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n Suggestions includeexpanding the Gaithersburg
school, building new one nearby
BY JENNDAVISSTAFFWRITER
Nearly 70 parents came togetherat Rachel Carson Elementary inGaithersburg on Wednesday eveningto share concerns about the school’sovercrowded state and put forwardpossible solutions to help fix theproblem.
Superintendent Joshua P. Starrrecently announced his request that$220.8million be added to the schoolsystem’s current capital budget. Inthe request, Starr recommended afeasibility study to exploreways to re-lieve overcrowding at Rachel Carson.“Prior to the superintendent’s
proposedCIP plan, we had a group inthe school who was concerned aboutcapacity, so we wanted to get a senseof howmany other parents were con-cerned about it,” said Angelo Witten,the president of the school’s Parent
Parents have ideasfor overcrowdedelementary school
n All-day event in Gaithersburgto provide food, information
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDERSTAFFWRITER
On any given day there are 800people homeless in MontgomeryCounty, according to Nadim Khan, acoordinator for Homeless ResourceDay and the chief of Special NeedsHousing in theDepartment of HealthandHuman Services.The Health and Human Ser-
vices Department will host its fourthHomeless Resource Day for Mont-gomery County citizens on Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at theActivity Center at Bohrer Park located
at 506 South Frederick Ave. in Gaith-ersburg to spread necessary informa-tion to those who are homeless or indanger of losing housing.“Our guests come in and are
paired up with a navigator. They sitdown with an intake form to let theguide know their needs,” said GloriaHuggins, a coordinator for the eventand executive administrative aid atthe Montgomery County Depart-ment of Health and Human ServicesSpecial Needs Housing.Huggins explained that the ac-
tivities center is divided into quad-rants dedicated to specific services.Sections include an area for healthservices, financial services and
Homeless Resource Daybrings help to area citizens
n Residents wantenvironmental plannerto analyze property
BY JENNDAVISSTAFFWRITER
Some of Gaithersburg’s Lakefor-est Glen residents want more timeto give testimony on the issue of anearby parcel of city property that iscurrently going through the surplusland process.Two of those neighbors, Barbara
Pearson and Shafiq Ahmed, spoke at
the Nov. 3 mayor and council meet-ing to request that the city reopen thepublic comment period regardingthe consideration of a disposition,or relinquishing, of two strips of landthat total .469 acres at the northeastcorner of North Frederick and Travisavenues.The property, which runs along-
side Travis Avenue, was previouslythought to be a right-of-way until itwas recently determined that the landis ownedby the city, according toCityManager Tony Tomasello.
City reopens landhearing at requestof neighborhood
A salute to veterans
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Grant Brumpton, VFW Post 9862 commander, of Gaithersburg, presents one of the wreaths during the City of Gaithersburg Veterans Dayobservance at the City Hall Concert Pavilion on Tuesday morning.Gaithersburg leaders and community members saluted all veterans Tuesday morning at the city’s annual Veterans Day Observance at theConcert Pavilion. During the event, which began at 11 a.m., attendees participated in a solemn wreath-laying ceremony and listened tokeynote remarks from retired Army Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck.
— JENNDAVIS
n Ashman sworn inas city’s 19th mayor
BY JENNDAVISSTAFFWRITER
It was a night of laughter, tears andapplause inGaithersburgas the city andthe communitywelcomedanewmayorfor the first time in 16 years.Former City Councilman Jud Ash-
man was sworn in as the city’s 19thmayor on Monday evening followingthe resignation of longtime Mayor Sid-ney A. Katz. Katz is moving on to theMontgomeryCountyCouncil,wherehewill serveas theDistrict3 representative.In his remarks, Ashman talked aboutthe exciting opportunity that the CityCouncil and the community have towork together to strengthen and betterthe city.“I believe that great ideas and inspi-
ration can come from anywhere. Thecritical part is that when great ideas arebrought up, somebody needs to be lis-tening and that’s where we come in,”Ashman said. “This is an open invita-tion, folks. If you have an idea, if youhave a concern, you just want to sharesomething that’s going on in the com-munity, I want to hear it. I’ll take yourcalls. I’ll respond to your emails. I’llmeet with you. I want to work togetherwith todogreat things inGaithersburg.”Kentlands resident and neighbor-
hood leader Neil Harris was also swornin as the city’s newest councilman, tak-
ing over Ashman’s position. From hisnew seat on the dais, Harris said thathe was looking forward to working onthe City Council and exploring ways toimprove the city.“I’ve alwaysbeen taught inbusiness
that the phrase, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’tfix it,’ is actually not a good philoso-phy,” Harris said. “Things can alwaysbe better. So even though things aregreat here, there’s still an opportunitytomake things better and set the visionas we go forward.”At the special session meeting, the
rest of the council members offeredwords of thanks to Katz, and words ofsupport to Ashman andHarris.Katz also spoke for a few minutes,
thanking the many people who havesupported him and worked with himduring his 38 years of service with thecity of Gaithersburg. An open house inKatz’s honor has been scheduled from5:30 to 7 p.m. onMonday at the BohrerPark Activity Center, 506 S. FrederickAve.
A new era begins in Gaithersburg
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Neil H. Harris (left) is sworn in as a Gaithersburg city councilman and Jud Ashman is swornin as mayor of Gaithersburg at City Hall on Monday.
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THURSDAY, NOV. 13Boost Your Brain Power, 1-3 p.m.,
Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Or-chard Road, Gaithersburg. Join Leni Barry,RN-BC, BSN,MA, SuburbanHospitalHeartWell Nurse, for an engaging discus-sion on how to strengthen themind. Stayafter the talk to play some brain boardgames. Light refreshments provided. Free,registration requested. www.montgom-erycountymd.gov/library.
Gaithersburg Fine Arts AssociationMeeting, 6:30-9 p.m., Stedwick Commu-nity Center, 10401 Stedwick Road,Mont-gomery Village. Returning to Stedwick forthismonth only. Glen Kessler will discussmarketing opportunities for emergingartists. Free for first-time guests. [email protected].
American Cancer Society RelayKick Off Open House, 7-9 p.m., Clarks-burg Activity Center, 22501Wims Road,Clarksburg. Learn about how to help raisemoney for cancer research and patientservices in the community. The relay willtake placeMay 16-17, 2015. Free. [email protected].
Managing Strong Emotions: Revolu-tionary Strategies To Connect and Thrivewith Your Child, Tween or Teen, 7:30-9p.m., Bullis School, 10601 Falls Road, Po-tomac, also taking place 9:30-11 a.m. Nov.14 atWoman’s Club of Chevy Chase, 7931Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase. Spon-sored by the Parent Encouragement Pro-gram. Led by Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D..$28, registration required. 301-929-8824.
NAMI Montgomery County PTSD Re-search and Recovery Presentation, 7:30-9p.m., 11718 ParklawnDrive, Rockville.Come hear about new PTSD research aswell as a personal story of recovery. [email protected].
SATURDAY, NOV. 15Holiday Craft Bazaar, 9 a.m.-5:40 p.m.,
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 25100 RidgeRoad, Damascus. Items from all overthe world and frommultiple vendors ofjewelry, pottery, paintings, needlecrafts,
ornaments, toys, baby gifts, antiques andvintage items andmore. There will be livemusic and lunch for sale. [email protected].
Thanksgiving For The Animals, 10-11a.m., Black Hill Visitor Center, 20926 LakeRidge Drive, Boyds.Make some treats togive to the park’s animals. $6. Register atwww.parkpass.org.
Holiday Marketplace, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,Covenant UnitedMethodist Church,20301 Pleasant Ridge Drive,MontgomeryVillage. Featuringmore than 15 local art-ists and crafters, a silent auction, bakesale, light lunch and children’s fun fair.Free. [email protected].
Open House Tour Days, noon-5 p.m.,SecondChanceWildlife Center, 7101 Bar-cellonaDrive, Gaithersburg, also same timeNov. 16.Meet patients and catch a “behindthe scenes” viewof thework. Tours last 30minutes andbegin and endon the hourandhalf hour. Free, reservation required;donations accepted. 301-926-9453.
Happy Cats: Environmental Enrich-ment for Cats, 2-4 p.m., A Cat Clinic,14200 Clopper Road, Boyds. Dr.MelissaMustillo, a veterinarian, will discussnormal cat behavior, environmental en-richment, feeding tips and dealing withinter-cat aggression. Light refreshmentswill be served. Free. 301-540-7770.
Pop-Ups that Light Up, 3-4 p.m.,Quince Orchard Library, 15831 QuinceOrchard Road, Gaithersburg. Learn aboutbatteries, circuits and the flow of electric-ity. Children are invited to create pop-upcards to en-LIGHT-en them on electricityand how it flows. Ages 8-16. Free, registra-tion required. 240-777-0200.
Wine Under the Lights, 6-9 p.m., SenecaCreek State Park, 11950Clopper Road,Gaithersburg. Take a three-mile trolley rideand enjoywines and livemusic under aheated tent. Tasting Package includes entryto tent, eight tastes, a tasting glass, lightsnacks, hot drinks, livemusic and trolleyride. Individual glasses ofwine available forpurchase. $10-$18. 301-258-6350.
SUNDAY, NOV. 16Farmer’s Market and Open House, 1-4
p.m.,Maple Springs Barn, 15021DufiefMillRoad,North Potomac. Publicizing effortsfor organizing a permanentmarket for localfarmers and artisans. Featuring local cropsandwines, aswell as locally baked goods.Free. www.milkladymarkets.org.
Surviving the Holidays, 5-7 p.m., GraceUnitedMethodist Church, 119 N. Freder-ick Ave., Gaithersburg. Ideas for positive
holiday experience for adults and childrenexperiencing divorce or separation. Therewill be one session for children and an-other for adults. $10. 301-926-8688.
Picture Perfect, 5:30 p.m., AmericanDance Theater, 15701 E. Jefferson St.,Rockville. IHIModeling will host its fourthannual graduation and fashion show inpartnership with a Friend for theHome-less, an organization in Baltimore helpinghomeless nationwide. $15. [email protected].
TUESDAY, NOV. 18Open House, 10 a.m., Congregation
B’nai Tzedek, 10621 South Glen Road,Potomac. B’nai Tzedek Preschool offerspart-time and full-time programs for chil-dren ages 2-4 and parent/child classes forbabies and toddlers. Free. 301-299-1149.
Time For Tots: A Turkey for Thanksgiv-ing, 10-11 a.m., Black Hill Visitor center,20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds. Read astory aboutMr. andMrs.Mosse and theirfriends preparing for Thanksgiving, thenset out to find naturalmaterials tomakeThanksgiving turkeys. $10. Register atwww.parkpass.org.
Turning 65? You Have Choices andMedicare is One of Them, 7-9 p.m., Po-tomac Library, 10101 GlenoldenDrive, Po-tomac. JoinMontgomery County’s SeniorInformation Sessions, offered through theState Health Insurance Assistance Pro-gram. Free. 301-590-2819.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19Bloody Orators Toastmasters Club
Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m., American RedCross-JeromeH. Holland Laboratory,15601 Crabbs BranchWay, Derwood.Develop public speaking, communicationand leadership skills in a positive, support-ive environment. Free for first-time [email protected].
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Free classes andworkshops, elec-tronics drop-off with Eco City Junk(some exceptions) and free com-post bins from theDepartment ofEnvironmental Protection in honorof America Recycles Day. [email protected].
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Manger is next presidentof internationalpolice association
Montgomery County PoliceChief J. Thomas Manger hasbeen elected president of theMajor Cities Chiefs Police As-sociation.
On Jan. 1, Manger will re-place Charles H. Ramsey, thepolice commissioner of Phila-delphia, who will complete histime in office at the end of De-
cember.Manger
will servetwo years.
The as-s o c i a t i oni n c l u d e schiefs ands h e r i f f sfrom thelargest cit-
ies in the United States, Canadaand the United Kingdom. Thereare 66 members from the U.S.,nine fromCanada and one fromtheUK.
The association is a forumfor discussing common prob-lems and strategies.
The following is a summary of inci-dents in the Gaithersburg area towhich Montgomery County policeand/or Gaithersburg City Policeresponded recently. The words “ar-rested” and “charged” do not implyguilt. This information was providedby the county and/or the city of Gaith-ersburg.
Armed robbery• OnOct. 23 at 1:11 a.m. at
Shell gas station, 15730 ShadyGrove Road, Gaithersburg. The sub-jects threatened the victimwith aweapon and took property.
• OnOct. 25 at 4:10 p.m. in theunit block of Russell Avenue, Gaith-ersburg. The subject threatenedthe victimwith a weapon and took
property.• OnOct. 28 at 6:40 a.m. in the
400 block of North Summit Avenue,Gaithersburg. The subject threat-ened the victimwith a weapon andtook property.
Strong-arm robbery• OnOct. 24 at 10:50 p.m.
near Starbucks, 18200 Flower HillWay, Gaithersburg. The subjectsassaulted the victim and took prop-erty.
• OnOct. 27 at 3:56 p.m. in the18300 block of Lost Knife Circle,MontgomeryVillage. The subjectforcefully took property from thevictim.
Aggravated assault• OnOct. 23 at 2:38 p.m. in the
18200 block of Lost Knife Circle,MontgomeryVillage.
• OnOct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. inthe 9600 block of Lost Knife Circle,MontgomeryVillage. The subjectsare known to the victim.
• OnOct. 26 at 6:57 p.m. in the200 block ofMuddy Branch Road,Gaithersburg. The subject is knownto the victim.
Indecent exposure• OnOct. 23 at 2:36 p.m. in the
17200 block of King JamesWay,Gaithersburg. The subject is knownto the victim.
Residential burglary• 400 block of Girard Street,
Gaithersburg, at 6:10 p.m. Oct. 21.Forced entry, took property.
• 17200 block of King JamesWay, Gaithersburg, at 1:22 p.m. Oct.24. Forced entry, took property.
• 200 block ofWater Street,Gaithersburg, between 10:30 and 11p.m. Oct. 25. No forced entry, tookproperty.
Vehicle larceny•West Diamond Avenue, Gaith-
ersburg, between 8 p.m. Oct. 20 and7:30 a.m. Oct. 21. Took vehicle part.
• Rio Boulevard, Gaithersburg,between 3 p.m. Oct. 23 and 12:32a.m. Oct. 24. Forced entry, tookpurse.
• Darnestown Road, North Po-tomac, between 9 and 10 p.m. Oct.23. Forced entry, took wallet.
n November 2015Gaithersburg election willbe first to feature option
BY JENNDAVISSTAFFWRITER
Residents wishing to run foroffice in futureGaithersburg cityelections now have the optionof registering as write-in candi-dates following the City Coun-cil’s decisionMonday to amendthe city’s charter and create anew ordinance for the change.
The council voted 4-1 to ap-prove the measure, which willallowwrite-in candidates begin-ning in the November 2015 cityelection.
The charter amendmentallows for write-in candidatesin general elections provided acertificate of candidacy is filedat the office of the Board of Su-pervisors of Elections no laterthan theWednesday prior to theelection.
Under the proposed or-dinance, a write-in candidatemust file a certificate of candi-dacy by thatWednesday prior tothe election or within three daysafter the candidate collects orexpends a cumulative amountof $250 in support of their can-didacy—whichever occurs first.
Once the certificate is re-ceived, the Board of Supervisorsof Elections will review it to de-termine the candidate’s eligibil-ity to run, the ordinance states.
Write-in candidates mustalso comply with the city’s cam-paign rules and regulations,including the submission of allrequired financial disclosurereports.
Councilman Ryan Spiegelsaid that while he was willing to
vote in favor of addingwrite-ins,he still had “a few reservations”about the implementationof thepolicy.
“Whenever you have a situ-ation where someone has theopportunity tobeawrite-in can-didate, there’s the potential thatsomeone could try to game thesystem a little bit,” he said.
Councilman Henry Mar-raffa, the lone dissenter, saidhe shared Spiegel’s concerns.He also expressed again that hethinks the city’s existing proce-dure to register as a candidate iseasy and accessible to everyone.Allowing write-in candidateswould be unfair to candidateswho follow the city’s traditionalcandidacy rules and voters, hesaid.
“In the way I read this, itmeans that somebody can justcome in at the last minute andthere’s no time to vet who thesepeople are...,” he said.
Councilwoman CathyDrzyzgula spearheaded the ini-tial discussion of allowingwrite-in candidates and said there areseveral reasons that the changewould be beneficial to the city.
“Certainly one reason is thatour filing deadline is in Sep-tember and the election is inNovember, andwe have no pro-vision for getting someone onthe ballot if something changesbetween those two dates wherethepeoplewhofile areunable toserve,” she said.
On the general electionsample ballot, a write-in optionis listed for each of the offices,Drzyzgula noted. She said shewas unaware of any previouscases where write-in candidatescheated the system or “unde-servedly won an election.”
Write-in option to beallowed in city elections
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n Gaithersburg veteran andretriever, Rosie, among
Hero Dogs’ grads
BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER
STAFFWRITER
After Franklin Delano Roo-sevelt’s graduation from HeroDogsat theDamascusAmericanLegion Post 171, Angelee Andoebrought him outside for somefresh air. When she crackedher knuckles — a nervous tick— Franklin pushed his nose upagainst her hands and pawed ather legs until she pet him.
