Gaithersburg.

See WATKINS MILL, Page B-2

See NORTHWEST, Page B-2 See SOCCER, Page B-2

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herself in position [to makesaves],” Kenel said. “I’ve beencalling [our goal] ‘Fort Gaithers-burg. We’ve got to protect ourgoalie as much as the goal.”The backline that came

to Narum’s protection Fridayis not the one that started theseason. Or even games as re-cently as two weeks ago. Gaith-ersburg is propelled by somegame-changing type playerssuch as leading scorers JordanMenge (17 goals), who scoredtwice Friday, and Jaime Mont-gomery (12 goals), who addedone against Clarksburg. But theTrojans were having troubleconnecting, Montgomery said.Heading into postseason

Kenel said he decided to makea change and it was to moveMontgomery and Menge fur-ther back — they’d been uptop the past couple years. Thenew dynamic has shored upthe defense but also benefittedthe offense as Gaithersburg’splaymakers can attack out of

the back and the team, overall,is connecting and playing themore possession style game itwants, Kenel said.“I think our chemistry has

grown a lot since we madechances to our formation,”Montgomery said. “We’re play-ing a lot more as a team andwe’re really working together.”The Trojans, who only beat

Clarksburg 2-1 in overtime dur-ing the regular season, spentabout 95 percent of Friday’sgameon theCoyotes’ half of thefield Friday and outshot them,18-1. Clarksburg had gotten offto a promising 4-1 start to 2014but after losing their last sevengames of the regular season,coach Christina Mann said itwas tough for the Coyotes, whodid show glimpses of their po-tential in a couple pushes overmidfield, to feel confidentmov-ing forward Friday.Montgomery put Gaithers-

burg on the board for the firsttime in the ninth minute off a30-yard short from the left side-line. Clarksburg’s defense heldup under a lot of first-half pres-sure to the keep the score 1-0 at

the break. But Katie Bol’s goal,a cross inside the left post, twominutes into the second halfseemed to open up the floodgates.Menge scored her first goal

in the 51st minute off a cor-ner kick that Clarksburg wasunable to clear properly. Sheadded her second less than fiveminutes later, on a great driveup the middle. Gaithersburg’sfifth goal game in the 76thmin-ute when Narum, who movedfrom the goal to the centralmidfield at the 10-minutemark, headed a beautiful crossfromMontgomery back towardthe left post.The Trojans are now sched-

uled to face the 4AWest RegionSection II’s top seed, Col. ZadokMagruder, Tuesday in Rock-ville. The Colonels won theteam’s regular season match,4-0, but Kenel and Montgom-ery said they’re looking forwardto a rematch.“If we play the way we have

the last three games, I think wecan win,” Montgomery said.

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Gaithersburg High School’s Reeghan Rietnauer redirects the ball on a throw-in away from Clarksburg’s Megan Moses-man during Friday’s girls soccer playoff game at Gaithersburg.

SOCCERContinued from Page B-1

Now, Nabo is the one advis-ing the Wolverines’ underclass-men; there’s one freshman thatconsistently goes to Nabo foradvice, according to Botchway.

Nabo is more comfortable onthe pitch as well. That’s mostevident with his foot skills;during one game last season,according to Botchway, Nabomade a run then dribbled bythree players and scored agoal.“He went through one guy,

and then another guy, andthen another guy,” Botchwaysaid. “... I don’t know how hedid it.”This fall Nabo has eight

goals, including the game-winner against Germantown’sSeneca Valley Thursday in thefirst round of the postseason,

Heckert said.“He’s been more confident

and his teammates look forhim more,” coach Jeff Heckertsaid. “... He’s still got a lot ofroom for improvement, but it’sbeen a nice season for him.”“He’s turned into more of

a center forward,” Alec van

Bronkhorst said. “[Team-mates] play off him and usehim to attract defenders.”Watkins Mill was sched-

uled to playWheaton Tuesday,after this edition goes to print.Nabo may be wrapping up histenure with the Wolverines,but there could still be plenty

of soccer in his future.“I honestly think he can go

to the next level. Whether it’s[Division 1, Division II, or Divi-sion III]. He can do it,” Botch-way said. “… I can see himgoing pretty far.”

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side of the ball — John Kelley ofQuince Orchard and Mike Neu-beiser of Northwest. On top ofthat, each teams’ defense is anexperienced group with seniorleaders at themiddle linebackerposition.For Quince Orchard’s 4-3

defensive scheme, that playeris Jason Heyn, who leads theteam in tackles through eightgames. The Cougars have onlyallowed an average of 9.6 pointsper game this season.Heyn said the defense has

succeeded by playing as a unit.“Our coaches are preparing

us well for the games,” Heynsaid. “Everyone’s really playingtheir position. They’re reading

their keys. We’re playing as aunit and swarming to the ball.We’re not a bunch of individu-als out there.”For Northwest, Brendan

Thompson is the leading tack-ler as one of the inside line-backers of a 3-4 scheme. TheJaguars are only giving up5.8 points per game, whichThompson also attributed toteam unity.“We just played as a unit,”

Thompson said. “And itworked.”But this is where the com-

parisons end.The middle linebacker, of-

ten called the quarterback of adefense because of his respon-sibility of knowing every otherplayers’ assignments, prob-ably has more to do with theteam playing as unit as anyone

else on the field.This entails different strat-

egies for each team on Satur-day because of the contrast innot only defensive styles be-tween Northwest and QuinceOrchard, but offensive stylesas well.“I think they’re just going

to try to hit us everywhere,”Heyn said about Northwest’soffense. “They have a great[offensive] line. Great wide re-ceivers. Great quarterback andrunning back. They’re reallystrong all-around. They’re go-ing to be firing on all cylinders,andwe have to play well. We’rekind of expecting everything.”Heyns’ statement points to

the fact that Northwest has abalanced offense that runs aswell as they pass.QO, on the other hand, is a

run-heavy offense. Thompsonsaid he thinks they’ll present atleast as much of a challenge asClarksburg did for the Jaguarson Oct. 24, when Northwestsurrendered more points thanthey had all season combinedin a 44-34 win.“Clarksburg, I think, [pre-

sented] about an equal chal-lenge than [Quince Orchard]will — and obviously, [QuinceOrchard] beat Clarksburg [22-19, on Sept. 5]. So they mightbe a little harder to handle,”Thompson said. “But I believethat our strengths play goodwith their strengths … We’llhave to see, but I’m pretty con-fident in how we look.”Thompson said the Clarks-

burg game was the first realtest for Northwest’s defense,which calls itself ‘Darkside.’

