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October 22 - October 28, 2015
GAITHERSBURG – Friends
and family members are mourning
the death of Zella Ziona while police
say they have the man responsible
for her murder in custody and are
still searchingfor a motive in the
tragic murder.
“What I want people to remember is that Zella's life was precious
and her tragic loss has left an indelible mark on our school community,”
said Seneca Valley principal Marc
Cohen. “This tragedy underscores
the importance of this movement and
reinforces just how much work we
have to do,” he said.
Prosecutors and police sources
say they are investigating personal
links, drug and potential gang links
in the shooting of the transgender
woman. The Germantown man
charged with the first-degree murder
faces a potential life sentence.
On Oct. 15, police charged Rico
LeBlond, 20, of the 1200 block of
Wisteria Drive, with murdering 21-
year-old Zella Ziona in an alley between Montgomery Village Shopping Center and Montgomery Village Crossing.
LeBlond waived his bond review on Monday and is scheduled to
stay in jail until his Nov. 13 preliminary hearing.
Police arrested LeBlond at the
Germantown Transit Center and took
him into custody Friday night.
According to court documents,
Ziona was shot multiple times in her
head and groin Thursday night.
Paramedics transported her to
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda,
where she died.
At least one transgender woman
has been killed in Maryland each
year since 2011 according to the International Transgender Day of Remembrance organization, though
Ziona would be the first outside of
Baltimore.
Ziona attended Seneca Valley
High School in Germantown with
Khadisha Randolph and LeBlond.
Gaithersburg resident Randolph, 22, said she knew Ziona when
DANICA ROEM
A makeshift memorial to Zella Ziona has sprung up where she was murdered.
she went by her birth name, DeAndre
Smith.
“We called each other brother
and sister,” said Randolph.
She said Ziona came out to
friends while a senior in high school
and began transitioning when she
was 19 or 20.
“She was really social and outgoing,” Randolph said. “She was just
kind.”
She said she received a call from
her cousin about Ziona’s death later
that night.
See “Transgender” page 8
Man asks for Redskins ban
County to give Vietnam
Houle, who is also Native AmeriKathleen Stubbs
can, said that when her family went
Vets long overdue thanks
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Since the Vietnam war ended 40
years ago, Neil Greenberger could
not find a time when Montgomery
County specifically saluted the veterans who served in Southeast Asia
at a major event.
So the County Council legislative information officer reached out
to local Vietnam veterans, including
County Executive Ike Leggett, to put
together an event set to be held this
Saturday in Rockville.
Due to start at 10:30 a.m., the
event at the Universities at Shady
Grove is set to feature a host of
speakers, including retired Face the
Nation host Bob Schieffer and several former prisoners of war (POWs).
“I used to be a reporter. I fear
nothing. I contacted Bob Schieffer
and he said yes,” said Greenberger,
who formerly wrote for the Washington Post.
One of the speakers is Rockville
resident and attorney Tom Murphy,
whose chest still includes shrapnel
from 46 years ago.
He’s lucky to even be alive: the
AK-47 round that penetrated the left
side of his upper torso in 1969 shattered when it hit his fourth rib instead of splitting his vital organs.
While out on combat patrol missions near the Cambodian border,
“You just wore a shirt, boots and as
much ammunition as you could carry and slog through the triple-canopy
jungle,” said Murphy. “That has, in
effect, ruled who I am… And there
isn't a day that what happened to me,
either subconsciously or very consciously, affects me.”
Two months into his tour, Murphy left Vietnam two weeks after being shot for another two-week stint
in Japan.
He then headed home in a plane,
bound to a middle stretcher in a stack
four high, a preferable alternative for
See “Vietnam” page 8
ROCKVILLE – A Native American parent is preparing a resolution
that would ban jerseys and clothing
with the Redskins name and logo
from Montgomery County Public
Schools.
He requested that the board of
education amend the dress code to
prohibit staff and students from
wearing sports team merchandise
with the D.C. National Football
League team name or logo or any
sports team merchandise that bears
Native mascots.
Jared Hautamaki, whose son attends kindergarten at Highland Elementary School, said he does not
think students and staff at public
schools should be permitted to wear
clothing bearing a racial slur.
“My kids deserves an environment free from racism and stereotype images,” said Hautamaki, later
adding “It’s not just a slur; it’s a
problem with cultural appropriation.”
North Potomac resident Dawn
restaurant, which happened to be
showing a Redskins football game,
her son, then 7, asked about why
Native Americans were being made
fun of.
A man dressed in buckskin and
a headdress hooted and hollered and
then walked around the restaurant
asking to take a picture with families
there, said Houle. When he got to
Houle’s table, her family refused
and requested takeout.
Houle, who grew up on the
Chippewa Cree reservation in Montana, said her son is the only Native
American at his elementary school.
She said she wished the team’s owner would change the team mascot.
“Why it is specifically to me
and my family is that there is a complete lack of understanding of the
first people in our country,” Houle
said.
Her husband, Milo Booth, said
part of what makes the logo offen-
See “Redskins” page 8
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OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
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EFLECTIONS
January 19, 1989
Make-believe millionared lured man with his cons
Each week The Sentinel visits a
memorable story from its archives.
A former Silver Spring man
who faces jail here and possible
charges in Connecticut for not
paying employment salaries apparently has long had a successful
career as a flamboyant make-believe millionaire.
Steven DeShields, 40, who
authorities say has used at least
five other names while posing as
the beneficiary of a phony trust
account, was expected to be
charged with theft by deception
this week in Tolland County,
Conn.
Authorities there are investigating allegations that DeShields
failed to pay employees, tradesmen and restaurant owners for
their work in arranging elaborate
pre-holiday parties last fall.
Meanwhile, DeShields is
scheduled to be sentenced in
Montgomery County Circuit
Court on Feb. 10 after a guilty verdict here on similar charges. Last
month, Judge William C. Miller
found that DeShields failed to pay
employees and contractors nearly
$63,000 during 1985 and 1986.
Now facing up to $2,000 in
fines and 30 years in jail,
DeShields has been free on a
$10,000 bond since the Dec. 13
trial.
Montgomery County authorities, who confiscated DeShields’
passport after his trial in December, expressed concern last week
that DeShields may not appear for
sentencing, although he has not
missed any previous court proceedings. Authorities believe
DeShields has lived in Connecticut since August, and currently resides in Willington, Conn.
DeShields could not be
reached for comment, despite repeated telephone calls to that residence.
Through a Hartford, Conn.,
temporary employment agency,
DeShields allegedly hired support
staff last fall to arrange parties he
threw in the Connecticut area,
sources said.
DeShields allegedly refused
to pay the $10,000 bill, and at
least one temp, who reportedly
worked for the Tolland County
State’s Attorney’s office in its investigation of the incident, The
Sentinel has learned. However,
Dominick Galluzo, chief deputy
for that office, said he would not
comment on the investigation until warrants are issued.
DeShields
allegedly
promised high wages to employees for preparing invitations and
arranging parties to be held at several Manchester and Hartford areas restaurants then stiffed restaurant owners for over $17,000 in
bills, sources said.
Described by acquaintances
as charming man with a sense of
humor, DeShields apparently convinced hundreds of people over a
decade that he had access to unlimited funds. DeShields reportedly told creditors that payments
from his trust accounts were often
held up or delayed by attorneys.
But in fact, an investigation
into DeShields’ background by
The Sentinel, shows DeShields
had no trust account, shows
DeShields had no trust account,
apparently is unemployed and has
lived on little more than a military
disability pension since the 1970s.
Born Steven Ross Hamilton
in New Hampshire in 1948, the
self-proclaimed
millionaire
changed his name to DeShields in
1974, according to Susan Cherry,
a Maryland assistant attorney general. It is unclear whether the
name change was official.
Often driven to his own parties in a chauffeured limousine,
DeShields would boast at the extravagant gatherings—which included entertainment—that he has
attended royal weddings in England, sources said.
DeShields reportedly told
party-goers in Connecticut he was
planning a New Year’s Eve party
at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York City, which was to be attended by actors Mark Harmon and
Tom Selleck. Even Ethel Kennedy
has attended some of his parties,
he reportedly told others.
DeShields is remembered as
“charming” by Janet DiPintoGuthart, co-manager of the Hartford personnel agency where
DeShields went to hire employees
in October 1988 to plan parties in
the Connecticut area.
DiPinto-Guthart said she became convinced that DeShields
had legitimate employment needs
after she received a telephone call
from a woman in California
claiming to be DeShields’ secretary of 17 years. The caller sounded like she knew about DeShields’
business activities and confirmed
his need for a staff in the Connecticut area, DiPinto-Guthart
said.
DiPinto-Guthart said she attended one of DeShields’ parties
in October and described it as a
“great time.” No fees were
charged to those attending, and
she did not see DeShields use the
party to sell anything and conduct
business, she said.
Most party attendees were
people DeShields had hired to do
his work, DiPinto-Guthart said. A
high school band had been
promised $10,000 for playing two
songs, and party patrons were
promised a trip abroad a corporate
airplane to the party DeShields
was planning in New York City
during the holidays, she said Friday in a telephone interview.
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ROCKVILLE - The Montgomery County Council is targeting
prostitution with a bill that would
establish fines for those who solicit
prostitutes.
New county-level civil citations would result in a maximum
first-time ticket of $500 and penalties of $750 for subsequent offenses.
The goal is to create an alternative for police enforcement to give
civil fines and drive down the desire
for this service, said bill sponsor
Tom Hucker, D-5.
The county could still charge
suspected johns under state law,
which carries a penalty of up to one
year in jail and a fine of up to $500.
Under county-level criminal
guidelines, soliciting a prostitute
can carry a fine of up to $1,000 and
up to six months in jail.
Most criminal cases would be
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The civil citation would be
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The civil citation can be paid in
lieu of going to court, said Hucker
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Revenue from these citations
would go toward the police department and its efforts to end human
trafficking, Anleu said.
According to the County’s Vice
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five sex-trafficking arrests targeting
johns in 2014, 11 in 2013 and 16 in
2012.
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The County is along the Interstate 95 corridor, and people involved in this criminal activity
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Anleu said Hucker was invited
to go on a human-trafficking sting
with the County police.
Advertisements aimed at men
looking for prostitutes were put on
Craigslist, and as many as 10 men
responded within an hour, Anleu
said.
If the department had more resources, there could have been as
many as 40 people caught during
that time, he said.
“It is fast-growing and complicated,” Hucker said.
A public hearing is scheduled
for Oct. 20 at 1:30 p.m.
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NEWS
Reaction mixed on changed bell
times at local public schools
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ROCKVILLE - Two months after the Montgomery County Public
Schools pushed back the beginning
of class by 20 minutes, reactions are
mixed from parents and students on
the change.
Richard Montgomery principal
Damon Monteleone said he has not
observed a change in student wakefulness this year despite it being
MCPS’ goal.
Angie Melton, a parent of children in the elementary, middle and
high school levels, said she thinks the
changes affect elementary school students the most. Her son, a fifth-grader
at Garrett Park Elementary, supervises kindergarteners on the bus and said
he told her they fell asleep on the way
home.
“They’re falling asleep on the
bus. They’re exhausted at the end of
the day. We’ve really felt it.”
She is a member of the school’s
parent-teacher association who administered a survey on the bell times
at Garrett Park Elementary School.
She said roughly a quarter of parents
responded. Twenty percent of parents
who completed the survey said they
thought elementary school should
start first and high school should start
last, she said.
She said she elementary school
parents are paying more than they
bargained for. The school bus drops
her son from Garrett Park Elementary
School 45 minutes later than last year.
“A 20 minute delay I wasn’t excited about, but I felt 20 minutes
wouldn’t be so bad, except… he’s
getting home 45 minutes later not
20,”Melton said.
Melton said her son at Walter
Johnson told her 20 minutes does not
make a difference.
Monteleone said he will not
know whether the changes affect students’ punctuality until he sees quantitative data comparing student attendance this year with last year’s.
Ornelle Fonoua, a junior at
Richard Montgomery High School,
said she does not think the delay is
reaching the board of education’s
goal.
“I think the 20-minute late start
is a joke,” she said. “There’s constantly a lot of people that are still late
in the morning, and it’s just like
‘What’s the point of getting there 20
minutes later?’”
“No one said they get to sleep
more. Some people say they have
more time to eat breakfast, but I just
thought that it did not accomplish its
goal.”
Fonoua said she has heard several athletes complain about getting
home after practice later with less
time to do homework. Some students
stay up later to finish their homework, she said.
“Maybe you have more time to
pack your stuff up in the morning, but
the fact is you didn’t do your homework,” Fonoua said.
Westland Middle School Principal Alison L. Serino said she has received one comment: that a substitute
teacher was grateful for additional
commute time. She said some of the
students, all of whom are bused, arrived late in early September, but they
now arrive on time.
Dana Tofig, MCPS spokesperson, said MCPS does not intend to
change the bell times after this year.
“(I) heard from some principals
that this is a challenge. “(We’re) trying to figure out the best way to make
it work.
Tofig said MCPS is in a transitional phase and that any schedule
change to a school system the size of
Montgomery County will have an
impact. Tofig said that some of the
12,500 MCPS teachers have experienced longer commutes because they
travel closer to morning rush hour.
High school athletes said they
and their coaches are adjusting to the
school day ending later.
Andrew Alilio, Richard Montgomery senior soccer player, said his
team practices occasionally creeps
into the start of the team practice afterward because the soccer coach
commutes from a teaching job at another county school.
“(Our coach) schedules our
practice at 3 o’clock, but he doesn’t
get here until 3:15 or 3:30. Sometimes we overstay our welcome with
the field we’re assigned to, so it kind
of conflicts with other teams’ schedules sometimes. Not often, but sometimes.”
Nicole Rieland, coach of
Richard Montgomery junior varsity
girls’ soccer, said her team cannot
practice at the same time as the varsity girls team because as an elementary school teacher, she leaves school
later than the varsity coach, who
teaches at a middle school. “I don’t
think it’s affected the team performance; it’s more of an inconvenience.”
Drzyzgula bids fond farewell to Gaithersburg city
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night’s meeting of Gaithersburg’s
mayor and City Council was the last
meeting to be held before the city’s
election on Nov. 3, and it was also the
last meeting in which Council member Cathy Drzyzgula, who is not running for re-election, served in an official capacity.
During the period of the meeting designated for comments from
the mayor and council, she offered
parting thoughts on the condition and
future of the city.
“I think it’s important to recognize that green field development opportunities are now rare and that we
should focus our attention and resources on redevelopment within the
city limits,” Drzyzgula said. “We
need to celebrate and respond to our
growing diversity. We are the most
diverse city in the country, according
to WalletHub. This is something we
should reflect in our daily actions.
We should move more meetings out
of City Hall into neighborhoods.
People have a growing to desire to
have things brought to them, rather
than coming to a central location. …
Perhaps we could have a city academy, similar to a police academy, that
would help people learn about municipal government.”
Drzyzgula’s colleagues on the
council wished her well and expressed their appreciation for her service.
“Thank you, Cathy, for all your
years of service, and for the special
kind of diligence and attention to detail that you’ve brought to the council,” said Council Vice President
Ryan Spiegel. “You’ve become an
expert on many complicated issues,
and as the public has seen, we defer
to your expertise.”
Drzyzgula indicated that she
would likely continue to be involved
with Gaithersburg city affairs as a
volunteer after her retirement.
Aaron Rosenzweig, who has repeatedly testified before the mayor
and council against the city’s ban on
owning roosters, made yet another
appearance Monday night, in which
he announced that he would be voting for Darline Bell-Zuccarelli for
mayor.
“Not only is she the grittiest son
of a gun I’ve ever met, but I can
count on her to give a straight answer,” Rosenzweig said. “I trust her
to tell us what she can and cannot do.
Darline is the real deal, because you
can fake a lot of things, but you cannot fake personality, passion or purpose.”
Bell-Zuccarelli expressed her
appreciation for Rosenzweig’s endorsement.
Gaithersburg’s election for
mayor and three city council seats
will be held on Nov. 3. The new officials will be sworn in at a ceremony
at City Hall on Nov. 9. Regular city
council meetings and work sessions
will resume on Nov. 16.