“He catches me before Ihave panic attacks,” Andoe, ofLorton, Va., explained whilescratching the golden retriever’sbig head.
Andoe and Franklin spentabout a year training togetherwith Hero Dogs and graduatedon Sunday, with fellow servicedogRosietheRiveterandhervet-eran Jonathan Green, of Gaith-ersburg.
Hero Dogs is a Brookeville-based organization that helpsraise and train service dogs towork and live with veterans tohelp improve theirqualityof life.
“We get the dogs as pup-pies. They spend the first 16 to18 months living with a puppytrainer,” said executive directorJennifer Lund, explaining thatthose trainers are responsible forsocializing the puppies, teachingthem to use the bathroom out-sideandotherbasic skills.
After the first 16 to 18months, the puppy comes to liveat theHeroDogs’ facility foreightmonths for more specializedtraining. Then the veteran andthe dog must continue trainingtogether for six months to a yearbefore the dog can graduate into
a full-time service dog. Overall,Lund said proper training takesabout twoandahalf years.
“After the veteran finishestraining with the dog and oncethedogandveteranhavepassedthe certification they have agraduation,” Lund said.
At the event, Hero Dogsrecognized all who have con-tributed along the way in-cluding those who donatedpuppies, the puppy raisers,people who volunteer at thedog facility and the financialcontributors that made it pos-sible for the veteran to receivetheir new dog for free. Familyand friends of the veteran alsoattended.
Before each contributorwas recognized, Rosie andFranklin each starred in theirown slideshow, highlightingtheir growth since puppy-
hood.Lund said that there are a
multitude of common issuesamong wounded warriors andveterans that the dogs the or-ganization trains can help withincluding mobility — whetherin a wheelchair, using crutchesor prosthetic limbs— retrievingobjects, helping with daily taskssuch as laundry and groceryshopping, andmuchmore.
“We can teach them tomitigate some of the effects ofpsychological disorders suchas PTSD by interrupting themwhen they start to have anxi-ety,” Lund said.
For Andoe, that is whather pup Franklin does for her.Andoe retired from the U.S.Army in December 2013, butbegan training with Franklinin November 2013. She was di-agnosed with depression and
PTSD.“For a long time my thera-
pist had told me that a dogwouldbe good forme, but all ofthe other programs [for servicedogs] are so far away” Andoesaid.
Andoe was told about HeroDogs by a friend on Facebookand she immediately applied tostart training. Though it took hersome time for her application togo throughandadog tobe readyfor training, it finallypaidoff.
“I can’t say enough awe-some things about Hero Dogsbecause they are with you ev-ery step of the way,” Andoesaid.
She explained that if An-doe ever had a problem withFranklin she would call Lundand they would work on it to-gether at the next training ses-sion. Hero Dogs even trainedher family how to take care ofFranklin. While other traininggroups only work with the vet-erans for a short time, Andoeliked how Hero Dogs never lefther side andmade sure shewasmore than ready.
“Hero Dogs gave me thetraining and paperwork so thatI can educate peoplewhodon’tunderstand the value of a ser-vice dog. It givesme that confi-dence,” Andoe said.
At graduation both Greenand Andoe spoke to theirguests about their new servicedogs. Green called his Rosiea “life-changer” and Andoeagreed.
“I’m so proud of who[Franklin] is andwhat everyonehas contributed. He changedmy life. It’s something for meto take care of and somethingto take care ofme,” Andoe said.
Local organization gives vets partners for life
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U.S. Navy veteran Jonathan Green (right), his daughter, Allie Green, 7,and sister, Rebecca Green, all of Gaithersburg, look down at Jonathan’sservice dog, Rosie, during a graduation ceremony for Rosie and anotherservice dog at the Damascus American Legion on Nov. 9. The event washeld by Brookeville-based Hero Dogs, which trains dogs to aid militaryveterans.
Two shot in attemptedrobbery in GaithersburgA 65-year-old man and
a 75-year-old woman whereshot in an apparent armed-robbery attempt in Gaithers-burg on Thursday, accordingto county police.
Police received a report ofgunshots near Premiere Courtjust before 1 p.m., followedshortly by another report ofan armed robbery at SweeneyBuilding Services, at 18931Premiere Court.
Officers found the two vic-tims at the scene. Both weretaken to the hospital withnon-life-threatening injuries,according to police.
The glass door to the busi-ness, which was reportedlylocked, appeared to have beenshot out. Witnesses reportedthat two or three people hadparticipated in the robbery,according to police.
Itwasn’t immediately clearwhether the perpetratorswentinto the business or if theytook anything, according topolice. Additional informationwas not available Tuesday.
The incident is still underinvestigation, and anyonewith information was asked tocall the Montgomery CountyPolice Major Crimes Division
at 240-773-5070.
Police searching forGaithersburg teenPolice in Montgomery
County are looking for amissing teen from Gaithers-burg who has not been seensince Oct. 23.
Tatiana Moore, 16, wasreported missing from the9500 block of FernhollowWay, but there have beenreported sightings of her inGermantown, where she isknown to spend time atMile-stone Apartments, accordingto county police.
Moore’s family is con-cerned for her emotional andphysical well-being, accord-ing to police.
Moore is a black female,five feet, two inches tall,with black hair and browneyes and weighing about 110pounds, according to police.
Anyone with informa-tion about Moore’s where-abouts is asked to call thecounty police Special Vic-tims Investigation Divisionat 240-773-5400 or the policenonemergency line at 301-279-8000.
— DANIEL LEADERMAN
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n But action does notchange closures on certain
holidays
BYLINDSAYA. POWERSSTAFFWRITER
The Montgomery schoolboard on Tuesday passed a cal-endar for the 2015-16 academicyear that does not reference anyreligious holiday.
The change, which does notreverse theactualclosuresoncer-tainholidays,wasmadein lightofrequests from the county’s Mus-lim community to add Eid al-Adha to next year’s calendar. Theholiday would fall on the sameday, Sept. 23, as YomKippurnextyear.
The Muslim community, in-cludingtheEquality forEidCoali-tion, alsohascalled for theschoolsystem to close schools on Eidal-Adha and Eid al-Fitr. An Eidholiday,however,willnotconflictwith classes for a few years. Theholidayschangeeachyearas theyfollow the Islam lunar calendar.
Superintendent Joshua P.Starr had recommended beforethe board’s Tuesday meetingthat the school system removereferences in the calendar toRoshHashanah and YomKippur
to demonstrate that closures onthosedaysare theresultofabsen-teeratesonlyandnot toobserveareligious holiday.
Maryland requires schoolsbeclosedoncertaindays, includ-ing Christmas, Christmas Eve,the Friday before Easter and theMonday after Easter.
School system officials havesaid the system needs a secularreason, suchashighabsenteeismrates from students and staff, tolegally justify closing schools onaholiday.
School board member Re-becca Smondrowski put forwardan amendment that removed allreferences to religiousholidays inthe 2015-16 calendar.
“While I do respect the factthat certain groups are largerthan others, I just think that it’ssomething that we do need to bevery equitable to all,” she said.Removing the names, she said, is“themost equitable option.”
Smondrowski and otherboard members strongly ex-pressed a need to continue dis-cussing whether schools shouldbe closedon theEidholidays.
Saqib Ali, co-chair of thecoalition, told the board beforetheir vote that he was frustrated.Speaking to Starr’s recommen-dation to remove the Jewishholi-
day names, Ali said he thinks “itseems very silly to do so.”
“It seems like the school ad-ministration isworking very, veryhard tofindexcusesandrational-izationsand false reasons todenythe Muslim community equal-ity,” he said.
Rabbi Batya Steinlauf tes-tified before the vote that shethought Starr’s recommendationwas “problematic.” She is direc-tor of social justice and InterfaithInitiatives for theJewishCommu-nity Relations Council of GreaterWashington.
“To remove references tothe Jewish holidays onwhich theschools are closed, while retain-ing references to the Christianholidays listed for identical rea-sons, is a sign of disrespect forthe Jewish community and otherfaiths represented in our com-munity,” she said.
Thesystem“can’t ignore” theissue, said board member Chris-topher S. Barclay, and has to fig-ureoutwhat it candowithin legalboundaries.
“We’re kicking the can downthe road right now,” he said.
Board member MichaelDurso said it was “almost as if”thecounty’sMuslimcommunitywas facing a penalty for not hav-ing their children skip school on
the holidays.“No matter how well-inten-
tioned we are, it comes off asinsensitive,” Durso said of notclosing schools on the holidays.He did not vote for Smondrows-ki’s amendment.
Joshua I. Civin, a schoolsystem attorney, said school of-ficials should be careful as theylook tocreatecriteria for closuresso that it is consistent regardingboth religious and non-religiousdays where schools see signifi-cant numbers of people not at-tending.
The school board votedin November last year not toamend the 2014-15 school cal-endar to give students and staffthe day off on the Eid holidays.
The school system musthave a secular reason for closingschools.Thedistrict’sdecision inthe 1970s to close for the Jewishholidays was based on absenteerates that fell around 15 percent,according to school officials.
About 5.6 percent of stu-dents and 5 percent of teach-ers were absent on Eid al-Adhalast year, according to a Nov. 7,2013 letter from Starr to CountyCouncilmanGeorge Leventhal.
Civin said there is no legalguidance regarding a certainpercentage of absenteeism thatmust occur to justify closingschools.
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BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
About 50,000 fewer Mont-gomery County voters hit thepolls Tuesday than in the lastthree gubernatorial elections,and overall voter turnout in thecounty was at a 24-year low.
Exactly why is unclear.“I’m sure everyone is
scratching their heads,” saidCouncilwoman Nancy Floreen.“It was really disappointing.”
While the number of reg-istered voters in MontgomeryCounty has steadily been on therise since 1990, the percentageof those votinghas been steadilyon the decline.
In 1990, MontgomeryCounty had 365,960 registeredvoters, of which 57.71 percent,or 211,199, voted.
In 2014, the county reached634,659 registered voters, ofwhich only 38.92 percent, or246,978, voted.
The actual number ofcounty residents voting in a gu-bernatorial general election hasbeen falling since 2006.
In the 2006 gubernatorialelection, 308,429 voters castballots, up from 295,152 votersin the 2002 election. But only246,978 voters cast ballots onTuesday.
Even with the advent ofearly voting in Maryland in2010, turnout has been on thedecline. Early voting was startedto increase voter participation.
“You could keep polls openfor a month and it would notmake a difference,” said Coun-cilman Marc B. Elrich (D-Atlarge) of Takoma Park. “I thinkpeople don’t want to vote.”
DavidMoon, a political con-sultant and Democratic dele-gate-elect in House District 20,said as per usual, turnout washighest among older popula-tions.
However, “Tomorrow’solder voters are yesterday’syounger voters,” he said.
Moonnoted the rising num-ber of new registrants, saying it’slikely that those people are notvoting because they have notbeen adequately “brought intothe civic engagement fold.”
“The Board of Elections andthird-party groups are going tohave to step it up,” he said. “Inthat category, those with themost incentive to do that will bethe party itself.”
When looking at the par-ticipation numbers from Tues-day and comparing them toprevious elections, Moon saidthe political climate at the timematters.
In 2006, the United Stateshad a Republican president,George W. Bush, and areas likeMontgomery had a fired-upDemocratic base.
As Elrich said, many votersare disappointed with the na-tional party leadership.
Floreen said voter disgustwith Capitol Hill is affecting lo-cal politics. “The more peopleare frustrated with them, themore frustrated they are in gen-eral,” she said.
But she said the low turn-out locally also could be a re-flection of an electorate thatis satisfied and not looking tochange its local leadership.
County Councilman PhilipM. Andrews, author of thecouncil’s new campaign fi-nance law, said it is not diffi-cult to register or actually votein Maryland.
“The problem is that peoplewho are registered to vote arenot coming out to vote becausethey feel their vote isn’t impor-tant, or won’t make a differ-ence,” he said.
Certain actions — like thecouncil ignoring voters’ rejec-tion of an ambulance fee andcreating one anyway — send a
message that residents’ votesdon’t count, he said.
Andrews pointed to openprimaries, redistricting reformand public financing as ways toengage more voters.
“The real issue is, how doyou get people to go to thepolls?,” Floreen said. “In Aus-tralia, they fine you if you don’tvote. I’m not sure we can get
away with that here.”According to the Australia
Electoral Commission, aftereach election, the commissionwill send a letter to all nonvot-ers, requesting that they eitherprovide a “valid and sufficientreason for failing to vote” orpay a $20 penalty.
Voters skipped polls in Montgomery
InBriefGaithersburg companyachieves milestone inbalance collaborationGenVec Inc., a biophar-
maceutical company basedin Gaithersburg, has reacheda significant benchmark in itscollaboration with Novartis inSwitzerland for the develop-ment of treatments for hearingand balance disorders.
Novartis has begun its clini-cal trial and has dosed the firstpatient with intra-labyrinthine(IL) CGF166, a gene therapy, toassess its safety, tolerability andefficacy, according to a GenVecnews release.
Under the terms of thecollaboration agreement, thistriggers a $3 million milestonepayment to GenVec, the releasesaid.
Heritage Montgomeryawards mini grants to two
local entitiesThe Heritage Tourism Al-
liance of Montgomery County— a nonprofit organizationdedicated to preserving andpromoting local history, cul-ture and distinctive natural ar-eas — has awarded mini grantsto two entities in Gaithersburg.
Gaithersburg CommunityMuseum received $2,500 to up-grade its historic general stores,bank and school room inter-pretive exhibits. The QuinceOrchard Project also was given$2,500 for museum design,development and displays inthe former Quince OrchardColored School at the PleasantView Historic Site.
The grants were awardedas part of Maryland Emancipa-tion Day celebrations at ButtonFarm Living History Center inGermantown.
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under Hogan
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Montgomery County’selected leadership will have onlya few new faces, but with a Re-publican governor-elect, viewsare mixed about the future of lo-cal priorities.“There are going to be a
number of Montgomery Countypriorities I think, in the next fouryears, thatwill be put on thebackburner,” said County Council
PresidentCraig L. Rice.Annual school enrollment is
growing at a rate that is threaten-ing to halt residential develop-ment in parts of the county. Riceis concerned that Montgomery’srequest formoreschoolconstruc-tion money could go nowhere,just like during the 2014 GeneralAssembly.“The reality is we can’t keep
puttingstuff in the [capitalbudget]if it’snotgoingtogetfunding,”saidRice(D-Dist.2)ofGermantown.During the campaign, Demo-
crats accused Gov.-elect LarryHogan of believing school con-structiondollars constitutedwasteinthestatebudget.But not everyone fears Hogan
will put the kibosh on county pri-orities.“I don’t know him, but I like
what I’ve heard about him,” saidCouncil Vice President George L.Leventhal (D-At large) of TakomaPark. “He seems like a practicalperson and it seems like we sharea lot in common. Growing jobsand strengthening our economyare important tome, too. I’m veryoptimistic about workingwith thenewgovernor.”Montgomery’s transportation
projects could face an uncertainfuture under a Hogan adminis-tration. The county pushed Gov.Martin O’Malley (D) to makeshovel-ready the Purple Line,a light rail connection between
Bethesda and New Carrollton.Now that the project is ready tobegin, the county is looking toAn-napolistofootalargeportionoftheconstructionbill.Advocates at the Coalition for
SmarterGrowthbelieveHoganwillsupport the Purple Line becauseeconomicdevelopment is spurredby transit. Hogan’s campaignwas laser-focused on economicdevelopment and jobs, said AlexPosorske,managingdirectorofthecoalition.“If Larry Hogan is worried
aboutMaryland losing jobs to Vir-ginia then I can think of no betterproject to move forward then thePurple Line,” Posorske said. “Wehave faithwhenhe says economic
development is his number 1 fo-cus.”Councilman Marc B. Elrich
was less confident because thePurple Line will not drive mucheconomic development; most ofthe region it is planned to serve isdeveloped.“It’s unlikely the state is going
to be a big partner in this unlessweconvincehimit’sgoodforbusi-ness,” said Elrich (D-At large) ofTakomaPark.However,othertransitprojects
like the Corridor Cities Transitway— a 15-mile bus rapid transit linethatwill serve theupcounty—willdrivedevelopment,Elrichsaid.Inaddition toHogan’s victory,
Republicans on Tuesday added
members in both chambers of theGeneral Assembly. But in Mont-gomery, no Republican won aseat on the County Council or inthe 32-member delegation to An-napolis.CountyExecutiveIsiahLeggett
(D), who was elected to a thirdterm, said the incumbent victoriesaffirmpastworkandshowsupportfor thevisionfor the future.“I think the county has given
us high marks for our financialmanagement and sustainability,and that is reflected in the vote,”hesaid.
Montgomery County’s leadership to remain much the same
n Elections board todiscuss what took so long
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Montgomery County’s finalelection day results rolled intothe state at about 2:25 a.m. on
Nov. 5, and local elections of-ficials are expected to discussthe timing of its reporting at thenext boardmeeting.Montgomery County has
250 election-day precincts, lessthan only Baltimore city andPrince George’s County whichhave 296 and 274 precincts re-spectively.
