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1932824 BULLY PULPIT Family’s music preaches an end to abuse. A-3 SILVER SPRING | TAKOMA PARK | WHEATON | BURTONSVILLE A&E: Lumina Studio Theatre brings Dickens’ “Our Mutual Friend” to life on stage. B-4 The Gazette Wednesday, January 21, 2015 25 cents DAILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE.NET SPORTS: Northwood students find inspiration in managing girls basketball team. B-1 Automotive B-11 Calendar A-2 Classified B-8 Entertainment B-4 Opinion A-12 Sports B-1 Please RECYCLE Volume 27, No. 51, Two sections, 28 Pages Copyright © 2014 The Gazette INDEX FIT AS A FIDDLE NEWS Silver Spring student’s talent takes her on journey to Carnegie Hall. A-4 n Some board members commit support as decision deadline nears BY LINDSAY A. POWERS STAFF WRITER In the home stretch of his first term, Superintendent Joshua P. Starr said he’s hoping for a second round leading the school district and is “in it for the long haul.” Two out of seven board members said they’re ready to support Starr. Others, however, are not yet picking a side, saying they’ll consider a range of issues before deciding. Starr, whose contract ex- pires June 30, must make his official request to the county school board for another four- year term by Feb. 1. The board will need to give him an answer by March 1. Starr replaced Jerry D. Weast as superintendent in 2011. He was hired at $250,000 per year. Starr’s current salary is $264,002, according to Dana Tofig, a spokesman for the district. The district has made prog- ress during his three-and-a-half years, Starr said, and he and others have put “all the pieces in place to transform” the school system. Starr will seek second term at helm of schools So others may eat GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE Kensington residents Michael Pinard (center) and his son, Julian Pinard (left), 7, were among the volunteers who packed bags with food for needy children as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Silver Spring United Methodist Church. The event was held through a partnership between the church, Whole Foods Markets, and the Manna Food Center’s Karen Goldberg Smart Snacks program for hungry children. n Request is part of amendment package to $4.66 billion capital plan BY KATE S. ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER As Montgomery County lawmakers fight for more school construction money from the state, County Executive Isiah Leggett is asking the County Council to approve $191.2 mil- lion more locally. Every two years, Leggett (D) issues his recommended capital budget for the next six years. In odd-numbered years, he gener- ally recommends amendments to the spending plan. His proposed amendments to the $4.66 billion capital im- provements program for fiscal years 2015-2020 would provide not just more funding for public school construction, but also for affordable housing and road re- pair, according to a county news release. It also includes money for redevelopment projects in White Flint and Wheaton and $32 million to replace the Shady Grove Bus Depot. School construction con- tinues to be a top priority for Leggett proposes a $191M school construction hike n City to compete against Arlington, others for two years for energy savings BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER Takoma Park was chosen as one of 50 semifinalist cit- ies and counties nationwide competing for $5 million in an energy-saving competition run by Georgetown University, offi- cials announced on Jan. 14. Takoma will compete against Arlington County, Va., Charlottesville, Va., Cambridge, Mass., Madison, Wis., Berkeley, Calif., and others in the two- year challenge to reduce utility- supplied energy consumption. Ten finalists are slated to be selected in early 2017, and the $5 million winner chosen later that year. Takoma Park was the only city in Maryland chosen for the national contest. Takoma Park has thought of itself as being at the forefront of environmental sustainability efforts for a long time, and the announcement confirms that, Mayor Bruce Williams said on Jan. 14 in a City Hall news con- ference with officials from the city and Georgetown. Takoma Park gained “Sus- tainable Maryland Certified” status in 2014 and has passed legislation restricting the use of cosmetic lawn pesticides on private and public property and the commercial use of polysty- rene food-service ware. “The city prides itself of be- ing an example to others” in environmental sustainability, Williams said. “Now we hope to expand that to more residents and businesses.” The idea is not just to have the cities involved find innova- tive ways to reduce energy con- sumption, but to develop ways to replicate their approaches, so others can follow the ex- ample, said Christofer Nelson, project director of the contest. The university will regularly Takoma Park eyes $5 million prize n Sky House moved to new commercial site in Silver Spring last year BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY STAFF WRITER A Silver Spring yoga studio is work- ing on a program to help people dealing with trauma, such as abuse, the loss of a loved one and cancer. “Not everyone wants to admit they are struggling with trauma,” said Sky House Yoga co-founder Ashley Litecky Elenbaas, a clinical herbalist and yoga teacher. “A common symptom is anxi- ety, which is one of the top reasons people see me in my herbalist practice.” Many people suffering from anxiety are quite sensitive and need help better managing anxiety levels, she said. “We try to look at some underlying causes,” Elenbaas said. She hopes to get the classes going in April. Veterans suffering from post-trau- matic stress disorder could be candi- dates for the program, Elenbaas said. The postures practiced will be “safe” ones that don’t submit students to feel- ings of vulnerability, she said. “There will not be a lot of hands-on assists or back bends,” Elenbaas said. “We want to look at what kind of move- ments help the body feel safe, so you can move with more trust.” People going through chemo- therapy for cancer or in remission can benefit by increasing circulation and flushing toxins, she said. “Some- one who has been through cancer can store tension,” Elenbaas said. “We can help them release that by taking deep breaths and relaxing.” Elenbaas; husband Adam Elenbaas, an astrologer and writer; and Abby Burgess opened Sky House in a rented house in 2011 and moved to a more Yoga studio embraces trauma victims BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE Ashley Litecky Elenbaas demonstrates a therapeutic version of a child’s pose at Sky House Yoga in Silver Spring. 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BULLY PULPITFamily’s music preaches an end to abuse. A-3

SILVER SPRING | TAKOMA PARK | WHEATON | BURTONSVILLEA&E: Lumina Studio Theatrebrings Dickens’ “Our MutualFriend” to life on stage. B-4

TheGazetteWednesday, January 21, 2015 25 centsDA ILY UPDATES AT GAZETTE .NET

SPORTS: Northwood studentsfind inspiration in managing girlsbasketball team. B-1

Automotive B-11Calendar A-2Classified B-8Entertainment B-4Opinion A-12Sports B-1

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Volume 27, No. 51,Two sections, 28 PagesCopyright © 2014The Gazette

INDEX

FIT AS AFIDDLE

NEWS

Silver Spring student’stalent takes her on journeyto Carnegie Hall.

A-4

n Some board memberscommit support as

decision deadline nears

BY LINDSAY A. POWERS

STAFF WRITER

In the home stretch of hisfirst term, SuperintendentJoshua P. Starr said he’s hopingfor a second round leading theschool district and is “in it forthe long haul.”

Two out of seven boardmembers said they’re ready tosupport Starr. Others, however,are not yet picking a side, sayingthey’ll consider a range of issuesbefore deciding.

Starr, whose contract ex-pires June 30, must make hisofficial request to the countyschool board for another four-year term by Feb. 1. The boardwill need to give him an answerby March 1.

Starr replaced JerryD.Weastas superintendent in 2011. Hewas hired at $250,000 per year.Starr’s current salary is $264,002,according to Dana Tofig, aspokesman for the district.

The district has made prog-ress during his three-and-a-halfyears, Starr said, and he andothers have put “all the pieces inplace to transform” the schoolsystem.

Starr will seeksecond term athelm of schools

So others may eat

GREG DOHLER/THE GAZETTE

Kensington residents Michael Pinard (center) and his son, Julian Pinard (left), 7, were among the volunteers who packed bags with food for needy childrenas part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at Silver Spring United Methodist Church. The event was held through a partnership between the church,Whole Foods Markets, and the Manna Food Center’s Karen Goldberg Smart Snacks program for hungry children.

n Request is part ofamendment package to$4.66 billion capital plan

BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFF WRITER

As Montgomery Countylawmakers fight for more schoolconstruction money from thestate, County Executive IsiahLeggett is asking the CountyCouncil to approve $191.2 mil-lion more locally.

Every two years, Leggett (D)issues his recommended capitalbudget for the next six years. Inodd-numbered years, he gener-

ally recommends amendmentsto the spending plan.

His proposed amendmentsto the $4.66 billion capital im-provements program for fiscalyears 2015-2020 would providenot just more funding for publicschool construction, but also foraffordable housing and road re-pair, according to a county newsrelease.

It also includes money forredevelopment projects inWhite Flint and Wheaton and$32 million to replace the ShadyGrove Bus Depot.

School construction con-tinues to be a top priority for

Leggett proposesa $191M schoolconstruction hike

n City to compete againstArlington, others for twoyears for energy savings

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY

STAFF WRITER

Takoma Park was chosenas one of 50 semifinalist cit-ies and counties nationwidecompeting for $5 million in anenergy-saving competition runby Georgetown University, offi-cials announced on Jan. 14.

Takoma will competeagainst Arlington County, Va.,Charlottesville, Va., Cambridge,Mass., Madison, Wis., Berkeley,Calif., and others in the two-year challenge to reduce utility-supplied energy consumption.Ten finalists are slated to beselected in early 2017, and the$5 million winner chosen laterthat year.

Takoma Park was the onlycity in Maryland chosen for thenational contest.

Takoma Park has thoughtof itself as being at the forefront

of environmental sustainabilityefforts for a long time, and theannouncement confirms that,Mayor Bruce Williams said onJan. 14 in a City Hall news con-ference with officials from thecity and Georgetown.

Takoma Park gained “Sus-tainable Maryland Certified”status in 2014 and has passedlegislation restricting the useof cosmetic lawn pesticides onprivate andpublic property andthe commercial use of polysty-rene food-service ware.

“The city prides itself of be-

ing an example to others” inenvironmental sustainability,Williams said. “Now we hope toexpand that to more residentsand businesses.”

The idea is not just to havethe cities involved find innova-tive ways to reduce energy con-sumption, but to develop waysto replicate their approaches,so others can follow the ex-ample, said Christofer Nelson,project director of the contest.The university will regularly

TakomaPark eyes $5million prize

n Sky House movedto new commercial sitein Silver Spring last year

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY

STAFF WRITER

A Silver Spring yoga studio is work-ingonaprogramtohelppeopledealingwith trauma, suchas abuse, the loss of aloved one and cancer.

“Not everyone wants to admit theyare struggling with trauma,” said SkyHouse Yoga co-founder Ashley LiteckyElenbaas, a clinical herbalist and yoga

teacher. “A common symptom is anxi-ety, which is one of the top reasonspeople seeme inmyherbalist practice.”

Manypeople suffering fromanxietyare quite sensitive and need help bettermanaging anxiety levels, she said. “Wetry to look at some underlying causes,”Elenbaas said. She hopes to get theclasses going in April.

Veterans suffering from post-trau-matic stress disorder could be candi-dates for the program, Elenbaas said.The postures practiced will be “safe”ones that don’t submit students to feel-ings of vulnerability, she said.

“There will not be a lot of hands-onassists or back bends,” Elenbaas said.

“We want to look at what kind of move-ments help the body feel safe, so youcan move with more trust.”

People going through chemo-therapy for cancer or in remissioncan benefit by increasing circulationand flushing toxins, she said. “Some-one who has been through cancer canstore tension,” Elenbaas said. “We canhelp them release that by taking deepbreaths and relaxing.”

Elenbaas; husbandAdamElenbaas,an astrologer and writer; and AbbyBurgess opened Sky House in a rentedhouse in 2011 and moved to a more

Yoga studio embraces trauma victims

BILL RYAN/THE GAZETTE

Ashley Litecky Elenbaas demonstrates a therapeutic version of a child’s pose at Sky HouseYoga in Silver Spring.

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See LEGGETT, Page A-11See PRIZE, Page A-11

See YOGA, Page A-11

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 21Teen Writers Club, 6:15-7:45 p.m.,

White Oak Library, 11701NewHampshireAve., Silver Spring.Meet other teens whoshare an interest in writing. Learn how toimprove writing skills, try new approachesand experiment with creative writingexercises that spark imagination. Free.240-773-9555.

Loss of a Child Support Group, 6:30-8p.m.,MontgomeryHospice, 1355 PiccardDrive, Rockville. For parents grieving thedeath of a child of any age. Free, registra-tion required. 301-921-4400.

Mystery and Thriller Book Discussion,7 p.m.,White Oak Library, 11701NewHampshire Ave., Silver Spring. Booksavailable at check-out desk. Free. 240-773-9555.

Senior Connection Volunteer Training,7-8:30 p.m., Holiday Park Senior Center,3950 Ferrara Drive, Silver Spring. Avail-able service opportunities include drivingsenior adults tomedical appointments,assisting with grocery shopping and pro-vidingmoneymanagement support. 301-942-1049.

THURSDAY, JAN. 22Evening Grief Support Group, 6:30-8

p.m., Hughes UnitedMethodist Church,10700 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Foranyone grieving the death of a loved one.Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.

Parent Loss Support Group, 6:30-8p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, 608 N.Horners Lane, Rockville. For adults whohave experienced the death of one or bothparents. Free, registration required. 301-921-4400.

Adult Book Club, 7 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Discussing “The Storied Life ofA.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin. Free. 240-777-0140.

SATURDAY, JAN. 24Baby Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Rockville

Memorial Library, 21Maryland Ave.,Rockville. Stories, songs and rhymes forages 0-24months old. Free. 240-777-0140.

Simple Gifts: A Program of Ethnic FolkMusic, 1 p.m., RockvilleMemorial Library,21Maryland Ave., Rockville. Simple Giftsperforms awide range of ethnic folkmusic, including Klezmer, Romanian,Bulgarian, Irish, Scottish, French, Finn-ish, American andGreek. Sponsored byFriends of the Library, RockvilleMemorialChapter. Free. 240-777-0140.

Kensington Concerts Presents: ArsNova Chamber Orchestra, 3-4 p.m., Kens-ington Baptist Church, 10100 ConnecticutAve., Kensington. Receptionwill follow.Free. 301-320-0832.

Author Safari E. Ohumay Book SigningEvent, 3-5 p.m.,Mosaic Cuisine and Cafe,186Halpine Road, Rockville. Signing cop-ies of “The Footsteps of Barack Obamain a Changing America,” which outlinesObama’s life [email protected].

“The Wonders” Film Screening, 7:45-10 p.m., Tikvat Israel Congregation, 2200Baltimore Road, Rockville. A 2013 Israelifilm exploring the complex relationshipbetween a Jerusalem street artist and amysterious, modern-day prophet beingheld prisoner in an abandoned apartmentacross the alleyway. $5-$15. [email protected].

SUNDAY, JAN. 25Brotherhood Brunch with guest

speaker Congressman Eliot Engel, 9-11:30a.m., Temple Emanuel, 10101 ConnecticutAve., Kensington. Engel is the rankingmember on theHouse Foreign AffairsCommittee. He also serves on the Energyand Commerce Committee, includingthe Subcommittee onHealth and theSubcommittee on Energy and Power. $7.301-942-2000.

JSSA Hospice and Transitions Volun-teer Training, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 6123Mon-trose Road, Rockville. Applications andinterviews will be required for those inter-ested in the volunteer training. Volunteersmust be older than 18. Free, registrationrequired. 301-816-2650.

St. Mary’s Open House, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.,St. Mary’s School, 600 VeirsMill Road,Rockville. Accepting applications for pre-K and grades K-8 for the 2015-16 schoolyear. Located near RockvilleMetro. [email protected].

Montgomery County Camp and Sum-mer Fun Expo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., HiltonHotel andMeeting Center, 1750 RockvillePike, Rockville. Meet with summer pro-gram representatives, day camp and over-night camp directors and associates fromsummer fun destinations to plan for thissummer. Free. 240-401-8706.

35th Annual Women’s Legislative Brief-ing, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m., TheUniversities atShady Grove, Building II, 9630 GudelskyDrive, Rockville. Hosted by theMont-gomery County Commission forWomen.The keynote speaker will be Ann F. Lewis,seniorWhite House staffer from 1997 to2000.Will include receptionwith county

and state elected officials. $25. 240-777-8302.

Bookworms, 3:30-4:15 p.m., CroydonCreek Nature Center, 852 Avery Road,Rockville. Read a new story and get a copyof the book to take home. Each programmay include a craft or hike; adult partici-pation required. Ages 2-5. $10-$12. 240-314-8770.

MONDAY, JAN. 26Children at Risk: Growing up with Do-

mestic Violence, 12:15-2 p.m.,WheatonLibrary, 11701 Georgia Ave., Wheaton.Learnmore about the challenges faced bychildrenwho grow up in violent homesandwhat is being done inMontgomeryCounty to help them. Free. 301-984-9585.

Pain Connection Speaker Series,1-2:30 p.m., Holiday Park Senior Center,3950 Ferrara Drive,Wheaton. FeaturingNeil Goldstein, Painless Puzzles author,with “RegrowGray BrainMatter throughAcrostic Puzzles.” For anyonewithchronic pain, familymembers and/or pro-fessionals. 301-231-0008.

TUESDAY, JAN. 27Morning Book Discussion, 10:15 a.m.,

White Oak Library, 11701NewHampshireAve., Silver Spring. Books are available atcheck-out desk. Free. 240-773-9555.

Turning 65? You Have Choices andMedicare is One of Them, 10:15 a.m.-12:15p.m., East County Community Center,3310 GatesheadManorWay, Silver Spring.Learn about signing up forMedicare atone of theMontgomery County SeniorInformation Sessions offered through theState Health Insurance Assistance Pro-gram. www.medicareabcd.org.

Medical Museum Science Cafe: AirForce Medicine: The Contributions of En-listed Medics, 6-7 p.m., NationalMuseumof Health andMedicine, 2500 LindenLane, Silver Spring. ChiefMaster Sgt.AdamH.Marks, chief ofmedical opera-tions and research, will discuss the keysto success for an enlistedmedic and high-light their contributions, which embodythe Air Force vision. [email protected].

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Blair student awardedHoratio Alger scholarship

Bemnet T. Zewdie, who at-tends Montgomery Blair HighSchool in Silver Spring, has beenawarded a 2015 Horatio Alger Na-tional Scholarship worth $22,000.

The Horatio Alger NationalScholarship program, which isprivately funded and based onneed, will award $10 million thisyear, according to a press release.

Scholarships go to students“who, in the face of great adver-sity, have exhibited an admirablecommitment to continuing theireducation and serving their com-munities.”

The 2015 recipients have amean grade-point average of 3.7and a mean SAT score of 1,263,the press release says.

County students advancein science contest

Sixteen Montgomery CountyPublic Schools students wereselected as semifinalists for the2015 Intel Science Talent Search,a prestigious high school sciencecompetition.

All but five of the 21 semifi-nalists in Maryland are from thecounty.

They represent four countyhigh schools:

• Montgomery Blair HighSchool Silver Spring: MatthewDaniel Das Sarma, Qingning Fan,Francis Edward Gerard, WilliamLu, Bennet Whitaker McGlade,Eric Michael Neyman, SachinPandey, Ishaan Manish Parikh,Harini Erangika Salgado, ArjunaMichael Subramanian, MichaelHofmann Winer and Dennis Si-Yang Zhao.

• Richard Montgomery HighSchool Rockville: Yi-Ann Tangand Yizhen Zhang.

• Walter Johnson High SchoolBethesda: Kathryn Jean Van Arts-dalen.

• Poolesville: Umesh JanakPadia.

The contest is administeredby the Society for Science & the

Public, a nonprofit dedicated topublic engagement in scientificresearch and education. Therewere 300 semifinalists nation-wide, from nearly 1,800 entries.

Each semifinalist will get a$1,000 award for research. Ad-ditionally, schools will get $1,000per semifinalist, to support sci-ence, math and engineering edu-cation.

The names of 40 nationalfinalists will be announcedWednesday. Those studentswill compete March 5 to 11 inWashington, D.C., for Medal ofDistinction awards of $150,000each, given to students who showexceptional scientific potential inthree areas: basic research, globalgood and innovation.

Silver Spring manwrites novella

Matt Fuchs of Silver Springhas a book coming out in Febru-ary.

Thepaperbacknovella,called“Rise of Hypnodrome,” has beendescribed as “half speculative fic-tion and half marriage thriller,”according to a press release.

“‘Rise of Hypnodrome’ ex-plores how future generationsmightdrawfromtherealmofepi-genetic engineering to eventuallycontrol their own biology,” thepress release says.

The publisher is the ChicagoCenter for Literature and Photog-raphy.

