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n Dozens testify forand against change inRockville’s standards
BY RYANMARSHALLSTAFFWRITER
A proposal that would re-calibrate the balance between
developmentand schoolenrollmentgrowth inR o c k v i l l edrew threedozen resi-dents andformer city
officials to testify at a publichearing Monday night, withmanybacking andmanyoppos-ing the change.
The hearing on proposedchanges to the city’s adequatepublic facilities standards atthe mayor and council’s weeklymeeting was the first of two,with the second scheduled forJan. 26.
Among the several changesproposed by Councilman TomMoore, the most contentiouswas a provision that would raisethe city’s threshold for when aschool is at full capacity,movingit from 110 percent of programcapacity to 120 percent.
That would bring the city’sstandard in line withMontgom-ery County’s, which also evalu-ates capacity for each schoolcluster, rather than for eachschool, as the city does.
Cluster planning is a hall-
City grappling withdevelopment, schools
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n Educators earn new status,potential for leadership roles
BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER
About 30 Montgomery County teachers haveearned a new status that could help propel them toleadership roles in schools and projects.
The educators were named “lead teachers” as partof a county education Career Lattice program, which isfocusing on 58 high-need schools this academic year.
The teachers, who applied for the status, are con-sidered “master teachers” and demonstrated leader-ship “and the potential for more leadership” in theirworkwith students, other staff, parents and communitymembers, said Doug Prouty, president of the Mont-gomery County Education Association.
“As time goes on, our hope is that the numbers willstart building,” Prouty said.
The application process is ongoing and teacherscan continue to seek the status, he said.
The new lead teachers hail from 20 elementary,middle and high schools, 15 of which are in the SilverSpring area. Other represented areas include Gaithers-burg, Rockville and Bethesda.
New lead teacher Daryl Alston is heading a proj-ect at Northwood High School in Silver Spring. He
30 ‘lead teachers’gain initial OK
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(From left) Lukas Schlotterer, Madeline Nannis and staff member Krystle Seit cre-ate a tableau from the book “Frog and Toad” by Arnold Loebel in the Winter BreakArts Blast camp Friday at Imagination Stage in Bethesda.
n Union says temporaryworkers not safely doingjob, wants company fined
BY KATE S. ALEXANDER
STAFFWRITER
Workers with Unity Dis-posal, one of MontgomeryCounty’s contracted trashhaulers, have been on strikesince Dec. 26 and their union
says temporary workers are notsafely filling in.
About 65 workers withUnity Disposal went on strikeafter they felt negotiations fortheir first collective bargain-ing agreement stalled betweenUnity Disposal and the Labor-ers’ International Union ofNorth America, Mid-AtlanticRegion.
Wednesday will be the 13thday the workers have been onstrike and picketing outside
Unity Disposal’s yard in Laurel.Despite the strike, Unity
Disposal has continued to pickup trash and recycling alongits four routes in MontgomeryCounty by hiring temporaryworkers to do the job.
The union, known as Li-UNA, says it has documentedsafety violations by the temps— offenses that, under thecompany’s contract with thecounty, can trigger a fine of upto $100 per violation per day.
The strike stems from con-tract negotiations between Li-UNA andUnity Disposal.
Unity Disposal has notbeen negotiating a “fair” firstcontract with workers, said Mi-chael Blain, communicationsdirector for LiUNA, Mid-Atlan-tic Region.
Recent proposals have in-cluded pay cuts for somework-ers, he said.
Trash haulers continue strikeDAN GROSS/THE GAZETTE
Striking workers stand at the entrance of Unity Disposal in Laurel early Tuesday morning as trucks driven by replacement workers leave the facility.
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n Board should consideronly ‘no-cost’ plans, he says
BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER
Superintendent Joshua P.Starr on Tuesday released sev-eral possible ways to changebell times to help MontgomeryCounty high school students getmore sleep.
Fourmain options that Starrproposed involve different strat-egies for shifting bell times; afifth option calls for no changes.Instead, the district would studyother potential changes thatcould mean more shut-eye forhigh school students.
The school board’s nextmeeting Tuesday will include apresentation on the proposals.
The latest bell times optionsstem from the school board’srequest that Starr come up withideas that cost less than a rec-ommendation Starr made inOctober 2013.
Starr’s original plan wouldhave started high schools 50minutes later and middleschools 10 minutes earlier. Theelementary school day wouldhave been 30minutes longer.
Starr stepped back from hisoriginal recommendation inJune, saying it would cost toomuch, about $21 million peryear. He also said communityfeedback on theplanwas incon-clusive.
The board said any new op-tions should cost $10 million orless. All four of Starr’s new ideasfor change came in well below
that figure.Most of the annual costs are
related to transportation, ac-cording to the district.
High schools currently startat 7:25 a.m., a time that somesaydoes not allow students to getenough sleep. Middle schoolsstart at 7:55 a.m. andelementaryschools, which are split into twotiers, start at 8:50 and 9:15 a.m.
The options Starr releasedTuesday vary in cost. Starr saidhe thinks the board should con-sider only the options that don’trequire spending.
Hesaid inan interviewTues-day that,whilehe supportsmov-ing bell times, he doesn’t thinkthe school system can afford tospendmoney on changes, giventhe fiscal climate at the countyand state levels.
One option without a pricetag would shift all school startand end times by 20 or 35 min-utes. Starr said in amemo to theschool board that he backs the20-minute plan, the “most prac-ticable of the no-cost options.”
“Although 20 minutes is notideal for extending sleep time, itis a move in the right direction,and it will allow the potentialfor some extended sleep for allinvolved,” he said in thememo.
A 20-minute shift is “not sig-nificantly disruptive” to countyfamilies or school operations,he said in the interview.
School board President Pa-tricia O’Neill said she doesn’tthink 20 more minutes of sleepwould solve the problem, butshe will seriously consider the
Starr pitches newoptions to changeschool bell times
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THURSDAY, JAN. 8Literacy Council of Montgomery Coun-
cil, 10:30 a.m.-noon, RockvilleMemorialLibrary, 21Maryland Ave., Rockville. Infor-mation session for volunteers interested inhelping adults learn to read, write or speakEnglish. No foreign language skills neces-sary. [email protected].
Starting a Second Career in LocalFood Production, 6-8:45 p.m., AgriculturalHistory Farm Park, 18410MuncasterRoad, Derwood. Commercial FoodProduction andMarketing for the NewFarmer on Small Acreage. $30. [email protected].
Maintaining Physical and Mental Well-ness, 7:30-9 p.m., National Alliance onMental Illness, 11718 ParklawnDrive,Rockville. Learn small steps that can helpwith the journey to wellness. [email protected].
Volunteer Tutor Information Ses-sion, 7:30-9 p.m., Germantown Library,Meeting RoomA, 19840 Century Blvd.,Germantown. For volunteers interested inhelping adults learn to read, write or speakEnglish. Tutors work one-on-one or withsmall groups; no foreign language skillsnecessary. Free, registration required. 301-610-0030.
FRIDAY, JAN. 91st Maryland Small Business Innova-
tion Research Conference, 8:30 a.m.-4p.m., JohnsHopkins UniversityMont-gomery County Campus, Gilchrist Hall,9601Medical Center Drive, Rockville. Net-work andmeet other business owners. Gettips on how towin awards and hear aboutchanges in the agencies’ funding and pro-curement programs. $50. [email protected].
SATURDAY, JAN. 10Gaithersburg Indoor Flea Market, 9
a.m.-2 p.m.,Montgomery County Fair-grounds, 16 Chestnut St., Gaithersburg.Free admission. Vendors are sought to sellgently used and new items. 301-258-6350.
Germantown Library Book Sale, 10a.m.-1 p.m., 19840 Century Blvd., Ger-mantown.Monthly Friends of the Librarybook sale. Adult books $1 and 50¢, chil-dren’s books 50¢ and 25¢. Free admission.240-777-0110.
PAWS to Read, 11 a.m.-noon, AspenHill Library, 4407 AspenHill Road, Rock-ville. Pets onWheels stops by one Satur-day amonth to help promote childrenreading and to relieve anxiety when learn-ing to read. Natty, Reco, and Kirby willbe on hand to listen to kids read to them.Free. 240-773-9410.
PM Sanathana: Beginingless andEndlessness, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901 Bentley Road, SandySpring. Exhibit opening and reception.
Pongal celebration and gallery talk withartists Shanthi and Ayshwarya ChandraSekar.Music and dance demonstrationsby Balajee Shanmugam andNatybhoomi.Indian food and drinks. Free. 301-774-0022.
SUNDAY, JAN. 11Farmers and Artists Market, 10 a.m.-2
p.m., Sandy SpringMuseum, 17901Bentley Road, Sandy Spring. Featuring 25farmers, juried artists and food vendors,both inside and outside themuseum.Handmade jewelry and awide variety ofcrafters and livemusic. [email protected].
“From Beyond the Arch” Art ShowReception, 2–4 p.m., Goldman Art Gallery,6125Montrose Road, Rockville. Artworkcreated by the upper andmiddle schoolstudents of theHelene Berman SeidenfeldVisual Art Center at the BermanHebrewAcademy. The artists will present and talkabout their artwork during the reception,andworks will be on display through Jan.28. Free admission. www.jccgw.org.
Children’s Storytelling, 3-4 p.m., SandySpringMusuem, 17901 Bentley Road,Sandy Spring. Enjoy readings of children’sbooks about traditional Indian festivals.$5. 301-774-0022.
2015 Legislative Preview, 3-5 p.m.,Kentlands Clubhouse, 485 TschiffelySquare Road, Gaithersburg. TheDistrict17 Democratic Club invites residents tohear new and returning legislators—Cheryl Kagan, Kumar Barve, JimGilchristand Andrew Platt— discuss their goals forthe 2015 legislative session in Annapolis.Free. 301-216-9549.
The Collapse of Civilizations in 1177BC and the Emergence of Israel, 7:30p.m., B’nai Israel Congregation, 6301Montrose Road, Rockville. Learn about thecosmopolitan and globalized world-sys-tem in theMediterranean region duringthe Late Bronze Age. $5-$10. [email protected].
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia SupportGroup, 6-7 p.m., Brightview FallsgroveAssisted Living, 9200Darnestown Road,Rockville. Discuss problems and solutionsandmeet others who are walking a similarpath. Refreshments provided. Free, RSVPrequested. 240-314-7194.
TUESDAY, JAN. 13I Heart Storytime, 4-5 p.m., Charles E.
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Turning 65? You Have Choices andMedicare is One of Them, 7-9 p.m., Rock-ville Senior Center, 1150 CarnationDrive,Rockville. Learn information to help withdecisions regarding when to sign up andwhat the options out there are. Offeredthrough the State Health Insurance Assis-tance Program. Free. 301-590-2819.
Germantown Town Center TalkersToastmasters, 7:30-9 p.m., NorthwestHigh School, Room 226, 13501 RichterFarmRoad, Germantown. Build publicspeaking and leadership skills in a sup-portive atmosphere with diversemem-bers. Free for first-time guests. [email protected].
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14Nursery School Open House, 10 a.m.,
Congregation B’nai TzedekNurserySchool, 10621 South Glen Road, Potomac.Learn about the school’smission to buildcritical thinking and problem solvingskills, foster strong and vibrant Jewishidentity and a connection to the Jewishpeople, encourage an enthusiasm forlearning by nurturing creativity and in-quisitive thinking and develop the wholechild through a variety of experiences.Free. 301-299-1149.
Teen Movie Night, 6:30 p.m., Gaithers-burg Library, 18330Montgomery VillageAve., Gaithersburg. Screening of “TheBook Thief,” based on the novel of thesame name byMarcus Zusak. InWorldWar II Germany, young Liesel finds solacein stolen books and the company of aJewish refugee sheltered by her adoptiveparents. Free. 240-773-9490.
Community Meeting on RockwoodManor, 7-9 p.m., 11001MacArthur Blvd.,Potomac. Learn about findings from arecently completed feasibility study forRockwoodManor Special Park. Parks staffwill present facility rental policy changesand findings of noise, traffic and environ-mental studies. Free. www.ParkProjects.org.
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Bethesda rabbi to appearon PBS program
Rabbi Reeve Robert Brennerof Congregation Bet Chesed inBethesda is scheduled to appearon a PBS program, “Religion &Ethics NewsWeekly.”
On the program, he is inter-viewed about his views on inter-faith marriage, Brenner said.
He is the author of severalbooks, including “Jewish, Chris-tian, Chewish, or Eschewish? In-terfaith Marriage Pathways forthe New Millennium.”
Brenner also is a formerJewish chaplain at the NationalInstitutes of Health in Bethesda.
The PBS show is slated forbroadcast Sunday at 6:30 a.m.on MPT2 and at 10:30 a.m. onWETA. It also will be availableat pbs.org/religion.
Silver Spring authorwins writing fellowship
A Silver Spring author is oneof two writers to win EmergingWriter Fellowships this year atthe Writer’s Center in Bethesda.
Tanya Olson is a lecturer inEnglishat theUniversityofMary-land, Baltimore County. Her firstbook, “Boyishly,” was publishedin 2013 and won an AmericanBook Award.
Fellows receive a reading atthe Writer’s Center and a cashhonorarium. Fellows livingwithin 250 miles of the centerreceive $250, and others receive$500, according to the center.
Derwood teen honored byChesapeake Bay Trust
Samuel Zabronsky of Der-wood, a senior at Sandy SpringFriends School, has beennamed the Chesapeake BayTrust’s Student of the Year.
The award goes to a Mary-land high school or collegestudent who motivates and in-spires others and participatesin efforts to improve the localenvironment and community.
Zabronsky will be honoredat the trust’s award ceremonyJan. 22 at the Miller Senate Of-fice Building in Annapolis, andwill receive a $5,000 scholarship.
“In a generation wheremany students are self-ab-sorbed, expect instant gratifica-tion, and can hardly go an hourwithout technology, Samuelstands as change-maker and
champion for living in tune withone’s surroundings,” scienceteacher Takisha Reece wrote inher nomination letter. “Samuelhas dedicated himself to servicebecause he believes in the in-trinsic value of biodiversity. Heis empathetic and has provenhimself to be not only a stewardof the environment but an in-spiration to those around him.”
Reece praised his work asthe project manager for hisAdvanced Placement Environ-mental Science class’ TroutProject.
“He was the only studentinvited to attend a trainingsponsored by the Maryland De-partment of Natural Resourcesand Trout Unlimited to imple-ment the STEM (Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math)project focused on raising troutin our classroom,” she wrote.
n 1,500 visited homedisplay in Brookeville,
donated $3,500 for charity
BY TERRI HOGAN ANDDANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFF WRITER
Despite a decidedlyScroogesque incident in De-cember, Chrysa Thear, theBrookeville woman who trans-formed her property into a win-ter wonderland during the pastmonth, said the experience hasbeen more successful than shecould ever have imagined.
“The response has defi-nitely warmed my heart overthis Christmas season,” shesaid.
Thear has been decorat-ing her home and propertyfor about 10 years, graduallyincreasing her outdoor dis-play. This year she more thandoubled her decorations to in-clude more than 200,000 lights,about 90 snowmen, about 75penguins, a candy land display,an angel garden and assortedother festive objects.
She welcomed visitors towalk through and enjoy herproperty. One individual, how-ever, took advantage of her hos-pitality.
Daniel Ryan Anger, 19,faces charges in connectionwith an incident that occurredovernight on Dec. 3 and 4.
County police say Angerstole two of Thear’s lawn deco-rations, damaged a third andtried to steal several others.
The value of the stolen and
damaged items totaled about$600, according to police.
Thear was called by a neigh-bor shortly after midnight Dec.4 and told that someone mighthave stolen a decoration fromher Christmas display, policesaid.
Anger appears in surveil-lance footage of Thear’s yard,according to police.
The missing lawn decora-tions were found in the Brin-klow area, where Anger lived atthe time, police said.
On Dec. 31, a district courtsummons was issued for An-ger, who now lives in New City,N.Y., charging him with theft ofless than $1,000 and maliciousdestruction of property.
He could not be reached forcomment.
Thear said there was a sec-ond incident in which someonewalked away with a lollipopdecoration, but two weeks latershe heard from a couple living
on Goldmine Road who hadfound it.
“I took them a plate ofChristmas cookies and pickedup my lollipop,” she said.