But once they were able toget their bearings on a higher-caliber offense than what theyhad seen, he said ‘Darkside’eventually started to makeplays.“We got flustered a little

bit,” Thompson said. “Ourcommunication was off, whichis why the points were scoredin my opinion… But it didn’tlast for very long. Sooner orlater we got ourselves back to-gether.”The way Northwest was

challenged in a different wayagainst Clarksburg is the wayQuince Orchard will be chal-lenged against Northwest.But what the Cougars lack indefensive athleticism, they’llmake up for in heart, Heyn said.“No one’s huge. We’re not

the strongest. We’re not the

fastest,” Heyn said. “But I thinkwe do have heart. And I thinkthat does make a differencecome game time.”Regardless of the result,

this is a welcomed test for bothteams before the playoffs beginin two weeks.“That’s exactly what

our defensive coordinator,coach [Kevin] Corpuz, toldus,” Thompson said. “Eventhroughout the [Clarksburg]game. He said we’re going toneed these type of games goinginto the playoffs because wedon’t know what we’ll see …”The game between Quince

Orchard and Northwest isscheduled for 6:30 p.m. Satur-day in Germantown.

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HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Poolesville, 1.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 highschool football teams in Montgomery County eachweek during the season.

Rank School Record Points

1. Northwest 8-0 60

2. Good Counsel 8-1 54

3. Damascus 8-0 48

4. Q. Orchard 7-1 42

5. Bullis 7-1 35

6. Clarksburg 5-3 31

7. Paint Branch 7-1 24

8. Seneca Valley 6-2 18

9. Sherwood 6-2 12

10. Blair 6-2 5

STANDINGSMontgomery 3ADivision

Division OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Damascus 5-0 — 8-0 299 54 W8Seneca Valley 4-1 1.0 6-2 227 149 L1Rockville 4-2 1.5 6-2 289 161 W1WatkinsMill 1-3 3.5 2-6 60 216 L3Northwood 1-3 3.5 2-6 148 358 W1Wheaton 1-3 3.5 1-7 73 231 L1Einstein 0-4 4.5 1-7 98 124 L2

Montgomery 4AWestDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Northwest 3-0 — 8-0 384 46 W14QuinceOrchard 3-0 — 7-1 294 77 W5Clarksburg 1-2 2.0 5-3 247 121 L1Gaithersburg 1-3 2.5 2-6 86 199 L1Magruder 0-3 3.0 2-6 86 204 L3

Montgomery 4A SouthDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Churchill 4-0 — 5-3 201 119 L1Wootton 4-1 .5 5-3 134 200 W1Whitman 2-1 2.5 4-4 168 167 W2R.Montgomery 1-2 2.5 2-6 205 261 L3B.-Chevy Chase 0-3 3.5 0-8 37 289 L8Walter Johnson 0-4 4.0 1-7 112 299 L1

Montgomery 4AEastDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk

Paint Branch 4-0 — 7-1 237 127 W2Sherwood 3-0 .5 6-2 253 121 W1Montgomery Blair 2-2 2.0 6-2 232 77 W1JamesH. Blake 1-3 3.0 2-6 90 226 L1Springbrook 1-3 3.0 2-6 98 198 W1John F. Kennedy 0-3 3.5 1-6 75 223 L3

Independent 2A schoolOverall

W-L-T PF PA StrkPoolesville 6-2-0 211 105 W3

Private schoolsOverallW-L-T PF PA Strk

GoodCounsel 8-1-0 239 112 W5Bullis 7-1-0 260 133 W6Avalon 6-3-0 251 94 L1Landon 4-3-1 253 176 L1Georgetown Prep 4-4-1 195 190 W1

LAST WEEK’S SCORESFriday’s resultsNorthwood 51, Kennedy 31Sherwood 48, Blake 14QuinceOrchard 52, Gaithersburg 8Rockville 54,Magruder 30Northwest 44, Clarksburg 34Paint Branch 50, Bethesda-Chevy Chase 0Springbrook 6, Churchill 0Whitman 50,Walter Johnson 24Wootton 36, RichardMontgomery 32Blair 35, Einstein 6Damascus 46, Seneca Valley 13SouthHagerstown 41,WatkinsMill 0Poolesville 38,Wheaton 0Georgetown Prep 27, Riverdale Baptist 24 (OT)Bullis 41, Landon 14Avalon defeatedMarylandChristian by forfeit

Saturday’s resultsGoodCounsel 55, ArchbishopCarroll 12

RushingPlayer, school Rushes Yards Avg. TDsDevonteWilliams, Bullis 171 1,422 8.3 19Adrian Feliz-Platt, Seneca 115 1,024 8.9 12Kyle Green, QuinceOrchard 130 1,011 7.8 20E.J. Lee, Northwest 94 968 10.3 15Alex Fehlinger, R.Montgomery 157 937 6.0 5Dominyck Sims,Wheaton 167 864 5.2 6JoshuaHunter, Landon 107 833 7.8 7TreyWillis, Poolesville 124 775 6.3 6Tyler Fenslau, Clarksburg 126 767 6.1 12Darryl Hill Jr., Paint Branch 99 745 7.5 11