Fuchs has been a freelancefood writer. He co-founded H&HCreative Ventures, an entertain-ment production company, andis on the leadership team at theCREATE Arts Center in SilverSpring, the press release says.

Takoma Park police doggetting protective vest

The Takoma Park Police De-partmenthasbeenawardedafreeballistic vest for a police dog, K-9Ryker, through an incentive pro-gram.

Armor Express of Central

Lake, Mich., a manufacturer,gives one free vest to the Massa-chusetts-based nonprofit organi-zation Vested Interest in K9s forevery 15 vests it buys, accordingto a Takoma Park press release.

Each bullet- and stab-resis-tantvestcosts$950andhasafive-year warranty.

Vested Interest in K9s hasprovided protective vests to morethan 1,198 law enforcement dogssince the organization formed in2009, the press release says.

To help raise money for vests,the organization sells calendars atits website, www.vik9s.org.

Volunteers needed to leadBone Builders classesThe Montgomery County

RSVP program and Aging andDisability Services is seekingvolunteers to lead Bone Build-ers exercise classes around thecounty.

The one-hour daytimeclasses, held twice-weekly, aredesigned to prevent and slowthe development of osteoporo-sis. The sessions are based onbone density research and in-clude balance and weight train-ing.

Osteoporosis causes bonesto become thin and break eas-ily. It can strike at any age, but itaffects one in three women andone in eight men older than 50.

Volunteer leaders will dem-onstrate the exercises, encour-age and assist participants, andensure a safe, clutter-free envi-ronment, according to a newsrelease. They receive two fulldays of free training, plus pe-riodic refresher classes, ongo-ing support and supervision bymaster trainers.

The next training sessionswill be held from 10:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and March 13at Potomac United MethodistChurch, 10300 Falls Road.

For more information or toregister, call 240-773-8268 oremail [email protected].

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n Group uses books,hip-hop to inspire

BY SAMANTHA SCHMIEDER

STAFF WRITER

Jane Pinczuk and herdaughter Michele Amira, 21,are working together to fightbullying with The Music in MeFoundation International andAmira’s book “Sparkle.”

“What we do with the foun-dation is we inspire, empowerand teach children throughhip-hop and the arts,” Pinczuk,founder and CEO of the foun-dation, said.

Pinczuk, of Silver Spring,said she and members of thefoundation visit area elemen-tary schools and put on inter-active, anti-bullying assemblieswith drumming, rapping, writ-ing and miming.

Pinczuk sometimes pres-ents the children’s books shewrote about bullying, as well asthe hip-hop song “Superpow-ers,” written and recorded lo-cally for the foundation.

“That’s why we use hip-hop, because it’s relevant, it’sengaging,” Pinczuk said.

She said the Music in MeFoundation is all about what’sinside — the song “Superpow-ers” talks about overcomingbullying and “unleashing yoursuperpowers.”

“When people listen to thesong, we want them to under-stand there is something sopowerful inside that no one cantouch,” Pinczuk said.

Pinczuk realized the powermusic can have on childrenwith the help of her own chil-dren who are big music fans.

Amira is a senior at the Uni-versity of Maryland majoringin English, as well as a hip-hopjournalist and radio DJ at Mary-land’s WMUC Radio.

Growing up, Amira battleda rare autoimmune disease that

kept her hospitalized for longstretches of time.

“Although she was teth-ered to tubes, she was able tofind her superpowers and livebeyond her limitations,” Pinc-zuk said.

Amira wrote “Sparkle”when she was 14 years old, thesame age as the book’s maincharacter Diamond, but itdidn’t get published until 2014.Just like Amira, Diamond hadto deal with a life-threateningdisease while trying to dealwith bullying and live like anormal teenager.

Diamond imagines an alterego superhero named Nuy-orican Knockout who helps herthrough various battles. Amirasaid she created the persona inher head before she began writ-ing the book.

“At the time, I needed Nuy-orican Knockout,” Amira said.

Amira said she wantedto write about a more acces-sible superhero. She said thereweren’t nearly enough super-heroes who were female or ofdifferent races and body types.Amira wanted NuyoricanKnockout to be age appropriateand not overly sexualized.

While Pinczuk’s books areaimed at elementary schoolchildren, “Sparkle” is gearedtoward those in middle school.Amira reached middle school-ers with the help of one of herfavorite artists, Sean Ander-son, who is known by his stagename, Big Sean.

After reading “Sparkle” andagreeing with the message, BigSean agreed to write the fore-word for the book.

In September, Big Seanand his mother, Myra Ander-son, Amira and Pinczuk touredschools in Detroit, giving outcopies of the book and back-packs filled with school sup-plies. The tour was sponsoredby Office Depot and the SeanAnderson Foundation, whichBig Sean founded to assistschool-aged children in hishometown of Detroit.

Amira said the message ofher book is to “sparkle on.”

“You can be a superhero,too ... able to sparkle on andknow you’re worth it, not letthe haters or the bullies get thebest of you,” Amira said.

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Silver Spring family’s musicalmessage is aimed at bullying

PHOTO FROM THE MUSIC IN ME FOUNDATION

Jane Pinczuk, Michele Amira, Sean “Big Sean” Anderson and Myra Ander-son in a Detroit-area Office Depot after donating school supplies and pro-moting “The Bully Blues” by Pinczuk and “Sparkle” by Amira.

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n Montgomery Blairjunior chosen forhonors orchestra

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFFWRITER

Sabrina Martin has beento New York City, but never toCarnegie Hall, one of the mostprestigious musical venues inthe world.

Next month, the junior atMontgomery Blair High Schoolin Silver Spring is not onlyscheduled to visit the Manhat-tan performance hall, but playthe violin there with the 2015High School Honors Orchestra.

TheHigh SchoolHonors per-formance series at Carnegie Hallis presented by WorldStrides, aCharlottesville, Va.-based edu-cational travel organization ac-credited as a school that providesstudents with learning experi-ences beyond the classroom. Thethree honors ensembles — Or-chestra, Band and Choir — aremade up of the highest-ratedhigh school students from across

North America and some schoolsinternationally. They auditionand are reviewed by a selectionboard.

“It was a surprise and honorto be chosen,” said Martin, whoplaced second last year in thePrinceton InternationalChineseMusic Festival. She has receivedsuperior ratings in competitionson both piano and violin. “I’veseen broadcasts of people play-ing there. I’m really excited tobeable to play there.”

WorldStrides processesmore than 10,000 nominationsannually for the honors pro-gram. Fourteen students fromMaryland made the ensembles,said JuliaGiven, a spokeswomanfor WorldStrides. That includesMark Elhallal, a homeschooledsophomore in Gaithersburg,who will also perform on the vi-olin with the Honors Orchestra.He is a member of the Metro-politanOrchestra andCamerataat Montgomery College and haswon numerous awards inmusiccompetitions.

Built by philanthropist An-drew Carnegie in 1891, Carn-egie Hall has almost 3,700 seats,

divided among the 2,804-seatStern Auditorium/PerelmanStage, 599-seat Zankel Hall and268-seatWeill Recital Hall.

From the first concert fea-turing the American debut ofRussian composer Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky, everyone from the“King of Swing,” Benny Good-man, to the Beatles, Frank Sina-tra and Luciano Pavarotti haveperformed there.

TheHonorsOrchestra,Hon-ors Choir and Honors Band areslated to perform Feb. 22 in theStern Auditorium. Students andteachers are expected to spendfive days in New York, workingwith Jeffrey Grogan, educationand community engagementconductor of the New JerseySymphony Orchestra, and eachother. There will be time to tourother sights.

Martin began playing violinin elementary school and likedit enough to take private lessonsbeginning in seventh grade.

“When I first started play-ing, my fingers would hurt. Butyou get used to that,” she said.“I like playing with other peo-ple, such as with a piano in the

background. It’s a very fun in-strument.”

Martin, who is leaning to-ward attending the University

of Maryland, College Park, afterhigh school, also plays the gu-zheng, a kind of Chinese harp.

“It’s very different,” she said

of the guzheng. “But it’s also funto play.”

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PHOTO BY SHEN-PANG CHIEN

Sabrina Martin, a junior at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, has been chosen to play at Carnegie Hallwith the 2015 High School Honors Orchestra.

n Starr continues messageof caution amidprojected deficits

BY LINDSAY A. POWERSSTAFFWRITER

SeveralMontgomery countyschool boardmembers onTues-day talked about hypotheticalways to cut and reorganize po-sitions in the district’s proposedoperating budget, if the districtneeds to savemoney.

Superintendent Joshua P.Starr recommended in Decem-ber a $2.4 billion operating bud-get for fiscal 2016. At Tuesday’sschool board meeting, he againemphasized that his proposed

budget should be considered“preliminary” in light of pro-jected state and county deficits.

The board will take its finalvote on the budget on Feb. 10.It then goes to the county ex-ecutive to include in his budgetproposal. The council ultimatelydecides the district’s budget.

As boardmembers reviewedthe budget Tuesday, somewon-dered if specific positions couldbe taken out of the budget orchanged if the need arose.

School board memberChristopher S. Barclay said theboard needs to consider whatparts of the budget are “non-negotiables” and what parts are“nice to haves.”

Boardmember Philip Kauff-man (At large) of Olney asked

district staff about several dif-ferent positions, questioningwhether they should be addedor if existing positions could becut.

Kauffman asked if the dis-trict could eliminate some staffdevelopment positions in lightof expanded responsibilities forresource teachers inmiddle andhigh schools.

Starr described staff devel-opment as an important part ofa school environment and saidcutting it is something he wouldbe “loathe to do.”

“I would not want to startout our budget season by sug-gesting we want to cut back onstaff development,” he said.

Rebecca Smondrowski, theboard’s District 2 representa-

tive, raised questions about aproposal to add two assistantschool administrators at largerelementary schools. She askeddistrict staff if switching thosepositions to assistant principalscould mean those employeescould help with staff develop-ment should the district not beable to provide asmany staff de-velopment positions as it wouldlike.

The district is trying to giveresource teachers more time intheir schedules to lead staff de-velopment, Starr said.

Kauffman said the districthas “a number of legacy posi-tions,” such as lunchroom aidesand instructional data assis-tants, that he’s not sure are inother school districts. He askedif the system has looked at thestructure in other districts.

The district is gathering in-formation from other, similar

districts and looking at thosepositions the school system has“always had,” Starr said.

The employees are “hard-working” he said, but added theschool system will “recalibrate”those positions if it needs to.

Barclay asked district staff tojustify a proposed coordinatorposition that would lead effortsto improve the system’s middleschools.

Kimberly Statham, deputysuperintendent for school sup-port and improvement, said it’simportant for thedistrict tohavea project manager to help focusnewwork.

At-large board memberJill Ortman-Fouse asked if theschool system could add morecounselors and not have asmany psychologists to meetneeds she’s hearing fromschools for additional counselorpositions.

Counselors and psycholo-gists have “very different skillsets,” said Chrisandra Rich-

ardson, associate superinten-dent for special education andstudent services. Psychologistshave expertise and training inmental health services, whilecounselors do not, she said.

While Starr said that moreconversation on the topic of po-tential cuts is needed, he wouldrecommend the district firstprioritize schoolswith the great-est needs if faced with a smallerbudget than requested. He lateradded he would want to “pro-tect” schools and classroomsfrom any cuts.

“I want to be clear, 91 per-cent of our budget is people, soany reductions in our budgetwill impact people in someway,shape or form,” he said.

The district will be “conser-vative” when it makes staff al-locations inMarch, Starr said, asthedistrictwon’t yet have a clearpicture of what its next operat-ing budget will look like.

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n Movement originatedin Japan in 2003

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAY

STAFFWRITER

About a dozen years ago,some architects and design-ers wanted to attract people toan experimental bar and eventspace in the Tokyo area. Theygot the bright idea to have afast-paced, multiple-speaker,informal event.

The resulting PechaKuchamovement has grown to morethan 700 cities. Creative Col-ony, Just Up The Pike and Sil-ver Spring Inc. are hosting theirsecond PechaKucha on Fridayevening at Pyramid Atlantic ArtCenter.

“The idea behind PechaKu-cha is to be a fun and socialpresentation event,” said Na-than Fisher, content managerfor Silver Spring Inc. “The plat-form can be used to talk aboutrelevant social issues, discussthe local community or to sim-ply entertain.”

Speakers on Friday includeJose Dominguez, executivedirector of Pyramid Atlantic;Melissa Daley, managing di-rector of Commethods in SilverSpring; and Tip Fallon, founderof a youth service nonprofit or-ganization.

Speakers give PowerPointpresentations, with 20 slidesshown for 20 seconds each.That way, the presentation isconcise and keeps moving.

Speakers at the groups’ firstevent in October included localarchitects and a National Insti-tutes of Health scientist.

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n Prohibition will go intoeffect next year

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFFWRITER

Starting next year, plasticfoamwill be the latest substancebanned from MontgomeryCounty restaurants.

The County Council voted8-0 Tuesday to ban food ser-vice companies from usingplastic foam cups and contain-ers — also known as expandedpolystyrene or, incorrectly, Sty-rofoam — and require thosebusinesses to use compostableor recyclable containers instead.

The ban also applies to thesale of those products and offoampacking peanuts.

Councilwoman Nancy Na-varro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Springdidnot vote. Shewas absent dueto a death in her family.

Specifically, the new lawbans food service companies —including restaurants, cateringcompanies, grocery stores andinstitutional cafeterias — fromusing plastic foam cups, con-tainers, trays and egg cartons.

However, foam trays forraw meat and seafood and forproducts packaged outside thecounty will be exempt.

The first phase of the bill re-quires food service businessesto eliminate use of plastic foamproducts. It prohibits the saleof the products — includingfoam packing peanuts — in thecounty starting in January 2016.

The bill also requires countygovernment and its contractorstomove to compostable or recy-

clable containers starting in Jan-uary 2016, but does not requirethe same transition of privatecompanies until January 2017.

The bill, sponsored chieflyby Councilman Hans Riemer,aims to cut down on plasticfoam waste in litter and water-ways. It mirrors a similar law inWashington, D.C.

“You do not notice howmuch, how omnipresent thesematerials are in the litter streamuntil you start looking for it,”Riemer said.

A study done in consider-ationof the bill found that about20 percent of litter in local riversand streams is plastic foam, saidCouncilman Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Bethesda, chairmanof theTransportation Infrastruc-ture Energy and EnvironmentCommittee.

Riemer (D-At Large) of Ta-koma Park said the foam breaksdown into small, difficult-to-de-tect pieces and lingers for years,posing a threat to aquatic life.

While polystyrene foamproducts can be recycled, andare allowed in neighboringHoward County, MontgomeryCounty does not recycle plasticfoam. Officials have said it is ex-pensive.

There also is concern aboutthe cost of the new ban for busi-nesses.

As part of the legislation, thecounty executive annually mustpublish a list of vendors for af-fordable compostable or recy-clable products. The executivemust conduct an outreach andeducation campaign before theban and during its roll-out.

Also, theexecutive canwaive

the requirement for green alter-natives if there are no affordablechoices.

Council legislative attorneyJosh Hamlin said small busi-nesses disproportionately useplastic foam products and theoutreach campaign will helpalert those owners about thenew law.

Hamlin said thecounty can’tmakeMontgomeryCountyPub-lic Schools follow the ban.

The school system stoppedusing plastic foam trays at theend of last school year. Whilethe vast majority of productsused by the school system arenot foam, Marla Caplon, foodand nutrition services directorfor MCPS, said schools still usesome foam cups and plates.

Caplon said the school sys-tem always asks for prices foralternative products in its bids.It was able to do awaywith foamtrays because a vendor offeredan affordable alternative, shesaid.

But the change was notwithout cost. Caplon said thedistrict pays about $150,000more a year for nonfoam trays,which ismust less thanpreviousbids.

“Quite frankly, it’s the costthathaspreventedus frommov-ing completely away from poly-styrene,” she said.

She said it would costMCPSabout $75,000 more a year toeliminate all foam.

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PECHAKUCHASILVER SPRINGn Where: Pyramid Atlantic Art

Center, 8230 Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring

n When: 7-9 p.m. Friday

n Cost: $5

n More information: www.pechakucha.org

n Two possiblewitnesses also sought

BY DANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFFWRITER

Police in MontgomeryCountyare trying to identify andfind three men in connectionwith the robbery of a 7-Elevenstore inSilver Spring Jan. 9.

At about 12:49 a.m., thethree entered the store, locatedat 8455 Colesville Road andthreatened the clerk. Whenthe clerk fled to the back of thestore, the three took an undis-closed amount of cash and left,according to county police.

Police believe the three

men are connected to otherincidents in Washington, D.C.and Anne Arundel County.

The first man is describedas being 5 feet 5 or 5 feet 6inches tall, between 120 and140 pounds and about 20 yearsold. He was wearing blackclothing, a gray mask and sun-glasses, according to police.

The second man is de-scribed as being the same size,weight and age, but was wear-ing a black hooded sweatshirtand an orange or redmask, ac-cording to police.

The thirdman isbelieved tobe between 5 feet 9 inches and5 feet 11 inches tall, between160 and 190 pounds and about20 years old.Hewaswearingan

orange or red hooded sweat-shirt and a black ski mask, ac-cording to police.

Police are also lookingfor two men who may be wit-nesses to the robbery. Both arebelieved to be about 20 yearsold and of average build; onewas wrapped in a blanket andwearing a hat with flaps on theears, the other was wearing ablack jacket and black hat, ac-cording to police.

Anyone with informationis asked to contact the countypoliceMajorCrimesDivisionat240-773-5070 or MontgomeryCounty Crime Solvers at 866-411-8477.

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Members of Silver Spring’s Montgomery Blair High School Team I placed first in the 2015 Maryland Science Bowlon Saturday. (From left) Bendeguz Offertaler, Arnold Mong, Michael Winer, Matthew Das Sarma and Eric Lu willrepresent Maryland at the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., in April. See story, page A-10.

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The Leisure World Chorale sings during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration at the Leisure WorldInterfaith Chapel in Silver Spring on Monday.

n PSC holdingpublic hearings onExelon acquisition

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

Reliability, renewableenergy and community ben-efit were among the concernsraised Jan. 13 at a three-plus-hour hearing on the proposedacquisition of Pepco Holdingsby Exelon Corp. of Chicago.

Pepco Holdings plans tosell to Exelon, parent of Balti-moreGasandElectric, for $6.83billion in cash.

The sale would bring to-gether Exelon’s three elec-tric and gas utilities — BGE,ComEd and PECO — withPepco Holdings’ three utilities,AtlanticCity Electric,DelmarvaPower and Pepco, cementingExelon’s hold on the mid-At-lantic market.

Maryland’s Public ServiceCommission held five hearingsacross Maryland on the pro-posed deal.

Testimony on Jan. 13 wasdivided, with many speakingagainst the deal, while localchambers of commerce andorganizations that receive fi-nancial support from Pepco’scharitable arm urged its ap-proval. As part of the transac-tion, Exelon has committed toproviding charitable contribu-tions and establishing a fundto directly benefit customersthrough bill credits.

But when Exelon tookover Baltimore Gas and Elec-tric, BGE customers benefitedwith about $200 each, manytestified. The deal with PepcoHoldings would provide only$40 million, or about $50 percustomer.Many said thePepcotransaction should provide acomparable benefit.

Opponents said the acqui-sition wouldn’t benefit Pepco’scustomers and wanted it re-jected or conditions added.

Abbe Milstein, founder ofthe Powerupmontco commu-nity listserv, said Exelon shouldhave to go beyond Pepco’s

planned improvements for reli-ability or face stiff penalties.

Several years ago, the Pub-lic Service Commission finedPepco $1 million for being oneof the least reliable power utili-ties in the nation.

Since then, Pepco hastaken aggressive steps to im-prove. Even harsh critics, suchas Milstein and MontgomeryCounty Councilman RogerBerliner (D-Dist 1) of Bethesda,acknowledge that the utility’sservice is more reliable.

ButMilstein said theExelondeal should require even moresteps be made to improve.

Eric Hensal, founder ofPublic Power for Montgom-ery — which advocates for theoption of a publicly ownedelectric utility — testified thatthe Public Service Commis-sion should require Exelon andMontgomeryCounty tonegoti-ate a franchise agreement withan expiration date. Hensal saidPepcooperatesunder aperpet-ual franchise agreement withthe county that doesn’t need arenewal, providingnoaccount-ability.