Thear estimates that “easilymore than 1,500 people” visitedher property since the begin-ning of December.
Visitors were asked to bringnonperishable food items,grocery store gift cards or cashdonations for Manna FoodCenter, or to make a donationto the Nina Hyde Center forBreast Cancer Research, partof the Georgetown LombardiComprehensive Cancer Center.
“I raised over $3,500 and 18boxes of food,” Thear said. “Somany people wrote nice noteson the donation envelopes,thanking me for doing this.”
She said she has beentouched by all the kind com-ments of gratitude, as well asthe hugs that she has received.
Many families have told her
they plan to make visiting herhome an annual tradition.
Thear greeted visitorsnightly, and also offered toursof the first floor of her home,which includes eight decoratedChristmas trees. When she tooka few nights off to bake dozensof Christmas cookies, she re-cruited friends and relatives togreet visitors and give the tours.
“I am exhausted,” she said.“But this has been so fun. Thelittle kids are so cute.”
Her work began in earlyOctober, and included weeklygatherings of friends and neigh-bors she enlisted to help herplan, create and set up the dis-plays. Most of November wasspent making sure that every-thing was set up and working,with the help of her gardeningcrew and electrician.
Thear soon will begin thearduous process of taking ev-erything down and storing it.She will then make plans fornext year, and place orders fornew items over the next fewmonths.
“I’m already thinking aheadto next year,” she said. “I planto rest on my laurels a bit, buthave a few new tweaks planned.And potentially, we will haveSanta Claus next year.”
The display outside Thear’shome, at 20304 Lubar Way,will be open through Saturdaynight, unless there is heavy rainor snow.
Visitors are asked to park atthe top of Lubar Way and walkdown the cul-de-sac. The lightsare on until about 11 p.m.
Grinch doesn’t spoil woman’s Christmas
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“I am exhausted,” says Chrysa Thear of Brookeville of her holiday display.“But this has been so fun. The little kids are so cute.”
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n County survey seekspublic’s ideas ondowntown spaces
BY ELIZABETH WAIBEL
STAFF WRITER
The Montgomery Depart-ment of Parks is asking peoplewhether they think publicspaces owned by private enti-ties can serve as useful civicspaces now and in the future,or whether they would be bet-ter off owned by a public en-tity.
The survey opinions on thestrengths and weaknesses ofprivately owned public spaces,especially in urban areas suchas downtown Bethesda, Whea-ton or Silver Spring.
The department emphasizesthat it is not considering priva-tizing any existing parkland, butis looking at whether some fu-ture urban parks should be pub-licly or privately owned.
Melissa Chotiner, spoke-somwan for the parks depart-ment, said the survey will beopen until Thursday. She sentThe Gazette a statement fromPlanning Board ChairmanCasey Anderson that originallywas posted on his Facebookpage.
In the statement, Caseysays the survey is about howplanners should implement ex-isting rules requiring develop-ers to set aside space for publicuse, either by giving land to theparks department or openingspace on their property to thepublic.
“Particularly in urban areas,we are increasingly finding thatit is not always clear whetherpublic or private ownership bestserves the needs of the peoplewho will be using the space,” thestatement said.
The survey, at survey-monkey.com/s/26TJ6YG, askswhether parks need to be pub-licly owned and maintained.
Questions include whetherpublic ownership is the best wayto make sure public space stayspublic and whether it providesmore flexibility to respond tochanging needs in park designand operations.
The survey also asks whetheran open space system mostlycomprising privately owned andmanaged spaces would save tax-payer dollars.
The survey also asks for
people’s opinions on a few sce-narios for park ownership andoperation. Those include hav-ing a privately owned park thatis programmed, maintained andpoliced by a third-party group,such as a business improvementdistrict or “friends-of” group.
Brooke Farquhar, a masterplanner at the parks depart-ment, said there is already acombination of privately andpublicly owned parks in down-town areas.
“It isn’t anything new toconsider that both kinds ofspaces play a role,” she said.
In downtown Bethesda,the popular plaza in front ofBarnes & Noble is part of theBethesda Row development,which is owned by FederalRealty Investment Trust ofRockville. But nearby CarolineFreeland park at the intersec-tion of Arlington Road and ElmStreet is owned by the parksdepartment.
“[In Bethesda], I think we’regoing to still have a combinationof public parks owned and oper-ated by us and privately ownedspaces that are going to be re-quired to be public-use spaces,”Farquhar said.
Chotiner said the survey wasinitially shared with a targetedgroup, but has since gainedwider circulation through emaillists.
“There’s been a lot of inter-est from people who are notnecessarily in the planningcommunity, and that’s a greatthing,” she said.
The advocacy groupFriends of White Flint sharedthe survey with its email listMonday. Amy Ginsburg, execu-tive director of Friends of WhiteFlint, said the group has notlooked at the issue of privatelyowned versus public parks, butthe survey may get a conversa-tion started.
Do privately ownedparks make sense?
“It isn’t anythingnew to consider
that both kinds ofspaces play a role.”Brooke Farquhar, master plannerwith the parks department
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Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Council of Rockville,Maryland, will conduct a public hearing on Monday, January 26, 2015,at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in the CouncilChamber, Rockville City Hall, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville,Maryland, in connection with proposed revisions to the City’s AdequatePublic Facilities Standards (APFS).
The proposed revisions would replace the current school programcapacity test in the City’s APFS with a school program capacity test thatcorresponds to Montgomery County’s school program capacity testunder the County’s Subdivision Staging Policy.
More detailed information on the proposed revisions can be found onfile in the City Clerk’s Office at Rockville City Hall. Persons wishing totestify at the hearing are asked to call (240) 314-8280, before 4:00 p.m.on the day of the hearing to place their names on the speakers’ list.
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n Company attorney:Zoning change
could spark lawsuit
BY RYANMARSHALL
STAFFWRITER
The new year was only fivedays old, but holiday cheer wasin short supply during a discus-sionMonday night by Rockville’smayor and council of a proposalthat threatens to land the city incourt if they approve it.
The proposed zoning textamendment by Councilwoman
Beryl Feinberg would prohibitself-storage warehouses within250 feet of a public school prop-erty in four typesof zonesaroundthe city.
The provision would spoilplans for a self-storage proposedby Siena Corp. of Columbia,which wants to build a nearly110,000-square-foot storage fa-cility on the site of an abandonedproperty on Taft Street in eastRockville.
Feinberg’s proposal hasdrawn cheers from neighbors,who have expressed concernabout the storage facility’s size,the traffic it would draw and
possible security issues it mightcreate in the area and for nearbyMaryvale Elementary School.
Company officials have saidthe zoning change would makeits property useless and ruin itsinvestment there.
Themayor andcouncil voted3-2 Monday night to direct staffto bring the issue back on Mon-day for introduction, with a votescheduled at a later date.
Feinberg, Mayor BridgetDonnell Newton and Council-woman Virginia Onley voted forthe motion, while CouncilmanTomMoore and CouncilwomanJulie PalakovichCarr opposed it.
Asked after the discussion ifSiena will pursue legal action ifthe measure is approved, RobertDalrymple, an attorney repre-senting the company, answeredin oneword: “Absolutely.”
The vote followed a tensediscussion, particularly betweenFeinberg andMoore.
In one particularly conten-tious exchange,Moore and Fein-berg broke with traditional daisdecorum and referred to one an-other by their first names.
Feinberg has said repeatedlythat the amendment would ap-ply citywideandwasnot targetedtoward the Sienaproject.
Shesaid itagainMonday,andsaid for her the issue was aboutthe health and safety of childrenacross the city.
“This is not spot zoning, inmyview,” Feinberg said.
Moore questioned the datathat have been raised in supportof the amendment, and said atraffic study Siena had to submitaspartof theapprovalprocess in-dicates the storage facility wouldgenerate a small percentage ofthe traffic that anotherusewould
on the site.He said he doesn’t under-
stand the basis on which theamendment is being offered,andsaid itdoesn’tmeet theusualstandardfor legislation inthecity.
“Generally wemake our lawsa little better around here,” hesaid.
Palakovich Carr, who lives ineast Rockville, cited the PlanningCommission’s 5-1 vote againstthe proposed amendment, aswell as comments by commis-sionmembers calling the projectspot zoning and saying it’s hardnot to see it as targeted at the Si-ena site.
The situation didn’t presentenough of a foundation to justifychangingthelaw,PalakovichCarrsaid, and if the mayor and coun-cilhaveconcernsaboutzoning ineast Rockville, they should take amoreholistic approach to it.
The zoning amendment willlead to a costly lawsuit the citycan’t afford, she said.
But the amendment’s pros-pects look promising, withFeinberg, Newton and Onley allexpressing support for it.
Onley said she doesn’t seethe amendment as targeted, as itwould apply citywide rather thanin just one area.
She said she thinks there’stoo much information that thefacility is not the type theywouldlike in that area of the city.
Newton said shewill supportthe amendment, and believesit ultimately comes down to asafety issue.
“This is something that af-fects everyone in the city,” shesaid.
An amendment by Moore tograndfather in theSienapropertyto any change thatwaspassed, toavoid potential legal trouble, wasvoteddown3-2byNewton,Fein-berg andOnley.
Another amendment byMoore, to set aside $3 million inthe fiscal 2016 budget to coverpotential legal expenses — amoveNewton described as “veryunfortunate” — also failed 3-2,with Newton, Feinberg and On-leyopposedandMooreandPala-kovichCarr supporting it.
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n Takoma Park officerslook for man who wore“police” vest, had badge
BYDANIEL LEADERMANSTAFFWRITER
Police in Takoma Park areinvestigating an armed robberythey believe was committed by
amanposing as apolice officer.Themanconfrontedafemale
victimat about 11p.m.Dec. 27 inthe lobby of an apartment build-ing in the 600 block of HoustonAvenue. When the woman triedto leave, the man opened hisjacket — revealing a bulletproofvest with the word “police” writ-ten on the front — and tried toput the woman under arrest, ac-cording toTakomaParkpolice.
The woman tried to call 911,but the man produced a blackhandgun and took the woman’sbelongings before fleeing thelobby, according topolice.
The man is described asskinny, between 5 feet 7 inchesand 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 29or 30 years old with a red tattoounder his right eye shaped like aheart or a teardrop. He was lastseen wearing blue jeans with
paint spatters on them, a blackwinter hat, a black jacket, a blackbullet-proof vestwith “police”onthe front and a gold badge. Thegun was black with red on thesides, according topolice.
Anyone with information isaskedtocall theTakomaParkPo-liceDepartmentat 301-270-1100,and reference caseNo. 14064122.
Police: Armed robber posed as police officer
The following is a summary of incidentsto which Montgomery County police re-sponded recently. The words “arrested”and “charged” do not imply guilt. Thisinformation was provided by the county.
Armed carjacking• Safeway, 15411NewHampshire
Ave., Silver Spring, at 10:45p.m.Dec.21.The subject threatened the victimwith aweaponand forcedher to drivetoBryantsNurseryRoad,whereherobbedher before fleeing.
Armed robbery• Exxon, 3050BriggsChaney
Road, Silver Spring, at 1:47 p.m.Dec.16.The subject threatened the victimwith aweaponand tookproperty.
• 4300block of RandolphRoad,Silver Spring, at 5 p.m.Dec. 20.Thesubject assaulted the victimand triedto takeproperty.
• Shell Gas Station, 9510GeorgiaAve., Silver Spring, onDec. 22.Thesubjects threatened the victimwith aweaponand tookproperty.
•Dewey andFernhill roads, Sil-ver Spring, at 2:50 p.m.Dec. 22.Thesubjects threatened the victimwith aweaponand tookproperty.
• 7-Eleven, 13800block ofOldColumbiaPike, Silver Spring, at 1:57a.m.Dec. 24.The subject threatenedthe victimwith aweaponand tookproperty.
• 7-Eleven, 9254NewHampshireAve., Silver Spring, at 3:12 a.m.Dec.24.The subjects threatened the victimwith aweaponand tookproperty.
Strong-arm robbery•Unit block ofManchester Place,
Silver Spring, at 5:15 p.m.Dec. 16.Thesubject forcefully tookproperty fromthe victim.
• IntersectionofColesville RoadandFentonStreet, Silver Spring, at5:03 p.m.Dec. 18.The subject force-fully tookproperty from the victim.
• 11900block of Bluhill Road,Silver Spring, at 3:10 p.m.Dec. 22.Thesubjects assaulted the victimand tookproperty.
• 7-Eleven, 12144TechRoad,Silver Spring, at 6:08 p.m.Dec. 22.Thesubjects forcefully tookproperty fromthe victim.
• 10800block ofTorranceDrive,Silver Spring, at 7:25 p.m.Dec. 23.Thesubject assaulted the victimand tookproperty.
Aggravated assault• RockvilleMetro, 250Rockville
Pike, at 6 a.m.Dec. 15.
Commercial burglary• LaMixteca, 13623Georgia Ave.,
Silver Spring, onDec. 15 or 16. Forcedentry, tookproperty.
• SligoHouse, 603 SligoAve.,Silver Spring, at 12:07 a.m.Dec. 19.Forced entry into laundry room, tookproperty.
• AmericanCollege ofGenom-ics, 7220WisconsinAve., Bethesda,at 7 p.m.Dec. 19. Forced entry, tookproperty.
•WhiteOakTobaccoZone, 12842NewHampshire Ave., Silver Spring, at1:47 a.m.Dec. 24. Forced entry, tookproperty.
Indecent exposure• 1500block ofNovemberCircle,
Silver Spring, at 9:08 p.m.Dec. 21.Thesubject exposedhimself to the victimandfled.
Residential burglary• 1400block ofHampshireWest
Court, Silver Spring, between1:20 and8:40p.m.Dec. 15. Forced entry, tookproperty.
•Unit block of SheffieldManorCourt, Silver Spring, onDec. 15 or 16.Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 11100block ofNicholasDrive,Silver Spring, between10:30 and11:47 a.m.Dec. 16. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 12500block of FarnellDrive,
Silver Spring, between9 a.m. and6p.m.Dec. 17.No forced entry, tookproperty.
•Unit block ofDarbyCourt,Bethesda, between10 a.m.Dec. 17and8:45p.m.Dec. 18.No forced entry,tookproperty.
• 2900block ofMcGeeWay,Ol-ney, onDec. 18 or 19.No forced entry,tookproperty.
• 19000block ofChandleeMillRoad, Sandy Spring, between5 and6 a.m.Dec. 19.No forced entry, un-knownwhatwas taken.
• 3400block ofGatesheadManorWay, Silver Spring, between10 a.m.and7:15p.m.Dec. 19. Forced entry,tookproperty.
• 9900block ofMossAvenue,Silver Spring, between5 and8:15p.m.Dec. 19. Forced entry, tookproperty.
• 3000block ofMarlowRoad, Sil-ver Spring, at 8:25 p.m.Dec. 19. Forcedentry, tooknothing.
• 18400block of FairweatherDrive,Olney, at 11:29p.m.Dec. 20.Unknownentry, tookproperty.
• 1100block of SchindlerDrive,Silver Spring, at 6:08 p.m.Dec. 22.Thesubjects forcefully tookproperty fromthe victim.
• 13700block ofColgateWay, Sil-ver Spring, at 8:32 p.m.Dec. 22. Forcedentry, tookproperty.
Theft• 11500block ofGainsborough
Road, Rockville, onDec. 17 or 18.Tookadirt bike fromanunlocked shed.
Vehicle larceny•Three incidents inDerwood
betweenDec. 15 and23.Took cash,anMP3player and gift cards. Affectedstreets includeNeedwoodRoad,OakMeadowDrive andPanoramaDrive.
• Five incidents inNorthBethesdaonDec. 16 or 17.Took looseproperty. Affected streets includeFlanders Avenue, BalsamGroveCourt,SnowshoeLane,MagicMountainDrive andMorningRidgeCourt.
•Two incidents atGold’sGym,
5538RandolphRoad,NorthBethesda,onDec. 17.Took cash, headphonesandaphone charger.
•Three incidents inBethesdaonDec. 20 or 21.Took sunglasses and awallet. Affected streets includeBentBranchRoad, JensenPlace andHon-estyWay.
• Seven incidents in Silver SpringonDec. 22 or 23.Took cash, stereoequipment andother loose items.