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
OPINIONS &VIEWS
Keep up! This ride is
quickly picking up speed
So this week in the news a Native American man wants to ban the
Washington Redskins logo on coats,
jackets, mittens and I suppose even
underwear in the county’s public
Editorʼs Notebook
by Brian J. Karem
schools.
A murder of a young transgender woman in Montgomery Village
has the community there beside itself
with grief and worry.
WSSC is grappling with its latest spate of water main breaks or
leaks (close to two dozen in the last
two weeks) while the Metro has been
taken over by the Feds- at least when
it comes to safety issues.
Whew. That’s a lot. We’re not
done though.
The County wants to come
down hard on human trafficking - a
new name for prostitution in this case
- and of course the City of Rockville
had another debate while the county
discusses the idea of banning the use
of baby powder as a pesticide.
Just joking about the last one.
Thankfully the last serious Metro
malfunction is a few weeks behind us
and who in this county would ever
believe that we’d be looking at Pepco
as the “responsible” or even “reliable” infrastructure in the area.
The nature of life in Montgomery County is so frenetic most of
these things can skate right by your
average soccer/helicopter parent
who wants to make sure his or her
son or daughter gets their participation trophy for picking their nose on
the sideline while the son or daughter’s coach is yelled at by other parents for not playing their child in
whatever sport the kid is playing.
Let’s not even discuss your average Washington Redskin fan.
But while we’re dipping into
our fun-filled world of Montgomery
County let’s take a look at what issues really matter.
I’m not talking about the Confederate Cavalry Statue either, or the
Republican Clown Car, Hillary’s
emails or Larry David’s Bernie
Saunders impression.
With an election coming up,
perhaps the most important issue is
who will represent us, and who will
vote in that election.
But me? Well, I had the exterminator over at the house last night and
had to put one of the cats in a cage so
the exterminator could do his work.
Today I had to spend time at the
doctor office getting a tetanus shot
and a prescription for antibiotics because the cat didn’t go gentle into
that good night.
Sigh.
The point of course, is how fast
life passes you by and how quickly
you can miss things that really matter
while being distracted by the things
that don’t matter.
The Washington Redskins logo?
Give me a break. I’m offended someone is offended by the offensive nature of the logo. Life goes on.
Cavalry statue? Done.
WSSC? Pepco? Metro? All
matter and all of them are horribly
run public utilities and services
which begs the question - can man
truly serve man - except in a cookbook?
No, the one that touches me is
the murder in Montgomery Village.
Knowing a little bit about the
nature of the situation there I find this
particular murder even more gruesome and sad.
Gender confusion and transition
is hard enough - dying for it shouldn’t be on the table.
Murdered in an alley next to a
smelly dumpster with your last
breath being drawn in the envelope
of anger that brought about this
young woman’s death is more than
any human being should ever have to
endure.
We make great pretense in this
county of being enlightened and progressive. But the fact is there is a
huge chasm in Montgomery County
between different cultures.
The cultures to which I am referring are the culture of young people who are brought up in a Lord of
the Flies existence and those who
weren’t. Violence, posing and macho
attitude are a thin veneer over insecurity, sometimes drug abuse and
hauntingly low self esteem.
The facts in the Montgomery
Village case have still not completely
come to light, but when they do most
assuredly we will not be treated to a
good upbringing gone bad.
While we worry about team logos and mute statues there are thousands of teenagers in this county
growing up without proper mentors without love and many of them are
growing up with despair and bitter
loneliness as a constant companion.
If those who are running for office want to make me believe they really care about anything, then they
can start with those who have little
hope. Remember Zella Ziona.
OCTOBER 22, 2015
OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
LETTERS
And now more on “The Statue”
To the editor;
Tom Moore (out going Rockville City Councilman) thinks the Confederate statue is a “stain on the city and county.” To remove the statue from eyes of
beholders, Mr. Moore believes only clean historical monuments should exist
and distasteful old soldiers should fade away.
J. Martinelli
Rockville
Chris Van Hollen and research
To the Editor;
Scientists ask Congress for a $300 million boost in funding for
Alzheimer’s disease research through the National Alzheimer’s Project Act,
which aims to effectively treat Alzheimer’s by 2025. As an Alzheimer’s researcher with experience studying the complexities of this disease, I know we
can only successfully tackle this highly complicated disease by making this a
national priority.
Alzheimer’s is the most expensive disease in America with no prevention
or cure. 5.3 million Americans currently have Alzheimer’s, which will double
by 2030 if no cure is found. Alzheimer’s research is underfunded, and scientists are scrambling to find resources to continue research.
Sadly, we spend one penny on research for every dollar on Alzheimer’s
healthcare. Last year alone, Alzheimer’s care was $170 billion, which could
grow to $800 billion by 2050. However, if we meet the goal to have an
Alzheimer’s treatment by 2025, the U.S. could save billions and drastically
cut the number of families affected by this devastating disease.
We thank Congressman Chris Van Hollen for his past support of HOPE
for Alzheimer's Act and leadership on Congressional Task Force on
Alzheimer's. Congressman Van Hollen, can we count on you to support $300
million in increased research funding for Alzheimer's? Visit alz.org/nca to get
involved and join me at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Washington, DC at the
National Mall on Saturday, October 24th.
Dr. Zane Martin
Alzheimer’s Congressional Team Member
Kensington, MD
The dilemma of the “Ban”
To the Editor;
The Sentinel ran two separate front page stories fraught with the same
mindless dilemma of enacting unenforceable local “bans” at the county and
local level. One story had Councilman Berliner ‘banning pesticides’ in
Rockville. As if our Police Officers don’t have enough on their plates already.
How many times in recent months have we seen unenforceable/minor infractions spiral out of control, as in the NY case of selling loosey cigarettes? A
homeowner, with Roundup? Come’on! Rachel Carson (to which a Kentlands
School is so named in honor) in writing Silent Spring, created a such a
groundswell of attention, it led to the banning and revocation and the registry
of DDT, everywhere in the United States, by the Federal EPA. Mr. Berliner
needs to take his fight up (if there is fight) and not down on the people who put
him office.
The other tooth-less ban mentioned in the Sentinel, was Montgomery
colleges smoke free campus which, was not so smoke free despite hollow
threats of fines and punishment but nothing ever forthcoming. Any Police or
Security officials on campus brave enough to interdict the smoking transgressors have to have, a minds eye or their body camera, on how might such interaction be conveyed in the Washington Post, The Sentinel or the nightly news!
It makes one wonder whether other working taxpayers in Rockville are allowed to be so unproductive as our elected officials in devising a new ban? Instead of trickle down edicts on the populous by our local ‘out of touch politicians', we need them to ‘do some trickle up work’ and earn their undeserved
self-imposed salaries.
On another note in the same Sentinel, there also seems to be a great concern by the Council and received alot of press ( i.e. Councilman Rice) to make
sure cigarettes are not fraudulently purchased by underage persons who
don’t/can’t supply identification. Consequently, Fines are going to be increased. No problem there, but now if only our elected officials would utilize
a similar criteria when it comes to prevent voter fraud. Heaven knows why our
elected officials minimize their profession and believe identification is not important or needed when it comes to elections.
H. Mulzac
Rockville
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LEGAL MATTERS
Don’t Bogart that joint account my friend
It is common for one party,
such as an older parent, to put another person’s name on their checking account for such purposes as
helping them pay their bills.
Who actually owns the money
THE
COURT
REPORT
by Tom Ryan
in the account, should a creditor attempt to seize those funds, was the
subject of a recent case from Maryland’s intermediate appellate court
in a case called Morgan Stanley v.
Andrews.
The Court’s opinion indicates
that Morgan Stanley obtained a
judgment against John Andrews,
and then attempted to collect on the
judgment by seeking to garnish
John’s bank accounts with a bank.
T
he bank responded regarding
an account in the names of John
and his father Don, and Morgan
Stanley requested a judgment
against the bank for those funds.
The father attempted to participate in the proceedings to assert
his right to the funds, ultimately
winning the right on appeal to a
hearing.
At the hearing, evidence was
presented that Don had set up this
account so his son could help him
in handling his funds.
He testified that the money in
the account was solely earned by
him and not his son, and that his
son only wrote checks on the account for his benefit.
The trial judge ruled that Don
had established by clear and convincing evidence that the funds belonged only to him, and Morgan
Stanley appealed.
The appellate Court agreed
with the trial judge. It noted that
when someone attempts to garnish
funds, the money in a bank deposit
on its face is presumed to belong to
the person or persons whose names
are on the account.
That presumption may be rebutted, however, with the principle
issues being the source of the funds
in the account, and the exercise of
control over those funds.
On these facts, the Court
agreed that the trial judge reasonably determined that that the father
had met his burden of proving that
these funds belonged to him and not
his son, so that they could not be
garnished to pay off his son’s debt.
Thomas Patrick Ryan is a partner in the Rockville law firm of McCarthy Wilson, which specializes in
civil litigation.
The problem of buying affordable homes
I talk to lots of people while at
open houses. You shouldn’t be surprised to hear that although some express concerns about increasing
home prices and their ability to buy a
home, many also express their exasperation with increasing rents. And
although home prices and ability to
get a mortgage are among top concerns for home buyers, according to
Realtor® Magazine (Top 6 Home
Buyer Concerns, realtormag.realtor.org, August 24,2015); buyer apprehensions have not changed much
over the years. There is always a
REAL
ESTATE
SOLUTIONS
By Dan Krell
group of buyers who fuss over home
prices, down payments, and mortgages. So much so, that it seems as if
it is a permanent part of the housing
landscape.
The housing market is experiencing year-over-year home price
gains. The September 29th release of
the S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National
Home Price Index (spindices.com)
that indicated the 10-city composite
increased about 4.5 percent yearover-year, while the 20-city composite increased about 5 percent yearover-year. And a recent report from
Zillow Research (zillow.com) that
indicated median national home
prices increased about 3.3 percent
year-over-year during August, while
median national rent increased 3.8
percent during the same period.
However, owning a home may be
presently a lower percentage of income when compared to other historical periods: Zillow Research indicated that the U.S. Share of Income
Spent on Mortgage was about 15
percent during June 2015, and the
U.S. Share of Income Spent on Rent
was about 30 percent during June
2015; while the Historic Share of Income Spent (during 1985 to 1999)
was 21 percent and 24 percent respectively.
Home prices certainly affect
housing affordability. However, affordability may also be affected by
the cost of qualifying of a mortgage.
Although there is a recent movement
for lenders to loosen credit guidelines, qualifying for a mortgage is
still more difficult today than it was a
decade ago.
Laurie Goodman, Director of
the Housing Finance Policy Center at
the Urban Institute, recently wrote
about how the lack of private-label
mortgage securitization has affected
many who don’t fit government
backed mortgage guidelines. (Mortgage securitization is what provides
the mortgage market liquidity, and
allows banks to make the loans.)
Goodman had this to say about the
present lack of private-label mortgage securitization: “The disappearance of this market has affected the
availability and cost of mortgages for
one group of borrowers—those with
less wealth and less than perfect
credit who do not quality for government-backed loans” (Why you
should care that private investors
don’t want to buy your mortgage
anymore, urban.org, October 9,
2015).
Goodman pointed out that prior
to the great recession, the private-label mortgage securitization market
was thriving; however post recession, private-label securitization has
all but “collapsed.” Presently, mortgages are primarily government
backed and or purchased by Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA and
others; which eliminates many borrowers with imperfect credit and/or
don’t meet strict guidelines. However, if the private-label securitization
further retreats or is eliminated, she
predicts that borrowers with perfect
credit and those living in “expensive” regions (such as Washington
DC) will be affected as well.
Tight credit guidelines may not
be the only reason for many renters
to rule out a home purchase. Not
having an adequate down payment is
another reason many don’t qualify
for a mortgage. The lack of savings
by Americans was documented by a
survey conducted by the Consumer
Federation of America (7th Annual
Savings Survey Reveals Persistence
of Financial Challenges Facing Most
Americans, consumerfed.org, February 24, 2014).
Dan Krell is a Realtor® with
RE/MAX All Pro in Rockville, MD.
You can access more information at
www.DanKrell.com.
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
FEDERATION
The Delphi oracle is overrated
By Paula Bienenfeld
Civic Federation
In the late 1960s the Rand
Corporation developed what is
known as the ‘Delphi’ method,
named after the Delphic oracle,
who prophesied the future. Rand’s
‘Delphi method’ was designed during the Cold War, originally to be
used as a forecasting
method wherein experts repeatedly answer a series of
questions, with a facilitator
summarizing the results.
The idea is this event recurs
and eventually a consensus
can be reached. The theory
is that decisions are more
accurate coming from a
groups structured in this
way, rather than an unstructured group.
However, the ‘Delphic’
structure has now morphed
into the go-to method for
highly controlled meetings,
particularly of the Montgomery County Planning Board.
Each meeting has a very severe and
controlled structure. The ‘experts’
from the Planning Board speak for
10-15 minutes about the plan
which has clearly already been decided upon in internal meetings;
they entertain a very limited number of questions, cut off any additional questions, and then force the
attendees to divide and group
themselves into small table groups,
each one with a facilitator from the
Planning Department, who will
then tightly control the small
group. The facilitator then writes
comments on a large sheet of paper,
and uses colored dots to choose the
most ‘popular’ ideas from the small
group. Once that portion of the
meeting is concluded, one member
of the carefully shepherded group
‘reports back’ to the entire group.
The topics are limited and controlled and no other discussion is
allowed.
This bastardized version of
Rand’s ‘Delphi’ method has run its
course and the last few meetings I
have attended showed a willingness on the part of more residents
and taxpayers to disrupt and demand a real discussion about the
plans being forced on the citizens
of Montgomery County. Good for
them! Let’s not forget that we
County taxpayers pay the Planning
Department and they work for us,
not the other way ‘round.
It is time for the residents of
this county to make their displeasure known to the county council
and to stop these farcical manipulative meetings. At the meetings I
have attended lately people have
left disgusted. Some comments: “I
will NEVER vote for these people
again.” “This is ridiculous.” “They
won’t let us say anything.” “Why
won’t they talk about XXX?”
Well, we are not alone. Other
communities have had this same
experience and have risen to the
challenge. Here are some pointers
for disrupting these meetings and
creating a real discussion:
1. Stay focused! Don’t let
the facilitators twist or denigrate
your concerns.
2. Make sure your question
gets answered. Smile and repeat
the question over and over. Be
friendly.
3. Be persistent!
4. Prepare. Make sure your
friends and colleagues are also at
the meeting. You already know
how these meetings are run. Make
sure you and your colleagues and
friends are prepared to make your
point and have your question answered. If the facilitator won’t answer your question, or tries to isolate you as a troublemaker, make
sure a colleague in the audience is
ready to ask the same question; or
point out, in a friendly way, that the
question wasn’t answered.
5. Videotape the meeting.
These are public meetings and
don’t let anyone bully you into
turning off your camera. All public
meetings can be videotaped.
The Planning Board needs to
move into the 21st century, with
openness and transparency the call,
and change the meeting formats so
that they are open meetings where
all discussion and questions are
brought up and answered, to the satisfaction of the community. Until
this happens frustration will mount.
And, as much as the
County Council members
might like to deny it or walk
away, it is our elected councilmembers who appoint the
members of the Planning
Board. So, in effect, it is
your elected council members who make sure this
‘Delphi method’ is being
used across the county to
shut down any opposition to
plans being fomented in the
Planning Department.
If you have attended
one of these meetings and
become disgusted with the
format, email the county
council to tell them so. Here is
their email address: [email protected]
And don’t forget. Be persistent!
Upcoming:
Peter Franchot
Our next Civic Fed meeting
will be held November 9th, at
7:45pm. We are honored to have
Maryland State Comptroller Peter
Franchot here to discuss the state
finances and answer our questions.
We hope all our members and
friends can join us. The meeting is
free and open to the public. The location is the County Council Office
Building, 100 Maryland Ave.,
Rockville, in the first floor auditorium.
2016 Budgetpalooza!
Our fourth annual Budgetpalooza! is coming in February and
we are looking for volunteers to
take a chapter or appendix of the
MCPS FY17 Operating Budget
which will be available on December 8th. Stay tuned!
