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1932815 Automotive B-15 Calendar A-2 Classified B-11 Entertainment B-8 Obituaries A-12 Opinion A-16 Sports B-1 INDEX Please RECYCLE Volume 27, No. 30, Two sections, 36 Pages Copyright © 2014 The Gazette SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY 25 cents DAILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE.NET Wednesday, December 17, 2014 The Gazette COLORS OF CHRISTMAS Bryson, Studdard highlight holiday concert at Strathmore. B-8 A&E SCARCE DOLLARS Schools seek more money from dwindling pot. A-6 SPORTS: Whitman looks to rebound with a very different roster from last season. B-1 NEWS: For second winter, Silver Spring church to open homeless shelter. A-4 n Official: Proposal is ‘incompatible’ with neighborhood BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER A Montgomery County zoning hearing examiner has recommended that the Board of Appeals deny Costco Whole- sale Corp.’s request to build a 16-pump gas station outside its store at Westfield Wheaton mall. In a 492-page report released Friday, Martin L. Grossman, hearing examiner for the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings, wrote that Costco had not “met its burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evi- dence, that the automobile fill- ing station use it proposes would meet all of the specific and gen- eral requirements for the special [zoning] exception.” Erich Brann Jr., director of real estate development for Costco Wholesale, said Monday that the company did not have a comment on Grossman’s report. “The next step is going before the Board of Appeals,” Brann said. “As far as I know, there has not been a date set yet.” The Costco case was not on the board’s Dec. 17 agenda. Karen Cordry, president of the Kensington Heights Civic Association, one of the groups opposing the gas station, said she is confident that the Board of Appeals will affirm Grossman’s recommendation if the case gets there. “Costco has now presented its case to the [Montgomery County] Planning Depart- ment, the Planning Board and the hearing examiner, and has struck out each time,” Cordry said. “In baseball, three strikes and you are out.” Grossman found that Costco met many of the requirements for the special exception, includ- ing that the proposed gas station would not produce objection- able noises or odors, though he thought there would be “objec- tionable fumes.” Grossman concluded that the “unusual size” of the pro- posed gas station — as near as 118 feet from a single-family home, 375 feet from the Ken- mont Swim & Tennis Club and 874 feet from the Stephen Knolls School — would “render the pro- posal incompatible.” Gas station at Costco gets thumbs down n Living Nativity a family tradition in Olney BY TERRI HOGAN STAFF WRITER This weekend, the brightly lit star shining above the manger at Oakdale Emory United Method- ist Church will welcome visitors to a living Nativity, an Olney tra- dition for 60 years. In the midst of the frenzy of the holiday season, the church offers visitors the opportunity to step back in time to imagine Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Each year since 1954, some- times in rain, snow or bitter winds, the congregation has presented a free, 20-minute bib- lical narrative of the Christmas story, with actors, live animals and music. The late David Brigham be- gan the tradition. Paul Kolanowski, 44, of Brin- klow is Brigham’s grandson. “My mother, aunts and un- cles were in it, I have been in it as a child and an adult, and my girls have been in it — that’s four generations,” Kolanowski said. “It’s always been a great thing, and there are a lot of families who have had multiple genera- tions take part in it.” In 60th year, church brings Nativity to life PHOTO FROM ANNE JORDAN Members of the Oakdale Emory United Methodist Church community take part in last year’s living Nativity. This weekend marks the 60th anniversary of this Olney holiday tradition. n Partner of county’s shelter in Derwood raising money for program BY KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER With growing colonies of feral cats and a new animal shelter in Montgomery County that’s already almost full, a local nonprofit is trying to reduce the number of unwanted animals by increasing access to spaying and neutering. Spay it Forward, a new program being piloted by Montgomery County Partners for Animal Well-Being, or MCPAW, aims to reduce pet overpopulation by providing free spaying, neutering and microchips, re- gardless of the owner’s income. “We looked at the cause of pet overpop- ulation and found it is a lack of spay/neu- ter,” Ellie Trueman of MCPAW said. “Why not go to the root cause and really help re- duce the input of animals into the shelter?” MCPAW supports the county shelter with programs and additional funding. Trueman, who was on the board and now is a contractor working on Spay it For- ward, said the nonprofit is raising money for its program in two phases: first, spaying and neutering feral cats; and second, a free Nonprofit goal: Free pet spaying, neutering DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE Spencer Kelly, an animal care attendant supervisor at the county’s new shelter in Derwood, provides a handy perch for Rene, a brown female tabby, who has been spayed but has not received a microchip. n Dispute is over development and schools BY RYAN MARSHALL STAFF WRITER The question of how Rock- ville determines the impact of new building development has fueled concerns about over- crowded schools and sparked debate over whether the mayor and City Council even have the authority to change the city’s standard in the first place. Councilman Tom Moore has proposed changing the city’s adequate public facilities standards — which lays out its policies for controlling how de- velopment affects school enroll- ment, along with other issues such as traffic, and water, sewer, fire and emergency services — to bring the school policy in line with that followed by Montgom- ery County. A public hearing on the is- sue is scheduled for Jan. 5 at City Hall. The county’s standards al- low development that would allow enrollment to hit 120 per- cent of a school’s programmed Rockville planning board and council clash n Planners welcome online comments through Friday BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL STAFF WRITER Downtown Bethesda is changing, but people have an opportunity to weigh in on what those changes, as outlined in the forthcoming Bethesda Downtown Plan, should involve. Sector plans such as the Bethesda Downtown Plan detail what officials and resi- dents want a neighborhood to look like in 20 years. They can have a tremendous influ- ence over whether develop- ment and road projects get approved and funded. When finished, the Bethesda Down- town Plan will tell property owners how many apartments they can build, how many parking spaces they must have and how tall buildings can be. It also will include where plan- ners want to see new parks, bike lanes and sidewalks. Through Friday, people can weigh in on early ideas for downtown Bethesda to let planners know if they are on the right track via an online survey. The “feedback loop” allows people to click through a neighborhood-by-neighbor- hood briefing of downtown Bethesda and comment on whether Veterans Park should be expanded or Woodmont Avenue needs a cycle track. For those who are less-than-en- thused about scrutinizing the whole document, the survey allows people to select individ- ual neighborhoods or topics to view. The feedback loop and other ways to share opinions are at montgomeryplanning. org/bethesda_downtown. Planners also will consider a retail study they commis- sioned from marketing and branding company Street- sense of Bethesda. That study said that some areas — around the Bethesda Metro station, south of that along Wisconsin Avenue and the Woodmont Downtown Bethesda in 2034? Speak now See STORY, Page A-15 See CLASH, Page A-15 See COMMENTS, Page A-15 See STATION, Page A-15 See PET, Page A-15
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Volume 27, No. 30,Two sections, 36 PagesCopyright © 2014The Gazette
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
25 centsDA ILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE .NETWednesday, December 17, 2014
TheGazette
COLORS OFCHRISTMASBryson, Studdardhighlight holidayconcert at Strathmore.
B-8
A&E
SCARCE DOLLARSSchools seek more money from dwindling pot. A-6
SPORTS: Whitman looks torebound with a very differentroster from last season. B-1
NEWS: For second winter,Silver Spring church to openhomeless shelter. A-4
n Official: Proposal is‘incompatible’
with neighborhood
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFF WRITER
A Montgomery Countyzoning hearing examiner hasrecommended that the Boardof Appeals deny Costco Whole-sale Corp.’s request to build a16-pump gas station outside itsstore at Westfield Wheaton mall.
In a 492-page report releasedFriday, Martin L. Grossman,hearing examiner for the Officeof Zoning and AdministrativeHearings, wrote that Costco hadnot “met its burden of proving,by a preponderance of the evi-dence, that the automobile fill-ing station use it proposes wouldmeet all of the specific and gen-eral requirements for the special[zoning] exception.”
Erich Brann Jr., directorof real estate development forCostco Wholesale, said Mondaythat the company did not have acomment on Grossman’s report.
“Thenextstep isgoingbeforethe Board of Appeals,” Brannsaid. “As far as I know, there hasnot been a date set yet.”
The Costco case was not onthe board’s Dec. 17 agenda.
Karen Cordry, president ofthe Kensington Heights CivicAssociation, one of the groupsopposing the gas station, saidshe is confident that the Board ofAppeals will affirm Grossman’srecommendation if the case getsthere.
“Costco has now presentedits case to the [MontgomeryCounty] Planning Depart-ment, the Planning Board andthe hearing examiner, and hasstruck out each time,” Cordrysaid. “In baseball, three strikesand you are out.”
Grossman found that Costcomet many of the requirementsfor the special exception, includ-ing that the proposed gas stationwould not produce objection-able noises or odors, though hethought there would be “objec-tionable fumes.”
Grossman concluded thatthe “unusual size” of the pro-posed gas station — as near as118 feet from a single-familyhome, 375 feet from the Ken-mont Swim & Tennis Club and874 feet from the Stephen KnollsSchool — would “render the pro-posal incompatible.”
Gas stationat Costco getsthumbs down
n Living Nativity a familytradition in Olney
BY TERRI HOGAN
STAFF WRITER
This weekend, the brightly litstar shining above the manger atOakdale Emory United Method-ist Church will welcome visitorsto a living Nativity, an Olney tra-dition for 60 years.
In the midst of the frenzy ofthe holiday season, the churchoffers visitors the opportunityto step back in time to imagineJesus’ birth in Bethlehem.
Each year since 1954, some-times in rain, snow or bitter
winds, the congregation haspresented a free, 20-minute bib-lical narrative of the Christmasstory, with actors, live animalsand music.
The late David Brigham be-gan the tradition.
Paul Kolanowski, 44, of Brin-klow is Brigham’s grandson.
“My mother, aunts and un-cles were in it, I have been in itas a child and an adult, and mygirls have been in it — that’s fourgenerations,” Kolanowski said.“It’s always been a great thing,and there are a lot of familieswho have had multiple genera-tions take part in it.”
In 60th year, church bringsNativity to life
PHOTO FROM ANNE JORDAN
Members of the Oakdale Emory United Methodist Church community takepart in last year’s living Nativity. This weekend marks the 60th anniversaryof this Olney holiday tradition.
n Partner of county’s shelter inDerwood raising money for program
BY KATE S. ALEXANDER
STAFF WRITER
With growing colonies of feral catsand a new animal shelter in MontgomeryCounty that’s already almost full, a localnonprofit is trying to reduce the number of
unwanted animals by increasing access tospaying and neutering.
Spay it Forward, a new program beingpiloted by Montgomery County Partnersfor Animal Well-Being, or MCPAW, aimsto reduce pet overpopulation by providingfree spaying, neutering and microchips, re-gardless of the owner’s income.
“We looked at the cause of pet overpop-ulation and found it is a lack of spay/neu-ter,” Ellie Trueman of MCPAW said. “Why
not go to the root cause and really help re-duce the input of animals into the shelter?”
MCPAW supports the county shelterwith programs and additional funding.
Trueman, who was on the board andnow is a contractor working on Spay it For-ward, said the nonprofit is raising moneyfor its program in two phases: first, spayingand neutering feral cats; and second, a free
Nonprofit goal: Free pet spaying, neutering
DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE
Spencer Kelly, an animal care attendant supervisor at the county’s new shelter in Derwood, provides a handy perch for Rene, a brown female tabby, whohas been spayed but has not received a microchip.
n Dispute is overdevelopment and schools
BY RYAN MARSHALL
STAFF WRITER
The question of how Rock-ville determines the impact of
new building development hasfueled concerns about over-crowded schools and sparkeddebate over whether the mayorand City Council even have theauthority to change the city’sstandard in the first place.
Councilman Tom Moorehas proposed changing the
city’s adequate public facilitiesstandards — which lays out itspolicies for controlling how de-velopment affects school enroll-ment, along with other issuessuch as traffic, and water, sewer,fire and emergency services —to bring the school policy in linewith that followed by Montgom-
ery County.A public hearing on the is-
sue is scheduled for Jan. 5 atCity Hall.
The county’s standards al-low development that wouldallow enrollment to hit 120 per-cent of a school’s programmed
Rockville planning board and council clash
n Planners welcomeonline commentsthrough Friday
BY ELIZABETH WAIBELSTAFF WRITER
Downtown Bethesda ischanging, but people havean opportunity to weigh inon what those changes, asoutlined in the forthcomingBethesda Downtown Plan,should involve.
Sector plans such as theBethesda Downtown Plandetail what officials and resi-dents want a neighborhoodto look like in 20 years. Theycan have a tremendous influ-ence over whether develop-ment and road projects getapproved and funded. Whenfinished, the Bethesda Down-town Plan will tell propertyowners how many apartmentsthey can build, how manyparking spaces they must haveand how tall buildings can be.It also will include where plan-ners want to see new parks,bike lanes and sidewalks.
Through Friday, peoplecan weigh in on early ideasfor downtown Bethesda to letplanners know if they are onthe right track via an onlinesurvey. The “feedback loop”allows people to click througha neighborhood-by-neighbor-hood briefing of downtownBethesda and comment onwhether Veterans Park shouldbe expanded or WoodmontAvenue needs a cycle track. Forthose who are less-than-en-thused about scrutinizing thewhole document, the surveyallows people to select individ-ual neighborhoods or topics toview. The feedback loop andother ways to share opinionsare at montgomeryplanning.org/bethesda_downtown.
Planners also will considera retail study they commis-sioned from marketing andbranding company Street-sense of Bethesda. That studysaid that some areas — aroundthe Bethesda Metro station,south of that along WisconsinAvenue and the Woodmont
DowntownBethesdain 2034? Speak now
See STORY, Page A-15
See CLASH, Page A-15See COMMENTS, Page A-15
See STATION, Page A-15See PET, Page A-15
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17Chaise Lounge Xmas Spectacular,
8 p.m., Bethesda Blues and Jazz SupperClub, 7719Wisconsin Ave. Joined by theNorth Chevy Chase Elementary SchoolHoliday Glee Club. $25. 240-330-4500.
Holiday En Pointe, 3 p.m., F. ScottFitzgerald Theatre, Rockville Civic CenterPark, 603 EdmonstonDrive. Holiday bal-lets andmarches by the Rockville ConcertBand. Free. 240-314-8681.
Montgomery County Public Schools:Perspectives from a Current and NewSchool Board Member, 7-9 p.m., counciloffice building, fifth-floor conferenceroom, 100Maryland Ave., Rockville. Fea-turingMike Durso, school boardmemberfromDistrict 5, and Jill Ortman-Fouse,at-largemember. [email protected].
Hanukkah Celebration, 7-8:30 p.m., 3BethesdaMetro Center. Menorah lightingceremony, singing andmagic. Latkes andchocolate. Free. 301-652-4988.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18Glaucoma: Facts and Myths, 12:30-
1:30 p.m., FriendshipHeights VillageCenter, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase.Questions and answers with physicianand free screenings. Free, registration re-quested. 301-656-2797.
Grieving the Death of a Child Throughthe Holidays, 6:30-8p.m.,MontgomeryHos-pice, 1355PiccardDrive, Rockville. Forpar-ents grieving thedeathof a childof anyage.Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.
Purgatory: What We Know, 7:30-9p.m., Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus Room,12701 VeirsMill Road, Rockville. With theRev. ThomasMorrow, who has advanceddegrees in theology and has researchedscripture and saints’ comments on purga-tory. Free. [email protected].
FRIDAY, DEC. 19Shabbanukah Community Dinner, 5:30-
7:30 p.m., Congregation B’nai Tzedek,10621 S. Glen Road, Potomac. A song-filled celebration of Shabbat andHanuk-kahwith traditional foods and sweets,lively holiday songs and games includingdreidel. Followed by amusical Shabbatservice. $18 for adults, $10 for children,free for 4 and younger. 301-299-0225.
“Nutcracker Dreams,” 7-9 p.m.,Mont-gomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Dancers willbe performing contemporary and charac-ter pieces, plus variations from the ballet.$15-$20. [email protected].
SATURDAY, DEC. 20Cookies with Santa, 2-4 p.m., Thomas
FarmCommunity Center, 700 FallsgroveDrive, Rockville. Visit with Santa, watch aholidaymovie, bring a camera for a photowith Santa, take part inmaking holidaydecorations, decorate cookies andwriteletters to Santa in the North Pole; also ahot chocolate bar. $4. 240-314-8840.
Swing Into the Holidays, noon, DavisLibrary, 6400 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda.Join in the singing of show tunes and jazzwith the Blue Jazz Trio: ChristianaDrap-kin, Chip Smoley andHerbNachmann.Song sheets will be provided alongwithcider and cookies. Free. 240-777-0922.
Holiday Piano Concert, 2 p.m., Ingle-side at King Farm, 701 King FarmBlvd.,Rockville. Pianist Thomas Pandolfi’sannual holiday concert. Free, RSVP re-quested. 240-499-9019.
Bookworms, 10-10:45 a.m., CroydonCreek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road,Rockville. Thismonth’s book is “WhenIt Starts To Snow.” Each programmayinclude a craft or hike, and take a copy ofthe book home. Ages 2-5. $12; registrationrequested. 240-314-8770.
Video Game Music Concert, 7-8:15p.m., Rockville High School Audito-rium, 2100 Baltimore Road. Video gamesoundtracks drawn from 25 years’ worthof best-sellers, including “Halo,” and “TheLegend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.” $6 sug-gested donation. [email protected].
Blu Holiday Happy Hour, 6-11 p.m.,Fire Station 1, 8131 Georgia Ave., SilverSpring. Hosted by Phi Beta Sigma Frater-nity, Sigma Sigma Sigma Chapter. Raisingmoney for the Taylor, Morse, & BrownFoundation’s scholarship and economicempowerment initiatives. Donationsaccepted. RSVP required. [email protected].
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Storyof Christmas, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m., OlneyLibrary, 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Road.PaulMorella shares how he adapted thefamous tale for his one-man performancewhile staying true to Dickens’ original text.He’ll perform a scene from the show andanswer questions from the audience. Rec-ommended for ages 10 and older. Free.240-773-9545.
Book signing, 3 to 5 p.m.,Mosaic Cui-sine and Cafe, 186Halpine Road, Rock-ville. Heath Suddleson of Potomac signscopies of his book “The Attitude Check:Lessons in Leadership.”
SUNDAY, DEC. 21Great Chefs Community Cooking
Series, 2-4 p.m., Bethesda Jewish Congre-
gation, 6601 Bradley Blvd. Chef SheilahKaufman, award-winning author of 26cookbooks, chronicles the “History of Jewsand Chocolate” and transforms partici-pants into chocolatiers during a hands-ondemonstration. $12-$15. 301-469-8636.
Winter Cantata: Rejoice in His Coming,10-11 a.m., Emmanuel Lutheran Church,7730 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda. Blend ofnew songs and familiar carols presents theChristmas story in a different way. Free.301-365-5733.
Winter Solstice Celebration, 1-5 p.m.,Brookside Nature Center, 1400 GlenallanAve., Wheaton. Rediscover winter withactivities and crafts that highlight differentcultural traditions of the solstice. Spiralwalk, hot cider by a fire, lanterns tomake,shadow-puppet theater presentation. $5.301-962-1480.
Winter Wonderland concert, 7:30 p.m.,F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville CivicCenter Park, 603 EdmonstonDrive. TheRockville Chorus performs selections fromVivaldi’s “Gloria” and Britten’s “Ceremonyof Carols,” plus traditional and contempo-rary holiday songs. Free. 240-314-8690.
Do You Believe?, 4 p.m.,Mount Cal-vary Baptist Church, 608 N. Horners Lane,Rockville. The Christmas story told in aninner city setting. Presented by theMountCalvary Players and theMusicMinistry ofthe church. [email protected].
Muhammad, Messenger of God, 2-4p.m., Bait-ur-RehmanMosque, 15000GoodHope Road, Silver Spring. Forwomen and children only; refreshmentsserved following program. Free. 443-848-2024.
Chanukah: Lights and Music, 5:30 p.m.,4950 Elm St., Bethesda. Giant techno-Menorahwith thousands of colored lightsthat flash and pulsate tomusic.Music byHassidic rappersMor-To-Life, hot latkes,jelly doughnuts and chocolate Hannukahgelt. [email protected].
Ring in the Holidays at the EncoreChorale Holiday Concert, 3 p.m.,Mont-gomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995Georgia Ave., Silver Spring.More than130 Encore Chorale singers from threeMontgomery County chorales performtraditional favorites for Christmas andHanukkah, plusmusic reflecting holidaytraditions around the world. Free. www.encorecreativity.org.
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n Norwood Schoolkindergartners donate bandages
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BY PEGGY MCEWANSTAFF WRITER
It’s never too early to learn aboutsetting goals, and kindergartners atNorwood School in Bethesda set an am-bitious goal for themselves: to collect5,000 boxes of bandages for pediatriccancer patients at MedStar GeorgetownUniversity Hospital in Washington.
As part of a lesson on compassion —the private school’s value of the monthfor November — the students decidedto collect the bandages for young pa-tients being treated at the hospital,said kindergarten teacher Shannon vanYperen. And not just any bandages, butcolorful, superhero, cartoon character,crazy design bandages — anything but
plain old hospital bandages.What they got was 7,130 boxes,
which, when added to the boxes col-lected at Mater Dei School in Bethesda,totaled 10,000 boxes. Dr. Aziza T. Shad,chief of pediatrics at Georgetown’sLombardi Comprehensive Care Cen-ter, accepted the bandages during anall-school assembly Friday at Norwood.
For the young patients who getneedle sticks from injections or blooddraws, a little thing like the opportunityto select a fancy bandage brings a lot ofhappiness, Shad told the children.
“Keep the spirit of giving,” she said.“That’s what is going to make you awonderful, wonderful human being.”
Also at the assembly was RyanDarby, a fifth-grader at Burning TreeElementary School in Bethesda anda cancer survivor who was treated atGeorgetown.
“I think it will make a huge differ-ence, getting a [fancy] bandage,” Ryan
said. “It might not seem like much, butit brings happiness.”
Kindergartner Ellery Camet, 6, saidshe brought in 30 boxes of bandages.She went to neighbors and her grand-parents for help with donations.
“I was happy that I was collectingbandages for sick kids,” she said.
James Walters, 5, said he selectedbandages with cars on them and somewith Ninja Turtles. His classmate HenryMarriott, 5, chose to donate those withairplanes on them, and Sara Groban, 6,selected princess bandages.
“I thought compassion is gettingbandages for people who are sick,” saidFionnuala Steuart, 5.
That was the lesson van Yperenhoped the students would learn fromthe collection drive.
“It’s kids helping kids,” she said.“It’s concrete.”
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Ryan Darby (front, in red shirt), 11, a fifth-grader at Burning Tree Elementary School inBethesda, poses for a picture Friday with kindergartners at Norwood School in Bethesda. Thekindergartners collected thousands of fancy bandages for young cancer patients at MedStarGeorgetown University Hospital in Washington, where Ryan was treated for cancer.
Bethesda man raisingassistance puppy
Byron Mason of Bethesdarecently began raising Palmer,an assistance dog-in-training forCanine Companions for Inde-pendence.
Palmer is a Labrador re-triever-golden retriever mix whowill be trained to know morethan 50 commands and will be
matched with a person with dis-abilities, according to a news re-lease.
Volunteer puppy raisers suchas Mason take 8-week-old dogsinto theirhome, raising themandteaching them basic commandsand socialization skills. The dogswear yellow capes and are al-lowed to go to many public areaswhere family pets aren’t allowed.
When the dogs are about18 months old, they go to Ca-nine Companions for Indepen-dence’s regional headquarters inNew York, where they begin sixmonths of advanced training.
Student-scientist wins$40,000 scholarshipMolly Zhang of Richard
Montgomery High School inRockville won a $40,000 collegescholarship in the 15th annualSiemens Competition in Math,Science & Technology.