• Five incidents onCurranRoadin Silver Springbetween5 and10:15p.m.Dec. 23.Took cash, backpacksandother loose items.
• Congressional Plaza, 1600Rock-ville Pike, Rockville, between5:15 and5:30p.m.Dec. 23.No forced entry,
For the weeks of Dec. 17-Jan. 2, theSandy Spring Volunteer Fire Departmentresponded to the following incidents:
From Station 4 (Sandy Spring)• OnDec. 19 at 2:54 a.m., New
Hampshire Avenue and Ednor Roadfor a vehicle collisionwith injuries.
• OnDec. 20 at 6:26 p.m., Long-meade Crossing andWintergatedrives, Layhill, to assist with a vehiclecollisionwith injuries.
• OnDec. 20 at 8:06 p.m., 20300block of NewHampshire Avenue fora vehicle collisionwith unknowninjuries.
• OnDec. 21 at 6:48 p.m., 19700block of NewHampshire Avenue fora vehicle collisionwith no injuries.
• OnDec. 23 at 11:38 a.m., Brigh-tonDamRoad and Firethorn LaneinHoward County to assist with avehicle collisionwith injuries.
• OnDec. 23 at 10:08 p.m., Spen-cerville Road andNewHampshireAvenue for a vehicle collisionwithno injuries.
• OnDec. 24 at 8:15 a.m., 3200
block of Norbeck Road for a stuckelevator; no injuries reported.
• OnDec. 26 at 3:01 p.m., NewHampshire Avenue andDenit Es-tates Drive for a vehicle collisionwith no injuries.
• OnDec. 31 at 4:47 p.m., 3500block of Spencerville Road for a pe-destrian struck with no injuries.
• On Jan. 1 at 2:02 a.m., unitblock of BrightonDamRoad for avehicle collision.
• On Jan. 1 at 2:31 a.m., 15500block ofWillston Road, Spencerville,to assist with an appliance fire; nodamage reported.
From Station 40 (Olney)• OnDec. 18 at 6:17 pm, Olney-
Laytonsville Road andHeritage HillsDrive for a vehicle collisionwith noinjuries.
• OnDec. 19 at 8:38 p.m., 16800block of Georgia Avenue for a vehiclecollisionwith injuries.
• OnDec. 21 at 11:33 a.m., 14800block of Pennfield Circle in LeisureWorld for an inside gas leak.
• OnDec. 25 at 5:40 p.m., 17900block of Toboggan Lane, Derwood,to assist with a large brush fire.
• OnDec. 27 at 11:15 a.m., 4800block of Brightwood Circle for anoutside fire.
• OnDec. 27 at 5:03 p.m., 3200block of North LeisureWorld Boule-vard for an inside natural gas leak.
• OnDec. 31 at 6:21 p.m., Olney-Laytonsville and Zion Road to as-sist with a vehicle collisionwith noinjuries.
From both stations• OnDec. 20 at 5:41 a.m., 3600
block of KingWilliamDrive for anodor of smoke; no damage reported.
• OnDec. 20 at 3:54 p.m., PrincePhilip andMenden Farm drives for avehicle collisionwith injuries.
• OnDec. 20 at 11:22 p.m., 3000block of PaladinTerrace for an odorof smoke; no damage reported.
• OnDec. 21 at 7:21 a.m., 17900block of NewHampshire Avenue toassist the police at a vehicle collisionwith injuries.
• OnDec. 22 at 12:55 a.m., 2200block of Kinghouse Road, Burtons-ville, to assist at a house fire.
• OnDec. 24 at 3:55 p.m., unitblock of Clover Hill Court for an in-side gas leak.
• OnDec. 24 at 5:33 p.m., Geor-gia Avenue andMd. 108 for a pedes-trian struck with injuries.
• OnDec. 25 at 9:50 p.m., 18300block of Georgia Avenue to inves-tigate odor of smoke; no damagereported.
• OnDec. 26 at 8:42 a.m., 18100block of Ivy Lane for a house fire; nodamage reported.
• OnDec. 31 at 9:54 p.m., NewHampshire Avenue andTucker Lanefor a vehicle collisionwith injuries.
• On Jan. 1 at 2:34 a.m., Olney-Sandy Spring and Spartan roads fora brush fire.
• On Jan. 1 at 9:28 a.m., GeorgiaAvenue andOwens Road for a ve-hicle collision with no injuries.
Units also responded to 220emergencymedical calls and 43nonemergency service calls.
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Representatives of morethan 20 camps focusing ontechnology, sports,martial andtheatrical arts, education, andarts andcrafts are expected, ac-cording toanews release. Fam-ily activities andgiveaways alsoare planned.
The mall is at 11325 SevenLocks Road, Potomac.
More information is avail-
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Civic group to discussdevelopment processThe Montgomery County
Civic Federation will meet 7:45to 10 p.m. Monday in the first-floor auditorium of the CountyCouncil Office Building, 100Maryland Ave., Rockville.
A panel will discuss“Streamlining the Develop-ment Process in MontgomeryCounty,” followed by a ques-tion-and-answer period andupdates on local issues.
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n New assessments showhome values in east,
central county up $4 billion
BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER
Home values in eastern andparts of central MontgomeryCounty rosemore than $4 billionsince they were last assessed bythe state.
Maryland’s Department ofAssessments and Taxations reas-sessespropertyvaluesevery threeyears, evaluating one-third of thecounty each year.
The 2015 assessment lookedat properties in Colesville, Bur-tonsville, Gaithersburg and partsof Rockville.
Since 2012, residential prop-erty values in those communitiesrose from$37.77 billion to $42.12billion, an increase of $4.35 bil-lion.
Commercialvalues increased$6.01 billion, from $17.46 billionto $23.47 billion.
Property values across thecounty are on the rise, accordingto state data, with the last two as-sessments showing increases inthe rest of the county, aswell.
However, the jump for 2015is the largest since a market up-swing in 2013. The total increasein property values in that sectionof the countywas 18.7 percent.
“It absolutely is good news,”County Finance Director JosephBeach said. “It positively reflectson property values both in theresidential and nonresidentialsector.”
“The latest property tax as-sessment numbers in large partare a reflection of the progresswe continue to make in themid and east county,” Council-woman Nancy Navarro (D-Dist.4) of Silver Spring said in a writ-tenstatement toTheGazette.Sherepresents much of the countythat was assessed in the latestround.
Since her election in 2009,
Navarro said, she has worked to“change the narrative and per-ceptionof thispartof thecounty.”
She said the newly approvedWhiteOakMasterPlan isonewayto transform the areas into a jobcenter.
“I hope this assessment isa harbinger of greater thingsto come for the mid and eastcounty,” she said.
Montgomery County is stillfacing a revenue shortfall for therest of the current fiscal year andthe next one, which starts July 1.Lower than expected propertysales or transfers and lower thanexpected income tax collectionsareblamedfor the revenueshort-fall.
Beach said the county is stillcrunching the numbers to un-derstand exactly how the higherproperty values will affect thenext fiscal year budget.
For some property owners,the latestassessmentcouldmeanlower taxes, he said.
Property value only partiallydeterminesataxbill, accordingtothe state. Tax bills are calculatedwith the tax rates MontgomeryCountywill set in the spring.
Montgomery County is lim-ited in howmuch it can increaserevenue each year by a cap in thecharter thatvoterspassedin2008.
Beach said that limit couldmean the county has to adjust itstax rate to account for the higherproperty values and stay withinthe revenue cap.
Any increase in property val-ues is phased in over three yearsuntil the property is assessedagain, according to the state.
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BYDANIEL LEADERMAN
STAFFWRITER
An Aspen Hill woman wasfatally hit by a car Monday eve-ning as she walked across VeirsMill Road in AspenHill, accord-ing to Montgomery County Po-lice.
Beza Amare Eshetu, 19, ofthe 12500 block of Veirs MillRoad was walking south acrossthe road a little before 6 p.m.when she was struck by a cartraveling west. The car, a 2004Volvo XC70, had a green signal,
and Eshetu was walking againstthe pedestrian walk signal, ac-cording to police.
The driver, Douglas GrahamHouse, 68, of the 500 block ofKerwinCourt inSilver Spring, re-mained at the scene. Eshetuwastaken by paramedics to a localhospital where she died of herinjuries; House was taken to ahospital with non-life-threaten-ing injuries, according to police.
The incident is still underinvestigation, and anyone withinformation about it is asked tocall the county police CollisionReconstruction Unit at 240-773-6620.
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n City might reducewidth of required path onsidewalks, removal fines
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFFWRITER
Takoma Park officials areconsidering changes to thecity’s snow policies, includingreducing the fine from $200 to$25 for those who do not shovelsnow from the public sidewalkadjacent to their property.
The lower fine would keepcity staff from having to appearin court as often when peoplecontest the higher fines, CityCouncilman Fred Schultz saidduring a meeting on Monday.Compliance efforts should befocused on education, ratherthan stiff fines, he said.
“We need to get realisticabout this,” Schultz said, liken-ing enforcement of the snowor-dinance to one requiring peopleto clean up after their dogs. “A$25 fine is something that peo-ple will pay. But at $200, peoplewill take it to court.”
In an informal vote, coun-cil members Tim Male, TerrySeamens and Jarrett Smithsupported Schultz’s proposalfor the lower fine. Mayor BruceWilliams and council membersSeth Grimes and Kate Stewartdid not.
“This is a public safety is-sue,” Williams said, adding thathe didn’t want people walkingin the streets when cars weresliding around.
Stewart joinedSchultz,Maleand Seamens in an informalvote Monday requiring resi-dents and business owners toremove snow fromonly a three-foot-wide part of a sidewalk,rather than the entire sidewalk.Many sidewalks are in commer-cial areas or don’t have a strip oflawn todeposit snow,Male said.
But that width does not al-low for someusers, such as peo-ple in wheelchairs or cyclists,said Smith, who supported awider swath.
Residents must removesnow from sidewalks by 7 p.m.on the day which it has fallenor accumulated, or within fourhours of daylight after snowfall,whichever is later.
The issues, made timely
by Tuesday’s snowfall, are ex-pected to be brought back soonbefore the council in an ordi-nance for amore formal vote.
Officials also are talkingwith the Difference Makersstudent group at Takoma ParkMiddle School about forming afree program in which volun-teers help residents who can’tshovel sidewalks. WashingtonAdventist University and SligoSeventh-Day Adventist Churchmight have college studentsand youthministry members tovolunteer for such a program,Deputy City Manager SuzanneLudlow said.
“We’re pretty excited abouthow well this was received by
this particular middle schoolstudent group,” Ludlow said.
In anothermatter, the coun-cil plans to have a public hear-ing during its Jan. 20 meetingon Washington Adventist Hos-pital’s plan tomove the 252-bedmedical center from TakomaPark to the White Oak area ofSilver Spring.
IfWashingtonAdventist getsstate approval tomove, the hos-pital plans to have a behavioralunit with 40 psychiatric beds, arehabilitation center and walk-in clinic at the Takoma Parkcampus, but not an emergencyroom, officials have said.
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n Dance group offersexpression, with a workout
BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFF WRITER
Five years ago, the youth en-sembleassociatedwiththeKnockon Wood Tap Studio closed, avictim of declining enrollmentand grants during the Great Re-cession.
The studio, which formedin the early 1990s and was thenlocated in Silver Spring, eventu-ally lost its lease. But in 2011, itreopened in the Old Takomabusiness district, technically inWashington, D.C., just across theTakoma Park border.
Lisa Swenton-Eppard, thenone of the adult leaders of thestudio’s youth ensemble, hadgrown up dancing at her moth-er’s Southern Maryland studio.She knew how important dance— particularly tap — was in heryouth and wanted to see futuregenerations benefit.
“I did a little bit of everything
in my mother’s studio — ballet,jazz, tap, even twirled the baton,”said Swenton-Eppard, a Gaith-ersburg resident. “Tap alwaysspoke to me. The ability to com-municate musically in tap — notjust through body movements,but with sound — spoke to me
early on.”Knock on Wood, which spe-
cializes in rhythm tap, a formof percussive dance, is the onlydance school in the region andone of the few in the country thatfocuses solely on tap, Swenton-Eppard said.
“The young people had no-where to go,” said Swenton-Ep-pard, who earned a bachelor’sdegree in psychology from Frost-burg State University and laterfocused on dance. “I decided tomake the leap to business owner.I never thought I would be doingthis.”
Besides founding CapitolTap in 2010, she became its ar-tistic director. She enlisted Baa-kari Wilder, a Broadway veteranwho performed at venues suchas Carnegie Hall and the Ken-nedy Center, trained at Knockon Wood and returned to teachthere,asassistantartisticdirector.
OnSaturdayevening,CapitolTapwill celebrate itsfive-yearan-niversary with a gala at the SilverSpring Civic Center. There willbe a silent auction; a live auc-tion; special performancesby the15-member ensemble, Wilderand Swenton-Eppard; and apresentation honoring KnockOn Wood co-founder YvonneEdwards. Known as the Wash-ington, D.C., area’s “Tap Lady,”Edwards has danced and taughtfor more than five decades.
Wilder starred in the Broad-way musical “Bring in ‘da Noise,Bring in ‘da Funk” and danced inSpike Lee’s film “Bamboozled”and on FOX’s “So You Think YouCan Dance.”
He will receive the 2014 PolaNirenska Memorial Award forOutstanding Contribution toDance from the Washington Per-forming Arts Society.
LikeSwenton-Eppard,Wilderfoundhimselfdrawntothedanceform’s ability to express throughmovement and sound. “Bothare of equal importance,” Wildersaid. “The tap dancer can makemusic with or without accompa-niment.”
Though most students livein Montgomery County, CapitolTapismadeupofdancersages11to 25 from as far as north of Balti-more,saidSwenton-Eppard,whoalso teaches tap dance at BowieState University. The ensemblehas had almost 40 students dur-ing its five seasons, performinghistorical and contemporarypieces in nine states.
Jazzmusic, influencedbynu-merous cultures, was originallythe style of music for tap dancingand has contributed to tap’s free-dom of expression, Wilder said.
“It’s often done in a waythat’s inviting and looks easy,”he said. “Or if someone is takingmore of an intensely intellectualapproach, people become fas-cinated and want to know whatit’s like to move their feet likethat, and where those awesomesounds come from.”
The form provides a greatcardio workout, he noted.
“It doesn’t require that youbeacertainsize, fast, sloworany-thing,” said Wilder, a Glenn Daleresident who has taught tap atMontgomery College. “You don’teven have to have the best senseof rhythm. However, over time,that should come to you.”
Youth tap ensemble celebratinganniversary with Silver Spring gala
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The youth tap ensemble Capitol Tap will hold a gala Saturday at the SilverSpring Civic Center. Standing, from left: Miranda Tharp, Karuna Nandkumar,Lauren Snow, Lillian Ivester, Janiece Jefferies, Miles Brown, Abby Ginter,Frances Malley. Kneeling: Max Heimowitz, Sam Heimowitz.
CAPITOL TAP GALAn When: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday
n Where: Silver Spring CivicCenter, 1 Veterans Place.
n Tickets: $50 generaladmission online, $25 youthages 7 through 17, includesrefreshments and light fare.
n More information: www.capitoltap.com
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Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Council of Rockville,Maryland, will conduct a second public hearing on Monday, January 26,2015, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as it may be heard, in theCouncil Chamber, Rockville City Hall, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville,Maryland, in connection with proposed revisions to the City’s AdequatePublic Facilities Standards (APFS).
The proposed revisions would replace the current school programcapacity test in the City’s APFS with a school program capacity test thatcorresponds to Montgomery County’s school program capacity testunder the County’s Subdivision Staging Policy.
More detailed information on the proposed revisions can be found onfile in the City Clerk’s Office at Rockville City Hall. Persons wishing totestify at the hearing are asked to call (240) 314-8280, before 4:00 p.m.on the day of the hearing to place their names on the speakers’ list.
Mayor and Council of RockvilleBy: Sara Taylor-Ferrell, Acting City Clerk
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wears many hats as an Englishteacher, yearbook adviser, lit-erary magazine sponsor andhead of the school’s Humani-ties, Art &Media Academy.
Alston said he was moti-vated to apply for the status af-ter hearing from students whoneeded more support on theircapstone projects. Studentscomplete the optional projectsin their senior year based on asubject area they are interestedin pursuing after high school.