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
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NEWS ANALYSIS
Another fine mess
By Paul Schwartz
Sentinel Columnist
Yo u r c o m m u n i t y. Yo u r w o r l d .
At your fingertips
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It is common sense that ownership of an item brings with it a degree
of responsibility to use the item both
thoughtfully and safely. I can't imagine too many disagreeing with that
general premise although I am sure
there are some. The requirement to
carry mandatory liability insurance
by those who own automobiles is an
example of state government acknowledging that ownership brings
with it that level of responsibility.
Similarly, the government has
the right to tax if a government mandate is not met. This was made clear
in Supreme Court Justice John
Robert's majority opinion to uphold
the Affordable Care Act's individual
mandate. In the majority opinion he
stated that the individual mandate is
Constitutional because Congress has
"the right to levy taxes". The individual mandate, of course, is a key
component of the Affordable Care
Act since, by requiring everyone to
have health insurance and subjecting
those who do not to a tax penalty,
costs are kept down and affordability of health insurance coverage is
managed.
That brings us to gun ownership
and the need for mandatory liability
insurance to own a gun. We already
know the staggering numbers regarding gun deaths in America as compared to other "civilized" societies.
Last year handguns killed 48 people
in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in
Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in Germany
and 10,728 in the U.S.A. Since the
Newtown massacre on December 14,
2012, there have been 986 mass
killings in the United States.
If these statistics are not enough
to warrant taking some serious measures to stem the tide of gun violence
in America then consider this. According to Nicholas Kristoff of the
New York Times, "More Americans
die from gun homicides and suicides
every six months than have died in
the last 25 years in every terrorist attack and the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq combined. More Americans
have died from guns in the United
States since 1968 than on battlefields
of all the wars in American history.
American children are 14 times as
likely to die from guns as children in
other developed countries". Now, I
realize that we are limiting ourselves
by only comparing ourselves to "civilized" societies and that if we compare ourselves to uncivilized barbaric societies the statistics might be a
bit different, though I doubt it. I
think, however, that the overall picture is clear and something needs to
be done and done now.
After every shooting incident
like the recent ones involving a
church bible study group in
Charleston, South Carolina or the at-
tack on two Chattanooga, Tennessee
military facilities or the killings at a
movie theatre in Lafayette,
Louisiana or the murders in a school
cafeteria at the Marysville-Pilchuck
High School north of Seattle or the
murders at Umpqua Community
College or the news team in Roanoke
or the Delta University shooting of a
professor or any of the other almost
daily shootings, we hear the same
rhetoric about something needing to
be done among the usual "our
prayers are with the victims and their
families".
Well, requiring mandatory liability insurance for the purchasing of
guns is a significant step in that direction and let me tell you why.
What better industry to administer and monitor the requirements of
gun ownership than the insurance industry? True, high premiums may
serve as a deterrent to some gun ownership, but is that really such a bad
thing if it weeds out any individuals
determined by the insurance company to present an unacceptable risk?
If high premiums are a concern,
then discounts will be more meaningful. Discounts for those purchasing "smart" guns which possess technology to allow only the owner to
use the gun would be encouraged.
So would discounts for the use of
lockboxes when the owner is away
and the gun is left in the home. Think
of how many six year olds would
avoid the trauma of shooting their
nine year old sibling simply because
they stumbled upon an unsecured
firearm while daddy was at work.
By requiring mandatory liability
insurance we will create a situation
in which it is easier to track chain of
custody of the individual gun since
no one who no longer owns a particular gun will want to continue insurance coverage. This will more likely
result in notification by the former
owner to the insurance company of
the sale of the gun in order to drop
the coverage. This is a critical step in
dealing with the issue of "straw purchases" in which individuals who
can pass a background check purchase guns for those who cannot pass
such checks.
True, those among us who are
well aware of the locations of the oftmentioned "black market" of guns I, for one, have no idea where the
black market is located and I seriously suspect neither did most, if not all,
of our mass shooters - will totally
disregard these new requirements.
This is much like those among us
who drive their cars without automobile insurance. However, if we can at
least implement some level of responsible controls over the legally
obtained guns, we will have a much
better chance of preventing these
guns from getting into the hands of
those that present a much greater
threat to our safety and well-being as
a society.
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OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
COVER STORY
Transgender woman gunned down in M.V. alley
“Transgender”
from page 1
“I don’t know when I will get
over it,” she said.
“I knew him as Ray Ray,” said
Gaithersburg resident Carmella
Johnson-Lee, whose daughter was
friends with Ziona.
Johnson-Lee said she noticed
Ziona transitioning about two years
ago.
“Her make-up was beautiful,”
she said. “It looked like it was always done by a professional.”
Johnson-Lee said whenever
Ziona walked into the Safeway,
where she works, Ziona would say
“hi” even when she would call
Ziona “Ray Ray.”
Meanwhile Johnson-Lee said
she met LeBlond about three weeks
ago in a parking lot with Randolph
and her daughter.
“He was a polite young man,”
Johnson-Lee said.
Police said Ziona and LeBlond
were friends and had been in a “simmering dispute” which escalated.
According to documents, when
information about their friendship
was made public, LeBlond was upset.
Ziona
had
approached
LeBlond and his friends at the Lake
Forest Mall, where police reported
she had embarrassed him by acting
“flamboyant” toward him.
Police said she may have been
Redskins logo ban sought
“Man”
from page 1
sive is that it makes people think
that is how Native Americans
should look.
He said it is harmful to the development of Native American
children because they are made to
think they are someone else’s mascot or stuffed animal. He said the
mascot is “borderline caricaturish.”
“People are influenced by
what they see on television – either
in athletics or a John Wayne
movie,” said Booth. “This affects
the way other races perceive Native
Americans and how natives perceive themselves. If people never
see who fits that description, they
think they’re not offending anybody.
“I think we should be the ones
telling our next generation what’s
acceptable, what they should be
saying, how they should be acting,”
Booth said.
Last week, California Gov.
Jerry Brown banned the name Redskins and the logo from schools.
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Zella Ziona, left and Rico LeBlond, right.
lured to the alley by a group of men
fighting with a stick and knife.
According to the documents,
surveillance video caught another
person on video with Ziona.
Police said the witness recognized LeBlond because of his
dreadlocks and because of the
clothing he had been wearing earlier that day.
The County police and the
State’s Attorney’s Office are still investigating the incident, said Officer Rick Goodale, a spokesperson
for police. Friends and family are
still in the process of being interviewed, he said.
Police spokesperson Captain
Paul Starks said detectives worked
around the clock and arrested
LeBlond 26 hours after the shooting.
“Last summer Seneca Valley
students initiated the #HateIsNotAGermantownValue
and
#NoH8GTown movement in hopes
that they could help create an environment in which we all are valued,
respected, and loved for who we
are,” said Cohen.
Vietnam Veterans receive thanks from county
“County ”
from page 1
him than sitting.
“When I walked on the plane, I
was able to walk, and they were going to put me on a seat and I said,
‘No, no, I can't do that, so they put
me on a stretcher,’” he recalled,
adding that he remembering someone injecting him in the buttocks
with a needle to stave off infection
from his open post-surgery chest
wound.
“I don't care who you are,
you're going to have memories of
those things,” said Murphy, “but
they never go away. Those night-
mares never go away. And it took a
number of years for them to diminish.”
Another planned speaker, Larry Stark, spent just over five years
captured as a POW in Vietnam following the Tet Offensive of 1968.
A civilian employee of the
U.S. Navy during the war, Stark
said it wasn’t the food that kept him
alive – “the bread was filled with
little weevils,” he said – but the
“strong hope that we would come
home.”
The bigger problem for Stark,
however, was that no one told his
family he wasn’t missing in action,
leading his parents to believe Stark
died.
“My dad died the year before I
came back. My mom said, ‘If he
knew you were alive, he would
have made it,’” said Stark.
Since his release in March
1973, Stark has returned to the Indochina region at least 30 times to
look for other troops left behind.
He’s come home empty-handed every time though: “heard of
one guy I was kind of looking for
and efforts were made to get him
out and he decided to stay.
“He died in 2011.”
More information about the
event is available online at
www.mocovietnamvets.org.
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OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Montgomery County, Maryland
Department of Environmental Protection
PUBLIC NOTICE
Applications for a Temporary Noise Waivers
NEWS
Barve pushes bid for Congress
By Danica Roem
@PWCDanica
The Department of Environmental Protection is currently reviewing
an application for a Temporary Noise Waiver as allowed under the
Montgomery County Noise Control Ordinance, Chapter 31B, Section 11(a).
The Temporary Noise Waiver is being requested by Mobile Dredging and Pumping Co., 3100 Bethel Rd, Chester, PA, for the purpose
of extending work hours of the ongoing dredging operation at Lake
Whetstone, Montgomery Village. The expanded work hours are
proposed to be 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. weekdays, and eight hours on
Saturday, and are projected to be in effect until December 31, 2015.
The application and related documents are available for public inspection. The Department will receive comments on the application
for ten (10) days after publication of this notice.
Comments, questions or requests to examine documents may be directed to Steve Martin, DEP/DEPC, 255 Rockville Pike, Suite 120,
Rockville, MD, 20850. Telephone 240-777-7746, Fax 240-7777715 or email [email protected].
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In the race to succeed U.S.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-8), state
Del. Kumar Barve (D-17) said he’s
idealogically indistinguishable
from the outgoing congressman,
who’s now running for U.S. Senate.
Van Hollen hasn’t endorsed
any candidate for his current job.
“I can’t think of any differences we have,” Barve said during
an Oct. 1 interview at Starbucks in
Rockville Town Center. “He voted
against the George Bush-era tax
cuts, and so would have I.”
Barve said he and Van Hollen
saw eye-to-eye on a wide variety of
issues including immigration,
abortion and LGBT rights.
As the ranking member of the
House Budget Committee, Van
Hollen is a frequent Democratic
voice on economic issues in
Washington, which means the
party and state will have major
shoes to fill in the U.S. House
come 2017.
Part of Barve’s campaign is
centered on his tenure in the state
House of Delegates, where he
served as majority leader for 12
years.
He also sat on the House Ways
and Means Committee before
helming the House Environment
and Transportation Committee
once he stepped down as majority
leader.
“It’s very unusual for a pro-
gressive Democrat to be an accountant and CFO (chief financial officer),” said Barve.
At the congressional level, he
pitched creating a tax credit for
companies to provide training to
workers so that the cost wouldn’t
come out of the employees’ pockets and businesses could afford it.
“It would be great if the cost of
that would be covered by both the
company and the federal government,” he said.
Barve is backed by state
House Speaker Michael Busch (D)
and state House Majority Leader
Anne Kaiser (D) in his run for the
Democratic nomination.
He faces state Sen. Jamie
Raskin (D-20), state Del. Ana SolGuiterrez (D-18), former television
anchor Kathleen Matthews (D),
former Department of Education
official Will Jawando (D) and former Department of State official
Joel Rubin (D).
Barve raised $132,505 in the
third quarter, spent $85,000 and declared $276,344 cash on hand as of
Oct. 1, according to figures provided by his campaign. He’s raised a
total of $423,967 since entering the
race in March.
Matthews ended the quarter
with $891,000 cash on hand while
Raskin declared $690,000 cash on
hand.
“Obviously, Kumar has been a
strong leader in the House as majority leader,” said Busch. “He’s
very knowledgeable on revenues
and taxes, and he was the perfect fit
to deal with reviewing the revenues, what tax loopholes were out
there and how we could garner the
revenue we believed could be coming into the state without raising
any taxes.”
Busch noted Barve’s experience from handling the impact of
the recession to the state’s General
Fund from 2008-2009.
“When we had during the recessionary period, we had to go out
and formulate a plan that was going
to bring revenue in the fairest, most
equitable way. He was the architect
of that,” said Busch.
That included a staggered taxation model for individual income
above the $250,000 threshold.
“That way, we limited 95 percent of the Maryland citizenry from
paying new taxes,” said Busch.
On a bill to change how Maryland and its localities comply with
a federal storm water management
law, the House speaker described
Barve as “the point person for
bringing his committee together
and making that happen” in the
lower chamber.
“He had to get the support of
the advocacy groups … and developers were involved and ended up
supporting the bill,” said Busch,
saying business groups wanted “a
more stable understanding” of how
the federal mandate would be implemented locally.
“I have experience at getting
people to the table to talk to each
other who don’t normally talk to
each other,” said Barve.
Taco Bell and pot considered in Takoma Park
By Carlos Alfaro
@carlosalfarorod
TAKOMA PARK – First,
Taco Bell. Then, pot.
On Monday, the City Council
approved a site plan to locate a
Taco Bell restaurant along New
Hampshire Avenue by a 5-2 vote.
Council members also discussed what to do about allowing
medical marijuana dispensaries to
set up in the city.
Maryland legalized medical
cannabis in the last legislative
session and while no one has currently applied to open a medical
dispensary in the city, council
members discussed the possibility
of it happening here.
However, the state may issue
only two licenses in each state
senatorial district.
Applications for state licenses for growers, processors, and
dispensers are due Nov. 6.
Montgomery County regards
dispensaries as retail use, for purposes of zoning and planning.
Community Development
manager Rosalind Grigsby presented potential options such as a
zoning text amendment which
would give dispensaries limited
or conditional standards.
Those include how close they
can set up near schools and other
dispensaries.
A community impact agreement would also require the licensee to agree to participate in
some of the city’s sustainability
initiatives.
Jeffrey Kahn, who operates
the Takoma Wellness Center dispensary in the District, said dispensaries can be located anywhere in D.C.
Kahn answered council questions about dispensaries and explained the presence of medical
marijuana in Washington was unobtrusive in the community.
“Actually, the biggest problem that we’ve faced in the District is that demand has far
stripped supply,” said Kahn.
Kahn also explained the security measures at his dispensary,
claiming breaking in would be
difficult and the would-be burglar
would have to pass armed guards,
cameras and a strengthened safe.
Should the burglar pass those
measures, Kahn said that person
could not steal anything more
than a few grams of marijuana and
a couple thousand dollars.
When council member Terry
Seamens asked about someone
hypothetically being arrested if
found with the drug, Grigsby
pointed out the state’s registration
system for medical marijuana
consumers should alleviate concerns.
However, exactly what would
happen is unclear as regulations
over dispensaries develop.
“There should be a de-emphasis on enforcement and it’s not
something that they look to go after. It’s incidental to some other
reason for stopping somebody,”
said Mayor Bruce Williams. “I
think it’ll take some discussion
about how this plays out (because) I thought that’s an interesting question that he asked and I’m
not sure what the answer is.”
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
OCTOBER 22, 2015
NEWS
Interfaith leaders discuss peace and understanding
By Nora Tarabishi
@NoraTara92
SILVER SPRING – For Muslim missionary Irshad Malhi it really is quite simple.
“No Muslim can take the law
into their own hands, creating disorder can lead to damnation,” Malhi
said. “Be kind to all people. Do not
cause any harm to anyone by word,
deed, or thought.”
On Oct. 18, Malhi and people
from various religious backgrounds
gathered at Bait-ur-Rahman
Mosque to participate in an Interfaith Symposium luncheon about
loyalty to homeland.
Malhi read a passage from the
Holy Quran about Muslims being
required to be loyal to their country
regardless of the ruler’s faith.
He explained that the founder
of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said to use all energy in spreading the unity of God in the world.
Malhi spoke about the campaigns the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Community started, such as distributing leaflets promoting peace and
blood drives since year since the
tenth anniversary of Sept. 11.
Seventh Day Adventist Pastor
Nathan Krause quoted biblical verses about existing authorities being
“appointed by God.
“Therefore, whoever resists authority resists the ordinance of God.
Those who resist will bring judgment to themselves,” said Krause.
The two-hour discussion concluded with a Q&A session and a
silent prayer.
Dr. Amjad Chaudhry of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said
the community hosts these events
because they want to share the beauties of all religions and clear the
confusion of the misunderstandings
people may have about some religions.
“We host these talks once a
year but we want to do it more often,” said Chaudhry.
Chaudhry said he is happy with
the way the event turned out because attendees found similarities
between their religions.