Zhang was one of six highschoolers in the individual finals,which were held this month atGeorge Washington University inWashington. Her project was inbiochemistry, researching goldnanostructures.
The competition is a pro-gram of the Siemens Foundation,
which supports science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathemat-ics education in the U.S. Thecompetition is administered byDiscovery Education.
This year, a record 2,263 stu-dents submitted a total of 1,784projects forconsideration. Judgeswere scientists from the Califor-nia, Georgia and Massachusettsinstitutesof technology;CarnegieMellon University; the Universityof Notre Dame; and the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin.
Potomac seminarianwins scholarship
Lauren Heywood, a first-yearseminarian from Potomac, won afull-tuition scholarship from the
EvangelicalL u t h e r a nChurch inA m e r i c athrough itsFund forLeaders.
She at-tends theL u t h e r a nTheological
Seminary at Philadelphia.She was one of 16 students
to win a full-tuition scholarshipfor the 2014-15 academic year.
Friends of White Flintnames new leader
Friends of White Flint, agroup that advocates for imple-menting the White Flint SectorPlan, has named Amy Ginsburgits new executive director.
Ginsburg has lived within 2miles of the area most of her life,according to the Friends website,and previously was executive di-rector of Neediest Kids, MannaFood Center and the Low VisionInformation Center.
She succeeds Lindsay Hoff-man,whohadbeentheexecutivedirector since 2012.
Churchill graduate’ssculpture honored
Alexandra Votaw, a fresh-man at Arizona State Universityand graduate of Churchill HighSchool in Potomac, had hersculpture selected for the 2014-15 Advanced Placement StudioArt Exhibit.
The exhibit comprises art-work by students who submit-ted portfolios for the AP StudioArt Exam in May. Votaw’s piecewas among those selected from
almost 50,000 portfolios.The exhibit premiered at the
AP Annual Conference in Phila-delphia in July and is shown atdifferent locations around theU.S. during the school year, in-cluding the 2015 National ArtEducation Association confer-ence in New Orleans.
Votaw’s work “demonstratesa mastery understanding of ma-terial, texture, movement, andbalance to tell a story and com-municate her personal voice asan artist,” Brendan Roddy, herceramics and sculpture teacherat Churchill High, said in a newsrelease.
Her work is online at tinyurl.com/nn35zbj.
C&O Canal park namesdeputy superintendentThe Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal National Historical Parkpromoted John A. Noel of Shep-herdstown, W.Va., to deputy su-perintendent.
Previously, Noel was chiefof the the park’s Division of In-terpretation, Education andPartnerships. He started as a vol-unteer in 2001.
He holds a bachelor’s in ac-
counting from Mount St. Mary’sUniversity in Emmitsburg.
Olney church honorsmember with donationStreams of Hope Church in
Olney on Dec. 7 presented Mid-County United Ministries inWheaton with a $10,000 dona-tion to honor its retiring execu-tive director, Larry White.
White and his wife, Becky,are members of the church,which was originally First Bap-tist Church of Wheaton. White isretiring after 42 years of church-related ministry, of which thelast 12 have been at Streams ofHope, according to a news re-lease.
White became executivedirector of the Wheaton non-profit two years ago and plansto continue there after his re-tirement.
Mid-County United Minis-tries’ goal is to help needy resi-dents in Wheaton, Kensingtonand Aspen Hill. It provides foodfrom the Captain Joseph A. Mat-tingly Food Pantry and helpsresidents who face eviction orutility disconnections, or havetrouble paying for medicine.
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Byron Mason of Bethesda is rais-ing Palmer, who will be trained tobecome a companion for a personwith disabilities.
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n Seventh-day Adventiststake overflow from
other shelters
BY RAISACAMARGOSTAFFWRITER
Sameirow Carter was ather wits’ end last winter. The34-year-old mother of four hadno place to stay.
Some nights, she and herthree children who are in hercustody would sleep in her car.She was turned away from sev-eral day shelters because theywere full, she said.
“It was very difficult,” Cartersaid. “There were times whereI would drop my children off atschool and have my 4-year-oldwith me and just sit in the carand cry because I didn’t know
whatmy nextmovewas.”A teacher at her child’s
school referred her to Sligo Sev-enth-day Adventist Church inSilver Spring,whichhadopeneda temporary shelter. It oper-ated during the coldest months,whenmanyof the county’s year-round shelters can’t accommo-date the swelling number ofhomeless people who need aplace to stay.
Carter said her experience atthe church’s shelter, calledWin-ter Haven Hypothermia Over-night Shelter, was exceptional.The volunteers were friendly,and she was provided food andguidance aboutmaking a transi-tion into other housing options.She stayed at the shelter for amonth.
This year, Carter is stayingwith a friend during the winter,
but said shewill likelybe seekingshelter atthe churchin Febru-ary, whenit’s open forits secondwinter.
T h echurch runs the shelter in Janu-ary and February with the sup-port of the House of DivineGuidance, a Silver Spring non-profit.
Those who stay there, whoare referred to the church byanother shelter, are grateful,saidDonnaRobinson, executivedirector at the House of DivineGuidance.
“They appreciated the factthat they had a place that they
knew they could come to everynight,” Robinson said. “Once afamily came to us, they stayedwithusuntilweactually closed.”
Last year, individuals cameto the church because theyweretired of being overcrowded atthe other shelters in the county.Some are wary of their safetyand sometimes choose not touse a shelter, she said.
Volunteers at the Seventh-day Adventist Church focusprimarily on providing shelterto women, especially those withchildren. Robinson said theshelter could handle up to 25people, if needed.
There are usuallymore shel-ters for men than women in thecounty, Robinson said, but hershelter can accommodate morewomen thanmen.
“In that respect, we do run
out of space in terms of be-ing able to provide housing formany of the males that go un-sheltered,” she said.
Rita Cosby knows of onesuch case. Cosby is House of Di-vine Guidance’s board secretaryand plans to volunteer again atthe shelter.
One night last winter, Cosbywaswalking toward the TakomaPark Metro station when shesaw a man covered in newspa-pers sleeping at a bus stop. Shetried to speak to him, but hewasunresponsive.
“You could tell he wasbreathing,” she said.
Cosby said no one shouldbe forced to sleep outside inthe cold. If a permanent shelteris full, people can be referredto motels. Some churches alsoopen their doors and house
women and children during thecoldestmonths.
There also is a transitionalhousing program in the WhiteOak area and 10 rooms in theSilver SpringDays Inn that serveas emergency housing for up to90 days. Most shelters are in theRockville and Bethesda areas.With few housing options forfamilies, Robinson said, manyusually stay in hotels.
In Silver Spring and TakomaPark, there is aday shelter for thehomeless called Community Vi-sions that serves as an overflowshelter when temperatures dipbelow freezing.
“There’s always a growingneed for shelters to be able tohouse individuals, as well as aplace that is able to work withthem in that recovery process,”Robinson said.
Silver Spring church is a winter haven for the homeless
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n Proposal dividesneighbors and company
BY RYANMARSHALLSTAFFWRITER
A zoning change that wouldprohibit self-storage facilitieswithin 250 feet of a public schoolproperty inRockvillecouldbejustthe first of several such changes,according to the councilwomanwhoproposed it.
A public hearing Mondaynight by the mayor and coun-cil on the proposed zoning textamendment featured testimonyfrom residents of the east Rock-ville neighborhood who areconcerned about the impact aplanned storage facility wouldhave on their homes. Represen-tatives of the company looking tobuild the project near MaryvaleElementary School also spoke.
Councilwoman Beryl Fein-berg, who proposed the amend-ment, said businesses such asgunstoresandliquorstorescouldbe the subjects of similar amend-ments.
Siena Corp., which wants tobuild the nearly 110,000-square-foot EZ Storage facility on TaftStreet, “will pursue all remedies”if the mayor and council moveahead with the zoning amend-ment, said Robert Dalrymple,an attorney with Linowes andBlocher who is representing Si-ena.
Siena has won site plan ap-proval for the project and com-pany officials think the facility isan appropriate use for the site,Dalrymple said.
He said opponents haveshown no cause to stop the proj-
ect in the middle of the devel-opment process. He called theirarguments that theprojectwouldirrevocably change the nature ofthe neighborhood “emotionalrhetoric.”
Although the change wouldapply to numerous zoning sitesaround the city, Dalrymple saidany attempts to disguise the pro-posed amendment as anythingother than being targeted at the
Sienaprojectwouldbewrong.CraigPittinger, vicepresident
with Siena, said it would be diffi-cult for the company to explainto its investors and lenders whythe city would be trying to stopthe project after approving initialstages of the development pro-cess.
The company is tying to de-velop a vacant property that waspurchasedoutofbankruptcy,Pit-
tinger said.ButKashiWay,a supporterof
the amendment, said Rockville’smaster plan emphasizes provid-ing a small-town feel within abig city, and said the proposedamendment is the perfect illus-trationof that vision.
Siena is trying to protect itsinvestment rather than lookingout forwhat’s best for the city, hesaid.
Peter Witzler, another oppo-nent, said he and his wife chosetomove to Rockville because thecity’splanningseemedtosuggestadesire tomaintainasmall-townfeel.
The zoning amendmentwould make that vision a reality,he said.
Feinberg said none of thepublic testimony Monday pro-vided anythingunexpected.
The amendment would helpthe city decide what types ofbusinesses it wants to allow nearschools across the city.
The public record on Mon-day’s hearing will remain openuntil 5 p.m.Dec. 26.
The mayor and council arescheduled to discuss the issue attheir Jan. 5meeting.
Rockville zoning change would target storage units near schools
n Municipalities mightformalize relationship
BY RYANMARSHALLSTAFFWRITER
In October, Rockville familieshosted more than a dozen stu-dents from its sister city of Pinne-berg, Germany. Eventually, theymayhavesimilarexperienceswithstudents fromacity inChina.
City officials and staff held areception Monday evening fora delegation from Jiaxing, a citywithwhichRockvillewants tode-velop formal ties.
The city’s intention is to de-velop a sister city relationshipwith Jiaxing, but that is part offormal process thatmust be nav-igated, said Mayor Bridget Don-nellNewton.
Schools ineachcityarework-ing on providing opportunitiesfor students to take exchangetrips,Newton said.
Just as Rockville is close toWashington, D.C., Jiaxing is out-side of Shanghai, Li Zhenchao ofthe JiaxingMunicipal Foreign Af-fairsOffice said through an inter-preterMonday.
Through cultural under-standing, friendshipswillemerge,he said.
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n Declining revenuescould hurt funding
BY KATE ALEXANDER
AND LINDSAY A. POWERS
STAFFWRITERS
Montgomery County PublicSchools wants about $127 mil-lion more from the county nextyear, but countyofficials say theiroptions for going above state-mandated funding levels havebeen exhausted and revenue isdwindling.
“We don’t have any gim-micks or tricks to get us beyondthat,” County Executive Isiah
Leggett said.Leggett (D) will introduce his
recommended county budgetonMarch 15. In the current bud-get, he met the school system’srequest by using school reservesandmoney ina trust fund for em-ployeeandretireehealthbenefits.
But the county, he said, has“gone to the well” too much andthere’s nothing left.
The county is facing a poten-tial shortfall of $179.5 million infiscal 2016, due to declining rev-enue, forcing a possible cut of 6percent to balance thebudget.
Superintendent Joshua P.Starr recently proposed a $2.4billion school operating budget
for fiscal 2016, about $126.9 mil-lion more this year’s. The schoolboard is expected to vote on therecommendedbudget Feb. 10.
At a Dec. 9 school boardmeeting, Starr called his request“reasonable,” but cautioned thatit’s “preliminary” in light of pro-jected state and county deficits.
Some of the system’s pro-posedrequestbeyondstate-man-dated minimums was agreed towhen the county passed the cur-rent budget or is already prom-ised in employee compensation,CouncilmanCraig L. Rice said.
“Thoseare thekindsof thingswherewe’re going to have tofindthe money to reconcile,” said
Rice (D-Dist. 2) ofGermantown.Butnotall of Starr’s request is
guaranteed to come through.The council’s Education
Committee, which Rice chairs,will dig intoStarr’sbudget requesttoidentifyfundingpriorities,espe-cially criticalneeds,Rice said.
“We’re really going to take adifferent approach this year thanwe have in other years when itcomes to analyzing the budget,”he said. “I know the school sys-temwants to do that aswell.”
Starr recently said countyschool officials are wary of a ru-mor that Gov.-elect Larry Hoganmight not fund the GeographicalCost of Education Index. That
money goes to school districtswhere the cost of living is higher.
Montgomery County getsabout $34 million through theindex.
Hogan (R) has said he’s notmaking policy announcementsuntil he takes office.
Sen. Nancy J. King (D-Dist.39)ofMontgomeryVillage, chair-woman of the county’s Senatedelegation, said the index fund-ing is low-hanging fruit for statecuts because it’s notmandatory.
Leggett said Friday he madethe case toHogan that educationis a top priority for the county.“I’m hopeful and optimistic andI’m going to give him the benefitof thedoubt,” he said.
If the state cuts educationfunding, Montgomery Countycannot fill the gap, Leggett said.
“We simply cannot start byassuming the state will step awayfrom its responsibilities,” he said.“We have challenges in Mont-gomery County related to ourownbudgets andwe have to fieldthat and to add to that theWynnecaseandeverythingelse that’soutthere,thatwouldbeverydifficult.”
Thatcase,pendingbefore theU.S. Supreme Court, could costthe county more than $100 mil-lion in income tax revenue.
Larry Bowers, chief operat-ing officer for the school system,said Starr is asking for about $100millionmore than theminimumfunding the state mandatesbased on enrollment, known asmaintence of effort. Maintenceof effort requires counties to fundschools at the same per-studentamount as the year before.
Bowers said “it’s really tooearly” to know where the districtwouldcut if it doesnotget the fullrequest.
The school system has facedyears of budget reductions, par-ticularly since 2010, Bowers said.If more cuts have to bemade, hesaid, there are “not a lot of placesto go that aren’t going to impactschools and instruction.”
The school system is askingthe county to replace money itpulled from one-time resourcesin the last budget cycle.
Tohelpfundthecurrentbud-get, thecountyused$38.2millionfrom the district’s reserves. Thedistrict is asking the county to re-place roughly $22 million of thatmoney, Bowers said.
Bowers said the district re-cently projected about $16 mil-lion in reserves at the end offiscal 2015. Starting Dec. 1, Starrimposed spending restrictions,which Bowers said are expectedto generate savings to go towardfiscal 2016.
The district also is askingfor roughly $23 million to coverhealth benefit costs and build upa health trust fund balance. Thecounty used money from thatfundtopay for retireehealthben-efits this fiscal year.
Bowers said there are noother one-time sources for thecounty to use in the next oper-ating budget. “We’ve hit everyplace,” he said.
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n Sanders-Campfiled chargedwith first-degree murder in deathof roommate in North Bethesda
BY DANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFF WRITER
The North Bethesda woman ac-cused of fatally stabbing the roommateshe thoughtwas awitchwas committedto a state psychiatric facility Dec. 10.
Rita Narcissa Sanders-Campfield,
53, was charged with first-degree mur-der after police found her roommate,Chong Park, 67, dead in the condothe two women shared at 11800 OldGeorgetown Road on Dec. 2.
Park was found with a large knifesticking out of her back, and policefound a bloody pair of scissors andbloody clothing belonging to Sanders-Campfield in the apartment, accordingto county police.
Sanders-Campfield appeared viavideo link at a bail-review hearing Dec.10. She was in a wheelchair and ap-
peared unable to speak, even when Dis-trict Court Judge William G. Simmonsasked for her name.
At a previous court appearanceDec. 3, Sanders-Campfield did not usea wheelchair, but a corrections officialsaid she hadn’t been able to interviewSanders-Campfield because she wastalking to herself and seemed to be ina near-catatonic state. The bail reviewhearing was postponed while Sanders-Campfield underwent a mental-healthevaluation.
On the recommendationof thedoc-
torwhoperformedthatevaluation,Sim-mons ordered that Sanders-Campfieldbe committed to the Clifton T. PerkinsHospital, a state psychiatric hospitalin Jessup, for further evaluation. She isnext due in court March 26.
“We’ll see what happens at thatpoint,” Simmons said.
Park’s body was found by an em-ployee of Housing Unlimited Inc.,which had been contacted by Park’sdaughter Connie. Connie Park was con-cerned because she hadn’t been able toreachhermother sinceNov. 29, andhad
asked the organization to check on her,according to county police.
HousingUnlimited is aSilver Springnonprofit that provides affordablehousing to people with psychiatric dis-abilities in the county.
Detectives found a journal, believedto belong to Sanders-Campfield, nearthe suspect’s bed in which she had writ-ten that Park was evil and practicedwitchcraft, said Capt. Paul Starks, a po-lice spokesman.
Suspect in fatal ‘witchcraft’ stabbing committed to state hospital
Montgomery County’s Rec-reation Department won a 2014NationalAssociationofCountiesAchievement Award for its TeenWorks program for high school-ers.
Teen Works helps teens find
jobs and provides training inleadership,financial literacy, jobetiquette, teamwork and com-munication,accordingtoanewsrelease.
Aspart of theCountyExecu-tive’s Positive Youth Develop-
ment Initiative, the RecreationDepartment works with othercounty agencies to provide jobsfor the teens.
For more information abouttheprograms,call 240-777-8080.
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n Police say Gaithersburgman jumped on backsof high school athletes
BY TERRI HOGAN
STAFF WRITER
After showing up at severalrecent high school games in theregion, a man known nation-ally as the Piggyback Bandit forsoliciting piggyback rides fromhigh school athletes has beenarrested.
Sherwin Shayegan was ar-rested in Gaithersburg aftera Dec. 7 incident in which hereportedly grabbed a LoudonCounty, Va., high school hockeyplayer.
Shayegan is known tofrequent high school sport-ing events across the country,sometimes asking players for apiggyback ride, or just jumpingonto their backs.
The incidents date back to2008 in five states, according topublished reports.
Gaithersburg police, alongwith deputies from LoudonCounty, arrested Shayegan onDec. 10, according to OfficerDan Lane, a spokesman for theGaithersburg Police Depart-ment.
Shayegan, 31, who lives inan apartment in the 200 blockof Fairbanks Drive in Gaithers-burg, was arrested without in-cident, Lane said. He remains incustody inMontgomeryCounty.
Online Maryland court re-
cords list the charge as a “fugi-tive from justice — Virginia.”
In the days before his ar-rest, Shayegan also turned upat basketball games in FauquierCounty and at St. John’s CollegeHigh School in Washington,D.C.
Our Lady of Good CounselPresidentPaulBarker confirmedthat during the boys varsity bas-ketball game at St. John’s onDec. 9, a man approached theteam representing himself asbeing associated with St. John’sathletic department.
He told Good Counselcoaches that he would be han-dling the team’s needs, includ-ing water and towels.
“Our school’s athletic staffassumed he was genuine,” saidBarker in an email to The Ga-zette. “He came into the lockerroom at halftime with a tray ofwater. The coach took the wa-ter and asked him to leave. Heinteracted with players and par-ents throughout and after thegame. All the while, St. John’s
athletic staff assumed this manwas with our staff.”
Barker said that he andPrincipal Tom Campbell spentmuch of the following days ad-dressing the matter.
“We spoke with the players,and asked those who had anyinteraction with him to makewritten statements,” he said.“We spoke with the Montgom-ery County Police Departmentand the coaching staff.”
On Thursday evening,Barker and Campbell, alongwith the school’s athletic di-rector, assistant athletic direc-tor, members of the coachingstaff, and a county police officerspoke to parents and answeredquestions.
“We have determinedthrough those communica-tions, that the man was neveralone with any students,” saidBarker. “We are continuing ourcommitment to diligently followthe strict guidelines of our exist-ing protocols to be certain thatour coaches and players are safeat all our sporting events.”
The school has not imple-mented any new procedures inlight of this incident.
“Thekey is diligence in iden-tifying any unsafe situations,”Barker said.
Shayegan’s mother has toldreporters her son has Asperger’ssyndrome and is compulsivelyrelivinghis years asahigh schoolsports team manager, accordingto NBC4 in Washington.
Man arrested in ‘piggyback’ case“Our school’sathletic staffassumed he
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n Purple Line, schoolconstruction money toppriorities for county
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Working together: That’swhatbothGov.-electLarryHo-gan (R) and County ExecutiveIsiah Leggett (D) say they needand plan to do in the comingyears.
Hogan on Friday painteda grim picture of Maryland’sfinances to a packed house atthe25thannualCommittee forMontgomery legislative break-fast.
Hogan said he expects thestate’s $800 million projecteddeficit to continue growing,reaching asmuchas $1billion.
But after having breakfast
Thursday with Leggett, Hogantold the crowd of more than800peopleFriday that thepathforward is a bipartisan one.
Hogan said he and Leggettfound some common ground,and “there’s an awful lot thatwe agree on,” specifically jobcreation, job training and eco-nomic development.
Hogan said he committedtoworkwithLeggett onhis six-point economic developmentplan.
However, the proposed16-mile light-rail Purple Lineis an issuewhere thegovernor-elect has yet to find commongroundwith the county.
Hogan said he still main-tains his campaign posi-tion that he has to considerwhether Maryland can affordthe $2.45 billion Purple LinelinkingBethesdaandNewCar-
rollton. Montgomery Countyhasmade the project a toppri-ority.
A federal funding bill thatCongresspassed includes$100million for the Purple Line, ac-cording to a press release fromU.S. Sen. Barbara A.Mikulski’s(D) office.
Hogan said that whatthe federal government doesin funding the Purple Line“doesn’tmattermuch.”
“We’ve still got to look atthe state’s role,” he said. “Itdoesn’t matter what the fed-eral government does.”
What “lifts” MontgomeryCounty, lifts the entire state,Leggett said.
Leggett said he remindedHogan during their breakfastthat Montgomery County isthe economic engine of thestate andshouldnotbe treated
as an ATM.If Hogan wants to achieve
economic development andjob growth, he needs to do sowith the inclusion of Mont-gomery County and that startsby recognizing local needs, in-cluding transit, Leggett said.
Montgomery’s progresscan’t continue if it is “chokedand unable to move forwardon transit projects,” he said.
“We’re working together,but the last time I checked, Iam the county executive ofMontgomery County and ourinterest should be paramountto what we do in Annapolis,”he said.
In addition to transit,Montgomery County hasagain made school construc-tion funding a top priority asit works to cope with growingenrollment.
School construction fund-ing is problem across the stateand one that Maryland willwrestlewithas itworks toclosea nearly $1 billion shortfall,Hogan said.
To close the gap, Hogansaid, he gave his team march-ing orders to come back in 10days with ideas to balance thestate’s budget.
“This situation didn’thappen overnight. It’s takenus eight years to get into thismess,” he said. “I don’t expectto solve everything in the bud-get I submit two days after I’msworn in, I don’t expect to getit all solved in the first 90 days.Butwe’regoing to start turningthis ship around and puttingour economy back on track.”
Theproblems facingMary-land do not belong to onepolitical party, nordo the solu-tions, he said.
“Weare all going tohave towork together in order to turnour great state around,” hesaid. “The only way we’re go-
ing to solve the serious prob-lems that face us is if we sitdown together, reach acrossthe aisle and come up withcommon-sense bipartisan so-lutions.”
During Friday’s breakfast,the Committee for Montgom-ery laid out its legislative prior-ity for the upcoming session:increasing voter participa-tion. The committee asked thecounty’s legislative delegationto support state bills establish-ingaBlueRibbonCommissionto studyways to increase voterturnout.
It takes a vote of 85 percentof the committee’s board totake a stance on an issue, saidChairman Stewart Edelstein.
“For that reason, whenelected officials hear from us,they can have faith that the is-sues we bring forward are im-portant to the community andbuilt on consensus,” he said.