“It’s a good opportunity tojust see the students kind oftaking a passion of their ownand going in their own direc-tion with it,” he said.
Several schools have twolead teachers; Gaithersburg
High School has seven.The county teachers union
has worked on the CareerLattice program jointly withMontgomery County PublicSchools. The program’s scopecurrently covers 58 schools, in-cluding about 32 Silver Spring-area schools and other schoolsmostly in the Gaithersburg,Germantown and Rockvilleareas.
As of around mid-Decem-ber, about 140 teachers hadapplied for the status, Proutysaid. That figure includes thosewho have started but not com-pleted the application process.Roughly 60 teachers who ap-plied did not receive the status.
A panel of teachers, princi-pals and an associate superin-tendent evaluates applicationsfor the lead teacher status.
Once a teacher earns the
status, he or she can apply for aleadership position — such asresource teacher or staff devel-opment teacher — or proposea project such as a homeworkclub or community outreach.
Program teachers in lead-ership positions or running aproject receive a $2,000 salaryincrease. Those directing proj-ects also receive a budget of$1,000 to $3,000.
Three lead teachers havesubmitted project proposals,Prouty said, one of which wasapproved. The other two arepending.
Alston, who is leading theapproved project, said he wasthe only person helping eightstudents from his academythrough their projects lastschool year, he said. Startingthis semester, six mentors —including Alston — will help
guide 10 students through theprocess.
Each studentwill workwithamentor knowledgeable aboutthe student’s area of interest.The project budget includesstipends to compensate men-tors for their work after school.
With the new mentors onboard, Alston said, students aremore enthusiastic about theirprojects and willing to takerisks theymight not have takenwithout the added support.
He said he’s excited to bepart of the county’s new leadteacher group and hopes towork with the other educatorsand see what they’re doing.
TheCareer Lattice programgives teachers an opportunityto be acknowledged for theirwork, he said.
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More than a month ago,Unity sent the union a new pro-posal, but Blain said LiUNA didnot respond“because itwasn’t aserious proposal.”
Instead,workersstartedmo-bilizing for a strike.
A representative of UnityDisposal promised to provideThe Gazette a statement Tues-day, but had not done so by 3p.m.
While thebargaining is tech-nically not at an impasse — aformal deadlock that can sendboth parties to binding arbitra-tion or mediation — Blain saidtalks have stalled and now arebeing handled by attorneys foreachparty.
Instead of going to workeach day, the striking work-ers are following trucks on theroutes and claim to have docu-mented numerous violationsof safety protocol, includingtemporary workers not wearingproper shoes, clothing or reflec-
tive gear.County spokesman Ohene
Gyapong said the county hasadded a second inspector to thefour routes served by Unity Dis-posal to ensure service is beingprovidedproperly and safely.
Gyapong said Monday thatcounty inspectors had not ob-served any violations.
Violations can vary fromnotwearingpropersafetygear tonotproperly disposing of trash andrecycling.
However,hesaid, thecountyhas received a complaint from
LiUNAofviolationsand is inves-tigating the claim.
For the approximately12,000 residents on each of thefive daily routes, the strike hasnot affected their service, as faras the county can tell, Gyapongsaid.
“What we are trying to do issafely get this service to go for-ward,”hesaid. “Hopefully, thosetwo parties can put on their big-boypantsandtheirbig-girlpantsandcome toaquick resolution.”
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option.“When I first read it, I
thought it’s somewhat akin tojust hitting the snooze buttonon your alarm clock,” she said.
O’Neill said sheunderstandsStarr’s concern about financialchallenges and shedoesn’t thinkthere is room in the next budgetto pay for changes.
“There’s a lot of uncertaintyon the fiscal side and I think itwould be extremely difficult tobe adding money to the budgetfor bell times when we may bechallenged just to protect oursame services that we have rightnow,” she said.
In a second option, elemen-tary schoolswould start aheadofhigh and middle schools ratherthan after. Starr laid out fourversions of this option, rangingin cost from$2.6millionper yearto $5.2million per year.
The versions also are dif-ferent based on potential startand end times. Under two ver-sions, the elementary schoolday would be extended by fiveor 10 minutes, respectively, andthe middle school day would beshortened by 10minutes.
Starr described in a thirdoption how the district couldchange his original recommen-dation in one of twoways.
Under the first, whichwould cost $5.2 million, middleschools would start first at 7:35a.m., pushing the high schoolstart time to 8:15. The elemen-tary school daywould be shiftedlater, but would stay the samelength.
The second version, costing$5.85 million per year, wouldstart middle schools first at7:30 a.m. and the first tier of el-ementary schools at 8 a.m. Highschools would start at 8:45 a.m.,then the second elementary tierwould start at 9:30 a.m. This ver-sion would shorten the middleschool day by 15 minutes andlengthen the elementary day by10minutes.
The final option to changebell times would divide highschools into one group startingat 7:25 a.m. and a second groupstarting at 9:05 a.m. Studentswho start their school day latercould not take a school system
bus.Elementary and middle
school bell times would not beaffected.
The school system doesn’tknow yet howmuch this optionwould cost, according to a sum-mary of the options.
Basedonthefifthoptionthatwould keep bell times the same,the district could look into alter-native changes, such as increas-ing the availability of shorterschedules for high school stu-dents, letting them start later orleave earlier, according to theBell Times — Analysis of Addi-tional Options report releasedTuesday. The district also couldexpand opportunities for onlinecourses.
MandiMader, a psychother-apist who is chairwoman andfounder of Start School Later’sMontgomery chapter, said theorganization is “disappointed”in Starr’s 20-minute recommen-dation. That shift would not givestudents the sleep they need,she said.
Inadequate sleep is tiedto suicide, substance abuse,and poor mental and physicalhealth, Mader said. She thinkschanging bell times is worth thecost.
“If it was really a priority toDr. Starr, he wouldn’t even betalking about the money,” shesaid.
The school board will holdtwo public hearings Jan. 22about the options— one at 3:30p.m. and the second at 6:30 p.m.
The district will accept writ-ten testimony at [email protected] until Feb. 2.
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mark of irresponsible land use planning,said former councilman John Hall, whourged themayorandcouncil to voteagainstthe “evisceration” of the city’s standards.
TheproposedchangeswouldputRock-ville in line with the worst standards in thestate, Hall said.
The changes would damage the city’sadequate public facilities ordinance andlead to more students in already crowdedschools, said formermayor Larry Giammo,who also served on the city’s PlanningCommission.
Montgomery’s standards are theweak-est in thestate, and if anyoneshouldchangeits standards, it should be the county, notRockville, Giammo said.
Rather than changing the city’s rules,the mayor and council should engage theCountyCouncil,MontgomeryCountyPub-lic Schools and others who may be willingto re-examine the county’s standards,Giammo said.
Rockville resident Jim Farrelly saidmany schools already are over 110 per-cent capacity, and changing the standardswould lead to more portable classrooms,less individual attention for students andother negative consequences.
On the other side, former mayor RoseKrasnow argued for a change. The city hasnocontrol over constructionofnewschools,which is a county responsibility, she said.
Keeping the standards below thecounty level keeps schools in the city fromgetting thenecessary help from the county,Krasnow said.
Changing the ordinance will be better
thankeeping thecurrentstandards, shesaid.Andrea Jolly, president and CEO of the
Rockville Chamber of Commerce, also ar-gued for changing the ordinance, sayingthe city has a bit of a reputation for beingunfriendly to business.
Jolly said that if she thought the currentstandards helped the city’s schools, shewould support them.
But she doesn’t believe that, and saidthe current rules hurt business in the city.
Jerry Callistein, a former chairman ofthe Planning Commission, said the city’sdifferent standards,whilewell-intentioned,take away the city’s ability to control itsown destiny.
The county school system “sets [its]standards, regardless ofwhatwe think theyshould be,” Callistein said.
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“If it was really apriority to Dr. Starr,
he wouldn’t evenbe talking about
the money.”Mandi Mader, a psychotherapist
who is chairwoman andfounder of Start School Later’s
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n ICC tolls key topic forKagan, Barve; Hogan’s
arrival causes uncertainty
BY RYAN MARSHALLSTAFF WRITER
It will be a session of transi-tion for District 17’s delegation tothe General Assembly, with onelegislator a newcomer to Annap-olis,anothermovingtoadifferentchamber and a third taking overthe chairmanship of a key com-mittee.
Sen.-elect Cheryl C. Kagan(D) of Rockville, who served twoterms in the House from 1995to 2003, said she plans to spendmuch of her first session back inAnnapolis listening and learningwhen the session begins Jan. 14.
Kagan succeeds longtimeSen. Jennie M. Forehand (D),who didn’t seek re-election after36 years in the legislature.
It’s the start of a four-yearterm, with lots of new legisla-tors and a new governor, whichmeanstherewillbesometimeforadjustments, Kagan said.
“The first year is a lot of peo-ple getting to know each other,”she said.
Butshesaidshehasmanyex-isting relationships with lawmak-ers with whom she previouslyserved, as well as key staff andadvocates on various issues, andplans to use those connectionsduring the session.
Kagan said she’ll focus on is-sues important to MontgomeryCounty, such as securing moremoney for school construction.
She’s also interested in work-ing with Gov.-elect Larry Hogan(R) on lowering tolls on the Inter-county Connector in the hopesof getting more people to use theroad.
Kagan said she’s met with themayors and councils of Rockvilleand Gaithersburg and will workclosely with the municipalities toaddress their needs in Annapolis.
Del. James W. Gilchrist (D) ofRockville said he plans to submita bill that would let people de-duct income from certain typesof retirement accounts from theirstate income taxes.
Thebill,whichhadbipartisansupport among its co-sponsors,
was passed by the House in 2013but didn’t come up for a vote inthe Senate, Gilchrist said.
Depending on what Hoganwants to do, the bill could be afirst step toward making the taxcode fairer and flatter for every-one, Gilchrist said.
Heading into his third termin the House, Gilchrist said he’snot sure which other bills he’llfile. Legislators have until mid-February to submit legislation.
Freshman Del. Andrew Platt(D) of Gaithersburg said he’dlike to use his seat on the Waysand Means Committee to workon passing universal pre-kin-dergarten for 4-year-olds, whichwould give more children a bet-ter chance to succeed.
Otherwise, Platt said, heplanned to work with the othermembers of the Montgomerydelegation on securing moremoney for school constructionand react to Hogan’s proposals.
Del.KumarBarve(D), the for-mer House majority leader, saidhe doesn’t plan to file any billsthis session.
Instead, he’ll focus on hisnew role as chairman of thenewly formed Environment andTransportation Committee.
Barve said he’ll use the com-mittee to look at a number ofissues, including beginning dis-cussion on lowering tolls on theICC.
He said the committee willlook at the rationale for how tolls
are set on the highway, as well asexamine estimates of ridership.
Barve’s committee also willlook at regulations needed toprotect the Chesapeake Bay andprevent stormwater runoff.
Hogan has expressed aninterest in repealing the state’sstormwater management law,but Barve said he wouldn’t spec-ulate on what Hogan’s positionswill be until they’ve had a chanceto discuss the issue.
But he said he’ll make surethe proper funds are available forcleaning up the bay.
“The Chesapeake Bay is notgoing down on my watch,” Barvesaid.
District 17 delegation’s members in transitionFriends of the Library,
Montgomery County is accept-ing nominations for its CharlesW. Gilchrist Volunteer Award.
The award recognizes anindividual, family, family foun-dation, corporation or civicgroup that has demonstrated“exceptional service” to thecounty library system throughvolunteer and/or philan-thropic support, according to anews release.
Nominations, due Mon-day, should include the follow-ing information with specificexamples:
• Evidence of volunteer orphilanthropic support, such ashours of service and donations.
• A description of the per-son’s impact on a branch or the
county system.• A description of any other
volunteer or philanthropicsupport in the region.
Letters of support fromother charitable organizationsare optional.
Nominations can be sentto [email protected] or Ari Z.Brooks, Executive Director,FOLMC, 21 Maryland Ave.,Suite 310, Rockville, MD 20850.
Emailed documentsshould be submitted as one fileas either a .pdf, .doc or .docx.The email subject line and filename should read “[Nomi-neeFirstName.LastName].Gil-christAward.Nomination.”
For more information, call240-777-0020.
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CPA firm co-founder Reznickdies; lived in PotomacDavid Reznick, co-founder
and chairman of Reznick Group,a regional accounting firm thatstarted in Washington, D.C., diedDec. 31 at his home in Potomac.He was 77.
A cause of death was not dis-closed in a company statement.
With two of his childhoodfriends, Stuart Fedder and IvanSilverman, Reznick foundedReznick, Fedder & Silverman in1977. For the next 35 years, hehelped lead its growth. It com-bined with J.H. Cohn in 2012 toform CohnReznick of New York,whoseofficesnationwide includeone in Bethesda.
Reznick also was active formany years in the affordablehousing industry.
He was a member of theWashington,D.C.,andMontgom-ery County business halls of fameand won many awards, includingthe Catholic Charities Progress ofPeoples Award, the Smith SchoolLeadership Excellence Award, theHousing Association of NonprofitDevelopersLifetimeAchievement
Award, the Affordable Hous-ing Conference of MontgomeryCounty’s Paul Sarbanes Excel-lence in Public Service Award andtheNationalAssociationofHomeBuildersAward.
Reznick also was a foundingmember of the Jewish Founda-tion for Group Homes and wasinvolved in fundraising for theresearch and treatment of breastcancer, children’s cancer, muscu-lar dystrophy, leukemia and lym-phoma.HerecentlywonYachad’sannual Rabbi Joseph WeinbergCommunityBuilderAward.
Survivors include his wife,Sandra; four children, Steven,Jodie, Mitchell and Laura; andnine grandchildren; and a sister,Sandi Burns.
The funeralwasheldSunday.Memorial contributions maybe made to either Yachad, 1666Connecticut Ave. NW, Wash-ington, D.C. 20009; or the DavidReznick Memorial FoundationforHousingandCommunitySer-vices,140016thSt.NW,Suite420,Washington, D.C. 20036. Condo-lencesmaybemade to the familyat sagelbloomfield.com.
Greek restaurant comingto Bethesda; Boloco closes
A Greek restaurant, KapnosKouzina, is expected to open thissummer in Bethesda Row.
It will be the third Greek res-taurant in the region operatedandownedbychefMike Isabella,who owns one in Washingtonand another that is expectedto open in Arlington, Va., thismonth.
The 5,200-square-foot res-taurant will be at 4900 HampdenLane at the corner of WoodmontAve.That’s thespace formerlyoc-cupied by Italian franchise eatery
Vapiano, which closed last year.Kapnos Kouzina will serve
a homestyle version of regionalGreek cooking that is more tra-ditional and classic than its sisterrestaurants,accordingtoIsabella.It also will have a 31-seat bar andbeopenforweekday lunch.Planscall for a total of 160 seats.
Isabella’s business partners,brothers George and Nick Pago-nis, will help open and overseeKapnos Kouzina.
Isabella was the runner-upon television’s “Top Chef All-Stars.”
Meanwhile, around the cor-ner on Elm Street, burrito chainBoloco has closed.
“As many of you alreadyknow, we closed our DC locationabout a month ago. Today, weregretfully announce that we areclosing our Bethesda location aswell,” thecompanysaid inanon-line statement.
“We ventured out of our NewEngland home base for the firsttime in the summer of 2012 andopened our Bethesda location,later followed by our DC loca-tion. ... Opening two locations inan area far from home proved tobemorechallengingthanweevercould have expected. In hind-sight, to drive the awareness thatwe needed, we would have hadto open many more locations inthe area.”
The Bethesda eatery was inthe spotlight last year, when U.S.Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perezof Takoma Park, Gov. MartinO’Malley (D) and MontgomeryCounty Executive Isiah Leggett(D) stopped by to make burritosanddiscuss raising theminimumwage. Boloco, a chain with head-quarters in Boston. has a startingsalaryof $9perhour andanaver-age salary of $11.50, CEO PatrickRenna said at the time.