PassingPlayer, school Att.-Cmp. Yards Int. TDsChuck Reese, Rockville 165-260 2,467 7 31SamEllis,Wootton 155-277 1,654 7 5Mark Pierce, Northwest 89-145 1,427 3 23DwayneHaskins Jr., Bullis 120-191 1,381 3 15Neven Sussman, Sherwood 84-130 1,290 0 13DanonDavis-Cray,P.Branch 85-141 1,198 4 12Bryan Strittmatter, Avalon 89-142 1,187 6 9Andres Castillo, G. Counsel 69-114 1,029 3 10StevenMorningstar, P’ville 63-105 941 5 7JasonClingman, Northwood 55-97 889 1 12

ReceivingPlayer, school Catches Yards Avg. TDsChristianGreaves, Northwood 54 1,031 19.1 11TrevonDiggs, Avalon 53 847 16.0 12Louison Biama, Rockville 32 736 23.0 6Marcus Simms, Sherwood 33 731 22.2 8Anthony Albert, Rockville 40 645 16.1 8JamarWilson, Northwest 31 630 20.3 13Jack Pykosh,Wootton 43 569 13.2 1Keon Paye, GoodCounsel 28 562 20.1 7Spencer Brigman, Rockville 43 516 12.0 9Ryan Stango, Paint Branch 34 507 14.9 4

Coaches and team statisticians may emailseason team statistics to [email protected] beforenoon on Mondays to be included.

COUNTY LEADERS

300 and counting

The Gazette sports staff picks the winners of this week’s football games involving Montgomery Countyteams. All games includes picks made in Prince George’s County. Here are this week’s predictions:

This week’s schedule Ken Eric Prince Kent Adam Jen

Paint Branch at Sherwood P. Branch Sherwood P. Branch Sherwood Sherwood SherwoodSpringbrook at Kennedy S’brook S’brook S’brook S’brook S’brook S’brookClarksburg at Magruder Clarksburg Clarksburg Clarksburg Clarksburg Clarksburg ClarksburgR. Montgomery at B.-Chevy Chase R. Mont. R. Mont. R. Mont. R. Mont. R. Mont. R. Mont.Whitman at Churchill Churchill Churchill Whitman Churchill Churchill ChurchillDamascus vs. Wheaton Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus DamascusRockville at Wootton Rockville Rockville Rockville Rockville Rockville RockvilleSeneca Valley at Einstein Seneca Seneca Seneca Seneca Seneca SenecaWatkins Mill at Northwood Northwood Northwood Northwood The Mill The Mill The MillPoolesville at Boonsboro Boonsboro Boonsboro Poolesville Poolesville Boonsboro PoolesvilleEpiscopal at Bullis Bullis Bullis Bullis Bullis Episcopal BullisO’Connell at Good Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. CounselAvalon at Perry Street Prep Avalon Avalon Avalon Avalon Avalon AvalonLandon at Georgetown Prep Landon Landon Landon G. Prep Landon LandonWalter Johnson at Gaithersburg G’burg G’burg G’burg G’burg G’burg G’burgBlair at Blake Blair Blair Blair Blair Blair BlairQuince Orchard at Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest

FEARLESSFORECASTS

Season record

All gamesMontgomery Co.


Bullis School running back Devonte Williams had 313 yards of total offense in Friday’s victory against Landon.

With twoweeks toplay inhighschool football’s regular season,there are plenty of playoff positionsto bedecided in the four regionsthat includeMontgomeryCountyschools.

Only three teamshave clinchedplayoff positions so far, but twomore teams can clinch thisweek-end. In total, 11 teams are still inthehunt, but only four control theirowndestinies. Twelve teamshavebeen eliminated fromcontentionalready.

4A WestNorthwest andQuinceOr-

chardhave clinchedplayoff spots.Northwest clinches the region’s topseed, thus gaininghome-field ad-vantage in the region tournament,by defeatingQuinceOrchardonSaturday. IfQuinceOrchardwins, itcould clinchhome-field advantagewith awin againstWootton.

MontgomeryBlair needs towineachof its final two games for aplayoff berth, in addition tohavingWinstonChurchill or Thomas S.Wootton lose a game. If Blairwereto lose oneof its final two games, itcould still get in butwouldneed twoof the following scenarios to hap-pen in thenext twoweeks: a loss byClarksburg, a loss byWaltWhitman,or aChurchill loss toDamascus.

Clarksburg can clinch aplayoffbirth bywinning its final two gamesagainst Col. ZadokMagruder andRichardMontgomery, in additionto a loss by twoof the followingteams in thenext twoweeks—Blair, Churchill, andWootton.

If Clarksburg loses oneof itsfinal two games, itwouldneedChurchill,Wootton, andBlair toall lose twogames, andWhitmanto lose one— inorder to outpointthose teams.

WinstonChurchill is infifthplace,but still controls itsowndestinyandcanmake theplayoffsbywinning itsfinal twogames. IfChurchillwere to lose toWhitman

onFridayhowever, itwouldneedtobeatDamascus the followingweekend, JamesH.Blakewouldhave tobeatBlair, andBlairwouldhave tobeatWhitman.ChurchillwouldalsoneedClarksburgandWootton to lose.ThomasS.Woottonalsocontrols itsowndestinyandcanclinchaplayoffberthbydefeatingRockville andQuinceOrchard in thefinal twoweeks. IfWootton loses toRockville, itwouldhavebeatQOandneedaChurchill loss toDamascus,and lossesbyClarksburgandBlair.Whitmancanget inwithwins in itsfinal twogames, aWootton loss toQO,Churchill loss toDamascus, andClarksburg loss.Whitman is elimi-natedwith itsnext loss.

4A NorthPaint Branchplays Sherwood

onFriday in a game that couldde-cide theplayoff fate for each team.

If Paint Branchwins, it clinchesaplayoff spot and can clinchhome-field advantagewith anotherwinnextweekend ifMergenthaler-Vocational andHowardboth losea game.With a loss, Paint Branchwouldhave tobeatGaithersburgnextweek andhope for either Sher-woodor PerryHall to lose a game,orHowardorMergenthaler to losetwogames.