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BY TERRIHOGAN
STAFFWRITER
Although the Montgom-ery County executive and thePlanning Board chairman havestrongly reiterated that a pro-posed bus rapid transit projectdoes not equate to high-den-sity development in Olney, theGreater Olney Civic Association
continues to question the mo-tives behind the project.
Lastweek, thecivic groupex-pressedconcernsover the state’s51-page BRT Purpose and Needstatement. Although the docu-ment is dated October 2013, thegroup’s members only recentlydiscovered it.
County and state officialsmaintain that thedocumentwasdisplayed at July’s meeting oftheOlney TownCenter AdvisoryCommittee and has been on theState Highway Administration’swebsite.
John Webster, president
of the civic group, along withmembers of its transportationcommittee, said the documentincludes the concept that theGeorgia Avenue corridor couldbecome a Federal Priority Fund-ing Area, which appears to befundamentally inconsistentwiththe Olney Master Plan and thetype of lifestyle to which Olneyresidents have become accus-tomed.
He questions whether thetransit project’s goal is to allevi-ate traffic congestionor to createa smart-growth high-density de-velopment.
County Executive IsiahLeggett (D) saysWebsterneedn’tworry.
“There is no plan for high-density, transit-oriented devel-opment inOlney,” Leggettwrotein an email to The Gazette. “Thehighpriority areas for this typeofdevelopmentareWhiteFlint, theGreat Seneca Science Corridor,the White Oak Science Gatewayarea andChevy Chase Lake.”
He said the purpose of high-density, transit-oriented growthis to focus on those areas poisedtounlock the county’s economicpotential, while at the same timeprotecting the character of sub-urban communities such as Ol-ney.
“This philosophy is reflectedin our master plans, and I havealways supported this goal,”Leggett wrote.
Casey Anderson, the coun-ty’s Planning Board chairman,agreed.
“I don’t know how anyonegot the idea that the [bus rapidtransit] link through a particularcommunity means any signifi-cant new development poten-tial,” Anderson said. “Obviouslythe master plans protect thecommunities, and the OlneyMaster Plan is not that old. Itis not expected to be updatedanytime soon, and certainly notbased on any plans for the [bussystem].”
Anderson added that high-quality transit does not neces-sarily mean new development,citing the areas near the Glen-mont and Wheaton Metro sta-tions.
“Even though the plans al-low for it, there has not been alot of interest in development inthose areas,” he said.
Webster said his group stillhas concerns based on the Pur-poseandNeeddocument,whichit has posted on its website.
“There is a clear linkage be-tween [bus rapid transit] andtransit-oriented development inthe Route 97 corridor, includingOlney Town Center,” he said.“The document just lays it out,and that is why we are spookedabout it.”
Webster noted that thedocument lists congestion reliefas a secondary benefit, which isin contrast to the oral presenta-tions by county and state offi-cials at community meetings inJune and July.
“As I have personally con-veyed to county staff, [theGreater Olney Civic Association]places substantiallymoreweighton what we see in writing overwhat we are told verbally,” hesaid. “If the Purpose and Needdocument is incorrect, then theappropriate officials need topromptly publish an amend-mentwith clarifications.”
He added that his group isstill processing all of the infor-mation presented in the docu-ment.
If his group determinesthat the motive is more abouthigh-density, transit-orienteddevelopment than relievingcongestion, “then do not besurprised” if it formally requeststhat system be kept south ofNorbeck Road,Webster said.
The Olney community hasopposed the project as pre-sented, which includes a routealong Md. 97 from Wheatonto Olney. Concerns include itsneed; its cost, which could in-clude implementing special tax-ing districts; and the potentialloss of homes and businesses towiden roads.
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n Springbrook seniors’projects track sleep cycles,
give career direction
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY
STAFFWRITER
Devendra Ravi Chandanand Erick Ronquillo areworkingon adigital app to track people’ssleep cycles. Iko Esemoto is de-veloping one to help studentsdecide on a career field.
They are among 34 studentsat Springbrook High in SilverSpringparticipating in a compe-tition against nine other schoolsacross the country to developandmarket the most innovativemobile applications.
“People will benefit fromour app because they will wakeup feeling energized and readyto take on the day,” Chandansaid.
The app will help peoplekeep track of their sleep cycles,as it recommends a time for us-ers to fall asleep and wake up,he said. Esemoto’s app involvesinteractive games that helpplayers understand more about
what certain jobs are like.Another group of seniors is
developing a GPS app in whichstudents and parents can trackschool buses.
Students have until Marchto develop their apps. An onlinenational competition is slated tostart in April. The apps judgedto be the most innovative and
their student creators will behighlighted at NAF Next, theNationalAcademyFoundation’ssignature annual conferencenext July in Anaheim, Calif.
Computer and electron-ics giant Lenovo and the edu-cational nonprofit NationalAcademy Foundation arespearheading the competi-
tive program, which involves aservice by the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology. It is anoffshoot of a 2012 pilot in whichhigh school students from fiveschools in North Carolina, Con-necticut, New York, Californiaand Texas created apps. Someof those apps are now availableonGoogle Play.
Students also are workingon a business plan to marketthe apps. Springbrook has anobligation to work on the app-developing program for threeyears, so juniors and sopho-mores will get chances to par-ticipate in the next couple years,said Fatimzahra El Khaldi. Thecomputer science teacher atSpringbrook helped get theschool’s Academy of Informa-tion Technology accepted intothe intensive months-long pro-gram called the Lenovo ScholarNetwork.
“After three years, we arefree to choose another programor to keep developing apps inthis one,” El Khaldi said.
Lenovo is providing thestudents with ThinkPad laptopcomputers and Yoga tablets.In late November, Springbrook
welcomed representatives fromLenovo, the NAF and othergroups to mark the start of theLenovo program.
NAF academies are formedin schools to help boost stu-dents’ interest in science, math,engineering and technologicalsubjects. There are more than500 academies nationwide, in-cluding technology academiesat Springbrook, Wheaton High,Wootton High in Rockville andGaithersburg High. There areothers in finance, engineeringand other fields.
Tech professionals in thefield volunteer and act as men-tors in the classrooms. In 2013,some 96 percent of seniors inthe academies nationwide grad-uated from high school, accord-ing to the foundation.
At Springbrook, studentsin the Academy of InformationTechnology can take courses incomputer applications, com-puter assisted drafting, com-puter maintenance, digital art,programming, and web design,among others. The studentsplan a career in a technologyfield.
Chandan plans to major in
computer engineering or infor-mation systems and Ronquilloin computer science or infor-mation systems. Esemotowantsto get a master’s degree in com-puter engineering and teachchildren in Africa.
Springbrook’s informationtechnology academy is asso-ciated with the MontgomeryCounty Student FoundationsOffice, a public-private part-nership involving local busi-nesses and the county schooldistrict that provides voca-tional education opportuni-ties for students. While takingclasses, students participatein paid internships their ju-nior and senior years withLockheed Martin, NorthropGrumman, NASA and otheremployers.
Friendship Collegiate Acad-emy, a public charter highschool in Washington, D.C., isthe only other school in the re-gion in the Lenovo competition.Others are in Florida, Connecti-cut, North Carolina, Wisconsin,Louisiana, Nevada and Califor-nia.
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Springbrook High School Academy of Information Technology seniors workwith their electronic devices in their class with Fatimzahra El Khaldi (stand-ing, center) on Monday.
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Forrester Constructionsettles case for $2.2MForrester Construction will
pay $2.15 million and begin in-ternal reformstosettlea two-yearfederal criminal investigationinto its alleged fraud in winningmore than $145 million in gov-ernment building contracts, ac-cording to an FBI news release.
TheRockville companypart-nered with smaller contractorsto qualify as Certified BusinessEnterprises, which are givenpreference in bidding, prosecu-tors said.
“Forrester won lucrativeD.C. construction contracts byexploiting a program designedtohelpdisadvantaged local busi-nesses,” U.S. Attorney RonaldC. Machen Jr. said in the newsrelease.
Twophonemessages left thisweek at Forrester Constructionwere not returned.
Three joint ventures formedby Forrester Construction andone of the certified businesses,EEC of D.C. Inc., won contractstotaling about $64 million tobuild a new headquarters build-ing for the Department of Em-ployment Services; about $5.4million to build a Senior Well-nessCenter inWard1; andabout$56million torenovateAnacostiaSenior High School, prosecutorssaid. During this three-year pe-riod, Forrester also formed jointventures with another certifiedbusiness, winning contracts to-talingmore than $20million.
In these instances, the jointventures misrepresented howmuch control Forrester wouldmaintain, playing down its roleso as to win the contracts, pros-ecutors said.
Under the settlement, For-rester also admitted that it im-properly entered into writtenagreements and memorandawith its partners that were notdisclosed during the procure-ment process.
Forrester acknowledgedresponsibility for its improperconduct, according to the newsrelease. It also agreed to un-dertake remedial measures toensure compliance with theDistrict’s contracting program,including hiring or designating acompliance officer and an ethicsofficer, and implementing train-ing programs for its staff. Also,Forrester employees directly as-sociatedwith theallegedmiscon-duct no longerwork there.
Last year, the companyagreed to pay $1 million to theDistrict government to settleseparate claims by its attorneygeneral that Forrester engaged ina pattern of fraudulently biddingon District government con-tracts, according to The Wash-ington Post.
Kiehl’s Since 1851opening in Bethesda mall
Kiehl’s Since 1851 of NewYork, which produces and sellsskin- and hair-care products formen and women, plans to opena storeFriday inWestfieldMont-gomerymall in Bethesda.
It’s the company’s 63rd storeandwill include its annual chari-tableholidayprogram, aLimitedEditionCremedeCorpsHolidayCollection, which benefits Feed-ing America. Through the part-nership, Kiehl’swill helpprovide1 million meals to families thisseason, according to a news re-lease.
The store also encouragescustomers to return their emptyKiehl’s containers for recycling;in return, they receive free prod-ucts.
A grand opening is plannedfrom 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday,with gift cards, refreshments,music and 20-minute seated fa-cials.
SoulCycle opens Thursdayin downtown BethesdaSoulCycle, an indoor cycling
studio, will open its second stu-dio in the Washington, D.C., re-gion Thursday at 4931 Elm St.,Bethesda.
It will have 53 bikes, men’sandwomen’s locker rooms, eachwith three showers, and severalbathrooms.
SoulCycle workouts featurehigh-intensity cycling set tomu-sic,plushandweights to tone theupper body and core-engagingchoreography, according to anews release. Classes are held incandlelit studios.
The companyhasmore than30 locations nationwide, in-cluding one in Washington thatopened in July. The companyalso sells its branded clothingand accessories.
Savvy Treats opensin Rockville
Savvy Treats, which bakesand sells cupcakes, cakes andbread, has opened a shop at 90W.Montgomery Ave., Rockville.
“I am so excited to open thisnew store in the town I havecalled home for 20 years,” ownerCheryl Savastano said in a newsrelease.
The bakery also sells person-alized cupcakes for weddings,birthdays and other events.
Customers can order onlineat savvytreats.com for next-daydelivery.
Potomac market reopensunder new owners, name
TheRiver Falls SeafoodMar-ket in Potomac, which closedseveral months ago, will reopen
Wednesday under new owner-ship and a newname.
James McWhorter and hiswife, Yasmin Abadian, of Po-tomac bought the store and willcall it TheMarket at River Falls.
McWhorter founder L&MProduce in 1978, which he soldin 2007 to Coastal Sunbelt Pro-duce. Abadian is an agent inLong & Foster’s Potomac Villageoffice.
They also are investors inseveral food-related retail busi-nesses, including DC BrauBrewing Co.; &Pizza; BrooklandPint, a craft beer restaurant inWashington, D.C.; and Fruitive,an organic, vegan juice businessopening in 2015, according to anews release.
The store will offer meats,fresh seafood, sushi, seasonalproduce, baked goods and pre-pared items, plus educationaland entertainment events.
The store is in the PotomacPlace Shopping Center at 10124River Road. It will be open 10a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Its phonenumber is 301-765-8001.
Sandy Spring Bank opensBethesda branch
Sandy Spring Bank of Olneylast week opened its new down-town Bethesda branch at 7550Wisconsin Ave.
The location has an openlayout without a conventionalteller line, according to a newsrelease. It also has a full-servicefinancial center, which offerswealth, mortgage, insurance,commercial banking and otherservices.
The branch offers freemeet-ing spaces, Wi-Fi and chargingstations during business hours.
BioMed sells Rockvilleproperty for $322.5MBioMed Realty Trust of San
Diego, which owns several bio-science properties in Rockvilleand Gaithersburg, has sold abig one: 9911 Belward CampusDrive in Rockville, where thesole tenant is Human GenomeSciences.
HGS is a wholly owned sub-sidiary of GlaxoSmithKline ofLondon, which acquired it in2012 for $3.6 billion.
BioMed Realty reportedselling the 289,000-square-footbiologics manufacturing facilityfor $322.5million to GI Partners,a private equity firm in MenloPark, Calif., netting about $136.0million.
The company plans to usethe proceeds to pay down debtand invest in other life scienceclusters, including the Boston,San Francisco and SanDiego ar-eas, according to a news release.
The Rockville property isfully leased toHGS until 2026.
BioMed Realty bought theproperty in 2006 as part of a saleand lease back deal with HGS.That deal included a nearby635,000-square-foot ShadyGroveRoadproperty,plusanad-joining parcel with capacity forabout 500,000 rentable squarefeet of future development.
BioMed Realty will retainownership of the Shady GroveRoadproperty,whichalso is fullyleased toHGS through2026, andthe adjacent parcel.
NewTower promotesCFO to president
NewTower Trust Co. ofBethesda promoted Robert Ed-wards, 54, to president fromCFO.
Hewill succeedPatrickMay-berry, 67, founding presidentand CEO, who plans to retire byMarch 31.
Previously, Edwards workedfor Riggs Bank. He holds a bach-elor’s degree in business admin-istration and accounting fromBucknell University.
Accounting firm grows,moves in Rockville
Glass Jacobson of OwingsMills, an accounting and finan-cial management firm, is mov-ing its Rockville office to largerquarters in January to handle itsgrowth.
The new 9,000-square-footoffice will be at 800 King Farm
Blvd.; the current 5,000-square-foot office is at 1901 ResearchBlvd.
“When we moved into thislocation over 25 years ago, wewere the first tenants in thebuilding and only had four full-time employees on our team,”Doug White, managing part-ner of the office, said in a newsrelease. “Today, we have 15full-timeprofessionals andaddi-tional support during our busierperiods. We simply need morespace for our operations.”
The Rockville office alsohouses the firm’s GovernmentContracting Services team.
Cardiac journal namesnew top editor
The Heart Failure Society ofAmerica in Bethesda named Dr.Paul J.Hauptmaneditor-in-chiefof its Journal of Cardiac Failure,succeedingDr. Gary Francis.
Previously, Hauptman wasassociate editor at both the Eu-ropean Journal of Heart Failureand Circulation: Heart Failure.He holds a bachelor’s in chem-istry from Columbia Universityandmedicaldegree fromCornellUniversityMedical College.
Hauptman named Dr. Mi-chael Rich, professor of medi-cine at Washington University,the journal’s senior associateeditor.
Group invests $15Min treatment researchCystic Fibrosis Foundation
Therapeutics, thenonprofitdrugdiscoveryanddevelopmentaffil-iate of the Cystic Fibrosis Foun-dation of Bethesda, signed a $15million agreement with Shire tohelp develop a new treatmenttargeting the underlying causeof the disease.
The multi-year programis researching a therapy thatwould be delivered to the lungsin an aerosolized form, to in-crease lung function and reducethe number and severity of lunginfections in people with thedisease, according to a news re-lease.
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Although the area aroundWhite Flint Mall is set to bemar-keted as the Pike District, theshopping center’s owners say itwill keep the name White Flintafter redevelopment.
Lerner Enterprises and theTower Cos., both of Rockville,plan to tear down the mall andreplace itwitha towncenter-stylemixed-use complex. When it isfinished, the new developmentwill be known simply as WhiteFlint, according to a news releasefrom the companies.
Lerner and Tower are mem-bers of the White Flint Partner-ship, which has endorsed thenew Pike District name for thewhat the county’s Departmentof Planning calls the White FlintSector. The sector encompassesresidences and businesseswith mailing address in NorthBethesda, Kensington and Rock-ville.
Lerner and Tower also areamong the developers that hiredthe marketing company Street-sense of Bethesda to help selectthe Pike District name. Theirleadership think the Pike Districtname will help market the Rock-ville Pike corridor, while WhiteFlint should refer to their devel-opment within the larger PikeDistrict.
The850,000-square-footmallhas been slowly emptying duringthe past few years. Lerner andTower plan to replace it with 5.2million square feet of develop-ment, The Gazette previouslyreported, including more than 1million square feet of new retailspace. Lord & Taylor, the sole re-maininganchor, is toremaindur-ing redevelopment.
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The following is a summary of inci-dents in the Silver Spring, Bethesdaand Rockville areas to which Montgom-ery County police responded recently.The words “arrested” and “charged”do not imply guilt. This informationwas provided by the county.
Armed robbery• 13500 block of Aston Manor
Drive, Silver Spring, at midnight Nov.29.The subjects threatened the vic-tim with a weapon and took property.
• Geren and Hartwell roads, Sil-ver Spring, at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 29.Thesubject threatened the victim with aweapon and took property.
• Behind Rockville Metro Station,251 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, at6:45 p.m. Nov. 30.The subject threat-ened the victim with a weapon andtook property.
• 3200 block ofWeepingWillowCourt, Silver Spring, at 8:35 p.m. Dec.2. The suspects are known to thevictim.
Sexual assault• Mama Lucia, 1302 EastWest
Highway, Silver Spring, between 4:45and 8:30 p.m. Nov. 25.The knownsubject inappropriately touched thevictim.
Strong-arm robbery• 11400 block of Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring, at 2:31 p.m. Nov. 26.The suspects assaulted the victimand took property.
• Fillmore, 8658 Colesville Road,Rockville, at 12:58 a.m. Nov. 30.Thesubjects assaulted the victim andtook property.
• 2600 block of Kensington Bou-levard, Silver Spring, at 9:30 p.m. Nov.30.The suspect forcefully took prop-erty from the victim.
• 8700 block of Flower Avenue,Silver Spring, on Dec. 1. The subjecttook property from the victim andfled.
• 3200 block of BeaverwoodDrive, Silver Spring, at 4:37 p.m. Dec.2. The suspects unsuccessfully triedto take property from the victim.
• 12000 block of Columbia Pike,Silver Spring, at 5:52 p.m. Dec. 2. Thesubjects unsuccessfully attempted totake property from the victim.
Weapons offense• 7700 block of Eastern Avenue,
Takoma Park, at 10:35 p.m. Dec. 1.The known subject used a weapon toassault the victim.
Aggravated assault• Days Inn, 8040 13th St., Silver
Spring, at 4:59 a.m. Nov. 26.The sub-ject is known to the victim.
• 8500 block of Flower Avenue,Takoma Park, at 5 a.m. Nov. 28.
• University BoulevardWest andColesville Road, Silver Spring, at 5:30p.m. Nov. 30.The subject is known tothe victim.
• 7300 block ofWisconsin Ave-nue, Chevy Chase, at 3:20 p.m. Dec. 1.
• 11300 block of LockwoodDrive, Silver Spring, at 3:55 p.m. Dec.2. The subject threatened the victimwith a weapon.
Burglary• Sligo Creek Elementary School,
500 Schuyler Road, Silver Spring, at8:23 p.m. Nov. 29. Forced entry, tooknothing.
Commercial burglary• Gucci, 5481Wisconsin Ave.,
Bethesda, at 4:15 a.m. Nov. 26. Forcedentry, unknown what was taken.
• 12700 block ofVeirs Mill Road,Rockville, at 10:53 a.m. Nov. 26.
• UniqueThrift Store, 10121 NewHampshire Ave., Silver Spring, at 3:50a.m. Nov. 27. Unknown entry, took
property.
Residential burglary• 5000 block of Bradley Boule-
vard, Chevy Chase, on Nov. 24. At-tempted forced entry, took nothing.
• 2200 block of Eaglesham Court,Olney, between noon Nov. 24 and2:09 Nov. 25. Forced entry, took noth-ing.
• 13200 block of Carriage Court,Rockville, between midnight and4:30 p.m. Nov. 25. Forced entry, tooknothing.
• 2900 block of Barker Street, Sil-ver Spring, between 1 and 7 a.m. Nov.25. No forced entry, took property.
• 1400 block of DaleshireWay,Burtonsville, between 9 a.m. and 4p.m. Nov. 25. Attempted forced entry,took nothing.
• Unit block of Devon Road, Sil-ver Spring, between 10 a.m. and 6:30p.m. Nov. 25. Unknown entry, tookproperty.
• 2500 block of Holman Avenue,Silver Spring, between 10:30 a.m. and2:35 p.m. Nov. 25. No forced entry,took property.
• 4700 block ofWaverly Avenue,Garrett Park, between 12:15 and
3:15 p.m. Nov. 25. Forced entry, tooknothing.
• 14100 block of Castle Boule-vard, Burtonsville, between 4 and9 p.m. Nov. 25. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 5200 block of Brentford Drive,Rockville, between Nov. 25 and 30.Unknown entry, took property.
• 11400 block of Connecticut Av-enue, Kensington, between 12:15 and2:45 p.m. Nov. 26. Attempted forcedentry, took nothing.
• 12300 block of La Plata Street,Silver Spring, between Nov. 26 and28. Forced entry, took property.
• 12600 block of Flack Street, Sil-ver Spring, between Nov. 26 and 30.Unknown entry, took property.
• 100 block of Dorothy Lane,Rockville, at 6 a.m. Nov. 27. At-tempted forced entry, took nothing.
• 8000 block of Glendale Road,Chevy Chase, at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 27. Noforced entry, took nothing.
• 3400 block of RobeyTerrace,Silver Spring, on Nov. 27 or 28. At-tempted forced entry, took nothing.
• 700 block of Ludlow Street,Takoma Park, at 12:07 a.m. Nov. 28.Forced entry, took nothing.
• 12300 block of La Plata Street,Silver Spring, between 10:30 and11:30 a.m. Nov. 28. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 3500 block of PearTree Court,Silver Spring, at 8:53 p.m. Nov. 28.Forced entry.
• 1700 block of Overlook Drive,Silver Spring, between 11 p.m. Nov.29 and 3:30 a.m. Nov. 30. Forced en-try, took property.
• 12200 block of Centerhill Street,Silver Spring, between 11:46 p.m.Nov. 29 and 1:45 a.m. Nov. 30. Forcedentry, took property.
• 2800 block of Blueridge Avenue,Silver Spring, between 8:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. Nov. 30. Attempted forcedentry, took nothing.
• 5600 block ofWisconsin Av-enue, Chevy Chase, at 11 a.m. Nov.30. Forced entry, took nothing.
• 9500 block of East StanhopeRoad, Kensington, on Nov. 30 or Dec.1. Took property from a detachedshed.
• 3700 block of Bel Pre Road, Sil-ver Spring, on Dec. 1. No forced entry,took property.
• Unit block of Outpost Court,North Potomac, at 12:45 a.m. Dec. 1.
Forced entry, took property.• 1400 block of EastWest High-
way, Silver Spring, at 6:25 p.m. Dec. 1.The subject is known to the victim.
• 8600 block ofYork ManorWay,Rockville, between 1:45 and 2:45p.m. Dec. 2. No forced entry, tookproperty.
Theft• 15200 block of Shady Grove
Road, Rockville, at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 24.Took the victim’s purse.
Vehicle larceny•Three incidents in Bethesda on
Nov. 25 or 26. Forced entry. Affectedstreets include Michigan Avenue,Lanier Drive and Grubb Road.