Yet both Baltimore city andPrince George’s County, alongwith every other county in thestate counted ballots faster thanMontgomery County after thepolls closed onNov. 4.Nikki Charlson, deputy ad-
ministrator of the State Boardof Elections, said MontgomeryCounty was the last jurisdiction
to report results to the state.“It’s a long process,” she
said. “Montgomery is a bigcounty.”Working into the wee hours
of themorning onNov. 5was onpar with past elections, countyBoard of Elections spokes-womanMargie Roher said.“I can’t remember a time
when I have been out of hereearlier than 1:30 or 2 a.m.,” shesaid. “Really, it was pretty typi-cal.”But Roher said the Board of
Elections does plan to discussthe “lateness” of the results atits Nov. 17meeting.She said the board will look
at best practices and discuss thenew voting system the state willuse for the 2016 election to seehow both could impact the tim-ing of reporting.Charlson said the state will
move to a paper-based votingsystem starting with the 2016
primary, but exactly what effectthat could have on how fast re-sults are reported remains to beseen.With the current electronic
system, uploading election re-sults through multiple securitylevels that protect the informa-tion takes time, Roher said.“We are the largest jurisdic-
tion in the state,” she added,saying that why the county wasthe last to report results alsocould be extrapolated from thatfact.
Montgomery County was slowest in state to report election-day results
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1982, he immediately set out to realize his version of theAmerican Dream. He earned the trust, respect and friendship ofmany co-workers in the various jobs he held in the Washington,D.C. area, his most recent position being that of letter carrierwith the United States Postal Service.Manolo is most remembered as a loyal friend, loving familyman and devoted husband. His tireless pursuit to provide abetter life for his children culminated with all three of his sonsgraduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, witheach finding success in their respective professional careers.The achievement of which he was most proud, however, was his42 year marriage to his childhood sweetheart, Nelly Torres.In recent years, Manolo wholeheartedly took on the role ofcaregiver, as he lovingly helped his son battle and progressthrough a recovery from a serious illness.Manolo enjoyed going to the beach, soccer, and spending timewith his grandchildren. He is survived by his beloved wife,Nelly; son and daughter-in-law, Alberto and Melissa Alvarez ofUrbana, MD; son and daughter-in-law, Cesar and KathleenAlvarez of Jupiter, FL; son, Juan Carlos Alvarez of Washington,DC; and five grandchildren (Tatiana, Manuel, Thomas, Danieland Eliana).A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 22nd atSt. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Gaithersburg at 10 AM.Memorial donations may also be made to www.braintumor.org.
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Teacher Association.Rachel Carson Elemen-
tary, at 100 Tsciffely Road, sitsalongside Darnestown Roadon the edge of the Kentlandscommunity. The school, whichwas built in 1990, serves stu-dents in grades kindergartenthrough fifth grade. It has a cur-
rent capacity of 667 seats, butenrollment has soared to 1,007this school year, according tothe school system’s Capital Im-provements Program (CIP).
The CIP shows that, at pres-ent, Rachel Carson is the mostovercrowded elementary schoolin Montgomery County PublicSchools.
The school, however, is nota viable location for an expan-sion project, according to Starr’s
recommendation. As a result,the study would look at buildingadditions to Jones LaneElemen-tary andDufiefElementary to al-leviate overcrowding at RachelCarson.
“It’s the first step in theprocess,” Dana Tofig, a schoolsystem spokesman, wrote in anemail to The Gazette. “First weare doing the feasibility studyto see what the space needs areand if it is feasible to ease over-
utilization at Carson with addi-tions at the two other schools.Basedon the results of the study,wewoulddeterminehowtopro-ceed forward in a future CIP.”
While Witten acknowledgedthat the two nearby schools are“both very good,” he said hedidn’t think many parents atRachel Carson were interestedin having their children redis-tricted to a different elementaryschool.
Instead, the group of par-ents came up with two solutionsthey’d like to see the school sys-tem consider.
Parents are interested inhaving a feasibility study con-ducted on Rachel Carson to seewhether the school could sup-port an expansion. Witten saidthe community’s been told thatsimilar study was done in 2007and it concluded that the prop-erty did not have enough room
for an expansion, but the groupsaid it would still like a newstudy to revisit the issue.
Construction of a new el-ementary school in the Kent-lands/Lakelands area was alsoan idea put forth by many par-ents, Witten said. Ideally, par-ents would like to see the schoolbe built on city land near the GETechnology Park.
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giveaways, as well as personalcare, financial education andemployment.
Different companies andorganizations providing ser-vices for homeless individu-als throughout the countywill have tables set up withrepresentatives there to pro-
vide guests with information.The Gaithersburg High Schoolcosmetology department willbe offering free hair cuts andmanicures to guests. Countyhospitals and health clinics willbe offering health screenings,blood pressure checks, smok-ing cessation help as well asfree HIV testing.
“People really appreciate it.People love the free haircuts,”Huggins said.
Khan said that each yearthere are usually 60 to 65 ven-dors, 250 volunteers and about300 to 350 households whocome for the resources. In addi-tion to organizations who focuson helping homeless individu-als, such as the Homeless Per-sons Representation Project,other groups will be providingdonated winter clothes andfood to help lend a hand.
“There will be free lunches
and a lot of giveaways,” Khansaid.
For those who do not havea car or money for public trans-portation, Ride-On will providebus services from 9:00 a.m. to3:00 p.m.
“Every year the departmentof transportation provides uswith special event buses. Theygo to different locations, pickup guests for free and also bringthem back,” Huggins said.
Special pick-ups and drop-offs will occur at the BethesdaMetro Station, GermantownTransit Center, Rockville MetroStation and Silver Spring MetroStation. For more informationon transportation and orga-nizations present visit www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HRD.
Montgomery CountyHealth and Human Services isdivided into five divisions, one
of which is Special Needs Hous-ing which works very closelywith the county’s homeless andon Homeless Resource Day.
“We provide housing andstabilization services to helpprevent people from going intohomelessness. We help withutilities, people who are gettingbehind in their rent. We providehomeless services,” Khan said.
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Should the city decide to re-linquish the property, it wouldbe declared “surplus” and likelyposted for sale.
After some discussion, theCity Council voted 3-2 to reopenthe record for an additional pe-riod of 30 days.
A separate, adjoining landparcel was declared surplus in2012 and posted for sale after go-ing through the public process.That parcel has since gone un-der contract with Fitzgerald AutoMall, which plans to construct aone-story,3,722-square-footauto-mobile sales building and associ-
atedon-sitevehicle storageontheproperty as a whole, according tothepreliminary siteplan.
The Gaithersburg PlanningCommission has already ap-proved the preliminary plan un-der the condition that FitzgeraldAuto Mall must finalize acquisi-tion of all parcels — including theone currently in question — be-foreobtainingfinal site approval.
Pearson and Ahmed askedthe city to extend the publiccomment period for the smallparcel for several reasons.
First, the community of justmore than 90 homes would liketo have an environmental plan-ner analyze the property.
“We have put ourselves intouch with an environmental or-
ganization,” Pearson said. “We’dlike to take a look at the land usein terms of what it just does forthe property and for parking carsin and out of there. This is the en-trance toourneighborhood.”
Ahmed said that he and otherresidents have been going door-to-door to inform neighbors ofthe current situation regardingthe land parcel since there is ageneral lack of understanding inthe community about what is go-ing on. As a result, many of thosepeoplewerenot able tohave theirvoiceheardduring the initialpub-lichearing.
“I feel that if people aren’taware of [the situation], thenthey’re not able to voice theiropinions on the matter, whether
it’s regarding the surplus plot orregarding the development ofthe land.”
Councilmen Ryan Spiegel,Mike Sesma and Jud Ashmanvoted in favor of reopening the
record, saying they generallydidn’t see the harm in it.
Sesma did note that hewanted to make sure that thepublic understands that thesurplus land hearing is only to
discuss whether or not the landshould be declared surplus, notto discuss Fitzgerald Auto Mall’sdevelopment plan.
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Ethiopian native Sadik Os-man, who lives in Germantown,said he used to drive for nearlyan hour to attend an Ethiopianmosque inWashington,D.C.
Now he only needs to driveeight minutes to attend the newIslamic Society of Germantownmosque, which celebrated itsnear completion with a ribbon-cutting onSaturday.
“Thismeans a lot to us,” saidOsman, whowould also drive asfar as Virginia during the monthof Ramadan, when Muslims fo-cus on prayer and fast duringdaylight hours.
“I’d sometimes go to north-ernVirginia tofindthatRamadanflavor,” he said. “Now I canbreakthe fast with the [local] commu-nity.”
HundredsofMuslim familiesattended the celebration, alongwithmembers of the county’s in-terfaith community and countyofficials, includingCountyExecu-tive Isiah Leggett.
Located on Blunt Road nearthe Fox Chapel shopping cen-ter, the mosque, also known asa masjid, will open to the public,probably after Thanksgiving, toallow for some additional minorwork, such as the installation ofcarpet.
The building features prayerrooms on the first and secondfloors and daycare rooms foryoung children on the secondfloor. In the basement is a com-mercial kitchen that will servehot meals and also a café, wherevisitors can buy coffee, MiddleEastern spices, groceries and ha-lalmeats.
“It’s a great day, somethingeverybody has been waiting for,”said Ammar Najjar of German-town, who serves as the masjid’simamor spiritual leader.
More than 10 years in themaking, the new masjid will bea more convenient place for up-county Muslims, providing notonly a permanent place to gatherbut also a spiritual home.
Hamza Khan, who lives in
Germantown, said when he wasgrowing up in Potomac, therewere only two mosques in thearea, and they required longdrives.
“Now there are more than30 congregations with between68,000 to 100,000 Muslims [liv-ing in thecounty], a thirdof themliving inGermantownandGaith-ersburg,” Khan said.
For years they have prayed atthe Islamic Center of Marylandin Gaithersburg or at ClarksburgHighSchool, orat theSoccerPlex,Boys andGirls Club or KingsviewMiddle School in Germantown,members said.
“Thismosqueisreallybigandreally nice,” said Osman’s sonAymanOsman, a seventh-graderatKingsviewMiddleSchool. “Youcan bring your whole family, andthere’s a daycare where you canput thebaby.”
Najjar,whohasabackgroundin engineering, thanked MagdiHassanein of Brinklow, whochaired the building committee,for their many joint trips to thecounty Department of Permit-ting Services.
Najjaralso thankedcontribu-tors, some of whom lent moneyfor theprojectbutwithout charg-
ing interest. The center did notborrowfromlocalbanks,becausecharging interest is consideredusury under Islamic Law.
Hassanein’s wife, Mimi Has-sanein, a county liaison to theMiddle Eastern community, saidshe hopes to develop programsfor masjid members and alsonon-Muslims in the area.
“We want to build bridgesbetween Muslims and non-Muslims,” said Mimi Hassanein,who envisions starting a localinterfaith book club, as well asdialogues with churches andsynagogues.
“It’s a place of worship, aplaceofGod ...but it’salsoacom-munity center,” she said.
Mimi Hassanein envisionsthe masjid offering classes inArabic and programs for youngpeople, as well as providing in-formation toMuslims about howto get involved in PTAs, civic as-sociations, nonprofits and politi-cal life.
“It’s to really have a voice,”said Hassanein, who has servedon the county’sDemocraticCen-tral Committee.
“[It’s about] how to be amember of our county ... aboutliving as anAmerican citizen, not
justa transitoryperson,”shesaid.A sixth-grader at Farquhar
Middle School inOlney,MaryamHigazi was among the manyyoung people who came to themasjid onSaturday.
“A lot of people dressed up,”she said. “It’s a really good occa-sion. I feel it’s a good improve-ment to the county.”
Members of Higazi’s ex-tended family also attended thecelebration, including her cous-ins Sumaya and Hajar Abdelmo-tagaly of Columbia, and SelmaHassanein ofWoodbine.
Thamim Khan, of German-town,was among thefirst toprayin themasjid onSaturday.
“It’s definitely a big honor,”Khan said. “It’s something new,and an opportunity to be part ofsomethingblessed.Youcanbuildrelationshipswithpeople here.”
A native of Bengaluru (Ban-galore),which isknownas theSil-icon Valley of India, Khan cameto the U.S. to study architectureat the University of Maryland atCollege Park.
“It’s really good we have amosque here,” he said. “It givesagoodopportunity fornon-Mus-lims [to learn more about Islam]and get away from the preju-dices.”
Najjar said he was moved bythe many people who came tonot only celebrate but also prayin thenewmasjid.
“I was speechless, I had topause to gathermy thoughts,” hesaid.
“[It was wonderful] to sharethis joyous moment,” he said.“Has it really been more than 10years? Is it just a dream?”
“We threw down the seeds,and today we are collecting thefruits,” Najjar said. “Hopefully itwill be as sweet for everybody.”
New mosque opens in Germantown
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Abu Jafar of Montgomery Village calls Muslims to prayer during the festivi-ties as the Islamic Society of Germantown celebrates the near completion oftheir new masjid with the community on Saturday in Germantown.
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n Election Boardvoted to request anindependent audit of
registrations
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Montgomery CountyBoard of Elections plans toseek an independent audit ofvoter registrations handledby Maryland’s Motor VehicleAdministration (MVA), afterreports that voters’ registra-tions were being changedwithout consent during visitsto theMVA.
The Gazette first reportedthe registration problemwhen several voters came for-ward after the June 24 primaryand said they were unable tocast a traditional ballot be-cause their registrations werechanged without their con-sent.
Montgomery CountyBoard of Elections estimatedseveral hundred of its approx-imately 635,000 voters couldhave experienced an unau-thorized change.
While MVA said at the
time it had no knowledge ofsuch problems and the StateBoard of Elections blamedthe problem on the county,Montgomery County’s Boardof Elections has continued itsefforts to address and remedythe issue.
According to a letter tothe editor to TheGazette pub-lishedOct. 29, the board votedto request an independentaudit of “the process, train-ing and systems as well as theaccuracy of the voter registra-tions of the MVA and the rea-sons for any inaccuracies.”
The board said in the let-ter it hopes to have the pro-cess for an audit underway“shortly following the conclu-sion of the 2014GubernatorialElection and canvass.”
As of Monday, the boardhad not yet requested the au-dit, board spokeswomanMar-gie Roher said.
“Right now the focus forthe board is on certifying theelection,” she said.
The timeline and specificsfor the audit will be discussedat the board’s next meeting at2:30 p.m. Nov. 17, she said.
County to seek auditof voter registrations
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Listen closely, and one can almosthear the tooth-gnashing and hand-wringing ofMontgomery County’slargely Democratic electorate at thethought of a Republican occupyingGovernment House in January. Gov.-elect Larry Hogan is anathema tocounty Democrats: A Republican hell-bent on cutting taxes, whichwill meanless government revenue, and by defi-nition, fewer government services. Butsuch consternation is premature. Yes,he wants to cut taxes, but there’s nosignHogan is a tea party conservativestraight out of Central Casting, whowants to shut down government.
Yes, he wants to end the “rain tax.”But he also told Gazette editors that hewants to replaceMaryland’s funding ofenvironmental programs,money thatwas raided in recent years to balancebudgets. That doesn’t sound like thekind of Republicanwhowants to chokethe life out of state government.
And someDemocrats are alreadypreparing their coulda, woulda,shoulda statements. Here’s whatCounty Council President Craig L. Ricetold The Gazette’s Kate Alexander:“There are going to be a number ofMontgomery County priorities I think,in the next four years, that will be puton the backburner.”
Laying aside the never-endinghopefulness of aMontgomery politi-cian, those priorities likely would havebeen on the backburner anyway. Lt.Gov. Anthony Brown promised to pro-vide relief toMaryland families, mean-ing hewould have had to squeeze theMaryland budget himself, threateningthoseMontgomery County priorities.Maybe Brownwouldn’t cut taxes asdeeply as Hoganwould, but no oneshould thinkMarylandwould have hadan overflowing larder of services andprojects had the election results gonedifferently.
Among those county priorities,of course, are school constructionprojects. Despite attempts tomakeit appear Hoganwants to cut schoolconstruction completely out of thestate budget, there still will be schoolsto build andmoney to build them. InMontgomery, a lack of school capac-ity could halt development in SilverSpring,Wheaton andGaithersburg.Economic development will be ahallmark of the future Hogan admin-istration.Would it be such a stretch tothink the state would step in to keepthe county fromputting those areas inmoratorium?
Despite his opponents’ attempts tomake it appear Hoganwill halt everytransit program, people still need to getto work.Maybe transit advocates willbristle at themiles of fresh pavementthe new governor budgets. But toomuch of our transportationmoney hasbeen siphoned off to pay for other pri-orities. Even the Coalition for SmarterGrowth is willing to take theman at hisword, at least until his Jan. 21 swear-ing-in. The organization supports thecounty’s signature big-money trans-portation project, the Purple Line.
“If Larry Hogan is worried aboutMaryland losing jobs to Virginia then Ican think of no better project tomoveforward than the Purple Line.We havefaith when he says economic devel-opment is his No. 1 focus,” said AlexPosorske,managing director of thecoalition.
Thismight not reveal that the co-alition is givingHogan the benefit ofthe doubt, but it does show an interestgroup that’s trying to speak in his lan-guage.
On that note, wewere impressedbywhat Council Vice President GeorgeLeventhal said: “I don’t know him, butI like what I’ve heard about him. Heseems like a practical person, and itseems like we share a lot in common.Growing jobs and strengthening oureconomy are important tome, too. I’mvery optimistic about working with thenew governor.”