If Sherwoodwins, it can clinchaplayoff spot nextweekendwith awin against JohnF. Kennedy.Witha loss to Paint Branch, Sherwoodwouldhave tobeat Kennedy andhopeMergenthaler or PerryHallloses eachof its final two games.

3A WestDamascus has clinched a spot

in the postseason and can lockup home-field advantage withwins in its final two games, or onewin and a loss by Linganore andSouthHagerstown. Seneca Valleycan still get into the postseasonbywinning its final two games,but it would need either SouthHagerstown or Urbana to lose twogames. Rockville still has a slimchance at the playoffs but wouldhave to win its final two games inaddtion to needing both SouthHagerstown andUrbana to losetheir final two games. But if onlyone of those two teams lost bothgames, Rockville could get in ifSeneca loses a game.

2A WestPoolesville can clinch a playoff

spot with its next win.

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Damascus High School’s Kenneth Vias scores during Friday’s game againstSeneca Valley in Damascus. The Swarmin’ Hornets won to improve to 8-0.

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n Danny, Sandy and thegang set to come to life

BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFFWRITER

“Grease” is the word forRockville Musical Theatre as itprepares its production of thepopular 1971 musical, whichopens Oct. 31.

Set in the1950s, themusicalfollows the trials and tribula-tions of several high school stu-dents, including Danny Zukoand Sandy Dumbrowski. Whilesparks flew between the twoover the summer, peerpressureand social group expectationsget in the way of their prospec-tive relationship.

Director Lee Rosenthalknewsheneededa lot of peopleon stage to properly illustratethe different cliques at playthroughout the musical, andprospective cast members didnot disappoint; approximately70 people came out for audi-tions.

“We had so many optionsfor all of thedifferent roles,” shesaid. “It was both easy and noteasy to cast, since therewere somany different combinationsof actors — it was more seeingwho fit with who.”

“Everybody’s role is per-fectly cast,” added Leslie Wal-bert, who plays Sandy. “Sandyand Danny are certainly a bigfocus, but honestly Rizzo andthe Pink Ladies and the guys,they all carry the show. It’smore balanced, and that’swhatmakes it fun.”

Many people have encoun-tered the 1978 “Grease” movieat some point, and Walbert isno different. Between the filmversion and a musical run inwhich her father played TeenAngel, she was hooked.

Although the musical is setdecades ago, many of the cen-tral themes still ring true today.

“I think we can all relate tothose different social groups inhigh school: the cool kids andnot-so-cool kids,”Walbert said,“andwe all kind of fit into a cer-tain clique growing up.”

“Sandy’s trying to fitin [during] the entire play;Danny’s trying to be what hisfriends think he’s supposed tobe,” added Rosenthal. “There’s

always the cool kids and thenerds, and I think that justspans generations.”

Thoughall of the castmem-bers can look to their own highschool days for character devel-opment, just one can examinetheir current experience; Val-erie Hubert, who plays cheer-leader Patty Simcox who istrying to wooDanny, is the soleactual teenager in the produc-tion.

“It’s a little weird,” she said,“but it’s been great — every-one’s been so accepting, and Ican also take what they’re do-ing to help with my character.They pushme to domy best.”

Rosenthal has also been aforce in bringing out the bestin the cast. She’s often a per-former, but she’s previouslydirected the last two springmu-sicals at the Arts Barn in Gaith-ersburg with Rockville Musical

Theatre. As far as scope, how-ever, she says this is her firsttime directing a bigmusical.

With the film being so pop-ular, it could be intimidating totakeon the stage version,whichhas different songs and slightdifferences in character traitsand plot elements. The chal-lenge is one Rosenthal seemsmore than up for.

“I was really excited be-cause it’s a fresh perspective—after reading the script, I couldsee how I could putmy twist onit,” she said.

“She’s upfront with whatyou want her to do,” Hubertadded. “She doesn’t beataround the bush, but she’s alsonice and fun.”

Much like a class of gradu-ating seniors exchanging year-books before the end of their

Autumn nightsn “Jellyfish Have Eyes”

first novel for Piatigorsky

JoramPiatigorsky is some-what of an anomaly. TheBethesda resident identifieshimself as half scientist, halfartist.

TheNational Institutes ofHealth emeritus scientist retiredin 2009 as chief of the laboratoryhe established 28 years earlier.While his impressive creden-tials— including abachelor’sdegree fromHarvardUniversityand adoctorate in biology andchemistry from theCaliforniaInstitute of Technology; long-termpositions atNIHas chairof theDepartment of BiologyandGenetics in the Founda-tion for AdvancedEducation inthe Sciences, and as headof theLaboratory ofMolecular andDe-velopmental Biology in theNa-tional Eye Institute; a book aboutgene expression andevolutionaswell as a plethora of publishedpapers and awards—areunam-biguously scientific, Piatigorskyinsists on equal standing for hisartistic side.

Hemeans artist in twosenses: first, in science, as alifelong creative rather than goal-oriented researcher, andmorerecently, as awriter of fiction.Hisfirst publishednovel combinesthese aspects. “JellyfishHaveEyes” is the “somewhat autobio-graphical” story of an eminentscientistwhose studyof jellyfisheyes earns himcondemnationrather thanacclaim.Piatigorsky’sownworkhas involved squid,scallop and jellyfish eyes.

Amonghis goals in thenovelis initiating discussionof theU.S.government’s role in definingthedirection and integrity of sci-entific research.

“Science is increasinglyfunded specifically to doworkthat has a direct connection tohelpinghumanbeings,” Piati-

gorsky explained. “That is howscientific research is justified toCongress and taxpayers.”

Such restriction, he con-tended, comes at a price.

“Thequestion is the line,”he said. “Without creative non-destinational science,we losethe opportunity for interestingnewdevelopments, for puttingtogether results in different com-binations. That closes off op-portunities for creative scientists—andeverybody loses.”