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ObituaryCharles BradyA beloved husband, father and grandfather,Charles “Charlie” Lynch Brady, 87, of CocoaBeach, FL crossed to his heavenly home onDecember 16, 2014, surrounded by those heloved.Charlie was born December 13, 1927, in IredellCounty. NC, and was the son of the late Escarand Sallie Brady of the Bradford CrossroadCommunity. He graduated from Scotts HighSchool prior to serving in the U.S.MarineCorps. He subsequently graduated from
Mitchell College and Appalachian State University. Charlie taught and coached atCentral High School in Statesville, NC, before relocating, in 1957 to the Washington,DC area. There he taught and coached at Gaithersburg High School in MontgomeryCounty, MD, for 34 years. He was also a charter member and Deacon of GaithersburgPresbyterian Church.
Also in 1957, he married Martha Jean Templeton and they enjoyed 57 years togetherliving in Laytonsville, MD. Upon retirement in 1992, they relocated to Cocoa Beach,Florida, and joined the First Baptist Church of Merritt Island. Charlie’s enormousservant’s heart was seen in his service to the needy at the House of Hope Food andBike Ministry where he was known especially for his generosity, and kindness to thechildren.
He is preceded in death by six brothers: Escar Jr, Ray, Coyte, Trent, Frank and BillBrady; and three sisters: Virginia Brady, Edna Claire and Celeste Colson.Besides his wife, Charles is survived by three children: Joan Brady Coye (Wade), andScott Charles Brady (Pamela) of Orlando, and Paul Christopher Brady (Jennifer) ofKnoxville, TN. He is also the proud grandfather of eleven grandchildren: Austin,Brady and Parker Coye; Abby, Lydia, Sarah and Hannah Brady and Meredith, Davis,Garrett and Hayden Brady.
Charlie will be honored at a memorial service at 1:00 pm on Saturday, January 3,2015, at the Union Grove Christian Church, Union Grove, NC 28689. Visitation withthe family will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the churchcemetery with military honors being accorded by the Harmony Legion Post 113.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the House of Hope Ministry at the FirstBaptist Church of Merritt Island, 140 Magnolia Avenue Merritt Island, FL 32952.Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home, Statesville, NC, is entrusted with the arrangements.
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Martha Haywood Cox (Age 51)Martha died of triple negative breastcancer in Kensington, Maryland onDecember 12, 2014. Raised inWytheville, Virginia Ms. Cox lovedlife and particularly children, herfriends and family, animals andtravel. After completing training in
social work at the Universities of Georgia and SouthCarolina she helped others through charity and in clinicalpractice at Walter Reed and Suburban hospitals. She was amember of Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church and theco-leader of a Girl Scout troop for over 14 years. Manyfriends from childhood, college, work, the MontgomeryCounty Road Runners Club and her Garrett Park book clubfondly recall her truly sweet disposition. She is preceded indeath by her mother and father, Mildred Scott Meek andDavid Breece Cox. Survivors include her husband of 25years Sean Altekruse, their children William and Leah, hersister Lynn Cox Alt of Camp Hill, PA, brothers Scott(Evelyn) and Steve Cox of Richmond, VA, extendedfamily, neighbors and friends. A memorial service will beheld at Saint Paul United Methodist Church in Kensington,Maryland on Saturday January 17 at 2 pm. In lieu offlowers donations may be made to charities such asStephen’s Place of Bethlehem, PA http://stephens-place.org(a residential drug rehab facility run by her colleague,Sister Virginia Longcope, MSW) or MobileMed ofMontgomery County http://mobilemedicalcare.org.
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Emily Ferguson Hulett,85, of Olney, MD, passedaway peacefully at homeon Monday, December 15.2014.
Emily grew up in SilverSpring, MD where sheattended St. Michael’sCatholic School and was agraduate of the Class of1947 at Blair High School.She was a loving mother,grandmother, aunt, sisterand friend.
She is survived by a largeloving family includingher children, SharonBowman Fitzpatrick,Kathryn Bowman Perta,Leah Hulett Man andhusband Jeff, Lloyd Hulettand wife Laura; two step-children, Sue Hulett andLee Hulett, Jr. She is alsosurvived by a brother, JohnFerguson and wife Pat, 13grandchildren, 5 great-children, nieces, nephews,and cousins.
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ObituaryHaskell, Joan Sayles – age 79, of Rockville Maryland,
passed away December 17, 2014 with daughter Debbie byher side. She was a devoted member of St. James EpiscopalChurch in Potomac, Maryland.
Joan was born on November 18, 1935 to the late John andFrances Sayles in Akron, OH. Joan graduated high school inCrystal Lake, Ill in 1953 and the University of Michigan in1957. She was a lifelong learner at Ohio State University andJohn Hopkins. Joan married the late James D Haskell in 1960and together had son David and daughters Cathy and Debbie.She worked in the scheduling and registrars office at OhioState University and retired after 32 years of devoted service.Joan was known for her independent, bright and free spirit,infectious laugh, and sense of humor. She was creative,caring, generous, and compassionate. She also had a love oflife and family to the very end.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and FrancesSayles and husband, James Haskell. Joan is survived by son,David Haskell and wife Lisa; daughter, Cathy Ouellette andhusband Gene; daughter, Debbie Haskell; brother John Saylesand wife Gayle; sister Judy Sayles; devoted friend andcompanion, Don Hanes; grandchildren, Egen, Jesse, Olethea,and Noelle Ouellette; Laney, Kylee, and Connor Haskell;Sisters in Law, Anita, Holly, and Diane Haskell and partnerKaren Knudstrup; Nieces and Nephews, Elizabeth, Stephanie,Cynthia, John, Scott, Avril, Amiel and Win.
The memorial service will be held at St. James EpiscopalChurch, 11815 Seven Locks Road, Potomac, MD 20854 onSaturday January 17, 2015 at 10:30. In lieu of flowers, thefamily asks that donations be made in Joan’s name to the St.James Memorial fund.
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The proper response to the recenttragedy in Gaithersburg is not a stepped-up public relations campaign on the greatcharitable service theMontgomery Countyairport provides. The proper response is todo what could have been done before thetragedy to prevent it fromhappening.
First, abolish touch and go’s. We don’tknow what caused the crash, but profes-sional jet pilots will say one of their biggestworries is getting through the spider webof prop plane traffic piloted by amateurs inand around general aviation airports.
Comparatively low-budget propplanesdo not have the sophisticated electron-ics and collision avoidance systems onmost jets, nor do pilots receive the levelof training and experience required byprofessional jet pilots. The unwarrantedcongestion from amateur pilots’ incessantpracticing is viewed as a nuisance to legiti-mate commercial traffic.
Second, in a way that meets FAA re-quirements for being “non-discrimina-tory,” ban jet takeoffs and landings that donot have a qualified co-pilot.
Because of the close proximity ofdensely populated residential communi-ties abutting theairport, pilots take chanceswith the lives of people on the ground evenmore thanwith their own. Airportmanage-ment needs to consider the safety of thepeople on the ground.
Third, there is no compelling benefitto justify the county owning and operatingan airport, so there is no need to relocate it.Just close it and sell the landor redeploy theland formore productive purposes.
What benefit does the airport bring tothe county that is worth the lives of eventhree of its citizens?
Is it jobs? Less than 50 full-time equiva-lents are employed on the property, andeven less than that number actually live inthe county and pay taxes to it. The county
seemed to have no concern about jobswhen it seized the private property of sixneighboring businesses and forced themout by eminent domain a few years ago, toexpand operations at the airport, so biggerjets could land here.What did that get us?
Is it revenue to provide other servicesfor county residents? The opposite is true.The county subsidizes the airport in theamount of aquarter tohalf amilliondollarsper year. The countywould see an immedi-ate increase in tax revenue of a half milliondollars per year without the airport.
Is it thederivative benefit of an amenityto business owners to locate here? WithFrederick Airport 20 minutes up the road,can this really be a plausible argument?
Anyone involved in the managementof the airport laments that operations have
decreased steadily since2000,whenprojec-tions were for a substantial increase. Anec-dotal evidence suggests thatmany airplaneowners have chosen tobase their aircraft atother airports becauseof higher risk factorsat Gaithersburg. Similarly, business traffichas relocated.
We, the citizens of MontgomeryCounty, are the owners of this airport.
Why do we want to own a business weget nothing out of, except liability? Can wesleep with that on our conscience? I forone would prefer not to. It is my hope thatenough of the rest of us would see likewiseto stand up for acknowledging that it is fi-nally time to remove this menace from theheart of a residential community.
Brian Benhaim, Montgomery Village
It’s time for real reforms after Gaithersburg plane crash
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Montgomery County Fire & Rescue workers spray foam onto part of an aircraft that crashed Dec. 8into a neighborhood on Drop Forge Lane in Gaithersburg, less than a mile from the end of the runwayat Montgomery County Airpark.
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OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR
I read the article by Kate Alexanderand Lindsay A. Powers in the Dec. 17Gazette (“Schools want more money;county has less”) within which youtouched upon many issues surround-ing the Montgomery County PublicSchools’ annual fleecing of the countytaxpayers. I use such a harsh term giventhe following:
• MCPS creates and presents theirbudget which, per the state’s “Mainte-nance of Effort” rule, can never be lessthan the previous year’s.
•MCPS bears zero responsibility forraising the funding.
• MCPS never turns away a studentdue to crowding and then.....
• MCPS resorts to adding manufac-tured/temporary rooms to the back ofschools.
I suggest the following to addressthe problems:
a) End the “Maintenance of Effort”fiasco so that the county (and othercounties) may exercise some savings tothe taxpayers.
b) Assign specific line items in thebudget to MCPS for which they mustidentify funding sources (No funding,no item!).
c) Close a school(s) — just as MCPSdoes for a couple of inches of snow —to further enrollments if the school hasreached the maximum safe popula-tion as judged by the local fire marshal.Think “maximum seating” signs in res-taurants and “lot full” signs at Metroparking lots.
d) Allow builders/developers to bidon the design, construction, fundingand owning of schools, then negotiate arental agreement between the builder-developer-landlord and MCPS for a 20-to 30-year term, after which MCPS canrenegotiate a new lease with improve-ments or leave for a different school/location. Bonds do not have to be writ-ten and sold! Upfront costs are built into the lease.
Let’s at least try this on a schoolexperiencing a remodeling/improve-ment. If it works, then apply the modelto a brand new school. This would ne-gate the needs for MCPS to “raid” othercounty treasuries (i.e., the teachers’insurance and retirement programs)and to grovel at the foot of the state ofMaryland.
I hope this idea gets to Gov.-elect[Larry]Hogan for reviewanddiscussion.
Dale Boyd, Gaithersburg
A plan for fixingschool crowding
During the holiday season,most of us are fortunate enoughto celebrate, rest, and relax withfamily and friends. For individu-als with Alzheimer’s disease andtheir lovedones, this isnotneces-sarily the case. As an Alzheimer’sAssociation advocate, I applaudCongressman Chris Van Hol-len for his leadership on issuesimportant to people living withAlzheimer’s disease and theirfamily caregivers in Maryland’s8thCongressionalDistrict.
My mother started showingsymptomsofdementiawhenshewasonly inher50s.Momlostherstruggle with Alzheimer’s at theage of 74. Due to Alzheimer’s,there were many trips she andmydad never took,many grand-children she never met, andmany Christmases she never en-joyedwith our family.
In Maryland, over 286,000Alzheimer’s and dementiacaregivers bear the devastatingemotional and financial impactof this debilitating disease. Al-zheimer’s is the most expensivecondition in thenation, andcan-not be prevented, cured, or even
slowed.ImetCongressmanVanHol-
len at a Coffee with Congress,along with Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation National Capital AreaChapter and Greater MarylandChapter staff and volunteers.
I am grateful for Rep. VanHollen’s co-sponsorship of theHealthOutcomes, Planning, andEducation (HOPE) for Alzheim-er’s Act to increase diagnosis ofAlzheimer’s disease and relateddementias.Healsoco-sponsoredthe Alzheimer’s Accountabil-ity Act of 2014, which will helpensure funding of the NationalAlzheimer’s Project Act. Thesebills will go a long way to assistfamilies, both through better di-agnoses and care and increasedcommitment to research.
Because of the importantwork of the Alzheimer’s Associa-tionandvital supportof itseffortsby public servants like Rep. VanHollen, I am confidentwe are onour way to meeting our goal of aworldwithout Alzheimer’s.
Formore information,pleasevisit www.alz.org/nca.
Sue Wronsky, Potomac
Alzheimer’s Association thanksVanHollen for his support
I amwriting in response to recentpublicanti-police rhetoric.
Mydad served this county as apoliceofficer in the 1960s and ’70s. I remembersimilar anti-police sentiment then. Iwasostracized at schoolwhen “some” studentsfoundoutwhatmydad for a living; how-ever, Iwas so very proudof him.
Inmiddle school, Iwas called “cop-per” and “pig” by kidswhosedadshadregular jobs,whowerehomeSaturdays andSundays andhadholidays off (especiallyChristmas).Mydadwasn’t always homeChristmasmorning.
Mydadalmost alwaysworked a secondjob asnightwatchmanonconstructionsites, paintedhouses, drove limousines forfuneral homes, anddelivered flowers forflorists, to namea few, tomake endsmeet.Wedidn’t live extravagantly.My folksweremarried at least 10 years before they couldafford their first home—aduplex.
Goingback tomiddle school, on a cold,snowyFebruarynight,mydad stoppedhome for a chili dinnerwithus.Hewasworkingwith a rookie officer.He returnedtowork after 7:30 p.m.
Before 8:30,HolyCrossHospital calledto saymydadwas shot andmymomneeded to get to thehospital ASAP.Mymomran to a friend’s house for a ride (shedidnot have adriver’s license). Thenextdoor neighbor babysat us. Iwas 12 yearsold, the oldest of three children.
Itwas almost certain thatmydadwouldn’t survive emergency surgery toremove thebullet.Hewas shot point-blankona traffic stop, not knowing that the twomenhe stoppedhad just robbed a grocery
store. The shotwas very close tohis heart.Withinminutes, his picture flashedon
thenews as abreaking story.Our out-of-town relatives learnedof the shooting in thisfashion. Twouniformedofficers came toour door to informmymom.Onehad cutsandbloodonhis face.Hewaswithmydadduring the shooting. They toldmewhat abravemanmydad “was.”
By the grace ofGod,mydad survived.He retired several years later as a direct re-sult of the shooting.
I have lived ever so grateful to still havemydadbut angrywhen I hear anti-policeranting.Whenapolice officer goes toworkeachday, he or shemight not returnhome.Theydealwith goodpeople, yes, but alsoa lot of “scumof the earth.”When they re-spond to a 911disconnect call or a domesticdispute, theydon’t knowwhat’s on theother side of that door.Or as inmydad’scase,who’swaiting to shoot themduring atraffic stop.
Mydad recently had a stroke. Iwas ex-cited to showhimmynewT-shirt that says,“I amaPoliceOfficer’sDaughter. Somepeoplewait theirwhole lives tomeet theirhero.Mine raisedme.”He grinned ear toear.
Slowly, the smile left his face.WhenI askedwhatwaswrong, he saidmaybe Ishouldn’twear it.When I askedwhy, he re-plied, “Youmight get shot.”
Susie Brown-Butler, GermantownThe writer is the daughter of Raymond
J. Brown Jr., a retired Montgomery Countypolice corporal.
Before criticizing the police,considermy father’s service
I saw a sign at Target [in December]thatmademepause. It said, “MerryChrist-mas.” In the samebustling shopping area, Iheard a band playing Christmas carols.
It seems to me that MontgomeryCounty could learn something from ourlocal merchants, indeed merchants acrossthe globe, at this time of year.
Why do we find such an outpouring ofChristmas wishes in shopping venues? Be-cause themerchants knowwhat thepeoplewant and are quite happy to give it to them— for a price, of course.
We pay increasing taxes every year to
a government that doesn’t seem to realizethat the vast majority of people here want“Christmas” left in our vernacular. Instead,they create such fear of contempt or repri-mand should we use the “C word,” as mychild’s public school teacher referred toit, that we quietly, sadly hide our thoughtsandwishes.
When will “we the people” return towhat it truly wasmeant to be—by, for andof the people? And can we please have our“Christmas party” back?
Teril Butler, Gaithersburg
Merchants understand;why can’t government?
Asopponents and supporters of thePurple Line awaitwordonwhat kindof amphipodswere found lastmonthnear thepathof theproposed light-rail project inRockCreekPark, it’shelpful to keep things inperspective.