• 9100 block of Bradford Road,Silver Spring, at 10:44 p.m. Nov. 26.Subjects were seen looking intowindows, located with property andarrested.
•Two incidents on Green ForestDrive, Silver Spring, on Nov. 28.Tooka cellphone from one vehicle.
•Two incidents in the 11300block of Commonwealth Drive,North Bethesda, at 1 a.m. Dec. 1. Noforced entry, unknown what wastaken.
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Kensington marketopen through winterWhile many farmers mar-
kets close shop for the winter,the Kensington Farmers Mar-ket is open every Saturday withseasonal items.
Shirley Watson, facilitiesmanager, said the market isopen from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. atthe Kensington train station,3710 Howard Ave. The hoursrecently changed; it used to beopen 8 a.m. to noon.
During the winter months,vendors may bring preparedfood, baked goods, fresh sea-food, olive oil and root veg-etables. Vendors are listed atexplorekensington.com/farm-ers_market.php.
“There are 25 markets inMontgomery County. Most ofthem close the end of Octoberor the first week of Novemberfor the winter,” Watson said.
A list of farmers markets isat montgomerycountymd.gov/agservices/agfarmersmarkets.html.
Leisure World makes,donates lanterns
Thewoodshopusersgroupat Leisure World of Maryland isdonating 300 lanterns it madeto the Franciscan Monastery ofthe Holy Land in Washington,D.C.
The lanterns will be usedfor the monastery’s 15th an-nual Seven Nights of Light fromDec. 24 to Jan. 1. It will feature1,200 wood luminarias along aquarter-mile of the walkway ofits Rosary Portico. The monas-tery sells naming rights to thelanterns as a fundraiser to helpmaintain its gardens, accord-ing to a news release from Lei-sure World.
Most of the wood used thisyear were pine scraps donatedby The Home Depot.
This is the second year thegroup has made lanterns forthe monastery.
Indian eateries raisefunds for Bhopal survivors
To help survivors of the1984 Union Carbide disasterin Bhopal, India, several Indianrestaurants in the region aredonating some of their Dec. 2sales to support Sambhavna, afree clinic for the survivors.
The Taste of India Benefitfor Bhopal involved India Pal-ace in Germantown; MinervaIndian Cuisine and Kerala Café,both in Gaithersburg; BethesdaCurry Kitchen; and House ofIndia and Royal Taj, both in Co-lumbia.
Together theyraised$1,060,according to organizer Kim Al-exander of Damascus, who hasvolunteered at the clinic.
Bethesda Curry KitchenandHouseof India inColumbiaare continuing their efforts for amonth, she said.
Donation and other infor-mation is at bhopal.org and theTaste of India Benefit for Bho-pal Facebook page.
Farmers market gives17 tons to Manna
Farmersparticipating intheOlney Farmers Market contrib-utedawhopping34,693poundsof fresh fruits and vegetables toManna Food Center in Gaith-ersburg during the past grow-ing season.
This accounted for morethan one-third of the regionalproduce Manna distributed tocounty families in need.
Also, many Olney-areabusinesses and organizationscontributed to Sunday’s annualHoliday Market.
Pogo Landscaping donatedfirewood, Sister’s Sandwichesand Such provided propaneheaters and the Sandy SpringFriends School donated aschool bus, used as a warmingstation.
Santa arrived, courtesy ofthe Sandy Spring Volunteer FireDepartment, and local Scoutshelped where needed, frommaking s’mores over the fire todistributing hand warmers.
“It was truly a community-wide effort, and we are so ap-preciative,” said Janet Terry, themarket founder and president.
The market’s winter sea-son, held at the Sandy SpringMuseum, will run from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Sundays from Jan. 11through March 29. Vendor ap-plications are at olneyfarmers-market.org.
Hanukkah celebrationfeatures fire and iceOlney Chabad will host a
Hanukkah celebration, “Fireon Ice,” at 4:30 p.m. Sunday atFair Hill Shopping Center.
In addition to a giant me-norah made of ice, the freeevent will include live music,craft activities for children, aperformance by Chabad He-brew School, a dreidel mascot,latkes and doughnuts.
More information is atjewisholney.com or call 301-660-6770.
The center is at Md. 108and Spartan Road in Olney.
Preschoolers collectclothing, toys for families
Students at ChesterbrookAcademy Preschool in Olneyon Friday loaded a bus with adonation of gifts for delivery tothe Salvation Army.
Since early December, stu-dents, parents and teachershave been collecting clothesand toys for 25 Olney-areafamilies in need.
Olney civic group seeksmembers for new panel
The Greater Olney CivicAssociation is seeking mem-bers for a new, consolidatedcommittee, the Public Policyand Community Affairs Com-mittee.
This committee consoli-dates the functions of previousstanding committees: Com-munity Beautification, Com-munity/Business Relations,Land Use and Legislative.
Any Olney resident mayserve on this committee. It willexplore such issues as review-ing development projects andproposed legislation; com-munity awareness of, and re-sponse to, criminal activity andpublic safety; ideas for a com-munity center; the pros andcons of incorporating Olneyas a town; and developing astrategy to attract desired busi-nesses to town.
“We are looking for a selectgroup of creative people whoare looking for opportunitiesto make a big difference for thecommunity,” said John Web-ster, president of the group.
The application is at goca.org and should be sent to [email protected].
Pizza chain collects giftcards for wounded military
A restaurant chain is en-couraging customers to donategift cards to the USO.
California Pizza Kitchen’srestaurants in Westfield Mont-gomery mall in Bethesda andthe RIO Washingtonian Centerin Gaithersburg are collectinggift cards worth $10 or more forthe USO of Metropolitan Wash-ington-Baltimore. The com-pany will donate an additional10 percent of the gift card value,according to a notice from theBethesda restaurant.
The USO will distributethe gift cards to injured servicemembers at Walter Reed Na-tional Military Medical Centerin Bethesda.
The gift card drive runsthrough December.
City Hall closedChristmas, New Year’s
Rockvillehasannounced itsholiday schedule for its facilitiesand programs.
City Hall and other city fa-cilities will be closed Dec. 25and Jan. 1. Parking fees at citymeters will be suspended bothdays. There will be no trash orrecycling pickups those days;they will be made the next day.
• Croydon Creek NatureCenter will be open from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 24, 26 and31.
• The F. Scott FitzgeraldTheatreboxofficewillbeclosedfrom 5 p.m. Dec. 24 until 2 p.m.Jan. 6.
• The Rockville Senior Cen-ter will close at 5 p.m. Dec. 24and 31.
• The Rockville Swim andFitness Center will be openfrom 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 24and 31.
• Lincoln Park CommunityCenter, Thomas Farm Com-munity Center and TwinbrookCommunity Recreation Centerwill be open from 10 a.m. to6 p.m. Dec. 24, 26 and 31, andJan. 2.
More information is atrockvillemd.gov or by calling240-314-5000.
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BY PEGGY MCEWANSTAFF WRITER
Until recently, Rachel Winedidn’t know anything aboutpancreatic cancer.
Then Grace O’Leary, aschoolmate of the 16-year-oldjunior at Whitman High Schoolin Bethesda, told Wine hermother had received that so-bering diagnosis. The two girlsstarted learning all they couldabout it.
“This was the least fundedcancer but one of the most fa-tal. Detection is very difficult, sopatients don’t know they have ituntil late,” Wine said.
Fortunately, Meg O’Learywas diagnosed “by accident,”Wine said, as her tumor wasfound during tests for some-thing else. In just three months,she has had surgery and is onthe mend.
Andrea Cistulli, a patientand liaison services representa-tive at Pancreatic Cancer ActionNetwork, confirmed most ofWine’s research.
“I’m not sure we are the least
funded,” Cistulli said. “But theoverall five-year survival rate forthe disease is [just] 6 percent.”
Meanwhile, Wine and GraceO’Leary, 15, a sophomore at
Whitman; Rachel’s brotherCarson, 13, a seventh-grader atThomas W. Pyle Middle Schoolin Bethesda; and his friend NoahGrill, 13, also a seventh-graderat Pyle, got busy in their schoolsand community raising moneyfor pancreatic cancer researchand raising awareness of thedisease.
“We wanted to do some-
thing that would show Meg wewere there for her,” Rachel Winesaid.
With the help of Whitma-niacs, the Whitman High spiritclub, O’Leary and Wine soldspecially designed purple-and-blue T-shirts, collected changeat school lunches and had a“purple out” — purple is thecolor designated for pancreaticcancer awareness — before theDec. 5 Whitman-GeorgetownPrep basketball game.
Last weekend, they alsosponsored an all-you-can-eatpurple pancake supper at Heck-man’s Deli in Bethesda.
Although the pancake sup-per fell flat with fewer than 10participants, their fundraisingefforts overall have raised closeto $10,000, they said.
Much of that was raised byCarson, who asked for dona-tions to the cause in honor of hisbar mitzvah, said his mother,Melanie Wine.
Noah sponsored a soccershootout at Pyle and both boyshelped organized a hat day attheir school. Students were al-lowed to wear hats in class witha $1 donation to the pancreaticcancer fund.
“I’m surprised and im-pressed by the community, theamount of support and the ini-tiative [the children] took,” MegO’Leary said. “This story is aboutthem, not me.”
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n Judge: Goodlett’s historyof mental illnessis ‘voluminous’
BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER
An Olney man charged withfatally shooting two men inMarch 2011 was deemed “notcriminally responsible” on Dec.10 for the crimes due to severemental illness.Rohan Goodlett, 39, was
chargedwith two counts of first-degree murder and two countsof using a handgun in a violentcrime in the deaths of his next-doorneighbor,NazirAhmed, 81,and Punyasara W. PalkumbureGedara, 41, a man whomGood-lett’s attorney said he didn’tknow.Attorneys on both sides of
the case reached a plea dealin which Goodlett agreed thatprosecutors had enough evi-dence to convict him at a trial,but that he was not respon-sible for his actions at the time.Montgomery County CircuitCourt Judge Cheryl A. McCallyaccepted the plea, citing his“voluminous” history of mentalillness.Goodlett was diagnosed
with schizoaffective disorder in2006.Hewas on andoff antipsy-chotic medication for severalyears, and at one point, arguedwith a psychiatrist because hedidn’t feel he was mentally ill,Assistant State’s Attorney Pe-ter Feeney told the court whilereading a lengthy statement offacts Dec. 10.The statement gave a de-
tailed picture of Goodlett’s de-lusional behavior in the monthsleading up to the shootings.Examples included carryingon conversations with himself,hearing voices telling him to kill,talking to charactersofTVshowsas if they could hear him, and
claiming that he could changethe behavior of the people onTV by inserting a finger into hisrectum.Goodlett’s former coworkers
reported that his behavior be-came irritable and erratic priorto the murders, and that he wasseencarrying a gunat thebarbershopwhereheworked.Goodlettalso told them he would shootanyone on the street who he feltwas a threat and once leanedout thewindowofmoving car inwhich theywere riding, claiminghe was going to shoot a markedpolice cruiser that drove pastthem, according to the state-ment of facts.
Goodlett briefly addressedthe court during the hearing,telling McCally that he felt re-morse for his actions every day,and that they were a product ofhis sickness and not part of hisnormal character.Goodlett’s attorney, Assis-
tant Public Defender Mary K.Siegfried, told the court that herclient was drawn to Ahmed’sresidence because the street ad-dress ended in “40,” which hetook as a reference to the bibli-cal figureMoses.Ahmed was found dead in
his home onOlneyMill Road onMarch 18, 2011, with a gunshotwound to the back of his head.
Three days later, Gedara waskilled as he was walking homefrom his job at Subway in theFair Hill shopping center in Ol-ney.Siegfried said Goodlett
didn’t know Gedara, and didn’ttake anything from the body.Police found physical evi-
dence linking Goodlett to bothmurders, including a bulletin his bedroom that matchedshells at both crime scenes andgunshot residue on his hands.While being held at the
Montgomery County Correc-tional Facility in Boyds after theshootings, Goodlett attacked afellow inmate in July 2011, cut-
ting his face with the sharpenedend of a brush. He attacked acorrections officer with a smallrazor in August 2011. He wasconfined to Clifton T. PerkinsHospital, a state psychiatric fa-cility in Jessup, shortly thereaf-ter.Goodlett also was found not
criminally responsible Dec. 10for two assault charges stem-ming from those attacks.McCally ordered that Good-
lett be returned to Perkins,where he will remain commit-ted until he is not considered adanger to himself or others.
Olney man found not criminally responsible for 2011 slayings
n Kensington wants betterlighting and surveillance
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BY ELIZABETHWAIBELSTAFFWRITER
The townofKensington is re-building a playground destroyedbyfire, this timewithbetter light-ing and surveillance equipment.Adding the lighting and sur-
veillance equipment to St. PaulPark will double the cost to re-place the playground, but mostof the expenses will probably becovered by insurance and grantfunding, according to TownManager SanfordDaily.A fire destroyed the play-
ground inOctober.Daily said thefire marshal has said somebodystarted a fire under the slide.“Nowwhether that’svandals,
orwhether that’skids,orwhetherthat’s an arsonist, nobody knowsthat at this point,”Daily said.The cost to build a new play-
groundwithsimilarequipment isa little more than $83,000, Dailysaid. Insurance will likely coveralmost $42,000, which is the costto restore the playground to itspre-fire condition. The townplans to apply for about $31,000in state Program Open Spacefunding and kick in a bit morethan $10,000 of its own moneyto cover the cost of security andlighting enhancements, Dailysaid.All these plans will depend
on getting state funding andTown Council approval for acontract tobuild theplayground,soDaily saidhedoesn’t yet knowwhen the playground might befinished.
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Sandy Spring Athletic Asso-ciation’s 10-12 Federal Divisionfootball team, coached by BrianShuster, competed Sunday inthe Maryland State Champion-ship against the Ellicott CityBlue team.Although the Sandy Spring
Falcons lost, making it to thetitle gamewas abig accomplish-ment for the boys, coaches andorganization, said parent FredDonodeo.But also Sunday, theFalcons
beat theColumbiaRavens 26-20for the state championship inthe 11-13 age group.Most of the Falcons are from
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Genevieve Meier, 14, brings toys out to Santa as the Cabin John Volun-teer Fire Department stops by houses Sunday in Cabin John. This is thedepartment’s 35th year collecting toys for the National Center for Chil-dren and Families in Bethesda, the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Programand the Children’s National Medical Center. The toy drive runs eveningsthrough Tuesday; the toys will be delivered Christmas Eve to the NationalCenter for Children and Families in Bethesda.
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Stephen Knolls Schoolteaches about 100 special-needs and disabled childrenwho might also be “medicallyfragile” and are bused therefrom Takoma Park, SilverSpring and other downcountyareas for the special care andeducation, he noted. The dis-abilities include chronic lungdisease, asthma, cerebral palsyand Down syndrome, withsomestudentsonoxygentanks.
“This determination isbased on the very specific factsof this case, and should not betaken as a finding that all autofilling stations of this size willcreate these incompatible con-ditions,” Grossman said.
Costco applied in 2011 fora special zoning exemption fora gas station. Under concernsfrom residents that the gas sta-tion would be too close to theKenmont Swim & Tennis Clubnear themall, theCountyCoun-cil in 2012 blocked Costco’splansbypassinganamendmentrequiring heavily used gas sta-tions to be at least 300 feet fromschools and recreation facilities.
Costco’s original proposalhad the gas station less than300 feet fromtheswimclub.Of-ficials took a new proposal thatmoved the station farther fromthe facility before the county’szoninghearings office.
Danila Sheveiko, amemberof theStopCostcoGasCoalitionand past president of the Kens-ingtonHeightsCivicAssociationwholivesneartheproposedsite,saidGrossman’s report “is still amixedbag.”Forexample,Gross-man found there is a “neighbor-hood need” for the gas station,“despite the fact that there are14existingstationswithinamileradius,” Sheveiko said.
The Office of Zoning andAdministrative Hearings heldhearings formonths,with clos-ing arguments in August.
The case could be a recordfor the longest-running Mont-gomery County land use hear-ing, Sheveiko said.
Brann has said Costcowould install a 700-foot-long,8-foot-high“greenscreenwall”with trees and other landscap-ingnear theedgeof theparkinglot to furtherbuffer residents, ifthe gas station is allowed.
The 151,000-square-footCostco opened at the mall inApril 2013, taking over spacevacated by a Hecht’s store in2006. Economic developmentofficials say it has done muchto improve the center.
The company has gas sta-tions at the Beltsville, Colum-bia and Frederick stores, butnot at its Gaithersburg site.Both Gaithersburg and Whea-ton Costcos have tire servicecenters.
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Triangle district — have moreavailable retail space thandemand. That document isavailable for download onthe Planning Board’s Dec. 11agenda.
Planning Department staffare scheduled to have a draftof the plan ready by April, ac-cording to the departmentwebsite. The Planning Boardwill hold work sessions and a
public hearing before it andthe County Council decidewhether to approve the finalBethesda Downtown Plan.A happy hour with planners,hosted by SK&I Architecture ofBethesda, is tentatively sched-uled for late January.
Another area of Bethesdaalso is working on a sectorplan. The Planning Board isscheduled to get an update onthe Westbard Sector Plan onThursday.
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capacity, while Rockville’sthreshold is 110 percent.
Moore has argued that thecity’s lower threshold — whichwas designed to allow it to re-quest more county money be-fore a school is at 120 percent— has been ineffective. He saidthe vast majority of the city’senrollment growth is from fami-liesmoving into existing homes,rather than new development.
Moore’s proposal has drawncriticism from residents and anobjection from members of thecity’s Planning Commission.
ANov. 19 letter to themayorand council signed by PlanningCommission Chairman DonaldH. Hadley and CommissionerDavid Hill argued that despitewhat the city has done in thepast, changing the requirementfor adequate public facilities ispart of the city’s master plan,and therefore falls under thecommission’s authority.
Hadley asserted that pointat a Dec. 8meeting of themayorand council.
Adopting such standardsmust come through the Plan-ning Commission, he said.
“The very structure they’reworking in ... is without basis,”Hadley said.
Hadley referred to a Nov. 18opinion issued by the AttorneyGeneral’sOffice regardinga sim-ilar dispute in Mount Airy be-tween its planning commissionand town council over authoritytomake substantial changes to acomprehensive plan.
The opinion found that acouncil may not make evenminor substantive changes to aplan without returning the planto the commission for a recom-mendation.
The 17-page opinion saysthat planning requires a long-termview,while legislators serv-ing only fixed terms deal withmore day-to-day problems.
“From its inception, theplanning commission has been
viewed as an independent andspecialized body formed spe-cifically for these purposes,” thelegal opinion said. “In contrast,[state law] specifies no distinctrole or responsibility for the leg-islativebody regarding technicalreview or development of theplan; it only empowers the legis-lative body to ‘adopt’ the plan.”
But in a letter to the mayorand council, Rockville CityAttorney Debra Yerg Danielclaimed that the public facilitiesstandards are a resolution ad-opted by the city, and thereforecan be changed by the mayorand council.
“While the drafting of themaster plan, as confirmed bythe Attorney General’s Opin-ion discussed above, is underthe authority of the PlanningCommission, the adoption ofordinances implementing therecommendations of a masterplan are under the authority ofthe local legislative body,” Dan-iel wrote. “As such, the Mayorand Council had the authorityto enact an [Adequate PublicFacilities Ordinance] and adoptthe [standards] and continuesto have the authority to amendboth the [ordinance] and the[standards].”
Moore stood by that viewMonday night, saying there’sstill a good argument to be hadabout what the school stan-dard should be and how the cityshould approach development.
He said the legal issuesraised in Hadley’s letter were atransparent attempt to delay thediscussion on the issues.
Buthe’s confident themayorand council have the right tochange the standards.
“There is no doubt that wehave the authority to do that,”he said.
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Kolanowski recalls theearly days, when Georgia Av-enuewas a small country road.
“Seeing that shining starreally made you feel like youwere in the middle of Bethle-hem,” he said. “Not just con-gregants from Oakdale, butpeople came from all over tosee it.”
The early productions fea-tured scripture readings over amicrophone, music recordedoff television, costumes madefrom food sacks, amanger cre-ated out of an old Army tentandmany blown fuses.
As technology evolved, thenarration was recorded on areel-to-reel tape, then a cas-sette and now a CD.
The major preparationsbegin in early Decemberwhen a group, currently led byJohnny Johnson of Rockville,assembles the rustic woodenstable and installs the light-ing and sound equipment inthe church’s parking lot facingGeorgia Avenue.
Setting up used to take anentire day, but with stream-lined instructions for what isnowessentially aprefabricated“kit,” themanger scene comestogether in just a few hours.
Johnson and his wife,Mary, have coordinated theliving Nativity for the past sev-eral years.
Mary Johnson said thatseveral years ago, her motherwas hospitalized and awaitingsurgery right around Christ-mas.
“I signed up to be Marythat year, and received a spiri-tual gift that I was not expect-ing,” she said. “It really helpedmeget through thatChristmas,so I wanted to give back bysteppingupwhen theyneededsomeone to take it over.”
Mary Johnson recruits vol-unteers for the cast, includingindividuals, families and small
groups, who fill the roles of theMary and Joseph, prophets,wise men and a host of angelsand shepherds.
Over the years, hundredsof church members and theirfamilies, friends and neigh-bors of all ages have donnedcloth headdresses, glitteringhalos and long robes, typicallyatop heavy coats and long un-derwear.
During the week prior tothe performances, the stableis filled with bales of straw andthe animals are brought infrom local farms.
The animals typically in-clude a donkey, sheep andgoats, whose antics occasion-ally steal the show.
Kolanowski recalls beinga child at his grandparents’house, when they received acall late one night that a cowhad escaped.
“We had to go find it, withmy grandmother, who alwayswore a skirt, holding a flash-light,” he said. “We finallyfound it acrossGeorgiaAvenueatMartin’s Dairy.”
The church welcomes thepublic to experience the pre-sentation.
“We invite those travelingalong Georgia Avenue in Ol-ney this weekend, to look forthe shining star in the east andthencomeexperienceboth themajesty and humility of theChristmas story,” said AnneJordan, the church’s commu-nication director. “OakdaleEmory is blessed to be able topresent this special gift to thecommunity.”
The living Nativity will bepresented at 6:30, 7:15 and 8p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Hot chocolate and cookiesare served following each per-formance.
Oakdale Emory is at 3425Emory Church Road in Olney.More information is at oeumc.org.
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voucher program for the community.Trueman said spaying and neutering
of feral cats would start immediately to cutdown on the number of kittens born in thewild. Most kittens in the county shelter areborn feral, she said.
Once more funding is secured, Spay itForwardwill launcha free voucherprogram,open to anyone — regardless of income —for spaying and neutering cats and dogs.
“That is why this is revolutionary,” shesaid. “If we know the cause is a lack of spay/neuter, why not do it as a community, makeit available to everybody?”
Spaying or neutering an animal can cost$200 to $600, depending on the animal’sspecies, age, weight and gender, accordingto estimates from two local clinics.
Most programs that provide lower-costservices generally require financial proofto qualify and costs can range from $25 tomore than $100, depending on the speciesand gender of the animal.
TheAnimalWelfareLeagueofMontgom-ery County, a no-kill cat shelter, offers low-cost vouchers — $50 per cat, $100 per dog—that donot require incomequalification.
To fund Spay it Forward,MCPAW is ask-ing every county resident to donate $1. It isasking organizations to donate $2 for everymember, and businesses to donate $3 forevery employee.
Trueman said the group aims to raise $1million its first two years and is working toestablish a network of participating veteri-
narians to accept the vouchers.It hopes to have vouchers available by
this time next year.Theprogramalsowill fundfreemicrochip-
ping, a service that the county has provided atits vaccine clincs for about $10. That service
could be free as soon as the spring, Truemansaid.Microchips are implanted in the animalstohelp identify themif theyget lost.