Piatigorsky sees parallelsin basic science research andliterature; they converge in theprocess.

“Both science andwrit-ing are adventures exploringthemysterious unknown,” heobserved. “Bothdealwithnarra-tives of one sort or another, andare often surprised at how theirnarratives unfold.”

“Science is a humancon-struct. It is thenarrative of naturethat is understandable at thetime,” he added.

FromPiatigorsky’s view-point, “Science is a thing ofbeauty, a formof self-expression.It is a narrative every bit asmuchas art is. The scientist accumu-lates data, or facts, and there isonly one typeof possible linkbetweendata points that is con-sistentwithwhat is knownandmakes sense. Beyond that, thescientistmust imaginehow theyare linked.When someone elsegets data that doesn’t quite fit, itcreates anewnarrative.”

He acknowledged thedis-parity aswell.

“The fundamental differencebetween them is that basic re-searchhas constraints. You can’tgobeyondhard evidence that isknown, the rules of nature. You

Artistic NIH scientistenters literary world

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Leslie Walbert as Sandy and Garrett Matthews as Danny star in Rockville Musical Theatre’s “Grease.”

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DANCESIn celebration of National Arts & Humanities

Month, Gaithersburg-based Dawn Crafton DanceConnection (DCDC) is offering free and unlimitedlessons for students of all ages (2 to 18) and adult(tap) and at all levels of expertise. Students may takeas many classes as they wish and sample differentstyles. Classes are taught by nationally recognizeddancers from Broadway to TV’s “So You Think YouCan Dance.” This month-long offer enables studentsto experience different types of dance and learn whatthey like. For more information, contact Erin at [email protected] or 301-840-8400.

Social Ballroom Dance, 8:30 p.m. with “step ofthe evening” tango mini-lesson at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 29,$16; Tea Dance, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 30, $6; WestCoast Swing Dancing with Dance Jam Productions, 9p.m., drop-in lessons 7:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31, $15; LatinNight with Mr. Mambo, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. workshops,10 p.m. to 2 a.m. dance, Nov. 1, $18 for workshop anddance, $15 for dance after 10; Social Ballroom Dance,8 p.m., free bolero lesson at 7 p.m. Nov. 2, $16; SocialBallroom Dance at 8:30 p.m., “step of the evening”foxtrot mini-lesson at 8:15 p.m. Nov. 5, $16; TeaDance, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Nov. 6, $6; 2126 IndustrialHighway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodball-roomdc.com.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m. Mondays,steps and formations taught. No experience, partnernecessary, T-39 Building on NIH campus, WisconsinAvenue and South Drive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

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

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

Contra, Oct. 31. Anna Rain with ContraForce withAndrae Raffield on fiddle, Joey Dorwart on drums andsaxophone, and Jimi “Two Nails” Periano on acousticand electric guitars. There will be a costume contestand prizes will go to the best classic scary, currentevent, most artistic, and best pair. Two winners (fourfor pair) in each category. This is a fundraiser for thebenefit of Glen Echo Park. $11, Glen Echo Park Span-ish Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.

English Country, Oct. 29, Carol Marsh caller, 8p.m., Glen Echo Town Hall (upstairs), fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Nov. 8, WWII Canteen Dancewith the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra. $18, $12, 17 andyounger. Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, flying-feet.org.

Waltz, Nov. 2, Devine Comedy with Marty Taylor(winds, concertina), Steve Hickman (fiddle), JohnDevine (guitar and vocals), Ralph Gordon (bass),waltztimedances.org.

Irish Dancing, “Ring of Kerry Irish Dance classwinter session began on Sept. 9. Dancers meet onTuesday’s until mid-December at Ridgeview Middle

School. Beginning class starts at 7 p.m., followed bythe more experienced class at 8:05 p.m. Cost is $40.We do ceili and set dances and no partner is requiredto enjoy the lessons. For more information, emailJean at [email protected] or visit ringofkerry-dancers.org. Dancers must be at least 8 years old tosenior. Anyone younger than 16 must be accompa-nied by an adult.

MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, CeCe Penis-

ton, 8 p.m. Oct. 30; 2nd annual Grand HalloweenMasquerade with Doc Scantlin, 8 p.m. Oct. 31; JoeClair Comedy, The Return of Teddy Carpenter withQueen Aisha & Mike Brooks, 7 and 10 p.m. Nov. 1;DC Doo-Wop Revue, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2; Washington’sEntertainment Connection Music Party Expo, 6 p.m.Nov. 5; Rhonda Ross, 8 p.m. Nov. 6; Rockapella, 8:30p.m. Nov. 7; DIVAS D.C. “A Night of Giving,” 8 p.m.Nov. 8; The Buster Williams Quartet “SomethingMore,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9; call for prices, 7719 Wiscon-sin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesdabluesjazz.com.

BlackRock Center for the Arts, Swing DanceParty, Oct. 30, Fancy Nancy Tea Party, 10 a.m. Nov. 1;Fancy Nancy the Musical, 11 a.m. Nov. 1; Kate Davis,8 p.m. Nov. 1; Fancy Nancy the Musical, 3 p.m. Nov.2; 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring, Waka Flocka Flame andRiff Raff, Oct. 30; Jerrod Niemann with Frankie Bal-lard and Chase Rice, Oct. 31; Lecrae with Andy Mineo& DJ Promote, Nov. 2; Joey Bada$$, Nov. 5; CircaSurvive, Nov. 6; Anberlin, Nov. 7; La Ley, Nov. 9; BlueOctober, Nov. 12; 8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring.fillmoresilverspring.com.