Several people expressedconcernwithExelon’s portfolioofnuclear energy andhistoryofresistance to renewable energy,saying neither is in the best in-terest of the state or customers.

“Nuclear poses risks notworth taking,” said Anne Am-bler, a Pepco customer and for-mer stockholder. When askedas a shareholder to approve thedeal, Ambler declined.

“No way would I be anypart of any company withnuclear reactors,” she said.“I dumped all my shares andam installing solar panels nextweek.”

Others expressed concernthat the acquisition would cre-ate a monopoly.

Mike Tidwell of the Chesa-peake Climate Action Net-work said about 85 percent ofthe state’s electric customerswould be under Exelon if thedeal goes through.

In other states, single-util-ity domination, he argued, hasbeen a significant barrier to de-veloping cleaner energy.

Still, others said the dealwould benefit customers.

Speaking for what he calledthe “silentmajority” of satisfiedPepcocustomers,MarvinDick-erson of Germantown said theacquisition would let Exelonimprove on Pepco’s work onreliability.

Robert Wallace of Bithen-ergy, which builds wind andsolar energy systems and pro-vides energy consulting andmanagement, said there hasbeen significant improvementin the business climate for hisindustry since Exelon boughtBGE. He expects it to continueif Exelon buys Pepco.

Gigi Godwin, presidentof the Montgomery CountyChamber of Commerce, saidExelon will continue Pepco’sreliability improvements, willrespond better to major stormsand will stay engaged in thecommunity.

Maj. Lewis Reckline, areacommander for the NationalCapital Region of the SalvationArmy, said that without com-panies such as Pepco and Ex-elon, organizations such as hiscannot exist.HenotedExelon’spromise to commit financialsupport to the community dur-ing the next 10 years.

The case before the PublicService Commission is ongo-ing.

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n Human resourcesdirector latest to leave

BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFF WRITER

Joe Adler, MontgomeryCounty’s director of human re-sources is the latest departmentheadto leaveasCountyExecutiveIsiah Leggett enters a third term.

Adler ended his tenurewith the county Jan. 13, a movethat wasn’t voluntarily, countyspokesmanPatrickLacefieldsaid.

“Joe has been a strongworker.He’s given12goodyearsto county,” Lacefield said.

But as Leggett begins hisninth year in office, the countyexecutive wanted to move in anew direction, Lacefield said.

“The executive wanted alittle more focus on some of thelabor issues over the next fouryears,” Lacefield said.

Adler couldn’t be reached forcommentThursdayandTuesday.

Adler’s departure comes asseveral other department headshave either left the county or re-tired for a variety of reasons.

“Each reason is a little differ-

ent, but when there’s the end ofa term,particularlywhen there’sthe end of two terms, it’s notthat unusual for people to take alook at their situation and see ifthey want to sign on for anotherfour years or just retire,” Lace-field said.

Adler’s departure is the onlyone thus far that was not volun-tary, Lacefield said.

In December, Steve Sil-verman, who headed theDepartmentofEconomicDevel-opment, left to pursue a careerin the private sector. Silvermansaid he would become a govern-ment relations consultant.

In August, Bob Hoyt, formerhead of the Department of Envi-ronmental Protection, also leftthe county to pursue new op-portunities, Lacefield said.

On Jan. 2,RichardNelson re-tired as director of Housing andCommunity Affairs. At the endof December, both Art Holmes,director of transportation, andFire Chief Steve Lohr retired.

At least onemore retirementis expected. Lacefield said ArtWallenstein, director of the De-partment of Corrections, plansto retire in March.

To fill the gaps, the countyhashired replacements inHous-ing and Community Affairs andEnvironmental Protection.

Clarence Snuggs, former act-ing director of the state Depart-mentofHousingandCommunityDevelopment, has taken over asdirectorofDHCA.ElisabethFeldt,a former Obama Administrationsenior appointee to the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency, isheading the Department of Envi-ronmentalProtection.

Sally Sternbach, deputydirector of economic develop-ment, has been tapped as actingdirector of the department.

Assistant Chief Administra-tive Office Fariba Kassiri, whotook over Environmental Pro-tection until Feldt was hired,will take over as acting directorof Human Resources.

Scott Goldstein, a 23-yearveteran of the county fire de-partment, has been namedacting director of the Fire andRescue Service. Al Roshdieh,former deputy director of trans-portation, was picked as thetransportation department’sacting director.

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“No way would I be any part of anycompany with nuclear reactors.”Anne Ambler, Pepco customer, former stockholder

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The following is a summary of incidentsin the Silver Spring area to whichMontgomery County police respondedrecently. The words “arrested” and“charged” do not imply guilt. This infor-mation was provided by the county.

Armed robbery• 13000 block of Mills Avenue,

Silver Spring, at 9:09 p.m. Dec. 30.The subject threatened the victimwith a weapon and took property.

• Wheaton Mall near the KC Toyskiosk, 11160 Veirs Mill Road, SilverSpring, at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 31. Thesubjects threatened the victim with aweapon and took property.

Bank robbery• TD Bank, 3132 Briggs Chaney

Road, Silver Spring, at 10:10 a.m.Dec. 31.

Sexual assault• Days Inn, 8040 13th St., Silver

Spring, on Jan. 1. The subjects areknown to the victim.

• 13000 block of Old ColumbiaPike, Silver Spring, at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 1.The subject is known to the victim.

Strong-arm robbery• 13800 block of Castle Boule-

vard, Silver Spring, at 3 a.m. Jan. 1.The subject assaulted the victim andtook property.

• Einstein High School, SilverSpring, at 3:10 p.m. Jan. 1. The sub-jects unsuccessfully attempted totake property from the victim.

Aggravated assault•Takoma Academy, 8300 Carroll

Ave.,Takoma Park, at 1:15 a.m. Dec. 29.• 2000 block ofTreetop Lane, Sil-

ver Spring, on Dec. 30.The subject isknown to the victim.

• 12000 block of Centerhill Street,Silver Spring, at 7 p.m. Dec. 30.Thesubject is known to the victim.

• 17000 block of Quaker Lane,Sandy Spring, at 2:32 p.m. Jan. 1.Thesubject is known to the victim.

• 12000 block ofWinexburgManor Drive, Silver Spring, at 1:36a.m. Jan. 4.The subject is known tothe victim.

Commercial burglary• United Therapeutics, 1110

Spring St., Silver Spring, at 11:38 p.m.Dec. 31. Forced entry, took nothing.

• 10000 block of Georgia Avenue,Silver Spring, at 9:55 a.m. Jan. 5. Un-known entry, took nothing.

Indecent exposure• 1000 block of HampshireWest

Court, Silver Spring, at 11 p.m. Jan. 5.The subject exposed himself and fled.

• Jaferia Community Center, 3140Spencerville Road, Burtonsville, at 4:07a.m. Jan. 6. Attempted forced entry,took nothing.

Residential burglary• 10000 block of Calumet Drive,

Silver Spring, between Dec. 22 and Jan.4. No forced entry, took property.

• 2900 block of Birchtree Lane, Sil-ver Spring, between Dec. 22 and Jan. 2.Attempted forced entry, took nothing.

• 10000 block of Edgewood Av-enue, Silver Spring, between 4 and9 p.m. Dec. 29. Forced entry, tookproperty.

• 2000 block of Cornet Court, Sil-ver Spring, on Dec. 29 or 30. No forcedentry, took property.

• 14000 block of KinderhookTer-race, Burtonsville, between 9:15 a.m.and 6:54 p.m. Dec. 30. Forced entry,took property.

• 9000 block of Curran Road, SilverSpring, between 9:30 a.m. and 6:54p.m. Dec. 30. No forced entry, tookproperty.

• 11000 block of Oakleaf Drive, Sil-ver Spring, between noon and 5 p.m.Dec. 30. No forced entry, took property.

• 800 block of Lowander Lane, Sil-ver Spring, at 7:19 p.m. Dec. 30. Forcedentry, unknown if anything was taken.

• 1600 block of Lemontree Lane,Silver Spring, between 3 and 5:45 a.m.Dec. 31. No forced entry, took property.

• 1000 block of Dennis Avenue,Silver Spring, on Jan. 1 or 2. No forcedentry, took property.

• 500 block of East Indian SpringDrive, Silver Spring, at 11:35 a.m. Jan.2. No forced entry, unknown if any-thing was taken.

• 8000 block of Flower Avenue,Takoma Park, between 3 and 3:45 p.m.Jan. 3. Unknown entry, took property.

• 700 block of Downs Drive, SilverSpring, at 12:45 a.m. Jan. 4.The subjectis known to the victim.

• 3000 block of Stepping StoneLane, Burtonsville, between 6 and8:05 p.m. Jan. 4. Forced entry, tookproperty.

• 300 block ofWhitestone Road,Silver Spring, between 8:45 a.m. and3:30 p.m. Jan. 5. Forced entry, tookproperty.

• 500 block of East Indian SpringDrive, Silver Spring, at 12:50 p.m. Jan.5.

• 100 block ofWilliamsburg Drive,Silver Spring, at 2:03 p.m. Jan. 5.

• 1200 block of EastWest Highway,Silver Spring, at 2:31 p.m. Jan. 6.

Vehicle larceny• Two incidents on Dublin Drive,

Silver Spring, on Dec. 29 or 30. Tookeyeglasses and coins.

• Four incidents in Silver Springon Dec. 29 or 30. Took a purse anda laptop. Affected streets includePenny Lane, Sweet Clover, Marlowand Hershfield.

• Two incidents in the 8400 blockof Carroll Avenue, Silver Spring, onJan. 1. Took cash.

• Five incidents in Silver Springon Jan. 2. Took cellphones, clothing,a purse and a cell phone charger.Affected streets include CameronStreet, Bonifant Street, Silver SpringAvenue and Georgia Avenue.

POLICE BLOTTER

n Speakers debaterisks, benefits oflawn chemicals

BY KATE S. ALEXANDERSTAFF WRITER

About 300 people packedthe County Council chamberThursday for the first of twopublic hearings on a proposedban on lawn pesticides.

The bill — introduced bycouncil President George L.Leventhal (D-At Large) of Ta-koma Park — bans nonessen-tial pesticides on lawns andcertain public green spaces,but not from agriculture, turffarms and golf courses.

Reactions by speakerswere strong and polarized.

To proponents, a lawwould protect county resi-dents and pets from unnec-essary exposure to chemicalsmany believe to be toxic.

“Pesticides are designedto kill living things, so it isnot a surprise that they areharmful to humans, especiallychildren,” said Rebecca Rehr,public health advocacy coor-dinator for the Maryland En-vironmental Health Network.

Paxson Barker, a professorof nursing and member of theadvisory board of the Mary-land Pesticide Network, saida significant, growing body ofscience links pesticides to hu-man health conditions.

Studies, she said, link ex-posure to pesticides to chronicdiseases.

Chris Nidel of Rockville, alawyer specializing in environ-mental litigation, said the billbalances costs and benefits ofchemicals.

Opponents said researchcited to support the ban is in-complete and contradictory.

Stuart Z. Cohen of SilverSpring, an environmentalchemist, said the county’s listof banned substances is based,in part, on a discredited study

and not on actual risk.“The proposed list of non-

essential pesticides,” he said,“is not scientifically valid.”

“I applaud the intent ofthe draft act, but not the ap-proach,” said county residentDavid Fitch. Fitch encouragedthe county to follow the rec-ommendations of the Ameri-can Academy of Pediatrics anduse integrated pest manage-ment, which includes the useof some chemical pesticides.

Brian Schoonmaker, presi-dent of Capital Pest, opposedthe bill, saying it would elimi-nate pest-control companies’tools for fighting mosquitoes,ticks, fleas and bedbugs.

“We cannot afford tohave a group of citizens,with no pesticide researchbackgrounds in the study ofthe safety of these products,spearhead a law that does notweigh the many benefits ofsafe and effective use of thesepesticides versus the risk,” hesaid.

Other lawn-care profes-sionals, like John “Zack” Kline,owner of A.I.R. Lawn Care,said his company successfullyuses a natural, organic, pesti-cide-free technique.

“The results I have seenin my landscaping businessshow that lawns can be greenand healthy at a reasonablecost while keeping people andpets healthy by avoiding theuse of pesticides,” Kline said.

Several felt that the bill’ssunset provision, which wouldend the ban in 2019, needed togo. Others testified that ath-letic fields, like golf courses,should be exempt from thebill.

“We urge the council toexempt athletic fields that usethese substances safely, pro-fessionally and only when nec-essary,” said Trish Heffelfinger,executive director of the Mary-land Soccer foundation.

A second public hearing isplanned for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

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n Lawmakers open90-day session

BY KATE S. ALEXANDER

STAFF WRITER

ANNAPOLIS — Lawmakersreturned to Annapolis on Jan.14 for the start of Maryland’s435th legislative session tobroad calls for bipartisanship,with 90 days to get the businessof the state done.

The majority-Democraticlegislature now will be workingwith a Republican governor,Larry Hogan.

For Montgomery County’sall-Democratic delegation,there will be a heavy focus oneducation and transportation,but also legislation close to theagendas of individual members.

County lawmakers are ex-pected to push a myriad of leg-islative initiatives.

One is an effort by Del. Da-vid V. Fraser-Hidalgo (D-Dist.15) of Boyds for a bill to estab-lish a moratorium on hydraulicfracturing, or fracking, for natu-ral gas.

Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D) and

Del. William C. Smith Jr. (D),both of District 20, are work-ing on the Second Chance Act,which would shield nonviolentmisdemeanor convictions, likedisorderly conduct, from pub-lic view for those clean and freeof other offenses for three years.

Smith said he also is work-ing with Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown on abill to allow direct sales of elec-tric cars.

On the heels of a recentspike in local heroin deaths,Del. Kathleen Dumais (D-Dist.15) of Rockville and Sen. SusanC. Lee (D-Dist. 16) of Bethesdaplan to crossfile bills to allowfor greater prosecution of her-oin distributors when someonedies of an overdose. Hogan hassaid he considers Maryland’sheroin problem to be a crisisthat needs immediate atten-tion.

In reaction to the case offormer Virginia Gov. Bob Mc-Donnell (R), Sen. Brian J. Feld-man (D-Dist. 15) of Potomacsaid he plans to introduce abill that would require electedofficials convicted of a felonyrelated to their public office to

forfeit their pension.Del. Al C. Carr (D-Dist. 18)

of Kensington has a bill to re-quire greater transparency incampaign contributions, whileSen. Cheryl C. Kagan (D-Dist.17) of Rockville said her still-developing legislative agendawill include a bill to reduce tollson the Intercounty Connector.

For bills with a fiscal im-pact, some lawmakers are wait-ing to see Hogan’s proposedbudget, which is expected outin late January.

In a brief speech to theSenate on Jan. 14, Hogan em-phasized the need for his ad-ministration to work togetherwith lawmakers.

In previous conversations,county delegation leaders ex-pressed optimism that thecounty’s Democratic delegationcan find common ground andwork with the new Republicangovernor.

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Among the new state delegates sworn in on Jan. 14, as the Maryland General Assembly convened, was David Moon(center, with glasses), a Democrat from District 20.

n Nonviolent, misdemeanorconvictions could be shieldedfrom potential employers

BY DANIEL LEADERMAN

STAFF WRITER

As this year’s Maryland General As-sembly session ramps up, lawmakersfrom Montgomery County say they’ll tryagain to pass a bill giving nonviolent of-fenders a second chance in the job mar-ket.

Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Dist. 20) ofTakoma Park said at a community meet-ing Jan. 12 that he will again push legisla-tion to allow a person to shield evidenceof certain nonviolent misdemeanor con-victions from potential employers. This“shielding” is intended to help someonewith a criminal record find work.

“We have more than 200,000 peoplein this state who have a nonviolent mis-

demeanor conviction on their recordthat is blockading their ability to get intothe workforce,” Raskin told members ofthe nonprofit group Safe Silver Springduring the meeting. Even recent U.S.presidents have admitted to possess-ing small amounts of marijuana in theiryouth, Raskin said, adding that “thesekinds of things should not make it im-possible for a person to get on with theirlife.”

Raskin previously sponsored the Sec-ond Chance Act of 2014, which passed inthe Senate but stalled in the house.

Freshman Del. William C. SmithJr. (D-Dist. 20) of Silver Springsaid the measure is his top pri-ority for the legislative session.“One in three adults has a criminal re-cord,” Smith said in an interview. “If youhave access to a job, recidivism is lower.”The likelihood of getting a job drops sig-nificantly if you have a criminal record,Smith said.

This year’s version of the bill will

be largely the same as last year’s, Smithsaid. The 2014 bill proposed allowing aperson to petition the court to shield re-cords relating to a conviction no soonerthan three years after that person com-pletes the sentence — including parole,probation, or mandatory supervision —for all convictions.

If the person re-offends during thethree-year period, the clock starts overagain, Smith said.

Offenses covered by the 2014 bill in-clude disorderly conduct, failure to obeya reasonable and lawful order, trespass-ing, driving without a valid license andcertain drug and drug paraphernaliacharges. Convictions for domestically-related crimes cannot be shielded.

Critics of that bill included the Mary-land Chamber of Commerce, whichwrote on its website that the measurewould prevent businesses from get-ting information necessary for them toevaluate potential hires and could causedelays when they try to access criminal

records at courthouses because a clerkmay need to examine records to see ifany convictions were shielded beforedisclosing them.

According to the 2014 bill, all ref-erences to shielded records would beremoved from the public MarylandJudiciary Case Search website. But theshielding would not be absolute: recordswould remain accessible to some, suchas criminal justice entities and to em-ployers who are required by statute orcontract to inquire into an applicant oremployee’s criminal background.

A previous version of the bill wassponsored in the House by Del. Curt An-derson (D-Dist. 43) of Baltimore City in2013. That year, the House and Senateeach passed their own versions of thebill, but the two could not be reconciledby the end of that session.

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n Silver Spring man’squest was a true U.S. food

BY KEVIN JAMES SHAYSTAFF WRITER

Somewhere toward the endof a 10-year stint of trying totrack down criminals through“America’s Most Wanted,” BillGlasser had something of anepiphany.

The Silver Spring residentwrote and produced segmentsfor the former Fox televisionshow and was known as “TheCrime Guru,” an on-air person-ality with Sirius XM Radio.

He noticed somethingmissing in local conveniencestores, grocery stores, bars andrestaurants.

“Every culture has its ver-sion of pocket comfort foodbut American culture,” saidGlasser, 51, who once was mar-keting director for news radiostation WTOP-FM. “The clos-est thing we have is Hot Pock-ets. But I thought that we cando better than that.”

Several years ago, he startedresearching how to make a bet-ter version, looking into piero-gies, empanadas, pot pies andthe like. His search took him toa Polish restaurant that madethe meat and potato dumplingsin the Chicago area. The ownerput him touch with a mysteri-ous character who wanted tobe called only “Nico the Greek.”

“His name alone shouldhave tipped me off,” Glassersaid, laughing. “He turned outto be a total fabrication.”

He received a panic callfrom the owner and Nico whotold him the manufacturing fa-cility for the product they haddiscussed had been “cleanedout,” the computers and equip-ment all gone.

“Apparently, she owed thebank a lot, and they took every-thing,” Glasser said. “That mademe leery of who I work with. Butat least I didn’t lose any money.”

In honor of ‘trueAmerican heroes’

Glasser grew up in Queens.At age 15, he said, he startedwriting comedy for NBC Radio

in New York City.He has invested thousands

of his own savings into Hero-gies Holding Co. and even solda few pieces from his radio andtelevision memorabilia col-lection. He eventually found agovernment-approved manu-facturing facility for his prod-uct, which he calls Herogiesin honor of police, paramed-ics, teachers and other “trueAmerican heroes.”

Its slogan is “The GreatestThing You’ll Ever Stick in YourMouth.”

The TV industry veterandecries what he sees as thedevaluing of American televi-sion, with too many reality-type Kardashian shows andpawn-shop spinoffs. Job cutsand industry pressures haveone person now doing thework that five once did as re-porter, writer, producer, edi-tor and even camera operator,and quality has suffered, hesaid.

“I want to use food as avehicle to refocus on the trueAmerican heroes,” Glassersaid, adding that a portion ofproceeds goes to organiza-tions that support police, ser-vice members and other firstresponders. “I want to notjust give lip service, but showthem honor and respect.”

Fire Station 1 Restaurantand Brewing Co. in SilverSpring carries Herogies. Theproducts have sold well there,said Amy Hurowitz, generalmanager assistant of the res-taurant.