In affluent Montgomery County, thereis an assumption that pet overpopulation isnot a problem, Trueman said.
“The reality is that, on a daily basis,we are full of cats and often many otheranimals,” said Kate Walker, manager of thecounty’s shelter in Derwood, known as theMontgomery County Animal Services andAdoption Center.
The new shelter can euthanize animalsif there is not enough space and staff to carefor them, but so far hasn’t had to, Walkersaid.
The shelter has been open since March.Walker said it averages about 250 cats andkittens and “a reasonable number of dogs”at a time. The shelter hashadasmanyas 120dogs, she said.
Walker said the county is still crunchingthe numbers on the cost of housing a dog orcat at the shelter for a day.
Trueman said that if MCPAW can re-duce the number of unwanted puppies andkittens born, and microchip those that are,it can reduce the number animals enteringshelters, lowering the cost to communitiesto shelter and find homes for animals.
“If we don’t get a handle on the supplyside veryquickly, that brand-newshelterwillbe overcrowded,” she said.
MCPAW is working with the UniversityofMaryland on a study to show the cost andsavings to a community from a spay/neuterprogram, she said.
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Spike, a male mastiff mix about 4 years old,stands up for a treat offered by Spencer Kelly, ananimal care attendant supervisor at the county’sanimal shelter in Derwood. Spike has been at theshelter about two months.
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Is it ironic, or was it intentional, that the acronym forthe term “electronic nicotine delivery systems”— com-monly referred to as e-cigarettes— is “ENDS”?
E-cigarettes certainly are ameans to one for the shop-keepers who sell suchwares. And if their use could aid inthe cessation of the smoking habit, as others suggest, thenthe argument could bemade that’s somewhat appropri-ate, too.
It’s funny, though, and kind ofmystifying, that theWikipedia entry for e-cigs reads like a crime scene investi-gation, littered with words such as “unclear,” “uncertain”and “limited evidence.” Some additional choice phrases?“Likely to be less harmful” and “probably safer” than con-vetional cigarettes, and the ultimate backhanded compli-ment: “fewer toxic chemicals.”
Isn’t that reassuring? The ad campaign practicallywrites itself. “E-Cigarettes: Nowwith fewer toxic chemi-cals.”
Much has beenmade of amove to ban e-cigarettes inplaces where conventional smoking already is prohibitedthroughoutMontgomery County. In November, Coun-cilwomanNancy Floreen (D-At Large) of Garrett Parkproposed a bill to do so. It also takes aim atmarketing theproducts to youth.
We agree with her. Teenagers need less encourage-ment to try something thatmay be harmful to them, notmore.
To be clear, though, our intent is not to lambaste e-cigarettes or their users, or decry their “evils.”We also arenot suggesting a blanket ban on the devices. To each hisown, with “each” being the operative word.
The bottom line: E-cigarettes and the fluid, knownas “juice,” that fills them remain unregulated and virtu-ally unstudied in theUnited States. Until that changes,there’s no certainty onwhat health and safety hazards thearomatic vapor they createmay pose, firsthand or second-hand.
The possibility of e-cig users blithely vaping in non-smokers’ faces at the grocery store checkout line or the drycleaners or the dog park does not appear to be rampant—yet—but the potential exists.
Having first appeared on the scene in 2007, e-cigarettes are a relatively new force. This ismerely thebeginning of the ENDS, as it were.We can’tmandate con-sideration toward one’s fellowman, so the alternative willhave to do for now.
During a season that usually brings out the best inpeople, let’s consider howwe can be kind to animals.
Pampering our pets is fine, but wemust think broadly,such as: How can humans establish the best lives for alldogs and cats?
We admire whatMontgomery County Partners forAnimalWell-Being, orMCPAW, has set out to do. Thenonprofit organization plans to raise enoughmoney forevery dog and cat to get spayed or neutered, and to get amicrochip for tracking.
That’s it. No strings attached.Neutering and spaying can cost hundreds of dollars.
Subsidized programs often provide those services for farlessmoney, sometimes with breaks for low-income house-holds.
The goal is to reduce the number of puppies and catsthat come into the world without a home or a human tocare for them.
The extent of dog and cat overpopulation is staggering—well beyond the cats running through our neighbor-hood or the crowded shelter in our community.
TheHumane Society of the United States estimatesthat shelters take in 6million to 8million homeless ani-mals each year. About half are adopted; the other half havenowhere to go and are euthanized.
Spaying and neutering carries other benefits, such ascutting down the chances of certain types of cancer andthe tendency tomark territory, roam or fight, according toTheHumane Society of the United States.
MCPAW is asking the community to help fuel its ambi-tious plan. The groupwants to raise $1million in two yearsthrough a donation system: $1 from every county resident,$2 permember from organizations and $3 per employeefrombusinesses.
For persuasive evidence, visit the county’s new ani-mal shelter, which hasn’t had to euthanize dogs or catsbecause of crowding, but can’tmake that promise indefi-nitely.
Kick in a few dollars, and feedMCPAW’smagnani-mousmovement. It’s the human thing to do.
In 2005, Rockville decided to see whatwould happen if we wrote tighter schoolstandards into our development laws thanMontgomery County had, even though thecity has no control over the school system.
The theory behind the attemptwas un-proven: Tighter standards might keep ourschools from getting more overcrowded,and theymight attract school-constructionfunds more quickly from MontgomeryCounty.
What happened? Rockville’s schoolsare now farmore overcrowded. AndMont-gomery County has informed us in no un-certain terms that we will never get anyschool-construction money any faster justbecause our standards are different.
The effort to examine our school stan-dards is being driven by council memberswho care deeply about our schools and our
city. In considering a shift to the county’sschool standards, we are addressing onepolicy question: Does the city of Rockvillegain any advantage from having schoolstandards that are different from the coun-ty’s?
The answer is no.Montgomery County never acts ac-
cording [to] the city’s standards, exceptwhen they actually avoided designatingfunds to Rockville’s schools because of ourstandards. This hurts our kids. Harmoniz-ing with the county will reduce confusionand remove a barrier to cooperation be-tween the city and the county. That willhelp our kids.
Mr. Giammo and Mr. Hall meant well,but the standards they wrote have had un-intendednegative consequences. The stan-dards have harmed Rockville’s downtown
and hurt Rockville’s ability to manage itsgrowth, and it put development decisionsin the hands of the Board of Education,whichmoves according to its own goals.
Rockville’smayor and councilmust actnow to avoid long-termdamage to the city.If we keep the current standards in place,our ability to shape Rockville’s future indowntown and along the Pike will grindto a halt for at least the next 15 years. Thiswould be economically disastrous to thecity. It would make Rockville significantlyless affordable and less welcoming to fami-lies. No responsible governing body wouldignore this reality.
The council’s public hearing on theseproposed changes is Jan. 5. We invite youto come and listen or speak.
Tom Moore, Rockville councilman
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Students at Beall Elementary School in Rockville hop over puddles in the rain Tuesday as they move from outdoor portable classrooms into the main build-ing between classes. According to 2013-14 Montgomery County Public Schools data, the school’s capacity was 641 and its enrollment was 782. Rockvilleis considering changes to its standards for limiting development, which affects school enrollment and overcrowding.
In Montgomery County, Maryland,school overcrowding is pervasive, andschool capacity investment is perpetuallyshort of what’s needed. As a result, por-table classrooms proliferate, with school-yards evermore-shrinking toaccommodatethem; class sizes have increased; and lunchperiods are absurdly compressed, begin-ning well before and ending well after any-one typically eats lunch.
Overall, the educational experience ofmany of our students — our children — isincreasingly diminished by the overcrowd-ing in our schools.
In 2005, the city of Rockville’s electedleaders took a bold stand and enacted alandmark new law, called an AdequatePublic Facilities Ordinance (APFO), whichlimits new development when there isn’tthe school, transportation, andotherpublicinfrastructure capacity to support it.
Specifically, regarding school capacity,the goal of the law was to restrain any new
residential development which would fur-ther overburden our already-overcrowdedschools. The law has worked as intended.
Some Rockville City Council mem-bers now want to change Rockville’s APFOregarding school capacity. They haveproposed replacing Rockville’s currentapproach with that which MontgomeryCounty employs in its own APFO.
Unfortunately, Montgomery County’sapproach is excessively permissive anddoes little, if anything, to limit new resi-dential development when its schools arealready overcrowded. According to a 2013study by theMaryland Sustainable GrowthCommission, Montgomery County’s “lim-its” on new growth are — by far — theweakest among the 14 Maryland countieswith an APFO. That’s a fact.
Why do some of Rockville’s electedleaderswant to severelyweakenRockville’sAPFO, especially when logic dictates thatthe result will be even worse school over-
crowding? This ill-considered capitulationto development interests will merely ce-ment permanent school overcrowding inthe schools serving Rockville’s students,just as alreadyhas occurred in schools else-where inMontgomery County.
No child should have to spend year af-ter year in overcrowded schools. If any ju-risdiction is to consider changing the waythat it handles school capacity in its APFO,it should be Montgomery County — withthe adoption of more strict and rationallimits regarding development that impactsour schools. For the city of Rockville, how-ever, the rush to adopt the county’s inef-fective school-overcapacity standards is amistake.
Bridget Donnell Newton, Rockville mayor
Larry Giammo, former Rockville mayor
John F. Hall Jr., former Rockville councilman
Point: Limiting developmenteases the burden on schools
OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
An admirablepet project
Not soldon e-cigs
Counterpoint: City has sufferedwith tighter development standard
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Your story (“It’s PikeDistrict, or the area alsoknownasWhiteFlint,”Dec.10) about a marketing andbrandingfirmcalledStreet-sense renaming the WhiteFlint area as Pike Districtmakes no sense at all.To most readers, this
means the name NorthBethesda will no longerexist. Yet, there is no legalfoundation for such action.The U.S. Postal Serviceand the U.S. Census Bu-reau already accept NorthBethesda for the WhiteFlint area.So, such renaming will
only serve to create con-fusion. For example, willthose of us who have beenusing North Bethesda inour addresses have tochange to Pike District?Will the Bethesda Northconference center/hotelhave to change its name toPikeDistrict?A little probing could
explain the renaming ismerely a tool for develop-ers supposedly tobeamoreattractive lure for futuredevelopers. Legally, devel-opers only can name theirindividual projects.[Is] Pike District attrac-
tive/alluring?The term pike refers
to a large, toothy fresh-water fish, a toll road, ora weapon. It is a very oldfashionedword at best.The term district
means a confined area. Amajor reason for increasedtraffic that comes with de-velopment is that vehiclesentering and leaving thearea can come from way,way beyond the district.Perhaps North Po-
tomacshouldberebrandedDarnstown District in thename of unanimity.
David H. Brown,North Bethesda
A district of large,toothy freshwater fish?
The recent Gazette article en-titled “Some Montgomery ParentsQuestion Discipline Under SchoolCode Of Conduct” may leave read-ers with the mistaken impressionthat MCPS will no longer be a safe,secure and orderly environment inwhich teaching and learning takeplace. The article quotes individu-als that criticize the Code of Con-duct and discipline reform withsweeping generalizations based onanecdotal comments with no con-text or data to support.MCPS has seen a significant
reduction in suspensions (about40 percent) for the past two yearsacross all racial groups, and there isno empirical evidence that schoolsare less safe.The new discipline policy and
Code of Conduct were imple-mented this school year as a resultof four years of extensive research.Decadesof disciplinedatawas ana-lyzed andconclusively showed thatblack andbrownstudents aremoreseverely disciplined and dispro-portionately suspended for non-violent behaviors than their whitepeers for the same conduct. As weare realizingwith recent events likeFerguson and Staten Island, racestill matters in America, includinghere inMontgomery County!The Maryland State Board of
Education’s 2012 SchoolDisciplineand Academic Success report, and2014 U.S. Departments of Educa-tion and Justice Supportive SchoolDiscipline Initiative report high-light that suspensions are givendisproportionately to African-American, Latino and special-edu-cation students, even though thereis no evidence that they behaveany differently than their peers.Other findings are the majorityof out-of-school suspensions arefor nonviolent, minor adolescentbehavioral problems, and routineschool disciplinary infractions toooften land a student in the policeprecinct rather than the principal’soffice, where they belong.Below the surface, a more seri-
ous concern and disturbing realityis that despite the facts, there arepeople opposed to fair, equitable,
restorative discipline practices inour schools.The references to “some stu-
dents” invokes divisive raciallymotivated code language appar-ently aimed at summoning deeplyseated fears among white familiesthat schools are no longer safe fortheir children. Fortunately, I havefound them to be a small minority.As chair of the NAACP Educa-
tion Committee, I support the dis-cipline policy reforms and haveworked on this issue with par-ents through the NAACP Parents’Council, League of United LatinAmerican Citizens, Identity, andMCCPTA organizations. The vastmajority of Montgomery Countyfamilies support fairness, equityand ending the excessive use ofout-of-school suspensions espe-cially for non-violent conduct.In summary, school discipline
is a complex issue and as withany change of this magnitude in aschool system as large as MCPS, itwill take time for people to adoptand adapt to the new culture andphilosophy.However, it is the right thing to
invest in to continueMCPS’ leader-shipasoneof thebestpublic schooldistricts in the country. There willbe differing opinions and we willeach see this through the lenses ofour individual experiences, but wecannot succumb to old fears. Wemust insist onconstructive engage-mentandconversationswith stake-holders that broaden our sharedunderstanding,move us closer as acommunity, and enable us to workcooperatively to address issues andmake necessary improvements.MCPS’ overarching goal is to
create a world class education sys-tem that prepares all students forcollege and careers in the 21st cen-tury. Balancing the array of priori-ties including discipline reform, inan increasingly culturally, socially,and economically diverse district,can be challenging. With leader-ship, perseverance, and patiencewe can succeed in ensuring all ourstudents are treated equitably andfairly.
Byron Johns, North Potomac
With a fairer conduct code,school system still safe
Congrats to NorthwestHigh School on a great4A football champion-ship victory — 128 pass-ing yards and 128 rushing.Now those are stats! You allmade Germantown proud!I also have to shout out
toDamascusHighSchool’s3A game. They showed realsportsmanship.Theweather for all four
games was terrible. Butwhat was much worse wasthe announcing by Cun-ningham andDuval.Throughout the 3A
game, Cunningham wascalling Damascus “De-Matha”! And no one cor-rected him.For those two, it was a
walk down memory laneinstead of their mission tocall a championship game.And then he thought
it was a joke on Fridaynight when he addressedhis “mistake.” I really feelbadly for those players andif it was up to me, I’d havehim dub in the correctnamebefore theCDs comeout. It only seems right.These players will have
those CDs for a long timeand they should be right— instead of all the otheruseless information thatthose so-called sports an-nouncers put out. Shameon them!
John Litwin, Damascus
Great games,bad announcing
In 2015, Marylanders willlikely see the opening salvos ina campaign to legalize suicide inthe state of Maryland. Part of anationwidepush, thiseffort seeksto overturn laws protecting thesanctity of life and to implement“assisted suicide” schemes.Given the anti-life culture
fostered by Maryland’s liberalabortion laws and the hard-leftDemocratic Party control of theMaryland General Assembly,proponents see Maryland asfertile ground for their schemes.Announced opposition byMary-land’s newly-elected Republi-can governor, Larry Hogan, maycause the effort to stall, but willnot cause proponents to aban-don the campaign. Marylanderswho value the sanctity of humanlifemustbecomeawareof thisef-fortandbepreparedtocombat it.Initially, the campaign can
be expected to focus on atmo-spherics, attempting to changethe terms of the debate fromone about the sanctity of humanlife to one about “choice” and“compassion.” Subtle plays willbe made to people’s own fear ofdeath and on compassion for aloved one suffering from termi-nal illness.Newsandentertainmentme-
dia will focus on these sufferingindividuals — subtly suggestingtheir lives are essentially mean-ingless — and on movement“heroes” seeking to take theirown lives or assist others to doso. Efforts to create a new consti-tutional right— the “right to die”—willbemadeandanalogieswillbe drawn to the 1960’s civil rightsstruggle.When legislation is actually
taken up, the focus will be noton substance, but on procedure.Much will made about the sup-posedly limited circumstancesunder which assisted suicidecan take place, the supposedprocedural safeguards and thesupposed wisdom of other ju-risdictions which have enactedsimilarmeasures.When faced with this on-
slaught, Marylanders shouldkeep in mind that there is helpavailable. Those wishing to in-form themselves on the issue can
turn to numerous pro-life web-sites available on the Internet.These focus on the issues in de-tail, cut through the atmospher-ics and procedural distractionsto debunk suicide proponents’claims and furnish persuasivepro-life arguments.There are also numerous he-
roesonthepro-lifeside, individu-alswhosechoiceof lifeoverdeathin the face of debilitating diseaseserves as an example for all.President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt suffered terribly froma brutally crippling disease dur-ing his presidency, yet refusedto surrender to it, leading the na-tion through the Depression andto victory in World War II. PopeJohn Paul II, in his later years,suffered from a debilitating andultimately fatal disease yet de-liberately put his struggle intopublic view to inspire others andshow themeaning of suffering inhumanexistence.In our own lives, all of us
knowsomeonewho,despite theirstruggle with disease or terminalillness, chose life and thereby be-cameanexample tous.On the other side are those
societies which, by rejecting thesanctity of life, began a slide intodarkness. Among the most hor-rific examples of these is AdolphHitler’s Nazi regime. Under vari-ous Nazi euthanasia schemesbegan in the 1930’s, thousandshad their lives deemed to be ofno value andwereput to death.Ultimately at issuehere is the
principle of the sanctity of hu-man life. Assisted suicide is anattack on that principle. It seeksto create exceptions to the prin-ciple and carve out categoriesof people who do not enjoy itsfull protection. We claim to be acivilized society in which all arevaluedandprotected. Ifwe are tobe, we must uphold the sanctityof human life against all such at-tacks. If we do not, then we willbe taking a step on the dark roaddown tobarbarism.“Assisted suicide”must have
noplace in the stateofMaryland.
Paul Schilling, Bethesda
Be ready to fight against‘assisted-suicide’ push inMd.
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During a Dec. 10 boys basket-ball practice atWhitmanHighSchool, a baby blue banner,
outlined in a darker aqua blue, flut-tered in the slight breeze created bythe players zipping back and forthon the court below. It was the boysbasketball banner, a token of theVikings’ successes, which include astate championship in2006andstaterunner-up finishes in 1968, 1971 and1986.
But one such accolade— the Vi-kings trip to the state finals in 2014— remains a glaring omission on thetwo-toned sign. And while the ban-nerwill likely beupdated in the com-ing months, the absence of the 2014team’s success was almost fitting ona bitterly cold December afternoon,as the team that practiced belowbarely resembled that state finalistsquad.
After losing eight seniors fromthe 2013-14 team, Whitman ex-pected to return three key contribu-tors on a team that would look todefend the 4A West Region title.But when 6-foot-5 guard Jake Kuhn
went downwith an anterior cruciateligament tear during football seasonand point guard KyleDePollar trans-ferred to Montrose Christian afterlosing an application for a fifth yearof eligibility, Lun was left with onereturning starter, senior guard RileyShavers, and a crater-like hole in thescoring output from 2014.
But in his 11 seasons at theBethesda school, Lun has not builthis success on a steady stream ofultra-athletic, standout players —Whitman doesn’t field those play-ers enough to build a powerhouseprogram. Rather, Lun’s success hasbeen predicated on players buyinginto the cornerstonesof his program:intense man-to-man defense and aslow-it-down offense that empha-sizes ball movement.
This season, as the Vikings coachexplained, there will just be a littlemore teaching involved.
“The good thing about our guyshere at Whitman is that they workhard in practice, so we know wehave other guys who know our sys-temandknowhowweplaydefense,”Lun said. “Thegroupwe lost last yearwas so well-disciplined on how weplay defense, how we move the ball
on offense and shot selection. [Thisseason] it’s almost like starting overand making sure we’re going overthose things again.”
Andwhile Lunwill certainly haveto touch up some of those thingslast year’s squad was so adept at,his players have been drilled on thesame key fundamentals since theystepped foot on the junior varsityteam.
“We spend 15 to 20 minutes ev-ery day just on our basic defensiverotations— [junior varsity] does thatalso,” Lun said. “So when they comeup from JV, that’s the first thing wewant those kids knowing. When wedo have an inexperienced team,we don’t have to spend two weeksteaching it. They already know it sowe just go through the repetitions.”
This year, Whitman will turnto the next crop of program-raisedplayers to help the Vikings defendtheir county supremacy. Shaverswillbe joined by 6-foot-6 sophomoreMax Oppenheim, and Anton Casey,a tough-nosed, 6-foot-3 Brown foot-ball recruit.
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Shaquyl Diboti-Lobe transferred from Churchill to Whitman High School in the offseason.
Longtime coach relies on inexperienced talent to defend region title
n Girls basketball playerscan now enter laneon foul-shot release
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFFWRITER
In past years, high school girls bas-ketball playerswouldwatch free throwstravel toward the hoop, then they’dcrash the boards as soon as the ball hitthe rim—and in some cases, a fractionof a second before.
But this winter, there’s been lesswaiting and more boxing out. That’sbecause of a new rule, implemented bythe National Federation of State HighSchool Associations, that permits play-ers to enter the lane on the foul shot’srelease, instead of its contact with therim or backboard.
The reason for the change, accord-ing to the NFHS Basketball Rules Com-mittee,was that the previous rulemadeit difficult for officials to simultaneouslywatch the free throwwhile also lookingfor lane violations. The new rule, whichwas already in effect in Amateur Ath-letic Union basketball, has made lifeeasier on the officials, coaches said. Buthow has it impacted the games they’recalling?
Montgomery County coaches’ re-sponsesweremixed. Some said that it’sbeen advantageous for defensive play-ers, who stand closer to the basket thanthe offensive players and have moretime to establish their position inside.Others said that it gives theoffensive re-bounders more time to get around thebox outs, and get to the basket.
But most surveyed agreed the rulechange has been good for the game.
“It’s a lot more obvious to officialsif somebody jumps in early,” Whitmancoach Pete Kenah said. “I think it’s im-proved the play of the game.”
Damascus coachStevePisarski saidtheoffensive rebounders—particularlythe savvy and aggressive ones — nolonger have the same advantage, butthat he’s yet to see a significant differ-ence thus far.
Changecleans upfree-throwrebounding
n Following a great season,Cavaliers are rebuilding with
one returning starter
BY ERICGOLDWEIN
STAFFWRITER
The Kennedy High School girlsbasketball team’s 2013-14 campaignwas several years in the making. Thelineup was filled with upperclassmen— some had been there since 2010,and one fifth-year senior had beenthere even before then. It all added upto a trip to the 4A West Region finals,and one of the best runs in the SilverSpring school’s history.
But then, as Cavaliers coach KevinThompson put it, there was “a massexodus.”
Seven players graduated, includ-ing four-year starting point guardMakeda Wright, and all that remainsis one starter, junior Khadijah Pear-
son, and an underclassmen-laden
supporting cast. The inexperience is
making the early stages of the season
a challenge, but one that Kennedy has
the personnel to eventually overcome,Thompson said.
“It’s going to take a lot for ourchemistry to build and for them to un-derstandhow toplay teamoffense andteam defense,” Thompson said. “... Asthe season goes on, we’re going to tryand ironout thosewrinkles sowehavea nice product before playoffs.”
Kennedy, 0-2 through Monday,certainly isn’t there yet.
Pearson, who is averaging a team-high 16.5 points,moved topoint guardand is taking on more of a leadershiprole on offense thiswinterwithWrightnow at Christopher Newport Univer-sity. Poor decisionmaking on defenseput her in foul trouble in last week’sseason-opener against crosstown foeBlair, leaving the Cavaliers withouttheir primary ball-handler for muchof the secondhalf, and leading to a 43-36 loss.