Strathmore, Haunted Tea Party, 1 p.m. Oct. 29;Christylez Bacon, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29; BSO: Brahms’Symphony No. 2, 8 p.m.; National Philharmonic: Mo-zart’s Requiem, 8 p.m. Nov. 1; National Philharmonic:Mozart’s Requiem, Nov. 2; Afternoon Tea, 1 p.m. Nov.4; Afternoon Tea, 1 p.m. Nov. 5; AIR Mentor: Seth Ki-bel, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5; call for venue. Locations: Man-sion, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda; MusicCenter at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, NorthBethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGEArts Barn, Comedy and Magic Society, 8 p.m.

Oct. 31, $18, $12 for 14 and younger, 311 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394.

Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Tiny Tim’s ChristmasCarol,” Nov. 14 through Jan. 1, call for prices, times,Adventure Theatre MTC, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., GlenEcho, 301-634-2270, adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “101 Dalmatians,” Nov. 19through Jan. 11, call for prices, times, ImaginationStage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.

Highwood Theatre, “No Exit,” Oct. 30 throughNov. 9, call for prices, times, The Highwood Theatre,914 Silver Spring Ave., thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.

Olney Theatre Center, “Disney’s The Little Mer-maid,” Nov. 12 through Dec. 28, call for prices, times,

2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney, 301-924-3400,olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “The 3 Billy Goats Gruff,” throughNov. 21; Tiny Tots @ 10, select Wednesdays, Satur-days and Sundays, call for shows and show times,Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s NorthArcade Building, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “Fetch Clay,Make Man,” Now through Nov. 2, call for showtimes, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda. $15 forgeneral admission, $10 for subscribers, patrons 30and younger and seniors. 240-644-1100, roundhous-etheatre.org.

Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, 8641 ColesvilleRoad, Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, [email protected].

Silver Spring Stage, “Earth and Sky,” Oct. 31through Nov. 22, Woodmoor Shopping Center, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, see Web site for showtimes, ssstage.org.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, The work of Alan Steele,

through Nov. 9, 3766 Howard Ave., Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com

Glenview Mansion, Charles Weiss, Lois Levitan,Laura Chassy, Nov. 2 though Nov. 26, Rockville CivicCenter Park, 503 Edmonston Drive, Rockville. rockvil-lemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries, Jamie Marin-Price, throughNov. 15, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Sat-urday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022 Wisconsin Ave.,301-718-0622, marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association, Laura-Leigh Palmer,Oct. 28 through Nov. 30, Westfield Wheaton Mall,11160 Viers Mill Road, Wheaton, montgomeryart.org.

VisArts, Lynn Silverman: Lookout, through Nov.23; Strange Bedfellows, through Nov. 23; Barbara Al-len: Sticks and Stones, through Nov. 23; Gibbs StreetGallery, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visart-satrockville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gallery, My 20 20 Vision,artist Terry Svat, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, secondfloor, 8230 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, washington-printmakers.com.

Kentlands Mansion, Cathy Abramson (oil), LynneOakes (oil), and Elroy Williams (multimedia), throughDec. 5, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.

Arts Barn, F/1.4 (photography), Thomas Germer(photography), through Nov. 23, 311 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394

Olney Art Association extends a warm welcometo the public to celebrate its 40th Annual Juried ArtShow. Artist’s reception will be held from noon to4 p.m. Nov. 2 with award presentations at 2 p.m.The show will be open from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 1through 9. The annual exhibit is at the WoodlawnManor, located at 16501 Norwood Road, SandySpring. Free admission/parking.

ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda,

301-654-8664, writer.org.

IN THE ARTShave to be creative. In literature, there are also con-straints: the necessity to be consistent within a piece ofwork; there are no natural constraints.”

With literature and other arts, Piatigorsky pointedout, “you’re allowed to create rules. Light can be dark.Time can go backwards.”

Writing his book on gene sharing “fueled me tothink and write short stories. It freed my science,”About 20 years ago, he began writing fiction; it was, hesaid, “a different and satisfying form of self-expressionfor me.” Over 10 years, he accumulated some 400pages, written during “cracks of time” in his busyschedule. He honed his skills in workshops at TheWriter’s Center [TWC] in Bethesda.

“What a help they have been for helping me makethe transition from the world of science to that of fic-tion and essays!” Piatigorsky said.

He now serves on TWC’s board of directors;among his accomplishments is arranging to displaythe work of Yellow Barn Gallery artists on the build-ing’s bare walls.

Piatigorsky wrote the first draft of “Jellyfish HaveEyes” in 1999. It began as a short story, then expandedinto a novella.

“It sat for many years,” he said, until 2009 whenhe retired from NIH and initiated four years of work inearnest.

A series of 15 personal essays, “combining thingsof general interest to my life,” and linked by the themeof transformations, is occupying much of Piatigorsky’stime. Some of them have been published in Lived Ex-perience, a friend’s Canadian journal. Piatigorsky, whocredits Marcel’s Proust’s work as his inspiration, plansto put them together as a memoir.

JoramPiatigorsky will read from “JellyfishHaveEyes” (2014, IPBooks.net) as part of a 2 to 4 p.m. eventon Sunday at TheWriter’s Center, 4508Walsh St.,Bethesda. Admission is free. Call 301-654-8664 or visitwriter.org.

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time in high school, Rosenthal says the cast has be-come wistful with the production process coming toa close.

With a cast and crew so excited about workingwith each other and about the musical from begin-ning to end, it’s hard to imagine the audience walkingaway at the end of the night any less than hopelesslydevoted to the production.

“We have a solid cast that bonded from the be-ginning,” Rosenthal said, “we’ve had actors going upto the bay to paint the set, and everyone was gettingnostalgic when we had our last elementary rehearsal.It’s been an amazing experience.”

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Award-winning playwright,rapper, actor and educatorWillPower’s “Fetch Clay,MakeMan”is set to have its final curtain Sun-day at the RoundHouse Theatrein Bethesda.

The show follows an unlikelybond between heavyweightchampMuhammadAli with dis-graced actor Stepin Fetchit. Ali, ofcourse, was young and fearless,while Fetchit was old, resentfuland vilified for the degradingstereotypes he played. Bothwerefighting to shape their legaciesduring the Civil RightsMove-ment.