DavidCulver, an environmental scienceprofessor at Ameri-canUniversity, alongwith twoof his graduate students, combedthemuckypark grounds inChevyChase oneday in searchof thetiny crustaceans. Culverwas commissionedbyopponents of the
$2.45 billion, 16-mile project thatwould linkBethesda andNewCarrollton.
The colorless, blind am-phipods—which are about aquarter-inch long and subsist ondecayed vegetation andanimalfeces—could throwamajorwrench in the transit project
plans, dependingon their yet-to-be-determined species.Ostensibly, project opponents hope thehandful of am-
phipods contains at least oneof two species, theHay’s springamphipodor theKenk’s amphipod. The former is listed on thefederal endangered species list, while the latter is likely to belisted soon, according toCulver.
They are known to live only inRockCreekPark andhavebeen found inWashington,D.C.Whether they live in theChevyChase sectionof thepark remains to be seen; the specimens arebeing examined todetermine their species.
If they areHay’s spring orKenk’s amphipods, foes of thePurple Linewill have fresh ammunition in their battle to stop itin its tracks.
Protecting the environment is vital, and given the intercon-nectedness of life, eliminating or just reducing thenumber ofeven themostminuscule of bio-cogs can throwanecosystemout ofwhack. But just about every humanendeavor has envi-ronmental ramifications, and it’s crucial to put them in context.
So, yes, it’s possible that building thePurple Line couldresult in destroying thehabitat of a handful of rare amphipods—and thatwouldnot be good for the environment.However,that damagemust beweighed against thepotential goodof thePurple Line, including its environmental benefits.
Chief among these: State officials estimate itwill eventuallycut automobile trips by 17,000per day, saving about 1milliongallons of gasoline annually. Thatmeans that 9,800 tons of car-bondioxide that otherwisewould enter the atmosphere andcontribute to global climate changewill be eliminated. That’sthe equivalent of almost 10millionpounds of coal not beingburned each year.
That’s oneof the reasons citedby the SierraClub two yearsagowhen it called thePurple Line oneof thenation’s 22mostworthwhile transportationprojects to pursue.
Andbesides cutting greenhouse gas emissions, “a partialmulti-use trail will be completed alongside thePurple Line,providingwalking andbiking options,” the environmental non-profitwrote. Furthermore, itwill be on “grass tracks” rather thanpavement, reducing stormwater runoff andheat gain.
Every constructionproject, froma single-family house to amixed-usemega-complex, involves environmental andothertradeoffs. Atwhat point is thedestructionof rare amphipodhab-itatworth the cost? Is saving 1million gallons of gasoline a yearworth it?Howabout 2million gallons? Fiftymillion? Ahundredmillion? There’s no easy answer, but in seeking one, governmentofficials, thepublic—andyes, the courts, if it comes to that—must do sowith their eyes open to see the greater good.
Save amphipods– at what cost?
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Backwhen Iwasanewseditor inPrinceGeorge’sCounty, I didsome freelancing forthe sportsdeskcover-inggames.
Then-sports edi-torSethElkinoncegotonmycasebecause Ididn’twant to spendmoneyat theconces-sionstand.
“It’s onlya fewbucks, and theydesperatelyneed themoney.Quitbeing socheap.”
Properly scolded, thathasbecomemymission.Whenever I attendagameImakeit apoint tobuysomething fromthesnackbar. For thepast threeyears, I’vedoneabest/worst list onmyTwitter account (@GazSptsEd). I’mexpanding it forprint.
Hereare thebest andworstmomentsofcoveringhighschool sports inMontgomeryandPrinceGeorge’s counties last year.
Most overpriced hot dog:Churchill. Iknowthebooster clubhas topay for thatvideoscoreboard,but$3.50?Thesearehighschool students.Most schools charge$1.50or$2.Churchill andDamascushad themostexpensive.
Best hot dog:Surrattsville.Maybe itwasjust good timing,but thebunwas freshandthedoggrilledperfectly.
Most improved concession stand:DuVal.Last year, it opened in the secondquarteronmyvisit and theydidn’thaveanyhot food,just chipsandsoda. Imade itmyworstof2013.This year, hotdogsweredelicious.
Worst concession stand:FlowersduringtheBowiegame.Thehotdogswerenotreadynear theendof thefirsthalf.
Most improved concession stand in oneseason:Flowersduring theSuitlandgame.Probablybecause itwashomecoming,buttherewere fourorfive standsofferingagreatvarietyof food, fromfish tochicken.
Best winter concession stand:Poolesville.Itwasacombinationof great-tasting foodwith the lowestprices I’ve seen.
Best winter pep band: Largo.Greatbrassandpercussionsections;hardcombinationtobeat.
Best overall concession stand:Douglasshaswon this theprevious threeyears, andthemenu isoutstanding, fromItalian sau-sagewithpeppersandonions tofishandchips toNorthCarolinachoppedbarbeque.
However, I can’t give thema fourthstraightnod.Thehotdogat thePotomacgamewasamong theworstof theyear.Thenewsnackbar champ isDamascus.Thefoodwasgreat and theyhadanicevariety.Onlynegative is theprice.
Best basketball game I saw:ClarksburgatGaithersburgboys in the4AWestRegionsemifinals.Coyoteshad to rally to tie thegameat theendof regulationona tip-inatthebuzzer. Inovertime, theTrojans tooka7-point lead, andonceagain theCoyotesrallied towin it, 64-63.
Best football game I saw:GwynnParkatSurrattsville. TheYellow Jacketshadbeenhumbledwithan0-4 start to their rebuild-ing seasonagainst a toughscheduleand theHornetswere topClass1Acontenders.
Therewere41points scored in thefourthquarterof aback-and-forthgame,thefinalpoints comingwith5.8 secondstoplayona27-yardAaronParkerpass toAntoneMcIntoshasGwynnParkpulledofftheupset.
Worst football game:QuinceOrchardatNorthwest football (regular season). Forall thehype,whata letdown.The Jaguarswouldgoon toavenge the loss in theplay-offs and thenwin their secondstraightClass4Astate title.Atonepoint theywerea scoreaway frombeing runningclocked, losing52-27.
Most dominating team:First reaction istogo forDouglass football, butuponreflec-tion,EleanorRoosevelt girlsbasketball.Undefeatedstate champs,winningplayoffgamesbymore than30pointspergame.
Bringon2015—I’mready formore.
The best, andworst of 2014
SPORTS EDITORKEN SAIN
n Competing in off strokesduring high school season
can help prevent monotony
BY JENNIFER BEEKMAN
STAFFWRITER
If it seemed like the high school winterswimseason just startedwhen teams—Mont-gomeryCountyPublic Schoolsprograms, any-way — went on hiatus for the winter break,there are now only four weeks until the startof championship season. So, onemight there-fore assume now would be the time for thecounty’s top athletes to settle into whateverevents they’re planning on racing during theseason’smost importantmeets, but that’s notnecessarily the case.
Swimming can be a sport of monotony.The county’s most elite athletes can train uptonineor 10 timesaweek for 18ormorehourswith their club teams and, as yardage is a keycomponent to dropping time, practice canget rather redundant. While even the mostversatile swimmers have their strengthswhenit comes to competition days, whether it’sracing the individual medley — an event thatcombines all four strokes— or sticking to oneor two particular disciplines, county coachesagreed that plugging kids into off events dur-ing the course of the season actually producesbetter races in their stronger events comechampionship season. This, in turn, couldalso help athletes in USA Swimming eventsbecause they’re less likely to veer from theirstrengths in top nationalmeets.
Coaches walk a fine line, however, be-tween crafting winning lineups, making sureathletes qualify for important meets such asthe Washington Metropolitan Interscholas-tic Swimming and Diving Championships inearly February and the season-ending statecompetitionwith good times, and giving theirtop swimmers variety.
“Our ‘A’ lineup may never happen dur-ing the dual-meet season,” Georgetown Prepcoach Matt Mongelli said. “I’m one that be-lieves that if you swim the same event everyweek and do it [in competition], times dur-ing the year, by the 10th time, it’s just old
Swimmers liketo mix it up
n After two years in Burtonsville, senior toplay his first game vs. former school
BY ADAM GUTEKUNST
STAFFWRITER
First-year Springbrook High School boys bas-ketball coach Darnell Myers said he remembers aparticular day last summer when a guidance coun-selor at the Silver Spring school called him down toher office. The counselor told Myers, a paraeduca-tor and special education teacher at Springbrook,that a new student had just registered for the 2014-15 school year and that he was a basketball player.WhenMyers camedown to theoffice, he came face-to-facewith seniorDonovanWalker, a transfer fromSt.Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown.
Twoyearsprior,whenMyerswasSpringbrook’sjunior varsity coach and Walker was a freshmanstandout on Paint Branch JV team, the talentedpoint guard scored 18 points in the first half of agamebetween theNortheastConsortiumrivals. Buton this summer day in 2014, Myers suddenly hadthat same talent at his disposal.
“I thought, ‘We’re going tobepretty good,’”My-ers said, chuckling as he remembered the summerencounter.
With Walker running the show, Springbrookhas held consistent with its coach’s summertimeprediction. The lightning-quick point guard hasbeen stuffing the stat sheetwith the all the offensiveweapons the Blue Devils have to offer, while still
Springbrook guard returns to Paint Branch
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Springbrook High School senior point guard Donovan Walker gets off a pass Dec. 30 against Kennedy.
n Despite 9-0 record, it’s no surpriseRM boys are playing well
BY ADAM GUTEKUNST
STAFFWRITER
Richard Montgomery High School boys bas-ketball coach David Breslaw said he remembersthe summer league meeting last year at Miller’s AleHouse inRockville,where coachesof teamscompet-ing in St. Andrew’s Summer Leaguemet to talk overhow the organization would work. Coaches fromdifferent schoolswere coming up to Breslaw,whoseRockets had gone 11-13 in the 2013-2014 campaign,and sharing their expectations.
“Everyonewas coming up tome and saying, ‘Soyou guys are going to be the team to beat,’” Breslawsaid, smiling as he reminisced in the halls of theRockville school after Friday’s early morning prac-tice.
Though Richard Montgomery ultimately didn’tprove to be the top dog of the league, the Rocketshave made their case as one of the county’s best in2014-15, carryinga9-0 record into thenewyear. And
while the fast start has taken some by surprise, theRockets early season surge may have been years inthemaking.
Last season’s team carried a 5-1 record into theholidaysbut suffered a rough start to 2014, going 3-6in January. But the Rockets turned the corner latein the season, challenging some of the area’s topteams.Breslaw’s group tookSpringbrook to thewireon Jan. 31, before falling 54-50. Richard Montgom-ery then avenged a regular season loss to Churchillwith a 46-45 win against the Bulldogs in the firstround of the 4AWest Region tournament.
Then, on March 5, the Rockets had eventualstate finalist Whitman on the ropes, carrying aneight-point lead into the final quarter before falling40-37. It was the second-closest any playoff teamgot to beating the Vikings on the road to the 4A statechampionship game.
Yet evenbefore last year’s late seasonpush, Bre-slaw said he knew this teamwould be special.Whenthe Rockets’ current senior class, including leadersNick Jackson and Renzo Farfan, played junior var-sity, their team lost a combined four games in two
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Richard Montgomery High School boys basketball coach David Breslaw (right) runs Friday’s practice.
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in two seasons. The pieces were allinplace for thedangerous team thathas emerged this season at RichardMontgomery.
“I had high expectations for usbecause we were all waiting for oursenior year to do big things,” Farfansaid. “Now it’s our time to finallystep on the court and showwhatwecould do.”
The Rockets’ eight-man seniorclass is led by Farfan (9.2 pointsper game) and Jackson, a versatile6-foot-5 center averaging a team-high 14.1 points per game. The duois the only returning starters fromBreslaw’s 2013-14 team and havebeen integral in fusing together thevarious pieces to create a formida-ble on-court group.
“We played together and thechemistry just kind of came to-gether,” Farfan said.
The Rockets started the sea-son off by defeating rival Rockville,77-70, in an overtime game thatBreslaw said nearly sold out the
1,300-person capacity gym at Rich-ard Montgomery. Since the seasonopener, no team has come close toscoring 70 points against the Rock-ets. In fact, no teamhas scoredmorethan 47 points. In the eight gamesfollowing its win against Rockville,Richard Montgomery’s opponentsare averaging a mere 41 points pergame thanks in largepart to their of-fensive patience.
“We’re maintaining the ball forextended periods of time and we’rebeing very patient on offense,” Bre-slaw said, noting the team is averag-ing fewer than 15 turnovers a game.
TheRockets have the athletes tocompete in an up-and-down game,but instead focus on working theball methodically until they findthe best look — something Breslawcouldn’t dowith last year’s team.
“We justwant to be smart on of-fense — we don’t necessarily wantto slow things down,” the Rocketscoach said. “Last year we definitelydidbecausewe thought scoringwasa little bit of a difficulty. This year,we’re just making smart offensivedecisions.”
Pair that with an intense de-
fensive approach that Farfan called“our key to success” and you havean undefeated Richard Montgom-ery basketball team. The Rocketsboast wins over Clarksburg (54-37on Dec. 17) and Sherwood (62-44onDec. 30), but realize the toughestpart of the schedule lies ahead. Themonth of January brings match-ups with Whitman, Kennedy andSpringbrook, and the Rockets willclose out their regular season withgames against Gaithersburg andBlake.
But for now, Breslaw and com-panyarehaving funwith their semi-surprising success.
“It’s been really fun,” Farfansaid. “It’s something new, blowingsome teams out. But we’ve had alot of good competition and team-mates have been stepping up whenthey need to.”
“Anybody that knewMontgom-eryCountybasketball knew thiswasa possibility,” Breslaw said. “But Idon’t think anybody would’ve liter-ally said we’d be undefeated at thispoint.”
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provinghimself to be among theelite scorers in the county.But asfar as Myers is concerned, someof Walker’s greatest contribu-tions are things that won’t evershow up in a box score.
“He’s a coach on the court,”Myers said. “He talks to histeammates and he tells themthings they’re doingwrong.He’sa leader. Good point guards arehard to find.”
With the body of workWalker has put together thusfar this season, it might be a bitunderstated to simply call hima “good point guard.” Athletic,speedy and keen, Walker has allthe tools of an elite floor gen-
eral. Early in his senior season,Walker has started to prove hismettle on the defensive sideof the ball, something that isappreciated nowhere if not atSpringbrook.
In the title game of the BlueDevils’ recent holiday tourna-ment,Walkerwasasked toguardKennedy sophomore JonathanMustamu, who had scored 40points against Gaithersburg thenight before. With Walker shad-owing his everymove, the Cava-liers’ leading scorer was heldto only seven points on 2-of-13shooting in a 51-36 Springbrookvictory.
But heading into Friday’sscheduled consortium rivalrygame with Paint Branch, Walk-er’s talent will not be the main
storyline. The trip to Burtons-ville will be the first timeWalkerwill compete against the teamhe left in the summer of 2013.
“My focus was mainly onbasketball and I wasn’t reallyfocusing on school that much,”Walker said of his two years atPaint Branch. “My [AmateurAthleticUnion] coaches thoughtI would have done better atGoretti.”
Walker had starred exclu-sively on the JV team during hisfreshman season andwas calledupto thevarsity ranks two-thirdsof the way through his sopho-more campaign. LongtimePaintBranch coach Walter Hardy stillremembers the playoff game atDulaney (Timonium) that sea-son where Walker came off the
bench and scored 18 points inthe Panthers win.
Around July 2013, Walkersaid he called Hardy over thephone and informed him of hisdecision to transfer.
“Mostly my legal guardiansdecided they wanted me to dobetter in school first and basket-ball came second,”Walker said.
Walker had played with thePanthers in summer league, butHardy had the sense his bud-ding sophomore might be onthe way out.
“I said, ‘If you’re going to go,be honest with me and let meknow,’” Hardy said. “He said,‘I’m not going anywhere.’”
One year and a Goretticoaching change later, Walkerwas looking for a place to play
his senior season. Enticed bythe championship lore and theproximity of Springbrook, hedecided upon the Blue Devils.
“I felt like theywouldputmein a good position to get into abetter college,”Walker said.
The senior point guard saidhe is drawing interest fromRad-ford, Memphis, Quinnipiac andSouth Alabama among others.