“It’s just like a process. You got to
Kennedy girls basketball resets after ‘mass exodus’
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Kennedy High School girls basketball players Khadijah Pearson (left) and Secom Jobe par-ticipate in a Dec. 10 scrimmage during practice in Silver Spring.
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See BASKETBALL, Page B-2
When I played football atMagruder High School in theearly 2000s my offensive linecoaches — first Bucky Clipper,then Mark Maradei — had us run13 hills (later 14 when the playoffsexpanded) after practice, Thedrill, whichsometimesflat outstunk, wasdesigned(it worked)to show ushow hard itwas to win astate title —one hill forevery gameneeded.
While our team never cameclose to making the playoffs, itwas fun to dream of playing at amajor conference college footballvenue (Byrd Stadium in Col-lege Park) or a National FootballLeague field (M&T Bank Stadiumin Baltimore). I mean, what for-mer athlete doesn’t have visionsof grandeur?
As a player, I would’ve lovedto play in a NFL venue — evenin the home of the Ravens — butas I’ve gained perspective as amedia member and fan, I think itis time for a change. I know thereare financial and political hurdles,but I hope —mainly due to loca-tion, size and stadium quality andaesthetics — the Maryland PublicSecondary Schools Athletic Asso-ciation strongly considers movingits four state championship gamesto Navy-Marine Corps MemorialStadium in Annapolis.
First, the recently renovatedhome (34,000 person capacity) ofthe Midshipmen is no strangerto hosting high school football,the Washington Catholic Ath-letic Conference championshipgame comes to mind. Not onlyis it located in the state capital,the high-definition video boardsare actually turned on, parkingis convenient, concession pricesare slightly lower and the stadiumcreates a much more intimateenvironment. No longer would acrowd of a few thousand be sur-rounded by a cavern of countlesspurple seats.
The other stadiums in thestate just don’t cut it. FedEx Field(79,000), which is out of the ques-tion because of sub-par naturalgrass conditions, and M&T BankStadium (71,008) are simply toobig for a crowd of a few thousand.Going to Bowie State, McDaniel,Salisbury, Stevenson, Johns Hop-kins, Morgan State or Towsonfor a state title game just doesn’tbring any excitement to my mind.
I considered suggesting (it’sdoubtful the MPSSAA is listening)a move back to Byrd Stadium— Idon’t know if it would help Terps’coach Randy Edsall with recruit-ing, but it certainly wouldn’thurt — but held off due to thestadium’s maximum capacity(54,000). I’m sure a return to thestate’s flagship university wouldbe appreciated by many, but forme, Navy is the place to be.
Time to movestate footballchampionship
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KENT ZAKOUR
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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WRESTLING: Crab Bowl at McDaniel, 3 p.m. Sun.The area’s best senior football players, divided into TeamBaltimore and Team Washington, will compete in theannual all-star game.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Sherwood at WJ, 7 p.m. Wed.
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Whitman’s offseason revolvedaround key losses, there wasone addition that may proveto be the difference in the Vi-kings’ rebuild. Six-foot-3 juniorShaquylDiboti-Lobe, a transferfrom Churchill, moved to theWhitmandistrict over the sum-mer to play basketball with twoof his close friends, KyleDePol-lar and Jake Kuhn.
“I thought our guard playwas going to be really good,”Diboti-Lobe said.
As it would turn out, whenthe season kicked off on Nov.15, Diboti-Lobe stood on theWhitman court without hisfriends, thrust into a moreprominent role on the teamthan he originally imagined,a role the Vikings’ guard hasembraced early in the season.The junior transfer has pro-vided a significant chunk ofWhitman’s scoring in their firstthree games.
“He’s a huge addition,”Shavers said of his backcourtmate. “He boosts our athleti-cism a lot from last year. He’sstill learning a lot.”
The biggest learning curvefor Diboti-Lob in his first sea-sonof high school basketball—he exclusively played amateurathletic union until this season—has been Lun’sman-to-mandefense, a significant depar-ture from the style of defenseplayed on the AAU circuit, butsomething the junior has takena liking to.
“It’s huge here,” Diboti-Lobe said of Whitman’s de-fense. “I am [enjoying it]. I
really am.”Despite the talented pieces
he has in place, Lun acknowl-edged that nothing couldequate to the experience oflast year’s team. But the vet-eran coach was adamant thatmolding together a formidablegroup out of so many inexperi-enced pieces this seasonwouldbe a challenge he relishes.
“It changes the mindset ofhow we want to get to wherewe want to be,” Lun said ofhis almost entirely new cast.
“We certainly don’t change ourgoals. We want to be compet-ing for our region again. Weknow that it’s going to be toughto do that but our kids are ex-cited about the challenge andthey want to defend their re-gion championship byworkinghard and showing they can doit also.
“We’ve got a longway to go,but we’re excited for the chal-lenge.”
WHITMANContinued from Page B-1
“It’s the same theory,” Pisar-ski said. “You gotta box out, yougotta get the ball.”
Quince Orchard coachChris Campbell said that hewas uncertain which side therule change favored, but that itmakes strategy and boxing outevenmore essential.
“Whenyou’reon the release,you can just do more,” Camp-bell said. “Defensively you haveto really strategize how you’regoing to keep them off of offen-sive rebounds.”
“It turns into a scram-ble,” added Wheaton seniorSavaughna Monteith. “We defi-nitely have to fight for the ball alittlemore.”
Coaches said that players,particularly the experienced
ones, have adjusted well to thenew rule.
“We were able to adaptquickly. I feel like it’s easier forthe girls, it’s [one] less thing theyhave to worry about,” Wheatoncoach Michelle Snape said. “...To me it was easier to teach itthat way than towait for the ballto hit the rim.”
RULESContinued from Page B-1
be positive and lead by exampleas much as you can,” Pearsonsaid.
Pearson is joined by Jor-dan Melbourne, a sophomoretransfer from Oldfields Schoolin Glencoe (Baltimore County).Thompson said he’s expectingthe 5-foot-10 guard/forwardto be one of the team’s topcontributors; she registered 17points in the Blair loss and fol-lowed that up with nine pointsin a 59-39 loss to Walter John-son (Bethesda). The offense willcome, Melbourne said, but theteam is focusedondefense rightnow.
“I think a lot of times we
want to score onoffense but ourcoach tries to reiterate defense,”Melbourne said. “A lot of timesat practice we really focus ondefense so we have a chance toscore on offense.”
Thompson, now in hiseighth season, said this situa-tion is similar to what he facedfour years ago.That team,whichwas more athletic, but smallerthan this one,went .500 in 2010-11, then improved to 13-11 in2011-12, 15-9 in 2012-13, and21-4 lastwinter. Thompson saidit might not look it right now,but this group could be headeddown that same path.
“I honestly think in twomonths we’ll be competitive,”Thompson said.
BASKETBALLContinued from Page B-1
DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE
Shaquyl Diboti-Lobe dunks before Thursday’s practice at Whitman HighSchool.BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE
Churchill High School’s Japria Karim-Duvall (right) and Wootton’s Zoey Goldberg (left) look to rebound a foul shot dur-ing Friday’s game.
n Backcourt trio helpsBlue Devils establish
early lead, cruiseto victory
BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
In a matchup billed as ameeting between two of thetop boys basketball teamsin Montgomery County,Thursday’s contest betweenSpringbrook High School andMagruder was never really indoubt.
The Blue Devils jumpedout to an early lead and neverlooked back, defeating thevisiting Colonels 62-52 to im-prove to 2-0 on the season.
Springbrook’s trio ofguards did the majority ofthe damage, as Falu Seck (17points), Donovan Walker (15)and Vincent Brown (11) ledthe way for the Blue Devils onoffense.
“I think we’ve got threegood guards in Donovan, Faluand Vincent Brown,” Spring-brook coach Darnell Myerssaid. “All of them can score,and all three of them canshoot the three. I just thought
once we came out and hitcouple of threes, that got ourmomentum going.”
Brown provided both ofthose early 3-pointers, as theBlue Devils got out to a 15-10lead in the first quarter. Seckfollowed suit in the secondframe, adding a pair of longballs on consecutive tripsdown the court, and Walkeradded a late three to helpSpringbrook take a 30-21 leadinto the half.
The second half broughtmore of the same, as the BlueDevils pushed their lead to17 points early in the fourthquarter. The Colonels put
together a late 8-0 run to cutthe Springbrook lead to singledigits with 1 minute, 33 sec-onds remaining, but that wasas close as it got down thestretch.
“We are just not gettingthe ball movement, whichhas probably been our callingcard,” Magruder coach DanHarwood said. “When youpass good, you shoot good,and when you pass good andshoot good it kind of givesus energy on defense. Part ofit too is Springbrook playedreally good defense, and wewere just hurrying things.”
Springbrook’s guards easily blow past Magruder
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n Hornets star rushed for1,832 yards this fall
BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER
The stellar 2014 footballseason Damascus High Schooljunior running back/defensiveback Jake Funk enjoyed didn’thappen by mistake. In fact— for the most part — it wasplanned, he said.
Many players don’t dreamof posting the statistics (1,832rushing yards, 37 touchdowns)Funk recorded this season, buthe said he envisionedmore forhimself.
“I was close to becominga 2,000-yard rusher,” he said.“That was one of my goals.I was close. Another goal ofmine was to win a state cham-pionship.”
Funk fell short of his indi-vidual goal by just 168 yardsand the team goal by one vic-tory.
Even though Funk gained138 yards in the 3A state titlegame against Franklin, his percarry average in that contestwas down almost 4 yards fromhis 7.7 season average. Had hebeen able to sustain that av-erage on the 34 carries he re-ceived against Franklin, bothof his goals would have likelybeen accomplished.
“I don’t know anybodywho
had a bigger impact on bothsides of the ball than him,”Damascus coach Eric Wallichsaid. “He made a lot of playswhen plays weren’t there.”
Since he’s a junior, Funkwill have another shot after an-other offseason of hard work,he said. The offseason is whereFunk said he began preparinghis body for the wear and tearof the 237 carries he receivedthis year.
It began with running withthe indoor track team to be-come faster, Funk said. He saidhe also wanted to get bigger.
“I lifted heavy,” Funk said.“This year I came in with 20more pounds added on me.It really made a difference interms of the way I ran — beingable to break arm tackles thatI wouldn’t have been able tobreak before.”
Funk currently weighsaround 190 pounds, and saidhe wants to add even moreweight this offseason.
“If he could get over 210[pounds], or something likethat, that’ll be pretty scary foropposing teams next year,”Wallich said. But Funk’s de-ceptive speed to go alongwith an angry running style issomething that sets him apartfrom some of the other greatrunning backs to play for Da-mascus, Wallich added. “He’sgot the power and the speed—and the vision.”
Funk’s offseason prepara-tion is especially important fora player like himself becausehe hardly ever leaves the field.Playing safety in the Swarmin’Hornets’ defensive backfieldmakes Funk’s rushing acco-lades even more impressivebecause he doesn’t showmanysigns of fatigue.
Funk impacts the defense“a lot,” Wallich said. “He’scoming down into the box andstopping the run. ... It’s prettyremarkable that he can runthe ball like he did and playdefense. And he also playedspecial teams.”
Funk said there’s a periodin the game where the fatiguejust stops.
“You hit a wall, that’s theonly way I can describe it onthe field,” Funk said. “Youplay, and you start gettingtired, but then you hit a wallwhere your body goes numb.And then you don’t really feelit anymore.”
Even though Funk said heprepares more as a defenderfrom week-to-week, his off-season preparation is targetedmore toward offense. He saidhe wants to add more “shake”to his running.
“Two of those goals, I got ataste of this year,” Funk said. “Igot one year left. I’m very bigon accomplishing my goals.”
Damascus junior ready for more
TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Damascus High School junior running back/defensive back Jake Funk was one the best players in the county last fall.He led the Swarmin’ Hornets to the 3A state title game and is the 2014 All-Gazette football player of the year.
n After extensive offseason work,Trojans are primed to makea run at county supremacy
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFF WRITER
Gaithersburg High School senior GeronBrathwaite said he remembers watching thefootage from last season’s 70-65 win overMagruder in the 4A West Region sectionalsemifinals after the Trojans’ 2013-14 cam-paign had come to a close. Brathwaite saidhe recalls the film vividly, because he and histeammate, senior Anthony Tarke, couldn’tstop laughing as they watched.
“We were actually laughing at how welooked,” Brathwaite said. “We were all skinnyand weak.”
Over the offseason, Brathwaite, Tarkeand Greg Cross, last year’s leading scorer onthe Trojans’ junior varsity team, led a groupof Gaithersburg players in an offseason train-ing regimen that included regular trips to theweight room, a place that Tarke, the county’sleading scorer last season, had previously de-spised.
“I didn’t even know where the weightroom was, especially as a freshman,” Tarkesaid. “I hated the weight room. Any sugges-tion of the weight room, I just shunned it andput it aside.”
But Tarke, like most of his teammates,realized that in order to take the next step in2014-15, the weight roomwas a necessity. Justas they had laughed at film of the Magrudergame, the Trojans players cringed at the sightof their sectional final matchup with Clarks-burg, a game they lost in overtime. The Tro-jans had opportunities to win in regulation,second-year coach Tom Sheahin said, but thelittle things, such as not boxing out and failingto finish through contact kept the Trojans atbay.
So when the offseason started, Sheahin’steam didn’t have to domuch searching to findmotivation for their daily trips to the gym,players said.
“That loss, I put it on my head because Imissed the majority of the free throws in thatovertime period,” Tarke said. “Everyday Ithink about that loss. ... It really was a fuel tocome into this season and be ready to go.”
“The loss,” Brathwaite added when askedabout his offseason motivation. “How weended our season last year.”
This winter, the Trojans are stronger, moreexperienced and built for a run at 4A WestRegion supremacy. Sheahin, who called thisyear’s group “my hardest working team inthe offseason,” has a bevy of talents to choosefrom, but none more athletic and versatilethan Tarke.
The 6-foot-5 senior is a matchup advan-tage. His size and newfound strength makehim virtually impossible for guards to defend,while his outside shooting and speed presenta number of problems for most centers. Addthat versatility and athletic frame to a strongwork ethic and Tarke, perhaps, is the mostcomplete player in the county.
“In my 23 years of coaching basketball,
he’s the most athletic kid I’ve ever coached,”Sheahin said.
In Gaithersburg’s 77-52 victory over Pool-esville on Dec. 9, Tarke had an off day. TheTrojans’ senior was 0-of-6 from behind the3-point arc and went 1-of-5 from the free-throw line. But he still ended the game with35 points.
“He got his points because he hustled withoffensive rebounds and putbacks,” Sheahinsaid. “He’s a man amongst boys playing.”
Tarke could also serve as a decoy for theother options that make Gaithersburg one ofthemost complete teams in the county. Brath-waite, a guardwhose game is predicated on hisquickness and ability to get to the rim, shouldopen up looks for a tandem of sharp shootersin sophomore Brian Layman and junior AndyKwiatkowski. Senior Tyrik Etheridge can stepin and play the point guard or center position,if need be, much like Tarke.
Regardless of position, the Gaithersburgoffense is built on one thing: speed. The first15 minutes of a Dec. 11 practice were playedat warp speed, as the Trojans zipped througha 3-point transition drill; an exercise that com-bines two of the team’s greatest strengths.
Against Poolesville, Gaithersburg was 3-of-39 from 3-point range and 12-of-21 from thefree throw line and still managed to score 77points.
“Once we do get hot and shoot 40 percent,I think this team can average close to 85-90points per game,” Sheahin said. “We’re verydeep so that adds to it. I don’t have just five,six, seven guys.”
“We love playing like that,” Brathwaitesaid. “We don’t have to worry about big me,you get it and go.”
With so many ways to score and with theamount of experience on the court, manyplayers think the season could end with a statetournament game in College Park.
“If we start clicking, I think we can go allthe way,” Brathwaite said.
“I think we can take the state champion-ship,” Tarke said. “We’re not projected to winit, but the potential and how hard our team[worked] to get better. ... I really think we cango all the way this year.”
Lifting expectations at Gaithersburg
TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Gaithersburg High School’s Anthony Tarke practicesThursday with teammates.
n A quickened pace leadsCavaliers to a 41-12 scoring
advantage after halftime
BYADAMGUTEKUNST
STAFFWRITER
Facing a 24-21 deficit head-ing into halftime, the ChurchillHigh School boys basketballteam probably had Kennedyrightwhere it wanted them.
But it didn’t last.Monday’s contest had
sloweddown into a gameofhalf-court offense. Kennedy’s seniorpoint guard, Robert Wilson, wason the bench due to three first-half fouls, and the Cavaliers’ of-fense grew stagnant — the ballwas passed around the perim-eter, never breaking the into thekey.
Churchill coach Robert Beanalso had his team set up in a 2-3zone defense after each madebasket, falling into a man-to-man defense after a miss. Butthere wasn’t much opportunityto build on the zone’s effective-ness in the second half, as thehost Bulldogs shot just 4-of-21from the field andwere forced toplay the remainder of the gamein transition, apaceKennedy rel-ished as the visitors rode a 41-12second-half scoringadvantage toan easy 65-33win.
“Thefirsthalfweweregood,”Bean said of his team’s defense,which held the Cavaliers to 9-of-28 shooting in the first two quar-ters, “We just couldn’t score inthe second half and the wheelsstartedcomingoff. I can’t sitbackin a zonewhenwe’re down10.”
WithWilsonbackonthefloorin the secondhalf, Kennedy (3-0)ran like awell-oiledmachine, fu-eled by sophomore wing Jona-thanMustamu,who scored 12 ofhisgame-high29points ina thirdquarter where the Cavaliers leadseemed to jump from just four to14 in the blink of an eye.
“When [Wilson is] in the
game, we execute a lot better inthe halfcourt and our offenseruns a lot better,” 15th-yearcoachDialloNelson. “When he’snot in the game, it becomes alittlemore sporadic.”
Mustamu,whohas scored20ormore points in each of Kenne-dy’s three victories thus far, wasforced to slideup thepoint guardposition when Wilson was hitwith his third foul in the secondquarter. But when his veteranbackcourt mate returned in thesecond half, Mustamu was ableto fill the transition lanes withease, dazzling defenders with anumber of challenging finishesat the rim and igniting the once-dormant Cavaliers’ bench.
“I felt it today,” the sopho-more guard said. “My pointguard gave me good looks andgoodpasses.”
“He’s a great scorer,” Nelsonsaid of Mustamu. “He’s just agood all-around player — he re-bounds well, he defends and hecan score. He has an awkwardgame; it’s unorthodox. But hehas the ability to put the ball inthe basket.”
Mustamu wasn’t the onlyKennedy beneficiary of thequickened pace. After shooting
only 32 percent from the field inthe first half, Kennedy went 15-of-29 (51percent) in thefinal twoquarters to pull out of the scor-ing rut. Kani Channer, a 6-foot-4sophomore forward, chippedin eight points for the Cavaliers,while Wilson and junior forwardDexter Pelap each added six.
The offensive struggles werenothingnewforChurchill (0-4), ateam that is now averaging only34.25 points per game, four con-tests into the young season. TheBulldogs looked out of sorts inboth the halfcourt and the tran-sitiongame, failing todrive to therim with any efficiency againstthe Cavaliers’ man-to-man de-fense, and turning the ball overwith regularity when the pacespedup.
Junior guard Michael Yaz-dani paced the Bulldogs with 13points, 10 of which came in thefirst half.
“We need 13 guys to stepup,” Bean said. “We’ve got a lotof thingsweneed to fix. A lot.”
Speed pushes Kennedy past Churchill
TOM FEDOR/THE GAZETTE
Kennedy High School’s Jonathan Mustamu shoots Monday at Churchill.
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Jake FunkDamascusJuniorRB
Two-way starrarely left the fieldfor the Swarmin’Hornets. In ad-dition to makingplays from thedefensive backfield and on specialteams, he rushed for 1,832 yards and37 touchdowns, carrying his teamto its first state championship berthsince 2007.
Coach of the year
Jon BatekyPoolesvilleSeniorDL
Rutgers recruit.Could have beenselected on of-fensive or defen-sive line.
Jacob BradshawDamascusJuniorOL
Team’s bestblocker is a tightend. Also playedon the defensiveline.
Jalen ChristianDamascusSeniorDB
University ofSouth Carolinarecruit. Athletealso a factor onoffense.
Dage DavisGeorgetownPrepSeniorReturner
Rushed for 1,518yards and 15TDs; also a dan-gerous returner.
Trevon DiggsAvalonJuniorWR
Electric play-maker has greathands and couldbe an even bet-ter cornerback.
Blake DoveChurchillSeniorLB
Playmaker wasvoted 4A defen-sive Player of theYear by countycoaches.
Player of the Year
Second team
BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE
Damascus junior Jake Funk breaks a tackle against Seneca Valley this fall.
Yonis Blanco, Blr., LBSpencer Brigman, Rock., DBAri Cacopardo, Dam., LBMichael Elbert, S.V., OLAdrian Feliz-Platt, S.V., RBMartin Foray, N’west., DBChristian Greaves, Nwd., WRKyle Green, Q.O., RBSean Green, Q.O., DLJason Heyn, Q.O., LBTavis Holland, C’burg., Ret.Grant Ibeh, Avalon, DBMohamed Ibrahim, G.C., RBG. Kapstein-O’Brien, Blr., OLWyatt McInturff, Blake, DLNick Miller, G.C., LBJamal Ofori, S.V., DBTJ Patterson, N’west., OLMark Pierce, N’west., QBTroy Porter, Q.O., KGil Reynolds, Einstein, OLZeph Titus, Q.O., OLRoger White, P. Branch, DLJamar Wilson, N’west., WR
FOOTBALL
David ForneyGeorgetownPrepSeniorOL
Navy recruitcleared big run-ning lanes forDage Davis.
Dwayne HaskinsBullisJuniorQB
Smooth pocketpasser is one ofthe best in thecountry with 32college offers.
Jordan HillPaint BranchJuniorLB
Heart and soulof Panthers wasa disruptive de-fensive player allyear.
Jonathan HollandBullisSeniorDL
Penn Staterecruit is alsothe top tightend prospect inMaryland.
Craig JessupClarksburgSeniorK/P
Averaged 39yards on puntsand had 15touchbacks onkicks.
Patrick JohnsonBullisJuniorDB
Three-star re-cruit holds 11college scholar-ship offers.
Honorable mention
Anthony Albert, Rockville,WR; La’Kye Alston, Damas-cus, DB; Daymon Anderson,Blair, WR; Drew Ashley,Good Counsel, DB; GabrielAviles, Wheaton, OL; Dono-van Beckett-Simms, Seneca,Returner; Louison Biama,Rockville, WR; Andre Brock,Clarksburg, LB; CameronBrown, Bullis, LB; AntonCasey, Whitman, TE; BryanCastillo, Avalon, DB; KaijaCollette, Clarksburg, DB; JoeCurry, Damascus, K; DanonDavis-Cray, Paint Branch,QB; Sam Ellis, Wootton, QB;Tyrik Etheridge, Gaithers-burg, LB; Alex Fehlinger,Richard Montgomery, RB;Tyler Fenslau, Clarksburg,RB; K’yon Giles, Northwood,DB; Daquan Grimes, Damas-cus, LB; JD Guerrero, PaintBranch, WR; Michael Hite,Seneca, OL; Luis Jiminez,Watkins Mill, K; BrandenJohnson, Good Counsel, OL;Zavae Johnson, Gaithers-burg, DB; Eisley Kim, QuinceOrchard, FB; Troy Lefeged,Northwest, DB; Travis Levy,Sherwood, RB; Alec Magas,Damascus, LB; Brent Martin,Magruder, LB; Steven Morn-ingstar, Poolesville, QB; Del-ano Myers, Damascus, OL;Paul Padalino, Landon, LB;Sean Parker, Poolesville, DB;Idris Patterson, Avalon, OL;Chuck Reese, Rockville, QB;Charlie Siarkas, Sherwood,DL; Marcus Simms, Sher-wood, WR; Dominyck Sims,Wheaton, RB; Ryan Stango,Paint Branch, WR; DeondraySumpter, Blake, DB; NevenSussman, Sherwood, QB;Izayah Taylor, Avalon, LB;Brendan Thompson, North-west, LB; Kevin Washington,B-CC, DL; Kyle Wilkins,Poolesville, OL; BrandonWilliams, Northwest, WR;Kolby Williams, Landon, DL
Keandre JonesGood CounselJuniorLB
University ofMaryland recruithelped team getto WCAC titlegame.