EnterHogan
Maryland voters made historylast week not by electing Maryland’sfirst African-American governor norby ending the lieutenant governor’sjinx. Neither happened. Instead, his-tory was made when a private citizenwho never held public office, Larry
Hogan, waselected gover-nor and just ashistorically, didit with publicfunds.
H o g a nran againstthe O’Malley/Brown ad-ministration’shigh taxes andfaltering econ-omy, a recordhis opponent,
Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown either wouldnot or could not defend. Hogan’spocketbook campaign drove his vot-ers to the polls and kept Brown’s athome. Cousin Pookie never got offthe couch.
Voter turnout in2010 (early votingand Election Day polls) was 50.4 per-cent. This year it was 44.5 percent, anall-time low. Despite adding 233,375additional voters since 2010, 102,662fewer voters than four years ago votedlast week.
More importantly, it was Brown’svoters who stayed away. The averagevoter turnout in the four countiesBrown won (Charles, Montgomery,Prince George’s and Baltimore city)was 39.3 percent. Hogan won theother 20 counties where the aver-age turnout was 50.1 percent. Andbecause Brown’s voters didn’t show,Hogan’s margins were magnified —more than70percent of the vote in 15counties, 37 percent in Montgomery,22 percent in Baltimore city. Touch-downs win football games, turnoutwins elections.
The only thing worse than los-ing a governor’s race is winning.Now Larry Hogan must govern witha Democratic legislature that’s evenmore liberal than it’s predecessor, ifthat’s possible. Because nine moder-ateDems lost, nearly two thirds of thelegislature’s Democratic caucus nowcomes from the “Big Three”; Mont-gomery, Prince George’s and Balti-more city.
Democratic leaders and Hoganhave made the obligatory “worktogether, reach across the aisle”pledges, much like two prize fighterstouching gloves before the bell rings.But make nomistake, the Dems’ soleobjective over the next four years isdestroyingHoganwhom they view astrespasser, not governor.
When he served in the Bob Eh-rlich administration, Larry Hoganwatched the Dems and the mediachop up Ehrlich. Remember the $1million, year-long legislative probeinto—are you sittingdown—politicsin state hiring? Or, even more hypo-critical, the Dem’smoral objection toEhrlich’s slots which, magically, dis-appeared once O’Malley won.
With a straight face, all the folks
who opposed Hogan are now ear-nestly offering to “work together”with the new governor. If Hogan fallsfor that, he’s an idiot because, nomatter how much he accommodatesthem, these same folks will be work-ing against him in 2018.
Apparently Hogan understandsthis because he describes himself as a“goalie governor,” like an ice hockeygoalie who doesn’t play offense buthangs around the net blocking shots.
Here are the facts of life regardinggovernor Hogan’s tenure: first, Mary-land’s economy (and Maryland’s taxrevenues)will remainstagnant thanksto the new GOP Congress which waselected to cut federal spending,Mary-land’s economic lifeline. Second,Gov.O’Malley is leaving behind a fiscalmess including a big structural defi-cit and massive debt. Third, none ofHogan’s bills will ever make it out ofcommittee.
So, the question for Hogan is,“How much of my agenda can I ac-complish without involving theGeneral Assembly?” The answer, for-tunately, is “quite a lot.”
No new taxes. Thanks to his bud-get and veto powers, Gov. Hogan cansingle-handedly block (like a goalie)any new taxes for the next four years.He won’t propose new taxes in hisbudget, and he’ll veto any tax billsthe legislature sends him. In the newHouse of Delegates, the Republicansare only seven votes shy of sustain-ing a veto, which shouldn’t be hard tomuster against a tax hike.
Austerity. The looming politicalfirefight will be about Hogan’s bud-gets which the Assembly can neitherincrease nor alter. Due to Maryland’sfiscal crisis, Hogan’s budgets won’tinclude any new spending (no pre-K,Thornton II, pay raises, etc.) or any of
thosepromised tax rollbacks. Instead,Hogan must cut current spendingprograms due to declining revenues.
But, because somuch of the bud-get spending is mandated (Hoganmust include it), he will end up slash-ing discretionary spending (highered, employee layoffs, etc.). The Demsand the media will hold up Hogan’sdoomsday budget as proof that hehates widows, orphans and puppydogs because he won’t restore fund-ing with new taxes.
For Marylanders that’s the mo-ment of truth; a shrunkenbudget bal-anced against declining revenues willresult in a limited amount of austeritywhich will produce a terrific outcrybecause every spending program hasa constituency.
Will LarryHoganwitherunder thebacklash (like President George H.W.Bush) or will he stick to his guns likeWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker? Evenmore importantly, what happenswhen Hogan’s doomsday budgetsmakeMarylanders confront their ownambivalence — we want the spend-ing but not the taxes? Will Maryland-ers accept the price and pain of stategovernment living within it’smeans?
A Way Out. If Gov. Hogan sticksto his guns the Dems will eventuallycompromise on more reasonablespending cuts without new taxesbecause, in the end, the Dems can’tstomach the doomsday budget. Butthis budget battle may go into extrainnings (special sessions).
The budget crisis could also pavethe way for some political deals. Ho-gan can, single-handedly, kill or de-lay Maryland’s two light rail projectssaving the state nearly $2 billion, aprospect that has the light rail lobbywetting it’s pants.
Hogan should offer the legisla-
tive Dems this deal: forget light railand use the savings to restore someof the counties’ highway funds andfor state roads, bridges and Metrocapital costs. Also, use the savings forschool construction (are you listeningMoCo?) and to finance repeal of the“rain tax” (which is not mandated byfederal law).
Will the legislative Dems fall ontheir swords for mass transit (whichserves less than 10 percent of Mary-landers) instead of school construc-tion, getting rid of the hated rain taxand fixing our deteriorating roadsand bridges? True, the voters just puta lock box on those transportationfunds but they also gave lawmakersthe combination.
There’s even precedent: Remem-ber when Gov. Glendening haltedwork on the Intercounty Connector?And voters in MoCo, PG and Balt.didn’t exactly rush out to defend lightrail in last week’s election. Sure, lightrail would be nice but we have morepressing needs.
In his budget battles with the leg-islature Hogan has one huge advan-tage theDems lack—hedoesn’t needthe job. Electing a governorwho’s nota professional politician was pure ge-nius.Hogancanstandup to theDemsbecause, to him, standing on princi-pal is more important than standingfor re-election.
Blair Lee is chairman of the boardof Lee Development Group in SilverSpring and a regular commentatorforWBAL radio. His past columns areavailable at www.gazette.net/blairlee.His email address is [email protected].
Larry Hogan: the ‘goalie governor’
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Newly elected Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan gives the thumbs-up to his supporters after addressing them during an electionnight party at the Westin Hotel in Annapolis.
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MY MARYLANDBLAIR LEE
Racism is root of death in black ba-bies — really? [“Racism at root of dispar-ity in infant mortality, research says,”Sept. 23] This article says “Many of theblack women who lose their babies areinsured, employed and middle to upperclass.”
Guess what? That is also true forwomen of all other races. The writerconcludes that the issue of black babiesdemise before age 1 comes down to “thestress of racism or sexism.” How aboutthe stress of anti-Semitism or the stressof sexism of women of all other races?Is there stress in any pregnant woman
who is not insured or employed?The article talks about “a mother’s
health before conception and the impor-tance of breastfeeding.” How is racismthe cause of a pregnant woman’s choiceto drink, to use drugs or to not breast-feed?
What if you substitute the word re-jection for racism felt by all women dueto not maintaining healthy weight, badlifestyle choices, smoking, drinking, us-ing drugs. Could that cause stress? Whatcolor do you have to be for that?
Jacqueline A. Postal, Silver Spring
Stress not limited to raceWith regard to your article
on the Thomas Edison Schoolof Technology on Oct. 29 aboutthe innovative work the schoolis doing [“Not your grandpa’svocational education”], I wouldlike to sharewith you the follow-ing vignette:
Following lunch in a localrestaurant, the car, in the park-ing lot, would not start.
Despite attempts on thepartof four of us in our party (maleswith over 20 years of post-grad-uate education), there was noresponse.
A young man 16 or 17 yearsold was walking by and offeredto help.Within a fewminutes hegot it started.
When asked how he knewwhat to do he respondedwithout hesitation that hewas a student at Edison. Herefused to accept efforts tocompensate him for his laborand time.
As a supporter of the
Edison School when it firststarted I was very proud.Montgomery County alsoshould be proud in fosteringand expanding the ThomasEdison School as a School ofTechnology.
Milton F. Shore, Silver Spring
Edison student a lifesaver
We owe a debt of gratitudeto the Republican party can-didates who ran for state andcounty offices in Montgomerycounty.
They spent countlesshours as well as personal fundsto offer Montgomery Countyresidents an alternative toone-party government despitethe odds favoring Democraticparty candidates due to regis-tration imbalance.
Ruth Duvall, Gaithersburg
GOP gratitude
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n Show delves intorelatable family issues
BY KIRSTY GROFF
STAFFWRITER
Though theymaybecreepy,kooky, mysterious and spooky,this altogether ooky family ex-periences the same troubles asthe average American family inKensington Arts Theatre’s pro-duction of “The Addams Fam-ily.”
The regional debut of the2010 Broadway musical byAndrew Lippa begins with agrown-up Wednesday Ad-dams bringing her “normal”boyfriend Lucas and his fam-ily home to meet her parents,Gomez and Morticia. Over thecourse of dinner, secrets arerevealed within both families,leaving relationships fragileand Wednesday and Lucas toattempt towork everything out.
Director Craig Pettinati,who founded KAT in 2002,has tried to gain the rights forthe musical for several years.Though he typically presentsdark dramas rather than dry,slapstick comedies such as“The Addams Family,” themusical has a long history inpopular culture and has a hintof themacabre.
“I enjoy comedies — di-recting them can be a differentstory,” Pettinati said. “I finddramas to be a bit more chal-lenging formyself, andmost ofthe comedy stuff I like is kindof fluffy. This is an exceptionto the rule; very few spark myinterest.”
While the original CharlesAddams comics, the movies,
and various television showsabout the devilish family tendto depict daughter Wednesdayas a child, the musical matures
her a bit, bringing new issueslike relationships and growingup and apart to the Addamshousehold. Their day-to-daylife may differ than that of astandard suburban family, butthe underlying issues remainthe same.
“Her story may seem com-pletely atypical and out-of-the-ordinary; however, once youlook past the darkness of herlife, she’s your everyday, nor-mal teenager,” said CamrynShegogue, who plays Wednes-day. “I see a lot ofmyself in her.She’s constantly strugglingwithher contrasting emotions, anddoes not fare well in awkward
situations — two things I canmajorly identify with.”
Though Wednesday’s par-ents are crazy about eachother,GomezandMorticiahit a roughpatchandwork to reaffirm theirlove for oneanother.While theymay not prove to be as starkcontrasts as Wednesday andLucas, they have their share ofdifferences that make for an in-teresting relationship dynamic.
“He’s the patriarch of thisfamily filled with dreary anddark people, yet he alwaysseems to be joking, smiling,dancing, and he’s very emo-
A rather ooky musical
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Bobby Libby as Gomez and Laura O’Brien as Morticia Addams appear in the Kensington Arts Theatre production of“The Addams Family.”
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n Hearty beer the mostpowerful of ales
AsWinter knocks on areadoors, heartier beers becomemore appealing. One of theserobust styles is the strong, rich,and hearty English Barleywine.Its name derives frombeing thealcoholic equivalent of wine butmade frombarley. An impor-tant British 1736 book on the artof brewingmentions strong alesbrewedwith “a vinous charac-ter” for wealthy households.
Before the recent advent ofthe imperial styles, Barleywineswere themost powerful of ales.While there is evidence of brew-ing centuries earlier, the firstdocumented Barleywine wasBass No. 1 BarleyWine in 1903.On the bottle it said it “has thecharacter of a rare wine.” Thefirst American versionwas An-chor Brewing’s Old Foghorn in1975.
Barleywines need a nicebrandy snifter to enjoy thefull aroma and sip the richcontents. They can be agedfor several years, impartinga smoothness andmellow-ness, while rounding out theirsharp edges and developing arich complexity that subtletychanges over time.
Barleywines have rich andstronglymalty bouquets, oftenwith notes of caramel, fruiti-ness, especially dark fruits, andmild tomoderate hops. Aromascan include low tomediumalcohol which tend to fadewith age as sherry and port-likequalities emerge and often darkfruits come to the forefront.
Flavors are normally strong,
intense and complex with awide palate that can includenutty, toast, bisquity, caramel,toffee, and/ormolasses. Theyhave amoderate to highmaltsweetness butmay finish withdryness. Often there is amoder-ate to high dried-fruitiness. Hopbitterness ranges frommildto somewhat bitter withWestCoast versions being hoppierthan East Coast and British ex-amples.
Barleywines are usually full-bodied and chewywith a vel-vety texture. A smooth alcoholicwarmth should be present butbalanced. Alcohol ranges from7-15 percent alcohol by volume(ABV) with 35-70 InternationalBittering Units (IBUs).
For the brewer barleywinesare difficult and costly to pro-duce involving large amountsof ingredients, primarily barley,and time, a fifth important in-gredient added to the basic bar-ley, hops, water and yeast.
Horn Dog (10.2 percentalcohol by volume, ABV) isbrewed by Flying Dog Breweryin Frederick. The nose of darkfruit andmolasses presages amedium sweetmolasses andmalt front. Themiddle displaysa light prunewith the sweet-ness continuing, balanced a bitby slight notes of alcohol. Thealcohol grows and becomesmore apparent in the finishand increases tomedium in theaftertaste but is well integrated
Barleywine’s not just for‘wealthy’ households
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ADDAMS FAMILYn When: 8:15 p.m. Friday,
Saturday, Nov. 21 and 22;3 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 23
n Where: Kensington TownHall/Armory, 3710 MitchellSt., Kensington
n Tickets: $15-$23
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Lead vocalist Jeff Stebbins and the guysfromMinneapolis whomake up 3 Pill Morn-ing will bemaking another stop at the FillmoreSilver Spring on Tuesday when they open forthe hard rock group In ThisMoment.
3 Pill Morning opened for HollywoodUndead back in July 2013. Since then, they’vebeen touring like crazy, playing all over theU.S.
The rockers behind the hit “Been toHell,”are used to touring, since they’ve been doingit from the beginning. Stebbins said he andthe guys would have it no other way— theylove theirmusic and they love their fans. Twothings they definitely get a lot of while on tour.
Their last album, “Black Tie Love Affair,”was their first official studio album. Once theyfinish this tour in late December, it would notbe a surprise to see themback in the studioworking on newmusic.
Tickets for the show are $33. Formoreinformation, visit fillmoresilverspring.com orcall 301-960-9999.
... And call mein the morning
FRESNO MEDIA
Midwest hard rock band 3 Pill Morning will open forIn This Moment at Fillmore Silver Spring.
Musician John Jenningshas produced a number of al-bums, including some byMaryChapin Carpenter, Robin andLindaWilliams, the Indigo GirlsandGeorge Jones, just to namea few.
Jennings is currently bat-tling kidney cancer and some ofhis fellowmusicians are out do-ing some fundraising for him.For two nights at the BethesdaBlues and Jazz Supper Club,Carpenter, along with theWil-liamses, Tift Merritt, DonDixonandMarti Jones, JohnGorkaand Francis Collins, will be per-forming to benefit Jennings.
There are three packages forpurchase for the Sunday andMonday shows: For $150, youget preferred Gold Circle DiningSeat which includes a privatepost-show receptionwith theartists, a signedmerchandisegoody bag, a signed com-memorative poster and super
VIP laminate. For $100, you getpreferred VIP dining seat whichincludes a signed John JenningsCD and a signed commemora-tive show poster. For $50, you
get a John Jennings SupporterTheatre Seat.
Formore information, visitbethesdabluesjazz.com or call240-330-4500.
Music for a good cause
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
Singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter will be performing at the BethesdaBlues and Jazz Supper Club on Sunday.
Hey, physical comedy is a lot harder thanit looks. Comedian Chevy Chase used it for hisimpersonation of Gerald Ford in “Saturday NightLive,” and even the great Dick VanDyke used abit for the “Dick VanDyke Show.” Others, suchas Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keatonwherewell known for their shtick. Just because you fall,doesn’tmean people are going to laugh, though.
OK, well, not in your face at least. They’reprobably laughing on the inside ... unless it’s yourfamily who sees you fall, then all bets are off.
TheNew York City physical comedy groupParallel Exit, will bring their show “Exit StageLeft,” to the BlackRock Center for the Arts for twoshows on Saturday. The vaudevillian show is ap-propriate for all audiences.
The companymembers will lead a physicalcomedyworkshop at 10 a.m., ideal for physicalperformers, actors, etc. The workshop is free, buta reservation is required.
Tickets for each show are $15-$22. Formoreinformation, visit blackrockcenter.org or call 240-912-1058.
Exit, stage left
COURTESY BLACKROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Physical comedy masters Parallel Exit is set to bringvaudevillian family fun to BlackRock.
tional,” said Bobby Libby, whoplays Gomez. “He obviously en-joys all the death and darknessas much as anyone, but how heshows it is much more gleefulthanMorticia orWednesday.”
“He is so talented and hasso much energy,” added LauraO’Brien, who plays Morticia,“and we’re really able to play offof each other when we do ourscenes. Though, sometimes it’sreally hard to keep a straight facewhen I look at some of the faceshe makes as Gomez — they arehilarious!”