But when the rival schoolsmeet up on Friday, Walker’stravels will be put on the backburner. There are no hard feel-ingsbetweenWalker andHardy,as both had very nice things tosay about the other. No, whenPaint Branch and Springbrooksquareoff onFriday, itwill be yetanother heated game betweenconsortium rivals.
“Everybody gets up forthem,” Myers said of the rivalrygames. “The fans are going to beinto it and the kids are going tobe into it.”
While Paint Branch’s 5-3record doesn’t exactly have theprint appeal of Springbrook’s6-1 mark, Hardy and companyare looking forward to challeng-ing their crosstown rival and for-mer teammate.
“Their guard play is going tobe very strong and they’ve beenshutting down teams defen-sively,” Hardy said of the BlueDevils. “I think the intensitylevel will be up there and thekids are going to play hard. ... Itshould be a fun game.”
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hat. You’ve lost your focus andmaybe you don’t have a qualityswim.”
Mongelli said his goal everywinter is for each of his swim-mers, especially his top scor-ers, to swim every event at leastonce. While not every coach inMontgomery County has thatsort of flexibility — the LittleHoyas are arguably the Wash-
ington, D.C. area’s top squad—manycoaches said theydo try tomix their lineups up as much astheir personnel allows them to.The benefits can be both men-tal and physical, Holton-Armscoach GrahamWesterberg said.
Progress is tangible in swim-ming and while swimmers arenot likely to post a personalbest time in every race, they dotend to drop substantial timethrough the course of the win-ter season. Hitting a plateau cantherefore bequite frustrating, al-
most paralyzing at times. That’swhen switching events, at leastfor a couple meets, can be mosthelpful, Bethesda-Chevy Chasecoach Jason Blanken said.
“If you’re not seeing besttimes, sometimes the impact isnegative,” Blanken said. “Givingkids a chance to do other thingsthey don’t swim nearly as often,theexpectation is lowerand it al-lows them to swim a bit looser.”
Encouraging athletes toventure outside of their com-fort zones, in both practice
and competition, also helpsstrengthen different musclegroups. In addition to benefit-ting technique itself, it can alsohelp prevent overuse injuries,Westerberg said. Not all swim-mers are willing to spend timeon a stroke he or she is notcomfortable with but it’s im-portant, he added.
While all strokes are similarin certain ways — everythingworks the core and legs, WalterJohnson coach Jamie Grimessaid — they each hit different
areas harder. Freestyle is theupper back, Grimes added,breaststroke works the tricepsand uses the legs in a uniqueway and the dolphin kick ofthe backstroke and butterflyrequiresmore abdominalmus-cles.
Stone Ridge senior andmultiple world-record holderKatie Ledecky said earlier thisseason that balance is impor-tant and she enjoys the oppor-tunity the high school seasonaffords her to compete in some
of the events she doesn’t oftenget to contest at the interna-tional level.
“I like putting a kid in thebreaststroke who is a butterflyor backstroke swimmer, or tak-ing a sprint freestyler and say-ing, ‘I challenge you to swimthe 500 [freestyle],’” Mongellisaid. “They have to bementallyprepared for anything, espe-cially when they get to the nextlevel.”
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Richard Montgomery High School boys basketball coach David Breslaw (back, center) conducts practiceFriday at the Rockville school. The Rockets opened this season with a 9-0 record.
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Springbrook footballcoach resigns
Adam Bahr has resigned asthe football coach at Spring-brook High School for per-sonal reasons, according tothe school’s athletic director,Rob Wendel. He is expected toremain the Blue Devils girls la-crosse coach.
An attempt to reach Bahr byphone Monday morning was notimmediately returned.
In three seasons, Bahr guidedthe Blue Devils to a 12-18 record,including a 3-7 record last fall. Itwas the program’s worst finishsince going 2-7 in 2002.
In September, Springbrookhad to reschedule a game againstSherwood due to skin irritationssuffered by several players. Atthe time, Bahr said the incidentwas caused by an “appropriatedisinfectant, inappropriatelyused” on equipment. A half-dozen players missed the Sept.22 game, a 56-6 loss.
Wendel said the best casescenario in the search for a new
coach would be to find someonewho is “in the building,” but thehiring process is still in its earlystages.
— PRINCE J. GRIMES
MVSA team capturesfootball state title
The 14-year-old unlimitedweight Montgomery VillageChiefs finished their season14-0 with a 26-20 victory overthe Kettering Largo Mitchell-ville Steelers at MT&T BankStadium in Baltimore on Dec.20 to win the National GridironMaryland State Championship.The Chiefs recorded a numberof titles en route to their perfectseason, including the CapitalBeltway League championship,the Prince George’s Boys andGirls Club championship andthe Mid-Atlantic Super Bowlchampionship. The team’s MostValuable Player, quarterback/defensive back Grant Jackson,threw for four touchdowns inthe state title game. Jackson isconsidering a handful of high
schools to attend next year, in-cluding Good Counsel, St. John’sCollege High (D.C.), Bullis, De-Matha and Magruder.
—ADAM GUTEKUNST
Ledecky, classmates tobe honored at final meetThree years ago, 2012 Olym-
pic gold medalist Katie Ledeckywas just a 14-year-old standouton the Stone Ridge swimmingand diving team with a wholelot of potential to become aninternational star. She achievedthat status rather quickly. Sat-urday morning Ledecky, alongwith five of her classmates, arescheduled to be honored as theyswim their last meet on hometurf. Despite Ledecky’s travelsand commitments to Team USA,her dedication to the Gatorsnever wavered, something coachRobert Walker has repeatedlycommended. Ledecky currentlyholds the world’s best times inthe 400-, 800- and 1,500-meterfreestyle events.
— JENNIFER BEEKMAN
n Winning achampionship is the last
hurdle for senior
BY PRINCE J. GRIMES
STAFF WRITER
On Jan. 3, prior to QuinceOrchard High School’s wres-tling match against SenecaValley, Kyle Bollinger wasrecognized by the Gaith-ersburg school for reachingthe 100-victory mark. The152-pound senior achievedthe milestone on Dec. 29 atthe Cougar Claus Dual Holi-day Tournament, and— afterwinning eight matches in twodays — he finished the tour-nament with 104 wins.
“It definitely means a lot,”Bollinger said. “I love wres-tling, and getting 100 wins— especially in MontgomeryCounty — you don’t usuallyget a lot of matches that mostother schools do.”
But reaching 100 winswas not atop the list of ac-complishments for Bollingerto achieve this year, he said.Coming into the season with86 wins, he knew he wouldprobably eclipse the 100-wintotal. Winning a state title,he said, was his biggest goalcoming into the season.
“I’ve definitely been pro-gressing over these four years,and my overall goal is to winthe states,” Bollinger said.
The senior’s journeyto become one of the topwrestlers in the county hasbeen the type of ascent thatcoaches constantly strive toget their athletes to achieve.Just as they look for progressfrom their wrestlers frommatch to match, coachesexpect to see improvementfrom season to season. Bol-linger has personified thoseambitions.
As a freshman, althoughhe had been wrestling sinceage 4, Bollinger said he hadto adjust to the nuances and
style changes of high schoolwrestling. The season endedone match away from placingat counties.
The next year, he returnedto counties and finished asthe 120-pound runner-up.He also finished second at the4A/3A West Region tourna-ment and qualified for states.
Last season, Bollingercontinued his maturationon and off the mat. Once hissophomore year ended, hetook on a bigger role as oneof the team’s leaders andhelped to keep the team intact following the departureof former coach Chris Tao.Bollinger said he, along withother team leaders, ralliedaround new coach Rob Wolf.Bollinger then proceeded tocapture both county and re-gion titles and placed sixth atstates.
“He’s technically verysound,” said Wolf, whoseCougars are 8-0 this season.“He basically goes out therewith no fear. It doesn’t mat-
ter who he’s going against, heexpects to win.”
“[My style is] definitely of-fensive, aggressive,” Bollingeradded. He won his matchagainst Seneca Valley by fallto remain undefeated in reg-ular season county matches.“Protect myself at all times ofcourse, but I go out there towin. When I step on that mat,I don’t care who’s on the lineacross from me. I know 100percent that I’m giving it myall.”
If the upward trend ofBollinger’s time at QuinceOrchard continues, the nextstep and last phase in his pro-gression is the state title. Towin it, he said, would meana lot.
“It’s definitely been myNo. 1 goal for the past fouryears,” Bollinger said. “I’vebeen getting closer and closerevery year. This is my lastshot. I’ll do anything I can toget it.”
State title motivates QO wrestler
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Quince Orchard High School wrestler Kyle Bollinger (top) defeated Seneca Valley’s Jerry Hernandez during Satur-day’s match.
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Quince Orchard High School wrestler Kyle Bollinger.
KEEPING IT BRIEF
Jewish Day’s streak continuesThe JewishDay School girls basketball teamhas
gone a full year— 20 games—without losing. And ifthe Lions have their way, that streak could run into2016. The reigning Potomac Valley Athletic Confer-ence champions are 6-0 this winter, playing the samestyle, andwithmost of the same players, that wereresponsible for the 16-1 campaign last season. TheRockville school has been dominant, with double-digit victories against all but one of its opponents,Grace Brethren.
All five starters are back, including junior DaphneLerner, who is averaging a team-high 18.5 points pergame. The defense remains impressive. Not only isit shutting down opponents— the Lions have heldfour teams under 20 points—but it’s also creating
turnovers that lead to easy buckets, much like it didlast season.
One of themajor differences, though, is YairaKalender. Themulti-position senior has been startingsince her freshman year, but is playing some of herbest basketball this winter. She’s gettingmoremin-utes at the five and four than she has in past seasons,anchoring some of JewishDay’s smaller lineups. She’sshowing off her improved jumper too, averaging 10.8points and hitting a team-leading nine 3-pointers.
“She’s beenworking all offseason and she’s beennailing shots all over the court,” second-year coachRebecca Silberman said.
JewishDay’s bid for an undefeated season is set tocontinue Tuesday againstWashington Christian andThursday against Edmund Burke.
—ERIC GOLDWEIN
SLAM DUNK OF THE WEEK FROM GAZETTE.NET/NETS
BEST BETn Bethesda-Chevy Chase at Churchill, 7 p.m. Friday:
Japria Karim-Duvall and the Bulldogs take on theup-and-coming Barons in a matchup featuring two ofthe county’s top Class 4A teams.
BEST BETn Quince Orchard at Gaithersburg, 7 p.m. Friday:
Cougars put their undefeated record on the lineagainst a talented Trojans team hungry for a winafter struggling early this season.
BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK
Also receiving votes: Takoma Academy, 7;Gaithersburg, 1.
The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Montgomery County.
BoysRank School Record Points
1. St. Andrew’s 11-0 58
2. Montrose 10-2 55
3. Bullis 9--3 49
4. Q. Orchard 7-0 41
5. R. Montgomery 9-0 35
6. Springbrook 6-1 31
7. Geo. Prep 8-5 18
8. Blake 5-3 15
9. Magruder 4-4 12
10. Kennedy 5-3 8
GirlsRank School Record Points
1. Whitman 6-0 59
2. Good Counsel 9-5 53
3. Paint Branch 8-0 50
4. W. Johnson 7-1 42
5. Holy Child 8-2 35
6. Wootton 5-2 31
7. Churchill 5-3 21
9. Damascus 5-2 17
8. B-Chevy Chase 6-2 14
10. Magruder 5-3 8Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 3;
Sherwood, 1.
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Nate Peterson,WashingtonChrisitan 3 80 26.7Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg 6 157 26.2JonathanMustamu, Kennedy 8 192 24.0Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood 5 110 22.0Aaron Byrd, Landon 9 195 21.7Bryan Knapp, JewishDay 4 83 20.8JoeHugley,Magruder 8 152 19.0DuaneDavis, Damascus 6 106 17.7Daniel Kuhnreich, JewishDay 4 69 17.3Dylan Salmon, TheHeights 8 133 16.6Obi Patrick,WatkinsMill 5 83 16.6
LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.DaisaHarris, Paint Branch 8 202 25.3Danielle Durjan,WatkinsMill 8 164 20.0DominiqueWalker,WatkinsMill 8 160 20.0Daphne Lerner, JewishDay 6 111 18.5Hope Randolph,Magruder 7 126 18.0Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 7 121 17.3Nicole Enabosi, GoodCounsel 13 224 17.2Kaylan Jackson, Clarksburg 7 114 16.3JordanOdom,QuinceOrchard 8 124 15.5Sheri Addison,Wootton 7 108 15.4AbbyMeyers,Whitman 6 89 14.8
Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to [email protected] before noonon Mondays to be included.
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n The Devil Makes Threehas played together
for more than a decade
BY KIRSTY GROFFSTAFF WRITER
The devil lost a fiddling con-test after he went down to Geor-gia, but bluegrass-rockabillygroup The Devil Makes Threeis sure to win over Silver Springwhen they come to The Fillmoreon Friday.
The trio combines a little bitof everything into their sound:blues with punk, ragtime withfolk, country with jazz. Sincetheir start in Santa Cruz, Calif.,in 2001, the lineup has includedguitarist/vocalist Pete Bernhard,upright bassist Lucia Turino andguitarist Cooper McBean.
For Bernhard, the idea ofbecoming a musician started inchildhood, growing up with amusical family inBrattleboro,Vt.
“I think at a very young age, Iknew I wanted to do it,” he said.“My brother was a guitar player,my father was a guitar player, soI just felt like it was a great thingto do. It was all a family experi-ence.”
Turino and McBean wereraised in Brattleboro, as well,and they connected over timethrough mutual interest in play-ing “a lot of old music no oneelse liked at that age,” accordingto Bernhard.
Almost a decade and a halflater, and in spite of Turino andBernhard moving back to Ver-mont, the group has continuedon in their unique musical style.They’ve released four studio al-bums and two live recordings,
Dance with the deviln Mias are highon everyone’s list
Among the many reasons Spainhas become a source of some of theworld’s best wine values is their in-novative spirit. For many decades,Spanish wines were mired in old-fashioned techniques and inferior,obsolete equipment. These harshand unappealing wines ignored thetremendous potential in their indig-enous varietals and they became thesecond-rate cousins to other Euro-pean winemaking regions.
The renaissance of Spanishwinemaking began with an infu-sion of capital for new facilities andequipment coupled with a willing-ness to adopt modern techniques.The results have been dramatic andnow the country that gave us suchground-breaking artists as Gaudiand Picasso is also the place to findinventive approaches to satisfy wineconsumers.
An example is the latest line ofvalue-priced wines produced by theFerrer family, owners of Freixenet,one of the premier producers of theSpanish sparkler Cava. Their storybegan as simple grape farmers andwinemakers in the 16th centuryeventually expanding despite thetravails of the Spanish Civil War, 2world wars and the Depression. Nowthe Ferrers own 18 wineries in eightcountries on four continents produc-ing a wide range of red, white, andsparkling wines.
While their cava is made in thetime-honored “Méthode Champe-nois,” the Ferrer family is not boundby tradition. Recognizing that alarge market persists for flavorful,value-priced wines, they spent manymonths focusing on which types ofwines would be the most appealingto consumers and finding the bestway to market them. The result is
“Mia” (Spanish for “mine,”) a seriesof still and sparkling wines that rangefrom $10 to $15 per bottle but haveas much flavor and interesting com-plexity as wines costing significantlymore.
Mia’s winemaker is Gloria Col-lell, who has worked for Freixenetfor many years. She is from a wine-making family and was part of themarketing team that developed theconcept and branding for Mia. So itseemed natural to the Ferrers thatGloria be put in charge of their proj-ect. Vivacious and engaging, Gloriaintuitively grasps what consumers’desire in a wine and is also willing tobend a few rules.
Moscato is currently one of themore popular sparkling wines, eversince the hip-hop star Drake sangabout it in 2009. It would seem natu-ral to use the same techniques thatFreixenet utilizes for their sparklingwines to make the Mia version. ButGloria recognized that the style de-sired did not exactly fit with theircurrent methodology so she visitedItaly and, risking disapproval fromher employers, eventually adopted adifferent (and ultimately acceptable)approach to create the Mia version.
Another innovation is the Miafront labels which tell buyers what toexpect from within the bottle. Thusthe front of the 100% Tempranillo“Mia Red” says that it is “Fruity andFull-Bodied,” while the “Mia White”made from Macabeo, Xarello andParallada is appropriately describedas “Aromatic and Fruity.”