E.J. LeeNorthwestSeniorRB
Provided thebalance Jaguarsneeded to winsecond straightchampionship.
Adam McLeanQuince OrchardSeniorDL
University ofMaryland re-cruit was a forceon the line priorto injury.
Damani NealBullisSophomoreDB
Holds an offerfrom Rutgersand led team intackles and of-fensive catches.
D. OrimoladeBullisSeniorOL
Anchor forstrong unit andwas a two-timeAll-IAC selec-tion.
Keon PayeGood CounselSeniorWR
Playmaker wasthe top offensivethreat for theWCAC runner-up.
R. Richardson IVGood CounselSeniorDB
Robert Morrisrecruit was oneof the team’sbest coveragemen.
Ike SchurmanGood CounselJuniorOL
Big man was astrength for theFalcons, first-team All-WCACselection.
Keith SimmsLandonJuniorLB
Holds several of-fers from majorDivision I col-lege programs.
Max WardQuince OrchardJuniorOL
Paved the wayfor one of thecounty’s bestrushing of-fenses.
D. WilliamsBullisSeniorRB
Marshall recruitwas a dynamicstar and led thecounty with1,899 yards.
AndrewFieldsBlair2nd year(13-8)
FormerNorthwestcoachreturnedto thesidelines in 2013 and madean immediate impact at theSilver Spring school. Thisfall, the Blazers improvedfor a second straight season(8-3) and made their firstplayoff appearance in schoolhistory. First team
n County coaches selectrunning backs as theMVPs of public school
teams
GAZETTE STAFF
The Montgomery CountyFootball Coaches Associationselected their all-county teams forthe 2014 season, naming Damas-cus High School’s Jake Funk andNorthwest’s E.J. Lee as the topplayers in the county.
Lee scored six touchdowns inthe state semifinals and rushedfor 197 yards and two touch-downs in the Class 4A champion-ship game, leading the Jaguars toback-to-back titles.
Funk was a key player on bothoffense and defense for Damas-cus, the only county school tofinish unbeaten in the regularseason. He rushed for 1,832 yardsand 37 touchdowns to lead theSwarmin’ Hornets to the Class3A championship game againstFranklin.
The teams are selected by thecoaches from the county’s publicschools. The 4A coaches madefirst team, second team and hon-orable mention selections. The3A/2A coaches made first teamand honorable mention choices.
All-County 3A/2Afirst team
MVP: Jake Funk, runningback/defensive back, Damas-cus; Offensive Player of theYear: Chuck Reese, quarterback,Rockville; Defensive Player of theYear: Ari Cacopardo, linebacker,Damascus; Coach of the Year: EricWallich, Damascus.
Steven Morningstar, quar-terback, Poolesville; AdrianFeliz-Platt, running back, SenecaValley; Dominyck Sims, runningback, Wheaton; Louison Biama,receiver, Rockville; ChristianGreaves, receiver, Northwood;Jalen Christian, receiver, Damas-cus; Anthony Albert, receiver,Rockville; Jake Bradshaw, tightend, Damascus; Zach Greenberg,offensive line, Damascus; MichaelElbert, offensive line, Seneca Val-ley; Gabriel Aviles, offensive line,Wheaton; Kyle Wilkins, offensiveline, Poolesville; Gil Reynolds, of-fensive line; Einstein.
Jon Bateky, defensive line,Poolesville; Michael Hoffman-Hackett, defensive line, SenecaValley; Cain Mullens, defensiveline, Watkins Mill; Alec Magas,linebacker, Damascus; DanielAlvarez, linebacker, Wheaton;Clarence McNeary, linebacker,Watkins Mill; Daquan Grimes,linebacker, Damascus; XavierRoberson, linebacker, Seneca Val-ley; La’Kye Alston, defensive back,Damascus; Jamal Ofori, defensiveback, Seneca Valley; Spencer Brig-man, defensive back, Rockville;Sean Parker, defensive back,Poolesville.
Joe Curry, kicker, Damascus;Luis Jimenez, punter, WatkinsMill; La’Kye, Alston, returner,Damascus.
All-County 4Afirst team
MVP: E.J.Lee, running back,Northwest; Offensive Player of theYear: Mark Pierce, quarterback,Northwest; Defensive Player ofthe Year: Blake Dove, linebacker,Churchill.
Neven Sussman, quarterback,Sherwood; Kyle Green, runningback, Quince Orchard; TylerFenslau, running back, Clarks-burg; Travis Levy, running back,Sherwood; Anton Casey, tightend, Whitman; Tavis Holland, re-ceiver, Clarksburg; Ryan Stango,receiver, Paint Branch; JamarWilson, receiver, Northwest; T.J.Patterson, offensive line, North-west; Max Ward, offensive line,Quince Orchard; Charlie Siarkas,offensive line, Sherwood; FelipeCato, offensive line, Clarksburg;Garrett Kapstein-O’Brien, offen-sive line, Blair.
Sean Green, defensive line,Quince Orchard; Wyatt McIn-turff, defensive line, Blake; KevinWashington, defensive line, B-CC;Roger White, defensive line,Paint Branch; Tyrik Etheridge,linebacker, Gaithersburg; JordanHill, linebacker, Paint Branch;Jason Heyn, linebacker, Quince
Orchard; Brendan Thompson,linebacker, Northwest; ZavaeJohnson, defensive back, Gaith-ersburg; Sean Barlow, defensiveback, Quince Orchard; DeondraySumpter, defensive back, Blake;Martin Foray, defenive back,Northwest.
Troy Porter, kicker, QuinceOrchard; Craig Jessup, punter,Clarksburg; Devin Andrew, re-turner, Kennedy.
All-County 4Asecond team
Joe Nacci, quarterack, Clarks-burg; Alex Fehlinger, runningback, Richard Montgomery;Marvin Beander, running back,Quince Orchard; Andrew Zucker-man Jr., running back, Churchill;Greg Williams, tight end, DaymonAnderson, Blair, J.D. Guerrero,Paint Branch, Brandon Williams,Northwest, Quince Orchard;Zepth Titus, offensive line,Quince Orchard; Hoang Nguyen,offensive line, Richard Montgom-ery; Alex McGee, offensive line,Churchill; Carlos Flores, offensiveline, Magruder; Ryan Wind, offen-sive line, Bethesda-Chevy Chase.
Aleck Rosemond, defensiveline, Northwest; Nick Dayhoff,defensive line, Blair; Terrell Drak-eford, defensive line, Clarksburg;Khalil Sewell, defensive line,Quince Orchard; Brent Martin,linebacker, Magruder; AndreBrock, linebacker, Clarksburg;Xavier Twine, linebacker, QuinceOrchard; Peter Limber, line-backer, Clarksburg; Kaija Collette,defensive back, Clarksburg; TroyLefeged, defensive back, North-west; Peter Caggiano, defensiveback, Walter Johnson; DaiAndreScott, defensive back, Magruder.
Brian Guzman, kicker, Blair;William Gonzalez, punter, Blake;Redwan Sesay, returner, Blake.
All-County 3A/2Ahonorable mention
Derek Gibson, quarterback,Damascus; Kahan Louissaint,running back, Rockville; DariusGolston, running back, SenecaValley; Carey Brown, receiver,Wheaton; Brian McNeary, re-ceiver, Watkins Mill; Antonio Fox,receiver, Seneca Valley; DontreyTyler, tight end, Wheaton; DelanoMyers, offensive line, Damascus;James Puhnaty, offensive line,Seneca Valley; Kevin Paton, of-fensive line, Northwood; BrandonBush, offensive line, Poolesville;Luke Moon, offensive line, Wat-kins Mill; Michael Hite, offensiveline, Seneca Valley.
Nick Stainback, defensiveline, Wheaton; Christian Reyes,defensive line, Northwood; MikeyBradshaw, defensive line, Damas-cus; Johnny Fischer, Damascus;Bo Bartsch, linebacker, Rockville;Kendal Pinales, linebacker, Sen-eca Valley; Gradi Tsumblo, de-fensive back, Watkins Mill; KyonGiles, defensive back; Northwood;Maurice Gaines, defensive back,Damascus; Tony Emeche, defen-sive back, Rockville; Zae Wright,defensive back, Seneca Valley.
Andrew Magnuson, kicker,Seneca Valley; Christian Reyes,punter, Northwood; DonovanBeckett-Simms, returner, SenecaValley; Yonis Blanco, athlete,Blair.
All-County 4Ahonorable mention
Sufyan Madyun, DB, B-CC;Chris Green, DB, Blake; ChrisMoorman, OL, Gaithersburg;Cortez Ervin, WR, Gaithersburg;Kamonte Carter, DE, Gaithers-burg; Marcus Forrester, OL, Blair;Jackson Price, DL, B-CC; MarceloMcAndrew, LB, B-CC; TrentonMoore, RB, Walter Johnson; SeanCazuea, RB, Springbrook; JabreeRay, WR, Springbrook; MarquetteLewis, RB, Churchill; JessieLocke, WR, Churchill; Ty Mason,DB, Blake; Markell Hawkins,OL, Blake; Darryl Hill, RB, PaintBranch; Gibbs Tinne, LB, PaintBranch; Tuflah Davies, C, PaintBranch; Max Hughes, OL, North-west; Dorein Jones, DB, QuinceOrchard; Elisey Kim, RB, QuinceOrchard; Jim Deluzio, OL, Clarks-burg; Zach Fiscus, DL, Clarksburg;Devinne Greene, DB, Clarksburg;Cerf Amouzougan, DL, Blair.
Northwest, Damascusplayers lead all-county
KEEPING IT BRIEFQuince Orchard linemanto skip all-star game
Adam McLean, the QuinceOrchard High School seniordefensive lineman who recentlyverbally committed to the Uni-versity of Maryland, College Parkafter originally giving his pledgeto Penn State, will not participatein the 2015 Under Armour All-American game on Jan. 2 in St.Petersburg, Fla. He injured hisknee and missed the second halfof the season this fall.
“[Too] bad I’m not playinglord only knows how hard I’ve
worked to showcase my skills inthis game but apparently he hasa better plan for me,” McLeanwrote on Twitter on Dec. 9. “Sav-ing me for them Terps I know it.”
— ADAM GUTEKUNST
Northwood coach resignsAfter nine years as the head
football coach of NorthwoodHigh School, Dennis Harrissaid Wednesday that he’s re-signing from the position.
Harris helped restart a var-sity program that didn’t existwhen he arrived at the Silver
Spring school in 2006. His ca-reer record is 25-64 and hisbest season was in 2007 whenthe Gladiators were 5-5.
“People always say, ‘it’s notabout wins and losses,’” Harrissaid. “That always comes intoplay — and we haven’t wonmuch since I’ve been here. Ijust thought the time was kindof right.”
Harris teaches physicaleducation at Northwood andsaid he will remain in that role,although he said he’ll keep hisoptions open as far as coaching
elsewhere.This past season, the Gladi-
ators went 2-8 but did havesome bright spots in a couple ofsophomores that the programcan build around.
Northwood is scheduled tomove up to Class 4A next sea-son.
In July 2012, Harris re-ceived a kidney transplant fromhis wife, Darlene. Since then,he has dedicated one footballgame a year to raise awarenessto people donating a kidney.
— PRINCE GRIMES
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n Patriots beat rivalin final seconds
BY ERIC GOLDWEIN
STAFFWRITER
The Wootton High Schoolgirls basketball seniors havebeen playing varsity togethersince they were freshmen.They know a thing or twoabout each other’s tenden-cies, and have developed thetype of chemistry that canonly be gained through yearsof practice and repetition. Sowhen the Patriots regainedpossession after watchingtheir fourth-quarter lead dis-appear in the closing secondsof Friday’s game against rivalChurchill, they knew exactlywhat to do: get the ball to SheriAddison.
With the game tied 52-52,
Ellie Kobylski passed to hertwin sister, Cece Kobylski, whogave it Addison. About sevenseconds remained when thesenior guard took an off-bal-ance jumper from the left side,floating it off the glass andthrough the cylinder for thego-ahead bucket.
“I turned around and justthrew it up. I was not sure Iwasgoing tomake it but I just triedto shoot it,” said Addison, whoscored a game-high 21 points.“I just wanted towin instead ofgoing into overtime.”
With a few seconds stillremaining, the Patriots (1-1)sprinted back on defense andcame awaywith one final stop,holding on for the 54-52 winagainst the host Bulldogs (1-2)in Potomac.
“I didn’t see the shot. Isaw the ball go through thenet, and was like ‘oh my God,
something good just hap-pened, we can’t mess thatup,’” Cece Kobylski said. “Sowe all just ran back, and werea little bit frazzled at first, andheld it together.”
Addison, Kaitlin Klausing(10 points), Ellie Kobylski (10)and Cece Kobylski (7)— all se-niors — accounted for all butseven ofWootton’s points, andthe teamneeded every last oneof them. After falling behind17-9 in the first quarter, theRockville school spent the firsthalf playing catch-up. It wouldeventually take control, goingahead by nine points late inthe period. But Churchill (Po-
tomac) chipped away at thelead and eventually erased it.Senior Japria Karim-Duvallhad a team-high 18 points, andhit a layup in the final minutethat would’ve extended thegame, if not for Addison’s last-second heroics.
“I wanted her to get to therim and get fouled, to be hon-est with you…but I’ll take thattoo,” Wootton coach Mag-gie Dyer said. “For someonelike Sheri who lives, eats andbreaths basketball, I think shecan come up with that shot. Ihave confidence in her.”
Senior’s shot gives Wootton victory at Churchill
n Coyotes’ defense andball movement lead to20-point victory
BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
The Clarksburg HighSchool boys’ basketball teamutilized quick ball movementand an aggressive man-to-man defense to defeat visitingPaint Branch 59-39 on Friday.
The Coyotes were led byIan Krishnan (16 points), Dal-las Marshall (11 points) andDevinne Greene (10 points) atthe offensive end. Krishnan,a sophomore guard, came offthe bench to finish 6-for-6from the field in the contest,including three 3-pointers inthe first half.
“Ian is just an athlete,”Clarksburg coach G.J. Kissalsaid. “He’s a secret to many,but not to us. We’ve seen himin practice, and it was just amatter of time before his shotsstarted falling and his confi-dence started growing.”
Krishnan’s early barragefrom deep — and nine first-half points from senior for-ward Austin Duffy — poweredthe Coyotes to a 32-17 halftimeadvantage. Clarksburg’s de-fense was also impressive, es-pecially during the first threeminutes of the third quarterwhen four consecutive stealsled to nine points in transition.
“I think really what openedthis game upwas defense turn-ing into offense,” Kissal said.“We work a lot offensively onexecuting and all, but we are atour best when we are defend-ing well and are able to con-test shots, turn teams over andget out in transition to utilizesome of the skill and athleti-cism we have.”
The Panthers were plaguedby poor shot selection on of-fense, which can largely beattributed to the Coyotes’ de-fensive pressure. Paint Branchfinished 6-for-33 shootingfrom the field in the game,including just 1-for-12 frombeyond the arc. The Panthers’defense did it’s part, forcing 21turnovers, including 17 in thesecond half.
“Today we got challengeda little bit, it was our first realchallenge,” Clarksburg guardJeffrey McInnis said. “We hadto fight through it and we hadto play faster, definitely. Sowhen we got used to [the pres-sure] we were just good, andwe played better.”
The challenges shouldcontinue for the Coyotes asthey continue MontgomeryCounty 4A play with a three-games week on the horizon.First up is a scheduled roadgame against James H. Blakeon Monday, followed by homegames against Richard Mont-gomery (Wednesday) andGaithersburg (Friday).
Meanwhile, the Pantherswill look to bounce back in ahome game against WatkinsMill on Monday.
Clarksburg is still play-ing without junior guard An-drew Kostecka, who injuredhis quad during one of theteam’s scrimmages and hasyet to appear in a regular-season contest. Kissal said it’sone of those injuries where hecould be fine tomorrow, or hecould miss three more weeks.In either case, the Coyotes areready.
“We are practicing hard,and coach is really getting intous, saying, ‘We’ve got to go,we’ve got to fight the adver-
sity,’” McInnis said. “We’vegot to keep it going, and when[Kostecka] returns we’re justgoing to take off.”
Clarksburg (3-1) lost a lit-tle bit of momentum when itdropped its first game of theseasonMonday, 43-38, againstBlake. Paint Branch, mean-while, improved to 3-1 afterdefeating Watkins Mill 63-45Monday.
Paint Branch strugglesagainst Clarksburg
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Paint Branch High School’s George Burns (center) fights past Clarksburg’sNelson Jones (left) and Dayvon Howard during Friday’s game.
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Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Council of Rockville, Maryland,will conduct a public hearing on Monday, January 5, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., oras soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the Council Chamber, RockvilleCity Hall, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, in connection withproposed revisions to the City’s Adequate Public Facilities Standards(APFS).
The proposed revisions would replace the current school program capacitytest in the City’s APFS with a school program capacity test that correspondsto Montgomery County’s school program capacity test under the County’sSubdivision Staging Policy.
More detailed information on the proposed revisions can be found on file inthe City Clerk’s Office at Rockville City Hall. Persons wishing to testify atthe hearing are asked to call (240) 314-8280, before 4:00 p.m. on the day ofthe hearing to place their names on the speakers’ list.
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BY KIRSTY GROFF
STAFF WRITER
For 22 years, Peabo Bryson has helpedsharehis loveofChristmaswith the countryby taking part in “The Colors of Christmas,”which will conclude its 2014 run at The Mu-sic Center at Strathmore in North Bethesdaon Friday.
“The Colors of Christmas” brings to-gether talented vocalists and singer-song-writers to perform holiday music and othersongs that fit the mood of the season. Theprogram originated in the early ‘90s as ashow put together by producer Stig Edgrenthrough UNICEF, with actors also appear-ing to perform Christmas soliloquies.
Though theactingcomponenthasgoneaway, Edgren and Bryson have remained,producing and performing respectively forthe last two decades. While some of thefeatured artists have performed multipleyears, Bryson has stayed on the most, help-ing newcomers to the tour feel comfortablewith the process.
“It has a bit of a calming effect on thosewho have never done the show before,” hesaid. “It’s like having two directors runningaround.”
Four artists, Bryson included, sing anequal amount of songs, including duetswith everyone else at different points in theshow. This year’s line-up includes TaylorDayne, Jennifer Holliday, and Ruben Stud-dard. A powerful voice and musical rangeis key for a great concert, which includessongs of varying styles. But aside from puretalent, chemistry is important on “The Col-ors of Christmas” tour.
“Liking each other has to be a part ofit, the camaraderie cannot be faked,” saidBryson. “You have to fall a little bit in lovewith your duet partner. It puts somethingunique into your performance.”
Christmas has always been an impor-
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n Books, stocking stuffersmake great presents
While no wine-lover willever complain about receivinga special bottle as a holiday gift,there are many other optionsthat would please even thesnobbiest on your list.
A favorite recent publica-tion is “The Wines of Califor-nia” by Mike Desimone andJeff Jenssen, (a.k.a. “The WorldWine Guys”). Mike and Jeff’sdelightful personality shinesthroughout this exceptionallycomplete opus that includesdescriptions of the individualregions (AVAs), reviews of se-lected wineries and discussionswith influential winemakers aswell as recipes featuring Califor-nia fare. A viniculture achieve-ment in print that reflects theauthors’ outstanding palate andknowledge, it would be a won-derful gift for anyone that lovesCalifornia wine.
The second edition ofJamie Goode’s “The Sci-ence of Wine — From Vine toGlass,” is a perfect present fora scientifically inclined wine-geek. Understandable andthought-provoking, it providesa comprehensive review of thetechnology behind modernwinemaking. This latest versionincludes several new chaptersincluding a discussion on howwe communicate what wesense when tasting wine.
Most every wine-lover alsoenjoys a well-made cocktail,and Jimmy Dymott’s “ModernCocktails” is a great way tolearn about the culture, history,and recipes for the boomingcocktail scene. Dymott is botha raconteur and teacher witha creative flare for drinks and
a good story. An entertainingand instructive volume that willeasily fulfill its promise to makeyou the “life of the party.”
When looking for stock-ing stuffers, consider a smallcontainer of wine. “Nuvino” is aline of re-sealable, unbreakableindividual pouches of red andwhite wines that are equivalentto a single glass. They are idealfor picnics, the beach and otherplaces where you don’t wantto worry about having a cork-screw.
Other options includecocktail mixers from Powell& Mahoney whose portfolioincludes such classics as Mar-garita and Peach Bellini as wellas Blood Orange, Pomegranate,and a Chipotle Bloody Marymix. Or consider “Bare OrganicMixers” a line of gluten free,low-calorie mixers created byNatalie Susi after she was laidoff from a teaching job. TheLemon Drop and Pomegran-ate Cranberry Cosmo mixesare particularly intriguing.Similarly, Josh Morton spent 10years in his Brooklyn kitchendeveloping “Barrow’s IntenseGinger Liqueur,” an all-natural,extremely flavorful mixer thattastes great in tea, as a basefor cocktails or splashed overice as an aperitif. We are alsofans of “Fever Tree” a seriesof award-winning tonics andother mixers that come in smallbottles that would easily fit intostockings.
For the more clumsy onyour list, or in place of a hunk ofcoal, give a bottle of “Whip-It,”
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tant holiday to Bryson, from hisfavorite Christmas ever as a youngchild sneaking through the housewithhis sister tofindpresentsonlytodiscoverbeautifully refurbishedvintage toys, to the year he wasable tohelp givehis nephews theirfirst realmusical instruments.
It’s a love for the holiday,which holds a lot ofmeaning, thathe hopes he can share throughhismusic.
“In all my life, I’ve nevermissed Christmas at home,” hesaid. “You can imagine whatChristmas means to me — andfor the last 25 years, that is whatthis show hasmeant. I’m trying torecreate that moment, that ambi-ance, that feeling, andwe do a fairjob at it.”
Classic holiday-themed tuneshelp set the tone, but “The Col-ors of Christmas” isn’t limited tocarols and Christmas ballads. Forexample, Bryson and Studdardcollaborate on performances oftwo Marvin Gaye songs, “What’sGoing On” and “Mercy MercyMe.” The entire program workstogether to create an experiencethat brings the audience togetherandmakes them feel something.
“I seemusic— and I think ev-eryone in the program sees it inthe sameway—asahealing tool,”he said. “It’swhat it’s alwaysbeen,in its finest and most pure state.It’s a tool to heal all social ills, tobeingabouta feelingof fellowship,that you’re not alone in whateveryou’re going through, and that’swhat makes music an honorable
profession.”This is the program’s first year
at Strathmore, and it’s the finalshow of the season. Though it’snot quite home for Bryson, he ap-preciates concluding the holidaytour on this side of the country.
“It’s never come to my home-town of Atlanta — because the‘Nutcracker’ is always takingupallof the space in all of the venues,”he said. “When you’ve been awayfrom home for several weeks, it’sjust good to be on the East Coastagain.”
Hopefully the relief and com-fort Bryson and the other featuredperformers feel on tour will trans-late to the audience, turning highquality performances intomemo-ries of Christmases over the years.