Speakers included Islamic missionary Irshad Malhi, Christian
PHOTO BY FARRUKH JAVED
On Sunday, members of various faith communities gathered for a
symposium in Silver Spring to discuss homeland loyalty. Pictured from left:
Sikh speaker Gurbakhash Singh Dhillion, Seventh Day Adventist speaker
Pastor Nathan Krause, Islamic speaker missionary Irshad Malhi, Quaker
speaker Loydell Jones, Rev. David Slage Peck, Buddhist speaker Dr. B.N.
Hebbarand Christian Revs. Michael Mercurio and Dr. Carol Flett.
Revs. Michael Mercurio and David
Slage Peck, Seventh Day Adventist
Pastor Nathan Krause, Buddhist Dr.
B.N. Hebbar, Sikh Gurbakhash
Singh Dhillion and Quaker Loydell
Jones.
BRA day promotes awareness No deadline seen on finding Creighton successor
By Nora Tarabishi
@NoraTara92
WASHINGTON D.C. - MedStar Georgetown University Hospital celebrated Breast Reconstruction
Awareness (BRA) Day with a photo
exhibit called “Closing the Loop”
Oct. 20.
BRA Day promotes education,
awareness and access for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction by the
American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The Plastic Surgery Foundation.
“Only about five percent of
women who have a mastectomy
have reconstruction done,” said Dr.
Troy Pittman of the hospital’s department of plastic surgery. “We believe
this is mainly because they aren’t
told about their options from the beginning of the breast cancer
process.”
Pittman and his staff put together a party featuring a wall of photos
showing patients enjoying hobbies
after breast reconstruction surgery.
He said he decided to do this because most post-mastectomy pictures are clinical pictures that do not
show the patient’s faces or their positive lives after surgery.
“We want to give new patient’s
hope when they walk into the office
and show them that there is a light at
the end of the tunnel,” said Pittman.
Derwood resident Cori Perry
learned about her breast cancer diagnosis last October after finding her
own lump during a self examination.
She has been a patient of
Pittman’s ever since.
“He took what is a very scary
situation and made me feel so comfortable,” Perry said. “I can’t say
enough about how great he is.”
Perry said she loves to run and
could run again after her surgeries.
“I’m back to doing everything
that I could before my diagnosis,”
said Perry. “I really feel like my life
is back to normal.”
The two-hour party had a mini
manicure station for patients to get
their nails painted any shade of pink
with breast cancer ribbons painted on
top, a photo booth with props and
signs that read “FAKE BOOBS 4
LIFE”, and pink champagne for the
occasion.
Pittman, who sported a pink tie,
said this BRA Day celebration was
the first of many to come. He also
plans to continue to add photos until
all the walls of his office are covered
with his patient’s happy faces.
“Seeing all the smiles on the patient’s faces today makes all the hard
work worth it,” Pittman said.
Like having the
world at hand
www.thesentinel.com
By Brianna Shea
@BriannaShea
ROCKVILLE - Montgomery
County Circuit Court’s empty seat on
the bench – left there by the sudden retirement of Judge Audrey Creighton may not be filled anytime soon.
“We are waiting for the governor
to act at this time,” said Angelita
Plemmer-Williams, spokesperson for
the Maryland Courts.
To make up the difference with
the empty seat, Plemmer-Williams
said the current sitting judges are taking on extra cases to make up for the
absence.
There have been no backlogs or
delays in judges overseeing cases in
the court though, she said.
"A fair and efficient justice system is a priority for Governor Hogan
and this administration,” said Eric
Shirk, spokesperson for Governor
Larry Hogan. “These appointments
are critically important in that effort,
and the governor is carefully reviewing all options while working very
closely with our appointments office
to have the process completed as soon
as possible.”
Shirk said the goal is to get the
process completed as soon as possible, but there is “not a hard date.”
Plemmer-Williams said the court
judges are not having issues with the
addition of a few extra cases a day.
They have not seen more than a
few cases because most parties settle
their issues before it goes to trial,
Plemmer-Williams said.
On Sept. 24, the Maryland Judicial Nominating Commission held a
nomination meeting for potential candidates and recommendations were
then given to Gov. Hogan.
According to the Maryland
Courts, recommended candidates include Honorable Patricia Mitchell,
who serves in the District Court, (D6) and James Bonifant, who is a Family Masters judge.
Former judge Audrey Creighton
retired July 3 after the possibility of
facing charges of judicial misconduct
from the Commission on Judicial Disabilities.
WSSC continues to battle water main breaks
By Brianna Shea
@BriannaShea
Since last’s week water main
break on Rockville Pike, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission officials tallied 22 more water
main breaks and leaks in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties through Oct. 19.
That came after the commission replaced 16.44 miles of small
diameter water mains through the
counties during the third quarter
this year, according to WSSC
spokesperson Lyn Riggins.
“Age is a big factor in pipe
breaks but certainly not the only
factor,” said Riggins in an email,
noting the pipes usually last between 50 to 100 years.
Material used to build pipes
factor into the break.
For example, cast iron is brittle and sensitive to external pressures. According to the WSSC
website, cast iron is the cause of 98
percent of water main breaks.
Since June 2012, the WSSC
has replaced an average of 55 miles
of aging pipes a year.
She said 37 percent of those
water mains are 50 years and older
and mentioned it costs $1.5 million
to fix a small diameter pipe, which
is a pipe smaller than 16 inches.
Older pipes laid down closer
to the Washington, D.C. line, like
in Bethesda and Chevy Chase, are
more prone to break and leak.
“Aging infrastructure isn’t
something WSSC can fix overnight
but we are catching up,” she said.
In all, 2032 breaks occurred
for both counties in Fiscal Year
2015.
During FY 2014, 1,950 water
main breaks 1,751 break happened
the prior year, said Riggins.
In FY 2015, the company replaced 23.68 miles of pipe in Montgomery County, 5.35 more miles
than in FY 2014, costing just under
$96 million.
The 21.08 miles replaced in
FY 2013 cost $93.6 million, said
Riggins, putting the five-year average for water main breaks at 1,818.
Commission spokesperson
Ayoka Blandford said the cost to
repair the pipes is paid for by the
company through their Capital Im-
provements Program for long-term
planning and operating budget.
Blandford said there have
been 8,433 breaks in the past five
years total between both counties.
Blandford said ductile iron is
now being used because it doesn’t
corrode as fast.
It is more durable and can
withstand more pressure.
“Aging infrastructure and
cold weather is often a recipe for a
water main break,” said Riggins.
She said the commission could
face 600 water main breaks during
a single month in the winter, particularly in January and February.
Riggins said the average time
to fix a broken pipe depends on the
size and location of the water main.
“A six- or eight-inch pipe on a
neighborhood street could be repaired in about six hours,” said
Riggins.
Riggins said the Rockville and
Cedar Lane main break took 24
hours to fix from shutting down the
water to turning it back on the next
day.
Due to the water damage, road
work took extra time, she said.
OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
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NEWS
Rockville Council goes out with a whimper and a bang
By Danica Roem
@pwcdanica
ROCKVILLE -- Eye rolls,
shouts and 3-2 votes.
The 2013-2015 City Council
concluded Monday in a manner reflective of how it spent several sessions throughout the last two years,
this time with a fight over procurement.
Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton
and council member Beryl Feinberg
came up on the short end of two 3-2
votes affecting how the city manager
handles public purchases.
Council members started the
night on a light note, with several
proclamations, the kick-off of a student-run food drive and a video paying tribute to outgoing council member Tom Moore on his last day behind the dais.
Through the first 14 agenda
items, the council ran smoothly without any dissenting votes cast on any
particular issue.
All of that changed after Calyptus Consulting Group president Dr.
George Harris offered an uninterrupted 53-minute presentation sum-
marizing a 220-page report about the
city's procurement process.
Harris told the council members
city staffers did not engage in any
fraud or misconduct through their
purchases but the process and outcome of their requests created other
problems.”
“There is a low level of customer satisfaction,” said Harris.
Once Harris concluded his
speech, Newton and Feinberg demanded the council act that night to
address at least two of the recommendations offered by Harris.
Feinberg mentioned the Calyptus recommendations could save the
city $3.1-$4.96 million. She motioned to allow a 30-day window for
the city manager to put together a
new reporting structure for purchasing affecting the finance director and
purchasing director.
Her motion countered council
member Julie Palakovich Carr’s motion, which to directed the city manager "to come back in 90 days with a
response to the study and that we ask
the financial advisory board to also
weigh in."
“I think 90 days is going to take
this report and put it on the shelf,"
replied Feinberg sternly.
"I have to say that I'm stunned
by that motion, council member,"
Newton told Palakovich.
Newton later added, "We're
spending $1.2 (million) a week on
procurement, 60 percent of our budget. Why would we wait another 90
days when we've got the information
right here? I'm flabbergasted. We
need a culture change here. This is
very, very important. This was a
damning report."
That left council member Virginia Onley, who seconded
Palakovich Carr's motion, as the
swing vote with Moore firmly behind his top ally Palakovich Carr.
Newton and Feinberg vehemently disagreed with waiting 90
days.
The mayor even slung herself
back in her chair, rolled her eyes up,
looked at the ceiling and muttered
something unintelligible.
“I think it is fair to have 90 days
to allow the staff to really chew into
this and to allow the new mayor and
council, at least one of which, maybe
five of which, will be new, and really
learn these issues and make a decision as they lead the city for the next
four years,” said Moore.
The problem for Newton and
Feinberg was that while they attempted to dissect the arguments by
Moore and Palakovich Carr in favor
of waiting 90 days, they did not direct their arguments in a way to persuade Onley, who they needed to
claim a 3-2 majority on two motions.
In fact, Onley revealed during
an interview after the council meeting that she considered offering a 60day window, a compromise between
Palakovich Carr's 90-day proposal
and Feinberg's 30-day counterproposal.
However, at the dais, Onley
asked city manager Barbara
Matthews how much time she wanted and Matthews made the case for
extra time.
"I thought 90 days was a bit long
but I really want the city manager to
take a strong look at this and make
some strong recommendations about
how we’re going to move forward,"
said Onley.
At one point, the debate became
personal between council members
when Moore told Feinberg she
shouldn't refer to procurements as
the "step-child" of city government.
"I'm going to take mild exception to the way that purchasing is
characterized negatively as a stepchild. As someone who has step-children, I can assure you that they're as
well-loved as all my children and I
believe that is true here as well so we
should watch our words on that,"
said Moore.
Feinberg replied by doubling
down on her word choice.
"In terms of step-children, yes,
I'm going to hold to that. I have nothing on a personal level," she said,
"but I am going to say it has not been
getting the attention. If it did, there
would have been suggestions coming forth."
To Harris, the council missed a
golden opportunity to approve noncontroversial items he recommended
that night by spending so much time
debating one particular issue.
"I think they focused on the organizational component completely
instead of things like getting some
wins in place to save the city money,” he said.
Private and public schools see enrollment rise Armory restoration on track
Kathleen Stubbs
@kathleenstubbs3
GAITHERSBURG – Both public and private schools increased enrollment at the elementary school
level in the past seven years.
Montgomery County Public
Schools interim superintendent Larry Bowers addressed overcrowding
in the Gaithersburg and Quince Orchard clusters in his supplement recommendations to updating the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) last
week.
MCPS spokesperson Dana
Tofig said schools in the Gaithersburg Cluster are 350 students over
capacity now but without action, the
cluster will grow to a 1,385 studentto-space deficit, which would require temporary classrooms.
“We have been growing by
about 2,500 students a year for the
last seven years, and a lot of that enrollment—most of that enrollment—has been in the elementary
schools,” said Tofig.
The number of elementary
school students has increased in
Gaithersburg private schools. The
Avalon School, a second through
twelfth grade Catholic School,
added kindergarten and first grade
classes during the 2012 and 2013
school year, said school headmaster
Kevin Davern.
Mother of God School principal
Hall Miller said although the school
is small and does not reflect the
overall enrollment increase in the
Gaithersburg cluster of MCPS, the
school has increased its pre-kinder-
garten capacity from 40 to 60 in the
past three years to meet the demand
for that age group.
MCPS said elementary school
enrollment in the Gaithersburg cluster has increased by more than 730
students since 2007 but that enrollment for the same group increased
by 100 students in the Col. Zadok
Magruder Cluster and decreased in
the Thomas S. Wootton Cluster.
Bowers said it is possible students in Gaithersburg elementary
schools will be reassigned to either
of the two clusters since they have
space available.
Melissa McKenna, CIP chairman for Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations,
said MCPS is not considering redrawing boundaries for elementary
schools.
While there is capacity in Laytonsville, it would be too far away
for Gaithersburg Elementary School
students to walk, said McKenna,
noting more than 800 students at the
school walk to school.
New residential developments
at Crown Farm Development and
Shady Grove Sector are likely to increase enrollment at Gaithersburg
Cluster.
Tofig said MCPS would consider building new schools if there
were “unlimited money” and more
space to build the schools. This is
not an option in the Gaithersburg
Cluster.
Instead, Bowers said he is seeking other ways to make room for the
students such as redrawing boundaries of school assignment to use the
capacity within the school system.
“As we deal with capacity issues throughout the district, we have
an obligation to our community and
our taxpayers to look at all options
available to us,” said Bowers. “I
look forward to hearing from the
roundtable discussion group as we
consider the capital needs of these
clusters.”
Another reassignment recommendation is the Quince Orchard
cluster since Rachel Carson Elementary School is one of the most overfilled schools in the county.
It will be at least five years before all additions and reassignments
happen, said Tofig. Rachel Carson
already has 10 temporary, portable
classrooms.
Bowers asked MCPS to take a
“big picture” view of how the school
system will accommodate its continually increasing student enrollment.
Possibilities to reduce student
enrollment at overcapacity schools
include reassigning students to other
schools; building new classrooms
onto other schools and then reassigning Rachel Carson Elementary
students to them; or building another
elementary school in the Quince Orchard cluster.
Bowers Thursday recommended considering amending the plans
for DuFief Elementary School in
Wootton cluster to hold 740 students, rather than the current plan for
330 students by 2021-2022. Bowers
said building a new school in the
cluster would be too expensive for
the number of students exceeding
school capacity.
Kathleen Stubbs
@kathleenstubbs3
Metro is on schedule for the
Stadium Armory station to be back
to normal speed by the end of the
year after crews completed Phase I
of the restoration plan Oct. 12.
The first week of testing for
Phase II, which started Oct. 13,
wrapped up Oct. 20, according to
Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority spokesperson
Sherri Ly.
Stadium Armory closed in September after a transformer of the
substation outside the station caught
on fire.
In the meantime, two smaller,
temporary substations have been
feeding power to the station.
WMATA spokesperson Sherri
Ly said Metro finished Phase I in
less than two weeks.
Crews took out all three transformers out of service.
Power is now being transmitted
to the third rail of the station by two
nearby substations.
Metro has run Blue, Orange and
Silver lines through the station at decreased speeds and restricted the
number of trains passing through the
station at one time to prevent damage to the substations.
The temporary arrangement
supplies less power than the original
substation.
WMATA Board of Directors
chairman Mortimer Downey said he
hopes the restoration process results
in the substation being returned to
service.
“If this works, it will be a big
benefit for the riders to get the substation back in service,” Downey
said. “We’ll keep our fingers crossed
that everything works out.”
Engineers are inspecting and
cleaning two of the original transformers from the substation outside
Stadium Armory.
The engineers must determine
which parts of the transformers can
be salvaged and which need to be replaced and then test each piece.
A WMATA statement described testing as “a meticulous
process,” noting each component
of every piece of the two transformers has to be tested in sequential order.
If any component fails to work
“like new,” workers will try to restore the component, and then replace it if the piece cannot be rehabilitated to operate at factory standards.
That would halt the testing
process until the piece is replaced.
Metro expects Phase II to take several weeks.
During Phase I, staff examined
and evaluated the transformers.
The workers determined the
project could take half the timeframe
announced after initial investigation.
WMATA employees also determined a scope for the project during
Phase I.
“The investigation determined
the fire started inside one of the three
transformers and is believed to have
been caused by an electrical short in
the coil,” according to a WMATA
statement.