“Customers love them,”Hurowitz said.

Glasser is working on get-ting them in other places,including the Fillmore SilverSpring, as well as finding in-vestors. Schools could be a bigmarket, he said.

“We’re developing abaked version,” he said. “Wespent a few years formulat-ing the dough and developingthe fried product. The bakedproduct is easier to produce,but we have the fried productnow in storage.”

The dough is a top-qual-ity version closer to a Frenchpastry, Glasser said. He hasworked with chefs from WholeFoods Market and other high-

grade chefs.“It’s a hybrid dough,

which has to be produced onspecialized equipment,” saidGlasser. “I wanted to create adough that would result in alight, crisp and very complextaste experience. Because myproduct has such a moist, richdough, I needed to find spe-cialized equipment that couldproduce a uniform product. Isearched through many man-ufacturing facilities before Ifound one that could do it.”

He has different versionsbeing developed, such as agourmet cheeseburger, buf-falo chicken, spinach and fetacheese and even strawberrycheesecake.

As he gets the business go-

ing, Glasser — who in the mid-1990s developed the “RadioAnarchy Boston” campaignas director of programmingof WFNX — has worked jobsin marketing, media relationsand voice-over for computergames and corporate videos.He even wrote jokes and didthe voices of several animalsin the Nat Geo Wild show “An-imals Say the Wildest Things.”

Reviews for Herogies havebeen “overwhelmingly posi-tive,” he said.

“People even eat thecrust,” Glasser noted. “I thinkthis can be a true Americanfood.”

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Three shops announcedfor Takoma district

Three new businesses arecoming to the historic Takomabusiness district, according tothe Old Takoma Business Asso-ciation.

• Kin Da Thai and Sushi Res-taurant will open at 6923 LaurelAve. in the space formerly occu-pied by Takoma Bistro. Restau-rateur Somjet Prompharsit andpartner Chanpen Teeranon alsohave another restaurant — AroiThai in the Bloomingdale neigh-borhood of Washington, D.C.

Kin Da, which is expected toopen in late January, will haveabout 60 seats and a beer andwine bar, according to a pressrelease from Old Takoma Busi-ness Association Executive Dire-tor Laura Barclay.

• Tabletop — a home, giftand design store in DupontCircle — will open a secondlocation at 6927 Laurel Ave. inthe space currently occupied byNow and Then gift shop. BothTabletop shops are owned byDaphne Olive and Tai Tsang.The new shop is expected toopen in April.

•Scissor & Comb, a saloncreated by Ian Palmiero, willopen at 7009 Carroll Ave. in thespace currently occupied byShampoo salon. It is expected toopen in May.

Rockville firm seeksvolunteers for Ebola study

Optimal Research of Rock-ville is launching a phase 1 clini-cal trial of a preventive Ebolavaccine this month, led by Dr.Stephan A. Bart Sr., the compa-ny’s president and chief medicalofficer.

The company expects toadminister the candidate to thefirst volunteers this month.

Recruitment of 92 volun-teers for the study is underwayand will continue through Feb-ruary, according to a news re-lease. Healthy adults interestedin volunteering can call 301-309-8610.

“This study could providea significant breakthrough forthe prevention of Ebola infec-

tion globally,” Bart said in therelease.

The study is designed toevaluate the safety and toler-ability of the vaccine regimen,in which patients will receivea primary dose, then a boosterdose to enhance the immuneresponse.

Volunteers will receive ei-ther different regimens or a pla-cebo. More clinical studies havebegun in the U.K., with othersplanned in Africa. Details of thestudy are at clinicaltrials.gov.,under NCT02325050.

Construction consultantslease in Rockville

CRB of Kansas City, Mo., hasleased a 4,187-square-foot officespace at 9210 Corporate Blvd., a123,133-square-foot building inRockville.

The company provides en-gineers, architects, builders andconsultants with a focus on thelife science industry.

CRB has more than 700 em-ployees in 13 offices around theU.S., according to Scheer Part-ners of Rockville, which negoti-ated the lease.

ROC-Space plans openhouse Thursday

ROC-Space will hold anopen house from 4 to 7 p.m.Thursday at 9119 Gaither Road,Gaithersburg.

The new company will offertours of its facility with labs, of-fices and bioscience manufac-turing facilities.

ROC-Space’s goal is to pro-mote interactions involvingresearch, biomedical educa-tion, product development, bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing,clinical investigation, patientadvocacy and commercializa-tion startup, according to a newsrelease. Initially, it has launcheda subsidiary, ROC-SpaceBioMfg, to provide biopharma-ceutical manufacturing, includ-ing nanoparticle and other newtechnologies.

For more information, con-tact Roger Erickson at [email protected].

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n Proposal wouldexpand number of

parking sites that charge

BY PEGGYMCEWANSTAFFWRITER

Bikers, hikers and otherswho enjoy the Chesapeake &Ohio Canal National HistoricPark and its towpath may haveto pay more, under a NationalPark Service proposal.

Currently, theonly site alongthe park’s 184.5-mile lengthfrom Cumberland to Washing-ton, D.C., that collects fees isthe Great Falls Visitor Center inPotomac.

Jon Jarvis, National ParkService director, has autho-rized park superintendents tobegin exploring an increase ofentrance fees and establish astandard for those fees, accord-ing to a news release. The ideais to bring the fee structure intocompliance with other parks inits category, such as AntietamNational Battlefield.

“Keep in mind that this isa proposal. If there isn’t publicsupport for this, it won’t hap-pen,” said Kevin Brandt, super-

intendent of the C&O park. “Weencourage people to expresstheir opinions.”

Park officials are exploringcharging for parking at otherentrance sites inMaryland, plusat Fletcher’s Cove in Washing-ton. But whereas Great Falls hasa staffed toll booth for paying,other sites could have eithera credit card system or one inwhich users leave a fee in an en-velope and deposit it in a box.After paying, the user would geta receipt to place on the dash-board, Brandt said.

The entrance fee at GreatFalls is $5 per vehicle or $3 perperson entering on foot or bicy-cle, with those charges valid forthree days. There is no chargefor visitors age 15 or younger.The proposed increase wouldtriple the parking fee to $15 andincrease the time limit to seven

days. For walkers and bicyclists,the costwould rise to $7andalsobe valid for seven days. Thesenew rates would be lower forpark users west of Seneca Creeknear towpathmile 22.

Camping fees would in-crease, too. Drive-in camp-grounds now range from $10 to$20 a night per site and woulddouble under the proposal.Hiker-biker camp sites wouldno longer be free, but cost $20a night. Picnic rental fees alsowould rise. A complete list ofproposed changes is at park-planning.nps.gov/cocanalfees.

All income collected at na-tional parks, up to $500,000,remains in the park that collectsit, Brandt said. Above that, theykeep 80 percent and the restgoes to other parks. The C&Opark collects from $300,000 to$400,000 per year, he said, so

currently all fees stay within thepark.

Martin Kimmig of Potomacsaid he bikes and walks his dogson the canal towpath. He saidhe thought the change wouldbe OK.

People who use the parkshould pay for it, he said.

AmirElkassedof Fairfax, Va.,said he comes to the park oftento hike, especially along theBillyGoat Trail. He agrees with Kim-mig.

“I would still come,” he said.“I do understand the need forfunding.”

But Anthony Williams ofWashington, D.C., is against theproposal.

“I think we pay enough intaxes,” he said. “I’m opposed tocharging fees.”

Brandt said the park isfunded by the federal govern-ment.

“It used to be Congress pro-vided all the money, but theydon’t do that anymore,” he said.“Budget cutsmeans therehasn’tbeen themoney.”

There are four public meet-ings scheduled to discuss thefee increases, with one inMont-gomery County. That is from 7to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Glen EchoTownHall, 6106Harvard Ave.

Brandt said thepublicmeet-ings will be a time to discuss thechanges, but the official form tocomment is at parkplanning.nps.gov/cocanalfees throughFeb. 22.

“We encourage people toexpress their opinions via thewebsite,” he said.

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n Silver Spring teamgoing to national contest

BY PEGGYMCEWAN

STAFFWRITER

It was a long day of thinking,calculating and responding, ofbuzzers, timekeepers and scores.It was the Maryland High SchoolScience Bowl, held Saturday atMontgomeryCollege inRockville.

Montgomery County camethrough with the state champ:Montgomery Blair High Schoolin Silver Spring, as Team No. 1turned out to beNo. 1 indeed.

It is the second straight yearthat Blair students qualified torepresent Maryland at the Na-tional Science Bowl. Last yearthe teamplaced fifth nationally.

“The hardest part is thenervousness before the finalmatch,”MichaelWiner, a seniorfrom Rockville, said of Satur-day’s competition.

The questions did not seemtoo difficult for Winer and his

teammates, Arnold Mong, Ben-deguz Offertaler, Eric Lu andalternate Matthew Das Sarma.They breezed to victory overCentennialHighSchool inHow-ard County, 174-36.

Twenty-one schools fromnine counties brought 48 teamsto the quiz-style competition, co-ordinatorMichaelMehalick said.

“We had 230 students par-ticipate,” he said, “the largestnumber so far.”

Mehalick said that aboutone-third of the participantswere girls, a proportion that hasgrown over the years.

In themorning competition,teams participated in round-robin matches against five orsix other teams. Sixteen teams,including 11 from Montgom-ery County, advanced to singleelimination rounds.

The semifinals comprisedtwo teams from Richard Mont-gomery High School in Rock-ville, along with the teams fromBlair and Centennial.

Blair coach Tran Pham said

his teamstarts preparing in Sep-tember by using questions fromearlier competitionsandmakingup questions of their own.

Each teammember, he said,concentrates on two or threemath or science areas.

Questions canbe fromEarthand space science, chemistry,biology, physics,mathor relatedto energy,Mehalick said.

The Blair students will con-tinue to practice, hoping to im-prove their national ranking atthe finals in Washington, D.C.,April 30 toMay 4.

“I thinkwewill dobetter thisyear,”Winer said.

The National Science Bowlcompetition, now in its 25thyear, is sponsored by the U.S.Department of Energy. It wasstarted to encourage studentsto pursue careers in scienceand math, said Dirk Fillpot, anagency spokesman.

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“We’re on the cusp of doingsome really powerful work,” hesaid.

School board President Pa-tricia O’Neill plans to supportStarr, who she said has givenMontgomery County PublicSchools “a new vision.”

“I believe continuity inMCPS leadership is critical be-cause we’re going through achanging period of time,” saidO’Neill (Dist. 3) of Bethesda.

The district is facing “a lot ofchallenges,” including new stateassessments, growing enroll-ment, changing demographicsand fiscal obstacles, she said.

She said Starr’s work hasbeen on track.

“It’s difficult to judge in ashort period of time becausethat’s just the nature of howschool districts run and what itdoes take to turn a ship—a verylarge ship,” she said.

District 4 representativeChristopher S. Barclay of Ta-koma Park said Starr shouldcontinue as superintendent, butboardmembers “still have tode-liberate.”

“I think all of us have to con-sider ... what has he done thusfar and do we believe that he’sleading the system in the rightdirection and dowe believe thathe cancontinue todo that,” Bar-clay said.

Other board members wereuncommitted, focusing insteadon factors they’ll weigh as theyconsider Starr’s renewal.

School board Vice PresidentMichael Durso said the schoolboard will look at where theschool system was when Starrarrived andwhere it has gone.

“I don’t think there’s a clearpicture of where the board is,”said Durso (Dist. 5) of SilverSpring. “I think there’s some is-sues that have to be discussedand dealt with.”

Some issues the board willconsider are the managementof resources, hiring practicesandmorale, he said.

Durso said Starr’s tenure sofar is not “necessarily a short pe-riod of time.”

“I think that’s ample time forpeople to be inplace and for anyleader to be able to start to puttheir imprint on their vision forthe school system,” he said.

Jill Ortman-Fouse (At large)of Silver Spring said she sees aplan for the future, but not de-tails of how to execute that plan,an issue she will consider.

She said she wants clear di-rection “from the top” for thedistrict’s employees on whattheir roles are and how they cando their work.

“Our school system is facinga number of challenges,” shesaid. “I think it’s really impor-tant that ... everyone throughoutthe system be clear on what theplan is to get the jobdone and toknowwhere they’re going.”

If Starr requests a secondterm, board member RebeccaSmondrowski said, she’d review“a large gamut of issues,” in-

cluding district efforts to changealternative programs and im-prove students’ performance inmath. Smondrowski (Dist. 2) ofGaithersburg also would con-sider what direction the systemis moving in and “how quicklywe’re getting there.”

Boardmember JudithDocca(Dist. 1) of Montgomery Villagesaid she has ongoing concernsabout the district that are “noth-ing new” under Starr’s leader-ship and not necessarily relatedto his contract.

The school system has “alot of initiatives and people inplace,” she said, but she’s notsure the district has improvedstudent learning.

She wants to see more spe-cific planning for helping stu-dents, particularly strugglingAfrican-American students.

Boardmember Philip Kauff-man (At large) of Olney did notreturn calls for comment.

During his time as superin-tendent, Starr said, the districthas built up partnerships withcounty agencies, added tech-nology in classrooms, increasedbudget transparency, and in-creased Advanced Placementand SAT scores, among otherprogress.

Asked about a recent Wash-ington Post editorial calling fora clearer plan from him if hecontinues, Starr said the districtis moving away from a “tradi-tional” method in which the su-perintendent is the sole sourceof ideas and solutions.

Instead, he said, the sys-tem is focusing on each schoolmapping out a plan while thedistrict’s central office providessupport and accountability.

“The thinkers and the peo-ple and the educators in Mont-gomery County have so muchcapacity and so much intelli-gence that I want to rely on thepeople that are closest to thework to lead thework anddo thework,” he said.

He pointed to the district’sfive “core strategies,” whichinclude strong teachers andmatching resources with thegreatest needs.

Starr said several times hehas done what the board hasasked him to do and that he hashad their collective support.

“They have been involvedin and they have endorsed theapproach that I have taken allalong the way,” he said.

Among community mem-bers, Starr said, he sees somewho appreciate his work, oth-ers who remain “healthy skep-tics” about his efforts to closethe achievement gap, and thosewhodisagree aboutpriorities forthe system.

“While I would love for ev-eryone to agree with me on ev-erything all the time, I certainlydon’t expect that to happen,” hesaid.

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the county. Leggett’s pro-posal would increase spend-ing for school constructionby $191.2 million to speed upthe construction of 14 addi-tions, 20 renovations, and onenew school and one alterna-tive school, according to thecounty.

Adding $191.2 millionwould fully fund the $1.75 bil-lion six-year request from theboard of education, accordingto the county.

Despite the large recom-mended change for school

construction, Leggett has con-sistently voiced his commit-ment to the push in Annapolisfor greater funding commit-ment from the governor andthe General Assembly.

Montgomery County Pub-lic Schools has been growingby at least 2,000 students everyyear. Senate delegation chair-woman Sen. Nancy J. King(D-Dist. 39) ofMontgomeryVil-lage said that fact alone shouldprove Montgomery County’sneed for more money to buildschools.

But state lawmakers facean uphill battle as a new Re-publican governor, Larry Ho-gan, takes office this week and

the state works to close a morethan $1 billion budget shortfall.

Hogan is expected to an-nounce his budget on Jan. 22.

In addition to money tobuild and update schools,Leggett has recommended in-creasing funding for projects atMontgomery College by $1.26million.

His recommended changesalso accelerate $8.2 million forrepairing roads,moving it fromlater years of the budget to thecoming year, fiscal 2016. Themoneywould expediteworkon62.7 lanemiles of road.

Leggett also has proposedadding$8.54million to the cap-ital plan tobuy andpreserve af-

fordable housing in fiscal 2016.To support his recom-

mended changes, Leggett’sproposal pulls funding fromprojects that, the county said,are progressing more slowly,including: the Silver SpringGreen Trail, Capital CrescentTrail, the Bethesda Metrosouth entrance, Glenmont firestation No. 18, the Avery RoadTreatment Center and the RossBoddy Neighborhood Recre-ation Center.

The Montgomery CountyCouncil will consider and ap-prove any changes to the capi-tal improvements program.

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commercial studio on SilverSpring Avenue last year.

Yoga classes are offered forbeginners, mixed-level prac-titioners and experienced stu-dents. There are specializedcourses, such as to help teen-age girls develop a better bodyimage.

The studio recently part-

nered with the YMCA on Oak-mont Avenue in Bethesda ona yoga teacher training pro-gram. There is a similar teach-ing training program offered inSilver Spring, but the one withthe YMCA allows participantsaccess to free child care, Elen-baas said.

The core teaching style isbased on vinyasa flow yoga,which links movement andbreath in a strengthening andsoothing practice, said Elen-

baas, who has practiced yogasince 1998.

“Wehave room for 10mats,so we keep classes small to givestudents themost benefit,” shesaid.

Thephilosophyofnotcharg-ing a set price as a donation-basedstudioandwellnesscenteris important, Elenbaas said.

“Nobody is ever turneddown or priced out for a lackof funds,” she said. “Themodelhasworkedwell for us.We con-

tinue to grow.”Sky House holds fundrais-

ers, including online, to raiseadditional money. While thestudio specializes in yoga, as-trology and plant medicine,it also offers classes and pro-grams in other areas, such howtomake chai latte.

“We want to be more like acommunity center,” Elenbaassaid.

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monitor and chart cities’ prog-ress, he said.

The ways to reduce energyuse can be as diverse as devel-opingnewappsand technologyto tighter fiscal responsibilityand a program in which chil-dren pressure parents intochanging their practices, Nel-son said.

Last year, Takoma Parkstarted offering residents achance to check out a Belkinmeter from the library thathelps customers identify whatappliances and gadgets use themost electricity.

Gina Mathias, TakomaPark’s sustainability manager,said she is working with moregroups, such as apartment resi-dents and managers, on pro-

grams. Other projects involvehelping homeowners purchasesolar panels at reduced bulkrates through a cooperative ar-rangement and creating a sus-tainability website.

Shewould like to see a fundestablished to help residentsand businesses make improve-ments to their homes andbuildings.

“Wewant todoallwecan toincrease participation,” Math-ias said. “The first step to re-ducing energy starts at home.”

Takoma Park became aquarterfinalist in the contestlast summer and submitted amore detailed action plan toadvance another round.

TheWashington, D.C., uni-versity’s first-time Energy Prizehopes to encourage the par-ticipating cities to save morethan $1 billion in total energycosts and cutmillions of tons in

carbon dioxide emissions. Cit-ies had to have between 5,000and 250,000 residents. None inNew York, Pennsylvania, NorthCarolinaorTexasmade the cut.

Funding for the prize is be-ing provided by private dona-tions.

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Takoma Park Mayor Bruce Williams speaks about the $5 million energycontest at City Hall Jan. 14.

n Incoming governorhas cast doubt onproject’s chances

BY KATHERINE SHAVERTHEWASHINGTON POST

Maryland officials havecontinued to buy homes andpursue leasing parts of resi-dents’ yards in Montgomeryand Prince George’s countiesto make way for a Purple Line,even as incoming Gov. LarryHogan (R) considers whetherto cancel the light-rail project.

Some residents along the

planned 16-mile rail alignmentbetweenBethesdaandNewCar-rollton said they had assumedthe state would hold off untilHogan decided whether to killthe project, delay it or proceedwith construction.

Hogan has said he won’tannounce any policy decisionsuntil after he’s sworn in onWednesday, but his campaigncomments — he called the$2.45 billion Purple Line plantoo costly andMaryland shouldspendmore on roads— left theproject’s future uncertain.

Some residents along thePurple Line alignment on

Wayne Avenue in Silver Springsaid theywere surprised to findwooden stakes in their frontyards just before Christmas.State officials said the stakesmark the edge of the govern-ment-owned right-of-way andpieces of land the state wouldlease during the rail line’s con-struction. Other homeownershave continued to receive callsand knocks at their doors fromproperty acquisition officials.

“It’s very confusing,” saidAlan Bowser, president of theParkHillsCivicAssociationeastof downtownSilver Spring. “Onone hand, you hear news about

them possibly canceling thePurple Line, and at the sametime [state] contractors are vis-iting people ... and telling themhow much of their propertywould be used.”