“There’s so much focus thesedays on shows that don’t reallyshowcase real talent, and we ac-cept the accolades heaped onpeople with minimal talent,” hesaid. “We’ve started to equate suc-cess with talent and that’s a badidea. For ‘Colors of Christmas,’that is how it has sustained itself,because it is trulybasedon talent.”
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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 8:30 p.m. to
11:30 p.m., Dec. 17, $16; Tea Dance, SocialBallroomDancing, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.,Dec. 18, $6; 2126 Industrial Highway, SilverSpring, 301-326-1181, hollywoodballroomdc.com.
Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps and formations taught. Noexperience, partner necessary, T-39 Build-ing onNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenue andSouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthurBlvd.
Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15 p.m.beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish BallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.
Contra, Dec. 19. April Blum calls toHon-eysuckle Rosewith Liz Donaldson on piano,AndreaHoag on fiddle, Paul Oorts on banjo,guitar, andmandolin, and RalphGordon onbass, Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, 7:30p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.
English Country, Dec. 17, Anna Rain, 8p.m., Glen Echo TownHall (upstairs), fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, Dec. 27, Daryl Davis.$18, $12, 17 and younger. Glen Echo ParkSpanish Ballroom, flyingfeet.org.
Waltz, Dec. 21, Avant Gardenders withLaura Light (fiddle and vocals), George Paul(piano), David DiGiusseppe (accordion),DaveWiesler (piano), Ralph Gordon (bass);Dec. 28, Gigmeisters with DaveWiesler(piano), AlexanderMitchell (fiddle), PaulOorts (button accordion,mandolin, banjo& guitar), Ralph Gordon (bass); waltztimed-ances.org.
MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club, A
Very Chaise Lounge Christmas Show,Dec. 17;Still Surfin’ Holiday Show,Dec. 18; BlueheartRevivial and Jonathan Sloane&WaywardDogwith JonnyGrave, Dec. 19; Soul Crackerswith TommyLepson, Dec. 20; Joe Clair andFriendsHotHoliday Comedy Jam,Dec. 21;Urban Soul Holiday Party: Secret Society andSpecial Surprise Guest, Dec. 23; Deanna Bo-gart Band, Dec. 26; The Chuck BrownBand,Dec. 27; TheNighthawks, Dec. 28; NewYear’sEve Party: Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band plusJunkyard Saints, Dec. 31; call for prices, times,7719Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500,bethesdabluesjazz.com.
BlackRock Center for the Arts, HolidaySwing Party withDaryl Davis, Dec. 18; LloydDobler Effect (two shows), Dec. 20; Cherishthe Ladies: Celtic Christmas (Two shows),Dec. 21; Victoria Vox andUnified Jazz En-semble, Jan. 24; 12901 TownCommonsDrive,Germantown. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.
Fillmore Silver Spring, Musiq Soulchild,Dec. 20; L!ssen, Dec. 26; Yacht Rock Partywith The Regal Beagles, DJ Billy Barnacle andCapt. Scott, Dec. 27; TheWhite Panda, Dec.29; Steel Panthers, Dec. 31; 8656 ColesvilleRoad, Silver Spring. fillmoresilverspring.com.
Strathmore, RobynHelzner Trio, Dec.17; Christie Dashiell, Dec. 19; The Colorsof Christmas, Dec. 19;Miniatures PaintingWorkshop, Dec. 20; National Philharmonic:Handel’sMessiah, Dec. 20; Santa Brunch,Dec. 21; National Philharmonic, Dec. 21; TheWashingtonChorus: A Candlelight Christ-mas, Dec. 23; call for venue, times. Loca-tions:Mansion, 10701 Rockville Pike, NorthBethesda;Music Center at Strathmore, 5301Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGEAdventure Theatre-MTC, “Tiny Tim’s
Christmas Carol,” through Jan. 1, call forprices, times, Adventure TheatreMTC, 7300MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270,adventuretheatre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “101Dalmatians,”through Jan. 11, call for prices, times, Imagi-nation Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda,imaginationstage.org.
Highwood Theatre, 914 Silver Spring Ave.,thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.
Olney Theatre Center, “Disney’s The LittleMermaid,” through Jan. 11, call for prices,times, 2001Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Olney,301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “TheNutcracker,”throughDec. 30; Tiny Tots@ 10, selectWednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, callfor shows and show times, Puppet Co. Play-house, Glen Echo Park’s North Arcade Build-ing, 7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380,thepuppetco.org.
Rockville Musical Theatre, FitzgeraldTheatre, 603 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville,240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.
Round House Theatre, Bethesda, “TheNutcracker,” throughDec. 28, call for showtimes, 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda.Tickets range in price from$10 to $45 andseating is reserved. 240-644-1100, round-housetheatre.org.
Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver Spring BlackBox Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road, SilverSpring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; [email protected].
Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’s Shadow,”Jan. 9 through 31,Woodmoor Shopping Cen-ter, 10145 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.
Randolph Road Theater, “The GypsyPrincess” (Die Csardasfurstin), Dec. 19 and21, call for prices and times, 4010 RandolphRoad, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, 240-230-7372.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “Notes, References
andMiscellaneousDebris,” BrianDupont,throughDec. 28, 3766Howard Ave., Kensing-ton, 301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com
Glenview Mansion, Rockville Art LeagueJuriedMembers’ Show, through Jan. 2, Rock-ville Civic Center Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive,Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries, Jeremiah Stermer,throughDec. 31, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Mondaythrough Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday,7022Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association, GordonLyon, through Jan. 4,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 ViersMill Road,Wheaton,mont-gomeryart.org.
VisArts, Steve Pearson:Manipular, Dec.10 through Jan. 18; HappyNOT Sappy, Dec.10 through Jan. 18;WilliamPeirce, Dec. 10through Jan. 18; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155Gibbs St., Rockville, 301-315-8200, visart-satrockville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, PyramidAtlantic Art Center, second floor, 8230Geor-gia Ave., Silver Spring, washingtonprintmak-ers.com.
Kentlands Mansion, Artwork of theGaith-ersburg Camera Club, Dec. 12 through Jan.23, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.
Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road, Gaith-ersburg, 301-258-6394
“You Are Here,” exhibit by DaveMont-gomery, now through Jan. 4. Takoma ParkCommunity Center, 7500Maple Ave., Ta-koma Park. photoartbeyond.com; 301-215-9224.
ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508Walsh Street,
Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.“Winter Wonderland,” Rockville Chorus
concert, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21, F. Scott FitzgeraldTheatre at the Rockville Civic Center, 603 Ed-monstonDrive, Rockville. Free. Donations,however, are appreciated. 240-314-8690.
Revels-Carpe Diem Celebration of theSeason and Community Sing, 7:30 p.m. Dec.21, Seekers Community Room, 276 CarrollSt. NW,Washington, D.C. (across from theTakomametro). Free. Donations being ac-cepted in support of educational and com-munity arts outreach programs and summerarts camp scholarships. Busy Graham [email protected], 301-466-0183.
IN THE ARTS ‘THE COLORSOF CHRISTMAS’n When: 8 p.m. Friday
n Where: The Music Center atStrathmore, 5301 TuckermanLane, North Bethesda
n Tickets: $35-$100
n For Information:Strathmore.org; 301-581-5100
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The “WineHive” is a series ofmodular wine racks with a honeycomb appearance. Founded byindustrial designer John Paulickand funded via Kickstarter, WineHive’s patented aluminum in-terlocking system is aestheticallypleasing and adaptable tomostspaces. Another eye-catchingmodular wine holder is by AlessiNoe that appears to be a bunch ofgrapes. Able to hold six bottles, itis attractive enough to keep on thekitchen counter but can also beeasily expanded.
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501B S. Frederick Ave #3Gaithersburg, MD 20877301-948-1908
SILVER SPRING:WAITING LISTCLOSED EffectiveNov 17, 2014, thewaiting list for HughesNeighborhood Hous-ing apartments, locat-ed at 10720 GeorgiaAve., Silver Spring,MD 20902 is closed.
CHEVY CHASE:NEWLY RENOVATED3Br 3Ba, $999,000.Scott Egloff, RealtorPls call: 301-674-8866WC&AN Miller Coa Long and Foster Co.4701 Sangamore Rd.Bethesda, MD 20816
SILVER SPRING:55+ comm, 2Br/2Ba,underground parking,$269,000, WeichertRealtors, Manuela Call301-681-0550 x243
BETH/CHELSEATOWERS: Updated1BR, balcony, panora-mic view. $1495 +utilsBecky Plesset L&F202-438-3755
GAITH: 3Br/1.5Ba ThFp, W/D, Lg deck, nrSchls, Shops, Bus, n/p$1650+electric, Availcall/text 240-447-5072
GAITHERSBURG:4BD 3.5BA, SFH, 2car garage, deck,newlly carpeted.$2350. 240-476-3994
GAITHERSBURG-4 BR 3.5 BA, full bsmt,deck, $1750 + utilsnew carpet & paintCall 240-447-9961
GAITHERSBURG-4 BR 3.5 BA, full bsmt,deck, $1750 + utilsnew carpet & paintCall 240-447-9961
GAITHERSBURG-5 BR 3.5 bath, EU TH,$2595 + Sec dep$3000, Sec 8 OK, HWfloors, fully finishedbsmt 301-785-3888
GERM: 3BD 2BA TH,deck, near pool &shops. $1800/mo NP.New paint, carpet,applian. 301-252-3066
GERM 3BR/1.5BATH2 LEVEL TH, fenced,patio, washer/dryer inunit. $1600/mo HOCOK. 240-997-9836.
GERMANTOWN:3Br, 3.5Ba, TH, gran-ite counter tops, H/Wflrs, fin bsmt, min toI270, $1650 per mo,Call: 301-452-1268
GERMANTOWN:4Br, 2.5Ba, TH, greatlocation, HOC wel-come, $1845 obo 301-540-7047
GERMANTOWN:TH, 3Br, 2.5Ba,NP/NS, new paint,$1575 + util ANDROCKVILLE: 2Br,1Ba Condo $1500 +electric 240-472-5642(after 6pm)
KEMP MILL/SILSPRING: lrg 4BD,2.5BA SFH. H/wd, fp.W/D. Walk 2 shops.$2350. 240-383-1000
MONT VILLAGE:Newly Renovated TH,4BR, 3.5BA w/finbsmt. $2200/monthCall 301-675-8507
OLNEY: SFH, 4 bed-room , 2.5 baths, W/D,deck, fpl, 2 car gar-age, non smoking$2500 . 301-740-3623.
ROCKVILLE: SFH,3+br 1.5ba, fml room,gar. $2295 + utils.Near metro. 301-938-1666 or 301-873-5715
SILVER SPRING:3BD, 2.5BA TH. Gatedcommunity. W/D. Walk2 shops & bus. $1795.240-383-1000
SILVER SPRING:4Br 3.5BA TH FreshPaint,New Carpet fin’dw/o Bsmt $2395+secdep $3000 HOC OK301-785-3888
WHEATON- 4 BR/2.5 BA TH 1600 sq fteat-in kitch, fin bsmtw/bar, W/D, off streetparking $2250 close tometro & beltway call301-656-4477
CLINTON: 3 level,5 or 6 bedrooms,3Ba, family rm, eat inkitchen, living and din-ing Section 8 welcome$2800.00 or bestoffer. 240-601-6453
GAITHERSBURG-Olde Towne Spacious1 bedroom/1 ba Apt$1000 month + elecCall (240)388-0056
GAITH: Huge Apt for1, priv entr, BR ,ba,LR,kitch, W/D $1500/mo,more info @ www.rent4u.us 3016136385
BETHESDA: Furn,1Br, 1Ba, kit, balcony,2 walk/in closets,pool, exercise club,tennis store andrestauarant $1,845/moinc utils and cableCall: 301-455-9608
ROCK/BETH: 1BR,priv ent/BA., kit, patio,pet ok, yr lse $1,100util incl. 1 person only.301-881-8214
BELTSVILLE: 1br,1ba Condo. $1300utils incl. Close to Bus& Shops. HOC Ok. .Call 240-506-1386
GERMANTOWN:2Br, 2Ba, avail now,tiles, new carpet, freshpaint, W/D, nr shops,HOC welcome $1400inc utils 301-906-3097
SILVER SPRING:55+ comm, 2Br/2Ba$1495 and 1Br/1Ba,$1395, HOC, WeichertRealtors, Manuela Call301-681-0550 x243
DERWOOD: MBDw/shared BA in SFHWIFI, uti incl $650, 5min to Shady GroveMetro. 240- 643-6813
GAITHERSBURG:1 Br nr Metro/ShopsNo Pets, No Smoking$375 Avail Now.Call: 301-219-1066
GBURG- Female Pre-ferred fully furn masterBR w/priv bath WIFI &Cable TV ready $700CALL 240-672-4516
GERMANTOWN:1 furnished Br, shrdBa & Kit, nr bus, $450all util inc Call Jose:301-366-8689
GERMANTOWN: 2Br’s in TH $500 &$485 incl utils. N/S,N/P. Avail now Call240-426-5084
GERMANTOWN:Master BR w/ priv bath$650 + utils. Easy ac-cess to bus. Avail now(240)426-7852
MONT. VILLAGE:1 Large BR nr Shops& bus $600/mo util &cable included NP/NSCall: 240-498-1915
OLNEY: 1 Rm inbsmt in SFH sharekitchen $500 utils in-cluded, NS/NP AvailNow. 301-257-5712
ROCKVILLE: LargeNewly Remodeled rmin SFH Nr Metro &Shpng $575/mo utilsincl 240-444-7986
SILVER SPRINGFurn rm on 1st flr$600, and 2 rooms inbasement $450 each.shrd kit, lvng rm, Male.util/Internet, cable in-cluded. 240-882-7458
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SS/WHITE OAKTOWER 1BR privatebath $650 incl cable,.1/2 month sec depCall 202-631-0598
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NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Montgomery County government hereby notifies the general pub-lic and other interested parties that a three-week period has beenestablished during which they may request a public hearing onthe FY 2016 Ridesharing / Commuter Assistance Program grantapplication in the amount of $372,070 from the Maryland TransitAdministration and Federal Transit Administration.
This three-week period will commence on December 17, 2014and end on January 7, 2015 at 5 PM. If requested, the publichearing on the above mentioned program will be held on Wednes-day, January 14, 2015 at 3:00 PM in the Executive Office Build-ing, 101 Monroe Street, 10th Floor Conference Room, Rockville,Maryland 20850.
The request for a public hearing must be submitted in writing andreceived by the Division of Transit Services no later than 5 PMWednesday, January 7, 2015. Any request received after Janu-ary 7, 2015 will be returned to sender.
Request for this public hearing must include your name and ad-dress, and if any, organization or business name, reason(s) or is-sues of your request, and sent to:
Carolyn G. Biggins, ChiefDivision of Transit Services101 Monroe Street, 5th FloorRockville Maryland 20850
(12-17-2014)
NOTICE
Pursuant to Section 31-48, Montgomery County Code 2004, asamended, and COMCOR §31.48.01, et seq., the County Execu-tive or his designee shall conduct a public hearing at 7 PM onWednesday, January 7, 2015, in the Lobby Level Auditorium, Ex-ecutive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland,to consider the creation of a new Residential Permit Parking Areain Silver Spring.
The Rosemary Hills Residential Permit Parking Area would be lo-cated in Silver Spring north of East West Highway and west ofDowntown Silver Spring. A more detailed description of the areais available for examination in the Exhibits at the offices of theMontgomery County Department of Transportation, Division ofTraffic Engineering and Operations located at 100 Edison ParkDrive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878.
After the aforesaid Hearing, the Hearing Examiner shall report hisfindings and recommendations to the County Executive who shallissue a statement of his decision.
Written statements for consideration in this matter may be submit-ted to Mr. Emil Wolanin, Chief, Department of Transportation, Di-vision of Traffic Engineering and Operations located at 100 Edi-son Park Drive, 4th Floor, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 or [email protected].
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NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED ANNUAL MEETINGWATERS LANDING ASSOCIATION, INC.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in accord-ance with the Bylaws of the Associationthat the Annual Meeting of the Membershipof the Waters Landing Association original-ly scheduled for November 12,2014, andwhich was adjourned for a lack of quorum,has been rescheduled and will be held atthe following date, time and place:
DATE: Wednesday, December 17, 2014TIME: 7:00 p.m.PLACE: Community Center ofWaters Landing Association20000 Father Hurley BoulevardGermantown, Maryland 20874
For information call WLA at (301) 972-3681.
(12-17-14)
AUTO TECHNEstablished auto repair, inRockville, Maryland, must beexperienced Call Sam at301-770-2230. Mon-Fri
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BookkeeperFor Ryan Floors, Inc, Duties: reconciliation,invoice coding, managment of AP cycle, licensing,registration, bonding, insurance (OCIP’s), certifiedpayroll, etc Required: experience in AccountsReceivable, Accounts Payable, AIA Requisitions& reconcilation of GL/adjustments. Must beproficient in Excel/Work/Outlook and posses astrong work ethic and ability to multi-task. Sendyour resume with work experience, employerreferences and salary history & requirements to:[email protected]
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2011 Nissan Altima SL
2013 Toyota Corolla LE
#526547C, 1-Owner,Auto, 10Kmiles,Sedan
$15,995
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2006 Volvo XC70
#429043B,Automatic,OceanRace Wagon
$12,995
2008 Honda Accord
#0SD001A,Auto, 1-Owner,EX-L Sedan, 2.4L Engine
$10,9952013 Toyota Corolla S
#G0044A, SpecialEdition, 1-Owner,38k Miles
$13,9952010 Lexus ES 350 Sedan
#422056C, Automatic,75K Miles, 3.5L V6 $17,995
2005 Ford Taurus
#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6
$8,995
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#526022A, ComfortSedan,1-Owner4-Cyl, Automatic
$10,995
2009 SAAB 9-3
#526565A, Auto, 1-Owner, Grand Touring,Navigation, SUV
$25,950
2011 Mazda CX-9
#526071A, Automatic,19K Miles, 1-Owner,PZEV Coupe
$13,995
2012 Volkswagen Beetle
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan
#526085A, Auto, 1-Owner, Moon Roof,Volvo Certified
$22,950
2012 Volvo S60
#P9203, 1-Owner,20K Miles, Auto,T5 Sedan
$21,4502008 Mercedes Benz ML350............................... $21,950#526113A, Capri Blue, 59k Miles, 3.5L V6 SUV
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $23,950#P9158, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, 9K Miles, Flamenco Red
2012 Ford Super Duty................................................... $25,950#526078A, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, SRW XL Pick-Up
2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $33,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation
#526547B, VolvoCertified, Automatic,36K miles
$17,995
2011 Volvo S40 T5 Sedan
2009 Volvo S60............................................................................. $13,995#426058A, Automatic, 2.5T AWD, Sedan
2007 Acura TL................................................................................ $14,595#G0040, Auto, 3.2L V6 Engine, Sedan
2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................... $14,995#N0553, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine
2011 Mini Cooper CountryMan S............... $17,995#526051A, Auto, 29K Miles, 1-Owner, True Blue
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Prices include all rebates and incentives. DARCARS Nissan DOES NOT Include college grad or military rebates in price! NMAC Bonus Cash require financing through NMAC with approved credit. Prices exclude tax,tags, freight (Cars $810, SUVs and Trucks $860-$1000) and $300 processing charge, Lease payments are calculated with tax, tags, freight, $300 processing charge and first payment due at signing, and are valid with
tier one approval through NMAC. Prices and payments valid only at listed VINS. See dealer for details. Offer expires 12/24/2014.
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888-797-1831
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College Park, MD 20740888-693-8037
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2015 NISSANVERSA S
w/manualtransmission
MODEL #11115
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$159/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE S+ CVT MSRP: $16,700
Sale Price: $13,995NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,495w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11515
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$139/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANSENTRA SV
MSRP: $19,165Sale Price: $15,495
Nissan Rebate: $1,000NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: -500
$13,495w/bluetooth
MODEL #12114$0 DOWN
$139/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANALTIMA 2.5 S
MSRP: $23,845Sale Price: $19,745
Nissan Rebate: -$1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: -$1,000
Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: -$1,000
$16,495
MODEL #13115
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$149/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANROGUE SELECT AWD MSRP: $23,050
Sale Price: $19,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$18,995w/bluetooth
MODEL #29014
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$189/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANMURANO S
MSRP: $31,890Sale Price: $27,495
Nissan Rebate: $3,500Nissan Murano Bonus Cash: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$22,995
MODEL #23214
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$279/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
4AT THISPRICE
MSRP: $13,170Sale Price: $10,995
$10,995
MSRP: $32,000Sale Price: $28,495
NMAC Bonus Cash: $3,500
$24,995
$0 DOWN
$239/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 S MSRP: $33,265
Sale Price: $28,495Nissan Rebate: $4,500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$23,495Limited Editionpkg, moonroofMODEL #16114
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$299/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2015 NISSANLEAF S
MODEL #170154
AT THISPRICE
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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTALFINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWNPLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 12/31/2014.
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04 SATURN ION $4,990
UNDER $10,000 MORE VEHICLES99 CHEVY BLAZER LS..................$2,200#GD23373A, 4WD READY 4 WINTER! “HANDYMAN”
05 BUICK CENTURY......................$5,450#KP05194, “CLEAN!” PW/PLC, CC EASY TERMS!
04 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500........$7,497#KP68077, “RARE FIND!” PW/PLC, AC SAVE
06 VW BEETLE.............................$8,988#KP07212, 2.5L CONTVB’L LTHR, P/OPTIONS DON’T MISS!
09 TOYOTA CAMRY LE................$11,935#KP84356, “PAMPERED!” PSEAT, PW/PLC, CC, CD
08 HYUNDAI VERA CRUZ LTD.....$14,970#KP51913, AWD “BEAUTY!” LTHR, DVD, P/OPTS
12 HYUNDAI ELANTRA LIMITED. $15,988#KA16617, “RARE FIND!” MNRF, LTHR, P/OPTS
12 HYUNDAI TUCSON GLS..........$16,988#KA70522, “SHOWROOM COND!” PW/PLC, CC, CD
#KP59456A, “CLEAN!” GAS SAVER 5SPD AC, TERMS AVAIL!
11 FORD ECONOLINE 12 PASS XLT $17,470
#KN75845, “RARE FIND!” RAC, PARK SENSE
03 TOYOTA SOLARA SLE $8,435
#KP10861, “SHARP!” LTHR, SPLR, “OFF-SEASON!”
07 DODGE NITRO SXT $10,745
#KP53366A, 4WD “SERVICED HERE!” PW, CD
07 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SLT $18,439
#KP61018, 4WD 5.7 HEMI “BEAUTY!” P/OPTIONS
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13 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT.........$16,990#KN08758, “NICE!” STO&GO, PSEAT, PWR DOORS, CD
11 HYUNDAI SONATA SE............$17,472#KN39898A, “PAMPERED 30K!” NAV, MNRF, FAC WARR
12 DODGE JOURNEY..................$19,970#KP54282, CREW \”BEAUTY!” MNRF, DVD, LTHR/PWR SEAT
10 CHEVY CAMARO SS..............$20,930#KP36716A, 6.2V8 “RARE FIND!” MNRF, LTHR, AUTO
07 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE SE........$9,000#KP27123, 7 PASS “WELL KEPT!” RAC, P/OPTS
04 BUICK RAINIER CXL +.............$9,988#KP69830, AWD NAV/MNRF/DVD/LTHR “SHARP!”
07 DODGE CALIBER R/T.............$10,470#KP39280, AWD “GORGEOUS!” MNRF, LTHR, CHROME
12 NISSAN VERSA 1.8S.............$10,988#KN42141, AT, AC, PW/PMR, CD “BEST BUY!” EZ TERMS
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