The wisdom in their labeling ap-proach is seen best with the Mia Roséthat is made from Bobal, an unusualvarietal grown in Valencia, Spain.
Ferrer family benefits fromSpanish wine renaissance
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Cooper McBean, Pete Bernhard and Lucia Turino will bring their rockabilly-bluegrass sound as TheDevil Makes Three to The Fillmore on Jan. 9.See DEVIL, Page B-6
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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 2126 Industrial
Highway, Silver Spring, 301-326-1181, hol-lywoodballroomdc.com.
Scottish Country Dancing, 8 to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps and formations taught. Noexperience, partner necessary, T-39 Build-ing onNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenueand SouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.
Glen Echo Park is at 7300 MacArthurBlvd.
Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays, 8:15p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. danc-ing toDJs, Glen Echo Park’s Spanish Ball-roomAnnex, $8, capitalblues.org.
Contra, Jan. 9, fridaynightdance.org,Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, 7:30p.m., $10, fridaynightdance.org.
English Country, Jan. 7, CarolMarshcaller, 8 p.m., Glen Echo TownHall (up-stairs), fsgw.org.
Swing and Lindy, Jan. 10, The RadioKingOrchestra, $18, $12, 17 and younger.Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom, flying-feet.org.
Waltz, Jan. 18,Marty, Steve, John &Alexander withMarty Taylor (winds,concertina), Steve Hickman (fiddle), JohnDevine (guitar, vocals), AlexanderMitchell(fiddle); waltztimedances.org.
MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club,
LandauMurphy Jr., Jan. 9, The Vi-Kings,Jan. 10; Cameo, Jan. 16; Redmond, Lan-gosch&Cooley, Jan. 17; The Soul Serenad-ers plusMarkWenner’s BluesWarriors,Jan. 18; call for prices, times, 7719Wiscon-sin Ave., Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-abluesjazz.com.
BlackRock Center for the Arts, VictoriaVox andUnified Jazz Ensemble, Jan. 24;12901 TownCommonsDrive, German-town. 301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.
Fillmore Silver Spring, TheDevilMakes Three, Jan. 9; Led Zeppelin 2; Jan.10; Seether and Papa Roach, Jan. 14; 8656Colesville Road, Silver Spring. fillmoresil-verspring.com.
Strathmore, LouisWeeks, Jan. 9; BSO:The Rite of Spring, Jan. 9; call for venue,times. Locations:Mansion, 10701 RockvillePike, North Bethesda;Music Center atStrathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, NorthBethesda, 301-581-5100, strathmore.org.
ON STAGEArts Barn, “The 39 Steps,” Jan. 9
through Jan. 25, Sandy Spring TheatreGroup, $20, $12 for 14 and under, 311 Kent
Square Road, 301-258-6394Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Petite
Rouge—ACajun Red RidingHood,” Jan.30 throughMarch 8, call for prices, times,Adventure TheatreMTC, 7300MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270, adven-turetheatre-mtc.org.
Imagination Stage, “101Dalmatians,”through Jan. 11, call for prices, times,Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Ave.,Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.
Highwood Theatre, 914 Silver SpringAve., thehighwoodtheatre.org, 301-587-0697.
Olney Theatre Center, “Disney’s TheLittleMermaid,” through Jan. 11, call forprices, times, 2001Olney-Sandy SpringRoad, Olney, 301-924-3400, olneytheatre.org.
The Puppet Co., “Circus!,” Jan. 16through Feb. 15; Tiny Tots@ 10, selectWednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, callfor shows and show times, Puppet Co.Playhouse, Glen Echo Park’s North ArcadeBuilding, 7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.
Rockville Musical Theatre, FitzgeraldTheatre, 603 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville,240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.
Round House Theatre, “Rapture, Blis-ter, Burn,” Jan. 28 through Feb. 22, callfor show times, 4545 East-West Highway,Bethesda. Tickets range in price from$10to $45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.
Lumina Studio Theatre, Silver SpringBlack Box Theatre, 8641 Colesville Road,
Silver Spring, 301-588-8277, luminastudio.org; [email protected].
Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’s Shadow,”Jan. 9 through 31,Woodmoor ShoppingCenter, 10145 Colesville Road, SilverSpring, seeWeb site for show times,ssstage.org.
Randolph Road Theater, 4010 Ran-dolph Road, Silver Spring, belcantanti.com, 240-230-7372.
VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “YourMemories,
Your Sentiments, YourWishes, Your Se-crets,” JimCondron andKristen Liu, Jan.15 through Feb. 28, 3766Howard Ave.,Kensington, 301-922-0162, adahrosegal-lery.com
Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 PhotographyGroup exhibit, “Richly Black andWhite,”featuring JareeDonnelly, CraigHiggins,Timothy Lynch, andMargeWasson. Rock-ville Civic Center Park, 503 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.
Marin-Price Galleries, March Avery,through Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.Mon-day through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sun-day, 7022Wisconsin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.
Montgomery Art Association, TerryPellmar, Jan. 6 through Feb. 1,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 ViersMill Road,Wheaton,montgomeryart.org.
VisArts, Steve Pearson:Manipular,through Jan. 18; HappyNOT Sappy,through Jan. 18;WilliamPeirce, through
Jan. 18; Gibbs Street Gallery, 155Gibbs St.,Rockville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrockville.org.
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Pyra-mid Atlantic Art Center, second floor, 8230Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, washington-printmakers.com.
Kentlands Mansion, Artwork of theGaithersburg Camera Club, through Jan.23, 320 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg,301-258-6425.
Arts Barn, 311 Kent Square Road,Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394
“White,” a juried gallery exhibition inboth ofWashington ArtWorks’ formalgalleries will open Jan. 2. Photography,painting,mixedmedia andmore will bedisplayed. Exhibition runs through Jan. 31.Washington ArtWorks, 12276Wilkins Ave.,Rockville. 301-654-1998; washingtonart-works.com
“From Beyond the Arch,” Jan. 8through 28. Reception 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 11.Artwork created by theUpper andMiddleschool students of theHelene Berman Se-idenfeld Visual Art Center at the BermanHebrew Academy. The artists will presentand talk about their artwork during the re-ception at 2:30 p.m. Goldman Art Gallery,6125Montrose Road, Rockville. [email protected], 301-348-3770, jccgw.org. Openwhen JCCGW is open; free admission.
ET CETERAThe Writer’s Center, 4508Walsh Street,
Bethesda, 301-654-8664, writer.org.
IN THE ARTS
Rather than feature the nameof the grape on the label whoseunfamiliarity could be discour-aging, they instead increaseappeal by declaring the wine as“Delicate and Floral.”
The label descriptions aresimplistic but inherently ac-curate including the “Fruityand Sweet”MiaMoscato, the“Fresh and Crisp”Mia whitesparkler and the “Delicate andSweet”Mia PinkMoscato. EachMia wine is remarkably wellmade for their price and is foodfriendly with good balance andlength. Creative both insideand out, the novel and enjoy-ableMia wines are poised for abright future.
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with no plans to slow down any timesoon.
“We’ve been playing together for solong now that we’re incredibly comfort-able,” he said. “Everything comes to-gether as it’s supposed to. You developthis almost psychic relationship with thepeople youplaywith.”
Over the courseof recording their lat-est album, 2013’s “I’m A Stranger Here,”The Devil Makes Three developed anappreciation for time in the studio, how-ever, there’s still a strong love for per-forming live and the enthusiasm of theiraudiences.
“We love the energy of touring— thecrowd makes or breaks the show,” hesaid. “If you have a great audience, theshow is even better. When you play an
acoustic show where everyone’s silent,it’s just not the same.”
They’ve turned to live albums as away to capture the best of both studiorecording and live performances. WhileBernhard says the group has yet to fullycapture the concert experience on an al-bum, they get closer every time.
“We’re always trying to get that light-ning in a bottle,” he said. “We always
come a little bit shy, but we’re going tokeep trying.”
Fans should keep an eye out for fu-ture live recordings as well as new ma-terial. The Devil Makes Three has somenew songs and are trying to put togetheran album, and they also have hopes forreleasing some tribute albums for someof theirmusical heroes.
TheDevilMakesThreearealsowork-ing on getting a 7-inch vinyl record outcontaining two songs that didn’t maketheir last album — Bernhard says theyhope to have it in time for the Fillmoreconcert. Vinyl is a format they try to in-corporate frequently, as another tributeto their years listening to punkmusic.
Their last stop in the area was a sold-out show at the 9:30 Club inWashington,D.C.,whichmeanta lot to themconsider-ing their interest growing up in the localmusic scene.
“Being from Vermont, that was the
first punk stuff we were exposed to,” hesaid. “Fugazi and Dischord Records wasa huge inspiration. It made us feel like,if you want to do something and you’rewilling to do the work anything is pos-sible.”
That approach has come across inhow they manage their music. They callthe shots and decide when they want towork, ensuring that they release songswhen they’re ready for the public ratherthan on a deadline from a record label.Taking ownership of their own work hashelped then grow a steady following overthe years.
“We’ve enjoyed some years betterthan others, but it’s always been a slowburn for us — we’ve never really burnedout,” he said. “We’re all pretty tightfriendsandhaveknowneachothera longtime, so that’s a pretty good foundation.”
DEVILContinued from Page B-4
THE DEVIL MAKES THREEn When: 8:30 p.m. Friday
n Where: The Fillmore Silver Spring,8656 Colesville Road, Silver Spring
n Tickets: $25
n More Information:thedevilmakesthree.com;301-960-9999
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The Board administers the WSSC Code of Ethics (Code), issuesadvisory opinions, responds to requests for waivers of Codeprohibitions, acts on Code-related Complaints and periodically re-views the adequacy of the Code. A background in workplace eth-ics is preferred. The Board generally meets from 2:00 p.m. to4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the WSSCCommissioners Conference Room at 14501 Sweitzer Lane, Lau-rel, Maryland 20707. Each Board member receives a $200 sti-pend for each regular monthly meeting attended.
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Please contact the Commission as soon as possible at 301-206-8200 if your attendanceat a meeting will require an accommodation under Title II of the Americans with Disabili-ties Act.
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NOTE: If either public hearing is rescheduled due to inclement weather conditions, apublic hearing will be held as follows:
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MSRP $23,185
1999 Mustang...............V279152A, Green, V8 5Spd, 124,140 Miles...$6,5912006 Jetta Sedan.........V021107A, Black, GLI, 106,666 Miles......$9,9922013 Ford Focus...........VP0119, Grey, 55,056 Miles.....................$10,3602011 Jetta Sedan.........VLP0105, Black, 47,803 Miles.................$10,7032012 Beetle...................V0621679A,Silver,22,689 Miles...............$12,2942012 Mazda3................VP0117,Black,31,363 Miles.....................$12,7522012 Jetta Sedan.........LP0118,Silver,33,694 Miles.....................$12,7522012 Jetta Sedan.........VP0106,White, Conv, 32,563 Miles..........$13,5032010 Jetta Sedan.........V542666A,White,109,915 Miles..............$13,9912013 Passat..................V002558A, Black, 33,912 Miles...............$14,8712012 Mini Cooper .......V034678A,Red, 33,011 Miles..................$15,8962012 Jetta Sedan.........V615887A, Silver, 26,804 Miles...............$17,5242010 Jeep Wrangler....V051155A, Silver, 94,301 Miles...............$17,5912014 Jeep Patriot........VP0102A,White,9,359 Miles....................$17,9912014 Jetta Sedan.........VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles................$17,9922014 Jetta Sedan.........VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles.....................$17,992
2014 Jetta Sedan.........VPR0112,Black,6,921 Miles.....................$17,9922011 GTI........................V040108A,Black,45,589 Miles................$18,2512013 Golf Sedan...........VPR0098, Black,7,392 Miles....................$18,2962012 GTI........................VP0107,Red,54,244 Miles.......................$18,5332012 Tiguan..................V511462A,Black,37,637 Miles................$18,6732011 Tiguan..................V520327A,Pearl, 69,623 Miles................$18,9932013 Passat..................VO#017623A,Black,53,252 Miles............$19,2542013 CC Sedan.............V011054A, Black, SPT, PZE, 40,066 Miles...$19,5912014 Passat..................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles.....................$20,5922014 Passat..................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles....................$20,5922014 Passat..................VPR0111,Black,10,500 Miles..................$20,5222014 Passat..................VPR0108,Silver,9,040 Miles.....................$20,7722013 Tiguan..................V006405A,Gray,17,099 Miles..................$21,9532014 Passat..................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles..................$23,9912013 Honda Accord.....V035061A, Silver, V6 EX, 21,234 Miles....$18,993
2015 TIGUAN S 2WD
#13540292, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$24,999
OR $372/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $27,180
2014 JETTA SPORTWAGON TDI
#5608496, Automactic. PowerWindows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
MSRP $28,835
2015 GTI 4DR HB S
#4028905, Automatic, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
BUY FOR$24,999
OR $367/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $27,235
2014 TOUAREG TDI R-LINE V6
#14013851, Navigation, SunroofPower Windows/Locks, Loaded
BUY FOR$45,795
OR $659/MO for 72 MONTHS
MSRP $55,835
SAVE UP TO$8,000
#7441995, Power Windows,Power Locks, Keyless Entry
MSRP $17,715
2014 JETTA S
BUY FOR$13,995
OR $205/MO for 72 MONTHSBUY FOR
$18,999OR $279/MO for 72 MONTHS
BUY FOR$16,599
OR $244/MO for 72 MONTHS
BUY FOR$24,399
OR $358/MO for 72 MONTHS
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06 VW NEW BEETLE CNVTB’L $8,988
UNDER $10,000 MORE VEHICLES07 TOYOTA YARIS H/BK..................$5,490#CA75240A, GAS SAVER! 5SPD, AC, AIR BAGS, CD
08 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX...............$7,635#KR26300, “WELL MAINTAINED!” P/OPTS, CD
04 NISSAN XTERRA XE...................$7,988#KP77134, 4WD V6 “RARE FIND!” 5SPD, PW/PLC, CD
07 TOYOTA COROLLA CE.................$7,990#DR53293A, NICE 88K! AUTO, AC, PW/PMR DON’T MISS
08 NISSAN ROGUE SL AWD.........$11,488#KP09209, MNRF, BOSE/CD, SAB, P/OPTIONS EZ TERMS
11 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS............$11,988#KN97322, FAC WARR, PW/PLC, CC, CD DON’T MISS!
11 SUZUKI KIZASHI SLS SPORT...$14,970#KP10144, “PAMPERED!” NAV/MNRF/LTHR
12 KIA SORENTO LX....................$15,988#KP54652, “FAMILY FUN” 3RD ROW SEAT, SAB, PW/PLC, CD
#KP07212, SHARP! LTHR, CD OFF-SEASON PRICE
10 CHEVY CAMARO SS $20,930
#KP36716A, 6.2 V8 SHARP! LTHR, MNRF, 20’S
06 ACURA TL $10,470
#KP17756, “PAMPERED!” LTHR/MNRF, EASY TERMS!
11 HYUNDAI SONATA SE $16,997
#KN39898A, IMMACULATE 30K! NAV/MNRF REDUCED!
11 TOYOTA CAMRY SE $14,970
#KN42702, “BEAUTY!” MNRF, ALLOYS, SPLR EZ TERMS!
09 TOYOTA RAV4 LIMITED...........$17,488#KP08605, 4WD SHARP 75K! MNRF, LHTR/HTD SEATS
10 BUICK LaCROSSE CXS............$17,988#KP53480, “SUPER NICE!” MNRF, LTHR, TLT/TELESCP
11 BMW 328I X AWD..................$19,588#KP25443, “PRISTINE!” MNRF, LHTR/HTD SEATS, HILL CNTRL
12 MAZDA CX-9 TOURING SPORT......$21,488#KP49373, AWD MNRF, LTHR, BACKUP CAM, CD
04 HONDA ACCORD EX...................$7,990#KP91267A, CLEAN! MNRF, PW/PLC, CD, ACT NOW!
06 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT. . .$7,990#KX85081, SPEC ED! MNRF, DVD, LTHR NICE !
03 TOYOTA SOLARA SLE.................$8,435#KP10861, V6 GORGEOUS! LTHR/PWR SEAT, P/OPTS
12 NISSAN VERSA 1.8S................$10,988#KN42141, AT, A/C, PW/PLC, CD “BEST VALUE!”
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