Since Hogan’s election, thestate has bought two housesalong the Purple Line align-ment in Riverdale for a total of$280,000. On Jan. 7, the Mary-land Board of Public Worksapproved the $3.9 million pur-chase of a warehouse in Sil-ver Spring and an additional$40,500 to buy and lease partsof two front yards in Lyttons-ville.

State continues to buy for Purple Line

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OUROPINIONS LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

TheGazette has always been open about itsmission, whichis rather simple: Cover our community as best as we can—allof it and everyone.

We reinforce this notion in light of peculiar reactionswereceived to a Jan. 14 story about a celebration at theMuslimCommunity School in Potomac.

Reporter PeggyMcEwan and photographer GregDohlercaptured thewords and images of students celebrating thebirth of the ProphetMuhammad.

“It really is a birthday party,” one seventh-grader said amidthe fun.

Photos showed three young girls singing during the cel-ebration and a young boy playing a carnival game.

As pleasant as thismight seem, nothingis immune from controversy; we receivedthree angry emails about our coverage.

One person, anonymously, accused usof “appeasement” and “pandering” towardMuslims “when in fact probably amajor-ity of your readers feel quite differently.”This anonymous personwonderedwhywedidn’t write instead about French people

inMontgomery County copingwith the Jan. 7 terrorist attackat the Charlie Hebdo satiremagazine in Paris, inwhich 12peoplewere killed.

Another writer askedwhyMuslim children are allowed tocelebrate the birth of the ProphetMuhammadwhile Christianchildren inMontgomery County Public Schools can’t celebratethe birth of Jesus Christ. He added that a “Sharia no-go zonewill be coming to a neighborhood near you.” The “no-go zone”reference is similar to one FoxNews has aired—alleging zonesin Europewhere non-Muslims can’t go—but retracted be-cause it waswrong.

The thirdwriter also called for coverage of “surroundingworld events that seemdriven by this religion.” He questionedif the story and photoswere “really yourwork or just a place-ment by a public relations firm.”

We’re alwayswilling to answer questions about coverageand dispelmyths.

TheGazette covers people, places and events ofMontgom-ery County. As a newsroomand as people, wewere outragedby the brutal slayings in Parismeant to silence expression, asentimentwe expressed last week in an editorial.

But the Charlie Hebdomassacrewas not a local story forour paper.

The idea that a terrorist attack in one part of theworldexcludes the possibility of coverage ofMuslim activities andevents anywhere else is absurd.

As for religious celebrations, that question is easy.MuslimCommunity School is private.Montgomery County PublicSchools is public and, as a government entity, tries not to over-step a constitutionally required separation of church and state.

As an aside, we have covered other religious celebrations,including Christian ones, at other private schools.

Finally, public relations companies do not place stories inour news pages.

Anyonewho has lived inMontgomery County for at least ashort time understands that the area has a richmix of cultures,ethnicities and religions. They’re all part of our community; wecover asmuch of themaswe can.

As a newspaper, we use amagnifying glass to examine thecommunity and provide amirror for society to see itself.

We don’t let biases or preferences interfere with thatmis-sion.

We end herewith kind, appreciativewords of anotherreader reacting to that same story: “In aworldwhere our reli-gion is hijacked from the innocent children you portrayed bythosewith extreme and erroneous views, it was such a breathof fresh air to see a positive image of Islam in themedia fora change. By featuring this article, you educated the generalpublic about a holiday theymay never knew existed, and alsoillustrated [to theMuslimpopulation] the beauty and impor-tance of fostering love and happymemories associatedwiththe religion and the prophet from a child’s youth.”

Local for all

NEWS, NOTBIASES,

DICTATESCOVERAGE

Winter is upon us — and with it thefrustrations of snowplowing and shoveling.This is to suggest that we could improvethe results of plowing the snow on arterialroads if we set the plow blades so that snowwas plowed to the left (i.e., the center ofthe road). A detailed discussion of why thismakes sense, as well as the limitations ofthe proposal, is available at www.webmas-tersays.org, in the “My Take” section, asMyTake #7.

Mark R. Adelman, Kensington

Newway of thinkingabout plowing

It is sad that a community would rejectschool childrenbecause residents perceive theymight disrupt their neighborhood.

As a former longtime teacher atMarkTwain(I cannot call it Blair Ewing), I would oppose thefacility change for a different reason. The pres-ent site is, in my opinion and experience, themost well thought out school building I haveyet to see. Dr. Bill Porter, the original principal,designed thebuildingespeciallyaroundhispro-gramforchildrenwhoneededextrasupports foracademicsuccessandsocialemotionalstrength.

The main office area on the entry floor hasspace for a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a socialworker, andspeech therapists.Thecafeteriaandthree dining rooms share the entry floor.

Themain floor is divided into three distinctadministrative areas. In the beginning, thesehoused lower,middle, andupper schools.

Classrooms are paired, with each pair shar-ingaprivate restroom.BillPorter saidhewanted

to allow students somepersonal dignity.Also on the main floor, but away from the

regular classrooms, is a gymnasium, apool, andthe arts barn, which includes the music room,drama lab with stage, art studio, FACS lab, andindustrial arts shop.

There are additional conference/officespaces on the second floor, and a large, invitingmedia center, which opens into the main hall-way.

As for the safety issue, students areprovidedschool bus transportation. Those who want tousepublic transportationneedonlywalka shortdistance to the bus stop at the corner of AveryandNorbeck.

Repairing the present facility makes moresense than relocating students to anotherschool, particularly when the community hasalready proclaimed themunwelcome.

Judy Di Salvo Stenger, Rockville

Rehabbing current alternativeeducation buildingmakes sense

I couldn’t agree more withCounty Council President Craig.L Rice’s bill to align the coun-ty’s schedule for increasing theminimum wage with the state’sdate of implementation. It onlymakes sense to have both corre-spond to the same date.

What Idon’t agreewith is theincrease itself. The artificial raisecomes without those affectedgoing to school to increase theirvalue to an employer or due tomerit.

The increasewillnothelp thepeople it is meant to help, as allemployers affected will have tohave to cut back on the numberof employees they already haveor raise their prices. When theyraise theirprices, thepeoplewhoare supposed to benefit will seeincreased prices for goods theybuy, so they will have no morebuying power than they do now.

The people that get hurt themost, however, are those whose

wages are above the proposedminimum (through the gov-ernment-mandated 15 percentraises theminimumwageearnerwill get in each of the next threeyears), who will have their buy-ing power reduced. What is leftof themiddle class will have thissamereductionofbuyingpower.

This is not exactly an eco-nomic stimulus. In fact, it is theopposite.

Certainly, in this economy,or in any economy, none of uscan expect to get an almost 50percent raise in the next threeyears.

The real oxymoron of this isfound in the story “Councilmanplans rent stabilization legisla-tion.” With the 50 percent wageincrease in effect in three years,how could anyone expect devel-opers affected by these raises tostabilize their rents?

Lee Trunnell, Clarksburg

Minimum-wage increase willlead to reduced buying power

Muslim children in the Muslim Com-munity School in Potomac are encouragedand allowed to celebrate the birth of theprophet Muhammad (“Potomac schoolmarks day with lecture and carnival,” Jan.14).

Where in the Montgomery Countyschool system are Christian children al-lowed to celebrate the birth of Jesus andhave the gall to call it Christmas? We knowthe answer to that.

Beware! Next, a Sharia no-go zone willbe coming to a neighborhood near you.

Roland Ferguson, Olney

Christian studentsdon’t get what

Muslim studentswere allowed

The taxi system in Mont-gomery County doesn’t work;it has failed residents and con-sumers with high prices andlow wages, and needs to bechanged. I’ve beena cabdriverfor 16 years and seen firsthandthe failures of letting big cor-porations like Barwood forcedrivers into povertywhile forc-ing neighbors into longer waittimes.

Montgomery County isa vibrant, dynamic area. Ourbusinesses are on the cuttingedge, and our residents areleaders in nearly every sector.Yet when it comes to our taxisystem, we remain antiquatedand far behind.

Every day, I see driversleave the taxi industry. They’vespent years providing ridesto the elderly for doctors’ ap-pointments, or taking partin the county’s transporta-tion program for the disabled.They’re hard working andfight to achieve the AmericanDream.

Unfortunately, our currentsystem has failed them andpeople they depend on.Mont-gomery County’s largest taxicompany, Barwood, chargesdrivers over $20,000per year tolease a taxicab. That includes

as much as $7,900 for liabil-ity insurance and $5,500 for adispatch system that doesn’twork for drivers or consumers.Inaddition,drivers forSunCaband Action Taxi are charged apercentage for every MetroAc-cess ride,WMATA’s subsidizedservice.

These charges meansome drivers must pay nearly$35,000 for the right to do theirjob. Theseunfair andexcessivefees,andothercharges, suchasthe near 8 percent charge Bar-wood takes for a customer us-ingacredit card, causesdriversto struggle to make minimumwage.

For every professionaldriver who leaves this brokensystem, customers are left withuntested, unproven driverswith apps such as Uber andLyft, leading to a poorer, morefrustrating experience.

Residents and cab driversdeserve better. When driv-ers are released of the burdenof high fees, they might passdown costs to consumers andraise the level of service forthosewho rely on it.

As consumer needs anddemands change, Montgom-ery County taxi drivers under-stand that the system must

change. That’s why the Mont-gomery County ProfessionalDrivers Union has proposed aPassengerBillofRights forcon-sumers.

This simple, common-sense legislationwouldchangeour dispatch system to amod-ern app-based one that con-sumers and drivers prefer. Itwouldgiveconsumers therightto be served by drivers not be-holden to Barwood’s high fees,andwould lead to lower pricesandmore efficient service.

Finally, itwouldmeancon-sumers would get drivers whohave basic workplace protec-tions frombigcorporations likeBarwoodandUber.

By calling or emailing yourCounty Council member andstanding up for the PassengerBill of Rights, you can bring usone step closer to a taxi systemthat works. When drivers winthrough lower fees and higherpay, consumerswinwith lowercosts and better service. It’s avictory we can earn together,and one our community des-perately needs.

Peter Ibik, LaurelThe writer is president of

the Montgomery County Pro-fessional Drivers Union.

Taxi drivers suffer under burdensome fees

As a toxicologist, I’malarmed at the minimally reg-ulated process of hydraulicfracking is spreading acrossthe country. Now that Gov.O’Malley has given the go-ahead for this dangerous pro-cedure in Garrett and Alleganycounties (and, implicitly, for theexport of liquefiednatural gas atCove Point), fracking may soonbecome a reality inMaryland.

Initial investigations of thefracking process in other statesare fragmentary, but stronglysuggest that the risks outweighthe benefits.

Fracking fluid is forced intowell holes to fracture underly-ing rocks (primarily shale) andmake gas deposits more acces-sible. Although the fluid is typi-cally around 99 percent brine,drillers also use proppants suchas sand and, in some cases,diesel fuels, to accelerate ex-traction. Workers are exposedto silica dust (from the sand),known to cause silicosis andlung cancer.

The process also releaseshighly toxic hydrogen sulfideand carcinogens such as ben-zene and certain hydrocarbons.

Furthermore, limited moni-toring studies of fracking siteshave shown over 1,000 surfacecontaminants. These contami-nants are often the byproductof faulty well construction, un-expected percolation throughsubsurface fissures and cracks,or illegal dumping. Whereasmanyof these chemicals are nottoxic, others are known cancer-causing agents, or produce del-eterious effects to the geneticworkings of cells.

Of particular concern tothe surrounding communityare respiratory issues (particu-larly for those with diseaseslike asthma), neurological dis-orders, and impaired develop-ment of newborns. In additionto soil levels, some of these con-taminants have been measuredin groundwater aquifers and/orremain airborne several milesfrom the drilling site.

The fracking process alsoreleases large amounts ofmeth-ane, a greenhouse gas consider-ably more potent than carbondioxide. Industry claims thatnatural gas emissions frompower generation are less cli-mate-disruptive than those ofcoal are pure propaganda.

EPA’s regulatory history onClass II wells (those used forfracking operations) is check-ered at best. Regulatory author-ity is split between federal andstate agencies, so that monitor-ing and enforcement practicesare greatly divergent betweenstates. The instructions on fed-eral EPA’s reporting form areoften ambiguous and subject tobroad interpretation. Many ofthe details regarding spills andleaks are sketchy, or simply notreported at all.

To its credit, the EPA is nowdeveloping a database to helpameliorate the shortcomingsof its paper form. In addition,some of the more responsibledrillers are investing in technol-ogies to enhance the structuralintegrity of their wells.

Overall, however, there’sstill too much of a Wild Westmentality in the rush for prof-its. The supralinear nation-wide increase in drilling sitesis revealing more and greaterproblems that have barely beenaddressed.

I strongly urge incomingGov. Hogan to follow Gov. Cuo-mo’s lead and reconsider thisdangerous practice.

Charles Shore, Gaithersburg

Marylandshould standfirm againstfracking

The Democrats and left-wing liberals inMaryland have now decided “never mind thelaw” and are issuing driver’s licenses to illegalimmigrants.

Of course, this faulty far-left-wing progres-sive policy by the left-wing liberal Democratsand socialists has been a practice in Marylandand Montgomery County for some time now.Not only do illegal immigrants obtain driver’slicenses here that they have not earned anddo not deserve, but they also go to their vot-ing polls and illegally vote and get away with itbecause voters cannot be requested to identifythemselveswith a valid photo ID. All this is sup-ported by the Maryland progressive left-wingDemocrats and socialists and never mind whatthe law says.

As a former election board judge for 12years, I can attest to this and that is the reasonI chose no longer to work as an election boardjudge.We can hope now that we have elected aRepublicangovernor, LarryHogan, someof thislawlessnesswill be stopped and turned around.

As a legal resident of Montgomery County,Maryland, and taxpayer, I get sick and tired see-ing taxpayer money wasted and squanderedon these Hispanic illegal aliens from Mexicoand Central America, who invaded our stateof Maryland and who live and sponge off ourhard-earned taxpayer money. Illegal Hispanicimmigrants need to be deported and not givenall kinds of privileges that they have not earnedand do not deserve.

Al Eisner, Silver Spring

State shouldstop giving

illegal immigrantsdriver’s licenses

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LET TERS TOTHEEDITOR

Regarding the Dec. 31 story onOld Georgetown Road not beingwidened, it is interesting to notetwo things:1. Developers in the White Flint

sector of North Bethesda have con-tended their projects will be pe-destrian friendly, but they don’tmention anything about reducingvehicular traffic.2. Accepting the definition of a

vehicle as “a thing used for trans-portingpeopleor goods,”howcomebike riders do not fall into that cat-egory? They may be small, but theyuse roadways— but are not subjectto the rules of traffic.And, although they use the

roadways, they do not have to takea driving test. For example, howmany bike riders signal turns? Forthat matter, howmany auto driverssignal turns?There is a time and place for pe-

destrians and“vehicles” to share theroadway, butweneed just one set ofrules for everyone.Since this area is supposed to

mirror the Bethesda Row area, ithad to build more parking garages.Is that what North Bethesda canlook forward to?

David H. Brown,North Bethesda/

Boynton Beach, Fla.

Rules of road should apply to all

“OldGeorgetownRoadwon’tbe widened after all” in the Dec.31, 2014, Gazette is a positive forthe community.A Brookings Institute study

of the Washington, D.C., MetroArea found that real estate val-ues increase as neighborhoodsbecome more walkable. Accord-ing to their “5 Step WalkabilityLadder,” each step up the ladderadds $82per square foot to homevalues.As the principal of The Ro-

zansky Group of Long & Foster,a residential real estate salesfirm, with deep roots in our area,I have seen this trend grow suc-cessfully. It’s clear thatmore foottraffic in aneighborhhoodbringsa greater demand to live there. Ina study of 94,000 transactions in15 markets, a Realtor.com studyshowed that a 1-point increasein a walkability score was associ-ated with an average increase ofanywhere from $700 to $3,000 inhome values.A great example of this trend

is the Pike & Rose project inRockville that is going through atransition from an auto-centriccommunity to a town center/walkable environment. This 24-acre development is ¾mile fromWhite FlintMall, with aprojected1,500 residential units (mix ofrental and sale properties) tocome. The community will fea-ture amix of bike and pedestrianthoroughfares, “vegetated” roof-tops, and small parks surround-ing buildings. It is seven milesfrom downtown Washington,D.C.When it is finished, many

neighborhoods surrounding itwill likely see home values in-crease and lifestyles impacted ina positive way by safe new walk-ways to dining, shopping, officesand the Metro. This is a positivelifestyle impact and a likelihoodof increased home values for thisand other neighborhoods look-ing to make their communities awalkable community.

Brad Rozansky, Bethesda

Walking opportunitiesadd value to a community

WRITE TO US

The Gazette welcomes letters on subjects of local interest.No anonymous letters are printed. Letters are printed as space permits.Include your name, address and daytime telephone number.Send submissions to: The Gazette, attention Commentary Editor,9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20877; fax to 301-670-7183;or email to [email protected].

Inhis letter promoting thePurple Line (“Transitfundinghelps limit sprawl, keep state vibrant,”Dec.31),EthanGoffmancalls the$2.5billionIntercountyConnector “underperforming.” A lot of us writingour tax checks these weeks think a $2.45 billionPurple Line to connect Bethesda to New Carroltonwouldbeunderperforming.If we and our kids can and have used bikes and

buses and Metro to get to school or work, and wepayourway,wedon’tneedsomeunrealisticdream-ersspendingourtaxmoneyonmorebigbridgesandtunnels and trains.It’s high time the transportation administration

includemaintenance inplanningprojects, andstarteducating and training young people in tree trim-ming for the sakeof continuedelectricity service (allwe have now ismiddle-agedmen doing this work),and incorporating ideas fromcitizens on localmat-ters (sham listeningmeetings with no response arediscouraging).If the Purple Line is a good idea, whywasn’t the

transportation administration open with its rid-ership estimates? And why are amphipods beingbrought into thediscussion?This is our tax money. Let’s hope Larry Hogan

will bemore carefulwith it.

Pat Broderick, Bethesda

Unrealistic dreamersare pushing the

Purple Line project

MICHAEL MADDEN/SUBMITTED

A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority metromap illustrates where the Purple Line will run once itis built. According to the Maryland Transit Administra-tion, 322 properties will face potential displacement orimpact in order to produce the right-of-way needed tobuild the proposed 18-mile rail line from Bethesda toNew Carrollton.

I write in rebuttal to KatharineRogers’ letter (“No one should beforced to keep living,” Dec. 31) re-sponding to mine of Dec. 17 con-cerning “assisted suicide.”WhileMs.Rogers’ letter confuses

palliative care with assisted suicide,the two are vastly different. The for-mer eases the suffering of someonewith a terminal illness who has de-cided to reject extraordinarymedicaltreatment, but— this is key—not totake their own life. The latter is a de-cisiontoaffirmatively takeone’sownlife (despite innocuous-soundingterms advocates use to cloak it, suchas “aid in dying,” “endof life choice”or “death with dignity”). This dis-tinction must be maintained in dis-cussing the subject, lest our supportfor those who reject extraordinarymedical treatment be hijacked insupport of assisted suicide.

Arguing for the sanctity of lifeis an effort to explain a position onan important issue and not, as Ms.Rogers suggests, an effort to imposereligious or moral convictions onothers. If we are to be barred frompublicly advocating for positionswhich spring fromreligiousormoralconvictions, abolitionists couldnever have campaigned againstslavery nor Dr. Martin Luther Kingfor civil rights, and those adhering tothe Ten Commandments’ prohibi-tionof theft couldneveradvocate forcriminalization of robbery. Indeed,such a view would silence Ms. Rog-ers, as her advocacy couldbe viewedasanattempt to imposehermoralityon others.Assisted suicide is a choice for

death, based on the judgment thatthe individual’s life has no value.In arguing that this choice must be

legitimatized, Ms. Rogers ignoresthe protective role the sanctity-of-life principle plays. This principle,however, shields an individual’s lifeagainst their own impaired judg-ment when, as is often the case, thatjudgment is impaired and againstthe judgment of others — family orfriends — who, for their own mis-takenormalign reasons,donotwishthe individual’s life to continue. Toperform these functions effectively,theprinciple cannotallow forexcep-tions— even under the “siren song”of choice.It also shields the individual

against societal judgment— such asthose represented by Nazi euthana-sia programs — that the individualfalls in a category of incapacitatedpersons whose lives society hasjudged deserve no protection. Ms.Rogers argues that assisted suicide’s

supposed voluntary nature distin-guishes it fromNazi euthanasia pro-grams. Yet, as is so often true wherethe individual’s rights conflict withsociety, it is only strict adherenceto principle that prevents what itinitially billed as a positive choicefrom devolving to a reprehensiblemandate. Any doubts on this canbe removed by searching “Nazi eu-thanasia programs” on the UnitedStates Holocaust Museum websiteandaskingwhether theywouldhaveoccurred had there been strict ad-herence to the sanctity-of-life prin-ciple.Defenseof thesanctityofhuman

life may not always be comfortableoreasyandmayconflictwithchoice,but it is vital ifweare to remainaciv-ilized society.