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THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
OCTOBER 22, 2015
NEWS
MoCo riders suffer from VA bus rides
By Danica Roem
and Kathleen Stubbs
Joniece Harris has a long commute to work even though she doesn't deal with the worst of rush hour.
The 22-year-old Germantown
resident first hops on the local 74 bus
from Germantown to the Shady
Grove Metro station, then rides the
Red Line to Metro Center.
In Washington, D.C., she
switches to either the Blue, Silver or
Orange line and heads four stops
west to Rosslyn in Arlington, VA.
She then catches the 12:23 p.m.
5A Metrobus to Washington Dulles
International Airport, where she
works as a line service technician in a
side terminal.
Without that final bus line, Harris said she would likely lose her job.
"(The 5A takes) 30 to 45 minutes with the traffic I would say. But
it gets you there way faster than the
Silver Line,” said Harris.
She estimated the bus line takes
less than half the time it would take if
she rode the Silver Line all the way
to the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station and caught the Washington Flyer
Bus to the airport.
If some Metro board members
have their way, the afternoon 5A bus
Harris takes to work would be eliminated as a daily route to the airport in
Loudoun County.
Although the line only runs
through Washington, D.C. and Virginia, the 5A bus has significance for
Maryland residents.
Just exactly what that significance is depends on who’s talking.
According to Metro Board of
Directors chairman Mortimer
Downey, roughly 15 percent of the
5A riders live in Maryland, so the bus
does serve at least some people, like
Harris, who live north of the Potomac River.
"They were willing to hold up
the whole budget unless the route
was canceled," said Downey.
Michael Goldman, the first vice
chairman from Maryland, countered
the 5A matters to local residents because money spent by the state supporting that line could be used for
other local projects contained entirely in Maryland.
"To the extent that Maryland's
Department of Transportation funds
have to go to subsidizing that bus
route, those funds are not going to be
there to be able to subsidize bus
routes in Montgomery County or
Prince George's County that probably mean a lot more for riders in
Montgomery County or Prince
George's," said Goldman.
For example, he said state and
local officials in Maryland "would
like to see some Metro Express bus
service along the Veirs Mill corridor," with limited stop service from
Rockville to Wheaton and Silver
Spring.
Goldman said he had not seen
the figures about the 15 percent of
Maryland riders taking the 5A, he offered it's not surprising since some
people from Maryland work at
Dulles and need to arrive to work
early in the morning.
Likewise, he added he's sure
some Virginians and Washingtonians
ride the B30 bus connecting the
Greenbelt Metro station to Baltimore-Washington/Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI).
The cost is the same for B30 and
5A riders: $7 each way.
However, because the BWI bus
runs entirely within Maryland, it's
considered a local route, which
means Virginia and Washington
don’t have to pay for its operational
costs.
Meanwhile, the Dulles bus
starts at L'Enfant Plaza in Washington, heads west to Rosslyn and the
Herndon-Monroe Park & Ride Lot.,
and then terminates at Dulles.
That makes the 5A a regional
route since it connects Washington
and Virginia.
A Dec. 31, 2014 Metro FY 2016
Metro budget memorandum states,
“As a regional route, Maryland contributes to the 5A service to Dulles,
while DC and Virginia do not contribute to the non-regional B30 service from Greenbelt to BWI.”
Goldman argued that's a problem since people who live in those
areas also take the bus to BWI and
more passengers flew from BWI
than Dulles in FY 2015.
That's led to a debate over equity and whether to cut back the 5A to
just serve early morning or late night
riders.
Another option is phasing out
the 5A altogether.
All of Maryland’s $188,100 annual contribution to the 5A comes
from Prince George’s County with
$0 from Montgomery County. The
rest of the 5A’s special allocation formula comes from Washington
($405,900) and three Virginia localities ($396,000).
Cutting service on the 5A before
2019 could be problematic for riders
like Harris though since the second
phase of the Silver Line, connecting
Reston to Dulles, is not due to open
before then.
Regular riders would have to
drive to or take Metro to Reston and
then catch ground transportation to
the airport not run by WMATA.
Goldman conceded that some
riders "can't use Metro rail and the
Fairfax Connector to get to Dulles
because it doesn't start early enough,
so we have to meet their needs as
well as most of the riders and travelers to Dulles."
Even when WMATA completes
the Silver Line to Dulles, "it's probably not going to operate early enough
in the day, 5 or 5:30 in the morning,
to get those early morning riders on
time (to work) but that may not be
the case.
"It may be that when the Silver
Line is competed to Dulles, the riders
can get on the first shift to get to
work on time," he added.
Harris, the 5A rider from Germantown, explained it’s her experience the Metrobus is less likely than
the Silver Line to be taken out of service for technical difficulties and it
won’t have delays due to singletracking.
She said when she takes Metrorail, she is “hoping and praying” to
get to the Washington Flyer on time.
As a line service technician, she
is required to clock in upon her arrival.
The Germantown resident recalled calling WMATA on a work
day before her commute and heard
Metro was not single-tracking and
there were no delays.
When she reached Shady
Grove, she learned Metro was, in
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fact, single-tracking and severe delays made her late for work.
“(It takes) way more than I want
to,” said Harris about the rail line.
“And I would be late.”
With the Washington Flyer Bus,
she first has to ride to the end of the
Silver Line at Wiehle-Reston East in
order to catch the bus.
She said with fewer stops and
fewer chances of breakdowns or
problems, she can rely on the 5A bus
to get to her job at Dulles Airport.
“Metro bus: it’s a straight shot.
We have three stops,” she said.
If Harris is late 13 times, she
would be fired.
“(With the) Washington Flyer, I
may have missed the timing, because
the Silver Line has so many problems,” she said.
During a Sept. 17 public hearing, Metro officials heard from about
60 people who showed up and testified about proposed changes to
Metro rail and bus lines.
"5A was the most (commented).
It might have been a dozen," said
Downey, adding that Fort Lincoln
"was also close to that.
"Those were definitely double
digits," he added, mentioning no other topic received more than a handful
of mentions.
No cuts to the 5A are planned to
happen immediately. Board members are waiting on Metro staffers to
first file a report about the bus line
next month.
"I would expect there would be
some 5A service continuing after
staff and board members complete
their deliberations," said Goldman.
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response from the Department of Defense. Attend
this dynamic panel discussion to hear directly from
Army and Navy physicians and researchers on their
efforts to fight the disease. A demonstration of personal protective equipment and the Naval Medical
Research Center's mobile lab and staff members
will be available to answer questions and highlight
the lab's capabilities. Questions? Call (301) 3193303 or visit http://www.medicalmuseum.mil. This
event is FREE and open to the public at National
Museum of Health and Medicine, 2500 Linden
Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910. No RSVP required.
OCT 22
EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER
Oct. 22. 6:30 – 8:30 P.M. Each fall, Empty
Bowls brings the community together through art, a
bowl of soup, and the desire to help the vulnerable
in Montgomery County move from crisis to stability. Sample soups from area restaurants and take
home a handcrafted bowl at the Julia Bindeman
Suburban Center, 11810 Falls Road. Tickets are
$25. Visit www.iworksmc.org for more information.
ISRAELI-BASED VERTIGO DANCE COMPANY AT BLACKROCK
Oct. 22. 7:00 P.M. Vertigo Dance Company, a
contemporary dance company based in a village
outside of Jerusalem, will perform at BlackRock
Center for the Arts on Thursday, October 22 at
7:00pm. I n this special in-studio performance,
founder and choreographer Noa Wertheim will
share insights about modern dance in Israel, while
the company performs excerpts of recent repertory
work, including Mana and Vertigo20. Tickets to see
Vertigo Dance Company at BlackRock start at $18
and can be purchased at the BlackRock box office
in person, online at blackrockcenter.org, or over the
phone by calling 240.912.1058. A pre-show reception sponsored by the Israeli Embassy will begin at
6:00pm. Founding choreographer Noa Wertheim,
along with several of the company’s dancers, will be
in attendance at a the reception. The reception is free
for ticket-holders but RSVPs are required. RSVPs
can be made online at blackrockcenter.org.
COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK
Oct. 22 – Oct. 25. Don’t wait another second!
Sign up now to be a part of Montgomery County’s
Community Service Day, Saturday October 24,
2015. Projects are available the whole week of Oct.
16-25! This is a great way for students to earn Student Service Learning (SSL) hours and for families
and groups to serve together! And there is no school
for students and teachers on Oct. 16 so kick off the
weekend by giving back to the community!
ART SHERROD JR AT BETHESDA BLUES
AND JAZZ
Oct. 22. 8:00 P.M. Tenor and Baritone Saxophonist Art Sherrod performs at the Bethesda Blues
and Jazz Supper Club, located at 7719 Wisconsin
Ave, Bethesda. Doors open at 6:00 P.M. Tickets are
$30.
OCT 24
MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
Oct. 24. Jake Muirhead & Lee Newman, two
master printmakers, will teach a special Monotype
Printmaking Workshop at the BlackRock Center
for the Arts for a $10.00 materials fee (ages 12 and
older, space is limited). The galleries at BlackRock
are open to the public Monday through Saturday
from 10:00am to 5:00pm and during select evening
and Sunday hours when performances and classes
are offered at the nonprofit arts center. Admission to
the galleries at BlackRock is always free.
A PARTY FOR PAWS
Oct 24. 7:30 – 11:00 P.M. This year's Montgomery County Humane Society gala is new and
different! We've replaced the sit-down dinner and
formal program with a dance/cocktail party that celebrates our life-saving work in a fun and lively atmosphere. And, we've reduced the ticket price!
You'll still enjoy our popular silent auction and lots
of dancing, along with an hors d'oeuvres reception,
a souvenir photo booth, a doggie costume parade,
and some really fun surprises at the event! Dogs attend FREE, and well-dressed dogs are encouraged
to show us their best! The Universities at Shady
COURTESY PHOTO
Barnesville School of Arts & Sciences hosts its second annual Color Dash
5K Fun Run on November 7. The family event, ending with a colored
powder toss celebration, supports Barnsville's educational program.
Grove Conference Center, 9630 Gudelsky Drive,
Rockville, MD | Don't delay! Register online or
mail your check -- just $80 per person -- and the
names of the guests -- to: MCHS Party for Paws,
601 S. Stonestreet Ave., Rockville, MD 20850.
POTOMAC DAY
Oct. 24. 8:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M. Head over to Potomac village for a day full of arts and entertainment
for all ages, ranging from rides for children to an antique show and business fair. The Potomac Day Parade will be held at 10:30 A.M., and will feature
hundreds of entrants, including bands, horses, antique cars, school groups, scouting organizations,
and candidates for elected office. For more information call the Potomac Chamber of Commerce at
301-299-2170 or visit www.potomacchamber.org.
OCT 25
SOLAS PERFORMANCE
Oct. 25. 3:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. Celtic band
Solas, widely regarded as the most popular, influential, and exciting Celtic band ever to emerge from
the United States, will perform two shows at BlackRock Center for the Arts on Sunday, Oct. 25. The
first performance will begin at at 3:00 p.m. and the
second at 7:00 p.m. Tickets to see Solas at BlackRock are $18-$40 and can be purchased in person at
the BlackRock, online at blackrockcenter.org, or
over the phone by calling (240) 912-1058.
HAUNTED HOUSE
Oct. 25. 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. The Clara Barton
Community Center will hold its tenth annual
HAUNTED HOUSE on Sunday Oct. 25, from 4 to
6 p.m. at 7425 MacArthur Boulevard, Cabin John.
The Friends of the Clara Barton Community Center,
in conjunction with the Montgomery County Department of Recreation, will create a scary experience just before Halloween. Although all ages are
welcome, children up to age 12 will probably find it
most rewarding. Please accompany the young ones.
No charge for entry. Fortunes will be told, refreshments will be served, and small gift items will be
handed out to kids. For adults, we will have a small,
separate section that will feature frightening
things–trust us on this! For more information about
the location of the event, contact the Center at (240)
777-4910.
OCT 26
PARTY FOR A PURPOSE
Oct. 26. 7:00 P.M. -9:00 P.M. Party for a Purpose invites you to join us in honoring Iraq and
Afghanistan Veterans of America, featuring remarks
by founder Paul Rieckhoff, on Oct. 26. 7 p.m.-9
p.m. at the Ukrainian Institute at the Fletcher Sinclair Mansion, Two East Seventy-Ninth Street. This
is a wine and champagne reception that is generously sponsored by Heritage Auctions and will include
and exclusive preview of their fall modern & contemporary art auction. RSVP to [email protected]. No ticket or donation is necessary
to attend.
MEET COUNCILMEMBER ROGER
BERLINER
Oct. 26. 7:00 P.M. Montgomery County District
1 Councilmember Roger Berliner invites residents
to ask questions and discuss issues in an informal
setting at Carderock Springs Elementary School,
7401 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda.
THE NIGHT ALIVE AT THE ROUND
HOUSE THEATRE
Oct. 26. Opening night for “The Night Alive”
by Conor Mcpherson, directed by Ryan Rilette.
Tommy is a down-and-out bloke on the outskirts of
Dublin. Between dodging his estranged wife and
planning his next get-rich-quick scheme, there’s not
much to look forward to. But after he saves a
woman from a violent attack, they’re both forced to
sift through their messy pasts in search of a glimmer
of hope. From the author of The Weir and The Seafarer comes the stunning Irish drama the Chicago
Tribune calls “raw and beautiful.” THE NIGHT
ALIVE runs through November 13, 2015. Tickets
start at $30 and may be purchased by calling
240.644.1100, by ordering online at www.RoundHouseTheatre.org, or in person at the box office.
OCT 27
AUTHOR TALK: BARBARA GLICKMAN
Oct. 27. 7:00 P.M. Join us at the Damascus Library, 9701 Main Street, Damascus MD 20872,
when Barbara Glickman discusses her new book,
"MARYLAND'S PUBIC GARDENS & PARKS."
Ms. Glickman has been an active member of the
D.C. gardening community and previously published "Capital Splendor: Gardens and Parks of
Washington DC." Event is free; for more information contact the Damascus Library at 240-773-9444.
MILITARY MEDICINE RESPONDS: THE
EBOLA CRISIS OF 2014
Oct. 27. 6:00 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Combatting infectious diseases around the world has been a focus
for military medicine for more than a century. The
threat from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa last
year prompted an unprecedented military medical
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION "LIVING
WITH ALZHEIMER'S: FOR PEOPLE
WITH ALZHEIMER'S" (3-PART SERIES)
Oct 27 and Nov. 3. 1:30 – 3:30 P.M. The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia is
life-changing and leads to many questions. In this
free three-part program, you will hear from others
who have been where you are and learn what you
need to know to navigate this chapter of your life.
Topics covered will include: • Understanding
Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss • Partnering
with your medical team • Effective communication
and telling others about the diagnosis • Coping with
changes and making decisions • Daily strategies and
safety issues • Opportunities for supporting research
• Resources for people with early-stage Alzheimer's
disease. Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road,
Rockville, MD 20853 | Free. For more information
and/or to register, call 800.272.3900.
OCT 28
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP "HEALTHY HABITS FOR A
HEALTHIER YOU"
Oct. 28. 2:00 P.M. At any age, there are lifestyle
habits we can adopt to help maintain or even potentially improve our health. These habits may also
help to keep our brains healthy as we age and possibly delay the onset of cognitive decline. This free
workshop covers four areas of lifestyle habits that
are associated with heathy aging: cognitive activity,
physical health and exercise, diet and nutrition, and
social engagement. In each area, we will discuss
what we know, drawing on current research, as well
as what we can do - steps to take now to improve or
maintain overall health in each area. Holiday Park
Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Drive, Silver Spring,
MD 20906 | Free. For more information and to register, call 800.272.3900.
UPCOMING
DEADLY BITES: DISCERNING FACTS
FROM FICTION
Oct. 31. 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Vampire bats,
rabid animals, plague-infected prairie dogs, spiders,
snakes, mosquitoes, even bedbugs--the thought of
being bitten by just one of these gives us nightmares. Visit the Medical Museum on Halloween to
learn the FACTS and dispel MYTHS about animal
and insect bites. This is a free, family program. This
even will be at the National Museum of Health and
Medicine, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Questions? Call (301) 319-3303 or visit
http://www.medicalmuseum.mil. FREE! Open to
the public. No RSVP required.