Chemistry is key for captur-
ing Gomez and Morticia’s mar-riage, but Libby rehearsed soloearly on; it took a month intorehearsals before Pettinati wasable to cast his Morticia for theproduction. He said he will notcast someone in a role if he feelsthey aren’t a good fit — luckily,thewaitwasworth it.
“I knewIhada lot tocatchuponcoming in a little late, but I feltlike right off thebatwe just gelledreallywell asacast,” saidO’Brien.
“The first time she cameout on stage during tech in fullcostume, hair, make-up, every-thing,” Libby added, “I almostcompletely broke character andjust said outright, ‘Wow, I’m uphere with the actual Morticia.’She’s just the character come to
life.”“The Addams Family” pro-
vides a humorous look at familylife through another lens, lettingthe audience see that peoplearen’t so different from eachother. From Lucas’ “normal”family to Wednesday’s morbidone, the parents and childrenstill undergo the same worriesand doubts — but they all makeit through theother side.
After wrapping up this mu-sical, Pettinati may feel able togive comedies another shot —creepy, kooky or otherwise.
“It’s kind of ironic that some-thing sodark couldbe so fun,” hesaid.
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asmolasses comes to the fore-front. Ratings: 9/9.
Barleywine Ale (11 percentABV), made byDuck RabbitCraft Brewery in Farmville,N.C., has a sweet subduedcaramelmalt aromawith ahint of alcohol. Themodestlysweetmalt front of this brewis followed by amedium cara-melmaltmiddle with a touchof alcohol. Amuted dark fruitcompote enters in the finish,segueing into an aftertastewhere the alcohol increases tomedium and is joined by a deli-cate bitter hop. This 2-year-oldbeer probably would improvewith onemore year of aging.Ratings: 8/8.5.
Third Coast Old Ale ( 10.2
percent ABV) is produced byBell’s Brewery in Comstock,MI.The caramelmalt and alcoholnose precedes amedium cara-mel, sweetmalt front whichcontinues into themiddle. Thefinish adds restrained alcoholand bitter hops both of whichelevate in the aftertaste as themalt fades. There are lingeringbitter hops with a splash of well
blended alcohol in this 1-year-old Barleywine. Ratings: 8.5/9.
Bigfoot Ale (9.6 percentABV) is brewed in Chico, Calif.,by Sierra Nevada Brewing. Intwo vertical tastings of Bigfoot,years apart, this Barleywineseemed to improve with age,peaking at 4-6 years old, andthen starting a long, slowdecline. A 4.5-year-old Big-foot opens with a bouquet ofmoderate bitter hops,mediumcaramel, and genial citrus. Themedium caramel front alsohas dashes of bitter hops, cit-rus, and apricot with themaltand apricot continuing in themiddle. The finish adds a re-strained raisin, peach, and anpartly integrated but obviousbitter hop. The caramelmaltand hops wane in the aftertastewhile the raisin flavor lingers.Ratings: 8.5/8.5.
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n Walter Johnson takesgirls team title; others win
individual crowns
BY KYLE RUSSELL
SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
Walt Whitman High School’sEvan Woods claimed the individualtitle in the 4A boys’ cross countrystate championship race, posting atime of 15 minutes, 49.1 seconds onSaturday at Hereford High School inParkton.
Woods trailed Northwest’s Di-ego Zarate for the early portion ofthe race, but made his move to thefront at the opportune moment.That moment came while the leadpack was traversing the signaturefeature of the course known as the“The Dip,” — a deep ravine with abridge over a small creek at the bot-tom that the runners must crosstwice.
“The race went out hard — andit’s a brutal course to go out hard on— so, mile two I finally caught up tohim, and I thought that was the best
place to go,” Woods said. “Some-times you just can’t wait and hangon to them, so I decided to go and Ibroke it. Then, coming up The DipI didn’t know how much of a lead Ihad on him, and The Dip’ is one ofthose things where you can’t lookback, you have to keep pushing for-
ward. I got to the top of The Dip [stillout in front], and with just a couplehundred meters to go that is a goodfeeling.”
Zarate (15:56.3) wound up fin-ishing in third place after Eric Walz
Whitman, B-CC, WJ win state titles
GAITHERSBURG | MONTGOMERY VILLAGE
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SPORTSSPORTSGAMES GAZETTE.NET IS STAFFINGPosted online by 8 a.m. the following day.
FOOTBALL: Clarksburg at QO, 7 p.m. Friday.
These two football teams opened the season againsteach other, and now kickoff the postseason together.Quince Orchard won the first game, 22-19.
FOOTBALL: Blair at Northwest, 7 p.m. Friday.
FOOTBALL: Paint Branch at Mervo, 7 p.m. Friday.
B-CC, Northwest runners lead All-Gazette cross country team. B-3
One of the mostdifficult lessons tolearn is life isn’t fair.Maybe that’s whywe get a lifetime ofrepeated lessons onthat subject.
I’m still learningit. I’ve always been abit of an idealist whoimagines a perfectworld, rather thanthe flawed one weinhabit.
I apologize for being philosophicalon the sports page. The thought cameabout because I was asked on my Twit-ter account (@GazSptsEd) to addressMaryland’s unfair football playoff pointssystem.
Is it fair that an 8-2 Seneca Valleymisses the Class 3A playoffs while 5-5Reservoir and 5-5 City do not? Or that a6-4 Suitland in a weak 4A South Regionadvances to the postseason when a 7-3Sherwood in the 4A North sits out?
No, it isn’t.Wouldn’t it be fairer to scrap the re-
gion system altogether and just pick thetop 16 teams in the state and seed themaccordingly? Other states do it.
Probably, but I wouldn’t do it.To me, the biggest injustice of this
postseason is that Seneca Valley is beingpenalized for playing, and losing, gamesagainst two very good teams, Damascusand Northwest, while undefeated SouthHagerstown advances in their place afterplaying a relatively weaker schedule.
South Hagerstown played three gamesagainst 3A opponents (none with a win-ning record); five games against 2A teamsand two games against 1A schools. Pool-esville has the best record of the teamsthey defeated at 7-3. Their closest gamecame in a five-point victory against Gov.Thomas Johnson, a .500 3A team. Thecombined record of all 10 teams Southbeat is 42-58 (.420 winning percentage).
South is rewarded a playoff berth be-cause of a soft schedule. Seneca Valley isdenied a postseason slot because it lost toa 4A team that was ranked No. 1 in Mary-land for most of the year (Northwest) anda 3A powerhouse, Damascus.
That’s wrong, but how do you fix it?Scrapping the region system wouldn’t doit; it would increase travel costs for schoolsand deny fans a chance to see some excit-ing rivalries.
Would you rather see Damascus playUrbana and Linganore, or see them playPotomac or Thomas Stone? I know Po-tomac, I’ve seen the Wolverines twice thisyear, and even I’d rather see Damascus vs.a Frederick County school.
Second, each region of the state de-serves to have some hope of making theplayoffs.
There have been 156 state titleshanded out in football since the currentsystem started in 1974 and 81 of themhave been won by schools in Montgom-ery, Prince George’s and Frederick coun-ties. You include Howard, Allegany andBaltimore city and county, and you’retalking most of them (124 of 156).
Making the playoffs is a big deal forthe other counties; should they be ex-cluded so more from the power countiesget in? Is it truly a state championshipthen?
Seneca Valley and Sherwood had theirchances. The Eagles had to defeat Da-mascus and Sherwood had to beat PaintBranch to get in. I knew it at the time and Isuspect so did they. Those were their play-off games and they came up short.
The current system encourages youto play difficult games, and win them, toget in. That makes the regular season fun.Sure, you have your South Hagerstownsthat load up the nonleague schedulewith 1A and 2A teams and avoid difficultmatchups so they can get in, and that’snot right. But, they won’t be around long.
Life isn’t fair and high school is a goodplace to start learning that lesson.
Leave regionformat alone
SPORTS EDITORKEN SAIN
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Quince Orchard High School coaches are the first in Montgomery County to use video playback on the sidelines as a teaching aide to help players improve during games.
n QO first county team toembrace 2013 rule change to
use video during games
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFF WRITER
First-year Quince Orchard HighSchool coach John Kelley was leafingthrough a newspaper earlier this fallwhen he came across something thatcaught his eye. It was a quote from aWestfield (Va.) football player praisingthe usefulness of a computer monitor,the team’s newest sideline addition.
Ever since the National Federationof State High School Associations al-lowed the use of video on the sidelinein 2013, Kelley had entertained thethought of bringing film to the Cou-gars’ sideline, he said, but had notgotten around to it. But after seeingthe quote from the Westfield player,a team Quince Orchard had scrim-maged in August, Kelley decided itwas time to put the plan into action.
“Last year we thought about get-ting it up and running, but kind ofnever got to it,” Kelley said. “This year,early on, I wanted to get it up and run-ning, but the season got going a little
bit. Then, right toward the end of theseason, we got serious about it. ... Welooked into what we had to get done toget it up and running. One of our as-sistant coaches is a technology guy, soI called him and kind of pow wowedabout what we had to do.”
By the time the Cougars’ Oct.24 game against Gaithersburg HighSchool came around, the technology-savvy assistant, wide receiver coachBrooks Brenkus, had the film systemup and running.
The setup is simple. Settled off tothe side of the benches on the QuinceOrchard sideline sits a small-scale
classroom setting — a half circle ofchairs surrounding a table that facesthe field. On the table sits a laptopand a large monitor that mirrors theimages being fed to the laptop fromabove the press box. Approximately45 seconds after a play, whether it beoffense, defense or special teams, anassistant coach can bring a group ofplayers over to the station to diagnoseany on-field issues.
“The bottom line is that from ateaching standpoint, we can use theinformation that you see there and
QO’s Sideline Classroom
GEORGE P. SMITH/FOR THE GAZETTE
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School’s Nora McUmber won the girls 4A state champion-ship race on Saturday at Hereford High School.
n Wootton, Churchill remainfavorites in 2A Division
BY PRINCE J. GRIMES
STAFF WRITER
It is now or never for the Montgom-ery Blair High School ice hockey teamto make noise in the Maryland StudentHockey League, according to coach KevinMcCabe.
“We’re certainly going to be in the mix[for state success],” McCabe said. “I thinkthat within the landscape of high schoolhockey, I certainly like to think that ifever we were going to make any noise ona state-wide basis, it would be this year.We’ve got a lot of seniors and they’re vet-eran. They know what they’re doing. It’seither going to be this year or back to thedrawing board.”
Public school hockey teams are not
Blair hockeypoised tomake a move
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See HOCKEY, Page B-2See STATE, Page B-2
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of Delaney (Baltimore County)edged him by 0.3 seconds atthe finish. It was the first loss ofthe season for Zarate, who hadbested Woods in both the Mont-gomery County Championshipand in the 4A West Region races.
“He out-kicked me at coun-ties, and blew me out of the wa-ter at regionals, so I felt a littleout-gunned here coming intothe race,” Woods said. “I justmentally tried to stay strongcoming into the race, and stayfocused. No matter what hap-pens in cross [country] you can’tgive up. You never know when ahill is going to make them stutteror lose their strength. I just triedto stay strong, let him get a littlebit of a gap, reel him in, and itworked out.”
Other top finishers in the4A boys’ race included Woods’teammate Amir Khaghani(16:29.3, 5th), Richard Mont-gomery’s Rohann Asfaw(16:33.7, 8th) and ThomasS. Wootton’s Patrick Munro(16:35.1, 10th). The Vikings tookthird in team standings (110points), followed by Northwest(186 points, 4th), and Bethesda-Chevy Chase (187 points, 5th).
In the 4A girls, Walter John-son repeated as team champi-ons after placing five runnersin the top 26 overall to earn51 points. The Wildcats wereled by freshman Abigail Green(18:57.5, 4th), junior Emily Mur-phy (19:29.3, 7th), sophomoreKatriane Kirsch (19:38, 9th),senior Kiernan Keller (20:04.5,15th) and junior Jasmine Garrett(20:43.3, 26th).
“It’s kind of hard coming inas the returning champions, be-cause there is a lot of pressureon the team,” Walter Johnsoncoach Tom Martin said. “A cou-ple of weeks ago when we werein Manhattan [at the ManhattanInvitational on Oct 10], I noticedthat our girls weren’t having anyfun because of all the pressure.I told them, ‘If you guys aren’thaving any fun, then there is nosense in doing this.’ So we havebeen keeping it light and re-laxed, and they have been hav-ing a ball, and today they camethrough.”
Nora McUmber claimed theindividual title for Bethesda-Chevy Chase, finishing in18:39.9. McUmber, a three-timecounty champion and two-timeregion champion, finished hersenior season with the only titlethat had eluded her to this point:state champion.
“I started slow because Igot boxed in, and that had mebehind a little bit,” McUmbersaid. “I worked my way up tothe front, and I started to breakaway when we went down TheDip the second time. [The vic-tory] was really exciting. I justreally wanted to do it for theteam.”
The Barons finished sec-ond in the team standings with91 points. It was the second-consecutive year as runner-upfor B-CC after winning back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012.
“We did really well, and ev-eryone ran amazing and gave100 percent,” McUmber said.“That’s all we can ask for, is thateveryone ran their best.”
Complete results can befound at www.mpssaa.org
STATEContinued from Page B-1
then and then use the informa-tion that we’re getting from ourguys up top and put it all to-gether to get one big picture,”Kelley said. “Teaching-wise itallows you to get things fixed.”
“There’s times where youcan point something out and say,‘You made a bad step there. Fixthat step,’” Brenkus said. “It’s notas much in-game adjustments asit is just doing something better;doing what we taught them.”
As far as Kelley and Brenkusare aware, they are the only teamin the county utilizing the tech-nology upgrade recently allowedby Rule 1.6 Section 6 Article 2 ofthe NFHS Football Rules, whichstates that, “communication de-vices including but not limitedto audio recorder, Local AreaNetwork (LAN) phones, and/or headsets, mobile phones,still photograph(s), film, analogor digital video(s) and/or Inter-net depictions may be used bycoaches and nonplayers.”
When Brenkus revealed thefilm setup to his players just threeweeks ago, the wide receiverscoach was taken back by how theplayers reacted.
“They thought it was the
coolest thing ever,” Brinkus said.“Theycouldn’tbelieve it, couldn’tget their heads around it, which Ithought was funny. I said, ‘Youguys are supposed to be smarterthan me with technology. Thisisn’t a big deal. We’re just show-ing you the video.’”
While both coaches praisedthe setup as a valuable teachingtool, the technology not only of-fers the opportunity to identifyand rectify on-field mistakes thatmay slip the coaches’ eyes, butas Brenkus said, it could be use-ful in helping Quince Orchard’scollege-level prospects preparefor the game at the next level.
“I’d compare it to NFL Draftkids from NFL-ready collegeprograms — colleges that runpro-style offenses and do thingsa certain way,” Brenkus said.“There’s less of an adjustmentwhen you go to the next level.Everyone now is into film study,but we’re taking it to a new level,which will only help them whenthey move on because they knowhow important it is.
“Everything that [they] do,we’rewatching.We’renotwatch-ing it to be critical, we’re watch-ing it because we want [them] toreach [their] potential.”
CLASSROOMContinued from Page B-1
affiliated with MontgomeryCounty Public Schools, andthey operate as a club team.
Blair, a 1A Division school,returns most of their team froma season ago, including top se-nior scorers Max Kronstadt, Se-bastian Rubinstein and JavierLopez. Sophomore goalie Alex-ander Zastrow now has a yearof experience under his belt.
Blair defeated Rockville/Magruder 12-6 Friday to openthe season, establishing itselfas a favorite to come out of theco-op division this year.
Rockville/Magruder will bewithout its top three scorersfrom last season, two of whomgraduated. New goalie, AveryEng, may experience growingpains against teams that canscore like Blair.
The defending 2A Divisionchampion, Thomas S. WoottonHigh School, continued its win-ning ways from an undefeatedleague record a season ago witha 12-1 victory over Sherwood.
Wootton, as usual, is one ofthe favorites to win the Mont-gomery 2A Division and com-pete for a state title.
Although Wootton gradu-ated a few key players from lastseason, top-scorer BrandonHall returns, as well as AdamKaplan among other experi-enced players. Hall recordedtwo goals and two assists in thewin over Sherwood and Kaplan
recorded three points on twoassists and a goal.
Wootton’s top goalie froma season ago graduated, so thechange at goalie could factorinto the Patriots success.
Rival Winston Churchillhas the best chance to supplant
Wootton in the division with aveteran group of players return-ing, including primary goalieMarcus Hurd, and forwardsRoss Allen, Philip Satin, and Ja-cob Arden.
Another team perenniallyamongst the best in the divi-sion is Walt Whitman. But outof the three teams, Whitmanwill likely have the hardest timewinning games this season. Itlost to Churchill 10-0 on Friday.
Whitman is returning ayoung team full of sophomoresand should rely heavily on se-nior Matthew LeBeau, coachTom Sneddon said.
“We’ve got a couple of tal-ented juniors, but for the mostpart, this team is built aroundits sophomores right now,”Sneddon said. “They’re verytalented, and we got them rightinto the mix last year as fresh-men along with the senior corewe had last year, but they’re re-ally kind of the linchpin to thisteam right now.”