Paul Schilling, Bethesda

Defense of the sanctity of life must be consistent

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It is no secret that the NorthwoodHighSchool athletic department has struggled to con-sistently win on the field, court and track sincethe school reopened 10years ago. The Gladiatorshave had full-fledged var-sity teams since 2006, twoyears after restarting, andRay Trail has been therefor it all.

He’s been an integralpart of the Silver Springschool’s growth, as a vol-leyball coach and physicaleducation teacher. He’swatched the school trans-form from a building that housed just underclass-men to onewith one of the state’s largest studentenrollments.

“It has been a steady increase, but it is kindof cool andweird going from 10 years ago tonow,” Trail said. “In the back ofmymind I alwaysthought about Northwood growing because wedon’t struggle to find kids to field teams anymore;there’s nomore pulling people out of the hall-ways.”

Next fall, Northwood, which originally closedin the 1980s, will be a 4A school, the largest offour classifications in theMaryland Public Sec-ondary Schools Athletic Association. Every twoyears, the organization reclassifies itsmembersbased on population. And in theory, the 4Ashould be the state’smost competitive classifica-tion.

What does all thismean for the Gladiators?Athletic DirectorMarco Fuggitti seems to believehis department ismoving in the right direction.

“It is going to be interesting that’s for sure,”Trail said. “I don’t necessarily think it will betougher, but it will be different. We still will play[Downcounty Consortium rivals Blair, Einstein,Kennedy andWheaton].”

Former football coachDennis Harris, who re-signed following the 2014 season, is still a teacherat the school and has also been there since thebeginning.

“There will be familiar foes with the consor-tium and some new faces,” he said. “We alwaysthought the 3A in football wasmurder with theFrederick teams andDamascus and Seneca Val-ley.Moving upwon’t bemore difficult; it is just adifferent set of challenges.

Northwood, which is projected to be one ofthe smallest 4A schools with 1,281 students— ri-val Blair is the largest with 2,267— according totheMPSSAA, is one of fiveMontgomery CountyPublic Schools set to change classifications forthe next two school years. Fellow consortiummember Einstein (1,280) is alsomoving up from3A. Blake (1,229) andMagruder (1,173) will movedown to 3A and Poolesville (925) ismoving upfrom 2A.

“The 20-year gapwithout operating putsNorthwood at a disadvantage,” Harris said.“There’s no tradition and culture.We’ve had totry to build that.

“We get good individuals, but not enough tohave extended team success. It takesmore thanone kid. Themore important thing is trying to getkids to stay home and finding a way to winmayhelp that. Kids can transfer freely within the con-sortium. It is so easy for a kid to say, “My cousingoes to Einstein ormy friend goes to Kennedyor I want to go to Blair or I’m going to privateschool.’”

In talking to a few other coaches from otherschools, I got the sensemost feel the samewayas Northwood. Notmuchwill change during theregular season— everyonewants to persevere ingames against rivals and in turn, receive lucrativegate receipts—but playoffsmay be a little bit dif-ferent.

“The only little concern I have is if we getout of our section, we have to gowith the homeschool’s [regular] referees,” longtimeMagruderboys basketball coachDanHarwood said. “That’sjust not right. The officials probably do a greatjob, but I definitely believe, for perception’s sake,we should use neutral officials that don’t regu-larly work games of the teams playing.”

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ASSISTANT SPORTSEDITOR

KENT ZAKOUR

n Without a clear favorite,several boys basketballteams have a chance to

make states

BY ADAM GUTEKUNST

STAFF WRITER

Eleventh-year Whitman HighSchool boys basketball coachChris Lun, just 10 months re-moved from leading the Vikingsto a 4A state championship gameberth, paused for a few secondslast week as he tried to remember

how long it’s been since a 4A teamin Montgomery County has beendominant.

Lun eventually settled onMagruder’s 2011-12 and 2012-13 teams that won the 2012 statetitle and sent a handful of players,including Garland Owens (Bos-ton College), Nick Griffin (GeorgeWashington) and Justin Witmer(Salisbury), to play at the nextlevel.

The years since Magruder’srun have left the county wideopen, but the parity of this year’s

4A wide open inMontgomery County

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Sherwood High School’s Xavier McCants drives to the basket during a summerleague game. Sherwood has victories against Springbrook and Magruder and can bea playoff threat.

n Managers help Gladiators’short-handed coaching staff

BYERICGOLDWEINSTAFFWRITER

The Northwood High School girls basket-ball team added two valuable pieces this sea-son.Theydon’tmakeshotsorplayanydefense,and their contributions won’t show up on theboxscore.Butwithout them, theremightnotbea box score.

Junior D’Ante Thaggard and freshmanThania Argueta have taken on important rolesas teammanagers for theGladiators, who haveonly twocoachesonstaff. Their responsibilitiesincludekeeping statistics, fillingwater, control-ling theclocks, settingupthebleachers—beingavailablewherever andwhenever needed.

“They’re our support…Mymanagers helpme with everything,” coach Tenisha Reid said.“I couldn’t coach and try to do the book at thesame time, and take stats. I couldn’t coach andgo try togetmygirlswater. I couldn’t coachandtry toget thegirls situated.They’reanextensionofmewhen they’rewithme all the time.”

Thaggard said he didn’t know anythingaboutbasketballbefore theseason,butdecidedto try out being amanager after Reid, a teacherat the Silver Spring school, recommended theposition.

“At first when I heard about the managingthing I was like, .., ‘Why would I want to be themanager?’ But actually I’m really loving it. It’s

like, I get upset sometimeswhen I have tomisspractices because I feel like this is my team,”Thaggard said. “... It’s more than just writingdown the stuff. You actually feel the love andfeel thewelcome and how they really want youhere.”

ThaniaArguetawasalreadyattendingprac-tices and games because her sister, Wendy Ar-gueta, is a senior on the team, and took on themanagerial position after learning it was avail-able. As manager, she said she feels like partof the Northwood team, which is 3-6 throughMonday, already improving on last year’s 2-17record.

“Yeah that’s why I like being manager. Be-cause you can’t really make a team run if youdon’t have helpers,” Thania Argueta said.

According to theMontgomeryCountyPub-lic Schoolswebsite, studentsmust complete 75service learning hours for graduation. Begin-ning in the 2013-14 school year, students couldreceive a maximum of 30 hours per sport-sea-son, incentivizing students such as ThaggardandThania Argueta to take on the position.

The manager role varies by school; com-mon responsibilities include working withfilm, charting shots and recording statistics.Not every school has managers. Reid saidthat last season, Northwood had manag-ers but they were less consistent than thisseason’s. Churchill coach Kate McMahon saidthat the Bulldogs haven’t had managers andthat she “would definitely welcome one,” but

Northwood’s bench getsa boost from managers

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Northwood High School girls basketball managers D’Ante Thaggard and Thania Argueta cheer the for thejunior varsity team on Friday while keeping score.

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n Penn State and Marylandnever stopped competing

BY PRINCE J. GRIMESSTAFF WRITER

From the moment the University of Mary-land, College Park joined the Big Ten Confer-ence last year, the Terps’ once-upon-a-timefootball rivalry with Penn State was sure toresurface.

At one point until 1993, the teams playedalmost every year. But until last season’s meet-ing, the teams had not faced each other on thefield — Penn State leads the all-time series35-2-1. Off the field, however, the two schoolsnever stopped competing.

Penn State has always been successful inpicking up top recruits from the WashingtonD.C. area. Naturally and geographically, theseare the same players that Maryland tries toconvince to stay home.

Once again, this year, there are a numberof top players from the area with offers fromeither one of the two schools, or both. Somehave already made verbal commitments aboutwhere they plan to continue their education,while others have left the decision up for spec-ulation. With National Signing Day set for Feb.4, many of those seniors will officially sign.

Gaithersburg High School four-star defen-sive end Kamonte Carter is verbally committedto attend Penn State, along with Bullis’ three-star tight end Jonathan Holland. Potomac’s(Prince George’s County) three-star defensivetackle Keiron Howard is committed to Mary-land.

Roosevelt (Prince George’s) four-star offen-sive lineman Isaiah Prince continues to weighhis options with offers from both schools,among others.

Perhaps most notorious in this recruitingrivalry is Quince Orchard’s four-star defensivelineman Adam McLean, who intially commit-ted to Penn State, only to change to Maryland.

“First off, I want to take the time out to saythank you to everyone at Penn State and thefans and anyone who supports Penn State andits program,” McLean wrote in a statementafter decommiting. “But with thinking thingsthrough and re-evaluating things withmy fam-ily, we have decided that I will now be officially[decommitting] from Penn State. The supportand the love that everyone there had showedme has been awesome. ... I want to wish everycoach and player well there and good luck inthe future. So thank you to all the wonderfulpeople in Happy Valley.”

McLean is now vocal on social media in at-

Signing Daybrings outrivalries

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Basketball rankings, county scoring leaders. B-3

BOYS BASKETBALL: Richard Montgomery atKennedy, 7 p.m. Friday. RM entered this week stillunbeaten. Cavaliers will try to end the streak.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Churchill at Walter Johnons, 7p.m. Thursday.

ICE HOCKEY: Georgetown Prep vs. Churchill, 4:30 p.m.Thursday at Rockville Ice Arena.

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she has four other coaches in theprogram, and plenty of supportfromparents.

The managers take on anespecially important role at aschool such as Northwood thathasa small coaching staff. Reid, asecond-yearcoach, leads thevar-sity team, while BrandonHowellleads the JV team.

“They’re always on the sidemotivating. They provide usour needs,” senior Andrea Ma-gallanes said.

“I actually consider thempart of a team. Every day I lookforward to [working]with them.”

Thania Argueta said that shehopes to play on the team nextseason while Thaggard said heplans to continuemanaging.

“I didn’t realize that I wouldhave tobe so, so committeduntilI actually started. Which I love,”Thaggard said.

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4A landscapemay be unparal-leled. With a 5-6 record— oneless loss than the 21-7 Vikingshad all of last season — Lun’steam is still in the mix.

“It’s a weird year. It seemslike there isn’t that invincibleteam that’s so tough to beat,”Lun said. “Anybody can beatanybody. It’s a fun year be-cause there’s a lot of teamsthat can knock each otheroff.”

Gaithersburg seemed tohave the 4A in a chokeholdat the beginning of the sea-son, as coach Tom Sheahin’sdangerous lineup outscoredits first three opponents by acombined 68 points en routeto a 3-0 start. But a three-game slide in late Decemberhas left the Trojans scram-bling to get back atop the 4AWest Region.

First-year Springbrookcoach Darnell Myers seemedto have his Blue Devils poisedfor a run at an undefeated sea-son before a mid-Decemberloss at Blake, and last week’shome loss to Sherwood putthem back amongst the packin the 4A North.

And how about RichardMontgomery, the surprise

of the 4A? One year removedfrom an 11-13 season, coachDavid Breslaw has the Rock-ets at a perfect 12-0, with theirtoughest tests still to come.

With the second half ofthe season on the way, here’sa look at how the parity-filled4A scene has shaken out thusfar:

FavoritesSpringbrook (8-2): Losses

to Blake and Sherwoodshouldn’t faze a veterangroup led by senior DonovanWalker, one of the county’spremier point guards. Walker(12.0 points per game) setsthe tone for the Blue Devils’intense man-to-man defenseand isn’t afraid to dish it offto sharp-shooting seniorVincent Brown (10.8) and6-foot-5 center Aaron Burton(10.2).

Magruder (7-4): Don’t letthe Colonels’ record fool you,Magruder is for real. Lossesto the likes of DeMatha andSpringbrook have propelledcoach Dan Harwood’s teamto seven wins in its past eightgames. Lengthy big man JoeHugley (18.0) has started toget scoring support from hisyounger teammates, includ-ing junior shooter CarsonGrayhill-Bland (11.7) and

sophomore point guard DavidGarey (8.6).

Richard Montgomery(12-0): Under Breslaw, theRockets’ unique patience onoffense has propelled themto a perfect start, thoughthe toughest stretch of theirschedule lies ahead. Luckilyfor Richard Montgomery, theinside-out senior combina-tion of Nick Jackson (14.2)and Renzo Farfan (9.9) shouldprovide some veteran stabilityduring a challenging secondhalf of the schedule.

ContendersQuince Orchard (9-2):

The Cougars started out 9-0thanks in large part to theirincredible balance. ThroughFriday, Paul Foringer’s grouphas four players averagingbetween 12.7 and 10.1 pointsper game. The sophomorecombination of John Fierstein(12.7) and Matt Kelly (10.1)paced the Cougars early on,but teams have began to takenotice, limiting their openlooks. Athletic senior forwardEli Maynard (12.1) will be thekey if Quince Orchard wantsto make a postseason run.

Kennedy (7-3): Coach Di-allo Nelson’s group featuresperhaps the county’s surpriseplayer in sophomore scoring

machine Jonathan Mustamu(23.8). The Cavaliers haveresponded nicely after a 51-36 crushing at the hands ofSpringbrook on Dec. 30, win-ning two straight. In order forthe Cavaliers to pose a realthreat come the postseason,their young core will need tosurroundMustamuwithmoreconsistent scoring.Darkhorses

Gaithersburg (6-3): Somethought the Trojans werethe county’s best team head-ing into the season, but theirrun-and-gun offense has beenboth a blessing and a curse.Gaithersburg has reeled offfour straight wins after itsthree-game losing streak andfeatures perhaps the county’smost dynamic scorer in seniorAnthony Tarke.

Sherwood (6-4): It’s hardto ignore a team that defeatedbothMagruder (56-54 on Dec.5) and Springbrook (62-58 onThursday), but some mayoverlook Sherwood because ofits losses. Led by senior XavierMcCants (15.4), the Warriorscan be a serious threat comethe postseason if they can findsome consistency.

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Gaithersburg High School’s Kamonte Carter (right) will likely sign his letterof intent to play football at Penn State on Feb. 4.

tempts to lure other top pros-pects to College Park.

The area has count-less amounts of underclass-men with offers from the twoschools. DeMatha, specifically,has a lot of juniors with offers.Linebacker Shane Simmonsis committed to Penn State.Running back Lorenzo Har-rison committed to Maryland.Offensive lineman JP Urquidezhas offers from both — amongother schools. Receivers DarrylTurner and Tino Ellis have of-fers fromMaryland.

Good Counsel, also has acouple players with offers, in-cluding junior linebacker Ke-andre Jones, who committedto Maryland in December.

Penn State took recruit-ing to another level whenDeMatha and Good Counselplayed on Oct. 3, and NittanyLions coach James Franklinshowed up at the game in ahelicopter.

DeMatha coach ElijahBrooks said kids are usually at-tracted to Penn State becauseof its tradition and history, butthat there’s a movement goingon where kids want to play forthe home team.

“I definitely think, moresothan I’ve ever seen, you’re see-ing this movement,” Brookssaid. “Many of the kids aretalking about staying home.And you’re seeing the kids re-cruit each other on social me-dia, Twitter and Instagram.And I’ve seen it more recentlythan I’ve seen in a very longtime.”

Players recruiting one an-other adds another dynamicto where some of the area’s

top players may end up. CanHarrison convince Turnerand Ellis to join him at Mary-land? Can Holland convincehis teammate, quarterbackDwayne Haskins, who is stilla junior but holds offers fromboth Penn State andMaryland,to join him in Happy Valley?And would Haskins, who hasbeen linked to Avalon’s juniorreceiver Trevon Diggs on so-cial media, be able to convinceDiggs to join him? Or will Diggsfollow in his brother StefonDiggs’ footsteps and become aTerp? And would he be able toconvince Haskins to join him?

With so many of theseplayers still being juniors, a lotof the questions won’t be an-swered for another year, buton Feb. 4 some of the piecescan begin falling into place.

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Quince Orchard High Schoool’s AdamMcLean (right) will likely sign hisletter of intent to play football atMaryland on Feb. 4. TheBlakeHighSchool co-op

icehockey teamisacombina-tionofplayerswhoattendBlake,PaintBranch, andSandySpringFriends.

Unfortunately, therearen’tenoughhockeyplayers fromthoseschools forheadcoach JohnDrze-wicki tobuildadeep roster.

Enteringan important Jan. 16gameagainst theNorthwest, Pool-esville,QuinceOrchard, andSen-ecaValley co-op,Blakeonlyhad11playerson the team.The lackofdepthmanifested itself in the formof fatigue ina5-3 loss.

Oneplayer couldn’tmake it tothegame, leavingBlakewith just10playerson thebench.

Still, Blakewasable to jumpout toa2-0 lead in thefirstperiod,butafter leading scorerTomPet-rick sufferedanapparentheadinjury, theBengalswereoutscored5-1 fromthatpoint.

“Wedidn’thavea full bench,”assistant coach JoeChiaravallottisaid. “We tookahead injury tooneofour topplayersat theendofthefirstperiod.Oneofourplayers

is alreadyplaying sick.Then twomoregot sick. So the

entire secondperiod,weonlyhadsixhealthy skaters.We just ranoutof gas.”

Despite the lackofdepth,Drzewicki said this is thefirst timeinhis sevenyears coaching thatBlake isplaying ingameswithplayoff implications this late in theseason.

WJ edges B-CCin important game

TheBethesda-ChevyChaseHighSchool icehockey teamwason thewrongsideof a5-3matchup inwhat coach JTBurtoncalledamake-or-breakgameagainstMontgomery2Aconfer-ence foeWalter JohnsononFriday.

Thegamewas significantbe-causeof thecongestionof teams

with similar records fromthe topto themiddleof theconferencestandings.

With the loss,B-CC(3-4-1) fallsto thebottomof that list of con-tenders that includesWhitman(6-2),Wootton (5-2-1), andWalterJohnson (4-3-1).Atfifth,B-CC iscurrentlyon theoutsideof theplayoffpicture.Only the top fourteams fromtheconferencemakethepostseason. If theymissout,it’ll bebecause theyweren’t abletobeat a top-tier team.

“Weneed towinagamethatwe’renot supposed to,”Burtonsaid.B-CC’s threewinscamevia the three teams thatsit belowthemin the standings—Sherwood,Churchill II, andRichardMontgomery—andFridaywas the last regular seasonopportunity forB-CCtobeat amorecompetitive team.Theyfinish the seasonwith rematchesagainstRichardMontgomeryandChurchill II.

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BEST BETn Churchill at Walter Johnson, 7 p.m. Thursday:

Wildcats (9-1) keep winning, but they haven’tfaced toughest schedule. They should be testedagainst the tough defense of Bulldogs (7-3).

BEST BETn Richard Montgomery at Kennedy, 7 p.m.

Friday: The Rockets face a tough road testagainst a young Cavaliers team that has been ledby sophomore standout Jonathan Mastamu.

BASKETBALL HOW THEY RANK

Also receiving votes: Takoma, 4;Sherwood 3.

The Gazette sports staff ranks the top 10 high school basketball teams in Montgomery County.

BoysRank School Record Points

1. Montrose 12-3 56

2. St. Andrew’s 15-1 55

3. Bullis 13-4 47

4. Richard Montgomery 12-0 40

5. Springbrook 8-1 39

6. Magruder 6-4 32

7. Quince Orchard 9-2 23

8. Kennedy 7-3 17

9. Gaithersburg 6-3 9

10.Georgetown Prep 11-6 5

GirlsRank School Record Points

1. Whitman 9-0 59

2. Paint Branch 11-0 55

3. Walter Johnson 9-1 45

4. Good Counsel 12-5 44

5. Wootton 8-3 30

6. Holy Child 11-2 27

7. Damascus 9-2 23

8. Churchill 7-3 21

9. Poolesville 7-3 9

10. Covenant Life 10-2 8Also receiving votes: Jewish Day, 5;

Magruder, 4.