MONSTER BASH
Oct. 31. 1:00 p.m. The City of Takoma Park
presents the Monster Bash 2016 with 3 big events.
The Annual Costume Contest at 1 p.m. in the public
parking lot beside the TPSS Co-op. Get all decked
out and strut your stuff. Categories include most
original, funniest and scariest. Categories: ages 4
and under; 5-8; 9-12; Teen and Adult; and Overall
Group. The Costume Parade at 2:15 p.m., immediately following the costume contest. All are wel-
come to participate in this walking parade. The
Costume Award Ceremony and Celebration is approximately at 3 p.m., immediately following the
parade. Join us for refreshments, sponsored by the
Takoma Park Lions Club and a musical performance sponsored by the Recreation Department is
suitable for all ages. Takoma Park Recreation Department is at 7500 Maple Avenue, Takoma Park,
MD. 20912. For more information call (301) 8917290 or go to www.takomaparkmd.gov/recreation.
In case of inclement weather please call (301) 8917101 x 5605 and all activities will take place at
Piney Branch Elementary School.
HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY
Oct. 31. 8:00 p.m. – Midnight. Attend the Halloween costume party at Del Ray Artisans gallery in
your finest costumery! The “Queen of the Ball” (curator) will award badges of honor to those in her favorite costumes. Mingle with monsters, festive music, finger foods and (of course) candy. “Skeletons:
Exploring Under the Surface” exhibit artwork is
also available for purchase during the party. Tickets
are $5 each (adults only) at Del Ray Artisans gallery,
(2704 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria VA) or online: www.TheDelRayArtisans.org/Halloween
CRAB FEAST FUNDRAISER
Nov. 1. 1:00 – 5:00 P.M. The Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad Alumni Association will hold
a crab feast fundraiser on Sunday, November 1,
from 1-5 pm, in the Anastasi Room at the Rescue
Squad. All-you-can-eat steamed crabs, fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, applesauce, and rolls,
along with beer and soda. Tickets cost $50 per person in advance ($55 at the door). For tickets or further information, call 301-442-4136. Proceeds will
benefit the B-CC Rescue Squad. The Rescue Squad
is located at 5020 Battery Lane (at Old Georgetown
Road), Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
For more information, visit www.bccrs.org
THE ALEXANDRIA KLEZTET
Nov. 1. 4:30 P.M. Exciting and innovative, the
Alexandria Kleztet plays an intriguing mix of
klezmer, eastern European folk, jazz, classical and
rock 'n' roll music. The Kleztet gives annual performances at the Kennedy Center, Peabody Center and
the Seminas Musicales in Chile and has been
awarded thirteen Wammies (Washington Area Music Association Awards), and is beginning to be
known as an international act. New arrangements
of traditional melodies and original songs make the
music of the Kleztet exciting and entertaining.
Please join us for a great concert. Address: St.
Anne's Episcopal Church, 25100 Ridge road, Damascus MD 20872 | Price: Free will offering | Contact: 301 253-2130 or
[email protected] | www.stannesdamascus.org | Reception follows with food, drink and a
chance to meet the performers.
PROGRAM FOR GRADES K–5: DAYS
OFF
Nov. 2. A full day program for Grades K–5,
Days Off features new themes, activities, and specialty skills each day. Students take drama and specialty classes in the morning and then collaborate in
the afternoon on a theatrical experience to be shared
with family and friends. Join us this fall for
one of Round House's most popular programs!
Monday Nov. 2 is “Superhero Adventures, Specialty: Light Design”; Monday Dec. 28 is “Winter
Wonderland Escapades, Specialty: Projection Design”; Tuesday Dec. 29 “Dr. Seuss Musical Silliness, Specialty: Music.” To register go to
www.roundhousetheatre.org/education.
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TOUR
Nov. 3 –Nov. 8. Organized by Insider Cultural
Tours, our tour includes the best seats available to
London shows; roundtable discussions with London
theater artists and arts professionals; a private tour of
the best exhibition London has to offer; a private
coach to events; hotel accommodations; and daily
breakfast. The cost of this tour is $4,599, based upon
double occupancy, which includes a $500 contribution to Round House Theatre. The additional fee for
individuals requiring a single room is $1,236. Included in the package: 5 nights’ accommodation,
Waldorf Hilton Guest Room (upgrades to a Deluxe
or an Executive Room, or a Suite are available upon
request); Daily English breakfast; Best seats available to 4 shows at exceptional venues; 3 roundtable
discussions with UK theater artists and arts professionals; 1 farewell group discussion with Producing
Artistic Director Ryan Rilette; 1 private tour of an
exceptional London exhibition; Private car to shows
and exhibitions; Farewell Dinner. Please contact
Laura Blackwelder, Director of Development, with
questions and interest at [email protected].
CARFIT EVENT: HELPING MATURE
DRIVERS FIND THEIR SAFEST SEAT
Nov. 4. 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. CarFit is a free,
interactive and educational program that teaches
participants how to make their personal vehicle “fit”
FCWG JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
Nov. 5. 5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. Please save the
date for our upcoming Montgomery County Faith
Community Working group (FCWG) Joint Subcommittee Meeting to discuss our ongoing and future FCWG initiatives. The meeting will be at the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville,
100 Welsh Park Drive Rockville, MD 20850 Email
[email protected] for more information.
“UNDER $100: AFFORDABLE MASTERPIECES” ART EXHIBIT
Nov. 6 – 29. “Under $100: Affordable Masterpieces” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery.
Member artists showcase affordable artwork for
$100 or less. This is an opportunity for art patrons
to collect and own a precious piece of art at a “pocketbook-friendly” price and take it with them at time
of purchase. Opening Reception: Friday, November
6 from 7-9pm. Closed Thanksgiving Day. Black
Friday Shopping Reception: November 27 from 69pm. Details: www.TheDelRayArtisans.org
ST. MARK ORTHODOX CHURCH ETHNIC FOOD FESTIVAL AND BAZAAR
Nov. 6, 7, & 8. Russian and Eastern European
foods such as piroghi, piroshki, halupki, blini, pirog,
Chicken Kiev. Baked goods, jewelry, pottery, handcrafted items, icons, religious books & gifts, and
more. NEW HOURS: Fri, Nov 6 (11-6); Sat, Nov 7
tion fee if registration is received by October 21,
2015. Proceeds support Barnesville’s educational
program.
LECTURE & BOOK SIGNING
Nov. 7. 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Join Jeff Jacobson, internationally recognized, award-winning photographer as he explores the art of photography in
his lecture at the Spanish Ballroom Annex in Glen
Echo Park. Book signing to follow. Jacobson appears courtesy of the Elsie Hull Memorial Lecture
Series. For more information go to glenechophotoworks.org.
ST. ANNE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Nov. 7. 9:00 A.m. – 5:30 P.M. Get a head start
on your holiday shopping at St. Anne's on Nov. 7th.
Local artisans will be selling beautiful handmade
jewelry, cards, Christmas decorations (large and
small), one of a kind bags, scarves and clothing,
toys, dolls, pottery, paintings, photographs and
prints and many more beautiful gifts. Pampered
Chef will have something for every cook from
novice to chef, Alpaca Flair and 10,000 Villages will
bring crafts and gifts from all over the world. Lunch
will be served to keep up your energy, music will
charm your ears, so spend the day with us and get in
the holiday spirit. St. Anne's Episcopal Church,
25100 Ridge Road, Damascus MD 20872. More
info at www.stannesdamscus.org
SYMPHONY OF THE POTOMAC
Nov. 8. 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. Joel Lazar directs the
orchestra in Brahms: Academic Festival Overture;
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 with Alon Goldstein, piano; and Sibelius: Symphony No. 1. Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring. $15 - $20, $5 for under 18
and students and faculty at Montgomery College.
301-984-6390. www.symphonypotomac.org
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Nov. 8. 9:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. Learn from a
Master Photographer. Find your visual voice. Photoworks is pleased to offer personal, in-depth 30
minute portfolio reviews with award-winning photographer, Jeff Jacobson. Tickets are available at
glenechophotoworks.org.
COURTESY PHOTO
Spend the evening with tenor and baritone saxophonist Art Sherrod at the
Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Oct. 22.
them to increase safety and mobility when they hit
the road. As part of this program specially trained
CarFit technicians will review 12 key areas of your
fit to your car, including adequate space from the
steering wheel, proper seat belt use, and properly
adjusted head restraints, and you’ll learn how to use
and adjust your safety devices. Each checkup takes
about 20 minutes. This is not a driving test or mechanical inspection. Margaret Schweinhaut Senior
Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring. The
event is FREE but reservations are REQUIRED.
Contact 240-777-8085 to reserve your spot today!
CIVIL TWILIGHT TOUR
Nov. 4. Civil Twilight embarks on a headlining
US tour for their new album, “Story of An Immigrant.” The now Nashville based Civil Twilight are
living proof of what happens when you stop worrying about being the chosen one and make music
built on both the roots that grew you and the love
that keeps you thriving every day. The tour comes
to The Hamilton in Washington DC on Nov. 4. To
get tickets go to live.thehamiltondc.com.
(11-6); and Sun, Nov 8 (12-4). 7124 River Rd.,
Bethesda, MD; 301-229-6300; www.stmarkoca.org.
Free parking and admission.
FAMILY COLOR DASH 5K RUN
Nov. 7. 10:00 A.M. Barnesville School of Arts &
Sciences hosts its second annual Color Dash 5K
Fun Run in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve. Everyone is welcome to participate in this
family-friendly event, Saturday, November 7 at 10
a.m. on Barnesville’s campus, a Wildlife Habitat
certified by the National Wildlife Federation. Runners and walkers pass through “clouds” of colored
powder at various stations along a 1.5 mile course
that loops around a rolling wheat field. At the finish,
everyone participates in a colored powder toss celebration. The run is not timed, so beginning and seasoned runners as well as walkers are welcome to
join in the fun. Pre-registration is required online at
www.BarnesvilleSchool.org. Adult registration (15
years and up) is $25 per person; families are $75 for
two adults and up to four children in the same family. Long-sleeve t-shirts are included in the registra-
October 22, 2015 – October 28, 2015
PHOTO SLAM: THE EXHIBITION
Nov. 8. 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. The Exhibition
Artist Reception & Gallery Talk has award winning
images from Photo Slam 2014. Photography from
Prescott Moore Lassman, Pablo de Loy, Valerie
Makepeace and Tanguy de Carbonnieres at the Photoworks Gallery. Exhibition dates are Oct. 23-Nov.
29; Informal open house is Oct. 25 4-6 p.m.; Artist
Reception & Gallery Talk is Nov. 8 5-7 p.m. For
more details go to glenechophotoworks.org.
BANNOCKBURN CRAFT SHOW
Nov. 8. 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Bannockburn’s
18th annual Craft Show is a sale to benefit the
restoration and maintenance of a community center
serving West Bethesda, the historic Bannockburn
Clubhouse. On sale are jewelry, baskets, clothing,
woodcuts, hand-blown glass, knitware, purses, ceramics, baked goods, condiments and honey, 11 to 4
Sunday, Nov. 8, at the clubhouse, 6314 Bannockburn Dr., Bethesda 20817. For more information
call 301-229-4045.
WIDOWED PERSONS SERVICE
Nov. 8. 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. The widowed persons
service of Montgomery County will hold its regular
“second Sunday” meeting at the Wheaton Library,
located at 11701 Geogia Ave. meeting room # 2.
There will be refreshments served and some time
for socializing, and Mr. Brian Deibler will speak on
the subject of advance funeral planning. An offering
of $4 is encouraged.
COURTESY PHOTO
The Irish drama “The Night Alive” by Conor Mcpherson, directed by Ryan
Rilette opens on October 26 at the RoundHouse Theatre.
FREE MAGIC SHOW
Nov. 9. 7:30 P.M. Prepare to be amazed! The
Columbia Conjurors, the local chapter of the Society of American Magicians, will hold their annual
Tommy Ivey Close-up Magic Show on Monday,
November 9, 2015, starting at 7:30 p.m. The show,
which will be held in the main hall at Christ Episcopal Church (6800 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia,
MD), is expected to last an hour and a half, and is
suitable for children of all ages, as well as adults
with an interest in being baffled and mystified. Admission is free, but the Conjurors will be holding a
food drive during the show in cooperation with the
Community Action Council for Howard County.
Attendees are therefore encouraged to bring unopened cans of food to donate in advance of
Thanksgiving. There will be free gifts for the children as well as complimentary refreshments.
MICROCOSM OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: 200 YEARS OF EDUCATION IN
ROCKVILLE
Nov. 10. 7:00 P.M. Join us as Peerless member
Ralph Buglass presents an enlightening slideshow
on the 200 year history of education in Rockville –
from the earliest days of private education for the
wealthy to universal free public education of today.
In many ways, education in Rockville mirrors its development throughout the county. Richard Montgomery High School, 250 Richard Montgomery
Drive, Rockville, MD | Free
MDDC ANNUAL MEETING AND VOLUNTEER THANK YOU DAY
Nov. 13. 10:00 A.M – 2:30 P.M. MDDC Board
Meeting will be at 10:00 a.m. The Annual Meeting
Lunch will be 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Leadership
Building with Terrapin Adventure will be 12:30
P.M. to 2:30 p.m. This event is free from all members and MDDC volunteers. Tickets are on sale
now and are available at
www.brownpapertickets.com.
MEETING LUNCH/LEADERSHIP BUILIDING
Nov. 13. 11:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M. MDDC will
present the Annual Report and elect board members.
Lunch will be served at the Annual Meeting Lunch
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Terrapin Adventures
will lead us through leadership building games from
12:20 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Don’t worry we’ll be keeping our feet on the ground (mostly)! This event will
take place at the Historic Savage Mill, 8600
Foundry Street Savage, MD 20763. Contact Tara
Sullivan at (855) 721-6332 x2 or e-mail her at [email protected] for more information.
SEMI-ANNUAL BOOK SALE
Nov. 14. 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. The Rockville
Memorial Library hold their semi-annual book sale.
All books have been donated and are in good to excellent condition. Most are priced at a mere $1 or
less.
Numerous categories, including fiction, poetry,
classics, plays, non-fiction, biography, cookbooks,
gardening, travel, diet, computer, reference, study
guides, other languages, politics, history, pregnancy
& parenting, religion & philosophy, children’s,
young adult, and media (CD’s, Videos, DVD’s,
Books on CD), will be available. New books, prize
winners, author autographed, art, and coffee table
books at slightly higher prices will also be on sale.
All profits go to help the Rockville Memorial Library. Everyone working the sale is a volunteer for
the Friends of the Library, Rockville Chapter, a
501(c) (3) non-profit.
ANNUAL CZECHOSLOVAK CHRISTMAS
BAZAAR
Nov. 14. 12:00 – 4:00 P.M. The Bazaar will be
held at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 6301 River Road, Bethesda. It is sponsored by the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences. Admission is free. A wide variety of crafts
and holiday items, homemade Christmas cookies
will be on sale, and the restaurant will serve typical
Czechoslovak dishes.
MARK FORREST BENEFIT CONCERT
Nov. 14. 7:30 P.M. Gabriel Network is hosting a
benefit concert at St. John the Evangelist Church in
Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, Nov. 14. At 7:30
P.M. Mark Forrest has performed for many luminaries such as Pope Paul II and Mother Theresa.
COFFEE AND CRITIQUE
Nov. 15. 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Sunday
morning photo jam sessions! View and discuss
your prints. This free event has unlimited coffee
and bagels. Coffee and Critique is Nov. 15, and
Dec. 13 at Photoworks. For more information view
glenechophotoworks.org.
PHOTO SLAM 2015
Nov. 15. 8:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. Join us at Busboys and Poets as we partner with FotoWeek DC to
host our 5th Annual Photo Slam! Photographers vie
for prizes, recognition and street cred in this fastpaced competition of projected images. Free to the
public, but arrive early as this event typically sells
out. This event will be held at Busboys and Poets,
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www.TheDelRayArtisans.org
14th & V Street Washington, DC.