RoscoeOrman is set to playFetchit. Orman is best known forplayingGordon on Sesame Street.Eddie Ray Jacksonwill play Ali.

Tickets for the show are $10 to$45. Formore information, visitroundhousetheatre.org or call240-644-1100.

Unlikely bonds

PHOTO BY ROUND HOUSE THEATRE

Roscoe Orman and Eddie Ray Jackson star in Round House Theatre’s productionof “Fetch Clay, Make Man.”

There’s a song out there right now thatis so popular, even the covers of the songare hitting the top of the charts.

Meghan Trainor’s “All About thatBass,” whichwas written by Kevin Kadish—himself a native of OwingsMills— isa wildly popular right now. Imean, crazypopular. Even Kate Davis, one ofMTV’s“15 Fresh FemalesWhoWill Rule Pop,” dida cover of the song, which itself went to No.1 on iTunes.

Davis does sing other songs (obviously)andwill bring those tunes and her enor-mous talent to the BlackRock Center forthe Arts at 8 p.m. Saturday.

The plucky Oregonian, whomostrecently has been turning heads in NewYork, has shared the stage with such actsas Alison Krauss, Ben Folds, Josh Groban,Sara Bareilles, all the while performing atThe Kennedy Center, The Bowery Ball-room, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.Yeah, they don’t let you play those places ifyou’re not talented, folks.

Tickets for the show range from $15 to$22. Formore information, visit blackrock-center.org or call 240-912-1058.

All aboutthat Kate

BLACKROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Musical sensation Kate Davis is making her wayto Germantown to perform at the BlackRock Cen-ter for the Arts.

Laura-Leigh Palmer, an adjunct profes-sor of art and illustration atMontgomeryCollege, is featured artist of themonth fortheMontgomery Art AssociationMMAGal-lery inWheaton.

The opening reception is slated for 1p.m. Sunday.

Palmer works with ink, adding water-color, acrylics and pastels for color. Herwork is considered “TraDigital,” which is acombination of traditionalmedia and digi-tal creations. She enjoys painting picturesof animals and people at events. She is cur-rently illustrating themythology of cycle ofthe Chinese zodiac.

When she’s not teaching, Palmer runs agraphic design business in Kensington andis a photographer for Google. She’s also apast president forMMA.

Formore information, visit montgom-eryart.org or [email protected].

The TraDigital way

MONTGOMERY ART ASSOCIATION

The works of Lara-Leigh Palmer, such as this painted copy ofRenoir’s “Boating Party,” are on display in November as she is theMontgomery Art Association’s featured artist of the month.

RapperWaka Flocka Flame hit the Bill-board charts in 2009 with “O Let’s Do It,” andhas beenworking ever since. Riff Raff, out ofHouston, gained notoriety using social media(Myspace and YouTube,mostly) and has beenon fire since.

The two are set to share the stage Thurs-day at the Fillmore Silver Spring.

Waka has released three albums, with hisfourth, “Flockaveli 2” set to be released beforethe end of the year. He has workedwith otherartists such as Ne-Yo, Drake, FrenchMon-tana, Timbaland andWyclef Jean. He’smostlyassociated with GucciMane, even thoughthe two had a severe falling out back in 2013.Lastmonth, however,Waka posted a photo ofthe two on his Twitter page with the hashtag“#NoBeef.”

Riff Raff credits his early influence to an-other Texas rapper, PaulWall. His big breakcame during the second season ofMTV’s“FromG’s to Gents.” Upon learning he hadbeen cast in the show, he got a giantMTVtattoo on his neck. Even though hewas elimi-nated in the second round, hemade a lastingimpression.

He’s released severalmixtapes with hisfirst big studio album, “Neon Icon,” hittingNo. 4 on theU.S. Rap chart.

Tickets for the show are $38. Formoreinformation, visit fillmoresilverspring.com orcall 301-960-9999.

Waka waka

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING

Rappers Waka Flocka Flame and Riff Raff will sharethe stage Thursday at the Fillmore Silver Spring.

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SILVER SPRING CAMPUSCARE XPERT ACADEMY

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FRONT DESKNeeded for a SeniorApartment Community. Goodbenefits & great atmoshphere.Ideal candidate must bepatient and possess basiccomputer & phone skills. Sendresume wth salary requests [email protected]

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MULTIPLE LUBETECH POSITIONSMOBIL LUBE EXPRESS

in Kensington, MD. Experiencepreferred, but will train the

right person!APPLY IN PERSON AT:10635 Connecticut Ave.

Kensington, MD.

AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICWe are currently seeking a highly motivatedemployee, who wants to work for a companythat has been in business for 25 years! And hasa built in referral base! We have a currentopening for you. We are looking for candidatewith at least 1-2 years of experience, ASECertification a plus, but not required, the abilityto perform engine diagnostics a plus and musthave own tools. Either apply online at ourwebsite www.washluberepair.com or apply inperson at our location. EOE M/F

Fredericktowne Auto Repair (part of WLRAutomotive Group)

1395 West Patrick StreetFrederick, MD 21702

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MOMSWould you like to provide child care FT/PT in your own home for working parents?

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CSAAC (Community Services for Autistic Adults and Children) will behosting an on-site Job Fair on Tuesday, November 11th from3pm to 6pm at our East Village Headquarters located at

8615 East Village Ave., Montgomery Village, MD 20886.

CSAAC is a private, non-profit agency, dedicated to serving children andadults living with autism by helping them succeed in day-to-day activities

and become engaged members of the community.Do you want to make a difference in the lives of others?

If so, please join us on November 11th.

We are currently seeking Direct Support Staff candidates to work asTeaching Assistants, Job Coaches, and Residential Counselors.Please join us on November 11th to find out more information

Please visit our careers page at http://csaac.org/careers/ to learn moreabout our organization and other job opportunities.