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.Anthony Tarke, Gaithersburg 11 269 24.5JonathanMustamu, Kennedy 10 238 23.8Aaron Byrd, Landon 12 261 21.8Jauvenel Leveill Jr., Northwood 8 171 21.4AndrewKostecka, Clarksburg 4 78 19.5Nate Peterson,Wash. Chrisitan 7 129 18.4Teo Fletcher,Wash. Christian 5 90 18.0JoeHugley,Magruder 11 198 18.0Bryan Knapp, JewishDay 9 162 18.0Grayson Slover, Sandy Spring 13 230 17.7

LEADING SCORERSPlayer, school Games Points Avg.DaisaHarris, Paint Branch 11 250 22.7Danielle Durjan,WatkinsMill 10 204 20.4DominiqueWalker,WatkinsMill 10 202 20.2Daphne Lerner, JewishDay 10 189 18.9Sheri Addison,Wootton 11 201 18.3AbbyMeyers,Whitman 9 162 18.0Hope Randolph,Magruder 10 168 16.7Khadijah Pearson, Kennedy 9 150 16.7Nicole Enabosi, GoodCounsel 17 277 16.3Dalina Julien, Einstein 6 98 16.3

Coaches and team statisticians may email season team statistics to [email protected] before noonon Mondays to be included.

Between injuries and familyemergencies, the SpringbrookHigh School girls basketballteam hasn’t had much time toplay and practice at full strength.But with the core together inThursday’s home game againstSherwood, the Blue Devils puttogether what might have beentheir best game yet, winning47-33.

Junior Jada Holland, Spring-brook’s leading scorer whoaccording to first-year coachRussell Davis missed a fewgames with an ankle injury,chipped in a game-high 19points. She is averaging 13points on the season.

“I think we’ve had everybodyback,” Davis said. “It makes a bigdifference.”

Covenant Life getstogether to win

TheCovenant Life School girlsbasketball team still has aways togo if it wants to recapture the Po-tomacValley Athletic Conferencechampionship, but it has lookedevery bit the contender thiswinter.

TheCougars are 12-3 throughTuesday andmoved to 8-1 in theconference after defeating reigningPVAC champion JewishDay, 51-49,on Jan. 14. TheGaithersburg pri-vate school lost to JewishDay in the2014 PVAC title game.

“I think the girls are older this

year,” first-year coachTerriMar-shall said. “... They just have beenworking really hard, they’ve beenpreparing. I think it helps that theylearned a lot from last season andthey’ve used it this season to reallygrow. They’ve just been really de-termined.”

Double-double troubleat Churchill

TwoChurchill High School se-niors recorded double-doubles onFriday, whichKateMcMahon saidwas a first in her six-year coachingtenure. Japria Karim-Duvall had23 points and 10 reboundswhileKatherineMichael recorded thedouble-double the hardway, get-ting 10 rebounds, 10 steals and justsevenpoints in Friday’s 45-24winover RichardMontgomery.

The twodouble-doubleswereunusual for the Bulldogs (7-4throughTuesday), but the de-fensewas steady as usual. Duvall,Churchill’s top scorer, had six stealsto go alongwithMichael’s 10, whilesophomoreCoCoKuchins helpedanchor the half-court defense.

Holy Cross hunting for firstWCAC win

TheHoly Cross girls basketballteamhas foundplenty ofways to

lose—blowouts, fourth-quartercollapses, overtimeheartbreakers.That’s left the Tartans—playingagainst one of the area’s toughestschedules—at 4-15 overall withan 0-9 record in theWashingtonCatholic Athletic Conference.

“We’re competitive in justabout every gamebutwe get in foultrouble andmiss foul shots andturn the ball over in inopportunetimeswhich leads to our downfall,”first-year coachBobCox said.

TheKensington school hasstruggled in its recent close games;

against Seton (Bladensburg) onSaturday, it trailed four points go-ing into the fourth quarter beforefalling 51-38. In a 63-59 overtimeloss toGoodCounsel (Olney) onJan. 9, Cox said it had a game-winning shot in regulation thatwaswaived off by officials.

The Tartans can earn their firstWCACvictory Friday on the roadagainst Carroll, which is alsowin-less in conference.

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NOTEBOOKB Y E R I C G O L D W E I N

Blake coachMarcusWiggins’group is looking to regain theconfidence they amassed during anearly two-week, five-gamewin-ning streak in lateDecember afterdropping their first two games ofthe new year to Sherwood andKennedy. Luckily forWiggins,scouting his 5-4 Blake teammayprove to bemore difficult than therecord suggests. According to theninth-year coach, only one playerhas led the team in scoringmorethan once this season. The Bengalstop five scorers average between12.5 and 6.4 points per game—adistribution thatWiggins saidmakes Blake hard to solve.

“It’s hard to figure out who’sgoing to score,”Wiggins said. “Ifyou’re scouting, where’s the scor-ing coming from tonight?We go tothe hot hand.”

Blake defeated Paint Branch,52-48, on Friday. \

Young QO learnsabout pressure

LongtimeQuinceOrchardcoach Paul Foringer wasn’t afraidto point to his dynamic sopho-more duo ofMatt Kelly and JohnFiersteinwhen askedwhat was tothank for the Cougar’s undefeatedstart in lateDecember.

Now, a fewweeks and two con-secutive losses removed from theCougars 9-0 start, Kelly and Fier-stein have found themselves sub-jects of intense defensive attention,whichmanifested itself in a com-bined 13 points on 4-of-16 shoot-ing in Friday’s loss toMagruder.

“It’s a learning experience.They have to learn how to play ona big stage like that,” Foringer saidof his sophomores. “That’s why Ithink Johnny [Fierstein] andMatt[Kelly] disappeared—abig crowdand lots of physicality ... you have

to learn or you’re not going tosurvive.”

Upset bids just part ofNorthwest’s growth

First-year boys basketballcoach Rob Smith certainly tookover a project in his first yearas coach of theNorthwest HighSchool boys basketball program.The Jaguars returned zero start-ers from last year’s 4-18 teamand a handful of playersmissedpreseason activities and earlyseason practices due to commit-ments to theNorthwest footballteam. Smith’s group started off theseasonwith consecutivewins, buthas dropped seven of the past tencontests since. But a buzzer beater58-55 loss to Springbrook on Jan.8 and a 65-62 loss toMagruder thenext daymay be signs that Smith’sathletic group is progressingquickly.

“We can playwith anyone inMontgomery County, but we haveto showup,” Smith said. “I’m stillmasteringwhat I need to do ascoachwith players at certain timesand guys are learning to play to-gether in an offense they’re learn-ing how to run.”

Northwest defeated Clarksburg,69-67, on Friday.

St. Andrew’slearns from loss

When a teamgets off to as hot astart as the St, Andrew’s Lions did,winning their first fourteen games,it’s sometimes difficult to fully

decipher weaknesses. But after a47-45 loss toMaret (D.C.), the two-time defendingMAAC champions,coach Kevin Jones’ group has aclearer picture of what they need towork on heading into the teeth oftheir conference schedule.

According to Jones, the Lionslost the game on the glass, wherethey allowed a number of crucialoffensive put backs late in thegame. On the offensive end, Jonessaid, a couple of possessions that“weren’t the greatest” kept St. An-drew’s from a big roadwin.

“I think the loss wakes us upandmakes us pay attention to de-tail a littlemore,” Jones said.

Consistency payingdividends for B-CC

For the first time in nearly fiveyears, there’s some consistencywithin the Bethesda-Chevy Chaseprogram and it’s already payingoff. Third-year coach Sean Tracywas the fourth coach in four yearswhen he arrived in 2012.

Last season, Tracy had six newfaces on a team that went 5-19.But this season, with two returningstarters and a group that playednearly 20 games together over thesummer, the Barons aremaking asplash.

Through Jan. 15, B-CC is 6-3,with their two in-county lossescoming to RichardMontgomeryand Springbrook.

“They’re familiar with eachother,” Tracy said of his players.“They’re familiar with the expecta-tions of the program and they’rereally just buying intowhat we ascoaches are trying to get them todo.”

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n Jaguars win teamtitle, claim threeindividual crowns

BY KYLE RUSSELLSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

The Northwest HighSchool wrestling squadclaimed the team title atGrapple at The Brook XVII onSaturday at Springbrook HighSchool, holding off Reservoir(Howard County) and CapeHenlopen (Delaware) for thetop honors.

Four Jaguars wrestledtheir way to finals bouts,with three claiming individ-ual titles: T.J. Patterson (220pounds), Hassan Garrison(138) and Dell Ngonga (113).Ngonga also earned MostOutstanding Wrestler recog-nition for the two-day tour-nament after supplying a pinin each of his three victories.

“I tried to just stay aggres-sive,” Ngonga said. “Scoringearly was one of my maingoals, and just keep attackingand put as many points onthe board as possible.”

Patterson earned a first-period pin in the finals at220 pounds, while Garrisonrequired an overtime periodto earn an 11-9 decision overFallston’s Logan Ziervogel inthe 138-pound bracket. Gar-rison wrestled the majorityof the match with his left eyenearly swollen shut, makinghis winning takedown in thesudden-victory period all themore satisfying.

“It felt amazing,” Garrisonsaid. “I really wanted to do itformy team— I knewwewereclose with Reservoir and Cape[Henlopen]. It felt really good.I felt really accomplished, and

it was a good victory.”Mitch Fenton (Whitman)

claimed the top spot at 145pounds with a first-periodpin, while Sherwood’s CharlieSiarkas won the 285-poundbracket with an 8-4 decisionover Max Hughes (North-west).

“I know Max very well,so I knew it was going to bea tough fight,” Siarkas said.“We just had to go at eachother, and keep going untilone of us got more exhaustedthan the other to create anadvantage.”

Loussouba Toufdy wasthe lone champion for hostSpringbrook, posting a 5-0victory over Zack Testonfrom Great Mills (St. Mary’sCounty) at 182 pounds.

“Bringing the win homeis all about family,” Toufdysaid. “Every single time I steponto the mat, whether it’s atournament that I’m winningor losing, I always think aboutmy family — my teammates

— and how they helpedme tobe where I am right now. It’s areal honor for me to do that.”

Eleanor Roosevelt hadtwo wrestlers place third,and one take fourth. RickyBryant (132) and ChibuezeOnuwaka (195) each finishedthird, while Juwan Rodriguezfinished fourth at 182 pounds.The Raiders ended up ninthin the team standings.

Onuwaka, in particular,was upset with his finish afterending up on the wrong sideof a one-point decision inthe semifinals against ShawnHamilton (Reservoir).

“I was the first seed, andI lost by one point so that’sreally heartbreaking,” Onu-waka said. “We just need toimprove on our overall per-formance. Fatigue was a bigdeal during the matches, butif we can keep training hardand get these things straight,we’ll do some damage at re-gions and states.”

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n Award-winning writerpens novel on love

The question “Who wrotethe book of love?” has beenposed in song repeatedly sinceThe Monotones released thepop single in 1958.

Earlier this month, thedefinitive answer to that querymaterialized. “The Book ofLove” was published andthe author identified. Roger

Rosenblatt,74-year-oldDistin-guishedProfessor ofEnglish andWriting atStony BrookUniversityand NewYork Timesbest-selling

author with a multitude of im-pressive credentials, wrote thebook. And he did so while livingin Bethesda. In fact, the na-tive New Yorker who has sincereturned to live in the EmpireState, wrote his last five booksduring his seven years in Mont-gomery County.

The new book, subtitled“Improvisations on a CrazyLittle Thing,” is a celebrationof and meditation on variousaspects of love — among them,romance and passion, love offamily and friends, country,work, writing, art and nature.His poetic language and thelines he references from well-known love songs bring to mind

Pete Hamill’s comment about aprevious novel in the New YorkTimes Book Review: “Rosen-blatt writes the way a great jazzmusician plays, moving fromone emotion to another playingsome with a dose of irony, oth-ers with joy, and a few with painand melancholy...”

Rosenblatt acknowledgedperpetuating the style of hisprevious four books. “It hasbecome very comfortable “[towrite] section after section withno demarcation.” The format,he pointed out, “simulates apoetry collection, this bookmore closely than the others.”Rosenblatt started out wantingto be a poet, but didn’t have“the patience to see if I hadthe stamina or the talent. Butthe rhythms of poetry stayedwith me; it’s the way my mindworks.” He likened the processto his piano playing. “I write abook by ear, too. It starts withthe thought of a song, the lyr-ics play a part, and it builds up,and covers the subject.”

The book is “dedicated tothe one I love,”

That would be Ginny, hiswife of 52 years. The couple metin high school, Friends Semi-nary, a small Quaker school inManhattan, dated on and offuntil they married in their early20s. “The story I have to tell is

Seven years in Bethesdayields five booksfor eminent professor

n Dickens’ final novel comes to lifeon stage in Silver Spring

BY MORGAN FECTOSPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE

A man with a wooden leg, a real lifefather-daughter duo, and several dollsfrom a Value Village thrift store will meetin Lumina Studio Theatre’s production ofCharles Dickens’ final novel “Our MutualFriend.”

“It’s a fabulous look at Victorian life,with the rogues and rascals and peoplewho drag bodies out of the river for a liv-ing,” said co-director John O’Connor.

Not only does O’Connor co-direct theplay with his wife Kelly Newman O’Connor,but he wrote the stage adaptation for thenovel, and will act in the show as Rogue Ri-derhood, an opportunistic villain.

Although Dickens’ works can be “quitegloomy,” according to O’Connor, “Our Mu-tual Friend” appealed to him with its hope-fulness, its humor and its wild characters.

“David [Minton] plays Silas Wegg, awonderful guy with a wooden leg who sellshis leg to a man called Mr. Venus who is an‘articulator of bones’ and makes skeletonsout of old bones,” O’Connor said. “They area very funny paring.”

In “Our Mutual Friend,” several rungsof society collide after a tycoon dies andhis fortune passes to his illiterate andkind-hearted employees the Boffins. As dothe Boffins, a crippled dolls’ dressmakernamed Jenny Wren personifies humankindness in the story.

“Dickens really takes apart the barrierof classes, which is a bold thing to do in19th century. It says, if you crave money,it’s going to undo you,” O’Connor said. “It’sa very optimistic and human book.”

Wren’s narration will immerse the au-dience in the Dickensian universe and willguide them through O’Connor’s abridgedversion of the story, O’Connor said. Dollsfrom the thrift store hand-painted and out-fitted to resemble the cast will adorn thestage and aid Wren’s narration.

“We’ll put them in the boxes so thatwe’ll perform between them like a tennismatch,” said O’Connor. “It’s partly cuteand partly creepy.”

Honoring the novel’s original narrativesand historical context while re-working itfor the stage challenged O’Connor.

“I felt a duty to maintain the spirit of thebook,” O’Connor said. “To change eventswould be wrong, apart from making JennyWren the narrator. There are two parallelplots with this story and lots of little plotlines. You have to be quite savage with cut-ting those to make the story easier to fol-low.”

However, O’Connor’s cast, crew andco-director made “Our Mutual Friend” an

enjoyable trial. With directing, O’Connordirected rehearsals in a broader sense whileNewman O’Connor “added the jewelry.”

“Kelly is fanatical about getting every-thing right,” O’Connor said. “I say, ‘that’sfine,’ about a costume and she says, ‘No,no. That’s 20 years too early.’”

Newman O’Connor fine-tuned the ac-tors’ movements, and acted as costume-designer, Jenny Wren, and the play’s dialectcoach.

“Kelly’s American and I’m a Brit, andeveryone’s doing British accents but she’sthe dialect coach, not me,” O’Connor said,laughing.

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Dre Weeks, David Minton, and Kelly Newman O’Connor star in Lumina Studio’s production of “OurMutual Friend.”

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For O’Connor, directingthe actual father-daughter pairplayingMr. Wilfer and daughterBellaWilfer was a joy.

“I don’t think this happensvery often,”O’Connor said. “I’veknown them both for a longtime and it was quite clear evenfrom the first rehearsal that youcan build on all the natural lovethat’s between themalready. It’sa huge bonus and quite emo-tional.”

With “Our Mutual Friend,”setting the scene was especiallyhard, but O’Connor said the

soundand lightingwill transportthe audience to the banks of theThames.

“Ron Murphy has createdthe most brilliant soundscape,”O’Connor said. “The sound ofa dog barking or an old steamtrain going by gives the play itslovely, subtle background, andlets you know exactly where youare.”

“Our Mutual Friend” packsenough malcontent to engageaudiences, but is chiefly a storyabout mankind’s charitable na-ture and finding happiness inunlikely ways.

“It’s a comedy. It’s a ro-mance. It’s a mystery with thequestions of ‘who’s our mutualfriend?’ and that sort of thing.”O’Connor said.

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DANCESSocial Ballroom Dance, 2126

Industrial Highway, Silver Spring,301-326-1181, hollywoodball-roomdc.com.

Scottish Country Dancing, 8to 10 p.m.Mondays, steps andformations taught. No experience,partner necessary, T-39 BuildingonNIH campus,Wisconsin Avenueand SouthDrive, Bethesda, 240-505-0339.

Glen Echo Park is at 7300 Ma-cArthur Blvd.

Blues, Capital Blues: Thursdays,8:15 p.m. beginner lesson, 9 to11:30 p.m. dancing toDJs, GlenEchoPark’s SpanishBallroomAn-nex, $8, capitalblues.org.

Contra, Jan. 23, AnnFallon callsto AP&Banty Roosterswith AndyPorter onfiddle,Mark Lynch onmandolin and tenor banjo, JoeLangley on guitar andArtie Abramsonbass andfiddle, fridaynight-dance.org, Glen EchoPark SpanishBallroom, 7:30 p.m., $10, friday-nightdance.org.

English Country, Jan. 21,MelissaRunning caller, 8 p.m., Glen EchoTownHall (upstairs), fsgw.org.

Swing and Lindy, Feb. 14, RedDress Ball with the Eric FeltenJazzOrchestra, $18, $12, 17 andyounger. Glen EchoPark SpanishBallroom, flyingfeet.org.

Waltz, Feb. 1, Trio ConBriowithPaulOorts (mandolin), Elke Baker(violin), Jonathan Jensen (piano);waltztimedances.org.

Social Dancing, “Getting ToKnowYou Singles,” Jan. 23, Over40 singles dance; freeHustle lessonfrom7p.m. to 8 p.m.Dance from8p.m. untilmidnight. Knights ofColumbus, 9701 Rosensteel Ave.,Silver Spring. $15. [email protected]; 240-620-5564.

Ring of Kerry Irish Dance class,groupmeets onTuesday’s until lateMay at RidgeviewMiddle School.Beginning class starts at 7 p.m.,followedby the experienced classat 8:05 p.m. The cost is $50. Ceiliand set dances are performed, andnopartner is required for the les-sons. For information, email Jeanat [email protected] visitringofkerrydancers.org. Dancersmust be at least 8 years old to se-nior. Anyone younger than 16mustbe accompanied by an adult.

MUSICBethesda Blues & Jazz Supper

Club, Darrian Ford in theCookeBook, Jan. 21; Be’laDona, Jan. 23;Bio Ritmo, Jan. 25; Dr. Ralph Stan-ley and Friends, Jan. 30; ADreamDiscs TripleHeader, Jan. 31; call forprices, times, 7719Wisconsin Ave.,Bethesda. 240-330-4500, bethesd-

abluesjazz.com.BlackRock Center for the Arts,

Victoria Vox andUnified JazzEnsemble, Jan. 24; 12901 TownCommonsDrive, Germantown.301-528-2260, blackrockcenter.org.

Fillmore Silver Spring,MarilynManson, Jan. 21, Visto, Jan. 23; AnEveningwith Several Species, Jan.24; School of Rock, Jan. 25;Mo-tionCity Soundtrack, Jan. 26; LessThan Jake andReel Big Fish, Jan.28; Black Alley, Jan. 30; ShyGlizzy,Jan. 31; 8656Colesville Road, SilverSpring. fillmoresilverspring.com.

Strathmore, Jennifer Koh, vio-lin, Jan. 22; BSO: AnEveningwithJasonAlexander, Jan. 22; BudapestFestival Orchestra, Jan. 23; NationalPhilharmoic: Bach’s Brandenburgs,Jan. 24; National Philharmonic:Bach’s Brandenburgs, Jan. 25; AIR:invoke, Jan. 28; VadimNeseloyskyi;Jan. 29; Ladysmith BlackMam-bazo, Jan. 30; BSO:Mahler’s 3rdSymphony, Jan. 31; call for venue,times. Locations:Mansion, 10701Rockville Pike, North Bethesda;Music Center at Strathmore, 5301TuckermanLane,North Bethesda,301-581-5100, strathmore.org.