The early part of the seasonfor Whitman will be about fig-uring out which players havethe best chemistry together, hesaid.
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Montgomery Blair High School’s Max Kronstadt takes the puck to WaltWhitman goaltender Jake Gray during Saturday’s ice hockey game in Fred-erick. Blair has an experienced team back this season.
Grace DellapaWoottonjunior
Carried Patri-ots, finishedfifth at statechampionship.
Abigail GreenW. Johnson,freshman
WasWildcats’No. 1; won re-gion, fourth atstatemeet.
Kiernan KellerW. Johnsonsenior
Fourth andfifth at countyand regionmeets.
Emily MurphyW. Johnsonjunior
ChampsNo. 3was fourth atregion, seventhat statemeet.
Lucie NoallClarksburgsenior
Coyotes leaderfinished thirdat county andregionmeets.
Lucy SrourChurchillsenior
County, regionrunner-up, hadcounty’s third-fastest time.
GirlsEric DaSilvaAlbert Einstein
Einstein coach led aTitans squad that didnot have one par-ticular superstar to a3AWest Region title;runner-up finish at
states was program’s best-ever.
Michael AbebeNorthwoodjunior
Won 3AWestRegion, fin-ished fourth in3A statemeet.
Rohann AsfawR. Montgomerysophomore
Became leaderof Rockets,finished thirdat countymeet.
William KirkRockvillesenior
Was therunner-up at3AWest regionmeet.
Patrick MunroWoottonsenior
Third at 4AWestmeet;county’s sixth-fastest time .
Jack WaveringGood Counseljunior
LedWCACchamps; fin-ished top 3nearly all races.
Evan WoodsWalt Whitmansenior
Ran smart raceto rally to winClass 4A statechampionship.
BoysAndrew BrodeurJames H. Blake
Second-year coachhas built programfromnon-factor totop 15 in the state.Bengals were 23rd inMontgomery Countya year ago.
THE GAZETTEWednesday, November 12, 2014 z Page B-3
Cross Country
Second teams
First Teams
RUNNERS OF THE YEAR COACHES OF THE YEAR
KenSain283-64138-38
Prince J.Grimes277-70140-36
KentZakour277-70142-34
EricGoldwein276-71138-38
JenniferBeekman272-75134-42
AdamGutekunst271-76141-35
HOW THEY RANK
Also receiving votes: Sherwood, 5.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 highschool football teams in Montgomery County eachweek during the season.
Rank School Record Points
1. Good Counsel 9-1 60
2. Damascus 10-0 54
3. Q. Orchard 9-1 48
4. Bullis 9-1 41
5. Northwest 9-1 37
6. Clarksburg 7-3 27
7. Paint Branch 8-2 26
8. Seneca Valley 8-2 19
9. Blair 8-2 7
10. Poolesville 7-3 6
STANDINGSMontgomery 3ADivision
Division OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk
Damascus 6-0 — 10-0 375 75 W10Seneca Valley 5-1 1.0 7-3 332 149 W2Rockville 4-2 2.0 7-3 369 202 L1WatkinsMill 2-4 4.0 3-7 115 258 L1Wheaton 2-4 4.0 2-8 114 294 W1Einstein 1-5 5.0 2-8 112 184 W1Northwood 1-5 5.0 2-8 198 440 L2
Montgomery 4AWestDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk
QuinceOrchard 4-0 — 9-1 368 118 W7Northwest 3-1 1.0 9-1 453 110 W1Clarksburg 2-2 2.0 7-3 331 124 W2Gaithersburg 1-3 3.0 4-6 158 234 W2Magruder 0-4 4.0 3-7 106 240 W1
Montgomery 4ASouthDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk
Churchill 5-0 — 6-4 257 261 L1Wootton 4-1 1.0 5-5 172 298 L2Whitman 2-3 3.0 4-6 175 249 L2R.Montgomery 2-3 3.0 2-8 205 337 L5B.-Chevy Chase 2-3 3.0 2-8 78 296 W2Walter Johnson 0-5 5.0 1-9 116 355 L3
Montgomery 4AEastDivisionDivision OverallW-L GB W-L PF PA Strk
Paint Branch 5-0 — 8-2 291 178 L1Sherwood 4-1 1.0 7-3 308 147 W1Montgomery Blair 3-2 2.0 8-2 287 85 W3Springbrook 2-3 3.0 3-7 134 248 L1JamesH. Blake 1-4 4.0 2-8 97 293 L3John F. Kennedy 0-5 5.0 1-8 81 280 L5
Independent 2A schoolOverallW-L-T PF PA Strk
Poolesville 7-3-0 257 157 W1
Private schoolsOverallW-L-T PF PA Strk
GoodCounsel 9-1-0 253 126 W6Bullis 9-1-0 325 176 W8Avalon 7-4-0 309 127 L1Landon 5-4-1 314 216 W1Georgetown Prep 5-5-0 253 343 L1
LAST WEEK’S SCORESFriday’s resultsBlair 41,Whitman 0Seneca Valley 53, Blake 0Sherwood 33, Kennedy 0Northwest 42, Springbrook 12Gaithersburg 29, Paint Branch 28Magruder 27, Randallstown 0Damascus 35, Churchill 15Clarksburg 48, RichardMontgomery 0Bethesda-Chevy Chase 13,Walter Johnson 7Einstein 14,WatkinsMill 8Wheaton 35, Northwood 22Poolesville 27, Rockville 24QuinceOrchard 42,Wootton 14Bullis 34, Georgetown Prep 26Riverdale Baptist 33, Avalon 20
Saturday’s resultsLandon 42, St. Albans 8
RushingPlayer, school Rushes Yards Avg. TDsDevonteWilliams, Bullis 232 1,899 8.2 23Dominyck Sims,Wheaton 255 1,350 5.3 12DageDavis, Georgetown Prep 227 1,534 6.8 15Kyle Green, QuinceOrchard 188 1,431 7.6 26Adrian Feliz-Platt, Seneca 136 1,375 10.1 18Tyler Fenslau, Clarksburg 172 1,116 6.4 18Jake Funk, Damascus 124 1,091 8.8 22Alex Fehlinger, R.Montgomery 202 1,091 5.4 6E.J. Lee, Northwest 110 1,088 9.9 16Travis Levy, Sherwood 180 1,031 5.7 16JoshuaHunter, Landon 116 933 8.0 9Dominyck Sims,Wheaton 180 926 5.1 6TreyWillis, Poolesville 151 873 5.8 9SteveMorningside, Poolesville 101 846 8.4 9Johari Johnson, Landon 60 841 14.0 16
PassingPlayer, school Comp.-Att. Yards Int. TDsChuck Reese, Rockville 218-345 3,233 9 40SamEllis,Wootton 192-356 2,069 13 7DwayneHaskins Jr., Bullis 160-260 1,973 5 22Mark Pierce, Northwest 107-184 1,662 6 26Neven Sussman, Sherwood 109-197 1,565 3 14DanonDavis-Cray,P.Branch 101-172 1,436 5 15JasonClingman, Northwood 90-163 1,430 5 18Bryan Strittmatter, Avalon 100-162 1,329 8 11StevenMorningstar, P’ville 79-140 1,321 6 9DesmondColby, Blair 94-171 1,210 5 10Andres Castillo, G. Counsel 77-131 1,190 3 11Evan Smith,Whitman 92-160 1,181 4 11
ReceivingPlayer, school Catches Yards Avg. TDsChristianGreaves, Northwood 65 1,227 18.9 13TrevonDiggs, Avalon 72 1,125 15.6 16Louison Biama, Rockville 47 1,047 22.3 11Anthony Albert, Rockville 51 809 15.9 10Keon Paye, GoodCounsel 39 788 20.2 8Marcus Simms, Sherwood 36 740 20.6 8Jack Pykosh,Wootton 52 706 13.6 1JamarWilson, Northwest 33 641 19.4 17Spencer Brigman, Rockville 53 592 11.2 9Joey Cornwell, Rockville 40 580 11.2 7Ryan Stango, Paint Branch 40 568 14.2 5
COUNTY LEADERS
The Gazette sports staff picks the winners of this week’s football games involving Montgomery Countyteams. All games includes picks made in Prince George’s County. Here are this week’s predictions:
This week’s schedule Ken Prince Kent Eric Jen Adam
Clarksburg at Quince Orchard QO QO QO QO QO QOBlair at Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest Northwest NorthwestPaint Branch at Mervo Mervo Mervo Mervo Mervo Mervo MervoUrbana at Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus Damascus DamascusLiberty at Poolesville Poolesville Poolesville Poolesville Liberty Liberty LibertyMcNamara at Good Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. Counsel G. CounselSuitland at Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt RooseveltDuVal at Wise DuVal DuVal Wise Wise Wise WiseChopticon at Potomac Potomac Potomac Potomac Chopticon Chopticon ChopticonMarriotts Ridge at Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass Douglass DouglassFairmont Heights at FAET Fairmont FAET Fairmont FAET FAET FAETSurrattsville at Forestville Forestville Forestville Forestville Forestville Forestville SurrattsvilleGonzaga at DeMatha DeMatha DeMatha DeMatha Gonzaga DeMatha GonzagaCapitol Christian vs. MATHS Charter Capitol Capitol Capitol Capitol Capitol Capitol
FEARLESSFORECASTS
Season record
All gamesMontgomery Co.
DAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE
Montgomery Blair High School players celebrate clinching the school’s first playoff berth in its 79-year history withFriday’s victory against Walt Whitman in Bethesda.
Diego ZarateNorthwest, senior
TheNorthwest High Schoolsenior finished first in 10out of 11 races this year,including winning champi-onships at the county andregionmeets.
Boys: Itai Bezherano, Walter Johnson, senior; DavidFitzgerald, Winston Churchill, senior; Dylan Kannapell,Bethesda-Chevy Chase, junior; Amir Khaghani, WaltWhitman, senior; Lorenzo Neil, Paint Branch, senior;Brendan Rhoderick, Northwest, senior; Alex Roederer,Walt Whitman, senior; Binyam Tadesse, John F. Ken-nedy, senior; Liam Walsh, Quince Orchard, junior; Ar-turo Woodward-Montes, Winston Churchill, senior.
Nora McUmberB.-Chevy Chase, senior
Followed third consecutivecounty championship withher first state title. Her time(18:39.9) was 11 secondsahead of the rest of thefield.
Girls: Caroline Beakes, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, senior;Claire Beautz, Poolesville, senior; Amanda Hayes-Putt-farcken, Sherwood, junior; Katriane Kirsch, Walter John-son, sophomore; Kat McNeill, Bethesda-Chevy Chase,senior; Erin O’Connor, Walt Whitman, junior; JuliaReicin, Winston Churchill, sophomore; Claudia Wendt,Our Lady of Good Counsel, freshman; Olivia Woods, WaltWhitman, sophomore; Sofia Zarate, Northwest, sopho-more.
n After decades of success, Falconscoach says, ‘It’s time to go’
BY ADAM GUTEKUNSTSTAFFWRITER
On Thursday afternoon, less than 24hours after the Poolesville High School vol-leyball team’s season came to a close with aloss toLiberty in theplayoffs, teammembersfiltered in andout of a dimly lit supply closetat the end of one of the school’s hallways.Each girl had a task — some collected andseparated balls, others disassembled a ball-striking machine and a select few removedthe tape from the personalized posters thathadbeenhangingon thegymwall all seasonlong.
This wasn’t the Falcons first season-ending cleanup. But for onemember, itwastheir last. Buried in thought in the back cor-ner of the closet stood longtime PoolesvillecoachFranDuVall.Shecarefullywrotedownthenumberof eachkindofball on the insideofastoragecontainerbeforemakingherwayout to the lobby to gather her girls one lasttime.
“I never have the sameamount [of balls]when I comeback,”DuVall said, half smilingas she locked thedoor. “Never.”
Next August, for the first time in 18 sea-sons, the disappearing balls won’t weighon DuVall’s mind, as the longtime Falconscoach officially retired from the high schoolgame last week. After 36 years of coaching,seven region titles, andone state champion-ship,DuVallwill tell youherself— it’s time.
“Theday today, it didn’t givemeenoughrecovery time,” DuVall said. “I’m an oldschool coach in a very different era.”
DuVall probably was born to become acoach, it just took a while for her to realizeit. The 11th of 13 children, DuVall grew upsurrounded by her sports-crazed brothers,always tagging along for a game of footballor basketball, she said. “I basically grew upin a team,”DuVall said.
After graduating with a degree in healthandphysical education fromFrostburgStateUniversity, DuVall took a job as the varsityvolleyball coach at Bethesda Chevy-Chasein 1978 at the beckoning of her sister. Du-Vall had no volleyball experience— she hadnever played and never coached — and so,she learned.
“At first it was more out of determina-tion,” DuVall said. “I didn’t know the sportand I needed to learn the sport. ... I was go-ing to camps, clinics, reading books, goingto collegematches, trying to saturatemyself
with the game because I really didn’t knowit.”
DuVall is a fighter. She’s battled thyroidcancer twice, and won. She’s fought thechanging times in her nearly four decadesof coaching. She’s fought to instill her burn-ingcompetitiveness, something she saidhaskept her going for 36 years, into what shecalled “the trophy generation” of kids.
But one thing DuVall won’t fight are thememories of her time at Poolesville, a placeshe has raised her children and mentoredcountless players.
“I’ve been blessed to coach some re-ally neat young women and get to see themgrow,” she said.
As the end of the season meeting drewto a close Thursday and the players beganto file out, Emily Benedict, a junior, rockedback and forth nervously, waiting to speakone-on-onewithDuVall.
“Fran,Idon’tknowwhatIwanttodowithclub,” Benedict said once the room clearedout. But clearly something else was weigh-ing on the junior’s mind as the coach wentthroughthejunior’soptions.“Can’tyoucomebacknext year,”Benedictfinally asked.
“Don’t worry I’ll be around,” DuVallsaid as Benedict leaned in for a hug. “I’mlike a bad penny.”
Poolesville coach ends career
n Falcons win secondWCAC and DC-MD PrivateSchool cross country titles
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFFWRITER
Our Lady of Good CounselHigh School junior Jack Waver-ing doesn’t necessarily look thepart of a top cross country run-ner, Falcons coach Tom Arnoldsaid. But he’s arguably moredriven than anyone he lines upagainst at the start of a race.
“He’s really gritty,” Arnoldsaid. “He’s a bit short and hedoesn’t look particularly all thatathletic but he has a big heartand he has the ability to get themost out of his potential in al-most every outing. He’s reallyfocused and really tough. He’llturn himself inside out to staywith kids who should be faster[than him].”
Wavering followed up hisfirst Washington Catholic Ath-letic Conference title Oct. 25 —
the Falconswon theirs e c o n ds t r a i g h tchampion-ship — withanother first-place finishat Saturday’sDC-MD Pri-vate SchoolCross Coun-
try Championships held at theAgricultural History Farm ParkinDerwood to helpGoodCoun-sel defend last year’s title.
Wavering finished in 16minutes, 14 seconds, just onesecond ahead of GeorgetownDay’s Aidan Pillard in second.
The Falcons finished fiverunners in the top 15 and allseven runners in the top 20. Ju-niors Kevin McGivern and MattLopez finished fourth and sixth,respectively.
With no seniors in the top 7,Arnold said he is hoping for anevenmore dominant 2015.
“Depending on what yard-
stick you use to measure theseason, it was successful,” Ar-nold said.
“But I don’t think we didwhat we are capable of. In ad-dition to talking about this sea-son, we talk about what we cando next season. It starts with theguys putting in themileage overthe summer.”
The Good Counsel girls onlyhave six total runners but theFalcons nearly took Saturday’schampionship aswell but fell offon the last stretch to take third.Freshman Claudia Wendt, whowas nursing a bit of a leg injury,was the Falcons top finisher insixth place. Megan Crilly (17th)andMaggieRalston (18) alsofin-ished in the top 20.
“When you only have sixrunners and only five reallyrunning varsity caliber times,there’s no margin for error,”Arnold said. “Either everyone isfiring on all cylinders or you’rehandicapped.”
Good Counsel wins running titles
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Churchill senior makes college selectionSara Chang, senior captain for theWinston
Churchill High School volleyball team, gave a verbalcommitment to play at Oberlin College next season,according to Bulldogs’ coach CindyHillard. Oberlinis a small, private liberal arts school in NorthernOhio, just over 30miles west of Cleveland. Changwas a do-it-all player for Churchill over her fouryears, excelling as a setter and hitter.
—ADAM GUTEKUNST
Gaithersburg coach reaches 100 winsOnNov. 7, theGaithersburgHigh School football
teamupsetNo. 7 Paint Branch in a 29-28win. It’sbeen a year of growingpains for the youngTrojanswhofinish the season4-6, but according toMichaelCornejo ofMocoFootball.com,Gaithersburg’swinwas the 100th for head coachKregKephart at theschool. Kephart just concludedhis 15th year atGaith-ersburg andwona state championship in 2000.
—PRINCE J. GRIMES
Ledecky’s royal treatmentIt’s fair to say Stone Ridge School of the Sacred
Heart senior andmultiple world recorder KatieLedecky has become the queen of distance freestyleswimming since winning gold in the 800-meter free-style at the 2012 LondonOlympics. OnNov. 5 shewas in the presence of British royalty.