CSAAC Job FairTuesday, November 11, 2014

3pm to 6pm

NANNY- PotomacFamily w/ Children 16& 11 looking forhousekeeper/nannyfor after school hrsapprox.3:15-6:15 Mon-Frid. Family has 2friendly dogs musthave car for drivingkids to activities. Otherduty may includehouse cleaning &laundry. Backgroundcheck & driving recordrequired. English flu-ently a must. $15/hrCall 301-299-7472

Driver - CDLDrivers needed for rear-endroutes in Montgomery County.Class A or B CDS req. $300

Sign-On Bonus afterprobationary period.

Yard is in Gaithersburg.

Call 301-330-3207

European AutoTechnician

Needed for high linevehicles. Clean workingenviroment A/C shop.ASE

certified, five yearsexperience.

Email resume [email protected]

Foster ParentsTreatment FosterParents NeededWork from home!

û Free training begins soonû Generous monthlytax-free stipend

û 24/7 support

Call 301-355-7205

Restaurant Staff∂ Wait Staff ∂ Bus Persons∂ Host/Hostess

Full & Part Time ShiftsAvailable.

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Dental/MedicalAssistantTrainees

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Full Time Unit Manager/RN

GNAs or CNAs with Med Techvarious shifts

Housekeeping AssociatePRN (as needed)

Less than Part Time Driver6 - 12 hours per week

Brooke Grove Retirement Village is an Equal Opportunity Employer

E-mail resume: [email protected] apply in person at:

18100 Slade School Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860Direct any questions to the HR department at

301-924-2811, option 3

DentistFamily Dentistry of Gaithersburg

426 East Diamond Ave - General Dentist positionopen - Hiring Now - Apply in person or send

resume to: [email protected] 301-990-8435

TeachersPeppertree Children’s Center in Germantown,MD is seeking an enthusiastic and energeticteacher for its NAEYC accredited 2 year oldclassroom. Must meet MSDE and NAEYCrequirements. Hours are 10am to 6:30pm. CallDebbie or Harriet at 301-540-1170

Premier Homecare CAREER FAIRHiring CNA/GNA/CMT -- Nov.7th & 8th8am-5pm (Walk-ins every Monday 9am-3pm)6123 Montrose Road. Rockville, Maryland(near Twinbrook Metro & White Flint)

301-984-1742www.premierhomecare.org/careers/jobfair

Qualified candidates are eligible to receive on offerof employment & a possible signing bonus.

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Must R.S.V.P.Call Bill Hennessy

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NOW HIRING COMPANIONS FOR SENIORS!Provide non-medical care for seniors in their homes.

CNA, GNA, HHA and NON-LICENSED positions available.Flexible scheduling, ongoing training, 24hr support provided. Must have car,1yr U.S work history, 21+. Home Instead Senior Care. To us it’s personal!

301-588-9708 (Call 10am-4pm Mon-Fri ) µ www.HISC197CG.digbro.com

InsuranceLarge independent insurance agency in Germantown isseeking licensed individuals to join our service team.Positions available in Comm Lines and Benefitsdivisions. Insurance experience, strong communication& organization skills and the ability to handle multiplepriorities in a fast-paced environment needed. Sendresume to [email protected].

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Front Desk & Medical AssistantFull-Time dedicated experience professional Front

Desk & Medical Assistant position avail inGermantown. Must be fluent in English & Spanish.

Call after 6pm301-515-6971

Maintenance Tech/HelperStreamside Apartments in Gaithersburg looking forexperienced Maintenance Technician/Helper. Musthave own tools. Fax resume 301-948-3959.

Precision Sheet Metal ShopWe have (2 ) immediate openings: (1 )Parts/Quality Control Inspector; looking fora detailed individual with a strong precision sheetmetal and machine shop background who is ableto perform first piece, in-process, and finalinspections IAW the customer’s drawingrequirements. (2) General Shop Help; must beable to read mechanical drawings and be able todo a variety of assigned duties. Please reply viaemail with a copy of your resume([email protected]) or call (301-948-6445) toschedule an interview. De Perini MetalFabricators, Inc. Gaithersburg, MD.

Medical BillerExp/Entry Biller Needed. Hospital posting,A/R, Charge and payment posting for a Large

Cardiology Practice in Mont. Co.FT/Benefits offered.

Send resume to 240-449-1193 (f) [email protected]

Office AssistantMUST be Organized & Reliable, Workw/demanding owner on contracts, billing,change orders. QB exp a must! $10-12/per hourdepending on exp. Will train the right [email protected] No phone calls

Seasonal

Bell RingersThe Salvation Army is now

hiring Bell Ringers inMontgomery County for thisChristmas Season. $8.25 perhour. Apply in person October29th, 30th, 31st from 10am -2pm at 20021 Aircraft Drive,Germantown, MD 20874


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2013 Nissan Altima.....#V093209A, Black, 29,653 Miles...........$16,4912013 Hyundai Elantra GLS.....#V108013A, Black, 22,543 Miles.$16,5912012 Jetta TDI Sedan.....#V075706A, Gold, 50,888 Miles..........$16,5912012 Honda Civic...#V537179C, Blue, 21,194 Miles...................$17,5942011 GTI...#V009202A, Blue, 56,396 Miles..................................$17,9912009 Jeep Wrangler Unltd...#V000346A, Red, 73,973 Miles....$20,4912014 Honda CR-V...#V508233A, Silver, 2,746 Miles....................$20,4932013 Jetta TDI..#VPR0083, Silver, 10,331 Miles..........................$20,7932013 CC Sport...#V540344A, White, 33,814 Miles.......................$21,4912014 Jetta Sportwagen...#V625545A, Black, 34,845 Miles.......$22,5912012 Toyota Venza XLE...#V822557A, Blue, 38,060 Miles.........$23,9912013 CC...#V299051A, White, 19,769 Miles.................................$24,591

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