ON STAGEArts Barn, “The 39 Steps,”

through Jan. 25, Sandy SpringTheatreGroup, $20, $12 for 14 andyounger, 311Kent Square Road,301-258-6394

Adventure Theatre-MTC, “Pe-tite Rouge—ACajunRedRidingHood,” Jan. 30 throughMarch 8,call for prices, times, AdventureTheatreMTC, 7300MacArthurBlvd., Glen Echo, 301-634-2270,adventuretheatre-mtc.org.

Imagination Stage, “Wiley andtheHairyMan,” Feb. 11 throughMarch 15, call for prices, times,Imagination Stage, 4908 AuburnAve., Bethesda, imaginationstage.org.

Highwood Theatre, “OtherDes-ert Cities,” Feb. 6 through 15, 914Silver Spring Ave., thehighwood-theatre.org, 301-587-0697.

Olney Theatre Center, “God-spell,” Feb. 4 throughMarch 1, callfor prices, times, 2001Olney-SandySpring Road,Olney, 301-924-3400,olneytheatre.org.

The Puppet Co., “Circus!,”through Feb. 15; Tiny Tots@ 10,selectWednesdays, Saturdays andSundays, call for shows and showtimes, Puppet Co. Playhouse, GlenEchoPark’sNorth ArcadeBuilding,7300MacArthur Blvd., $5, 301-634-5380, thepuppetco.org.

Rockville Musical Theatre,Fitzgerald Theatre, 603 EdmonstonDrive, Rockville, 240-314-8690, r-m-t.org.

Round House Theatre, “Rap-ture, Blister, Burn,” Jan. 28 throughFeb. 22, call for show times, 4545East-WestHighway, Bethesda.Tickets range in price from$10 to$45 and seating is reserved. 240-644-1100, roundhousetheatre.org.

Lumina Studio Theatre, “OurMutual Friend,” Jan. 23 through31. Silver Spring Black Box Theatre,8641Colesville Road, Silver Spring,301-588-8277, luminastudio.org;[email protected].

Silver Spring Stage, “Orson’sShadow,” through Jan. 31,Wood-

moor ShoppingCenter, 10145Colesville Road, Silver Spring, seeWeb site for show times, ssstage.org.

Randolph Road Theater, 4010RandolphRoad, Silver Spring, bel-cantanti.com, 240-230-7372.

VISUAL ARTAdah Rose Gallery, “Your

Memories, Your Sentiments, YourWishes, Your Secrets,” JimCon-dron andKristen Liu, through Feb.28, 3766HowardAve., Kensington,301-922-0162, adahrosegallery.com

Glenview Mansion, F/1.4 Pho-tographyGroup exhibit, “RichlyBlack andWhite,” featuring JareeDonnelly, CraigHiggins, TimothyLynch, andMargeWasson. Rock-ville Civic Center Park, 503 Edmon-stonDrive, Rockville. rockvillemd.gov.

Marin-Price Galleries,MarchAvery, through Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. to7 p.m.Monday through Saturday,noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 7022Wis-consin Ave., 301-718-0622,marin-price.com.

Montgomery Art Association,Terry Pellmar, through Feb. 1,WestfieldWheatonMall, 11160 Vi-ersMill Road,Wheaton,montgom-eryart.org.

VisArts, Suspension, Jan. 22throughMarch 1;NancyDaly, Jan.23 through Feb. 22; LainiNemett,Jan. 28 throughMarch 1; GibbsStreet Gallery, 155Gibbs St., Rock-ville, 301-315-8200, visartsatrock-ville.org.

Washington Printmakers Gal-lery, PyramidAtlantic Art Center,secondfloor, 8230Georgia Ave.,Silver Spring, washingtonprint-makers.com.

Kentlands Mansion, Artworkof theGaithersburgCameraClub,through Jan. 23, 320Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6425.

Arts Barn, 311 Kent SquareRoad, Gaithersburg, 301-258-6394

“White,” a juried gallery ex-hibition in both ofWashingtonArtWorks’ formal galleries. Photog-raphy, painting,mixedmedia andmore, through Jan. 31.WashingtonArtWorks, 12276Wilkins Ave.,Rockville. 301-654-1998; washing-tonartworks.com

“From Beyond the Arch,”through Jan. 28. Artwork createdby theUpper andMiddle schoolstudents of theHeleneBermanSeidenfeld Visual Art Center at theBermanHebrewAcademy.Gold-manArt Gallery, 6125MontroseRoad, Rockville. [email protected], 301-348-3770, jccgw.org. Openwhen JCCGW is open; free admis-sion.

ET CETERAChildren’s Movie Sing-Along

and Royal Tea, Jan. 24, sing yourfavorite animatedmovie tunes fol-lowedby aRoyal Tea at KentlandsMansion,where princesses, knightsand other heroes can snack in style.$8 (Sing-Along only) / $20 (Sing-Along +Tea), Arts Barn&KentlandsMansion, 311 and 320Kent SquareRoad. 301-258-6394

The Writer’s Center, 4508WalshStreet, Bethesda, 301-654-8664,writer.org.

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OUR MUTUAL FRIENDn When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23,

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n Tickets: $15, $8 for youthand retiree tickets

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of you,” he wrote. “Of others,too. Other people, other things.Butmainly of you. It begins andends with you. It always comesback to you.”

The author does not claimto be an authority onwhatmakes a successfulmarriage.“I wouldn’t presume to offer aformula, but I think it has a lotto dowith remembering thatyou love someone. People getinto trouble when they forget,”he said.

Rosenblatt earned his un-dergraduate degree at New YorkUniversity and his doctorate atHarvard, where he also taught.He has served as literary edi-tor and columnist for TheNewRepublic, columnist for theWashington Post, andmultipleprize-winning essayist for theNewsHour on PBS and Timemagazine. His Time cover es-

say, “A Letter to the Year 2086”was chosen for the time capsuleplaced inside the Statue of Lib-erty at its centennial. He haswritten 17 books, which havebeen published in 14 languages,six off-Broadway plays, includ-ing a comic one-man show,“Free Speech in America” theNew York Times named amongthe 10 best plays of 1991.

Rosenblatt gave up journal-ism towrite books in 2006. Twoyears later, upon the death oftheir daughter Amy, he and hiswifemoved to Bethesda to helptheir son-in-law bring up theirthree young grandchildren.

“Wewere both pleasantlysurprised by Bethesda.We en-joyed its restaurants andmov-ies, walking around the smallcity, with all the new buildingsgoing up,” he said, noting thathis close friend, Bethesda au-thor AliceMcDermott “didn’tknow if we’d like it after NewYork.”

He affectionately recalled

his granddaughter Jessie’sintroducing him to her fourth-grade class at Burning TreeElementary School. She said,“This ismy grandfather Boppo.He lives in the basement anddoes nothing.”

Now back home since thesummer, living in Quogue onLong Island and teaching writ-ing at Stony Brook’s Southamp-ton campus, Rosenblatt hascompleted a new novel, due outin a year, and is deep into writ-ing another. Both are serious,he said, in contrast to his previ-ous two, whichwere satiric. Thewriting, he said, doesn’t takehim long; he spends farmoretime in the preparatory “brood-ing over the subject,” whichfrequently occurs while he iswriting its predecessor.

He particularly relishes “theartistic freedomof being able tojustmake it up,” he quipped. “Ihave a knack for lying throughmy teeth.”

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Jason Alexander has donea lot in the world of entertain-ment. As a voice actor, he’sportrayed several characters, in-cluding Duckman, and Catbertin the “Dilbert” show. On Broad-way, he’s performedwithMartinShort and Kelsey Grammer, andhe even has a Tony Award for

Best Lead-ing Actor inaMusicalfor his rolein “JeromeRobbins’Broadway.”

Despiteall of that,most folksknow him

simply as George Costanza, thelovable character on “Seinfeld.”

Alexander will be perform-ing alongside the BSO at theMusic Center at StrathmoreThursday.

Even though “Costanza”probably won’tmake an appear-ance, you’ll still hear a performerwith a rich voice singing classicsongs from the GreatWhiteWaywhile the BSO, under the batonof Jack Everly, plays with him. Ofcourse, it’s not going to be songafter song after song. Alexanderfeatures a lot of different thingsin his one-man variety show,including stand-up comedy, im-prov, and even some audienceparticipation.

The concert runs for about130minutes and there will bean intermission. Tickets for theshow range from $60 to $120.Formore information, visitstrathmore.org, bsomusic.org,or call 877-BSO-1444.

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Costanza

It’s hard to lump the ladies ofBe’la Dona into one category.

Rock, R&B, gospel, pop, jazz ...they usuallymix andmingle be-tween all types ofmusic.

The all-female band out ofWashington, D.C., will perform atthe Bethesda Blues and Jazz Sup-per Club on Friday.

The group calls their style“sensual crank,” and it’s quite a

unique sound. Be’la Dona haspicked up quite the fan followingover the past few years, playing allaround theDMV area. Each showis electrifying and intense, with theband pushing tomake each showa little better than the one before.

Tickets for the show are$20. Formore information, visitbethesdabluesjazz.comor call 240-330-4500.

Ladies of ‘sensual crank’ The all-femaleBe’la DonaBand willperform atthe BethesdaBlues andJazz SupperClub on Fri-day.BETHESDA BLUESAND JAZZSUPPER CLUB

Rock starMarilynManson has alwaysknown how to push the right buttons. Becauseof that, there’s nomiddle groundwith him—people either love him and hismusic, or theydespise him. It’s always either one of the two.

And hewouldn’t have it any other way.The shock-rocker, who just released his

ninth studio album, “The Pale Emperor,”will perform at the Fillmore Silver Spring onWednesday.

Manson picked up a cult-like following

after he released such songs as “The BeautifulPeople,” “Sweet Dreams (AreMade of These),”and “TheDope Show.”

Outside ofmusic,Manson has appeared inseveral TV shows, including “Eastbound andDown,” onHBO, Showtime’s “Californica-tion,” alongside David Duchovny, andmostrecently “Sons of Anarchy” on FX.

Tickets for the show are $69. Formoreinformation, visit fillmoresilverspring.com orcall 301-960-9999.

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Rocker Marilyn Manson is set to melt the walls at the Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday.

Singer/songwriter VictoriaVox,widely known for herworkon theukelele,will be joinedbytheUnified Jazz Ensemble Satur-day at BlackRockCenter for theArts in celebrationof the releaseof her newalbum“WhenNightUnravels.”

These local favorites—Vox,based inBaltimore, and theAnnapolis-basedUnified JazzEnsemble—will play an eveningof jazz standards andoriginalcompositions.

Voxhas beenhoninghersongwriting and voice for thepast 10 years, performing aroundthe globe fromAustralia, toEurope, Canada, and across theU.S. Shebeganwriting songs atage 10, inspiredby artists CyndiLauper andMadonna, primarilywriting songswith the guitar.

Shewent on to earn adegreein songwriting from theBerkleeCollege ofMusic (2001), then at24 shewas given aukulele andnever lookedback. The smallfour-stringed instrument provedtobe an excellent vehicle for hersongwriting,while not getting in

thewayof her endearing vocalsand seemingly simple, but rathersmart songs.

Tickets are $15-$22 and canpurchased inperson, over thephoneby calling 240-912-1058,or online at blackrockcenter.org.

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BLACKROCK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Victoria Vox and the Unified JazzEnsemble will perform at the Black-Rock Center for the Arts in German-town on Saturday.

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AR Lab TechnicianWholesale Optical Company in Silver Spring islooking for a quick learner. Duties includerunning & maintaining coating machine in a fastpaced environment. We are seeling reliable,dependable people. No experience necessary, wewill train. Mon-Fri Noon-8:30pm. Contact BillWhite at 301-585-9060 for an interview.

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2014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0114,Platinum,6,705 Miles..................$16,9942014 Jetta Sedan...............VPR0113,Silver,5,825 Miles.......................$16,9942014 Jeep Patriot................VP0102A,Black,9359 Miles..............................$17,5922012 Golf TDI.......................V406892A, Red, 51,111 Miles.......................$17,6112011 GTI...............................V040108A,Black,45,589 Miles..................$17,8922011 Tiguan.........................V520327A,Pearl, 69,623 Miles..................$17,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0110,Silver,7,578 Miles.......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0109,White,5,375 Miles......................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0111,Black,10,500 Miles....................$18,9942014 Passat.........................VPR0108,Silver,9,040 Miles.......................$18,9942013 Jetta TDI.....................V275938A, Gray, Nav, 30,575 Miles................$19,9912013 Tiguan.........................V006405A,Gray,17,099 Miles....................$21,4542014 Passat.........................V044301A,Gray,15,182 Miles....................$22,4932013 Honda Accord............V035061A, Silver, V6 EX, 21,234 Miles......$23,5512010 Lexus LS 460..............V014713A,Gray,100,,372 Miles.......................$27,9912014 Ford F250 4WD...........V024897A,Silver, Crew Cab, 9,761 Miles..........$49,951

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$12,977#541025B, Sunroof, Automatic,33KMiles

2009 Honda Civic EX

$19,977#548007A,Navigation,MP3

2011 Murano SL

$21,977#541074A,Navigation, PanoramicRoof, Leather, Loaded, 19KMiles

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2014 Kia Soul

$17,977#448033A, 1-Owner,30KMiles!!

2013 Honda Accord EX

$21,977#E0496, Automatic, BestCargoVan on theMarket

2014 Nissan NV SV Minivan/Van

$8,977#546059A,Hard To Find, InGreatShape, Automatic

2002 Mercedes Benz C-Class Wagon

$17,977#541044A, Loaded!Nav,51KMiles

2010 Prius V

$12,977#E0503, Automatic, 1-Owner,26KMiles, Sedan

2014 Hyundai Accent GLS

$8,977#444522A,Great OnGas, 1-Owner

2010 Chevy Cobalt

$20,977#440138A, AWD,Automatic, 41KMiles

2011 BMW 328i x-drive

2012 Mini Cooper

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$16,995

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#P9220A, Automatic,Front Wheel Drive,44K Miles

$11,995

2011 Nissan Versa

#G0054, Automatic,1.8S Sedan, 1-Owner,27k Miles

$11,9952012 Lexus CT 200H

#N0626, Hybrid,Automatic, 57k Miles $19,950

2005 Ford Taurus

#526035B,Automatic, SE Sedan,3.0L V6

$7,995

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#G0049, Automatic,56K Miles, V6, Leather $9,995

2008 Saturn Aura XE

#427002A, 3.6, AWD,Leather, 36k Miles $22,950

2012 Subaru Outback Limited2008 Mercedes ML350

#526113A, 4WD,Leather, 59k Miles $19,995

#526565B, Automatic,66K Miles, 3.6L V6 $16,995

2010 Chevrolet Traverse LT

2011 BMW 3 Series 335i xDrive

#P9214, AWD,Twin-Turbo,300hp, Nav, Sunroof

$26,950

1999 Lexus 400 LS

# G0047, Automatic, 93kMiles, Affordable Luxury! $5,995

2012 Volvo C30T5 Coupe........................................ $21,950#526126A, 1-Owner, 29k Miles, 2.5L DOHC Turbo I5 Enfine

2011 BMW 328i X-Drive.............................................. $23,950#P9156, AWD, Premium Package, 1-Owner, Only 21k Mile!

2012 Toyota Sienna XLE............................................ $25,950#P9173A, V6, 8-Seater, Dual Sliding Doors, 1-Owner, 34k Miles

2012 BMW 3 Series............................................................ $33,950#P9213, 1-Owner, 34K Miles, 335i Convertible, Navigation

#526583B, Turbo-Diesel,21K Miles!! Sunroof,Fender Sound, Bluetooth

$18,995

2013 VW Jetta TDI Premium

2007 Volvo S80............................................................................. $12,995#526135A, 6 Cyl, Front Wheel Drive, Leather, Premium Sound, 63k Miles

2008 Volvo C70 Coupe.................................................... $13,995#N0553, Auto, Black, 1-Owner, 2.5L Turbo Engine

2012 Volvo S60........................................................................... $20,950#526559A, Certified, Turbo, 100k Warr., 46k Miles

2012 Volvo S60 T5 Sedan......................................... $20,950#P9203, 1-Owner, Automatic, 20k Miles, 2.5L 5-Cyl

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PRICES AND PAYMENTS INCLUDE ANY APPLICABLE MANUFACTURE’S REBATES AND EXCLUDE MILITARY ($500) AND COLLEGE GRAD ($500) REBATES, TAX, TAGS, DEALER PROCESSING CHARGE ($300) AND FREIGHT: CARS $795 OR $810, TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY AND SIENNAS $810, $845 AND $995. *0.0% APR & 0% APR FINANCING UP TO 60 MONTHS TO QUALIFIED BUYERS THRU TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES. TOTALFINANCED CANNOT EXCEED MSRP PLUS OPTIONS, TAX, AND LICENSE FEES. 0% APR MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $16.67 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. 0.9% APR 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $17.05 FOR EACH $1000 BORROWED. APR OFFERS ARE NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER CASH BACK LEASE OFFER. NOT ALL BUYERS WILL QUALIFY.**LEASE PAYMENTS BASED ON 36 MONTHS, 12,000 MILES PER YEAR WITH $995 DOWNPLUS $650 ACQUISITION FEE, NO SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. LEASES FOR COROLLA AND CAMRY ARE 24 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN PLUS TAX, TAGS, FREIGHT, PROCESSING AND $650 ACQUISITION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EXPIRES 1/27/2015.

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$13,995w/automatictransmission

MODEL #11515

4AT THISPRICE $0 DOWN

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OR

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w/Charger Pkg

2015 NISSANPATHFINDER 4X4 S MSRP: $32,430

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OR

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06 DODGE GR CARAVAN SXT $7,990

UNDER $10,000 MORE VEHICLES00 DODGE GR CARAVAN SE...........$1,350#KN71331A, PW/PLC, AC, “HANDYMAN”

00 FORD F-150 SUPERCAB...........$4,488#KX71474, AT /AC, PW OUR BEST BUY! “HANDYMAN”

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08 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE.........$7,635#KR26300, “WELL KEPT!” PW/PLC, CC, CD

08 TOYOTA CAMRY SE.................$12,995#KP52586, “GORGEOUS 54K!” MNRF, ALLOYS, SPLR, P/OPTS

10 DODGE GR CARAVAN SXT.......$15,988#KP75761, “FAMILY FUN!” NAV, MNRF, LTHR , PWR DRS

12 HYUDAI TUSCON GLS..............$16,970#KX73362, AWD “FAC WARR!” PW/PLC/PMR, CC, CD

11 HYUNDAI SONATA SE..............$16,997#KN39898A, “PAMPERED 30K!” NAV, MNRF, CD-6, P/OPTIONS

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#KR61564, “PAMPERED!” AT, AC, PW EASY TERMS!

07 TOYOTA AVALON XLS $12,990

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10 BUICK LACROSSE CXS............$17,988#KP53480, “BEAUTY!” PANORAMIC MNRF, CD, LTHR

10 CADILLAC CTS........................$18,988#KP19382, “GORGEOUS!” PANORAMIC MNRF, LTHR/HTD SEATS

12 DODGE JOURNEY CREW MNRF......$19,970#KP54282, DVD, LTHR/HTD SEATS, STABILITY

11 DODGE CHARGER R/T +$19,988#KP03982, “SHARP!” MNRF, LTHR/HTD SEATS, CHROME

06 TOYOTA COROLLA LE................$7,988#KP89917, AT, AC, PW/PLC “ACT NOW!”

08 LINCOLN TOWN CAR LIVERY!....$7,990#KP43152, “RARE FIND!” LTHR, PW/PLC, PSEAT

03 TOYOTA SOLARA SLE...............$8,435#KP01861, V6 CNVTB’L LTHR/PWR SEAT, P/OPTS OFF-SEASON

12 NISSAN VERSA 1.8S AT..........$10,988#KN29490, PW/PLC, CD “EXCELLENT TERMS AVAIL!

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04 CHEVY COLORADO LS CREW CAB $9,997

#KP97481, “BEAUTY!” AT, PW/PLC DON’T MISS!

12 MAZDA CX-9 TOURING AWD $21,488

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