“NATIVE SPECIES” EXHIBIT FEATURES
14 ARTISTS WORKING IN WOOD
Through Nov. 7. The exhibition “Native
Species” presents the work of 14 local artists and artisans who create sculptures and functional objects
using wood. From fallen timbers, found limbs, reclaimed lumber, or repurposed items, these artists
often combine various species of wood to build
unique sculptural forms. The group of exhibiting
artists includes Foon Sham, Rachel Rotenberg,
Evan Reed, Julia Bloom, Phil Brown, Lynda SmithBugge, Christian Benefiel, Katie Dell Kaufman,
David Knopp, Ellen Hill, David M. Fry, Lyndie
Vantine, Jeffery Cooper, and Hannah Wides. Exhibit Location: The Kay Gallery (first floor) | BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons
Drive, Germantown, MD 20874.
LECTURE & BOOK SIGNING
Nov. 19. 7:30 P.M. Sarah Gordon discusses and
signs her new book, "Indecent Exposures: Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion Nudes."
Gordon reveals how Muybridge's nudes ushered in
new attitudes toward science, photography and the
human body. Formerly with the National Gallery of
Art, Department of Photography, Sarah Gordon currently works as a lecturer, curator and art consultant
in Washington, DC. This is a free event at Photoworks.
HAVE MERCY PERFORMANCE
Nov. 22. Hopeless Records’ band Have Mercy
is hitting the road for a headlining tour with Transit,
Somos, and Microwave, and will be performing at
Jamin’ Java on Nov. 22. Get tickets at
jamminjava.com/calendar.
EXHIBITION: REFLECTIONS ON
JERUSALEM
Dec. 5. 4:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Photoworks
Gallery is pleased to present Chip Kahn's Reflections on Jerusalem. Artist Reception and Gallery
Talk on Saturday, December 5, 2015, 4-6PM. This
event is located at the Photworks Gallery. Go to
glenechophotoworks.org for more details.
MLK JR. DAY OF SERVICE
Jan. 18. Make Martin Luther King Jr. Day on
January 18, 2016 a Day ON and not a day off. Save
the date to volunteer at Montgomery County’s
MLK Day of Service at locations throughout the
county. There will be service projects for all ages
that will make an impact to lives in your community. Be Ready to Serve!!
ONGOING
EXHIBITION: “THE ART OF THE TALE”
Through Oct. 24. Artist Ellen Cornett features
new, large monochromatic drawings that skillfully
play on the use of blank space to evoke the strange,
subtle, and surreal moments for which Ellen has
come to be known. Ellen will also present a new,
large format experiment in on-site drawing created
in the gallery during the installation period. This is
the rare type of exhibition that accessible and interesting to all audiences. "The Art of the Tale" is on
view through October 24. Location: Brentwood
Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722
EXHIBITION – TWO FOR ONE: PHOTOGRAPHIC COMBINATIONS
Through Oct. 24. The Sandy Spring Museum
presents the exhibition Two for One – Photographic
combinations using the museum collection by Dave
Montgomery. Dave Montgomery has taken photographs of items in the collection of the Sandy
Spring Museum (SSM and paired photos – some
with both objects from the SSM, others drawing-in
objects from outside – in order to form a combination that is interesting, pleasing or amusing in its
own right. The exhibition runs through October 24,
2015. Locations: 17901 Bentley Road, Sandy
Spring | Admission: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and
$3 for children ages 3-17. Free on Wednesday. | For
more information call 301-774-0022 or visit
www.sandyspringmuseum.org.
EXHIBIT: “DEL-RAY-GEOUS”
Through Oct. 27. “Del-Ray-geous” art exhibit at
Del Ray Artisans showcases member artwork focused on the outrageous, fun, and unique parts of
the Del Ray neighborhood and community. Show
runs October 4-27, 2013. Opening Reception: Friday, October 4, 7-10pm. Closing Reception with
awards: Sunday, October 27, 3-6pm. Events include
Art on the Avenue, Life Drawing Sessions, Decorative Pillow Sewing Workshop, Craft Night Social,
and more. Del Ray Artisans gallery, 2704 Mount
Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22301.
ART EXHIBIT: FEYNMAN'S SISTER AND
OTHER SPACE WEATHER HAZARDS
Through Nov. 15. VisArts presents Heather
Harvey’s site-specific work made with gleanings
from daily walks and informed by the life and research of astrophysicist Joan Feynman. The found
fragments stretch along the wall of the gallery suggesting a cryptic diagram, a map or an unfolding
journey. As they cluster, disperse and re-order, they
resonate with possible histories, meanings and value. Harvey is assistant professor of art and coordinator of the studio program at Washington College
in Chestertown, MD. www.heather-harvey.net. Exhibit will run from October 14 – November 15,
2015 | Reception: Friday, October 16, 7 – 9 p.m. |
Artist Talk: Sunday, October 25, 2:00 p.m. | Location: Gibbs Street Gallery, 155 Gibbs Street,
Rockville, MD 20850, 301-315-8200, www.visartscenter.org
“JAKE MUIRHEAD & LEE NEWMAN:
RECENT INTAGLIO PRINTS AND RELATED DRAWINGS”
Through Nov. 15. BlackRock Center for the Arts
is pleased to present the exhibition “Jake Muirhead
& Lee Newman: Recent Intaglio Prints and Related
Drawings” on view in the Terrace Gallery through
Sunday, November 15, 2015. The two master printmakers will teach a special Monotype Printmaking
Workshop on Saturday, October 24 from 2:00pm to
4:00pm for a $10.00 materials fee (ages 12 and older, space is limited). The galleries at BlackRock are
open to the public Monday through Saturday from
10:00am to 5:00pm and during select evening and
Sunday hours when performances and classes are
offered at the nonprofit arts center. Admission to the
galleries at BlackRock is always free.
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organizations that only
Montgomery County
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within the county will be
published on a space-available basis.
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event AT LEAST two
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produce electromagnets. Create the physical models and test setups using rapid
prototyping, such as 3D printing and machining. Develop advanced electrical
control systems used in medical applications through analog/digital circuit design
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code in the microcontroller MSP430. Create and document test procedures and
reports. Design and develop an in-vitro test setup. Design and test the impeller
models in an in-vitro test setup. Design and develop the magnetically coupled
resonator for wireless energy transfer system to transcutaneous power the assist
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October 22, 2015
PHOTO BY JACQUI SOUTHN
Quince Orchardʼs Marvin Beander grinds it out and eludes Northwestʼs Martin Foray as Q.O. rolls 28-7 over the defending state champs.
Quince Orchard Stuns Northwest
By Brandy L. Simms
@BLS1969
GAITHERSBURG – After
playing primarily on the defensive
side last year, Quince Orchard senior Shawn Barlow has shined on
offense for the Cougars this season.
Barlow, a two-way standout
who toils at running back and defensive back, scored three touchdowns
and had an interception Friday night
to help lead Quince Orchard to a 287 home victory over Northwest at
the Cougar Dome.
“I feel like I played well for my
team,” said Barlow, who earned first
team All-Sentinel honors at defensive back last season but started at
running back during his sophomore
campaign at Quince Orchard.
“That’s all I wanted to do.”
Barlow has amassed 18 touchdowns this season in a variety of
ways, he said. The 5-foot-8, 160pound dynamo has rushed for
touchdowns, caught touchdown
passes and even returned a punt for
a touchdown.
Barlow, who scored four touchdowns in Quince Orchard’s 42-12
win over Gaithersburg in Week 5,
helped the Cougars avenge last
year’s postseason loss to Northwest
with another monster game on Friday night.
“He was amazing,” said
Quince Orchard senior defensive
end Sean Green, a second team AllSentinel performer last season. “He
was an animal out there. He couldn’t be stopped.”
Quince Orchard led 13-7 at
halftime on the strength of two Barlow touchdown runs while Northwest got on the board thanks to
Mark Pierce’s 12-yard touchdown
pass to wide receiver Reggie Anderson.
Barlow added his third touchdown of the night on an 11-yard run
with 6:19 left in the third quarter
and Quince Orchard sophomore
quarterback Doc Bonner connected
with senior tight end Greg Williams,
a second team All-Sentinel selection
last season, for the two-point con-
version.
Barlow and Fofie Bazzie both
registered interceptions in the third
quarter that halted Northwest scoring drives and junior running back
Marvin Beander finished with a
game-high 176 yards on 21 carries.
The win helped Quince Orchard (6-1) keep their playoff hopes
alive and marked the Cougars’ sixth
consecutive victory since suffering
a 39-17 loss to Damascus in the season opener.
“It’s obviously a big win for us
against a 4A West team,” said
Quince Orchard head coach John
Kelley. “This wasn’t the Super
Bowl for us.”
Quince Orchard has bigger fish
to fry, Kelley said.
“Do not be satisfied with this,”
Kelley told his team in the postgame
huddle. “[This win is] one small
step with where we want to go.”
Meanwhile, Northwest (4-3)
could be in danger of missing the
postseason. The two-time defending Maryland 4A state champions
have lost to Seneca Valley, Sherwood and Quince Orchard by a
combined 31 points but their remaining schedule includes mustwin games against Churchill,
Clarksburg and Wootton.
“[We are] still alive,” said
Northwest head coach Michael
Neubeiser. “If we win out looks like
we’ll be the No. 3 seed.”
20
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
OCTOBER 22, 2015
SPORTS
PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE
Gaithersburg defensive back Ulysses Martinez punches the ball out of the hands of Clarksburgʼs wide receiver Ian Krishnan.
Gaithersburg keeps playoff hopes alive
By PJ Anderson
Sentinel Sports
CLARKSBURG – For the second week in a row, Gaithersburg
fought through a defensive struggle
with the team’s playoffs hopes
hanging on by a thread.
And for the second week in a
row, the Trojans (4-3) held on - this
time escaping Clarksburg with an
18-7 victory.
While the Clarksburg defense
bottled up Gaithersburg’s offense
for most of the night, the Trojan’s
scored touchdowns through all three
facets of the game; an early special
teams touchdown on a blocked
punt, an 11-yard run by quarterback
Carlin Bason and a one-handed interception return for a touchdown
by junior linebacker Jack Creamer.
Clarksburg (4-3) started out the
game in a lackluster manner.
On the Coyotes’ first drive, a
sack and a fumbled snap created a
fourth-and-22 situation. A bad snap
on the ensuing punt and a subsequent blocked kick trickled into the
end zone before Gaithersburg senior linebacker Philip Oni pounced
on it.
After a missed extra point, the
Trojans claimed a 6-0 lead.
Gaithersburg turnovers, a bad
pitch on an option play from Bason
and an odd interception made jointly Coyote defenders Lance Hudson
and Malik Mccrary marred the rest
of the first half.
“We had a lot of mistakes in
the first half,” said Gaithersburg
head coach Kreg Kephart. “We
should have been up 21-7.”
In the second quarter, Clarksburg senior quarterback Hunter
Reimers converted a third-and-16
pass to junior wide receiver Ian Krishnan on a slant pattern.
Breaking a tackle, Krishnan
ran the rock 64 yards to pay dirt.
“One play, they hit,” said
Kephart. “[We] gave too much
cushion. Went for the strip and didn’t get it.”
That, however, would be the
only blemish on the night for the
Trojans.
On Gaithersburg’s first possession of the second half, senior running back Marqel Simpkins, hit a
hole on the right side of the offensive line and darted 32 yards.
Minutes later, Bason put the
Trojans up for good as he scampered across the goal line from 11
yards out.
A failed two point conversion
attempt kept the score at 12-7.
Simpkins, who rushed for 157
yards, performed most of the offensive work for the Trojans in the second half but didn’t manage to score
again.
However, he controlled the
ball and ran time off the clock.
“I give it up to my offensive
line and wide receivers,” Simpkins
said. “[They were] making their
blocks.”
The final dagger for the Coyotes came late in the fourth quarter,
long after the stadium clock
stopped working.
Confusion on the field between
the referees and the sidelines
seemed to spread to the Clarksburg
offense, as penalties mounted up.
With about four minutes remaining, Reimers threw to his
right, not seeing Gaithersburg linebacker Jack Creamer.
The junior defender tipped the
ball with his left hand and corralled
it, then raced about 50 yards to the
end zone, his team’s post-season
hopes in tow.
“We needed to make a statement win,” Kephart said. “We came
out and beat Clarksburg and it puts
us in a better position than we were
in a week ago. We still need to run
the table to make the playoffs.
“[I] expect us to run the table,”
Simpkins said. “We get better every
week in practice.” Gaithersburg
next plays Wootton at home before
a huge game against Richard Montgomery.
The Coyotes, meanwhile, have
no time to regroup, with back-toback road games against Richard
Montgomery and Northwest before
finishing the regular season at home
against Springbrook.
OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
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SPORTS
R.M. stays healthy with Poolesville win
By Brandy L. Simms
@BLS1969
POOLESVILLE – Richard
Montgomery staved off a secondhalf comeback attempt from
Poolesville Thursday en route to a
24-20 road victory over the Falcons.
The win helped the Rockets stay
in playoff contention as the Rockville
school seeks to earn its first postseason appearance in a decade.
Trailing 17-7 at halftime,
Poolesville (3-4) rallied in the third
quarter behind quarterback Daniel
Cho and running back Jonathan Hetrick.
Cho’s quarterback sneak with
5:38 remaining in the period and the
ensuing extra point cut the deficit to
17-13 before the junior signal-caller
connected with wide receiver Jake
Armstrong in the fourth quarter.
Cho’s six-yard touchdown pass
to Armstrong with 9:21 left gave the
Falcons a 20-17 advantage.
However, Richard Montgomery (6-1) staged a rally of their
own, led by talented sophomore
quarterback Spencer Silverstein.
“Hats off to [Poolesville],” said
Silverstein. “They were an amazing
team. They fought so hard but I’d
have to give all the credit to all the
seniors, the entire defense and
everybody else. They completely
stepped up and they won this game
for us.”
Late in the fourth quarter, Silverstein connected with senior wide
receiver Daniel Alexander to help
move the chains.
“This had playoff implications,” said Alexander. “This was a
must-win for us.”
The Rockets got a strong performance from junior running back
Tylen Hebron who scored on a 22-
yard run in which he scooted down
the sideline into the end zone for a
touchdown with 4:50 remaining in
the contest.
“Ty will always find a way to
find those little holes and make a
play out of nothing and that’s what
he did,” said Silverstein.
Added Hebron: “This win is
pretty big because from here on out
it’s fighting for the playoffs and we
got to take this real serious.”
Sherwood and B-CC suffer
rare double-forfeiture due to
ineligible players
By Brandy L. Simms
@BLS1969
The season opening football
game between Bethesda-Chevy
Chase and Sherwood will go down
as a double forfeit according to the
athletic directors of both high
schools.
Sherwood was forced to forfeit
their 47-6 win over B-CC at Caruso
Memorial Field on Sept. 4 for using
an ineligible player.
“That following Tuesday Sherwood High School was alerted of the
student-athlete’s residency status,”
said Sherwood Athletic Director
Kathy Green. “As soon as we were
alerted the kid was pulled from the
roster. There’s no way we could have
known that the player provided inaccurate information.”
Green said the school made an
appeal to the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association
but the appeal was denied.
“Obviously we’re very disappointed that the appeal was denied
and we are moving forward and
moving on,” said Green.
The Warriors are unbeaten on
the field but suffered their only setback due to the forfeit. Sherwood (61) enters Friday night’s home game
against unbeaten Paint Branch (7-0)
in a battle of 4A East powers.
The forfeit would have given
B-CC the win but the Barons were
also denied a chance to earn the victory.
“We had to forfeit the game because we also had an ineligible player,” B-CC athletic director Jim Tapley said. “Neither school could take
the win because each school had an
ineligible player. We should have
caught it and we didn’t and it was our
mistake.”
B-CC is now 2-5 heading into
Friday’s home game against Quince
Orchard (6-1) at Guckeyson Memorial Stadium.
Tapley said the student-athlete
in question is no longer on the team
and the double forfeit is a rare occurrence in Montgomery County.
“I don’t think it’s happened in
our county,” said Tapley.
Funk commits to Maryland
By Brandy L. Simms
@BLS1969
Damascus senior running back
Jake Funk last week announced his
pledge to the University of Maryland
via Twitter.