Lastweek Ledeckymet Princess Anne, thedaugh-ter ofQueenElizabeth II, andBritishAmbassador Sir
PeterWestmacott at a relatively small receptionheldat theBritishEmbassy inWashington,D.C. PrincessAnnewas in town to cut the ribbonat the openingfor the “MagnaCarta:Muse andMentor” exhibitioncelebrating the 800th anniversary of theMagnaCarta,according to a Library ofCongress news release.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
County soccer playersamong Maryland’s best
SeventeenMontgomery County boys soccerplayers were selected to the all-state teamby theMaryland Association of Coaches of Soccer. The firstteammembers include: Bryan Reyes-Aranda, AlbertEinstein, senior, forward; DaveyMason,WaltWhit-man, junior, forward; Alla Tesfu,Walter Johnson,senior, midfield.
Second team:Max Boimov, Gaithersburg, senior,midfield; KevinHwang, Quince Orchard, senior,midfield; Eli Kouemi,WatkinsMill, senior, midfield;KyleMadden,Walter Johnson, senior, defense;ChristianNlend, Northwest, senior, defense; AaronTanenbaum,WaltWhitman, senior, forward; DarienWaters, JamesH. Blake, senior, forward.
Honorablementions: Joshua Fernandez,Damascus, senior, midfield; Sepehr Hoghoogi,Winston Churchill, senior, forward; JonathanLee,Winston Churchill, junior, defense;MatthewMighty, Northwest, junior, goalkeeper; GuyNabo,WatkinsMill, senior, forward; Armel TuenoNgui-mfack,Montgomery Blair, senior, defense; CarlosValdez, JamesH. Blake, senior, defense.
—ERIC GOLDWEIN
KEEPING IT BRIEF
Jack Wavering
n Underclassmen havehelped teams excel this fall
on the court
BY ADAM GUTEKUNST
STAFFWRITER
Northwest High School vol-leyball coach Stephanie Blakewas at a club tournament dur-ing the offseason when shespoke with Montgomery VillageSports Association (MVSA) clubcoach Ron Hanson. Hanson,who coached Blake back whenshe played for the organization,knew she was in need of a set-ter for the 2014 season since theJaguars’ 2013 starting setter wasgraduating.
Hanson’s suggested then-14-year-old Janiece Jefferies, anincoming freshman at the time.“She’s got really nice hands,”Hanson told the Jaguars coach.
Months later, at an early fallpractice, Blake realized that theset lineup she was trying to run,one in which Jefferies was play-inghernatural outsidehitter po-sition, just wasn’t working. So,acting on Hanson’s suggestionand instinct, Blake moved thefreshman to the setter positionfor a test run.
If results are any indica-tor, the move has been a greatsuccess, as a strong offense hascarried the young team intoWednesday’s scheduled4A statesemifinal against Bowie. At themiddle of the attack is Jefferies,whose blossoming setting skillsand ability to embrace the lead-ership role of her position havefueled the Jaguars late charge.
“The 6-2 [formation] wasn’tworking because my defensewas lacking,” Blake said. “I justhad to [change]. A lot of hittersdon’t like to set, but she waslike, ‘No seriously. I don’t care.I think it’s fun.’ So we just triedoneday to see if itwouldworkornot and it’s been working reallywell [since].”
“I was fine with trying it, but
I was scared because I [wasn’t] asetter,” Jefferies said of the posi-tion change. “I didn’t want to bereally bad in front of her, but itwas natural.”
Fewer than 20 miles east ofthe Germantown school, BenSanger, coach of Sherwood, alsohada settingdecision tomakeasthe 2014 season drew near. TheWarriors were returning juniorAriella Rodriguez, an all-Gazettehonorable mention setter fromthe previous season. But Sangerwantedahigh-level passer in theback row, and Megan Wilson, asophomore setter who had saton the benchmuch of her fresh-man season, had been makingsome eye-opening progress inrecentmonths, the coach said.
When Sanger ultimatelydecided to slot Wilson into thestarting setter position, a movethat shuffled Rodriguez into thelibero spot, the payoff was al-most instant, he said.
“We ran a 6-2 [formation]for the first three weeks of prac-tice ... [Megan] had no trouble,”Sanger said of the sophomore.“She seemed to step up and theteam got vastly better.”
The change from freshmanto sophomore season was a bigone for Wilson, who suddenlywas given the keys to an offensethat boasts limitless weapons.
“I was nervous because Ithought I had big shoes to fill,”Wilson said.
But going into Wednesday’sother 4A state semifinal againstSeverna Park, Wilson has growninto what Sherwood assistantJoe Moyer likes to call, “thequarterback of the team.”
“She’s just so strong andher volleyball IQ is getting ri-diculous,” Sanger said. “She justknows what hitters like the ballwhere.”
“I have full confidence thatwhen we play Severna Park, ev-eryone’s going to step up andthat I’m going to step up,” Wil-son said.
Setters lead Sherwood,Northwest into semis
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Landon School captain Colton Rupp is expected to be one of the county’s best players thiswinter. The Interstate Athletic Conference champions have a new coach this winter.
n Bears remain the team to beaton the ice in Montgomery County
BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFFWRITER
The Landon School ice hockeyteam, one of themost storied programsin Montgomery County, will be underthe leadership of a new coach this year.
Kind of.Hans Farnstrom, who created the
Landon hockey program in 1993 andcoached the team until 2003 when hesteppeddown tobeanassistant, is onceagain coaching the team, replacinghis own replacement, Chan Gammill.Gammill accepted the head of middleschool position at Ensworth School inNashville over the summer.
Farnstromsaid it shouldbe a seam-less transition for the team, as he andGammill acted as co-head coaches.
Landon has, at least, shared the In-terstate Athletic Conference title everyyear since 2006, winning the last fourtitles outright. And the Bears last won
the Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey Leaguetitle in 2012, which was the school’ssecond consecutiveMAPHL title. Farn-strom said he expects the team to bevery competitive once again this year.
“This is an experienced team,”Farnstrom said. “I have 12 returninglettermen. ... I think we’ll be fairly goodthis year. I’m really pleased with what Iconsider tobea fairly deep team. I thinkwe’ve got, at least on paper, three solidlines.Mydefensive core—I’vegot threeofmy guys returning.Many of themareseniors. So this is one of those years. ...We’ll probably have about eight or nineseniors.”
At goaltender, Landon expects JackConcannon, last year’s backup, to start.Farnstrom said Concannon worked re-ally hard over the summer to preparefor a good year.
Colton Rupp, who’s also a runningback for the football team, is the team’scaptain.
Meanwhile, archrival GeorgetownPrep will likely be the closest countyteam toLandon in the IACandMAPHL.
Prep reached the IAC title game a
year ago, only to lose to the Bears.Prepalso reached theMAPHLsemi-
finalswhere they lost to eventual cham-pion, Gonzaga, but coach Paul Fritzsaid they expectedmore from last year.This year, Prep will be young, but Fritzsaid he has a really good core group ofleaders returning, beginning with cap-tain Jack Olsen.
“We have some skilled seniors, andwe’ve got a lot of young sophomoresand juniors that will play top line andthat can, I think, lead the team to a lotmore wins,” Fritz said. “The past fouryears or so, Landon and Gonzaga havealways figured out a way to beat us,sometimes beat us pretty badly. Thisyear, I think it’ll be different. Our goal-tender is older.He should comeout andplay a lot better this year.
“Last year, we had a lot of freshmenthatwere contributors on the team, butthey just couldn’t handle the physicalplay. Now that they’re bigger, faster,and stronger, they’ll be a lot more ef-fective on the ice.”
Landon ice hockey starts over with new/old coach
GEORGE P. SMITH/FOR THE GAZETTE
Poolesville High School coach Fran DuVall retired after the season ended last week.
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CELECELEBBRATRATIIONSONSCELEBRATIONSThe Gazette
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Mr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Mayof Rockville announce the en-gagement of their daughter,Bridget Eileen May, to MarkAdrian Warren, son of Mr. andMrs. David Warren of Patas-kala, Ohio.
The bride-to-be, a gradu-ate of the Academy of the HolyCross, earned a Bachelor of Artsdegree in Communicationsfrom John Carroll University.
She is the Assistant Director ofAlumni Relations and ExternalEngagement at Loyola Univer-sity in Chicago, Illinois.
The prospective groomearned a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Biology from JohnCarroll University and is a SalesRepresentative for Stryker Or-thopaedics in Chicago, Illinois.
A Sept. 5, 2015, wedding isplanned.
May, Warren
Mr. Thomas TredickLeuchtenburg and Lucy Camp-bell Leuchtenburg of Potomacannounce the engagement oftheir daughter, Cynthia AnneLeuchtenburg of Basalt, Colo-rado, to William ChristopherBrennan of Boulder, Colorado,son of The Honorable William F.Brennan, First Selectman, Townof Wilton, Connecticut, andKathleen Mihm Brennan.
Ms. Leuchtenburg is a grad-uate of Winston Churchill HighSchool in Potomac. She stud-ied at the Rhode Island Schoolof Design and Glasgow Schoolof Art, Glasgow, Scotland. Sheearned a Bachelor of Fine Artsdegree fromWittenburgUniver-sity, Springfield,Ohio.Cindyhasexhibited her plein air paintingsin Aspen and Connecticut and
is currently employed by theAspen Ski Company in Aspen,Colorado, as a Diamond Ski Pro.She has taught skiing in Porti-llo, Chile and Australia and is atwo time National Powder 8 SkiChampion.
Mr. Brennan is a graduateof Fairfield Preparatory School,Fairfield, Connecticut, and re-ceived his Bachelor of Arts de-gree from Emory University,Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Brennanexcelled in the competitive sportof white water kayaking in bothhigh school andcollege andpar-ticipated in two United StatesOlympic Team Trials. He is afounding partner of GroupHigh,a marketing software companyin Boulder, Colorado.
A fall 2015 wedding isplanned.
Leuchtenburg, Brennan
Michael and DonnaThomas of Gaithersburg an-nounce the engagement oftheir daughter, Rebecca LynnThomas, to Michael FrancisMals of Cumberland, son ofStanley F. Mals of Romney,West Virginia, and ClaudiaWalker Mals of Cumberland.
The bride-to-be is a 2005alumna of Magruder HighSchool. She earnedaBachelor’sdegree from James MadisonUniversity in 2009 and a Mas-ter’s degree from Towson Uni-
versity in 2011. She is currentlya speech-language pathologistwith Montgomery County Pub-lic Schools.
The prospective groom is a2000 graduate of Bishop WalshSchool in Cumberland. He at-tended Frostburg Universitywhere he earned a Bachelor’sdegree in 2005 and a Masters in2011. He is currently employedasa social studies teacher forAl-legany County Public Schools.
A July 2015 wedding isplanned in Rockville.
Thomas, Mals
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THURSDAY, NOV. 13Nothing to Sneeze At, 1
p.m. to 2p.m.,HolidayPark Se-nior Center, 2950 Ferrara Dr.,Wheaton. Have you been deal-ing with the irritating effects ofallergies? Providing helpful tipson surviving allergy season, Dr.Heidi Isenberg-Feig, allergistwith Johns Hopkins Commu-nity Physicians, will describethe different diagnosis of arunny nose in seniors, as wellas other issues occurring inolder adults such as allergicreactions to certain foods andmedications. Free. For moreinformation, visit events.sub-urbanhospital.org.
Fall Diabetes Symposium:Food,Medicine, andtheQuestto Conquer Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.,Suburban Hospital, 8600 OldGeorgetown Road, Bethesda.Culinary medicine is an evolv-ing field that incorporates the
art of cooking with scienceto improve health and well-being. Board-certified generalinternist Daphne Keshishian,MD, will discuss applying theprinciples of culinary medicineto the management and pre-vention of diabetes. Discover aworld that lies somewhere be-tween your doctor’s office, thepharmacy and your kitchen.Free. For more information,visit events.suburbanhospital.org.
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Prostate Cancer SupportGroup, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,Suburban Hospital, 8600 OldGeorgetown Road, Bethesda.This ongoing, monthly supportgroup is open to all prostatecancer patients, their fami-lies and friends and providesan opportunity to gain newknowledge and share com-mon concerns. Guest speakersalternate with informal dis-cussions among participants.Drop-ins welcome; for infor-mation call Susan Jacobstein at301-896-6837. Free. For moreinformation, visit events.sub-urbanhospital.org.
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GAITH:1 BR, 1 BA.wall to wall carpet,W/D Nr metro & shops$1050 + elec. creditcheck 240-413-6255
GAITH:2Br 1.5Ba,beautiful TH New ACCarpet/ Paint. Nr Mall& Metro. $1450 HOCOK 301-792-0153
GAITH:3Br, Den, 2.5Ba 3Lvl TH Sky Lights,Prkng, nice nghbrhd,near SG Metro $1700NS/NP 301-257-5394
GAITH: 4br/2fba/ 2hbaTH nr Rio, Schl, ShopsBus. Renovated up-dated Appliances &carpet. $2000 HOCNS/NP. 301-996-6113
GAITHERSBURG:3-4Br, 3.5Ba, TH, NrKentlands. NS/NP$1790 +util. 301-461-0646 www. rent4u.us
GAITHERSBURG:3BD, 2FB, 2HB TH.Walkout basmt, yard.Close to 270 & shops.$1895. 202-213-3322
GAITHERSBURG:3Br, 2.5Ba, pool, HOCok, nr shops/bus$1750 inc water CallFrancis 301-908-9627
GAITHERSBURG:TH, 3Br, 2.5Ba, closeto the MVA andRide-on, new paintand carpet, deck,backs to the woods$1850 /mon th ,Sec8 OK, 202-257-0184
GAITHERSBURG:Th, 3 Br, 2.5 Ba, HOCwelcome, newly reno-vated, $1700 (neg) +util 240-688-6178
GAITH/MV:TH 3BR,2.5BA $1700/mo + UtilNo Pets,No Smkr, NoSec 8 Avail Now!! Call301-208-9262
GBURG:3 BR 2.5 BAW/W Carpet, NP/NSW/D finish bsmt $1600call Kenneth 301-706-0485
GERMANTOWN:2 RM’s in upper classSFH close 270 SharedLR, kit, etc.$615 -$750Call 301-693-0619
GERMANTOWN:3Br, 2.5Ba TH, FR,deck, new: appl, car-pet & W/D $1850 +util Call: 240-381-6447
GERMANTOWN:4BD 2BA SFH.Remod. Near shops &transp. $2500 HOCokay. 301-570-0510
GERMANTOWN:TH, 2Br, 1.5 Ba, finbsmt, W/D, Fncd yard,2 prk spaces, nr I270,$1,450/mo Call Benat 202-309-4630
GERMANTOWN:TH, 3Br, 2.5Ba,NP/NS, new paint,$1625 + util ANDROCKVILLE: 2Br,1Ba Condo $1450 +electric 240-472-5642(after 6pm)
GERMANTOWN: THNewly, RenovetedHWFL, 4BRM 2.5BAW/D Grnt, top1800+utl Mr OPORTO301-335-8314
GERMANTOWNTOWN CENTRE:3Br, 2.5Ba TH, grg &2 parking spaces,$1929/month + utils12852 Rexmore DriveCall: 240-888-0747
OLNEY- EU TH 3bd/2.5 ba new paint, car-pet in rec room, W/D,deck, fenced yard re-served parking, N/S,N/P $1650. Greatschools Call 301-774-7148 owner is agent.
ROCKVILLE: 5 BD,3BA SFH. Great loc.Near 355 shops, &270. HOC okay. AvailNow. 240-383-1000
SILVER SPRING:3Br, 1.5Ba, great loc,lrg living space, bsmt,sep study, DR & LR$1750 240-400-0624
LAUREL- 5 bedroom3 bath split foyer. W/Din utility room. Attach-ed 2 car garage. Fire-place in basementRec room. Wall to wallcarpeting. $2450 permonth 240-997-9836
N .POTOMAC- 2BR/1 BA eat in kitch-en, separate entr, offstreet parking, $685inclu utils 240-688-6311
GERMANTOWN-Luxury 1 Bedroom Apt1 person short termavail $1275 call 301-580-3769 see onlinead or craigslist.