“Excited to say I am officially
committed to play RB at the University of Maryland,” Funk tweeted on
Friday.
Funk, who earned Sentinel
Overall Player of the Year honors last
season, became the first student-athlete to verbally commit to Maryland
under interim head coach Mike
Locksley.
“He’s as good a player as there is
in the state of Maryland I think,” said
Damascus head coach Eric Wallich.
Funk, who also holds offers from
Wisconsin, Air Force, Army, Navy,
Harvard, Yale and Penn among others, has led Damascus to a 7-0 record
this season. He’s also among the leading rushers in Montgomery County
with more than 1,000 yards during
the 2015 campaign.
“When I get the ball,” said
Funk, “I’m thinking to myself no
one’s going to stop me. That’s the
mindset that I have.”
Funk joins Good Counsel linebacker Keandre Jones and Bullis
quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. as
fellow Montgomery County standouts who have also pledged to Maryland. Jones, who earned Sentinel
Defensive Player of the Year honors
last season, has led Good Counsel to
a 5-2 record this year and recorded
nine tackles in the Falcons’ 27-21
win over Bishop McNamara last
weekend. Jones, who also registered
a sack and blocked a punt in the win
over Bishop McNamara, recently
reaffirmed his pledge to Maryland in
light of Randy Edsall’s firing.
PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE
Sherwoodʼs QB, Shawn Bliss scans the field for an open receiver against Northwest. Though Sherwood is
undefeated on the field, a forfeit against B-CC in the opening game has left them with one loss on their schedule.
22
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
OCTOBER 22, 2015
SPORTS
Sherwood downs stubborn Blair 35-20
By Eva Paspalis
Sentinel Sports
SANDY SPRING – The Sherwood varsity football team extended its winning streak to six in a row
Friday night at home, defeating
Montgomery Blair 35-20.
Sherwood junior running back
Travis Levy dominated the Blazers’ defense, rushing for more than
100 yards and four touchdowns.
“We’ve really been working
hard. This game plan was basically
to come out here and just pound
them, and that’s what we did,” said
Levy. “It worked out effectively.”
Levy’s performance helped
alleviate some of Sherwood’s flag
woes.
The Warriors tallied 19 penalties for 130 yards, including two
calls for unsportsmanlike conduct.
“We’ve got to be sharper in
practice and pay more attention to
detail,” said Sherwood head coach
Chris Grier. “Now that we’ve had a
little bit of success, we’ve got to
get used to being the team that’s
going to get everybody’s best
shot.”
Blair junior wide receiver
Chris Butler set up the Blazers for
their first points right before halftime with a 15-yard run into the
red zone.
Junior quarterback Desmond
Colby later sneaked across the
plane from the one yard line for the
score, cutting Sherwood’s lead to
14-7.
The Blazers tied the game at
14 in the third quarter on a botched
punt by Warriors kicker Jeremy
Harrison. Mayhem ensued at the
goal line, with multiple players
bobbling the ball.
However, Blair junior running
back Kasim Brown landed directly
on the ball in the end zone for the
touchdown.
“Blair really stepped up their
game, hats off to them,” said Grier.
“They made it a game and they had
a lot of momentum at the half.”
Sherwood’s defense showed
no mercy for Colby.
Colby threw four interceptions throughout the night, including one caught by Sherwood senior
cornerback Marcus Simms.
Another penalty on the Warriors negated Simms’ attempt at a
touchdown after the interception.
“We played a very good football team,” said Blair head coach
Andrew Fields. “They’re great athletes, they’re well coached. Both
teams fought but the better team
won tonight.”
The Warriors defense silenced
Blair senior wide receiver Chris
Green, who had a stand-out game
last week against Springbrook.
However, Blair junior wide
receiver Cliff Carter ran 50 yards
into Sherwood territory in the
fourth quarter, setting up junior
Eric Zokouri with a 20-yard touchdown run as he ran to his left,
broke tackles and dove into the end
zone.
A Sherwood defender blocked
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attempt.
Sherwood junior Leo Hanrahan, who also had an interception
in the third quarter, collected the
final points of the game, high-stepping into the end zone for a 40yard touchdown.
“I’m proud of my team,” said
Levy. “We faced some adversity at
the half and we came together as a
family to overcome it.”
Q.O. boys soccer edges
Richard Montgomery
By Carlos Alfaro
@CarlosAlfarorod
GAITHERSBURG – The
Quince Orchard varsity boys soccer
team edged out a 1-0 win against the
Richard Montgomery at the
Cougars’ home field Tuesday, improving to 9-2 overall while staying
5-2 in the 4A/3A West league.
At the 30th minute, Quince Orchard junior forward Eli Holmstead
weaved through two Rocket defenders and placed his shot at the center
of the net and scored the only goal of
the game.
Cougars head coach Kevin
Gnatiko said he thought the game
could have been better, even as his
players celebrated the win
“It was an average game for us,”
he said. “We didn’t play bad but it
definitely wasn’t our best game.”
Quince Orchard took command
in the first half with constant forays
through the Richard Montgomery
defense while QO maintained a solid
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The Rockets attacked early,
with a free kick from senior midfielder Aram Sahakyan that couldn’t
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Another chance came out of a
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A minute later, Cougar senior
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enough time to dive in and snatch the
ball.
Cougar senior forward Peter
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Wonnacott in the 16th minute before
a defender cleared it from danger.
The Rockets did not give up
hope and followed with senior forward Jaime Pershing shooting but
having his shot deflected by Paolini.
Pershing recovered possession
and attempted to score but a Cougar
defender blocked the shot.
The first half ended with the
Cougars leading 1-0, a lead they
would never relinquish.
Psallidas made a foray into
Rocket territory and had a clear shot
in the 47th minute but curved the ball
wide around the goalpost.
The Rockets tried to counter
with senior midfielder Drew Stern
weaving through the Cougar defense
before his shot Paolini blocked his
shot.
A ball from the left skirted near
the goal line and rolled past both
Richard Montgomery junior forward
Andre Lakanu and senior defender
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the ball in too late and missed the
equalizing opportunity.
“I thought I did okay, my touches were kind of rough. I didn’t get a
lot of minutes,” said Lakanu
Stern weaved through defenders
in the 56th minute but Paolini saved
the shot.
Rockets head coach Edgar
Lopez Zuniga noted his team needed
to improve how it closes out games.
“I think we work really well on
moving the ball, communication has
gotten better, but I think our finishing
needs a little bit more that we can
work on,” said Zuniga.
PHOTO BY JACQUI SOUTH
Northwest quarterback Mark Pierce looks dejected after throwing an interception Friday night.
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Marty is eating humble pie after his experience last week
WEEKLY PICKS
By Montgomery Marty
Marty is in a funk. He loves
watching the Cow Pokes burn themselves alive. Hell he will
even light one of his favorite stogies off of the
burning ashes - but
he can’t handle
this up and down
play of the
‘Hawgs.
Captain
Kirk Cousins
looked passable
Sunday, but
there was no offensive line play
and little rushing.
The Big D
looked okay and Marty still has a lot
of hope, but man he’s going to have to
buy stock in alka seltzer to stay safe.
He’d also like to carry Teddy
Roosevelt’s big stick and whack a
few moles and trolls who won’t give
the team time to gel.
Meanwhile the Big Buckin’
Bronco is cryin’ in his suds after last
week’s high school gridiron contests.
Marty would’ve bet his favorite Jimmie Cone that Northwest wouldn’t
fall to the Red Army - yet they did.
Marty fell hard this week
campers, but he’s man enough to admit it. Gaithersburg isn’t as bad as
they looked. Clarksburg looks over-
rated, Bullis can only seem to beat
Tyree Spinner and the Avalon Draft
Knights while Watkins Mill couldn’t
muster a defense against Rockville.
Meanwhile no one can produce a decent defense in the county and the Sea
Hawks stink. Here we go:
Sherwood 28
Paint Branch 24
The High and mighty will be on
hand for this game - Marty’s game of
the week. Paint Branch comes in undefeated at the top of the 4A east tied
with Sherwood. The stage is set and
Marty has to believe the Warriors will
come out to play-ay.
Paint Branch has a tendency to
fold in the playoffs, and while
they’ve looked good so far this season, Sherwood gets the edge in experience, offensive productivity and of
course the home field advantage.
Gonzaga 35
Good Counsel 28
Marty’s second-favorite game of
the week isn’t his game of the week
because he can’t in good conscience
believe the archbishop will be victorious this week. Bless Marty Father for
he has sinned!
Clarksburg 21
R.M. 17
While everyone believes Clarksburg is the most overrated team in the
county, Marty is firmly convinced despite his editor’s opinion to the
contrary - that Richard Montgomery
has earned that award. The Rockets
have soared against mediocrity but
they haven’t beat one decent team in
years. Look for that tradition to continue this week.
Blair 35
Kennedy 7
Kennedy lost to Einstein so badly last week rumor has it the team
may actually get lost going to their
own home game this week.
Springbrook 21
Einstein 10
Outmatched by Paint Branch
last week, Springbrook will have no
trouble beating Einstein - a team that
could only manage two scores on
hapless Kennedy last week.
Damascus 50
Magruder 7
Damascus has probably the best
team in the county, if not in the entire
state. Magruder doesn’t even have
the best team at Magruder. There’s
better talen t in the halls than on that
team.
Northwest 28
Churchill 10
Northwest has to win out in order to make the playoffs. With the
backs of the defending state champs
up against the Wall, Churchill has a
better chance of saving Matt Damon
on Mars than beating Northwest. Besides, never forget the Lance
Dempsey factor.
Q.O. 50
B-CC 7
Head coach Mike Kelley has installed video reviewing on his sideline to slow down Marvin Beander
enough to be seen as he streaks
through the line.
Seneca Valley 50
Blake 6
Seneca Valley, with arguably the
second-best team in the county and
perhaps the state this year travels to
Blake so its jayvee team can get some
playing time before the varsity retakes the field against Damascus for
the game of the century next week.
Tuscarora 28
Watkins Mill 3
In an effort to rally the troops,
Watkins Mill will host a Donald
Trump speech at halftime where he’s
expected to make fun of the name
“Tuscarora” as being unAmerican.
Whitman 21
Walter Johnson 12
The battle of the two best teams
in the county in a renewed
rivalry...wait. Sorry that was my evaluation for boys lacrosse. Never mind.
Wheaton 17
Northwood 3
Northwood is so happy with its
one win this season that it didn’t mind
getting beaten by W.J. last week and
probably won’t remember getting
clubbed this week.
Gaithersburg 28
Wootton 3
Gaithersburg upset Clarksburg
last week and Wootton’s upset they
still have to play this season.
Episcopal 35
Landon 6
Episcopal sails into this game
undefeated and will leave it that way
with chum in its boat wake.
G. Prep 35
St. Stephens/Agnes 10
Dan Paro’s boys will pound hard
on the boys and girls from the S/A
crowd. Prep has been spotty, but are
looking more and more like the
Catholic school yard champs of old.
Avalon 35
Bishop Ireton 17
Tyree Spinner is selling branding rights to the Avalon School in an
effort to raise more money for next
year’s draft. Rumor has it he’s hired
Dan Snyder to come up with a logo
more controversial than the Redskin’s in order to increase social media hits.
Bullis 21
St. Albans 17
Both teams have only won a single game. After this game it is almost
certain someone will have two.Like
Rhoda said when she got her own
spinoff - this is your last chance baby.
Poolesville 21
Rockville 14
Rockville was so surprised by
last week’s victory, rumor has it they
may not show up this week to preserve that loving feelin’ - before it’s
gone, gone gone. Woah.
Staff picks
Last week totals:
Montgomery Marty: 11-7
Season: 92-28
Unknown editor
Last week: 14-4
Season: 102-18
Brandy
Simms
Sports
Editor
Last week
Season
10-8
90-30
Eva
Paspalis
Sports
Writer
Last week
Season
12-6
84-36
Jacqui
South
Photos
Wyatt
Karem
Sports
Intern
Last week
Season
This week:
This week:
This week:
This week:
Blair @ Kennedy
Clarksburg @ R.M.
Einstein @ Springbrook
Magruder @ Damascus
Northwest @ Churchill
Paint Branch @ Sherwood
Poolesville @ Rockville
Q.O. @ B-CC
Seneca Valley @ Blake
Tuscarora @ Watkins Mill
Walter Johnson @ Whitman
Wheaton @ Northwood
Wootton @ Gaithersburg
Episcopal @ Landon
St. Stephens/Agnes @ G. Prep
Bishop Ireton @ Avalon
Gonzaga @ Good Counsel
St. Albans @ Bullis
Blair
R.M.
Springbrook
Damascus
Northwest
Sherwood
Poolesville
Q.O.
Seneca Valley
Tuscarora
Whitman
Wheaton
Gaithersburg
Landon
G. Prep
Avalon
Good Counsel
Bullis
Blair
R.M.
Springbrook
Damascus
Northwest
Paint Branch
Poolesville
Q.O.
Seneca Valley
Watkins Mill
Whitman
Wheaton
Gaithersburg
Episcopal
G. Prep
Bishop Ireton
Gonzaga
St. Albans
Blair
R.M.
Springbrook
Damascus
Northwest
Sherwood
Rockville
Q.O.
Seneca Valley
Tuscarora
Whitman
Wheaton
Gaithersburg
Episcopal
G. Prep
Avalon
Gonzaga
Bullis
12-6
90-30
Last week
Season
This week:
Blair
R.M.
Springbrook
Magruder
Northwest
Paint Branch
Rockville
Q.O.
Seneca Valley
Tuscarora
Whitman
Northwood
Gaithersburg
Episcopal
G. Prep
Avalon
Gonzaga
Bullis
14-4
87-33
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OCTOBER 22, 2015
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
SPORTS
PHOTO BY DAVID WOLFE
Picture of the Week . . .
Philip Oni of Gaithersburg slips a Clarksburg tackle on his way to a large rushing gain. Gaithersburg upset Clarksburg 18-7.
High School Football Standings
High School Football Scoreboard
Montgomery County High
School Football
This Week’s Games:
#1 Damascus
Whitman
63
7
Rockville
Watkins Mill
30
27
#2 Seneca Valley
Wheaton
50
6
R.M.
Poolesville
24
20
#3 Sherwood
#8 Blair
35
20
Blake
Magruder
41
38
#4Good Counsel
Bishop McNamara
27
21
B-CC
Churchill
48
28
#5 Paint Branch
Springbrook
40
12
Einstein
Kennedy
14
0
#6 Quince Orchard
#7 Northwest
28
7
W.J.
Northwood
24
10
Gaithersburg
#9 Clarksburg
18
7
Linganor3
Wootton
50
0
#10 G.Prep
St. Albans
41
0
Episcopal
Bullis
34
12
Riverdale Baptist
Avalon
49
35
St. Stevens/Agnes
Landon
31
0
4A East
Paint Branch
Sherwood
Blair
Springbrook
Northwood
Einstein
Kennedy
7-0
6-1
4-3
4-3
1-6
1-6
0-6
4A North
B-CC
Churchill
3A
Damascus
Seneca Valley
Watkins Mill
Wheaton
Poolesville
Rockville
Magruder
Blake
Richard Montgomery
Northwest
Clarksburg
6-1
4-3
4-3
Gaithersburg
Wootton
4-3
2-5
Independents/Privates
6-1
2-5
2-5
Landon
Bullis
Good Counsel
Georgetown Prep
Avalon
4A South
Quince Orchard
Walt Whitman
Walter Johnson
2-5
1-6
7-0
7-0
3-4
3-4
3-4
3-4
2-5
2-5
Week 8 Top 10
1. Damascus
2. Seneca Valley
3. Sherwood
4. Good Counsel
5. Paint Branch
6. Quince Orchard
7. G-Prep
8. Northwest
9. Blair
10. Clarksburg
7-0
7-0
6-1
5-2
7-0
6-1
4-2
4-3
4-3
4-3
Worth Watching - R.M.
3-3
1-4
5-2
4-2
4-4
The Top six in our Top Ten
stay the same after impressive
victories and a winning margin
of 243-73. Woof.
The rest of the Top Ten
backslides after losing. Meanwhile Richard Montgomery
looks good with only one loss but they haven’t beaten anyone.