ROCK/BETH: 1BR,priv ent/BA., kit, patio,pet ok, yr lse $1,100util included 301-881-8214/302-539-9119
SILVER SPRING:Remodeled basement2Br, + den, 1Ba, priventr, W/D, wifi, nrFDA/bus. $1400/utilinc Call: 202-841-9335
GBURG/MV: 1Bedr.in a SFH, $550 + utilsshared kitch & ba,NS/NP near shops &bus call 202-280-3678
BELTSVILLE: 2br1.5ba nr shops & busN/P $1350 utils incl, +S/D 301-592-7430 or301-622-6676
CHEVY CHASE:2Br/2FB $2095 Newlyrenovated, spaciouscondo, at The Wil-loughby in the heart ofchevy chase. Contact202-365-5445
GAITHERBURG Lg2Br/2Ba +Den in VillaRidge, new Kit nr me-tro $1695 util incl. 240-994-9993
GBURG 2 BR/2 BAon the top floor, Woodfloors LR/ DR/ Hallareas. W/D Avail12/01$1275 240-601-7803
MONT.VILLAGE:Newly renovated 2BR/2BA condo with mod-ern design. $1500 CallDavid 301-512-5777
MV: Lux 1BR 1BAPatio, LR & DR. Nrshops, bus, AllAmens. $1450/mo inclutils. 240-421-1002
ROCKVILLE: 2BRcondo, $1475/mo, freewater & basic cable, nrtwinbook metro, $1000dep 301-305-4316
ASPEN HILL: 1BD,1BA in 2BD, 2BA apt.NS. $750 util incl. OffBelpre Rd. Avail now!Call 240-330-2330
ASPEN HILL / S.S:TH, upper lvl: MBr$700, 1Br $500, 1Br$450 all + util nr Bus &Metro. Avail Now.Call: 301-257-5712
BETHESDA-Furn 2BR Fem only. NS nrMetro close to beltway& NIH $600 & $750301-651-6357 lv msg
DERWOOD: 3 BDand 2BA on secondfloor in SFH. $1400 +half utils. Near bus &Mont College. Call240-449-0979
DERWOOD: M/F. 1BR & den, pvt entry &ba, $950 (all utils.incl.), wifi/cable NP,NS. 240-620-5564
GAITHERSBURG:1 Br nr Metro/ShopsNo Pets, No Smoking$375 Avail Now.Call: 301-219-1066
GAITHERSBURG:1RM Avail in TH,$500/mo util incl, nrmetro, public transpns/np 240-461-8590
GAITH:Furn RM formale (se rentacuarto). Nr metro,W/D, $475 incluutills. 301-785-0242
GERM: 1 BR, sharedBA $400, 1MB $500 +utils in TH NS/NDNear bus/shops. SecDep Req. 240-476-6224
GERMANTOWN:1Br $550 w/shrd Ba,1Br w/priv Ba $700for both SD req & Utilincl. 240-899-2708.Avail Now.
GERMANTOWN:1BR w/shared bath,$450 util incl + $250sec dep. Call John301-916-8073
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-Bsmnt Studio, priv ba,micro/fridge, no priventr, NP, $1100 incldutils call 240-477-0005
GERMANTOWN:Bsmt Apt, priv entr &Full Ba, free park, W/D$900 util inc Call:301-793-8303 txt only
GERMANTOWN:Lrg Br $550, Sm Br$450 utils incl shrd Bafor both, nr bus &shops, Call: 301-920-4988
GERMANTOWN:Lrg Br in SFH, shrdBa, female, w/o bsmt$650/mo inc Cable, intand util 240-401-3522
GERMANTOWN:Med BD in SFH $460incl utils, WIFI, Cable,mini fridge/micro. SecDep req.301-529-5427
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NOVEMBERFEST!Holiday & Craft Festi-val - Saturday, Nov.15, 9-3 Arts and crafts,books and DVDs, yardsale, bake sale, bikes,toys, quilt raffle, andmore! UnitarianU n i v e r s a l i s tCong. of Rockville,100 Welsh Park Dr.(near MontgomeryC o l l e g e )uucr.org/novemberfest
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ROCKVILLE: MultiFamily Yard Sale Sat.11/15 9am-5pm 16000Fawnlilly Ct Furniture,clothes, toys, kidsbikes, HH items, col-lectable & more!
RUMMAGE SALE:SATURDAY 11/15,9:00am-2:00pm, St.BARTHOLOMEWCHURCH. Great buyson tons of great items,Huge collection ofgently used treasures!6900 River Road,Bethesda, 20817 OnRiver Road b/w Nevisand Wilson- Follow thesigns and see youthere!
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- ANNOUNCEMENT -MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLANDis seeking applications from individuals ororganizations who wish to lease space forchild care services at 2 County owned
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These sites are currently leased to privatechild care providers. Under the terms ofthe County Child Care Policy, space mustbe re-bid at the expiration of existing li-
cense terms. These spaces will be availa-ble for new leases in July 2015. Applicantsmay bid for one or more of these spaces.Current tenants may re-apply for the same
or additional spaces.
SITE LOCATIONS∂ Colesville Health Center:
14015 New Hampshire Avenue,Silver Spring, Maryland 20904.∂ Thurgood Marshall ElementarySchool: 12260 McDonald DriveGaithersburg, Maryland 20878.
SITE DESCRIPTIONPlease see website below for complete de-tails and to download the application re-garding the one child care suite inside theschool.
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ELECTRONIC/MANUFACTURINGWabtec Railway Electronics in Germantown has the following 1st & 2ndshift openings; PCB Wiring & Mech Assemblers, Stockroom & QATechnicians. All positions require the ability to read drawings & priormanufacturing exp. For immediate consideration, send resume & salaryhistory to: [email protected] or call 301-515-2044 or apply atwww.wabtec.com.
Maintenance
MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANSeeking one qualified and enthusiastic applicant to joint our team asa Maintenance Technician for an apartment community inRockville. Candidate should have prior experience working as atechnician in an apartment community. Qualified candidate wouldposses knowledge in HVAC, electrical, plumbing, Gas furnace andBoilers as well as apartment turnover. Candidate should also be ateam worker, have a good communication skills, be able to followdirections and is self motivated. Technician to work underMaintenance Supervisor. Live On position available but notrequired. Position also requires 24 hours Emergency On Call, on arotating basis. Fluency in English and Spanish a plus! Call301-881-1565 or fax 301-881-1566.
Real Estate Silver Spring
Work with the BEST!Be trained individually by one of the area’s top offices & one of the area’s bestsalesman with over 34 years. New & experienced salespeople welcomed.
Must R.S.V.P.Call Bill Hennessy
330011--338888--22662266330011--338888--22662266301-388-2626bill.hennessy@longfoster.com • Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
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MEDICAL ASSISTANTFor a Pediatric Practice in Clarksburg, MD.
Previous experience preferable. Please fax CVs:
301-528-8282NOW HIRING COMPANIONS FOR SENIORS!
Provide non-medical care for seniors in their homes.CNA, GNA, HHA and NON-LICENSED positions available.
Flexible scheduling, ongoing training, 24hr support provided. Must have car,1yr U.S work history, 21+. Home Instead Senior Care. To us it’s personal!
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Medical Asst/LPN/RNFT, for a growing pediatric officeMUST be dependable, reliable& efficent with great customerservice skills, willing to worksome evenings & Saturday’s,have hands-on patient care exp.& knowledge of Word BasedComputer systems with EMRknowledge a plus. Fax resumeto Anne: 301-540-0865
GC3311
We’ve teamed up to BOOST our recruitmentofferings. Not only are we your go-to source forthe best local talent, now we are expanding thesearch with our new and exciting...
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WE NEED YOU!Do you enjoy fast-paced work?Do you take pride in a job welldone? If you answered YES toboth questions, then we wantYOU. We are seeking people towork in our production facilityduring our busy holiday seasonand we will provide training forall of our entry-level positions.These openings exist on the day,mid and night shifts and couldrequire significant overtime thatinvolves working up to sevendays per week. Starting pay is$8.40 per hour for thesetemporary jobs that will last untilapproximately early January2015. Please apply in personMon-Fri 8:30am to4:00pm (You must bringlegal work documents tothe interview) at:
DISTRICT PHOTO, INC.10619 Baltimore Avenue (USRte. 1), Beltsville, MD 20705
EOE M/F
ADMIN ASSTPart Time, Gaithersburg,Saturdays only 9am-3pm, helpwith phones & general adminduties, with no experienceneeded! Please call Chris at:
240-720-6356.
Part-time Warehouse LoaderThe Gazette has an opening for a part-time Warehouse Loader towork between the Gaithersburg and Laurel offices. Position consistsof numerous tasks such as: loading vehicles, working with pallet jacksand overseeing all distribution in the warehouse. Must be flexible andable to work 20 hours per week. Some weeks consist of workingbetween Montgomery and Prince George’s County locations. Youmust have transportation to get to warehouse in both areas. Emailresume to: [email protected]. No phone calls. EOE
Kennel HelpPart Time - Must be available weekends andholidays. Must be able to lift 50lbs & comfortablearound animals. Please email resume to:[email protected]
Now Hiring LineCooks!
PT, Evenings, Experiencenecessary. Gentleman Jims,Gaithersburg. Call after 2pm
301-963-7778
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#3019574, 1.8L, Power Windows, Power Locks,Keyless Entry
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MSRP $18,815
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2014 JETTA S
BUY FOR$13,995
MSRP $17,715
2014 BEETLE 1.8L
#1651997, Automatic, Power Windows/PowerLocks, Keyless Entry, Sunroof
BUY FOR$17,999
MSRP $22,685
2014 JETTA SEDAN TDI
#7327134, Automatic Power Windows,Power Locks, Bluetooth
BUY FOR$17,999
OR 0% for 60 MONTHS
MSRP $22,435
2014 PASSAT S
#9009449, Automatic, PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$17,999
OR 0% for 60 MONTHS
MSRP $22,765
2006 Jetta Sedan PZEV AT...#V394369A, Silver, 98,816 Miles...$6,9932005 Hyundai Santa FE.....#V022061B, Maroon, 95,878 Miles....$7,4912007 Honda Civic LX.....#V0093A, Blue, 83,464 Miles..................$9,9942008 Toyota Prius...#V016899A, Gray, 75,521 Miles..................$11,5912013 Golf...#V619780A, Blue, 31,973 Miles.................................$13,9912012 Golf HB...#V026462A, Gray, 66,571 Miles...........................$13,9912014 Jetta Sedan.....#V068778A, Gray, 11,382 Miles.................$13,9912012 Jetta SR...#V535337A, White, 40,267 Miles.......................$14,491
2011 GTI...#V009202A, Blue, 56,396 Miles..................................$16,9942011 Jeep Gr. Cherokee Laredo...#V075706B, Silver, 100,193 Miles...$17,9912012 Mini Cooper S...#V034678A, Red, 33,011 Miles...............$18,3512013 Golf CPO.....#VPR0098, Black, 7,392 Miles.........................$18,9912009 Jeep Wrangler Unltd...#V000346A, Red, 73,973 Miles....$19,7822013 Jetta TDI..#VPR0083, Silver, 10,331 Miles..........................$20,2952014 Passat Wolfsburg CPO.....#VPR0097, Silver, 8,459 Miles..$21,4912012 Jetta Sportwagen CPO...#V625092A, White, 40,267 Miles....$21,991
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2015 TIGUAN S 2WD
#13507868, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$24,999
OR 0% for 60 MONTHS
MSRP $27,180
2014 PASSAT SE TDI
#9094730, PowerWindows,Power Locks, Sunroof
BUY FOR$23,829
MSRP $27,730
2015 GTI 4DR HB S
#4019214, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
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MSRP $27,235
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$14,977#N0489, Auto, 27KMiles,1-Owner, 2.5SCoupe
2013 Nissan Altima$14,977#546106A, 2.5LSedan,
Automatic, 42KMiles
2011 Nissan Altima SL
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$14,977#P9036A, Automatic,36KMiles, XLT SUV
2011 Ford Escape
$15,977#546033A, Automatic,1-Owner, 46KMiles
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe
$12,977#441562A, Auto, 61KMiles, 1-Owner, SESedan
2012 Ford Fusion
$23,977#P9090, Automatic, 30KMiles,1-Owner, Back-upCamera, Leather
2011 Nissan Murano SL$22,977#E0369A, Automatic,
Excellent Handling
2013 BMW Series 128i
$11,977#541010C, Auto, Convertible,35KMiles, 1-Owner
2012 Fiat 500 POP
$14,977#E0430, Automatic,1-Owner, 39KMiles
2012 Honda Civix LX
$12,977#P9021A, Automatic,4DR, Sedan
2010 Dodge Charger SXT
$12,977#441556A, Automatic,1-Owner, Black, 38KMiles
2010 Saab 9-3
$12,977#448092A, Automatic,Sunroof, LTD SUV
2008 Toyota RAV4
2006 Jeep Cherokee
#429053B,Auto, V6,LaredoSUV
$11,995
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2006 Chevrolet Malibu
#N0530A, Auto,2.2L, 4-Cyl,LT Sedan
$7,995
2008 Honda Accord
#0SD001A,Auto, 1-Owner,EX-L Sedan, 2.4L Engine
$12,995
#526547C, Auto,10K Miles, 1-Owner,LE Sedan
$16,995
2008 Volvo C70 Coupe
#N0553, Auto,1-Owner, 2.5L Engine,66K Miles
$16,9952013 Volkswagen Jetta
#N0488, 1-Owner,Auto, 10k Miles,TDI Sedan
$19,995
2004 Honda Odyssey EX
#G0031A,Automatic, EntertainmentSystem, 3.5L V6
$7,500
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#526022A, ComfortSedan,1-Owner4-Cyl, Automatic
$12,995
2009 SAAB 9-3
#P9170, Auto,21K Miles, 3.0L,1-Owner
$26,950
2012 BMW 128I Coupe
#526071A, Automatic,19K Miles, 1-Owner,PZEV Coupe
$15,995
2012 Volkswagen Beetle
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan
#P9149, Auto,Moonroof, 30K Miles,Volvo Certified, 1-Owner
$21,950
2012 Audi A3 2.0T Premium
#P9172, 1-Owner,34K Miles, Auto $19,995
2013 Subaru Forester.................................................... $20,950#526513B, 1-Owner, 2.5X Premium SUV, 35K Miles
2011 Mini Cooper CountryMan S............... $20,995#526051A, Auto, 29K Miles, 1-Owner, True Blue
2011 Mazda CX-9................................................................... $25,950#526565A, Auto, Dolphin Grey, AWD Grand Touring, V6, 1-Owner
2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $25,950#P9158, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, 9K Miles, Flamenco Red
2013 Toyota Corolla
2010 Jeep Compass......................................................... $12,995#460053C, 2.4L Engine, Sport SUV, Auto, Bright Silver
2007 Acura TL.............................................................................. $15,995#G0040, Auto, 3.2L V6 Engine, Sedan
2010 Lexus....................................................................................... $19,995#422056A, Auto, V6 Engine, 350 Sedan, Tungsten Pearl
2011 Volvo S80 3.2L Sedan.................................... $20,950#526043A, Auto, Volvo Certified, 1-Owner, 36K Miles, Seville Grey
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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 11/17/2014.
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888-797-1831
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College Park, MD 20740888-693-8037
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2015 NISSANVERSA S+ CVT
w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11125
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$179/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
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2015 NISSANVERSA NOTE S+ CVT MSRP: $16,510
Sale Price: $14,495Nissan Rebate: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$13,495w/automatictransmission
MODEL #11515
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$139/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANSENTRA SV
MSRP: $18,920Sale 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: $23,505Sale Price: $19,245
Nissan Rebate: $1,250NMAC Bonus Cash: $1,000
Nissan Holiday Bonus Cash: $500
$16,495
MODEL #13115
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$169/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANROGUE SELECT AWD MSRP: $23,040
Sale Price: $19,495NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$18,995w/bluetooth
MODEL #29014
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$199/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANMURANO S
MSRP: $31,890Sale Price: $27,495
Nissan Rebate: $3,500Nissan November Bonus Rebate: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$22,995
MODEL #23214
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$279/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
2014 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,040
Sale Price: $25,995Nissan Rebate: $500
NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
$24,995
MODEL #25014
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$239/MO36 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
4AT THISPRICE
MSRP: $14,980Sale Price: $12,995
Nissan Rebate: -$500
$12,495
2014 NISSANMAXIMA 3.5 SV
MSRP: $35,815Sale Price: $30,995
Nissan Rebate: $4,500NMAC Bonus Cash: $500
Nissan November Bonus Rebate: $500
$25,495w/leather,
heated seats,moonroof
MODEL #16214
4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN
$299/MO39 MO LEASE12K MILES/YR
OR
DARCARS See what it’s like tolove car buying
15625 Frederick Rd (Rte 355) • Rockville,MDn OPEN SUNDAY n VISIT US ON THEWEB ATwww.355Toyota.com
PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($200) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.9% 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 60 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 OR LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995DOWN PLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. 2014 COROLLAU & PRIUS PLUG-IN LEASES ARE FOR 24 MONTHS WITH $995 DOWN. EXPIRES 11/30/2014.
1-888-831-9671
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0% FOR60 MONTHS+On 10 Toyota Models
4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL., INCL.
2 AVAILABLE: #570205, 570142NEW 2015 COROLLA L
2 AVAILABLE: #564044, 564064NEW 2015 RAV4 4X2 LE
4 CYL.,AUTOMATIC
$21,590
2 AVAILABLE: #472347, 472632NEW 2014.5 CAMRY SE
AUTO,4 CYL., 4 DR
$18,690
4 DR., AUTO, 6 CYL.
NEW 2014 AVALON XLS2 AVAILABLE: #478067, 478074
$25,990
AFTER TOYOTA $2,000 REBATE
AUTO, 6 CYL,BASE, 7 PASS.
2 AVAILABLE: #460253, 460232NEW 2014 SIENNA L
362 AVAILABLE: #570015, 570014
4 DR., AUTO,4 CYL
2015 COROLLA LE
$109/2 AVAILABLE: #453030, 453038
NEW 2014 SCION XD
4 CYL.,4 DR., AUTO
$159/mo.**
MO**
2 AVAILABLE: #472808, 472803NEW 2014.5 CAMRY LE
4 CYL.,AUTO
$149/MO**
$22,690AFTER $1,500 REBATE
$14,990
AFTER TOYOTA $1,500 REBATE
AFTER $500 REBATE
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